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Breeding Right To Time Test Sells For 115,000gns

A breeding right to Time Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who sired four stakes winners last year in his first season with runners, was purchased by Peter and Ross Doyle Bloodstock on the Tattersalls Online platform on Wednesday for 115,000gns. The breeding right entitles the buyer, an unnamed client of the Doyles', to breed one mare to Time Test each season that he stands at The National Stud.

Time Test, who was himself a dual Group 2 winner and multiple Group 1-placed, sired black-type winners at a rate of 9.3% last year. He stands at The National Stud for £15,000. He stood for £8,500 his first four seasons.

Ross Doyle said, “He's a young sire going places, by a top sire in Dubawi out of a well-bred Dansili mare, which we love. It sounds like he's got a serious book of mares lined up for this season on the back of his stats and the physicals of his foals and yearlings on show at the recent sales. The team at the National Stud continue to do a great job with him. We have bought it for a client who will support him with a very nice mare.”

A breeding right to Time Test's National Stud barnmate Lope Y Fernandez (Ire), who enters stud in 2022, was sold to Dwayne Woods of Brook Stud for 24,000gns. The Lope Y Fernandez breeding right entitles the owner to one mare per year, plus an additional mare in 2023, 2024 or 2025.

“I had the pleasure of seeing Lope Y Fernandez recently and thought he had let down into a lovely stallion,” said Woods. “He is a great walker and lovely type and an exciting young stallion, and Brook Stud are looking forward to supporting him.”

A breeding right to A'Ali (Ire), who enters stud next year at Newsells Park Stud, was sold to Laurence Gleeson of Aughamore Stud for 22,000gns. It entitles the owner to breed one mare per year plus an additional mare each year from 2022 through 2025.

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Jackson Named National Stud Nominations Manager

Jamie Jackson has been appointed nominations manager for The National Stud.

Jackson gained work experience at Whitsbury Manor Stud and New England Stud before joining the BHA graduate programme, during which he was placed at the National Stud for eight weeks, after which he stayed on. Jackson takes over from Joe Callan, who remains within The Jockey Club has interim general manager of Market Rasen Racecourse.

The National Stud's Stud Director Tim Lane said, “Jamie came to us in July 2019 and showed real potential and determination. He has been a brilliant asset to the team and has grown and progressed exceptionally over the last two years. He has built a good client-base here and has been a huge part of the progress the stud has made”

Jackson added, “It's a really exciting time here at the stud, and I am very lucky to be in the position I'm in. Having seen Time Test and Aclaim foals through the summer and in the sales ring when I first started, to now being successful racehorses, has been amazing. The stallion roster is at its highest standard it has been for quite some time, and Tim and I [and co] hope to further evolve it over the coming years.

“Personally, I am very excited to launch Lope Y Fernandez for the 2022 breeding season. He is a hugely exciting horse to be the only son of Lope De Vega standing in England. Also, I feel very lucky to be working alongside Ed Harper, who helped kick-start my career at Whitsbury Manor Stud.”

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Grimthorpe Named National Stud Chairman

Teddy Grimthorpe, who for 22 years served as racing manager to the late Prince Khalid Abdullah, has been named chairman of The National Stud. Grimthorpe succeeds Nicholas Wrigley, who has filled the role since the death of the Duke of Roxburghe in August of 2019. Grimthorpe, who has been a member of the Jockey Club since 2007 and joined its board of directors this year, will serve a three-year term.

“I was a student on the National Stud course in 1976 so we have a long history, as they say,” Grimthorpe said. “My three most recent predecessors have all made a huge impact on the stud: Ben Sangster, Guy Roxburghe and Nicholas Wrigley, who kindly stepped in as interim chairman after Guy passed away in August 2019.

“It is a fantastic time to be taking over the role, with Time Test creating a lot of excitement and interest while Aclaim has had an excellent first year with runners with a whole stack of winners. Hopefully recent recruit Lope Y Fernandez will carry on that momentum. There's a good reason why Coolmore paid €900,000 for him as a yearling because he's a really outstanding individual. He's already been really well received by breeders. There are important times ahead for all six stallions and there's a really good base from which to build on, so, with director Tim Lane, we will continue to drive The National Stud forward.

“Morale is very high on the farm and it's not only because of the upward trajectory of the stallion roster. The diploma course is a very important part of the stud farm and is beginning to make a serious impact. Racing, like a lot of businesses, is looking for good-quality staff and The National Stud is a great place for people to start out in the industry.”

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The National Stud Announces 2022 Roster and Fees

The 2022 roster and fees for The National Stud were announced on Tuesday. Featuring a young roster of six, first-season sires Time Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Aclaim (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) got off to a bright start with their first runners. The former will stand for £15,000, while Aclaim's fee will be £6,000.

Leading the way with more black-type winners than any other European first-season sire in 2021, Time Test is responsible for Group 3 winners Rocchigiani (GB) and Romantic Time (GB), while the filly Sunset Shiraz (Ire) was third in the G1 Moyglare Stud S. He also has listed winners Tardis (GB) and The King's Horses (GB). His current crop of yearlings made up to 400,000gns and averaged £50,466, almost six times the fee at the time they were conceived. In 2021, he covered 160 mares, of which 60 were black-type performers or producers.

Triple Group 1 winner Advertise (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) leads the roster at £25,000. A winner of the G1 Phoenix S., G1 Commonwealth Cup and the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest, his first foals will go under the hammer next week.

New to The National Stud is the juvenile Group 3-winning Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), who will stand for £8,500. Placed five times at the Group 1 level, including the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas, the bay also made the frame in the G1 Prix Jean Prat, G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest, and the GI Breeders' Cup Mile at three. His final Group 1 placing was in the G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot this June.

Aclaim already has 26 juvenile winners to his credit, among them the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies' Turf fourth Cachet (Ire) and the group-placed Jacinda (GB). His progeny have made up to 150,000gns.

Expecting his first juveniles in 2022 is G2 Coventry S. scorer Rajasinghe (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}) at £3,000. His first crop of foals averaged £30,975 off of a £5,000 fee. The final stallion of the sextet is G1 Irish St Leger-winning Flag Of Honour (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who, like Advertise, will cover his third book of mares in 2022. His fee will be £2,500.

Tim Lane, Director of The National Stud, said, “It is with a combination of pride and excitement that we unveil the 2022 covering fees for the National Stud stallions. The early achievements of our first-season sires Time Test and Aclaim have given us plenty to celebrate in 2021, and have also highlighted the abundant promise that exists across our six-strong roster.

“We are in a privileged position to be standing a range of promising young stallions and hope that breeders share in our optimism about the future for our sires. However, although we are confident there is much to look forward to, we remain acutely aware of the challenges recent times have presented. With that in mind, our fees have been designed to offer breeders what we feel is exceptional value for money.”

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