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Time Test Breeding Right Leads at Tattersalls Online

A breeding right in progressive young stallion Time Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) was purchased for 100,000gns by Blandford Bloodstock's Tom Goff to top the Tattersalls Online Sale on Friday. Blandford Bloodstock also teamed up with Wardley Bloodstock to acquire the remaining lot, a breeding right in Ardad (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) for 75,000gns.

Lot 2 was offered on behalf of a gentleman. The National Stud resident has already sired four black-type winners in his first crop led by G3 Dick Poole S. heroine Romantic Time (GB) and German Group 3 winner Rocchigiani (GB). The King's Horses (GB) has won at the listed level in Italy and has also placed in the G3 Premio Primi Passi, while Tardis (GB) captured the Listed St Hugh's S. at Newbury. The winning Sunset Shiraz (Ire) has earned black-type four times and was third in the G1 Moyglare Stud S. Overall, the dual Group 2 winner and multiple Group 1-placed Time Test has sired 11 winners to date.

“The Time Test breeding right has been bought for an overseas investor who wishes to remain anonymous,” said Goff. “They approached us earlier in the week about it. The sire is a fantastic addition to the National Stud's roster and has started very well, achieving more than most people expected of him at this stage. He has some excellent crops sizes to come and it's all ahead of him really.”

G2 Flying Childers S. hero Ardad has also enjoyed an excellent season with his first crop of runners. The National Stud consigned the breeding right (lot 1) in the sire of 21 winners. His pair of black-type winners are led by G1 Middle Park S. and G1 Prix Morny hero Perfect Power (Ire). Eve Lodge (GB) won the G3 Sirenia S. and Ardad also has the G2 Coventry S. third Vintage Clarets (GB). It was announced on Thursday that he will stand for £12,500 at Overbury Stud in 2022.

“I am really delighted to secure the breeding right to Ardad for Wardley Bloodstock,” said Goff. “What the sire has achieved this year is nothing short of sensational. My client is very excited to get involved in what is already a remarkable bloodstock story.”

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Lope Y Fernandez Retired To The National Stud

Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}-Black Dahlia {GB}, by Dansili {GB}), a Group 3-winning 2-year-old who was five times Group 1-placed throughout his career, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at the National Stud in 2022. The Coolmore partners will retain part ownership alongside new owners The National Stud, Whitsbury Manor Stud and Nick Bradley Racing.

Bred by SF Bloodstock, Lope Y Fernandez was bought by MV Magnier for €900,000 at Arqana's August Yearling Sale in 2018. A debut winner at The Curragh in June of his 2-year-old campaign, Lope Y Fernandez finished second and third, respectively, behind Pinatubo (Ire) (Shamardal) in the Listed Chesham S. the G2 Vintage S. before returning to The Curragh to take the G3 Round Tower S. Third in the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas, Lope Y Fernandez would go on to place in the G1 Prix Jean Prat, G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest and GI Breeders' Cup Mile at three. He won the Listed Heritage S. this year at four and picked up another top-level placing when second to Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}) in the G1 Queen Anne S.

“Lope Y Fernandez was a lovely, easy moving horse with loads of speed,” said trainer Aidan O'Brien. “He was probably very comfortable with anything from six furlongs to one mile. He's a great mover, has a great walk and a lovely mind.”

Out of the listed-placed Black Dahlia, Lope Y Fernandez is a half-brother to the G2 Vintage S. and G2 Kronimus Oettingen Rennen scorer Dark Vision (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}).

Tim Lane, managing director of The National Stud, said, “Lope Y Fernandez is a hugely exciting addition to our stallion roster at The National Stud. He is an exceptionally good-looking individual and has a standout pedigree. I am a big fan of Lope De Vega and we are delighted to be standing his first son in the UK.”

Lope Y Fernandez's fee will be announced at a later date, and a limited number of breeding rights will be available.

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Breeding Right in Time Test Anchors Tattersalls Online Catalogue

A breeding right (lot 27) in promising young sire Time Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}-Passage of Time {GB}, by Dansilli {GB}) is one of 27 lots to be offered during the Sept. 15 Tattersalls Online Sale, the sales company announced on Monday. Other lots in the catalogue include horses-in-training with proven Flat form, a selection of breeding stock and 2-year-olds.

Already the sire of G3 Dick Poole Fillies' S. winner Romantic Time (GB), G3 Zukunfts Rennen hero Rocchigiani (GB) and listed winner Tardis (GB), The National Stud's Time Test also has the progressive G2 Debutante S. runner-up Sunset Shiraz (Ire) to his credit among his first crop of juveniles.

The winning Endured (Ire) (Shamardal) (lot 13) is offered by Brickfield Equine on behalf of Mr. Ben Wong. Rated 96p by Timeform, the 4-year-old gelding is out of the group-placed Wadaat (GB) (Diktat {GB}).

Highclere Stud sends through a trio of broodmares-the stakes placed Kelowna (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) (lot 2); Royal Whisper (GB) (Royal Applause) (lot 4), a daughter of Group 2 winner Never a Doubt (GB) (Night Shift); and Toomer (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) (lot 5), a half-sister to stakes winner Hototo (GB) (Sleeping Indian {GB}) and the dam of triple Group 3 winner Who's Steph (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}). There are also yearlings by first-season sires Profitable (Ire) and Galileo Gold (GB) set to be offered.

Bidding will begin at noon on Sept. 14 and will close at noon on Sept. 15.

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2021 National Stud Graduating Class

The graduation ceremony for the 2021 National Stud Diploma took place Friday, June 25. Numbers were limited due to the extension of COVID-19 restrictions, however, students were joined by staff and parents with additional guests joining via a live stream from the Joan Westbrook Lecture Theatre. The assessment of the Diploma is comprised of practical work, an exam based on the Evening Lecture Program and a commercial broodmare selection project.

“We feel really lucky to have been able to have some, if not all guests, in attendance this year,” said Anna Kerr COO. “The students arrived in the midst of the post-Christmas lockdown, and have been a really fantastic group. It is always brilliant to see how quickly they all connect and support each other.”

Among highlights of the ceremony, Julie Harrington of the BHA served as a guest speaker. Additionally, Emeric Guetin received The Tim Dunlop Memorial Award for Top Student while The Watership Down Stud Best Practical Award was presented to Sam Goyette for outstanding horsemanship. Among other awards presented were The Duke of Roxburghe Award (Jagger Crawford); The Alborada Trust Most Improved Student (George Crossfield) and The John Pearce Foundation Award of Merit (Isobel Smith). A travel bursary was presented to Lilly Sahla, on behalf of the Gerald Leigh Trustees, to expand her future career by travelling overseas.

Applications for the 2022 Diploma course are now open, contact students@nationalstud.co.uk for more information.

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