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MGSW Threat to Stand in France

MGSW Threat (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}-Flare of Firelight, by Birdstone) will stand at Haras du Mont Goubert, Jour de Galop reported on Tuesday. He will stand for €6,000,

The Richard Hannon trainee and ‘TDN Rising Star’ captured the G2 Gimcrack S. and the G2 Champagne S. and was runner-up in the G2 Richmond S. and G2 Coventry S., all as a juvenile. Bred by La Lumiere Partnership and a 100,000gns Tattersalls December foal, the Cheveley Park Stud colourbearer’s record stands at 9-3-2-0 and $328,925 in earnings.

“It is rare to see such a 2-year-old start at stud in France, especially afer winning such prestigious group races in England,” Haras du Mont Goubert manager Victor Langlais told JDG. “He’ll be supported by Haras du Mont Goubert, Haras d’Etreham and Coolmore, who are involved in his breeding career. They purchased the horse from Cheveley Park Stud. Twenty shares [of 60] are for sale at the rate of €20,000, with two seasons for life per share.”

Out of a half-sister to French listed winner and G2 Prix Corrida bridesmaid That Which Is Not (Elusive Quality), Threat counts European highweight and G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup heroine Shiva (Jpn) (Hector Protector) as his second dam. She in turn is a half-sister to G1 Oaks heroine Light Shift (Kingmambo), who has thrown another European highweight in Ulysses (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a two-time Group 1 winner. This is also the female family of dual Eclipse Award winner Main Sequence (Aldebaran) and European champion Cloth of Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}).

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Threat Anchors Tattersalls August Catalogue

MGSW Threat (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) is the highest-rated horse at 112 in the 774-strong inaugural Tattersalls August Sale catalogue, which was released on Sunday. Consigned by Richard Hannon’s East Everleigh Stables for Cheveley Park Stud as lot 469, the chestnut is one of 541 colts and geldings in and out of training set to go under the hammer from Aug. 24-26. There are also 214 fillies in and out of training, as well as 19 broodmares set to sell in Newmarket. A winner of the G2 Gimcrack S. and the G2 Champagne S. as a juvenile, Threat is out of a daughter of European highweight Shiva (Jpn) (Hector Protector) and is from the same family as European champion Ulysses (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

Originating as a response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the sale is very similar in format to the Tattersalls July Sale, and features full drafts from Ballydoyle Stables, Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms, Rabbah Bloodstock, Shadwell Stud, The Castlebridge Consignment and Jamie Railton among many others.

Other lots of interest include recent listed winner Surf Dancer (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) (lot 706) from William Haggas’s Somerville Lodge Stables and fellow listed scorer Fort Myers (War Front) (lot 387), one of nine from Ballydoyle. Of Juddmonte’s 24 homebreds, GSP Georgeville (GB) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) (lot 436), and the unraced Sophistry (GB) (Make Believe {GB}) (lot 445), a half-sister to G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud hero Epicuris (GB) (Rail Link {GB}) star. Sheikh Hamdan’s Shadwell boasts 61 lots, with the 100-rated Elwazir (GB) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 667) one to watch out for, while 71 lots are slated to enter the ring for Godolphin and Rabbah, featuring the 107-rated Walkinthesand (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) (lot 699) and a 95-rated son of Dubawi (Ire) in Country (GB) (lot 701) for Hannon and Haggas, respectively. One of 41 from Jamie Railton, SP Pom Malpic (Fr) (Pomellato {Ger}) (lot 486) earned her black-type with a second in the Listed Prix La Fleche at Chantilly.

The Castlebridge Consignment fields 79 lots, the largest consignment in the sale. Lot 51, Mzyoon (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a half-sister to the late MG1SW and Group 1 sire Society Rock (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), will be offered by Castlebridge with her Exceed And Excel (Aus) colt at foot and carrying to sire-on-the-rise Night of Thunder (Ire).

“The COVID related circumstances surrounding the decision to introduce a Tattersalls August Sale are well documented and we have been hugely encouraged by both the quality and quantity of entries,” said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony. “Originally pencilled in for two days, we have extended the sale to three days to accommodate the number of entries and the catalogue has the strength and depth that will appeal to a wide cross section of buyers, both domestic and further afield. Despite the current challenges, our recent July Sale achieved a phenomenal 96% clearance rate which demonstrates the enduring appeal of sales of this nature at Tattersalls, and we have already received extremely positive feedback from our myriad of overseas markets.”

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July Cup in the Cards for Threat

MGSW Threat (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) will take his chance in the G1 Darley July Cup at Newmarket rather than head to France this weekend. Trainer Richard Hannon had earmarked Sunday’s seven-furlong G1 Prix Jean Prat for last year’s G2 Gimcrack S. winner–but he has had a change of heart. Threat finished fifth to Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}) over a mile in the G1 St James’s Palace S. on his only outing to date this season.

Hannon told his website www.richardhannonracing.co.uk: “As long as there are no last-minute glitches, the plan is for Threat to take his chance in the Darley July Cup at Newmarket on Saturday. We were originally looking at the Prix Jean Prat in France. But the ground there is very soft at the moment, and I don’t really want to run him on that surface in what looks a hot little race.

“That’s not to say the July Cup is any easier, but I just think the drop back to six furlongs might be just what he needs, and he hasn’t got much to find with Golden Horde (Ire) (Lethal Force {Ire})–and he’ll be favourite–so it makes sense to have a crack at this prize. He’s come out of Ascot in great shape, and might even come on for it a little bit as well. Oisin Murphy maintains the ride.”

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