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Half To Competitionofideas On Show At Dundalk

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Today’s Observations features a half-brother to an American Grade I winner.

4.30 Dundalk, Mdn, €14,000, 2yo, 7f (AWT)
Joseph O’Brien trainee DEVIL’S OUTLAW (War Front) was led out unsold at $785,000 as a Keeneland September yearling and is a half-brother to GI American Oaks heroine Competitionofideas (Speightstown), herself a $1.3-million Shadai purchase at last month’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fixture. He is set to carry the John Gunther silks for this first outing and encounters 13 rivals in a fully-subscribed heat.

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Madhmoon To Stand At Haras Du Saz

Madhmoon (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}), a group winner at two and three who was second in the 2019 G1 Epsom Derby, will stand at Haras du Saz in 2021 in a lease deal brokered by Richard Venn Bloodstock. The 5-year-old will stand for €2,500.

Trained by Kevin Prendergast as a homebred for Sheikh Hamdan, Madhmoon won the G2 KPMG Champions Juvenile S. in his second start at two. After finishing fourth behind Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) in the G1 2000 Guineas, Madhmoon was second to Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the Derby. He added Leopardstown’s G3 Desmond S. later in the season.

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Classic Getaway Equals Record

For the second time in a month at Yorton Farm, a record for a point to point horse was reached on Thursday when Classic Getaway (Ire) (Getaway {Ger}) (lot 7) matched the £570,000 made by Jonbon at the Goffs UK November P2P Sale. Classic Getaway was one of 31 horses offered at the Goffs UK December P2P Sale, and he was bought by Tom Malone and Gordon Elliott.

Five horses were sold for six figure sums on the day, and also among those was Queens River (GB) (Kayf Tara {GB}) (lot 14), another debut winner who was knocked down to Kieran McManus for £330,000, which makes her the highest-priced P2P filly to be sold by Goffs.

In all, 24 horses (78% of the offerings) were sold for an aggregate of £2,239,000, an average of £93,292 and a median of £52,500.

Following the conclusion of the sale, Goffs UK Managing Director Tim Kent said, “What a day. It’s fair to say that the results of today’s sale have far exceeded expectations and we would like to thank everyone who has participated in the success of this sale. We were delighted with the strength of the catalogue, but to equal the world record price whilst smashing the average and median achieved here last month is beyond anything that we could have imagined. This has been an incredible year that we will remember for so many different reasons.

“Once again, we would like to thank James and Jean Potter, David Futter and his team for hosting us here at Yorton Farm and Stud. There is no doubt that vendors and purchasers have thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere and facilities offered at this unique location and we are delighted to finish the Goffs UK year on a high. We would also like to thank all of our vendors for their incredible support and we look forward to welcoming everyone back to Doncaster at the end of January, which is where it all began earlier this year with a top price of £370,000.”

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Dundalk Adds Four Fixtures

Four additional Dundalk fixtures have been added for early 2021 to cope with the recent high number of entries at the track and the significant number of horses that have been balloted out of races at Dundalk’s last three meetings.

The additional meetings will take place on Jan. 11 (afternoon), Jan. 20 (evening), Feb. 1 (afternoon) and Feb. 17 (afternoon).

Jason Morris, HRI director of racing, said, “We have had representations from the Irish Racehorse Trainers Association, the Restricted Trainers Association and the Association of Irish Racehorse Owners, all of whom have expressed serious concern. We are therefore pleased to be able to provide these additional opportunities during January and February to augment the existing programme. We envisage scheduling four or five races at each of these new meetings to allow for potential divides of multiple races to create eight-race cards at the additional fixtures. This approach has worked well in the past.

“We are grateful to Dundalk Racecourse for agreeing to contribute towards the funding of these meetings, as is the case with any additional fixtures allocated to racecourses. The dates and times for these meetings have been reviewed with SIS to identify the most beneficial slots from a betting turnover perspective and we are grateful to them for supporting the scheduling of these additional meetings. We have also liaised closely with Racing TV to ensure that we are maximising broadcast coverage for these new fixtures.”

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