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Godolphin Draft Proves Popular At Tattersalls Ascot June Sale

Godolphin's 14-strong draft took the four top spots during Tuesday's Tattersalls Ascot June Sale.

The dearest of them all was lot 48, the four-time winner Silent Film (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), who went to Ian Williams Racing for £120,000. One of two lots to make six figures on the day, the gelding is rated 100. Williams was the sale's leading buyer.

Second was Through The Ages (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}) (lot 57), who caught the eye of Durcan Bloodstock/G L Moore Racing at £100,000. The entire consignment grossed £385,500 (41% of the total gross), averaged £25,700 and the median was £11,000.

For the sale as a whole, 105 lots sold of 115 offered (91%). The gross was £929,700, while the median edged up 8% to £5,000. The average rose 27% to £8,854.

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Champion Almond Eye Elected To Japanese Hall Of Fame

Dual Japanese Horse of the Year Almond Eye (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) has been elected to the Japanese Horse Racing Hall of Fame, the Japan Racing Association (JRA) announced.

The former Silk Racing Co., Ltd.'s colourbearer is the 35th member of the exclusive club after garnering 200 votes (96.6%) of the 207 available. Fellow Japanese Triple Crown Winner Contrail (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) gained 155 votes, one short of the minimum requirement for entry.

Trainer Sakae Kunieda said, “It is a great honor to have Almond Eye selected for the award. From her debut in 2017 until her retirement at the Japan Cup in 2020, she won the Triple Crown for fillies and nine Group 1 races and was also the representative Horse of the Year twice.

“Almond Eye is outstanding both physically and mentally and has always lived up to our high expectations and kept dreaming about what kind of performance she will show in the next race.

“I have nothing but gratitude for the owners who entrusted me with such a famous horse… and the fans who supported me together. Being involved with Almond Eye as a horse trainer has been a great asset for me and the stable staff, and I will continue to devote myself to it.”

Bred by Northern Racing, the bay electrified the racing world with seven straight victories after breaking her maiden at second asking as a juvenile. In her third start and 3-year-old bow, she won the G3 Shinzan Kinen, her last appearance below Group 1 level. After sweeping the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown (Oka Sho, Yushun Himba, Shuka Sho) in the spring and autumn of 2018, Almond Eye claimed her first Japan Cup and earned her first Horse of the Year title. Sent to Meydan for the Dubai Turf at four, she won again and was third in the Yasuda Kinen back in her native land before taking the Tenno Sho (Autumn). Uncharacteristically off the board in the G1 Arima Kinen at the end of her 4-year-old season, she won the Victoria Mile, ran second in the Yasuda Kinen, and won both the Tenno Sho (Autumn) and Japan Cup at five, good for her second Horse of the Year laurels. Almond Eye was retired with a mark of 15-11-2-1 and over $17.6 million in earnings.

The daughter of Fusaichi Pandora (Jpn) (Sunday Silence) has colts by Epiphaneia (Jpn) and Maurice (Jpn) born in 2022 and 2023, respectively.

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Darley Sire Palace Pier Will Not Shuttle To Australia This Year

Multiple Group 1 winner Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}) will not return to Darley Australia this year, Darley announced via Twitter.

“In the horse's best interest, Palace Pier will not shuttle to Australia for the 2023 Southern Hemisphere season,” the organisation tweeted. “It is expected that he will return for the following season.”

A winner of five Group 1 races, Palace Pier has stood for two seasons in the Northern Hemisphere and his first foals arrived this spring. Based at Dalham Hall Stud in England, his 2023 fee is £50,000. In Australia, he stood at Darley's Kelvinside operation last year.

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Share In Royal Ascot Runner To Be Offered On ThoroughBid

A 50% share in Thunderbear (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}), who ran fourth in the G3 Lacken S., will be offered on ThoroughBid on Thursday, June 15. The 3-year-old gelding is pointing to a run in the G3 Jersey S. at Royal Ascot on Saturday, June 24. The sale will run from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.

“We are looking forward to partnering up with somebody, or a group of people, for this horse,” trainer and part-owner Jack Davison said. “He's ideal, he's a flag bearer for me whom I would very much love to keep around the place, and it's just a great opportunity to bring some people into ownership at a really good level. He's a very good horse, he's very straightforward, and he's going to run his heart out in the Jersey S. at Royal Ascot.

“Whoever comes in to take the share can have the horse run in their colours. They will also have their name in the racecard, and hopefully they've got a live chance heading into Royal Ascot. It's a unique opportunity.”

Rated 107, Thunderbear won a Nottingham handicap in May and his granddam is GIII Glens Falls H. heroine Rosinka (Ire) (Soviet Star), who was also second in the GI Flower Bowl Invitational S. and third in the GI Spinster S.

James Richardson, CEO of ThoroughBid, said, “These one-off, one-horse sales always generate a lot of excitement. The chance to own 50% of a Royal Ascot runner, including having the horse run in their colours, is a unique offering and we're looking forward to seeing the bids fly in next Thursday.

“Thunderbear is clearly a horse on the up with plenty of raw ability. He was a very stylish winner at Nottingham two starts back and followed that up with a really good fourth in the Lacken S. to The Antarctic, who himself has serious claims in the G1 Commonwealth Cup. Whoever ends up winning the bidding on Thursday looks to have a live chance in the Jersey S. and a very smart prospect for the season ahead, that's for sure.”

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