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Dream Ahead Tops Bearstone Roster

Dream Ahead anchors the 2023 Bearstone Stud roster and will stand for an unchanged fee of £7,500. He is the sire of 32 stakes winners (13 group) and four Group 1 winners worldwide led by GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint heroine Glass Slippers (GB).

Joining the son of Diktat, as announced on Thursday, is Belardo (Ire) at £6,500. Washington DC (Ire) will command £3,000, down from £3,500 in 2022. Mattmu (GB)'s fee has been reduced an identical amount, and he is priced at £2,000.

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Freshman Sire Washington DC Off The Mark At Carlisle

Washington DC (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) became the latest European freshman sire off the mark when the Kevin Ryan-trained 2-year-old gelding Washington Heights (GB) notched a first winner for the Bearstone Stud resident in Wednesday's Scaleby Restricted Maiden S. over five furlongs at Carlisle.

1st-Carlisle, £10,000, Mdn, 6-22, 2yo, 5fT, 1:01.41, g/f.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (GB) (g, 2, Washington DC {Ire}–Epping Rose {Ire}, by Kodiac {GB}), who ran fourth in his June 7 debut at Wetherby last time, broke smartly to lead from the outset here. Holding sway throughout, the 4-1 third choice came under pressure when threatened at the quarter-mile marker and was ridden out inside the final furlong to hold the late thrust of Armour Propre (Ire) (Proftable {Ire}) by a head, becoming the first winner for his freshman sire (by Zoffany {Ire}). Washington Heights, half to a yearling filly by Aclaim (Ire), is the second of three foals and lone performer produced by an unraced full-sister to G3 Amethyst S. runner-up Confidence High (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}). The March-foaled bay's dam is also a half-sister to G1 St Leger second The Last Drop (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Listed Vintage Crop S. runner-up Nebula Storm (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Sales history: £24,000 Ylg '21 GOFFUK. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $7,584.
O-Hambleton Racing Ltd XXVII; B-Bearstone Stud Ltd (GB); T-Kevin Ryan.

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Observations: Half to Washington DC Debuts

2.00 Navan, Mdn, €16,000, 2yo, 5f 164yT
AESOP'S FABLES (IRE) (No Nay Never) is the latest potential Royal Ascot star to appear for Ballydoyle in 2022 and a notable one as a half-brother to that meeting's Listed Windsor Castle S. winner Washington DC (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}). Along with that sire, whose career win total included the G3 Phoenix Sprint S., this February-foaled bay is also a half to the stable's G3 Chester Vase runner-up Sandhurst (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and he meets Peter Brant's Curragh third Midnight Toker (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), the Ger Lyons-trained half-brother to the G3 Grosser Preis von Hamburg winner K Club (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) who cost €330,000 at Goffs Orby.

3.51 Leicester, Novice, £8,000, 3yo, 10fT
MAGISTERIAL (IRE) (Frankel {GB}) has sufficient draw to bring Frankie Dettori to the track, as a Bjorn Nielsen-owned Derby entry beginning his 3-year-old campaign under a penalty having won at Haydock in October. A half-sister to Coolmore's queen Lillie Langtry (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), the John and Thady Gosden trainee has a Godolphin newcomer to give seven pounds to in the Charlie Appleby-trained Ruling Dynasty (GB) (Night of Thunder {Ire}), a half-brother to the stable's Old Persian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}).

Observations: How They Fared

4.10 Sandown, Nov, £11,000, 3yo, f, 9f 209yT
Darmoiselle (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), the full-sister to Too Darn Hot (GB), Lah Ti Dar (GB) and So Mi Dar (GB) out of Dar Re Mi (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}), was not expected to do anything major on debut at 16-1 and never threatened to do so in 10th.

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Mattmu to Stand at Bearstone Stud For 2022

Group 2 winner Mattmu (GB) (Indesatchel {Ire}), who was born and raised at Bearstone Stud, will stand there for £2,500 (Oct. 1st SLF) in 2022. Successful in the G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte and G3 Phoenix Sprint, the bay was also third in the G1 Nunthorpe S. at York. From a select first crop of foals, Mattmu has a pair of winners from five runners, and one of his winners, Favourite Child (GB), ran second at listed level in France.

Terry Holdcroft, owner of Bearstone Stud, commented, “Mattmu has impressed us with the quality of his stock and his

early results indicate that he is capable of upgrading his mares. We are delighted to welcome him back to the stud where he was born and believe he deserves the opportunity to cover a larger book of mares and build on his early success.”

He is joined by Group 1 winner and sire Dream Ahead and Washington DC (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}).

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