3 Year Olds

Al Kherb was  bought at Tattersalls Book 1 by Charlie Gordon Watson. The dam has bred three winners from four runners including the G3 Chartwell Stakes winner Perfect Tribute who is by Dubawi and therefore a close relative.

Unraced, he is from the first crop of Al Kazeem and is a half-brother to a Listed and Group 3 winner. An unknown quantity, there is some speed on the dam’s side of the pedigree but I would imagine he will be more of a middle distance type.

Antagonist is out of Melodramatic who won once and was Listed placed whilst at Beckhampton. This is her second living foal and is a half brother to Almodovar. This is the family of the Gr.1 Haydock Park Sprint Cup winner Tante Rose who won the Sprint Cup for us.

A nicely bred colt who is a half-brother to Almodovar, I thought he may have shown more in his three races last year but they weren’t devoid of promise and he seems to be on a reasonable mark. I think he will stay at least a mile.

Aspetar is from the first crop of Al Kazeem, he is from a family that has had good results in the last few years. It derives from Souk, notable members are Puce, Pongee, Prudenzia, Chicquita and Golden Sword. Another daughter Shouk is responsible for the 2006 champion filly Alexandrova, the Cheveley Park winner Magical Romance, Washington Irvine and Masterofthehorse. Bella Qatara (Dansili) ran four times in France winning at Pornichet-La Baule over 10.5 furlongs, she is out of Alexandrova.

Another well bred colt who showed promise in his work last season. From the family of Group 2 winners Somehow and Alex My Boy, a minor setback prevented him from running as a juvenile. It is difficult to say what his trip will be but he could start off over a mile.

Be Thankful is by Darley’s successful shuttler Helmet. Her dam has bred a winner and is from a family of multiple winners

Blue Mist is a half-brother to Countermeasure who spent time as Time Test’s pacemaker but is now racing in his own right, he won a maiden last year, was 4th in the Eclipse (G1) and 3rd in the Skybet York Stakes (G2) and remains in training here. Obedient his half sister was Listed placed and 4th in a G3. This is a family developed by Juddmonte from one of their foundation mares Bahamian recently best known for New Bay.

He was progressive last year winning on his debut at Kempton before running two good races in defeat at Newbury and Kempton again. Rated 87, he will be suited by a step up to ten furlongs and will be aimed at decent three year old handicaps.

Breathless Times is from a Juddmonte family that goes back to the blue hen Monroe. The dam bred the four time winner Godric.

Runner-up on his debut at Kempton in December, he was an easy winner at Wolverhampton in early January. He is bred to stay further but both his starts have been over six furlongs and he isn’t short of speed. It is early days but I view him as a horse to win more races.

Buffer Zone is out of Buffering (Beat Hollow) who won over 9.5 furlongs in France at three. She is from the family of Dockage.

He ran three times last year winning at Kempton on his latest start in October. His form looks OK and he appears to be suited by six furlongs. The handicapper has given him a mark of 83 and I am hopeful he can progress from that. There are some decent three year old handicap sprints and we will be aiming him towards those.

Chippie Hill was bought at Tattersalls by Amanda Skiffington at the December Yearling Sale. This combination has worked well with Frenchmans Bay and Dagonet coming from there for Michael. The dam has bred three winners from three runners and five foals of racing age.

Clairette is out of Petit Calva who won three times in France, twice at Listed level and was G3 placed. She has bred three winners from six runners and foals including the Listed winner Rosay. This colt was bought by Mr Deer at Tattersalls Book 1 Sale.

Showed promise on her debut at Newmarket and confirmed it next time when making all at Salisbury. A bit disappointing on her final start at Kempton, she raced wide before finishing third. Being by Al Kazeem, she ought to progress as a three year old and will be suited by middle distances. She has had a breathing operation since her last run which will hopefully bring about more improvement, too.

Extra Elusive is from a family well known at Beckhampton through the likes of Cityscape, Bated Breath and Scuffle. The dam Nessina is a half-sister to their dam Tantina and was bought by Tony Nerses for Blue Diamond Stud at Tattersalls December Sales carrying her first foal Ajaya who won the G2 Gimcrack Stakes.

A big rangy colt who was weak last year, he did well to win as he did on his debut at Newbury last Autumn. Given his size and scope, he should have a nice future. A winner over a mile, he should stay ten furlongs. His work prior to Newbury was good, although he had been slow from the stalls at home, and we weren’t sure how he would jump. He has done well during the winter and I am pleased with him. We haven’t made any definite plans but it would be nice to think he could develop into a Pattern horse this year.

Galileo Silver is a full brother to the 2017 dual winner Abyssinian. His dam Famous is a full sister to the Coolmore stallion Mastercraftsman

The original plan was to run him in bumpers but a decision was made to save him for the Flat. Gelded, he is a very big horse who shows promise at home

Giovanni Acuto is out of Maybe who is by Dashing Blade who was trained nearby at Kingsclere before he stood in Germany. The sire who now stands at the Haras de Colleville was a Gr.1 placed miler who has a good record with his two year olds. He was purchased at Tattersalls  Book 2 by Amanda Skiffington

Great Beyond is out of Solar Pursuit who won in France over 13 furlongs on her only start. She traces back to Sunny Bay acquired by Juddmonte when they purchased Belair Stud in Kentucky in 1981.

A fine big horse, he is a half-brother to Paling who we used to train. He made his debut in awful ground at Nottingham in November finishing eighth. He has the scope to develop into an above average three year old and, while we will probably start him off in a ten furlongs maiden, he should stay a mile and a half. There is plenty of stamina on the dam’s side of his pedigree

Guild is out of Arrive who was voted TBA Broodmare of the Year in 2008 when her second and third foals Promising Lead (Danehill) and Visit (Oasis Dream) won the Pretty Polly (G1) and Oak Tree stakes (G3) respectively. She is a full sister to Hasili and won three of her five races when in training at Beckhampton, setting a course record when winning the Bahrain Trophy at Newmarket. Guild is a full brother to Occurrence who was injured before she could run.

He was a late arrival last year and was still weak and immature. However, physically, he looks the part and is a nice mover. It is early days but I think he is going to be a middle distance Frankel. His dam won the Listed Bahrain Trophy over a mile and seven for us in 2001.

Herculean is a full brother to Fair Eva who won twice for us  over six furlongs and was placed twice at G2 level. The dam, African Rose won three races at two and three over six and seven furlongs when trained in France by Criquette Head-Maarek including the Haydock Sprint Cup (G1). African Rose has an interesting pedigree containing some staying influences including the Beckhampton-trained Derby winner Quest For Fame, but the Mr Prospector speed seems to have come to the fore.

A big strong colt, he is a massive horse with a lot of white about him. He has always shown up well in his work even though he isn’t the finished article yet. Successful in his only race last year at Ascot in September, he was well on top at the finish but it is difficult to know what he beat. The runner-up hasn’t run since but is very highly regarded by Owen Burrows and the third has won and finished fourth in the Group 3 Horris Hill Stakes at Newbury subsequently. The plan was to run him again and we intended going to Haydock later that month but the ground was too soft. Then we entered him in the Royal Lodge Stakes at Newmarket but he scoped badly. Given his size, he did well to win as a two year old and I think he will develop into a proper horse. I am open minded regarding his immediate plans. The 2000 Guineas is a possibility but it is not the be all and end all. Although he isn’t short of speed, he is such a powerful and strong horse who should stay a mile and a quarter.

Jaquar was bred by Blue Diamond Stud. He is a full brother to Justineo who so far has won six races (5 and 6f) from 39 starts from five furlongs to a mile. The dam has bred three winners from five runners and six foals of racing age and she won a Listed race over 13f.

Kassar is out of Inchiri who won a Listed race and is from the family of Inchinor who did well when trained here and as a sire. Inchiri has bred six winners from eight runners including Hawk’s Eye who won a G3 in South Africa. He was bought at Tattersalls Book 2 by Charlie Gordon Watson.

A half-brother to Inchila who finished fourth in the Oaks for Peter Chapple-Hyam, he made a winning start to his career at Kempton and the form has worked out. A bit disappointing next time at Lingfield, he was found to be injured afterwards. Given a break, he needs one more run before being eligible for handicaps and I think he could be OK. There is stamina on the dam’s side of his pedigree suggesting he ought to stay a mile and a quarter.

King Tut traces back on his dam’s side to the Royal Ascot flyer Cawston’s Pride. He is from the first crop of the Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup winner Animal Kingdom who also raced for Barry Irwin’s Team Valor. More details of Animal Kingdom and Team Valor can be found at www.teamvalor.com. We trained Luvah Girl for Team Valor who won the Rockfel.

A very big and immature horse, he has been gelded during the winter having shown promise in his two races last year. He will benefit from stepping up to middle distances this season and should make a nice handicapper.

Kolo Tamam is out of Sensiz who was purchased by Tony Nerses for Blue Diamond at Tattersalls October 1 Sale in 2011.  She ran twice being unplaced in a back end Doncaster maiden at two and returning almost twelve months later to take a Nottingham maiden over an extended mile.  The family is well known at Beckhampton going back to the Whitney days, the fourth dam being the Cambridgeshire winner Intermission later acquired by Juddmonte.  Her daughter was culled by Juddmonte in 1999 and subsequently bred a really good filly Much Faster who won the Prix Robert Papin Gr.2 and was second the Prix Morny Gr.1.

A massive colt who had one run at Wolverhampton at the end of last year. He only finished seventh but it wasn’t a fair assessment of his ability because he got behind and didn’t look comfortable on the track. I think he will be suited by a mile and a half and I am expecting him to be an above average three year old.

L’Explora was a Keeneland September purchase by Al Shahania Stud, this filly is by a sire best known recently for the likes of Air Force Blue, Hit It A Bomb and Roly Poly. The dam was champion filly in Ireland in 2004 when she won the Phoenix Stakes Gr.1 at the Curragh and the Queen Mary Gr.2 at Royal Ascot when trained by David Wachman. She has produced two winners by Dansili the young stallion Requinto (Dansili) and Independence Day.

Logan’s Choice is by the Australian shuttler Redoutes Choice out of an unraced mare Bright Morning who is a half sister to the Juddmonte stallion Observatory

Lumen was purchased from Tattersalls Book 2. He comes from a family that is best known for the Haydock Sprint Cup G1 winner Tante Rose, trained at Beckhampton.

Nawar is out of Nouriya, a half-sister to Yuften.  She won three races including  the John Musker Stakes (Listed). Her first foal is the Listed winner Aljazzi (Shamardal), her second Miss Nouriya (Galileo).

Perpetrator is out of Palmeraie,  an unraced Wildenstein mare from a family that has produced Peintre Celebre, Planteur and many black type performers. She is the dam of 10 winners from 12 runners and 15 foals of racing age.

Persian Rhapsody was a  Tattersalls Book 2 purchase, from the sire’s first crop, the dam has bred five winners from six runners and seven foals of racing age including the G3 winner Class Is Class.

Pescedora is out of Poisson D’Or who won two races, both over seven furlongs, when trained by Rae Guest. She is by Cape Cross out of the Listed winner Lille Hammer. The sire So You Think was an outstanding individual, a New Zealand bred son of High Chaparral he won five G1s Down Under including two Cox Plates, before being bought by Coolmore and transferring to Aiden O’Brien for whom he won another five G1s, the Tattersalls Gold Cup 2011 and 12, the Eclipse 2011, Irish Champion 2011 and the Prince of Wales Stakes 2012.

Pilot Wings was purchased by  Amanda Skiffington from Tattersalls Book 2, the dam has bred five winners from five foals of racing age including Stormfly (Dark Angel) who won the G3 Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial.

Polish is Polygon’s second foal, the first Ply  did well in training here. The dam won at Listed level and was G3 placed. The second dam Polaire won the Pretty Polly and obtained an amassed lots of black type in the USA.

He is a nice big scopey colt who was too weak to run as a two year old. He has shown promise in his work at home though.

Regina Pacis is out of the Galileo mare Galileo’s Daughter. She was a winner and there are numerous winners in the immediate pedigree including Areyoutalkingtome, Chief Exec, War Room, and Straw. She was bought at Goresbridge Breeze Ups by Stephen Hillen

Salve Helena comes from an impressive German family. Her dam is a full sister to the dam of the Lanwades stallion Sea The Moon ,who was champion 3 yr old in 2014 , to Overbury stallion Schiaparelli who won 5 Gr.1s and the Goodwood Cup and to Samum who was champion 3 yr old in Germany in 2000. Soldier Hollow is one of the top German stallions. He raced for six seasons winning twelve times from thirty one starts

Savaanah has joined us from Roger Varian’s Carlburg Stables in Newmarket. She raced three times as a two year old starting favourite and finishing second in a Goodwood 7f maiden on her second start before improving but finishing second again in a mile maiden on the All Weather at Kempton beating Blue Mist into third place.

Sister Celine is from a well established Niarchos family her granddam was a champion classic winning filly as was her great granddam.  She was bought at Tattersalls October Book 2 sale by Mr Deer

Lord Grimthorpe bought Tiadargent on behalf of Juddmonte from Tattersalls Book 1. The dam has bred three winners from four runners and five foals of racing age all by Kendargent. The most notable being the Prix Morny G2 winner Restiadargent.

Unraced, she is difficult to assess because we didn’t train her hard last year. She is therefore an unknown quantity but she is a big scopey filly who looks a stayer

Timespan is from the first crop of Al Kazeem from a family that has produced some good performers including Time Test (Dubawi).  All Time is a sister to Timepiece, Passage of Time, Father Time and Continuum. All Time won over 8.5 furlongs on the all weather at four when trained by Sir Henry Cecil.

Tinsmith is a half-brother to Kip and Cat Silver, the dam is a half-sister to the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf winner in the form of Pounced who is now a sire in Italy. Other siblings include Big Bound, Pampas Cat and Celtic Cat.

He is a nice big unraced colt who is a very good mover. We nearly ran him on the all-weather at the end of last year but decided against it. He is such a big horse that he probably won’t reach full maturity until he is a four year old but I think he is a nice horse.

True Destiny is out of Holy Dazzle who won twice in France at two over 7 furlongs and was placed in the Prix Imprudence (G3) and Prix Miesque (G3). This is her first foal and was purchased from Tattersalls Book 1 by Charlie Gordon Watson.

Universal Command is a  half-brother to Imperial Aviator who did so well for us last year before being sold at the Tattersalls Horses in Training Sales for 270k. Delegator (Dansili) did well with the likes of Delectation, Accidental Agent, and Appointed before his death in 2016. Telescopic is a Galileo mare out of Orlena who has bred three winners to date. Orlena’s dam Cox Orange was a G2 nd G3 winner of 10 races in France and the USA and bred seven winners from eight runners.

Ex Island Dreams is out of Island Dreams a Giants Causeway mare, has bred two winners from two runners and three foals of racing age. She is from the family of Rob Roy. This filly is a half-sister to Mr Khalid who was in training here and won impressively at 2.

Winston was an interesting purchase by Jeremy Brummitt at the BBAG September Sale at Baden Baden. He is by Soldier Hollow (In The Wings), now one of the top stallions in Germany, he sired 15 black type horses last year including 6 Group winners. He was a very sound horse racing from 2 to 7, winning every year and obtaining 12 wins from 31 starts, from 7.5 to 10 furlongs, including three G1s. Winston is the first foal of Wildrossel, a half-sister to Wild Coco who won the G2 Park Hill, G3 Lily Langtry and Listed Aphrodite when trained by Sir Henry and Lady Cecil. Wildrossel was Listed placed in Germany including their St Leger.

A big strong unraced horse, he was too immature to run last year. He has a good middle distance pedigree and I think he will be suited by cut in the ground. We will start him off in a ten or twelve furlongs maiden.