TAPPANAPPA (2007 High Chaparral ex Itsibitsi) won at Lingfield yesterday. He was purchased as a foal for 30,000gns by Will Edmeades and realised 105,000gns as a yearling when consigned by Kirtlington. |
PARADISE WAY (2008 Elusive Quality ex Fin) delivered her first foal and our first foal of 2012 on Friday evening. A flashy chestnut filly by Exceed And Excel, neat and correct - she's a very smart first effort!! Paradise Way is the unraced first foal out of Listed winning mare Fin; Fin is the last foal out of Gr.1 winning mare Bonne Ile, from the stalwart family of Windmill Girl. |
AVONROSE (2007 Avonbridge ex Loveleaves) joined our 2012 winners list at Southwell yesterday. Avonrose was bred at Kirtlington by Mary Taylor and was sold as a yearling for 20,000gns to Mark Johnston Racing. Loveleaves has a 2yo filly by Royal Applause in training with Mark Johnston named 'Tussie Mussie'; a full sister to Gr.2 winner LOVELACE, also trained by Mark Johnston. Loveleaves is in foal to Royal Applause and visits Showcasing this season. |
Happy New Year......!! It was exciting to see our first winners of 2012 this week. DICKIE LE DAVOIR (2004 Kyllachy ex Downeaster Alexa) winning at Southwell closely followed by NOW (2006 Where or When ex Tup Tim) winning at Kempton the next day. Dickie Le Davoir was purchased as a pinhook for 11,000gns and sold to David Redvers Bloodstock for 22,000 . He has since gone on to win 16 races with earnings over £85,000. Now was bred at Kirtlington by owner/breeder Jenny Willment. Congratulations to all! |
Congratulations to PRESVIS (2004 Sakhee ex Forest Fire) and all his connections for wining the Group 1 Dubai Duty Free at Meydan at the weekend. The massive prize of £1.93 million brought Kirtlington's prizemoney for 2011 in excess of £2 million! He will now follow his usual route to Sha Tin next month for the QEII and then Singapore in May, we wish him the very best of luck! |
Loveleaves (Polar Falcon ex Rash) has given birth to a filly by Bahamian Bounty, making her a half sister to the classy Group 2 winner Lovelace (Royal Applause). Loveleaves has a yearling filly by Royal Applause, and visits Royal Applause again this season. |
Kyoei Basara (2008 Aussie Rules ex Annalina) was 2nd in the Group 3 Arlington Cup at Hanshin at the weekend. He was foaled and raised at Kirtlington by his breeder Belgrave Bloodstock (now Denford Stud), and was sold at the 2009 Tattersalls October Sale for 65,000gns. Annalina has a 2yo filly called 'Hepworth' in training with John Gosden, and she is in foal to Aussie Rules (due 2012) |
Floating (2005 Oasis Dream ex Bonne Etoile) delivered her first foal early this morning, a dark bay colt by Compton Place; he is also our first foal of 2011. Floating is owned by Kirtlington Stud from a long line of Windmill Girl mares. She was bred at Kirtlington by Dot Fleming and trained by Jonathan Pease. She will visit Royal Applause this year. |
Presvis (2004 Sakhee ex Forest Fire) won the Gr.2 Al Rashidiya yesterday giving Kirtlington our first Stakes winner in 2011! Presvis was purchased as a foal for 15,000gns for the Kirtlington Pinhook Syndicate, he was then sold as a yearling for 30,000gns. |
"HARBINGER is the Tattersalls Horse of the Year for 2010 following his staggering 11 length win in the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, a victory that earned him the title of the best horse in the world in 2010 according to the World Thoroughbred Rankings........HARBINGER, who is by DANSILI out of the BERING mare PENANG PEARL, was offered at Book 1 of the 2007 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale by Chris Budgett’s Kirtlington Stud on behalf of his breeder Mrs A K H Ooi and purchased by agent John Warren for 180,000 guineas on behalf of Highclere Thoroughbred Racing" for full story go to www.tattersalls.com |
"Harbinger, the highest rated four year-old since Alleged in 1978, was officially 6lb better than any other horse in the world last year and 7lb better than Derby and Arc winner Workforce. |
Budva (2007 Kylian ex Danlu) ran a strong race to win his maiden at Southwell yesterday. Budva is the last foal out of Danlu, dam of Champion older stayer and Group 1 winning sire STRATEGIC CHOICE. Danlu was owned by Martyn Arbib and his son Ben, but was given to Chris Budgett to be bred to his stallion Kylian in 2006. Sadly both Kylian and Danlu passed away in 2007. |
"HARBINGER is the Tattersalls Horse of the Month for July following his staggering 11 length win in the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, a victory that earned him the title of the best horse in the world. The Sir Michael Stoute trained four-year-old left the English and Irish Derby winners WORKFORCE and CAPE BLANCO in his wake, along with the last seasons Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe runner up YOUMZAIN. |
Harbinger (2006 Dansili ex Penang Pearl) won the Gr.1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday, breaking the track record and leaving a top class field some 11 lengths behind in the widest winning margin in the race's history. The Racing Post have hailed him as 'the best horse in the world' giving him a rating of 135, establishing him as the best older horse since Sakhee. He was lovingly nick named '2-socks' at Kirtlington and was a favourite with our staff for his super temperament. Congratulations to his breeder Nick Ooi and all his connections. |