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It's been announced that QUEVEGA will visit top French sire NETWORK this year. Her first foal is a yearling filly by BEAT HOLLOW and she was covered by YEATS last year. NETWORK is best known as the sire of Sprinter Sacre and due to libido problems will cover a select book of 50 mares in 2016.
I always counted Network as being German Princess - German born and bred and owned. Does he stand in France and is therefore considered a French sire?
a bit like me being considered German because I've lived here 20 years 
OddDog von Berlin?
Only the landed gentry have "von" in their name Cyc. The real big nobs have "von und zu". No chance of me getting anywhere near that nonsense
Apologies for the stupid question just a fortnight into 2016...
A friend of mine is in a syndicate that owns an unraced two year old filly. I think there are about a dozen people who own a piece of her but she is not yet named (no idea why).
He tells me that she is expected to be ready for the racecourse by late March or early April; and that she has been entered for the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot.
As she has not got a name yet, would I be right in thinking that it is possible to enter a horse for an early-closing 2016 race simply using the horse’s pedigree?
I know they can do so for very early-closing races like The Derby because yearlings are unlikely to have been named as many of them will still be in the ownership of the studs that bred them. Surely they would expect a horse to have a name by the time it was two if it was being trained to race.
A friend of mine is in a syndicate that owns an unraced two year old filly. I think there are about a dozen people who own a piece of her but she is not yet named (no idea why).
He tells me that she is expected to be ready for the racecourse by late March or early April; and that she has been entered for the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot.
As she has not got a name yet, would I be right in thinking that it is possible to enter a horse for an early-closing 2016 race simply using the horse’s pedigree?
I know they can do so for very early-closing races like The Derby because yearlings are unlikely to have been named as many of them will still be in the ownership of the studs that bred them. Surely they would expect a horse to have a name by the time it was two if it was being trained to race.
I was looking at the entries for the big spring bumper at Newbury in March
http://www.racingpost.com/horses2/c...=2016-03-05&big_race=Y&raceTabs=#raceTabs=lc_
Not only are many of the entries not named, they don't even have a trainer listed.
http://www.racingpost.com/horses2/c...=2016-03-05&big_race=Y&raceTabs=#raceTabs=lc_
Not only are many of the entries not named, they don't even have a trainer listed.
Without looking into the specific entry details for the race I can't comment off the top of my head. My general thought would be that most early closing races for two year olds would not require a name for the horse. There is usually a deadline specified that says the horse must be named by a certain date.
Naming doesn't usually take long, a few weeks at most unless permissions need to be sought. The main delay is because the passport has to be sent to Weatherbys to be amended and then sent back to the trainer. At certain times of year it can take longer due to the volume of name requests that need to be processed.
Naming doesn't usually take long, a few weeks at most unless permissions need to be sought. The main delay is because the passport has to be sent to Weatherbys to be amended and then sent back to the trainer. At certain times of year it can take longer due to the volume of name requests that need to be processed.
And Islington has had her 10th foal, all fillies. This one is by Sea the Stars.