I think Wild Beauty is a huge price given the fact she’s a G1 winner and with a Classic trial under her belt, but I fear the ground might be too quick for her.
Oops, seems I forgot yesterday’s results! Frantanck - 1st Cap Francais - 1st Dhahabi - unplaced (5th) Swoon - 3rd Retrospect - unplaced (5th)
Sunday’s results Martel - 1st King’s Advice - unplaced (6th) Silver Quartz - unplaced (12th) With The Moonlight - 1st Spirit Mixer - 1st Rumi - unplaced (5th) Wild Beauty - unplaced (9th) Stormy Ocean - non runner Call The Wind - unplaced (4th)
Quick question(s) Princess - in terms of the mares Frankel is generally sent, would you say they are generally from more stamina-laden families? What I mean is, are breeders trying to add some stamina to what they think is a speedy sire to produce horses that can be 8-10F or even 10-12F horses? Or is he seeing a right old mixture? Has he sired any highly rated sprinters or would this be highly unlikely, given he is by Galileo? The trigger for these questions is that Kingman has a couple of his fillies running in the Cheshire Oaks today. That surprised me and I wondered if they are trying the same trick with him (i.e. sending him mares with more stamina-laden pedigrees)? Or am I barking up the wrong tree completely?
Sorry to interject - damsires for Frankel Damsire Runners Winners Dubawi 115 33 Pivotal 141 32 Oasis Dream 164 29 Darshaan 106 24 Daylami 48 16 Sea The Stars 67 12 Danehill Dancer 84 12 Invincible Spirit 50 11 Kingmambo 63 11 Lear Fan 23 10 Street Cry 28 10 Dansili 54 10 Empire Maker 35 9 Cape Cross 96 9 Montjeu 55 9 Diesis 39 9 Seeking The Gold 37 9 Mark Of Esteem 41 9 Rahy 36 8 Desert Prince 37 8 Selkirk 19 8 Grand Lodge 28 8 Tiger Hill 28 7 Efisio 39 7 Linamix 44 7 Dalakhani 29 7 Shirocco 14 7 Rainbow Quest 50 7 Green Desert 37 7 Marju 38 6 Beat Hollow 23 6 Shamardal 26 6 Elusive Quality 18 5 Red Clubs 26 5 Mizzen Mast 19 5 Kendargent 35 4 Lemon Drop Kid 7 4 Hernando 7 4 Machiavellian 10 4 Observatory 25 4 War Chant 26 4 Silver Hawk 31 4 Acatenango 18 4 Zafonic 14 4 Mossman 13 4 Tale Of The Cat 12 3 Danetime 15 3 Sunday Silence 8 3 Red Ransom 8 3 Zamindar 14 3 Giant's Causeway 32 3 Gone West 10 3 Gold Away 4 3 Indian Ridge 29 3 Harlan's Holiday 11 3 Divine Light 10 3 Norse Dancer 11 3 Deploy 8 3 Iffraaj 23 3 Medicean 12 3 Storm Cat 15 2 Maria's Mon 3 2 Diktat 11 2 Tanino Gimlet 4 2 Dynaformer 5 2 Whipper 15 2 El Prado 5 2 Distorted Humor 13 2 Intikhab 7 2 Kahyasi 25 2 Kodiac 10 2 In The Wings 9 2 Dark Angel 15 1 Dr Devious 11 1 Distant View 4 1 Smart Strike 8 1 Singspiel 9 1 Xaar 11 1 Cadeaux Genereux 14 1 Camacho 26 1 Royal Academy 11 1 Redback 4 1 College Chapel 2 1 Sadler's Wells 4 1 Highest Honor 6 1 Torrential 5 1 Stravinsky 17 1 Lawman 4 1 Suave Dancer 9 1 Manhattan Rain 6 1 Mr Greeley 8 1 Mr Sidney 5 1 Spring At Last 9 1 Dubai Destination 5 1 Nureyev 14 1 Woodman 1 0 Soviet Star 13 0 Spectrum 2 0 Zafeen 13 0 Unfuwain 7 0 Verglas 1 0 War Front 2 0 Touch Gold 1 0 Unbridled's Song 1 0 Sir Percy 6 0 Exceed And Excel 5 0 Encosta De Lago 3 0 Dutch Art 3 0 Helmet 1 0 Halling 2 0 Ghostzapper 4 0 Deputed Testamony 5 0 Captain Rio 4 0 Anabaa 8 0 Acclamation 5 0 Danroad 1 0 Chester House 1 0 Charnwood Forest 5 0 High Chaparral 7 0 Peintre Celebre 19 0 Oratorio 1 0 Nashwan 1 0 Shareef Dancer 3 0 Redoute's Choice 1 0 Primo Dominie 3 0 Monsieur Bond 3 0 Loup Sauvage 8 0 Lomitas 1 0 Honor Grades 9 0 Miswaki 1 0 Manduro 5 0 Makfi 2 0
Kingman's earnings numbers heavily skewed by 3 milers - Palace Pier, Persian King and Schnell Meister - and the 9F horse Domestic Spending who won over 6 million quid between them
To begin with he got a lot of middle distance “traditional” types but people have noticed the results he’s got down under from the speedy Australian mares that have been sent to him (see table, though obv some of those are older horses sent to race as Cup horses), so his book has seen a swing towards the speedier mares. He’s one of those stallions that “throws to the mare” - they come in all shapes and sizes, hence why people backed off his first yearlings at the sales as they didn’t know what to make of them. He seems to impart the engine rather than a particular “type”.
Emotion - 1st by a very impressive 16L! Yee Haw - 3rd One for Bobby - 1st again impressively done. Lost - unplaced (16th)