Equinties - over for a champ

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The future superstars of the turf are likely to have been found and brought home as the Tatts’s Bk1 sales concluded yesterday. Here’s the highs and lows of the famous sale:

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HEADLINE ROUNDUP

WESTOVER RETIRED

Good lord he did not deserve this. Just days after chasing home ACE IMPACT in the Arc, Beckett’s super star came out of the race with a career ending injury and will now retire to stud.

His Arc run was no doubt beautiful performance to finish on but he has been improving all the time and one just feels there was a lot more to come from the big son of FRANKEL.

His GALILEO-like grit and determination will surely him in demand across both codes.

ANGUS STRIKES GOLD

The final day of Book 1 at the October Yearling Sales concluded yesterday. Godolphin and Coolmore have been trading blows all week, each responsible for the soaring averages, and each under the watchful gaze of Shadwell owner HRH Sheikha Hissa who was biding her time, waiting for the right one. Waiting for Lot 492.

By FRANKEL, out of the 2019 Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes-winning MILLISLE, Shadwell went to 1.6m Guineas to secure her. Seeing off attention from Al Shira’aa Farms, Sheikha Hissa was intent on landing MILLISLE’s first foal with racing manager Angus Gold commenting: “I saw her on the farm and loved her there and Sheikha Hissa absolutely loved her when she saw her up there. I told her she’d make a lot of money but she said, ‘We need some fillies for the stud”.

Shadwell’s purchase was the only sale to reach the milli mark yesterday, next closest was another FRANKEL colt at 950,000gns as Coolmore continued to operate open wallet surgery.

Alongside Peter Brant, MV Magnier outbid Juddmonte’s Simon Mockridge to secure the well-bred colt who is a grandson of the Lancashire Oaks-winning PONGEE and is out of the Listed winner MATERIALISTIC.

BIN LADEN BUYING AREOPLANES

The name Bin Laden and UK horse racing is a combination that many didn’t expect to see side-by-side, yet the Racing Post revealed an article yesterday showing that Mohammed Saleh Bin Laden, a prominent member of the Bin Laden family, had spent 1.75 million guineas on seven fillies at the Tattersalls Book 1 Sale.

Under the name of Salhia Stud Limited, Bin Laden is listed as the majority shareholder in the company and is no stranger to the racing game as he owns Al Salhia Stud, a purebred Arabian facility based on the outskirts of Jeddah.

Naturally, Racing X had a field day:

Hossam Alsaady, a director of Salhia Stud, said: “It’s a long-term project. What we are doing is inspired by Juddmonte, who are Saudi, and I believe they started off with ten fillies and have grown to where they are now. That said, if we see a colt that we like then we will take a chase with him too.

“We want to be here in the UK for a long time and we are going to be investing in horses at the sales for the next few years.”

CHAMPION STAKES SHAKE UP

MOSTAHDAF was slashed into 3/1 favouritism for the Group 1 Champion Stakes at Ascot yesterday as joint-trainer John Gosden shared that he is “looking towards” the 1m2f contest later this month.

The five-year-old by FRANKEL produced a HUGE performance under a brilliant Frankie to beat NASHWA and PADDINGTON in the Juddmonte International last time out, but with the sights set on the Breeders’ Cup, he was a general 8/1 chance on Thursday morning.

However, following comments from Gosden on his next start, his price tumbled as connections could take in the Champion Stakes en route to the Breeders’ Cup.

Gosden said: “Mostahdaf breezed nicely on Wednesday morning and we are on weather watch, but we are looking towards the Champion Stakes providing the ground is in his favour.

“He won on soft as a three-year-old, but all of his best form has been on a sounder surface so we are hoping for this heatwave they say is coming.”

STATS OF THE DAY

15.30 COSMIC VIEW goes for Gary Moore at his local track. He’s won this race twice before and placed twice in it the last 6 years.

Big Don is a bit out of form but is going for the hat trick in the 15.45 and sends GENERAL OFFICER today.

RISK ON

14.47 SCENIC looks good leverage at 4/5 for another bet but we can’t find it yet. Will post to twitter @equinties is one stands out.

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