California Dreaming With Juvenile Star Aesterius
A trip to California is on the cards for our talented two-year-old AESTERIUS following his win in the Group 3 Prix d’Arenberg at Longchamp on Sunday, 1st September. Wathnan Racing’s son of Mehmas scored his third win in five starts in the five-furlong sprint, making virtually all the running to beat fellow British raider Kaadi by a comfortable length and a half. Now Archie is planning to take his chance in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Del Mar…
Nunthorpe Hero Bradsell Heads To Ireland
The Group 1 Flying Five Stakes at The Curragh on 15th September is the likely target for our fantastic Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe winner Bradsell. Our star sprinter dominated the York showpiece on day three of the Ebor Festival to supplement previous high-level successes in the Coventry Stakes and the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot. Remarkably, the four-year-old suffered a cannon bone fracture earlier in the year but looked better than ever when powering home from a stellar field…
Nunthorpe Next For Bradsell
It’s all systems go for the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes for BRADSELL following his impressive comeback win in France last weekend. Our dual Royal Ascot winner will head to York for the five-furlong showpiece on Friday 23rd August after brushing aside an 11-month injury lay-off in Deauville. Winner of the Coventry Stales at two and the Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes last summer, Victorious Racing’s speedy son of Tasleet came back in style in the five-furlong Listed Prix du Cercle.…
Glorious Future For Aesterius
It could be a ‘Glorious’ summer for our Listed winning two-year-old AESTERIUS, who will step back up in class in the Group 3 Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood’s big summer festival. Wathnan Racing’s exciting son of Mehmas earned a crack at the five-furlong juvenile dash with a resounding success in the Listed Dragon Stakes at Sandown on Friday 5th July on only his third career start. “It’s fantastic to make Aesterius a stakes winner and very important to get a Listed…
Near Miss At Royal Ascot For Gallant Electrolyte
For the second year running a Saxon Gate two-year-old came within an ace of winning one of the biggest juvenile races of the season, the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot in mid-June. Electrolyte finished strongly in the six-furlong dash, missing out in a photo-finish to 80-1 shot Rashabar despite a determined challenge under Hollie Doyle. Wathnan Racing’s £220,000 breeze-up purchase went down by an official nose after gunning down the eventual winner with almost the width of the…
Outbox Heads Magnificent Stakes Quadruple
Hambleton Racing’s globetrotting star OUTBOX headed a magnificent stakes race quadruple in May, with stable companions Evade, Havana Ball and Shartash all supplementing his Group 2 success with wins in Listed company. Outbox dominated his rivals to win the Jockey Club Stakes at the Qipco Guineas Festival at Newmarket under a brilliant ride from his regular partner Hollie Doyle. Stakes race success continued with Shartash’s victory in the Listed Pertemps Network Spring Trophy Stakes at Haydock Park, Havana Ball’s Listed…
Stakes Campaign Awaits German Winner
A campaign in fillies’ stakes races is on the agenda for HAVANA BALL, who boosted her value with a Listed success in Germany on 20th May. Our Lone Star Investments filly made all the running in the Grosser Preis der Hannoverschen Volksbank at Hanover, scoring by a comfortable three parts of a length. Commenting on her success, Archie says: “It’s fantastic to make Havana Ball a stakes winner. She’s been very progressive and after getting placed black type in Chantilly…
Royal Ascot Awaits Improving Sprinter Shartash
Owners Weldspec Glasgow are dreaming of Royal Ascot success following SHARTASH’S Listed victory at Haydock Park on Saturday, 11th May. The four-year-old won the Pertemps Network Spring Trophy Stakes by a comfortable neck from proven Pattern performer Pogo to book his place in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes next month. Archie only began training the son of Invincible Spirit in the autumn after he was bought by Blandford Bloodstock’s Stuart Boman and Tom Biggs for 150,000 euros…
Shartash Earns Royal Ascot Target
New recruit SHARTASH posted a performance full of promise at Thirsk in April that set him up for a possible tilt at the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot in June. Weldspec Glasgow Ltd’s gelding took a competitive seven-furlong handicap by almost five lengths on his stable debut after being purchased for 150,000 euros by Blandford Bloodstock at the Arqana Sales in September. Winner of the Group 2 Railway Stakes in Ireland 2022 for Johnny Murtagh, the four-year-old…
Passport At The Ready For Group Star Outbox
Hambleton Racing star OUTBOX, who took his career to new heights with a Group 2 success at Newmarket’s Guineas Festival, is poised to travel Europe this summer in pursuit of more big prizes. The nine-year-old posted a personal best to dominate the William Hill Jockey Club Stakes and net over £70,000 for his proud owners, delighting his trainer Archie and the team. “Winning such a prestigious Group 2 as the Jockey Club Stakes is just fantastic,” he says. “He’s an…
