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2007, 1.67m. Cost €80,000 as a yearling. Trained at 2yo by Mark Johnston and owned by Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum. Transferred to Godolphin from the start of his 3yo season and trained by Saeed bin Suroor. Won 3 of his 6 runs as a juvenile starting with a 6f maiden sucess on debut in late May. Followed that win with a 5th of 16 in the Listed Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot and a 3rd of 8 in the 7f Group 2 Superlative Stakes (behind Silver Grecian). Next time out won the 7f Group 3 Solario Stakes then went to Ireland to win the Goffs Million Mile Sales race which had a Penalty Value to the winner at £956,000. Unplaced on his final outing when 6th in the 8f Group 1 Racing Post Trophy behind St Nicholas Abbey. Sucessful twice in his first 4 starts as a 3yo in a Listed 7f event in June and the 7f Group 2 Hungerford Stakes in August. Finished that year with poor runs in a pair of 7f Group 2 races. Ran 3 times as a 4yo, once in Dubai and two in Britain, and finished last each time never beaten less than 20 lengths. Retired to the de la Hetraie Stud in France at a fee of €3,500 which dropped to €2,500 in 2013 and there in 2014 at the same level. 9 Yearlings sold in 2014, of 15 catalogued, for an Average of 8,730gns and a Median at 7,937gns. First Season Sire in 2015. 2005 to 2015 Wins List. |