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Bertolini's babes out in front

4/1/10 - In a record for any British-based stallion, Bertolini has sired 117 juvenile winners from five crops

On new year’s eve, Cuthbert scorched home at Lingfield to become the 117th juvenile winner for his sire Bertolini from just five crops of racing age.

Taking the first-season sires' championship in 2005 with 28 winners, which included G1 Cheveley Park Stakes heroine Donna Blini, Bertolini started his stud career as he meant to go on: consistently producing speedy, precocious racehorses.

His 2009 tally of two-year-old winners was 24, just a fraction less than a quarter of his 100 winners for the year overall. Already on the scoresheet in 2010 is Avenuesnalleyways, who won at Kempton on his three-year-old debut on 3 January and was described in the Racing Post as "a class above his rivals".

Interestingly, while Bertolini clearly remains a very reliable source of juvenile winners, it would be wrong to pigeon-hole him as merely a sire of two-year-olds: the best colt he has so far sired has been the consistent sprinter Moorhouse Lad, a member of his first crop who was at his peak at four and five, winning the King George Stakes at Glorious Goodwood in 2007 and the World Trophy at Newbury in 2008. Similarly, only one of his four NZ-bred Group winners has scored in Group company as a two-year-old: the high-class sprinter Solvini, who was also a Group winner at three.

Bertolini had thus been proven to provide the best of both worlds: plenty of two-year-old winners but also horses who train on.

SIMON’S BLOG

16-8-10
Sadly the Hawk wing yearling filly had to put down 24 hours after her operation. She was in alot of pain which the vets couldn't reduce with drugs so they felt it was best to put her out of her misery. Although we are now left with just a very large bill for her care at least I know that everything that could have been done was done. We are also going to be looking for a new permenant member of staff this autumn as Vikki Chorley is leaving us after 4 years to ride eventers. Vikki was in charge of one of the yards so is a senior member of staff and I expect will be hard to replace.

6-8-10
After reporting some Overbury bred winners last week we are now experiencing the flipside of breeding (or generally looking after livestock). The yearling out of Flying Finsh - a filly by Hawk Wing - showed signs of colic on monday. She was checked by a vet who gave some pain killer and muscle relaxant. There was no sign of a twisted gut and she settled back to normal very quickly. All was well until wednesday morning when she again showed signs of colic, but this time her heart rate and temperature where raised. She went straight into the vets clinic where an infection in her gut - peritonitis - was confirmed. We had hoped that a heavy dose of antibiotisc might cure the problem but this morning she sickened quite rapidly. The vets advice was then there was no choise other than to operate and hope to find a problem. I have just been told that they have found an abscess on the outside of the gut which will have to be removed. Chance of sucess is rated at less than 50% and the operation is an expensive one. The only good thing is that if she survives there shouldn't be any recurring problems as a result of this. In the meantime we just have to wait and hope. (I'm away until the end of next week but will give a follow up on my return).