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Dubai Millennium’s daughters give Bertolini a juvenile double 12/08/09

The Darley-bred Dahakaa became the most recent of Bertolini’s juvenile winners when scoring by a length and a quarter at Wolverhampton on 10 August. The Michael Jarvis-trained colt was the second of Bertolini’s winners out of a mare by Dubai Millennium in just three days after Tremolo made a winning debut over six furlongs in Japan.

Dahakaa is the first winner for Dorrati, an unraced daughter of Ribblesdale Stakes winner and Oaks runner-up Bahr. Dahakaa was third on his debut in a Newamrket maiden in May and, despite showing signs of greenness on his second start, he won his race with plenty in hand and looks a colt to follow.

Two-year-old Tremolo, bred by Darley in Japan, has clearly looked the part from a very early stage as he was sold for 19,000,000 Yen (£121,000) as a yearling and has now succeeded on his first start for owner Kaneko Makoto Holdings Ltd. He is also out of a mare from the sole crop of Dubai Millennium, Royal Gala.

With 14 juvenile winners in Europe so far this year, Bertolini is currently lying in joint-seventh place in the table for leading sires of two-year-olds.

Followers of German racing will have noted a highly promising three-year-old daughter of Bertolini, King’s Bell, who is now unbeaten in three starts having won impressively over seven furlongs at Krefeld on 9 August.

Her three-and-a-half length victory followed on from success at Hamburg on 1 July after making a winning debut at Dortmund on 21 May. King’s Bell, who was bred by Jan H A Baggen, is out of the Crusader Sword mare Kingston Avenue.

Four-year-old Andrasta was another of Bertolini’s daughters to find herself in the winner’s enclosure at the weekend following her victory at Ayr on Saturday. The Peter Barclay-bred filly has now won four times at two, three and four.

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).