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Another batch of Proclamation’s first yearlings were put to the commercial test at Tattersalls this week and passed with flying colours. All six in Book 2 sold for an average of 22,900gns – more than five times his covering fee in 2007.
Sheikh Hamdan’s racing and bloodstock manager Angus Gold secured the highest priced of these when going to 60,000gns for a colt out of the Danehill mare Gleam Of Light, who has already produced the dual Group Two winner Arabian Gleam.
Gill Richardson, the regular buyer for trainer Mick Channon, had already bought a Proclamation filly at Doncaster and she came back for another filly at Tattersalls, a daughter of Zachera, a Zamindar half-sister to G1-winning sprinter Sakhee’s Secret. Consigned by Templeton Stud, the April-foaled filly was knocked down for 27,000gns.
Trainer Clive Cox has enjoyed a really successful season and his team for next year will include a Proclamation half-brother to Flying Childers Stakes winner Godfrey Street from the Whitsbury Stud consignment. Out of the Caerleon mare Tahara, the colt fetched 22,000gns.
Aidan Kennedy and David Redvers both went to 10,000gns for colts by Proclamation while Norfolk-based Whitwell Bloodstock bought a colt out of Amiata, who will join the Proclamation filly bought at last December’s foal sale.
Bertolini had five yearlings sell during Book 2 for an average of 19, 400gns. With his consistent stream of two-year-old winners, it was no surprise that trainers were keen to buy his stock and Michael Jarvis and David Simcock bought colts for 26,000gns and 13,000gns respectively while John Berry secured Langton Stud’s daughter of Lady Donatella for 22,000gns.
Peter Doyle, the successful agent for Richard Hannon’s stable, was another to appreciate Bertolini’s good strike rate, paying 16,000gns for a filly out of the multiple-winning Miswaki mare Galapagar. Rabbah Bloodstock took a fancy to the Tally-Ho Stud-consigned colt out of Raze (Halling), who fetched 26,000gns.
A Bertolini filly out of Film Buff had been sold to Richard Frisby the previous week for 37,000gns but Book 1 honours went to Zafeen, whose colt out of Miss Prim, and thus a half-brother to the talented sprinter Amour Propre, sold to Shadwell for 70,000.
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).
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