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Beautiful Start For Ardad

Ardad is currently co-leader of the first-season sires’ championship with five winners to his credit. The latest victory for one of his first crop of two-year-olds came at Windsor in Monday when Beautiful Sunshine scored…

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Royal Ascot plan for Ardad’s Vintage Clarets

Ardad’s exceptional start to the season continued when his son Vintage Clarets landed his second victory, this time at Ayr. The Richard Fahey trainee broke fastest, led with his ears pricked, and dashed clear of…

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Vintage start for Ardad with three winners

Vintage Clarets, who was out on the first day of the season when fourth in the Brocklesby, became the third winner for Ardad at Beverley on Thursday despite finding some trouble in running. Sent off…

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Arboy Will is winner number two for Ardad

Ardad’s great start to the season continued on Monday when the John Bridger-trained Arboy Will defied his odds of 150/1 to make all at Windsor, beating red-hot favourite Zoltan Star. That favourite, trained by Richard…

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Ardad off the mark with first winner

Blue Collar Lad may have been bought for a blue-collar price but he is now a winner at the first time of asking, and gave his freshman sire Ardad his first winner of his stud…

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Our stud fees: reductions for 2021

Simon Sweeting, manager of Overbury Stud, has reined in the stud fees for several of his stallions ahead of the 2021 season. Ardad (who has stood three seasons at £6,500) and Cityscape (previously at £5,000) will…

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Overbury graduate William Bligh strikes at Haydock

The Overbury-bred William Bligh looked nicely progressive when winning by more than three lengths at Haydock for Chelsea Thoroughbreds and Ralph Beckett on Friday. The two-year-old colt is by Darley’s first-season sire Territories and is…

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A Grade 1 winner at the end of a good week

We took our biggest draft of foals to Tattersalls last week and it was also our strongest. The good results were led by foals by the French-based father and son Wootton Bassett and Almanzor. Both…

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52,000 gns Ardad filly leads the way

Overbury Stud’s Ardad filly was among the top lots at Tattersalls December Foal Sale on the first day. The February foal, the second foal of Stakes-placed sprinter Lastuce, was bought by Blandford Bloodstock for 52,000gns…

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