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Saturday, May 5th, 2012Camelot has delivered Montjeu, his first Guineas winner. His success didn’t look likely until inside the final furlong, but in the end he was probably worth a little bit more than his official margin of a neck. His success confirms the greatness of both Montjeu and Aidan O’Brien. Aidan O’Brien Camelot was Aidan O’Brien’s sixth [...]
Montjeu RIP
Thursday, March 29th, 2012We all know that death is inevitable, yet we are still surprised when it happens. Montjeu was only 16 when he died today from complications related to septicaemia. He leaves behind an outstanding legacy with too many big winners to name, but even looking at his classic winners gives a sense of his achievements. Classic [...]
Stowaway fever
Thursday, March 15th, 2012The first two days of Cheltenham 2012 were dominated by the Sadler’s Wells tribe, in particular Oscar. However it was nice to see Stowaway a sire that we previously tipped for greatness (see earlier post) sire his first Cheltenham winner. The horse in question was Champagne Fever (2007 g Stowaway ex Forever Bubbles by Roselier) [...]
What has happened to NH horses?
Friday, March 9th, 2012In this months international thoroughbred magazine I wrote about the decline of the National Hunt horse. The full text is shown below: What has happened to National Hunt horses? I normally sigh when I hear older racing folk talk about the good old days. If you were to believe them, horses were tougher, jockeys were [...]
Poor value stallion fees 2012
Monday, February 13th, 2012Having already looked at stallions I feel are under-priced, in the interests of balance I feel I should shame those studs that are overcharging for their wares. That is the benefit of not being reliant on advertising:) The following stallion fees, for sires that have had more than one crop on the track had me [...]
2012 Stallion fees-where is the value?
Friday, January 27th, 2012“Price is what you pay, value is what you get” , said Warren Buffett the legendary stock market investor. He made his money through value investing, essentially he believed the market prices often overlooked intrinsic value and therein lay opportunity. I couldn’t agree more when it comes to 2012 stallion fees. Below are some stallions [...]
Montjeu- the fillies sire?
Saturday, October 8th, 2011Everyone knew that Montjeu’s fillies are considerably less desirable than his colts. His tally of one Group 1 winning filly (Montare) compared to 15 Group 1 winning colts in the Northern Hemisphere tells its own story. In addition the Racing Post reported that his top 31 performers by Racing Post Rating were all male! However [...]
Arc day 2011- A new French fashion?
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011The French have a reputation for being fashionable. Sunday was Prix de l’Arc day- Europe’s finest single days racing with seven Group 1 races. The results were a breath of fresh air and a delight to those people who love to see diversity amongst the stallion ranks. We have come to expect top class European [...]
Pour Moi
Saturday, June 4th, 2011Pour Moi’s win in the Derby was further proof that Montjeu is the pre-eminent sire of Derby colts in Europe. Galileo is enjoying a stellar year but Montjeu is still to my mind a better bet to throw a top middle distance colt. Pour Moi’s performance at Epsom was all the more meritorious as he [...]
Sadler’s Wells- a tribute
Friday, May 27th, 2011It’s almost a month since Sadler’s Wells died. He was outstanding in every respect as racehorse, as a sire, as a broodmare sire and now as a sire of sires. A book would be required to do proper justice to his impact (and I don’t have time for that) , so I will have to [...]
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