16th May 2012

final foals

Foaling is over at Lanwades for the year, eight arrivals completing the 2012 group.

Seven of them are 'very permanent residents' in as much as they haven't left Lanwades for a while and are not going to this year either, their 2012 foals and their proposed 2012 coverings all being by Lanwades sires. The exception is Gr.3 Prix d'Arenberg winner and Queen Mary Stakes runner-up STARLIT SANDS, who has a second foal a PIVOTAL filly. STARLIT SANDS is the best of eight winners out of SHIMMERING SEA, a Group-placed half-sister to Gr.1 King George winner PETOSKI. This mare will not be covered in 2012.

Three of the remaining seven foals are SIR PERCY colts, one bay, one chesnut, one grey. FANDANGERINA, a great-granddaughter of Irish 1000 Guineas winner GAILY has a chesnut, her first colt after fillies by WITH APPROVAL (FANTASIOSA, in training with Rae Guest) and ARCHIPENKO, whom she revisits. HEAT OF THE NIGHT has a bay fifth foal. Her first two foals are winners and she has a two-year-old HERNANDO son with Sir Henry Cecil and a yearling colt by ARCHIPENKO. She visits AUSSIE RULES. The third SIR PERCY is a grey out of WITH APPROVAL's stakes winning daughter FROSTY WELCOME. Her first three foals are all winners, her fourth was placed in his only start to date, at two last year, she has a two-year-old daughter, ICY REPLY, by HERNANDO, with Sir Mark Prescott, and a yearling daughter by ARCHIPENKO. She too visits AUSSIE RULES.

AFFAIRE D'AMOUR is also due to visit AUSSIE RULES. She is one of three mares amongst this last batch who have ARCHIPENKO foals, hers the only filly. A full-sister to multiple Listed winner FOREIGN AFFAIRS and half-sister to 2011 Listed winner and multiple Group placed MOTRICE, AFFAIRE D’AMOUR has bred two winners and also has a yearling SIR PERCY filly still to represent her. ZOOMING, from the family of LAST TYCOON, and STERLING SOUND, a daughter of European Champion Filly LADY IN SILVER, both have ARCHIPENKO colts. Both mares now visit SIR PERCY.

The remaining foal of the batch is a bay/grey filly by HERNANDO out of ALVARITA, her sixth foal and fourth filly. A Listed-winning daughter of World Champion ALBORADA, ALVARITA, dam of four-year-old ALBERT BRIDGE (also by HERNANDO), a good winner for Ralph Beckett, has a two-year-old colt named ALCAEUS also by HERNANDO with Sir Mark Prescott and a yearling filly full-sibling to this year's foal. She now visits SIR PERCY, sire of ALLA SPERANZA, her three-year-old daughter who was an excellent sixth in the Gr.1 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket.

15th May 2012

AUSSIE RULES TOPS THE TABLE AS LEADING BRITISH-BASED SIRE
OF 3YOS IN EUROPE IN 2012 by percentage winners to runners

Leading Sires of 3yos in Europe in 2012 by UK based sires
		Runners	Winners	%
1	AUSSIE RULES	39	13	33
2	DUBAWI	38	12	32
	KYLLACHY	40	13	32
4	RAIL LINK	37	11	30
5	OASIS DREAM	59	17	29
6	AUTHORIZED	43	12	28
7	KHELEYF	53	14	26
	SHIROCCO	50	13	26
9	DUTCH ART	44	11	25
	SELKIRK	28	7	25
11	ZAMINDAR	46	10	22
12	DANSILI	44	7	16
Statistics provided by Hyperion Promotions Ltd. Results to 14th May 2012.

15th May 2012

impressive debut win for son of sir percy

SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD, a three-year-old son of SIR PERCY, made an impressive winning debut over ten furlongs in a maiden at Windsor yesterday.   He settled at the rear, make good progress to lead and pull clear from the rest of the pack to win by five lengths with a further nine lengths back to the third.  Bred and owned by Ballymacoll Stud and trained by Sir Michael Stoute, SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD is a half brother to two Group 3 winners as well as four other winners and he definitely looks one to follow.

14th May 2012

A NEW STAKES WINNER BY SELKIRK

AIKEN, a four-year-old son of SELKIRK, took his tally to five wins from six starts when impressively winning the Listed John Doyle Buckhounds Stakes at Ascot on Saturday by ten lengths.  AIKEN was unraced as a two-year-old, unplaced on his debut at three last June, but unbeaten since, having won a maiden later that month and three handicaps.  Owned and bred by George Strawbridge and trained by John Gosden he looks to be a highly progressive colt and it will be interesting to see his next appearance.

8th May 2012

WEEKEND ROUND-UP

The weekend round-up for Lanwades - over at Saint-Cloud in one of the Derby trials, Lanwades homebred ALBION finished second in the Gr.2 Greffulhe Stakes by the smallest of margins to the unbeaten KESAMPOUR.  It was a great run by ALBION who is by WITH APPROVAL out of dual Gr.1 Champion Stakes winner ALBORADA and is trained in France by Andre Fabre.  The winner is an Aga Khan homebred out of the winning HERNANDO mare KASATANA.

Back in Newmarket in the 1000 Guineas SELKIRK’s daughter STARSCOPE ran a cracking race to finish second managing to split the Aidan O’Brien pair HOMECOMING QUEEN and MAYBE.  STARSCOPE is a lightly raced Cheveley Park homebred trained by John Gosden.  Interestingly the winner HOMECOMING QUEEN did not win a race until her eighth attempt in a Fairyhouse Maiden, she then finished second in the Gr.3 C L Weld Park Stakes before making all to win a Listed – The Lanwades and Staffordstown Stud Listed for two-year-old fillies at The Curragh, sponsored by Lanwades.

SELKIRK also had an impressive maiden winner at Gowran Park in CAPONATA, a Juddmonte homebred filly having her first run was much too good for her rivals winning by five and a half lengths. Trained by D K Weld she may be seen out next in an Oaks Trial at Naas.

2nd May 2012

dance company by aussie rules wins at lingfield

Lanwades new recruit AUSSIE RULES had a nice three-year-old winner yesterday in the well regarded filly DANCE COMPANY.  She was having her third start yesterday in the seven furlong maiden at Lingfield which she won in good style by over three lengths.  She had two runs at two, both in maidens at Newbury over six furlongs in which she did show some ability.  Her trainer, William Knight, is hopeful that she will progress into a black-type filly later in the season.  DANCE COMPANY is the eleventh individual three-year-old winner for AUSSIE RULES already this year and she looks to be a nice prospect.

30th April 2012

HERNANDO IN THE NEWS

Lanwades sire HERNANDO was in the news at the weekend siring black type winners as a sire and a broodmare sire.  Firstly his ultra consistent son ALIANTHUS added another Listed victory to his growing list of successes which now adds up to eight wins in Group races and two in Listed events.  This latest Listed win came in the Ernst Meile at Cologne which he won by an impressive four and a half lengths. On the same card, SLOWFOOT, another son of HERNANDO won the Preis der Ford-Werke.  Over in Italy the Gr.3 Premio Regina Elena was won by CHERRY COLLECT who is out of the Listed winning mare HOLY MOON by HERNANDO. This race is also known as the Italian 1000 Guineas and many winners of this race have gone on to win the Italian Oaks.

25th April 2012

A DOUBLE FOR SIR PERCY

Lanwades sire SIR PERCY had two runners - two winners today, one a three-year-old and the other a two-year-old. The three-year-old FREE HOUSE was having his first run at Jagersro in a maiden over 1600m (8f) after having four runs at two in England when trained by Brian Meehan. Bred by Kirtlington Stud he was sold as a yearling at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sales for 80,000 gns and went through the ring again at the Tattersalls Horses in Training Sale. This was his first start as a three-year-old and won in convincing style by eight lengths. The two-year-old MAD JAZZ made virtually all to win over 5 furlongs at Catterick on her third attempt. She was bred by Usk Valley Stud and is now owned by Paul Inman along with her trainer Tony Coyle.

24th April 2012

FEAST OF FILLIES

Eight foals arrived over a ten day period here at Lanwades, and seven of them are fillies. The sole colt is a son of HERNANDO and ALBA STELLA, whose first three foals are the multiple winners ALEATRICIS, ALICANTE and ALL MY HEART. Her fourth foal is the twice-raced GALILEO colt ALL THAT RULES, she has a yearling full-brother to this year's colt and returns to HERNANDO.

LA FELICITA has a bay NAYEF full-sister to German Champion three-year-old filly and Gr.1 Prix de l'Opera winner LADY MARIAN.   LA FELICITA is also the dam of German Group 3 winner LUCIDOR. LA FELICITA’s grandam LA DORADA was champion two-year-old filly herself in Germany and is ancestress of other German Champions in LOMITAS, LIRUNG, LAGUNAS, LA COLORADA and LAVIRCO. LA FELICITA has a MONSUN two-year old colt in training in Ireland with Patrick Prendergast named LONGSHADOW and a yearling filly by SELKIRK.

A second HERNANDO foal of the week was a MISS KATMANDU chesnut filly. The mare, Mr John Pearce's RAINBOW QUEST half-sister to Group winners ST EXPEDIT and ASIAN HEIGHTS has three-year-old and two-year-old full-brothers to this filly. The three-year-old named KASHGAR ran a very nice race first time out at Yarmouth earlier in the month finishing third and still holds a Derby entry. MISS KATMANDU stays put at Lanwades to visit AUSSIE RULES, who will also be the 2012 mate for I DO, who produced a chesnut filly by ARCHIPENKO. She has the HERNANDO three-year-old SPANISH WEDDING in training with Marco Botti to represent her this year plus a two-year-old colt by WITH APPROVAL and a yearling filly by SIR PERCY.

ALAKANANDA has a bay filly by ARCHIPENKO, her seventh foal. The first five are all winners, foremost amongst them Derby runner-up DRAGON DANCER, now a stallion in France. Her sixth foal is the MEDICEAN three-year-old filly SATOPANTH, unraced to date (but with some Gr.1 entries...) in training in France with Pascal Bary.

The remaining three foalers all stay at Lanwades to visit ARCHPENKO. ETERNELLE is returning after foaling a bay filly by that horse. She is a half-sister to three winners and has siblings PEARL FROST (three-year-old colt by VERGLAS) and EASY LIFE (two-year-old filly by SIR PERCY) to run for their dam this year. NADESZHDA has a chesnut filly by MAKFI, half-sister to her two winners which include last year's useful juvenile NIMIETY. She also has a two-year-old colt by WITH APPROVAL named COLOUR MY WORLD and a yearling filly already named as well in NOVAYA GAZETA, a member of ARCHIPENKO's first crop. Finally Group 1 placed stakes winner SOUVENANCE, who had a bay foal daughter by SELKIRK last year, has produced another daughter by our wonderful old boy, this time a chesnut. SOUVENANCE's first foal, NICE ROSE, was a good winner at Newcastle on only her second start ten days ago for Mark Johnston and her second, SORCELLERIE, is a two-year-old SIR PERCY filly in training with David Elsworth.

23rd April 2012

GROUP THREE SUCCESS FOR SON OF HERNANDO

HARRIS TWEED added his name to the list of 20 individual Group winners for his sire HERNANDO when powering clear to win the Gr.3 Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise Stakes (registered as the John Porter Stakes) by five lengths at the weekend.  HARRIS TWEED, now five, had won two Listed races back in 2010, the Listed Stand Cup at Chester and the Noel Murless Stakes at Newmarket, and this was his first win at Group level after having been placed five times in Group company in the last two years. It was a good training performance by his trainer William Haggas after being off the track for over 230 days who reported that his next target could be the Gr.2 Yorkshire Cup next month and he is now qualified to run in the Melbourne Cup in November.  Incidentally, NINISKI, the grandsire of HARRIS TWEED, won this same race some 32 years ago.

BOOMERANG BOB GUINEAS BOUND

BOOMERANG BOB, son of Lanwades new boy AUSSIE RULES, has earned himself a run in this year’s 2000 Guineas at either Newmarket or Longchamp after finishing second to CASPER NETSCHER in the Gr.3 Greenham Stakes at Newbury on Saturday.  BOOMERANG BOB had four runs as a two year old, winning his maiden first time out at Kempton and then finishing second in his next three runs including in the Gr.2 Norfolk Stakes at Ascot and the Gr.3 Prix du Bois at Chantilly.

19th April 2012

ALBORADA'S SON WINS IN FRANCE

ALBION the three-year-old son of Lanwades-bred World Champion ALBORADA won the Prix du Pre Catelan at Longchamp today over a mile and a quarter with a strong run to lead late on. ALBION is trained in France by Andre Fabre for Lanwades Stud and was having his fourth run, first as a three-year-old, after three encouraging runs at two where he never finished out of the first four. ALBION is by WITH APPROVAL who stood at Lanwades before he died in 2010 and is the third winner for his dam following on from the Listed Prix Petite Etoile winner ALVARITA and Listed-placed winnner ALBARAKA.

17th April 2012

Lanwades leases AUSSIE RULES

Lanwades leases AUSSIE RULES to stand Southern Hemisphere seasons at Haras Arroyo de Luna in Argentina.
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16th April 2012

Lanwades leases ARCHIPENKO

Lanwades leases ARCHIPENKO to stand Southern Hemisphere seasons at Haras La Quebrada in Argentina.
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16th April 2012

ANOTHER GROUP VICTORY FOR SON OF HERNANDO

Germany’s top miler ALIANTHUS returned aged seven with a win in the Gr.3 Frujahrs Meile at Dusseldorf yesterday.  The ultra consistent son of HERNANDO made all the running to capture his eighth race at Group level by three quarters of a length.  He has now won two Gr.2 races including last year’s Gr.2 Grafenberger Meilen Trophy and four Gr.3 races and is one of 19 Group/Graded winners for his sire HERNANDO which include six whom have triumphed at Group 1 level.

15th April 2012

NICE ROSE WINS AT NEWCASTLE

Fourth generation Lanwades-bred NICE ROSE easily won the Deloitte Maiden Fillies’ Stakes at Newcastle yesterday for her owner Ahmed Jaber and trainer Mark Johnston.  The three-year-old daughter of TEOFILO led from start to finish winning by a margin of four and a half lengths which looks to be most promising on her only her second start to date.  NICE ROSE is the first foal out of Gr.1 placed and Listed winner SOUVENANCE  who is by HERNANDO and is full sister to Gr.3 winner SONGERIE,  half sister to Listed winner SOURIRE (by DOMEDRIVER) and also to Gr.3-placed Listed winner SOFT MORNING.  All of these mares form part of the Lanwades broodmare band as well as their dam SUMMER NIGHT.  SOUVENANCE has a two-year-old filly by SIR PERCY named SORCELLERIE who is in training with David Elsworth, a yearling filly and a filly foal both by SELKIRK.

12th April 2012

HALF MOON HOTEL EARNS BLACK-TYPE

HALF MOON HOTEL a two year old colt in training in South Africa earned some valuable black-type when finishing second in the Listed Somerset Stakes at Kenilworth on only his second start on Monday.  He is by ALADO, the unraced DANZIG stallion son of dual Champion Stakes winner and World Champion three-year-old filly, ALBORADA.  HALF MOON HOTEL is trained by Vaughan Marshall for owner-breeder Kirsten Rausing; the duo also have three-year-old NORTHERN CONQUEST, another son of ALADO, who has won 4 races this year. ALADO stands at Arc-En-Ciel Stud in the Cape Province, South Africa.

9th April 2012

MISS AIX A WINNER FOR MR PEARCE

MISS AIX a four year old filly by SELKIRK out of HERNANDO mare MISS PROVENCE won the 11f Handicap at Warwick today for her owner/breeder Mr J L C Pearce. This was the second victory of her career after winning her maiden in June of last year at Newcastle. She has been pretty consistent in her ten runs to date and I am sure the aim will be by her trainer, Michael Bell, to get some valuable black type in the future. She did have one run in a Listed a the back end of last year. Mr Pearce has boarded his mares at Lanwades since 1984 and has bred many good winners here including Gr.1 winner ARCADIAN HEIGHTS and Gr.3 winners ASIAN HEIGHTS and ST EXPEDIT.

7th April 2012

SELKIRK WINNER ON DEBUT

HH Aga Khan's three-year-old colt SHEMALZAN by SELKIRK was a winner on his debut at La Teste de Buch over 2200 metres today. Although he met with traffic problems in the straight he just managed to get his nose in front on the line to beat a field of 15. I am sure his trainer Jean-Claude Rouget will now look to step him up in class. HH Aga Khan has been a long supporter of Lanwades sire SELKIRK which has so far resulted in two Group 1 winning fillies DARYAKANA and KASTORIA.

5th April 2012

ARCHIPENKO

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4th April 2012