30 March, 2008
2008 foalings
An ARAAFA colt born this morning is the fourth arrival
at Pantycoed this year, and takes us to the halfway point in our 2008
foalings, with four mares still to foal.
A week early, but a good strong sort and a good
advertisement for the first crop of his sire, he is the second foal
out of Pantycoed-bred seven-time winner AND TOTO TOO.
The three older foals we have are another colt and two
fillies. The colt, another by a first crop horse, and also a
great advertisement for his sire, ICEMAN, is out of KIRUNA, and is
inbred to SPECIAL, to whom both sire and dam trace.
The two fillies, both attractive types, are a NEEDWOOD
BLADE out of Pantycoed-bred 2yo winner SABLE N' SILK and a second
ICEMAN, this one from the boarding mare ENNOBLING.
13 December, 2007
Relative too strong
RELATIVE STRENGTH, a Kris Kin colt purchased as a foal
by Louise Parry in partnership with Mary Baker and prepared at Pantycoed
for the 2006 Tattersalls October 3 sale, scored on his debut for Andrew Balding at Kempton last
night.
The colt, bred by Tom Brennan's Holborn Trust, is the
3rd 2yo winner in 2007 to come out of Pantycoed. Considering this
comes from just 5 runners, and that one of the other two is the
disqualified Newmarket 'winner' Classic Descent, the Pantycoed-bred
half-brother to Saiore, we feel that we have had a pretty good year
with our runners from the crop of 2005.
4 November, 2007
Divinitus denied
Divinitus was denied the chance to become the latest
black-type performer to come out of Pantycoed when an unlucky fourth
in the Listed Eyrefield Stakes at Leopardstown today.
The brown colt, who had been virtually pulled up when
badly hampered in the Gr 3 Killavullan Stakes at his previous start,
again experienced no luck when narrowly beaten for third place after
being left on his own in the centre of the track away from the rest of
the field.
1 October, 2007
Divinitus on debut
DIVINITUS (2005 b c Medicean - Divina Mia) scored on
his debut in a 30-runner Curragh Miaden yesterday to become the 27th
winner bred at Pantycoed. A 46,000 guineas foal purchase by Brian
Grassick Bloodstock, Divinitus is still in the Grassick family
ownership, racing in the colours of Mrs Sheila Grassick and trained by
the purchaser's brother Michael.
24 August, 2007
Harry Gee scores
Harry Gee became the 26th individual winner bred at
Pantycoed when winning the Hi-Cup Wines Ltd Maiden over 6 furlongs at
Chester yesterday. Trained by William Muir, Harry Gee is by Averti out
of the Entrepreneur mare Mentro, since sold out of the stud.
11 June, 2007
Win for Encircled
Encircled, the second foal of Pantycoed mare Ring of
Esteem, joined her half-brother Montpellier as a dual winner after
scoring easily at Windsor on Saturday.
Though not bred at Pantycoed, Encircled, a daughter of
In The Wings, races in the colours of Louise Parry and Peter
Steele-Mortimer, who acquired Ring of Esteem last year after buying
her daughter as a yearling.
Ring of Esteem is currently in foal to Beat Hollow,
like In The Wings and Montpellier's sire Montjeu a son of Sadler's
Wells.
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