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.

Foaling News

See our mares page for further details of foal arrivals in 2008.