Avenue get off the mark at Arqana as the yearling sales season gets underway
As the yearling sales season got into full swing in Deauville last week Avenue Bloodstock made their mark at the Arqana sale. John Ferguson, Mark McStay and Dick O’Gorman were all in attendance at the sale and the Avenue team came away with three pleasing purchases and found good value from a very competitive sale.
Lot 52, a gorgeous Australia colt was purchased for €160,000 and will head into training with Newmarket trainer Hugo Palmer. He is out of Mark of Esteem mare Tessa Reef, herself a listed winner, she is already the dam of black type winners including Group 2 winner Permian. With a page that includes the superstar filly of 2018, Alpha Centuri, this was a really exciting purchase to kick of the sale.
Also heading to Hugo Palmer is Lot 150. The good-looking Camelot colt was knocked down to Avenue Bloodstock for €90,000. Out of Royal Academy mare Logjam, he is a half-brother to Group 2 winner Boris De Deauville.
Lot 150 Camelot X Logjam
Lot 205, P’Tit Breton, a son of Wootton Bassett and out of Sagariya (Shamardal), is a beautiful colt with a page full of Group winners and was bought by Avenue for €125,000. He will be going into training with Jamie Osbourne.
Lot 205 Wootton Basset X Sagariya
Group 3 success for exciting Frankel filly Magical Hope
A fruitful season looks likely for Magical Hope off the back of her easy win in the Group 3 Darley Munster Oaks at Cork on Friday evening. Trained by Paddy Twomey, the daughter of Frankel, who was bought by Avenue Bloodstock on behalf of owners Steve Weston, Ballylinch Stud, Mrs Paul Shanahan and P J […]
Champion Porta Fortuna brilliant in G2 return to cap Curragh treble
Porta Fortuna made a brilliant return to the track for Medallion Racing, Steve Weston, Reeves Thoroughbreds and Barry Fowler on Sunday when taking the Group 2 Lanwades Stud Stakes to cap a winning treble for horses purchased by Avenue Bloodstock. Shouldering a penalty and making her first start since November, last year’s Cartier Champion 3yo […]
Listed Burradon Stakes success for Glittering Legend
Glittering Legend, a yearling purchase on behalf of Bon Ho, continued on his impressive upward trajectory on Friday when taking the Listed Burradon Stakes at Newcastle. His win opened a high-profile double for Bon Ho, whose colours were later carried to victory by breeze-up purchase Wonder Legend in the £175,000 two-mile handicap. Fresh off a […]
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