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Racing How'd You Do?
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6(4)-3(3)-2-0-1(1)

Normally I am too lazy to write up but I have to brag today as some our future studs did spectacularly well and I’ve just got to give them a plug!!!

[color=blue]GCh. Quintet earned his new title today by winning the Gr. 1 Dubai Duty Free yay! This is his sixth stakes win and I have no doubt he will be qualified very soon. He loves the Turf and has never been out of the money in 8 stakes starts!

And ultra exciting is that [color=blue]NCh. Devil’s Walk won the Gr. 1 Dubai World Cup  ;D there’s so many things to mention i’m bursting! This is his sixth Grade 1 win, he is now only 28 points from getting his ICh - he set his 3rd speed record AND he is now #8 on the Overall Money earning list! He’s too good to be true and really seems to be getting faster with age.

Our one disappointment was [color=blue]Ch. Make Me Magical only managing fourth in the Gr. 1 Dubai Sheema Classic. I’m being greedy - I know it’s a great result considering the class of competitors but I had my hopes very high after his winning streak last year that he would become a Stud. He has not been in the winner’s circle for 4 starts now and I believe he may have had a rather short peak period :/  fingers crossed he finds his mojo again - it’s silly but it’s mostly because I love the Dark Greys lol

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Congrats! :slight_smile: Looking forward to seeing him at stud. (Of course, it’s always the ones we sell that go on to get studified. :stuck_out_tongue:)

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Well done Steph. Looking forward to seeing them both at stud :slight_smile:

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Congrats Steph! I have a feeling that Octagonal will soon earn a “chef de race” title.

Disappointments here :frowning:

[color=red]Ch. Winter Queen was 6th/10 in Distaff Breeders’ Cup Handicap. She’s only a few points away from the next title and I was sure that she will get it today, by winning the race or not. Unfortunately it was the worst performance in her whole career. Stablemate [color=red]Razamatazz finished right behind her.

I claimed 3yo [color=red]Adventure, by WCh. Strider, out of EdVenture. Strider is now gold and her dam was a solid performer on allowance level. The filly was dead last though; maybe that’s just our luck today…?

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Today was a surprisingly nice day for us, with five runners all finishing in the top four.

Homebred[color=red] Song of Songs and… what appears to be a 2YO auction purchase [color=red]Satin Pillow won their races, both NW2 allowances. Color War prize [color=red]Nyota Uhura finished third behind Song of Songs while [color=blue]The Iron Crown and [color=red]Light Up The Sky finished second and fourth in a 7.5f dirt NW1 for 3YOs.

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33(24)-10(7)-7(5)-9(7)-1(1) $7,711,000

A great day, with 10 wins, including wins in 4 of the 6 Dubai Classic races. Congratulations to Steph on winning the other 2. 78% of our runners finished in the 1st 3. 3 of the winners are leased, 2 from Markos and 1 from Ivy Creek.

Wins
[color=red]Ch. Byleth, (3yo, Government Secret) in the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen. She joins her older half-brothers [color=blue]NCh. Hogwarts & [color=blue]NCh. Hogsmeade as both SW and Millionaire.
[color=red]G.Ch. Fool’s Kiss, (4yo, Foolhardy) in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic.
[color=blue]Ch. Franco Classico (Leased from Ivy Creek), (3yo, I’m A Classic) in the G2 UAE Derby. He continues his impressive record of 5 Wins and 1 2nd in his 6 starts. The 3rd consecutive year this race has been won by a horse wearing our colors.
[color=red]G.Ch. Magic Spitfire, (4yo, Magic Glory) in the G2 Godolphin Mile.
[color=red]Smart Kitten (Leased from Markos), (5yo, Smart Strike) in the G2 Distaff Breeders’ Cup Handicap.
[color=blue]G.Ch. The Pink Panther, (4yo, Cool Thief) in the G2 Portrero Grande Breeders’ Cup Handicap.
[color=red]Ch. My Girl Barb, (5yo, I’m A Classic) in the G3 Next Move Handicap.
[color=blue]Ch. Sunset Flight, (4yo, Major’s Flight) [/b] in an OA.
[color=red]Spur Mountain, (3yo, Tottenham Hotspur) [/b] in an NW3.
[color=blue]Time Traveller (Leased from Markos), (3yo, Clockstopper) [/b] in an NW2.

Seconds
[color=red]G.Ch. Song Thief, (4yo, Cool Thief) in the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen.
[color=red]G.Ch. Classic Fires, (4yo, I’m A Classic) in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic.
[color=red]Ch. Crystal Warrior, (4yo, Black Warrior) in the G2 Godolphin Mile. She failed by a Nose to repeat her success in this race last year.
[color=red]Tizzy Fit, (4yo, Tiznow) in the G2 Orchid Handicap, beaten by a Head.
[color=blue]G.Ch. Bet On Octagonal, (5yo, Octagonal) in the G3 Next Move Handicap.
[color=blue]Flying Topaz, (3yo, Major’s Flight) [/b] in an NW3.
[color=red]PresidentialDebate, (3yo, What’s Debatable) [/b] in an NW2.

Thirds
[color=red]G.Ch. Sent to the Devil, (5yo, TakeMeToHollywood) in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic.
[color=blue]Ch. sorBet, (3yo, Invasor) in the G1 Dubai Duty Free.
[color=blue]G.Ch. LiveLong&Prosper, (4yo, Spock) in the G1 Dubai World Cup.
[color=red]Ch. Finesse (Leased from Ivy Creek), (3yo, Magic Cross) in the G2 UAE Derby.
[color=red]G.Ch. DreamALilDream, (4yo, Smart Strike) in the G2 Godolphin Mile.
[color=blue]G.Ch. Final Mystery, (5yo, Magic Glory) in the G2 Portrero Grande Breeders’ Cup Handicap. He failed by 2 Noses to repeat his success in this race last year.
[color=red]Princess Seven (Leased from Markos), (5yo, Prince Of Wonder) in the G2 Gulfstream Park Handicap.
[color=red]Flaming Wire, (3yo, Gone Haywire) [/b] in an OA.
[color=red]The Voyage Home, (3yo, Spock) [/b] in a Maiden.

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:slight_smile: thankyou everyone, especially Shanthi for giving me the opportunity to buy Quintet when he was younger - it’s great fun having a stallion for turf and one for dirt

Hilda, I would hope Octagonal does get his CDR - all our racers by him have been successful

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Just saw this! Congrats on Devil Walks win!  I’m so happy to see the NF babies aging well. :slight_smile:

We were sad to see we had missed the Dubai races. We got busy in RL and totally forgot.

Congrats Lewis as well. Hopefully we will remember to give ya some competition next year. :wink: