Qipco 2,000 Guineas (Group 1) | 3yo colts & fillies | 1m | ITV/RTV
Aidan O Brien s challenge for an 11th win in the Qipco 2,000 Guineas presents a different profile to recent seasons, with arguably no one standout among three colts that all achieved a high level of form at two.
Wembley is the anointed one in a wide-open market, thanks to the booking of Ryan Moore as well as his course form when second to stablemate St Mark s Basilica last October. The plan was always to come back here after the Dewhurst, when he would have preferred better ground and was maybe drawn a little out of it, said O Brien. Everything went well with him over the winter and through the spring. Ryan knows him well and we re very happy with him.
Caravaggio Colt Stars on Tattersalls Craven Sale Day 2 bloodhorse.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bloodhorse.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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After a frenetic opening session, intensity levels settled down a touch on day two of the Tattersalls Craven Sale, with the market headed by 14 six-figure two-year-olds.
The most expensive offering sold on Wednesday was signed for by Alastair Donald, who went to 240,000gns for a colt from the debut crop of bullet sprinter Caravaggio. The Yeomanstown Stud-consigned colt is a half-brother to Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes runner-up Wall Of Fire, and is out of a daughter of Galileo and Cherry Hinton Stakes winner Jewel In The Sand. He s been bought for a new Hong Kong client so he ll head out there at the end of the season, said Donald from his position at the back of the auditorium. He s a lovely horse with gorgeous movement, he s just a really striking individual and looks the type to do well in Hong Kong.
Caravaggio Colt Tops Second Day Of Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale Sponsored by:
Lot 143, a Caravaggio colt, brings 240,000 guineas at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale.
The Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale continued in robust fashion during the second and final session with a son of Caravaggio lighting up the sale ring when selling for 240,000 guineas. The clearance rate remained a feature of the sale, finishing on 88 percent, whilst the turnover of 10,408,500 guineas was the fourth highest for the sale since 2008.
SackvilleDonald s Alastair Donald secured the attractive colt by first-season sire Caravaggio for 240,000 guineas after seeing off the efforts of Irish trainer Michael O Callaghan. The son of the Galileo mare Bright Sapphire is a half-brother to the group-placed colt Wall of Fire.
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