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Bloodstock and Purchases Thread

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  • Bloodstock and Purchases Thread

    This weekend

    GORDON Elliott has acquired another potential superstar.He is set to train French ‘bumper’ winner Vision D’Honneur [by Vision D’Etat] , who topped Saturday’s Arqana Auteuil Sale when bought by agent Margaret O’Toole on behalf of Gigginstown House Stud for €350,000.Elliott was at the sale in the company of local bloodstock agent Nicky Bertrand de Balanda, who said: “He is a gorgeous stamp of a horse who won very well on his sole start. I came to see him three weeks ago and was very impressed by him, then Gordon and Eddie [O’Leary) saw him this morning and instantly fell in love with him. We think he can develop into a very good horse.”

    Also heading to Elliott’s yard is Elwood, a half-brother to the trainer’s Cheltenham Festival winner Delta Work. Margaret O'Toole signed the docket at €170,000 for the son of Martaline. Offered by his trainer Emmanuel Clayeux, who also used to train Delta Work, the four-year-old opened his account over hurdles at Moulins last month.
    “Gordon already has his half-brother who is turning into a top-class horse”, commented Nicky Bertran de Balanda, “and while this one is a little more backward he is also very promising. We were down at Emmanuel Clayeux's yesterday and liked him a lot.”
    This was the first staging of the boutique National Hunt auction and it saw eight horses selling for a total of €1,160,000 and an average price of €145,000.
    Nicky Henderson is the new trainer of listed hurlde race winner Caribean Boy. The son of Myboycharlie was bought for €180,000 by Anthony Bromley of Highflyer Bloodstock, who said: “He looks a lovely, big chasing horse who will be aimed at the novice races over fences. He's been bought for a client of Nicky Henderson's. His form was franked this afternoon with Lou Buck's running very well in the Gade 1 and I hope he continues to improve.”
    Another heading to Britain is Highest Sun, a winner on the all-weather and over hurdles. This athletic son of Sunday Break went the way of agent Joffret Huet for €125,000, who explained: “I can't name my client but he is headed to the UK. I was at Chateaubriant the other day and liked the style of his victory. He is also a winner on the flat and has a great physical so he ticked a lot of boxes according to me.”
    Willie Mullins has a handful of runners in Auteuil this wekeend and he looks certain to train AQPS filly Elenore D’Apsis, who was acquired by agents Pierre Boulard and Harold Kirk for €125,000. The daughter of Apsis won first time out at Durtal for permit-holder Laure Cordonnier.

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    Anyone interested in adding to their string next month?



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      Can I smell Spam ?!.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by BigChaang View Post
        Can I smell Spam ?!.
        Looks that way BC.
        Not sure there's a way of blocking a member from posting but we'll delete posts where and when we can.
        Very annoying...

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Istabraq View Post
          Looks that way BC.
          Not sure there's a way of blocking a member from posting but we'll delete posts where and when we can.
          Very annoying...
          I've banned the user from the IP address...

          Odd set of posts all-in-all!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Kevloaf View Post
            I've banned the user from the IP address...
            Kev - can you do that/have you done that for all these bent passport messages that have been appearing ?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Istabraq View Post
              Kev - can you do that/have you done that for all these bent passport messages that have been appearing ?
              Yeah been doing it for all the ones I've deleted. I'll go back through and check for the others. Problem is whatever it is seems to create a 'new' account each time... its usually always 1 post.

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              • #8
                Interesting post MAYO, even if i am a bit late to the party! Very much looking forward to these new unknown types showing up soon enough!

                I normally just follow Jay on twitter for new buys!

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                • #9
                  Gigginstown sale






                  Noticed a few of JPs in here too.

                  Rock On Fruity (IRE)
                  Voices of Spring (IRE)
                  I Knew Well (IRE)
                  State of The Art (IRE)
                  King Leon (IRE)

                  Cant remember him ever selling anything before
                  Last edited by Old Vic; 6 September 2018, 02:36 PM.

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