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1). Feature: BBA Ireland agent Michael Donohoe shares the story about Keeneland January topper Enaya Alrabb (USA) (Uncle Mo {USA}).
“I’ve known Adrian [Regan] a long time too, and all the Irish guys in Kentucky. It’s great when you’re coming out here and you give these guys the heads-up and they give you their recommendations. Certainly when Pat [Costello] and Adrian give you a recommendation or a bit of advice and tell you to go look at a yearling, you take note and take their advice on board.” - Michael Donohoe
Michael Donohoe | Image courtesy of Tattersalls
2). Feature: Emma Berry chats to John Gosden about the mighty Enable (GB).
“I’m thrilled with how she’s looking. She’s very content and she does love her routine of training. If she didn’t I’d be the first to say and she’d go off to the paddocks. She has great mental strength and she seems to enjoy it—she’s one of those that you have to be careful not to let her overdo it.” - John Gosden
Enable (GB) and Frankie Dettori | Image courtesy of ScoopDyga
3). Feature: John Boyce highlights that there's strong statistical evidence to suggest that close inbreeding produces inferior racehorses.
"The basic figures set alarm bells ringing: there have been 2,821 Northern Hemisphere-foaled runners with close inbreeding to Sadler’s Wells and only 76 or 2.7 per cent have become stakes winners. Horses closely inbred to Danehill, meanwhile, include 116 stakes winners from 4,711 runners–or 2.5 per cent in Australia–and 48 stakes winners from 1,309 runners (3.7 per cent) in the Northern Hemisphere. None of these figures are in the least bit impressive." - John Boyce
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1). Video: A top-class racehorse on the track, Yoshida (Jpn) was as durable as he was successful, winning US$2.5 million, split almost equally between dirt and turf. TDN stopped by WinStar Farm to talk with David Hanley about the first-year stallion.
"So to me it’s really interesting to bring as a son of Heart’s Cry back here and breed them to speed. With all the opportunities he’s going to have in America, the deck is really stacked for him to be really successful here, and I can assure you everybody here at WinStar is really excited about that." - David Hanley
2). News: Empire Maker (USA) passed away on Saturday, Jan. 18 at Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. He was 20 years old and succumbed to a rare disease that compromised his immune system. Alan Carasso has more.
“The passing of Empire Maker will leave a tremendous void not only in the breeding industry as we know it, but in the hearts of all of us who worked with him, every day. It was a huge honor and privilege to stand Empire Maker at Gainesway with our partners Don Alberto. He was the epitome of class and quality. I have never been involved with a stallion that possessed a better disposition. His impact on the breed has been significant, particularly producing very sound stock. He will be missed by all of us at Gainesway.” - Gainesway's Antony Beck
Empire Maker (USA) | Image courtesy of Kate Hunter
3). Video: In an ongoing series, New Stallions, the TDN is visiting first-year sires around the U.S. and giving readers a chance to take a look at them on video. Today, we’re at Claiborne Farm visiting Catholic Boy (USA).
"And to get a horse like that can win dirt and turf Grade I races in top-class company, it doesn’t happen very often. And I think in the Dixie at Pimlico this year, too, the way he ran off the layoff really got people’s attention as well. So it’s made him very popular amongst the breeders." - Claiborne's Bernie Sams
