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National Hunt Foal Sale November 2019

Last year, we bought three foals with Gerry Hogan at the Tattersalls National Hunt Foal Sale in Ireland. This is the premier sale for National Hunt foals and the list of stars that have emerged from this sale is endless and there is always plenty of value to be had. Two of the foals we bought last year were partnered out into ten shares making each share really affordable and I think it's fair to say that those who joined the partnerships have thoroughly enjoyed watching the youngsters develop throughout the past year, as well as watching the many video clips that are shared with them as the foals play together in their field. 

We will be repeating the venture this year and, indeed, have already privately purchased one foal (a full brother to Spice Girl - shares available at just £1000) who is currently boarding up at Batsford Stud. By working with Gerry Hogan, we're going to purchase a second foal at the sales next week and will be partnering this one out as well. We're going to be further cementing our relationship with Batsford Stud and the idea is that the foals will spend the winter at Batsford where they will be under the professional expert care of the staff there, before moving down to the yard to continue their development in the Summer of their yearling days. 

Watch this space to see which exciting youngster is the next to join our ranks. Taking a share in these youngsters is so rewarding and they can be visited at any point - including when they are boarding at Batsford which is just a few miles away from the yard - and when the time comes for them to reach the race track and when they enter the winners' enclosure we can guarantee that you'll be bursting with pride.

Contact Paul Davis for further details

A 20-owner syndicate.  Free lease so no capital cost whatsoever. All-inclusive cost per share:  £1,250 p.a. or £105 p.m. from 1^st October 2019

There will not be many better bred nor more imposing horses in National Hunt racing than Black Prince.  He is a most striking individual with a lovely nature, and has always been a gentle giant. Believe it or not, the photo is him as a yearling.

On breeding he should have been a sprinter, out of a classic Sheikh Hamdan al-Maktoum dam line at Shadwell. His sire is Falco (top-class miler who won the French 2000 Guineas in 2008) while the dam is multiple-winning Thamara, by Street Cry who sired the famous Breeders’ Cup winner Zenyatta. Falco, however, has sired National Hunt winners, the best known of whom is Peace And Co who won the Triumph Hurdle at the 2015 Cheltenham Festival.

He was bought by Ron Huggins, who owned the Ascot Gold Cup winner Double Trigger. Anthony Honeyball trained him to race thirteen times, and in his last six runs he finished 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd x 2 and 4^th. His debut juvenile hurdle run was excellent, with the Racing Post describing him as “a sure-fire winner in waiting”. Unfortunately he picked up an injury, came to us for some TLC and seems to have made a full recovery. The last horse we acquired from Anthony Honeyball was Solstice Star who has since won eight times for us and loves our carpet gallops. All crossed for the same result with Black Prince.

For further information please contact Paul Davis on 07307 194998 (email: pauldavispdavis@yahoo.co.uk) or call Belinda on 07979 694866.