In a weekend framed by championship race meetings in Australia and Britain, a raft of outstanding results has bolstered the commercial credentials of China Horse Club’s three international breeding divisions.
“Every operation and individual involved in horse racing aspires to have an involvement in these showpiece race meetings. In Australia, we had the running of The Everest programme, which is now one of the richest race days in the world, British racing hosted its end of season Qipco Championship programme at Ascot and in a few weeks time America will hold the Breeders’ Cup World Championships,” said Eden Harrington, China Horse Club’s Vice President.
“By the end of the weekend, each of China Horse Club’s breeding divisions in Australia, Europe and the United States was enhanced. That is immensely rewarding, even more so when taking into account the status of meetings in Australia and Britain.”
WEEKEND OF EXCELLENT RESULTS
Australia:
- Future stallion, G1 winner In The Congo, added to his record when narrowly touched out in the AUD2,000,000 Sydney Stakes – the support sprint to the AUD14,000,000 The Everest
UK/Europe:
- Boom sire New Bay dominated Britain’s Champions Day with his sons Bay Bridge and Bayside Boy winning the £1,260,000 G1 Qipco British Champion Stakes and £1,100,000 G1 Qipco Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (British Champions Mile) respectively;
- Hidden Gem’s half-sister, Emily Upjohn, won £500,000 G1 Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes;
USA:
- Life Is Good’s 2023 service fee announced at USD100,000 ‘pending results of the upcoming Breeders’ Cup Classic’ where he is currently second favourite for the USD6,000,000 G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic;
- Caribbean Babe’s first foal, Bold Discovery, is 3rd £50,000 G3 Killavullan Stakes (Ireland) at only his second career start;
The rise and rise of New Bay has been unmissable, even before Bay Bridge and Bayside Boy joined the China Horse Club bred Saffron Beach on his list of G1 winners. The Ballylinch Stud domiciled stallion can now attest to three individual G1 winners and a further five black type winners. Coming to the close of the 2022 racing season in Britain and Ireland, New Bay:
- Will be crowned Champion Third Season Sire in both GB/Ire and Europe. His prize money tally is the most significant since Frankel’s tally in 2019 and superior to past champions Night of Thunder (2021), Camelot (2020) and Kingman (2019);
- Sits in sixth place on the overall sire’s title in GB/Ire by prize money – currently ahead of proven stars Kingman, Kodiac, No Nay Never, Lope de Vega, Invincible Spirit, Camelot, Night of Thunder etc.
It remains to be seen if Bay Bridge and Bayside Boy will race on in 2023. The former was also a determined second to the China Horse Club co-owned State of Rest in the G1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Earlier at the Qipco British Champions Meeting, Hidden Gem’s younger half-sister, Emily Upjohn, franked her undoubted abilities and the residual value of her family, when streeting rivals in the season ending GB500,000 G1 Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes. Connections immediately announced that Emily Upjohn will race on in 2023 with the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe among their aspirations.
Away from Ascot, at Ireland’s Leopardstown programme, the two start veteran Bold Discovery confirmed his undoubted talent ahead of his classic year when third in the G3 €50,000 Killavullan Stakes. A half-brother by the outstanding Constitution is slated to be sold at Goffs’ Dubai Sale.
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