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DID YOU KNOW?
DURING 2009
MR GUY REED CELBRATED HIS 500th WINNER AS AN OWNER .
THIS IS QUITE A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT - VERY FEW OWNERS WILL HAVE HAD 500 WINNERS
370 of these winners were trained by CHRIS THORNTON.
60 were trained by SAM HALL
The other 70 were trained by about a dozen or so other trainers MR REED has used.
CHRIS THORNTON NO LONGER HAS ANY HORSES FOR MR REED
NO WONDER THE WORDS 'PANCAKE TUESDAY' COME TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF MR REEDS WINNERS NOWADAYS
LETS ROLL and DANZATRICE were purchased for £4,400 for the pair - they have now WON 13 races and been placed 59 times between them winning £152,000 in prize money.
THE FOLLOWING FOUR HORSES WERE PURCHASED FOR £9,400 (for all FOUR)
LETS ROLL
FRESCHEZZA
DANZATRICE
SMARTIES PARTY
They were all bred by MR GEOFFREY GREGSON
at BEECH TREE STUD in DORSET.
ALL FOUR ARE BY TAMURE
ALL FOUR HAVE WON RACES
BETWEEN THEM THEY HAVE WON 15 RACES and been PLACED 73 TIMES (winning £165,000 in prize money)
They have won prize money in 76% of their races.
THEY HAVE WON PRIZE MONEY ON THE FOLLOWING RACECOURSES.
ASCOT
AYR
BEVERLEY
CARTMEL
CATTERICK
CHELTENHAM
GOODWOOD
DONCASTER
HAMILTON
HAYDOCK
MUSSELBURGH
NEWCASTLE
NEWMARKET (Rowley Mile)
NEWMARKET (July)
REDCAR
RIPON
SANDOWN PARK
SEDGEFIELD
TOWCESTER
THIRSK
UTTOXETER
WETHERBY
WOLVERHAMPTON
YORK
Just think of the fun the owners involved with these horses have had on such diverse racecourses, from Cheltenham to Ascot - there will be plenty of owners spent millions and never got anywhere near this sort of performance
ENTRIES WEEK BEGINNING MON MARCH 8th
CATTERICK WEDNESDAY
2:20 SPRUZZO
WOLVERHAMPTON FRIDAY
8:20 SMARTIES PARTY
MARKET RASEN SUNDAY
2:40- SPRUZZO
NEXT ENTRY LIST
To keep everyone informed the following is a full list of the horses in the yard, which includes the next probable entry for that specific horse. This is just a guideline it will not be certain that they will run in these races.
HORSE-----------------------------NEXT ENTRY
DANZATRICE --- MUSSELBURGH SUN APRIL 4th
SMARTIES PARTY- WOLVERHAMPTON FRI MARCH 12th
PETELLA--------REDCAR MON APRIL 5th
SPRUZZO----- CATTERICK WED MARCH 10th
TIGERINO-----
SILVER TIGRESS------
TRAINING REPORT
DANZATRICE (SMASHES THROUGH THE 40 GRAND WITH HER BEST RUN EVER)- now up to £44,471 (could we make 50?)
2009 saw further improvement in the form of this really good genuine mare. She is now the winner of seven races and been placed 25 times winning £44,471 in prize money. She had a run over hurdles in November - but took quite a heavy fall - and it was decided to shelve the hurdling and put her away until next flat season. She is having a well deserved break, and will start next season on a pretty reasonable handicap mark of 64 - she has actually won off 67 - so she should remain competitive providing that she retains her form. The aim next season will be to get her through the £50,000 prize money barrier. It would be quite good to get her into double figures of races won - 10 at least. All being well she will be at RIPON on MAY 7th to try and win the two mile handicap that day for the third year in succession. She will have at least one run and possibly two runs before that. We are going to try and have her ready to run in THE EDINBURGH GOLD CUP on April 4th - This is a valuable race, and is a handicap - the theory is that every horse in a handicap has an equal chance, prize money goes down to sixth, it looks like a good starting point for her this season.
SMARTIES PARTY
This filly is a really good looking daughter of TAMURE. She is a half sister to a useful chaser in POPPY MAROON. She has progressed really well, being placed in National Hunt Flat Races, winning a two and a half mile novice hurdle, and from three runs on the flat she has been placed twice. She is developing into a pretty consistant mare, and being pretty versatile she can run over hurdles or on the flat. She has won just over £7,000 in prize money to date, but I am hopeful that she will add to that. Providing that the going does not get too soft she will shortly run over hurdles again. She is rated 100 and should be capable of performing well off that. We are hoping to get her prize money haul to over £10,000 before 2010. This mare is a pleasure to train. Having run with promise on the flat, and getting a rating of 58 - I think we will be concentrating on flat racing for the next few months. I am pretty sure that she will win races from 14 furlongs and upwards.
PETELLA
PETELLA showed great promise in three runs last season, but although she ran very well in her first run this season at HAYDOCK to finish fourth in a mile handicap, she has since run well below expectations. She now looks as though she is going to require a good step up in distance, probably up to two miles, which is exactly what her full sister DANZATRICE required before showing her best form. One effect the below expectation runs of Petella has had is that she has tumbled down the handicap from 65 to 48, couple that fact with the step up to running over two miles at Nottingham probably accounts for her distinct improvement in form. Held up in last place PETELLA made relentless progress up the straight to be a staying on second. She looked to get every yard of the trip, in reality looked as though even further would not go amiss. This filly could develop into a really good staying filly, she will be even better next season and could well emulate her full sister and brother DANZATRICE and LETS ROLL who have won £150,000 between them. Lets hope it is onwards and upwards from now on. PETELLA has done really well during the Winter months - she has grown considerably and really furnished well.
SPRUZZO
SPRUZZO is a very good looking FULL brother to SPRINKLER who won over hurdles for us. To date he has been disappointing, but has yet to have conditions in his favour - he requires good or faster going and has a pedigree packed with stamina, so probably requires two miles on the flat and at least two and a half over hurdles, infact it would be no shock if he got three miles really well.
ARRIVAL OF FIVE NEW YEARLINGS
1. TIGERINO - Foaled 23rd January 2008
BAY COLT by TIGER HILL out of GOLDEN SHADOW by SELKIRK
TIGER HILL won 10 of his fourteen races including GROUP 1 races over a mile (German 200gns) and over 12 furlongs. He was extemely versatile, tough and genuine traits which he is passing on to his offspring. He was by far the best horse in Germany of his year, and travelled to France to finish third in The Prix De L'arc De Triomphe. He was a top class racehorse. He started his career as a stallion in Germany, and is already the sire of the winners of over £4m - including endless Group performers. He is now at stud in England where he will get better mares and hopefully even more winners.
GOLDEN SHADOW only ran four times, being placed twice. She is from a great family and herself is halfsister to GROUP 1 Coronation Stakes winner BALISARDA.
TIGERINO is a big very strong looking colt - with a very good temperament.
2. BAY COLT by DANROAD out of BROWNSFIELD by AJRAAS
FOALED 19th APRIL 2008
DANROAD was a high class sprinter in NEW ZEALAND. Winner of 6 races including a GROUP 2 (he was also second in a GROUP 1) over 6 furlongs. He is from the DANEHILL sire line. He spent his first two years at stud in NEW ZEALAND - then was sent to Ireland where he stood for two seasons. He has had his first crop of runners this season in N.Z and Australia and has done amazingly well with seven GROUP winners including a GROUP 1 winner. This is pretty well unheard of and he has now gone back to NEW ZEALAND with a vastly increased stud fee.
BROWNSFIELD was placed ten times on the flat - beaten a short head once (so nearly won) at distances of around a mile
3. CH COLT by ATRAF out of HIGH CHART by ROBELLINO
FOALED 5th APRIL 2008
ATRAF : High class winner of 6 races over 6 and 7 furlongs value £131,000. He has sired the winner of nearly £3m at stud including high class sprinter SIERRA VISTA. He gets tough genuine, ver fast horses.
HIGH CHART : won first time out as a two year old over 5 furlongs and went on to win three races one over a mile.
4. CH COLT by DANROAD out of PIP'N JUDY by PIPS PRIDE
FOALED 4th MAY 2008
DANROAD was a high class sprinter in NEW ZEALAND. Winner of 6 races including a GROUP 2 (he was alao second in a GROUP 1) over 6 furlongs. He is from the DANEHILL sire line. He spent his first two years at stud in NEW ZEALAND - then was sent to Ireland where he stood for two seasons. He has had his first crop of runners this season in N.Z and Australia and has done amazingly well with seven GROUP winners including a GROUP 1 winner. This is pretty well unheard of and he has now gone back to NEW ZEALAND with a vastly increased stud fee.
PIP'N JUDY is by the sensational stallion PIPS PRIDE (easily the best son of EFISIO at stud). She was a winner over 7 furlongs as a three year old, and was placed second three times. She has already bred three winners
5. SILVER TIGRESS grey filly by TIGER HILL - CINNAMON TREE by BARATHEA
FOALED 9th Feb 2008
TIGER HILL won 10 of his fourteen races including GROUP 1 races over a mile (German 200gns) and over 12 furlongs. He was extemely versatile, tough and genuine traits which he is passing on to his offspring. He was by far the best horse in Germany of his year, and travelled to France to finish third in The Prix De L'arc De Triomphe. He was a top class racehorse. He started his career as a stallion in Germany, and is already the sire of the winners of over £4m - including endless Group performers. He is now at stud in England where he will get better mares and hopefully even more winners.
CINNAMON TREE cost 260,000gns as a yearling - she did not manage to win, but was placed twice from very few runs. This is her first foal
You can look at photographs of these horses on www.chris-thornton.com
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