Hipodromos y caballos - Racetracks and horses BloodStockReview2013 | Page 5
CONTENTS
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COVER – sheikh joaan al thani: Patrick Mccann (racingpost.com/photos)
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UPFRONT
RACING REVIEW
SALES REVIEW
8 Racing’s new superpower
32 Britain & Ireland
54 The yearling market
Sheikh Joaan Al Thani may be a relatively
new name to the top table but the Qatari big
spender is here to stay. Martin Stevens reports
12 The Treve story
Richard Hannon prepares to hand over the
reins with another trainers’ championship in
the bag and a strong team of two-year-olds to
do battle in the 2014 Classics
Criquette Head-Maarek tells Katherine Fidler
about her family’s homebred Prix de l’Arc de
Triomphe winner and future plans for the filly
42 France
18 Dalham Hall and Kildangan
46 International
Unbeaten Treve was the leading lady but
Moonlight Cloud made headlines of her own
Darley sires have enjoyed great success this
year. Martin Stevens speaks to the operation’s
director of stallions Sam Bullard
A success in North America’s richest race
straight from the script of a Hollywood movie
22 The champ at stud
Bobs Worth stepped up for Gold Cup glory
while Sprinter Sacre reigned supreme
Tom Pennington on superstar Frankel’s first
year as a stallion at his owner Khalid Abdullah’s
Banstead Manor Stud in Newmarket
28 Joy of success
Nancy Sexton talks to Ken and Sarah Ramsey,
whose stallion Kitten’s Joy has carried all before
him in North America this year
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52 Jumps
World record for a filly at Tattersalls as all
major sales companies posted healthy results
62 Around the world
Auction action abroad and a high down under
64 Breeze-up calendar
Subsequent Group 3 winner leads prices as
graduates continue to show worth on course
66 Breeding-stock season
Paulyn dispersal at Goffs makes headlines as
record falls there and at Tattersalls
72 National Hunt auctions
Big money with Cheltenham Festival in mind
STATISTICS
76-113 Facts & figures
Return of mares, leading lists, stakes sires and
broodmare stakes sires, averages and medians,
covering sires, stallion fees