ROYAL Ascot winner Gatewood is due to stand at John Lynch’s Windmill View Stud in Co Galway. The seven-year-old son of Galileo has eight wins to his name, with career earnings of over €570,000 from four years on the track.
A winner at three, the following season began with three wins on-the-trot, including a listed win at Royal Ascot, and after two placings at group level, was sent to Australia where he won the Group 3 Geelong Cup that same year.
Three times stakes-placed the following season, he achieved back-to-back listed wins, a Group 3 victory and a Group 2 second as a six-year-old.
Owner-breeder George Strawbridge praised his ultra-consistent charge, saying: “Gatewood gave me the thrill of a lifetime: my first win at Royal Ascot.
“He was such an exciting horse to watch: coming from the back at the end of the race with an amazing turn of foot. Gatewood is one of the most honest horses I have ever bred - he always gave his best in every race.”
The son of successful sire-of-sires Galileo is out of the Group 3-winning mare Felicity, a full-sister to group winner and new sire Aiken, and a half-sister to dual group winner Sleeping Indian. Her Sadler’s Wells dam was placed in the Italian Oaks and is a half-sister to Royal Whip Stakes winner Bach, out of the high-class Group 1 winner Producer.
The deal was brokered by Micheal Orlandi of Compas Equine, with Gatewood to stand at Windmill View Stud for a fee of €1,500. Based in Ballinasloe, Co Galway, the stud can be contacted on +353 (0)85 224 5808.
Vic’s victory
Village Vic won the Grade 3 Caspian Caviar Gold Cup over two miles, five furlongs at Cheltenham last Saturday. The Philip Hobbs-trained eight-year-old was bred by Tom Curran and he is a son of the late Sunnyhill Stud stallion Old Vic (by Sadler’s Wells).
A half-brother to the chase and dual hurdles scorer Be Definite (by Definite Article), he is out of the French flat and jumps winner Etoile Margot (by Garde Royale), a half-sister to the prolific chaser Spring Margot (by Kadalko).
Notnowcato’s new star
Old Guard won the Grade 2 stanjames.com International Hurdle over two miles, 179 yards at Cheltenham, a second recent graded success for the Paul Nicholls-trained son of Knockhouse Stud stallion Notnowcato (by Inchinor).
The four-year-old was bred by Lord Rothschild, he is out of the flat stakes winner Dolma (by Marchand De Sable), and he is a half-brother to the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes heroine Thistle Bird (by Selkirk).
Presenting’s Royale
Southfield Royale won the Grade 2 bet365 December Novices’ Chase over three miles at Doncaster, a second win from three starts over fences for the Neil Mulholland-trained son of Glenview Stud’s multiple champion sire Presenting (by Mtoto).
Owned and bred by Angela Yeoman, he is out of the blacktype-placed hurdler and chaser Chamoss Royale (by Garde Royale), and his siblings include the Grade 2 scorer Southfield Theatre (by King’s Theatre).
Medicean’s jumping talent
Rossvoss won the Grade B Tara Handicap Hurdle over two and a half miles at Navan, a first blacktype success for the Ted Walsh-trained seven-year-old.
A son of Cheveley Park Stud stallion Medicean (by Machiavellian), he was bred by Charlie Wyatt, his siblings include the Group 2 Royal Whip Stakes runner-up Dixie Music (by Montjeu), and his dam Dixielake (by Lake Coniston) is a half-sister to the mile listed scorer Lady Fairfax (by Sharrood).