JEREMY was a talented racehorse with the pedigree to achieve anything at stud, but just as it looked as though his profile as a stallion might be about to soar he was gone, aged just 11.
The son of Danehill Dancer (by Danehill) was a grandson of the Group 1 winner Wind In Her Hair (by Alzao) and so came from the famous stallion-producing family of Nashwan (by Blushing Groom), Nayef (by Gulch), Unfuwain (by Northern Dancer), and the outstanding Japanese racehorse and sire Deep Impact (by Sunday Silence).
In 2015 he was represented by the runaway dual pattern scorer Success Days, by the French Group 2-winning middle-distance filly Baino Hope, and by Kool Kompany, the Group 3 Craven Stakes winner who had been among the best juveniles of the previous season.
He began his career at the Irish National Stud and, after five seasons, moved to Garryrichard Stud to take on the role of dual-purpose sire.
His early jumpers include the tragically ill-fated runaway Grade 1 Triumph Hurdle hero Our Conor, who was only beaten by a length and a half when chasing home the mighty Hurricane Fly in the Grade 1 Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on his penultimate start.
The capable dual-purpose gelding Stocktons Wing won a Grade 2 juvenile hurdle at Fairyhouse and a blacktype contest over obstacles at Down Royal and this month Jeremy has notched up a blacktype double in England.
Jer’s Girl
Jer’s Girl, who was reviewed here after her 10-length victory in a listed race at Aintree a fortnight ago, has won both her starts under National Hunt rules, and so too has Who Dares Wins.
A gelding, bred by Mount Coote Stud, the 20-length winner of Saturday’s Grade 2 bet365 Summit Juvenile Hurdle at Doncaster was an odds-on scorer at Ludlow a month before, and before that he was an 85-rated triple middle-distance winner on the flat for the Richard Hannon stable.
He, Jer’s Girl, Kool Kompany, and Success Days all come from their late sire’s fourth crop.
Who Dares Wins is a 30,000gns graduate of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, he is the third blacktype horse for his dam Savignano (by Polish Precedent), who won over seven furlongs in France, and he is inbred 4x3 to Danzig (by Northern Dancer).
Saint Bernard (by Three Valleys) was a high-class miler in Italy, winning the Group 2 Premio Ribot at Capannelle and earning the runner-up spot in the Group 1 Premio Vittorio di Capua at San Siro, and Momix (by Selkirk) won a listed contest at Capannelle, also over a mile.
BROODMARE
Momix has since become a successful broodmare whose first foal is the multiple blacktype earner Summer Fall (by Mizzen Mast) who finished third in a Group 3 contest for fillies and mares at San Siro two years ago.
Savignano’s other progeny include her two-year-old filly Figurante (by Excellent Art), who was runner-up in a six-furlong Windsor maiden on her debut in August, and her yearling Lope De Vega (by Shamardal) colt that made 225,000gns from Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale two months ago.
Momix could be described as being a three-parts sister to a Group 1 star as Savignano is out of the pattern-placed stakes winner Fracci (by Raise A Cup) and so is a half-sister to the Group 1 Prix de la Foret heroine Field Of Hope (by Selkirk).
That filly also won the Group 2 Prix d’Astarte at Deauville, the Group 3 Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord at Chantilly, and listed contests at Saint-Cloud and Milan, she was classic-placed in Italy, and then went on to become a broodmare of note.
Field Of Hope’s five blacktype earners include the Group 3 scorer Dormello (by Dansili), the Group 2-placed multiple stakes winner Ransom Hope (by Red Ransom) and the dual listed scorer Field Of Dream (by Oasis Dream), and also Olympian Odyssey (by Sadler’s Wells) who finished third behind George Washington and Sir Percy in the Group 1 2000 Guineas in 2006.
Field Of Hope is also the dam of the listed-placed juvenile winner East India (by Galileo) and the grandam of the Italian listed scorer Freetown (by Speightstown), and her seven winning siblings include the prolific Joaquin (by Anabaa) whose listed success came over a mile in Italy.
There are many other blacktype earners, stakes winners, and those who notched up high wins totals to be found in other branches of the family, although they are all distantly related to Who Dares Wins who looks to be a rising star among the ranks of hurdlers.
Dandy Man winner
PENIAPHOBIA became the first Group 1 scorer for Ballyhane Stud stallion Dandy Man (by Mozart) when winning the Longines Hong Kong Sprint over six furlongs at Sha Tin.
The four-year-old was bred by Aidan Fogarty, he made €11,000 in Goffs as a foal and £20,000 in Doncaster as a yearling.
The gelding is a half-brother to the blacktype-placed Safari Sunset (by Fayruz) and comes from a branch of the family of the 12-furlong Group 1 scorer Benvenue (by Iffraaj).
Bellshill improving
BELLSHILL maintained his unbeaten record over obstacles with victory in the Grade 2 Navan Novice Hurdle over two and a half miles. The five-year-old was bred by Frank Motherway.
He is a €21,000 graduate of the foals section of the Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale, he is by the late Ballylinch Stud stallion King’s Theatre (by Sadler’s Wells), and he comes from a branch of the family of Grade 1 star One Man (by Remainder Man).
Reeling in the Hong Kong Vase
HIGHLAND Reel notched up his second win at the highest level when taking the Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Vase over 12 furlongs at Sha Tin.
The son of Coolmore great Galileo (by Sadler’s Wells) is a half-brother to the Group 1-placed Valdemoro (by Encosta De Lago).
He was bred by the Hveger Syndicate, his dam Hveger (by Danehill) is a full-sister to the Group 1 star Elvstroem, and she is also a half-sister to the Group 1 winner Haradasun (by Fusaichi Pegasus).