A FLAWLESS start to the season for Paddy Twomey’s rapidly-improving filly Moody has led to a significant private sale for the recent Curragh Group 3 winner - now set to race in the colours of Bond Thoroughbreds Limited before a date with the owners’ exciting young stallion Maranoa Charlie.
By sire-of-the-moment Night Of Thunder, the talented four-year-old proved an inspired purchase by Twomey at €125,000 from Godolphin and Andre Fabre in last year’s Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale. Her sole win before joining the Co Tipperary yard was on her second start in a Clairefontaine maiden, and since then she has rattled off back-to-back listed wins in the Noblesse Stakes and Vintage Tipple Stakes.
She earned a 9lb hike to a career-high rating of 109 after capturing the Group 3 Meadow Court Stakes when last seen at the Curragh on Irish Oaks weekend.
Having previously carried the colours of Mel Sutcliffe, Moody will now race for the Twomey yard’s sponsor following the completion of a deal that sees her remain with the Athassel House team.
Charlie Bond, Director of Bond Thoroughbreds Limited, said: "Bond Thoroughbreds are delighted to have purchased Moody. She is a hugely talented filly who has improved with each race for Paddy Twomey this year and has some very exciting entries for the remainder of the season.
“Paddy has been a huge addition to the Bond Thoroughbred team and our association has grown this year with our sponsorship of his yard and our very exciting team of current horses.
Stallion plans
"Being by supersire Night Of Thunder, Moody makes a lot of sense for us with both our objectives to be competitive in top-level races but also in our ambition to support our promising young sire Maranoa Charlie following her racing career. Night Of Thunder sired the Oaks winner this season and he is making a bright start as a broodmare sire.
“Moody follows on from our purchase of Concorde Agreement earlier in the year with similar ambitions. Maranoa Charlie covered a huge book in year one, but my objective is to support him well beyond his first season and the acquisition of these group-winning 10-furlong fillies highlights our belief in the sire to produce precocious two-year-olds in year one, but also classic-type horses later in their careers. Maranoa was the highest-rated two-year-old in France but peaked at the end of his three-year-old career.”
Twomey added: “We're naturally delighted for Mel Sutcliffe, who has enjoyed a wonderful experience with his very first horse in training with us. To buy Moody for €125,000 and see her develop into a multiple stakes winner has been immensely satisfying for everyone involved.
“We'd also like to thank Charlie Bond and Bond Thoroughbreds for their continued confidence in our team. Charlie has become a tremendous supporter of the yard, both through his sponsorship and his growing string of horses with us.
“Moody is an exciting addition to his operation and we're looking forward to campaigning her in Bond Thoroughbreds' colours for the remainder of the season.”