Coolmore graduates have been enjoying a something of a stellar run this year with recent Magic Millions drafts producing top class three year-old filly Winx, winner of the Group II ATC Furious Stkes and Listed ATC Breeders Plate winner Vancouver, a leading Golden Slipper candidate for the Gai Waterhouse stable.
The foal crop 'raised and grazed' on the farm that are three year-olds of the 2014/15 season has produced over 50 individual winners already including stakes performers Petrology, Lumosty, Rockfast, Magicool, Wine Tales, Betsy, Firehouse Rock, Awesome Rock, Lady Sharapova etc, along with an abundance of promising sorts like Armada, Sadler's Lake, For Lulu and company.
The Magic Millions draft for Coolmore in 2015 features some 50 plus yearlings –click here to see the draft and below are some highlights with comments from Coolmore General Manager, Michael Kirwan.
Lot 58 Colt Uncle Mo (USA) x Amaranda (IRE), by Fasliyev
We have high hopes for Uncle Mo - we like what we've seen of his first stock both here and in the Northern Hemisphere and this is a very good looking colt. He's bred for speed and he looks a fast horse. He's tremendously powerful and has a great hind-part.
Lot 156 Filly Fastnet Rock x Chrisalice (GR), by Lujain
Big, strong, well-balanced filly with a very likeable outlook. She's out of a half-sister to two high-class speed horses in Europe in Group I winner Total Gallery and Group I filly Lady Darshaan and she looks a quality sprinting filly in the making.
Lot 188 Colt So You Think x Dantibes Rhythm, by Dantibes
This colt has plenty of furnishing to do and is an embryonic horse at this stage, so the sale might not necessarily come at an ideal time for him, but he's a lovely horse in the making. He has tremendous quality, just like his sire and he moves effortlessly. He's hardy and sound looking with a likeable constitution and it would be no surprise to see him make up into a lovely three year-old.
Lot 195 Colt Fastnet Rock x Delta Girl, by General Nediym
There's a hell of a lot to like about this colt. He's strong and mature looking, but has real scope. He is out of a very fast mare and he's the make and shape of a two year-old. We like him a lot and he'd be a stand out colt at any sale.
Lot 467 Filly Fastnet Rock x More Valour, by More Than Ready (USA)
A real standout with great quality. She has a good shape to her and moves with fantastic purpose and fluency, which is something that we like to see in the best Fastnet Rock yearlings, Atlantic Jewel and Irish Lights being fine examples. She's bred on a magic cross for a Fastnet Rock filly, with him having established a wonderful rapport with More Than Ready and Snippets line mares and given her pedigree, she's a real collector's item.
Lot 484 Filly Fastnet Rock x Necessary Evil (USA), by Harlan's Holiday
A US Group III winner, Necessary Evil set a 1000m track record at Hollywood Park and was a brilliantly fast and precocious two year-old. This filly looks very much the sort to fulfil a similar sort of profile - she's very strong and fast looking. It's a good cross - similar to that which bred Foxwedge and Irish Lights - and she's a likeable sort of filly.
Lot 675 Colt Cape Blanco (IRE) x Tip The Wink, by Stravinsky (USA)
The stallion was a star racehorse by Galileo. He was an unbeaten Group II winner as a two year-old and a WFA Group I winner at three. His first stock have been incredibly well received in the Northern Hemisphere and if this colt is typical of his stock, it's easy to see why. He's very well put together with good limbs, strength and scope, so it's no surprise that he's also a very good mover. I'd expect him to catch the eye of plenty of people.
