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Kuroshio has just covered his first book of mares in Australia and joins Overbury Stud
“Longdon Stud’s
Albaasil bids to enhance the reputation of Dansili as a sire of sires”
GEORGE SELWYN
Kuroshio comes to the parade from his European home at Overbury Stud, along with another horse with good Australian victories on this CV: Dunaden, winner of the Melbourne Cup in 2011 and the following year’s Caulfield Cup. These horses are discussed further in the feature on Overbury Stud (pages 48-52). Another stud sending two stallions to the parade is Newsells Park, whose representatives are Mount Nelson and Equiano. These two will already be familiar to most observers, as are some of their offspring: Mount Nelson’s winners last year included Berkshire, Volume and Purr Along, while Equiano’s first batch of juveniles contained the Group 3 winner Dark Reckoning. While Mount Nelson and Equiano have only a short run up the A505 to get to Park Paddocks from their home near Royston, the National Stud’s pair have an even shorter journey, Dick Turpin and Gregorian coming into town from their quarters alongside the July Course. Dick Turpin, though, has already done his fair share of travelling recently, having just returned from a dual-hemisphere stint at Mungrup Stud in Western Australia, where this dual Group 1 winner has proved very popular. Gregorian, too, is a well-travelled horse, the fast son of Clodovil having made plenty of trips to the continent from John Gosden’s stable during his successful four-season racing career. Another pair of sires at the parade are Mazameer and Burwaaz: although the young stallions do not stand at the same property, both are owned and managed by Herringswell Manor Stud proprietor Will Barrons, who stands Mazameer at home and has Burwaaz based in County Durham under Andrew Spalding’s care at Hedgeholme Stud.
Garswood is new to Cheveley Park Stud
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Equiano made a good start with his first two-year-olds in 2014
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Mazameer, a winner at both Group 3 and Listed level when trained by Freddy Head, showed plenty of speed in his races. Unsurprisingly he proved popular during his first season in 2014, when he was based at Throckmorton Court Stud; while the early indications are that Burwaaz, another horse who showed high-class two-year-old form when racing for Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum, is also likely to find favour with breeders looking for a cost-effective way of producing precocious stock. Burwaaz’s placings in both the Gimcrack and the Flying Childers provide plenty of encouragement, as does his pedigree: the son of Exceed And Excel hails from the Irish Lass family which has churned out so many top-class winners for Kilfrush Stud. Two more former Sheikh Hamdan colourbearers at the parade are Albaasil and Heeraat. The former, who stands at Longdon Stud, recorded his best victory at Newmarket’s July Meeting in 2011 and now bids to enhance the reputation of Dansili as a sire of sires. Heeraat, a son of Dark Angel, did even better, relishing the fast ground to land a Group 3 sprint at Newbury as a four-year-old. He looks
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