Archive for the ‘Hall of Fame’ Category

Hussard Collonges

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

Hussard Collonges (Video Rock - Araine Collonges [Quart de Vin] 25 March 1995   Bought as a 4 year old at the Goffs sales at St Cloud for 120,000 Francs he won his only point to point in Ireland at Inch in April 2000.  He was then acquired by Peter Beaumont for ...

Soviet Song

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

Soviet Song  18 February 2000 By Marju out of Kalinka ((Soviet Star) Soviet Song won 5 Group 1 races at 2, 4 and 5 yaers of age.  She recorded back to back impressive wins in the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes in 2004 and 2005.  She won the Group 1 Sussex Stakes ...

Azertyuiop

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

Azertyuiop 3/4/1997 Baby Turk – Tamara (Fr) (Rex Magna (Fr))        Paul Nicholls wrested the champion trainers crown from Martin Pipe in 2006 thus ending a period of complete domination by the team from Castleshayne.  One of the key components of the rise in the fortunes of the Nicholl’s yard has been ...

Marakabei

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Marakabei [Hernando (Fr) – Kirsten (Kris)]    I followed this mare when she was a 5 year old during the 2003 flat season.  She had caught my eye the season before when she improved with every run winning twice.  He best performance that season was when she finished 2nd in the ...

“Russellform legends”

Friday, April 7th, 2006

 {mos_sb_discuss:2} In this section I will be featuring some of my favourite horses of the last few years.  It is very much a personal selction so you will see classic winners alongside selling platers and all grades in between.  They have one thing in common - they have all figured prominently in my ...