2021 2yos including Colin's First Season Sires

[Eleanora Duse]

It looks as if Kodiac is no longer the top sire of 2-y-os. After topping the table in 2017,18 and 19 he had to settle for second place behind the new go to 2-y-o sire Mehmas last year. Mehmas, with 29 winners so far this year, is well ahead of Cotai Glory on 21, Ardad and Havana Gold on 18 with Kodiac in fourth place on 17.

That's because he'd become respectable by 2017 and was sent better broodmares in 2018. It always works. Personally I blame you Colin, you were banging on in 2013/4 about what a good sire he was.

[Eleanora Duse]

Friday
Renaissance (Caravaggio) for Fahey at Thirsk
Glengarra (Profitable) for Twomey, and Head Mistress (Profitable) for Lyons, both at Down Royal
Object (Aclaim) for Meade at Newmarket

[Colin Phillips]

KODIAC proving that he doesn't just produce duds these days with Mytilda winning the nursery at Musselburgh yesterday, at the pleasing odds of 25/1.

[Eleanora Duse]

Monday Windsor
Auditor (by Profitable) for Meade

[Eleanora Duse]

KODIAC proving that he doesn't just produce duds these days with Mytilda winning the nursery at Musselburgh yesterday, at the pleasing odds of 25/1.

He's still very good but his mares are more staying types since 2018. Still gets plenty of good 2yos though.

[Eleanora Duse]

Tuesday Sandown

Romantic Time (Time Test) gets another winner for his sire and trainer William Stone

[Eleanora Duse]

Plenty of 2yo races this week but unless I missed one (or two) could only see Saturday's winner Galileo Glass (by Galileo Gold), trained by Holland, winning at Doncaster.

[Eleanora Duse]

Catching up

Tuesday
Nottingham: Golden Warrior (Cotai Glory) for Hills and Madam Ambassador (Churchill) for Johnston
Ffos Las: Harrow (El Kabeir) for Balding

Wednesday
Pontefract: Hamaki (Churchill) for Haggas

[Eleanora Duse]

Thursday Redcar:

Act of Passion (Mondialiste) for Dods

[Eleanora Duse]

Friday Thirsk
Hollow Steel (Cotai Glory) for Alice Hynes
Zebelle (Profitable) for Boughey

Friday Tipperary
Money Tree (Profitable) for O'Callaghan

[Eleanora Duse]

Sunday, Curragh:

A group 1 winner for Galileo Gold as Ebro River wins the Phoenix Stakes for Hugo Palmer

[edgt]

Dam rated 63 so sire must be the business.

[Eleanora Duse]

Dam rated 63 so sire must be the business.

Galileo Gold's success follows the Night of Thunder story closely. A forgotten 2000G winner, who raced as a 4yo and then quietly retired to stud.

[edgt]

European Top First Season sires Irish Field Sat last
1 Cotai Glory
2 Caravaggio
3 Profitable
4 Ardad
5 Galileo Gold.

Euro Top two year old sires
1 Mehmas
2 Dark Angel
3 Cotai Glory

Interesting top two are by Acclamation out of Machiavellian mares; outcross, outcross, outcross.

[Eleanora Duse]

I see Recorder is the leading FSS in France if judged by winnings. He's had 4 winners there.

[Eleanora Duse]

Wednesday

A double for Ulysses as Implore wins for Gosden at Beverley and Aeonian (25-1 !!!) wins for Stoute at Yarmouth
Ardad gets another winner with Eidikos for Bethel at Beverley.

Got a nagging feeling I've missed an El Kabeir winner

[Colin Phillips]

Harrow was a winner at Ffos Las on Aug. 3, El Kabeir's only other winner was in July.

[Eleanora Duse]

Harrow was a winner at Ffos Las on Aug. 3, El Kabeir's only other winner was in July.

Strange I missed that one as it's in my Balding competition 12.

[G-G]

Dam rated 63 so sire must be the business.

Having loved a mare that was persistently run on the wrong ground over the wrong distance, ratings are meaningless.

[G-G]

Also very annoyed by Hoiles' comment at the weekend with the stallion tables saying Ardad 'punching very much above his weight' .