Jacqueline, Aurora Aurealis sent to US
The Vijay Shirke, Khushroo Dhunjibhoy, Berjis Minoo Desai owned Jacqueline who became the darling of Indian race goers after winning four Indian classics before losing by a whisker to Becket in the Gr 1 Indian Turf Invitation Cup has been sent to the US along with Aurora Aurealis. The two mares left India on Wednesday and arrived at their destination after a long haul. Both these mares are covered by Glory of Dancer and are due to foal sometime in March.
The plan chalked out by the connections is for these mares to spend the statutory 90 days in quarantine at the US before being shipped to Ireland to be covered by a top stallion possibly Galileo who is currently the best stallion in the World. The schedule is tight but it can be managed. The progeny of these two mares may be raced either in Ireland or England where these owners already have several racing horses.
It may be recalled that last year, Jacqueline was to travel abroad for the purpose of breeding along with other star performer Set Alight and Icebreaker. Jacqueline was retired to the stud after the setback she suffered following the hard campaign in Mumbai. However, the time left to send these horses abroad after quarantine restrictions and other logistics involved saw them stay back to be recovered by their respective stallions. While Jacqueline (King Charlemagne) was covered by Glory of Dancer, Set Alight has been covered by Burden of Proof and is in foal to the highly successful stallion. Icebreaker stayed on and raced a few times and has now been retired to the Poonawalla Stud Farm. Aurora Aurealis is a home bred daughter of Indian Triple Crown winner Indictment.
Khushroo Dhunjibhoy owns the Nanoli Stud Farm and has big racing operations as well. Dhunjibhoy has a few racing horses in England and recently he bought some yearlings at Tattersalls to race them there. He also bought significantly at the Tattersalls Breeding Stock Sale and has acquired about 19 mares either in partnership or individually. Berjis Desai who runs the successful Capricorn Stud Farm had bought about 20 mares at the Goff’s Breeding Stock Sale in November. The stud farm has almost clinched the deal to buy Ad Valorem but the deal fell through in the last minute.
The last few years have seen Indian breeders going for a massive overhaul of their breeding stock, with the acquisition of a number of mares at the breeding stock sales at Goff’s. This year, with the market opening up and fresh protocols being established, allowing for import of breeding stock from other parts of Europe and USA, Indians were active buyers at Keeneland, Goff’s, Tattersalls and Arqana (France). About 200 pregnant mares have been bought in these sales and this is sure to give a qualitative boost to Indian breeding. A look at the Stallion Register brought out by the Stud Book of India reveals that as many 21 new stallions were registered in this year alone. Nearly a dozen new stallions have been since acquired and will be active next year’s breeding season. The well bred son of Admiralofthefleet (Danehill) has already arrived at Dr Vijay Mallya’s Kunigal Stud Farm.
The plan chalked out by the connections is for these mares to spend the statutory 90 days in quarantine at the US before being shipped to Ireland to be covered by a top stallion possibly Galileo who is currently the best stallion in the World. The schedule is tight but it can be managed. The progeny of these two mares may be raced either in Ireland or England where these owners already have several racing horses.
It may be recalled that last year, Jacqueline was to travel abroad for the purpose of breeding along with other star performer Set Alight and Icebreaker. Jacqueline was retired to the stud after the setback she suffered following the hard campaign in Mumbai. However, the time left to send these horses abroad after quarantine restrictions and other logistics involved saw them stay back to be recovered by their respective stallions. While Jacqueline (King Charlemagne) was covered by Glory of Dancer, Set Alight has been covered by Burden of Proof and is in foal to the highly successful stallion. Icebreaker stayed on and raced a few times and has now been retired to the Poonawalla Stud Farm. Aurora Aurealis is a home bred daughter of Indian Triple Crown winner Indictment.
Khushroo Dhunjibhoy owns the Nanoli Stud Farm and has big racing operations as well. Dhunjibhoy has a few racing horses in England and recently he bought some yearlings at Tattersalls to race them there. He also bought significantly at the Tattersalls Breeding Stock Sale and has acquired about 19 mares either in partnership or individually. Berjis Desai who runs the successful Capricorn Stud Farm had bought about 20 mares at the Goff’s Breeding Stock Sale in November. The stud farm has almost clinched the deal to buy Ad Valorem but the deal fell through in the last minute.
The last few years have seen Indian breeders going for a massive overhaul of their breeding stock, with the acquisition of a number of mares at the breeding stock sales at Goff’s. This year, with the market opening up and fresh protocols being established, allowing for import of breeding stock from other parts of Europe and USA, Indians were active buyers at Keeneland, Goff’s, Tattersalls and Arqana (France). About 200 pregnant mares have been bought in these sales and this is sure to give a qualitative boost to Indian breeding. A look at the Stallion Register brought out by the Stud Book of India reveals that as many 21 new stallions were registered in this year alone. Nearly a dozen new stallions have been since acquired and will be active next year’s breeding season. The well bred son of Admiralofthefleet (Danehill) has already arrived at Dr Vijay Mallya’s Kunigal Stud Farm.
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