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£300,000 son of Generous
Posted 16 February 2007
Champion of the Decade Generous has had an explosive start to 2007 at the sales! Tony Martin took the plaudits at the January Doncaster Bloodstock Sale when paying £300,000 for Pires a 3 Yr/Old Bay Gelding out of Kaydee Queen - which topped the sale on day 4. Generous also topped ...Read Full Story
The King is Home
Posted 16 February 2007
Scarvagh’s King of Toughness We are delighted to have secured Desert King, a Top Class Dual Purpose sire to stand at Scarvagh House Stud for the 2007 breeding season. A prolific racehorse he was trained by Aiden O’Brien to become a Gr.1 winner at two and a dual Gr.1 winner at ...Read Full Story
Group success for the King
Posted 19 February 2007
Desert king sires Gr. 2 winners in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere in both codes of racing. Sat 17th Feb - Desert War trained by Gai Waterhouse won the Aus$250,000 Winning Edge Presentations Classic Gr.2 @ Rosehill Australia. The 6 Yr/Old gelding is already the winner of 4 Gr.1’s and now 3 ...Read Full Story
Sandleys Steve Top of The Pile
Posted 22 February 2007
Steve Lomas the current Stallion Manager at Sandley Stud arrived on Tuesday at the Cafe Royale in London’s Oxford Circus as one of the three finalists in the Stud Staff awards. Steve who was accompanied at the awards by his son Daniel received a rapturous round of applause when he was ...Read Full Story
Chesnut Charlie brings Desert Heat to D’Patrick
Posted 02 March 2007
In a wind torn day at Downpatrick on Wednesday 28th Feb, Temperatures were sent soaring when Chesnut Charlie crossed the line 26 lengths clear of his nearest rival in the concluding race of the day "The Downpatrick INH Flat Race". The winner is owned by Ms Fiona McConnell, Trained by Mr ...Read Full Story
The King lives up to his name!
Posted 19 March 2007
What a week Desert King has had - the son of Danehill continues to have winners in both hemispheres! Desert War showed he was back to his best when winning The Ranvet Stakes Gr.1, worth $Aus400,000 at Rosehill over 2000 Mtrs for trainer Gai Waterhouse on the 17th March. Chesnut Charlie ...Read Full Story
Making A Point!
Posted 23 April 2007
Scarvagh House had a Super Sunday on the 22nd April with three winners for three stallions. Emergency Exit a 4y/o Gelding by Exit To Nowhere out of the French mare Scarlete won the 4Y/O Maiden at Ballysteen by 6 Lenghts beating Larry’s Choice. Congratulations to the winning Trainer Eric McNamara, Owner ...Read Full Story
Sweet Taste with International Success.
Posted 06 June 2007
Congratulations to the connections of MYSTIC LIPS - Winner of the €350,000 Henkel Preis der Diana - GERMAN OAK’s GR.1 by 5 Lengths, Dusseldorf / 3rd June ’07. She is a 3yr/old filly by GENEROUS out of Majorata x Acatenango. MYSTIC LIPS (5-1) made all under a strong ride from Andreas ...Read Full Story
Lahib Gelding hits €70,000
Posted 13 June 2007
The 1st day of the Goff’s Landrover sale set a good precedent for the store horse market in Ireland. Scarvagh House Stallions were well represented with 12 geldings: Exit To Nowhere had a total of 6 consigned with 2 unsold and a very respectable average of €21,500 for the 4 ...Read Full Story
The Secret comes out at Goodwood.
Posted 01 August 2007
SECRET PLOY x Deploy, gamely held off all challengers to land the Invesco Perpetual Goodwood Stakes. Always up with the pace, Steve Drowne was hard at work some way out on the Hughie Morrison-trained 16-1 chance. Nicky Henderson’s Afrad loomed large with a furlong to run, along with Esprit De ...Read Full Story