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Johannesburg Gets His First Winner
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Johannesburg Gets His First Winner
....and it only took 14 runners to do it. Way to go Coolmore!
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From the Racing Post:
by Amy Bennett (June 1)
COOLMORE’S freshman sires Johannesburg and Rock Of Gibraltar both achieved firsts on Wednesday.
Multiple Group 1 winner Rock Of Gibraltar was represented by his first stakes winner when the Kevin Ryan-trained filly Roxan ran out an impressive winner of the Listed Hilary Needler Trophy at Beverley. Rock Of Gibraltar, who stands in Ireland for €45,000, has sired three winners to date.
Earlier in the day, champion juvenile Johannesburg, who stands at Ashford Stud, Kentucky, for $25,000, scored his first winner when the Hughie Morrison-trained Johannesburg Jack won a six-furlong maiden at Brighton.
Seems Rock of Gibraltar is also a fine stallion in the making.
Some more about Johannesburg:
99 Hennessy - Myth, by Ogygian
Stands at Ashford Stud, Kentucky
Fee: $25,000
INTERNATIONAL two-year-old champion Johannesburg is a natural pick to do well with his first runners, especially given the very large first crop of foals he has.
While the grandson of Storm Cat stands in Kentucky, his runners should be prevalent enough in Britain and Ireland this summer, as he had 16 yearlings go through European sales last year, and another 12 were sent through the ring at the Doncaster and Tattersalls breeze-ups in April.
He has already had four British runners, with the best result from debutantJo’burg, who finished a good second in a field of 18 at Newbury on Saturday. A 215,000gns Tattersalls October yearling, the Amanda Perrett-trained colt was slowly away but stuck on well to be beaten less than two lengths.
Johannesburg (below) was an extraordinary two-year-old himself, winning all seven of his starts, beginning with a Fairyhouse maiden in May and ending with victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Belmont Park. That impressive display, his first on dirt and first beyond six furlongs, was enough to earn him the Eclipse Award as North America’s top juvenile colt.
His earlier victories in European Group 1s, including the Phoenix Stakes in Ireland, the Prix Morny in France and the Middle Park Stakes in Britain, ensured that he was alsoEurope’s two-year-old champion.
However, a bid for the Kentucky Derby the next year ended disastrously when he was beaten 13 lengths by War Emblem and he returned to finish a well-beaten ninth in the Golden Jubilee Stakes, after which he was retired.
His own $200,000 yearling price has been surpassed by many of his first progeny. An astounding 114 of his yearlings were offered at auction in the US and Europe last year, for an average of more than $100,000 and a median of $65,000.
Johannesburg’s breeze-up juveniles also performed well on both sides of the Atlantic, and the top price among ten sold at Tattersalls was 210,000gns for a colt out of Northern Gulch bought by Tony Nerses.
by Amy Bennett (June 1)
COOLMORE’S freshman sires Johannesburg and Rock Of Gibraltar both achieved firsts on Wednesday.
Multiple Group 1 winner Rock Of Gibraltar was represented by his first stakes winner when the Kevin Ryan-trained filly Roxan ran out an impressive winner of the Listed Hilary Needler Trophy at Beverley. Rock Of Gibraltar, who stands in Ireland for €45,000, has sired three winners to date.
Earlier in the day, champion juvenile Johannesburg, who stands at Ashford Stud, Kentucky, for $25,000, scored his first winner when the Hughie Morrison-trained Johannesburg Jack won a six-furlong maiden at Brighton.
Seems Rock of Gibraltar is also a fine stallion in the making.
Some more about Johannesburg:
99 Hennessy - Myth, by Ogygian
Stands at Ashford Stud, Kentucky
Fee: $25,000
INTERNATIONAL two-year-old champion Johannesburg is a natural pick to do well with his first runners, especially given the very large first crop of foals he has.
While the grandson of Storm Cat stands in Kentucky, his runners should be prevalent enough in Britain and Ireland this summer, as he had 16 yearlings go through European sales last year, and another 12 were sent through the ring at the Doncaster and Tattersalls breeze-ups in April.
He has already had four British runners, with the best result from debutantJo’burg, who finished a good second in a field of 18 at Newbury on Saturday. A 215,000gns Tattersalls October yearling, the Amanda Perrett-trained colt was slowly away but stuck on well to be beaten less than two lengths.
Johannesburg (below) was an extraordinary two-year-old himself, winning all seven of his starts, beginning with a Fairyhouse maiden in May and ending with victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Belmont Park. That impressive display, his first on dirt and first beyond six furlongs, was enough to earn him the Eclipse Award as North America’s top juvenile colt.
His earlier victories in European Group 1s, including the Phoenix Stakes in Ireland, the Prix Morny in France and the Middle Park Stakes in Britain, ensured that he was alsoEurope’s two-year-old champion.
However, a bid for the Kentucky Derby the next year ended disastrously when he was beaten 13 lengths by War Emblem and he returned to finish a well-beaten ninth in the Golden Jubilee Stakes, after which he was retired.
His own $200,000 yearling price has been surpassed by many of his first progeny. An astounding 114 of his yearlings were offered at auction in the US and Europe last year, for an average of more than $100,000 and a median of $65,000.
Johannesburg’s breeze-up juveniles also performed well on both sides of the Atlantic, and the top price among ten sold at Tattersalls was 210,000gns for a colt out of Northern Gulch bought by Tony Nerses.