Purchased as a Yearling at Book 3 at Tattersalls in 2017, Me Too Pleased was a 15,000 GNS purchase, who came home to be trained by JD’s father. The daughter of Champs Elysees, wasn’t disgraced on debut finishing 4th having been beaten by 3 ¾ lengths. She won her next three races, one being the Goffs UK Mares Grade 2 Bumper at the Aintree Festival in 2021
Purchased privately in October 2018, Recon Mission is a 7 times winner on the flat including picking up £62,000 when coming home a head in front in the 22 runner Sprint Handicap at York for Tony Carroll.
Privately purchased as a foal, Rymska went on to win twice on the flat including a Listed race in France as a 2 year old before moving to Chad Brown’s yard in America. Rymska as a 3 year old won the Grade 3 Stakes at Gulfstream Park, the Commonwealth Oaks Grade 3 at Laurel Park and the Winter Memories Stakes at Aqueduct. Her incredible form continued as a 4 and 5 year, to take the Grade 3 Athenia Stakes and the Grade 2 Hillsborough Stakes to bring her total prize money to just over £600,000.
A Tattersalls Book One purchase in 2018, Kingbrook, the son of Kingman, got off the mark on the second time of asking at Ascot in July 2019. In October 2020, Kingbrook took the Class 2 Old Rowley Cup Handicap (Heritage Handicap) at Newmarket for owner Roger Brookhouse.
Purchased during Covid, The Brimming Water came from the Goffs UK Online March Sale in 2021. Having been with Eric McNamara in Ireland, he was purchased for Sam Drinkwater for £23,000. The Brimming Water has since won 2 races from 5 starts for Sam, including a Class 2 Handicap Hurdle at Newbury to finish the season with an OR131.
Picked up for £13,000 at Goffs UK Store Sale in 2016, Queenohearts has been a prolific mare between the flags for The Sherington Partnership. The daughter of Flemensfirth, won 5 starts from 10 runs including the Mares' Standard Open National Hunt Listed Flat Race at Sandown, the Grade 2 Mares Novice Hurdle, also at Sandown and the Abram Mares' Listed Hurdle at Haydock.
The introduction of hurdles seems to be the making of Gentleman At Arms. Purchased for 40,000 GNS from Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale in 2021 and moved to Stuart Edmunds yard, he hit the ground running with two wins and a 2nd in a Grade 2 and soon achieved a rating of 143 after coming 2nd in the Grade 1 Sefton Novice Hurdle at Aintree Festival in 2022.
A yearling purchase from Arqana Autumn Sale in 2017 for €11,000, Peejaybee won on debut in a bumper in 2021 for Richard Spencer and owners Martin Gower and Paul Booker. He went on to win 3 hurdle races and gain a rating of OR129 from 7 runs and last seen finishing 5th in a 17 runner Grade 3 Handicap Hurdle.
I Am Thunder was purchased with Hamad Al Jehani at Tattersalls August HIT in 2020 for owner Yousuf Mubarak al-Kuwari for 16,000 GNS. The horse moved to Qatar and has been in winning form ever since clocking up 8 wins in Doha and winning QAR QR342,300 in prize money.
Purchased privately after 5 runs in Irish Point to Points, Sixteen Letters has been a stable star for the Kayley Woollacott Team for several years. 9 wins and 9 seconds in GB Point to Points from 21 runs, he has been the dream horse to have on the yard. He won a Novice Hunter Chase in 2022 by 30 lengths and gave the owners a brilliant day out to finish 4th at the Cheltenham Hunter Chase evening in 2019.
Professional Widow was a €5,500 yearling filly who came from the Tattersalls Ireland Sales in September 2019. She went to Richard Spencer’s yard in Newmarket for Mrs Cunningham. The daughter of Markaz, came 2nd on her first three starts before getting her head in front on the fourth attempt at Nottingham. She has given her owners some lovely days out at Royal Ascot for two years running and recently won a Class 3 Handicap at Haydock.
Purchased privately by JD as a foal, Adrimel first went through the sales ring as a Store and was bought for €11,000 . He won his debut Irish Point to Point by 8 lengths and headed back to the sales where he was purchased for £280,000 and went to Tom Lacey’s for Lady Bamford and Alice Bamford. He won 4 hurdles from 5 runs before fetching the Grade 2 Ballymore Leamington Novices' Hurdle at Warwick along with an official rating of 140. Adrimel has since produced two wins over fences.
An official rating of 150, Daly Tiger has been a good servant for the Gigginstown House Stud Team and for Noel Meade. JD purchased him privately as a foal at six weeks old. Daly Tiger headed to the ring as a Store and again after a run in an Irish Point to Point where he made £95,000. A winner of a Grade B Handicap Chase around Punchestown and a Grade A Handicap Chase round Fairyhouse, Daly Tiger has collected £132,000 in prize money.
At 5,000GNS, Kittys Light was an incredible buy. Purchased at Tattersalls Book 3 Sale in 2017 (the same sale as Me Too Please), the son of Nathaniel, headed to Christan Williams, to run for All Stars Sports Racing and Richard Bedford. After a few runs over hurdles, he was switched to fences which brought the best out of him over the longer distances. A win at Kelso in a Class 2 Handicap Chase was soon followed by a 2nd in the Grade 2 Charlie Hall Chase around Wetherby, a 2nd in the Coral Trophy Handicap Chase Grade 3 at Sandown and also a 2nd in the 23 runner Scottish Grand National Handicap Chase Grade 3 at Ayr.
Purchased privately by JD after winning on his Point to Point debut at Durrow, Hometown Boy took to hurdles very well, clocking up several placings for Stuart Edmunds. After a 350 day lay off, the son of Curtain Time, proved his worth by winning a Class 3 Handicap Hurdle at Kempton and then won a 19 runner Grade 3 Handicap Hurdle at Aintree on Grand National Day in 2021 (OR146).
The son of Nathaniel, walked through Tattersalls Sales Ring as a foal and was purchased by JD for 15,000 GNS from Newsells Stud. He first got off the mark at the third time of asking and followed this win up on his fourth run by winning a Class 2 for 2 year - old Colts and Geldings at Newbury beating Westover, who went on to win the Irish Derby at The Curragh in 2022. Zechariah just got touched off at Royal Ascot by a nose in the Group 2 Queen’s Vase in 2022 and went on to win Group 3 Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury in splendid isolation.
Purchased at the Tattersalls Somerville Yearlings Sales for 15,000 GNS, Liberation Bay went to Ed Dunlop for owner Paul Turner. The filly is a daughter of Muhaarar, who has picked up 2 wins from 7 runs. Being a British bred mare, she qualifies for the Great British Bonus Scheme (GBB) where she has picked up £30,000 in bonuses for winning her two races along with her £14,000 in prize money, all in less than 12 months from being purchased.
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