This is the year of his steed career where Sparkling banner flew the highest of all like Moon Rhea became his fourth representative to the top-level race in 2022 by winning the American Oaks (G1T) Santa Anita by the end of December 26.
The exploits of the year by people like Aristia and resting state saw Coolmore increase fees for resident sprinters as he increased from €35,000 ($37,242) to €50,000 ($53,202) for 2023, standing at €22,500 ($23,941) in year 2021.
Rhea Moon is the latest European import to benefit from a move to the California stables by Phil d’Amato, who has excelled alongside others such as winner San Clemente Stakes (G2T) belllabel (via belardo ) and Del Mar Oaks (G1T) last year and multi-level scorer Go global (mehmas ).
This 3-year-old started her career with Ken Condon, bringing in several teenage girls at an early age. She is the first pony bred by Kevin Molloy Fastnet Stone mare Callisto Star, sister of double winner Jim Bolger Constant Comment.
Molloy also bred their dam, Livia Galilei, Galileo’s man and three-time winner under Bolger’s care as well as a sibling of winner Ballyroan Stakes (G3) Eye of the storm and packagingwho won both the Pentax Sirenia Stakes (G3) and the Countrywide Steel and Tubes Joel Stakes (G3).
Paddy and Peter Kelly’s Ballybin Stud, also incidentally behind Bellabel, have had a long relationship with Molloy stock and they offered Rhea Moon at the Tattersalls Ireland September Annual Sale 2020, which was announced held at Newmarket. She was bought by BBA Ireland for £24,000 ($31,022) and changed hands again when the current owners, Talla Racing and Rockingham Ranch, bought her in a separate deal.
Rhea Moon featured in each of her seven starts for D’Amato, going through her maiden and corporate stints before making her breakthrough in her first attempt at the black category in the tournament. awarded Miss Autumn (G3T) at Santa Anita in October.
She was boosted from a mile to 10 feathers in the American Oaks, the tournament won by other hybrid European runners like Lady Prancealot in 2019 and other in the years included Adhesive plaster and Cheveley Park Stud Hall of Famer Megahertz.
In the hands of Juan Hernandez, Rhea Moon took the win more comfortably than her margin of win might suggest as she overcame her steady friend Truong teaches dance in the final steps.
D’Amato told BloodHorse: “I think going a mile and a half, a hole (booth) is an advantage.” “Juan took advantage, just saved every inch of land and got her out in time. He gets a lot of credit for growing this trash.”
“She’s improving every race,” Hernandez added. “She showed up today to do it again. Around the quarter-post I started following a horse that was having a nice ride and sneaked right behind that horse to cross the finish line first. .”
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Molloy seems to be a confirmed fan of the Starspangledbanner as he repeats the mating of Callisto Star’s second foal, There’s The Door, which was purchased by Kevin Ross for €80,000 ($97,659) at Goffs and was the winner for David Evans, Paul and Clare Rooney during that period. a busy summer.
The breeder will get an even better result from his aspiration, by Greek Magna at the recent Sportsman’s Sale when he was the second most prolific in the entire event earning €145,000 ($142,298) for Nico Archdale and generous depositor Johnny Hassett as part of the Get In The Game hook-up venture .
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She’s visited the Starspangledbanner yet again for her latest cover, with Choisir’s 16-year-old son now fully able to deal with triple-digit books after such an uneventful start. .
The Group 1-winning sprinter in both hemispheres has even returned to training after appearing less fertile but has been so revived following his time at Rosemont Stud in Australia that he can back to Coolmore’s store.
He has now produced a total of six group or 1st class winners, including the Rathbarry State of Rest rookie who delivered brilliant highs in Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1). Clever Aristia won the Darley Prix Jean Romanet (G1) in the summer while star Tony Cruz Sparkling California overthrow sixty . gold in the Longines Hong Kong Mile earlier this month.
