Fast horses and cheerfulness. The words associated with both Royal Ascot and the June 17 Goffs London Sale could easily be the motif for Con Marnane’s run at Bansha House Stables, for whom this week is the perfect opportunity.
Memories of last year flooded in Givemethebeatboys The top colt at auction fetched £1,100,000 (about $1,395,585) for Bronsan Racing when offered to a member of the global racing community in the grounds of Kensington Palace and on The next day was a stormy fourth place in the Coventry Stakes.
Givemethebeatboys, priced at just €11,000 (about $11,777), did not take part in a hot sale so instead went into training with Jessica Harrington, winning the Marble Hill Stakes in a livery the family’s yellow and black colors. The son of Bungle in the forest returns to Royal Ascot for the Commonwealth Cup (G1) and epitomizes many of the smart buys that Tipperary-based Marnanes manages to sniff out every year.
While Con Marnane had a large team of easily-passed teenagers, he worked in a different and more grandiose way than many of his contemporaries. This year the family had an open morning to show off their wares to potential buyers and they raced many other horses before attempting to trade them, most famously when Different League took down wing in the 2017 Albany Stakes for France-based Matthieu Palussiere. Another filly was bought at a fair price – an €8,000 colt – she eventually earned 1,500,000gns ($1,998,092) from Peter Brant and Coolmore at the end of the campaign for their adolescents.
“We sold a lot of very good horses at this sale,” Marnane said. “We had Real Appeal, who won group races, and that year we sold Forever In Dreams and she was second at the Commonwealth Cup a few days later. So that was lucky for us, but we are the seller and that’s a great thing.” revenue.”
This time the focus will be Rock N Roll Rocketis a homebred by the Kheleyf mare California Tee and was the first winner for Starfield Stud-based Far Above when he hit Cork in mid-May.
Like Givemethebeatboys, he was coached by Harrington in a family relationship reinforced by Marnane’s daughter, Olivia, following the elite coach during her time studying in Dublin.
“He is a very nice horse,” Marnane said. “He won well in Cork his first time out and then we shouldn’t have played him the next time out in Tipperary. “I made a mistake, I just thought he needed more experience experience, then the ground became very soft and they could not walk.” up there.
“He’s back to perfection again. He wants good terrain and he’s a very fast horse. A couple of horses behind him in Cork are going up to Windsor Castle and the plan is for the That race is for him.”
The tenth extension of this sale, held in conjunction with Privat 3 Money, will get underway at 5 p.m. local time.
It was significantly strengthened on the afternoon of June 16 when lots of sparkle , one of the entries won the Prix de Diane (G1). If owner-breeder Jean-Pierre Dubois confirms her sale before showtime, then King the girl will easily reach seven figures.
“She will go back to Calas (trainer Patrice Cottier’s base), she will not go through but we will see if she makes it through the ring,” Dubois replied when asked during the press conference after the race. “We’ll think about it tonight.”
