Charlie Hunkin, Author at JS Bloodstock Consultancy

10 Nov Tattersalls HIT Sale 2020

The worlds largest horses in training sale amassed a catalogue of over 1600 horses this Autumn and we were delighted to come away with 8 purchases. These were highlighted by Buhturi, Table Mountain and Desert Empire. Buhturi (Ravens Pass) - with an official rating of 81 is headed to Qatar where his current profile will suit the style of racing abroad. Table Mountain has been campaigned by Andrew Balding and heads to Tom Symonds to continue her career over jumps. Officially rated 91 and already placed 4th in Listed company, Table Mountain has shown promise this season and we look forward to watching her run in his new colours. Desert Empire - by the shuttling sire Vadamos - heads to Matt Smith in Australia after winning first time out as a 2 year old this season. We would like to thank our owners and trainers for the...

10 Nov Future Score Fulfils Promise To Win The Crambourne Cup

As a private purchase out of a maiden in the UK, Future Score by the late Cape Cross has delivered on his foretelling name by securing a decisive victory in the Crambourne Cup. Trained by Matt Cumani and owned by OTI Racing, A Lewin et al, Future Score looks an exciting horse to campaign going forward....

09 Sep The First Of The Yearling Sales – Goffs UK & Tattersalls Ascot

The yearling sales kicked off as usual in sunny Doncaster with the Goffs UK Premier Sale - a sale normally renowned for the source of precociously bred horses. In a year where there has been much uncertainty both on and off the racetrack due to Covid-19, we were pleased to team up with Andrew Balding and George Scott to come away with four new purchases. We struck early on day one with Lot 21 - a Noble Mission colt out of the black type mare Toxis (Street Sense). He is a strong, scopey type with a middle-distance pedigree and slightly atypical of the traditional Doncaster stamp. We were pleased to purchase him for £38,000 and he goes into training with Andrew. Lot 66, a bold, athletic son of Awtaad from Hillwood Stud was secured for £40,000 and heads to Kingsclere to begin his career. He boasts a...

07 Sep In the press: TDN Q and A with Billy Jackson-Stops

A link to the full 'todays edition' article: https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/pdf/tdn/tdn200906e.pdf...

27 Aug Sound Of Cannons bids to make a noise in Australia

Sound Of Cannons leaves the team at Manton House for sunnier climbs to join John O'Shea for the OTI Racing team. He has run to an official rating of 103 up to a mile and a half, with the recent update of Pyledriver's Group 2 win adding further weight to his form. He has been purchased with the view to running him in the Spring Carnival where we would be optimistic that he would have every chance to be a success. Sound Of Cannons is the sixth horse purchased by JS Bloodstock this year for Australia and we wish his new connections every success with their new purchase. ...

21 Aug Aquileo Australia Bound

The strapping son of Gleneagles makes his way to the Australian stable of Maher/Eustace after a series of promising runs in England. He has shown potential in his early career over a 1m2f and looks capable of getting further in time. By the exciting sire Gleneagles out of a mare by Rock of Gibraltar, he looks every inch the type to excel in the Southern Hemisphere. We wish his new owners every success for the season....

05 Aug The Breeze Up Edition

As the curtain falls on the last breeze up sale of 2020 it would be wrong to look past the remarkable results achieved by the sales companies. A huge amount of effort has gone into the logistical planning of a sales season seemingly thwarted at every turn by travel restrictions and the very real risk of Covid-19 - all under the watchful eye of the media. The combined Ascot-Craven sale kicked off the 2-year-old sales season in Newmarket where we made three purchases in the form of colts by Dandy Man, Iffraaj and Kodiac. These were bought for trainers George Scott and Tom Clover respectively. The Dandy Man colt boasts a speedy pedigree out of a mare by Exceed and Excel, he breezed well and we aquired him for 62,000 guineas. The Iffraaj colt is a first foal out of a Fastnet Rock mare and was...

27 Jul Fairy Dust Flies Home In Front

Purchased comparatively inexpensively from the Tattersalls Book 3 Yearling sale last October, the filly by Gregorian has begun her 2-year-old campaign impressively. She ran promisingly first time out, narrowly beaten by Brian Meehan’s Tanfantic who has since stepped up to Listed company. Fairy Dust then decisively put the race to bed on her reappearance beating several others who had already shed their maiden tags. She looks a promising filly to go forward with for Tom Clover and the Fairy Dust Partnership. We wish them every success for the rest of the season....

27 Jul Jackson-Stops and O’Shea team up for Nathaniel colt

British-based agent Billy Jackson Stops of JS Bloodstock paired up with Sydney trainer John O’Shea to purchase a colt by Newsells Park-based sire Nathaniel (Galileo) for 55,000gns at the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up Sale on Wednesday. Historically the bulk of European-bred horses raced in Australia are typically sourced from northern hemisphere horses in training sales, but Jackson-Stops explained that, due to the market for those sorts of horses now being so competitive, he and O’Shea’s assistant Tom Charlton - who is also the son of successful British trainer Roger - decided to target the European breeze-up sales, something they hope to continue through to the yearling sales series. “Tom and myself sort of came up with the idea and John, who has had a huge amount of success with European horses, with the likes of Group 1 winners Contributer and Hartnell,” said Jackson-Stops. “However, those types of horses now are...

26 Jul Soldierpoy Dances To Success

The team of JS Bloodstock and Tom Clover appear to have unearthed a gem in the form of the two year old colt by Sepoy. The lightly raced juvenile has produced three strong performances from three runs, never finishing out of the placings. Soldierpoy caught the eye with an impressive run on his debut finishing just behind the winner, setting himself up smartly to go one better next time out. He then went on to produce a gallant run in the famous Newbury Super Sprint and outran his odds to produce a fast finishing third. Purchased for just £7,000 at the Tattersalls Ascot yearling sale last year, Soldierpoy has already amassed £22,000 in prize money and looks set for an exciting autumn campaign. We would like to wish Tom and the Shimplingthorne Syndicate every success for the rest of the season. ...

10 Nov Tattersalls HIT Sale 2020

10 Nov Future Score Fulfils Promise To Win The Crambourne Cup

09 Sep The First Of The Yearling Sales – Goffs UK & Tattersalls Ascot

07 Sep In the press: TDN Q and A with Billy Jackson-Stops

27 Aug Sound Of Cannons bids to make a noise in Australia

21 Aug Aquileo Australia Bound

05 Aug The Breeze Up Edition

27 Jul Fairy Dust Flies Home In Front

27 Jul Jackson-Stops and O’Shea team up for Nathaniel colt

26 Jul Soldierpoy Dances To Success

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