Sales
The principle European sales are fast approaching us and will provide you with the best opportunity of purchasing a future Classic winner. I will once again be attending all of these sales and have attached a short PowerPoint display to the Horses For Sale section of the website detailing each of the sales. If you would be interested in joining me at any of the sales or would like to have a horse in training here at Coombelands then please do not hesitate to contact me on 01798 873011 or 07803 088713 or e-mail aperrett@coombelands-stables.com.

Posted on 14 Aug 2008
Flying

The horses have been in great form recently with three of our last five runners winning. Dancing Dik, who had been unlucky in running the time before at Goodwood had no such problems this time when landing the RAB Capital Handicap at Windsor. The son of Diktat was in command in the final furlong pulling away to win by 3L. He will now hopefully defy a 6lb penalty gained for that success when he reappears at Kempton on Wednesday.

 

The following day Colourways was a taking winner of a 12F fillies maiden at Newbury. Very green on debut the good looking daughter of Singspiel had learnt a lot from her previous outing and produced a very professional display to win by 1 ½L. She is now likely to be upped to Listed class to try gain some all important black type.

 

The good run continued yesterday with Rio Royale, who ran on gamely to land the European Breeders' Fund Median Auction Maiden Stakes. It was nice for the son of Captain Rio to get his head in front having been narrowly second on two of his four previous starts. A consistent performer who is taking his racing well, he is currently for sale for £50,000 +VAT and would be a fun horse for someone to have.

 

Earlier this month Tudor Key ran a great race on only his second start finishing 4th in the Listed Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot. Short of room during the closing stages, which didn’t help his cause, he stayed on well to finish only 3L behind Free agent who is now as short as 25-1 for next years Derby. There remains two 10% shares available in this son of Key Of Luck which can be purchased for £3,000 + VAT.

 

There has recently been a major pedigree update for the Sakhee ex Bourbonella, as he is a ½ brother to the Aqlaam, who was an impressive winner of the Group 3 Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot. He may be purchased for £72,000 +VAT.

Posted on 28 Jun 2008
A first at Great Leighs.

Chocolate Caramel became our 5th winner of the year by landing the High Easter Handicap Stakes at the newly opened Great Leighs on Thursday evening.  Held up in touch, by stable jockey Jim Crowley, he travelled well before taking command inside the final furlong to win easily by 3L.

 

It is an exciting time, with many of the older horses having their first outing of the year. Along with some of the more forward 2yo’s who are approaching their first run, we currently plan to have runners at Goodwood and Newmarket next weekend. With Rio Royale, Jazacosta and Inside Knowledge likely to be heading somewhere within the next 7-10 days. 
Posted on 26 Apr 2008
Flash Of Colour Continues Our Good Recent Run

Flash Of Colour became our 3rd winner of the year last Saturday when losing his maiden tag in the ‘Digibet Maiden Stakes’ at Kempton Park. He travelled with the utmost ease, and quickened up nicely in the home straight to win by an eased down 4L. This was a decent performance from the son of Averti, who was following up his short-head defeat at Lingfield a week earlier.

 

Prior to this Bendetto followed up his win at Lingfield with another good run there. After having a troubled passage throughout the race, he stayed on well to finish third. The yard is currently in great form, with 27% of runners winning and 73% of them finishing in the first four.

Posted on 08 Apr 2008
A RECORD BREAKING WAY TO START THE YEAR

John Terry became our first winner of 2008 when landing the Book Online @ lingfieldpark.co.uk Handicap at Lingfield Park on Saturday 2nd February. He battled on gamely taking the contest by a neck from the improving handicapper Wicked Daze. Who, has gone on to frank the form by winning next time. This success was made all the more impressive by the time; 2m 28.19s meant that John Terry had broken the previous track record, which had stood for 15months.

 

 

On Saturday 15th March we will be holding an owners champagne breakfast morning. If anyone would like to come and view our facilities and see the horses we have for sale, please contact the office on 01798 873011.
Posted on 01 Mar 2008
Ventura in Listed Success

Last night Ventura ran out a wide margined winner of the Listed Hyde stakes, run at Kempton Park. Returning to the all weather for the first time since her debut as a 2yo, Ventura was always travelling with the upmost of ease before quickening up well under jockey Jim Crowley to win by an eased down 2 ½ L. This was a highly impressive performance from the daughter of Chester House, who was not only taking on the colts for the first time, but she was also the only 3yo in the field.

 

This success capped off a great season for Ventura, which has seen her win 3 of her 7 starts and only ever finish out of the first 2 on one occasion. She will now continue her training career with Bobby Frankel in America where I hope she will run at Group Level. At the end of her training career, she will become a valuable broodmare prospect for Prince Kahlid Abdulla’s Juddmonte Farms.

Posted on 30 Nov 2007
Intiquilla off to France

Intiquilla is declared for the Listed Prix Belle De Nuit at Fontainebleau on Monday 26th November, a race that is run over 1m4f. After progressing well through the summer, and an encouraging performance in the Gillies Stakes last time, we are hopeful of a big run as well as picking up some valuable black type.   

Posted on 23 Nov 2007
Tungsten Ready To Strike

Mark flew out to Australia last Sunday in order to ride Tungsten Strike in his final workout, before the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday.

 

Working over 7f at Flemington’s Racetrack, it was the strongest Tungsten had worked since his Listed success at Goodwood earlier this year; he did so in a manner, which left Mark very happy with the horse.  

 

It has also become apparent that Mark is not the only person pleased with the horse, as Tungsten has begun to attract the attention of the Australian media. With 4 separate articles appearing in the national press in as many days. 

With the final declaration stage, and the arrival of Tungsten’s jockey Darryll Holland both set for this weekend, we now eagerly await the race, which is set to be run at 4a.m GMT.

 

Mark pictured riding Tungsten in an Australian National Newspaper

Posted on 02 Nov 2007
Tungsten Arrives Safely:

After a 33hour door to door journey Tungsten Strike arrived in Melbourne early this morning (2nd October) ahead of his engagement in the Melbourne Cup on the 6th November.  Tungsten has spent the last 2weeks in quarantine prior to being allowed to travel to Australia. Fortunately the facilities we have on offer ensured that it could be done here at Coombelands.  Now there he will be based at Sandown’s quarantine facility located near to Melbourne, along with the Luca Cumani trained Purple Moon.

 

Tungsten Strike all set for his travels along with his groom Alan Morris and Owners John Connolly & Odile Griffith

Posted on 04 Oct 2007
Yearling Sales Starting Strongly

We have recently had a very busy time purchasing yearlings at the sales in both Doncaster and Keeneland. So far we have purchased 14 horses, 4 from the Doncaster St Leger Yearling Sale and 10 from the Keeneland September Yearling sale, all by a variety of top class stallions. Please find below details of yearlings we have for sale.

 

Doncaster Purchases:

 

  1. c. Key of Luck ex. Anne Boleyn

 

An April 18th colt by Key of luck out of Anne Boleyn. Key of Luck won six races over trips varying from 5f – 1m2f which, included the Prix d’Arenberg Gr.3 as well as being placed in the Gr1 Pimlico Special H’cap. He is the sire of 295 winners to date including the Classic winning Alamshar.  The dam Anne Boleyn is a half sister to Annus Mirabilis who is a multiple Group winning filly. This colt is available to be purchased either for £25,000 +VAT or in shares priced accordingly. He is qualified for the £300,000 St Leger Yearling race, to be run at York’s Ebor Meeting in 2008.

 

 

  1. c. Cadeaux Genereux ex. Living Daylights

 

A March 23rd Colt by Cadeaux Genereux out Living Daylights. Cadeaux Genereux was a multiple Gr1 winner from 5-7f, winning both the Gr1 July Cup and the Gr1 Sprint Championship. He is the sire of Bahamian Bounty and Major Cadeaux as well as 1366 winners to date.  The dam Living Daylights won 2 races. This colt can be purchased for £36,000 +VAT or in shares priced accordingly, and is also eligible to run in the £300,000 St Leger Yearling race.

 

Keeneland Purchases:

 

  1. c. Silver Deputy ex Starry Ferrari

 

An April 13th colt by Silver Deputy out of Starry Ferrari. Silver Deputy, by Deputy Minister has been a leading sire of 16 crops of racing age 529 winners including 70 stakes winners and 7champions, as well as the Breeders Cup winner Silverbulletday. The dam Starry Ferrari has a Timeform rating of 83 and has had 4 winners from 4runners to date, including the Stakes winner and Gr1 placed Musique Toujours. A 1/3 share is available in this colt for £24,500 +VAT this price includes all sales costs and transporting the horse back to Coombelands.

 

  1. c. Dixieland Band ex Dance With Del

 

A February 14th colt by Dixieland Band out of Dance With Del. Dixieland Band, by Northern Dancer has been a leading sire with 20crops of racing age 710 winners including 109 Stakes winners. The dam Dance with Del had a timeform rating of 106 and has had 5winners from 5 horses to race, the most notable being the Stakes placed Dyna Del.  This Colt can be purchased for £91,000 +VAT or is also available in parts. This price includes all sales costs and transporting the horse back to Coombelands.

 

If you are interested in any of the above horses, or you would like Amanda to purchase on your behalf at the forthcoming yearling sales then do not hesitate to contact us on:

 

Tel: 01798 873011 Fax: 01798 875163 E-mail: aperrett@coombelands-stables.com
Posted on 21 Sep 2007
Tungsten Strikes Again and Earns Trip to Melbourne

Last Saturday Tungsten Strike defied a 5lb penalty that he had earned for his previous Group 2 and 3 successes, to take the Listed March Stakes at Goodwood by 6L. With this increasing his total prize fund to just under £218,000.

He now will be heading out to Australia for the prestigious Melbourne Cup, while we eagerly await the weights to come out. For a race that stops a nation.

Posted on 31 Aug 2007
Coasting to Success at Glorious Goodwood

After all the wet weather of this summer, last week we were treated to a splendid spell of sunshine and a great weeks racing at Glorious Goodwood.

 

The highlight of the week for Mark and I was Coasting's 4L success in the Royal & SunAlliance Nursery.  Ridden by Jim Crowley in what was his first success at Glorious Goodwood since converting to the flat from the national hunt.  It also proved to be a first success there for Coasting's owners Sir John Ritblat and Sir David and Jennifer Sieff, whom were all in attendance for the great win.  Coasting will now head for the Shergar Cup Juvenile Nursery this Saturday.

 
Above Coasting Wins the Nursery Handicap.


Along with this success, Camps , for owners Bob and Pauline Scott was narrowly touched off into second place in the BCG heritage handicap just being unable to defy the 8lb rise from the handicapper for his success at Windsor ealier in July.  As well as this Pagan Sword ran into a good second in the final race of the week at Goodwood the Bluesquare.com Apprentice stakes, for the Gap partnership.  Given a good ride by the late replacement Kevin May, after Luke Morris's nasty fall in the race before.

We are now coming up to a busy time of year, with runners nearly every day along with the yearling sales which, will be starting shortly.

Posted on 11 Aug 2007
7th June 2007

Mark and I are delighted that our horses are running so well at present.  Seven wins in May, including our first two year old winner of the season in Coasting at Newbury, together with some decent placed efforts, made for a very pleasing month. 

Our two runners in The Henry II Stakes at Sandown last week did not enjoy the soft ground. Bulwark faired best with a very respectable third placing and Tungsten Strike not far behind in fifth. They have both come out of the race well and are on target for some faster ground at Ascot in The Gold Cup.

June started well with a big handicap win at Epsom on Derby day for Nosferatu, ridden by my brother in law, Jim Crowley. Nosferatu now heads for The Northumberland Plate at the end of June and Jim continues to ride in fine form with 11 winners in the last ten days, including a Group winner and two doubles. Owner Lady Clague who bred Nosferatu at Newberry Stud in Ireland has five horses with us. Nosferatu has now won both his starts this season, as has Intiquilla, a half sister to Bandama, who has been placed twice and now heads to the Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap at Royal Ascot. Many congratulations to her, her family and stud manager Pat Murtagh for their winners to date.

We are coming up to a busy weekend, three runners today, four tomorrow at Goodwood and ten runners on Saturday.There is a small respite on Monday and Tuesday next week before another busy end to the week and then straight into Royal Ascot week.  Our confirmed runners for Ascot are as follows, with hopefully some to join the team after their runs this week:

Tuesday: The Coventry Stakes - Coasting

Wednesday: The Hunt Cup - Night Crescendo

Thursday: The Gold Cup - Bulwark and Tungsten Strike, The King George V Handicap - Intiquilla, The Brittania Handicap - Jo'burg

Friday: The Wolferton Stakes - Bandama

Saturday: The Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap - Bandama and John Terry

Posted on 07 Jun 2007
24th May 2007

Our horses have been in great form on the racetrack in the last four weeks. Seven winners including The Group 3 Sagaro Stakes at Ascot with Tungsten Strike. Our first two year old winner at Newbury with Coasting. Three fillies breaking their maidens, enhancing their broodmare potential and Nosferatu continuing to build on his reputation as a decent staying prospect for the season.  We have also had ten placed runners including Bulwark's personal best effort to date in finishing a close up third to Sergent Cecil in the Group 2 Yorkshire Cup at York.

Next week we look foward to the Henry II Stakes at Sandown in which we have both Tungsten Strike and Bulwark entered and several two year old runners making their debuts as well at The Vodafone Derby meeting at Epsom.

Posted on 24 May 2007
Tungsten Strike wins the Group 3 Woodcote Stud Sagaro Stakes

 
Owners John Connolly & Odile Griffith

 

Tungsten Strike led from start to finish to win the Woodcote Stud Sagaro Stakes at Ascot. The son of Smart Strike out of Bathilde, bred by Willie Carson, never looked like relinquishing the lead.

Amanda Perrett said: "Maybe a year on and stronger he will come back and get the Gold Cup trip this year. Last year he was not quite strong enough to get home. He has done nothing but improve as he was rated 66 when he started his three-year-old career."

 

 

 

 

 

Posted on 03 May 2007
New Web Site
It gives me great pleasure to launch our website. There have been numerous people involved in collecting all of the information and pictures and I hope you will visit our site on many occasions.

Coombelands Stables is a wonderful place to train racehorses. As you will see from our facilities page we have every conceivable facility on offer for each horse. Mark and I would urge you to come and visit our training establishment first hand, as my Father Guy has created something quite unique at Coombelands over the years.

With the turf season only two weeks away, the horses are just starting to do some stronger work towards their first races of the year. Surrey Spinner supplied us with our first winner at Lingfield last week and we are looking forward to many more as the season progresses.
Posted on 15 Mar 2007