Korea: Jockey Woes: Lee Chan Ho Struck-Off / Pasquale Borelli Suspended For 12 Months // GOFFS. Beauty Parlour Tops Extraordinary Mare Trade On Day 1 Of November Breeding Stock Sale… // SAH Racing news: Frankie Dettori, UAE, TABLE BAY TO SET COURSE ALIGHT IN SELANGOR… // Mercato: Ventura Storm venduto in Australia
New post on Horse Racing in Korea
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Lee Chan Ho, one of the most promising young jockeys at Seoul and who guided Choegang Schiller to victory in the 2015 Asia Challenge Cup, has had his license to ride in races cancelled. The sanction, announced last Friday, is due to off-track incidents and is not related to racing or integrity.
Born in 1992, Lee Chan Ho debuted as a 21-year-old in June 2013 and quickly made an impression, riding out his apprentice claim in double-quick time. He partnered Wonder Bolt to 2nd place behind El Padrino in the inaugural Asia Challenge Cup in 2014 and returned to win the race one year later on Choegang Schiller.
That would be his only Group race winner although he also had Listed success in the Herald Business and Nonghyup Chairman’s Cup races in 2015 as well as this year’s Seoul trial for the Jeju Governor’s Cup. In total, he rode 179 winners from 1343 rides.
Like a number of jurisdictions in Asia, Korea has strict policies relating to conduct away from the racecourse as well as on it and unfortunately, it seems Lee Chan Ho fell foul of these one time too many.
Meanwhile Pasquale Borelli’s time at Busan is at an end. The Italian jockey had been under investigation for his ride on Yeonggwanguihunter at Busan on October 28th. The 2-year-old colt was sent off as odds-on favourite but finished a tailed-off last with Borelli adjudged by stewards to have restrained the horse. Borelli maintained that he believed the horse to be feeling an injury but a post-race veterinary exam showed no sign of lameness.
Ultimately, Borelli was handed a 12-month suspension which almost certainly means he has ridden his last race in Korea. Borelli debuted at Busan in October 2015 and in his year riding at the South Coast track, recorded 38 winners from 319 mounts.
Here’s the race in question, the horse is number 9:
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GOFFS. Beauty Parlour Tops Extraordinary Mare Trade On Day 1 Of November Breeding Stock Sale…
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Beauty Parlour from The Wildenstein Stables Ltd Dispersal (Lot 1431) topped one of the most extraordinary day’s mare trade ever seen at Goffs at the November Breeding Stock Sale today when the Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches winner in foal to Kingman sold for €1.6 million to White Birch Farm who outbid Paul Makin for the Classic mare.
Intense demand for the top class breeding stock catalogued right throughout the day resulted in an 89% clearance rate, a 115% increase in turnover, a 98% rise in average price and 30% increase in median over the corresponding session in 2015. The level of trade at the top of the market was clearly illustrated by a steep increase in six figure sales, with 40 mares making €100,000 or more compared with 17 last year. The number of €250,000-plus mares trebled from 7 in 2015 to 21 today.
The Wildenstein Stables Ltd Dispersal provided the top five lots of Day 1, with White Birch also accounting for the Stakes placed Galileo mare Amerique (Lot 1428) out of Champion race mare Aquarelliste and in foal to Pivotal for €975,000; the winning Invincible Spirit half-sister to Beauty Parlour named Blue Kimono (Lot 1432) in foal to Australia for €675,000; and the Peintre Celebre Stakes performer Altamira (Lot 1427) who is the dam of four winners including Stakes winner and Group 1 Prix du Moulin runner up Akatea in foal to Lope De Vega for €530,000. Emmanuel De Seroux of Narvick International meanwhile went to €680,000 for Pacific Rim from the Wildenstein Dispersal, a Group 2 winner by Singspiel in foal to Zoffany (Lot 1412) who is bound for Northern Farm in Japan.
Click here to view the full results and statistics for Day 1.
The November Breeding Stock Sale continues at 10.00am tomorrow. Click here to view the catalogue.
Day 1 figures:
Offered: 242
Sold: 216 (89%)
Aggregate: €18,619,000 (+115%)
Average: €86,199 (+98%)
Median: €30,000 (+30%)
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