On the morning of June 7, 2015, a diminutive meeting in John Gosdens Clarehaven Stables celebrated the derby-one-two-two-two colleagues Golden Horn (GB) and Jack Hobbs (GB). The two Colts provided both sides of their trainer, with their regular drivers, the tardy Michael Curran and Taffy Williams, proudly on their sides.
The Golden Horn would end the season as a horse of the year thanks to its subsequent triumphs in Eclipse, Irish Champion Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Only the Stutfalen Arabic Queen (GB) and found (IRE) would defeat him in the lawn of Juddmonte International and Breeders' Cup. Jack Hobbs won the Irish derby and remained in training for two more seasons. He added the Dubai Sheema Classic in his list of victories before retirement.
A decade after their classic season, Golden Horn and Jack Hobbs are back together in the same farm at Overbury Stud as they have done in recent years, and in their different ways they begin to take a decent records as a national hunting sir. For Jack Hobbs, who had always been the plan: The villain's villain's son went directly into the care of Simon Sweetings Gloucestershire after retirement. In the case of Golden Horn, this was a lot of plan B, but it works pretty well in the course of the backup plans.
Anthony Oppenheimer's local son of Cape Cross (IRE) withdrew in 2016 with a little fanfare in Dalham Hall student, where his opening fee of 60,000 pounds took place for three years before it was gradually shortened. While Golden Horn is undoubtedly a useful flat stallion, he had not fulfilled the high expectations of the breeders who supported him in the early years to maintain his position in Newmarket, and before the deck season 2023 he was sold with some remarkable success of runners over jumps over the early success of runners over jumps. Fortunately for the British breeding, it was Jayne McGivians from Dash Grange Stud, the start to buy Golden Horn and not to keep it too far from her home in Overbury, which has a proven record of success with its national hunting content. In fact, the Overbury Stalwart and several leading jumps in Great Britain, Kayf Tara, not died long after the Golden Horn's arrival and left a vacancy in the British overall ranking. It didn't take long for Golden Horn to put his hand on the application.
“It's really lucky,” says Sweeting when he is looking forward to a week of decent competitor from Golden Horn at the Cheltenham Festival. These include Golden Ace (G2 Ryanair Mares 'Novices' Lion Winner – – together with the Nemean Lion (GB), the East India -Dock (GB), together with the Nemean Lion (GB), the Eastindien -Dock (GB), the first street (GB) and, possibly poniros (GB), and it is so It is that it is that it is stomach and too, of which, as you have to Bothy stomach. So far about hurdles.
He continues: “What are the chances that it will happen? We have very, very joyful to have them both here. So you enjoy it, but you can't rest on your laurels. “
Mention of the good seasons, which are currently enjoyed by Golden Horn and Jack Hobbs, lowers a quick answer. “Neither forget Kayf Tara either. He has a great time. “
Understandably, he is sentimental in relation to the stallion, who brought Overbury Stud to the card during his term in office and lived with him in the Cotswolds until the age of 28. This season alone was Kaya Tara by The Recent Lion (GB), who was currently favorite for the hurdle of G1 Turner Novices and G1 Future Hurdle Hurdle, in the Hurdle -Hurdel -Hurdel -Poolio (G1 -Hurdel -winner) and in the Hurdel -Hurdern -Hurdern -romeo -Hurdern -romeo -Hurdern -rome -rome -rome -rome -romo -romo -Tara lives. Table for Great Britain and Ireland. In the jump game it takes a long time to really leave us.
“When the midnight legend died, I said to David [Holmes]”You still have 10 years on Saturday afternoon that you can enjoy,” recalls Sweeting, who now has the same bitter sweetness with Kayf Tara.
“Obviously, it is a lot more fun if you have a good horse that you are busy during the day and you can see the race in the afternoon. That's what it's really about, isn't it? So joyful, us. “
Golden Horn am Overbury Stud | Emma Berry
Golden Horn has now started his third covers season in Overbury and, as in the two previous people, it certainly looks like he is busy with sweets and his team.
“Jayne always said 175 Mares and we had to reject mares for the first two years,” he says. “I would be surprised this year if the same thing didn't happen, but it's a good position to be. It is a reasonable number. It's a work number. It's pretty uncomplicated for him to cover this number and it works for us. And there is no finer way to advertise a horse than to dismantle a few people. But it was very well received from the start, and the way the horses run, it only helps. “
Of course, the Golden Horn still has some good flat runners with Caius Chorister (GB), Gregory (GB), botany (GB), higher leaves (GB) and Goldenas (GB) among the group winners who have applied its skills in this ball. In the G1 JCB Triumph Hurdle this week, the 90-rat flat winner of the Gredley family will be the East India dock to maintain its unbeaten record over hurdles.
Sweeting says: “It is a very unmodern goal to breed a dual horse these days. But if you could breed a horse that could sound in the apartment and could run well and then continue over jumps, who could want more? The East India -Dock is the absolute classic example of this. “
Golden Ace and Lorcan Williams Triumph at the Cheltenham Festival 2024 | Racing photos
The runners for Jack Hobbs-the 91 reviews The Gadget MAN (GB), which was sold for 310,000 GNS to drive in Australia, mainly observed at point-to-point points and according to the national hunt rules. Members of his first harvest are now six -year -olds and together his descendants seem to collect a steam head this season.
“You will find your feet,” Sweeting agrees. “Jax junior and intensive approach are entered in Albert Bartlett in Cheltenham. And Bossman Jack's run in Wincanton for Dan Skelton was absolutely exceptional.
“I talked to Dan about his Jack Hobbs [horses] At the end of last season and he said he thought that they all needed a little time. And this is one of these typical horses where he gave a lot of time and it will still not be rushed, but they only wonder what kind of horse like this will be capable in a year or something. “
He adds: “There are still some nice point-to-point winners from Ireland, and one is offered for sale in Cheltenham. So everything goes for him and hopefully moves in the right direction now. “
With his impressive 40 percent winners for runners over jumps this season, Golden Horn brought the National Hunt Sires table in 31st position and is currently the leading vigorous father in Great Britain, who routinely has difficulty reaching the step and depth of the jumping ring available in Ireland. Telescope (Irish) and Yorton Farm's Pethher's Moon (IRE), who has a similarly striking strike rate like Golden Horn, come next under the Brit pack, followed by a look at a glance (GB) and then Jack Hobbs.
With some more time-honored national hunting plants on the way, it would be no surprise that Golden Horn will take over a higher order in the coming years, and he could possibly take Jack Hobbs back in the neck, just like with Epsom.
