Gabaldon , who earned international consideration with a powerful runner-up end at Royal Ascot, will race for a brand new partnership after Qatar Racing privately acquired a 50% stake within the colt following the July 17 Inglis Digital USA July Sale.
The colt’s unique proprietor Soldi Secure will retain a 50% stake within the 2-year-old son of Gone Astray in an settlement that valued Gabaldon at $300,000 by bloodstock agent Fergus Galvin, who brokered the deal on behalf of Qatar Racing.
“Gabaldon’s efficiency at Ascot caught our eye,” Galvin mentioned. “The group at Inglis helped us purchase him in partnership with the unique homeowners. We purchased a 2-year-old by Lope de Vega, Bongos, as effectively. With the standard of choices Inglis Digital USA is bringing, we’ll remember to proceed to take part in future gross sales.”
Gabaldon confronted world-class competitors June 19 within the listed Windsor Fort Stakes, the place he led the 27-horse subject by as many as three lengths within the five-furlong race, then carried on effectively to complete second.
The colt’s worldwide journey adopted an thrilling debut Might 11, when he punched his ticket to Royal Ascot with a front-running 1 1/4-length rating within the Royal Palm Juvenile Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Jose D’Angelo educated Gabaldon for his unique proprietor, and the colt will stay with him after the transaction.
“Soldi Secure and Qatar Racing have reached an settlement during which Gabaldon, who has began a stellar marketing campaign profitable the Royal Palm Stakes at Gulfstream Park, and later an impressive race within the Windsor Fort Stakes on the robust Royal Ascot assembly in June, will run in partnership,” mentioned Alfonso Soued of Soldi Secure. “The purpose is to race Gabaldon on the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Dash. Within the meantime, his subsequent race would be the Skidmore Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. He’ll proceed below the magnificent coaching of Jose F. D’Angelo, who has completed thus far an awesome work and believed in Gabaldon as a possible star since day one.”
Bred in Florida by Carol Ann Reitman, Susan Gannon, and Warren Miller, Gabaldon is out of the Worth Plus mare Beneficial Miss. His full brother, Beneficial Breigh , is a seven-time winner from ages 2 to 4. Suker, a bunch 1 winner in Argentina, could be present in his prolonged household.
“Gabaldon is a powerful horse who has been confirmed internationally,” mentioned Inglis Digital USA CEO Liza Hendriks. “We’re thrilled for the connections who’ve been capable of make the most of a worldwide market and sit up for what the longer term holds for him.”
Gabaldon added one other spotlight to the inaugural Inglis Digital USA July Sale, which occurred Wednesday afternoon. The gross completed at $756,259 with the addition of Gabaldon’s posthammer sale, and the typical value completed at $32,881. Twenty-three of the 50 horses supplied have been bought. Fall-of-the-hammer gross sales have been led by the a number of stakes-winning race mare Fortunate Lady , who bought to Australia’s Kia Ora Stud for $235,000.
Entries for the Inglis Digital USA August Sale are open now, and can shut July 29. The catalog shall be launched Aug. 2, and the horses will promote Aug. 7.
This press launch has been edited for content material and magnificence by BloodHorse Employees.
