Sale Catalogue - Tattersalls

FROM LADYWOOD FARM
LOT 161
THE PROPERTY OF MR. & MRS. M. J. SAUNDERS
161
BAY OR GREY
COLT (GB)
June 3rd, 2002
(Third Produce)
Silver Patriarch
(IRE)
Saddlers' Hall
Early Rising
Opera Hat (IRE)
Strong Gale
(1988)
Tops O'Crush
E.B.F. Nominated.
Sadler's Wells
Sunny Valley
Grey Dawn II
Gliding By
Lord Gayle
Sterntau
Menelek
Arctic Rock
1st dam
OPERA HAT (IRE): 15 wins, £191,217: 2 wins over hurdles at 5 years and £15,958
inc. Naas Handicap Hurdle, Naas, placed 9 times inc. 3rd Sean Barrett BS Ins Ext.
Handicap Hurdle, Punchestown and 13 wins over fences and £175,259 inc. Mumm
Melling Chase, Liverpool, Gr.1 and Q K Stores Newlands Chase, Naas, Gr.2 (3 times),
placed 18 times inc. 2nd Esat Digifone Kinloch Brae Chase, Thurles, Gr.2, Newlands
Chase, Naas, Gr.2, 3rd BMW Ltd. H. Chase, Punchestown, Gr.1 (twice), Kerry National
H. Chase, Listowel, Gr.1, Drinmore Novices' Chase, Fairyhouse, Gr.1, Ericsson Chase,
Leopardstown, Gr.2 and Paddy Power Dial-a-Bet H. Chase, Leopardstown, L. She has
a 3-y-o filly by Saddlers' Hall (IRE) and a 2-y-o filly by Classic Cliche (IRE).
2nd dam
TOPS O'CRUSH: placed once; also placed once over jumps; dam of 2 winners:
OPERA HAT (IRE) (f. by Strong Gale): see above.
Shean Town (IRE): 4 wins, £16,992: 2 wins in N.H. Flat Races at 5 years and £8154
and placed twice; also 2 wins over hurdles and £8838 and placed 3 times.
She also has a 5-y-o colt by Camden Town and a 4-y-o filly by Bob Back (USA).
3rd dam
ARCTIC ROCK: winner over hurdles at 5 years and placed twice; dam of 5 winners.
Loughfouder: ran a few times; dam of a winner:
Peace In Ireland (IRE): 4 wins at 5 and 6 years, 2001 and £27,651 and placed
twice; also winner of a N.H. Flat Race at 5 years, 2000.
Tenerife Sunset: unraced; dam of St Mellion Par (IRE), winner over hurdles at 6
years, 2000 and winner over fences, 2001 and £6605.
4th dam
DIANA'S ROCK: winner over jumps and placed once; dam of 3 winners inc.:
La Campesina: placed once at 5 years; also winner over hurdles at 6 years and placed
3 times; also placed once in a point-to-point at 5 years; dam of 2 winners.
Slave's Bangle: ran 3 times in N.H. Flat Races and ran once over hurdles; dam of
SWANSEA BAY (GB), 7 wins, £58,139: placed twice in N.H. Flat Races at 4
and 5 years, 2001; winner over hurdles at 5 years, 2001, Backup Staff Maiden
Hurdle, Worcester, placed once and 6 wins over fences at 6 years, 2002 and
£54,876 inc. Badger Brewery H. Chase, Wincanton, L., placed once.
Diana Harwell: unraced; dam of 2 winners.
Sirana: winner of a point-to-point and placed 11 times; dam of Quiet Water (IRE),
winner over hurdles at 6 years, 2002 and placed once.
The next dam DIANA D: ran 3 times at 3 years; dam of 9 winners inc.:
RICHARD OF BORDEAUX: 12 wins over jumps inc. Newbury Spring H. Chase,
Mackeson Gold Cup Chase, Cheltenham Grand Annual Steeplechase, Cheltenham.
MONAMOLIN: 4 wins inc. Windsor Castle S., Royal Ascot; dam of 6 winners.
Lisa Ii: 2 wins in Zimbabwe; dam of 6 winners inc.:
Liffey: winner in South Africa; dam of THE MALTSTER (SAF), won Harveld
Gold Cup, Greyville, Gr.2, Lonsdale Stirrup Cup H., Greyville, L.; sire.
Sylvan Wood: ran a few times and ran 3 times over hurdles; dam of 8 winners inc.:
Lunar Star: winner at 3 years; dam of SECRET LOVE, won Prix Gutt, Ostend,
Gr.3 and 4th Prix Gustave du Roy de Blicquy, Sterrebeek, Gr.2.
STABLED IN BARN D BOX 161