Argentine Stars Snapped Up

Offers flowed in almost as soon as the winners had passed the post in the two year old races at the Carreras de las Estrellas at San Isidro last month.

Hamdan al Maktoum, who’s appetite for the local bloodstock was sharpened by the triumphs of Invasor, snapped up Mach Glory within days of his victory in the GP Estrelles Juvenile over one mile.

The son of Honour and Glory scored by two lengths from Sentimiento Cat (Easing Along), who has been sold to race abroad. Sentimiento Cat won a Listed event for debutants at Palermo. The equivalent race at San Isidro fell to Envy Me, the subject of yet another recent purchase.

Mike de Kock, who did so well with the Argentine-bred Asiatic Boy at the Dubai International Carnival this year, is the new trainer of the Juvenile Fillies winner Inca Noble (Ride the Rails), for Sheikh Mohammad bin Khalifa al Maktoum.

Mike De Kock

Sheikh Mohammad bin Khalifa Al MaktoumSuccessful in her only previous race, Inca Noble trounced her 12 opponents and scored by seven lengths from Wiskola. Her sire Ride the Rails (Cryptoclearance) has been based in Uruguay for the past two years. The 7/2 chance was ridden by Jorge Ricardo who also took the Sprint on the odds-on Storm Marcopolo (Bernstein).

Appeared in the European Bloodstock News