HOLLYWOODBOULEVARD SCORES BIG FOR MARKUS JOOSTE

Markus Jooste and Charles Laird lead in Hollywoodboulevard with Guilermo Figueroa aboard
(Photo : JC Photographics / Summerhill Stud)

EMPERORS PALACE READY TO RUN CUP 2010

Charl Pretorius www.racingweb.co.zaHollywoodboulevard, a R900,000 buy at the 2009 Emperors Ready To Run Sale, scooped the R937,500 first prize in Saturday’s R1,5 million Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup over 1400m at Turffontein.

The Charles Laird-trained filly, at 25-1, scored a surprise win over the 7-20 favourite Igugu, and with couplings no longer qualifying in the Jackpot, was the main contributor to a R46,000 payout, the biggest in ages.

Igugu ran a very good race, gave her legion of supporters a fair run for their money and wasn’t disgraced in second.

Mike de Kock’s filly was touted to be an almost certain winner after her success against older rivals in the Spring Fillies and Mares Stakes, but she found the trip a fraction short and was beaten for pace when jockey Willy Figueroa pushed the button on Hollywoodboulevard and she skipped two lengths clear with 250m to run.

Igugu tried hard and closed in late, but ‘Figgy’ had stolen a march and his mount had a length in hand at the line, winning convincingly. Charles Laird’s Maiden, Al’s Mark was four lengths further back in third ahead of Dominic Zaki’s Oh Driscoll, whose owners pocketed a cool R75,000, an amount which took his career earnings to R155,000, their charge, like the winner, recovering his purchase price.

Hollywoodboulevard, by Machavellian stallion Street Cry from Soneria, was originally bought for just $6,000 as a weanling at the Magic Millions National Sale when consigned by Bridgeview Stud. She was sent to South Africa and was named Emakhaya when she appeared at last year’s sale.

Hollywoodboulevard’s dam never raced and comes from an unremarkable family with no stakes-winners in the next three dams, but she is a smashing and athletic-looking individual and owners Markus and Ingrid Jooste had to go to R900,000 to secure the bid, the third highest price at the sale.

Laird said: “Hollywoodboulevard was everyone’s favourite at the sale and we had to pay a lot of money to get her, but now she’s made it back and we’re very pleased. She lost her form when we took her to Durban last season but today’s run was the type of run we’d been expecting from her.”

Laird thanked veteran jockey Paul Whitmore who, he said, had to stand down for Figueroa because he “had to look after another filly.”

Markus Jooste praised Summerhill’s Mick Goss for the Ready To Run concept and Bob Yearham of Emperors Palace and said that he was excited to have been at the track to see Hollywoodboulevard win.

R1,500,000 EMPERORS PALACE READY TO RUN CUP
(Non-Black Type) For 3 Year Olds
Turffontein, Turf, 1400m
6 November 2010

#	LBH	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	0.00	HOLLYWOODBOULEVARD (AUS)	55.5	89	8	G Fugueroa	Charles Laird
2	1.00	IGUGU (AUS)	55.5	98	5	R Simons	Mike de Kock
3	5.00	AL’S MARK	58.0	0	2	A Marcus	Charles Laird
4	6.25	OH DRISCOLL (AUS)	58.0	87	14	B Lerena	Dominic Zaki
5	6.75	SINGLE TEMPO	58.0	86	13	D David	Alyson Wright
6	8.25	HONOLULU	55.5	82	6	P Strydom	Mark Dixon
7	8.50	PAINTYOURFACE	58.0	86	7	G Lerena	Roy Magner
8	9.00	DRACONIAN	58.0	88	12	P Whitmore	Charles Laird
9	10.00	CHEKECHE	55.5	79	15	K Shea	Mike de Kock
10	10.50	RUNNING ROGUE	55.5	84	11	S Brown	Leon Erasmus
11	12.00	UMFUTHO	58.0	87	10	A Fortune	Alec Laird
12	12.25	DANEHILL DARLING	55.5	82	3	*T Appie	Mike de Kock
13	16.00	CHIP SHOT	58.0	0	9	F Naude	Dianne Stenger
14	18.00	SQUADRON	58.0	0	1	M Mienie	Paul Matchett
15	22.00	CHARLIE’S BOY	58.0	0	4	S Khumalo	Erico Verdonese
		Late Scratching
16	0.00	CHECCETTI	55.5	100	18	A Delpech	Mike de Kock

Extract from Racingweb

IMPRESSIVE DEBUT FOR HOLLYWOODBOULEVARD

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R80,000 CHAMPIONS CHALLENGE DAY MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE
Vaal 1200m Turf
15 April 2010

HOLLYWOODBOULEVARD (Aus) (Street Cry x Soneria)
2 Year Old Bay Filly
Owners : Markus and Ingrid Jooste
Trainer : Charles Laird
Jockey : Anton Marcus
Breeder : Cescastle (Pty) Ltd, NSW
Win Time : 69.10
Career Record : 1 Win, 1 Start
Career Earnings : R50,000

Hollywoodboulevard (previously named Emakhaya) is a graduate from the Summerhill draft of the 2009 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale.

RACE RESULT

#	LBH	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	0.00	HOLLYWOODBOULEVARD (Aus)	57.0	0	2	A Marcus	Charles Laird
2	7.00	EVERSOEASY	57.0	0	3	B Lerena	Dominic Zaki
3	9.00	ALOUETTE	57.0	0	1	S Swanepoel	Lucky Houdalakis
4	10.00	ZABINA	57.0	0	4	S Brown	David Rahilly
5	11.00	PERFORMING LIGHT	57.0	0	7	R Simons	Paul Matchett
6	15.00	STAGGERING FORTUNE	57.0	0	8	S Khumalo	Wallace Tolmay
7	19.00	THISMOMENTINTIME	57.0	0	6	D Habib	Jan Breedt
8	21.00	EL-CHANI	57.0	0	10	G Wrogemann	Stephen Moffatt
9	22.00	LITTLE LINDA	57.0	0	9	G Figueroa	Dianne Stenger
10	33.00	SAVINIEN	57.0	0	5	F Naude	Corne Spies

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2009 EMPERORS PALACE READY TO RUN SALE IMPRESSES

Top Lot 100 Uthawini (by Galileo)
Photo : Jean Stanley

2009 EMPERORS PALACE READY TO RUN SALE
GOSFORTH PARK, SOUTH AFRICA
RESULTS 

The 2009 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale ended on a high note at the TBA Sales Complex, Gosforth Park, on Sunday night when last year’s phenomenal record aggregate of R26.74 million was marginally bettered and the average price per lot was well up on the 2008 figure.

The event realized a turnover of R27.155 million, up 1.5% on last year and the only major sale to have improved its aggregate amidst the worldwide economic slump this year. The average price was up 9.4% to R189,895 from R173,636 and the highest price paid of R2.1 million fell just short of last year’s R2.2 million.

“We are very pleased,” said Mick Goss of Summerhill Stud, who had consigned 108 of the 163 lots on offer. “With more fillies than colts for sale this year we thought that the sale might yield lower figures, yet if one looks at how well fillies are performing in the Ready To Run Cup it is hardly surprising that buyers don’t shy away from the females!”

Mike de Kock paid the sale’s top price of R2.1 million for Galileo’s daughter Uthawini. She was bought for Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum “She has everything, pedigree, looks and conformation,” De Kock said. “Galileo stands at something like 300,000 Euros which shows you that this can be considered a bargain.”

Prominent owner Andre Macdonald, the under-bidder on Uthawini, secured the only other Galileo on the sale, paying R1 million for Igugu. “You win some and you lose some,” said Mr Macdonald, but I am very happy with the one I got.”

Champion trainer Charles Laird and patron Markus Jooste, active with 11 buys, paid R900 000 for Street Cry’s daughter Emakhaya and Laird said : “This filly hasn’t got a great dam line, but I loved her as a specimen and she moves really well too.” “We are pleased to have got the bid knocked down to us.”

De Kock was the top buyer at the sale by aggregate and by average. He signed for 6 lots, totaling R4.095 million at an average of R682 500 per purchase.

Summerhill’s stalwart Kahal was the top sire by aggregate, his 16 lots realizing R4.795 million.

“We are thrilled and in fact surprised with these results,” commented Caroline Simpson, Sales Manager of BloodStock SA, who conducted the auction.

BSA’s CEO Jan Naude added: “There are lots of positives to be taken from the figures and the clearance rate of over 90%, which is on a par with 2008.” “Notwithstanding the economic downturn, thoroughbred sales in South Africa continue to perform extremely well.”

For further information contact BSA’s CEO - Jan Naude or Sales Manager - Caroline Simpson - +27(0)11 323 5700.

 

EMPERORS PALACE READY TO RUN SALE
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STREET CRY FILLY FROM THE FAMILY OF ANYTIME

Emakhaya (Street Cry x Soneria)
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STREET CRY
EMPERORS PALACE READY TO RUN SALE 2009
8 NOVEMBER 2009 

Horse of the Year in the UAE and an annual Timeform rating of 130, Street Cry entered stud in USA and Australia in 2003 and become 2^nd leading freshman sire. Sire of 288 runners, 156 winners (54.2%), earnings of $20 million, 27 stakes winners and 16 stakes placed, including, STREET SENSE, Champion 2yo Colt in USA (Breeders Cup Juvenile G1, Kentucky Derby G1 and Tampa Bay Derby G3), ZENYATTA (Breeders Cup Ladies Classic G1), STREET HERO (Norfolk Stakes G1), WHOBEGOTYOU (Caulfield Guineas G1 and Stutt Stakes G2), STREET BOSS (Bing Crosby Handicap G1 and Triple Bend Handicap G1) and MAJESTIC ROI (Sun Chariot Stakes G1).   

We have a well bred filly by Street Cry on offer at this year’s Ready To Run Sale:

EMAKHAYA, out of Soneria, from the international family of Anytime (11 wins including  2^nd Tattertall’s Club Cup L), Cruisomatic (20 wins including  2^nd AJC Challenge Stakes G2), By Command (6 wins including 2^nd Wagga Gold Cup L) and Woolmaid (winner including 2^nd Auraria Stakes G3). A strongly made, correct filly, she has a good action and is doing all the right things going into the sale.

For more information on the Ready To Run Draft, please visit
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