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Update: October 25, 2022 at 7:46 am
G1 Haydock Sprint Cup winner Minzaal (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) joined the Shadwell stallion team at Derrinstown Stud in Ireland. Shadwell’s stallion for 2023 also includes this year’s world’s best turf horse, Baaeed (GB), which will be based in the UK at Nunnery Stud.
Coached by Owen Burrows, Minzaal won G2 Gimcrack S. in two games before going on to win this season’s top level at Haydock, in what will be his final race appearance. his horse. In total, he won four of his 11 starts over three seasons, earning £473,938 in prize money.
Minzaal, from the first crop of the promising young male Mehmas of Tally-Ho Stud, was bred by Derek and Gay Veitch at Ringfort Stud from Clodovil (Ire) Pardoven (Ire) and bought by Shadwell for 140,000gns .
Sheikha Hissa, principal of Shadwell School, said, “Minzaal has been an outstanding sprinter for our run for the past three years. I believe Owen, Jim [Crowley] and I agree that we have never met a sprinter of such remarkable temperament, and I hope his future generations will reflect the qualities that we have. saw and admired in Minzaal. I would like to thank everyone at Owen’s, Shadwell and Derrinstown for their expertise in training and looking after Minzaal. I would also like to thank Ringfort Stud for breeding an excellent foal that we enjoyed racing – and which we now proudly stand as a stallion in our performance. “
Along with two wins as a child, Minzaal finished third in the G1 Juddmonte Middle Park S., and filled the same spot the following year in the G1 QIPCO British Championship Sprint. Other holdings took 4th place, in G2 Clipper Logistics York S. When it came in third behind Group 1’s next treble winner Highfield Princess (Fr), before coming in second behind the horse that first place in the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest. Minzaal was found to be lame after winning the Sprint Cup, and when an X-ray showed a fractured knee, he had to retire the next day.
“Minzaal ticks all the boxes for commercial breeders,” said Stephen Collins, Shadwell’s European bloodline manager. He’s an agile, nimble two-year-old that has grown into a four-year-old that won the Group 1 award. He was also placed in the Group 1, aged two, three and four. He was Mehmas’ highest rated racehorse in his first three racing seasons of racing age but more importantly he is currently the highest rated sprinter in Europe with an official BHA rating. is 121. A versatile, handsome pony with a great temperament that has acted in all field conditions, he is a great addition to Shadwell’s steed squad.”
Owen Burrows, who also coached Hukum (Ire), a G1 Cup winner for team Shadwell this season, paid tribute of his own to Minzaal. He added, “When he was just two years old, he would do it any time you asked him. There are a few jobs that really put a strain on the heart. We’ve been to Gimcrack and I never wanted to be overconfident – you’re hoping for more than being confident. But it doesn’t surprise me at all that he did what he did in York. It was a special performance. Minzaal is easily the fastest I’ve trained. He is a very athletic horse, moves well and covers the ground. When he went up through the gears, it was a sight to behold. “
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