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TATTERSALLS DECEMBER FOAL SALE 25 / 26 NOVEMBER A Havana Grey colt, sold on the second day of the two-session Tattersalls December Foal Sale, fetched 260,000 Guineas – the highest priced foal to pass through the ring since 2018. Out of the Premio Vittorio Crespi( Listed) winner Avengers Queen, who is a half-sister to sprinting stallion El Caballo, the colt went to Hillwood Stud’ s Charlie Vigors. He said:“ We will get him home and make a plan from there, and he could well be coming back next year. For us he has the pedigree, and Havana Grey needs no introduction. He has the physical, he has the page, and we are delighted to get him. I was hoping to spend less, and we were at our limit.“ Havana Grey has been good to us – in fact he has been pretty good for everyone who has been involved with him. As the better mares are coming through, his profile is only going to keep on improving.” July Cup winner Shaquille( Gr. 1) has proved popular as his first foals pass through the ring in 2025. Twenty lots by the sire sold, achieving a turnover of 1,063,000 Guineas, with a top price of 180,000 Guineas for a half-brother to Black Type performers Excellent Sunset and Path Of Thunder. Ace Stud, home of Shaquille, purchased the colt. Bloodstock and racing manager Paul Curran commented:“ As the market has been suggesting the foals by the sire are well liked and it is a great indictment of the stallion that he has started off so very well commercially. For us this colt was the standout for the day, we came into this week and wanted to buy the best by him and I think we have got that.“ We now have three foals by him and we have plenty of mares in-foal to him. It is nice to see that he is stamping his stock. They are a bit like himself, he is a beautiful horse and he is exactly what it says on the tin. His foals are of good size with substance which is what we want to see, and they are strong and look precocious types – we are really happy with what is here. The market is realising that as well and it is good to have a horse that is being talked about so positively.”
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PUREBRED ARABIAN RACING IN MOROCCO: A TRADITION IN CONSTANT MODERNIZATION
BY CÉCILE ADONIAS
On the occasion of the 2025 Morocco International Meeting( MIM), held from November 22 to 23, Hicham Debbagh, Deputy Director General of SOREC( the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Horse), speaks to us about the institution responsible for the equine sector in Morocco. National Stud Farms, racing, sport and all other equine-related branches, with particular attention given to the Barb and Arab-Barb horses, for which Morocco is the cradle.
As in many countries, the Purebred Arabian is deeply cherished by the Moroccan people. It represents above all a culture, a long breeding tradition that has lasted for more than 100 years. Its uses are varied, and its arrival in racing dates back to the 1980s. Breeding specifically oriented towards racing, Purebred Arabians, has grown
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