|
Charlie Gordon-Watson has achieved
phenomenal success
at Group level.
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|
 |
Royal Rebel
Group 1 Ascot Gold Cup - 2001 &
2002 |
|
Queen's
Logic
Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes, Newmarket 2001, European
Champion 2 Year Old Filly |
The following Classic
and Group 1 winning horses will be familiar:
| King's Best |
Desert Prince |
Seazun |
Culture Vulture |
Nicer |
Bahamian Bounty |
Bahamian
Knight |
Night Style |
Fly to the
Stars |
Germany |
Dilshaan |
Compton Place |
| Natalie Too |
Pass The
Peace |
Torrismondo |
Seattle
Rhyme |
Royal Abjar |
Snurge |
| Royal Rebel |
Queen's
Logic |
Sarafan |
Kris Kin |
Firebreak |
Silver Frost |
| Cape of
Good Hope |
Speed Gifted |
Al Shemali
|
|
|
|
-
9 Classic Winners
- 30 Individual Group 1 Winners of
42 Group 1 races
- 20 Royal Ascot Winners since 1994
Recent Group 1 Winners
2010 - Al Shemali
2009 - Speed Gifted
2009 - Silver Frost
2005 - Cape of Good Hope
2004 - Firebreak
2003 - Kris Kin
2002 - Royal Rebel, Sarafan
2001 - Royal Rebel, Queen's Logic
2000 - King's Best, Dilshaan
1999 - Fly to the Stars, Seazun, Night Style
1998 - Desert Prince x 3
1997 - Compton Place
1996 - Bahamian Bounty x 2, Bahamian Knight
Classic Winners
2009 - Silver Frost
2003 - Kris Kin
2000 - King's Best
1998 - Desert Prince
1996 - Bahamian Knight
1994 - Royal Abjar
1993 - Nicer
1992 - Culture Vulture
1990 - Snurge
Racehorse ownership is exciting and can be profitable, as
these examples prove:
|
Purchase
Price (£) |
Earnings
(£) |
Sale
Price (£) |
Overall
Profit (£) |
| Muchea |
10,500
|
220,000
|
300,000
|
509,500
|
| Bahamian
Bounty |
45,000
|
200,000
|
1,000,000
|
1,155,000
|
| Pass
the Peace |
9,500
|
160,000
|
650,000
|
800,500
|
| Desert
Prince |
62,000
|
510,000
|
3,250,000
|
3,698,000
|
| Snurge |
36,000
|
1,200,000
|
Retained
|
|
| Sri
Pekan |
70,000
|
100,000
|
800,000
|
830,000
|
| Nicer |
27,000
|
150,000
|
270,000
|
393,000
|
| King's
Best |
220,000
|
230,000
|
Retained
|
25,000 Stud fee
|
| Firebreak
- At 2 yrs |
27,000 |
89,000 |
525,000 |
587,000 |
| Firebreak
- At 3 yrs+ |
525,000 |
1,481,000 |
Retained |
956,000 |
| Silver
Frost |
65,000 |
600,000 |
Retained |
|
|
Snurge
Leading European Earner of £1.2 million, now a successful
stallion
Nicer
Winner of the Irish 1,000 Guineas
Bahamian Bounty
Winning the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes
Desert Prince
World Champion 3 Year Old
Dilshaan
Winning the Group 1
Racing Post Trophy
|
 |
 |
 |
Kings Best
Wins 2000 Guineas Newmarket |
Culture Vulture
Winning the French 1,0000 Guineas |
Firebreak
Winning the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile 2004 |
|
|
CHARLES GORDON-WATSON
YEARLING EXPENDITURE £ STERLING SINCE 1999
(Top figures indicate number of purchases)
| |
1999
|
2000
|
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| Keeneland
July |
- -
|
- -
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Deauville |
1
100,000
|
7
660,000
|
6
727,014 |
7
450,000 |
8
700,000 |
14
1,053,256 |
4
600,000 |
9
669,178 |
9
1,509,000 |
7
554,700 |
4
137,820 |
| Keeneland
Sept |
10
1,050,000
|
17
1,400,000
|
19
2,062,937 |
5
750,000 |
9
1,100,000 |
7
1,095,034 |
5
797,815 |
7
1,056,451 |
4
493,000 |
3
651,400 |
- |
| Tatts
Fairyhouse |
6
95,620
|
- -
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Doncaster
Yearling |
|
|
|
2
89,950 |
-- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Houghton |
16
2,448,600
|
12
1,650,000
|
13
2,367,750 |
7
1,165,500 |
11
4,445,000 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
- |
| Goffs |
17
832,812
|
11
900,000
|
7
650,335 |
4
636,666 |
7
565,000 |
9
639,695
|
6
620,408 |
6
593,243 |
6
1,245,000 |
4
423,000 |
3
96,363 |
| October
(Part 1) |
29
1,531,425
|
35
3,218,000
|
44
3,213,525 |
47
3,565,275 |
29
3,293,000 |
43
5,301,450 |
38
5,903,100 |
28
7,175,700 |
28
8,863,050 |
15
2,285,000 |
13
1,750,350 |
| October
(Part 2) |
|
|
|
|
|
14
612,555 |
14
1,004,850 |
28
1,724,100 |
33
2,485,350 |
20
1,369,400 |
17
762,300 |
| Deauville
October |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
209,790 |
- |
3
60,000 |
| October
(Part 3) |
- -
|
- -
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
- |
|
2
26,000 |
- |
4
81,300 |
- |
| December |
2
59,850
|
1
57,500
|
5
286,000 |
2
156,450 |
3
123,000 |
2
67,200 |
5
453,600 |
|
5
249,000 |
- |
1
44,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
81
6,114,850
|
83
7,885,500
|
94
9,307,561 |
74
6,813,841 |
67
10,226,000 |
89
8,769,190 |
72
9,379,773 |
80
11,224,672 |
86
15,055,239 |
53
5,364,800 |
41
2,850,935 |
| AVERAGE |
75,492
|
95,006
|
99,016 |
92,079 |
152,627 |
98,530 |
130,274 |
140,558 |
175,060 |
101,200 |
69,543 |
|
CHARLIE GORDON-WATSON PRINCIPAL GROUP WINNERS BOUGHT
AS YEARLINGS
|
NAME
|
STATUS
|
PURCHASE
PRICE (£)
|
AL SHEMALI
|
Group
1 winner |
£110,000 |
| SILVER FROST |
Classic
winner, Group
1 winner and placed, Group 3 winner x 4, Listed winner
and placed |
£65,000 |
| KRIS KIN |
Classic
winner, Group 1 winner, Group
3 winner |
£140,000 |
|
QUEENS LOGIC
|
Group
1 winner, Group 2 winner, Group 3 winner x2 (Royal Ascot)
European Champion 2 year old
filly |
£100,000
|
|
KING’S BEST
|
|
£220,000
|
|
SENSE OF STYLE
|
|
£120,000
|
|
DILSHAAN
|
Group 1 winner, Group 2
winner
|
£190,000
|
|
DESERT PRINCE
|
World and European Champion
3 year-old colt, Classic winner,
three time Group I winner
|
£62,000
|
|
ROYAL REBEL
|
Group 1 (Royal Ascot),
Group 1 placed (Royal Ascot),
Group 2 and 3 winner
|
£145,000
|
|
SEAZUN
|
Group 1 winner, Champion
2 year-old filly
|
£60,000
|
|
SNURGE
|
Classic winner, three time
Group 1 winner, Group
2 winner
|
£36,000
|
|
CULTURE VULTURE
|
Classic winner, three time
Group 1 winner, Champion
2 year-old filly
|
£55,000
|
|
NICER
|
Classic
winner, Group 1 winner |
£27,000
|
|
BAHAMIAN KNIGHT
|
Classic winner, Group
1 winner
|
£25,000
|
|
ROYAL ABJAR
|
Classic winner, Group 2 winner
|
£80,000
|
|
GERMANY
|
Group
1 winner twice, Group 2 winner |
£40,000
|
|
SPEED GIFTED
|
Group 1 winner, Group 2
placed, Group 3 placed
|
£99,750
|
|
PASS THE PEACE
|
Group 1 winner, Classic-placed,
Champion 2 year-old filly (Timeform)
|
£9,500
|
|
NIGHT STYLE
|
Group 1 winner
|
£80,000
|
|
BAHAMIAN BOUNTY
|
Group 1 winner twice
|
£45,000
|
|
SEATTLE RHYME
|
Group 1 winner, Champion
2 year-old colt (Timeform)
|
£27,500
|
|
TORRISMONDO
|
Group 1 winner
|
£20,000
|
|
NATALIE TOO
|
Group 1 winner, Group 3
winner, Group I & Group 2 placed
|
£14,000
|
|
COMPTON PLACE
|
Group 1 winner, European
Champion 3 year-old sprinter
|
£92,000
|
|
FLY TO THE STARS
|
Group 1, Group 2 &
Group 3 winner
|
£125,000
|
| SIR
NICHOLAS |
Group
1 winner (Hong Kong), Group 3 winner (Hong Kong) x 2 |
£42,000 |
|
BRAVE MUSIC
|
Group 1 winner (Hong Kong),
Group 3 winner, Royal Ascot winner
|
£26,000
|
| SARAFAN |
Group
1 winner, Group 2 winner, Group 3 placed x 2, Listed
winner, Group 1 placed, Group
2 placed |
£45,000 |
| FIREBREAK |
Group
1 winner, Group 2 winner x 4, Group 3 winner twice, Group
1 placed, Group 2 placed, Group 3 placed |
£27,000
|
| BANKABLE |
Group 2 winner and placed,
Group 1 placed, Group 3 placed
x 2, Listed winner and placed
|
£160,000 |
| SRI PUTRA |
Group 2 winner, Group 3
winner and placed |
£252,000 |
| FINALMENTE |
Group 2 winner and placed,
Group 1 placed |
£27,300 |
|
FIRST CHARTER
|
Group 2 winner, Group 1
placed, Listed winner
|
£160,000
|
|
FAIRY QUEEN
|
Group 2 winner twice, dual Listed winner, Royal Ascot winner
|
£85,000
|
|
SRI PEKAN
|
Group 2 winner twice, Group 3 winner (Royal Ascot)
|
£55,000
|
|
MUCHEA
|
Group 2 and Group 3 winner twice, Group
1 placed three times, Group 2 placed
|
£10,500
|
|
MURGHEM
|
Group 2 winner and Multiple Listed winner
|
£60,000
|
|
GREEN PERFUME
|
Group 2 winner, Group 1
placed twice
|
£20,000
|
|
ROI GIRONDE
|
Group 2 winner, Group 1
placed, Listed winner
|
£80,000
|
|
MONTJOY
|
Group 2 & Group 3 winner, multiple Group
1 placed, Royal Ascot Winner
|
£15,000
|
|
TIPSY CREEK
|
Group 2 & Group 3 winner (Royal Ascot)
|
£45,000
|
|
POLISH LAUGHTER
|
Group 2 & Group 3 winner, Group I placed
|
£45,000
|
|
WANDERING STAR
|
Group 2 winner & placed, Listed winner
|
£35,000
|
| TIOMAN ISLAND |
Group 2 winner |
£19,000
|
| ALWAYS FIRST |
Group 2 winner, Group 3
winner x 2 and placed |
£200,000
|
| IMPERIAL STRIDE |
Group 2 winner, Group 3
winner |
£375,000
|
| ARABIAN GLEAM |
Group 2 winner x 2, Group
2 placed, Group 3 winner x 3 and placed x 2 |
£50,000
|
|
KIER PARK
|
Group 3 winner, Group 1
placed
|
£75,000
|
|
LUCAYAN PRINCE
|
Group 3 winner (Royal Ascot), Group I placed twice, European
Champion 3 year-old sprinter
|
£27,000
|
|
LINE ENGAGED
|
Group 3 winner (Royal Ascot)
|
£22,500
|
|
HALF A TICK
|
Group 3 winner, Classic
placed, Group 1 placed |
£12,500
|
|
A to Z
|
Group 3 winner, Classic placed, Group
1 placed
|
£19,000
|
|
STRUGGLER
|
Group 3 winner, Group 2 placed
|
£14,000
|
| TRI PAT |
Group 3 winner |
£83,000 |
|
PESHTIGO
|
Group 3 winner
|
£80,000
|
| KING OF HAPPINESS |
Group 3 winner x 2, Group
1 placed, Group 2 placed |
£220,000
|
| SECRET HISTORY |
Group 3 winner and placed |
£26,250
|
|
SALMON LADDER
|
Group 3 winner, Listed winner
|
£175,000
|
|
DYHIM
|
Group 3 winner, Listed winner
|
£22,000
|
|
PULAU TIOMAN
|
Group 3 winner |
£65,000
|
| JUST JAMES |
Group 3 winner, Group 2
winner, Royal Ascot winner |
£80,000
|
| TOUGH SPEED |
Group 3 winner, Group 2
placed |
£120,000
|
| GATEMAN |
Group 3 winner x 3, multiple
Listed winner & placed, Group
1 placed Group 2 placed, Group 3 placed |
£30,000
|
| PEAK TO CREEK
|
Group 3 winner & placed,
Listed winner & placed |
£50,000 |
| BLUE MONDAY |
Group 3 winner x 3 and placed,
Group 1 placed x 2, Listed
winner and placed |
£131,250 |
| ADAGIO |
Group 3 winner, Group 2
placed |
£200,000 |
| PEPPERTREE LANE |
Group 3 winner and placed,
Group 2 placed, Listed winner and placed |
£120,000 |
| SILVER TOUCH |
Group 3 winner and placed,
Group 1 placed, Listed winner
and placed |
£40,000 |
| YELLOWSTONE |
Group 3 winner and placed,
Group 1 placed, Group 2 placed
x 3, Listed winner and placed x 2 |
£60,000 |
| ALBABILIA |
Group 3 winner, Group
1 placed |
£30,000 |
AVERAGE PURCHASE PRICE £78,464 (US dollar
purchase prices converted at 2.00) Horses
bought in USA in black
29 INDIVIDUAL GROUP ONE WINNERS OF 41 GROUP ONE
RACES
9 CLASSIC WINNERS
CHARLIE GORDON-WATSON PRINCIPAL MARE PURCHASES
RECORD
|
NAME
|
INFORMATION
|
|
DARARA
|
(£450,000)
Dam of European Record Priced Yearling Sadlers Wells colt which
sold for £3,4000,000. Dam of triple Group
1 winner Dar Re Mi |
|
SHOUK
|
|
|
SWEET STREAM
|
(£1,100,000)
Dam of 2008 Sale Topping Monsun foal (first produce) at the
Tattersalls December Sale sold for £440,000
|
|
|
|
Blue Symphony
|
Mare in foal to Cape Cross
£250,000
Subsequent dam of Fantasia *, Group 3 winner 2008 and Group
1 placed *(Sold Privately)
Montjeu 2008 yearling sold for £400,000
Pivotal 2009 yearling sold for £450,000 |
|
Desert Royalty
|
|
|
Leto
|
Filly out of training £250,000
Subsequent half sister to Oaks Winner Light Shift
Re-sold for £900,000 year later
|
|
Madura
|
Filly out of training £170,000
Half sister to Manduro subsequent winner of 3 Group
1 Races
Re-sold for £710,000 year later
|
|
Bayalika
|
Mare in foal to Invincible Spirit £525,000
Subsequently dam of Vital Equine, 2nd in 2000 Guineas.
Progeny sold for £75,000, £50,000
|
|
Halland Park
Lass
|
Mare in foal to Tobougg £710,000
Since when Dutch Art placed in 2000 Guineas, July Cup and
Prix Maurice.
Tobougg 2008 yearling sold for €150,000
|
|
Erytheis
|
Filly out of training £185,000
Since purchase is half sister to Norman Invader, Group 3 Winner
and Ea, timeform rated 118.
Re-sold for £460,000 year later.
|
|
Exciting Times
|
Mare in foal to Dubawi £900,000
Dam of Group 1 Winner Gorella.
Dubawi 2008 colt yearling sold for £400,000 |
|
Silent Heir
|
Purchased privately in foal to Oasis Dream
Dam of Group 3 Winner, Young Pretender, closely related to
Champion Two Year Old and Three Year Old Derby Winner New
Approach.
Oasis Dream 2006 yearling sold for £183,750
|
|
Geminiani
|
Filly out of training, Group 3 Winner £300,000
Since purchase, Damson her half sister, Group
1 and Group 2 Winner.
Dam of Group placed Amerigo - sold for £350,000
Monsun 2009 yearling sold for £178,500
|
|
Vas Y Carla
|
Purchased 2003 as a two year old for £180,000
Resold as a four year old for £300,000
|
|
Khamseh
|
Purchased for £125,000
Yearlings sold for £75,000, £300,000, £400,000,
£55,000 - Total £830,000
Holy Roman Emperor 2009 yearling sold at Arqana for €150,000
|
|
Rainbow
Goddess
|
Purchased for £250,000
Dam of Mahler sold for £140,000, Group 3 Winner, Group
1 and Classic Placed.
Progeny sold as yearlings for £480,000, £105,000
|
| Susun
Kelapa |
Purchased for
£140,000
Montjeu yearling sold for £400,000 |
|
Place Rouge
|
Filly in training £270,000
Subsequent winner of Group 2 Lancashire Oaks
|
| Shouk |
Purchased for £80,000
Subsequent dam of Alexandrova £420,000 yearling and multiple
Group 1 Winner, Oaks, Irish
Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks
and Magical Romance £125,000 yearling and Group
1 Winner
Progeny sold for £300,000
Magical Romance sold at four for £4.8 million |
|
Lady Elgar
|
Purchased for £400,000
Since purchase is the dam of Grand Couturier Dual Group
1 Winner
Yearlings have sold for £250,000, £220,000, £200,000
and £155,000 – Total £825,000
|
|
Sumoto
|
Purchased for £920,000
Since purchase dam of Summoner Group
1 winner and Twyla Tharp Group 2 second
Yearlings sold for £460,000, £580,000, £290,000,
£240,000, £300,000, £240,000, £350,000
– Total £2,460,000
|
|
Crepe Ginger
|
Purchased for £400,000
Yearlings sold for £75,000, £100,000, £130,000,
£185,000, £340,000 – Total £830,000
|
|
Party Doll
|
Purchased for £300,000
Yearlings sold for £280,000, £240,000, £55,000
– Total £575,000
|
|
Atnab
|
Purchased for £80,000 in foal to Almutawakel, in utero
foal sold for £200,000 and mare sold for £120,000,
12 months later
|
|
Fig Tree Drive
|
Yearling purchase for £100,000
Yearlings sold for £210,000, £160,000, £65,000,
£270,000, £85,000, £150,000 - Total £940,000
|
|
Crystal Spray
|
Purchased for £500,000
Progeny sold for £625,000, £750,000, £600,000
– Total £1,975,000
Dam of Group 1 Winner Crystal
Music – Progeny sold for $1,200,000
|
|
Darara
|
Purchased for £450,000
Yearlings sold for £500,000, £500,000, £3,400,000,
£500,000 – Total £4,900,000
Dam of triple Group 1 winner
and placed and Group 3 Winner Dar Re Mi
|
|
Silver Lane
|
Purchased for £500,000
Progeny sold for £350,000, £165,000, £2,200,000,
£400,000, £185,000, £160,000, £262,000
– Total £3,722,000
|
|
Gold Bust
|
Purchased for £340,000
Yearlings sold for £220,000, £155,000, £155,000,
£60,000 – Total £590,000
|
|
Nicer
|
Purchased for £400,000
Progeny sold for £440,000, £140,000, £100,000,
£44,000 – Total £724,000 – Resold for
£400,000
|
|
Lighthouse
|
Yearling purchase for £220,000
Progeny sold for £170,000, £105,000, £160,000,
£130,000, £90,000, £52,000, £200,000
- Total £907,000
|
|
Rubies From Burma
|
Purchased for £600,000
Progeny sold for £425,000, £210,000, £190,000,
£60,000 – Total £885,000
|
|
Band
|
Purchased for £420,000
Progeny sold for £150,000, £190,000, £160,000,
£125,000, £55,000 – Total £680,000
|
|
Wily Trick
|
Purchased for £170,000
Since purchase dam of Elegant Fashion, multiple Group
1 Winner.
|
|
Wish List
|
Yearling purchase for £11,000
Dam of Group 2 winner Firth of Fifth
|
|
Lyndonville
|
Purchased for £75,000
Subsequent dam of Yeats, multiple Group 1 Winner including
record four Gold Cups at Royal Ascot.
Dam of Group 1 placed Tsukuba
Symphony and Group 2 winner Solskjaer
Progeny sold for £420,000
|
| Queen's Logic |
Purchased as a yearling
for £100,000
Dam of Group 2 and Group 3 winner Lady of the Desert |
| Musicanna |
Purchased for £320,000
First foal, Pivotal colt sold for £140,000 |
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
December Sales 2006
LETO was
purchased for £250,000; six months later her sister LIGHT
SHIFT won the Group
1 Oaks.
December Sales 2008
SPRING SEASON was purchased for £70,000;
six months later her sister MIDDAY was
second in the Group 1 Oaks, eight
months later winner of the Group 1
Nassau Stakes Winner of the Group 1
Breeders Cup Filly & Mare Turf 2009.
CHARLIE GORDON-WATSON
BUYING SISTERS TO GROUP
1 WINNERS
BEFORE THEY HAPPEN
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