Charles Gordon-Watson

Charlie Gordon-Watson has achieved phenomenal success
at Group level with horses bought as yearlings.


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

8 Classic Winners
25 Individual Group 1 Winners of 38 Group 1 races
18 Royal Ascot Winners since 1994

Recent Group 1 Winners - All purchased as yearlings

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

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

Snurge
Leading European Earner of Ł1.2 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 Ł STERLING SINCE 1997
(Top figures indicate number of purchases)

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Keeneland July	2 437,500	- -	- -	- -	--	--	--	-	-	-	9 1,509,000
Deauville	- -	8 690,000	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	4 493,000
Keeneland Sept	14 993,125	12 960,000	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	-
Tatts Fairyhouse	- -	- -	6 95,620	- -	--	--	--	-	-	-	-
Doncaster Yearling						2 89,950	--	-	-	-	-
Houghton	19 1,957,000	19 2,100,000	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
Goffs	15 777,000	9 500,000	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
October (Part 1)	29 1,224,000	39 1,825,000	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
October (Part 2)								14 612,555	14 1,004,850	28 1,724,100	33 2,485,350
Deauville October											1 209,790
October (Part 3)	- -	- -	- -	- -	--	--	--	-		2 26,000	-
December	1 54,000	1 22,000	2 59,850	1 57,500	5 286,000	2 156,450	3 123,000	2 67,200	5 453,600		5 249,000

TOTAL	80 5,442,625	88 6,097,000	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
AVERAGE	68,032	69,284	75,492	95,006	99,016	92,079	152,627	98,530	130,274	140,558	175,060

CHARLIE GORDON-WATSON PRINCIPAL GROUP WINNERS BOUGHT AS YEARLINGS

NAME	STATUS	PURCHASE PRICE (Ł)
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	Ł100,000
KING’S BEST	Classic winner, Group 1 winner	Ł220,000
DILSHAAN	Group 1 winner, Group 2 winner	Ł190,000
DESERT PRINCE	World and European Champion 3 year-old colt, Classic winner, three time Group I winner	Ł62,000
ROYAL REBEL	Group 1 (Royal Ascot), Group 1 placed (Royal Ascot), Group 2 and 3 winner	Ł145,000
SEAZUN	Group 1 winner, Champion 2 year-old filly	Ł60,000
SNURGE	Classic winner, three time Group 1 winner, Group 2 winner	Ł36,000
CULTURE VULTURE	Classic winner, three time Group 1 winner, Champion 2 year-old filly	Ł55,000
NICER	Classic winner, Group 1 winner	Ł27,000
BAHAMIAN KNIGHT	Classic winner, Group 1 winner	Ł25,000
ROYAL ABJAR	Classic winner, Group 2 winner	Ł80,000
GERMANY	Group 1 winner twice, Group 2 winner	Ł40,000
PASS THE PEACE	Group 1 winner, Classic-placed, Champion 2 year-old filly (Timeform)	Ł9,500
NIGHT STYLE	Group 1 winner	Ł80,000
BAHAMIAN BOUNTY	Group 1 winner twice	Ł45,000
SEATTLE RHYME	Group 1 winner, Champion 2 year-old colt (Timeform)	Ł27,500
TORRISMONDO	Group 1 winner	Ł20,000
NATALIE TOO	Group 1 winner, Group 3 winner, Group I & Group 2 placed	Ł14,000
COMPTON PLACE	Group 1 winner, European Champion 3 year-old sprinter	Ł92,000
FLY TO THE STARS	Group 1, Group 2 & Group 3 winner	Ł125,000
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	Ł26,000
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
FIRST CHARTER	Group 2 winner, Group 1 placed, Listed winner	Ł160,000
FAIRY QUEEN	Group 2 winner twice, dual Listed winner, Royal Ascot winner	Ł85,000
SRI PEKAN	Group 2 winner twice, Group 3 winner (Royal Ascot)	Ł55,000
MUCHEA	Group 2 and Group 3 winner twice, Group 1 placed three times, Group 2 placed	Ł10,500
MURGHEM	Group 2 winner and Multiple Listed winner	Ł60,000
GREEN PERFUME	Group 2 winner, Group 1 placed twice	Ł20,000
ROI GIRONDE	Group 2 winner, Group 1 placed, Listed winner	Ł80,000
MONTJOY	Group 2 & Group 3 winner, multiple Group 1 placed, Royal Ascot Winner	Ł15,000
TIPSY CREEK	Group 2 & Group 3 winner (Royal Ascot)	Ł45,000
POLISH LAUGHTER	Group 2 & Group 3 winner, Group I placed	Ł45,000
WANDERING STAR	Group 2 winner & placed, Listed winner	Ł35,000
TIOMAN ISLAND	Group 2 winner	Ł19,000
ALWAYS FIRST	Group 2 winner, Group 3 winner and placed	Ł200,000
IMPERIAL STRIDE	Group 2 winner, Group 3 winner	Ł375,000
ARABIAN GLEAM	Group 2 winner, Group 3 placed	Ł50,000
KIER PARK	Group 3 winner, Group 1 placed	Ł75,000
LUCAYAN PRINCE	Group 3 winner (Royal Ascot), Group I placed twice, European Champion 3 year-old sprinter	Ł27,000
LINE ENGAGED	Group 3 winner (Royal Ascot)	Ł22,500
HALF A TICK	Group 3 winner, Classic placed, Group 1 placed	Ł12,500
A to Z	Group 3 winner, Classic placed, Group 1 placed	Ł19,000
STRUGGLER	Group 3 winner, Group 2 placed	Ł14,000
TRI PAT	Group 3 winner	£83,000
PESHTIGO	Group 3 winner	Ł80,000
KING OF HAPPINESS	Group 3 winner x 2, Group 1 placed, Group 2 placed	Ł220,000
SECRET HISTORY	Group 3 winner and placed	£26,250
SALMON LADDER	Group 3 winner, Listed winner	Ł175,000
DYHIM	Group 3 winner, Listed winner	Ł22,000
PULAU TIOMAN	Group 3 winner	Ł65,000
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 2, 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, Listed winner and placed	£120,000
SILVER TOUCH	Group 3 winner, Group 1 placed, Listed winner and placed	£40,000
YELLOWSTONE	Group 3 winner and placed, Group 1 placed, Group 2 placed x 3	£60,000
ALBABILIA	Group 3 winner, Group 1 placed	£30,000

AVERAGE PURCHASE PRICE £74,838 (US dollar purchase prices converted at 2.00) Horses bought in USA in black

25 INDIVIDUAL GROUP ONE WINNERS OF 38 GROUP ONE RACES
8 CLASSIC WINNERS

CHARLIE GORDON-WATSON PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL MARE PURCHASES RECORD
RECENT - 2006

NAME	INFORMATION
Leto	Filly out of training £250,000 Subsequent half sister to Oaks Winner Light Shift - now in foal to Galileo. 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. Now in foal to Monsun. Re-sold for £710,000 year later.
Bayalika	Mare in foal to Invincible Spirit £525,000 (Colt foal) Subsequently dam of Vital Equine, 2nd in 2000 Guineas. Now in foal to Dansili.
Halland Park Lass	Mare in foal to Tobougg £710,000 Since when Dutch Art placed in 2000 Guineas and July Cup.
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 (Colt foal) - Visits Galileo Dam of Group 1 Winner Gorella.
Silent Heir	Purchased privately in foal to Oasis Dream Dam of Group 3 Winner, Young Pretender, closely related to Champion Two Year Old New Approach.

NAME	INFORMATION
Geminiani	Filly out of training, Group 3 Winner £300,000 Since purchase, Damson her half sister, Group 1 and Group 2 Winner.
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
Rainbow Goddess	Purchased for £250,000 Dam of Mahler sold for £140,000, Group 3 Winner, Group 1 and Classic Placed.
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.
Lady Elgar	Purchased for £400,000 Since purchase is the dam of Grand Couturier Group 1 Winner. Yearlings have sold for £250,000, £220,000, £200,000 and £155,000
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
Crepe Ginger	Purchased for £400,000 Yearlings sold for £75,000, £100,000, £130,000, £185,000, £340,000
Party Doll	Purchased for £300,000 Yearlings sold for £280,000, £240,000
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	Purchased for £100,000 Yearlings sold for £210,000, £160,000, £65,000, £270,000, £85,000
Crystal Spray	Purchased for £500,000 Progeny sold for £625,000, £750,000, £600,000, Dam of Group 1 Winner Crystal Music
Darara	Purchased for £450,000 Yearlings sold for £500,000, £500,000, £3,400,000
Silver Lane	Purchased for £500,000 Progeny sold for £350,000, £165,000, £2,200,000, £400,000, £185,000, £160,000, £262,000
Gold Bust	Purchased for £340,000 Yearlings sold for £220,000, £155,000, £155,000
Nicer	Purchased for £400,000 Progeny sold for £440,000, £140,000, £100,000, £44,000 - resold for £400,000
Lighthouse	Purchased for £220,000 Progeny sold for £170,000, £105,000, £160,000, £130,000, £90,000
Rubies From Burma	Purchased for £600,000 Progeny sold for £425,000, £210,000, £190,000
Band	Purchased for £420,000 Progeny sold for £150,000, £190,000, £160,000, £125,000, £55,000
Wily Trick	Purchased for £170,000 Since purchase dam of Elegant Fashion, multiple Group 1 Winner.