Sean Buckley Ultratune

sean buckley cheltenham festival 2018

Cheltenham Festival is a popular four day meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar  in the UK with prize money second only to the Grand National. Originating in 1860, it has grown into a huge event in the calendar and competitors and racegoers alike love it for the variety of events and races on each day.

This year Cheltenham Festival runs from the 13th March until the 16th March and each race starts at 1.30pm GMT.

It ends with Gold Cup Day which is includes the final Gold Cup race which is a Grade 1 race on the New Course over a distance of 3 miles 2½ furlongs (5,331 m) with 22 fences, open to all horses that are 5 years old and over. Prize money for the race is £575,000.

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Gold Cup Race

For a full line up of races and events for this year, visit www.thefestival.co.uk

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The 2 year old son of Savabeel has won his debut at Warwick Park on Wednesday 19th July 2017. Addictive Nature was purchased at the Karaka Spring Sale 2016 and is the full-brother to the Group II winner Savvy Nature. Ridden by jockey Tim Clark he comfortably won the race by 1.3 lengths over Gold Standard and Schubert.

“He has shown us a lot so it’s nice to see him put them away today,” said Bjorn Baker’s stable foreman

ack Bruce.

“We have been waiting a good year for that since we’ve had him.

“He is a real good looker and he has got the manners to match which I think is very important for a colt. He takes everything in his stride and even today before the race, how he handled everything, was very impressive.”

Read more on this from http://m.racingnsw.com.au/FreeFields/latest_news_full.aspx?ArticleId=23364&Article=Addictive-Nature-Sparkles-On-Debut

 

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Held Hostage (on the inside) is back to racing soon after having knee surgery.

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Ultra Racing buys a colt by Savabeel for $775,000 at the Karaka 2016 Premier Sale at Little Avondale Stud

The colt is from unraced mare Generous Nature and is a full-brother to the Group II winner Savvy Nature. Toby Koenig went to New Zealand to successfully secure the sale, which Sean Buckley and the entire Ultra Group is thrilled about.

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Toby Koenig spoke to NZ Racing News and said:

“We have always been keen on the Savabeels, having bought a number of them through this sale,” he said.

“Their racetrack performance been outstanding and you can see the fierce competition every time a yearling by him steps into the ring. We’ve managed to secure a pair of superb colts and we’re very happy to be taking them home to Australia.”

Toby Koenig with our new Savabeel colt

Toby Koenig with our new Savabeel colt

Read more from the interview at Racing and Sports 

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