Coolmore Stud is one of the most powerful breeding
and racing operations in the world. One way the farm stays that way is by going
after top racing prospects to stand as stallions.
In the week leading up to the Breeders; Cup World
Championships, Coolmore and its associates acquired a 50% interest in Shanghai
Bobby, who then captured the Grey Goose Juvenile (gr. I) Nov. 3 at Santa Anita
Park. The son of Harlan's Holiday raced for Starlight, Michael Tabor, Susan
Magnier, and Derrick Smith in the $2 million event.
Shanghai Bobby is undefeated in five races career
and has earned $1,687,000. Prior to the Breeders' Cup, where he clinched 2012's
Eclipse Award for 2-year-old male, his efforts included victories in the
Foxwoods Champagne (gr. I), Three Chimneys Hopeful (gr. II), and Track Barron stakes.
Michael Tabor discussed Coolmore's involvement with
Shanghai Bobby following the Juvenile after leaving the winner's circle.
"When a horse has won the Hopeful and won the
Champagne, he's obviously a good 2-year-old and you think he's got a future,
and so it's proved to be," Tabor said. "We try to pick our punches and we took
our chance. I'm not sure he'll get a mile and a quarter, but hopefully, he'll
go on to some nice things next year. I'm very happy. It makes up for some of
the bad ones you buy."
The partnership involving Shanghai Bobby should be a
good one because "Jack Wolf (of Starlight) is a lovely man," Tabor said. "You
don't go into partnerships with people you don't get on with. It's as simple as
that. He's easy to deal with and I hope we are, too. We all want what's best
for the horse. We also have had a good relationship with (Shanghai Bobby's
trainer) Todd Pletcher since 1995 when he looked after (champion and Kentucky
Derby, gr. I, winner) Thunder Gulch while he was the head lad for Wayne Lukas.
We go back a long way, and he (Pletcher) likes this horse (Shanghai Bobby) very
much."
In addition, Tabor talked about what it was like to
win the Juvenile after buying into a horse privately.
"If you breed - and we do - and if one of your
horses goes on to be a champion, it's obviously a bigger thrill," he said. "But
you can't win them all with your horses, so you have to face reality and you
buy what's available if you can."
Coolmore Stud is one of the most powerful breeding
and racing operations in the world. One way the farm stays that way is by going
after top racing prospects to stand as stallions.
In the week leading up to the Breeders; Cup World
Championships, Coolmore and its associates acquired a 50% interest in Shanghai
Bobby, who then captured the Grey Goose Juvenile (gr. I) Nov. 3 at Santa Anita
Park. The son of Harlan's Holiday raced for Starlight, Michael Tabor, Susan
Magnier, and Derrick Smith in the $2 million event.
Shanghai Bobby is undefeated in five races career
and has earned $1,687,000. Prior to the Breeders' Cup, where he clinched 2012's
Eclipse Award for 2-year-old male, his efforts included victories in the
Foxwoods Champagne (gr. I), Three Chimneys Hopeful (gr. II), and Track Barron stakes.
Michael Tabor discussed Coolmore's involvement with
Shanghai Bobby following the Juvenile after leaving the winner's circle.
"When a horse has won the Hopeful and won the
Champagne, he's obviously a good 2-year-old and you think he's got a future,
and so it's proved to be," Tabor said. "We try to pick our punches and we took
our chance. I'm not sure he'll get a mile and a quarter, but hopefully, he'll
go on to some nice things next year. I'm very happy. It makes up for some of
the bad ones you buy."
The partnership involving Shanghai Bobby should be a
good one because "Jack Wolf (of Starlight) is a lovely man," Tabor said. "You
don't go into partnerships with people you don't get on with. It's as simple as
that. He's easy to deal with and I hope we are, too. We all want what's best
for the horse. We also have had a good relationship with (Shanghai Bobby's
trainer) Todd Pletcher since 1995 when he looked after (champion and Kentucky
Derby, gr. I, winner) Thunder Gulch while he was the head lad for Wayne Lukas.
We go back a long way, and he (Pletcher) likes this horse (Shanghai Bobby) very
much."
In addition, Tabor talked about what it was like to
win the Juvenile after buying into a horse privately.
"If you breed - and we do - and if one of your
horses goes on to be a champion, it's obviously a bigger thrill," he said. "But
you can't win them all with your horses, so you have to face reality and you
buy what's available if you can."
