{"id":295131,"date":"2023-10-04T23:24:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T23:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=295131"},"modified":"2023-10-04T23:24:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T23:24:32","slug":"sheikh-mohammed-buys-colt-he-hopes-will-kickstart-godolphin-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/horse-racing\/sheikh-mohammed-buys-colt-he-hopes-will-kickstart-godolphin-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheikh Mohammed buys colt he hopes will kickstart Godolphin glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sheikh Mohammed makes rare public appearance in Newmarket\u00a0to buy young colt he hopes will kickstart a new era of Godolphin glory<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Sheikh Mohammed made a rare public appearance to sanction a new acquisition<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>A<\/span>\u00a0<span>young colt whose father Blue Point was a champion sprinter for Godolphin<\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel:\u00a0Get the breaking news and exclusives here<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sheikh Mohammed made a rare public appearance in Newmarket on Wednesday to sanction the 1.5million guineas acquisition of a horse he hopes will one day kickstart a new era of Godolphin glory.<\/p>\n<p>During a dramatic session, the Sheik\u2019s bloodstock adviser Anthony Stroud made the winning bid for lot 240 \u2014 a young colt whose father Blue Point was a champion sprinter for Godolphin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His siblings include Group One winners Battaash and The Antarctic, which is why there was such demand for him.<\/p>\n<p>It is likely he will go into training with Charlie Appleby, Godolphin\u2019s main trainer, who was part of the Sheik\u2019s entourage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/23\/76181097-12595353-image-a-1_1696457871149.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Mohammed bought a colt whose father Blue Point was a champion for Godolphin<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/23\/76181181-12595353-image-m-3_1696458023512.jpg\" height=\"524\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The ruler of Dubai \u2019s commitment to Godolphin is as strong as ever and he flexed his financial muscles at the Tattersalls book one sale<\/p>\n<p>The ambition is for him to become a Group class horse, capable of competing in the biggest races \u2014 something the organisation have desperately lacked this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Godolphin have gone without a winner at all the major summer festivals. Appleby has also suffered the frustration of seeing his best older horses \u2014 Modern Games, Adayar and Hurricane Lane \u2014 retired early to stud.<\/p>\n<p>Sheik Mohammed did not get things all his own way in the sales ring as he lost a bidding war with rivals Coolmore for a 2m gns son of Frankel.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/racing\/article-12595353\/Sheikh-Mohammed-makes-rare-public-appearance-Newmarket-buy-young-colt-hopes-kickstart-new-era-Godolphin-glory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheikh Mohammed makes rare public appearance in Newmarket\u00a0to buy young colt he hopes will kickstart a new era of Godolphin <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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