Addison Grey

Eligible for the £250,000 Tattersalls Craven Royal Ascot/Group 1 Bonus and the £15,000 Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Bonus Scheme

*Purchased from the Craven Sale - Europe's Premier Breeze Up Sale*
 The sale that produced multiple Group 1-winning two-year-old VANDEEK

We were over the moon with our purchase of this colt, who struck us with his impressive finish in the breeze that landed him 20th fastest in the gallop out. He is a scopey, strong type that displayed a huge stride length and eye-catching action, and made an equally good impression at inspection stage. It was hard to fault him on his physical, and he carries himself superbly with an easy, athletic walk and great use of his shoulder. He is a distinctive bright grey, curtesy of his dapple grey parents, which will certainly make him unmissable on the track.

An extremely good natured colt, he behaved impeccably throughout the sale and his game attitude in the gallop out was reminiscent of his dam’s fighting spirit, which she displayed during both of her career victories when holding her opponents by a neck and a head. Half-brother to two winners already by modest sires, things can only improve further with the pairing of this mare and leading first and second crop sire HAVANA GREY.

“We liked this colt a lot in his breeze. I loved his action, I loved his stride length, and having ran a bit green in the first two furlongs he then galloped out 20th fastest and we watched him disappear up the hill. It takes quite a good horse to do that on the Rowley Mile and I thought that was quite taking. The first dam is a dual winner over 6f and has had 100% success rate with her runners, producing two winners from two runners of racing age, and I think we have put ourselves in line for what could be a big upgrade for the mare with HAVANA GREY as his sire.” - Bloodstock Agent Billy Jackson-Stopps

Pedigree

MOON SONG hails from top breeding operation Cheveley Park Stud, producers of PERSUASIVE and INSPIRAL, and 40 something Stakes-winning/producing broodmares amongst their stock. The grey mare won two of her starts for trainer Clive Cox and has gone on to promise big things as a broodmare with two winners from two runners of racing age. Her own dam had similar success as a broodmare, with four winners from four runners, and is the half-sister to Group 3 Brigadier Gerard victor CAPTAIN COOK, a 108-rated gelding who went on to have further Group success in Australia. Her other siblings include stallion EVASIVE, Group-winner at two years old, and CANTAL, exceptional dam of multiple Stakes winners MOLATHAM and PERFECTION.

The sire of our colt, HAVANA GREY, needs little introduction as the leading first and second season stallion in 2022 and 2023. He has sired an incredible 14 Stakes winners and a further 28 Stakes performers from only two crops, including 7 Group winners. A classy two-year-old himself, he won three Stakes races before taking a close second in the Group 1 Prix Morny and then again in the Group 2 Flying Childers at Doncaster. At three he got his Group 1 victory in the Flying Five Stakes in what was a thrilling battle against SON OF REST and SIOUX NATION. He has already produced a son that out-ranks him on form, with the unbeaten VANDEEK, who last year took multiple Group 1 victories in the Prix Morny and Middle Park Stakes. VANDEEK was purchased at the very same sale as our colt in 2023, and was the co-sale topper sales at 625,000 guineas after a sensational breeze that landed him with the fastest time on the clock. We of course have big hopes for our own colt after his superb gallop out in last week’s 2024 sale.