Lot 69
Aclaim (IRE) / Princess of Rock (GB) B.C. (GB)

Consignor: Abacus Bloodstock

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Contact: Stuart Matheson  ✆ 07946017115  ✉ Stuart@abacus-bloodstock.co.uk

🇬🇧 Location: Lower Linbrook Farm, Needwood, Staffordshire, DE13 9PD, United Kingdom

Vendor's Notes: A handsome, good walking colt with a pedigree to match his looks. This March-foaled colt has an athletic walk and a good attitude.

His sire Aclaim produced Group 1 Classic winner Cachet in his first season, who won the 1000 Guineas. Aclaim has a strike rate of 47% winners to runners. In his racing career Aclaim won the Group 2 Dubai Challenge Stakes before going on to win the Group 1 Prix de la Foret and the Group 2 Park Stakes as a 4-year-old. He was also 2nd in the Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest. Aclaim’s sales statistics speak volumes for the type of horses he produces. 2022 yearling sales average was £28000, with a high of £210,000.

The cross with the dam Princess of Rock offers sound reason to believe this colt will be a top performer. Not only has he been gifted with a super conformation and incredible movement, but horses bred on this cross include Johnny Barnes, sire of sires Dark Angel, Mehmas and his sire Aclaim – all with crosses to the Danehill or Machiavellian lines. The dam is related to Group winner Titus Livius and is a daughter of 7 time Group 1 winner Rock of Gibraltar. This colt has a pedigree that screams quality.