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De Rasher Counter, the son of Yeats, winning the Grade 3 Ladbrokes Chase at Newbury under young jockey Ben Jones.
Inset: winning connections of the Makin’ Bacon Partnership,which includes Paisley Park’s owner Andrew Gemmall (far left), with trainer Emma Lavelle (right)
appeared in 2014 and, while he has been steadily improving on the sires’ table, his fee has actually been heading in the opposite direction. He retired to stud at €10,000 and his covering price has steadily dropped down to €5,000, which he has been available at since 2018.
Conversely, his table position has improved from 75th in 2015-16 to 26th in 2016-17, 13th in 2017-18 and 15th last season.
With 55 winners this season at the time of writing, Yeats’ leading 2019-20 earner is the Galway Plate winner Tudor City, but his leading runner by official rating and performance is the De Rasher Counter, winner of Newbury’s Ladbrokes Trophy Chase (G3).
The rating for the Emma Lavelle-trained
De Rasher Counter
is his sire’s best-rated horse to date, and should help ensure that the quality of mares visiting the eight-time Group 1 winners remains on the upgrade
gelding has now improved to 160 and De Rasher Counter is his sire’s best-rated horse.
His efforts should help ensure that the quality of mares visiting the eight-time Group 1 winners remains on the upgrade.
Milan retired to stud for the 2003 spring covering season, the son of Sadler’s Wells having run once as a juvenile (a maiden victory at The Curragh in October), eight times at three, performances which resulted in a third in the Prix Lupin (G1), a close-up fifth place in the Prix du Jockey-Club (G1) and a fourth in the King Edward VII Stakes behind Storming Home. He then collected two victories – the Great Voltigeur Stakes (G2), in which he reversed form with his Royal Ascot conqueror, and then his standout Classic success in the St Leger.
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