2004 NEWS

Welcome to our new customers:

·        The Racing and Equestrian Club of QATAR, as an adviser (consultant) for the building of a brand new racecourse and training centre (450 boxes) and to find the best companies to improve the quality of the facilities, the equipment and the people. It is a long term project, the target being to organise international competitions in Qatar in the future. A very exciting project, similar to the contract signed with the Turkish Jockey Club.

New stables, Doha

·        Makshaff Services Ltd, Saudi Arabia, as consultant for the building of a new racecourse and training track. Advising them on types of all-weather tracks (fibre-sand and other surfaces) existing in the world, to help them choose the best technology adapted to the local weather conditions.

·        Gestüt ITTLINGEN (Mr Manfred Ostermann) from Germany, to manage his racing stable and stud farm (Gestüt Hof Ittlingen). A leading operation in Germany, Gestüt Ittlingen stands the world class stallion LANDO (winner of the Gr.1 Japan Cup) who has a lot of success in 2004 with his sons EPALO (won Gr.1 Singapore Cup) and TOUCH OF LAND (winner of the Gr.2 Grosser Mercedes Preis at Baden Baden).

·        AZERBAIJAN Jockey Club to advise them on building a racecourse, a training centre and one farm, as well as advice on import/export regulation, Rules of Racing etc…

 Baku Racecourse

·        Haras d’ETREHAM, the leading stud farm in France. On their behalf, we purchased the stallion TAKE RISKS, top-priced Lot at the Agence Farncaise Deauville December sales, as well as two yearling fillies at the Baden Baden Yearling Sales.

 Haras d’Etreham

·        Haras du THENNEY: Mr and Mrs Julio RIVA gave us an instruction to purchase the leading first crop sire (2004) DIABLENEYEV, on behalf of clients of theirs. This beautiful dark bay son of NUREYEV is now the sire of Helios Quercus, winner of the Gr.1 Criterium International.

·        Mr Jean ZORBIBE, for whom we purchased two yearlings at Deauville, in August. One of them FAUVELIA (€75,000) finished a close second in Gr.1 Criterium de Saint Cloud 2005.

A special THANK YOU to all the people electing me to be a member of FRANCE GALOP Conseil du Plat.

2004 success

EXECUTE wins the Gr.1 Prix GANAY at Longchamp, beating Gr.1 winners Vespone (Grand Prix de Paris), Vallee Enchantee (Hong Kong Vase), Fair Mix (2003 Prix Ganay), Polish Summer (Dubaï Sheema Classic) etc. Purchased privately by FBA on behalf of Ecurie CHALHOUB, EXECUTE was bred by Ecurie KURA, another FBA client.

 Execute

FAIR MIX the winner of the Gr.1 Prix Ganay, a son of Linamix, sold to stand as a stallion in England.

TOASTED wins the Gr.2 Arlington Classic, a $45 000 purchase by FBA on behalf of Dr Robert Bousquet

TAKE RISKS, top-priced Lot of the Agence Francaise December sales, purchased by FBA on behalf of Haras d’Etreham.

GROOM TESSE wins the Gr.1 Italian Derby - his dam VICOMTESSE MAG was purchased by FBA on behalf of Ecurie CHALHOUB.

SIMONAS, the same day, wins the Gr.1 Premio Carlo d'Alessio. His dam, SISTADARI, was purchased by FBA on behalf of Gestüt RÖTTGEN. Simonas beat DARREL, by Distant Relative (a stallion sold by FBA to the Turkish Jockey Club).

KURM, a three-year-old colt by Grand Lodge, easily wins the 148th DERBY du MIDI, a 2400m Listed event. Kurm was purchased as a yearling for €100,000 on behalf of Dr Robert Bousquet.

PRENDS TON TEMPS, the same day, also easily wins the Listed Grand Prix de Bordeaux. He was purchased, as a yearling by FBA, on behalf of Ecurie CHALHOUB on the 3rd of May, at Toulouse

HELIOS QUERCUS won the Gr.1 Criterium International. FBA purchased his sire DIABLENEYEV (leading first crop sire in France), on behalf of Haras du Thenney’s clients.

Diableneyev

SUJIMOTO (3 y-o colt by Woodman) won Prix FBA, Listed race. Congratulations to Mr D Y TREVES (owner), Jean-Claude ROUGET (trainer) and Ioritz MENDIZABAL (jockey).

VANGELIS wins the Gr.2 Prix d'Harcourt at Longchamp. His dam CAPADES DANCER was sold by FBA to Gainesway Thoroughbreds (USA). Second to Vangelis was EXECUTE, another FBA purchase.

MILLEMIX wins the Gr.2 Prix Greffulhe and was a neck second in the Gr.1 Prix Lupin. His dam MILESIME was sold to the same Turkish breeder who purchased the dam of Fair Mix (Gr.1 Prix Ganay). Both mares come from the Tattersalls December sales.

ANGE GABRIEL commences his new career at stud at the Haras du Mesnil. The best son of Kaldounevees (voted stallion of the year by the French press) won or placed no less than 12 times at Stakes level. In 2003 he won the Grand Prix de Saint Cloud for the second time, the Gr.1 Hong Kong Cup and finished second in the Dubai Sheema Classic. Ange Gabriel is promoted by FBA, together with his father KALDOUNEVEES (purchased by FBA, on behalf of Ecurie Chalhoub).

 Ange Gabriel

·        Congratulations to Mrs I.von SCHUBERT (Gestüt Ebbeslöh) for winning the Gr.3 La Coupe at Longchamp, with AUBONNE.

 
AUBONNE with jockey Christophe Soumillon, trainer Eric Libaud and Jean-Pierre Deroubaix

·        The Prix FBA, Listed race at Toulouse, now one of the best Listed races for three year old colts, held in the French provinces, was won by Sujimoto.

 
SUJIMOTO, trainer Jean-Claude Rouget, owner Daniel-Yves Treves, jockey Eric Legrix

 

2003 Success

Once again the FBA is amongst the leading purchasers in Europe at the public sales

·        Leading buyer at Deauville (by number of lots purchased)

·        Leading French agent at Tattersalls and Goffs

Our new regular customers include Baron Guy de ROTHSCHILD, Mr Gerard  SAMAMA, Gestüt EBBESLOH (family von Schubert), Mr and Mrs Henri DEVIN (Haras du Mesnil).

Horses purchased at Tattersalls include INDIAN ROCKET, a son of Indian Ridge who was a Gr.2-winning juvenile and already a leading first crop sire in Europe.

LAVIRCO, Champion three-year-old in Germany and Derby winner, sold to the French National Stud.

SPECIAL KALDOUN (purchased for Ecurie Chalhoub as a yearling at Deauville) won the Gr.2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein.

Special Kaldoun

BLACK SAM BELLAMY arrived at Gestut Faehrhof, Germany.
The full-brother to GALILEO was Gr.1-placed at 2 (Critérium de Saint-Cloud, France), a Gr.1 winner and Champion 3yo in Italy, and a Gr.1 winner at 4 (Tattersalls Gold Cup, 10 furlongs).

Black Sam Bellamy

Between BLACK SAM BELLAMY and Jean-Pierre Deroubaix, there is a love story! When Mrs Ling Tsui, a new client from Hong Kong, was offered twenty horses for sale from a Japanese owner having some financial problems, Jean-Pierre went to inspect the horses in order to advise Mrs. Ling Tsui. It was a little bit difficult because they were already 2yo's, but unraced, so it was hard to know how good they were.
After studying the pedigrees, the conformation and the price, Jean-Pierre strongly advised Mrs Tsui to buy them. A good idea! Among the twenty horses were ADIEU AU ROI (Gr.1 winner in France), TAKE RISKS (a top class Group-winning miler in France and now a very good stallion) and URBAN SEA.
URBAN SEA was elected the following year to European Champion filly; she is the winner of Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the dam of four foals in racing age, ALL Group winners including the own brothers GALILEO and BLACK SAM BELLAMY.
When you hear that Jean-Pierre advised to send URBAN SEA to Coolmore Stud, in order tobe covered by SADLER'S WELLS! It was a good idea, wasn't it?

Toulouse: FBA will sponsor the 2003 edition of the Listed race Prix Aymeri de Mauléon. The prestigious race is re-named Prix FBA.

 

Awaiting Picture

 

Champion Japanese jockey Yutaka Take and Jean-Pierre Deroubaix

 

 

Turkish Jockey Club promotion

 

TURKEY - Stallions sold by FBA to Turkey in the last five years:

ACCELERATOR, multiple group performer by A.P. INDY.

ALWAYS A CLASSIC, Gr.1 winner and a son of champion sire DEPUTY MINISTER. He is the brother to the champion sires REGAL CLASSIC and SKY CLASSIC.

BIJOU D'INDE, Champion European Miler, Gr.1 winner by champion sire CADEAUX GENEREUX. He is a leading sire of 2-year- olds. Picture.

BIN AJWAAD was one of the fastest sons of RAINBOW QUEST. Champion 2000 first crop sire in New Zealand and Turkey, now the sire of Gr.1 winner DEEBEE BELLE.

COMMON GROUNDS, a leading sire in Europe three times and Champion European Sire of two-year-olds. One of the best stallions in Europe.

DISTANT RELATIVE champion Irish miler at 3, Champion French miler at 4, the best son of HABITAT. He sired 20 different black type horses and now champion 1st crop sire in Turkey.

DOYOUN, English 2000 Guineas winner, classic sire of DAYLAMI (1999 horse of the year), KALANISI (won 2000 Gr.1 Breeders' Cup Turf), MANNDAR Gr.1, MANNTARI Gr.1, etc. Unfortunately, DOYOUN died in 2002 (stomach ulcers)

 

Jean-Pierre Deroubaix, together with Turkish Jockey Club President Dr Omer Girgin,
receiving a bronze of Danehill, own brother to Eagle Eyed.
At Coolmore Stud, november 2000.

EAGLE EYED, own brother to champion sire DANEHILL, among the leading young sires in USA and in Europe.

FANTASTIC FELLOW, Group winner by LEAR FAN. Beautiful conformation and pedigree. His first runners will start in 2001.

GALETTO, Gr.1 winner by Champion sire CARO. Champion Sire in Turkey in 2002, again.

MARLIN, champion 1999 grass horse in USA. Sire of the 2002 Gr.1 winner KAIETEUR. Picture.

MOUNTAIN CAT, 4 times Group winner by champion sire STORM CAT. Mountain Cat sired ROJO TORO, winner of the 2003 Gr.2 San Rafael Stakes at Santa Anita on March 1st.

OCEAN CREST, Gr.2 winner by the Sire of Sires STORM BIRD, his dam is a sister to SLEWPY. Beautiful pedigree and conformation. A good sire of winners from a small 1st crop.

RED BISHOP, 28 races, 24 times in the first 3 on 3 different continents. One of the best sons of SILVER HAWK.

RIVER SPECIAL, double Gr.1 winner at 2, by RIVERMAN. Elected champion at 2 in USA. Sire of 4 black type horses in his first 2 crops. A leading grass sire in USA

ROYAL ABJAR, Champion Miler in Germany. One of the highest rated sons of GONE WEST. A leading sire of 2-year-olds in Europe (prize money).

SEA HERO, Kentucky Derby winner, among the leading sires in the last 3 years in USA. Picture.

SHINING STEEL, among the leading sires in France. All his foals can run and win (86%). Impressive!

SRI PEKAN, Europe Leading Sire 1999 (by winners), a classic sire in Turkey 

STRIKE THE GOLD, Kentucky Derby winner by champion sire ALYDAR and among his best sons at stud. Picture.

UNACCOUNTED FOR, Gr.1 winner and Breeders' Cup Classic placed, by PRIVATE ACCOUNT. Among the 2003 leading sires in USA. Picture.

WEST BY WEST, Gr.1 winner by champion sire GONE WEST, 4th leading 3rd crop sire in USA in 2000. Picture.

 

Thank you to all our clients and for your confidence since 1990.

We have new offices, at the same address, to double the surface, in order to give a better service to our customers!

 

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