Buy a share in KAHFRE for £109

Kahfre was purchased at the Tattersalls Sales in July 2010, and is a very exciting prospect for National Hunt racing in 2010/11. Bred by the Ballygallon Stud, he is a tall, rangy chestnut, out of a half-sister to Group winners on the flat and over hurdles, and by Peintre Celebre, the former European Champion Horse of the Year and now a leading sire both on the flat and in the National Hunt sphere.

Now a three year old, he ran three times in 2009, making his debut at Newmarket and belng allotted a handicap mark of 65. He is bred to improve with age, and with his size and presence can be expected to make up in to a useful juvenile hurdler this season. As Kahfre is in training with Gary Moore, it is likely that he will be doing the majority of his racing at the southern tracks, and at just £109 a share for the syndicate term, he represents excellent value.

Share Information:         

Shares available: 150

Share end date: 01/04/2011

Cost per share: £109

Share of prize-money (%): 0.2

Trainer: G L Moore

Breeding:

Kahfre is the 6^th foal of Minerva, an unraced half-sister to nine winners, including the high-class US performer Sword Dance, winner of the Grade 2 Del Mar handicap (and over £100,000 in prize-money), two further Group performers and Correggio, a multiple winner over hurdles.  Minerva’s dam is a Listed-placed half-sister to the Group 1 winner Fatherland, a top-class two-year-old who won the National Stakes that year before finishing runner-up in the Irish 2,000 Guineas.

Kahfre is by the former European Champion Horse of the Year Peintre Celebre.  A minor winner at 2, Peintre Celebre was a revelation at three, winning the French Derby, the Grand Prix de Paris and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, setting a course record.  A son of the outstanding sire Nureyev, he was effective on any ground and at won over 1m to 1m4f.  To date, he has sired several hundred winners, including 21 in Group 1 contests.

What distance should Kahfre run over?

Peintre Celebre’s progeny have an excellent record over 8-13 furlongs, on any ground. On the dam’s side, the presence of Caerleon brings plenty of stamina in to the mix, so he should be running over 1m3f+ on the flat, and should have plenty of stamina to run over hurdles too.  Interestingly, the only other Peintre Celebre/Caerleon cross finished 3^rd in the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy, which hints at the class in the pedigree.

Race Plans:

Kahfre has had a light career to date, as despite not having suffered an injury, he was given plenty of time to grow into his big frame! He is now in full training and will be ready to run in September, with a view to continuing over hurdles (with the possibility of a run on the flat too!) over the winter.  Longer-term, we hope he will prove good enough to run at the Cheltenham Festival in March 2011, following in the hoofprints of the Select Racing Club's first horse Rupestrian, who won four races en route to the Festival in 2010!