Toormore purchased by Godolphin

Toormore purchased by Godolphin

Middleham Park Racing has sold Toormore (Arakan), one of its major flag bearers, to Godolphin. The

four-year-old will

carry the Godolphin blue silks for the remainder of his racing career

before taking up stallion duties at either Kildangan or Dalham Hall Stud.

A Group 1 winning two-year-old when claiming the National S. at The Curragh, Toormore has regained his form this year after some lackluster

displays last season.

He was recently seen finishing fourth in the Queen Anne S. (Eng-G1) at Royal Ascot

having previously chased home Night of Thunder (Dubawi) in the Lockinge S.

(Eng-G1) at Newbury.

"Darley have

been interested in Toormore for a while now and we have decided

the time is right to let him go," Middleham Park Racing Manager Tim Palin said

of the deal. "He will stay in training with Richard

Hannon and race on for Godolphin for the foreseeable future before

retiring to stud, whenever that might be."

Reflecting on his racing career to

date and what it meant to the thriving club Palin remarked, "Toormore

was champion two-year-old in 2013 and catapulted Middleham Park into a

different stratosphere, so we will always be grateful to him, Richard

Hannon and Richard Hughes."

Palin added, "We are hugely grateful to

Sheikh Mohammed. It is a privilege to be dealing with an operation like

Godolphin and the fact that he is going to some the best people around and

will have the chance to become the best possible stallion he can be was

the linchpin to the deal."

Toormore was bred in Ireland by Jimmy Murphy of Redpender

Stud, who sold him as a yearling to Peter and Ross Doyle at

Doncaster for €36,000. He is out of the unraced Danetime Out (Danetime) and is a half-brother to dual Group 2 winner Estidhkaar

(Dark Angel).

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