Juddmonte Farms

Juddmonte Farms
Private
Industry Horse racing
Founded 1977
Headquarters Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Key people
Prince Khalid bin Abdullah, owner; Dr. John Chandler, president; Lord Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager.
Website juddmonte.com

Juddmonte Farms is an award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid bin Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.[1] A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawarid Holding. While he is in semi-retirement, his four sons are involved in managing business interests that include insurance, catering, cement, cleaning, foodstuffs and electronics.

Overview

Juddmonte Farms consists of a variety of individual farms: three in England, two in Ireland, and three in Kentucky, United States. Established in 1977, Juddmonte in particular is highly regarded for their 300 plus broodmare band.[2] The farm has owned three horses named Broodmare of the Year in the U.S. or Britain: Hasili, dam of stakes winners Dansili, Banks Hill, Intercontinental, Heat Haze, Cacique and Champs Elysees; Toussaud, dam of stakes winners Empire Maker, Chester House, Honest Lady, Chiselling and Decarchy; and Slightly Dangerous, dam of stakes winners Commander in Chief, Warning, Yashmak, Dushyantor and Jibe.

The farm's first major victory was in 1980 when Known Fact won the 2,000 Guineas which was also the first win in that 200-year-old event for any Arab racing owner.[1]

In Europe, Juddmonte currently stands at stud the stallions Dansili, Oasis Dream, Cacique, Frankel, Bated Breath, Kingman and Champs Elysees. In the United States, Juddmonte's stallions include Mizzen Mast, and previously, First Defence.

A number of homebreds have won races in both in Flat and National Hunt racing after leaving Juddmonte. These include Wicklow Brave, son of Beat Hollow (Vincent O'Brien County Hurdle and Irish St Leger); Profit, son of Oasis Dream (King's Stand Stakes); Brian Boru, son of Broadmare Eva Luna (Racing Post Trophy and British St Leger); Powerscourt, son of Broadmare Rainbow Lake (Tattersalls Gold Cup and Arlington Millions); Foreteller, son of Dansili (Australian Ranvet Stakes, Makybe Diva Stakes and Underwood Stakes) [3]

Awards

Juddmonte Farms has over the years won a variety of awards related to horse racing.[4] In the United States this includes 12 Eclipse Awards to date, which includes the Top Breeder Award in 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2009, as well as the Top Owner Award in 1992 and 2003.[1][5] In 2003, they had a win at the Belmont Stakes, with Empire Maker and also had wins in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf in 2001, 2005 and 2009 with Banks Hill, Intercontinental and Midday.[1] They won the Breeders' Cup Classic with Arrogate in 2016.[6]

In the United Kingdom, Prince Khalid bin Abdullah has won the British flat racing Champion Owner Title in 2003, 2010 and 2011, with horses such as Oasis Dream, Derby winner Workforce, Byword, Classic winner Special Duty, Time Piece, Twice Over, Midday and ten time Group 1 winner Frankel, the highest rated thoroughbred racehorse in history.

To date, Prince Khalid bin Abdullah and Juddmonte horses have won 15 Cartier Racing Award titles, also known as the European Horse of The Year Awards. Wins include Horse of the Year (Franekl (twice) and Kingman), 3 Year Old Colt of The Year (Commander in Chief, Workforce, Frankel and Kingman), 3 Year Old Filly of the Year (Banks Hill), 2 Year Old Colt of the Year (Zafonic, Frankel), 2 Year Old Filly of the year (Special Duty), Top Older Horse of the Year (Frankel, Noble Mission), Top Sprinter of the Year (Oasis Dream), and the Award of Merit.

In France, Prince Khalid bin Abdullah has won the French Champion Owner Title in 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2015.[7][8][9][10] In Ireland the Champion Owner Title was won in 1993.[11]

Trainers and jockeys

UK/US
France
The racing colors of Juddmonte are registered in the name of Khalid Abdullah, and there are two designs, one with a sash, used in the USA and the UK and the other with only epaulets, used in France.

Juddmonte's regular trainers in Britain include Henry Cecil, Roger Charlton, Barry Hills, Charlie Hills, John Gosden, Amanda Perrett and Michael Stoute. In 2016, Ralph Beckett and Hugo Palmer became trainers for Juddmonte in Britain follow the death of Henry Cecil and the retirement of his wife, Jane Cecil, after a brief but successful career. In 2006, Dermot Weld became a trainer for Juddmonte in Ireland with Famous Name just one successful horse for the pair, winning 21 out of his 37 races, 20 at Stakes Level. In France horses are sent to Pascal Bary, Andre Fabre, Criquette Head-Maarek and David Smaga. Successful horses on the European scene were often sent late in their 3 year old career to Robert J. Frankel in the USA for the bigger purse Grade 1 races. In the 1980s Juddmonte also enjoyed success with Guy Harwood (father of Amanda Perrett) and Jeremy Tree in Britain and with Maurice Zilber in France.

In France Stéphane Pasquier was retained for Juddmonte and more recently former French National Hunt Champion Jockey Vincent Cheminaud has regularly ridden for Juddmonte. Vincent Cheminaud has the distinction of winning both the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris (The French Grand National), Grand Prix d'Automne and the Prix du Jockey Club (The French Derby), within one year. In Britain, Pat Eddery, Richard Hughes and James Doyle were retained to ride Juddmonte horses.In Ireland, Pat Smullen regularly rides Juddmonte horses.

Teddy Grimthorpe is employed as Juddmonte's racing manager in Europe and oversees the operation in USA.

In the United States, Juddmonte horses—including classic winner Empire Maker, Aptitude, Flute, Heat Haze, First Defence, Ventura, Sightseek, Intercontinental and former European racers such as Beat Hollow and Champs Elysees were trained by Bobby Frankel for more than two decades prior to Frankel's death in November, 2009. They are now being trained by Bill Mott, Bob Baffert and also by former assistant to Bobby Frankel, Chad Brown

Major wins

United Kingdom Great Britain


Republic of Ireland Ireland


France France


United States United States


Canada Canada


Hong Kong Hong Kong


United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates

Most successful horses

Horses managed by Juddmonte listed among their most successful include the following:[12]

Known Fact 1979–1980

Rainbow Quest 1985

Dancing Brave 1986

Warning 1988–1989

Danehill 1989

Sanglamore 1990–1991

Quest For Fame 1990–1992

Exbourne 1991

Marquetry 1991–1992

Jolypha 1992

Zafonic 1992–1993

Commander in Chief 1993

Raintrap 1993–1994

Sun Shack 1993–1997

Ryafan 1996–1997

Reams of Verse 1996–1997

Aptitude 2000–2001

Observatory 2000–2001

Beat Hollow 2000–2002

Senure 2001

United Nations Handicap and Clement L Hirsch Memorial Turf

Flute 2001

Banks Hill 2001–2002

Oasis Dream 2002–2003

Tates Creek 2002–2003

Empire Maker 2003

Heat Haze 2003

Nebraska Tornado 2003

Etoile Montante 2003–2004

American Post 2003–2004

Intercontinental 2004–2005

Cacique 2006

Rail Link 2006

Champs Elysees 2008–2009

Ventura 2008–2009

Midday 2009–2011

Twice Over 2009–2011

Special Duty 2009–2010

Proviso 2010

Workforce 2010

Frankel 2010–2012

Emollient 2013–2014

Close Hatches 2013–2014

Noble Mission 2014

Flintshire 2013–2016

Arrogate' 2016

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 National Thoroughbred Racing Association, "Juddmonte Farms, Inc.", profile. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
  2. Interactive Stallion Directory, "Juddmonte Farms", Retrieved October 16, 2007.
  3. "About Juddmonte Farms - Hall of Fame". Juddmonte.com. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  4. "Juddmonte Europe | About us | Achievements | Awards". Juddmonte.com. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  5. Juddmonte.com, "Juddmonte America awards page", Retrieved October 16, 2007.
  6. 1 2 Novak, Claire (2013-10-20). "Arrogate Upsets 'Chrome' in BC Classic". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  7. http://www.frenchbloodstock.com/owners02.htm
  8. http://www.frenchbloodstock.com/owners03.htm
  9. http://www.frenchbloodstock.com/owners06.htm
  10. http://www.frenchbloodstock.com/owners15.htm
  11. http://www.goracing.ie/Past-Champions-/
  12. "Juddmonte Hall of Fame". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  13. "Known Fact | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  14. "Rainbow Quest | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  15. "Dancing Brave | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  16. "Warning | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  17. "Danehill | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  18. "Sanglamore | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  19. "Quest For Fame | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  20. "Exbourne | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  21. "Marquetry | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  22. "Jolypha | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  23. "Zafonic | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  24. "Commander In Chief | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  25. "Raintrap | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  26. "Sunshack | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  27. "Ryafan | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  28. "Reams Of Verse | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  29. "Aptitude | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  30. "Observatory | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  31. "Beat Hollow | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  32. "Senure | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  33. "Flute | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  34. "Banks Hill | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  35. "Oasis Dream | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  36. "Tates Creek | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  37. "Empire Maker | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  38. "Heat Haze | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  39. "Nebraska Tornado | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  40. "Etoile Montante | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  41. "American Post | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  42. "Intercontinental | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  43. "Cacique | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  44. "Rail Link | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  45. "Champs Elysees | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  46. "Ventura | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  47. "Midday | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  48. "Twice Over | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  49. "Special Duty | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  50. "Proviso | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  51. "Workforce | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  52. "Frankel | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  53. "Emollient | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  54. "Close Hatches | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  55. "Noble Mission | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  56. "Flintshire | Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
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