A relative of Urban Sea wins the Prix Urban Sea at Lyon as Half Light makes most of the running to become SW148 for Shamardal. The four-year-old Half Light was unraced at two and has now won two of her four starts. A half-sister to six winners her dam is the unraced Northern Melody (Singspiel),
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The death has been announced of Shamardal who has been euthanised at Kildangan Stud as a result of health issues. Initially diagnosed as a wobbler, Shamardal began his career with Mark Johnston for whom he won all three of his starts in 2004, notably the Gr.1 Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket. Transferred to Saeed bin Suroor
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Good Effort became the 144th stakes winner for Shamardal when winning the Listed Cleves Stakes (6f) on the all-weather track at Lingfield on February 1. The five-year-old, bred by Rabbah Bloodtock, is 4×4 to Mr Prospector, a grandson of Grade 1 Garden City Breeders’ Cup Handicap winner Indy Five Hundred (A P Indy) and has
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