Well-Related Lady A Draw For Pakenham

Well-Related Lady A Draw For Rabbah… 
Victoria and Anthony Pakenham’s homebred Lady Rosamunde (GB) (Maria’s Mon) (lot 1563) will be joining the Rabbah broodmare ranks following her sale to Jono Mills at 220,000gns. The 6-year-old grey mare is carrying to the Pakenhams’ Derby winner Sir Percy (GB) and is a half-sister to G2 Park Hill S. Meeznah (Dynaformer), who raced for Rabbah associates Saif Ali and Saeed H Al Tayer before switching to the Godolphin stable. 

“She’s been bought for a Rabbah client,” confirmed Mills, who outbid Tom Goff of Blandford Bloodstock for the daughter of listed winner String Quartet (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells). 

“We own Meeznah, whose beautiful Street Cry yearling was sold for a million guineas to John Ferguson in October. Obviously Street Cry has gone but this is a beautiful mare and we’re delighted to have bought her.” 

Lady Rosamunde won three races for her breeders when trained by Marcus Tregoning and her 3-year-old half-sister Haydn’s Lass (Sir Percy {GB}) is set to make an appearance at Tattersalls on Wednesday (lot 2038) offered through Clanville Stud, which is also consigning another Sir Percy filly, the dual winner Miss Blakeney (GB) (lot 2037) for the Pakenhams. 

Victoria Pakenham, who stands Sir Percy at Kirsten Rausing’s Lanwades Stud, said, “We’re absolutely over the moon, thrilled to bits. We bought her dam String Quartet at Keeneland carrying Lady Rosamunde, and we bought her specifically to go to Sir Percy as we thought the cross with Sadler’s Wells would work very well. The mare’s been very good to us–Meeznah hadn’t yet run when we bought her and she’s also produced Mirsaale to Sir Percy, who got black-type.”