Precieuse Sold to White Birch Farm

Precieuse (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}), winner of the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches last month for her owner-breeders Brendan and Anne Marie Hayes, has been sold to continue racing for Peter M. Brant of White Birch Farm. The filly, who will continue to be trained in Chantilly by Fabrice Chappet, is expected to be supplemented for next Friday's G1 Coronation S. at Royal Ascot.

Brendan Hayes, who bred Precieuse at his Knocktoran Stud in Ireland, commented, “We are very happy that she has gone to Peter, who really loves his racing, and in the long term she will be joining a high-class broodmare band and be offered the best possible matings in her career as a broodmare. She remains in training with Fabrice Chappet who has done a great job with her.”

Brant, who bred and raced Gulch (Mr. Prospector) and was also the owner of the outstanding Tryptich (Riverman) in the latter stages of her racing career, made a significant splash at Goffs last year when buying a number of horses from the Wildenstein Stables Dispersal. More than €1 million was spent during the Orby Sale on a Dansili (GB) yearling filly and three horses in training bought in the name of White Birch Farm, while one of two in-training purchases through Northshore Bloodstock, Parauari (Fr) (Lawman {Fr}), provided White Birch Farm with a win last week when sent to Dieppe by Alain de Royer Dupre. The spending continued at the November Sale, at which 15 broodmare and foal purchases included Classic winner Beauty Parlour (GB) (Deep Impact {JPN}) at €1.6 million and Amerique (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) for €975,000.

Precieuse is the second high-profile purchase in recent weeks by Brant, who is now the co-owner of G3 Prix Penelope winner Sistercharlie (Fr) (Myboycharlie {Ire}). The Henri-Alex Pantall-trained filly is an intended runner in Sunday's G1 Prix de Diane Longines.