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Guillaume
Tell (IRE)
Career
Earnings: $109,000.00 USD
Guillaume
Tell
ch.
H, 2002
(click
name for pedigree link)
by
ROSSINI
(USA) b. 1997 (38.17) 7-3-1-1 $144,884
out of ACCELL
1989, by MAGICAL
WONDER |
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DP
= 6-1-7-0-0 (14) DI = 3.00 CD = 0.93 - GSV =
61.45
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NOTES:
Owner: Lou Popescu
Retired to Stud May 2008, Ups and Downs Farms, Fl. Placed in Gp3 St
Thomas Bryon at 2 in France. Placed in G3 Transylvania & G3 Royal
Crown American in USA at 3. Trained by Todd Pletcher in US at 3.
More info and photos will be added soon.
Guillaume Tell's Sire Rossini is a
Three-quarter brother to Elusive Quality.
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Guillaume Tell News
Articles
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Posted:
Friday, May 30, 2008 6:14 PM http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com
Grade 3-placed
Guillaume Tell to stand in Florida
Grade and Group 3-placed winner Guillaume
Tell (Ire) has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Ups
and Downs Farm in Citra, Florida.
No stud fee was announced for the Rossini horse out of Accell, by
Magical Wonder.
Guillaume Tell finished second in the 2004 Prix Thomas Bryon (Fr-G3)
for trainer Philippe Demercastel. Transferred to trainer Todd
Pletcher, the chestnut horse finished second in the ’05 Central
Bank Transylvania Stakes (G3)
at Keeneland Race Course and third in the '05 Crown Royal
American Turf Stakes (G3)
at Churchill Downs.
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VALOR BUYS 2YO TRIPLE CROWN
PROSPECT GUILLAUME TELL,
FRENCH COLT BEATEN HEAD BOB IN FAMOUS GROUP 3 OVER MILE.
Team Valor has made its final fall draft selection of 2004 with the
purchase of the French-based 2-year-old colt Guillaume Tell, beaten
a nose in a head-bobbing finish for the Group 3 Prix Thomas Bryon
at Saint-Cloud race course.
Timeform rates the son of super-hot Freshman sire leader
Rossini at 107, ranking him the equal prior to the Breeders' Cup of
upset Juvenile winner Wilko and making him one of the fastest
horses of his generation on the continent, as well as the
highest-rated foreign colt ever acquired by Team Valor.
Rossini, sire of Guillaume Tell, was himself purchased last week,
as Sheik Mohammed swooped up the young stallion in Ireland, after
he became the only first-season stallion to sire a pair of Group
winners in his initial crop. Guillaume Tell made it tantalizingly
close to three such winners when hitting the wire on the wrong nod
last week in Paris.
Rossini is a three-quarter brother to North
America's leading sire Elusive Quality, the
world-record-breaking Miler who is the sire of Smarty Jones.
Rossini was a double Champion in Ireland and is off to a flying
start with two Group winners in England.
Barry Irwin summed up the reasons Team Valor bought the colt as
follows:
- Quality - He ran a winning race at a high level in the
prestigious Prix Thomas Bryon.
- Gameness - He is a true battler.
- Temperament - He is completely tractable, can be placed
anywhere in a race and displays an instant response when asked to
quicken.
- Stamina - He has run all his races at a mile, except
one that was half a furlong shorter.
- Dirt - He showed a liking for dirt with a
fast-finishing second at Deauville against winners in his second
start.
Guillaume Tell was bought as a yearling and divided into a four-leg
partnership by Jean Pierre du Bois, the horseman from whom Team
Valor acquired Stylelistick, who became a double stakes winner at
Keeneland before selling last season at Keeneland for $1.3 million.
It was because of Team Valor's relationship with Du Bois
that the stable was able to beat out a lot of competition to buy
Guillaume Tell when his connections decided to sell him.
Du Bois, who is regarded as the most successful Standardbred
horseman in Europe, is a pinhooker of yearlings, with the intention
of racing them a few times and selling them early in their careers.
Although du Bois has been doing this for less than half a dozen
seasons, the list of horses he has discovered, trained and sold is
quite impressive, including several that have come to America and
won Graded races.
When buying horses, it is always imperative to know why the
seller has decided to unload a runner, said Barry Irwin. With du Bois there is no question: he has established a
commercial game plan and he sticks to it. Add to that the fact that
the man has a tremendous eye for a horse and buying from him is a
win-win situation.
Guillaume Tell has been well handled and not over done at 2, with 4
starts, while being allowed to race himself into condition.
His races are summarized as follows:
- Race 1 Racing a mile on soft turf at Deauville
on August 2, he came with a run 1 furlongs out, then
slackened late, showing that he clearly was not prepared to win on his debut.
- Race 2 Brought back 2 weeks later on Deauville's
new dirt track, he trailed until the last 1 furlongs,
then came flying with a rush to finish second on a day when
closers fared poorly.
- Race 3 Six weeks later he broke his maiden
against winners in a Class B race in Paris, rating well while
racing within striking distance. Once in front, he was passed by
2 others, but battled back to edge clear.
- Race 4 In his latest start last week he tracked
a pacemaker, went to the lead a furlong out, was joined by a
stablemate with 100 yards remaining and fought gamely to lose a
head-bobbing decision.
Barry Irwin said What I like about this horse is that he
has been raised in class for each race, yet he learned something
and improved each time. He was allowed to race himself into
condition. What we were able to get in Guillaume Tell
is a colt
that has been thoroughly tested and proven, yet he is not used up
or completely exposed.
Had Guillaume Tell won the Prix Thomas Bryon, I doubt if we
would have been able to buy him, at least for a reasonable figure.
He did just enough in each race to show what he was made of, yet
not enough that we would have to give an arm and a leg for him.
Each one of his races has been highly rated by Timeform,
which has a tendency to downgrade figures for all countries except
for England.
Team Valor plans to bring Guillaume Tell to Florida and place him
with Todd Pletcher, who will put him on the Triple Crown trail
starting in the winter.
Guillaume Tell has a lot of American breeding in his
pedigree, Irwin pointed out. His sire is an
American-bred by American-bred Miswaki from a family with mostly
dirt production.
In the third and fourth generation of Guillaume
Tell's pedigree, 75 percent of the horses are American.
This colt has already shown an ability to act on dirt, so
we feel confident he can be a player on the Road to the Kentucky
Derby.
Guillaume Tell has the Dosage to get a distance of ground and he
has already demonstrated that a middle distance is no problem for
him.
Barry Irwin said From strictly a subject viewpoint, there
are two very likable things about this colt. For me, his best
feature is his temperament, which makes him unusually tractable for
a young horse.
If you watch him run on the video tape, you notice the set
of his ears, as they flop around, indicating complete relaxation
while waiting to be asked to accelerate.
Even when he is in front, he is in control of his emotions
and his athleticism. He has the mindset and temperament to make the
most of his talent. This is so, so special in a young,
inexperienced horse.
Secondly, you have to love this colt's gameness. He
is nothing if not a gamester extraordinaire. He gets passed, he
digs in and he comes back on. Heart is why we race horses and this
one has it.
Team Valor had its Chantilly-based trainer John Hammond of Sweet
Stream fame, inspect the colt this morning and his report follows:
He is a neat colt, Hammond said. I've
seen him before. His temperament stands out. He is good sized,
without being either too big or too small, Good feet for American
dirt racing.
His front legs are correct. His hocks are set at a good
angle. He seems a really solid type of colt. Very straight forward.
He is solid chestnut with no white, which I like. He is a
really likable sort. I'd say you would like him very much as
an American.
Guillaume Tell will be syndicated on the basis of $650,000 into
interests of 10 percent ($65,000), 5 percent ($32,500) and 2
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Vatori takes Prix Thomas Byron for first stakes win
Vatori scored his first stakes win on Thursday with
a nose triumph over Guillaume Tell in the Prix Thomas
Byron (Fr-G3) for two-year-olds at
Saint-Cloud.Under jockey Stephane Pasquier, the French-bred son of Vettori
covered 1,600 meters (7.95 furlongs) in 1:43.20 over turf rated as
good.
Guillame Tell, making his stakes debut, finished one length
in front of third-place finisher Stop Making Sense.
In his previous start, Vatori finished third in the Prix des Chenes
(Fr-G3) on September 18 at Longchamp. He has two wins in four career
starts for owner-breeder Ecurie Bader and trainer Philippe Demercastel.
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Chattahoochee War scores nose decision in Transylvania
Amerman Racing's Chattahoochee War found himself in a battle coming
down the stretch in the $150,000 Transylvania Stakes (G3) on opening
day at Keeneland Race Course on Friday.
With Rey de Café on the rail, Chattahoochee War on the outside and
Guillaume Tell (Ire) sandwiched between the pair in deep stretch, the
trio engaged in a ferocious, head-bobbing battle to the wire in front
of a raucous crowd of 15,811—the largest ever for a Friday opening
in the spring at Keeneland.
At the finish, Chattahoochee War's head bobbed forward when it
counted, hitting the line a nose ahead of Guillaume Tell with Rey de
Café a neck back in third. Favored Dubleo, who dueled for the lead
down the backstretch, finished fourth in the field of eight
three-year-olds.
Jockey Rafael Bejarano, aboard Guillaume Tell (Ire.) lodged a claim
of foul against Jerry Bailey and Chattahoochee War as the two had
bumped in tight quarters near the end. The stewards, however, took
only a few minutes to declare the race official.
"He's still really green," Bailey said of his bay son of
War Chant, who covered one mile on a firm Keeneland turf course in
1:35.28. "That other horse came out and hit us, and that made him
aggressive. I think that made the difference in the race."
Trained by Bobby Frankel, Chattahoochee War, who was bred in
Kentucky by Edmund J. Loder, was made his first start outside of
Southern California in the Lafayette. He won in his career debut at
Santa Anita Park, then went across town to Hollywood Park to finish
fourth to Dubleo in the Generous Stakes (G3) in November.
Back at Santa Anita, he opened his three-year-old season with a
stakes victory in the Hill Rise Stakes before finishing fourth in the
Pasadena Stakes on March 19.
"I guess I did the right thing bringing him here,"
Frankel said after the race. "This was a Grade 3 for $150,000,
and the other spot I picked was just a listed race for $100,000. It's
a great thrill to win at Keeneland, especially with the first horse
you run at the meet."
The winner's share of $93,000 increased Chattahoochee War's
earnings to $175,821. He has yet to miss a check with his three wins
and two fourth-place finishes in five starts.
Chattahoochee War is the first foal out of the Sri Pekan mare
Buffalo Berry (Ire.), a graded winner in both Ireland and the United
States. The Amermans bought Chattahoochee War for $250,000 at
Keeneland's 2003 September Yearling Sale. See chart, courtesy of Equibase at http://www.equibase.com
Chattahoochee
War Wins Transylvania Battle
by Evan Hammonds
Date Posted: April 8, 2005
Last Updated: April 10, 2005
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Chattahoochee
War (3) wins the Transylvania Stakes with Guillaume Tell (center)
and Rey de Cafe (rail) putting him to the supreme test on opening
day at Keeneland.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt |
Amerman
Racing Stables' Chattahoochee War won the Central Bank Transylvania
Stakes (gr. IIIT) on Keeneland's opening day, but he had to battle hard
to do it. The 3-year-old son of War Chant rallied to nip Guillaume
Tell by a nose at the wire,
then had to wait for the stewards to
disallow an objection to secure the victory.
Three horses hit the line together in a dramatic finish to the
one-mile Transylvania, with Chattahoochee War emerging in front in the
photo. G. Watts Humphrey's Rey de Café had the lead in deep stretch,
but was challenged in the final strides by Chattahoochee War with the
late-rallying Guillaume Tell between them.
Jockey Rafael Bejarano, aboard Guillaume Tell, lodged an
objection against the Bobby Frankel-trained Chattahoochee War and rider
Jerry Bailey. The head-on camera shot appeared to show that the winner
did come in a little on the runner-up, but it was right at the line. The
original order of finish was not changed.
"He's still really green," said Bailey afterward.
"That other horse came out and hit us and that made him aggressive.
I think that made the difference in the race."
Sent off at 3-1, Chattahoochee War paid $8.60, $4.40, and $3.40. Team
Valor Stables' Guillaume Tell paid $4.60 and $3.40, while Rey de
Café paid $3.40 to show. The exacta, 3-1, returned $43. The trifecta,
3-1-4 paid $152.20. Favored Dubleo finished fourth in the seven-horse
field. Cosmic Kris was scratched.
The final time for the mile on turf was 1:35.28. The stakes record,
set in 1998 by Dog Watch, is 1:34 3/5.
The pace was brisk early in the Transylvania as Moth Ball and Dubleo
took over the field early, racing as a team around the first bend with
daylight between them and the rest of the field. The opening quarter was
run in :22.40 and the opening half was a quick :45.61. Tracking in third
and fourth, respectively, were Rey de Café and Chattahoochee War.
Dubleo and Moth Ball traded for the lead down the backstretch and on
the turn, with Dubleo taking over in the early stretch. He was quickly
passed by Rey de Café and the son of Kingmambo opened a sizable
lead in mid-stretch. As the leader drifted to the rail under J.J.
Castellano, Chattahoochee War, and later Guillaume Tell, came
charging down the center of the track.
From War Chant's first crop, Chattahoochee War is out of the
Sri Pekan mare Buffalo Berry. He was bred in Kentucky by Edmund Loder.
The bay colt was a $250,000 Keeneland September sale graduate.
Chattahoochee War now has three wins from five starts, all on turf.
In Southern California, he broke his maiden at first asking going 6 1/2
furlongs Oct. 15 at Oak Tree, then ran fourth, behind Dubleo, in the
Generous Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Hollywood Park in late November. He
started his 3-year-old campaign Jan. 15 with a half-length victory in
the Hill Rise Stakes at Santa Anita, then ran fourth in the Pasadena
Stakes March 19. All of his stakes starts have come at a mile. |
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