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The 1.6 million guinea purchase of a Frankel filly at Book 1 of Tattersall’s October Yearling Sale is one piece of a reshape of the Shadwell Farms operation under Sheikha Hissa.
Sheikha Hissa took over the management and day-to-day running of Shadwell Farms following the death of her father Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum in March 2021 and has begun to adjust the racing and breeding operation to suit her new-found enthusiasm for the sport.
One part of the evolution has been to keep the older horses in training, which has reaped benefits this year with Al Husn, Hukum and Mostahdaf all recording Group 1 victories.
"It is a period of rebuilding, it is a long-term project for Sheikha Hissa," said racing manager Angus Gold.
"We have been lucky this year with the older horses, and Sheikha Hissa is happy to take a different route to her father Sheikh Hamdan who did not like to keep the older horses and she is prepared to if we think there is more to come, and she has been rewarded with a Group One winner.
"It is exciting times for the stud, but you have to keep regenerating.
"She has loved coming here, she can stand looking at the horses all day if someone did not come and move her!
"She loves coming to see the yearlings, we saw them all Monday and she has been back over the three days to see horses again. She is picking it up very quickly, like her father, and really enjoys the business."
Shadwell Farm bought seven yearlings at Book 1, including the 1.6 million guineas Frankel filly, who is the first foal out of Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Millisle.
The team were pleased with the purchase and Gold told Tattersalls: "She is a lovely first foal, I saw her on the farm and loved her, I loved her every time we saw her here as did Sheikha Hissa.
"We knew she'd make a lot of money, but we need some fillies for the stud and a first foal out of Cheveley Park Stakes winner and by a great stallion, it was sort of fairly self-explanatory.
"She seems very athletic, very well-balanced and has a very good mind, so now she has got to be able to run!"