Syndicate manager Harlan Malter now has a colt in training in Britain sired by his King’s Stand Stakes runner Bucchero – find out more in GBRI’s latest video in association with Ascot
Great British Racing International (GBRI) and Ascot racecourse have released the fourth episode of An American Dream: The Return to Royal Ascot, a series following US syndicate manager Harlan Malter’s ambitious quest to return to Royal Ascot with a horse sired by his King’s Stand Stakes runner Bucchero.
In this latest episode, GBRI join Malter as he visits his first horse in training in Britain, a colt by Bucchero named Cyclonite who has recently joined the yard of G1-winning trainer James Ferguson in Newmarket.
Trained in the US by Tim Glyshaw and ridden by Jose Ortiz, Bucchero was fifth to Blue Point in the King’s Stand Stakes (now King Charles III) in 2018.
Cyclonite is a homebred yearling out of Malter’s winning mare Compact Powder. Having arrived in the UK in October, Cyclonite was pre-trained by Matthew Mackley and joined Ferguson at the beginning of December.
Having seen Cyclonite for the first time in the UK, Malter commented: “To have had the dream of standing Bucchero as a stallion after running at Royal Ascot and thinking it would be great to have a yearling here, to see him [Cyclonite] here and to be a homebred is even cooler.
“It is super-exciting to see him under James’s watchful eye,” Malter went on. “He looks like he fits right in, and I am excited to see how he can compete with the horses here.”
Ferguson echoed the enthusiasm of the US-based owner. “It is the first time we’ve had a horse with this sort of pedigree in our yard,” he said.
“It is not something that is done very often by English trainers but it’s great to see what the stallion has done over in America and it would be wonderful if we can reciprocate that over here in the UK.”
• The complete series of An American Dream: The Return to Royal Ascot can be found on GBRI’s YouTube channel.
• Visit the GBRI website and the Ascot website
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