New Chelsea

Race entries

The last time we spent 23,000gns for David O’Meara from the Tattersalls Horses in Training sale, we unearthed the hugely successful MPR legend that was WAARIF - he afforded his owners the most fantastic journey and deserves a place in any MPR Hall Of Fame. Furthermore, a successful bid of 25,000gns by us, for David O’Meara, unearthed the subsequent GROUP 1 winner G FORCE - this kind of territory can unearth something really quite special, if you come into it with what you may think is, ‘an edge’

What’s the edge ?

New Chelsea’s form, to date, is rather impressive, he remains fairly lightly raced and has achieved Timeform ratings of 90 & 91, Racing Post ratings of up to 90 to date, significantly, at distances up to a mile. He’s really rather unexposed over those sorts of distances of ground.

Understandably, given his pedigree, he is by Group I Prix du Jockey Club winner NEW BAY, out of Nightlight Angel, herself a half-sister to the outstanding middle-distance and multiple Group I winner Novellist, and the suggestion of Timeform, his last three runs were up in trip, where improvement could easily have been anticipated. It’s probably fair to say that his better performances remain at distances of around a mile, so we think he’ll benefit from a return to those distances, and we’d envisage a return to performance ratings in the 90’s once more, with wiggle room for natural, physical improvement with age, alongside a touch of the O’Meara magic.

David’s words on him - “He’s still a very young horse [3yo]. He’s a beautiful horse who cost a few bob as a yearling. He looks open to improvement, as he matures. With almost all of my best Horses in Training successes, we buy with an edge, take their shoes off, give them the Winter off, time to mature and kick on with them in the New Year”.

The journey begins here for 2025 and beyond, where we’d hope he will make up into a Saturday and Festival handicapper, adorning the likes of York, Ascot et al.