Top-class sprinting prospect Lightning Moon purchased by Godolphin
Tuesday 28 April 2015 16:58, UK
Top-class sprinting prospect Lightning Moon has been purchased by Godolphin to stay in training with Ed Walker.
Unbeaten in three career starts, he took his form to a new level last October, winning the Group Three Bengough Stakes at Ascot.
He is due to reappear in the Duke of York Stakes at the Dante meeting next month.
Walker told www.godolphin.com: "I'm thrilled that Sheikh Mohammed has purchased the colt and, needless to say, I am even more pleased that he is going to remain with us, which is fantastic news for everybody here at Warren Place.
"It really is a huge honour to be allowed to continue training this colt on behalf of Godolphin.
"Lightning Moon has been a revelation ever since he came to us. He has a fantastic attitude and is a wonderful physical specimen.
"The plan is to go to York for his first run and then look at the Diamond Jubilee at Royal Ascot, and then the July Cup back here in Newmarket."
Sheikh Mohammed's bloodstock advisor John Ferguson said: "Obviously Lightning Moon appeals for a number of reasons, not only as a son of Shamardal, who is proving to be an exciting sire of sires, but also as an unbeaten top-class sprinter who we believe has his best days ahead of him."
