Flora Of Bermuda Sold To Wathnan Racing
Racehorse Flora Of Bermuda has been sold by Bermuda Racing Limited to Wathnan Racing – a Qatari-backed operation.
The four-year-old daughter of Dark Angel, winner of last season’s G3 Summer Stakes, has been purchased privately from Bermuda Racing Limited and holds entries for both Group 1 sprints at Royal Ascot this month as well as the July Cup.
“We were impressed with her comeback run in the Duke Of York, and it looks as if she can hold her own against the very best,” said Richard Brown, advisor to Wathnan Racing.
“Andrew and his team have done a fine job with her, campaigning her with great consistency in the highest class. With luck, one of these big ones will fall her way. She certainly won’t fail for lack of courage.”
Flora Of Bermuda was narrowly beaten into second place on her first start of the season in the recent Duke of York Stakes in York, England, last month.
Simon Scupham, the Bermuda Racing chairman, said: “It is with a mixture of personal sadness, immense pride and huge excitement that I announce that we have sold our beloved and most special of fillies, Flora of Bermuda.
“We are very excited that she will now finish her career racing in the Emir of Qatar’s Wathnan Racing silks, in whose silks we are sure she will achieve the Group 1 success she so much deserves.
“Hopefully she will also go on to a second successful career as a broodmare, where no doubt she will be supported with the very best stallions to give her the very best chance.
“Given what Flora has achieved in her career, we simply came to the somewhat inevitable point where she was way too valuable for us to continue racing given all the inherent risks involved.
“The really good news though is that we can all still continue to marvel at her exploits on the track.
“She will always be Flora of Bermuda and will continue to be mentioned in despatches. All being well, for some time yet to come she will keep Dame Flora Duffy and Bermuda truly on the global racing map… Go Flora Go!”
