Miracle of Medinah, a son of Norton Grove’s Milk It Mick, finished third at Ascot this evening. Trained by Michael Usher he was a length and a half behind the Godolphin owned Dreamfield, who was the odds on favourite. Monsieur Bond was in the places too yesterday when take The Helm was runner up in the feature race at Chelmsford.
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Teals Token foals
Grey mare Teal’s Token has given birth to a beautiful foal by Norton Grove stallion Milk It Mick. There are plenty of mares ready to foal currently at the Stud and we may have a busy few weeks ahead!
New arrival at Norton Grove
Slim Chance gave birth to her filly foal by Milk It Mick at 1 am this morning. Slim Chance was a four times winning sprinter during her 62 race career, trained by Simon West.
Milk It Mick winner at Deauville
Miracle of Medinah was a winner for Norton Grove stallion Milk It Mick, taking the Prix des Rouges at Deauville, worth over £14,000. This was the fifth win of his career. Trained by Mark Usher and ridden by Theo Bachelot he beat the odds on favourite Absalon by half a length. His last victory bad come in 2013 when he won the Group 3 Somerville Tattersall Stakes at Newmarket. Congratulations to all connections.
Pearl Noir third at Ripon
Pearl Noir, a son of Milk It Mick, finished a close third at Ripon this afternoon. Ridden by David Allen and trained by Scott Dixon he was beaten by just over a length in the ‘North Ormesby WMC Tony Bennett Memorial Handicap’ over the minimum trip having led for most of the race. He will be winning again soon.
Pearl Noir wins at Ripon
Pearl Noir, by our stallion Milk It Mick, won the Middleham Trainers Association Apprentice Handicap at Ripon, ridden by Paddy Pilley and trained by Scott Dixon.
Milk It Mick in move to Norton Grove Stud
by Katherine Fidler, Racing Post
MILK IT MICK will stand at Norton Grove Stud for the 2014 season, owner Paul Dixon revealed on Sunday.
Milk It Mick, a son of Millkom, landed the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes when sent out by Jamie Osborne before doubling his top-flight tally in the hands of James Cassidy, beating Aragorn by a head in the Grade 1 Frank E Kilroe Mile Handicap at Santa Anita.
The sire, who was based at former jump jockey Bill Smith’s Kelanne Stud for 2013, sired his first black-type winner earlier this month when Miracle Of Medinah won Newbury’s Listed Rose Bowl Stakes.
“He’s a lovely stamp of horse, and I think northern breeders and trainers will give him a chance,” said Dixon. “I’m hopeful the move will give him a bit of a kick-start, as he has been a bit unfortunate so far.
“The first stud [Lone Oak Stud] moved and couldn’t take a stallion, so he went to Hedgeholme Stud [County Durham], where Miracle Of Medinah was conceived. Then we decided, as [his sire] Millkom was a champion racehorse in France, we’d send him over there, but unfortunately it didn’t work out because the area he was in bred more for stamina than speed.
“Then he went to Bill’s, but he is in the process of moving.
“We’d like to make this his last move, and moving him back north I think will be a good plan all round. He’ll stand at £1,500 with concessions for winning mares.”
The 12-year-old will stand alongside Monsieur Bond and Misu Bond at the North Yorkshire operation.
Norton Grove Stud owner Richard Lingwood said he was pleased to have Milk It Mick join the roster.
“Up here in the north we don’t often get the chance to stand a stallion who has won a couple of Group/Grade 1s – and he’s also just had a recent black-type winner – so we’re hopeful that next season we’ll be able to attract a few mares for him,” said Lingwood.
“[Former resident] Dabbers Ridge has moved to Norfolk, so it will be nice to have all three stallion boxes full again.”
