Pedigree

                                                                      Fraam
                                        Frammassone
                                                                      Iberian Dancer
Unnamed
2016 bay gelding
                                                                      High Rise
                                        Ball Park
                                                                      Catch Ball

The family

This gelding is the 3rd foal out of the unraced High-Rise mare Ball Park. Her sole progeny to appear so far is Moe's Tavern, trained by Shark Hanlon when second in an Irish Point in March 2019.

The second dam was quite an accomplished race mare. Rated at a peak of 134+ by Timeform and one of the best staying novices of 2000-01, the tough Catch Ball added a couple of flat wins to her 4 hurdle victories. She gained black type when runner up a Grade 2 Fairyhouse hurdle.
As a broodmare she had bred 3 winners under rules, the best of whom has been Tb Broke Her, winner of 2 hurdles and 2 chases.

The 3rd Dam, Canoodle, was a 4 time flat winner and has bred 7 individual winners. The standout horse here has been quadruple flat winner Satin Lover whose 6 wins over hurdles included a couple of Grade 2s.

About the sire

The racing career of Frammassone (bay horse born 2005) is nothing short of astonishing! He raced in Italy for his entire career, starting out on the flat as a 2 year old winning a couple of minor races over a mile. His 3 starts as a 3 year old yielded a sole second place in a mile handicap at Rome.
Reasons for the (masterstroke) switch to jumps are unknown but Frammassone raced 18 times over hurdles, winning 14 and placed 3 times. These victories not only included numerous Listed events but also 3 Grade 1 Hurdles.
Retired to Park House Stud in Ireland in 2013, Frammassone was marketed mainly as a Sports Horse Stallion but did also cover a handful of broodmares with a National Hunt background.
And from this small selection, his early results are remarkable.
6 Irish Point runners - 3 winners, 2 seconds & 1 third with stock selling for up to €170,000. Plus a couple of winners under rules, including promising 2019-20 novice hurdler Do Wanna Know.
He now stands at Peel Hall Stud in Cheshire for a fee of £2,000.

Form Summary

Season 2021-22 outlook
'Marcus' was another of our 5 year olds who didn't make it to the racecourse last season, picking up a couple of minor issues here and there. Nothing serious though.
He's come back in from summer grass in splendid shape and is working away in the mornings with his stablemates, looking to make a bumper debut this side of the New Year.

I continue to like him!!

Previously....
It was during the 3rd day of the 2019 Tatts Ireland NH August Store Sales that Bart Ryan-Beswick and his bloodstock agent Marcus Collie contacted Callum to have a look at a prospective purchase. It was this Frammassone gelding, and having left after Day 2 to attend an upcoming flat-bred horse sale, all further communication was done via mobile phone.
Callum caught the auctioneer's attention and, via the mobile, the gelding was knocked down to Beswick Brothers/Mr Collie.

This gelding was actually sent up to Dodlands from the English Midlands and spent a couple of months in training here in the early months of 2020. As part of a general reduction in bloodstock interests, his owner offered him to Dodlands stable and a deal was duly struck as we continued to be impressed by his early gallops.
'Marcus' (we continue to amaze ourselves with the thought that goes into stable nicknames for horses) is a strong gelding, coming in at 16.1hh. He was well settled into the stable routine prior to summer grass of 2020, and has re-joined in mid August of that year in smashing shape.
That meaning fresh and well, carrying lots of condition!

Season		win	2nd	3rd	4th	other
2021-22	NH Flat

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