Sholokhov enjoys a tally of four winners so far this season

The Cashman’s of Rathbarry and Glenview stud in Fermoy Co. Cork are well-known for acquiring top-class national hunt stallions and Sholokhov, who is one of five national hunt stallions standing at Glenview Stud enjoyed an increased number of point-to-point winners last season and looks to be on track for another successful season, having already produced four winners in the autumn.

Sholokhov is a son of Saddler’s Wells and was champion two-year-old in Italy in 2001, he won the Group 1. Gran Criterium in Milan before going on to finish runner-up in the in the King of Kings Group 2. E.B.F Futurity Stakes at the Curragh, he was then placed third in the Group 1. Aga Khan Studs National Stakes also at the Curragh. As a three-year-old he finished runner-up to High Chaparral in the Group 1. Irish Derby and also came second in the Group 1. Eclipse Stakes at Sandown.

Sholokhov stood at Gestut Etzean in Germany for some time before being acquired to stand at Glenview Stud back in 2013. He has sired a number of significant winners on the flat and over jumps since his career began back in 2004. Night Magic is a multiple group winner, some of his successes include the Group 1. Grosser Mercedes-Benz Preis von Baden at Baden-Baden and the Group 1. Henkel Preis der Diana (Oaks) at Dusseldorf.
Don Cossack is a sixteen-time track winner, who won six Grade one’s and some of his most notable successes include the Cheltenham Ryanair chase, Aintree Betfred Melling chase, Bibby Financial Services Punchestown gold cup and the Cheltenham gold cup after which he retired in 2016.

Kruzhlinin is another of his progeny who enjoyed a successful spell under rules having had a fruitful chasing career before scoring in the Grade 3. Betfair Exchange ´Fixed Brush´ handicap hurdle for Philip Hobbs.
He ran a couple of more times under rules after this win and then enjoyed a career break before he returned into training with Gordon Elliott where he made his point-to-pointing debut at Moig South back in 2018.
The son of Sholokhov enjoyed a lucrative 2018/19 campaign, during which time he recorded 13 wins between the flags and was crowned joint champion pointer.

Kruzhlinin contributed to Sholokhov’s most successful season to date, having produced a total of 19 winners during the 2018/19 season.

Gordon Elliott trains one of Sholokhov’s most exciting prospects from last season in Wide Receiver, who won a point-to-point at Cragmore for Cormac Farrell before being sold for £410,000 at the Tattersalls Cheltenham February sale and has since gone on to win a bumper in Navan on his debut performance under rules in December.

Across the water, Nicky Henderson is also another trainer that has a promising son of Sholokhov to look forward to this season as Shishkin came home an impressive eight length winner on his debut bumper performance at Kempton last March, after he was sold at the Cheltenham December sales for a sum of £170,000 having won at the second time of asking at Lingstown point-to-point for handler Virginia Considine.

In recent weeks Sholokhov has been enjoying further success between the flags, having produced four winners and one placed runner from 14 runners since the beginning of October.

Pat Doyle saddled Bob Olinger to win impressively when he stormed home a 15-length winner in his four-year-old maiden at Turtulla under Ben Harvey. This son of Sholokhov was winning on his debut and was entered in the Tattersalls Cheltenham December Sale but was withdrawn as he was sold privately.

Muckamore also recorded success for the sire this season when claiming the five-year-old geldings' maiden at Mainstown. The impressive eight length winner for Colin McKeever went on to make £50,000 at the Tattersalls December Cheltenham sale when knocked down to Nigel Twiston-Davies.

Sholokhov has proven himself as a reputable source of winners both on the flat and over jumps and it would seem that he is building on his reputation in the point-to-point sphere as he has produced some exciting prospects in point-to-points in recent times.

Many of his graduates have been well received in the sales ring with his progeny selling for sums of £410,000, £190,000, £170,000, £100,000, £82,000, €80,000, €75,000, €65,000, €62,000, etc.

He is responsible for some promising youngsters in training in Ireland and England and with his crops now emerging strongly it seems likely that the best is yet to come.