Balla Cove
| Balla Cove | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Ballad Rock |
| Grandsire | Bold Lad (IRE) |
| Dam | Coven |
| Damsire | Sassafras |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 18 March 1987 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Mrs V McCalmont |
| Owner | J Ellis Harvey Cohen King Brothers Stable & Royal T Stable |
| Trainer |
Ron Boss Wallace Dollase Ron McAnally Jerry Hollendorfer |
| Record | 31: 4-3-4 |
| Earnings | $296,236 |
| Major wins | |
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Middle Park Stakes (1989) Los Feliz Stakes (1990) |
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Balla Cove (foaled 18 March 1987) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire who competed in Britain and the United States. He was at his best as a two-year-old in 1989 when he was placed in the Bernard Van Cutsem Stakes and the Solario Stakes before recording an upset victory in the Middle Park Stakes and running creditably on dirt in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. He was then transferred to race in the United States where he ran consistently without recapturing his best juvenile form, recording two minor wins in twenty-three starts over the next two seasons. He was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion in Ireland but made little impact as a sire of winners.
Balla Cove was a bay horse with a mall white star bred in Ireland by Mrs V McAlmont. The colt was sent into training with Ron Boss who operated from the Phoenix Lodge stable in Newmarket, Suffolk. Boss had ridden for Noel Murless in the 1950s and then worked as head lad for his fellow Welshman Ifor Lewis before taking out a trainer's license in 1972.
Balla Cove's sire Ballad Rock was an Irish sprinter whose best win came in the Greenlands Stakes. At stud, Ballad Rock suffered from health problems which limited his fertility but his career as breeding stallion was revived by the success of the outstanding sprinter-miler Chief Singer and he went on to sire several other good winners including Rock City (Gimcrack Stakes, Rafferty's Rules (Hopeful Stakes) and Stack Rock (runner-up in the Prix de l'Abbaye). Balla Cove was one of several winners produced by Coven. She was a female-line descendant of the Irish Oaks winner Agars Plough, the ancestor of many other major winners including Halling, Mastery, Kingsbarns and Dark Angel.
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