EXPERT EYE
ACCLAMATION
EXPERT EYE (GB) | 2015 | 16 hh
Try My Best
Waajib
Royal Applause
Flying Melody
Ahonoora
Princess Athena
Shopping Wise
Danehill
Dansili
EXEMPLIFY
Hasili
Northern Dancer Sex Appeal
Coryana Sassafras Rosolini
Auction Ring Bold Bidder Hooplah
Whispering Star Sound Track
Peggy West
Lorenzaccio Klairon Phoenissa
Helen Nichols Martial Quaker Girl
Floribunda Princely Gift Astrentia
Sea Melody Tudor Minstrel Cowes
Danzig
Northern Dancer Pas De Nom
Razyana His Majesty Spring Adieu
Kahyasi Ile De Bourbon Kadissya
Kerali High Line Sookera
Mr Prospector Raise A Native Gold Digger
Distant View
Quest To Peak
Viviana
SIRE: ACCLAMATION
ACCLAMATION went on to prove himself a leading sprinter before becoming Champion First Season Sire. He subsequently achieved great success at stud and went on to sire G1 producing sons and daughters, which heaps enormous credit on this son of Royal Applause
Acclamation was bred to be precocious - his dam Princess Athena won the G3 Queen Mary Stakes (1000m), and his sire Royal Applause won
Seven Springs Irish River La Trinite
Nureyev Northern Dancer Special
Nijinsky Star Nijinsky II Chris Evert
the G1 Middle Park Stakes (1200m), G1 Haydock Sprint Cup (1200m), G2 Gimcrack Stakes (1200m) and G3 Coventry Stakes (1200m). Royal Applause is also the broodmare sire of multiple G1 winner Blue Point
Acclamation won the G2 Diadem Stakes and was placed in the G2 Temple Stakes, G2 King’s Stand Stakes (behind Choisir, beating Oasis Dream), and the G1 Nunthorpe Stakes (behind Oasis Dream)
Acclamation has sired some of the best sprinter/milers of recent times - Battaash, Harry Angel, Real World, Mecca’s Angel, Romantic Warrior, Equiano, Marsha (sold for a record 6 million guineas as a filly in training), Harbour Watch, Aclaim, Dark Angel, Mehmas, etc.
Acclamation has founded his own ‘sire-line’, and is the sire of current leading sires Dark Angel, Mehmas and Harry Angel - Dark Angel’s 2023 stud fee is €60,000, and Mehmas’ stud fee is also €60,000.
BROODMARE SIRE: DANSILI
DANSILI was Champion Sire in France in 2006 and has become an exceptional broodmare sire producing group winners Nezwaah, Cliffs Of Moher, Chicquita, Time Test, Snow Sky, Agent Murphy, Astaire, Dream Of Dreams, Naval Crown, Danon The Kid, Uni, etc. His successful sire sons include Bated Breath, Zoffany, Harbinger, etc. Dansili (stud fee £65,000), was pensioned in 2018, and his influence will be felt for many years to come through his sons and daughters.
© Peter Mooney
FEMALE LINE
1st Dam
EXEMPLIFY (Dansili) - winner at 2. Dam of 6 winners incl:
EXPERT EYE (Acclamation) , won 5 races , £1,369,751 in GB and USA at 2 and 3 years, Breeders’ Cup Mile G1 , Vintage S G2 , Jersey S G3 , City of York S G3 ; 2nd Sussex S G1 , Greenham S G3 ; 3rd Prix du Moulin G1 , from 10 starts. TFR 124 . Sire . Duty Of Care (Kingman) , 4 wins in GB. Invigilate (Acclamation) , 2 wins in Germany.
2nd Dam
QUEST TO PEAK (Distant View) - raced once. Dam of 6 winners : SPECIAL DUTY (Hennessy), Champion 2yo Filly in Europe
Champion 2yo Filly in France & GB 4 win s 2 at 2 from 11001600m, £323,589, €434,240, Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1 , Cheveley Park S G1 , The One Thousand Guineas G1 , Prix Robert Papin G2 ; 2nd Prix Morny G1 , Prix Yacowlef L ; 3rd Prix Imprudence G3 . Dam of:
TASK FORCE (Frankel), 2 wins at 2 in 2023, Champion 2yo Trophy L
ELEGANT VERSE (Galileo), 2 wins including Prix Dirickx L Structure, dam of: Snow House (Twirling Candy), 2 wins ; 3rd Dwyer S G3 , Carle Place S L South Bank (Tapit) , 2nd Prix Yacowlef L Presidency (Oasis Dream), Champion Male Sprinter in Spain 7 wins to 1400m, €170,650; 3rd Prix Servanne L ; 4th Prix de RisOrangis G3
Ventoux (Galileo), winner at 2400m in France. Dam of: Colombier (Kingman), 2 wins at 1600m, 2000m in 2023; 3rd Prix Daphnis G3
3rd Dam
VIVIANA (Nureyev) - 3 wins at 2000m, incl Prix des Tuileries L , Prix Mélisande L ; 2nd Prix de Psyché G3 . Sister to Willstar (dam of ETOILE MONTANTE , UNO DUO ), three-quarter-sister to DANCE DREAMER , half-sister to REVASSER , HOMETOWN QUEEN (dam of BOWMAN’S BAND ). Dam of 5 winners : SIGHTSEEK (Distant View), Joint second top filly on The 2003 International 4YO+ Classification 12 wins from 1200m to 1800m, $2,445,216, Beldame S G1 (twice), Ruffian H G1 , Ogden Phipps H G1 (twice), Go For Wand H G1 , Humana Distaff H G1 , Rampart H G2 , Top Flight H G2 , Raven Run S G3 ; 2nd Santa Margarita H G1 , Santa Monica H G1 , Go for Wand H G1 , La Canada S G2 . Dam of:
Raison d’Etat (AP Indy), 2 wins ; 3rd Discovery Handicap G3 Sire
TATES CREEK (Rahy), 11 wins from 1100m to 2000m, $1,471,674, Yellow Ribbon S G1 , Gamely H G1 , Diana H G2 , Las Palmas H G2 , San Gorgonio H G2 , Noble Damsel H G3, Jenny Wiley S G3 , Finlandia Cup H L ; 2nd John C Mabee H G1 , Just A Game H G3 Dam of:
SPIRIT RIDGE (Nathaniel), 7 wins , Summer Cup G3 , Premier’s Cup G3 ; 2nd Sky High S G3 , Premier’s Cup G3 , Tattersall’s Cup G3 ; 3rd Hobart Cup G3 , Launceston Cup G3 . Routine (Empire Maker), dam of:
TIDE OF THE SEA (English Channel), 5 wins , $543,237, WL McKnight S G3 , Japan Turf Cup L ; 2nd Fort Marcy S G2 , Mac Diarmida S G2 , Grand Couturier S L ; 3rd John’s Call S L Flourish (Distorted Humor), 2 wins at 1700m, 1900m. Dam of: FULSOME (Into Mischief), 8 wins , $1,244,553, Matt Winn S G3 , Smarty Jones S G3 , Governor’s S G3 , Oaklawn Mile S G3 ; 2nd Fayette S G2 ; 3rd Clark S G1 , Indiana Derby G3 .
© Melanie Sauer
THE G1 BREEDERS’ CUP MILE WINNER WITH 2YO BRILLIANCE - TIMEFORM 124 -
Sauer
EXPERT EYE
(GB) 2015 by Acclamation - Exemplify (Dansili)
• Sire of Royal Ascot stakes-winning 2yo SNELLEN and G3 winning 2yo JUNIPER BERRIES. His stakes placed horses include Isabel Alexandra, Beautifulnavigator and Violet Gibson.
• Sire of 35 2yo winners.
• G1 Breeders’ Cup Mile winner by Acclamation, a sire of top class 2yo’s and sire of top class two-year-old sires - Dark Angel and Mehmas.
• The only son of Acclamation to win a G1 over a mile - with a higher Timeform rating (124) than Dark Angel (113), Mehmas (115) and Acclamation himself (118).
• Won the G3 Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot by the biggest winning margin this century.
• Winner of the G2 Vintage Stakes as a 2yo in a performance described by Timeform as “arguably the most striking performance by a 2yo in a Pattern race all year”.
• A fourth generation Juddmonte homebred from the family of Champion 2yo Filly in Europe and dual Classic winner, SPECIAL DUTY.
• “He’s naturally precocious, very well-balanced, well developed and mature. You would have to say that he’s the best two-year-old that I have had for quite a while. He’s been pretty natural from the beginning. Before we ran him we knew that he was pretty smart, as he has always shown speed and been very athletic”.
- Sir Michael Stoute
EXPERT EYE (GB) - RACE RECORD
TWO YEAR OLD
Joint 4th top rated 2yo colt in Europe in 2017. Won Insurance Novice Stakes, Newbury, (1300m. beating Mutakatif and Barraquero.
Won Vintage Stakes G2, Goodwood, by 4,5 lengths (1400m. beating Zaman and Mildenberger.
THREE YEAR OLD
Won Breeders’ Cup Mile G1, Churchill Downs (1600m beating Catapult and Analyze It).
Won Jersey Stakes G3, Royal Ascot, by 4,5 lengths (1400m beating Society Power and Could It Be Love).
Won Sky Bet City of York Stakes G3, York (1400m. beating Gordon Lord Byron and Arbalet).
2nd Qatar Sussex Stakes G1, Goodwood (1600m to Lightning Spear).
2nd Al Basti Equiworld Supporting Greatwood Greenham Stakes G3, Newbury (1400m to James Garfield),
3rd Prix du Moulin de Longchamp G1, Lonchamps (1600m to Recoletos).
Vintage Stakes G2, Goodwood.
Breeders’ Cup Mile G1, Churchill Downs.
Jersey Stakes G3, Royal Ascot.
Sky Bet City of York Stakes G3, York. © Bronwen Healy
Photo: Juddmonte
EXPERT EYE (GB) - PROGENY
SNELLEN (2yo filly) winner of the Chesham Stakes L (colts and fillies) at Royal Ascot over 1400m.
JUNIPER BERRIES (2yo filly) wins the Dick Poole Fillies’ Stakes G3 at Salisbury over 1200m.
© Mark Cranham
© Francesca Altoft
EXPERT EYE
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Leading GB/IRE based Sires in Europe by Stakes (TDN).
1st Crop Sires 2022
1 Havana Grey (GB)
2 Sioux Nation (USA)
3 Saxon Warrior (JPN)
4 Harry Angel (IRE)
5 Zoustar (AUS)
6 Kessaar (IRE)
7 Expert Eye (GB)
8 U S Navy Flag (USA)
9 Cracksman (GB)
10 Tasleet (GB)
*2nd Crop Sires 2023
1 Cracksman (GB)
2 Havana Grey (GB)
3 Sioux Nation (USA)
4 Saxon Warrior (JPN)
5 Harry Angel (IRE)
6 Zoustar (AUS)
7 Tasleet (GB)
8 Expert Eye (GB)
9 U S Navy Flag (USA)
10 Kessaar (IRE)
(*to 16 October 2023)
Paardeberg Stud
Vryguns Road
Agter Paarl
Western Cape
South Africa, 7630
© Bronwen Healy