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Mastercraftsman confirms his classic quality as a sire

The great race that the Varian-trained Mastercraftsman colt Kingston Hill ran to be second to Australia in Saturday’s Derby confirmed that the success of his son The Grey Gatsby in the French Derby a week before was no flash in the pan. The son of Danehill Dancer, who retired from Coolmore as a stallion only a couple of weeks ago, looks to have the perfect replacement in his son...

James Underwood’s European Racing And Breeding Digest, 10th June 2014

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KINGSTON HILL Racing Post Trophy-Gr.1 by 4½ lengths (pictured) Autumn Stakes-Gr.3 2nd Epsom Derby-Gr.1

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THE GREY GATSBY Prix du Jockey Club-Gr.1 in race record time (pictured) Dante Stakes-Gr.2

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MASTER CARPENTER Prix Daphnis-Gr.3 Heron Stakes-L.R. by 7 lengths

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VAGUE NOUVELLE Italian 1,000 Guineas-Gr.3

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AMAZING MARIA Prestige Stakes-Gr.3

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CRAFTSMAN Killavullan Stakes-Gr.3 Nick Shuk Memorial Stakes-L.R.

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PABLOSKY Premio Alberto Giubilo-L.R. by 4 lengths

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2014 Leading Second Crop Sires in Europe RK STALLION

1 MASTERCRAFTSMAN 2 Sea the Stars

EARNINGS

£1,635,017 £1,581,584 racingpost.com 15/7/14

Kingston Hill

The Grey Gatsby

European Champion 2yo & Classic winning 3yo by Danehill Dancer

Contact: Coolmore Stud, Fethard, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Tel: 353-52-6131298. Fax: 353-52-6131382. Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Tim Corballis, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Mathieu Legars or Jason Walsh. Tom Gaffney, David Magnier, Joe Hernon, Cathal Murphy or Jim Carey: 353-25-31966/31689. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) 44-7827-795156.

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THE AGA KHAN STUDS Success Breeds Success

Aga Khan sires represented at the Arqana August Yearling Sale

Dalakhani Sire of 7 individual Gr.1 winners, including 4 Classic winners.

2014 successes include, Gr.1 winner INTEGRAL (left) and Gr.2 scorer TERRUBI. 2 Colts and 4 Fillies

Sea The Stars Sire of two Gr.1 Classic winners from his first crop – TAGHROODA (left) and SEA THE MOON. Also sire of Group winners: AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT, VAZIRA and MY TITANIA. 5 Colts and 7 Fillies

Siyouni A leading sire of 2yo’s in Europe in 2014 9 individual first crop 2yo winners and 50% winners to runners*, including Stakes winner MOCKLERSHILL (left).

10 Colts and 6 Fillies *to 14-07-14

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s this magazine went to press, two pieces of significant news for the racing industry came through, one good, one bad. We’ll cover the good news first.

The Levy Board’s annual report for 2013/14 confirmed racing remains firmly on an upward curve as the levy yield – the amount of money collected from bookmakers – broke the £70 million barrier for the first time since 2009/10.

With Betfair’s voluntary contribution of £7.8m helping to take total revenue to £78.5m, the Levy Board expects to allocate £56.4m to prize-money in 2014, representing a 12.8% increase year-on-year. As recently as 2011, the Levy Board contribution to prize-money was a dismallooking £34.5m.

As the BHA seeks to finalise the 2015 fixture list and with competition for meetings hotter than ever, an injection of extra cash into the prize fund was exactly what the doctor ordered.

Despite plans to replace the levy with a more up-to-date funding mechanism – see Rachel Hood’s speech at the ROA AGM for more details, pages 78-79 – various attempts at change have all fallen flat. It’s a subject Sir Eric Parker knows better than most.

Sir Eric, who is stepping down as an ROA Council member after two decades, was part of the BHA Board that thought it had found an answer to British racing’s funding woes with an idea to replace the levy with a database rights system.

It all looked to be going well – the Levy Board, created in 1961 after off-course betting was legalised, would be dismantled and consigned to history – but it came unstuck thanks to the intervention of our friends in Europe.

“We lost in the European Court even though our lawyers were very confident we would win,” Sir Eric tells Julian Muscat in this month’s Big Interview (pages 36-40).

“They were almost blasé about it, but I’d made a bet with a certain person that we wouldn’t get the money everyone thought we would. We never got there.”

Sir Eric may not have received the result he wanted on that occasion but it’s been a different matter on the track and in the sale ring in recent seasons. He bred Havana Gold, winner of last year’s Group 1 Prix Jean Prat and now a stallion for Qatar Bloodstock, while this month’s cover star, a filly by Dubawi out of his mare Coyote, will be offered at the upcoming Arqana Yearling Sale.

The second late news item concerns the BHA revelation that the post-race samples of five horses have tested positive for morphine, a prohibited substance in racing, with speculation that contaminated feed is to blame. Further testing is currently being carried out and by the time you read this, that number may well have gone up considerably.

The discovery of Mahmood Al Zarooni’s anabolic steroids abuse and subsequent eight-year disqualification sent shockwaves through the British racing industry, causing the BHA to embark on a crusade to clamp down hard on the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Its latest move is to implement a ban on prohibited substances for the entirety of a thoroughbred’s life, which means from a foal through to retirement, in a zero-tolerance approach.

Good idea, you think – yet the practicalities of such a blanket ban working are not so straightforward, with a grey area surrounding racehorses imported into the UK from countries where the attitude to medication is very different.

Even some leading figures in this country are not convinced a complete ban on anabolic steroids is the right way to go.

Professor Sidney Ricketts, a much-respected authority on veterinary matters and recipient of the prestigious Dominion Bronze at this year’s TBA Awards, called the plan “incomprehensible” at the association’s AGM the following day.

The new policy will come into force on January 1, 2015. Expect more discussion before then.

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CONTENTS AUGUST 2014

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ROA Leader

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Slade Power rocks

Shame on Goodwood

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TBA Leader

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News

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Changes Your monthly round-up

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Tony Morris A Derby must be 12 furlongs

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Howard Wright Is the BHA listening?

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View From Ireland Irish Derby discussion

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Continental Tales Spiritjim a star in the making

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Around The Globe Keeneland and Del Mar get the Breeders’ Cup vote

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Trainer Kevin Ryan

Tougher policy on steroids use

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Big Interview With Sir Eric Parker

Pattern review supported

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The Big Picture

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TBA Awards British breeding’s big night

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Stores Success Untried jumpers all the rage

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Yearling Sales Preview Arqana and DBS in the spotlight

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Sales Circuit Europe and Japan round-up

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The Breeding Business Craig Bennett’s new star

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Caulfield Files Young European stars excel

Sabena Power is all smiles after her brilliant sprinter Slade Power wins the July Cup under Wayne Lordan

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ROA LEADER

RACHEL HOOD President Racehorse Owners Association

Thirty-two reasons why Goodwood messed up Securing sponsorship is vital but not at the cost of our sport’s rich heritage

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oodwood’s decision to remove the name Stewards’ Cup from the famous sprint handicap that has been run for 174 years and replace it with the 32Red Cup stirred up a wave of protest that showed just how much racing people still care about such things.

Tradition and heritage may not figure much in the public consciousness these days but we can take comfort from the fact that the true racing supporter appreciates how these qualities remain vital elements to our sport.

So while I join wholeheartedly with the protesters in finding this a most extraordinary and incomprehensible move on the part of one of our most time-honoured racecourses (and a personal favourite of mine), it sometimes takes a jolt like this to make us all focus on what is really important.

Of course, everybody understands the importance of the sponsors’ contribution to racing and we have come to expect most big-race titles to include a sponsor’s name but never to eradicate entirely a name as precious as the Stewards’ Cup. We may not be talking here of a Grand National or Derby but the Stewards’ Cup is, nevertheless, a really important part of the fabric of the British racing season. It is an event that resonates with all the unique qualities of our sport. A huge ultra-competitive betting heat and a fantastic spectacle, it embodies the very essence of a midsummer’s day at the races.

The Goodwood board and management would no doubt argue that the 32Red Cup is going to give us the same race, but it just isn’t. I’m sorry, but the name of a Gibraltar-licensed, levy-avoiding online casino company will never capture the mood and nostalgia associated with the Stewards’ Cup – an event that has been embedded in the fixture list for almost as long as Glorious Goodwood itself.

Ironically, 32Red might have had their profile raised by default because of the storm this has created, but our

criticism is not being directed at them anyway. Save the harsh words for the Goodwood management for giving the idea house room in the first place, knowing that most sponsorships rarely last for more than a few years and that 32Red would surely have accepted other televised races to sponsor at the meeting, albeit for less money.

There are, after all, notable cases of where races that carry the sponsor’s name in isolation can become part of racing’s tradition if the sponsorship has time to soak into public consciousness. The Whitbread Gold Cup is a good example of a race that existed for nearly half a century and built a reputation as jump racing’s final major steeplechase. Always referred to as ‘the Whitbread’, it became part of racing’s established order but, since its demise, only the cognoscenti among racing fans would be able to tell you what the same event is called today.

No doubt the Goodwood management will tell its detractors that prize-money will suffer if deals like this are not permitted, but this ignores the fact that British racing would be greatly diminished without the prized events that give the racing season a structure to which the general public relates.

Racecourses are the custodians of special races like the Stewards’ Cup. It is for them to decide where the line is drawn as to which race titles are dispensable for the sake of financial gain and where the name of the race is sacrosanct. In this case that line has surely been crossed.

With the weight of opinion being so much against this terrible decision, the BHA are absolutely right to take steps to ensure that the names of our heritage handicaps, such as the Stewards’ Cup, are to be protected from similar acts of savagery in the future. Otherwise, it will only be a matter of time before races such as the Lincoln, the Ebor and Cambridgeshire also fall to a fate where their identities are misguidedly sacrificed for thirty pieces of silver.

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TBA LEADER

RICHARD LANCASTER Chairman Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association

Variety the key when it comes to race planning Balance required to encourage breeding of horses for full range of distances

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ariety being the spice of life, British racing has a deserved international reputation for its diversity, which is why the good health of our Pattern-race programme is so important.

Maintaining a balance of black-type opportunities appropriate to the available horse population, over all distances, for all ages and both sexes, is an over-riding objective if we are to sustain the breed and its own diversity.

For that reason, the TBA welcomes the BHA’s analysis and review of Pattern and black-type races, which is a vital tool of Britain’s thoroughbred racing and breeding activities. So keen were we to be involved in the process from the start that we asked TBA board member Paul Greeves to head a sub-committee that has prepared a paper for submission to the BHA, which outlines our general view of the part that the Pattern-race system plays globally.

No-one is better qualified than Paul to draft our contribution, given his background as a former racing director at the BHB, where dealing with the Pattern and its European ramifications were meat and drink to him, and his current role as chair of the International Stud Book Committee.

The TBA’s over-arching principle is that the black-type race programme must be devised with two main aims – to identify the best horses of each generation and to promote competition among them.

Based on a pyramid, with Group 1 at the top, it should provide a balance of top-class opportunities for all horses of both sexes across all distances, and the system has to meet its responsibility as a key tool for sustaining and improving the thoroughbred.

As I alluded to in my AGM speech, it’s important that we, as custodians of the breed, consider the whole structure of racing. Concentrating on one area – the production of fast, precocious two-year-olds, for instance – will do irreparable damage to our sport in the medium and long term, just as much as ignoring other elements,

such as providing horses for the staying-race programme, for example. There needs to be a balance between sprint, middle-distance and staying races, which minimises the risk of distortion at the two ends of the distance spectrum in terms of black-type opportunities.

Top-class three-year-old sprinters seem to have a rough deal in the early part of the season, while the blunt approach of judging the value of Pattern races through a purely arithmetic assessment puts the retention of staying races at Group 1 and 2 level in danger. We believe there are ways of addressing both concerns, so that, first and foremost, the black-type system is constructed in a way whch ensures the best horses are tested against one another and are not given every opportunity to avoid each other while still gaining that allimportant black type.

Britain should be unswerving in championing the cause of Group races over extended distances. It means promoting and supporting measures that maintain the position of these races in the Pattern, even when the availability of horses in training to ensure they meet the required Group-race rating parameters is in doubt.

We must sustain stamina attributes within the gene pool, since doing so is of general importance for the breed and of specific importance to ensure Britain’s supply of National Hunt stock. We don’t want to go down the route taken by a number of Australian breeders, which has prompted many owners to head to Europe to source staying stock, having had their breeding pool depleted through a concentration on speed.

If the British Pattern- and Listed-race programme is thrown out of balance, we risk losing the stock to breed our own quality middle-distance and staying horses.

However, we cannot afford to look at any one area in isolation, and we look forward to delving even more deeply into the Pattern review and providing further input when the appropriate information emerges from the BHA’s extensive research and analysis.

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NEWS Stories from the racing world

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Scudamore compiled a remarkable record in the Grand National, riding in it 16 consecutive times (1951-66), a 20th century record. He came second on Legal Joy in 1952, and third on Irish Lizard two years later, before winning on the Willie Stephenson-trained Oxo in 1959.

His riding career was to end in a hurdle race at Wolverhampton in November 1966, when his mount slipped up on the flat. Scudamore was kicked in the face and near-blinded in his left eye.

A year later he started to train on his farm in Hoarwithy, near Hereford. During his second career he saddled Fortina’s Palace to win the 1970 Grand Annual Chase, while his biggest winner was Bruslee in the 1974 Mackeson Gold Cup. Scudamore retired from training in 1995 but resumed again for five years in 2003 as the head of a family operation based in Bromsash, near his birthplace. He handed over the licence to his grandson and namesake.

“He was a hero to us,” Peter Scudamore said.

he name is synonymous with jump racing and its roots trace to the outstanding jockey who won the Gold Cup and Grand National in the 1950s.

Michael John Scudamore, who died last month aged 81, not only made a name for himself but through son Peter and grandsons Tom and Michael the family name has been etched into the sport’s landscape.

Linwell, his Gold Cup winner, was trained by journalist Ivor Herbert and owned by David Brown of Aston Martin DB sports-car fame. He and Mandarin were the chief contributors to Scudamore’s best season in 1956-57, when he came closest to being champion jockey. He achieved his career-best score of 58 winners and finished second to Fred Winter (80) in the jockeys’ table.

In August 1957 he married Mary Duffield, a livestock auctioneer’s daughter. As well as son Peter, they had a daughter, Nichola. Mary Scudamore was to pre-decease her husband by just three days.

GEORGE SELWYN

BHA adopts zero-tolerance policy on anabolic steroids

Paul Bittar: keeping Britain in front

A year on from one of the biggest doping scandals in the history of British horseracing, which saw Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni banned from the sport for eight years, the BHA has announced new rules which forbid the use of anabolic steroids at any stage in a racehorse’s life.

Horses which are found to have been administered anabolic steroids will be removed from training for a year and

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prevented from racing for 14 months.

Following “extensive scientific research and consultation”, the sport’s governing body has decreed that all horses registered with Weatherbys must be available for testing at any time regardless of location.

Thoroughbreds imported to this country permanently for racing or breeding must be registered with Weatherbys within three months of arrival and be accompanied by a sample that proves the horse has never received anabolic steroids. The policy will come into force from January 1, 2015, and will incorporate next year’s foal crop.

BHA Chief Executive Paul Bittar said: “The need for an international position that sets robust minimum standards on use of anabolic steroids in horseracing was one that was pushed by BHA and a number of other key racing jurisdictions last year and resulted in the IFHA adopted position.

“The enhanced zero-tolerance policy exceeds the international minimum standard and has the objective of ensuring that British racing remains at the forefront of tackling an issue that ranks amongst the biggest threats faced by any world sport.”

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Michael Scudamore 1932-2014

“They were tough men in those days. He rode in a 40-runner novices’ chase round Hereford and said when he had a fall his helmet hit the floor before he did, as there were no straps in those days.

“They were just a different generation of toughness and, without him and the other people of his era, National Hunt racing wouldn’t be held in the regard that it is today.

I’d never want to forget the legacy they left us.”

Chelmsford City gets 12 fixtures for 2015 The BHA board has approved the allocation of 12 fixtures next year at Chelmsford City, the all-weather track in Essex formerly known as Great Leighs.

Betfred, the owner of Chelmsford City, would like up to 80 fixtures and will be able to apply for further BHA-controlled fixtures via the annual allocation process.

Whether that process is a straightforward highest-bidder auction, or the BHA adopts what has been labelled a ‘balanced scorecard’ approach, whereby a racecourse or group’s performance across all fixtures is born in mind, and which would likely stand Jockey Club Racecourses in good stead, remains to be seen.

The 12 initial fixtures will receive a level of funding from the Levy Board and the track will have access to these BHA fixtures for three years assuming they meet certain criteria, such as the level of racecourse funding allocated. The status of these fixtures will then be determined after this period.

The BHA board has also given permission for Newcastle's Flat turf fixtures to be transferred to an all-weather surface upon completion of the new course, although it remains a matter of much regret among horsemen that there is no foreseeable all-weather alternative in the north to ripping up Newcastle’s well-liked and historic Flat turf track.

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Racecourse Performance Table January-June 2014 Racecourse contribution to prize-money per fixture Racecourse

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ASCOT YORK JOCKEY CLUB GROUP CHESTER/BANGOR GROUP NEWBURY GOODWOOD MUSSELBURGH AYR RIPON PONTEFRACT LUDLOW THIRSK SALISBURY STRATFORD BEVERLEY KELSO HAMILTON PARK FFOS LAS ARC WETHERBY PERTH NEWTON ABBOT FAKENHAM CATTERICK LEICESTER REDCAR HEXHAM TAUNTON CARTMEL PLUMPTON TOWCESTER

2014 (£)

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£273,876 £120,631 £59,924 £52,183 £47,178 £42,625 £39,202 £33,683 £28,739 £28,071 £25,912 £25,403 £24,374 £24,258 £23,349 £23,281 £21,884 £21,232 £20,952 £19,999 £18,874 £17,215 £17,148 £16,695 £16,182 £15,284 £15,103 £14,825 £14,512 £13,944 £9,816

£300,770 £87,768 £60,943 £54,436 £40,184 £10,134 £41,185 £28,277 £19,391 £25,698 £17,726 £22,536 £21,412 £23,203 £19,695 £17,794 £15,058 £16,927 £13,495 £13,524 £26,116 £13,309 £15,832 £10,208 £13,742 £13,316 £13,303 £22,066 £6,545 £10,260 £8,287

Key to agreement level: GOLD Premier Tier • SILVER Standard Tier • RED Not Signed Notes: 1. Racecourse Groups have signed single agreements to cover all of their tracks. Jockey Club group comprises Aintree, Carlise, Cheltenham, Epsom, Exeter, Haydock, Huntingdon, Kempton, Market Rasen, Newmarket, Nottingham, Sandown, Warwick and Wincanton. ARC comprises Bath, Brighton, Chepstow, Doncaster, Fontwell, Lingfield, Newcastle, Sedgefield, Southwell, Uttoxeter, Windsor, Wolverhampton, Worcester and Yarmouth.

2. The average racecourse contribution per fixture shows the average amount provided by the racecourse to prize-money at all fixtures during the period including any abandoned fixtures.

Ascot tops prize-money table This table shows racecourses’ own contribution to prize-money at their fixtures for the first half of the year, and Ascot is clear of the field, having contributed almost £274,000 to prizemoney between January and June. York, which has put in £32,863 more than in the same period last year, is in second place.

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The courses that have signed up to the premier tier prize-money agreement with the Horsemen’s Group appear towards the top of the standings, while the five courses that have not signed a prize-money agreement – Catterick, Redcar, Hexham, Plumpton and Towcester – can be seen at the bottom of the table.

New bonus scheme launched Leading industry figures have welcomed the launch of Plus 10, the new incentive scheme for owners and breeders in Britain and Ireland.

A long-term replacement for BOBIS and the Racing Post Yearling Bonus Scheme, Plus 10 will offer £10,000 bonuses on over 550 races once fully operational in 2016.

To be eligible, horses must be the progeny of either a British or Irish-based stallion or mare and be entered in the three-stage registration process. The deadline for breeders to register is September 30.

The new scheme is backed by the British Horseracing Authority, Horse Racing Ireland, the Levy Board and the major sales houses.

Plus 10 Committee Chairman, Julian Richmond-Watson, said: “The launch of Plus 10 marks an important development for the British and Irish bloodstock and racing industries.

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Racing’s news in a nutshell PEOPLE AND BUSINESS Race titles BHA proposes that all heritage handicaps retain their original name after Goodwood’s Stewards’ Cup is renamed the 32Red Cup this year.

Godolphin Sheikh Mohammed’s racing operation will establish a permanent base in Australia, taking over Darley runners, with John O’Shea head trainer.

Doncaster Charlie Brooks Trainer is cleared of perverting the course of justice at the phone hacking trial at the Old Bailey; his wife, Rebekah Brooks, was also acquitted.

Tote Ireland Pool-betting company successfully cuts costs and is set to achieve an estimated profit of €1 million in 2014.

BHA Announces plan to make its board fully independent, with four current directors set to stand down this year; a headhunting firm will select candidates.

Dr Jerry Hill Appointed BHA Chief Medical Advisor, succeeding Dr Michael Turner.

Simon Crisford Godolphin’s former Racing Manager announces intention to start training in Newmarket from boxes at Clive Brittain’s stable.

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Gets Grade 2 December Novices’ Chase, previously run at sister track Lingfield, and new Listed chase for mares to boost jumps programme.

Ambulances Arena Racing Company commits to deploying three at every meeting to avoid risk of delays to racing and jockeys being transported to hospital.

Market Rasen Lincolnshire jumps course begins first stage of £800,000 redevelopment.

Anthony Knott Former owner of top chaser Hunt Ball is to be charged by the BHA with supplying inside information about another horse he previously owned.

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Breeders in France start a petition to have the Prix du Jockey-Club revert to 12 furlongs.

Newmarket goes all-Hollywood with a Walk of Fame, depicting famous horses and horsemen. David Elsworth is fined £1,000 for contaminating the bedding at the July course on the day his Arabian Queen won the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes. Gary Stevens, 51, is to undergo knee replacement surgery and expects to be out for around six months. Newmarket pledges a free ticket to Future Champions’ Day for all those who present at a wet ladies’ day at the July festival.

Claire Sheppard is promoted to Racing Director by the Racecourse Association, which she joined in November 2013.

James Henderson replaces Ralph Topping as Chief Executive of William Hill – he has been with the firm for 29 years. Sportech wins a ten-year contract, worth £9 million, to supply Betfred with new betting technology products to its Totepool business. Bet365’s sports and gaming operating profit soars by 81.5% to £320.9 million.

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TWEENHILLS TIMES AN EYE FOR SUCCESS

AUGUST 2014

Makfi makes a fine start to stud career First-season sire Makfi has made a highly-promising start with his first racecourse runners.

The son of Dubawi was responsible for six winners of seven races to the middle of July, and, given the quality of mares he covered, is expected to enjoy more success in the second half of the year.

“We couldn’t be more pleased with him,” says David Redvers, the head of

Tweenhills Farm & Stud where Makfi is in residence. “He has had winners in Britain, France and Japan, and there will be more to come.”

Mary McPhee has been among his winners, and she was one of five juveniles to follow suggested by Redvers at the season’s start. Fruity has also won, while the remaining three – Brutus, Crikey and Malice – have yet to see a racecourse but are expected to be in action soon.

Makfi is heading to New Zealand’s Westbury Stud for the Southern Hemisphere covering season and will be joined in quarantine by Australia-bound Harbour Watch, who is returning to Australia’s Emirates Park, and dual Group One winner Zoustar.

Injury prevented Zoustar running in top British sprints this summer, but he will take up stallion duties at Widden Stud in New South Wales.

Dunaden leaves a huge legacy The retirement of Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden leaves a void that will be hard to fill, but his legacy lives on.

Bought privately by David Redvers on behalf of Sheikh Fahad’s Pearl Bloodstock, Dunaden went on to win three Group One races, headed by victory in Australia’s most famous

Redvers says: “Dunaden is the horse that escalated Qatar’s interest in European racing and has led to considerable international investment. He was very good for us, but he was hugely important to the racing industry.”

Trainer Mikel Delzangles described the eight-year-old as “a horse of a lifetime”, while Sheikh Fahad said: “Dunaden’s success ignited my brothers’ interest to become involved in racehorse ownership.

His career has played a vital role in the evolution of Qatar Racing, an operation which now has over 200 horses in training worldwide.”

Extortionist proving such a sound sprinter Three-year-old sprinters have a notoriously difficult task against older horses, yet Hot Streak and Extortionist (pictured below) have held their own in their second season of racing.

Qatar Racing’s Hot Streak has won the Gr.2 Temple Stakes and was third in the Gr.1 King’s Stand Stakes, while Extortionist,

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race. Yet he achieved something of far greater impact.

who is owned by Sheikh Fahad’s brother, Sheikh Suhaim, won the Gr.3 Coral Charge at Sandown, comfortably beating a Group One winner in Kingsgate Native. This followed a handicap win at Newmarket and a very narrow defeat in the Gr.3 Sapphire Stakes at The Curragh.

Extortionist is trained by Olly and Hetta Stevens, who are based at Robins Farm Racing in Surrey, and who are establishing themselves as a real force in just their second season with a licence.

Michael Wilson Form analyst

Not a routine job . . .

I use the analysis of science to look at racing. That boils down to three steps – analysing the bare performance of horses in a race, the potential it reveals and the context when they run in future races.

You like a conundrum?

I regard them as puzzles – that’s 30 or 40 a day, and more at weekends. I’ve always been a busy person, but this isn’t a job, it’s a way of life, and the more you immerse yourself the more you engage with it.

Don’t trainers analyse races?

They do, but there’s a danger of bias, and of thinking they have an edge. I take an objective view.

A racing background?

I grew up in Cheltenham, so horse racing was always around. Some days I would be at the front door ready to go to school and Dad would say, ‘C’mon, we’re going racing’.

After university I worked for Ladbrokes and then Racing UK, but took a call from David [Redvers] who said, ‘We’re growing fast, come and work for us’.

Your favourite Qatar Racing horses?

Two-year-olds Flaming Spear and Likely.

Flaming Spear won impressively on his racing debut at York, and was still looking for more after crossing the line, while Likely posted an unbelievable time when winning at Carlisle and gained a Timeform rating of 100, which is very rare for a juvenile filly on her first start.

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RACEHORSE AND STALLION MOVEMENTS AND RETIREMENTS Dark Swan Two-year-old in training with Sir Mark Prescott is gifted to Prince Charles and his wife Camilla by the Al Thani family.

Slade Power Son of Dutch Art, this year’s leading sprinter, is acquired by Darley prior to July Cup victory and will stand at Kildangan Stud in 2015. He is likely to have his last race in the VRC Sprint Classic at Flemington in November.

As I Am Dunaden Melbourne Cup winer in 2011 for Sheikh Fahad Al Thani is retired aged eight; he also won the Hong Kong Vase and Caulfield Cup, earning over £5m.

Mucho Macho Man Last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic winner is retired through injury aged six and will stand as a stallion in Kentucky.

Dual Listed-winning mare over hurdles, owned, bred and trained by Don Cantillon, is retired aged six due to injury and will become a broodmare.

Noozhoh Canarias Spain’s flagship horse, sixth in this year’s 2,000 Guineas and July Cup, is transferred to Carlos Laffon-Parias’s Chantilly stable, from Enrique Leon, to cut down on travelling to the races.

The Fugue Brilliant mare for owner/breeder Andrew Lloyd-Webber, winner of four Group 1s for the John Gosden stable, is retired aged five and will go to the paddocks.

Annecdote Jonny Portman’s stable star, winner of the Sandringham Handicap and Group 3 Oak Tree Stakes, is sold by her owners to continue her racing career in America with trainer Christophe Clement.

HORSE OBITUARIES Tiger Cliff 5

Lesstalk In Paris 3

Sir Graham Wade 5

Tikram 17

Winner of the Ebor Handicap in 2013 for owner Henry Ponsonby and trainer Lady Cecil, latterly in the care of Alan King, dies at Royal Ascot.

Talented handicapper for Mark Johnston’s stable, winner of six races and £140,000 in Paul Dean’s silks, is fatally injured in the Ascot Stakes.

Kahal 20

Son of Machiavellian, a Group 2 winner for Godolphin, dies at stud in South Africa, where he sired 34 stakes winners including six G1 winners.

Top-class daughter of Cape Cross, runnerup in last year’s Prix Marcel Boussac and second to Rizeena in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Useful handicap chaser, winner of the 2004 Mildmay of Flete Chase at the Cheltenham Festival for trainer Gary Moore.

Denham Red 22

Son of Pampabird, three-time winner over hurdles, best known as the sire of the Willie Mullins-trained Un De Sceaux, unbeaten in nine starts.

Beckermet 12

Popular gelding who ran 159 times under rules between the ages of two and 12, winning 14 times including three Listed races.

Vintage Crop 27

The first European-trained winner of the Melbourne Cup, in 1993, owned

by Michael Smurfit and trained by Dermot Weld.

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Lammtarra 22

Son of Nijinsky was unbeaten in four-race career, winning a Listed contest at two then the Derby, King George and Arc in 1995.

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Michael Scudamore 81

Jerry O’Neill 84

James Tafal 90

Derek Andrews 53

Gold Cup and Grand National-winning jockey who later trained and whose son Peter was champion jump jockey eight times.

American owner/breeder who bred triple Grade 1 winner Street Sense, later selling the breeding rights to Sheikh Mohammed.

Trainer, breeder, owner and vet, he saddled the talented chaser Super Furrow to win twice in three days at the 1989 Punchestown festival.

Catered for jockeys in the weighing-room on the southern racecourse circuit for the last eight years.

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THE BIG PICTURE

SLADE NUMBER ONE AGAIN Darley’s decision to purchase Slade Power for stud prior to his run in the July Cup proved shrewd as the five-year-old came home a decisive winner from outsider Tropics under Wayne Lordan, in the process confirming himself as Europe’s champion sprinter after his victory in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Slade Power will remain with trainer Edward Lynam under the ownership of the Power family for the rest of this year, with a trip to Flemington in November his swansong, after which the son of Dutch Art will retire to Kildangan Stud in Ireland Photo George Selwyn

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THE MAN YOU CAN’T IGNORE COMMENT

Tony Morris This year’s Irish Derby was a poor race won by an exceptional racehorse but the contest’s fall from grace cannot be looked at in isolation – the French must take some of the blame

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1991 contest that attracted both Derby hero Generous and Prix du Jockey-Club winner Suave Dancer, if only for the fact that I fortunately chickened out of a huge (for me) bet on the latter at the last minute. Generous was emphatically superior at the Curragh, and, needless to say, I did not invest when Suave Dancer gained his revenge in the Arc. Orby, the first Irish-trained Derby winner in 1907, was on his own as victor also in his home country until the Curragh Classic’s status was so significantly enhanced, but thereafter the feat became almost commonplace, achieved by Santa Claus, Nijinsky, Grundy, The Minstrel, Shirley Heights, Troy, Shergar, Shahrastani, Kahyasi, Generous, Commander In Chief, Sinndar, Galileo, High Chaparral and Camelot before Australia’s walk in the park this year.

Only three have doubled up after a triumph in Chantilly, namely Assert, Old Vic and Montjeu, none of whom faced the winner from Epsom.

Montjeu recorded his feat in 1999, and he remains unique as the only winner of two of Europe’s principal Derbys to have been trained in France. He seems bound to retain that distinction unless the disastrous mistake in

reducing the distance of the Prix du JockeyClub to 2,100 metres in 2005 is acknowledged and the race restored to its proper trip. In Europe one of the defining characteristics of a Derby, along with its restriction to three-yearold colts and fillies, has always been that it is contested over a mile and a half. The Prix du Jockey-Club ceased to be a Derby when it ceased to be run at 2,400 metres.

Nobody asked the Irish, the French, the Germans or the Italians to frame their Classic programme on the lines of the original English model, but they did, and the benefits of being able to compare like with like were obvious over numerous generations. Of course, each country had important races for three-year-olds outside that schedule, and for more than a century the Prix du Jockey-Club was less highly regarded than the Grand Prix de Paris, an event without an equivalent elsewhere. Run over 3,100 metres at the end of June, and always open to foreign horses, it provided a severe summer test, and it was where the Jockey-Club winner was supposed to turn up and show his mettle over that extended trip, sometimes in competition with England’s Derby victor. The Grand Prix,

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he Irish Derby of 2014 was won by a very good colt. Let there be no doubt about that. And it would be hard to argue against his being the best-bred winner in the race’s history. By a dual Derby winner in Galileo out of a dual Oaks winner in Ouija Board, Australia stands as living proof that putting the best to the best can realise the hopes embodied by such a union.

That much is highly satisfactory, but what we saw at the Curragh barely resembled a horserace, let alone a race that ranks as the most prestigious in Ireland’s calendar. Australia did a lap of honour at 8-1 on, enhancing his reputation not one jot in beating a bunch of obvious no-hopers, while collecting €725,000 for his spot of gentle exercise. That was less than satisfactory.

Of course, it wasn’t going to be like that until a few hours before the off. The late withdrawal of Kingston Hill, who was unsuited by the prevailing soft ground, robbed us of a re-match between between the pair who had finished first and second at Epsom, which promised to be at least mildly interesting, although Australia would still have been something like 3-1 on.

Such was the authority of the Ballydoyle colt’s victory in England, there was never going to be much in the way of excitement on the Curragh.

The Irish Derby never ranked as an event of real consequence internationally before the massive boost to its prize-money fund in 1962, but that catapulted it instantly into Europe’s premier league, where it thrived famously. It occupied a prime slot in the calendar, about three weeks after the running of the Epsom and Chantilly Derbys, making it a convenient target for those who had contested those classics. It might even attract the winners of both and serve to determine the identity of Europe’s pro tem champion middle-distance three-year-old. In its new guise, the Irish Derby was a hugely consequential event.

A famous occasion in 1983 brought Caerleon and Teenoso together after their victories at Chantilly and Epsom respectively, only for Shareef Dancer to turn in a career-best performance, relegating them to the minor placings. I well remember the build-up to the

Montjeu, the last horse to complete the French/Irish Derby double in 1999

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always a greater attraction for the public, carried more kudos; success in both races conferred superstar status.

But the Grand Prix de Paris was always an anomaly. It sat uneasily in the French schedule by reason of its distance and its slot in the calendar, and it seemed a misfit in the European Pattern when that was introduced in 1971. In 1987, not unexpectedly, the decision was taken to make a radical change; the distance was reduced to 2,000 metres, while its Group 1 status was retained. Where Europe’s Pattern was concerned, it became just a different sort of misfit.

What a load of nonsense Then came the nonsense of 2005, when, despite intense lobbying from a host of professionals who opposed changes to the Prix du Jockey-Club, 170 years of tradition were ditched to reduce the trip to 2,100 metres.

At the same time the Grand Prix de Paris underwent a further change, raised in distance to 2,400 metres. In effect, there was a new French Derby, but the prize-money allocations indicated that we were still supposed to regard the Jockey-Club as France’s premier Classic.

Sorry. A European Derby, by tradition, is a race over 2,400 metres.

Cast tradition out, willy-nilly, and you throw away the precious heritage of continuity that sustains and identifies our sport. Racing is what it is because of what it has been. Meddle with what has passed the test of time through centuries, and you destroy what has made the sport great.

Unfortunately, the wreckers have become more conspicuous and more damaging. In the last month supposed bright sparks with no appreciation of what tradition and history mean to racing have come up with three ideas that need outright condemnation. Who warrants the prize for the worst suggestion? We need more than one coin to say it’s a toss-up.

Goodwood, the course I love and which stages my favourite meeting of the year, should be thoroughly ashamed for having allowed the name of the Stewards’ Cup to be banished from its 2014 ‘Glorious’ schedule. Yes, the Stewards’ Cup is just a tinpot handicap when all’s said and done, but it’s been a fixture for 170 years, closely identified with the meeting, and should never be for sale. In nobody’s mind will it ever be anything but the Stewards’ Cup. We have let them foul up our most precious possession by switching the Derby from a logical, stand-alone Wednesday, a natural day of celebration, to a Saturday when it must compete with a host of other sporting events, and now somebody wants to move the off-time to the evening in 2015. The date will coincide with the final of the European Champions League. How clever is that?

There had been rumours for a while that the authorities were not happy about how they defined the Flat season in England. Well, they shouldn’t be happy, because they have it wrong already. We’ve crowned two jockeys who shouldn’t have been named champions because they chose to ignore what happened before and after the part of the season when grass and all-weather racing operated in tandem. Now it seems they want to ignore more and count nothing before the Guineas meeting.

The Flat season in England runs from January 1 to December 31.

Check the fixture list. The suggestion that some races and some meetings just don’t matter is nonsense. What is patently untrue cannot be believed.

“Cast tradition out

and you throw away the precious heritage of continuity that sustains our sport”

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HOWARD WRIGHT COMMENT

Our sport’s regulatory body is part-owned by horsemen and racecourses so why do its own stakeholders feel sidelined by BHA policy decisions?

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venture between the BHA, RCA and Horsemen’s Group, and stressing that “there should be an agreed industry structure under which discussion regarding stakeholder matters takes place and decisions are made”.

There was specific mention that overall fixture policy and race programme policy should be part of the tripartite structure, but two punchy paragraphs nevertheless left a distinct impression that this would be merely a brushstroke in a bigger picture.

The sentiment was clearly inserted for a purpose, and it can only have been to get across a message that the Jockey Club felt needed to

the regulation as far back as birth, but was given no opportunity to comment on the new policy.

And just as quickly the TBA’s senior veterinary advisor Prof Sidney Ricketts rose to put the argument into impassioned words, going so far as to describe the outcome as “incomprehensible”, and adding, for good measure: “The BHA board takes the view that they make decisions and tend to tell us what they are after the event.”

Who else knew, indeed. And not long afterwards, the Jockey Club’s decision to release an executive summary of its response to the industry consultation paper on the 2015 fixture list appeared to contain a pre-emptive strike intended to ensure Prof Ricketts’ claim was not repeated in another quarter.

As could be fully expected, the Jockey Club paper dealt with the nuts and bolts of fixture policy, making a cogent case on various fronts, but it began by making special reference to “stakeholder structure”, pointing out that British racing’s administration is a tripartite joint

“More than one

organisation in British racing has felt obliged to speak out over BHA behaviour”

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ho else knew? The barely-stifled cry of delight from a punter who has picked out a winner against both the odds and the advice of his usually wellinformed friends.

But more recently, though, it’s been the illdisguised lament of more than one significant organisation in British racing, which has felt obliged to speak out, either to put forward a previously private grievance with the BHA or to break the silence of the governing authority’s inner sanctum.

A carefully crafted question posed by former TBA Chairman Kirsten Rausing at the body’s annual general meeting provided the first public intimation that the BHA’s recently announced proposal for a lifetime ban on the administering of anabolic steroids was not the unanimous crowd-pleaser it had originally seemed.

It quickly emerged that Rausing’s successor, Richard Lancaster, had written to his BHA counterpart Steve Harman, protesting that the TBA board had serious concerns about taking

BHA Chairman Steve Harman is taking an active role in the organisation’s activities

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be made in the direction of the BHA. Or maybe the Jockey Club felt it had not been expressed sufficiently well by the BHA during the drive to construct the industry’s strategy for growth.

Who else knew, in other words.

Despite Chairman Harman’s assertion that “hundreds of people” have been involved in formulating the strategy, precious little has been translated into tangible evidence. An initial mention in The Daily Telegraph business section, a story in the Racing Post and a presentation at the ROA AGM: they hardly add up to comprehensive exposure.

Harman has been in the job for a year, and, by all accounts, has gradually edged closer to an executive role. He has made a point of seeking the views of many people in most sectors and while his influence is apparently growing, we are seeing less of Chief Executive Paul Bittar.

A review of the BHA structure, conducted shortly after Harman’s arrival, suggested the BHA should hire a Chief Operating Officer, to take some of the workload off the Chief Executive’s shoulders. It seems they may have found one, without actually appointing someone to the post. Who else knows?

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VIEW FROM IRELAND

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Irish Derby is proving a tough sell

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Classic again attracts just five runners and is won for eighth time in nine years by same yard

Australia was an authoritative winner of Ireland’s premier Classic, but his lack of opposition at the Curragh was a turn-off

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hat to do about a Derby that does not work? That is the conundrum wheeling around the heads of Irish racing’s leading figures after a blasting from all angles over this year’s five-runner Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby, won by 1-8 favourite Australia.

“Definitely, surgery is required,” said Turf Club Chief Executive Denis Egan and not just because the race should have more depth to justify its title, but also because the race is not doing its job for spectators either. It is supposed to be the showpiece of the summer.

“As a spectacle, apart from seeing Australia in the flesh, it was very poor,” he continued.

“It’s very difficult to attract people to come racing when there’s only five runners in the major race and a favourite like that. It needs a major rethink.”

The audience figures confirmed Egan’s opinion that it does not inspire any more, with an average of just 86,600 viewers throughout the RTE programme and a 14.5% share of the available market. It was competing with the all-conquering World Cup though and Egan is sure that this at least is only “a blip”.

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went a step further, saying that in fact the entire programme for three-year-old middle distance horses needed an overhaul.

“The Irish Derby used to be the race in which the Derby winners from Epsom and Chantilly met, but we’ve lost that title decider aspect over the past decade or so,” Kavanagh said, adding that the key contributor to this was the French Derby’s reduction in distance

“I think there should

be an Epsom, Curragh, King George triple crown bonus, or something similar” from a mile and a half to an extended ten furlongs.

Royal Ascot’s growing importance is another factor, as is a perceived lack of topflight middle-distance three-year-olds to fill all those races in June.

As HRI announced a free entry scheme for races at Irish Champions Weekend for

winners of specific trials in August, trainers were quick to suggest a similar incentive for the Irish Derby. Egan went a step further.

He said: “I wouldn’t change the distance and I might not change the date but I think there should be an Epsom, Curragh, King George triple crown bonus, or something similar. That’s just an idea.”

The strength of the home team is another frustrating negative for the race, particularly the Aidan O’Brien-trained squad, which has won eight of the last nine renewals. Of the original seven declarations for the Irish Derby, five were owned by Coolmore.

Egan added: “At the moment, trainers see that they don’t have to come to the Irish Derby and take on a super horse like Australia or Camelot as the Eclipse is on the following week at Sandown without them.

“It’s a testament to Aidan that he has been able to dominate the race like he has and keep producing horses of that quality. The only issue is that they are so good people don’t want to face them.”

Trainer Tom Hogan, of Gordon Lord Byron fame, sympathised with the race, saying it was “unfortunate” that some of its best supporters, like Jim Bolger, just do not have the firepower this year. He was more relaxed than others about the future of the race.

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VIEW FROM IRELAND

In Brief

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Moriarty and Keatley ones to watch

Missunited (left) ran a tremendously game race in the Ascot showpiece

Gold Cup third now too valuable for hurdles runs Missunited has become the latest top mare to quit hurdling and have the breeding shed put on her agenda.

The Ascot Gold Cup third did not defend her Guinness Galway Hurdle crown last month and will be covered next year, following Cheltenham Festival heroine Quevega into a new career as a broodmare.

Trainer Mick Winters said: “She is just too valuable now and her owners are only comfortable running her on the Flat. In fairness she’s been an amazing mare. She’s fierce, solid and has never stopped progressing.

“My only regret was not running her in the

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He said: “It’s much ado about nothing.

Australia is a wonder horse and nobody wanted to take him on, but he showed us something and he trounced Derby trial winners. He could do no more than that. We didn’t complain about Frankel’s lack of competition and this horse is the closest thing Ireland has to him.”

It was the second time in three years the Irish Classic had only five runners. Most commentators kept returning to the fact that there is a worldwide lack of middle-distance horses due to people’s lack of patience and a preoccupation with breeding for speed.

Trainer Ger Lyons took to Facebook to express his defence of the race, calling for critics to not hit out at those that turned up for the race but “question those who did not”.

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Grade 1 mares’ hurdle at Punchestown in the spring. I thought I was being cute and protecting her handicap mark for the Galway Hurdle, but when we got the idea to go to the Ascot Gold Cup, Galway sort of went out the window. That Grade 1 would have been great on her page.

“I would imagine she won’t race next year but I don’t know for sure.”

It leaves the Willie Mullins-trained Annie Power, second in last season’s World Hurdle, with few formidable rivals should she be aimed at the David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, the race that Quevega made her own with six wins.

Tattersalls Book 1 and the Goffs Orby Sale?” he added.

There were few fireworks at the corresponding Goffs Orby Sale in 2012, but at Tattersalls in the same October, the Galileo half-brother to Epsom Derby hero Authorized, Hydrogen, made 2.85 million guineas and the first foal out of four-time Group 1 winner Alexander Goldrun, Humphrey Bogart, made 950,000 guineas. Owned by Qatar Racing and Coolmore, neither ran as two-year-olds and Hydrogen has run only once this year, though he does hold an entry in next month’s Irish Champion Stakes.

Six of the 11 colts that made 500,000 guineas or more in Tattersalls Book 1 have yet to run and only Hydrogen, Hamdan Al Maktoum’s Altaayil and the Irish Derby winner himself, Australia, have run at all this year.

Killarney teenager Keith Moriarty emerged as an apprentice to follow in June when winning on his first mount, Calm Bay, at Navan.

Moriarty was a green rider on the pony racing circuit, but under the guidance of father and son team Tommy and Fozzy Stack is gaining in confidence and realising his potential. His victory came for County Louth trainer Harry Rogers.

There were also fireworks in the rookie training ranks as Kildare native Adrian Keatley won with three of his first ten runners on the Flat in Ireland and Britain.

Keatley made his name as assistant to jump trainer Oliver McKiernan in a prolific era for the Dublin-based outfit.

He then moved to Australia to gain experience in high-profile Flat yards, before returning to Ireland last year to work on becoming a trainer himself. He was granted a licence in May.

Legislation bill Rapid progress on a crucial piece of legislation that will modernise the way the gambling industry is governed could lead to enactment by the end of this month.

The Betting (Amendment) Bill’s completion has been promised by the Department of Finance to the Irish Bookmakers’ Association before September 1 to ensure that the 500 workers taken on each summer are not laid off.

The part-time jobs come into effect in the spring, when bookmakers’ shop opening hours are lengthened, but current law limits this from September 1. The bill will also facilitate the taxing of remote betting in Ireland for the first time, generating more money for the Exchequer, which could be put towards racing.

The submission hearings for the first draft of the Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill have also been completed. The legislation will reshape the way Irish racing is run, streamlining functions between HRI and the Turf Club and giving the minister for agriculture, food and the marine more control over both.

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CONTINENTAL TALES

Ecstatic Bary back in the big time

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Spiritjim (left) thrusts home late under Christophe Lemaire to nail Noble Mission in the Group 1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud

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he last few yards of June’s Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud may have been agony for Lady Cecil and Khalid Abdullah as Frankel’s brother, Noble Mission, surrendered a seemingly unassailable lead. But it was also ecstasy for one of the nicest men in European racing, Pascal Bary, as Spritjim’s late thrust returned him to his rightful place among the continent’s training elite well over four years after Gloria de Campeao had provided him with his previous Group 1 triumph.

And it announced the arrival as a major owner of Jean-Michel Hegesippe, who has made a fortune over the past 20 years by developing mobile phone networks in French territories in

the West Indies, Guiana and the Indian Ocean.

Hegesippe first became a registered owner as recently as 2008 and he has only ever had a handful of horses in training at any one time, initially with the likes of David Smaga, JeanMarie Beguigne and Elie Lellouche. His spending at the yearling sales steadily increased until he splashed out €310,000 at Arqana in October 2011 to secure Spiritjim, a Galileo half-brother to 2009 French 2,000 Guineas hero Silver Frost.

Spiritjim has been something of a slow-burner as he didn’t make it to the track until mid-April last year and his first two attempts in Pattern company resulted in resounding defeats.

However, 2014 began as 2013 had ended – with

a narrow Listed race victory – and his progress over the past few months has been startling.

Wins at Group 3, Group 2 and now Group 1 level have extended his winning sequence to five and Bary is justified in thinking him an Arc type.

Further high-class performances from jockeys sporting Hegesippe’s bright pink ‘Hspirit’ silks could be just around the corner. At Deauville last August, Bary spent £1 million-plus on his behalf to secure a trio of choicely-bred yearling colts.

One, the first foal of 2010 Prix de Diane third Sandbar, by Iffraaj, is Coloradojim. The others are Jules Et Jim, a son of Teofilo and the useful King’s Best mare Alsace, and Magneticjim, a Galileo half-brother to three Group winners.

Middleton mounts smash and grab Auteuil raid The woeful level of British prize-money compared to what is on offer across the English Channel has been well documented, but occasionally this disparity can be used to our advantage.

Buckinghamshire trainer Anthony Middleton must have been trawling through the French programme book for quite some time before he came up with the idea of sending his four-year-old Café Au Lait to Auteuil to plunder a valuable two and a quarter mile hurdle. Café Au Lait is a fairly moderate performer whose seven hurdling

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starts since November had produced no wins, a none-too-generous handicap mark of 115 and place prize-money totalling £2,633 – hardly the credentials of a winner-in-waiting at France’s top jump racing venue.

However, Middleton had spotted that the Prix Pharaon on June 21 was restricted to horses that had won less than £15,000 over hurdles. And, even better, the weight carried in this contest, as in many French jump races, depended on recent prize-money won, with 2lb extra for every £3,333 pocketed.

Furthermore, Café Au Lait’s regular jockey,

James Banks, although an experienced 30year-old, was eligible to claim 4lb as he had yet to rack up 40 victories, so the English raider got into the race with just 10st 3lb.

The result? A narrow victory over two adversaries who were each giving 11lb, and a winner’s cheque of £19,200.

Similar opportunities are likely to prove rather thin on the ground. Next time out (admittedly only eight days on), Café Au Lait finished stone cold last in a Uttoxeter handicap hurdle, worth less than half the prize-money of his Parisian target.

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(corazon is the Spanish word for ‘heart’).

Beaten into second on her juvenile debut in May, she redeemed herself when storming home over five lengths clear in a

King Kieren breeds Classic queen

It has been quite a last few months for veteran six-time champion jockey Kieren Fallon.

Since celebrating his 49th birthday in late February, he has ended a Group 1 drought aboard Prince Bishop, landed his first British Classic for eight years atop Night Of Thunder and moved up the ladder of Godolphin’s preferred pilots to the extent that further bigrace victories are surely just around the corner.

And now he has become a Classic-winning breeder, although he was blissfully unaware of this achievement until informed by this writer the best part of a week after the deed was done!

Admittedly, Fallon’s big moment did not come at Epsom or Newmarket but at Ovrevoll racecourse in Oslo, and the Classic in question was ‘only’ the Norwegian 1,000 Guineas.

But it was still a prestigious contest, worth £15,671 to the winner, and its heroine, Prinsessen, displayed many of the attributes that her breeder has become renowned for to bounce back from a trio of recent defeats and land a hard-fought half-length victory.

A daughter of Dutch Art, Prinsessen was sold by Fallon to Danish trainer Bent Olsen for £10,000 at the Goffs Breeze-Up Sale at Kempton in March 2013 and was soon paying her way back in Scandinavia. A hardy type, she won six of her 11 starts during a hectic juvenile campaign and her Guineas triumph took her career bankroll beyond the £70,000 mark.

Unsurprisingly, Olsen was tempted to return to the family well and forked out £27,000 for Prinsessen’s full-sister at the DBS Breeze-Up

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Madrid maiden six weeks later. Having worked in Newmarket for James Fanshawe, Leon is a confirmed anglophile and, buoyed by Noozhoh Canarias’s achievements, is hoping Corazon Canarias will prove equally talented.

“She is a bit different to her brother in that she was very green and immature when we first raced her,” he said. “But the next target for her is the same French Listed race, the Criterium de Bequet at La Teste on August 6, which Noozhoh Canarias won a year ago.

“If she comes through that we will consider bringing her to Newmarket for the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes on September 27.”

Noozhoh Canarias was moved to the Chantilly stable of Carlos Laffon-Parias to cut down on his travelling.

Sale in April. Named Lille Prinsesse, she may be good enough to follow in her sibling’s hoofprints as she lost her maiden status at Jagersro in Sweden just 24 hours before her big sister enjoyed that moment of glory at Ovrevoll.

Both are the progeny of the Danehill Dancer mare Sallysaysso, whom Fallon acquired seven years ago when he was retained rider for Aidan O’Brien.

“We were just getting Sallysaysso ready to run when she ran through a fence and tore her back leg, which meant that she never made it to a racecourse,” Fallon revealed

“So we tried breeding from her, and I love Dutch Art, so we twice had her covered by him when he was not too pricey, but I couldn’t afford him now. I have found the whole breeding game very frustrating and expensive, and I recently sold Sallysaysso to a friend of a friend in Ireland.”

So, despite already having one Guineas in the bag, Fallon’s former colleague, Willie Carson, need not worry that he will lose his position as Britain’s most successful jockey/breeder. Carson famously both bred and rode the 1988 St Leger winner Minster Son.

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The exploits of Noozhoh Canarias in Newmarket over the past couple of months have done a great deal both to raise the profile of Spanish racing around Europe and attract some new customers to the crack three-year-old’s home course of La Zarzuela in Madrid.

While his performances are unlikely to prompt a huge glut of Iberian challengers for Britain’s top races, Noozhoh Canarias’s now ex-trainer Enrique Leon is already plotting a third visit to headquarters with the colt’s full- sister, Corazon Canarias.

Top lot at last September’s Dehesa de Milagro Yearling Sale at San Sebastian racecourse at a cost of €80,000, she was bought by the Canary Islands-based supermarket owners, the Bolanos brothers, who raced both her brother and her dam, and given a typically patriotic name

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AROUND THE GLOBE THE WORLDWIDE RACING SCENE

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Breeders’ Cup finally mixes it up

Keeneland, which is laying a dirt surface this summer, will play host next year to the Breeders’ Cup for the first time

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he Breeders’ Cup championship races are going to new venues in 2015 and 2017 – Keeneland and Del Mar – as those tracks are switching from synthetic surfaces to dirt tracks this year.

In late June, the Breeders’ Cup announced locations for the 2015-17 meetings, including a record ninth visit to Santa Anita in 2016.

Santa Anita will host this year’s Breeders’ Cup races for the fifth time in the last seven years.

The move to Keeneland and Del Mar, two of the most successful tracks in North America, will be the first new tracks in the Breeders’ Cup’s rotation since an unlucky journey to Monmouth Park on the New Jersey shore in 2007. The two-day meeting was plagued by wet weather and the unfortunate loss of George Washington in the Classic.

Keeneland, already home to the most prestigious sales in the country, hosts two threeweek race meetings in April and October in the heart of the central Kentucky thoroughbred breeding community.

Del Mar has the most successful race meeting in California, for seven weeks from late July to early September, drawing the highest attendance and betting turnover figures. The racecourse, only a quarter-mile from the Pacific Ocean, is adding a four-week autumn meeting in November this year as part of the continuing fallout of the closure of Hollywood Park.

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Breeders’ Cup officials said in June that the venues were selected after consulting with owners, trainers, breeders and stallion farms.

“We have sought input from key constituents from around the world,” said Breeders’ Cup Chairman William S Farish Jnr. Noticeably absent from the forthcoming Breeders’ Cup venue rotations are such American stalwarts as Belmont Park and

“Del Mar has the

most successful race meeting in California, for seven weeks from late July” Churchill Downs. Belmont Park has not hosted a Breeders’ Cup since 2005, the longest the series has been away from New York, while Churchill Downs last held the event in 2011 for the eighth time.

Del Mar announced in February that it planned to replace its Polytrack surface with dirt this December, following the autumn

meeting. The new surface will be in place by the start of the 2015 summer season. Unlike many American racetracks, racing stables are not based at Del Mar on a year-round basis but only in the weeks surrounding a meeting.

In recent years, Del Mar has actively sought a Breeders’ Cup championship day. The track’s infield turf course was widened last winter to accommodate the 14-horse fields required for Breeders’ Cup races. The new turf course will be used for the first time this summer.

Keeneland announced in May that it was replacing its Polytrack surface with dirt this summer, in time for the upcoming autumn meeting. In recent years, the track’s signature race, the $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes for threeyear-olds in April, has not drawn the best runners as a Kentucky Derby prep race because of the synthetic surface.

To host a Breeders’ Cup, Keeneland will have to resort to temporary seating to meet demand, an arrangement that was needed at Arlington Park in 2002 and Lone Star Park in 2004.

Santa Anita is also replacing its dirt track this summer. The existing surface, used for the 2012 and 2013 Breeders’ Cup, was considered too coarse and too friendly to front-runners.

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AROUND THE GLOBE

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by Danny Power

Damien Oliver, whose brilliant riding career has been punctuated with periods of emotion, tragedy, drama and controversy, has claimed his ninth Melbourne jockeys’ title.

It is a monumental performance from Oliver after his career was placed firmly at the crossroads in late 2012, after he was disqualified from riding for ten months when he pleaded guilty to placing a $10,000 winning bet on a rival horse in a race at Moonee Valley in 2010.

Ironically, the break from racing proved a godsend for the jockey. It allowed Oliver the time to reinvigorate his body and refresh his mind. He spent quality family time with his wife Trish and three children, and surfed his way around the best spots in Australia and Indonesia.

Racing is a forgiving industry and the indiscretion of his illegal betting has washed over him quicker than a Bells Beach breaker.

He returned to riding in September last year with a zest not visible in recent years after a series of horrific race falls and injuries also threatened his career.

Oliver, 42, has enough time left on his riding clock to challenge two fellow Hall of Fame jockeys, Roy Higgins and Billy Duncan, who share the record of 11 Melbourne riding premierships – records that were once considered unreachable.

Oliver finished his season on 59 Melbourne winners (strike-rate 18.3%) and $9.3 million in prize-money. At the time of writing (the season ends on July 31), the veteran jockey was 20 wins clear of Glen Boss, who took last year’s title.

Such was Oliver’s dominance that he didn’t ride in Melbourne after June 4. Instead, he went north to Queensland to win the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on River Lad on June 7, before agreeing a two-month contract to ride in Mauritius.

After the Stradbroke, rival jockey Michael Rodd heaped praise on Oliver, who sent 30-1 outside River Lad forward from barrier 15 to sit outside the leader and produced a surge in the final 50 metres to beat Spirit Of Boom in the last bound. It was vintage Oliver.

“It’s funny with Ollie, he’s a freak,” Rodd said. “You think his horses are all out and you have them beaten, but he is always saving something… and then he starts to roar and they find that extra 10% in the final couple of strides. They just lift for him. I don’t know anyone else who can do it like he does.”

Oliver earmarked his season by winning his third Melbourne Cup – on Gai Waterhouse’s import Fiorente – in November and he now

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Damien Oliver celebrates his third and most recent Melbourne Cup win on Fiorente

sits only one Cup win from joining Bobby Lewis and Harry White as the leading winning jockeys of Australia’s great race.

Those statistics alone put Oliver into rarified company in Australian racing. His record already suggests there is argument that he is Australia’s greatest jockey, but another Cup triumph and two more Melbourne riding titles would put that assumption beyond doubt.

The former West Australian’s 102 Group 1 winners has him equal third with Jim Cassidy on the all-time list behind George Moore (120 in Australia) and Higgins (108).

It’s a shame Europeans haven’t seen much of Oliver. Apart from a short unsuccessful stint in England in 2000, when he rode one winner from 15 rides, he has essentially stayed at home apart from a couple of seasons in Hong Kong in the mid-1990s and a few short stays in Japan.

He has been a dynamo since he rode his first winner as a 15-year-old in Western Australia.

His teaming up in Melbourne with star young trainer Lee Freedman in 1989 produced a formidable partnership that took Australian

racing by storm in the next six years.

Apart from Fiorente, he also won the Melbourne Cup on Doriemus in 1995 and posted an unforgettable, emotion-charged win on Media Puzzle in 2002, only days after his brother Jason was killed in a race fall in Perth.

The tragedy added to Oliver’s amazing story as he father Ray, also a jockey, was killed in a race fall at Kalgoorlie in 1975 when he was a toddler.

Oliver has also won four Caulfield Cups (Sky Heights 1999, Doriemus 1995, Paris Lane 1994 and Mannerism 1992) and two Cox Plates (Northerly 2001 and Dane Ripper 1997). He has been associated with many champions, but is probably best remembered for being the regular jockey for the Freedmantrained superstar sprinter Schillaci, on whom he won eight Group 1s.

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Sir Eric Parker relaxes at his Crimbourne Stud haven with youngest son Charlie

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s Sir Eric Parker gives a guided tour of his Crimbourne Stud, he radiates a sense of contentment. He can have few regrets that a long and productive life has ushered him to this tranquil location in Sussex.

An area of woodland surrounds the property, the oldest part of which dates to the 1450s, and which was derelict when he acquired it in 1989. It’s a picturesque corner of England you’ll see depicted on postcards, the kind of place where time’s passage – so remorseless when Parker was Chief Executive of the property and investment giant, Trafalgar House – has no relevance at all. Much of what he says comes with a smile and a twinkle in his eye.

For all that, Parker, 81, cannot fully embrace what the setting demands. His mind remains too inquisitive for him to take to the reclining garden chair and let a gentle breeze cool him on one of those summer days to die for.

Nobody is more aware of that than Parker’s youngest son, Charlie, who is very involved with the stud. Charlie, 50, lives in Lambourn, where he and his wife Mary-Anne own Windsor House Stables. He is here for one of the frequent discussions that punctuate their working relationship. The feeling is that Charlie strains at one end of a leash held at the other by a man who finds horses too fascinating to let go.

He has, however, let go of something else. After two decades on the Racehorse Owners Association Council, Parker stepped down to heartfelt applause at the association’s recent annual general meeting. The occasion left its mark.

“Everyone was far too nice,” he reflects. “I must admit it got to me in the end. I had a lump in my throat.”

In their quest for representation, racehorse owners will do well to find Parker’s like again. He retired, aged 60, from running one of Britain’s most dynamic property and investment companies in 1993, whereupon he adopted the owners’ cause with unflinching relish. He took a fair bit of flak over those 20 years, three of them as the association’s President.

Given their diverse views on any number of issues,

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country’s affluent, and in this, owners don’t always help themselves.

Hearing Parker reflect on those 20 years is like taking a trip back in time, a memory-lane experience to an era when bookmakers could sit back and be entertained by the infighting among the sport’s many factions.

It was the equivalent of Salvador Dali’s twoheaded monster turning on itself, and there were years when Parker felt alone and isolated in championing the cause. He bore the burden stoically.

“I represented owners on the [then] British Horseracing Board during Peter Savill’s time,” Parker reflects. “Racecourses and the Jockey Club were then in a very strong position and I was often on my own. I know very well how David Cameron must be feeling.

“I pressed hard for minimum [prize-money] values, a better deal for owners, and nobody supported me.

Others around the table should have supported me if they could have followed a logical argument. After being in

owners’ interests can be a challenge. Those with a business-like approach are intent on rattling sabres over poor prizemoney, while those involved for recreational purposes are more concerned with the quality of free racecourse food when watching their horses run.

It takes dedication and devotion to marry such dichotomies, and Parker has both in spades. He has been cast in various caricatures over time, least flatteringly as a member of a

“I pressed hard for

wealthy brat-pack with occasionally militant inclinations, but he never shied from the task.

Although these are relatively benign times on the political front, Parker has sailed some stormy waters in the ROA boat. He has been obliged to head off some self-defeating arguments proposed by ROA Council members while simultaneously keeping the peace. “There have certainly been some frustrating times,” he acknowledges.

Parker joined the ROA Council during an acrimonious period in its relationship with just about every other racing faction. It requires tact to advance arguments for greater reward when your membership is a virtual who’s who of the

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minimum values, a better deal for owners, and nobody supported me”

business, when decisions are made rapidly and the structures are sound, I was amazed to find out how racing was run.”

Parker has encountered some formidable opponents along the way – although there are no hard feelings despite the underhand nature of racing politics for most of his involvement.

He crossed swords with John Brown when the former head of William Hill was the bookmakers’ representative on the Levy Board.

“John was a very tough and forceful character, both intellectually and vocally,” Parker says. “We still see each other occasionally, and obviously,

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S I R E R I C PA R K E R Peter Savill, who I also see from time to time, was something else. He was very clever. At that time racing was full of people who had strong views. The stories about those days could go on forever.”

So near and yet so far It was during Savill’s chairmanship of the BHB, and with Parker’s ROA backing, that racing came close to making the muchsought quantum leap in prize-money in 2002. British racing would be funded through selling database rights, rather than by the levy, and the plan cleared numerous legal hurdles put up by bookmakers until it fell at the last in the European Court. The project travelled so far down the road that plans to abolish the Levy Board had already been drawn up. That ruling remains one of Parker’s greatest laments.

“We lost in the European Court even though our lawyers were very confident we would win,” he recalls. “They were almost blasé about it, but I’d made a bet with a certain person [he won’t say who] that we wouldn’t get the money everyone thought we would. We never got there.”

Not long after, racecourses started flexing their muscles over another valuable income source. “When they found out they could sell media rights they got £7-8 million a year, and they kept it all,” Parker says.

“Owners did challenge the racecourses’ right to sell them but it wasn’t a proper, logical challenge. Racing lost out badly and I take part of the responsibility. The Office of Fair Trading inquiry wasn’t helpful either when it gave racecourses the right to run their own fixtures and do more or less what they liked.”

The question of media rights – in particular how the money was allocated – has been the most divisive issue of recent times. The issue prompted trainers

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Sir Eric with his promising Dubawi yearling who will be offered at the Arqana Sale later this month, and left, Havana Gold, the Group 1 winner whom he bred

to boycott targeted races and led to a prolonged row between owners and racecourses. This was largely resolved when most tracks made commitments to prize-money levels that reflected a share of media rights income.

Racing was represented in these negotiations by the Horsemen’s Group, a relatively new body whose creation Parker welcomes, despite reservations over the allocated shareholding.

“In the beginning I felt owners should get more than a 20% stake because they basically pay all the bills,” he says with a smile.

“But the Horsemen’s Group’s formation was a step forward because in the early days we couldn’t get owners, breeders, jockeys and trainers in particular to agree on anything. I was dubious at first, but I was persuaded. I

think [ROA President] Rachel Hood has done a great job there.”

Hood’s presidency will have run its course within 12 months and this causes Parker some concern. “Beyond Rachel, I think it will be hard to get businessmen and women who are interested on to the ROA Council,” he says. “We are a bit lacking there, and I think it’s an important point, because we need people with the ability to look at the bigger scene.”

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redrafting racing’s funding mechanism. In that respect, his curiosity is more than a little aroused by BHA Chairman Steve Harman’s view that racing has been punching below its weight, financially and in other ways.

He was due to discuss the concept with Harman soon after this interview, yet while he welcomes Harman’s assertion and is noncommittal on the prospect of it succeeding, the look in his eye after two decades in the bear pit suggests he will believe it when he sees it.

Besides, there is too much happening around Parker for him to dwell too long on racing politics. Like all breeders at this time of year, he contemplates his crop of sales-bound yearlings with a mixture of anticipation and dread.

“Sometimes I wonder why I went into breeding horses when I retired from Trafalgar House,” he says wistfully. “Perhaps I should have found something else to do; something that would have made me money, rather than cost me.”

Again, since Parker is smiling in his mild lament, you know the payoff is coming. “But then, I just love the whole business. Going racing as an owner remains the most fun, but sales time certainly has its own fascinations.”

Success breeds success Crimbourne Stud has certainly made a sales impact in the 20 years it has been going. In 2012 the nursery sold a Galileo filly out of Havana Gold’s dam, Jessica’s Dream, for 400,000 guineas. This time it will offer a Dubawi yearling at Deauville in August, the only daughter of her acclaimed sire in the catalogue, and a filly of whom much is anticipated – especially as her dam, Coyote, gave birth to a full-sister in April.

As the filly walks before us, three weeks before Crimbourne’s annual yearling parade before 100 guests, Parker and his son joust pleasantly over the smaller details. They even have contrasting views on the quality of the sparkling wine Parker makes at Crimbourne from the 400 vines he maintains.

Although everything to do with the horses is discussed from top to bottom, Parker snr invariably has the final word. “I have a job keeping up with the younger ones these days but I still feel very responsible for the stud.”

He feels some responsibility for the fate of the Tote, on whose board he sat as the BHB’s nominated representative for some of the lengthy sale process. And that despite the fact he was outnumbered at board meetings by government appointees who, by their utterances at various times, gave him a pretty clear steer on how it would end.

Indeed, the whole sorry episode makes an accurate reflection of government involvement in racing from the early 1960s, when off-course bookmaking was legalised and the levy subsequently introduced.

“First we were promised that a Racing Trust

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would get 100% of the Tote for free,” he reflects, not smiling this time. “We had actually drawn up plans to set up that trust when we then heard racing would have to pay for 50% of the Tote because politicians were worried about the European angle.

“Well, I fought and fought on the Tote board, but there wasn’t too much I could do, surrounded by government appointees. The Tote had so much potential to save racing but we were defeated.”

The Tote was eventually sold to bookmaker Betfred in 2011.

“Two years ago I protested about it to Michael Howard,” Parker continues. “I told him how appalled I was and he said by way of reply that the government needed the money! There were so many broken promises along the way.”

In reality, although there was precious little Parker could have salvaged, he still feels he should have done more. Yet that is the measure of the man, one so anxious not to abscond responsibility that he errs the other way in assuming too much of it.

This quality has sustained him throughout his 20 years with the ROA. He has been a constant and indefatigable fighter for what he sees as the betterment of owners in general, but above all, for racing as a whole in particular.

“I shall be sitting in

the audience next year with at least 20 questions for the Council to answer” Needless to say, even though he has now stood down from the ROA Council, he still feels a sense of responsibility towards it. It has too long been a part of his life for him to shed the skin overnight.

“As I said at the AGM, I shall be sitting in the audience next year with at least 20 questions for the Council to answer – and they won’t be easy ones,” he says.

Ah, those questions from the floor. Nothing better illustrates the contrasting, often conflicting, range of opinions expressed by racehorse owners during the question-andanswer session that brings every AGM to a close.

Yet what some members feel is a prickly aperitif to the imminent lunch is dismissed by Parker with a flick of the wrist.

“Very few people ask proper questions any more,” he says. “There is nothing in-depth about them. If you haven’t managed to achieve what you set out to do, someone at the AGM should question you about it. That’s what it is for.”

Rachel Hood is duly forewarned, but the

SIR ERIC PARKER FACTFILE BUSINESS CAREER Former Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman of Trafalgar House Various non-executive directorships

ROA COUNCIL Elected 1994, Vice-President 1996, President 1998-2001, ROA Executive Committee 1998-2014

OTHER RACING POSITIONS BHB Industry Committee 1999 BHB Board 1999-2004 Tote Shadow Trust 2000-2003 Horserace Betting Levy Board 2000-2004 Totalisator Board 2002-2008 National Stud Director 2005-2008

GROUP 1 WINNERS OWNED Indian Lodge (2000 Prix du Moulin, 2000 Prix de la Foret)

GROUP 1 WINNERS BRED Havana Gold (2013 Prix Jean Prat)

BEST JUMPS HORSES Seagram (1991 Grand National) Topsham Bay (1993 Whitbread Gold Cup) inherent message in Parker’s words is one he would never dream of saying about himself.

Such sentiments can only come from the mouth of one who truly cares, who has represented ROA members for two decades without remuneration because of his love of the sport, and who is unhesitatingly scornful of Council members who believe their work should be financially rewarded.

But then, Sir Eric Parker has always been one of life’s givers.

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TALKING TO...

KEVIN RYAN

It’s not a SPRINT

Kevin Ryan and Ryan Moore enjoy the Prix du Jockey-Club victory of The Grey Gatsby, pictured below defeating Shamkiyr by three lengths

Kevin Ryan may have forged his reputation as a top trainer of sprinters but, as this year has shown, he’s more than capable of winning Classic races given the right ammunition

By Tim Richards • Photos George Selwyn

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ou are the youngest of eight children from a County Tipperary family that had no involvement in racing. Was your childhood spent with ponies and what first got you interested in the sport?

Obviously Tipperary is renowned for racing and horses, and I was always interested from a very early age. Although not involved in racing, my parents got me a pony and I did a lot of showjumping and hunting. I always wanted to be involved with racehorses and my dream was to be a jockey. I rode 47 winners over jumps.

You’ve made your name as an excellent trainer of sprinters. Was this by design or is it just the way things have worked out?

Our clientele has always been made up of people who have a passion for racing and the sport is their hobby. They want to see their horses running so you cannot buy a big, backward individual that might not see a

racecourse until it’s a three-year-old. Basically, the type you buy is dependent on what the owner wants.

As the years have gone by we have received horses from people who can spend the bigger money, and this increases the chances of finding a Guineas or Derby winner. If someone sends me a horse that is bred to win a Gold Cup or St Leger then we would train it for those type of events. It’s a case of finding the right races for the horses you have. First and foremost, it’s doing what’s right for the horse.

To what degree is your family involved in the operation and what roles do they play?

My wife, Jill, manages the office and ensures the business runs smoothly. She is the lynchpin and allows me to worry about the horses. My daughter, Amy, has done fantastically with her race-riding and is in the yard riding out every day. She is one of the best judges of a horse I know. My son, Adam, is my assistant trainer.

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KEVIN RYAN >> How agonising is it when you see your

daughter Amy, such an accomplished rider, suffering serious injury, as she did quite recently?

It is very difficult to witness and there are times when you do wish that she was doing something else for a living, but this is what she has always wanted to do. Unfortunately, you have to accept that there are risks and she hasn’t had much luck recently. She loves what she does and is very good at it, but there is no pressure for her to do it.

“Amy has done very well to get where she is – she has achieved it on merit and not through her name”

Is there still resistance from some owners in putting up a female jockey?

Amy has done very well to get to where she is and she has achieved it on merit, not through her name. She understands it is a job and I will not use her just because she is my daughter, it is because she deserves to be riding the horses.

The owners do not hesitate to use her, but if they do not wish to or she loses a ride on one, then she accepts it as part and parcel of the job.

What do you consider the most important part of training and the most important attributes for a successful trainer?

The most important cog in any training operation is the owner. The owners are the people who keep racing going; quite simply, without them there would be no horses to race and we would all be out of a job. As far as the

horses are concerned, I like mine to be happy; then they will do what you ask of them. They give us so many great days and deserve nothing but the best treatment. We don’t overdo them at home and like to see them 100% on the day.

You don’t win any prize-money on the gallops.

Do you train on the actual site of the historic Hambleton racecourse, bordering the North Yorkshire Moors, where the great Sir Noel Murless started before the war?

My gallop is situated on the old racecourse and it’s fantastic. The constant gradient makes the horses work and it is very easy to get them fit on it. The surface is woodchip, which is ideal because it provides an even gallop throughout the year and is not affected by the weather as much as some other artificial surfaces.

We do take horses away to work and use the Malton gallops, especially for the two-year-olds.

Taking them there provides them with invaluable travelling experience and gets them used to the grass. Ripon racecourse very kindly lets us work there after racing and, again, it’s good for the two-year-olds to be on grass and gallop past a grandstand.

Like Mark Johnston in Middleham, you have invested in a plane so that you don’t have to stay away when you have runners in the south. Is it a disadvantage being so far north?

We are perfectly situated, as the yard is easily accessible to so many tracks. The A1 is only 15 minutes away so it is very easy to travel around the country. The plane does make life easier, enabling me to see two or three lots before setting off to the races in the south. With the likes of Doncaster, York, Haydock, Ayr, etc we have a lot of big events within striking distance.

You are on record as saying Hot Streak is among the best you’ve trained, which is some compliment from a multiple Group 1-winning trainer.

What makes him so outstanding?

We still have the highest opinion of Hot Streak even though he finished only seventh in the July Cup. It was really tacky ground at Newmarket and six furlongs in such dead conditions is a very different ball game.

Immediate plans are fluid but the Nunthorpe at York is likely to be his next race.

Hot Streak is such an easy horse to train and all he wants to do is please you. He has so much natural speed that he can travel well within himself at full gallop, as he showed when winning the Temple Stakes at Haydock.

He can shift through the gears so easily that he quickens without really being asked. He was beaten by a very good horse [Sole Power] at Royal Ascot, but he is so tough and genuine that he battled through to run an exceptional race. He is a Group 1 winner-in-waiting and will continue to improve. It’s hard to believe he is only a three-year-old.

Hot Streak is owned by Qatar Racing.

How many horses do you train for this ambitious Middle East enterprise?

We are very fortunate to train nine horses for them. Sheikh Fahad has been a breath of fresh air in recent years and his support is a massive boost for the yard. He is a pleasure to train for and, win or lose, his first concern is always the horse. He has invested a lot in the game and has supported a lot of trainers, so having a good one for him is particularly satisfying.

Amy Ryan defeats a famous rival rider on board Advanced, trained by her father

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What is your biggest ambition and how many horses would you like to train in a perfect world?

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Astaire and Neil Callan (left) defeat Hot Streak and Jamie Spencer in last year’s Middle Park Stakes, a Group 1 one-two for Kevin Ryan

Have you been inundated with offers for him since his Chantilly triumph?

Frank Gillespie, The Grey Gatsby’s owner, is in a position where he doesn’t have to sell and has been in the sport for many years, always dreaming of finding a horse like him. At the end of the day there will always be interest in a colt of his quality but the final decision rests with the owner.

What is your favourite racecourse and what makes it so special?

We are lucky to have a great track like York on our doorstep, and you won’t find any better.

You always get a warm, friendly and enthusiastic crowd there, and the track is beautiful, especially for two-year-olds. William Derby, the Chief Executive and Clerk of the Course, deserves a lot of credit as he is continually striving to improve the course, whether it’s the facilities, prize-money or quality of racing. A winner at York is always special. The tracks that don’t put the owners first are the ones that are under-performing.

Some courses could learn from the Scottish hospitality, which ensures owners are looked after and enjoy their day.

it was fantastic to achieve that with The Grey Gatsby in the French Derby. Now I suppose the aim is to win a British Classic. Basically, as long as the stable keeps moving forward and producing success for the owners, I shall be happy. We are full at the moment with 121 horses, which I feel is a good number and easily managed. The quality has improved year on year and we have a very strong team of horses.

As you say, The Grey Gatsby provided your first Classic triumph in the Prix du Jockey-Club. What did the victory mean to you and the stable?

It is the biggest success of my career and one should not forget all the people who made it possible. Not least Steve Hillen and his wife, Becky, who work tirelessly at the sales each year to source a quality stock of yearlings. And their system seems to be working; they continue to find us high class horses, despite not having the massive budgets of other agents. The lads in the yard work very hard and a big result like the French Derby gives them all a tremendous boost. They are with the horses longer than anyone else and it’s great to see their hard work pay off because, rain or shine, they are always there to ensure the horses are looked after.

For me, it is a great achievement but nothing changes because you have to keep moving forward in search of the next winner. You can’t start celebrating until the end of the year; it’s only then you look back and reflect on the season as a whole.

The Grey Gatsby hated the testing ground next time in the Grand Prix de Paris [sixth behind Gallante]. His next target is the Juddmonte International at York.

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When you attend the sales, are looks or pedigree more important when you are searching for a prospective money-spinner?

Steve and Becky Hillen go through everything at the sales and create a list for me. Then we work out which we would like to purchase. Of course the pedigree is important, but the conformation more so. We like to see a good stamp of animal with an athletic walk. There are certain features we’ll forgive but we try not to buy horses with problems. That’s too much of a gamble and if things were to go wrong later on you would kick yourself knowing you had bought it like that. As far as the breeze-ups are concerned, the way a horse gallops and the time it does are added factors to consider.

Currently there is no all-weather track in the north, but Newcastle is set to replace its turf course with Tapeta.

How do you feel about both the venue and surface?

It will be good for the north to have an allweather track – I think Newcastle will attract decent crowds. The Tapeta surface has recently been receiving bad press but when it was first laid the opposite was being said. We are talking about two very different climates, the heat of Dubai, where Tapeta was used before being dug up, and Newcastle. So it’ll be a case of waiting to see whether or not it proves a success.

What do you think of Wetherby’s plans to stage Flat racing; surely there are enough fixtures as it is?

Wetherby has some great facilities and is

perfectly situated just off the A1. So it makes sense. After all, it seems a bit of a waste to have such a great course being used minimally. And, from the trials, it sounds as though it will be a very good track for the horses.

You have enjoyed lots of success with Neil Callan, who is back from riding in Hong Kong and you are joining forces with him again...

Neil is one of the best jockeys out there and you wouldn’t want to see him sat in the weighingroom when you could be using his talent and experience. We have enjoyed a lot of success together and he is certainly getting my support.

He is also a very good friend of mine.

CLOSE UP AND...

PERSONAL My superstition is… never be first into the parade ring Four ideal dinner party guests…

Nelson Mandela, Michael Jarvis, Richard Hannon snr and Brendan Grace Actor to play me on screen…

Tom Hanks I relax by… watching sport, especially F1 and cycling Favourite meal… well done steak

CLOSE UP AND...

PROFESSIONAL Most challenging part of training is… injuries to the horses Three words describe my job… stressful, rewarding, passionate The ideal owner is… someone not solely in the sport for betting Biggest lesson I’ve learnt… you never stop learning Racing hero… Vincent O’Brien and Jack Berry

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TBA AWARDS

Reaping rewards for effort British breeders honoured in Newmarket ceremony

Julian Richmond-Watson presents the Silver Cigar Box to Darley’s Sam Bullard

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efore Newmarket’s July meeting turned into a battle with the elements, guests at the annual TBA Awards evening enjoyed the best weather of the week at a pre-dinner reception at David and Patricia Thompson’s Cheveley Park Stud.

Members of the stallion roster at the historic farm have enjoyed yet another profitable summer, with Dutch Art and Kyllachy firing in a Group 1 sprint double at Royal Ascot courtesy of the Eddie Lynam-trained Slade Power and Sole Power, while the mighty veteran Pivotal looks to have another top-class individual to his name in the King Edward VII Stakes winner Eagle Top. Of course, Slade Power went on to reinforce his claim to be European Champion sprinter later that week in the Darley July Cup, as news was released that he had been signed to join the Darley roster from 2015. With Intello and Lethal Force being two exciting additions to the Cheveley Park team, not to mention a range of established stallions and promising young individuals elsewhere in Newmarket and beyond, many breeders will surely be enjoying this golden era for British sires.

As the sun went down over Cheveley Park and guests moved on to the awards dinner, a golden year on the track for British-breds was celebrated in some style at the Granary Barns.

Darley wrested the Queen’s Silver Cup for leading British-based Flat Breeder from the nine-time winners Juddmonte, with the team’s new stallion Farhh – a son of the aforementioned Pivotal – having been its principle flagbearer at the races in 2013, with Group 1 victories in the Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes and QIPCO Champion Stakes.

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And the winners are: (back row from left) Liam O’Rourke, James Rowsell, Mark Dixon, John Deer, James Wigan, Peter Hockenhull, Professor Sidney Ricketts, Simon Sweeting, Chris Harper, Sam Bullard, Simon Mockridge, Richard Lancaster.

(Front) Sarah Henderson, Heather Calzini, Steven Golding and Richard Kent

Farhh will certainly go far if he is able to emulate the achievements at stud of his stablemate Dubawi, who won the Silver Cigar Box for the leading British-based stallion by flat earnings, following up on the previous year’s success of another Darley stallion, Exceed And Excel. A son of the late Dubai Millennium, Dubawi is now the sire of 15 individual Group 1 winners around the world.

The Barleythorpe Cup returned to Banstead Manor with homebred Oasis Dream taking the award for the most individual winners for the calendar year. His magnificent haul of 96 winners in 2013 included the Nunthorpe Stakes heroine Jwala, as well as Royal Ascot winner Gale Force Ten. Oasis Dream was also represented at the awards via his son Captain Gerrard, who was named the leading freshman sire in Britain in 2013 and was awarded the Tattersalls Silver Salver. A smart two-year-old himself, Captain Gerrard stands at Richard Kent’s Mickley Stud and his first-crop juveniles won 22 races, earning over £106,000 in prize-money.

The achievements of James Wigan did not go unrecognised and he had to leave his table twice to collect awards. The first was for his now deceased broodmare, Masskana, who was awarded the H J Joel Silver Salver for Flat Broodmare of the Year. Bought by Wigan 20

years ago carrying her first foal, in 2013 Masskana came up with a third individual Group or Grade 1 winner when homebred Dank triumphed in two top-level events in California, culminating with the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, to earn a prestigious Eclipse Award in the USA. Wigan is also the breeder of Masskana’s grandson, Bye Bye Birdie, a Group winner at the Curragh last season, and for this reason he was also awarded the TBA Special Merit title.

John Deer and his grandson Conrad were on hand to collect the TBA Silver Salver for Flat Breeder of the Year. Al Kazeem’s three consecutive Group 1 victories in 2013, comprising of the Tattersalls Gold Cup, Prince of Wales’s Stakes and Eclipse Stakes, secured the prize for John and Eileen Deer of Oakgrove Stud and we look forward to his continued exploits on the track in 2014.

Last June, Talent emulated her great grandam Bireme by winning the Oaks for her owner/breeders Ashbrittle Stud and Mark Dixon, who is the nephew of Bireme’s breeder Dick Hollingsworth. The daughter of New Approach also won the Pretty Polly Stakes at Newmarket and finished runner-up in the St Leger. James Rowsell of Ashbrittle Stud and Mark Dixon were both present in Newmarket to be honoured with the Langham THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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Cup as Small Breeder of the Year on the Flat.

Arguably the evening’s most prestigious award, the Andrew Devonshire Bronze, was saved until the finale when Chris Harper of Whitsbury Manor Stud was surprised with the accolade. One of the leading personalities of the bloodstock world, the former Vice Chairman of the TBA is a highly regarded figure in the business and was recognised for his work and achievements over a number of decades. The second ‘mystery’ award of the evening was the Dominion Bronze which was presented to celebrated veterinary surgeon Professor Sidney Ricketts.

The TBA Stud Staff Award is always a hotly contested category and this year was no different. From an overwhelming number of worthy candidates, the New England Studsponsored award went to Steven Golding, who has been second man for 26 of the 28 years he has worked at Hascombe Stud. Only too happy to be the ‘co-pilot’ as he puts it, he is responsible for all the foaling.

Hascombe Stud owner Anthony Oppenheimer paid tribute to the award winner, saying: “Steven’s dedication is second to none.

He works to the highest standards taking pride in all aspects of his job and his skill with highly strung animals is exceptional.

“Throughout his time at Hascombe he has always shown huge interest in all aspects of the stud from the winners we have bred to the students who come here for the breeding season. He believes in leading from the front and is a great example to all. No one could be more deserving of this award.”

Jumps breeders recognised In the National Hunt division, it was a familiar face that took to the stage to collect the Whitbread Silver Salver, with Simon Sweeting being presented with the prize for the fifth time in the last six years on behalf of Kayf Tara, the leading active British-based National Hunt stallion by prize-money. Progeny earnings for the Overbury Stud resident exceeded £1 million for the first time in the 2013/14 season, with his star perfomers including Grade 2 winners Mozoltov, Lieutenant Colonel, Kayf Moss and Ballybolley.

The Horse & Hound Cup was returned, for the eighth time, to Peter Hockenhull of Shade Oak Stud on behalf of Alflora. On two occasions Alflora shared the spoils – in 2012/13 he dead-heated with Kayf Tara with a score of 21 individual chase winners. This time he beat his old rival by 19 winners to 18.

The 2013/14 season was a successful one for County Durham-based breeder Heather Calzini, who took home the Dudgeon Cup for her National Hunt Broodmare of the Year, Efizia. Heather’s homebred was successful five THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

Joe Grimwade and Simon Mockridge

Heather Calzini and Philip Newton

Chris Wright, John and Conrad Deer

Philip Mitchell and James Wigan

Grant Pritchard-Gordon with Talent’s breeders James Rowsell and Mark Dixon

Sponsor Peter Stanley presents the Stud Staff Award to Steven Golding

times on the Flat and is now the dam of the Venetia Williams-trained Toubeera, whose two victories included the Grade 2 Prestige Novices’ Hurdle, as well as being the grandam of Lieutenant Colonel. Regarded as a bright chasing prospect, his three victories included a Grade 2 novices’ hurdle at Fairyhouse.

The final National Hunt award of the evening was the The Queen Mother’s Silver Salver, an accolade which is given at the discretion of the awards’ panel and was this year awarded to Nicky Henderson. Along with his overall contribution to the jumping scene, the panel considered that the leading trainer deserved special recognition for the positive role he has played in helping to promote

National Hunt races for mares.

After dinner, the TBA’s new ambassador Tina Cook shared stories about her Olympic experiences and her role in assisting her brother Nick Gifford in the training and breeding of thoroughbreds.

Reflecting on another successful awards ceremony, TBA Chief Executive Louise Kemble said: “It was a wonderful evening. It’s a rare occasion to be able to gather the breeding world together and celebrate successes. While tonight honoured the winners, we also commend the achievements and work of all British breeders. They all support the future of this industry and the breed and tonight was our way of thanking everyone.”

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TBA AWARDS

A night to remember Richard Lancaster, Sidney Ricketts and Chris Harper

Slade Power’s sire Dutch Art is admired by guests at Cheveley Park Stud

The Granary Barns provided a special setting

Chris Richardson and Julie Rivers

Delia Wingfield-Digby and Ollie Pynn

Tina Cook in conversation with Oli Bell

Admiring the photo competition winners

TBA Board member Sam Hoskins

Philip Mitchell and Nancy Sexton

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ROLL OF HONOUR

Reflecting on year at AGM

The Queen’s Silver Cup For the leading British-based Flat breeder by prize-money: DARLEY

Members reconvened in the Jockey Club Rooms the morning after the awards ceremony for the annual general meeting, at which Chairman Richard Lancaster reported on achievements and updates from the last 12 months.

The major project recently undertaken by the TBA has been the Economic Impact Study, which has been a significant pointer for the TBA Board and Executive in implementing measures to aid members fully.

One of the positive outcomes from the report has been in the interaction with government.

Following a recent meeting with Agriculture Minister George Eustice MP, Louise Kemble and Richard Lancaster demonstrated that the industry could lose £35 million in exports to countries outside the EU if the government removes CEM and EVA as notifiable diseases under the Red Tape Challenge. As a consequence of this, the government is now rethinking its earlier decision to include this in the review and the TBA awaits the outcome.

A major concern identified in the report surrounds ensuring the production of adequate numbers of foals to fulfil the fixture list, with the situation in the National Hunt division being deemed to be particularly serious. With this in mind, Robert Waley-Cohen and the National Hunt Committee have submitted plans for Mare Owners Prize Scheme (MOPS) to the Levy Board in the hope of being awarded funding.

This scheme, if adopted, along with others already in place, aims to increase the appeal of fillies to buyers at the sales and to encourage more owner/breeders to race their National Hunt fillies and mares.

Commenting on other projects in the pipeline, Richard Lancaster said: “Many National Hunt breeders are small breeders, and the report highlighted just how dependent the breeding industry is on the small breeders. Of around 3,000 breeders in Britain, 2,500 are small ‘recreational’ breeders with one or two mares. This compares with just 75 who have more than ten mares. A large number of these breeders are operating at a loss, but are nevertheless an important component of the breeding industry, making a significant contribution to the economy. The TBA is looking to provide practical support and assistance to all small breeders through the formation of the Small Breeders’ Group and through the launch of the TBA Buying Group.”

The Chairman also noted the success of political lobbying in another area, saying: “The TBA has been working with DEFRA ministers to retain eligibility for CAP for stud farms under

The BBA Silver Cigar Box For the leading British-based stallion by Flat earnings: DUBAWI

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The Barleythorpe Cup For the leading British-based stallion by individual Flat winners: OASIS DREAM Tattersalls’ Silver Salver For the leading British-based firstseason sire: CAPTAIN GERRARD TBA Chairman Richard Lancaster with ROA President Rachel Hood

the recent reforms and I am very pleased to say this has been maintained.”

Along with revisions to the Tripartite Agreement for free movement of thoroughbreds between Britain, Ireland and France, the TBA Executive has also been at the forefront in helping to convince the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to reverse a decision on the minimum time permitted for the transport of pregnant mares, which would have had a major impact on sales companies and the international breeding sales.

Full scheme ahead Julian Richmond-Watson and his team involved in BOBIS have recently submitted a proposal to the Levy Board for a new scheme called Plus 10, which will see BOBIS amalgamated with the Racing Post Yearling Bonus Scheme to involve Irish breeders (see page 51).

The TBA Flat Committee, in addition to working on the refinements of BOBIS, is undertaking a review of race planning and the TBA has welcomed the European Pattern Committee’s proposal for three-year-old sprint Pattern races. The TBA has also recently formed a group to look at the pattern and black-type race programme from the breeders’ perspective, which will include a study on stayers and their opportunities as well as the disparity in opportunities for those breeding middledistance horses and sprinters.

In concluding his address to members, the Chairman said: “We must remember that the most important ingredient of our sport is the horse. Without horses we have no racing. The TBA, working with the Levy Board, BHA and our partners in the Horsemen’s Group will do everything possible to create the right environment to support production, where appropriate, for the future of our industry.”

The H J Joel Silver Salver Flat Broodmare of the Year: MASSKANA TBA Silver Rose Bowl TBA Flat Breeder of the year, discretionary award: Mr and MRS JOHN DEER The TBA Silver Salver Special Merit, discretionary award: JAMES WIGAN The Langham Cup Small Breeder of the Year (Flat), discretionary award: ASHBRITTLE STUD AND MARK DIXON TBA Annual Stud Staff Award Generously sponsored by New England Stud: STEVEN GOLDING The Whitbread Silver Salver Leading active British-based National Hunt stallion by earnings: KAYF TARA The Horse & Hound Cup Leading active British-based NH stallion by number of chase winners: ALFLORA The Dudgeon Cup National Hunt Broodmare of the Year: EFIZIA The Queen Mother’s Silver Salver National Hunt Achievement Award: NICKY HENDERSON The Dominion Bronze PROFESSOR SIDNEY RICKETTS The Andrew Devonshire Bronze CHRIS HARPER

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BREEDERS’ DIGEST

By EMMA BERRY, Bloodstock Editor

Our extended bloodstock coverage this month includes:

• • • • • •

The store horse season in review: examining the encouraging surge in demand – pages 52-57 Arqana August preview: a look at leading consignor Ecurie des Monceaux – pages 58-60 DBS Premier preview: the combined firepower of the O’Callaghan family – pages 62-64 Sales Circuit: round-up of auctions from England, Ireland, France and Japan – pages 66-71 The Breeding Business: Royal Ascot delight for Craig Bennett’s Merry Fox Stud – pages 72-73 Caulfield Files: appreciating early success for Champs Elysees and Siyouni – pages 74-75

Plus 10 scheme aims for major positives

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ver since the inception of the British Owners and Breeders Incentive Scheme (BOBIS) there have been calls for one single scheme which would also incorporate the Racing Post Yearling Bonus Scheme (RPYBS) and thus be accessible to Irish owners, breeders and vendors.

After months of deliberation and discussion, details of the new Plus 10 scheme, which is set to replace both of the aforementioned incentives, have been announced. The £5.5 million scheme will provide bonuses of £10,000 on 460 twoyear-old races in 2015 – 100 of which will be run in Ireland – with that figure set to rise to 550 in 2016 when three-year-old races will also be included. With many horses already signed up to BOBIS, Plus 10 will operate alongside that scheme in 2015, while the RPYBS will be phased out over the coming year. As the accompanying graphic shows, thoroughbreds are eligible for Plus 10 if they are the progeny of British- or Irishbased stallions or mares.

“The launch of Plus 10 marks an important development for the British and Irish bloodstock and racing industries,” said Julian RichmondWatson, Chairman of the Plus 10 Committee.

“By combining with Ireland we are able to offer larger bonuses, spread across a more targeted cross-section of races which will expand to cover both the two- and three-year-old racing seasons.”

The administration of the scheme will fall to the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) which, along with Horseracing Ireland (HRI), the Levy Board and sales houses, will provide financial backing. Owners and breeders also provide significant financial backing for the scheme, which has a three-stage registration.

Stage 1 registration is completed by the breeder when the horse is a foal (by September 30 of that year) and will cost £150 or €187.50.

Another payment is required when the horse is a yearling, by either its breeder or owner if it has already changed hands, and that will cost £200 or €250, payable by December 15. The final

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Eligibility Is the foal the progeny of a British or Irish domiciled mare?

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HORSE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PLUS 10

‘Streamlining the incentive scheme marketplace’, Plus 10 incorporates GB and Ireland

stage of registration comes in the horse’s twoyear-old season when a fee of £350 or €437.50 is required by March 31. The person who has paid the foal registration will receive 10% of any Plus 10 bonuses won, as will the payee of the yearling stage, while 75% will go to the person paying the final-stage registration. The remaining 5% of bonuses will be paid to the trainer, jockey and stable staff.

The proximity of the scheme launch to the first British yearling sales at Doncaster – the Premier Sales on August 26 and 27 plus the following day’s Silver Sales – means that the catalogue pages for those yearlings will not carry the logo for eligible horses as the catalogues had already gone to press. All horses already signed up to BOBIS are automatically eligible for Plus 10 and others can be made eligible prior to appearing in the sales ring.

Members of the Plus 10 team will be busy on the phones to vendors between now and then, and will be present at Doncaster throughout the auction days. Door cards and rump stickers will also be provided for all eligible lots.

Henry Beeby, Managing Director of DBS, said: “We’re a little disappointed that this wasn’t sorted out sooner – and we did offer to delay the

printing of our catalogues by four or five days.

However, we’re appreciative of the promised pro-activity of the Plus 10 team both before and at the sales.”

In common with BOBIS there’s no limit on the number of bonuses a horse can win and, in the long term, having just one scheme that incorporates both owners and breeders, and which hopefully helps as a sales incentive, has to be beneficial. Plus 10 has already received significant backing from Darley.

Sheikh Mohammed’s bloodstock advisor John Feguson said: “We believe Plus 10 will positively impact breeders large and small due to the incentive it offers people to invest in British and Irish bloodstock and by rewarding those who opt to race locally. As a mark of our support, Darley has registered 332 foals into the bonus scheme, ensuring our clients have the opportunity to enhance their racing returns.”

The transitional period in 2015 will ensure that BOBIS-eligible horses who will be three next season are still provided for by bonus races.

For this season’s yearlings to be eligible for Plus 10 races, they will need to be signed up to the scheme by September 30. Further details can be found at www.plus10bonus.com.

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STORE SALES REVIEW

Big surprise

IN STORE The sustained strength of trade at this year’s sales for untried jumpers has provided a boost for the National Hunt sector Words and photos Emma Berry

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he National Hunt store market, so long in the doldrums, has been hinting at a recovery for the last few seasons, but few could have predicted the riotous return to form of this summer, with even Sheikh Fahad Al Thani investing in a trio of untried jumpers.

A combination of events has led to the revival of fortunes, including the fact that fewer and better mares were bred from during the years when the twin spectres of over-production and global recession were most keenly felt. The lengthened production cycle of the jumping game means that the benefits of that selective approach are only now being fully realised and, coupled with an increase in the popularity of

National Hunt racing and an extended buying bench, it has led to a significant buoyancy in the store sector.

The rise of the boutique horses-in-training sales has been such that a number of buyers are now unable to participate at the level demanded by the top prices at such auctions. The very sales which once dented the allure of the stores have become so successful that they have helped to push people back into the market of untried stock as increased demand means that not all potential jumping owners can be catered for with a proven horse.

“There is great demand from buyers – I honestly don’t know where the money is

Harry Fowler and Evan Williams viewing young jumpers at Rahinston Stud

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Store horses have been increasingly in the

coming from,” says Harold Kirk, who buys jumpers for Willie Mullins’s powerful stable.

“DBS was strong to start with, then the Land Rover Sale was really good and the Derby Sale took it a step further. JP McManus is buying stores again, and he hadn’t for a few years, and Gigginstown House Stud helps to keep the market strong, but what was really noticeable was that the middle market was so strong this year.

“Horses that would have made €20,000 two years ago were making €40,000. The point-topoint men always buy in that bracket and they found it hard this year; €40,000 is a lot of money and I know owners who had that to spend but couldn’t and didn’t buy a horse.”

While Tattersalls Ireland’s Derby Sale, the flagship store auction, is expected to be strong and duly delivered an 89% clearance rate and rise in aggregate by 29% to €14,282,000, a dramatic improvement was posted this year by its Irish rival, the Goffs Land Rover Sale, which recorded an extraordinary 92% clearance rate.

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spotlight this year as the battle for proven horses has become a rarefied playing field

improving the quality of horse on offer at its major jumps sale.

“I’ve rarely auctioned at a sale where the trade has been as strong at all levels as it was at the Land Rover Sale,” says Goffs’ Chief Executive Henry Beeby. “The clearance rate speaks for itself. There were multiple bidders on many horses and they were coming in above the reserves we had.

“About three years ago we took the decision to really focus in on the National Hunt market – Goffs had more of a reputation for the Flat – but we added to our selection team, increased our sponsorship and have been very pro-active in trying to attract horses to the sale. To see such strength in National Hunt is encouraging for all concerned, as Ireland especially was hit particularly hard a few years ago.”

For Peter Molony, who combines his Goffs’ role with running his own successful Rathmore Stud and managing a neighbouring property for Sheikh Fahad Al Thani, the strength of this year’s trade was no surprise.

He says: “I expected the store sales to be pretty strong on the back of such good trade for point-to-pointers. Many people looking for THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

point-to-pointers couldn’t get in there so got involved in the stores instead.

“The quality is much tighter and the numbers are also tighter, which has made a big difference.

At both the Land Rover Sale and the Derby Sale there were very few horses that you wouldn’t bother to look at on pedigree – it was much more concentrated.

“There is great

demand from buyers; I honestly don’t know where the money is coming from” “I think foal numbers will start to increase a little but a lot of the lower quality mares have been taken out of the system so any increase is likely to be fairly slow.”

The most expensive of Molony’s four

purchases at the Derby Sale was a daughter of late champion sire King’s Theatre, who, at €92,000, was only the fourth-most expensive filly in the sale.

An advocate of the creation of a clearer progression for mares’ races in the National Hunt division, Molony, a member of the ITBA’s National Hunt Committee, adds: “I had a couple of orders for fillies and it was hard work to get one. There was definitely a noticeably much better demand for them this year, especially at the Derby Sale.

“All the extra Listed races and the ITBA Bonus Scheme have definitely helped, but I do think that now all these races are in the calendar there needs to be a proper pattern in place for them, which would be beneficial for all.”

On this side of the Irish Sea, trainer Tom Symonds has joined the TBA National Hunt Committee and is another staunch supporter of mares’ races. He has enjoyed notable success in this area with the likes of Midnight Belle and Tweedledrum.

“I love having fillies in the yard as they are the future of our industry – they are the ones who are going to produce the future stars, and as a trainer I’ll certainly be taking advantage of the increased opportunities for fillies and mares,” says Symonds, who bought a Robin Des Champs filly for owner/breeder Dominic Burke and will be training another for Sheikh Fahad.

“The strength of trade for fillies at the Derby Sale was a huge positive. That has to be down to the programme. Now we’re even seeing Paul Nicholls with some fillies and mares in his yard.”

However, for trainers wanting to buy on spec, this year’s sales have been harder than ever.

Symonds continues: “It’s the desire to win on four days in March that is driving it. The resurgence of the store market is a real plus but it obviously makes it difficult for people wanting to find value in untried horses. You have to buy them for the tight type of owner, one who is prepared to give them a bit of time.

“I particularly like store horses – I think some who come from the point-to-point sales have been a bit highly tried and pushed hard. I even bought a few stores privately this year, including a yearling in Ireland. I’m lucky that we have the farm here so we have room to turn them out, and my father has a National Hunt broodmare.”

As a member of the Tattersalls Ireland inspection team and an owner, breeder and husband of a trainer, Harry Fowler is in a position to weigh up the pros and cons of the National Hunt game from all angles. There’s a definite sigh of relief as he reflects on the harder years endured recently by himself and fellow jumps breeders.

He says: “With National Hunt mares you really do have to take a long-term view and some of the mares are at the end of their careers

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Peter Molony of Rathmore Stud takes the hands-on approach with a member of his draft at the Goffs Land Rover Sale

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breeders with a good mare to breed from stuck to their guns, even in the recession, and they are being rewarded now.

“For me personally, I took the view that we’d tighten up what we covered and then try to ride

the storm. We covered four or five in 2009 and 2010, and now we’re covering ten or 12.”

The Fowlers’ Rahinston Stud, where Lorna Fowler now trains and where Harry’s father John, then mother Chich, previously held the licence, has a longstanding reputation for

How the fillies are faring The TBA’s National Hunt Committee is still waiting to hear if it will gain the requisite Levy Board funding to launch its proposed Mare Owners Prize Scheme (MOPS), which has been formulated to help drive buyers towards fillies at the sales.

Whether it gains approval or not, both the TBA and its Irish counterpart can draw satisfaction from the fact that the measures already implemented – an increased blacktype programme in Britain and a fillies’ bonus scheme in Ireland – are begininng to help in this regard.

A filly by Robin Des Champs made the top ten when selling for €160,000 at the 2013 Derby Sale and though you had to scroll down 20 lots to find this year’s top-priced filly, it was another daughter of the same sire who sold for €110,000 to Highflyer Bloodstock. Harry Fry went to €105,000 outside the ring for the late Whiteoak’s threeyear-old daughter by Presenting, while just below the six-figure mark, Hannah Wall, Richard Lee and Peter Molony splashed out decent sums for fillies – again by proven sires – with two daughters of King’s Theatre joining another by Robin Des Champs on the list of more expensive females.

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Slowly but surely buyers are latching on to the fact that it’s worth taking a chance on a filly, an opinion which has long been held by Harold Kirk, who says: “I look at everything in the catalogue – we don’t differentiate between fillies and geldings. The Mullins family has always been successful with fillies, both those they’ve bred and raced and those bought from the sales.

“The filly market is getting stronger – there are more races and more black-type opportunities. Even for point-to-points they are buying fillies now and those that show form are selling well at Brightwells. It’s going to be gradual and it takes time for people to tune in to fillies, but we are on the right track.”

For the time being, there are still far fewer fillies represented in the store sales – just 68 of the 243 lots catalogued at DBS (27.9%), 76

success with fillies, both as breeders and on the racecourse, with recent alumni including multiple back-type earner Mischievous Milly.

Though she was sold to Oliver Sherwood, Harry is not averse to racing or leasing fillies.

“When we’re selecting fillies for the sale we’re

of 529 lots at Goffs (14.3%) and 83 of 440 stores at the Derby Sale (18.9%).

With a number of breeders choosing to race their fillies, a 50-50 split is unlikely ever to happen, but both vendors and sales companies need to work together in finding a way to include more fillies in catalogues.

Kirk sounds a note of caution to breeders and vendors in this regard, saying: “I hope down the line people will look after filly foals the same way they do colts. Breeders can be disappointed with a filly foal and I think sometimes they aren’t as well done for the sales, but people should be breeding from mares where it shouldn’t matter whether she produces a filly or colt. The mares have to be good enough to carry a filly.

“More and more trainers are buying fillies and bigger owners that never did before are also doing so. Having a mares’ race at the Cheltenham Festival helps – the big owners all want to win the big races so now they have to have a mare to compete.”

Fillies at the 2014 store sales DBS Spring Sale Goffs Land Rover Tatts Ire Derby Sale

Catalogued 68 76 83

Sold 42 50 48

Aggregate £534,800 €732,500 €1,445,500

Average £12,733 €14,650 €30,115

Top price £55,000 €45,000 €110,000

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• For Sale for £20,000 until our Open day on Aug 17th price increase thereafter to £25,000.

• To be sold in 10% shares or above.

45% of this horse has already been sold.

Training fees of £160.00 per month per 10% for the first year after.

Can be viewed at Higher Shutscombe Farm, Charles, Brayford, North Devon before or on the Open day.

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a lot tougher on them than the geldings,” he notes. “If there’s a nice filly with a not very strong pedigree, we’d advise the breeder to race her, or lease her or syndicate her, rather than giving her away for €5,000 at the store sale, which is what those sort of fillies make. They are not as commercial as the geldings yet, but they are heading in the right direction.”

Fowler points to the increased number of fillies in the Derby Sale catalogue this time around on the back of an average sales price in 2013 which had almost doubled from the previous year.

“Tattersalls Ireland wanted to support the grassroots so we sponsored some fillies’ pointto-points in Ireland with a €10,000 bonus for the final, which was won by an owner/breeder,” he says. “We wanted to establish the Derby Sale as a source for good fillies. Buyers have acted on that and started waving their hands in the air, resulting in greatly improved figures.”

Another area in which the company is starting to alter the catalogue composition is in the sale of two-year-old stores. Fourteen were catalogued this year, when once only three- and four-year-olds were offered. Harold Kirk, a regular buyer in France, where this is more commonplace, welcomes the initiative.

He says: “The four-year-old horse in the store sale is nearly finished. The point-to-point men won’t buy them as they like to race them as fouryear-olds. The introduction of two-year-olds is the way forward and I think trainers will be happy to buy them. One of the mistakes this year was not selling all the two-year-olds in one

Major British and Irish store sales over the last five years DBS Spring Sale Year Sold 2014 176 2013 131 2012 145 2011 125 2010 194

Aggregate (£) 3,732,000 2,349,200 2,189,500 1,764,000 2,540,950

Average (£) 21,205 17,933 15,100 15,092 13,097

Median (£) 16,000 15,000 10,000 11,000 8,700

Top price (£) 90,000 100,000 100,000 80,000 100,000

Goffs Land Rover Sale Year Sold Aggregate (€) 2014 418 11,557,000 2013 408 7,725,150 2012 369 5,519,200 2011 296 14,030,000 2010 312 3,777,600

Average (€) 27,648 18,934 14,957 13,614 12,107

Median (€) 22,000 14,000 12,000 10,500 9,000

Top price (€) 200,000 215,000 150,000 78,000 55,000

Average (€) 43,576 37,591 27,926 31,586 26,940

Median (€) 34,000 30,000 22,000 22,000 15,500

Top price (€) 220,000 250,000 250,000 340,000 325,000

Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale Year Sold Aggregate (€) 2014* 337 14,685,000 2013 307 11,540,500 2012 337 9,423,450 2011 331 10,455,000 2010 278 7,489,250 *including seven horses in training

section, but it’s early days and it will evolve.”

The store section of the DBS Spring Sales was topped this year by a two-year-old brother to maiden hurdle winner Aklan at £90,000 – and was bought by Kirk for that gelding’s trainer Willie Mullins – but not everyone is convinced that the two-year-old division will be highly sought after at the store sales.

“The two-year-olds will take a long time to take off,” believes Peter Molony. “The people buying them will be either pinhookers or end-

users and at two they are still a little young for the end-users. I think it will be a good idea if it does get going because it will help to stimulate trade, but it will take time to take root.”

Whatever the outcome, the major players involved in the National Hunt market have shown that they are not afraid of introducing changes to help stimulate demand for their product. And in many cases they are now being well rewarded for this open-minded approach.

Trickledown Stud’s Sara Thorman with her Land Rover Sale topper by Robin Des Champs, who was sold for €200,000 to Mouse Morris

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SUCCESS Lucien Urano’s Haras des Monceaux has become one of the most prestigious and commercial thoroughbred farms in Normandy under the guidance of Henri Bozo

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The immaculate main yard at Haras des Monceaux, which has been restored to its former glory since its purchase in 2003

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he place is busy and quiet at the same time. The vast, picturesque main yard lies empty under the windows of Henri Bozo’s office, as all the mares have been turned out for the day despite the heavy showers.

“It is very mild today, a bit of rain can only toughen them up; we like to keep things as natural as possible”, says the Manager.

Welcome to Ecurie des Monceaux, the Normandy-based farm whose recent rise up the vendors’ rankings at the Arqana August sale has been nothing short of staggering.

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The stud belongs to Italian-born Lucien Urano, whose own success story could have modelled that of his breeding operation.

Urano grew up in Calabria, the southernmost and poorest region of the Italian peninsula. His father, a modest worker in the textile industry, decided to take the plunge and move to France in 1958, where he was hoping for brighter perspectives.

The family landed in Enghien, on the outskirts of Paris, where the 13-year-old Urano started working alongside his father on the sewing machine. Father and son also used

to team up on another activity, which was to visit the nearby racecourse to watch harness racing. Obviously racing could be only a hobby at that stage, with money so scarce in the family, but the young Lucien was thoroughly bitten by the bug.

After creating a retail empire with activities ranging from clothing to pizzerias, he bought his first trotters in 1998, 40 years after his penniless arrival in France. And as his dream had always been not only to own racehorses but to breed them, he acquired a farm in Normandy and quickly turned it into a THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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DEAUVILLE, AUGUST 16-19, 2014 nursery for champions.

In 2003, having established Ecurie des Charmes as a leading owner/breeder in the trotting world, Urano started looking for a manager for his ever-expanding equine activities. He was in the process of buying Haras des Monceaux, an historic, but at that stage pretty run down, thoroughbred stud farm, but hadn’t yet decided on a plan for the property. This is where the encounter with Henri Bozo proved pivotal. The 30-year-old, who had spent the past three years at the helm of Haras du Mézeray, where he had successfully followed in his father’s illustrious footsteps, had a business plan in mind and his determination quickly convinced Urano.

“We sold 13

yearlings that first year and three went on to win at Listed or Group level” and served a diversity of purposes from breeding cows to showjumpers and even growing apple trees to make cider.

“The farm was very derelict when Mr Urano bought it, but the good thing was that the land had been rested for several years,” says Bozo.

“And being an entrepreneur, Mr Urano likes to start things from scratch. We refurbished the main yard, built several barns and bought some more land in order to ensure a good turnover of the paddocks.

“From an initial surface of 180 hectares, we have now expanded to 290. And of course, we started buying some horses – thoroughbreds this time. The plan, from day one, was to develop families of international calibre.”

This plan came to fruition in record time.

Among the very first batch of yearlings purchased by Monceaux in 2003 was a Monsun filly who cost €130,000 at BadenBaden, and went on to win the Grade 1 THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

Manager Henri Bozo chats with stud owner Lucien Urano at the sales in Deauville

Beverly D Stakes in the farm’s colours. In the breeding shed, Royal Highness became the dam of this year’s Group 2 Prix Hocquart scorer Free Port Lux. Three months before her triumph at Arlington, the Monceaux silks had enjoyed their first victory at the highest level when Coquerelle, a daughter of Zamindar who had been snapped up for €70,000 as a Deauville yearling, won the 2007 Prix Saint-Alary.

These big-race successes for the Monceaux colours did not, however, divert Urano’s mind from his ultimate goal, which is to breed – and not necessarily race – elite racehorses. With this strategy requiring regular investments in fresh, cherry-picked

bloodlines, the need to sell the majority of the yearlings soon became apparent.

In 2009, the first draft of yearlings bred at Monceaux made their way to the Deauville sales, under an hour away from their native land. Henri Bozo likes to recall how this initial venture unfolded.

“Between August and October we sold 13 yearlings that year, and three went on to win at Listed or Group level,” he says.

Two years later, Ecurie des Monceaux ranked as second leading vendor at Arqana’s August sale, and first by average price. For the last two years they have topped the vendors’ standings by aggregate. Bozo offers several factors for such a quickfire success.

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Stage one was to restore the farm. Haras des Monceaux was founded in 1925 by American magnate Ralph Strassburger, who bred many equine stars there. It was then purchased by Alan Clore, but following the latter’s bankruptcy the farm went through a chaotic period, where it changed hands repeatedly

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The story begins

Subsequent Irish Oaks winner Chicquita after being sold by Monceaux as a yearling

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“I think it comes down to the fact that our business model is consistent and generates confidence,” he says. “We breed on land that has proved excellent, we buy young mares with top-class bloodlines and breed them to the best sires around. Plus we have a very transparent policy: all the yearlings we sell were born and raised on the farm.

“The majority belong to Mr Urano, and a few to clients of ours, but we don’t do any consigning. And now, of course, we have our track record to do the talking. There is absolutely no frustration in selling our best yearlings. We keep only a few fillies, about two or three a year, when we haven’t got anything else from the family. Our ambition clearly lies on the breeding side, and we are very happy to see our homebreds win top races in other people’s colours.”

They have proved extremely successful at it. In addition to making an impact in the sales ring, Monceaux-breds have quickly amassed an impressive collection of blacktype races, including no fewer than six Group events this year. The aforementioned Free

“There is absolutely

Yearlings roaming one of the spacious paddocks at the Normandy farm

Partnership reaches for the sky

no frustration in selling our best yearlings; we keep only a few fillies”

Port Lux took the Prix Hocquart for new French owner Olivier Thomas; Charm Spirit landed the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat and a pair of Group 3s for Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani; Ectot, carrying the silks of Gérard AugustinNormand, took the Prix de Fontainebleau and was strongly fancied for the Poule d’Essai des Poulains before suffering an injury days before the race; Montclair, bred at Monceaux for Elisabeth Fabre, secured the Group 3 Prix de Barbeville for OTI Racing; and the veteran Without Fear won a Group 3 in Denmark.

Hopes are high for the 29-strong draft destined for the forthcoming August sale. The 16 fillies and 13 colts are by the most coveted proven sires, including two colts and two fillies by Galileo, and they are related to all the good horses bred at Monceaux. A Galileo half-sister to Free Port Lux, an Invincible Spirit half-sister to Group 1 winners Most Improved and Ectot, and a half-brother, by the same sire, to Chicquita are notably described as “outstanding individuals” by Bozo. They will surely be in high demand, before going on to pursue Urano’s greatest dream: to breed an Arc winner.

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Henri Bozo and Patricia Boutin

“When we started buying mares at auction we often found ourselves bidding against Chryss O’Reilly and her bloodstock advisor Patricia Boutin,” says Henri Bozo. “So we thought, if we bought those mares in partnership we would both be better off for it. Since 2004, from the five or six mares we have bought every year, two or three have been in partnership with Skymarc Farm.”

The association has proved incredibly successful, with two of these mares delivering Group 1 winners. Platonic, a daughter of Zafonic out of Puce, who could register only one minor victory in 16 starts, was purchased for 100,000gns in 2004, and is showing some impressive credentials as a foundation mare. Her first foal, a Dansili filly named Prudenzia, became the first stakes winner bred at Monceaux, and once retired to the breeding shed she produced the Irish Oaks winner Chicquita as her first foal.

Three years after Platonic, the partnership secured a non-winning Linamix mare for the same amount.

Tonnara went on to foal the St James’s Palace Stakes victor Most Improved to Lawman, and the Group 1-winning juvenile Ectot to Hurricane Run. Bozo describes the Monceaux/Skymarc partnership as natural, owing to the common philosophy of the two operations.

He says: “We share the same vision on breeding. Our primary aim is to develop families, therefore we mostly buy fillies out of training or mares carrying their first foal, rather than proven broodmares, and we try not to sell our best fillies in training or our most successful broodmares.”

The partnership has even been extended to like-minded third parties on some occasions, notably in the purchase of the Aga Khan-bred Alpine Rose. Offered as a Group 3-placed filly in training with a stellar pedigree, the daughter of Linamix commanded a sale-topping €550,000 at the 2008 Deauville December auction.

This amount was offered by a triumvirate comprising Ecurie des Monceaux, Skymarc Farm and Haras du Mézeray. Sent back into training Alpine Rose enhanced her paddock value in the Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet.

Her first foal, a colt by Sea The Stars, was knocked down for €1.2 million to Mandore International at the 2012 August sale, while her second, a filly by Galileo, fell to MV Magnier for €1m last year.

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Meet the

O’CALLAGHANS Brothers Tony and Gay may run two separate farms but as an entity at the sales and in the stallion market, the O’Callaghan clan is a powerful force Words Nancy Sexton

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ast an eye over any recent leading British and Irish two-year-old sires’ list and more often than not a leading player will have hailed from an outfit managed by the O’Callaghan family.

Such a trend is no accident. While Tally-Ho Stud in County Westmeath and Morristown Lattin and Yeomanstown Studs, near Naas in County Kildare, have long been operated as separate entities by brothers Tony and Gay O’Callaghan, both are well established as leading sources of two-year-olds winners and boast the stallion rosters to suit.

This season is no different. Tally-Ho Stud’s Kodiac has already fired in 20 two-year-old winners in Britain and Ireland while at the time of writing Zebedee tops the first-crop sires’ list as the sire of 12 winners, including Group 2 July Stakes scorer Ivawood.

Newmarket’s July meeting was also productive for Morristown Lattin Stud stalwart Dark Angel, sire of Superlative Stakes winner Estidhkaar. His victory came on the same afternoon that Accepted became the first stakes winner for fellow Morristown Lattin stallion Approve in the Tipperary Stakes.

Not only that, both studs are flying high on the track with their graduates. Tally-Ho’s season, which followed off the back of a memorable year highlighted by Sky Lantern,

Left: Robert, Guy and Peter (right) O’Callaghan at Tattersalls. Above: Roger and Tony O’Callaghan. Above right: Gay O’Callaghan and Dark Angel

comprises the Group 1-placed Euphrasia and talented juvenile Adaay, while Morristown Lattin’s sister stud Yeomanstown sold Pearl Secret and That Is The Spirit in addition to promising two-year-old winners Adulation and Markaz.

“Gay has always focused on high-class sprinters and top-class two-year-olds,” explains his son David O’Callaghan. “[Stallions] Common Grounds, Pips Pride, Dark Angel, Desert Style et al all had Group 1 form at two

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DBS PREMIER YEARLING SALE, AUGUST 26-27, 2014 while Camacho was the highest rated threeyear-old sprinter of his generation.”

Yeomanstown Stud was purchased by Gay and Annette O’Callaghan in 1981. Gay was already a well-respected face within the industry having managed Castlehyde Stud for John Magnier and wasted little time in developing Yeomanstown into a premier operation.

In 1989, the operation was enhanced by the neighbouring Morristown Lattin Stud, which welcomed Prix de la Salamandre winner Common Grounds as its first stallion. Another fast horse, Pips Pride, followed in 1994.

stallion career was pinhook Definite Article, runner-up in the 1995 Irish Derby and sire of Vinnie Roe. However, it is the six-length win of Bad As I Wanna Be in the 2000 Prix Morny that stands out on the roll of honour.

“We bred him and he was by our first stallion Common Grounds,” says David. “But it was the manner of his win that launched Common Grounds into everybody’s psyche.

“We also bred [top sprinter] Pipalong and stood her sire Pips Pride, bred her dam, Limpopo, and granddam, Grey Goddess. The continued success of the lines belonging to

Lattin. An immediate success, he stood the past season at €27,500.

“We always loved him as a physical so when he had a stellar two-year-old year culminating in him winning the Middle Park we didn’t need much time to make up our minds that he was the horse for us,” says David.

A key element to Morristown Lattin’s success has been the ability to launch a stallion – Yeomanstown bred early Dark Angel standouts Sovereign Debt and Alhebayeb as well as Camacho’s first major flag-bearer, Puff.

It is a trait shared by Tally-Ho Stud, which was established in 1975 by Tony and Anne

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Today, the operation is headed by Gay and Annette with the assistance of their son David.

Sons Guy and Robert are also involved while Peter runs successful Kentucky operation Woods Edge Farm.

Every aspect of the business is covered, from breeding and pinhooking to offering breeders a commercial stallion roster that comprises Dark Angel, Approve and Camacho. To that end, there have been many highlights along the way, whether it be setting a European breeze-up record when selling a Phone Trick colt for 99,000gns in 1999 or breeding the likes of Dark Angel and Bad As I Wanna Be, both of whom returned to stand at Morristown Lattin. Another graduate who returned for a THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

Grey Goddess and Sandhurst Goddess, who were both out of Paradise Bird, have been particularly satisfying. It is a family which we have been involved in for nearly 30 years and year in year out keeps producing high-class sprinters and two-year-olds.

“And although we didn’t breed Lethal Force, we bred his sire Dark Angel and dam Land Army [by Desert Style out of Family At War].

Obviously he launched Dark Angel into a different sphere as regards his status as a topclass stallion.”

Sold by Yeomanstown for 61,000gns as a yearling, Dark Angel took the Middle Park Stakes at two and by the following spring was carrying out stallion duties at Morristown

O’Callaghan and is today operated with the assistance of sons Roger and Henry.

Today’s stallion roster is led by Kodiac and also includes Zebedee, Sir Prancealot and new inmate Society Rock, who covered a ‘cracking book’ of 150 mares this season.

“It’s harder to compete if you want the middle-distance type of horse,” says Tony O’Callaghan. “So we’ve focused more on the sprinter, two-year-old types. The turning point was Danetime – he and Kodiac have given me the most satisfaction.”

It’s a case of what might have been had Danetime not died aged 11 in 2005. A stallion who started out stud life at Ir3,000gns, the son of Danehill left behind two winners of the Prix

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Morny in the Tally-Ho-bred Bushranger and pinhook Myboycharlie.

Tally-Ho’s Morny hat-trick was completed in 2010 by breeze-up graduate Dream Ahead, subsequently a champion three-year-old sprinter. The Diktat colt is to date the best breezer sold by Tally-Ho, which sent 57 twoyear-olds through the ring this spring.

“Federico Barberini bought Dream Ahead on the last day of the Keeneland September Sale,” remembers Roger. “He asked if we would take him and I accepted in a heartbeat.

“We also bought [this year’s two-time winner] Lieutenant Kaffee and [Listed-placed] Storyland on the last day of Keeneland. Results like that make the work worthwhile.

“The breeze-ups have been good to us. It’s a great team effort and we’ve been fortunate to get good money every year for one or two.

Money coming in during the spring is a big help and lets us invest in the place.”

As with Morristown Lattin Stud, breeders choose Tally-Ho stallions in the knowledge that they will be well supported by the stud’s own base of mares.

“The mares haven’t come off the place for the past 20 years,” says Tony, alluding to the level of home support that has been afforded to each stallion down the years. And it shows on the track; in recent years Tally-Ho has bred and/or pinhooked leading runners by past and present stallions such as Baltic King (Baltic Knight), Chevalier (Monsieur Chevalier) and Redback (Lahaleeb). However, the best has

Gay’s son David O’Callaghan on a Yeomanstown Stud breeze-up horse

undoubtedly been Sky Lantern, last year’s 1,000 Guineas, Coronation and Sun Chariot Stakes heroine who hailed from the second crop of the short-lived Red Clubs.

“You’re only as good as the stallions you have,” says Roger. “If we don’t support them, how can we expect others to?

“Sky Lantern was great. We had the mare [Shawanni] and the stallion. And in the Coronation she confirmed she was the best

filly of her generation.”

While Kodiac remains ever popular at €10,000, hopes run high that young stallions Sir Prancealot and Society Rock can live up to expectations.

“Sir Prancealot is very good looking and getting some good stock,” says Tony. “He covered the dams of Toormore and Extortionist in his first book.

“However, it’s become far more competitive to secure stallions.”

His view is echoed by David O’Callaghan.

“The industry is in a great place right now with so many new investors from all around the world,” he says. “But potential stallion prospects are being snapped up to go abroad to Hong Kong to race as geldings, as well as Australia and America, not to mention the domestic money from Qatar, Darley and Coolmore.

“We don’t let it worry us though as when something we like comes along we will try hard to acquire him.”

They may have separate identities but success at Tally-Ho and Morristown Lattin Studs has been earned through very much the same ethos; hard work combined with a keen understanding of each facet of the business that has been rewarded by a loyal client base.

So is there any rivalry?

“Maybe a friendly one,” says David O’Callaghan, “but more a mutual respect for what each one is trying to achieve. Each of us is glad to see the other do well.”

DBS a happy hunting ground for both camps A busy yearling sales season for Tally-Ho and Yeomanstown Studs kicks off this month with the DBS Premier Sale, an auction at which the pair filled the top two vendor spots last year.

Tally-Ho ended last year’s sale as top vendor with 19 yearlings sold for a total of £584,500. They were led by a son of Kodiac, who blossomed from an 18,000gns pinhook into a £160,000 yearling.

“We cater well for that market,” says Roger O’Callaghan. “Our aim is to produce winners and that’s what people want – winners.”

A past recipient of the DBS Willie Stephenson Memorial Award, Tally-Ho enjoyed a truly memorable week back in 2007 when graduates Kingsgate Native and Myboycharlie landed the Nunthorpe Stakes and Prix Morny within a few days of each other.

“It was great the year that Kingsgate Native and Myboycharlie won their Group 1s in the same week,” says Roger. “They had both been sold at Donny and I Kingsgate Native

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remember going back to sell that year – there was a great buzz.”

Tally-Ho heads to DBS this year with 21 yearlings to sell. As in 2013, Kodiac and Zebedee are strongly represented.

Meanwhile, Yeomanstown Stud has catalogued ten yearlings to the Premier Sale, including those by Dark Angel, Dream Ahead and Approve. Despite selling a small group of seven in 2013, such was the strength of its draft that the stud turned over £469,500 for an average of £67,071. Leading the way was a Dark Angel colt who sold to Shadwell for £200,000. Subsequently named Markaz, he broke his maiden recently at Ascot.

Other talented Dark Angel representatives Gabrial and Bronze Angel were among Yeomanstown’s DBS Premier draft in 2010 while Dark Angel himself was sold by the stud at the 2006 sale for 61,000gns to BBA Ireland.

“Donny has been a happy hunting ground for us, in terms of selling a good horse and buying,” says David O’Callaghan. “We’ve always got on well there – we’ve sold a lot of good ones.”

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Major store sales conclude with strong Derby renewal All key indicators continue to rise as demand for unproven jumpers remains strong

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urope’s foal crop was much reduced by 2011, but thoroughbreds born in that year with a jumping pedigree are proving hugely popular.

After some memorably good results at Goffs’ Land Rover Sale, the daddy of store-horse auctions, Tattersalls Ireland’s Derby Sale, produced its own version of a spending spree, with a clearance rate that rose to 88% and increases in all the other major figures. The comment that ‘people are pulling horses out of hedgerows all over Ireland to get them to the sales’ was loosely framed around a bit of blarney, but who could blame the country’s many small breeders and foal pinhookers for wanting a slice of this year’s buoyant action?

The catalogue was slightly bigger compared to 2013 (453 against 419), while those offered numbered 381 (355), but a 29% rise in turnover (more or less double the sum achieved as recently as 2010), 18% increase in average and a record median was proof of demand.

The stallion to be on for vendors seeking a top-ten place was Yeats, the horse who made Royal Ascot’s Gold Cup his own before retiring to Coolmore Stud in 2010 at a fee of €10,000.

Some of his first-crop three-year-olds duly made their debut at this sale, and the ten offered sold for an average of €88,000, headed by a gelding from the Hore family’s Mount Eaton Stud who fetched €220,000.

MV Magnier, a son of Coolmore chief John Magnier, stumped up the cash for this one, and bought three sons of Yeats in total, the trio all making the leading-ten board. Not that Magnier Jr is a stranger to this sale, for he bought the top lot in 2013 when paying €250,000 for a colt out of star mare Asian Maze – yet to run, he is called Onthewesternfront.

The horses-in-training section (comprising just nine offered lots) was headed by How About It (Kayf Tara), who completed a salesracing-sales journey typical of the one that many stores from this event will follow.

Purchased for €21,000 in this ring as a threeyear-old by trainer Enda Bolger, he did not

The team of Willie Mullins and Harold Kirk played a leading role at the Derby Sale

make his debut until running in an Irish pointto-point in April this year, but won at the first time of asking.

Returned to the ring he made a sizeable profit when knocked down to West Wales-based Gearoid Costelloe for €130,000.

Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale Top lots Sex/Breeding

Vendor

G Yeats-Jolivia Mount

Eaton Stud

Price (€)

220,000 MV Magnier

Buyer

G Presenting-Oligarch Society

Redpender Stud

170,000 H Kirk/WP Mullins

G Stowaway-Hurricane Debbie

Whytemount Stud

160,000 Shark Bloodstock

G Utility (Yeats-Ungarin)

Ballincurrig House Stud

160,000 MV Magnier

G Presenting-Supreme Serenade

Peter Nolan Bloodstock

160,000 H Kirk/WP Mullins

G Milan-Mega d’Estruval

Peria Stud

150,000 H Kirk/WP Mullins

G Bon Papa (Network-Gibelotte)

Ballincurrig House Stud

150,000 Aiden Murphy

G Shantou-Midnight Gift

Morning Star Stud

145,000 Dessie Hughes

G Yeats-Stony View

Goldford Stud

140,000 MV Magnier

G How About It (Kayf Tara-Midnight Gift)

Howardstown Stables

130,000 Gearoid Costelloe

G Flemensfirth-Native Design

Rathturtin Stud

130,000 Aiden Murphy

Five-year tale Year

Sold

Agg (€)

Avg (€)

Mdn (€)

2014

337

14,685,000

43,576

34,000

Top Price (€) 220,000

2013

307

11,540,500

37,591

30,000

250,000

2012

337

9,423,450

27,926

22,000

250,000

2011

331

10,455,000

31,586

22,000

340,000

2010

278

7,489,250

26,940

15,500

325,000

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A bigger horses-in-training section is to be a feature of Tattersalls Ireland’s August National Hunt Sale, which will now be held over three days rather than two (August 12-14).

Arqana Summer Sale Name/Breeding

Vendor

Arqana Summer Sale

Mondialiste (Galileo—Occupandiste)

Wertheimer & Frere

190,000

David Powell

Montdragon (Turtle Bowl — Bonne Gargotte)

Ecurie Drost

185,000

Jonjo O’Neill

Held for the third year at Deauville following its transfer from Saint-Cloud, this two-day sale comprised Flat-bred juveniles and jumping stores in addition to horses that had raced, a menu that attracted practitioners from Britain and Ireland.

Those with an interest in National Hunt racing were a major factor in dealings involving higher-value horses, helping push turnover up, although the average (-4%) and median (-8%) took slight hits.

Yorkshire trainer David O’Meara, another in the line of former journeymen jump jockeys whose achievements as trainers exceeds their record in the saddle, left France with the pick on price after agent David Powell paid €190,000 for Mondialiste, a four-year-old Galileo gelding who had been placed in the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat last year, but did not break his duck until two months ago. >>

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Top lots Price (€)

Buyer

Alternatif (Shaanmer—Katerinette)

A Couetil

180,000

Horse Racing Advisory

Crystal Beach (Network—Hatilade)

Callier

165,000

Bertrand Le Metayer

Konig Dax (Saddex—Konigin Shuttle)

Ecurie Drost

160,000

Donald McCain

Batavir (Muhtathir—Elsie)

Ecuire Drost

150,000

Horse Racing Advisory

Cold March (Early March—Tumultueuse)

Lefevre

140,000

Guy Petit

Petite Parisienne (Montmartre—Ejina)

J-C Rouget

135,000

Harold Kirk

Matorico (Mastercraftsman—Hashbrown)

Channel Consignment

115,000

Jonjo O’Neill

Double Look (Mastercraftsman—Paper Profits)

Channel Consignment

110,000

Richard Venn

Five-year tale Year

Sold

Agg (€)

Avg (€)

Mdn (€)

Top Price (€)

2014

283

6,965,500

24,613

12,000

190,000

2013

255

6,509,206

25,526

13,000

280,000

2012

201

3,724,500

18,530

9,000

160,000

2011

176

3,981,000

22,619

15,000

200,000

2010

146

2,490,300

17,057

10,000

160,000

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Bred by Wertheimer Et Frere, he had a page to impress, being out of a dual Group 1 winner and from the family of Intello.

Jonjo O’Neill, Harold Kirk and Donald McCain were among other UK and Ireland buyers who made a mark, and O’Neill’s purchases included three-year-old Matorico, a winner on the Flat and by last season’s champion first-crop sire Mastercraftsman. The buyer commented: “The one question mark is the sire, who is not proven over jumps.”

Richard Venn, who also took a Mastercraftsman progeny when paying €110,000 for Double Look, said his purchase was heading to Qatar. Asked to reflect on this sale, Venn, a Newmarket-based agent who is about to move to France, said: “Following great results at the Land Rover and Derby Sales, the store trade for two-year-olds was very strong.”

Not surprisingly a son of Network headed this group when a colt called Crystal Beach made €165,000.

At this sale last year, the name Professor Caroline Tisdall crept onto the radar of jump racing followers when Hubert Barbe secured her the top lot, Dell’ Arca, for €280,000. After that horse had joined David Pipe and won Cheltenham’s Greatwood Hurdle the professor of art was an even more familiar entity, her openness and unalloyed delight in jump racing making her a welcome new face on the scene.

Returning to Deauville, she made her mark again, using Barbe’s Horse Advisory Services to buy several horses, headed by Flat and hurdles winner Alternatif for €180,000.

Tattersalls July Sale Once again Qatar had a major influence on this midsummer mixed sale at Tattersalls’ Newmarket headquarters.

Buyers based in the tiny Gulf state competed with their countrymen who have put down roots in Northern Europe, helping clear the shelves of 92% of the stock offered, a remarkable figure given that 544 horses came to market. Take out those with unrealistic reserves and just about anything that ate hay found a new home.

This was a slightly larger catalogue compared to 2013, and an additional 45 horses came under the hammer, but a 20% rise in aggregate demonstrates the commitment of buyers, as does a 25% median increase. The lack of star names held the average back, so a 4% rise in that figure was no less impressive.

For the second year running the sale’s most active player was Doha-based champion trainer Gassim Ghazali, who bought under several names and picked up at least 42 horses for about 1,200,000gns. Both he and Qatar-based furnishings businessman Hussain Ali Bukannan – who was joined by his trainer, Zuhair Mohsen – reported notable results with the horses they bought at last year’s July Sale, hence their return.

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Tattersalls July Sale Top lots Name/Breeding

Vendor

New Street (Acclamation-New Deal)

Musley Bank Stables

Price (gns) 185,000

Bobby O’Ryan

Brendan Brackan (Big Bad Bob-Abeyr)

Glenburnie Stables

145,000

David Redvers Bloodstock

Halation (Azamour-Ghenwah)

Castlebridge Consignment

120,000

David Redvers Bloodstock

Ko Cache (Kodiac-Silver Cache)

Belstane Racing Stables

110,000

Hussain Ali Bukannan

Starchitect (Sea The Stars-Humilis)

Garretstown House

110,000

Donald McCain

Rawoof (Nayef-Tanaghum)

Shadwell Stud

90,000

Brook Stud Bloodstock

Totally Millie (Pivotal-Millistar)

Meon Valley Stud

90,000

A Smith-Maxwell

Stevie’s Wonder (Art Connoisseur-Our Jo Jo)

Castlemartin Abbey House

85,000

Gassim Ghazali

Gulbarg (Dubawi-Jade Chequer)

Darley

80,000

Kilfrush Stud/Mubarak Al Naemi

Fly Past (Zamindar-Daring Miss)

Juddmonte Farms

80,000

Blandford Bloodstock

I’m So Glad (Clodovil-Dilag)

Stratford Place

80,000

Yeguada De Milagro

Buyer

Five-year tale Year

Sold

Agg (gns)

Avg (gns)

Mdn (gns)

2014

500

8,342,700

16,685

10,000

185,000

2013

436

6,970,300

15,987

8,000

260,000

2012

402

4,745,400

11,804

6,500

220,000

2011

457

5,910,800

12,934

7,000

175,000

2010

476

5,843,000

12,275

6,000

460,000

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Qatar’s champion trainer Gassim Ghazali

Top Price (gns)

Their European-based countrymen, notably Sheikh Fahad, were no less influential. David Redvers, who buys for the sheikh, headed Ghazali among others when buying Brendan Brackan – one of seven wildcard entries who all sold well – and Halation who both made sixfigure sums. Mubarak Al Naemi, a Qatari who bought Kilfrush Stud in Ireland two years ago, also got onto the top-ten board, but it was headed by a domestic transaction.

New Street, whose rating had risen to 84 following a Haydock handicap win over ten furlongs for trainer Richard Fahey, was knocked down to Bobby O’Ryan for 185,000gns. New owner James Smith, a retired civil engineer from Ascot, said Jim Best and his brother Tom would train the three-year-old at their Sussex base.

A few days after this sale it was announced eight-year-old entire Dunaden had been retired,

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and racing said farewell to another wonderful globetrotter and three-time Group One winner whose haul included the Melbourne Cup. However, his successes for Sheikh Fahad fuelled his two brothers’ interest in the sport, and probably did likewise to their cousins, including the Emir, Sheikh Tamim, his brother Sheikh Joaan and their half-brother Sheikh Mishaal, who is among Ghazali’s patrons in Qatar.

Single horses have influenced countless famous owners down the years, but not many can claim to have hurried a country into action.

JRHA Select Sale

JRHA

Sheikh Fahad’s global racing reach is putting down roots in Japan, where he bought nine horses at the country’s two-day JRHA July Select Sale.

That was a step up on his first investments at the event in 2013, when he bought five lots for Y174,000,000 (£1,157,035), and his interest this time included horses at the top end, resulting in a total investment of Y870,000,000 (£5,016,431). The pick on price, with a valuation of Y260,000,000 (just under £1.5m) was a colt by Deep Impact who became the sale topper and the second-highest priced yearling sold at the JRHA’s major auction – it was also a sum that headed any other individual purchase at the event by a non-Japanese buyer, Sheikh

The Frankel filly out of Goodwood March sold for ¥96m (approx £554,000)

JRHA Select Sale Top lots Sex/Age/Breeding

Vendor

Price (¥)

Buyer

C Y Deep Impact-Listen

Northern Farm

260,000,000

David Redvers Bloodstock

C F Deep Impact-Azeri

Northern Farm

250,000,000

Riichi Kondo

C F Deep Impact-Admire Kirameki

Northern Farm

220,000,000

Takaya Shimakawa

C Y Deep Impact-Magic Storm

Northern Farm

200,000,000

Hajime Satomi

C F Deep Impact-Musical Way

Northern Farm

180,000,000

David Redvers Bloodstock

C Y Deep Impact-Loves Only Me

Northern Farm

180,000,000

Kaneko Makoto Holdings

C F Hearts Cry-Pirramimma

Northern Farm

155,000,000

MMB Co

F Y Deep Impact-Lilacs And Lace

Northern Farm

145,000,000

Bando Bokujo

C F Stay Gold-Turfrose

Shadai Farm

140,000,000

Danox Co

C F Deep Impact-Weemissfrankie

Northern Farm

140,000,000

Ryouichi Ootuka

Five-year tale Year

Sold

Agg (¥)

Avg (¥)

Mdn (¥)

Top Price (¥)

2014

404

12,575,050,000

31,126,361

21,000,000

260,000,000

2013

358

11,764,700,000

30,011,990

20,000,000

240,000,000

2012

360

10,296,300,000

28,600,833

21,000,000

250,000,000

2011

358

9,173,200,000

25,623,464

19,000,000

360,000,000

2010

314

6,496,100,000

20,688,217

16,000,000

112,000,000

Mohammed included.

Given that the colt is a prized son of the former Aidan O’Brien-trained Listen, a Group 1 Fillies’ Mile winner by Sadler’s Wells and closely related to both Henrythenavigator and Magician, his new owner has options, although it is thought the youngster will race in Japan where Sheikh Fahad has gained a coveted JRA owner’s licence.

His single yearling purchase was joined 24 hours later by eight foals, headed by a Y180,000,000 (about £1m) son of Deep Impact and Musical Way (Gold Away), a racemare who ran 39 times around the globe from her base in France, won at Group 2 level and was placed in Group 1 company.

Other foreign buyers were present, but gaining stock at this level, let alone getting the chance to race them for the excellent Japanese prize-money, is not easy. Australian Phil Sly

bought one yearling (for a humble Y5,000,000) while Chinese/Malaysian Dato Yap Kim San, whose interests include the China Horse Club, sourced two yearlings.

Buying when exchange rates were favourable has enabled the Yoshida family of Northern and Shadai Farms to secure some of the world’s leading fillies for breeding. Listen (bought privately) and Musical Way (300,000gns at Tattersalls in 2008) are examples, while Azeri, a Breeders’ Cup-winning champion in the USA and bought by Katsumi Yoshida for $2,250,000 at Keeneland in 2009, is another.

Her tryst with Deep Impact resulted in a foal who topped last year’s sale with a price of Y240,000,000, and the couple nearly made it a double this time when their 2014 model headed the foal session with a price of Y250,000,000, but was second on the overall list to Sheikh Fahad’s Deep Impact yearling.

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THE BREEDING BUSINESS

Cursory Glance leads Bennett a merry dance Foaled in Kentucky, the Albany winner gives her owner/breeder success at home

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Cursory Glance, a descendant of the great Time Charter, as a foal in America

“Luca Cumani always thought she was capable of a Listed performance but she never really put in her all,” Bennett says. “She’s certainly made up for it now though.

“She has a yearling full-sister to Cursory Glance, who we will race, and she had a filly by War Front this year who is probably the nicest

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he old bloodstock maxim of ‘breed the best to the best and hope for the best’ may now be augmented by the addition of ‘buy the best’ as well. One breeder who has certainly aimed to do that is Craig Bennett, who reaped deserved reward from his significant investment in bloodstock when his homebred filly Cursory Glance triumphed in the Group 3 Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot.

He says: “It was amazing! We’ve had only six winners so far that we’ve bred ourselves so to have a homebred Royal Ascot winner was just fantastic. A couple of fillies we’ve bought have won stakes races and Annabelle’s Charm was Group-placed, but Cursory Glance was the first Group winner for the stud as well.”

Cursory Glance’s dam, Time Control, was part of an expensive buying spree for Bennett, the Cheshire-based businessman who shelled out top prices at the Tattersalls yearling sales of 2006 and 2007 on several fillies with a view to racing them before retiring them to his newly-formed Merry Fox Stud. Time Control, a daughter of Sadler’s Wells from the distinguished family of the great Time Charter, was knocked down to her new owner for 1.2m gns.

“She was an absolutely gorgeous filly and she had that Classic pedigree,” Bennett recalls.

“We set out to buy Classic pedigrees and I’m glad we are being proved right. With families like that, they might miss a generation, as has happened here, but it’s very rare for them to just wither and die.”

Time Control did not provide her owner with a return on his investment on the track, notching only one victory in a maiden in which she was handed victory in the stewards room after crowding at the finish at Chester saw her defeated a head after interference.

Cursory Glance winning the Albany Stakes at Ascot for Merry Fox Stud

physical specimen the mare has produced so far.

She came back from America to foal her War Front here and has been covered by Exceed And Excel.”

Cursory Glance races in her breeder’s colours, having failed to find a buyer in the ring at Keeneland September when bidding stalled at $150,000.

“We had in our minds that if we got $200,000 we would sell her, but I was more than happy to hang on to her as she was such a nice filly,” Bennett explains. “We’re in the fortunate position where we can value a yearling that’s going to be sold and if we don’t get the price we can race it ourselves.”

Bennett, who boards his mares at Fittocks Stud, Ballylinch, Lane’s End and Haras d’Etreham, depending in which country they are being covered, works out his matings for the following season in September each year, assisted by his bloodstock director Gary Hadden.

“Gary is absolutely critical to the success of things,” Bennett says. “When I was first getting into breeding, I knew I wanted to bring a scientific approach to it. In 2006, I read an article on stallion analysis in Pacemaker magazine that Gary had written and it was just what I was trying to understand. I got in touch with him, we met for lunch, and the rest is history.”

Merry Fox Stud currently numbers 14 mares, along with ten horses in training, with plans to expand the broodmare band to between 20 and 25 quality mares, with 20 horses in training.

However the numbers are grown though, it is certain that Cursory Glance will become a prized member of the broodmare band. As Bennett says: “Being the first ever Royal Ascot winner we’ve bred I think she’s earned a place with us forever!”

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Lynnwood Chase a Royal Ascot specialist Any mare that produces a Royal Ascot winner is noteworthy but one who produces two is worthy of a very special place in any broodmare band.

Anthony Oppenheimer’s Lynnwood Chase is even more of a rarity, however, after Cannock Chase became her second son to triumph in the same race at the Royal meeting, the Group 3 Tercentenary Stakes.

Cannock Chase, trained by Sir Michael Stoute for Saeed Suhail, is a full-brother to Lynnwood Chase’s previous Royal Ascot winner, Pisco Sour, who was successful in the same race in 2011 for Michael Kerr-Dineen when trained by Hughie Morrison.

The pair, both by Lemon Drop Kid, were bred by Oppenheimer’s Hascombe & Valiant Stud, which, although based in Newmarket, has enjoyed plenty of success from its small number of mares in America. Those successes also includes the Medaglia d’Oro filly Belle D’Or, a half-sister to Footstepsinthesand and Pedro The Great, who recently won the Listed Distaff Stakes at Sandown in the famous Oppenheimer colours.

Lynnwood Chase, a daughter of the South African champion Horse Chestnut, who raced in the colours of Oppenheimer’s aunt Bridget, was purchased as a yearling by him at Deauville in 2003 for €140,000.

Oppenheimer says: “I had always admired Horse Chestnut and I thought it would be nice to have one. She’s not that big, but I was keen to have her.”

Having been trained in France by Richard

Gibson, Lynnwood Chase went off to stud in America, although all of her progeny have returned to Britain to be sold, where they have fetched some good prices at Tattersalls as yearlings.

“We usually bring the foals home in early December of their foal year so they are at the stud as yearlings and are prepared here for the sales,” Oppenheimer explains.

“Lynnwood Chase was based in the US for eight seasons and she is now back in Britain because she is being rested for a season. We haven’t decided who to send her to next, but as Kingmambo seems to be the key with her we will be looking at that for her in Europe.”

With Lynnwood Chase back in Britain, along with Glatisant, who has now been retired from breeding, Oppenheimer still has two mares in America, complementing around 28 mares based at his Newmarket operation.

Having produced a string of bay foals, Lynnwood Chase surprised her owner with a chestnut filly by Lemon Drop Kid this year, foaled at Hascombe after her dam returned from her American sojourn.

The mare also has a yearling full-brother to Cannock Chase and Pisco Sour, described by his breeder as a very nice type, so connections will be hoping that lightning can strike three times when he is offered at Tattersalls later this year, given that Pisco Sour brought 100,000gns during Book 1 of the Tattersalls October sales in 2009 and three years later Cannock Chase was knocked down for 310,000gns.

FIRST-CROP EYE-CATCHERS ZEBEDEE IVAWOOD impressed when remaining unbeaten to land the Group 2 July Stakes at Newmarket by two and three-quarter lengths.

RIP VAN WINKLE The regally bred I AM BEAUTIFUL led home a one-two for her sire when holding off Jeanne Girl in the Group 3 Grangecon Stud Stakes.

PACO BOY Highclere Thoroughbred Racing’s BEACON has won his last three starts for the Highclere Stud resident, including the Listed Dragon Stakes.

SIYOUNI MOCKLERSHILL, appropriately a graduate from Willie Browne’s operation which bears the same name, made an impressive winning debut in the Listed Prix Yacowlef at Deauville.

LOPE DE VEGA FLAMING SPEAR looked highly impressive on his debut at York, winning his maiden by two and threequarter lengths, the same race won by subsequent high-class individuals Blaine and The Grey Gatsby.

Results to July 17, 2014

Elizabeth Ellis, owner of Ashley Brook, dies at 96 When Heather Calzini was awarded the Dudgeon Cup for the National Hunt broodmare of the year at the annual Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Awards in July, it was a particularly poignant moment as Elizabeth Ellis, who donated the Cup in the 1980s, had sadly passed away in June at the age of 96.

Ellis is best known in racing as the owner of the high-class chaser Ashley Brook. Trained by Kevin Bishop, the talented jumper enjoyed his

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greatest day when winning the Grade 1 Maghull Novices’ Chase at Aintree in 2005, defeating the subsequent Cheltenham Gold Cup winner War Of Attrition by 16 lengths, and also landed the Grade 2 Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter in 2008. Bought for just £3,000, Ashley Brook netted his owner over a quarter of a million in prize-money.

“She lived for her National Hunt racing – I don’t think she ever had a runner on the Flat – and was an owner for over 50 years,” her son,

the former trainer Ian Dudgeon, says. “She owned quite a few horses with me, including Colondine, who completed in the 1976 Grand National. Then when I gave up she went to Kevin Bishop and had all of her horses with him.”

Ellis enjoyed her greatest successes as an owner later in life, and she was certainly a latecomer to the breeding game, celebrating her first winner as a breeder with four-time scorer Queens Grove at the age of 94.

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CAULFIELD FILES ANDREW CAULFIELD REPORTS ON THE BLOODSTOCK WORLD

Champs Elysees and Siyouni excelling G

iving yourself a pat on the back is probably deemed un-British but I’ve been feeling quite pleased with myself about an article I wrote for the March 2013 issue. I had been asked to nominate some comparatively inexpensive stallions which I felt represented good value for the 2013 season. Several have worked out well.

Nominating Dark Angel was something of a no-brainer, but that doesn’t alter the fact that his fee has risen from €12,500 in 2013 to €27,500 this year. Kodiac might also have been fairly obvious but there was nothing wrong when I counselled everyone to “expect Kodiac to add plenty more juvenile winners over the next few years.” This Tally-Ho stallion ended 2013 with a total of 33 individual two-year-old winners in Britain and Ireland – a figure bettered only by his three-parts-brother Invincible Spirit. At the time of writing Kodiac holds a clear lead on the equivalent 2014 table, with 16 winners already. He’s another whose fee has risen, from €7,500 last year to €10,000.

However, the two I am most pleased with are Champs Elysees and Siyouni. In nominating Champs Elysees I wrote: “Two of Danehill’s best middle-distance sons, Dylan Thomas and Duke Of Marmalade, failed to hit the heights in 2012, which perhaps explains why Champs Elysees went from being hot at the 2011 foal sales to comparatively cold at the 2012 yearling sales.

“However, this multiple Group 1 winner may be better judged by comparing him to his brothers Dansili, one of Europe’s most reliable sources of Group winners, and Cacique, who has sired three Group winners and a pair of Listed winners from only 35 foals. Champs Elysees’ 2013 fee of £5,000 is half his original fee.”

My advice wasn’t heeded, to the extent that Champs Elysees’ book fell from 112 mares in 2012 to around 50 last year. However, his first two-year-olds did well, with nine scoring in Britain and Ireland and another four winning abroad. He was also represented by his first stakes performers, which was very

Denounce springs a surprise When Danzeno stayed on well to land the Group 3 Chipchase Stakes over six furlongs at Newcastle, the three-year-old struck a blow for Louella Stud.

He is comfortably the best representative of his sire Denounce, who retired to Louella in 2006, having been bought quite cheaply after a winless career in the Abdullah silks.

Denounce showed plenty of promise when second in the Wood Ditton Stakes on his debut and was considered a Group winner in the making until he suffered a pelvic injury on his next start. After 14 months off Denounce returned to the races at Doncaster but was injured again and was promptly retired.

Breeders from a wide variety of horse sports are catered for by Louella Stud, whose site comments that Denounce and his stud companion Native Ruler “are two of the best

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looking horses you could wish to see. We have no doubt that, with their pedigree and ability, their stock will be a success on the track and in the competition world.”

Although Denounce retired in 2006, he has had only 13 runners on the Flat in Britain and Ireland. As only two have won, it was a little surprising to see him sire a Group winner in Danzeno. It looks as though the late Sir Henry Cecil wasn’t wrong in considering Denounce to be potentially high class.

That view was also lent extra weight by the achievements of Cityscape, a horse bred along similar lines to Denounce. A high-class miler who ran away with the Group 1 Dubai Duty Free, Cityscape shares the same sire – Selkirk – as Denounce, and his dam Tantina was a grand-daughter of Denounce’s dam Didicoy, a half-sister to the top-class Xaar.

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Champs Elysees: built on good start

encouraging for a stallion who didn’t win until he was three.

Consequently there was enormous demand for Champs Elysees in 2014 and the breeders who dared to use him in 2013 look well placed to enjoy a profitable time at the foal sales. Champs Elysees has built substantially on last year’s solid foundation. Five of his daughters have been doing very well, with the French filly Xcellence leading the way. In addition to winning the Group 3 Prix Imprudence, Xcellence has taken third place in both the French 1,000 Guineas and French Oaks, and finished fourth in the Belmont Oaks Invitational on July 5.

Doing him proud Avenue Gabriel, who was a Listed winner over a mile at two, also performed creditably in a Classic, losing third place close home in the Irish 1,000 Guineas. Another daughter, Regardez, ran in the Oaks after finishing third in the Musidora Stakes but possibly found a mile and a half beyond her. Dropped back to a mile and a quarter, she ran out a six-length winner of the Listed Hoppings Stakes.

Champs Elysees once failed by only a nose to win the Prix Maurice de Nieuil over a mile and three-quarters and his three American Grade 1 successes came over a mile and a half. However, there is increasing evidence that his progeny don’t need a test of stamina.

For example, Lustrous won a Listed race over a mile at York. However, she then demonstrated her versatility by finishing a very creditable second in the Ribblesdale Stakes. Eastern Belle has also enjoyed success at Listed level, over ten furlongs at Newbury.

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Quick off the mark From a first crop numbering 80 foals, Siyouni has wasted no time in clocking up a respectable total of winners. When his son Mocklershill held off Special Duty’s first foal, South Bank, to take the Prix Yacowlef at Deauville in late June, he became the first stakes winner and seventh winner for the Haras de Bonneval resident. Then Lehaim, a debut winner at Chantilly in June, finished third at long odds in the Prix du Bois.

The Aga Khan has only a handful of Siyouni two-year-olds, but one of them, Ervedya, has won her first two starts for JeanClaude Rouget, notably defeating the Niarchos Family’s royally-bred Galileo filly Malicieuse at Maisons-Laffitte. It could also be worth watching out for the filly Garala, a daughter of the talented Grand Vadla in training with Mikel Delzangles.

Siyouni’s second crop isn’t quite as sizeable as his first but the Aga Khan has a half-sister to Sarkiyla, a Group 3 winner by Oasis Dream, and a half-brother to Tashelka, a dual Group 3 winner by Mujahid.

Although speed was Siyouni’s main asset, the same could have been said about both his sire Pivotal and broodmare sire Danehill, and they both sired good winners over a range of distances. Buzzword, another of Pivotal’s three Group 1 winners out of Danehill mares, went on to win the Deutsches Derby after finishing third in Siyouni’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, so it’s possible that Siyouni too will get some good winners beyond a mile.

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There’s no waiting in the wings in Germany Cast your mind back if you can to the late 1980s, when the first crop of Sadler’s Wells reached the racecourse. Because of the changes that have taken place during the intervening years it comes almost as a surprise to remember that this crop numbered only 55 foals.

Yet it gave us a very exciting insight into what was to come over the following decades, with no fewer than eight of the 27 named colts developing into Group winners.

No fewer than six of them scored at the highest level, the one with the greatest number of Group 1 wins being the diminutive In The Wings.

Despite his lack of size, In The Wings flourished as a four-year-old, taking the Coronation Cup, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and the Breeders’ Cup Turf. His size also proved no hindrance during his stallion career, which ended in 2004.

The main legacy of In The Wings to the British and Irish industries was his highly successful son Singspiel, who numbered Dar Re Mi and nine other Group 1 winners among his impressive total of northern hemisphere Group winners.

However, it looks as though the longestlasting legacy of In The Wings may be to the German market. Several of his sons have started their careers in Germany’s much

Soldier Hollow: thriving in Germany

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Cloud, he was beaten only a length into fourth place in the Group 3 Prix du Lys. The other stallion who has pleased me with his progress is the French-based Siyouni.

Here is what I wrote nearly 18 months ago: “Although the cost of sending a mare to France would have to be added to the price, Siyouni strikes me as an interesting prospect at his 2013 fee of €7,000. We have already seen several other sons of Pivotal sire Group winners, with Kyllachy carving out a place as a very reliable commercial sire, while Captain Rio did well at bargain-basement level. The first crop by Falco, another of Pivotal’s French-based sons, contains the Groupwinning Snowday.

“Siyouni had four future Group 1 winners behind him on the day he landed the 2009 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, to improve his juvenile record to four wins from six starts.

Although he failed to add to those victories at three, Timeform still rated him 122. A halfbrother to the 2012 Group 1 winner Siyouma, Siyouni is out of a half-sister to the highly talented Slickly, so he is well qualified to make his mark.”

The diminutive In The Wings

smaller breeding industry, where they almost inevitably have to overcome lack of numbers.

For example, the first four crops by In The Wings’s son Soldier Hollow number 51, 26, 20 and 17. This adds up to fewer foals than many Irish and British stallions sire in a single season. Fortunately Soldier Hollow’s first crop was big enough for him to show what he is capable of. It contained Pastorius, who is now resident at Gestüt Fahrhof on the strength of his victories in the 2012 Deutsches Derby and 2013 Prix Ganay.

There was also a pair of Group 2 winners among the 26 foals in his second crop.

Now we are seeing some encouraging winners emerging from the first crop by Adlerflug, another of the best sons of In The Wings. This chesnut with four white socks was Germany’s champion three-year-old of 2007, when he won the Derby, and he was also a Group 1 winner at four.

Unfortunately he didn’t add much to his reputation when kept in training at five, which is never helpful to a prospective stallion. Consequently Adlerflug’s first crop numbers only around 40 and his second contains 30 two-year-olds.

In the circumstances he has done well to sire a good colt in Swacadelic and a better filly in Wunder, who races for her breeder, Gestut Gorlsdorf. Having won the Listed Diana-Trial at the end of May, the Markus Klug-trained Wunder travelled to France for the Group 3 Prix Chloe on June 30 and she quickened well to win from fillies trained in France and Britain.

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Full eligibility of each stallion’s progeny, CONCEIVED IN 2014 IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, (the foal crop of 2015), for EBF, is DEPENDENT UPON RECEIPT OF THE BALANCE OF THE DUE CONTRIBUTION BY 15TH DECEMBER 2014. Late stallion entries for the EBF will be included in the Final List, provided the full

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ROA FORUM: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The special section for ROA members

ROA President: racing right our best bet Rachel Hood tells AGM audience that the sport must implement a new funding mechanism

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OA President Rachel Hood used her AGM address in London on July 1 to reiterate her desire for a new ‘racing right’ to replace the outmoded levy system as the sport’s principle long-term funding mechanism.

Hood also told the audience that the levy’s inability to capture bets placed remotely was costing the industry “£25 million every year” and that addressing this issue was racing’s biggest immediate priority.

She said: “Nobody should be in any doubt the current levy system continues to fail racing.

As a first step it is vital we secure the extension of the existing levy to all forms of betting operators in line with the ‘point of consumption’ principle enshrined in the Gambling Act. “The second stage will involve replacing the levy with a racing right, which will create the much-needed direct relationship between the racing and betting industries.

“Not only will it remove government’s involvement from what should be a

ROA President Rachel Hood wants the failing levy system replaced in near future

commercial discussion, it will also move us away from undefinable and therefore damaging concepts at the heart of the levy framework such as ‘the needs of racing’ and ‘betting’s capacity to pay’.”

Hood, who asked why the bookmakers’ additional voluntary £4.5m contribution to the sport – agreed as part of last year’s levy negotiations – had not been paid in April as promised, was nonetheless hopeful that progress could be made with the betting industry.

She continued: “I am optimistic the more business-like within the gambling sector will view the racing right as an opportunity for a new approach, based around a constructive and mutually beneficial partnership with racing.

“Not only will it establish a true commercial value of racing’s product to bookmakers, it will also provide a level playing field where remote operators pay the same as betting shops.”

On the subject of gaming terminals in betting shops, Hood said: “I have a low opinion of these machines but the sad truth is that racing’s

Charlie Liverton elected to Council as Sir Eric says goodbye to ROA Owner and racing manager Charlie Liverton has topped the poll in this year’s ROA Council election, the results of which were revealed at this year’s AGM. He becomes a new member of the 16strong Council, alongside Tony Hirschfeld, who was re-elected for another term, after an election contested by eight ROA members for two places.

Liverton, 40, is currently racing manager to Robin Geffen of Neptune Investment Management and has been a racehorse owner for four years. He said: “It is a real privilege to have been elected to represent owners.

“I appreciate how much needs to be done to make ownership a more attractive option and, as well as helping to boost racing’s

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profile, I look forward to making a contribution in areas such as prize-money, owners’ facilities on the racecourse and the race programme.”

After 20 years’ exceptional service, Sir Eric Parker will be stepping down from the ROA Council, and Rachel Hood paid tribute to the former President’s efforts on behalf of the association over the past two decades.

Hood said: “Without fear of contradiction, I can say that there is no one who has been so committed to the cause of owners as Sir Eric, who was first elected to the Council in 1994 and served as President between 1998 and 2001.

“His advice, counsel and knowledge will be much missed by us all on the Council.”

Voted in: Charlie Liverton

ROA Council Election 2014 Charlie Liverton Tony Hirschfeld Trisha Keane Lynn Douglas Christine Stam David Chapman-Jones Robert Moss Arno Rudolf

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www.racehorseowners.net funding is partly linked to them. We therefore find ourselves walking a tightrope.”

The issue of increased prize-money was another central theme in the President’s speech, including the Horsemen’s Group’s successful negotiations with racecourses over paying a percentage of media rights revenue into purses.

“I am delighted to say that 53 of our 58 racecourses have signed three-year agreements with the Horsemen’s Group,” Hood said. “The door remains open to the other five courses – Catterick, Hexham, Plumpton, Redcar and Towcester – to do the right thing and sign up.

“Partly as a result of these prize-money agreements, we expect to see total prize-money grow by a further £10m this year, with at least £5m of that coming from racecourses.”

The President was critical of a fall in race values at the lower end – “it is inexplicable that minimum values on the Flat at Class 2 and below are lower now than they were ten years ago” – and urged the BHA to take into account racecourses’ annual prize-money contributions when it comes to allocating fixtures for the 2015 programme.

Hood praised BHA Chairman Steve Harman for his impact during his first year in the role, saying since his arrival “racing has increasingly spoken with a single voice”, and commended new Sports Minister Helen Grant for her “willingness to grasp the nettle” over reforming the levy system.

Read the full speech in the news section at racehorseowners.net

Steve Harman: clear vision needed One year on from replacing Paul Roy as Chairman of the British Horseracing Authority, Steve Harman told the ROA AGM audience that British horseracing has assets to die for but is failing to use them to their full potential.

Harman said racing “is a brand custodian’s dream” but “is boxing below its weight and has been for some time,” and that this was a problem across the entire sport. He called for racing to develop a clear strategy in order to guarantee future support from government, investors, high net worth families and high street retailers.

He said: “Any sport, any business, needs to know where it is going. We need to have a strong funding and financing plan. This is about growing the cake, and growing it quickly.”

Another major issue was racing’s lack of innovation in the field of betting, with Harman saying it was one of “the most inaccessible betting products we have in the UK. It has got to become more innovative.

“Racing has lost roughly £400 million gross margin in the last seven years. The share of the betting wallet has reduced dramatically. If I was a bookmaker chairman, I would ask where has racing been on the innovation journey in the last five years?”

BHA Chairman with his future plan

Harman, who is currently spearheading a project entitled ‘British Racing – A Strategy For Growth’, said racing needed to understand more about its varied customer base.

“We don’t leverage our customer data,” he said. “As a result we miss enormous opportunities. In one of my previous jobs, we leveraged one segment of customer data, 30,000 high net worth customers, across three different retailers, and that produced almost $12m of additional revenue.”

Leading owner JP McManus receives Chris Deuters Award JP McManus has become the latest recipient of the Chris Deuters Award, presented at the ROA AGM in London.

The award recognises individuals who have made a significant contribution to the horseracing industry and is named after the ROA’s former President, who passed away in 2008.

McManus, whose famous green and gold silks have been carried to victory in the Grand National (Don’t Push It) and Cheltenham Gold Cup (Synchronised), is one of jump racing’s biggest and most passionate supporters, with hundreds of horses in training in Britain and Ireland.

Last season he was crowned champion National Hunt owner on both sides of the Irish Sea, enjoying wins in the Champion Hurdle (Jezki) and World Hurdle (More Of That) at the Cheltenham Festival.

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The trophy was presented by Chris Deuters’ widow Antonia (pictured), who said: “I am delighted that JP McManus is receiving this award from the ROA this year.

“JP has made an enormous contribution to horseracing on both sides of the Irish Sea for decades. His investment in and service to the sport has had a telling impact on its prosperity and health. Racing is most grateful for his continuing passion and commitment.

“Not only that, JP does extensive work on behalf of charities, much of it unpublicised, which is to the benefit of so many people inside and outside racing.”

McManus follows in the footsteps of previous Chris Deuters Award winners Sir Eric Parker, Jack Berry, Sir Peter O’Sullevan, Rod Fabricius, Michael Harris and David and Patricia Thompson of Cheveley Park Stud, who took the award last year.

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Champagne moments After the formal business of the AGM, ROA members, their guests and leading industry figures enjoyed the hospitality of the champagne reception, generously sponsored by SIS Photos Dan Abraham

Michael Howard, Rachel Hood, Tony Kelly and Howard Wright

Stephen Smith and Susannah Gill

John Gosden, Simon Bazalgette and Paul Lee

Ray Greatorex, Jimmy Lindley and Sir Eric Parker

Mike Cattermole, Michael Harris, Dena Arstall and Steve Harman Eamonn Wilmott and Lord Grimthorpe

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Sponsored by

Simon Crisford, John Maxse and Di Arbuthnot

Paull Khan, Jilly Cooper and Jim Furlong

Philippa Downing, Toby Balding and Michael Blyth-Whitelock

Ian Balding, Alan Byrne and Alastair Down

Sir Mark Prescott supplied the laughs

Ruth Quinn and Rod Street

It was this big: guest speaker Richard Pitman in full flow

Carter Carnegie and Richard FitzGerald

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Appetite for fixtures must be managed Richard Wayman says the BHA must look at all the issues before announcing 2015 list As is always the case, the racing industry currently faces many challenges, with the most immediate being the publication of the 2015 fixture list. With the number of owners and their horses steady at best, there remains an insatiable appetite for fixtures from racecourses, including two new all-weather venues.

This has created a highly charged environment and it was little surprise the BHA decided to undertake a detailed consultation on the subject, and they are now working through the replies. My thanks go to the many members who provided us with their views, and the response from the ROA and its partners in the Horsemen’s Group included a number of recurring themes: 1. Racing needs to address competitiveness issues – Although a small field may increase the chance of success, most owners appreciate that too many small-field races damages racing’s appeal to racegoers and punters.

Losing those customers would hit the sport’s revenues and, ultimately, the amount available for prize-money.

2. The first step to tackling small fields is introducing a centrally organised race programme – It is nothing short of ridiculous that 58 racecourses, largely working in isolation, set their own race

programmes. The clashes and gaps that result are a source of huge frustration to owners and just think of the improvements that could be made if a team of expert race planners with the latest data at their fingertips were given the opportunity to produce a co-ordinated programme. In addition, at particular times of the year, there are simply too many races for the horses available and so we support some restriction in races at tracks that regularly end up with small fields.

Conversely, there is scope for additional

“Expert race planners would deliver a more co-ordinated programme”

opportunities in the autumn, when around one-third of all race eliminations occur during a two-month period.

3. Geographical considerations should count for more – Linked to the issue of a more co-ordinated race programme is the production of a fixture list where more account is taken of geography. An improved spread of fixtures would make better use of the horse population and I know how frustrated owners get when their own region goes days without a meeting only for two to

come along on the same afternoon.

4. Prize-money thresholds should apply at all fixtures – The proliferation of fixtures in recent years (1,209 fixtures in 2000, 1,464 in 2014) has primarily involved the creation of low-grade fixtures and we believe that prizemoney thresholds should be in place so no fixture offering less than £30,000 receives any central funding. In similar vein, much higher thresholds are required for any fixtures staged outside the Levy Board’s fixture criteria.

5. Greater competition between all-weather tracks is a positive development – The new all-weather tracks near Newmarket (Chelmsford City) and in the north (Newcastle) will reduce travel costs and create greater competition for runners, and this may also result in more horses remaining in training through the winter. However, we would have much preferred if the latter had been created without sacrificing an excellent turf track. In addition, the sport should seek to minimise any changes to the balance of the fixture list, which currently comprises 40% jump fixtures, 40% Flat turf fixtures and 20% all-weather fixtures.

6. Prize-money should be the main consideration when allocating leasehold fixtures – The process for allocating the 200 or so fixtures made available each year is a particularly controversial area and we believe that the key (but not only) determining factor should be each racecourse’s prize-money performance, both at the fixture itself and across their entire fixture list.

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Nicholas Cooper to join ROA Council

Nicholas Cooper: huge asset to ROA

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The ROA Council have ratified the cooption of Nicholas Cooper.

Cooper and his wife, Philippa, live in south-west London and are owner/breeders in the name of Normandie Stud, based in West Sussex. They have a number of horses in training, predominantly on the Flat, with John Gosden, David O’Meara, Roger Varian, Jamie Osborne and Harry Fry over jumps.

The Normandie Stud colours have been carried with distinction by some top-class homebreds in recent years, including Duncan, winner of the 2011 Irish St Leger when dead-heating with Jukebox Jury, and Fallen For You, successful in the 2012 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Cooper has been involved in ownership for 20 years. He is a chartered accountant and founder and Chairman of Sterling Insurance Group.

Rachel Hood, ROA President, said: “Nicholas has been an ROA member since 1995 and has been at the forefront of the insurance industry during his entire working life, both nationally and internationally.

“His expertise will be a huge asset to the ROA, and for us to fully benefit from his outstanding knowledge and business acumen, the decision has been taken to co-opt him on to the Council, with his term running until June 2016.”

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Guide to Racehorse Ownership launched The ROA has launched A Guide to Racehorse Ownership. The Guide is a 60-page online resource, designed to provide a one-stop handbook for existing and potential racehorse owners. lt covers a broad range of subjects, designed to demystify racehorse ownership and make it more accessible to a wider audience.

The Guide, which has been edited by this magazine’s Bloodstock Editor Emma Berry, comprises ten sections covering all of the keys aspects of racehorse ownership, including how to go about selecting a horse, how to get the most out of the experience and likely costs.

There is information related to going racing for owners with a runner and considerations when a horse’s racing career comes to an end.

It can be downloaded from the Resources Area of the ROA website at racehorseowners.net.

Richard Wayman, ROA Chief Executive, said: “Racehorse ownership can seem incredibly complicated to the newcomer but, until now, accessing impartial advice written in plain language by experts in their field has not been possible.

“The ROA’s online Guide changes all that and, as well as including information that will be news to the most experienced owner, it will be a particularly helpful resource for those thinking about getting involved with a racehorse for the first time. Many owners have contributed to the advice contained in the document and I am very grateful that ROA members have been prepared to share their own experiences.”

The guide has been produced by the ROA with the support of the British Horseracing Grant Scheme, administered by the BHA on behalf of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

Go online to download the guide

Don’t miss Epsom and Malton open days in August The Epsom Racehorse Trainers’ Open Day will take place on Sunday, August 24 in Surrey.

Events begin at 9am, when visitors will be able to watch local racehorses exercising on the gallops, and trainers and vets will be on hand to answer any questions.

From 10am until 1pm, the racing yards will be open for visitors to see the horses in their home environment and chat to the trainers and stable staff who look after them. There will be a courtesy bus service between Derby Stables Road, the gallops and the racing yards.

Visitors will be able to enjoy £5 off on-the-day general admission tickets to Monday’s Family Fun Raceday at Epsom Downs upon presentation of their Open Day wristband.

All proceeds from the day will go to the local charity, Epsom Racing Staff Welfare, which provides affordable accommodation and other welfare benefits for Epsom’s racing staff.

Tickets to be bought on the day only. For further details see www.epsomdowns.co.uk.

Admission is £10 for adults and under-12s go free. Admission includes a free park and ride system with a bus every 15-20 minutes taking visitors to all the yards in Malton and Norton. Further details can be found at www.maltonstablesopenday.co.uk.

ROA representatives will be attending both open days and look foward to meeting members.

Malton Open Day The Betfair Malton Open Day takes place on Sunday, August 31, when 20 racing yards will be opening their doors to the public.

The North Yorkshire event is sponsored by Betfair and is staged as a fundraiser for four charities – Yorkshire Air Ambulance, Malton Hospital, Jack Berry House and Racing Welfare. The racing yards will be open during the morning between 9am and 1pm. Tim Easterby’s yard will open half an hour earlier.

Afternoon events will be centred around the Milton Rooms in Malton Market Place, where the British Horseracing Education and Standards Trust will provide an interactive area for children to learn about racing. There will be a celebrity quiz with a guest panel, and a selection of stands, displays and demonstrations, including a Natural Horsemanship display with Gary Witheford at Tim Etherington’s yard.

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‘Horse whisperer’ Gary Witheford is at the Malton Open Day

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TRACK TALK

GEORGE SELWYN

THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE UK’S RACECOURSES

The Knavesmire’s headline festival will have total prize-money of £3.5 million over four days

York’s Ebor meeting boosted by further £100k The north’s flagship Flat racing festival, the Ebor meeting at York, will be worth £250,000 more than last year after the course increased its prize-money contribution by a further £100,000.

Record prize-money of £3.5 million at the ‘Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival’ includes prize-money to at least sixth place for all 25 races for the first time, with no contest worth less than £40,000.

Tattersalls, who have sponsored the Musidora Stakes on the opening day of the Dante meeting

for 29 years, have extended their support to include the Group 3 Tattersalls Acomb Stakes on the opening day of the Ebor festival. The prize fund for the seven-furlong juvenile contest is set for a significant boost to £80,000, an increase of £20,000, making it the richest Group 3 event for juveniles in Britain.

Seven races through the four-day meeting have had a 33% boost to purses of £10,000, taking their prize funds to £40,000. This includes the Skybet Convivial Maiden, which is by far the richest race of its type in Britain.

The Group 1 Juddmonte International, the showpiece of the opening day of the Ebor festival on Wednesday, August 20, is now worth a record £800,000 (up by £50,000).

A further Listed race to receive a boost, as well as a poignant name change, is the Galtres Stakes, which will be called the EBF and Sir Henry Cecil Memorial Galtres Stakes, benefiting from both the ongoing backing of the European Breeders’ Fund and support from members of the family of the much missed champion trainer.

Other developments...

Thirsk Thirsk’s executive contribution to prize-money is to be boosted by £60,000 in the second half of the 2014 Flat season, thanks to a good performance across the first half of the year.

The executive and sponsorship contribution, which had originally been forecast at circa £350,000 for the season, will now be increased to at least £410,000, which is an average of over £27,000 per day across Thirsk’s 15 scheduled fixtures.

Thirsk’s 2014 total prize-money budget will now break through £800,000, which equates to an average value of over £53,000 per fixture.

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James Sanderson, Thirsk’s General Manager and Clerk of the Course, said: “This additional £60,000 is over and above the prize-money agreement commitment already made by Thirsk to the Horsemen’s Group.

“The extra prize-money will be used to boost Thirsk’s provisional programme book values through to the end of the season. The odd seller and amateur race excepted, no race will be worth less than £5,000.”

Newbury Newbury racecourse, holder of the Gold Standard Award, have recently announced that

their free food allocation has been extended.

Owners with a runner at the track can now receive up to six food vouchers for a free main meal in the Brasserie restaurant.

Beverley If you are an owner with a sweet tooth, then try to head to Beverley racecourse with a runner this Flat season. The historic Yorkshire track now serves a complimentary selection of tasty homemade cakes in its owners’ and trainers’ bar – a new innovation this year, and one that is already proving extremely popular!

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ORIGINAL PURSUITS AND INNOVATIVE PROJECTS R O A O F F I C I A L C H A R I T Y PA R T N E R As much as everyone would like their exracehorse to become the next champion of the showing world or to dominate the dressage scene, it is not always possible and in recent times Retraining of Racehorses has been thinking outside of the box. This month we shine a light on some of the more innovative second careers our retired racehorses are enjoying.

Rehoming and retraining centres across the UK have always been key to the ambitions of RoR, but to think they are all alike would be a mistake. At Greatwood, for example, exracehorses are used to educate disadvantaged children and young adults with special educational needs.

Situated in picturesque countryside on the outskirts of Marlborough, Wiltshire, the retired racehorses cared for at Greatwood have found a fresh focus and now help transform lives by acting as a catalyst for change.

Through a range of courses that involve caring for thoroughbreds, assisting in a yard and understanding animal behaviour, Greatwood promotes self-understanding, self-expression and self-confidence. Through original teaching methods in an unconventional setting, the charity has not only been able to provide horses that could not be re-homed previously with a useful occupation, but since 2006 has helped educate over 3,000

Peopleton Brook works with ex-service personnel at Horseback UK

disadvantaged children and young adults from all across the south of England.

And it is not just Greatwood that looks to pioneer innovative ways of rehoming horses, as Horseback UK have also seen the potential of the retired thoroughbred. A charity set up five years ago, Horseback UK look to help service personnel who have been mentally and physically scarred to regain their confidence, dignity and, especially in the case

Diary dates and reminders JULY 28-30, AUGUST 1-2 Galway festival facility

The Association of Irish Racehorse Owners extends a welcome to ROA members attending the Galway festival to join them in their facility at Galway on five days of the meeting (not Thurs/Sun). Admission to the AIRO marquee will be granted on production of a valid ROA Horseracing Privilege Photocard. Further details at racehorseowners.net

AUGUST 29

Regional Meeting and Owners Jackpot day

OCTOBER 10

Regional Meeting and Owners Jackpot day At Newton Abbot.

OCTOBER 18

British Champions Day facility At Ascot.

NOVEMBER 6

Regional meeting and Owners Jackpot day At Fakenham.

At Sandown Park.

SEPTEMBER 17

Owners Jackpot day At Beverley.

DECEMBER 4

ROA Horseracing Awards Racing’s awards evening at the InterContinental Hotel, London.

Bookings for all ROA events can be made online at racehorseowners.net or by calling the ROA on 020 7152 0200

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of the amputees, their mobility by introducing them to horses and allowing them to ride out in the Aberdeen countryside.

While with the support of RoR, the scope of the operation has expanded rapidly, with over 350 injured servicemen and women and veterans already having attended courses. It was only last autumn, however, Horseback UK founder and former marine Jock Hutchinson accepted his first former racecourse horse when RoR sent Peopleton Brook, a 12-year-old gelding who had previously raced 93 times before a leg injury curtailed his career, across the border.

It proved an important moment, as Jock quickly became a complete convert to the intelligence, adaptability and talent of the former racehorse, now taking on board retired thoroughbreds whenever he can.

Further information on both the work of Greatwood (greatwoodcharity.org) and Horseback UK (horsebackuk.org) can be found online.

Weatherbys messaging bundle free trial offer The ROA is delighted to announce a free trial for members who are new subscribers to the Weatherbys messaging service.

Weatherbys’ messaging service allows owners to keep fully up to date with any race entries for their horse or related news by text or email. Owners can opt to receive a message when an entry is made, or their horse’s rating changes. Content can be tailored according to personal preferences, e.g. going changes, race time changes or advising of forfeit stages.

ROA members who have not previously had a subscription for Weatherbys’ text messaging service will be able to take advantage of this free offer of a bundle of 25 free texts. Users who take up this offer will also be offered a follow up of a 10% discount on any subscriptions taken out after the free trial period ends. This offer will extend to new members who join the ROA. To sign up for this offer, please contact Karen Osborne at Weatherbys at kosborne@weatherbys.co.uk or call 01933 440077.

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MAGICAL MOMENTS

GEORGE SELWYN

with ROA members Fiona Carmichael and Ian Jennings

Fiona Carmichael and Ian Jennings with Ivawood following his victory in the Group 2 July Stakes at Newmarket

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his time it will be Fiona Carmichael’s decision and hers alone. Owner of impressive July Stakes winner Ivawood with husband and fellow ROA member Ian Jennings, Carmichael was part of the triumvirate which sold Havana Gold and Toronado to the Al Thani family, though they were reluctant sales on her part.

While she still owns horses with Chris Humber and Roger Simmons, the purple and green silks carried by Ivawood and others belong solely to Carmichael and her husband.

The pair report interest in Ivawood in the wake of his easy win in the Newmarket Group 2, but the co-favourite for the 2,000 Guineas is staying put, for now at least. The 2,000 Guineas is one of Carmichael’s dream races to win, perhaps trumped only by the Derby.

Carmichael’s ownership adventure began just a few years ago, the spark being a riding holiday with a friend who had racehorses. Her husband, Mark, was not keen, but after he sadly passed on, the financial advisor helping Carmichael with her accounts just happened to be Douglas Pryde, subsequently owner of a Grand National winner in Auroras Encore.

Pryde suggested a trip to Deauville, where Carmichael was to bump into the husband of her riding holiday friend, Simmons.

He already had horses with Richard Hannon snr, and through him Carmichael was introduced to bloodstock agent Amanda Skiffington and Humber.

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Carmichael has had interests in 24 horses since then, ten of which are current. Seven are with Richard Hannon jnr, two with Hugo Palmer and one with Nicolas Clement. She attributes her success to the team element, in particular Skiffington and the Hannons.

It was a rather soggy ladies’ day at Newmarket when Ivawood showed his rivals a clean pair of heels, but still a magical

“The best bit of being an owner is going to the sales, looking at horses, the drama”

moment. “It was a fabulous day,” says Carmichael. “Everyone kept saying you wouldn’t get another Toronado.

“It was a brilliant few days, in fact, because only two days before Audacia had won a Listed race at Pontefract.

“I’m quite superstitious and wore the same dress to Newmarket as I had worn to watch Toronado, and invited the same friends! They were similar days, except for the weather!

“I wasn’t sure about running Ivawood as I’ve lost a couple of horses on the July course.”

But run he did and the Richmond Stakes at

Glorious Goodwood was the next goal as the magazine went to press, with the Middle Park and Dewhurst options later in the season for a horse named after the creator of The Magic Roundabout. Zebedee is the sire of Ivawood!

Toronado is also due to appear at Goodwood, in the Sussex Stakes, and it was he who gave his now ex-owner probably her most magical moment so far in racing when winning the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster.

“I would say that’s the case as it was the first big win,” says Carmichael, who as well as big winners particularly enjoys attending bloodstock sales in Britain and France.

“For me that’s probably the best bit of being an owner, going and looking at horses at the sales, the drama of it all,” she says.

A couple of days after speaking to Owner & Breeder, the husband and wife team were due to go to Newbury to watch juvenile Marshall Jennings – Marshall was Carmichael’s maiden name – in the plane they have bought to considerably help the logistics of going racing.

“We live in Jersey and I’m halfway through my pilot’s licence course,” says Jennings, whose business is IT. The couple had a particularly frustrating time when trying to get off the island in order to see Havana Gold in the Irish 2,000 Guineas, and having their own wings should ensure no such future issues.

So it’s a case of up, up and away, in more ways than one.

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Flat Racecourse League Table Ptn Racecourse

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

Ascot York Goodwood Newmarket Epsom Downs Chester Doncaster Sandown Park Newbury Haydock Park Ripon Musselburgh Pontefract Salisbury Ayr Lingfield Park Ffos Las Thirsk Kempton Park Carlisle Hamilton Park Leicester Beverley Windsor Nottingham Newcastle Redcar Catterick Bridge Wolverhampton Bath Warwick Yarmouth Chepstow Southwell Brighton Total

Figures for period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014

Ownership

Avg racecourse spend per fixture (£)

Avg HBLB spend per fixture (£)

Avg owner spend per fixture (£)

Avg prizemoney per fixture (£)

Total no. of fixtures

Total prize-money (£)

Avg racecourse spend per fixture 2012-13 (£)

I I I JCR JCR I ARC JCR I JCR I I I I I ARC I I JCR JCR I I I ARC JCR ARC I I ARC ARC JCR ARC ARC ARC ARC

333,613 171,630 98,395 91,440 79,083 74,973 65,652 54,732 50,799 45,118 31,704 31,561 30,065 28,621 28,519 27,906 23,930 22,058 20,453 20,136 19,679 18,881 18,803 18,218 17,702 17,005 16,275 16,170 15,223 14,302 14,198 14,080 12,247 11,255 10,489 38,435

150,071 94,960 63,701 81,854 109,609 50,415 50,239 57,701 65,742 51,141 27,804 29,754 33,849 29,262 35,407 25,416 9,112 26,478 17,974 19,478 22,753 20,412 21,090 22,280 25,179 29,152 19,625 20,432 17,797 16,557 18,850 19,467 15,134 19,001 18,186 33,808

197,692 86,142 28,111 80,996 100,301 9,570 38,363 20,044 27,575 16,682 4,693 5,504 3,631 5,340 9,482 4,340 3,001 5,578 3,696 4,365 3,374 4,837 3,067 4,649 5,665 6,849 14,060 2,749 2,543 2,907 3,670 3,301 2,798 2,026 2,402 16,706

681,377 353,026 190,430 254,422 288,993 135,291 154,639 132,477 144,115 112,942 64,202 66,819 67,545 63,223 73,408 57,663 36,043 54,471 42,245 44,063 45,806 44,130 42,961 45,517 48,783 53,594 49,960 39,409 35,563 34,016 36,718 37,048 30,512 32,282 31,077 89,045

18 17 19 38 12 15 24 16 17 23 16 17 16 15 17 89 9 14 84 12 18 20 19 27 21 17 15 17 104 20 9 25 15 55 21 891

12,264,781 6,001,450 3,618,168 9,668,050 3,467,915 2,029,369 3,711,343 2,119,627 2,449,957 2,646,059 1,027,232 1,135,923 1,080,724 948,342 1,247,937 5,115,501 306,363 762,600 3,548,554 528,750 824,500 882,598 816,260 1,228,962 1,024,440 911,100 749,400 669,950 3,698,589 680,319 330,465 926,212 457,685 1,775,498 652,611 79,307,233

364,707 158,029 82,138 83,914 123,818 75,840 55,062 50,738 44,408 37,822 25,412 32,524 21,523 24,378 21,868 12,857 22,021 20,603 18,038 17,727 18,907 17,149 15,480 20,130 14,310 27,508 14,636 14,415 10,957 17,576 18,998 12,353 9,449 10,119 9,692 35,396

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Jumps Racecourse League Table Ptn Racecourse

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

Aintree Cheltenham Sandown Park Ascot Haydock Park Kempton Park Newbury Ayr Chepstow Cartmel Wincanton Perth Newcastle Wetherby Market Rasen Ludlow Doncaster Kelso Newton Abbot Musselburgh Huntingdon Exeter Stratford-on-Avon Warwick Fakenham Ffos Las Catterick Bridge Carlisle Plumpton Fontwell Park Bangor-on-Dee Lingfield Park Hexham Southwell Uttoxeter Worcester Leicester Taunton Towcester Sedgefield Total

Ownership

Avg racecourse spend per fixture (£)

Avg HBLB spend per fixture (£)

Avg owner spend per fixture (£)

Avg prizemoney per fixture (£)

Total no. of fixtures

Total prize-money (£)

Avg racecourse spend per fixture 2012-13 (£)

JCR JCR JCR I JCR JCR I I ARC I JCR I ARC I JCR I ARC I I I JCR JCR I JCR I I I JCR I ARC I ARC I ARC ARC ARC I I I ARC

211,204 201,036 103,163 101,655 88,098 53,982 47,222 34,902 28,958 28,345 27,188 25,917 25,605 24,528 23,915 23,509 23,093 22,789 22,233 21,859 21,641 20,104 19,743 17,959 16,868 16,268 15,554 15,304 15,041 14,793 14,541 13,805 13,651 13,069 12,648 12,219 11,747 11,317 9,990 9,946 31,678

154,953 131,106 78,580 86,381 75,226 59,379 68,498 43,744 27,386 15,727 31,609 24,817 28,654 24,870 24,196 32,888 43,762 33,503 25,102 34,379 20,172 30,063 20,993 39,825 20,999 23,799 26,703 30,606 25,503 22,432 22,005 21,240 17,405 16,887 26,330 20,185 26,216 26,753 16,069 21,487 34,595

68,700 56,656 17,396 16,745 16,030 9,628 16,025 12,425 7,121 4,501 5,142 1,840 4,577 4,407 4,579 4,662 6,613 3,214 0 4,298 3,990 4,466 4,101 5,750 0 3,451 2,484 4,026 3,685 3,185 3,325 2,026 2,380 2,732 4,836 3,524 4,080 3,799 2,915 2,654 7,304

434,857 388,797 201,139 206,031 180,519 123,258 131,745 92,182 63,466 48,573 63,939 52,574 59,536 54,210 52,690 61,060 73,469 60,590 47,334 61,236 45,804 55,100 44,993 63,534 37,867 43,519 44,742 50,151 44,229 40,410 39,871 37,071 33,457 32,687 43,814 35,927 42,073 41,869 28,975 34,087 73,750

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3,478,857 6,220,754 1,407,973 1,648,249 1,547,310 1,602,352 1,449,191 829,639 888,520 340,014 1,023,021 788,611 595,358 975,784 1,106,500 854,835 734,685 727,084 899,354 612,358 732,859 826,503 809,866 635,343 378,669 718,061 447,415 651,964 619,206 767,798 558,200 195,948 468,400 653,745 1,007,726 754,468 420,732 544,300 463,600 613,571 39,998,823

235,377 236,956 68,189 109,586 87,068 44,662 42,259 32,818 26,551 19,925 21,121 27,604 21,429 23,456 19,181 18,485 13,969 19,845 23,070 24,399 9,412 14,605 19,949 27,256 18,469 18,385 5,470 16,779 13,196 13,319 9,467 9,543 13,166 12,986 13,372 11,724 9,682 18,722 9,813 7,654 31,239

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EXPLANATION The tables set out the average prize-money at each fixture staged by a racecourse over the last 12 months. They show how this is made up of the three sources of prizemoney: 1. Racecourses’ contribution 2. Levy Board (HBLB) 3. Owners The tables also confirm the number of fixtures staged and the total amount of prize-money paid out by each racecourse throughout this period.

The racecourses are ordered by the average amount of their own contribution to prizemoney at each fixture. This contribution originates from various sources including media rights, admission revenues and racecourse sponsors.

If a racecourse has increased its average contribution at each fixture compared with the previous 12 months, it receives a green ‘up’ arrow. If its average contribution has fallen, however, it receives a red ‘down’ arrow.

As these tables are based on the prize-money paid out by each racecourse, the abandonment of a major fixture could distort a racecourse’s performance.

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TBA Ambassador Cook to ride at Goodwood

The line-up for last year’s Magnolia Cup, including former NGC member Gina Bryce

On July 31, the Olympic event rider and TBA Ambassador Tina Cook will be shortening her stirrups and donning her silks to take part in the Magnolia Cup, the ladies’ charity race at Goodwood.

From its inception in 2011, the Magnolia Cup’s ambition has always been to raise as much money as possible for charity and £600,000 has been raised in the last three years for some worthy causes.

The biggest and most important contribution comes from the women themselves. The brave amateur jockeys train tirelessly for months leading up to the race, undertaking everything from early morning racing sessions to intensive fitness programmes and jockey training classes in order to ride the six-furlong race in front of a Ladies’ Day record crowd.

In 2012, Cook won the St Patrick’s Day Derby at Cheltenham, riding the grey Pascha Bere, trained by her brother Nick Gifford.

“That was so exciting, a total thrill,” she said.

“I remember afterwards feeling like I could go round again. I now know why the jockeys are so elated when they come in. That was something so completely different for me. I loved it.”

Now looking forward to Goodwood, Cook is trying to summon up that same winning feeling as the nerves start to creep in.

Former NCG Committee member Gina Bryce took part in last year’s Magnolia Cup and has shared this message with Cook: “The last time I rode in a charity race with Tina I saw a clean pair of heels as she whizzed by me up the hill at Cheltenham. Goodwood is a very different test to Cheltenham and one that you are never really prepared for until it is all over.

With just six furlongs to cover, it flies by so quickly that before you know it you are desperately trying to pull up before crashing into the barrier at the end of the race.”

If any TBA members are going to be at Glorious Goodwood on July 31 please do give an extra cheer for your TBA rider and show your support by sponsoring Tina. All riders are fundraising for two charities: Best Beginnings, improving health and wellbeing outcomes for children in the UK, and The Reading Agency, which aims to improve literacy skills across the country.

To make a donation, please see:

Annual TBA Stud Farming Course – December 2014 The TBA’s annual flagship course takes place at the British Racing School from December 9-11, 2014. The course is aimed at those with some experience of breeding or working on stud farms and provides an intensive three days of presentations, covering conception to care of the yearling, delivered by leading veterinary and industry experts.

A course dinner, external visits and opportunities to meet and exchange views with peers and colleagues add to this unique educational experience.

Further information will be available in our September issue, or contact Christine Standley on 01638 661321 or email Christine.standley@thetba.co.uk

Employment Law Update The third 2014 TBA Quarterly Employment Law update is now available at www.thetba.co.uk. This includes new developments in employment law on: Flexible working Changes to shared parental leave legislation.

Changes to “TUPE” transfers and small businesses.

The following fact sheets are also available on the TBA website within the members-only section.

Flexible Working Right to Work in the UK and the Points Based System Contact Caroline Turnbull at the TBA for further information.

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TBA Thoroughbred Management degree prize In line with its objectives to encourage new entrants to the industry, the TBA has established a close link with Oxford Brookes University which, in association with Abingdon and Witney College, offers a unique BSc in Thoroughbred Management.

Each year the TBA offers a prize, to be awarded at graduation, for the student who has demonstrated dedication to and a keen interest in the thoroughbred breeding

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industry. For 2014, the prize was awarded to Siobhan Doolan, who showed a passion for racing and breeding and continued to ride out for Mick Channon during her time at university, when she also developed a keen interest in pedigrees and bloodlines.

Last year’s graduate, Anne Marie-Faure, is currently working at Lanwades Stud in Newmarket, and the TBA will follow Siobhan’s career with interest.

Siobhan Doolan receives her award from the TBA’s Caroline Turnbull

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Pleased to welcome two new board members Unprecedented participation from TBA members in the recent election for new board members saw a close-run contest between all four candidates, with Philippa Cooper and Bryan Mayoh being elected to the 12-strong team.

Philippa Cooper of Normandie Stud commented: “I would like to thank my fellow breeders for voting for me. It will be a challenge that I relish, and I look forward to working with my eminent fellow board members, and other members of our industry, to protect the interest of the breeder. We are the fortunate custodians of these beautiful creatures and I would dearly hope that we can work together towards even better welfare and management of the breed, without succumbing to outside pressure.”

As the TBA particularly focuses on the

Bryan Mayoh and Philippa Cooper

recently-highlighted challenges National Hunt breeding faces, the election of National Hunt breeder and company director Bryan Mayoh will be of benefit.

He said: “I am honoured to have received the support of fellow TBA members. Now, having promised to do my best to help both National

Hunt and small Flat breeders, I am left with the tricky part, that of actually delivering on their expectations.

“I hope the TBA will get the industry support to implement our NH Mare Owners’ Prize Scheme, and if so I shall strive to ensure its success. In any case I shall try to help the board create a better environment for British breeders, to reap the rewards that are merited by their important contribution to the racing industry.”

TBA Chairman Richard Lancaster commented: “I would like to congratulate Philippa and Bryan and welcome them to the board. It was very good to see such a well contested election. I believe this reflects the interest that is being shown in the work currently being undertaken by the TBA.”

Breeders’ Prizes for TBA members Breeder Al Shaqab Racing Hambleton Racing Ltd The Lavington Stud Newsells Park Stud Straightline Construction Ltd Normandie Stud Mr Douglas Livingston Mr David Armstrong The Queen Deepwood Farm Stud Bearstone Stud Nawara Stud Co Ltd Al Shaqab Racing Bearstone Stud Pall Mall Partners W. and R. Barnett Ltd Mr John M. Cole Bottisham Heath Stud Mrs P. Good Mr W. A. Harrison-Allan Mr R. C. Dollar Anne & Steve Fisher Whatton Manor Stud Mr A. S. Denniff Wilsdon & Habton Mr George Strawbridge Normandie Stud Lady Halifax Shadwell Estate Company Limited Poulton Farm Stud Mr Khalil Al Sayegh Fittocks Stud Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar Mrs Deborah O’Brien Watership Down Stud Whitsbury Manor Stud Shadwell Estate Company Limited Snailwell Stud Co Ltd Jeremy Green and Sons Al Shaqab Racing Pall Mall Partners Mr George Strawbridge

Prize (£) £2,700 £5,400 £1,800 £1,800 £5,400 £5,400 £5,400 £5,400 £5,400 £1,800 £1,800 £3,000 £9,000 £1,800 £5,400 £3,000 £3,000 £2,700 £5,400 £5,400 £1,800 £5,400 £1,800 £3,000 £9,000 £5,400 £5,400 £5,400 £1,800 £9,000 £9,000 £9,000 £5,400 £900 £1,800 £1,800 £3,000 £1,800 £3,000 £5,400 £5,400 £5,400

Horse Smaih Rural Celebration Accipiter Rapid Advance Ko Cache Wannabe Yours Ifwecan Hesketh Bank Pack Together Vent de Force Regiment Carnevale Smaih A Majorities Step To The Shears Cay Dancer Beacon One Moment Seve Agent Murphy See The Sun Caltra Colleen Palerma Jacquotte Delahaye Don’t Tell Annie Born In Bombay Pretzel Bimbo Rathaath Indaria Felwah Aktabantay Buredyma Russian Punch Moohaarib Showstoppa Muraaqaba Outlawed Showing Character Al Gomry Step To The Shears From Frost

Sire Paco Boy Pastoral Pursuits Showcasing Medicean Kodiac Dubawi Exceed And Excel Aqlaam Paco Boy Hurricane Run Major Cadeaux New Approach Paco Boy Major Cadeaux Footstepsinthesand Danehill Dancer Paco Boy Notnowcato Exceed And Excel Cape Cross Assertive Sixties Icon Shamardal Kyllachy A Royal Applause Shamardal New Approach Iffraaj Oasis Dream Sleeping Indian Aqlaam Oasis Dream Dutch Art Archipenko Oasis Dream Showcasing Dubawi Kyllachy Showcasing Exceed And Excel Footstepsinthesand Nayef

Dam Solola Queens Jubilee Mexican Hawk Snow Gretel Silver Cache Wannabe Posh Kirk Wendylina New Assembly Capriolla My First Romance Festivale Solola Mania Rockie Bright White Cay Key Light Two Step Flamenco Dancer Raskutani Cocabana Mistic Magic West Lorne Mary Read Oasis Breeze Pearl Dance Foodbroker Fancy (IRE) Birthday Suit Jamaayel Azharia Efisio’s Star Splashdown Petong’s Pet Punch Drunk Evita Harryana Nufoos Regent’s Park Lalectra Welsh Cake Rockie Bright Salutare

Date 02/06/2014 04/06/2014 05/06/2014 06/06/2014 07/06/2014 07/06/2014 07/06/2014 07/06/2014 10/06/2014 11/06/2014 12/06/2014 12/06/2014 13/06/2014 13/06/2014 13/06/2014 13/06/2014 14/06/2014 14/06/2014 14/06/2014 14/06/2014 14/06/2014 15/06/2014 15/06/2014 16/06/2014 17/06/2014 19/06/2014 21/06/2014 22/06/2014 25/06/2014 25/06/2014 26/06/2014 26/06/2014 27/06/2014 27/06/2014 27/06/2014 27/06/2014 27/06/2014 27/06/2014 28/06/2014 28/06/2014 29/06/2014 30/06/2014

Course Windsor Ripon Kempton Park Goodwood Doncaster Musselburgh Musselburgh Musselburgh Lingfield Park Haydock Park Haydock Park Newbury Chepstow Musselburgh Goodwood Sandown Park Bath Bath Chester Sandown Park York York Salisbury Carisle Thirsk Royal Ascot Ayr Pontefract Bath Salisbury Leicester Newcastle Chester Doncaster Doncaster Musselburgh Newmarket Newmarket Chester Newcastle Salisbury Southwell

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Register for free and save money – The TBA Buying Group is launched to members

Social Media course The TBA-sponsored social media course takes place at the National Stud. ‘Beyond the Basics’ is aimed at those already using social media who want to enhance their online marketing presence. As well as offering top tips on how to utilise social media fully, the day will provide a chance to work on your own specific projects under expert guidance. The discounted fee for TBA members is £45 (£90 for non-members). Further information can be obtained from Lisa Cowdrey at the National Stud on 01638 673930 or email students@nationalstud.co.uk

SEPTEMBER 4 or 5

Burghley Horse Trials An exclusive TBA coursewalk with Tina Cook – more details to follow.

SEPTEMBER 9

Northern Regional Day Visit to David O’Meara’s Arthington barn Stables, Nawton, York. Followed by a trip to Lady Cecil’s Cliff Stud, Helmsley, York.

SEPTEMBER 13

Wales & West Midlands Regional Day A visit to David Loder’s Newton Farm, Bishop’s Castle, and tour of David Futter’s Yorton Farm Stud, Poolton, Leighton, Welshpool, home to stallions Great Pretender, Librettist, Malinas, Norse Dancer, Sulamani and Universal.

SEPTEMBER 23

TBA-sponsored one-day course at the National Stud ‘The Foal – from weaning to sales’. More information from Stanstead House.

NEW MEMBERS

Ms D Camacho, London; P Eccles, Merseyside; J Maloney, Oxfordshire; Ms L Matthews, Oxfordshire; Mrs S Newton, Cornwall; P Palmer, Northamptonshire; Sir D Prosser, Surrey; C R R Sweeting, Buckinghamshire; Ms D Turner, Leicestershire; C Wood, Cleveland

18–35 MEMBERS

Catherine Rudenko, Avon; Alex Wareing, Cheshire; Peter Wright, Northants.

We are delighted to have introduced The TBA Buying Group, a new benefit that will help members and their businesses save money.

The Background: The TBA has teamed up with Anglia Farmers Limited and created a TBA Buying Group for members to benefit from savings on a wide range of products and services. The buying service, Affinity (a subsidiary of Anglia Farmers Limited), will help members save on all their business essentials, from fuel and electricity to mobile phones, vehicles and grass seed.

The Benefit: Through TBA membership everyone can become a member of the Buying Group and, by purchasing through the nationwide group, will benefit from a large variety of discounts. Additionally, Affinity offer an impressive service whereby their experienced teams will do the back office work and ensure members are on the right contract for a large number of their utility and everyday bills. The TBA Buying Group can procure and establish savings on an extensive range of products and services including: • Electricity • Fuel, including bulk gas, propane and fuel cards • Telecommunications • Renewable energy

• Grassland and ground care maintenance • Gates, fencing and stable equipment • Feed and animal health products • Insurance, pensions, HR and payroll • Healthcare • General Supplies • Building materials • PC, computer equipment and electrical items • Tools, tyres and quad bikes • Waste Management • CCTV and security equipment • Vehicles and finance The Next Step: Registration to Affinity is very quick and free. There is no joining fee or annual subscription and no minimum purchase. For larger studs suited to Anglia Farmers Full Membership, there is a small joining fee.

An Anglia Farmers representative will discuss your needs and find the right package for you. To register please contact lucinda.hird@thetba.co.uk.

This benefit offers savings for businesses of all sizes. To find out more about the packages available depending on your requirements contact the Affinity Membership Services Team on 01603 881881.

RoR/TBA Retrained Racehorse Challenge Series 2014 The RoR/TBA Retrained Racehorse Challenge is just under half of the way through its season with 12 of the 32 qualifiers held so far 2014.

The classes are being incredibly well supported and are proving very popular amongst the competitors. “These classes are so much fun and I really enjoy participating in them, I was very pleased with today’s performance,” commented Hetty Keyes, former NGC

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Committee member, after her win on Sir Charlie Hutch at the recent Royal Norfolk Show.

The TBA is delighted to be sponsoring this series as these unique classes demonstrate the adaptability of the breed and provide a great opportunity for these horses to learn new skills once their racing career is over.

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Award for Porter-Mackrell

The July TBA Stud Staff Award winner is David Porter-Mackrell, Head Stallion Man at Newsells Park Stud near Royston, where he has worked for five and a half years and has just completed his sixth covering season.

David is responsible for the stallion complex at Newsells, where Mount Nelson, Nathaniel and Equiano have just concluded a busy season covering nearly 400 mares between them in 2014.

General Manager Julian Dollar describes David as a true professional, whose stallions are always beautifully presented and who maintains the stallion complex in immaculate condition. David is also an inspirational mentor to his assistants, encouraging them to develop high standards and skills which enable them to pursue their career as stallion handlers.

David receives his award from TBA board member and Chairman of the Education and Employment Committee Joe Grimwade at Newmarket races

As a dedicated and reliable member of the team at Newsells Park, whose care for his horses is second to none, David richly deserves to win this month’s TBA Award.

Thank you from the TBA Fillies

Caroline Turnbull, Carrie and Sophie Cherry, Louise Kemble and Christine Standley

The TBA Fillies were out in force on Sunday, June 22 when they completed the Bury St Edmunds Race For Life. Louise, Caroline, Christine and Carrie, joined by Sophie (Carrie’s daughter), donned their trainers in the blistering heat and trotted round the stiff track, which could only be described as firm going.

Due to the generosity of TBA members, we have now raised over £4,000 and we would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude. However, there is still time to make a donation by sending a cheque to Stanstead House made out to Cancer Research UK. Thank you again for your wonderful support.

Supporting graduate fillies’ races As part of an overall mandate to ensure that fillies and mares have race opportunities that act as influential stepping stones in their careers, we are delighted, once again, to be investing in a series of fillies-only handicaps across a range of distances providing more occasions to identify race mares with ability.

Through sponsorship of £5,000 each, these races are all Class 3, supporting fillies with a handicap of 71 to 100. The first race was run at Newbury on July 18 and the remaining races are: August 2 HAMILTON PARK TBA EBF HCAP STKS August 8 NEWMARKET TBA EBF HCAP STKS August 15 NOTTINGHAM TBA EBF HCAP STKS September 20 NEWMARKET TBA PRESTIGE EBF HCAP October 22 NEWMARKET TBA EBF HCAP STKS In addition to these, we will once again be sponsoring the TBA Group 3 Atalanta Stakes at Sandown on Saturday, August 30. In 2012, this race proved to be highly influential for the British-bred filly Dank, who from five starts in 2013 earned £1,0441,906 and won four times, including twice at the highest level when landing the Beverly D Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf. She achieved her first Group victory in the TBA-sponsored Atalanta Stakes.

Dank’s owner/breeder James Wigan said: “As far as her win in the TBA Atalanta Stakes is concerned, I do feel this race is a very necessary one in the programme book, since as I recall, when looking for an opportunity for Dank during August and September 2012, this provided the only UK Group 3 race for fillies over eight to ten furlongs.”

Breeders’ Prizes National Hunt HBLB Breeders’ Prizes worth £1,000 or more Breeder

Prize (£)

Horse

Sire

Dam

Based on date money was paid

Date

Course

Charles and David Hodge

1,250

Able Deputy

Lomitas

Island Colony

01/06/2014

Fakenham

Longdon Stud Ltd

1,500

Makari

Makbul

Seraphim

09/06/2014

Newton Abbot

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South East Regional Day at Robins Farm The South East Regional Day was once again fully subscribed, with members expressing a keen interest to visit Olly Steven’s Robins Farm racing stables and Philippa Cooper’s Normandie Stud.

Second-season trainer Olly Stevens and his wife Hetta provided a warm welcome for TBA members to their base just outside Chiddingfold in Surrey. Located on 50 acres, Robins Farm provides a quiet and secluded facility from which to train, yet is relatively close to London, which must be an attraction for a number of owners. In his first season Olly clocked up 17 winners and this has helped to boost the number of high-profile owners which have been drawn to Robins Farm, alongside the ongoing support he enjoys from Sheikh Fahad Al Thani.

Olly Stevens talks members through the first of two lots

Members being introduced to Philippa Cooper’s retired horses at Normandie

Members were able to watch horses first on the Wexford Sand canter and then on the creatively designed all-weather gallops, which make full use of the nearby undulating landscape. Lightning Thunder and Peace And War were the centre of attraction, but a number of other useful youngsters also caught the eye.

A tour of the yards followed and these illustrated the trainer’s interest in technological advances that included a vibrating floor with overhead solarium, which aided blood circulation, thereby shortening recovery times from soft tissue injuries. Heart monitors are also used to assist training techniques.

After a super lunch at the Half Moon pub in Kirdford, members literally walked round the corner to Normandie Stud, where Philippa, accompanied by her Stud Groom Paul Smith and his team, indulged them with a feast of bloodstock provided by a walk through the 200 acres of Normandie Stud.

The stud enjoys a long history of producing winners and had recently collected a Sussex Heritage Award for the locally-built complex housing the foaling unit, stud offices and stud accommodation, plus indoor turnout

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facilities for young foals, all in one beautifully designed building created from locally sourced materials.

Normandie Stud homebreds are enjoying another good season and recent winners include Sultanina (New Approach ex Soft Centre), who took the Group 3 Pinnacle Stakes at Haydock on May 31. Philippa’s love of her stock and determination to ensure that Normandie Stud-bred horses are cared for from the cradle to the grave are a credit to her.

Whilst most, if not all, of the 19 resident mares demonstrated strong black-type

pedigrees and were accompanied by some very exciting racing prospects, the Polos were certainly more evident when we had a chance to catch up with some old favourites, including Doncaster Cup winner Duncan and Irish St Leger winner Samuel, plus a number of other long-term retirees including I’m Supposin, who have a home for life.

The day ended back at the Half Moon pub with tea. Another most memorable occasion and our thanks go our hosts and Regional Chairman John Needham for organising another superb event for members.

TBA-sponsored courses at the National Stud The TBA is sponsoring a series of educational forums at the National Stud aimed at those who are newer to the breeding industry, although all are welcome to attend. Topics for this year’s forums, which have been selected in response to member feedback from our Annual Seminar and Stud Farming Course, are as follows:

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

‘The Foal – From Weaning to Sales’ Nutrition, farriery, veterinary issues, weaning and preparation for foal sales, including sales procedures, will be covered by the following presenters: Louise Jones (Dodson & Horrell), Simon Curtis FWCF (OA Curtis & Sons), Jennie Henderson MRCVS (Newmarket Equine Hospital), Charlie Oakshott (Warren Chase Farm) and Hetty Keyes (Tattersalls).

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Introduction to Broodmare Ownership This will include buying the broodmare, insurance, registration and other administrative procedures, and practical preparation for the stud season.

TBA members £45/Non-members £90 per forum. This includes a buffet lunch and information pack.

To book or find out more contact Lisa Cowdrey at the National Stud on 01638 673930 or email lisa.cowdrey@nationalstud.co.uk

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The brothers have another connection with Australia as their uncle Bill Birch used to manage Mornmoot Stud in Victoria, home of the illustrious Australasian sire Century. Nearer to home, Christopher Hanbury is now developing his own Triermore Stud in County Meath.

The latest Derby winner is a chesnut despite having two bay parents, just like the great Hyperion, who appears in the pedigrees of both Galileo and Ouija Board in the sixth generation.

It was the mating of Alycidon, the last good horse bred by the 17th Earl of Derby, with Gradisca which produced Ouija Board’s fourth dam Samanda. Gradisca was acquired on behalf of the Derby family by their manager Adrian Scrope from Elizabeth Couturie of Haras du Mesnil.

Derby and Irish Derby hero Australia, a son of Ouija Board

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Stanley Estate & Stud Co As expected Australia emulated his own sire Galileo in completing the English/Irish Derby double – the former was inaugurated in 1780 and the latter in 1866 after two failed attempts.

Australia’s historical affiliations with the two Epsom Classics are truly remarkable – the son of Galileo and Ouija Board was bred by Edward Derby (the 19th Earl) at his Stanley House Stud, Newmarket, managed by his brother Peter Stanley. The present Earl inherited the title on the death of his uncle, John Derby, in 1994.

Not only is the Derby named after the 12th Earl of Derby, but the fillies’ equivalent commemorates his house at Epsom. Furthermore, Australia is the only ever winner of the Blue Riband whose respective parents finished first in the Derby and the Oaks.

The 18th Earl owned what used to be termed Stanley House and Woodlands Studs, and it’s worth mentioning in the present context that he also owned Woodlands Stud in New South Wales, which is now Darley Australia.

The Stanley brothers are grandsons of the late Nan Birch/Kennedy. The Lambourn trainer had three daughters: Rosie, the mother of Lord Derby and Peter Stanley; Stella, who married the champion jump jockey Tim Molony; and Bridget, whose husband Christopher Hanbury is a polo enthusiast and a patron of Nicky Henderson’s stable.

SPECIAL MERIT – June 2014

Shadwell Estate Co Taghrooda initiated a great Epsom Classic double for British-breds when triumphing in the Oaks for owner/breeder Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum, whose stud at Shadwell is managed by TBA Chairman Richard Lancaster.

The estate on the edge of Thetford was acquired from Sir John Musker in 1984, and the first stallion Sheikh Hamdan stood there was Green Desert. Not only is Green Desert’s son Cape Cross the grandsire of Taghrooda (by Sea The Stars), but he is also the maternal grandsire of Australia.

Subsequently, 500 adjacent acres were bought from Jeremy Lowndes, which was developed into the Nunnery Stud. Together with Derrinstown Stud in Ireland, they accommodate the principal Shadwell stallions in Europe.

The Derby home at Knowsley and Sheikh Hamdan’s Norfolk establishment have a most unexpected criminal legacy. In 1952, Lady Derby was dining alone one evening when shot in the neck by a footman.

Miraculously she recovered, but her assailant then proceeded to kill two members of staff. Then in the early 1990s Lowndes murdered his wife at home in their Spanish villa.

Taghrooda’s background is rather more mundane. Her dam is the triple Listed winner Ezima, who was acquired by Shadwell for 320,000gns at Tattersalls’ 2008 December Sale. At the time, her dam’s own-sister Ebaziya had already produced Enzeli, Ebadiyla and Edabiya.

Last season, Ebaziya became the first mare to be responsible for four individual European Group 1 winners when The Queen’s Estimate emulated Enzeli by winning the Ascot Gold Cup. This is a family that became synonymous with the Aga Khan after he negotiated a deal for the bloodstock belonging to French textile magnate Marcel Boussac.

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By Katherine Fidler

Career Course launched Two-day forum organised for benefit of young people with a breeding interest

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ne of the main aims of the Next Generation Club is to encourage young people to consider a career in this most rewarding of industries. To assist in this objective, we are delighted to announce the first Next Generation Club Career Course, a two-day programme held at Tattersalls, Newmarket, in November.

The course will combine talks from industry figures and on-site visits in and around Newmarket, aiming to provide delegates with an understanding of the structure and

“This course offers

the chance to find out more from those involved at the coal face” organisation of the thoroughbred breeding industry at a national and international level, an opportunity to see first-hand how a stud farm is managed – including the selection, pedigree and sale of bloodstock – and understand the best routes for pursuing a career in the industry.

Speakers include Anthony Stroud, bloodstock agent Matt Coleman, former TBA board member Joe Grimwade, Tattersalls auctioneer Matt Prior, Banstead Manor nominations executive James O’Donnell, International Racehorse Transport managing director Jim Paltridge, and Darley’s head of global digital marketing Ali Rea. Visits will include a tour of the Newmarket Equine Hospital and Darley’s pre-training facility, managed by Kate Grimwade.

The course is open to NGC members, Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association 18-35 members, and college or university students, but places are limited to 100 delegates. The fee for both days is just £50, while delegates are offered the opportunity to attend just one of the days for £30. Each session consists of presentations and industry visits.

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Media and Sport to provide funding for projects within the industry. The scheme is partly financed by British racing’s share of the proceeds from the sale of the Tote.

Speaking at the launch of the course, TBA Employment and Education Manager Caroline Turnbull said: “The TBA’s Next Generation Club is committed to encouraging young people to join our industry, which provides so many varied possibilities for those aiming at a career connected with breeding the

thoroughbred racehorse. This course offers the chance to find out more from those involved at the coal face – whether delegates have a specific role in mind or a general desire to get involved – from hands-on stud work to wider administrative posts, it will provide a unique and fascinating opportunity not to be missed.”

Further details on how to apply will be emailed to members shortly, while details of the course will be posted online at www.nextgenerationclub.com

YOU ARE INVITED . . .

To the 2014 European Young Breeders Weekend, held on the inaugural Irish Champions Weekend at Leopardstown and the Curragh, September 13-14.

The event, hosted by the Young Irish Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, is designed to offer young racing and breeding fans from around Europe the chance to not only attend the historic meeting but enjoy a tour of the Irish National Stud – home of Invincible Spirit, first-season sire Lord Shanakill and Big Bad Bob among others.

Last year’s event was held in France during Deauville’s Jacques le Marois meeting, and hosted by the L’Asso des Jeunes Eleveurs, the young breeders’ arm of the Syndicat des Eleveurs (French TBA). NGC Chairman Sam Hoskins went along to sample the weekend.

“It was a great initiative of the L’Asso des Jeunes Eleveurs to put on the weekend,” said Hoskins, “and it’s great to be able to work with them in what is a common goal we all share – to get more young people interested in racing and bloodstock.”

The Irish weekend costs €100 per person and includes racing on both Saturday and Sunday, a Champagne reception, free admission to one of Dublin’s top nightclubs and the Irish National Stud tour. Those wishing to attend need to register with the YITBA before August 15.

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Sales Advice for Owners

As the sales season approaches, many of us are looking forward to returning and making our usual number of purchases, but vendors will be hoping for more than one newcomer to the sales circuit, to help boost clearance rates. If you do happen to be a first-time purchaser, however, it isn’t as simple as turning up on the day and buying the horse of your dreams, writes Lissa Oliver

Thrill ride: owners visiting a sale ring for the first time should be armed with the facts before trying to buy a racehorse Cash or credit? How will you get the horse home with you? Where will it go – to a trainer or pretrainer? Is the horse insured? Would you be better off buying through a reputable bloodstock agent? Buying a horse could feel like trekking through a minefield, but luckily several well-known industry experts are on hand to offer their advice and support.

So you think you can afford a racehorse?

Hopefully you would have already done your homework and are comfortable in the knowledge that you are financially able to make such a commitment. The purchase price is likely to be the least of your concerns – there will need to be insurance in place from fall of hammer and approximately £20,000 training fees for the year, plus other unforeseen incidentals that could arise, such as veterinary bills.

Banker’s reference You must now convince others of your ability to pay. Sales houses will run credit checks and will expect a banker’s reference from you, if you are intending to bid yourself. A bloodstock agent will require the same, if he or she is to act on your behalf. A banker’s reference is simply a letter provided by your bank stating your creditworthiness.

Choosing a bloodstock agent For some, picking a horse is even harder than paying for it, while others may find the selection of an athletic and well-bred horse the easiest part so far in the purchase of a horse, but in both cases the aid of a bloodstock agent or adviser should never be underestimated. The industry standard fee for an agent purchasing on behalf of a client is 5%, but that could be money well spent.

As Grant Pritchard-Gordon of Badgers

Bloodstock explains: “Unlike an agent, an owner rarely has time to view every horse in a sale. This is a time- and energy-consuming exercise that may take days before a sale starts. However, it is vitally important to see every horse on the sales ground that could be suitable for any given order. The selection process is like sifting pebbles from sand. Every horse must be seen once. Second and third looks further refine the list. When an owner or trainer walk on to the sale ground, all of the important groundwork has been done for them when a final inspection list is presented by the agent.”

As well as catalogue updates and pedigree interpretations, an agent will also be able to provide comparable historic price information to enable an informed discussion on value.

Finally, knowledge of the auction ring and its nuances is essential – an agent could save thousands with his or her input when the bidding starts.

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With cash in hand, or at least credit, to purchase your horse, it’s worth remembering that the horse will become your property from the moment the hammer falls in your favour. Should a calamity befall the horse as it is led away from the sales ring, the calamity has befallen your horse, so it’s well worth having insurance in place before making that first bid.

If you have obtained credit or a loan, the bank will require that any stock purchased is fully insured, and the insurer will note the bank as a joint owner. There are a variety of specialist equine insurance companies available to offer advice and tailor-made policies. All offer ‘From Fall Of Hammer’ cover.

David Ashby, of Amlin, explains: “Before attending the sale, ring your broker or insurer and tell them you are planning to buy a colt, filly or broodmare, for example, and the amount you are planning to spend. They will confirm cover for that amount from fall of hammer. Be truthful – if you think there is a possibility you will bid more than the agreed amount, arrange cover for up to your higher limit. If you have paid £100,000 for the horse, but it is only insured for £50,000, you will receive only £50,000 should anything happen to the horse.

“For existing clients, insurers will give an ‘Automatic Additions Clause’, which means the insured will be covered whenever they make a purchase, either privately or at sales.”

Ashby also points out the further peace of mind provided by insurance, saying: “Insurers will pay out on a policy if ownership has passed to the client. To give an example, if at a sale a yearling is being wind-tested and breaks its leg in the lunging ring during the test, the policy will be in effect. The only caveat to this is that if the sales company held the horse was returnable, insurers would not pay out, because ownership had not passed. If the insured was adjudged not to be the owner, underwriters should refund the premium. The important thing is that the policyholder has insurance cover in place.”

Due to the unique circumstances and jargon of the thoroughbred industry, it would be unwise to stray from the specialist insurance providers. As Anna Goodley of Lycetts points out: “When a problem arises and you find yourself trying to explain horsey terms to someone with no practical understanding, it gets very difficult and non-specialist brokers don’t have access to the best policies.”

Bloodlines Insurance, typical of reputable insurers, points out: “With our flexible approach, we can arrange immediate cover over the telephone. We like to work with clients to formulate the most suitable cover for them geared to the size and extent of their equine interest. We guarantee that all policy documentation is processed and issued within 48 hours, as well as offering a fast and fair claims service.”

Be aware of the risks of over- or under-valuing your horse and discuss this clearly with both your broker and bloodstock agent or trainer.

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agent’s authorisation form signed by his client, and with the latter, the same credit checks are carried out on the client as if buying in their own right. Responsibility for payment falls to the client if an agent’s authorisation form has been signed. Communication is the key. If you find that you have run into difficulty with payment, the sales houses are approachable and willing to help.

At what point do you become the owner?

Henry Beeby: DBS and Goffs CEO Advice from your agent, trainer or vet should be taken before opting for a suitable policy within your budget.

Making yourself known to the sales house Henry Beeby, Goffs and DBS CEO, tells us: “The first thing an owner should do, if intending to visit a sale for the first time and purchase in their own right, is make contact with the sales company in advance.” Jason Singh of Tattersalls recommends this happens at least one week ahead of the sale, in order for appropriate checks to be run.

“Owners intending to

buy at a sale for the first time in person must contact the sales company in advance” If you do not have a credit agreement in place, you will be required to pay for the horse on the day. In order to set up a credit agreement you will need to provide a banker’s reference for the amount you intend to spend.

The sales company will also speak with your trainer or look at previous sales records and run background checks.

Over-bidding your agreed credit limit An auction is monitored in real time and every time the hammer falls the sales house accounts manager will be checking the purchaser and their credit limit. If you bid more than your cleared credit amount, accounts will have an instant chat with you about what arrangements you will make to pay.

The credit agreement is usually for 21 days, after which the horse must be paid for. An agent has the option to buy in his own right or with an

Ownership passes to the purchaser at the fall of hammer, but the title remains with the vendor until payment has been made. From the fall of the hammer, you are responsible for the care of the horse you have purchased. The onus is on the purchaser to ensure that any horse purchased by them is properly looked after, so arrangements should have been made in advance for a groom. This could be organised by your bloodstock agent or transporter.

You will be required to remove your horse from the sales complex by the day following the sale, unless otherwise directed within the relevant sales catalogue. Again, your trainer, bloodstock agent or shipping agent will be able to make transport arrangements for you. All horses leaving the complex will require the issue of a pass out, issued by the sales company’s accounts department as soon as payment arrangements have been satisfactorily completed.

VAT Horses bought for export outside the EU may be zero-rated for VAT purposes, while those being sent to another EU member state may also be zero-rated, provided the invoice is made out to a person registered for VAT in another EU member state. If your horse is to remain in the UK, VAT will be charged as indicated in the catalogue or announced from the rostrum. The VAT registration scheme for racehorse owners in the UK allows owners to reclaim VAT on purchases where the horse remains in the UK. The scheme also allows owners to reclaim VAT on training fees and incidentals, where the horse is trained in the UK. Breeders who are VAT-registered can also recover VAT on all racing expenses. A Guide To VAT for racehorse owners can be downloaded from: www.britishhorseracing.com/owning_breedin g/ownership/BHB_Guide_to_VAT.pdf Racehorse owners can also register online at http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk

Returning ‘faulty goods’ Terms and conditions will be found in all sales catalogues and there are particular vices that must be declared in advance by the vendor. If they are not declared and your horse is found to have such a vice, including wind-sucking, cribbiting, weaving and box-walking, you have the right to return the horse. It is usually necessary to inform the sales company in writing within seven days of purchase that you wish to return

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>> the horse and your reason for so doing. The

trainer based elsewhere in the country. What size of yard do you wish to go to? Is prestige important, or would you prefer the one-to-one attention of a small yard? You must also consider the type of horse you have bought – dual-purpose, middle-distance, sprinter, early two-year-old, late maturing. What type of trainer specialises in these and would best suit your horse?

horse should be returned to the sales house within 14 days, together with a certificate in writing from a veterinary surgeon. A very useful Guide To Sales booklet can be downloaded from www.tattersalls.com.

Does my horse require a trainer or a pre-trainer?

Before sending your horse to a trainer, decide whether a pre-trainer might be more suitable first. “A good pre-trainer is absolutely vital,” says Grant Pritchard-Gordon. “The process of breaking, riding away and educating a horse to stable life is often very underrated by owners – and trainers! Patience and the very best horsemanship are essential in building the confidence and manners of a young horse. Not every racing stable has the staff, facilities or time for this. Cutting corners can be disastrous for a young horse.”

Richard Brabazon, a pre-trainer based at Rangers Lodge on the Curragh, County Kildare, explains: “It depends how forward the horse is.

I don’t really see any advantage in sending an early two-year-old type to a pre-trainer. But most horses don’t slot into that category and backward horses can benefit hugely from pretraining, where they can be given a bit of time and individual attention and are allowed to develop at their own pace.”

Choosing a trainer The National Trainers’ Federation (01488 71719) will provide a list of its members, although cannot recommend individuals, which is purely a matter of personal

Training fees

Grant Pritchard-Gordon: a good pre-trainer is “absolutely vital” choice. The BHA website has a trainers’ directory listed under its resources section (www.britishhorseracing.com/resources/ trainers-directory). This enables you to choose a trainer by location, as well as by A-Z. A variety of information packs are also available from the owning and breeding section of the site, including VAT Scheme Guide, Bloodstock Taxation and an interactive brochure and stepby-step guide to ownership.

There are many considerations to choosing a trainer and communication is vital. It is important to get on well with your trainer and to have a relationship based firmly on trust.

After that, you must consider whether you want your horse trained close to where you are living or whether you prefer a specific

Cost will be a major consideration and the ROA reminds you: “If the price looks too good to be true, then very often it is!” Would you prefer to be invoiced individually per service (farrier, vet, transport, entry fees, etc) or would you prefer a single flat fee per month? Obviously the latter option carries with it no unexpected surprises, but you may be paying for services you are not necessarily availing of. It is a matter of how you cope with your personal budget.

The Racehorse Owners Association (www.racehorseowners.net) provides much help under the resources section of its website, including the results of a 2010 survey on training costs, found under the ‘Useful information’ heading. This details a breakdown of the fees and services.

The ROA has also recently launched A Guide to Racehorse Ownership, a 60-page online resource, covering a broad range of subjects, designed to provide a one-stop handbook for existing and potential racehorse owners.

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VET FORUM: THE EXPERT VIEW

By ROB PILSWORTH, MA VetMB BSc (Hons) CertVR MRCVS

Ringworm - the bald facts How to treat this common infection and protect against future outbreaks

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hen we were vet students our pathology lecturer told us that ringworm was one of the easiest conditions about which to remember the salient features because its name said it all, in the negative. First, it doesn’t usually form in a ring and second, it isn’t a worm. So what exactly is ringworm?

Fungal infection Ringworm is a fungal infection of the superficial layers of the skin and hair by a type of fungus known as a dermatophyte (‘lives on skin’). As with most fungal colonisation, the fungus infects only what is in effect dead tissue unless the animal is severely immune-compromised.

The skin grows continuously on a ‘conveyor belt’ from inwards to outwards, and we lose superficial dead skin cells which get rubbed from the surface. Rather disgustingly, most of the content of our vacuum cleaner bags comprises the grey human skin cells which we’ve sloughed off around the house.

Similarly, hair, although produced by a living part of our body, the hair follicle, is itself essentially ‘dead’. Given the right conditions, which usually comprise some physical trauma in association with dampness, the fungal organisms which produce ringworm gain access to these layers of dead skin cells or the hairs and set about digesting them in order to gain nutrients to reproduce. A fungus’s idea of fun is to produce millions of spores which can float off into the air or transfer by physical contact to set off similar fungal infections elsewhere. In order to produce spores, the fungus has to digest away and ‘eat’ the hair to utilise its component parts to make more fungus (Fig 1). This weakens the structure of the hair from the inside, so it breaks and falls out, leaving the slowly widening bald patch so typical of the disease.

Why is it a problem?

Ringworm infections have two main attributes which cause horsemen particular problems.

First, the hair and skin are infected for a long period of time prior to there being any obvious clinical symptoms. The first signs of ringworm are usually that the hairs stand up at an abnormal angle against the coat because the structure of the hair shaft has been weakened, but this means that the infection will have been present for many days before this first sign is

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Fig 1. A photomicrograph of a section from a skin biopsy. The structure in the centre is a hair growing in the skin, which is packed internally with chains of spores (red dots) of the fungus responsible for ringworm infection

Fig 2. The very first sign of ringworm, small groups of infected hairs which have changed in angle as the hair shaft is distorted by the fungal infection, and now stick up against the lie of the coat

Fig 3. As the infection progresses, the small circles of infected hairs fall out and begin to become confluent as large ‘bald’ patches.

seen. Similarly, the ‘cigarette ash’ of dead skin cells produced at the site of ringworm infections will be absolutely ‘hooching’ in fungal spores long before the disease becomes apparent.

So this long period of potential infectivity without obvious clinical signs is slow, often many days or weeks. By the time the infection is apparent in one horse, the tack and rider’s

Fig 4. The typical ‘cigarette ash’ appearance of later ringworm infection in the skin. Here, the keratin layer, the dead surface layer and ‘waterproofer’ of the skin, is being prised away excessively by fungal threads running in and underneath it

Fig 5. Here ringworm infection has been introduced by the tail-string of the rug, and the infection shows all the stages of infection from the advanced ‘ash’ in the centre, to crusts and altered hair angle in the periphery in the areas of most recent infection

boots will have allowed inadvertent spread of these spores to many other horses in the yard.

The second problem is that these spores are extremely resistant to destruction and can survive for many years and still regain infectivity in the right situation. So ringworm spores, once rubbed into the woodwork of a box, or once having contaminated tack, will be a potential source of infection for horses placed in those boxes or using that tack for years on end.

What are the signs of infection?

Because the ringworm organism attacks the hair and the surface layers of the skin, the first sign of infection is groups of hairs in which the shaft has become weakened and twisted so that the hairs ‘stick up’ against the lie of the normal coat (Fig 2). These hairs are very easy to pull out because they have been so weakened by the digestive enzymes produced by the fungus.

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baldness, more correctly known as alopecia, develop. These bald patches gradually expand in size as adjacent hairs become infected, eventually becoming confluent as more and more hair shafts break (Fig 3). In addition, some types of ringworm send branching strands of fungus in among the dead surface layers of the skin, the keratin. This action prises off the looser skin cells, producing large dry ‘crusts’ or the characteristic ‘cigarette ash’ lesion on the skin surface (Fig 4).

Common sites of infection Ringworm infection, both in the horse and when inadvertently caught by their human attendants, almost always takes hold in areas where it has been ‘helped in’ to the surface of the skin by the friction of tack or clothing rubbing on skin. In the horse this is often where the reins rub on the neck, where the saddle sits on the back, on the muzzle and head from contact with the feed mangers, and very commonly where the tail-string rubs on the back of the thighs (Fig 5). When grooms and riders get ringworm infections they often get it where collars and cuffs rubs on skin for the same reason.

Treatment All horses will eventually develop immunity to ringworm infection and treatment is therefore aimed at limiting the contamination of tack and the environment with ringworm spores, in addition to stopping massive areas of unsightly hair loss which will develop before full immunity arrests the infection. The most effective treatment is a topical application of a chemical, enilconazole (Imaverol), designed to soak into the skin and hair and to de-nature and inactivate the spores and fungal threads which inhabit the skin and hair shafts (see panel). Any leftover solution can be used to wipe over reins, tack and rider’s boots in the hope of limiting the spread of spores. Shampoos containing miconazole such as ‘Malaseb’ are also useful to remove and deactivate infected crusts and ‘scale’ and killing the fungus at the same time.

Young horses are particularly prone to ringworm, especially after being moved and mixed following the sales. This is the result of a combination of not only being exposed to many other horses, but of being stressed, by being moved from studs through the sales ring to training yards, thus lowering the innate defence mechanisms of the body to infection.

Some trainers take the view that they are very happy to let ringworm ‘run riot’ during the closed season of the winter on the basis that this will at least give these yearlings some innate immunity to the infection to carry them through the racing season. The downside to this is that left to run freely, spore production will be THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

How to follow the rules of racing and still get a BHA fine!

For many years it has been an offence under the Rules of Racing to run a horse with an active ringworm infection. The problem comes in deciding how you define an active infection. Because the ringworm spores are visible microscopically within the hair, then they will be present and visible under the microscope for as long as any infected hair is also present.

If the horse has been treated correctly with a topical sporicide, then the spores themselves will not be infective but will still be visible microscopically. In order to prove whether spores visible in a skin scrape or hair pluck are viable, we have to culture the spores on a special culture medium for several weeks. The racecourse vets therefore have to make an on-the-spot clinical judgement as to whether or not a horse with lesions typical of ringworm is a risk of infection to others, and the BHA has chosen to back this up with culture of skin and hair as their confirmatory test.

In order to facilitate this, the Rules of Racing have recently been changed. Horses showing any of the typical lesions associated with ringworm infection now have to be accompanied by a certificate signed by a veterinary surgeon. This can state three alternatives.

Option one is that the dermatitis the horse has is not ringworm, and that the horse presents no risk of contagion to other horses.

The second option is to certify that although the lesions look like ringworm, a laboratory examination has been undertaken and was negative. The third alternative is to certify that the horse has been affected with ringworm, but has been treated appropriately according to the data sheet instructions by a product licensed for use in the control of ringworm infection in the UK. Sadly, there are only two approaches which carry this seal of approval. One is the topical application of a chemical designed to inactivate the spores and kill the ringworm, enilconazole, the basis of the product

massive and from then on almost all rugs, saddles, girths and bridles would have to be considered as contaminated and a potential source of infection to other horses.

There is, however, probably an argument to let the ringworm become partially established

Imaverol. The recommended treatment involves total soaking of the skin and hair four times at three-day intervals, making a minimum treatment time of 12 days. After this treatment regime, any spores still present in hair and skin should have become damaged to a degree that will prevent future infection risk.

The second approach is the administration by mouth of a chemical called griseofulvin.

This chemical works by being absorbed into the bloodstream and incorporated into the growing skin and hair where it prevents future colonisation by the ringworm fungus.

The recommended treatment period in the horse is one week.

But here be problems Griseofulvin has never been shown to be clinically effective in the horse; its use is based on the action of the chemical in other species and man.

It takes a very long period of time to be incorporated in the skin ‘conveyor belt’, and even once there, although it may prevent further infection of that hair and skin, it will do nothing to reduce the infectivity of spores already present.

So griseofulvin treatment presents an attractive option to the trainer. It is shorter than the treatment period with topical enilconazole and easier to do (the drug is given by mouth or in feed). But following its use, the horse is still likely to present a risk of contagion to other horses, as the drug is aimed only at future hair and skin growth.

It is also very likely that samples taken by a BHA vet following a one-week course of griseofulvin will still be infective. The BHA rules state that if culture of such a sample proves to be positive then the trainer will be fined. By allowing the use of oral treatment with griseofulvin as one of the permitted treatment regimes, the BHA have created a position where the trainer can follow the rules to the letter and still get a fine of just short of £300!

over a few days before attacking it with a sporicide so that the horse has at least had the chance to develop some immunity. In the older horse, lesions are far less spectacular because of this immunity via prior exposure, and are usually easily halted by treatment.

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A health check for your business In today’s health-conscious world many people take the opportunity to have regular assessments with their doctor to confirm well-being or identify problems early. Your business might also benefit from such a check.

Human health-checks cover many different aspects of well-being and the same should apply to your business. Below, we cover some areas that many equine businesses could usefully review.

Structure and relationship with business partners Whichever structure you have chosen for your business (company, partnership or LLP) there may be a number of participants – either co-shareholders (company) or partners (partnership/LLP) – and it is always sensible to document fully the business relationship between you all in a shareholders’ or partners’ agreement. This is equally important in family businesses as those conducted by unrelated parties.

A well drafted agreement will ensure that everyone is clear as to their rights and obligations and may prevent expensive litigation should any of the shareholders/partners wish to retire or otherwise withdraw from the business, as the terms of withdrawal would have been agreed in advance. For example, on retirement, withdrawal or unexpected death, does the leaver (or his executors) have to offer his share of the business to those continuing members and on what terms?

It is best to agree these things in advance rather than let the courts decide. A badly drafted succession or partnership agreement can lead to the loss of business property or agricultural property relief from inheritance tax.

It is, however, crucial that any agreement is clear and specific on all points as a number of recent cases have shown how costly a vague or ambivalent document can be. In some cases, the simple passage of time and changed circumstances has rendered an existing agreement obsolete or, at best, unhelpful.

We therefore recommend that you review your existing shareholders’/partners’ agreement to ensure that it remains fit for purpose. Professional advice is recommended to ensure that all matters are covered from a legal and tax perspective.

Key employees – does everyone know where they stand?

Whilst the basic terms (eg salary, holiday entitlement etc) on which you engage your employees are likely to be covered in either the offer letter or a contract, as with shareholders’/ partners’ agreements it is helpful to document fully the agreement between employer and employee for key staff members at the outset.

Not only is losing a key employee disruptive to your business in terms of the time and cost of recruiting a replacement, but it is also potentially disastrous should the leaver join a competitor and take clients or other staff members to the new employer. It is possible to include restrictive covenants in an employment contract, which will limit the scope for key employees to poach your clients and/or staff. Such covenants must be reasonable and proportionate and, again, there is no substitute for agreeing such important matters at the outset.

In some cases, including clauses in the contract will also help with the employee’s tax position: for example, stating that the employee is required to occupy a certain property for the proper performance of his duties may, depending on circumstances, be an appropriate option.

As part of your business health-check review we recommend that you ensure that the employment terms for key staff are appropriately documented. Again, professional advice is likely to be necessary to ensure that all current legislation is complied with.

How secure is your bank finance?

No business health check is complete without considering funding. So, is your business funding still structured in the most appropriate way? For example, if you are funded by an overdraft only, then this is likely to be the subject of an annual review by the bank with no guarantee that it will be renewed each year. An overdraft is expected to fluctuate between credit and debit on a regular basis and if the business is constantly overdrawn or always at its borrowing limit then some of the debt may have become what the banks refer to as ’hard-core’. In these circumstances the bank’s continued support might become either uncertain or more expensive as they perceive their risk to be heightened because the cash

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A health check for your business flow of the business is not strong enough to eliminate the overdraft on a periodic basis.

If you are in this position, it may be worth transferring part of the debt to a longer term loan facility, which does not need to be renewed each year and allows for affordable reductions in the overall debt.

In addition, most loan and/or overdraft agreements carry covenants that must be met each year and a breach of these conditions would normally constitute an event of default, which may allow the bank to withdraw the facility.

So another important aspect of your business review must be to ensure that your banking facilities remain appropriate and to check that you are in good shape to meet the various covenants therein.

Are your terms of trade clear and appropriate?

The euphoria that greets the addition of a new customer for your business sometimes obscures the need to ensure that your terms of trade are clear and appropriate. It is good business practice to document clearly the basis upon which you have agreed to act for the customer (eg train their horse(s) or look after their broodmare) and this can help prevent disputes later.

For example, are the invoices you render payable on issue or after a specified period and is this clear to the customer?

The National Trainers’ Federation and Racehorse Owners’ Association have produced a mutually agreed specimen contract between trainer and owner, which is recommended in all cases. The Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association has a similar document for stud owners to use.

Many trainers and breeders will cite slow or non-payment of invoices as key causes of difficulties for their businesses, with the consequence that their own purchase invoices and such taxes as PAYE and VAT are not paid promptly. On occasions trainers and breeders have been understandably reluctant to chase debts and resort to legal action. It is, however, better to be commercial and business-like in your approach to debt collection than have a reputation for being soft in this regard.

The stronger your own cash flow, the easier it will be to negotiate with suppliers, as many will offer discounts for prompt settlement. If you are able to pay bills immediately your negotiating position is considerably enhanced.

Another key aspect of your business health-check is therefore to ensure that your terms of trade are documented clearly and acted upon where appropriate. If you are lucky enough to have a strong cash position you should consider asking suppliers for a prompt payment discount.

Conclusion The above can necessarily cover only a few of the key areas of your business that might benefit from a health-check and, for many, there are likely to be other aspects that would benefit from a review.

As with all health checks, even with a clear result, there can be no guarantee that problems will not arise in the future but early identification of issues often means that remedial action is possible before complications set in.

If you would like us to cover any specific topic of tax, VAT or business management in a future article please contact Jackie Shears on jackie.shears@smith.williamson.co.uk

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS

European Pattern 112 PRIX DE DIANE LONGINES G1

2007:

CHANTILLY. Jun 15. 3yof. 2100m.

1. AVENIR CERTAIN (FR) 9-0 £476,167 b f by Le Havre - Puggy (Mark of Esteem) O-A. Caro/G. Augustin-Normand B-Mme E Vidal TR-Jean Claude Rouget 2. Amour A Papa (FR) 9-0 £190,500 f by Montmartre - Prudence Royale (Loup Solitaire) O-J-Y Artu B-J-Y Artu, Mlle M Artu & D Artu TR-J-Y Artu 3. Xcellence (FR) 9-0 £95,250 b f by Champs Elysees - Xanadu Bliss (Xaar) O-Mr Martin S. Schwartz B-Haras D’Ecouves & Henri De Pracomtal TR-Francois Doumen Margins 1, Short Neck. Time 2:05.37. Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 5

Wins 5

Places 0

Earned £722,902

Sire: LE HAVRE. Sire of 3 Stakes winners. In 2014 AVENIR CERTAIN Mark of Esteem G1, AUVRAY In The Wings LR, LA HOGUETTE Zamindar LR. 1st Dam: Puggy by Mark of Esteem. Winner at 2, 2nd Finnforest Oh So Sharp S LR, 3rd In Pink Owen Brown Rockfel S G2, 2nd Bloomers’ Vase LR, 3rd Polar Cup G3. Dam of 2 winners: 2010: ADJUDANT CHEF (g Vita Rosa) 2 wins at 3 in France.

2011: AVENIR CERTAIN (f Le Havre) Sold 35,714gns yearling at AROCT. 5 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1, Prix de Diane Longines G1.

2013: Taaoa (f Rock of Gibraltar) 2nd Dam: JAKARTA by Machiavellian. 1 win at 3. Dam of Puggy (f Mark of Esteem, see above) Broodmare Sire: MARK OF ESTEEM. Sire of the dams of 27 Stakes winners. In 2014 - AVENIR CERTAIN Le Havre G1, SANDIVA Footstepsinthesand G3, SRUTHAN Arakan G3, CALEDONIA LADY Firebreak LR, HONOR BOUND Authorized LR, TRIP TO RHODOS Rail Link LR.

AVENIR CERTAIN b f 2011 Blushing Groom Glorious Song Danseur Fabuleux Northern Dancer Fabuleux Jane Konigsstuhl Surako Surata Jefferson Marie d’Argonne Mohair Shirley Heights Darshaan Delsy Ajdal Homage Home Love Mr Prospector Machiavellian Coup de Folie Soviet Star Lunda Lucayan Princess Rahy

Noverre LE HAVRE b 06 Marie Rheinberg

Mark of Esteem PUGGY b 04 Jakarta

See race 48 in the July issue 113 KING’S STAND STAKES G1 ASCOT. Jun 17. 3yo+. 5f.

1. SOLE POWER (GB) 7 9-4 £212,663 b g by Kyllachy - Demerger (Distant View) O-Mrs S. Power B-G. B. Russell TR-Edward Lynam 2. Stepper Point (GB) 5 9-4 £80,625 b g by Kyllachy - Sacre Coeur (Compton Place) O-Mr C. L. A. Edginton B-Whitsbury Manor Stud TR-William Muir 3. Hot Streak (IRE) 3 8-12 £40,350 ch c by Iffraaj - Ashirah (Housebuster) O-Qatar Racing Limited B-B. Noonan TR-Kevin Ryan Margins 1.25, Neck. Time 0:58.80. Going Good.

Age 2-7

Starts 40

Wins 9

Places Earned 18 £1,376,608

Sire: KYLLACHY. Sire of 21 Stakes winners. In 2014 SOLE POWER Distant View G1, PENITENT Bishop of Cashel G3, STEPPER POINT Compton Place LR. 1st Dam: Demerger by Distant View. unraced. Dam of 3 winners: 2002: Cornus (g Inchinor) 15 wins, 2nd Cornwallis S G3.

2003: Be My Charm (f Polish Precedent). Broodmare.

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2008: 2009: 2011: 2012: 2013:

SOLE POWER (g Kyllachy) Sold 30,476gns yearling at DNSLY. Champion 3yr old sprinter in Europe in 2010. 9 wins at 2 to 7, 2014, King’s Stand S G1 (twice), Coolmore Nunthorpe S G1, betfred.com Temple S G2, Pearl Bloodstock Palace House S G3 (twice), Scarbrough S LR, 2nd Longines Hong Kong Sprint G1, Emirates NBD Al Quoz Sprint G1, betfred.com Temple S G2, Market Slide Flying Five S G3, Grangecon Stud S LR, Emirates Holidays Meydan Sprint LR, 3rd King’s Stand S G1, Coolmore Nunthorpe S G1, Qatar Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp G1, Pearl Bloodstock Palace House S G3.

Sonny Sunshine (f Royal Applause) unraced.

Broodmare.

Sotka (f Dutch Art) Winner at 2 in France, 2nd Prix des Reves d’Or -LR. Crafty Exit (g Mastercraftsman) in training. (c Exceed And Excel) (f Poet’s Voice)

2nd Dam: MERIDA by Warning. 2 wins at 3 and 4 in France, USA. Grandam of PENCIL HILL. Broodmare Sire: DISTANT VIEW. Sire of the dams of 20 Stakes winners. In 2014 - MOONSHINE MULLIN Albert the Great G1, SOLE POWER Kyllachy G1, HENNY JENNEY Henny Hughes LR.

SOLE POWER b g 2007 Nureyev Marie d’Argonne Fearless Revival Cozzene Stufida Sing Sing Song Intent Crooner Moonlight Serenade March Moonlight Raise A Native Mr Prospector Gold Digger Irish River Seven Springs La Trinite Known Fact Warning Slightly Dangerous Laser Light Metair Treatisan Polar Falcon

Pivotal KYLLACHY b 98 Pretty Poppy

Distant View DEMERGER b 97 Merida

Many recruits to the Juddmonte broodmare band have blue-blooded backgrounds, but one exception was Metair. This daughter of Laser Light had originally cost only 1,600gns as a yearling and her dam Treatisan was once bought in for 380gns after winning a seller. However, Metair proceeded to earn a Timeform rating of 118 as a juvenile, after winning four of her six starts, and she continued to prove herself a very useful sprinter at three. Her background was similar to that of Mofida, one of the Juddmonte foundation mares whose influence is still felt today.

Metair is no longer represented at Juddmonte but that doesn’t mean she failed to make her mark. Her first foal, the Sharpen Up colt Fine Edge, crossed the line second to Soba in the King George Stakes and third behind Habibti and Soba in the Nunthorpe (then the William Hill Sprint Championship). She also produced Merida, a winning miler in France and the USA who now ranks as the second dam of Sole Power.

This son of Kyllachy follows Equiano as the second horse to win two editions of the King’s Stand Stakes since it was elevated to Gr1 level.

Sole Power’s dam Demerger was sold for only 4,000gns as an unraced three-year-old and has proved a bargain, producing three black-type winners, another being the useful sprinter Cornus. Metair’s legacy also included her great-grandson Auction

House, winner of the Gr2 Champagne Stakes at two.

Sole Power is a very appropriate winner of the King’s Stand. His grandsire Pivotal landed both the King’s Stand and the Nunthorpe in 1996, and six years later his son Kyllachy followed in his footsteps in York’s Gr1. Now Sole Power has won both the Nunthorpe (at 100-1) and two editions of the King’s Stand.

Kyllachy’s broodmare sire, Song, also won the King’s Stand.

1st Dam: WANA DOO by Grand Slam. 2 wins at 2 and 3 in France. Dam of 2 winners: 2005: Seventh Cloud (f Septieme Ciel) 2007: WAN (g Tagula) 7 wins over jumps at 4 and 6 in France, Italy, P. delle Nazioni Mem. M Rocca Cup Chase G2.

2008: Wedding Dance (f Chichicastenango) ran on the flat in France.

2010: TORONADO (c High Chaparral) Sold 45,155gns yearling at ARAUG. Jt Champion 3yr old colt in Europe in 2013, Jt Champion 3yr old miler in Europe in 2013. 6 wins at 2 to 4, Queen Anne S G1, Qipco Sussex S G1, One Call Insurance Champagne S G2, Novae Bloodstock Insurance Craven S G3, Carraig Insurance Winkfield S LR, 2nd St James’s Palace S G1.

2011: Effect (c Bahri) in training.

2012: Cherrington (f Lope de Vega) unraced to date.

High Chaparral started the 2014 Royal Ascot meeting with a bang. He was directly responsible for the first winner, when his son Toronado took the Gr1 Queen Anne Stakes, and then his daughter Muravka supplied the winner of the second race, when the Gr2 Coventry Stakes fell to the unbeaten The Wow Signal.

These opening-day successes confirmed what the Australians have long understood – that High Chaparral is no straightforward influence for stamina. It is worth remembering that his second dam Kozana finished third behind Sagace and Rainbow Quest in the Arc just four weeks after she had finished second to Rousillon in the Prix du Moulin over a mile. Kozana’s dam, Koblenza, won the French 1,000 Guineas, so there is speed in High Chaparral’s female line.

There is also speed in the bottom half of Toronado’s pedigree.

Toronado’s dam, Wana Doo, is by Grand Slam, a stallion who showed plenty of precocious speed, and Wana Doo won over a mile at Longchamp at two, before scoring over 6.5 furlongs on Deauville’s all-weather track at three.

Always Fair, sire of Toronado’s second dam Wedding Gift, also had plenty of speed, numbering the Coventry Stakes and Acomb Stakes among his juvenile successes.

Wedding Gift was talented, too, winning a mile Listed race as a juvenile and finishing a respectable fifth in the 1996 Prix de Diane. She has since bettered those achievements by producing Casamento, winner of the Racing Post Trophy.

This family also produced one of the finest winners of the Racing Post Trophy, when it was known as the Observer Gold Cup. That was the brilliant Vaguely Noble, a half-brother to Toronado’s fourth dam Regal Lady.

Vaguely Noble later decisively defeated Sir Ivor in the Arc. Regal Lady did well too, producing the Gr2 Prix Hocquart winner Regency and the Oaks third Britannia’s Rule.

2nd Dam: WEDDING GIFT by Always Fair. 2 wins in France Prix Saraca LR, 3rd Prix du Calvados G3, Prix Vanteaux G3. Dam of CASAMENTO (c Shamardal: Racing Post Trophy G1, 2nd National S G1)

ASCOT. Jun 17. 3yoc. 8f.

114 QUEEN ANNE STAKES G1 ASCOT. Jun 17. 4yo+. 8f.

1. TORONADO (IRE) 4 9-0 £229,854 b c by High Chaparral - Wana Doo (Grand Slam) O-Al Shaqab Racing B-Mr P. Nataf TR-Richard Hannon 2. Verrazano (USA) 4 9-0 £87,143 b c by More Than Ready - Enchanted Rock (Giant’s Causeway) O-Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Mr D.Smith B-E. A. Hamilton TR-Aidan O’Brien 3. Anodin (IRE) 4 9-0 £43,612 b c by Anabaa - Born Gold (Blushing Groom) O-Wertheimer et Frere B-Wertheimer et Frere TR-F. Head Margins 0.75, 1.25. Time 1:37.70. Going Good.

Age 2-4

Starts 9

Wins 6

Places 2

Earned £603,856

Sire: HIGH CHAPARRAL. Sire of 60 Stakes winners.

In 2014 - DUNDEEL Zabeel G1, TORONADO Grand Slam G1, LUCKY LION Big Shuffle G2, SHOW THE WORLD Zabeel G2, WESTERN HYMN Cape Cross G3, CONTRIBUTER Exit To Nowhere LR, FRINE Cardoun LR, KINGDOMS O’Reilly LR, MADAM VICTORIA Personal Escort LR, SWEET AS BRO Success Express LR.

Broodmare Sire: GRAND SLAM. Sire of the dams of 18 Stakes winners. In 2014 - TORONADO High Chaparral G1, ADMIRAL KITTEN Kitten’s Joy G3, BANDBOX Tapit G3, BRADESTER Lion Heart G3, DON DESTELLO Mountain Cat LR, PRINCESA VENECIA Rock Hard Ten LR.

TORONADO b c 2010 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge HIGH CHAPARRAL b 99 Darshaan Kasora Kozana Gone West Grand Slam Bright Candles WANA DOO b 00 Always Fair Wedding Gift Such Style

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Shirley Heights Delsy Kris Koblenza Mr Prospector Secrettame El Gran Senor Christmas Bonus Danzig Carduel Sassafras Regal Lady.

115 ST JAMES’S PALACE STAKES G1 1. KINGMAN (GB) 9-0 £212,663 b c by Invincible Spirit - Zenda (Zamindar) O-Mr K. Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd TR-John Gosden 2. Night of Thunder (IRE) 9-0 £80,625 ch c by Dubawi - Forest Storm (Galileo) O-Mr Saeed Manana B-F. Dunne TR-Richard Hannon 3. Outstrip (GB) 9-0 £40,350 gr/ro c by Exceed And Excel - Asi Siempre (El Prado) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Charlie Appleby Margins 2.25, 1. Time 1:39.00. Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 5

Places 1

Earned £515,004

Sire: INVINCIBLE SPIRIT. Sire of 76 Stakes winners.

In 2014 - KINGMAN Zamindar G1, SPEAKING OF WHICH Mr Prospector G2, CHARM SPIRIT Montjeu G3, RUSSIAN SOUL Indian Ridge G3, ARMY BULLETIN Sunday Silence LR, BEACH BELLE High Chaparral LR, I’M YOURS Robellino LR, SIGNS OF BLESSING Seeking The Gold LR, THAT IS THE SPIRIT Acatenango LR.

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Caulfield on Leading Light: “He is one of Montjeu’s three winners of the St Leger, and the late Coolmore stallion is also responsible for two winners of the marathon Doncaster Cup”

1st Dam: ZENDA by Zamindar. 3 wins at 3 and 4 at home, France, USA, Gainsborough Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1, 2nd Coronation S G1, Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S G1. Dam of 3 winners: 2005: Nile Cruise (c Danzig) 2006: Rio Carnival (f Storm Cat) ran twice.

Broodmare.

2007: Hentzau (g Empire Maker) ran twice in N.H. Flat Races.

2008: Pleasantry (f Johannesburg) unraced.

Broodmare.

2009: PANZANELLA (f Dansili) Winner at 3.

Broodmare.

2010: REMOTE (c Dansili) 3 wins at 3, Tercentenary S G3.

2011: KINGMAN (c Invincible Spirit) 5 wins at 2 and 3, Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas G1, St James’s Palace S G1, AON Greenham S G3, Betfred Mobile Solario S G3, 2nd Qipco 2000 Guineas G1.

2012: Multilingual (f Dansili) unraced to date.

2014: (f Bated Breath) 2nd Dam: Hope by Dancing Brave. ran on the flat in France at 3. Own sister to WEMYSS BIGHT. Dam of OASIS DREAM (c Green Desert: Darley July Cup G1, Shadwell Stud Middle Park S G1, Victor Chandler Nunthorpe S G1, 2nd Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup G1), ZENDA (f Zamindar, see above), HOPEFUL LIGHT (g Warning: Unicoin Homes Joel S LR, Sovereign S LR) Broodmare Sire: ZAMINDAR. Sire of the dams of 5 Stakes winners. In 2014 - KINGMAN Invincible Spirit G1, LA HOGUETTE Le Havre LR.

2010: 2011: 2012: 2013:

Longines Hong Kong Vase G1, Ribblesdale S G2, 3rd Investec Oaks S G1, Prince of Wales’s S G1, Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf G1.

DUCAB (g Dansili) 3 wins.

Anjin (g Danehill Dancer) in training. (c Shamardal) (f Oasis Dream)

2nd Dam: SUMOTO by Mtoto. 2 wins at 2 and 3. Dam of SUMMONER (g Inchinor: Queen Elizabeth II S G1), COMPTON ADMIRAL (c Suave Dancer: Coral Eclipse S G1), Twyla Tharp (f Sadler’s Wells, see above) Broodmare Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of the dams of 333 Stakes winners. In 2014 - TAGHROODA Sea The Stars G1, THE FUGUE Dansili G1, EXCELLENT RESULT Shamardal G2, ANJAZ Street Cry G3, CURSORY GLANCE Distorted Humor G3, RICH TAPESTRY Holy Roman Emperor G3.

The Dansili/Sadler’s Wells cross has produced: FLINTSHIRE G1, PASSAGE OF TIME G1, TESTOSTERONE G1, THE FUGUE G1, DANCE MOVES G2, FATHER TIME G2, STIPULATE G2, THOMAS CHIPPENDALE G2, Tandem G3, DARK ORCHID LR, DISCLAIMER LR, RENEW LR, East Meets West LR, Galateia LR, Porgy LR.

THE FUGUE b/br m 2009 Danzig

Danehill DANSILI b 96

KINGMAN b c 2011

Hasili

Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier INVINCIBLE SPIRIT b 97 Kris Rafha Eljazzi Gone West Zamindar Zaizafon ZENDA b 99 Dancing Brave Hope Bahamian

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Sharpen Up Doubly Sure Artaius Border Bounty Mr Prospector Secrettame The Minstrel Mofida Lyphard Navajo Princess Mill Reef Sorbus

See race 51 in the July issue 116 PRINCE OF WALES’S STAKES G1 ASCOT. Jun 18. 4yo+. 10f.

1. THE FUGUE (GB) 5 8-11 £297,728 b/br m by Dansili - Twyla Tharp (Sadler’s Wells) O-Lord Lloyd-Webber B-Watership Down Stud TR-John Gosden 2. Magician (IRE) 4 9-0 £112,875 b/br c by Galileo - Absolutelyfabulous (Mozart) O-Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier B-Absolutelyfabulous Syndicate TR-Aidan O’Brien 3. Treve (FR) 4 8-11 £56,490 b f by Motivator - Trevise (Anabaa) O-Al Shaqab Racing B-Haras du Quesnay TR-Mme C. Head-Maarek Margins 1.75, 1. Time 2:01.90. Going Good.

Age 2-5

Starts 16

Wins 6

Places Earned 8 £1,928,485

Sire: DANSILI. Sire of 96 Stakes winners. In 2014 MISS FRANCE Tirol G1, THE FUGUE Sadler’s Wells G1, WE ARE Inchinor G1, ESPUMANTI Reprimand G2, L’AMOUR DE MA VIE Smoke Glacken G2, RIPOSTE Rainbow Quest G2, CARLA BIANCA Linamix LR, MUTEELA Zafonic LR, PERMIT Swain LR, VISORIYNA Linamix LR. 1st Dam: Twyla Tharp by Sadler’s Wells. Winner at 3, 2nd Ribblesdale S G2. Dam of 3 winners: 2008: SUSAN STROMAN (f Monsun) 2 wins at 3.

Broodmare.

2009: THE FUGUE (f Dansili) Champion older mare in England and Ireland in 2013, Jt Champion older mare in Europe in 2013. 6 wins at 2 to 5, 2014, Red Mills Irish Champion S G1, Markel Insurance Nassau S G1, Prince of Wales’s S G1, Darley Yorkshire Oaks G1, Tattersalls Musidora S G3, 2nd Darley Yorkshire Oaks G1, Breeders’ Cup Turf G1,

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Razyana Spring Adieu Ile de Bourbon Kahyasi Kadissya High Line Kerali Sookera Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special Busted Mtoto Amazer General Assembly Soemba Seven Seas

defeated the future 1,000 Guineas winner Sayyedati on her only juvenile start but then managed only a minor win over seven furlongs at three and retired without any black type.

The Fugue’s breeders, Watership Down, acquired Sumoto for 920,000gns in December 2000, only three years after she had been culled from Hascombe and Valiant Studs for 6,500gns. This remarkable change of fortune was fuelled by Compton Admiral, Sumoto’s second foal, who won the Gr1 Eclipse Stakes. Sumoto also hit the Gr1 target with her third foal, Summoner, who defeated Noverre in the 2001 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

With The Fugue already having proved herself one of the best fillies of her generation, Twyla Tharp was offered at the 2012 December Sales, where Mandore International paid 1,700,000gns for the then-ten-yearold mare, carrying a filly by Oasis Dream.

Sadler’s Wells TWYLA THARP b 02 Sumoto

When Royal Ascot comes around again in 2015, it could pay to remember Dansili’s recent record at this meeting. After being the leading sire by prize-money in 2012 and leading sire by winners in 2013, Dansili again made his presence felt in 2014, this time thanks to his daughters. He scored via The Fugue in the Gr1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes and with the unbeaten Muteela in the Sandringham Handicap, in addition to taking second place with L’Amour de Ma Vie in the Gr2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes.

One of Dansili’s previous Royal Ascot winners, the Gr2 King Edward VII Stakes and Gr2 Hardwicke Stakes winner Thomas Chippendale, had a dam by Sadler’s Wells and so does The Fugue. This cross has done so well that it now has 98 foals of racing age. It is too soon for the 14 twoyear-olds of 2014 to have had a chance to prove themselves, but 11 of the previous 84 have become stakes winners – an impressive 13%. They also include the Gr1 winners Flintshire and Passage Of Time, plus another Royal Ascot Gr2 winner in Father Time. The Fugue, now retired, is the most accomplished of them, amassing four Gr1 victories, which arguably should have been even higher.

The Fugue’s dam, Twyla Tharp, also went close to winning at Royal Ascot, going down by only a short head in the Gr2 Ribblesdale Stakes.

Twyla Tharp’s dam Sumoto had looked highly promising when she

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117 ASCOT GOLD CUP G1 ASCOT. Jun 19. 4yo+. 20f.

1. LEADING LIGHT (IRE) 4 9-0 £212,663 b c by Montjeu - Dance Parade (Gone West) O-Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor B-Lynch-Bages Ltd TR-Aidan O’Brien 2. Estimate (IRE) 5 8-13 £80,625 b m by Monsun - Ebaziya (Darshaan) O-The Queen B-His Highness The Aga Khan’s Studs S.C. TR-Sir Michael Stoute 3. Missunited (IRE) 7 8-13 £40,350 b/br m by Golan - Lets Clic Together (Don’t Forget Me) O-Mrs Vanessa Hutch B-Mrs V. Hutch TR-Michael Winters Margins Neck, Short Head. Time 4:21.00.

Going Good to Firm.

Age 2-4

Starts 9

Wins 7

Places 1

Earned £680,982

Sire: MONTJEU. Sire of 128 Stakes winners. In 2014 LEADING LIGHT Gone West G1, OFFER Darshaan G1, BRACELET Green Desert G2, MONTCLAIR Platini G3, GUAJARA Big Shuffle LR, MOUNT ATHOS Slip Anchor LR, TRADE COMMISSIONER Spinning World LR. 1st Dam: DANCE PARADE by Gone West. 7 wins at 2 to 4 at home, USA, Buena Vista S G2. Own sister to Western Reel. Dam of 7 winners: 2001: SPECIAL JIG (f Theatrical) Winner at 3 in USA. Broodmare.

2005: CASTLES IN THE AIR (g Oasis Dream) 5 wins at 3 to 5.

2006: HONOURS STRIDE (f Red Ransom) Winner at 3. Broodmare.

2007: OUR DRAMA QUEEN (f Danehill Dancer) Winner at 3. Broodmare.

2009: Warwick Avenue (c Montjeu) 5 wins, 3rd Keeneland Royal Whip S G2.

2010: LEADING LIGHT (c Montjeu) Sold 520,000gns yearling at TAOC1. Champion 3yr old stayer in Europe in 2013. 7 wins at 2 to 4, Ascot Gold Cup G1, Ladbrokes St Leger S G1, Airlie Stud Gallinule S G3, Sir Henry Cecil Memorial Queen’s Vase G3, Coolmore Vintage Crop S G3.

2011: JOHN CONSTABLE (c Montjeu) Winner at 3.

2012: Carpe Vita (f Montjeu) unraced to date.

2013: (c Fastnet Rock) 2nd Dam: RIVER JIG by Irish River. 2 wins at 2 and 3 at home, Italy Premio Fausta LR, 2nd Criterium Femminile G3. Dam of DANCE PARADE (f Gone West, see above), OCEAN QUEEN (f Zilzal: Bay Meadows Breeders’ Cup Derby G3), JIG (f Catrail: La Zanzara S LR), Western Reel (f Gone West: 3rd Ritz Club Fern Hill Rated H LR). Grandam of TOYLSOME, CORAL MIST, Midnight Mischief, Cherry Baby, Bicoastal, Mr Irons, Klondike Kate. Third dam of CHITU, TESORILLA CLASS, GREEN SUPREME, HOARDING.

Broodmare Sire: GONE WEST. Sire of the dams of 105 Stakes winners. In 2014 - AFRICAN STORY Pivotal G1, LEADING LIGHT Montjeu G1, ADMIRE SAGACE Fuji Kiseki LR. The Montjeu/Gone West cross has produced: LEADING LIGHT G1, MACARTHUR G1, MOTIVATOR G1, Campanillas G2, Warwick Avenue G2, Brittany LR.

LEADING LIGHT b c 2010 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge MONTJEU b 96 Top Ville Floripedes Toute Cy Mr Prospector Gone West Secrettame DANCE PARADE ch 94 Irish River River Jig Baronova

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special High Top Sega Ville Tennyson Adele Toumignon Raise A Native Gold Digger Secretariat Tamerett Riverman Irish Star Nijinsky Tsessebe.

Although Leading Light had never previously tackled a distance longer than two miles, the betting public seemed confident that the extra half mile of the Gold Cup would be no obstacle to success for the 2013 Queen’s Vase winner. They must have based their judgement more on his sire’s record than that of his dam Dance Parade. This daughter of Gone West had won at the 1996 Royal Ascot meeting, but her win came in the Queen Mary Stakes over the minimum distance. She also won the Fred Darling Stakes over seven furlongs before transferring to California, where she won two Gr3s over 6.5 furlongs, and the Gr2 Buena Vista Handicap over a mile. Clearly, if Leading Light were to win the Gold Cup, Dance Parade wouldn’t be the source of his stamina.

Fortunately for Leading Light, he is a son of Montjeu, who had already enjoyed Gold Cup success via Fame And Glory. Leading Light is one of Montjeu’s three winners of the St Leger and the late Coolmore stallion is also responsible for two winners of the Doncaster Cup over two and a quarter miles, plus winners of the Melbourne Cup, Prix Royal-Oak and Irish St Leger. These results are in line with Montjeu’s pedigree and this staying background was again evident as Leading Light kept on gallantly to beat the 2013 winner Estimate by a neck.

Leading Light is Montjeu’s second major winner out of a Gone West mare, following the Derby winner Motivator (whose brother Macarthur took the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot). Montjeu also had a fine record with mares by Gone West’s son Zafonic. Altogether he has sired five Gr1 winners from mares by four sons of Mr Prospector, one of the others being Camelot (out of a Kingmambo mare).

Dance Parade started her broodmare career in the US before being returned to England, where she made 320,000 guineas at Tattersalls’ 2005 December Sales. Leading Light’s second dam, River Jig, is also

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European Pattern the second dam of Toylsome, winner of the Gr1 Prix de la Foret over seven furlongs. Perhaps some of Leading Light’s stamina has come via his fourth dam Baronova. In addition to being by Nijinsky, Baronova’s first two dams were by Buckpasser and Princequillo, both winners of the Jockey Club Gold Cup over two miles.

118 CORONATION STAKES G1 ASCOT. Jun 20. 3yof. 8f.

1. RIZEENA (IRE) 9-0 £212,663 b f by Iffraaj - Serena’s Storm (Statue of Liberty) O-Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum B-Roundhill Stud TR-Clive Brittain 2. Lesstalk In Paris (IRE) 9-0 £80,625 b f by Cape Cross - Top Toss (Linamix) O-Ecurie J. L. Tepper B-Skymarc Farm Inc TR-Jean Claude Rouget 3. Euro Charline (GB) 9-0 £40,350 b f by Myboycharlie - Eurolink Artemis (Common Grounds) O-Team Valor B-Exors of the Late Mr B. J. Liversage TR-Marco Botti Margins 0.75, Head. Time 1:40.70.

Going Good to Firm.

Age 2-3

Starts 10

Wins 5

Places 3

Earned £484,241

Sire: IFFRAAJ. Sire of 20 Stakes winners. In 2014 BENVENUE Be My Guest G1, RIZEENA Statue of Liberty G1, HOT STREAK Housebuster G2, FORJATT Danzero G3, MAGIC ARTIST Cape Cross G3, DIBAJJ Royal Applause LR, KISSES Marscay LR, PRINCE OF ALL Lycius LR. 1st Dam: SERENA’S STORM by Statue of Liberty.

Winner at 2. Dam of 1 winner: 2010: Marble Silver (f Notnowcato) 2011: RIZEENA (f Iffraaj) Sold 50,000gns yearling at TAOC2. Champion 2yr old filly in Ireland in 2013. 5 wins at 2 and 3, Coronation S G1, Moyglare Stud S G1, Queen Mary S G2, Cantor Fitzgerald National S LR, 2nd Shadwell Fillies’ Mile S G1, Betfred Duchess Of Cambridge S G2, 3rd Darley Prix Morny G1.

2012: (c Rock of Gibraltar) 2nd Dam: PRINCESS SERENA by Unbridled’s Song.

1 win at 4 in USA. Dam of PUISSANCE DE LUNE (c Shamardal: Blamey S G2, P B Lawrence J J Liston S G2, 2nd Makybe Diva S G1, Turnbull S G1) Broodmare Sire: STATUE OF LIBERTY. Sire of the dams of 1 Stakes winner.

RIZEENA b f 2011 Mr Prospector Secrettame Zafonic The Minstrel Zaizafon Mofida IFFRAAJ b 01 Northern Dancer Nureyev Special Pastorale Ahonoora Park Appeal Balidaress Storm Bird Storm Cat Terlingua Statue of Liberty Charming Lassie Seattle Slew Lassie Dear SERENA’S STORM gr 05 Unbridled’s Song Unbridled Trolley Song Princess Serena Rahy Serena’s Sister Imagining Gone West

Iffraaj’s fortunes suffered a double blow in the first part of 2014. Worse was the news that Chriselliam, his winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, had died in February. In comparison Rizeena’s seventh-place finish when second favourite for the 1,000 Guineas was easier to take.

Rizeena’s position in the betting at Newmarket reflected her fine record at two, when she won half of her eight starts, including the Gr2 Queen Mary Stakes and the Gr1 Moyglare Stud

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Stakes. She was back to her best when she returned to Royal Ascot, this time taking the Gr1 Coronation Stakes, and Iffraaj was also ably represented at the Royal meeting by Hot Streak and Jungle Cat. It is worth repeating that Rizeena, Chriselliam and Hot Streak come from his fourth crop, sired at just €6,000.

Rizeena was an appropriate winner of the Coronation Stakes, as she comes from the same family as the 2002 winner Sophisticat. In fact, Rizeena’s dam, the seven-furlong winner Serena’s Storm, is bred along similar lines to Sophisticat. Whereas Sophisticat was by Storm Cat, Serena’s Storm is by Storm Cat’s Coventry Stakes winner Statue Of Liberty. Also, Sophisticat’s dam Serena’s Song was a sister to Serena’s Storm’s second dam Serena’s Sister.

Serena’s Song was a wonderfully tough performer. Despite a busy juvenile career which featured a pair of Gr1 wins, she did even better at three, when her total of nine Graded stakes successes included a Gr1 victory against the colts in the Haskell Invitational. Serena’s Sister, on the other hand, was unplaced in her two starts, but she produced the smart American turf colt Doubles Partner.

Rizeena’s second dam, the minor American winner Princess Serena, also has a good winner to her credit in her Shamardal colt Puissance de Lune, a dual Gr2 winner at up to a mile in Australia.

119 DIAMOND JUBILEE STAKES G1 ASCOT. Jun 21. 3yo+. 6f.

1. SLADE POWER (IRE) 5 9-4 £297,728 b h by Dutch Art - Girl Power (Key of Luck) O-Mrs S. Power B-Mrs S. Power TR-Edward Lynam 2. Due Diligence (USA) 3 8-11 £112,875 b/br c by War Front - Bema (Pulpit) O-Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier B-Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilshneider TR-Aidan O’Brien 3. Aljamaaheer (IRE) 5 9-4 £56,490 ch h by Dubawi - Kelly Nicole (Rainbow Quest) O-Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Corrin Stud & Sean O’Keeffe TR-Roger Varian Margins 1.5, Head. Time 1:12.40. Going Good to Firm.

Age 2-5

Starts 18

Wins 9

Places 5

Earned £778,540

Sire: DUTCH ART. Sire of 13 Stakes winners. In 2014 SLADE POWER Key of Luck G1, AHERN First Trump LR. 1st Dam: GIRL POWER by Key of Luck. Winner at 3.

Own sister to Key Rose. Dam of 2 winners: 2009: SLADE POWER (c Dutch Art) Sold 4,761gns yearling at DNPRM. 9 wins at 2 to 5, 2014, Diamond Jubilee S G1, Qipco British Champions Sprint S G2, Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands S G3, Paypal Phoenix Sprint S G3, Woodies D.I.Y. Sapphire S G3, Blue Square Sandy Lane S LR, Belgrave S LR, 2nd Betfred Sprint Cup G1, 3rd Darley July Cup G1, Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands S G3.

2010: COOL POWER (f Verglas) Winner at 3.

2012: Strait Power (f Rock of Gibraltar) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: Rumuz by Marju. Dam of Key Rose (f Key of Luck: 3rd Flame of Tara EBF S LR) Broodmare Sire: KEY OF LUCK. Sire of the dams of 8 Stakes winners.

SLADE POWER b h 2009 Mr Prospector Coup de Folie Mystic Goddess Storm Bird Rose Goddess Rainbow Quest Spectrum River Dancer Drumalis Palacegate Episode Pasadena Lady Danzig Chief’s Crown Six Crowns Gay Mecene Balbonella Bamieres Last Tycoon Marju Flame of Tara Advocator Balqis Bold But Baffled Machiavellian

Medicean DUTCH ART ch 04 Halland Park Lass

Key of Luck GIRL POWER b 04 Rumuz

The 2014 Royal Ascot meeting provided rich pickings for Cheveley Park Stud’s stallions. Pivotal’s contribution was the impressive King Edward VII Stakes winner Eagle Top, while his son Kyllachy was responsible for Sole Power and Stepper Point, first and second in the King’s Stand Stakes. Then Dutch Art became the third member of the team to enjoy Group success, when Slade Power became his sire’s first Gr1 winner with his victory in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes.

Dutch Art has been one of the success stories of recent years, to the extent that his fee has risen from £5,000 in his fourth season in 2011 to £35,000 in 2014. Dutch Art also enjoyed success as a racehorse at the Royal meeting, taking the Gr2 Norfolk Stakes as a stepping stone to his Gr1 victories in the Prix Morny and the Middle Park Stakes. Dutch Art later stayed a mile well enough to finish third of 24 in the 2,000 Guineas, but he could finish only fourth in the St James’s Palace Stakes and he was then dropped back to shorter distances.

Slade Power has thrived over sprint distances, his only venture over a longer distance during an 18-race career being a narrow defeat over Dundalk’s seven furlongs. The relevant fact seems to be that his dam, Girl Power, drifted down the distance scale until she won over five furlongs as a three-year-old.

However, Slade Power’s first and second dams were respectively sired

by Key Of Luck and Marju, two versatile horses whose records included notable efforts beyond a mile. Key Of Luck is best known as the sire of Alamshar, winner of the Irish Derby and the King George, but his broodmare daughters are proving most effective as the dams of sprinters. Two have now produced winners of the Diamond Jubilee, the other being the 2011 winner Society Rock.

120 DUBAI DUTY FREE IRISH DERBY G1 CURRAGH. Jun 28. 3yoc&f. 12f.

1. AUSTRALIA (GB) 9-0 £645,833 ch c by Galileo - Ouija Board (Cape Cross) O-D Smith/Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/T Ah Khing B-Stanley Estate & Stud Co TR-Aidan O’Brien 2. Kingfisher (IRE) 9-0 £197,917 b c by Galileo - Mystical Lady (Halling) O-Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor B-Whisperview Trading Ltd TR-Aidan O’Brien 3. Orchestra (IRE) 9-0 £93,750

b c by Galileo - Bywayofthestars (Danehill) O-Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Mr D.Smith BStorm Bloodstock TR-Aidan O’Brien Margins 2.5, 2.5. Time 2:33.19. Going Good to Firm.

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 4

Places Earned 2 £1,520,155

Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 177 Stakes winners. In 2014 AUSTRALIA Cape Cross G1, MARVELLOUS Storm Cat G1, NOBLE MISSION Danehill G1, SPIRITJIM Anabaa G1, GLOBAL VIEW Storm Cat G2, GOSPEL CHOIR Pivotal G2, TELESCOPE Darshaan G2, ADELAIDE Elnadim G3, ALTANO Lando G3, ERNEST HEMINGWAY Darshaan G3, MAGICIAN Mozart G3, MEKONG RIVER Danehill G3, ORCHESTRA Danehill G3.

1st Dam: OUIJA BOARD by Cape Cross. Champion 3yr old filly in Europe in 2004, Champion older mare in Ireland in 2006. 10 wins at 2 to 5 at home, Hong Kong, USA, Darley Irish Oaks G1, Vodafone Nassau S G1, Vodafone Oaks S G1, Prince of Wales’s S G1, VO5 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf G1 (twice), Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase G1, 2nd Vodafone Coronation Cup G1, Baileys Irish Champion S G1, Emirates Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf G1, 3rd Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe G1, Japan Cup G1, Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup G1. Dam of 4 winners: 2008: VOODOO PRINCE (g Kingmambo) 6 wins at 3 to 6, 2014 at home, Australia, Le Pines Funerals Easter Cup G3.

2009: AEGAEUS (g Monsun) 2 wins at 3 and 4.

2010: FILIA REGINA (f Galileo) Winner at 3.

2011: AUSTRALIA (c Galileo) Sold 525,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 3 wins at 2 and 3, Investec Derby S G1, Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby G1, ICON Breeders’ Cup Juv.Turf Trial S G3, 3rd Qipco 2000 Guineas G1.

2013: (c Dubawi) 2nd Dam: Selection Board by Welsh Pageant. Own sister to TELEPROMPTER. Dam of OUIJA BOARD (f Cape Cross, see above), Star Selection (g Rainbow Quest: 2nd Magnolia S LR), Spectrometer (g Rainbow Quest: 3rd Coral Cup H. Hurdle G3). Grandam of VIVA VETTORI, Theatre King, Chess Board. Third dam of Jurako.

Broodmare Sire: CAPE CROSS. Sire of the dams of 21 Stakes winners. In 2014 - AUSTRALIA Galileo G1, MAGIC ARTIST Iffraaj G3, VOODOO PRINCE Kingmambo G3, WESTERN HYMN High Chaparral G3, GUNS AT FIVE Duelled LR, ICE LOVE Three Valleys LR, PEISHA FELICE Special Week LR.

AUSTRALIA ch c 2011 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge GALILEO b 98 Miswaki Urban Sea Allegretta Green Desert Cape Cross Park Appeal OUIJA BOARD b/br 01 Welsh Pageant Selection Board Ouija

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Lombard Anatevka Danzig Foreign Courier Ahonoora Balidaress Tudor Melody Picture Light Silly Season Samanda

See race 58 in the July issue 121 NEWBRIDGE SILVERWARE PRETTY POLLY STAKES G1 CURRAGH. Jun 29. 3yo+f. 10f.

1. THISTLE BIRD (GB) 6 9-10 £100,000 b m by Selkirk - Dolma (Marchand de Sable) O-Lady Rothschild B-The Rt Hon Lord Rothschild TR-Roger Charlton 2. Venus de Milo (IRE) 4 9-10 £31,667 br f by Duke of Marmalade - Inchmahome (Galileo) O-Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Mr D.Smith B-Tullpark Ltd TR-Aidan O’Brien 3. Just The Judge (IRE) 4 9-10 £15,000 br f by Lawman - Faraday Light (Rainbow Quest) O-Qatar Racing Limited & Sangster Family B-Mrs J. Dempsey TR-Charles Hills Margins 2.75, 0.75. Time 2:05.58.

Going Good to Firm.

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Caulfield on Thistle Bird: “Northern Dancer appears only twice in her pedigree, back in the fifth generation, and the mare has no Sadler’s Wells, Danehill or Green Desert blood”

Age 3-6

Starts 20

Wins 8

Places 7

Earned £359,441

Sire: SELKIRK. Sire of 95 Stakes winners. In 2014 THISTLE BIRD Marchand de Sable G1, CUBANITA Hernando G3, AKZAR Shahrastani LR, TESTED Danehill LR. 1st Dam: DOLMA by Marchand de Sable. 6 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix Amandine LR, Prix Isola Bella LR, Prix Sigy LR, 3rd Prix Maurice de Gheest G1. Dam of 2 winners: 2007: The Kidnapper (g Red Ransom) unraced.

2008: THISTLE BIRD (f Selkirk) 8 wins at 3 to 6, 2014, Newbridge Silverware Pretty Polly S G1, Investec Princess Elizabeth S G3 (twice), Woodcote Stud EBF Valiant S LR, Betfred Superior Mile LR, Betfred the Bonus King Midsummer S LR, 2nd Markel Insurance Nassau S G1, Betfair Celebration Mile G2, Mawatheeq Rosemary S LR, 3rd Prix de l’Opera Longines G1, Qatar Bloodstock Dahlia S G3.

2009: Dogstar (f Nayef) unraced. Broodmare.

2010: DON MARCO (g Choisir) Winner at 2.

2011: Old Guard (g Notnowcato) 2012: McCreery (c Big Bad Bob) unraced to date.

2014: Sand Shoe (f Footstepsinthesand) 2nd Dam: Young Manila by Manila. 4 wins at 3 and 5 in France, 3rd Prix Edellic LR. Dam of DOLMA (f Marchand de Sable, see above) Broodmare Sire: MARCHAND DE SABLE. Sire of the dams of 6 Stakes winners.

THISTLE BIRD b m 2008 Atan Sharpen Up Rocchetta SELKIRK ch 88 Nebbiolo Annie Edge Friendly Court Theatrical Marchand de Sable Mercantile DOLMA b 01 Manila Young Manila Young Hostess

Native Dancer Mixed Marriage Rockefella Chambiges Yellow God Novara Be Friendly No Court Nureyev Tree of Knowledge Kenmare Mercuriale Lyphard Dona Ysidra Arctic Tern Yeovil

Selkirk may be gone but this topclass stallion is certainly not forgotten.

When his six-year-old daughter Thistle Bird forged away from Venus de Milo in the Pretty Polly Stakes, she Date 09/06 12/06 12/06 15/06 15/06 15/06 15/06 17/06 18/06 18/06 18/06 19/06 19/06 19/06 19/06 20/06 20/06 21/06 22/06 22/06 28/06 28/06 28/06 28/06 28/06 29/06 29/06 29/06 29/06 29/06 29/06 29/06 29/06 30/06 30/06 30/06

Grade G3 G3 G3 G2 G3 G3 G3 G2 G2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G3 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

became the 17th Gr1 winner for the ex-Lanwades stallion. Interestingly, as many as 11 of the 17 were fillies, others being Wince (1,000 Guineas), Nahrain (Prix de l’Opera), Sulk (Prix Marcel Boussac), Daryakana (Hong Kong Vase), Red Bloom (Fillies’ Mile) and Kastoria (Irish St Leger).

The Rothschild family should have endless options when Thistle Bird’s racing career is over. Northern Dancer appears only twice in her pedigree, back in the fifth generation, and the mare has no Sadler’s Wells, Danehill or Green Desert blood. Her dam Dolma was not fashionably bred, as she is by Marchand de Sable, a stallion with only a handful of Group winners to his credit. However three of them scored at Gr1 level and one of them was the top sprinter Marchand d’Or, a three-time winner of the Prix Maurice de Gheest.

Coincidentally, Dolma also put up one of her best efforts when third in this 6.5-furlong contest and she was a three-time Listed winner at up to seven furlongs in 2004. Although Timeform rated this tough filly 116, it cost London Thoroughbred Services no more than 160,000gns to buy her in 2005, no doubt because of her sire.

Although Dolma’s sire wasn’t a household name, there were some pleasing aspects to her pedigree.

Although her dam, the middledistance performer Young Manila, gained most of her wins at claiming level, she was bred by the Wertheimer brothers and once finished second of 20 in a Listed race. Young Manila was also a half-sister to a very smart filly called fabulous Hostess 122 GRAND PRIX DE SAINTCLOUD G1 SAINT-CLOUD. Jun 29. 4yo+. 2400m.

1. SPIRITJIM (FR) 4 9-2 £190,467 b c by Galileo - Hidden Silver (Anabaa) O-Hspirit B-Haras Des Sablonnets Et Al

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Dist 10f 6f 10f 11f 8f 12f 12f 6f 8f 5f 7f 5f 12f 10f 7f 12f 6f 12f 8.5f 10f 6f 5f 6f 6f 7f 12f 12f 14f 10f 6f 9f 6f 6f 9f 9f 5f

Horse Magic Artist (IRE) Majestic Queen (IRE) Narniyn (IRE) Sea The Moon (GER) Pinturicchio (IRE) Guardini (FR) Venus de Milo (IRE) The Wow Signal (IRE) Integral (GB) Anthem Alexander (IRE) Mustajeeb (GB) Baitha Alga (IRE) Bracelet (IRE) Cannock Chase (USA) Wannabe Better (IRE) Eagle Top (GB) Cursory Glance (USA) Telescope (IRE) Amaron (GB) So Many Shots (IRE) Kool Kompany (IRE) Fountain of Youth (IRE) Thawaany (IRE) Danzeno (GB) Gregorian (IRE) Protectionist (GER) Dolniya (FR) Ernest Hemingway (IRE) Mekong River (IRE) I Am Beautiful (IRE) Steaming Kitten (USA) Fontanelice (IRE) Ginwar (ITY) Wunder (GER) Master Carpenter (IRE) Goken (FR)

TR-P Bary 2. Noble Mission (GB) 5 9-2 £76,200 b h by Galileo - Kind (Danehill) O-Mr K. Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd TR-Lady Cecil 3. Siljan’s Saga (FR) 4 8-13 £38,100 bl f by Sagamix - Humoriste (Saint Cyrien) O-E Palluat De Besset & E Tassin B-Mme P Ouvry TR-J-P Gauvin Margins Head, Short Neck. Time 2:34.83. Going Good to Soft.

Age Starts Wins Places Earned 3-4 9 7 0 £356,811

1st Dam: HIDDEN SILVER by Anabaa. Winner at 3 in France. Dam of 4 winners: 2006: SILVER FROST (c Verglas) 7 wins at 2 to 4 in France, Poule d’Essai des Poulains G1, 3rd Criterium International G1. Sire.

2007: BLAZON (c Verglas) 6 wins at 4 to 6 in France.

2008: Rock Climber (g Poliglote) 3 wins, 3rd Prix Rose or No H. Hurdle LR. 2009: Silver Hammer (c Excellent Art) unraced.

2010: SPIRITJIM (c Galileo) Sold 254,515gns yearling at AROCT. 7 wins at 3 and 4 in France, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1, Grand Prix de Chantilly G2, Prix d’Hedouville G3, Prix Lord Seymour LR, Prix Vulcain LR. 2012: In My Pocket (c Dubawi) unraced to date.

2013: (f Sea The Stars)

Broodmare Sire: ANABAA. Sire of the dams of 45 Stakes winners. In 2014 - DISSIDENT Sebring G1, SPIRITJIM Galileo G1, TANGO’S DAUGHTER Redoute’s Choice G2, HAVANA Starcraft G3, HARTNELL Authorized LR. The Galileo/Anabaa cross has produced: LUSH LASHES G1, SPIRITJIM G1.

Age 3 4 4 3 6 3 4 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 4 5 3 2 3 4 3 5 4 3 5 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 2

Sex C F F C H C F C F F C C F C F C F C H F C C F G H C F H C F C F C F C C

Sire Iffraaj Kheleyf Dubawi Sea The Stars Holy Roman Emperor Dalakhani Duke of Marmalade Starspangledbanner Dalakhani Starspangledbanner Nayef Fast Company Montjeu Lemon Drop Kid Duke of Marmalade Pivotal Distorted Humor Galileo Shamardal Duke of Marmalade Jeremy Oasis Dream Tamayuz Denounce Clodovil Monsun Azamour Galileo Galileo Rip Van Winkle Kitten’s Joy Vale of York Martino Alonso Adlerflug Mastercraftsman Kendargent

Sadler’s Wells

Northern Dancer Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Mr Prospector Miswaki Hopespringseternal Lombard Allegretta Anatevka Northern Dancer Danzig Pas de Nom Gay Mecene Balbonella Bamieres Alydar Alysheba Bel Sheba Nureyev Hot Silver Her Silver Fairy Bridge

GALILEO b 98 Urban Sea

Anabaa HIDDEN SILVER b 00 Hint of Silver

Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 177 Stakes winners. In 2014 AUSTRALIA Cape Cross G1, MARVELLOUS Storm Cat G1, NOBLE MISSION Danehill G1, SPIRITJIM Anabaa G1, GLOBAL VIEW Storm Cat G2, GOSPEL CHOIR Pivotal G2, TELESCOPE Darshaan G2, ADELAIDE Elnadim G3, ALTANO Lando G3, ERNEST HEMINGWAY Darshaan G3, MAGICIAN Mozart G3, MEKONG RIVER Danehill G3, ORCHESTRA Danehill G3.

2nd Dam: HINT OF SILVER by Alysheba. 1 win at 2 in France. Own sister to HILL SILVER. Dam of HOMELAND (g Highest Honor: Prix Andre Baboin (G. P.des Provinces) G3), HIGH ROCK (c Rock of Gibraltar: Prix de Conde G3, SG Private Banking Prix La Force G3), HIDEAWAY (f Cape Cross: Grand Prix du Lion d’Angers LR), High Flash (c Selkirk: 2nd Prix Pelleas LR, 3rd Prix Daphnis G3)

SPIRITJIM b c 2010

During a racing career which spanned only four months, Hidden Silver won just a maiden at Lisieux. However, she now ranks among those rare mares which have two Gr1 winners. The first, her Verglas colt Silver Frost, took the 2009 Poule d’Essai des Poulains. And now her Galileo colt Spiritjim has seven wins from nine starts, notably the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud.

We shouldn’t be surprised about Hidden Silver’s broodmare prowess as she is a half-sister to three stakes scorers, led by Gr3 winners Homeland and High Rock. The family is American a bit further back. Spiritjim’s fourth dam Her Silver was half-sister to Gr1 winners State Dinner and Banquet Table, and the next dam, Silver Bright, was a stakes-winning half-sister to champion filly Silver Spoon. This female line also produced lots of high-class performers, such as Kentucky Derby winner Gato del Sol. Spiritjim is the 12th Gr1 winner Galileo has sired from mares by sons of Danzig. Danehill mares are responsible for nine, but these come from the cross’s total of more than 150 horses aged three or over.

Anabaa, on the other hand, is the broodmare sire of only eight Galileo horses aged three or more, but these include not only Spiritjim but that excellent filly Lush Lashes.

Dam Artisti Night Fairy Narmina Sanwa Precious Pearl Guantana Inchmahome Muravka Echelon Lady Alexander Rifqah Tawaafur Cherry Hinton Lynnwood Chase Wannabe Gull Wing Time Control Velouette Amandalini Cland di San Jore Absolutely Cool Attraction Chelsea Rose Danzanora Three Days In May Patineuse Daltama Cassydora Simply Perfect Monevassia Steaming Home Choose Me Please Rosemary Girl Wonderful World Fringe Gooseley Chope

Broodmare Sire Cape Cross Danehill Alhaarth Monsun Peintre Celebre Dynaformer Galileo High Chaparral Danehill Night Shift Elusive Quality Fantastic Light Green Desert Horse Chestnut Shirley Heights In The Wings Sadler’s Wells Darshaan Bertolini Lando Indian Ridge Efisio Desert King Groom Dancer Cadeaux Genereux Peintre Celebre Indian Ridge Darshaan Danehill Mr Prospector Salt Lake Choisir Celtic Swing Dashing Blade In The Wings Indian Rocket

Index 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 154 155 156 157

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Leading sires 2014 by percentage of stakes winners to runners Name

YOF

1998 2006 2003 1990 Duke Of Marmalade 2004 Shamardal 2002 Selkirk 1988 Montjeu 1996 Dansili 1996 Mount Nelson 2004 Le Havre 2006 Oasis Dream 2000 Iffraaj 2001 Pivotal 1993 Dubawi 2002 Sri Pekan 1992 Win River Win 1999 Authorized 2004 Aussie Rules 2003 Cape Cross 1994 Nayef 1998 Invincible Spirit 1997 High Chaparral 1999 Teofilo 2004 Mastercraftsman 2006 Refuse to Bend 2000 Stormy River 2003 Okawango 1998 Jeremy 2003 Dalakhani 2000 Footstepsinthesand 2002 Bahamian Bounty 1994 Dylan Thomas 2003 Kyllachy 1998 New Approach 2005 Rock Of Gibraltar 1999 Kodiac 2001 Verglas 1994 Muhtathir 1995 Anabaa Blue 1998 Hurricane Run 2002 Manduro 2002 Clodovil 2000 Holy Roman Emperor 2004 Shirocco 2001 King's Best 1997 Motivator 2002 Dubai Destination 1999 Excellent Art 2004 Galileo Sea The Stars Champs Elysees Monsun

Sire

Sadler's Wells Cape Cross Danehill Königsstuhl Danehill Giant's Causeway Sharpen Up Sadler's Wells Danehill Rock of Gibraltar Noverre Green Desert Zafonic Polar Falcon Dubai Millennium Red Ransom Virginia Rapids Montjeu Danehill Green Desert Gulch Green Desert Sadler's Wells Galileo Danehill Dancer Sadler's Wells Verglas Kingmambo Danehill Dancer Darshaan Giant's Causeway Cadeaux Genereux Danehill Pivotal Galileo Danehill Danehill Highest Honor Elmaamul Anabaa Montjeu Monsun Danehill Danehill Monsun Kingmambo Montjeu Kingmambo Pivotal

Rnrs

207 66 57 67 122 183 60 122 147 86 68 185 139 164 148 56 58 145 117 176 121 243 167 168 101 101 76 77 80 122 204 129 139 142 95 192 148 200 105 55 111 113 122 188 132 132 69 70 147

Wnrs

79 35 21 25 32 81 19 34 50 28 24 75 54 61 63 20 24 41 50 59 42 81 57 52 31 39 24 35 24 43 73 38 48 48 34 54 60 75 36 19 36 30 47 79 48 35 17 26 43

%WR

38.16 53.03 36.84 37.31 26.23 44.26 31.67 27.87 34.01 32.56 35.29 40.54 38.85 37.20 42.57 35.71 41.38 28.28 42.74 33.52 34.71 33.33 34.13 30.95 30.69 38.61 31.58 45.45 30.00 35.25 35.78 29.46 34.53 33.80 35.79 28.13 40.54 37.50 34.29 34.55 32.43 26.55 38.52 42.02 36.36 26.52 24.64 37.14 29.25

Races

92 46 24 38 45 122 27 57 66 34 35 95 71 84 84 36 46 48 61 80 54 117 81 69 39 59 30 53 35 54 99 53 63 59 48 64 77 109 50 28 47 36 67 101 68 49 22 42 58

AWD

11.3 10.0 9.9 11.0 9.8 7.9 8.9 12.2 9.2 8.8 9.2 7.8 7.9 8.2 9.2 8.2 8.6 11.0 8.6 9.7 9.4 7.3 10.2 10.4 9.0 8.8 10.0 7.8 9.3 11.0 7.8 6.9 9.5 6.6 10.1 9.5 6.5 8.5 9.3 10.0 11.4 9.9 7.5 8.4 10.2 9.7 10.6 9.8 7.9

Earnings (£)

4,361,240 1,581,584 481,120 697,435 723,674 1,881,889 380,758 1,369,180 1,584,928 490,283 1,286,316 1,546,612 1,030,886 1,062,282 1,437,952 811,713 1,253,635 827,671 632,281 1,039,916 630,259 1,898,410 1,220,050 1,317,004 1,627,728 426,488 477,188 1,052,728 425,605 823,944 1,114,487 414,311 1,238,861 875,592 732,456 1,180,736 629,298 990,616 686,464 359,035 859,904 554,495 793,639 1,083,469 697,405 612,784 467,271 380,845 560,610

SH

36 12 5 9 13 17 4 12 12 5 6 18 8 11 16 3 2 9 8 10 7 18 11 11 6 6 3 4 3 4 7 5 7 6 13 9 6 7 6 1 9 3 5 6 6 5 4 1 5

%

17.39 18.18 8.77 13.43 10.66 9.29 6.67 9.84 8.16 5.81 8.82 9.73 5.76 6.71 10.81 5.36 3.45 6.21 6.84 5.68 5.79 7.41 6.59 6.55 5.94 5.94 3.95 5.19 3.75 3.28 3.43 3.88 5.04 4.23 13.68 4.69 4.05 3.50 5.71 1.82 8.11 2.65 4.10 3.19 4.55 3.79 5.80 1.43 3.40

SW

22 6 4 4 7 10 3 6 7 4 3 8 6 7 6 2 2 5 4 6 4 8 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 3 3 3 2 4 3 4 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2

%

10.63 9.09 7.02 5.97 5.74 5.46 5.00 4.92 4.76 4.65 4.41 4.32 4.32 4.27 4.05 3.57 3.45 3.45 3.42 3.41 3.31 3.29 2.99 2.98 2.97 2.97 2.63 2.60 2.50 2.46 2.45 2.33 2.16 2.11 2.11 2.08 2.03 2.00 1.90 1.82 1.80 1.77 1.64 1.60 1.52 1.52 1.45 1.43 1.36

Four Group 1s just par for this horse There is an element of the unstoppable about Galileo, with another earnings title surely coming his way and strong prospects in the table covering stakes winners too. In June he had another 32 runners, leaving him behind only Invincible Spirit and Oratorio, and added seven stakes horses and six stakes winners to boost his number from 9.14%.

It is a comment on Galileo’s brilliance that his score of four Group 1 winners this season – Australia, Marvellous, Noble Mission and Spiritjim – can be seen as par for the horse rather than exceptional. He still has more than twice as many stakes winners as the next best, Shamardal on ten, followed by Oasis Dream and Invincible Spirit with eight apiece.

Sea The Stars has risen only fractionally in percentage, from 8.77%. The biggest charge has come from Champs Elysees, who has had only 57 runners and doubled his number of stakes winners to four.

Leading sires of two-year-olds 2014 by earnings Name

YOF

2001 2007 2008 2005 *Starspangledbanner 2006 Invincible Spirit 1997 Acclamation 1999 *Siyouni 2007 Dark Angel 2005 Kendargent 2003 Kaneko 2001 Jeremy 2003 *Rip Van Winkle 2006 Iffraaj 2001 *Pressing 2003 *Vale Of York 2007 Galileo 1998 *Lope De Vega 2007 Divine Light 1995 Lion Heart 2001 Hold That Tiger 2000 Clodovil 2000 Aussie Rules 2003 Elusive City 2000 *Approve 2008 Palace Episode 2003 Exceed and Excel 2000 *Arcano 2007 *Paco Boy 2005 Intense Focus 2006 Pastoral Pursuits 2001 Dubawi 2002 Shamardal 2002 *Makfi 2007 Bosporus 1995 Blu Air Force 1997 Oasis Dream 2000 War Front 2002 Dehere 1991 Azamour 2001 Cockney Rebel 2004 *Evasive 2006 Martino Alonso 1994 Big Bad Bob 2000 Diamond Green 2001 Captain Rio 1999 Holy Roman Emperor 2004 Strike the Gold 1988 Royal Applause 1993 Kodiac *Showcasing *Zebedee *Fast Company

Sire

Danehill Oasis Dream Invincible Spirit Danehill Dancer Choisir Green Desert Royal Applause Pivotal Acclamation Kendor Pivotal Danehill Dancer Galileo Zafonic Soviet Star Invincible Spirit Sadler's Wells Shamardal Sunday Silence Tale of the Cat Storm Cat Danehill Danehill Elusive Quality Oasis Dream Machiavellian Danehill Oasis Dream Desert Style Giant's Causeway Bahamian Bounty Dubai Millennium Giant's Causeway Dubawi Night Shift Sri Pekan Green Desert Danzig Deputy Minister Night Shift Val Royal Elusive Quality Marju Bob Back Green Desert Pivotal Danehill Alydar Waajib

Rnrs

55 28 54 43 12 26 41 18 33 6 11 9 19 28 11 28 16 21 6 16 10 15 20 15 34 5 28 27 24 17 25 16 16 17 16 13 16 10 5 17 13 5 3 11 12 16 17 2 18

Wnrs

23 10 14 14 4 8 12 9 11 3 6 2 6 7 5 8 8 9 4 5 4 7 9 3 7 3 10 7 7 8 9 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 2 4 5 2 2 4 3 7 4 1 5

%WR

41.82 35.71 25.93 32.56 33.33 30.77 29.27 50.00 33.33 50.00 54.55 22.22 31.58 25.00 45.45 28.57 50.00 42.86 66.67 31.25 40.00 46.67 45.00 20.00 20.59 60.00 35.71 25.93 29.17 47.06 36.00 25.00 31.25 29.41 31.25 46.15 31.25 50.00 40.00 23.53 38.46 40.00 66.67 36.36 25.00 43.75 23.53 50.00 27.78

Races

31 15 16 17 6 9 15 10 12 7 9 5 6 7 9 11 8 9 7 7 4 7 10 3 8 5 11 8 9 9 12 5 6 6 5 9 5 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 9 4 3 6

AWD

5.4 5.6 5.5 5.9 5.4 6.0 5.4 5.6 6.1 5.8 5.4 5.6 6.8 6.1 5.6 5.6 7.5 6.1 5.5 5.8 5.7 6.1 6.2 5.5 5.7 5.3 5.4 6.3 5.7 5.4 5.7 5.8 6.7 5.7 5.6 5.4 6.1 6.0 5.5 6.2 5.5 6.3 6.2 6.6 6.0 5.7 5.8 5.3 5.8

Earnings (£)

296,055 165,884 156,910 153,901 153,106 142,118 130,726 127,493 127,249 127,185 117,097 105,340 102,468 96,537 92,621 89,615 88,491 88,311 82,193 81,375 80,877 80,579 78,541 75,420 74,350 73,536 73,335 72,303 71,972 69,003 68,519 66,961 66,184 65,110 64,117 61,451 60,804 59,942 59,467 58,615 57,821 57,197 56,325 55,947 55,667 55,147 55,037 53,094 52,648

Top horse

Tiggy Wiggy Cappella Sansevero Ivawood Baitha Alga The Wow Signal Beach Belle Justice Good Mocklershill Estidhkaar Goken White Iron Kool Kompany I Am Beautiful Jungle Cat Fontkizi Fontanelice Malicieuse Multicolor Lavin Turutcan Cheik Bere Something Lucky Belle River City Money Accepted Join Up Pensierieparole Misterious Boy Beacon Midterm Break Kibaar Arabian Queen Toscanini Cornwallville Bubona Arrivederci Aktabantay The Great War Santino Mind of Madness Cock of the North Evasive's First Ginwar Bertie le Belge Mindsomer Jane's Memory Ahlan Emarati Gungor Baba Don't Tell Annie

Earned (£)

55,518 71,504 49,249 76,778 72,257 40,509 22,281 21,982 50,404 63,369 31,576 92,741 34,388 33,972 27,645 52,588 14,786 15,439 30,157 21,144 19,482 15,454 12,797 16,666 31,084 30,938 16,650 18,116 24,690 13,404 15,225 48,279 23,032 29,091 16,201 21,484 26,557 21,534 47,142 26,849 20,667 30,709 37,300 19,660 18,223 24,986 26,899 45,758 16,410

First-season crew jostle behind Kodiac Even at this stage it is difficult to imagine Kodiac failing to win the title race in number of winners, since his lead stands at nine and there is no reason to think his strike-rate will falter markedly. He had seven scorers during the month, without boosting his tally of two stakes winners.

Most of those in immediate pursuit are first-season sires. Zebedee also had a fine month, notching another six winners, and Showcasing had four, but the best record by any sire came from Fast Company. The Rathasker Stud stallion, standing at €5,000, added nine to his total, with still just the one stakes winner.

The greatest shame is that Starspangledbanner had problems getting mares in foal because he is enjoying a fine campaign, with four stakes winners from just 12 runners, led by Pattern winners The Wow Signal and Anthem Alexander. His progeny have imposing looks as well as form.

*denotes first-season sire

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I

am hyper and find it difficult to stay in bed. I have never used an alarm clock and if I wake at about two o’clock I make a cup of tea and go into my office.

But normally it’s more like 5.30am, though if I’ve got something on my mind I’m up much earlier.

I didn’t sleep a wink back in May, the night I got the exciting news that the Injured Jockeys Fund would be receiving all the British prize-money earned by 20 of Sheikh Joaan Al Thani’s horses in aid of Jack Berry House, the new rehab centre in Malton.

First thing, I go out and feed all the mouths, and there are plenty of them. Any number of ducks, hens, swans, geese and doves, a Kunekune pig, two bullocks, an emu and five dogs. Not forgetting Palacegate Touch (34 wins) and Ansellman (11 wins), those two wonderful sprinters, both now 24.

We also used to have O I Oyston (26 wins), who died when he was 31. Where would you find three horses, winners of 71 races between them, sharing the same field?

I’ll often muck out the horses and mow the lawns while my wife Jo goes to pick up the Racing Post from the village shop. I read the Post from cover to cover over my porridge in winter or crunchy nut cornflakes in summer.

Jo and I built our stables with our own bare hands when we were training at Cockerham in Lancashire. Jo was the best cement mixer around and every other night I would work right through to get the job done.

I have written four books and am keeping detailed notes on everything to do with Jack Berry House. The complete record with newspaper cuttings may well end up in the very capable hands of Sean Magee,

Having literally built a stable full of prolific sprint winners, JACK BERRY is now dedicated to helping injured jockeys with a new rehab centre in Malton, due to open early next year author of The Injured Jockeys Fund, a celebration of 50 years of the IJF. I have sold over 2,000 bricks at £50 a time for Jack Berry House and I have to say I’m disappointed it wasn’t more. But many famous names will be on the wall including Vincent O’Brien, Lester Piggott, Sir Alex Ferguson and AP McCoy. The whole project is based on Oaksey House, Lambourn’s rehab centre for injured jockeys, which was my idea originally. I just felt

we needed a similar facility in the north and by early next year we should have one in Malton.

Lunch is usually a sandwich made by Jo, who is a fantastic cook and always produces the evening meal.

But when she broke her leg I had to take over and I even did the full Sunday lunch.

Any man that says he’d go hungry if he had to do his own cooking deserves to starve.

I often think, ‘How sad am I?’ when I’m sitting down to watch Coronation Street, but

I’m hooked. Racing and Coronation Street are my only regular TV viewing.

Another relaxation used to be watching Manchester United at Old Trafford when Alex Ferguson had horses with us. He used to come up on Sundays and join me on the back of my quad bike to watch the horses work.

My highlight of the year is going to the Cheltenham Festival with Trevor Hemmings, who also invites a few from the IJF to the annual Princess Royal Trust for Carers lunch at Haydock.

One year I was persuaded to take off my red shirt for the auction. It was sold for £1,250 and I went home in my tie and jacket!

It must be about 50 years ago that I spotted a red shirt in a shop window in Ayr and when I wore it the other jocks took the mickey, because in those days it was considered much too bright and garish. But it proved lucky as I picked up a winning spare ride.

I still had the same shirt when I started training and used to put it on whenever I had a fancied runner. But when people began to cotton on I decided to wear it all the time so they wouldn’t know whether my runners were fancied or not.

We have our evening meal at about 7pm and go to bed between 10pm and half past.

I used to buy racing biographies and never had time to read them, but I am making up for it now with half an hour’s reading before I go to sleep.

It is ironic that when I started selling bricks for Jack Berry House three years ago, I told everyone I wanted to see the place up and running before I am carted off in a box. And here I am being treated for prostate cancer.

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