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o another Champions’ Day comes and goes but still the question marks remain, namely over the late October slot and the make-up of the card.

Will the organisers ever get the ingredients right, you wonder?

Next year will see Future Champions’ Day and Champions’ Day run on consecutive days at two courses, with Newmarket hosting its fixture on a Friday and Ascot the following day. It would be fair to say this double-header has not received unanimous industry approval.

As regular readers of this magazine will know, Tony Morris was not exactly supportive of the original decision to move the Champion Stakes from Suffolk to Berkshire as the centrepiece for Britain’s richest-ever raceday – “daylight robbery”, as he calls it. Other ‘alterations’ to the race programme have not gone down well with our respected columnist, either.

For instance, he doesn’t much like the idea of running the Middle Park and the Dewhurst on the same day.

“Whoever thought that was a bright idea needs to see a shrink,” he says in this month’s column (pages 26-27). Get off the fence, Tony!

There is little doubt that one course has come off second-best in the re-jigging that helped to create British Champions’ Day back in 2011. Ascot has the big day, the big stars and the big crowd; Newmarket has none of these. But is this all as bad for the sport as Tony believes?

Champions’ Day was intended as a celebratory finale to the Flat season, the culmination of the British Champions’ Series, designed to showcase the best races throughout the Flat season and help racing attract a wider audience.

Would such ambitions have been achievable with Newmarket as the final destination? Would the FA Cup Final work as well if it were played at Carrow Road?

The answer, on both counts, is no.

Britain’s richest raceday needs Britain’s best racecourse, with the crowd-base, facilities, capacity and

transport links to cater for an event of this magnitude.

And that’s Ascot.

Despite Newmarket’s history and status as the headquarters of British racing, the simple fact is that not enough people go racing there. The town may be the centre of Britain’s thoroughbred population but its two racecourses lack popularity and profile when compared to Ascot. The Champion Stakes had to move south as part of the new order.

And let’s be clear about this – we do need to get more people interested in racing, betting on racing and attending race meetings. A generous sponsor, QIPCO, has come on board to give Champions’ Day every chance of success and, while more fine-tuning may be needed regarding the supporting races, we must support the event for the good of the sport.

When John Ferguson took out his training licence, it wasn’t Champions’ Day but Cheltenham he was dreaming of attending in his new guise.

As the man who buys horses for Sheikh Mohammed, Flat racing is an important part of his life – it provides the stage on which his purchases will be judged as successful, or not – yet it is the thrill of hurdling and chasing which now occupies much of Ferguson’s time.

In an exclusive interview with Alan Lee, Ferguson reveals how he manages the roles of bloodstock advisor, company chairman and trainer with such apparent ease.

“One of the best things Sheikh Mohammed has taught me is delegation,” he says (pages 48-52). “I’m the Chairman of Falcon [the company that promotes Dubai] but I have a brilliant MD who runs it on a dayto-day basis.

“I will regularly fly out to Dubai on a Saturday night, work through Sunday and then catch the 2am flight back. I’m out with second lot – the staff hardly know I’ve been away.

“Training is my fun. I can pretend it’s a business but it’s not, although these things are fun only if they’re done well – we have always been ambitious.”

“The fact is that

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CONTENTS NOVEMBER 2013

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NEWS & VIEWS

FEATURES

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ROA Leader TBA Leader

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News

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Prize-money agreements update

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Changes Your news in a nutshell

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Tony Morris New day has no future

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Chris Cook New columnist targets tracks

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Sales Circuit Tattersalls trade soars

Jump jockey Andrew Thornton

Stallion fees set to rise

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Talking To...

Breeders’ Digest Better planning needed

At Longchamp and Ascot

ARC no angels

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The Big Picture

COVER STORY The Big Interview

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With John Ferguson

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The Art of Pinhooking

Caulfield Files Storm is the Cat’s whiskers

Dayjur’s American anguish

Tricks of the trade revealed Because she’s worth it: Sheikh Joaan Al Thani paid 5,000,000gns for this yearling filly by Galileo (Sales Circuit, p.62)

INTERNATIONAL SCENE 31

View From Ireland Davy Condon on a roll

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Continental Tales Italian fun with Nick and Jane

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Around The Globe

TATTERSALLS

Hollywood Park closure

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ROA LEADER

RACHEL HOOD President Racehorse Owners Association

ARC’s rejection leaves a clear message to racing We know which racecourses support industry workforce – and which do not

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rena Racing Company’s refusal to sign the prizemoney agreement with the newly-united Horsemen’s Group should not be allowed to take away from the extraordinary achievement in getting most racecourses to sign, including Jockey Club Racecourses and the major independents.

Persuading the majority of racecourses to commit to spending an agreed percentage of their betting related media rights income on prize-money represents a major industry feat. Not only will it lead to increased prizemoney for 2014 and beyond but it creates a template for the future where racecourses and horsemen are committed to working together for their mutual benefit.

In the wake of their rejection, ARC has made a great play on the fact that their contributions to prize-money next year will be the same as if they had signed the agreement but that is conveniently missing the point.

Leaving aside that ARC has given no long-term commitment to their prize-money beyond 2014, there is an important philosophical issue to consider.

Racecourses which have signed the agreement have acknowledged that horsemen are a fundamental part of their business; that a racecourse’s ability to receive media rights income is as much due to the horses and the people involved with them as it is to their own efforts.

In rejecting the agreement, however, ARC has merely confirmed what many racing people have thought of Arena since they first became involved in racing. Their business is about running sports stadia; they are putting profit before all other considerations and will pay as little as they can get away with for what they perceive to be their raw material – the runners and riders. No thought is given to how their decisions will impact on the livelihoods of 10,000 horsemen and women employed within the sport – the majority of them lowly paid stable staff – nor the fact that the sport has lost 16% of its owners since 2008.

To combat this market forces mentality, the Horsemen’s Group had expected support from the governing authority when, in the end, that support was not forthcoming. The BHA had made it conditional that a racecourse must sign up to the prize-money agreement in order for that racecourse to be granted leasehold fixtures – in much the same way that racecourses in America are required to do a deal with their respective Horsemen Groups in order to have a licence to simulcast. However, when ARC put the extra money on the table but still refused to sign, the BHA had little choice but to play ball.

With half an eye on the current levy discussions, the BHA knew the betting industry would be up in arms at the thought of losing fixtures.

Contrast the attitude of ARC with that of Jockey Club Racecourses and the major independents. Although nobody could accuse them of failing to become commercial organisations during the past two decades, the wellbeing of racing generally – and the protection of quality racing – remains deepseated within their doctrine.

In truth, nobody expects the supply of runners to ARC racecourses to dry up because they have refused to embrace the performers of the racing industry. With 40% of the fixture list under ARC’s control, most owners and trainers have little choice but to race their horses on an ARC track at one time or another. But horsemen will remember that Arena’s own contributions to prize-money have been abysmal over the years, that their latest £2m injection for 2014 is long overdue and the improvements it will make to their prize-money are from a very low base.

It is not, in any event, for us at the ROA to say where and under what conditions our members should run their horses. But it is our place to deliver facts and figures to help owners and trainers to make informed decisions and to help and support those racecourses who have committed to working in partnership with us by signing the prize-money agreement.

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TBA LEADER

RICHARD LANCASTER Chairman Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association

Stallion fees rise likely in wake of strong sales A number of new sires for next year will add competition to the market place

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ould we really have predicted such a strong yearling market this year? I hoped that we would see some positive indications of growth mirrored by the improvement in the general economic situation but the 2013 yearling sales have outperformed even the most optimistic predictions. Book 1 at Tattersalls set a new European auction record and saw three yearlings break through the million-guinea barrier. Many congratulations to all the parties concerned, in particular Newsells Park Stud for their outstanding achievement.

Book 1 was undoubtedly an amazing sale with several new investors making their mark. Demand was selective, yet those with the very best stock enjoyed fantastic returns.

Book 2 was also strong, with a solid clearance rate and, importantly for breeders, fillies were in demand.

On the downside, the outcomes from Books 1 and 2 are likely to fuel increases in next year’s stallion fees, leading to further polarisation in this market. It would be unrealistic to expect stallion masters to resist this temptation, but a number of mare owners have indicated their concerns to me on this point.

Fortunately, there are some new sires to add a degree of competition into the market place, but I fear breeders’ profitability will be challenged.

Ironically, we saw more yearlings catalogued in Britain this year, yet the foals of 2012 were from the smallest combined British and Irish crop in recent years. We need to understand what is happening here and whether this is an indication that owner/breeders have taken a view that they wish to race fewer individuals in future, given the diminishing incentives to do so in Great Britain. I look forward to the outcome of the PWC Economic Impact Study, which we will bring to members during the Tattersalls December Sales.

The difficulty for the TBA and the industry is that these outcomes fuel the wider view that the bloodstock industry has returned to prosperity. Yet the financial return on the racecourse for the majority of purchasers in Books 1 and

2 continues to be insufficient to reward their investment.

Rachel Hood, my counterpart at the ROA, has time and again pointed out that prize-money in Britain is lagging well behind the rest of the world, and despite her best efforts to highlight these concerns at the recent Leaders in Racing conference, disappointingly I sensed little support from the other leaders present.

Any policy that affects owner/breeders’ future investment is all the more significant given the disappointing stance taken by ARC in failing to sign up to the Horsemen’s Group’s prize-money agreement. The Horsemen’s Group members, including the TBA, have condemned this position and we must do more to bring pressure to bear on ARC. Working with those courses who have signed the agreement will be a priority. The British breeding industry is a significant race sponsor, whose total annual spend keeps it in the top three race sponsors and I look forward to targeting the TBA’s own sponsorship budget, with that of breeders, to support those courses which have committed to working in partnership with the Horsemen’s Group.

Whilst on this theme, I wonder whether racing has secured the most favourable terms in agreeing to stage racing on Good Friday? A lot of good initiatives have been swept away in favour of programming all-weather racing on this day. How long will the day be worth £1 million? What contingency is in place should ARC decide that after a couple of years they can revert to type and stage poorly-funded, mediocre racing?

Finally, a word of recognition for successful collaboration between the breeders’ associations of Britain, Ireland and France who, working with their respective government officials, have retained the Tripartite Agreement (see page 85). This is especially important at this time of year, with a high number of horses being moved to and from sales. This achievement is a superb example of the technical issues the associations undertake together to protect members’ interests.

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NEWS Stories from the racing world

Thirty-one racecourses sign prize-money agreements with the Horsemen’s Group Prize-money set for boost but Arena Racing Company comes under fire after refusing deal

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total of 31 British racecourses have now signed prize-money agreements with the Horsemen’s Group and British Horseracing Authority, including the 14 tracks operated by Jockey Club Racecourses, which is set to add a significant amount to the 2014 prize-money pot.

Under the terms of the agreements (split into two tiers, see panel below), racecourses have made a contractual commitment regarding their own contribution to prizemoney for the next three years, taking into account the revenue generated by media rights – the selling of live racing pictures for betting purposes.

Historically, the amount a track contributed to prize-money was discretionary, but as the levy yield declines and media rights income rockets, horsemen have sought to secure a fairer return for owners, trainers, breeders, jockeys and stable staff, without whom there would be no racing.

Prize-money agreements mark a sea change in the relationship between horsemen and racecourses, underpinned by the BHA, providing a commercial platform that will benefit all parties.

Philip Freedman, Chairman of the Horsemen’s Group, said: “These are landmark agreements for the sport and we view their introduction as a welcome step towards delivering improved returns for horsemen.

“We hope that they represent the start of a new era for collaboration and trust between

Simon Bazalgette of JCR said the agreements were “important and positive”

the sport’s key stakeholders. These contractual agreements will ‘lock in’ the amounts that racecourses are currently investing in prize-money and, for some, require significant increases.

“Racecourses will also contribute, as a minimum, an agreed share of future growth from the sale of rights for betting.”

Simon Bazalgette, Group Chief Executive

Premier and standard tier agreements There are two levels of commitment that a course can enter into regarding their prizemoney agreement: ‘premier’ tier and ‘standard’ tier.

The racecourses that have signed prizemoney agreements are, as a minimum, contractually committed to maintaining their current contributions plus 40% of additional income from the sale of rights to betting for premier tier courses, and 33% from standard tier courses.

There are additional privileges for courses becoming premier tier.

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Benefits include the flexibility to increase fees charged to owners to enter horses in Group races, with associated increases in prize-money, and additional promotion of their course, to help attract racegoers, sponsors, media interest etc.

Those who commit to the agreements might also expect to be at the front of the queue when it comes to requests relating to fixtures – new ones, swaps, changes of date – in future, although all who have signed contracts will benefit in this way relative to those who have not.

of Jockey Club Racecourses, whose portfolio includes Newmarket, Epsom, Cheltenham and Aintree, was effusive in his praise of prize-money agreements.

He said: “This is an important and positive step forward for our sport. The Jockey Club exists solely for the good of British racing and in 2013 we are contributing the largest amount ever to prize-money from our own resources, which will increase further in 2014.

“The basis of these agreements is partnership and a shared interest with horsemen in the long-term health of British racing, where all parties receive a fair share of growth and success.

“Our courses have attained premier status on the basis of our future commitment and track record of reinvestment.”

Pontefract is another course to have signed a prize-money agreement. The West Yorkshire venue is the first small independent track to agree to the premier tier option.

Norman Gundill, Pontefract’s Managing Director and Clerk of the Course, said: “I have always believed in cooperation between all the constituent parts of the racing industry.

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I’m very happy we have signed an agreement.

“I have constantly worked to improve the racing programme and prize-money at Pontefract and will continue to do so, and this is another significant step up. I hope it will encourage all owners and trainers to ensure that we continue to have good competitive racing.”

The decision of Arena Racing Company, which owns 14 tracks, not to sign prize-money agreements was condemned by Rachel Hood, President of the Racehorse Owners Association, who said their actions were “inexplicable and inexcusable.”

“These are landmark

agreements – a welcome step towards delivering improved returns for horsemen” Hood said: “ARC has made a great play on the fact that their contributions to prize-money next year will be the same as if they had signed the agreement but that is missing the point.

Leaving aside that ARC has given no long-term commitment to their prize-money beyond 2014, there is an important philosophical issue to consider.

“The principle underpinning the agreements is that as media rights payments increase, horsemen will receive a share of that growth through improved prize-money. By working together, horsemen and racecourses can seek to increase those revenues in the knowledge that all parties benefit. ARC simply refused to establish that link.”

ARC, which is owned by the billionaires David and Simon Reuben, has agreed to increase its prize-money contribution by £2.2 million in a separate one-year deal with the British Horseracing Authority, as part of a package to boost the allweather programme.

Tony Kelly, Managing Director of ARC, refuted a suggestion made in the Racing Post that ARC’s management was not against the concept of signing the prizemoney agreement, but that its shareholders rejected the proposal.

“I have no idea where that came from,” Kelly said. “The fact is that the management could not reach agreement on the proposal – that’s why we did not sign it.”

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Racecourses to have signed up…

Premier Tier Agreement Ascot Chester/Bangor Goodwood Jockey Club Group*

Newbury Pontefract York

*Jockey Club Group comprises Aintree, Carlisle, Cheltenham, Epsom, Exeter, Haydock, Huntingdon, Kempton, Market Rasen, Newmarket, Nottingham, Sandown, Warwick and Wincanton

Standard Tier Agreement Ayr Beverley Cartmel Ffos Las Hamilton

Kelso Ludlow Musselburgh Perth Salisbury

Still in discussions…

Catterick Fakenham Hexham Leicester Newton Abbot Plumpton Redcar

Ripon Stratford Taunton Thirsk Towcester Wetherby

Rejected prize-money agreements…

Arena Racing Company* *ARC comprises Bath, Brighton, Chepstow, Doncaster, Fontwell, Yarmouth, Lingfield, Newcastle, Windsor, Sedgefield, Southwell, Uttoxeter, Wolverhampton and Worcester

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NEWS

Racing and betting agree 2014/15 levy

Twenty-five racehorse owners who were denied the chance to watch their horses run at ARC-owned Bath on Sunday, October 20 after a sewage leak led to racing being abandoned, have received compensation under a new initiative.

The Raceday Curtailment Scheme, backed by the Racehorse Owners Association (ROA) in partnership with Weatherbys Hamilton, was introduced in March and pays £100 to each owner if a meeting is halted after the first race has been run.

Bath’s fixture was cancelled when the jockeys’ changing room flooded with sewage water, following heavy overnight rain at the course.

Alternative facilities could not be arranged and the meeting was called off with four races still to run, to the disappointment of a host of owners and trainers, including James Bethell, who had made the trip from North Yorkshire and later declared that he would be invoicing ARC for the cost of the day.

Richard Wayman, ROA Chief Executive, said: “It is both deeply frustrating and an expensive experience for owners who suffered from the abandonment.

“The scheme provides a little help towards meeting some of the costs that owners are left to pay in these situations.

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ROA mops up after Bath overflows

James Bethell: unhappy with events

“We have been in discussion with ARC with a view to them making an ex-gratia payment for each horse set to run in the abandoned four races. ARC has agreed to contact all of the owners involved to apologise and agree a suitable payment.”

To qualify for the ROA/Weatherbys Hamilton Raceday Curtailment Scheme, at least 51% of the horse must be owned by a member of the ROA. For more information see www.racehorseowners.net

The Levy Board expects to collect £80.2 million from bookmakers for the 53rd levy scheme (2014/15) after a deal was agreed between racing and betting.

In addition, the four largest high street bookmakers – William Hill, Ladbrokes, Coral and Betfred – have agreed a four-year undertaking to make additional voluntary contributions of £4.5m per year into a newlycreated incentive fund, effective from April 2014.

The ‘big four’ bookmakers will also underwrite a combined contribution payable through the statutory levy of not less than £47.5m per year.

The Bookmakers’ Committee has estimated that the current levy scheme (2013/14) will yield £75.6m, £2.7m more than previously thought.

Paul Bittar, BHA Chief Executive, said: “This arrangement has the support of the principal organisations in the sport, including the Racecourse Association and Horsemen’s Group, and represents a positive step forwards in the prevailing circumstances.

“We are pleased to have reached an early levy settlement, and in turn trigger a significant additional voluntary contribution from the big four retail operators for the next four years.”

Charles Church’s November show Internationally renowned equine artist Charles Church will hold his first exhibition for eight years in London on November 8.

‘Further Afield’ will feature 50 paintings and studies including work from all over the world, plus a selection of recent commissions including pictures of rural life and horses. The show will also feature a large canvas of the Royal procession on its way from Windsor Castle to Ascot racecourse.

Church said: “Following my last exhibition I have been occupied with commissions such as the brilliant mare Goldikova, Arc winner Zarkava and US champion Mineshaft.

“But happily I have also spent a lot of time painting landscapes. In many ways these are my favourites – the landscape is so integral to my work, being the backdrop to my pictures.”

‘Charles Church: Further Afield’ takes place November 19-23 at Gallery 8, 8 Duke Street, London, SW1Y 6BN. Prices will range between £850 and £30,000.

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Church’s canvas of the Royal procession en route from Windsor Castle to Ascot

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TWEENHILLS TIMES AN EYE FOR SUCCESS

November 2013

Havana Gold joins the stud Havana Gold, a Group One-winning son of Teofilo with a precocious and speedy pedigree, will join Tweenhills Stud for the 2014 covering season.

Standing under the Qatar Bloodstock banner, his fee will be £8,500, October 1, SLF. Teofilo, a son of Galileo, has become a leading sire, and Havana Gold is his heir apparent. Trained by Richard Hannon, for whom he won four races as a juvenile and the Gr.1 Prix Jean Prat in June, Havana Gold was produced by the tough and consistent Stakes-winning mare Jessica’s Dream. Her

STAFF PROFILE Maxime Bourseau Stud hand That doesn’t sound like a local name?

It’s not – I’m from Saint Paul En Pareds near Angers in France. A student from my school came to Tweenhills last year, and I am here for six months during my gap year from agricultural college.

How’s your English?

I want to improve my knowledge of the language, which is why I applied to work here. I have never worked with thoroughbreds, but I am impressed with how sensible the young horses are on this stud. They are far easier than young Lusitanos.

What do you know about Lusitanos?

I have ridden them in Le Puy du Fou, which is one of France’s largest visitor attractions, with 1.5m visitors each year. We put on shows every Friday and Saturday night, re-enacting scenes from the past. Local children take part – when I was 12 they taught me to ride.

Do you miss home?

My girlfriend, Noemie, is studying at Nottingham University for five months, and I visit her when I can, and I keep in touch with my parents by phone.

sire, Desert Style, has a growing reputation as a producer of successful broodmares, with his grandsons Lethal Force and Sudirman joining Havana Gold in landing topgrade races this year.

Tweenhills Stud’s investment in refurbishing a barn to create two spacious stallion boxes has been rewarded, and staff are looking forward to welcoming the new boy. David said: “As a grandson of Galileo, by one of the stallion finds of recent years in Teofilo, and out of a Stakes-winning mare, he ticks all the boxes from a pedigree perspective.”

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Al Thakhir a flags foal draft Sheikh Joann Al Thani’s run of victories on the racecourse during the autumn included one in the Gr.2 Vision.ae Rockfel Stakes at Newmarket with Al Thakhira (pictured below).

The daughter of Dubawi was bred by Qatar Bloodstock Ltd and foaled and raised at Tweenhills Stud before being sold at Tattersalls’ December Foal Sale. She represents a good example of the quality of youngsters that buyers can expect to see in

Tweenhills’ draft when the next sale takes place (November 25 to December 5).

Our congratulations go to Sheikh Joann, not only for Al Thakhira’s win, but also that of Treve in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

Tweenhills’ December Sale mare consignment includes a number covered by resident sires Makfi and Harbour Watch, and four who are carrying foals by the mighty Frankel.

The quartet comprises Laurelei, a half-sister to Cape Blanco, and the Stakes producers Danceabout and Goodwood March plus Mocca, the dam of Qatar Racing’s Royal Ascot winner Kiyoshi, who has a southern hemisphere cover.

Champions Day a QIPCO success

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British Champions Day, which is sponsored by clients of Tweenhills Stud under the QIPCO brand, drew world-class horses to Ascot in October.

Yearlings by the stud’s sire Makfi continued to make their mark as the autumn sales season progressed, and his stock made further notable impressions at Goffs and Tattersalls.

Farhh’s thrilling victory over Cirrus Des Aigles and Ruler Of The World in the QIPCO Champion Stakes, and impressive wins for Olympic Glory in the QE II Stakes and Seal Of Approval in the Fillies & Mares race, were fine adverts for the day. A crowd of 24,290 witnessed the action.

At Book 1 of Tattersalls’ October Sale yearlings by Makfi averaged 118,556gns and included two who sold for 300,000gns. In Ireland, at Goffs’ Orby Sale, they averaged €94,750 with a high of €240,000. Those averages mean Makfi is hugely profitable for breeders.

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Racing’s news in a nutshell PEOPLE AND BUSINESS Frankie Dettori Misses remainder of the Flat season after fracturing his right ankle in a fall at Nottingham.

Paul Mulrennan Rider suffers multiple injuries including broken collarbone and punctured lung in a fall at Hamilton.

Brian Hallahan Waterford-based trainer is handed a twoyear ban by the Turf Club after two horses listed in his care were found to be with permit holder PJ Crowley.

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Martin Harley Former champion apprentice leaves Mick Channon to become stable jockey to Marco Botti in Newmarket.

Good Friday BHA approves the idea of racing on Good Friday as part of the 2014 fixture list, which will exactly match this year’s number of 1,464 scheduled fixtures.

The BHA decides not to reciprocate the jockey’s 56-day ban imposed by the Royal Western India Turf Club for an incident at Mahalaxmi racecourse.

Rebecca Menzies Former assistant to Ferdy Murphy becomes Britain’s youngest female trainer aged 24, operating from her leased yard at Bandsby, near York.

Ed Walker Up-and-coming Newmarket trainer moves base from Grange House Stables to Warren Place, where he will lease two yards from Lady Cecil.

Joseph O’Brien Breaks Mick Kinane’s record for most winners in an Irish Flat season with victory number 116 on Marvellous at Navan, trained by his father Aidan O’Brien.

William Hill Reports group operating profit to be down £24 million, or 31%, for the third quarter of the year.

More people and business...

Former champion jockey Seb Sanders records his 2,000th career winner aboard Legends at Wolverhampton. Sandown Park will host Saturday finale to the 2013/14 NH season as part of an all-jumps card, with the Gordon Richards Stakes and Classic Trial switched to the Friday.

Kingwood House Stables, the one-time base of trainers Dick Hern and Marcus Tregoning, is put on the market for £8 million by owner Hamdan Al Maktoum. Mike Marshall, assistant to Sir Henry Cecil and later Lady Cecil, leaves his post to work for Newmarket trainer Ismail Mohammed. Northern-based jockey Philip Makin breaks his arm after an accident while riding out and will miss the rest of the season. Betfair agrees deal with Channel 4 to run three adverts on each of the broadcaster’s 90 days of coverage in 2014.

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RACEHORSE AND STALLION MOVEMENTS AND RETIREMENTS Novellist Five-length winner of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is retired and sold to Teruya Yoshida’s stud in Japan.

Lethal Force Outstanding sprinter is retired after disappointing in the Sprint Cup and moves to his new base at Cheveley Park Stud.

Farhh Champion Stakes winner is retired to Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket.

Reckless Abandon Brilliant two-year-old sprinter in 2012 is retired to become a stallion for Darley.

Dawn Approach Unbeaten two-year-old and winner of this year’s 2,000 Guineas and St James’s Palace Stakes is retired to Darley’s Kildangan Stud in Ireland.

Intello This year’s Prix du Jockey-Club winner is retired after his third behind Treve in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

He will spend two seasons at Cheveley Park Stud before returning to France.

Leroidesanimaux Sire of Animal Kingdom moves to Kirsten Rausing’s Lanwades Stud in Newmarket, following eight years in Florida; 2004 Derby winer North Light also moves to Lanwades.

More racehorse and stallion movements and retirements...

Top chaser Flemenstar switches from Peter Casey to Tony Martin. Juddmonte’s Group 1 winner Cityscape will stand at Overbury Stud for £5,000. Dubawi Gold will not take up covering duties at Whitsbury Manor Stud due to injury. Meon Valley Stud’s Shirocco Star, second in the 2012 Epsom and Irish Oaks, is retired. Hansen, the winner of the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, leaves Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky for a career in South Korea. Camelot, whose bid for the 2012 Triple Crown ended in St Leger defeat, is retired to Coolmore Stud for 2014.

Shantaram, a Group 3-winning son of Galileo, will stand at Coolagown Stud in Ireland. Group 2 Lennox Stakes winner Finjaan will become the first stallion to stand at Newmarket’s Gazeley Stud; his fee is £4,500. Rock Of Gibraltar’s son Society Rock will stand at Tally-Ho Stud in Co Westmeath next year. Virtual, Cheveley Park Stud’s Lockinge winner, moves to Woodlands Stud in Co Galway as a dual-purpose stallion; his fee will be €3,000. Group 1 winner Havana Gold moves from Richard Hannon to Mikel Delzangles but will retire to Tweenhills Stud for 2014.

HORSE OBITUARIES Dayjur 26

Myfontaine 26

Outstanding sprinter, winner of the Nunthorpe, Sprint Cup and Prix de l’Abbaye in 1990, also an unlucky second in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.

Warwick specialist, winning nine times at the track and 11 races overall; he was a half brother to Katies, champion threeyear-old filly in 1984.

Grey Abbey 19 Popular front-running grey chaser who landed the 2004 Scottish Grand National and 2005 Betfair Bowl at Aintree.

Helissio 20 Brilliant winner of the 1996 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, one of five Group 1 victories for the son of Fairy King.

Aqlaam 8 Group 1-winning son of Oasis Dream dies at Shadwell Stud having been represented by his first two-year-olds this year.

PEOPLE OBITUARIES Patsy Byrne 64

George Smith 77

Racehorse owner whose horses included Tominator, dual winner of the Northumberland Plate, and Kerry National scorer White Star Line.

Keen breeder and owner who bought Bob’s Return, subsequent winner of the 1993 St Leger, as an anniversary present for his wife Jackie.

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Kadastrof 23 Robin Dickin-trained front-runner (above), winner of 15 races under both codes and second to Ask Tom in the 1998 Game Spirit Chase.

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EN ROUTE TO SUCCESS Sire of Listed winner and group-placed AVENUE GABRIEL and 8 more winners from 27 runners Hyperion Statistics, 16th October 2013 “Avenue Gabriel is a very exciting prospect for next year - she is improving all the time and is being aimed at the Irish 1000 Guineas.

Champs Elysees is a hugely promising sire.”

Paul Deegan

7 of his winners are rated 80 or more

by Timeform, including TRIP TO PARIS (95p, “May do better still”) FIELD OF FAME (84p, “Entitled to progress”)

His 2 yearlings catalogued sold for 170,000gns & 105,000gns at Tattersalls October Sales, Book 1

Contact: Simon Mockridge | James O’Donnell | Sabine Bouard +44 (0)1638 731115 nominations@juddmonte.co.uk www.juddmonte.co.uk BATED BREATH CHAMPS ELYSEES CACIQUE DANSILI FRANKEL OASIS DREAM RAIL LINK ZAMINDAR

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SHE’S RIGHT UP THERE Treve continued the fine recent run of fillies in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with a sublime performance under Thierry Jarnet, who replaced the injured Frankie Dettori. Despite not settling in the early stages and having to race on the outside, the daughter of Motivator produced a burst of acceleration that none of her rivals could live with, recording an easy five-length victory over Orfevre and Intello. Treve was purchased by Sheikh Joaan Al Thani (left, with family and trainer Criquette Head-Maarek) after winning the Prix de Diane in June and is set to stay in training as a four-year-old Photos George Selwyn

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LANWADES STALLIONS 2014

ARCHIPENKO Group 1 winning leading international miler Won 5 Group races on 3 continents and £1.2m, beating 19 individual Group 1 winners (3 Classic winners). Timeform Rating: 127 – 2lbs higher than his sire KINGMAMBO.

One of the best bred stallions in the world His dam is half sister to NUREYEV and to the dam of SADLER’S WELLS. She is also grandam of American Champion and promising young sire BLAME.

Successful first crop sire in 2013 of 5 winners incl.: LADY PENKO (dual winner and dual Stakes-placed), ONE PENNY PIECE (dual winner), MADAME CHIANG, etc.

2013 yearlings at Tattersalls Book 1 & 2 averaged £51,450 - over 81⁄2 times his 2011 stud fee.

AUSSIE RULES Classic winning miler by DANEHILL from the family of ALBANOVA, ALBORADA, YESTERDAY, QUARTER MOON, etc.

Sire of 2 Classic-placed performers & 57% 3yo winners to runners in 2013 His winners this year include FIESOLANA (Gr.2 & Gr.3 x3), BOOMERANG BOB (Listed), GRAND TREASURE (2nd Italian 1,000 Guineas), WISH COME TRUE (2nd Italian Derby), WILLIE CAZALS (2nd Gr.1 Champion & Chaters Cup).

Multiple Stakes sire of 14 individual 2yo winners in 2013 incl. LR placed DENUSA, KONKAN, LAGUNA DRIVE, LILY RULES, NOBLESSE ANIMEE.

2013 yearlings at Tattersalls Book 1 & 2 averaged £46,725 - over 9 times his 2011 stud fee.

SIR PERCY Unbeaten Champion 2-y-o and Classic winning Champion 3-y-o winning the Gr.1 Dewhurst Stakes and Gr.1 Derby Stakes.

A leading 3rd crop sire in 2013 with 56% 3yo winners to runners Sire in 2013 of: SIR ANDREW (Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas); SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD (rated 110); SIR JACK LAYDEN (winner and 3rd Gr.2 Royal Lodge Stakes at 2; rated 109); MIRSAALE (Investec Derby Trial; rated 105); SOUND HEARTS (LR Pride Stakes; rated 105); LEY PERCY (Slovak 1000 Guineas, Slovak Oaks and Austrian Oaks).

Sire of 13 Stakes horses from his first 3 crops, including Gr.3 winner ALLA SPERANZA. 2013 yearlings at Tattersalls Book 1 & 2 averaged £43,137 - over 7 times his 2011 stud fee.

INTRODUCING TWO NEW SIRES FOR 2014

LEROIDESANIMAUX Eclipse Award Champion Turf Male Horse 2005 Winner of 3 Gr.1 races (turf). Also 2nd Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Mile, 8f (turf).

Sire of Champion ANIMAL KINGDOM Sire of 108 winners of 253 races and $16,685,000, incl. Champion & Kentucky Derby winner ANIMAL KINGDOM; Gr.1 winning 2yo UNA CABEZA and 3 individual Gr.2 winners.

2013 yearlings made up to $400,000 and his biggest crops will race from 2014 onwards.

By a Champion sire out of a half sister to the dam of DANSILI By dual Champion Sire CANDY STRIPES (Blushing Groom) – also sire of American Horse of the Year INVASOR.

The PERFECT OUTCROSS for GALILEO, DANEHILL and MR PROSPECTOR LINE MARES

NORTH LIGHT Derby winner and Champion 3yo Colt in the UK Winner of 3 races at 2 and 3 years, incl. the Gr.1 Derby Stakes; Gr.2 Dante Stakes.

Also 2nd Gr.1 Irish Derby (1⁄2 length to multiple Gr.1 winner Grey Swallow).

Classic sire in Europe and Champion turf sire in Canada Sire of the winners of nearly $6m worldwide, incl. Classic winner ARCTIC COSMOS (Gr.1 St Leger); Gr.2 winner CELTIC NEW YEAR and Gr.3 winners CHIPS ALL IN (on 28/09/2013), GOL TRICOLOR and GO FORTH NORTH. His yearlings have made up to $450,000.

By DANEHILL out of a Champion racemare DANEHILL, Champion sire and renowned sire of sires.

His dam, SOUGHT OUT (Rainbow Quest), was twice Champion Staying Filly of Europe, and is also dam of dual Gr.3 winner COVER UP. info@lanwades.com • www.lanwades.com • Tel: +44 (0)1638 750222 • Fax: +44 (0)1638 751186

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SHEIKH JOAAN’S GLORY Another weekend, another big prize for Sheikh Joaan Al Thani, this time courtesy of Olympic Glory, easy winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Champions’ Day. The victory helped to secure Richard Hannon his fourth trainers’ title, while rider Richard Hughes is all set to retain the champion jockeys’ crown he won in 2012 Photo George Selwyn THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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SO FARHH, SO GOOD Godolphin’s Farhh had only raced once in 2013 before the Champion Stakes, taking the Lockinge at Newbury in May, yet trainer Saeed bin Suroor had the son of Pivotal in top shape for his swansong, which saw him defeat the previous year’s victor Cirrus des Aigles and Epsom Derby hero Ruler Of The World under a power-packed Silvestre de Sousa.

Farhh now heads for a stallion career at his owner’s Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket Photo George Selwyn

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THE MAN YOU CAN’T IGNORE COMMENT

Tony Morris The Jockey Club of old may not have been everyone’s favourite institution but they did care about our sport’s rich history – I’m not sure the same applies to Great British Racing

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suppose it’s a bit late now to be insisting that the Derby should be run on a Wednesday. That argument was lost 20 years ago, and since 1995 the sport’s most fabled and historic event has been run on a Saturday, invariably having to compete with Test cricket and, every other year, with the finals of football’s World or European Cup. In its traditional Wednesday slot it always held sway, dominating sports coverage in the media, a precious asset recklessly thrown away by the switch to the busiest sporting day of the week. And that move can now be seen as the thin end of a wedge that has led to further follies. If the traditionalists could be defeated over an issue affecting the nation’s premier prize, we were always going to be vulnerable whenever misguided self-styled progressives chose to stick their noses in areas where they did not belong.

And that is precisely what has occurred.

The Jockey Club was not always everyone’s favourite institution, and there were occasions when we could echo George Wigg’s assertion that it resembled ‘a well-kept veteran car.’ The membership then (1969) included its quota of fuddy-duddies who seemed reluctant to move with the times, but they were at least lovers of the horse and of racing, jealous and proud of their centuries’ long stewardship of the sport. They meant well, and sometimes even did well.

It came as quite a shock when the Jockey Club abdicated the role that it had filled for so long and morphed into an estate management company, and we should have feared the worst when marketing men with no background in racing, no understanding of the horse and no respect for the history and heritage of the sport came to occupy positions of power. They have shown a depressing capacity for fixing what was not broken.

We were told that there was no clear narrative to the Flat season, and that changes were necessary. That assertion had to come from somebody with zero knowledge of the sport, as there had been a readily recognised pattern to the racing year for close on 200

Astaire wins the Middle Park Stakes on the self-styled Future Champions’ Day

years, and recent innovations, such as Sunday racing and competition on all-weather surfaces, had done nothing to disturb it.

And nothing about the time-honoured system was more easily understood than the method of determining the champion jockey.

A five-year-old child would not need telling twice that the champion was the fellow who rode the most winners during the season. That was too easy for the chaps from Racing For Change. In defiance of all logic and common sense, they chose to ignore all that took place before the first turf races were run and everything that came after the last races on turf.

They couldn’t have devised anything more absurd. One year we had the ludicrous spectacle of Kieren Fallon anointing Frankie Dettori champion although he had actually ridden more winners than the Italian. The season when Seb Sanders and Jamie Spencer shared the title did no favours for the former,

who was the true winner by a wide margin.

And last year Richard Hughes was lauded for having won his first championship, riding 11 fewer winners than Joe Fanning.

Fact or fiction?

Now we hear word that Great British Racing, the re-branded Racing For Change, are not entirely happy with their system. Nor should they be. But can we believe that they are going to revert to what is factual? My money is on their instituting another fictional version, which will probably identify another bogus champion.

Who cares? I haven’t noticed any uproar about this nonsense, so maybe I’m in a minority of one, considering this a serious issue. Isn’t it a matter of some concern that the official record is clearly inaccurate, nothing short of a blatant lie? The media deserve censure for being a party to the lie, giving it credibility and misleading the public.

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Of course, the most controversial aspect of all the changes implemented in recent years was the removal of the Champion Stakes from its natural and traditional home over the straight ten furlongs of the Rowley Mile course in Newmarket, where for over 130 years it provided a test unique in the world of racing, and its transfer to a right-handed course with a short straight, thus completely changing its character.

I find it incredible that Newmarket actually colluded with the thieves, but if, as is supposed, it was given no option, it should at the very least have insisted that Ascot found a different title for its mile and a quarter event. The Champion Stakes ceased to exist after 2010 and should have been laid to rest in its historic home.

In exchange for allowing the daylight robbery of the finest jewel in its crown by those apparently conspiring in addition to loot its centuriesold designation as the headquarters of racing, and promote Ascot internationally in its stead, Newmarket was given a number of races it neither wanted nor needed, and, in the guise of Future Championsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Day, a card on which it was to present four juvenile Pattern races.

Ridiculously, two of them were the Middle Park and Dewhurst Stakes, the six-furlong and seven-furlong championship tests formerly separated by two weeks and now to be contested on the same afternoon.

Whoever thought that was a bright idea needed to see a shrink, but we have now suffered that lunacy three times and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen again in 2014, when another cock-eyed notion is to become a reality.

The first two editions of Ascotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s British Championsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Day were blessed

by Frankel and agreeable weather; the third remains a few days away as I pen these thoughts, with the expected cast of equine characters somewhat underwhelming, the turf rain-sodden and an autumnal nip in the air.

The safest bet for the meeting is a significantly lower attendance than in 2012.

After three years in which Newmarketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Future Championsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Day has preceded the Ascot occasion by a week, there is to be a new format in 2014, and the arrangement is one that came under fierce attack as soon as it was announced. That was hardly surprising, because the plan to stage the events on consecutive days, on the Rowley Mile on Friday and at Ascot on Saturday strikes me as less than half-baked; quarter-baked, perhaps.

When I suggested that there seemed to be a move towards marketing Ascot, rather than Newmarket, as the headquarters of British racing, you probably didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take me seriously. Think on it. After Friday on the Rowley Mile turns out to be a damp squib next year, as it undoubtedly will, the wreckers will be wanting to have the whole show at Ascot in 2015.

What kind of media coverage is Future Championsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Day going to get as a Friday fixture? Do these people ever consult anyone who might have an inkling? The public doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like change. It likes continuity, knowing how things are going to be year on year, the way things were in racing for centuries.

If there was an argument in favour of consecutive days â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, given that the courses are 100 miles apart and few people will care to attend both â&#x20AC;&#x201C; anybody bar a GBR marketing man would see that the only (slim) chance of it working would be for Saturday and Sunday.

I despair.

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CHRIS COOK COMMENT

When it comes to entertainment and innovation, some racecourses think staging a few pop concerts will do – it’s enough to make you cry

The tracks of my tears

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mericans use the phrase ‘New York minute’ to mean an instant. The term was once defined by Johnny Carson as “the time between the traffic light turning green and the guy behind you honking his horn”.

Those who attended the recent ‘Leaders in Racing’ pow-wow in Chelsea – a get-together of many of the sport’s bigwigs – were introduced to the term ‘New York millisecond’ by one of the speakers, Bernie Mullin, an enormously successful sports marketer in the USA. That millisecond, he said, was the length of time he would tolerate, when he was running a basketball team, between a pause in the action on the court and something being done to keep the crowd entertained, whether it be music, footage being played on the big screen, dancing girls or some combination thereof.

His point was that a clear effort had to be made for the sake of the audience beyond simply staging a sporting spectacle, even one in which they were thoroughly engaged as fans. As a sports stadium, he said, your competition is not the other team across town or the cinema or the bowling alley; your competition is a flat-screen TV and a fridge full of cheap beer.

Sports fans can engage with an enormous amount of live action these days, without leaving their sofa. If you want them to make the effort to attend, Mullin reasoned, you have to deliver a special experience. The allracing audience was appreciative and Mullin was cited by many as the most impressive speaker of the day. But I wonder how many of those executives, safely returned to their day jobs, are really thinking about following through on his idea.

Racing does not, after all, have a spectator crisis. Crowds have held up fairly well, despite the poor economy, and we are constantly assured of our place as the second-best attended sport in Britain, beaten only by football (though, let’s face it, there aren’t quite so many opportunities to go and watch Formula One or professional tennis).

But every horse race is screened live on one channel or another, a boon to the armchair fan, so Mullin’s warning should resonate.

There are plenty of racedays that seem sorely

Racegoers deserve more than just a well-stocked bar to keep them amused

in need of a few more people coming through the gate, yet my own sense is that many racecourses are content to coast, doing things much as they always have, apart from staging a few post-racing concerts in summer from a succession of 1980s has-beens.

The feeling appears to be that if we offer a place to buy a burger and coffee and throw on a race every half-hour, we can rely on those owners and punters in the stands to keep themselves happy in between. It is an outmoded way of doing things and shows a depressing lack of ambition.

Knowledge at your fingertips Consider the wealth of information about each race that is now available to someone following the action from their home. They can analyse form, monitor price changes, keep an eye on race-times so as to learn about the going and follow any jockey changes and overweight news among myriad other things.

If you’re actually at the track, the odds are you won’t even know the final finishing order until you get home that night and turn on

your computer. Unless you’re reasonably seasoned, you might still not have spotted the horse that carried your cash as the sprint handicap field crosses the line. Why is there nowhere at the course you can go to find out what happened to it?

Would it be terribly out of order for someone to give a quick post-race analysis over the PA as to the possible reasons for the outcome, perhaps conduct snappy interviews with winning connections, guess at why the favourite was stuffed?

It must make sense to offer racegoers more information, if we want them to bond with the sport and start thinking about making a second visit that year. But that’s just the beginning of what tracks could offer if they were serious about pleasing their customers.

Look on all those big screens showing nothing but odds or a URL for the track’s moribund website and despair.

Mullin is right, we take our racegoers for granted. It needn’t be expensive to do a better job. But the first step is to admit that we’ve been neglectful.

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VIEW FROM IRELAND

By JESSICA LAMB OF THE RACING POST

Condon keen to build on summer surge

CAROLINE NORRIS

Rider making most of Paul Carberry’s absence to strengthen links with top trainers

Dynamic duo: Realt Mor and Davy Condon en route to victory in the Grade 1 Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse in March

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avy Condon has been a deputy for much of his career, yet the mark he has made this summer with Paul Carberry out injured is set to carry him through a memorable winter.

The 28-year-old has been Carberry’s understudy at trainer Noel Meade’s for five seasons and has picked up Grade 1 wins on the late Go Native, Hollo Ladies and Pandorama thanks to that position, but remained largely in the number one’s shadow.

However, he built a stronger partnership with Gordon Elliott last season and, with Carberry nursing a bad shoulder since April, has spent this summer as number one rider for both operations.

This has resulted in him beginning last month only four winners shy of last year’s total of 35 winners in Britain and Ireland. A tally that took him almost a year to achieve has been managed in five months.

He said: “I’ve had a great summer. I’ve been lucky to get on a better calibre of horse than in recent years because Paul was injured. I hope it can continue, but I know that Paul will be back. He still has plenty of years left in him.

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“When I was growing up he was the jockey I most admired. He’s not a bad man to model yourself on. I’ve been riding the same way that he would for Noel and Gordon, and that’s the way they like them to be ridden.”

He continued: “Paul has been a good friend of mine for years. When you are riding a horse he has ridden before he will always give you advice about it. He’d never put you wrong with it either. He’s a man of not many words but what he does say you should take note of.”

In addition to the success he gained from established connections, he was the professional of choice for up-and-coming trainer Harry Kelly, responsible for the exciting hurdling mares Railway Zira and Que Pasa.

He should continue that association and, as there will be only one Paul Carberry to go around, he should retain many of his partnerships in the Elliott camp.

“I’m really looking forward to getting back on Realt Mor for Gordon,” Condon said. “He’ll be running in all the top-class chases this year and I’m hoping he can step up a bit in distance. He’ll be getting three miles hopefully and maybe a bit further, but will start off this

month over two miles in the Fortria Chase.”

Realt Mor, a full-brother to Grade 1 winner Realt Dubh, came to Elliott’s at the start of this year and failed to set the world alight, as he had promised, until romping to victory in the Grade 1 Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse’s Irish Grand National meeting.

Condon explained: “He was a very sick horse when he came to us from England and Gordon got him right and won a Grade 1 with him, but his earlier runs did show that even when he wasn’t 100% right, he still had a huge amount of ability.”

Condon is also sweet on the impending novice chaser career of Mala Beach and has eyes for the Noel Meade-trained Punchestown Champion Bumper third Apache Stronghold, successful on his hurdling debut at Punchestown on October 16, and stablemate Mullaghanoe River.

He added: “Apache Stronghold is going to be a top-class novice hurdler this year. Noel’s got a nice novice chaser to go to war with too in Mullaghanoe River. He’ll be a nice staying chaser. The pair are two very good novices for this season.” >>

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VIEW FROM IRELAND

GEORGE SELWYN

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Major moves to improve ownership experience

The tale of Roca Tumu’s owners is an example of those Aidan McGarry wants to tell

Racing fans in Ireland could not be blamed for feeling short-changed over the past two months as they see their British-based friends touring the mightiest yards in the land.

As pictures of people meeting their equine and racing heroes at the open days of Paul Nicholls, Nicky Henderson and company they were left green with envy, with their own favourite horses not set to be seen in the flesh until this month at Cheltenham, Punchestown, Fairyhouse and Newbury.

In Ireland, the only open day is that of Wicklow trainer Philip Rothwell, who used it to show current owners how their horses are doing, others the workings of a racing yard, and prospective owners horses for sale.

It is the second year he has opened his stable and he will not be alone next year.

Irish Thoroughbred Marketing’s new Racehorse Ownership Manager, Aidan McGarry, explained: “One of the big things I

In Brief Jockey school stocking filler To commemorate the 40th year of the Racing Academy and Centre for Education, the jockey school has published a book documenting its history.

Unblinkered Vision, written by Aisling Crowe, features interviews with all of the centre’s success stories, including trainerjockey Johnny Murtagh. It is available from RACE and is expected to be in selected bookstores before Christmas.

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really want to push next year is to encourage more trainer open days. You see the success throughout the year in the UK. “Whether it is Flat trainers or jumps trainers at the start of the season, or the annual open days at the major training centres; they all get people through the gates, meeting people within the industry and getting involved.

“We have had yard visits organised here by Horse Racing Ireland and the Tote Go Racing Club but we want them more often and to make them bigger and better.

“We will help trainers promote and organise them and they will be focused on new owners.

One of the things that puts people off is they don’t know where to start. Sure, people will tell them to ring this trainer or that, or get on to HRI, but it’s daunting. Coming to an open day, meeting people in person, getting my contact details and one of our ownership guides is not.”

McGarry’s position is a new role within the

company, which he began in June after eight years working in the racing department of HRI. He has been installed to improve the ownership experience in Ireland. Working on open days will be his first major initiative, but until then he has been building relations with bodies like the owner and trainer associations.

He continued: “I have been talking to everyone I will be dealing with, laying the groundwork and we have now sent out the final, and arguably most important, bit of feedback; a survey to all owners who have had an entry in Ireland in the last year. It is focussed on finding out what changes HRI and ITM need to make for owners, and also what their experiences of racecourse facilities are.”

The year-on-year declines of new owners registering, combined with big sales abroad of stars like Irish St Leger heroine Voleuse De Coeurs, is the reason McGarry’s role was established. It may be attractive to have foreign money spent on Irish horses but it is vital enough horses are in training in Ireland.

McGarry said: “An encouraging aspect I’ve come across is that many owners have stayed loyal to racing, they have continued to support it and tried to keep horses in training in this country because they absolutely love it.

“People know the personalities in the industry, the trainers and the jockeys, but the owner hasn’t really had much recognition.

“The difference is the owner is a private individual and they don’t always want to tell their story, but when you see something like the Roca Tumu Syndicate – a few guys getting together to buy a horse, ending up at Royal Ascot and winning a major handicap – racing sells itself.

“Anyone could see the thrill and buzz they got out of that just from the television interview they did with Clare Balding. I met them afterwards, but you didn’t even need to be there. One of my main objectives would be to get those kind of stories out there.”

Power reputation boost

Owners back fundraiser

Robbie Power gained the accolade of riding Aidan O’Brien’s first hurdle runner for over 11 years, on Carriganog at Clonmel.

The jockey created the partnership by taking charge of the four-year-old’s schooling at his own yard. It is another boost to his already burgeoning reputation for producing good jumpers. His father Con was a world renowned showjumper and his son took that route initially and has continued to revisit it, winning a major event just this summer.

Last month’s fundraising raceday at Limerick for paralysed jockeys JT McNamara and Jonjo Bright was boosted by more than €60,000 worth of donations from owners, taking painter Peter Curlings advice and “nailing their colours to the mast”.

After Horse Racing Ireland emailed owners asking them to add their colours in the racecard, hundreds replied rapidly and paid their €100/£100 to get involved.

The raceday itself raised over €550,000 for the Jockeys Emergency Fund.

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CONTINENTAL TALES Y AL

Glimmers of light amid darker days Disorganisation and prize-money being tackled but race downgrades on horizon

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ack in 1994, British trainers dispatched no fewer than 151 horses to Italy to contest races there.

Less than 20 years on, when Jane Williams saddled Maljimar and Sarika on behalf of her husband Nick, for the Premio delle Nazioni, a 3m6f cross-country chase at Merano on September 27, they were just the third and fourth racehorses to leave these shores bound for Italy in 2013. Indeed, the Williams duo could be considered to be the first ‘True Brit’ raiders of the season as the previous pair, the Oaks third Whippy Cream and Derby eighth Boite, were both Italian-owned and -bred.

The reason for this alarming slide in participation is obvious. It is not the level of prize-money; that has held up remarkably well, for the top races at least. Paul Cole picked up some £240,000 when Time Star landed the Derby Italiano in 1994 while Biz The Nurse, winner of this year’s renewal, bagged £324,000.

A 35% increase over a 20-year period may not be anything to write home about, but it means many Italian stakes races are still worth more than the equivalent events in Britain.

No, it is not the amount of money on offer, it is the amount of time successful connections may have to wait to receive payment. Mick Channon, who won a pair of juvenile Listed races in Milan in September 2012 with Sandreamer and Sorella Bella had, up until October 1, received not a single penny of the £31,666 owed to him and his owners.

Bureaucratic delays pervade all parts of the crisis-ridden Italian economy and the racing industry is no exception. So new legislation was passed in August to disband ASSI, the secretariat of Italian racing, meaning that prize-money would thereafter be paid directly by the Ministry of Agriculture to the relevant owners and breeders of each horse.

This may seem a laudable law in principle, as it attempted to cut out one layer of bureaucracy.

In practice, it has exacerbated an already chronic problem as, when ASSI still existed it paid prize-money to the racecourses, which were then able to make deductions for entry and riding fees, for example, before redistributing funds to owners and jockeys.

Now the racecourses get nothing and, like the jockeys who have to invoice the owner of each horse they ride for the €85 basic riding fee, have to invoice the various owners one by one. One leading Italian owner/breeder likens the current situation to British racing THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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By JAMES CRISPE, INTERNATIONAL RACING BUREAU

Jane Williams was full of praise for the new management at Merano racecourse

suddenly having to make do without Weatherbys.

To put the tin lid on a chaotic situation, at the end of September, Nunzia di Girolamo, the Minister of Agriculture, was one of five members of Silvio Berlusconi’s People of Freedom Party to resign their cabinet posts, meaning that the government department in

“One leading

owner/breeder likens the situation to Britain having to make do without Weatherbys” charge of racing was left without a leader.

Against this background, it is amazing to reveal that some parts of the industry are functioning quite well. Although Channon, among many others, is still waiting for any money won in the last four months of 2012, almost all prize-money owed for the first five months of this year has already been paid!

And Jane Williams, though admitting she is

still owed the money won in last year’s Premio delle Nazioni, had nothing but praise for the new management that has taken control of Merano racecourse in the intervening period.

“It is the most beautiful place in the world, an absolutely stunning track, and everything went much more smoothly this year, we were very well looked after,” she enthused. “The jumps are very well presented and the ground was beautifully watered, it was a privilege to race there.

“Maljimar might even have won but for missing a corner that was part of a very complicated course layout. But he still finished third, which means that Nick and I have a good chance of defending the leading trainer and owner awards we won last year in the Crystal Cup [European Cross-Country Steeplechase Championships].”

So there are glimmers of light during these dark days for Italian racing. It is, however, difficult to put a positive slant on some of the basic facts.

For instance, the Italian thoroughbred foal crop, which numbered 1,468 three years ago, is expected to be no more than 800 in 2013.

When the European Pattern Race Committee meets in the New Year, it is hard to see how a number of Italian Group and Listed races will escape being downgraded.

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Reynier: young trainer going places

Thoroughbred Breeding Course and then the two-year Darley Flying Start programme.

A period working for trainer Neil Drysdale in California was followed by a two-year-stint as a bloodstock agent before in 2010, shortly

before his 25th birthday, he had the opportunity to become private trainer to owner Patrice Camacho in his home city of Marseille.

A couple of seasons and 39 winners later, Reynier decided it was time to branch out on his own and the new venture got off the mark when Its All Class, a gelding Reynier also owned and bred, made a winning debut at Marseille Borely on April 19 this year.

“Marseille is a great place to start training, with 300 days of sunshine per year I think of it as the European California,” he said.

“It is an eight-hour drive to get to some of the Paris tracks but, in partnership with Seb Le Forban, a friend I met in Dubai, I hope to set up a satellite yard in Maisons-Laffitte within the next six months.

“I have only a dozen horses at present, mainly from owner/breeders who kindly promised to support me when I got started, but they have won eight races.”

He added: “I don’t want to get too big too soon, it’s all about learning to manage your staff and your entire operation, and I never want my stable to become like a factory. So I hope to have around 25 to 30 horses next year, including about ten two-year-olds, and go from there.”

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Schiergen tribe will keep name in lights The name ‘Schiergen’ looms large across European racing history thanks to the exploits, in and out of the saddle, of Peter Schiergen, holder of our continent’s record for most winners ridden in a single year (273 in 1995) and trainer of, amongst others, the record-breaking Arc heroine Danedream.

Now there are early signs that the Colognebased tribe may at some point come to rival Italy’s Botti dynasty as the pre-eminent family of European racing.

Peter Schiergen’s oldest son, Dennis, has been in possession of a jockey’s licence for some three and a half years now, racking up over 100 victories while maintaining his amateur status. And in July he notched a breakthrough first Group 1 triumph when taking the Grosser Preis von Berlin aboard Nymphea.

Still only 18, Dennis may now be forced to rein back on his riding commitments as he has just gone off to College to further his education. But the void is likely to be filled by his younger brother, Vinzenz, who broke his duck back in March and, largely in

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At the age of 28, Jerome Reynier is one of France’s youngest trainers who, from humble beginnings, has the potential to become a big name on the other side of the Channel.

Reynier is the son of an architect, Serge, from Marseille, who was also a hobby breeder and hit the bullseye with his very first foal, Shainy, winner of the 1988 Prix Djebel. “I must have got the racing virus from him,” Reynier conceded.

And a pretty strong dose of the virus it was too. By the age of 18, he had, despite speaking little English, managed to secure himself a summer job deep in the Irish countryside, working for Coolmore Stud in Fethard, County Tipperary.

“I sent my CV to the office and started working for them a day after they got in contact,” he remembered. “I shared a house with three people of all different nationalities, so I had to deal with some pretty unusual English accents. ‘Fork’ and ‘shovel’ were among the first words I learned.”

He returned home to complete an accountancy and business course but was soon back overseas to further his education, graduating from both the Irish National Stud

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Trainer Peter Schiergen, here with Danedream, has three sons who all ride

partnership with horses trained outside his father’s yard, has rapidly taken his career tally to 15.

His greatest achievement so far is a treble at Halle on September 28. But British racegoers have been forced to wait for their first sighting of the next Schiergen starlet as Vinzenz’s application to ride in an amateur

race at Windsor on October 7 was rejected, as he will not reach the minimum age for a British licence – 16 – until November.

And cognoscenti of the German racing scene are suggesting that the youngest of Schiergen’s three sons, 11-year-old Laurenz, may be the best of the siblings judged by his performances in pony races.

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AROUND THE GLOBE THE WORLDWIDE RACING SCENE

NORT H A M E R I CA

by Steve Andersen

Sun sets on fabled Hollywood Park

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horoughbred racing in Southern California will change forever this winter. After Hollywood Park concludes its seven-week autumn meeting on December 22, the track will be closed permanently, scheduled for residential and commercial development in 2014.

The cessation of racing will result in the bulk of Hollywood Park’s fixtures going to the more popular tracks Santa Anita and Del Mar. Santa Anita will run a marathon six-month meeting for four days a week from Boxing Day to late June, the final ten weeks of which were previously conducted at Hollywood Park.

The absence of Hollywood Park’s summer meeting has led Los Alamitos, which runs a year-round Quarter Horse meeting in Orange County, to request thoroughbred racing dates.

Los Alamitos will host a two-week thoroughbred meeting in early July, fixtures previously held by Hollywood Park.

Later in the year, Del Mar will run its popular summer meeting from late July to early September, followed by the Los Angeles County Fair meeting in September and the Santa Anita autumn meeting that runs from late September to early November.

“Just last year

Hollywood Park was a lucrative option for Grandeur, trained by Jeremy Noseda” But the last two months of the year will be considerably different. Without a Hollywood Park autumn meeting, Del Mar will host a onemonth meeting in November. Eventually, the track hopes to attract the Breeders’ Cup. Los Alamitos will host three weeks of thoroughbred racing in early December before the whole cycle repeats itself at Santa Anita on December 26, 2014.

Los Alamitos is expanding its dirt track from five-eighths of a mile in circumference to a mile, but will not have a turf course, a setback for the quality of racing on the circuit.

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Three times home to the Breeders’ Cup, Hollywood Park will soon be no more

other ways. The track was home to year-round stabling for approximately 1,200 horses. This winter, those barns will relocate to Santa Anita, Los Alamitos, the San Luis Rey Downs training centre in northern San Diego county, and Barretts Racing and Sales on the Los Angeles County fairgrounds in Pomona, California.

The international bloodstock market may be affected. With prominent turf races scheduled throughout its meetings, Hollywood Park offered California buyers a reason to travel to major European sales, or test the private market, in search of prospects. Some of those races will be run at Santa Anita or Del Mar, but a decline in turf racing is possible.

Just last year, Hollywood Park was a lucrative option for Grandeur, trained by Newmarket-based Jeremy Noseda. Owned by Yvonne Jacques, Grandeur was based in Southern California for six weeks, winning the $150,000 Twilight Derby at Santa Anita on Breeders’ Cup weekend. He stayed on to finish second in the $250,000 Hollywood Derby in late November and win the $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup against older horses in December.

Hollywood Park, which opened in 1938, has been a mainstay in Los Angeles racing for decades, attracting the best horses and stables in the nation. But in the last ten years, as wagering in the United States has migrated to telephone and internet sources, the course’s

live audience dwindled, with racegoers betting fewer dollars on-track, a vital source of revenue for the track’s parent company, the Bay Meadows Land Co. Located in a gritty neighborhood south of downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood Park was bought by the Bay Meadows Land Co. from Churchill Downs for $260 million in 2005.

Bay Meadows officials stated then that the track would stay open only for three years unless an alternative form of gaming, such as slot machines, were approved for use at California racetracks. The legislation failed, with opposition financed by the state’s deeppocketed Native American tribes, who have successful casinos in less-populous areas of the state.

Bay Meadows Land has form when it comes to closing racetracks. Its parent company, Stockbridge Real Estate Fund, bought Bay Meadows racetrack, near San Francisco, and later closed the venue for development.

The recession prolonged Hollywood Park’s existence after the California real estate market turned downward in the late 2000s. With signs of improvement in that industry, Hollywood Park officials confirmed in May that the track would not race beyond this year.

With that decision, a once-popular racing venue that hosted the first Breeders’ Cup in 1984, and again in 1987 and 1997, will cease to exist. >>

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AROUND THE GLOBE

AUST R A L I A

by Danny Power

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There’s a fair bit of irony in the world of thoroughbred racing and breeding at the moment. Willie Mullins, who was in Melbourne to watch Simenon run a terrific third in the Group 2 Herbert Power Handicap at Caulfield on October 12, certainly saw the irony in the fact that the race was won by Sea Moon. The affable Mullins had travelled halfway across the world to compete against a horse he’d normally be matching strides with at Royal Ascot, where both horses have won features in the past two years.

Mullins added some more irony to the equation when he had a dig at the flotilla of Australians marauding through Europe, buying all the second-tier stayers and forcing up the prices for the National Hunt horses normally reserved for him and his fellow passionate jumping trainers to fight over.

It was only a few years ago that the Aussies were complaining how tough it was to compete against the English and French National Hunt owners for horses to bolster our depleted staying ranks in speed-happy Australia.

And there was a heap of irony in a rumoured letter recently sent by one of Australia’s biggestspending buyers of European horses to another internationally known Australian trainer for “paying too much” for horses in Europe, and in doing so forcing the market into a stratosphere that has billionaires complaining. While all this is going on, the European trainers, owners and breeders are rubbing their hands in the morning mist, not to keep warm but with glee at the sound of an Aussie accent.

However, all this pales into insignificance

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Buy in Britain and sell to China

Above: Royal Ascot scorer Sea Moon landed a Grade 2 at Caulfield on October 12 Below: Teo Ah Khing and Eden Harrington of the China Horse Club at the sales

compared to the irony that the world’s newest and most magnificent racetrack has been built at Tianjin in China. This is a country where there is virtually no horseracing, barely enough thoroughbreds to fill a paddock, and no legalised form of betting to finance the game.

The ban on legalised gambling in China hits the ironic button when you consider that the Chinese are the world’s most fervent gamblers and there wouldn’t be a casino in the world that doesn’t live in the black thanks to Chinese gamblers.

Tianjin was expected to be ready for an ‘international’ race meeting in September, but it’s not finished, so the meeting was moved to Hohhot in Mongolia.

The meeting was to launch China into the world of thoroughbred racing, but from all reports it was nothing more than a novelty.

“There are more

Irishmen, Australians and New Zealanders taking Mandarin classes than ever” Tianjin’s construction is being overseen by Teo Ah Khing, whose architectural company, Desert Star, built Meydan racecourse for Sheikh Mohammed. The Tianjin project, which includes a stud farm and other facilities housed in a purpose-built equestrian city, is a step up again.

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SOUTH AFRICA by Nicola Hayward

Western Winter made his mark where others failed Lammerskraal Stud lost the cornerstone of its stallion ranks in September with the death of Western Winter at the age of 21.

Bred in Maryland by Richard L Golden, the son of Gone West was out of the Vice Regent mare Chilly Hostess. With five wins to his name, including the Joseph M O’Farrell Stakes and a third-place finish behind Langfuhr in the Grade 1 Carter Handicap, he took up duties in the Ceres Valley in the Western Cape in 1997.

Sons and grandsons of Mr Prospector have not found it easy to make their mark in South Africa but Western Winter is a notable exception. From his first crop came multiple Grade 1 winner Set Afire and the next crop gave Surveyor (like Set Afire, a son of a Northfields mare), the winner of two Grade 1 events, Reveille Boy winner of the Grade 1 Gold Cup and Yard Arm, who won five Grade 1 races including the

J&B Met and was a close second to Dynasty in the 2003 Grade 1 Durban July.

Winter Solstice was a four-time Grade 1 winner from Western Winter’s fourth crop, while last year Cape Town Noir set the track alight when he won the Cape Guineas and the Cape Derby.

Among his sons at stud are Argonaut, Warm White Night, Malama, Lion Tamer and What A Winter, who recently retired to stand at Drakenstein Stud after a career that saw him win 15 of 26 starts, four of which were at Grade 1 level.

To date Western Winter is the sire of 76 stakes winners – not bad for a stallion who started out at a fee of R10,000 (now £600). By 2007 that had risen to R200,000. In every season since 2002 he has been in the top ten on the sires’ championship, heading it on three occasions.

What A Winter, a son of Western Winter, enters stud with four Grade 1 wins to his name

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amount to little and the CEO of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Winifred Englebrecht-Bresges, has been quoted as saying the latest attempts to get racing recognised in mainland China are “ambitious”.

Teo is also is the man behind the China Horse Club, which has been on an international spree buying yearlings in the past 12 months. Its purpose is to encourage wealthy Chinese to participate in horseracing at the highest level.

Earlier this year the China Horse Club, with John Warren as its bloodstock adviser, spent big at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sales. John Magnier’s Coolmore has joined as a partner with the China Horse Club and is actively involved in the push into China, for the obvious economic benefits for a big breeder/seller.

So far the CHC has had five winners in four different countries – Australia, USA, France and Singapore.

There is a lot of lobbying for legalised gambling on horseracing in China, but reports are that the government is further from changing legislation than ever before. Without the gambling dollar, racing’s potential for growth is diminished, while in Hong Kong the gambling dollar is driving the most lucrative and well-organised racing community in the world.

Meanwhile, Inglis’ Mark Webster believes the Chinese are lining up to invest in Australia. He recently brokered the purchase of Victoria’s leading stud farm, Eliza Park, by the Macaubased Ting Kong Cheng’s Sun International Group. Cheng is involved in a number of businesses, but his main income has come from the lucrative gambling industry in Macau.

The launch of Eliza Park International was a gala affair with around 60 Chinese guests flown in for the party at Crown Casino. Australia’s leading trainers and prominent breeders and selling agents crowded the room as a laser-light show whizzed above their heads.

Eliza Park, just north of Melbourne, and all its bloodstock, including Black Caviar’s sire Bel Esprit, are under new management. Cheng is also spreading his wealth and influence further abroad.

He bought the Dermot Weld-trained Irish St Leger winner Voleuse De Couers just in time for the mare to make it into quarantine for the Melbourne Cup. Weld had decided against a trip to Melbourne, believing the mare “a year away” from such an assignment, but agent Paul Moroney got the deal done and the mare will be trained by his Flemington-based brother Mike, who won the 2000 Melbourne Cup with Brew.

Whether this latest splash of extravagance from the likes of Cheng and Teo will be sustained – we’ve seen a few high-rollers come and go in Australia in recent times – remains to be seen, but there are probably a lot more Irishmen, Australians and New Zealanders taking Mandarin classes than ever before.

There’s nothing ironic about that, just good, opportunistic business.

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TALKING TO...

ANDREW THORNTON

Life through a LENSIO While fellow senior rider AP McCoy’s pursuit of a milestone is the focus of much attention, Andrew Thornton is quietly approaching 1,000 winners after 20-plus years in the saddle

By Tim Richards

‘WA’, as he was affectionately known, was a training legend. What effect did he have on a young, impressionable Thornton?

If you did something wrong he would tell you only once and expect you to put it right, and you did. Even though I was very young he gave me a lot of responsibility, with four horses to do. It Andrew Thornton: Gold Cup and King George winner

was a disciplined yard in as much as the head lad, Kit Stobbs, was on duty feeding at 6.30am and you could set your watch by whichever box he was at each morning. Before riding out WA would come and see you on the horse, ask you what the routine would be and always say: “Get on”.

I had an awful lot of respect for him.

You have ridden many high-class horses for some top trainers, the likes of See More Business (Paul Nicholls), Cool Dawn (Robert Alner) and French Holly (Ferdy Murphy). Do they have a common denominator?

They could all get a horse ready for the big day.

Paul Nicholls has done that time and time again. Robert Alner may not have had the same number of opportunities but he could always produce one spot on. Ferdy Murphy was the same, and always up to producing a winner or two at Cheltenham. All three are pretty straightforward to ride for, even more so when they’re winning!

French Holly, a brilliant hurdler and potential top class chaser, tragically died under you in a schooling accident. How

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ou went to a renowned rugbyplaying school, Barnard Castle, which has produced many internationals, including Rob Andrew, the Underwood brothers and Matthew Tait. So how did you end up in racing?

When I went to Barnard Castle I knew I wanted to be a jockey and I was already riding out for ‘WA’ – Arthur Stephenson – in the holidays. But, obviously, I had to accept the fact that you had to go to school first before you could start work! I loved the rugby but it was all amateur – there was never any thought of going down that road because there would not have been a job at the end.

When I was 16 I was playing in the first XV and the coach wanted me to stay on. I was told I would never be a jockey because I was too tall!

But that didn’t change my mind so I left at 16 and went to work at WA’s. I started on £21 a week, including board and lodging.

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>> were you affected at the time and is it something you still think about today?

I rang Ferdy to ask if I could school him over fences as I was due to pass his yard on my way to ride at Hexham. Adrian Maguire schooled with us on Paddy’s Return, but French Holly slipped going into the first fence and the next time he slipped again, put down and turned over. I came off, the horse was shaking on the floor and I knew he had broken his neck.

The irony of the whole thing was that Ferdy questioned whether French Holly really needed a school. Would you believe, I said: “It won’t do him any harm”. You can imagine how I felt.

It took me a long time to get over that. First, because I felt he was the best hurdler and potential chaser I’d ever ridden. Second, because the owner, Kieran Flood, was never keen on him going over fences. Also, both Kieran and Ferdy were good friends of mine. I

“I had never killed a

horse schooling.

It is not an experience you would wish upon your worst enemy” had never killed a horse schooling and it is not an experience you would wish upon even your worst enemy.

There can have been few more emotional triumphs than Miko de Beauchene’s Welsh National success in 2007, following the accident to trainer Robert Alner…

Yes, it even surpassed winning the Gold Cup for Robert on Cool Dawn as far as my

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emotions were concerned. Robert had always visualised Miko de Beauchene as a Welsh National winner so you can imagine how we all felt at the height of the moment at Chepstow. We were beyond ourselves; there was Sally having just taken over the licence and poor Robert so badly injured after his car accident. I have never ridden a horse so hard after the last and the finish was so tight I had no idea if we’d won. When the result of the photo was announced an awful lot of emotion came flooding out. All we wanted to do was give Robert a lift.

You are not only one of the senior members of the weighing-room, but one of the tallest at 5ft 11in. What weight can you do?

I did 10st 4lb last year. I try to be disciplined, even on holiday I am very careful what I eat and never really lose sight of that. Recently we were away and I had fruit salad in the morning, salad at lunchtime and fish and salad in the evenings.

I came back and did 10st 12lb straight away with no wasting or sweating. My weight is much steadier and does not fluctuate anything like as much as it used to. When I get to the races I nearly always have a run round the track before racing, I even used to do that before I became the jockeys’ safety officer.

It has been well documented that you wear contact lenses and carry the nickname ‘Lensio’. Have they been the cause of much mickey-taking among the jockeys?

Plenty! If any of the lads complained when I cut them up in a race I’d shout back: “What do you expect, I can’t see!” I always tell them: “I’m going down the inner because there is a white rail there!” As a teenager at WA’s I didn’t have contact lenses and used to ride out in great big spectacles. So they nicknamed me ‘Eddie’ after Eddie the Eagle. Even now when I bump into

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From l-r: Thornton with Sally Alner after Miko de Beauchene’s Welsh National win; enjoying his Gold Cup victory on Cool Dawn; guiding French Holly to Grade 1 glory

any of WA’s old staff they call me ‘Ed’. The weighing-room is like having a group of big kids in there and there is always great camaraderie.

Mattie Batchelor is very funny, the biggest joker of us all.

Are you affected when you see your colleagues suffer terrible injuries?

Does it ever make you reconsider your profession?

No, it’s part of the job. And the day I reconsider my profession will be the day I give up raceriding. AP has the best saying: “If you don’t want to get hurt, don’t get on a horse.” Injuries are part of our working life. Unfortunately, we’ve all lost some very good friends in racing.

I’m afraid it can and does happen.

What are the most notable changes you have seen in the weighing-room over the past 20 years or so?

That I’m getting closer to the last peg! That’s one thing AP and I have in common. Only the other day AP said to me: “Whatever you do don’t give up.” And I know why he said it, because if I was to give up, he’d be next up.

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ANDREW THORNTON that he got stuck on a fence and staked himself.

Nobody wants to see that. The race hasn’t lost its appeal to the general public but people within the industry believe it is not as big a test as it used to be. Having seen the result this year when a proper old-fashioned chaser, Auroras Encore, won at 66-1, it goes to show that any horse can win. And that must be good for the race. Auroras Encore jumped well all the way round, so let’s stick up for the race and pander to no one. It’s a very safe race and there is nothing more we can do. We shouldn’t have to defend it because there is nothing to defend.

How long can you go on riding for?

As long as I am still enjoying it… that’s a politician’s answer for you! Realistically, I think for two or three more years. It’s all a question of miles on the clock. I didn’t start riding really seriously until I was 21. I didn’t have my first fall for 89 rides. I feel I have longevity on my side and I have looked after my body.

You have been described as “not stylish, but effective” in the saddle.

Would you agree?

Yes, it is the truth and I’ve never been a stylist.

But, quite frankly, I’d rather be “not stylish and effective” than “stylish and not effective”. I started at WA’s riding in wellies and jeans. My first winner was Wrekin Hill in a three-milethree chase and I’ve been mainly known as a chase jockey, which isn’t unfair. I suppose I’ve been pigeonholed, that’s the way it is.

Aintree’s Grand National fences are easier to negotiate now following modifications. As a PJA Safety Officer, did you see this as something that had to happen, or do you feel the race has lost some of its sparkle?

Jockeys don’t ride their horses with enough respect for the fences because the fences are not there to be respected like they used to be. The jockeys are aware of the modifications and know that what’s underneath the spruce is nothing like as tough as it used to be.

So the jockeys know they can get away with much more.

I agree with the changes that have been made to the core of the fences. What the general public don’t realise is that it was not Synchronised’s fall in the Grand National that killed him. It was when he was loose THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER

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that goes hand in hand with their fitness.

Jockeys are fitter than they have ever been.

What has been the best moment of your career?

I’ve got to say winning the Gold Cup on Cool Dawn. The pressure was off because

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day before I had won the SunAlliance Hurdle on French Holly, who was one of the bankers at the meeting. So I could really enjoy the race and then take in every single second of the long walk back to the winner’s enclosure.

It was quite emotional seeing Robert Alner’s smiling face as he greeted me, particularly when you consider how his life has changed.

Of course, the real fairytale was for Cool Dawn’s owner Dido Harding, who had paid only six grand for him. It was the Queen Mother’s last Gold Cup and after she had presented me with the trophy she asked me what I was thinking at the top of the hill, four out. It was almost eerie because I was thinking of my Gran, who had died the previous October and had been my greatest fan always watching me on television. As I came to four out I said to myself: “This is for you, Gran”.

When I told this to the Queen Mother she replied: “She would have been very proud of you.” Do you know, speaking to the Queen Mum made me feel as if I was speaking to my Gran; they were both similar in stature and both passionate about racing. It was a Gold Cup postscript you couldn’t write.

Will you be disappointed if you don’t reach the milestone of 1,000 winners?

Yes, in a word. I’ve got about 65 to go but it

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I relax by… spending time with my partner Yvonne and playing golf

My alternative career… rugby player Horse that means the most to me…

Cool Dawn and Miko de Beauchene

My favourite meal… rare roast beef and Yorkshire pudding Four dinner party guests… Peter Kay, Alan Shearer, Kevin Keegan and Demi Moore Describe yourself in five words… driven, dedicated, passionate, compassionate, relaxed

Jockey to watch out for…

Jamie Hamilton, an amateur with Richard Fahey I am driven by… the challenge of the youngsters Toughest opponent… Russ Garritty, who was one of the best in a finish

I am annoyed by… people being late

seems to be taking me longer to get my 1,000th than it is AP to reach his 4,000th. The aim is to do it in the next couple of seasons, and I should with the two good stables of Caroline Bailey and Seamus Mullins behind me.

Has AP McCoy’s domination of the National Hunt scene, and preoccupation with riding more winners than anyone else, been a good or bad thing for the sport?

A good thing, without a doubt. He is an

example of dedication and bloody mindedness. He has certainly learnt to appreciate all his success more in the last five years and is much more chilled out these days, probably as a result of having a family. He enjoys it all a lot more.

He has done plenty of good for the game.

On his way into any racecourse he will sign every autograph and have his photo taken with racegoers. And he is definitely a much more rounded person than he was a few years ago.

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THE BIG INTERVIEW JOHN FERGUSON

A man of many

PARTS

Bloodstock advisor to Sheikh Mohammed, company chairman, racehorse trainer... it’s a good job John Ferguson has boundless energy to juggle his various commitments Words Alan Lee • Photos George Selwyn

J

ohn Ferguson swings his jeep through the electric gates and pulls up next to a small barn. Just 11 horses are inside, all unraced, and Ferguson gazes wonderingly at each in turn. “I can come up here and dream any time I want,” he says.

Most of us, reading that paragraph, would assume it is expensive yearlings beguiling the man known chiefly as Sheikh Mohammed’s bloodstock advisor. But no, very different thoroughbreds occupy Kings Yard at Ferguson’s Bloomfields property.

These are stoutly-bred National Hunt horses that may not see a racecourse until they are five years old. Ferguson is in no hurry. He is a patient man, as well as a compellingly positive one. “Tomorrow is always more exciting than yesterday,” is a favourite mantra.

It is one he has needed to invoke many times of late.

At 53, Ferguson leads a double life. No, make that a treble life. Darley is the day job and he oversees it with unswerving pride. Less well known is his chairmanship of a company named Falcon, created when Dubai briefly hit the financial buffers and existing to promote the country and support its ruler.

His other life is here at Bloomfields, a few miles out of Newmarket but a million miles from its hectic roads and regimented gallops.

Here, on a stunningly rural site he expanded beyond 100 acres by buying fields from adjacent farms, Ferguson is indulging his ambition to train jumpers. He started “with no plan at all” but, three years in, this is a serious National Hunt operation.

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Ferguson has 48 horses, two-thirds of them off the Flat. They are trained on a six-furlong woodchip gallop, winding up an avenue of trees that might easily be in Chantilly, and a half-mile gallop of deep and testing sand.

Between times, they are subjected to as intensive a schooling regime as I have seen anywhere, much of it done loose around a large sand ring.

“I’ve a feeling I school horses more often than most but jumping, surely, is everything,” Ferguson says. “They have to want to do it.

“Training is my fun. I can pretend it’s a business but it’s not, though these things are fun only if they’re done well – we have always been ambitious.”

But while knowing he is blessed to be able to dismiss the financial imperatives of most National Hunt trainers, Ferguson cares deeply about methods and results.

In his first season with a licence, he trained 24 winners and had a runner-up at the Cheltenham Festival. His second term brought one fewer winner but much more prize-money. His third has already enjoyed a fruitful summer.

In truth, training jumpers may also have been a welcome haven during these troubling months for anyone close to Sheikh Mohammed. Few are closer than Ferguson and he could hardly be untouched by the springtime scandal, which saw Mahmood Al Zarooni summarily banished from Moulton Paddocks for administering anabolic steroids.

“It’s been a nightmare,” he says candidly. “In the fantastically successful racing lifetime of

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Sheikh Mohammed, it’s unquestionably the greatest disappointment both for him and the team. One man made a massive error and will forever pay the price. He has to live with that.

It might have been done from a desire to win but it’s called cheating.”

As part of the rarefied inner circle, Ferguson saw the effect it had on his boss, the ruminative silences to which it reduced him.

Al Zarooni was very much the sheikh’s project and he had to come to terms with what happened.

“He knew the guy well, his trust was broken and that’s obviously extremely hard to cope with,” he says. “But I never feared that everything would change.

“This is a man who lives for challenges.

When everything is going wonderfully well, he’s almost bored. Of course I’m not suggesting he remotely enjoyed all this but it has reinvigorated him to get it right. It was an Emirati who let him down and that hurt. But many thousands of Emiratis are wonderful people and they don’t deserve to be tarred

“My military

background demands structure. As for energy, my mother is a walking dynamo” with the same brush. Sheikh Mohammed will do all he can to promote them – it didn’t work this time but he won’t give up.

“You don’t build Dubai by walking away after one guy disappoints you. Failure is not getting up again. If ever there was a man who is not afraid of failure, it’s the boss.”

Naturally, Ferguson has a lot for which he must be grateful to the sheikh, yet the reverse also applies. At least until this year, the racing and bloodstock empire of Sheikh Mohammed seemed bywords for efficiency and productivity, and much of that was down to the organisational skills and boundless energy of Ferguson.

Such virtues came from each of his parents, who now live barely two miles away and follow his new career avidly. “My father commanded the Scots Guards, in which I also did three years’ service,” he says. “My military background demands structure. As for energy, my mother is a walking dynamo and I think it’s probably genetic. But, frankly, it’s so easy to have energy if you love what you’re doing.”

This is palpably true of Ferguson, whose enthusiasm for life is reflected in output.

Somehow he contrives to conduct three jobs,

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any one of which would be enough for most mortals. Darley employs 1,000 people and Falcon has 40 Dubai-based staff. How Ferguson finds time to train is a wonder, yet he explains it all very simply, saying: “Darley is still my main focus. It’s my responsibility to make sure the ship sails in the right direction but I have a lot of very good people there now. If I was still having to travel as much as I used to, I’d have created the wrong team.

“Darley had to take a step back during the financial crisis, as it wouldn’t have been right for Sheikh Mohammed to be seen to be spending millions on yearlings when the rest of Dubai was struggling. At that time, in 2009, I created a strategic communications company that

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Above: Ferguson at home at Bloomfields, only a few miles outside Newmarket but feeling like a million miles away from the hustle and bustle of racing’s headquarters Left: Sheikh Mohammed has been supportive of Ferguson’s training career

explains to the world what the boss and Dubai is all about, through events, conferences, magazines and other outlets.

“I’m chairman of Falcon but I have a brilliant MD who runs it on a day-today basis. One of the best things Sheikh Mohammed has taught me is delegation. I will regularly fly out on a Saturday night, work through

Sunday in Dubai and then catch the 2am flight back. I’m out with second lot and the staff hardly know I’ve been away.”

If it all sounds exhausting, Ferguson seems as immune to fatigue as he is to bad moods.

Dawn has barely broken as first lot pulls out at Bloomfields and the trainer, despite bringing a chesty cold back from Dubai the previous day, is in sparkling humour. “I’m not a worrier and I’m not a shouter,” he says reflectively. “I remember the last time I shouted at one of the kids. It was eight years ago and I spent six months regretting it.”

He has three children – James, a university graduate now working for Sir Mark Prescott, Georgina, employed in the London fashion industry, and teenager Alex, who has recently ridden his first winners on the Flat.

Bloomfields, named after the house he bought from fellow bloodstock agent David Minton almost 20 years ago, is now the registered owner of all the horses he trains.

“There were too many Fergusons on the page,” he explains. “It felt like me, me, me.

This has a better ring to it, a team feel.”

The idea of training gripped Ferguson on his 50th birthday, when he was out walking with the dog. “I’d always thought I would run a stud farm here if Sheikh Mohammed sacked me,” he says. “Then I realised that training would be much more fun.”

He went to his employer for approval and received it so unreservedly that most of the early horses in his care were sent by him.

Ferguson continues: “It was going to be only a few of our own pointers at first. Then the boss said I should try with a couple of his Flat horses – one of which was Cotton Mill. It went well, so he sent a few more. We have a bias of Flat horses literally through the kindness of Sheikh Mohammed, but I’ve now bought some stores to balance it. If you’re going to do this, you might as well try to win the big chases and we’re not going to do that with most of these Flat horses.”

He has 48 boxes spread across three yards.

The two outer yards are called Kings and Mulligans.

“Politically correct,” he says mischievously.

“King was my wife Fiona’s maiden name and Mulligan was my mother’s. We have enough boxes now to do things the way I want. I have no intention of getting any bigger or training for other people – to accommodate that I’d have to change my lifestyle.”

Ferguson is aware he was initially regarded with suspicion and apprehension by the jumps community.

“There was a lot of chat, a lot of rumour, a lot of speculation that this was Sheikh Mohammed trying to take over jumps racing,” he says. “The biggest single factor for me was when I went to the Derby Sale in Ireland in my first year. I could feel the eyes on me, the apprehension – but then I was outbid at

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â&#x201A;Ź3,500 for a Beneficial gelding and everyone realised it was only me. From then on, trainers back here knew there was no hidden agenda.â&#x20AC;?

Not that jumping was alien to him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was in the blood,â&#x20AC;? he confirms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mother is very Irish and it was natural to love jumping. I worked for Nick Gaselee and led up in the Grand National when I was 17. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never forget that. When I arrived back in the game I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how I would be received, but everyone has been very friendly.â&#x20AC;?

It is a reaction Ferguson inspires through his openness and enthusiasm. His staff is led by James Owen, a champion point-to-point rider and capable assistant, and Charlotte Morrell, â&#x20AC;&#x153;who came here 15 years ago to look after three ponies and two huntersâ&#x20AC;?.

Work riders include the recently retired Alex Merriam and Denis Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan, recruited as stable jockey â&#x20AC;&#x153;because you need the equivalent of a Champions League striker if you are going to compete at the top level.â&#x20AC;?

That, assuredly, is where he aims to be. This year, it will be with Flat converts such as Cotton Mill, New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve,

Ruacana, Sea Lord and â&#x20AC;&#x153;my secret weaponâ&#x20AC;? Dubai Prince. In the future, he hopes, it will be with the store horses he

is nurturing in Kings yard.

Already, he has competed hard at two Cheltenham festivals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hit the crossbar in our first year,â&#x20AC;? he recalls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve finishing second to Champagne Fever was a huge moment â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so too, in a different way, was Cotton Mill running out through the wing at the second last in the Neptune. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sit and watch that back, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just too painful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last season we took a house near the track for the first time and lived in the atmosphere for four days. We had the Fred Winter favourite in Bordoni but he cracked a knee in the race. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way it goes. Cheltenham is not supposed to be easy.â&#x20AC;?

Sheikh Mohammed has not appeared alongside Ferguson at Cheltenham, or at any other jumps fixtures, but that does not mean he takes no interest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He comes here to watch schooling occasionally and he will follow that horse running at Sedgefield or Hexham, especially if heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seen the jockey fall off the day before,â&#x20AC;? Ferguson says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He loves horses and he never regarded me as a trainer, so the idea amuses him.â&#x20AC;?

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Retiring to GAZELEY STUD in 2014

was a very precocious and top class 2-y-o.

He was extremely sound with a great constitution and was an exceptional looking horse with a great temperament.

Trainer Marcus Tregoning

Bay, 2006, 16.1hh,

Gr.2 winner over 7 furlongs at 3 Gr.3 winner and Gr.1 placed at 2 Winner of 3 races, 5f-7f, and placed 6 times, including: WON Gr.2

LENNOX STAKES, Goodwood, 7f, at 3, beating JJ The Jet Plane (Gr.1 x 5), Regal Parade (Gr.1 x 2), Balthazar’s Gift (Gr.2 x 3) and three Gr.3 winners.

WON Gr.3

MOLECOMB STAKES, Goodwood, 5f, at 2, beating three other Stakes winners.

3rd Gr.1

DEWHURST STAKES, Newmarket, 7f, at 2 (sh hd).

by ROYAL APPLAUSE – Alhufoof (Dayjur)

Rated higher than ACCLAMATION by Timeform The only son of ROYAL APPLAUSE standing in the UK By a Champion Sire of 2yos from the family of Gr.1 1000 Guineas winner LAHAN

Defeated 7 Group 1 winners, including RIP VAN WINKLE, BUSHRANGER, CITYSCAPE, ART CONNOISSEUR and LORD SHANAKILL. Timeform rated 116 at 2: 122 at 3

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The MAGNIFICENT winner of The Eclipse Stakes Gr.1, The Prince of Wales's Stakes Gr.1 and The Tattersalls Gold Cup Stakes Gr.1

MOTIVATOR

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PACO BOY

“The AMAZING thing about the Paco Boys is how strong and formed they all are.

I’m thrilled to have a few cracking colts in the yard for next year.”

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THE ART OF PINHOOKING

Luck or

JUDGEMENT?

EMMA BERRY

Nearly a quarter of the yearlings in the Tattersalls Book 1 catalogue were ‘pinhooked’ as foals. After a record three days of trading, we asked some of the leading players about the risks and rewards of their game

Many of the weanlings bought at this month’s sales will return to the ring next autumn for the growing band of pinhookers

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on’t feel sorry for the punter, who will have no more than 20-odd horses to choose from. Think instead of the pinhooker, with a selection of thousands. With the close of the yearling season, step forward foals, one of the riskiest commodities for speculators on the trading floor.

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The level of business at last year’s foal auctions was high and this year’s yearling market has rewarded boldness but whether the wave will surge onwards and upwards remains to be seen.

Pinhooking is an old Kentucky tobacco trading term (a buyer would identify the plants

at market with a pinned note) and burned fingers are always a possibility. But there have been some spectacular coups along the way, most famously Timmy Hyde’s 1983 purchase of Shergar’s only auctioned foal for a thenrecord IR325,000gns and his resale the next year for a then-record of IR3.1 million gns.

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Our experts JOE FOLEY Ballyhane Stud, Co Carlow

PETER KAVANAGH Kildaragh Stud, Co Kildare

ROGER O’CALLAGHAN Tally-Ho Stud, Co Westmeath

DAVID POWELL Catridge Farm, Wiltshire

JAMIE RAILTON Darshams Farm, Suffolk

CHARLIE VIGORS

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Hillwood Stud, Wiltshire

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What do you need for pinhooking success? Is it art or science?

What is the first thing you look for in a foal?

You need a lot of luck, a lot of vision and a lot of bravery. You have to have foresight about how the horse is going to shape up and vision on how his pedigree is going to go and whether his sire will be fashionable in 12 months’ time.

Athleticism.

A combination of both. But a lot of the time there is a feeling. You have to marry your judgement of a pedigree with your budget and blend in the individual. It’s a combination of several factors with an element of luck. But you have to work hard at it, you need a lot of dedication and time.

Presence, balance, motion, a certain amount of quality, and I suppose features that you like to see in the sire line being replicated. You want something that appeals in the individual and then hope he’ll strike a similar impact with whoever is looking at him the following year.

It’s a skill that you can develop.

Definitely a bit of gut feeling but you learn in time what works.

No arse, no horse. You think and hope you can see the racehorse down the line and you have your opinion, right or wrong.

Luck. Lots of luck. So many people have different things they look at, different things they like, which is just as well. As long as they walk well and come within budget we’ll have a go.

The whole picture when it comes out and when it’s walking it’s got to be a good free mover with good limbs under it. And you hope you can see what it’s going to grow in to.

It’s a combination of everything, including luck and also numbers; the person that gets it right 100% of the time hasn’t yet been born. And away from the horse in front of you, understanding your market. I’ve spent an awful lot of money making mistakes; there’s a lot of pain and heartache along the way for the good moments.

Everyone has different criteria, and there are people who are a lot better at it than me, but in the end I think it just comes down to horsemanship. Presence and conformation are important and I think I focus more on the individual than the pedigree than I did when I started. But what works for one doesn’t necessarily work for another.

Everyone has different tastes, one man’s meat is another’s poison. You learn over time, with practice and good and bad experiences, what you like and think will go forward. The physical is the first thing; when a horse comes out you have a gut feeling and can make a snap decision about whether you like a horse. Based on other factors the like-o-meter gets adjusted up or down. And be sure to remember at what sale you’ll be pitching the foal you buy.

Presence and outlook, whether they fill your eye and strike you. Then you go through your own checklist of what you can accept and what you can’t accept. But the initial impression is most important. With years of watching horses grow and develop you hope you can see which way they’ll go.

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THE ART OF PINHOOKING Should pinhooking come with a wealth warning?

Will the strength of the yearling sales mean the foals will go mad too?

Who will be this year’s sexy first-crop sire?

It should come with a health warning as well, for the stress and tension it causes.

Like any high-risk activity it can provide an adrenalin rush. It can be a high-gain activity; if you get it right it can work for you but it’s a precarious business – you’re constantly evaluating risk and value – and it’s not for everybody.

It’s all about value. The yearling market seems strong, and it is in areas, but it’s also patchy. It’s not a free-for-all and it will be the same at the foal sales.

People are aware of the pitfalls and it will be tough to buy. Everyone will want the nice ones as usual, but somewhere in the middle there will be value.

Apart from my own two, Roderic O’Connor and Frozen Power, whose first foals are lovely, I’m looking forward to seeing the foals by Poet’s Voice. But you have to be careful, some firstseason horses are more popular for foals than yearlings and you have to evaluate it carefully.

Maybe it should, but it’s a quite fascinating thing to do. There is safety in numbers, but that has to be put in context, for the numbers take more work and dilute the time and energy that you have to put in. Buy the best you can afford, but it’s best to aim a little higher than a little lower.

Most of the people have been in it year in year out, know the score and there’ll be a certain amount of caution. Maybe the yearling sales will mean some new people will be attracted to pinhooking foals. The season has given the breeders a lot of encouragement and augers well for European bloodstock in the years ahead.

Dream Ahead will make a big impact.

We’ve seen a few of them, strong burly individuals, and have been impressed.

First-crop horses haven’t got any sins against them and people are less prejudiced against them. That helps when selling them as yearlings. Proven horses are probably better for breeders and if a pinhooker can hop on one that’s on an upward curve that can be rewarding.

You can strike it rich or you can definitely strike it poor. There are easier ways to make a living and this way is not for the faint-hearted. It’s definitely a numbers game but we don’t do partnerships; my father [Tony] and myself stand the risks.

We always think the foal sales are mad every year and I think the market will be as good as last year.

But we buy the ones we like and stick to that.

Ask me that next July. I buy the ones I like and whether the sire is proven or unproven doesn’t matter.

You have to have an open mind and when most people go left I think I’d maybe go right. Today’s shit can be tomorrow’s glory.

Yes! Definitely. Nothing’s guaranteed with pinhooking at all. You can buy one for ten grand and make a hundred, and vice versa. There’s safety in numbers if you’re going to come back and do it year after year. We used to buy one or two, now we try to buy six or seven, some owned outright, some in partnerships. To make money, it’s a numbers game.

I’m sure it will. Nice colts, and fillies with a pedigree, will be stronger than ever, for better or for worse.

I like to try to buy foals by proven commercial sires, say like Kyllachy, but a lot of people make money out of firstcrop sires. But whatever comes along at my price range that I like, I don’t really mind. Of the first-croppers, I’m looking forward to seeing foals by Canford Cliffs and Poet’s Voice.

I’m encouraging pinhooking investors, who will have a portfolio of foals. But you have to be prepared for an awful lot of pain. You win some and lose some; like children you never know which way they’re going to develop.

Inevitably. It will be hard to find value and it will be legwork dawn ‘til dusk.

Poet’s Voice. But it’s all about minimising risk. Most people don’t hate first-crop sires because they’ve done nothing wrong. But you have to have an open mind. As soon as you give yourself parameters you’re restricting your opportunities. You have to think outside the box.

Yes! It can go spectacularly wrong as well as right, and the ones that go right cover the cracks for the others. You only read about the good ones but you can’t get it right 100% of the time. In our first year we got lucky with just two but you really need numbers to end up in profit overall. We started with syndicates to spread the risk and we still have some going but increasingly we own more ourselves.

The foals the market wants will be tough to buy, the ones the market doesn’t want difficult to sell, same as ever. You have to keep to your principles, make your valuation and not get carried away. I know Book 1 was Disneyland, but when trainers have a more realistic £40,00050,000 order you have to remember you can’t be paying more than twenty grand for the one they’ll be buying.

Haven’t even thought about it!

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Our experts

What is the best advice you’ve been given?

What has been your most satisfying pinhook?

JOE FOLEY

Don’t do it!

When I was 18, I picked out a King Of Spain colt for 1,600 guineas at Newmarket [in 1987] and sold him for 15,000gns at Doncaster, my first pinhook. He was named Horsey Pie and ran accordingly.

Hasten slowly.

It’s going back to early days but horses like Broken Hearted [bought for 8,000gns in 1984, traded back for 66,000gns], who turned out to be a Group 2 winner, stick in the mind. You get the initial satisfaction from making a profit and then more satisfaction in that they’ve been through your hands and maybe you shaped them in some way.

It’s a game best played long.

It would have to be Myboycharlie [bought for €13,000 in 2005, sold for 54,000gns, winner of the Group 1 Prix Morny]. He was the first good horse Dad and I had, a lovely foal, good walker with loads of quality.

Never spend more than you can afford to lose.

A horse like Naheez, way back. I bought him cheaply, for a couple of thousand dollars, in America and sold him for 16,000gns, and he was third in the Derby [in 1987]. I take most pleasure when a pinhook wins a race.

It’s a vindication of my judgement.

James Delahooke, who has trained most of us, always said focus on the individual.

One that meant a lot was a First Trump horse [bought for 34,000gns, sold for 70,000gns), who saved me from going out of business. And there was satisfaction from a Red Ransom colt I bought for $100,000 as a foal. He missed the yearling sales and I had to persuade Tattersalls to take him as a two-year-old and he topped the sale at 270,000gns.

I learned a lot from my mother, a lot of what she imparted while we were at Kingwood has stuck. Nothing in particular, just broad good advice across the board from her and James Delahooke. You listen to people you work for and try to pick out the best of everything.

Dubai’s Touch. We bought him for 27,000gns in our last year at Kingwood [2004] and sold him for 115,000gns in our first year when we set up at Hillwood with just two yearlings. He went on to be a stakes winner and is the horse that set the whole thing going at an important time.

Ballyhane Stud, Co Carlow

PETER KAVANAGH Kildaragh Stud, Co Kildare

ROGER O’CALLAGHAN Tally-Ho Stud, Co Westmeath

DAVID POWELL Catridge Farm, Wiltshire

JAMIE RAILTON Darshams Farm, Suffolk

CHARLIE VIGORS Hillwood Stud, Wiltshire

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THE ART OF PINHOOKING TOP 20 OCTOBER BOOK 1 PINHOOKS Lot

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Horse

c Raven’s Pass

Foal Price

Yearling Price

Difference (gns)

Consignor

Buyer

75,000gns

525,000gns

450,000

Tally-Ho Stud

Al Shaqab Racing

128

c New Approach

100,000gns

440,000gns

340,000

Athassel House Stud

John Ferguson BS

424

c Invincible Spirit

€175,000

450,000gns

311,112

Croom House Stud

C Gordon-Watson BS

32

c Sea The Stars

€310,000

550,000gns

303,969

Camas Park Stud

Al Shaqab Racing

167

f Lope De Vega

74

f New Approach

€125,000

400,000gns

300,795

Baroda & Colbinstown Studs

Shadwell Estates

165,000gns

450,000gns

285,000

Highclere Stud

Al Shaqab Racing

269

f Montjeu

37,000gns

300,000gns

263,000

Jamie Railton

David Redvers

312

c New Approach

45,000gns

270,000gns

225,000

Mountain View Stud

John Ferguson BS

316

c Arcano

77,000gns

300,000gns

223,000

Kilminfoyle House Stud

Shadwell Estates

100,000gns

320,000gns

220,000

Carmel Stud

Al Shaqab Racing

64

c Exceed And Excel

235

c Rip Van Winkle

181

c Teofilo

227

c Exceed And Excel

239

c Tamayuz

52

85,000gns

300,000gns

215,000

Camas Park Stud

MV Magnier

€50,000

250,000gns

210,318

Tinnakill House Stud

Shadwell Estates

110,000gns

320,000gns

210,000

Carmel Stud

Al Shaqab Racing

38,000gns

220,000gns

182,000

Lynn Lodge Stud

Shadwell Estates

c Teofilo

140,000gns

320,000gns

180,000

Rathbarry Stud

John Ferguson BS

399

c Lawman

110,000gns

280,000gns

170,000

Clairemont Stud

Tony Nerses

472

c Zebedee

4

c Makfi

€65,000

220,000gns

168,414

Kilmoney Cottage Stud

Amanda Skiffington

87,000gns

230,000gns

143,000

Hillwood BS

Al Shaqab Racing

156

f Cape Cross

105,000gns

240,000gns

135,000

Camas Park Stud

C Gordon-Watson BS

82

c Shamardal

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BREEDERS’ DIGEST

By EMMA BERRY, Bloodstock Editor

Our extended bloodstock coverage this month includes:

• Sales Circuit: economic overview and round-ups from the yearling sales – pages 62-70 • Caulfield Files: Storm Cat’s rising prominence as a broodmare sire in Japan – pages 73-74

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conference called ‘Leaders In Racing’ has been staged to coincide with the start of Book 1 of Tattersalls’ October Yearling Sale. A more unsuitable date in the calendar is hard to imagine, when all those that make such an enormous financial contribution to the sport – the stallions masters and major owners and breeders from around the world – are gathered at Park Paddocks for the most influential sale in Europe. It’s unlikely that a similar clash would arise in Ireland, where horseracing and breeding are woven into the fabric of the nation, and those that run the sport are mostly involved at all levels, right from the breeding shed.

Significant global investment While speeches were being given at Chelsea Football Club, more than £73 million was changing hands during Book 1 alone. When Books 2 and 3 were added to the tally, a total of £114,457,140 had been spent in the small country town of Newmarket, which drew investors from Qatar, Dubai, Australia, America, China, Hong Kong, Japan, India and beyond.

There was a similarly strong international band of buyers at the Orby Sale, but it isn’t just by chance that some of the world’s richest men and women pitch up at Tattersalls and Goffs to part with a portion of their wealth. Both sales companies go to

considerable lengths to attract this clientele, with teams of representatives touring the world, to both established and emerging racing nations, to promote the merits of British and Irish bloodstock. The Great British Racing International appointment of the effervescent and experienced Carter Carnegie is a welcome one, and it is hoped that he is encouraged to strengthen relationships with the bloodstock industry to promote racing’s core product – the thoroughbred.

In a sense that job is made easier by the continued success of runners from these countries in all corners of the world. This month again, the Melbourne Cup field will feature many runners who started their careers in Europe but whose sought-after bloodlines ensured decent sums were paid by owners desperate to win the world’s most coveted staying race.

As well as mixing with international investors, whose very presence in the UK is invaluable when taking racing’s case to the government, feedback from the sport’s constant investors should also be sought. The travelling band of sales folk – breeders, consignors and pinhookers – have taken the hits in hard times, but have regrouped, restocked and reinvested. Yet another good reason why the biggest yearling sale in Europe should not be overshadowed.

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he last few days have been spent watching the fearless Iva Milickova, a former jockey from the Czech Republic, become the first person to ride a handful of yearling fillies to have joined our yard from recent sales.

Every autumn there’s a fresh sense of wonder at seeing the yearlings progress from being sales graduates to horses in training – mostly at their readiness to accept what is being asked of them. Of course sales yearlings are already semi broken-in, having been lunged in a roller and walked out in hand throughout the weeks building up to their turn in the ring. They are streets ahead of the homebreds who come straight from the farm – though even they will be used to being led and having their feet picked up for the farrier, and again are far more advanced than other breeds at the same stage in life.

The speed with which thoroughbreds can run is matched by the speed with which they learn but even with such a willing and able pupil, having the right teacher is essential for future success. Trainers and jockeys receive the lion’s share of praise when a horse wins a big race but there are plenty of people who have contributed to that horse’s progression throughout its short life.

That starts of course with the stud farm workers, the first to handle the foals, often within minutes of birth as the newborn attempts those first wobbly steps. Through weaning and sales prep, the young racehorses in the making learn to trust their human friends, a relationship which becomes ever more vital when they arrive at pre-training or training yards. How well a horse is presented at a sale makes a huge difference to its sales price, just as how well a horse has been handled in its formative months makes a difference to its behaviour and future wellbeing once in training.

The contribution by breeders and stud workers to horseracing should not go unrecognised, though it’s hard not to feel that it’s a sector largely overlooked by the administrative officers of the sport. It’s puzzling that for the last few years a

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SALES CIRCUIT: ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

By PHILIP FREEDMAN

Confidence fully restored Cyclical nature of business means breeders must beware inflated nomination fees

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pdating the chart used in last year’s analysis of the bloodstock market would at a first glance give the impression of growth in all sectors of the market. The reality is rather different, as, with more horses sold for over £500,000, and over £200,000, the growth in these sectors account for more than the total increase in horses sold for over £100,000, with the number sold for between £100,000 and £200,000 dropping from 300 to 294.

To call this a flight to quality would give an equally misleading impression of market sentiment, but nevertheless what growth there has been has been increasingly concentrated at the top of the market where a small number of buyers chasing the same horses have pushed prices for a small number of horses to unprecedented levels.

Just as international demand for superprime London property is not indicative of the market as a whole, nor is the demand for some two hundred yearlings fetching over £200,000, particularly at a time when the number of mares covered by stallions standing at over £50,000 is well in excess of a thousand.

With the continuation of the upturn in the market in 2013, coupled with breeders enjoying (a term best used loosely) the lowest stallion fees in recent years as the 2011 covering season reflected the continuing reduction in yearling prices evidenced post the 2008 financial downturn, bottoming out in 2010, the recent sales season may well represent the peak of this cycle as far as breeders’ profitability is concerned. As stallion prices started to increase in 2012, lagging the 2011 upturn in yearling prices as one would expect, breeders are increasingly vulnerable to any drop in demand.

At the top of the market the average for the 200 most expensive yearlings sold in Europe reached £405,000, up 20% on 2012, and now 50% ahead of the 2011 figure. Given that the mean is so heavily influenced by two recordbreaking yearlings, a more representative

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figure may be the median of the top 200, 500 and 1,000, and whereas this shows that to have purchased the 100th most expensive yearling in Europe would this year have cost £315,000, still over 20% above last year’s figure and just under 50% more than in 2011, the 250th by contrast cost £168,000, a rise of only 8.5% on 2012.

Comparisons with the 2007 peak show a similar trend, with the 100th most expensive yearling 36% more expensive than its 2007 counterpart, against the 250th costing only 7% more than in 2013. The result for the 500th shows almost no change on both last

year’s figure, and that of 2007.

Two other particularly noteworthy features of the 2013 sales season was the attitude of vendors in Book 1 of Tattersalls’ October Sale.

Not only did the number of yearlings registered as either not sold or vendor buybacks increase, despite the reduction in the size of the catalogue, but the percentage of those unsold at over £100,000 increased from 32% of those failing to sell in 2012 to 42% in 2013, and the share of buybacks at £200,000 plus increased from 11% to 17%.

This was not replicated in any other European yearling sale and by contrast in

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£500,000 8 12 12 19 14 14 21 8 10 17 19 14 12 9 12 28 30

£200,000 69 80 78 127 109 97 115 88 139 144 146 156 123 94 111 161 198

£100,000 212 208 249 333 265 256 325 278 384 420 492 430 408 308 387 461 492

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Book 1 of the Keeneland September Sale while horses failing to sell for over £100,000 ($160,000) represented 37% of all buy-backs, the £200,000 buy-back was a comparative rarity with 12 out of 875 catalogued against 19 out of 543 in Newmarket.

As well as increased buy-backs, vendors at Tattersalls have increasingly tended to follow the American trend of withdrawing horses where there was either little demand, or demand which vendors did not believe would match their expectations.

This was particularly noticeable on the Thursday, when in the absence of Sheikh Joaan the buoyant conditions of the previous two days never looked like being replicated, and only 61% of horses

“The top end is not only a small proportion of the broader market but has decoupled from it” catalogued were recorded as being sold, in contrast to 66% for the sale as a whole (itself some way down on the 72% achieved in 2012.) Overall withdrawals as a percentage of yearlings catalogued rose from 10.9% to 12.2%, but stood at over 14% on the sale’s final day.

In terms of market share, Tattersalls’ dominant position within Europe was confirmed, continuing to sell almost 60% of the top 1,000 yearlings by number, while Goffs/DBS increased both their numerical

share (up from 16% to 21%) at the expense of Arqana, whose share dropped from 21% to 16%.

Looking at market share by value, Goffs/DBS again benefitted, rising from 14% to 18%, at the expense of both Tattersalls (down from 66% to 63%) and Arqana (from 17.5% to 16.5%).

The recovery from the post 2008 slump is complete and no one can deny that confidence has been fully restored to the market. Whether the number of buy-backs in Book 1 is indicative of over-confidence in that particular segment of the market remains to be seen.

In a business as cyclical as bloodstock, with the financial consequences of fluctuations in sentiment made even more turbulent by the long lags between the cost of production being established and the returns in the market place being generated, the greatest danger facing breeders now is getting sucked into paying nomination prices inflated by the top end. This sector is not only a small proportion of the broader bloodstock market, but has decoupled from it.

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SALES CIRCUIT

By CARL EVANS and EMMA BERRY

Tattersalls October Book 1

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ollowers of bloodstock and racing will remember the autumn of 2013 as the time when Sheikh Joaan Al Thani of Qatar upped his game in the two industries.

First his colours were carried to victory in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe by Treve, and just two days later, at the opening of Tattersalls’ October Sale Book 1, he went on a spending spree. On the second day he created a world record price for a yearling filly when parting with 5,000,000gns for a daughter of Galileo.

On the third day he rested, but his prominent role was not over, for the following week he lifted Ascot’s Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at QIPCO British Champions’ Day courtesy of Olympic Glory.

The Galileo-sired record breaker will not have to win so much as a maiden to be an asset to Sheikh Joaan’s breeding plans – although new trainer Andre Fabre will be hoping for something more – for as a full-sister to Oaks winner Was and a very close relative of Derby winner and sire New Approach, she is an exclusive gem whose bloodlines are purple and precious. She was bred at the Burns family’s Lodge Park Stud in Ireland and offered to the ring by them, becoming the latest jackpot rollover by the now 14-year-old Alluring Park (Green Desert).

That same mare’s 2011 Galileo filly sold to Sheikh Joaan for 1,500,000gns at Book 1 last year, while Was herself was a 1,200,000gns sale topper in 2010 – perhaps so many millions dull the sense of celebration, for in post-sale discourse with journalists, Damian and Patrick Burns and their mother Patricia,

Damian, Patricia and Patrick Burns of Lodge Park Stud, vendor of the record-breaker

were obliging, modest, but immovably grounded.

In Sheikh Joaan, racing appears to have found another huge player – his French stud, Haras de Bouquetot, stands its first stallion, Style Vendome, in the new year – following on the heels of another recent welcome benefactor, his cousin Sheikh Fahad.

While Sheikh Joaan bought 16 yearlings for 10,260,000gns at Book 1, Sheikh Fahad continued to accrue stock at a slightly gentler pace, sourcing 13 youngsters for

“The Galileo-sired

record-breaker will not have to win so much as a maiden to be a breeding asset” Tattersalls October Book 1 Top lots Sex/Breeding

Vendor

F Galileo-Alluring Park

Lodge Park Stud

Price (gns) 5,000,000

Buyer Al Shaqab Racing

F Galileo- Shastye

Newsells Park Stud

3,600,000

MV Magnier

C Oasis Dream-Tariysha

Corduff Stud

1,100,000

Shadwell Estate Co

C Oasis Dream-Dar Re Mi

Watership Down Stud

850,000

C Gordon-Watson

F Galileo-Frappe

Lofts Hall Stud

775,000

MV Magnier

C Oasis Dream-Briolette

Barronstown Stud

650,000

J Ferguson B/S

C Montjeu-First Breeze

Glenvale Stud

650,000

J Warren B/S

C Dubawi-Demisemiquaver

Highclere Stud

650,000

J Ferguson B/S

C Galileo-Field of Hope

Highclere Stud

650,000

Blandford B/S

C Oasis Dream-Annabelle’s Charm

Castlebridge Consignment

625,000

J Ferguson B/S

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Sold

Agg (gns)

Mdn (gns)

Avg (gns)

Top Price (gns)

2013

339

70,343,000

207,501

130,000

5,000,000

2012

418

68,102,500

162,925

100,000

2,500,000

2011

364

51,634,000

141,852

100,000

1,700,000

2010

449

48,243,000

107,445

70,000

1,200,000

2009

474

53,735,000

113,365

78,000

700,000

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Newsells Park Stud’s 3.6m-guinea Galileo colt in the ring

2,605,000gns. In a Racing UK interview during the sale he stated that his approach was different to his cousin’s, yet he was not shy when the apple of his eye stepped into the ring.

This was another Galileo, a colt this time, offered by Newsells Park Stud. Bidding through his racing and bloodstock manager, David Redvers, Sheikh Fahad opened bidding for the half-brother to dual Oaks runner-up Secret Gesture at 1,000,000gns. John Magnier joined in and pressed on past 2,500,000gns at which point Redvers demurred and his client began bidding in person.

Magnier gained the day at 3,600,000gns, but this was another example of a Qatar investor driving up the market. It was a resounding success for Newsells Park, its best result since the late Klaus Jacobs bought the stud in 2000, and helped it claim kudos as Book 1’s leading vendor for the first time, with 16 yearlings sold for 7,215,000gns.

Galileo was the dominant sire once again (30 sold for 18,120,000gns), and while his halo is certainly not slipping just because he only had four horses in the top ten (compared to seven last year) one stallion on the move was Oasis Dream, who also had four horses on the leader board.

The leading buyer was John Ferguson on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed (and doubtless some Maktoum family members), although he steered away from seven-figure acts, buying 42 horses for 10,450,000gns. In the blaze of publicity over Qatar’s young bucks it should not be forgotten that the Dubai-based Maktoum brothers are currently racing and bloodstock’s most influential entity.

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SALES CIRCUIT >> yearling sales had enjoyed excellent figures –

but record turnover, average and median gilded expectations. Not all vendors were able to join in the feast, as the market remains selective on conformation, stallion and page, and some felt a two-day sale would be more appropriate. That would push some horses into Book 2, and risk creating another Houghton Sale of pure diamonds and little else. In fact this year’s catalogue was the second-smallest since Book 1 was founded.

Tattersalls October Book 2 Another yearling sale, another set of record figures.

It would be a mistake to become blasé about Northern European sales’ companies’ ability to sell bloodstock, but in 2013 they have more or less all enjoyed spectacular trade. A number of top-quality stallions and mares, highlyprofessional consignors plus overseas buyers with an apparent passion for buying horses and racing them in this part of the world have been among factors creating a heady cocktail.

Book 2 of Tattersalls’ October Yearling Sale, a highly successful, proven catalogue that appeals to buyers with a wide cross-section of budgets, was always likely to be a hit, not least because the previous week’s Book 1 had been so strong. The second book therefore provided opportunities to fill orders that had been missed in the premier catalogue, creating a winning combination.

Turnover at the October Sale soared past 100,000,000gns during Book 2 – last year that figure was just reached at Book 3 – and there was a new record figure for the median. Yet the most notable element was a clearance rate of 87%, a tremendous advertisement for the joys of breeding foals for Flat racing.

Curiously this wave of good business is reaching all areas of the market – very few of the men and women who want choice yearlings are dipping into National Hunt stores or once-raced point-to-pointers, yet those areas of the bloodstock world have enjoyed some tremendous trade, too.

Breeding racehorses is never going to be an easy way of making a living, but the clearance rate seen at the October Sale portrays an end game which must give breeders encouragement.

It is hard to imagine Fergus Anstock of Buckinghamshire’s Kathryn Stud has plans to discontinue breeding and selling yearlings, for his small-scale operation enjoyed a memorable Book 2 in conjunction with Lincolnshire’s Bumble Mitchell, who consigns his stock.

They teamed up to offer a Motivator filly who was so prized by clients of agents Ross Doyle and Hugo Lascelles that her price went up, and up, and up. At 320,000gns, the second-best price since the sale’s inception in 2002, the hammer fell in Doyle’s direction. He

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Tattersalls October Book 2 Top lots Sex/Breeding

Vendor

F Motivator-Elegant Beauty

Bumble Mitchell

Price (gns) 320,000

Buyer Peter & Ross Doyle

C High Chaparral-Middle Persia

Castlemartin Stud

275,000

MV Magnier

C Dutch Art-Brooklyn’s Sky

Mountain View Stud

270,000

Brian Cassidy

C Rip Van Winkle-Shanghai Lily

Cheveley Park Stud

230,000

Paul Smith

C Big Bad Bob-Scrumptious

Rathbarry Stud

210,000

Peter & Ross Doyle

C Exceed And Excel-Dearest Daisy

Yeomanstown Stud

200,000

Philip Robinson

C Invincible Spirit-White And Red

Ridge Manor Stud

200,000

C Gordon-Watson

C Mastercraftsman-Splash Mountain

Lynn Lodge Stud

200,000

Suzanne Roberts

C Dubawi-Time Honoured

Jamie Railton

200,000

Form Bloodstock

C Kyllachy-Naizak

Bumble Mitchell

180,000

Shadwell Estate Co

C Fastnet Rock-Green Castle

Watership Down Stud

180,000

C Gordon-Watson

Five-year tale Year

Sold

Agg (gns)

Mdn (gns)

Avg (gns)

Top Price (gns)

2013

765

36,359,500

47,529

37,000

320,000

2012

788

31,039,000

39,390

32,000

245,000

2011

635

25,284,500

39,818

30,000

260,000

2010

685

22,241,900

32,470

25,000

240,000

2009

606

20,565,500

33,936

25,000

260,000

Tattersalls October Book 3 Top lots Sex/Breeding

Vendor

C Dutch Art-Bye Bold Aileen

Trickledown Stud

Price (gns) 57,000

Buyer

C Iffraaj-La Jwaab

Usk Valley Stud

52,000

BBA Ireland

C Sir Percy-Bermondsey Girl

The Castlebridge Consignment

52,000

M P Tregoning

MC Bloodstock

C Kyllachy-Top Flight Queen

Deerfield Farm

50,000

Grove Stud

C Dutch Art-Straitjacket

Keith Harte

50,000

Yeomanstown Stud

C Champs Elysees-Trick of Ace

Jamie Railton

44,000

Peter Makin

C Notnowcato-Salutare

Whatton Manor Stud

40,000

George Moore

C Aussie Rules-Kirunavaara

Kildaragh Stud

38,000

Paul Moroney

C Elnadim-Relinquished

Lodge Park Stud

37,000

Willie Browne

C Sakhee’s Secret-Hinokia

Torard House Stud

36,000

A Stroud/H Morrison

Five-year tale Year

Sold

Agg (gns)

Mdn (gns)

Avg (gns)

Top Price (gns)

2013

216

2,304,300

10,668

6,900

57,000

2012

199

1,669,600

8,390

6,000

52,000

2011

223

1,864,000

8,361

5,500

65,000

2010

284

1,842,200

6,847

3,500

82,000

2009

294

2,442,500

8,308

5,850

50,000

could not name his client, but a Motivator filly of quality would surely be of interest to Treve’s owner, Sheikh Joaan. Anstock and Mitchell also traded a striking Kyllachy colt of size and substance for 180,000gns.

It was no surprise to see names such as MV Magnier and Charlie Gordon-Watson on the top-ten board, but Brian Cassidy and Paul Smith would have been less familiar.

Cassidy, an Irish showjumper living in the South East of England and buying at a yearling auction for the first time, acquired a very smart son of Dutch Art with a bid of 270,000gns – he said coloured poles had taught him it is better to have one good horse than several

lesser specimens.

The same colt had been bought by Michael Fitzpatrick’s JC Bloodstock for 40,000gns last December, and represented one of the best pinhooks of the week.

The aforementioned Smith is not the highend men’s fashion designer, but the son of Derrick and Gay Smith. Racing and breeding will be delighted to think their son is progressing his role from sharing their success on the track to attempting to secure his own.

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SALES CIRCUIT who is part-owned by his father – could develop the plan.

Peter & Ross Doyle Bloodstock were leading buyers, gaining 41 yearlings for 3,587,000gns, while The Castlebridge Consignment just held the top vendor slot from Hillwood Stud. Turning over 29 horses for 1,141,000gns, Castlebridge had no stars, but made the most of its chances and got horses sold.

Turnover at this sale went up by 17%, while the median and average achieved marks that would have represented a profit on most of the sires’ covering fees. It promises to be a very good year to sell foals.

Tattersalls October Book 3 Concluding a long five days at Tattersalls, this single-session auction had the difficult job of following Book 2, but it performed its role admirably, and provided a platform from which five yearlings broke the 50,000gns barrier – only one had achieved that mark in 2012.

A filly with few black-type performing relatives and by a stallion who is merely so-so – ‘without a page’ to use the trade’s jargon – remains difficult to sell, although a handful of distaffers crept onto the top-ten list, headed by a son of Dutch Art. He made a quick profit for clients of Paul and Sara Thorman’s Trickledown Stud having been bought at Goffs in February for €10,000.

At Book 3 they traded him for 57,000gns to Michael Carty, who is best known as a yearling vendor under the name of his Kilmoney Cottage Stud. He had sold colts by Royal Applause and Zebedee for 220,000gns apiece at the two latest Book 1 auctions.

On this occasion he was teeing up his first breeze-up pinhook, and this particular colt – a bright type with a racy look – and by a fashionable sire, gives him every chance of turning a profit next spring.

There was also a good return for owner/breeder Jane Way of Warwickshire, who, selling her first yearling through Keith Harte, received 50,000gns for the son of Dutch Art out of a mare bought by Way for just £1,600.

Last year’s Book 3 catalogue contained 80 fewer horses compared to 2011, but this year it was on the rise with 34 more horses, and 30 more that actually went through the ring. Even without them a rise in turnover would have been achieved, for it went up 38%, although the bigger book also led to a slight drop in clearance.

Given that Book 3 is getting into the territory where breeders and pinhookers sell to clear, rather than in expectation of profit, an 83% turnover of horses still represented a very good mark.

Goffs Orby Sale The Goffs resurgence had already begun 12 months earlier and this year’s Orby Sale scaled new heights when a €2.85m son of Montjeu headed a list of yearlings which brought about a 28% upturn in aggregate and a clearance rate of 87%.

Bred by Michael Ryan from his dual Classic heroine Finsceal Beo, the colt was the only yearling offered by his Al-Eile Stud this season but quality always outweighs quantity and he duly became the most expensive yearling sold at Goffs since Shergar’s Irish St Leger-winning son Authaal fetched IR3.1 million gns in 1984.

The colt will join Ballydoyle after being knocked down to MV Magnier, who said: “It was plenty of money to spend but he’s a wellbred horse and it’s hard to get those good Montjeus – there aren’t many left to come. God willing we’ve got two good horses by him retiring for us next year – Camelot and St Nicholas Abbey.”

The colt’s colourful breeder was naturally delighted with the sale.

“If we’d got one million for him I’d have been delighted,” said Ryan.

“But he’s a gorgeous horse and plenty of people liked him. He’s like a good-looking woman – everyone would turn sideways to see him.”

He added: “Finsceal Beo has never let me down. She’s like a good wife – she never gives you any trouble!”

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During an impressive career spanning 3 years; winner of two Gr.1 races; winner of four Gr.2 and Gr.3 level races, and placed in a further four Gr.1 contests.

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Goffs Orby Sale Top lots Sex/Breeding

Vendor

Price (€)

Buyer

C Montjeu-Finsceal Beo

Al-Eile Stud

2,850,000

M V Magnier

F Galileo-Green Room

Ballylinch Stud

680,000

M V Magnier

F Acclamation-Galistic

Camas Park Stud

580,000

Peter & Ross Doyle

F Raven’s Pass-Albisola

Knocktoran Stud

520,000

Shadwell Estate Company

F Iffraaj-Give A Whistle

Lynn Lodge Stud

500,000

Shadwell Estate Company

F Galileo-Bonheur

Barronstown Stud

480,000

David Redvers

C Galileo-Saoire

Cahermorris Stables

425,000

M V Magnier

F Fastnet Rock-Flashing Green

Lodge Park Stud

420,000

M V Magnier

F Dubawi-Watership Crystal

Kilcarn Stud

380,000

John Ferguson

F Dalakhani-Inchmahome

Stanley Lodge

380,000

David Wachman

Five-year tale Year

Sold

Agg (€)

Avg (€)

Mdn (€)

Top Price (€)

2013

346

34,804,500

101,004

57,000

2,850,000

2012

301

27,189,500

90,331

58,000

800,000

2011

487

22,522,500

46,247

30,000

350,000

2010

467

22,322,500

47,800

29,000

950,000

2009

490

24,466,600

49,931

28,000

475,000

Goffs Sportsman Sale PETER MOONEY

Top lots

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position on the Goffs rostrum, was not exaggerating when describing the Orby Sale as “extraordinary”.

He added: “I have been blown away by the feedback from our international buyers about the way they have been looked after and I want to thank every member of the Goffs team for their contribution to the success we are enjoying.”

The Orby average ticked over into six figures at €101,004, a rise of 12%, while the median decreased slightly, from €58,000 to €57,000.

Magnier’s shopping list didn’t end with the Montjeu colt. He outbid Sheikh Fahad when going to €680,000 for a Galileo half-sister to Lord Shanakill from Ballylinch Stud, and also pledged €420,000 for Lodge Park Stud’s Fastnet Rock half-sister to Tha’Ir during the same session.

Just as they continued to do through the following fortnight, the Doyles and the Shadwell team played a major part at Goffs, with the former spending almost €3m on 22 yearlings, while Shadwell’s Stephen Collins signed for a Raven’s Pass filly from the late Gerry Oldham’s Citadel Stud dispersal, at €520,000. With two Group 1-winning fillies this year, Iffraaj has enjoyed a good sales season, and Shadwell also paid €500,000 for one of his daughters at Goffs.

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Vendor Newlands House Stud

Price (€)

C Rip Van Winkle-Set Fire

Buyer

100,000

John Ferguson

Tinnakill House

68,000

Alberto Panetta

C Yeats-Reina Blanca

Barronstown Stud

62,000

Richard Wilmot-Smith

F Big Bad Bob-Ulanova

Galbertstown Stud

62,000

BBA Ireland

C Starspangledbanner-Highindi

Railstown Stud (Agent)

62,000

Johnny Murtagh

C Majestic Missile-Xena

Ballough House

55,000

Ron Harris

C Cape Cross-Aqraan

Derrinstown Stud

50,000

Ger Lyons

C Tagula-Kannon

Wraymount Stud

50,000

Bobby O’Ryan

C Intense Focus-Nancy Rock

The Castlebridge Consignment

48,000

BBA Ireland

F Lope de Vega-Neutrina

Deerpark Stud

48,000

SackvilleDonald

PETER MOONEY

The Montjeu colt reaches €2.85m

Sex/Breeding F Fast Company-Nova Tor

The second-most expensive horse to sell in Ireland with the team from Al-Eile Stud

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PETER MOONEY

PASTORAL PURSUITS

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Aidan O’Brien imparts advice to the next generation

Goffs Sportsman Sale The one-day Sportsman Sale benefited from the residual buoyancy from the previous two days of Orby trade and recorded a 61% increase in turnover. A similarly strong clearance rate of 84% was also an improvement on the previous year.

Rathasker Stud’s freshman sire representative Fast Company, whose yearlings have been popular since they first appeared at Doncaster’s Premier Sale, topped the day with a €100,000 filly being knocked down to Joe Osborne on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed. The Newlands House Stud offering is a half-sister to recent Listed winner Hurryupharriet and her sales-topping price helped put her vendor at the top of the consignors’ list for the sale.

Osborne’s sister and brother-in-law, Meta Osborne and Dermot Cantillon, were involved in the second best price of the day when their Tinnakill House sold a son of another first-season sire, Rip Van Winkle, for €68,000. Alberto Panetta did the bidding for his Italian client Roberto Brogi, who bred the colt’s sire and plans to have the yearling trained in the UK. All indicators of the Sportsman Sale were up, with the average rising by 11% to €19,154 and the median improving by 14% to €16,000.

Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale An 86% clearance rate, 26% rise in average and 30% increase in median meant vendors at Tattersalls Ireland got in on the bonanza that has marked yearling sales in 2013.

The auction house benefited, too, thanks to a 43% rise in turnover that rewarded their efforts to bring buyers, especially those serving overseas interests, to Fairyhouse. Some will have looked into their crystal balls, seen the likely scenario at Goffs’ and Tattersalls’ October Sales, and bought before the heaviest hitters became involved.

Anani Antoniadis, the Greek-born agent who has Russian and Eastern European racehorse owners among his clients, secured not only the most highly-valued prize, but three of the top ten under the guise of Lily Corporation.

The pick proved to be a €180,000 son of Yeats, a wonderful racehorse who has been represented by a handful of runners from his first crop.

SIRE OF 20 WINNERS FROM 53 TWO YEAR OLD RUNNERS IN 2013 AND A WINNERS/ RUNNERS STRIKE RATE OF 37% WITH HIS EUROPEAN 2YO’S. RACING POST 11.10.13 VENTURA MIST Won Totepool 2yo Trophy, L.; 3rd Firth of Clyde Stakes, Gr.3; 2nd Bet365 Empress Stakes, L. Lilbourne Lass 3rd St Hugh’s Stakes, L., and winner of over £68,000 Al Muthana 3rd Prix de Cabourg Jockey Club de Turquie Gr.3 2013 Doncaster Premier Sale yearling averages of over 5 times his 2011 stud fee, and sire of 3 Lots selling for more than 11 times his 2011 stud fee: Lot 201: ex Sheer Indulgence, sold for £100,000 Lot 340: ex Ashes, sold for £100,000 Lot 248: ex Talampaya, sold for £80,000

“We’ve been lucky with the sire – Lilbourne Lass has won 3 this year and Auld Burns won the Tattersalls Sales Race for us; and this colt is the best physical specimen we’ve seen all day”.

Ross Doyle, EBN 28.08.13, purchaser of Lot 201

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Yeats won his sole start at two and three, but the way he matured into a great stayer gives rise to think his progeny may also need time.

His mating with Laurentine, a half-sister to Oaks winner Love Divine, produced the salestopping colt.

His price was the second-highest at this sale since 2006, when a colt by High Chaparral made €225,000. Bought by Willie McKay and named Internationaldebut, he became a useful handicapper and was Listed-placed.

Antoniadis also bought the sale’s only other six-figure colt, a son of Tamayuz, while the shrewd Torard House team of Pat and Breda Donworth could boast one of the smarter pinhooks having traded a €55,000 son of Dark Angel they bought for €12,000 as a foal.

Arqana Arc Sale Paris could be no better venue for a ‘boutique’ sale, and this one, comprising 49 horses-intraining, drew some quality lots to Arqana’s St. Cloud venue.

Held on the eve of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Arqana hopes visitors attending the two-day Longchamp meeting will also drop in to the auction, and that aspiration led to the sale of the top lot, Kenhope.

Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, head of India’s Poonawalla Stud, was in France to watch his Gordon Lord Bryon run in the Prix de la Foret held soon after the Arc, but during a conversation with bloodstock agent Patrick Barbe he was alerted to the stakes-winning three-year-old daughter of leading sire Kendargent.

The result was a €900,000 sale that topped proceedings and was a notable mark for owner/breeder Guy Pariente, who also stands the sire. His filly was a wildcard who proved to be worth the wait.

Six-figure average and median figures indicate that a sale of this nature requires buyers with deep pockets.

Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale Top lots Sex/Breeding

Vendor

C Yeats-Laurentine

The Castlebridge Consignment

Price (€) 180,000

Buyer

C Tamayuz-Sandy Lady

The Castlebridge Consignment

110,000

Lily Corporation

C Mount Nelson-Alexia Reveuse

The Castlebridge Consignment

85,000

David Marnane

C Dark Angel-Kayoko

Torard House

55,000

Ger Lyons

C Iffraaj-Dance of Light

Taroka Stud

52,000

Ger Lyons

C Exceed And Excel (AUS) /

Jeritza Johnstown House Stud

52,000

Con Marnane

C Rock of Gibraltar-Crystal View

Grove Stud

52,000

William McCreery

Lily Corporation

C Piccolo-Cape Wood

Baroda & Colbinstown Studs

50,000

Ger Lyons

C Dark Angel-Think

Gortskagh House Stud

44,000

Lily Corporation

C Dandy Man-Whitegate Way

Hallstown Stables

43,000

Willie Browne

Five-year tale Year

Sold

Agg (€)

Avg (€)

Mdn (€)

Top Price (€)

2013

470

6,879,900

14,638

12,000

180,000

2012

414

4,823,000

11,650

9,250

75,000

2011

424

4,626,400

10,911

8,000

70,000

2010

426

4,336,450

10,179

6,500

70,000

2009

399

3,920,550

9,826

5,500

145,000

Arqana Arc Sale Top lots Name/Breeding

Vendor

Price (€)

Buyer

Kenhope (Kendargent-Bedford Hope)

H Pantall

900,000

Empoli (Halling-Estefania)

P Schiergen

580,000

F.B.A.

Tchekhov (King´s Best-From This Day On)

J-C Rouget

360,000

Howard Liang

Patrick Barbe

Beatrice (Dr Fong-Brangane)

H Pantall

320,000

Hubert Guy

Visiyani (Rock Of Gibraltar-Visionnaire)

Aga Khan Studs

280,000

Paul Moroney

Lion d’Anvers (Kentucky Dynamite-Alcestes Selection)

Van Handenhove

260,000

Chantilly B/S

Five-year tale Year

Sold

Agg (€)

Avg (€)

Mdn (€)

Top Price (€)

2013

29

5,242,000

180,759

125,000

900,000

2012

30

5,103,000

170,100

105,000

700,000

2011

29

6,347,000

218,862

140,000

1,700,000

2010

22

3,189,000

144,955

97,500

450,000

2009

29

3,188,000

109,931

80,000

370,000

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CAULFIELD FILES ANDREW CAULFIELD REPORTS ON THE BLOODSTOCK WORLD

Storm Cat’s eastern promise

GEORGE SELWYN

The legendary stallion is having noted success as a broodmare sire in Japan

Japanese Derby and Prix Niel winner Kizuna is by Deep Impact out of Storm Cat’s Japanese 1,000 Guineas winner Catequil

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onsidering that Storm Cat’s broodmare daughters have been represented by only two Group 1 winners on European turf, namely that fine filly Misty For Me and the Dewhurst Stakes winner Mujahid, the former champion American stallion has a surprisingly good record as a broodmare sire in turf-oriented Japan.

Storm Cat’s prospects in this role were no doubt boosted when Phalaenopsis, a Brian’s Time filly out of his daughter Catequil, won the Oka Sho (Japanese 1,000 Guineas) in 1998. Since then Japanese breeders have regularly been acquiring broodmares by the stallion who gave American racing such fine fillies as the Breeders’ Cup winners Storm Flag Flying, Desert Stormer and Sweet Catomine.

Their investment has been consistently rewarded, with Storm Cat achieving seven top-20 finishes on the Japanese broodmare table in the eight years between 2005 and 2012. However, it has been during the current Japanese season that these Storm Cat mares have come into their own.

To the end of September they had been represented by 145 starters – a figure which THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

placed them at a considerable numerical disadvantage against the daughters of such as Sunday Silence (1,202 starters), Brian’s Time (531) and Tony Bin (411). However, they have done so well that Storm Cat ranked third behind Sunday Silence and Brian’s Time on September 30, thanks to several high-class representatives.

Pride of place must go to Kizuna, who displayed his talents so ably in defeating Ruler Of The World in the Prix Niel on his first start since his victory in the Japanese Derby (Tokyo Yushun). This half-brother to Phalaenopsis was foaled when Catequil was 20, so he represents a very good effort on the mare’s behalf, and also by his sire, the Japanese wunderkind Deep Impact.

The Deep Impact-Storm Cat alliance has also enjoyed 2013 Classic success thanks to Ayusan, winner of Japan’s 1,000 Guineas equivalent. Her dam Buy The Cat was sold to Japan for only $60,000 in 2006. Another Deep Impact three-year-old with a Storm Cat dam is Hiraboku Deep, a Grade 2 winner over a mile and a half in April. His dam Cat Ali was a $400,000 purchase in 2007.

Deep Impact isn’t the only son of Sunday

Silence with a very smart son out of a Storm Cat mare, as Manhattan Café sired Shonan Mighty. This five-year-old was beaten only a neck by the high-class Lord Kanaloa in the Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen in June.

Lord Kanaloa is himself another with a dam

by Storm Cat. This versatile five-year-old ended September with a repeat victory in Nakayama’s Grade 1 Sprinters Stakes and these two valuable wins bookended other very rewarding successes in the Hong Kong Sprint, Takamatsunomiya Kinen and Yasuda Kinen.

His dam Lady Blossom was exported in utero after her dam Saratoga Dew was bought for $850,000. Her son has now earned a colossal amount, thanks to his impressive record of 12 wins and five seconds from 18 starts.

There is also a Grade 3 winner by Taiki Shuttle, a stallion who enjoyed Grade 1 success in 2005 with Meisho Bowler, another with a dam by Storm Cat. Storm Cat’s 2013 success as a broodmare sire hasn’t been limited to Japan, as his daughters have produced Close Hatches, one of America’s finest three-year-old fillies, and Sahara Sky, winner of the prestigious Metropolitan Handicap. >>

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Inbreeding to Danehill is here to stay Like it or not, be prepared to see more and more examples of inbreeding to Danehill, following some encouraging examples over the last couple of months. One of the worries about close inbreeding is that it can entrench physical flaws. So the question has always been whether it is a good idea to inbreed closely to a horse whose offspring tended to be very flat through the knee, to the extent that some were back at the knee?

These fears are dissipating following displays of considerable toughness by some of the early instances of Danehill inbreeding.

A prime example is Guelph, one of the leading Australian two-year-olds of the 2012/13 season. By Exceed And Excel and with a Danehill mare as her second dam, Guelph is inbred 2 x 3. She won two Group 1 races in three weeks at two and this year has won the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes.

Also, horses don’t come much tougher than the dual Group 3 winner Leitir Mor, another with a son of Danehill as his sire and a Danehill mare as his second dam. Just four days after he had set the pace in a recordbreaking edition of the Prix Jacques le Marois, Leitir Mor made the 21st start of his career when a close third to Gordon Lord Byron in the Group 3 Desmond Stakes.

Then there’s Ladies Are Forever, a dual

“Mango Diva is the

first Group winner with three lines of Danzig within the first five generations” Group 3 winner who has made 24 starts in four seasons in training. This mare, who is inbred 3 x 3, was beaten only three lengths in Jwala’s Nunthorpe Stakes.

A new twist was added when Astaire won the Gimcrack Stakes. In addition to being inbred 3 x 3 to Danehill, this son of Intense Focus is inbred 4 x 4 to Kahyasi, whose daughters did very well with Danehill.

This inbreeding comes about because Intense Focus is out of Daneleta, a Groupplaced filly sired by Danehill from Kahyasi’s daughter Zavaleta. Astaire’s unraced dam Runway Dancer is by Dansili, a horse bred to a similar pattern. Of course Dansili wasn’t the only high-class performer sired by Danehill from Kahyasi’s daughter Hasili, his

siblings being Banks Hill, Intercontinental, Cacique and Champs Elysees.

Danehill sired 14 foals from Kahyasi mares. Twelve of them raced and all of them won, with a magnificent seven of them becoming Group winners (five at Group 1 level).

Next came the first Group victory by Mango Diva – a very significant win. Not only is this Holy Roman Emperor filly inbred 2 x 3 to Danehill, but she is the first Group winner with a pedigree featuring three lines of Danzig within the first five generations. Her dam Mango Mischief, a Desert King filly who ran in 31 races, 26 of them stakes events, was inbred 2 x 4 to Danzig. Mango Mischief’s inbreeding came via Danzig’s tough sons Danehill and Chief’s Crown.

With Leitir Mor and Mango Diva to Holy Roman Emperor’s credit, breeders are sure to experiment with further close inbreeding to Danehill with this Coolmore stallion.

Holy Roman Emperor also has a handful of very useful performers inbred 3 x 4 to Danzig, including Hoku, placed in the Firth of Clyde Stakes, and Princess Noor, second in the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes after winning the Group 3 Princess Margaret Stakes.

Niarchos venture pays off

GEORGE SELWYN

Arc winner Bago stands in Japan

It hasn’t just been Storm Cat’s daughters who have ensured international success for the JPN suffix in 2013. His American son Bernstein, who died in 2011, is the sire of Karakontie, winner of the Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere on Arc day at Longchamp. But for a short-head defeat at the hands of the Britishtrained Bunker at Deauville, this colt would have been unbeaten in his first four starts.

Ectot, the colt he beat into second place on his debut at Compiegne, won his next three races, including the Group 3 Prix des Chenes.

Karakontie is owned by the Niarchos family and was bred by their Flaxman Holdings. He was born in Japan because his dam, the Sunday Silence mare Sun Is Up, was visiting Bago, winner of the 2004 Arc in the Niarchos colours. She produced a 2012 colt which has been sent to Ireland but unfortunately her 2013 foal by King Kamehameha died. The Bago-Sun Is Up mating combines two of the Niarchos’ finest female lines, as Bago is out of Moonlight’s Box (by Nureyev out of Coup de Genie), whereas Sun Is Up’s second dam is Nureyev’s

brilliant daughter Miesque. One of Sun Is Up’s previous stakes winners, Sunday Sunrise, was inbred 3 x 3 to Miesque.

The Niarchos family’s involvement with Japanese breeding goes back quite a long way. Hector Protector, a first-rate performer bred by Flaxman Holdings, started his stallion career in Japan, where one of his visitors was the Niarchos mare Lingerie, whose first foal by him was dual French Group 2 winner Limnos, and second was Shiva, whose wins included the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup. Lingerie also visited Sunday Silence and the Niarchos family has also used Deep Impact.

Karakontie’s family underlines how international breeding has become. His second dam, Miesque’s daughter Moon Is Up, started her broodmare career in Japan before being moved to Europe. Sold for 450,000gns in 2006, she was eventually sent to Australia in foal to Pivotal. Amanee, the filly she was carrying, moved on to South Africa, where she became a Group 1 winner in the Thekwini Stakes.

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ROA FORUM The special section for ROA members

It’s always better to get it in writing Richard Wayman says that contractual prize-money agreements are a big step forwards The response to the recent online survey of ROA members exceeded our expectations and illustrates just how much racehorse owners care about their sport.

We’ll be reporting on your feedback in future editions of Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder but it will hardly be breaking news that the issue seen as the biggest threat to ownership is insufficient levels of prize-money.

To confirm the experience in recent years, prize-money peaked at £110m in 2009, dropped sharply to £94m in 2011, recovered to £98m in 2012 and is expected to reach around £112m this year.

The two largest sources of prize money are the levy and racecourses. At the time of writing, the 53rd levy scheme remains under discussion with an agreement required by October 31 to avoid being referred to government. Whatever the outcome of the talks, the reality is that significant growth remains dependent on finding a way to capture the estimated £20m that, as a result of being bet with businesses based offshore, is currently outside the levy’s grasp.

Racecourses’ contributions to prize-money, including those derived from media rights, primarily from the sale of pictures into betting

shops, have, until now, been entirely discretionary. Of course, under the Rules of Racing, minimum race values exist but as racecourses can programme whatever class of race they want, they are limited in ensuring that, in total, tracks contribute a fair share of revenues to prize-money.

the minimum required to sign an agreement.

The agreements will therefore lead to increases in contributions to prize-money from all signing courses in 2014 but, in addition to the extra money, the significance of converting a racecourse’s contribution to prize-money from a discretionary amount to a contracted minimum linked to their turnover cannot be overstated.

Although there has been a degree of racecourse nervousness to overcome, the concept of partnership – rather than conflict – with horsemen is an attractive one for those that have signed, particularly since the single biggest issue raised by racecourses is their need to attract more runners. There are some initiatives within the agreements that aim to support that aim, including, for example, that racecourses may add bonus prize-money payments in a small number of races through the year that will be triggered by races reaching certain field sizes.

Ultimately, however, it will be down to owners and trainers to decide where they run their horses. As the President acknowledges in her Leader column this month, there will be occasions when an owner has no choice but to run their horse at a course that has rejected the horsemen’s offer of a partnership.

However, the ROA will look to ensure that all of our members are in no doubt as to which courses have been prepared to take the step into a new and better world.

The need for transparency It was at the 2012 ROA AGM that Rachel Hood and Paul Bittar spoke of the need for racecourses to be more transparent about their revenues, for contractual agreements between racecourses and horsemen to ensure that a share of those revenues is allocated to prize-money, and for a more collaborative approach with stakeholders working together to grow those income streams knowing that all would benefit from doing so.

Fifteen months later and, as reported elsewhere in this edition, 31 racecourses have taken the welcome step of entering into such agreements, 14 tracks owned by ARC have rejected the proposals and discussions continue with the remaining 13 independent racecourses.

The racecourses that have signed agreements are, as a minimum, contractually committed to maintaining their current contributions to prizemoney plus a percentage of the future growth in their media rights income. Some courses will also have to increase their existing contribution to ensure their total commitment increases above

Frankel the star at Banstead Manor visit

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and former French champion sire Dansili were paraded in all their splendour.

The best was saved until the end, however, as it was Frankel who was last to appear. With the temperament of a saint, the unbeaten champion was led out in front of an adoring crowd, posing for photographs and relishing the attention. O’Donnell reported that Frankel had settled in well and taken to his new career with aplomb.

Sherin Lloyd, who attended the tour, said: “We all thoroughly enjoyed the occasion and are very grateful to the ROA for arranging the trip, enabling us to see such racing icons up close and personal.”

The ROA would like to thank Juddmonte and Banstead Manor Stud for giving a warm welcome to members and facilitating the visit.

GEORGE SELWYN

For 50 lucky ROA members, the tour of Juddmonte’s Banstead Manor Stud on September 25 will be an occasion that lives long in the memory. While the stud is home to some of the world’s most prolific stallions, it was one in particular that most had come to see, and although he retired last year it was clear the ‘Frankel factor’ still remained strong, with members journeying from as far afield as Devon and Yorkshire.

Guests were welcomed by James O’Donnell, Banstead Manor’s Stallion Manager, and after a brief introduction were led through the opulent and tranquil stud to the pristine stables.

Cameras were soon clicking away frantically as record-breaking sprinter Bated Breath, leading European sire Oasis Dream

Frankel poses for his fans at Banstead Manor Stud

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Weatherbys Hamilton is already well known to many owners as not only is it the largest race sponsor in the insurance sector

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but it has also recently arranged three unique insurance initiatives for the association’s members, involving raceday curtailment, third-party liability and household insurance.

Weatherbys Hamilton also has a fast growing private client insurance portfolio that includes house and contents cover.

Richard Wayman, ROA Chief Executive, said: “Weatherbys has sponsored an award at this event for many years and it’s fantastic to have Weatherbys Hamilton taking things one step further by becoming the event’s title sponsor. It is such an appropriate sponsor as its insurance services are relevant to all our members.”

Roger Weatherby, Chairman of Weatherbys Hamilton, said: “Weatherbys Hamilton is the latest financial service to be added to Weatherbys Bank’s product portfolio. As evidenced by our extensive race sponsorship, Weatherbys Hamilton recognises the huge contribution made by owners to the racing industry and our title sponsorship of the ROA Awards reinforces this.

“We are also delighted to be able to support the ROA, the organisation which gives owners such invaluable representation.”

The Awards evening pays homage to the outstanding equine performers of the year and their owners, and all the awards are voted for by ROA members.

ROA members are also invited to nominate the horse they feel is worthy of inclusion in the ‘Special Achievement Award’. This can be

This year’s ROA Awards has a new headline backer and a new venue

done online at racehorseowners.net or by contacting the ROA. The evening is an opportunity for ROA members and racing glitterati to socialise and rub shoulders in the run up to the festive period.

Celebrations get under way with a champagne reception before a three-course dinner, followed by the awards ceremony itself. Guests can participate in a silent and grand auction, which will raise money for the Injured Jockeys Fund, and the evening is rounded off with dancing to Chance band.

We hope to see many members for what promises to be a memorable evening. Tickets for the event are £175 per person, with tables of ten discounted at £1,550. Places can be booked at racehorseowners.net or by calling the ROA office on 020 7152 0200.

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TRACK TALK

THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE UK’S RACECOURSES

Sandown Park tackles drinking The ROA Raceday Committee is occasionally approached by ROA members concerned at the alcohol-induced behaviour of some individuals on racecourses. Queries as to how racecourses deal with such incidents, and how they aim to prevent them happening at all, now form part of the discussions we have with all racecourses.

We are therefore delighted to inform members of a new initiative that will be launched at Sandown this jumps season. Within the Premier Enclosure, red painted steps will now outline a new No Drinking/No Smoking Zone in an area located adjacent to the designated owners’ and trainers’ viewing area and stewarded by dedicated staff.

Rupert Trevelyan, Regional Director for London Racecourses, said: “We have been listening to our customers, whose feedback is extremely important, and feel the introduction of the No Drinking/No Smoking Zone is a positive addition to improve our customers’ raceday experience. If it meets customer needs, we may well look to expand it further.”

The no-drinking/no-smoking area

Raceday Committee Liaison to Sandown Park, Sheila Bailey, said: “Sandown Park responded very positively to concerns about the drinking culture at racecourses.

“They are keen to provide owners with a very high standard of service and wanted them to be able to enjoy viewing racing from the grandstand without the distraction of alcohol or cigarette smoke.

“Their approach should also provide an area for racegoers, especially those with young children, to have the best possible experience of racing.”

Dining deal at Stratford Stratford-on-Avon racecourse has significantly expanded its dining package for owners with a runner. The course has announced that they now issue an enhanced food voucher along with every complimentary owner’s badge.

These vouchers can be exchanged either in the owners’ and trainers’ bar in the Warwickshire Stand for a choice of sandwich, soup or casserole, or for a discount in one of Stratford’s three restaurants. This includes the brand new Paddock Pavilion, where the package includes a four-course a la carte menu and afternoon tea for the owner’s price of £39, a saving of 35%.

As well as dining, the Paddock Pavilion boasts a bar, waitress service, televisions, betting facilities and its own private lawned area with seating, and is sure to prove very popular.

Ascot’s lunch seats boost Gold Standard track Ascot, always a highly popular venue with owners, will increase owners’ complimentary lunch allocation from four places to six for the upcoming jumps season (from November 3).

This will be operated via a ticket system that owners will need to reserve in advance and collect on the day.

BHA to host owners’ seminar for ROA members ROA members are invited to attend an owners’ seminar, which is to be held on Thursday, January 16 at the offices of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) and ROA in Holborn, central London. The purpose of the event is to broaden owners’ knowledge and understanding of selected topics in racing regulation.

During the one-day seminar, members of senior BHA staff, headed up by the BHA’s Director of Raceday Operations and Regulation, Jamie Stier, will deliver talks and demonstrations on topical subjects such as anabolic steroids, interference, an overview of whip use and the often tricky subject of inside information. There will also be a handicapping workshop with BHA’s

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Head of Handicapping Phil Smith.

The seminar promises to stimulate plenty of healthy debate and owners will be welcomed and encouraged to speak with members of BHA and ROA staff throughout the day.

The event will be limited to a maximum of 20 places. It is free to attend and a buffet lunch will be provided. To book a place please contact Chloe Homer on chomer@roa.co.uk or call 020 7152 0200

by Friday, November 29. In the event of places being oversubscribed, a ballot will be held.

Jamie Stier will talk at the one-day seminar open to ROA members

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ROA MEMBERS IN FOCUS:

KATE DIGWEED

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oled up at home with pneumonia, most people would not be too cooperative. But if there is one thing that racehorse owners don’t mind doing, it’s discussing their four-legged friends.

So it was with Kate Digweed, whose red and yellow silks were recently carried into the winner’s enclosure at Lingfield by Sutton Sid – 48 hours before she was diagnosed with her illness.

She explains: “I’d booked a table in the restaurant and invited some friends who had never been racing, and my parents were coming as well. But I woke up that morning feeling dreadful, and nearly rang Chris [Gordon, trainer] to say I wouldn’t be going.

“I managed to get myself there, but felt worse as the day went on. I thought I’d stay in the restaurant to watch Sid’s race and let everyone else go down to cheer him on, but decided to ‘man up’ and venture out. As he crossed the line in front I suddenly felt a lot better – it’s amazing what a winner can do!

“I had a lovely glass of champagne, but then felt really rough again, went home and

“As Sid crossed the

line in front I suddenly felt a lot better – it’s amazing what a winner can do!” crawled into bed. Two days later I went to hospital and was told I had pneumonia. If that’s my lucky charm in getting a winner, I hope I get a lot of seconds!”

Racing has been in Digweed’s genes since she was small, as her parents had horses with Josh Gifford and Richard Rowe, prefixed with ‘Yeoman’ as they lived at Yeoman’s Farm.

Digweed ‘graduated’ from the point-topoint world, believing that entertaining her corporate business clients would be best done at tracks with proper facilities.

She says of Chris and Jenny Gordon: “They’re great, very honest, hard-working and good fun. I like to be treated as I’d treat my clients; Chris and Jenny are fabulous at that.”

Digweed describes the best thing about ownership as twofold: her horse coming home safe – and crossing the line in front.

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In Brief

Kate Digweed: passionate owner

In September, the ROA conducted its first detailed survey of members for several years. The online survey asked members about their involvement in ownership, the reasons for becoming owners, and the best and worst things about being an owner, amongst other things.

We had a very positive reaction to the survey, with 743 responses received. To encourage participation, the ROA made a contribution to one of three racing charities for every completed survey returned. As a result, we are pleased to report that the donations will be made to the Injured Jockeys Fund, Racing Welfare and Retraining of Racehorses.

Full analysis of the survey responses will appear in the next issue.

Regional day at Newbury

She continues: “My husband [George] is 22-time world clay shooting champion, so only winning is a successful day to him; second sucks and anything beyond that isn’t worth mentioning to him!

“The worst thing about ownership is when a horse goes wrong. They aren’t machines and should be treated with all possible care. Chris has a great vet in Malcolm, who is honest and will tell you what’s what. Sometimes hard decisions must be made.

“I also think that owners do not get enough credit from the media, especially on TV.” Prize-money now, as ever, is much in the news, and it is at the lower ends of the scale Digweed is qualified to pass judgement on.

“Prize-money levels at my standard of racing are shocking,” she says. “After training fees, travelling expenses, staff expenses, lunch/dinner for clients – my choice to entertain I know, but that’s why I have horses – a few glasses to celebrate or commiserate, and if the horse finishes in the top three you may just break even.”

Summers can find the Digweeds in some rather more exotic locations than Lingfield, as they travel the world on the clay shooting circuit, while in winters they run game shoots in the south-east of England.

“That’s why my horses tend to be National Hunt, as we’re at home in the winter,” Digweed explains, “but saying that, I normally have a Flat horse ticking over in the summer, to take clients to watch.

“It’s why I have horses, as hunting, shooting and fishing go hand in hand – many of our shooting clients love to go racing, and it’s a great way of entertaining. The clients can meet the horse, jockey and trainer, and enjoy the racing from a warm restaurant.”

It’s also a great pick-me-up for owners under the weather.

Newbury was the venue for the fourth ROA regional meeting of this year, and proved to be a very popular location, with all places filled early.

Before racing, members were updated on key areas of the ROA’s work by Chief Executive Richard Wayman, VicePresident Stephen Smith and ROA Council members Sheila Bailey, Paul Duffy and Jeremy Gompertz.

Members had the opportunity to raise questions about ownership and membership matters with members of the ROA Council and staff members in attendance, before enjoying lunch and the afternoon’s racing.

A series of regional meetings will be planned next year, and as usual, members who live locally will be sent an invitation.

Diary dates and reminders DECEMBER 5 ROA Horseracing Awards A celebration of the year’s champions and their performances of the season. The black tie evening at the InterContinental London Park Lane is sponsored by Weatherbys Hamilton.

JANUARY 16 Owners’ Seminar in London See page 78 for details.

JANUARY 31 Visit to Donald McCain An organised tour of Bankhouse Stables in Cholmondeley, Cheshire for ROA members. Further details will appear in a future issue.

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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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 Epsom Downs Newmarket Goodwood Chester Doncaster Sandown Park Newbury Haydock Park Musselburgh Ayr Pontefract RIpon Salisbury Ffos Las Newcastle Carlisle Thirsk Windsor Leicester Kempton Park Beverley Hamilton Park Warwick Nottingham Catterick Bridge Bath Redcar Lingfield Park Yarmouth Wolverhampton Chepstow Southwell Brighton Total

Figures for period October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013

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 2011-12 (£)

I I JCR JCR I I ARC JCR I JCR I I I I I I ARC JCR I ARC I JCR I I JCR JCR I ARC I ARC ARC ARC ARC ARC ARC

360,121 161,427 120,544 89,287 84,645 77,393 54,713 53,586 46,422 41,474 31,363 29,423 27,249 27,030 26,245 23,461 23,190 21,280 20,943 19,866 18,510 18,038 17,864 17,024 16,320 16,218 15,457 15,243 14,691 13,217 12,687 10,895 10,464 9,307 9,097 35,969

117,822 101,156 71,576 78,798 74,999 44,521 57,483 54,329 62,059 48,906 24,121 39,195 31,814 27,349 27,350 9,820 20,419 16,458 22,797 19,030 19,462 14,863 21,001 22,944 20,294 22,193 17,098 14,838 17,858 19,403 19,303 14,322 14,790 15,991 18,292 30,604

159,326 84,060 81,087 72,842 27,913 8,364 35,138 17,531 27,721 15,574 5,068 10,749 3,753 4,510 5,225 3,081 6,782 4,489 5,650 4,727 4,805 3,326 3,108 3,448 4,015 5,351 2,608 2,843 16,472 2,788 2,852 2,248 2,761 1,883 2,332 14,901

637,269 346,642 273,207 241,835 187,558 130,278 148,603 126,246 138,927 107,143 62,257 80,675 63,709 59,671 60,956 36,762 52,703 43,591 51,757 44,411 43,905 38,177 43,988 43,750 41,083 45,928 37,546 33,696 51,027 36,951 35,231 29,384 29,016 27,999 30,220 82,797

18 17 12 38 19 15 25 18 17 24 17 14 16 16 15 8 17 11 15 26 21 84 20 18 11 18 17 22 16 102 27 116 15 34 18 896

11,470,837 5,892,920 3,278,480 9,189,735 3,563,604 1,954,165 3,715,085 2,209,306 2,361,767 2,525,504 1,058,375 1,129,453 1,019,351 954,732 914,342 275,712 895,950 479,500 776,350 1,154,686 922,006 3,206,905 879,760 787,500 451,908 826,710 638,275 741,318 816,429 3,768,986 951,225 3,408,513 435,235 951,962 543,968 74,150,553

399,889 159,045 115,897 86,584 87,615 70,940 58,672 48,039 45,774 35,186 26,820 21,849 18,954 25,580 26,662 23,003 25,331 15,448 22,834 15,644 14,887 16,758 13,214 20,764 18,937 14,000 13,284 18,437 13,171 12,511 12,034 10,689 9,452 9,574 10,839 35,408

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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 41 42 43

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Cheltenham Aintree Ascot Haydock Park Sandown Park Kempton Park Newbury Ayr Perth Warwick Chepstow Cartmel Musselburgh Wetherby Newcastle Wincanton Newton Abbot Kelso Taunton Market Rasen Ludlow Fakenham Stratford-on-Avon Ffos Las Wolverhampton Carlisle Exeter Doncaster Plumpton Hereford Fontwell Park Hexham Worcester Southwell Uttoxeter Huntingdon Folkestone Leicester Lingfield Park Bangor-on-Dee Towcester Sedgefield Catterick Bridge 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 2011-12 (£)

JCR JCR I JCR JCR JCR I I I JCR ARC I I I ARC JCR I I I JCR I I I I ARC JCR JCR ARC I ARC ARC I ARC ARC ARC JCR ARC I ARC I I ARC I

236,956 235,377 109,586 87,068 68,189 44,662 42,259 32,818 28,814 27,256 26,551 24,931 24,399 23,488 21,429 21,121 20,513 19,845 18,722 18,579 18,485 18,469 18,163 17,520 17,500 16,779 14,605 13,969 13,656 13,336 13,233 13,166 13,069 12,285 11,919 10,887 10,384 9,682 9,543 9,187 8,945 7,512 5,470 30,936

100,692 114,745 72,839 68,647 63,508 49,865 60,345 43,855 23,250 36,546 25,558 19,059 29,776 24,623 26,086 30,101 26,720 27,134 22,323 25,514 24,239 22,484 21,216 20,991 24,500 24,175 26,133 37,507 22,071 10,000 18,440 13,281 17,093 17,882 20,520 20,863 11,470 23,781 21,157 20,620 13,682 20,361 28,813 30,316

60,830 62,942 16,877 16,573 13,740 9,715 14,798 11,678 1,521 6,863 6,904 4,982 4,632 4,625 3,689 4,569 0 3,203 4,726 4,592 4,654 0 4,457 3,940 0 3,864 4,613 6,198 3,665 3,298 3,004 2,070 3,609 2,831 4,429 3,460 2,179 3,394 1,966 2,428 2,764 2,535 2,695 7,229

398,478 413,065 199,301 172,289 145,858 104,550 117,402 88,831 53,586 70,665 59,663 48,971 59,933 53,474 52,679 57,133 47,233 51,432 45,771 48,952 47,664 40,953 44,804 42,451 42,000 44,818 46,582 57,674 39,392 26,633 35,419 29,058 35,448 33,431 37,573 36,003 24,033 37,571 32,665 32,505 25,690 30,408 36,978 68,936

15 8 7 7 10 13 10 10 15 7 12 7 8 16 8 17 19 12 13 18 14 10 16 18 1 11 13 9 14 3 21 12 21 15 22 14 3 7 9 13 15 14 9 515

5,977,171 3,304,518 1,395,107 1,279,859 1,385,649 1,359,151 1,174,016 888,315 803,785 494,652 715,950 342,800 479,462 855,585 421,434 971,261 897,434 617,189 595,022 881,127 667,298 409,534 716,866 742,894 42,000 492,999 605,569 519,066 551,490 79,900 743,800 348,700 744,405 501,468 826,597 504,037 72,100 263,000 293,983 422,566 385,357 425,714 332,800 35,531,631

209,617 226,828 122,357 81,366 56,975 45,908 43,018 28,208 28,788 10,368 24,676 25,659 17,126 20,463 20,611 23,753 26,827 23,557 19,094 19,617 14,720 16,563 20,789 17,331 0 14,665 13,856 26,363 11,939 14,248 11,880 9,658 9,260 13,312 13,445 12,918 9,997 8,799 11,657 15,901 8,374 9,387 5,558 29,706

Up/ down

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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 Stud Farming Course

Following the success of the ‘Introduction to Broodmare Ownership’ day last year, the National Stud hosted ‘The Mating Game – a one day forum on broodmare mating decisions’ on Wednesday, September 25.

Sponsored by the TBA and aimed at providing breeders with some ammunition to assist them when making decisions on broodmare mating plans, the day attracted 45 delegates and boasted a top class line-up of speakers and panel members from all corners of the breeding industry.

Manager of the Royal Studs, Joe Grimwade, set the scene for later discussions when highlighting the issues that should be taken into consideration when planning matings, including whether breeding to race or sell, the influence of the race programme and commercial aspects, as well as the importance of soundness and investing in research beforehand. This theme was picked up by veterinary surgeon David Dugdale, senior partner at the NEH, who discussed ‘Understanding Conformation in the Racehorse’ and provided some graphic depictions of conformation in the foal and older animal likely to impact on racing performance, as well as highlighting those issues that can be resolved with good management and patience.

Moving on to pedigrees, Charles Spiller reminded the audience that nothing replaces time spent on research, as he emphasised the value of looking beyond black type and the catalogue page. The afternoon consisted of an open forum on mating decisions discussed by a panel of experts consisting of Brian O’Rourke

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Panelists Brian O’Rourke, Tom Goff, Matt Coleman and Julian Dollar

(Managing Director at the National Stud), Tom Goff (Blandford Bloodstock), Matt Coleman (Anthony Stroud Bloodstock) and Julian Dollar (General Manager, Newsells Park Stud).

Delegates took maximum advantage of questioning the panel on mating decisions on a selection of mares as well as opening up the discussion to cover other related areas of pedigrees and stallion selection. The day came to a close at 4.30pm, leaving much food for thought amongst delegates. TBA member Mrs Jan Hopper from Stevenage commented: “I felt that the course met my needs well; it was good value and well worth attending for me as a smaller breeder. To have experts providing a full picture of, for example, the deformities in foals and how they could be treated and which were heritable, was very useful. The section on pedigree analysis was thoroughly absorbing, and it was fascinating to hear the views of the four industry experts during the afternoon.”

There is still time to register as a delegate on this year’s TBA Stud Farming Course which takes place at the British Racing School and runs from Tuesday 10th to Thursday 12th December.

The course covers a multitude of stud management topics, from conception of the potential racehorse through to the management of limb deformities to ensure soundness, and taking in transport, infectious disease, nutrition and pedigrees along the way. Delegates will get to know each other over dinner on the first evening and as a break from the lecture theatre will visit Rossdale and Partners Equine Hospital and Penny Lane Pre-Training Yard, as well as having an early morning tour of the British Racing School.

The course fee for 2013 is £395 for TBA members, or £495 for nonmembers. Closing date for applications is November 5th and for more information contact Christine Standley at Stanstead House on 01638 661321 or email Christine.Standley@thetba.co.uk

All aspects of stud management are covered on the course

New rules introduced for workplace pensions New pension rules came into force from October 2012, which mean that eventually all employers in the United Kingdom will be required to automatically enrol qualifying job-holders in a pension scheme and pay a minimum level of contributions.

An employee will be able to opt out but only once they have been automatically enrolled. Auto-enrolment is being

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introduced in stages, with larger employers (500-plus employees) now participating, and start or “staging” dates based on numbers of employers set for 2014 through to end of 2017.

For most TBA members, who are classed as small employers (fewer than 30), the start or ‘staging’ date will fall somewhere between June 1, 2015 and April 1, 2017. The TBA has established an

Employee Benefits Scheme to assist small employers, and information on this is available from Caroline Turnbull at Stanstead House, by sending an email to caroline.turnbull@thetba.co.uk.

Further information will be provided in the coming months, but in the meantime to find out more you can visit: http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/e mployers/detailed-guidance.aspx

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Tripartite Agreement update With the consultation process completed, the Tripartite Agreement (TPA) is likely to be signed by the three signatory countries – the UK, France and Ireland in November. The proposed changes will apply to movements of thoroughbreds and horses with FEI passports between the UK and France and Ireland and France. There is no change to the current arrangements governing the movement of thoroughbreds between the UK and Ireland.

The Tripartite Agreement is not a regulatory change but an amendment to a derogation to a regulation. The proposed changes to the original derogation are evidence based, necessary and proportionate to continue to permit equidae of high health and high performance status to move between the three signatory countries without the need for inspection, health attestation or a health certificate.

With the number of individual horse movements for racing, breeding and sales particularly high between the UK and Ireland this is a significant win for the industry and has avoided the need for additional documentation required for movements into and out of France.

Thoroughbred owners, breeders and trainers understand both the importance of preventing disease but also of supporting the straightforward movement of thoroughbreds between France, Britain and Ireland. Through Weatherbys systems and supported by industry Codes of Practice on disease control, the throroughbred industry can demonstrate robust tracing and biosecurity systems to protect thoroughbreds. The racing and breeding industry has worked hard to inform the wider horse sector and the British, French and Irish veterinary authorities of our high standards and we are pleased they have recognised we are committed to making this new system work.

Enforcement at borders will still be vital to ensure compliance with movement regulations but the new TPA movement is much tighter and more clearly defines eligible horses from those horses which are moving between signatory countries, but are not thoroughbreds destined for racing, sales or breeding. The TPA derogation will require eligible horses moving to and from France to be entered on to the EU Commission’s TRACES system for monitoring and tracking.

Louise Kemble, TBA Chief Executive, said: “Whilst there will be a requirement for additional documentation for the movement of thoroughbreds between the UK and France, these revisions were introduced to safeguard the health status of all horses in Britain.”

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The packed members’ marquee at Cheltenham during last year’s stallion parade

TBA National Hunt Stallion Parade The TBA annual National Hunt Stallion Parade will once again take place at Cheltenham Racecourse on Countryside Raceday, on Friday, November 15. The parade will take place in the Parade Ring commencing at 11am, in alphabetical order.

At the conclusion of the parade, members and their guests will be warmly welcomed to the TBA Stallion Parade Marquee, where stallion owners will be on hand to answer any questions regarding matings for the upcoming stud season.

Stallion owners have kindly donated a nomination to each of the stallions parading and a Silent Auction will take place after the parade, with the winning bids being announced at 4pm, in the marquee. The full list of stallions parading will be announced closer to the event. Please contact Pauline Stoddart for full details.

TBA members are advised that they can gain free entry to the racecourse on the day by producing their TBA membership card at the owners’ and trainers’ entrance.

Employment matters The TBA Employment Law Quarterly Update is now available.

TBA members who employ staff have the benefit of relevant and up-to-date employment law information provided via Taylor Vinters LLP. The latest quarterly employment law newsletter and our series of fact sheets and sample policies are available on the employers’ pages of the TBA website, with the final quarterly update of 2013 covering the following topics:

*New National Minimum Wage rates *ACAS Employment Tribunal settlement agreements *Introduction of a new tax-free childcare scheme *Shared parental leave and pay Fact sheets on parental rights, maternity rights and redundancy have also been updated. Go to www.thetba.co.uk and log in to access all employment law documentation.

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Regional Activity

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15

This year has seen numerous events take place around the country, to which members were invited.

The TBA strives to give its membership plenty of opportunities to get together and works hard all year to try to distribute, as evenly as possible, the various events that take place.

The Welsh and West Midlands region

had nine events in 2013, with the West hosting six, whilst the North and the South-East both held four.

Through race sponsorship, where TBA members are granted free entrance, regional days, several stand-alone events and the two stallion parades, we hope that you will find something to attend without having to travel too far.

Regional days: The North

NH Stallion Parade, Cheltenham The parade of NH stallions will take place on Countryside Day prior to racing.

More information will be available next month. TBA Members can gain free entry on production of their Membership Card.

Members also have use of the Stallion Parade Marquee, giving the opportunity to speak with connections of the stallions parading on the day. For further details contact Pauline Stoddart at the TBA.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 TBA Mares-only Novice Hurdle at Warwick

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 PwC Economic Impact Study Launch at Tattersalls

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30 TBA Novice Hurdle (Listed) at Newbury

TUESDAY 10 – THURSDAY 12 DECEMBER TBA Annual Stud Farming Course at the British Racing School, Newmarket

Members gather in Richard Ford’s training barn at Lancashire Racing Stables

TBA Regional Representative Philip Bamford organised a superb regional day in September.

Members met at Lancashire Racing Stables, owned by Paul Clarkson and his wife Stella, and run by trainer Richard Ford.

Interestingly, the yard had successfully attracted EU funding under the Rural Development Programme 2007 - 2013, no mean feat as many can testify.

This has funded a smart American barn which Paul Clarkson explained brought their capacity up to 37 boxes, a number which he and Richard were content to maintain with the focus being on improving the quality of the horses in their care. With a business geared to offering affordable syndicate ownership, the economic downturn had created some challenges, but hopes were high that the recent arrival of Tony Culhane as assistant trainer would lead to further interest.

A number of horses were pulled out for members to view, including Philip Bamford’s Seamster, with connections looking forward to a good run two days later.

A tour of the remaining yard and an opportunity to watch four horses work on the

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woodchip gallops completed the visit.

The party took a short journey back down the A6 to Oakhill Veterinary Centre where we were met by Senior Partner Alistair Kirkham, who gave members a fascinating insight into his progressive veterinary practice. Despite the fact that the number of thoroughbred clients had fallen, the emphasis on equine investment was clearly apparent with a stateof-the-art operating theatre offering a range of surgeries, shock-wave therapies and digital Xray facilities on site, interestingly located next door to a decommissioned nuclear bunker, which attracted much comment.

Finally, after a delicious lunch at the Marriott Hotel, World Horse Welfare Chairman and founder partner of the Oakhill Veterinary Centre, Barry Johnson, gave an enlightening presentation on the work of WHW both in a supportive role to the British Horseracing Authority’s veterinary and welfare responsibilities and its vital campaigning and practical support on behalf of all horses, which stimulated some valuable debate and questions. Our thanks to Philip for a great day.

Places are strictly limited for this popular course. For further information contact Christine Standley at the TBA on 01638 661321 or email Christine.standley@thetba.co.uk

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17 TBA Mares Only Novice Hurdle at Fakenham

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29 TBA Mares-only Handicap Hurdle at Doncaster

NEW MEMBERS R Bailey Esq, Bedfordshire; Essafinaat, Suffolk; C Jenkins Esq, Gloucestershire; W Kinsey Esq, Cheshire; Mrs P A Miles, West Sussex; H Shields, London; Miss T Taylor, Rutland.

18-35 MEMBERS Anna Alcock, Wiltshire; Rob Davey, Suffolk; Des Hernon, London; Molly May, Suffolk; Paul McIvor, Middlesex; Violet Stopford, Hampshire.

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Real treat for members with Royal Paddocks visit

The Royal Paddocks, near Hampton Court Palace, is home to a range of horse and pony breeds, including Fell ponies (centre)

Highland and Fell ponies for state occasions and to support the Royal household. Based on 54 acres, with access to a further 60 acres at Hampton Court, space is limited, yet members were able to tour the paddocks and enjoy the range of stock, many of whom were housed in walled paddocks dating back to Tudor times.

The lack of a thoroughbred did not deter members and luckily Brian was accompanied by his assistant David Brookes, Matthew Powers and Michelle Brookes, who were able to answer many questions.

The Tiltyard Restaurant at Hampton Court Palace provided a hearty lunch and we were joined by Chris Stevens, the Superintendent of the Royal Collection, who kindly gave up his afternoon to provide a personal behind the

The annual programme of regional meetings would not be complete without a ‘money can’t buy’ day, organised by Derek Christopher on September 11. This year members were treated to a unique visit to Her Majesty’s Royal Paddocks, adjacent to Hampton Court Palace and very much a private stud and home to a range of breeds favoured by the Royal Family.

Stud Groom Brian Storey gave a fascinating insight into the history of the Stud and noted that the TBA party was only the fifth to visit since 1985.

After the departure of all the thoroughbred stock to Sandringham in 1896 and latterly the young horses to Polhampton, the Royal Paddocks has focused on carriage and light horse breeding – Cleveland Bays, Irish Drafts,

scenes tour of the Palace and its private rooms.

The Royal Collection is probably the largest and most important collection of art in the world, with over one million objects.

Maintenance of the collection is funded by the public opening of Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. Interestingly, one of Mr Stevens’ responsibilities includes leading the salvage team, which rushes into action in the event of a fire or other emergency situation which could threaten items in the collection, as witnessed at Windsor Castle. On a day-to-day basis the work is more likely to include overseeing conservation projects, national and international exhibitions, and maintaining public access to the collection. Our thanks to Derek for arranging this fascinating day.

RoR/TBA Retrained Racehorse Challenge Series Winners August 31 - BELLINGHAM SHOW & COUNTRY FESTIVAL, Northumberland NICOZETTO (Fr) (2000) Nicolotte – Arcizette (Fr) (Sarhoob (USA)) Ridden by – Miss R Shiel; Bred by: Classic Breeding SRL, Race record: Trained by George Bewley, Raced under rules: 46 times, Won: 6, Placed: 6 September 7 – Moreton In Marsh, Gloucestershire THE GREY GANDER (Ire)(2004) Environment Friend – Burren View (Ire) (Mazaad ) Ridden by: John Poole, Bred by: Malachy Quinn, Race record: Trained by Matthew Salaman, Raced under rules: 1 time, Won: 0, Placed: 0 September 7-8 – Dorset County, Dorset MORATTI (Ire) (1998) Farhaan – Marble World (Ire) (Top Of The World) Ridden by: Camilla Hankinson, Bred by: Unknown, Race record: Unknown September 21 – Newbury Show, Berkshire SWIFT ALLIANCE (GB) (1995) Belong To Me (USA) – One Quick Bid (USA) (Commemorate (USA)) Ridden by: Johnathan Martin, Bred by: Devonia Stud, Race record: Trained by Lady Herries, Raced under rules: 5 times, Won: 1, Placed: 0

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BREEDER OF THE MONTH – September 2013 A brace of Group 2 winners, bred and conceived on home soil, have earned Cheveley Park Stud the Breeder of the Month award for September thanks to homebred Supplicant (Kyllachy) in the Mill Reef Stakes and Producer (Dutch Art) in the Topkapi Trophy at Veliefendi in Turkey. The operation wins a supply of TRM’s world-famous Calphormin plus a bottle of premium Irish whiskey.

Just three days before Supplicant’s success at Newbury, his own-brother Penitent (who bears the name of a grand old handicapper owned by Lionel Holliday back in the 1950s) won the Listed Fortune Stakes at Sandown Park, where he won last season’s Group 2 Bet365 Mile.

Supplicant is the eighth foal and eighth winner out of the dual scorer Pious, another homebred. By the former Cheveley Park stallion Bishop Of Cashel, she has been mated exclusively with Cheveley Park residents.

Covered this time by Mayson, she has a yearling filly by Kyllachy and a filly foal by Dutch Art.

SPECIAL MERIT – September 2013

Ian Stewart-Brown & Michael Meacock Last season Times Up proved an appropriately named winner of the Doncaster Cup for John Dunlop on his pending retirement, while his son Ed saddled the seven-year-old for a repeat victory in this Group 2 stamina test at the St Leger Meeting.

The gelding was homebred by the late Ian Stewart-Brown from Brent Pelham, near Buntingford in Hertfordshire, whose younger brother Brian is a prominent owner over jumps, and Michael Meacock from Bishop’s Stortford. The co-breeders were city colleagues – Ian was a stock jobber and Michael is a Lloyd’s underwriter.

Michael is a cousin of their first trainer, Gavin Pritchard-Gordon, who trained Times Up’s dam Princess Genista to score twice and finish third in the Musidora Stakes. A daughter of Ile de Bourbon out of a half-sister to Italian star Old Country, she had been purchased from Mount Coote Stud for 40,000gns at Tattersalls’ October Yearling Sales in 1986.

However, Princess Genista’s real forte proved to be in the paddocks as she produced eleven winners from a total of 14 foals. And what is even more amazing, she and her daughter Queen of Iceni are two of only three

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Times Up, the 14th and final foal of Princess Genista

broodmares that the Stewart-Browns and Michael have ever owned.

“We have only ever bred to race,” said Jane Stewart-Brown. “We have always used inexpensive stallions and we like them to be proven and local.

I think the most we have ever paid for a nomination is the £8,000 or £9,000 to send Princess Genista to Warning, which resulted in Give Notice.

We have also done one or two foal shares with Darley. ” Give Notice and Sovinista were Princess Genista’s best son and daughter until the advent of Times Up. Give Notice won the Group 1 Prix du Cadran and Sagaro Stakes in 2002, and his half-sister won two Listed races at Ascot before being sold for 105,000gns. Princess Genista’s second foal, Sovinista, was a juvenile when Gavin Pritchard-Gordon retired whereupon she initiated the long-term association with Arundel.

Jane Stewart-Brown’s late father, John Fenwick, owned Longstones Stud at Kennett, outside Newmarket, which is now owned by his son Rowley and used as a quarantine facility and it was here that Princess Genista spent the duration of her stud innings. She was retired in 2008 aged 23 spending her remaining days with Jane’s brother on his farm at Six Mile Bottom.

Nowadays Jane and Michael board the Goodwood winner Queen Of Iceni, their solitary mare, at the National Stud. At present she has a yearling colt by Pastoral Pursuits, a colt foal by Sakhee (own-brother to the winning Knightly Escapade) and is in foal to Sir Percy. Incidentally both Olden Times and Erhaab, the respective sires of Times Up and Queen Of Iceni, were trained at Arundel.

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At home with Frankel

NGC diary dates SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9 Visit to Paul Nicholls’s Ditcheat Stables, following by racing at Wincanton.

FREE for TBA 18-35 members and £10 for NGC members.

NGC members present Seagull Star’s prizes to Joe Fanning and William Haggas

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s far as cats go, Banstead Manor’s George is pretty high on the fame scale.

Unfortunately for the 50 NGC members who visited the stud on October 6, he was having a diva moment and failed to show. Luckily, it was Frankel – the horse with whom he shot to fame following ‘that’ photo shoot – they were really there to see.

The last of four from Juddmonte’s illustrious stallion band on show, the son of Galileo did not disappoint, looking as regal as he had done on the track and clearly thriving in his new role,

a job not yet completed for the season with a number of southern hemisphere mares having made the trip for a date with Prince Khalid Abdullah’s unbeaten dual world champion.

At Banstead Manor Frankel is the new boy, and rightly so the stud’s two leading lights, Dansili and Oasis Dream, garnered their fair share of attention from the group.

Opening the show was Dansili’s son Bated Breath, another freshman who, like Frankel, stood his first season at stud this year.

Leaving Banstead Manor armed with

Frankel-themed goody bags, the group headed for a tour of the National Stud. Rich in history, it is home to Pastoral Pursuits and his sire Bahamian Bounty, and Dick Turpin, currently on shuttling duties in Australia.

Around every corner of the 500-acre site is a reminder of years and horses gone by but with racing in the offing it was time to relocate to the equally historic Rowley Mile racecourse, where after a morning of meeting equine royalty, the group were treated like the human variety, with a champagne-sipping trip to the Royal Box just one of the highlights.

The NGC-sponsored maiden, won by Seagull Star, also offered some of the group the chance to choose the best turned-out award, and later to present the prizes.

It was a memorable day from start to finish.

Well, for the NGC members anyway: Frankel has seen thousands of visitors since retiring, while George didn’t even bother to show up.

A huge thank you to everyone who made the day so special, including Sabine Bouard, Jason Imeson and Maté Kulcsar from Juddmonte, Jane Evans at the National Stud, and Sophie Able and Penny Taylor from the racecourse.

NGC graduate placements expansion The TBA Next Generation Committee has once again linked up with the BHA Graduate Programme to offer selected BHA graduates some exciting work placements to provide a valuable insight into the bloodstock industry.

The scheme is now in its third year and the number of graduates offered work placements has been increased to three, thanks to participation by the Royal Studs, Cheveley Park and Whitsbury Manor, in addition to Newsells Park and Tweenhills Farm & Stud. The graduates taking up work placements this year are: ● Emma-Louise Kerwin, who has joined Tweenhills Farm & Stud in Gloucestershire for a month, where she will assist with sales preparation and breaking yearlings on the farm before moving on to Newsells Park Stud in Hertfordshire, who she will join at the start of Tattersalls Yearling Sales. Emma graduated

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from Exeter University with a degree in Sociology and, in tandem with having a keen interest in racing, breeding and pedigrees, has worked as a freelance racing writer and photographer. Emma’s BHA Graduate placement was at Weatherbys, where she assisted the Bloodstock and Studbook teams. ● David Letts, who has joined the Royal Studs for a five-week placement, where he will be splitting his time between the yard and office, after which he will go to Cheveley Park Stud to help with sales preparation and attend the Tattersalls breeding stock sales.

David graduated from Brighton with a degree in Biological Sciences, after which he joined the BHA graduate programme and spent eight weeks with the BHA Communications and External Affairs team. He has also spent time at Weatherbys in the Studbook department and has a keen interest in

horseracing, particularly National Hunt. ● Bobby Jackson, who graduated from Royal Holloway University of London with a degree in Economics, when his final year dissertation was entitled ‘An investigation of the favourite-longshot bias: bookmakers vs. betting exchanges and different types of races’. Bobby will join Whitsbury Manor Stud after he completes his BHA placement at Cheltenham racecourse, when he will help with preparation for the December breeding stock sales. Bobby is a member of the Next Generation Club and this has helped to stimulate a keen interest in the breeding industry.

The NGC is extremely grateful to Tweenhills Farm & Stud, Newsells Park Stud, the Royal Studs, Cheveley Park Stud and Whitsbury Manor Stud, who are generously supporting the work placements.

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VET FORUM: THE EXPERT VIEW

By DEIDRE CARSON, BVSc, MRCVS

Not just another dirty nose

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Highly contagious, equine influenza has the potential to cause serious disruption

Equine influenza can spread rapidly through a large number of horses and can be passed on by coughing and sneezing

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quine influenza (EI) is a viral infection with the potential to cause significant illness and economic loss for the thoroughbred racing industry.

Symptoms include high temperature, runny nose and a dry cough that might persist for several weeks. Many affected horses go off their feed and become dull or depressed and some acquire secondary bacterial infections. Some might need to be on the easy list for many weeks in order to recover fully.

While deaths from the infection are rare, it is highly contagious and so we must not underestimate the significant risk of spread from one infected animal through a large number of horses in a short period of time.

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The infection is spread by direct contact between horses but can also be readily distributed quite long distances in droplets coughed or sneezed about by an infected horse.

No better example of the potential cost of an outbreak of EI can be found than that of the Australian experience of only a few years ago. Prior to 2007, Australia was free from EI. However, in August 2007, EI was diagnosed in a quarantine station on the outskirts of Sydney but, owing to a serious breakdown in biosecurity measures, was able to spread with frightening speed through NSW and Queensland.

A report from the NSW Department of Primary Industries dated July 1, 2008, a few

months after the country was declared once more free of EI, stated: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The outbreak that eventuated was the most serious emergency animal disease Australia has experienced in recent history. At its peak, 47,000 horses were infected in NSW on 5,943 properties, and horse owners and industry workers were facing dark times with major impacts on their livelihood and lifestyle.â&#x20AC;?

The outbreak was brought under control by a combination of strict event and movement bans, widespread testing and isolation of suspected and confirmed cases and the strategic use of vaccination to halt the spread from affected areas. It took several months and the cost to racing and other equine (and agricultural) activities was astronomical. >>

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VET FORUM: THE EXPERT VIEW >> More recent situation

More recently and much less dramatically (fortunately), EI continues to appear in many countries. According to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), in 2012 alone there were individual animal cases and/or outbreaks of equine influenza reported by Argentina, Chile, France, Germany, Ireland, UK and the USA. EI was also isolated and/or characterised in quarantine stations from horses recently imported from Uruguay into Dubai and from Belgium into Japan.

Without doubt there were and are many other undetected, undiagnosed or unreported cases. This is frustrating but not surprising as clinical signs can be mild in some horses and can resemble other respiratory diseases. Some vets and owners are reluctant to test and some are unable to access appropriate laboratory facilities. Young horses in particular are prone to respiratory infections (like children) and so the odd bit of coughing, temperature and runny nose might be overlooked in individuals or small numbers of horses. The situation becomes much more worrying when a larger proportion of horses in a training yard are affected or the horses are more obviously ill.

But they are all vaccinated, aren’t they?

This is where this EI story becomes more complicated and I apologise in advance for some of the ‘jargon’ I am about to use. EI can and does occur in vaccinated horses. Part of the reason is explained by the fact that very few vaccines for any disease are 100% effective at preventing disease – and EI is no exception.

In general terms, vaccines work by stimulating the immune system to produce antibodies and to prime special immune cells against specific disease causing organisms (pathogens), in this case the EI virus (EIV). It is important to note that vaccination for EI does not stop exposure (i.e. initial contact), nor does it always prevent infection (when the virus actually invades the tissues and starts to multiply) but it does prepare the immune system to mount a more targeted and effective defence more quickly in the event of infection.

In many cases, this means that no disease/clinical signs are experienced even if infection occurs or that clinical signs will be significantly diminished in severity and duration. An added bonus is that any infected, vaccinated horse will shed fewer infective particles and for a shorter period of time and is therefore less likely to spread the disease to others. Actually having the disease naturally will also act like a vaccine and provide some protection against future infections with the same pathogen. For some

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diseases, this protection can be lifelong. For others, including EI, the duration of immunity is relatively short-lived.

Vaccines are limited in their ability to permanently prevent disease by many factors. The main one is the nature of the pathogen. Some pathogens are pretty straightforward in their action and the disease they cause can be completely prevented by vaccination. Tetanus is a good example of this. Other pathogens are more complicated as their ability to cause disease is supported and enhanced by a number of their component parts. This makes the production of an effective vaccine difficult if not impossible.

Another complicating factor is that some pathogens constantly alter their ‘structure’ slightly over time. This last group includes the EI virus. Very slight changes in a virus can influence its ability to cause disease and can also mean that existing vaccines lose some or all of their effectiveness against infection with the ‘changed’ virus. This creates a need for the vaccines to be constantly updated to remain effective.

The EI ‘family’ The EI viruses consist of a large number of marginally different viruses – some of which we have not seen for many years. Since about 1956, scientific advances have permitted increasingly detailed examination of the differences in structure allowing specific identification of the viruses associated with each of the outbreaks which have occurred since that time. What has become obvious is that of the two originally identified strains, H7N7 (Equi 1) and H3N8 (Equi 2), it is only the latter which is still of concern to us.

Furthermore, the H3N8 group has undergone further branching so that we are now almost exclusively dealing with disease caused by H3N8/America/Florida strains.

This last group is subdivided into Clades 1 and 2. Of the 2012 outbreaks, Clade 1 was involved in France, Germany, Ireland, the UK and the Japanese quarantine facility. Clade 1 virus was identified in Argentina, Chile, USA, Germany and the Dubai quarantine station.

Outbreaks affected horses that had been correctly vaccinated. The vaccines used had included one updated with a Clade 1 virus (in accordance with the OIE recommendations of 2004).

The EI vaccines The vaccine manufacturers all provide a recommended schedule for administration to provide protection against EI. In many cases, this varies, at least in part, from the BHA (and FEI) requirements. Regular revaccination after the initial primary course is essential to maintain any level of protection. Many

trainers and vets revaccinate more frequently than manufacturers’ recommendations in an attempt to maintain protection, particularly during the Flat racing season.

Commercial EI vaccines contain two or three strains of either killed EIV or ‘live’ virus – the latter is specially modified to ensure that it does not actually cause disease when injected. The vaccines vary in which strains they contain and how the virus is prepared/carried and this affects the type of immune response which develops and which viruses families are protected against.

The ‘older’ the virus strains contained in a vaccine, the less effective the protection is likely to be. Of major concern is that in spite of OIE recommendations of 2010 and 2011, none of the available vaccines have been updated to include a virus from Clade 2 for optimum protection and only one vaccine contains the recommended strain Ohio ’03.

To quote from the OIE Expert Surveillance Panel on Equine Influenza Composition, March 2013, in relation to the 2012 outbreaks: “There was evident lack of vaccine effectiveness against both Clade 1 and Clade 2 viruses. The detection of Clade 1 and Clade 2 viruses in quarantine facilities… illustrates the ongoing risk of international spread of influenza by infected vaccinated horses, the need for optimum protection and the requirement for vaccines to be updated with strains from both Clades.”

The decision as to which vaccine to use will be influenced by cost, previous experience with different vaccines and the scientific evidence of the efficacy of the vaccines. There is considerable competition between manufacturers to try to convince us that their vaccine is at least as effective as the competition, if not more so. In return we need to push the vaccine manufacturers harder to ensure that all the available vaccines provide optimum protection against this disease.

What do we need to do?

All owners should be encouraged to test and take samples from suspected cases so that the virus can be constantly characterised for monitoring and future vaccine requirements.

Foals should start their primary vaccine course at around five to six months of age.

To reduce disease risk across the industry, everyone should ensure that their horses are correctly protected against EI. This means ensuring appropriate and full vaccination of all horses and encouraging the manufacturers to make and keep their vaccines as up to date as possible.

The more horses that are vaccinated, the better protected the horse population will be and the more inclined the manufacturers will be to invest in new technology and updated vaccines. It’s a win-win situation.

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The Pride of Racing Awards Celebrating the people who work behind the scenes and have made a positive contribution within the racing industry

Carol concert at Tatts Racing Welfare’s Annual Carol Concert will be held, once again at Tattersalls, Newmarket, on Wednesday, December 11. This traditional concert is guaranteed to get the Christmas celebrations off to a fine start. Tickets, priced at £10, are available from the Newmarket Racing Welfare office (01638 560763).

Countryside partners Racing Welfare is delighted to have been selected by the Countryside Alliance as its partner charity for the Annual Cheltenham Countryside Day. This will take place on Friday, November 15 and, as well as being a wonderful fundraising event, it will provide Racing Welfare with an opportunity to showcase its activities in support of racing’s workforce.

We are looking forward to a great day’s racing and hope that as many of you as possible will join us there.

Helping to ‘Bridge’ the Gap Fundraising activities are a vital component of our income and we are very reliant upon individual supporters willing to organise fundraising events for us. We are therefore very grateful to Jennie Humphreys, who recently ran a very successful and well-attended Bridge Lunch in Batcombe, Somerset.

The proceeds were divided between Racing Welfare and the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, both of whom received approximately £1,250. We very much appreciate the efforts of Jenny and her team. The lunch was attended by Lesley Graham, Chief Executive of Racing Welfare.

The Pride of Racing Awards, held at Haydock Park and sponsored by Betfair, recognised the enormous contribution to horseracing made by grass roots workers.

Award winners were honoured for their particular achievements and input; but it was made clear by Lesley Graham, Chief Executive of Racing Welfare, that the aim of the Awards was to celebrate the efforts of the army of unsung heroes whose dedication and commitment often go unnoticed but are absolutely vital to the industry.

All sectors of the industry were represented by over 200 guests who attended the event and were welcomed to Haydock Park by Chairman, Lord Daresbury.

For each Award, the independent judging panel had shortlisted two candidates from the nominations received. The following winners and runners-up were presented with a trophy from Racing Welfare’s Chairman, Joey Newton.

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Royal presence at Bangor-on-Dee Racing Welfare President, HRH The Princess Royal, will be hosting a reception and lunch during the charity raceday at Bangor on Wednesday, November 13.

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The National Hunt card will run six other races, including a handicap hurdle over 2m 4f

offering £20,000 in prize money. This midweek November meeting is well attended by many high profile trainers and jockeys.

Following the champagne reception and lunch, a charity auction will be conducted by Dthe highly entertaining trainer, Richard Phillips.

Tickets for the event are £85, and include an entry badge and racecard. To reserve a place or for further information, please contact Tansy Challis: tchallis@racingwelfare.co.uk; 01638 560763.

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665 SERIOUS ACCIDENTS 213 IN A&E 7 WILL NEVER WALK AWAY

YOU CAN HELP TODAY CALL 01638 560763 A meeting of the minds forum at the National Stud

The Pride of Racing Award winners pose for a group photo

Stud Staff Award Winner: Dudley Taylor, who retired as Easthorpe Hall Stud Manager in 2012, having spent 39 years working for the Easterbys.

Runner-up: Paul Newton, Stud Groom at Dalham Hall Stud.

Racing Industry Support Staff Award Winner: Georgie Sherry, Student Welfare Officer for the Northern Racing College, has helped disadvantaged young people who attend the college from the Prince’s Trust.

Runner-up: Martyn Hayes, member of the Maintenance Team and Parade Ring Safety Officer at Newmarket racecourse.

Graduate Award Winner: Rachael Gowland, who graduated from the National Stud’s Diploma Course.

She was the National Stud’s Marketing Executive and Stud Secretary and is now Marketing and Nominations Manager at Shadwell Stud.

Runner-up: Scott Dixon, Trainer.

Outstanding Contribution to Racing Award Winner: Paul ‘Barney’ Bamford. Barney suffered a life changing riding accident that resulted in paralysis from the chest down. He went on to raise £80,000 for Racing Welfare by taking on a 105 mile challenge to hand cycle from Redcar Racecourse to Doncaster Racecourse.

Runner-up: Rory MacDonald, Chief Executive, British Racing School.

Following the ceremony, an auction was held and this contributed to the total of approximately £20,000 raised from the event.

At a Staff Forum, held on October 2 at The National Stud, Racing Welfare staff from around the country had an opportunity to meet up and share their ideas and experiences.

Representatives from each region (south east, south west, midlands, north & Scotland, East Anglia) gave a brief presentation, outlining their current and proposed activities.

Lesley Graham presided over a Question and Answer session and updates were provided on Finance, Fundraising, Welfare Services and Housing. Rob Wylie updated the staff on progress within the Change of Pace pilot scheme for a careers counselling service.

In closing the Forum, Chairman Joey Newton commented on the importance of such events for an organisation, which has staff working in regional offices.

“It is essential that Racing Welfare is represented in racing centres throughout the UK, but equally necessary that there is good coordination of all activities and this can be greatly enhanced by events such as the Forum,” he said.

Careers counselling scheme trial to be conducted In July, Racing Welfare launched a one-year pilot scheme to assess the feasibility of running a careers counselling service in racing. Rob Wylie was appointed as Project Co-ordinator and he was tasked with recruiting participants in the first three months of the period, conducting the trial over the following eight months and spending the final month collating and reporting results.

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As a result, the trial will be conducted in each of the following areas: Newmarket (racing staff); Newmarket (stud staff);

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS

European Pattern 274 SUPERIOR MILE S G3 HAYDOCK PARK. September 7. 3yo+. 8f.

1. TOP NOTCH TONTO (IRE) 3 8-11 £34,026 ch g by Thousand Words - Elite Hope (Moment of Hope) O-Keith Brown B-Seamus Finucane TR-Brian Ellison 2. Hay Dude (GB) 3 8-11 £12,900 ch c by Dubawi - Inaminute (Spectrum) O-Ray Bailey B-Ray Bailey TR-KR Burke 3. Gabrial (IRE) 4 9-2 £6,456 b g by Dark Angel - Guajira (Mtoto) O-Dr Marwan Koukash B-B Kennedy TR-Richard Fahey Margins 2.25, neck. Time 1:43.35 (slow 3.85).

Going Good to soft.

Age 2-3

Starts 17

Wins 4

Places 9

Earned £72,228

Sire: THOUSAND WORDS. Sire of 1 Stakes winners.

In 2013 - TOP NOTCH TONTO Moment of Hope G3.

1st Dam: ELITE HOPE by Moment of Hope. 11 wins at 2 to 8. Dam of 3 winners: 2001: Nippy Nipper (f Fraam) ran a few times.

2002: Blakeshall Hope (g Piccolo) 2003: TSAF (c Fraam) 7 wins at 3 to 5 in Greece.

2004: (g Josr Algarhoud) 2005: Lady Haroula (f Trans Island) unraced.

2006: KARDYLS HOPE (f Fath) 3 wins at 3 and 4.

2008: Golden Starlet (f Titus Livius) 2009: Hazelivius (f Titus Livius) 2010: TOP NOTCH TONTO (g Thousand Words) Sold 2,462gns yearling at TISEP. 4 wins 2-3, Superior Mile G3, 3rd Silver Tankard S LR. Broodmare Sire: MOMENT OF HOPE. Sire of the dams of 3 Stakes winners. In 2013 - TOP NOTCH TONTO Thousand Words G3.

2009: FIRE LILY (f Dansili). 4 wins 2-3, Anglesey S G3, Ballyogan S G3, Phoenix Sprint S G3, 2nd Moyglare Stud S G1, Prix Marcel Boussac G1.

2010: THE UNITED STATES (c Galileo) 3 wins at 2 and 3, Kilternan S G3.

2011: Buonarroti (c Galileo) unraced to date.

2012: (c Galileo) 2nd Dam: ZELDING by Warning. 3 wins 2-3, Prix du Bois G3, 3rd Prix du Gros-Chene G2, Prix Robert Papin G2. Dam of BEAUTY IS TRUTH (f Pivotal, see above), GLORIOUS SIGHT (f Singspiel: Prix Finlande LR, 2nd Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1, 3rd Prix de Diane G1).

Broodmare Sire: PIVOTAL. Sire of the dams of 21 Stakes winners. In 2013 - WINSILI Dansili G1, GOOD OLD BOY LUKEY Selkirk G2, LUCKY KRISTALE Lucky Story G2, AYAHUASCA Johar G3, BANK OF BURDEN Hawk Wing G3, CHARLIE EM Kheleyf G3, FLYING THE FLAG Galileo G3, PETIT CHEVALIER High Chaparral G3, THE UNITED STATES Galileo G3.

The Galileo/Pivotal cross has produced: FLYING THE FLAG G2, THE UNITED STATES G3.

THE UNITED STATES ch c 2010

GALILEO b 98 Urban Sea

Pivotal BEAUTY IS TRUTH b 04 Zelding

TOP NOTCH TONTO ch g 2010 Danzig Razyana Kahyasi Hasili Kerali THOUSAND WORDS b 04 Northern Dancer Storm Bird South Ocean Verbose Alydar Alvernia Miss Summer Damascus Timeless Moment Hour of Parting Moment of Hope Baffle Careless Moment Ten Ahead ELITE HOPE ch 92 Prince John Greenough Pattee Canyon Chervil Revoked Fennel Oil Queen Danehill

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275 KILTERNAN S G3 LEOPARDSTOWN. September 7. 3yo+. 10f.

1. THE UNITED STATES (IRE) 3 9-3 £31,707 ch c by Galileo - Beauty Is Truth (Pivotal) O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Beauty Is Truth Syndicate TR-AP O’Brien 2. Elleval (IRE) 3 9-3 £9,268 b g by Kodiac - Penny Rouge (Pennekamp) O-Damian Lavelle B-PG Lyons TR-David Marnane 3. Tandem (GB) 4 9-10 £4,390 b g by Dansili - Light Ballet (Sadler’s Wells) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-DK Weld Margins 0.5, 1.25. Time 2:05.59 (slow 2.59).

Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 4

Wins 3

Places 0

Earned £50,760

Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 155 Stakes winners. In 2013 INTELLO Danehill G1, LINTON Centaine G1, MAGICIAN Mozart G1, ROMANTICA Danehill G1, RULER OF THE WORLD Kingmambo G1, BATTLE OF MARENGO Green Desert G2, TAPESTRY Danehill G2, TELESCOPE Darshaan G2, ALTANO Lando G3, AUSTRALIA Cape Cross G3, DAVID LIVINGSTON Indian Ridge G3, ERNEST HEMINGWAY Darshaan G3, FEEL LIKE DANCING Darshaan G3, FLYING THE FLAG Pivotal G3, RAIN GAL Hurricane Sky G3, SAY Dynaformer G3, SCINTILLULA Danehill G3, STARSTRUCK Big Shuffle G3, THE UNITED STATES Pivotal G3, WONDERFULLY Danehill G3.

1st Dam: BEAUTY IS TRUTH by Pivotal. 3 wins 2-3, Prix du Gros-Chene G2. Dam of 2 winners:

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Sadler’s Wells

LEOPARDSTOWN. September 7. 3yo+f&m. 8f.

1. LA COLLINA (IRE) 4 9-5 £105,691 ch f by Strategic Prince - Starfish (Galileo) O-J Vasicek B-Manister House Stud TR-K Prendergast 2. Lily’s Angel (IRE) 4 9-5 £30,894 b f by Dark Angel - Noyelles (Docksider) O-Clodagh Mitchell B-N Nugent, Mrs N Nugent TR-GM Lyons 3. Say (IRE) 3 9-0 £14,634 b f by Galileo - Riskaverse (Dynaformer) O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Smythson TR-AP O’Brien Margins 0.5, short head. Time 1:39.00 (slow 1.00).

Going Good.

Age 2-4

Starts 15

Wins 3

Places 7

Earned £283,621

Sire: STRATEGIC PRINCE. Sire of 1 Stakes winner.

In 2013 - LA COLLINA Galileo G1.

1st Dam: Starfish by Galileo. unraced. Dam of 3 winners: 2008: NEXT EDITION (g Antonius Pius) 3 wins.

2009: LA COLLINA (f Strategic Prince) 40,000gns yearling at DNPRM. 3 wins 2-4, Phoenix S G1, Matron S G1, 2nd Silver Flash S G3, Ridgewood Pearl S G3, Blue Wind S G3, 3rd Moyglare Stud S G1, Gladness S G3.

2010: KUANTAN ONE (c Strategic Prince) 3 wins 2-3.

2012: (c Excellent Art) 2013: (f Fastnet Rock) LA COLLINA ch f 2009 Danzig Danehill Razyana Dansili Kahyasi Hasili Kerali STRATEGIC PRINCE b 04 Sharpen Up Diesis Doubly Sure Ausherra Green God Princess of Man White Legs Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge Galileo Miswaki Urban Sea Allegretta STARFISH ch 03 Shirley Heights Slip Anchor Sayonara Silver Skates Habitat Klarifi Sorbus

2nd Dam: Silver Skates by Slip Anchor. Dam of Icon Dream (g Sadler’s Wells: 2nd Chester Vase G3).

Broodmare Sire: GALILEO. Sire of the dams of 18 Stakes winners. In 2013 - LA COLLINA Strategic Prince G1, ARCETRI PINK Rock of Gibraltar G3, CHOPIN Santiago G3, LEITIR MOR Holy Roman Emperor G3, REHN’S NEST Authorized G3, VENUS DE MILO Duke of Marmalade G3.

Saturday September 7 was a good day for Dansili’s stallion sons.

Thousand Words – who won nothing more important than a Gr3 race – was responsible for Top Notch Tonto, winner of the Gr3 Superior Mile, and then Strategic Prince supplied the winner of the Gr1 Matron Stakes in the shape of the game La Collina.

La Collina had spent a lengthy period in the wilderness since her juvenile season, when she defeated Power by a neck in the Phoenix Stakes. This first Gr1 victory was followed by 11 consecutive defeats, but she returned to her best in the Matron.

Strategic Prince also failed to win at three after a rewarding first season which yielded Gr2 victories in the July Stakes and the Vintage Stakes in August. Comfortably the best winner

by Strategic Prince, La Collina has proved a bargain at the £42,000 she cost as a yearling at Doncaster.

Although La Collina is by an inexpensive sire, there is plenty of quality in the bottom half of her pedigree. Her first two dams are daughters of the stamina-packed Derby winners Galileo and Slip Anchor.

Her third dam, Klarifi, was one of five stakes winners produced by the luckless Sorbus, who finished second in the Irish 1,000 Guineas and Irish St Leger on either side of her disqualification in the Irish Oaks.

Another of Sorbus’s Listed winners, the mile-and-a-half winner Kasmayo, was a three-parts-brother to La Collina’s second dam.

Although Klarifi’s legacy doesn’t come close to matching that of her half-sister Bahamian (second dam of Beat Hollow, Oasis Dream and Zenda), she produced the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial winner Fracas and is the second dam of the Irish 2,000 Guineas third Decado.

Decado, like La Collina, was by a Danehill line stallion. Sorbus’s daughter Beldarian produced Dariana, winner of the Gr1 Queensland Derby, to a son of Danehill.

277 IRISH CHAMPION S G1 LEOPARDSTOWN. September 7. 3yo+. 10f.

1. THE FUGUE (GB) 4 9-4 £353,252 bbr f by Dansili - Twyla Tharp (Sadler’s Wells) O-Lord Lloyd-Webber B-Watership Down Stud TR-John Gosden 2. Al Kazeem (GB) 5 9-7 £115,447 b h by Dubawi - Kazeem (Darshaan) O-DJ Deer B-DJ And Mrs Deer TR-Roger Charlton 3. Trading Leather (IRE) 3 9-0 £54,472 b c by Teofilo - Night Visit (Sinndar) O-Mrs JS Bolger B-JS Bolger TR-JS Bolger Margins 1.25, 2. Time 2:05.22 (slow 2.22).

Going Good.

Age 2-4

Starts 12

Wins 5

Places 6

Earned £688,171

Sire: DANSILI. Sire of 84 Stakes winners. In 2013 DANK Darshaan G1, FLINTSHIRE Sadler’s Wells G1, FORETELLER Warning G1, LAUGHING Be My Chief G1, THE FUGUE Sadler’s Wells G1, WINSILI Pivotal G1, RIPOSTE Rainbow Quest G2, THOMAS CHIPPENDALE Sadler’s Wells G2, VANCOUVERITE Selkirk G2, REMOTE Zamindar G3, ZIBELINA Zafonic G3.

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.

2009: THE FUGUE (f Dansili) 5 wins at 2 to 4, Irish Champion S G1, Nassau S G1, Yorkshire Oaks G1, Musidora S G3, 2nd Yorkshire Oaks G1, Ribblesdale S G2, 3rd Oaks S G1, Prince of Wales’s S G1, Breeders’ Cup Filly And Mare Turf G1.

2010: DUCAB (g Dansili) Winner at 3.

2011: Anjin (c Danehill Dancer) unraced to date.

2012: (c Shamardal) 2013: (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: Eclipse S G1), Twyla Tharp (f Sadler’s Wells, see above).

Broodmare Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of the dams of 315 Stakes winners. In 2013 - FLINTSHIRE Dansili G1, NEATICO Medicean G1, RELIABLE MAN Dalakhani G1, SHE’S HAPPY Speightstown G1, THE FUGUE Dansili G1, AKUA’DA Shamardal G2, FORTE DEI MARMI Selkirk G2, PEACE BURG Sageburg G2, TANNERY Dylan Thomas G2, THOMAS CHIPPENDALE Dansili G2, BALTIC BARONESS Shamardal 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, DARK ORCHID LR, DISCLAIMER LR, Tandem G3.

See race 246 in the October issue.

THE FUGUE b/br f 2009 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 Danzig Danehill DANSILI b 96 Hasili

Sadler’s Wells TWYLA THARP b 02 Sumoto

278 BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE TURF TRIAL G3 LEOPARDSTOWN. September 7. 2yo. 8f.

1. AUSTRALIA (GB) 9-3 £31,707 ch c by Galileo - Ouija Board (Cape Cross) O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor, T Ah Khing B-Stanley Estate And Stud Co TR-AP O’Brien 2. Free Eagle (IRE) 9-3 £9,268 b c by High Chaparral - Polished Gem (Danehill) O/B-Moyglare Stud Farm TR-DK Weld 3. Kingfisher (IRE) 9-3 £4,390 b c by Galileo - Mystical Lady (Halling) O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Whisperview Trading Ltd TR-AP O’Brien Margins 6, 3.5. Time 1:40.30 (slow 2.30).

Going Good.

Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 2

Places 1

Earned £43,304

Sire: GALILEO. See race 275.

1st Dam: OUIJA BOARD by Cape Cross. Champion 3yr old filly in Europe in 2004, Champion older mare in Ireland in 2006. 10 wins 2-5, Irish Oaks G1, Nassau S G1, Oaks S G1, Prince of Wales’s S G1, Breeders’ Cup Filly And Mare Turf G1 (twice), Hong Kong Vase G1, 2nd Coronation Cup G1, Irish Champion S G1, Breeders’ Cup Filly And Mare Turf G1, 3rd Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe G1, Japan Cup G1, Queen Elizabeth II Cup G1. Dam of 4 winners:

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Caulfield on La Collina: “The Matron Stakes heroine is comfortably the best winner by Strategic Prince and has proved a bargain at the £42,000 she cost as a yearling at Doncaster”

2008: Voodoo Prince (g Kingmambo) 3 wins at 3 to 5, 3rd Foundation S LR. 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. 2 wins at 2, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Trial S G3.

2013: (c Dubawi) 2nd Dam: Selection Board by Welsh Pageant. Sister to TELEPROMPTER. Dam of OUIJA BOARD (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 13 Stakes winners. In 2013 - TRUMPET MAJOR Arakan G2, AUSTRALIA Galileo G3, SHUKA Bachelor Duke G3.

AUSTRALIA ch c 2011 Sadler’s Wells GALILEO b 98 Urban Sea

Cape Cross OUIJA BOARD b/br 01 Selection Board

Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special Mr Prospector Miswaki Hopespringseternal Lombard Allegretta Anatevka Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier Ahonoora Park Appeal Balidaress Tudor Melody Welsh Pageant Picture Light Silly Season Ouija Samanda

279 SIRENIA S G3 KEMPTON PARK. September 7. 2yo. 6f.

1. BROWN SUGAR (IRE) 9-3 £22,684 b c by Tamayuz - Lady Livius (Titus Livius) O-De La Warr Racing B-Ballylinch Stud TR-R Hannon 2. Figure Of Speech (IRE) 9-0 £8,600 b c by Invincible Spirit - Epic Similie (Lomitas) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Charles Appleby 3. Simple Magic (IRE) 8-11 £4,304 b f by Invincible Spirit - Cephalonie (Kris S) O-Prince AA Faisal B-Nawara Stud Co Ltd TR-John Gosden Margins Short head, 4. Time 1:11.78 (slow 0.78).

Going Standard.

Age 2

Starts 6

Wins 3

Places 1

Earned £63,760

Sire: TAMAYUZ. Sire of 5 Stakes winners. In 2013 BROWN SUGAR Titus Livius G3.

1st Dam: LADY LIVIUS by Titus Livius. 3 wins at 2 to 4. Dam of 3 winners: 2009: WIDYAAN (g Lawman) Winner at 4 in France.

2010: ELLE WOODS (f Lawman) 3 wins at 2 and 3.

2011: BROWN SUGAR (c Tamayuz) Sold 37,698gns yearling at GOOY1. 3 wins at 2, Molecomb S G3, Sirenia S G3.

2012: (c Lope de Vega) 2013: (f Dream Ahead) 2nd Dam: REFINED by Statoblest. 2 wins at 2. Dam of GALEOTA (g Mujadil: Mill Reef S G2, 2nd Golden Jubilee S G1), LOULWA (f Montjeu: River Eden S LR).

Grandam of Justineo, Jadanna.

Broodmare Sire: TITUS LIVIUS. Sire of the dams of 2 Stakes winners. In 2013 - BROWN SUGAR Tamayuz G3.

BROWN SUGAR b c 2011 Nayef TAMAYUZ ch 05 Al Ishq

Titus Livius LADY LIVIUS b 03 Refined

Mr Prospector Gulch Jameela Bustino Height of Fashion Highclere Northern Dancer Nureyev Special Riverman Allez Les Trois Allegretta Mr Prospector Machiavellian Coup de Folie Be My Guest Party Doll Midnight Lady Ahonoora Statoblest Statira Red Sunset Annsfield Lady Petit Eclair

Age 2-5

280 SEPTEMBER S G3 KEMPTON PARK. September 7. 3yo+. 12f.

1. PRINCE BISHOP (IRE) 6 9-4 £34,026 ch g by Dubawi - North East Bay (Prospect Bay) O-Godolphin B-Thurso Limited TR-Saeed bin Suroor 2. Royal Empire (IRE) 4 9-7 £12,900 b c by Teofilo - Zeiting (Zieten) O-Godolphin B-Twelve Oaks Stud TR-Saeed bin Suroor 3. Main Sequence (USA) 4 9-4 £6,456 ch g by Aldebaran - Ikat (Pivotal) O-Niarchos Family B-Flaxman Holdings Ltd TR-DR Lanigan Margins Head, 3.5. Time 2:30.02 (fast 0.28).

Going Standard.

Age 3-6

Starts 20

Wins 7

Places 4

Earned £312,359

Sire: DUBAWI. Sire of 60 Stakes winners. In 2013 AL KAZEEM Darshaan G1, HUNTER’S LIGHT Barathea G1, LUCKY NINE Green Desert G1, WILLOW MAGIC Tierce G1, AFSARE Fairy King G2, AHZEEMAH Entrepreneur G2, ALJAMAAHEER Rainbow Quest G2, PRINCIPE ADEPTO Giant’s Causeway G2, UNIVERSAL Giant’s Causeway G2, DANADANA Barathea G3, KIYOSHI Sri Pekan G3, PRINCE BISHOP Prospect Bay G3.

1st Dam: North East Bay by Prospect Bay. Unplaced in USA at 2. Dam of 3 winners: 2005: STRATEGIC MISSION (g Red Ransom) 2 wins at 2 and 3.

2006: ACQUIESCED (f Refuse To Bend) Winner at 2.

2007: PRINCE BISHOP (g Dubawi) Sold 80,000gns foal at TADEF. 7 wins 3-6, Prix du Conseil de Paris G2, September S G3, Prix du Prince d’Orange G3, Floodlit S LR, 3rd Al Maktoum Challenge R3 G1 (twice), Al Maktoum Challenge 2 G2.

2008: Salmon Rose (f Iffraaj) unraced.

2009: Damar (g Authorized) unraced.

2010: Opera Omnia (c Kheleyf) unraced to date.

2011: Here For Good (c Aqlaam) unraced to date.

2013: (c Poet’s Voice) 2nd Dam: Wassifa by Sure Blade. 4 wins, 3rd Capital Holding Mile H LR. Dam of HOLD TO RANSOM (f Red Ransom: Sandringham S LR), BLINGO (c Artie Schiller: La Puente S LR), Market’s Best (f Marquetry: 3rd Baby Doe H). Grandam of RETRIEVE. Broodmare Sire: PROSPECT BAY. Sire of the dams of 4 Stakes winners. In 2013 - PRINCE BISHOP Dubawi G3.

PRINCE BISHOP ch g 2007 Mr Prospector Con Game Shareef Dancer Colorado Dancer Fall Aspen DUBAWI b 2002 Shirley Heights Deploy Slightly Dangerous Zomaradah Dancing Brave Jawaher High Tern Mr Prospector Crafty Prospector Real Crafty Lady Prospect Bay Danzig Baltic Sea Renounce NORTH EAST BAY b/br 01 Kris Sure Blade Double Lock Wassifa Ile de Bourbon Rye Tops Topsy Seeking The Gold

Dubai Millennium

281 SPRINT CUP G1 HAYDOCK PARK. September 7. 3yo+. 6f.

1. GORDON LORD BYRON (IRE) 5 9-3 £141,775 b g by Byron - Boa Estrela (Intikhab) O-Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, Morgan J Cahalan B-Roland H Alder TR-T Hogan 2. Slade Power (IRE) 4 9-3 £53,750 b c by Dutch Art - Girl Power (Key of Luck) O-Mrs S Power B-Mrs S Power TR-Edward Lynam 3. Hoof It (GB) 6 9-3 £26,900 b g by Monsieur Bond - Forever Bond (Danetime) O-A Chandler, L Westwood B-Bond Thoroughbred Corporation TR-M Easterby Margins 3, 0.75. Time 1:12.25 (slow 1.75).

Going Good to soft.

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Starts 30

Wins 9

Places 15

Earned £542,854

Sire: BYRON. Sire of 4 Stakes winners. In 2013 BYRAMA Darshaan G1, GORDON LORD BYRON Intikhab G1.

1st Dam: Boa Estrela by Intikhab. unraced. Dam of 1 winner: 2007: (c Iron Mask) died as a foal.

2008: GORDON LORD BYRON (g Byron) 1,400gns foal at GONO1, 4,622gns yearling at GOOY1.

9 wins 3-5, Sprint Cup G1, Prix de la Foret G1, Desmond S G3, City of York S LR, 2nd Sprint Cup G1, Phoenix Sprint S G3, Minstrel S G3, Owenstown Stud S LR, 3rd Prix Maurice de Gheest G1, Duke of York S G2.

2009: Piccola Sissi (f Footstepsinthesand) 2011: (f Three Valleys) 2nd Dam: CHARITA by Lycius. 2 wins 2-4, Garnet S LR. Dam of CHEYENNE STAR (f Mujahid: Brownstown S G3, Ridgewood Pearl S G3). Grandam of Avomcic.

Broodmare Sire: INTIKHAB. Sire of the dams of 5 Stakes winners. In 2013 - GORDON LORD BYRON Byron G1, LICIA Singspiel G3, PIRIKA Monsun G3.

GORDON LORD BYRON b g 2008 Danzig Green Desert

Foreign Courier

BYRON b 01 Woodman Gay Gallanta Gallanta Intikhab BOA ESTRELA b 02 Charita

Red Ransom Crafty Example Lycius Seme de Lys

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Mr Prospector Playmate Nureyev Gay Missile Roberto Arabia Crafty Prospector Zienelle Mr Prospector Lypatia Slew O’ Gold Blazon

The links between Green Desert and Haydock’s Sprint Cup were strengthened again when Gordon Lord Byron romped home. Green Desert was himself one of three sons of Danzig to win this Gr1 prize, which has also fallen to four of Green Desert’s sons – Sheikh Albadou, Tamarisk, Invincible Spirit and Markab.

Now Byron, another of Green Desert’s sons, has made his mark on the Haydock prize by siring Gordon Lord Byron. The connections of this tough gelding must have been delighted by the heavy rain which fell the day before the race, as Gordon Lord Byron’s previous Gr1 victory had been gained on heavy ground in the 2012 Prix de la Foret.

Byron himself won a Gr1, his best effort at that level being his close third in the French 2,000 Guineas. However he won at Gr2 level both at two and three and this, combined with the strength of his bloodlines, earned him his chance as part of the Darley team.

Byron left the Darley team to stand at Woodlands Stud in Co Galway in 2012. However, his fortunes have since taken a turn for the better. His second-crop daughter Byrama became a Gr1 winner in the 2013 Vanity Handicap in the US, where a younger daughter, Birdlover, is a Graded-placed stakes winner. Byron’s English son Professor has developed into a smart sprinter.

Although neither his sire Byron nor his broodmare sire Intikhab stood up to a lot of racing, Gordon Lord Byron has now raced 31 times, including 13 times as a four-year-old. His dam Boa

Estrela never raced but her game halfsister Cheyenne Star – a veteran of 20 races - won Gr3 races over seven furlongs and a mile. Gordon Lord Byron’s fourth dam, Blazon, was a winning half-sister to the top-class colts Exceller and Capote.

282 PRIX DE LUTECE G3 LONGCHAMP. September 8. 3yo. 3000m.

1. VALIRANN (FR) 8-9 £32,520 c by Nayef - Valima (Linamix) O-HH The Aga Khan B-Haras De Son Altesse L’Aga Khan Scea TR-A de Royer-Dupre 2. Lucky Look (FR) 8-6 £13,008 f by Teofilo - Victoria College (Rock of Gibraltar) O-Alain Michel Haddad B-O El Sharif TR-D Smaga 3. Montclair (IRE) 8-11 £9,756 b c by Montjeu - Minaccia (Platini) O-OTI Management Pty Ltd B-Elisabeth Fabre TR-A Fabre Margins Short neck, short neck. Time 3:14.37.

Going Good.

Age 3

Starts 5

Wins 4

Places 1

Earned £149,594

Sire: NAYEF. Sire of 16 Stakes winners. In 2013 TASADAY Mujahid G2, VALIRANN Linamix G2, SPARKLING BEAM Nureyev G3.

1st Dam: VALIMA by Linamix. 2 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix Imprudence LR. Dam of 4 winners: 2007: Valasyra (f Sinndar) Winner at 3 in France, 2nd Prix de Liancourt LR. 2008: VALIYR (c Alhaarth) 2 wins at 3 in France, Prix Matchem LR, 2nd Prix Daphnis G3.

2009: VALYRA (f Azamour). 3 wins at 3 in France, Prix de Diane G1.

2010: VALIRANN (c Nayef) 4 wins at 3 in France, Prix Chaudenay G2, Prix de Lutece G3.

2nd Dam: VADLAWYSA by Always Fair. 1 win at 3 in France. Own sister to VADLAWYS. Dam of VALIMA (f Linamix, see above).

Broodmare Sire: LINAMIX. Sire of the dams of 74 SWs. In 2013 - VALIRANN Nayef G2, ECTOT Hurricane Run G3, LESSTALK IN PARIS Cape Cross G3, MAUREEN Holy Roman Emperor G3.

VALIRANN c 2010 Mr Prospector Gulch

Jameela

NAYEF b 98 Bustino Height of Fashion Highclere Linamix VALIMA gr 2002 Vadlawysa

Mendez Lunadix Always Fair Vadlava

Raise A Native Gold Digger Rambunctious Asbury Mary Busted Ship Yard Queen’s Hussar Highlight Bellypha Miss Carina Breton Lutine Danzig Carduel Bikala Vadsa

283 DEUTSCHES ST LEGER G3 DORTMUND. September 8. 3yo+. 2800m.

1. HEY LITTLE GORL (GER) 3 8-6 £26,016 b f by Sternkoenig - Homing Instinct (Arctic Tern) O/B-Gestut Gorlsdorf TR-Markus Klug 2. Saratino (GER) 3 8-9 £8,943 ch c by Lord of England - Saratina (Monsun) O-Stall Helena B-Gestut Etzean TR-Mario Hofer 3. Arango (GER) 3 8-9 £4,472 b c by Dai Jin - Autriche (Acatenango) O-The Stable B-Gestut Zoppenbroich TR-S Smrczek Margins Short head, 1.5. Time 3:02.88.

Going Good to soft.

Age 3

Starts 3

Wins 1

Places 0

Earned £5,691

Sire: STERNKOENIG. Sire of 17 Stakes winners. In 2013 - HEY LITTLE GORL Arctic Tern G3.

1st Dam: HOMING INSTINCT by Arctic Tern. 3 wins at 4 in France. Dam of 7 winners: 2000: High Land (c Desert King) unplaced in Germany.

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS

European Pattern 2001: HIGH BRAY (g Zieten) 4 wins at 4.

2002: HILL FAIRY (f Monsun) 4 wins, Lombardstown Chase LR. 2003: HILL SPIRIT (c Polish Precedent) 2 wins at 3.

2004: Hesivorthedriver (g King’s Best) 2005: HONEYGORL (f Medicean) Winner at 3 in Germany.

2006: Home Wing (f Hawk Wing) unplaced in France.

2007: HOME SWEET HOME (f Traditionally) 2 wins at 2 in Hungary.

2009: HUMOR (c Sternkoenig) Winner at 3 in Germany.

2010: HEY LITTLE GORL (f Sternkoenig) 1 win at 3 in Germany, German St Leger G3, Grosser Preis der Dr Klein & Co AG LR. 2011: (c Adlerflug) 2nd Dam: SINGAPORE GIRL by Lyphard. 3 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix Maurice de Nieuil G2. Dam of GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY (c Dominion: Prix Noailles G2, 2nd Prix d’Ispahan G1), Urmia (f Persian Bold: 3rd Prix Coronation LR, Prix La Sorellina LR), Honeytrap (f Primo Dominie: 2nd Prix de Thiberville LR), Exotic Girl (f Posse: 3rd Prix de la Calonne LR, Prix de Honfleur LR). Grandam of RITON, WORLDWIDE, VERY CHIC, URGELE, WEST SIDE, Musa Do Verao, Ussaro. Third dam of HECKIE, FILS DE VIANE, AL AASIFH, VESTIDA PARA MATAR. Fourth dam of VIANE ROSE. Broodmare Sire: ARCTIC TERN. Sire of the dams of 68 Stakes winners. In 2013 - HEY LITTLE GORL Sternkoenig G3.

HEY LITTLE GORL b f 2010 Zeddaan Khairunissa Kalaglow Pall Mall Rossitor Sonia STERNKOENIG gr 90 Authi Wauthi Wait And Take Sternwappen Waldcanter Sternwacht Sterna Dan Cupid Sea Bird II Sicalade Arctic Tern Hasty Road Bubbling Beauty Almahmoud HOMING INSTINCT b 94 Northern Dancer Lyphard Goofed Singapore Girl Tanerko Cheftaine Chantelle II Kalamoun

284 PRIX LA ROCHETTE G3 LONGCHAMP. September 8. 2yo. 1400m.

1. KARAKONTIE (JPN) 8-11 £32,520 b c by Bernstein - Sun Is Up (Sunday Silence) O-Niarchos Family B-Flaxman Holdings Ltd TR-JE Pease 2. Decathlete (USA) 8-11 £13,008 b c by Medaglia d’Oro - Rahiyah (Rahy) O-Godolphin SNC B-Darley TR-A Fabre 3. Stillman (FR) 8-11 £9,756 b c by Vespone - Kikinda (Daliapour) O-Eckhard Sauren B-P Chedeville TR-Mario Hofer Margins 0.75, 1.25. Time 1:22.45. Going Good.

Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 2

Places 1

Earned £51,219

Sire: BERNSTEIN. Sire of 71 Stakes winners. In 2013 - RENEE’S TITAN Tiznow G2, KARAKONTIE Sunday Silence G3, STORM RANCHER Ahmad G3.

1st Dam: Sun Is Up by Sunday Silence. ran on the flat in France at 2 and 3. Dam of 6 winners: 2003: (c Broad Brush). died as a foal.

2004: SOLITA (f Thunder Gulch) 5 wins 2-3 in Spain.

2005: Upsilon (c Aldebaran) ran on the flat in France.

2006: SUNDAY SUNRISE (c Lemon Drop Kid) 5 wins at 2 to 5 in USA, Veteran S. 2007: BOTTEGA (c Mineshaft) 6 wins at 2 to 5, 2012 in France, Spain, Criterium du Languedoc LR. 2008: ALHUCEMA (f Aldebaran) 2 wins 3-4 in Peru.

2009: DAWNING (f War Chant) Winner at 3 in France.

2011: KARAKONTIE (c Bernstein) 2 wins at 2 in France, Prix La Rochette G3, 2nd Prix Francois Boutin LR. 2012: (c Bago) 2nd Dam: MOON IS UP by Woodman. 1 win at 3 in France, Prix de Lieurey LR, 3rd Prix de Seine-et-Oise G3. Dam of AMANEE (f Pivotal: Thekwini S G1).

Broodmare Sire: SUNDAY SILENCE. Sire of the dams of 117 Stakes winners. In 2013 - LOGOTYPE

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Lohengrin G1, GRAND PRIX BOSS Sakura Bakushin O G2, MOUSQUETAIRE Mayano Top Gun G2, ADMIRE ROYAL King Kamehameha G3, ALL THAT JAZZ Tanino Gimlet G3, HORAI AKIKO Johannesburg G3, IMPULSE HERO Kurofune G3, KARAKONTIE Bernstein G3, MEINE ISABEL Telegnosis G3, MEINER LACRIMA Chief Bearhart G3.

KARAKONTIE b c 2011 Storm Bird Storm Cat

Terlingua

BERNSTEIN b 97 Affirmed La Affirmed La Mesa Sunday Silence SUN IS UP b/br 98 Moon Is Up

Halo Wishing Well Woodman Miesque

Northern Dancer South Ocean Secretariat Crimson Saint Exclusive Native Won’t Tell You Round Table Finance Hail To Reason Cosmah Understanding Mountain Flower Mr Prospector Playmate Nureyev Pasadoble

285 PRIX DU PIN G3 LONGCHAMP. September 8. 3yo+. 1400m.

1. DESERT BLANC (GB) 5 9-1 £32,520 b h by Desert Style - Lumiere Rouge (Indian Ridge) O-Ecurie Jarlan B-Haras du Mezeray TR-C Baillet 2. Mayyadah (IRE) 3 8-8 £13,008 b f by Invincible Spirit - Seralia (Royal Academy) O-HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani B-Petra Bloodstock Agency Ltd TR-F Head 3. Sommerabend (GB) 6 9-1 £9,756 b h by Shamardal - Sommernacht (Monsun) O-Stall Am Alten Flies B-Gestut Schlenderhan TR-M Rulec Margins Neck, head. Time 1:20.31. Going Good.

Age 3-5

Starts 10

Wins 6

Places 3

Earned £317,158

Sire: DESERT STYLE. Sire of 22 Stakes winners. In 2013 - DESERT BLANC Indian Ridge G3.

1st Dam: Lumiere Rouge by Indian Ridge. Dam of 3 winners: 2004: LUMIERE NOIRE (f Dashing Blade) 4 wins at 3 and 4 in France, Germany, Grosser Preis der HTP Cup LR. 2005: Lumiere Astrale (f Trempolino) Winner at 3 in France, 3rd Prix de Thiberville LR. 2007: (f Barathea) 2008: DESERT BLANC (c Desert Style) 66,574gns yearling at ARAUG. 6 wins 3-5 in France, USA, Manhattan H G1, Prix du Pin G3, Prix de Tourgeville LR, 2nd Fort Marcy S G3, 3rd Prix du Prince d’Orange G3.

2009: El Diamante (f Royal Applause) 2010: Habeshia (c Muhtathir) in training.

2012: (f Teofilo) 2nd Dam: Lumen Dei by Raise A Native. 3rd Prix de Lieurey LR. Dam of SIGNE DIVIN (c Bering: Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte G2, 2nd Grand Criterium G1, Premio Vittorio di Capua G1). Grandam of Kahyasola.

Broodmare Sire: INDIAN RIDGE. Sire of the dams of 68 SWs. In 2013 - JWALA Oasis Dream G1, KINGSGATE NATIVE Mujadil G2, DAVID LIVINGSTON Galileo G3, DESERT BLANC Desert Style G3, MONTIRIDGE Ramonti G3, MULL OF KILLOUGH Mull of Kintyre G3, ROMANTIC WAVE Rock of Gibraltar G3, TICKLED PINK Invincible Spirit G3.

The Desert Style/Indian Ridge cross has produced: DESERT BLANC G1, CAPTAIN HURRICANE G2.

DESERT BLANC b h 2008 Danzig Green Desert

Foreign Courier

DESERT STYLE b 92 High Top Organza Canton Silk Indian Ridge LUMIERE ROUGE ch 99 Lumen Dei

Ahonoora Hillbrow Raise A Native Light of Realm

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Derring-Do Camenae Runnymede Clouded Lamp Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols Swing Easy Golden City Native Dancer Raise You Realm Some Thing

286 PRIX D’AUMALE G3 CHANTILLY. September 10. 2yof. 1600m.

1. LESSTALK IN PARIS (IRE) 8-9 £32,520 b f by Cape Cross - Top Toss (Linamix) O-SARL Ecurie J-L Tepper B-Skymarc Farm TR-J-C Rouget 2. Straight Thinking (USA) 8-9 £13,008 grro f by Mizzen Mast - Hachita (Gone West) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-A Fabre 3. Marbre Rose (IRE) 8-9 £9,756 b f by Smart Strike - Manerbe (Unbridled’s Song) O-Ecurie Des Monceaux B-Ecurie Des Monceaux TR-F Head Margins 0.75, 2. Time 1:38.91. Going Soft.

Age 2

Starts 2

Wins 2

Places 0

1st Dam: TOP TOSS by Linamix. 4 wins 2-3, Prix d’Aumale G3, Prix de Psyche G3. Dam of 2 winners: 2010: Dastarhon (c Dansili) Winner at 2 in France, 2nd Poule d’Essai des Poulains G1.

2011: LESSTALK IN PARIS (f Cape Cross) Sold 99,206gns yearling at ARAUG. 2 wins at 2 in France, Prix d’Aumale G3.

2012: (c Azamour) 2013: (c Lawman) 2nd Dam: TOSSUP by Gone West. Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial LR. Own sister to TORREY CANYON. Dam of TOP TOSS (see above).

Broodmare Sire: LINAMIX. Sire of the dams of 74 Stakes winners. In 2013 - LESSTALK IN PARIS Cape Cross G3, MAUREEN Holy Roman Emperor G3, VALIRANN Nayef G3.

The Cape Cross/Linamix cross has produced: LESSTALK IN PARIS G3, MILA LR. LESSTALK IN PARIS b f 2011 Danzig Foreign Courier

CAPE CROSS b/br 94 Ahonoora Park Appeal Balidaress Linamix TOP TOSS gr 2005 Tossup

Mendez Lunadix Gone West Tovalop

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols Balidar Innocence Bellypha Miss Carina Breton Lutine Mr Prospector Secrettame Northern Dancer Queen of Capri

287 PRIX D’ARENBERG G3 CHANTILLY. September 10. 2yo. 1100m.

1. THIS TIME (FR) 8-8 £32,520 b f by Zafeen - Scalotta (Winged Love) O-Mme Antoinette Tamagni B-Mme A Tamagni, Mme M-E Binswanger TR-H-A Pantall 2. Another Party (FR) 8-11 £13,008 ch c by Pomellato - Jummana (Cadeaux Genereux) O-Mrs Theresa Marnane B-Mme M-J Goetschy TR-Matthieu Palussiere 3. Haikbidiac (IRE) 8-11 £9,756 b c by Kodiac - Silk Fan (Unfuwain) O-Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum B-Silk Fan Syndicate TR-William Haggas Margins Short neck, 1.25. Time 1:04.99.

Going Soft.

Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 2

Places 1

Broodmare Sire: WINGED LOVE. Sire of the dams of 5 Stakes winners. In 2013 - THIS TIME Zafeen G3.

THIS TIME b f 2011

Earned £45,365

Sire: ZAFEEN. Sire of 1 Stakes winners. In 2013 THIS TIME Winged Love G3.

1st Dam: SCALOTTA by Winged Love. 5 wins at 3, 5 and 6 in France, Germany. Dam of 1 winner: 2006: Sadyra (f Gold Away) 2007: Sacira (f American Post) unraced.

2009: Ausone (c Muhtathir) 2011: THIS TIME (f Zafeen) Sold 2,873gns foal at ARDEC. 2 wins at 2 in France, Prix d’Arenberg G3.

Mr Prospector Secrettame The Minstrel Zaizafon Mofida Caro Kaldoun Katana Groom Dancer Shy Danceuse Shy Princess Sadler’s Wells In The Wings High Hawk Top Ville J’Ai Deux Amours Pollenka Dominion Primo Dominie Swan Ann Gimont Santina Salviana Gone West

Zafonic ZAFEEN b 00

Earned £46,341

Sire: CAPE CROSS. Sire of 87 Stakes winners. In 2013 - JET AWAY Kahyasi G3, LESSTALK IN PARIS Linamix G3, MAPUTO Secretariat G3.

Green Desert

2nd Dam: STILETTA by Primo Dominie. 2 wins at 3, Preis von Koln LR. Dam of Silver Spur (g Sillery: 3rd Grosser Muller Brot-Preis G2), Satier (c Lord of Men: 2nd SWB Derby Trial LR), Salcita (f Zieten: 2nd IDEE Festa Rennen LR), SERRANO (c Sillery: Corsa Siepi di Pisa H. Hurdle LR, 2nd Gran Corsa di Siepi di Milano Hurdle G1, 3rd Gran Corsa di Siepi di Roma Hurdle G1).

Shy Lady

Winged Love SCALOTTA b 98 Stiletta

288 PARK HILL S G2 DONCASTER. Sept 12. 3yo+f&m. 14f 132yds.

1. THE LARK (GB) 3 8-6 £51,039 ch f by Pivotal - Gull Wing (In The Wings) O-Lady Bamford B-Lady Bamford TR-Michael Bell 2. Phiz (GER) 3 8-6 £19,350 b f by Galileo - Peace Time (Surumu) O-RJH Geffen B-Gestut Etzean TR-John Gosden 3. Alta Lilea (IRE) 3 8-6 £9,684 b f by Galileo - In My Life (Rainbow Quest) O-Mrs S Bianco, Ms J Bianco B-Rockhart Trading Ltd TR-Mark Johnston Margins 1.25, 4. Time 3:08.95 (slow 4.95).

Going Good to soft.

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 2

Places 3

Earned £108,693

Sire: PIVOTAL. Sire of 105 Stakes winners. In 2013 FARHH Lando G1, THE LARK In The Wings G2, AFRICAN STORY Gone West G3, HOT SNAP Kingmambo G3.

1st Dam: GULL WING by In The Wings. 3 wins at 2 to 4, Further Flight S LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2010: THE LARK (f Pivotal) 2 wins at 2 and 3, Park Hill S G2, 3rd Oaks S G1, Swettenham Stud Fillies’ Trial S LR. 2011: Eagle Top (c Pivotal) unraced to date.

2012: (c Shamardal) 2013: (c Pivotal) 2nd Dam: MAYCOCKS BAY by Muhtarram. 2 wins at 4, Silver Cup Rated H S LR. Dam of SARISKA (f Pivotal: Darley Irish Oaks G1, Investec Oaks S G1, 2nd Coronation Cup G1, Yorkshire Oaks G1, 3rd Champion S G1), GULL WING (see above).

Broodmare Sire: IN THE WINGS. Sire of the dams of 30 SWs. In 2013 - LOST IN THE MOMENT Danehill Dancer G2, THE LARK Pivotal G2.

THE LARK ch f 2010 Northern Dancer Special Jefferson Marie d’Argonne Mohair Caro Cozzene Ride The Trails Bustino Stufida Zerbinetta Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge Shirley Heights High Hawk Sunbittern Alleged Muhtarram Ballet de France High Top Beacon Mountain Lodge Nureyev Polar Falcon PIVOTAL ch 93 Fearless Revival

In The Wings GULL WING ch 04 Maycocks Bay

289 SCEPTRE S G3 DONCASTER. September 12. 3yo+f&m. 7f.

1. NARGYS (IRE) 3 8-10 £35,520 b f by Lawman - Spesialta (Indian Ridge) O-Sh. Moh. Obaida B-Ballylinch Stud TR-LM

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Cumani 2. Switcher (IRE) 4 9-0 £13,434 b f by Whipper - Bahamamia (Vettori) O-Middleham Park Racing LXII B-Eugene McDermott TR-Richard Fahey 3. Winning Express (IRE) 3 8-10 £6,714 gr f by Camacho - Lady Fabiola (Open Forum) O-Milton Express Ltd B-Yeomanstown Stud TR-Ed McMahon Margins 1.75, nose. Time 1:26.30 (slow 2.50).

Going Good to soft.

Age 2-3

Starts 11

Wins 2

Places 5

Earned £62,605

2nd Dam: Secret Heart by Vision. Dam of INOURHEARTS (f Pips Pride, see above).

Broodmare Sire: PIPS PRIDE. Sire of the dams of 5 Stakes winners. In 2013 - GREEN DOOR Camacho G2, RAGAZZO Academy Award G3.

The Camacho/Pips Pride cross has produced: GREEN DOOR G2, STAR ROVER LR, Jamesway LR. GREEN DOOR b c 2011 Danzig Danehill CAMACHO b 02 Zafonic

Sire: LAWMAN. Sire of 10 Stakes winners. In 2013 JUST THE JUDGE Rainbow Quest G1, NARGYS Indian Ridge G3.

1st Dam: SPESIALTA by Indian Ridge. Winner at 3.

Dam of 2 winners: 2009: (c Lawman) 2010: NARGYS (f Lawman) 35,398gns foal at GONO1, 102,626gns yearling at GOOY1.

2 wins 2-3, Sceptre S G3, 2nd Rockfel S G2.

2011: HIDDEN OASIS (g Lawman) Winner at 2.

2012: (c Lawman) 2013: (f Lope de Vega) 2nd Dam: JUST SPECIAL by Cadeaux Genereux. 2 wins 3-4, Knockaire S LR, 2nd Prix d’Astarte G2. Dam of BEST DATING (g King’s Best: Prix du Pin G3, 3rd Prix Daniel Wildenstein G2).

Broodmare Sire: INDIAN RIDGE. Sire of the dams of 69 Stakes winners. In 2013 - JWALA Oasis Dream G1, KINGSGATE NATIVE Mujadil G2, DAVID LIVINGSTON Galileo G3, DESERT BLANC Desert Style G3, MONTIRIDGE Ramonti G3, MULL OF KILLOUGH Mull of Kintyre G3, NARGYS Lawman G3, ROMANTIC WAVE Rock of Gibraltar G3, NARGYS b f 2010 Invincible Spirit LAWMAN b 04 Laramie

Indian Ridge SPESIALTA ch 04 Just Special

Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier Kris Rafha Eljazzi Mr Prospector Gulch Jameela Shirley Heights Light The Lights Lighted Glory Lorenzaccio Ahonoora Helen Nichols Swing Easy Hillbrow Golden City Young Generation Cadeaux Genereux Smarten Up Alzao Relatively Special Someone Special

290 FLYING CHILDERS S G2 DONCASTER. September 13. 2yo. 5f.

1. GREEN DOOR (IRE) 9-0 £39,697 b c by Camacho - Inourhearts (Pips Pride) O-D Redvers, Michael H Watt B-Mrs Sue Lenehan TR-Olly Stevens 2. Wind Fire (USA) 8-11 £15,050 b f by Distorted Humor - A P Dream (A P Indy) O-Qatar Racing Limited B-Kinsman Farm TR-David Brown 3. Extortionist (IRE) 9-0 £7,532 b c by Dandy Man - Dream Date (Oasis Dream) O-Sheikh Suhaim Al Thani B-Mrs Louise Lyons TR-Olly Stevens Margins 1.25, 0.5. Time 0:59.94 (slow 1.94).

Going Good to soft.

Age 2

Starts 7

Wins 3

Places 2

Earned £54,389

Sire: CAMACHO. Sire of 9 SWs. In 2013 - GREEN DOOR Pips Pride G2, MY CATCH Barathea G3.

1st Dam: INOURHEARTS by Pips Pride. 4 wins 3-4, Rockingham H LR. Dam of 4 winners: 2003: BRILAND (f Namid) Winner at 2.

2004: INOURTHOUGHTS (f Desert Style) Winner at 2.

2005: Tikinheart (g Intikhab) 2008: WANDERING HEART (f Iffraaj) Winner at 3.

2009: Dixiedoodledandy (f Desert Style) 2011: GREEN DOOR (c Camacho) Sold 9,851gns foal at GONO1, 18,095gns yearling at DNPRM. 3 wins at 2, Flying Childers S G2.

2013: (c Azamour)

Razyana

Arabesque Prophecy Pips Pride INOURHEARTS b 96 Secret Heart

Efisio Elkie Brooks Vision Heart ‘n’ Soul

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Gone West Zaizafon Warning Andaleeb Formidable Eldoret Relkino Cresset Nijinsky Foreseer Bold Lad Relic Spirit

291 DONCASTER CUP G2 DONCASTER. September 13. 3yo+. 18f.

1. TIMES UP (GB) 7 9-3 £56,710 b g by Olden Times - Princess Genista (Ile de Bourbon) O/B-Mrs IH Stewart-Brown, MJ Meacock TR-Ed Dunlop 2. High Jinx (IRE) 5 9-3 £21,500 b h by High Chaparral - Leonara (Surumu) O-Mr & Mrs WJ Williams B-Haras De La Perelle TR-JR Fanshawe 3. Repeater (GB) 4 9-3 £10,760 b g by Montjeu - Time Over (Mark of Esteem) O-Cheveley Park Stud B-W & R Barnett Ltd, Balmerino Bloodstock TR-David O’Meara Margins 1.25, 0.5. Time 3:59.09 (slow 7.09).

Going Good to soft.

Age 2-7

Starts 32

Wins 10

Places 15

Earned £415,228

Sire: OLDEN TIMES. Sire of 2 Stakes winners. In 2013 - TIMES UP Ile de Bourbon G2.

1st Dam: Princess Genista by Ile de Bourbon. 2 wins 2-3, 2nd Silver Cup LR, 3rd Musidora S G3, 4th Prix Kergorlay G2. Dam of 11 winners: 1990: Tomos (c Sure Blade) 2 wins at 2 and 3, 2nd Carroll Trophy Ltd Extended H Hurdle LR. 1991: SOVINISTA (f Soviet Star) 3 wins at 3, Rosemary S LR, October S LR. Grandam of Lady Rangali (3rd Pipalong S LR). Third dam of Lady Penko (3rd Criterium Labronico LR).

1992: ELA MATA (g Dancing Brave) 5 wins.

1993: Tsarnista (f Soviet Star) Winner at 2, 2nd Dahlia S LR. 1994: Polenista (f Polish Precedent) 1995: Stargard (f Polish Precedent) 1996: Cavernista (f Lion Cavern) 1997: GIVE NOTICE (g Warning) 7 wins 3-5, Prix du Cadran G1.

1999: HEIR TO BE (g Elmaamul) 12 wins.

2000: STOOP TO CONQUER (g Polar Falcon) 6 wins.

2001: RACE THE ACE (g First Trump) 2 wins at 3.

2002: QUEEN OF ICENI (f Erhaab) Winner at 3.

2005: FEARLESS WARRIOR (g Erhaab) 2 wins at 3.

2006: TIMES UP (g Olden Times) 10 wins 3-7, Doncaster Cup G2 (twice), Lonsdale Cup G2, Jockey Club Rose Bowl LR, Grand Cup LR, 2nd Prix Maurice de Nieuil G2, 3rd Lonsdale Cup G2, Geoffrey Freer S G3.

TIMES UP b g 2006 Shirley Heights Darshaan

Delsy

OLDEN TIMES b 98 Ajdal Garah Abha Ile de Bourbon PRINCESS GENISTA b 85 Queen of The Brush

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Nijinsky Roseliere Averof Little Miss

Mill Reef Hardiemma Abdos Kelty Northern Dancer Native Partner Thatching Hardware Northern Dancer Flaming Page Misti IV Peace Rose Sing Sing Argentina Aggressor Violetta III

2nd Dam: QUEEN OF THE BRUSH by Averof. 1 win at 3. Dam of FAWLTY TOWERS (c Fools Holme: Turf Distance Series S), Bristle (f Thatch: 4th Silken Glider S G3), Imperial Brush (g Sallust: 2nd Finale Junior Hurdle LR). Grandam of TAKWIM, CAPWELL, Bintang, PREMIER GENERATION, Aerleon Pete.

Broodmare Sire: ILE DE BOURBON. Sire of the dams of 29 Stakes winners. In 2013 - TIMES UP Olden Times G2.

292 MAY HILL S G2 DONCASTER. September 13. 2yof. 8f.

1. IHTIMAL (IRE) 8-12 £39,697 b f by Shamardal - Eastern Joy (Dubai Destination) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Saeed bin Suroor 2. Majeyda (USA) 8-12 £15,050 bbr f by Street Cry - Alzerra (Pivotal) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Charles Appleby 3. Lady Lara (IRE) 8-12 £7,532 b f by Excellent Art - Shanty (Selkirk) O-Cedars Two B-Shanty Syndicate TR-Alan Jarvis Margins 2, 2. Time 1:43.30 (slow 6.50).

Going Good to soft.

Age 2

Starts 5

Wins 2

Places 3

Earned £77,011

Sire: SHAMARDAL. Sire of 55 Stakes winners. In 2013 - DUNBOYNE EXPRESS Polish Precedent G1, MAYBE DISCREET Bluebird G1, AKUA’DA Sadler’s Wells G2, IHTIMAL Dubai Destination G2, MUKHADRAM Timber Country G2, PUISSANCE DE LUNE Unbridled’s Song G2, BALTIC BARONESS Sadler’s Wells G3, CAMEO A P Indy G3.

1st Dam: EASTERN JOY by Dubai Destination.

Winner at 3 in France. Dam of 1 winner: 2011: IHTIMAL (f Shamardal) 2 wins at 2, Barrett Steel May Hill S G2, germantb.com Sweet Solera S G3, 3rd Chesham S LR. 2012: (f Cape Cross) 2013: (f Teofilo) 2nd Dam: RED SLIPPERS by Nureyev. 3 wins 2-3, Sun Chariot S G2. Own sister to ROMANOV. Dam of WEST WIND (f Machiavellian: Prix de Diane G1, 2nd Prix Vermeille G1, 3rd Pretty Polly S G1), REDBRIDGE (c Alleged: Mercury S LR) Broodmare Sire: DUBAI DESTINATION. Sire of the dams of 1 Stakes winners. In 2013 - IHTIMAL Shamardal G2.

IHTIMAL b f 2011 Storm Bird Terlingua Rahy Immense SHAMARDAL b 02 Mr Prospector Machiavellian Coup de Folie Helsinki Troy Helen Street Waterway Mr Prospector Kingmambo Miesque Dubai Destination Alleged Mysterial Mysteries EASTERN JOY b 06 Northern Dancer Nureyev Special Red Slippers Affirmed Morning Devotion Morning Has Broken Storm Cat

Giant’s Causeway

Mariah’s Storm

293 BLANDFORD S G2 CURRAGH. September 14. 3yo+f&m. 10f.

1. BELLE DE CRECY (IRE) 4 9-7 £52,846 b f by Rock of Gibraltar - Bloemfontain (Cape Cross) O-Andrew Tinkler B-Liam Sheridan TR-JP Murtagh 2. Hot Snap (GB) 3 9-0 £15,447 ch f by Pivotal - Midsummer (Kingmambo) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-Lady Cecil 3. Magical Dream (IRE) 3 9-0 £7,317 b f by Galileo - Red Evie (Intikhab) O-Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor, D Smith B-Roncon, Wynatt, Chelston TR-AP O’Brien Margins 1.75, 1. Time 2:04.75 (fast 0.25).

Going Good.

Age 3-4

Starts 7

Wins 2

Places 5

Earned £28,231

Sire: ROCK OF GIBRALTAR. Sire of 88 SWs. In 2013 - BELLE DE CRECY Cape Cross G2,

SOCIETY ROCK Key of Luck G2, ARCETRI PINK Galileo G3, ROMANTIC WAVE Indian Ridge G3.

1st Dam: BLOEMFONTAIN by Cape Cross. Winner at 2. Dam of 3 winners: 2006: THE MINIVER ROSE (f High Chaparral) 2 wins 2-3, Park Hill S G2.

2008: QUAILS HOLLOW (g Beat Hollow) Winner at 3.

2009: BELLE DE CRECY (f Rock of Gibraltar) Sold 50,000gns foal at TADEF, 130,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 2 wins at 4, Blandford S G2, 2nd Hurry Harriet S LR. 2010: Tennessee Waltz (f High Chaparral) unraced.

2011: (f Neo Universe) 2nd Dam: CAROTENE by Great Nephew. 12 wins at 3 to 5, Yellow Ribbon Invitational H G1, Pan American H G1, 2nd Santa Barbara H G1, 3rd Yellow Ribbon Invitational H G1, San Juan Capistrano Invitation H G1, Sword Dancer S G1. Dam of Ginger Tree (f Dayjur: 3rd Rockingham S LR).

Broodmare Sire: CAPE CROSS. Sire of the dams of 14 Stakes winners. In 2013 - BELLE DE CRECY Rock of Gibraltar G2, TRUMPET MAJOR Arakan G2, AUSTRALIA Galileo G3, SHUKA Bachelor Duke G3.

BELLE DE CRECY b f 2009 Danzig Danehill

Razyana

ROCK OF GIBRALTAR b 99 Be My Guest Offshore Boom Push A Button Cape Cross BLOEMFONTAIN b 01

Green Desert Park Appeal Great Nephew

Carotene

Carrot Top

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Northern Dancer What A Treat Bold Lad River Lady Danzig Foreign Courier Ahonoora Balidaress Honeyway Sybil’s Niece High Hat Orange Girl

294 PARK S G2 DONCASTER. September 14. 3yo+. 7f.

1. VIZTORIA (IRE) 3 8-11 £56,710 b f by Oratorio - Viz (Darshaan) O-Mrs K Lavery B-Airlie Stud TR-Edward Lynam 2. Lockwood (GB) 4 9-4 £21,500 gr g by Invincible Spirit - Emily Bronte (Machiavellian) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Saeed bin Suroor 3. Gregorian (IRE) 4 9-4 £10,760 gr c by Clodovil - Three Days In May (Cadeaux Genereux) O-HRH Princess Haya Of Jordan B-Rathasker Stud TR-John Gosden Margins 0.75, 1.25. Time 1:25.54 (slow 1.74).

Going Good to soft.

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 4

Places 1

Earned £164,740

Sire: ORATORIO. Sire of 38 Stakes winners. In 2013 - BIZ THE NURSE Tobougg G1, RAVE Dancing Brave G1, VIZTORIA Darshaan G2, MOONWALK IN PARIS Singspiel G3.

1st Dam: VIZ by Darshaan. 2 wins at 3, Premio Giovanni Falck LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2007: Swizzle Stick (f Sadler’s Wells) unraced.

2008: Vizean (f Medicean) 2010: VIZTORIA (f Oratorio) 12,315gns yearling at GOFEB, 9,000gns yearling at TAOC2. 4 wins 2-3, Park S G2, Athasi S G3, Blenheim S LR, 2nd Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte G2.

2011: Namely (f Rock of Gibraltar) unraced to date.

2013: (f Raven’s Pass) 2nd Dam: For Example by Northern Baby. Dam of VIZ (f Darshaan, see above), Forbearing (g Bering: 2nd Rose of Lancaster S G3), Dryden House (f Cadeaux Genereux: 3rd Prix Ceres LR).

Broodmare Sire: DARSHAAN. Sire of the dams of 210 SWs. In 2013 - AL KAZEEM Dubawi G1, AMBIVALENT Authorized G1, BYRAMA Byron G1, DANK Dansili G1, ESTIMATE Monsun G1, SAJJHAA King’s Best G1, GIANT SANDMAN Footstepsinthesand G2, LIBERTARIAN New Approach G2, TELESCOPE Galileo G2, VEREMA Barathea G2, VIZTORIA Oratorio G2, ERNEST HEMINGWAY Galileo G3, FEEL LIKE DANCING Galileo G3, GLOBAL THRILL Big Shuffle G3, JUTLAND Halling G3.

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European Pattern VIZTORIA b f 2010 Danzig Danehill

Razyana

ORATORIO b 02 Vaguely Noble Mahrah Montage Darshaan

Shirley Heights Delsy

VIZ b 02 For Example

Northern Baby Bold Example

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Vienna Noble Lassie Alydar Katonka Mill Reef Hardiemma Abdos Kelty Northern Dancer Two Rings Bold Lad Lady Be Good

295 CHAMPAGNE S G2 DONCASTER. September 14. 2yoc&g. 7f.

1. OUTSTRIP (GB) 8-12 £50,585 gr c by Exceed And Excel - Asi Siempre (El Prado) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Charles Appleby 2. The Grey Gatsby (IRE) 8-12 £19,178 gr c by Mastercraftsman - Marie Vison (Entrepreneur) O-F Gillespie B-M Parrish TR-Kevin Ryan 3. Cable Bay (IRE) 8-12 £9,598 b c by Invincible Spirit - Rose de France (Diktat) O-Julie Martin, David R Martin & Partner B-Irish National Stud TR-Charles Hills Margins 3, head. Time 1:26.90 (slow 3.10).

Going Good to soft.

Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 2

Places 1

Earned £71,238

Sire: EXCEED AND EXCEL. Sire of 72 SWs. In 2013 - GUELPH Elusive Quality G1, OVERREACH Snippets G1, OUTSTRIP El Prado G2, SIDESTEP Quest For Fame G2, BELLO Seeking The Gold G3, CAMPORELLA Real Quiet G3, CHAMPOLLION Octagonal G3, JUST DISCREET Bluebird G3, KULGRINDA Bellotto G3, KUROSHIO Gone West G3, SAFEGUARD Canny Lad G3.

1st Dam: ASI SIEMPRE by El Prado. 7 wins 3-5, Spinster S G1, 2nd Garden City Breeders’ Cup S G1.

Dam of 1 winner: 2009: Sapporo (f Distorted Humor) unraced.

2011: OUTSTRIP (c Exceed And Excel) 2 wins at 2, Champagne S G2, 2nd Vintage S G2.

2012: (f Dubawi) 2013: (f Dubawi) 2nd Dam: Siempre Asi by Silver Hawk. unraced. Dam of ASI SIEMPRE (f El Prado, see above). Grandam of DUBASE, Avante.

Broodmare Sire: EL PRADO. Sire of the dams of 20 Stakes winners. In 2013 - OUTSTRIP Exceed And Excel G2, ESSENCE HIT MAN Speightstown G3, SUMMER FRONT War Front G3.

OUTSTRIP gr c 2011 Northern Dancer Danzig Pas de Nom Danehill His Majesty Razyana Spring Adieu EXCEED AND EXCEL b 00 Northern Dancer Lomond My Charmer Patrona Watch Your Step Gladiolus Back Britches Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge El Prado Sir Ivor Lady Capulet Cap And Bells ASI SIEMPRE gr/ro 02 Roberto Silver Hawk Gris Vitesse Siempre Asi Sir Ivor Turkish Treasure Turban

296 ST LEGER S G1 DONCASTER. Sept 14. 3yoc&f. 14f 132yds.

1. LEADING LIGHT (IRE) 9-0 £340,260 b c by Montjeu - Dance Parade (Gone West) O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Lynch Bages Ltd TR-AP O’Brien 2. Talent (GB) 8-11 £129,000 ch f by New Approach - Prowess (Peintre Celebre) O-JL Rowsell, MH Dixon B-Ashbrittle Stud, MH Dixon TR-Ralph Beckett 3. Galileo Rock (IRE) 9-0 £64,560 ch c by Galileo - Grecian Bride (Groom Dancer) O-Michael O’Flynn B-Rockfield Farm TR-David Wachman

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Margins 1.25, 0.75. Time 3:09.20 (slow 5.20).

Going Good to soft.

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 5

Places 1

Earned £433,111

Sire: MONTJEU. Sire of 120 Stakes winners. In 2013 - CHICQUITA Dansili G1, LEADING LIGHT Gone West G1, ST NICHOLAS ABBEY Sure Blade G1, BERLING Danehill G3, CAMELOT Kingmambo G3, MOUNT ATHOS Slip Anchor G3.

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 6 winners: 2001: SPECIAL JIG (f Theatrical) Winner at 3 in USA. 2005: CASTLES IN THE AIR (g Oasis Dream) 5 wins at 3 to 5.

2006: HONOURS STRIDE (f Red Ransom) Winner at 3.

2007: OUR DRAMA QUEEN (f Danehill Dancer) Winner at 3.

2009: Warwick Avenue (c Montjeu) 4 wins, 3rd Royal Whip S G2.

2010: LEADING LIGHT (c Montjeu) 520,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 5 wins 2-3, St Leger S G1, Gallinule S G3, Queen’s Vase G3.

2011: John Constable (c Montjeu) unraced to date.

2012: (f Montjeu) 2013: (c Fastnet Rock) 2nd Dam: RIVER JIG by Irish River. 2 wins 2-3, 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, Midnight Mischief, Bicoastal, Mr Irons, Klondike Kate. Third dam of TESORILLA CLASS, GREEN SUPREME, HOARDING. Broodmare Sire: GONE WEST. Sire of the dams of 103 Stakes winners. In 2013 - LEADING LIGHT Montjeu G1, DISCREET DANCER Discreet Cat G2, OCOVANGO Monsun G2, AFRICAN STORY Pivotal G3, GOL TRICOLOR North Light G3, KUROSHIO Exceed And Excel G3, WILLCOX INN Harlan’s Holiday G3.

The Montjeu/Gone West cross: 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 Gone West DANCE PARADE ch 94 River Jig

Mr Prospector Secrettame Irish River 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

When a filly wins her first three starts over the minimum distance, including the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot, it seems fair to assume that speed is her main asset. The filly in question, a daughter of Gone West named Dance Parade, went on to win the Fred Darling Stakes over seven furlongs before being transferred to her native USA, where she won two Graded stakes over 6.5 furlongs and the Gr2 Buena Vista Handicap over a mile.

This is not the type of profile one expects to find in the dam of a St Leger winner – especially a St Leger winner who had won the Queen’s Vase over two miles in June – but that is what Dance Parade has achieved, thanks to her tough son Leading Light.

Needless to say, Leading Light’s

stamina has to come from somewhere, and the obvious source is his brilliant sire Montjeu, whose dam Floripedes stayed well enough to finish second in France’s St Leger equivalent. Montjeu now has three Leger winners to his credit, thanks to Scorpion, Masked Marvel and Leading Light, and he also sired winners of the all-aged Irish and French St Legers.

Leading Light is Montjeu’s second Classic winner out of a Gone West mare, following the Derby winner Motivator, and Montjeu was also very ably represented by Motivator’s Hardwicke Stakes-winning brother Macarthur. The former Coolmore stallion also has a notable record with mares by Gone West’s son Zafonic, as well as with daughters of other Mr Prospector line stallions. He has now sired five Gr1 winners from mares by four sons of Mr Prospector, the others being Camelot (out of a Kingmambo mare), Irish Derby winner Frozen Fire (dam by Woodman) and the Australian Gr1 winner Speed Gifted (dam by Distant View). Pour Moi, another of Montjeu’s four Derby winners, has a Conquistador Cielo mare as his second dam.

Dance Parade started her broodmare career in the US before being returned to England, where she made 320,000gns at Tattersalls’ 2005 December Sales. A previous visit to Montjeu resulted in Warwick Avenue, a fairly useful ten-furlong performer.

Leading Light’s second dam River Jig is also the second dam of Toylsome, winner of the Gr1 Prix de la Foret.

Leading Light’s family traces back to Monarchy, a sister to the remarkable American horse Round Table.

297 RENAISSANCE S G3 CURRAGH. September 14. 3yo+. 6f.

1. RUSSIAN SOUL (IRE) 5 9-5 £31,707 b g by Invincible Spirit - Russian Hill (Indian Ridge) O-Mrs AG Kavanagh B-Ecurie de Meautry TR-M Halford 2. Artistic Jewel (IRE) 4 9-2 £9,268 ch f by Excellent Art - Danish Gem (Danehill) O-Mrs RL Bedding B-J McDonald TR-E McMahon 3. Farmleigh House (IRE) 6 9-5 £4,390 ch g by Medecis - Tabessa (Shahrastani) O-WJ Martin B-Mrs E Fitzsimons TR-WJ Martin Margins Nose, short head. Time 1:11.28 (slow 0.28).

Going Good.

Age 4-5

Starts 20

Wins 4

Places 13

Earned £139,614

Sire: INVINCIBLE SPIRIT. Sire of 69 Stakes winners.

In 2013 - MOONLIGHT CLOUD Spectrum G1, SPIRIT QUARTZ Rainbow Quest G2, SPIRIT SONG Kingston Rule G2, KINGMAN Zamindar G3, LOCKWOOD Machiavellian G3, RAWAAQ Silver Hawk G3, RUSSIAN SOUL Indian Ridge G3, TICKLED PINK Indian Ridge G3.

1st Dam: RUSSIAN HILL by Indian Ridge. 2 wins 3-5, Grand Prix de Compiegne LR, 2nd Prix de Royallieu G2, Prix Corrida G2. Dam of 2 winners: 2007: Toscanino (g Anabaa) unplaced in France.

2008: RUSSIAN SOUL (g Invincible Spirit) 1,190gns 4yo at ARFEB. 4 wins 4-5, Renaissance S G3, Abergwaun S LR, 2nd Sapphire S G3, Belgrave S LR, 3rd Flying Five S G3, Meydan Sprint LR. 2009: TOLKA (c Danehill Dancer) Winner at 4.

2010: Elsa T (f Duke of Marmalade) 2012: (f Makfi)

2nd Dam: Dievotchka by Dancing Brave. unraced.

Dam of RUSSIAN HOPE (c Rock Hopper: Grand Prix de Deauville G2), RUSSIAN CROSS (c Cape Cross: Prix Guillaume d’Ornano G2), ARCHANGE D’OR (c Danehill: Prix Eugene Adam G2), ESOTERIQUE (f Danehill Dancer: Prix Vanteaux G3, 2nd Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1), RUSSIAN DESERT (c Desert Prince: Prix Matchem LR, 3rd Prix Eugene Adam G2), RUSSIAN HILL (f Indian Ridge, see above).

Broodmare Sire: INDIAN RIDGE. Sire of the dams of 69 Stakes winners. In 2013 - JWALA Oasis Dream G1, KINGSGATE NATIVE Mujadil G2, DAVID LIVINGSTON Galileo G3, DESERT BLANC Desert Style G3, MONTIRIDGE Ramonti G3, MULL OF KILLOUGH Mull of Kintyre G3, NARGYS Lawman G3, ROMANTIC WAVE Rock of Gibraltar G3, RUSSIAN SOUL Invincible Spirit G3, TICKLED PINK Invincible Spirit G3.

The Invincible Spirit/Indian Ridge cross has produced: SWISS SPIRIT G2, RUSSIAN SOUL G3, TICKLED PINK G3, REYKON LR, VARESE LR, Sgarzulina LR, Spirit of Pearl LR. RUSSIAN SOUL b g 2008 Danzig Green Desert

Foreign Courier

INVINCIBLE SPIRIT b 97 Kris Rafha Eljazzi Indian Ridge RUSSIAN HILL ch 00 Dievotchka

Ahonoora Hillbrow Dancing Brave High And Dry

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Sharpen Up Doubly Sure Artaius Border Bounty Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols Swing Easy Golden City Lyphard Navajo Princess High Line Photo Flash

298 PRIX DU MOULIN DE LONGCHAMP G1 LONGCHAMP. September 15. 3yo+c&f. 1600m.

1. MAXIOS (GB) 5 9-2 £209,049 b h by Monsun - Moonlight’s Box (Nureyev) O/B-The Niarchos Family TR-JE Pease 2. Olympic Glory (IRE) 3 8-11 £83,634 b c by Choisir - Acidanthera (Alzao) O-Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani B-Denis McDonnell TR-R Hannon 3. Anodin (IRE) 3 8-11 £41,817 b c by Anabaa - Born Gold (Blushing Groom) O/B-Wertheimer et Frere TR-F Head Margins 5, short head. Time 1:40.73.

Going Soft.

Age 2-5

Starts 17

Wins 8

Places 2

Earned £585,689

Sire: MONSUN. Sire of 104 Stakes winners. In 2013 - ESTIMATE Darshaan G1, MAXIOS Nureyev G1, NOVELLIST Lagunas G1, SILASOL Gulch G1, OCOVANGO Gone West G2, TRIPLE THREAT Lyphard G2, PIRIKA Intikhab G3.

1st Dam: Moonlight’s Box by Nureyev. unraced. Dam of 6 winners: 2001: BAGO (c Nashwan) Champion 2yr old in Europe in 2003, Champion 3yr old in Europe in 2004. 8 wins 2-4, Grand Prix de Paris G1, Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe G1, Prix Ganay G1, Prix Jean Prat G1, Criterium International G1, 2nd Tattersalls Gold Cup G1, 3rd Juddmonte International S G1, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S G1, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1, Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe G1. Sire.

2002: MILLION WISHES (f Darshaan) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in France.

2003: Silhouetting (g Hernando) 2004: BETA (f Selkirk) 2 wins at 2, Criterium de Vitesse LR, 2nd Prix de Cabourg G3.

2006: (c A P Indy). died as a foal.

2007: MAKANI (c A P Indy) 3 wins at 2 to 4 in France.

2008: MAXIOS (c Monsun) 8 wins 2-5, Prix d’Ispahan G1, Prix du Moulin de Longchamp G1, Prix d’Harcourt G2, La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte G3, Prix Thomas Bryon G3, 2nd Prix Ganay G1, Grand Prix de Chantilly G2.

2009: MR MOONLIGHT (c Dansili) Winner at 3 in France.

2010: Parallax (c Galileo) unraced to date.

2012: (f Galileo)

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Caulfield on Leading Light: “His stamina has to come from somewhere, and the obvious source is his sire Montjeu, whose dam stayed well enough to finish second in the French St Leger”

2nd Dam: COUP DE GENIE by Mr Prospector.

Champion 2yr old filly in France in 1993. 4 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix de la Salamandre G1, Prix Morny G1, 3rd1000 Guineas G1. Own sister to OCEAN OF WISDOM and MACHIAVELLIAN. Dam of DENEBOLA (f Storm Cat: Prix Marcel Boussac G1, 2nd Prix de la Foret G1, 3rd Prix Morny G1), SNAKE MOUNTAIN (g A P Indy: Aqueduct H G3, Queens County H G3, Stuyvesant H G3), LOVING KINDNESS (f Seattle Slew: Prix de Cabourg G3, 3rd Prix Morny G1), GLIA (f A P Indy: Prix Imprudence LR, Pebbles H LR, 2nd Mrs Revere S G2). Grandam of PEACE CAMP. Third dam of EMOLLIENT. Broodmare Sire: NUREYEV. Sire of the dams of 203 Stakes winners. In 2013 - MAXIOS Monsun G1, HYPER Victory Gallop G2, FARRAAJ Dubai Destination G3, SOMALI LEMONADE Lemon Drop Kid G3, SPARKLING BEAM Nayef G3.

See race 83 in the July issue.

MAXIOS b h 2008 Tamerlane Donna Diana Tiepoletto Konigskronung Kronung MONSUN br 90 Literat Surumu Surama Mosella Authi Monasia Monacensia Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Nureyev Forli Special Thong MOONLIGHT’S BOX b 96 Raise A Native Mr Prospector Gold Digger Coup de Genie Halo Coup de Folie Raise The Standard Dschingis Khan

Konigsstuhl

299 VINCENT O’BRIEN NATIONAL S G1 CURRAGH. September 15. 2yoc&f. 7f.

1. TOORMORE (IRE) 9-3 £94,309 b c by Arakan - Danetime Out (Danetime) O-Middleham Racing IX, James Pak B-Bec Bloodstock TR-R Hannon 2. Sudirman (USA) 9-3 £30,894 b c by Henrythenavigator - Shermeen (Desert Style) O-Mrs Fitri Hay, Mrs J Magnier B-Kathryn Nikkel, Jeanne Canty TR-David Wachman 3. Giovanni Boldini (USA) 9-3 £14,634 bbr c by War Front - Dancing Trieste (Old Trieste) O-Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor, D Smith B-Charles A Woodson Jr TR-AP O’Brien Margins 2.75, 1.25. Time 1:22.67 (fast 0.83).

Going Good.

Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 3

Places 0

Earned £141,047

Sire: ARAKAN. Sire of 4 SWs. In 2013 - TOORMORE Danetime G1, TRUMPET MAJOR Cape Cross G2.

1st Dam: Danetime Out by Danetime. unraced. Dam of 2 winners: 2008: TRY THE CHANCE (g Majestic Missile) 3 wins at 2 and 3.

2009: Cmonbabylitemyfire (f Piccolo) unraced.

2010: Captain Cruz (c Captain Marvelous) 2011: TOORMORE (c Arakan) 34,285gns yearling. 3 wins at 2, National S G1, Vintage S G2.

2012: (c Dark Angel) 2013: (f Arcano) 2nd Dam: MATILA by Persian Bold. 1 win at 3. Dam of Easaar (c Machiavellian: 2nd Dubai Duty Free G3).

Broodmare Sire: DANETIME. Sire of the dams of 6 Stakes winners. In 2013 - TOORMORE Arakan G1, LADIES ARE FOREVER Monsieur Bond G3.

TOORMORE b c 2011 Nearctic Natalma Forli Special Thong Kris Common Grounds Sweetly Ardross City Ex Rythmique Danzig Danehill Razyana Lear Fan Allegheny River Allesheny Bold Lad Persian Bold Relkarunner Dominion Peace Girl Olderfleet Northern Dancer Nureyev ARAKAN br 00 Far Across

Danetime DANETIME OUT b 03 Matila

In September’s Caulfield Files, we gave a pat on the back to Peter and Ross Doyle, following the success of Toormore in the Gr2 Vintage Stakes.

The Doyles paid £36,000 at Doncaster’s Premier Sales for this Arakan colt, who has now gone on to land the Gr1 National Stakes.

Toormore follows Dick Turpin and Trumpet Major as the third high-class son of Arakan that the Doyles have bought for Richard Hannon, which is a remarkable achievement in view of Arakan’s otherwise uninspiring record.

Arakan sired Toormore and Trumpet Major from unraced mares and Dick Turpin from a filly who failed to win in 12 attempts. However, Toormore has a Gr3 two-year-old winner as his third dam, in the form of the speedy Peace Girl, and his fourth dam, Olderfleet, was a half-sister to several good winners, headed by the smart middledistance horses Chaumiere and Beeshi. These two stayed well considering that both were sired by sprinters and they must have inherited stamina via their broodmare sire, Espresso.

This stamina also surfaced in Hawridge Prince, one of Peace Girl’s best descendants. A mating between the speedy Peace Girl and the champion sprinter Cadeaux Genereux resulted in Zahwa, who in turn visited the Sprint Cup winner Polar Falcon.

Remarkably this mating produced a winner of the two-mile Jockey Club Cup in the shape of Hawridge Prince.

300 IRISH ST LEGER G1 CURRAGH. September 15. 3yo+. 14f.

1. VOLEUSE DE COEURS (IRE) 4 9-8 £94,309 b f by Teofilo - Vadorga (Grand Lodge) O-Lady O’Reilly B-Irish National Stud TR-DK Weld 2. Ahzeemah (IRE) 4 9-11 £30,894 b g by Dubawi - Swiss Roll (Entrepreneur) O-Godolphin B-G O’Brien TR-Saeed bin Suroor 3. Saddler’s Rock (IRE) 5 9-11 £14,634 b h by Sadler’s Wells - Grecian Bride (Groom Dancer) O-Michael O’Flynn B-Rockfield Farm TR-John M Oxx Margins 6, head. Time 3:00.80 (slow 1.58).

Going Good.

Age 2-4

Starts 13

Wins 5

Places 7

Earned £180,253

Sire: TEOFILO. Sire of 17 SWs. In 2013 - HAVANA GOLD Desert Style G1, TRADING LEATHER Sinndar G1, VOLEUSE DE COEURS Grand Lodge G1, AMIRA’S PRINCE Green Desert G2, ROYAL EMPIRE Zieten G3, SAMBA BRAZIL Dashing Blade G3.

1st Dam: Vadorga by Grand Lodge. Dam of 1 winner: 2008: Vauville (f Invincible Spirit) 2009: VOLEUSE DE COEURS (f Teofilo) 25,283gns yearling at GOOY1. 5 wins 3-4, Irish St Leger G1, Vintage Crop S LR, 2nd Irish St Leger Trial G3, 3rd Curragh Cup G3.

2010: Number One London (g Invincible Spirit) 2011: (f Invincible Spirit) 2012: (f Jeremy) 2nd Dam: VADSA HONOR by Highest Honor. 2 wins at 3 in France, Prix de Thiberville LR. Dam of VAHORIMIX (c Linamix: Poule d’Essai des Poulains G1, Prix Jacques Le Marois G1), VADALIX (c Linamix: Prix Matchem LR, 2nd Prix La Force G3).

Broodmare Sire: GRAND LODGE. Sire of the dams of 50 Stakes winners. In 2013 - APPEARANCE Commands G1, VOLEUSE DE COEURS Teofilo G1, LONHSPRESSO Lonhro G2, GEEGEES BLACKFLASH Clangalang G3.

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VOLEUSE DE COEURS b f 2009 Sadler’s Wells Galileo

Urban Sea

TEOFILO b 04 Danehill Speirbhean Saviour Grand Lodge VADORGA b 02 Vadsa Honor

Chief’s Crown La Papagena Highest Honor Vadsa

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Miswaki Allegretta Danzig Razyana Majestic Light Victorian Queen Danzig Six Crowns Habitat Magic Flute Kenmare High River Halo Rainbow’s Edge

Bearing in mind that Teofilo was unable to race at three, we didn’t have a clear picture of his stamina potential.

However, his stallion career is showing that his mature progeny vary considerably in their distance requirements, as the Group events of September 15 demonstrated. Two fillies from Teofilo’s first crop won that day, with Samba Brazil becoming a Gr3 winner over a mile, whereas Voleuse de Coeurs was a very decisive winner of the Irish St Leger over a mile and three-quarters. Voleuse de Coeurs had been a wide-margin winner of a pair of two-mile handicaps as a threeyear-old, including the Irish Cesarewitch.

Voleuse de Coeurs’s dam Vadorga was sold privately for €170,000 by the Aga Khan Studs at Arqana’s 2006 December Sale. Vadorga’s price owed more to her pedigree than her racing record, as she had failed to win in four races at around a mile. Vadorga’s main appeal was that her half-brother Vahorimix had won the French 2,000 Guineas and Prix Jacques le Marois with the help of the stewards in 2001.

Their dam Vadsa Honor won the Listed Prix de Thiberville at around a mile and a half at Deauville for JeanLuc Lagardere. Lagardere also enjoyed success with two of Vadsa Honor’s close relatives, sired by another Kalamoun line stallion from her dam Vadsa. This pairing produced Vagrancy, a Listed winner, and Vadlava, a Listed-placed filly who did very well as a broodmare, notably producing the Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Val Royal and the Gr2 winner Vadlawys.

Vadlava also produced Listed winners to Grand Lodge (also the broodmare sire of Voleuse de Coeurs) and Linamix, with the Linamix filly Vadlimixa becoming the dam of the high-class Valixir. This female line also provided the Aga Khan with the shortlived Prix de Diane winner Valyra.

Voleuse de Coeurs’s fifth dam is the good Argentine mare Lost Horizon.

301 SOLONAWAY S G3 CURRAGH. September 15. 3yo+. 8f.

1. BRENDAN BRACKAN (IRE) 4 9-7 £31,707 b g by Big Bad Bob - Abeyr (Unfuwain) O-Anamoine Ltd B-Anamoine Ltd TR-GM Lyons 2. Ansgar (IRE) 5 9-7 £9,268 b g by Celtic Swing - Jemmy’s Girl (Pennekamp) O-Chynel Phelan, Shane Fox B-Chynel Phelan TR-Sabrina J Harty 3. Darwin (USA) 3 9-5 £4,390 b c by Big Brown - Cool Ghoul (Silver Ghost) O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Lansdon Robbins, Tom Hansen TR-AP O’Brien

Margins 2, 1.25. Time 1:37.77. Going Good.

Age 3-4

Starts 13

Wins 4

Places 3

Earned £114,076

Sire: BIG BAD BOB. Sire of 6 Stakes winners. In 2013 - BRENDAN BRACKAN Unfuwain G3.

1st Dam: Abeyr by Unfuwain. 2 wins at 3, 2nd Rosemary Rated H LR. Dam of 8 winners: 1998: RAHEIBB (c Lion Cavern) 6 wins.

1999: ALDAFRA (f Spectrum) 2 wins at 2 and 3.

2000: AKEYDAH (f Selkirk) Winner.

2001: Makfool (c Spectrum) 4 wins, 2nd Silver Tankard S LR. 2002: NOORAIN (f Kabool) Winner at 3.

2003: Yes Dear (f Fantastic Light) unplaced.

2004: NOOJOOM (f Machiavellian) 2 wins at 3.

2005: Rightcar Lewis (f Noverre) 2007: BUY BACK BOB (g Big Bad Bob) 2 wins 2-3.

2008: Consubstantial (g Big Bad Bob) unraced.

2009: BRENDAN BRACKAN (g Big Bad Bob) Sold 3,370gns yearling at TINOF. 4 wins at 3 and 4, Solonaway S G3, 2nd Glencairn S LR. 2011: Barmy Brussels (g Big Bad Bob) unraced to date.

2012: (c Big Bad Bob) 2nd Dam: Haboobti by Habitat. unplaced at 3. Dam of BOOJUM (f Mujtahid: Radley S LR), Abeyr (see above). Grandam of Geezers Colours.

Broodmare Sire: UNFUWAIN. Sire of the dams of 39 SWs. In 2013 - BROWN PANTHER Shirocco G2, BRENDAN BRACKAN Big Bad Bob G3.

BRENDAN BRACKAN b g 2009 Hail To Reason Bramalea Carry Back Toter Back Romantic Miss Last Tycoon Marju Flame of Tara Persian Bold Persian Fantasy Gay Fantasy Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Bustino Height of Fashion Highclere Sir Gaylord Habitat Little Hut Nonoalco Amiel Alea II Roberto Bob Back BIG BAD BOB br 00 Fantasy Girl

Unfuwain ABEYR ch 93 Haboobti

302 PRIX FOY G2 LONGCHAMP. September 15. 4yo+c&f. 2400m.

1. ORFEVRE (JPN) 5 9-2 £60,244 ch h by Stay Gold - Oriental Art (Mejiro McQueen) O-Sunday Racing Club Ltd B-Shadai Corporation Inc TR-Yasutoshi Ikee 2. Very Nice Name (FR) 4 9-2 £23,252 b c by Whipper - Namona (Halling) O-HH Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al Thani B-Boucret Remi TR-A De Mieulle 3. Pirika (IRE) 5 8-13 £11,098 bbr m by Monsun - Paita (Intikhab) O-Teruya Yoshida B-Shadai Farm TR-A Fabre Margins 3, 0.75. Time 2:41.47. Going Soft.

Age 2-5

Starts 17

Wins 10

Places Earned 5 £8,664,720

Sire: STAY GOLD. Sire of 24 SWs. In 2013 FENOMENO Danehill G1, GOLD SHIP Mejiro McQueen G1, NAKAYAMA KNIGHT Cacoethes G2, ORFEVRE Mejiro McQueen G2, K I CHOSAN Symboli Kris S G3, RED REVEUR Dixieland Band G3.

1st Dam: ORIENTAL ART by Mejiro McQueen. 3 wins at 3 and 4 in Japan. Dam of 6 winners: 2004: DREAM JOURNEY (c Stay Gold) Champion 2yo colt in Japan, Champion older horse in Japan. 9 wins, Arima Kinen G1, Takarazuka Kinen G1, 3rd Tenno Sho G1. Sire.

2005: ARSNOVA (f Dance In The Dark) 2 wins at 2.

2006: GOOD LOOKING (f Kurofune) 3 wins at 3.

2007: JAPONISM (g Neo Universe) Winner at 3.

2008: ORFEVRE (c Stay Gold) Champion 3yo colt in Japan in 2011, Champion older horse in Japan in 2012. 10 wins 2-5, Tokyo Yushun G1, Kikuka Sho G1, Arima Kinen G1, Takarazuka Kinen G1, Satsuki Sho G1, Prix Foy G2 (twice), Spring S G2, Sankei Osaka Hai G2, Kobe Shimbun Hai G2, 2nd Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe G1, Japan Cup G1, Hanshin Daishoten G2.

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS

European Pattern 2009: Mathura (f Deep Impact)unplaced in Japan.

2010: LIEN DE FAMILLE (c Stay Gold) 2 wins at 2 and 3 in Japan.

2012: (c Stay Gold) Broodmare Sire: MEJIRO MCQUEEN. Sire of the dams of 5 Stakes winners. In 2013 - GOLD SHIP Stay Gold G1, ORFEVRE Stay Gold G2.

The Stay Gold/Mejiro McQueen cross has produced: DREAM JOURNEY G1, GOLD SHIP G1, ORFEVRE G1, FATEFUL WAR G2.

ORFEVRE ch h 2008 Hail To Reason Cosmah Understanding Wishing Well Mountain Flower Sanctus II Dictus Doronic Northern Taste Dyna Sash Royal Sash Mejiro Asama Mejiro Titan Cheryl Remand Mejiro Aurola Mejiro Iris Northern Dancer Northern Taste Lady Victoria Lt Stevens Grandma Stevens Dhow Halo

Sunday Silence STAY GOLD b 94 Golden Sash

Mejiro McQueen ORIENTAL ART ch 97 Electro Art

303 PRIX GLADIATEUR G3 LONGCHAMP. September 15. 4yo+. 3100m.

1. DOMESIDE (GB) 7 9-4 £32,520 b h by Domedriver - Buck’s Fizz (Kris) O-Safsaf Canarias Srl B-Appleby Lodge Stud TR-M Delcher-Sanchez 2. Les Beaufs (FR) 4 9-6 £13,008 b g by Apsis - Yeomanry (Saumarez) O-Stephane Seignoux B-Mme Christina Kolungia TR-Mme V Seignoux 3. Goldtara (FR) 5 8-10 £9,756 b m by Gold Away - Diatara (Sillery) O-A Fehr, Mme M Fehr B-E Barbieri, P-L Uccelli TR-A Lyon Margins 0.5, 2. Time 3:27.24. Going Soft.

Age 2-7

Starts 37

Wins 13

Places 15

Earned £256,394

Sire: DOMEDRIVER. Sire of 5 Stakes winners. In 2013 - DOMESIDE Kris G2.

1st Dam: Buck’s Fizz by Kris. unraced. Dam of 2 winners: 2003: SOFI TERZ (f Mark of Esteem) 1 win in Greece.

2004: Seaton Snooks (g Diktat) 2005: Can’t Agree (f Dansili) ran once over fences.

2006: DOMESIDE (c Domedriver) Sold 5,000gns foal at TADEF. 13 wins 3-7, Prix Vicomtesse Vigier G2, Prix Gladiateur G3, 3rd Prix de Barbeville G3.

2008: (c Proclamation) Broodmare Sire: KRIS. Sire of the dams of 107 Stakes winners. In 2013 - DOMESIDE Domedriver G2, LA POMME D’AMOUR Peintre Celebre G2.

Ahonoora Hillbrow

DOMEDRIVER b 98 Baillamont Napoli Bella Senora Sharpen Up

Kris BUCK’S FIZZ ch 98 Polar Fizz

Doubly Sure Polar Falcon Sister Sophie

Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols Swing Easy Golden City Blushing Groom Lodeve Northern Dancer Sex Appeal Atan Rocchetta Reliance II Soft Angels Nureyev Marie d’Argonne Effervescing Cacti

304 PRIX NIEL G2 LONGCHAMP. September 15. 3yoc&f. 2400m.

1. KIZUNA (JPN) 9-2 £60,244 bbr c by Deep Impact - Catequil (Storm Cat) O-Shinji Maeda B-North Hills Co Ltd TR-S Sasaki 2. Ruler Of The World (IRE) 9-2 £23,252 ch c by Galileo - Love Me True (Kingmambo) O-Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor, D Smith B-Southern Bloodstock TR-AP O’Brien

110

Age 2-3

Starts 8

Wins 6

Places Earned 1 £2,591,523

Sire: DEEP IMPACT. Sire of 35 Stakes winners. In 2013 - AYUSAN Storm Cat G1, KIZUNA Storm Cat G1, VERXINA Machiavellian G1, CAMINO TASSAJARA French Deputy G2, DANON BALLADE Unbridled G2, DENIM AND RUBY King Kamehameha G2, HIRABOKU DEEP Storm Cat G2, TOSEN RA Lycius G2, DANON SHARK Caerleon G3, HARP STAR Falbrav G3, MARCELLINA Marju G3, PASSION DANCE Jade Robbery G3.

1st Dam: Catequil by Storm Cat. Own sister to OCEAN CAT. Dam of 6 winners: 1995: PHALAENOPSIS (f Brian’s Time) Champion 3yo filly in Japan in 1998, Champion older mare in Japan in 2000. 7 wins 2-5, Oka Sho LR, Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup LR, Kansai Telecasting Corp Sho Rose S LR, Shuka Sho LR. Dam of Ranunculus (2nd Hochi Hai Revue G2), A Diaphon (3rd KBS Kyoto Sho Fantasy S LR).

1996: ARANDA (f Sunday Silence) Winner at 2 in Japan. Dam of Naked (2nd Elm S G3).

1999: SUNDAY BREAK (c Forty Niner) 4 wins at 3 in USA, Peter Pan S G2, 3rd Belmont S G1, Wood Memorial S G1. Sire.

2002: Ellen Willmott (f Brian’s Time) ran in Japan.

2004: VICTORIA EYE (f Brian’s Time) 4 wins in Japan.

2005: GENTILITY (g Taiki Shuttle) Winner at 4 in Japan.

2007: Cornelia (f Forty Niner) unraced. Broodmare.

2010: KIZUNA (c Deep Impact) 6 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Japan, Tokyo Yushun (Derby) G1, Qatar Prix Niel G2, Kyoto Shimbun Hai G2, Mainichi Hai G3, 3rd Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai S G3.

2nd Dam: PACIFIC PRINCESS by Damascus. 7 wins in USA Delaware Oaks G1, 2nd Matron S G1. Dam of OCEAN CAT (f Storm Cat: Table Hands S LR, Vallejo S LR, Turbo Launch S LR, 3rd Reeve Schley Jr. S G2), Tropical Sound (f Fappiano: 3rd Canadian Oaks LR, Princess Elizabeth S LR), Pother (f Bold Ruckus: 2nd Yearling Sales S. (fillies) LR). Grandam of NARITA BRIAN, BIWA HAYAHIDE, BIWA TAKEHIDE. Third dam of SILKY LAGOON, LEMON PEPPER. Fourth dam of KING JOSSE’S, Z I ZIPP. Broodmare Sire: STORM CAT. Sire of the dams of 143 Stakes winners. In 2013 - AYUSAN Deep Impact G1, CLOSE HATCHES First Defence G1, KIZUNA Deep Impact G1, LORD KANALOA King Kamehameha G1, SAHARA SKY Pleasant Tap G1, HIRABOKU DEEP Deep Impact G2, NOBLE TUNE Unbridled’s Song G2, GLOBAL BALANCE Redoute’s Choice G3, GOVENOR CHARLIE Midnight Lute G3, RED SPADA Taiki Shuttle G3, TAPICAT Tapit G3.

The Deep Impact/Storm Cat cross has produced: AYUSAN G1, KIZUNA G1, HIRABOKU DEEP G2.

KIZUNA b/br c 2010

DOMESIDE b h 2006 Indian Ridge

3. Ocovango (GB) 9-2 £11,098 br c by Monsun - Crystal Maze (Gone West) O-Prince AA Faisal B-Watership Down Stud TR-A Fabre Margins short head, 0.75. Time 2:37.64. Going Soft.

Halo Sunday Silence

Wishing Well

DEEP IMPACT b 02 Alzao Wind In Her Hair Burghclere Storm Cat CATEQUIL b 90 Pacific Princess

Storm Bird Terlingua Damascus Fiji

Hail To Reason Cosmah Understanding Mountain Flower Lyphard Lady Rebecca Busted Highclere Northern Dancer South Ocean Secretariat Crimson Saint Sword Dancer Kerala Acropolis Rififi

305 PRIX VERMEILLE G1 LONGCHAMP. September 15. 3yo+f&m. 2400m.

1. TREVE (FR) 3 8-8 £162,594 b f by Motivator - Trevise (Anabaa) O-Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani B-Haras Du Quesnay TR-Mme C Head-Maarek 2. Wild Coco (GER) 5 9-2 £65,049 ch m by Shirocco - Wild Side (Sternkoenig) O-KI Farm B-Gestut Rottgen TR-Lady Cecil

3. Tasaday (USA) 3 8-8 £32,524 grro f by Nayef - Tashelka (Mujahid) O-Godolphin SNC B-Darley TR-A Fabre Margins 1.75, 3.5. Time 2:36.82. Going Soft.

Age 2-3

Starts 4

Wins 4

Places 0

1st Dam: TREVISE by Anabaa. Winner at 2 in France.

Own sister to TSIGANE. Dam of 2 winners: 2005: TROIS ROIS (c Hernando) 4 wins 3-5, Grand Prix de Marseille LR, 3rd Prix Greffulhe G2.

2006: Trevimix (c Linamix) 2008: Tocqueville (f Numerous) unraced.

2010: TREVE (f Motivator) Sold 18,062gns yearling at AROCT. 4 wins 2-3, Prix de Diane G1, Prix Vermeille G1.

2011: Trophee (f Mr Sidney) unraced to date.

2012: (f Fuisse) 2nd Dam: Trevillari by Riverman. Own sister to TREBLE. Dam of TSIGANE (c Anabaa: Wickerr H LR, 3rd Shoemaker Breeders’ Cup Mile S G1).

Broodmare Sire: ANABAA. Sire of the dams of 38 Stakes winners. In 2013 - TREVE Motivator G1, BUFFERING Mossman G2, DALKALA Giant’s Causeway G2.

The Motivator/Anabaa cross has produced: TREVE G1, Million LR. See race 118 in the August issue.

TREVE b f 2010 Sadler’s Wells Floripedes

MOTIVATOR b 02 Gone West Out West Chellingoua Anabaa TREVISE b 00 Trevillari

Danzig Balbonella Riverman Trevilla

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Top Ville Toute Cy Mr Prospector Secrettame Sharpen Up Uncommitted Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Gay Mecene Bamieres Never Bend River Lady Lyphard Trillion

306 PRIX DU PETIT COUVERT G3 LONGCHAMP. September 15. 3yo+. 1000m.

1. DIBAJJ (FR) 3 8-8 £22,764 ch f by Iffraaj - Goleta (Royal Applause) O-A Al Maddah B-C Humphris TR-A de Royer-Dupre 1. MIRZA (GB) 6 8-13 £22,764 b g by Oasis Dream - Millyant (Primo Dominie) O-CJ Mills B-CJ Mills TR-Rae Guest 3. Catcall (FR) 4 9-2 £9,756 b g by One Cool Cat - Jurata (Polish Precedent) O-Mme Gerard Samama B-Fern Krief TR-P Sogorb Margins Dead heat, short neck. Time 0:58.40.

Going Soft.

DIBAJJ Age 2-3

Gone West Zafonic

Zaizafon

IFFRAAJ b 01 Nureyev

Earned £650,968

Sire: MOTIVATOR. Sire of 17 Stakes winners. In 2013 - TREVE Anabaa G1, FELICIAN Inchinor G2, DAYTONA BAY Lando G3, FEREVIA Cat Thief G3, MOTIVADO Time For A Change G3.

Montjeu

DIBAJJ ch f 2010

Pastorale Park Appeal Royal Applause GOLETA b 05 Wardara

Waajib Flying Melody Sharpo Ward One

MIRZA Age 3-6

Starts 30

Wins 7

Wins 3

Places 6

1st Dam: Goleta by Royal Applause. Dam of 1 winner: 2010: DIBAJJ (f Iffraaj) Sold 46,798gns yearling at ARAUG. 3 wins 2-3, Prix du Petit Couvert G3, 3rd Prix de Meautry G3.

2011: Isla Vista (f Sulamani) unraced to date.

2012: (c Orpen) 2013: (c Dubai Destination) 2nd Dam: WARDARA by Sharpo. 8 wins 2-6, Prix Hampton LR, Prix Cor de Chasse LR, 2nd Prix du Gros-Chene G2. Dam of CHINEUR (c Fasliyev: King’s Stand S G2).

Broodmare Sire: ROYAL APPLAUSE. Sire of the dams of 7 SWs. In 2013 - DIBAJJ Iffraaj G3.

Earned £108,338

1st Dam: MILLYANT by Primo Dominie. 6 wins at 2, 4 and 5 at home, France, Prix du Gros-Chene G2. Dam of 6 winners: 1998: Milly-M (f Cadeaux Genereux) unraced. Dam of Mimisel ( 3rd Eternal S LR).

1999: Magna (g Cadeaux Genereux) unplaced.

2000: Millybaa (f Anabaa) Winner at 3, 2nd Waterford Testimonial S LR, Woodlands S LR. 2001: MILLINSKY (f Stravinsky) 4 wins at 4.

2002: JUANTORENA (c Miswaki) 2 wins.

2004: Millsini (f Rossini) unplaced.

2005: Fatal Attraction (f Oasis Dream) 2006: Migliori (g Royal Applause) 2007: MIRZA (g Oasis Dream) Sold 85,000gns foal at TADEF, 40,000gns yearling at TAOC2, 28,000gns 3yo at TAAUT. 7 wins 3-6, Prix du Petit Couvert G3, Midsummer Sprint S LR, 3rd Chipchase S G3.

2008: NIALLY NOO (g Oasis Dream) Winner at 3.

2009: MILLION FACES (f Exceed And Excel) Winner at 3.

2010: Green Millionaire (g Green Desert) 2nd Dam: JUBILEE SONG by Song. 1 win at 3. Own sister to Shark Song and Band On The Run. Dam of MILLYANT (f Primo Dominie, see above), PRINCE SABO (c Young Generation: Flying Childers S G2, 3rd Prix Robert Papin G1), BOLD JESSIE (f Never So Bold: Tattersalls Breeders S LR), My Cadeaux (f Cadeaux Genereux: 2nd Kolner Sprint Preis LR).

Grandam of ABOU ZOUZ, JENTZEN, Super Swellegant, Enrika’s Gift, Sous Le Nez, Racina. Third dam of Final Answer, Happy Patrick, Bespoke Boy. Broodmare Sire: PRIMO DOMINIE. Sire of the dams of 27 SWs. In 2013 - MIRZA Oasis Dream G3.

MIRZA b g 2007 Danzig Green Desert

Foreign Courier

OASIS DREAM b 00 Dancing Brave Bahamian

Earned £77,325

Sire: IFFRAAJ. Sire of 16 Stakes winners. In 2013 RIZEENA Statue of Liberty G1, FIX Danehill G2, DIBAJJ Royal Applause G3, SO WOTIF Geiger Counter G3.

Places 5

Sire: OASIS DREAM. Sire of 72 Stakes winners. In 2013 - JWALA Indian Ridge G1, PEACE AT LAST Barathea G2, BYE BYE BIRDIE Selkirk G3, CHIGUN Nashwan G3, GALE FORCE TEN Kirkwall G3, MAINSAIL Theatrical G3, MIRZA Primo Dominie G3, STRATHNAVER Lahib G3.

Hope

Starts 11

Mr Prospector Secrettame The Minstrel Mofida Northern Dancer Special Ahonoora Balidaress Try My Best Coryana Auction Ring Whispering Star Sharpen Up Moiety Bird Mr Fluorocarbon Canvas Shoe

Primo Dominie MILLYANT ch 90 Jubilee Song

Dominion Swan Ann Song Sylvanecte

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Lyphard Navajo Princess Mill Reef Sorbus Derring-Do Picture Palace My Swanee Anna Barry Sing Sing Intent Silver Shark Caledonian Market

307 GROSSE EUROPA MEILE G3 MUNICH. September 15. 3yo+. 1600m.

1. SAMBA BRAZIL (GER) 4 8-11 £26,016 ch f by Teofilo - Sasuela (Dashing Blade) O/B-Gestut Karlshof TR-J Hirchberger 2. Akua’da (GER) 3 8-11 £8,943 b f by Shamardal - Akua’ba (Sadler’s Wells) O/B-Gestut Brummerhof TR-A Wohler 3. Point Blank (GER) 5 9-1 £4,472 b h by Royal Dragon - Princess Li (Monsun) O-Stall Antanando B-F-P Von Auersperg, F Haffa TR-Mario Hofer Margins 0.75, 0.5. Time 1:39.54. Going Soft.

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Age 2-4

Starts 15

Wins 4

Places 5

Earned £72,448

Sire: TEOFILO. Sire of 17 Stakes winners. In 2013 HAVANA GOLD Desert Style G1, TRADING LEATHER Sinndar G1, VOLEUSE DE COEURS Grand Lodge G1, AMIRA’S PRINCE Green Desert G2, ROYAL EMPIRE Zieten G3, SAMBA BRAZIL Dashing Blade G3.

1st Dam: SASUELA by Dashing Blade. Winner at 3 in Germany. Dam of 5 winners: 2005: Siglo (c Montjeu) 2006: Soberania (f Monsun) Winner at 3, 2nd Preis der Diana G1, 3rd Premio Lydia Tesio G1.

2007: STERNENWIND (c Monsun) 4 wins at 5.

2008: SEISMOS (g Dalakhani) 5 wins 3-5, Germany, Grosser Preis von Bayern G1, 2nd Grosser Preis von Baden G1.

2009: SAMBA BRAZIL (f Teofilo) Sold 126,422gns yearling at ARAUG. 4 wins 2-4, Grosse Europa Meile G3, Berenberg Bank Cup LR, 3rd Premio Sergio Cumani G3, Premio Verziere G3.

2010: SOCCER MOM (f Monsun) Winner at 3 in France.

2011: Suracon (c Monsun) unraced to date.

2012: See The White (c Monsun) 2013: (f Monsun) 2nd Dam: Sacarina by Old Vic. unraced. Dam of SCHIAPARELLI (c Monsun: Gran Premio del Jockey Club e Coppa d’Oro G1 (twice), Deutsches Derby G1, Deutschlandpreis G1, Preis von Europa G1, 2nd Prix Royal-Oak G1, Deutschlandpreis G1, 3rd Irish St Leger G1), SAMUM (c Monsun: Deutsches Derby G1, Grosser Preis von Baden G1, 3rd Deutschlandpreis G1), SALVE REGINA (f Monsun: Diana Deutsches Stuten Derby G1, 2nd Credit Suisse Private Banking Pokal G1, Deutsches Derby G1, Grosser Preis von Baden G1, Europa Preis G1), SEVENTH SKY (g King’s Best: Aktion Sonnenstrahl Derby Trial LR).

Grandam of SORTILEGE, SALVE GERMANIA, Mutashaded, Sansiwa.

Broodmare Sire: DASHING BLADE. Sire of the dams of 37 SWs. In 2013 - SEISMOS Dalakhani G1, ADOYA Doyen G3, SAMBA BRAZIL Teofilo G3.

SAMBA BRAZIL ch f 2009 Sadler’s Wells Galileo

Urban Sea

TEOFILO b 04 Danehill Speirbhean Saviour Dashing Blade SASUELA b 00 Sacarina

Elegant Air Sharp Castan Old Vic Brave Lass

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Miswaki Allegretta Danzig Razyana Majestic Light Victorian Queen Shirley Heights Elegant Tern Sharpen Up Sultry One Sadler’s Wells Cockade Ridan Bravour II

308 LA COUPE DE MAISONS-LAFFITTE G3 MAISONS-LAFFITTE. Sept 20. 3yo+. 2000m.

1. CIRRUS DES AIGLES (FR) 7 9-0 £32,520 b g by Even Top - Taille de Guepe (Septieme Ciel) O-JCA Dupouy B-Y Lelimouzin, B Deschamps TR-Mme C Barande-Barbe 2. Vally Jem (FR) 4 8-10 £13,008 b f by Dylan Thomas - Ballymena Lassie (Giant’s Causeway) O-Ecurie Saint Martin B-Brushwood Stable TR-D Sepulchre 3. Smoking Sun (USA) 4 9-0 £9,756 bbr c by Smart Strike - Burning Sunset (Caerleon) O-Niarchos Family B-Flaxman Holdings Ltd TR-P Bary Margins 2.5, head. Time 2:11.19. Going Good to soft.

Age 2-7

Starts 48

Wins 18

Places Earned 26 £4,271,620

Sire: EVEN TOP. Sire of 1 Stakes winner. In 2013 CIRRUS DES AIGLES Septieme Ciel G2.

1st Dam: Taille de Guepe by Septieme Ciel. unraced.

Dam of 2 winners: 2003: MESNIL DES AIGLES (c Neverneyev) 7 wins at 3 to 7 in France.

2004: Miss des Aigles (f Alamo Bay) 2005: Vie des Aigles (f Alamo Bay) unplaced.

2006: CIRRUS DES AIGLES (g Even Top) Champion older horse in Europe in 2011, Champion older horse in France in 2012. 18 wins 3-7, Champion S G1, Prix Ganay G1, Sheema Classic G1, Grand Prix de Deauville G2, Prix Dollar G2 (3 times), Prix du Conseil de Paris G2, Grand Prix de Vichy G3, La Coupe G3, La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte G3, Prix du Prince d’Orange G3, Prix Gontaut-Biron G3, Prix de Boulogne LR, Grand Prix du Lion d’Angers LR, 2nd Champion S G1, Grand Prix de SaintCloud G1, Prix d’Ispahan G1, Prix Dollar G2, Prix du Conseil de Paris G2, Prix Exbury G3, Prix Gontaut-Biron G3, Grand Prix de Clairefontaine LR, Prix Matchem LR, Derby du Languedoc LR, Prix Policeman LR, 3rd Prix Ganay G1, Prix Gontaut-Biron G3, Prix Ridgway LR, Prix Pelleas LR. 2008: Kiva des Aigles (f Enrique) unplaced in France.

Broodmare Sire: SEPTIEME CIEL. Sire of the dams of 19 Stakes winners. In 2013 - JOHNNY GUITAR Lode G1, CIRRUS DES AIGLES Even Top G2.

CIRRUS DES AIGLES b g 2006 Ahonoora Topanoora

Topping Girl

EVEN TOP br 93 Niniski Skevena Skhiza Septieme Ciel TAILLE DE GUEPE ch 99 Roots

Seattle Slew Maximova Funambule Ruma

Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols Sea Hawk II Round Eye Nijinsky Virginia Hills Targowice Anticlea Bold Reasoning My Charmer Green Dancer Baracala Lyphard Sonoma Rheffic Runnello

309 FIRTH OF CLYDE S G3 AYR. September 21. 2yof. 6f.

1. CORAL MIST (GB) 8-12 £34,026 ch f by Bahamian Bounty - Treasure Trove (The Minstrel) O-Triermore Stud, RA Scarborough B-Serpentine Bloodstock, Genesis Green Stud TR-Charles Hills 2. Hoku (IRE) 8-12 £12,900 b f by Holy Roman Emperor - Scylla Cadeaux (Cadeaux Genereux) O-Sheikh Suhaim Al Thani B-Mark Hanly TR-Olly Stevens 3. Ventura Mist (GB) 8-12 £6,456 ch f by Pastoral Pursuits - Kerry’s Dream (Tobougg) O-Middleham Park Racing XXIV B-Bumble Bloodstock, C Liesack TR-TD Easterby Margins Nose, neck. Time 1:14.24. Going Gd to sft.

Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 2

Places 1

Earned £38,861

Sire: BAHAMIAN BOUNTY. Sire of 25 Stakes winners. In 2013 - ANJAAL Peintre Celebre G2, CORAL MIST The Minstrel G3.

1st Dam: Treasure Trove by The Minstrel. Dam of 8 winners: 1993: Mi Tesoro (f Careafolie) unraced. Dam of TESORILLA CLASS (Clasico General Francisco B Bosch LR, Clasico Espana LR, Clasico General Guemes LR, 2nd G P Felix de Alzaga Unzue-Internacional G1).

1994: Treasure Danzig (f Its Good) unraced.

1998: ZHITOMIR (g Lion Cavern) 9 wins.

1999: TOYLSOME (c Cadeaux Genereux). 16 wins 3-8, Prix de la Foret G1. Sire.

2000: Saturnalia (f Cadeaux Genereux) unplaced.

2002: Francis Drake (c Machiavellian) 2004: WHAT A TREASURE (f Cadeaux Genereux) 2 wins at 3. Dam of HOARDING (Fairway S LR).

2005: WOOLFALL TREASURE (g Daylami) 8 wins.

2006: PLAYWITHMYHEART (f Diktat) Winner at 2 in France.

2007: HUNTINGFORTREASURE (g Pastoral Pursuits) Winner at 3.

2008: Titian Queen (f Tobougg) ran 3 times.

2009: DUTCH DIAMOND (f Dutch Art) Winner at 3.

2011: CORAL MIST (f Bahamian Bounty) Sold 15,000gns foal at TADEF, 43,650gns yearling at GOOY1. 2 wins at 2, Firth of Clyde S G3.

2nd Dam: RIVER JIG by Irish River. 2 wins 2-3, Premio Fausta LR, 2nd Criterium Femminile G3. Dam of DANCE PARADE (f Gone West: Buena Vista S G2), OCEAN QUEEN (f Zilzal: Bay Meadows Breeders’

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CORAL MIST ch f 2011 Balidar Brig O’Doon Sharpen Up Smarten Up L’Anguissola BAHAMIAN BOUNTY ch 94 Bold Lad Ballad Rock True Rocket Clarentia Mount Hagen Laharden Sinella Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma The Minstrel Victoria Park Fleur Flaming Page TREASURE TROVE ch 89 Riverman Irish River Irish Star River Jig Nijinsky Baronova Tsessebe Young Generation

Cadeaux Genereux

310 WORLD TROPHY G3 NEWBURY. September 21. 3yo+. 5f 34yds.

1. MAAREK (GB) 6 9-0 £34,026 b g by Pivotal - Ruby Rocket (Indian Rocket) O-Lisbunny Syndicate B-New England Stud, PJ Vela, PM Vela TR-B Lalor 2. York Glory (USA) 5 9-0 £12,900 grro h by Five Star Day - Minicolony (Pleasant Colony) O-Salman Rashed, Mohamed Khalifa B-Paget Bloodstock, Horse France TR-Kevin Ryan 3. Kingsgate Native (IRE) 8 9-5 £6,456 b g by Mujadil - Native Force (Indian Ridge) O-Cheveley Park Stud B-Peter McCutcheon TR-RMH Cowell Margins 1, head. Time 1:01.40 (slow 1.54).

Going Soft.

Age 3-6

Starts 32

Wins 10

Places 11

Earned £390,851

Sire: PIVOTAL. Sire of 105 Stakes winners. In 2013 FARHH Lando G1, THE LARK In The Wings G2, AFRICAN STORY Gone West G3, HOT SNAP Kingmambo G3, MAAREK Indian Rocket G3.

1st Dam: RUBY ROCKET by Indian Rocket. 5 wins at 2 to 4, Firth of Clyde S LR, Boadicea S LR, 2nd Summer S G3. Dam of 2 winners: 2007: MAAREK (g Pivotal) Sold 130,000gns yearling at TAOC1, 2,380gns 3yo at DNLNC, 77,996gns 4yo at GOHIT. 10 wins 4-6, Champions Sprint S G2, Chipchase S G3, World Trophy G3, Renaissance S G3, Woodlands S LR, 2nd Prix de Seine-et-Oise G3, Waterford Testimonial S LR, Midsummer Sprint S LR, 3rd Hackwood S G3.

2008: Lady Woodcote (f Pivotal) unraced.

2009: MISSISSIPPI (g Exceed And Excel) 1 win at 3.

2010: Red Baton (f Exceed And Excel) unraced.

2011: (f Cape Cross) 2013: (c Fastnet Rock)

311 PRIX DU PRINCE D’ORANGE G3 LONGCHAMP. September 21. 3yo. 2000m.

1. INTELLO (GER) 9-2 £32,520 b c by Galileo - Impressionnante (Danehill) O/B-Wertheimer et Frere TR-A Fabre 2. Morandi (FR) 9-2 £13,008 gr c by Holy Roman Emperor - Vezina (Bering) O-Daniel-Yves Treves B-E Puerari TR-J-C Rouget 3. Zhiyi (USA) 9-2 £9,756 b c by Henrythenavigator - Burning Sunset (Caerleon) O-Niarchos Family B-Flaxman Holdings Ltd TR-P Bary Margins 0.75, 0.5. Time 2:12.23. Going Soft.

Age 2-3

Starts 8

Wins 6

Places 2

Earned £913,885

Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 156 Stakes winners.

In 2013 - INTELLO Danehill G1, LINTON Centaine G1, MAGICIAN Mozart G1, ROMANTICA Danehill G1, RULER OF THE WORLD Kingmambo G1, BATTLE OF MARENGO Green Desert G2, TAPESTRY Danehill G2, TELESCOPE Darshaan G2, ALTANO Lando G3, AUSTRALIA Cape Cross G3, DAVID LIVINGSTON Indian Ridge G3, ERNEST HEMINGWAY Darshaan G3, FEEL LIKE DANCING Darshaan G3, FLYING THE FLAG Pivotal G3, RAIN GAL Hurricane Sky G3, SAY Dynaformer G3, SCINTILLULA Danehill G3, STARSTRUCK Big Shuffle G3, THE UNITED STATES Pivotal G3, WONDERFULLY Danehill G3.

1st Dam: IMPRESSIONNANTE by Danehill. 3 wins 2-3, Prix de Sandringham G2, 2nd Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1, Prix d’Astarte G1. Dam of 1 winner: 2009: Intelleto (c Pivotal) 2010: INTELLO (c Galileo) 6 wins 2-3, Prix du Jockey Club G1, Prix du Prince d’Orange G3, Prix Messidor G3, Feilden S LR, 3rd Poule d’Essai des Poulains G1, Prix Jacques Le Marois G1.

2011: No Mood (c Monsun) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: OCCUPANDISTE by Kaldoun. Champion older mare in France in 1997. 6 wins 2-4, Prix de la Foret G1, Prix Maurice de Gheest G1. Dam of IMPRESSIONNANTE (f Danehill, see above), ONLY ANSWER (f Green Desert: Prix de Saint-Georges G3, Prix du Petit Couvert G3), Mondialiste (c Galileo: 3rd Prix Jean Prat G1).

Broodmare Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of the dams of 231 Stakes winners. In 2013 - FENOMENO Stay Gold G1, INTELLO Galileo G1, MORE THAN SACRED More Than Ready G1, ROMANTICA Galileo G1, RUUD AWAKENING Bernardini G1, FIX Iffraaj G2, MULAAZEM Dubai Destination G2, STAR OF GISELLE Reset G2, TAPESTRY Galileo G2, BERLING Montjeu G3, CUSTOM CUT Notnowcato G3, INTEGRAL Dalakhani G3, LADYS FIRST Dutch Art G3, MOREISH More Than Ready G3, ROMANTIC MOON More Than Ready G3, ROYAL DIAMOND King’s Best G3, SCINTILLULA Galileo G3, SUGAR BOY Authorized G3, TREBLE JIG Gone West G3, WONDERFULLY Galileo G3.

Broodmare Sire: INDIAN ROCKET. Sire of the dams of 2 Stakes winners. In 2013 - MAAREK Pivotal G3.

The Galileo/Danehill cross has produced: BANC DE FORTUNE G1, CIMA DE TRIOMPHE G1, CUIS GHAIRE G1, FRANKEL G1, GOLDEN LILAC G1, INTELLO G1, MAYBE G1, RODERIC O’CONNOR G1, ROMANTICA G1, SCINTILLULA G1, SECRET GESTURE G1, TAPESTRY G1, TEOFILO G1, NOBLE MISSION G2, REEM G2, CRYSTAL GAL G3, LAGALP G3, SIDERA G3, WONDERFULLY G3, MISS GALILEI LR, VIA GALILEI LR, Galileo’s Destiny G1, Gile Na Greine G1, Mars G1, The Assayer G1.

MAAREK b g 2007

INTELLO b c 2010

2nd Dam: Geht Schnell by Fairy King. Dam of RUBY ROCKET (f Indian Rocket, see above), INZAR’S BEST (c Inzar: Kronimus Rennen LR, 2nd Prix Eclipse G3), ALEXANDER ALLIANCE (f Danetime: Flame of Tara S LR), Cool Panic (g Brave Act: 2nd Merrion S LR).

Northern Dancer Special Jefferson Marie d’Argonne Mohair Caro Cozzene Ride The Trails Bustino Stufida Zerbinetta Ahonoora Indian Ridge Hillbrow Mummy’s Pet Selvi Sarong Northern Dancer Fairy King Fairy Bridge Miami Springs Anita’s Princess Get Ready

Northern Dancer

Nureyev Polar Falcon PIVOTAL ch 93 Fearless Revival

Indian Rocket RUBY ROCKET b 01 Geht Schnell

Sadler’s Wells

Fairy Bridge

GALILEO b 98 Miswaki Urban Sea Allegretta Danehill IMPRESSIONNANTE b 03 Occupandiste

Danzig Razyana Kaldoun Only Seule

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Lombard Anatevka Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Caro Katana Lyphard Elle Seule

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS

European Pattern 2009: Dumnonii Maid (f Motivator) unraced.

2012: (c Equiano) 2013: (c Mount Nelson)

312 MILL REEF S G2 NEWBURY. September 21. 2yo. 6f 8yds.

1. SUPPLICANT (GB) 9-1 £36,862 b c by Kyllachy - Pious (Bishop of Cashel) O/B-Cheveley Park Stud TR-Richard Fahey 2. Rufford (IRE) 9-1 £13,975 b c by Invincible Spirit - Speedy Sonata (Stravinsky) O-David W Armstrong B-Old Carhue Stud TR-Richard Fahey 3. Hot Streak (IRE) 9-1 £6,994 ch c by Iffraaj - Ashirah (Housebuster) O-Qatar Racing B-B Noonan TR-Kevin Ryan Margins 0.75, 0.5. Time 1:13.59 (slow 2.99).

Going Soft.

Age 2

Starts 7

Wins 4

Places 2

1st Dam: PIOUS by Bishop of Cashel. 2 wins at 2 and 3. Dam of 8 winners: 2004: BLITHE (f Pivotal) Winner at 2.

2005: SOLEMN (g Pivotal) 10 wins at 4 to 7.

2006: PENITENT (g Kyllachy) 9 wins 3-7, Bet365 Mile G2, Joel S G2, 2nd Prix de la Foret G1.

2007: DIVINE CALL (g Pivotal) 4 wins at 3 to 5.

2008: ANOINT (g Pivotal) Winner at 3.

2009: CHRISTINGLE (f Iceman) Winner at 3.

2010: MY BOY BILL (g Dutch Art) Winner at 2.

2011: SUPPLICANT (c Kyllachy) 65,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 4 wins at 2, Mill Reef S G2, Champion Trophy LR, 2nd Windsor Castle S LR. 2012: Postulant (f Kyllachy) 2013: (f Dutch Art) 2nd Dam: La Cabrilla by Carwhite. 2 wins at 2, 3rd Princess Margaret S G3. Dam of TEAATRAL (g Saddlers’ Hall: Long Distance Hurdle G2, Rendlesham Limited H Hurdle G2).

Broodmare Sire: BISHOP OF CASHEL. Sire of the dams of 5 Stakes winners. In 2013 - SUPPLICANT Kyllachy G2, PENITENT Kyllachy LR. SUPPLICANT b c 2011 Nureyev Marie d’Argonne Cozzene Fearless Revival Stufida Sing Sing Song Intent Crooner Moonlight Serenade March Moonlight Known Fact Warning Slightly Dangerous Sadler’s Wells Ballet Classique Estaciones Caro Carwhite White Paper II Hot Spark La Tuerta Smarten Up Polar Falcon

KYLLACHY b 98 Pretty Poppy

Bishop of Cashel PIOUS b 99 La Cabrilla

313 ARC TRIAL S G3 NEWBURY. September 21. 3yo+. 11f 5yds.

1. CAMBORNE (GB) 5 9-3 £34,026 b g by Doyen - Dumnoni (Titus Livius) O-HRH Princess Haya Of Jordan B-Southill Stud TR-John Gosden 2. Gifted Girl (IRE) 4 9-0 £12,900 b f by Azamour - Hoodwink (Selkirk) O-AD Spence B-Airlie Stud TR-PFI Cole 3. Main Sequence (USA) 4 9-3 £6,456 ch g by Aldebaran - Ikat (Pivotal) O-Niarchos Family B-Flaxman Holdings Ltd TR-DR Lanigan Margins 1.75, nose. Time 2:20.19. Going Soft.

Age 3-5

Starts 13

Wins 6

Places 3

Earned £143,773

Sire: DOYEN. Sire of 14 Stakes winners. In 2013 VIF MONSIEUR Big Shuffle G1, ADOYA Dashing Blade G3, CAMBORNE Titus Livius G3.

1st Dam: Dumnoni by Titus Livius. 2 wins 2-3, 2nd Michael Seely Memorial Fillies’ S LR, Snowdrop S LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2008: CAMBORNE (g Doyen) 6,000gns foal at TADEF, 34,000gns yearling at TAOC3. 6 wins 3-5, Arc Trial G3, 2nd Cumberland Lodge S G3.

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Broodmare Sire: TITUS LIVIUS. Sire of the dams of 3 Stakes winners. In 2013 - BROWN SUGAR Tamayuz G3, CAMBORNE Doyen G3.

CAMBORNE b g 2008 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells

Fairy Bridge

DOYEN b 00 Kris

Earned £82,379

Sire: KYLLACHY. Sire of 21 Stakes winners. In 2013 SOLE POWER Distant View G1, SUPPLICANT Bishop of Cashel G2.

Pivotal

2nd Dam: Lamees by Lomond. unraced. Dam of Dumnoni (f Titus Livius, see above), Francesco Guardi (c Robellino: 2nd Dubai Arc Trial S LR).

Moon Cactus Lady Moon Titus Livius DUMNONI b 01 Lamees

Machiavellian Party Doll Lomond Vachti

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Sharpen Up Doubly Sure Mill Reef Moonlight Night Mr Prospector Coup de Folie Be My Guest Midnight Lady Northern Dancer My Charmer Crystal Palace Valseuse

314 PRIX DES CHENES G3 LONGCHAMP. September 21. 2yoc&g. 1600m.

1. ECTOT (GB) 9-2 £32,520 b c by Hurricane Run - Tonnara (Linamix) O-G Augustin-Normand, E Vidal B-Ecurie Des Monceaux, Skymarc Farm TR-E Lellouche 2. Elliptique (IRE) 9-2 £13,008 br c by New Approach - Uryale (Kendor) O/B-Rothschild Family TR-A Fabre 3. Daraybi (FR) 9-2 £9,756 b c by Street Cry - Daryaba (Night Shift) O/B-HH The Aga Khan TR-A de Royer-Dupre Margins 3, 2.5. Time 1:43.11. Going Soft.

Age 2

Starts 4

Wins 3

Places 1

2. Uleavemebreathless (GB) 3 9-0 £10,813 b f by Tiger Hill - Sovereign Abbey (Royal Academy) O-Andrew Oliver B-West Dereham Abbey Stud TR-Andrew Oliver 3. Scintillula (IRE) 3 9-3 £5,122 b f by Galileo - Scribonia (Danehill) O-Miss K Rausing, Mrs JS Bolger B-JS Bolger TR-JS Bolger Margins 1, 2. Time 1:59.69 (slow 0.69). Going Good.

Age 2-3

Broodmare Sire: LINAMIX. Sire of the dams of 74 Stakes winners. In 2013 - ECTOT Hurricane Run G3, LESSTALK IN PARIS Cape Cross G3, MAUREEN Holy Roman Emperor G3, VALIRANN Nayef G3.

ECTOT b c 2011 Sadler’s Wells Montjeu

Floripedes

HURRICANE RUN b 02 Surumu Hold On Hone Linamix TONNARA gr 03 Mahalia

Mendez Lunadix Danehill Maresca

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Top Ville Toute Cy Literat Surama Sharpen Up Lucy Bellypha Miss Carina Breton Lutine Danzig Razyana Mill Reef Caprera

315 CORDELL LAVARACK & LANWADES STUD FILLIES S G3 GOWRAN PARK. Sept 22. 3yo+f&m. 9f 100yds.

1. MANGO DIVA (GB) 3 9-1 £36,992 b f by Holy Roman Emperor - Mango Mischief (Desert King) O-Antoniades Family B-AG Antoniades TR-Sir Michael Stoute

Places 2

Earned £73,893

1st Dam: MANGO MISCHIEF by Desert King. 5 wins, Oakgrove Stud Golden Daffodil S G3. Dam of 1 winner: 2009: Vexatious (f Shamardal) unraced.

2010: MANGO DIVA (f Holy Roman Emperor) 3 wins at 3, DCLavarack And Lanwades Stud S G3, Upavon S LR, 2nd Heron S LR. 2013: (f Holy Roman Emperor) 2nd Dam: EUROLINK MISCHIEF by Be My Chief. 1 win at 3. Dam of MANGO MISCHIEF (see above), EUROLINK RAINDANCE (f Alzao: Wilshire H G3), Bonecrusher (g Revoque: 3rd Doonside Cup LR, James Seymour S LR).

Broodmare Sire: DESERT KING. Sire of the dams of 9 Stakes winners. In 2013 - MANGO DIVA Holy Roman Emperor G3.

MANGO DIVA b f 2010 Danzig Danehill

Razyana

HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR b 04 Secretariat L’On Vite Fanfreluche

Sire: HURRICANE RUN. Sire of 19 Stakes winners.

In 2013 - ECTOT Linamix G3.

2nd Dam: MAHALIA by Danehill. 2 wins 2-3, Prix Imprudence LR. Dam of ALBISOLA (f Montjeu: Prix de Flore G3, 3rd Prix de Sandringham G2), Bufera (f King’s Best: 3rd Prix des Reservoirs G3).

Wins 3

Sire: HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR. Sire of 32 SWs. In 2013 - AMARILLO Royal Academy G3, LEITIR MOR Galileo G3, MANGO DIVA Desert King G3, MAUREEN Linamix G3, OCTAVIA Brocco G3, PRINCESS NOOR Zafonic G3, VICTORY LAUREL Fasliyev G3, WILSHIRE BOULEVARD Machiavellian G3.

Earned £95,772

1st Dam: Tonnara by Linamix. ran on the flat in France at 2 and 3. Dam of 3 winners: 2008: MERVILLE (f Montjeu) 2 wins at 3 in France.

2009: MOST IMPROVED (c Lawman) 2 wins 2-3, St James’s Palace S G1, 3rd Dewhurst S G1.

2011: ECTOT (c Hurricane Run) Sold 59,523gns yearling at ARAUG. 3 wins at 2 in France, Prix des Chenes G3, Criterium du Fonds Europeen de L’Elevage LR. 2012: (f Nayef) 2013: (f Invincible Spirit)

Starts 6

Desert King MANGO MISCHIEF ch 01 Eurolink Mischief

Danehill Sabaah Be My Chief Lady Eurolink

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Bold Ruler Somethingroyal Northern Dancer Ciboulette Danzig Razyana Nureyev Dish Dash Chief’s Crown Lady Be Mine Kala Shikari Sorata

316 PREIS VON EUROPA G1 COLOGNE. September 22. 3yo+. 2400m.

1. MEANDRE (FR) 5 9-6 £81,301 gr h by Slickly - Penne (Sevres Rose) O-Ramzan Kadyrov B-Rothschild Family TR-A Savujev 2. Vif Monsieur (GER) 3 8-1 £24,390 b c by Doyen - Vive Madame (Big Shuffle) O-F Van Gorp B-Frau Ursula Herberts TR-J Hirchberger 3. Earl Of Tinsdal (GER) 5 9-6 £12,195 b m by Black Sam Bellamy - Earthly Paradise (Dashing Blade) O-Sunrace Stables B-H K Gutschow TR-A Wohler Margins Neck, 3. Time 2:29.88. Going Soft.

Age 2-5

Starts 23

Wins 6

Places Earned 11 £1,059,286

Sire: SLICKLY. Sire of 14 Stakes winners. In 2013 MEANDRE Sevres Rose G1.

1st Dam: Penne by Sevres Rose. 2 wins at 3 in France, 2nd Prix de Thiberville LR, Prix Occitanie LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2008: MEANDRE (c Slickly) Champion older horse in Germany in 2012. 6 wins 3-5, Grand Prix de Paris G1, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1, Grosser Preis von Berlin G1, Preis von Europa G1, Prix de l’Avre LR, 2nd Prix Foy G2, Prix Niel G2, La Coupe G3, 3rd Grosser Preis von Baden G1, Grosser Preis von Berlin G1, Hong Kong Vase G1.

2009: Ondoyante (f Slickly) ran on the flat in France.

2010: Warm Vintage (c Rock of Gibraltar) 2012: (f Mount Nelson) 2013: (c Slickly)

2nd Dam: UNE PENSEE by Kenmare. 1 win in France. Dam of Penne (f Sevres Rose, see above).

Grandam of GRIS TENDRE. Broodmare Sire: SEVRES ROSE. Sire of the dams of 1 Stakes winner. In 2013 - MEANDRE Slickly G1.

MEANDRE gr h 2008 Bellypha Miss Carina Breton Lunadix Lutine SLICKLY gr 96 Mr Prospector Conquistador Cielo K D Princess Slipstream Queen Explodent Country Queen Carrie’s Rough Nijinsky Caerleon Foreseer Sevres Rose General Holme Indian Rose Lady Berry PENNE b 03 Kalamoun Kenmare Belle of Ireland Une Pensee Crepello Cleophis Bellaca Mendez

Linamix

When Meandre was reinstated as the winner of the Preis von Europa, the five-year-old son of Slickly was scoring at Gr1 level for a third consecutive season, following his victories in the 2011 Grand Prix de Paris and 2012 Grand Prix de SaintCloud and Grosser Preis von Berlin.

He clearly relishes a mile and a half, even though his sire, Slickly, made his name primarily as a miler as a mature horse. It mustn’t be forgotten, though, that Slickly was a Gr2 winner over 11 furlongs and a Gr1 winner over a mile and a quarter.

Meandre has plenty of stamina in the bottom half of his pedigree. Bred by the Rothschild family, he is out of Penne, a runner-up in two middledistance Listed races. Penne was bred by the late Baron Guy de Rothschild, who owned numerous important horses. Meandre’s broodmare sire, Sevres Rose, wasn’t one of them. This unraced son of Caerleon descended from some of the Baron’s best winners and was given his chance at stud. Sevres Rose’s dam Indian Rose won the Prix Vermeille and his next dam, the Prix Royal-Oak winner Lady Berry, also produced the Grand Prix de Paris winner Le Nain Jaune.

Pensee’s half-sister Tendre Pensee, by the speedy Mujadil, also did well with Slickly, producing Gris Tendre, a dual Listed winner at around a mile.

Their dam Une Pensee was also bred

by Baron Guy, as was her sire, Kenmare.

This is essentially a Boussac family, as Meandre’s fifth dam is Apollonia, the exceptional Djebel filly who was an easy winner of the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches and Prix de Diane after being the top French juvenile of 1955.

Apollonia’s dam Corejada also became a Classic winner after a fine two-yearold season. She numbered the Cheveley Park Stakes, Poule d’Essai des Pouliches and Irish Oaks among her victories.

317 PREMIO FEDERICO TESIO G2 MILAN. September 22. 3yo+. 2200m.

1. BIZ THE NURSE (IRE) 3 8-9 £38,617 b c by Oratorio - Biz Bar (Tobougg) O-Scuderia Aleali B-Massimo Parri TR-S Botti 2. Orsino (GER) 6 8-11 £16,991 b h by Mamool - Orosole (Platini) O-Kurt Fekonja B-Gestut Moenchhof TR-R Rohne

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Caulfield on Meandre: “He has plenty of stamina in the bottom half of his pedigree. Bred by the Rothschild family, he is out of Penne, a runner-up in two middle-distance Listed races”

3. Wild Wolf (IRE) 4 8-11 £9,268 b c by Rail Link - Mary Rose (Royal Academy) O-Effevi B-Ascagnano SPA TR-S Botti Margins Nose, 0.75. Time 2:14.50. Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 5

Places 0

1st Dam: BIZ BAR by Tobougg. 2 wins at 2 in Italy, Criterium Femminile LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2010: BIZ THE NURSE (c Oratorio) Sold 32,840gns yearling at ITSEP. 5 wins 2-3, Gran Premio di Milano G1, Derby Italiano G2, Premio Federico Tesio G2, Premio Botticelli LR. 2011: Cospirator (c Ivan Denisovich) unraced to date.

2012: (c Arcano) 2nd Dam: ULANOVA by Trempolino. 3 wins 3-4 in Italy. Dam of BIZ BAR (f Tobougg, see above).

Broodmare Sire: TOBOUGG. Sire of the dams of 1 SW. In 2013 - BIZ THE NURSE Oratorio G1.

BIZ THE NURSE b c 2010 Danzig Razyana

ORATORIO b 02 Vaguely Noble Mahrah Montage Tobougg BIZ BAR b 04 Ulanova

Barathea Lacovia Trempolino Poelish Hills

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Vienna Noble Lassie Alydar Katonka Sadler’s Wells Brocade Majestic Light Hope For All Sharpen Up Trephine Danzig Virginia Hills

318 SOMERVILLE TATTERSALL S G3 NEWMARKET. September 26. 2yoc&g. 7f.

1. MIRACLE OF MEDINAH (GB) 8-12 £22,684 ch c by Milk It Mick - Smart Ass (Shinko Forest) O-The High Jinks Partnership B-ACM Spalding TR-Mark Usher 2. Cable Bay (IRE) 8-12 £8,600 b c by Invincible Spirit - Rose de France (Diktat) O-Julie Martin, David R Martin & Partner B-Irish National Stud TR-Charles Hills 3. Nezar (IRE) 8-12 £4,304 ch g by Mastercraftsman - Teddy Bears Picnic (Oasis Dream) O-Saleh Al Homaizi, Imad Al Sagar B-Edgeridge Ltd, Glenvale Stud TR-William Haggas Margins 1.25, 2. Time 1:25.92 (slow 3.42). Going Good.

Age 2

Starts 8

Wins 4

Places 1

1st Dam: SMART ASS by Shinko Forest. 5 wins 3-4.

Dam of 3 winners: 2008: (c Kyllachy) 2009: TORRE SARACENA (f Footstepsinthesand) Winner at 3 in Italy.

2010: AL GHARRAFA (f Dutch Art) Winner at 2.

2011: MIRACLE OF MEDINAH (c Milk It Mick) Sold 2,857gns yearling at DNFES. 4 wins at 2, Somerville Tattersall S G3, Rose Bowl S LR. 2012: (c Misu Bond) 2013: (f Mullionmileanhour) MIRACLE OF MEDINAH ch c 2011 Millkom

Good Game

MILK IT MICK b 01 Komaite Lunar Music Lucky Candy Shinko Forest SMART ASS b 03 Jayess Elle

Green Desert Park Express Sabrehill Sorayah

NEWMARKET. September 27. 3yo+. 8f.

1. SOFT FALLING RAIN (SAF) 4 9-3 £51,039 b c by National Assembly - Gardener’s Delight (Giant’s Causeway) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Highlands Farm Stud (Pty) Ltd TR-MF De Kock 2. Montiridge (IRE) 3 8-13 £19,350 b c by Ramonti - Elegant Ridge (Indian Ridge) O-Mitaab Abdullah B-Century Bloodstock TR-R Hannon 3. Premio Loco (USA) 9 9-3 £9,684 ch g by Prized - Crazee Mental (Magic Ring) O-Bernard Westley B-Kidder, Cole, Griggs TR-Chris Wall Margins 3.5, 5. Time 1:37.20 (slow 1.90).

Going Good to firm.

Age 4-7990

Starts 10

Bold Lad Miss St Cyr Mummy’s Game Bright Brook Nureyev Brown Berry Lucky Wednesday Be My Sweet Danzig Foreign Courier Ahonoora Matcher Diesis Gypsy Talk Persian Bold Regal Splendour

Wins 9

Places 1

Earned £571,803

Sire: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Sire of 57 Stakes winners. In 2013 - SOFT FALLING RAIN Giant’s Causeway G2.

1st Dam: GARDENER’S DELIGHT by Giant’s Causeway. Winner in South Africa. Dam of 3 winners: 2008: ROSE GARDEN (f Spectrum) 2 wins in South Africa.

2009: SOFT FALLING RAIN (c National Assembly) Champion 2yr old colt in South Africa in 201112. 9 wins, The South African Nursery G1, Joel S G2, Godolphin Mile G2, UAE 2000 Guineas G3, Storm Bird S LR, 2nd Hungerford S G2.

2010: MY NEPHEW ERIC (c Sail From Seattle) Winner in South Africa.

2011: Splendid Garden (c Black Minnaloushe) unraced to date.

1st Dam: Danielli by Danehill. Dam of 3 winners: 2007: AKULA (g Soviet Star) 2 wins over hurdles.

2008: Janicellaine (f Beat Hollow) 2 wins, 2nd Flaming Page S LR, 3rd My Charmer H G3.

2009: Baile Atha Cliath (g Barathea) 2011: CHRISELLIAM (f Iffraaj) Sold 40,000gns yearling at TAOC2. 2 wins at 2, Fillies’ Mile S G1, 2nd Ascendant S LR. 2012: (f Lope de Vega) 2013: (c Lope de Vega) 2nd Dam: INGABELLE by Taufan. 3 wins 2-4, Phoenix Sprint S G3. Dam of EVA’S REQUEST (f Soviet Star: Premio Lydia Tesio G1), PRIORY BELLE (f Priolo: Moyglare Stud S G1), WILD BLUEBELL (f Bluebird: Concorde S G3). Grandam of KILTUBBER, Il Pirata, Cool Judgement. Third dam of FOX HUNT, ANAM ALLTA. Broodmare Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of the dams of 232 Stakes winners. In 2013 - CHRISELLIAM Iffraaj G1, FENOMENO Stay Gold G1, INTELLO Galileo G1, MORE THAN SACRED More Than Ready G1, ROMANTICA Galileo G1, RUUD AWAKENING Bernardini G1, FIX Iffraaj G2, MULAAZEM Dubai Destination G2, STAR OF GISELLE Reset G2, TAPESTRY Galileo G2, BERLING Montjeu G3, CUSTOM CUT Notnowcato G3, INTEGRAL Dalakhani G3, LADYS FIRST Dutch Art G3, MOREISH More Than Ready G3, ROMANTIC MOON More Than Ready G3, ROYAL DIAMOND King’s Best G3, SCINTILLULA Galileo G3, SUGAR BOY Authorized G3, TREBLE JIG Gone West G3, WONDERFULLY Galileo G3.

The Iffraaj/Danehill cross has produced: CHRISELLIAM G1, FIX G1, Liberating LR. CHRISELLIAM b f 2011 Gone West Zafonic

Nureyev Pastorale

Broodmare Sire: GIANT’S CAUSEWAY. Sire of the dams of 25 Stakes winners. In 2013 - ESCADO Casino Prince G1, VERRAZANO More Than Ready G1, PRINCIPE ADEPTO Dubawi G2, SOFT FALLING RAIN National Assembly G2, UNIVERSAL Dubawi G2, PLANTEUR Danehill Dancer G3, PLATINUM KINGDOM Magnus G3.

Danehill

SOFT FALLING RAIN b c 2009 Northern Dancer Danzig

Pas de Nom

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY b 84 Buckpasser Renounce Bold Princess Giant’s Causeway GARDENER’S DELIGHT ch 03 Highbury

Storm Cat Mariah’s Storm Seattle Slew Quillummo

Nearctic Natalma Admiral’s Voyage Petitioner Tom Fool Busanda Bold Ruler Grey Flight Storm Bird Terlingua Rahy Immense Bold Reasoning My Charmer Gummo Quillopoly

320 FILLIES’ MILE S G1 NEWMARKET. September 27. 2yof. 8f.

1. CHRISELLIAM (IRE) 8-12 £103,949 b f by Iffraaj - Danielli (Danehill) O-W Carson, Miss E Asprey, C Wright B-Ballylinch Stud TR-Charles Hills 2. Rizeena (IRE) 8-12 £39,410 b f by Iffraaj - Serena’s Storm (Statue of Liberty) O-Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum B-Round Hill Stud TR-CE Brittain 3. Ihtimal (IRE) 8-12 £19,723 b f by Shamardal - Eastern Joy (Dubai Destination) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Saeed bin Suroor Margins 1, 2. Time 1:40.00 (slow 4.70). Going Gd to fm.

Age 2

Starts 5

Wins 2

Places 1

Earned £112,343

Sire: IFFRAAJ. Sire of 17 Stakes winners. In 2013 CHRISELLIAM Danehill G1, RIZEENA Statue of Liberty G1, FIX Danehill G2, DIBAJJ Royal Applause G3, SO WOTIF Geiger Counter G3.

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Zaizafon

IFFRAAJ b 01

2nd Dam: HIGHBURY by Seattle Slew. 2 wins at 3 in France. Grandam of PARTNERS STAR.

Earned £55,618

Sire: MILK IT MICK. Sire of 1 Stakes winner. In 2013 - MIRACLE OF MEDINAH Shinko Forest G3.

Cyrano de Bergerac

319 JOEL S G2

Earned £422,517

Sire: ORATORIO. Sire of 38 Stakes winners. In 2013 - BIZ THE NURSE Tobougg G1, RAVE Dancing Brave G1, VIZTORIA Darshaan G2, MOONWALK IN PARIS Singspiel G3.

Danehill

Broodmare Sire: SHINKO FOREST. Sire of the dams of 2 SWs. In 2013 - MIRACLE OF MEDINAH Milk It Mick G3.

Park Appeal

DANIELLI b 02 Ingabelle

Danzig Razyana Taufan Bodelle

Mr Prospector Secrettame The Minstrel Mofida Northern Dancer Special Ahonoora Balidaress Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Stop The Music Stolen Date Falcon Shade

Ballylinch Stud can certainly have no regrets about the decision to purchase Taufan’s tough daughter Ingabelle from her owner-trainer Tom Lacy early in her broodmare career. She proceeded to produce three Groupwinning daughters in Wild Bluebell (Gr3 Concorde Stakes), Priory Belle (Gr1 Moyglare Stud Stakes) and Eva’s Request (Gr1 Premio Lydia Tesio), foaling Eva’s Request at the grand age of 21. Priory Belle went on to become the second dam of the very smart stayer Fox Hunt.

Now another of Ingabelle’s daughters, Danielli, is making amends for a winless racing career which saw her finish second four times at up to 13 furlongs. Having already produced the useful Janicellaine, Danielli has now hit the Gr1 target with her fourth foal Chriselliam, who sprang a 28-1 surprise when she finished strongly to defeat another of Iffraaj’s daughters, Rizeena, in the Fillies’ Mile.

With Iffraaj as her sire and daughters of the sprinters Danehill, Taufan, Falcon and Gratitude as her first four dams, Chriselliam could easily have proved best over distances short of a mile, especially as Ingabelle gained her best win in the Phoenix Sprint over six furlongs on the last of her 23 appearances. However, there

are some stouter stayers in Chriselliam’s pedigree, such as her third dam Bodelle. Trained like Ingabelle by Tom Lacy, Bodelle won from ten to 13 furlongs on the Flat, in addition to showing useful form over hurdles.

One of Bodelle’s half-sisters, Lady Anna Livia, produced the July Stakes winner Mister Links, while another, Synchronise, was second dam of Sharp N’ Early, winner of the Gimcrack Stakes, so this family is no stranger to success in top juvenile events.

Chriselliam’s fourth dam, Shade, won at up to 13 furlongs, despite being by the sprinter Gratitude, her stamina coming from her dam Summer Tan, a Tenerani mare who needed two miles.

321 OH SO SHARP S G3 NEWMARKET. September 27. 2yof. 7f.

1. MISS FRANCE (IRE) 8-12 £22,684 b f by Dansili - Miss Tahiti (Tirol) O-Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd B-Dayton Investments Ltd TR-A Fabre 2. Lightning Thunder (GB) 8-12 £8,600 b f by Dutch Art - Sweet Coincidence (Mujahid) O-Mohamed Al Kubasi, Pearl Bloodstock Ltd B-SA Douch TR-Olly Stevens 3. Sweet Acclaim (IRE) 8-12 £4,304 b f by Acclamation - Wildsplash (Deputy Minister) O-Mrs C Cashman B-Rathbarry Stud TR-Noel Quinlan Margins Head, 5. Time 1:24.98 (slow 2.48).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 2

Places 0

Earned £34,473

Sire: DANSILI. Sire of 86 Stakes winners. In 2013 DANK Darshaan G1, FLINTSHIRE Sadler’s Wells G1, FORETELLER Warning G1, LAUGHING Be My Chief G1, THE FUGUE Sadler’s Wells G1, WINSILI Pivotal G1, RIPOSTE Rainbow Quest G2, THOMAS CHIPPENDALE Sadler’s Wells G2, VANCOUVERITE Selkirk G2, MISS FRANCE Tirol G3, REMOTE Zamindar G3, ZIBELINA Zafonic G3.

1st Dam: MISS TAHITI by Tirol. Champion 2yr old filly in France in 1995. 2 wins at 2 in France, Prix Marcel Boussac G1, 2nd Prix de Diane G1, Prix Saint-Alary G1, 3rd Prix Vermeille G1. Dam of 5 winners: 1998: Maximum Security (c Sadler’s Wells) 3 wins 3-5, 2nd Prix de Reux LR, Prix Right Royal LR. Sire.

1999: MER DE CORAIL (f Sadler’s Wells) 2 wins at 4 in France, Prix d’Automne LR, Coupe du Fonds Europeen de l’Elevage LR, 2nd Prix de Royaumont G3. Dam of ALSACE LORRAINE (Upavon S LR).

2000: Miss Hawai (f Peintre Celebre) unraced. Dam of BEACH BUNNY (Dance Design S LR, 2nd Pretty Polly S G1).

2001: MALEVITCH (c Exit To Nowhere) 2 wins at 2.

2002: Maori King (c Spectrum) 2003: Miss Russia (f Sadler’s Wells) unraced.

2005: MISSION SECRETE (f Galileo) Winner at 3.

2008: Memling (c Galileo) 2009: Mataiea (c Danehill Dancer) unplaced.

2011: MISS FRANCE (f Dansili) 2 wins at 2, Oh So Sharp S G3.

2013: (c High Chaparral) MISS FRANCE b f 2011 Danzig Danehill

Razyana

DANSILI b 96 Kahyasi Hasili Kerali Tirol MISS TAHITI b 93 Mini Luthe

Thatching Alpine Niece Luthier Minifer

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Ile de Bourbon Kadissya High Line Sookera Thatch Abella Great Nephew Fragrant Morn Klairon Flute Enchantee Jim French Valmarena

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS

European Pattern Broodmare Sire: TIROL. Sire of the dams of 25 Stakes winners. In 2013 - MISS FRANCE Dansili G3.

2010: Ysper (f Orpen) 2011: VORDA (f Orpen) Sold 7,142gns yearling at AROCT. 4 wins at 2, Cheveley Park S G1, Prix Robert Papin G2, Prix La Fleche LR, 2nd Prix Morny G1.

2012: (c Dr Fong)

322 ROYAL LODGE S G2

Broodmare Sire: OBSERVATORY. Sire of the dams of 1 Stakes winner. In 2013 - VORDA Orpen G1.

2nd Dam: MINI LUTHE by Luthier. 1 win at 3 in France. Dam of MISS TAHITI (f Tirol, see above).

Grandam of ENGLAND’S LEGEND.

NEWMARKET. September 28. 2yoc&g. 8f.

1. BERKSHIRE (IRE) 8-12 £56,710 b c by Mount Nelson - Kinnaird (Dr Devious) O-HRH Sultan Ahmad Shah B-Newsells Park Stud TR-PFI Cole 2. Somewhat (USA) 8-12 £21,500 b c by Dynaformer - Sometime (Royal Academy) O-Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum B-BP Walden Jr, PW Madden et al TR-Mark Johnston 3. Sir Jack Layden (GB) 8-12 £10,760 b c by Sir Percy - Barawin (Hawk Wing) O-Ron Hull, David Brown, Clive Watson B-Clive Dennett TR-David Brown Margins Neck, neck. Time 1:39.97 (slow 4.67).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 2

Places 1

Earned £91,361

Sire: MOUNT NELSON. Sire of 4 Stakes winners. In 2013 - BERKSHIRE Dr Devious G2.

1st Dam: KINNAIRD by Dr Devious. 6 wins 2-4, Prix de l’Opera Casino G1. Dam of 3 winners: 2007: KEENES ROYALE (f Red Ransom) 3 wins at 3.

2008: Green Pearl (g Green Desert) 2009: KEENE DANCER (f Danehill Dancer) 3 wins.

2010: Scarborough Fair (f Pivotal) unraced to date.

2011: BERKSHIRE (c Mount Nelson) 60,000gns yearling at TAOC2. 2 wins at 2, Royal Lodge S G2, Chesham S LR. 2013: (c Cacique) 2nd Dam: Ribot’s Guest by Be My Guest. unplaced in Italy at 3. Dam of KINNAIRD (f Dr Devious, see above), MICKDAAM (c Dubawi: Chester Vase G3).

Broodmare Sire: DR DEVIOUS. Sire of the dams of 20 Stakes winners. In 2013 - BERKSHIRE Mount Nelson G2, MIDNIGHT SOPRANO Celtic Swing G3.

BERKSHIRE b c 2011 Danehill Rock of Gibraltar

Offshore Boom

MOUNT NELSON b 04 Selkirk Independence Yukon Hope Dr Devious KINNAIRD ch 01 Ribot’s Guest

Ahonoora Rose of Jericho Be My Guest Raysiya

Danzig Razyana Be My Guest Push A Button Sharpen Up Annie Edge Forty Niner Sahara Forest Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols Alleged Rose Red Northern Dancer What A Treat Cure The Blues Rilasa

323 CHEVELEY PARK S G1 NEWMARKET. September 28. 2yof. 6f.

1. VORDA (FR) 8-12 £103,949 b f by Orpen - Velda (Observatory) O-HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani B-Edy SRL TR-P Sogorb 2. Princess Noor (IRE) 8-12 £39,410 b f by Holy Roman Emperor - Gentle Night (Zafonic) O-Saleh Al Homaizi, Imad Al Sagar B-Lynch Bages Ltd, Camas Park Stud TR-Roger Varian 3. Kiyoshi (GB) 8-12 £19,723 b f by Dubawi - Mocca (Sri Pekan) O-Qatar Racing B-Lowther Racing TR-C Hills Margins 0.75, 1.25. Time 1:13.34 (slow 3.04).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2

Starts 5

Wins 4

Places 1

Earned £265,421

Sire: ORPEN. Sire of 74 SWs. In 2013 - KOLLER Southern Halo G1, SABAYON Fitzcarraldo G1, VORDA Observatory G1, ORPELLO Almutawakel G3.

1st Dam: VELDA by Observatory. 2 wins at 2 in Italy.

Dam of 1 winner:

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VORDA b f 2011 Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Alydar Endear Chappaquiddick Halo Devil’s Bag Ballade Hoist The Flag Raise The Standard Natalma Mr Prospector Distant View Seven Springs Roberto Stellaria Victoria Star Darshaan Mark of Esteem Homage Ashmore Val d’Erica Laconia Danzig

Lure ORPEN b 96 Bonita Francita

Observatory VELDA ch 06 Viavigoni

As usual following the Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket, the immediate question was whether the speedy winner would have the necessary stamina for the 1,000 Guineas. This time the centre of attention was the French filly Vorda, a Prix Morny runner-up who followed in the footsteps of such fine French fillies as Natagora and Special Duty in landing the Cheveley Park.

Coincidentally, Natagora and Special Duty had both also finished second in the Morny and both went on to win the 1,000 Guineas, albeit in Special Duty’s case in the stewards’ room.

There is no reason on pedigree why Vorda should find a mile beyond her. If there is a weak link it has to be her sire Orpen, whose second season proved anti-climactic even though he finished third in the Irish 2,000 Guineas.

Perhaps this winner of the 1998 Prix Morny paid the price of being asked too much too soon, as he was born as late as May 20. Orpen has travelled far and wide as a stallion, with his ports of call including Ireland, France, Australia and Argentina.

His best winners in Europe include the sprinters War Artist and Jakor, but he also sired the French 1,000 Guineas winner Torrestrella, and his numerous good winners in Argentina include the Gr1 middle-distance winners Malpensa, Lingote de Oro and La Laguna Azul.

Orpen’s sire Lure is best remembered as a dual winner of the Breeders’ Cup Mile, but he was also a Graded stakes winner over middle distances.

Each of Vorda’s first two dams is by a winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes over a mile. Her dam, the Italian two-year-old five-furlong winner Velda, is by Observatory, while the second dam, Viavigoni, is by Mark Of Esteem, also winner of the 2,000 Guineas.

Her third dam, Val d’Erica, led throughout in the Oaks d’Italia over 11 furlongs before finishing second in the Prix de Diane.

324 SUN CHARIOT S G1 NEWMARKET. September 28. 3yo+f&m. 8f.

1. SKY LANTERN (IRE) 3 8-13 £110,131 grro f by Red Clubs - Shawanni (Shareef Dancer) O-B Keswick B-Tally-Ho Stud TR-R Hannon 2. Integral (GB) 3 8-13 £41,753 b f by Dalakhani - Echelon (Danehill) O/B-Cheveley Park Stud TR-Sir Michael Stoute 3. Duntle (IRE) 4 9-3 £20,896 ch f by Danehill Dancer - Lady Angola (Lord At War) O-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd B-Airlie Stud TR-David Wachman Margins 1, 2. Time 1:38.02 (slow 2.72).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2-3

Starts 12

Wins 6

Places 4

Earned £791,868

Sire: RED CLUBS. Sire of 5 SWs. In 2013 - SKY LANTERN Shareef Dancer G1, VEDELAGO Marju G1.

1st Dam: SHAWANNI by Shareef Dancer. Winner at 2. Dam of 10 winners: 1998: MYSTIC MAN (g Cadeaux Genereux) 14 wins at 3 to 9.

1999: TWILIGHT SONNET (f Exit To Nowhere) 2 wins at 2.

2000: SHANTY STAR (g Hector Protector) 4 wins 2-6, Queen’s Vase G3.

2001: Shazana (f Key of Luck) unplaced over hurdles.

2002: SHARABY (f Cadeaux Genereux) 2 wins at 3.

2003: LUCKY TOKEN (f Key of Luck) Winner at 3.

2004: HINTON ADMIRAL (g Spectrum) 16 wins, Doncaster S LR, Spring Cup LR. 2005: SUMMER GAMES (f Storming Home) 2 wins at 4 in UAE. 2006: Scarlet Empire (f Red Ransom) unraced.

2007: ARCTIC (g Shamardal) 4 wins 2-5, Round Tower S G3.

2008: Shropshire (g Shamardal) 3 wins 2-4, 3rd Greenham S G3.

2010: SKY LANTERN (f Red Clubs) Sold 61,576gns yearling at GOOY1. 6 wins 2-3, Coronation S G1, Moyglare Stud S G1, 1000 Guineas G1, Sun Chariot S G1, Coolmore Stud Sprint S LR, 2nd Falmouth S G1, Nell Gwyn S G3, Prestige S G3, Sweet Solera S G3.

2nd Dam: NEGLIGENT by Ahonoora. Champion 2yr old filly in England in 1989. 1 win at 2, Rockfel S G3, 3rd 1000 Guineas G1. Own sister to Ala Mahlik. Dam of BLATANT (g Machiavellian: Sheikh Maktoum Challenge I G3, 2nd Premio Vittorio di Capua G1, 3rd Queen Elizabeth II S G1), SONGLARK (g Singspiel: Prix Thomas Bryon G3, 2nd UAE Derby G2). Grandam of FLEET STREET, So Belle, Silver Grey.

Broodmare Sire: SHAREEF DANCER. Sire of the dams of 67 Stakes winners. In 2013 - SKY LANTERN Red Clubs G1, DANCER DESTINATION Dubai Destination G3.

See race 43 in the June issue.

SKY LANTERN gr/ro f 2010

ch c by Galileo - Altesse Imperiale (Rock of Gibraltar) O-Andrew Tinkler B-Swettenham Stud, Scout Stable Llc TR-JP Murtagh Margins 1.25, 0.75. Time 1:42.70 (slow 6.70).

Going Good.

Age 2

Starts 2

RED CLUBS br 03 Two Clubs

Shareef Dancer SHAWANNI gr 93 Negligent

Places 0

Earned £62,102

Sire: MONTJEU. Sire of 122 Stakes winners. In 2013 - CHICQUITA Dansili G1, LEADING LIGHT Gone West G1, ST NICHOLAS ABBEY Sure Blade G1, GEOFFREY CHAUCER Machiavellian G2, BERLING Danehill G3, CAMELOT Kingmambo G3, MOUNT ATHOS Slip Anchor G3.

1st Dam: Helsinki by Machiavellian. Winner at 3 in France, 3rd Prix Melisande LR. Own sister to STREET CRY. Dam of 7 winners: 1998: LUSHS LAD (c Wolfhound) Winner at 3.

2000: HELSINKA (f Pennekamp) 2 wins at 4 in France.

2002: SHAMARDAL (c Giant’s Causeway) Champion 2yr old in Europe in 2004, Champion 3yr old miler in Europe in 2005. 6 wins 2-3, Dewhurst S G1, St James’s Palace S G1, Poule d’Essai des Poulains G1, Prix du Jockey Club G1. Sire.

2003: Soufriere Hills (g Maria’s Mon) unraced.

2004: Diamond Necklace (f Unbridled’s Song) 3rd Victor McCalmont S LR. 2005: Jerry Hamilton (g Cherokee Run) 2006: YORGUNNABELUCKY (c Giant’s Causeway) 5 wins 3-5.

2007: VELIKIY ZEVS (c Giant’s Causeway) 3 wins at 2 and 4 in Russia, USA. 2009: SHAMARBELLE (f Montjeu) Winner at 3 in France.

2011: GEOFFREY CHAUCER (c Montjeu) 2 wins at 2, Beresford S G2.

2013: (f Galileo) 2nd Dam: HELEN STREET by Troy. 3 wins 2-3, Irish Oaks G1, 3rd Yorkshire Oaks G1. Dam of STREET CRY (c Machiavellian: Stephen Foster H G1, Dubai World Cup G1, 2nd Whitney H G1, 3rd Breeders’ Cup Juvenile G1), HISTORIAN (f Pennekamp: Prix Rose de Mai LR), Sovetsky (g Soviet Star: 2nd Prix du Liond’Angers LR), Helsinki (f Machiavellian, see above).

Grandam of MAGNA GRAECIA, GRAIKOS, PARTHENON, TEARS I CRY. Broodmare Sire: MACHIAVELLIAN. Sire of the dams of 92 Stakes winners. In 2013 - VERXINA Deep Impact G1, GEOFFREY CHAUCER Montjeu G2, MINAKSHI Footstepsinthesand G2, DEVIOUS INTENT Dixie Union G3, INCANTATION Sinister Minister G3, LOCKWOOD Invincible Spirit G3, MOMENT IN TIME Tiger Hill G3, WILSHIRE BOULEVARD Holy Roman Emperor G3.

The Montjeu/Machiavellian cross has produced: GEOFFREY CHAUCER G2, ALESSANDRO VOLTA G3, FIRST AVENUE LR, MOSKOVA LR, Drumbeat G1, Regina Mundi LR. GEOFFREY CHAUCER b c 2011

Hail To Reason Bramalea Damascus Arabia Christmas Wind Primo Dominie First Trump Valika Mansingh Miss Cindy Iridium Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Sir Ivor Sweet Alliance Mrs Peterkin Lorenzaccio Ahonoora Helen Nichols Roan Rocket Negligence Malpractice Roberto

Red Ransom

Wins 2

325 BERESFORD S G2 CURRAGH. September 29. 2yo. 8f.

1. GEOFFREY CHAUCER (USA) 9-3 £52,846 b c by Montjeu - Helsinki (Machiavellian) O-Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor, D Smith B-March Thoroughbreds TR-AP O’Brien 2. Oklahoma City (GB) 9-3 £15,447 b c by Oasis Dream - Galaxy Highflyer (Galileo) O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Meon Valley Stud TR-AP O’Brien 3. Altruistic (IRE) 9-3 £7,317

Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells

Fairy Bridge

MONTJEU b 96 Top Ville Floripedes Toute Cy Machiavellian HELSINKI b 93 Helen Street

Mr Prospector Coup de Folie Troy Waterway

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special High Top Sega Ville Tennyson Adele Toumignon Raise A Native Gold Digger Halo Raise The Standard Petingo La Milo Riverman Boulevard

326 CL WELD PARK S G3 CURRAGH. September 29. 2yof. 7f.

1. MY TITANIA (IRE) 9-0 £31,707 b f by Sea The Stars - Fairy of The Night (Danehill) O-Christopher Tsui B-Sunderland Holdings TR-John M Oxx 2. Chicago Girl (IRE) 9-0 £9,268 b f by Azamour - Angelic Sounds (The Noble Player) O-S M Mencoff B-G Callanan TR-JP Murtagh 3. Tarfasha (IRE) 9-0 £4,390 ch f by Teofilo - Grecian Bride (Groom Dancer)

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O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Rockfield Farm TR-DK Weld Margins 0.5, 5.5. Time 1:24.20 (slow 0.70).

Going Good.

Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 2

Places 1

Earned £43,109

Sire: SEA THE STARS. Sire of 1 Stakes winner. In 2013 - MY TITANIA Danehill G3.

1st Dam: FAIRY OF THE NIGHT by Danehill. 2 wins at 3, IrishStall.Farms EBF Fairy Bridge S LR. Dam of 3 winners: 2008: Aneedah (f Invincible Spirit) Winner at 2, 2nd Pavilion S LR. 2009: Cape of Night (f Cape Cross) unraced.

2010: MUTHMIR (c Invincible Spirit) Winner at 3.

2011: MY TITANIA (f Sea The Stars) 2 wins at 2, C L Weld Park S G3.

2012: (f Sea The Stars) 2nd Dam: SASSENACH by Night Shift. 1 win at 4.

Dam of DRESS REHEARSAL (f Galileo: Orchid S G3), FAIRY OF THE NIGHT (f Danehill, see above).

Broodmare Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of the dams of 233 Stakes winners. In 2013 - CHRISELLIAM Iffraaj G1, FENOMENO Stay Gold G1, INTELLO Galileo G1, MORE THAN SACRED More Than Ready G1, ROMANTICA Galileo G1, RUUD AWAKENING Bernardini G1, FIX Iffraaj G2, MULAAZEM Dubai Destination G2, STAR OF GISELLE Reset G2, TAPESTRY Galileo G2, BERLING Montjeu G3, CUSTOM CUT Notnowcato G3, INTEGRAL Dalakhani G3, LADYS FIRST Dutch Art G3, MOREISH More Than Ready G3, MY TITANIA Sea The Stars G3, ROMANTIC MOON More Than Ready G3, ROYAL DIAMOND King’s Best G3, SCINTILLULA Galileo G3, SUGAR BOY Authorized G3, TREBLE JIG Gone West G3, WONDERFULLY Galileo G3.

MY TITANIA b f 2011 Green Desert Cape Cross

Park Appeal

SEA THE STARS b 06 Miswaki Urban Sea Allegretta Danehill FAIRY OF THE NIGHT b 02 Sassenach

Danzig Razyana Night Shift Darabaka

Danzig Foreign Courier Ahonoora Balidaress Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Lombard Anatevka Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Northern Dancer Ciboulette Doyoun Darazina

327 PREMIO SERGIO CUMANI G3 MILAN. September 29. 3yo+f&m. 1600m.

1. KILLACHY LOOSE (GB) 4 9-0 £28,455 br f by Kyllachy - Vettori Loose (Vettori) O/B-Scuderia Blueberry TR-B Grizzetti 2. Kadabra (IRE) 6 9-0 £12,520 b m by Dubawi - Windy Britain (Mark of Esteem) O-Allevamento La Nuova Sbarra B-Scuderia Giocri TR-E Botti 3. Clorofilla (IRE) 3 8-9 £6,829 b f by Refuse To Bend - Crudelia (Great Commotion) O-Vincenzo Caldarola B-Francesca Turri TR-Francesca Turri Margins 2.25, 0.5. Time 1:35.80.

Going Good to soft.

Age 2-4

Starts 25

Wins 7

Places 12

Earned £128,774

Sire: KYLLACHY. Sire of 21 Stakes winners. In 2013 SOLE POWER Distant View G1, SUPPLICANT Bishop of Cashel G2, KILLACHY LOOSE Vettori G3.

1st Dam: VETTORI LOOSE by Vettori. 7 wins at 2 to 4 in Italy. Dam of 2 winners: 2008: Beat Loose (f Beat Hollow) 2009: KILLACHY LOOSE (f Kyllachy) 7 wins 2-4, Premio Sergio Cumani G3, Premio Nogara LR, 2nd Premio Royal Mares LR, Premio Seregno LR, 3rd Criterium Nazionale LR, Premio Pietro Bessero LR, Premio Alessandro Perrone LR, Premio Ubaldo Pandolfi LR. 2011: HALVET (c Halling) Winner at 2 in Italy.

2013: (c Aussie Rules)

2nd Dam: DAN LOOSE by Danehill. 2 wins at 2 in Italy. Dam of DAN LOOSE DAUGHTER (f Sakhee: Premio Baggio LR), Storming Loose (g Storming Home: 2nd Premio Del Giubileo G3), Pekan Loose (f Sri Pekan: 2nd Premio delle Debuttanti Hurdle LR).

Broodmare Sire: VETTORI. Sire of the dams of 18 Stakes winners. In 2013 - MISS PELEAR Mr Nancho G2, FUGAZI Crimson Tide G3, KILLACHY LOOSE Kyllachy G3.

KILLACHY LOOSE br f 2009 Nureyev Marie d’Argonne Cozzene Fearless Revival Stufida KYLLACHY b 98 Sing Sing Song Intent Pretty Poppy Crooner Moonlight Serenade March Moonlight Mr Prospector Machiavellian Coup de Folie Vettori Sir Ivor Air Distingue Euryanthe VETTORI LOOSE b/br 01 Danzig Danehill Razyana Dan Loose High Top Cut Loose Cutle Polar Falcon

Pivotal

328 GROSSER PREIS VON GERMAN TOTE G3 HANNOVER. September 29. 3yo+f&m. 2200m.

1. FITFUL SKIES (IRE) 4 9-5 £26,016 b f by Dubawi - Wajd (Northern Dancer) O-Sheikh Mohammed B-Darley TR-H-A Pantall 2. Night Power (FR) 3 8-11 £8,943 b f by Poliglote - Night Green (Green Forest) O-Stall Lucky Owner B-Klaus Hoffman TR-W Hickst 3. Wilddrossel (GER) 4 9-5 £4,472 b f by Dalakhani - Wild Side (Sternkoenig) O/B-Gestut Rottgen TR-Markus Klug Margins 1.5, 0.5. Time 2:23.46. Going Good to soft.

Age 3-4

Starts 10

Wins 4

Places 5

Earned £73,067

Sire: DUBAWI. Sire of 61 Stakes winners. In 2013 AL KAZEEM Darshaan G1, HUNTER’S LIGHT Barathea G1, LUCKY NINE Green Desert G1, WILLOW MAGIC Tierce G1, AFSARE Fairy King G2, AHZEEMAH Entrepreneur G2, ALJAMAAHEER Rainbow Quest G2, PRINCIPE ADEPTO Giant’s Causeway G2, UNIVERSAL Giant’s Causeway G2, CATKINS Catbird G3, DANADANA Barathea G3, FITFUL SKIES Northern Dancer G3, KIYOSHI Sri Pekan G3, PRINCE BISHOP Prospect Bay G3.

1st Dam: WAJD by Northern Dancer. 4 wins at 3 and 4 in France, Grand Prix d’Evry G2, 3rd Aston Upthorpe Yorkshire Oaks G1, Prix Royal Oak G1, Grosser Preis von Baden G1. Dam of 10 winners: 1993: WALL STREET (c Mr Prospector) 3 wins at 3, Cumberland Lodge S G3.

1994: WHIST (f Mr Prospector) Winner at 3 in France. Grandam of MISSION CRITICAL (Whakanui Stud International S G1), BRILLIANT LIGHT (Ajax S G2, 3rd Doncaster Mile G1), Kona Breeze (Chairman’s S LR).

1995: NEDAWI (c Rainbow Quest) Champion 3yo stayer in Europe in 1998. 3 wins at 3, St Leger S G1, 2nd King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S G1. Sire.

1996: Wajina (f Rainbow Quest) Winner at 3 in France, 2nd Prix Kergorlay G2.

1997: LA MANDRAGOLA (g Machiavellian) 3 wins.

1999: Guardian (c Gone West) unplaced in UAE. 2000: ARCH OF LIGHT (c Rainbow Quest) 2 wins at 4 and 5 in UAE. 2001: Watermark (f Rainbow Quest) 2002: DANCE FOR JOY (f Halling) Winner at 3 in France.

2004: NABATI (f Rahy) 3 wins at 3 in France.

2007: Karatoya (g Tiger Hill) 4 wins 3-6 in France, 3rd Prix Lord Seymour LR. 2009: FITFUL SKIES (f Dubawi) 4 wins 3-4, Grosser Preis von German Tote G3, 2nd T von Zastrow Stutenpreis G3, Prix La Moskowa LR, Prix Urban Sea LR. 2nd Dam: DAHLIA by Vaguely Noble. Champion 3yo filly and older horse in England in 1973 and 1974. 15 wins 2-6, Benson & Hedges Gold Cup G1 (twice), Irish Oaks G1, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S

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G1 (twice), Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1, Prix SaintAlary G1, Washington D C International S G1, Canadian International Championship S G1, Hollywood Invitational H G1, Man O’War S G1, 2nd Prix de Diane G1, 3rd Coronation Cup G1, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S G1, Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1, Washington D C International S G1, Century H G1. Own sister to CAPTAIN GENERAL. Dam of RIVLIA (c Riverman: Carleton F Burke H G1, Hollywood Invitational H G1, San Luis Rey S G1, 3rd Oak Tree Invitational H G1, San Juan Capistrano Invitation H G1, Sunset H G1), DAHAR (c Lyphard: Prix Lupin G1, Century H G1, San Juan Capistrano Invitation H G1, San Luis Rey S G1, 2nd Hollywood Invitational H G1 (twice), Sunset H G1, Hollywood Turf Cup G1, 3rd Irish Derby G1, San Luis Rey S G1), DELEGANT (c Grey Dawn II: San Juan Capistrano Invitation H G1, 3rd Arlington H G1), DAHLIA’S DREAMER (f Theatrical: Flower Bowl H G1, 2nd Flower Bowl H G1), LLANDAFF (c Lyphard: Jersey Derby G2), WAJD (f Northern Dancer, see above), Decadrachm (c What A Pleasure: 3rd Sunset H G1), Dahlia’s Image (f Lyphard: 2nd Prix de Lieurey LR). Grandam of CAPITAL PLAN, SKY EMBASSY. Third dam of RITE OF PASSAGE, BELLA SHAMBROCK. Broodmare Sire: NORTHERN DANCER. Sire of the dams of 211 Stakes winners. In 2013 - FITFUL SKIES Dubawi G3.

FITFUL SKIES b f 2009 Mr Prospector Con Game Shareef Dancer Colorado Dancer Fall Aspen Shirley Heights Deploy Slightly Dangerous Dancing Brave Jawaher High Tern Nearco Nearctic Lady Angela Native Dancer Natalma Almahmoud Vienna Vaguely Noble Noble Lassie Honeys Alibi Charming Alibi Adorada II Seeking The Gold

Dubai Millennium DUBAWI b 02 Zomaradah

Northern Dancer WAJD ch 87 Dahlia

329 PREMIO VITTORIO DI CAPUA G1 MILAN. September 29. 3yo+. 1600m.

1. SHAMALGAN (FR) 6 9-2 £77,235 b h by Footstepsinthesand - Genevale (Unfuwain) O-Ardak Amirkulov B-M Daguzan-Garros, Rolling Hills Farm TR-X Thomas-Demeaulte 2. Saint Bernard (GB) 4 9-2 £33,983 b c by Three Valleys - Savignano (Polish Precedent) O-Scuderia Colle Papa B-Grundy Bloodstock TR-D Camuffo 3. Nabucco (GER) 3 8-1 £9,268 b c by Areion - Numero Uno (Lavirco) O-Gestut Graditz B-Gestut Graditz TR-R Rohne Margins 2.5, 2. Time 1:35.10. Going Good to soft.

Age 2-6

Starts 32

Wins 6

Places 11

Earned £340,248

Sire: FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND. Sire of 26 Stakes winners. In 2013 - SHAMALGAN Unfuwain G1, GIANT SANDMAN Darshaan G2, INFILTRADA Lode G2, MINAKSHI Machiavellian G2, ARNOLD LANE Noverre G3, SANDIVA Mark of Esteem G3.

1st Dam: GENEVALE by Unfuwain. 2 wins at 3 and 4 in France. Dam of 3 winners: 2007: SHAMALGAN (c Footstepsinthesand) Sold 56,022gns yearling at ARAUG. 6 wins 2-6, Premio Vittorio di Capua G1, OettingenRennen G2, Grand Prix de Bordeaux LR, 2nd Prix Eugene Adam G2, Prix de la Porte Maillot G3, 3rd Poule d’Essai des Poulains G1, Gand Prix de Vichy G3, Prix de Conde G3.

2008: CHARDONNEY TCHEQUE (c One Cool Cat) 9 wins 2-5, Premio Marchese Giuseppe Ippolito Fassati LR. 2009: LIONROCK (c Shamardal) Winner at 3.

2012: (c Shamardal) 2nd Dam: FEMME DE FER by Iron Duke. 2 wins in France. Dam of JAUNATXO (c Lyphard’s Wish: American Derby G2), IRON DEPUTY (c Silver Deputy: Brooklyn H G2), Barangay (c Manila: 3rd Derby du Midi LR). Grandam of GABRIAL.

SHAMALGAN b h 2007 Storm Bird Terlingua Rahy Mariah’s Storm Immense FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND b 02 Blushing Groom Rainbow Quest I Will Follow Glatisant Green Dancer Dancing Rocks Croda Rossa Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Unfuwain Bustino Height of Fashion Highclere GENEVALE ch 01 Sicambre Iron Duke Insulaire Femme de Fer Dictus Made To Win Valinda Storm Cat

Giant’s Causeway

Broodmare Sire: UNFUWAIN. Sire of the dams of 39 SWs. In 2013 - SHAMALGAN Footstepsinthesand G1, BROWN PANTHER Shirocco G2, BRENDAN BRACKAN Big Bad Bob G3.

Unlike some of Italy’s other Gr1 contest in 2013, this year’s Premio Vittorio di Capua succeeded in attracting a number of smart foreign runners and victory went to one of them, in the much-travelled Shamalgan.

This son of Footstepsinthesand began his career in the Czech Republic but has repeatedly shown himself to be up to international standard at up to a mile and a quarter in a career which has taken him to France, Germany, Italy, the UAE and England. His best win prior to his Italian success came in the Gr2 Oettingen-Rennen over a mile in 2011.

Shamalgan has now raced more than 30 times – winning on six occasions – so he has proved much more durable than his lightly-raced sire, who was unable to race again following his victory in the 2005 2,000 Guineas.

Fortunately, that sire, Footstepsinthesand, has proved capable of producing progeny much more durable than himself. Shamalgan is one of five first-crop Group winners by the son of Giant’s Causeway, other examples being Chachamaidee (winner of the Gr1 Matron Stakes as a five-year-old), Steinbeck (still in good form in 2013, racing as Pure Champion in Hong Kong) and Giant Sandman (Gr2 Goldene Peitsche at six).

Boom And Bust is another good quality six-year-old by the Coolmoreowned stallion, who has also experienced Gr2 success in Canada this year with the five-year-old mare Minakshi. Footstepsinthesand’s success is, furthermore, by no means restricted to these older performers, as he has shown with the very talented two-year-old filly Sandiva, winner of a G3 at Deauville.

Shamalgan’s dam, the Unfuwain mare Genevale, was a dual winner at around a mile and a quarter in the French Provinces. She is also the dam of Chardonney Tcheque, a Listed winner in Italy.

Genevale is a half-sister to a pair of Gr 2 winners in the USA, one being the American Derby winner Jaunatxo, and her half-sister Guajira is the dam of that smart miler Gabrial.

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Global Stakes Results Date Grade Argentina 24/09 G1 07/09 G1 07/09 G1 07/09 G1 22/09 G2 21/09 G2 21/09 G2 21/09 G2 20/09 G2 15/09 G2 14/09 G2 06/09 G2 29/09 G3 23/09 G3 21/09 G3 20/09 G3 14/09 G3 12/09 G3

Race

Dist

Horse

Gran Premio Seleccion de Potrancas Gran Premio Polla de Potrillos G. P. Polla de Potrancas (1000 Guineas) Gran Premio General San Martin C. Jockey Club Provincia de Buenos Aires Clasico Cyllene Clasico Ensayo Clasico Cyllene Clasico Coronel Miguel F Martinez Clasico Sibila Clasico Francisco J Beazley Clasico Ecuador Clasico Italia Clasico Chile Clasico Pedro Chapar Clasico Republica Federativa del Brasil Clasico Paraguay Clasico Hipodromo de la Plata

10.0f 8.0f 8.0f 9.0f 10.0f 5.0f 9.0f 5.0f 9.0f 8.0f 9.0f 8.0f 10.0f 11.0f 7.0f 8.0f 5.0f 8.0f

Travelwell (ARG) Peten Itza (ARG) Querida Rebeca (ARG) Soy Carambolo (ARG) The Best Van (ARG) En Motoneta (ARG) Quechua (AUS) King of Dance (ARG) Blood Money (ARG) Infiltrada (ARG) Balkana (ARG) Todo Un Amiguito (ARG) Mister Tin (ARG) Via Los Andes (ARG) Met Day (ARG) Dont Worry (ARG) Sinalina (ARG) Furious Key (ARG)

Peten Itza lost his unbeaten record when Cooptado was one length too good for him in a G2 over the course and distance of the Polla de Potrillos on August 9. That did not stop him from starting favourite in a 15-runner field for the 2,000 Guineas and, this time, Cooptado had no answer to his strong finish. Peten Itza has now won four out of five and has been making the name of his trainer, Oscar Fravega, who had Australia 29/09 27/09 21/09 21/09 14/09 07/09 28/09 28/09 27/09 21/09 21/09 21/09 21/09 14/09 14/09 14/09 14/09 07/09 07/09 07/09 07/09 29/09 28/09 28/09 28/09 27/09 27/09 21/09 21/09 21/09 19/09 19/09 19/09 18/09 14/09 14/09 07/09 07/09 07/09 07/09

G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

Sir Rupert Clarke Invitation Stakes Programmed A J Moir Stakes Hyland Colours Underwood Stakes George Main Stakes De Bortoli Wines Golden Rose Stakes Makybe Diva Stakes Stan Fox Stakes Ascend Trophies Shannon Stakes City Jeep Bill Stutt M.V. Stakes Schweppes 1000 Gns Tranquil Star Prelude Coolmore Tea Rose Stakes Bowermans The Shorts Bacardi Hill Stakes Mitty's Ian McEwan Trophy Stakes Dato Tan Chin Nam John F Feehan Stakes Top Cut W H Stocks Stakes Sebring Theo Marks Stakes Danehill Stakes Coolmore Furious Stakes Let's Elope Milady Stakes Tatt's Club Chelmsford Stakes Beck Caulfield Guineas Prelude Pj's Irish Pub Gloaming Stakes Golden Pendant Stakes Tab Colin Stephen Quality Gallagher Bassett TBV Champagne Stakes Alternate Railway JRA Cup Sportingbet How Now Sprint Stakes Bill Ritchie Handicap D'Urban Naturalism Stakes Coca-Cola Spring Stakes Tallwoods Tibbie Stakes XXXX Gold Newcastle Gold Cup Summer Bright Cameron Handicap Kingston Town Stakes Sharp Sheraco Stakes Jockeys Trust Ming Dynasty Handicap Tatt's Club Tramway Handicap Concorde Stakes Bobby Lewis Quality

Australia’s best was undone by New Zealand’s best when Atlantic Jewel suffered her first defeat in ten career starts at the hands of It’s A Dundeel in the Underwood Stakes. Michael Rodd surprised many by making the running aboard Atlantic Jewel, who was backed into 6-10 favouritism thanks mainly to a $500,000 bet. But, defying riding instructions, James McDonald was soon close behind on It’s A Dundeel and last season’s four-time Group 1

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only eight horses in his stable at the time of this success.

Querida Rebeca already had a Classic-placing to her name but punters thought so little of her distant third behind the runaway Juhayna in the Mil Guineas at San Isidro that they sent her off at 28-1. Norina tried to make all but Querida Rebeca caught her in the closing stages and beat her by threequarters of a length. Both the first two 7.0f 6.0f 9.0f 8.0f 7.0f 8.0f 7.5f 7.5f 8.0f 7.0f 7.5f 5.5f 10.0f 5.0f 8.0f 8.0f 7.0f 6.0f 6.0f 7.0f 8.0f 7.0f 9.0f 7.0f 12.0f 6.0f 10.0f 6.0f 7.0f 10.0f 8.0f 7.0f 11.5f 7.5f 10.0f 6.0f 7.0f 7.0f 5.5f 6.0f

Rebel Dane (AUS) Samaready (AUS) It’s A Dundeel (NZ) Streama (AUS) Zoustar (AUS) Foreteller (GB) Eurozone (AUS) Rain Drum (AUS) Divine Calling (AUS) Gregers (AUS) Guelph (AUS) Sessions (AUS) Moriarty (IRE) Kuroshio (AUS) Fiorente (IRE) Atlantic Jewel (AUS) Riva de Lago (AUS) Charlie Boy (AUS) Bound For Earth (AUS) Commanding Jewel (AUS) Hawkspur (AUS) Eclair Big Bang (NZ) Complacent (AUS) Sharnee Rose (AUS) Julienas (IRE) Thump (AUS) Mourinho (AUS) Catkins (AUS) Boban (AUS) Mr O'ceirin (NZ) Savvy Nature (NZ) Vaquera (NZ) Winning Glory (NZ) Toydini (AUS) Prince Cheri (FR) Driefontein (AUS) Aussies Love Sport (AUS) Malavio (AUS) Decision Time (AUS) Speediness (AUS)

winner got the better of a final furlong duel by a short head.

Two French imports – Puissance de Lune and Foreteller – took seventh and 12th places, having two weeks earlier fought out the finish of the Makybe Diva Stakes, with Foreteller prevailing by a half head.

Samaready, like Atlantic Jewel a Group 1-winning filly who has recently returned from more than a year off the track, put four lengths between herself

Age

Sex

3 3 3 6 3 5 5 6 3 5 3 5 6 4 4 4 5 4

F C F H C M G H C M F H H F C C M C

Sire

Dam

Broodmare Sire

True Cause (USA) Sultry Song (USA) Exchange Rate (USA) Val Royal (FR) Van Nistelrooy (USA) Colonial Affair (USA) Elusive Quality (USA) Crowning Storm (USA) Not For Sale (ARG) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Roman Ruler (USA) Mutakddim (USA) Mutakddim (USA) Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) Mutakddim (USA) Sultry Song (USA) Sebi Halo (ARG) Key Deputy (USA)

Cipaya Girl (ARG) High Book (ARG) My Palestina (ARG) La Carambola (ARG) The Best Sing (ARG) Engine (ARG) Peruvian (GB) Dancing Glory (ARG) Silver Shine (USA) Ibella (ARG) Beauty Roy (ARG) Yankee Star (ARG) Dear Peggy (ARG) Visionera (CHI) Super Sola (BRZ) Even Better (ARG) La Nacanina (ARG) Figuraza (ARG)

Fitzcarraldo (ARG) Sonus (IRE) Fitzcarraldo (ARG) More Light Runaway Groom (CAN) Engrillado (ARG) Diktat (GB) Lode (USA) Gold Fever (USA) Lode (USA) Roy (USA) Southern Halo (USA) Southern Halo (USA) Edgy Diplomat (USA) Ghadeer (FR) Lucky Roberto (USA) Alydar's Groom (USA) Farnesio (ARG)

are daughters of Exchange Rate, the sire of Reckless Abandon, who had not made much of an impression with his early southern hemisphere crops. The favourite, City Tune, was a neverdangerous sixth but can still boast to be the only filly to have beaten Travelwell in eight appearances.

Travelwell, who had yet to race outside La Plata, almost missed the GP Seleccion de Potrancas. She had 4 4 4 5 3 6 3 6 3 3 3 4 5 3 5 5 6 3 3 4 4 3 3 5 6 3 6 4 4 6 3 4 6 4 4 4 3 5 6 6

C F C M C G C G G F F C H C H M H C F F G G C M G F G F G H G F G G C F C G G G

California Dane (AUS) More Than Ready (USA) High Chaparral (IRE) Stratum (AUS) Northern Meteor (AUS) Dansili (GB) Northern Meteor (AUS) Fastnet Rock (AUS) Stratum (AUS) Commands (AUS) Exceed And Excel (AUS) Lonhro (AUS) Clodovil (IRE) Exceed And Excel (AUS) Monsun (GER) Fastnet Rock (AUS) Encosta de Lago (AUS) Myboycharlie (IRE) Northern Meteor (AUS) Commands (AUS) Purrealist (AUS) Savabeel (AUS) Authorized (IRE) Nadeem (AUS) Cape Cross (IRE) Red Ransom (USA) Oratorio (IRE) Dubawi (IRE) Bernardini (USA) Postponed (USA) Savabeel (AUS) High Chaparral (IRE) One Cool Cat (USA) Bernardini (USA) Lando (GER) Fastnet Rock (AUS) Redoute's Choice (AUS) Snitzel (AUS) Foreplay (AUS) Testa Rossa (AUS)

coughed in the fortnight before and was then found cast in her box on the morning of the race. Nistel Seiter made her fight but Travelwell responded to score by one and a half lengths.

Soy Carambolo, another big winner for the late Val Royal, justified favouritism on a rainy day at Palermo with a game short neck defeat of the 20-1 outsider Beside The Point in the GP General San Martin on turf.

Texarcana (AUS) Samar (AUS) Stareel (NZ) Pensiamo (AUS) Zouzou (AUS) Prophecy (IRE) Miss Vandal (AUS) Gifted Spirit (AUS) Rubicall (AUS) Satnav (AUS) Camarilla (AUS) Seances (AUS) Justice System (USA) Arctic Drift (USA) Desert Bloom (IRE) Regard (AUS) Ashenti (AUS) Maritime (AUS) Bulla Borghese (AUS) Regard (AUS) Mollyhawk (AUS) Ennerdale (GB) Insouciance (AUS) Farasha (NZ) Dora Carrington (IRE) Oomph (AUS) Benevolent (NZ) Salix Caprea (AUS) Kenbelle (AUS) Cadell (NZ) Generous Nature (AUS) The Mighty Lions (NZ) Alpine Beauty (NZ) Johan's Toy (AUS) Princess Cheri (GER) Follow Gold (AUS) Miss Jakeo (AUS) Win Here Win There (AUS) Daunting Thought (AUS) Fine Glass (AUS)

and her nearest challenger, Buffering, in the Moir Stakes and is clearly back to her best. Heartbreakingly, Buffering has now finished second in no fewer than five top-level contests.

A third comeback filly is Streama, who ended an 11-month win drought in the George Main Stakes, holding off last term’s Australian Oaks winner Royal Descent by a head.

Trainer Gary Portelli landed an elusive first Group 1 in the Sir Rupert

More Than Ready (USA) Secret Savings (USA) Zabeel (NZ) Sovereign Red (NZ) Redoute's Choice (AUS) Warning Don't Say Halo (USA) Thunder Gulch (USA) Rubiton (AUS) Canny Lad (AUS) Elusive Quality (USA) Canny Lad (AUS) Criminal Type (USA) Gone West (USA) Pilsudski (IRE) Zabeel (NZ) Ashkalani (IRE) Falbrav (IRE) Belong To Me (USA) Zabeel (NZ) Catbird (AUS) Singspiel (IRE) Quest For Fame Jeune (GB) Sri Pekan (USA) Flying Spur (AUS) Generous (IRE) Catbird (AUS) Kenmare (FR) Yachtie (AUS) Carnegie (IRE) Grosvenor (NZ) Khozaam (USA) Johan Cruyff (GB) Mondrian (GER) Export Price (FR) Unbridled's Song (USA) Dehere (USA) Just Awesome (AUS) Flying Spur (AUS)

Clarke Stakes when diminutive Rebel Dane sneaked home.

So Portelli is just 98 Group 1s behind Jimmy Cassidy, who posted a virtuoso performance to notch his 99th in the Golden Rose Stakes. Drawn on the outside, his mount Zoustar missed the break and had just two of his 16 rivals behind for much of the sevenfurlong trip. But Cassidy guided him to the outside in the straight and they stormed home to score by a neck.

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Brazil 08/09 08/09 08/09 07/09 15/09 07/09

G1 G1 G2 G2 G3 G3

Grande Premio Ipiranga (2000 Guineas) G. P. Barao de Piracicaba (1000 Guineas) Grande Premio Doutor Frontin G.P. C. Telles e C. Gilberto Rocha Faria Grande Premio Ricardo Lara Vidigal Grande Premio Independencia

Serrata Bella benefited from a furious speed duel between her stablemate Sai de Baixo and Acurana in the 1,000 Guineas. Serrata Bella had been 14th of the 15 runners entering the straight but hit the front inside the final furlong.

Canada 15/09 15/09 15/09 14/09 14/09 15/09 08/09

G1 G1 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3

Ricoh Woodbine Mile Stakes Northern Dancer Turf Stakes Canadian Stakes Natalma Stakes TVG Summer Stakes Ontario Derby British Columbia Derby

Wise Dan was simply untouchable in taking his winning streak to nine in the Woodbine Mile. He appeared to barely break sweating in sauntering home Chile 07/09 04/09

G1 G3

Premio dos Mil Guineas (2000 Guineas) Premio Valparaiso Sporting

Sonoma Band held off his stablemate Salto del Indio to take the Guineas by a neck. Both colts are trained by Juan Japan 29/09 22/09 22/09 17/09 15/09 08/09 28/09 08/09

G1 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3

Sprinters Stakes Kobe Shimbun Hai Sankei Sho All Comers Stakes St. Lite Kinen Kansai Telecasting Corp. Sho Rose Stakes Centaur Stakes Sirius Stakes Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap

Lord Kanaloa strengthened his claims to the title ‘world champion sprinter’ New Zealand 21/09 G1 28/09 G3 21/09 G3 14/09 G3

Windsor Park Horlicks Plate Manuka Doctor Bonecrusher Stakes Hawke's Bay Breeders Gold Trail Stakes Merial Ancare Metric Mile

Xanadu benefitted from blinkers (as insisted upon by Bev Kelso, overruling Peru 29/09 08/09 29/09 22/09 08/09

G1 G1 G2 G3 G3

Clasico Enrique Ayulo Pardo (Oaks) Premio Polla de Potrillos (2000 Guineas) Clasico Oscar Berckemeyer Pazos C. Asoc. Prop. Caballos Carrera del Peru Premio Claudio Fernandez Concha

Mr Rodrigo had to work hard to beat 16 rivals, most of whom were very inexperienced. Mr Rodrigo had won a couple of sprints on his only appearances but that was enough for

8.0f 8.0f 12.0f 10.0f 10.0f 5.0f

Fixador (BRZ) Serata Bella (BRZ) Taleban (BRZ) Energia Fribby (BRZ) Escolta Real (BRZ) High Moon (BRZ)

Estupenda Demais, who had beaten her into third in a G1 on June 22 and was going for a four-timer here, finished well but failed by a neck. Serrata Bella, whose sire won the 1995 Poule d'Essai des Poulains for Godolphin, was 8.0f 12.0f 9.0f 8.0f 8.0f 9.0f 9.0f

Wise Dan (USA) Forte Dei Marmi (GB) Minakshi (FR) Llanarmon (CAN) My Conquestadory (USA) His Race to Win (CAN) Title Contender (USA)

three and a half lengths clear of Za Approval, with the David Simcocktrained British raider Trade Storm back in third, and may well prove unbeatable 8.0f 10.0f

Sonoma Band (CHI) Besa Cat (CHI)

Pablo Baeza and they led the betting, although neither held outstanding credentials. The difference between the 6.0f 12.0f 11.0f 11.0f 9.0f 6.0f 10.0f 8.0f

Lord Kanaloa (JPN) Epiphaneia (JPN) Verde Green (JPN) Yule Singing (JPN) Denim And Ruby (JPN) Hakusan Moon (JPN) Keiai Leone (JPN) Excellente Cave (JPN)

with a second successive victory in the Sprinters Stakes. The five-year-old, who 8.0f 7.0f 6.0f 8.0f

Xanadu (NZ) Sacred Park (NZ) Bounding (AUS) Thrive (NZ)

husband and joint trainer, Ken) as she went two better than in 2012 to land 10.0f 8.0f 10.0f 11.0f 9.0f

Galiana (PER) Mr Rodrigo (CHI) Campanera (PER) Chirrin Chirrion (PER) Cafusinho (PER)

his owner to bring in Pablo Falero from Argentina and the colt started favourite.

He was always close up but, obliged to race wide throughout, he held off Monaco by only a neck, with Optimus

3 3 5 3 3 3

C F H F C F

Crafty C T (USA) Vettori (IRE) Torrential (USA) Agnes Gold (JPN) Amigoni (IRE) Dubai Dust (USA)

Nein (BRZ) Byzange (BRZ) Tatushka (BRZ) Karla Dora (BRZ) Piolisima (ARG) Bombilla (BRZ)

winning for only the second time in seven starts but has always raced as if longer distances would suit her.

While the leaders finished exhausted and a long way behind in the fillies’ Classic, similar tactics almost paid off 6 7 5 2 2 3 3

G G M F F C G

Wiseman's Ferry (USA) Selkirk (USA) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Sky Mesa (USA) Artie Schiller (USA) Stormy Atlantic (USA) Pulpit (USA)

3 4

C C

Sonoma Cat (USA) Cat Scan (USA)

H C H C F C C F

King Kamehameha (JPN) Symboli Kris S (USA) Jungle Pocket (JPN) Symboli Kris S (USA) Deep Impact (JPN) Admire Moon (JPN) Henny Hughes (USA) Daiwa Major (JPN)

5 3 3 6

M C F M

Elusive City (USA) Thorn Park (AUS) Lonhro (AUS) Colombia (NZ)

3 3 3 4 3

F C F C C

Fletcher (PER) Hurricane Cat (USA) Privately Held (USA) Flanders Fields (USA) Privately Held (USA)

Forest Glow (USA) Danske (NZ) Exceed And Excel (AUS) Paris Opera (AUS)

their 30-year training careers, with the Myer Classic on November 2 her goal.

Kroata (USA) Tarte Tatin (CHI) Sparkling River (USA) Galway (PER) Buonna Sera (ARG)

half a length further behind.

Galiana, who had beaten Mantra and Royal Fields in the Polla de Potrancas, with the Argentine-bred Shakita sixth, made all the running to

Storm Cat (USA) Special Week (JPN) Special Week (JPN) Special Week (JPN) King Kamehameha (JPN) Sakura Bakushin O (JPN) Marquetry (USA) A P Indy (USA)

Moon in the Centaur Stakes by beating that rival by three-quarters of a length.

Forest Dream (AUS) Dosh (NZ) Believe'n'succeed (AUS) Trove (NZ)

the Windsor Park Plate. She will bid to give the Kelsos a first Australian win of

Dixieland Band (USA) Peace Negotiations (USA)

caught in midfield and twice had to wait for a gap. They drew eight lengths clear of the third.

Lady Blossom (JPN) Cesario (JPN) Lady Derby (JPN) Joli Noel (JPN) Venenciador (JPN) Ciliege (JPN) Most Remarkable (USA) Indiana Curve (USA)

is also effective over a mile, avenged his shock comeback defeat by Hakusan

Wolf Power (SAF) Sadler's Wells (USA) Machiavellian (USA) Smart Strike (CAN) Malibu Moon (USA) Gone West (USA) Roy (USA)

Forte dei Marmi broke his Grade 1 duck when leading home a 1-2 for local trainer Roger Attfield in the Northern Dancer Turf Stakes.

Miss Communipaw (USA) Besa Paz (ARG)

two was that Sonoma Band was able to take a good position disputing second while Salto del Indio was 5 3 5 3 3 4 3 4

for the colts. Bossoftheboss led El Caudilho from the off and it was only in the last strides that Fixador, the champion juvenile and race favourite, grabbed them to score by a neck and half a length.

Lisa Danielle (USA) Frangy (GB) Maria de La Luz (GB) Gold Strike (CAN) Golden Artemis (USA) Fleet of Foot (CAN) Winter Garden (USA)

when he defends his Breeders’ Cup Mile crown.

Five years on from finishing fourth in a Yarmouth maiden for Luca Cumani,

Know Heights (IRE) Royal Academy (USA) Sunny's Halo (CAN) Nugget Point Equalize (USA) Midnight Tiger (USA)

Chief Seattle (USA) Hussonet (USA) Irish River (FR) Shuailaan (USA) Lefty (USA)

annex a second Classic. She held the late effort of Shakita by half a length, with Royal Fields third and Mantra fourth. Galiana is now undefeated in four races.

South Africa 28/09 G2

Emerald Cup

7.0f

In A Rush (SAF)

5

H

Windrush (USA)

Sweet Whisper (SAF)

Chief Warden (SAF)

Sweden 15/09

G3

Stockholm Cup International

12.0f

Without Fear (FR)

5

G

Refuse To Bend (IRE)

Kansas (GB)

Kahyasi

Turkey 08/09 08/09 07/09

G2 G2 G3

International Topkapi Trophy International Bosphorus Cup International Istanbul Trophy

8.0f 12.0f 8.0f

Producer (GB) Lost In The Moment (IRE) Beatrice (GB)

4 6 3

C H F

Dutch Art (GB) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Dr Fong (USA)

River Saint (USA) Streetcar (IRE) Brangane (IRE)

Irish River (FR) In The Wings Anita's Prince

United States 28/09 G1 28/09 G1 28/09 G1 28/09 G1 28/09 G1 28/09 G1

Frontrunner Stakes Chandelier Stakes Zenyatta Stakes Beldame Invitational Stakes Vosburgh Invitational Stakes Awesome Again Stakes

8.5f 8.5f 8.5f 9.0f 6.0f 9.0f

Bond Holder (USA) Secret Compass (USA) Beholder (USA) Princess of Sylmar (USA) Private Zone (CAN) Mucho Macho Man (USA)

2 2 3 3 4 5

C F F F G H

Mineshaft (USA) Discreet Cat (USA) Henny Hughes (USA) Majestic Warrior (USA) Macho Uno (USA) Macho Uno (USA)

Cielo Girl (USA) Maria's Pride (USA) Leslie's Lady (USA) Storm Dixie (USA) Auburn Beauty (USA) Ponche de Leona (USA)

Conquistador Cielo (USA) Maria's Mon (USA) Tricky Creek (USA) Catienus (USA) Siphon (BRZ) Ponche (CAN)

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United States (cont) 28/09 Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes G1 28/09 Rodeo Drive Stakes G1 28/09 Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational Stakes G1 28/09 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Inv. Stakes G1 21/09 Cotillion Stakes G1 14/09 Garden City Stakes G1 04/09 Del Mar Futurity G1 02/09 Hopeful Stakes G1 29/09 Futurity Stakes G2 29/09 Matron Stakes G2 29/09 John Henry Turf Championship Stakes G2 28/09 Kelso Handicap G2 21/09 Pennsylvania Derby G2 21/09 Gallant Bloom Handicap G2 09/09 Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes G2 07/09 Pocahontas Stakes G2 07/09 Super Derby G2 07/09 Bowling Green Handicap G2 02/09 Yellow Ribbon Handicap G2 29/09 Oklahoma Derby G3 28/09 Jefferson Cup Stakes G3 27/09 Eddie D Stakes G3 21/09 Gallant Bob Stakes G3 21/09 Dogwood Stakes G3 14/09 Pucker Up Stakes G3 14/09 Noble Damsel Stakes G3 14/09 Kentucky Cup Turf Stakes G3 07/09 Iroquois Stakes G3 07/09 Arlington Washington Futurity G3 07/09 Kent Stakes G3 07/09 Ack Ack Handicap G3 02/09 Smarty Jones Stakes G3 02/09 Turf Monster Handicap G3 02/09 Greenwood Cup Stakes G3

Super Saturday at Belmont Park on September 28 lived up to its billing with its six Breeders’ Cup [BC] trial races witnessing some fantastic performances. Perhaps the best came in the first of the sextet from the Kentucky Oaks winner Princess Of Sylmar, who is a doubtful BC starter as she needs to be supplemented for the event. She continued her bid for Horse Of The Year honours with a twolength trumping of the dual BC Distaff heroine Royal Delta.

The big BC Classic trial is the Jockey Club Gold Cup, but this produced a perplexing result. Ron The Greek, a distant fourth in last year’s Classic, snapped a five-race losing streak to win by almost seven lengths under a railhugging ride from Jose Lezcano. Palace Malice fared best of the three-year-olds in second, with Flat Out, a dual winner of this race, emulating his 2013 Classic placing in third.

Earlier on the card Graydar, a horse who twice proved much too strong for

10.0f 10.0f 10.0f 12.0f 8.5f 9.0f 7.0f 7.0f 6.0f 6.0f 10.0f 8.0f 9.0f 6.5f 6.5f 8.5f 9.0f 10.0f 8.5f 9.0f 8.0f 6.5f 6.0f 7.0f 9.0f 8.0f 12.0f 8.5f 8.0f 9.0f 8.0f 8.0f 5.0f 12.0f

Laughing (IRE) Tiz Flirtatious (USA) Ron The Greek (USA) Little Mike (USA) Close Hatches (USA) Alterite (FR) Tamarando (USA) Strong Mandate (USA) In Trouble (USA) Miss Behaviour (USA) Indy Point (ARG) Graydar (USA) Will Take Charge (USA) Cluster of Stars (USA) Groupie Doll (USA) Untapable (USA) Departing (USA) Hyper (USA) Egg Drop (USA) Broadway Empire (USA) General Election (USA) Chips All In (USA) City of Weston (USA) Sky Girl (USA) I'm Already Sexy (USA) Peace Preserver (USA) Temeraine (USA) Cleburne (USA) Solitary Ranger (USA) Are You Kidding Me (USA) Pants On Fire (USA) Edge of Reality (USA) Stormofthecentury (USA) Eldaafer (USA)

5 5 6 6 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 4 5 2 3 6 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 2 2 3 5 3 5 8

Flat Out in the spring, returned from a six-month ankle injury layoff to make all in the Kelso Handicap over a mile. His trainer, Todd Pletcher, must now choose between the Classic and the BC Dirt Mile.

More Belmont BC clues came in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, in which last year’s BC Turf winner Little Mike bounced back to form with a nose defeat of Big Blue Kitten, and the Vosburgh Stakes, in which California raider Private Zone rallied back past the favourite, Justin Phillip, by a neck and then had to survive a stewards’ enquiry.

The other Super Saturday showpiece was the Flower Bowl Invitational and here a pair of Irish imports into the Alan Goldberg barn, Laughing and Tannery, filled the first two places, with Laughing beating her stablemate by half a length.

September 28 witnessed five more BC prep races take place, this time at the very course where the jamboree will

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Dansili (GB) Tizbud (USA) Full Mandate (USA) Spanish Steps (USA) First Defence (USA) Literato (FR) Bertrando (USA) Tiznow (USA) Tiz Wonderful (USA) Jump Start (USA) Indygo Shiner (USA) Unbridled's Song (USA) Unbridled's Song (USA) Greeley's Galaxy (USA) Bowman's Band (USA) Tapit (USA) War Front (USA) Victory Gallop (CAN) Alphabet Soup (USA) Empire Maker (USA) Harlan's Holiday (USA) North Light (IRE) Holy Bull (USA) Sky Mesa (USA) Ready's Image (USA) War Front (USA) Arch (USA) Dixie Union (USA) U S Ranger (USA) Run Away And Hide (USA) Jump Start (USA) Lawyer Ron (USA) Dark Kestrel (USA) A P Indy (USA)

Comic (IRE) Masquerade Belle (USA) Flambe' (USA) Hay Jude (USA) Rising Tornado (USA) Ana Luna (GB) Tamarack Bay (USA) Clear Mandate (USA) Ballpark Butterfly (USA) Successful Romance (USA) Red Point (ARG) Sweetest Smile (USA) Take Charge Lady (USA) Babyurthegreatest (USA) Deputy Doll (USA) Fun House (USA) Leave (USA) Raw Nerve (USA) Rehocracy (USA) Broadway Hoofer (USA) Menekineko (USA) Maria's Mirage (USA) How About Dattt (USA) Vargas Girl (USA) Klohho (USA) Preserver (USA) Lonely Fact (USA) Joyful (USA) Galileo's Star (USA) Sweet Awakening (USA) Cabo de Noche (USA) Our Nancy Lee (USA) As of Now (USA) Habibti (USA)

be staged on November 1/2 – Santa Anita. Mucho Macho Man, runner-up in last year’s Classic at this venue, scored a long-awaited first Grade 1 victory in the Awesome Again Stakes by a dominant four and a quarter lengths.

Beholder, winner of the 2012 BC Juvenile Fillies and since runner-up to Princess of Sylmar in the Kentucky Oaks, boosted her BC Distaff prospects when toying with her rivals in the Zenyatta Stakes.

Tiz Flirtatious got the better of her fellow BC Filly & Mare Turf candidate Marketing Mix by a head in the Rodeo Drive Stakes.

In the juvenile division Bond Holder got off the mark in grand style in the FrontRunner Stakes, while Secret Compass, who could finish no better than fourth behind She’s A Tiger in the Del Mar Debutante four weeks earlier, beat that rival by a head in the Chandelier Stakes. The FrontRunner result let down the form of September

Be My Chief (USA) Victory Gallop (CAN) Fortunate Prospect (USA) Wavering Monarch (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Dream Well (FR) Dehere (USA) Deputy Minister (CAN) Grand Slam (USA) Successful Appeal (USA) Parade Marshal (USA) Dehere (USA) Dehere (USA) Honour And Glory (USA) Silver Deputy (CAN) Prized (USA) Pulpit (USA) Nureyev (USA) Adhocracy (USA) Belong To Me (USA) Kingmambo (USA) Maria's Mon (USA) Souvenir Copy (USA) Deputy Minister (CAN) Trempolino (USA) Forty Niner (USA) Known Fact (USA) Distorted Humor (USA) Lil E Tee (USA) Street Cry (IRE) Cape Town (USA) Touch Gold (USA) Blue Buckaroo (USA) Tabasco Cat (USA)

4’s Del Mar Futurity as the half-length winner, Tamarando, was a well-beaten third.

September’s other key juvenile event, the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga, saw legendary trainer D Wayne Lukas unearth a brilliant prospect in the shape of Strong Mandate, who won it by almost ten lengths.

Lukas also has plenty to look forward to with his Travers Stakes winner Will Take Charge, who extended his Travers superiority over the runner-up Moreno when completing his BC Classic preparations in the Pennsylvania Derby.

Finally, a couple more three-year-old fillies to look out for at the BC. Close Hatches followed up her Mother Goose Stakes triumph in the Cotillion Stakes. And Alterite, sixth to Treve in the Prix de Diane before leaving JeanClaude Rouget to join US handler Chad Brown, put the American turf females of her age in their place in the Garden City Stakes.

Leading global sires by stakes winners Horse

Born

Sire

Stands/Stood

Galileo Exceed And Excel Giant's Causeway Dansili Dubawi Kitten's Joy Oratorio Speightstown Jet Master More Than Ready Harlan's Holiday Holy Roman Emperor Silvano War Front Elusive Quality Medaglia d'Oro Oasis Dream Shamardal

1998 2000 1997 1996 2002 2001 2002 1998 1994 1997 1999 2004 1996 2002 1993 1999 2000 2002

Sadler's Wells Danehill Storm Cat Danehill Dubai Millennium El Prado Danehill Gone West Rakeen Southern Halo Harlan Danehill Lomitas Danzig Gone West El Prado Green Desert Giant's Causeway

IRE AUS IRE UK AUS USA AUS UK UK IRE AUS USA IRE AUS USA SAF USA AUS USA IRE AUS SAF USA USA AUS USA AUS UK IRE UK AUS

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BTH BTW GH GW 63 38 41 36 34 32 25 26 25 39 34 27 27 19 32 30 30 30

30 21 21 19 18 18 18 18 16 16 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14

45 17 25 24 26 19 11 15 13 18 11 13 21 12 17 17 19 17

20 11 12 12 14 7 5 7 9 11 4 8 11 10 8 6 8 8

A familiar look to the table, with Galileo leading in every category and hardly likely to be caught in any of them now.

His seven Group 1 winners consist of one in Britain (Ruler Of The World), one in Ireland (Magician), three in France (Altano, Intello, Romantica) and two in Australia (Linton, Seville).

Exceed And Excel, Giant’s Causeway, Dansili and Dubawi have all excelled, with Dansili narrowly outpointing Galileo in the Group 1 stakes.

He has had one fewer winner but his sextet – Dank, Flintshire, Foreteller, Laughing, The Fugue and Winsili – have

won nine such races, two more than Galileo’s team.

The presence of Kitten’s Joy in sixth place is a huge compliment to a stallion who has not received abundant press coverage until this year, when Admiral Kitten, Big Blue Kitten (two), Real Solution and Stephanie’s Kitten have all scored in Grade 1 events.

None of that foursome is a world beater but Kitten’s Joy’s figures of 32 BTH (Black Type Horses), 18 BTW (Black Type Winners), 19 GH (Group Horses) and seven GW (Group Winners) represent a fine achievement deserving applause.

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DATA BOOK EXCLUSIVE STALLION STATS

Leading sires 2013 by percentage of stakes winners to runners Name

YOF

1990 1998 2000 1996 2002 2002 2004 2005 2005 2004 2005 1994 2002 2000 2002 2001 2004 Holy Roman Emperor 2004 Singspiel 1992 Azamour 2001 Montjeu 1996 Selkirk 1988 Oratorio 2002 Elusive Quality 1993 Mujahid 1996 Danehill Dancer 1993 Invincible Spirit 1997 Authorized 2004 Anabaa 1992 Peintre Celebre 1994 Notnowcato 2002 Henrythenavigator 2005 Barathea 1990 Pivotal 1993 Big Shuffle 1984 Areion 1995 Dalakhani 2000 High Chaparral 1999 Iffraaj 2001 Manduro 2002 Shirocco 2001 Rail Link 2003 Lomitas 1988 Street Cry 1998 Footstepsinthesand 2002 Orpen 1996 Kyllachy 1998 Mastercraftsman 2006 Slickly 1996 Nayef 1998 Dylan Thomas 2003 Desert Prince 1995 Dubai Destination 1999 Refuse To Bend 2000 Muhtathir 1995 Monsun Galileo Doyen Dansili Camacho Dubawi Duke of Marmalade New Approach Dark Angel Teofilo Tamayuz Cape Cross Motivator Oasis Dream Shamardal Lucky Story Dutch Art

Sire

Konigsstuhl Sadler's Wells Sadler's Wells Danehill Danehill Dubai Millennium Danehill Galileo Acclamation Galileo Nayef Green Desert Montjeu Green Desert Giant's Causeway Kris S Medicean Danehill In The Wings Night Shift Sadler's Wells Sharpen Up Danehill Gone West Danzig Danehill Green Desert Montjeu Danzig Nureyev Inchinor Kingmambo Sadler's Wells Polar Falcon Super Concorde Big Shuffle Darshaan Sadler's Wells Zafonic Monsun Monsun Dansili Niniski Machiavellian Giant's Causeway Lure Pivotal Danehill Dancer Linamix Gulch Danehill Green Desert Kingmambo Sadler's Wells Elmaamul

Rnrs

80 234 59 183 70 151 101 86 98 159 71 197 108 220 166 56 133 205 123 82 145 63 214 66 89 187 263 123 74 75 50 51 51 181 105 79 160 163 140 141 141 85 57 86 177 89 155 62 127 136 137 107 108 145 114

Wnrs

35 117 26 93 28 64 39 37 45 69 20 82 45 111 84 21 49 96 54 30 50 21 88 30 43 76 103 45 30 29 14 23 19 81 46 29 58 55 55 52 45 34 25 43 79 32 70 21 37 52 54 36 38 60 44

%WR

43.8 50.0 44.1 50.8 40.0 42.4 38.6 43.0 45.9 43.4 28.2 41.6 41.7 50.5 50.6 37.5 36.8 46.8 43.9 36.6 34.5 33.3 41.1 45.5 48.3 40.6 39.2 36.6 40.5 38.7 28.0 45.1 37.3 44.8 43.8 36.7 36.3 33.7 39.3 36.9 31.9 40.0 43.9 50.0 44.6 36.0 45.2 33.9 29.1 38.2 39.4 33.6 35.2 41.4 38.6

Races

57 175 40 139 41 92 61 50 77 106 32 140 70 165 126 34 87 135 79 50 65 31 149 44 77 93 153 66 40 38 17 32 30 110 60 45 80 83 80 72 67 46 27 60 117 53 97 27 54 71 83 44 56 105 62

AWD

11.3 11.3 9.7 10.0 6.8 9.7 9.7 9.4 7.4 10.2 8.3 9.5 10.4 7.8 8.1 7.6 7.5 7.8 10.6 10.5 11.5 11.2 9.1 8.0 8.7 9.3 7.4 11.3 8.7 10.4 10.1 7.6 10.3 8.2 8.2 8.0 10.8 10.5 8.0 10.3 10.8 11.4 11.4 10.2 7.8 8.2 6.9 10.1 10.0 9.9 8.6 9.0 9.1 9.4

Earnings (£)

2,792,029 5,771,886 605,609 3,526,791 515,378 2,620,807 726,309 1,929,588 1,706,541 2,879,327 471,224 1,810,515 1,621,622 2,461,880 1,759,483 396,200 1,296,585 2,133,434 1,152,596 776,428 2,170,625 397,176 1,841,523 749,365 598,626 1,925,796 2,203,051 974,753 914,702 599,523 219,892 625,789 464,945 1,684,952 625,670 486,060 1,352,977 1,160,081 1,213,205 1,045,030 936,961 559,514 340,588 622,751 1,434,563 985,791 1,225,875 373,588 1,106,248 996,300 939,486 420,449 648,367 836,170 1,066,157

SH

15 51 7 29 6 20 12 12 15 20 8 18 10 25 14 3 14 15 9 9 16 4 14 5 6 2 26 9 5 6 3 4 2 13 6 11 17 13 12 11 9 7 5 6 10 4 8 6 5 10 6 5 4 4 5

%

18.8 21.8 11.9 15.9 8.6 13.3 11.9 14.0 15.3 12.6 11.3 9.1 9.3 11.4 8.4 5.4 10.5 7.3 7.3 11.0 11.0 6.4 6.5 7.6 6.7 11.8 9.9 7.3 6.8 8.0 6.0 7.8 3.9 7.2 5.7 13.9 10.6 8.0 8.6 7.8 6.4 8.2 8.8 7.0 5.7 4.5 5.2 9.7 3.9 7.4 4.4 4.7 3.7 2.8 4.4

SW

10 27 6 16 6 12 8 6 6 9 4 11 6 12 9 3 7 10 6 4 7 3 10 3 4 8 11 5 3 3 2 2 2 7 4 3 6 6 5 5 5 3 2 3 6 3 5 2 4 4 4 3 3 4 3

%

12.5 11.5 10.2 8.7 8.6 8.0 7.9 7.0 6.1 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.6

Doyen not dear but having a great year Galileo has edged closer to Monsun, passing the 50-mark with his stakes horses and roaring on towards 30 stakes winners. The most obvious change, however – and not a predictable one – is Doyen’s rise from 14th place to third.

Superbly bred and a dominant winner of the 2004 King George, he has experienced a pretty chequered career at stud, with no claims to be one of Sadler’s Wells’s finest. After starting off at Dalham Hall, he was moved to Gestut Auenquelle for three years between 2009 and 2011 before being sent to Sunnyhill Stud in 2012 to replace the late lamented jump sire Old Vic. Doyen’s fee in 2013 was €3,000 but he has had a fine year on the Flat, with six stakes winners (up from three a month earlier) headed by smart middle-distance stayers Camborne and Quiz Mistress. The fact that he has had 59 runners, way fewer than the other top contenders, has helped his percentages, but this is a creditable performance.

The only other significant move has been by Camacho, from eighth to fifth, with his percentage of stakes winners rising impressively from 6.1% to 8.6%. Duke Of Marmalade has dropped from third to seventh and New Approach from fifth to eighth.

Leading sires of two-year-olds 2013 by earnings Name

YOF

2001 1999 2001 Holy Roman Emperor 2004 Invincible Spirit 1997 Galileo 1998 Orpen 1996 Footstepsinthesand 2002 *Mastercraftsman 2006 Oasis Dream 2000 *Dandy Man 2003 Henrythenavigator 2005 Pastoral Pursuits 2001 Camacho 2002 Elusive City 2000 Kheleyf 2001 Clodovil 2000 *Intense Focus 2006 Bahamian Bounty 1994 Dubawi 2002 Shamardal 2002 Excellent Art 2004 Exceed And Excel 2000 Blu Air Force 1997 Scat Daddy 2004 Lucky Story 2001 War Front 2002 *Bushranger 2006 Royal Applause 1993 Lawman 2004 Iffraaj Acclamation Kodiac

Sire

Zafonic Royal Applause Danehill Danehill Green Desert Sadler's Wells Lure Giant's Causeway Danehill Dancer Green Desert Mozart Kingmambo Bahamian Bounty Danehill Elusive Quality Green Desert Danehill Giant's Causeway Cadeaux Genereux Dubai Millennium Giant's Causeway Pivotal Danehill Sri Pekan Johannesburg Kris S Danzig Danetime Waajib Invincible Spirit

Rnrs

47 61 61 59 80 33 20 57 62 33 42 17 51 39 28 51 30 47 47 52 39 42 58 29 1 15 6 73 51 35

Wnrs

17 29 28 25 34 17 8 17 21 17 16 8 19 13 11 20 15 12 16 16 11 15 18 17 1 7 4 15 22 11

%WR

36.2 47.5 45.9 42.4 42.5 51.5 40.0 29.8 33.9 51.5 38.1 47.1 37.3 33.3 39.3 39.2 50.0 25.5 34.0 30.8 28.2 35.7 31.0 58.6 100.0 46.7 66.7 20.6 43.1 31.4

Races

27 36 42 32 39 25 18 23 27 21 20 10 28 20 19 31 20 16 24 21 14 20 24 31 2 12 6 18 25 12

AWD

6.1 6.0 5.7 6.2 6.2 7.4 6.3 6.4 6.6 6.1 5.5 6.0 5.5 5.3 6.1 5.6 6.3 6.1 5.6 6.7 6.8 6.5 6.0 5.8 5.5 6.6 6.3 5.7 6.2 6.3

Earnings (£)

668,677 546,609 536,812 490,571 484,067 470,182 465,968 425,652 373,588 357,487 344,587 320,557 307,840 304,145 299,574 287,158 287,100 281,111 266,920 252,462 239,658 233,492 227,377 211,784 207,961 202,545 195,901 179,872 179,850 169,698

Top horse

Rizeena Morning Post Haikbidiac Wilshire Boulevard Cable Bay Tapestry Vorda Sandiva Nezar Wedding Ring Peniaphobia Sudirman Lilbourne Lass Green Door Vedeux Big Time Vallado Astaire Anjaal Kiyoshi Ihtimal Galinea Outstrip Stay Tuned No Nay Never Lucky Kristale War Command Riverboat Springs Deeds Not Words Club Wexford

Earned (£)

271,578 179,597 186,858 87,634 49,165 97,699 265,421 81,191 46,452 69,657 134,546 184,236 68,838 54,388 53,374 54,756 61,199 130,349 48,602 80,102 96,734 43,943 71,239 29,934 207,962 137,847 140,723 17,567 26,262 22,610

Master blaster The first-season sires’ title race has changed complexion dramatically during the last couple of months. In that period Mastercraftsman has had 35 additional runners, putting him behind only Invincible Spirit in the overall list with 62, and his number of winners has leapt from eight to 21.

By comparison, former leader Dandy Man has had 12 fresh representatives and his winning tally has gone from 12 to 16. Clearly Mastercraftsman will take some pegging back now, though he is unlikely to challenge the leaders on earnings. That championship was thrown wide open after our cut-off date by the double triumph for Oasis Dream in the Tattersall Millions races at Newmarket.

*First-season sire, statistics to September 30

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FLASHBACK

October 27, 1990 Dayjur, ridden by Willie Carson (left), throws away victory in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint after jumping a shadow

GEORGE SELWYN

T

hat Dayjur is remembered for a defeat above all else is highly inappropriate. An all-time great deserves better. It is, however, very British, for that defeat was the pluckiest, unluckiest imaginable.

Twenty-three years ago, in the days when competing at the Breeders’ Cup was a feat in itself for horses trained in Europe, Dayjur was flown to Belmont Park for a swansong that followed wins in the Temple Stakes, King’s Stand, Nunthorpe – his blink-and-you’ll miss-it time of 56.16s remains the five-furlong course record – Sprint Cup and Abbaye.

If there are two things you do not

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want in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, it is a wide draw and slow start. Dayjur had both.

Yet his speed enabled him to move upsides leader Safely Kept by the turn into the straight, after which the duo settled down for a ding-dong battle.

Inside the final furlong it was Dayjur and Willie Carson who edged ahead on the outside, the pair all set for a hardfought famous win. Then disaster struck.

Having already spooked at one shadow across the course, Dayjur hurdled the next one. He didn’t fall but his momentum was fatally floored and he did not have time to recover, going

down by a neck to his Craig Perretridden rival.

It is difficult to envisage a more agonising defeat, perhaps only Zenyatta’s reverse in the 2010 Classic coming close to rivalling it in Breeders’ Cup folklore.

Dayjur, who was trained by Dick Hern, was put down due to the infirmities of old age in September at owner Sheikh Hamdan’s Shadwell Farm in Kentucky, aged 26.

“He was the fastest horse I rode and I would think the fastest horse anyone ever rode,” said Carson. “He was just the most amazing little horse to ride.”

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