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A EUROPEAN CHAMPION AT 2.

A CLASSIC WINNING MILER AT 3.

1ST 1ST 1ST 1ST 1ST 1ST 2ND

St. James’s Palace S.-Gr.1.

Irish 2,000 Guineas-Gr.1, by 4½ lengths.

Phoenix S.-Gr.1, by 4½ lengths.

National S.-Gr.1.

Railway S.-Gr.2.

Diamond S.-Gr.3, by 5 lengths.

International S.-Gr.1, to Sea The Stars.

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Colt ex Awani (half-sister to 3 SW’s including Gr.1 winner Kundalini).

Bred by Bill & Tara Dwan.

Filly ex Messias da Silva (cost $700,000 and related to Graded winners such as Integra and Secret Odds).

Bred by Sir Robert Ogden CBE, LLD.

Colt ex Audacieuse (Gr.3 winning half-sister to Acomb S.-Gr.3 winner Waiter’s Dream).

Bred by Woodcote Stud.

Barry Reilly

2011 Fee: €17,500

The best son of champion sire Danehill Dancer.

Related to the USA champion sires Broad Brush & Capote.

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Cover: Final fence in Gold Cup Photo: George Selwyn

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Long Run awesome but long reign no certainty T

he best Gold Cup ever? Maybe not, but the performance of Long Run in defeating previous winners Denman and Kauto Star will live long in the memory for anyone who watched the contest.

George Selwyn’s superb cover image shows the three champions jumping the last fence in the order in which they finished, in front of the packed Cheltenham stands.

Robert Waley-Cohen’s brilliant young chaser has the opportunity to dominate National Hunt racing for years, yet before we get completely carried away with this handsome French-bred, it is worth recalling the last six-year-old who triumphed in jumping’s blue riband.

After Mill House romped away with the 1963 Gold Cup, it would have seemed folly to suggest that he would never again scale the same heights such was his superiority over the opposition. Yet the next year, he bumped into a horse trained in Ireland, named Arkle.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Therein lies the beauty of this sport; things are rarely as straightforward as they appear and Long Run, for all his class and undoubted potential, is sure to find plenty of worthwhile opponents in the coming seasons.

Aintree may or may not be Long Run’s next destination but the meeting is definitely on the agenda for Silver By Nature.

The nine-year-old grey is trained in Scotland by Lucinda Russell and will bid to become the first horse from that part of the world to win the Grand National since Rubstic triumphed in 1979.

Russell, who is based in Kinross, Tayside, is making a name for herself north of the border, having sent out plenty of winners over the last few seasons. She is assisted by her partner, Peter Scudamore, and is full of admiration for what the eight-time champion jump jockey has brought to her operation.

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Russell tells Tim Richards (Talking To, pages 40-43).

“Apart from the fact that he is my soul mate and helps with every part of my life, he has brought a wealth of experience with him. I wouldn’t have been able to cope by myself with the yard growing to the extent it has.”

While the jumps continues apace the Flat turf season is also now upon us; in Ireland it kicked off at the Curragh, with a Sunday card featuring a Group 3, a good class handicap (Irish Lincolnshire) and some interesting maidens featuring representatives from all the big stables.

Britain, meanwhile, celebrated the return of the Flat with a midweek card at Catterick. The first Pattern race on turf won’t be run until April 13 at Newmarket.

It’s a flat start to the Flat season and disappointing that more of an effort couldn’t have been made to get things going with a bang, rather than a whimper.

Richard Fahey clearly cannot wait to get his yard back up and running – he was one of just a handful of trainers from Britain to send a team of runners over to the Curragh for its opening fixture, although his early raid ultimately proved unsuccessful.

The Malton-based handler’s career is on an upward curve and having helped stable jockey Paul Hanagan take the riders’ championship last year, he now bids for a first Classic success with the unbeaten Wootton Bassett.

Fahey’s string now numbers 200 plus, one of the largest in the country, yet his ambition and drive would be able to sustain an even bigger intake.

“It’s never a good idea to take your foot off the gas,” he explains to Julian Muscat (pages 44-48). “I’d like to train 400 horses; it would mean I’d have a chance of winning every race.

“This game is about numbers. If they dry up, you’re finished.”

“In 1963 it would

have been folly to suggest Mill House would never win another Gold Cup

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CONTENTS APRIL 2011

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NEWS & VIEWS

FEATURES

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ROA Leader Industry shake-up promises much

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TBA Leader New Board members sought

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News Special report on the all-weather

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Tony Morris Julian Muscat The Flat needs to think twice

INTERNATIONAL SCENE 31

View From Ireland Sean Collins tribute

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Continental Tales Richard Gibson plots new course

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Going Global Zenyatta and Rachel covered

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NH Sales Special Jumpers-in-training auctions prosper

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Flashback Red Rum in 1974

Trainer of Classic hope Wootton Bassett

Is Frankel the real deal?

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Richard Fahey

Sales Circuit From Europe and America

Talking To...

Lucinda Russell dreams of Grand National glory

Changes Your monthly news round-up

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Great Owner/Breeders The 17th Earl of Derby

The National Stud Brian O’Rourke is positive about the operation’s future

The Big Picture All the action from Cheltenham

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Flat Preview Martin Lane is one to watch in 2011

Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh topped the Cheltenham charts; see pages 14-21

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ROA LEADER

PAUL DIXON President Racehorse Owners Association

Restructure offers new hope for the future Strengthening the Horsemen’s Group is key to commercial relationship

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f plans currently being discussed by the principal organisations within the industry come to fruition, British racing will undergo its most radical structural change since the creation of the BHB in 1993.

The most significant changes relate to the strengthening of the Horsemen’s Group, of which the ROA is a founder member, and the creation of a new body flowing from the RCA which has the working title of the Racecourse Group.

Under the proposals, a condition would be added to the Rules of Racing whereby registered owners, licensed trainers and licensed jockeys will be required to be members of the Horsemen’s Group in order to continue their involvement in British horseracing.

This ‘compulsory affiliation’ of owners, trainers and jockeys to the Horsemen’s Group is a central plank within the new structure.

This would give the horsemen greater power and authority in a similar way to that held by the Professional Golfers’ Association or Formula One. It would also provide the Horsemen’s Group with an income stream as the organisation would take responsibility from the BHA for the income and expenditure relating to owners’ registration fees and jockeys’ and trainers’ licence fees.

The other fundamental part of the new structure is that the Racecourse Group takes control of the sport’s income.

The proposal is that the industry’s income streams – principally media rights and the levy, which currently amount to an annual figure of around £120 million – will flow into and then out of the Racecourse Group.

In this way the commercial powerbase of the new-look administration will be horsemen on one side and racecourses on the other. The much-strengthened Horsemen’s Group will become responsible for negotiating prize-money agreements with the Racecourse Group.

Crucially, it would also have greater influence over the fixture list and race programme, all of which will be wrapped into a negotiating process.

In this process both sides – horsemen and racecourses

– would be well balanced in the power they can wield, though, at the same time, each would have too much to lose not to find a negotiated settlement.

The BHA would continue to administer the Rules of Racing, thereby maintaining the critical role of protecting the integrity of the sport. However, under the proposals, the BHA would have no involvement in commercial matters. The body would effectively become a service provider for the horsemen and racecourses.

Part of the funding of integrity costs would come from the Horsemen’s Group and Racecourse Group, using their respective income from licensing and registration, although the Levy Board would still cover most of this expenditure.

Such is the momentum behind the desire for change that the horsemen and racecourses have already accepted the headline principles of the re-structure, although there is still much detail to be considered and, almost inevitably, legal hurdles to jump.

While the current statutory levy would add a necessary layer of administration to what is being proposed, there is, however, growing government enthusiasm for a replacement levy scheme, with bookmakers and betting operators having to pay for the right to bet on UK racing.

This serves as a reminder to us all that the real goal of finding a way of substantially increasing British’s racing’s income remains frustratingly elusive and, even with the support of government, some way off.

But you only have to look at Betfair’s recent move to Gibraltar to recognise the urgent need to find a way of closing the offshore loophole and ensuring that all betting operators who take bets on British horseracing, wherever they might be, must pay for the privilege of doing so.

Right now, we may be accused of merely re-arranging the deckchairs while our industry’s finances continue to sink but the radical changes now being agreed should at least result in British racing acting as a united force.

Nobody should doubt that aligning the wider aims of the horsemen and racecourses provides a very potent message.

“The compulsory

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TBA LEADER

KIRSTEN RAUSING Chairman Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association

Changes looming for the TBA and for racing Nominations for two new board members sought as stalwarts retire

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year ago, I supported the call for Tattersalls’ October Book 1 Yearling Sales to be delayed by a day, to provide for more time to view yearlings coming shortly after the Arc weekend. This year they have answered our calls and added a welcome delineation between Books 2 and 3. Ultimately, it was always going to be a case of numbers dictating the dates and further declines in the 2010 British and Irish foal crops have led to this decision.

I expect similar reductions will affect the 2011 yearling sales season, not only in the UK and Ireland but worldwide, with USA foal production having fallen by around 19% since 2007. As custodians of the horse, the TBA’s priority is to protect the British thoroughbred and its breeders. Now, more than ever, we will need to be vigilant in maintaining an appropriate environment, which is vital to encourage the production from good mares and to oversee maintenance of a competitive and quality race programme to stimulate this production.

There was outcry among breeders recently at the loss of the Lansdown Fillies’ Stakes. An early Listed opportunity, enjoying EBF sponsorship, this was returned to the BHA racing department by Bath racecourse with no other course prepared to take it on. Whitsbury Manor Stud’s Chris Harper has offered to sponsor the race for three years to safeguard its future (see news, page 10). I sincerely hope we do not see ‘dumbing down’ becoming a regular feature of Northern Racing’s business model.

That approach, happily, does not apply to all racecourses. We will be looking to develop our relationship with supportive racecourses that recognise the value of producing quality cards, both in terms of their attractiveness to racegoers, the media and betting industry, and for the longer-term health of the sport.

Looking back to last April, I also predicted that horsemen and racecourses would need to accept that they should work together to find a modern solution to

the industry’s structure. This approach has been developed by the BHA and, while positive press reports suggest that this is moving forward, the devil is certainly hiding in the detail of this particular negotiation. It is imperative that the TBA is fully involved in this debate, with the board members adamant that they will not tolerate any loss of influence under the new structure.

Moving away from industry politics, I would like to recognise the value of the Godolphin Annual Stud and Stable Staff Awards and congratulate all the nominees, in particular the Stud Staff Award winners – Douglas Ventress (Plantation Stud), Sandra Morton (Folly Farm Stud) and overall winner Graham Paxton (Darley).

At this time of year, when foaling and covering duties add to the workload, our staff really demonstrate their commitment and professional skills. Studs across the country may be dealing with reduced numbers, but the additional tasks associated with caring for young foals, coping with wet weather conditions, as well as ‘out of hours’ coverings, are all part of the job. The TBA’s own Stud Staff Awards, run bi-monthly, recognise and celebrate the value of competent and professional staff. From these candidates, an annual winner receives the New England Stud-sponsored award. The 2010 winner will be announced at the Annual Awards Dinner on June 27.

Finally, I would like to pay tribute to the retiring TBA board members. By the end of 2011 the board will lose some of its longest-standing members: Lady Emma Balding, Nigel Elwes, Rhydian Morgan-Jones, Hugo Lascelles and Martin Mitchell. They will prove to be extremely difficult to replace.

We are now seeking candidates who are active British breeders able to devote sufficient time to the association, with professional skills to support the executive team in areas such as finance and law. We will also need to identify a future Chairman and Vice-Chairman. The nomination stage closes on April 1.

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NEWS Stories from the racing world

S P E C I A L R E P O RT

All-weather faced with big declines Fixture list may have hit tipping point as field sizes diminish in a decade The number of all-weather fixtures in Britain could have reached saturation point, with figures obtained by this magazine showing how field sizes have hit record low levels.

Comparing the first two months of 2011 with previous years highlights how the percentage of all-weather races with seven or fewer runners has increased from 12% in 2001 to 47% this year.

In addition, while January and February 2001 saw no races run with four or fewer runners out of 362 races held, the same period in 2011 saw 39 such contests from a total programme of 599 races.

Overall, the decade has seen the average field size decrease from 10.6 runners to 8.1 runners (looking at January and February). The table below shows that the number of small-field races on the all-weather rose dramatically in 2008, the year that winter evening fixtures were introduced.

Last month’s article on racing in the recession highlighted how the numbers of horses in training declined by 8.5% between 2007 and 2011, from 15,581 to 14,262.

Richard Wayman, Assistant Racing Director at the British Horseracing Authority, has confirmed that the trend is causing alarm, with doubts about the current horse population being able to support the fixture list, particularly with regard to all-weather racing.

The competitiveness of all-weather racing has suffered in recent years

aware that field sizes for all-weather races have been dropping in recent years. There are more all-weather races now, including more twilight fixtures, so it’s not surprising that field sizes are smaller as there is a finite horse population.

“One obvious impact of field sizes dropping is on turnover, but one has to remember, for example, with twilight fixtures these are staged primarily as a service to the betting industry and we are grateful for them – as racing should be, given it benefits the sport through levy.

“All-weather racing proves itself in harsh winters, like the one we’ve had, by making up the shortfall of betting shop product, and pound for pound provides better value: a four-runner novice chase will generate less turnover than a four-runner all-weather race.

“That’s because often in such circumstances you’d have a short-priced favourite and three outsiders in a novice chase, but all-weather racing is more competitive by nature. It gives better value than jumps in terms of levy.

“We don’t see a reduction in field sizes as a problem and welcome the increase in all-weather fixtures, especially the all-weather replacement fixtures put on if turf racing is lost.”

Stevens added: “It’s important to recognise what all-weather racing is there for; primarily they are staged for the betting shop customer and give a worthwhile return of levy.”

Wayman said: “With average prize-money levels falling by 31%, it is no surprise that the number of horses competing on the all-weather through the middle of winter has declined, with inevitable consequences for the competitiveness of Flat races throughout this period.

“The horse population data provided by trainers is being constantly monitored and with nearly half of the all-weather track races during January and February failing to attract eight runners, there must be real doubt that the current volume of fixtures at this time of year is sustainable.

“Moreover, with foal crops continuing to decline, it is very possible that the situation is going to deteriorate, at least in the short term, and the BHA Board will want to consider all of these developments when setting their fixture policy for 2012.”

He added: “Winter evening fixtures started in 2008 and their introduction has really changed the face of all-weather racing in Britain through the period.”

The BHA Board discussed its 2012 fixture policy at the end of March, although the fixture list is not set to be published until July.

Bookmakers, unhappy about proposed cuts to the 2011 fixture list (which did not materialise), are set to support fixtures at the current level.

David Stevens of Coral commented: “We are

ALL-WEATHER RACES: JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2001

2002

2003

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2005

2006

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2008

2009

2010

2011

Races staged

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406

427

494

474

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502

680

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9%

15%

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7%

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38%

42%

47%

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5.3%

5.3%

6.7%

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Average field size

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11.3

11.1

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11.0

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10.1

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Makin planning Ascot raid of a different kind Australian sprinters may now be a familiar sight at Ascot in June but owner/breeder Paul Makin is planning a less conventional cross-hemisphere raid on the royal meeting this summer.

Makin is hoping to bring over a couple of two-year-olds, bred in Australia to northern hemisphere time, by his NZ-bred stallion Starcraft to contest the major juvenile contests at Royal Ascot.

“Paul has six two-year-olds in pre-training outside Sydney doing fast work that will go into training at the start of April and the idea is that one or two of them will come over to Ascot and then stay over here,” said Makin’s bloodstock advisor Grant Pritchard-Gordon.

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Australian-bred juveniles being trained for royal meeting embarrass itself and the mares come from a variety of different backgrounds, although one of the nicest juveniles is out of Hoh Dear, the grandam of Wigmore Hall.

“Paul’s feeling, which I share, is that the twoyear-olds will have a physical advantage in June because they have been raised in sunnier climes.

“I know Elzaam finished second in the Coventry last year but he had been brought up in the northern hemisphere and this will be the first time it has been tried with horses that have been raised in Australia.”

Makin has snapped up some of the best mares offered for sale in the past couple of years, including buying Fleeting Spirit privately last year, and they will be the Hong

Paul Makin has invested in good mares

Kong-based owner’s main focus in future.

“The Starcraft thing is coming to an end now and we are concentrating on four or five high-quality northern-hemisphere mares.

Authorized’s dam Funsie has just had a Galileo colt while Fleeting Spirit is going to Oasis Dream,” added Pritchard-Gordon.

Starcraft, the winner of the 2005 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, could also be represented at the meeting by his dual Group 1-winning son, Star Witness, who landed one of Australia’s most prestigious two-year-old contests, the Blue Diamond Stakes, in 2010.

Andrew Caulfield on Starcraft, pages 88-89

Harper steps in to save Lansdown Fillies’ Stakes

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Chris Harper of Whitsbury Manor Stud has entered into negotiations to save the Lansdown Fillies’ Stakes after Bath Racecourse took the decision not to stage the April contest in 2011.

An EBF-supported five-furlong Listed event for fillies and mares, the race is a particular favourite for Harper. He and the Wood Street Syndicate won it last year with the Whitsbury Manor Stud-bred Gilt Edge Girl, who went on to win the Group 1 Prix de l’Abbaye.

“I was really disappointed to see Bath hand the race back and even more so that it was not taken up by any other racecourse,” said Harper.

“I have committed to sponsor the race for three years and I don’t mind if it is run later in the season this year but we’d like it to be returned to its traditional slot from next year.

“I rang several other racecourses and the response I got was that a £40,000 Listed race was just too expensive, but Bath said they would reconsider if we stepped in to sponsor it.”

A Saturday evening in August has been suggested as an alternative date but, with similar races being run at other courses around that time, the BHA’s racing department may yet rule this out. It is to be decided on April 5.

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Chris Harper: “loss of race a tragedy”

Bath’s General Manager Holly Glover said: “The race wasn’t dropped, we simply didn’t have a customer-friendly fixture in April. We’re racing on fewer Sundays this year and to put up prize-money for a race like this we need it to be run on a weekend or a Bank Holiday.

“Hopefully we’ll be able to run it later in the year and return to an April or May slot in 2012.”

The Lansdown Fillies’ Stakes has been won in recent years by some talented performers, including Look Busy (2009), Enticing (2007) and Indian Maiden (2005 and 2006).

“It would be a great shame to lose this race,” added Harper. “It routinely attracts a decent field and it’s a tragedy for British breeding to be losing Listed races. This is a really good early-season black-type opportunity for sprinting fillies. It’s a race we must preserve.”

The recent ruling by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) which states that bloodstock imported from the USA is now subject to duty at 11.5% is being challenged by the TBA’s Taxation Group Chairman Peter Mendham.

With imported horses having previously been treated as being free of duty, the matter of a sudden imposition of tax on the thoroughbred industry has been taken up by Mendham on behalf of a number of importers.

“Anyone who has received such a ruling should formally request HMRC to reconsider its decision,” said Mendham, who believes that the decision is not in accordance with the rules governing the importation of thoroughbreds. He is in the process of co-ordinating an industry response with a view to having the ruling reversed.

“Hopefully this matter will be resolved soon but, in the meantime, those affected should preserve their position by asking for reconsideration,” he added.

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High-class chaser on soft ground who won the Lexus, John Durkan, Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup and JNWine.com Chase in Ireland is retired age 12 Ascot Gold Cup winner moves from Tally Ho Stud to join Stowaway at Whytemount Stud in Co Kilkenny, where he will stand at a fee of €1,000 Front-running chaser for the Lisa Williamson stable is retired aged 14; owned by Alan Szymanski, he won seven races all over two miles Dual US Grade 1 winner enters stud at Harris Farms in California; the eight-year-old son of Unbridled’s Song will stand at $3,500 Cheltenham Festival winner and Champion Hurdle fourth for Emma Lavelle moves to Paul Nicholls Triple Group 1 winner who is standing his first season at Coolmore in Ireland will shuttle to Windsor Park Stud in New Zealand Dual Derby winner in 1986, most famously beating Dancing Brave at Epsom, is retired from stallion duties at Walton Fields Stud in Leicestershire Eight-year-old by Sunday Silence’s son Fuji Kiseki becomes latest Japanese import to stand at Haras de Lonray Normandy-based Irish Derby winner will join Bluegrass Cat and Rock Of Gibraltar in shuttling to Chile

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APRIL 2011

NOT SO SKINT AFTER ALL Skint didn’t live up to his name when gamely landing the Grade 3 Novices’ Handicap Hurdle Final at Sandown in March, collecting over £28,000 in prize money.

This five-year-old was purchased by David Redvers on behalf of his owner Paul Murphy for 36,000gns from the DBS January Sales in 2007, where he was the foal champion. Placed in all of his six runs to date, Skint is hugely promising and trainer Nicky Henderson is likely to send him chasing next season.

By King’s Theatre out of No More Money from the family of Red Marauder, David also purchased his Presenting half-brother in 2008 for £34,000.

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ST MORITZ VICTORY

Be sure to follow these two-year-olds this season. If you took note of our four to follow last year then you would have been rewarded with the winners of four races and three Stakes horses in Khawatim, the Sleeping Indian filly Shoshoni Wind, and Peahen.

Tweenhills enjoyed a winner at the St Moritz meeting, although unfortunately it wasn’t the four-legged kind as Palio Square didn’t run well probably due to the altitude.

Unnamed – Filly by Acclamation out of Cutpurse Moll Purchased from DBS for £32,000 Trainer: Peter Winkworth Be sure to follow My Pearl, a colt by Sleeping Indian trained by Kevin Ryan

WAVEBAND WINS BLACK-TYPE Waveband won the Listed Cleves Stakes over 6f at Lingfield in February adding important black-type to her value.

All credit goes to trainer David Barron who recommended keeping her in training and running her in this race, after David Redvers had purchased her as a broodmare prospect from the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sales for 36,000gns.

Skint (centre) lands the Grade 3 Novices’ Hurdle at Sandown, collecting over £28,000 in prize money

Lightening Pearl – Filly by Marju out of Jioconda Purchased from Goffs for €125,000 Trainer: Ger Lyons

However, jockey Jim Crowley sprinted from the stalls on the infamous Cresta Run only to crash out at Shuttlecock corner on his first run. Needless to say he went much slower on his subsequent runs, whilst David Redvers came in marginally faster than Ralph Beckett.

A rematch is already lined up for 2012!

Moon Pearl – Colt by Johannesburg out of Moonavvara Purchased from Arqana for €92,000 Trainer: Ralph Beckett My Pearl – Colt by Sleeping Indian out of My-Lorraine Purchased from DBS for £32,000 Trainer: Kevin Ryan

David Redvers in action on the Cresta Run

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C H E LT E N H A M F E S T I VA L 2 0 1 1

Blown away The 2011 Cheltenham Festival saw Ruby Walsh record an opening day treble, highlighted by Hurricane Fly’s brilliant victory over Peddlers Cross in the Champion Hurdle Photos George Selwyn

Al Ferof (top) in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and Quevega in the David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle completed Walsh’s Tuesday trio; Richard Johnson took the Arkle Trophy on Captain Chris (below)

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TUESDAY

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C H E LT E N H A M F E S T I VA L 2 0 1 1

Trainer Henry de Bromhead is all smiles after watching Sizing Europe (right) run his rivals ragged in the Queen Mother Champion Chase under Andrew Lynch

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WEDNESDAY

Irish-trained horses dominated day two with six wins, including Bostons Angel in the RSA Chase (top), First Lieutenant in the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle (red silks with star) and Chicago Grey, above with owner John Earls, in the National Hunt Chase

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C H E LT E N H A M F E S T I VA L 2 0 1 1

Big Buck’s and Ruby Walsh created history with a third successive World Hurdle, to the delight of trainer Paul Nicholls and owner Andy Stewart

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THURSDAY

First Festival winners for Conor O’Farrell on Buena Vista in the Pertemps Final (top) and Keiran Burke (congratulated by trainer Pat Rodford) on Holmwood Legend in the Byrne Group Plate, while Albertas Run and AP McCoy landed the Ryanair Chase for the second year running (below)

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FRIDAY

Long Run, ridden by amateur Sam Waley-Cohen for his father Robert, becomes the youngest Gold Cup winner since Mill House in 1963 with a comprehensive defeat of previous champions Denman and Kauto Star. It was a first triumph in the race for Nicky Henderson, the winning-most current trainer at the Festival, who is seen below with The Princess Royal

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THE MAN YOU CAN’T IGNORE COMMENT

Tony Morris Frankel certainly looked the standout juvenile last year, whatever the handicapper made of his performances, but history tells us not to consider him past the post in the Guineas

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he 2,000 Guineas arrives so early in the season – even earlier than usual on April 30 this year – that juvenile form is frequently the factor which determines who goes off favourite. Punters often have to rely on evidence obtained six months or more in the past, which has to be of dubious value, so it should be no surprise that the record of those who have dominated the market for the first colts’ Classic through the winter is somewhat mixed.

As I write, the colt who impressed everyone except the compilers of the World Thoroughbred Rankings as easily the best two-year-old of his generation stands at just a shade of odds against for the Guineas. He even features as short as 3-1 for the Derby, in spite of the fact that his experienced trainer is on record as doubting the colt’s capacity for Epsom’s mile and a half.

So is Frankel the superstar many supposed him to be when he came through his first season unbeaten, climaxing his campaign with victory in a Dewhurst Stakes not run to suit him? We are promised a further clue before the Guineas as Henry Cecil plans to bring him back in Newbury’s Greenham Stakes, but what can we expect that outing to tell us? The colt, not fully wound up, will face a small field of apparently inferior wannabes and he might well win as he likes, becoming an odds-on choice for the Classic, without providing convincing evidence that he will be up to defeating more and stronger rivals a fortnight later.

Without wishing to alarm anyone with an ante-post voucher on Frankel at a fancy price, my mind goes back to 1963, when the Guineas market was headed by Crocket, a King Of The Tudors colt who had won all five of his races as a juvenile, dominating the division. He reappeared in the Craven Stakes and was all out to win by a head, but his connections were reassuringly satisfied by the performance and an impressive final gallop ensured he started favourite at 5-2 in a field of 21 on the big day. He finished 21st.

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There was an almost exact parallel in 1978. Try My Best had been unbeaten at two, his comfortable win in the Dewhurst guaranteeing he was named champion of his crop. Such was his reputation that Timeform declared him “a ready-made winner of the 2,000 Guineas”, with the caveat “provided the race is run on a sound surface.” He came back with an emphatic two-length triumph in the Vauxhall Trial Stakes at Phoenix Park and was at even money when the stalls opened for the Classic. But there had been rain on the day and the soft ground did not suit the son of Northern Dancer. After two furlongs he was stone last, he never promised

“Those who have backed Frankel might be wise to remember Crocket, Try My Best and Ribofilio” to improve his position and at the finish he was tailed off, 19th of the 19 runners.

This favourite was even worse Could there ever have been a worse display by a Guineas favourite than those by Crocket and Try My Best? Well, yes, actually, and I remember the occasion well. It was 1969 and most people found it hard to look beyond Ribofilio. He had been the champion juvenile, impressive in the Champagne Stakes and dominant in the Dewhurst. And he had come back with a victory in the Ascot 2,000 Guineas Trial, albeit in slow time against negligible rivals. There were no more than a dozen in opposition on the big day

and at 15-8 Ribofilio was confidently expected to blow them away.

Oh dear! The supposed leader of his generation was in trouble and under pressure after a furlong, tailed off after three, and at halfway Lester Piggott abandoned pursuit, pulling him up. Effectively, the race was run without the favourite and Right Tack cruised to a victory that was undervalued until he went on to confirm his class as the first to add the Curragh Guineas to success on the Rowley Mile. What happened to Ribofilio?

We never found out and although the dope test was negative, suspicion remained there were some who knew that the favourite was not going to win. Hours afterwards, in a Newmarket hostelry, I partook of a glass or three with a prominent bookmaker who admitted to having made a fortune by laying Ribofilio. Why would he have been so keen to lay the presumed certainty? “I just didn’t fancy him” was the not all too convincing retort. Poor Ribofilio went on to compile the unenviable and unprecedented record of being the beaten favourite in four Classics – at 7-2 in the Derby, 2-1 in the Irish Derby and 11-10 in the St Leger.

Of course, there have also been those who ruled as firm favourites for the Guineas over the winter but who did not even make it to the post. Could there have been any reason to doubt the credentials of Tromos in 1979?

Tremendously impressive in the Dewhurst Stakes, he ranked 5lb clear of the next-best juvenile of his year and Timeform declared: “We think Tromos will take the world of beating as a three-year-old and can’t see anything to trouble him in the Guineas except the ground, should it be soft.” The going was good but Tromos was not there; he had surrendered tamely to Lyphard’s Wish in the Craven Stakes, then contracted a virus which meant he never raced again.

Four years later there was Danzatore, a Northern Dancer colt unbeaten at two and who had returned victorious at Phoenix Park. In mid-April he ruled as 7-4 favourite THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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Frankel: is he a bird, is he a plane – or will he be simply plain?

in ante-post lists, but a week later, after a disappointing gallop, was taken out of the Classic and the previously unconsidered Lomond was sent to deputise successfully for the Ballydoyle stable.

Apalachee couldn’t be beaten, could he?

The 2,000 Guineas always represented a prime target for Vincent O’Brien and if Try My Best has to be cited as his most calamitous loser, there were other disappointing favourites, like Thatch, only fourth at 5-2 in 1973, The Minstrel, third at 6-5 in 1977, and more remarkably, Apalachee, sent off at 4-9 in 1974. Timeform had given Apalachee the outlandish rating of 137 as a two-year-old after a couple of wide-margin wins in Ireland and an emphatic victory over Grand Criterium hero Mississippian in the Observer Gold Cup. The accompanying comment could hardly have been more enthusiastic: “Quite frankly we can see nothing to stop him winning both the 2,000 Guineas and the Derby. We have not seen a horse as promising as this for years.” The shortest-priced Guineas favourite in four decades was soundly beaten and never seen on a racecourse again.

After that debacle, it was many years before Timeform gave another two-year-old such extravagant praise, but in 1994 the sages of Halifax did it again. Celtic Swing had won the Hyperion Stakes at Ascot by eight lengths and the Racing Post Trophy by 12, which prompted a rating of 138 and the comment that the 2,000 Guineas and Derby were a foregone conclusion. Celtic Swing did prove to be an excellent three-year-old, but at 4-5 he failed by a head against Pennekamp at Newmarket and the Derby he won was at Chantilly, not Epsom.

All these results indicate the 2,000 Guineas is regularly a race which underlines the pitfalls of ante-post betting, and it is easy to appreciate why that should be. In the months that pass between the top two-year-old races and the first colts’ Classic there may be any number of developments to affect issues that seemed clearcut.

Those looking for a lucrative pay-day over Frankel on the last day of this month must hope that this is one of the years that confirm impressions formed in the previous season. There is reassurance to be gained by remembering such as Sir Ivor, Nijinsky, Wollow, El Gran Senor, Zafonic and George Washington, who all fulfilled their juvenile promise on Guineas day.

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JULIAN MUSCAT COMMENT

Twice Over is striking to look at, all the more so because he is top-class and still racing at the age of six. Flat racing needs more like of his ilk

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without foundation. He made a majestic sight.

He made an even more majestic sight in the paddock. Twice Over is a physically imposing six-year-old who has improved with age but, more importantly, he strikes a chord with the public.

He has become an old friend, a reassuring presence in major races – and all because a breeding prejudice against his sire, Observatory, denies him a place at stud. Long may that prejudice continue. Long may horses of his ilk carry the torch. Long may we be regaled by the deeds of horses like Twice Over. The most striking thing about him at Meydan was the fact he was there at all. He was embarking on his fifth season.

In his case, the requisite guesswork over the likes and dislikes of inexperienced horses has given way to uncluttered appreciation of his talent. Racing has made significant progress on the collective realisation that it must change.

This will have a beneficial, clearly measurable effect in time, yet consumer-driven initiatives alone cannot revive the colour in a fading fabric.

The fade started in the mid-1970s. From 1975, when Grundy triumphed, 21 of the next 25 Derby winners did not run beyond their three-year-old season. The breeding industry’s financial equations rendered them too valuable to race, with negative ramifications for the sport.

Twice Over exposes the fallacy of putting the cart before the horse. Only when the process is reversed can Flat racing hope to attract and sustain a regular audience.

Twice Over, racing for a fifth season, has become a favourite with the racing public

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t has always seemed incongruous that the Flat turf season commences in the long shadow cast by the Grand National buildup. There appears no satisfactory way around it – although the opening skirmish this year was scheduled not at Doncaster, in time-honoured fashion, but Catterick. Here is evidence that efforts to kick-start the turf campaign with resonance have been abandoned. It is probably the right decision. Only after Aintree, when the pendulum swings irrevocably towards the Flat, do we notice the spate of well-bred three-yearolds already victorious in maidens at Kempton.

Racing under both codes is no longer seasonal. The point was reiterated in a different

way on March 3, when Super Thursday at Meydan saw a number of high-class horses make the journey from Britain. None more so than Twice Over, who bagged a Group 2 worth £115,384, and at the time of writing was all set to contest the $10 million World Cup. No problems with tariffs in Dubai.

Several aspects to Twice Over’s Group 2 triumph were heartwarming. In contrast to his Dubai World Cup effort last year, when he was also drawn wide and met with early trouble, the horse found a clear passage under Tom Queally.

He was more than comfortable on the Tapeta surface and pre-race concerns that Meydan’s sharp bends would compromise him proved

Eider spectacle brought racing into disrepute By the time you read this the Eider Chase, run over an extended four miles on a bog in late February, will be a distant memory. But only by the grace of God. With half a mile to run, the prospect that none of the 12 runners would complete the course was all too real. As it turned out, Companero somehow clambered over the final fence, while Giles Cross was so exhausted in finishing second that he looked like he’d just returned from the Somme.

Quite what the Newcastle executive was thinking in allowing the race to go ahead is

beyond comprehension. A personal view is that the sorry spectacle brought racing into disrepute. Any other conclusion is hard to reach from the way Morgan Be was handled.

Having jumped the penultimate fence in third place, Morgan Be was quickly pulled up.

Yet when it transpired that nothing else was left standing, he was asked to jump the last to claim third-place prize-money of £3,624. The inference is all too plain. The subsequent post-mortem ran up countless blind alleys. It was immaterial, though obviously welcome, that there were no equine casualties. And the

debate on reducing the race distance was superfluous. In less demanding conditions there is no issue with running four-mile chases. However, conditions at Newcastle were demanding in the extreme.

Faced with a similar predicament in the future, racecourse executives must surely reschedule the race for another day – or abandon it altogether. Failure to do so would be to invite a public relations disaster. The last thing racing needs is to confront the charge that it asked 12 horses to tackle an assignment so arduous that none was able to complete it.

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THE GREAT OWNER/BREEDERS

By JEREMY EARLY

17th EARL OF DERBY

The greatest in the history of British racing

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in the Cheveley Park Stakes and Nassau Stakes, and dam of Hyperion, Sickle and Pharamond, all three top sires.

Hyperion, small like his dam at 15.1½ hands, was the star of the show and after landing the New Stakes and Dewhurst Stakes as a juvenile he made the 1933 season his own with immensely popular wins in the Derby, Prince of Wales’s Stakes and St Leger.

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f heredity can guarantee a certain path in life, it was a short price that Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, would have a fascination for the turf.

The 5th and 6th Earls were strong supporters of Wallasey races, the 7th Earl instituted the sport on the Isle of Man and the world’s greatest Classic was named after Edward’s great-great-grandfather, the 12th Earl, who won the race in 1787. Edward’s grandfather notched four Classics and his father two.

In the event, the 17th Earl – in between being Postmaster-General, twice Secretary of State for War, ambassador to France and Lord Mayor of Liverpool – totally surpassed all his ancestors put together.

Leading owner seven times and top breeder ten times, he won 21 Classics with 17 horses and left an immeasurable legacy to world bloodstock with the colts he bred and reared at his five studs, led by Knowsley House Stud in Lancashire and Stanley House Stud in Newmarket.

The basis of Lord Derby’s success was the judicious purchases of mares and fillies by him and his father, excellent advice from luminaries such as his first private trainer, the Hon. George Lambton, and stud manager Walter Alston, and his use of the best stallions available. Despite the number of studs he owned, his broodmare band averaged only 30 or so.

The 16th Earl, who died in 1908, bought Bridget, Broad Corrie, Canterbury Pilgrim and Lock And Key. Bridget was ancestress of 1,000 Guineas winners Tideway and Sun Stream, along with Heliopolis, twice champion sire in the States, while Broad Corrie was ancestress of Classic winners Canyon, Colorado and Toboggan. All these were bred by Lord Derby.

Canterbury Pilgrim, who bred Swynford, successful in the 1910 St Leger and a cracking sire, was bought at the dispersal of the Duchess of Montrose’s stud in 1894, as was Lock And Key. The latter produced Keystone, winner of the 1906 Oaks and dam of Keysoe (St Leger).

Lord Derby: shrewd purchases were key

The 17th Earl made some fine purchases too. One, Hettie Sorrel, foaled Marchetta in 1907 and the latter figures in the pedigree of Alycidon, of whom more later. The three best buys, though, were Gondolette in 1912 for 1,550gns, Anchora the same year for 1,300gns and Ranai for 95,000 francs in 1926.

Gondolette (a 75gns yearling in 1903) did famously well for Lord Derby, foaling to Swynford both Ferry (1918 1,000 Guineas) and the first of her owner’s three Derby winners, Sansovino (1924).

Gondolette’s most notable offspring, though, was Serenissima, whom she was carrying when sold. The latter foaled dual Classic scorer Tranquil and Selene, successful

Canyon 1916 Ferry 1918 Tranquil 1923 Fair Isle 1930 Tideway 1936 Herringbone 1943 Sun Stream 1945

Derby Sansovino 1924 Hyperion 1933 Watling Street 1942

Oaks Toboggan 1928 Sun Stream 1945

St Leger Swynford 1910 Keysoe 1919 Tranquil 1923 Fairway 1928 Hyperion 1933 Herringbone 1943

Poule d’Essai des Pouliches Frisky 1922

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The diminutive Hyperion wins the 1933 Derby; he excelled at stud and was British champion sire on six occasions

Reverting to the best purchases Lord Derby made, Anchora ran 50 times so was pretty tough and she bred five winners, one of which, Scapa Flow, descended to selling company at one point.

If Scapa Flow had been claimed by someone else, Lord Derby would have lost the future dam of top runners and champion sires Pharos (Champion Stakes) and Fairway (St Leger, Eclipse, Champion Stakes twice), and 1,000 Guineas winner Fair Isle.

Ranai had the Classic touch too, since she foaled Watling Street (Derby 1942) and Garden Path (2,000 Guineas 1944). In the war years Lord Derby also had dual Classic winner Herringbone, successful in the Oaks and St Leger in 1943. She was out of Schiaparelli, whose Frenchbred dam Aileen had come into the Stanley stud in the 1920s.

Lord Derby’s link with France encouraged him to have some horses trained there. Frisky won the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches in 1922 and partnerships with Ogden Mills, then the latter’s daughter Lady Granard, yielded two winners of the Grand Prix de Paris, plus Kantar, successful in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 1928.

Predictably some good mares got away as Lord Derby culled his stock. The most notable was Lavendula, whose grandam was Marchetta. Sold for 750gns as a three-year-old in 1933, Lavendula foaled champion Ambiorix and the fillies Perfume (dam of My Babu) and Source Sucree (dam of Turn-to).

Another culled mare was Hydroplane, out of Toboggan, who was sold in 1941 and four years later produced one of the greatest American thoroughbreds, Citation.

Lord Derby died in 1948, leaving behind a two-year-old colt who nearly won the 1949 Derby, namely Herringbone’s half-brother

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developed into a great stayer in 1949, Gold Cup winner Alycidon.

Alycidon became champion sire in 1955 and hot on the heels of Hyperion’s sixth championship the year before this gave sires bred by Lord Derby a 15th British title. The 16th and last came in 1958 when Mossborough, a grandson of Selene foaled in 1947, triumphed.

“Only three of the top

30 sires in Britain and top 30 in the USA last year do not trace to Pharos or Sickle” The evidence is conclusive. Lord Derby was the greatest British owner/breeder in the history of the sport and no-one in their right mind would dispute the accolade ‘Man of The Century’ awarded him by John Randall and Tony Morris in Century of Champions.

Notnowcato returns to the fold Lord Derby’s heirs have not enjoyed his level of success and Stanley House Stud now houses just 12 mares, only two of which hail from the ‘old’ families.

The 18th Earl sold Skylarking from the Marchetta line and she foaled Derby winner Larkspur but he did own an exceptional runner in Teleprompter, from a ‘new’ family which also gave rise to that marvellous mare Ouija Board, a star for the 19th Earl.

Although the Stanleys have not profited from the families built up so brilliantly by Lord Derby, others have.

Also tracing to Marchetta were Classic winners Altesse Royale, Bustino and Erhaab. Reprocolor, such a superb foundation mare and goldmine for Meon Valley Stud, traces to Scapa Flow.

Pivotal and Araafa trace to Ranai, Sir Ivor traced to Bridget, while Ballymoss and, recently, Notnowcato – who now stands at Stanley House Stud but was bred by the Rothschilds’ Southcourt Stud – go back to Keystone. Those tracing to Schiaparelli include Assert,

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The last 40 years have seen a virtual takeover of world bloodstock by horses descended from a single sire, Phalaris.

Bred by Lord Derby in 1913, by Polymelus out of a mare who left no other significant mark on the breed, the colt won 16 of his 24 starts led by the Champion Stakes. He was by no means Lord Derby’s best runner, nor even the best sire bred by him, since Hyperion notched six UK championships against Phalaris’s two.

But as a sire of sires, and so on almost ad infinitum, Phalaris was successful to such an extent that there is a common expression used to describe his influence now – ‘The Phalaris Disease’.

Such comments are comical, since the stallion was foaled nearly a century ago and his presence in pedigrees, extensive as it is, flows from several different lines rather than just one.

Phalaris died at 16 and got several colts for Lord Derby who made a major mark at stud, principally Fairway, Pharos, Pharamond and Sickle. Fairway was champion sire in Britain and Ireland four times, Pharos once, plus once in France. Sickle was twice American champion.

Fairway’s influence has faded, Pharamond created a sire line that continues albeit not strongly, while Pharos and Sickle set up mighty dynasties. Pharamond and Sickle were brothers, and half-brothers to Hyperion.

Sickle sired Unbreakable, who sired Polynesian, who sired Native Dancer. The lastnamed got Atan, sire of Sharpen Up, and Raise A Native, sire of Mr Prospector. That set this sire line up for keeps. Pharos did even better: his two champion sires were Pharis, whose influence did not endure, and Nearco, whose influence is astonishing and is still increasing.

Nearco’s sons included Nasrullah, Nearctic and Royal Charger. Nasrullah sired Bold Ruler, Grey Sovereign, Never Bend and Red God. All those sires created their own dynasties.

To put the Phalaris effect in perspective, only three of the top 30 sires in Britain and the top 30 in the USA last year (one, Anabaa, is common to both lists) do not trace to Pharos or Sickle.

In Britain, all champion sires since Vaguely Noble in 1974 have been descendants of Phalaris, while in France all since 1975, apart from Luthier (four titles) and Saint Cyrien in 1990, have had this background.

In North America, only seven champions since 1955 have come from different lines, in Japan only Partholon has interrupted the flow since 1973 and in Australia just three nonPhalaris stallions have triumphed since 1980.

Unarguably, modern international racing and bloodstock without Phalaris line sires would be unthinkable.

Phalaris: champion sire in 1925 and 1928 PHALARIS Fairway UKI (4) Blue Peter Masthead Matrice AUS Fair Copy FR Sayani FR Fair Trial UKI Court Martial UKI (2) Wilkes AUS (3) Vain AUS Petition UKI March Past Queen’s Hussar UKI Petingo UKI Pitcairn UKI Honeyway Great Nephew UKI (2) Solferino Solonaway JPN Manna Manitoba AUS (2) Pharamond Menow Tom Fool Buckpasser Buckaroo NA Sickle NA (2) Unbreakable Polynesian Native Dancer Atan Sharpen Up Kris UKI Dan Cupid Sea-Bird II Arctic Tern FR Raise A Native Alydar NA Exclusive Native NA (2) Mr Prospector NA (2) Forty Niner NA Gone West Elusive Quality NA Zamindar FR Gulch Thunder Gulch NA Kingmambo King Kamehameha JPN King’s Best FR Smart Strike NA (3)

The following abbreviations are used to denote the country in which the stallion was champion (by earnings in that country): AUS: Australia & New Zealand, UKI: UK & Ireland, FR: France, JPN: Japan, NA: USA & Canada.

Champion sires shown in bold, multiple titles shown in brackets

Pharos UK, FR Pharis FR Nearco UK Infatuation Showdown AUS (2) Nasrullah NA (5) Bold Ruler NA (8) Boldnesian Bold Reasoning Seattle Slew NA A P Indy NA (2) Malibu Moon NA Raja Baba NA What A Pleasure NA (2) Grey Sovereign Fortino Caro FR Crystal Palace FR Sovereign Path Wolver Hollow GB Zeddaan Kalamoun Kalaglow Kampala Tony Bin JPN Kenmare FR (2) Highest Honor FR (3) Indian Hemp T. V. Lark NA Princely Gift Tesco Boy JPN (6) Never Bend UKI Mill Reef UKI (2) Darshaan FR Riverman FR (2) Never Say Die UKI Never Beat JPN (2) Red God Blushing Groom UKI Nassipour AUS Nearctic UKI (2) Northern Dancer UKI (4), NA Be My Guest UKI Danzig NA (2) Danehill UKI(3),FR(2),AUS(9) Danehill Dancer UKI Dansili FR Flying Spur AUS Redoute’s Choice AUS Green Desert Cape Cross FR Fabulous Dancer FR Fairy King FR Encosta de Lago AUS (2) Lyphard FR (2), NA Bellypha Mendez Linamix FR (2) Nijinsky UKI Caerleon UKI Green Dancer FR Northern Taste JPN (10) Nureyev FR (2) Sadler’s Wells UKI (14), FR (3) El Prado NA Galileo UKI (2), FR Montjeu FR Storm Bird Storm Cat NA (2) The Minstrel Palace Music NA Try My Best Last Tycoon AUS Vice Regent Deputy Minister NA (2) Royal Charger Turn-to Hail to Reason NA Halo NA (2) Sunday Silence JPN (13) Agnes Tachyon JPN Manhattan Café JPN Saint Ballado NA Roberto Kris S NA Real Shadai JPN Sir Gaylord Sir Ivor Sir Tristram AUS (6) Zabeel AUS (2)

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By LEO POWELL, MANAGING EDITOR OF THE IRISH FIELD

‘Visionary’ Sean Collins dies at 85

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ean McCarthy Collins, one of the most important figures in Irish breeding and veterinary circles, died on March 5, a month after his 85th birthday.

Most will immediately associate Sean with Corbally Stud, both as a commercial stallion master and breeder, and also for his professional career as a veterinary surgeon.

His son Stephen continues the family involvement as the general manager of Derrinstown Stud.

What few will know is that as a young man, Sean excelled at a number of sports and, indeed, was selected to represent Ireland in the London Olympics in 1948. Sadly an injury in the run up to the games meant that he did not travel.

The following year he qualified as a veterinary surgeon and with a strong team, including his brother Ted, grew that practice to service the needs of many leading stud farms in Ireland. Sean’s own area of expertise was reproduction and Stephen reminded the many in attendance at his funeral service that he could examine up to 100 mares in a day.

In 1972, he and his wife Hanne established Corbally Stud and for three decades the farm was a source of high-class winners, sired by the various resident stallions and bred from the quality broodmare band. Sean imported the first son of Northern Dancer to stand in Ireland – Northfields – but it was Persian Bold who was to really make the stud famous.

He retired to stud at Corbally in 1979 and died there two decades later. Winner of the Richmond and Horris Hill Stakes at two years, he was a prolific sire of good quality runners, with the likes of King Persian, Kings Island, Persian Heights, Brave Act, Perfect Imposter, Anshan, Pennine Walk, Bold Arrangement and Persian Mews among his better remembered stock.

However, the best runner he sired was a Corbally Stud homebred, the brilliant filly Kooyonga. She was a multiple Group 1

Sean Collins: a man ahead of his time

winner throughout Europe, with successes in the Irish 1000 Guineas, Coral Eclipse Stakes and Coronation Stakes among her wins at the highest level. She came close to a Guineas double when runner-up at Newmarket.

Doubly pleasurable was the fact that she was out of a Northfields mare.

Sean Collins was a most able and persuasive administrator and during his long and distinguished career he chaired numerous committees and organisations, including the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association. He was at the heart of everything that happened in the bloodstock world and was extremely proud of the contribution made by stallion masters to race sponsorship.

He had a way of getting money from sources that was unequalled.

However, if there was one thing that Sean Collins would have been most proud of as a testament to his involvement in the industry, then it surely would be the establishment of

the Irish Equine Centre. That must have seemed impossible at times during the early 1980s. In spite of the setbacks and heartaches suffered during the period of birth for the centre, the dream of Sean Collins and many others finally became a reality in 1983.

The Irish Equine Centre is a world leader.

While words like virology, pathology, microbiology, clinical pathology and DNA testing may not sound very sexy, the work carried out by these highly specialised units and team members is vital for the safekeeping of our valuable industry.

A few years ago President McAleese made a number of presentations to key figures in the bloodstock industry to honour their contributions. One of these was to Sean and Hanne Collins. The citation for Sean included the comment that he was a “man ahead of his time, Sean saw the need to establish a centre of excellence and to protect the equine industry. He had a vision of the industry on a worldwide scale and, being an island nation, realised that we had to make it safe.

“He set about extracting – painfully in cases – large sums of money from every individual and organisation in the industry, thus establishing the building programme and allowing for the opening of the Centre in 1983. In that year he secured £50,000 from Weatherbys and forged the link which endures to this day. He showed great foresight when securing the services of the centre’s first employee, Des Leadon.”

For more than half a century Sean enjoyed the support and love of his wife Hanne Jorgensen. The couple were glamorous, committed and a real team. Sean adored his wife and acknowledged her contribution to his success when he was honoured by the ITBA in 2007.

Sean is survived by Hanne, his children Stephen, Paul, Gary and Julie, brother Ted, sister Margaret Daly and a large extended family and circle of friends.

Will the coalition government help to solve racing’s ills?

In recent times the funding of racing has been hanging over the industry as something of a Sword of Damocles. Now, as this publication goes to press, we find our country with a coalition government and one of the partners is the Labour party.

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One of its proposals was to raise the

current tax rate of 1% by half to generate enough revenue to make racing self sufficient, and even leave something in the pot for other uses. The new coalition is intent on tackling the many issues facing Ireland with some rapidity and hopefully the voice and needs of racing will be top of the list.

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Shaping the future of Irish racing

GEORGE SELWYN

One of the most significant forums of recent times in Ireland took place at the beginning of March when the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association hosted an evening under the banner of ‘Shaping the future of Irish racing’.

Racecourse attendances are adversely affected by a double hit of recession, in the general economy and more specifically in racing and breeding. A strong panel assembled

for the evening consisted of Horse Racing Ireland’s Chief Executive Brian Kavanagh, John Moloney who runs Galway racecourse, Jonathan Irwin who for many years was the driving force behind the Phoenix Park racecourse and Goffs, Michael O’Hagan from Irish Thoroughbred Marketing, the Irish Racegoers Club Chairman Tony Reilly and Sinead Hyland of the Young ITBA. The levels of engagement from the audience showed clearly that this issue is a matter of grave concern among many. Finding solutions is the challenge. Irwin got the ball rolling with some candid views about the current situation and this spurred many comments. While the former supremo at the now defunct Phoenix Park is an advocate for free admission, John Moloney offered a counter argument.

A host of ideas were put forward and much food for thought was provided by the lively discussions. Subsequently the ITBA issued an invitation to anyone who wished to do so to make a contribution to their online forum or via the association’s Facebook page. They are principally seeking contributions under the headings: • Admission prices and packages • Provision of seating and comfort at racecourses • Staging and promoting Friday evening meetings as social events • Making on-course betting competitive with internet and telephone betting • Introducing new people to racing and educating them • Distinguishing between industry and festival racedays Attracting the racegoer is not just a need for Irish racecourses and many in the UK may also learn from reading the many comments left or wish to comment themselves.

Blanco share sold One of the most talked about sales of a racehorse in recent times has been that of Cape Blanco. A significant share in the horse has been sold by the Coolmore/Ballydoyle team of John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith to Jim and Fitri Hay, who also subsequently bought a share in fellow Irish Derby winner Fame And Glory.

Both horses are set to remain in training with Aidan O’Brien and, at the time of writing, Cape Blanco was due to run in the Dubai World Cup. Breeders will be keeping their fingers crossed that the move might be the first step in the direction of closer ties developing between racing’s two superpowers.

Jim and Fitri Hay use Jamie Spencer as their retained jockey and whispers that the Tipperary man was at Ballydoyle led to speculation that he was about to rejoin his previous employers as the new stable jockey.

That proved to be groundless and it appears that the policy of using the best available will be implemented at Ballydoyle for 2011.

Panelist Brian Kavanagh of Horse Racing Ireland

Sheikh’s Kildangan purchase 25 years ago It is hard to believe that it is now a quarter of a century since confirmation was received that Sheikh Mohammed had purchased the famed Kildangan Stud in Co Kildare from Roderic More O’Farrell.

At the time, in late February 1986, it was also announced that Michael Osborne was to manage the stud. What a wonderful reconnection with history that his son Joe is the current boss there.

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The negotiations were carried out by Michael Osborne and Sheikh Mohammed’s former stud and racing managers, Robert Acton and Anthony Stroud. At the time, Sheikh Mohammed owned Woodpark Stud in Co Meath, and it was run by Captain Simon Walford.

One of the stated policies in 1986 for Michael Osborne was to build up the numbers of highly rated stallions at Kildangan.

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New chapter for gregarious Gibson

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Northumberland-born trainer off to Hong Kong after two decades in France

Richard Gibson (left), with Niarchos racing manager Alan Cooper, will be swapping Paris-Turf for the South China Morning Post

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orthumberland-born Richard Gibson has always had an adventurous spirit.

How else would you account for his 1991 decision to desert further education in order to move to France as a callow 21-yearold, despite not speaking a word of the language, to become nothing more glamorous than a Stuart Cargeeg stable lad?

Six years later, and after stints in France with Alex Pantall, in America with Gary Jones and Bill Mott, and then, most formatively, back to France to assist Pascal Bary, Gibson made the bold step to set up on his own.

It took just a couple of seasons for him to break in to the big time with the 1999 Prix Marcel Boussac success of Lady Of Chad.

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Other prestige races in his adopted homeland were plundered, but he has always looked at the industry with what he calls ‘an international perspective’, so it is no surprise his CV is headlined by victories in an eclectic collection of events from around the world.

They include, from Italy, a Premio Lydia Tesio with Lune d’Or, from America, a Man o’War Stakes with Doctor Dino, from Sweden a Stockholm Cup with Mores Wells and from Kazakhstan a President’s Cup with Fracassant.

But, bearing in mind Gibson’s recent decision to pass up the space and tranquillity of Chantilly for the hustle and bustle of city life to continue his training career in Hong Kong, perhaps the back-to-back Hong Kong Vase triumphs of Doctor Dino in 2007 and 2008 have been the most significant.

The highly personable Gibson, who is still only 41 years old, admits that it will be a wrench to leave France. “Strangely enough, given how little I knew about the place 20 years ago, I now feel more French than English,” he said. “All my professional background is here.

“But it’s time for a new challenge before I grow grey or bald! Hong Kong is one of the most exciting and pioneering places in the racing world, and the prize-money, owner demand and passion and knowledge of the public are unbelievable.

“The racing system and structure are the

envy of the globe and it has always been my objective to train there – I have been in touch with the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s licensing department for quite a considerable time.

“They are building a new state-of-the-art training centre across the border in China, just four hours drive from Sha Tin. And soon every trainer will have to train a percentage of their string from there.

“I will be moving out there in May so will have plenty of chance to check out the business before the new season kicks off in September and will use my experience in America to help modify my training methods to the new surroundings.”

He added: “It is certainly my intention to sell the underdeveloped French horses-in-training market to Hong Kong. It has great potential – only last month California Memory, who raced in France without spectacular success for Carlos Laffon-Parias as Portus Blendium, won a Group 1 at Sha Tin.” Yet Gibson is quick to stress how honoured he has been to train in Chantilly and could barely be more strident in his affection for it. “I feel that Chantilly is by far the best training centre in the world and am saddened that it gets a bad press in France,” he insisted.

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Americain, Makfi and Goldikova achieved on the international stage last year.”

Asked his opinion about the state of the industry in France, he said: “French racing is without doubt in very healthy shape and is the obvious destination for any owner with a horse in training in Europe. Amusingly, in their typical Gallic way, the French do not realise how fortunate they are in comparison to Britain and Ireland. The infighting may be petty but the structure is good.”

Prompted to turn his assessments to the situation on the other side of the Channel, Gibson cannot hide a sense of sadness. “The last thing I want to do is slam dunk UK racing as, given the fervour and knowledge of the racing public there, it is such a good product,” he said. “A day at Royal Ascot remains the most privileged experience that a racing fan can have anywhere in the world. It is a tragedy that, despite all the efforts, they have not been able to increase prize-money around the country.”

Gibson picks Doctor Dino’s Man o’War win as his career highlight, pointing out with pride his charge was the only horse on that entire Belmont Park card to go without the assistance of bute or lasix. But his sense of humour shines through when selecting his successful Kazakh sortie as his most bizarre experience, saying: “When I took Varevees out to run in the Melbourne Cup the Aussies got to hear about it and nicknamed me ‘Borat’!”

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Happiness out of Misery for the Bocskai pairing

The Grosser Preis von St Moritz on the amazing frozen lake racecourse high in the Swiss Alps is one of the most glamorous stop-offs on the international racing circuit and thus presents the perfect stage for the ultimate showman, Frankie Dettori.

However, Dettori has yet to win this mile and a quarter contest and this time around was thoroughly upstaged by another, much less vaunted, former champion jockey in the shape of Georg Bocskai.

Now 52, Bocskai first won the German title way back in 1978 and then, as stable jockey to the incomparable Heinz Jentzsch, won it on three further occasions in the 1980s.

He suffered from a serious weight problem, which by the end of 2001 forced him to hang up his boots. For a couple of years he took a complete break from horses, emigrating to Mallorca to help out a pair of restaurants owned by the family of his wife, Carmen, who herself was a successful rider in the 1990s.

But the lure of the turf proved too great

for them both and in 2004 Carmen Bocskai set up as a trainer in the unfortunatelynamed location of Misery, near Berne in Switzerland, with her husband, who had been restored to fitness by a spell working on a building site, as stable jockey.

Carmen saddled two runners in the Grosser Preis, with her other half aboard Winterwind and Dettori booked for the 2009 Swiss Derby third, Saphir Bere. At a pre-race press conference she stated unequivocally that Saphir Bere was her best chance of success.

So when Georg used all his experience to bring Winterwind through from last place to notch a three-quarter length victory (with Dettori back in sixth) it was hardly surprising that the Tote paid out at almost 45-1.

Kent trainer John Best had saddled a pair of runners-up earlier at the meeting. But snowfall on Grosser Preis day made the surface ride unusually slow and put the emphasis on stamina, scuppering the chances of his two big-race representatives.

Prize-money will keep Brits abroad Hot on the heels of the end of the Cagnessur-Mer winter meeting on February 26, which attracted 43 British runners, six days later Flat racing returned to northern France with the first of seven all-weather fixtures staged at Deauville during the month of March.

This eight-race card boasted prize-money of £157,759 – eight and a half times the £18,550 that was on offer for a seven-race card at Lingfield the same afternoon.

Barry Hills saddled three Deauville runners while Mark Johnston made the long trek down from Middleham with two more, and their opportunism was rewarded with a winner, a second, a third and a fourth, and prize-money that totalled £20,819.

Leaving aside the politics, the protests and the Horsemen’s Tariff, it appears that British trainers will be voting with their feet in the coming months and scampering across the Channel at every opportunity.

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Georg Bocskai tastes St Moritz success on Winterwind, trained by his wife

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GOING GLOBAL

By MICHELE MACDONALD

Rachel and Zenyatta begin new careers In an unprecedented event in American breeding history, two mares who earned the nation’s highest racing honour, the Horse of the Year Eclipse Award, were bred for the first time within days of each other in the last full week of February.

Once again, just as she did when claiming the top title for 2009, Rachel Alexandra beat Zenyatta to the headlines when she was mated to 2007 and 2008 Horse of the Year Curlin at Will Farish’s Lane’s End Farm on February 21.

Jess Jackson, who raced Curlin and Rachel Alexandra, had planned the match even while Rachel Alexandra was a three-year-old.

“Imagine what possibilities those two super horses might produce,” Jackson said after the breeding of the now five-year-old daughter of Medaglia d’Oro. Rachel Alexandra became the first filly in 85 years to win the Preakness Stakes, defeating Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird. She also beat Belmont Stakes winner and eventual male champion Summer Bird in the Haskell Invitational Stakes and older males in the Woodward Stakes, in addition to winning the Kentucky Oaks by a record 20 and a quarter lengths.

Curlin, who won the Preakness in 2007 and followed that with victories in the Breeders’ Cup Classic and Dubai World Cup, retired with record earnings for an American horse: $10,501,800.

Two days after Rachel Alexandra’s trip to Lane’s End, Zenyatta, winner of 19 of her 20 races, was transported from her new home at

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Sending the best to the best: top mares are bred to young stallions Curlin and Bernardini

Zenyatta’s covering by Bernardini went well, as her trainer’s wife told adoring fans

Farish’s farm to Darley, where she was bred to Bernardini, winner of the 2006 Preakness and champion male of that year, as well as a leading freshman sire of 2010.

Dottie Ingordo-Shirreffs, wife of Zenyatta’s trainer John and racing manager for her owners, Ann and Jerry Moss, documented the event on a unique website the team has created to continue communicating with the Street Cry mare’s legion of racing fans.

“In horse terms, it was ‘one jump and a very good cover’ – it was all nice and easy and went perfectly,” Ingordo-Shirreffs wrote in one of what are billed as diary entries by Zenyatta.

She frequently signs off the entries with the closing remarks of “With love … Hugs to all.”

More than 540 people wrote comments on the site about the diary entry involving the breeding. Zenyatta won 13 Grade 1 races and earned $7,304,580.

Drakenstein Stud encouraging Trippi’s American success story As breeders continue to seek innovations to maximise opportunities presented by global trends, South Africa’s Drakenstein Stud has developed a plan to make the most of the stallion Trippi on two continents and both hemispheres.

Johann and Gaynor Rupert, owners of Drakenstein, acquired Grade 1 winner Trippi from a partnership that stood the now 14year-old son of End Sweep in Florida, where he was the leading sire, in 2008.

Since then, Trippi’s fortunes have soared and at the end of February his three-year-old daughter R Heat Lighting had won a Grade 2 race that made her one of the best of her generation to date in the United States.

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Trippi’s sons Gourmet Dinner and Travellin Man were each second in Kentucky Derby prep races. Therefore, the Ruperts have decided to breed Trippi on northern

hemisphere time at a reduced fee to South African breeders and are encouraging them to send mares that did not get in foal during the regular breeding season.

Their far-reaching but sensible plan also calls for mating some of their best Americanbred mares to the stallion on northern hemisphere time and then sending the offspring to the US for racing.

“I would love to have some of his progeny continue racing in America,” Gaynor Rupert said.

Trippi, who has covered more than 100 mares in each of his three regular seasons in South Africa to date, stands for about £8,855 on southern hemisphere time.

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The influence of pensioned leading American sire Storm Cat has reached not only into Europe and South America, where a variety of his sons have succeeded as top sires in several countries, but all the way to the Far East.

Storm Cat’s unraced son Creek Cat, bred in Kentucky and sold as a yearling at Keeneland for $200,000 in 1998, toppled the reign of Didyme as Korea’s leading sire, ranking as the 2010 leader with 31 winners of 62 races. Among Creek Cat’s most successful offspring was Korean Derby winner Cheonnyeon Daero, a colt out of the American-bred mare Doneitmyway, by Northern Flagship.

Didyme, a son of Dixieland Band bred in the United States by Alain and Gérard Wertheimer from a grand-daughter of Storm Bird’s dam, South Ocean, had dominated the Korean sire standings over the past decade, ruling as leader in 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Concept Win, an American-bred son of Manila, was the country’s champion sire from 2004-2006.

Imported to Korea in 2000, Creek Cat, who was produced by high-class American racemare Vivano, by Island Whirl, had for years ranked slightly behind the siring pace of Didyme and Concept Win. His success,

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Cat’s progeny take Korea by storm

Storm Cat’s son Exploit, right, with Belmont winner Commendable at stud in Korea

along with that of several other Storm Cat stallions in Korea, was probably a factor in the Korean Racing Authority’s decision to acquire 2003 European champion juvenile One Cool Cat from Coolmore in 2009.

Eight sons of Storm Cat are listed as standing in Korea – about 7.4% of the stallion population – including early 2011 leader Exploit. Menifee, an established grandson of Storm Cat acquired from Arthur B Hancock’s Stone Farm in Kentucky five years ago, led the Korean juvenile sires’ table in 2010, while Creek Cat had topped that list

for the previous two years.

Last year, One Cool Cat covered 99 mares to lead all Korean stallions, with Menifee ranking second with 94 mares and Creek Cat 89, so the Storm Cat influence is likely to proliferate, at least in the near future.

Some of the Storm Cat line’s other international successes include his son Bernstein’s leadership of Argentina’s 2009 general sire list. Bernstein ranked third in 2010 in Argentina, with another son of Storm Cat, Pure Prize, second, while Orpen, by Lure, led the list.

Keeneland confident in luring overseas buyers In a sign of just how committed the Keeneland Association is to bolstering the numbers of international buyers who participate at the world’s largest auction house, a three-person team was sent from Kentucky on a recruiting mission to the Middle East at the height of the recent civil unrest.

Walt Robertson, who was hired away from the top job at rival Fasig-Tipton last autumn to the new position of Keeneland’s Vice-President of Sales, declared that the late February foray to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Saudi Arabia went well, and that there will be more such missions to other countries.

Regaining strong support from European customers, who have been complaining in recent years that American sales no longer offer the kind of horses they are seeking, will be a priority with Keeneland, according to Robertson.

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“We’ll do everything we can to get more European buyers back here,” he said. “They’ll be back – and they’ll be back strong.”

No matter what the perception may have been over the past three years while the global economy faltered, Robertson asserted that American horses are continuing to succeed around the world in numbers and at levels that should impress buyers.

“I’m as bullish on American-breds right now as I’ve been in 25 years because of the quality of the product we’re producing now,” he said. “We’ll show them what we’ve got, it’s all about the horses and there’s been a fantastic success rate.”

Keeneland’s Director of Sales Geoffrey Russell, Marketing Associate Chauncey Morris and Director of Racing Rogers Beasley travelled together to the Middle East, where they had to abandon plans to visit Bahrain due to domestic protests in the kingdom.

Meanwhile, in an initiative designed as a

companion to encourage international buyers, who last year came from 48 of the 60 countries offering thoroughbred racing, Keeneland will intensify preliminary efforts to develop new domestic involvement.

“We’re going to work awfully hard on introducing people from this country to the game,” Robertson said.

That effort begins with the Keeneland team identifying entrepreneurs and others with significant wherewithal and continues with a courting of those individuals through entertainment at major racing events such as the Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup races.

While the worldwide economy continued to struggle, Keeneland sold a total of 7,041 horses in 2010 for aggregate of $381,558,900, the lowest total sales gross since 1996. Yet Robertson noted increased level of buyer interest from some regions, pointing particularly to India, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Australia.

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Lucinda Russell with her â&#x20AC;&#x153;soul mateâ&#x20AC;?

Peter Scudamore, whom she credits with taking her Tayside training operation to a new level

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LUCINDA RUSSELL

Brighter shines the NORTH STAR Lucinda Russell looks to have a fine chance of winning the John Smith’s Grand National with Silver By Nature, a prospect that should not surprise given the Scottish trainer’s ascendancy Words Tim Richards • Photos John Grossick

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ou have managed to persuade the owners of Silver By Nature to run in the Grand National.

What are his chances of becoming the first Scottish-trained winner since Rubstic in 1979?

He is among the best staying chasers in the country and, on heavy ground, I think he is just about the best. He will definitely stay and his jumping has improved as he has got older. As a novice he was a bit hit and miss, but I felt round Haydock his jumping was outstanding, very neat, just what you want for Aintree. I think he has a wonderful chance. He hasn’t got the greatest speed in the world but he keeps galloping and gets into a rhythm very quickly.

Discussing the National with Scu, he says they go very fast over the first couple of fences and then get into a rhythm and that’s Silver

By Nature’s strength, settling into that jumping rhythm. If you tried to design a race for him the National would be it. After Haydock, Scu said, ‘If this isn’t a National horse, I don’t know what is.’

We get on really, really well. In fact, we get on with all our neighbours, share each others gallops and help each other out, but at the same time remaining very competitive.

His two victories in Haydock’s Grand National Trial were achieved on very testing ground. Is he ground dependent?

He is undoubtedly better on heavy ground, but he has form on good and good to soft ground and was running a good race at Perth before unseating on good ground. We are relying on Aintree, where they will ensure good or good to soft ground and that would be fine.

business and no different from running any other business. It’s like running a football team and I am just a manager with my psychology training being a big help.

Psychology makes you stand back and consider every aspect of the horse, staff management, team building and the owners.

Every owner is different and we try to devise individual packages for different owners. I was always a pony-mad little girl that always wanted to work with horses.

Training is an ideal job for me because it lets me be bossy, run a business and retain my love of horses.

Silver By Nature was transferred to your stable from Lucy Normile. How do you get on with your neighbour?

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You won a psychology degree at St Andrews University. How did you end up training racehorses?

Psychology is all about the reasons behind behaviour, and that’s the part I really enjoyed.

I spent a year in Canada doing business management and behaviourism. Everyone feels very passionate about training racehorses, but at the end of the day it is a

“If you tried to design a race for Silver By Nature, the National would be it”

What role does your partner Peter Scudamore, the eight-time champion jockey, play at Arlary House?

A big role. We were quite happy, training horses well, and then Scu came along and has taken the operation to another level. Apart from the fact that he is my soul mate and helps with every part of my life, he has brought a wealth of experience with him, having worked with some great trainers including Martin Pipe and Nigel TwistonDavies. The whole place runs better with him here. I wouldn’t have been able to cope by myself with the yard growing to the extent it has. He takes horses up to the gallops which leaves me free to attend to horses in the yard.

We have different types of owners, some like playing golf and Scu can do that with them, some like chatting for ages on the phone and I enjoy that. It’s a question of dividing the roles. What do they say about two halves making more than a whole!

Peter Buchanan has been your stable jockey for a number of years. What are his main strengths?

Loyalty. He works really hard, rides all the horses whether they’re his or Campbell’s (Gillies) rides. Scu says there is no finer man over an obstacle, which Peter showed on Silver By Nature round Haydock and on Companero in the Eider Chase at Newcastle.

Loyalty and horsemanship are his strengths.

How tough is it being a woman in a predominantly male sport? Have you found attitudes have changed during your time in the sport?

When I started off in 1995 sport was quite amateurish in Scotland, but the way we

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horses has become much more professional and now it doesn’t matter whether you are a man or a woman. I think it may help having a woman in charge; at times we can be more sympathetic and have more empathy. Nowadays more and more women are heading up industry.

Do you consider yourself at a disadvantage situated in Tayside, north of Edinburgh, when so much of the jumping action is south of the border?

Sometimes training in Scotland can be perceived as a bad tag, but we see ourselves as training in the UK. There are fewer races compared with the south where there are more opportunities, but, having said that, there is a smaller horse population here and, therefore, not so much competition. We still race in the south and consider Haydock a local track; we have a lot less stress travelling and are able to cover more miles per minute than they do in the more congested south.

How do you cope with severe winters and the loss of so many fixtures?

I am glad you are asking me now rather than in December, when I was tearing my hair out!

We have had to adapt; there is no point in running away from the weather. We are very proactive; as soon as the snow comes we clear it and put down frost sheets and then it’s just a case of taking off the frost sheets. We have a short circular gallop which we can cover quite easily. We will be covering the wood chip

“I hope the horses will

be running even better as Scu has changed the way we train” gallop as well. Losing fixtures is very frustrating, but the good thing about this winter was that everyone was affected, not just Scotland. With Perth racing in the summer we can keep going right through to May and must use jumping as an all-the-year-round sport.

Scotland has three ROA Gold Standard tracks – Ayr, Musselburgh and Hamilton – among the top 12 in Britain for executive and sponsorship contributions to prize-money. How do you find purses compare with the rest of Britain?

Scottish tracks support each other and have blossomed as a result. Progress has been phenomenal and they are very good at staging their big-money races. Even if some of the prizes mean they’re a couple of hundred quid below the Horsemen’s Tariff, they still provide reasonable prize-money and, importantly, the courses make sure the owners have a good day out whether their horses win or lose.

It costs a hell of a lot to have a horse in training and I often have a go at courses on our website if the owners have not been well looked after. It’s not just about prize-money; the facilities are great up here. At Musselburgh they give owners pie and beans and they love it. I know it’s not much compared with what they get at Ayr but at least they are making an effort.

Lucinda Russell is happy to be in Scotland, where the tracks offer “great facilities”

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Are you a supporter of the Horsemen’s Tariff?

The Horsemen’s Tariff is good in that it has given publicity to the prize-money issue. But in a race only four horses get prize-money, however much or little it might be. I think we should focus more on the whole experience for owners, not just prize-money.

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Your stable has been very consistent for the past five seasons in terms of individual wins and prize-money gained. What has been the key and how would you like to improve?

We still have a lot of staff and owners who started out with us in 1995, and such loyalty has enabled us to build the operation on strong foundations. We are always tinkering with things and I hope in the next couple of months the horses will be running even better because Scu has changed the way we train, increasing the work and putting more speed into them.

I’d say a third of my job is trying to source horses that will continue the upward curve; I am constantly on the lookout for a better class of animal capable of winning the bigger races.

From how far afield do your owners come and how easy is it to attract new owners to your yard?

Seventy per cent come from Scotland and the rest from all over the place; we have one owner who lives in Switzerland. The important thing is that they see we are having fun and it is interesting that most new owners are friends of present owners. A lot of new owners come as a result of word of mouth. Of course, results do matter to us greatly, and if

CLOSE UP AND… PERSONAL My favourite actress/film is...

Noomi Rapace in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo I am annoyed by...ignorance which leads to cruelty My worst habit is...always being late The most frightening thing I’ve done is...I’ve never done anything frightening I switch off by...checking the horses in the evening with the dogs The best thing about Scu is...his kindness

CLOSE UP AND… PROFESSIONAL I love training in Scotland because...the people are so loyal My ambition is...to win the Grand National The biggest lesson I have learnt is...get your horses fit at home to reduce risk of injury on the track I would like the BHA to...reschedule fixtures lost to weather The most challenging part of the job is...sourcing talented horses

Silver By Nature and Peter Buchanan are both brilliant over fences

we have a couple of seconds then I can get quite sulky!

Has your business been affected by the financial crisis? Many yards have seen owners walking away from the sport…

I know owners have so much competition for their sporting pound, but most of ours have only one horse and are not multiple owners.

Those that have had two or three have cut back and, while the financial crisis has hit, we have been lucky in getting new owners.

Courses are concentrating on giving owners a good day out and racing is thriving in Scotland. These days I know it’s unusual to be upbeat, but that’s how it is!

What is your view of the future of British racing? Will a lot of the smaller trainers be able to continue?

When we started, racing was more of a hobby, but now it is a business. If small yards can be run as an effective business there is no reason why they shouldn’t succeed. It is those that cut corners and don’t charge proper fees that will suffer. This applies in any business.

Your website www.lucindarussell.com is filled with quotes from the likes of

Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln as well as those Scottish sporting greats Bill Shankly and Jim Telfer.

What is the thinking behind this?

It is to inspire and, at the same time, is delivered slightly with tongue in cheek. It is also to remind people that there is a big world out there as well as racing and I think we can learn from other sports and other people. I love rugby and football, and I think Bill Shankly was wonderful.

How much of a commitment is it to update your website with news on an almost daily basis?

I spend about 15 minutes a day updating the website. It is like writing a daily report and I find it quite cathartic. It is very easy to draft something you’re passionate about; when things change in the yard I like to tell everyone about it. I think the owners enjoy logging on and following various horses.

What has been your most treasured moment in racing so far?

Getting together with Scu and having a soul mate to share my passion with. He never smiled in his riding days, but he smiles quite a lot now!

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RICHARD FAHEY

The trainer casts an allembracing eye over a string which numbers 200-plus

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Richard The KINGMAKER Richard Fahey was the driving force behind Paul Hanagan’s successful jockeys’ title bid last season and in Wootton Bassett the top trainer has a live contender for Classic glory Words Julian Muscat • Photos George Selwyn

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ichard Fahey would score highly in any test of mental agility. He disguises a restless energy as he surveys morning exercise at his Musley Bank Stables, on the north Yorkshire outskirts of Malton. Conversation flows as horses emerge from all points of the compass to gather under the covered ride, yet Fahey’s eye is all-embracing.

As much is quickly obvious. Equine turnover is high at yards like Fahey’s, which has an auxiliary facility at his neighbouring Cherry Tree Farm. More than 200 horses are housed in six separate barns, yet Fahey smiles benignly when you suggest it must be hard keeping tabs on them.

“I know exactly how many horses are here at any one time,” he says. “If you like, I’ll point out every one of them as they gallop past us.”

The offer is rendered redundant by

Fahey’s acute observations. In rare silences that punctuate the banter he thinks out loud, delivering vignettes about each and every horse as the 30-strong lot circles the perimeter of an expensive new barn.

The serious horses have already been out.

This is fifth lot, “a dollybag mixture” of all ages and different states of readiness for the nascent turf season. Fahey is entitled to the odd mistake, yet the detail he dispenses is far too intimate to call into question.

Besides, to confuse equine identities would be unbecoming of any horse-dealer, never mind one of Fahey’s status. And this is very much a horse-dealer’s enterprise. At the trainer’s side is Robin O’Ryan, his vastly

experienced assistant who was finally cajoled from a similar role with Mick Easterby five years ago.

O’Ryan’s eye is just as sharp. He is a cousin of Bobby, whose own eye is much respected as a bloodstock agent. Eyes everywhere. All they have ever done is cast themselves over hundreds of thousands of horses.

Fahey himself shares much in common with Richard Hannon, and not just by their career paths. Both enjoy a laugh and a drink. Both run highly organised outfits and both resemble swans in the contrast of activity above and below the surface. Yet while Hannon is in his professional dotage, Fahey, 45, is full of running.

“It’s never a good idea to take your foot off the gas,” he ventures. “I’d like to train 400 horses, it would mean

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Exercise at Musley Bank in North Yorkshire, where the boss says the staff model allows for “great camaraderie”

>> I’d have a chance of winning every race. This

game is about winners. If they dry up, you’re finished.”

There is little prospect of that. Fahey has posted some mind-boggling numbers in recent years. Last season was his best yet: 181 winners earned more than £2 million for the first time. It saw Fahey finish sixth in the trainers’ table, where he was sandwiched between Henry Cecil and Saeed Bin Suroor.

His first century of winners came as recently as 2008, two years after he won prize-money of £1m for the first time. The pivotal season came in 2004, when he broke into the top 20.

At that time he was looking for somewhere of his own to train, having operated from a rented Butterwick premises belonging to Peter Easterby, whose daughter, Leila, he married and later separated from – amicably, he says with one eyebrow raised and another benign smile.

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That’s what took him to Musley Bank, which he bought from Colin Tinkler six years ago. The 80-acre, 70-box concern required much renovation but Fahey was undeterred.

He sank all his profit – and plenty more

“I’d like to train 400

horses, it would mean I’d have a chance of winning every race” besides – into a succession of projects which, despite their speed of construction, could barely keep up with demand. Talk of Musley Bank’s ongoing development sees Fahey’s

restless streak resurface. He has already spent £350,000 on an all-weather gallop and more than £800,000 on the new barn, but wants to realise all his ambitions in double-quick time.

“Cost-wise, the barn and covered ride ran away with me a bit,” he reflects. I’m trying to save some money because I owe too much to borrow more, but that’s why I have to keep being successful. It’s a good motivator. I need it. I’d say all the building will be finished in another couple of years, but by then I’ll probably have thought of something else.”

The unrelenting pace of Fahey’s progress leaves aspects of Musley Bank trailing in its wake. He points to a section of uneven concrete and says: “Can’t wait to get that levelled off.” And: “Can’t wait to bring down those wooden barns; I truly hate them.”

Further: “Can’t get my fillies and geldings out enough every day; I’ll have to buy the field over there – if I can ever afford it.”

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Although he doesn’t actually say it, he’s probably counting the days until he can move his racing office out of the Portakabin. In some ways that would be a shame, since the structure is a shrine to Fahey’s career to date.

Among several framed photographs, pride of place belongs not to Wootton Bassett’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere victory in October but a collection of obscure horses winning at places like Hamilton. These were early, defining moments for Fahey and his staff, who exude a homely feel.

Formal introductions are unnecessary on arrival; you are inundated with requests for coffee, including from Fahey himself, who is busy collating entries for one of the spate of valuable sales races that represent manna from heaven. Everybody chats, smiles and looks you in the eye – although the suspicion is that Fahey could unleash a fair broadside should circumstances demand it.

As for Wootton Bassett, he resides within an American barn, the fictional nameplate on his door lending him an anonymity Fahey hopes will not correspond with achievements this year. The yard’s first Group 1 winner has raised the bar but Fahey guards against expectation, especially over his 2,000 Guineas bid.

“Did you see the picture of Frankel in the newspaper the other day,” he asks? “He’s a monster, an absolute monster.”

Nevertheless, Wootton Bassett has more

scope than you’d expect of one so precocious, but then he was never really that in the first place. “He just looked out of the ordinary from the first day he galloped,” Fahey reflects.

The Iffraaj colt was bought for £46,000 by Bobby O’Ryan in 2009. In the same year O’Ryan signed for a son of Medicean which, at 170,000gns, was the most expensive yearling Fahey had yet commandeered – though not for very long. Wootton Bassett’s unbeaten twoyear-old campaign brought Fahey further recognition. His recent new intake featured “a handful” costing more than £100,000 and “one or two” beyond that bracket for a new client, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, whose alliance with Mike de Kock is a successful staple of the Dubai carnival.

Fahey struck up a fine rapport with de Kock while holidaying in South Africa. As much is hardly surprising: both are gregarious by nature, run large stables and are driven to succeed. Yet Fahey plays down his involvement with the Dubaian sheikh. “It’s a bit of pre-training,” he says. “If a horse is any good it will join Mike.”

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“My original owners are good people but with limited budgets, so we needed a new wave with money to spend. We didn’t go looking for them; they came to us, which is how I prefer it. It means they want to be here.”

Perhaps the biggest boon is Fahey can now compete with others who once left him for dead at auctions. “We used to be up against Peter Doyle because we look for the same type of horses,” he recalls. “One year at Doncaster we were underbidder to Peter on 24 horses. We basically came home with the ones he didn’t want, which was a bit frustrating, but we are now more able to compete. We have moved from the bottom tier into the middle tier.”

Just how far he can rise is an intriguing question. Born in Nigeria, the son of an Irish electrician is only just finding his stride. He has come a long way from the aspiring jockey who arrived in Yorkshire on the eve of his 18th birthday and who absorbed much about the business from one of its household names.

“Peter Easterby taught me an awful lot,” Fahey reflects. “I was only his third jockey, but

when I started buying and selling horses I went to a lot of sales with him. He is not just a great stockman, but highly intelligent.”

One of the great trainers of his generation, Easterby is Fahey’s neighbour, albeit that it is six miles north-west from Fahey’s patch to

“We are now more

able to compete. We have moved from the bottom to middle tier” Easterby’s home. And Peter’s brother, Mick, owns everything to the south. “Between them they’ve pretty much got North Yorkshire covered,” Fahey smiles.

The best thing about training, he says, is the dream that comes with it. And the way to realise that, he insists, is to build a good team.

“Robin, my assistant, is someone I could never replace,” he says. “I have tried having a pupil but, to be honest, I don’t think anyone could sit well between us.

“And then there’s the staff. There is no doubt in my mind that no yard in England has better work riders than mine.”

His argument is fortified by the four jockeys attached to the yard, together with three apprentices and an assortment of jumps jockeys who ride out in the summer months.

“We are all in it together,” Fahey stresses.

“There are 40 others who muck out and in the afternoon 35 of them go round from barn to barn, brushing the horses. No-one looks after any horse in particular and there are no yard foremen. The camaraderie is great. I would be nowhere without them.”

Fahey deliberately underplays his hand and is loathe to look too far ahead – except in one respect. “In ten years’ time I will be 55,” he says, “and I’ve told Vicki [his wife] that she can train the horses while I put my feet up.”

Richard Hannon used to say exactly the same thing. He is still going strong at 65.

Yard’s owners in the know over Hanagan title tilt Although 2010 was an all-round triumph, the abiding memory is Paul Hanagan’s feat in becoming champion jockey. There is immense pride around Musley Bank, which retains Hanagan and where his wife, Anna, is the stable’s secretary, that he is the first northern-based rider to land the coveted prize since Kevin Darley ten years earlier.

Fahey became aware that Hanagan and his agent, Richard Hale, had given the challenge much thought when he drove the jockey to Newmarket’s Craven meeting in April. “I’d already sensed there was something cooking between them after Paul made such a good start to the year,” he recalls.

“For Paul to win it was a massive achievement,” says Fahey, who saddled 90 of Hanagan’s 181 winners. “I didn’t enjoy the last two weeks; Hughesie (Richard Hughes, with whom Hanagan duelled before prevailing by just two winners) came at him very hard and I thought he was going to win.”

Fahey smiles at the suggestion Hanagan landed quite a touch for those in his orbit.

“I don’t bet,” he responds, “but a lot of my owners were on at 40-1. The whole thing was fantastic, even though I got too involved with it towards the end.”

In what way? “Well, a couple of nasty things happened,” he responds. “There was

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Champion jockey Paul Hanagan and wife Anna, who works for Richard Fahey

quite a bit of jockeys not turning up.

Another time Paul was booked to ride a horse but at declaration time we saw that he’d been replaced by Hughesie. That shouldn’t have happened, so I rang Mark Johnston and, fair dues to him, he gave Paul a ride in the race and they won it, so that little plan backfired.

“It may sound silly, but I think it should have been a tie. I know for a fact that had Richard got upsides Paul, that’s how it would have finished. Both lads are honourable enough to have kept to their word on that.

“I’m sure the public enjoyed it but both of them were out on their feet by the end.”

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WATCH The Flat season is upon us and we highlight some of the horses and personalities set for an exciting year ahead

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ith Frankel and Wootton Bassett set to put their unbeaten records on the line in the coming months, which less-heralded thoroughbreds could make their mark in 2011?

The much-anticipated debut of Ouija Board’s first offspring Voodoo Prince has been a long time in coming – he suffered a slight setback which stopped him racing last season – but if the son of Kingmambo reveals half as much talent as his mother, then his owner/breeder Lord Derby has a serious horse on his hands.

Now three, the colt holds a Derby entry – and is quoted at 66-1 for the Classic – but he would need to shine in less vaulted company before attempting to add to his family’s fine record at Epsom.

According to his trainer, Ed Dunlop, Voodoo Prince could run in the Wood Ditton Stakes at Newmarket in mid-April.

There would be no more popular winner of the Derby than The Queen and in Carlton House, Her Majesty looks to have a live contender.

Trained by Sir Michael Stoute, Carlton House followed a debut second at Salisbury with a ninth-length romp in a back-end mile maiden at Newbury, after which he was as long as 25-1 for the blue riband. He is now half that price.

Stoute’s record at Epsom commands respect and it will be fascinating to see how this son of Street Cry fares when he makes his return in one of the Classic trials.

As a younger sibling of the brilliant Sea The Stars, Born To Sea, the last foal out of blue hen Urban Sea, will be the focus of intense scrutiny when he first sets foot on a racecourse.

His future may lie over shorter trips than those at which his superstar half-brother excelled, as his sire, Invincible Sprit, is more an influence for speed than stamina, although he has produced horses that stay well, such as French Derby winner Lawman and 12-furlong Group 2 winner Allied Powers.

John Oxx is never one to rush his horses and Born To Sea will be given plenty of time to fulfil his potential, whether that is revealed

Roger Varian, below left, has a class team

in his two-year-old season – Sea The Stars’s only defeat came on his sole juvenile outing – or later on.

New trainer, big challenge Michael Jarvis’s retirement as Kremlin House Stables leaves the newly-installed Roger Varian with big shoes to fill.

The former conditional jump jockey, 31, spent ten years assisting Jarvis and so was a natural replacement for the man who enjoyed plenty of success on the big stage with the likes of Carroll House and Rakti.

Taking over a yard with over 120 horses, including Group performers, Classic contenders and any number of promising younger horses may appear to be a dream scenario however it will also bring its own pressures for a trainer embarking on his first season.

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2010 champion apprentice Martin Lane, above, and Silvestre de Sousa

at Kremlin House Stables, including Eclipse runner-up Sri Putra, above right

candidate for the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot before injury intervened.

Varian has promoted long-time number two Neil Callan to be stable jockey and at the time of going to press was set to saddle his first runner, Laaheb, in the Dubai Sheema Classic at Meydan.

Two other names to watch out for are David O’Meara and Ollie Pears, who have graduated from the jockey ranks. Both enjoyed a profitable 2010, the former sending out 25 winners in his debut season, while the latter secured one less which represented a personal best. They look set to continue on an upward curve in 2011.

Fast lane to the top William Buick made the jump from promising apprentice to top jockey in next to no time and while he may be an extraordinary talent, his rapid rise should act as an inspiration to others looking to break through to the big time.

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the big stage when guiding Wigmore Hall to a narrow success in the John Smith’s Cup at York.

The young Irishman, based with David Simcock in Newmarket, has strength to match his considerable style, attributes which earned him 52 winners in 2010.

Lane, who can ride at 8st 1lb, turned down the chance to ride in Dubai in order to focus on the all-weather season. Though operating without a claim this season he will surely find his services in great demand.

Northern-based Silvestre de Sousa hit 100 winners in 2010, including Ladies Are Forever in Redcar’s very valuable Two-YearOld Trophy, with his century supplied by 33 different trainers.

Sir Mark Prescott, Paul Cole and Mark Johnston are among the Brazilian’s admirers and his star is certainly in the ascendancy.

Cathy Gannon will be hoping to kick on after a great year which yielded an Irish Group 3 among her best ever tally of 60 winners, while Amy Ryan, who is great value for her 3lb claim, may have ridden the

vast majority of winners for her trainer father Kevin, however she has started to attract the attention of outside stables.

Major investment One of the biggest British investors in bloodstock in recent seasons has been Andrew Tinkler, Chief Executive of the Stobart Group, who looks set to be a big player as both and owner and breeder in the coming years.

Tinkler, who is advised by bloodstock agent Dwayne Woods, has only been involved in racing for around three years but has quickly developed a love for the game.

He saw an opportunity to increase his purchasing of yearlings in 2010 when prices in the sale ring dropped.

While the majority of his colts have been bought in the sub-£100,000 bracket, he paid 450,000gns and 240,000gns for daughters of Green Desert and Azamour with one eye on their breeding potential.

In 2009 Tinkler outbid Sea The Stars’s owner the Tsui family for Sugar Free, a

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FLAT SEASON PREVIEW 540,000gns Group 3-placed daughter of Oasis Dream who is in foal to Sea The Stars.

Two years earlier he splashed out €570,000 on Dalasyla, a half-sister to Group 1 winner and Derby runner-up Daliapour.

Tinkler keeps his broodmares at Brook Stud, just outside Newmarket, and plans to make his racing and breeding operation more commercial in future.

He told this magazine last year: “We’re buying with an eye on the longer term and looking for yearlings with the ability to be a good broodmare or stallion prospect, so you might as well pay a little bit extra if the potential is there.”

Tinkler has 65 horses in training with eight trainers around the country, including Michael Dods, who was the first to train for him, Sir Michael Stoute, Richard Hannon, Henry Cecil and Marco Botti.

Pearl Bloodstock, the racing and breeding vehicle spearheaded by Qatari Sheikh Fahad Al Thani, announced its presence as a major investor with the purchase of 2,000 Guineas winner Makfi to stand at Tweenhills Stud.

Total Gallery, winner of the 2009 Prix de l’Abbaye, was subsequently bought privately and sent to Makfi’s handler Mikel Delzangles in France ahead of a stallion career.

The operation, which sold smart miler Wade Giles to Hong Kong, bought 25 yearlings in Europe and the US last year and has around 35 horses in training with the likes of Ralph Beckett, William Haggas and Richard Hannon for the coming season.

Derby winner Sir Percy, standing at Lanwades Stud, has his first runners this year

Exciting young sires Those with even a passing interest in bloodstock will be keeping an eye out for the batch of stallions represented by their first-crop runners in 2011.

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Rarely has such an elite group of racecourse performers retired in the same year as those that began their stud careers in 2008 and it will be disappointing if at least a couple don’t convert their talents on the track to success in the breeding shed.

Sheikh Mohammed’s spending was at its zenith in 2007 and one of his highest-profile purchases, the previous season’s champion juvenile Teofilo, is fancied by many to make his mark as a stallion this year.

His first sales offerings last year included a €400,000 filly bought by Sir Robert Ogden at Deauville in August and – as an unbeaten champion two-year-old – hopes must be high for the first runners by the son of Galileo, who didn’t run at three because of injury.

Two Derby winners also feature among the new stallions in Authorized and Sir Percy, each also a Group 1 winner at two.

Authorized was another big money signing

by Sheikh Mohammed for his Darley stallion operation and the son of Montjeu retired with a superb record that included a fivelength rout of Dylan Thomas at Epsom, plus a Racing Post Trophy success as a juvenile.

His yearlings, led by a 170,000gns colt knocked down to John Ferguson at Tattersalls, did not command the same lofty sums realised

by Teofilo’s newcomers but it is racecourse performance that now counts for everything.

Sir Percy, winner of the 2005 Dewhurst Stakes, did not score after the Derby but he has been supported by his owners Anthony and Victoria Pakenham and his first crop are spread among several noted juvenile trainers.

As well as a pair of Derby winners, the freshman sires also include a pair of stallions whose biggest day came in Paris on the first Sunday in October.

Dylan Thomas didn’t score again after that Arc victory in 2007 under Kieren Fallon but he already boasted a bulging CV that also featured an Irish Derby, a King George and a pair of Irish Champion Stakes.

A half-brother to top two-year-old filly Queen’s Logic, the son of Danehill stood for €50,000 in his first year and has some blueblooded representatives carrying great expectations this season.

A year before Dylan Thomas’s Longchamp win, it was Rail Link’s chance to shine in the Arc and, after beginning covering for a fee of £12,500 at Banstead Manor Stud, his first yearlings did not realise quite as much as those of his more expensive contemporaries.

Progeny of the bargain 2,000 Guineas winner Cockney Rebel, a 30,000gns Doncaster yearling, found their way to a variety of trainers with his most expensive son Stringer Bell, whose name will be familiar to viewers of The Wire, based with Richard Hannon after selling for €110,000 as a yearling.

Prix du Jockey-Club winner Lawman retired to Ballylinch Stud in Ireland and, in relation to his €25,000 stud fee, he performed as well as any freshman sire at the 2010 sales with the John Gosden-trained Widyaan boasting a 300,000gns price tag.

A surprise package could be supplied by Amadeus Wolf, who hails from the only crop of Mozart and stands at the Irish National Stud after a career that included a Middle Park Stakes victory at two and a Duke Of York Stakes win as a four-year-old.

Conceived at a fee of €10,000, his first batch of foals have found their way to a number of trainers who excel with precocious two-year-olds.

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THE NATIONAL STUD

Reasons to be CHEERFUL Now firmly established in his role as Managing Director of the National Stud, Brian O’Rourke is upbeat about his team’s advances in profitability and a shift in public perception Words Emma Berry • Photos Chris Bourchier

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wo years ago, this magazine’s front cover featured the line ‘The future starts here: how the National Stud aims to bounce back’. Inside, the stud’s then newlyappointed Managing Director Brian O’Rourke detailed how he aimed to get what should be a flagship for the industry back on track following a turbulent spell and its transfer from government rule to operating as a subsidiary of the Jockey Club.

O’Rourke said in March 2009: “The first

The stud has room for up to 200 mares

thing is to re-establish the stud as a commercial stud farm, to get confidence back in the place, especially as a boarding operation. If we can get that, then we can go forward and try to get some stallions.”

So, in the midst of worldwide recession and some of the toughest times seen in the breeding industry in years, just how is the National Stud faring in its bid to regain a foothold in an increasingly competitive marketplace?

“There’s been a big shift in attitude towards us from people using the stud; it’s not just big, it’s colossal,” says O’Rourke.

“They can talk to us. We’re hungry for business. The stallions have been successful and we’ve been lucky in that regard.

Bahamian Bounty has been a great servant and Pastoral Pursuits had a bunch of winners from his first crop, plus a Royal Ascot winner and a Group winner.

“People bred to them at reduced fees and

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did well at the sales so they are coming back for more. We can really feel people getting behind us.”

Commercial concerns key Goodwill and public perception are important in an industry which thrives on Chinese whispers, but it is also one driven by statistics: sales results and racecourse performance are vital if stallions are not to be written off before they’ve even had a chance to show their true worth. The decent returns posted by the first-crop yearlings of Cockney Rebel last year will have been a much-needed fillip, as will the recruiting of a precocious son of the late Danetime, Myboycharlie, who has his first foals on the ground.

“The chat from the trainers about Cockney Rebel is that his two-year-olds are very forward and precocious and, on the strength of that, we’ve got more mares to him this year than we did in his first season,” says O’Rourke.

“His yearling sales were fantastic and I’m delighted that his offspring have gone to the likes of Richard Hannon, Barry Hills, Clive Cox and David Simcock. It’s a very encouraging start and hopefully it will translate to success on the track.”

Regarding the selection of Myboycharlie, who is far removed from the stud’s stalwarts of old, such as Mill Reef and Blakeney, he adds: “When we think about the type of horses we want to stand here we have to consider the market. It now dictates that to be commercial you need a horse who will get sharp, early types and will attract a decent book of mares.

That’s what the commercial breeders are looking for.

“I can’t go to my investors and say a horse has got 30 mares. They need to be getting 100 mares. It’s all or nothing now. You have some stallions that have no trouble getting 150 mares but some struggle to get to 60 and they’re good stallions. But it’s just the way of the economy at the moment.”

Upon the 500 acres, which were originally leased from Jockey Club Estates when the National Stud moved to Newmarket in 1963, there is provision for up to eight stallions and 200 mares. The stud is currently home to five stallions and O’Rourke admits that he is constantly on the lookout for potential additions to the roster.

He says: “The one thing that’s missing in this country is stallions standing for between £8,000 and £15,000. There’s an abundance of them in Ireland but very few here. The market’s crying out for that and that’s where we’re aiming to go with our next stallion.

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Brian O’Rourke has plenty to smile about as the National Stud’s fortunes are on the up

we can invest in equity in a stallion ourselves, as opposed to pleading with people to stand one here. That’s down to the hard graft of all the staff here in the last two years.”

The customer comes first Along with attempting to reinvigorate the stallion ranks, O’Rourke set about improving the ways in which the stud communicates with clients who board mares at the farm.

He explains: “We had to change the mindset within the stud away from the state-run point of view. There was a stage when, if people rang to ask if they could come to see their mare, it wasn’t always easy to do so. Now our gates are open 24/7. The client is always right and if they want to come at midnight that’s no problem.

Our attitude had to change to make it an open shop as opposed to a private club.

“Boarding isn’t where you make your money but you have to give clients what they want

and that includes communication: every week we contact every single client to tell them how their mare and foal are. If people are spending £27 a day they have a right to know what’s going on. That has really helped us.”

With O’Rourke’s appointment came a long, hard look at the stud’s finances and one which would ultimately lead to staff redundancies and to what he refers to as “trimming back the excess”.

“About 15 people either left or had to be made redundant and that was sad as they were good people,” admits O’Rourke. “I was lucky to have the likes of Paul Coombe, who has since been headhunted to manage Kingwood Stud. He played a pivotal part in the turnaround of this place but I’ve got a good replacement for him in Rob Stapleton, who is my assistant now. He did the diploma course and the BHA course, and he’s fitted in really well. I want people who are motivated to go

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on to do bigger and better things.”

When referring to his team at the National Stud, O’Rourke’s emphasis is constantly on youth and enthusiasm, almost as if a position on the farm is the transitional phase between the stud’s annual diploma course and a role in the wider bloodstock industry. In the National Stud’s twin role as a commercial operation and centre for education, this is perhaps exactly as it should be.

“We have staff who really want to be here and they are the driving force behind the stud’s success,” he says. “We’ve set a very high standard and we’re not going to go below that. Our staff, our students and our horses are our ambassadors, and if they do well when they go outside the gates the better it is for us.

“That’s why it’s so important to have an exceptional diploma course every year. These people are the next generation and we hope that in years to come they will end up being our clients.”

Investing in the future With graduates including Lord Grimthorpe, Ed Dunlop and Goffs’ Nick Nugent, the National Stud’s six-month diploma course, for students aged 18 and above, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The stud also runs a nine-week apprenticeship course for 16- to 18year-olds. Students on both courses can now enjoy greatly improved residential facilities at Westbrook House, which opened at the beginning of the year.

Training Director Tabbi Smith says: “The BHA graduate course students are coming here later this year after our diploma course finishes. We’d never have got that with the accommodation we had before. The new accommodation has completely opened things up for us.

“The facilities before were fine but they didn’t reflect the level of the course. The

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recent investment clearly demonstrates the Jockey Club’s commitment to the stud. There isn’t a short-term aim here, we’re all in it for the long term.”

In addition to the student accommodation, a new lecture facility developed within an old granary and named the Joan Westbrook Lecture Theatre has also opened in the last 12 months. Along with providing for the stud’s own needs it is used for a series of evening lectures on a range of topics, from basic equine first aid through to stallion management and syndication, and benefits from being designed to allow horses to be brought into the theatre as lecture props.

Guest lecturers on this year’s programme include Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder columnist and respected pedigree expert Tony Morris, Joe Grimwade from the Royal Studs and a host of veterinary experts.

Smith says: “The training side has to be commercially run. The facilities are for use by outside groups but they are restricted to equine-related courses and people. The evening lectures were originally just for our students but we have opened them up for anyone who can drive here for the evening.

“We’re incredibly lucky to have the range of experts to call upon in this area to help with these lectures.”

While there’s cause for optimism at a clearly rejuvenated National Stud, O’Rourke is quick to acknowledge that the next few years will continue to be challenging.

“This year and next year for us it’s going to be a case of survival rather than going forward: that’s the same for everyone, we’re all trying to keep our heads above water and that goes right across the board,” he says. “The lack of prizemoney has a knock-on effect. Fewer mares are being bred and that had to happen; it’s a harsh reality of the business.”

Despite the difficulties in securing top-class colts for stud duties he remains optimistic the stud’s line-up can continue to be bolstered, with a little help from friends, saying: “Big operations are mostly going to keep their good colts so we have to try to compete at our own level, but there are an awful lot of people out there interested in buying shares in a stallion.”

Two years ago, O’Rourke summarised his position by saying: “If we do turn this around, the pleasure we get from it will be incredible, not least because the mountain is so steep.”

With base camp now stabilised, the attempt on the summit can begin. One of the stud’s former stars, who is buried in its grounds, was the Derby winner and champion sire Never Say Die. It’s a motto which might well be adopted by O’Rourke and his team.

Tony Morris on the importance of the National Stud Historically, the National Stud has played a huge part in the development of the breed, as the producer of outstanding winners and notable sires, and as the base for stallions who have wielded significant influence.

As breeder, its most important early triumph came with Blandford, beaten only once in his brief racing career, and subsequently a hugely successful sire in the inter-war period. His progeny included four Derby winners in Trigo, Blenheim, Windsor Lad and Bahram, and he headed the list of stallions three times at home and once in France.

During World War II it was represented by exceptional performers in Big Game and Sun Chariot, winners between them of four of the five Classics in 1942, and Chamossaire, victor of the 1945 St Leger.

The stud was based first at Tully, in Co. Kildare, later moving to two sites in England, at Gillingham and West Grinstead, the latter being the home of Ribot’s sire Tenerani, and Never Say Die, the champion sire of 1962. Later came a further move to its present base on the outskirts of Newmarket, where Mill Reef, champion sire in 1978 and 1987, became its most celebrated resident.

In recent times, as well as being home to an extensive list of popular stallions, the stud has flourished as a major visitor attraction and has performed a vital role as an educator through the comprehensive training course which takes place during the breeding season and has launched the careers of many individuals now prominent in the thoroughbred industry.

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BREEDERS’ DIGEST

By EMMA BERRY, Bloodstock Editor

Our coverage this month includes:

• Sales Circuit: reports and analysis Mixed sales at Goffs and Arqana, Fasig-Tipton February and DBS Newbury – pages 61-62

• The rise of the ready-made jumpers Edward Prosser’s special report on the bloodstock market’s growth area – pages 64-66

First-season honours worth a wager

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here aren’t too many bookmakers’ representatives who can boast the depth of pedigree knowledge of Joseph Burke, the front man of Stan James in Ireland.

Burke took advantage of his passion for the breeding industry to create the inaugural market on the first-season sires’ championship in 2004 and, with breeders’ continued support of the freshmen, it’s a betting heat which attracts increasing interest.

With the outcome being decided by the number of individual winners a stallion records in Britain and Ireland during the Flat season, naturally those horses with big first crops are prominent in the betting, whereas a winner in a valuable sales race for a first-season stallion can skew the formal championship, which is based on prize-money.

This season, Burke has Teofilo as his 4-1 favourite. An exceptional two-year-old, whose yearlings sold well and with up to 114 twoyear-olds to go into bat for him this year, it’s easy to see why the son of Galileo holds sway.

As we went to press, the first two-year-old race in Ireland had already been run and, with the outcome decided in the stewards’ room, Jim Bolger had one up on his fellow trainers in the juvenile division by the end of the first day of the Irish Flat season. His colt Whip Rule was deemed to have been hampered in the closing stages by the wayward progress of the first-pastthe-post Tough As Nails, thus denying Dark Angel first blood for the first-season sires.

hemisphere) giving him a 50% winners-torunners strike rate. The son of Zafonic was one of seven sires among his peers with more than 100 first-crop foals, though at 107, his tally was significantly lower than that of last season’s early favourite Holy Roman Emperor, with 146.

We have seen often enough stallions make a blazing start, only to peter out in ensuing seasons when interest from breeders has dwindled. Some are able to rekindle that success with a second wave of better mares on the back of early success, while others drift off into obscurity.

However, in recent years we’ve been spoiled with a rash of first-season champions who have consolidated their promising starts by delivering Classic horses. Shamardal, the 2009 champion by earnings, sired dual French Classic winner Lope De Vega, while his Darley stablemate Dubawi, who had the edge numerically, gave us 2,000 Guineas winner Makfi. Elusive City, the previous year’s leading freshman, is the sire of Poule d’Essai des Pouliches winner Elusive Wave, while the Irish National Stud’s Invincible Spirit, champion in 2006, had Prix du Jockey-Club winner Lawman in his first crop.

Dubawi’s success at stud must be some consolation for his owner/breeder Sheikh Mohammed after the loss of his beloved Dubai

Bolger support significant To see a Bolger two-year-old strike so early will be encouraging to favourite backers in this particular competition as Teofilo’s breeder and former trainer now has at least 20 of his offspring in training, a significant number of them being homebred.

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Millennium, whose sole crop also included another stallion with debutants this season, Echo Of Light. Mozart was another to sire just one crop before dying prematurely but that sole band of runners was good enough to ensure that his name lived on, as champion firstseason sire of 2005, though his contemporary, Bertolini, sired a greater number of winners.

Mozart’s Group 1-winning son Amadeus Wolf has the chance to continue the line at stud and shares the second-favourite spot in the firstseason sire betting this year with his regular pursuer on the racecourse, Red Clubs, and Dark Angel.

Similar story stateside Last year’s leading freshmen in America also look to be an above-average bunch with a number of the current Triple Crown hopefuls being first-crop representatives.

Andrew Caulfield, on the ball as ever, highlighted the merits of War Front in last month’s Caulfield Files, and that was before The Factor notched a Grade 2 double and Soldat added the Fountain Of Youth Stakes to his résumé. Bernardini, with the good colts Stay Thirsty and To Honor And Serve, plus distaffer A Z Warrior, is another promising young sire for Darley, while the champion first-season sire Congrats, like Bernardini a son of AP Indy, has two Grade 1-winning fillies already in Turbulent Descent and Wickedly Perfect.

In Australia, there is surprisingly little twoyear-old racing. With the current Flat season having started there in August, the leading firstseason sires’ table is topped by Written Tycoon, a grandson of Last Tycoon who has had just two winners from six runners, including the Blue Diamond third Masthead. Numerically, All Bar One leads the field with four winners from his 24 runners; small beer by European standards.

The paucity of juvenile contests in a country where so much prestige is attached to two-year-old racing may seem contradictory, but the emphasis in this most passionate of racing nations is firmly on quality over quantity.

Food for thought, perhaps.

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SALES CIRCUIT

By EDWARD PROSSER

Mixed catalogues can mislead but recent trade has stabilised Goffs holds steady, Arqana is slow off mark and the breeze-up season begins in Florida

Goffs February It’s dangerous to read too much into the early mixed sales, where the catalogue make-up can determine success or failure as much as the marketplace, but there’s increasing reason to believe the bloodstock market has now reached its plateau and is beginning a slow climb upwards.

Goffs’ February Sale saw a €1,844,500 turnover, on a par with last year, and an average that dropped by 9.5%. But the median was up €1,000 to €5,000 and, at a sale that never boasts a great clearance rate, the percentage sold rose to 62% from 49% in 2010.

Several British buyers made their presence felt, including Newmarket agent Jill Lamb, who paid €74,000 for the sale-topping mare Pure Perfection, offered in foal to Dylan Thomas.

Goffs February Sale Top lots Price (€)

Sex/Age/Horse

Vendor

m 5 Pure Perfection (Hawk Wing)

Moortown House Stud

74,000

Buyer Jill Lamb BS

m 6 Shraayef (Nayef)

Darley

55,000

Peter Henley

c y Dylan Thomas-Tango Tonic (Trans Island)

Corrin Stud

53,000

Glenvale Stud

f y Hurricane Run-Foreign Relation (Distant Relative) Slievemurran Stud

44,000

Bobby O’Byrne

c y Azamour-Zara’s Birthday (Waajib)

Corbal-Lis Stud

43,000

Robert Allcock

c y Acclamation-Kondakova (Soviet Star)

Castlebridge Consignment

42,000

G & D BS

m 7 Passionate Girl (Grand Lodge)

Eugenia Farm SRL

40,000

Jizz Bloodstock

f y Tamayuz-Hariya (Shernazar)

Victor Stud

34,000

Abbey House Farm

f y Kayf Tara-Belle Provence (Phantom Breeze)

Cleaboy Stud/Coppice Farm

32,000

Bobby O’Ryan

m 6 Dubai Power (Cadeaux Genereux)

Darley

30,000

Malih Al Basti

Five-year tale Year

Offered

Sold

Clearance (%)

2011

343

212

61.8

Aggregate (€) 1,844,500

Average (€) 8,700

2010

392

193

49.2

1,856,100

9,617

2009

397

188

47.4

1,628,300

8,661

2008

703

371

52.8

4,559,800

12,291

2007

933

652

69.9

12,035,100

18,459

Arqana February Sale EMMA BERRY

Top lots

Charlie Mason opted for Passionate Girl

Passionate Girl, a half-sister to Chancellor, was another in foal to Dylan Thomas and she was sold for €40,000 to Norfolk-based Charlie Mason of Silfield Bloodstock, who signed for the seven-year-old as Jizz Bloodstock.

Shropshire-based pinhooker Robert Allcock was another in action, paying €43,000 for Corbal-Lis Stud’s Azamour half-brother to smart sprinter Dohasa.

Arqana February Arqana’s year began quietly with the one-day February Sale, where figures declined noticeably on 2010.

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Sex/Age/Horse (Sire)

Vendor

m 5 Blowaway (Linamix)

La Motteraye Consignment

Price (€) 67,000

Buyer Broadhurst Agency

h 13 Darweesh (Amer)

Haras du Bouleau

43,000

FBA

h 9 Runaway (King’s Best)

R Pritchard-Gordon

38,000

MAB Agency

m 8 Katioucha (Mansonnien)

Haras de Coudray

35,000

Guy Petit

m 11 Cote Quest (Green Desert)

Haras du Mezeray

34,000

Horse France

Five-year tale Year

Offered

Sold

Clearance (%)

Aggregate (€)

Average (€)

2011

243

166

68.3

946,000

5,699

3,500

2010

218

127

58.3

1,128,500

8,886

4,000

2009

212

144

67.9

815,500

5,663

3,000

2008

213

120

56.3

1,015,200

8,460

3,500

2007

224

149

66.5

3,320,400

22,285

8,000

topped the sale when paying €67,000 for the Linamix mare Blowaway, who is likely to be covered by Elusive City.

A handful of stallions were offered including Diableneyev (€16,000), who will

Median (€)

stand at Le Fruitier stud, while Runaway (€38,000), a nine-year-old son of King’s Best, is going into training in Sweden with Katarina Stenfelt before embarking on a career as a sire in Scandinavia.

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Fasig-Tipton February Vendors relying on Sheikh Mohammedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involvement at the forthcoming British breeze-up sales will have taken some encouragement from Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first auction of juveniles for 2011.

John Ferguson bought the two dearest lots, headed by a $1.35 million Empire Maker filly, at the Fasig-Tipton Florida Sale but, other than Demi Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Byrne, it lacked the European participation seen in past years.

There was a high number of withdrawals and, of those that did show, only 56.6% sold.

Turnover was down $3.6m to $19.8m, while the average of $244,840 fell by 4.9%.

The $200,000 median was unchanged from the previous year.

DBS Newbury Festivals If ever there was a sale of two halves, it was DBSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new post-racing Festivals Sale at Newbury on March 5. There was disappointment for vendors of 17 of the 31 horses (55%) who failed to sell, but some great results for those that did find new homes.

Indeed, five of the 14 who sold made ÂŁ100,000 or more, leading to staggering figures for average and median, with Doncaster bumper winner Malt Master heading the way on ÂŁ155,000.

He demonstrated the marketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preference for form horses, having failed to sell twice as a store when offered from Robert Robinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Distillery Stud, first at Doncaster in May and then as a breeze-up horse at Cheltenham in December. But a bumper victory in the Distillery Stud colours gave him an enhanced value and he returned to Nicky Hendersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stable in new ownership.

Graham Wylie, David and Julie Martin, William and Angela Rucker, and Paul Nichollsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yard sponsor Jared Sullivan were the other six-figure spenders.

Fasig-Tipton February Sale Top lots Sex/Horse (Pedigree)

Vendor

Price ($)

f Empire Maker-Half A P (Pulpit)

Murray Smith, agent

1,350,000

John Ferguson

f Tapit-Tempting Note (Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Note)

Stephens Thoroughbreds

750,000

John Ferguson

c Empire Maker-Henderson Band (Chimes Band)

Scanlon Training Center

750,000

Robert & Lawana Low

700,000

West Point Thoroughbreds

c Macho Uno-Champagne Cocktail (Red Ransom) Crupiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Castle Farm

Buyer

c Hard Spun-Princess Patricia (Aptitude)

Wavertree Stables, agent

575,000

Brushwood Stable

c Malibu Moon-Trisha Quick (Deputy Minister)

SGV Thoroughbreds

500,000

Demi Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Byrne

c Medaglia dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oro-Bubbling Heights (Darshaan)

Niall Brennan Stables, agent 500,000

John Ferguson

c Tiznow-Imaginary Gold (Mr Prospector)

Ricky Leppala, agent

500,000

Lael Stable

c Malibu Moon-Silent Siren (Quiet American)

Eddie Woods, agent

470,000

Third Street Stable & LEFB

c Bernardini-Miss Terrible (Numerous)

Nick de Meric, agent

470,000

Katsumi Yoshida

Comparative figures Year

Catalogued

Offered

Aggregate ($)

Average ($)

2011

240

143

Sold Clearance (%) 81

56.6

19,832,000

244,840

Median ($) 200,000

2010

237

145

91

62.8

23,430,000

257,473

200,000

DBS Newbury Festivals Sale Top lots Sex/Age/Horse (Sire)

Vendor

g 4 Malt Master (Milan)

Cottage Field Stables

Price (ÂŁ) 155,000

Buyer Highflyer BS

g 6 Boston Bob (Bob Back)

Boston Stables

150,000

Bobby Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ryan

g 5 Darna (Alflora)

W Amos Racing

120,000

Kim Bailey

g 5 Slightly Tanned (Brian Boru)

Nicholastown Stud

100,000

Highflyer BS

g 4 Barrakilla (Milan)

Roxborough Stud

100,000

Evan Williams

g 5 Triptico (Turgeon)

Willow Farm Stables

75,000

Evan Williams

g 6 Mountainous (Milan)

Ashgrove Stables

50,000

Highflyer BS

g 6 Castle Conflict (Close Conflict)

Joshua Ryan

31,000

Highflyer BS

Comparative figures Year

Catalogued

Offered

Sold

2011

37

31

14

2010

No sale

Clearance (%)

Aggregate (ÂŁ)

Average (ÂŁ)

Median (ÂŁ)

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64,285

40,500

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SALES CIRCUIT SPECIAL REPORT

By EDWARD PROSSER

Buyers’ demands reflected in changing sales market Bloodstock auctions have faced tough times of late, but Brightwells has created a niche market for sales of jumpers in training, which have prospered while others have slumped

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Gypsy for just £10,000 at a Cheltenham sale and paid £120,000 for Darna at Newbury’s recent auction, has seen a swing away from owners wanting stores.

He says: “It was nearly all stores when I started training, very few good form horses came up for sale, but now people will sell if they get a chance

“If I have really good

horses I’d take them to England, where the buyers are” to make money. These sales have a good format and work very well. They give everybody a chance of buying a horse able to run very quickly. The store thing has really dried up, they are very hard to sell on now.

“I’ll happily bring them on but the worst thing for an owner with stores is that they fork out a cheque every month and wonder why they are

doing it, so I do an all-in-one figure for a season’s training fees as well.”

While DBS’s Spring Sale in May has long included similar lightly-raced types, those horses were traditionally sold to run the following season, but the new boutique auctions can offer altogether more instant action. A recent example is Handy Andy, who landed a point-topoint on January 23, was sold for £115,000 at Cheltenham six days later and won a Newbury novices’ hurdle for Colin Tizzard in February.

Indeed, Cheltenham’s sales have produced an impressive percentage of high-class graduates, such as Peddlers Cross, Realt Dubh, Minella Class and Weatherbys Champion Bumper winner Cheltenian this season.

Their success has not gone unnoticed by rival companies, anxious not to lose out on market share. Alongside Cheltenham’s six sales this year, over the past 12 months DBS has introduced events at Newbury in March and November, while Tattersalls Ireland and Goffs will both hold new auctions in May. Brightwells’ inspiration for its first Cheltenham sale in the Centaur building came from the company’s glitzy auction of

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n an April evening in 2004, while a new record breeze-up price of 500,000gns set Tattersalls’ auction arena alight in Newmarket, some 100 miles away at Cheltenham a new sale took place.

Brightwells – a multi-faceted company then best known in bloodstock circles for staging low-end sales at Ascot and Malvern – put on the fledgling event at the racecourse, producing a respectable top price of £80,000.

It was a promising start but few then realised that this was the beginning of a new genre of sale that now accounts for a high proportion of the dearest National Hunt horses sold. There are now six Cheltenham sales, turning over £7.2 million in 2010, and last year’s £260,000 April top lot actually sold for more than the same night’s star at Tattersalls.

Largely made up of lightly-raced bumper and Irish point-to-point horses, the sales offer the type of ready-to-run animals craved by the many owners who now seemingly shun untested stores. Trainers are also becoming used to receiving the finished article at their yards, rather than breaking and bringing on young horses.

Kim Bailey, who picked up the mare Silver

Handy Andy in the process of being knocked down for £115,000 at Cheltenham in January by Brightwells auctioneer Richard Botterill

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showjumpers and dressage horses at Addington and it has gone on to create a public marketplace for many Irish pointers that would previously have been sold privately.

“I think we have created a new market for National Hunt horses that wasn’t there before,” says Brightwells’ Head of Bloodstock Matt Mitchell. “From a vendor’s side it’s satisfactory because you know what the market values your horse at and for purchasers it give more options of horses to buy. The location and timing of sales after racing are ideal.

“The main thing for us has been to identify the horses that have performed well on the track and in point-to-points and we have people in Ireland like Michael Moore, who knows the form and horses very well, and good personnel in Britain.

“Logic would dictate that the next step is that some French horses come in there as well. There are barriers in that the French are not always used to public auctions but it’s something I think could grow over a period of time.”

County Tipperary-based Andy Slattery, who sold Chablais for £260,000 to top last year’s April Sale and also received £162,000 for Invictus, is a recent convert to the auctions.

“Probably up to last year we never had to go to a sale, we’d normally sell them at home, but since the recession things have changed,” says Slattery. “And even though last year we could have sold the two horses privately beforehand, we decided to take them to Cheltenham and I was surprised by Chablais’s price because I didn’t think any horse would make that much.”

Peddlers Cross’s vendor Thomond O’Mara, also based in County Tipperary, has noticed another impact on the private market for pointto-pointers in Ireland.

“These sales have been a bad thing in the respect that they have stopped some of the British agents driving around Ireland and calling in at your yard,” says O’Mara. “At the point-to-points from the start of February onwards you always used to be able to pick out five or six English trainers but that’s stopped.”

Nothing epitomised the boutique concept and its selective market more than DBS’s inaugural pre-Cheltenham sale at Newbury on March 5, when only 14 horses sold but five of those made six figures, and company boss Henry Beeby admitted the new sale was a reaction to the changing marketplace.

“Of course we’d seen what has happened elsewhere,” says Beeby. “The store horse market is very selective these days and so much is now about instant action. Concise, quality catalogues are what people want and the clearance rate at Newbury demonstrated that there are people for quality horses but nobody for the rest.

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Matt Mitchell: “We’ve created a market”

will stick to two sales at Newbury and review it in the future.”

DBS held a National Hunt breeze-up at Cheltenham from 2004 to 2007 and were less than amused when the racecourse then announced a 25-year exclusivity contract with Brightwells, who in return financed a sale ring and other facilities.

In a powerful statement at the time, Beeby commented: “I’m appalled. I’m not criticising Brightwells, because all’s fair in love, war and business, and legally Cheltenham could do what they wanted, because our contract had ended.

“But, in effect, Cheltenham have shafted us.

From the point of view of business ethics, they’ve used shoddy, underhand tactics by not coming

“Logic would dictate

that the next step is for some French horses to come in as well” to us, as the existing partner, at all.”

With Brightwells having now produced a promotional brochure, rivalry continues between the sales companies for a share of the boutique market. Indeed, the ten such sales in 2011 include three in five days in early May. Few believe that there will be a place for all the new fixtures, which are all reliant on finding a handful of horses who will bring big prices.

Mitchell says: “Imitation is a source of flattery but there is a danger that the market is going to become diluted. If a sale has been put on just for a strategic reason of weakening other sales then they won’t work in the long term.

“A strength of the market is the limited number of horses around. But I suspect the

vendors will determine the market and be selective where they send their horses.

“And I think we’ve probably reached our optimum number of sales at Cheltenham now; each one has a reason for its existence but I don’t think there’s any point in putting on other sales for the sake of it. We could add breeding stock, foals and yearlings but it’s not something we’d do at this point in time. We’d do it only if we got support from a couple of major vendors.”

Tattersalls Ireland’s sale will take place following its point-to-point the Sunday before the Punchestown Festival, while Goffs’ sale will take place during the big meeting, but Slattery believes the Celtic Tiger’s weakness will not help.

He says: “There’s not a shilling in Ireland at the moment and I can’t see those sales taking off.

If I have really good horses I’d take them to England, where the buyers are.”

Murphy echoes those concerns, saying: “I hope it doesn’t turn into a situation with too many sales but it is looking like that because they are cropping up everywhere. There are only so many good horses. It’s a limited market and you can’t have an infinite number of sales.”

An integral part of the initial boutique market has been National Hunt breeze-up horses, but these unraced youngsters have proved nearly as hard to move on as stores, though Mitchell believes there is still scope for that market to take off.

He says: “The National Hunt breeze-up is in a similar position to where the Flat breeze-ups were in their early days, where buyers question whether a horse has been tried. Horses who have come from the breeze-ups have performed at the highest level on the track and that’s going to be the key to them getting credibility.”

Slattery sold an Oscar three-year-old for £65,000 at Brightwells’ breeze-up at Cheltenham in December, but feels the horse could have been worth even more.

He says: “We do breeze-ups but they are much harder. We sold that horse to Kim Bailey but I think he’d have been our top four-year-old this year and would have made double that price if we’d sold him with form at the April sale. But we buy horses to turn them over, so you have to take the money.”

Peddlers Cross demonstrated the value of form, having been unsold at £58,000 at DBS’s Kempton breeze-up in December 2008 but with a point-to-point win to his name made £100,000 at Cheltenham four months later.

“The National Hunt breeze-ups were nearly impossible last year and I think they are pretty much finished,” says O’Mara. “They got going when everything was on a complete high in the market. I’d certainly now be looking to run everything before I sell them.

“The market is still strong for a form horse that can look impressive winning his maiden on his

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Chablais topped Cheltenham’s April sale at £260,000 having won an Irish point-to-point

first or second run. They are the ideal horses to sell and that market is very safe at the moment.”

But putting a horse into training can’t be a solution for every store consignor, not least because of the costs involved, and only a handful of young jumpers realise big prices.

Slattery adds: “We talk about the good ones all the time but we don’t mention the ones that don’t make it. You don’t want to be taking bad horses to those sales.”

Robert Waley-Cohen has spearheaded a series of four-year-old point-to-points in Britain as a grounding for young horses, but they still

cannot compete for sale horses like their Irish counterparts, where it is not uncommon to see six-figure stores start their career.

“There are some fabulous courses to run the young horses in Britain and it’s a shame the industry can’t produce quality four-year-olds to win the races and sell them on,” says Warwickshire-based Murphy, who hails from County Cork. “But you can’t equate the English form with the Irish form at the moment and it’s a pity the point-to-points here can’t be promoted more. I’d certainly run four-year-olds in them if they were.”

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ROA to hold Extraordinary General Meeting Michael Harris explains why a set of special resolutions will be presented on April 19

The ROA Council – do you want to stand?

The ROA is looking for candidates to stand for a place on its Council. To qualify, applicants must be a registered owner and have had at least one horse in training during the previous 12 months, or part-ownership that amounts to at least one horse. Horses owned under the names of spouses qualify for this purpose.

A vote amongst all ROA members, based on a Single Transferable Vote system, will decide the successful candidates. They will be asked to take their places on the Council in July and are required to attend monthly meetings, usually in London. The outcome of the election will be announced at the ROA AGM on June 23. A Council member’s tenure is four years, after which they are required to stand for re-election.

Given that the Special Resolutions are passed at the ROA Extraordinary General Meeting on Tuesday, April 19, we anticipate there will be six places up for election on the ROA Council, with three or four existing Council members planning to stand for re-election.

If you want to stand, please write or e-mail (mharris@roa.co.uk) indicating your interest.

You must be a member of the ROA at the time of your application. This should reach the ROA

by April 21 at the latest.

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The ROA has been more instrumental than any other racing body in pushing the concept of the Horsemen’s Group forward and is now seeing the fruits of its endeavours with the current ROA Chairman, Paul Dixon, chairing the group through these times of change.

To ratify the various changes to the Articles, the Council of the Racehorse Owners Association are to hold an EGM on Tuesday, April 19 at The Dukes Hotel in London.

The EGM will be held to pass a number of special resolutions which will be listed in the ‘Notice of Meeting’. Once approved, changes will be implemented and the association’s Articles of Association amended accordingly.

The significant amendments are as follows: The position of Treasurer will cease and the function of Treasurer will be carried out by an Audit Committee. This means the association’s officers will be limited to the President and Vice-President.

The ROA’s Executive Committee will be formally recognised and will be made up of the

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President, Vice-President and the Chief Executive, and any other Council members chosen by the President.

Other than the two officers, the number of elected members will reduce from the current 15 to 13 in 2011, 12 in 2012, 11 in 2013 and ten in 2014.

The number of co-opted members has decreased from four to two but the Scotland Representative is not counted as one of these co-opted members.

The voting system for new Council members is to be changed to Single Transferable Vote, though the scope remains to revert to first-pastthe-post if the Council deems this to be preferable.

Along with the Notice of Meeting, members will also have received a letter urging them to stand for election to the Council. Conscious of the need to introduce ‘new blood’, we have been careful not to reduce our numbers too quickly.

For more information on standing for Council, please see the following story.

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Members enjoy the marquee at the Cheltenham Festival

Julie Croucher, Mark Adams and Jonathan Gerrelli

Ken and Jennifer Pallister, Ben and Tracey Riley, Anne and Brian Derrick

Liz Hunt, Tracey Lambton, Simon Hunt and Gary Lambton

Pauline and Peter Wordingham

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Last month, we talked of the internal review the ROA Council was conducting about how the association was structured and whether its current constitution was best suited to meet the needs of a changing racing industry.

The work has given rise to an overhaul of the ROA Articles of Association which will see, among other changes, a gradual reduction in the number of Council members over the next few years, formal recognition of the association’s Executive Committee and replacing the Treasurer with an Audit Committee.

Most importantly, the Articles will continue to insist that the President is a director on the board of the Horsemen’s Group which is now being expanded to take over its new role as one of the two key industry constituents, alongside the racecourses.

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First class service in a sumptuous setting at a fantastic price – book your hospitality places now for this year’s royal meeting

Exclusive Royal Ascot facility now available all five days Following the success of last year’s ROA hospitality facility on the first two days at Royal Ascot, we are pleased to expand the facility for 2011 to include all five days of the meeting. This offers members and guests the chance to enjoy top-class racing in the comfort of luxurious surroundings.

The exclusive ROA facility will be in the Grandstand admission enclosure, in the Old Paddock Chalets, situated in front of the

triple-decker marquee on the curve of the track after the winning post, and has a headon view down the course.

The heavily discounted package is on offer to members at around half the public price. It includes admission (which can be deducted if members already have Royal Enclosure or owners’ badges), parking, racecard, a champagne reception, four-course sit-down lunch with half a bottle of wine per person,

and afternoon tea. There will be televised viewing, Tote facilities and a cash bar will operate until 30 minutes after the last race. The facility holds 50 members per day and places are strictly limited to four per member.

Prices, which include VAT, are as follows: ● Tuesday, June 14: £320 per person ● Wednesday, June 15: £320 per person ● Thursday, June 16: £380 per person ● Friday, June 17: £350 per person ● Saturday, June 18: £310 per person Members are being sent the details by post, or orders can be placed through our website www.racehorseowners.net or 020 7152 0200.

Noseda stalwart named Employee of the Year at Stable Awards Jeremy Noseda’s Newmarket yard supplied its second Employee of the Year in four years, as David Bradley received that honour at the Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards 2011.

The 57-year-old is Noseda’s right-hand man at Shalfleet Stables and he follows Sean Travis in 2008 in winning the main award at an event held at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in London’s Knightsbridge on February 28.

Bradley, who started working in racing two days after he left school at the age of 15, won £25,000 – £15,000 for himself, with the remainder split between his colleagues – and additionally topped the High Achiever Award.

‘Brad’ told his trainer’s website after winning

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the big prize: “I couldn’t be any prouder than I feel now and I am in a state of shock, to be honest. Each of the other 14 finalists would have been worthy winners and I can’t believe that this award has been given to me.

“It is a great honour and I would like to thank Godolphin for their generous support of these awards. I would like to extend heartfelt thanks to Jeremy for nominating me. I am lucky to be part of a great team at Shalfleet.”

His boss said: “I couldn’t be more pleased, seeing Dave win. He is just a class act and it is fabulous that his tremendous contribution to racing over more than 30 years has been recognised in this way.”

Sira Hornsby and Clare Knight, along with Travis, have won categories at the Stud and Stable Staff Awards representing Noseda, for whom Joe Scally (in the Rider/Groom category) and George Winsor (Dedication to Racing) were both finalists this year.

Frankie Dettori presented the awards and said: “I have been honoured to be a part of what has been an incredibly overwhelming day, spending time with such fantastic people.

“The Stud and Stable Staff are the lifeblood of our industry – we’d all be out of a job without them, so it’s hugely positive that they are being acknowledged in this manner and such a generous level of prize-money provided.”

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Bespoke hat offer ROA members can take advantage of a special introductory offer of a 20% discount on a made to order bespoke hat by milliner Tiffany Hirschfeld (pictured). To view examples of Tiffany’s work or arrange a consultation, visit tiffanyhirschfeldmillinary.co.uk, email tiffany@thmillinary.co.uk or call 07787 517856. Offer applies until June 2011.

Horsemen’s Tariff for Flat races The Horsemen’s Tariff for Flat races takes effect from April 2. A daily comparison of race values against tariff for Flat and jump fixtures appears and is updated regularly on the ROA website at www.racehorseowners.net

Newbury JLT Lockinge Stakes Newbury racecourse now offer two badges for ROA members with a Horseracing Privilege Card at all but one fixture, as JLT Lockinge Stakes day on Saturday, May 14 is now included in this special concession.

The only fixture excluded from this offer is Hennessy Gold Cup Day, Saturday, November 26. For more information, contact Newbury racecourse on 01635 40015.

Love The Races free ownership for students

Are you reclaiming your VAT? With VAT at 20% it is more important than ever for racehorse owners to be registered for VAT. Sponsorship enables owners to register for and reclaim VAT on their ownership costs, and the Racehorse Owners Association has a scheme which allows members to do this simply and without fuss.

There are currently over 1,700 horses sponsored under the ROA/Totesport ownersponsorship scheme, but places are available on the latest scheme, which runs for 12 months.

To apply, please download a ROA/ Totesport application form from the ROA website www.racehorseowners.net. Alternatively you can contact Keely Brewer in the ROA office at kbrewer@roa.co.uk

Holmwood Legend (right), ROA member Brian Derrick’s first runner at the Cheltenham Festival, romped home in the Grade 3 Byrne Group Plate carrying the Totesport owner-sponsorship logo.

Trained by Pat Rodford and ridden by Keiran Burke, the horse was completing a quickfire double after winning at Sandown five days earlier

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Stobart backs Lesters in new deal A sponsorship deal with leading logistics company Stobart Group is enabling the PJA to reintroduce career-ending insurance (CEI) for its members from April 2.

As part of the new agreement, Stobart Group also becomes the headline sponsor of the Lesters for the next two years.

The insurance deal has come about

following BHA agreement of a new branding site for jockeys – on their posteriors. Stobart Group is match-funding the CEI scheme, with the jockeys themselves also making a personal contribution.

The Stobart 21st Lesters takes place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on Thursday, April 21.

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Love the Races is giving 200 students the chance to experience racehorse ownership for free, including the cover of all training costs. Love the Races has leased the horse until the end of June as a means of communicating the thrill of ownership to students.

The Student Racehorse will be running in ‘Students Love the Races’ racing silks. The horse’s race debut is likely to be during the next couple of months.

You can find out more at http://www.lovetheraces.com/students/ student-horse The deal has enabled the PJA to reintroduce career ending insurance for its members

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Diary dates and reminders APRIL 19 ROA EGM The Dukes Hotel, London, at 10am.

JUNE 14-18 Exclusive facility at Royal Ascot

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Members can book places in the ROA chalet at one of the festivals of the year for a hospitality package at a heavily discounted rate (see story page 69).

JUNE 23 Annual General Meeting Jockeys will receive a 2% rise on their fee for 2011

Riding fee increase agreed Agreement between the Racehorse Owners Association and the Professional Jockeys Association was reached in early March on the basis of an annualised riding fee increase of 2% for 2011. This increase has been spread over the full 12-month period from January 1 so the fee went up by 2.4% for each of the remaining ten months.

As a result, jockeys have received an increase of £2.55 (£109.10) for Flat rides and £3.50 (£148.95) for jump rides.

“In accepting this below-inflation increase, the PJA is mindful of the current climate in racing,” said PJA Chief Executive Kevin Darley.

Racing Post Photos discount available for ROA members ROA members are being offered a special 20% discount by the Racing Post on photographic orders on their website racingpost.photos.com.

The site offers a wealth of wonderful images from an extensive photo library, which can be purchased as prints, as well as a range of related items such as canvasses, acrylics, mugs and postcards.

Owners may like to order prints or special mementoes of their horses, or other favourite performers.

Visit www.racehorseowners.net and click on the Racing Post Photos link.

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“Jockeys are shouldering increasing expenses, especially those relating to fuel, but we recognise that other constituents in racing are facing similar problems.

“We remain disappointed that we could not get sufficient industry support for the proposal that a half fee was paid for declared nonrunners. This initiative would have greatly helped the ‘journeyman’ jockey.”

ROA Chief Executive Michael Harris said: “This decision is never taken lightly by the ROA but this year has been particularly difficult.

With wage inflation running considerably behind the general rate of inflation we are in an environment where many people are accepting very small wage increases or no increases at all.

“We cannot ignore what is happening in the outside world but we also have to recognise that middle-of-the-road jockeys are not big earners and they play a vital role within the industry.”

The ROA AGM includes an Owners’ Forum and is followed by a members and guests lunch. Members do not need to book places for the AGM, but are invited to book places for the lunch that follows.

Tables of ten are £750 and individual tickets are £85 each.

JULY 26-30 Glorious Goodwood ROA members can purchase Richmond Enclosure badges in advance for this highlight of the summer racing calendar.

Contact the ROA office for more details.

NOVEMBER 12 Paddy Power Gold Cup day Enjoy the ROA’s exclusive facility at Cheltenham for the Saturday of The Open meeting, in the ROA’s marquee for members and guests.

DECEMBER 1 ROA/sportingbet.com Horseracing Awards The black tie evening celebrates racing’s champions and is held at the London Hilton, Park Lane.

DID YOU KNOW? What happens to prize-money when the number of finishers falls below the prize-money places offered?

This depends on the number of starters and finishers on the day. If there are, say, six prizes in a race, and there are six runners, but two horses fall, or fail or complete, then the fifth and sixth prize-money would be split evenly between the connections of the first four horses.

If six prizes were offered, but only four runners start, then the prize-money for fifth and sixth place is retained by the racecourse, in order that it may be used to fund prizemoney in future races.

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Racecourse League Table Ptn Racecourse

Racecourse ownership

Exec + Sponsors (£)

1 Cheltenham JCR 3,085,753 2 Aintree JCR 1,641,959 3 Ascot I 4,191,637 4 York I 2,317,879 5 Fakenham I 155,532 6 Epsom Downs JCR 1,297,708 7 Chester I 615,752 8 Haydock Park JCR 1,204,633 9 Goodwood I 1,320,990 10 Musselburgh I 434,644 11 Wincanton JCR 272,775 12 Hamilton Park I 253,818 13 Ayr I 627,579 14 Newmarket JCR 3,063,140 15 Ripon I 273,884 16 Doncaster Arena 1,331,359 17 Beverley I 269,924 18 Sandown Park JCR 994,348 19 Ffos Las North 338,220 20 Taunton I 149,315 21 Newbury I 1,064,776 22 Bangor-on-Dee I 180,326 23 Cartmel I 65,224 24 Salisbury I 237,608 25 Bath North 163,303 26 Windsor Arena 278,640 27 Newton Abbot I 170,421 28 Thirsk I 187,104 29 Wetherby I 165,516 30 Pontefract I 229,851 31 Leicester I 266,336 32 Chepstow North 234,927 33 Stratford-on-Avon I 203,105 34 Lingfield Park Arena 710,098 35 Perth I 135,479 36 Yarmouth North 155,888 37 Warwick JCR 185,769 38 Hereford North 85,097 39 Kempton Park JCR 850,421 40 Newcastle North 254,168 41 Nottingham JCR 144,512 42 Kelso I 89,432 43 Market Rasen JCR 155,616 44 Carlisle JCR 140,246 45 Ludlow I 77,215 46 Exeter JCR 114,669 47 Brighton North 93,565 48 Redcar I 130,279 49 Folkestone Arena 86,602 50 Catterick Bridge I 92,638 51 Huntingdon JCR 70,288 52 Wolverhampton Arena 309,168 53 Uttoxeter North 89,559 54 Fontwell Park North 62,362 55 Plumpton I 48,629 56 Southwell Arena 171,104 57 Worcester Arena 46,436 58 Towcester I 42,917 59 Hexham I 37,108 60 Sedgefield North 33,436 Total 31,700,686

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% of Total

Levy Board (£)

55.3 1,698,142 52.8 993,232 47.5 2,527,535 45.5 1,476,282 42.6 207,330 42.1 906,450 40.2 772,860 38.2 1,461,236 37.2 1,676,354 37.1 608,742 35.3 427,060 34.3 410,420 33.6 954,814 33.0 3,220,213 33.0 436,200 32.6 1,644,068 32.5 449,960 31.9 1,648,510 31.0 651,920 28.7 331,165 28.5 2,011,952 27.5 434,843 27.1 151,740 26.7 518,532 26.0 389,932 26.0 639,710 25.9 477,590 25.9 397,260 25.9 418,286 25.8 562,870 25.6 608,397 25.0 587,280 25.0 528,585 22.8 2,001,978 22.2 430,520 21.9 451,082 21.0 573,908 20.8 263,132 20.8 2,671,045 20.5 795,490 19.8 421,870 18.2 361,258 17.9 628,600 17.4 576,131 17.0 340,760 16.8 485,462 15.7 442,420 15.3 416,670 14.4 459,621 14.1 483,170 12.5 421,142 12.1 1,904,475 10.7 617,730 9.5 530,248 9.5 426,068 9.5 1,473,425 8.3 410,373 8.0 438,526 7.8 390,210 7.2 386,710 32.2 49,031,494

% of Total

Owners (£)

% of Total

30.4 793,186 31.9 476,088 28.6 2,043,420 29.0 1,266,154 56.8 0 29.4 853,490 50.4 90,186 46.3 420,077 47.2 513,926 51.9 104,019 55.3 69,790 55.4 56,202 51.2 257,242 34.7 2,851,254 52.6 91,647 40.3 1,021,593 54.2 60,507 52.9 431,930 59.8 94,836 63.6 35,449 53.8 536,258 66.2 31,999 63.0 24,036 58.2 74,984 62.1 59,145 59.6 104,983 72.6 5,180 55.0 76,376 65.4 54,133 63.3 50,584 58.5 104,643 62.5 104,395 65.1 66,867 64.2 252,013 70.7 38,938 63.5 77,380 64.9 104,102 64.4 53,446 65.4 379,527 64.3 157,976 57.7 93,468 73.7 36,301 72.4 78,338 71.6 77,744 74.9 37,017 71.1 71,781 74.4 52,689 48.8 277,197 76.2 55,156 73.7 54,951 75.0 60,865 74.3 218,007 74.0 104,554 80.5 66,161 82.8 35,845 81.4 128,300 73.4 67,191 81.9 48,307 81.5 44,805 83.3 44,155 49.9 15,540,793

14.2 15.3 23.1 24.8 0 27.7 5.9 13.3 14.5 8.9 9.0 7.6 13.8 30.7 11.1 25.0 7.3 13.9 8.7 6.8 14.3 4.9 10.0 8.4 9.4 9.8 0.8 10.6 8.5 5.7 10.1 11.1 8.2 8.1 6.4 10.9 11.8 13.1 9.3 12.8 12.8 7.4 9.0 9.7 8.1 10.5 8.9 32.5 9.1 8.4 10.8 8.5 12.5 10.0 7.0 7.1 12.0 9.0 9.4 9.5 15.8

Total (£)

Total 2009-10 % total Up/ (£) 2009-10 down

5,581,082 5,924,499 3,111,279 3,298,592 8,832,092 9,524,913 5,097,315 4,791,143 364,862 372,375 3,080,648 2,952,770 1,532,548 1,497,417 3,155,546 3,620,093 3,551,270 3,752,527 1,171,905 1,278,200 772,625 840,731 740,440 830,359 1,865,635 1,999,220 9,291,107 10,650,410 828,731 892,205 4,083,920 4,247,135 829,991 849,650 3,117,788 3,594,142 1,089,976 642,032 520,929 523,611 3,742,486 3,996,322 656,818 712,675 241,000 219,400 890,624 997,499 627,930 738,886 1,073,333 1,193,304 657,891 674,715 722,240 734,195 639,435 753,160 889,305 1,008,791 1,040,276 1,234,019 939,102 1,179,073 811,557 951,086 3,120,139 4,262,258 608,937 619,089 710,850 842,966 884,279 1,012,306 408,475 474,662 4,084,343 4,949,621 1,237,384 1,561,292 730,850 828,934 490,291 665,206 868,554 993,371 804,621 785,165 454,992 624,488 682,412 803,052 594,274 647,877 853,046 854,000 603,379 629,660 655,959 789,336 561,295 812,165 2,561,850 3,287,073 834,843 1,047,323 658,771 895,640 514,542 549,316 1,810,429 2,572,428 559,000 705,566 535,750 559,766 478,623 487,500 464,301 434,300 98,323,873 109,169,510

49.8 50.1 42.2 42.6 17.2 40.4 32.1 34.1 31.3 26.2 8.2 27.0 26.0 28.1 23.7 24.5 20.7 28.2 17.2 9.7 26.3 13.1 14.4 21.7 19.4 19.8 3.2 19.7 17.2 20.1 18.6 16.6 21.3 13.4 12.8 16.2 9.8 4.3 11.3 20.4 12.9 12.3 10.4 18.4 16.1 10.5 7.2 10.3 7.7 10.1 8.3 1.4 10.2 8.7 3.7 1.2 0.8 1.9 -0.4 18.0 25.2

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In order of racecourses’ percentage contributions to overall prize-money Figures relate to prize-money for the 12-month period Mar 1, 2010 to Feb 28, 2011

EXPLANATION This table sets out the three main contributors to prizemoney with percentages of the total: 1 Racecourses’ executive and sponsorship; 2 Levy Board; 3 Owners.

A small additional contribution is also made by the Divided Race Fund and the BHA Development Fund. The order is taken from the percentage in the second column of figures. This shows how much each course has contributed to prize-money, expressed as a percentage of their overall prize-money. The arrows at the end of each line are based on a comparison between the percentages for the two rolling year periods.

If a racecourse has improved its position by this criteria it receives a green ‘up’ arrow.

If the year-on-year percentage has decreased it receives a red ‘down’ arrow.

Note: All of the figures are produced on an ‘as originally programmed’ basis, i.e. where any transferred fixtures were originally programmed rather than where the fixtures have actually taken place. However, any transferred BHA ‘National’ fixtures and ‘Regional’ fixtures are attributed to the courses where the fixtures have actually taken place.

ABANDONMENTS: Please note that, occasionally, abandoned meetings distort performances relating to a track’s jump fixtures. The yearon-year percentage comparison on which this table is based can place tracks in a worse light than they deserve.

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Holmwood Legend was the first on the scorecard for Britain, winning the Grade 3 Byrne Group Plate to cap a terrific season for his sire Midnight Legend who also sired the second placed Aimigayle. Holmwood Legend was recording a first Festival win for 70-year-old Somersetbased Pat Rodford in his final season as a trainer.

Holmwood Legend â&#x20AC;&#x201C; first Festival winner for his sire

WHAT A timely boost Irelandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sporting heroes have given the economically battered country; not only did Ireland beat England at the cricket they slammed them in the rugby and registered a record 13 winners at the Cheltenham Festival.

British-breds did have reason to cheer however with three Festival victories, courtesy of Holmwood Legend and Final Approach, and several fine performances in defeat.

Final Approach triumphed in the tightest finish of the week, taking the Grade 3 Vincent Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien County Hurdle. The fiveyear-old is by Cheveley Park Studâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pivotal who Junior added to his Royal Ascot win was also responsible for with Cheltenham glory the Coral Cup runnerup Bothy. That contest was captured by another son of a British stallion in Carlito Brigante who is by Haafhd.

Also making a splash was Junior. The son of the late Singspielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victory in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase was the second leg of a Royal Ascot/ Cheltenham Festival double, following his win in the Ascot Stakes last June.

BBMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Chairman Harry Herbert visited India in March to promote the British bloodstock industry.

At last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tattersalls December Sales, Indian buyers, making their first trips to Britain since the lifting of the importation ban on British bloodstock, spent around 1.4m guineas on nearly 60 lots, and India looks set to remain a key market for Britain.

While in India, Herbert met with key owners and breeders such as Cyrus and Zavaray Poonawalla, Khushroo Dhunjibhoy, and Ameeta Mehra.

in the spotlight MIDNIGHT LEGEND 4(% #HELTENHAM &ESTIVAL SAW A NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES AND AMONG THOSE WITH REASON TO CELEBRATE IS THE stallion Midnight Legend.

seen the quality of his books steadily rise as his progeny excel at the races.

Although among the cream of British-based National Hunt sires, Midnight Legendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CV was lacking a Festival success until Holmwood Legend powered home in the Group 3 Byrne Group Plate. And just for good measure the stallion was also responsible for the runner-up in the same race, Aimigayle, with another of his progeny, Call Me A Legend, finishing fifth.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The season before we bought him he covered about 16 mares,â&#x20AC;? Kathleen recalls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since then his book went up until he covered about 130 mares a couple of years ago. After that we determined that we would cover about 80 mares with him. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 20 now and so we want to control his book.

In addition, the Grade 2-winning mare Sparky May finished a valiant runner-up in the Grade 2 David Nicholson Maresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hurdle two days earlier, while in the Cheltenham Gold Cup the smart chaser Midnight Chase ran an excellent race to finish fifth.

Midnight Legend stands at David and Kathleen Holmesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Pitchall Farm Stud near Stratford-Upon-Avon where his fee this season is ÂŁ4,000.

Midnight Legend

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The quality of his mares has definitely gone up, and he is getting a lot of younger mares now as well. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known for upgrading his mares and he has the statistics to prove it.â&#x20AC;?

Midnight Legend was himself a very smart dual purpose performer, twice winning Listed contests on the Flat and two Grade 2 hurdles. Many of his progeny have followed in his footsteps as tough front-running types.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were over the moon that he had his first Festival winner,â&#x20AC;? Kathleen Holmes says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He had seven runners at the Festival and only two finished out of the prize money so we were absolutely delighted.â&#x20AC;?

Midnight Legend may be advancing in years, but he is showing no signs of slowing down. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 20 going on 5!â&#x20AC;? Kathleen says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tough old devil and is bouncing out of his skin at the moment, Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fantastic to work with, an absolute gentleman, and he passes that along to his stock.

Midnight Legend has been at Pitchall Farm, where he stands alongside Passing Glance, for a decade now and in that time the Holmeses have

â&#x20AC;&#x153;He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t owe us a penny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had stallions since 1973 but he really is the horse of a lifetime.â&#x20AC;?

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Mont de Pô Stables The historic Chantilly yard where Miesque, Arazi, Kingmambo and Doctor Dino were trained, is up for sale

PRICE: €1,750,000 With Richard Gibson’s imminent move to Hong Kong; the famous Mont de Pô Stables is coming to the market for the first time. With ever more British and Irish owners heading to France for better prize money, there will be plenty of interest in this historic Chantilly racing yard, from where the renowned Francois Boutin trained Miesque, Arazi and Kingmambo, and more recently Richard Gibson trained Doctor Dino, the most travelled thoroughbred of his generation winning over €3million.

The stables were designed and built by the pioneering vet, Dr Eduard Pouret in 1969. The 55-box yard is still ideal for the modern racehorse with direct access to Chantilly’s renowned gallops and training tracks on les Aigles. The stables surround a 17th century ‘pavillon de chasse’, now a guest house and staff accommodation.

The five-bedroom house was totally refurbished by Lucy Boutin with stone fireplaces and wooden panelling and it is the perfect place to entertain owners. The terrace is surrounded by magnificent magnolia trees, and at night the lights of the Eiffel Tower can just be made out. It is rare in Chantilly to find a superb racing yard with such a charming main house.

For this season, Mikel Delzangles, trainer of last year’s 2,000 Guineas winner Makfi, will be renting the yard, proving, for the buyer who is not a trainer, that a good return on investment is possible.

The price quoted for this lovely house and training yard is €1.75m.

George Windsor Clive of Windsor Clive International comments: “Le Mont de Pô is not only a supremely successful training yard which must be high on many trainer’s wish list, but also supremely elegant. We are quoting a price at which we aim to achieve a sale – Richard Gibson is definitely moving and doesn’t want to run a property from the other side of the world.

“It is likely the buyer will be a foreign trainer or investor – the amount of property you get for your money in Chantilly compared to English training centres is remarkable”. n For further information, please refer to page 28.

Widgham Park, with 324 acres, for sale GUIDE PRICE: £3,000,000 Widgham Park is offered with 324 acres, including 210 acres of paddocks and 114 acres of woodland, gallops and planning consent for a 22,500 sq ft house, set five miles south of Newmarket, and with a guide price of £3m.

Widgham Park has an excellent pedigree having once been part of Middle Park Stud which produced many winners.

The sale is being handled by Gemma Burtt at Bidwells who believes this is an almost unique chance to set up a training and stud operation with a bespoke principal house close to Newmarket. Widgham Park is one of those opportunities that comes along so rarely, a once in a

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lifetime chance to create a fantastic stud and training operation with a stunning principal house. The property is accessed by quiet country lanes which set the scene for the private and tranquil setting however the property is in an accessible location, close to Newmarket and the main road network.

Widgham Park could appeal to either a purchaser from the racing industry or a lifestyle buyer. The amenity appeal of the property is tremendous with abundant wildlife and plant life and the woodland has been carefully managed to provide a rich natural habitat.

Planning permission was sought by the current owner for a principal house to take advantage of the special

location and privacy afforded by the park. Planning permission was granted in 1991 and has no time limit as the Local Authority has recognised that development has commenced.

We are offering Widgham park for sale as a whole, or potentially in two lots. Lot 1 comprises the planning permission for the principal house along with 219 acres which encompasses all of the woodland and about 108 acres of grassland. The former gallops are included in this lot, as is the reservoir.

Lot 2 offers a block of grazing land divided into paddocks with walkways offering smaller nursery paddocks and large, well proportioned turn out paddocks.

Planning permission for a house was granted but has now lapsed – this lot is ideal for a smaller stud.

The grassland extends to 210 acres and circling the woodland are two gallops which, although now in need of some repair, offer a 10.5 furlong all weather gallop and a five furlong grass gallop, the latter with an underground irrigation system supplied by the five million gallon reservoir which is included in the sale. n For further information, please refer to page 8.

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Meridian Gardens Modern luxury apartments close to the Newmarket Gallops When you first think of Newmarket, the mind doesn’t immediately go to luxury modern property development. In fact it’s probably quite far down the list, if on it at all. Horse racing is number one obviously, followed by beautiful period homes maybe, and then the mind might wander further north and even start to think about Cambridge!

So the decision to build the modern, unique Meridian Gardens was met with something less than enthusiasm and a slight concern about how that was going to integrate into the picturesque countryside.

First impressions look promising as you arrive up the drive of the apartments; starting initially with the infamous Bury Road, followed by the heavy, imposing timber gates which flank said piece of modern architecture; although concerns were raised, it actually somehow manages to blend seamlessly into the surrounding countryside and period properties which sit alongside – no mean feat. Last but not least you can immediately sense the incredibly close proximity to the Newmarket Gallops – they are located literally just behind the apartment building.

Built by Highland, this new development is something to behold. Floor to ceiling windows overlooking the Newmarket gallops; the high specification fixtures and fittings, the natural light which seems to pour into the apartments from every possible angle, and the knowledge that the view out of your window will never ever be developed upon as it’s the top training ground in the country! It is not many developers that can promise that, and with over half already sold, it doesn’t look like it will be long before THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

investors and racing devotees snap up the rest.

Philip Gilbey, from Jackson-Stops & Staff who are marketing the properties, is particularly pleased with the impact that Newmarket and Meridian Gardens is having on the rental market: “The Newmarket rental market is predominantly strong with all rental properties to date securing a tenant within two weeks of going to market. These luxury apartments can be expected to generate an average rental income of between £1,250 and £1,600 per month.”

He added: “Many of the apartments are being purchased as either a home from home, or an investment purchase, and Highland have been exceptionally accommodating to these two very different buyer types. In fact their accommodating ethos is renown, and has recently been evident in the assistance of one purchaser, who needed his Meridian Garden apartment ready ahead of schedule to fit in within his Newmarket commitments. This was typical of Highland going the extra mile for their residents, and creating a bespoke product for each individual to suit their own taste.”

David Hughes, Managing Director of Highland, is triumphant about the success of this development, and after visiting the site, it’s easy to see why. “Meridian Gardens truly has to be seen to be believed. We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved within this development and I can honestly say that it’s our best location by far. We’re so proud in fact that we’re encouraging people to call me personally and add us to their agendas when visiting Newmarket before the apartments have all been purchased.” n For further information, please refer to page 57.

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MELLON STUD Set in 292 acres, including an 18th Century Georgian house, two guest cottages, three staff cottages, offices, 75 boxes, schooling facilities and paddocks

PRICE: €7,500,000

Windsor Clive International, specialists in property connected with bloodstock and racing, and William Montgomery have been instructed to sell the 292-acre Mellon Stud. The County Limerick Stud sits on the shores of the river Shannon and has unrivalled views across the Estuary.

Mellon Stud has first-class facilities; an 18th Century Georgian house, recently modernised to the highest standards,

two guest cottages, three staff cottages, offices, 75 boxes in five yards, indoor and outdoor schools, horse walker and numerous paddocks. Mellon also has its own island within the estuary.

Mellon Stud is being offered for sale by Frank & Kate Jarvey who are moving to their farm in Oxfordshire. They have lovingly restored Mellon and it must now rank as one of Ireland’s most attractive properties. Kate Jarvey has been master of the Duhallow Foxhounds for a some seasons with huge enthusiasm.

The price guide being given is €7.5m.

George Windsor Clive of Windsor Clive International says: “It is a truly unique property, I can think of no other place with such high grade equestrian facilities in such glorious surrounds Mellon lends itself to both the serious stud farmer and those seeking an estate in a wonderful position.

The market for high value Irish property has of course suffered in the last three years, however we have taken this into account in the price guide. For those brave enough to be counter cyclical, this should be the time to buy in Ireland.” n For further information, please refer to page 6.

The Courtyard at Balaton Lodge Spacious gated property covering 13,000 sq. ft When, in 2000, upmarket London developers Mike and Judy Spenser-Morris decided to move from their home in Richmond, Surrey to Suffolk, they settled on Newmarket because of the town’s unique atmosphere, and its convenience to London and Cambridge.

Their company acquired what was once one of the town’s historic racing establishments – Balaton Lodge, formerly Zetland Lodge, in Snailwell Road, and proceeded to gain planning consent for what would be regarded as one of East Anglia’s finest developments – 12 substantial new houses known as Balaton Place.

The central feature of the historic site was the original stable block constructed by the Earl of Zetland in the 1850’s. Consent was granted for its conversion into seven three-bedroom houses, but Mike and Judy decided to instead turn it into a dream home – a house with a wonderful range of facilities, spacious, perfectly proportioned rooms with lofty ceilings, a lovely

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Italianate courtyard garden with a sun terrace, a dining terrace and a covered arched portico.

Once through the tall, gated entrance of The Courtyard at Balaton Place, one enjoys total privacy in an atmosphere imbued with peace and serenity. But because the property is surrounded by Balaton Place, it provides great security – allowing its owners the opportunity to live in low maintenance property that can be locked up and left at the drop of a hat.

Despite its size – at almost 13,000 sq ft – the house has been designed to maintain an atmosphere that is regularly

described by guests as ‘really cosy’.

Whether Mike and Judy have been living in the house alone, or having one of their regular house parties with friends and family, they have found living in The Courtyard to be wonderfully pleasurable.

There is always something to do, whether a vigorous early morning swim in the pool against the ‘jetstream’ current, a relaxing soak in the steam room or spa, watching the latest film in the 12-seat cinema with its 112” screen, enjoying a game of American pool, or simply having a meal with friends around the handpainted dining table that seats 20.

Guests regularly have such a good time, they simply don’t want to leave.

Mike and Judy are now moving to a new house they have built for themselves 30 minutes closer to Bury St Edmunds, and five minutes away from Judy’s 95year-old mother who prompted their original move to Suffolk. n For further information, please refer to page 36.

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THE NEXT GENERATION

By GINA BRYCE

Be there...

APRIL 7–9 Grand National meeting, Aintree A feast for the eyes both on and off the course! A chance to see the bold and brave of jump racing alongside the even bolder and braver outfits of Liverpool’s finest.

APRIL 21 PJA Stobart Lesters, Hilton Metropole, Birmingham A celebration of the finest displays of horsemanship from the year gone by and, if you hang around after dinner, the finest displays of dance floor prowess and bar domination you’ll ever see.

APRIL 30 Pre-Guineas picnic, Newmarket Join the NGC’s pre-racing picnic on 2,000 Guineas Day at the Rowley Mile. For full details and news on all forthcoming events register for free at www.the-ngc.co.uk.

MAY 4–6 May festival, Chester A key date in the local WAGs social calendar and who can blame them? Three days of top-class racing at one of the UK’s most picturesque courses and all just a stone’s throw from the buzzing city centre.

MAY 11–13 Dante meeting, York A chance to see a possible Derby winner will keep the purists happy, while the famed festival atmosphere on the Knavesmire will make sure you want to return to York time and time again.

Trainers all of a-Twitter

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aul Nicholls is on it, Ed Dunlop dabbles and Richard Fahey is a fullyfledged user. No, it’s not a new pill designed to help you train winners but a social networking service guaranteed to make you want to write home about it when you do. Twitter has undoubtedly taken the world by storm and it has hit racing with the force of a category five hurricane.

Trainers and jockeys have long been criticised for operating in what is perceived to be a secret underworld. Persistent media training has laboriously tried to eek out the appropriate political spiel from everyone, but log on to Twitter and you can link to watch Richard Fahey’s two-year-olds on the gallops, know which of Tom Dascombe’s runners he fancies that day or even be privy to what Michael Bell ate for dinner.

The advantages of such a service are plain to see. Not only can you benefit from great local pub recommendations but you no longer need to wait for your morning paper or log on to various different websites to find

Do you think UK sales companies should host a yearling sale in central London?

Eamonn Cullen

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out that an injury has been sustained on the gallops or a Festival contender has been withdrawn. It all comes direct to your Twitter account straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak.

Talking Point...

David Redvers “As a boutique sale with a select catalogue of, say, a maximum of 150 yearlings, with values ranging from £50200k, I can see the concept working in much the same way that Brightwells has got the boutique Cheltenham sales off the ground.

A pre-Champions’ Day dinner and sale in London might work well. Quality mixed with glamour, sponsorship and a party atmosphere are the keys to success.

“Taking the horses to the punters, involving RFC and BBM, and, most importantly, having an enthusiastic forwardthinking firm of auctioneers that is prepared to use the event to showcase their company and the British bloodstock industry is critical to success. Overall, we (the vendors and buyers) would all be in favour of anything that stimulated trade and this is certainly a fresh and exciting concept.”

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“I think the concept is a good one but, once you get to the reality, the figures might not add up. The sale that recently took place in the centre of Cape Town was down to the fact that the majority of horses came from that region and it is an easier destination for international buyers at that time of year.

“If you had to find a venue in London, your costs would be huge before you even sell a horse. I am also not convinced that by bringing the horses to the city you would encourage any new buyers. Interest in the sport itself needs to be cultivated before people will even consider investing in bloodstock. I would much rather see a select sale held after a big day of racing at Ascot or Newbury, for example.

“It would be easier to market the sale to new people alongside a day of top quality

racing and you could hopefully encourage people who already enjoy a day at the races to take the next step. Educating people about what goes on at the sales is so important if we want people to invest and I think creating an event at the racecourse would be a good pressure-free environment for people to dip their toe in and learn a bit more.”

Richard Hannon Jnr Assistant trainer to Richard Hannon

“I think it is definitely a good idea and something I would be in favour of trying.

Obviously the organisation wouldn’t come without its problems but there would be plenty of benefits, particularly for the owners, who are the most important people in the industry at the end of the day.

“London is central for everyone and anything that can encourage more owners or buyers to make it to the sales ground is a THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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www.the-ngc.co.uk It’s an analogy that couldn’t be more apt for one prolific tweeter. The Rebecca Curtistrained Teaforthree has become particularly vocal in recent months, regularly discussing how he feels his morning workout went or how he rates his latest racecourse performance. The horse is owned by Sky Sports’ cult football show Soccer AM and is yet another example of how Twitter can help expose racing to the mainstream and make information previously accessed only by diehard fans readily available to all.

In addition to being the fastest news service around, social networks such as Twitter and Facebook are the sources of choice for the younger generation racing so desperately wishes to attract. Free racing initiatives and widespread marketing has certainly helped to populate our racecourses with a younger crowd, but growing and sustaining that interest beyond a day at the races is an altogether trickier task.

The younger generations are used to having access to information on what Rhianna ate for breakfast that day or whether Rio Ferdinand decided to opt for the Ferrari or the DB9 this time. Opening up our own industry by making the very people that

good idea. People always seem to go that extra £5k or £10k when they are there in person rather than on the phone!

“An evening event combined with plenty of champagne works well, in a similar way to the de la Warr Racing annual yearling parade at the Knightsbridge Barracks.”

Tom Goff Blandford Bloodstock

“As successful as the inaugural Cape Premier Yearling Sale was, I don’t see the point of holding a sale in London based on the same concept of bringing the horse to the buyer. There would be no point when Newmarket is only 50 miles away with the best sales facilities in the world.

“The costs would be astronomical and, particularly in the current climate, I don’t think you can ask the already overburdened vendors and sale companies who cover the costs of bonus schemes and everything else to contribute any further.

“Innovative though the idea is, I believe Tattersalls and DBS already do a fantastic job on behalf of their clients, so I do not see what added value the change of location would bring. I think perfecting our current sales to make them as user-friendly as possible is the priority, rather than adding more.”

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drive it more accessible is another way in which racing can make sure people with an interest in the sport are catered for.

Owning a racehorse is unfortunately not accessible to all, but involving people in the experience is invaluable. The newly-formed syndicate Decadent Racing is one such operation using Facebook to keep its young members informed. Set up by Sam Sangster, the syndicate is supported by London nightspot Boujis and bookmaker Star Sports.

While the association with luxury and exclusivity is obvious, the level at which the syndicate operates is accessible to all, as is the progress of the club on its regularly updated Facebook page. They began with a bang when

their first runner, Morermaloke, a 5,500gns purchase won a maiden at Kempton in January and, if recent posts about new acquisitions are anything to go by, the success of the syndicate and its Facebook following can only increase.

Other recent Twitter-led innovations within racing include the opportunity to tweet questions for Alex Quinn and Mick Fitzgerald while they were on air for At The Races and to suggest names for a debutant racehorse. Who knows, maybe one day we will even hear the faint and distant tweeting of Sir Michael Stoute as he muses over where to run his latest Derby contender. Stranger things have happened!

Q&A ED CHAMBERLIN, BHB graduate and odds compiler turned Sky Sports presenter How did you first become involved in racing?

I was lucky enough to get on the 1996 BHB Graduate Training Scheme, from which I was sent to Ladbrokes on work experience and ended up as a horseracing odds compiler there for three years.

What do you think are the main hooks that attract people to the sport?

Going racing is a wonderful day out and it’s also a great spectacle on television. Getting people to go racing is the key hook as the majority will always want to go again.

How does the coverage of racing in the media differ from other sports and what can we learn from those sports?

With a dedicated newspaper and two satellite channels, racing is unique. Racing can learn from other sports the power and importance of being united and pulling together.

Do you think racing is marketed too much as a betting medium and not enough as a sport?

No, I don’t think so. Betting is obviously a huge part of the sport but there is so much more to racing, which is now being marketed well by Racing For Change. Recently there

has been more focus on racing’s stories and personalities. Plenty of people at Sky Sports were discussing the Cheltenham Festival, while Tony McCoy winning Sports Personality of the Year has given the sport a real boost.

Do you think we need to modify or simplify the product itself or just position racing differently in the marketplace?

This is an area that has improved but still non-racing people at Sky find a lot of racing’s terminology confusing. For example, why can’t a Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race simply be called a ‘Bumper’ in the racecard, with the detail in the small print below?

In what ways do you think racing could be marketed to appeal to a wider audience?

I’d like the marketing to focus on getting more families to go racing. This can be done with more activities for the kids at the track, cheaper admission to the course and better quality racing on Sundays. Working in football means I like to take my children racing on a Sunday but at the moment all the best racing is on Saturdays and I think a few more decent fixtures could be switched to Sundays, just as they do in Ireland.

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TBA FORUM The special section for TBA members

Buckner’s a Darley stalwart Phil Buckner, the March winner of the TBA’s Stud Staff Award, must rank as one of the longest-serving employees in the industry, with 52 years under his belt, 39 of them with his current employer Darley Stud Management.

From working at a riding stables in Camberley, Surrey, he completed his National Service in the Veterinary Corps, after which he joined the Pytchley Hunt. He then spent 13 years at the Jockey Club in Newmarket looking after horses and hacks, before moving to Dalham Hall Stud, where he initially worked under Major Phillips as a stud hand and then as second man.

Over the years Phil has worked with many wonderful horses, including Great Nephew, Oh So Fair, Machiavellian, Old Vic, Polish Precedent, Soviet Star and Shareef Dancer to name but a few. In the words of Stud Director Liam O’Rourke, Phil has been “a beacon of good experience to all young stud staff embarking on a career in the industry. His exacting and incredibly high standards of horsemanship, management and stockmanship gained over a lifetime have been shared with all those staff lucky to have worked with Phil”.

Phil was nominated for the award for his dedication to the industry, loyalty, consistent hard work and cheerful demeanor, all of which make him a most deserving winner of this month’s Award.

Phil Buckner has been a long-standing and valued member of staff at Dalham Hall Stud

Paxton takes honours at Godolphin Awards

Graham Paxton given prestigious award

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Thanks to the generosity of Godolphin, the Stud and Stable Staff Awards are now a firm fixture in the industry calendar, and rightly so as they celebrate the staff who are the backbone of the industry.

For that reason, the awards lunch is always an enjoyable event, and this year was no exception. An added bonus was the presence of Godolphin’s number one jockey, Frankie Dettori, who paid tribute to those who put in so much behind the scenes.

This year’s stud staff category was once again hotly contested and for the judges it must have been a near impossible task to

select one out of the three deserving nominees. Graham Paxton, employed by Darley Stud Management at Rutland Stud, was the ultimate choice, with Douglas Ventress (Plantation Stud) and Sandra Morton (Folly Farm Stud) as runners-up.

Our congratulations go to all three, and to the other nominees who did not make the short-list this time. Their contribution to the industry is gratefully acknowledged as crucial to ensuring that stud farms in the UK continue to operate to the highest standards of welfare while producing the racehorses of the future.

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Next Generation Club The Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association’s Next Generation Committee, comprising young people who are employed in the industry, has recently launched The Next Generation Club (NGC).

The aim is to attract anyone in the under35 age group with an interest in racing and breeding who would like to become more involved and educated, whilst also mixing with like-minded young people.

Anyone interested can register for free at www.the-ngc.co.uk, which will allow all registered users to apply for the exciting schedule of free events at race meetings, trainers’ yards, bloodstock sales and stud farms around the country. The website also details the club’s aims and objectives, provides news and reports on organised

events, offers careers guidance and links to other industry initiatives directed towards young people.

For more information, please visit www.the-ngc.co.uk or call NGC Chairman Jane Hedley on 07808 572808.

Note to employers Employers are reminded that from April 11, the rate of statutory maternity, pay will rise from £124.88 to £128.73 per week. This is payable after the first six weeks of leave, during which time 90% of an employee’s average weekly earnings should be paid.

Statutory sick pay will also rise from April 11, from £79.15 to £81.60 per week.

Further information on managing maternity leave can be found in the employers’ area of the TBA website at www.thetba.co.uk

Diary dates and reminders FRIDAY, APRIL 1

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13

TBA Board Elections For two seats – first stage nomination papers must have been returned to Stanstead House by 9.30am.

East Anglia Regional Day Sir Mark Prescott’s Heath House Stables and Kirsten Rausing’s Lanwades Stud, Newmarket.

Open Regional Day Weatherbys, Northamptonshire.

Weatherbys will be holding a number of open days at their offices in Wellingborough during 2011 for various organisations within the industry.

They have kindly agreed to offer one of these dates exclusively to members of the TBA, on Wednesday, July 13.

However, there will also be open days on Tuesday, April 12 and Tuesday, October 18 which members may put themselves forward for, if these are more convenient dates.

Please contact Weatherbys directly if you wish to attend on either April 12 or October 18.

THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Central Regional Day The King’s Troop for HM The Queen’s Birthday Royal Salute.

THURSDAY, APRIL 28 South West Regional Day Richard Barber’s Manor Farm, Dorset.

MONDAY, MAY 23 East Midlands Regional Day A visit to the Defence Animal Centre and the Army School of Equitation, Melton Mowbray.

TUESDAY, MAY 24 West Midlands Regional Day Donald McCain’s Bankhouse Stables, Cheshire, and Richard Kent’s Mickley Stud in Shropshire.

TUESDAY, JUNE 21 Wales Regional Day A visit to John Deer’s Oakgrove Stud, Monmouthshire.

MONDAY, JUNE 27 TBA Awards Dinner Tattersalls, Newmarket, kindly sponsored this year by Cheveley Park Stud. Invitations to purchase tickets will be sent to members at the beginning of May; mark your diaries for this popular event.

TUESDAY, JUNE 28 TBA AGM Tattersalls, Newmarket.

The results of the Board elections will be announced at the Annual General Meeting, which will precede the Annual Seminar.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 South East Regional Day Andrew Balding’s Kingsclere Stables, Berkshire, and Jeff Smith’s Littleton Stud, Hampshire.

TUESDAY, JUNE 28 TBA Annual Seminar Tattersalls, Newmarket, immediately following the AGM.

TUESDAY, MAY 31 The West Regional Day A visit to Dominic Burke’s Whitley Stud, Tetbury, followed by a champagne evening reception at Highgrove House and gardens, Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

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MONDAY, JULY 4

THURSDAY, JULY 14 Scotland Regional Day The Duke of Roxburghe’s Floors Stud, Kelso, followed by lunch and a tour of Floors Castle and gardens.

TBA NEW MEMBERS E Anderson Esq, Surrey N Bizakov Esq, East Sussex P Fretwell Esq, Nottinghamshire Ms J Gollings, Lincolnshire Mrs V Keen, Buckinghamshire G Lloyd Esq, Worcestershire Walters Plant Hire Ltd, Mid Glamorgan R Matthews Esq, Wiltshire

Yorkshire Regional Day Mark Johnston’s Kingsley House Stables in Middleham, North Yorkshire.

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TBA FORUM

Breeders’ Prizes National Hunt HBLB Breeders’ Prizes worth £400 or more Breeder

Horse

Sire

Dam

Date

Course

Cobhall Court Stud

6,000

Wishfull Thinking

Alflora

Poussetiere Deux

29/1/11

Cheltenham

M G Kilroe

6,000

Wayward Prince

Alflora

Bellino Spirit

05/2/11

Wetherby

G Brown

6,000

Silver By Nature

Silver Patriarch

Gale

19/2/11

Haydock Park

Goldford Stud

Prize (£)

Based on date money was paid

*4,000

Riverside Theatre

King’s Theatre

Disallowed

19/2/11

Ascot

J K M Oliver

2,500

Rambling Minster

Minster Son

Howcleuch

23/2/11

Doncaster

A M Tombs

*1,000

Blazing Bailey

Mister Baileys

Wannaplantatree

05/2/11

Ffos Las

Sandicroft Stud

*1,000

Bakbenscher

Bob Back

Jessolle

13/2/11

Exeter

Wyse Hill Teabags

Theatrical Charmer

Mrs Tea

06/2/11

Musselburgh

Mr & Mrs S Smales

1,000

R W Russell

*800

Fruity O’Rooney

Kahyasi

Recipe

27/2/11

Fontwell Park

Darley

*700

Hunterview

Reset

Mount Elbrus

06/2/11

Musselburgh

R H Goldie

*600

Alexander Oats

Insan

Easter Oats

12/2/11

Ayr

Howard Barton Stud

*600

Dinarius

Bertolini

Ambassadress

13/2/11

Exeter

B Root

*500

Squadron

Sakhee

Machaera

10/2/11

Huntingdon

N J Henderson & Mrs S A Aston

*400

Whoops A Daisy

Definite Article

Bayariyka

27/2/11

Towcester

*Indicates second tier (40% of Breeder’s Prize) See the table of breeders' prizes effective as from January 1 on the TBA website, www.thetba.co.uk

TBA/RCA Breeders’ Badge Scheme 2011 – 2012 Membership to the Breeders’ Badge Scheme (BBS) entitles complimentary access to the Racecourse for the TBA member plus one guest at over 1,325 participating fixtures throughout the year.

However, if you do not update the breeding details held on your TBA/RCA Horseracing Privilege card, it will automatically de-activate on April 30.

All members of the BBS now need to have the official Horseracing Privilege photocard,

otherwise access will be denied at the racecourse. The old style maroon cards and TBA membership cards are not accepted.

TBA members were sent a form in the send-out from Stanstead House at the end of February; the form should by now have been returned to Weatherbys. If you do not have a photocard, please send a passport-sized photo with your renewal application. If you have misplaced the form, or have any questions, please contact Stanstead House.

Formation of TBA Tax Group The TBA Bloodstock Taxation Group has been formed to ensure that tax issues affecting breeders receive proper attention. The group’s members are a mixture of tax professionals and business people with wide practical experience of the day-to-day issues that affect the industry.

Although the group cannot deal with members’ specific problems it can identify issues that could have a wider impact and members are therefore encouraged to raise issues and problems that they feel might also be of interest to the group and to fellow members.

One of the first tasks taken on by the group has been to assume responsibility for updating the Bloodstock Taxation Guide. In addition to updating the content we are undertaking a wider review of the guide to ensure that it serves its intended purpose and is of practical use to

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the industry. Hopefully a revised version will be available towards the middle of the year.

Other matters that have been looked at include issues arising following the change in the VAT rules regarding the place where certain services are taxed. Unfortunately there are still some differences in treatment between the UK and Ireland and that is causing problems for members, particularly with regard to recovering VAT that might have been incorrectly charged in Ireland. The new refund procedures are also causing difficulties and that is something else we are trying to resolve.

We also continue to monitor the various actions being taken by the European Commission with regard to the VAT treatment of horses and will be in a position to take action as and when we feel it is appropriate.

DUE RENEWAL NOW

Election fever

Two seats will become available this year on the TBA Board, owing to the end of terms of office for Lady Emma Balding, Nigel Elwes, Hugo Lascelles and Rhydian Morgan-Jones.

A nomination form has already been sent to every TBA member. Those names appearing on six or more nomination forms will go forward to the ballot for the two seats on the board. Nomination Forms need to be returned to Stanstead House, no later than 9.30am on Friday, April 1, to count.

The representatives on the TBA Board are your voice and it is, therefore, important that you participate in these elections if you want your voice to be heard. We strongly urge all members to exercise their right to vote.

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NH BREEDER OF THE MONTH

www.thetba.co.uk Sponsored by Blue Chip Feed Ltd

Words Alan Yuill Walker

FEBRUARY 2011

GEORGE SELWYN

Goldford Stud

Riverside Theatre soars to victory in the Grade 1 Ascot Chase

King George VI Chase runner-up Riverside Theatre gained compensation with a commanding victory in the ÂŁ150,000 Ascot Chase in February, a Grade 1 success that earned Goldford Stud, the monthly breeder award.

Their prize is six sacks of Blue Chip Dynamic, which was originally developed as a joint and bone supplement but is proven to improve stallion fertility.

Goldford is owned and managed by Richard and Sally Aston, and is situated outside Malpas in Cheshire, next door to both Donald McCain and Tom Dascombe. It is one of the foremost National Hunt nurseries in the country and in 2002 staged the TBAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inaugural NH sales preparation seminar.

Since then the Astons have become increasingly involved with breeding for the Flat and last autumn they consigned two yearlings at the Newmarket October Sale (Book 1), a filly by Galileo (who fetched 290,000gns) and a Dansili colt (200,000gns). â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have two particularly enthusiastic Flat clients in Martin Lightbody of Netherfield House Stud in Lanarkshire and Alan Belshaw, who trades as Times of Wigan,â&#x20AC;? said Richard Aston. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Sally and I both have a point-to-pointing background and it would be fair to say that jumping is our first love.â&#x20AC;?

They certainly still maintain their reputation as leading vendors of store horses and their amazing record at Doncaster included the top-priced lot at last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spring store sales with an Old Vic gelding at ÂŁ100,000.

There are similarities between his sale and the sale of Riverside Theatre (Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Disallowed) as both were three-year-old grandsons of Sadlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wells and both were bought by Highflyer Bloodstock en route to Nicky Hendersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stable.

It was David Minton, then with the BBA, who acquired the maiden winner Disallowed for 16,500gns for one of his Million In Mind partnerships. First with Henrietta Knight and then with David Nicholson, she was to score four times over hurdles before the Astons procured her for 16,000gns at the 2001 Newmarket December Sales.

Aston recalls picking her out of the catalogue, saying: â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the time one could very often buy a nice Flat-bred mare with dual purpose possibilities.

At the time Disallowed was carrying to Xaar and we sold the resulting filly at the St Leger Yearling Sales for 24,000gns.â&#x20AC;?

Riverside Theatre was actually consigned to the 2007 Doncaster Spring THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

Sales, where he realised 44,000gns, on behalf of Jeremy and Kate Mactaggart from the borders, as Aston explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We originally sent him to Doncaster as a foal and he failed to make his reserve,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I rather bullied Jeremy, a director of DBS, into buying him. He gave me ÂŁ17,000, so it worked out well for him.â&#x20AC;?

This is the fifth season that Disallowed, now 18, has been covered by Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre, a horse for whom Aston has always had the highest regard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was very talented with a wonderful pedigree and the right make and shape,â&#x20AC;? said Aston. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I cannot speak too highly of the way Ballylinch Stud is run.â&#x20AC;?

Currently the leading sire of jumpers, Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre may have an IRE suffix and been based for most of his stud career in Ireland, but he was bred by an Englishman, Michael Poland, from a mare he bought cheaply at the dispersal of Jim Joelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s breeding stock.

Riverside Theatre was not the only good British-bred winner for his sire in February as Dare To Doubt, a seven-year-old mare bred by Judy Maitland-Jones (breeder of Grand National runner-up The Tsarevich) landed a Grade 2 novice hurdle at Naas.

The Astons have retained Riverside Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four-year-old half-sister, Rock Me Gently (by Sulamani), who is also in training with Henderson.

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VET FORUM: THE EXPERT VIEW

By JAMES TATE BVMS MRCVS

In focus: Rhodococcus and Lawsonia infections in foals A thorough look at two debilitating infections which can affect young foals and require rapid treatment in order to save lives and ensure a future with unhindered performance

Rhodococcus equi Rhodococcus equi is a bacterium that is found in the soil. It usually affects foals between one to six months of age and is particularly common on the breeding farms of Japan and the dry regions of the USA. It is less frequently seen in Britain but certain breeding farms do have significant problems with Rhodococcus infections, particularly in Ireland. Despite the fact that veterinary surgeons have been dealing with the disease for many years, we are still trying to learn more about it – for example, some have suggested that Equine Herpesvirus could trigger the infection and others believe that there may be a genetic predisposition.

Foals are much more likely to be affected

by Rhodococcus if they do not obtain enough antibodies as a result of receiving insufficient colostrum. Therefore, if there are any concerns with regard to the antibody levels of the foal then an immunoglobulin G (IgG) test should be performed. As experienced thoroughbred owners and breeders will know, any problems in foals must be treated quickly and aggressively due to their naive immune system.

How do foals become infected?

The most common way in which foals become infected is by inhaling Rhodococcus from the environment directly into the lungs.

The infection progresses slowly until large

abscesses begin to form and as a result, the disease is often not apparent until the foal starts to show the signs of pneumonia – fever, coughing, nasal discharge and lethargy.

Affected foals further contaminate the environment by coughing up bacteria into the throat, swallowing them and then passing large numbers of bacteria in their droppings.

The infection can also be spread further by the ingestion of contaminated soil and subsequent passing of the bacteria in droppings by non-affected foals and mares (who rarely become infected because they have built up sufficient immunity to the bacterium with age). Therefore, it is easy to see how a stud farm can quickly develop a significant Rhodococcus problem.

A foal with a Rhodococcus infection may have a ‘snotty’ nasal discharge. On the right is an ultrasound scan confirming an abscess (circled in red) in the foal’s chest

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This foal had to be euthanised due to a severe Rhodococcus infection that resulted in multiple abscesses in its abdomen. The ultrasound scan on the right revealed a huge abdominal abscess full of pus, which shows up on ultrasound as black fluid containing cloudy debris

thought to be little apparent effect on performance. However, it should be pointed out that whilst these two antibiotics are extremely effective, erythromycin has a tendency to cause diarrhoea and over-heating in foals, especially in hot weather. As a result, there is further research being carried out to develop more treatments and promising results have been achieved using azithromycin (which is from the same class of antibiotic as erythromycin but has fewer side-effects) and a newly-discovered drug called gallium maltolate.

Prevention Signs This disease is sometimes referred to as ‘rattles’ because the bronchitis and lung abscesses can cause the foal’s chest to ‘rattle’ during breathing. Typically, affected foals are dull with a reduced appetite, a high temperature and difficulty breathing.

However, despite the fact that the bacteria primarily target the respiratory tract, not all affected foals show obvious respiratory signs, such as coughing or a nasal discharge. Some cases can be very slow to develop, with perhaps the only sign being a failure to put on weight, and in complex cases the infection can spread to other parts of the body such as the spine, abdomen, intestines or joints.

One of the problems with this disease is that many foals do not start to show signs of the infection until it has progressed to a severe state and then in acute cases it can be a race against time to save the foal’s life. Fortunately, in recent years there has been a tendency to see less severe cases of Rhodococcus infections and hence it has been suggested that some strains of the bacterium may be more severe than others. Obviously, close monitoring of ‘at risk’ foals by experienced members of staff to ensure that those affected THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

are singled out for treatment as soon as possible can make a huge difference.

Diagnosis Often a Rhodococcus infection is obvious from the clinical signs, particularly at stud farms which have a problem with the disease.

Listening to the foal’s lungs, along with ultrasound scanning and x-raying its chest, are also helpful both in diagnosing the infection as well as monitoring the response to treatment.

Blood tests for Rhodococcus do exist but they test only for exposure to the disease rather than active infection and hence confirmation usually relies on the culture/isolation of the bacteria from a sample of infected mucus in the foal’s windpipe.

Treatment For many years, Rhodococcus infections carried a very poor prognosis due to the lack of a good treatment protocol. Fortunately, two types of antibiotics, erythromycin and rifampicin, have been identified as being good at curing this infection. Foals may require good nursing and oral antibiotic treatment for up to three months to avoid relapses but, perhaps surprisingly, for those that survive there is now

Prevention of Rhodococcus on problem stud farms is difficult and there is currently no vaccine available despite extensive work to try to produce one (for example, analysis of the R. equi genome). As foals are most likely to be infected with the bacteria in the first two weeks of life then most of the effort to reduce the risk of infection is directed in this period.

Good management and biosecurity is essential – foaling box hygiene levels should be high, every effort should be made to ensure that all foals receive sufficient amounts of good quality colostrum and if there is any doubt then an IgG test should be performed.

Overcrowding should be avoided, new arrivals isolated, dusty turnout conditions should be minimised and the amount of droppings on the pasture should be kept to a minimum.

There is an expensive product available that is proven to both reduce the risk and severity of Rhodococcus infection – hyperimmune plasma. This is harvested from mares that have received many vaccinations and hence it is very high in antibodies to many infections including Rhodococcus. It is given intravenously in the first few days of life and then another transfusion can be given at three to four weeks of age if necessary. Whilst this is expensive and all

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transfusions must be carried out with care in case of any adverse reaction, some studs that have been badly affected with Rhodococcus infections do give plasma to all newborn foals as a precaution.

Conclusion In summary, Rhodococcus is a debilitating bacterial disease of foals that is particularly common in dry, dusty climates. Fortunately, our knowledge of the disease has improved dramatically over the last few years and now that we have an effective treatment protocol the prognosis for a full recovery is good if antibiotics are initiated early. High standards of management and biosecurity are essential in the prevention of this disease and hyperimmune plasma can also be useful on problem stud farms.

Lawsonia – on the rise?

Lawsonia intracellularis is a bacterium that causes an infectious intestinal disease called proliferative enteropathy, which is best known in the pig industry, where it is very important because it significantly reduces growth and feed conversion rates. However, this bacterium can also cause equine infections, which are most frequently seen in foals between three and nine months of age.

Lawsonia was first diagnosed in the horse in the 1980s and, whilst it is still far from common, the number of intestinal infections in foals being diagnosed as Lawsonia is on the rise in Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia.

There is still debate as to whether the significant rise in numbers of diagnosed Lawsonia infections truly represents a large increase in cases or whether it is simply due to our increased awareness of the disease.

Whatever the reason, Lawsonia certainly warrants serious consideration and at present there is still a lot to learn about the disease, for example how exactly it is spread (probably via pastures contaminated with infected droppings) and why some foals are more severely affected than others. Extensive research is under way, particularly in the United States, to find out more about this disease and to provide answers to these questions.

Signs Lawsonia intracellularis lives in the ‘crypt’ cells of the gut, where it causes thickened, oedematous intestines leading to reduced absorption of nutrients and the loss of protein. The result is that affected foals lose weight and become depressed and lethargic with a pot-bellied appearance and a poor

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Foals suffering from Lawsonia often lose weight and become depressed and lethargic, with a pot-bellied appearance and a poor coat

coat. Their most striking clinical abnormality is usually increased fluid accumulation under the skin due to protein loss and this is often seen under the jaw, in all four legs, between the front legs and in the sheath of males.

Affected foals can also suffer from colic, diarrhoea and fever, however, perhaps surprisingly for an intestinal disease, this is not always the case.

Diagnosis Owing to the increasing awareness of Lawsonia, the veterinary surgeon may suspect the infection when presented with the clinical signs described above, particularly if an abdominal ultrasound examination reveals thickened intestinal walls. If the foal dies then confirmation of Lawsonia at post-mortem is quite straightforward by finding the bacteria in the thickened intestinal walls using a microscope and specialised staining techniques. However, confirming a Lawsonia infection in a live foal is quite difficult.

Blood tests tend to be unreliable and the DNA analysis of faecal samples can often give false negatives, hence the diagnosis is often made only after other common infections have been ruled out. Unsurprisingly, work is under way to devise a more accurate test for this bacterium in the live foal.

Treatment and Prognosis Fortunately, Lawsonia intracellularis is readily killed by a number of antibiotics, for example, the combination of erythromycin and rifampicin that is used in the treatment of Rhodococcus infections, or doxycycline, which is the most commonly used antibiotic for the disease in pigs. Therefore, as long as the infection is diagnosed in the early stages then typically the outcome is good, although courses of antibiotics often have to be extended for up to one month to prevent relapses and foals require good nursing, as well as specialised fluids or hyperimmune plasma to combat the protein loss.

However, whilst the infection is not fatal in most cases, some have questioned whether suffering from the disease as a foal inhibits growth and development, and thus has a negative effect on the horse’s future athletic career. Research in the United States seems to confirm that suffering from the disease as a foal may inhibit growth as recovered foals do not achieve comparable sales prices to others at the yearling sales.

However, this research also found that the same foals go on to be able to perform just as well as their peers on the racecourse. At present there is no vaccination against Lawsonia, but work is under way.

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CAULFIELD FILES ANDREW CAULFIELD REPORTS ON THE BLOODSTOCK WORLD

Stars but no Caviar at Royal Ascot Star Witness follows his sire to the UK as Australian raiders bid for more sprinting glory

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n the 2010 World Thoroughbred Rankings the distinction of being the top-rated older sprinter didn’t go to Equiano, Regal Parade or any of Europe’s other leading sprinters. They were considered at least 4lb inferior to the flying Australian filly Black Caviar, so it was rather disappointing to hear that Black Caviar’s trainer, Peter Moody, is averse to sending her to Europe, at least in 2011.

It’s a safe bet, though, that other Australian trainers will not share Moody’s reluctance.

They’ve landed four victories in the King’s Stand Stakes in the last eight years, plus two in the Golden Jubilee and one in the July Cup. There were as many as six Australasian-bred horses in the 2010 Golden Jubilee.

We have already seen a son of one of the first raiders switch hemispheres to great effect, with Starspangledbanner emulating his sire Choisir in the Golden Jubilee. Of course he then added the July Cup, a race in which Choisir had finished a fine second to Oasis Dream.

Black Caviar, Australia’s sprinting sensation

Star Witness, one of the likely Australian raiders for this year’s Group 1 sprints at Royal Ascot and Newmarket, is also by one of the Australasian stars which have underlined the quality of the best horses bred in Australia and New Zealand. Star Witness is a son of Starcraft, the 2004 Australian Derby winner who joined Luca Cumani to win the Prix du Moulin and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

Starcraft retired initially to Cheveley Park Stud in 2006 before moving to Arrowfield Stud

in Australia. A son of the top European sprinter-miler Soviet Star, Starcraft was sufficiently popular to attract a three-figure book at Cheveley Park but injury prevented the stallion from returning to Europe in 2007.

At the moment this doesn’t look to have been Europe’s loss, as that first British crop has so far produced nothing better than the speedy 2009 two-year-old Don’t Tell Mary, the Groupplaced German colts Baschar and Keep Cool, and the fairly useful handicappers Soul Station

Opportunity the key to Elusive Quality’s success with Mention of Sepoy in my notes on Star Witness acts as a reminder that it often isn’t easy to assess accurately how successful a certain nick is proving to be.

All a stallion needs to do is sire a good winner or two from mares from a particular sire line and he will be guaranteed many more mares from the same line in the following seasons.

When the American sprinter Elusive Quality arrived in Australia for the first time in the summer of 2003, he was basking in his feat of having been one of the leading American-based first-crop sires of 2002.

That first crop contained two notable colts out of mares by Danzig’s brilliant son Dayjur.

The first, Elusive City, had won the Prix Morny and the other, Great Notion, was to

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go close to winning the Grade 1 King’s Bishop Stakes at the 2003 Saratoga meet.

Another of his first-crop stakes winners was out of a mare by Danzig’s son Ascot Knight.

Consequently Elusive Quality was welcomed

by Australian breeders desperately seeking a mate for their Danehill mares in an industry dominated by sons of Danehill.

To the end of 2010, Elusive Quality had no fewer than 84 foals out of Danehill mares, with the great majority of them being in Australia. One of his first Australian foals out of a Danehill mare was Camarilla, who followed up her victory in the Blue Diamond Prelude with a Group 1 win over the males in the AJC Sires’ Produce Stakes. Camarilla’s high-class achievements saw Elusive Quality’s Australian book jump from a

previous high of 99 mares to 173 mares in 2007. That bumper crop contained 131 live foals and one of them is Sheikh Mohammed’s unbeaten Sepoy, who has looked championship material in easily winning the 2011 Blue Diamond Prelude and the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes.

The appearance of these two star twoyear-olds no doubt justifies the number of Danehill mares which have been sent to Elusive Quality, but there are only two other stakes winners – both Listed winners – among their 84 foals. That’s 5%, which isn’t far below Elusive Quality’s results with the general population. In fact the Darley stallion has much better statistics in the northern hemisphere with mares by other sons of Danzig, with eight stakes winners

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and Lutine Bell. Starcraft will have a further chance to prove himself in the northern hemisphere as his owner Paul Makin sent a team of ten mares from Australia to Tattersalls’ December Sales in 2009, all carrying Starcraft foals to northern hemisphere time.

This last move typifies the bold approach that the ebullient Makin employed in promoting his stallion. Spending freely at the breeding stock sales, Makin bought a sizeable number of mares specifically to breed to Starcraft. He sold 18 of them carrying first-crop foals in Australia in 2007.

When the second batch of mares was due to sell, Makin’s agent Grant Pritchard-Gordon was asked for his views.

“Paul’s intention remains the same...to get the second Starcraft foal crop (from mares selected by us) out on to third-party farms,” Pritchard-Gordon explained. “Paul has given his horse an amazing opportunity to succeed and breeders have been totally complimentary about his novel way of doing it. When this second tranche has been sold, Paul will take a rest from his promotional duties. The next step will be to inspect the 2008/9 yearling crop and select the best ones to purchase at auction to carry the Makin ‘red, white and blue’ colours.”

With Makin’s help Starcraft covered 151 mares in his first year at Arrowfield and 138 in his second, at fees of AUS$33,000. After his book plummeted to 47 mares in his third season, his fee fell to $22,000 (with his book rebounding to 109). However, it was up to $38,500 in his fifth season in 2010, after Star Witness had advertised his sire’s potential by winning firstly the Listed Talindert Stakes and then the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes. Since

The excellent French internet news-sheet Jour de Galop ran an interesting analysis of the pedigrees of all the two-year-old stakes winners in France in 2010. They found that 20 of the stakes winners – some 54% – were inbred within four generations and that another 14 were inbred in the first five generations. This added up to 92%, with only three stakes winners – the other 8% – having no duplications in the first five generations.

This underlines how difficult it can be for breeders to avoid inbreeding in today’s industry, where a smaller number of highclass stallions cover much larger numbers of mares.

Unsurprisingly, Northern Dancer was easily the most ubiquitous name among the duplicated stallions, with 31 of the 37

then Starcraft’s first Australian crop has been represented by We Can Say It Now, a dual Group 1 winner over a mile in New Zealand, and by the Listed winners Singapore Sling and Ain’tnofallenstar. His second crop has also produced a Group performer in Hallowell Belle, runner-up to the exciting Sepoy in the Blue Diamond Stakes in February.

Star Witness has also added to Starcraft’s

from 69 foals (11.6%). As Elusive Quality sired Camarilla from Camarena, a winner of the Queensland Derby, and Sepoy from a sister to Camarena, we are entitled to question how much these Group 1 winners owe their talent to being sired by Elusive Quality from grand-daughters of Danzig.

I would be more inclined to think that they owe their class to being by a stallion capable of siring the occasional star, such as Smarty Jones, Raven’s Pass and Quality Road, out of mares from a top family. After all Canny Miss, the second dam of Camarilla and Sepoy, was a three-parts-sister to the Group 1 winners Canny Lad and Canny Lass.

Canny Lad was a champion two-year-old who won the Golden Slipper Stakes, which is Sepoy’s target on April 2.

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Danehill mares

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Sepoy is closely related to Camarilla

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Depth of inbreeding under the spotlight

Group 1 winner Wootton Bassett

stakes winners being inbred to him. More surprising was the number of stakes winners whose pedigrees featured three or more lines to this revolutionary stallion. As many as six Group winners (Roderic O’Connor, Wootton Bassett, Broox, Espirita, Pontenuovo and Prairie Star) had three or more lines, with a further eight Listed winners having three or four.

achievements by training on into a leading sprinter at three. He decisively won the sixfurlong Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes in 2010 and more recently was second behind Black Caviar in the Patinack Farm Classic.

A British campaign beckons, with trainer Danny O’Brien, who trained King’s Stand challenger Glamour Puss, looking forward to another chance.

“Having had the experience of taking a horse to the UK in recent years, I am extremely confident Star Witness is the perfect type to continue the success Australian-bred sprinters have enjoyed over there,” he said.

Whatever Star Witness’s fate during the next few months, he has already secured a place as a stallion at Widden Stud.

British racegoers are likely to be a little bewildered by the bottom half of Star Witness’s pedigree. His dam, the Group 3-winning sprinter, is by Lion Hunter. The grey never managed to win a stakes race during his eightrace career but was runner-up in The Galaxy, a Group 1 over 1,100 metres. This, coupled with an eye-catching pedigree, was enough to earn him his chance at stud from 1998. In addition to being a son of Danehill, he was out of Pure Of Heart, a top Australian sprinter sired by the 1977 King’s Stand Stakes winner Godswalk from the Portland Handicap winner Audrey Joan.

Lion Hunter justified his chance at stud by coming up with top performers in Gold Edition and Lovely Jubly.

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS

National Hunt Grade Ones SANDOWN PARK. Feb 5. 20f 110yds. Good.

Starts 16

Wins 6

Places 7

Earned £147,561

MEDERMIT gr g 2004 Kenmare Highest Honor High River MEDAALY gr 94 Sadler’s Wells Dance of Leaves Fall Aspen Emerson Solicitor Ursula MISS D’HERMITE b 87 Kashmir II Surprise d’Hermite Sichah

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Danehill His Majesty Razyana Spring Adieu DANEHILL DANCER b 93 Atan Sharpen Up Rocchetta Mira Adonde Caro Lettre d’Amour Lianga Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Sadler’s Wells Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special LEGEND HAS IT b 2000 Exclusive Native Affirmed Won’t Tell You Magical Cliche Speak John Talking Picture Poster Girl

Kalamoun Belle of Ireland Riverman Hairbrush Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Pretense Change Water Coaraze Empenosa Escorial Diorissima Tudor Melody Queen of Speed Sicambre Kermauchah

Medaaly, winner of the 1996 Racing Post Trophy, was a disappointment as a Flat sire during his years in France, his only Group winner being Daly Daly (Gr3 Grand Prix de Vichy).

Consequently the son of Highest Honor was sold to South Africa then to Ireland, where he died recently.

Medaaly has fared better as a sire of jumpers. He enjoyed Gr1 success in France with Shekira, who numbered the Prix Renaud du Vivier Hurdle among her numerous victories.

Medaaly also has some talented jumpers in Britain and Ireland, in Nyrche, a smart two-mile chaser, Sky’s The Limit, a winner of two Gr1 novice chases, and now Medermit.

The seven-year-old gained a welldeserved first Gr1 victory in the Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase at Sandown, having earlier won a pair of Gr2 races over hurdles and finished a close second in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. He has now won three of his four completed races over fences, proving effective from two to two and a half miles.

Neither of Medermit’s parents raced over jumps. Although his dam Miss d’Hermite raced 34 times on the Flat she managed only one victory, over nine furlongs in the provinces.

His broodmare sire, the ultra-tough Solicitor, was first or second in his first 14 starts, over distances as varied as five furlongs and a mile and a half.

Miss d’Hermite has had six winners from ten foals.

BOSTONS ANGEL b g 2004 Hail To Reason Bramalea Damascus Arabia Christmas Wind Mr Prospector Crafty Prospector Real Crafty Lady Danzig Zienelle Past Example Northern Dancer Nijinsky Flaming Page Crimson Satan Crimson Saint Bolero Rose Danzig Chief’s Crown Six Crowns Mill Reef Fleur Royale Sweet Mimosa Roberto

Danzig

1. MEDERMIT (FR) 7 gr g Medaaly - Miss d’Hermite (Solicitor) O-The Dunkley & Reilly Partnership B-Mr P Gasdoue TR-Alan King 2. Captain Chris (IRE) 7 b g King’s Theatre - Function Dream (Strong Gale) 3. Mr Gardner (IRE) 8 b g Deploy - Lady Padivor (Zaffaran Age 4-7

KEMPES b g 2003

UNACCOMPANIED b f 2007

126 SCILLY ISLES NOVICES’ CHASE G1

Red Ransom INTIKHAB b 94 Crafty Example

Royal Academy UNICAMP ch 96 Honeyspike

For all his success as a sire of Flat performers, 2009’s champion sire Danehill Dancer is not a name normally associated with the jumping sector. Among the few exceptions are Lightning Strike, winner of a Gr2 novices’ hurdle, and Degas Art, who once defeated Katchit in a Listed race.

Perhaps his offspring aren’t generally considered to have suitable conformation for jumping, because he shares Danehill’s tendency towards upright pasterns and being almost back at the knee.

Some of his offspring also lack the necessary stamina. There must have been some doubts about his daughter Unaccompanied after she had won twice over a mile in the summer of 2010 but her connections still decided to try her over hurdles, no doubt encouraged by the fact that her broodmare sire is Sadler’s Wells. The gamble has paid off handsomely, as Unaccompanied scored by nine lengths on her hurdling debut on the final day of 2010 and then followed up with a stylish display in the Gr1 Spring Juvenile Hurdle.

Unaccompanied’s dam Legend Has It won three times, including twice over a mile and a half. Legend Has It was sold by Moyglare Stud for €42,000 at Goffs in 2009. She is a grand-daughter of Moyglare’s famous mare Talking Picture, America’s champion juvenile filly of 1973.

Talking Picture was a regular visitor to the American Triple Crown winner Affirmed, producing the 1988 Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Trusted Partner and three other stakes winners, plus Unaccompanied’s second dam Magical Cliché. There are a couple of links to Unaccompanied’s pedigree, as Trusted Partner visited Danehill to produce the top filly Dress To Thrill.

She also visited Sadler’s Wells to produce Archive Footage, winner of The Ladbroke Hurdle. Sadler’s Wells’s brother Fairy King sired Two-TwentyTwo, a dual Gr3 winner from Trusted Partner’s sister Easy To Copy.

Intikhab was much in the news in 2010, thanks to the magnificent efforts of his daughter Snow Fairy, who added Gr1 victories in Japan and Hong Kong to her success in the Oaks and Irish Oaks. However, his latest Gr1 success has come in a very different sphere, with his son Kempes taking the Hennessy Gold Cup over three miles. This was the second Gr1 success for Kempes, following his victory in Punchestown’s 2010 Champion Novice Chase, over 25 furlongs.

It would have been difficult to predict that Kempes would stay so well. His sire was an outstanding miler and his dam was a two-year-old sprint winner by Royal Academy, who made his name in the July Cup and Breeders’ Cup Mile. Prior to Snow Fairy, Intikhab’s best winners on the Flat included the high-class miler Red Evie and the sprint Group-winners Hoh Mike, Moon Unit and Toupie.

So what is the source of Kempes’s undoubted stamina? One possibility is that the four stallions in the third generation of his pedigree include Roberto and Nijinsky, two noted sources of stamina. Another possibility is his highly distinguished female line.

His third dam Fleur Royale was second in the Irish Oaks and his fourth dam Sweet Mimosa won the Prix de Diane. Sweet Mimosa also had the distinction of being a sister to the Arc winner Levmoss, who stayed well enough to win the Prix du Cadran and Ascot Gold Cup. Kempes’s development into a high-class three-mile chaser underlines what a tough and versatile performer he is. His career began on the Flat at two, when he scored over seven furlongs and a mile, and he extended his winning sequence to four as a three-year-old, when he won the Ulster Derby at Down Royal. He later became a Gr2 winner over hurdles and now has 11 wins and seven seconds to his credit, from 24 completed starts

128 HENNESSY GOLD CUP CHASE G1

129 DR P J MORIARTY NOVICE CHASE G1

127 SPRING JUVENILE HURDLE G1 LEOPARDSTOWN. February 12. 16f. Heavy.

LEOPARDSTOWN. February 12. 24f. Heavy.

LEOPARDSTOWN. February 12. 21f. Heavy.

1. UNACCOMPANIED (IRE) 4 b f Danehill Dancer - Legend Has It (Sadler’s Wells) O-Moyglare Stud Farm B-Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd TR-DK Weld 2. Sailors Warn (IRE) 4 b g Redback - Coral Dawn (Trempolino) 3. Fearless Falcon (IRE) 4 b g Pivotal - Juno Madonna (Sadler’s Wells)

1. KEMPES (IRE) 8 b g Intikhab - Unicamp (Royal Academy) O-John P McManus B-M McGinn TR-WP Mullins 2. Glencove Marina (IRE) 9 b g Spectrum -Specifiedrisk (Turtle Island) 3. Joncol (IRE) 8 b g Bob’s Return -Finemar Lady (Montelimar)

1. BOSTONS ANGEL (IRE) 7 b g Winged Love -Lady Boston (Mansonnien) O/B-EAP Scouller TR-Mrs J Harrington 2. Magnanimity (IRE) 7 b/br g Winged Love -Mossy Mistress (Le Moss) 3. Mikael d’Haguenet (FR) 7 b g Lavirco - Fleur d’Haguenet (Dark Stone)

Age 3

Age 2-7

90

Starts 5

Wins 3

Places 0

Earned £23,204

Starts 26

Wins 10

Places 10

Earned £230,047

Age 4-6

Starts 14

Wins 6

Places 5

See race 61 in the February issue

Earned £88,329

Sadler’s Wells In The Wings High Hawk WINGED LOVE b 92 Top Ville J’Ai Deux Amours Pollenka Tip Moss Mansonnien Association LADY BOSTON ch 97 Williamston Kid Boston Girl Carambole

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Shirley Heights Sunbittern High Top Sega Ville Reliance II Polana Luthier Top Twig Margouillat La Soupe Piet Miss Berea Gustav Guinguette

130 DELOITTE NOVICE HURDLE G1 LEOPARDSTOWN. February 12. 18f. Heavy.

1. OSCARS WELL (IRE) 6 b/br g Oscar - Placid Willow (Convinced) O-Molley Malone Syndicate B-E O’ Leary TR-Mrs J Harrington 2. Zaidpour (FR) 5 b g Red Ransom - Zainta (Kahyasi) 3. Shot From The Hip (GER) 7 b g Monsun - Sopran Biro (Roi Danzig) Age 5

Starts 6

Wins 2

Places 2

Earned £54,474

See race 60 in the February issue

OSCARS WELL b/br g 2005 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge OSCAR b 94 Reliance II Snow Day Vindaria Busted Convinced Affirmative PLACID WILLOW b 97 King’s Ride Willowmere Silver Tongue

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Tantieme Relance III Roi Dagobert Heavenly Body Crepello Sans Le Sou Derring-Do Hayat Rarity Ride Salvo Denaria

131 ASCOT CHASE G1 ASCOT. February 19. 21f 110yds. Soft.

1. RIVERSIDE THEATRE (GB) 7 b g King’s Theatre -Disallowed (Distinctly North) O-Jimmy Nesbitt Partnership B-Goldford Stud TR-N Henderson 2. Gauvain (GER) 9 b g Sternkoenig -Gamina (Dominion) 3. Deep Purple (GB) 10 b g Halling - Seal Indigo (Glenstal) Age 4-7

Starts 15

Wins 8

Places 5

Earned £198,950

RIVERSIDE THEATRE b g 2004 Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special Raise A Native Princely Native Charlo Crafty Admiral Dennis Belle Evasion Northern Dancer Minshaanshu Amad Tappahannock Distinctive Distinctiveness New Love Hoist The Flag Alleged Princess Pout Sir Ivor Miss Toshiba Royal Warrant Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells KING’S THEATRE b 91 Regal Beauty

Distinctly North DISALLOWED b 93 Miss Allowed

On the morning of the Ascot Chase, King’s Theatre held a lead of more than £150,000 over Oscar, in the race to see which of them – if either – will record his first sires’ championship.

These two are bidding to succeed Old Vic as the second son of Sadler’s Wells to take the title and King’s Theatre consolidated his lead when Riverside Theatre won the Ascot Gr1 by ten lengths.

Although King’s Theatre sired a

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Caulfield on Kempes: “It would have been difficult to predict that Kempes would stay so well. His sire was an outstanding miler and his dam was a two-year-old sprint winner”

Gr1 winner on the Flat, in the highclass American turf horse King’s Drama, the early efforts of such as Nobody Told Me, Nas Na Riogh, King’s Opera, Royal Shakespeare and Royal Alphabet suggested that he had much more to offer the jumping community.

This winner of the Racing Post Trophy and King George is now one of the most sought-after sires of jumpers,

having added Wichita Lineman, Menorah, Cue Card and Riverside Theatre to his lengthening list of Gr1 winners. He was responsible for an impressive 38% winners-to-runners during the 2009/10 season and will be hard to keep off the top as his number of runners grows.

Riverside Theatre’s Ascot Chase win over an extended two miles five

furlongs came after he had finished second to Long Run in the King George VI Chase on his only attempt at three miles. There must be some doubts about his stamina, as his broodmare sire is the fast and precocious Distinctly North. However, his dam Disallowed scored four times as a young hurdler, after scoring over nine furlongs on the Flat. Her wins

included the Timeform Free Handicap Hurdle. Riverside Theatre’s second dam, the unraced Miss Allowed, was bred to stay middle distances, with Alleged as her sire and the Pretty Polly Stakes winner Miss Toshiba as her dam.

Miss Toshiba’s Sadler’s Wells filly Ikebana produced the Derby second City Honours

National Hunt Graded races Date Grade Race (course) 05/2/11 G3 Heroes Sandown H Hurdle (Sandown Park) 05/2/11 G2 Towton Novices’ Chase (Wetherby) 12/2/11 G2 Kingmaker Novices’ Chase (Warwick) 13/2/11 G2 Flyingbolt Novice Chase (Navan) 13/2/11 G2 Ten Up Novice Chase (Navan) 13/2/11 G2 Boyne Hurdle (Navan) 18/2/11 G2 Aon Chase (Newbury) 18/2/11 G2 Winter Bumper Open NH Race (Newbury) 18/2/11 G2 Game Spirit Chase (Newbury) 18/2/11 G3 Totesport Trophy H Hurdle (Newbury) 19/2/11 G2 Reynoldstown Novices’ Chase (Ascot) 19/2/11 G2 Red Mills Chase (Gowran Park) 19/2/11 G2 Red Mills Trial Hurdle (Gowran Park) 19/2/11 G2 Prestige Novices’ Hurdle (Haydock Park) 19/2/11 G2 Rendlesham Hurdle (Haydock Park) 19/2/11 G3 Grand National Trial Chase (Haydock Park) 19/2/11 G2 Kingwell Hurdle (Wincanton) 20/2/11 G2 Nas Na Riogh Novice Chase (Naas) 20/2/11 G2 Johnstown Novice Hurdle (Naas) 20/2/11 G2 Newlands Chase (Naas) 23/2/11 G2 Bobbyjo Chase (Fairyhouse) 23/2/11 G2 Winning Fair Juvenile Hurdle (Fairyhouse) 24/2/11 G2 Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle (Thurles) 26/2/11 G3 Racing Post H Chase (Kempton Park) 26/2/11 G2 Pendil Novices’ Chase (Kempton Park) 26/2/11 G2 Adonis Juvenile Hurdle (Kempton Park) 26/2/11 G2 Dovecote Novices’ Hurdle (Kempton Park) 27/2/11 G2 National Spirit Hurdle (Fontwell Park) 27/2/11 GrB Carrickmines H Chase (Leopardstown)

Dist 22f 25f 16f 16f 24f 21f 24f 16.5f 17f 16.5f 24f 20f 16f 24f 24f 28f 16f 20f 16f 16f 25f 16f 20f 24f 20.5f 16f 16f 20f 21f

Horse Kilcrea Kim (IRE) Wayward Prince (GB) Finian’s Rainbow (IRE) Saludos (IRE) Quito De La Roque (FR) Voler La Vedette (IRE) Noland (GB) Ericht (IRE) French Opera (GB) Recession Proof (FR) Master Of The Hall (IRE) Rubi Light (FR) Dunguib (IRE) Back In Focus (IRE) Cross Kennon (IRE) Silver By Nature (GB) Mille Chief (FR) Roi Du Mee (FR) Dare To Doubt (GB) Golden Silver (FR) The Midnight Club (IRE) Little Green (IRE) Hidden Cyclone (IRE) Quinz (FR) Captain Chris (IRE) Zarkandar (IRE) Sire De Grugy (FR) Celestial Halo (IRE) Carrigmartin (IRE)

Age 6 7 8 7 7 7 10 5 8 5 7 6 8 6 7 9 5 6 7 9 10 4 6 7 7 4 5 7 6

Sex G G G G G M G G G G G G G G G G G G M G G F G G G G G G G

Sire Snurge Alflora Tiraaz Bob Back Saint des Saints King’s Theatre Exit To Nowhere Alderbrook Bering Rock Of Gibraltar Saddlers’ Hall Network Presenting Bob Back Craigsteel Silver Patriarch Ski Chief Lavirco King’s Theatre Mansonnien Flemensfirth Governor Brown Stowaway Robin des Champs King’s Theatre Azamour My Risk Galileo King’s Theatre

Dam Kilcrea Deer Bellino Spirit Trinity Gale Katie’s Cracker Moody Cloud Steel Grey Lady Molakai Lady Orla On Fair Stage Elevate Frankly Native Genny Lights Edermine Berry Dun Belle Gaelic Million Gale Mille Flora British Nellerie Karawa Gold Or Silver Larry’s Peach Megan’s Bay Hurricane Debbie Altesse du Mou Function Dream Zarkasha Hirlish Pay The Bank Donna’s Princess

Broodmare Sire Brush Aside Robellino Strong Gale Rambo Dancer Cyborg Roselier Nureyev Satco Sadler’s Wells Ela-Mana-Mou Be My Native Lights Out Durgam Over The River Strong Gale Strong Gale Be My Guest Le Pontet Karinga Bay Glint Of Gold Laurence O Muhtarram Shahanndeh Tin Soldier Strong Gale Kahyasi Passing Sale High Top Supreme Leader

Index 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160

Leading National Hunt sires by earnings Name

King’s Theatre Oscar Beneficial Presenting Flemensfirth Anshan Bob Back Old Vic Accordion Montjeu Definite Article Cadoudal Sadler’s Wells Dr Massini Supreme Leader Alderbrook Winged Love Kayf Tara Alflora Dom Alco Saddlers’ Hall Midnight Legend Barathea Sir Harry Lewis Milan Mansonnien Overbury Turtle Island Bob’s Return Kahyasi Rock Of Gibraltar Galileo Pivotal Luso Nikos Moscow Society Robin des Champs Environment Friend Snurge

YOF

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR

Races

AWD

Earnings (£)

Top horse

Earned (£)

1991 1994 1990 1992 1992 1987 1981 1986 1986 1996 1992 1979 1981 1993 1982 1989 1992 1994 1989 1987 1988 1991 1990 1984 1998 1984 1991 1991 1990 1985 1999 1998 1993 1992 1981 1985 1997 1988 1987

Sadler’s Wells Sadler’s Wells Top Ville Mtoto Alleged Persian Bold Roberto Sadler’s Wells Sadler’s Wells Sadler’s Wells Indian Ridge Green Dancer Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Bustino Ardross In The Wings Sadler’s Wells Niniski Dom Pasquini Sadler’s Wells Night Shift Sadler’s Wells Alleged Sadler’s Wells Tip Moss Caerleon Fairy King Bob Back Ile de Bourbon Danehill Sadler’s Wells Polar Falcon Salse Nonoalco Nijinsky Garde Royale Cozzene Ela-Mana-Mou

167 264 254 246 218 143 131 178 108 77 105 19 73 73 86 93 53 124 142 14 120 56 44 57 127 19 87 75 78 42 39 43 24 116 18 69 23 23 43

66 59 57 53 50 39 34 44 26 23 21 11 23 21 20 22 16 26 28 9 19 20 9 8 29 6 19 17 12 9 11 14 10 12 4 16 9 4 12

39.5 22.4 22.4 21.5 22.9 27.3 26.0 24.7 24.1 29.9 20.0 57.9 31.5 28.8 23.3 23.7 30.2 21.0 19.7 64.3 15.8 35.7 20.5 14.0 22.8 31.6 21.8 22.7 15.4 21.4 28.2 32.6 41.7 10.3 22.2 23.2 39.1 17.4 27.9

91 72 80 78 61 58 46 63 34 30 30 17 27 31 26 34 23 27 39 15 23 30 12 10 32 11 27 23 16 12 18 19 14 20 7 20 11 9 19

19.1 18.8 19.6 20.6 19.4 20.3 19.5 21.0 19.0 19.3 18.5 21.2 19.6 20.7 20.6 20.4 21.5 20.4 19.8 20.6 20.7 20.9 17.8 20.2 17.9 18.2 20.7 19.0 19.9 18.7 16.6 18.7 16.9 19.5 18.6 20.3 21.0 22.2 22.4

1,088,965 845,861 814,440 812,415 776,833 613,407 528,789 523,151 491,303 444,642 332,619 319,669 304,580 292,667 286,532 285,123 282,154 275,235 273,712 260,910 259,825 250,410 228,322 206,907 196,136 193,730 183,101 173,947 173,251 170,919 169,837 166,181 165,724 159,206 158,998 156,910 152,916 151,105 145,072

Menorah Oscars Well Realt Dubh Jessies Dream Imperial Commander Golden Kite Rare Bob Jack The Bus Finger Onthe Pulse Hurricane Fly Majestic Concorde Long Run Synchronised Massini’s Maguire Head Of The Posse Ballyadam Brook Bostons Angel Planet Of Sound Wishfull Thinking Silviniaco Conti Master Of The Hall Midnight Chase Overturn Diamond Harry Valleymount Golden Silver Ballyfitz Cool Quest Joncol Karabak Gimli’s Rock Celestial Halo Final Approach Chicago Grey Master Minded Russian War Quinz Alfa Beat Kilcrea Kim

142,525 97,885 140,996 63,151 112,660 78,142 44,097 49,684 119,646 162,302 110,796 118,683 46,128 56,330 29,681 40,934 99,567 26,064 44,442 89,631 26,820 65,398 151,104 99,768 13,774 122,120 25,775 25,584 27,027 41,713 58,612 42,002 51,724 38,857 121,992 20,522 71,870 114,527 30,804

Theatre is producing the best performers In the build-up to Cheltenham there were fewer Graded events than usual in February but that didn’t impede the leader King’s Theatre. Quite the contrary, since he managed to extend his advantage by more than £100,000.

He had no fewer than five stakes winners, including Riverside Theatre in the Ascot Chase, and Grade 2 scorers Captain Chris (Pendil Novices’ Chase), Dare To Doubt (Johnstown Novice Hurdle) and Voler La Vedette (Boyne Hurdle). It is shame that Riverside Theatre is now injured.

None of the other sires could match this, though Oscar has moved into second place helped by Oscars Well’s victory in the Grade 1 Deloitte Novice Hurdle. Bob Back’s progeny managed a couple of Grade 2 strikes but Presenting’s sole contributor was Dunguib. The champion has dropped to fourth place but there is still all to play for.

Statistics to February 27

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DATA BOOK LISTINGS OF EVERY WORLDWIDE GROUP OR GRADED STAKES WINNER

Global Stakes Results Date Grade Argentina 12/02 G1 19/02 G2 11/02 G2 11/02 G2 05/02 G2 20/02 G3 03/02 G3 01/02 G3

Race

Dist

Horse

G. P. Miguel Alfredo Martinez de Hoz C. Miguel Angel y Tomas Juarez Celman Clasico Guillermo Kemmis Clasico Carlos Casares Clasico Juan Shaw Clasico Horacio Bustillo Clasico Luis Maria Doyhenard Clasico Fortunato Damiani

10.0f 8.0f 5.0f 5.0f 11.0f 8.0f 5.0f 5.0f

Send Inthe Clowns (BRZ) Bouclette Gulch (ARG) Angiolo (ARG) La Toscana Cat (ARG) Siembra Azul (ARG) Mad Speed (ARG) Empire Aztec (ARG) Ile Miscou (ARG)

Punters made Fuego E Hierro, who had finished third in December’s Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini, favourite for Australia 26/02 26/02 26/02 19/02 12/02 26/02 20/02 19/02 12/02 12/02 12/02 05/02 23/02 19/02 19/02 13/02 12/02 12/02 12/02 12/02 12/02 12/02 12/02 05/02

G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

Sportingbet Oakleigh Plate Rokk Ebony Futurity Stakes Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Stakes Coolmore Lightning Stakes Sportingbet C F Orr Stakes The Yalumba 162 Autumn Classic D'Urban Autumn Stakes Apollo Stakes David Jones Royal Sovereign Stakes Freeview Breeders' Classic Patinack Farm Light Fingers Stakes Cleanevent Expressway Stakes AAMI Launceston Cup C S Hayes Debonair Stakes The Mittys Vanity AAMI Hobart Cup Hyderabad R. C. Geoffrey Belmaine Stakes David Christensen Rubiton Stakes Champion Fillies Stakes Rokk Ebony T S Carlyon Cup Blue Diamond Prelude (fillies) Blue Diamond Prelude (c&g) Scream Southern Cross F. Clissold Stakes Cadbury Tasmanian Derby

Black Caviar underlined her status as the new superstar of Australian racing with a jaw-droppingly brilliant display in the Coolmore Lightning Stakes. She sauntered home by an eased-down three and a quarter lengths to take her career record to a perfect nine wins from nine starts. The Lightning has an amazing recent record as a trial for Royal Ascot but trainer Peter Moody seems determined not to let Black Caviar loose on the international stage Brazil 13/02 12/02 19/02 19/02 05/02

G1 G1 G2 G3 G3

G1 G2

Premio El Derby Premio Verano - Arturo Cousino Luisino

Ashtar pulled off a near 56-1 shock in the Chilean Derby. The outsider of a 16Japan 20/02 13/02 19/02 13/02 12/02 06/02 06/02 05/02

G1 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

February Stakes Kyoto Kinen Diamond Stakes Kyodo News Service Hai Stakes Daily Hai Queen Cup Tokyo Shimbun Hai Kisaragi Sho Kokura Daishoten

Transcend, who made all to land the Japan Cup Dirt in December, returned

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Eagle Falls (AUS) More Joyous (NZ) Sepoy (AUS) Black Caviar (AUS) Typhoon Tracy (AUS) Folding Gear (NZ) Dusty Star (AUS) Melito (AUS) Master Harry (AUS) More Joyous (NZ) Obsequious (AUS) Centennial Park (NZ) Fast Future (NZ) Bullbars (AUS) Southern Speed (AUS) Bid Spotter (AUS) Beaded (AUS) Catapulted (AUS) Dreamaway (AUS) Lord Pyrus (NZ) One Last Dance (AUS) Sepoy (AUS) Sister Madly (AUS) Mourinho (AUS)

until the autumn, instead lining up five more domestic Group 1 races for her in the next three months.

Moody also saddled last season’s Horse Of The Year, Typhoon Tracy, to a sixth Group 1 triumph when landing her second successive C F Orr Stakes.

But she had to pull out all the stops to again beat the 2010 runner-up, Heart Of Dreams, by a half head, and the severity of the battle caused connections to take the decision to

G. P. Estado de Rio de Janeiro-Stud TNT GP Henrique Possollo Stud TNT (1000 Gns) Grande Premio Hernani Azevedo Silva GP.Presidente Joao Carlos Leite Penteado Grande Premio Linneo de Paula Machado

Olympic Message won the first leg of the Rio de Janiero fillies’ Triple Crown, the Grande Premio Henrique Possollo, in a style befitting her status as the redChile 06/02 11/02

the first Group 1 of 2011, the Gran Premio Miguel Alfredo Martinez de Hoz. However, it was the Alfredo Gaitan

8.0f 8.0f 8.0f 6.0f 10.0f

Ultimo Furo (BRZ) Olympic Message (BRZ) Eakins (BRZ) Alta Vista (BRZ) Jeca (BRZ)

hot favourite. Making all the running, she had more than five lengths in hand at the line ahead of Hunka Hunka, who completed a one-two for their sire, 12.0f 10.0f

Ashtar (CHI) Papelon (CHI)

runner field, he tried for a run one off the rail before flying down the outer to post 8.0f 11.0f 17.0f 9.0f 8.0f 8.0f 9.0f 9.0f

Transcend (JPN) To The Glory (JPN) Cosmo Meadow (IRE) Nakayama Knight (JPN) Whale Capture (JPN) Smile Jack (JPN) Tosen Ra (JPN) Sunrise Vega (JPN)

fresh and well 11 weeks later to repeat the feat in the February Stakes. He had

Age

Sex

5 5 3 3 5 6 3 3

H M C F M H C F

Sire

Dam

Broodmare Sire

Know Heights (IRE) Thunder Gulch (USA) Grand Reward (USA) Easing Along (USA) El Sembrador (ARG) Mad Champ (ARG) Editor's Note (USA) Interprete (ARG)

Heavenly Dancer (BRZ) Bouclette Champ (ARG) Wait (ARG) La Tosquera (ARG) Cremastica (ARG) Speed Wells (ARG) Empire Lady (ARG) Pret A Porter (ARG)

Fitzcarraldo (ARG) Ski Champ (USA) Southern Halo (USA) Tempranero (CHI) Friul (ARG) Poliglote (GB) Acceptable (USA) Southern Halo (USA)

Dassie-trained Send Inthe Clowns, the Pellegrini runner-up and a son of the one-time Jean-Claude Rouget trainee 6 5 3 5 6 4 4 5 4 5 4 6 9 4 4 6 6 6 4 6 3 3 5 4

G M C M M G G M C M F G G C F H M H F H F C M G

Hussonet (USA) More Than Ready (USA) Elusive Quality (USA) Bel Esprit (AUS) Red Ransom (USA) Johar (USA) General Nediym (AUS) Redoute's Choice (AUS) Magic Albert (AUS) More Than Ready (USA) Lonhro (AUS) Thorn Park (AUS) Generous (IRE) Elusive Quality (USA) Southern Image (USA) Redoute's Choice (AUS) Lonhro (AUS) Catbird (AUS) More Than Ready (USA) Pyrus (USA) Encosta de Lago (AUS) Elusive Quality (USA) Redoute's Choice (AUS) Oratorio (IRE)

Desina (AUS) Sunday Joy (AUS) Watchful (AUS) Helsinge (AUS) Tracy's Element (AUS) Royal Show (NZ) Forever Midnight (AUS) Cloister (AUS) Sri Lanka (AUS) Sunday Joy (AUS) Sycophant (AUS) Trephina (AUS) Quip (NZ) Accessories (GB) Golden Eagle (NZ) Isolda (NZ) Subtle (AUS) Siren Miss (AUS) Legal Consent (AUS) Eminent Walk (NZ) One World (AUS) Watchful (AUS) Jade Tiara (AUS) Benevolent (NZ)

retire her to the breeding paddocks.

The Oakleigh Plate has proved a bogey race for Moody and his poor record continued when Avenue and Hinchinbrook filled the places behind Eagle Falls. The winner was wearing blinkers for the first time and breaking a ten-month Group 1 drought for multiple champion trainer David Hayes, who is moving his yard from his family’s famous Lindsay Park base in South Australia across the border to Victoria.

4 4 4 3 4

C F F F C

American Gipsy (USA) Wild Event (USA) Red Runner (USA) Amigoni (IRE) Inexplicable (USA)

C H

Merchant Of Venice (USA) Monthir (USA)

5 4 4 3 3 6 3 7

H C C C F H C H

Wild Rush (USA) King Kamehameha (JPN) King's Best (USA) Stay Gold (JPN) Kurofune (USA) Tanino Gimlet (JPN) Deep Impact (JPN) Admire Vega (JPN)

a length and a half to spare over Furioso, the last horse to beat him in

Clackson (BRZ) Jules (USA) Shadeed (USA) Belo Colony (BRZ) Ghadeer (FR)

notable success for Haras Anderson, drawing away for a conclusive three and a half length score over the favourite Conclusivo.

Mey (CHI) Encubierta (CHI)

a one-length victory. His sire, Merchant Of Venice, is a Storm Cat half-brother to

Desert King (IRE) Sunday Silence (USA) Danehill (USA) Desert Sun (GB) Last Tycoon Deputy Governor (USA) Snippets (AUS) Marauding (NZ) Sri Pekan (USA) Sunday Silence (USA) Commands (AUS) Last Tycoon Rory's Jester (AUS) Singspiel (IRE) Zabeel (NZ) Sir Tristram Night Shift (USA) Umatilla (NZ) Danehill (USA) Gaius Danehill (USA) Danehill (USA) Bureaucracy (NZ) Generous (IRE)

Sheikh Mohammed has a fantastic prospect in the shape of the unbeaten juvenile Sepoy, an Elusive Quality colt who is on target for the Golden Slipper on April 2 having seen off 13 rivals by over four lengths in the Blue Diamond Stakes.

More Joyous is set to take over from Typhoon Tracy as the nation’s best-loved filly and she overcame her dislike of going left-handed to notch a fourth Group 1in the Futurity Stakes.

Informal Dress (BRZ) Mere Catherine (BRZ) Miss Shadeed (BRZ) Bella Cy (BRZ) Volition (BRZ)

Wild Event.

In the male equivalent, the homebred Ultimo Furo, who started third favourite in a field of 14, scored a 4 5

Know Heights, who confirmed that form with a convincing one and a half length victory.

Hussonet (USA) Edgy Diplomat (USA)

Orpen who won only a Navan maiden in four starts for Aidan O’Brien.

Cinema Scope (JPN) To the Victory (JPN) Angel Of The Gwaun (IRE) Fiji Girl (JPN) Global Peace (JPN) She C'Est Moi (JPN) Princess Olivia (USA) Opus One (JPN)

Tony Bin Sunday Silence (USA) Sadler's Wells (USA) Cacoethes (USA) Sunday Silence (USA) Sunday Silence (USA) Lycius (USA) Theatrical

September, with the Japan Cup Dirt fourth, Birdie Birdie, one place better.

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DATA BOOK

Date Grade New Zealand G1 26/02 G1 12/02 G1 12/02 G2 19/02 G2 19/02 G2 12/02 G3 19/02 G3 19/02 G3 05/02 G3 05/02

Race

Dist

Horse

Haunui Farm Otaki-Maori WFA Classic Waikato Draught Sprint Darci Brahma International Stakes Supadeal Furniture Avondale Guineas Cardinal Logistics Avondale Gold Cup Cambridge Stud Sir Tristram Classic (f) Waikato Stud Taranaki Classic Hooker Pacific Taranaki Cup White Robe Lodge Stakes H S Dyke Waikato Guineas

8.0f 7.0f 10.0f 10.5f 12.0f 10.0f 6.0f 9.0f 8.0f 10.0f

Keep The Peace (NZ) Mufhasa (NZ) Red Ruler (NZ) Icepin (NZ) Showcause (AUS) King's Rose (NZ) Antonio Lombardo (NZ) Our Ella Belle (NZ) Hold It Harvey (AUS) Jimmy Choux (NZ)

Blinkers have resulted in the 2008/9 New Zealand Horse Of The Year, Mufhasa, coming right back to his best and he saw off Wall Street and Keep The Peace to land the Waikato Draught Sprint for a second time, with the much-vaunted dual Group 1Peru 16/01 13/02

winning three-year-old We Can Say It Now only fifth.

Mufhasa passed up the chance of a rematch to take on More Joyous in the Futurity Stakes in Australia, in which he finished fourth. This left Keep The Peace to take her personal

Age

Sex

5 7 7 4 6 4 3 5 7 4

M G G G G F C M G C

Sire

Dam

Broodmare Sire

Keeper (AUS) Pentire (GB) Viking Ruler (AUS) Pins (AUS) Giant's Causeway (USA) Redoute's Choice (AUS) Pins (AUS) Encosta de Lago (AUS) King Cugat (USA) Thorn Park (AUS)

Peace of Mind (NZ) Sheila Cheval (NZ) Ransom Bay (USA) Ice Maiden (NZ) Showella (NZ) Nureyev's Girl (AUS) Petit Verdot (NZ) Kirin Belle (NZ) Daly Charm (AUS) Cierzo (NZ)

Wild Rampage (AUS) Mi Preferido (USA) Red Ransom (USA) O'Reilly (NZ) Lord Ballina (AUS) Nureyev (USA) Carnegie (IRE) McGinty (NZ) Best Western (AUS) Centaine (AUS)

head-to-head with Wall Street to two out of five in the Otaki Classic with a half-length victory. Her trainer, Shaune Ritchie, donated 50% of his winnings to the Christchurch Earthquake Disaster Appeal.

Red Ruler was runner-up in the

Australian Derby way back in 2008. But it took him almost three years – and three more second-placed finishes – before he finally broke his duck at the top level when denying Booming a quickfire Group 1 treble in the Darci Brahma International Stakes.

G2 G3

Clasico Ciudad de Lima Clasico Baldomero Aspillaga

10.0f 10.0f

Bradock (PER) Private Affair (PER)

5 4

H F

Keseff (USA) Privately Held (USA)

Samara (PER) Adorada (PER)

El Duce (PER) Apprentice (USA)

South Africa G3 19/02 G3 15/02 G3 05/02 G3 05/02

Riverworld Stud Prix du Cap Tommy Hotspur Handicap Three Troikas Stakes Tony Ruffel Stakes

7.0f 5.0f 7.0f 7.0f

Winter Burst (SAF) Magico (SAF) Hollywoodboulevard (AUS) Link Man (SAF)

6 4 4 4

M C F C

Western Winter (USA) Dupont (GB) Street Cry (IRE) Toreador (IRE)

First Burst (AUS) Magical Miss (SAF) Soneria (AUS) Western Smoke (SAF)

Danehill (USA) Al Mufti (USA) Filante (NZ) Among Men (USA)

United Arab Emirates 18/02 G2 Emirates NBD Balanchine Stakes 17/02 G2 Commercial Bank of Dubai Al Fahidi Fort 24/02 G3 Al Tayer Motors UAE Oaks 10/02 G3 Dubal UAE 2000 Guineas 03/02 G3 Etisalat Al Maktoum Challenge 2 03/02 G3 Etisalat Al Shindagha Sprint

9.0f 8.0f 9.5f 8.0f 9.5f 6.0f

River Jetez (SAF) Derbaas (USA) Khawlah (IRE) Splash Point (USA) Bold Silvano (SAF) Stage Presence (AUS)

8 5 3 3 5 7

M H F C H H

Jet Master (SAF) Seeking The Gold (USA) Cape Cross (IRE) Street Cry (IRE) Silvano (GER) Elusive Quality (USA)

Stormsvlei (SAF) Sultana (USA) Villarrica (USA) Dianehill (IRE) Bold Saffron (SAF) Assertive Lass (AUS)

Prince Florimund (SAF) Storm Cat (USA) Selkirk (USA) Danehill (USA) Al Mufti (USA) Zeditave (AUS)

United States 05/02 G1 05/02 G1 05/02 G1 21/02 G2 21/02 G2 20/02 G2 19/02 G2 19/02 G2 19/02 G2 19/02 G2 19/02 G2 13/02 G2 12/02 G2 12/02 G2 12/02 G2 06/02 G2 05/02 G2 21/02 G3 21/02 G3 20/02 G3 19/02 G3 19/02 G3 19/02 G3 13/02 G3 12/02 G3 12/02 G3 12/02 G3 05/02 G3 05/02 G3

9.0f 9.0f 8.0f 8.0f 7.0f 7.0f 12.0f 7.0f 8.5f 11.0f 7.0f 9.0f 9.0f 7.0f 8.5f 9.0f 9.0f 8.0f 6.5f 11.0f 8.0f 8.5f 8.5f 6.5f 8.5f 9.0f 8.5f 9.0f 8.0f

Giant Oak (USA) Teaks North (USA) Zazu (USA) Cozi Rosie (USA) No Advantage (USA) The Factor (USA) Champ Pegasus (USA) Harissa (USA) Mucho Macho Man (USA) Prince Will I Am (USA) Smiling Tiger (USA) Always A Princess (USA) Anthony's Cross (USA) Tackleberry (USA) Vision In Gold (USA) Gladding (USA) Twirling Candy (USA) Archarcharch (USA) Cambina (IRE) Keertana (USA) Awesome Maria (USA) Demarcation (USA) Kathmanblu (USA) Hilda's Passion (USA) Brethren (USA) Silver Medallion (USA) Silver Reunion (USA) Cherokee Queen (USA) Fluke (BRZ)

5 4 3 4 6 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 7 3 4 3 3 5 6 6

H G F F H C H F C C C F C G F G C C F M F G F F C C M M H

Giant's Causeway (USA) Northern Afleet (USA) Tapit (USA) Pleasantly Perfect (USA) Posse (USA) War Front (USA) Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) Afleet Alex (USA) Macho Uno (USA) Victory Gallop (CAN) Hold That Tiger (USA) Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Indian Charlie (USA) Montbrook (USA) Medaglia d'Oro (USA) Sarava (USA) Candy Ride (ARG) Arch (USA) Hawk Wing (USA) Johar (USA) Maria's Mon (USA) Gulch (USA) Bluegrass Cat (USA) Canadian Frontier (USA) Distorted Humor (USA) Badge of Silver (USA) Harlan's Holiday (USA) Cherokee Run (USA) Wild Event (USA)

Crafty Oak (USA) Teaksberry Road (USA) Rhumb Line (USA) Felidia Prime Advantage (USA) Greyciousness (USA) Salt Champ (ARG) Dynasty (USA) Ponche de Leona (USA) Dyna's Dynamo (USA) Shandra Smiles (USA) Gabriellina Giof (GB) Screening (USA) Box Of Joy (USA) Corporate Vision (USA) Cannon Whirl (USA) House of Danzing (USA) Woodman's Dancer (USA) Await (IRE) Motokiks (USA) Discreetly Awesome (USA) Divine Line (USA) Abba Gold (USA) Executricker (USA) Supercharger (USA) Another Vegetarian (USA) Silver Comic (USA) Virginia Bee (USA) Uff-Uff (BRZ)

Crafty Prospector (USA) High Honors (USA) Mr Greeley (USA) Golden Fleece (USA) Tactical Advantage (USA) Miswaki (USA) Salt Lake (USA) Time For A Change (USA) Ponche (CAN) Dynaformer (USA) Cahill Road (USA) Ashkalani (IRE) Unbridled (USA) Concerto (USA) Corporate Report (USA) Island Whirl (USA) Chester House (USA) Woodman (USA) Peintre Celebre (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Awesome Again (CAN) Boundary (USA) Devil's Bag (USA) El Prado (IRE) A P Indy (USA) Stalwart (USA) Silver Hawk (USA) Virginia Rapids (USA) De Quest (GB)

Donn Handicap Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap Las Virgenes Stakes Buena Vista Handicap General George Handicap San Vicente Stakes San Luis Obispo Stakes Barbara Fritchie Handicap Risen Star Stakes Mac Diarmida Stakes San Carlos Handicap La Canada Stakes Robert B Lewis Stakes Gulfstream Park Sprint Ch'ship Stakes Santa Maria Stakes San Antonio Stakes Strub Stakes Southwest Stakes La Habra Stakes The Very One Stakes Sabin Stakes Mineshaft Handicap Rachel Alexandra Stakes Hurricane Bertie Stakes Sam F Davis Stakes El Camino Real Derby Endeavour Stakes Suwannee River Stakes Thunder Road Handicap

Giant Oak followed November’s disqualification-assisted Clark Handicap win at Churchill Downs with a second Grade 1 score, this time by a clear-cut two lengths from Morning Line in the traditional US trial for the Dubai World Cup, the Donn Handicap. But connections

feel that he is better on traditional dirt than synthetics, so he will not be going to Dubai and has the Stephen Foster Handicap, back at Churchill on June 18, as his main mid-season goal.

Teaks North, the outsider of the field at 25-1, got up on the line to

Horse

Born

Sire

Stands/Stood

Harlan’s Holiday (USA) Northern Afleet (USA) Western Winter (USA) Elusive Quality (USA) Encosta de Lago (AUS) Exceed And Excel (AUS) Giant’s Causeway (USA) Indian Charlie (USA)

1999 1993 1992 1993 1993 2000 1997 1995

Harlan (USA) Afleet (CAN) Gone West (USA) Gone West (USA) Fairy King (USA) Danehill (USA) Storm Cat (USA) In Excess

USA USA SAF USA AUS AUS USA IRE USA AUS USA

BTH BTW GH GW 8 5 6 11 5 6 7 5

5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4

2 1 4 6 3 1 3 3

2 1 4 3 2 2 2

BTH = black type horses; BTW = black type winners; GH = Group horses; GW = Group winners

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beat Smart Bid by a nose in the Gulfstream Park Turf and give trainer Justin Sallusto his first ever graded stakes victory. The former Michael Bell-trained juvenile Battle Of Hastings was sent off hot favourite but could manage no better than fourth.

There was a lesser upset in the Las Virgenes Stakes as Zazu, carrying the Zenyatta colours of Jerry and Ann Moss, got the better of the 5-2 on chance Turbulent Descent for the first time in three meetings, prevailing by a length and a quarter.

LEADING GLOBAL SIRES Western Winter is still on top but now at a fee of $25,000, has done well at jointly with Northern Afleet, sire of last stud. In 2010 he had a Grade 1 winner month’s Grade 1 winner Teaks North, in Majesticperfection and this year he is and Harlan’s Holiday. responsible for Mendip, twice The last-named, winner of the Florida successful in Group 3s in Dubai, and Derby, Blue Grass Stakes and Donn American Grade 3 scorer Silver Handicap, and based at WinStar Farm Reunion.

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DATA BOOK OVERSEAS STAKES RESULTS WINNERS Breeder 6C Racing Ltd Abergwaun Farms Acham, Mrs C. S. Ades & Madame D. Ades-Hazan, Madame L. Al Qahzani, Mohammod H. Alder, R. H. Ambersham Stud Aston House Stud Atkinson, Mr J. Ballygallon Stud Limited Ballygallon Stud Limited Ballygallon Stud Ltd Ballyhane Stud Barouche Stud Ireland Ltd Barronstown Stud & Cobra Bergin, D. & T. Bergin, D. & T. Berkshire Equestrian Services Ltd Bolton Grange Bone, Mrs L. B. K. Boudengen, P. Brady, P. Brady, P. Breeding Capital & Watership Down Stud Bricklow Ltd Brook Stud Bloodstock Ltd Butler, T. C. Byrne, P. Camogue Stud Ltd Car Colston Hall Stud Carradale Carroll, Mr J. M. Cassidy, P. Castellane Partnership Castlemartin Stud & Skymarc Farm Ceka Ireland Limited Celbridge Estates Ltd Charlock Farm Stud Cheveley Park Stud Ltd Chevington Stud Chevington Stud Citadel Stud Cliveden Stud Ltd Cohn, Exors of the Late Seymour Cooke, B. Cullen, K. and Mrs Cullinan, J. Curran, Mr P. Damiano, Pascal Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley David Jamison Bloodstock David Jamison Bloodstock Dayton Investments Ltd Dayton Investments Ltd Deer, Mr & Mrs D. J. Deerforest Stud Deerforest Stud Deln Ltd Downey, T. Doyle, T. Doyle, T. Doyle, T. Elsdon Farms Eurostrait Ltd Farrington & Canning Downs, D. Finegan & Noel Cogan, N. Fitzgerald, Miss A. Fleming, Miss D. Fleming, Miss D. Forenaghts Stud Foreneish Bloodstock Fortview Stud G. B. Bloodstock Limited Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd Genesis Green Stud Ltd & Thurso Ltd Gibbons & Dermot Forde, P. Gibbons & P. & Mrs Gibbons, D. Glending Bloodstock Glenview House Stud Grandsir, Mr T. Grangemore Stud Hadi al Tajir Haim, R.

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Winner Sailorman (IRE) Cosmo Meadow (IRE) Hasty (IRE) La Terrible (IRE) Qedaam (IRE) Batten Boom (IRE) Fabiello (GB) Boz (GB) I Like Shopin (GB) Spirit Quartz (IRE) Spirit Quartz (IRE) Eldarion (IRE) Control Zone (IRE) Senza Rete (IRE) Bankable (IRE) Green Beret (IRE) Winterwind (IRE) Lekita (GB) Parmeenion (GB) Hameildaeme (GB) Indian Force (IRE) Bay Willow (IRE) Thousand Miles (IRE) Perigueux (GB) Dixlesio (IRE) Five Cents (GB) Hawk And I (IRE) Stormy Dancer (IRE) Diamond Geezah (IRE) Latin Lad (GB) Cambina (IRE) Bellinissimo (IRE) See My Dreams (IRE) Miss Maddie (IRE) Joshua Tree (IRE) Mr Mojito (IRE) Prince d'Alienor (IRE) Balata (GB) Weathervane (GB) Almaguer (GB) Almaguer (GB) Mafra (IRE) Flashmans Papers (GB) Exclamation (GB) Hawk Island (IRE) Wigmore Hall (IRE) Al Rep (IRE) Prendi Nota (IRE) Spanish Moss (IRE) Skysurfers (GB) Amazon River (IRE) Uffa Che Noia (IRE) Claremont (IRE) Funhouse (GB) Khawlah (IRE) Monterosso (GB) Les Troyens (GB) Lyrique (IRE) African Story (GB) Georges Lane (GB) Compton Park (GB) Poincon de France (IRE) Bomber Pilot (IRE) Sabre Light (GB) Bergonzi (IRE) Bergonzi (IRE) Perfect Union (IRE) Takounas (IRE) Ebn Malk (IRE) Ebn Malk (IRE) Ebn Malk (IRE) Northern Glory (GB) Navajo Chief (GB) Our Chairman (IRE) Sweet Whip (IRE) Lord Antani (IRE) Soviet Secret (GB) Soviet Secret (GB) Refuse Toulouse (IRE) Trade Swallow (GB) Barking (IRE) Snape Maltings (IRE) Quick Off The Mark (GB) Never Ending Tale (GB) Emirates Champion (GB) Glorious Gift (IRE) Marmoom Flower (IRE) Princess Hannah (GB) Dr Faustus (IRE) Pirate's Song (GB) Golden Shaheen (IRE) Ucandri (IRE) Open Sesame (IRE) Greek Waters (IRE) Mahya Glaz (GB) Bernieres (IRE) Famous Warrior (IRE) Alternative (GB)

Sire Dubawi (IRE) King's Best (USA) Invincible Spirit (IRE) Fasliyev (USA) Daylami (IRE) Mark Of Esteem (IRE) Indesatchel (IRE) Grand Lodge (USA) Val Royal (FR) Invincible Spirit (IRE) Invincible Spirit (IRE) Aragorn (IRE) Daggers Drawn (USA) Barathea (IRE) Medicean (GB) Fayruz Orpen (USA) Kyllachy (GB) Beat Hollow (GB) Storming Home (GB) Anabaa Blue (GB) Singspiel (IRE) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Pivotal (GB) Iffraaj (GB) Exceed And Excel (AUS) Hawk Wing (USA) Night Shift (USA) Diamond Green (FR) Hernando (FR) Hawk Wing (USA) Hawk Wing (USA) Where Or When (IRE) Barathea (IRE) Montjeu (IRE) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Verglas (IRE) Averti (IRE) Red Ransom (USA) Spectrum (IRE) Spectrum (IRE) Kalanisi (IRE) Exceed And Excel (AUS) Acclamation (GB) Hawk Wing (USA) High Chaparral (IRE) Trade Fair (GB) Antonius Pius (USA) Fasliyev (USA) E Dubai (USA) Dalakhani (IRE) King's Best (USA) Sadler's Wells (USA) Pivotal (GB) Cape Cross (IRE) Dubawi (IRE) Librettist (USA) Iffraaj (GB) Pivotal (GB) Diamond Green (FR) Compton Place (GB) Peintre Celebre (USA) Numerous (USA) Fantastic Light (USA) Indian Ridge Indian Ridge Alhaarth (IRE) Captain Rio (GB) King's Best (USA) King's Best (USA) King's Best (USA) Rainbow Quest (USA) King's Best (USA) Okawango (USA) Whipper (USA) One Cool Cat (USA) Soviet Star (USA) Soviet Star (USA) Refuse To Bend (IRE) Trade Fair (GB) Bahri (USA) Sadler's Wells (USA) Dr Fong (USA) Singspiel (IRE) Haafhd (GB) Elnadim (USA) Cape Cross (IRE) Royal Applause (GB) Sadler's Wells (USA) Bahamian Bounty (GB) Invincible Spirit (IRE) Refuse To Bend (IRE) Key Of Luck (USA) Whipper (USA) Gentlewave (IRE) Montjeu (IRE) Alhaarth (IRE) Dr Fong (USA)

Age/sex 4c 4c 4f 5m 5m 8h 3c 7h 3c 3c 3c 3c 5h 3f 7h 5g 6h 6m 3c 5m 3c 4g 5h 3c 3c 4c 6h 4c 3c 6h 3f 5h 4f 4f 4c 3c 3c 6g 4c 9g 9g 5m 5h 6g 6h 4g 3c 3c 10 g 5h 4c 4f 5h 5m 3f 4c 3c 3f 4c 3g 4c 7h 7h 6g 7g 7g 4c 4c 6h 6h 6h 8h 4c 6h 3f 3c 4c 4c 5h 4c 3c 4c 6m 6g 5h 6h 5m 5m 6h 4c 4g 4c 5g 4f 3f 3f 4g 7h

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Ctry Uae Jpn Usa Fr Ksa Ity Spa Ity Ity Ity Ity Fr Hk Ity Uae Uae Swi Gr Ity Usa Fr Uae Fr Qtr Spa Uae Swe Fr Usa Ksa Usa Fr Gr Saf Qtr Usa Fr Spa Mac Fr Fr Fr Usa Usa Aus Uae Ity Ity Fr Uae Uae Ity Uae Fr Uae Uae Fr Fr Fr Hk Spa Fr Fr Swe Swi Swi Fr Gr Ksa Ksa Ksa Swi Uae Spa Fr Ity Qtr Qtr Gr Ity Spa Fr Ksa Gr Uae Uae Fr Gr Uae Uae Uae Fr Hk Gr Fr Fr Uae Spa

Date 25/2/11 19/2/11 09/2/11 02/3/11 20/1/11 05/3/11 25/2/11 26/2/11 06/3/11 10/2/11 27/2/11 24/2/11 16/2/11 26/2/11 03/3/11 17/2/11 20/2/11 18/2/11 07/3/11 03/3/11 09/3/11 24/2/11 02/3/11 24/2/11 06/3/11 25/2/11 13/2/11 09/3/11 24/2/11 04/2/11 21/2/11 13/2/11 21/1/11 22/1/11 24/2/11 02/3/11 05/3/11 13/2/11 26/2/11 13/2/11 19/2/11 12/2/11 20/2/11 05/3/11 19/2/11 03/3/11 26/2/11 28/2/11 08/3/11 10/2/11 11/2/11 12/2/11 17/2/11 23/2/11 24/2/11 03/3/11 04/3/11 07/3/11 10/3/11 20/2/11 25/2/11 12/2/11 28/2/11 27/2/11 13/2/11 20/2/11 12/2/11 01/3/11 14/1/11 28/1/11 03/2/11 06/2/11 24/2/11 27/2/11 21/2/11 07/3/11 09/2/11 23/2/11 21/1/11 21/2/11 25/2/11 08/3/11 14/1/11 29/1/11 17/2/11 25/2/11 27/2/11 01/3/11 05/3/11 26/2/11 11/2/11 02/3/11 27/2/11 29/1/11 08/3/11 09/3/11 18/2/11 06/3/11

Racecourse Jebel Ali Tokyo Tampa Bay Downs Lyon La Soie King Abdulaziz Pisa Mijas Rome Rome Pisa Pisa Marseille Borely Happy Valley Rome Meydan Meydan St Moritz Athens Pisa Santa Anita Marseille Pont De Vivaux Meydan Toulouse Al Rayyan Mijas Jebel Ali Taby Marseille Pont De Vivaux Santa Anita King Abdulaziz Santa Anita Cagnes-Sur-Mer Athens Kenilworth Al Rayyan Gulfstream Park Compiegne Mijas Taipa Cagnes-Sur-Mer Cagnes-Sur-Mer Cagnes-Sur-Mer Santa Anita Santa Anita Rosehill Meydan Rome Naples Nantes Meydan Jebel Ali Rome Meydan Cagnes-Sur-Mer Meydan Meydan Deauville Saint-Cloud Deauville Sha Tin Mijas Cagnes-Sur-Mer Pau Taby St Moritz St Moritz Cagnes-Sur-Mer Athens King Abdulaziz King Abdulaziz King Abdulaziz St Moritz Meydan Mijas Cagnes-Sur-Mer Pisa Al Rayyan Al Rayyan Athens Naples Mijas Nantes King Abdulaziz Athens Meydan Jebel Ali Nimes Athens Meydan Sharjah Jebel Ali Toulouse Sha Tin Athens Nantes Fontainebleau Meydan Mijas

Distance 1m 2m1f 1m1f 1m2f165y 1m2f 1m7f 1m2f110y 1m3f 1m 6f 6f 1m1f 1m55y 1m 6f 6f 1m2f 7f 1m2f 1m 7f110y 1m3f 1m 6f 1m1f 1m1f 1m4f 7f110y 6f 1m 6f 1m 6f 1m2f 1m4f 1m 1m 1m1f 1m1f 1m4f 1m4f 1m4f110y 6f 6f 1m2f 1m1f 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m1f165y 1m 1m6f11y 1m 1m1f110y 1m4f93y 6f110y 1m 7f110y 6f 6f 2m 1m1f110y 1m 1m5f110y 1m5f110y 1m4f 7f 1m4f 1m2f 1m4f 1m 1m 6f 1m2f165y 6f 1m 1m2f 7f 1m7f 6f110y 1m4f 1m 7f 1m3f 5f 2m1f 7f 1m2f 6f 6f 1m2f 1m 1m1f 1m 1m3f 1m 6f110y

Prize-money (ÂŁ) 8,963 328,513 (Gr3) 6,615 6,034 13,448 12,931 4,310 8,620 12,931 4,310 5,603 6,897 40,008 6,034 77,609 (Gr3) 58,207 35,083 3,681 4,310 11,538 6,034 46,565 5,172 8,085 3,879 8,435 3,831 5,603 24,231 4,707 38,462 (Gr3) 6,897 5,381 3,665 50,532 9,231 12,500 3,879 13,154 6,466 10,345 6,897 6,154 11,538 42,974 (L) 97,012 (Gr2) 8,620 3,879 8,190 67,908 (L) 6,326 3,879 67,908 (L) 20,259 97,012 (Gr3) 97,012 (Gr2) 10,345 10,345 12,069 40,008 5,172 7,759 5,172 4,789 4,345 4,345 6,466 3,147 3,259 6,034 10,345 4,345 67,908 4,310 6,034 4,310 4,043 8,085 8,669 4,310 5,172 9,483 4,707 3,886 58,207 12,653 6,034 4,106 8,435 5,799 10,544 10,345 30,124 24,166 5,603 10,345 46,565 4,310

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6g 5m 5m 5m 8h 4c 3f 6g 5h 6h 4c 6g 4c 3c 4g 6g 3c 6h 6h 3f 4c 3c 6g 5m 3c 4c 3f 3c 6h 3c 3c 4f 7h 3c 3f 4c 5h 5h 4f 4g 4c 7h 9g 9g 4g 3c 5h 5m 3f 6h 6h 3f 3f 3c 4c 3f 4f 4c 6m 7g 3c 4f 4c 4f 3f 4g 3c 6g 3f 4g 6h 3c 4c 7m 3c 5g 4f 11 g 3c 8g 6m 3c 3c 3c 3f 3f 4g 5h 3f 4c 5h 3f 7h 4c 5h 5g 3f 4f 4c

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06/3/11 21/1/11 18/2/11 04/3/11 26/2/11 20/2/11 04/3/11 11/2/11 17/2/11 03/3/11 10/2/11 10/2/11 27/2/11 03/3/11 24/2/11 12/2/11 02/3/11 18/2/11 11/2/11 04/2/11 26/2/11 17/2/11 06/3/11 21/1/11 16/2/11 10/3/11 04/3/11 04/3/11 02/3/11 08/2/11 24/2/11 01/3/11 01/3/11 24/2/11 04/3/11 17/2/11 10/2/11 18/2/11 27/2/11 10/2/11 25/2/11 15/2/11 12/2/11 26/2/11 20/2/11 22/2/11 19/2/11 09/3/11 13/2/11 12/2/11 05/3/11 19/2/11 05/3/11 13/2/11 06/3/11 16/2/11 06/3/11 01/2/11 07/3/11 25/1/11 12/2/11 10/2/11 05/3/11 29/1/11 24/2/11 05/3/11 20/2/11 21/1/11 12/2/11 09/2/11 09/2/11 15/2/11 10/2/11 25/2/11 25/2/11 20/2/11 27/2/11 21/2/11 06/2/11 13/2/11 01/3/11 20/2/11 02/3/11 26/2/11 18/2/11 30/1/11 25/2/11 04/3/11 10/2/11 19/2/11 27/2/11 02/3/11 27/2/11 03/3/11 16/2/11 19/2/11 30/1/11 23/2/11 23/2/11

Sha Tin Athens Athens Athens Siracusa Mijas Deauville King Abdulaziz Al Rayyan Meydan Al Rayyan Meydan Pisa Al Rayyan Meydan Cagnes-Sur-Mer Rome Tampa Bay Downs Jebel Ali Athens Siracusa Marseille Pont De Vivaux Mijas Athens Cagnes-Sur-Mer Deauville Athens Siracusa Rome Athens Meydan Marseille Pont De Vivaux Marseille Pont De Vivaux Pisa Deauville Angers Meydan Meydan Gulfstream Park Meydan Mijas Athens Cagnes-Sur-Mer Cagnes-Sur-Mer Sha Tin Rome Rome Fontainebleau Cagnes-Sur-Mer Siracusa Siracusa Siracusa Siracusa Mijas Rome Cagnes-Sur-Mer Santa Anita Athens Pisa Athens Rome Al Rayyan Meydan Athens Marseille Borely Meydan Mijas Athens Santa Anita Happy Valley Happy Valley Rome Urawa Lyon La Soie Athens Mijas Nimes Cagnes-Sur-Mer Taby Cagnes-Sur-Mer Marseille Pont De Vivaux Taby Lyon La Soie Siracusa Athens Vaal Mijas Kranji Toulouse Cagnes-Sur-Mer Sha Tin Lyon La Soie Abu Dhabi Meydan Cagnes-Sur-Mer Cagnes-Sur-Mer Vaal Gulfstream Park Happy Valley

7f 7f 1m1f 1m 1m2f110y 6f110y 7f110y 1m4f 1m 1m2f 7f 5f 7f110y 6f 1m1f110y 1m2f165y 1m1f110y 1m 1m1f165y 6f 5f110y 1m2f 1m1f 6f 1m2f 7f110y 7f 6f 1m3f 6f 1m 1m5f 7f110y 7f110y 6f110y 1m2f110y 1m1f110y 1m2f 1m3f 7f 1m1f 1m 6f110y 6f110y 1m 1m 1m 5f110y 1m 1m2f110y 1m2f 5f110y 6f110y 6f110y 1m3f 1m2f 1m 7f 6f110y 1m 6f 5f 6f 7f 6f 7f 1m1f 1m1f 1m 6f 1m55y 1m2f110y 7f 1m4f 1m1f 1m2f110y 1m1f110y 1m4f 6f165y 6f110y 7f110y 1m2f 1m2f165y 1m2f110y 6f 6f 1m1f 1m1f110y 1m2f 1m 7f 1m2f165y 1m3f 5f 1m2f 1m 6f 1m 6f

23,534 11,957 15,575 7,237 4,741 3,879 10,345 12,069 4,043 116,414 (Gr2) 4,043 67,908 4,310 4,043 42,685 7,759 6,034 5,962 11,599 3,681 4,310 7,328 3,879 3,497 8,621 7,759 3,681 3,448 3,879 4,091 58,207 (L) 6,897 4,224 4,310 10,345 6,897 42,685 42,685 16,538 42,685 3,879 3,461 8,621 12,931 54,129 3,879 6,034 12,931 23,707 (L) 4,310 4,310 4,310 4,310 3,879 6,896 8,621 21,538 3,147 3,448 6,504 4,310 4,043 8,435 5,978 7,328 6,326 3,448 5,145 21,538 40,008 30,124 4,741 31,576 5,172 10,667 4,310 4,310 6,897 4,789 6,466 4,224 3,831 6,034 4,310 4,091 4,239 4,310 20,182 6,034 7,759 30,124 6,034 8,435 67,908 7,759 6,466 4,239 15,577 82,370

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FLASHBACK

March 30, 1974 Red Rum and Brian Fletcher negotiate the 16th fence en route to capturing their second Grand National

GEORGE SELWYN

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1 Scout – Tommy Stack 2 Rough Silk – Mouse Morris 3 Red Rum – Brian Fletcher 4 Pearl Of Montreal – Tommy Kinane 5 Sunny Lad – David Cartwright 6 Spanish Steps – Bill Smith 7 Vulgan Town – Johnny Haine 8 L’Escargot – Tommy Carberry 9 Charles Dickens – Andy Turnell

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e’s long-established as one of racing’s top photographers but in March 1974, George Selwyn was a 20-year-old hopeful, armed with a Nikkormat FTN camera, visiting Aintree for the first time.

He had sold his first photos just a few months earlier and only managed to access the course to capture Red Rum’s second Grand National triumph by faking his press accreditation.

Selwyn says: “I wasn’t established as a racing photographer in those days and couldn’t get a press pass, so I made my own.

“I had spent the previous two years as a photographer’s darkroom assistant in Olympia, but I used to sneak off to visit the London tracks.

Before that I’d spent six months as a stable lad with Verly Bewicke; I had no experience of horses prior to that.

“The first images I had printed in a newspaper were of a horse called Greater, who won at Kempton on November 14, 1973. The following day The Sporting Life and The Times carried the pictures, which meant a lot to me at the time.

“Most of my photographs from that period were in black and white, as I could develop them myself, whereas colour shots, like Red Rum in ‘74, had to be sent off for processing.”

Fast forward 37 years and Selwyn’s Grand National operation is a slightly busier affair, involving two assistants and a total of six cameras, positioned at different points of the course.

Selwyn adds: “The National is the big one – it’s my favourite race – and I have lots of good memories of my time spent in Liverpool. There’s just something magical about it.”

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