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(in order of total prize money earnings)

Danehill Dancer No. 12 - Walk On Bye won

Anglesey S.-Gr.3 on 12th July

Sadler’s Wells

No. 12 - Doctor Fremantle won

Princess of Wales’s S.Gr.2 on 9th July

Galileo

No. 11 - Kite Wood won Bahrain

Trophy-Gr.3 at Newmarket on 9th July No. 12 - Promesse de l’Aube won Grosser Canon-Preis-L.R. on 12th July

RK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

STALLION Danehill Dancer Cape Cross

Montjeu Sadler´s Wells Noverre

Galileo Monsun Pivotal

High Chaparral Dansili

Giant´s Causeway Dynaformer

Peintre Celebre

ST-WNRS EARNINGS 12 11 £1,716,291 6 £1,542,314 4 £1,520,050 12 11 £1,168,114 3 £1,029,981 12 10 £990,944 4 £807,187 6 £753,478 6 £726,755 7 £608,650 3 £562,708 4 £562,658 5 £535,072

Source: www.racingpost.com, 8th July 2009

Peintre Celebre

No. 4 - The very exciting 2-Y-O Hard Life won No. 5 -

Premio Mantovani-L.R. on 5th July Byword won Prix Pelleas-L.R. on 6th July

STALLIONS FOR 2009 • AD VALOREM • ANTONIUS PIUS • AUSSIE RULES • CATCHER IN THE RYE • CHOISIR • DANEHILL DANCER • DUKE OF MARMALADE • • DYLAN THOMAS • EXCELLENT ART • FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND • GALILEO • HIGH CHAPARRAL • HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR • HURRICANE RUN • IVAN DENISOVICH • • MONTJEU • ONE COOL CAT • ORATORIO • PEINTRE CELEBRE • ROCK OF GIBRALTAR • STRATEGIC PRINCE • All Coolmore Stallions nominated to the European Breeder’s Fund.

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Contact: Coolmore Stud, Fethard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Tel: 353-52-6131298. Fax: 353-52-6131382.

Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Tim Corballis, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne or Mathieu Alex.

Tom Gaffney, David Magnier, Joe Hernon or Cathal Murphy: 353-25-31966/31689. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) 44-7827-795156.

E-mail: sales@coolmore.ie Web site: www.coolmore.com

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WELCOME

Racing legends keen to enter political arena ester Piggott, for all his racing brilliance, is not well known as a lusty political campaigner. So the fact that he has chosen to enter such an area makes him well worth a read, in an issue that marks five years of Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder.

Piggott’s concern is simple: that the unique status of Newmarket, arguably the most famous horseracing town in the world, is under threat.

His reasoning, and that of many other leading racing figures, is that a heavy cloud of development plans hang over Newmarket, which, if realised, would make it near impossible for the current 2,500 horses to be trained there.

Imagine this: if the worst fears are realised, there might be no Henry Cecil training in Newmarket, no Sir Michael Stoute, no Godolphin. And if Sheikh Mohammed decides that it is no longer feasible to have the huge bulk of his racehorse stables there, what is to stop him moving his breeding operation elsewhere?

This, of course, is a doomsday scenario. But Piggott and members of the Save Historic Newmarket Action Group are adamant that a proposed 1,200 housing complex on land owned by Lord Derby, and a Jockey Clubbacked ‘Racing Village’ on Hamilton Road, pose a very real threat.

“The traffic has got so bad and it will only get worse,” says the legendary jockey. “They’re trying to build new things all the time and we don’t need it. Newmarket is a horse town, it was built to be a horse town and the racing industry employs a lot of people here.

“We have the best facilities and gallops for the horses here but if the horses leave, or the big owners leave, Newmarket would have a major problem. It’s dangerous riding out in the town

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now. The horses have to cross the roads at certain places to get to the Heath early in the morning. It puts them and the riders at risk. The town’s become too big.”

The full nature of the concerns over plans to build more housing in Newmarket are outlined on pages 34 to 39. So, too, are the counterviews, those of Lord Derby, of the Jockey Club, and of the Forest Heath District Council, which is staunch in the belief that Newmarket, as a major town in its remit, has to share the burden of a Government directive to build more houses in the area. “Newmarket is one of the principal towns in the district and therefore must rightly take its sustainable share of new development,” says Forest Heath’s Strategic Director Nigel McCurdy.

Another racing legend is the subject of this month’s Big Interview – Alec Head, the creator of French racing’s most potent dynasty and a shrewd operator in the bloodstock world.

To coincide with a special Deauville advertising feature, Head has been asked to reflect on the current issues facing his country’s racing and breeding industry.

He may be 85 years old, but Head has no fear of change and he pulls a slightly surprising rabbit out of the hat with his warm support for artificial insemination, a topic that was swatted away by TBA Chairman Kirsten Rausing in her Leader column last month.

“I used to be against the idea but I am not any more,” reveals Head. “It’s the only way to progress. One shouldn’t be stubborn in life; one must recognise one’s errors.”

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“Piggott believes Newmarket could lose the best horses and its biggest owners”

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67 Forum special featuring the ROA AGM and TBA Seminar

Legend Alec Head is this month’s Big Interview

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Your guide to Deauville and the sales season

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CONTENTS | AUGUST 2009 8 10 13 15 16 17 112 Ryan Moore chats

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Going Global US racing bedevilled by problems

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The Big Picture Richard Dunwoody’s superhuman feat Talking to…

Champion jockey Ryan Moore The Big Interview Legendary horseman Alec Head Newmarket Under Pressure Concerns over building projects Racing Review Lowdown on recent Group 1 action Stringston Farm A stellar season for Robert Pocock Sales Circuit From Ireland, France and Britain Deauville Advertorial feature

News Focus Why prize-money must be maintained Changes Racing’s news in a nutshell ROA Leader Dealing with a fall in levy TBA Leader Declining horse numbers Tony Morris Triple Crown goes begging Lysaght’s People All the gossip from the racecourse Your Say James Tate on the Nicky Henderson saga

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INTERNATIONAL SCENE

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View from Ireland Yearling Bonus Scheme negotiations Continental Tales Success for the Sundstrom family

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Sea The Stars – who else! – leads our monthly Racing Review

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ROA AGM Chapter and verse from key industry event ROA News Great news on badges and sponsorship TBA Seminar Influential gathering urges unity across borders TBA News First ever Welsh regional day outing Breeder of the Month Lady Bamford, for dual Classic winner Sariska Vets Forum The role of your surgeon at the sales

DATA BOOK 92 94 98 110 111

Caulfield Files Records of elderly mares can pass muster International Stakes Winners A great month for South African bloodstock Data Book European Pattern winners and pedigree analysis Stallion Stats Sadler’s Wells and Danehill Dancer head tables British/Irish-breds Your victories on foreign soil

For the period July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008 the average monthly circulation was 9,698, as certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. This figure does not include those subscribers who now receive the publication since the incorporation of Pacemaker magazine. The next audit to include this will take place mid-2009.

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COVERING THE BIG STORIES IN HORSERACING

Reduced levy yield is ‘dire news’ for racing With 2010 prize-money now under threat, work must be stepped up to address the sport’s perennial funding challenge, says ROA chief

Michael Harris: “Bookmakers and racing must tackle issues together”

he news that the 2008/09 levy yield is just £91.6 million – a massive drop from the 2007/08 high roller-boosted figure of £115.3m – has “really focussed everybody's mind” on the need to sort out racing's finances, according to Michael Harris, ROA Chief Executive.

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protected, at a minimum £65m per annum, up until 2011. Now 2010 prize-money is under threat.

“This drop has really focussed everybody's mind,” said Harris.

“We might not be able to do a lot for next year but the industry must look at its whole funding structure so that initiatives can be implemented in time for 2011.”

According to Harris, there are now four work areas that have to be accelerated.

“First, this dire situation underlines the importance of the work now being undertaken by the group assigned to betting matters within the Rebranding of Racing project,” he explained.

“Along with this, there must be a joint approach between bookmakers and racing in tackling our problems.

“Second, we must keep banging on the Government's door for the introduction of new legislation to ensure that UK and overseas bookmakers are operating on a level playing field, otherwise we will remain vulnerable to the dire predictions made in Paul Dixon's AGM speech (see pages 68-70).

“We need to look at racing’s whole funding structure so initiatives can be effected by 2011”

“There are also a number of very important issues within the levy area where progress is painfully slow, such as bookmaker payment thresholds and quasi bookmakers operating through exchanges, thereby not paying tax and levy.

“Third, urgent work must be done on the levy system as it relates to the funding of fixtures.

There is a growing belief that the levy is being spread too thinly over too many fixtures.

“Fourth, there is a lot of discussion going on in the background about introducing new European legislation that could change the whole basis of funding. This involves betting operators paying a negotiated rights payment to any sport on which they take bets.”

Harris added: “The Levy Board and Executive do an excellent job, however they operate within the levy’s statutory framework, which is not fit for purpose, and that is where the underlying problem is.”

Former trainer Jack Berry and his wife Jo, who together spent more than 50 years working in the racing industry, have become the second recipients of the Chris Deuters Award in recognition of services to the sport.

The award, named in honour of the former ROA President and Levy Board Deputy Chairman’s huge contribution to racing, was presented by his widow, Antonia, at the ROA AGM in June.

Berry, best known for his superb handling of sprinters of the calibre of Mind Games and Paris House, also sent out

Selhurstpark Flyer, owned by the Deuters, to win back-to-back renewals of the Wokingham Handicap at Royal Ascot in the 1990s.

A tireless charity worker for the Injured Jockeys’ Fund since its inception in 1964, Berry’s latest racing memoir, Better Late Than Never, is crammed with stories from his extraordinary life. The gross proceeds of the book will go to the IJF. On receiving the award, Berry commented: “Some of my best days in racing were down to Chris Deuters.”

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Jo (left) and Jack Berry with their award from Antonia Deuters

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Jack and Jo Berry receive Deuters award at ROA AGM

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Disappointing foal sale results tell Japanese market it’s time to start selling more yearlings It’s not often that one auction can change the entire direction of an industry, but that seems to be what happened at the Japan Racing Horse Association (JRHA) select sale of yearlings and foals from July 13-15.

Buffeted by the harsh winds of the global economic crisis more than their counterparts in Europe and North America, leading Japanese breeders said the sale results – with aggregate of the single yearling session up 15% while gross of the two foal sessions plunged by 33% – indicated that it is time for Japan to shift from a focus on selling foals to the worldwide standard emphasis on yearlings.

Teruya Yoshida, JRHA ViceChairman and owner of Shadai Farm, said: “I’m now convinced that the market here will shift to yearlings. I don’t know when, but I think a foundation has been set to

change. Maybe in the future (the sale) will be two days of yearlings and one day of foals.”

Big Red Farm owner Shigeyuki Okada, who bought a halfbrother to 2007 Japanese Horse of the Horse Admire Moon by Rock Of Gibraltar for the yearling session’s top price of 145 million yen (£975,000), noted that it is very difficult for buyers to evaluate the potential of foals, most of which are sold while still at their dams’ sides. Plus, international buyers befuddled by Japan’s tradition of selling foals have not been inclined to participate.

“If the JRHA wants to have more foreign buyers, then we’ll have to shift from foals to yearlings,” said Okada, who contended that the death of 13time leading sire Sunday Silence in 2002 sparked the change.

Although buyers often found racing success after buying

Boost for UK breeders as India lifts trade restrictions Breeders in the UK have reason to be cheerful after the import restriction by India of British breeding stock was reduced from 36 to 20 months, following lengthy negotiations by the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association.

The ban – which does not apply to Ireland – was imposed because of fears over Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM), a sexually transmitted bacterial disease.

Provided that no case of CEM occurs in the interim period, the restriction will end a few days prior to this year’s December Sales at Tattersalls.

It has been estimated that the loss in British revenue has topped £3.65 million since 2006.

TBA Chief Executive Louise Kemble said: “As a result of renewed pressure by the TBA, the EU put this restriction into the top 12 EU trade issues with India, which has helped to bring a short-term resolution.

“However, we are conscious that more detailed work is required to encourage the Indian government to re-classify CEM. “We will continue to address this issue behind the scenes, while Tattersalls and British Bloodstock Marketing work to encourage Indian buyers to this year’s mare sales.”

Kemble added: “The TBA’s work should result in significant improvement in returns to vendors at a time when they are most needed.”

Sunday Silence foals, no other stallion has been able to give them the same level of confidence, Okada said.

Yet two-time Horse of the Year and Triple Crown winner Deep Impact continues to appeal.

His three-quarter brother from the first crop of champion Daiwa Major topped the foal portion of the sale on a bid of 165 million yen (£1,110,000).

Even though the sale was down significantly overall on the previous year – with three-day figures indicating gross of 7,612,600,000 yen (£51,199,000) declined 21.4% and average of 23,138,601 yen (£155,600) fell 21.8% – such revenue generation with such young horses would be a stunning triumph in any other market.

Will Japan now shift its emphasis to yearlings, rather than foals?

Foal crop decline ‘bad news’ says Weatherbys boss The decline in British and Irish foal crops “cannot be good news”, according to Paul Greeves, Chief Executive of Weatherbys Thoroughbred Ltd, despite claims the recession is helping to solve overproduction.

Speaking at the TBA’s ‘The Breeding Business’ seminar in June, Greeves projected that the British foal crop could fall from 5,920 in 2008 to 5,650 this year, with new mare registrations down by 25% in Britain – and 31% in Ireland – over the first five months of 2009.

“It is evident that the breeding industry is suffering due to the recession; to say that the correction in foal numbers is healthy is to take a narrow view,” he said.

“Breeders, studs and their workers, they have all been affected by the recession – it’s bad news for everybody.

“It is too simplistic to think the recession is a help. The decline in foal crops cannot be considered good news.”

Referring to the past recessions which affected the bloodstock industry, Greeves said it could take five years before foal numbers recover to pre credit crunch levels.

He added: “If we look at the models of previous recessions in the 1970s and 1990s, the period from decline to recovery is a five-year cycle.

“On that basis – and this is not a personal view – it would be 2012 before foal crop numbers start to pick up again.”

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Racing’s news in a nutshell People and business

Nicky Henderson Hayley Turner Fergal Lynch Darren Williams Miles Rodgers TurfTV Rod Street Racing UK Jeremy Glover Tote Worcester Gala Coral Paul Goode Kempton Len Lungo (pictured) Jorge Ricardo Owen Byrne Levy yield Plumpton Steve Asmussen

Trainer banned from having runners for three months and fined £40,000 after Moonlit Path, owned by The Queen, tests positive for tranexamic acid Returns to the saddle after successfully appealing against 12-month suspension imposed by the BHA after a gallops fall left her with head injuries Fined £50,000 as part of plea-bargain settlement over race-fixing that will allow the former champion apprentice to continue his riding career in America BHA disciplinary panel suspends rider for three months as part of same inquiry into race-fixing Gambler and racehorse owner, another involved in race-fixing inquiry, given lifetime ban from the sport by the BHA Picture provider to betting shops accumulates half-year revenues of more than £25 million within two years of being launched Becomes project director of Racing Enterprises Ltd, having previously been project manager for the organisation’s re-branding exercise Channel continues on stand-alone basis after Setanta goes bust; the fee for new subscribers is set at £20 per month Takes over training of Paul Dixon’s string at Haygarth House in Retford on temporary basis following Alan McCabe’s decision to set up on his own Annual report reveals group profits down by 4.7% to £155.8 million, while operating profit after exceptional costs fell by 32.3% to £18.9m Track incurs wrath of owners, trainers and jockeys for abandoning a meeting in July after one race due to running out of water in hot weather Betting and bingo group axes 200 jobs in restructure, although Coral betting shops will not be affected Jockey who moved from the UK to Australia five years ago suffers multiple spinal fractures in fall at Queanbeyan in New South Wales Sunbury course reduces admission to £5 for some summer meetings, available through advance booking only, in bid to attract larger crowds Record-breaking jumps handler calls time on training career; he enjoyed Cheltenham Festival wins with Celtic Giant and Freetown 47-year-old South American jockey, the first ever to ride 10,000 winners, undergoes chemotherapy for low-grade lymphoma in his native Brazil BHA communications officer, 29, to leave post after eight years with organisation in order to train as a solicitor Falls from £115.3 million in 2007/08 to £91.6m in 2008/09, which chairman Rob Hughes describes as “disappointing” East Sussex course signs five-year live pictures deal with At The Races, following Ascot’s lead US trainer suspended for six months and fined $1,500 by Lone Star Park stewards after one of his horses tested positive for a local anaesthetic last year

Racehorse and stallion – movements and retirements Delegator Jealous Again Rahy Le Havre Takeover Target Mount Nelson Piccolo Deposer English Channel Sinndar Black Tie Affair Hot Weld

Godolphin purchases 2,000 Guineas and St James’s Palace Stakes runner-up, along with St James’s Palace Stakes fourth Evasive US-trained Queen Mary Stakes heroine bought by Sheikh Mohammed to race in Europe Sire of Fantastic Light, Noverre and Rio De La Plata retired by Three Chimneys Farm aged 24; the son of Blushing Groom sired 84 stakes winners in total French Derby winner retired after suffering serious tendon injury when winning at Chantilly Popular Australian sprinter trained by Joe Janiak, winner of the 2006 King’s Stand Stakes, retired aged ten after sustaining injury in the July Cup Newsells Park Stud stallion will shuttle to Berami Thoroughbreds in the Hunter Valley, Australia, for this year’s southern hemisphere season 18-year-old son of Warning to stand at Throckmorton Court Stud in Worcestershire next year, alongside Assertive and Fantastic View Jersey Stakes runner-up for the John Best stable sold to race in Hong Kong Champion US turf performer will stand alongside his sire, Smart Strike, at Lane’s End Farm in Kentucky in 2010, having stood at Hurricane Hall Farm Sire of Youmzain and Shawanda, based at the Aga Khan’s Haras de Bonneval in France, will shuttle to Brazil, along with Linngari US stallion, damsire of Irish 2,000 Guineas and St James’s Palace Stakes winner Mastercraftsman, retired from stud duties aged 23 due to declining fertility Winner of the Scottish Grand National and Bet365 Gold Cup in 2007 retired aged ten, having also won the 2006 National Hunt Chase

People obituaries Age Joe Oliver Teddy Davies Derek Stogdon Ray Rooney Jason Stockton

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Former head lad to Lester Piggott at Eve Lodge in Newmarket Associated with several champagne houses, including Piper Heidsieck and Taittinger, which supplied most British racecourses Long-serving racecourse representative for Ladbrokes Former senior steward of the Turf Club who owned Golden Cygnet, winner of the 1978 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, and top chaser Sky’s The Limit Stable groom for John Best who previously worked for Barry Hills, Lynda Ramsden and Richard Fahey

Horse obituaries Age Veracity Highest Honor Anabaa Lawyer Ron Big City Man Agnes Tachyon

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Talented stayer for Godolphin, winner of last year’s Jockey Club Cup, is put down after sustaining serious leg injury in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot Dual French champion sire based at Alec Head’s Haras du Quesnay, whose best runners included Verglas, Medaaly and Sagacity Brilliant sprinter, winner of the 1996 July Cup, and sire of top-class filly Goldikova and French Derby winner Anabaa Blue, also based at Quesnay Stonewall Farm sire in only his second season at stud; the son of Langfuhr won two Grade 1s in 2007, including Saratoga’s Whitney Handicap Top dirt sprinter, winner of the Dubai Golden Shaheen in March, is put down after developing a stomach ailment Leading stallion in Japan last season and the sire of 17 stakes winners, including Deep Sky, the 2008 Japanese Derby victor

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Tweenhills Times

Tweenhills Farm & Stud Tweenhills Racing David Redvers Bloodstock

AUGUST 2009

LUCKY STORY GR.1 GLORY Art Connoisseur provided Gr.1 glory for his sire Lucky Story in winning the Golden Jubilee Stakes (Gr.1) over 6f at Royal Ascot.

Reminiscent of his Coventry Stakes (Gr.2) win as a juvenile, he was held up in rear and came with a devastating run to strike the front inside the last furlong. In doing so he beat international challenges from Ireland, Hong Kong, USA, Australia and South Africa.

Lucky Story was the ‘equine face’ of Royal Ascot this year, so it was only fitting he should end up the leading sire of the meeting. Bred by Denis McDonnell of Parkway Farm, Art Connoisseur is from the first crop of this Tweenhills sire, who was also the leading British-based first season sire in 2008.

HERE COME THE INDIANS!

QUALITY on a budget

Tremendous anticipation awaits Sleeping Indian’s first crop yearlings and the vibes are great. There are 10 selling at the DBS St Leger Sale including a half sister to star Ascot juvenile Radiohead.

Horses purchased by David Redvers have proved over and over that you do not need a large budget to buy quality bloodstock.

WI VISIT Tweenhills bred, Radiohead, comfortably wins the Norfolk Stakes (Gr.2) at Royal Ascot

Art Connoisseur comes with a devastating turn of foot to win the Golden Jubilee Stakes (Gr.1) at Royal Ascot

The WI enjoyed an educational afternoon at Tweenhills in June. Brought to the stud by their dashing pan piper Edward Gillespie, the visit proved fun and inspiring – not least for David – even if some of their questions proved a little tricky!

Bargain Stakes winners include the recent multiple Listed winner Without A Prayer who was purchased for just 10,500gns from the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale 2006. Also the £17,000 purchase Oil Man who won as a juvenile and went on to take the Cinema H (Gr.3) at Hollywood Park in June.

Radiohead’s impressive win in the Norfolk Stakes (Gr.2) was yet another success for Tweenhills at Royal Ascot.

Two DBS St Leger Festival Sales yearlings have also proved good value.

The £12,500 two-year-old winner and Stakes placed Raines Cross, and the hugely impressive winner of the Hilary Needler Trophy (L), Don’t Tell Mary, who cost £32,000.

He was bred at Tweenhills in partnership with Redmyre Bloodstock, Stephen Hillen and Charlie Mason. His dam, Security Interest, having been purchased with Radiohead in-utero for just $20,000.

In addition, David has purchased many successful mares without spending a fortune, notably the dam of Art Connoisseur, Withorwithoutyou.

A Danehill winning mare purchased for just £20,000 to be bred to Lucky Story.

Radiohead – a hit at Royal Ascot

100 members of the Gloucestershire WI enjoying a visit to Tweenhills

ISHIGURU’S BEST CROP

Radiohead during foal sales preparation at Tweenhills before making €130,000 at Goffs

Ishiguru’s first crop continues to make their mark across the globe. She’s Our Mark added an incredible ninth Stakes win/place to her form recently when landing the Kilboy Estate Stakes (L) at the Curragh. Also Ishetoo made it seven wins when taking the valuable Sportingbet.com Sprint (Heritage Handicap) at York, and Geeza secured a hat trick on winning the Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (Gr.3) in New Zealand.

All this already and his best crop of yearlings hit the sales this year.

Those prices were paid when the market was healthy so the sky’s the limit now.

Multiple Stakes winner Without A Prayer cost David Redvers and Ralph Beckett just 10,500gns

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ROA LEADER

More emphatic tiered system the right move The fundamentals of how British horseraces are funded must be re-visited if the ‘premierisation’ of the sport is to be achieved in the near future ust at a time when our sport is about to launch a major initiative to tap into a new audience, it is Sod’s Law that we are confronted by a 20% fall in levy from a previous £116 million to £91.6m in 2008/09.

For the rebranding of British racing to have any chance of producing real benefits, however, significant money will have to be found. This would have required hard decisions at the best of times. Now, with the effect of the recession biting into racing’s income, it will become harder still to make these decisions.

It is too early to start commenting on specifics but it was clear well before any facts and figures were put down that racing has to imitate other successful sports in creating a better structure to house and present the best that it has to offer.

This is not a plea for a Premier League of racing, because we must always recognise the uniqueness of horseracing, but certainly a structure that gives an outside audience much easier access to the best in British racing is essential. A narrative in racing already exists but it

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Paul Dixon President, Racehorse Owners Association

horseracing generally.

Where to strike the right balance has fundamental implications for racing’s re-branding initiative.

From a marketing perspective, it is surely right that we put more of our eggs in the basket marked ‘Premier Racing’. But does this mean that British racing has to grasp the nettle that sees opportunities for very moderate horses taken out of the system? It has been tried before and ended in a largely botched attempt that saw all but the very worst horses left with running opportunities.

When the ROA was last confronted with this quality versus quantity predicament, we suggested that a more emphatic tiered system of racing might be the answer. Certainly, it would lead to the most moderate horses racing for even less prize-money. However, it would at least continue to provide running opportunities, especially if linked to a system that allowed those racecourses that largely cater for such horses to be given more flexibility in choosing to put on fixtures when it suited them. There is surely a need to re-visit such

“This is not a plea for a Premier League of racing – because we must recognise the uniqueness of the sport” needs to be carefully honed, shaped and re-presented through a series of simple messages.

If a revised structure is to further emphasise the best performers and performances, we have to accept the reality that more of racing’s diminishing pot will need to be directed at the better horses.

And it is here where we hit a major problem.

For many owners would argue, quite legitimately, there is already a disproportionate amount of funds directed to the top end of racing. Already we have a system where money generated in betting turnover by lots of lowly races is spent on prize-money for top horses that, in any case, hold a residual stud value.

There is then the counter argument, often perpetrated by the racing press, that there is too much racing, too many horses in training and that prize-money is spread too thinly.

It is, they argue, a system that panders to mediocrity and dilutes the attraction of

fundamentals before the pieces of a ‘premierisation’ programme can finally be put into place.

The link between the best and the worst within the horse population must never be forgotten.

The pyramid on which racing’s structure is built demands competition among many moderate horses in order that racing at the highest levels can be supported. You have only to look at the build-up races to Cheltenham to see this in operation.

The harshness of allowing the small owner of moderate horses to bear the brunt of directing yet more money to the top end is self-evident. Yet the alternative is for British racing to ignore the plain truth that it is only the best performers and performances that can sell our sport to a new audience.

And if such a policy succeeds, then there must be a ‘trickledown’ that helps horseracing on every level.

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Production is down but do the figures add up?

Any drop in the supply of thoroughbreds has to be significant enough to cope with the drop in demand that has been caused by recessionary factors Philip Freedman Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association

t the TBA seminar on ‘The Breeding Business’, Weatherbys’ Paul Greeves focused on the likely impact of the recession on the number of horses bred in Britain and Ireland. Evidence such as the number of new broodmare registrations suggests an acceleration in the trend towards a significant fall in the breeding industry’s output.

This is supported by the number of coverings

by British stallions, which looks set to record a fall of at least 10% between 2008 and 2009, a figure which is likely to be at least as high in Ireland, where the bulk of the increase in production over previous years has taken place.

Many would argue that such a decline in output was necessary if the industry’s perceived problem of overproduction was to be addressed.

However, oversupply relates to an imbalance between supply and demand. Reducing supply at a time when demand itself is falling will need a bigger reduction in production than would otherwise have been the case.

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Predicting a significant fall in the number of horses in training over the next few years hardly requires close examination of a crystal ball, but it does raise questions of the economic model on which the racing and betting industries have operated.

For much of this decade the view of racing has been that it was essential to put on sufficient races to take up all the betting opportunities which the bookmakers required to be filled. It was argued that the absence of a British racing product would see turnover switch to cheaper and readily available alternatives such as overseas or virtual racing, or other sports – none of which are leviable.

This has led to ever more fixtures, but without any corresponding rise in income, leading to the cake being sliced ever thinner, particularly on the Flat where the bulk of these extra fixtures were put on. There has certainly been a view amongst many of racing’s professionals that there is too much racing and that the bulk of the additional racing has not

“While horses in training figures in Newmarket have shown remarkable resilience, Lambourn is down six per cent” The results from sales around the world all point to a reduction in the demand for horses in training and although the horse numbers in Newmarket have shown remarkable resilience, figures from Lambourn may be a better illustration of where we are heading – they show a 6% in decline.

Given that the substantial rise in the number of horses bred in Britain and Ireland has not been exactly mirrored in the rise in the number of horses in training, which has been rather more muted, it does not necessarily follow that a reduction in the number produced will lead to a fall of a similar magnitude in the number which end up in training.

While the fall will certainly reduce the size of the pool from which those in training are drawn, other factors, such as the numbers which go to race overseas and the rate at which their owners retire them, will determine how many are in training at any time.

generated sufficient income to cover the cost of putting it on. The counter argument has been that while this low quality product may not have generated any additional income, it has nevertheless benefited racing as a whole by preventing betting income drifting away from racing at an even faster rate than would have been the case.

As long as the horse numbers were holding up, it made little financial sense for racing to test the relative merits of these arguments by cutting its product. But as we enter a period when horse numbers start to decline, this argument may be settled once and for all.

The outcome is likely to prove the most important factor in determining not only the size and shape of the fixture list going forward, but also the nature of racing’s relationship with the breeding industry, on which it is dependent for the product from which it derives its income.

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Tony Morris

Were Sea The Stars owned by the Aga Khan or Sheikh Mohammed, a Triple Crown bid would be conceivable – but it is not going to happen

suppose I must resign myself to the thought I am never going to see another Triple Crown winner and just be thankful for the great privilege I enjoyed as witness to Nijinsky’s wonderful triumphs in 1970.

The recent record shows that it is hard enough to complete the Guineas/Derby double – a feat seemingly achievable only every 20 years – and just like Nashwan in 1989, Sea The Stars is not going to be given the opportunity to join the immortals of the Turf by adding the St Leger to his list of victories. The decision is understandable, given the doubts that a son of Cape Cross would have the stamina required for such a searching test, but it is nonetheless a shame for all that.

As long ago as last autumn, when Sea The Stars won the Beresford Stakes, trainer John Oxx expressed misgivings over the colt’s capacity to get a mile and a half, and although those fears were gloriously refuted at Epsom, it seems reasonable to assume Oxx has a better idea now of the limit of his stamina.

However, I am bound to wonder whether the decision over the Leger would have been different if Sea The Stars were in different ownership. Christopher Tsui, 27 years young and a native of Hong Kong, has not grown up imbued with the special cachet of the Triple Crown, and I dare say was not difficult to persuade that Doncaster should not feature on the agenda. Oxx has at least a couple of other patrons who just might have considered that the challenge should be accepted.

The Aga Khan, 50 years an owner and breeder, would not need to be told about the significance traditionally attached to the Triple Crown and the priceless kudos acquired by the colt who can dominate his generation over three different distances and courses in spring, summer and autumn. Placed in Tsui’s position now, is it not conceivable that the Aga would set his sights on the completion of a feat that his grandfather’s Bahram accomplished in 1935?

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“At no time between Bahram and Nijinsky was the Triple Crown seen as impossible”

Dubai’s ruler would have a bash

Likewise, Sheikh Mohammed has always been one to relish challenges and let’s not forget that in 1985 he won the fillies’ version of the Triple Crown with Oh So Sharp, the daughter of a horse (Kris) whose own racecourse merit was expressed, just like Cape Cross’s, over a mile. I am inclined to think that Dubai’s ruler would

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take the opportunity to bid for the glory of the treble, with fear of defeat never a consideration.

But it seems that the die is cast where Sea The Stars is concerned and we are not going to experience the heady sense of anticipation felt throughout racing in 1970, when Nijinsky was confirmed as a runner in the St Leger, and the special elation engendered by his returning in triumph on that wondrous Town Moor afternoon. Racing had waited 35 years for an emulation of Bahram’s feat and those of us fortunate to be there were very aware that it might well be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

However, at no time between Bahram and Nijinsky did anyone consider that the attainment of the Triple Crown had become impossible, or even nearly so. The thoroughbred population was not devoid of talented all-rounders, capable of excelling over a variety of distances, but it did take a special kind of horse to dominate in all those fields, and when he came along, events tended to conspire against him.

There was going to be a Triple Crown winner in 1939, when Blue Peter won the Guineas cleverly by half a length over stable companion Admiral’s Walk and fairly trotted up by four lengths in the Derby. Like Sea The Stars he comfortably repelled older horses in the Eclipse and the St Leger was set to be his final engagement for the season.

Sensational trial but war intervenes

Trainers did things differently in those days and Blue Peter’s trainer, Jack Jarvis, anxious to convince himself of the colt’s capacity for the Doncaster distance, set him a severe task in a formal trial over a mile and six furlongs on Newmarket’s Summer Gallop. The son of Fairway ran at level weights with the four-yearolds Flyon (five-length winner of that season’s Gold Cup) and Challenge (beaten a neck in the previous year’s St Leger) and had to give 28lb to fellow three-year-old Tutor, subsequent winner of the Manchester November Handicap.

That trial has passed into legend as one of the most sensational ever staged at Newmarket.

Two furlongs from home Blue Peter was pulling double over his distinguished companions and as soon as Eph Smith asked him the question he sprinted clear to win by six lengths and the same from Flyon and Tutor. That display left Jarvis in no doubt Blue Peter had the St Leger in safe keeping, but three days before the Classic Britain

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was at war, Doncaster was abandoned and no racing took place before mid-October.

Ten years passed before another colt won the 2,000 Guineas and the Derby, Nimbus outstaying Abernant in the former and emerging best in a three-way photo-finish with Amour Drake and Swallow Tail in the latter. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given that his dam had won a Wokingham Stakes and never ran beyond a mile, no entry had been made for him in the St Leger, and the era of supplementaries had yet to arrive.

Injury and rotten gallop ruins the dream

The Leger was on the schedule for Crepello, the Guineas and Derby hero of 1957, and for another star trained by Noel Murless, Royal Palace, who collected the first two legs of the treble ten years later. Both owned stamina-laden pedigrees, so the final Classic seemed made for them, but neither made it to the post on Town Moor. Results confirmed what ought to have happened in more propitious circumstances.

Crepello, who was never the soundest of colts, missed the King George due to soft ground and his career was over early in August, when tendon damage to his off-fore necessitated retirement.

Royal Palace got further towards his target, being ruled out of his third Classic bid four days beforehand, when a gallop failed to satisfy his trainer that he was ready to do himself justice.

Murless was represented instead by a decidedly inferior stable companion in Hopeful Venture, who finished second to Ribocco, the colt who had been runner-up to Royal Palace at Epsom.

The case of Sir Ivor was similar to that of Sea The Stars in that he was blessed with so much speed that doubts arose over his stamina for Epsom. His memorable sprint to overhaul Connaught and claim his second Classic proved he got a mile and a half well, but the St Leger was never under consideration and probably would have found him out if he had run.

Of course, it is a different world now, with a racing population comprising many more with specialist aptitudes than all-rounders, and as the breeding industry, regrettably, dictates what happens in racing, a win in the St Leger is widely regarded as detrimental to stud prospects. But if the Leger success comes as the completion of a Triple Crown it can do no harm at all, as Nijinsky’s high-profile career at stud proved.

If there is to be another 20-year hiatus before a colt wins the Guineas and Derby to set up the chance of a Triple, I doubt I shall be around to know about it. I wouldn’t want to be around, if it were to occur then and the opportunity were to be spurned again.

They’re under orders at the Kikis’ restaurant Great Yarmouth restaurateurs Chris and Miriam Kikis are once again having their sense of timing fully examined by their close proximity to the local racetrack.

Such is the popularity with the Newmarket racing brigade of The Seafood Restaurant – it does what it says on the tin – that they need to keep an eye on race times as much as grills and saucepans.

Some owners have been known to veto first-race runners for fear of indigestion, but mostly the Kikis have perfected the art of producing dishes on the table in time for trainers to eat up

at a sensible pace before making the three-minute dash to the track.

The late Harry Thomson-Jones had things best organised: a chauffeur driven car would hover outside, ready to whisk him to the races straight after his main course (the scampi Provencal is a nap). The vehicle would arrive at the races at precisely the right moment so that Thomson-Jones could meet his jockey as he appeared in the paddock.

After the race, there was no time for celebration or commiseration, as pudding and coffee were already waiting back down the road.

Mark Tompkins: anyone seen a dog?

whisper (soon doing the rounds): Murtagh placed an unconscious Bell in the recovery position, followed soon afterwards by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Bell, who was left with a black eye and needed stitches, grinned: “I’d have my life on Johnny out on the track, but for mouth-to-mouth I think I’d ask for a bit of help from Hayley Turner.”

Murray’s antics pale

A right Royal result

Racing folk watched the superstitious antics of the Andy Murray team at Wimbledon with mild bewilderment. The British number one has called his coach Miles Maclagan “weird” for insisting on repeat use of “lucky” balls and practice courts. All rather tame stuff compared to racing. In the event of seeing a funeral cortege, trainer and stud manager Mark Tompkins has been known to drive for ages clutching his shirt collar until seeing a dog.

Perhaps a tiny bit more comprehensible is owner/breeder Jeff Smith’s ritual when purchasing new binoculars. The owner of Hampshire’s Littleton Stud likes to play a DVD of one of his many winners, watching it through the new pair of glasses, thereby ‘blooding’ them ahead of their first trip to the races.

How appropriate that it was in Wales, at Chepstow, that the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall wrote the latest chapter in the Royal family’s love affair with racing. It was third time lucky for Royal Superlative, their first horse, a homebred daughter of King’s Best. The significance to British racing of a new strand of royal support is major.

Camilla has been spotted on the gallops, camera in hand, demonstrating all of the unbridled enthusiasm that her mother-in-law has made an art form.

And it’s anticipated there could be more to come, not just from Royal Superlative, but also a filly yearling and colt foal, both out of her Sandringham Stud-based dam Supereva.

Royal Superlative’s trainer Ralph Beckett and wife Izzi’s four-year-old daughter Katinka was recently proudly showing off a home-made tattoo on her arm during breakfast. But she found herself eclipsed by Richard Kingscote, who was in the yard that morning to ride work. Kingscote removed his shirt to reveal 15 tattoos, including one that covers most of his right arm.

Johnny come quick Fact: TV presenter Rupert Bell, older brother of Oaks-winning trainer Michael, was helped up by Johnny Murtagh after slipping and taking a pearler in the weighing room at Royal Ascot. Chinese

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With Champion jockey Ryan Moore and actress Honeysuckle Weeks

Tony McCoy supported Dunwoody in the middle of the night

Frankie Dettori turned up on the same day as Page 3 girls!

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Captain Barclay often needed a beating to stay awake. Did Dunwoody?

Jilly Cooper was among the supporters from outside racing

As well as making a large donation, Sheikh Mohammed walked a mile with Dunwoody

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Hayley Turner was among the local riders to support Dunwoody

Inspired by Paul Stewart and JP McNamara (right)

An epic performance Richard Dunwoody pushes himself to the limit once more by walking 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours

Please note that you can still make a donation to the charity fund at www.dunwoody1000mile.com

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ichard Dunwoody’s latest charity challenge saw him attempt to walk the same mile 1,000 times in 1,000 hours in recognition of an identical feat performed in 1809 by Captain Robert Barclay. The challenge, which saw Dunwoody walk up and down Bury Road in Newmarket, allowed him barely more than an hour’s sleep at any one time.

Dunwoody, whose previous superhuman feats included the South Pole expedition he completed last year, was joined throughout his

latest 42-day epic by many racing names, most notably Lester Piggott (above), who joined him as he neared completion of the 1,000 miles on the final day of Newmarket’s July meeting.

“I undertook this challenge to raise as much money as I could for four charities, Racing Welfare, the Alzheimer’s Society, Sparks and Spinal Research, but I had absolutely no idea that I would receive this level of support,” said Dunwoody. “It’s been great that so many people have got involved and I have been both humbled and inspired by this.”

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VIEW FROM IRELAND FROM LEO POWELL

Osborne brokers way forward for scheme

Leo Powell is Managing Editor of The Irish Field

Racing Post Yearling Bonus Scheme hiccup diverted by Osborne-led negotiation, with Cashman and O’Callaghans’ reservations appeased

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ohn Osborne may not have the physical stature of Henry Kissinger, but the Tipper House Stud owner and Doncaster Bloodstock Sales non-executive director showed that he had inherited much of his late father Michael’s charm and diplomatic skill recently when he helped to avoid a potential stumbling block to the introduction of the Racing

Post Yearling Bonus Scheme.

Leading vendors and stud owners Liam Cashman, Gay O’Callaghan and his brother Tony stand a large number of stallions, and consign huge numbers of yearlings to all of the various sales. The trio expressed reservations about aspects of the scheme, notably the flat fee structure and the racing programme.

They favoured a contribution to the scheme based on a percentage of the sale price and wanted more early two-yearold races to be

included in the scheme.

Both sides engaged in a fourday negotiation process that resulted in agreement on how the system will operate for the yearlings sold in 2009, together with an assurance that the terms of the scheme will be revisited after this year’s sales to see what improvements can be brought about.

While total acceptance of the scheme was not envisaged, the organisers were hopeful of a large level of support. A strong group such as that of Cashman and the O’Callaghan brothers, together with others, would have posed a major threat to the scheme going forward had they failed to support it.

The concerns expressed by

“Brendan Behan said that in Ireland the first item of any agenda was the split”

this group were genuine. The last thing they wanted was to be seen as a maverick group who derailed a potential saviour for the bloodstock market. On the other side, the passion of the promoters of the scheme is palpable when you meet them and their intention was to try to lift the market – or at worst, halt its decline.

All’s well that ends well and both sides in the debate are to be commended. Noted Irish author Brendan Behan made a famous observation once, in relation to a very different set of circumstances, that in Ireland ‘the first item on the agenda is the split’. This was not so well received by some in relation to this argument, but it can often be quite a truism.

Nonetheless, the fact that a healthy debate ensued and that a way forward was worked out is a tribute to both sides and will strengthen the scheme.

Fame gets the glory, but Yeats has done it time and again and, in the process, established himself as the interim best horse in the world.

With such talent in Ireland, it might be easy to overlook the fact that there is strength in depth and I cannot let Yeats’s great achievement at Royal Ascot pass without mention.

What a star he is, what a champion. The King of Ascot he has certainly become and all racegoers, Irish and British alike, showed their appreciation for a wonderful racehorse when he emphatically answered any doubters. How could we have ever questioned the ability of Aidan O’Brien to put a

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lacklustre run at Navan for Yeats behind him and produce him in the form of his life on the world stage?

Bred and owned in

partnership by John and Sue Magnier, and their great friends David and Diane Nagle, Yeats is the embodiment of all that is good about racing.

Fame And Glory romps away with the Irish Derby, an all-Irish affair

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It was fascinating to note that this year’s Irish Derby was the first since 1957 to be run without an overseas challenger.

This said more about the quality of the three-year-olds here in Ireland than anything else and the fact that four of the first five home in the Epsom Derby were set to face each other showed that the race was again of the highest quality.

Sadly, as we now know, the ‘Star’ stayed in his stable and Fame And Glory boosted the form when he triumphed with great aplomb. Sea The Stars, meanwhile, stepped back in trip for the Coral-Eclipse Stakes

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Kavanagh forced to apply for own job Government policy dictates that the role of Chief Executive of Horse Racing Ireland be offered openly after the incumbent has served seven years – Kavanagh should be long odds-on to stay Many people will have been surprised to read an advertisement in The Irish Field on the first weekend in July for the role of Chief Executive of Horse Racing Ireland.

The incumbent is Brian Kavanagh, who has occupied the role since the establishment of HRI in 2001. To clarify the remit of this body for those not familiar with the racing structure in Ireland, HRI is the national authority for racing. Its mission is ‘to develop and promote Ireland as a world centre of excellence for horseracing and breeding’.

It is a commercial semi-state body with responsibility for directing, funding and promoting all aspects of the industry. It also operates a number of commercial companies, including Tote Ireland, Irish Thoroughbred Marketing and HRI Racecourses.

The latter operates Leopardstown, Fairyhouse, Navan and Tipperary.

A summary on their website states that it is responsible for, among other things, the overall administration of Irish racing, other than services operated by the Turf Club; the development

Muhannak (No.5) won at Dundalk before scoring at the Breeders’ Cup

Views In Brief Who’s the next Muhannak?

Four Irish races have been added to the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series and, significantly, one of them is at the all-weather track in Dundalk.

The 2008 Breeders’ Cup Marathon was won by Muhannak, trained by Ralph Beckett, and he had warmed up for that historic success with a victory in the Diamond Stakes at Dundalk, then a Listed race.

Now upgraded to Group 3, the winner of this year’s Diamond Stakes will gain an automatic berth in the Breeders’ Cup Marathon to be run at Santa Anita in November.

Guaranteed places will also be available to the Breeders’ Cup for the winners of the Audi Pretty Polly Stakes (won by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Dar Re Mi), the Moyglare Stud Stakes and Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes.

Flying start for Condren With seven countries represented among the 12 trainees due to join the latest Darley Flying Start programme in mid-August, those taking part are provided with a unique opportunity. The sole Irish representative is Bernard Condren, who will grasp this

and promotion of the horseracing industry; the control of the operation of bookmakers; the allocation of fixtures and setting the programmes; the representation of horseracing internationally; the operation of the Registry office; and the negotiation of income from media and broadcasting rights.

HRI also looks after the allocation of grants, loans and other such disbursements to racecourses and HRI subsidiaries, and, to this end, Kavanagh’s accounting qualification is a most valuable

asset. Born with no connection to the sport of racing, he has had a meteoric rise to the top, holding a number of key roles on the way.

The reason for the placement of the recent advertisement is a Government policy for such roles which stipulates they must be offered openly after seven years.

Having shown himself to be a highly capable administrator, the good news is that Kavanagh is to reapply for the role. If bookmakers were giving odds on the outcome of that process, I am sure they would be offering long odds-on.

Applications closed in mid-July.

chance with relish.

A business studies graduate who was latterly with Goffs, he is one of the most enthusiastic people you will meet and the other course participants will enjoy this friendly man from Laois.

in the Irish Derby. What most of the contributors to these blogs were quick to overlook was the fact Aidan has put up apprentices before in this race and that Joseph has one very special quality – he knows the horses at Ballydoyle so well.

Chip off the block It is hardly a surprise Joseph O’Brien, the first born son of Aidan and Anne Marie, is proving a very good young rider. Having cut his teeth on the highly competitive eventing scene, the 16-year-old has made quite an impact in his first weeks as an apprentice, having already had his allowance reduced when he quickly notched up three winners.

Nonetheless, there were some less than generous comments made on a number of websites when his father gave him the ride on one of the Ballydoyle outsiders

Joseph O’Brien: one to watch

Murphy cheers Cliffs Redpender Stud, near Gowran in County Kilkenny, is run by one of the shrewdest and most likeable people in the business, Jimmy Murphy. For many years associated with the Paddy Mullins stable, he started to deal in a few horses and his business grew thanks to a number of outstanding pinhooking successes.

Time has not blunted his skill and no one cheered home Canford Cliffs louder to his Coventry Stakes success than Jimmy. Though he made virtually no profit on the sale of the colt, when getting £50,000 for him at Doncaster (he paid €45,000 for him as a foal at Goffs), he had so much faith in the ability of the colt that he bought his dam in December at Tattersalls for 25,000gns.

Now he has a Holy Roman Emperor colt foal on the ground and the mare is in foal to Excellent Art.

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THE NEWS FROM MAINLAND EUROPE

Sundstrom fun Words: James Crispe

From Sweden’s frozen north to the warmth of the winners’ enclosure after a Classic victory, it’s been a helluva journey

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reeding cows and cold-blooded trotting horses in the frozen north of Sweden may be a far cry from producing thoroughbreds to take on and beat the likes of Coolmore and co in a major European Classic.

But that is precisely the journey travelled by the Sundstrom family over the past 25 years.

Prix du Jockey-Club winner Le Havre is the horse responsible for this remarkable feat. And while a tendon injury means that we will never again see the son of Noverre on a racecourse, there is every reason to expect his breeders, Team Hogdala, to hit the headlines again soon.

The Hogdala story begins in 1985, when Maja and Jan Sundstrom, with their daughter Anna, decided to relocate 800 miles across Sweden from Boden, in the north, to near Malmo, in the south. Nine years later they bought a property called Hogdala (which translates

to ‘High Valley’) but at the time they had graduated only from trotters to dressage horses.

It was in 1999 that they bought their first thoroughbred, even though Anna thought her parents were ‘crazy.’

“My mother had worked at a trotting track, but I had never been to a racecourse in my life,” she recalled.

Their success was immediate, as they consigned the top lot at a sale in Stockholm and one of their initial foals, Rue La Fayettte, was Swedish champion filly as a two- three- and four-year-old, and won a Listed race in Germany. It soon got to the stage that the Sundstroms were topping virtually every sale in Sweden and the family made another momentous decision.

“We needed to do this (racehorse breeding) for real as the whole family was mad about the sport,” said Anna. “And while England and Ireland were too expensive, in France we could

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afford a property in the right place with good land.”

The 2005 purchase of the Haras de Coulonces, just outside Argentan in Normandy, was the result, even though nobody in the family spoke a word of French.

“Looking back now, we must have been stupid,” admitted Anna. “We couldn’t even order food and my mother was doing the bookkeeping which was all in French. There were a lot of tears, but more laughter than tears.”

Once again, helped by the “fantastically welcoming” local community, they hit the ground running and one of the first yearlings they produced, the Xaar filly Kay Es Jay, was Groupplaced for Barry Hills two years ago.

They spotted Marie Rheinberg, dam of Le Havre, in a Baden-Baden catalogue but feared that as a close relation of Polar Falcon she would be too expensive.

“When we went to look at her we found that she was quite ugly and small, with a big injury on one side, so we knew that we had a chance,” said Anna. “But when we got her for just €7,500 we couldn’t believe it. She was a very lucky buy.”

Coulonces now houses all ten of the Sundstrom mares and they are busy preparing 12 yearlings for the Deauville August sales, including Le Havre’s Peintre Celebre halfsister.

Plans are afoot to expand the operation by acquiring a second property near Coulonces and the family may possibly even dip their toes in the stallion market.

Le Havre’s life-changing Chantilly triumph means it has been a big year for Anna Sundstrom.

And it is about to get bigger, as this month she marries Etienne Drion, son of the Aga Khan’s former racing manager Ghislain Drion.

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Le Havre’s career may have ended prematurely, but not before he had given the Sundstrom family a day to remember by winning the French Derby

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Germany The German Derby and that country’s oldest privatelyowned stud, the Gestut Schlenderhan, were both founded in 1869. And when Wiener Walzer prevailed at Hamburg on July 5 it was the 18th time the Schlenderhan colours have been sported by the Derby winner.

Stallion sensation Monsun (sire of Manduro, Shirocco and Stacelita to name but three) has been the main reason for a Schlenderhan renaissance in recent years. So it was ironic that Wiener Walzer, a son of Dynaformer, should come home in front rather than his stablemate, the Monsun colt Suestado, who was sent off favourite and was the choice of retained jockey Adrie de Vries.

Despite its age and a roll of honour which includes 33 owners’ championships, the Schlenderhan operation is far from old-fashioned in its outlook and lately modernisation has

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taken place at its 200-acre 154-box property at Bergheim, 20 miles west of Cologne.

Paddocks have been re-sited after the original ones were acquired by a state-owned coalmine and a brand new training centre has been built.

This has enabled the Ullmann family to streamline their racing operation so that their private trainer, Jens Hirschberger, has 60 horses at the stud, while a choice selection get whisked off to France to their only other trainer, Andre Fabre.

The stud recently changed hands to a fifth generation of the founding Oppenheim family, Baron Georg von Ullmann, and, despite the death on June 1 of his 87-year-old mother Karin, its future looks rosy.

The toughest decision Ullmann has to make is whether to stick with his own yellow with blue crossbelt silks or revert to the traditional Schlenderhan red, blue and black.

One byproduct of the less than glittering campaign being experienced by Godolphin is that on Irish Derby day Frankie Dettori was free to take part in the 83rd running of the Turkish equivalent – the Gazi Derby – at Veliefendi in Istanbul.

Unfortunately, Dettori’s luck was out there, too, as he had to settle for third in both the Derby and the Oaks. Miramis, a blinkered son of Sri Pekan, made it six wins from his last seven starts (the one reverse coming in the 2,000 Guineas) when taking the £337,838 first prize on offer in the Derby.

The Oaks was more of a surprise as the Mujtahid filly Live Well registered just her third success. Both Classic heroes put our lily-livered once-raced Derby winners likes Shaamit and Lammtarra to shame – Miramis has run 13 times since his debut in mid-November. Live Well has really earned her corn, as this was her 18th start since September.

The Veliefendi authorities are

Miramis wins the Gazi Derby

now gearing up for their International Racing Festival, which this year moves to a midweek date of Wednesday and Thursday, September 2 and 3.

Four valuable thoroughbred races (including one on dirt) will be open to visitors, with the showpiece being the Topkapi Trophy, which boasts prize-money of US$1,020,000 (£708,333) and last year witnessed a British one-two-three led by Pressing.

All four races will be run under lights. Entries close on August 5.

France Given that Eric Libaud was the only Royal Ascot trainer to use a translator in the winners’ enclosure, you could be forgiven for thinking that Vision d’Etat’s victory in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes was a purely French affair.

But that would be to ignore the role of Libaud’s English wife, Vicky, who, as a 50% shareholder in the top class Chichicastenango colt, was a significant figure in the postrace rituals.

She describes herself as a “very discreet person” who steers clear of the limelight and she plays down her part in the running of the 75-horse Libaud yard, which is situated 25 miles south of Le Mans, close to the famous Chateau du Lude.

“I do the entries and forfeits but I have no say in the training of the horses – I wouldn’t know

Vision d’Etat following his victory in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes

where to begin,” she admitted.

Brought up in London and educated at Cheltenham Ladies College, Vicky Libaud first came to France in 1980 as au pair and assistant to the Racing Post’s long-serving French correspondent, Desmond Stoneham. He was a friend of her father, Kenneth, who had horses with the Chantilly trainer Charlie Milbank.

Vicky went on to become secretary to Criquette Head and it was while she was working there that she met Eric, who was assistant to Alain de RoyerDupre.

They married and at the end of 1992, realising how difficult it was to set up as a trainer in the Paris region, Libaud took de Royer-Dupre’s advice to start, like him, down in the Sarthe region.

Within little more than a decade, Libaud was well established, not just at home but abroad through winning major prizes in Dubai and Hong Kong with Terre A Terre and Ange Gabriel. But, even after last year’s inaugural Classic success with Vision d’Etat, there are no plans to return to Paris.

Vision d’Etat is less than regally-bred so the masterplan is to make him a more enticing stallion prospect, hence the visit to Ascot – his nine previous starts had all been in France.

The Prix Foy and a second crack at the Arc are on his agenda.

If they need help deciding upon future targets, Eric and Vicky could do worse than consult their 14-year-old son, Alexander, who buries his head in a copy of the Paris-Turf every afternoon as soon as he gets back from school.

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Triple whammy rocks American racing scene

Turfway Park’s future is under threat after Kentucky lawmakers rejected a bill to allow video lottery terminals

More bad news in a year in which the sport in the US has already been hit by economic woe

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ven blacker clouds hung over America’s racing and breeding interests prior to the start of the yearling sale season, when three particularly disturbing news items emerged at the dawn of the second half of a year already battered by economic storms.

Breeders’ Cup officials reported in early July that the organisation faces a “substantial deficit” and that consideration will be given to slashing purses, with even the Cup’s signature event,

the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, being subject to review.

The stark revelation again questions the wisdom of Breeders’ Cup’s decision to expand to a two-day event in 2007, with $25.5 million in total purses, while sparking concerns about this year’s races.

Just before that news broke, Equibase Co. revealed that American racing is on a pace that could result in the loss of $1 billion in wagering turnover compared to 2008, when a decline of $1b from 2007 was

reported. Wagering is a key provider of prize-money for American racing and thus critical.

Through the end of June, turnover was down by 10.48%, from about $7.3b at the same time in 2008 to $6.5b. Race purses for owners had fallen by 6.04%, from about $540m to $507m.

At the same time, racing and breeding leaders in Kentucky were calling for a “revolution” after state lawmakers rejected a bill that would have allowed racetracks to obtain revenue from video lottery terminals, which have been approved at tracks in other states.

Words: Michele MacDonald

In the immediate wake of the legislative debacle, officials at Turfway Park and Ellis Park said they might have to close by next year because operations are ceasing to be profitable.

More than 1,000 breeders and others tied to the thoroughbred business gathered for an emotional rally at Keeneland after the demise of the VLT legislation to declare their dedication to eventually passing the measure.

Keeneland President Nick Nicholson acted as cheerleader, proclaiming: “We want to make it real clear, no question about it, no doubt, this fight ain’t over yet.”

Brereton Jones, owner of Airdrie Stud and a former governor, compared the leadership of the state Senate, which killed the racetrack video lottery terminal bill, to a “Third World dictatorship”.

He said to a thundering ovation: “The only way to get rid of a dictatorship is through revolution. The revolution starts here tonight.”

Kentucky’s governor, Steve Beshear, attended the rally and declared he would continue to try to help, saying: “Tonight is not an ending – it’s the beginning. It’s the beginning of a campaign that is not going to quit until we have done our job and have saved this horse industry so beloved in our state.”

Singapore leads in increasing chances for stamina-laden Following what seems to be a growing interest in preserving the stamina of thoroughbreds, the Singapore Turf Club has created a series called Classic Stakes designed to encourage the importation of horses that can successfully run beyond a mile.

“The purpose behind the initiative is to hopefully build up a strong band of stayers in

Singapore that will eventually provide competitive racing at the highest level,” a club statement said.

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between 1,800 and 2,200 metres (nine and 11 furlongs).

Indicating a commitment to distance contests, club officials said they will guarantee that the races will be run if at least four runners are declared on acceptance day, as long as no more than 70% are entered by any one trainer.

Furthermore, any other races of

at least 1,800 meters in distance will be conducted under the same conditions.

In another move to stimulate owners to race distance-oriented and older runners, Racing New South Wales in Australia recently created a bonus scheme for fouryear-olds and older horses who win at 1,600 metres (eight furlongs) or longer.

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Hong Kong officials want government aid Jockey Club wants authorities to relax restrictions to enable them to compete As Hong Kong’s racing season ended on July 1, officials acknowledged a rather dire statistic as they continue to seek relaxation of stringent government taxation and rules.

Even though turnover for 78 race meetings in the 2008/09 season declined only about 1%, or approximately £68.8 million, for an overall total of £5.3 billion, Hong Kong Jockey Club Chairman John Chan predicted that the club’s operational surplus could fall by as much as 80% from last year. However, the club pledged to not only continue funding local charities and community projects but to even increase support, since the economic downtown has caused many woes in the area.

At the same time, Jockey Club Chief Executive Officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges once again called on the government to change prevailing laws so that Hong Kong racing can compete in the international milieu and maintain its public contributions.

He said: “The tax rate of at least 72.5% on gross margin is five times higher than in Britain.

Having such a high betting tax rate has made our task very difficult in the light of maintaining competitiveness, thereby weakening our ability to vie with illegal bookmakers and operators.

“Our gross margins on racing have been on a declining trend for several years and that’s why we’ve asked the government to consider relaxing some of the

Viva Pataca, Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year

restrictions placed on us, so that we can compete more effectively.

“If we don’t take action to halt the trend, it may not affect our charitable donations in the short term, but it will limit our ability to reinvest in our core racing business, which will have a much longer-term impact on the sustainability of our racing operations and therefore our continued support for the community. In addition, it will affect the security of the 25,000

full-time and part-time employees now working in the club.”

The Jockey Club is seeking government permission to conduct five more race days each season, as well as to offer 20 more programmes of international simulcast racing, which is highly restricted in Hong Kong.

While operational surplus and turnover are ongoing concerns, total attendance remained steady in Hong Kong, with 1,927,000 people attending racing this year.

South American breeders to be spoilt for choice Even as South American breeders may have to face the end of remarkable sire Southern Halo’s breeding career, they will be welcoming the strongest group of shuttle stallions in history for its breeding season.

North American studs plan to send several high-profile stallions, including two of the top five sires of 2008.

The most accomplished of the group is Darley’s Elusive Quality, who will stand at Stud TNT in Giant’s Causeway: shuttle hero

Brazil. Darley also plan to send some mares to Stud TNT. Coolmore’s Giant’s Causeway, who covered “one of the best books of mares in the history of Argentina” in 2008, according to the publication Turf Diario, is to return to La Mission for a second season. Last year, he was bred to 151 mares in Argentina.

Giant’s Causeway ranked second among North American sires in 2008, while Elusive Quality was fifth.

Breeders will, however, be without the services of Southern Halo, sire of 161 stakes winners and Argentina’s leading sire ten times, at least for the first part of the season. Hernan Ceriani Cernadas, who imported him from the United States to leading stud Haras La Quebrada, said the 26-year-old son of Halo will be rested, then re-evaluated.

“He is old and deserves that we take care of him for everything he gave us and gave to the Argentine thoroughbred

industry,” Ceriani Cernadas told Turf Diario.

Also Argentina’s leading broodmare sire in each of the last four years, Southern Halo has affected South America in a fashion similar to how another son of Halo, Sunday Silence, influenced Japan. However, when Southern Halo was shuttled to Coolmore’s Ashford Stud for six seasons, he sired only ten North American stakes winners.

Among other intriguing stallions who will travel from North to South America is 2005 Japanese champion miler Hat Trick, a son of Sunday Silence who stood his second season this year at Walmac Farm in Lexington. He will stand at Haras El Mallin in Argentina, becoming the first son of Sunday Silence and the first Japanese-bred to stand in that country.

Another son of the late Sunday Silence will be standing for the first time in Brazil. Silent Name, who began his racing career in

Europe and became a multiple Grade 2 winner in America, will take up residence at Haras Ponta Pora after standing at Gardiner Farms in Ontario, Canada.

Among the other stallions that will be travelling to South America is American champion and dual Classic winner Real Quiet, who will stand at Uruguay’s Haras Quatro Piedras under a two-year lease deal.

Three stallions from Overbrook Farm in Kentucky also will be going south as the heirs of the late W T Young disperse the family’s bloodstock. Pioneering, a 14-year-old by Mr Prospector, who is a half brother to Storm Cat, will stand at Haras Castelo in Brazil; Jump Start will shuttle to Haras La Esperanza in Argentina; and 14-year-old Cape Town, sire of champion Bird Town, will stand at Americana Stud near Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Exchange Rate, Stormello, Flag Down and Include will also be based in South America.

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“I suppose it is an old fashioned view, but I always had it in my head that the owners and trainers wanted us to speak to them before the press”

Talking to…

Ryan Moore The champion jockey on why his TV reluctance is based on a lack of confidence and how he could see himself being based overseas in the future Words: Tim Richards | Photos: George Selwyn

There was no hint of hesitation when you were asked to do this interview. What has changed Ryan Moore, one-time reluctant interviewee?

I haven’t changed. I have always done interviews with the papers, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and others. But I have never been that confident in front of the cameras and never been keen to do television interviews; I don’t even like having my photo taken. I don’t consider myself a great talker and I don’t come across that well. I am just not comfortable on camera. When I was younger I was told I wasn’t very good at TV interviews, and that didn’t do my confidence much good.

How important is it for top jockeys to promote the sport?

Apparently it is my job now; something I should be doing as champion jockey. I am not sure Lester or Pat [Eddery] would have done a lot of promotional work in their day. I know things are totally different with the press and television now, and Frankie [Dettori] has taken the sport

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to a different level in the media. He does it naturally and very well, and it is great that racing has him. He has obviously got a lot more confidence than I have and good for him for doing it. I have given talks to school children and to the kids doing pony racing, and I am quite relaxed about that.

Is the jockeys’ instant post-race TV interview a good idea?

I suppose it’s an old fashioned view, but I always had it in my head that the owners and trainers wanted us to speak to them before we started talking to the press after a race. In reality, the answers to those quick interviews are the same, saying how tough, game, honest and good the winner is. If people want to hear that, it’s fine by me. At the end of the day I don’t think it’s really necessary and the jockey’s first allegiance is to the owner and trainer.

You won on your first ride over jumps at Towcester in 2000 and later made the unusual switch to the Flat. Normally, it’s the other way round due to increasing weight. How did the change come about?

When I started as an amateur I was still at school and it was to see if I could do it and if I enjoyed race-riding. As an amateur over jumps there was no pressure and it was a great way to learn. Of course, whether or not I switched to the Flat depended on my weight. I was 8st 10lb when I had my first ride as a 16-year-old; the horse carried 11st 7lb and I was so tired I couldn’t lift the lead off his back afterwards!

Would you say the Flat is an easier option?

Yes. It’s a longer career with less chance of

injuries, though if you do have a fall it is probably going to be worse. Also it is better prize-money on the Flat, though having said that there is a £100,000 race over jumps nearly every Saturday. There aren’t too many Flat races worth more than the Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle. I have ridden well-bred horses in maidens worth £2,500 to the winner and I have seen novice hurdles round Plumpton and Fontwell worth more. International racing is where the money is, in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Japan and America. That’s where the big difference is.

Could you ever see yourself relocating to ride abroad permanently?

After the Classics the international races are the most important. You can win one race abroad and it is worth 100 races in England. I want to be part of those prestige meetings like the Breeders’ Cup, Dubai and Arc day. At the moment I wouldn’t think about relocating abroad, not when I have a job like mine with Sir Michael Stoute. It’s the best job in the country.

But in ten or 15 years time who knows where racing will be and it might be a completely different proposition then.

Win by a short head and you’re a genius; lose and you’re a chump. How do you cope with criticism? Are you your harshest critic?

There is no one more angry and disappointed than me when I get things wrong. I suppose there are occasions when I am upset by criticism; take Presvis in Singapore in May. He is an unbelievable horse but we had a bad draw and maybe I had too much confidence in him.

I thought so much of the horse; I believed he

Moore, here riding Conduit, loves the big overseas meetings like the Breeders’ Cup

“One race abroad can be worth 100 races in England.

I want to be a part of those prestige meetings”

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FINGERS ON THE BUZZERS What frightens you?

Anything happening to our baby son, Toby What keeps you awake at night?

Toby What makes you happy?

Riding winners What racecourse do you most like riding?

Goodwood Your hero?

Ryan Giggs, even though I’m an Arsenal fan What irritates you?

Bad prize-money FAVOURITES Sport Football Holiday Ski-ing Journey The Rowley Mile Music The Killers, Kings of Leon Drink Tea – I’m teetotal

“I never have to sweat, maybe just miss a meal every now and then. It keeps my weight more stable”

would win even though he had an awful lot to do. On reflection, I should have been panicking with two and a half to run instead of having so much belief in Presvis and being as relaxed as I was. Unfortunately, I slightly misjudged it, though I don’t think there was a lot more I could have done really. The next morning I got to Heathrow and picked up a newspaper and there were three pages of how unlucky Presvis was and how much money Luca Cumani had lost in photo finishes. I just thought to myself that when Presvis had won in Hong Kong we were given only a third of a page of coverage. Later I was watching At The Races and a presenter read out an email from a viewer saying I should have been banned for the ride I gave Presvis in Singapore. These sort of things shouldn’t even be read out because they are the opinion of idiots.

Do you subject yourself to a tough routine to keep your weight down?

I believe I eat healthily, much more so than when I was an apprentice. I consider breakfast every day is very important: cereal, eggs or fruit.

A sandwich at lunch and then when I get home I have a nice dinner. I probably have a better diet than most of the jockeys. I don’t do saunas any more. I used to when I was trying to ride at under 8st but I found my weight used to go up and down. If I don’t sweat my weight is much more stable. When you know you have got to ride light it will be on your mind for a couple of days that you can’t eat this and you can’t drink that, just nagging away at you. Doing that all the time it would get to you, so I very rarely do light. The lightest I ride at is 8st 6lb. Every morning I wake up I am 8st 6lb or 8st 7lb, so I never have to sweat, maybe just miss a meal every now and then.

You and your jump jockey brother Jamie are part of the Moore family racing dynasty. How much of a help is your father, Gary?

winners but not be as good when it mattered on the big days. It is more important to takes days off when you can and to keep fresh. I think it would be possible for someone to ride 300 winners, but it’s not on my agenda.

Away from the serious business, your boss Sir Michael Stoute is an amusing character. What is he like to work for?

Great. His knowledge is phenomenal. He has a memory like an elephant’s. I just feel incredibly lucky to work for him. He has brought me along slowly over the last four years and has shown great confidence in me, letting me do what I want to do in races. Having said that, my time at Richard Hannon’s was great and I still ride for Richard. Michael knows how to handle people as well as his horses and always seems to say the right thing at the right time. I feel my riding has improved a lot since being with him and that’s because he has this knack of instilling confidence in you. I don’t think there are many trainers that could have helped me progress the way he has.

There must be one moment, above all, that you treasure. Which is it and why?

Winning on the biggest stage of all, the Breeders’ Cup, on Conduit. I remember one day Michael Stoute asked me if I wanted to ride Breeders’ Cup winners. Of course I did; I’m amazed it’s happened so quickly. Now I want to ride plenty more. If I’m allowed another moment, it’s going home at night and seeing my one year-old boy, Toby.

You are a young man in a high pressure job.

How do you switch off after racing?

I don’t feel I am under any pressure. And I am sure that’s because of the way Michael talks to me and never puts me under any pressure.

People may think I sit at home worrying about the job, but I don’t. I can easily switch off.

He was great the way he managed us early on; he sent me to Richard Hannon and Jamie to Martin Pipe, knowing that if we were good enough we’d get the rides in our respective stables and still be able to ride for him. He was always there to give us advice and support, and has been the biggest influence on both our lives. We were born into the life and brought up in it, and Dad always made sure we knew what we should and shouldn’t be doing, and how to behave.

You have said you would like to try and ride 300 winners in a year. How possible do you think it is?

I once said to my agent that riding January to January you could do it. That was in my younger days, but now I realise that if you rode flat out all the year round you wouldn’t be as sharp as you should be. You might ride more

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eturning from a tour of the Haras du Quesnay at the wheel of his 4x4 buggy, sprightly 85-year-old Alec Head is a refreshing yet inspiring companion to share a wealth of passionate opinions about the thoroughbred world.

“Winning a race is always an emotional moment, that’s why people love to own horses,” he says. “And when one has bred the horse oneself, back over several generations, the emotion is even stronger. My horses are like children to me, they are part of the family.”

The Head family, both horses and people, have experienced countless emotions in the French racing and breeding industries over four generations since Alec Head’s English grandfather William moved across the Channel in the late 19th century as a jockey, then trainer.

His son, also William, married into another great racing family when exchanging vows with Henrietta Jennings. Her uncle Tom Jennings had orchestrated the Triple Crown-winning career of Gladiateur, whose statue graces the lawns of Longchamp in honour of his Grand Prix de Paris success in 1865.

William followed the family tradition and won six Classics and a first Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 1947 with Le Paillon. Five years later it was the turn of a young Alec to saddle the first of his four Arc winners and his father made a second appearance on the honours list in 1966 with Bon Mot, ridden by Alec’s son Freddie.

As a jockey Freddie Head won four editions of the Longchamp showpiece, including of course that of Three Troikas, trained by his sister Criquette for his mother Ghislaine. If the Head family pedigree was to appear on a catalogue page, that page would be dark with black type.

A top trainer and former successful jockey, Alec extended his talents to breeding and he was the one to begin the Head bloodstock dynasty when acquiring the Haras du Quesnay in 1958.

The Normandy stud had belonged to W K Vanderbilt prior to the war but had been occupied by German forces, damaged and fallen into disrepair before Alec Head spotted its potential over a decade later.

Time has proved his instinct to be correct, as the Quesnay, now managed by Alec’s daughter Martine, is synonymous with top-class French

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bloodstock. From the first Quesnay-bred Group 1 winner Le Fabuleux to late French champion sire Anabaa, Alec Head has plenty to look back at with pride, not to mention plenty to say about the state of the breeding and racing industries.

In what state of mind are you approaching the forthcoming sales season?

Worried, one is always worried before the sales.

We have to accept that the economic crisis affects everyone and the racing world is affected in the same way as all other walks of life. Last year went well and the Deauville sales were a success, they probably worked better than any other sales in the world. But we were lucky that the sale came before the crisis really hit. Now we’re in the same position as everyone else and we’ll have to wait and see what happens. I think that the top individuals will continue to sell, they always do, but it is always more difficult for the rest. I’ve heard that the forthcoming Arqana catalogue is good. The yearlings we sell from the Quesnay are all well bred, from excellent families.

Last year, for the first time, the Haras du Quesnay sold some of your own homebred yearlings at auction. Is this a new commercial policy?

It’s not a policy, it’s simply to keep the Haras du Quesnay going. The upkeep of the stud is expensive, because the property is not an easy one to maintain. We don’t sell our horses for the pleasure of selling, but because we need the income. We will be selling yearlings again this year and I’m sure in the years to come.

Last year Arqana’s August yearling sale was the only market of its kind to register an increased turnover – and this came on top of three consecutive growth years. Is this a sign of the good health of the French industry?

Yes. French racing is in a good state at the moment. Prize-money is good and the system works well. I just hope that it lasts because with the new European regulations which will open the betting market, I am worried for the future.

In other countries which have already operated with bookmakers, the results haven’t been brilliant. In today’s paper the German trainer Werner Baltromei says that racing in Germany is

Head honcho Alec Head, the man who made Haras du Quesnay one of the world’s leading studs, has plenty to say about the future of French breeding Words: Katherine Ford | Photos: APRH and George Selwyn

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dead due to the presence of bookmakers, just like in Belgium and other neighbouring countries. So it’s rather worrying. In England the racing industry isn’t all that healthy either.

What makes the French racing industry more successful, in your opinion?

In France the system is good because a large part of our betting income is reinvested into racing through the PMU. Unfortunately, if punters’ money goes to bookmakers, it won’t come back into the industry and, like other countries, France will suffer at all levels. Prize-money is what makes racing work. If prize-money is high, everyone is happy; owners, trainers, jockeys, buyers. It is enough to look at other countries with low prize-money – the racing industry is vegetating. The premiums we have for Frenchbred horses are an excellent way of encouraging breeders to maintain their stock. I really think that our system is the best in the world. The proof is that it works so well; we have plenty of runners, betting turnover is healthy. We just need the global economic situation to improve for everything to pick up a little more.

Does the French bloodstock industry have the recognition it deserves?

I’m not certain of that but this year Arqana sales have made their mark, with many Group races going to their graduates. Breeding operations like Coolmore and the Maktoum family are absent from France but, fortunately, we do have some major breeders with significant means, such as the Aga Khan and the Wertheimer family. But I do think the success of the French breeding industry is extraordinary considering the means at our disposal. There are fewer and fewer breeders in France; in my era there were many important breeders, such as the Boussac family, the Stern stable, Strassburger stable, which have all disappeared today. There are still some left, thank God. And the Head family is one of these…

The Head family is hanging on...we do what we can with the means we have. We don’t have the same means as the Maktoum family or Coolmore or the Aga Khan, but we try our best.

What is the effect on the bloodstock industry of the omnipresence of Coolmore and the Maktoum family?

They want to monopolise breeding with their stallions and their power in general. It is very difficult and I would even say impossible to compete against them, and the money they have to spend. I don’t think any sort of monopoly is a good thing. It’s like a sort of dictatorship and one would never wish for a dictatorship.

But would you want to challenge their monopoly in any way?

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eternal cycle and I’m sure that there will be changes that I will probably never see myself. I don’t think that these breeding operations will last eternally.

Would a reduction in their investment in racing be a risk for the industry?

I don’t think you could call it a risk as I’m sure they would be replaced by other breeders. Life goes on and a new cycle will always begin as the previous one comes to an end. Now we are in a Darley/Coolmore period; in the past we have seen the Boussac and Aga Khan periods, and, indeed, the Aga Khan continues to be a major breeder. In the future new names will emerge as the major powers in breeding. This is not just a recent phenomenon, it has always been like that in racing. Look at the past – we have always seen big breeders come and go. That’s life.

number of fertilisations is limited. Our stallions would be better preserved and, from a sanitary point of view, there are plenty of advantages.

Personally I can see no negative effects of the practice in the worlds of trotting or equestrian sports. I find that it works well and it allows them to continue competing with their horses, which is nevertheless not something that we would want for thoroughbreds.

How do you rate the French stallion ranks?

Not bad but I think that many of our sires do not receive enough, or good enough, mares to succeed. Between 800 and 900 mares leave France each year to be covered, and they are not our worst mares! So the French stallion ranks suffer. It’s not simply that French stallions are not good enough, it’s more a question of commercial interest. A lot of breeders go to foreign-based sires because they sell their yearlings at Deauville and they think that major international buyers are more familiar with these sires from abroad. There are fewer and fewer breeders nowadays who race their own stock. If they did, they would be less tempted to go abroad, but as three-quarters are vendors they send their mares abroad in the hope of attracting better prices for their yearlings.

“It’s not simply that French stallions are not Still on the theme of monopolisation, do you think that stallion books should be limited in good enough, number? it’s more a Yes, I’m 100% in favour of limiting books of mares. This is already in place in the trotting question of industry. They allow artificial insemination but a commercial stallion is not allowed to cover more than 100 mares per season and 100 or 120 mares should interest” be the maximum for thoroughbreds. This would Can the image of French stallions abroad be give a chance to more stallions, as at the moment it is the same ones which take all the mares, so some stallions, who would certainly be successful if they had more mares, get bypassed.

Personally I think it is crazy from all points of view that some sires can cover over 200 mares.

Do you think that artificial insemination has a role to play in the future of thoroughbred breeding?

I used to be against the idea but I am not any more. I have a number of friends in the trotting breeding industry and I see that artificial insemination is well organised and effective for them, so this is what made me change my mind.

One shouldn’t be stubborn in life, one should recognise one’s errors. It’s the only way to progress. I think that artificial insemination presents a number of advantages, so long as the

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improved?

It’s not easy. It’s a real problem. I don’t have a miracle solution and I already have enough problems trying to sell nominations to my own stallions. Anabaa was the exception but Anabaa wasn’t the only sire at the Quesnay. I have other, very decent stallions such as Gold Away, who has produced an enormous number of winners, from some very average mares. With top-class mares he could certainly do even better and indeed with my good mare Funny Féerie he has produced a very good horse in Full Of Gold. He has also sired Alexander Goldrun and All Is Vanity, who is doing well this season in America.

Then I have Panis, whose progeny are quite fast, I have high hopes for him, as well as a young American-bred stallion, Kentucky Dynamite by Kingmambo. I’ve tried to syndicate him quite cheaply but without success. He’s magnificent in

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both pedigree and conformation. I think the only reason that breeders aren’t interested is that they think their stock won’t sell well at Deauville. Now I’m in the process of trying to prove that they are wrong not to buy shares.

There have been many veterinary improvements during the time you have been involved in racing and breeding. Do these have only positive effects?

There is no doubt that in the breeding world the veterinary progress has been welcomed and brought only improvements in reproduction.

Enormous progress has been made and indeed it is this which enables some breeders to have their stallions cover books of up to 180 mares. In the past this would not have been possible.

Medication for racing in America is another matter. It is excessive. I know that in America it is more difficult than here in Europe as horses race on dirt tracks which can be quite harmful, especially when they are wet, as horses’ hooves reach the base of the track and they can damage their bronchial tubes or their lungs from breathing in the sand. They have a lot of problems which we do not have in Europe but I do think drugs are over-used in America. They are now trying to resolve the issue by reducing their usage. When horses who have been maintained on drugs during their racing career become stallions it is not good for reproduction, as there is a strong chance that they will pass on to their progeny their own defects which were concealed by medication. I personally would be

less tempted to send mares to a stallion who has performed on medication throughout his racing life. During my era as a trainer we experienced fewer problems with bleeding and bad knees than trainers today and I believe this is down to too much medication hiding horses’ faults.

Will the development of all-weather tracks bring changes in breeding in Europe and America?

In Europe, and France, for example at Deauville, it is noticeable that some horses perform better on Polytrack than on turf. In America the same is true between the fibresand and dirt tracks.

Personally I am not against these artificial tracks and I think their development is a positive move.

They enable the preservation of grass tracks when the ground is very heavy and I think they are much better than the dirt, especially in wet conditions when the surface is almost impracticable. It is quite possible that specialist breeding for dirt and turf racing will be brought closer together by the advent of fibresand tracks but the future will tell us. I

Deauville Guide Whether you are planning to attend for the first time, or you are a regular visitor to the town for the racing and sales season, pages 56-65 contain everything you need to know so that you can make the most of your visit

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End of the road for racing’s HQ? There are growing fears that Newmarket is at bursting point and that two particular development proposals are a step too far Words: Emma Berry & Edward Rosenthal | Photos: Chris Bourchier

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NYONE attending a meeting of the planning committee of Newmarket Town Council in April could have been forgiven for thinking they had unwittingly stumbled into a racecourse owners’ and trainers’ bar.

The walls of the council chamber were lined with trainers Henry Cecil, John Gosden, Michael Jarvis, Luca Cumani, James Fanshawe, David Lanigan and others, all of whom interrupted an otherwise quiet Tuesday evening to make their feelings known on the latest development to threaten Newmarket’s iconic status as the historic home of horseracing.

Add to the line-up Hugh Anderson, the legal representative for Godolphin, and Peter Amos, Managing Director of Darley – the pair uniting to represent Newmarket’s largest employer and by far its biggest investor, Sheikh Mohammed –

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and one begins to realise the strength and depth of emotion currently raging within the racing and breeding community.

Their concern is that perhaps the world’s most successful training centre is under threat from two particular housing developments. If realised, there are fears that they will cause irrevocable damage to a town which has the unique problem of how to move 2,500 horses safely from their stables to the Heath every day.

It is ironic that the two proposed developments are associated with two names that are synonymous with racing: Lord Derby and the Jockey Club.

Lord Derby is behind plans to develop land on his Hatchfield Farm in the north-east of the town into a plot of 1,200 houses; the Jockey Club, meanwhile, wants to develop a housing complex known as the ‘Racing Village’ on

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Newmarket’s Hamilton Road, home to more than 20 racing stables and close to the Rowley Mile racecourse.

Newmarket’s best-known name, Lester Piggott, used to train there, and he is among a growing band of racing figures who feel the town’s unique status is under threat.

“Newmarket is a horse town,” he says. “It was built to be a horse town and the racing industry employs a lot of people here. We have the best facilities and gallops but if the horses leave, or the big owners leave, Newmarket would have a major problem.”

It is an opinion shared by many.

Peter Amos, who was the unofficial ‘custodian of the Heath’ during his 15 years as Managing Director of Jockey Club Estates, now holds the same position with Darley, which is responsible for some 4,000 acres of land in and around Newmarket.

everybody else is taking care of the town. It’s an upsetting reminder that the planning officers of the (Forest Heath) district council do not understand Newmarket.”

Concern that Newmarket might be submerged by new developments is not confined to its racing fraternity.

Appalling

Former tour operator Jean Buckley, who has lived in the town for more than 30 years, says: “I feel sorry for the trainers in Newmarket as the traffic has become so appalling. Moulton Road is really dangerous and ought to have a trafficcalming system. People see the wooden fence between the cars and the horses, and think it’s fine to speed by but it can have such a dramatic effect on young, lively horses.

“There’s so much history here but as a tour guide it’s embarrassing to take people down the

Local trainers such as John Gosden, Geoff Wragg, Clive Brittain (left picture) and Ed Vaughan and Jeremy Noseda (above) make their feelings clear

“We have the best facilities and gallops but if the horses leave or the owners leave, Newmarket would have a major problem” – Lester Piggott He says: “It doesn’t matter how big or powerful you are, if the safety of the horses and riders is adversely affected by development then we have a major concern.”

The two proposals have coincided with a number of other developments which some believe are chipping away at Newmarket’s ability to operate smoothly as a major training centre.

Rachel Hood, whose husband John Gosden trains on Bury Road, is Chair of the Save Historic Newmarket Action Group, which was set up last year to “object to the building of ultra-modern flats in the Newmarket Conservation Area, which also involved the destruction of a huge number of beautiful mature trees”.

Hood believes the building of “a huge and imposing Premier Inn” in the centre of the town, rather than the outskirts, is “an example of what happens when we all assume that

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high street. It’s become a shambles.”

Sales company Tattersalls has become so concerned by the Hatchfield proposals in particular that it commissioned an independent environmental survey by planning consultants Barton Willmore. “The district council is preparing the Local Development Plan, which seeks to allocate housing for the whole of the Forest Heath District up to 2031,” says the company’s Adrian James. “The largest single site available is Hatchfield Farm, which is a greenfield site (agricultural land under consideration for urban development) on the edge of Newmarket.

“We believe the council has over-estimated the amount of greenfield land they require. There are a number of planning applications for developments that have already been approved and also a number of brownfield sites (industrial or commercial land available for redevelopment), which are preferable.”

Barton Willmore has submitted its report to Forest Heath and James adds: “The council is duty-bound to respond. If they don’t agree with our findings there will be a public enquiry near the end of this year, or early in 2010.”

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There are concerns that Newmarket already sees too much traffic, with the burden of new developments looming

Of course, there are two sides to every story and Lord Derby says: “The Newmarket population is growing and housing has to be found. Hatchfield Farm is the largest Newmarket area that is not protected by the Town Charter, as it is arable land, used for growing crops.”

Responding to concerns of an intolerable increase in traffic, Lord Derby adds: “The site is in the employment zone in the north-east of Newmarket, as far away from the gallops as you can get.

“I am acutely conscious of the needs of the local racing community and would never do anything to endanger it. Alarmists say things like, ‘It’s the end of the horse in Newmarket’, but I don’t believe that at all.”

How ironic

Ironically, the Hatchfield Farm development is opposed by Jockey Club Estates, which has itself come in for criticism for its ‘Racing Village’ proposal for a development of around 80 dwellings on land bordering yards and exercise grounds on Hamilton Road.

Although a section of it will provide subsidised housing for stable staff, it is being opposed by the Newmarket Trainers’ Federation and a group of local residents.

“It’s not actually a racing village, it’s a private housing estate with a few Jockey Club houses tacked on,” argues Newmarket Trainers’ Federation chairman Mark Tompkins.

The project would see the demolition of around 20 houses in Phillips Close, currently occupied by staff of Jockey Club Estates and Newmarket Racecourses, with the site then being redeveloped, along with another area on greenfield land close to the Hamilton Hill canter.

“There are many brownfield sites in Newmarket which can be developed and we’re not against that at all, but we are against the

development of greenfield sites,” adds Tompkins.

Protection

Newmarket’s training yards are nominally protected from development by a ‘charter’.

Though no official document exists, the Town Plan does not allow for them to be used for anything other than racing purposes. This is staunchly adhered to by the town council.

Trainers and residents who attended the planning meeting in April will have been heartened to hear Newmarket town councillors vote to challenge Forest Heath District Council’s core strategy document, in which the proposed number of new houses has been doubled in recent years. FHDC’s insistence that, as the largest local settlement, Newmarket must take the bulk of these homes is at odds with its claim that the town, as the acknowledged home of horseracing, is given special consideration.

Forest Heath, for its part, argues that it has to provide 6,400 new homes as part of a Government ‘East Of England’ plan.

“Newmarket is one of the principal towns in the district and therefore must rightly take its sustainable share of new development,” says the council’s Strategic Director Nigel McCurdy.

He argues that “the council’s planning policies have for many years successfully assisted the development of the horse racing industry and preserved the special nature of Newmarket.”

But as we approach the 400th anniversary of the first official race on Newmarket Heath, where the patronage of James I, then Charles II, led to racing being dubbed ‘the sport of kings’, many of the town’s current residents are concerned that is no longer the case.

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“Wake up before it’s too late” How some of Newmarket’s most influential figures view the proposed developments Rachel Hood, Chair of the Save Historic Newmarket Action Group “Our planning advice on the Hatchfield proposal is that there is absolutely no need to build a single house on a greenfield site in Newmarket.

“People need to be clear that it’s only by the racing industry joining together that we can stop this. We don’t want to wake up when it’s too late – Newmarket must retain its ruralness if it is to be preserved as the foremost training centre. Lord Derby’s protestations about not wanting to do anything to harm Newmarket are hollow. It should be him standing up to protect the town.”

Mark Tompkins, Chairman of the Newmarket Trainers’ Federation “We no longer have the harmonious link between the Jockey Club and the trainers that we used to. There is now no communication between the planners and developers and the Jockey Club, which seems to have taken on a different role and become very quiet about any planning developments, so it’s up to the trainers and the townspeople to object, which is the wrong way round.

“The trainers would rather be behind the Jockey Club and singing from the same hymn sheet. I’d like to go back to the day when they were custodians of the Heath.

Rachel Hood

“The planners have been allowed to run wild with Hatchfield Farm and now the Racing Village. That particular area was developed to move the trainers from the centre of town and now they want to make that just as busy.

“Newmarket is effectively a one-road town and we can’t have it getting any busier than it already is. With all the developments that have happened in the town, the traffic has become ridiculous.

“We must strive to maintain Newmarket’s unique status. It’s the world’s most famous training centre. Let’s keep it that way.”

Lester Piggott, Newmarket legend “I’ve never seen so many houses for sale in Newmarket as there are now, so I can’t see why we need to have so many more being built. It’s just a way to make money. For 200 years it was just a horse town and when I first came here there was nothing much else here. Horses used to walk all over the place, up the High Street, but of course that’s impossible now.

“The traffic has got so bad and it will only get worse. They’re trying to build new things all the time and we don’t need it. It’s a horse town, it was built to be a horse town, and the racing industry employs a lot of people here.

“We have the best facilities and gallops for the horses here

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but if the horses leave, or the big owners leave, Newmarket would have a major problem. It’s dangerous riding out in the town now. The horses have to cross the roads at certain places to get to the heath early in the morning.

There’s no other way but it puts them and the riders at risk. The town has become too big.

“Previously, the Jockey Club were so strict about what you could do and where you could build, and now they’ve gone the other way. I don’t know why – they make plenty of money from the gallops.”

Jimmy George, Marketing Director of Tattersalls “Tattersalls commissioning the independent survey by Barton Willmore reflects our wish to ensure that Newmarket retains its unique status as the headquarters of European racing.

We have become increasingly concerned that Forest Heath District Council has shown signs of misunderstanding the sometimes challenging requirements of the racing industry and its ability to coexist in an urban environment.

“There are plenty of examples in all walks of life where local councils have not appreciated the benefits of strategic industries in their localities when formulating their approaches to planning.

Epsom is the most obvious and most pertinent example.

“Newmarket is not a large town and the level of traffic is already

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placing the infrastructure under severe strain. This is not an example of an industry claiming special status, but of an industry deeply concerned that its unavoidable needs are not always compatible with national policies, which Forest Heath District Council seems so keen to adopt.

“Newmarket Heath is a unique place of work for a huge number of people and animals. These people and animals have always, and will always, need efficient and, above all, safe access to their place of work. The increasing urbanisation of Newmarket places this in jeopardy.”

Peter Amos, Managing Director of Darley and formerly of Jockey Club Estates “There used to be an unspoken rule that the Jockey Club had a role to play as guardian of Newmarket. Through a very close relationship with Forest Heath District Council, I was always consulted on any planning application that they felt might impact on either the movement of horses, an increase in traffic or anything else that might be detrimental.

“If you make life difficult for trainers and the business of training horses, then owners might choose to send their horses elsewhere, which will be bad for Newmarket as the centre of excellence for training.

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“A need to be more realistic” Lord Derby, the Jockey Club and Forest Heath Council respond “When I moved across to Darley I very quickly became involved in the pre-training operation we have on Hamilton Road. That in itself represents an investment of some £14 million in terms of the leasehold properties, the Gainsborough training yard, and some 200 horses in pretraining – all eligible for the heath tax that is collected by Jockey Club Estates. Anything that impinges on that substantial investment clearly is a very serious issue to us.

“It doesn’t matter how big or powerful you are, if the safety of the horses and riders is adversely affected by development then we have a major concern. Had we foreseen the latest scheme (Racing Village) being put forward by JCE, we might have thought twice about the level of investment.

“During my time with JCE I saw a definite increase in traffic and a change in attitude of the drivers, both of which increase the potential for accidents.

Increasing that potential danger is the wrong thing to do and we’ve challenged JCE to rethink the scheme.

“It’s difficult for the Newmarket trainers that this particular initiative is coming from the one body that in the past you could have guaranteed would stand four-square behind the Newmarket Charter, under which the town’s equine industry is protected. It’s quite alarming that the guardianship role seems to have been dropped.”

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The Hatchfield proposal The actual planning application for Hatchfield Farm is still being worked on, but Lord Derby says the 1,200 new homes would “not happen overnight.”

Instead, he forecasts 200 houses being built between now and 2015, then 400 between 2015 and 2020. The rest would follow in stages up until 2031.

“I want to ensure what happens with it is for the good; after all, my Stanley House Stud is next to the farm and I intend to continue running my stud and owning horses in Newmarket,” he says. “I have tried to be honest and tell people where the development could end up, rather than pretending it is on a smaller scale.

“It is totally unrealistic to think that development won’t happen in Newmarket. Hatchfield Farm is the most sustainable site. We need a sensible masterplan with a long-term view for housing in Newmarket. We have consulted Racing Welfare and discussed making some properties available to young people coming into the sport who need affordable accommodation.”

He adds: “I am acutely conscious of the needs of the local racing community and would never do anything to endanger it. Alarmists say things like, ‘It’s the end of the horse in Newmarket’, but I don’t believe that at all. People are just reluctant to accept change.”

Racing Village Like Lord Derby, William Gittus, the Managing Director of Jockey Club Estates, believes that the plans for a Racing Village on Newmarket’s Hamilton Road will help alleviate the problem of providing enough affordable accommodation in the town.

He says racing-related properties will account for more than 50% of the project, adding: “There will be some private housing in the development.”

At present the Racing Village

is in the consultation phase and no planning application has been submitted.

Gittus recognises the traffic concerns of many within the town but argues: “Newmarket has to have some development and, in our view, it is better if Jockey Club Estates can have some control over it and benefit from it, as our profits go back into the industry.”

He adds: “Clearly, any new development in Newmarket has to take account of the fact that the town is a national and international centre of racing and breeding, is a major employer and attracts significant overseas investment to the UK. “Preserving the town’s history is important, although not as important as protecting the future. Careful consideration has to be given to anything that could damage that.”

Forest Heath Newmarket has, in effect, been caught up in a Government requirement that Forest Heath District Council provides 6,400 new homes by 2021.

Its Strategic Director Nigel McCurdy, says that while the council has had “many pre-application discussions with Lord Derby about Hatchfield Farm as he shapes his own ideas for this piece of agricultural land, it is entirely Lord Derby’s decision if and when any planning application might be submitted”.

Formal proposals for the Hatchfield site could not be positively determined until after Easter 2010. That is when the council is expected to hear whether its overall development plans, as part of the Government’s East Of England plan, are acceptable.

Before that date, a formal examination in public (EIP) will take place, most likely in January or February.

“It will be during the EIP that questions such as the impact of

any new development on the traffic situation in Newmarket will be discussed,” says McCurdy.

“Any planning application by Lord Derby will need to address traffic issues in detail by way of a Traffic Impact Assessment.”

Accusations However, McCurdy rejects accusations that Forest Heath is neither sympathetic nor understanding of Newmarket’s unique status as a major training centre. “The council’s planning policies have, for many years, successfully assisted the development of the horseracing industry and preserved the special nature of Newmarket,” he says.

“Those policies are still retained and, importantly, enhanced in our new Core Strategy. But it is also essential that we balance these issues alongside the need for ongoing sustainable development of Newmarket and the wellbeing of the whole community of Forest Heath.

“The Save Historic Newmarket Action Group could certainly understand the planning process better and be more realistic in their approach.

“We have tried to pursue a positive, evidence-based dialogue with the Action Group.

However, they have adopted an adversarial approach thus far.

“It is in our policy to protect and enhance Newmarket, but there needs to be a degree of realism; the town must grow, it cannot stand still.”

McCurdy explained that the Racing Village concept “is a response to the Council’s current local plan concerning racing-related accommodation, which dates back to 1995”.

He adds: “No planning application has been submitted, although pre-application discussions have raised a number of concerns over the layout and design of the draft schemes.”

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Published here is the consolidated Provisional List of the stallions named in the lists sent to the Co-Ordinating Committee by the British, Irish, French, Italian, German and Swiss Trustees in accordance with the Co-Ordinating Agreement.

Full eligibility of each stallion’s progeny, CONCEIVED IN 2009 IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, (the foal crop of 2010), for benefits under the terms and conditions of the European Breeders’ Fund, is DEPENDENT UPON RECEIPT OF THE BALANCE OF THE DUE CONTRIBUTION BY 15TH DECEMBER 2009. Late stallion entries for the European Breeders’ Fund will be included in the Final List, provided the full contribution is received by 15th December 2009.

The progeny of these stallions, CONCEIVED IN 2009, will have to be nominated to Breeders’ Cup Ltd as foals in 2010, if they are to be entered in the Breeders’ Cup Championship Races in 2012 and thereafter at the lowest entry fee, and if they are to receive other relevant benefits under the Breeders’ Cup National Stakes Programme.

A AAHSAYLAD (GB) ACAMBARO (GER) ACCENTO (GB) ACCLAMATION (GB) ACROBAT (IRE) ACT ONE (GB) AD VALOREM (USA) ADIEU (GER) ADNAAN (IRE) AESKULAP (GER) AGNES KAMIKAZE (JPN) AIR EMINEM (IRE) AL SALB (USA) ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (IRE) ALFLORA (IRE) ALHAARTH (IRE) ALKAADHEM (GB) ALL MY DREAMS (IRE) AMADEUS WOLF (GB) AMRAK AJEEB (IRE) ANABAA (USA) ANATOLY (USA) AND BEYOND (IRE) ANDROID (USA) ANGE GABRIEL (FR) ANTONIUS PIUS (USA) ANZILLERO (GER) APPLE TREE (FR) ARAAFA (IRE) ARAKAN (USA) ARC ROYAL (GER) ARCADIO (GER) ARCHANGE D'OR (IRE) AREION (GER) ARMY KING (FR) ARTAN (IRE) ARVICO (FR) ASHKALANI (IRE) ASIAN HEIGHTS (GB) ASSERTIVE (GB) ASSESSOR (IRE) ASTRONOMER ROYAL (USA) ATRAF (GB) AUCTION HOUSE (USA) AUSSIE RULES (USA) AUTHORIZED (IRE) AVONBRIDGE (GB) AWAKENED (IRE) AXXOS (GER) AZAMOUR (IRE)

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Simply, truly T exceptional Sariska was eye-catching but Sea The Stars was once again the outstanding performer Words: Graham Dench, Chief Analyst for the Racing Post Photos: George Selwyn

HERE is only one place to start. While Sariska’s stroll in the Darley Irish Oaks was an extraordinary sight, it just has to be Sea The Stars again.

If it takes an extra special colt to cope with the unique demands of the 2,000 Guineas and Derby, it takes a truly exceptional one to add a third prize of the magnitude of the Coral-Eclipse just four weeks after Epsom, by no means all out once again and this time against his elders for the first time. The peerless Nashwan did it 20 years ago, but nothing had come close since; Derby winners Erhaab, Benny The Dip, Motivator and Authorized had all tried and failed at Sandown, and none of them had the speed to even contest the 2,000 Guineas, let alone win it.

Just as he had done at Newmarket and Epsom, Sea The Stars displayed a commanding and unflappable presence through the preliminaries, and once the race was under way he was again perfectly placed throughout in a race run at a much faster pace than the Derby, thanks to the

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presence of three pacemakers. The ease with which Sea The Stars made up the best part of ten lengths on the leaders from the home turn to take it up with two furlongs to go was impressive, but he had not shaken off the Guineas and Derby fourth Rip Van Winkle, or St Leger and Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Conduit.

Sea The Stars had a fight on his hands, but Conduit cracked before the furlong pole and Rip Van Winkle, having got within half a length, could not quite get upsides. The winning margin was only a length, but in the last 150 yards it was all Sea The Stars.

It was another sublime performance and, with Conduit beaten more than five lengths and the Italian Derby and Brigadier Gerard winner Cima De Triomphe beaten more than ten in a time nearly a second quicker than Mtoto’s modern-day Eclipse record, it was one Racing Post handicapper Paul Curtis had no hesitation in rating the best form shown by any horse in the world all year.

With connections resolved to avoid soft

ground and run him just three more times in 2009, with the Irish Champion Stakes the main target, he could go through the year unbeaten.

While Sea The Stars was rightly given most of the plaudits, credit too must go to Rip Van Winkle, who is still awaiting his first Group 1 win but has at last shown on the racecourse what he has evidently long been showing at home at Ballydoyle. He will be a prized asset at Coolmore if he can secure that elusive Group 1 and it’s surely only a matter of time.

Fame’s time for glory

We will never know how Sea The Stars would have fared in the previous weekend’s Irish Derby at the Curragh if unseasonably soft ground had not prevented him running, for this was a very different contest to that which had played out at Epsom. Whereas at Epsom all five Aidan O’Brien runners had chances of sorts and Johnny Murtagh had found it hard to choose between them, this time three of O’Brien’s Fame And Glory had his day in the sun in the Irish Derby

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Fleeting Spirit had to survive a stewards’ enquiry after landing the July Cup, having interfered with runner-up Main Aim (right)

sextet of runners were no-hopers who were there purely to guarantee the fierce end-to-end gallop that would show Epsom runner-up Fame And Glory to full advantage.

Rarely have we seen a Classic field become as strung out, but while Fame And Glory was a remote fifth at halfway Murtagh was not in the least perturbed. When Golden Sword took over from Rockhampton he looked as if he might be hard to catch, but Fame And Glory got to him in plenty of time and powered five lengths clear.

It was a superb effort and one that thrust him to the fore in betting on the Arc, at similar odds to the brilliant unbeaten French filly Stacelita.

It will be much harder for O’Brien to orchestrate tactics at Longchamp, where the track lends itself much more to speed horses, but it will be fascinating to see him try.

While the Irish Derby was a war of attrition, the Irish Oaks was a stroll in the park. Sariska treated a perfectly representative field with utter contempt, making her ground from well off the pace without apparent effort and simply cruising up to old rival Midday and the front-running outsider Roses For The Lady before sauntering clear on the bridle, Jamie Spencer cheekily waving goodbye to Fran Berry on the runner-up.

It’s not uncommon for a filly to complete the Oaks double – Ouija Board and Alexandrova had both done it in the last five years – but this was a sight to behold. She could run in the Arc. Heads up after welcome win

“While the Irish Derby was a war of attrition, the Irish Oaks was a stroll in the park”

There was a low key opening to Newmarket’s July meeting, which even a return to the winners’ enclosure for the Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Goldikova in the Falmouth Stakes failed to lift appreciably, welcome though it was to Freddie Head after a slow start to the season.

It was a comfortable enough win, however, and it put Goldikova back on track for a repeat bid at Santa Anita, where success would see her emulate the brilliant Miesque, who Head rode to back-to-back wins.

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It was also a poignant success too, for it came just a day after the death of the filly’s sire Anabaa, who won the 1996 July Cup for the Head family and stood most his career at their Haras Du Quesnay.

Newmarket came alive for days two and three, and the July Cup had everything. As befits a race that more often than not determines the destiny of Europe’s champion sprint honours, it attracted the now almost obligatory Group 1 challengers from Australia and South Africa – Scenic Blast, who had made such a huge impression at Royal Ascot in the King’s Stand Stakes, J J The Jet Plane and veteran Takeover Target – plus the Golden Jubilee winner Art Connoisseur and the Queen Anne winner Paco Boy, not to mention 2008 Group 1 winners African Rose and Equiano.

They were all eclipsed, however, by the King’s Stand runner-up Fleeting Spirit, who turned Royal Ascot form upside down to gain her first win at the top level. In a dramatic affair, marred by a career-ending injury to the remarkable Takeover Target, Jeremy Noseda’s Invincible Spirit filly failed only narrowly to match Stravinsky’s ten-year-old course record despite hanging badly left and then swerving violently right, in the process hampering both runner-up Main Aim and eventual fifth King’s Apostle.

Fleeting Spirit, who carries the colours of a team that includes BHA Chairman Paul Roy and leading jumps owner Andy Stewart, deserved this, and as she was clearly the winner on merit it would have been a travesty if she had been disqualified. Next stop is the Nunthorpe.

There were Group 1 firsts too for two British runners in France, the Juddmonte five-year-old Spanish Moon, who is barred from racing in Britain following repeated misdemeanours at the start, taking the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, and Lord Shanakill gaining a thoroughly deserved first top-level win in an admittedly weak Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly.

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trainer Karl Burke and jockey Jim Crowley too.

However, the most significant Group 1 in France stayed at home, when Andre Fabre’s Cavalryman stayed on strongly to land the Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp, a race that has superceded the Prix du Jockey-Club as the country’s premier middle-distance race for three-year-old colts, following the distance changes in 2004.

While the Grand Prix field was only half the size of the Jockey-Club’s and the Chantilly fourth Beheshtam was disappointing, Cavalryman put up a classy performance in the hands of rising star Maxime Guyon, beating solid representatives sent by Ballydoyle and Coolmore, headed by Lingfield Derby Trial winner Age Of Aquarius and Italian Derby winner Mastery. It was good to see another major race won by a horse carrying Sheikh Mohammed’s maroon and white colours, no longer seen in Britain, and we will hopefully see them again in the Prix Niel and the Arc. Pride of place to Yeats

Royal Ascot this year was one of the best of the modern meetings era and, while some memories soon start to fade, others will last a lifetime.

Pride of place inevitably goes to Yeats, not only for his historic achievement in becoming the first horse ever to win the Gold Cup four times, but also for the manner of his achieving it.

He looked more vulnerable than ever as an eight-year-old entire, but put up a performance that bore comparison with any of his three previous wins in the race. There was a moment four out when he looked as if he might be in trouble, but he hit his stride as they rounded the home turn and the four-length advantage he had established as they straightened up was pretty much maintained to the line. He was chased hard by Patkai, an emerging staying star who looks the natural successor to Yeats.

Nobody could have been surprised if Yeats, an outstandingly durable son of Sadler’s Wells, had been retired to stud there and then, but that option was evidently far from connections’ thoughts. Instead, we could now see him in races as diverse as the Goodwood Cup and Arc. As is traditional now, a meeting of almost unprecedented quality had begun with three successive Group 1 races and each of them was won with a performance out of the top drawer.

Richard Hannon’s Paco Boy, a Desert Style colt who cost a mere 30,000gns at the breezeups, set the bar pretty high with a convincing defeat of course specialist Cesare over the straight mile in the Queen Anne, in which Gladiatorus, officially the best horse in the world following his win in the Dubai Duty Free, paid the price for going off far too fast.

Two races later the younger Mastercraftsman, so impressive in the mud in the Irish 2,000 Guineas, handled much quicker conditions just

as effectively in the St James’s Palace Stakes on the round mile and just outstayed Delegator.

The St James’s Palace confirmed Mastercraftsman an outstanding miler, with the promise of even better to come if he steps up to a mile and a quarter one day, but both he and Paco Boy found themselves overshadowed to an extent in between by the Australian speedball Scenic Blast, who took the King’s Stand in sensational style from an unhelpful draw, showing terrific mid-race pace to go ahead on the wide outside before idling near the finish and allowing Fleeting Spirit to close.

A first runner in Britain for Danny Morton, and a first ride for Steve Arnold, Scenic Blast was a third Australian winner of the race in four years.

Last year’s Prix du Jockey-Club winner Vision D’Etat confirmed himself a serious Arc candidate by beating Tartan Bearer in a thrilling four-way battle for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes, and we saw another top-class effort in the Coronation Stakes from the 1,000 Guineas winner Ghanaati, who broke the track record and gave trainer Barry Hills a much needed boost on the day he returned home from hospital after a life-threatening illness.

Last year’s Coventry winner Art Connoisseur took the last Group 1 race of the week with a shock defeat of Cannonball in the Golden Jubilee. His success was a first at the top level for Tom Queally, who went on to pick up the winning ride on Fleeting Spirit in the July Cup, and a second winner of the week for Michael Bell.

Cannonball, sixth in the King’s Stand on day one, had been the first runner in a sensational week for American trainer Wesley Ward, who saddled the first ever American-trained Flat winner in Britain when taking the Windsor Castle Stakes with Strike The Tiger and then followed up a day later in the Queen Mary with Jealous Again, who was sold to Sheikh Mohammed after winning spectacularly.

But the juvenile performance of the week undoubtedly came from the Hannon-trained Canford Cliffs in the Coventry.

A syndicate-owned son of Tagula and so hardly the height of fashion, Canford Cliffs’s six-length defeat of Xtension goes down as one of the very best seen by a juvenile at Royal Ascot in the last 20 years. He looks a colt with a big future. I The Gold Cup legend Yeats

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Stringston’s Golden Year Robert Pocock’s breeding operation has enjoyed a stellar season thanks mainly to the efforts of Golden Sword, whose second in the Irish Derby further enhanced the value of his dam Sitara Words and photos: Carl Evans sense of disbelief pervades Stringston Farm, a soft-stoned dwelling in rural Somerset between the Quantock Hills and the coast that faces Wales. Tenant Robert Pocock rubs his brow and says: “To think one of our mares was covered by Sadler’s Wells last year...”

He pauses to savour the moment, then adds: “If you had told me that a few years ago I would have said you’d gone mad. It’s been that sort of journey. I can hardly believe it.”

Pocock’s family have defied the odds and hopscotched from the hunting field to point-topointing, to jump racing, to Flat breeding, to auctions where their results have been good, bad and stellar, and recently to Epsom and the Curragh, where a horse they bred in partnership from a mare they own outright was a cherished runner in two Derbys.

It could be said their luck ran out, for Golden Sword ran fifth – no man’s land in racing terms – in the Investec Derby having missed the runnerup spot by a neck, nose and short head, the sort of fractions that leave a breeder feeling sick.

Yet by finishing second in the Irish Derby and having gained an earlier victory in the Group 3 Chester Vase, he has added considerably to the value of his 11-year-old dam Sitara.

The Pococks managed to buy Sitara, a duaghter of Salse, for a mere 10,000gns at the December Sale in 2002 before her halfsisters, Puce and Shouk, began shelling diamonds in the breeding shed.

Puce’s foal Pongee did nothing in her first season, which was fortunate for the Pococks because it coincided with Sitara’s trip to the sales, although

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she later became a Group 2 winner and Group 1 placed. Shouk’s 2002 foal became Cheveley Park Stakes winner Magical Romance and the following year she gave birth to triple Oaks heroine Alexandrova.

By the time those deeds had been achieved Sitara was steadily producing foals for Stringston, so while her price may have been a budget buster for the farm, it looks cheap now.

Subsequently mated with High Chaparral, she produced Golden Sword, who made 165,000gns as a weanling, while a tryst with Galileo resulted in a 380,000gns colt who sold last December at Tattersalls.

Incidentally, Sitara was the above-mentioned mare who visited Sadler’s Wells, but she did not conceive to him, so went back to his son Galileo.

Other valuable mares at Stringston Farm include Golden Sword’s half-sister Skimmia (Mark Of Esteem), Effie (Royal Academy), a half-sister to triple Listed victress Kootenay and also to Sans Frontieres, who has been placed in this season’s Craven and Dante Stakes, and Divine Grace (Definite Article), who produced Electric Beat, a Group 2 scorer in Germany.

It has been an entertaining ride for the Pococks, stretching across 60 years and played out against the time-absorbing regime of running a farm that has generated beef and milk sales, a butchery enterprise and copious quantities of lush fodder for horses and cattle.

The current hub is Robert, 59, whose father, Pat, put in place the footings for a business that will one day be taken on by Nick, 29. The youngest Pocock has been a factor in the forward momentum of the family’s thoroughbred breeding programme.

No less a role has been undertaken by Robert’s wife, Wendy, a one-person multitude who has raised two children, foaled mares, prepped horses, driven lorries, led up at the sales,

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Robert Pocock (son Nick is in the background) on the farm: “To think that one of our mares was covered by Sadler’s Wells...I can hardly believe it”

“It’s a difficult business to get into...being from the south west didn’t help as people assume it’s jumping country”

handled the books and ensured there is food on the farmhouse kitchen table.

Recounting the story from the beginning, Robert says: “One day Dad went to buy some cattle, but they weren’t much good so the farmer said, ‘You’ll have to buy a mare instead’.

Dad said, ‘What do I want with a broodmare?’, and with that she cantered away across the field and he noticed she was a wonderful mover.

“That was Fireball, by Spiritus, who got us into jump breeding and racing. Dad was a hunting man who trained a few pointers, but when Fireball’s son, Sunday Morning II, failed to stay three miles in points the only option was to run him over shorter distances under Rules, so Dad took out a permit.

“We had a lot of fun, but I always had an inkling we would get into the Flat one day.”

The Pococks’ jump-breeding operation was successful, but as Robert says: “Our problem

was falling in love with jumping families which became worn out. We didn’t cull mares. That was probably the biggest lesson I learned.”

While Robert and Wendy’s daughter, Maggie, enjoyed riding ponies, their son Nick showed no zest for the pastime, but a holiday assignment gave him an insight to the future.

Nick says: “Every time I came home from university to work on the farm, father and I would argue, so one summer he sent me off to Ted Voute with the idea that at least I could learn how to prep horses.

“I went there, had one helluva time and was captivated by the thrill of the sales – that year we sold Mozart, Milan and Count Dubois, and turned over 3,300,000gns, which made me realise this was what I wanted to do.”

A couple of months later Stringston enjoyed its first notable sale of a Flat-bred horse when realising 14,000gns for a First Trump foal who

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Robert with wife Wendy: “The best thing we ever did was send mares to Coolmore”

had been bought inside the mare Petindia 12 months earlier for 6,000gns. Robert recalls: “The buyer of the foal was Timmy Hyde. That was a high-profile moment for us in itself.”

Nick had gone back to complete his final year at university, then, after a spell with Haras d’Etreham, did six years at Coolmore in Ireland.

An introduction had been achieved through Seamus Murphy, who later encouraged the family to send mares to the Irish stud.

“That was the best thing we ever did,” says Robert. “We didn’t have a great start, but at least we proved we were thinking commercially and we gradually worked our way up to better stallions. We even got into Danehill Dancer at Ir£1,800!”

Ask Nick what was the most important lesson he gained from his time at Coolmore and he says: “To be entrepreneurial – everyone there is expected to have horses so they take an interest in the business. That pushes you on and gives you drive. It’s a lovely business to work for.”

The Pococks now own 18 mares and prefer selling their offspring as foals, reasoning it is better to turn over valuable stock at the earliest opportunity and thus reduce the chance of injury, even though the pinhookers who buy from them often capitalise one year later.

ROBERT POCOCK ON...

The breeding business “We don’t get up at crack of dawn to drive a mare to Sandringham or Newmarket to cover her at eight o’clock for the fun of it – we do it because we believe we can make more money that way than by milking cows.”

Taking on the sheikhs “We got into horses to give us

something else to look at apart from cows and we had some success with our jumpers, but it got difficult taking on Martin Pipe at Taunton. So we went for another option and took on Sheikh Mohammed!”

His farming background “Stockmanship, understanding your stock and knowing how much and what type of food to give them, is something you learn from a lifetime in farming.”

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“Another reason for selling foals,” says Robert, “is because we have become friendly with Irish foal buyers (another legacy of Nick’s time at Coolmore). Whereas yearling consignors have contacts among bloodstock agents and trainers, we haven’t moved in those circles, so we’re better off dealing with people we know.

“We’ve never sold to Gill Richardson or Peter Doyle and until we do we can’t ask them to come and look at our horses.

“It’s not easy getting into any business and horses are no different. You’re handicapped the wrong way round when you start – you don’t get a decent place in the sale, you know nobody, everybody thinks you’re an idiot, and being from the south west didn’t help because people assume it’s jumping country.”

So how did they accrue a worthy band of mares for relatively small sums? Nick says: “Dad likes Aga Khan families, but we can’t afford to buy mares out of black-type producers. We have to find a family that is missing a generation, but achieved results further back. On the other hand, not being able to afford mares by great broodmare sires has its advantages. Sitara for instance, who is by Salse, is ideally suited to a Sadler’s Wells or Danehill stallion.”

Cattle appear in the equation, too. Robert says: “We sold half a herd of cows, took a quarter of the money up to Newmarket and pinhooked a colt foal who doubled in value from 9,000gns to 18,000gns (the following year). As a result of that we invested 10,000gns in Sitara and 6,000gns to buy Divine Grace.

“I saw Sitara at the sales, discovered she didn’t have a huge reserve and liked the way she walked – she was in foal to Arkadian Hero, which wasn’t the greatest mating, and apart from being a half-sister to a Group 3 winner [at that time] there was very little else.

“Divine Grace’s purchase was down to Nick, because he knew her half-sister had beaten a Ballydoyle runner who had been quite fancied.

“At the time we bought her she was carrying a Shinko Forest foal who we sold for 2,800gns. A few years later I opened the Racing Post, saw that foal had won a Listed race in Germany and realised we had bred our first stakes winner.” I

Colts versus fillies “Filly foals out of certain mares or by certain stallions are almost impossible to sell, yet a colt out of the same mare can sell well. So rather than culling mares to reduce overproduction, I believe they should consider sexing the foal in utero and aborting them if they are a filly. You have to stick with young mares to give them a chance, but as a breeder you have to get something back to survive financially and filly foals

can become a real expense if no one wants them.

Son Nick “By leaving home Nick worked with horses of all varieties, which was an advantage to us because I had never seen a bad horse. My father wouldn’t have one on the farm!”

Life’s lessons “Nothing will run away with money faster than horses.”

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STRINGSTON FARM: HIGHS AND LOWS Best day: “Selling Sitara’s Galileo foal last year for 380,000gns” Worst day: “There have been a few and they usually end with us driving home, saying ‘Let’s put that one down to experience’” Surprising result: “Selling Electric Beat for just 2,800gns and thinking that was the last we would hear of him. Then he won stakes races in Germany and we still have his dam” THE BROODMARE BAND MARE

BREEDING

2009 FOALS

Anthea

Tobougg ex Blue Indigo

Amadeus Wolf filly

2010 Sakhee’s Secret

Blue Indigo

Pistolet Bleu ex Alcove

Rested

Oratorio

Centre Court

Second Set ex Raffle

Dead foal

Sakhee’s Secret

Che Chic

Dagger’s Drawn ex Cree’s Figurine

Trade Fair filly

Pastoral Pursuits

Divine Grace

Definite Article ex Grey Patience

Excellent Art filly

Excellent Art

Effie

Royal Academy ex Llia

Aussie Rules filly

Beat Hollow

Fine Lady

Selkirk ex Rua D’Oro

Byron filly

Pastoral Pursuits

Khyber Knight

Night Shift ex Peshawar

Empty

Avonbridge

Kowthar

Mark Of Esteem ex Albarsha

Iceman filly

Rested

Lady Xara

Xaar ex Khalisiyn

Dead foal

Royal Applause

Ladywell Blaise

Turtle Island ex Duly Elected

Iceman colt

Rested

Mutoon

Erhaab ex Nafhaat

Barathea colt

Rail Link

Philadelphie

Anabaa ex Printaniere

Empty

Compton Place

Polar Dawn

Polar Dawn ex Leave At Dawn

Ad Valorem filly

Avonbridge

Rainbow Spectrum

Spectrum ex Iguassu

Iceman filly

Avonbridge

Sandblaster

Most Welcome ex Honeychurch

Proclamation filly

Rested

Sitara

Salse ex Souk

Galileo colt

Galileo

Skimmia

Mark Of Esteem ex Sitara

Motivator filly

Beat Hollow

Golden Sword (white blaze), runner-up in the Irish Derby, sold for 165,000gns as a foal from Stringston Farm. He is among the leading contenders for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes

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REPORTING FROM THE UK, IRELAND AND FRANCE

Store market troubles

The Derby Sale figures plummeted to its lowest levels for over a decade

Transparency and trust key ingredients to getting store horse industry back on track Words: Ed Prosser

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hose approaching the upcoming yearling exchanges with understandable feelings of trepidation can garner scraps of comfort from proceedings at Tattersalls and Arqana’s July sales.

Both events demonstrated that there is still an amazingly high level of demand for decent, proven horses. Your racehorse may not earn fortunes in prizemoney, but if it fits the bill it can still be highly prized from overseas buyers or the domestic jumping market.

For at Tattersalls a plethora of big-budgeted jumping buyers, including Anthony Bromley, Donald McCain and Eddie O’Leary, all tried to buy the handful of Flat horses who looked ideal National Hunt types.

But in the face of that demand for National Hunt horses in training, there came bleak reminders at Saint-Cloud and – most potently – Tattersalls Ireland’s Derby Sale of how badly the store horse market, the

backbone of jump breeding, has suffered.

The Derby Sale’s figures plummeted to their lowest levels for over a decade and this year’s turnover was just 35% of its record 2007 amount – depressing news for pinhookers who had large sums tied up in their stores.

Tattersalls Ireland’s Managing Director George Mernagh, who wrote to all Derby Sale consignors suggesting they at least did some preliminary work with their stores, will continue to preach that message.

While the €160,000 salestopping half-brother to Weapon’s Amnesty was ready to be backed early in the year, other vendors with large drafts felt they did not have the manpower to put in the necessary work.

“To change anything in Ireland takes a long time,” admitted Mernagh. “But I’d love to see all the horses from the sale able to arrive off the boat in England ready to be hacked around the gallop. I’m not suggesting they

should have been tested but they would just be that much more forward than the traditional unbroken store.

“It’s something that’s got to happen. I think this crisis has probably made people more aware of the fact that to get your money you can’t now sell something to England that needs to be broken and incur a big expense.

“We have the UK trainers saying they need horses with form or at least doing a bit more.

It’s going to take a while to get things through, but vendors have to look to the future. After all, this affects their own pocket.”

A suspicion that stores may have been tested at home has been a major reason why broken animals have not always been popular, but Mernagh believes that, as the market has become more professional, it is now less of a concern, saying: “It’s about transparency now. If a fellow wants to try and pull a fast one he’ll find he’s soon out of the business. People want to stay in this business so I don’t think they are going to shaft the buyer by trying to sell something that has been in training over the winter.

“We had discussions with our

lawyers about defining what is backed or broken or unbroken.

“I wanted to say horses were ‘backed, guaranteed untried’ and if a buyer thinks one is tried and someone then sat on it on a racecourse and it went in a straight line over two furlongs, then in my view it should be returnable. But our lawyers thought we should just say simply broken or unbroken.

“But I would urge would-be purchasers to make enquiries with the vendor about what has been done with a horse and not just sit in their seat and bid.”

As the headlines will soon switch to Flat sales, Mernagh looks ahead to his company’s marathon November Sale – pinhookers’ main recruiting ground for stores of the future – with some hope, saying: “The good thing is that someone that got €30,000 for a horse this year will get a lot more for their money when they are reinvesting this November compared to two years ago.

“But this whole thing did need to happen because the foal money had gone crazy. The ideal position now would be to get to a situation where there is profit for everyone.”

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Tattersalls Ireland Derby Aggregate: €5,498,700 (-38.3%) Sold: 237 (63% clearance rate) Average: €23,201 (-31.6%) Median €15,000 (-37.5%) Top lots Age/Sex Pedigree

Vendor

Price (€)

Buyer

3g

Flemensfirth—Victoria Theatre (Old Vic)

Aaron Metcalfe/Trench Hill Farm

160,000

Eddie O´Leary

3g

Imperial Ballet—Molly Maguire (Supreme Leader)

Lakefield Farm

150,000

Aiden Murphy

3g

Kayf Tara—Fairmead Princess (Rudimentary)

Walshtown Stables (agent)

130,000

John Hussey

3g

Presenting—Markiza (Broken Hearted)

Castletown Quarry Stud

115,000

Ballinaskeagh Stables

3g

Kahyasi—Hirayna (Doyoun)

Kennycourt Stud

90,000

Jonjo O´Neill

3g

Old Vic—Fairy Blaze (Good Thyne)

Sunnyhill Stud

90,000

Bobby O´Ryan

3g

Presenting—Anniesthyne (Good Thyne)

Rathbarry Stud

90,000

Margaret O´Toole

3g

Oscar—Native Singer (Be My Native)

Glenvale Stud

75,000

Edward O´Grady

3g

Kayf Tara—Lily The Lark (Crested Lark)

David & John Bamber

75,000

Aiden Murphy

3g

Oscar—Lohort Castle (Presenting)

Peria Stud (agent)

70,000

MV Magnier

“The orders just weren’t there and I would have liked to have seen more demand for fillies” George Mernagh

Reaction George Mernagh: “Consignors selling homebreds had a good sale because they didn’t have a €20,000 or €30,000 price tag added on to their horses, but it was very, very tough for the others. The orders just weren’t there and I would have liked to have seen more demand for fillies.”

Highlights Overbury Stud’s Kayf Tara is now well established alongside the top Irish stallions and he was responsible for two of the top ten lots, including a €150,000 gelding who showed a good profit on the 35,000gns he had cost at Doncaster in January 2008.

This sale boasted easily the

best pedigrees of any store catalogue this year, including an own-brother to 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kicking King, who was purchased for €90,000 by agent Bobby O’Ryan.

This Flemensfirth half-brother to Cheltenham Festival winner Weapon’s Amnesty was the top lot at €160,000 A third non-select day of the

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Northern Ireland-based Aaron

Metcalfe, who has a six-strong broodmare band at his Trench Hill Farm, bred and sold the top lot – a Flemensfirth half-brother to the promising Weapon’s Amnesty. Eddie O’Leary, whose brother Michael owns the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle winner, bid €160,000 for the saletopper.

sale was headed at just €26,000 by a Humbel half-brother to Cotswold and Feltham Chase winner Joe Lively.

Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale Ten-Year Tale (€) Year

Aggregate

Average

2009

5,498,700

23,201

Clearance 63%

2008

8,919,000

33,913

68%

2007

15,754,500

43,163

75%

2006

15,102,000

44,029

81%

This sale was traditionally

2005

11,192,500

37,061

72%

dominated by four-year-olds but none made the top ten this year – and there were no fillies on the leaderboard either.

2004

12,893,500

37,050

82%

2003

9,837,100

30,550

79%

2002

11,312,926

32,696

85%

2001

10,728,017

31,096

83%

2000

12,500,119

33,070

73%

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HARAS DE FRESNAY-LE-BUFFARD AUGUST SALES, DEAUVILLE 2009 SELLING Friday 14th August LOT 52 – gr c

LOT 72 – bb f

LOT 82 – b c

LOT 105 – ch c

LOT 108 – b f

DALAKHANI / Costa Brava (Sadler’s Wells) 2nd Foal. Dam full sister to ACROPOLIS , Kilternan St, L, and 3rd Criterium International, Gr. 1, and ½ sister to group winners FAIRY QUEEN , Prix de Royallieu Gr. 2, Ribblesdale St. Gr. 2 and TASHAWAK, Falmouth St, Gr. 2.

PIVOTAL / Glia (A P Indy) Listed winning dam, also daughter of COUP DE GENIE, French 2 yo champion, Prix Morny Gr. 1, Prix de la Salamandre Gr. 1. Family of BAGO, 8 wins incl. Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Gr. 1. Sire.

GALILEO / JESSICA’S DREAM (Desert Style) Group winning dam, Kerry Group Ballyogan St. Gr. 3 and Premio Omenoni Gr. 3 and ½ sister to MAJORS CAST, 6 wins incl Betfred Million Spring Trophy L, and 2nd Juddmonte Lockinge St. Gr. 1 DANEHILL DANCER / Mine Excavation (Galileo) Dam, daughter of WHAKILYRIC, Prix du Calvados Gr. 3, also ½ sister to group I winning stallions HERNANDO and JOHANN QUATZ. Family of CURTAIN CALL, Beresford St Gr. 2 and Mooresbridge St. Gr. 2, and 4th Grand Prix de St Cloud Gr. 1 (09).

HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR / Monevassia (Mr Prospector) Half sister to RUMPLESTILTSKIN European 2 yo champion, Prix Marcel Boussac Gr. 1. Dam full sister to Champion Sire KINGMAMBO. SELLING Saturday 15th August

LOT 156 – b c

LOT 185 – ch c

LOT 210 – b f

MONTJEU / Al Saqiya (Woodman) Dam, ½ sister to BUFFYTHECENTERFOLD, Sorrento St. Gr. 2, Landaluce St. Gr. 3, Railbird St. Gr. 3, and winners producer. Family of CUDDLES, Hollywood Starlet St. Gr. 1 and of NORTHERN AFLEET, sire.

GALILEO / Hanami (Hernando) Dam, winner of Pretty Polly St. Gr. 2, EBF Montrose St. L, 3rd Rigewood Pearl St. Gr. 2 and ½ sister to DUBAI ROSE, 2 wins in 2009 incl. Swiss Derby LR, also BORDER BLOOM 2 wins.

OASIS DREAM / Mixed Blessing (Lujain) Dam, winner of Princess Margaret St,. Gr. 3 and 3rd Prestige St, Gr. 3 and Rose Bowl St, L. Family of BALAWHAR , 3rd Blandford St.,Gr. 2 and of BORGHESE 3rd Grosser Kauthof Preis, Gr. 2.

SELLING Sunday 16th August

LOT 283 – b c LOT 337 – b f

RED RANSOM / Beyond The Dream (Fusaichi Pegasus) Dam, daughter of EAST OF THE MOON, Poule d’Essai des Pouliches Gr. 1, Prix de Diane Gr. 1, Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques Le Marois Gr. 1. 2nd dam MIESQUE. GREEN DANCER / Nanty (Nashwan) Multiple winner producing dam including TURNING FOR HOME, Dallmayr Coupe Likull, L, (Germany) also ½ sister to 4 group placed : MOON KING, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SOUTH DAKOTA and DEVIL MOON.

All enquiries : Tim Richardson, Didier Genin, Fabienne Bour HARAS DE FRESNAY-LE-BUFFARD 61210 Neuvy-au-Houlme - France Tél : +33 (0)2 33 12 14 00 - Fax : +33 (0)2 33 12 14 15 E-mail : fresnayagricole@harasfresnay.com - Site : www.harasfresnay.com STALLION : DREAM WELL

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Arqana July

Mome for Venetia Williams, was shopping for her again, this time spending €60,000 for the Pivotal three-year-old Ciceron.

Aggregate: €2,192,500 (-37%) Sold: 102 (55% clearance) Average: €21,495 (-20%) Median: €13,000 (-13%)

Gwent-based trainer Alan

Top lots Name (Age/Sex/Sire)

Vendor

Price (€)

Buyer

Sceptre Rouge (4c Red Ransom)

Aga Khan Studs

180,000

Mandore International

Darban (3c Kalanisi)

Aga Khan Studs

115,000

Peak Bloodstock

Highest Start (4g Highest Honor)

Mikael Delzangles

100,000

Highflyer Bloodstock

Zarkamar (3c Falbrav)

Aga Khan Studs

100,000

Peak Bloodstock

Sanajiyr (3c Red Ransom)

Aga Khan Studs

90,000

Jean-Claude Rouget

Ticoz (4c Cozzene)

R Bousquet

80,000

Mandore International

Unnamed (2c Bahamian Bounty)

Oaks Farm Stables

67,000

Paul Nataf

Qhilimar (5g Ragmar)

Marcel Rolland

65,000

Jim White

Referent (4g Ultimately Lucky)

Etienne Leenders

62,000

Peak Bloodstock

Ciceron (3c Pivotal)

Alain de Royer Dupre

60,000

Guy Petit

Reaction Anthony Bromley: “The form horse market held up well and there were plenty of buyers, but the store section was hit by the lack of UK and Irish purchasers.

We thought we got some stores that were particularly good value.

They were very good value at Doncaster, although they became slightly harder to buy in Ireland as people cottoned on to it.”

Highlights Luca Cumani’s onetime pupil assistant Nicolas de Watrigant

topped the sale.

Trading as Mandore International, he paid €180,000 on behalf of Qatari owner Nasser Abdullah Al Attiyah.

The colt will be trained by de Watrigant’s brother Damien, before heading to Qatar in September.

Alan and Ann Potts,

owners of Sizing Europe, were among the leading buyers via Sean Tiernan’s Peak Bloodstock. They paid €115,000 for Darban and €100,000 for Zarkamar. Both will now join Jean-Paul Gallorini.

Tattersalls July

Jones is the recipient of fiveyear-old Qhilimar, bought for €65,000 by owner Jim White.

It was a sale of two halves,

with strong demand for horses in training but the opposite for stores. There was a clearance rate of just 38.1% (compared to 49.2% last year) for the twoand three-year-old stores. Only 32 sold, at an average €13,875, about half last year’s figures.

But 68 of the 95 horses in training were sold (71.6%), at an average €26,235, down by 6.1%. The median rose by 7.7% to €14,000.

The top store price was

€40,000, paid by trainer Robert Collet for a three-year-old Robin Des Champs gelding sold by Philippe Prevost-Baratte.

Stewards’ Cup. Rotherfield Greys left his yard a week before winning it in 1988, while Pearce assisted Frankie Durr when he won the Goodwood handicap with Crews Hill in 1981. Pearce is hoping Tamagin, bought by owner Nigel Hanger, could be the horse to do it this year.

Aggregate: 5,546,700gns (-26%) Sold: 438 (87% clearance) Average: 12,664gns (-15%) Median: 6,500gns (-18%) Top lots Name (Age/Sex/Sire)

Vendor

Price (gns)

Coolcullen Times (3c Rock Of Gibraltar)

Jim Bolger

155,000

Buyer Joe Seitz/Hickory Tree Equine

Ithbaat (3c Arch)

Shadwell/John Gosden

150,000

Margaret O’Toole

Niall O’Callaghan, who

Beidh Tine Anseo (3c Rock Of Gibraltar)

Jim Bolger

150,000

Lucinda Russell

Ripples Maid (6m Dansili)

Trickledown Stud/Rex Mead Dispersal

132,000

David Redvers BS

Love Pegasus (3c Fusaichi Pegasus)

Mick Doyle/Mark Johnston

75,000

Ashtown BS

Litalia (6m Monsun)

Lanwades Stud

72,000

Saad Bin Mishraf

Mystic Miracle (4m Dalakhani)

Cheveley Park Stud

70,000

Hickory Tree Equine

Tamagin (6g Stravinsky)

Kevin Ryan

70,000

Jeff Pearce

excelled in the US with exEuropean horses such as Hail The Chief, Embossed and Generous Rosi, has started training in his native west Cork.

Love Pegasus, bought for 75,000gns, will be among his initial team.

Clearouts from Darley,

The ten-year-old Tendulkar, sire

Shadwell and Juddmonte accounted for 88 of the 438 lots sold, although adding in the Darley and Rabbah Bloodstocklinked horses consigned through trainers would easily take that total to include more than a quarter of those sold.

of Smokey Oakey, was offered as a stallion prospect and sold for 800gns to stand in Kuwait.

Time Machine (3g Halling)

John Gosden

95,000

Robbie Hennessy

Doors To Manual (4m Royal Academy)

Castlebridge Consignment

90,000

David Powell

Reaction Bobby O’Ryan: “It was as strong as any sale I’d been to this year.

I’d put that mainly down to the strong demand from overseas. I wanted to get half a dozen more horses than I managed to buy, so it was frustrating, but it was a very positive sale for the industry.”

Highlights Joe Seitz, whose family own

Brookdale Farm in Kentucky, has an English wife and is one of the most frequent US visitors to Tattersalls. He was buying this year for Virginia-based Jim Treptow, chairman and CEO of Magellan Resources Group, a company engaged in the development, ownership and operation of alternative energy projects. They bought saletopper Coolcullen Times .

It has long been an ambition of

trainer Jeff Pearce to win the

Equally unloved was a two-

year-old Agnes Tachyon colt sold from Luca Cumani’s yard.

Bought as a foal for 64 million yen by Nathan Tinkler but – offered unraced after a hobday operation – resold for 800gns.

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DEAUVILLE The racing at Deauville and the sales at Arqana in mid-August play an important role during the racing year. The following guide highlights the key points for those paying a visit for the first time Photos: OT Deauville – Patrice Le Bris

D

EAUVILLE, located approximately two hours north of Paris, has long been a destination of desire for the French and English. The town as we know it was built in the late 1800s and the racecourse was built in 1862 by the 1st Duc de Morny who had spent much time influencing French society that a trip to the Normandy seaside would be good for the health.

Over the years the reputation of Deauville as a chic holiday destination has spread far and wide and the month of August is a horseracing fan’s paradise with racing at the two courses – Deauville (Flat only) and Clairefontaine (Flat and jumps).

Across the road from Deauville racecourse is the Arqana Sales complex and for four days in the middle of August, the sales form an important part of the international sales calendar as they give the European buyer the first chance to purchase yearlings of the current year and act as a barometer by which one can judge the state of the market as well as the yearlings from young sires.

The 2008 edition of the Deauville sales came and went before the full punches of the economic downturn landed and was in a unique position in that it was the only European sale which showed growth over the previous year. The median figure was up 16.7% but compared to the 2005 edition, turnover was up a staggering 75%.

As the table below shows, the only declines came in the bottom two deciles of the market.

But what lies behind the success of the Deauville sales?

Many would argue that the August sale is a boutique sale which concentrates on the pedigree of the “top end” horse, some will argue that the market for yearlings is not that big as Deauville plays host to a total of eight days worth of yearling sales between August and December every year, and others will look at the economics of racing and breeding in France.

The French government has, for some time, been active and willing supporters of racing and breeding. Strengthened by the fact that the industries receive agricultural subsidies in the form of owners and breeders premiums and that French racing is run without the involvement of either bookmakers or betting exchanges, prize money is strong and coupled with the support from government downwards, gives the stakeholders optimism to invest in the industry.

The Deauville sales will run from Friday, August 14 to Monday, August 17 where a total of 502 horses have been catalogued to sell.

Over the coming pages, we have put together a mini guide, not only to the sales but also the key points when looking to purchase or race in France.

Deauville August 2008 (€) deciles Decile

No

Gross

High price

Low price

Med

Avg

% change

1

46

16,990,000

770,000

240,000

320,000

369,348

+5.00%

2

46

8,220,000

240,000

150,000

170,000

178,696

+38.46%

3

46

5,900,000

150,000

110,000

130,000

128,261

+36.00%

4

46

4,267,000

110,000

80,000

91,000

92,761

+22.02%

5

46

3,276,000

80,000

65,000

70,000

71,217

+12.52%

6

46

2,559,000

62,000

50,000

55,000

55,630

+7.54%

7

46

2,123,000

50,000

40,000

45,000

46,152

+5.54%

8

46

1,707,000

40,000

32,000

37,000

37,109

+2.13%

9

46

1,243,000

32,000

22,000

27,000

27,022

-3.39%

10

55

886,000

22,000

8,000

15,000

16,109

-5.87%

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Deauville Number of horses per stallion represented at the Arqana Sales AD VALOREM ALDEBARAN ALHAARTH AMERICAN POST ANABAA ANABAA BLUE ANTONIUS PIUS ARAAFA ARAGORN ARCH ARCHANGE D’OR AUSSIE RULES AWESOME AGAIN AZAMOUR BAHAMIAN BOUNTY BARATHEA BEAT HOLLOW BLACKDOUN CACIQUE CAPE CROSS CAPTAIN RIO CHEROKEE RUN CLODOVIL CONSOLIDATOR COUNTRY REEL DALAKHANI DANEHILL DANCER

1 1 1 2 5 6 2 1 1 4 4 6 1 3 1 3 9 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 11 12

DANSILI 4 DELLA FRANCESCA 1 DESERT STYLE 1 DIAMOND GREEN 1 DIKTAT 1 DISTORTED HUMOR 1 DIVINE LIGHT 1 DIXIE UNION 2 DR FONG 1 DUBAI DESTINATION 1 DUBAWI 8 ELUSIVE CITY 6 ELUSIVE QUALITY 3 ENCOSTA DE LAGO 3 ENRIQUE 1 EXCEED AND EXCEL 2 FASLIYEV 2 FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND 5 FORESTRY 1 GALILEO 20 GHOSTZAPPER 1 GIANT’S CAUSEWAY 2 GONE WEST 1 GRAND SLAM 1 GREEN DESERT 4 GREEN TUNE 13 GULCH 1

HAAFHD 2 HALLING 2 HAWK WING 2 HENNESSY 1 HERNANDO 1 HIGH CHAPARRAL 9 HIGH YIELD 8 HIGHEST HONOR 1 HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR 10 HURRICANE CAT 4 HURRICANE RUN 19 ICEMAN 1 IFFRAAJ 5 INDYGO SHINER 1 INVINCIBLE SPIRIT 8 IRON MASK 2 JOHANNESBURG 4 KELTOS 1 KENDOR 3 KHELEYF 2 KINGMAMBO 1 KING’S BEST 5 KINGSALSA 1 LANDO 3 LANGFUHR 1 LAYMAN 3 LEMON DROP KID 2

LIBRETTIST MARCHAND DE SABLE MARIA’S MON MARJU MEDAGLIA D’ORO MEDICEAN MINESHAFT MONSUN MONTJEU MORE THAN READY MOTIVATOR MR. GREELEY MUHTATHIR NAYEF NUMEROUS OASIS DREAM ONE COOL CAT ORATORIO PANIS PEINTRE CELEBRE PIVOTAL POLIGLOTE RAHY RAINBOW QUEST RED RANSOM REDOUTE’S CHOICE REFUSE TO BEND

4 11 1 1 2 3 1 10 16 1 8 5 15 2 3 14 5 17 1 7 8 1 1 2 6 1 2

RUSSIAN BLUE SAKHEE SAMUM SEEKING THE GOLD SHAMARDAL SHIROCCO SHOLOKHOV SINNDAR SLICKLY SMART STRIKE STATUE OF LIBERTY STORM CAT STRATEGIC MISSION TALE OF THE CAT TIGER HILL VERGLAS VESPONE VETTORI VINDICATION WAR CHANT WAR FRONT WHIPPER XAAR ZAFEEN ZAMINDAR

4 1 1 1 5 16 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 16 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 5

First season sires highlighted in yellow

Where to find consignors at the Arqana Sales Vendor

Zone No. of Horses

Abbeville and Meadow Court Studs Aston Mullins Stud Ballyhane Stud Ballyhimikin Stud Ballylinch Stud Barouche Stud Ltd Beauvoir Bernesq Bois Aux Proux Bois Carrouges Bourgeauville Cadran Camp Bénard Campagne Gravée Capucines

B C T B B T B A D C B P T T A

1 1 4 2 3 2 1 19 1 4 3 17 1 1 53

Chevington & Dehesa De Milagro Corduff Stud Coulonces Consignment Croom House Stud

C P C P

2 2 13 3

Vendor

Ellon Etreham Forêts Fresnay-Le-Buffard Grandcamp Granges Grove Stud Haie Neuve Hawthorn Villa Stud Kildaragh Stud Kilfrush Stud Knocktoran Stud Lodge Park Stud Logis Louvière Mâ Mézeray Monceaux Neustrian Associates Newsells Park Stud Oaks Farm

Zone No. of Horses

B C T A C A A C A B C C C C B P A P D C C

6 59 1 10 17 10 3 9 2 5 2 3 3 10 18 8 28 12 6 12 3

Vendor

Zone No. of Horses

Omméel Pays D’Ouche Perelle Petit Tellier Poterie Quesnay Rathbarry Stud Rauscher Agent Reboursière Et De Montaigu Round Hill Stud Sablonnets Saint Pair

T C A A D/B P B A B P C C

11 3 6 8 4 22 2 6 32 1 4 5

Sucaud Agent for Baileys Horse feeds

C

1

The Castlebridge Consignment Ltd Thenney Tourgeville Trickledown Stud Voute Sales Ltd, Agent Yeomanstown Stud

C A B T A/H D

9 8 7 1 7 5

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• WELCOME MILLEN Critérium du Béquet L. 2nd Prix d'Aumale Gr.3 • ALMOND MOUSSE 2nd Prix Fille de l'Air Gr.3 3rd Sun Chariot St. Gr.2

• VERBA 2nd Chartwell Fillies Stks. Gr.3 3rd Prix Miesque Gr.3

and the half-sister to • LITERATO Champion Stakes. Gr.1

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Deauville Important points on purchasing a horse in France

All ARQANA sales have a buyer’s commission of 6%; this includes the 5% commission that ARQANA pays back to licensed trainers and registered bloodstock agents.

Foreign buyers who take their purchase back to their country of residence are not liable for VAT, provided they are registered for VAT in their country.

If they choose to keep the horse in training in France, the purchase price is subject to VAT, but it is possible to get any VAT paid back (see section on Owning Racehorses in France).

What is the difference between a French-bred and an assimilated French-bred horse?

If your horse was born in France and not exported before June 1 of its yearling year, then it is French-bred.

If your horse was not born in France, it must fulfil all these conditions to be assimilated French-bred: - broodmare must have left France after November 1 - mare and foal must have returned to France before August 31 - foal must have remained in France until June 1 of the following year (excluding a temporary export of maximum one month)

Even if your horse is trained in England, if it is French-bred or assimilated French-bred, it will qualify for owner’s premiums when it runs in France.

Prize money in France In 2009, the minimum total prize money for the 27 Group 1 races is €250,000 (total allocations for the year/number of races). For the 26 Group 2 races it is €130,000 and for the 56 Group 3 it is €80,000. Listed races have also been increased in number (125) and their prize-money boosted (to €52,000).

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These premiums apply only to races not restricted to Frenchbred horses. Restricted races make up about 10% of the racing calendar, and are maiden races only.

Owners’ premiums are a percentage of the prize money won by horses finishing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and, in some instances, 6th and 7th.

Owners’ premiums for French-bred horses: - 2-y-o = 75% - 3-y-o = 63% - 4-y-o = 48%

Examples of 2-y-o owners’ premiums = 75% of all prize money won Winner’s Prize Owner’s Premium

Maiden races G F E D B A Listed Group 3 Group 2 Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte Group 1 Prix Morny /Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère Critérium International Critérium de Saint-Cloud Prix Marcel Boussac

€7,000 €12,000 €12,000 €14,500 €17,000 €18,500

€5,250 €9,000 €9,000 €10,875 €12,750 €13,875

€27,500 €40,000 €74,100 €108,300

€20,625 €30,000 €55,575 €81,225

€199,990 €142,850

€149,993 €107,138

€171,420

€128,565

Examples of 3-y-o owners’ premiums = 63% of all prize money won Winner’s Prize Owner’s Premium

Maiden races G F E D B A Listed Group 3 Group 2 Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club Prix de Diane Poules d’Essai des Poulains/Pouliches Grand Prix de Paris/Prix Jacques Le Marois Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe All other Group 1 races

€7,000 €12,000 €12,000 €14,500 €17,000 €18,500

€4,410 €7,560 €7,560 €9,135 €10,710 €11,655

€27,500 €40,000 €74,100

€17,325 €25,200 €46,683

€857,100 €457,120 €228,560 €342,840 €2,285,600 €142,850

€539,973 €287,986 €143,930 €215,989 €1,439,928 €89,996

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Horse ownership in France All individuals in any kind of ownership scheme must be individually approved by France Galop stewards. If the applicant is already an individual owner in his country of origin, all that is needed is a phone call between France Galop and the relevant Jockey Club. If the applicant is not already involved in ownership, he must fill in a form, and the process then takes between two and four weeks.

A horse owner can claim special tax benefits. If you are a “non-participating” owner any winnings will be tax-free. If you are involved with entries and other decisions, you can put the costs of your horses against income from other sources, which means that losses are tax-deductible and can be written off.

VAT: a foreign resident who is liable for VAT in his/her country of residence and has horses in training in France will not pay the French VAT on his horses’ earnings. All he needs to do is communicate his VAT number to France Galop. It is also possible to collect VAT on French-based operations (trainings fees for instance) by applying for a permit from the French Tax Administration. This process can take some time, but assistance is provided by France Galop.

The different ways to own a horse in France are described below.

Single ownership Minimum annual income, as fixed by the France Galop Stewards: - €75,000 if the horse is trained in Paris - €30,000 if the horse is trained in the provinces Any person subject to wealth tax will receive a favourable

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Each individual must have an equal number of shares, which cannot exceed forty.

One person must be appointed to make entries etc. – his name is published in the Bulletin Officiel.

Partnership Company

recommendation from Renseignements Généraux during the financial enquiry.

Leasing Up to 10 lessors/lessees.

The lessor is not subject to any condition of minimum income.

There must be an executive lessee, who has his own colours, is France Galop’s sole contact and is empowered to make decisions about the horse.

The leasing agreement must be approved by France Galop Stewards.

All leasing agreements are irrevocable for at least six months.

The lessors or lessees can opt for the horse’s winnings to be allocated automatically by France Galop.

Partnership Up to 10 partners.

A partnership agreement must be approved by France Galop Stewards.

There must be an executive partner, who: - Can enter the horse in his or the partnership’s colours (if any) - Is France Galop’s sole contact - Must own at least 25% of the horse and contribute at least 25% to its costs Minimum annual income, as fixed by the France Galop Stewards: - €30,000 if the horse is trained in Paris - €15,000 if the horse is trained in the provinces The partners can opt for the horse’s winnings to be allocated automatically by France Galop

A partnership company must be approved in advance by a foreign racing body which has adhered to the International Agreement on Breeding, Racing and Wagering.

If the company’s stock is not listed on an official exchange, and its main purpose is neither the breeding nor the management of racehorses, it must have prior approval from the Ministry of Agriculture.

The company must approve a representative who can enter the horse in his name or that of the company; he does not have to be the majority shareholder.

Only the three main shareholders need to be approved by France Galop Stewards, but all other members’ personal details will be sent to Renseignements Généraux.

Financial threshold for the approval of shareholders is €18,000.

A horse cannot run under the names of different commercial companies in the same year or under different names of products or brands.

A commercial company cannot possess interests in more than two horses in any given race.

The company must have a minimum capital of: - €16,000 for Paris - €13,000 for the provinces The company must have an account with France Galop, which is managed by the representative. Prize money and bonuses are paid into this account.

In the event of the payment of winnings or capital gains, each shareholder can apply his individual fiscal status.

Joint Stock Company Joint stock companies must be approved in advance by a foreign racing body which has adhered to the International Agreement on Breeding, Racing and Wagering. Its articles of association, stipulating is registration with the register of companies in its country, must be accompanied by a certified translation into French.

The company must be approved by France Galop Stewards, and this approval must be renewed annually.

The company must appoint executives, at least one of whom must be a natural person, be authorised as manager of the company and be approved in accordance with the same procedure as that envisaged for the approval of owners.

The three main shareholders or partners in terms of capital must also be approved as individual owners. If the capital is also divided, three of them must be approved according to this same procedure.

If a shareholder becomes the owner of at least 25% of the company’s capital, he must be approved in accordance with

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the same procedure as that envisaged for ownership approval.

For joint stock companies whose main purpose is the management of racehorses, and possibly their breeding, the names of all the shareholders and partners should be given to France Galop Stewards.

A horse is not permitted to run under the names of different commercial companies in the same year or under different names of products or brands belonging to a commercial company.

A commercial company cannot have an interest in more

than two horses in any given race.

Minimum capital: - for limited companies: €37,000 - for simplified joint stock companies: €37,000 The company must have an account with France Galop, which is managed by the representative. Prize money and bonuses are paid into this account.

In the event of the payment of winnings or capital gains, each shareholder can apply his individual fiscal status.

Group races at Deauville this August AUGUST

Group

Race

Sat 1 Sun 2 Sun 2 Sun 9 Thu 13 Thu 13 Sun 15 Sat 15 Sun 16 Sun 16 Sun 22 Sun 23 Sun 23 Sun 23 Sun 23 Sun 30 Sun 30 Sun 30

Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.2 Gr.1 Gr.2 Gr.3 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.2 Gr.3 Gr.2 Gr.3 Gr.3

Prix de Psyche Prix de Cabourg Prix de Rothschild Prix Maurice de Gheest Shadwell Prix Lieurey Shadwell Prix de Minerve Prix de Gontaut-Biron Hong Kong Jockey Club Prix de Pomone Haras d’Etreham Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques Le Marois Prix Guillaume d’Ornano Prix du Calvados Haras des Capucines Darley Prix Jean Romanet Darley Prix Morny Darley Prix Kergolay Darley Prix de la Nonette Grand Prix de Deauville Lucien Barrière Prix de Meautry Lucien Barrière Prix de Quincey Lucien Barrière

Distance

Conditions

Prize Money €

2000 metres 1200 metres 1600 metres 1300 metres 1600 metres 2500 metres 2000 metres 2500 metres 1600 metres 2000 metres 1400 metres 2000 metres 1200 metres 3000 metres 2000 metres 2500 metres 1200 metres 1600 metres

3yo f 2yo 3yo+ f&m 3yo+ 3yo f 3yo+ f 4yo+ 3yo+ f 3yo+ c&f 3yo 2yo f 4yo+f&m 2yo c&f 3yo+ 3yo f 3yo+ 3yo+ 3yo+

80.000 80.000 250.000 250.000 80.000 80.000 80.000 130.000 600.000 130.000 80.000 250.000 350.000 130.000 80.000 200.000 80.000 80.000

Deauville social scene Where to stay in Deauville Normandy-Barrière +33 (0)2 31 98 66 22 www.lucienbarriere.com 259 rooms from €246 La Belle Epoque restaurant – menu from €55, tables laid out in the Norman courtyard in summer Royal-Barrière +33 (0)2 31 98 66 33 www.lucienbarriere.com 236 rooms from €252 2 restaurants Popular with the jet set and film stars L’Augeval +33 (0)2 31 81 13 18 www.augeval.com 40 rooms from €68 Close to racecourse and sales complex Pool and fitness facilities

81 L’Hôtel

Marina restaurant Bistro dishes and vintage

+33 (0)2 31 14 01 50 www.81lhotel.com 21 rooms from €139 Unusual modern décor Restaurant – menu from €55

Le Drakkar +33 (0)2 31 88 71 24

Where to eat in Deauville

Le Garage +33 (0)2 31 87 25 25

Le Spinnaker +33 (0)2 31 88 24 40 www.spinnaker-deauville.com Menu from €36 Pretty contemporary setting Specialises in seafood

Le Yearling +33 (0)2 31 88 33 37 www.le-yearling.fr Nearest restaurant to sales complex

La Flambée +33 (0)2 31 88 28 46 Menu from €27 Brasserie décor Grills, traditional dishes and lobster Le Comptoir et la Table +33 (0)2 31 88 92 51 Menu from €17

wines

Where to party in Deauville Le Regine Casino Barrière +33 (0)2 31 88 07 21 Le Brok +33 (0)2 31 81 30 81 Le Zoo +33 (0)2 31 81 02 61

Where to stay and eat in Trouville-sur-Mer Hostellerie du Vallon +33 (0)2 31 98 35 00 www.hostellerieduvallon.com 62 rooms from €64 Panoramic view of the town’s rooftops Billiards, pool, fitness facilities Le Central +33 (0)2 31 88 80 84 www.le-central-trouville.com 21 rooms from €86 Views of harbour and town Lively brasserie with 1930s-style décor and terrace Carte from €28 La Petite Auberge +33 (0)2 31 88 11 07 www.lapetiteaubergesurmer.fr Menu from €14 Regional produce and recipes

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The Highclere Syndicates for 2010 are available now.

Highclere Thoroughbred Racing has consistently been the leading Syndicate Company for 14 years.

Since1994, horses managed by Highclere have won or been placed in 25 Group races alone, including five European Champions in LAKE CONISTON, TAMARISK, DELILAH, PETRUSHKA and the Royal Ascot Racing Club’s MOTIVATOR winner of the 2005 Epsom Derby.

After a record breaking year in 2008 for Highclere with prize money earnings of over £1,000,000 isn’t it time you had a share of the experience?

Share in our success To find out more about how you can become a Highclere owner, with shares starting from £8,950, please contact Harry Herbert or Alex Smith.

Tel: 01488 669166 Fax: 01488 669278 e-mail: hherbert@highclere.co.uk asmith@highclere.co.uk www.highclere.co.uk

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“There is a growing trend that would – if adopted by the ‘big three’ bookmakers – quite simply spell disaster for racing” ROA President Paul Dixon

FORUM SPECIAL Starts here: In-depth report from the ROA AGM, featuring key speeches from Paul Dixon and Coral’s Nick Rust, plus vibrant debate at the TBA’s ‘The Breeding Business’ seminar

“We’re all in the same boat ready to float off the edge of the world. Racing must speak with one voice” TBA seminar speaker Bill Oppenheim

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THE SPECIAL SECTION FOR ROA MEMBERS

ROA President Paul Dixon: In his keynote speech at the AGM, he claimed that William Hill was doing nothing to dispel rumours of an overseas move

Dixon fires I a warning The levy – and thus racing’s finances – could be decimated if reports that William Hill is considering a move overseas are accurate Photos: Dan Abraham

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believe the biggest danger to our sport today comes in the form of a major exodus of bookmakers to overseas locations. This is a growing trend that would – if adopted by the big three bookmakers – quite simply spell disaster for this industry.

Why? Because it would mean a £25 to £30 million annual shortfall in what the levy delivers to racing. It would mean that at a time when the levy is already creaking under the strain of funding racing to the current inadequate levels, it would be unable to sustain the racing industry as we know it.

The logic is simple from a bookmaker’s point of view. All

bets taken from outside of this country are not subject to a 15% tax or a 10% levy. Offshore bookmakers therefore have a huge competitive advantage. Put another way, those who don’t move offshore have a huge competitive disadvantage.

The reason that I put this above all priorities is because we have it on good authority that one of the ‘Big Three’ is very serious about moving their credit and online operations abroad. The company is William Hill, which is doing nothing to dispel these concerns.

If they do go, how would Ladbrokes and Coral respond?

Some might argue you can’t blame bookmakers for seizing on

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threat. There is, after all, £40 to £45 million at stake in direct taxation.

The Government must also be aware that such a move would amount to the betting industry sticking two almighty fingers up to them. For, was it not the very same Government who eventually agreed to allow the betting industry to change from a turnover system to a gross profits system for tax and levy purposes?

As part of this, was there not a gentlemen’s agreement struck at the time that the major bookmakers would stay put?

Now it seems as if at least one major bookmaker has a very short memory. That’s to say nothing of all the other help the betting industry has received from this Government over recent years.

But things that have been given can be taken away. Take FOBTs. These roulette-type gambling machines are crucial to bookmaker profits. The Government could easily use the threat of reduction or removal of FOBTs to coerce any bookmaker considering an offshore move to pull back from the brink.

a business opportunity but, if this is going to be greatly to the detriment of racing, then the Government must do something about it or face the consequences.

Even though tax and levy would continue to be charged on bets taken in British-based betting shops, the prospect of losing levy on the growing online market and on telephone bets would, as I have said, be devastating for British racing.

Already, the racing hierarchy has impressed on the sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe the importance of this, although it’s not as if either DCMS or the Treasury are oblivious to the

Retaliation There are other retaliatory means at the Government’s disposal.

They could make it unlawful for offshore operators to transact with British citizens unless the operators pay tax and levy; they could also make it unlawful for offshore operators to advertise in Britain unless they pay tax and levy.

Yes, it is true these measures will require legislation, but what is the alternative? The alternative is for racing to live under the Sword of Damocles knowing that, sooner or later, one of the major bookmakers will decide to go offshore.

This would seriously erode the number of horses in training, as economic circumstances led to owners and trainers being forced out of the sport.

The levy as it stands is not delivering anything like enough to racing, leaving aside the threat of bookmakers moving overseas.

The 2009 levy yield is going to be

well down on the previous year and this pernicious cycle will continue unless we can find a way not only to increase betting on horseracing, but to change some of the things that work against racing within the levy structure.

A prime example of this is the fact that more than half the betting shops in Britain are avoiding paying levy up to a certain threshold, due to a system based on profits per shop rather than profits per company, which costs British racing over £6 million a year.

Exchange betting is another area from which it is clear the levy is losing out. This is very much on the radar of both the Government as well as racing. This is not, I hasten to add, an assault on Betfair, who deserve all the plaudits going for their invention and execution of a unique and highly successful business model.

However, it is evident there are significant numbers who are operating through the exchanges as quasi bookmakers. These people are conducting substantial businesses through the exchanges without paying tax and levy, and operating without bookmaker licences. These operators must be identified and brought to account.

So, it is against this background of financial instability that the racing industry has

continued on its remorseless path to change and to modernise itself. Although the pace of change has been much slower than most of us would have liked, we are now at a point where the split between the governance and regulatory functions of racing, and the commercial side of the industry, is close to being finalised.

Exciting The most exciting development within racing administration has been the extent to which the new commercial body, Racing Enterprises Ltd (REL), has begun to stretch its wings as it identifies new areas of opportunity and potential for racing.

Under its energetic Chairman, Chris McFadden, the REL board has also quickly recognised that racing can no longer sit back and watch its market share and fanbase diminish as young people turn their backs on the sport.

The Re-Branding of British Racing will be the most extensive promotional and marketing work ever undertaken on our sport. Its motivation springs from a recognition that to do nothing is no longer an option.

Racing does not register in the public consciousness in the way that it did even a decade ago and for these reasons urgent action must be taken. It is a sad fact of life that the names of our sport’s top personalities mean little or

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nothing to the average man or woman in the street. With the exception of the Grand National and our big racing festivals, racing rarely moves from its allotted and dwindling slots in the national press, and most young people are entirely oblivious even to the existence of horseracing.

I have made it a crusade of the ROA to draw more young people into racing. Without those in their 20s and early 30s being attracted to the sport, it is difficult to see how there can be a future.

Sectional interests All of this shows why the whole of the racing industry must get behind this new promotional project. It must put sectional interests aside as it takes part in a series of industry-wide ‘workshops’ set up under the auspices of Harrison Fraser.

REL, with its cross-industry representation from the Horsemen’s Group and Racecourse Association, will have to persuade all the elements of racing to accept change and unite under this all-important common cause.

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proposals relating specifically to the promotion of ownership and to introducing young people to the excitement of owning horses and going racing.

I am pleased to report a new ‘workshop’ has been set up under my chairmanship. We are hopeful that a new ‘Racing for Youth’ organisation will be set up to build on the success of BetfairClub ROA which ends this autumn.

Sometimes the most obvious truths escape the people that are closest to a subject. And it is a truth that, without horses, nothing can happen in racing and without owners you haven’t got horses.

People argue over whether owners are customers or suppliers. I prefer to say that our horses are, quite simply, racing’s product.

We have a big fixture list to sustain and, in these recessionary times, it would not be the most surprising thing for there to be insufficient horses to go around.

This, then, is why racing must never take owners for granted and it is why racing’s promotional efforts must include ownership.

The betting industry also has a major part to play in racing’s ambition to find new audiences

and to re-ignite enthusiasm for betting on British racing. The fact that racing and bookmakers have worked against each other, rather than recognise their mutual interests, is an important consideration for both sides in trying to move forward.

Fundamental We must never forget that betting is, and always will be, a fundamental part of horseracing.

Betting provides an entry point into horseracing for many and it is beholden upon racing and the betting industry, working together, to find the means of showing a bigger, broader audience that betting on horseracing is harmless fun on one level and something approaching an intellectual exercise on the other.

I continue to believe that much of the future of our sport is wrapped up with the successful exploitation of pool betting and it is reassuring to find the Tote becoming increasingly pro-active as it strengthens its relationship with owners and racecourses.

During these recessionary times, when sponsorship is so difficult to come by, we see the Tote adopt a commendable ‘look after your own’ approach by

extending its racing sponsorship portfolio. This has recently been extended to include the ROA, so that the value of our very important Tote sponsorship scheme is soon to increase from £150,000 a year to £200,000.

Another significant step for the ROA will be made at the beginning of next year, when the ever-popular Racecourse Badge Scheme for Owners becomes available to a greater number of our members. Thanks to successful negotiations between the ROA and the RCA earlier this year, I am pleased to be able to report that the qualifying level will be reduced form 100% to 50% of a horse, allowing many more ROA members to enjoy this fantastic benefit.

These initiatives are born from a better working relationship within racing and will certainly help the ROA to fight a declining membership. Important though they are, however, none of us should be in any doubt as to where our first priorities should lie. The racing industry must be protected before it can move on with confidence.

For this we not only need the help of Government, we need their help quickly.

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Nick Rust used his role as guest speaker to highlight just how much horseracing is losing out to other betting mediums

“We want - and need - a thriving UK racing industry” Nick Rust, Gala Coral’s Retail Betting Managing Director, warns racing’s share of the betting market in Britain is in sharp decline

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he reality for the general public is that the appeal of betting on British racing is in decline.

The long-term trend has been for very slow decline since the 1970s, punctuated only by periods of growth through the introduction of live pictures in the 1980s, extended opening hours, expanded fixture lists from the 1990s and, more recently, the replacement of betting tax on the consumer with gross profits tax.

However, the decline has dramatically increased in the last 18 months. In terms of absolute decline, the five-year trend is a 4% year-on-year turnover decline in our like-for-like shops, but this has increased massively since January 2008, with some months showing as much as a 15% decline.

In addition, betting shop market share has also fallen – British racing held almost 75% of

over the counter turnover 15 years ago, but this is now down to about 37%, even excluding activity on machines.

Paul Dixon said that betting on British racing was declining slowly but surely, but I think the evidence shows that it is more a case of surely and dramatically.

New betting customers are rarely starting to bet because of the appeal of racing – young people in particular are introduced via football and machines. Our research showed that just 3% of customers who had visited a betting shop for the first time (in the period from 2006) had done so to bet on racing.

Yet racing remains one of the most important products for bookmakers – and a premium one at that. Bookmakers are not attempting to kill off betting on racing to somehow make a false economy on saving payments to

the levy – we want and need a thriving British racing industry.

Yes, bookmakers have taken the opportunity to diversify their product range, but what would any business have done when almost totally reliant less than 20 years ago on a single product whose customer base was in decline?

So what’s happened in the last 18 months to accelerate the decline in betting on racing and, therefore, future levy yields?

The biggest sector for delivery of levy is still betting shops. The efforts of the racecourses to extract more money for their picture rights, through the introduction of TurfTV, has produced unintended consequences, with racing coverage in betting shops now diluted and fragmented.

Whether you loved or hated SIS, it was a single service that had British racing at its heart.

Now bookmakers have to mix the best of both services and only those prepared to invest substantial funds have been able to keep racing at the heart of their service.

Racecourses, plus the shareholders of Amrac, may have benefited from TurfTV, but racing, betting shop customers and bookmakers have suffered.

Recession The current recession is also impacting on the racing bettor, while the political mood towards the gambling sector has changed from supportive to unsupportive.

Bookmakers now face the threat of further increased taxation, either via an increase in gross profits tax or increasing taxation on our machines.

Given this, and the fact we are in a world where bookmakers’ online businesses are increasingly global and based on

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less UK-specific products than betting shops have been, it is hardly surprising that William Hill are apparently considering moving offshore to ensure they can compete.

Although Coral has no plans to move offshore, in time, we would have to consider it. However, I do not believe that such a move would necessarily mean that levy payments would cease. We can work on an overall solution to the commercial relationship between British racing and betting.

But this is not just about the actions of bookmakers. Racing needs to help itself. Why are some existing offshore bookmakers continuing to be given full access to racing’s crown jewels of sponsorship and associated media? And why is racing promoting non-levy payers ahead of those that are levy generators?

I am not one of those bookmaker dinosaurs who castigated the exchanges, but let’s be clear that each pound bet on British racing with a levy-

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replaced by people who truly recognise the symbiotic relationship between the sectors.

I believe there is a will to change together, now more than ever.

Jumping ahead It is no coincidence that jump racing is doing better for betting than the Flat. It has more appeal, simplicity, clarity, narrative and general media coverage than the Flat, and is penetrating amongst our newer, football-led punters.

How can we recreate that for the Flat and sharpen jump racing further?

The racing re-branding project has been mocked in some quarters but you have to acknowledge that racing needs to develop a wider appeal.

I am optimistic that this initiative will help racing significantly and the new spirit of willingness around the post-levy discussions to really work together on improving the relationship between racing and betting can move our industry forward.

We are already seeing an

Alan Pickering

From the floor The issues that concern ROA members – and the feedback from the Council Alan Pickering said he was dismayed that Simon Bazalgette, the Chief Executive of Jockey Club Racecourses, refused to give a commitment to maintaining the current contribution levels to prizemoney, despite his organisation posting a 59% increase in profits.

Paul Dixon replied that he had written to Simon Bazalgette about this matter, as “claiming record profits, yet being unable to maintain the quality of the prize-money, does not correlate”.

Racing and betting need to work together, according to Rust

paying bookie contributes considerably more levy than a pound staked on Betfair.

We have to work together for the good of all stakeholders to pull betting on racing in the right direction again.

I was delighted that the levy was agreed early this year and am encouraged that some of the old views within racing and betting appear to be being

openness, a sharing of data and common stance on many of the issues, including the regulatory and fiscal approach to offshore betting.

There are too many talented people across the spectrum of racing and betting not to be able to deliver a successful outcome for the whole industry.

Let’s work together now for our common good.

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Laurence Robertson MP said racing has been far too dependent on bookmakers and urged the ROA to move forward the modernisation of the levy.

Sir Eric Parker agreed that racing “must not allow the betting industry to dominate the racing industry”. He said a proper balance between the

two was needed and explained why the levy was still in use, as plans for the sale of data had been stymied by European legislation.

Paul Dixon commented that the levy “is not fit for purpose” and that “it suits the bookmakers to hide behind this statute, because for them, financially, it is a benefit.” He compared the effect of the levy on racing as like “driving a Ford Cortina when we should be in a Jaguar”.

Sheila Bailey asked how racing could ensure the re-branding exercise does not isolate or turn off its loyal and dedicated supporters.

Paul Dixon commented that “the traditional values, the Royal Ascots and Cheltenhams, will be maintained – what we are trying to do is get a crescendo at the end of the year and bring it to new heights and attract more people to racing”.

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David Brocklehurst

John Worboys

Laurence Robertson MP

Sheila Bailey

John Worboys said some racecourses in the UK are an “absolute bloody disgrace” due to being very outdated, which was a major problem for an industry trying to compete as an entertainment venue.

Sally Rowley-Williams replied that the ROA could not take the RCA network under its wing, however through the Gold Standard Committee the ROA was working with racecourses “to identify areas that can be upgraded, particularly for owners with runners on the day, to ensure that the experience for owners is as outstanding as possible.”

David Brocklehurst asked how REL’s productivity and success could be evidenced and measured.

Don Churston

Paul Dixon stated that the re-branding project is the major venture at the moment, however Chris McFadden (REL Chairman) “is looking to bring a significant amount of money into the sport through other joint commercial ventures.”

Jim Furlong said he was concerned about the welfare of horses in training in this recession. He wanted to know about figures on the decline in ownership and in ROA membership.

Michael Harris explained that there hadn’t actually been a huge drop-off yet in terms of the numbers of horses in training, although there is a substantial lag so “we haven’t seen the full effect yet of this recessionary cycle”. There had been a fall in

Steve Donoughue

membership, although not a dramatic one, and he was hopeful that “the various initiatives we are bringing in will arrest any decline”.

Don Churston asked what had happened to racing’s plan to buy the Tote.

Sir Eric Parker explained this matter “had been running longer than The Archers… the Government has kicked this into the long grass, although I hope we can establish an understanding with whoever wins the next General Elections so we can get down to transferring the Tote to racing”.

Bill Gredley thanked people who had voted him onto the Council, said the re-branding of racing is a “wonderful idea” and

stated that racing should acquire the Tote by persuading the Government to help.

Rachel Hood welcomed Bill onto the Council and stated that it was “offensive” that the Government had tried to sell the Tote to racing. Efforts would be made to ensure that the Tote is not “lost to racing and purchased by the bookmakers”.

Steve Donoughue said the Speed Bonus at Goodwood was an interesting innovation and asked about registrations.

Michael Harris replied that uptake had been quite slow initially for the Speed Bonus, but that he was “hoping for an acceleration of interest in July and August.”

Arstall tops Council poll Dena Arstall (left) and Peter Cundell have been re-elected to the ROA Council. Joining them on the 20-strong team is Bill Gredley (also left). who had previously been on the Council for 12 years.

Elected (votes) Dena Arstall (965) Peter Cundell (928) Bill Gredley (874)

Also stood David Silk (762) Alan Halsall (625) Linda Pestell (504)

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Social Scene

After the speeches and industry debate came the chance to catch up over a glass or two of champagne Gavin Pritchard-Gordon, Jeremy Gompertz and James Underwood

Antonia Deuters, Philip and Lucinda Freedman

Annie Dodd, Yvette Dixon and Caroline Davies

Sally Rowley-Williams and Felicity Veasey

Julian Richmond-Watson and Ian Balding

Simon, Jim and Lyndsey Furlong

Peter Burrell and Richard Hannon Jnr

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Kevin Darley, Gordon Boreland, Rod Street and Richard Wayman

Terry Neill and Robin Smith

Rachel Hood, Nic Coward and Mark Kershaw

Lucy Wadham and Christine St George

Rhydian Morgan-Jones and Douglas Erskine-Crum

Tom and Thelma Wade

Adrian Grazebrook, Toby Balding, Bill Gredley and Peter Deal

Guest speaker Michael Howard

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More owners to benefit from Badge Scheme Qualifying criteria reduced to 50% of a horse in training

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e are delighted to report that a greater number of ROA members will be able to enjoy the fantastic benefit of the Racecourse Badge Scheme for Owners next year, when the qualifying criteria of

ownership is reduced from 100% to 50% of a horse in training.

As from January 1, all members who own 50% of a horse in training will be able to apply to join the Racecourse Badge Scheme for Owners, which allows free admission at

participating race meetings for qualifying members.

This relaxation of the qualifying criteria is a result of successful negotiations between the ROA and the Racecourse Association (RCA). We are very grateful to the RCA for their support and to

Totesport owner-sponsorship scheme receives timely £50,000 boost We are delighted to announce that the ROA Totesport ownersponsorship scheme has been boosted by £50,000 to £200,000. This increased funding ensures the continuation of this benefit for members and will enable the sponsorship of a further 500 horses in training.

This is a particularly timely

boost for racehorse owners when yard sponsorship is under pressure as the recession bites.

Paul Dixon, ROA President, said: “We are extremely grateful to Totesport for their continued funding through ownersponsorship. Totesport’s support is valued greatly by the ROA and its members. At the macro level,

the VAT Scheme is of huge economic significance to British racing and is an influential factor in racehorse population size.”

The next 12-month scheme will begin on September 1. For further details, or an application form, contact Keely Brewer on 020 7408 0903 or email kbrewer@roa.co.uk.

The cash injection for the Totesport owner-sponsorship scheme will allow another 500 horses to be covered

all the participating racecourses, who work hard to promote the scheme and its day-to-day operation.

Further details and application forms for the 2010 scheme will be sent out to all ROA members in the autumn.

In brief Badge Scheme notes Redcar has asked us to remind members on the Racecourse Badge Scheme (without a runner on the day) that they are entitled to one complimentary admission badge. As facilities for owners and trainers are increasingly stretched, the free admission ticket is for the Grandstand enclosure.

Ffos Las is including all bar one of its remaining fixtures in the Racecourse Badge Scheme. The only exception is the official opening on August 28.

Diary dates November 14: Marquee for members and guests at Cheltenham’s Paddy Power Gold Cup day.

December 3: ROA Awards evening at the London Hilton on Park Lane.

Feel the need for the Speed Bonus Don’t miss out on your chance to register for the Speed Bonus at Goodwood on September 13.

This is a chance for ROA members with a horse rated 6685 to win a Speed Bonus payment of up to £100,000, based on the best winning time performance according to Racing Post standard times.

It is simple to register and if

your horse is balloted out, or falls outside the rating range at the sixday entry stage, your registration fee will be refunded in full.

ROA members need register

only once to be eligible for a chance of winning. The cost is £250 per horse until August 12.

Thereafter, the registration fee will increase to £1,000 per horse.

For details contact the ROA on 020 7408 0903, email Allegra Hindes (ahindes@roa.co.uk) or register online at www.racehorseowners.net/shop/ index.html.

Club ROA winner!

Champagnelifestyle (pictured, with Michael Hills) became the club’s 19th winner when scoring on her debut at Newmarket on July 17 at odds of 9-1.

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THE SPECIAL SECTION FOR TBA MEMBERS

A wide-ranging panel of experts spoke at the TBA seminar

TBA Chairman Kirsten Rausing

Push for greater unity among Europe’s major racing nations Influential TBA seminar raises the need for Britain, Ireland and France to work together in marketing their thoroughbreds to all global buyers Words: Emma Berry | Photos: Chris Bourchier

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he possibility of a closer working alliance between British Bloodstock Marketing (BBM) and Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM) was announced at a TBA-organised seminar in Newmarket at the end of June.

In responding to a question posed to the panel by one of the delegates, John Worboys of Shortgrove Manor Farm, who asked how the British breeders

should deal with the threat from Irish breeders, Henry Beeby, representing Goffs and Doncaster Bloodstock Sales, said: “It’s a nonsense that Britain and Ireland fight – we are one industry and we work out of one stud book. The important challenge we face this year is to persuade people not to go across the Atlantic to buy yearlings. We should unite and fight together.”

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Strength Michael O’Hagan, attending on behalf of ITM, concurred, saying: “I’m here because Britain is our largest market and when you’re strong, we’re strong. We’ve been discussing with BBM and FRBC (French Racing & Breeding Committee) ways in which we can use our expertise to unite and encourage buyers from other parts of the world. This is a

good time to let you know that we’re moving in that direction.”

It is an opinion also shared by TBA chairman Kirsten Rausing, who signalled that the TBA and ITBA would also be more closely linked. She said: “Great Britain and Ireland are but two facets of one industry and our marketplace is the world.”

Entitled ‘The Breeding Business’, the one-day seminar at Tattersalls was attended by

Around 150 TBA members and industry professionals attended the seminar

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Delegates heard that there had been a widespread drop in foal numbers

around 150 TBA members and industry professionals, who were treated to a wide range of presentations from ten guest speakers. The idea for the day was sparked by the TBA’s Next Generation Committee, comprised of TBA members below the age of 35 and chaired

by Jane Hedley.

Difficult times In her welcoming speech, Rausing said: “We live in difficult times and I hardly need to point out that breeding racehorses is part of the entertainment business. Nobody is forced to own a racehorse and, therefore, any uncertainty in the national and international economic situation is very soon reflected in the entertainment business, whether it is the production of West End musicals or the sales of thoroughbred yearlings.

Rhydian Morgan-Jones

“Today, we would like to address how to survive and how to make progress in today’s economic climate. We know that in this country, and together with our Irish colleagues, we produce the best thoroughbreds in the world, but we need the consumers, the bidders, to come here from all parts of the world. How to entice them to do so is obviously one of the foremost questions for today’s seminar.”

Stronger ties Seminar panellist Anna Pinnington, the International Development Manager for BBM, outlined potential avenues to be explored by her team in harness with ITM and, possibly, FRBC. “We had a meeting during Royal Ascot and will meet again in Newmarket during the July meeting, but we are essentially

Adrian Crichton of Weatherbys Bank

looking at areas of mutual benefit, which could also help each organisation to be more cost-effective,” she said. “One possibility is a presentation at the Asian Racing Conference called ‘Destination Europe’. It’s still a work in progress but we’ll obviously be aiming to get buyers from there to target the European sales.

“It was one of my objectives for this year to build stronger working ties with our Irish counterparts and I know it’s something (BHA chief executive) Nic Coward is very keen on, too. BBM and ITM worked together during the setting up of the breeze-up bonus scheme and then the yearling scheme, and it’s given us a push in the right direction.”

Industry unity was also the main thrust of a presentation by Bill Oppenheim, entitled ‘The British Breeding Industry – now and in

the future’, which he opened with a line from a Randy Newman song: “We’re all in the same boat ready to float off the edge of the world”. His talk was more positive than this would suggest, however.

One voice “Racing must speak with one voice,” said the American bloodstock journalist and consultant, now resident in Scotland. “We must make the distinction between short-term fixes and long-term thinking.”

In outlining divisions within the industry, including financial support for owners versus breeders in regard to sales incentives and Breeders’ Prizes, he again stressed the need for “consensus and a unified voice” and put forward the suggestion of a tripartite racing circuit in Britain, Ireland and France, including a Triple Crown of European Derbys.

Larry Stratton: a critic of the yearling bonus scheme

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already confirmed have taken it up. If other sales are as wellsupported as these, then we’ll know it was worthwhile.”

At the time of writing, Jones confirmed that they were in excess of 2,500 yearlings registered to the scheme.

Grant Pritchard-Gordon: call to protect older mares

A measured speech by Grant Pritchard-Gordon under the banner of ‘Breeding for the market and the racecourse’ served as a cautionary tale for those lured into the breeding business for commercial reasons, rather than for the satisfaction reaped from breeding a successful racehorse.

With the recession in mind, his insistence that a thorough knowledge of stockmanship, combined with detailed research of both pedigrees and physical and temperamental traits of individual thoroughbreds, sounded the right note for a ‘back-to-basics’ approach.

“We are essentially breeding racehorses, not a commodity to trade,” he said. “It’s important to concentrate on being stockmen, not speculators. Make a shortlist of matings that are most likely to breed winners and only then consider the commercial factors.”

Pritchard-Gordon has led the campaign on the issue of elderly mares at auction and has persuaded the Society of International Thoroughbred Auctioneers (SITA) to adopt a policy of not accepting mares over the age of 18, or those who have been barren for three consecutive years, for sale.

He said: “Older mares with patchy records should be downgraded in matings, sold or retired.

“Don’t let aged mares suffer the indignity of being sold through the ring. If they have given pleasure, served you well, or even made you money, they deserve care and attention in old age.”

Yearling Bonus An unscheduled speaker was David Redvers, one of the prime movers behind the Racing Postsponsored yearling bonus scheme. Bloodstock agent Larry Stratton has been portrayed in the Post as a lone voice of dissent to the scheme but Redvers read from a letter written to the TBA by Mary Rimell, who said: “There has been no consultation and it has not been thought through properly. Good horses will sell themselves.

“It costs enough to produce yearlings and breeders have been told they will not get a lookin unless they support the scheme.”

David Brown of Furnace Mill Stud had also put pen to paper, expressing the view that the scheme should be broadened if it is to continue in future years, but concluding: “I consider that we as breeders and consignors should support the scheme.”

Representing the ROA, vicepresident Rachel Hood thanked the organisers of the scheme on behalf of owners and hailed it as “a very positive development”.

The day following the seminar was the final date for nominated yearlings in the Doncaster St Leger Sale to be acknowledged as such within the catalogue.

“We’ve had a tremendous response in the last few days,” said scheme coordinator Tim Jones.

“Well over 95% of the St Leger yearlings have been nominated to the scheme by their breeders. They are still selecting horses for the Festival Sale but even the vast majority of those

Numbers game One topic upon which all were agreed was Paul Greeves’s revelation that the foal crops in Britain and Ireland were in decline numerically was good news.

Figures for 2009 are not yet compiled but evidence points to the fact that the downward trend between 2007 and 2008 will continue for at least the next three years, according to the analysis of Greeves, who is Head of Stud Book operations for Weatherbys.

In Ireland, 12,419 foals were born in 2008, a decrease from 12,633 the previous year. The 2008 figure of 5,920 foals born in Britain is almost exactly the same number recorded in 1990, with the figures having dipped in the intervening years and peaked in 2007 at 5,934.

Of the major breeding nations, Ireland was responsible for the third largest foal crop in 2007 (12,947). The US (33,391) and Australia (18,311) led the way, with Argentina and Japan producing more foals than

Britain, which had the sixth largest crop.

The number of registered mares is also in decline. There were 10,740 in Britain in 2008, from a peak of 11,285 in 2005.

The figure for Ireland, however, is almost double that of Britain, with 20,038 mares recorded last year.

A wealth of practical advice was offered to breeders from the financial, legal, marketing and property sectors.

Rachel Flynn, head of the horseracing and equine team for solicitors Taylor Vinters – one of four sponsors of the seminar, along with Weatherbys Bank, accountancy firm James Cowper and property consultants Brown & Co – also acts as the TBA’s legal representative and dealt with thorny topics that might affect stud farmers, such as unpaid debts, boarding mares and young stock being abandoned by owners.

“Horse abandonment is an increasing problem and our experience is that litigation is on the rise owing to the recession,” cautioned Flynn, who advised anyone who has other people’s horses in their care to make detailed notes and record the animal’s condition photographically, informing the owner of any problems immediately.

Paul Greeves: Weatherbys man reported on drops in foal numbers

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South East members enjoy a stallion show at Whitsbury (left), while TBA members on the first ever Welsh regional day view yearlings at Llety Stud

Fun times in the heat Llety Stud features on the itinerary for the first ever Welsh regional day, while South-East members are treated to a super outing to Whitsbury Wales Regional Day Sixty-five TBA members supported the first Welsh regional meeting on June 26, hosted by David and Will Hodge at Llety Stud. Recently appointed Regional Chairman Louise Parry, aided by another new recruit in Patrick Burling, who covers the north of the region, have done much to re-energise the region.

As well as Llety, members were shown the adjoining Dyffryn Tywi Equine Clinic, which provides an excellent on-hand facility for the Hodges and their client’s stock.

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House was a credit to the team at Llety, who also paraded the sales yearlings in some particularly useful high boarded all weather turnout paddocks, given the inclement conditions.

Lunch at the Halfway Inn in Nantgaredig was followed by a dash across the A48 to Ffos Las, which had enjoyed its debut meeting a week earlier.

Mark Kershaw took members on to the course to see at first hand why everyone is enthusing about the track design and going.

Over 900 annual members have already signed up at the track.

South East Regional Day The hospitality of Chris and Nicky Harper, and Ralph and Izzie Beckett, ensured a superb day for 50 members and guests at Whitsbury in the heart of Hampshire on June 25.

Regional representatives John Needham, supported by Joan Langmead and David Bowe, were on hand to help ensure a very convivial atmosphere.

At the Whitsbury racing operation, Ralph introduced third lot and ran through the fantastic options provided by the gallops, of which he enjoys exclusive use.

Back in the yard, the star of the show, Oaks winner Look Here, was paraded prior to her journey to the Curragh for the Pretty Polly Stakes, where she finished a creditable third.

Crossing the road to the stud, members then enjoyed the parade of Whitsbury Manor stallions Sakhee’s Secret, Avonbridge, Compton Place, Monsieur Bond and the now 24year-old Cadeaux Genereux.

A superb lunch at The Cartwheel was followed by a return to the stud to view three paddocks of mares and foals, which included the progeny of exciting first season sires Dylan Thomas (bay filly ex Heady) and Teofilo (bay colt ex See You Later). Given the heat, members retreated to the main yard for a tour of facilities and a cup of tea to round off a superb day.

Sowing the seeds with Pony Club visit to Newmarket The promotion of careers in the breeding industry is a main aim of the TBA’s Education and Employment Committee, whose work is part-funded by the Levy Board and is based on recommendations made by the Stable and Stud Staff Commission. This includes work in schools and colleges, at careers fairs and equine events, and joint initiatives with BHA Recruitment and Training.

As part of this, a visit to Newmarket was organised for 36 members of the Flamstead Pony Club on May 27, a pilot initiative to foster links between thoroughbred breeding and the

Pony Club movement. It was the brainchild of Committee member and Regional Representative Derek Christopher, who has extensive links to the Pony Club network, and is closely involved with stud staff training and education. The aim was to give Pony Club members of all ages, and their parents, a chance to see behind the scenes of Newmarket, and sow the seeds of interest in racing and breeding.

First up, John Taylor of Jockey Club Estates gave a brilliant introduction to the town in his fascinating tour of Limekilns, Hamilton Road and the Rowley Mile racecourse. A tour of the

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British Racing School followed, and the professional attitude to staff training and the wide range of facilities and resources available came as a revelation to the group. The visitors had plenty of questions for Aimee Hockley, Recruitment Co-ordinator.

The afternoon was spent at the National Stud, and after lunch, an informative tour of facilities took place, with views of mares, foals and stallions, together with commentary which illustrated the journey of a racehorse from birth to training yard. The visit ended in the stud’s smart new education facility, the Joan Westbrook Lecture Theatre, which boasts

seating for 69, latest audio-visual technology and an innovative safe area to enable a horse to be brought into the theatre.

Tabbi Smith, Training Director at the Stud, gave a brief overview of careers in stud work and the training offered by the stud.

Throughout the day the group was accompanied by Caroline Turnbull and Derek Christopher, who answered questions and encouraged further exploration of the industry. The support of Jockey Club Estates, the British Racing School and The National Stud was appreciated, as was the initiative and hard work of Derek Christopher.

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Stud Staff Award July 2009 Robert Leishman Irvine – Raffin Stud Robert Irvine, winner of July’s Stud Staff Award, is an outstanding example of someone who has dedicated his life to the industry, with 30 years in stud work preceded by 19 years in racing.

For the last 17 years, stud

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groom Irvine has been employed by Lady Whent at Raffin Stud, where he is responsible for up to 90 horses and eight staff. His time as Head Lad for Ken Oliver is credited with his expertise on leg injuries, and his employer, Lady Whent, describes Irvine as totally dedicated, unique and irreplaceable.

Vet Bill Eaton-Evans of the Ridgeway Veterinary Group, farrier Gary Pickford and trainer Richard Hannon all value Irvine’s expertise in making a vital contribution to the success of Raffin Stud, and according to Lady Whent, Irvine without doubt falls into the ‘hero’ category.

Retirement of John Gilbert John Gilbert, Head Stallion Man at Banstead Manor Stud, has retired after 39 years at the farm. Despite being advised by his father “don’t do any job with anything that wants feeding”, John has spent some 48 years in the industry since leaving school. He started work at Banstead for Hugo Morris in 1970, when the stud was a leading stallion and commercial stud, and in his role of yearling man had been responsible for the likes of Persian Heights and Ile de Chypre.

John remained at Banstead when Juddmonte Farms acquired the farm in 1987 and

carried out a number of roles, including Second Man, before being promoted to Head Stallion Man. Over the years he has taken charge of Warning, Zafonic, Dansili and more recently Rail Link, but is most known for his partnership over 15 seasons with Rainbow Quest.

John Gilbert with Rail Link

TBA new members HOME: Mrs A Jarvis, Buckinghamshire. W S Kittow Esq, Devon. Mrs H Cross, Somerset. A W Perry Esq, Bedfordshire. Mrs P Lewis, West Sussex. J Urquhart Esq, Somerset. S Reilly Esq, London.

D J Turner Esq, Gywnedd. J M

Jefferson Esq, North Yorkshire.

D Ellis Esq, Merseyside. Mrs C Bewley, Cheshire. D Pengelly Esq, Devon. P Trickey Esq, Dorset. L J Barratt Esq, Shropshire. R Atkins Esq, Surrey. Mrs L Brazier, Worcestershire.

Next Generation Committee Giving youth an industry voice Committee member Tim Kent (left) on the rebranding of racing initiative following the TBA Seminar

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he image of British racing was hardly helped by the findings made by Harrison Fraser, who likened racing to a ‘Brian’ but described the ideal person for five years time as a ‘Ben’. Its report conjured up images of crusty old Colonels in trilbies and did little to make racing appeal to the younger generation.

Harrison Fraser were probably trying to point out the issues we face, but I felt they played too much on traditional stereotypes, and ignored the very many ‘Bens’ who already populate our racecourses and illustrate the opportunities presented by the bloodstock market. I would suggest we use our current young enthusiasts to promote the game to the Andy Murray generation.

Ben is described as ‘approachable, athletic and younger-minded’, and there are no better people who fit this category than sporting stars who enjoy a day at the races.

Michael Owen is a prime example of a young man who enjoys everything racing has to offer. He has started his own breeding and racing operation.

James Simpson-Daniel is another sports star who hopes to train in the future and is regularly seen at the races, while

his Gloucester teammate Mike Tindall also enjoys a day at the races, with or without the ‘cool’ Royal, Zara Phillips.

England World Cup hero Lawrence Dallaglio is actively involved in ownership through Highclere Thoroughbred Racing. He has enjoyed Group success with Regime and is another who fits in to the category of someone ‘inspiring to be with, enjoys a good time, and is entrepreneurial when people work with him’ – all qualities of a modern day ‘Ben’.

But it’s not just sporting stars that enjoy a day at the track.

Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating has shares in horses with Tommy Stack, whilst fellow countryman Nicky Byrne from Westlife is part of the Dublin Blues syndicate that owns the exciting juvenile Clashnacree.

The singers may well bump in to Hollywood superstar Clive Owen, who is regularly spotted enjoying a day at the races, most recently on Irish Derby Day, or maybe another acting star, James Nesbitt, whose enthusiastic reaction when he see his colours on the track reflect his passion for the game.

These high profile figures are wonderful examples of young, cool people who enjoy the racing experience and they should be used to encourage those not yet involved, at a time when the bloodstock market and the announcement of the Racing Post Yearling Bonus means that there has never been a better time for a modern day ‘Ben’ (or his girlfriend Beth) to get involved in the racing and breeding industry.

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Breeders’ Prizes Based on dates money was paid

Flat HBLB Breeders’ Prizes worth £1,200 or more Breeder Lady Bamford

Prize (£) 15,000

Cheveley Park Stud Ltd

15,000

Eurostrait Ltd

5,600

Darley

5,400

D and Mrs V Fleet Elite Racing Club

4,200 4,200

Mrs P Good Hascombe & Valiant Studs Black Horse Farm Fittocks Stud Ltd Lordship Stud

2,800 2,800 2,800 2,800 2,800 2,800 2,800

Bishopswood Bloodstock & Trickledown Stud

John James The Magic Slipper Partnership T R Lock Vogue Development Company (Kent) Ltd R D and J S Chugg & The Overbury Partnership

Aston House Stud B N and Mrs Toye R S A Urquhart CIT Racing Ltd Mrs Isobel Phipps Coltman Mrs A Wigan Hesmonds Stud Ltd D and J Reaburn Mr A Merritt Mrs F M Gordon Mrs P Lewis Sir Gordon Brunton Lady Lonsdale The Queen Longdon Stud Ltd Highclere Stud & Harry Herbert F Brady Mrs J A Cornwell Exors Of The Late M J Paver L J Barratt Whitsbury Manor Stud Mrs P D Gray & Mr H Farr R F Johnson Houghton C H and W A Greensit Belgrave Bloodstock New England Stud & Partners Mascalls Stud Theobalds Stud

2,700 2,000 2,000 1,800 1,800 1,800 1,600 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,200 1,200 1,200

Horse Sariska

Date 05/6/09 13/5/09 Virtual Pivotal Virtuous 16/5/09 Spacious Nayef Palatial 17/6/09 Moneycantbuymelove Pivotal Sabreon 21/5/09 17/6/09 Parthenon Dubai Destination Grecian Slipper 15/5/09 Dhushan Rainbow Quest Abyaan 25/5/09 Suzi’s Decision Act One Funny Girl 30/5/09 Border Patrol Selkirk Ffestiniog 28/5/09 15/5/09 Ordnance Row Mark of Esteem Language Of Love 11/5/09 Apple Charlotte Royal Applause Maid Of Camelot 15/5/09 Ocean’s Minstrel Pivotal Minstrel's Dance 05/6/09 Splashdown Falbrav Space Time 11/6/09 Swiss Diva Pivotal Swiss Lake 13/6/09 Fareer Bahamian Bounty Songsheet 18/6/09 Kyllachy Star Kyllachy Jaljuli 30/5/09 13/6/09 Dansili Dancer Dansili Magic Slipper 30/5/09 Cosmea Compton Place St James's Antigua 04/6/09 Plaisterer Best Of The Bests Lumiere d'Espoir 08/6/09 Signor Peltro Bertolini Pewter Lass 30/5/09 Short Affair Singspiel L'Affaire Monique 06/6/09 Brassini Bertolini Silver Spell 13/6/09 Shangani Ishiguru Sheesha 09/6/09 Spring Jim First Trump Spring Sixpence 13/5/09 Kayf Aramis Kayf Tara Ara 14/5/09 Simon Gray Act One Shardette 15/5/09 Clear Reef Hernando Trinity Reef 21/5/09 Chookie Hamilton Compton Place Lady Of Windsor 25/5/09 Cape Colony Cape Town Lucky Princess 06/6/09 It’s A Date Kyllachy

By Arrangement 14/6/09 Persian Peril Erhaab Brush Away 05/5/09 Final Victory Generous Persian Victory 10/6/09 Art Man Dansili Persuasion 12/5/09 Four Winds Red Ransom Fairy Godmother 14/5/09 Ishetoo Ishiguru Ticcatoo 30/5/09 Regal Parade Pivotal Model Queen 30/5/09 Rothesay Dancer Lujain Rhinefield Beauty 03/6/09 Ellemujie Mujahid Jennelle 04/6/09 Pavershooz Bahamian Bounty Stormswept 06/6/09 Lowther Beat All Ever So Lonely 09/6/09 Ace Of Hearts Magic Ring Lonely Heart 16/5/09 Bahamian Babe Bahamian Bounty Baby Bunting 13/6/09 Judd Street Compton Place Pudding Lane 14/6/09 Fesko Shinko Forest Young Sue 16/6/09 Wasan Pivotal Solaia 28/5/09 Misheer Oasis Dream All For Laura 15/5/09 Don’t Tell Mary Starcraft Only In Dreams 27/5/09 Corporal Maddox Royal Applause Noble View 06/6/09

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Sire Pivotal

Dam Maycocks Bay

Course Epsom Downs York Newbury Ascot Goodwood Ascot Hamilton Park Chepstow Haydock Park Sandown Park Newbury Windsor Newbury Epsom Downs Newbury York Ascot York Sandown Park Doncaster Sandown Park Windsor Doncaster Doncaster Sandown Park Salisbury York York Newbury Haydock Park Carlisle Doncaster Salisbury Southwell Kempton Park Lingfield Park Newmarket York York Ayr Sandown Park Musselburgh Chester Newmarket Leicester Salisbury Thirsk Lingfield Park York Beverley Epsom Downs

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THE SPECIAL SECTION FOR TBA MEMBERS Fast Horse

PHOTO: GEORGE SELWYN

Lady Bamford and Jamie Spencer congratulate Sariska after her Oaks victory; the duo later won the Irish Oaks in a canter

Breeder of the Month: Lady Bamford Sariska lands Epsom Oaks in gutsy fashion and adds Curragh Classic with ridiculous ease Words: Alan Yuill Walker

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s joint breeder of Irish Derby winner Fame And Glory, TBA Chairman Kirsten Rausing was a candidate for the June Breeder of the Month award, but so were two of her female colleagues – Lady Bamford with Sariska and Lady Lloyd-Webber with Dar Re Mi. Both Sariska (Oaks) and Dar Re Mi (Pretty Polly Stakes) are not only homebred Group 1 winners, but they were also bred and

conceived in Newmarket, the former by Pivotal and the latter by Singspiel. Faced with a difficult decision, the awards’ panel came down in favour of Sariska’s breeder.

Carole Bamford was the subject of an article in the July issue but, just for the record, it seems worth emphasising the singularly English aspect of the Oaks winner’s distaff family in general and its development in Yorkshire in particular.

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Maycocks Bay, the dam of Sariska, was bred by Bishop Wilton Stud, the breeding alias of John Johnson, who was Lord Halifax’s groom at Garrowby Stud in the old East Riding from its inception in 1961 until his retirement in 2000.

The next three dams, Beacon (by High Top), Mountain Lodge (by Blakeney) and Fiddlededee (by Acropolis) were all bred by the Halifax stud – John Johnson procured

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Beacon privately from the present Lord Halifax for £1,000.

Acropolis was the best horse bred by the late Lady Halifax at a time when she owned Swynford Paddocks Stud on the outskirts of Newmarket.

Favourite for the 1955 Derby, in which he finished third behind Phil Drake – much to the chagrin of his young groom, a certain Barry Hills – Acropolis was leased for racing to her grandmother, Alice, Lady Derby.

The fifth dam Eyewash (by Blue Peter) was given in her dotage to Ruth Halifax by her breeder, Marcus WickhamBoynton of Burton Agnes Stud, not far from Garrowby. The mare was 21 when producing Fiddlededee, her final offspring.

The Stanley House connection continues as Sariska’s sixth dam All Moonshine (Bobsleigh – Selene), was a half-sister to Lord Derby’s celebrated Hyperion.

Sariska supplemented her win at Epsom with a much easier victory in the Irish Oaks at the Curragh.

Small Breeder Special Merit: Archie Smith-Maxwell Classic glory for Worcestershire operation as Penny’s Gift breaks her duck for 2009 with victory in the German 1,000 Guineas at Dusseldorf

After a two-year-old season which yielded four wins, the daughter of Tobougg has now captured a first Group 2

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Sariska is her sire Pivotal’s first Group 1 winner over 12 furlongs

s the breeder of the Group 2 German 1,000 Guineas heroine Penny’s Gift (by Tobougg), Captain Archie Smith-Maxwell has earned the Special Merit award for June.

Successful last season in the Listed Bosra Sham Stakes and Watership Down Stud Sales Race, the success of Penny’s Gift at Dusseldorf was certainly no flash in the pan.

“The funny thing is,” said Smith-Maxwell, “that I tried to sell Penny’s Gift as a foal at foot, along with her dam Happy Lady for 18,000gns, but the deal fell through. As it was, she realised 7,000gns as a foal and was resold as a yearling for 10,000gns.”

Happy Lady had cost rather more (50,000gns) at the 2001 Newmarket December Sales, when consigned from Marston Stud in foal to Royal Applause as the property of a partnership comprising Barry Hills and Dick Bonnycastle.

Hills trained both Royal Applause and Happy Lady for their owner-breeder, Maktoum

Al Maktoum. The mare has a real ‘Gainsborough’ pedigree, being

by Cadeaux Genereux out of a mare by Green Desert.

Timing is of the essence in such matters and in 2007 SmithMaxwell received just 1,700gns for Penny’s Gift’s year junior foal half-sister by Lucky Story. By the time she was resold as a yearling in 2008, Penny’s Gift had revealed her ability and the Lucky Story filly then realised 26,000gns – as Brinscall, she is now in training with Tim Easterby.

More recently, Happy Lady has been decidedly unlucky as she slipped to Zafeen in 2008 and then had a dead foal by Ishiguru.

“We’ve certainly had our share of ups and down over the years,” reflected Smith-Maxwell, “but things are looking up at the moment as Happy Lady has been tested in foal to Sakhee’s Secret.”

Smith-Maxwell bought Welland Lodge Farm, Upton-on-Severn, in Worcestershire, after leaving the army. He and his wife Patricia were originally involved in breeding Irish Draught horses, as well as winning many prizes with their pedigree sheep and cattle.

Their first venture into thoroughbreds was owed to the smart racemare Last Case. “She was given to us as a present,” recalled Smith-Maxwell, “and the first two foals we had from her were Final Call and On Stage.”

On Stage (by Comedy Star) scored ten times. Successful in the Palace House Stakes, second in the Prix Morny and third in the July Cup, he was then sent to South Africa, where he won the Group 1 Natal Flying Championship.

A minor juvenile winner, Final Call (by Town Crier) became quite the foundation mare, with 12 winners from 15 foals.

Smith-Maxwell relies a great deal on his long standing stud groom, Virginia Chadd, who won the TBA Stud Staff Award last November, as well as David Powell – foals are invariably consigned to the December Sales through his Catridge Farm Stud.

He also has family connections with two prominent trainers, as his wife is an aunt of Michael Bell, while his grand-daughter Alexandra assists Henry Daly.

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No stone unturned Veterinary pre-purchase procedure at the major thoroughbred sales has evolved from being a general physical examination to a lengthy, complicated process that usually includes the inspection of a full set of pre-purchase x-rays and a resting endoscopic examination Words: James Tate BVMS MRCVS

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he role of the veterinary surgeon at the sales is to advise the purchaser as to the clinical features of the horse and their likely significance. As a consequence, veterinary advice is likely to border on the side of caution, as vets have little to lose by ‘failing’ a horse. This article will consider the advantages and disadvantages of the current situation.

Pre-purchase x-rays One of the main advances of recent times with regard to veterinary pre-purchase procedure is that most horses arrive at the major sales with a full set of x-rays. Yearlings sold at Keeneland Sales in Kentucky have been offered for sale with

full pre-purchase x-rays for over ten years and now most yearlings sold at the Goffs Million Sale, Tattersalls Book One, Deauville August and Baden-Baden Yearling Sale have a full set of x-rays available for viewing prior to going through the ring.

At first, the tendency was to read quite a lot into every little abnormality visible on these x-rays.

However, as more yearlings with significant x-ray issues became champions, such as Xtra Heat, Farda Amiga, Favourite Beat, Artie Schiller and Unbridled’s Song, the significance of abnormalities seen on the x-rays of a sound and apparently ‘normal’ horse with no swellings or soreness has come into question.

Veterinary papers have been written on the significance of prepurchase x-ray abnormalities and, in fact, the North American Commercial Consigners and Breeders Association produce booklets every year that attempt to educate and warn purchasers about the pitfalls of too much veterinary advice, particularly with regard to pre-purchase x-rays.

Vendors, quite understandably, want their best yearlings to realise their full sale potential and hence, given the current system, their xrays must be near perfect.

As a result, a huge number of the best yearlings at Keeneland have had key-hole surgery to ‘clean up’ their joints. This practice has to some extent been carried across the pond to Europe but, given that the

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significance of most x-ray ‘abnormalities’ is questionable to say the least, is this really the correct thing to be doing?

Tattersalls Newmarket has recently built a new repository to house the increasing amount of xrays. Should European sales companies be encouraging prepurchase x-rays?

In 2006, the author examined the x-rays of 400 yearlings offered for sale at Keeneland and was staggered to find that nearly 20% had certificates stating that they had received key-hole surgery on at least one joint. These surgeries seemed to have no detrimental effect on the sale price, as shown by the top lot of 2006, a Kingmambo colt who fetched a hefty $11.7 million despite having already undergone key-hole surgery.

The introduction of prepurchase x-rays has not only ‘tempted’ veterinary surgeons to fail more horses on x-rays but it has also led to vendors feeling obliged to perform many more key-hole surgeries in order for their horses to have near perfect x-rays and, therefore, reach their maximum sale price.

At present, it is mandatory for vendors to disclose when horses have undergone key-hole surgery, but there are also a large number of yearlings who receive corrective surgery in order to improve their conformation and it is currently not mandatory to disclose this information.

As a result, it is impossible to know exactly how many yearlings have had some form of surgery prior to a sale, but it may be disturbingly high and the ethics of this situation could be questioned.

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An x-ray revealing a bone cyst in a stifle. Unless surgery is performed the sale price of a horse with such an abnormality may be affected. However, this is a developmental abnormality that may well settle with time

Endoscopic examination The second imaging technique commonly used by vets at major thoroughbred sales is the resting endoscopic examination.

What is particularly interesting here is the ‘conditions of sale’ of most European sales companies; in order for a horse to fail the post-sale wind panel it has to both be abnormal on resting endoscopy and make an abnormal respiratory noise when at exercise.

The fact that a horse can have an obviously paralysed larynx and not fail the post-sale wind panel if it does not make a significant noise when lunged has caused many purchasers to request and pay for endoscopic examination prior to any potential purchase.

This has resulted in a significant welfare issue for some of the best lots, which can be scoped in excess of 40 times prior to going through the ring.

As a result, some vendors have attempted to combat this by providing a resting videoendoscopic examination at the sale but, regrettably, this does not seem to have caught on.

In fact, rather frustratingly, there are some veterinary surgeons that even insist on re-scoping the horse at the sales, rather than simply watching the video.

Another important point is that the correlation between resting endoscopic examinations and wind problems that significantly

affect the performance of the equine athlete is debatable to say the least. The advent of highspeed treadmill endoscopy over two decades ago revealed that many horses can appear ‘normal’ at rest but have a severe respiratory problem at peak exercise, as well as highlighting a significant number of horses who appear ‘abnormal’ at rest but who are actually normal at exercise.

The introduction of dynamic over-ground endoscopy has further highlighted this and hence it now has to be questioned how many horses are being incorrectly evaluated at the sales.

Horses are being purchased for high prices who have a ‘normal’ larynx at rest but have serious wind problems at peak exercise and horses are either being not sold or purchased for next to nothing who have an

Resting endoscopy – but how well does this correlate with significant wind problems?

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Dynamic over-ground endoscopy in action. It is also possible to perform this technique with the pack strapped to the horse’s back if it has not yet been broken. Could this be the future of pre-purchase wind examinations?

‘abnormal’ resting larynx but no significant wind problem at peak exercise.

Until recently the solution has not been obvious; however, in light of the introduction of dynamic over-ground endoscopy, has the answer now been found?

If every horse was presented for sale with a dynamic videoendoscopic examination, then the information would be much more accurate and meaningful, and horses would have to be scoped only once.

Conditions of sale There are a few purchasers who attend the sales with their regular veterinary surgeons and this seems to make perfect sense.

This seems even more prudent when the ‘conditions of sale’ are examined and some of the more common pitfalls are pointed out.

For example, any horse whose testicles are even remotely palpable or detectable by an ultrasound scan can obtain a veterinary certificate to state that it is not a ‘rig’ or ‘cryptorchid’.

In this situation, it is useful to have one’s own vet to explain that the purchaser may be buying a horse who may never have two fully descended testicles but does not have to be announced as a ‘rig’ at the time of sale.

Another example is that purchasers might be under the impression that a blood test for prohibited substances means that the horse will not be receiving any performanceenhancing medication, but this is not the case.

In reality, the horse will be tested only for significant levels of ‘bute’ and perhaps anabolic steroids if you are lucky, but not sedatives, corticosteroids or any other drugs. Again, having the purchaser’s regular vet on hand to look out for any suspicious signs can be invaluable.

Nevertheless, many potential purchasers seem content to use unfamiliar external veterinary surgeons who simply follow the current sales veterinary procedure of examining the horse and its x-rays, as well as performing an endoscopic examination.

If anything is not perfect, many simply advise the client to move onto another horse. After all, why wouldn’t they? They have little to gain by suggesting the client takes a slight risk in order to purchase a nice horse and if they recommend the purchase of a horse with a slight problem, which turns out to be a major problem, then it may come back to haunt them.

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Discussion and conclusion The current veterinary prepurchase procedure has evolved to try and take advantage of some of the recent veterinary advances, such as portable digital x-rays and portable endoscopy, in an attempt to prevent purchasers from spending lots of money on horses with significant problems.

However, perhaps the biggest issue with regard to the routine veterinary pre-purchase examination carried out at sales is that it has not been conceived by veterinary surgeons and, in the main, they are simply doing the best they can with the system that is in place. Vets did not request pre-purchase x-rays for all yearlings – they may not agree that potentially expensive yearlings receive borderlinenecessary corrective surgeries or key-hole surgeries – but they do understand why vendors wish to have them performed.

Vets also did not request that horses are subjected to resting pre-purchase endoscopy but they are happy to perform them.

If x-rays and endoscopes are readily available, then veterinary surgeons must examine them or they could be accused of negligence if a problem is missed in an apparently ‘normal’ horse.

Currently, only the sales companies have the power to change any of this veterinary procedure by altering the conditions of sale.

In an ideal world, all purchasers would bring their regular vet to the sales and they could assess whether further imaging techniques were necessary for individual horses.

Should the current trend of supplying the purchaser with more and more veterinary information in the form of x-rays and endoscopy continue? Is it aiding in the selection of future winners?

Purchasers do seem to be becoming more informed as to the questionable significance of pre-purchase x-rays and perhaps the major European sales companies will not follow Keeneland and resist the pressure to encourage yearlings to have full sets of x-rays.

It would also be encouraging to think that in the near future more video-endoscopes may be taken so that horses are not subjected to multiple endoscopic examinations. It would be even more exciting to think that these videos might be dynamic endoscopic examinations, which would be much more informative for the purchaser and vendor.

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ANDREW CAULFIELD REPORTS ON THE BLOODSTOCK WORLD Dar Re Mi (right), a daughter of the Lloyd-Webbers’ shrewd purchase Darara, wins the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh

Oaks and other Group 1 races recently are evidence that mares who produce in their 20s are still capable of delivering top-class winners

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ack in 1993, the Oaks struck a blow for elderly mares. The finish was fought out by two daughters of Sadler’s Wells out of mares who were no longer in the first flush of youth: the winner, Intrepidity, was foaled when her dam was 20 and the runner-up, Royal Ballerina, when her dam was 17.

And of the previous 47 Oaks winners since the war? Over half of their mares were eight years old or under and only one was older than 15 – Bireme’s 18-yearold dam Ripeck.

Yet the subsequent 16 runnings of the Oaks have shown that this particular statistic needs treating with much caution.

During that short time, the Oaks has fallen to six fillies foaled when their dams were at least 16, the most extreme example being Ramruna, whose dam was 21.

Then there were Shahtoush, Ouija Board and Eswarah, all out of 19-year-olds, plus Imagine, out of a 17-year-old, and Light Shift, out of a 16-year-old.

Two recent Group 1 races supplied further evidence that breeders dismiss elderly mares and their progeny at their peril.

The first was the Golden Jubilee, which fell to Art Connoisseur, a colt whose third dam Morning Has Broken produced fillies at the ages of 21, 23 and 24. The first of these, Morningsurprice, is the second dam of Art Connoisseur.

The second is Out Too Late, dam of dual Group 1 winner Saoirse Abu. And the third, Pacheca, has produced a stakes winner.

It was the Pretty Polly Stakes, though, which provided the most fascinating story, with Dar Re Mi gaining her first Group 1 win for Lord Lloyd-Webber. The LloydWebbers’ Watership Down Stud

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made a shrewd purchase when it acquired Dar Re Mi’s dam Darara as an 11-year-old at Goffs in 1994. Mares of Darara’s quality don’t come on the market often.

Darara’s major appeal The daughter of Top Ville had earned a Timeform rating of 129 with her victory in the Group 1 Prix Vermeille and her good sixth in Dancing Brave’s Arc. Darara also had the considerable appeal of being a half-sister to Darshaan and of being in foal to his sire Shirley Heights. What’s more, she had no Northern Dancer blood and her first foal was a Listed winner with a Timeform rating of 115.

Darara’s price of 470,000gns sounds cheap nowadays but it made her the fourth-highestpriced broodmare ever sold at Goffs. Even so, she has proved a tremendous bargain for her

buyers. Kilimanjaro, the Shirley Heights colt she was carrying, sold for 500,000gns and he was immediately followed by Rhagaas and Diaghilev, two Sadler’s Wells colts which sold for 500,000gns and 3,400,000gns. All three showed smart form, as had another of Darara’s Sadler’s Wells colts, Darazari.

Consequently the Watership Down Stud team must have been desperate for a filly from Darara and their desperation must have intensified when she was barren for four consecutive years.

However, the drought ended when Darara produced fillies to Selkirk in 2004 and to Singspiel at the age of 22 in 2005.

Remarkably, the Singspiel filly is Dar Re Mi, who became Darara’s third Group 1 winner following Darazari in Australia and Diaghilev in Hong Kong. I bet her owners can’t wait to get Dar Re Mi back to stud, where she has every right to develop into a highly effective replacement for her dam.

PHOTOS: GEORGE SELWYN

Breeders dismiss elderly mares at their peril!

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Exceptional racemare and broodmare Stilvi is still a force to be reckoned with Her grand-daughter Vallota successful at Group 3 level with Ialysos, a speedball nicknamed the ‘Greek Freak’ by new trainer Luca Cumani

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uccessful female families come and go in the thoroughbred world. One that seemed to have had its day was that descending from remarkably speedy filly Stilvi, a Derring-Do mare born 40 years ago.

The sprinters of 1972 were exceptional, to the extent that Deep Diver was allotted top weight of 10st on the Free Handicap for three-year-olds.

That made her 2lb superior to Roberto and Rheingold, who had fought out the Derby, and 7lb better than 2,000 Guineas hero High Top. Stilvi was good enough to defeat Deep Diver – and break the track record – in the King George Stakes and to finish second to him in the Nunthorpe.

Timeform rated Stilvi 126 and her speed, courage and consistency, together with her good physique, helped her develop into one of the most accomplished broodmares of the 20th century. Mated to five different stallions in her first five years, she supplied her owner George Cambanis with five stakes winners, including four top performers. Her Hotfoot colt Tachypous set the ball rolling, winning the 1976 Middle Park Stakes before dividing Nebbiolo and The Minstrel in the 2,000 Guineas. Her Busted colt Tromos looked even more promising when he took the 1978 Dewhurst Stakes by three lengths to become Britain’s champion twoyear-old by a margin of 5lb.

Tromos never made it to the Classics, but Stilvi’s next foal, the Blakeney colt Tyrnavos, made up for that by winning the 1980 Irish Derby. Stilvi’s first daughter, the Great Nephew filly Tolmi, also showed Classic ability, finishing a neck second in the 1,000 Guineas prior to taking the Coronation Stakes.

Sensational Stilvi Although Stilvi wasn’t to add to her tally of stakes winners, her Mill Reef colt Telios finished sixth in the 1984 Derby and Irish Derby, and her Grundy colt Tanaos was rated 128 by Timeform after his close fourth in the 1985 Dewhurst. Altogether, she had seven offspring rated between 113 and 134 by Timeform, with five of them rated 122 or higher – a truly exceptional achievement.

As most of Stilvi’s offspring were impressive physical specimens, her sons appeared to have plenty to offer as stallions but they failed to sire a single Group winner. Perhaps they no longer suited an industry which was in the process of being revolutionised by American imports in general and the Northern Dancer line in particular.

But surely Stilvi’s four daughters would carry on the good work, especially the very talented Tolmi?

Despite having progeny by

such good stallions as Niniski, Green Desert, Caerleon, Sadler’s Wells and Royal Academy, Tolmi struggled to produce winners, let alone stakes winners. However, her first foal Sariza produced Selfish, winner of the Oak Tree Stakes in 1999.

There were also high hopes of Stilvi’s Reform filly Tenea, especially after this once-raced filly had been sold by George Cambanis’s widow for 1,020,000gns as a three-yearold. The best that Tenea could do was to produce the useful twoyear-olds Gold Discovery and Taos, and she now ranks as the third dam of the American Grade 2 winner Leprechaun Kid. Baton passed to Trikymia Stilvi’s third daughter, Tyrnavos’s sister Tanagrea, produced no fillies to carry on the line in England before being sent to Greece in 1991. This effectively passed the baton to Stilvi’s youngest daughter, Trikymia.

The once-raced Final Straw filly

succeeded in producing a stakes winner in Epagris, who was fifth in the 1,000 Guineas, and Epagris’s sister Storm Card also produced a Listed winner in Sea Star.

But just as it seemed this family would never produce another top performer, along came the Greek sensation Ialysos, who carried the striking former Cambanis colours to victory in the Group 3 Coral Charge. The son of So Factual was bred at the Figaia Stud, founded by George Cambanis in the 1950s and now operated by his daughter Marina Marinopoulos. His dam Vallota is a daughter of Trikymia, and thus a grand-daughter of Stilvi.

No-one should be too surprised that Ialysos is as fast as he is. He is by the ex-English So Factual, who followed in Stilvi’s footsteps in that he contested the Nunthorpe, which he won, and the Duke of York Stakes, in which he was second. He also won the Cork and Orrery Stakes. With a pedigree which contains Danzig, there is no shortage of speed in Ialysos’s pedigree and he could well take even higher rank among the top sprinters.

Ialysos (4) zips up the rail to win a Group 3 at Sandown and put Stilvi’s family back in the spotlight

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A month to remember for South African bloodstock Some notable performances at home and overseas, allied with high-profile victories for progeny of their stallions, meant one country stole the show in June Words: Jeremy Early une was an excellent month for South African bloodstock.

Granted, after landing a Listed event at Windsor, J J The Jet Plane appeared not to run to his best when fourth in the Golden Jubilee Stakes. However, Imbongi won the Criterion Stakes at Newmarket and the sires of Royal Ascot scorers Jealous Again (Trippi) and Strike The Tiger (Tiger Ridge), plus Prince of Wales’s Stakes second Tartan Bearer (Spectrum) are all based in South Africa.

Horse Chestnut, sire of a Grade 3 winner in Canada, is also SouthAfrican bred, while ‘back home’ J J The Jet Plane’s champion sire Jet Master had another memorable month. All Afire and Pocket Power both won Grade 1s for him in the Golden Slipper Stakes and Gold Challenge respectively.

Pocket Power, twice Horse of the Year and with record earnings, has now won eight Grade 1s, including three successive J&B Mets. No horse has managed that before and talk of the six-year-old going to Dubai for the 2010 Carnival is intriguing.

Jet Master, a top sprinter miler standing at Klipdrift Stud, whose last advertised fee was 200,000 rand (£15,000), is by Rakeen so there are good stallions aplenty on that side of his pedigree – Rakeen is a half-brother to Rahy and closely related to Singspiel.

Predictably, Jet Master’s progeny are popular at auction, with 336 having averaged 250,000 rand (£19,000), though that places him only fifth in a list led by Western Winter, sire of recent Grade 1 Garden Province Stakes winner Lady Windermere.

Another sire with two Grade 1 strikes in South Africa during the

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month was Casey Tibbs, standing at only 10,000 rand (£750) yet responsible for leading three-yearold Big City Life.

A Listed winner in Ireland and the USA, where he ran second in a Grade 1, Casey Tibbs is another son of Sadler’s Wells. His dam Fleur Royale, a daughter of Sweet Mimosa (Prix de Diane), was runner-up in the Irish Oaks.

Brace for Medaglia d’Oro

Talk of doubles leads us on to Sadler’s Wells’s grandson Medaglia d’Oro, who had a double thanks to his brilliant daughter Rachel Alexandra and Gabby’s Golden Gal. The former had no difficulty adding the Mother Goose Stakes to her classic haul, and Gabby’s Golden Gal confirmed her class by landing the Acorn Stakes emphatically.

A couple of other stallions with two major successes were Tale Of The Cat in Kentucky and Wild Event in Brazil. The former is one of the priciest of the 13 stallions at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud, at $30,000. Champion sire of juveniles in the States in 2003, he has had five Group or Grade 1 winners, including this year’s leading turf performer Gio Ponti, with three top-level victories including the Manhattan Handicap in mid-June.

Wild Event is by Wild Again out of a three-parts sister to Theatrical, with Icecapade as his grandsire. (It makes a change to have a different branch of the Nearctic line, in other words not Northern Dancer’s, represented in this feature.)

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Tartan Bearer is by Spectrum, now based in South Africa

Bridlewood Farm in Florida in 2006. The move has proved well worthwhile for his new owners and his reputation since he has been firing in Group 1 scorers.

Talenta and top three-year-old filly Smile Jenny are the latest in a list that also includes Double Trouble, who left Brazil to win the Santa Maria Handicap in California last year, Eu Tambem (Argentine Derby and Maktoum Challenge) and Sorrentino (three Group 1s highlighted by the 2008 Gran Premio Jockey Club Sao Paulo).

Top-class anomaly in Japan

The shortage of international Grade 1 races in Japan – most are domestic – remains an anomaly given the quality of the sport in that country. So far this year there have been just seven, compared with 23 in Argentina for instance.

Protecting a burgeoning bloodstock industry is one thing; protecting one which has been competing successfully on the world stage for years is bizarre.

The winner of one of the latest Grade 1s, Vodka, when she notched her second successive Yasuda Kinen to take her earnings past the £5 million mark, is a case in point.

With a rating in the 120s she is well up to the best of her sex internationally.

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Global Stakes Results Argentina Date Grade 27 June G1 27 June G1 27 June G1 27 June G1 27 June G1 27 June G1 05 July G2 02 July G2 21 June G2 15 June G2 04 July G3 20 June G3 13 June G3 12 June G3 11 June G3 07 June G3 05 June G3

Race G.P.Estrellas Juv.Copa Sr. R.F.M.Lottero G.P. Estrellas Juvenile Copa Pedro C.B. G.P.Estrellas Classic Copa .Esp. Hernan Gran Premio Estrellas Distaff Gran Premio Estrellas Mile Gran Premio Estrellas Sprint Clasico Isidoro Aramburu Clasico Miguel Luis Morales Clasico General Manuel Belgrano Clasico General Belgrano Clasico Ines Victorica Roca Clasico Republica de Panama Clasico General Lavalle Clasico Omega C.Asoc.PropCaballos Carrera Buneos Aires C. Antonio Cane-Copa Asoc.Bon Per.Turf Clasico Santiago Lawrie

Dist 8.0f 8.0f 10.0f 10.0f 8.0f 5.0f 8.0f 8.0f 6.0f 12.5f 8.0f 5.0f 5.0f 8.0f 7.5f 10.5f 5.0f

Horse San Livinus (ARG) True Passion (ARG) City Banker (ARG) Ollagua (ARG) Snapy Halo (ARG) El Noi (ARG) City Thunder (ARG) La Charmante (ARG) Queto Man (ARG) Escamonda (ARG) Berry Creek (ARG) Que Felicidad (ARG) Elness (ARG) Saetta (ARG) Cafrune (ARG) Rocococo (ARG) Indec (ARG)

Age 3 3 4 4 5 6 3 3 4 4 7 5 3 4 3 6 5

Sex C F C F H H C F C C M M C F C H H

Sire Mutakddim (USA) Orpen (USA) Lode (USA) Pure Prize (USA) Southern Halo (USA) Anjiz (USA) Thunder Gulch (USA) Indygo Shiner (USA) Lech (ARG) Alpha Plus (USA) Luhuk (USA) Bernstein (USA) Luhuk (USA) Mutakddim (USA) Colonial Affair (USA) Bienvenido (ARG) Halo Sunshine (USA)

Dam Capalize (ARG) Tolerada (ARG) Cirandinha (ARG) Open Secrets (USA) Esnaola (ARG) Mersa (ARG) Crevette (ARG) La Magie (ARG) Golden Watcher (ARG) Wise Girl (ARG) Wild Berry (ARG) Queen Tango (ARG) Garza Bruja (ARG) Stellify (ARG) Ipacarai (ARG) Grand Rose (ARG) Iluminativa (ARG)

Broodmare Sire Equalize (USA) Fitzcarraldo (ARG) Ibero (ARG) West By West (USA) Ringaro (USA) Bid Us (USA) Pepenador (USA) Luhuk (USA) The Watcher (USA) Gold Trojan (USA) Southern Halo (USA) Lode (USA) Senor Pete (USA) Southern Halo (USA) Interprete (ARG) Grand Chelem Acceptable (USA)

G1 G1 G1 G1 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3

Breeders & Tattersall’s Winter Stakes Racetree T J Smith Classic BMW Queensland Derby AAMI Stradbroke Handicap Mitty’s Queensland Guineas Australia Special Metals Brisbane Cup W J Healy Stakes Carlton Draught Tattersall’s Cup Belmont Sprint Heinrich Group Gold Coast Guineas

7.0f 8.0f 12.0f 7.0f 8.0f 12.0f 6.0f 11.0f 7.0f 6.0f

Russeting (AUS) Linky Dink (NZ) Court Ruler (NZ) Black Piranha (AUS) Express Air (AUS) Scenic Shot (AUS) News Alert (AUS) Hume (NZ) Universal Ruler (AUS) Chakvetadze (AUS)

5 3 4 6 4 7 5 6 5 4

M F C G F G G H H F

Commands (AUS) Keeper (AUS) Viking Ruler (AUS) Clang (AUS) Piccolo (GB) Scenic Danehill Dancer (IRE) Zabeel (NZ) Scenic Taimazov (ARG)

Granny Apple (AUS) Gimmick (NZ) Free Court (NZ) Jazztrack (AUS) Air’s Precious (AUS) Sweepshot (AUS) Breaking News (AUS) Lolette (GB) Rulings (AUS) Gotha (AUS)

Bluebird (USA) Sir Tristram Pompeii Court (USA) Distinctly North (USA) Air Express (IRE) Dr Grace (NZ) Brief Truce (USA) Arazi (USA) Hurricane Sky (AUS) Rustic Amber

G1 G1 G1 G1 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

G. P. Margarida Polak Lara-Taca de Prata G. P. Joao Adhemar de Almedia Prado G. P. Copa A.B.C.P.C.C.-Matias Machline GP Asoc.Bras.Criadores Cavalo de Corrida Grande Premio Adayr Eiras de Araujo Grande Premio Gervasio Seabra Grande Premio Duplex Grande Premio General Couto de Magalhaes G.P. Presidente Roberto Alves de Almeida Grande Premio Luiz Fernando Cirne Lima GP.Pres.As.Brasil Criad.Prop Cav.Corrida Grande Premio Ministro da Agricultura Grande Premio ABCPCC - Velocidade Grande Premio Jose Paulino Nogueira

8.0f 8.0f 10.0f 8.0f 10.0f 8.0f 8.0f 16.0f 8.0f 9.0f 8.0f 12.0f 5.0f 12.0f

Talenta (BRZ) Timeo (BRZ) Smile Jenny (BRZ) Uncle Tom (BRZ) Hope (BRZ) Colorado Sam (BRZ) Bushido (BRZ) Agasias (BRZ) Tangara (BRZ) Qualidade Indy (BRZ) Saberete (BRZ) Lignon’s Hero (BRZ) El Jogo Virtual (BRZ) Ursula’s Home (BRZ)

3 3 4 3 4 6 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 4

F C F C F H H C M F C C C F

Wild Event (USA) First American (USA) Wild Event (USA) First American (USA) Know Heights (IRE) Notation (USA) P T Indy (USA) Fahim (GB) Choctaw Ridge (USA) P T Indy (USA) Wild Event (USA) Crimson Tide (IRE) Mig (BRZ) Torrential (USA)

Brincalhona (ARG) In The Sand (USA) Jenny Jacquet (BRZ) Just Lucky (BRZ) Maria Star (BRZ) Val-Paineira (BRZ) Hail Cat (USA) Xuxa da Guanabara (BRZ) Tamrah (IRE) Enable To Loose (BRZ) Lizzy Girl (BRZ) L’ Escapade (BRZ) Spark Light (BRZ) Ursula Mirouet (BRZ)

Lode (USA) Atticus (USA) Roy (USA) Spend A Buck (USA) Ghadeer (FR) Roba Fina Storm Cat (USA) Apple Tree (FR) Lomond (USA) White Clover (CAN) Lode (USA) Aksar (USA) Spark Chief (USA) Slap Jack (USA)

G2 G3 G3 G3 G3

King Edward Handicap Dominion Day Handicap Highlander Stakes Singspiel Stakes Eclipse Stakes

9.0f 10.0f 6.0f 12.0f 8.5f

Rahy’s Attorney (CAN) Marchfield (CAN) Smart Enough (USA) Musketier (GER) Ice Bear (CAN)

5 5 6 7 5

G H G H H

Crown Attorney (CAN) A P Indy (USA) Horse Chestnut (SAF) Acatenango (GER) Maria’s Mon (USA)

Rahy’s Hope (USA) Pico Teneriffe (USA) Quick ‘n Smart (USA) Myth And Reality (GB) Bristol Pistol (CAN)

Rahy (USA) Red Ransom (USA) Polish Numbers (USA) Linamix (FR) Regal Classic (CAN)

G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G2 G2

Premio Tanteo de Potrillos Premio Arturo Lyon Pena Premio Alberto Vial Infante Copa de Plata-Italo Traverso Pasqualetti Premio Tanteo de Potrancas Premio Francisco Baeza Sotomayor Gran Premio de Honor

7.5f 8.0f 8.0f 7.5f 7.5f 10.0f 12.0f

Arranca El Sol (CHI) Pampa Oceanica (CHI) Tim Bero (CHI) Truly Funny (CHI) Mensajera de La Luz (CHI) Patti (CHI) Rock Star Show (USA)

3 3 3 3 3 4 5

C F C C F F H

Dynamix (USA) Ocean Terrace (USA) Tumblebrutus (USA) Gracioso (USA) Election Day (IRE) Dushyantor (USA) Lear Fan (USA)

Despues de La Luna (CHI) Pampa de La Sal (CHI) Marbella (CHI) Terna (ARG) Cuenta Conmigo (CHI) Padisha (CHI) Arsaan (USA)

Election Day (IRE) Sadlers Congress Mocito Guapo (ARG) Roy (USA) Gallantsky (USA) Semenenko (USA) Nureyev (USA)

G1 G1 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

Takarazuka Kinen Yasuda Kinen Hakodate Sprint Stakes Radio Nikkei Sho Mermaid Stakes CBC Sho Epsom Cup Unicorn Stakes

11.0f 8.0f 6.0f 9.0f 10.0f 6.0f 9.0f 8.0f

Dream Journey (JPN) Vodka (JPN) Grand Prix Angel (JPN) Strong Garuda (JPN) Cosmo Platina (JPN) Premium Box (JPN) Shingen (JPN) Silk Mobius (JPN)

5 5 3 3 6 6 6 3

H M F C M H H C

Stay Gold (JPN) Tanino Gimlet (JPN) Agnes Digital (USA) Dance In The Dark (JPN) Stay Gold (JPN) Admire Vega (JPN) White Muzzle (GB) Stay Gold (JPN)

Oriental Art (JPN) Tanino Sister (JPN) Andante (JPN) Phoenix Bird (JPN) Grace Maria (JPN) Chatterbox (JPN) Nifty Heart (JPN) Channel One (JPN)

Mejiro McQueen (JPN) Rousillon (USA) Sunday Silence (USA) Kingmambo (USA) Groom Dancer (USA) Targowice (USA) Sunday Silence (USA) Polish Navy (USA)

G1 G1 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3

Clasico Pamplona Gran Premio Jockey Club del Peru Clasico America Clasico O.S.A.F. Clasico Pedro Garcia Miro Clasico Luis Olaechea Dubois Clasico Augusto Mostajo Barrera

10.0f 12.0f 5.0f 8.0f 9.0f 7.0f 7.0f

Sparkling Oro (USA) Lady Shatzi (PER) Alado (PER) Golden Rock (PER) Caico (PER) Precursor (PER) Pukas (PER)

3 4 4 5 7 3 3

F F C H H C F

Van Nistelrooy (USA) Privately Held (USA) Apprentice (USA) Janfranco (USA) Riyadian (GB) Spend One Dolar (USA) Play The Gold (USA)

Sec Secrets (USA) Shatzi (USA) Singara (PER) Winter Cherry (PER) Baragua (PER) Flame (PER) Baclawa (USA)

Triple Sec (USA) Septieme Ciel (USA) Magnet Cove (USA) Red Attack (USA) Book The Band Farallon P (USA) Out Of Place (USA)

Mercedes Benz Golden Slipper Zulu Kingdom Explorer Golden Horseshoe Vodacom Durban July Handicap Garden Province Stakes Gold Challenge Daily News 2000 Woolavington 2000

7.0f 7.0f 11.0f 8.0f 8.0f 10.0f 10.0f

All Afire (SAF) Musir (AUS) Big City Life (SAF) Lady Windermere (SAF) Pocket Power (SAF) Big City Life (SAF) Zirconeum (SAF)

3 3 4 4 7 4 4

F C C F G C F

Jet Master (SAF) Redoute’s Choice (AUS) Casey Tibbs (IRE) Western Winter (USA) Jet Master (SAF) Casey Tibbs (IRE) Jallad (USA)

Alamanda (SAF) Dizzy de Lago (AUS) Dollar Crisis (SAF) Ballad Of Reading (SAF) Stormsvlei (SAF) Dollar Crisis (SAF) Sweet Sheila (AUS)

Coastal (USA) Encosta de Lago (AUS) Goldmark (SAF) Averof Prince Florimund (SAF) Goldmark (SAF) Kenmare (FR)

Australia 20 June 05 June 05 June 05 June 05 June 05 June 20 June 20 June 13 June 02 May

Brazil 28 June 28 June 28 June 07 June 05 July 04 July 27 June 20 June 06 June 05 July 05 July 04 July 28 June 13 June

Canada 27 June 01 July 21 June 21 June 06 June

Chile 27 June 26 June 26 June 24 June 20 June 22 June 13 June

Japan 28 June 07 June 05 July 05 July 21 June 14 June 14 June 06 June

Peru 28 June 28 June 28 June 28 June 05 July 07 June 06 June

South Africa 04 July 04 July 04 July 04 July 13 June 06 June 06 June

G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1

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DATA BOOK

LISTINGS OF EVERY SINGLE WORLDWIDE STAKES WINNER

Global Stakes Results 04 July 27 June 27 June 19 June 13 June 04 July 28 June 14 June 13 June 07 June 06 June

G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

Schweppes Gold Vase Gold Circle Derby Gold Circle Oaks Post Merchants Handicap Tibouchina Stakes SABC Sport 2200 Winter Derby Jubilee Handicap Cup Trial Betting World Langerman Handicap Lonsdale Stirrup Cup

15.0f 12.0f 12.0f 6.0f 7.0f 11.0f 12.0f 9.0f 9.0f 7.5f 12.0f

Diamond Quest (SAF) Dan de Lago (AUS) Goat (SAF) Sharks Bay (AUS) Sparkling Gem (SAF) Killaridge (ZIM) Market Cap (SAF) E-Fuel (SAF) Eight Street (AUS) Cree Lodge (SAF) Nevvay (SAF)

8 4 4 4 4 5 4 8 5 3 5

G C F G F H G G H C G

Saumarez Encosta de Lago (AUS) Labeeb (GB) Canny Lad (AUS) Joshua Dancer (USA) Kitalpha (USA) Saumarez Linney Head (USA) Street Cry (IRE) Casey Tibbs (IRE) Western Winter (USA)

Discover Diamonds (AUS) The Golden Dane (AUS) Hello Dolly (SAF) Pyramisa (AUS) Crystal Chalice (SAF) Ridgewood Fern (ZIM) Fairy Castle (SAF) Graceful Action (SAF) Figure Of Eight (FR) Fiery Spirit (SAF) Enchantress (SAF)

Marscay (AUS) Danehill (USA) Caesour (USA) Marauding (NZ) Royal Chalice (SAF) Coolstar (SAF) Shoe Danzig (USA) Imperial Dilemma (USA) Octagonal (NZ) Goldmark (SAF) National Assembly (CAN)

10.0f 7.0f 6.0f 11.0f 9.0f 9.0f 9.0f 8.5f 8.0f 12.0f 10.0f 10.0f 8.0f 7.0f 8.5f 9.0f 8.0f 10.0f 7.0f 10.0f 9.0f 9.5f 9.0f 9.0f 9.0f 8.5f 7.0f 6.0f 12.0f 6.0f 8.0f 8.0f 7.0f 6.0f 6.0f 8.5f 8.5f 9.0f 8.5f 9.0f 9.0f 9.0f 8.0f 9.0f 8.5f 14.0f 8.5f 8.5f 7.5f 8.0f

Gozzip Girl (USA) Zensational (USA) Cat Moves (USA) Presious Passion (USA) Rachel Alexandra (USA) Zenyatta (USA) Macho Again (USA) Seattle Smooth (USA) Gabby’s Golden Gal (USA) Summer Bird (USA) Gio Ponti (USA) Midships (USA) Diamondrella (GB) Munnings (USA) Kensei (USA) Monterey Jazz (USA) Mr Sidney (USA) Dry Martini (USA) Porte Bonheur (USA) Black Mamba (NZ) Jonesboro (USA) Battle Of Hastings (GB) Florentino (JPN) Miss Isella (USA) Informed (USA) Carlsbad (USA) Munnings (USA) Fabulous Strike (USA) Eldaafer (USA) Custom For Carlos (USA) Closeout (USA) Coal Play (USA) Informed Decision (USA) Backtalk (USA) Decelerator (USA) Mary’s Follies (USA) Hightap (USA) Oil Man (IRE) Grazen (USA) Icon Project (USA) Winter View (USA) Unbridled Belle (USA) Sailor’s Cap (USA) Keertana (USA) Successful Dan (USA) Obrigado (FR) All Is Vanity (FR) Acoma (USA) Noble Court (USA) Despite The Odds (USA)

3 3 3 6 3 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 3 3 5 5 6 4 6 7 3 3 4 5 3 3 6 4 3 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 4 3 3 6 5 4 5 3

F C F G F M C F F C C C M C C H H G F M H G C F H F C G C C F C F C F F F C C F M M C F G G M F H C

Dynaformer (USA) Unbridled’s Song (USA) Tale of The Cat (USA) Royal Anthem (USA) Medaglia d’Oro (USA) Street Cry (IRE) Macho Uno (USA) Quiet American (USA) Medaglia d’Oro (USA) Birdstone (USA) Tale Of The Cat (USA) Mizzen Mast (USA) Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) Speightstown (USA) Mr Greeley (USA) Thunderello (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Slew Gin Fizz (USA) Hennessy (USA) Black Minnaloushe (USA) Sefapiano (USA) Royal Applause (GB) Swept Overboard (USA) Silver Charm (USA) Tiznow (USA) Rocky Bar (USA) Speightstown (USA) Smart Strike (CAN) A P Indy (USA) More Than Ready (USA) Repriced (USA) Mineshaft (USA) Monarchos (USA) Smarty Jones (USA) Dehere (USA) More Than Ready (USA) Tapit (USA) Pyrus (USA) Benchmark (USA) Empire Maker (USA) Thunder Gulch (USA) Broken Vow (USA) Distant View (USA) Johar (USA) Successful Appeal (USA) Enrique (GB) Gold Away (IRE) Empire Maker (USA) Doneraile Court (USA) Speightstown (USA)

Temperence Gift (USA) Joke (USA) Dance Move (USA) Princesa’s Passion (USA) Lotta Kim (USA) Vertigineux (USA) Go Donna Go (USA) Our Seattle Star (USA) Gabriellina Giof (GB) Hong Kong Squall (USA) Chipeta Springs (USA) Interim (GB) Tap Your Feet (USA) La Comete (USA) Private Feeling (USA) Reefside (USA) Tomisue’s Delight (USA) Jon’s Kimberly (USA) Sous Entendu (USA) Sneetch (NZ) Mom’s Command (USA) Subya (GB) Must Be Loved (JPN) La Cucina (IRE) Cajun Two Step (USA) Kits Peak (USA) La Comete (USA) Fabulous Find (USA) Habibti (USA) Meadow Oaks (USA) Deep Discount (USA) Wiscasset (USA) Palangana (USA) Apasionata Sonata (USA) Paris Rose (USA) Catch the Queen (USA) Don’tellmichelle (CAN) So Precious (IRE) Hazen (USA) La Gueriere (USA) No Matter What (USA) Little Bold Belle (USA) Wave On (USA) Motokiks (USA) Lisa Danielle (USA) Banakill (FR) Castilly (GB) Aurora (USA) Grey Dawn Grey (USA) Lady Aloma (CAN)

Kingmambo (USA) Phone Trick (USA) Capote (USA) Marquetry (USA) Roar (USA) Kris S (USA) Wild Again (USA) Seattle Song (USA) Ashkalani (IRE) Summer Squall (USA) Alydar (USA) Sadler’s Wells (USA) Dixieland Band (USA) Holy Bull (USA) Belong To Me (USA) Dynaformer (USA) A P Indy (USA) Criminal Type (USA) Shadeed (USA) Grosvenor (NZ) Top Command (USA) Night Shift (USA) Sunday Silence (USA) Last Tycoon Tabasco Cat (USA) Pine Bluff (USA) Holy Bull (USA) Lost Code (USA) Tabasco Cat (USA) Meadowlake (USA) Relaunch (USA) Kris S (USA) His Majesty (USA) Affirmed (USA) Accelerator (USA) Miswaki (USA) Regal Classic (CAN) Batshoof Rubiano (USA) Lord At War (ARG) Nureyev (USA) Silver Buck (USA) Caveat (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Wolf Power (SAF) Funambule (USA) Inchinor (GB) Danzig (USA) Grindstone (USA) Cozzene (USA)

United States 05 July 05 July 04 July 04 July 27 June 27 June 13 June 13 June 06 June 06 June 06 June 06 June 06 June 05 July 04 July 04 July 04 July 04 July 28 June 28 June 27 June 20 June 13 June 13 June 13 June 07 June 05 June 05 June 05 June 05 July 05 July 04 July 04 July 03 July 27 June 27 June 26 June 21 June 20 June 20 June 20 June 20 June 14 June 13 June 13 June 13 June 07 June 06 June 06 June 05 June

G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

American Oaks Invitational Stakes Triple Bend Handicap Prioress Stakes United Nations Stakes Mother Goose Stakes Vanity Handicap Stephen Foster Handicap Ogden Phipps Handicap Acorn Stakes Belmont Stakes Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap Just A Game Handicap Tom Fool Handicap Dwyer Stakes American Handicap Firecracker Handicap Suburban Handicap First Flight Handicap Beverly Hills Handicap Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap Colonial Turf Cup Stakes Jefferson Cup Stakes Fleur de Lis Handicap Californian Stakes Hollywood Oaks Woody Stephens Stakes True North Handicap Brooklyn Handicap Jersey Shore Stakes Locust Grove Handicap Salvator Mile Handicap Chicago Handicap Bashford Manor Stakes Debutante Stakes Boiling Springs Stakes Iowa Oaks Cinema Handicap Affirmed Handicap New York Stakes All Along Stakes Obeah Stakes Poker Stakes Regret Stakes Northern Dancer Stakes Round Table Handicap Eatontown Handicap Early Times Mint Julep Handicap Ack Ack Handicap Hill Prince Stakes

Leading global sires by stakes winners Horse

Born

Sire

Stands/Stood

BTH BTW GH GW

Danehill Dancer (IRE) Giant’s Causeway (USA) Galileo (IRE) Sadler’s Wells (USA) More Than Ready (USA) Redoute’s Choice (AUS) Lemon Drop Kid (USA) Unbridled’s Song (USA) Red Ransom (USA) Elusive Quality (USA) Distorted Humor (USA) Encosta de Lago (AUS) Montjeu (IRE) Bernstein (USA) O’Reilly (NZ) Dynaformer (USA) Belong To Me (USA) Orpen (USA) Oasis Dream (GB) Smart Strike (CAN) Zabeel (NZ) Stormy Atlantic (USA) A P Indy (USA) Street Cry (IRE) Speightstown (USA)

1993 1997 1998 1981 1997 1996 1996 1993 1987 1993 1993 1993 1996 1997 1993 1985 1989 1996 2000 1992 1986 1994 1989 1998 1998

Danehill (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Sadler’s Wells (USA) Northern Dancer Southern Halo (USA) Danehill (USA) Kingmambo (USA) Unbridled (USA) Roberto (USA) Gone West (USA) Forty Niner (USA) Fairy King (USA) Sadler’s Wells (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Last Tycoon Roberto (USA) Danzig (USA) Lure (USA) Green Desert (USA) Mr Prospector (USA) Sir Tristram Storm Cat (USA) Seattle Slew (USA) Machiavellian (USA) Gone West (USA)

IRE AUS USA IRE IRE USA AUS AUS USA USA AUS USA USA AUS IRE IRE NZ USA ARG NZ USA USA IRE AUS ARG UK USA NZ USA USA USA AUS USA

42 28 37 19 25 19 22 16 21 16 17 25 27 17 16 18 20 22 14 15 16 17 16 20 11

18 14 14 12 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8

25 18 21 12 13 12 14 10 13 8 7 18 18 8 7 11 9 13 6 10 10 4 8 11 5

9 9 6 8 7 4 5 5 7 3 3 6 7 2 4 5 3 4 1 6 7 1 5 4 4

Sadler’s Wells and Oasis Dream performances all the more meritorious for them being non-shuttling The fastest movers in the international table last month were at opposite ends of the spectrum in their careers. Twenty-eight-year-old Sadler’s Wells, whose four black type winners, two in Group events, took him into fourth place, is retired.

Nine-year-old Oasis Dream, who wasn’t even on the previous table, now has a total of nine. Impressively, neither of those two sires has shuttled, unlike seven of the others, including Danehill Dancer and More Than Ready.

Two new arrivals are A P Indy and WinStar Farm sensation Speightstown, whose first crop includes Lord Shanakill and who now has four Graded winners from eight black type scorers.

His fee of $35,000 in 2009 is bound to rise and we can expect to see plenty more of his progeny racing in Europe.

The same cannot be said of A P Indy, whose influence on this side of the Atlantic is no greater than his sire Seattle Slew’s. Still, with eight black type winners he is enjoying another successful campaign.

Comments: Jeremy Early Statistics to July 6 BTH = black type horses; BTW = black type winners; GH = Group horses; GW = Group winners

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS European Pattern Margins Short neck, 1. Time 2:33.10 (slow 4.10).

Going Good.

110 PRINCESS ELIZABETH S G3 EPSOM DOWNS. June 6. 3yo+f&m. 8f 114yds.

1. EVA’S REQUEST (IRE) 4 9-6 £36,901 ch f by Soviet Star - Ingabelle (Taufan) O-L Mulryan B-Ballylinch Stud TR-MR Channon 2. Alnadana (IRE) 4 9-6 £13,988 gr f by Danehill Dancer - Alnamara (Linamix) O-HH The Aga Khan B-Haras De Son Altesse L’Aga Khan Scea TR-A de Royer-Dupre 3. Spacious (GB) 4 9-6 £7,001 b f by Nayef - Palatial (Green Desert) O/B-Cheveley Park Stud TR-JR Fanshawe Margins 1, 4.5. Time 1:43.84. Going Good.

Age 2-4

Starts 20

Wins 5

Places 5

Earned £155,106

Sire: SOVIET STAR. Sire of 41 Stakes winners. In 2009 - PRESSING Riverman G2, BUCCELLATI Selkirk G3, EVA’S REQUEST Taufan G3, KANDINSKIY Love The Groom LR. 1st Dam: INGABELLE by Taufan. 3 wins at 2 to 4, Keeneland Phoenix Sprint S G3. Dam of 8 winners: 1989: FERRYCARRIG HOTEL (g Burslem) 6 wins.

1990: BELLISSI (f Bluebird) 2 wins at 3 and 5.

Broodmare.

1992: WILD BLUEBELL (f Bluebird) 4 wins at 2 and 3, Coolmore Home of Champions Concorde S G3. Dam of Il Pirata (c Indian Ridge: 2 wins, 3rd Anheuser Busch Railway S G2) 1993: PRIORY BELLE (f Priolo). 2 wins at 2, Moyglare Stud S G1. Dam of KILTUBBER (f Sadler’s Wells: 2 wins at 3 at home, Italy, Premio Giovanni Falck LR) 1994: Hihakai Seiun (c Night Shift) 1995: (c Fairy King) 1997: MINKASH (g Caerleon) 2 wins viz. CP Business Solutions Stakes, York.

1999: SADINGA (f Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 3. Dam of Cool Judgement (g Peintre Celebre: 2 wins at 2 and 3, 3rd Chester H LR) 2000: Academy Award (c Danehill) ran twice. Sire.

2001: SOVIET BELLE (f Soviet Star) Winner at 2.

Broodmare.

2002: Danielli (f Danehill). Broodmare.

2005: EVA’S REQUEST (f Soviet Star) Sold 98,521gns yearling at GOOY1. 5 wins at 2 to 4, C L Weld Park S G3, Princess Elizabeth S G3, Rosemary H LR, EBF Conqueror S LR, 2nd EBF Dick Hern Fillies S LR, 3rd Totesport Prestige S G3, Cape Verdi S G3.

2006: Bachelor Bell (c Bachelor Duke) unraced.

2nd Dam: Bodelle by Falcon. 8 wins, 2nd Benson & Hedges H. Hurdle LR. Dam of INGABELLE (f Taufan, see above) Broodmare Sire: TAUFAN. Sire of the dams of 13 Stakes winners. In 2009 - EVA’S REQUEST Soviet Star G3.

EVA’S REQUEST ch f 2005 Nureyev SOVIET STAR b 84 Veruschka

Taufan INGABELLE b 84 Bodelle

Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Forli Special Thong Relic Venture Rose O’Lynn Vandale Marie d’Anjou Marigold Hail To Reason Stop The Music Bebopper Sadair Stolen Date Stolen Hour Milesian Falcon Pretty Swift Gratitude Shade Summer Tan

111 PRIX DE ROYAUMONT G3 CHANTILLY. June 7. 3yof. 2400m.

1. QUETSCHE (USA) 9-0 £38,835 bbr f by Gone West - Que Belle (Seattle Dancer) O-Ecurie Des Monceaux B-Malibu Farm LLC TR-J-C Rouget 2. Shamakiya (IRE) 9-0 £15,534 b f by Intikhab - Shamadara (Kahyasi) O/B-HH The Aga Khan TR-A de Royer-Dupre 3. Becqu Adoree (FR) 9-0 £11,650 b f by Nombre Premier - L’Etoile La Lune (Groom Dancer) O-Ecurie Camacho Courses B-Bernard Becquart TR-F Rossi

Age 2-3

Starts 7

Wins 4

Places 1

Earned £93,594

Sire: GONE WEST. Sire of 81 Stakes winners. In 2009 - QUETSCHE Seattle Dancer G3.

1st Dam: QUE BELLE by Seattle Dancer. 5 wins, Preis der Diana G2, Henkel Rennen G2, 2nd Prix Ganay G1, 3rd Aral-Pokal G1. Dam of 3 winners: 2002: OSIDY (c Storm Cat) 4 wins at 2 to 4, Will Rogers S G3, 3rd Del Mar Derby G2.

2003: (c A P Indy) 2004: Grant The Glory (c War Chant) unraced.

2005: TRINKILA (f Cat Thief) Winner at 2.

2006: QUETSCHE (f Gone West) 4 wins at 3, Prix de Royaumont G3, Prix Caravelle LR. 2007: Legend Cat (f Storm Cat) unraced to date.

2008: (c Mineshaft) 2nd Dam: Qui Bid by Spectacular Bid. unraced. Own sister to SUM. Dam of QUE BELLE, ALYBGOOD (f Alydeed: Indian Maid S LR), QUARTIER LATIN (c Woodman: Hapag Lloyd Pokal LR. Grandam of QUELLE AMORE, QSAR, CLASSICAL SLEW. Broodmare Sire: SEATTLE DANCER. Sire of the dams of 42 Stakes winners. In 2009 - QUETSCHE Gone West G3, CUSTARD Lonhro LR. QUETSCHE b/br f 2006 Native Dancer Raise You Nashua Gold Digger Sequence Bold Ruler Secretariat Somethingroyal Tim Tam Tamerett Mixed Marriage Northern Dancer Nijinsky Flaming Page Poker My Charmer Fair Charmer Bold Bidder Spectacular Bid Spectacular Native Royalty Qui Royalty Qui Blink Raise A Native Mr Prospector GONE WEST b 84 Secrettame

Seattle Dancer QUE BELLE b 94 Qui Bid

112 PRIX PAUL DE MOUSSAC G3 CHANTILLY. June 7. 3yoc&g. 1600m.

1. OISEAU DE FEU (USA) 8-10 £38,835 b c by Stravinsky - Slewadora (Seattle Slew) O-B Weill B-Gallaghers Stud TR-J-C Rouget 2. Handsome Maestro (IRE) 8-10 £15,534 b c by Dansili - Graceful Bering (Bering) O-S Chiboub B-Le Thenney SA TR-D Smaga 3. Orizaba (IRE) 8-10 £11,650 b c by Orpen - Jus’chillin’ (Elbio) O-Godolphin B-W Powell-Harris TR-S bin Suroor Margins Short neck, 2.5. Time 1:37.30 (slow 1.30).

Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 8

Wins 5

Places 3

Earned £112,033

Sire: STRAVINSKY. Sire of 51 Stakes winners. In 2009 - BIRD OF FIRE Comet Shine G2, MISS MAREN Brilliant Invader G3, OISEAU DE FEU Seattle Slew G3, KIRVINSKY Scenic LR, WAVELINE Boston Harbor LR. 1st Dam: SLEWADORA by Seattle Slew. Winner at 4 in USA. Dam of 1 winner: 2005: Noop (f Victory Gallop) ran on the flat in USA. 2006: OISEAU DE FEU (c Stravinsky) Sold 38,515gns 2yo at ARAPR. 5 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix Paul de Moussac G3, 3rd Prix de Fontainebleau G3.

2007: Slew of Hope (f Victory Gallop) unraced.

2nd Dam: Adorable Minister by Deputy Minister. unraced.

Dam of GRATIAEN (c Cure The Blues: Albany H LR), CUTE COGNAC (f Hennessy: Office Miss S LR)

OISEAU DE FEU b c 2006 Nearctic Natalma Nureyev Forli Special Thong STRAVINSKY b 96 Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Fire The Groom Mr Prospector Prospector’s Fire Native Street Boldnesian Bold Reasoning Reason To Earn Seattle Slew Poker My Charmer Fair Charmer SLEWADORA b/br 99 Vice Regent Deputy Minister Mint Copy Adorable Minister Riverman Adorable Micol Turn To Me Northern Dancer

113 GERMAN 1000 GUINEAS G2 DUSSELDORF. June 7. 3yof. 1600m.

1. PENNY’S GIFT (GB) 9-2 £73,786 b f by Tobougg - Happy Lady (Cadeaux Genereux) O-Malcolm Brown, Mrs Penny Brown B-Capt AL Smith-Maxwell TR-R Hannon 2. Fabiana (GB) 9-2 £27,184 ch f by Ashkalani - Fox Croft (Bustino) O-Stall Molenhof B-Mrs R Pease TR-A Lowe 3. Entre Deux Eaux (FR) 9-2 £13,592 gr f by Ange Gabriel - Goutte d’Eau (Vacarme) O-R Jesus, Mlle M Vidal B-R Jesus TR-R Collet Margins Neck, head. Time 1:39.29. Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 12

Wins 5

Places 4

Earned £276,347

Sire: TOBOUGG. Sire of 7 Stakes winners. In 2009 PENNY’S GIFT Cadeaux Genereux G2, BORN TOBOUGGIE Dancing Brave LR, LADY ALIDA Dashing Blade LR, BOUGGLER Night Shift LR.

The Stravinsky/Seattle Slew cross has produced: BALMONT G1, OISEAU DE FEU G3.

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Age 2-6

Starts 22

Wins 6

Places 10

1st Dam: Happy Lady by Cadeaux Genereux. Dam of 3 winners: 2001: CHORUS BEAUTY (f Royal Applause) 2 wins at 2 and 3.

2002: HOMME DANGEREUX (g Royal Applause) Winner at 3.

2005: Scrap N’Dust (f Averti) 2006: PENNY’S GIFT (f Tobougg) Sold 7,000gns foal, 10,000gns yearling. 5 wins, German 1000 Guineas G2, Bosra Sham Fillies’ S LR, 2nd Lowther S G2, Albany S G3, 3rd Better Bet European Free H LR. 2007: Brinscall (f Lucky Story) 2nd Dam: SIWAAYIB by Green Desert. 3 wins 2-3.

Dam of RAINBOW WAYS (c Rainbow Quest: Silver Cup Rated S LR, 2nd Yorkshire Cup G2), Kentucky Ray (c Noverre: 2nd Criterium del Mediterraneo LR).

Broodmare Sire: CADEAUX GENEREUX. Sire of the dams of 24 Stakes winners. In 2009 - PENNY’S GIFT Tobougg G2, MISHEER Oasis Dream G2.

The Tobougg/Cadeaux Genereux cross has produced: PENNY’S GIFT G2, Burnwynd Boy G3.

PENNY’S GIFT b f 2006 Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Habitat Brocade Canton Silk TOBOUGG b 98 Majestic Prince Majestic Light Irradiate Lacovia Secretariat Hope For All Hopespringseternal Balidar Young Generation Brig O’Doon Cadeaux Genereux Sharpen Up Smarten Up L’Anguissola HAPPY LADY b 96 Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier Siwaayib Caro Ma Petite Cherie Lady B Gay Sadler’s Wells

Barathea

114 BALLYCORUS S G3

1. DUFF (IRE) 6 9-9 £41,019 b g by Spinning World - Shining Prospect (Lycius) O-Kilboy Estate B-Kilboy Estate TR-Edward Lynam 2. Dohasa (IRE) 4 9-9 £11,990 b g by Bold Fact - Zara’s Birthday (Waajib) O-Sean Jones B-Eamon D Delany TR-GM Lyons 3. Georgebernardshaw (IRE) 4 9-9 £5,680 b c by Danehill Dancer - Khamseh (Thatching) O-Mrs J Magnier B-Quay Bldstk TR-AP O’Brien

Earned £200,927

Sire: SPINNING WORLD. Sire of 38 Stakes winners.

In 2009 - SPIN AROUND Noalcoholic G1, DUFF Lycius G3.

1st Dam: Shining Prospect by Lycius. unraced. Dam of 3 winners: 2000: Todi (f Spinning World) unraced. Broodmare.

2001: March (c Danehill). died at 3 years.

2003: DUFF (g Spinning World) 6 wins, Ballycorus S G3, Platinum S LR, City of York S LR, Golden Rose S LR, Sunbury S LR, 2nd GNER Park S G2, Rochestown S LR, Cleves S LR, 3rd Platinum S LR (twice), Guisborough S LR. 2004: ESSENTIAL FEAR (f Pivotal) Winner at 3.

2005: MOURINHO (g Cape Cross) 2 wins 3-4.

2006: Dasha (f Kyllachy) 2007: (f Oasis Dream) 2009: (f Modigliani) 2nd Dam: Lustre by Halo. 1 win at 2, 3rd Wallis S LR. Dam of VALLEY OF GOLD (f Shirley Heights: Oaks d’Italia G1, 2nd Prix Vermeille G1, 3rd Irish Oaks G1), DUBLIN (c Carson City: Vintage S G3, 3rd National S G1), Dream Play (f In The Wings: 3rd Prix de Malleret G2). Grandam of SPLENDID ERA. Broodmare Sire: LYCIUS. Sire of the dams of 17 Stakes winners. In 2009 - DUFF Spinning World G3, EMILY BLAKE Lend A Hand G3, TAMAZIRTE Danehill Dancer G3.

DUFF b g 2003 Northern Dancer Nureyev

LEOPARDSTOWN. June 11. 3yo+. 7f.

Broodmare Sire: SEATTLE SLEW. Sire of the dams of 156 Stakes winners. In 2009 - TWO STEP SALSA Petionville G2, CHOCOLATE CANDY Candy Ride G3, INDIVIDUAL DANCE Dance Brightly G3, OISEAU DE FEU Stravinsky G3, REACH THE CROWN Special Week G3.

Margins Neck, 1.25. Time 1:26.37 (slow 0.57).

Going Good.

Special SPINNING WORLD ch 93 Riverman Imperfect Circle Aviance Mr Prospector Lycius Lypatia SHINING PROSPECT b 95 Halo Lustre White Star Line

Nearctic Natalma Forli Thong Never Bend River Lady Northfields Minnie Hauk Raise A Native Gold Digger Lyphard Hypatia Hail To Reason Cosmah Northern Dancer Fast Line

115 PRIX DU CHEMIN DE FER DU NORD G3 CHANTILLY. June 14. 4yo+. 1600m.

1. BEACON LODGE (IRE) 4 8-11 £38,835 b c by Clodovil - Royal House (Royal Academy) O-Mr And Mrs P Hargreaves B-Mrs Bill O’Neill TR-CG Cox 2. Sahpresa (USA) 4 8-8 £15,534 b f by Sahm - Sorpresa (Pleasant Tap) O/B-DO McIntyre TR-R Collet 3. Precious Boy (GER) 4 9-2 £11,650 bbr c by Big Shuffle - Pretty Su (Surumu) O/B-Gestut Park Wiedingen TR-W Hickst Margins 3, 1. Time 1:34.87 (fast 1.13).

Going Good to soft.

Age 2-4

Starts 9

Wins 4

Places 3

Earned £106,462

Sire: CLODOVIL. Sire of 2 Stakes winners. In 2009 BEACON LODGE Royal Academy G3.

1st Dam: ROYAL HOUSE by Royal Academy. 2 wins at 2 and 3. Dam of 5 winners: 2000: Lips Plane (f Ashkalani) Winner at 2 in Italy, 2nd P.Repubbliche Marinare-Trofeo Tattersall LR, 3rd Premio Dormello G3. Dam of LIPS ARROW (f Big Shuffle: 3 wins at 2 and 3 in Germany, Dallmayr Prodomo Trophy G. Sprint Preis LR, Grosser Preis des Autoring Hannover LR, 2nd Premio Carlo Chiesa G3) 2001: SUGARHONEYBABY (f Docksider) 4 wins at 3 and 4, Knockaire S LR. Broodmare.

2002: Royal Island (g Trans Island) 6 wins, 2nd Vodafone Woodcote S LR. 2003: PENT HOUSE (f Titus Livius) Winner at 3.

2005: BEACON LODGE (c Clodovil) Sold 58,000gns foal at TADEF, 150,000gns yearling at TAOC1.

4 wins at 2 and 4 at home, France, Horris Hill S G3, Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord G3, Spring Trophy LR, 2nd John of Gaunt S G3.

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Caulfield on Quijano: “The Gran Premio di Milano winner’s third dam is Vallee Dansante, the daughter of Lyphard who also appears as the second dam of Derby hero Authorized” 2nd Dam: REINE CAROLINE by Pharly. 2 wins, Prix de la Vallee d’Auge LR, 2nd Prix d’Arenberg G3, Prix Eclipse G3. Dam of RANGER (c Un Desperado: Prix de Guiche G3, Bay Meadows Derby G3), Romanche (f Galetto: 3rd Prix Urban Sea LR). Grandam of REINE DE ROMANCE. Broodmare Sire: ROYAL ACADEMY. Sire of the dams of 68 Stakes winners. In 2009 - HEART OF DREAMS Show A Heart G1, TRINCOT Peintre Celebre G2, BEACON LODGE Clodovil G3, FOXYSOX Foxhound G3, MAJESTIC MUSIC Al Maher G3, SWEET AUGUST MOON Malibu Moon G3, AMADO MIO Our Emblem LR, CALRISSIAN Efisio LR, MRS KIPLING Exceed And Excel LR, PEACH PEARL Invincible Spirit LR, PERGRAM General Nediym LR, RAFIYA Jallad LR, STAR ENCOUNTER Jeune LR, KEMPES Intikhab LR.

GRACE O’MALLEY b f 2006 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge REFUSE TO BEND b 2000 Gulch Market Slide Grenzen Shirley Heights Darshaan Delsy LIONNE b 96 Blakeney Percy’s Lass Laughing Girl

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Mr Prospector Jameela Grenfall My Poly Mill Reef Hardiemma Abdos Kelty Hethersett Windmill Girl Sassafras Violetta III

Danzig Razyana CLODOVIL gr 2000 Linamix Clodora Cloche d’Or Nijinsky Royal Academy Crimson Saint ROYAL HOUSE b 95 Pharly Reine Caroline Royal Model

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Mendez Lunadix Good Times Chrysicabana Northern Dancer Flaming Page Crimson Satan Bolero Rose Lyphard Comely Bold Lad Royal Display

CORK. June 14. 3yo+. 12f.

1. GRACE O’MALLEY (IRE) 3 8-9 £56,796 b f by Refuse To Bend - Lionne (Darshaan) O-Mrs CL Weld B-Hawthorn Villa Stud TR-DK Weld 2. Tanoura (IRE) 3 8-10 £16,602 b f by Dalakhani - Takarouna (Green Dancer) O-HH The Aga Khan B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-John M Oxx 3. Jakarta Jazz (IRE) 3 8-9 £7,864 b f by Marju - Jakarta Jade (Royal Abjar) O-Lady O’Reilly B-Skymarc Farm, Castlemartin Stud TR-K Prendergast Margins short head, 2.5. Time 2:29.97 (fast 0.03).

Going Good.

Starts 2

Wins 1

1. WIENER WALZER (GER) 9-2 £58,252 b c by Dynaformer - Walzerkoenigin (Kingmambo) O/B-Gestut Schlenderhan TR-J Hirchberger 2. Oriental Lion (GB) 9-2 £22,330 b c by Seattle Dancer - Oriental Flower (Big Shuffle) O/B-Gestut Auenquelle TR-U Ostmann 3. Panyu (GER) 9-2 £11,650 b c by Monsun - Prairie Darling (Stanford) O/B-Frau C Ostermann-Richter TR-P Schiergen Margins 1.25, head. Time 2:16.81. Going Good.

Starts 2

Wins 1

Places 0

Earned £2,913

Sire: DYNAFORMER. Sire of 85 Stakes winners. In 2009 - AMERICAIN Arazi G2, GOZZIP GIRL Kingmambo G2, WIENER WALZER Kingmambo G2, SOCIAL QUEEN Irgun G3, VACATION Seeking The Gold G3, ALWAARY Unfuwain LR, DISTANCE DONE Emperor Jones LR, DUKE OF HOMBERG Woodman LR, GUANTANA Monsun LR, DYNASKILL Transworld LR, TAX RULING Mr Prospector LR. 1st Dam: WALZERKOENIGIN by Kingmambo. 5 wins 2-4, Premio Emilio Turati G2, Euro Cup G2, 2nd Flower Bowl Invitational S G1. Dam of 2 winners: 2005: WALZERTRAUM (c Rahy) 2 wins at 3 in Germany, German Tote Bavarian Classic G3.

2006: WIENER WALZER (c Dynaformer) 1 win at 3 in Germany, Oppenheim Union-Rennen G2.

2007: Waltzing Wonder (c Monsun) unraced to date.

117 PRIX DE DIANE G1 CHANTILLY. June 14. 3yof. 2100m.

116 NOBLESSE S G3

Age 2-3

COLOGNE. June 14. 3yo. 2200m.

Age 2-3

BEACON LODGE b c 2005 Danehill

118 UNION-RENNEN G2

Places 0

Earned £7,875

Sire: REFUSE TO BEND. Sire of 2 Stakes winners.

In 2009 - GRACE O’MALLEY Darshaan G3.

1st Dam: Lionne by Darshaan. unraced. Dam of 6 winners: 2000: GREAT IDEA (f Lion Cavern) Winner at 2.

2001: ALEXANDER DUCHESS (f Desert Prince) 2 wins at 2. Broodmare.

2003: JADALEE (g Desert Prince) 2 wins at 2 and 3, March S LR, 2nd BGC Gordon S G3.

2004: COEUR DE LIONNE (g Invincible Spirit) 3 wins at 3.

2005: HALL HEE (f Invincible Spirit) 2 wins at 3.

2006: GRACE O’MALLEY (f Refuse To Bend) Sold 140,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 1 win at 2, Kerry Group EBF Noblesse S G3.

2nd Dam: PERCY’S LASS by Blakeney. 5 wins at 2 to 4 September S G3, 3rd Sun Chariot S G2. Own sister to Percy’s Girl. Dam of SIR PERCY (c Mark of Esteem: Derby S G1, Darley Dewhurst S G1, 2nd 2000 Guineas G1), Blue Lion (g Lomond: 3rd Scottish Classic G3) Broodmare Sire: DARSHAAN. Sire of the dams of 135 Stakes winners. In 2009 - BLACK BEAR ISLAND Sadler’s Wells G2, FRONT HOUSE Sadler’s Wells G2, CLAREMONT Sadler’s Wells G3, CURTAIN CALL Sadler’s Wells G3, FANTASIA Sadler’s Wells G3, GRACE O’MALLEY Refuse To Bend G3, LILLIE LANGTRY Danehill Dancer G3, ALANDI Galileo LR, BARON DE’L In The Wings LR, HINDU KUSH Sadler’s Wells LR, PERFECT TRUTH Galileo LR, RENOWING Halling LR, ROSALEEN Cadeaux Genereux LR, SUESTADO Monsun LR, SUZI’S DECISION Act One LR, ASHKAZAR Sadler’s Wells LR, JUMBO RIO Captain Rio LR, SILK AFFAIR Barathea LR.

1. STACELITA (FR) 9-0 £443,806 bl f by Monsun - Soignee (Dashing Blade) O-Ecurie Monastic B-Alec & Ghislaine Head TR-J-C Rouget 2. Tamazirte (IRE) 9-0 £177,553 b f by Danehill Dancer - Tanami Desert (Lycius) O-Ecurie Vallee Martigny, Mme L Rabineau B-Churchtown Bloodstock Ltd TR-J-C Rouget 3. Plumania (GB) 9-0 £88,777 b f by Anabaa - Featherquest (Rainbow Quest) O/B-Wertheimer et Frere TR-A Fabre Margins 4, 0.5. Time 2:06.23 (fast 1.77).

Going Good to soft.

Age 2-3

Starts 5

Wins 5

Places 0

2nd Dam: Great Revival by Keen. Dam of WALZERKOENIGIN. Grandam of Mrs Snow, Wadaat.

Broodmare Sire: KINGMAMBO. Sire of the dams of 25 Stakes winners. In 2009 - GALLICA Redoute’s Choice G1, GOZZIP GIRL Dynaformer G2, WIENER WALZER Dynaformer G2.

The Dynaformer/Kingmambo cross has produced: GOZZIP GIRL G1, OCEAN SILK G1, WIENER WALZER G2.

WIENER WALZER b c 2006 Hail To Reason

Earned £621,255

Roberto Bramalea DYNAFORMER b 85 His Majesty

Sire: MONSUN. Sire of 70 SWs. In 2009 - STACELITA Dashing Blade G1, MISS EUROPA Rahy G2.

1st Dam: SOIGNEE by Dashing Blade. 2 wins at 2 in Germany, Kronimus Rennen LR, 2nd Prix des Reservoirs G3. Dam of 1 winner: 2006: STACELITA (f Monsun) 5 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix de Diane G1, Prix Saint-Alary G1, Prix Rose de Mai LR. 2007: Sandy Girl (f Footstepsinthesand) unraced.

2nd Dam: Suivez by Fioravanti. 2 win, 2nd Kronimus Rennen LR, IDEE Festa Rennen LR. Dam of SIMOUN (g Monsun: Idee Hansa-Preis G2, Grosser MercedesBenz Preis G2), SHINING (c Surumu: Preis der Landwirtschaft LR), SOUDAINE (f Monsun: Preis der Hotellerie LR, 3rd Grosser Preis der Helaba Hessen Pokal G3), SOIGNEE. Grandam of SUESTADO. Broodmare Sire: DASHING BLADE. Sire of the dams of 24 SWs. In 2009 - STACELITA Monsun G1, PROUDINSKY Silvano G2.

The Monsun/Dashing Blade cross has produced: STACELITA G1, NOBLE STELLA G2.

See race 79 for pedigree analysis.

STACELITA bl f 2006 Dschingis Khan Konigsstuhl Konigskronung MONSUN br 90 Surumu Mosella Monasia Elegant Air Dashing Blade Sharp Castan SOIGNEE b 2002 Fioravanti Suivez Sea Symphony

Tamerlane Donna Diana Tiepoletto Kronung Literat Surama Authi Monacensia Shirley Heights Elegant Tern Sharpen Up Sultry One Northern Dancer Pitasia Faraway Son Southern Seas

Andover Way On The Trail Mr Prospector Kingmambo Miesque WALZERKOENIGIN b 99 Keen Great Revival Prudent Girl

Turn-To Nothirdchance Nashua Rarelea Ribot Flower Bowl Olympia Golden Trail Raise A Native Gold Digger Nureyev Pasadoble Sharpen Up Doubly Sure Primera Bride Elect

119 GRAN PREMIO DI MILANO G1 MILAN. June 14. 3yo+. 2400m.

1. QUIJANO (GER) 7 9-7 £111,407 ch g by Acatenango - Quila (Unfuwain) O/B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof TR-P Schiergen 2. Age of Reason (UAE) 4 9-7 £44,563 b g by Halling - Time Changes (Danzig) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Saeed bin Suroor 3. Voila Ici (IRE) 4 9-7 £22,281 gr c by Daylami - Far Hope (Barathea) O-Scuderia Incolinx B-Soc Finanza Locale Consulting TR-V Caruso Margins 1, head. Time 2:29.60. Going Good.

Age 3-7

Starts 27

Wins 14

Places Earned 6 £1,163,287

2nd Deutschland-Preis G1, Northern Dancer Turf S G1, Hong Kong Vase G1, Dubai City of Gold S G2, 3rd Canadian International S G1.

2003: QUICUYO (g Acatenango) 4 wins.

2005: Quirigua (f Intikhab) unraced.

2008: (c Konigstiger) 2009: (f Monsun) Broodmare Sire: UNFUWAIN. Sire of the dams of 24 Stakes winners. In 2009 - QUIJANO Acatenango G1, ALWAARY Dynaformer LR, PAN RIVER Red Bishop LR, ALFIE FLITS Machiavellian LR. The Acatenango/Unfuwain cross has produced: QUIJANO G1, GUADALAJARA G2.

QUIJANO ch g 2002 Birkhahn Lis Reliance II Surama Suncourt Combat Aggressor Phaetonia Mr Jinks Raven Locks Gentlemen’s Relish Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Bustino Height of Fashion Highclere Blushing Groom Rainbow Quest I Will Follow Lyphard Vallee Dansante Green Valley Literat Surumu ACATENANGO ch 82 Aggravate

Unfuwain QUILA ch 97 Quest of Fire

For the second time in two years the Gran Premio di Milano fell to Acatenango’s well travelled son Quijano. The seven-year-old gelding improved his record to 14 wins from 27 starts in a career which has seen him show high-class form not only in his native Germany but also in Dubai, Canada, Hong Kong and Italy.

Quijano’s sire Acatenango died in 2005 at the age of 23. Himself a winner of 16 of his 24 starts, including the Deutsches Derby, Aral-Pokal, Grosser Preis von Baden and Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, the Gestut Fahrhof stallion was responsible for such outstanding German performers as Borgia and Lando, and the Prix du Jockey-Club winner Blue Canari.

Lando won the Gran Premio di Milano and sired the 2001 winner Paolini.

Quijano’s third dam is Vallee Dansante, the daughter of Lyphard who also appears as the second dam of the Derby-winning Authorized.

Vallee Dansante produced Authorized’s dam Funsie to Rainbow Quest’s son Saumarez and she visited Rainbow Quest himself to produce Quijano’s second dam Quest Of Fire, a minor winner over nine furlongs in France. As a half-brother to Blushing Groom’s outstanding son Nashwan, Unfuwain was a popular choice for Rainbow Quest mares and this cross produced Quijano’s useful dam Quila.

This family also produced the 2008 Prix Greffulhe winner Prospect Wells.

120 PRIX DU LYS G3 CHANTILLY. June 14. 3yo. 2400m.

Sire: ACATENANGO. Sire of 75 Stakes winners. In 2009 - QUIJANO Unfuwain G1, AMBASSADOR Bold Ruckus G2, LATIN MOOD Bering LR. 1st Dam: QUILA by Unfuwain. Winner at 2 in Germany. Dam of 2 winners: 2002: QUIJANO (g Acatenango) Champion older horse in Germany in 2007, Champion older horse in Italy in 2008. 14 wins at 4 to 7, Gran Premio di Milano G1 (twice), Grosser Preis von Baden G1, Dubai City of Gold S G3, Ilse und Heinz Ramm-Erinnerungsrennen LR (twice),

1. CLAREMONT (IRE) 8-11 £38,835 b c by Sadler’s Wells - Mezzo Soprano (Darshaan) O-Sheikh Mohammed B-Darley TR-A Fabre 2. World Heritage (GB) 8-11 £15,534 b c by Kahyasi - Imbabala (Zafonic) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-P Bary 3. Almail (USA) 8-11 £11,650 b c by Swain - Khassah (Green Desert) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Shadwell Farm LLC TR-F Head Margins 0.5, short neck. Time 2:28.62 (fast 0.38).

Going Good to soft.

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Starts 5

Wins 2

Places 3

Earned £81,698

Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of 306 Stakes winners.

In 2009 - ASK Rainbow Quest G1, BLACK BEAR ISLAND Darshaan G2, FRONT HOUSE Darshaan G2, CLAREMONT Darshaan G3, CURTAIN CALL Darshaan G3, DOCTOR FREMANTLE Rainbow Quest G3, FANTASIA Darshaan G3, HINDU KUSH Darshaan LR, POSEIDON ADVENTURE Gulch LR, POUVOIR ABSOLU Nureyev LR, ASHKAZAR Darshaan LR, THE FIST OF GOD Woodman LR. 1st Dam: MEZZO SOPRANO by Darshaan. 4 wins at 2 and 3 at home, France, UAE, Prix VermeilleFouquet’s Barriere G1. Dam of 1 winner: 2005: Big Cat Country (c Storm Cat) unraced.

2006: CLAREMONT (c Sadler’s Wells) 2 wins at 3 in France, Prix du Lys G3, 2nd Prix de l’Avre LR, 3rd Prix Hocquart G2.

2007: Perfect Note (f Shamardal) unraced to date.

2009: (f Street Cry) 2nd Dam: MORN OF SONG by Blushing Groom. 3 wins. Own sister to RAHY. Dam of MEZZO SOPRANO (f Darshaan, see above), EMIRATES TO DUBAI (c Storm Cat: Red Wing Dream S LR) Broodmare Sire: DARSHAAN. Sire of the dams of 135 Stakes winners. In 2009 - BLACK BEAR ISLAND Sadler’s Wells G2, FRONT HOUSE Sadler’s Wells G2, CLAREMONT Sadler’s Wells G3, CURTAIN CALL Sadler’s Wells G3, FANTASIA Sadler’s Wells G3, GRACE O’MALLEY Refuse To Bend G3, LILLIE LANGTRY Danehill Dancer G3.

1995: (f Balla Cove) 1996: SUPER PERFORMANCE (g Mujadil) 3 wins at 4 and 5 in Hong Kong.

1998: ZACHOLIV (f Desert Style) 2 wins at 3.

Broodmare.

2001: FUEL CELL (g Desert Style) 4 wins.

2003: Xarzee (f Xaar) ran twice.

2005: PACO BOY (c Desert Style) Sold 12,157gns foal at GONO1, 10,508gns yearling at TIDEC, 30,000gns 2yo at DNAPR. 9 wins at 2 to 4 at home, France, Queen Anne S G1, Total Prix de la Foret G1, Betfair Cup Lennox S G2, CGA Hungerford S G2, Bet365 Mile G2, Bathwick Tyres Greenham S G3, Spring Cup LR. 2006: TARTAN TURBAN (c Invincible Spirit) Winner at 2.

Paco Boy now has the proud record of nine wins from 15 starts, and has obviously proved a great bargain at the 30,000gns he cost Peter Doyle at Doncaster as a two-year-old.

No wonder he came to the attention of the Hannon team, as his dam, seven-furlong winner Tappen Zee, is a half-sister to Cape Town, a Desert Style colt Richard Hannon trained to win the Free Handicap and finish third in the Irish 2,000 Guineas.

2nd Dam: ROSSALDENE by Mummy’s Pet. 1 win at 2. Dam of CAPE TOWN (c Desert Style: Victor Chandler European Free H LR, Michael Page International Silver Trophy LR, 2nd Attheraces Mile S G2, 3rd Entenmann’s Irish 2000 Guineas G1), REGIMENT (c Shaadi: Easter S LR), Green’s Ferneley (c Taufan: 3rd Bovis Autumn S LR), Lammastide (f Martinmas: 3rd Precocious National S LR). Grandam of COCONUT JOHNNY, Harvest Warrior, Gypsy Johnny. Third dam of ELECTRIC BEAT.

122 KING’S STAND S G1

Broodmare Sire: SANDHURST PRINCE. Sire of the dams of 8 Stakes winners. In 2009 - PACO BOY Desert Style G1.

PACO BOY b c 2005 Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier

The Sadler’s Wells/Darshaan cross has produced: EBADIYLA G1, ELECTION DAY G1, FANTASIA G1, FRONT HOUSE G1, GAGNOA G1, GREEK DANCE G1, HIGH CHAPARRAL G1, ISLINGTON G1, MILAN G1, QUARTER MOON G1, SEPTIMUS G1, YESTERDAY G1, BLACK BEAR ISLAND G2, CLAREMONT G2, CRIMSON TIDE G2, CURTAIN CALL G2, EZIMA G2, TIME ON G2, GYPSY KING G3, NEW MORNING G3, ALMA MATER LR, ASHKAZAR LR, HINDU KUSH LR, HONORIA LR, MUSHA MERR LR, NALANI LR, ZAIYAD LR. CLAREMONT b c 2006 Nearco Lady Angela Native Dancer Natalma Almahmoud SADLER’S WELLS b 81 Hail To Reason Bold Reason Lalun Fairy Bridge Forli Special Thong Mill Reef Shirley Heights Hardiemma Darshaan Abdos Delsy Kelty MEZZO SOPRANO b/br 2000 Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Morn of Song Halo Glorious Song Ballade Nearctic

Northern Dancer

121 QUEEN ANNE S G1 ASCOT. June 16. 4yo+. 8f.

1. PACO BOY (IRE) 4 9-0 £167,472 b c by Desert Style - Tappen Zee (Sandhurst Prince) O-The Calvera Partnership No 2 B-Mrs Joan Browne TR-R Hannon 2. Cesare (GB) 8 9-0 £63,484 b g by Machiavellian - Tromond (Lomond) O/B-Cheveley Park Stud TR-JR Fanshawe 3. Aqlaam (GB) 4 9-0 £31,772 b c by Oasis Dream - Bourbonella (Rainbow Quest) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Granham Farm TR-WJ Haggas Margins 1.5, 0.5. Time 1:39.31 (fast 0.49).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2-4

Starts 14

Wins 9

Places 2

Earned £560,059

Sire: DESERT STYLE. Sire of 17 Stakes winners. In 2009 - PACO BOY Sandhurst Prince G1.

1st Dam: TAPPEN ZEE by Sandhurst Prince. 2 wins at 3. Dam of 6 winners: 1992: Tappen Lady (f Doulab) 1993: MAWINGO (g Taufan) 3 wins at 3 inc. Dom Ruinart Champagne Handicap, Newmarket, Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur Handicap, Newmarket.

DESERT STYLE b 92 High Top Organza Canton Silk Pampapaul Sandhurst Prince Blue Shark TAPPEN ZEE ch 86 Mummy’s Pet Rossaldene Palestra

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Derring-Do Camenae Runnymede Clouded Lamp Yellow God Pampalina Silver Shark Well Armed Sing Sing Money For Nothing Palestine TSF

Thanks to such as Cape Cross, Invincible Spirit and Oasis Dream, Green Desert has an enviable reputation as a sire of sires. And we certainly shouldn’t overlook Desert Style’s contribution, either, as he has consistently shown himself capable of producing the occasional top performer, the latest being Paco Boy, winner of the Queen Anne Stakes.

This was the second Gr1 success for Paco Boy, as he had followed Caradak as the second son of Desert Style to win the Prix de la Foret when he landed the 2008 event.

Paco Boy is one of five Gr1 winners

by Desert Style, the others being the French and Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Bachir, the Prix Vermeille and Prix de l’Opera heroine Mandesha, and the German Derby winner Next Desert.

As four of the five have gained at least one of their Gr1 successes in France, it was a sensible move for Desert Style to leave Ireland for Haras du Hoguenet. It’s possible to argue that Desert Style has rarely received the recognition he deserves, the prejudice possibly stemming from the fact that he won nothing more important than a Gr3 event.

However, he possesses some powerful bloodlines, as his dam was a half-sister to the dam of the very successful Barathea, and he was good enough to be rated the champion three-year-old sprinter in Europe in 1995.

100 THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

ASCOT. June 16. 3yo+. 5f.

1. SCENIC BLAST (AUS) 5 9-4 £170,310 bbr g by Scenic - Daughter’s Charm (Delgado) O-Elio Anthony Galante & Partners B-Durham Lodge Thoroughbred Stud TR-Daniel Morton 2. Fleeting Spirit (IRE) 4 9-1 £64,560 b f by Invincible Spirit - Millennium Tale (Distant Relative) O-The Searchers B-Mrs B Hayden TR-J Noseda 3. Anglezarke (IRE) 3 8-9 £32,310 br f by Acclamation - Welsh Mist (Damister) O-David W Armstrong B-Mount Coote Stud TR-TD Easterby Margins 0.75, 2.75. Time 0:59.54 (fast 0.46).

Going Good to firm.

Age Starts 5 1 In Australia

Wins 1 7

Places Earned 0 £170,310 7 $1,532,400

Sire: SCENIC. Sire of 72 Stakes winners. In 2009 CONISTON BLUEBIRD Bellotto G1, SCENIC BLAST Delgado G1, SCENIC SHOT Dr Grace G1, GRAND NIRVANA Bletchley Park G3, MARASCO Is It True G3, UNIVERSAL RULER Hurricane Sky G3, PRINCESS MARIZZA Nassipour LR. 1st Dam: Daughter’s Charm by Delgado. 6 wins in Australia, 2nd West Australian Oaks G1. Dam of 4 winners: 1994: BRUSCHETTA (f Snippets) 4 wins in Australia.

Dam of HUISKES (f Hussonet: 2 wins in Australia, Motors Saab Elwick S LR) 1996: Smytzer’s Magic (f Monde Bleu) unraced.

1997: Accredited (g Regal Classic) unraced.

1999: CLASSY CHARRMER (f Regal Classic) 5 wins in Australia. Broodmare.

2000: Pure Instinct (f Grand Lodge) unraced.

2001: (f Last Tycoon). died.

2003: GILDED VENOM (g Golden Snake) 8 wins in Australia, Carlton Draught Railway S G1, 2nd Kingston Town Classic G1.

2004: SCENIC BLAST (c Scenic) 8 wins at home, Australia, King’s Stand S G1, Coolmore Lightning S G1, Crown Newmarket H G1, H D F McNeil S G3, Carlton Draught Supremacy S LR, 2nd The Age Caulfield Guineas G1, Healthway Karakatta Plate G2, Danehill S G3, Perth S LR, 3rd Coolemore Stud Ascot Vale S G1, Hyperion S G3.

2005: (f Blackfriars). died.

2nd Dam: ROMANTIC’S DAUGHTER by Romantic.

6 wins in Australia. Dam of Daughter’s Charm (f Delgado, see above). Grandam of ORANGEADE. Third dam of Chocolate Orange. Fourth dam of QUALITY KINGDOM. Broodmare Sire: DELGADO. Sire of the dams of 8 SWs. In 2009 - SCENIC BLAST Scenic G1.

SCENIC BLAST b/br g 2004 Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special SCENIC b 86 What A Pleasure Foolish Pleasure Fool-Me-Not Idyllic Raise A Native Where You Lead Noblesse Tom Rolfe Hoist The Flag Wavy Navy Delgado Prince John Princess Pout Determined Lady DAUGHTER’S CHARM b 87 Princely Gift Romantic Big Romance Romantic’s Daughter Hawa Lorraine Lee Rose Of Summer Northern Dancer

At a meeting where Sadler’s Wells’s son Yeats established himself as one of the greatest long-distance horses of all time, Coolmore’s many-times champion sire also cropped up as the grandsire of Scenic Blast, winner of the Royal meeting’s shortest Gr1 contest, the King’s Stand Stakes.

The Australian raider had previously shown his speed in winning the Gr1 Lightning Stakes over five furlongs and the Gr1 Newmarket Handicap over six. Even so, his speed is surprising, as Scenic won at up to a mile and a quarter and has made his name principally as a sire of such as Viewed (Melbourne Cup), Universal Prince (Australian Derby), Blevic (Victoria Derby), Coniston Bluebird (New Zealand Derby) and Episode (Australasian Oaks).

Scenic Blast’s dam Daughter’s Charm stayed well enough to finish second in the Gr1 West Australian Oaks over a mile and a half. She is also the dam of Gilded Venom, a Golden Snake gelding who won a Gr1 over a mile and a Gr2 over ten and a half furlongs. Daughter’s Charm was bred to stay well, too, as her sire Delgado was a brother to the dual Arc winner Alleged.

The most likely source of Scenic Blast’s speed is Romantic, the sire of his second dam Romantic’s Daughter.

A well-connected son of the very speedy Princely Gift, Romantic was a very smart two-year-old in 1962, when he won both the July Stakes and Richmond Stakes over six furlongs.

Scenic Blast’s third dam, Lorraine Lee, was also by a sprinter imported from Europe, namely Hawa.

According to Timeform, the son of Golden Cloud “clearly does not truly stay six furlongs when enterprisingly ridden”. The next dam, the South Australian Oaks winner Rose Of Summer, won a good race over 15 furlongs, but the likes of Hawa and Romantic seem to have exerted a much stronger influence.

123 ST JAMES’S PALACE S G1 ASCOT. June 16. 3yo. 8f.

1. MASTERCRAFTSMAN (IRE) 9-0 £141,925 gr c by Danehill Dancer - Starlight Dreams (Black Tie Affair) O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Lynch Bages Ltd TR-AP O’Brien 2. Delegator (GB) 9-0 £53,800 b c by Dansili - Indian Love Bird (Efisio) O-Mrs P Good B-Mrs P Good TR-BJ Meehan 3. Lord Shanakill (USA) 9-0 £26,925 bbr c by Speightstown - Green Room (Theatrical) O-Mogeely Stud, Mark T Gittins B-Vimal Khosla, Gillian Khosla et al TR-KR Burke Margins Neck, 1.5. Time 1:39.21 (fast 0.99).

Going Good to firm.

Sadler’s Wells

Age 2-3

Starts 8

Wins 6

Places 1

Earned £711,612

Sire: DANEHILL DANCER. Sire of 93 Stakes winners. In 2009 - AGAIN Kahyasi G1, MASTERCRAFTSMAN Black Tie Affair G1, INDIAN OCEAN Fasliyev G2, WAJIR Caerleon G2, GRAND DUCAL Shirley Heights G3, LILLIE LANGTRY Darshaan G3, TAMAZIRTE Lycius G3, BHUTANE DANE Bite The Bullet LR, CONTEST Brief Truce LR, DANEHILL DESTINY Night Shift LR, DEAUVILLE VISION Dr Devious LR, FEELS ALL RIGHT Old Vic

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Caulfield on Paco Boy: “The Prix de la Foret and Queen Anne Stakes winner, one of five Group 1 winners by Desert Style, has obviously proved a great bargain at 30,000gns” LR, GO CART Scenic LR, JUST MAMBO Kingmambo LR, NEWS ALERT Brief Truce LR, PRIMA NOVA Star Way LR.

2nd Dam: Drei by Lyphard. Dam of PINA COLADA (f Sabrehill: Chandler H, 2nd San Clemente H G2).

Grandam of Ellmau, Nasri, Laureldean Express.

2008: Capacious (c Medicean)

126 JERSEY S G3 ASCOT. June 17. 3yo. 7f.

1st Dam: STARLIGHT DREAMS by Black Tie Affair.

2 wins at 3 in USA. Dam of 3 winners: 2002: NORDHOCK (f Luhuk) Winner at 2.

2003: Film Critic (g King of Kings) unraced.

2004: GENUINE DEVOTION (f Rock of Gibraltar) 5 wins at 2 to 4 in USA, Locust Grove H G3.

2005: Baron Betts (g Fasliyev) unraced.

2006: MASTERCRAFTSMAN (c Danehill Dancer) Champion 2yr old in Europe in 2008. 6 wins at 2 and 3, Irish 2000 Guineas G1, National S G1, Phoenix S G1, St James’s Palace S G1, Railway S G2.

2007: Famous (f Danehill Dancer) 2008: (f Holy Roman Emperor)

Broodmare Sire: MARJU. Sire of the dams of 12 SWs. In 2009 - CANFORD CLIFFS Tagula G2.

CANFORD CLIFFS b c 2007 Stop The Music Taufan Stolen Date TAGULA b 93 Standaan Twin Island Jolly Widow Last Tycoon Marju Flame of Tara MRS MARSH b 2001

2nd Dam: REVES CELESTES by Lyphard. 3 wins at 3. Dam of MATAHIF (g Wassl: Jennings The Bookmakers Zetland S LR, Milka Steher Cup LR, Dansk Eclipse S LR, Fyenslob LR, 3rd Stockholms Cup International G3), Keswa (f Kings Lake: 3rd Premio Giovanni Falck LR). Grandam of PRESSING, MAZUNA, Rajam, Nobilissime.

Lyphard Drei Triple Tipple

Hail To Reason Bebopper Sadair Stolen Hour Zeddaan Castania Busted Veuve Joyeuse Try My Best Mill Princess Artaius Welsh Flame Northern Dancer Goofed Raise A Cup Ameridouble

125 QUEEN MARY S G2 ASCOT. June 17. 2yo. 5f.

Broodmare Sire: BLACK TIE AFFAIR. Sire of the dams of 20 Stakes winners. In 2009 MASTERCRAFTSMAN Danehill Dancer G1.

See race 83 in the July issue for pedigree analysis MASTERCRAFTSMAN ch c 2006 Danzig Danehill Razyana DANEHILL DANCER b 93 Sharpen Up Mira Adonde Lettre d’Amour Miswaki Black Tie Affair Hat Tab Girl STARLIGHT DREAMS gr/ro 95 Lyphard Reves Celestes Tobira Celeste

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Atan Rocchetta Caro Lianga Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Al Hattab Desperate Action Northern Dancer Goofed Ribot Heavenly Body

1. JEALOUS AGAIN (USA) 8-12 £51,093 b f by Trippi - Chi Sa (Bold Ruckus) O-R Abrams, R Brewer, M Dutko, W Ward B-Harold J Plumley TR-Wesley A Ward 2. Misheer (GB) 8-12 £19,368 b f by Oasis Dream - All For Laura (Cadeaux Genereux) O-Saeed Manana B-New England Stud And Partners TR-CE Brittain 3. Ceedwell (GB) 8-12 £9,693 ch f by Exceed And Excel - Muja Farewell (Mujtahid) O-Prime Equestrian B-Minster Stud, Bickerton Racing TR-B Smart Margins 5, 2. Time 1:00.53 (slow 0.53).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 2

Places 1

Earned £85,224

Sire: TRIPPI. Sire of 11 Stakes winners. In 2009 JEALOUS AGAIN Bold Ruckus G2, LET IT ROCK Timeless Native G3, SOK SOK Great Above LR. 1st Dam: CHI SA by Bold Ruckus. 2 wins at 3 in USA. Dam of 5 winners: 1998: Chisame (f Phone Trick). Broodmare.

1999: Bay Victor (c Prospect Bay) unraced.

2000: LADY HELMA (f Helmsman) 6 wins at 2 to 4 in USA. 2001: APPEALING RUCKUS (f Appealing Skier) Winner at 3 in USA. 2003: ASTER TRIPPI (c Trippi) 2 wins at 2 and 4 in Japan.

2004: I’m Comming Thru (c Sweetsouthernsaint) ran on the flat in USA. 2005: SINISTER RUCKUS (f Trippi) 2 wins at 3 and 4 in Canada.

2007: JEALOUS AGAIN (f Trippi) 2 wins at 2 at home, USA, Queen Mary S G2, 2nd Kentucky Juvenile S G3.

124 COVENTRY S G2 ASCOT. 2yo. June 16. 6f.

1. CANFORD CLIFFS (IRE) 9-1 £56,770 b c by Tagula - Mrs Marsh (Marju) O-The Heffer Syndicate B-S And S Hubbard Rodwell TR-R Hannon 2. Xtension (IRE) 9-1 £21,520 br c by Xaar - Great Joy (Grand Lodge) O-Brighthelm Racing B-P McCartan TR-CG Cox 3. Rakaan (IRE) 9-1 £10,770 ch c by Bahamian Bounty - Petite Spectre (Spectrum) O-Saleh Al Homaizi, Imad Al Sagar B-L Mulryan, M Fahy TR-BJ Meehan Margins 6, 0.75. Time 1:13.64 (slow 0.14).

Going Good to firm.

2nd Dam: SINISTER SPINSTER by Sinister Purpose. Champion older mare in Canada in 1985.

10 wins in USA Ontario Matron S G2, 2nd Belle Mahone S G1, Canadian Oaks G1. Grandam of Smiling Jordan.

Broodmare Sire: BOLD RUCKUS. Sire of the dams of 48 Stakes winners. In 2009 AMBASSADOR Acatenango G2, JEALOUS AGAIN Trippi G2.

JEALOUS AGAIN b f 2007 Mr Prospector File Dance Spell Broom Dance Witching Hour In Reality Valid Appeal Desert Trial Cougar Jealous Cat Only The Loyal Bold Ruler Boldnesian Alanesian Raise A Native Raise A Ruckus Fine Feathers Nashua Sinister Purpose Happy Kitten Right Combination Spin To Win Vice And Virtue Forty Niner

Age 2

Starts 2

Wins 2

Places 0

Earned £61,627

End Sweep TRIPPI b 97

Sire: TAGULA. Sire of 12 Stakes winners. In 2009 CANFORD CLIFFS Marju G2, TAX FREE Owington G2, PURE POETRY Air Express LR. 1st Dam: Mrs Marsh by Marju. unraced. Dam of 1 winner: 2005: Zeeran (c Barathea) 2007: CANFORD CLIFFS (c Tagula) Sold 29,600gns foal at GONO1, 47,619gns yearling at DNSLY. 2 wins at 2, Coventry S G2.

Jealous Appeal

Bold Ruckus CHI SA b 92 Sinister Spinster

1. OUQBA (GB) 9-1 £45,416 b c by Red Ransom - Dancing Mirage (Machiavellian) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Highclere Stud TR-BW Hills 2. Deposer (IRE) 9-1 £17,216 b c by Kheleyf - Bezant (Zamindar) O-Kent Bloodstock B-Mrs P Booth, J Porteous TR-JR Best 3. Ashram (IRE) 9-4 £8,616 ch c by Indian Haven - Tara’s Girl (Fayruz) O-Godolphin B-Waterford Hall Stud TR-S bin Suroor Margins 0.5, 3.25. Time 1:27.65 (slow 0.15).

Going Good to firm.

2nd Dam: WHITE PALACE by Shirley Heights. 1 win at 3. Dam of ICE PALACE (f Polar Falcon: EBF Hoppings S LR), PORTAL (f Hernando: EBF Alice Keppel H LR, 3rd HBIB Lancashire Oaks G2) Broodmare Sire: GREEN DESERT. Sire of the dams of 59 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SPACIOUS Nayef G2, ATLANTIC STORM Storming Home LR, MAID FOR MUSIC Dubai Destination LR, TOTAL GALLERY Namid LR. The Nayef/Green Desert cross has produced: SPACIOUS G1, Mayweather G3.

SPACIOUS b f 2005 Raise A Native Gold Digger Rambunctious Jameela Asbury Mary NAYEF b 98 Busted Bustino Ship Yard Height of Fashion Queen’s Hussar Highclere Highlight Northern Dancer Danzig Pas de Nom Green Desert Sir Ivor Foreign Courier Courtly Dee PALATIAL b 98 Mill Reef Shirley Heights Hardiemma White Palace Mr Prospector Blonde Prospect Bev Bev Mr Prospector

Age 2-3

Starts 10

Wins 4

Places 3

Earned £106,961

Sire: RED RANSOM. Sire of 88 SWs. In 2009 DUPORTH Success Express G1, TYPHOON TRACY Last Tycoon G1, ONEMORENOMORE Last Tycoon G1, PORTILLO Polish Precedent G2, ROMNEYA Danehill G2, OUQBA Machiavellian G3, RED ARROW Last Tycoon G3.

1st Dam: DANCING MIRAGE by Machiavellian.

Winner at 2. Dam of 5 winners: 2002: FOXHAVEN (c Unfuwain) 4 wins to 2008, Carlsberg-Tetley Stand Cup LR (twice) 2003: SCARLET LETTER (c Danehill) 5 wins at 3 to 5 in South Africa.

2004: SWISS ACT (g Act One) 3 wins at 2, 3 and 5.

2005: ROBBY BOBBY (c Selkirk) 3 wins at 2 to 4.

2006: OUQBA (c Red Ransom) 4 wins Jersey S G3, European Free H LR. 2nd Dam: KRAEMER by Lyphard. 4 wins, Bay Meadows Oaks LR, 2nd Del Mar Oaks G2. Grandam of HOUSEMASTER. Broodmare Sire: MACHIAVELLIAN. Sire of the dams of 52 Stakes winners. In 2009 - CALVADOS BLUES Lando G3, FLASHING A P Indy G3, MAGADAN High Chaparral G3, OUQBA Red Ransom G3.

OUQBA b c 2006 Turn-To Nothirdchance Roberto Nashua Bramalea Rarelea RED RANSOM b 87 Sword Dancer Damascus Kerala Arabia Nearctic Christmas Wind Bally Free Raise A Native Mr Prospector Gold Digger Machiavellian Halo Coup de Folie Raise The Standard DANCING MIRAGE ch 97 Northern Dancer Lyphard Goofed Kraemer Empery Rich And Riotous Carnauba Hail To Reason

127 WINDSOR FOREST S G2 ASCOT. June 17. 4yo+. 8f.

1. SPACIOUS (GB) 4 8-12 £70,963 b f by Nayef - Palatial (Green Desert) O/B-Cheveley Park Stud TR-JR Fanshawe 2. Heaven Sent (GB) 6 8-12 £26,900 ch m by Pivotal - Heavenly Ray (Rahy) O/B-Cheveley Park Stud TR-Sir Michael Stoute 3. Eva’s Request (IRE) 4 8-12 £13,463 ch f by Soviet Star - Ingabelle (Taufan) O-Liam Mulryan B-Ballylinch Stud TR-MR Channon Margins 1, 3. Time 1:41.07 (slow 1.27).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2-4

Starts 9

Wins 4

Places 5

Earned £249,795

Gulch

128 PRINCE OF WALES’S S G1 ASCOT. June 17. 4yo+. 10f.

1. VISION D’ETAT (FR) 4 9-0 £255,465 b c by Chichicastenango - Uberaba (Garde Royale) O-Jacques Detre B-Gaetan Gilles TR-E Libaud 2. Tartan Bearer (IRE) 4 9-0 £96,840 ch c by Spectrum - Highland Gift (Generous) O/B-Ballymacoll Stud TR-Sir Michael Stoute 3. Never On Sunday (FR) 4 9-0 £48,465 gr c by Sunday Break - Hexane (Kendor) O-D-Y Treves B-SCEA Des Prairies TR-J-C Rouget Margins 0.5, head. Time 2:06.90 (slow 0.80).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2-4

Starts 10

Wins 8

Places Earned 1 £1,254,594

Sire: CHICHICASTENANGO. Sire of 4 Stakes winners. In 2009 - VISION D’ETAT Garde Royale G1, BLEK Exit To Nowhere LR. 1st Dam: UBERABA by Garde Royale. 4 wins over jumps in France. Dam of 5 winners: 1994: Guatemala (f Synefos) unraced.

1995: Horse Pistol (g Synefos) 1996: DIANA LA BELLE (f Synefos) Winner at 3.

Dam of KADABELLE (Prix Orcada G3) 1998: Miss Canon (f Cadoudal). Broodmare.

1999: ROYAL AWAY (g Cadoudal) 2 wins.

2000: BRONNSA (f Kadalko) Winner over jumps.

2002: MILAN DEUX MILLE (g Double Bed) 5 wins.

2005: VISION D’ETAT (c Chichicastenango) 25,615gns yearling. 8 wins, Prince of Wales’s S G1, Prix du Jockey Club G1, Prix Ganay G1, Prix Niel G2, 3rd Prix d’Harcourt G2.

2006: Nataba (f Chichicastenango) unraced to date.

2008: Affaire d’Etat (c Chichicastenango) Broodmare Sire: GARDE ROYALE. Sire of the dams of 25 Stakes winners. In 2009 - VISION D’ETAT Chichicastenango G1.

The Chichicastenango/Garde Royale cross has produced: VISION D’ETAT G1, CHICHI CREASY G3.

See race 29 in the May issue for analysis.

VISION D’ETAT b c 2005 Kaldoun Smadoun

Sire: NAYEF. Sire of 4 Stakes winners. In 2009 SPACIOUS Green Desert G2.

1st Dam: PALATIAL by Green Desert. 4 wins at 2 and 3. Dam of 2 winners: 2003: Spice Run (g Zafonic) ran twice.

2004: ARTIMINO (g Medicean) 2 wins at 2 and 3.

2005: SPACIOUS (f Nayef) 4 wins at 2 to 4, May Hill S G2, Windsor Forest S G2, 2nd 1000 Guineas G1, 3rd Princess Elizabeth S G3.

2006: Rotunda (f Pivotal) unraced to date.

2007: Tower (c Nayef) unraced to date.

Mossma CHICHICASTENANGO gr 98 Antheus Smala Small Partie Mill Reef Garde Royale Royal Way UBERABA b/br 86 Montevideo Ile d’Amour Old England

Caro Katana Tip Moss Ticma Northern Dancer Apachee Fabulous Dancer Summer Parties Never Bend Milan Mill Sicambre Right Away Honeyway Fair Nicolle Wild Risk Folie Douce

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS European Pattern 129 GOLD CUP G1 ASCOT. June 18. 4yo+. 20f.

1. YEATS (IRE) 8 9-2 £141,925 b h by Sadler’s Wells - Lyndonville (Top Ville) O-Mrs John Magnier, Mrs David Nagle B-Barronstown Stud, Orpendale TR-AP O’Brien 2. Patkai (IRE) 4 9-0 £53,800 ch c by Indian Ridge - Olympienne (Sadler’s Wells) O/B-Ballymacoll Stud TR-Sir Michael Stoute 3. Geordieland (FR) 8 9-2 £26,925 gr h by Johann Quatz - Aerdee (Highest Honor) O-A Taylor, K Conlan, D Carberry B-Michele Bliard TR-JA Osborne Margins 3.5, 15. Time 4:20.73 (fast 2.27).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2-8

Starts 24

Wins 15

Places Earned 4 £1,336,085

Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of 306 Stakes winners.

In 2009 - ASK Rainbow Quest G1, YEATS Top Ville G1, BLACK BEAR ISLAND Darshaan G2, FRONT HOUSE Darshaan G2, CLAREMONT Darshaan G3, CURTAIN CALL Darshaan G3, DOCTOR FREMANTLE Rainbow Quest G3, FANTASIA Darshaan G3.

1st Dam: LYNDONVILLE by Top Ville. Winner at 3.

Dam of 3 winners: 1993: TSUKUBA SYMPHONY (c Danehill) 4 wins in Japan, Epsom Cup LR. 1994: Anchored In Love (f Alzao) ran a few times.

1996: Lady Fairy (f Fairy King) ran on the flat in Japan.

1997: Lion of Judah (c Caerleon) 1998: Chalice Wells (f Sadler’s Wells) unraced.

2000: SOLSKJAER (c Danehill) 3 wins at 4 and 5, Royal Whip S G2.

2001: YEATS (c Sadler’s Wells) Champion older stayer in Europe in 2006. 15 wins, Gold Cup G1 (4 times), Coronation Cup G1, Irish St Leger G1, Prix Royal-Oak G1, Goodwood Cup G2 (twice), Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial S G2, Ballysax S G3, Saval Beg S LR, Vintage Crop S LR (twice), 2nd Irish St Leger G1, Mooresbridge S G3, 3rd Prix du Cadran G1.

2002: Magnolia Lane (f Sadler’s Wells). Broodmare.

2nd Dam: Diamond Land by Sparkler. 1 win at 3, 2nd Azalea S LR. Dam of IVANKA (f Dancing Brave: Fillies’ Mile S G1, 2nd Racing Post Trophy G1), KEEN CUT (c Sharpo: Marble Hill S LR), PRETORIA (f Habitat: Premio Archidamia LR). Grandam of ALCAZAR, LADY OF CHAD, NASSMA. Broodmare Sire: TOP VILLE. Sire of the dams of 81 Stakes winners. In 2009 - YEATS Sadler’s Wells G1, AGE OF AQUARIUS Galileo G3.

The Sadler’s Wells/Top Ville cross has produced: DARAZARI G1, DIAGHILEV G1, MONTJEU G1, YEATS G1, SWALINA LR, Rhagaas G1, Bowstring G2, Parthian Springs G2, Saderlina LR.

Derby course and distance. At the time it seemed a great shame that a muscular problem forced Yeats to miss the Derby, but it is inconceivable that he would have stayed in training, to thrill the racing public at the ages of five, six, seven and eight, had he taken the Derby.

Yeats shares the same sire, Sadler’s Wells, as Kayf Tara, a dual winner of the Gold Cup. Sadler’s Wells’s influence on the latest Gold Cup was considerable, as he also sired the dam of the runner-up Patkai, the sire of the third-placed Geordieland and he was also directly responsible for fourthplaced Sagara and sixth-placed Hindu Kush.

Yeats’s female line has produced distinguished long-distance performers for several generations.

Yeats’s third dam Canaan was a halfsister to the St Leger heroine Cantelo and their dam Rustic Bridge had three other notable daughters. One, Rutherford Bridge, became the dam of Bracey Bridge (Park Hill Stakes) and Romp Home (Great Metropolitan Handicap over 18 furlongs).

The others, Cantus and Canvas, also made their mark on famous longdistance events, with Cantus’s grandson Tug Of War winning the Goodwood Cup over two miles five furlongs and Canvas’s son Eric taking the Chester Cup. Romp Home produced the Doncaster Cup winner Biskrah and this is also the family of The Parson, a leading sire of jumpers.

Yeats’s second dam Diamond Land and his dam Lyndonville both scored at around 14 furlongs, but Diamond Land was by top miler Sparkler and some of her descendants aren’t short of speed. For example, Diamond Land’s daughter Ivanka won the Fillies’ Mile and another daughter, Sahara Breeze, produced Prix Marcel Boussac winner Lady Of Chad. Sahara Breeze is probably better known, though, as the dam of Alcazar, winner of the Prix Royal Oak over nearly two miles.

LAVEROCK (c Octagonal: 5 wins in France, Italy, Prix d’Ispahan G1, G. P. del Jockey Club e Coppa d’Oro G1, 2nd G.Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen G1, 3rd Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1, G. P. del Jockey Club e Coppa d’Oro G1) 1998: Candice (f Caerleon) Winner at 2, 2nd Dubai Duty Free John Musker S LR, 3rd Rothmans Royals May Hill S G3. Broodmare.

2000: Open Offer (f Cadeaux Genereux) 4 wins at 3 and 4 in France, 3rd Prix de la Pepiniere LR, Prix Tantieme LR. Broodmare.

2001: Knocknacrea (f Green Desert) unraced.

Broodmare.

2002: HESTIA (f Machiavellian) Winner at 2.

2003: Siwa (f Green Desert). Broodmare.

2005: CAPTAIN WEBB (c Storming Home) 4 wins at 2 and 3, Glasgow S LR. 2006: FLYING CLOUD (f Storming Home) 3 wins at 3 at home, France, Ribblesdale S G2, Prix Cleopatre G3.

2008: (f Diktat) 2009: (f Authorized) 2nd Dam: GHISLAINE by Icecapade. 1 win at 3.

Dam of MARKOFDISTINCTION (c Known Fact: Queen Elizabeth II S G1, 3rd Swettenham Stud Sussex S G1, 4th General Accident 2000 Guineas G1), CRIQUETTE (f Shirley Heights, see above), Ahead (f Shirley Heights: 2nd Godolphin S LR, 3rd Princess Royal S G3, 3rd La Prevoyante Invitational H G2). Grandam of SALSELON, HORATIA, Smart Alec, Tipsy, Winsome, Isadora, Capitano Corelli.

Third dam of Topka.

Broodmare Sire: SHIRLEY HEIGHTS. Sire of the dams of 168 Stakes winners. In 2009 - ALPINE ROSE Linamix G2, FAME AND GLORY Montjeu G2, FLYING CLOUD Storming Home G2, GRAND DUCAL Danehill Dancer G3, STOTSFOLD Barathea G3, COSMIC EXPLORER Always A Rainbow LR, WICKLOW HILLS Danewin LR, CHIEF YEOMAN Machiavellian LR.

Nearctic Natalma SADLER’S WELLS b 81 Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special High Top Top Ville Sega Ville LYNDONVILLE b 88 Sparkler Diamond Land Canaan

Nearco Lady Angela Native Dancer Almahmoud Hail To Reason Lalun Forli Thong Derring-Do Camenae Charlottesville La Sega Hard Tack Diamond Spur Santa Claus Rustic Bridge

The record books were re-written when the magnificent Yeats recorded his fourth Gold Cup victory – one more than the previous record he shared with Sagaro.

But it would be wrong to think of him purely as an exceptional stayer, as he also won his only start at two before retaining his unbeaten record in two mile-and-a-quarter Derby trials at three. He also showed his prowess over middle distances at four, when he took the Coronation Cup over the

Mr Prospector Machiavellian Coup de Folie STORMING HOME b 98 Shareef Dancer Try To Catch Me It’s In The Air Mill Reef Shirley Heights Hardiemma CRIQUETTE b 90 Icecapade Ghislaine Cambretta

Raise A Native Gold Digger Halo Raise The Standard Northern Dancer Sweet Alliance Mr Prospector A Wind Is Rising Never Bend Milan Mill Hardicanute Grand Cross Nearctic Shenanigans Roberto Cambrienne

ASCOT. June 18. 3yof. 12f.

LONGCHAMP. June 18. 4yo+. 2000m.

1. FLYING CLOUD (IRE) 8-12 £77,173 b f by Storming Home - Criquette (Shirley Heights) O-Godolphin B-Gainsborough Stud Management Co Ltd TR-Saeed bin Suroor 2. Flame of Gibraltar (IRE) 8-12 £29,254 b f by Rock of Gibraltar - Spirit of Tara (Sadler’s Wells) O-Rose McKeon, Marie Harris, Tom Gallagher B-Kilcarn Stud TR-HRA Cecil 3. Uvinza (GB) 8-12 £14,641 ch f by Bertolini - Baddi Heights (Shirley Heights) O-Mrs Alison Ruggles B-Mrs Alison Ruggles TR-WJ Knight Margins 4, 1.25. Time 2:30.67 (slow 0.47).

Going Good to firm.

1. STOTSFOLD (GB) 6 8-11 £38,835 b g by Barathea - Eliza Acton (Shirley Heights) O-PW Harris B-Pendley Farm TR-WR Swinburn 2. Starlish (IRE) 4 8-11 £15,534 bbr c by Rock of Gibraltar - Stylish (Anshan) O-Mme D Malingue B-D Malingue TR-E Lellouche 3. Bon Grain (FR) 4 8-11 £11,650 bbr c by Muhtathir - Such Is Life (Akarad) O-Lucien Bermond B-Lucien Bermond TR-JJ Napoli Margins short neck, 3. Time 2:05.10 (slow 1.20).

Going Good to soft.

Wins 3

Places 0

Earned £127,658

Sire: STORMING HOME. Sire of 3 Stakes winners.

In 2009 - FLYING CLOUD Shirley Heights G2, ATLANTIC STORM Green Desert LR. 1st Dam: CRIQUETTE by Shirley Heights. 2 wins at 2 and 4 at home, UAE, Radley S LR. Own sister to Ahead. Dam of 5 winners: 1995: (c Machiavellian). died since birth.

1997: Sky Song (f Sadler’s Wells). Dam of

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The Barathea/Shirley Heights cross has produced: BARATHEA GUEST G1, MAGICAL ROMANCE G1, APSIS G3, BARAFAMY G3, SHIELD G3, STOTSFOLD G3, COCKAYNE LR, Saree G3, Inchberry LR. STOTSFOLD b g 2003 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge BARATHEA b 90 Habitat Brocade Canton Silk Mill Reef Shirley Heights ELIZA ACTON b 95 Luthier Sing Softly Melody Hour

131 LA COUPE G3

Starts 3

Broodmare Sire: SHIRLEY HEIGHTS. Sire of the dams of 168 Stakes winners. In 2009 - ALPINE ROSE Linamix G2, FAME AND GLORY Montjeu G2, FLYING CLOUD Storming Home G2, GRAND DUCAL Danehill Dancer G3, STOTSFOLD Barathea G3, COSMIC EXPLORER Always A Rainbow LR, WICKLOW HILLS Danewin LR, CHIEF YEOMAN Machiavellian LR.

FLYING CLOUD b f 2006

130 RIBBLESDALE S G2

Age 3

2nd Dam: SING SOFTLY by Luthier. 3 wins at 2 and 3 Lancashire Oaks G3, 2nd Ribblesdale S G2. Dam of SUPREME SOUND (c Superlative: Hawthorne Gold Cup H G3, 2nd United Nations H G1), TOP CEES (g Shirley Heights: Coral Cup H. Hurdle G3), Dominant Serenade (g Dominion: 2nd Sandown H. Hurdle LR). Grandam of LEPORELLO, POPPY CAREW, CALYPSO GRANT. Third dam of DEVIOUS BOY, MARZELLINE, Fairmile, Against The Grain, Mr Keppel.

Hardiemma

The Storming Home/Shirley Heights cross has produced: FLYING CLOUD G2, CAPTAIN WEBB LR.

YEATS b h 2001 Northern Dancer

Sky 432 S G3, Toteswinger Winter Hill S G3, La Coupe G3, 3rd Blue Square Brigadier Gerard S G3, Coutts Glorious S LR. 2004: Anna Towkaska (f Polish Precedent) 2006: MRS BEETON (f Dansili) Winner at 3.

2008: (c Barathea)

Age 3-6

Starts 22

Wins 7

Places 5

Earned £182,976

Sire: BARATHEA. Sire of 79 Stakes winners. In 2009 - STOTSFOLD Shirley Heights G3, JUMBAJUKIBA Thatching LR, SILK AFFAIR Darshaan LR. 1st Dam: ELIZA ACTON by Shirley Heights. Winner at 2. Dam of 3 winners: 2001: Torley Grange (c Grand Lodge) unraced.

2002: MAGGIE TULLIVER (f Spectrum) 2 wins at 2 and 3. Broodmare.

2003: STOTSFOLD (g Barathea) 7 wins at 3 to 6, 2009 at home, France, Select Racing UK On

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Sir Gaylord Little Hut Runnymede Clouded Lamp Never Bend Milan Mill Hardicanute Grand Cross Klairon Flute Enchantee Sing Sing Arvonia

132 NORFOLK S G2 ASCOT. June 18. 2yo. 5f.

1. RADIOHEAD (GB) 9-1 £51,093 ch c by Johannesburg - Security Interest (Belong To Me) O-Mrs Carmen Burrell, Jonathan Harvey B-Redmyre Bloodstock, S Hillen TR-BJ Meehan 2. Reignier (GB) 9-1 £19,368 b c by Kheleyf - Komena (Komaite) O-Philip Richards B-Sean Gollogly TR-KR Burke 3. Tawaabb (GB) 9-1 £9,693 ch c by Kyllachy - Penmayne (Inchinor) O-Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum B-DP Martin, Mrs JA Martin TR-MR Channon Margins 2, 0.5. Time 1:02.07 (slow 2.07).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 2

Places 1

Earned £57,546

Sire: JOHANNESBURG. Sire of 21 Stakes winners.

In 2009 - RADIOHEAD Belong To Me G2, CASSANDARA SHADOW Pentire G3, DIAMOND TYCOON Last Tycoon G3.

1st Dam: Security Interest by Belong To Me. unraced.

Dam of 2 winners: 2005: ATASH (f Smoke Glacken) Winner at 2 in USA. 2006: Security Officer (c Smoke Glacken) unraced to date.

2007: RADIOHEAD (c Johannesburg) Sold 83,654gns foal at GONO1, 78,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 2 wins at 2, Norfolk S G2.

2008: (f Sleeping Indian) 2nd Dam: SHES GOT THE FACTS by Known Fact.

4 wins at 3 in USA Bridal Flower S. Own sister to FANCY FREDA. Dam of Security Interest (f Belong To Me: see above) Broodmare Sire: BELONG TO ME. Sire of the dams of 5 Stakes winners. In 2009 - PAPA CLEM Smart Strike G2, RADIOHEAD Johannesburg G2.

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Caulfield on Yeats: “At the time it seemed a great shame a muscular problem forced him to miss the Derby, but it’s inconceivable he’d have stayed in training had he won that” RADIOHEAD ch c 2007 Storm Cat Hennessy Island Kitty JOHANNESBURG b 99 Ogygian Myth Yarn Danzig Belong To Me Belonging SECURITY INTEREST b 2000 Known Fact Shes Got the Facts Erzulie Freda

Storm Bird Terlingua Hawaii T C Kitten Damascus Gonfalon Mr Prospector Narrate Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Exclusive Native Straight Deal In Reality Tamerett Fappiano Voo Doo Dance

133 ALBANY S G3 ASCOT. June 19. 2yof. 6f.

1. HABAAYIB (GB) 8-12 £39,739 b f by Royal Applause - Silver Kestrel (Silver Hawk) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Whitley Stud TR-EAL Dunlop 2. Lillie Langtry (IRE) 8-12 £15,064 bbr f by Danehill Dancer - Hoity Toity (Darshaan) O-M Tabor, D Smith, Mrs J Magnier B-KB Lynch TR-AP O’Brien 3. Chachamaidee (IRE) 8-12 £7,539 b f by Footstepsinthesand - Canterbury Lace (Danehill) O-RAH Evans B-Cheval Court Stud TR-HRA Cecil Margins 1.25, 2.5. Time 1:15.63 (slow 2.13).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 2

Places 1

Earned £43,099

Sire: ROYAL APPLAUSE. Sire of 35 Stakes winners.

In 2009 - BATTLE OF HASTINGS Night Shift G3, HABAAYIB Silver Hawk G3, APPLE CHARLOTTE Caerleon LR, CORPORAL MADDOX Distant View LR. 1st Dam: SILVER KESTREL by Silver Hawk. 2 wins at 3 and 4 in USA. Dam of 1 winner: 2006: Big Heart (f Mr Greeley) unraced to date.

2007: HABAAYIB (f Royal Applause) Sold 130,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 2 wins at 2, Albany S G3.

Margins 4, neck. Time 2:27.37 (fast 2.83).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2-3

Starts 5

Broodmare Sire: SILVER HAWK. Sire of the dams of 50 Stakes winners. In 2009 - PRE EMINENCE Encosta de Lago G2, DOUBLE WEDGE Meiner Love G3, HABAAYIB Royal Applause G3.

Places 3

Earned £114,038

Sire: DANSILI. Sire of 34 Stakes winners. In 2009 FATHER TIME Sadler’s Wells G2, DELEGATOR Efisio G3, ABATON Night Shift LR, DANSANT Kris LR, PERCE ROCK Vaigly Great LR. 1st Dam: CLEPSYDRA by Sadler’s Wells. Winner at 3. Dam of 4 winners: 2002: Gems of Araby (f Zafonic). Broodmare.

2003: SANDGLASS (f Zafonic) Winner at 3.

Broodmare.

2004: PASSAGE OF TIME (f Dansili) 5 wins at 2 to 4 at home, France, Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1, 3rd Nassau S G1, Prix Vermeille G1, Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf G1.

2005: TIMETABLE (g Observatory) 2 wins at 3.

2006: FATHER TIME (c Dansili) 2 wins at 2 and 3, King Edward VII S G2, 2nd Fairway S LR, 3rd Derby Trial G3.

2007: Timepiece (f Zamindar) unraced to date.

2008: (f Dansili) 2009: (c Dansili) 2nd Dam: QUANDARY by Blushing Groom. 3 wins at 4 James Seymour S LR. Dam of DOUBLE CROSSED (f Caerleon: Arena Racing Oaks Trial LR).

Grandam of TWICE OVER. Broodmare Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of the dams of 203 Stakes winners. In 2009 - MIDSHIPS Mizzen Mast G1, FATHER TIME Dansili G2, BEAUTY O’ GWAUN Rainbow Quest G3, DEEM Dalakhani G3, PATKAI Indian Ridge G3, DARING TIGER Tiger Hill LR, EYSHAL Green Desert LR, LOVE LOCKDOWN Verglas LR, MAD RUSH Lemon Drop Kid LR, PALAVICINI Giant’s Causeway LR, PARTHENON Dubai Destination LR, SHREYAS Dalakhani LR, UNRIVALED Neo Universe LR, AMBOBO Kingmambo LR, KADABI Dalakhani LR.

2nd Dam: HEIGHT OF FASHION by Bustino. 5 wins, Princess of Wales’s S G2. Dam of NAYEF (c Gulch: Juddmonte International S G1, Champion S G1, Prince of Wales’s S G1, Sheema Classic G1, 2nd Eclipse S G1, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S G1, 3rd Tattersalls Gold Cup G1, Juddmonte International S G1, Dubai World Cup G1), NASHWAN (c Blushing Groom: Derby S G1, Eclipse S G1, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S G1, 2000 Guineas G1), UNFUWAIN (c Northern Dancer: Jockey Club S G2, Princess of Wales’s S G2, 2nd King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S G1, 4th Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe G1), ALWASMI (c Northern Dancer: John Porter EBF S G3, 2nd Jockey Club S G2, Tidal H G2, 4th Irish St Leger G1), MUKDDAAM (c Danzig: Fred Archer S LR, 2nd King Edward VII S G2, Princess of Wales’s S G2), SARAYIR (f Mr Prospector, see above), Bashayer (f Mr Prospector: 2nd Cheshire Oaks LR), Wijdan (f Mr Prospector: 2nd Pretty Polly S LR). Grandam of MAKDERAH, ORIENTAL FASHION, MUSTANFAR, TADRIS. Third dam of LAHUDOOD, KAREEMAH.

GHANAATI b f 2006 Storm Bird

Danzig

Hasili

Sadler’s Wells CLEPSYDRA b 97 Quandary

The Royal Applause/Silver Hawk cross has produced: TICKER TAPE G1, HABAAYIB G3.

Broodmare Sire: ASSERT. Sire of the dams of 50 Stakes winners. In 2009 - HOLBERG Halling G3, KALAHARI KING Kahyasi LR. HOLBERG b c 2006 Sharpen Up Diesis Doubly Sure HALLING ch 91 Dance Machine Never A Lady Be My Guest Assert Irish Bird

FATHER TIME b c 2006

DANSILI b 96

2nd Dam: WILLAMAE by Tentam. 4 wins in USA Mill Race H, 3rd Barbara Fritchie H G3. Dam of WILLA ON THE MOVE (f Assert: Ashland S G1, 2nd Spinster S G1, Gazelle S G1, 3rd Alabama S G1, Kentucky Oaks G1), WILL’S WAY (c Easy Goer: Travers S G1, Whitney H G1, 3rd Woodward S G1), LADY REIKO (f Sadler’s Wells: Budweiser Calder Breeders’ Cup H LR, 3rd Cardinal S G3), Citidancer (c Dixieland Band: 2nd Jerome H G1). Grandam of ACCEPTABLE, WILLA ON THE MOVE, MILITARY MAJOR, TICKET TO SEATTLE, CHOPPER WON. Third dam of DR V’S MAGIC, LOCH JIPP, GLORIOUS SMILE, ORGANIZER, RAFFIE’S TREASURE, TYPE A PERSONALITY.

Green Dancer

The Dansili/Sadler’s Wells cross has produced: PASSAGE OF TIME G1, FATHER TIME G2.

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Razyana Spring Adieu Ile de Bourbon Kahyasi Kadissya High Line Kerali Sookera Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Cloudy Dawn Lost Virtue Aunt Tilt

1996: UNDERMINE (f Miner’s Mark) 7 wins at 3 and 4 in USA, Anne Arundel H G3.

1997: KEEP IT HOLY (g Holy Bull) 4 wins 3-5 in USA. 1999: Willamaze (f Broad Brush) unplaced.

2000: ROBBER BARON (c Coronado’s Quest) Winner in USA. 2002: Perfumery (f Dubai Millennium) ran 3 times.

2003: Mazarini (c Singspiel) unraced.

2004: Confident (f Machiavellian) ran twice.

2006: HOLBERG (c Halling) 4 wins at 2 and 3, Queen’s Vase G3, 3rd Totepool Glasgow S LR. 2007: Jinto (c Halling) unraced to date.

Broodmare Sire: MR PROSPECTOR. Sire of the dams of 293 SWs. In 2009 - GHANAATI Giant’s Causeway G1, TIZAQUEENA Tiznow G2, STORMALORY Storm Cat G3, VOCALISED Vindication G3.

The Giant’s Causeway/Mr Prospector cross has produced: ARAGORN G1, GHANAATI G1, PRIMARY G1, Almonsoon G3, Contentious G3.

See race 42 in the May issue for analysis

Danehill

2nd Dam: SALTY PERFUME by Salt Lake. 2 wins at 2, Adirondack S G2. Dam of Jeffries Bay (c Gone West: 3rd Bay Meadows Speed H LR), Hunter’s Fortune (f Charismatic: 3rd Cavonnier Junior S)

Wins 2

1st Dam: SARAYIR by Mr Prospector. 3 wins at 2 and 3, Pertemps Virginia Rated S. H LR, Oh So Sharp S LR. Own sister to Wijdan and Bashayer.

Dam of 5 winners: 1999: SUNDUS (f Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 3.

2000: Shawahid (f A P Indy) unraced. Broodmare.

2001: Eshaadeh (f Storm Cat) ran twice. Broodmare.

2002: ITQAAN (f Danzig) Winner at 3. Broodmare.

2004: ATAYEB (f Rahy) Winner at 3.

2005: MAWATHEEQ (c Danzig) 2 wins at 3.

2006: GHANAATI (f Giant’s Causeway) 3 wins at 2 and 3, Coronation S G1, 1000 Guineas G1.

2007: Rumoush (f Rahy) unraced to date.

2008: (f Forestry)

Storm Cat Terlingua GIANT’S CAUSEWAY ch 97 Rahy Mariah’s Storm Immense Raise A Native Mr Prospector Gold Digger SARAYIR b 94 Bustino Height of Fashion Highclere

SWEET WILLA b 89 Tentam Willamae Raclette

Atan Rocchetta Reliance II Soft Angels Nijinsky Green Valley Pontifex Camogie Northern Dancer What A Treat Sea Bird II Irish Lass II Intentionally Tamerett Hoist The Flag Lauries Dancer

Northern Dancer South Ocean Secretariat Crimson Saint Blushing Groom Glorious Song Roberto Imsodear Native Dancer Raise You Nashua Sequence Busted Ship Yard Queen’s Hussar Highlight

HABAAYIB b f 2007 135 CORONATION S G1

136 QUEEN’S VASE G3

137 GOLDEN JUBILEE S G1

ASCOT. June 19. 3yof. 8f.

ASCOT. June 19. 3yo. 16f.

ASCOT. June 20. 3yo+. 6f.

1. GHANAATI (USA) 9-0 £154,698 b f by Giant’s Causeway - Sarayir (Mr Prospector) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Shadwell Farm LLC TR-BW Hills 2. Reggane (GB) 9-0 £58,642 b f by Red Ransom - Reine Zao (Alzao) O/B-Haras de la Perelle TR-A de Royer-Dupre 3. Rainbow View (USA) 9-0 £29,348 b f by Dynaformer - No Matter What (Nureyev) O-George Strawbridge B-Augustin Stable TR-JHM Gosden Margins 2, 2.25. Time 1:38.32 (fast 1.88).

Going Good to firm.

1. HOLBERG (UAE) 9-1 £39,739 b c by Halling - Sweet Willa (Assert) O-Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum B-Darley TR-M Johnston 2. Yankee Doodle (GB) 9-1 £15,064 gr c by Dalakhani - Bella Lambada (Lammtarra) O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Meon Valley Stud TR-AP O’Brien 3. Mastery (GB) 9-1 £7,539 b c by Sulamani - Moyesii (Diesis) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Saeed bin Suroor Margins 4, 0.75. Time 3:24.13 (slow 1.63).

Going Good to firm.

1. ART CONNOISSEUR (IRE) 3 8-11 £278,457 b c by Lucky Story - Withorwithoutyou (Danehill) O-RA Green B-B McDonnell TR-MLW Bell 2. Cannonball (USA) 4 9-4 £105,556 bbr g by Catienus - No Deadline (Skywalker) O-KL Ramsey, SK Ramsey B-KL Ramsey, SK Ramsey TR-Wesley A Ward 3. Lesson In Humility (IRE) 4 9-1 £52,827 b f by Mujadil - Vanity (Thatching) O-M Nelmes-Crocker B-Kevin Quinn TR-KR Burke Margins Neck, 2.5. Time 1:14.90 (slow 1.40).

Going Good to firm.

ASCOT. June 19. 3yoc&g. 12f.

Age 2-3

Age 2-3

1. FATHER TIME (GB) 8-12 £92,947 b c by Dansili - Clepsydra (Sadler’s Wells) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-HRA Cecil 2. Your Old Pal (GB) 8-12 £35,234 ch c by Rock of Gibraltar - Questabelle (Rainbow Quest) O-Raffles Racing B-Meon Valley Stud TR-J Noseda 3. Black Bear Island (IRE) 8-12 £17,633 b c by Sadler’s Wells - Kasora (Darshaan) O-Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor, D Smith B-Tower Bloodstock TR-AP O’Brien

Sire: GIANT’S CAUSEWAY. Sire of 60 Stakes winners.

In 2009 - GHANAATI Mr Prospector G1, COWBOY CAL Seeking The Gold G2, HOLD ME BACK Unbridled’s Song G2, OUR GIANT McGinty G2, SUZUKA CAUSEWAY French Deputy G2, AWESOME PLANET Fasliyev G3, GIANT MOON Capote G3, POINTILLISTE Alydar G3, SWIFT TEMPER Seeking The Gold G3, FIRST PASSAGE Dehere LR, GIANT OAK Crafty Prospector LR, PALAVICINI Sadler’s Wells LR, PHENOMENONS Octagonal LR.

Northern Dancer Sex Appeal Sassafras Coryana Rosolini ROYAL APPLAUSE b 93 Bold Bidder Auction Ring Hooplah Flying Melody Sound Track Whispering Star Peggy West Hail To Reason Roberto Bramalea Silver Hawk Amerigo Gris Vitesse Matchiche II SILVER KESTREL b 2000 Deputy Minister Salt Lake Take Lady Anne Salty Perfume Doonesbury Pretty Is Calista Try My Best

Waajib

134 KING EDWARD VII S G2

Starts 4

Wins 3

Places 1

Earned £386,362

Starts 8

Wins 4

Places 2

Earned £63,023

Sire: HALLING. Sire of 44 Stakes winners. In 2009 CUTLASS BAY Danzig G2, HOLBERG Assert G3, CAVALRYMAN Highest Honor LR, RENOWING Darshaan LR, DEEP PURPLE Glenstal LR. 1st Dam: Sweet Willa by Assert. Winner, 2nd Tanya S LR. Sister to WILLA ON THE MOVE. Dam of 5 winners: 1995: CALLIE’S CLOWN (f St Jovite) Winne. Dam of Le Jester (3rd National Jockey Club H G3)

Age 2-3

Starts 7

Wins 4

Places 1

Earned £385,999

Sire: LUCKY STORY. Sire of 1 Stakes winners. In 2009 - ART CONNOISSEUR Danehill G1.

1st Dam: WITHORWITHOUTYOU by Danehill.

Winner at 2. Dam of 1 winner: 2006: ART CONNOISSEUR (c Lucky Story) Sold 55,000gns yearling at TAOC2. 4 wins at 2 and 3, Golden Jubilee S G1, Coventry S G2, 2nd Ind. Waterford Wedgwood Phoenix S G1.

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS European Pattern 2007: Boycott (c Refuse To Bend) in training.

2008: (c High Chaparral) Broodmare Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of the dams of 110 Stakes winners. In 2009 - ART CONNOISSEUR Lucky Story G1, DANE JULIA Caesour G1, TUESDAY JOY Carnegie G1, LARGO LAD Encosta de Lago G2, ROMNEYA Red Ransom G2, ABOVE AVERAGE High Chaparral G3, CIMA DE TRIOMPHE Galileo G3, MAD ABOUT YOU Indian Ridge G3, REMARQUE Marju G3, CEREMONIAL JADE Jade Robbery LR, DUNCAN Dalakhani LR, HAIRY Fuji Kiseki LR, INDIANA GAL Intikhab LR, READYOR More Than Ready LR, RELATED Elusive Quality LR, SIYOUNI Pivotal LR.

younger sister Out Too Late is the dam of Saoirse Abu, who collected consecutive Gr1 victories in the Phoenix Stakes and Moyglare Stud Stakes. And Morning Has Broken’s last foal, Pacheca, produced a stakes winner as her second foal.

Art Connoisseur’s young sire Lucky Story, a brother to Dr Fong, was unfortunate to have to miss the 2,000 Guineas, as he had numbered Haafhd among his victims at two.

ART CONNOISSEUR b c 2006 Hail To Reason Bramalea Princequillo Sharp Queen Bridgework LUCKY STORY b 2001 Mr Prospector Miswaki Hopespringseternal Spring Flight Coco La Terreur Coco La Investment Great Investment Northern Dancer Danzig Pas de Nom Danehill His Majesty Razyana Spring Adieu WITHORWITHOUTYOU b 2001 Storm Cat Future Storm Sea Sands Morningsurprice Prince John Morning Has Broken A Wind Is Rising Roberto

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Kris S

MILAN. June 20. 2yo. 1200m.

1. ORPEN SHADOW (IRE) 8-11 £33,009 b c by Orpen - Mujadil Shadow (Mujadil) O/B-Scuderia Blueberry TR-B Grizzetti 2. Marshade (ITY) 8-11 £14,524 b c by Martino Alonso - Universal Shade (Pursuit of Love) O/B-Intra Srl TR-S Botti 3. Air Crew (USA) 8-11 £7,922 b c by Pollard’s Vision - Crystal Bull (Holy Bull) O-Scuderia Razza dell’Olmo B-Machmer Hall TR-R Menichetti Margins Neck, 7. Time 1:10.20.

Going Good to firm.

Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 3

Places 0

Earned £33,008

Sire: ORPEN. Sire of 36 Stakes winners. In 2009 ENAK Roy G1, PRIVATE JET Itajara G1, ORPEN SHADOW Mujadil G3.

When Morning Has Broken’s daughter Morning Devotion visited Storm Bird in 1990, the resultant foal was the exceptional filly Balanchine, winner of the 1994 Oaks before defeating the colts in the Irish Derby. Her achievements were enough for Morning Has Broken’s owners to doggedly keep trying to replicate the magic. Consequently, Morning Has Broken produced fillies by Storm Bird’s Gr3-winning grandson Future Storm at the ages of 21 and 23, and she was 24 when she produced her last foal, a filly by Storm Creek, another grandson of Storm Bird.

Although none of these three daughters of the veteran broodmare made it to the racecourse, they have since added significantly to the family fortunes, which were also boosted by some of Morning Devotions other foals. In addition to Balanchine she produced the very smart brother-andsister team of Romanov and Red Slippers, the latter also being the dam of West Wind, winner of the 2007 Prix de Diane.

Morning Has Broken’s first Future Storm filly, Morningsurprice, now ranks as the second dam of Art Connoisseur, who returned to his impressive best when he added the Golden Jubilee to his victory in the previous year’s Coventry Stakes.

His dam is Morningsurprice’s eldest daughter, the useful two-year-old seven furlong winner Withorwithoutyou. Morningsurprice’s

1st Dam: MUJADIL SHADOW by Mujadil. 2 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy. Dam of 4 winners: 2004: TITUS SHADOW (c Titus Livius) 9 wins at 2 to 5, 2009 in Italy, Premio Tudini G3.

2005: Mujadil Draw (f Daggers Drawn) Winner at 2 in Italy, 2nd Premio Alessandro Perrone LR. 2006: MUJADIL SWING (f Celtic Swing) Winner at 3.

2007: ORPEN SHADOW (c Orpen) 3 wins at 2 in Italy, Premio Primi Passi G3.

2008: Spirit of Saints (c Invincible Spirit) 2009: (f Choisir)

LADY ALIDA b f 2006

Margins 0.5, 3. Time 2:27.59 (fast 2.61).

Going Good to firm.

Sadler’s Wells Barathea

Age 2-4

Starts 12

Wins 6

Places 3

Earned £175,945

Sire: LEMON DROP KID. Sire of 30 Stakes winners.

In 2009 - SANTA TERESITA Gilded Time G1, BRONZE CANNON Mark of Esteem G2, CHARITABLE MAN Saint Ballado G2, COSMONAUT Capote G3, KISS THE KID Danzig G3, MAD RUSH Sadler’s Wells LR, SWISS LEMONADE Lite The Fuse LR. 1st Dam: Victoria Cross by Mark of Esteem. Winner at 3, 3rd Prix Coronation LR. Dam of 3 winners: 2004: Valiance (c Horse Chestnut) Winner at 2, 2nd Linda Alexander Washington Singer S LR. 2005: BRONZE CANNON (c Lemon Drop Kid) Sold 85,000gns yearling at TAOC1, 45,000gns 2yo at TAAPR. 6 wins at 2 to 4, Hardwicke S G2, Jockey Club S G2, 3rd Winter Derby G3, James Seymour S LR, Magnolia S LR. 2006: CRIMSON RIBBON (f Lemon Drop Kid) Winner at 3.

2007: (c Elusive Quality) 2008: (c Elusive Quality) 2009: (f Lemon Drop Kid) 2nd Dam: Glowing With Pride by Ile de Bourbon. 2 wins at 3, 2nd Park Hill S G2, 3rd Prix de Malleret G2. Dam of PRIZE GIVING (c Most Welcome: San Marcos H G2, 3rd Hollywood Turf H G1), Everglades (g Green Desert: 3rd John of Gaunt S LR), Much Commended (f Most Welcome: 3rd Conqueror S LR, 3rd Premio Regina Elena G2, Henkel Rennen G2), Victoria Cross (f Mark of Esteem, see above), PRIDWELL (g Sadler’s Wells: Aintree Hurdle G1, 2nd Supreme Novices’ Hurdle G1, Aintree Hurdle G1, Long Walk Hurdle G1, Cleeve Hurdle G1, 3rd Champion Hurdle G1). Grandam of ALPRIDE, BLUE MOUNTAIN, MAGIC EYE, MONTE CARLO. Broodmare Sire: MARK OF ESTEEM. Sire of the dams of 5 Stakes winners. In 2009 - BRONZE CANNON Lemon Drop Kid G2, CRYSTAL CAPELLA Cape Cross G3.

BRONZE CANNON b/br c 2005 Mr Prospector Kingmambo Miesque LEMON DROP KID b 96 Seattle Slew

2nd Dam: SHADOW CASTING by Warning. 1 win at 3. Dam of DISTINCTLY DANCER (c Distinctly North: Criterium Varesino LR, Premio Divino Amore LR, 2nd Gran Premio Citta’ di Napoli G3), EVENING TIME (f Keltos: Flame of Tara S LR, Sweet Mimosa S LR, 2nd Phoenix Sprint S G3)

Charming Lassie Lassie Dear Darshaan Mark of Esteem Homage VICTORIA CROSS b 98 Ile de Bourbon

Broodmare Sire: MUJADIL. Sire of the dams of 11 Stakes winners. In 2009 - ORPEN SHADOW Orpen G3, PASAR SILBANO Elnadim G3.

Glowing With Pride Be Easy

Raise A Native Gold Digger Nureyev Pasadoble Bold Reasoning My Charmer Buckpasser Gay Missile Shirley Heights Delsy Ajdal Home Love Nijinsky Roseliere Be Friendly Easy To Love

ORPEN SHADOW b c 2007 Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Alydar Endear Chappaquiddick Halo Devil’s Bag Ballade Hoist The Flag Raise The Standard Natalma Northern Dancer Storm Bird South Ocean Secretariat Vallee Secrete Midou Known Fact Warning Slightly Dangerous Gay Mecene Fanciful Bold Fantasy Danzig Lure ORPEN b 96 Bonita Francita

Mujadil MUJADIL SHADOW b 99 Shadow Casting

139 HARDWICKE S G2 ASCOT. June 20. 4yo+. 12f.

1. BRONZE CANNON (USA) 4 9-3 £70,963 bbr c by Lemon Drop Kid - Victoria Cross (Mark of Esteem) O-AE Oppenheimer B-Hascombe And Valiant Studs TR-JHM Gosden 2. Campanologist (USA) 4 9-0 £26,900 b c by Kingmambo - Ring of Music (Sadler’s Wells) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Saeed bin Suroor 3. Dansant (GB) 5 9-0 £13,463 b h by Dansili - La Balagna (Kris) O-Mrs BKeller B-Mrs C Del Duca TR-GA Butler

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Brocade TOBOUGG b 98 Majestic Light Lacovia Hope For All Elegant Air Dashing Blade Sharp Castan LADY ANNINA b 2000 Sillery Latley Loup de Mer

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Habitat Canton Silk Majestic Prince Irradiate Secretariat Hopespringseternal Shirley Heights Elegant Tern Sharpen Up Sultry One Blushing Groom Silvermine Wolver Hollow Milveagh

141 GROSSER PREIS DER WIRTSCHAFT G3 DORTMUND. June 21. 3yo+. 2000m.

1. ZAUNGAST (IRE) 5 9-5 £31,068 b h by Alkalde - Zauberwelt (Polar Falcon) O/B-J Erhardt TR-W Hickst 2. Prince Flori (GER) 6 9-5 £9,709 b h by Lando - Princess Liberte (Nebos) O-Stall Reni B-HA Wacek TR-S Smrczek 3. Il Divo (GER) 4 9-1 £4,854 b c by Dashing Blade - Independent Miss (Polar Falcon) O/B-Rennstall Wohler TR-A Wohler Margins 1.25, 0.75. Time 2:04.50. Going Good.

Age 3-5

Starts 18

Wins 7

Places 5

Earned £69,631

Sire: ALKALDE. Sire of 12 Stakes winners. In 2009 ZAUNGAST Polar Falcon G3.

1st Dam: ZAUBERWELT by Polar Falcon. 2 wins at 3 in Germany. Dam of 4 winners: 2000: ZILIANO (c Alkalde) Winner at 2 in Germany.

2001: ZAUBERLEHRLING (c Big Shuffle) 6 wins at 4 and 6 in France, Germany.

2002: ZAIANA (f Desert Story) Winner at 3.

2004: ZAUNGAST (c Alkalde) 7 wins, Grosser Preis der Dortmunder Wirtschaft G3, Euro-Cup der Mehl Mulhens-Stiftung G3, 2nd Preis der Deutschen Einheit G3, 3rd Grand Prix Aufgalopp G3.

2005: (c Desert Style) 2007: (f Royal Gladiator) 2nd Dam: ZAYA by Riverman. 1 win at 3 in France.

Dam of ASPINALLS (c Razeen: Eve Champion Trophy LR), STARSKY (g Selkirk: Indian Derby LR, Deccan Derby LR), YANA (f Razeen: Eclipse S LR, Johnnie Walker Gold Label F&M S LR, Champion Trophy LR), Star Strider (g Razeen: 3rd Bangalore 2000 Guineas LR) Broodmare Sire: POLAR FALCON. Sire of the dams of 16 Stakes winners. In 2009 - ZAUNGAST Alkalde G3, DON’T TELL MARY Starcraft LR. ZAUNGAST b h 2004

140 PREMIO MARIO INCISA DELLA ROCCHETTA G3 MILAN. June 20. 3yo. 2000m.

1. LADY ALIDA (GB) 8-11 £33,009 b f by Tobougg - Lady Annina (Dashing Blade) O-FW Holtkotter B-Pegasus Europe TR-W Figge 2. Catch Wind (USA) 8-11 £14,524 ch f by Mr Greeley - Busy Windsong (Clever Trick) O-Scuderia Francesca B-NM Lotz TR-S Botti 3. Oh Mambo Girl (USA) 8-11 £7,922 b f by Arch - Second Pres (Kingmambo) O-Eugenia Farm B-S&F Yutani TR-S Botti Margins 3.5, 0.5. Time 2:06.70. Going Good to firm.

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 2

Places 3

Earned £16,469

Sire: TOBOUGG. Sire of 7 Stakes winners. In 2009 PENNY’S GIFT Cadeaux Genereux G2, LADY ALIDA Dashing Blade G3.

1st Dam: LADY ANNINA by Dashing Blade. Winner at 2 in Germany. Dam of 1 winner: 2005: Lady Angelina (f Pentire) 2006: LADY ALIDA (f Tobougg) 19,305gns yearling.

2 wins, Premio Mario Incisa della Rocchetta G3, Festa Rennen LR. 2007: (c Doyen) Broodmare Sire: DASHING BLADE. See race 117

Tamerlane Donna Diana Tiepoletto Konigskronung Kronung Nebelwerfer Kaiseradler Kaiserwurde Masetto Anekdote Azorella Northern Dancer Nureyev Special Jefferson Marie d’Argonne Mohair Never Bend Riverman River Lady Topsider Percipient Naughty Intentions Dschingis Khan

Konigsstuhl ALKALDE br 85 Astra

Polar Falcon ZAUBERWELT b 95 Zaya

142 PRIX DAPHNIS G3 LONGCHAMP. June 22. 3yo. 1800m.

1. GOLDEN CENTURY (USA) 8-12 £38,835 b c by El Prado - Maple Syrple (American Chance) O-Sheikh Mohammed B-Darley TR-A Fabre 2. Allybar (IRE) 8-12 £15,534 ch c by King’s Best - Irika (Irish River) O/B-Wertheimer et Frere TR-C Laffon-Parias 3. Guest Ville (FR) 8-12 £11,650 b c by Highest Honor - Kadance Ville (Fabulous Dancer) O-Growthwork SARL B-Serge Boucheron TR-Mlle S-V Tarrou

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Caulfield on Dar Re Mi: “When she won the Pretty Polly Stakes, she became the fifth daughter of Singspiel to become a Group 1 winner in the northern hemisphere” SMOOTH OPERATOR b g 2006

Margins 1, 0.5. Time 1:52.20 (slow 1.70).

Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 4

Wins 3

Places 1

Boldnesian Reason To Earn Super Concorde Primera Prime Abord Homeward Bound BIG SHUFFLE b 84 Raise A Native Elevation White Peak Raise Your Skirts Tudor Minstrel Strings Attached Timalin Northern Dancer Topsider Drumtop Salse Prince John Carnival Princess Carnival Queen SALZGITTER b 97 Blushing Groom Rainbow Quest I Will Follow Anna of Brunswick Prince Ippi Anna Paola Antwerpen Bold Reasoning

Earned £62,276

Sire: EL PRADO. Sire of 44 Stakes winners. In 2009 - GOLDEN CENTURY American Chance G3, WESLEY Alysheba G3, CONSEQUENCE Mr Prospector LR, FORT PRADO Fortunate Prospect LR, QUIET MEADOW Quiet American LR. 1st Dam: MAPLE SYRPLE by American Chance. 2 wins at 2 in USA, Clarendon S LR, 2nd Schuylerville S G2. Dam of 1 winner: 2006: GOLDEN CENTURY (c El Prado) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix Daphnis G3.

2008: (f Forestry) 2009: (c Hard Spun)

Sun Alliance Novices’ Hurdle G1), DABARA (f Shardari: Prix de Thiberville LR), Dalal (c Labus: 3rd Grand Prix de Vichy G3, 4th Gran Premio de San Sebastian G2), Darialann (g Kahyasi: 2nd Guinness Galway H. Hurdle G2). Grandam of DALIAPOUR, COURTEOUS, DALAMPOUR, SCRIPTWRITER, HERON ISLAND, DAROMANN, DABTIYA. Broodmare Sire: TOP VILLE. Sire of the dams of 81 Stakes winners. In 2009 - DAR RE MI Singspiel G1, YEATS Sadler’s Wells G1, AGE OF AQUARIUS Galileo G3.

The Singspiel/Top Ville cross has produced: DAR RE MI G1, Opera Comique G3.

DAR RE MI b f 2005

144 PRETTY POLLY S G1

Sadler’s Wells In The Wings High Hawk

CURRAGH. June 27. 3yo+. 10f.

2nd Dam: Sweet And Lowdown by Stalwart. 6 wins in USA, 3rd Barretts Juvenile S LR. Dam of MAPLE SYRPLE (f American Chance, see above) Broodmare Sire: AMERICAN CHANCE. Sire of the dams of 3 SWs. In 2009 - GOLDEN CENTURY El Prado G3, COLLECTION Peintre Celebre LR. GOLDEN CENTURY b c 2006 Nearctic Natalma Sadler’s Wells Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special EL PRADO gr 89 Sir Gaylord Sir Ivor Attica Lady Capulet Tom Fool Cap And Bells Ghazni Stop The Music Cure The Blues Quick Cure American Chance Seattle Slew American Dance Expressive Dance MAPLE SYRPLE b/br 2001 Hoist The Flag Stalwart Yes Dear Maggy Sweet And Lowdown King Pellinore Twice Regal Majestic Belle Northern Dancer

143 PRIX DE LA PORTE MAILLOT G3 LONGCHAMP. June 22. 3yo+. 1400m.

1. SMOOTH OPERATOR (GER) 3 8-12 £38,835 b g by Big Shuffle - Salzgitter (Salse) O-Stall Jenny B-M Hofer TR-M Hofer 2. Varenar (FR) 3 8-7 £15,534 ch c by Rock of Gibraltar - Visor (Mr Prospector) O-HH The Aga Khan B-Haras De Son Altesse L’Aga Khan Scea TR-A de Royer-Dupre 3. Dunkerque (FR) 4 9-5 £11,650 b c by Highest Honor - Dissertation (Sillery) O-Alec Head B-Alec & Mme Ghislaine Head TR-Mme C Head-Maarek Margins 0.5, short neck. Time 1:20.00.

Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 7

Wins 4

Places 2

Earned £166,592

Sire: BIG SHUFFLE. Sire of 60 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SMOOTH OPERATOR Salse G3, AIRFORCE Air Express LR. 1st Dam: SALZGITTER by Salse. 4 wins at 4 and 5 in Germany. Dam of 3 winners: 2004: SUGAR BABY LOVE (f Second Empire) 4 wins at 2, 4 and 5 in Germany, USA, OppenheimRennen LR, 2nd Maurice Lacroix-Trophy G2.

2005: SOMETHING STUPID (g Big Shuffle) Winner at 2 in Germany, Rudolf-August-Oetker Gedachtnisrennen LR. 2006: SMOOTH OPERATOR (g Big Shuffle).

4 wins at 2 and 3 in France and Germany, Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte G2, Prix de la Porte Maillot G3, Prix Eclipse G3, Kronimus Rennen LR. 2007: Shadow On The Wall (c Next Desert) unraced to date.

2008: Sensa Ma Donna (f Lord of England) 2009: (f Big Shuffle) Broodmare Sire: SALSE. Sire of the dams of 14 Stakes winners. In 2009 - GOLDEN SWORD High Chaparral G3, SMOOTH OPERATOR Big Shuffle G3, HOW’S BUSINESS Josr Algarhoud LR. The Big Shuffle/Salse cross has produced: SMOOTH OPERATOR G2, SOMETHING STUPID LR.

1. DAR RE MI (GB) 4 9-9 £131,068 b f by Singspiel - Darara (Top Ville) O-Lord Lloyd-Webber B-Watership Down Stud TR-JHM Gosden 2. Beach Bunny (IRE) 4 9-9 £41,505 b f by High Chaparral - Miss Hawai (Peintre Celebre) O-Lady O’Reilly B-DG Hardisty Bloodstock, Marston Stud TR-K Prendergast 3. Look Here (GB) 4 9-9 £19,660 b f by Hernando - Last Look (Rainbow Quest) O-JH Richmond-Watson B-Lawn Stud TR-RM Beckett Margins Short head, 1. Time 2:14.00 (slow 9.50).

Going Yielding.

SINGSPIEL b 92 Halo Glorious Song Ballade High Top Top Ville Sega Ville DARARA b 83 Abdos Delsy Kelty

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Shirley Heights Sunbittern Hail To Reason Cosmah Herbager Miss Swapsco Derring-Do Camenae Charlottesville La Sega Arbar Pretty Lady Venture Marilla

Age 2-4

Starts 12

Starts 10

Wins 3

Places 7

1st Dam: EVRY by Torgos. 4 wins at 4 and 5 in Germany. Dam of 7 winners: 1997: EVITOR (c Local Suitor) 3 wins at 4 and 5 in Germany.

1998: EVINAS (c Lagunas) 3 wins at 2, 3 and 7 in Germany.

1999: EVINADO (c Zinaad) 6 wins from 2 to 7 in Germany, Sal Oppenheim Benefiz Preis LR. 2000: (c Royal Solo). died as a foal.

2001: EARL OF SPECTRUM (g Spectrum) Winner over hurdles.

2002: EVIRANO (c Areion) 2 wins at 4 in Germany.

2003: EARL OF HEIGHTS (c Zinaad) 2 wins at 3 and 5 in Germany.

2005: EARL OF FIRE (c Areion) Sold 5,582gns yearling at Baden-Baden October Yearling Sale. 3 wins at 3 and 4 in France and Germany, Hamburger Meile-F G von Gedachtnisrennen G3.

2006: Eva (f Areion) in training.

2007: Eleona (f Areion) unraced to date.

Broodmare Sire: TORGOS. Sire of the dams of two Stakes winners. In 2009 - EARL OF FIRE Areion G3.

Bold Reasoning Prime Abord Elevation Raise Your Skirts Strings Attached Nijinsky Caerleon Foreseer Le Levanstell Alata Altamura Round Table Upper Case Bold Experience Celadon II Traumspiel Thurandot Sallust Tap On Wood Cat O’Mountaine Be My Guest Esquire Lady La Mia Raggazza Super Concorde

AREION b 95 Aerleona

Sire: SINGSPIEL. Sire of 68 Stakes winners. In 2009 - DAR RE MI Top Ville G1, EASTERN ANTHEM Zinaad G1, LIVE CONCERT Kingmambo LR, POLZEATH Gone West LR, RESTLESS SOUL Prince Rupert LR, TASTAHIL Shaadi LR, TRAMUNTANA Success Express LR, FISHER BRIDGE Kris LR.

2nd Dam: Delsy by Abdos. 1 win at 3 in France, 3rd Prix de Pomone G3. Dam of DARSHAAN (c Shirley Heights: Prix du Jockey Club G1), DARARA (f Top Ville, see above), DALARA (f Doyoun: Prix de Royallieu G2, 3rd Prix Royal Oak G1), DARAYDAN (g Kahyasi: George Stubbs Rated S. H LR, 3rd Royal

Earned £64,160

EARL OF FIRE ch c 2005

Earned £187,475

1st Dam: DARARA by Top Ville. 3 wins at 3 in France, Trusthouse Forte Prix Vermeille G1. Dam of 9 winners: 1988: DARIYOUN (c Shahrastani) 7 wins at 3 to 6 in France, Spain, Prix Lord Seymour LR, Prix Scaramouche LR, Gran Premio de Madrid Gran Premio Nobel LR, 2nd CIGA Prix de Lutece G3, Prix d’Hedouville G3, 3rd CIGA Prix du Cadran G1. Sire.

1989: DARDISTAN (c Alleged) 5 wins at 3 to 5 in France.

1990: DARDJINI (g Nijinsky) 7 wins, New Stand H. Hurdle G3, 3rd Europe Champion Hurdle G1, Denny Gold Medal Novice Chase G1.

1991: DARARITA (f Halo) Winner at 3 in France. Dam of DARASIM (g Kahyasi: 11 wins, Lady O Goodwood Cup G2, Prix Kergorlay G2, 3rd Ascot Gold Cup G1, Prix du Cadran Casinos Barrierre G1) 1992: Dariyani (c Doyoun) unraced.

1993: DARAZARI (c Sadler’s Wells) 3 wins at 3 and 6 in Australia, France, Ranvet S G1, 3rd Chipping Norton S G1. Sire.

1995: Kilimanjaro (c Shirley Heights) Winner at 2 viz.

Vintage Inns District 48 Top Ten Stakes, Sandown, 2nd King Edward VII S G2. Sire.

1996: Rhagaas (c Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 2, 2nd Prix de Lutece G3, 3rd Emirates Airline Prix du Jockey Club G1.

1999: DIAGHILEV (g Sadler’s Wells) Champion older horse in Hong Kong in 2003-04. 4 wins at 3 to 5 at home, France, Hong Kong, Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup G1, raced in Hong Kong as RIVER DANCER. 2004: Evita (f Selkirk) 2005: DAR RE MI (f Singspiel) 3 wins at 3 at home, France, Pretty Polly S G1, Prix Minerve G3, Aphrodite S LR, 2nd Yorkshire Oaks G1, Prix Vermeille G1, Middleton S G3, 3rd Prix de Malleret G2, Prix de Royallieu G2, Musidora S G3.

2007: Rewilding (c Tiger Hill) unraced to date.

Places 6

Sire: AREION. Sire of 6 Stakes winners. In 2009 EARL OF FIRE Torgos G3.

Big Shuffle

Age 2-4

Wins 3

Torgos EVRY ch 90 Earth And Fire

For a stallion that stood the last two seasons at £15,000, Singspiel is a prolific source of good winners. When Eastern Anthem snatched victory in the 2009 Dubai Sheema Classic, he became the fifth Gr1-winning son of Singspiel, following Moon Ballad, Papineau, Lateral and Asakusa Den’en. And when Dar Re Mi narrowly won the Pretty Polly Stakes, she became the fifth daughter of Singspiel to become a Gr1 winner in the northern hemisphere, following Confidential Lady, Lahudood, Folk Opera and Singhalese. Perhaps the comparative lowness of Singspiel’s fee reflects the fact that only one of these ten scored at the highest level in Britain. Singspiel was no doubt selected as a mate for Dar Re Mi’s Gr1-winning dam Darara because his sire In The Wings combined the Sadler’s Wells and Shirley Heights blood which has served this family extremely well. For further details, see Caulfield Files (pages 92-93).

145 HAMBURGER MEILE G3 HAMBURG. June 27. 4yo+. 1600m.

1. EARL OF FIRE (GER) 4 9-4 £31,068 ch c by Areion - Evry (Torgos) O/B-Frau M Haller TR-W Baltromei 2. Sehrezad (IRE) 4 9-2 £9,709 b c by Titus Livius - Trebles (Kenmare) O/B-Stall Phillip TR-Andreas Lowe 3. Liang Kay (GER) 4 9-4 £4,854 b c by Dai Jin - Linton Bay (Funambule) O-Stall Emina B-Frau Ina E Zimmermann TR-U Ostmann Margins Sh hd, 1.5. Time 1:34.55. Going Good.

146 CURRAGH CUP G3 CURRAGH. June 27. 3yo+. 14f.

1. PROFOUND BEAUTY (IRE) 5 9-8 £42,136 b m by Danehill - Diamond Trim (Highest Honor) O/B-Moyglare Stud Farm TR-DK Weld 2. Alandi (IRE) 4 9-11 £12,913 b c by Galileo - Aliya (Darshaan) O/B-HH The Aga Khan TR-John M Oxx 3. Yankee Doodle (GB) 3 8-11 £6,117 gr c by Dalakhani - Bella Lambada (Lammtarra) O-D Smith B-Meon Valley Stud TR-AP O’Brien Margins Neck, head. Time 3:03.35 (slow 4.85).

Going Yielding.

Age 3-4

Starts 10

Wins 3

Places 6

Earned £113,330

Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of 349 Stakes winners. In 2009 - ARTISTE ROYAL Manila G2, METEOR SHOWER Ogygian G3, PROFOUND BEAUTY Highest Honor G3.

1st Dam: DIAMOND TRIM by Highest Honor. 5 wins at 3 and 4, Finale S LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2004: PROFOUND BEAUTY (f Danehill) 3 wins, Curragh Cup G3, Challenge S LR, 2nd Noblesse S G3, 3rd Ballyroan S G3, Blue Wind S G3, Alleged S LR. 2005: Rock Critic (g Pivotal) ran a few times.

2006: Majestic Silver (f Linamix) unraced to date.

2008: (f Danehill Dancer) 2nd Dam: IN ANTICIPATION by Sadler’s Wells. 2 wins at 3. Dam of IRRESISTIBLE JEWEL (f Danehill: Ribblesdale S G2, 2nd Prix de l’Opera G1), Legal Jousting (c Indian Ridge: 2nd Tetrarch S G3).

Grandam of MAD ABOUT YOU. Broodmare Sire: HIGHEST HONOR. Sire of the dams of 33 SWs. In 2009 - GEORDIELAND Johann Quatz G2, ROCK ME BABY Rock of Gibraltar G2, PROFOUND BEAUTY Danehill G3.

The Danehill/Highest Honor cross has produced: PROFOUND BEAUTY G3, Roskilde LR.

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS European Pattern PROFOUND BEAUTY b m 2004 Northern Dancer Danzig Pas de Nom DANEHILL b 86 His Majesty Razyana Spring Adieu Kenmare Highest Honor High River DIAMOND TRIM b/br 98 Sadler’s Wells In Anticipation Aptostar

Nearctic Natalma Admiral’s Voyage Petitioner Ribot Flower Bowl Buckpasser Natalma Kalamoun Belle of Ireland Riverman Hairbrush Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Fappiano Stark Drama

147 CHIPCHASE S G3 NEWCASTLE. June 27. 3yo+. 6f.

1. KNOT IN WOOD (IRE) 7 9-3 £37,468 b g by Shinko Forest - Notley Park (Wolfhound) O-Rhodes, Kenyon, Gill B-Rathbarry Stud TR-RA Fahey 2. Ancien Regime (IRE) 4 9-3 £14,203 b c by King’s Best - Sadalsud (Shaadi) O-Godolphin B-Deer Forest Stud TR-Saeed bin Suroor 3. Pusey Street Lady (GB) 5 9-0 £7,108 b m by Averti - Pusey Street Girl (Gildoran) O-CR Marks B-SR Hope TR-J Gallagher Margins 1.25, 0.5. Time 1:14.03 (slow 1.63).

Going Soft.

Age 2-7

Starts 55

Wins 10

Places 21

Earned £224,154

Sire: SHINKO FOREST. Sire of 13 Stakes winners.

In 2009 - KNOT IN WOOD Wolfhound G3, DAO DAO Casual Lies LR, SHINKO’S BEST Platini LR. 1st Dam: Notley Park by Wolfhound. Dam of 4 winners: 2000: MULAN PRINCESS (f Mukaddamah) 1 win at 3.

2001: Cloud Catcher (f Charnwood Forest) 2002: KNOT IN WOOD (g Shinko Forest) Sold 10,000gns yearling at DNSLY. 10 wins at 3 to 7, 2009, Chipchase S G3, 3rd Abernant S LR, Cammidge Trophy LR, Wentworth S LR. 2003: ALUGAT (g Tagula) 4 wins at 2 and 3.

2004: Caj (f Tagula) 2005: MANDELIEU (g Acclamation) Winner at 3.

2006: Bees River (f Acclamation) 2008: (c Namid) 2nd Dam: RIVIERE BLEUE by Riverman. 1 win at 3.

Dam of PRINCE BOBBY B (c King Pellinore: Sierra Madre H G3, 2nd Del Mar Derby G2), NOTLEY (g Formidable: Scarbrough S LR (twice)) Broodmare Sire: WOLFHOUND. Sire of the dams of 3 Stakes winners. In 2009 - KNOT IN WOOD Shinko Forest G3.

Margins 1.25, short head. Time 1:24.83 (slow 1.03).

Going Good.

Age 5

Starts 4

Wins 1

Places 3

Earned £78,718

Sire: RUSSIAN REVIVAL. Sire of 2 Stakes winners.

In 2009 - IMBONGI Foveros G3.

1st Dam: Garden Verse by Foveros. unraced. Own sister to Wild Cocktail. Dam of 4 winners: 1997: Full Spectrum (f National Emblem) 3 wins in South Africa, 2nd The Debutante LR, Freightpak/Darley Arabian S. (f) LR. Dam of ORACLE NEWS (f London News: 4 wins in South Africa, Southern Cross S G2, 3rd Garden Province S G1, Nad Al Sheba Thekwini S G1) 1999: Prima Versa (g Jallad) 5 wins in South Africa, 2nd Premier’s Trophy G2.

2003: SPRING GARLAND (f Rambo Dancer) Gerald Rosenberg Fillies & Mares S G2.

2004: IMBONGI (c Russian Revival) 1 win at 5, Drill Hall S G2, KZN Guineas G2, Gauteng Guineas G2, John Bovington Memorial Criterion S G3, 2nd Gold Challenge G1.

2006: Mahubo (c National Emblem) 3rd Godolphin Barb S G3.

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Foreign Courier Courtly Dee Lorenzaccio Ahonoora Helen Nichols Match II Matcher Lachine Northern Dancer Nureyev Special Buckpasser Lassie Dear Gay Missile Never Bend Riverman River Lady Tudor Melody Spirit In The Sky Flight

Green Desert SHINKO FOREST b 93 Park Express

Wolfhound NOTLEY PARK ch 95 Riviere Bleue

148 CRITERION S G3

Nearctic Natalma Forli Special Thong RUSSIAN REVIVAL ch 93 Hail To Reason Hail The Pirates Bravura Memories Little Current All My Memories Java Moon Sing Sing Averof Argentina Foveros Whistling Wind Camina Bay Ballymiss GARDEN VERSE ch 91 Relko Royal Prerogative Bride Elect Wild Hyacinth Drum Beat Bluebell Girl Petra Sophia

ALFRED NOBEL b c 2007

BENBAUN b g 2001

Danzig Danehill Razyana DANEHILL DANCER b 93 Sharpen Up Mira Adonde Lettre d’Amour Green Desert Desert Prince Flying Fairy GLINTING DESERT b 02 Warning Dazzling Park Park Express

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Atan Rocchetta Caro Lianga Danzig Foreign Courier Bustino Fairy Footsteps Known Fact Slightly Dangerous Ahonoora Matcher

CURRAGH. June 28. 3yoc&f. 12f.

1. FAME AND GLORY (GB) 9-0 £830,097 b c by Montjeu - Gryada (Shirley Heights) O-Derrick Smith B-Ptarmigan Bloodstock, Miss K Rausing TR-AP O’Brien 2. Golden Sword (GB) 9-0 £279,612 b c by High Chaparral - Sitara (Salse) O-Michael Tabor B-TE Pocock, Morton Bloodstock TR-AP O’Brien 3. Mourayan (IRE) 9-0 £133,981 b c by Alhaarth - Mouramara (Kahyasi) O-HH The Aga Khan B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-John M Oxx Margins 5, 1. Time 2:30.87 (fast 1.13).

Going Good to yielding.

150 SAPPHIRE S G3 CURRAGH. 3yo+. June 28. 5f.

1. BENBAUN (IRE) 8 9-5 £40,825 b g by Stravinsky - Escape To Victory (Salse) O-Ransley, Birks, Hillen B-Dr TA Ryan TR-KA Ryan 2. Snaefell (IRE) 5 9-8 £12,961 gr g by Danehill Dancer - Sovereign Grace (Standaan) O-Lady Clague B-Newberry Stud TR-M Halford 3. Inxile (IRE) 4 9-5 £6,165 b g by Fayruz - Grandel (Owington) O-Ian Hewitson B-Denis And Mrs Teresa Bergin TR-D Nicholls Margins 2.5, head. Time 1:00.03 (slow 0.73).

Going Good to yielding.

CURRAGH. June 28. 2yo. 6f.

1. ALFRED NOBEL (IRE) 9-1 £69,903 b c by Danehill Dancer - Glinting Desert (Desert Prince) O-D Smith B-Lodge Park Stud TR-AP O’Brien 2. In Some Respect (IRE) 9-1 £22,136 b c by Indian Haven - Burnin’ Memories (Lit de Justice) O-RA Pegum B-John O’Connor TR-Andrew Oliver 3. King Ledley (USA) 9-1 £10,485 bbr c by Stormin Fever - Mt Kobla (Mt Livermore) O-Philip M Lloyd B-Lavin Bloodstock, Bernie Sams TR-K Prendergast Margins 1.25, head. Time 1:15.05 (slow 4.05).

Going Good to yielding.

Age 2

Starts 4

Wins 2

Places 2

Earned £85,385

Sire: DANEHILL DANCER. Sire of 94 SWs. In 2009 AGAIN Kahyasi G1, MASTERCRAFTSMAN Black Tie Affair G1, ALFRED NOBEL Desert Prince G2, INDIAN OCEAN Fasliyev G2, WAJIR Caerleon G2, GRAND DUCAL Shirley Heights G3, LILLIE LANGTRY Darshaan G3, NEWS ALERT Brief Truce G3, TAMAZIRTE Lycius G3, BHUTANE DANE Bite The Bullet LR, CONTEST Brief Truce LR, DANEHILL DESTINY Night Shift LR, DEAUVILLE VISION Dr Devious LR, FEELS ALL RIGHT Old Vic LR, GO CART Scenic LR, JUST MAMBO Kingmambo LR, PRIMA NOVA Star Way LR.

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Nearctic Natalma Forli Special Thong STRAVINSKY b 96 Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Fire The Groom Mr Prospector Prospector’s Fire Native Street Northern Dancer Topsider Drumtop Salse Prince John Carnival Princess Carnival Queen ESCAPE TO VICTORY b 95 Nijinsky Caerleon Foreseer Gaijin Godswalk Resooka Sookera Northern Dancer

Nureyev

151 IRISH DERBY G1

Northern Dancer

149 RAILWAY S G2

2nd Dam: GAIJIN by Caerleon. 1 win at 2. Own sister to Caerdydd. Dam of HAWKSLEY HILL (g Rahy: Arcadia H G2, San Francisco Mile H G2, El Rincon H G2, 2nd Breeders’ Cup Mile G1, 3rd Eddie Read H G1, Early Times Turf Classic S G1 (twice))

Broodmare Sire: DESERT PRINCE. Sire of the dams of 4 Stakes winners. In 2009 - ALFRED NOBEL Danehill Dancer G2.

IMBONGI ch h 2004 Nureyev

2007: (c Bernstein) 2008: (c Bernstein) 2009: (f Henny Hughes)

Broodmare Sire: SALSE. Sire of the dams of 14 Stakes winners. In 2009 - BENBAUN Stravinsky G3, GOLDEN SWORD High Chaparral G3, SMOOTH OPERATOR Big Shuffle G3, HOW’S BUSINESS Josr Algarhoud LR.

Broodmare Sire: FOVEROS. Sire of the dams of 34 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SPRING GARLAND Rambo Dancer G2, IMBONGI Russian Revival G3, WARM WHITE NIGHT Western Winter G3, MAGICAL Labeeb LR.

NEWMARKET. June 27. 3yo+. 7f.

1. IMBONGI (SAF) 5 9-3 £36,901 ch h by Russian Revival - Garden Verse (Foveros) O-Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum B-Summerhill Stud TR-MF De Kock 2. Huntdown (USA) 3 8-8 £13,988 ch c by Elusive Quality - Infinite Spirit (Maria’s Mon) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Saeed bin Suroor 3. Balthazaar’s Gift (IRE) 6 9-3 £7,001 b h by Xaar - Thats Your Opinion (Last Tycoon) O-HE Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan B-Pat Beirne TR-CG Cox

2nd Dam: DAZZLING PARK by Warning. 3 wins at 2 and 3 Trusted Partner Matron S G3, 2nd Esat Digifone Champion S G1, 3rd Entenmann’s Irish 1000 Guineas G1.

2nd Dam: WILD HYACINTH by Royal Prerogative. 4 wins in South Africa Majorca S G3, 2nd Allan Robertson Fillies Championship G2, 3rd Cape of Good Hope Paddocks S G1. Own sister to Regal Blue. Dam of Wild Cocktail (g Foveros: 2nd Schweppes Gold Cup G3, DHL International Sprint G3, Mashonaland Holdings Sprint G3, 3rd Topsport Bloodline Classic G1). Grandam of KELLY, VICTORY MOON, FLAME, Poppy, Arabian Pearl, Off The Peg, Al Pasha.

KNOT IN WOOD b g 2002 Danzig

1st Dam: GLINTING DESERT by Desert Prince.

Winner at 2. Dam of 1 winner: 2007: ALFRED NOBEL (c Danehill Dancer) Sold 220,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 2 wins at 2, Netjets Railway S G2.

2008: (f Captain Rio)

Age 2-8

Starts 47

Wins 13

Places 16

Earned £736,145

Sire: STRAVINSKY. Sire of 51 Stakes winners. In 2009 - BIRD OF FIRE Comet Shine G2, BENBAUN Salse G3, MISS MAREN Brilliant Invader G3, OISEAU DE FEU Seattle Slew G3, KIRVINSKY Scenic LR, WAVELINE Boston Harbor LR. 1st Dam: ESCAPE TO VICTORY by Salse. 2 wins at 2 in Italy. Dam of 3 winners: 2000: TARFAA BINT SWAIN (f Swain) 2 wins at 5.

2001: BENBAUN (g Stravinsky) Sold 14,000gns yearling. 13 wins, Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp G1, Greenlands S G3, Flying Five S G3 (3 times), Sapphire S G3, Renaissance S G3, King of Beer S LR, 2nd King’s Stand S G2, Prix du Gros-Chene G2 (twice), Laurent-Perrier Champagne Sprint S G3, Flying Five S G3, Sapphire S G3, Renaissance S G3, Prix de Saint-Georges G3, King of Beer S LR, Naas Sprint S LR, 3rd Hong Kong Sprint G1, Prix du Gros-Chene G2, Gran Premio Citta’ di Napoli G3, Waterford Testimonial S LR. 2002: HONEST TREASURE (g Danehill). 4 wins 4-5 in Hong Kong.

2004: Fairy Festival (f Montjeu) 2005: Woody’s Dream (g Hawk Wing) 2006: Queen of Lyons (f Dubai Destination)

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 5

Places Earned 1 £1,327,042

Sire: MONTJEU. Sire of 70 Stakes winners. In 2009 FAME AND GLORY Shirley Heights G1, ROMAN EMPEROR Last Tycoon G1, FULMONTI Grosvenor G2, HARRIS TWEED Prized G2, BALLACK Last Tycoon G3, COURT CANIBAL Arazi G3, THE MEISTA Zabeel G3, STORM MOUNTAIN Mujadil LR, TAKE THE HINT Mr Prospector LR, HURRICANE FLY Kenmare LR, MOSKOVA Machiavellian LR, SHARPMON Sharpen Up LR. 1st Dam: Gryada by Shirley Heights. 2 wins at 2, 3rd Premio Dormello G3. Own sister to Golan Heights.

Dam of 7 winners: 1998: Guaranda (f Acatenango) 2 wins at 3, 3rd Upavon S LR. Dam of GRAVITATION (Lillie Langtry S G3) 1999: Grampian (c Selkirk) 4 wins at 2, 3 and 6, 2nd July S LR, Silver Cup H LR. 2001: GRAHAM ISLAND (g Acatenango) 2 wins 3-4.

2002: GRYSKIRK (g Selkirk) Winner at 2.

2003: GAZE (f Galileo) 2 wins at 4 in Germany.

2005: YUMMY MUMMY (f Montjeu) Winner at 3.

2006: FAME AND GLORY (c Montjeu) Sold 190,000gns foal at TADEF. 5 wins, Irish Derby G1, Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1, Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial S G2, Ballysax S G3, 2nd Derby S G1.

2007: Rain Forest (c Sadler’s Wells) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: GRIMPOLA by Windwurf. 2 wins, Schwarzgold-Rennen G2. Own sister to GRIMBEAU. Dam of Golan Heights (g Shirley Heights: 2nd uly Trophy S LR). Grandam of GONBARDA, GLOBAL DREAM, GONFILIA, GONLARGO, GORLOR. Third dam of GOATHEMALA, GALANA. Broodmare Sire: SHIRLEY HEIGHTS. See race 131.

The Montjeu/Shirley Heights cross has produced: FAME AND GLORY G1, ANTON CHEKHOV G1, MONTARE G1, Washington Irving G2, Red Peony G3.

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Caulfield on Fame And Glory: “His sire Montjeu has only five crops aged three or above, yet they have produced two winners of the Derby and three winners of the Irish Derby” FAME AND GLORY b c 2006 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge MONTJEU b 96 Top Ville Floripedes Toute Cy Mill Reef Shirley Heights Hardiemma GRYADA b/br 93 Windwurf Grimpola Gondel

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special High Top Sega Ville Tennyson Adele Toumignon Never Bend Milan Mill Hardicanute Grand Cross Kaiseradler Wiesenweihe Zank Goldhenne

152 PRIX DE MALLERET G2 SAINT-CLOUD. June 28. 3yo. 2400m.

1. ASHALANDA (FR) 8-9 £71,942 b f by Linamix - Ashaninka (Woodman) O-HH The Aga Khan B-Haras De Son Altesse L’Aga Khan Scea TR-A de Royer-Dupre 2. Terre du Vent (FR) 8-9 £27,767 b f by Kutub - Phlizz (Kaldoun) O/B-Claude Lambert TR-Y de Nicolay 3. Kalla (GB) 8-9 £11,044 b f by Monsun - Kittiwake (Barathea) O-Baroness Karin Von Ullmann B-Gestut Schlenderhan TR-A Fabre 3. Shamakiya (IRE) 8-9 £11,044 b f by Intikhab - Shamadara (Kahyasi) O-HH The Aga Khan B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-A de Royer-Dupre Margins Short head, 0.5. Time 2:30.60 (fast 1.00).

Going Soft.

Age 3

Starts 2

Wins 2

Places 0

Earned £74,855

Sire: LINAMIX. Sire of 78 Stakes winners. In 2009 ALPINE ROSE Shirley Heights G2, ASHALANDA Woodman G2, MANIGHAR Rubiano LR, QERTAAS Zafonic LR, VOL DE NUIT Mtoto LR.

Montjeu has only five crops aged three or above, yet they have produced two winners of the Epsom Derby in Motivator and Authorized, and three winners of the Irish Derby, with Fame And Glory impressively following in the footsteps of Hurricane Run and Frozen Fire. One of Montjeu’s New Zealand crops yielded another Derby winner in Nom du Jeu (2008 Australian Derby) and there has even been a winner of the Singapore Derby, plus winners of the Grand Prix de Paris, St Leger and Prix Royal-Oak. Fame And Glory had found Sea The Stars too speedy for him in the Derby, where – unlike at the Curragh – his undoubted stamina had not been wholly exploited. Fame And Glory fully merits the description classically bred, as his grandsires are Sadler’s Wells and Shirley Heights. His dam, the Group-placed Shirley Heights mare Gryada, was owned by Lord Howard de Walden’s Plantation Stud, which earlier sent a German mare to Shirley Heights to produce the Derby-winning Slip Anchor. Gryada’s dam Grimpola was another acquisition from Germany, where she won the 1,000 Guineas and finished third in the German Oaks.

Seven of Grimpola’s eight foals were by members of the Mill Reef male line, with a mating to Slip Anchor producing Gonfalon, an accomplished three-parts-sister to Gryada. Gonfalon returned to Germany to produce the top filly Gonbarda and two other Group winners in Gonfilia and Gonlargo. Gryada was carrying Fame And Glory when she was sent to the December Sales in 2005, as part of the de Walden dispersal. The mare sold for 160,000gns and duly produced the 2009 Irish Derby winner for the partnership of Ptarmigan Bloodstock and Kirsten Rausing. Lord Howard de Walden’s widow retained a grand-daughter of Gryada and this filly – Galileo’s daughter Gravitation – won the Gr3 Lillie Langtry Stakes in 2008.

1st Dam: ASHANINKA by Woodman. Winner at 3 in USA. Dam of 4 winners: 2002: ASAGILD (c Gilded Time) 4 wins at 3, 5 and 6 in France.

2003: ASHAMIKA (f Linamix) Winner at 5 in Australia.

2004: ASHALINA (f Linamix) 3 wins 2-3 in France.

2005: Ninka (f Linamix) 2006: ASHALANDA (f Linamix) 2 wins at 3 in France, Prix de Malleret G2.

2007: Ashtarana (f Dalakhani) unraced to date.

Broodmare Sire: WOODMAN. Sire of the dams of 121 Stakes winners. In 2009 - ASHALANDA Linamix G2, RUTINI Know Heights G3.

The Linamix/Woodman cross has produced: ASHALANDA G2, Super Lina G3, Celtix LR. ASHALANDA b f 2006 Bellypha Mendez Miss Carina LINAMIX gr 87 Breton Lunadix Lutine Mr Prospector Woodman Playmate ASHANINKA b 97 Deputy Minister Intriguing Demure

Lyphard Belga Caro Miss Pia Relko La Melba Alcide Mona Raise A Native Gold Digger Buckpasser Intriguing Vice Regent Mint Copy Dr Fager Quiet Charm

153 GRAND PRIX DE SAINT-CLOUD G1 SAINT-CLOUD. June 28. 4yo+. 2400m.

1. SPANISH MOON (USA) 5 9-2 £221,903 b h by El Prado - Shining Bright (Rainbow Quest) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-Sir Michael Stoute 2. Alpine Rose (FR) 4 8-13 £88,777 gr f by Linamix - Fragrant Hill (Shirley Heights) O-Ecurie des Monceaux, Skymarc Farm B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-A de Royer-Dupre 3. Youmzain (IRE) 6 9-2 £44,388 b h by Sinndar - Sadima (Sadler’s Wells) O-Jaber Abdullah B-Frank Dunne TR-MR Channon Margins 1.5, 1.5. Time 2:27.40 (fast 4.20).

Going Soft.

Age 2-5

Starts 11

Wins 5

Places Earned 3 £1,008,944

Sire: EL PRADO. Sire of 44 SWs. In 2009 - SPANISH MOON Rainbow Quest G1, GOLDEN CENTURY American Chance G3, WESLEY Alysheba G3.

1st Dam: SHINING BRIGHT by Rainbow Quest.

Winner at 3 in France. Dam of 6 winners: 1995: EAGLE’S CROSS (c Trempolino) 5 wins.

1996: Swancourt (f Cozzene) unplaced.

1997: (c Irish River) 1998: Febrile (f Trempolino) unraced.

1999: CUT GLASS (f Diesis) Winner at 3 in France.

2000: SPANISH SUN (f El Prado) 2 wins at 2 and 3, Ribblesdale S G2.

2001: GALVANISE (c Run Softly) 4 wins.

2004: SPANISH MOON (c El Prado) 5 wins, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1, Floodlit S LR, August S LR, Buckhounds S LR, 2nd Sheema Classic G1, Arc Trial G3, 3rd Rose of Lancaster S G3.

2005: CERTAIN PROMISE (f El Prado) 2 wins at 3.

2007: Phrase (f Royal Anthem) unraced to date.

2008: (f Dansili) 2009: (c Montjeu) 2nd Dam: Bourbon Girl by Ile de Bourbon. 1 win at 2, 2nd Irish Oaks G1, Oaks S G1, 3rd Yorkshire Oaks G1. Dam of DARING MISS (f Sadler’s Wells: Grand Prix de Chantilly G2, 2nd Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1), APOGEE (f Shirley Heights: Prix de Royaumont G3). Grandam of DANCE ROUTINE, APSIS, CONCENTRIC, SPACE QUEST, Quickfire, Light Ballet. Third dam of KOCAB, PENCHEE. Broodmare Sire: RAINBOW QUEST. Sire of the dams of 105 Stakes winners. In 2009 - ASK Sadler’s Wells G1, ELUSIVE WAVE Elusive City G1, SPANISH MOON El Prado G1, IRIAN Tertullian G2, DOCTOR FREMANTLE Sadler’s Wells G3, ENROLLER Marju G3.

The El Prado/Rainbow Quest cross has produced: SPANISH MOON G1, SPANISH SUN G2.

SPANISH MOON b h 2004 Sadler’s Wells EL PRADO gr 89 Lady Capulet

Rainbow Quest SHINING BRIGHT b 89 Bourbon Girl

Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special Sir Gaylord Sir Ivor Attica Tom Fool Cap And Bells Ghazni Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Herbager I Will Follow Where You Lead Nijinsky Ile de Bourbon Roseliere Habitat Fleet Girl Fleet Noble

Although Bourbon Girl died after foaling at the age of 13 in 1997, the runner-up to Unite in the 1987 Oaks and Irish Oaks left a rich legacy for Juddmonte Farms. The daughter of Ile de Bourbon produced only three fillies but two of them - Apogee and Daring Miss – became Group winners in France, and two of them – Apogee and Shining Bright – have so far produced six stakes winners between them, including four at Group level. In fact, there are now six stakes-winning descendants of Bourbon Girl in the Juddmonte broodmare band.

Shining Bright showed she possessed plenty of the family’s talent, winning in good enough style at Longchamp to earn a tilt at the 1992 Oaks. Unfortunately, she didn’t shine after being sent to race in the USA, but she proved an ideal mate for El Prado, producing three winners from three foals.

The first, Spanish Sun, was good enough to win the Ribblesdale Stakes and her brother Spanish Moon is even better, as he showed with his determined victory in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (a race in which Bourbon Girl’s daughter Daring Miss once finished second).

Spanish Moon had earlier failed by inches to take the Dubai Sheema Classic and is now showing the type of form he was expected to produce at three, before this one-time Derby hope was sidelined through injury.

The Bourbon Girl family owes much

of its success to the Sadler’s Wells male line, as it was Sadler’s Wells who sired Daring Miss from Bourbon Girl, plus the Prix de Diane second Dance Routine and her talented sisters Concentric and Light Ballet from Apogee. It was Sadler’s Wells’s son Barathea – recently deceased – who sired the smart Apsis from Apogee, while El Prado, the sire of Spanish Sun and Spanish Moon, is another son of the 14-time champion sire.

154 HANSA-PREIS G2 HAMBURG. June 28. 3yo+. 2400m.

1. FLAMINGO FANTASY (GER) 4 9-2 £38,835 ch c by Fantastic Light - Flamingo Road (Acatenango) O/B-Gestut Park Wiedingen TR-W Hickst 2. Getaway (GER) 4 9-4 £17,476 b c by Monsun - Guernica (Unfuwain) O/B-Baron G Von Ullmann TR-J Hirchberger 3. Poseidon Adventure (IRE) 6 9-2 £8,738 b h by Sadler’s Wells - Fanny Cerrito (Gulch) O-Stall Salzburg B-Tower Bloodstock TR-W Figge Margins 2, 0.5. Time 2:28.17. Going Good.

Age 3-4

Starts 7

Wins 5

Places 1

Earned £103,140

Sire: FANTASTIC LIGHT. Sire of 18 Stakes winners.

In 2009 - FLAMINGO FANTASY Acatenango G2, SCINTILLO Thatching G2.

1st Dam: FLAMINGO ROAD by Acatenango.

Champion 3yo filly in Germany in 1999. 4 wins 3-4, Idee Hansa-Preis G2, Preis der Diana G2, 2nd Grosser Preis von Baden G1, 3rd Erdgas Preis G1, Deutsches Derby G1. Dam of 3 winners: 2002: FLAMINGO RAINBOW (g Rainbow Quest) 2 wins at 3 and 4 in Germany.

2004: Flamingo Land (g Monsun) ran once.

2005: FLAMINGO FANTASY (c Fantastic Light) 5 wins, Idee Hansa - Besitzervereinigung G2, Betty Barclay Rennen G3.

2006: Frantic Storm (c Nayef) Winner at 3, 3rd G. Preis der Hannoverschen Volksbank LR. 2007: Flamingo Pink (f Pentire) unraced to date.

2009: (f Soldier Hollow) 2nd Dam: FABULA DANCER by Northern Dancer. 1 win at 3. Dam of FLAMINGO ROAD, FLAMINGO PARADISE (c Rainbow Quest: Oleander-Rennen G3), Flamingo Queen (f Surumu: 2nd Preis der Stadparkasse G3). Grandam of FROZEN FIRE. Broodmare Sire: ACATENANGO. Sire of the dams of 26 SWs. In 2009 - FLAMINGO FANTASY Fantastic Light G2, DAVERON Black Sam Bellamy LR. FLAMINGO FANTASY ch c 2005 Red God Runaway Bride Halo Glorious Song Ballade Northern Dancer Nijinsky Flaming Page Key To The Mint Kamar Square Angel Literat Surumu Surama Aggressor Aggravate Raven Locks Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Exclusive Native Fair Rosalind Thirty Years Blushing Groom Rahy FANTASTIC LIGHT b 96 Jood

Acatenango FLAMINGO ROAD ch 96 Fabula Dancer

155 BROWNSTOWN S G3 FAIRYHOUSE. July 1. 3yo+. 7f.

1. GLOWING (IRE) 4 9-6 £51,748 b f by Dansili - Brightest (Rainbow Quest) O-Mrs J Magnier B-Millsec Ltd TR-C O’Brien 2. Luminous Eyes (IRE) 3 9-1 £15,126 ch f by Bachelor Duke - Mood Indigo (Indian Ridge) O-Dr R Lambe B-Ballylinch Stud TR-DK Weld 3. Kalidaha (IRE) 4 9-6 £7,165 ch f by Cadeaux Genereux - Kalimanta (Lake Coniston) O-HH The Aga Khan B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-John M Oxx

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS European Pattern Margins Short head, 1.25. Time 1:25.90 (slow 1.90).

Going Good.

Age 2-4

Starts 11

Wins 3

Places 3

Earned £75,271

Sire: DANSILI. See race 134.

1st Dam: Brightest by Rainbow Quest. Dam of 1 winner: 2004: New Choice (f Barathea) unraced. Broodmare.

2005: GLOWING (f Dansili) Sold 160,000gns yearling at TAOC2. 3 wins at 2 and 4, Irish Stallion Farms EBF Brownstown S G3.

2006: Tresmares (c Refuse To Bend) 2008: (c Galileo) 2nd Dam: WEMYSS BIGHT by Dancing Brave.

Champion 3yo filly in Ireland. 5 wins, Irish Oaks G1, 2nd Prix Vermeille G1. Dam of BEAT HOLLOW (c Sadler’s Wells: Grand Prix de Paris G1, Manhattan H G1, Arlington Million S G1, Turf Classic S G1, 2nd Eddie Read H G1, 3rd Derby S G1, Keeneland Turf Mile S G1), YARALINO (c Caerleon: Tanforan H G3).

Broodmare Sire: RAINBOW QUEST. See race 153.

The Dansili/Rainbow Quest cross has produced: GLOWING G3, SENSE OF JOY G3, QUENCHED LR. GLOWING b f 2005 Danehill DANSILI b 96 Hasili

Rainbow Quest BRIGHTEST b 99 Wemyss Bight

Northern Dancer Danzig Pas de Nom His Majesty Razyana Spring Adieu Ile de Bourbon Kahyasi Kadissya High Line Kerali Sookera Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Herbager I Will Follow Where You Lead Lyphard Dancing Brave Navajo Princess Mill Reef Bahamian Sorbus

156 PREIS DER SPIELBANK HAMBURG G3 HAMBURG. July 1. 3yo+. 1600m.

1. CARO JINA (FR) 3 8-11 £31,068 b f by Dai Jin - Caronment (Environment Friend) O-Gestut Weiherwiesen B-Mme V Jud-Frei TR-A Trybuhl 2. Whispered Dreams (GER) 4 9-4 £9,709 ch f by Platini - Waconda (Pursuit of Love) O-Judy Rumbold B-Gestut Romerhof TR-M Hofer 3. Mambo Light (USA) 3 8-11 £4,854 ch f by Kingmambo - Piquetnol (Private Account) O-R&B Int B-Flaxman Holdings Ltd TR-A Wohler Margins Neck, neck. Time 1:38.10. Going Good.

Age 3

Starts 4

Wins 2

Places 2

Earned £35,147

Sire: DAI JIN. Sire of 4 Stakes winners. In 2009 CARO JINA Environment Friend G3.

1st Dam: CARONMENT by Environment Friend. 3 wins at 4 in Switzerland. Dam of 2 winners: 2005: CAPTAIN CAMELOT (c Eden Rock) 2 wins.

2006: CARO JINA (f Dai Jin) 2 wins at 3 in Germany, Preis der Spielbank Hamburg G3.

2007: Close To Heaven (c Diktat) unraced to date.

157 ECLIPSE S G1 SANDOWN PARK. July 4. 3yo+. 10f 7yds.

1. SEA THE STARS (IRE) 3 8-10 £283,850 b c by Cape Cross - Urban Sea (Miswaki) O-Christopher Tsui B-Sunderland Holdings TR-John M Oxx 2. Rip Van Winkle (IRE) 3 8-10 £107,600 b c by Galileo - Looking Back (Stravinsky) O-Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor, D Smith B-Roberto Brogi TR-AP O’Brien 3. Conduit (IRE) 4 9-7 £53,850 ch c by Dalakhani - Well Head (Sadler’s Wells) O-Ballymacoll Stud B-Ballymacoll Stud TR-Sir Michael Stoute Margins 1, 4.5. Time 2:03.40 (fast 3.60).

Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 5

Places Earned 1 £1,305,088

Sire: CAPE CROSS. Sire of 50 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SEA THE STARS Miswaki G1, CRYSTAL CAPELLA Mark of Esteem G3, MAC LOVE Elmaamul G3, RECHARGE Robellino G3, RE BAROLO Irish River LR, VALLETTA Bering LR. 1st Dam: URBAN SEA by Miswaki. Champion older mare in Europe in 1993. 8 wins at 2 to 5 in France, CIGA Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe G1, 3rd Prix Ganay G1, Prix Vermeille Escada G1. Dam of 7 winners: 1996: URBAN OCEAN (c Bering) 4 wins at 2 to 4, Gallinule S G3. Sire.

1997: MELIKAH (f Lammtarra). Winner at 3, R L Davison Pretty Polly S LR, 2nd Kildangan Stud Irish Oaks G1, 3rd Oaks S G1. Broodmare.

1998: GALILEO (c Sadler’s Wells) Champion 3yr old in Europe in 2001. 6 wins at 2 and 3, Derby S G1, Irish Derby G1, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S G1, 2nd Irish Champion S G1.

Sire.

1999: BLACK SAM BELLAMY (c Sadler’s Wells) Champion 3yr old in Italy in 2002. 4 wins at 3 and 4 at home, Italy, Tattersalls Gold Cup G1, Gran Premio del Jockey Club G1, 2nd Grosser Bugatti Preis G1, 3rd Vodafone Coronation Cup G1, Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1. Sire.

2000: Atticus (c Sadler’s Wells) unraced.

2001: ALL TOO BEAUTIFUL (f Sadler’s Wells) 3 wins at 3 and 4, Totepool Middleton S G3, 2nd Vodafone Oaks S G1. Broodmare.

2002: MY TYPHOON (f Giant’s Causeway) 9 wins at 2 to 5 in USA, Diana S G1, 3rd Garden City Breeders’ Cup S G1.

2004: Cherry Hinton (f Green Desert) 2nd Blue Wind S G3.

2005: Sea’s Legacy (c Green Desert) unraced.

2006: SEA THE STARS (c Cape Cross) 5 wins at 2 and 3, Derby S G1, Eclipse S G1, 2000 Guineas G1, Beresford S G2.

2009: (c Invincible Spirit) 2nd Dam: Allegretta by Lombard. 2 wins at 2, 2nd Oaks Trial S G3. Own sister to ANNO, ARIONETTE and Alya. Dam of URBAN SEA (f Miswaki, see above), KING’S BEST (c Kingmambo: 2000 Guineas G1), ALLEZ LES TROIS (f Riverman: Prix de Flore G3), Turbaine (f Trempolino: 2nd Prix Occitanie LR).

Grandam of ANABAA BLUE, ANZILLERO, TERTULLIAN, TEREK, REUNITE, TUSCULUM, ALPINE SNOW, MEASURED TEMPO. Third dam of TAMAYUZ.

158 DEUTSCHES DERBY G1 HAMBURG. July 5. 3yo. 2400m.

1. WIENER WALZER (GER) 9-2 £291,262 b c by Dynaformer - Walzerkoenigin (Kingmambo) O-Gestut Schlenderhan B-Gestut Schlenderhan TR-J Hirchberger 2. Sordino (GER) 9-2 £97,087 ch c by Samum - Serenata (Lomitas) O-Gestut Hof Vesterberg B-Gestut Hof Vesterberg TR-W Hickst 3. Toughness Danon (GB) 9-2 £58,252 b c by Tiger Hill - Templerin (Acatenango) O-Stall D’Angelo B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof TR-A Wohler Margins 1.25, neck. Time 2:29.56. Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 2

Wins 1

Broodmare Sire: ENVIRONMENT FRIEND. Sire of the dams of 2 SWs. In 09 - CARO JINA Dai Jin G3.

CARO JINA b f 2006

SEA THE STARS b c 2006 Nureyev

Peintre Celebre Peinture Bleue DAI JIN b 2000 Shirley Heights Dawlah Urjwan Cozzene Environment Friend Water Woo CARONMENT gr 97 Gorytus Careful Dancer Be Noble

Northern Dancer Special Alydar Petroleuse Mill Reef Hardiemma Seattle Slew White Star Line Caro Ride The Trails Tom Rolfe Waterloo Nijinsky Glad Rags Vaguely Noble Be Careful

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Foreign Courier Courtly Dee Lorenzaccio Ahonoora Helen Nichols Balidar Balidaress Innocence Raise A Native Mr Prospector Gold Digger Buckpasser Hopespringseternal Rose Bower Agio Lombard Promised Lady Espresso Anatevka Almyra Danzig

Green Desert CAPE CROSS b/br 94 Park Appeal

Miswaki URBAN SEA ch 89 Allegretta

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Sire: DYNAFORMER. Sire of 85 SWs. In 2009 AMERICAIN Arazi G2, GOZZIP GIRL Kingmambo G2, WIENER WALZER Kingmambo G2, SOCIAL QUEEN Irgun G3, VACATION Seeking The Gold G3.

1st Dam: WALZERKOENIGIN by Kingmambo. 5 wins, Premio Emilio Turati G2, Euro Cup G2, 2nd Flower Bowl Invitational S G1. Dam of 2 winners: 2005: WALZERTRAUM (c Rahy) 2 wins at 3 in Germany, Bavarian Classic G3.

2006: WIENER WALZER (c Dynaformer) 1 win at 3 in Germany, Oppenheim Union-Rennen G2.

2007: Waltzing Wonder (c Monsun) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: Great Revival by Keen. ran 3 times at 4.

Dam of WALZERKOENIGIN (f Kingmambo, see above). Grandam of Mrs Snow, Wadaat.

Broodmare Sire: KINGMAMBO. Sire of the dams of 25 Stakes winners. In 2009 - GALLICA Redoute’s Choice G1, GOZZIP GIRL Dynaformer G2, WIENER WALZER Dynaformer G2.

The Dynaformer/Kingmambo cross has produced: GOZZIP GIRL G1, OCEAN SILK G1, WIENER WALZER G2.

WIENER WALZER b c 2006 Hail To Reason Roberto Bramalea DYNAFORMER b 85 His Majesty Andover Way On The Trail Mr Prospector Kingmambo

Broodmare Sire: MISWAKI. Sire of the dams of 105 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SEA THE STARS Cape Cross G1, FRENCH BERET Broad Brush G3, MARY’S FOLLIES More Than Ready G3.

See race 40 in the June issue for analysis

2nd Dam: Careful Dancer by Gorytus. ran twice at 2 and 4. Grandam of LA CUCARACHA.

Places 0

Miesque WALZERKOENIGIN b 99 Keen Great Revival Prudent Girl

Turn-To Nothirdchance Nashua Rarelea Ribot Flower Bowl Olympia Golden Trail Raise A Native Gold Digger Nureyev Pasadoble Sharpen Up Doubly Sure Primera Bride Elect

Any American breeder looking for a mate for their Kingmambo mare in 2005 must have had Dynaformer on their shortlist. The Three Chimneys Farm stallion had only one foal of racing age out of a daughter of Kingmambo and that foal – Ocean Silk – had been designated England’s best staying three-old-filly of 2003 after her close seconds in the Ribblesdale Stakes and Yorkshire Oaks. Dynaformer was also building a

compelling record with other Mr Prospector line mares (with this cross later producing the Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro).

Breeders who took the hint have been very well rewarded and this cross achieved the remarkable feat of producing two three-year-old Gr1 winners on the same day, with Gozzip Girl taking the American Oaks and Wiener Walzer the Deutsches Derby.

Wiener Walzer is the 19th Deutsches Derby winner bred by Gestut Schlenderhan, a stud which appreciates the need to introduce new blood every now and then.

It did so in 2000 with the purchase of Wiener Walzer’s dam for $275,000 at Keeneleand’s July Sale. Named Walzerkoenigin, the filly enjoyed a distinguished career which spanned Germany, France, England, Italy and the USA. Waltzerkoenigin stayed well enough to win a German Gr2 over a mile and a quarter and to finish second in the Gr1 Flower Bowl Invitational. She owed her stamina to her dam Great Revival, a half-sister to the top middle-distance horse Providential.

Another of Great Revival’s daughters, Shining Vale, had gone close to providing the family with a 2009 Classic double when her daughter Wadaat was beaten a nose in the Oaks d’Italia. This female line traces back to the famous mare Lost Soul and her highly accomplished daughter Phase.

159 PRIX JEAN PRAT G1 CHANTILLY. July 5. 3yo. 1600m.

1. LORD SHANAKILL (USA) 9-2 £221,903 bbr c by Speightstown - Green Room (Theatrical) O-Mogeely Stud, Mark T Gittins B-Vimal Khosla, Gillian Khosla et al TR-KR Burke 2. Oiseau de Feu (USA) 9-2 £88,777 b c by Stravinsky - Slewadora (Seattle Slew) O-B Weill B-Gallaghers Stud TR-J-C Rouget 3. Irian (GER) 9-2 £44,388 b c by Tertullian - Iberi (Rainbow Quest) O/B-Gestut Schlenderhan TR-J Hirchberger Margins Head, 0.5. Time 1:38.90 (slow 2.90).

Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 11

Wins 3

Places 6

Earned £425,403

Sire: SPEIGHTSTOWN. Sire of 6 SWs. In 2009 LORD SHANAKILL Theatrical G1, MUNNINGS Holy Bull G2, DESPITE THE ODDS Cozzene G3, GEMSWICK PARK Relaunch G3, HAYNESFIELD Tejabo LR, MULLINS BEACH Silver Deputy LR. 1st Dam: Green Room by Theatrical. unraced. Dam of 1 winner: 2006: LORD SHANAKILL (c Speightstown) 3 wins at 2 and 3 at home, France, Prix Jean Prat G1, Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef S G2, 2nd Dewhurst S G1, Vintage S G2, 3rd St James’s Palace S G1, Prix Morny G1, Coventry S G2.

2007: Brannagh (c Hennessy) unraced to date.

2008: (c Dixie Union) 2nd Dam: Chain Fern by Blushing Groom. unraced.

Own sister to AL BAHATHRI. Dam of SPANISH FERN (f El Gran Senor: Yellow Ribbon H G1, 2nd Yellow Ribbon S G1, 3rd Ramona H G1, Matriarch S G1). Grandam of HEATSEEKER, GRAN ZAMIR. Broodmare Sire: THEATRICAL. Sire of the dams of 33 Stakes winners. In 2009 - LORD SHANAKILL Speightstown G1, URBAN STREET Swept Overboard G3, RUN IT Cherokee Run LR, THEATRICAL AWARD Academy Award LR.

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Caulfield on Lord Shanakill: “His sire Speightstown’s first crop has also produced American Graded winners Munnings, Gemswick Park and Despite The Odds” LORD SHANAKILL b/br c 2006 Raise A Native Gold Digger Secretariat Secrettame Tamerett Storm Bird Storm Cat Terlingua Chieftain Silken Doll Insilca Northern Dancer Nureyev Special Sassafras Tree of Knowledge Sensibility Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Nodouble Chain Store General Store Mr Prospector Gone West SPEIGHTSTOWN ch 98 Silken Cat

Theatrical GREEN ROOM b 2002 Chain Fern

One can only wonder what Juddmonte Farms’ Spanish Fern might have achieved as a broodmare had she not suffered a fatal injury leaving the stalls in the 2000 edition of the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf. Not only was she a very smart racemare, winning the Gr1 Yellow Ribbon Stakes, but she also had an excellent pedigree.

By El Gran Senor, the stallion also responsible for Juddmonte’s exceptional producer Toussaud, Spanish Fern was out of Chain Fern, a sister to Haafhd’s excellent dam Al Bahathri.

Two of Chain Fern’s younger daughters have gone on to produce Gr1 winners, even though neither managed to make it to the races. The first, the Defensive Play mare Rusty Back, produced the Santa Anita Handicap winner Heatseeker to Giant’s Causeway, and now the Theatrical mare Green Room is being very ably represented by her Speightstown colt Lord Shanakill.

Beaten inches in the 2008 Dewhurst Stakes, Lord Shanakill has trained on very well, as he showed with his third in the St James’s Palace Stakes and his game victory in the Prix Jean Prat.

Speightstown, America’s champion sprinter at the age of six in 2004, has quickly established himself as one of the most promising of the stallions which retired in 2005.

In addition to Lord Shanakill, his first crop has produced the American Graded winners Munnings, Gemswick Park and Despite The Odds, plus several other stakes winners, with speed being the main asset of most of them. Lord Shanakill is well suited by a mile, though, no doubt helped by having the top middle-distance horse Theatrical as his broodmare sire.

The second dam Chain Store was a sister to Double Discount, a multiple Gr2 winner at up to ten furlongs. This is also the family of Gladiatorus, impressive winner of the 2009 Dubai Duty Free.

Index to winners and placed horses in European Pattern races. Wins in bold type A Mind of Her Own 102 Aaroness 64 Above Average 26 Addicted 67 Adelar 89 Adlerflug 29 Again 90 Age of Aquarius 56 Age of Reason 119 Air Crew 138 Alaivan 91 Alandi 146 Albisola 34 Alexandros 76 Alfred Nobel 149 Allybar 68 142 Almail 120 Alnadana 4 110 Alpine Rose 93 153 Ambassador 9 89 Americain 80 Amour Propre 41 Ana Americana 79 Ancien Regime 147 Anglezarke 122 Aqlaam 121 Arabian Gleam 95 Aria di Festa 38 98 Art Connoisseur 137 Article Rare 79 As de Trebol 96 Ashalanda 152 Ashram 126 Ask 74 106 Aspectus 78 Baddam 35 Baileys Cacao 63 Baliyana 64 Balthazaar’s Gift 148 Bannaby 80 Barshiba 43 Beach Bunny 65 85 144 Beacon Lodge 95 115 Beauty O’ Gwaun 69 Becqu Adoree 111 Benbaun 66 99 150 Big Bound 26 Black Bear Island 14 72 134 Black Mambazo 62 99 Blue Bajan 74 Board Meeting 37 Bolivia 100 Bon Grain 131 Borderlescott 41 84 Born To Be King 6 Bronze Cannon 2 39 139 Buccellati 27 53 Calvados Blues 54 Campanologist 139 Canford Cliffs 124 Cannonball 137 Caro Jina 156 Casilda 43 Casual Conquest 39 87 Catch Wind 140 Cavalryman 68 Ceedwell 125 Celebra 32 Celimene 15 Centennial 21 Cesare 121 Chachamaidee 133 Chief Lone Eagle 45 Chinchon 1 97 Chinese White 69 Cima de Triomphe 92 Cityscape 20 Claremont 49 120 Coastal Path 48 Conduit 92 157 Confront 105 Contat 75 Count John 45 Court Canibal 1 Crystal Capella 73 Cuis Ghaire 42 Curtain Call 47

Cutlass Bay 68 Damaniyat Girl 16 Danehill Destiny 19 Dansant 139 Danse Grecque 93 Dar Re Mi 73 144 Daring Tiger 25 Deauville Vision 85 Debussy 50 Delegator 18 40 123 Denomination 32 Deposer 105 126 Diyakalanie 1 Doctor Fremantle 51 Dohasa 10 114 Dovil Boy 54 Dream Eater 28 Drill Sergeant 39 Drumbeat 52 Duellant 31 Duff 114 Dunkerque 96 143 Dwilano 33 Earl of Fire 145 Ecatarina 67 Elusive Wave 11 58 Emily Blake 46 85 Enroller 21 Enticement 70 Entre Deux Eaux 11 113 Etoile Nocturne 75 Eva’s Request 110 127 Excellent Girl 37 Expresso Star 51 Fabiana 113 Fame And Glory 24 60 108 151 Famous Name 47 87 Fantasia 16 58 Faramir 30 Farrel 101 Father Time 56 134 Fergus McIver 24 60 Festival Princess 69 Firey Red 3 64 First City 16 Flame of Gibraltar 130 Flamingo Fantasy 82 154 Fleeting Spirit 122 Flying Cloud 37 130 Freemantle 72 Freemusic 77 Frozen Fire 53 Fuisse 109 Gan Amhras 40 Geordieland 94 129 Georgebernardshaw 114 Getaway 154 Ghanaati 42 135 Gimmy 61 Girouette 46 Gitano Hernando 52 Glad Panther 44 Globus 57 Glowing 155 Golden Century 142 Golden Sword 50 151 Grace O’Malley 116 Grand Ducal 91 Grandcamp 8 Gris de Gris 4 36 81 Guest Ville 8 142 Habaayib 133 Handsome Maestro 112 Hansom 103 Heart Shaped 5 Heaven Sent 43 127 High Heeled 107 Hoh Hoh Hoh 41 Holberg 136 Homebound 98 Huntdown 148 Icelandic 86 Icesolator 20 Il Divo 141 Imbongi 148 In Some Respect 149 Intense Focus 6 Inxile 66 150 Irian 25 57 159 Jakarta Jazz 116 Jakkalberry 55

Jealous Again 125 Jumbajukiba 86 Kalidaha 155 Kamsin 33 Kargali 10 Key To Pleasure 75 King Ledley 149 King of Sydney 25 King’s Apostle 71 Kitty Kiernan 102 Knot In Wood 147 Konig Turf 78 La Boum 30 93 Lady Alida 140 Lahaleeb 19 90 Le Havre 59 109 Lesson In Humility 104 137 Liang Kay 78 145 Libano 22 Lillie Langtry 102 133 L’Indiscreta 23 Lips Arrow 23 Look Busy 84 Look Here 106 144 Lord Shanakill 123 159 Louise Aron 38 Loup Breton 29 Lukrecia 67 Luminous Eyes 155 Lush Lashes 87 Mac Love 105 Mad About You 3 10 46 Magadan 48 97 Main Aim 95 Malibu Bay 26 Mambo Light 156 Maoineach 5 104 Mariol 96 Marshade 138 Mastercraftsman 83 123 Masterofthehorse 50 108 Mastery 55 136 Midday 107 Miles Gloriosus 101 Mischief Making 35 Misheer 125 Miss Europa 100 Moiqen 47 Montaff 56 Mood Music 66 Morgan Drive 62 Mourayan 24 60 151 My Sweet Baby 38 Never On Sunday 81 128 Night Magic 44 100 Night of Magic 88 Novita 67 Oh Goodness Me 3 90 Oh Mambo Girl 140 Oiseau de Feu 12 112 159 On Est Bien 14 Only Green 11 Oriental Lion 118 Orizaba 112 Orpen Shadow 138 Osservatorio 22 Ostland 9 Ouqba 126 Paco Boy 28 121 Panyu 118 Papetti 31 Patkai 35 94 129 Peligroso 103 Penny’s Gift 113 Pipedreamer 27 Please Sing 63 Plumania 15 117 Pointilliste 30 80 Poseidon Adventure 154 Precious Boy 36 115 Premio Loco 2 Pressing 101 Prince Flori 141 Princess Taylor 73 Profound Beauty 146 Proportional 13 Pure Poetry 18 Pusey Street Lady 147 Quetsche 111 Quijano 119 Quiza Quiza Quiza 88

Racinger 4 Radiohead 132 Rainbow View 135 Rakaan 124 Rayeni 83 Recharge 6 Reggane 98 135 Reignier 132 Remarque 62 Rip Van Winkle 157 Ruby Dancer 23 Runaway 81 Ruten 82 Sahpresa 115 San Sicharia 63 104 Sans Frontieres 18 72 Saphir 44 103 Sariska 70 107 Scenic Blast 122 Scintillo 2 53 97 Sea The Stars 40 108 157 Sehrezad 145 Selmis 31 77 Shamakiya 111 152 Shawnee Saga 33 82 Shemima 34 Silver Frost 12 59 Smart Coco 5 Smooth Operator 143 Snaefell 150 Soneva 13 Sordino 158 Sottone 22 Soul City 83 South Easter 52 Spacious 110 127 Spanish Moon 153 Stacelita 79 117 Star Ruby 70 Starlish 131 Staying On 51 Steele Tango 17 Stotsfold 92 131 Summit Surge 65 Super Sleuth 19 42 Tamazirte 13 58 117 Tanoura 116 Tartan Bearer 27 128 Tassara 32 Tastahil 21 94 Tawaabb 132 Tax Free 71 99 Tazeez 17 Telluride 49 Terre du Vent 152 The Bogberry 7 The Bull Hayes 91 Three Rocks 65 Topclas 14 Toughness Danon 158 Tres Rapide 34 89 Trincot 7 77 Turati 55 Twice Over 17 76 Utmost Respect 71 86 Uvinza 130 Varenar 143 Veracity 74 Vertigineux 36 Vesuve 54 Villa Molitor 15 Virtual 28 76 Vision d’Etat 7 29 128 Vocalised 20 45 Voila Ici 61 119 Vol de Nuit 61 Wadaat 88 Wajir 8 49 Westphalia 12 59 109 Whispered Dreams 156 Wi Dud 84 Wiener Walzer 118 158 Winkle 48 World Heritage 120 Xtension 124 Yankee Doodle 136 146 Yeats 129 Youmzain 106 153 Your Old Pal 134 Zafisio 57 Zaungast 9 141

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EXCLUSIVE STALLIONS STATS

Leading sires in Europe Flat sires 2009 by percentage of stakes winners to runners Name

YOF

Sadler's Wells 1981 Galileo 1998 High Chaparral 1999 Oasis Dream 2000 Monsun 1990 Danehill Dancer 1993 Lando 1990 Linamix 1987 Peintre Celebre 1994 Dalakhani 2000 Halling 1991 Dansili 1996 Soviet Star 1984 Indian Ridge 1985 Pivotal 1993 Stravinsky 1996 Marju 1988 Verglas 1994 Cape Cross 1994 Giant's Causeway 1997 Selkirk 1988 Tagula 1993 Invincible Spirit 1997 Orpen 1996 Danetime 1994 Tobougg 1998 Spectrum 1992 Elusive City 2000 Cadeaux Genereux 1985 Green Desert 1983 Noverre 1998 Singspiel 1992 Barathea 1990 Montjeu 1996 Tiger Hill 1995 Intikhab 1994 Muhtathir 1995 Zamindar 1994

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR Races

AWD

Earnings (£) Top horse

Northern Dancer 103 Sadler's Wells 138 Sadler's Wells 93 Green Desert 126 Konigsstuhl 64 Danehill 183 Acatenango 68 Mendez 86 Nureyev 86 Darshaan 70 Diesis 78 Danehill 141 Nureyev 64 Ahonoora 91 Polar Falcon 141 Nureyev 50 Last Tycoon 107 Highest Honor 167 Green Desert 169 Storm Cat 85 Sharpen Up 91 Taufan 91 Green Desert 163 Lure 132 Danehill 100 Barathea 100 Rainbow Quest 67 Elusive Quality 71 Young Generation 72 Danzig 72 Rahy 111 In The Wings 78 Sadler's Wells 120 Sadler's Wells 161 Danehill 93 Red Ransom 102 Elmaamul 51 Gone West 51

33 49 38 48 21 63 23 29 27 23 33 58 27 28 57 21 31 41 67 26 25 25 62 52 36 21 24 23 25 24 32 33 29 44 22 34 12 20

32.0 35.5 40.9 38.1 32.8 34.4 33.8 33.7 31.4 32.9 42.3 41.1 42.2 30.8 40.4 42.0 29.0 24.6 39.6 30.6 27.5 27.5 38.0 39.4 36.0 21.0 35.8 32.4 34.7 33.3 28.8 42.3 24.2 27.3 23.7 33.3 23.5 39.2

11.1 10.8 9.6 7.3 10.2 7.8 10.5 10.9 10.7 10.6 10.4 9.1 8.8 8.1 8.2 7.9 9.7 9.2 8.4 9.9 9.5 6.5 7.3 7.8 6.8 8.9 9.0 6.8 7.7 8.3 8.1 11.0 9.1 11.2 10.0 8.1 9.8 8.5

1,523,494 1,733,253 1,173,435 1,162,982 979,147 2,395,895 558,531 899,999 948,220 611,468 564,515 1,260,937 487,780 780,985 1,318,324 539,419 537,133 1,233,465 2,288,816 856,769 576,848 423,176 878,395 798,123 618,109 385,223 548,632 676,591 396,516 364,017 1,393,923 577,525 507,364 2,165,978 447,740 519,563 316,568 320,087

40 65 49 67 28 81 36 36 42 28 43 78 39 45 71 32 39 55 89 33 31 39 78 75 53 27 42 32 29 39 48 38 32 54 31 49 16 31

Earned (£)

SH

%SH

SW

%SW

Ask 217,287 Rip Van Winkle 197,601 Golden Sword 361,811 Midday 107,437 Stacelita 616,476 Mastercraftsman 375,229 Calvados Blues 110,670 Alpine Rose 165,524 Night of Magic 168,543 Conduit 67,838 Cutlass Bay 86,019 Delegator 182,861 Eva's Request 73,071 Patkai 112,220 Sariska 239,086 Oiseau de Feu 177,942 Asset 45,127 Silver Frost 287,437 Sea The Stars 1,235,315 Ghanaati 381,778 Selmis 158,857 Tax Free 108,974 Fleeting Spirit 64,560 Aria di Festa 78,477 Utmost Respect 106,298 Penny's Gift 84,033 Tartan Bearer 133,740 Elusive Wave 275,371 Swift Gift 52,964 Only Green 67,039 Le Havre 947,612 Dar Re Mi 145,056 Barshiba 70,624 Fame And Glory 1,215,908 Toughness Danon 64,854 Indiana Gal 51,638 Villa Molitor 70,437 Pur Sucre 36,893

18 25 11 12 10 24 7 7 6 9 7 10 4 5 17 2 7 9 11 7 9 3 14 9 6 4 4 6 5 2 4 4 5 17 4 6 3 1

17.5 18.1 11.8 9.5 15.6 13.1 10.3 8.1 7.0 12.9 9.0 7.1 6.3 5.5 12.1 4.0 6.5 5.4 6.5 8.2 9.9 3.3 8.6 6.8 6.0 4.0 6.0 8.5 6.9 2.8 3.6 5.1 4.2 10.6 4.3 5.9 5.9 2.0

11 10 6 8 4 11 4 5 5 4 4 7 3 4 6 2 4 6 6 3 3 3 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 2 2 1 1

10.7 7.3 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0

Two-year-old sires 2009 by earnings Name

YOF

Danehill Dancer 1993 Orpen 1996 One Cool Cat 2001 Verglas 1994 Invincible Spirit 1997 Johannesburg 1999 Kheleyf 2001 Royal Applause 1993 Exceed And Excel 2000 Captain Rio 1999 Kingsalsa 1996 Tagula 1993 Oasis Dream 2000 Indian Rocket 1994 Okawango 1998 Acclamation 1999 Pivotal 1993 Rock Of Gibraltar 1999 *Footstepsinthesand 2002 *Oratorio 2002 Choisir 1999 *Le Vie Dei Colori 2000 *Antonius Pius 2001 Elusive City 2000 Hawk Wing 1999 *Whipper 2001 Blu Air Force 1997 Titus Livius 1993 Panis 1998 Bertolini 1996 Bahamian Bounty 1994 Chineur 2001 *Dubawi 2002 Martino Alonso 1994 *Pastoral Pursuits 2001 High Chaparral 1999 Slickly 1996 High Yield 1997

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR

Wins

AWD

Earnings (£)

Top horse

Earned (£)

Danehill Lure Storm Cat Highest Honor Green Desert Hennessy Green Desert Waajib Danehill Pivotal Kingmambo Taufan Green Desert Indian Ridge Kingmambo Royal Applause Polar Falcon Danehill Giant's Causeway Danehill Danehill Dancer Efisio Danzig Elusive Quality Woodman Miesque's Son Sri Pekan Machiavellian Miswaki Danzig Cadeaux Genereux Fasliyev Dubai Millennium Marju Bahamian Bounty Sadler's Wells Linamix Storm Cat

24 21 40 32 29 14 25 23 43 39 12 10 18 19 11 21 4 21 33 21 21 13 30 16 18 15 18 14 11 38 26 24 25 5 23 7 5 10

8 11 8 7 13 5 11 7 12 6 5 6 5 4 4 7 2 4 8 6 9 6 10 7 7 2 5 4 2 7 7 5 7 2 8 2 2 4

33.3 52.4 20.0 21.9 44.8 35.7 44.0 30.4 27.9 15.4 41.7 60.0 27.8 21.1 36.4 33.3 50.0 19.1 24.2 28.6 42.9 46.2 33.3 43.8 38.9 13.3 27.8 28.6 18.2 18.4 26.9 20.8 28.0 40.0 34.8 28.6 40.0 40.0

9 16 9 10 14 7 12 10 14 9 6 10 7 4 5 8 4 5 8 6 10 7 11 7 8 3 6 6 3 7 7 7 7 4 10 3 3 5

6.2 6.0 5.6 5.9 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.8 5.3 6.4 5.5 6.2 5.6 6.0 6.2 6.2 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.5 5.0 5.3 5.2 5.5 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.8

270,118 188,786 167,516 147,878 134,506 126,503 117,833 117,623 110,799 110,332 103,762 100,833 100,367 94,902 92,232 91,436 88,447 88,441 85,873 82,432 80,297 78,417 76,825 76,776 75,032 73,357 72,779 72,541 72,330 68,471 67,838 66,944 65,468 63,954 63,844 63,099 62,233 62,131

Alfred Nobel Orpen Shadow Cool Contest Love Lockdown Spirit In The Dark Radiohead Reignier Habaayib Ladoga License To Kill Too Nice Name Canford Cliffs Misheer Gooseley Chope Quintalina Golden Acclamation Siyouni Blessed Luck Walkingonthemoon Big Audio Charger Bull Perfect Symmetry Exotic Girl Elusive Galaxy Dream Cafe Dolled Up Blu Java Force Archers Road Molesne Bay Tomillo Di Stefano En Un Clin d'Oeil Frankenstein Marshade Here Now And Why Joanna Kokouchu Ride The River

85,385 66,017 36,903 57,954 24,112 57,545 27,919 43,100 27,184 20,447 32,233 61,627 40,773 25,728 39,175 18,418 56,311 26,175 14,680 29,806 20,166 39,808 17,329 20,549 20,388 58,058 19,804 30,257 28,155 13,592 16,676 16,938 11,883 45,882 10,550 42,219 41,990 19,903

*First-season sire; statistics to July 6

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Montjeu aberration looks unlikely to last Well, well – a table that Danehill Dancer doesn't top! He is not far away, though, in a list where Coolmore sires rule the roost, with Sadler's Wells on a cracking 11% showing the way to Galileo and High Chaparral.

High Chaparral has had a mere 93 runners, which puts him only just in the leading 20 numerically and way behind such as fellow inmate Montjeu on 161.

Interestingly, Montjeu is way down, with still only four stakes winners from his big tally, but that relative aberration – he does after all have Fame And Glory – is hardly likely to last.

It is a boost for German bloodstock, and a comment on its quality, that two sires foaled in the country in 1990 are in the top eight.

Monsun is well known but Lando, based at Haras d'Etreham since 2004 and standing at just €10,000, is something of a surprise package this season with four stakes winners.

Late Colori makes brilliant beginning For a sire who invariably has big crops, does not endow his progeny with excessive stamina, shone as a juvenile and makes his presence felt in the two-yearold table every year, Danehill Dancer has had surprisingly few runners this season.

Twenty-four places him behind 13 others in the list, with Exceed And Excel (43), One Cool Cat (40) and Bertolini (38) at the top.

Among the first-season brigade, Coolmore-based Footstepsinthesand (33) and Antonius Pius (30) have had eight and ten winners respectively but none in stakes.

Perhaps the best start has been made by La Vie Dei Colori, whose death in May looks all the more regrettable for Rathbarry and the bloodstock industry. Six winners from just 13 runners headed by Golden Fleece Stakes victor Perfect Symmetry is a credit to him. Oratorio, Whipper and Avonbridge are other freshmen with stakes winners on the scoresheet.

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BRITISH- AND IRISH-BRED WINNERS OVERSEAS The data published in this section is restricted to breeders based in Great Britain or Ireland, as determined by the address used when the foal was first registered Some foreign-based breeders may be included if the mare was boarded in Great Britain or Ireland and is registered as being ‘care of’ a domestic breeder Performance data covers results processed by Weatherbys during June/July (covers prize-money £11,000 and up) Breeder

Winner

Sire

Age/sex Dam

Ctry

Date

6c Racing Appleby Lodge Stud Azienda Agricola Patrizia Ballylinch Stud Banahan, J & E Barouche Stud Ireland Ltd Barouche Stud Ireland Ltd Bliard, Mlle Michele Bloomsbury Stud Bone, Mrs L B K Boylan, T Brinkley Stud SAS Burke, Sean Burton Agnes Stud Co Ltd Century Farms Chandris, Mrs J Chaplin, Miss J Cheveley Park Stud Limited Chevington Stud Chevington Stud Chevotel Clark & A L & Mrs Penfold, D B Clarke, B Cloneen Stud Connolly, J Cothi Bloodstock Cullen, K and Mrs Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Dayton Investments Ltd Dayton Investments Ltd Devaney, Mrs C Duffy, Mr & Mrs J A Ecurie De Meautry, Skymarc Farm & Castlemartin Stud Elsdon Farms Epona Bloodstock Ltd Erhardt, Joachim Eyrefield Lodge Stud Faldutto, G Farish, W S G B Bloodstock Limited Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd Gigginstown House Grimley, Duncan Hanly, J Hanly, Mrs S Hanly, Mrs S Haras De Son Altesse Laga Khan Scea Haras Du Mezeray & Skymarc Farms Hascombe & Valiant Studs His Highness the Aga Khan’s Studs SC His Highness the Aga Khan’s Studs SC His Highness the Aga Khan’s Studs SC Jenny Hall Bloodstock Ltd Juddmonte Farms Inc Juddmonte Farms Inc Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Kildaragh Stud Kilfrush Stud Lavington Stud, The Lynch Bages Ltd McGregor, D A McStay, Mrs C Mesnil Investments Ltd Mesnil Investments Ltd Minch Bloodstock Moran, Larry and Billy Myriad Communications & New England Stud Newsells Park Stud Niarchos Family, The Niarchos Family, The O’Neill, Mrs Bill Pendley Farm Petra Bloodstock Agency Ltd Razza La Tesa Rockhart Trading Ltd Savill, P D SCEA des Prairies Shadwell Estate Co Ltd Shadwell Estate Co Ltd Shadwell Estate Company Limited Shortgrove Manor Stud Skymarc Farm Inc Smith-Maxwell, Capt A L Southcott Racing Limited Stilvi Compania Financiera & C Laffon Parias Stratford Place Stud Theakston Stud Tower Bloodstock Van Zuylen, Baron T Veitch & J Murphy, D Vision Bloodstock Webley, D Weld, J West Dereham Abbey Stud Wretham Stud

Pearly Wells Domeside Viamilano Blue Coral Fay Choy Ichiban Sovine Sovine Easterland Burn The Breeze Hameildaeme Tsar de Russie Alta Fedelta Spider Power Casemate La Zona Live Concert Officer Rocket Authentic Kentucky Mix Hard Life Speedy Catcher Always First Faramir Cottonmouth Dream Cafe Ghetto Nevas Bashful Bride Colonial Newsreel Valletta Claremont Randonneur (USA) Article Royal Wymering File Chicken Momo Alpine Snow Northern Glory Red Shooter Zaungast Take A Chance Joanna Diamondrella Dubai Rose Radical Views Night of Fortune We Will Rock You Moon Child Carrizo Creek Royal Flush Royal Flush Sceptre Rouge Ciceron Tuscan Evening Almoradi Zerkeriya Shalanaya Bertie’s Best Head Of Steam (USA) Spanish Moon (USA) Porgy Blaze of Fire Ideology Byword Emergency Wilside Carnac Kelowna Rock Balloon Go On Green Elusive Boy Dolled Up Dolled Up Porto Marmay Apprimus Battle Of Hastings Gifted Icon Roatan Three Bodies Beacon Lodge Stotsfold Sorciere Ekta Rendir Thrylos Texan Dream Tatheer Tatheer Ashaaq Leo Parade Epiousios Artos Penny’s Gift Wise Son Rymi Donativum Prince Fasliyev Poseidon Adventure Sharga Mary Boleyn Capitaine Courage Oil Man Lorgan Rappel Tug Of Love

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1m7f £21,903 1m4f £34,951 6f £14,441 1m £23,106(L) 1m2f £43,492 6f £12,500 6f £13,750 1m £12,136 1m2f110y £16,019 1m £20,833 1m6f110y £13,592 7f £23,106(L) 7f £20,833 1m4f £16,317 1m £36,983 1m £179,805(L) 6f £12,940 7f110y £12,378 1m2f110y £11,650 7f110y £23,106(L) 1m4f £11,650 1m3f £18,750 1m4f110y £40,777 1m3f £23,106(L) 6f £12,136 1m2f £20,833 1m4f £25,515 7f £11,099 6f £14,078 1m £15,833 1m4f £26,699(L) 1m4f £38,835(Gr3) 6f £14,078 1m6f £16,505 1m1f £20,412 1m165y £17,158 1m3f110y £26,699 (L) 1m3f £11,650 1m £139,316 1m2f £31,068(Gr3) 1m3f £28,230 6f £23,800 (L) 1m £166,667(Gr1) 1m4f £31,373 1m4f £25,515 6f £31,979 5f £17,500 5f £11,694 7f £14,199 6f £38,375 6f £81,867 1m £12,621 1m1f £11,650 1m £30,385 1m £11,650 1m4f £11,650 1m2f £16,505 6f £13,107 6f £11,650 1m4f £221,903(Gr1) 1m £13,107 1m110y £14,078 1m £16,505 1m2f £26,699(L) 7f £11,650 1m1f £38,835(Gr3) 1m4f £12,621 1m £15,833 1m1f £56,779 1m £15,238 1m £12,056 6f £11,650 5f £38,835 (Gr3) 6f £29,708 1m3f £33,422(L) 1m1f £200,000(Gr2) 1m2f £11,650 1m4f £12,621 1m2f110y £16,505 1m £38,835 (Gr3) 1m2f £38,835 (Gr3) 5f £26,699 (L) 6f £12,378 7f110y £83,841 1m £11,340 6f £11,165 1m £11,340 1m4f £25,515 1m2f110y £11,650 1m £38,364 7f £12,332 1m £73,786 (Gr2) 6f £31,979 1m2f £15,379 1m £26,699 (L) 1m £25,243(L) 1m6f £11,650 (L) 1m2f £11,650 1m2f £11,650 1m2f £21,903 1m1f £41,667 (Gr3) 1m £26,214 6f £11,650 1m £31,979

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‘Bleeding’: an expert’s guide to a thorny issue James Tate Vet for Mark Johnston Racing and Veterinary Correspondent for Thoroughbred Owner& Breeder

Although this is a problem that has been recognised for over 300 years, there is still no clear view as to why it occurs. Or even on how to solve it he three-month ban and record £40,000 fine given to Nicky Henderson following the administration of tranexamic acid by veterinary surgeon James Main to The Queen’s horse Moonlit Path has again raised the controversial topic of bleeding.

Although exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH), or ‘bleeding’, has been recognised for over 300 years, we still do not fully understand why it occurs. Three main theories have been formulated. First, bleeding may occur due to abnormal pressures in the lungs; second, respiratory infections may predispose horses to bleeding; and third, bleeding may occur due to the physical pressure of the lungs hitting the horse’s ribcage as it gallops.

In horses endoscoped after racing, the incidence of ‘internal’ bleeding is approximately one in two but horses are often labelled as ‘bleeders’ only if they produce sufficient quantities of blood to make it to the nostril. The incidence of bleeding from the nose at the racecourse, which is reported by the racecourse

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any horse who has blood found in its windpipe after racing is allowed to race on Lasix.

In Europe, horses cannot race on Lasix and so there is a vacancy for an anti-bleeding product on which horses can race. Several have been tried, such as nasal dilator strips, various herbal remedies, orange peel and even snake venom.

In search of an alternative bleeding treatment, Henderson and Main turned to tranexamic acid, which is used to reduce bleeding by aiding blood clotting. It is used to prevent excessive bleeding in several human conditions, for example in women who suffer from heavy menstruation, and in the army to reduce the blood loss of injured soldiers. So it is logical that tranexamic acid might be tried in the treatment of EIPH in horses. Unfortunately, Moonlit Path’s connections were apparently unaware that it would be tested for as a prohibited, performance enhancing substance.

This highly publicised hearing has also raised the issue of the current rules of racing with regard to the treatment of bleeding. There is an argument that anti-bleeding drugs should be

“In their search for an alternative treatment, Henderson and Main turned to tranexamic acid, which aids clotting” veterinary surgeons, varies from an estimated 0.08% in the UK to up to 2.5% in the US. It is more common in jump horses and the incidence of bleeding seems to increase with age. It is not surprising that it is much more common in unplaced horses and this does seem to support the view that severe bleeding limits performance.

Treatment is a controversial topic. Many rest the horse for a long period of time so that the lungs can heal, whereas others hardly stop the horse’s training. Bleeders are often treated with antibiotics and immuno-stimulants in case there is an infectious component to the problem, but there are several other drugs that are used to reduce bleeding.

‘Lasix’, or frusemide, is the best-known antibleeding drug. As a diuretic, it works by reducing the amount of ‘normal’ fluid in the lungs, which in turn alters the pressures in the lungs. Recent studies suggest that it reduces bleeding in most horses by 50-60%. In the US,

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allowed for welfare reasons and, indeed, this was mentioned at the recent hearing. However, some of the counter-arguments are just as compelling. If horses were allowed to race on any medication, for example Lasix or ‘bute’, then would it be right for either the individual horse or the breed as a whole?

If horses were allowed to race on painkillers, more ‘stress’ fractures would be masked and hence there would be more catastrophic fractures on the racecourse. In the same way, if horses were allowed to race on anti-bleeding drugs, we could see more catastrophic pulmonary bleeds.

In addition, at present we breed from the best stock based on the current rules of racing. If horses were allowed to race on any medication, we might be breeding from less sound and healthy stock, which is particularly relevant when some suggest that horses can be genetically predisposed to EIPH.

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All the others went on to have a profound influence on the breed.

Britain and Ireland’s leading stallion is Darley’s homebred Champion, Cape Cross. Since 1900, only nine horses have sired winners of the 2,000 Guineas, Derby and Oaks. And he’s one of them.

Cape Cross’s legacy is just about to happen.