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EDWARD ROSENTHAL

Farewell to one star with another set to shine on

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he start of a new year brings the Olympics of National Hunt racing – also known as the Cheltenham Festival – firmly into focus for industry professionals and fans alike.

If you’re a trainer or owner of a talented jumps horse, it’s all about working out a programme and schedule to get your animal to Prestbury Park in the best possible shape. If you’re a punter, it’s spotting which beasts have the ability and potential to roar up that famous Cheltenham hill in front.

Whichever you are, and sadly this author is, for the time being at least, firmly in the latter camp, one thing is certain: if you’ve ever experienced the Festival at first hand, you’ll want to return year after year.

Regrettably, one horse who won’t be appearing at this year’s meeting is Denman, who was retired in early December after sustaining a leg injury as he was being prepared for a crack at the Lexus Chase over Christmas.

A participant in each of the last six years at the Festival – where he managed to finish first or second in every race he contested, highlighted by wins in the RSA Chase and Gold Cup – Denman’s impact on the winter game has been immense.

The rivalry between the imposing, powerful son of Presenting and his slighter, sleeker stable companion Kauto Star helped to give the sport a huge and muchneeded boost in popularity, occupying many a newspaper column, while every racecourse appearance would guarantee a surge in gate receipts and a scrum for the parade ring.

Long Run, who emerged from the Ditcheat duo’s shadow to claim the Gold Cup in March, now has one less opponent to worry about as he bids to join an exclusive list that includes the likes of Arkle, L’Escargot and Best Mate in winning back-to-back renewals of the blue riband.

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Robert Waley-Cohen’s charge was named the top chaser of 2011 at the ROA Horseracing Awards on December 1, a glittering event that saw over 600 guests gather to recognise the year’s equine stars (full coverage pages 43-57).

Top of the pile was, of course, the majestic Frankel, who claimed the Horse of the Year and Outstanding Three-Year-Old Colt accolades after a season which yielded five wins to enhance his perfect racing record, which now reads nine from nine.

Like Denman, Frankel has the power to elevate the sport to a higher plane. His performances mark him out as something very special; a friend of mine, not a keen racing fan and making his first visit to Newmarket for the 2,000 Guineas, asked me if horses were always applauded during a race. No, was my simple answer.

Our venerable columnist, Tony Morris, believes the son of Galileo might just prove himself better than Sea-Bird and Brigadier Gerard as a four-yearold, when we will be allowed to enjoy him for another season.

As someone who watched those two greats in the flesh and has followed the sport since childhood, who are we to argue with Mr Morris?

The calibre of the other award winners, which included Andy Stewart’s brilliant hurdler Big Buck’s and Coolmore’s exciting juveniles Camelot and Maybe, served to illustrate that the sport is currently enjoying a golden period.

So much to look forward to, yet it also needs to be remembered that, away from the turf action, British racing remains in a precarious position regarding its funding, with the levy system in terminal decline. For the industry to prosper in the long-term it requires a sound financial model and we must hope the New Year brings plenty of cheer, both on and off the track.

I would like to wish all of our readers the very best for 2012.

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Frankel has the power to elevate the sport to a higher plane

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CONTENTS JANUARY 2012

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NEWS & VIEWS

FEATURES

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ROA Leader Tote sale causing concerns

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TBA Leader Sales end on high note

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News Jockeys banned by the BHA

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Changes Your monthly round-up

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James Willoughby Loss of dirt cause for regret

INTERNATIONAL SCENE 31

View From Ireland Budget not as bad as feared

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Continental Tales Sue Bramall still riding high

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Around The Globe Countdown to Kentucky

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Talking To...

Ffos Las supremo and owner Dai Walters

Tony Morris Frankel may be the best ever

COVER STORY ROA Awards Prize-giving spectacular

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Sales Circuit Mares and foals in focus

Foundation Mares Mumtaz Mahal

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Breeders’ Digest Stallions in demand

The Big Picture Hennessy Gold Cup

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Older Mares Better value for breeders?

‘Chubby’ Chandler was one of the winners at the ROA Awards (pages 43-57)

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ROA LEADER

RACHEL HOOD President Racehorse Owners Association

Early signs of Tote sale unpromising for racing Proceeds, sponsorship and betting areas of worry after Betfred purchase

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t is already apparent that the sale of the Tote to Betfred has produced a shockingly disappointing outcome for racing. Despite all the earlier government assurances, the expected share of the proceeds going to racing will be significantly fettered by European State Aid and delayed by the government allowing Betfred to pay on deferred terms.

While it is true that racing has been told it will receive £10 million in each of the next four years, the expected full payment of £90m remains a long way from our grasp, to say nothing of the conditionality surrounding how the money can be spent. The deferred payment that allowed Betfred to buy the Tote means the government and industry have effectively loaned Betfred a significant part of the purchase price. Is this State Aid, one asks?

Whatever the outcome for racing, the only certainty is that it will never be an adequate payment for the loss of the exclusive seven-year pool betting licence.

Already the Tote brand is losing its profile. The name Betfred has replaced the Tote on every major sponsored race previously supported by the Tote. All Tote betting shops are now Betfred shops and phone calls to what used to be Tote Credit now receive responses from ‘Betfred’. The sponsorship that was once effective in promoting the Tote as a friend to British horseracing is now advertising the wares of a bookmaker who is using racing as a vehicle to help sell non-racing betting products.

Betfred continues to operate online betting through offshore channels. Any betting, whether pool or fixed odds, that falls outside of the UK tax and Levy Board regime, allows a betting operator to mitigate what it pays in gross profits tax and levy on British horseracing bets. Although the Tote may not have moved offshore, there is a hollow ring to “Bet with the Tote and support British racing” when Betfred, the owner of the Tote, is structured so as to minimise the amount it pays in levy.

Before the sale, the Tote’s annual contribution to racing, net of levy, was approximately £11.5m annually, made up of commissions to racecourses and sponsorship. Betfred has agreed to match that figure to the end of March 2012 but, after that date, the contribution to racing becomes an “expected” £9m annually. How has this been allowed to happen?

Soon after Betfred’s acquisition of the Tote, the company acted swiftly to remove the ROA’s Totesport sponsorship scheme. Then, as part of the latest levy settlement, Betfred rejected a proposal to row in with the other major bookmakers in their guarantee of a minimum levy contribution of £45m.

There is a condition attached to Betfred’s exclusive pool betting licence agreement with the government that Betfred continues to support a Tote betting service on all racecourses. However, as the Tote provided the pool betting service at a loss on the majority of tracks, it will be interesting to see how Betfred complies with this stipulation.

In fact, two racecourses, Chester and Bangor, have recently announced they are to run alternative betting systems through their Tote betting windows and it would be no surprise to see other courses follow suit. This may have consequences for the pool as, before the Betfred acquisition, about a third of total pool betting came from the racecourse.

It is, however, Tote Direct, operating in most betting shops, which fuels the big bets such as the Scoop 6.

And here again there might be a question mark hanging over the future, this time over whether the likes of Ladbrokes and Hills will remain comfortable with accommodating Tote terminals owned by a very commercially-driven rival.

Yet, even with all these obstacles and unanswered questions, there is still the opportunity for Betfred and racing to make optimum use of the Tote if constructive dialogue could replace antagonism and score settling.

“There is now a

hollow ring to ‘bet with the Tote and support British racing’

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TBA LEADER

KIRSTEN RAUSING Chairman Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association

Cheer as 2011 sales season ends on an uplifting note Focus on excellence needs upholding to avoid return to overproduction

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his article is the first of my final year in a five-year term of office as TBA Chairman. Racing politics have proved a steep learning curve and, whilst the economic pressures on the racing and breeding industry have ensured that there have not been many days without the need to respond to a stream of emails addressing a variety of issues to protect breeders’ interests, it has been an enlightening and rewarding journey.

I am, therefore, delighted that Richard Lancaster, Stud Director at Shadwell Stud, has been appointed as my successor and will take over the chairmanship on August 2, 2012. He brings with him a wealth of industry knowledge, the respect of his peers and the ability to ensure that the TBA maintains a prominent position in securing the future for our industry.

Julian Richmond-Watson, who was co-opted to the TBA board in April and represents the TBA on the BHA Racing Committee and the Horsemen’s Group Race Planning Sub-Committee, has been appointed Vice-Chairman of the TBA. He has already demonstrated that he possesses the key skills required to lobby for a race programme that provides the right testing ground for our bloodstock. He will also be a strong advocate of the need to preserve quality racing, having been instrumental in securing a commitment from the Levy Board to provide additional prize-money in 2012, to improve the race programme on the Flat and underpinning higher quality racing, long seen as a priority for the TBA. I wish also to thank long standing co-opted board member Martin Mitchell, who retired at the end of 2011.

He really will be much missed, having brought all his people skills to rescue many a diplomatic incident, whilst also safely guiding the board through the potential minefield of sales issues. It is, therefore, most appropriate and indeed flattering, that Edmond Mahony, Tattersalls’ Chairman, will join the board to continue to provide specialist skills and knowledge, enabling the TBA to maintain the strong relationship we enjoy with the sales

houses, with both DBS and Brightwells also represented on the TBA NH Sub-Committee.

The 2011 sales season ended on an uplifting note, with positive signals that the market was gaining renewed confidence. The subsequent increased investment in quality mares and broodmare prospects was evident at Tattersalls. Fortunately, not all high quality lots headed off across the globe and British-based vendors and purchasers were evident at the top end of the market.

However, a note of caution still exists with the need to focus on excellence. I maintain that this approach should not be just a purely commercial consideration but also a way of life for our industry in the future. Breeders across the world should never again abandon these rules; we all owe it to the thoroughbred to keep production in careful check and ensure there are no compromises in welfare as a result of overproduction.

The upturn in market conditions has encouraged a review of the incentives which the breeding industry has crafted over recent years to stimulate demand.

The Racing Post Yearling Bonus Scheme was one concept which found a great deal of support from the racing industry and breeders should be proud of the fact that they were prepared to fund this initiative to keep our share of the leisure pound or euro.

With the darker days hopefully behind us, the organisers are wisely reviewing this scheme. I applaud their efforts and am confident that they will find the right way forward. Similarly, the trustees of the European Breeders’ Fund are looking at their structure. I cannot foresee a European racing industry without sponsorship from breeders, but I believe we should welcome the opportunities these reviews present to re-establish the principles behind this support.

As we welcome in the new year, now is the time in more ways than one to re-position the importance of the breeding industry in the minds of racing’s rulers. That much my five years in office have taught me!

“I cannot foresee a European racing industry without sponsorship from breeders

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NEWS Stories from the racing world

Four jockeys warned off DBS

BHA finds 11 people guilty following corruption enquiry

Colt class winner by Presenting

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Goldford Stud leads the way at Doncaster

Greg Fairley was disqualified for 12 years; Kirsty Milczarek received a two-year ban

Eleven individuals, including four jockeys, have been found in breach of the Rules of Racing and warned off for a total of 66 years following a BHA investigation into corruption.

Two men, Maurice Sines and James Crickmore, were said to have masterminded a conspiracy which centred on a series of fraudulent lay bets, placed through betting exchanges, on ten races between January and August 2009. They received the heaviest sentences and were each banned for 14 years.

Greg Fairley and Paul Doe, who both quit the saddle earlier in 2011, were found to have fallen foul of two rules, including ‘deliberately not riding a horse to obtain the best possible placing for personal reward or knowing it has been laid to lose’, and each received a 12-year disqualification.

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By Chairman Paul Dixon A year of achievements It would be tempting to sign off for 2011 with a list of all the things that have gone badly for racing this year: the sale of the Tote to Betfred; a disappointing levy settlement; the drawn-out dispute over the use of the whip.

Instead, though, I am going to offer up this Christmas card with a feel-good Horsemen’s Group list of all the things that

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riders in Britain, was said to have breached two rules, including ‘passing information for reward’, and received a two-year ban which she said she would appeal, while Jimmy Quinn was warned off for six months.

Paul Scotney, BHA Director of Integrity Services, Compliance and Licensing, said: “At the heart of this investigation are the actions of two individuals, Maurice Sines and James Crickmore, who, together with their associates, were prepared to corrupt jockeys and to cheat at betting by the misuse of ‘inside information’.

“The investigation uncovered a network through which Sines and Crickmore engaged in betting activity, in particular with two riders, Paul Doe and Greg Fairley.”

Two others originally charged, jockeyturned-trainer Paul Fitzsimons and his friend Darren May, were cleared of any involvement.

have gone right this year for our constituent groups – the owners, trainers, jockeys, breeders and stable staff.

First up: prize-money. Yes, it’s still not where we all want it. No, our campaign does not stop here. I firmly believe, though, that 2011 will go down in racing history as the year the decline was stopped.

The tariff scheme, introduced by the HG in January, was derided as being unrealistic and unlikely to be acted upon by horsemen. By the end of the Flat season, over 90% of races were meeting tariff. The introduction of Tariff 2, meanwhile, has already seen half of the National Hunt racecourses classified as “failing all prizemoney criteria” come to the table and offer to improve their performance dramatically.

Richard and Sally Aston’s Goldford Stud landed both the colts’ and fillies’ classes in the Weatherbys Insurance Kenneth Oliver Memorial National Hunt Foal Show ahead of Doncaster’s December Sale.

There was a first prize of £2,500 in both classes, judged by Stephen Kemble of The Elms Stud and Richard Rohan of Ballincurrig House Stud, and the top colt was by Presenting out of Kerry’s Girl.

The foal’s breeder Jim Newitt owned his dam, winner of a Newbury novices’ hurdle when trained by Paul Nicholls.

A homebred from Goldford Stud’s most-successful family took the fillies’ class. By Shirocco, the March-born foal was out of Theatre Girl, a bumper and hurdle winner with three black-type placings and a daughter of Goldford’s foundation mare Fortune’s Girl.

The sale’s top lot was a full-brother to Wishfull Thinking, offered by Robin and Scarlett Knipe’s Cobhall Court Stud and bought by Aiden Murphy for £50,000.

Sales Circuit, pages 72-81

Meanwhile, the all-weather winter season is going to meet tariff in its entirety, with Arena Leisure making huge strides to upgrade its race programme.

The levy settlement, whilst falling short of the target levels set by the Secretary of State, has bequeathed the formation of an enhanced Quality Support Fund, which will see next year’s additional prize-money targeted, with the HG’s direct input, at racecourses seeking to improve the quality of racing they stage. I can hardly overestimate the importance of this: it is the first step along the way to horsemen having more influence over the way in which the levy is distributed.

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NEWS

Denman, one of the most popular National Hunt horses of recent times, was retired in December aged 11 after sustaining an injury to his near fore tendon.

The giant chaser – nicknamed the ‘The Tank’ – landed the 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup for owners Paul Barber and Harry Findlay and two Hennessy Gold Cups during a career which yielded 14 wins and over £1 million in prize-money.

Denman enjoyed a fierce rivalry with stablemate Kauto Star, the duo living in neighbouring boxes at trainer Paul Nicholls’ Ditcheat yard, and their duels at Cheltenham gave British jump racing a huge boost.

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Denman bows out The bold-jumping Denman clearing an open ditch in style at Newbury

Nicholls said: “Denman has given us some wonderful moments on the track. He will be given an honourable retirement. But for the immediate future he will be kept in his box next to Kauto.

“Denman will always be a legend here at Ditcheat so this is truly the end of an era.”

ARNHEL DE SERRA

Michael Harris enjoyed his final ROA Awards as Chief Executive on December 1, pictured with staff members (from left to right) Chloe Homer, Joanne Gunn, Sadie Evans, Sue Drawwater, Keely Brewer and Sarah Holton.

Harris, who received an award from ROA President Rachel Hood in recognition of his 14 years of service to the association, is succeeded in the ROA hot seat by the BHA’s Richard Wayman.

Full ROA Awards coverage on pages 43-57.

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also had a successful year, delivering on its promises of increased attendances, higher television audiences, and bringing new racegoers into the sport.

No-one should forget there were serried ranks of sceptics when the British Champions’ Series was announced. Those same ranks were thinned out a fair amount when a quality sponsor was found, in the form of QIPCO, lost more of their members when the BBC agreed to pay to cover Champions’ Day, and were conspicuous by their absence by the time Frankel was

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Bred in Ireland by Colman O’Flynn, Denman won his only point-to-point for Adrian Maguire before joining the champion jumps trainer in Britain.

His other wins included a Challow Hurdle, an RSA Chase and a Lexus Chase, while he also finished second in three consecutive Gold Cups.

cheered by a huge crowd into Ascot’s winner’s enclosure come October.

It is no great secret that the HG would like RFC to concentrate more on measures

“We should be proud

that horsemen helped to make Champions’ Day a success” to encourage ownership – to the benefit of all in the industry, including racecourses and bookmakers – as opposed to focusing

on boosting racecourse revenues, but we should none the less be proud at the role that horsemen in general have played in making RFC and BCS a success.

Finally, the Horsemen’s Group has nailed once and for all the theory that industry participants find it hard to work together to achieve successful outcomes. The vibrancy of HG board meetings, with representatives of all our constituent bodies offering educated, coherent views as to our future strategy and tactics is, I believe, the harbinger of bright days ahead for those of us who live and work in this great sport.

The cynics and sceptics should prepare to be confounded again in 2012, a positive thought on which to conclude and wish you all a Happy Christmas and New Year.

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Changes – R a c i n g ’ s n e w s i n a n u t s h e l l PEOPLE AND BUSINESS Paul Struthers John Maxse Lee Mottershead Niall Wass Sportingbet Richard Lancaster Bet365 Willie Carson Jimmy Scott France Galop Mark Loughnane Jockey Club Irish budget Robert Thornton

Head of Communications at the BHA departs after reportedly losing the support of the organisation’s executive directors following the whip controversy The Jockey Club’s former PR Director is hired by the BHA as a consultant on a three-month contract Racing Post writer scoops the Journalist of the Year accolade at the HWPA Awards; Mel Fordham takes the photographers’ prize Betfair’s Chief Commercial Officer jumps ship to join loan provider Wonga; the exchange subsequently goes on a recruitment drive Online betting firm completes sale of its Turkish-language website SuperBahis.com for £125 million to East Pioneer Corporation Will replace Kirsten Rausing as Chairman of the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association in August; Julian Richmond-Watson becomes Vice-Chairman Extends sponsorship of Sandown’s Gold Cup meeting in April until 2014 Former champion jockey buys Southgate Stables in Newmarket, from where his son Tony has started training Travelling head lad to Sir Michael Stoute for almost 40 years retires aged 66; he nominates the late Shahrastani as the best horse he worked with Announces €865,000 prize-money increase to 2012 Arc weekend at Longchamp in response to competition from British Champions’ Day Moves training operation from Thurles, County Tipperary to Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire alongside dual-purpose handler John Stimpson Agrees three-year deal with Thomson Sport to become its official travel partner, offering packages for racegoers around major festivals and music nights Betting duty revenue in Ireland expected to increase by €12m in 2012 following government’s decision to extend 1% betting duty to offshore channels Top jump jockey breaks upper right arm in fall at Hereford; colleague Keith Mercer breaks arm following unseat at Cheltenham

RACEHORSE AND STALLION – MOVEMENTS AND RETIREMENTS Denman Aussie Rules Drosselmeyer Balthazaar’s Gift Haafhd Sarafina Excelebration Van Nistelrooy Testosterone Lough Derg Ted Spread Elusive Pimpernel Aristotle Lahib Captain Marvelous Monitor Closely Heliostatic Shakespearean Kutub Oratorio Prince Flori The Tatling

Hugley popular chaser, whose victories included the 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup, two Hennessys and a Lexus Chase, is retired aged 11 Classic-winning son of Danehill moves from Coolmore Stud in Ireland to Lanwades Stud in Newmarket; his 2012 fee has been set at £5,000 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner is retired to WinStar Farm in Kentucky at a fee of $17,500; the son of Distorted Humor also won the 2010 Belmont Stakes Eight-year-old son of Xaar, a three-time winner in Group 2 company and twice placed at the top level, retires to Arrow Track Stallions in Ontario, Canada Son of Alhaarth is transferred from Hamdan Al Maktoum’s Nunnery Stud in Norfolk to Beechwood Grange Stud in Yorkshire; his 2012 fee is £2,500 Top class filly for owner/breeder the Aga Khan, winner of three Group 1s, is retired aged four after her fourth place effort in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Prix du Moulin winner, runner-up to Frankel in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, moves to Aidan O’Brien from Marco Botti ahead of his four-year-old career Son of Storm Cat, winner of the Group 2 Futurity Stakes as a juvenile, will remain at Haras Firmamento in Argentina and not return to stud in the US Daughter of Dansili, runner-up to Galikova in the Prix Vermeille, joins Ed Dunlop after purchase by Nurlan Bizakov for 1.2 million guineas at Tattersalls High-class hurdler with a never-say-die attitude is retired aged 11; owned by William Frewen, he won 12 races including the Grade 1 Long Walk Hurdle Chester Vase winner of 2010 moves from Mark Tompkins to Paul Nicholls after embarking on a hurdling career with his former trainer Group 3-winning son of Elusive Quality, placed in Group 1 company at two, will stand his first season at Islanmore Stud in County Limerick for €1,000 Winner of the 1999 Racing Post Trophy will stand at Whytemount Stud in County Kilkenny in 2012, alongside Stowaway and Mr Dinos Son of Riverman, a top-class miler on the Flat for owner Hamdan Al Matktoum, is retired from stallion duties at The Old Road Stud in Ireland aged 23 Group 2 winner whose first yearlings went through the ring in 2011 moves from Ballyhane Stud in County Carlow to Haras des Fontaines in France Son of Oasis Dream whose finest hour came when winning the 2009 Great Voltigeur to begin stallion career at Haras de la Barbottiere at a fee of €2,000 Stallion whose first runners hit the track in 2011 moves from Oak Lodge Stud in Ireland to Haras des Brousses in France; the son of Galileo’s fee is €3,000 Group 2 winner to start stallion career at Haras de la Hetraie in Normandy for €3,000; he will become the first son of his sire Shamardal to stand in France Treble Group 1 winner moves from Derrinstown Stud to Batsford Stud, Gloucestershire, to stand alongside Erhaab, Kadastrof and Pasternak; his fee is £2,000 Sire of Beethoven and Lolly For Dolly to remain in Australia for the upcoming northern hemisphere season under Coolmore ownership Group 1-winning son of Lando moves from Gestuet Ohlerweiherhof in Germany to Dairy House Stud in Wiltshire, where his fee will be £2,000 Remarkable sprinter retired aged 14 after career which yielded 18 wins, including a King’s Stand Stakes victory in 2004, and prize-money of £687,000

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THE MAN YOU CAN’T IGNORE COMMENT

Tony Morris I can hardly wait for the new Flat season as rarely – and understandably from an owner’s perspective – do we get to see a brilliant four-year-old aiming to become the best ever

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theme regularly expounded in the racing media – and almost always deplored – is that of the tendency for most top-class three-year-olds to retire to stud at four, rather than to continue in racecourse competition. It is not something you will ever have read in any of my musings, for several reasons. The fact is, there is nothing new about the practice; it has been common for well over a century, understandably so.

Tradition may not mean much to Racing For Change, whose meddling with long-established race schedules has incensed me, but it has been crucial to the development of the breed, which has thrived in part due to the recognition, globally throughout the breeding industry, that what matters most about a colt’s career is what he achieves as a three-year-old.

Ask me what I think about the recent phenomenon of colts retiring to stud at three and you will not be surprised by my response.

What a colt achieves as an adolescent is meaningless. As a schoolboy cricketer I was reckoned to be pretty good, deploying my offspin effectively against other kids, but I couldn’t hack it even at village level in maturity, when batsmen routinely tonked me all over the ground and sometimes out of it. We see it so often in all sports; those who are precocious rarely progress to excel again when the competition becomes more intense.

Putting a horse to stud after its two-year-old campaign amounts to an admission that it would not be competitive in the more challenging environment of three-year-old racing – an admission of failure, in fact. It would not be allowed to happen in Germany, where a minimum of two seasons in training is one of the requirements for obtaining a position at stud. I would be in favour of adopting that rule everywhere.

The fact that I am quite content with the practice of retiring colts to stud at four – let’s face it, what were the likes of Secretariat or Sea The Stars going to prove that they had not already proved at three? – does not mean I am

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less excited than anyone else over the prospect of a top-class three-year-old returning to action.

It is a bonus for any racegoer to relish and I welcome the arrival of 2012 not least for the prospect of seeing Frankel in action again.

It is extremely rare for a colt who has already earned the epithet ‘great’ to remain in training at four. Indeed, it has not happened for 40 years, when Brigadier Gerard and Mill Reef – both Timeform-rated 141 as three-year-olds – returned to the fray. If we accept a rating of 140 as the mark of a great horse, there was no

“It is very rare for a colt who has already earned the epithet ‘great’ to remain in training at four” previous instance, though there might have been if Timeform had been able to determine its own rating for Ribot as a three-year-old.

Ribot had done all his racing in Italy until he contested the 1955 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – in which he started at 9-1! – and obtaining a handle on his precise merit was impossible. He was surely better than might be inferred from the tentative mark of 133 derived from the French official handicapper’s assessment and at four he advanced on Timeform’s scale to 142.

Ribot’s rating bettered by three I was brought up in the belief that Ribot – whom I never saw – was the greatest horse of all time, or at least of modern times. I never expected to see one better but I have been fortunate and privileged enough to see three

who have been more highly rated by Timeform.

Sea-Bird was given the all-time high mark of 145 as a three-year-old in 1965, Brigadier Gerard was ranked only 1lb inferior as a fouryear-old in 1972 and Frankel earned a 143 rating last year.

This is what makes 2012 so potentially exciting for me. The colt who ranks second only to Sea-Bird on three-year-old form starts his third season in training with only 2lb to find to match him as the best of any age group. If he can find 3lb, as Brigadier Gerard did in his fouryear-old campaign, my long innings as a racegoer is going to be capped by the best horse I have ever seen – perhaps the best horse that anyone has ever seen.

It is worth recalling the achievements of those giants who began the 1972 season already designated great. Mill Reef, who had won the Derby, Eclipse, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – all by daylight margins – at three, raced only twice as a four-year-old. His performance in the Prix Ganay was phenomenal. Most of the best older horses in France were ranged against him, but his runner-up was flattered by finishing only ten lengths behind him. The colt had more in the tank than Geoff Lewis allowed him to show.

The Coronation Cup was very different.

Only three opposed him, one of them his own pacemaker, but Mill Reef had to be shown the whip and made to battle for victory by a neck over Homeric, who had been runner-up in the previous season’s St Leger. That was not the real Mill Reef and if we thought at first that his below-par performance came as the result of having missed a couple of gallops in a preparation compromised by dreadful ground conditions at home, we soon found another excuse. A virus went through the Kingsclere stable and Mill Reef was surely sickening for it at Epsom.

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It would have been hard to advance Mill Reef’s rating from the 141 he earned at three. He certainly looked as good as ever in the Ganay and he might have been expected to improve with that run behind him. But the cruel hand he was dealt subsequently could do him no favours.

The Brigadier was well worth his mark Brigadier Gerard began his third season still unbeaten after ten races. He extended his successful sequence to 15, taking in the Lockinge, the Westbury, the Prince of Wales, the Eclipse and the King George, before his still hard-to-comprehend defeat by Roberto in the Benson & Hedges. If he was a shade fortunate to keep his King George victory, having appeared to tire and hamper Parnell in the closing stages of his one and only race at a mile and a half, he was imperious in his other Ascot ventures, including a tremendously impressive display in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. He rounded off his career with a clear-cut triumph over Riverman in the Champion Stakes.

Yes, it was certainly justifiable to raise the Brigadier’s rating to 144 on the basis of his third-season form. It was certainly plausible that had Mill Reef remained healthy and sound, he might have made comparable improvement. A horse in good heart after two campaigns in which he has not been over-raced is perfectly entitled to progress further with added strength and development.

Frankel has run only nine times to date, evidently remains as sound as a pound, and may well improve from three to four. He was in a class of his own last season, commanding his own generation and more than a match for his elders. The decision to keep him in training is highly commendable, because he has already done more than enough to ensure that he could have spent 2012 in the company of some of the most blueblooded mares on the planet, earning far more for Prince Khalid than he might collect on the racecourse.

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I can hardly wait.

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JAMES WILLOUGHBY COMMENT

Synthetic surfaces such as Tapeta are all the rage but, while they are safer and fairer, the loss of the challenge dirt racing posed is a cause for some regret

Change reluctantly embraced

“It is time for those of us who love racing on dirt to embrace the new era of surfaces”

Silver Charm, who did so much to provide the race with an early identity. No doubt you could improve welfare concerns in the Cheltenham Gold Cup by removing the fences, but it would not be the same.

The paradox racing faces is this: the sport derives some of its excitement from the physical challenge incumbent on the racehorse, yet of which it is incognisant and from which it receives no pay-off.

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ometimes in life you have to accept that change is for the better. Even when you don’t like it one bit.

This is my relationship with racing on the range of synthetic surfaces which have replaced traditional dirt: I can no longer sustain the argument against them, but I just don’t like watching the product which results.

This comes into sharp focus with the buildup to the 17th Dubai World Cup on March 31.

When the world’s richest race was switched from Nad Al Sheba to the gleaming new facility at Meydan in 2010, the surface on which it was run also changed – from dirt to one of the family of synthetic footings, Tapeta.

Synthetic tracks are safer than dirt – at least according to the early evidence – and probably fairer too: horses can win with a wider variety of running styles and there isn’t so much of an advantage from prior experience of the surface.

So, it seems like the argument should end there. And so it does from an objective standpoint. But though the World Cup has gained from the change of surface, it has lost the ability to attract and showcase the ability of great American dirt horses like Cigar and

The Dubai World Cup has lost the ability to attract great US dirt horses like Cigar

by some as ethically questionable but the effect is often to raise the victorious thoroughbred to more than it could otherwise be.

Synthetics remove the invidious kickback and provide sounder footing for accelerating, thereby mimicing the style of racing seen on grass: most horses are saved for a finishing kick and the early pace therefore is frequently slow.

This last detail is often the one which renders racing on synthetics a pale imitation of dirt. And you need only to consider the results of the two World Cups at Meydan to see that.

Gone is the thundering herd pounding out ten furlongs in two minutes; gone is the need to fixate on every stride, as the attritional nature of the pace knocks out the runners one by one until only our hero stands proud.

Alright, it is not exactly the Grand National for the viewer, but the same effect is achieved by a less dramatic cause.

Instead, it’s Gloria de Campeao or Victoire Pisa who carry off the bulk of the $10 million, the latter recording a slovenly time of 2m 5.94sec which would be stealing, not earning, for the likes of Curlin, Invasor and Pleasantly Perfect. Sadly, this unsatisfactory crawl-andsprint dynamic is all too familiar on synthetics.

It is unfair to say that the World Cup is now a race for grass horses. Into this category fit snugly the two Meydan winners, but this is only small-sample misappropriation. Victoire Pisa was chased home by his countryman Transcend, who has won the last two runnings of the Japan Cup dirt.

No, it is a coarse argument that synthetics militate against dirt horses, which was the same one used after European horses fared well at the 2008 Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita.

When the series returned to the Californian venue the following year, American trainers and jockeys had better adapted to the tactical demands of the Pro Ride surface, although that did not save the track from being summarily dug up and returned to traditional dirt.

When horsemen make a similar adjustment in approach, World Cups to come on Tapeta will be run at a more challenging tempo for the horses. And in the stead of the Americans, who may even return as old attitudes slowly fade, will be greater strength in depth provided by horses from the Far East, Australia and Europe who could not (or would not) compete on dirt.

So, it is time for those of us who love racing on dirt to put our own aesthetic sense of what constitutes a great performance and embrace the safer, more equitable environment of the new era of surfaces. A similar challenge could be said to face traditionalists in Australia who must now become accustomed to seeing the Melbourne Cup overrun by superior foreigntrained stayers (as evidence of the positive effect on the quality of the Cup, note how the winner Dunaden followed up in good style in the Hong Kong Vase).

“It’s life Jim, but not as we know it,” as Mr Spock supposedly observed to Captain Kirk.

A similar adjustment is necessary for many with synthetics.

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THE FOUNDATION MARES

By JEREMY EARLY

MUMTAZ MAHAL With such champions as Abernant, Royal Charger, Igugu and Octagonal among her descendants, the influence of the Aga Khan Studs matriarch is far-reaching

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ny list of outstanding broodmares – in other words those who have had an exceptional and lasting influence rather than just producing first-rate runners – tends to be subjective.

Excluding mares already covered in this series my international list would include Pocahontas, whose sons Stockwell and King Tom landed nine British sires’ titles; Plucky Liege, whose sons Sir Gallahad and Bull Dog won five USA sires titles and 15 broodmare sire titles; Rough Shod, ancestress of countless top winners and such superior sires as Sadler’s Wells and Nureyev; Frizette, ancestress of Darshaan, Elusive Quality, Mr Prospector, Seattle Slew and Tourbillon; and La Troienne, described in the States as ‘the most important producer to be brought across the Atlantic Ocean in the 20th century.’

Above all, though, the list would include Mumtaz Mahal, who matched undoubted brilliance on the racecourse with the ability to foal daughters who guaranteed the longterm triumph of her line.

No other mare has come anywhere near her success for the Aga Khan and his grandfather because her descendants include 22 Group1/Grade 1 winners for the family, among them the winners of 13 Classics, two Derbys, two King Georges and two Arcs. Add to that such sires tracing to her as Abernant, Kalamoun, Mahmoud, Nasrullah and Royal Charger, and such superb modern mares as Alruccaba and Eight Carat, and the picture is clear – Mumtaz Mahal was majestic.

The filly was acknowledged as perfectly formed when she appeared at the Doncaster Yearling Sale in 1922 and she fetched 9,100gns to the bid of George Lambton on behalf of the Aga Khan III, who was just starting to get involved in racing in a big way in Britain.

Mumtaz Mahal, who combined size with quality, was bred for speed, being by The Tetrarch out of a mare whose sire and dam were both sprinters. The filly didn’t let the side down, topping the Free Handicap after winning five of her six starts, including both the Queen Mary Stakes, by ten lengths, and the Champagne Stakes.

She was equally brilliant at three but only when brought back to sprint distances, landing the King George Stakes before

Mumtaz Mahal, whose speed and spots were inherited from her sire, The Tetrarch

gaining a six-length success in the Nunthorpe.

Fast fillies can make tremendous foundation mares – Horama is an example – and mated mainly with stallions possessing stamina, such as Blandford, Blenheim, Gainsborough and Son-in-Law, Mumtaz

“She was acknowledged as perfectly formed at the Doncaster Yearling Sale in 1922” Mahal did well with her nine progeny, though not brilliantly.

Speed was still the dominant influence.

Mirza (by Blenheim), who won the Coventry Stakes and July Stakes, was described by trainer Frank Butters as the fastest horse he

had ever handled, unraced Rustom Mahal (by Rustom Pasha) was said by jockey Gordon Richards to be the fastest filly he ever sat on, Furrokh Siyar (by Colorado) won two minor stakes over five furlongs and Badruddin (by Blandford) won the Sussex Stakes after finishing third in the Guineas.

It was Mumtaz Mahal’s daughters Mah Mahal, Mumtaz Begum and Rustom Mahal who really created the legend, with middledistance stamina playing much more of a part, though not exclusively.

Mah Mahal produced 1936 Derby winner Mahmoud, later champion sire in the States, and good juvenile Mah Iran, dam of an outstanding colt in Migoli, winner of the 1948 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

Mah Iran also figures in the bottom line of the pedigrees of Alruccaba, dealt with earlier in this series; disqualified Oaks winner Aliysa and the latter’s grandson Alamshar, who notched a notable double in the Irish Derby and King George; Alandi, successful in the Irish St Leger; and one of the best Australian THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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Indian Haven Group 1/Grade 1 winners descending from Mumtaz Mahal bred by the Aga Khan and his family Foaled

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Sussex Stakes Derby Champion Stakes Dewhurst, Eclipse S, Champion S, Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, Prix du Moulin 1,000 Guineas, Oaks, Sussex Stakes, Yorkshire Oaks, Champion Stakes, Coronation Cup (twice) Prix Morny Poule d’Essai des Poulains, Prix Lupin, Prix Jacques le Marois Poule d’Essai des Poulains Derby, Irish Derby, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes Canadian International Arlington Handicap Prix Saint-Alary, Prix de Diane Manhattan Handicap, Turf Classic Grand Prix de Paris Irish Derby, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes Gran Premio di Milano Prix d’Astarte, Prix de l’Opera, Prix Vermeille Secretariat Stakes Irish St Leger, Prix du Cadran Prix Marcel Boussac, Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, Prix de Diane, Prix Vermeille, Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Prix de l’Opera

c 1960 c 1970

Darannour Kalamoun

c 1975 c 1978

Nishapour Shergar

c 1980 c 1982 f 1995 c 1996 c 1999 c 2000

Nassipour Ifrad Zainta Manndar Khalkevi Alamshar

c 2002 f 2003

Shamdala Mandesha

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Shamdinan Alandi Zarkava

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three-year-olds of 2011, the 1,000 Guineas winner Yosei.

Equally good, and with a similarly enduring effect, Migoli’s sister Star Of Iran foaled the great racemare Petite Etoile. Owned by Prince Aly Khan, the son of Aga Khan III and father of Aga Khan IV, she won 14 of her 18 starts, including seven that are now Group 1. This included the remarkable treble of the Oaks, Sussex Stakes and Yorkshire Oaks in just over two months.

Aly Khan died in 1960 and Petite Etoile proved a poor producer for Aga Khan IV since she got just three foals, none of them winning and just one of them a filly, Zahra. Yet, perhaps proving that all things do indeed come to those who wait, in the last 15 years Zahra’s descendants have included another wonder filly in Zarkava, winner of five Group 1s headed by the Arc, Zainta (Prix de Diane) and Igugu, South African Horse of the Year in 2011 after winning the Triple Tiara and Durban July.

Mumtaz Mahal’s second daughter Mumtaz Begum had ten foals, with the star of the show the eccentric but, on his day, brilliant colt Nasrullah. Champion juvenile, he won the Champion Stakes at three, then became a superlative sire with one title in Britain and five in the USA. He boasted an astonishing 23% stakes winners to foals and his influence extended prodigiously through his sons Bold Ruler, Never Bend, Grey Sovereign and Red God. Mumtaz Begum’s other foals included Nasrullah’s sister Rivaz, a fast two-year-old who foaled Palariva, a quickfire filly given a Timefom rating of 131 after winning six top sprints at three, >> THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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grandam of triple Group 1 scorer and good sire Kalamoun, and her best modern descendant is Mandesha, a triple Group 1 winner in France in 2006.

Dodoma, Malindi and Sun Princess, also out of Mumtaz Begum, all made a big mark as well. Dodoma was a champion at two who foaled another superb two-year-old in Diableretta, fourth dam of the best horse ever to carry the familiar green and red colours, Shergar. Malindi is ancestress of American champion Risen Star and Fillies’ Triple Crown winner Oh So Sharp.

Of greater significance, Sun Princess, foaled in 1937, was no great shakes on the racecourse and was culled but she went on to produce 14 foals and they included Royal Charger and his sister Tessa Gillian.

Royal Charger landed the Queen Anne Stakes and Challenge Stakes and became a fine sire in Britain, then the USA, the most notable of his 57 stakes winners being champion juvenile Turn-to, sire of Hail To Reason and Sir Gaylord.

Through her daughter Courtessa, Tessa Gillian became third dam of On The House

(1,000 Guineas, Sussex Stakes) and Eight Carat, one of the best broodmares of the modern era in Australia and New Zealand, where she was named Broodmare of the Year three times and foaled five Group 1 winners.

Eight Carat’s progeny included Octagonal, Horse of the Year in 1995/96 and successful

“Rustom Mahal can claim the best horse ever to trace to Mumtaz Mahal – Abernant” in ten Group 1 races; she is also grandam of champion Danewin, the winner of five Group 1s.

Mumtaz Mahal’s third filly, Rustom Mahal, was by Rustom Pasha, winner of the Eclipse Stakes and Champion Stakes, and third in the St Leger. He should have injected some stamina into the family but Rustom Mahal’s

claim to fame is that she produced the best horse ever to trace to Mumtaz Mahal – magnificent sprinter Abernant.

Abernant was bred by Lady MacdonaldBuchanan, to whom the Aga Khan had sold Rustom Mahal privately. Winner of 14 of his 17 starts and just edged out in the 2,000 Guineas, Abernant’s tally included the Middle Park Stakes, two July Cups and two Nunthorpes. He was rated 142 by Timeform, ahead of Shergar on 140, with Petite Etoile (134) and Zarkava (133) next in line in the family.

Apart from Yosei’s two Group 1 victories and Igugu’s brilliant season in South Africa, last October the Criterium International was won by French Fifteen, a son of Turtle Bowl who has Petite Etoile as his fourth dam.

The family’s success is not resricted to the Flat either: the best juvenile hurdler of 2011, Zarkandar, is an Azamour half-brother to Zarkava so also has Petite Etoile as fifth dam.

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Horseracing cuts ‘manageable’ New online and exchanges levy subject to review next year after bedding-in period

“I’d like to see the

racing industry being self-financing through a betting levy” duty, the minister revealed that the Betting (Amendment) Bill is now at an advanced stage of drafting, with a final draft expected from the Attorney General’s office early in 2012.

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he long dreaded budget announcements in the first week of December contained many shocks for the Irish nation, with approaching €4 billion having to be found by means of cost cutting and taxation. Few areas of Irish society escaped the scalpel and the coalition government in power faced some agonising decisions.

As regular readers of this column will know, the funding of Irish racing, the showcase for the work of breeders, is by way of a grant from government to the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund. Some 80% of the allocation goes to horseracing. The amount is currently, and has been for some years, more than that raised by way of betting duty, causing unwarranted attention and comment from outside racing.

In light of the economic conditions, many in leadership roles in Irish racing and breeding privately feared an axe rather than a penknife being used when inevitable cutbacks were going to be made. The previous reduction (the fourth in a series until then) was 3.3% and even that amount would have been seen in some quarters as acceptable this time.

When the announcement was made the cut was found to be 1.7%, resulting in a loss to racing of a further €1 million. Brian Kavanagh, the Chief Executive of Horse Racing Ireland, described the cut as “manageable”.

The budget announcements this time came in two parts, one minister revealing the extent of the cutbacks, while the Minister for Finance introduced the taxes. In the case of betting

Irish racing was spared a savage funding cut in the 2012 budget announcement

exchanges. Following publication of the bill there is a legal requirement to notify the EU Commission three months in advance of its enactment. It is intended that the new taxation regime will start the second quarter of 2012.

Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney, who is responsible for racing, warned that there is no guarantee the rate of tax will not be increased in the future.

“We will review the actual levy percentage again next year,” he said. “I’ve spoken at length to Michael Noonan [Minister for Finance] and his team about that and what we’ve decided to do is to bed down the online element of the online levy first to make sure that it works and get it up and running, and we’ll sit down and discuss whether the 1% figure and the 15% figure should increase next year if we deem that we should be getting more levy revenue from the betting sector.”

The minister is adamant the new legislation will work, saying: “You know I would like to see the racing industry being self-financing through a betting levy at some stage in the future and we’re going to work on the mechanism for that. But for the moment what's happening is that we’re extending the 1% on to online betting and I think the big players will accept this. They don’t like it but they’ll accept it. They’ll have to get licensed to accept bets from punters in the Republic of

Ireland regardless of what they’re betting on.

“Through that licence we can then monitor the online turnover of those companies and I think most people will bet online through big established names. There will always be some online bookies who will try to attract betting activity without paying levy, who will be unlicensed, and we’ll have to shut those down.

That will be the policing challenge.”

As we went to press, it was announced that Denis Brosnan is set to remain in place at the helm of Horse Racing Ireland while a review of the industry is carried out by government.

The review could take up to a year but Brosnan’s term will end by November 2012 at the latest.

Brosnan has been in the key role at the head of the Irish racing authority (Racing Board, Irish Horseracing Authority and now HRI) for two decades and his latest stint was due to end in mid-December. The appointment of the chairman is in the gift of Minister Coveney and he is a man with a particular interest in the equine world, though much of that would be outside racing.

That said, he has immersed himself in the world of racing since assuming office and is seen regularly at race meetings and racing and breeding related functions. It is understood he has consulted widely on the question of who will succeed Brosnan.

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Irishman and proud Limerick man JP McManus was feted in London in late November when he joined an illustrious band of previous winners of the Sir Peter O’Sullevan Award. Vincent O’Brien and Pat Eddery were the only other Irish natives to collect this prize.

Leading the owners’ tables in Ireland and in Britain as the Christmas period began, McManus is well known for his extensive interests in jump racing. In the last decade, between the two racing nations, he has owned the best part of 10,000 runners – a quite staggering statistic and one that simply makes him the greatest benefactor jump racing has ever seen.

In Ireland, the self-effacing McManus is quite a philanthropist, though he is far from being to the forefront in shouting about that side of his life. His prowess and influence in getting the world’s greatest golfers every few years to Ireland is well reported. What is less so is the fact that following the 2010 golf tournament McManus distributed some €41 million to charities.

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McManus is deserving O’Sullevan winner

Jump racing’s greatest benefactor with one of his many trainers, Nicky Henderson

He has also invested €32m of his own money in an education fund to pay the university fees of students.

This scheme was initiated in 2008 and for the current academic year some 125 new

students are having their fees paid for.

Imagine what a PR guru could do for someone like McManus. Thankfully the man has no ego and jump racing has such a sporting owner.

Expo diary dates

It can sometimes be hard for racing personalities to be honoured outside of the confines of the industry or the sport itself.

Witness the fact it took so long for AP McCoy to be honoured by the BBC. It was therefore wonderful to see Willie Mullins, who operates from Closutton Stables in County Carlow, honoured by his county recently. The Carlow County Council held a reception in their chambers and representatives of all sectors of society were invited to attend this civic reception.

Many people spoke on the night of the trainer’s achievements and of those of his family. His father Paddy was responsible for the brilliant Dawn Run and the Champion Stakes winner Hurry Harriet, while brothers Tony and Tom are very successful trainers too. Another brother, George, has a horse transport company, while sister Sandra has ridden, bred and trained winners.

Sandra joined in the tributes to Willie and highlighted the economic importance of Closutton Stakes to the local economy, providing employment and business for many ancillary firms.

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If you are planning a visit to Ireland in early 2012, you might consider it worthwhile to pencil in February 24 and 25. On these dates the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association will stage the 2012 Expo at a new venue, Leopardstown racecourse.

The Expo is the only one of its kind in Ireland and will provide exhibitors with the perfect platform to showcase their products.

Space was sold out months in advance and the event will have something for everyone.

The ITBA hopes that with the help of partners Connolly’s Red Mills, The Irish Field and Weatherbys Ireland they will build on the successful 2010 template to create an exciting two-day event.

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in the race for the trainers’ title in Ireland and when you consider the success he has endured to date, he could have a grasp on that accolade for some time to come. After all, the roll of honour to date includes Hurricane Fly, Thousand Stars, Quevega, Mikael D’Haguenet, Hedgehunter, Florida Pearl, Alexander Banquet and more.

Foal crop fall slows The Irish foal crop in 2011 appears to be down about 3% from 2010, a marked change from the decreases of 19% and 26% in the previous two years. At the end of last September the number of Irish-born foals stood at 6,890. This still contrasts starkly with the more-than-12,000 foals born in Ireland in 2007.

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“You cannot employ someone and then say that they are not very good and get rid of them.

You can’t sack people – you are stuck. So we are driven to the current situation whereby my partner, Michael [Stanners], and I do all the work ourselves apart from the riding.

“Our training has become very agricultural and we have cut down on the finesse. Michael doesn’t like driving the box all the time but that’s what it has come to.

“We were ignorant [of employment law] when we first arrived and got caught out. I talked to Eoghan O’Neill about it when he moved over here and if any British people are thinking of taking out a French licence I would be very happy to give them some advice.

“Getting jockeys to school is another problem. Because of the distances involved they won’t come. A Yorkshire-born French girl comes in to do all the riding even though she has no racing experience. She also schools them – she has a showjumping background.”

Yet to suggest Bramall regrets her move to France is wide of the mark as she talks at great length about the thriving racing industry and the great recent progress with facilities.

“In the last three or four years the provincial tracks have improved 100%,” she said. “The

Sue Bramall: making a mark in France

surface was often hard and it was very difficult to find decent ground in the summer, but not any more. When we first came we always had to saddle up in the horsebox but now there are new stables and grandstands all over the place, not to mention hundreds of showers with plentiful hot water.

“There are wonderful roads to travel on, you can get to most places in three hours and the authorities pay travel expenses by the mile.

Race planning is excellent as, unlike in Britain, they seek the advice of the trainers, and, of course, prize-money is very good – what you get for fifth place here is often what you would get for winning in England.”

The Bramall name has recently returned to our training ranks via Sue’s daughter, Anna, who, a few months after having her first child, somehow finds time to oversee a small string at Boltby, a few miles from her mother’s old base.

Steps forward for under-the-radar venues

Forward-thinking British Flat trainers might consider a visit to Belgium as they look for ways of giving their owners a chance to win a little more money than is on offer at the local allweather tracks over the winter.

The Belgian Jockey Club recently received a welcome cash boost when the French authorities agreed to help promote a 15fixture series of floodlit evening meetings run at Mons-Ghlin, during a 25-week period between October 10, 2011 and April 9, 2012.

These six-race meetings will offer pool betting linked into France’s Pari-Mutuel and have their entries and declarations processed exclusively by France-Galop, which is the French equivalent of Weatherbys.

In return, prize-money has been increased by 250% with a total of €56,000 for every day and a first prize of not less than €5,000 for each contest,

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which roughly equates to £4,300.

Mons is easier to get to than Paris as the course is right next to a motorway and is little more than a two-hour box drive from Calais.

Marcel de Bruyne, Director of the Belgian Jockey Club, said: “We would be very BELGIUM HORSE RACING PICTURES ARCHIVE/LAMIA LECLERQ

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ue Bramall, whose training career began in 1983 and who has since operated from yards in Yorkshire, Ireland and Paris, has scaled right back but is still taking part in some of the top races from her new base in France’s Loire Valley.

Once, soon after the 1994 Racing Post Chase and Cheltenham Festival heroics of her best horse Antonin, she had some 30 steeds under her care at Hutton Sessay, near Thirsk.

She left Britain in 1996 and has not always had a licence since. But, having trained in three different countries, she is uniquely placed to analyse European jump racing and makes some fascinating observations.

Bramall’s current handful of charges include a pair of highly promising home-bred halfbrothers in Snooze, recent winner of the Grande Course de Haies d’Angers, and Katnap, a chaser in the making who has been performing with great credit in Auteuil’s most valuable four-year-old hurdles.

That they have achieved anything at all is remarkable given the staffing arrangements at her 1,000-acre property near the historic town of Richelieu. Bramall explained: “There are many positive aspects of training in France but the staff situation is the big minus.

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Opportunities in Belgium have risen

happy to attract runners from the UK.” The surface at Mons is currently a mixture between the ‘PSF’ currently available at Deauville and dirt, but de Bruyne reveals that an upgrade is in the pipeline.

Around half of the relevant races are handicaps, which require contestants to fulfil qualification criteria. But the others are claimers and conditions races and, although they are sometimes oversubscribed, if a horse gets balloted out it would be given priority for its next entry.

More good news from Christophe Soumillon’s native land is the re-opening of the historic Ostend racecourse, which has not staged racing for four years. Mons has been Belgium’s solitary track since then, but action will return to Ostend on June 25 – the first date of a ten-fixture summer season shared with trotting that runs through until September 3.

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Clouds galore, with few silver linings on horizon

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Schiaparelli scoring at San Siro, which may benefit from extra fixtures in 2012

The Italian racing industry, like all other areas of life in a country ravaged by economic problems, is about to have to swallow some severe austerity cuts.

In December prize-money was slashed by 15% and that’s nothing compared to what lies ahead in 2012. ASSI, the new name for the Italian Levy Board, is to have its basic annual budget cut from €400 million to €235m and even that lower figure presumes that betting levels will be maintained at their previous rate – in reality, betting turnover in October 2011 was over 25% down on the figure for October 2010.

Negotiations about the 2012 race programme were still ongoing when this article went to press, but it is believed that prize-money will have to be cut by over 45%. Eager to avoid any racecourse closures, Francesco Ruffo, General Secretary of ASSI, is said to favour trimming about 100 race meetings from the calendar, which currently runs to over 700 annual fixtures.

But he is being lobbied by some industry insiders to prioritise Group and Listed races, financing a much smaller prize-money reduction in these

events by doing away with another 200 racedays.

One positive development is the probable sale of the San Siro trotting track in Milan (which is right next to the famed football stadium) to the two football clubs who use the stadium as their home ground – AC Milan and Inter Milan.

The proceeds are set to be used to finance construction of a new all-weather track at the adjacent racecourse. The trotters would move 30 miles down the road to Varese, which in turn may be persuaded to allow its Flat fixtures to be transferred to San Siro.

Another silver lining to a very dark cloud is the appointment on November 16 of Mario Catania as the new head of the Ministry of Agriculture – the government department responsible for racing.

Catania will not be able to perform miracles but, unlike any of his predecessors, he has an in-depth knowledge and love of our sport. He has acted as a racecourse steward at Capannelle in Rome and at one point was a member of the disciplinary committee of the Italian Jockey Club.

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Cologne duo rise up ladder

Patience is a virtue for owners and trainers alike, and never has the adage been better demonstrated than by a minor race in Cologne almost two years ago that has thrown up not one, but two Group 1 winners.

The Giacomo-Rennen is an ordinary 11furlong contest, restricted to four-year-olds and older horses who have not won at anything above a very lowly level and worth just £1,858 to the winner.

Yet it proved the perfect starting point for both Sanagas, a son of Lomitas trained by Peter Schiergen, and Durban Thunder, a Samum colt from the Torsten Mundry yard.

They had the race to themselves in the closing stages, with Sanagas coming out on top by a length and a quarter.

Since then the winner prevailed in three of his four other German starts before continuing his career in the US, where he has landed three of his first five starts, culminating in a Hollywood Turf Cup triumph in November.

Durban Thunder came out on top in five of his next six outings, including in Group 3 company. He made further progress last season, a famous victory in the Group 1 Bayerisches Zuchtrennen prompting an invitation to this year’s prestigious Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin, although he finished last of ten in that event.

Allowing Flat horses to reach the age of four before their initial visit to a racecourse is an unusual strategy. But the achievements of Sanagas and Durban Thunder show that such tactics can reap rich rewards.

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AROUND THE GLOBE THE WORLDWIDE RACING SCENE

NORT H A M E R I CA

by Steve Andersen

Derby graveyard for top juveniles

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oor Hansen. Poor Union Rags. Poor Creative Cause. They are considered the three leading juveniles from the 2011 American season and that’s a problem.

As the first three finishers of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs, history is not on their side as the build-up to the Kentucky Derby on May 5 begins.

Beginning with the 2000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile through the 2010 running, only two of the 33 horses to finish in the top three in that race have gone on to finish in the first three in the Kentucky Derby.

Street Sense won the 2006 Juvenile and 2007 Kentucky Derby, the only juvenile winner to do so since the race began in 1984.

Afleet Alex was second in the 2004 Juvenile and third in the 2005 Kentucky Derby. Of the first three finishers of the 2010 Juvenile – Uncle Mo, Boys at Tosconova and Rogue Romance – none of them even started in the 2011 Kentucky Derby.

Hansen, Union Rags and Creative Cause will be on every list of top ten contenders for the Kentucky Derby until proven otherwise, and were such short prices on ante-post lists at Las Vegas casinos before Christmas that a meaningful bet was a waste of money – until their three-year-old form is better known.

Hansen could easily be the next Street Sense – or Uncle Mo. A colt by Tapit trained

by Michael Maker, Hansen ended his twoyear-old season by winning the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, and is unbeaten in three starts.

Hansen (right) and Union Rags lead the ante-post lists for the Kentucky Derby

Union Rags, a Dixie Union colt trained by Michael Matz, lost for the first time in his four-race career in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.

Matz won the 2006 Kentucky Derby with the ill-fated Barbaro.

Both Hansen and Union Rags will race at Gulfstream Park in Florida this winter, while Creative Cause will be based in California. A Giant’s Causeway colt trained by Mike Harrington, he will race at Santa Anita.

They are joined on a short list of hopefuls by late November standouts such as O’Prado

Again, who won the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct, and Gemologist and Ever So Lucky, the first two finishers of the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs. For now, they are the colts deemed to have the best chance in the Derby.

Not long after calendars are flipped from December to January, the American racing scene will scrutinise every maiden winner and stakes race in search of three-year-olds as potential competitors to those established horses.

Havre de Grace merits Horse of the Year honour After two hotly-debated years, a muchneeded sense of decorum has overtaken the discussion regarding the Eclipse Award for the 2011 American Horse of the Year.

Gone is the East Coast versus West Coast debate of Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta, and the male versus female argument between Blame and Zenyatta. This time, American racing observers were left with a wider list of candidates, among them a filly whose campaign merits such an honour.

In a year without perfection among leading hopefuls, the four-year-old Havre de Grace landed five of her seven starts and three Grade 1s in 2011, highlighted by a THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

win against males in the Woodward Stakes at Saratoga in August. A fourth-place finish behind Drosselmeyer in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs may well have clinched her the title.

Still, she was helped by the lack of a standout in other divisions. Drosselmeyer had no previous graded stakes wins earlier in 2011; the former Kentucky Derby antepost favourite Uncle Mo was only tenth in the Classic; and the exciting two-year-old Union Rags was second in the Juvenile.

Had Uncle Mo or Union Rags won Breeders’ Cup races, the voting would likely be different. Instead, voters are left to reflect

on Havre de Grace’s campaign under the direction of trainer Larry Jones and owner Rick Porter’s Fox Hill Farm. Their decision to run her in the Woodward led to a careerbest performance at an ideal time, Labor Day weekend, when the build-up to the Breeders’ Cup and the debate about Horse of the Year intensifies.

She helped her cause by winning the Apple Blossom Handicap in April and the Beldame in October. Havre de Grace did not have as convincing a season as Rachel Alexandra in 2009 or Zenyatta in 2010, but accomplished enough through the year to merit American racing’s highest reward.

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AROUND THE GLOBE

AUST R A L A S I A

by Stephen Howell

Europe is king in staying division Leading Sydney trainer John O’Shea won five Group 1s from 2006 to 2008 with Racing To Win, who claimed Australia’s premier mile handicaps, the Doncaster and the Epsom at Randwick, among those victories. His 30-start career earned connections $3.76 million.

O’Shea has had Group 1 staying victories with Jessicabeel and Bedouin but, like most Australian trainers, most of his success has been with his sprinter-milers: Racing To Win did not win beyond a mile.

O’Shea is looking to European sales as one of a growing band of Australian trainers aiming to win more key staying events and, ultimately, the Melbourne Cup. At November’s Arqana Autumn Sale at Deauville, O’Shea paid €150,000 for Caroun, a three-year-old Montjeu colt who won two of five starts for the Aga Khan. He is expected at O’Shea’s Randwick stables in February.

“With this horse, he will probably stay in work all year round and run once a month,” the trainer said. “I wouldn’t think he’d be running until late June, early July, so a race like the Grafton Cup (winner passes the ballot for the Melbourne Cup) might fit in.

Hopefully he’ll be competitive in nice races.”

Racing Victoria’s chief handicapper Greg Carpenter said talk about overseas dominance

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Chief handicapper Greg Carpenter

in the most recent Cup, when nine of the first ten had European form, was positive, “because it shows the racing industry and the public are committed to the Cup and Australians being competitive in it”.

While Carpenter admitted it was unrealistic to expect a major shift in the Australian breeding industry, which is aimed largely on providing horses for shorter races, he said there was a commitment from racing

to give more support to staying. And, he said, Victoria led the way. Carpenter, with inside knowledge from his day-to-day role and from weighting runners for the Melbourne Cup over the past seven years, said there were a raft of pathways through the autumn for staying types that could lead to the Cup. Carpenter pointed out that it was important to differentiate between ballot and weight in the staying debate about local and overseas horses missing out on the Cup (or having to rely on withdrawals to squeeze in) – despite passing the ballot clause they are too far down in the weights (i.e. not good enough) and the handicapper cannot penalise them enough to get a run.

In answering the charge that European form was inflated, Carpenter said that this year’s results showed that was not the case.

And he added with a grin that it probably did not matter where the horses came from.

Why? “We ‘Australianise’ things so quickly,” was his reason.

In the meantime, progress can be made on staying pathways while accepting that Australia is off Europe’s pace because of the Aussie obsession with speed – as in short races and quick returns – and, realistically, will never catch up.

by Nicola Hayward

Princess Victoria takes springboard race The opening Grade 1 of the 2012 Cape season at Kenilworth was the Avontuur Estate Cape Fillies Guineas run over a mile in windy conditions on the first Saturday of December. Recent past winners include Captain’s Lover, Sun Classique and Perfect Promise, all of whom went on to enjoy considerable international success.

When the field for the main race came out it was easy to see why Princess Victoria was 1-3. The 2011 champion two-year-old filly, bred by Maine Chance Farms, looked magnificent and it was hard to find anything that appeared her equal. Reason

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and history are there to remind us plenty can change between seasons and brilliant juveniles are often mediocre at three. But the filly looked outstanding and her record of five wins from six starts screamed victory.

Despite the wind and the gallant effort of Trinity House, the only horse yet to have lowered her colours, the Glen Kotzentrained Princess Victoria won easily for a partnership which includes her breeder.

Her dam Platinum Princess is an unraced daughter of Rakeen and she traces to Silver Liner, dam of Petrava, who won the Cape Fillies Guineas in 1985. She in turn

produced 2000 Cape Guineas winner Hoeberg, as well as Jallad, the Equus Champion Sire of 2001.

The curtain-raiser to the main event was the Grade 2 Tony Taberer Southern Cross Stakes for fillies and mares, run over five furlongs into the teeth of the howling southeaster. The emphatic and fitting winner was Val De Ra, who was bred by the late Tony Taberer at Avontuur Estate, which hosted the raceday. Her sire Var stands at Avontuur Estate in Stellenbosch. The strapping mare never looked in trouble and romped home a comfortable winner.

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LOPE DE VEGA AN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD LOOKING DUAL CLASSIC WINNER BY

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JUST LIKE HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM! His superb first book of mares in 2011 included the multiple Gr.1 winner BORGIA, the Champion 2yo DANASKAYA and the dams of HURRICANE RUN, SAHPRESA and HARBOUR WATCH, etc.

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DREAM AHEAD OUTSTANDING SPRINTER Received by David and Jennie Simcock on behalf of Khalifa Dasmal Sponsored by Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder

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NEW AT BALLYLINCH IN 2012

DREAM AHEAD JOINT EUROPEAN CHAMPION 2YO IN 2010 (with Frankel) VOTED THE ROA’s

OUTSTANDING SPRINTER OF 2011

The climax of DREAM AHEAD’s spectacular career as he beats Goldikova (left) in the Gr.1 Prix de la Foret in a new race record time.

“Sectional times show just how big a performance Dream Ahead put up. They clocked 0.51 of a second faster for the first half mile than they did in the Group 1 Jean Luc Lagardere over the same distance.

They then came home over the final three furlongs 1.23 seconds faster. That’s pushing well towards the outer limits of how fast a horse can run.”

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HOOF IT

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OUTSTANDING HANDICAPPER

OUTSTANDING THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLY

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CONCESSIONS FOR PROVEN MARES

£5,000 (1st October) Timeform Rated 120 Dual Group winner, who won at 2-4 years old Over 6-7 furlongs By Champion 2yo and Champion Sire of 2yos Danehill Dancer AN OUTSTANDING 2011 SEASON Almost 50% winners to runners from his 2yos in 2011 Sire of Black type performers in each of his first 3 crops Sire of – GILT EDGE GIRL, winner of (Gr1)Prix de L’Abbaye MY NAME IS BOND, winner of (Gr3) Prix de la Rochette LADIES ARE FOREVER, winner of (Gr3) Summer Stakes HOOF IT, Group 1 placed and winner of the Stewards Cup MOVE IN TIME, winner of Listed, Rous Stakes and group placed Yearlings have made up to £147,000 and averaged £42,000 in 2011

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FAME AND GLORY

MAYBE

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OUTSTANDING TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLY

OUTSTANDING TWO-YEAR-OLD COLT

OUTSTANDING STAYER

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CELEBRATION, CELEBRITIES AND CHAMPAGNE

Chubby Chandler and Tony Hirschfeld

Philippa and Charlie Hills

Rachel Hood and John Gosden

Andrew McIver and Joy Reid

Sir Henry and Lady Cecil

Christina and Michael Harris, enjoying his last awards night as ROA Chief Executive

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DAI WALTERS

Flourishing FFOS LAS It opened on time – a remarkable feat in itself – and two and a half years on is an increasingly popular racecourse with horsemen. But for founder Dai Walters there is plenty yet to achieve

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ou launched Ffos Las in 2009 with eight fixtures and the aim of making it one of the “top tracks in Britain”. How far have you gone towards achieving this?

I believe we have made great strides when you bear in mind that we have been in operation for just over two years. It was accepted that the design, layout and facilities were of a very high standard. Now, as we see the course itself maturing well and trainers and jockeys becoming more confident and familiar with the track, the standard of our racing seems to be getting better all the time.

When the BHA announced you may have only 16 fixtures in 2012, against 29 in 2011, you threatened to close Ffos Las and stop owning racehorses.

Were you serious?

I think anyone who has met me will know how passionate I am about Ffos Las racecourse. Without this passion, shared by my whole team, the course would never have been built, opened on time, or even still be in operation. We are proud of what we have, what it has done and what it can continue to do for the racing industry and the community of West Wales. I was so disappointed with the way the fixture allocation process was looking I was ready to take the action required to get the attention of the people and do whatever I could to avoid a dramatic drop in fixtures.

How did you manage to convince the authorities to award you 26 fixtures and what impact will holding three fewer days have on your business?

Firstly, I hope those leading influential figures, who finally determined the fixtures,

have learned lessons from this year’s woeful experience as it has shown our sport in such a bad light to the outside world. They made commercial planning and activity extremely difficult for many courses. As the process wore on it was fortunate that the levy agreement enabled more fixtures to become available.

Additionally, our management partner, Northern Racing, worked hard to ensure that from the remaining pool of leasehold fixtures we gained a ‘pro rata’ amount of fixtures in comparison to what we had in 2011. I cannot honestly say what the ideal number of fixtures would be for Ffos Las, as so much will depend on how the business is funded going forward. I am content with our number in 2012 considering the uncertainty we have experienced.

“I was prepared to

sell my horses and walk away completely from horseracing” Surely you would have struggled to part with Oscar Whisky, a Grade 1 winner and Cheltenham Festival candidate?

If I had not gained the fixtures I would have sold all my horses and walked away completely from horseracing – and probably saved myself a lot of money!

Having taken over the running of the Welsh Champion Hurdle from Chepstow, is the Welsh Grand National also in your sights and is there a timescale for its transfer?

As I have said, our aim is to run races that are good for racing and attractive to the racegoer.

In the immediate future we are trying to establish our own races around our evolving fixture list, as I believe you need the right customer-friendly day to run your big races.

In 2012 we race on six Sundays (against four in 2011), which is a step in the right direction as Sunday seems a popular day for us. On Saturday, February 4, which is William Hill Welsh Champion Hurdle day, we will run the West Wales National, a race that worked well in 2011 under a different name.

Are you finding your jump meetings more popular, with crowds and runners, than the Flat? If so, what are you doing to alter this?

Generally, yes. Although we have seen this last Flat season has brought more runners from the bigger Flat stables and been getting encouraging reviews from the trainers.

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TALKING TO... local elderly folk to the races and look after them with a good meal, provided, as in all cases at the course, by local suppliers.

Do you have a particular policy when buying jumpers and how do you decide on which trainers to supply?

My initial instinct is to look at a horse’s pedigree and draw on the knowledge and expertise of certain bloodstock agents. This has proved a well worthwhile policy with the success of Snoopy Loopy, Oscar Whisky and hopefully many more. I don’t wish to expand, but rather reduce the number and have better quality horses. In terms of trainers, I spread the horses around in order to encourage different trainers to come and support Ffos Las.

Oscar Whisky is Dai Walters’ best horse

>> periods the occasional racegoer is influenced more by the weather than anything else.

In addition to the racing, what plans do you have for improving the racecourse and facilities? Would the ROA Gold Standard be something you would like to achieve?

We are always looking at ways of improving Ffos Las; we are currently planting 45,000 trees as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, in partnership with the Woodland Trust. It is always good to receive awards and it could well be within our capabilities to achieve an ROA Gold Standard.

The number of runners at Ffos Las – an average of nine per race since September – suggests some trainers find the course too remote. Is this a problem?

Of course, it is something we have always been aware of. To overcome it we try to ensure that there are plenty of good reasons to come to Ffos Las – from our race planning through to ground conditions and facilities for owners, trainers and stable staff.

What effect has the new racecourse had on the South Wales economy and how much support have you received from the locals?

It is often remarked what a good atmosphere there is at Ffos Las, even at the quieter mid-week meetings. The support has been great, both from the individual and corporate clients. For example, I was keen to support the families of the miners that lost their lives in the recent disaster at the Gleision Colliery near Swansea. And, due to the generosity of our sponsors and supporters, we raised £75,000 for the disaster appeal fund. Even closer to home, each year we bring all the

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What words would you have for new BHA Chief Executive Paul Bittar before he starts his new role?

Be more commercial and understand the needs of racecourses and their financial models.

How did the recession affect your business and where do you see Ffos Las in ten years time?

I think we have been quite lucky and weathered the storm quite well. However, the number of admissions through the gate has obviously declined because people no longer have as much disposable income and are looking at ways to prioritise their spending.

Hopefully, in ten years time we will still be on the racing calendar and, by then, even more firmly established and flourishing.

How does the relationship with Northern Racing work?

We have our own team at the course in terms of management, office and ground staff. But we work closely with Northern Racing where fixtures, commercial guidance and support are concerned. They are experienced racecourse operators who employ sound, commercially-focused people.

As a firm believer in higher levels of prize-money, do you consider the Horsemen’s Tariff to be working successfully?

Ffos Las has been compliant with the tariff and as an owner I agree with appropriate levels of prize-money. Wearing the racecourse Chairman’s hat, I believe there has been a lack of dialogue between the courses and the Horsemen’s Group, which has led to unnecessary problems with agreed levels of prize-money.

You are an ‘Associate Partner’ jumps racecourse under the new tariff guidelines. What hope do you have of becoming a full partner?

I think it is crucial that there is more agreement and harmony between the Horsemen’s Group and the racecourses if any scheme is to hold credence with all parties.

There seems to be a common belief in some areas of the industry that racecourses are sitting on huge pots of picture rights money.

I can assure you they are not.

How damaging has the clumsy introduction of the new whip rules been to the image of racing?

It penalised jockeys’ earnings and no other industry would suspend an employee on no pay. Also, on the big days you want to see the best jockeys riding, not sitting on the sidelines as the result of what, in many cases, would be considered minor whip infringements.

CLOSE UP AND...

PERSONAL I handle pressure by… delegating The most challenging thing I’ve done is… start my own business I like to relax by… playing golf My ideal holiday destination is…

Barbados Actor to play me in a film…

Sir Anthony Hopkins

CLOSE UP AND...

PROFESSIONAL One piece of advice for a budding racecourse supremo… have plenty of money I’d improve British racing by… reducing the red tape My racing idol is… Sir Peter O’Sullevan The best horse I’ve seen in the flesh… Big Buck’s I’ll retire when… I’m tired of it all

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Potential versus

ACHIEVEMENT There’s an understandable bias against older mares in the sales ring but, while statistics point the way towards youngsters, carefully managed veterans can offer value Words Emma Berry • Photos George Selwyn

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t the recent round of breeding stock sales, the dams of Maybe, Canford Cliffs, Treasure Beach, Society Rock and Moonlight Cloud all passed through the ring at Tattersalls.

With a Group 1 winner apiece in 2011 and a fashionable covering, each would be a coveted addition to many broodmare bands and they all had another key element in their favour: age.

Sumora, Mrs Marsh, Honorine, High Society and Ventura were nine, ten, 11, 12 and 13; safely within the ‘acceptable’ age range, from a commercial perspective at least.

There is plenty of evidence to suggest that younger mares are a better bet for the breeder – the onset of old age for any species brings with it myriad problems – but is it always a wise choice to favour perceived potential over proven ability?

In the case of the December Salestopper Sumora, she had it all. Only nine, a Listed winner by one of the modern-day great broodmare sires and a three-parts sister to dual Classic winner Dancing Rain, she has already produced the unbeaten Group 1 winner Maybe and was carrying that filly’s full-sibling by the champion sire Galileo. Enough said.

Few of Sumora’s contemporaries can equal her outstanding credentials and those that do will almost certainly be out of reach, except for breeders with the deepest of pockets.

The principal way in which age affects a mare’s value is in the projection of how many foals she may be able to produce in the future.

While naturally this depreciates with age, there is value to be found among

mares of advancing years and those with a proven production record can be worth taking a chance on with the right management.

As our table on page 65 shows, the oldest mare to have foaled a Group 1 winner last season was 24. She is Lord and Lady Lloyd-Webber’s Darara, who has to be considered the doyenne of the ‘old mares’ brigade’, having produced Dar Re Mi at 22 and her final foal Rewilding at 24. Now 29, she is reported to be enjoying her retirement and in fine health.

“The remarkable thing about Darara is that still,

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Sumora, already a Group 1 producer at the age of nine, just before she sold for 2.4 million gns

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During the course of their research, Allen and Neal were able to establish that as mares get older they are more likely to suffer from obstructions in their oviducts caused by protein deposits. Unlike other species, a mare’s fertilised egg sits in the oviduct for five days before reaching the uterus, which it is unable to do without a clear passage.

Neal adds: “It was lucky for us that this method worked with Darara and she was such a success as it encouraged us to carry on. We then did a trial on 15 thoroughbred mares who had histories that suggested possible obstructions and 14 out of 15 conceived during the next breeding season. Up to that point there had been little information about possible obstruction in the oviduct, only speculation.”

her age, her feet are fantastic and she’s absolutely correct,” says Simon Marsh, Manager of the Lloyd-Webbers’ Watership Down Stud.

“We bought her as an 11-year-old carrying to Shirley Heights and she’d already produced a Listed winner. When buying mares, 12-yearolds would be about our upper limit.”

He adds: “Older mares need to be covered each year but the difficult thing about Darara was that she was barren for four years in a row, from 2000 to 2003. We talked to [equine fertility experts] Twink Allen and Huw Neal, and they suggested we flush her Fallopian tubes, which we did and it worked. She then got in foal to Selkirk, then Singspiel and Tiger Hill, but she had only 12 foals in her life.”

Spurred on by their success with Darara, Huw Neal, a partner at Newmarket Equine Hospital, subsequently conducted a trial in conjunction with Professor Twink Allen which involved a surgical procedure during which Prostaglandin-E is injected into a mare’s oviduct (Fallopian tubes) to stimulate muscle contractions and aid the mobility of a fertilised egg in its transfer to the uterus.

“Fertility is the main problem for older mares and there are a number of reasons for that,” says Neal. “As mares enter their late teens the quality of their eggs begins to deteriorate and that means conception rates are not as good and established pregnancies can fail.

“The second big issue is that the quality of the uterine lining also deteriorates and that’s associated with a reduction in fertility.

“The nutritive components – the glands – begin to be replaced by fibrous tissue and that deterioration means that it’s harder for a mare to support a pregnancy. Conception weights go down and so do birth weights of the foals.”

Statistics not the whole story The table of 2011 Group 1 winners (below) represents only a tiny portion of the racing population but is heavily weighted towards the offspring of younger mares. It is a curve echoed by published data on the birth order of foals, and by a 1995 study by Jane Barron, which looked at the effect of a mare’s age and the number of foals she had borne by assessing the Timeform figures of the offspring of 100 mares.

Barron’s findings, published in the Equine Veterinary Journal, showed that the mean Timeform rating of the study group peaked for the offspring of mares aged nine, and for those who had had four foals. As she pointed out, however, “the optimum retirement age for broodmares may increase with the quality of their progeny”.

When weighing up statistics it must be taken into account that the number of older mares still in production, whether through natural

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reduction or deliberate culling, is much lower than that of their younger counterparts.

According to Weatherbys’ records, of 9,826 active broodmares in Britain in 2010, only 448, or 4.6%, were aged 20 or over, with 62% of the broodmare population being aged between five and 12. Of the older mares still in service, there will doubtless be plenty, even among the proven black-type producers, who will be covered by unproven or ‘lesser’ sires, and, as already acknowledged, declining fertility plays its part.

Meta Osborne, a veterinary surgeon who specialises in equine reproduction and runs Ireland’s Tinnakill House stud with her husband Dermot Cantillon, says: “A mare’s fertility typically declines from 15 years onwards and is likely due to a number of factors. These include late first ovulation in the spring, longer intervals between ovulations because follicles develop more slowly in older mares, erratic cycling, increased incidence of ovulation failure, agerelated degeneration of uterine architecture and a higher incidence of early embryonic death (EED) in older mares.”

While this may sound daunting, such knowledge has not stopped Osborne and Cantillon investing in and persisting with older mares. One of Tinnakill House’s recent highflying graduates is Casamento, whose dam Wedding Gift has just turned 19 and is currently carrying his full-sibling. Of the same age is Housa Dancer, whose offspring Bushman and Grand Vent have each won a Group race since she was purchased at Brightwells in 2009 for £7,000.

“There is no magic formula for us, it just seems that there is a huge premium in the sales ring for potential as opposed to results,” says Osborne. “We prefer to buy value in the proven producer and, by definition, they will be the older mares. The bias against them works in terms of getting them at the right price.”

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“Mares have to be in good health to get in foal and if a mare has not produced a decent runner by the time she’s about 15, the chances are she would be taken out of production anyway.

“We kept persevering with Darara because we desperately wanted a filly and we ended up with a really good one.”

That “good one”, Dar Re Mi, is due to deliver her first foal, by Oasis Dream, in mid-February.

Another Group 1 winner carrying to Juddmonte’s great stallion is Gilt Edge Girl, who now resides in a paddock next door to her mother following the recent purchase of her dam Tahara at Tattersalls. Tahara was one of a quartet of 17-year-olds offered for sale in December and, despite her advancing years, she fetched 180,000gns when bought by Badgers Bloodstock for Paul Makin.

“When it comes to a mare’s age it very much depends on who the order is for,” says Badgers Bloodstock’s Grant Pritchard-Gordon, who has been vociferous in his desire to see an upper-age limit set by sales companies when accepting broodmares for auction.

“If I know it’s someone with a good set-up at the stud and experienced people who will ensure the mare is well looked after, I have no problem with buying a 16- or 17-year-old mare.

“I think that Tattersalls in particular has a very good open procedure in place in this regard.

They view each horse on a case-by-case basis.

In lesser sales around the world I’m not convinced that there’s the same level of care.

“The big problem for me was seeing a 22year-old barren mare being offered for sale. I hate the thought of old mares being subjected to the stress and strain of a sale. If the time is right and if a mare has an advancing condition, then I’d be very much in favour of putting her down

The late Prince of Wales’s Stakes winner Rewilding was foaled when Darara was 24

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to get them in foal as it is and some mares will give themselves a break in any case.

“Expert veterinary intervention in mare reproductive management is probably the most cost-effective part of a breeding operation, especially when you relate it to nomination costs.”

Even once an older mare has conceived and safely produced a healthy foal, the bias against them doesn’t end there. Charlie Mason, who runs Silfield Bloodstock, which deals principally in buying and selling mares and foals, has seen a shift in attitude towards the stock of veterans.

He says: “People [buyers] have more of a bias against foals out of older mares now. However, I’ve been lucky with older mares in the past and if something came up I’d probably have a nibble, but you do have to think very carefully.

“On the whole I’d probably look at slightly younger mares now and once they get past 16 I like the mares to have a rest every other year, otherwise it can take too much out of them.”

Studies by Kentucky Equine Research (KER) show that mares between the ages of seven and 11 produce foals of a heavier birth-weight than older mares, thus generally making them more desirable at the sales, but lower birth-weight is not just a potential problem with older mares.

“Foals born to maiden mares have lower birth-weights than those from multiparous mares,” says Clarissa Brown-Douglas of KER. However, Simon Marsh believes that the look of the mare’s stock will dictate procedure, saying: “People say you can’t buy out of an older mare but you can buy only what’s in front of you. If a mare’s still producing good-looking creatures, which is what Darara did with her last

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INDESATCHEL Classic-placed dual Group winner A fast emerging son of sire of sires Danehill Dancer, and with a growing reputation His impressive two year old strike rate this season equals the achievements of Royal Applause and Kheleyf and his yearlings made up to almost £40,000

FIREBREAK Group 1 Millionaire Miler - Group 1 Sire The Leading Sire of 2YO's in GB & IRE since 2009 by % Stakes winners to runners Another hugely successful year, highlighted by the speedy Group class two-year-old Caledonia Lady and a yearling average at the major sales of over £33,000 - more than 11x their covering fee

MAJOR CADEAUX Top class sprinter/miler and multiple Group winner An exceptional son of an exceptional sire with his first yearlings in 2012 Too good on the racecourse for Dutch Art (champion 1st crop sire in 2011) and Holy Roman Emperor (champion 2nd crop and 2yo sire in 2011) and now off to a flying start at stud His first foals averaged 17,167 gns almost 5x their covering fee

£3,500 Oct 1st Live Foal Free Return All Special Offer for 2012 'Free Keep Fees' for visiting mares Enquiries: Terry or Margaret Holdcroft or Mark Pennell, Bearstone Stud, Market Drayton, Shropshire TF9 4HF Office: 44 (0)1630 647197 Mobile: 44 (0)7974 948755 e: enquiries@bearstonestud.co.uk w: www.bearstonestud.co.uk

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Group 1 winners in 2011 out of older mares

Tahara, looking good at the age of 17

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humanely rather than sending her to a sale where you have no control over who buys her.

“In the case of Tahara, she has a great production record, a fashionable covering [Acclamation] and she looked incredibly young for her age.”

Noteworthy mares Along with the aforementioned Darara, there are a number of mares worthy of mention for having produced a Group 1 winner in their twilight years, and these include Somethingroyal, who foaled Secretariat when she was 18, Selection Board, who was 19 when Ouija Board was born, and the great Urban

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Darara

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Dolly Will Do Popsy

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DESCARADO (NZ) WHAT A WINTER (SAF)

Karamea Lady Waseela

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JUKEBOX JURY (IRE) ACCLAMATION (USA)

Mare Aux Fees Winning In Style

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CAPE BLANCO (IRE) COVENANT (SAF)

Laurel Delight Secret Pact

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GALIKOVA (FR) ST NICHOLAS ABBEY (IRE)

Born Gold Leaping Water

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Sea, who produced Sea The Stars as a 17-yearold. Her final foal, Born To Sea, was delivered when Urban Sea was 20 and he may yet add more glory to his outstanding family’s record.

Tony Morris’s plentiful pedigree notes on Derby winners reveal that 16 winners of the blue riband have emanated from mares aged between 18 and 25, with Horatia having bred two at an advanced age: the 1799 winner Archduke when she was 18 and his full-

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brother Paris, in 1806, at the grand age of 25.

While breeders with a long-term aim will understandably opt for the younger producer, clearly there will always be a nucleus of older mares whose genetic constitution enables them to rebuff the advancing years and continue to nurture a good foal. And with advances in veterinary science, aided by the likes of Huw Neal and Twink Allen, that number is likely only to increase.

MAJOR CADEAUX

by Cadeaux Genereux - Maine Lobster (Woodman)

Top class sprinter/miler and multiple Group winner The outstanding son of an exceptional sire with his first yearlings in 2012 Too good on the racecourse for Dutch Art (champion 1st crop sire in 2011) and Holy Roman Emperor (champion 2nd crop and 2yo sire in 2011), AND NOW OFF TO A FLYING START AT STUD. His first foals averaged 17,167 gns, almost 5x their covering fee, making him the third most profitable first crop sire at Tattersalls' December sale.*

Fee for 2012: £3,500 Oct 1st Live Foal Free Return Special Offer for 2012 'Free Keep Fees' for visiting mares * 3+ sold

Enquiries: Terry or Margaret Holdcroft or Mark Pennell, Bearstone Stud, Market Drayton, Shropshire TF9 4HF Office: 44 (0)1630 647197 Mobile: 44 (0)7974 948755 e: enquiries@bearstonestud.co.uk w: www.bearstonestud.co.uk

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NEW TO BATSFORD FOR THE 2012 SEASON Champion and Triple Gr.1 Winner

Kutub

B. 16.0hh (1.62m)

Successful Progeny – Superstition, Topclas, Terre du Vent and many others.

Over jumps sire of more than 80% winners incl.

Alken (LR winner over hurdles and Notus De La Tour (4wins over jumps; 2nd Gr.3 Fred Winter Hurdle, Cheltenham 2010 and Gr.3 Tote Trophy Hurdle, Newbury 2011; £76,114).

Also standing

Erhaab Br 1991 (15.3hh) by CHIEF’S CROWN – HISTOIRE by RIVERMAN

2012 Fee

£2,000 (1st Oct terms)

Sadler’s Wells In the Wings High Hawk Habitat Minnie Habit Minnie Tudor

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Shirley Heights Sunbittern Sir Gaylord Little Hut Tudor Melody Tiny Toque

Kadastrof

The derby winner, now in Gloucestershire.

NH Sire of Graded performers and multiple winners, of over £900,000 and iron tough flat winners in Britain and Japan worth over £17,500,000.

Fee for 2012:

£1,250 (1st October Terms)

Pasternak

Ch 1990 (16.2hh) by PORT ETIENNE – KADASTRA by STRADAVINSKY

Bay 1993 (16.3hh) by SOVIET STAR – PRINCESS PATI by TOP VILLE

High Class French bred stallion whose progeny have shown great potential on the track with recent winners including SMOKEY GEORGE, DANCING DAFFODIL, ENTERTAIN ME and THE STRAWBERRY ONE.

Highly promising Sire with progeny both here and in France including LITTLE JOSH winner of the Gr. III Cheltenham Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase, CAMDEN GEORGE, SPA WELLS and INDOMPTABLE CECILE (FR) who was 3rd in the L. Prix Finot Hurdle, Auteuil.

Fee for 2012:

£1,250 FFFR (1st October Terms)

Fee for 2012: £1,250 (1st October Terms)

BATSFORD STUD Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire GL56 9QF. Enquiries to ALAN VAREY. Tel/Fax: 01608 651890 Mobile 078 99 957355 • email alanvarey@batsfordstud.co.uk • website www.batsfordstud.co.uk

Some Highlights of 2011...

Tattersalls October Yearling Sales Book 1 in 2007, Highclere Stud - the leading consignor at an tched success. Their aggregate this year was 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 – a record of unma gns.

40 an average of 165,0 impressive 4,126,000 gns for 25 yearlings, with

Caspar Netscher – Bred by Meon Valley Stud, this dependable colt became the first to win both the Gr. 2 Gimcrack and Gr. 2 Mill Reef Stakes in his 10 starts as a two-year-old.

Frankel – Trained by Henry Cecil, this extrao rdinary colt remains – 9 wins from 9 runs unbeaten in his career – and added 4 Group 1 victories in successio Congratulations to all n this year to that tall the team at Warren Pla y. ce - we can hardly wa it for next season.

Hallway Feeds - Our partners in Lexington fed a ‘Double Classic’ in May; Plum Pretty, the winner of the Kentucky Oaks, and Animal Kingdom, the winner of the Kentucky Derby. They are well fed!

Snow Fairy – Trained by Ed Dunlop, she was placed in the Coral Eclipse, the Nassau, British & Irish Champion Stakes and The Arc before a back-to-back victory in the QE II Commemorative Cup at Kyoto. Her earnings now exceed £3.5m.

Red Cadeaux - Trained by Ed Dunlop and reared at Heatherwold Stud, racing history was made in the first photo finish in 151 runnings of the Melbourne Cup. Pipped on the line by a whisker!

Duncan - Bred & owned by Normandie Stud, the Gr. 1 Irish St Leger was his last and biggest win of a 19-race career. Duncan and Jukebox Jury recorded the first dead-heat in this Classic for 23 years.

Kasbah Bliss – Trained by François Doumen, he won his first Group 1 in the Prix Du Cadran on his fourth attempt, coming from last to first, having finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th in previous years.

Furnace Mill Stud – David & Trish Brown sold the top priced colt at Tattersalls Book 1 for 700,000 gns. Their aggregate was 1,090,000 gns for 3 yearlings, with an average of 363,333 gns.

Reliable Man – Bred by Sven & Carina Hanson, he won the Gr. 1 Prix du Jockey Club on only the third run of his career, his first win came only 54 days earlier.

Proud of our connections We are so proud of the results that our clients and partners have achieved in 2011, both on the racecourse and through the sales ring.

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BREEDERS’ DIGEST

By EMMA BERRY, Bloodstock Editor

Our bloodstock coverage this month includes:

• Sales Circuit: full round-up of the European breeding stock and foal sales

– pages 72-81

Many happy returns for selected stallion farms

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t may sound like an odd comment to make about a book that essentially consists of lists but the arrival of Weatherbys’ annual Return Of Mares always makes for fascinating reading.

Topping the Flat charts for the number of mares covered in 2011 is the champion sire Galileo on 214, the only one to break the 200barrier, but his stud mate Duke Of Marmalade was not far behind on 184. The eight-year-old son of Danehill faces his supposedly ‘difficult’ fourth season at stud this year, when his fee of €20,000 will be half the amount at which he retired in 2009, but his first yearlings, offered last season, proved popular with buyers, with 63 selling for an average of 68,185gns and he’s bound to have plenty of ammunition with which to make his mark when his first runners take to the track later this year.

Third in the list is another stallion whose name featured prominently at the most recent yearling and foal sales, Acclamation, who covered 174 mares at Rathbarry Stud. The 19 busiest stallions all stood in Ireland, and just sneaking into the top 20 was Dubawi, who covered the biggest book in England. Breeders may bemoan large books but a problem faced by a number of studs is not how to fill a stallion but how to turn down mare owners wishing to use over-subscribed sires without causing offence.

Stowaway in demand If Flat breeders think certain stallions are covering too many mares, a glance at the number covered by their National Hunt counterparts would doubtless warrant a stiff G&T and retreat to a darkened room. The most in-demand jumps sire was Whytemount Stud resident Stowaway, sire of Grade 2 winners Western Leader and Hidden Cyclone, who stood for €1,000 in 2010 but whose fee for 2011 was listed as private. Such mystery didn’t stop him attracting 312 mates and giving a thumping in the table to perennial favourites Oscar (268) and Flemensfirth (202), who were also headed by the youngsters Getaway (274) and Mahler (269).

The figure for Grange Stud’s first-season sire Getaway is more than four times that of his

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paternal half-brother Schiaparelli, who retired to Overbury Stud at the same time. Both sons of Monsun have just turned nine, hail from outstanding German families and enjoyed similar consistent success on the racecourse, with Schiaparelli having the edge on number of Group 1 wins with five to Getaway’s two.

Leaving aside the cosmetic but nevertheless significant fact that Getaway is bay, a coat colour much preferred, especially by the jumps fraternity, to Schiaparelli’s chesnut, the vast difference in their patronage at stud is for geographical reasons.

Overall, Ireland has suffered a much greater reduction in mare numbers than Britain since the recession struck, with its peak of 20,606 mares at stud in 2007 down to 13,484 by the end of September 2011. British numbers have fallen in the same period from 11,025 to 9,177, but when taking into account Weatherbys’ analysis of the intended pursuit of a sample of foals born in the two countries

Busiest Flat stallions in 2011 SIRE

NO. MARES

GALILEO

214

DUKE OF MARMALADE

184

ACCLAMATION

174

TEOFILO

167

BUSHRANGER

164

KODIAC

164

EXCELLENT ART

163

IFFRAAJ

161

ZEBEDEE

161

DARK ANGEL

159

DYLAN THOMAS

158

CAPE CROSS

157

INVINCIBLE SPIRIT

157

SHAMARDAL

157

FASTNET ROCK

150

RIP VAN WINKLE

150

THEWAYYOUARE

148

AUSSIE RULES

147

LAWMAN

147

DUBAWI

144

All figures are for returns to Sept. 30, 2011

in 2011, the struggle faced by National Hunt stallion owners in Britain becomes clear.

Of 4,502 foals in England, Scotland and Wales, only 648 are listed by their breeders as purpose-bred jumpers, with another 591 being denoted as dual-purpose, for a combined total which represents 27.4%.

From the group of 6,890 foals in the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland whose breeders supplied the requested information, 1,986 were bred to be jumpers and 966 dualpurpose (42.8%). British farms are not only competing for a much smaller pool, but there is still much more mare traffic from Britain to Ireland than there is in the other direction.

Brothers in competition Another interesting comparison is that between two stallions more closely related: the full-brothers Beat Hollow and Court Cave.

The comparison is not like for like – Court Cave having stood for £1,500 in 2011 and Beat Hollow, who is not actively targeted at the jumps market, for £5,000 – but with the likes of Cinders And Ashes, Hollow Tree and Battle Group among his young hurdlers, it’s not surprising that the latter is arousing increased interest in National Hunt circles.

Beat Hollow is listed as covering 23 mares in 2011, whereas his unraced Irish-based brother received 141. At the time of writing, Beat Hollow held the upper hand in the jumping table for 2011/12, with 12 winners from 27 runners to Court Cave’s nine from 23.

With Donald McCain already training two of Beat Hollow’s best jumpers, it was no surprise that he made a beeline for Overturn’s three-parts yearling brother by that sire offered at Tattersalls’ December Sale. He too will eventually run in Tim Leslie’s colours and if he is anywhere near as versatile and consistent as his sibling he’s a prospect to relish.

Unlike Coolmore, Juddmonte has no dedicated National Hunt wing and its nominations team may not be too thrilled at this highlighting of Beat Hollow’s dualpurpose merits but it’s worth remembering that in 2011 another Sadler’s Wells stallion sired his third Derby winner less than three months after his son Hurricane Fly won the Champion Hurdle. It was a year to savour for fans of the mighty Montjeu, under whichever set of Rules they may prefer.

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SALES CIRCUIT

By EDWARD PROSSER

Breeding stock and foal sales seal positive finale to the trading year

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Happier returns for many but concerns are raised regarding narrow sire focus and the increased dispersal of European bloodlines to America, Australia and Japan

The Croom House team of Paul McCartan, Joe Hartigan, John Russell, Peter O'Riordan and Eilish O'Riordan with Sumora

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fter the autumn yearling sales emphasised the international demand in Europe’s auction rings for future racing prospects, the best breeding stock and foals on offer in November and December predictably found plenty of fanciers during a captivating three weeks at Tattersalls and Goffs.

Europe is home to the world’s best proven sire, Galileo, and the most eagerly-awaited stallion on the planet, Sea The Stars, and those half-brothers have played no small part in the 2011 sale ring highlights.

Galileo provided the yearling sale toppers at Deauville in August and Tattersalls in October, and two of the three seven-figure in-foal mares at Newmarket’s December Sale had been covered by the champion sire.

Sea The Stars has a unique aura that has prompted buyers to snap up his first progeny at prices some would consider well above the commercial rate and he accounted for the four dearest foals at Goffs’ November Sale and two of the three most expensive at

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Tattersalls in December.

Hong Kong-based Ling Tsui and her son Christopher, whose colours Sea The Stars carried, Turkish industrialist Ibrahim Araci, Richard Hannon’s principal owner Julie Wood and an American client of Ted Voute were

“The yearling market is heavily focused on certain sires and foal pinhookers followed”

among those specifically seeking a member of the six-time Group 1 winner’s first crop.

Voute said: “I bought the Sea The Stars colt from Jockey Hall Stud (knocked down to David Redvers for 225,000gns in the ring at

Tattersalls) privately to go to America for someone who wouldn’t have necessarily have bought a foal in England this year. They were just highly attracted to owning a Sea The Stars.

“The mystique around Sea The Stars meant that his foals created a buzz I’ve never seen during my lifetime for a first crop. By the time the first foals appeared at Goffs, you could buy three Galileos for the price of one Sea The Stars, which didn’t totally make sense, although the averages adjusted a bit by the end of Tattersalls.

“People just feel he was phenomenal and he has been managed very well at stud. Hopefully the interest will follow on to the ownership of racehorses by him and fingers crossed I’ll have a few of his yearlings to sell this year.”

Just as the yearling market had become heavily focused on certain stallions, the pinhookers were adopting a similar approach when recruiting stock for their 2012 drafts.

Voute added: “The yearlings sales looked like a game of lemmings this year. As soon as one Acclamation took off you couldn’t get near

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Pearling, a full-sister to Giant’s Causeway in foal to Galileo, made 1.3m guineas

825,000gns for Prima Luce in Newmarket.

O’Kelly had sold Banimpire as a yearling and the three-year-old topped the Goffs breeding stock sale when bought by US owner Martin Schwartz for €2.3 million as a racing prospect.

American buyers such as John Sikura of Hill ‘n Dale Farm, Greg Goodman of Mt Brilliant Farm, the Seitz family of Brookdale Farm and agent Chris Akers of Dapple Bloodstock created a stronger trans-Atlantic presence in Newmarket than in recent years.

While Japanese interest in buying expensive yearlings in Britain is nearly non-existent, FarEastern buyers continue to snap up European bloodlines to produce their own racing prospects and they were notably strong in Newmarket. Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm, Workforce’s new home, made a big impact and Japanese buyers bought 25 lots for 5,955,000gns this year, compared with 14 for 2,645,000gns in 2010 Australian and New Zealand buyers

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another one for less than 200,000gns and it had a knock-on effect on his sire Royal Applause. It was great if you had them to sell.

“But although middle-distance sires like Notnowcato, Authorized and Manduro could develop, right at the moment they are a harder sell. They were respected but you wouldn’t want too many in your consignment if you are going to hit the headlines. It was all about the likes of Exceed And Excel, Oasis Dream, Acclamation and Kyllachy but it’s an ever moving target and there’s always one coming through the ranks.

“There was bags of interest and bags of play for the better stallions at the foal sales. But, just as with the yearlings, if you had a mile and a half sire like Rail Link, Tiger Hill or Authorized there then they were selling only to a level if they had a level.

“People were completely locking on to stallions, such as Champs Elysees and the proven stallions at the top end. Sires that had had a couple of crops were finding it difficult and then filly foals at the low end were just friendless.”

Although overseas owners of breeding operations in Britain such as Nurlan Bizakov, who bought Hesmonds Stud in Sussex last year, Kuwaiti duo Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sagar, who own Blue Diamond Stud near Newmarket, and Russian clients of Kirtlington Stud were buying, there were relatively few domestic top-end mare buyers at Tattersalls.

Coolmore’s broodmare ranks get ever stronger and the County Tipperary team, both putting purchases down to MV Magnier and other agents, were notably busy at Tattersalls and are believed to have bought the €520,000 sale topper, Artistique, at Arqana in December.

Meanwhile, one of Ireland’s shrewdest breeders, Pat O’Kelly of Kilcarn Stud, paid

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The tough and consistent Banimpire was the star turn at Goffs’ November Sale

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continued to be active, although Paul Fudge of Waratah Thoroughbreds, who bought Canadian Grade 1 winner Miss Keller for 625,000gns, is basing his European breeding operation in France to take advantage of the more attractive premiums.

“The top-end breeding stock prices at Tattersalls were driven by a lot of yen, Australian dollars and Middle Eastern money but it had a funny feel because the domestic market didn’t really get to grips with it,” said Voute.

“The catalogue was weaker in Newmarket this year than last, when there were the dispersals, but it seemed that a 200,000gns mare from the year before was making 400,000gns this time. You weren’t getting much for a quarter of a million guineas.

“A lot were trophy prices and to trade out of them will be near impossible. Those mares may have been in foal to fashionable stallions but you are going to need a fantastic yearling to get a return.

“The worrying thing is that we’re selling all of our pedigrees to Japan and Australia. As soon as a good filly comes along, off she goes.

Coolmore are buying but they are really breeding to race. We have got to hope that owner/breeders keep some of their stakes horses or reinvest their yearling money, which I didn’t see a lot of.”

But while some vendors cashed in fabulously with their fillies and mares, the market was particularly selective about what it wanted.

“They liked unopened packages, either fillies out of training or mares in foal for the first time or with very few foals on the ground but a history of good sales prices; the more unknown the better the sales price,” continued Voute.

“The covering sire does make a difference. If you had one of those mares who had a stakes winner first or second foal and you’d covered

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SALES CIRCUIT them with a Dubawi, Oasis Dream or Invincible Spirit then you’d pretty much written a cheque for your stud farm to survive for the next two or three years.

“But your exposed mares that hadn’t had a stakes winner or were on the older side and had only a small stakes winner didn’t find a market.

“I didn’t watch the TV or read the paper for two weeks during the sales but now I’ve caught up afterwards I’ve realised even more what a phenomenon the whole thing was in Newmarket.

“But, as ever, most breeders are hopeful they will plough back in this year. They’ll go for the Kyllachys and Dutch Arts and similar stallions if they can get in, but those sires will be chocka-block. It’s getting harder and harder to predict who the fashionable stallions will be come sale time.”

Goffs November The influence of Jim Bolger was never far away at Goffs’ November Sale. The master of Coolcullen sold three of the four dearest foals from his Redmonstown Stud and trained the dam of the other member of that quartet for good measure.

Bolger also trained Teofilo, sire of three more of the ten dearest foals. Meanwhile, Banimpire – trained by Bolger for his wife Jackie – topped the breeding stock section when realising €2.3m.

Buyers eager to seize the first opportunity to snap up one of Sea The Stars’s first progeny helped produce some spectacular prices headed by a €850,000 colt bought by the Tsui family through their advisor John Clarke.

An undisclosed overseas client of John McCormack paid €800,000 for a Sea The Stars filly out of the Michael Ryan-owned and Bolgertrained English and Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Finsceal Beo, while Native Khan’s Turkishbased owner Ibrahim Araci splashed out the same sum on another filly by the six-time Group 1 winner.

Julie Wood, who has had great success racing her foal purchases, was another eager to get in on the Sea The Stars action and paid €300,000 for a filly, buying as Woodstock.

Despite the influence of Sea The Stars, there were exactly the same number of foals hitting the €200,000 mark – five – as 12 months earlier, but all other figures increased.

The foal clearance rate of 76% compared to 68% a year before, while turnover leapt by 42% to €14,423,200. The €29,079 average was up by 14% and the €16,000 median increased by 7%.

There were half a dozen six-figure fillies or mares this year, compared to five in 2010 and Banimpire, with her €2.3m price tag, stood out by a long margin. She will bid to follow Martin Schwartz’s route of buying proven European fillies that has brought him success from the

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Goffs November Breeding Stock Top lots Name/Age/Sex/Sire

Vendor

Price (€)

Banimpire (3f Holy Roman Emperor)

Glebe House Stables

2,300,000

Alasha (12m Barathea)

Aga Khan Studs

260,000

Buyer Oceanic Bloodstock Lodge Park Stud

Petite Spectre (9m Spectrum)

Rathbarry Stud

200,000

John Walsh Bloodstock

Glitter Baby (8m Danehill Dancer

Rathbarry Stud

150,000

John Walsh Bloodstock

Kirinda (3f Tiger Hill)

Aga Khan Studs

135,000

Anthony Stroud Bloodstock

Pretty Demanding (7m Night Shift)

Rathbarry Stud

120,000

John Walsh Bloodstock

Lidakiya (14m Kahyasi)

Aga Khan Studs

85,000

Forenaghts Stud

Lake Windermere (6m Oasis Dream)

Ballyhane

75,000

Tom-Terry Rogers

Riynaaz (4f Cape Cross)

Aga Khan Studs

70,000

BBA Ireland

Deal (4f Invincible Spirit)

Lowland Enterprises Ltd

70,000

Peter & Ross Doyle B/S

Goffs November Foals Top lots Sex/Breeding

Vendor

c Sea The Stars-Affianced (Erins Isle)

Redmondstown Stud

Price (€) 850,000

Buyer Sunderland Holding Inc

f Sea The Stars-Finsceal Beo (Mr Greeley)

Al-Eile Stud

800,000

John McCormack Llc

f Sea The Stars-Scribonia (Danehill)

Redmondstown Stud

800,000

Mertoun Paddocks

f Sea The Stars-Senora Galilei (Galileo)

Redmondstown Stud

300,000

Woodstock

f Teofilo-Grecian Bride (Groom Dancer)

Rockfield Farm

200,000

Derrinstown Stud

c Teofilo-Braziliz (Kingmambo)

Castlemartin Stud

150,000

John Ferguson

c Shamardal-Mouriyana (Akarad)

Tinnakill House

130,000

Brian Grassick Bloodstock

c Teofilo-Bezant (Zamindar)

Foston Stud

115,000

Epona Bloodstock

c Sea The Stars-Humilis (Sadler’s Wells)

Castlebridge Consignment

110,000

Blandford Bloodstock

f Mr Greeley-Raymi Coya (Van Nistelrooy)

J K Thoroughbreds

110,000

BBA Ireland

Five-year tale Year

Offered

Sold

Aggregate (€)

Average (€)

2011

1,062

769

21,583,800

28,067

2010

1,082

709

15,166,400

21,391

2009

1,139

778

16,009,700

20,578

2008

1,507

815

17,798,100

21,838

2007

1,762

1,095

33,114,500

30,240

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Tattersalls December Sale

Tattersalls December Foals Top lots Sex/Breeding

Vendor

Price (gns)

Buyer

f Sea The Stars-Ecoutila (Rahy)

Norelands Stud

450,000

c Galileo-Guaranda (Acatenango)

Plantation Stud

375,000

Demi O’Byrne

c Sea The Stars-Ripples Maid (Dansili)

Tweenhills Farm & Stud

340,000

Sunderland Holding Inc

f Oasis Dream-Slink (Selkirk)

West Blagdon Stud

300,000

Blandford Bloodstock

Shadwell Estate Company

f New Approach-Pine Chip (Nureyev)

Max Ervine

300,000

Meridian International

f Sea The Stars-Caumshinaun (Indian Ridge)

Castlebridge Consignment

280,000

London Thoroughbred Services

f Dubawi-Dodo (Alzao)

Usk Valley Stud

240,000

John Ferguson Bloodstock

c Oasis Dream-Masskana (Darshaan)

West Blagdon Stud

230,000

C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock

c Sea The Stars-Ice Mint (Awesome Again)

Jockey Hall Stud

225,000

David Redvers Bloodstock

c Teofilo-Stairway To Glory (Kalanisi)

Victor Stud

220,000

John Ferguson Bloodstock

Tattersalls December Mares Top lots Name/Age/Sex/Breeding

Vendor

Sumora (9m Danehill)

Croom House Stud

Price (gns) 2,400,000

Buyer M V Magnier

Reve D’Iman (10m Highest Honor)

Tull Park Ltd/Jockey Hall Stud

1,700,000

Katsumi Yoshida

Pearling (5m Storm Cat)

Highclere Stud

1,300,000

Tony Nerses

Testosterone (3f Dansili)

European Sales Management

1,200,000

C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock

Ventura (13m Spectrum)

Tweenhills Farm & Stud

900,000

M V Magnier

Mrs Marsh (10m Marju)

Highclere Stud

850,000

BBA Ireland

Prima Luce (6m Galileo)

Kiltinan Castle Stud

825,000

McKeever Bloodstock

Rock Salt (10m Selkirk)

Grove Stud

800,000

C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock

Jane Eyre (5m Sadler’s Wells)

Bugley Stud

700,000

Will Edmeades Bloodstock

Darinza (4f Dalakhani)

John Troy

650,000

Hill’N’Dale Farm

Tattersalls December Yearlings Top lots Sex/Breeding

Vendor

Price (gns)

Buyer

c Montjeu-Ghurra (War Chant)

Castledillon Stud

150,000

f Acclamation-Abington Angel (Machiavellian)

Rathbarry Stud

110,000

David Redvers Bloodstock

f Oasis Dream-Magdalene (Act One)

Trickledown Stud

80,000

Mark Crossman

c Duke Of Marmalade-Liscune (King’s Best)

National Stud

80,000

PCF Racing

c Cape Cross-Bright Hope (Danehill)

Lynn Lodge Stud

75,000

Eledy

M V Magnier

Six-year tale Year

Cat

Off

Sold

Agg (gns)

Avg (gns)

2011

2,331

1,942

1,444

71,747,900

49,687

21,000

2,400,000

2010

2,344

1,898

1,398

55,610,800

39,779

17,000

1,300,000

2009

2,183

1,780

1,399

56,903,100

40,674

15,000

1,700,000

2008

2,728

2,014

1,275

49,901,250

39,138

11,000

1,950,000

2007

3,066

2,531

1,690

102,269,400

60,514

20,000

3,400,000

2006

2,815

2,262

1,799

100,630,900

55,937

25,000

4,600,000

likes of Stacelita, Maids Causeway and Elusive Wave.

The Aga Khan’s stud dominated the sale’s breeding stock section, selling 39 lots for €1,075,500.

A new Flat yearling section in the November Sale has room for improvement. Only 14 lots were offered, of which 11 sold for a total of €212,400 and average of €19,309.

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Mdn (gns) Top Price (gns)

• Goffs’ year finished with the one-day December Sale in which Cue Card’s Walesbased breeder Roland Crellin paid €70,000 for the useful chasing mare For Bill.

• The 2011 Goffs annual turnover of €54,825,500, while a far cry from the recordbreaking €127.5m in 2006, was up 20% on 2010 and the best figure since 2008.

Tattersalls’ December Sale remains the goliath of the European bloodstock calendar, with its 71.7 million gns turnover this year towering over any rival events on this side of the Atlantic.

The sale, which once had the better lots more evenly spread, has become increasingly centred around two days – the penultimate foal session on Friday and the second breeding stock instalment the following Tuesday.

Between them, those two days provided most of the dearest lots in their respective categories and it was the fillies and mares’ section which again drew a huge cosmopolitan crowd to Newmarket.

Maybe’s dam and Dancing Rain’s threeparts-sister Sumora was predictably the sale’s standout when selling from Denis and Joan Brosnan’s Croom House Stud with a Galileo cover. She was bought by Derrick Smith and Michael Tabor for 2.4 million gns.

Other seven-figure stars were Reve D’Iman, the dam of Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Bethrah, who was bought by Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm for 1.7 million gns, Giant’s Causeway’s sister Pearling, who sold to Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sagar for 1.3 million gns, and the Prix Vermeille runner-up Testosterone, who has joined Ed Dunlop after being bought for 1.2 million gns by Hesmonds Stud owner Nurlan Bizakov.

A total of 16 lots made 500,000gns or more, compared to nine last year, although that is still below the halcyon days of 2006 and 2007, when that figure was 22 and 21.

There were 98 fillies or mares who sold for 100,000gns or above this year, compared to 80 in 2010, and 47 made 200,000gns-plus (45 in 2010).

Tattersalls’ collection of Sea The Stars foals could not quite scale the heights seen at Goffs, although he was responsible for the dearest foal, a 450,000gns filly bought by Shadwell from Harry McCalmont’s Norelands Stud as a long-term racing prospect.

A 340,000gns Sea The Stars colt bought by the Tsui family to eventually join John Oxx and a 375,000gns full-brother to Gravitation bought by Coolmore from Plantation Stud were the other standout foals.

Although last year’s December yearling section supplied Harbour Watch, this is often the sale’s least inspiring part and this year was no exception. Only two lots made six figures, led by a Montjeu colt who had been returned when making €200,000 at Arqana in August but was bought by David Redvers for 150,000gns second time around.

Despite selling over 200 fewer horses than in 2010, Tattersalls’ annual turnover rose by 20.5 million to 182,685,600gns in 2011. >>

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Arqana December Sale The 15-year-old mare Artistique was the star turn at Arqana’s December Sale and is expected to join the Coolmore broodmare ranks after being bought for €520,000 by Robert Nataf of Horse France. The daughter of Linamix, offered with a Cape Cross cover, is the dam of Grand Prix de Paris winner Montmartre.

There was selective Japanese interest with Teruya Yoshida’s Shadai Farm buying two lots for €760,000 and his brother Katsumi picking up one more for €280,000. Arqana’s main shareholder the Aga Khan was leading vendor, selling 40 lots for €2,116,500.

The dearest foal sold in the ring was a €125,000 Dubawi filly bought by agent Crispin de Moubray, who was seated with Paddy Twomey of Hawthorn Villa Stud when bidding.

The market was at times selective, as shown by a 69% clearance rate, and the sale failed to emulate the huge rises seen at Goffs and Tattersalls with turnover dropping marginally to €16,159,100, although the €29,705 average was up by 3.2%.

A total of 39 lots sold for €100,000 or more this year, compared to 30 in 2010.

DBS Hennessy Sale DBS’s second post-Hennessy Gold Cup sale at Newbury saw only 19 lots sell but there were at least two six-figure prices.

Moyaliff, ironically winner of a point-to-point sponsored by rival company Brightwells at Dromahane the previous month, realised £100,000 when sold from his trainer Timmy Hyde’s Cashel-based Camas Park Stud. Agent John Edwards signed the buyer’s ticket.

North Yorkshire handler Noel Wilson paid £100,000 for four-year-old Makari, who had finished second in a Haydock bumper on his only start for Mark Rimell.

Brightwells Cheltenham December Horses with form, especially under Rules, proved much easier to sell on than the National Hunt breezers who formed the bulk of Brightwells’ Cheltenham December Sale catalogue.

Five-year-old Savello, who headed to Prestbury Park on the back of two hurdle wins for County Wexford trainer John Berry, was the standout lot. It would be no surprise to see him race for one of Ireland’s biggest owners after selling for £215,000 to Mags O’Toole.

Four-year-old Kaki De La Pree was the dearest point-to-pointer and joined Nicky Henderson after making £115,000 on an evening that featured its traditionally low clearance rate, with only 61.5% of those offered finding new homes.

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Arqana December Sale Top lots Name/Age/Sex/Sire

Vendor

Artistique (15m Linamix)

Aga Khan Studs

Price (€)

Buyer

520,000

Horse France

Jumooh (4f Monsun)

Haras du Quesnay

450,000

Mandore International

May Kiersey (7m Sadler’s Wells)

Haras d’Etreham

400,000

Shadai Farm

Hidden Silver (11m Anabaa)

Haras des Sablonnets

400,000

Mandore International

Dealbata (3f Dubawi)

M Delzangles

380,000

Oceanic Bloodstock

Evading Tempete (4f Dubai Destination)

Haras des Capucines

360,000

Shadai Farm

Insoumise (3f Galileo)

Wertheimer et Frere

350,000

Waratah Thoroughbreds

Baine (4f Country Reel)

Haras du Berlais

310,000

Suprina

Samaaha (5m Singspiel)

Haras du Mezeray

280,000

Katsumi Yoshida

Tres Rapide (6m Anabaa Blue)

Neustrian Associates

250,000

Meridian International

Six-year tale Year

Offered

Sold

Aggregate (€)

2011

788

544

16,159,100

Average (€) 29,705

2010

790

567

16,314,000

28,772

2009

674

508

13,210,000

26,004

2008

656

462

11,567,500

25,038

2007

825

530

17,636,000

33,275

2006

601

491

17,452,000

35,544

DBS Hennessy Sale Top lots Name/Age/Sex/Breeding

Vendor

Moyaliff (4g King’s Theatre)

Camas Park Stud

Price (£) 100,000

John Edwards

Buyer

Makari (4g Makbul)

Fairspear Racing Stables

100,000

Noel Wilson

3g Flemensfirth-Midnight Light (Roselier)

Meadowview Stables

75,000

G H Bloodstock

3g Shantou-Silver Castor (Indian Ridge)

Brown Island Stables

50,000

Noel Meade

Lord Of Tara (5g Kayf Tara)

Tievebrack Stables

50,000

Tom Fillery

Two-year tale Year

Offered

Sold

Clearance (%)

Aggregate (£)

Average (£)

Median (£)

2011

27

19

70.4

685,000

36,052

30,000

2010

51

28

54.9

729,500

26,053

18,000

Brightwells Cheltenham December Top lots Name/Age/Sex/Breeding

Vendor

Savello (5g Anshan)

Ballyroe Stables

Price (£) 215,000

Mags O’Toole

Buyer

Kaki De La Pree (4g Kapgarde)

Suirview Stables

115,000

Highflyer Bloodstock

Jarob (4g Beat All)

Pollrone Stables

80,000

Kevin Ross

3g Milan-Midnight Gift (Presenting)

Meadowview Stables

65,000

Jonjo O’Neill

Definite Memories (4f Definite Article)

Ballybrennan Stables

61,000

David Hunt

Four-year tale Year Catalogued Offered

Sold

Clearance (%) Aggregate (£)

Average (£)

Median (£)

Top (£)

1,685,500

30,098

25,000

£215,000

58.3

899,000

25,686

20,000

£75,000

60.6

1,147,200

26,679

17,000

£100,000

65.5

1,617,000

28,368

23,000

£130,000

2011

97

91

56

61.5

2010

72

60

35

2009

87

71

43

2008

100

87

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ROA FORUM The special section for ROA members

New licensing system for bookies our best bet Michael Harris says racing must support levy replacement plan, no matter how long it takes While the betting industry pays lip service to the idea of the levy being replaced, they are clearly very fearful of what this might entail.

Their willingness to engage over the issues hides a real desire either to keep the levy as it is or to construct a purely commercial arrangement that provides no means of enforcement for racing and no mechanism to capture the increasing ‘leakage’ from offshore betting.

If the levy system was to be retained, then bookmakers could continue to avoid VAT on their payments to racing while taking advantage of a system that is now delivering, conservatively, £25 million less to our industry than it was three years ago.

The bookmakers’ problem with this approach is that there appears, for the first time, a real willingness on the part of government for the levy to be replaced.

In truth, if there was a way in which the levy could be adapted so that it captured offshore betting, then racing might also adopt a more sanguine attitude towards its retention, but the received wisdom says that any fundamental change to the underlying Levy Act would cause it to fall foul of state aid regulations.

Racing and the government are therefore pursuing a route that would see a condition built into bookmakers’ licences that would require them to have a commercial agreement in place with racing before they were able to take bets on British horseracing.

Since all the major bookmakers are now operating offshore with their online businesses without paying tax and levy on those bets, it is hardly surprising they have no wish to embrace

a system that would demand they pay a contribution to British racing, while almost certainly having to pay some level of tax on those bets.

Despite the sterling work of Matthew Hancock and other similarly-minded MPs, it is probable that the adoption of the licence solution will require primary legislation to be passed first. If this is the case, we are looking at a long and complicated process, into which bookmakers would undoubtedly inject their renowned lobbying skills, with a timescale that optimistically suggests completion some time in 2014.

But for racing not to make capital out of what appears to be a willing and supportive government would be very short-sighted.

Whatever the potential pitfalls, the industry must pursue this as its major long term strategic objective. And the time that it might take to achieve it should not be used to distract us.

Free Punchestown admission for all ROA members We are delighted to announce a fantastic offer for ROA members planning on visiting the Punchestown festival, April 24 to 28.

Punchestown racecourse is inviting ROA members to attend the opening day of the Festival on Tuesday, April 24 free of charge.

Members can take advantage of this fabulous offer for free admission on the first day of the festival on production of their ROA horseracing privilege photocard.

Punchestown is a sporting and social highlight of the Irish calendar. The 11 Grade 1 races on offer attract the best of British and Irish racing talent.

The opening day features three Grade 1 races, including the Boylesports.com Champion Chase.

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ROA MEMBERS IN FOCUS:

Alex James The well-known story of Isabel Tompsett is one of triumph over adversity and the Llewellyn stable of trainer Bernard and assistant/son John, Tompsett’s boyfriend, has been a key element in the amateur rider’s recovery from her near-fatal fall at Fakenham in the spring of 2011.

That prominent owner at the yard Alex James considers the Llewellyns family, and was a key figure in Tompsett’s rise to become champion amateur, means he has been able to share in the heart-warming progress she is making.

James had been racing at Ffos Las with Tompsett the day before speaking to Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder and revealed he was looking for a good home for stalwart Olivino, whom he said had been Tompsett’s favourite horse but was now retired with her unable to ride him.

James has been involved in ownership for six years and, like the majority of owners, has been patient for success following an unpromising beginning.

He said: “I’ve been involved since late 2005.

The first horse I was a partner in was Random Quest, but he broke a leg at Fontwell – that was my first experience.

“Then came Olivino, whom John bought out of a Hereford seller. When the other owner in the horse moved to another stable, I bought out his share and have had him since. He’s won four times for me and Isabel loved him; he was her main ride. He is retired now with Isabel unable to ride him and we’re looking for a good home.

“In 2009 I purchased a few more: Bazart, whom John got at the sales and won at Hereford recently; Wine ‘n Dine, who came back this

autumn after a long time off; Salontyre, who’s become the best horse in the yard; and Aaman, who we also bought at the sales.

“I’m always on the lookout and may have one or two more in the new year. Being an owner is enjoyable – you meet a lot of nice people and, touch wood, I have been quite successful. A woman I met in the winners’ enclosure told me she’d been in the game for ten years and never had a winner, but I’ve had 11.”

That first one, though, Olivino, remains the biggest thrill. “The best thing for me was that first winner,” said James. “It’s a tremendous feeling to watch a horse cross the line first in your silks. The enjoyment and buzz is amazing.”

There has been more of that since, particularly thanks to Salontyre, the winner of a £20,000 handicap hurdle at Exeter in December 2010, and who, after his latest success, went up to a career-high mark of 130.

James, Managing Director of Caerphillybased Building Management Solutions, whose core business is electronic fire and security systems, attributes his involvement in racing to the Llewellyns. “It’s a good set-up – one of the best I have seen,” he said. “They do well with all types of horse and get them fit.

“The gallops, boxes, everything is first class. It is informal and you do not have to make an appointment to visit. It’s like a family. I wouldn’t be involved in racing were it not for them.

“In Isabel and Robert Williams, who rode Bazart to win for me at Hereford, the stable has recently produced two amateur champions; it does not get the recognition it deserves.”

We trust this addresses the balance somewhat!

“It’s a tremendous

feeling to watch a horse cross the line first in your silks”

In Brief Fees increased BHA registration fees are increasing by 2.5% from January 1. This will mean owners will see this increase reflected in their registrations, annual re-registrations for colours and authority to act, and entry fees.

The decision to make across-the-board increases was approved by the BHA in December and will also encompass registration fees payable by jockeys, trainers and licensed personnel.

Sponsorship scheme Applications are being taken for the ROA’s owner-sponsorship scheme which begins on January 1. The scheme runs for 12 months and is simple to join. Owner-sponsorship enables members to register for and reclaim VAT on their costs of ownership. Contact Keely Brewer for further information on kbrewer@roa.co.uk

ROA/RCA car park label 2012 The car park label allows ROA members to park in the owners’ and trainers’ car park at most meetings. Members are invited to apply for a car parking label online at www.racehorseowners.net or by contacting the ROA office on 020 7152 0200 or emailing sholton@roa.co.uk

Diary dates and reminders JANUARY 1 Racecourse Badge Scheme Members who qualify for the scheme will have their ROA horseracing privilege cards activated and will be sent a letter of confirmation and booklet of participating fixtures. Members whose cards have been activated will also be able to view details of participating fixtures in the members’ only area of racehorseowners.net

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JUNE 19-23 Royal Ascot exclusive facility The ROA has secured a superb facility for members and guests for the five days of Ascot’s showpiece of the Flat season. The facility will be located in the Grandstand and appropriate for Grandstand and Royal Enclosure admission.

JULY 10 ROA AGM The AGM will be held on Tuesday, July 10 at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel in Knightsbridge, London.

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Racecourse League Table Ptn Racecourse

Racecourse ownership

Exec + Sponsors (£)

1 Hereford North 260,300 2 Chester I 938,384 3 Cheltenham JCR 3,285,501 4 Ffos Las North 636,329 5 Ascot I 6,693,663 6 Cartmel I 132,968 7 Aintree JCR 1,667,375 8 Musselburgh I 598,280 9 Ripon I 437,849 10 Bath North 294,638 11 Newton Abbot I 364,770 12 Perth I 286,719 13 Fakenham I 171,947 14 York I 2,669,518 15 Hamilton Park I 368,064 16 Goodwood I 1,602,734 17 Haydock Park JCR 1,432,889 18 Worcester Arena 192,789 19 Chepstow North 432,623 20 Beverley I 328,339 21 Thirsk I 285,685 22 Epsom Downs JCR 1,332,631 23 Salisbury I 356,047 24 Wincanton JCR 356,404 25 Ayr I 722,066 26 Market Rasen JCR 310,806 27 Bangor-on-Dee I 215,804 28 Uttoxeter North 315,153 29 Kelso I 181,875 30 Carlisle JCR 336,140 31 Catterick Bridge I 269,393 32 Sandown Park JCR 1,134,607 33 Brighton North 211,715 34 Leicester I 398,234 35 Kempton Park JCR 1,523,149 36 Yarmouth North 299,299 37 Wetherby I 244,208 38 Taunton I 214,714 39 Nottingham JCR 279,964 40 Pontefract I 313,746 41 Newcastle North 533,460 42 Sedgefield North 178,234 43 Doncaster Arena 1,507,734 44 Stratford-on-Avon I 248,017 45 Fontwell Park North 228,235 46 Newmarket JCR 3,339,350 47 Wolverhampton Arena 859,128 48 Windsor Arena 333,195 49 Warwick JCR 316,236 50 Newbury I 1,169,767 51 Folkestone Arena 184,015 52 Plumpton I 145,589 53 Huntingdon JCR 137,751 54 Southwell Arena 495,663 55 Redcar I 216,952 56 Lingfield Park Arena 741,600 57 Ludlow I 113,331 58 Exeter JCR 180,549 59 Hexham I 90,601 60 Towcester I 112,820 Total 43,229,544

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% of Total

Levy Board (£)

64.0 93,982 63.7 435,770 60.9 1,308,405 59.7 321,830 59.6 2,023,480 59.3 70,450 58.5 744,380 57.6 347,967 57.3 243,931 56.9 173,410 55.8 288,735 55.5 204,500 53.2 149,460 52.8 1,163,360 52.6 275,710 50.4 1,146,840 50.4 991,690 50.2 137,500 50.0 319,290 49.7 261,270 49.2 199,459 48.6 622,460 47.9 292,450 47.8 320,340 47.0 592,435 46.7 295,430 46.5 222,175 45.8 283,440 45.5 180,410 44.5 329,890 44.5 273,020 43.9 1,068,950 43.6 229,680 43.6 387,940 43.5 1,567,690 43.5 297,220 43.2 269,000 42.4 249,720 42.0 276,860 41.9 367,390 41.7 576,770 41.7 214,130 40.8 1,199,370 40.6 309,080 38.9 302,910 38.6 2,340,820 38.4 1,096,030 37.4 452,980 36.6 429,760 36.3 1,430,805 34.7 300,356 34.3 246,020 31.5 252,450 31.4 946,785 31.0 232,303 30.2 1,447,730 29.7 232,830 28.0 390,322 27.0 208,940 26.6 275,715 47.4 31,914,025

% of Total

Owners (£)

% of Total

23.1 47,946 29.6 85,851 24.3 799,844 30.2 98,830 18.0 2,520,768 31.4 20,696 26.1 438,131 33.5 83,879 31.9 63,921 33.5 42,785 44.2 0 39.6 22,050 46.2 0 23.0 1,222,740 39.4 55,869 36.1 422,946 34.9 387,219 35.8 39,477 36.9 101,768 39.6 54,792 34.3 63,156 22.7 785,284 39.4 71,441 43.0 62,809 38.5 215,709 44.4 58,747 47.8 24,860 41.2 81,478 45.2 30,388 43.7 76,021 45.1 47,837 41.3 382,179 47.3 42,385 42.5 94,388 44.7 322,433 43.2 69,108 47.6 46,712 49.4 38,667 41.5 79,645 49.1 52,816 45.1 154,039 50.1 35,451 32.4 953,397 50.6 54,110 51.7 53,269 27.0 2,953,982 49.0 188,017 50.9 95,025 49.7 97,662 44.4 539,380 56.7 42,329 58.0 32,334 57.7 44,404 59.9 104,396 33.1 234,048 59.0 194,932 61.0 35,520 60.5 66,396 62.3 29,004 64.9 36,095 35.0 15,099,365

11.8 5.8 14.8 9.3 22.4 9.2 15.4 8.1 8.4 8.3 0 4.3 0 24.2 8.0 13.3 13.6 10.3 11.8 8.3 10.9 28.7 9.6 8.4 14.0 8.8 5.4 11.8 7.6 10.1 7.9 14.8 8.7 10.3 9.2 10.1 8.3 7.6 11.9 7.1 12.0 8.3 25.8 8.9 9.1 34.1 8.4 10.7 11.3 16.7 8.0 7.6 10.2 6.6 33.4 8.0 9.3 10.3 8.6 8.5 16.6

Total (£)

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

406,678 403,402 1,472,255 1,532,548 5,393,751 5,658,858 1,064,989 1,028,898 11,237,911 8,834,600 224,114 241,000 2,849,886 3,111,279 1,038,126 1,186,977 764,701 828,731 517,833 627,930 653,505 657,891 516,269 608,937 323,407 327,900 5,055,618 5,097,315 699,643 740,440 3,181,020 3,551,270 2,844,798 3,415,404 384,366 559,000 865,581 1,118,152 660,401 829,991 580,800 722,240 2,740,375 3,080,648 742,738 890,624 745,053 734,345 1,537,710 1,824,435 664,983 880,222 464,589 718,536 688,571 900,343 399,473 603,497 755,551 741,921 605,750 730,359 2,585,736 3,409,425 485,380 594,274 912,762 1,114,543 3,504,665 4,631,346 687,427 710,850 564,670 642,828 506,001 502,160 666,969 730,850 748,752 889,305 1,278,969 1,180,187 427,815 472,137 3,696,151 4,395,418 611,207 811,557 586,214 761,712 8,661,152 9,291,107 2,236,425 2,920,339 890,500 1,073,333 864,858 877,679 3,221,702 3,940,049 529,700 509,329 423,943 554,459 437,605 702,641 1,579,744 2,170,036 700,803 853,046 2,451,812 3,575,912 381,681 619,792 645,267 711,024 335,545 577,323 424,630 468,500 91,128,527 101,878,851

2.7 40.2 53.7 21.6 46.4 27.1 52.8 34.1 33.0 26.0 25.9 22.2 29.0 45.5 34.3 37.2 39.3 8.3 25.9 32.5 25.9 42.1 26.7 18.2 33.2 16.5 21.4 8.7 22.9 25.6 16.1 34.0 15.7 22.0 16.7 21.9 23.7 16.1 19.8 25.8 19.1 3.0 31.5 25.0 11.0 33.0 3.8 26.0 15.6 29.3 11.5 6.7 15.7 0.7 15.3 18.4 20.3 20.0 16.6 6.9 30.6

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In order of racecourses’ percentage contributions to overall prize-money.

Figures relate to prizemoney for the 12-month period December 1, 2010 to November 30, 2011

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

A small additional contribution is also made by the Divided Race Fund and the BHA Development Fund.

The order is taken from the percentage in the second column of figures. This shows how much each course has contributed to prize-money, expressed as a percentage of their overall prize-money. The arrows at the end of each line are based on a comparison between the percentages for the two rolling year periods.

If a racecourse has improved its position by this criteria it receives a green ‘up’ arrow. If the year-on-year percentage has decreased it receives a red ‘down’ arrow.

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

ABANDONMENTS: These occasionally distort performances relating to a track’s fixtures. The year-onyear percentage comparison on which this table is based can place tracks in a worse light than they deserve.

OWNERSHIP KEY JCR Jockey Club Racecourses

North Northern Racing Ltd Arena Arena Leisure Ltd I Independently owned racecourse Gold Standard Award

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AWARDS 2011 It has been an outstanding year for British-bred and sired performers and here we highlight the achievements of just a few of the many top performers who made it such a successful 12 months.

Frankel

Midnight Legend

Dutch Art

Hoof It

Oasis Dream

Midday

HORSE OF THE YEAR - Who else could it be but the incomparable Frankel? From Newbury in April to Ascot in October, Prince Khalid Abdullahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homebred colt thrilled us all with his imperious victories. Better still, the unbeaten fivetime Group 1 winner remains in training in 2012.

FILLY/MARE - Midday deserves plaudits for being the first filly or mare to win three consecutive Group 1 Nassau Stakes, but this season saw the five-year-old win her sixth Group 1 and continue to serve it up to some of the best older male horses in training on a regular basis.

SPRINTER - Deacon Blues sprang to prominence when winning the Wokingham Handicap at Royal Ascot and swiftly added four Group victories to his tally, culminating in the Group 2 QIPCO British Champion Sprint Stakes at Ascot.

STALLION - Middayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sire Oasis Dream heads the British-based sires on prize-money won, but special mentions must also go to Pivotal for siring his 20th individual Group 1 winner, and Dubawi, now sire of 37 individual stakes winners worldwide from just three crops of racing age.

STAYER - Age has certainly not wearied Fame And Glory, who recorded a fourth Group 1 triumph when storming home in the Ascot Gold Cup in June. The five-year-old returned to the same venue to cap his season with success in the inaugural QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup. Honourable mention must also go to the Irish St Leger dead-heater Duncan.

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LEADING STAKES SIRE - Dansili was represented by 18 individual European stakes winners in 2011, headed by the Group 1 Matron Stakes heroine Emulous.

FIRST-SEASON SIRE - Cheveley Park Studâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dutch Art blazed a trail through the season, with his progeny, headed by the dual Group 2 winner Caspar Netscher, earning ÂŁ419,589 in

Deacon Blues

Fame And Glory

prize-money. His 26 winners were just two behind Irish rival Red Clubs, and the pair finish as joint leaders in Europe with 32 individual winners each.

JUMPS SIRE - Pitchall Farm Studâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Midnight Legend enjoyed high profile successes throughout the 2010-11 season, headed by the Cheltenham Festival winner Holmwood Legend and the talented mare Sparky May. BROODMARE - Reg Bondâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Forever Bond enjoyed a stellar season with all five of her progeny to date in winning form. The quintet is headed

by Stewardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cup winner Hoof It - also Group 1-placed in the Betfred Sprint Cup - and the Group 3 Summer Stakes winner Ladies Are Forever.

BREEDER OF THE YEAR - With six individual homebred Group 1 winners in 2011, Juddmonte was far and away the leading breeding operation as well as the leading owner. Making the achievement even more special is that five of the six were also sired by Juddmonteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outstanding stallion roster.

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TEN YEARS OF THE TBA NH STALLION PARADE In its tenth anniversary year at Cheltenham, the TBA National Hunt Stallion Parade attracted a huge crowd of breeders and enthusiasts alike around the parade ring to see some of the country’s leading first-season and proven National Hunt stallions, thus providing the ideal opportunity for mare owners to view and compare prospective stallions at one venue.

Following the parade they took the opportunity to talk directly to the stallions’ connections in the TBA marquee, which was well supported throughout the day.

Spectators enjoyed the complimentary booklet, kindly compiled by Weatherbys GSB, giving further details of the stallions, as

well as the excellent commentaries throughout the parade by Henry Beeby and Stephen Hadley.

A silent auction of nominations, generously donated by the stallions’ connections to the TBA to further its National Hunt initiatives, was well supported, with seven of the 14 nominations being sold on the day. If you would like to purchase any of the remaining nominations, please contact Pauline Stoddart at Stanstead House.

The TBA is grateful for the continued support of the British European Breeders’ Fund, British Bloodstock Marketing and Doncaster Bloodstock Sales, who again kindly donated the stallion handlers’ jackets.

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Cheltenham’s Open meeting kicks off with a stylish show

Shade Oak Stud’s new recruit Recharge

Dairy House Stud resident Crosspeace

Geordieland is new to Beech Tree Stud for 2012

Malinas is new to the UK and stands at Yorton Farm

Britain’s champion National Hunt sire Midnight Legend

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Sagamix stands alongside Kayf Tara at Overbury Stud

Schiaparelli will embark on his second season at Overbury

Tobougg is based at Clarendon Farm in Wiltshire

Bollin Eric has moved to Colmer Stud for 2012

Galileoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother Black Sam Bellamy is a Shade Oak resident

Louella Stud stalwart Rainbow High

Pasternak, sire of Little Josh, stands at Batsford Stud

Phoenix Reach is a new recruit for Mickley Stud

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Diary dates THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 TBA Stallion Parade at Tattersalls, Newmarket Preceding the start of the February Sale, the TBA, in conjunction with Tattersalls, will hold its popular stallion parade, providing a wonderful opportunity for mare owners to view a number of stallions from around the country in one place. Following the parade the stallions will be available for individual viewings.

For further details contact Pauline Stoddart at the TBA on 01638 661321, or Pauline@thetba.co.uk

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Godolphin Stud & Stable Staff Awards ceremony Nominations for the Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards opened on November 14 and will remain open until January 3. For more information on award categories and the nomination forms, visit www.britishhorseracing.com /stablestaff/, send an email to awards@britishhorseracing.com or text ‘AWARDS’ to 07554 400150.

TBA NEW MEMBERS C Baker Esq, Nottinghamshire.

Ms Heather Chellingworth, Lincolnshire.

Mrs Suzanne Davis, Staffordshire.

Ms Flora Harris, Oxfordshire. S Horan Esq, Suffolk. Tallulah Lewis, Essex. Mrs Fiona Midwood, Cheshire. D Moore Esq, Salisbury. D M Richards Esq, Gwent.

J Tredwell Esq, Northampton. Mr & Mrs James Went, Cornwall. Ms Diane Wildenstein, London. R Wilmot-Smith, London. Miss Eileen Farrelly, Co Kildare, Ireland.

Update on business rates applicable to stud farms The current Valuation (Rating) List is from April 1, 2010 to March 30, 2015. An appeal can be made at any time during this period against the Rateable Value of a business property but only one appeal can be made.

It is therefore important that the appeal is dealt with effectively and competently. If you have issues regarding rates please contact Bill Simpson, who has been our consultant for many years and who has around 15 stud farm clients and over 80 racing trainer clients. He deals only with equestrian property rating appeals and does not charge for informal advice.

The Rateable Value valuation must first be reviewed to see if an appeal is warranted and the valuation will also show whether you have received the ‘stud farm relief’ of up to £4,200 Rateable Value for “buildings used for breeding or rearing of horses or ponies”.

There has been some concern regarding payment of rates for empty or part-empty premises. Empty property will qualify for three months empty rates at no charge but then the full rate is charged. Bill has outlined some suggestions below: • Agricultural land and agricultural buildings used exclusively for agricultural purposes are exempt from rates. Therefore if stables or buildings are used for agriculture they

become exempt, but they must be used not remain empty.

• Stables that are used for private use (eg hacks, hunters, event horses, etc) may be regarded as part of the domestic property and fall within Council Tax liability.

• Stables near the main residence may be able to claim that the whole yard is part of the domestic property and exempt from commercial rates. The Valuation Office accepted that a yard of 16 stables within the grounds of the main residence used for training horses that were all owned by the trainer should not be rated for business rates as they were used as part of the residence as a hobby/recreational use rather than a business.

For those properties with a Rateable Value below £6,000 there should be no rates to pay thanks to the current small business rate relief provisions. Assessments between £6,000 and £12,000 RV also receive a taper relief, from 100% relief at £6,000 RV to nil at £12,000 RV. You should ensure that this relief has been given when checking your rate demand. Some councils are pro-active in granting this relief whilst others wait for an application to be made.

Bill Simpson can be contacted on 01488 685111 or email tyto@btconnect.com

NH NOMINATIONS The TBA has a number of nominations for sale, which were generously donated by the owners of the stallions parading at the TBA NH Stallion Parade at Cheltenham this year. For further details contact Pauline Stoddart at Stanstead House on 01638 661321

Membership to the Breeders’ Badge Scheme (BBS) entitles complimentary access to 57 participating racecourses for TBA members on BBS days when a horse they have bred is declared to run. Under the scheme, members are also able to take a guest into the racecourse.

This entitlement covers 1,325 fixtures in Britain in 2012, with 33 courses now offering entry to all fixtures.

A full list of fixtures which are included in the scheme for 2012 will be mailed to TBA members in the February send out. The list can also be found on the TBA website: www.thetba.co.uk

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Breeders’ Prizes Flat HBLB Breeders’ Prizes worth £700 or more Breeder

Prize (£)

Cheveley Park Stud Ltd

2,200

Based on date money was paid

Horse

Sire

Dam

Date

Course

CLINICAL

Motivator

Doctor's Glory

27/10/2011

LINGFIELD PARK

STARSCOPE

Selkirk

Moon Goddess

29/10/2011

NEWMARKET

Rosyground Stud

1,600

BONNIE BRAE

Mujahid

Skara Brae

05/11/2011

DONCASTER

R. J. Cornelius

1,400

MUAAMARA

Bahamian Bounty

Mamma Morton

28/10/2011

NEWMARKET

Meon Valley Stud

1,000

COQUET

Sir Percy

One So Marvellous

29/10/2011

NEWMARKET

Laundry Cottage Stud Farm

750

SIMAYILL

Oasis Dream

Triennial

11/11/2011

LINGFIELD PARK

Watership Down Stud

700

THE FUGUE

Dansili

Twyla Tharp

29/10/2011

NEWMARKET

Date

Course

Jump HBLB Breeders’ Prizes worth £1,000 or more Breeder

Prize (£)

Horse

Sire

Dam

R. J. Francome

6,000

RESTLESS HARRY

Sir Harry Lewis

Restless Native

29/10/2011

WETHERBY

Lord Oaksey

6,000

CARRUTHERS

Kayf Tara

Plaid Maid

26/11/2011

NEWBURY

Mrs Claire Massey

3,000

ALASI

Alflora

Anamasi

29/10/2011

WETHERBY

Robert Frank Broad

2,500

STAGECOACH PEARL

Classic Cliche

Linwood

05/11/2011

KELSO

Mrs P. Sly

1,500

HELPSTON

Sir Harry Lewis

Chichell's Hurst

29/10/2011

WETHERBY

15/11/2011

FAKENHAM

Millsec Limited

1,250

LIGHTENING ROD

Storming Home

Bolero

16/11/2011

HEXHAM

W. P. Jenks

1,250

LACKAMON

Fleetwood

Pearlossa

26/11/2011

NEWCASTLE

Mrs S. Johnson

1,000

NO PLANNING

Kayf Tara

Poor Celt

29/10/2011

WETHERBY

Simon Tindall

1,000

SIMONSIG

Fair Mix

Dusty Too

18/11/2011

ASCOT

D. I. Bare

1,000

KENTFORD GREY LADY

Silver Patriarch

Kentford Grebe

24/11/2011

NEWBURY

See the table of breeders' prizes effective as from January 1 on the TBA website, www.thetba.co.uk

PRINCE FLORI Brown 2003 (16.1hh) by Lando – Princess Liberte, by Nebos

FIRST SEASON 2012

A Gr.1 winner who beat multiple Gr.1 winners incl. SCHIAPARELLI (on several occasions) A very exciting Dual Purpose Stallion and Horse of the year in Germany 2006 DAIRY HOUSE STUD A complete outcross to Bradley Road, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 7JY Contact: Mrs Kin Lundberg-Young, NORTHERN DANCER Tel: 01985 211014 Mobile: 07798 783634 Standing at:

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NOVEMBER 2011

LORD OAKSEY

GEORGE SELWYN

For anyone who enjoys a little nostalgia, Newbury was the place to be on the last Saturday in November. The highlight was the Hennessy Gold Cup triumph of eight-year-old Carruthers and Mattie Batchelor, but as a prelude there was a novicesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; chase for the Fulke Walwyn Trophy, named after the Lambourn trainer who won the Hennessy seven times from 1957 to 1981, including the first two runnings (at Cheltenham) with Mandarin and Taxidermist.

Everyone is aware that Carruthers was homebred by Lord Oaksey, who as John Lawrence partnered Taxidermist and remains the only amateur to win the Hennessy, and is trained by his son-in-law Mark Bradstock. Less well known is that Mark learned the rudiments of training under Fulkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tutelage.

There are similarities here with the Vernon Millersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; homebred Bighorn, who won the 1971 Hennessy trained by their son, Charles.

Like Carruthers, Bighorn was ridden by an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;unfashionableâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; stable jockey in David Cartwright â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Vernon Miller family from Warwickshire has the unique distinction of also breeding the 1962 Hennessy hero Springbok.

Just two days before Carruthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magnificent Hennessy victory, his Carruthers, with his breederâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter, Sara Bradstock

four-year-old half-brother Coneygree had made an impressive winning debut in a bumper at Uttoxeter. These two successes have earned Lord Oaksey the Breeder of the Month award for November, for which the prize is six sacks of Blue Chip Dynamic, to aid stallion fertility, and some Blue Chip merchandise.

As chief almoner of the Injured Jockeysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fund, his wife Chicky has had a torrid time in the run-up to Christmas with the uncertainty regarding the 2012 fixture list playing havoc with the schedule for IJF diaries, one of the organisationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most valuable fund raisers, so she has hardly had time to reflect on Carruthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new celebrity status.

Reflecting on how it all began, she said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mark and Sara bought his dam Plaid Maid as a three-year-old privately in Ireland for ÂŁ5,000. All her progeny, which are owned by a syndicate of six, have been reared here at Hill Farm by Vicky Myers, who is an absolutely wonderful girl.â&#x20AC;?

Chicky also emphasises the enormous contribution made by her step-daughter Sara, who rides out Carruthers every day.

Carruthers was Plaid Maidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first foal and her last is a two-year-old own-brother. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s here now,â&#x20AC;? continued Lady Oaksey, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but Plaid Maid died foaling him â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it just happened to be Friday, March 13. She had six foals altogether and fortunately one of them was a filly, so all being well we can breed from her.â&#x20AC;? This now four-year-old by Overbury has been named Maid Of Oaksey and she is already at Letcombe Bassett.

Plaid Maid scored five times in the Oaksey colours and is half-sister to some smart hurdlers, including Destriero (Supreme Novicesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hurdle). While their dam Tipperary Tartan may sound jump-oriented, the distaff family is synonymous with Rosetta, the great foundation mare belonging to Edgar Cooper Bland. He was the breeder of Bustino, who inadvertently had a singular influence on jump breeding.

Carruthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next assignment is likely to be the Welsh National. In 1956 the marathon chase was won by Crudwell, who was bred in, and named after, a Wiltshire village just a stoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throw from Oaksey. A truly remarkable horse, Crudwell won a record 50 races, including 39 chases. There must be something in the water thereabouts!

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BEAT them ALL to the top Hail To Reason

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Distinctive

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Bolero

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• The only son of DYNAFORMER at stud in England.

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His first crop will be two year olds expected to race in 2012.

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Racing’s young tribe parties in style As racing’s next generation of Classic hopefuls ease down for the winter, the young pretenders of the two-legged variety kicked into top gear to celebrate the announcement of Sam Waley-Cohen as President to the Next Generation Club at a special drinks party hosted at London’s Cavallino Bar. Over 200 people flocked to London for the inaugural NGC ‘Launch the Future’ event, where a collection of the club’s most loyal members, including the founder of Student Racing, Mike Spence, and Racing For Change’s Steph Jones rubbed shoulders with the younger generation of racing’s leading industry figures.

An impressive line-up of guests, which included David Simcock, Roger Varian, Hugo Palmer, Ed Walker, Nick Luck and JP Magnier,

Josh, Izzy and Scott Dixon

enjoyed champagne and canapés courtesy of the kind sponsorship of the newly refurbished host venue, the Jockey Club and Juddmonte Farms. Guests heard from the newly appointed NGC President about his passion for the sport that has rewarded him with Cheltenham Gold Cup and King George VI Chase victories, and his aim to help inspire more young people to become involved.

The party moved on to Boujis thanks to yet more generous support, this time from Decadent Racing founder Sam Sangster, where it was a case of last man standing in the early hours of the morning. Unsurprisingly there were quite a few.

To join the Next Generation Club and be informed of future events, register for free at www.the-ngc.co.uk

Darley’s Hanako Varian, Carolynn Anderson and Dean Roethemeier

Event host Nick Luck interviews new NGC President Sam Waley-Cohen

Lottie Hanbury, Simon Mitchell and Sophie Eayrs with Juddmonte’s Victoria Lawson, Claire Curry and James O’Donnell

Polly and Lily Gredley

Zinnia Welby, JP Magnier, Freya Kelly and Zoe Kelly

NGC members Matt Trounce, Tommy Parker and Bertie Allan

David Simcock, Johnny Peter-Hoblyn and Simon Mitchell

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Rupert Stearn and NGC Chairman Jane Hedley

Ali Champion, Ned Sangster and Lily Gredley

Rishi Persad holds court with Your Golf Travel founder Andrew Harding and NGC committee member Gina Bryce

Olivia Godfrey and Rachel Wyse of Sky Sports News

NGC member Laurence Jones chats with Sam Waley-Cohen

Mark O’Sullivan, Niall Halley, Brinley Morlee and Ciara Clarke

Racing UK presenter Lorna Fowler, Student Racing founder Mike Spence and Jackie Jarvis

Peter Burrell, co-owner of Cavallino, with Kim Meehan

Talulah Lewis and Tom March

Lara Pocock, Anna Bates, NGC committee member Hetty Stearn, Sophie Eayrs and Emma Collins

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VET FORUM: THE EXPERT VIEW

By JAMES CROWHURST

Good stallion management Acclimatising to a new life at stud can be a difficult process but the key to maximising each stallion’s career and performance mainly comes down to good horsemanship New arrivals Colts retiring from training have been kept away from fillies and even actively restrained from demonstrating their libido during training (the use of stallion rings has virtually ceased). A good clinical examination on arrival, including an assessment of his genital organs, is essential. It may not have been possible to collect proper swabs for venereal diseases at the vetting for purchase if it was done during training, so these should be done on arrival if possible under sedation or, even better, after gentle teasing education.

Virgin stallions can carry venereal pathogens such as Pseudomonas and Klebsiella, in fact (as with mares) are more likely to than sexually active ones. As both can be difficult to eliminate and are bad for the horse’s early experience of teasing, urgent detection and treatment is of the essence.

Similarly, bloods test results, particularly for EVA and EIA, should be checked.

First season Gentle teasing with a quiet mare, well in season, not stitched and properly swabbed should be undertaken before the breeding season and will help each horse to know what is ‘allowed’. This should lead on to some trial matings. It is so helpful to have something pregnant at the start of the breeding season to instil confidence as the season starts properly.

Dismount samples can indicate the presence or activity of sperm, but semen collection via artificial vagina is not advised until natural mating behaviour has been established. At no time is experienced horse handling more important than in a stallion’s first season – the early handling may have long-lasting consequences for good or ill.

Low libido Most stallions learn their new job very quickly, needing only guidance and boundaries of behaviour. Signs of low libido include indifference, non-vocalisation, nonor part erection, and non-mounting. All stallions belong to dominant ‘harem’ or ‘bachelor’ groupings in the wild and this is

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CUSHINGS DISEASE This 22-year-old stallion was already suffering from Cushings Disease in the picture on the left. The picture on the right is the same horse two years later. He eventually died from acute non-responsive laminitis

true when housed with others. Therefore, shy bachelor ones may need to be housed separately from other stallions and in some cases held loosely on a long lungeing rein attached to a head collar only, no bridle, is preferable, to gain confidence when learning to cover mares.

Variation of the in-season mare, surroundings and handler should be tried, and being stabled next door to quiet inseason mares, away from other stallions, may help. Generally, patient application of these variables will achieve success, and real failures will need an in-depth veterinary investigation, including analysis of sex hormones such as testosterone and inhibin.

Physical problems, including back and hind leg lamenesses, may affect mounting and ejaculation (the author has recently been involved with two stallions, one young and one old, both with significant stifle cartilage damage, one if not both definitely resulting from a fall).

Any colt or stallion recovering from injury or disease may need controlled teasing/mounting to prepare for full breeding duties. Unfortunately the season often starts ‘with a bang’, with maximum covering slots booked in the first two weeks. Horses should be fit, both cardiovascularly and skeletally.

Preparation for season Assuming that all tests to fulfil Code of Practice requirements are in order, each stallion needs to be prepared:

Exercise A combination of walking and occasional regular lungeing is considered optimal to improve fitness of circulation and skeleton. All bones lose calcium if not exercised, so limbs and joints need regular exercise, starting at least two months before the season. This will help reduce any unnecessary weight/improve fluid intake.

Diet This may need to increase with the reduction of available grass in winter and increasing exercise. Diets rich in Omega 3 oils are believed by some to aid fertility, but the addition of oils rich in these on a daily basis can be a cost effective way of achieving this. Anything that may assist horn growth and quality, e.g. Vitamin E and selenium may be added if the horse’s feet are sub-optimal.

Light Stallions are seasonal breeders, like mares, and extra light has been shown to bring forward their natural season (testicular size and semen production will vary within and between seasons). Stallions with marginal fertility/testicular volume might be helped by such programmes.

How many mares?

All stallions have a number of mares that they can comfortably manage with normally ‘good’ fertility levels, as mares are managed increasingly effectively. A lot is taken for granted nowadays, with some stallions covering more than a hundred mares in two breeding seasons each year, figures that would have been ridiculed many years ago.

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There is no pleasure seeing stallions being asked to work ‘outside their comfort zone’, and a reduction in mare numbers may lead to increased numbers of mares conceiving.

Careful analysis of statistics will illuminate patterns. A fourth cover in a day, however good the libido, may be completely unsuccessful and therefore wasted.

Semen production is directly proportional to testicular volume and the latter can be measured accurately with an ultrasound scanner. Large testicular volume will not guarantee high fertility and libido, but will give an idea of potential. Again, careful observation and management, especially at covering, will assist the stallion manager with workload and scheduling. Large AI programmes collect only twice weekly, as further collections do not lead to increased sperm numbers being available for insemination.

Problems In first-season stallions, failure to achieve conceptions to start with is alarming but may not be permanent. Some may not be ejaculating – easily identified by observation or dismount sampling. Some may be ‘plugged’ i.e. have their epididymis blocked by a combination of old sperm and seminal fluid aggregations. These may be identified by ultrasound scanning and may need covering practice to help clear them before the season.

Certainly, complete fertility failure is rare and needs thorough veterinary investigation.

It is usually, though not always, diagnosed by semen evaluation. Very rarely we have seen instances of perfect semen, even looked at under electron microscopy, fail to achieve any conceptions. The number of normal, progressively motile sperm is an important part of any semen evaluation. Careful reading of the terms of any first-season fertility insurance is essential to make sure that the horse fulfils all their requirements to validate a claim. The small print here is important.

Semen production in the testis takes two months from start to finish so any interruption to the process necessitates at least this time to recover. The production of sperm is affected by many things, in particular heat, some drugs and illnesses.

Any general fever in a stallion can be catastrophic for semen production if high or long lasting enough, even though the testes are kept ‘outside’ the body to maintain a cooler temperature than internal organs. It is for this reason that true rigs are not fertile.

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TRAUMA This stallion received a kick when covering in the first two weeks of the breeding season and missed one week’s covering. He resumed covering but suffered from a complete loss of his normally excellent fertility. Five months later, when he appeared to have recovered and on clinical examination there was little residual thickening, this thermal image showed a markedly increased temperature in the scrotal region. A normal image is shown on the right for comparison. This stallion did recover some rather reduced fertility later on

covering and can do little to protect themselves. Even with good teasing and protective boots on mares’ hind feet, stallions can get kicked and their genital organs are poorly protected (very thin skin) and highly vascular (needing significant blood volume to achieve erection).

All kick or traumatic wounds to penis or genital area need immediate local and parenteral treatment to reduce swelling, pain and possible infection. Resultant heat and insulation from swelling may affect sperm production, even after he appears to have recovered.

Drugs It is well known that anabolic steroids used in young colts can lead to temporary or permanent infertility later. Other drugs, like ACP, carry specific warnings that they are not to be used in breeding stallions. Long term use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as bute can be deleterious. Also, the use of cortico-steroids, especially in depot form, can trigger laminitic episodes and must be used with great caution.

Disease As previously mentioned, any febrile episode can be dangerous. In addition there can be venereal diseases which are not necessarily febrile, such as bacterial diseases like CEM, Pseudomonas and various capsule types of Klebsiella. Mostly, affected stallions and mares will not show any symptoms, but fertility will fall and mares may show vaginal discharge a few days after covering.

Some of these infections can be hard to eliminate, as much washing and dressing of genital organs is required. Second, viral diseases like EVA may also be asymptomatic and a proportion of stallions that contract EVA will, despite all treatment, remain shedders for life and would not be helped by AI. Strict adherence to the Code of Practice is essential as the threat of importing more serious exotic diseases does not decrease. Jet Master died of West Nile Virus in South Africa earlier this year.

Laminitis remains a significant cause of death in stallions of all ages. There are several reasons for this. First, some stallions are allowed to get overweight and don’t have enough exercise. Pre-season walking and occasional lungeing is important as previously stated.

Second, in uncastrated males, many stallions will develop a crest which is not all fat, despite keeping them in a good, not overweight bodily condition. This crest adds extra pressure on the front legs and feet, acting as a cantilever which is supported only at one end.

Third, stallions are prone to Cushings Disease, a benign tumour of the pituitary gland that affects the horse’s own steroids, leading to many different problems as well as a long hairy coat. This disease can be successfully treated once recognised, but affected stallions will often respond poorly to normal treatments for laminitis or relapse quickly. Prophylactic blood tests for Cushings Disease are sensible in aged stallions, despite apparent good health.

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of these and been simply rectified by a change of management and/or treatment.

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handlers. Good, sensible horsemanship is paramount.

Take his temperature daily and record it, as some fevers can go unnoticed.

Weigh him weekly and record it, to signal excessive weight gain or unexplained weight loss.

Good preparation for the breeding season, with graded exercise starting at least two months before. A combination of daily walking/ridden and occasional lungeing.

Good observation of the feet, especially in front. Horses’ feet benefit from having shoes removed, at least for part of the year, and any deterioration in foot pastern angle, horn quality or action should be investigated. Don’t rely on the farrier completely!

Shuttle stallions seem to cope with two springs, but should be allowed adequate rest periods between seasons.

A response to October’s article on worming Worms that affect the gastrointestinal tract of horses certainly can be an important cause of disease, especially in those animals that harbour large burdens of the parasites. For this reason, it is important that these pathogens are controlled so that animals do not accumulate moderate to high levels of infection. However, it is imperative that sustainable means of control are promoted to those who manage horses, because roundworm resistance has now been reported to all three classes of de-wormer currently available and no alternative new products are near market. Reference to a new dewormer, monpantel (ZolvixTM, Novartis), being made available for use in horses in the short to medium term is, in our opinion, over optimistic.

Parasite control programmes need to take into account the fact that the commonest worms (small strongyles) that affect horses can readily develop resistance to some de-wormers (anthelmintics), hence it is important that efficacy of the currently effective products is maintained. Control strategies that reduce repeated exposure of worms to the same drug types need to be executed on stud farms and it is important that these programmes take into account the need to balance therapy to control worm-associated disease with the requirement to preserve de-wormer effectiveness.

The use of faecal egg counts (FECs) is a central component of such programmes and, although there is some room for improvement in the accuracy of these tests, these are currently the most useful tools available. FEC analysis is invaluable in providing information on: a) which horses contribute most to pasture contamination (and are thus in need of treatment) and b) whether or not the de-wormers administered are working to the level expected (i.e. that they reduce FECs by >90% as measured at 14 days after treatment).

It is important that FECs be used to formulate decisions on worm control. When samples are handled and analysed appropriately, FECs can be used with confidence for this purpose. There is no test available that will allow animals to be ‘tested as free from worms prior to being turned out’. The FEC enables measurement of the level of pasture

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contamination derived from an individual horse (as worm eggs in the dung).

Furthermore, even though a diagnostic blood test for encysted small strongyle larvae may be on the horizon, this will not be able to demonstrate whether horses are ‘free from worms’ as there are a plethora of other parasite species that may be present at any one time, which may be at a stage of immature development at which they are undetectable by FEC. Although all horses should be considered as a group when designing parasite control programmes, this notion to treat all with the same product, irrespective of individual variation in FEC, does not take into account the threat of further increasing anthelmintic resistance. We do not agree with the suggestion that owners should be worming youngstock every four weeks with a de-wormer that is effective against ‘ascarids’. This advice does not take into account the life cycle of this parasite species and the fact that de-wormer resistance is also a challenge in this type of worm, with ivermectin resistance being a particular issue.

Furthermore, exposure of the other species of parasite that horses may have at the time of treatment and, specifically, small strongyles, will also select for de-wormer resistance in these worms. Treatment of youngstock should be managed as for all other age groups: i.e. identify the parasites that may be problematical and ascertain which animals are most likely to require therapy.

For these reasons, we ask that stud owners/managers work more closely with their veterinary surgeons in designing de-worming programmes, especially for their youngstock. This will enable parasite management practices (including quarantine and pasture management strategies) to be appropriate for their establishment and will help reduce repeated and, often, unnecessary treatments, which are so critical in selecting for de-wormer resistance.

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Finance matters: is repair expenditure allowable?

Having spent £60,000 on renewing the surface of your gallops you comfort yourself that at least it is a deduction for income tax. Two years later HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) comes along and contends that it is not repair expenditure but a capital improvement.

So no deduction is allowed and, in their view, there are no capital allowances to be had either! This unpleasant result can be very expensive.

In this article, we consider what is a repair, what is capital expenditure and some of the grey areas in between. There are some simple steps that can be taken to make the distinction.

Repairs A repair to an asset used in the business will always be a deduction from profits. The expenditure must go through the profit and loss account. If the expenditure is added to fixed assets there is no chance that HMRC will accept it as allowable for tax purposes.

A key point in deciding whether expenditure is repair or capital is whether it relates to the replacement of the entirety.

Staying with the example of a gallop, most artificial gallops consist of foundations, which might be of chalk or hardcore, a base which might be tarmac, or a membrane plus the surface.

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Either the membrane or the surface may need replacing after several years of heavy use. Replacing either of these elements is not a replacement of the entirety even though it is repairing the whole. This is akin to replacing slates in a roof. Even if nearly all the slates have to be replaced this does not mean there is a new roof.

Replacements Problems can arise where a different surface is used. For expenditure to be allowed against profits, the replacement needs to be the same as the original. In the roof, replacing a slate with a slate is clearly like for like.

However surface technology is always changing. There are very few people nowadays who would replace a woodchip surface with the same. Most people opt for something more resilient.

Laying a modern surface does not change the function of the gallop, nor does it necessarily improve the surface from the time when the woodchip was initially put in. However it does take advantage of the new technology available and so is not a like for like replacement.

This principle has recently been reinforced where repairs to a farm road were an allowable expense. The existing tarmac was broken up and used as the base for laying the new concrete surface. In its earlier state the Council had refused to send its refuse lorries to the farm because of the potholes. The Tribunal Judge held that the work done on bringing the road into a usable state was a repair and not an improvement. The road still functioned as a road.

Another area which can cause trouble is work done when someone buys a new yard which needs money spent on it to bring it up to standard. Considerable care needs to be taken to ensure that as much of the repair spend as possible qualifies as an expense and not an improvement.

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The basic rules go back to very old cases. The first was a cinema.

After the new owners bought an Odeon cinema, they showed some films before spending a lot of money on repairing the cinema. In the second case, a ship was bought. When she came back to port it was found that she was not seaworthy without considerable work being required. In contrast to Odeon, as she was not fit for the purpose for which she was bought, the work required to make her seaworthy was held to be capital and not a repair.

Acquiring a new property is your starting point. Money spent on bringing the property back to its former glory will be an improvement.

Forethought and planning make it possible to identify expenditure which should qualify for repair treatment rather than the capital treatment. The tests to consider are: • Was a reduced price paid for the yard because of its dilapidated state?

• Could it be used as a stud (or training yard if that is what is was bought for) without the expenditure?

• What is the correct accountancy treatment?

A good starting point is if there is evidence that the value of the yard was not lower as the result of the state it is in. It is helpful to have some evidence from a land agent concerning this.

can be used immediately. The same applies to the gallops or a horsewalker. If they can be used from the outset, then money spent on carrying out maintenance and bringing them back up to standard should be treated as revenue expenditure.

It helps to consider the work to be done. If all the old boxes are torn down and a new block built, then this will be capital expenditure because an entirety is replaced. However if the timber in the existing stables is simply replaced then this is likely to be a repair. The tax cost should always be taken into account when planning the work to be done.

Invoices Suppliers and contractors must word their invoices appropriately.

For example, an invoice stating “improvements to stables” does not assist in arguing that “replacing timber in kicking boards” is an allowable deduction for income tax. We therefore recommend that suppliers are asked to describe precisely the work carried out and the associated cost of each separate part. The words “improvement” and “alterations” put you on the back foot when claiming the work is a repair and not an improvement.

In summary, repairs need planning to make sure their cost is not increased by being treated as capital and not revenue.

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CAULFIELD FILES ANDREW CAULFIELD REPORTS ON THE BLOODSTOCK WORLD

Darley’s Australian stars going global T

wo recent announcements from Darley have underlined the growing importance of Sheikh Mohammed’s Australian division.

The most surprising development was the news that Lonhro, a champion on the track and at stud in Australia, will be standing the 2012 northern hemisphere season alongside the likes of Street Cry, Bernardini and Medaglia d’Oro at Darley’s Kentucky branch. This move has been prompted by Lonhro’s rapid rise through the ranks since his first runners raced in the second half of 2007.

After finishing third on the general sires’ list in 2009/2010, he became champion sire in 2010/2011, when he finished comfortably clear of a pack which included the former champions Redoute’s Choice and Encosta de Lago. His accomplishments included a total of 14 stakes winners in Australia, with a pair of Group 1 winners heading his squad of six Group winners.

Although Lonhro’s initial results had led to his fee falling to AUS$33,000 in 2009, it quickly rebounded, to $88,000 in 2010 and $77,000 this year. His American fee has been pitched considerably lower, at US$30,000, no doubt in a move to encourage American breeders to take a step into the unknown.

Lonhro’s marketing in the States has focused on his toughness and soundness, at a time when the average number of starts by American horses has fallen to an all-time low of 6.11 (compared to 11.31 in 1960 and 8.03 as recently as 1992). Lonhro raced a total of 35 times in four seasons and racked up a highly impressive total of 26 victories, 25 of them at stakes level. He also displayed much of the versatility we’ve come to expect of Australia’s top performers. Although five of his Group 1 successes came over a mile and a quarter, he was fast enough to win Group races over five and a half furlongs at the ages of two and four.

He landed Horse of the Year honours, as did his similarly tough sire Octagonal, but he didn’t stay quite as far as the very versatile Octagonal, who numbered the AJC Australian

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Lonhro is to shuttle to Darley America in 2012, while on the track Sepoy and Helmet will race in Dubai in March Derby among his victories over a mile and a half. Incidentally, Octagonal was one of the first Australian stallions to be shuttled to Europe.

He stood four seasons at Haras du Quesnay, siring more than 190 foals, but sired only one Group scorer in Laverock, winner of the Prix d’Ispahan and Gran Premio del Jockey Club.

It will be fascinating to see how well American breeders take to Lonhro. Darby Dan, a farm which owes a great deal to the Roberto line, imported Red Ransom’s Group 1-winning

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Australian son All American to stand the 2011 season in Kentucky but he attracted only 47 mares. Lonhro, of course, has a much higher profile and also has the might of the Darley operation behind him. We can expect to see

Caerleon’s influence felt Justice was finally done when Buena Vista forced her neck in front of Tosen Jordan to take the Japan Cup. The five-year-old daughter of the 1999 Japan Cup winner Special Week had crossed the line nearly two lengths clear in the 2010 Cup, only to be controversially demoted to second. The 2009 winner of the Japanese Oaks has the proud record of having won Grade 1 races over a mile, a mile and a quarter and a mile and a half as a mature filly and her Cup win means that she is now a top-flight winner at two, three, four and five.

Her victory is a reminder of the considerable contribution that her broodmare sire Caerleon has made to Japanese racing, even though this champion son of Nijinsky never left Fethard in Ireland.

It was Shinko Lovely, a fifth-crop filly bred by the Firestones in Ireland in 1989, who helped set the ball rolling. After winning three important stakes races at three, she won the Grade 1 Mile Championship at four, in the process of building earnings equivalent to more than $4,500,000. By then Caerleon had already enjoyed Grade 1 success with LWay Win, winner of Japan’s top juvenile prize, the Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes, in 1992.

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emerged from Caerleon’s 1993 crop, this time in the shape of Buena Vista’s dam Biwa Heidi. She won the top fillies’ race, the Hanshin Sansai Himba Stakes, and also won a good prize over a mile as a five-year-old.

This 1993 crop cemented Caerleon’s reputation in Japan, as it also featured Fusaichi Concorde, winner of the Japanese Derby. Officially bred by Shadai, he was purchased in utero when Patrick Barbe paid 100,000gns for the Ballymacoll-bred Ballet Queen.

Yet another Japanese Grade 1 winner came Caerleon’s way when his son Zenno El Cid won the 2001 Mile Championship. He also enjoyed local Group success with Daiwa Caerleon, Ibuki Perceive and Kurokami, and there was constant demand for Caerleon’s stock from Japan, where the firm turf tracks proved very suitable for them.

There was also demand for his Group/Grade 1-winning stallion sons, but this venture didn’t enjoy similar success. The runaway Derby winner Generous eventually returned to England, via New Zealand, and the Arc winner Marienbard is now covering jumping mares in Ireland.

Happily, it has been a different story with Caerleon’s broodmare daughters. Buena

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at the end of October. Sepoy’s eight stakes victories in 2011 have all come over sprint distances, which is pretty much what you might expect from a colt sired by Elusive Quality from a Danehill mare.

Speed was Elusive Quality’s main asset, as he demonstrated in setting a track record over seven furlongs on dirt at Gulfstream Park, plus a world record over a mile on turf at Belmont Park. Sepoy’s dam Watchful ran only twice, over six and seven furlongs at two. Her sister Camarena stayed well for a top-class daughter of Danehill, winning the Group 1 Queensland Derby over a mile and a half, but Camarilla, her daughter by Elusive Quality, shone as a two-year-old sprinter, winning Group races over five and a half furlongs and seven furlongs (the AJC Sires’ Produce Stakes). As Camarilla’s younger brother Induna was a Listed winner over 11 furlongs, perhaps Sepoy will stay beyond six furlongs, given the chance, but his target in Dubai is the Golden Shaheen over six.

Sepoy is a member of the fifth of six Australian crops sired by Elusive Quality between 2003 and 2008. His fee was at its highest in 2007, when Watchful was one of the

some of Lonhro’s progeny running for Godolphin in Europe in 2015, which should be very interesting.

Two of Darley’s other Australian stars are heading to Europe, via the Dubai Carnival, to carry the Godolphin colours in 2012. Both are sons of Darley stallions which have divided their time between the northern and southern hemispheres, Sepoy being a son of Elusive Quality and Helmet being by Exceed And Excel.

Any news of an imported stallion gets me excited in these days of the shrinking gene pool. Unfortunately, the shuttling of stallions has led to bloodlines becoming homogenized and the only Australian blood in Sepoy’s pedigree comes via his second dam, Canny Miss. Helmet has a British-bred dam and his third dam is Anna Paola, the German Oaks winner who was among Sheikh Mohammed’s early purchases.

I covered one aspect of Sepoy’s pedigree in this column in the April 2011 issue. Since then this hard-to-beat colt has garnered further Group 1 victories in the Golden Slipper Stakes, Manikato Stakes and the Ascot Vale Stakes

173 mares he covered at a fee of AUS$137,500. He sired 475 southern hemisphere foals but only five of them have so far become Group winners in Australia, one being Helmet’s half-brother Bullbars, a Group 3 winner over seven furlongs.

We have become accustomed to some of Danehill’s sons being dominant bays, like Danehill himself, but Helmet’s sire Exceed And Excel isn’t one of them. The free-running Helmet is a chesnut with a broad blaze and some socks, rather like Nideeb, Exceed And Excel’s winner of the Winter Derby last March.

Interestingly, Helmet and Nideeb are bred along similar lines. Whereas Helmet is out of a Singspiel mare, Nideeb is out of a mare by Singspiel’s sire In The Wings.

Nideeb’s Winter Derby win was one of three he scored on all-weather tracks last winter, and Belgian Bill, another Exceed And Excel out of a Singspiel mare, put up his best effort when second in a valuable prize on Veliefendi’s Polytrack in September. This provides some hope that Helmet will adapt to the Tapeta track at Meydan when he challenges for the UAE Derby.

Vista, who is one of four stakes winners produced by Biwa Heidi, is their second Japanese Horse of the Year. Her predecessor was Taiki Shuttle, victor in 1998, the year he helped put Japanese bloodstock on the map by winning the Prix Jacques le Marois.

It almost goes without saying that they owe part of their success to Sunday Silence and his sons. Red Desire, a Manhattan Café filly who had some close battles with Buena Vista, defeated Gloria de Campeao in round three of the Al Maktoum Challenge in Dubai and later finished a creditable fourth in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

Buena Vista’s sire Special Week was thoroughly tested. He became the second of Sunday Silence’s six winners of the Tokyo Yushun – Japanese Derby – and was placed in the other legs of the Triple Crown. He did even better at four, when he won the two-mile version of the Tenno Sho and the Japan Cup. It is worth pointing out that Special Week’s Japan Cup success was gained at the main expense of challengers from Hong Kong (Indigenous), England (High-Rise) and France (Montjeu), with other challengers from France, England and Germany further back. It is a shame that this fine international race seems to have become a victim of the

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Caerleon holds off Hot Touch in the 1983 Benson & Hedges Gold Cup at York

burgeoning success of the Hong Kong Vase and Cup. There were only three European raiders this year and the seven European runners in 2010 had such unexceptional credentials that their starting prices were 401, 66-1, 86-1, 98-1, 108-1, 119-1 and 130-1.

No European challenger has managed to break the Japanese stranglehold since Alkaased scraped home by a nose in 2005 and Japanese horses have won 12 of the last 14 editions, the only other interloper being

Falbrav in 2002. Prior to that, horses trained in the USA, Ireland, England, France, New Zealand, Australia and Germany had triumphed in 12 of the first 17 runnings.

Is this change in fortunes a reflection of the improving standard of the Japanese-bred thoroughbred, or of a decline in the quality of the foreign raiders? While the latter may sometimes have something to do with it, I strongly believe that the Japanese defenders are now simply much harder to beat.

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS

European Pattern 379 PREMIO GUIDO BERARDELLI G3 ROME. November 1. 2yo. 1800m.

1. DUCK FEET (IRE) 8-11 £34,482 brgr c by Aussie Rules - Benelux (Zafonic) O-Dioscuri Srl B-K & Mrs Cullen TR-S Botti 2. Lui E La Luna (GB) 8-11 £15,172 b c by Nayef - Luna d’Estate (Alzao) O-Scuderia Blueberry B-Razza del Sole TR-B Grizzetti 3. Mamath (IRE) 8-11 £8,275 b c by Le Vie Dei Colori - Mind And Life (Monsun) O-Remo Pratesi B-Remo Pratesi TR-R Brogi Margins 1.25, 1.25. Time not taken. Going Soft.

Broodmare Sire: ASHKALANI. Sire of the dams of 14 Stakes winners. In 2011 - FRENCH FIFTEEN Turtle Bowl G1, ALWAYS A PRINCESS Leroidesanimaux G2, LIPS POISON Mamool G2, IVER BRIDGE LAD Avonbridge G3.

IVER BRIDGE LAD b c 2007 Warning Averti Imperial Jade AVONBRIDGE b 00 Caerleon Alessia Kiss Soviet Star Ashkalani

Age 2

Starts 4

Wins 4

Places 0

Earned £74,135

Ashtarka FITTONIA ch 99 Shaadi Fly For Fame

Sire: AUSSIE RULES. Sire of 7 Stakes winners.

In 2011 - DJUMAMA Barathea G3, DUCK FEET Zafonic G3.

1st Dam: Benelux by Zafonic. unraced. Dam of 2 winners: 2008: YOUNG STACK (c Ad Valorem) 6 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy.

2009: DUCK FEET (c Aussie Rules) Sold 4,635gns yearling at TISEP. 4 wins at 2 in Italy, Premio Guido Berardelli G3, Premio Vittorio Riva LR. 2010: (f Kheleyf) Broodmare Sire: ZAFONIC. Sire of the dams of 45 Stakes winners. In 2011 - WATAR Marju G2, DUCK FEET Aussie Rules G3, IZZI TOP Pivotal G3, PACIFIQUE Montjeu G3.

DUCK FEET br/gr c 2009 Danzig Danehill Razyana AUSSIE RULES gr/ro 03 Alzao Last Second Alruccaba Gone West Zafonic Zaizafon BENELUX b 03 Caerleon Biloxi Wemyss Bight

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Lyphard Lady Rebecca Crystal Palace Allara Mr Prospector Secrettame The Minstrel Mofida Nijinsky Foreseer Dancing Brave Bahamian

380 PRIX DE SEINE-ET-OISE G3

Fly Me

Known Fact Slightly Dangerous Lochnager Songs Jest Nijinsky Foreseer Habitat Miss Petard Nureyev Veruschka Dalsaan Asharaz Danzig Unfurled Luthier On The Wing

381 CRITERIUM DE MAISONS-LAFFITTE G2

Age 2

Starts 6

Wins 3

Places 3

Sire: KENDARGENT. Sire of 2 Stakes winners. In 2011 - RESTIADARGENT Montjeu G2, KENDAM Indian Rocket G3.

1st Dam: Restia by Montjeu. unraced. Dam of 1 winner: 2009: RESTIADARGENT (f Kendargent) 3 wins at 2 in France, Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte G2, Prix d’Arenberg G3.

2010: Jeudargent (c Kendargent) 2nd Dam: RESTIFIA by Night Shift. 4 wins at 3 in France Prix Caravelle-Haras des Granges LR.

Age 2-4

RESTIA 05

RESTIADARGENT b f 2009 Kenmare Kendor Belle Mecene KENDARGENT gr 03 Linamix Pax Bella Palavera Sadler’s Wells Montjeu Floripedes

Earned £166,741

Night Shift Restifia Restikala

Sire: AVONBRIDGE. Sire of 2 Stakes winners. In 2011 - IVER BRIDGE LAD Ashkalani G3.

1st Dam: FITTONIA by Ashkalani. Winner at 3. Dam of 1 winner: 2005: Charmel’s Lad (g Compton Place) 2006: Fitting Place (f Where Or When) unraced.

2007: IVER BRIDGE LAD (c Avonbridge) Sold 8,000gns foal at TADEF, 1,000gns yearling at TAOC3. 5 wins 2-4, Prix de Seine-et-Oise G3, Dragon S LR, 2nd Sirenia S G3, Abernant S LR, Cammidge Trophy LR, 3rd Cornwallis S G3.

2008: (f Pastoral Pursuits) 2009: Fallible (c Piccolo) in training.

2010: (f Avonbridge) 2011: (c Three Valleys) 2nd Dam: Fly For Fame by Shaadi. 3 wins at 2 and 3 in France, 3rd Grand Prix Region Pays Loire-Derby de l’Ouest LR.

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Broodmare Sire: DESERT KING. Sire of the dams of 6 Stakes winners. In 2011 - EAGLE FALLS Hussonet G1, TOPEKA Whipper G3.

Kalamoun Belle of Ireland Gay Mecene Djaka Belle Mendez Lunadix Bikala Paulistana Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Top Ville Toute Cy Northern Dancer Ciboulette Bikala Restless Girl

382 PRIX MIESQUE G3 MAISONS-LAFFITTE. November 1. 2yof. 1400m.

1. TOPEKA (IRE) 8-11 £34,483 b f by Whipper - Sovana (Desert King) O-GA Oldham B-Citadel Stud TR-Robert Collet 2. Barbayam (GB) 8-11 £13,793 gr f by Stormy River - Senkaya (Valanour) O/B-Wertheimer et Frere TR-F Head 3. Tibaldi (FR) 8-11 £10,345 b f by Motivator - Treasure Queen (Kingmambo) O/B-Haras Du Quesnay TR-Mme C Head-Maarek Margins 2, 2.5. Time 1:28.90. Going Very soft.

Age 2

Starts 6

Wins 4

Places 1

2nd Dam: KONIGSBLUTE by Cortez. 3 wins, Dillmann Memorial LR, 4th Ludwig Goebels-Erinnerungsrennen G3. Dam of KENZO (c Acatenango: Robert Pferdmenges-Rennen LR, Silbernes Pferd Rennen LR, 2nd Preis der Spielbanken des Landes NRW G3), KLIMT (g Second Set: Preis der Firma 3yo Fruhjahrszuchtpreis LR), Karenina (f Second Set: 2nd Kolner Fruhjahrs Stuten Preis LR). Grandam of KASUS, KONIGSTOCHTER, Konigsbote.

Broodmare Sire: ILE DE BOURBON. Sire of the dams of 29 SWs. In 2011 - KONIG CONCORDE Big Shuffle G3.

The Big Shuffle/Ile de Bourbon cross has produced: KONIG CONCORDE G2, KONIG TURF G2, IRISH MAN G3, KONIG SHUFFLE G3.

KONIG CONCORDE b h 2005

Mr Prospector Miesque WHIPPER b 01 Sadler’s Wells Myth To Reality Millieme Danehill Desert King Sabaah SOVANA b 00 Darshaan Piacenza Kahara

Earned £86,293

Raise A Native Gold Digger Nureyev Pasadoble Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Mill Reef Hardiemma Danzig Razyana Nureyev Dish Dash Shirley Heights Delsy Habitat Starina

383 PREMIO CHIUSURA G3 MILAN. November 5. 2yo+. 1400m.

1. KONIG CONCORDE (GER) 6 9-4 £34,482 b h by Big Shuffle - Kaiserin (Ile de Bourbon) O-Wolfgang Frohlich B-Gestut Elsetal TR-C Sprengel 2. Blu Constellation (ITY) 3 9-4 £15,172 b c by Orpen - Stella Celtica (Celtic Swing) O-Scuderia Incolinx B-Azienda Agricola Loreto Luciani TR-V Caruso 3. Exciting Life (IRE) 3 9-4 £8,275 b c by Titus Livius - Puerto Oro (Entrepreneur) O-Frau Sabina Plavac B-Rathasker Stud TR-P Schiergen Margins 2.5, 1.5. Time 1:35.40. Going Soft.

Age 2-6

Starts 31

Wins 4

Places 15

Earned £143,018

Sire: BIG SHUFFLE. Sire of 68 SWs. In 2011 KONIG CONCORDE Ile de Bourbon G3, SMOOTH OPERATOR Salse G3, WALERO Lagunas G3.

1st Dam: KAISERIN by Ile de Bourbon. 2 wins at 3 in West Germany. Dam of 8 winners: 1992: Kaiserfee (f Kefaah) unraced.

1993: KONIGSTANZERIN (f Roi Danzig) 5 wins at 3 to 5 in Germany.

1994: KAISERMOND (c Mondrian) 6 wins at 2 and 5 in Germany.

1995: KONIGIN TURF (f Turfkonig) Winner at 3. Dam of Konig Speed (2nd Wettenliep Bayerischer Fliegerpreis LR. 1996: KONIG SHUFFLE (c Big Shuffle) 12 wins 3-8, Grosser Buchmacher Springer Sprint Preis G3.

1997: KONIGIN SET (f Second Set) Winner at 2 in Germany.

1999: KONIGIN SHUFFLE (f Big Shuffle) 2 wins at 3 and 5 in Germany.

2001: Koenig Alwuhu (c Alwuhush) unraced.

2002: KONIG TURF (c Big Shuffle) 8 wins 3-6, Europa-Meile G2.

2005: KONIG CONCORDE (c Big Shuffle) 4 wins at 2-6, Premio Chiusura G3 (twice), Grosser Preis der VGH-Versicherungen LR, 2nd MehlMulhens Rennen G2, Oettingen-Rennen G2, Grosser Preise der Sparkasse Hannover G2, Wellness Hotel Bayerischer Fleiger Preis LR (twice), Dallmayr Prodomo Trophy LR, 3rd Grosser Europa Meile G2, Grosse Hessen Meile G3, Silberne Peitsche G3, Dallmayr Prodomo Trophy Grosser Sprint Preis LR, Fruhjahrspreis Stadt Frankfurt am Main LR.

Boldnesian Reason To Earn Primera Prime Abord Homeward Bound Raise A Native Elevation White Peak Tudor Minstrel Strings Attached Timalin Northern Dancer Nijinsky Flaming Page Misti IV Roseliere Peace Rose Orsini Cortez Costa Brava Neckar Konigswurde Konigskronung Bold Reasoning

Super Concorde

Miesque’s Son

Earned £152,154

Broodmare Sire: MONTJEU. Sire of the dams of 5 Stakes winners. In 2011 - PARISH HALL Teofilo G1, RESTIADARGENT Kendargent G2.

Places 16

2nd Dam: PIACENZA by Darshaan. 1 win at 3 in France. Dam of PERUGINA (f Highest Honor: Prix Eclipse G3), Sovana (f Desert King, see above)

MAISONS-LAFFITTE. November 1. 2yo. 1200m.

1. RESTIADARGENT (FR) 8-10 £93,362 b f by Kendargent - Restia (Montjeu) O/B-G Pariente TR-H-A Pantall 2. Vaniloquio (IRE) 9-0 £36,034 b c by Acclamation - Trinity Joy (Vettori) O-C Baillet, G Augustin-Normand B-Kildaragh Stud TR-N Clement 3. Dont Teutch (FR) 8-10 £17,198 b f by Country Reel - Simonkikou (Panis) O-G Augustin-Normand, M Parish B-Mme V Becquart, R Schlienger TR-D Smaga Margins 5, short neck. Time 1:14.40.

Going Very soft.

1. IVER BRIDGE LAD (GB) 4 8-11 £34,483 b c by Avonbridge - Fittonia (Ashkalani) O-The Iver Lads B-JCS Wilson Bloodstock TR-John Ryan 2. Fred Lalloupet (GB) 4 8-11 £13,793 b c by Elusive City - Firm Friend (Affirmed) O-Maurice Lagasse B-Maurice Lagasse, Pontchartrain Stud TR-D Smaga 3. Definightly (GB) 5 8-11 £10,345 bbr g by Diktat - Perfect Night (Danzig Connection) O-S Emmet, Miss R Emmet B-S Emmet, Miss R Emmet TR-R Charlton Margins 2.5, short head. Time 1:14.10.

Going Very soft.

Wins 5

1st Dam: Sovana by Desert King. Winner at 3 in France, 3rd Prix Minerve G3. Dam of 3 winners: 2005: Stella Rossa (f Key of Luck) ran on the flat in France.

2006: MAFRA (f Kalanisi) 9 wins at 3 to 5 in France.

2007: Vervono (g Verglas) unraced.

2008: FIAMMELLA (f Verglas) 2 wins at 3 in France.

2009: TOPEKA (f Whipper) 4 wins at 2 in France, Prix Miesque G3, Criterium de Lyon LR. 2010: Mindelo (c Whipper) 2011: (f Whipper)

2008: Konigin Concorde (f Big Shuffle) 2009: Kaiser (c Big Shuffle) unraced to date.

TOPEKA b f 2009

MAISONS-LAFFITTE. November 1. 3yo+. 1200m.

Starts 39

Sire: WHIPPER. Sire of 8 Stakes winners. In 2011 WIZZ KID Soviet Star G2, TOPEKA Desert King G3, MURANO Montjeu LR.

BIG SHUFFLE b 84 Raise Your Skirts

Ile de Bourbon KAISERIN b/br 87 Konigsblute

384 PREMIO ROMA G1 ROME. November 6. 3yo+. 2000m.

1. ZAZOU (GER) 4 9-2 £116,379 b c by Shamardal - Zaza Top (Lomitas) O-WH Sport International B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof TR-W Hickst 2. Rio de La Plata (USA) 6 9-2 £51,206 ch h by Rahy - Express Way (Ahmad) O-Godolphin B-Jose de Camargo, Robert N Clay et al TR-Saeed bin Suroor 3. Voila Ici (IRE) 6 9-2 £27,931 gr h by Daylami - Far Hope (Barathea) O-Scuderia Incolinx B-Soc Finanza Locale Consulting SRL TR-V Caruso Margins Short head, 2.5. Time not taken. Going Soft.

Age 2-4

Starts 17

Wins 6

Places 6

Earned £494,798

Sire: SHAMARDAL. Sire of 32 SWs. In 2011 - ZAZOU Lomitas G1, CRACKERJACK KING Barathea G2, SOMMERABEND Monsun G2, AMARON Bertolini G3, CASAMENTO Always Fair G3, DUNBOYNE EXPRESS Polish Precedent G3, ELLE SHADOW Roi Danzig G3, FRENCH NAVY Woodman G3.

1st Dam: ZAZA TOP by Lomitas. 4 wins 2-4, Luhrs & Holst GMBH Co K G Stutenpreis LR, 2nd Premio Dormello G3. Dam of 4 winners: 2004: ZOE DREAM (g Galileo) 7 wins.

2005: ZHOUZHI (f Anabaa) Winner at 4 in Germany.

2006: KING MAUI (c High Chaparral) Winner at 4.

2007: ZAZOU (c Shamardal) 26,610gns yearling at BBAGS. 6 wins 2-4, Premio Roma G1, Union-Rennen G2, Preis der Sparkassen Finanzgruppe G3, Dr Busch Memorial G3, 2nd Deutsches Derby G1, 3rd Criterium de SaintCloud G1, Rheinland-Pokal G1.

2009: Silke Top (f Librettist) 2010: (c High Chaparral) ZAZOU b c 2007 Storm Cat Giant’s Causeway Mariah’s Storm SHAMARDAL b 02 Machiavellian Helsinki Helen Street Niniski Lomitas La Colorada ZAZA TOP ch 98 Shirley Heights Zorina Nadia Nerina

Storm Bird Terlingua Rahy Immense Mr Prospector Coup de Folie Troy Waterway Nijinsky Virginia Hills Surumu La Dorada Mill Reef Hardiemma Northern Dancer Shake A Leg

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Caulfield on Zazou: “His grandam Nadia Nerina cost $1.4m as a yearling in 1982, her price reflecting the fact that she was a daughter of Northern Dancer and a sister to Danzatore”

2nd Dam: ZORINA by Shirley Heights. 1 win at 2.

Own sister to Nadina. Dam of ZAZA TOP (f Lomitas, see above), Zolango (c Acatenango: 2nd Premio Emanuele Filiberto LR). Grandam of Zoom.

Broodmare Sire: LOMITAS. Sire of the dams of 16 Stakes winners. In 2011 - ZAZOU Shamardal G1, MALIBU PIER Malibu Moon G2, ALAURA MICHELE Arch LR, SANTINO Rock of Gibraltar LR.

Shamardal could be said to have had a rather quiet time on the home front during 2011, his only Group winners in Britain and Ireland being the Gr3 winners Dunboyne Express and French Navy. However, it has been a very different story worldwide. He has had four Group winners in Germany (Amaron, Elle Shadow, Sommerabend and Zazou), plus others in France (Casamento), Italy (Crackerjack King) and the US (Oregon Lady), adding up to an impressive northern hemisphere total of nine. A remarkable aspect of this success is that it involves nine different broodmare sires (Bertolini, Always Fair, Barathea, Polish Precedent, Roi Danzig, Woodman, Gone West, Monsun and Lomitas).

Shamardal finally scored his first Gr1 success of the year when the German-trained Zazou travelled to Italy to land the Premio Roma by a short head from the 2010 winner Rio de la Plata.

Zazou’s victory made him the first Gr1 winner produced by a daughter of Lomitas, a stallion who also made his mark on 2011 via his Arc-winning daughter Danedream. Zazou’s dam Zaza Top wasn’t in the same league as Danedream but she was above average, as she showed in winning a Listed race over a mile and a quarter in Germany.

Zazou’s second dam Zorina was a winning sister to the smart French middle-distance filly Nadina. Their dam, the six-furlong winner Nadia Nerina, cost $1.4 million as a yearling in 1982, her price reflecting the fact that she was a daughter of the mighty Northern Dancer and a sister to Danzatore, the top Irish two-year-old of 1982. Zazou’s fourth dam, the Raise A Native mare Shake A Leg, was another American bred who began her racing career in Ireland, where she was a Group-placed Listed winner. She then returned to her homeland, where she became a Gr3 winner over six furlongs.

385 PREMIO RIBOT G2 ROME. November 6. 3yo+. 1600m.

1. VANJURA (GER) 4 8-13 £60,344 ch f by Areion - Venia Legendi (Zinaad) O-M Barth B-J-C Haimet, J-P Liberge TR-R Dzubasz 2. Emerald Commander (IRE) 4 9-2 £26,551 b c by Pivotal - Brigitta (Sadler’s Wells) O-Godolphin B-Grangecon Stud TR-Saeed bin Suroor 3. Marcret (ITY) 4 9-2 £14,482 b f by Martino Alonso - Love Secret (Secreto) O-Scuderia Siba B-Azienda Agricola Antezzante SRL TR-S Botti Margins 1, neck. Time 1:37.80. Going Soft.

1st Dam: VENIA LEGENDI by Zinaad. 2 wins at 3 in Germany. Dam of 2 winners: 2005: VANCOVIA (f Dream Well) 2 wins at 2 and 3 in Germany, Preis der BHF Bank LR. 2007: VANJURA (f Areion) Sold 19,607gns yearling at BBAGO. Champion 3yr old filly in Germany and Italy in 2010. 11 wins at 2 to 4 in Germany, Italy, Turkey, Premio Ribot G2, Diana Trial G2, Walther J Jacobs Stutenmeile G3, Bremer Oster Sprint Cup LR, Istanbul Euro Capital of Culture Trophy LR (twice), 2nd Premio Vittorio di Capua G1, Premio Carlo Vittadini G2, Wenatex Europa Grupperennen G3, 3rd Premio Vittorio di Capua G1.

2008: Ventiane (f Konigstiger) in training.

2009: Velayati (c Sholokhov) unraced to date.

2011: Veligandu (f Hurricane Run)

Starts 18

Wins 11

Places 5

Earned £566,854

Sire: AREION. Sire of 14 Stakes winners. In 2011 VANJURA Zinaad G2.

387 PRIX FILLE DE L’AIR G3 TOULOUSE. November 11. 3yo+f&m. 2100m.

2nd Dam: VECCHIA ROMAGNA by Salse. 2 wins at 2. Dam of Voodoo Lounge (f Turfkonig: 3rd Scherping-Rennen LR, Dusseldorfer Stutenpreis LR).

Grandam of Party Girl.

1. SKIA (FR) 4 8-11 £34,483 b f by Motivator - Light Quest (Quest For Fame) O-Leonidas Marinopoulos B-Stilvi Compania Financiera SA TR-C Laffon-Parias 2. Skallet (FR) 3 8-8 £13,793 b f by Muhaymin - Siran (R B Chesne) O-G Pariente B-Ecurie Jarlan TR-S Wattel 3. Casaca (GB) 5 8-11 £10,345 ch m by Medicean - Priena (Priolo) O-Mme Africa Cuadra-Lores B-Almagro De Actividades Comerci TR-J-M Osorio Margins Neck, neck. Time 2:11.83. Going Soft.

Broodmare Sire: ZINAAD. Sire of the dams of 7 Stakes winners. In 2011 - VANJURA Areion G2.

Age 3-4

Starts 16

Wins 3

Places 9

Earned £106,261

2007: ATLANTIC TIGER (g Tiger Hill) 2 wins at 3.

2008: WAVERING (f Refuse To Bend) 2 wins at 3 in France, Prix Saint-Alary G1.

2009: MANDAEAN (c Manduro) 2 wins at 2 in France, Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1.

2010: (c Manduro) 2011: (c Halling) 2nd Dam: ZAWAAHY by El Gran Senor. 1 win at 3.

Dam of SUMMERTIME LEGACY (see above).

Broodmare Sire: DARSHAAN. Sire of the dams of 173 SWs. In 2011 - GLASS HARMONIUM Verglas G1, MANDAEAN Manduro G1, POUR MOI Montjeu G1, SARAFINA Refuse To Bend G1, WAVERING Refuse To Bend G1, BLUE BAJAN Montjeu G2, DREAM PEACE Dansili G2, FANTASIA Sadler’s Wells G3, GENKI Shinko Forest G3, GIANT SANDMAN Footstepsinthesand G3, PINK SYMPHONY Montjeu G3, PRINCE SIEGFRIED Royal Applause G3, SENSE OF PURPOSE Galileo G3.

MANDAEAN b c 2009 Konigsstuhl Monsun Mosella

The Areion/Zinaad cross has produced: VANJURA G1, ASHANTEE G3.

Sire: MOTIVATOR. Sire of 7 Stakes winners. In 2011 - SKIA Quest For Fame G3.

VANJURA ch f 2007

1st Dam: LIGHT QUEST by Quest For Fame. 3 wins at 3 and 4 in France. Dam of 3 winners: 2006: DIODOROS (g High Chaparral) 4 wins at 4 and 5 in France.

2007: SKIA (f Motivator) 3 wins at 3 and 4 in France, Prix Fille de l’Air G3, 2nd Prix Melisande LR. 2008: SYRNA (f Kendor) Winner at 3 in France.

2009: Tropaios (c Excellent Art) unraced to date.

2010: (f Medicean)

Bold Reasoning Prime Abord Big Shuffle Elevation Raise Your Skirts Strings Attached AREION b 95 Nijinsky Caerleon Foreseer Aerleona Le Levanstell Alata Altamura Mill Reef Shirley Heights Hardiemma Zinaad Saritamer Time Charter Centrocon VENIA LEGENDI b 98 Topsider Salse Carnival Princess Vecchia Romagna Brigadier Gerard Princess Eboli Nedda Super Concorde

2nd Dam: GLEAM OF LIGHT by Danehill. 2 wins at 3. Dam of ARABIAN GLEAM (c Kyllachy: Challenge S G2, GNER Park S G2 (twice)), Bumptious (c Mister Baileys: 3rd Bahrain Trophy LR).

Broodmare Sire: QUEST FOR FAME. Sire of the dams of 35 Stakes winners. In 2011 - SILVER POND Act One G2, TORIO’S QUEST Oratorio G2, FAMOUS NAME Dansili G3, LAMASERY Commands G3, SKIA Motivator G3, TRIPLE ELEGANCE Mossman G3.

386 HERZOG VON RATIBOR-RENNEN G3 KREFELD. November 6. 2yo. 1700m.

1. PASTORIUS (GER) 9-2 £27,586 b c by Soldier Hollow - Princess Li (Monsun) O-Stall Antanando B-Franz Prinz Von Auersperg, Florian Haffa TR-Mario Hofer 2. Black Arrow (IRE) 9-2 £9,483 b c by Teofilo - Fann (Diesis) O-Stall 24 B-Rabbah Bloodstock TR-A Wohler 3. Laeyos (GER) 8-13 £4,741 b c by Soldier Hollow - Laeya Star (Royal Dragon) O-Stall Emina B-Frau Ina Emma Zimmermann TR-Markus Klug Margins 1.5, 1.5. Time 1:50.95. Going Good.

SKIA b f 2007 Sadler’s Wells Montjeu Floripedes MOTIVATOR b 02 Gone West Out West Chellingoua Rainbow Quest Quest For Fame Aryenne LIGHT QUEST b 00

Age 2

Starts 4

Wins 2

Places 2

1st Dam: PRINCESS LI by Monsun. 3 wins at 3 and 4 in Germany, Italy. Dam of 3 winners: 2006: PRINCESS LALA (f Royal Dragon) Winner at 4 in Germany.

2008: Point Blank (c Royal Dragon) 2 wins at 2 and 3 in Germany, 2nd Premio del Piazzale G3, 3rd Europa Meile G2.

2009: PASTORIUS (c Soldier Hollow) 2 wins at 2 in Germany, Herzog von Ratibor Rennen G3, 2nd Winterfavorit-Trial LR. 2011: (f Sholokhov) PASTORIUS b c 2009 Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Shirley Heights High Hawk Sunbittern Kris Common Grounds Sweetly Caerleon Lake Isle Inisfree Dschingis Khan Konigsstuhl Konigskronung Surumu Mosella Monasia Green Dancer Suave Dancer Suavite Bellypha Princess Nana Alys Sadler’s Wells In The Wings SOLDIER HOLLOW b 00 Island Race

PRINCESS LI b 00 Princess Dancer

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Danehill

Earned £36,810

Sire: SOLDIER HOLLOW. Sire of 1 Stakes winner. In 2011 - PASTORIUS Monsun G3.

Monsun

Age 2-4

Broodmare Sire: MONSUN. Sire of the dams of 13 Stakes winners. In 2011 - NIGHT MAGIC Sholokhov G2, SOMMERABEND Shamardal G2, PASTORIUS Soldier Hollow G3, SILVANER Lomitas G3, TRES ROCK DANON Rock of Gibraltar G3.

Gleam of Light Gold Runner

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Top Ville Toute Cy Mr Prospector Secrettame Sharpen Up Uncommitted Blushing Groom I Will Follow Green Dancer Americaine Danzig Razyana Runnett African Doll

388 CRITERIUM DE SAINT-CLOUD G1 SAINT-CLOUD. November 12. 2yoc&f. 2000m.

1. MANDAEAN (GB) 9-0 £123,147 b c by Manduro - Summertime Legacy (Darshaan) O-Godolphin SNC B-Darley TR-A Fabre 2. Brocottes (FR) 8-10 £49,267 b f by Lando - Macotte (Nicolotte) O-Gerard Augustin-Normand B-Haras des Sablonnets TR-N Clement 3. Tai Chi (GER) 9-0 £24,634 b c by High Chaparral - Taita (Big Shuffle) O/B-Rennstall Gestut Hachtsee TR-W Baltromei Margins 2.5, 0.75. Time 2:2020. Going Heavy.

Age 2

Starts 2

Wins 2

Places 0

Earned £133,492

Sire: MANDURO. Sire of 1 Stakes winner. In 2011 MANDAEAN Darshaan G1.

1st Dam: SUMMERTIME LEGACY by Darshaan. 2 wins at 2 in France, Prix des Reservoirs G3, 3rd Prix Saint-Alary G1. Dam of 4 winners: 2004: Hurricane Irene (f Green Desert) unraced.

2005: Lavender And Lace (f Barathea) ran.

2006: Mister Green (g Green Desert) 4 wins 2-5, 3rd Winter Derby Trial S LR.

MANDURO b 02 Be My Guest Mandellicht Mandelauge Shirley Heights Darshaan Delsy SUMMERTIME LEGACY b 99 El Gran Senor Zawaahy Exotic Treat

Dschingis Khan Konigskronung Surumu Monasia Northern Dancer What A Treat Elektrant Mandriale Mill Reef Hardiemma Abdos Kelty Northern Dancer Sex Appeal Vaguely Noble Rare Treat

The last two Gr1 two-year-old races of the French season forced everyone to think again after Manduro had seemed to be making a slow start with his first runners. Thirteen days after his son Bonfire had looked a highly unlucky loser of the Criterium International, the Criterium de SaintCloud fell to Manduro’s unbeaten son Mandaean.

Manduro was Germany’s champion two-year-old of 2004, when he won the Gr3 Preis der Winterfavoriten over a mile by five lengths. However, his overall record was that of a horse who improved with age, as can be seen from the rise in his annual Timeform ratings. They went from 115 at two to 118 at three, 123 at four and 135 at five, when Andre Fabre described Manduro as the best he had ever trained. This led to Manduro starting his stallion career at a fee of €40,000.

Mandaean’s dam Summertime Legacy now has two 2011 Gr1 winners to her credit, the other being her Prix Saint-Alary winner Wavering.

Summertime Legacy was herself third in the Prix Saint-Alary, having won the Gr3 Prix des Reservoirs at two.

Summertime Legacy’s dam, the minor mile winner Zawaahy, cost 420,000gns as a yearling in 1990.

Her appeal was that she was a threeparts-sister, by the excellent El Gran Senor, to Nijinsky’s first Derby winner Golden Fleece. Mandaean’s fourth dam was the celebrated Rare Treat.

This is also the family of Be My Guest, a high-class miler who sired Manduro’s dam Mandellicht, so Mandaean is inbred 5 x 4 to Rare Treat via her daughters What A Treat and Exotic Treat.

What A Treat sold for $450,000, some $55,000 above the then record price for a broodmare.

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European Pattern 389 PREMIO C&F ALOISI G3

Sire: HALLING. Sire of 50 Stakes winners. In 2011 OPINION POLL Shirley Heights G2, KING’S HALL Turfkonig G3.

ROME. November 13. 2yo+. 1200m.

1. OVERDOSE (GB) 4 9-8 £34,482 b c by Starborough - Our Poppet (Warning) O-Miko Racing & Trading Kft B-G And Mrs Robinson TR-Jozef Roszival 2. Dagda Mor (ITY) 4 9-12 £15,172 b c by Martino Alonso - Bagnolese (Cape Cross) O-Effevi B-Razza Del Velino TR-S Botti 3. Rosendhal (IRE) 4 9-8 £8,275 ch c by Indian Ridge - Kathy College (College Chapel) O/B-Allevamento Pian Di Neve SRL TR-M Narduzzi Margins 0.5, 2.5. Time 1:08.40. Going Good to soft.

Age 2-6

Starts 19

Wins 16

Places 1

Earned £202,185

Sire: STARBOROUGH. Sire of 5 Stakes winners. In 2011 - OVERDOSE Warning G3.

1st Dam: Our Poppet by Warning. ran once at 2.

Dam of 6 winners: 2001: NOBLE MOUNT (g Muhtarram) 2 wins at 3 and 4.

2003: POPPET’S BOUNTY (f Bahamian Bounty) Winner at 3 in France.

2004: POPPETS SWEETLOVE (f Foxhound) 3 wins at 3 and 4.

2005: OVERDOSE (c Starborough) Sold 2,000gns yearling at TADEY. Champion 3yr old sprinter in Europe in 2008, Champion 3yr old in Italy in 2008. 16 wins at 2 to 6, 2011 in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Goldene Peitsche G2, Premio Carlo e Francesco Aloisi G3 (twice), Lotto Hamburg Trophy G3, Lanson Cup LR. 2006: POPPET’S LOVEIN (f Lomitas) 3 wins 3-4.

2007: Poppet’s Treasure (f Dansili) 2 wins at 2 and 3 in France, 2nd Prix du Cercle LR, Premio Cancelli LR. 2008: Poppet’s Joy (f Bertolini) 2009: Poppet’s Passion (f Clodovil) 2010: Majestic Mount (c Exceed And Excel) 2011: (c Royal Applause)

1st Dam: KONIGIN TURF by Turfkonig. Winner at 3 in Germany. Dam of 4 winners: 2000: Konigin Bijou (f Big Shuffle) 2001: KONIG TEMPO (g Temporal) 3 wins at 5 and 6 in Denmark, Sweden.

2002: Konig Speed (c Big Shuffle) 7 wins at 3 to 5 in Germany, 2nd Wettenliep Bayerischer Fliegerpreis LR. 2003: Konigin Arte (f Artan) 2 wins at 2 and 3 in Czech Republic, Germany, 2nd Gran Corsa Siepi di Pisa Hurdle LR, Altes Badener Steeplechase LR, Bad Durrheimer Trophy Hurdle LR. 2004: Konigin Speed (f Big Shuffle) 2006: King Turf (c Kalatos) unraced.

2008: KING’S HALL (c Halling) Sold 3,151gns foal at BBAGO, 45,307gns yearling at BBAGS. 1 win at 3 in Germany, Hessen-Pokal G3.

2009: Konigsblau (f Shamardal) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: KAISERIN by Ile de Bourbon. 2 wins at 3 in West Germany. Dam of KONIG TURF (c Big Shuffle: Europa-Meile G2), KONIG SHUFFLE (c Big Shuffle: Grosser Buchmacher Springer Sprint Preis G3), KONIG CONCORDE (c Big Shuffle: Premio Chiusura G3 (twice), 2nd Mehl-Mulhens Rennen G2, Oettingen-Rennen G2, Grosser Preise der Sparkasse Hannover G2).

Broodmare Sire: TURFKONIG. Sire of the dams of 5 Stakes winners. In 2011 - KING’S HALL Halling G3.

KING’S HALL ch c 2008 Sharpen Up Diesis Doubly Sure HALLING ch 91 Green Dancer Dance Machine Never A Lady Anfield Turfkonig Thekla KONIGIN TURF b 95

2nd Dam: UPEND by Main Reef. 3 wins at 3 St Simon S G3. Dam of MUSICANNA (f Cape Cross: Atalanta S LR, 2nd Princess Elizabeth S G3, 3rd Falmouth S G1, Sun Chariot S G1), Shortfall (f Last Tycoon: 2nd Royal Yorkshire S LR). Grandam of Take It To The Max, Wake Up Call, CONTRABAND. Third dam of UP IN TIME, SUMMER FETE. Broodmare Sire: WARNING. Sire of the dams of 46 Stakes winners. In 2011 - MISS KELLER Montjeu G1, PROHIBIT Oasis Dream G1, FORETELLER Dansili G3, OVERDOSE Starborough G3.

Ile de Bourbon Kaiserin Konigsblute

Atan Rocchetta Reliance II Soft Angels Nijinsky Green Valley Pontifex Camogie Be My Guest Mother Prince Ippi Tania Nijinsky Roseliere Cortez Konigswurde

National Hunt Grade Ones 1 CHAMPION CHASE G1

OVERDOSE b h 2005 Northern Dancer Special Venture Veruschka Marie d’Anjou Damascus Desert Wine Anne Campbell Sadair Armada Way Hurry Call In Reality Known Fact Tamerett Roberto Slightly Dangerous Where You Lead Mill Reef Main Reef Lovely Light Charlottown Gay Charlotte Merry Mate Nureyev

Soviet Star STARBOROUGH ch 94 Flamenco Wave

Warning OUR POPPET b 97 Upend

DOWN ROYAL. November 5. 24f. Soft.

1. QUITO DE LA ROQUE (FR) 7 b g Saint des Saints - Moody Cloud (Cyborg) O-Gigginstown House Stud B-R Mongin TR-Colm A Murphy 2. Sizing Europe (IRE) 9 b g Pistolet Bleu - Jennie Dun (Mandalus) 3. The Nightingale (FR) 8 b/br g Cadoudal - Double Spring (Double Bed) Age 5-7

Starts 12

Wins 8

Places 4

Cadoudal Come To Sea

FRANKFURT. November 13. 3yo+. 2000m.

1. KING’S HALL (GB) 3 8-10 £27,586 ch c by Halling - Konigin Turf (Turfkonig) O-Stall Route 66 B-Gestut Elsetal TR-A Wohler 2. Neatico (GER) 4 9-2 £9,483 b c by Medicean - Nicola Bella (Sadler’s Wells) O/B-Gestut Ittlingen TR-P Schiergen 3. Poet (GB) 6 9-2 £4,741 b h by Pivotal - Hyabella (Shirley Heights) O-HE Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan B-Meon Valley Stud TR-CG Cox Margins 0.5, 0.5. Time 2:11.26. Going Good.

Age 2-3

104

Starts 9

Wins 1

Places 5

Earned £22,626

SAINT DES SAINTS b 98 Pharly Chamisene Tuneria Arctic Tern Cyborg Cadair MOODY CLOUD ch 90 In The Mood Chattannooga Choo Folie Furieuse

2 LANCASHIRE CHASE G1 HAYDOCK PARK. November 19. 24f. Good.

1. KAUTO STAR (FR) 11 b g Village Star - Kauto Relka (Port Etienne) O-Mr Clive D Smith B-Mme H Aubert TR-Paul Nicholls 2. Long Run (FR) 6 b/br g Cadoudal - Libertina (Balsamo) 3. Weird Al (IRE) 8 b g Accordion - Bucks Gift (Buckley) Age 3-11

Starts 39

Wins 22

Places Earned 11 £2,272,891

KAUTO STAR b g 2000 Mill Reef Moulin

QUITO DE LA ROQUE b g 2004 Green Dancer

390 HESSEN-POKAL G3

Earned £200,138

be no complaints about the quality of the form. Sizing Europe, a past winner of two of the main events at the Cheltenham Festival, couldn’t prevent Quito de la Roque from recording his sixth victory from seven starts over fences. The French-bred gelding has now won five consecutive Graded races, including Punchestown’s Champion Novice Chase.

Like numerous other French breds, Quito de la Roque has a pedigree featuring stallions which excelled over jumps. His sire Saint des Saints ranked among the top ten jumping sires in France in both 2008 and 2009, and appears to be heading for another top-ten finish in 2011. He is credited with 348 foals in his first eight crops, but that total includes 39 three-year-olds of 2011, 82 two-yearolds, 55 yearlings and 29 foals. In other words, his total of seven Graded winners (Quito de la Roque, Saint Macaire, Santa Bamba, Monpilou, Quel Esprit, Me Voici and St Devote) and four Listed winners come from a total of fewer than 150 foals.

These impressive figures were achieved by a horse who raced exclusively over jumps. Saint des Saint’s career figures stood at seven victories, four seconds and a third from 13 completed starts. It was as a four-year-old that he became a fourtime Graded winner at up to nearly two and a half miles over hurdles.

Saint des Saints is by the many-times champion jumping sire Cadoudal.

Quito de la Roque’s dam Moody Cloud, a winner three times at around two miles over jumps, is also the dam of the very smart staying hurdler Kazal (by Villez). Moody Cloud is by the successful jumps stallion Cyborg, who won eight of his 12 starts over jumps as a four-year-old in 1986.

Nijinsky Green Valley Sea Hawk II Camarilla Lyphard Comely Tanerko Torrefranca Sea Bird II Bubbling Beauty Sadair Blarney Castle Yelapa Tres Snobe Reddy Boy Cetra

Two of the main contenders for the jnwine.com Champion Chase failed to complete the course, but there could

High Fidelyty VILLAGE STAR ch 83 Reliance II Glitter Glistening Mill Reef Port Etienne Sierra Morena KAUTO RELKA b 93 Kautokeino Kautorette Verdurette

Never Bend Milan Mill Hautain Paladrina Tantieme Relance III Aureole Causerie Never Bend Milan Mill Canisbay Saigon Relko Cranberry Lionel Tyrolina

After he had finished third in his bid to win a third Cheltenham Gold Cup, Kauto Star was pulled up when sent on a recovery mission at Punchestown. Surely the time had

come for this superstar to be retired.

However, Kauto Star was back in action over six months after his Punchestown debacle. The astonishing veteran duly defeated his Gold Cup conqueror Long Run to record his fourth victory in the Betfair Chase, his first having come as long ago as 2006. He has also won four editions of the King George VI Chase.

He is clearly still going strong not far short of his 12th birthday, even though he comes from a precocious family. All four winners produced by Kauto Star’s dam Kauto Relka won at three, the latest being Kauto The Queen.

Kauto Relka appears to have another potential star to her credit in Kauto Stone. The With The Flow gelding has joined his older halfbrother at Paul Nicholls, for whom he made a winning debut with an easy Gr2 victory over fences at Down Royal and was then second in the Tingle Creek. Kauto Stone had won three of his five completed starts at three and was also second in the Grande Course de Haies des 3 Ans. Kauto Stone’s three victories at four included the Gr1 Prix Maurice Gillois Steeple-Chase over two and three-quarter miles.

Kauto Relka has a 2009 filly by Byzantium. Although Byzantium won twice on the Flat and six times over jumps, his main attraction to the owners of Kauto Relka must have been the fact that he is by Village Star, the sire of Kauto Star. Village Star was a high-class middle-distance horse with plenty of stamina in his pedigree.

His dam Glitter was a three-partssister to the Goodwood Cup winner Proverb, sire of three Whitbread Gold Cup winners. Proverb’s sire Reliance numbered the Prix Royal-Oak among his victories, as did his three-partsbrother Relko. Relko appears in the bottom half of Kauto Star’s pedigree as the grandsire of the gelding’s second dam Kautorette, who gained two of her 13 victories over jumps.

3 MORGIANA HURDLE G1 PUNCHESTOWN. November 20. 16f. Soft.

1. THOUSAND STARS (FR) 7 gr g Grey Risk - Livaniana (Saint Estephe) O-Hammer, Trowel Syndicate B-C&O Demercaste TR-WP Mullins 2. Oscars Well (IRE) 6 b/br g Oscar - Placid Willow (Convinced) 3. Pittoni (IRE) 5 b g Peintre Celebre - Key Change (Darshaan) Age 2-7

Starts 46

Wins 8

Places 18

Earned £457,914

THOUSAND STARS gr g 2004 Kenmare Kendor Belle Mecene GREY RISK gr 93 Last Tycoon Swiss Risk Run The Risk Top Ville Saint Estephe Une Tornade LIVANIANA b 98 General Holme Natalia Fair Vanila Fudge

Kalamoun Belle of Ireland Gay Mecene Djaka Belle Try My Best Mill Princess Run The Gantlet Siliciana High Top Sega Ville Traffic Rough Sea Noholme II Generals Sister Bold Bidder Lace Curtain Lil

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Index to winners and placed horses 4 FIGHTING FIFTH HURDLE G1 NEWBURY. Nov 26. 16f 110yds. Good to Soft.

1. OVERTURN (IRE) 7 b g Barathea - Kristal Bridge (Kris) O-TG Leslie B-Pendley Farm TR-Donald McCain 2. Binocular (FR) 7 b g Enrique - Bleu Ciel Et Blanc (Pistolet Bleu) 3. Celestial Halo (IRE) 7 b g Galileo - Pay The Bank (High Top) Age 2-7

Starts 32

Wins 11

Places 12

Earned £553,846

OVERTURN b g 2004 Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special BARATHEA b 90 Sir Gaylord Habitat Little Hut Brocade Runnymede Canton Silk Clouded Lamp Atan Sharpen Up Rocchetta Kris Reliance II Doubly Sure Soft Angels KRISTAL BRIDGE ch 94 St Paddy Connaught Nagaika Connaught Bridge Crepello Fishermans Bridge Riva Northern Dancer

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I once commented in these pages that Barathea isn’t a stallion normally associated with success over jumps.

However, that statement now needs revising. Not only does Barathea rank as the grandsire of the Champion Hurdle winner Binocular (by Enrique), but he also has three sons which have become Gr1 winners over hurdles. The first, Made In Japan, won the Triumph Hurdle in 2004 and the second, Marsh Warbler, won the 2011 Finale Juvenile Hurdle.

Now Barathea’s very courageous son Overturn has gained a thoroughly deserved Gr1 victory at the expense of Binocular in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle. This was by no means Overturn’s first important success, though, as he had won the 2010 Northumberland Plate on the Flat about a month before he claimed another rich prize in the Galway Hurdle. Then he used his usual forcing tactics to land the Chester Cup in 2011. He has also won a couple of Gr2 hurdle races, including the Scottish Champion Hurdle, so this adds up to an impressive CV. He has earned in excess of £550,000, most of it since being sold for £75,000 at Doncaster in October 2009.

Overturn originally carried the colours of Peter Harris, who bred him at his Pendley Stud. His second dam Connaught Bridge won the Nassau Stakes and Yorkshire Oaks, and also ranks as the second dam of the Middle Park Stakes winner Primo Valentino.

Connaught Bridge’s half-sister Rhein Bridge won the Lancashire Oaks before becoming the dam of Tyrone Bridge, a smart performer over hurdles who was also runner-up in the Ascot Gold Cup and Irish St Leger.

Overturn’s fifth dam Canvas produced the Chester Cup winner Eric and she was a half-sister to Cantelo, the St Leger heroine, and to Canaan, whose descendants include the exceptional stayer Yeats and the Prix Royal-Oak winner Alcazar.

Includes winners and placed horses in European Pattern races. Winners are in bold type Aaraas 378 Absolutly Yes 64 162 Abtaal 342 Acadius 84 Across The Rhine 62 185 293 333 Adamantina 40 316 Admiral of The Red 145 Adventure Seeker 53 African Story 164 258 After 189 Agent Secret 14 190 313 343 Aigrette Garzette 220 Akarlina 343 376 Akeed Mofeed 323 Akmal 33 Al Kazeem 237 304 370 Al Rep 22 Alanza 279 Albaraah 375 Alexander Pope 89 136 Alianthus 12 102 147 186 267 372 Alkhana 165 Alkimos 133 Allied Powers 52 108 Alsindi 314 Altair Star 7 255 Altano 369 Amarillo 366 Amaron 266 366 Amazing Beauty 114 214 American Devil 278 Ametrin 120 Amico Fritz 32 Amour Propre 206 265 An Ghalanta 257 Anam Allta 333 Andromeda Galaxy 375 Angels Will Fall 194 320 Announce 46 90 121 249 339 Antara 103 Appel Au Maitre 7 Arctic 223 Arctic Cosmos 331 Arrigo 88 120 364 Askar Tau 33 Astrology 247 347 Athens 323 Auld Burns 27 Auvano 341 Await The Dawn 48 139 236 B Fifty Two 215 Ballybacka Lady 61 Banimpire 2 11 66 114 131 187 222 339 Bannock 169 208 Bapak Chinta 130 Baraan 13 101 Barbayam 382 Barbican 370 Barefoot Lady 15 65 134 Barocci 302 Bated Breath 177 268 Bay Knight 333 Be Fabulous 373 Beacon Lodge 118 148 200 229 253 Beaten Up 370 Beatrice Aurore 167 374 Beaulieu 117 Behkabad 108 Bergo 245 Best Dating 276 326 Best Terms 129 240 Bewitched 97 294 Beyond Desire 166 Bible Belt 262 355 Biondetti 182 Black Arrow 386 Black Spirit 26 Blu Constellation 383 Blue Bajan 70 92 204 Blue Bunting 41 187 239 Blue Panis 267 Blue Soave 116 Bob Le Beau 45 216 Boldogsag 367 Bonfire 377 Boomerang Bob 130 168 Boris Grigoriev 189 Born To Sea 378 Bridge of Gold 19 Brigantin 87 132 251 334 Brocottes 388 Bronze Cannon 272 Brown Panther 230 290 Bubble Chic 58 101 348 Bugie d’Amore 361 Burwaaz 201 241 283 Buthelezi 170 Byword 43 118 327

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Calahorra 300 Caledonia Lady 129 283 330 Calrissian 158 Camelot 371 Campanillas 109 151 Campanologist 81 321 364 Canford Cliffs 71 122 203 Captain Dunne 72 Carlton House 69 100 Casaca 387 Casamento 302 Caspar Netscher 208 241 301 Cazals 57 Census 171 230 Chachamaidee 44 126 209 279 317 349 Chandlery 175 202 Charles The Great 201 Charming Woman 21 59 Chegei Has 109 Cherry Collect 361 Chica Loca 215 354 Chrysanthemum 146 Ch’tio Bilote 64 116 Cima de Pluie 28 Cirrus des Aigles 1 39 86 121 153 190 231 259 327 359 Cityscape 25 122 293 315 376 Claiomh Solais 157 188 Clairvoyance 105 261 Class Is Class 217 Clinical 103 Clowance 99 Codemaster 128 Colombian 198 Colour Vision 358 Cool Wave 361 Coral Wave 322 Crackerjack King 57 Creekside 191 Crius 310 Croisultan 294 Crown Dependency 130 Crusade 344 Crystal Capella 170 Dabirsim 215 250 338 Daddy Long Legs 319 Dafeef 288 Dagda Mor 59 363 389 Dalarna 83 Dalarua 213 Dance And Dance 226 Dance Secretary 61 Dancing Rain 98 220 355 Dandino 38 Danedream 57 95 196 271 335 Dansili Dancer 3 David Livingston 286 323 Dawn Twister 307 Deacon Blues 183 223 303 357 Definightly 260 294 380 Delegator 67 Desert Blanc 302 Desert Poppy 329 Dessau 353 Dever Dream 174 209 279 Dick Turpin 25 176 315 Dinkum Diamond 303 Discourse 218 Distant Memories 48 Djumama 83 220 274 Dominant 195 Doncaster Rover 93 149 Don’t Hurry Me 24 152 Dont Teutch 381 Dorcas Lane 131 163 213 Dordogne 54 Dragon Pulse 247 286 Dream Ahead 177 268 340 Dream Eater 25 Dream Peace 167 213 252 Drunken Sailor 139 207 Dubawi Gold 37 80 253 Duchamp 22 Duck Feet 379 Dunaden 34 87 Dunboyne Express 5 191 222 Duncan 70 245 285 Durban Thunder 110 154 211 Durer 31 Dux Scholar 242 256 348 Earl of Tinsdal 42 160 232 321 Earlsalsa 96 Eastern Sun 244 Elle Shadow 142 211 Elusive Kate 246 337 Elusive Pimpernel 16 217 Emerald Commander 186 385 Emiyna 47 225 Empire Storm 255 372 Empowering 4 223 Emulous 77 157 270 Entifaadha 238 289

Epic Love 35 85 252 Estejo 28 76 Eternal Heart 135 Eucharist 18 Evaporation 106 164 276 Excelebration 20 84 124 229 291 356 Exciting Life 383 Exodus 5 Experience 144 257 Fair Boss 307 Fallen For You 282 Fame And Glory 132 358 Family One 168 197 250 Famous Name 62 81 143 191 211 269 Fanunalter 104 176 Farraaj 310 February Sun 274 Fencing 371 Ferro Sensation 105 Field of Miracles 131 Fighting Brave 62 Fiorente 136 199 Firdaws 311 Fire Lily 189 240 264 337 First City 103 126 173 Flambeau 55 Flamingo Fantasy 96 Flowers of Spring 318 Fort Bastion 238 Forte Dei Marmi 48 Fox Hunt 307 Frankel 20 37 124 203 356 Frankenstein 56 Fred Lalloupet 184 380 Frederick Engels 169 Free Agent 33 Freedom 275 325 French Emperor 150 French Fifteen 342 377 French Navy 287 Future Generation 185 225 Galikova 53 115 235 299 Galileo’s Choice 275 Gamilati 172 Gemstone 2 Genius Beast 27 73 Genki 149 Gereon 84 120 Gertrude Bell 163 355 Glaswegian 29 198 Glen’s Diamond 51 Glor Na Mara 97 Glorious Sight 74 115 Golden Lilac 30 74 115 235 Goldikova 86 122 212 234 340 Good Karma 40 95 Gooseberry Fool 180 Grand Vent 31 73 Gray Pearl 346 Green Destiny 242 304 Group Therapy 206 Hamish McGonagall 155 243 295 Harbour Watch 208 Harris Tweed 52 139 207 272 Havane Smoker 10 75 Haya Landa 252 Hazaz 368 Haziyna 214 Helleborine 9 Hello Glory 240 Hi Molly 354 High Ruler 325 High Standing 263 Hiruno d’Amour 297 History Note 4 Hitchens 79 177 Holberg 92 Homecoming Queen 322 Hoof It 268 Hot Prospect 217 Hujaylea 185 Humidor 166 Hunter’s Light 199 Hurricane Havoc 318 Hurricane Higgins 54 Ibicenco 117 277 321 Ice Cool 342 Illaunglass 137 Illo 7 142 I’m A Dreamer 44 Immortal Verse 107 134 234 356 Indian Days 19 38 Inetrobil 137 Invincible Ash 155 Inxile 72 111 Iver Bridge Lad 380 Ivory Land 50 360 Izzi Top 98 375 Jacqueline Quest 263 Jakkalberry 56 308 Jan Vermeer 91 143 Jimmy Styles 183

Jonny Mudball 36 Joshua Tree 271 Joviality 65 Jukebox Jury 207 251 285 Julie’s Love 113 Kadyny 306 Kapitale 324 374 Karsabruni 165 Kasbah Bliss 34 251 334 Kendam 300 354 Khor Sheed 316 Kinetica 218 281 Kings Gambit 26 King’s Hall 390 Kingsgate Native 78 Kinky Afro 77 Kirinda 188 Knock Stars 112 Konig Concorde 32 383 Kreem 117 Kya One 313 La Collina 180 219 264 La Pernelle 35 Labrice 165 Lacateno 369 Ladies Are Forever 174 Laeyos 386 Lagalp 324 Lancelot 231 Laughing Lashes 82 Law of The Range 209 Le Big 147 Le Valentin 260 Le Vie Infinite 362 Leo Gali 369 Ley Hunter 14 298 334 Libranno 17 148 263 357 Lidari 365 Lightening Pearl 224 257 320 Lilbourne Lad 150 241 344 Lily of The Valley 249 Lily’s Angel 218 Lindenthaler 23 248 341 Lips Poison 141 Loi 365 Lolly For Dolly 2 8 47 77 126 Look At Me 262 275 292 Lord Chaparral 56 364 Lost In The Moment 204 Louve Rouge 197 Lucas Cranach 154 Lui E La Luna 379 Luisant 8 Lyric of Light 282 311 Mac Row 197 278 Madda’s Force 21 Magic Eye 12 178 Malagenia 316 Mamath 379 Mandaean 388 Manieree 188 292 Manighar 70 Maqaasid 15 41 349 Maqaraat 51 Mar Adentro 295 Marchand d’Or 221 260 Marcret 362 385 Margot Did 243 Marinous 87 259 Markab 183 Marksmanship 216 Mary Fildes 305 Masamah 206 303 Mashoor 34 Mashoora 246 367 Masked Marvel 171 290 Mawingo 42 88 Maybe 180 224 264 Meandre 181 296 Measuring Time 27 54 287 Meeznah 205 280 Memphis Tennessee 60 156 Mid Mon Lady 45 66 143 Midday 68 99 146 210 236 Miss Crissy 233 332 Miss Fifty 9 Miss Lago 277 328 373 Miss Lahar 194 330 Miss Work of Art 305 Misty For Me 82 146 270 Mixed Intention 30 107 228 Modeyra 332 Modun 272 Monami 353 Monsieur Chevalier 138 Montaff 92 Moonlight Cloud 9 106 164 221 Moran Gra 225 Moriarty 89 Most Improved 345 Motrice 205 284 Move In Time 155 Musir 229

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Index to winners and placed horses Mutahadee 222 Mutual Trust 116 161 Nahrain 339 Namibian 135 199 Nanton 331 Naseem Sea 144 Nathaniel 49 136 193 Native Khan 17 37 Native Ruler 38 Navarra Queen 152 248 Nayarra 314 351 Neatico 102 372 390 Nephrite 378 Nice Danon 23 Nicea 274 Nideeb 3 Night Carnation 166 Night Magic 110 271 Night of Dubai 113 Nobel Winner 64 Nonsuch Way 85 Not For Sale 352 Nova Hawk 134 Oeuvre d’Art 95 152 One Clever Cat 90 313 Opinion Poll 132 204 245 284 358 Oracle 80 Ovambo Queen 142 324 Overdose 389 Pachattack 3 Pacifique 227 277 328 Pakal 266 377 Paraisa 353 Parish Hall 192 247 345 Pastorius 386 Pausanias 148 Peahen 112 Peinture Abstraite 107 167 Perennial 347 Perfect Tribute 55 Pimpernel 346 Pink Symphony 214 Pirika 24 Pisco Sour 69 133 198 Planteur 14 39

Poet 19 91 390 Poet’s Voice 312 Point Blank 309 362 Polly’s Mark 280 Polygon 227 Polytechnicien 1 16 182 Ponty Acclaim 330 Pour Moi 13 58 100 Power 125 219 286 345 Prairie Star 13 73 Premio Loco 71 288 312 Prince Siegfried 256 Princess Sinead 322 Principal Role 210 Prohibit 78 111 123 243 295 Pyman’s Theory 168 Pyrrha 55 Quest For Peace 331 Questing 254 314 Questioning 348 Quiza Quiza Quiza 76 374 Radharcnafarraige 112 Rain Delayed 36 Rajastani 281 367 Rajsaman 43 86 291 326 Rakasa 254 Ransom Note 16 195 312 Rebecca Rolfe 363 Recital 11 60 Red Cadeaux 145 285 Red Duke 175 202 289 Red Jazz 200 Redact 301 Redemptor 10 Redwood 170 Regal Parade 67 93 149 Regal Realm 194 254 Regent Street 11 60 Reine Vite 83 Reliable Man 101 181 296 Remember Alexander 192 Reply 344 Requinto 201 283 Restiadargent 300 381 Rewilding 127 Rhythm of Light 228

Rimth 18 Rio de La Plata 104 203 291 326 384 Rock My Soul 46 Rockatella 178 Rockhorse 94 Rockinante 202 347 Roderic O’Connor 80 Roger Sez 305 Roicead 265 Roman Soldier 125 169 Rosa Eglanteria 351 Rosanabad 29 Rose Blossom 174 Rose Bonheur 157 329 Rosendhal 389 Rostrum 6 Royal Rock 329 Rubber Duck 23 Russelliana 172 Russian Tango 110 341 Saddler’s Rock 284 Saga Dream 190 Sahpresa 106 173 212 234 317 Saigon 273 301 368 Saint Pellerin 306 Sajjhaa 68 Saltas 42 160 232 350 Salure 140 338 Samitar 137 282 311 Sandslash 21 Sandy’s Charm 228 258 Sanjii Danon 12 147 Santo Padre 79 Sapphire 292 Sapphire Pendant 61 Sarafina 39 90 153 297 Sarah Lynx 233 Saratoga Black 119 Scalo 63 119 196 Sea Moon 237 290 Sea of Heartbreak 44 304 332 Secret Asset 336 Seeharn 47 Sehrezad 43 102 Seismos 350

Selkis 113 Sense of Purpose 114 216 Set The Trend 186 253 Set To Music 280 Seville 69 156 181 237 Shamalgan 267 Shamali 26 Shamanova 46 179 233 298 Shankardeh 151 205 328 373 Shareta 227 299 335 Sharnberry 18 Shimraan 327 Shropshire 20 Shumoos 129 172 273 Side Glance 176 226 Silvaner 88 232 350 Silver Ocean 309 Silver Pond 1 108 153 259 Silverheels 175 244 Silverside 6 261 Simon de Montfort 256 Sing Softly 15 Sir Lando 63 154 Skallet 24 343 387 Skia 387 Skins Game 6 231 Slow Pace 235 Slumber 49 133 287 Smartcity 89 Smooth Operator 105 158 184 261 363 Sneak A Peek 308 Snow Fairy 210 269 335 359 So You Think 45 81 127 159 269 359 Society Rock 138 221 Sofast 278 338 Solar Sky 135 Sole Power 36 78 265 336 Solemia 360 Somasach 144 Sommerabend 276 309 376 Spin 66 Spirit Quartz 59 Split Trois 72 Sri Putra 127 159

St Barths 125 St Moritz 104 St Nicholas Abbey 52 99 193 297 Stacelita 121 Star Witness 123 138 Starformer 35 Stay Alive 40 Strategic Game 140 Strawberrydaiquiri 317 Strong Suit 128 161 200 349 Sun of Jamaica 266 Sunday Times 320 Superstition 196 Surfrider 10 340 Sweet Sanette 123 Switcher 246 Tac de Boistron 298 Tai Chi 366 388 Talwar 244 Tangerine Trees 36 336 Tazahum 242 Tell Dad 368 Temida 141 352 Tenth Star 192 319 Testosterone 109 151 299 The Cheka 8 93 288 The Confessor 22 The Rectifier 226 Theo Danon 248 Tibaldi 382 Tiddliwinks 67 79 Time Prisoner 184 Timepiece 68 173 212 249 Times Up 179 230 Tin Horse 29 75 Tinkertown 51 Together 41 82 270 Toi Et Moi 352 Topeka 382 Tough As Nails 150 219 Touz Price 31 Treasure Beach 49 100 156 Tres Rock Danon 96 334 Trumpet Major 289 Twice Over 195 236 Vadamar 58 296 360

Vagabond Shoes 118 182 Val Mondo 63 Valiyr 162 Vaniloquio 381 Vanjura 94 178 315 385 Vedelago 140 351 Venomous 75 Vita Nova 163 239 Vizir Bere 306 Vladimir 250 Vocational 273 Voila Ici 28 76 119 308 384 Wading 346 Waldpark 160 Walero 32 158 Watar 50 179 Wavering 53 85 Western Aristocrat 128 Whey Sauce 65 Whip And Win 30 Whipless 5 Wild Wind 4 74 262 293 Wizz Kid 111 357 Wolkenburg 141 Wonder of Wonders 98 187 239 Workforce 91 159 193 Worthadd 71 94 Wrote 319 Yang Tse Kiang 365 Yaseer 17 Yellow Rosebud 224 Zack Hall 50 Zain Al Boldan 171 Zaminast 318 Zantenda 281 337 Zanughan 325 Zazou 255 384 Zerashan 145 Zinabaa 258 Zip Top 310 371 Ziyarid 162 Zoffany 97 124 161 Zumbi 238

National Hunt Graded races Date 1 Oct 2 Oct 2 Oct 2 Oct 9 Oct 9 Oct 9 Oct 13 Oct 13 Oct 13 Oct 16 Oct 22 Oct 22 Oct 22 Oct 22 Oct 29 Oct 29 Oct 29 Oct 29 Oct 29 Oct 1 Nov 4 Nov 4 Nov 5 Nov 5 Nov 5 Nov 6 Nov 6 Nov 6-Nov 10-Nov 10-Nov 11-Nov 12-Nov 12-Nov 12-Nov 13-Nov 13-Nov 13-Nov 13-Nov 13-Nov 13-Nov 19-Nov 19-Nov 19-Nov 20-Nov 20-Nov 23-Nov 24-Nov 25-Nov 26-Nov 26-Nov 27-Nov 27-Nov

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Grade G2 G3 G3 G2 GrA G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 GrB G2 G3 G2 G3 G3 GrC G3 G2 G2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3 GrB G3 G2 G2 G3 G3 G2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G2 G3 G2 G2 GrC G2 G2 G2 G3 GrB G2

Race (course) PricewaterhouseCoopers Champion Chase (Gowran Park) Like a Butterfly Novice Chase (Tipperary) Dolores Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle (Tipperary) Friends of Tipperary Hurdle (Tipperary) Munster National H Chase (Limerick) Greenmount Park Novice Hurdle (Limerick) PricewaterhouseCoopers Chase (Limerick) Buck House Novice Chase (Punchestown) Star Best For Racing Coverage Chase (Punchestown) Ryan's Cleaning Events Specialist Hurdle (Punchestown) Kinsale H Chase (Cork) Old Roan Ltd H Chase (Aintree) Silver Trophy H Hurdle (Chepstow) Persian War Novices' Hurdle (Chepstow) Ballybrit Novice Chase (Galway) United House Gold Cup H Chase (Ascot) Brown Lad H Hurdle (Naas) Poplar Square Chase (Naas) West Yorkshire Hurdle (Wetherby) Charlie Hall Chase (Wetherby) Haldon Gold Cup H Chase (Exeter) Lough Construction Ltd EBF Novice Hurdle (Down Royal) WKD Hurdle (Down Royal) ladbrokes.com Chase (Down Royal) Elite H Hurdle (Wincanton) Rising Stars Novices' Chase (Wincanton) Dial-a-Bet EBF Novice Chase (Cork) Dial-a-Bet EBF Novice Hurdle (Cork) Cork Grand National Chase (Cork) TA Morris Memorial Mares Novice Chase (Clonmel) Clonmel Oil Chase (Clonmel) Sharp Novices' Hurdle (Cheltenham) Rewards4racing H Chase (Cheltenham) Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase (Cheltenham) JCB Triumph Trial Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle (Cheltenham) November Novices' Chase (Cheltenham) Greatwood H Hurdle (Cheltenham) Hyde Novices' Hurdle (Cheltenham) Fortria Chase (Navan) For Auction Novice Hurdle (Navan) Lismullen Hurdle (Navan) Amlin 1965 Chase (Ascot) Ascot Hurdle (Ascot) Fixed Brush H Hurdle (Haydock Park) Craddockstown Novice Chase (Punchestown) Florida Pearl Novice Chase (Punchestown) www.corkracecourse.ie H Hurdle (Cork) Worcester Novices' Chase (Newbury) Berkshire Novices' Chase (Newbury) Long Distance Hurdle (Newbury) Hennessy Gold Cup H Chase (Newbury) Troytown H Chase (Navan) Monksfield Novice Hurdle (Navan)

Dist 20f 20f 16f 16f 24f 21f 17f 18f 23f 16f 16f 20f 20f 20f 17f 24f 20f 16f 25f 25f 17.5f 16f 16f 20f 16f 21f 20f 24f 28f 20f 20f 16.5f 27.5f 20.5f 16.5f 16f 16.5f 21f 16f 16f 20f 19f 19.5f 24f 16f 22f 20f 24f 20f 24.5f 26.5f 24f 20f

Horse Sizing Europe (IRE) First Lieutenant (IRE) Tavern Times (IRE) The Real Article (IRE) Muirhead (IRE) Royal Reveille (IRE) West With The Wind (GB) Lucky William (IRE) Roi Du Mee (FR) Steps To Freedom (IRE) King High (IRE) Albertas Run (IRE) Arthurian Legend (GB) Fingal Bay (IRE) Sweeps Hill (NZ) Exmoor Ranger (IRE) He'llberemembered (IRE) Noble Prince (GER) Restless Harry (GB) Weird Al (IRE) Medermit (FR) Miss Nomer (IRE) The Real Article (IRE) Kauto Stone (FR) Celestial Halo (IRE) Silviniaco Conti (FR) First Lieutenant (IRE) Sword Of Destiny (IRE) The Bishop Looney (IRE) Blazing Tempo (IRE) Tranquil Sea (IRE) Steps To Freedom (IRE) Galaxy Rock (IRE) Great Endeavour (IRE) Hinterland (FR) Al Ferof (FR) Brampour (IRE) Fingal Bay (IRE) Big Zeb (IRE) Il Fenomeno (ITY) Voler La Vedette (IRE) Master Minded (FR) Overturn (IRE) Dynaste (FR) Days Hotel (IRE) Last Instalment (IRE) Sweet My Lord (FR) Grands Crus (FR) Bobs Worth (IRE) Big Buck's (FR) Carruthers (GB) Groody Hill (IRE) Mount Benbulben (IRE)

Age 9 6 7 6 8 6 6 7 6 5 7 10 6 5 7 9 8 7 7 8 7 4 6 5 7 5 6 5 7 7 9 5 7 7 3 6 4 5 10 5 7 8 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 8 5 6

Sex G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G F G G G G G G G M G G G G G G G G G G M G G G G G G G G G G G G

Sire Pistolet Bleu Presenting Presenting Definite Article Flemensfirth Old Vic Fasliyev All My Dreams Lavirco Statue of Liberty King's Theatre Accordion Alflora King's Theatre Montjeu Grand Plaisir Blue Ocean Montjeu Sir Harry Lewis Accordion Medaaly Overbury Definite Article With The Flow Galileo Dom Alco Presenting Shantou Oscar Accordion Sea Raven Statue of Liberty Heron Island Great Palm Poliglote Dom Alco Daylami King's Theatre Oscar Denon King's Theatre Nikos Barathea Martaline Oscar Anshan Johann Quatz Dom Alco Bob Back Cadoudal Kayf Tara Alderbrook Beneficial

Dam Jennie Dun Fourstargale Hazlewood Soul Mate Silaoce Early Dawn Midnight Angel Dantes Mile British Nellerie Dhakhirah Tessano Queen Holly Grove Lass Be My Adelina Lady Marguerrite Windfield Dancer Slyguff Torus Remember Rob Noble Pearl Restless Native Bucks Gift Miss d'Hermite Miss Information Soul Mate Kauto Relka Pay The Bank Gazelle Lulu Fourstargale Sparkling Sword Bright News Leading Duke Silver Valley Dhakhirah Blue Pool Strong Irish Queen Place Maralta Brusca Lady Marguerrite Our Siveen Fabulous Charm Steel Grey Lady Haute Tension Kristal Bridge Bellissima de Mai Call Catherine Final Instalment Hasta Manana Fee Magic Fashionista Buck's Plaid Maid Secret Leave Dramatic Dame

Broodmare Sire Mandalus Fourstars Allstar Supreme Leader Phardante Nikos Rakaposhi King Acatenango Phardante Le Pontet Sadler's Wells Jurado Le Moss Be My Native Blakeney Zabeel Torus Deep Society Dashing Blade Be My Native Buckley Solicitor Commanche Run Phardante Port Etienne High Top Altayan Fourstars Allstar Broadsword Buckskin Supreme Leader Henbit Sadler's Wells Saddlers' Hall Corrouge Diamond Prospect Altayan Grindstone Blakeney Deep Run Fabulous Dancer Roselier Garde Royale Kris Pistolet Bleu Strong Gale Insan Useful Phantom Breeze King's Theatre Le Glorieux Executive Perk Long Leave Buckskin

Index 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57

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DATA BOOK LISTINGS OF EVERY WORLDWIDE GROUP OR GRADED STAKES WINNER

Global Stakes Results Date Grade Argentina 19/11 G1 19/11 G1 12/11 G1 12/11 G1 12/11 G1 12/11 G1 11/11 G1 26/11 G2 20/11 G2 19/11 G2 14/11 G2 13/11 G2 06/11 G2 05/11 G2

Race

Dist

Horse

G. P. Joaquin V Gonzalez-Internacional Gran Premio Dardo Rocha-Internacional Gran Premio Nacional - (Derby) Gran Premio Hipodorom de Palermo Gran Premio Maipu Gran Premio Seleccion (Oaks) Gran Premio Copa de Oro Clasico Carlos Tomkinson Clasico Provincia de Buenos Aires Clasico Ciudad de la Plata Clasico Ramon Biaus Clasico Marcos Levalle Clasico Venezuela Clasico Carlos P Rodriguez

8.0f 12.0f 12.5f 8.0f 5.0f 10.0f 12.0f 8.0f 12.0f 6.0f 11.0f 8.0f 5.0f 8.0f

Busy Guy (ARG) Mr Nedawi (BRZ) Lange (ARG) Curioso Slam (ARG) Charles King (ARG) Balada Sale (ARG) Jumbalaya (ARG) Distinguida Lode (ARG) Lloyd (ARG) Hauswagen (ARG) Tradizione Slam (ARG) Buenas Costumbres (USA) French Cup (ARG) Queen Sale (ARG)

Lange (31/1) was a slightly fortunate Derby winner, receiving the prize on the disqualification of Val Champ who had beaten him by one length. ‘Slightly’ because he was trying to mount a challenge on the rails under a strong drive when Val Champ cut across him halfway through the final furlong. His chance of victory depended as much on how quickly his rival was tiring as on his own momentum. And ‘fortunate’ because he rallied just enough to hold off Catch The Wells by a head. What would the stewards have done if the photo had gone the other way? Lange had met interference before finishing Australia 19/11 19/11 05/11 05/11 03/11 01/11 19/11 12/11 12/11 05/11 05/11 12/11 12/11 12/11 12/11 05/11 05/11 03/11 01/11 01/11

G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

Burswood Winterbottom Stakes Carlton Draught Railway Stakes Patinack Victoria Racing Club Stakes Emirates Cantala Stakes Crown Victoria Oaks Emirates Melbourne Cup Sky Racing Western Australian Guineas Sandown Guineas Zipping Classic Matriach Stakes Waroa Lee Steere Stakes Champion Fillies Stakes Alannah & Madeline Foundation Stakes Eclipse Stakes R J Peters Stakes Hong Kong Jockey Club Maribyrnong Plate Queen Elizabeth Stakes Panthers Hawkesbury Gold Cup Colonel Reeves Stakes Herald Sun Maybe Mahal Stakes

Red Cadeaux became the fourth Newmarket-trained horse to finish runner-up in the last five runnings of the Melbourne Cup. Just like the verdict that went against Luca Cumani’s Bauer three years earlier, the finish was so close that trainer Ed Dunlop had an agonising wait before his fate was sealed, as victory went for a second straight year to France, this time in the form of the Mikel Delzangles-trained Dunaden. Europeans filled six of the first seven places and even the locallytrained third, Lucas Cranach, had been based in Germany with Sascha Smrczek until two months before the race. Americain, Alain de Royer-Dupre’s Brazil 20/11 05/11 19/11 15/11 06/11 15/11 15/11 13/11 05/11

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G1 G1 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3

Grand Premio Bento Goncalves Grande Premio Derby Paulista Grande Premio Oswaldo Aranha Grande Premio Proclamacao da Republica Grande Premio Governador do Estado Grande Premio Frederico Lundgren Grande Premio Mariano Procopio Grande Premio Nestor Jost G. P. Criadores E Prop Cavalos Corrida

fourth behind Val Champ in the Clasico Eduardo Casey over 11 furlongs on October 22. Lange’s owner, Carlos Garcia, who races as La Pampita stable, and his trainer Pablo Sahagian had a great day.

This was their second G1 for they had already scored a five-length success with Curioso Slam. He was winning his second consecutive G1 and has been beaten only once in his last nine races.

Just six turned out for the GP Seleccion (Oaks), for which Polla de Potrancas (Guineas) winner Balada Sale was sent off at 1-10. She scored 6.0f 8.0f 6.0f 8.0f 12.5f 16.0f 8.0f 8.0f 12.0f 10.0f 7.0f 8.0f 7.5f 9.0f 7.5f 5.0f 13.0f 8.0f 5.5f 7.0f

Ortensia (AUS) Luckygray (AUS) Black Caviar (AUS) Albert The Fat (AUS) Mosheen (AUS) Dunaden (FR) King Saul (AUS) So Swift (AUS) Americain (USA) Vintedge (AUS) Ranger (AUS) Eight Till Late (AUS) Under The Eiffel (AUS) Rothera (AUS) Westriver Kevydonn (AUS) Real Stolle (AUS) Ironstein (AUS) Somepin Anypin (NZ) Avante (AUS) Sophie’s Spirit (AUS)

2010 winner, suffered his first ever Australian defeat when staying on strongly into fourth but returned to winning ways just 11 days later when beating Cumani’s Manighar (who had been one place behind him in the big one) in the Zipping Classic.

Black Caviar’s aura of invincibility grows greater by the race and the superstar made it 16 straight wins against some modest opposition in the Patinack Farm Classic. Her trainer, Peter Moody, was denied a Group 1 double on the final day of the Melbourne Spring Carnival when King’s Rose was touched off in the Emirates Stakes to give Sydney trainer Chris 12.0f 12.0f 12.0f 5.5f 8.0f 8.0f 8.0f 6.0f 12.0f

Stockholder (BRZ) Veraneio (BRZ) Ventura Baby (BRZ) Vogante (BRZ) Luther (BRZ) Joe Diesel (BRZ) Victoria Beach (BRZ) Tenente Dodge (BRZ) Amor Proprio (BRZ)

Age

Sex

4 7 3 4 5 3 4 4 3 6 4 4 3 5

C H C C H F F F C H F F F M

Sire

Dam

Broodmare Sire

Val Royal (FR) Nedawi (GB) Aptitude (USA) Grand Slam (USA) Alpha Plus (USA) Not For Sale (ARG) Pure Prize (USA) Lode (USA) Val Royal (FR) Housebuster (USA) Grand Slam (USA) Honour And Glory (USA) Bernstein (USA) Not For Sale (ARG)

Potra Burn (ARG) Cryptic Crucial (USA) Surf Point (ARG) Miss Cursi (ARG) Jane Queen (ARG) La Balada (ARG) Just The Same (BRZ) Distinguida Fitz (ARG) La Gran Portada (ARG) Ilusamente (ARG) Tradizione (ARG) Habit (USA) Fruit Cup (ARG) Reveal (ARG)

Potrillon (ARG) Cryptoclearance (USA) Louis Quatorze (USA) Numerous (USA) Perfect Parade (USA) Confidential Talk (USA) Gem Master (USA) Fitzcarraldo (ARG) Hidden Prize (USA) Interprete (ARG) Forlitano (ARG) Pulpit (USA) Lode (USA) Storm Tiger (ARG)

by 11 lengths and her next outing is expected to be in Dubai.

Charles King made all in the Maipu.

A powerfully-built sprinter, he is improving with age.

Jumbalaya, who was making her first attempt at 12 furlongs and had been beaten in both her tries over a furlong shorter, was a stylish winner of the Copa de Oro. It was run at a strong pace and the 12 runners were well stretched out from an early stage.

However, the final time of 2m 23.85s was one of those which makes you wonder if they might consider remeasuring the distance. There is no 6 4 5 7 3 5 3 3 6 6 5 3 4 6 6 2 6 4 5 5

M G M G F H G C H M G F G G G F G G M M

Testa Rossa (AUS) Bradbury’s Luck (AUS) Bel Esprit (AUS) Magic Albert (AUS) Fastnet Rock (AUS) Nicobar (GB) Flying Pegasus (AUS) Barely A Moment (AUS) Dynaformer (USA) Flying Spur (AUS) Testa Rossa (AUS) Lonhro (AUS) Mossman (AUS) Tobougg (IRE) Danetime (IRE) Elusive Quality (USA) Zabeel (NZ) Pins (AUS) Hurricane Sky (AUS) Invincible Spirit (IRE)

Aerate’s Pick (AUS) Damah Lady (AUS) Helsinge (AUS) Alemar (AUS) Sumehra (NZ) La Marlia (FR) Zenda (NZ) Theophania (AUS) America (IRE) Alternative Edge (AUS) Marrich Bay (AUS) Future Choice (AUS) Spire (AUS) Nova Serrure (AUS) Dynique (AUS) Lemon Ruski (AUS) Gentle Genius (AUS) Ungaro (NZ) Chantruse (AUS) Sophie Princess (NZ)

Waller his first Victorian success at the top level.

Other than Black Caviar, the Carnival has been wowed by a second filly in the form of Atlantic Jewel. But she was forced to miss her main target, the Crown Oaks, because of a pulled hamstring. That left the way clear for her closest pursuer in the One Thousand Guineas, Mosheen, to allay stamina fears with a nine-length success.

Mosheen and Atlantic Jewel are both by Fastnet Rock.

Black Caviar herself had a minor injury scare, slight soreness ending her spring campaign and ruling out a journey to Western Australia for the 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 5 6

C C F C H C F H H

Dancer Man (BRZ) Signal Tap (USA) Belo Colony (BRZ) Belo Colony (BRZ) Fantastic Dancer (BRZ) Christine’s Outlaw (USA) Torrential (USA) Dodge (USA) Nedawi (GB)

doubting Jumbalaya’s talent, however.

She won the GP Estrellas Distaff over a mile and a quarter in June and added a Group 2 over the same distance in October.

The ex-Brazilian Mr Nedawi gained a repeat triumph in the Dardo Rocha.

He stayed in Argentina after last year’s race and had added a Group 1 in Uruguay and Group 2 at Palermo in seven further appearances.

Busy Guy pulled off a 64-1 shock, beating the local champion Cafrune by two and a half lengths. He had fair form at a lower level but this was his first time in a Group race.

Picnicker (AUS) Mukaddamah (USA) Desert Sun (GB) Bureaucracy (NZ) Stravinsky (USA) Kaldounevees (FR) Zabeel (NZ) Scenic Arazi (USA) Rory’s Jester (AUS) Old Spice (AUS) Redoute’s Choice (AUS) Danehill (USA) Celestial Dancer Dynamo (NZ) Desert King (IRE) Danehill (USA) Centaine (AUS) Salieri (USA) Pompeii Court (USA)

Winterbottom Stakes. This allowed Ortensia to finally break her Group 1 duck at the age of six – her win in the Galaxy Stakes in April 2010 having been chalked off because of a positive dope test.

The other highlight on the Winterbottom card was the Railway Stakes. This had a controversial outcome as the New Zealand raider He’s Remarkable was thrown out in favour of the favourite Luckygray following an incident on the home bend.

Kerrin McEvoy, the former Godolphin number two jockey, was aboard He’s Remarkable and was handed a very harsh 28-day ban.

Sweet Biscuit (BRZ) Personal Ensign (ARG) Maasai Mara (BRZ) Nova Londrina (BRZ) Hay Luz (BRZ) Darter (BRZ) Bambina Mia (USA) Energicamente (ARG) Valreine (BRZ)

Effervescing (USA) Fitzcarraldo (ARG) Aksar (USA) Blush Rambler (USA) Minstrel Glory (USA) Afleet (CAN) Skywalker (USA) Equalize (USA) Baronius (BRZ)

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Veraneio, runner-up at three and a half lengths behind Kara de Birigui in the GP Jockey Club de Sao Paulo on October 1, benefited from the absence

of his injured conqueror. It was 6-4 and 8-1 bar in a field of 18 in the Derby. He led entering the final furlong and ran on strongly to defeat Gipsy Bullet by a

length and a half.

The GP Bento Goncalves is the only Group 1 run at the Porto Alegre venue of Cristal. Its 103rd renewal resulted in

a length and three-quarter success for Stockholder, who had been beaten in his three previous Group outings, all at the more prestigious venue of Gavea.

Canada 12/11 20/11 1/11

G2 G3 G3

Autumn Stakes Bessarabian Stakes Kennedy Road Stakes

8.5f 7.0f 6.0f

Straight Story (USA) Atlantic Hurricane (USA) Essence Hit Man (CAN)

5 4 4

H F G

Giant’s Causeway (USA) Halo’s Image (USA) Speightstown (USA)

Eventail (USA) It’s The Cats Meow (USA) El Prado Essence (USA)

Lear Fan (USA) Stormy Atlantic (USA) El Prado (IRE)

Chile 06/11 05/11 26/11 14/11 06/11

G1 G1 G2 G3 G3

Premio El Ensayo - Cristal Premio Alberto Solari Magnasco Premio Haras de Chile Premio La Copa - Shadwell Premio Paddock Stakes

12.0f 10.0f 10.0f 12.0f 9.0f

Dime Que (CHI) Amani (CHI) Picella (CHI) Storm Alex (CHI) Huaso Celebre (CHI)

3 3 3 4 3

C F F C C

Ocean Terrace (USA) Morning Raider (IRE) Indy Vidual (USA) Storm Warning (USA) Peintre Celebre (USA)

Dando Carino (CHI) Just Fine (CHI) Risty (CHI) Azaleia (CHI) Senorita Coco (ARG)

Tanaasa (IRE) Doneraile Court (USA) Holiday Spirit (USA) King Alex (GB) Mutakddim (USA)

Omayad, who had run up a sequence of seven victories, suffered his first defeat when beaten half a length by Dime Que in El Ensayo (Santiago Derby). Quick Casablanca, who has spent his life chasing Omayad home,

set a good pace but his old rival went smoothly past him two furlongs out.

However, Omayad could not pull clear and Dime Que, who had been hampered both at the entrance to the straight and when the favourite hit the

front, was able to switch outside and wear him down in the final furlong.

Amani, who had been beaten by Lord Parker (subsequently sixth in El Ensayo) when taking on colts for the first time, had no trouble returning to

winning ways against her own sex.

Indeed, she ran right away from her nine rivals, who included three stablemates, to win by 28 and a half lengths and earn a $US150,000 bonus for completing the fillies’ Triple Crown on dirt.

Hong Kong G2 20/11 G2 20/11 G2 20/11

Cathay Pacific Jockey Club Mile Cathay Pacific Jockey Club Sprint Cathay Pacific Jockey Club Cup

8.0f 6.0f 10.0f

Wade Giles (IRE) Little Bridge (NZ) Thumbs Up (NZ)

4 5 7

G G G

Azamour (IRE) Faltaat (USA) Shinko King (IRE)

Tekindia (FR) Golden Rose (NZ) Regelle (NZ)

Indian Ridge Gold Brose (AUS) Exploding Prospect (USA)

Japan 27/11 20/11 13/11 12/11 06/11 26/11 20/11 19/11 13/11 06/11 05/11

Japan Cup Mile Championship Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup Keio Hai Nisai Stakes Copa Republica Argentina Keihan Hai Fukushima Kinen Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes Chunichi Sports Hai Musashino Stakes Miyako Stakes KBS Kyoto Sho Fantasy Stakes

12.0f 8.0f 11.0f 7.0f 12.5f 6.0f 10.0f 9.0f 8.0f 9.0f 7.0f

Buena Vista (JPN) Eishin Apollon (USA) Snow Fairy (IRE) Leo Active (JPN) Trailblazer (JPN) Lord Kanaloa (JPN) Admire Cosmos (JPN) Deep Brillante (JPN) Namura Titan (JPN) Espoir City (JPN) I’m Yours (JPN)

5 4 4 2 4 3 4 2 5 6 2

M C F C C C C C H H F

Special Week (JPN) Giant’s Causeway (USA) Intikhab (USA) Admire Moon (JPN) Zenno Rob Roy (JPN) King Kamehameha (JPN) Admire Max (JPN) Deep Impact (JPN) South Vigorous (USA) Gold Allure (JPN) Falbrav (IRE)

Biwa Heidi (JPN) Silk And Scarlet (GB) Woodland Dream (IRE) Leo Soleil (JPN) Lirio (USA) Lady Blossom (JPN) Admire Lapis (IRE) Love And Bubbles (USA) Next Time (JPN) Eminent City (JPN) Cecile Blues (JPN)

Caerleon (USA) Sadler’s Wells (USA) Charnwood Forest (IRE) Opera House (GB) Forty Niner (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Be My Guest (USA) Loup Sauvage (USA) Afleet (CAN) Brian’s Time (USA) El Condor Pasa (USA)

G1 G1 G1 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

Ed Dunlop’s Snow Fairy produced a fantastic late burst to land the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup for the second straight year but she must share top billing with Buena Vista, who avenged last year’s unjust disqualification to finally land a deserved Japan Cup. Snow Fairy faced strong opposition yet, despite a dreadful draw (18 of 18) and a violent reaction to an New Zealand G1 25/11 G1 12/11 G1 05/11 G2 19/11 G2 19/11 G2 09/11 G3 26/11 G3 12/11 G3 12/11 G3 09/11 G3 05/11 G3 01/11

Levin Racing Club Levin Turf Classic New Zealand Bloodstock 1000 Guineas Sothys New Zealand 2000 Guineas DHL Counties Cup NRM Auckland TB Breeders’ Stakes Coupland’s Bakeries Churchill Stakes Eagle Technology Gt N’thern Chall.Stakes Tauranga Stakes Christchurchk Casino New Zealand Cup Lindauer Stewards Stakes Gold Club Metropolitan Trophy Handicap Te Hana Sparkling Alison Stakes

Rock ‘n’ Pop began to justify the NZ$1 million he cost as a yearling with a smooth half-length score in the 2,000 Guineas. Unraced at two and having only his fourth start, the son of Fastnet Rock was less fancied than his Jason Bridgman-trained stablemate, the Peru 13/11 06/11 26/11 17/11

G1 G2 G3 G3

Clasico Derby Nacional Clasico Postin Clasico Cesar A del Rio Suito Clasico Mariano Ignacio Prado

Fly Lexis Fly won his second Classic with an overwhelming performance, South Africa G1 26/11

Gauteng Sansui Summer Cup

insect bite while in quarantine, she was sent off favourite thanks to outstanding third places in the Arc and Champion Stakes. Victory looked most unlikely early in the home straight, but she flew home towards the inside to beat the Shuka Sho winner, Aventura, by a neck with the five-time Grade 1 winner Apapane, third just like in 2010. The English and German Oaks winner, 8.0f 8.0f 8.0f 10.5f 7.0f 8.0f 8.0f 8.0f 16.0f 6.0f 12.5f 10.0f

Distill (NZ) Planet Rock (AUS) Rock ‘n’ Pop (AUS) Postmans Daughter (NZ) Fazzle (NZ) Platinum Princess (NZ) Veyron (NZ) Lady Chaparral (NZ) Blood Brotha (NZ) El Chico (NZ) Zabene (NZ) Duckworth Lewis (NZ)

unbeaten Burgundy, but comfortably disposed of champion juvenile filly Anabandana, with Burgundy only sixth.

Anabandana missed the following week’s 1,000 Guineas because of the heavy ground which played to the strengths of another member of Fastnet 12.0f 12.0f 10.0f 10.0f

Fly Lexis Fly (USA) Inter Milano (ARG) Cracovia (USA) Al Qasr (USA)

winning by ten and a half lengths in the quickest race-time since 2000. There is 10.0f

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Dancing Rain, beat just two home.

Buena Vista snapped a seven-race losing sequence and became the world’s all-time leading money-earner when overturning the previous month’s Tenno Sho form with a neck defeat of Tosen Jordan. The daughter of Special Week will have her final Japanese start at the end of December, then may visit Dubai for a third time before retiring. Arc 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 5 6 7 8 3

G F C F M M G M G G G G

Volksraad (GB) Fastnet Rock (AUS) Fastnet Rock (AUS) Postponed (USA) Johar (USA) Keeper (AUS) Thorn Park (AUS) High Chaparral (IRE) Danzighill (AUS) Stravinsky (USA) Zabeel (NZ) Postponed (USA)

Fairy Tipsy (NZ) Akris (NZ) Popsy (NZ) Kinjabelle (NZ) Eftee One (NZ) Merle Park (USA) Over The Limit (NZ) Images (NZ) Laura Dee (NZ) Las Chicas Buenas (NZ) Emerald Dream (AUS) Ms Magenta (NZ)

Rock’s outstanding 2008 crop, Planet Rock. She gave Christchurch trainers Dawn and Peter Willams a fairytale farewell triumph prior to moving their operation to Auckland with a half-head defeat of Abeautifulred.

The 35-1 outsider Distill took the 2 3 5 3

C C M C

Badge of Silver (USA) Interprete (ARG) Action This Day (USA) Aptitude (USA)

M

Modus Vivendi (GB)

Casual Lies (USA) Zabeel (NZ) Sir Tristram Kinjite (NZ) Volksraad (GB) Machiavellian (USA) Centro (NZ) Gleam Machine (USA) Personal Escort (USA) Classic Fame (USA) Danehill (USA) Groom Dancer (USA)

Levin Classic and will now be aimed at the NZ Derby in March. Shanghai Bund, who had finished fourth in the 2,000 Guineas, occupied the same position here, beaten an identical distance, to give the form some substance.

Becky Loves Silver (USA) Bellaria (ARG) River Princess (CAN) Majestic Dy (USA)

a deal of silver in his pedigree, for Badge Of Silver was by Silver Deputy, 5

winner Danedream fared the best of three European raiders in seventh, with the French fillies, Shareta and Sarah Lynx, eighth and 12th. France was also doubly represented in the Mile Championship but Sahpresa, running in the race for a third time, had to settle for a second third place (to go with a fourth) and Immortal Verse finished seventh behind Eishin Apollon.

Silver Charm (USA) Incurable Optimist (USA) Alwuhush (USA) Dynaformer (USA)

while his dam Becky Loves Silver was

by Silver Charm.

Emperor’s Dance (SAF)

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Caesour (USA)

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DATA BOOK LISTINGS OF EVERY WORLDWIDE GROUP OR GRADED STAKES WINNER

Global Stakes Results >>

Date Grade Race South Africa (cont) G2 27/11 Selangor Cup G2 26/11 Investec Dingaans G2 26/11 Hertz Merchants Stakes G2 19/11 Green Point Stakes G2 13/11 Betting World Merchants Stakes G2 11/11 The Citizen Victory Moon Stakes G2 05/11 Choice Carriers Fillies Championship G2 05/11 Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile G3 26/11 I G Markets Fillies Mile G3 26/11 Sahara Racing Association Handicap G3 05/11 Starling Stakes G3 05/11 Graham Beck Stakes

Dancewiththedevil entered the Summer Cup at Turffontein as a twotime 2011 Group 1 scorer yet was sent United States G1 27/11 G1 26/11 G1 26/11 G1 25/11 G1 25/11 G1 19/11 G1 05/11 G1 05/11 G1 05/11 G1 05/11 G1 05/11 G1 05/11 G1 05/11 G1 04/11 G1 04/11 G1 04/11 G1 04/11 G2 26/11 G2 26/11 G2 26/11 G2 26/11 G2 26/11 G2 26/11 G2 25/11 G2 24/11 G2 12/11 G2 06/11 G2 05/11 G2 05/11 G2 05/11 G2 05/11 G2 04/11 G3 27/11 G3 26/11 G3 26/11 G3 25/11 G3 25/11 G3 24/11 G3 24/11 G3 24/11 G3 19/11 G3 19/11 G3 19/11 G3 19/11 G3 12/11 G3 06/11 G3 06/11 G3 04/11 G3 04/11 G3 03/11

Hollywood Derby Cigar Mile Handicap Gazelle Stakes Matriarch Stakes Clark Handicap Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (c&g) Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Breeders’ Cup Classic Emirates Airlines Breeders’ Cup Turf Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Sprint TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juv. Fillies Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup F&M Sprint Emirates Airlines Breeders’ Cup F&M Turf Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes Remsen Stakes Citation Handicap W L McKnight Handicap Demoiselle Stakes Golden Rod Stakes Go for Wand Handicap Falls City Handicap Mrs Revere Stakes Las Palmas Stakes Breeders’ Cup Marathon Red Smith Handicap Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint Chilukki Stakes Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Generous Stakes Vernon O Underwood Stakes Fred W Hooper Handicap Miesque Stakes All American Stakes Hollywood Prevue Stakes Fall Highweight Handicap My Charmer Handicap Delta Downs Jackpot Stakes Discovery Handicap Delta Downs Princess Stakes River City Handicap Long Island Handicap Bold Ruler Stakes Cardinal Handicap Turnback The Alarm Handicap Ack Ack Handicap Commonwealth Turf Stakes

Aidan O’Brien was the only European handler to hit the target at the 28th Breeders’ Cup, at Churchill Downs in Kentucky, winning the Turf (with St Nicholas Abbey, ridden by his son Joseph) and the Juvenile Turf (with Wrote) to take his US Grade 1 tally for the year to seven, with five different horses.

But the meeting lacked an outstanding winner – perhaps the juvenile filly My Miss Aurelia, who maintained her unbeaten record by beating Grace Hall by three lengths, the pair six lengths clear, was the closest it came.

Grade 1 racing returned just a

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Horse

8.0f 8.0f 5.5f 8.0f 6.0f 9.0f 7.0f 8.0f 8.0f 16.0f 7.0f 7.0f

Variety Club (SAF) Silver Flyer (SAF) Antious (ARG) Bravura (SAF) Shades of Indigo (SAF) Smanjemanje (SAF) Princess Victoria (SAF) Pierre Jourdan (SAF) Katy’s Lane (SAF) Gorgongosa (IRE) Katy’s Lane (SAF) Astro News (SAF)

off at the dismissive odds of 15-1 because of the widely held belief that she did not stay a mile and a quarter.

10.0f 8.0f 9.0f 8.0f 9.0f 12.0f 8.5f 8.0f 8.0f 10.0f 12.0f 6.0f 8.0f 8.5f 9.0f 7.0f 11.0f 8.5f 9.0f 8.5f 12.0f 9.0f 8.5f 8.0f 9.0f 8.5f 8.0f 14.0f 11.0f 5.0f 8.0f 8.0f 8.0f 6.0f 9.0f 8.0f 9.0f 7.0f 6.0f 9.0f 8.5f 9.0f 8.0f 9.0f 12.0f 7.0f 9.0f 9.0f 8.5f 8.5f

Ultimate Eagle (USA) To Honor And Serve (USA) Awesome Feather (USA) Star Billing (USA) Wise Dan (USA) Sanagas (GER) Hansen (USA) Wrote (IRE) Caleb’s Posse (USA) Drosselmeyer (USA) St Nicholas Abbey (IRE) Amazombie (USA) Court Vision (USA) My Miss Aurelia (USA) Royal Delta (USA) Musical Romance (USA) Perfect Shirl (USA) Gemologist (USA) O’Prado Again (USA) Jeranimo (USA) Musketier (GER) Disposablepleasure (USA) On Fire Baby (USA) Lovely Lil (USA) Arena Elvira (USA) Marketing Mix (CAN) All Star Heart (CAN) Afleet Again (USA) Boisterous (USA) Regally Ready (USA) Buckleupbuttercup (USA) Stephanie’s Kitten (USA) Stoney Fleece (USA) Pacific Ocean (USA) Jimanator (USA) More Than Love (USA) Our Nautique (NZ) So Brilliant (USA) Sunrise Smarty (USA) Oregon Lady (IRE) Sabercat (USA) Redeemed (USA) Now I Know (USA) Blues Street (USA) Hit It Rich (USA) Calibrachoa (USA) Deluxe (USA) Arena Elvira (USA) Mister Marti Gras (USA) Humble And Hungry (USA)

fortnight after the big two-day meeting finished with the German import Sanagas scoring a convincing success as favourite for the Hollywood Turf Cup. The five-year-old Lomitas gelding, who had been unraced until April 2010, is trained by Graham Motion but is still owned by his breeder Andreas Jacobs.

Bill Mott, who won the top two dirt races at the Breeders’ Cup, continued his fabulous month when taking the Cigar Mile with To Honor And Serve, three weeks after he had finished seventh behind stablemate Drosselmeyer in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Age

Sex

3 3 4 5 6 5 3 5 3 4 3 3

C C C G G H F G F F F G

Sire

Dam

Broodmare Sire

Var (USA) Silvano (GER) Pure Prize (USA) Silvano (GER) Indigo Magic (GB) Kahal (GB) Victory Moon (SAF) Parade Leader (USA) Tamburlaine (IRE) Montjeu (IRE) Tamburlaine (IRE) Silvano (GER)

La Massine (SAF) Fiery Flier (SAF) Adira (USA) Musing (SAF) Palace Bride (AUS) In Style (SAF) Platinum Princess (SAF) Vin Fizz (SAF) Beautiful Piper (SAF) Parvenue (FR) Beautiful Piper (SAF) Orange Moon (SAF)

Secret Prospector (USA) Flaming Rock Affirmed (USA) Centenary (USA) Palace Music (USA) Model Man (SAF) Rakeen (USA) Qui Danzig (USA) Lustra (USA) Ezzoud (IRE) Lustra (USA) Dominion Royale

However, the mare, owned, trained and bred by St John Gray, proved the doubters wrong, passing almost the 3 3 3 3 4 5 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 2 3 4 4 2 2 5 9 2 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 5 2 6 2 4 4 2 3 2 7 4 4 4 4 4 3

C C F F G G C C C C C H H F F F F C C H H F F F F F F C C C F F C G G F G C C F C C F G F C F F G C

Mizzen Mast (USA) Bernardini (USA) Awesome of Course (USA) Dynaformer (USA) Wiseman’s Ferry (USA) Lomitas (GB) Tapit (USA) High Chaparral (IRE) Posse (USA) Distorted Humor (USA) Montjeu (IRE) Northern Afleet (USA) Gulch (USA) Smart Strike (CAN) Empire Maker (USA) Concorde’s Tune (USA) Perfect Soul (IRE) Tiznow (USA) El Prado (IRE) Congaree (USA) Acatenango (GER) Giacomo (USA) Smoke Glacken (USA) Tiznow (USA) Ghostzapper (USA) Medaglia d’Oro (USA) Arch (USA) Afleet Alex (USA) Distorted Humor (USA) More Than Ready (USA) Najran (USA) Kitten’s Joy (USA) Decarchy (USA) Ghostzapper (USA) Broken Vow (USA) More Than Ready (USA) Pins (AUS) Medaglia d’Oro (USA) Smarty Jones (USA) Shamardal (USA) Bluegrass Cat (USA) Include (USA) Pure Prize (USA) Street Cry (IRE) Smart Strike (CAN) Southern Image (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Ghostzapper (USA) Belong To Me (USA) Limehouse (USA)

entire field in the home straight to defeat Ilsanpietro by a length and a quarter.

Letithappencaptain (USA) Pilfer (USA) Precious Feather (USA) Topliner (USA) Lisa Danielle (USA) Scota (GER) Stormy Sunday (USA) Desert Classic (GB) Abbey’s Missy (USA) Golden Ballet (USA) Leaping Water (GB) Wilshe Amaze (USA) Weekend Storm (USA) My Miss Storm Cat (USA) Delta Princess (USA) Candlelightdinner (USA) Lady Shirl (USA) Crystal Shard (USA) Leh She Run (USA) Jera (USA) Myth And Reality (GB) My Canada (CAN) Ornate (USA) How About Now (USA) Two Item Limit (USA) Instant Thought (USA) Gift of The Heart (CAN) Lucky Again (USA) Emanating (USA) Kivi (USA) Golden Borders (USA) Unfold the Rose (USA) Gold Fleece (USA) Miss Salsa (USA) Beached (USA) I’m In Love (USA) French Tide (CAN) Merry Me in Spring (USA) Sunrise Slew (USA) Oregon Trail (USA) Miner’s Blessing (USA) Early Mass (USA) Now U Know (USA) Capote Blues (USA) Cuando Puede (USA) Fort Lauderdale (USA) Hasili (IRE) Two Item Limit (USA) Miss Marta (USA) Cukee (USA)

Ruler On Ice and Flat Out, third and fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, tried again on the Churchill Downs dirt over a furlong shorter in the Clark Handicap.

They filled the same places, but this time with Flat Out faring the better, behind a new Grade 1 hero in Wise Dan. The Jeremy Noseda-trained Western Aristocrat and the Charlie Hills-trained Slumber ventured all the way to California from Newmarket and Lambourn for the Hollywood Derby and might have done better than their third and fourth places but for the lack of a strong gallop. Victory went to the frontrunning Ultimate Eagle, who was

Captain Bodgit (USA) Deputy Minister (CAN) Gone West (USA) Thunder Gulch (USA) Wolf Power (SAF) Marju (IRE) Sir Cat (USA) Green Desert (USA) Slewacide (USA) Moscow Ballet (USA) Sure Blade (USA) In Excess Storm Bird (CAN) Sea of Secrets (USA) A P Indy (USA) Slew Gin Fizz (USA) That’s A Nice (USA) Mr Prospector (USA) Pulpit (USA) Jeblar (USA) Linamix (FR) With Approval (CAN) Gilded Time (USA) Pentelicus (USA) Twining (USA) Kris S (USA) Ascot Knight (CAN) Wild Again (USA) Cox’s Ridge (USA) King of Kings (IRE) Conquistador Cielo (USA) Catienus (USA) Deputed Testamony (USA) Unbridled (USA) Smart Strike (CAN) Zafonic (USA) Dauphin Fabuleux (CAN) Wekiva Springs (USA) Seattle Slew (USA) Gone West (USA) Forty Niner (USA) Pleasant Tap (USA) Maria’s Mon (USA) Capote (USA) Lord At War (ARG) Montbrook (USA) Kahyasi Twining (USA) Cure The Blues (USA) Langfuhr (CAN)

following up his Oak Tree Derby success.

The other big Hollywood turf contest resulted in a deserved big prize for Star Billing who, bar one aberration at Keeneland last time out, had been running with credit all year.

Finally, a horse to look out for in 2012 is Awesome Feather, winner of the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Churchill Downs. Sold to Frank Stronach after that triumph, she then injured a tendon and spent 11 months on the sidelines. But her five-length romp in the Gazelle Stakes took her career record to a perfect eight from eight.

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DATA BOOK EXCLUSIVE EUROPEAN STALLION STATISTICS

Leading sires 2011 by stakes winners to runners Name

YOF

Dubawi Montjeu Azamour Monsun Hurricane Run Shamardal Dansili Rock Of Gibraltar Teofilo Galileo Street Cry Oasis Dream Tertullian Exceed And Excel Danehill Dancer Areion Peintre Celebre King’s Best Excellent Art American Post Selkirk Beat Hollow Acclamation Elusive Quality Country Reel

2002 1996 2001 1990 2002 2002 1996 1999 2004 1998 1998 2000 1995 2000 1993 1995 1994 1997 2004 2001 1988 1997 1999 1993 2000 Holy Roman Emperor 2004 Dalakhani 2000 Poliglote 1992 Sakhee 1997 Aussie Rules 2003 Le Vie Dei Colori 2000 Pivotal 1993 Doyen 2000 Marju 1988 High Chaparral 1999 Dutch Art 2004 Singspiel 1992 Samum 1997 Tiger Hill 1995 Iron Mask 1998 Majestic Missile 2001 Kyllachy 1998 Medicean 1997 Motivator 2002 Mr Greeley 1992 Zamindar 1994 Layman 2002 Monsieur Bond 2000 Footstepsinthesand 2002 Desert Style 1992 Red Clubs 2003 Slickly 1996 Kodiac 2001

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR

Races

AWD

Earnings (£)

SH

%

SW

%

Dubai Millennium Sadler’s Wells Night Shift Konigsstuhl Montjeu Giant’s Causeway Danehill Danehill Galileo Sadler’s Wells Machiavellian Green Desert Miswaki Danehill Danehill Big Shuffle Nureyev Kingmambo Pivotal Bering Sharpen Up Sadler’s Wells Royal Applause Gone West Danzig Danehill Darshaan Sadler’s Wells Bahri Danehill Efisio Polar Falcon Sadler’s Wells Last Tycoon Sadler’s Wells Medicean In The Wings Monsun Danehill Danzig Royal Applause Pivotal Machiavellian Montjeu Gone West Gone West Sunday Silence Danehill Dancer Giant’s Causeway Green Desert Red Ransom Linamix Danehill

160 185 79 117 123 148 223 177 55 286 88 234 75 192 213 81 102 188 63 65 130 109 201 67 68 159 142 71 97 99 50 203 77 104 188 55 142 57 174 59 60 181 185 124 63 95 67 67 139 72 72 109 74

77 80 30 52 51 75 96 74 17 111 37 96 28 77 84 36 42 62 23 27 56 60 83 24 19 65 41 23 42 40 27 102 28 34 64 28 49 17 56 16 16 82 73 52 19 36 24 30 55 30 31 41 33

48.1 43.2 38.0 44.4 41.5 50.7 43.1 41.8 30.9 38.8 42.1 41.0 37.3 40.1 39.4 44.4 41.2 33.0 36.5 41.5 43.1 55.1 41.3 35.8 27.9 40.9 28.9 32.4 43.3 40.4 54.0 50.3 36.4 32.7 34.0 50.9 34.5 29.8 32.2 27.1 26.7 45.3 39.5 41.9 30.2 37.9 35.8 44.8 39.6 41.7 43.1 37.6 44.6

116 130 40 81 77 110 142 110 21 155 51 145 47 127 131 58 59 86 32 46 82 101 120 42 25 110 61 38 64 60 52 148 48 46 100 43 78 28 79 27 26 135 117 68 29 49 37 50 96 54 47 62 51

8.9 11.9 10.1 11.2 10.2 8.5 9.7 9.2 0.0 10.9 9.6 7.6 8.6 6.5 9.1 7.6 10.6 9.2 0.0 9.6 9.3 10.3 7.0 6.8 9.5 7.9 10.6 11.5 9.3 9.2 7.7 8.0 10.1 8.9 10.3 0.0 10.2 10.9 10.4 7.7 6.5 6.5 9.1 10.5 8.8 8.7 9.6 6.5 8.1 8.1 0.0 10.1 7.7

2,530,131 4,051,244 934,608 1,127,881 1,445,785 2,163,051 2,978,055 2,155,794 422,938 7,298,029 924,100 3,038,508 561,026 1,959,573 2,525,120 576,880 940,984 1,618,798 427,990 752,145 1,537,875 995,817 1,406,714 672,808 583,753 1,912,356 2,077,601 645,394 985,824 1,015,245 532,665 2,380,001 556,080 888,114 2,732,197 544,641 1,213,661 430,619 1,137,176 401,334 249,391 1,040,345 1,355,137 954,250 429,222 757,105 645,396 431,367 1,396,099 448,822 391,134 1,593,660 456,076

34 25 11 20 14 21 30 21 4 40 8 24 5 15 25 6 7 13 7 6 16 7 15 8 3 14 13 4 7 8 6 19 10 7 12 6 8 2 11 2 2 11 17 13 7 8 2 3 8 3 4 9 7

21.3 13.5 13.9 17.1 11.4 14.2 13.5 11.9 7.3 14.0 9.1 10.3 6.7 7.8 11.7 7.4 6.9 6.9 11.1 9.2 12.3 6.4 7.5 11.9 4.4 8.8 9.2 5.6 7.2 8.1 12.0 9.4 13.0 6.7 6.4 10.9 5.6 3.5 6.3 3.4 3.3 6.1 9.2 10.5 11.1 8.4 3.0 4.5 5.8 4.2 5.6 8.3 9.5

16 18 7 10 10 12 18 13 4 19 5 13 4 10 11 4 5 9 3 3 6 5 9 3 3 7 6 3 4 4 2 8 3 4 7 2 5 2 6 2 2 6 6 4 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 3 2

10.0 9.7 8.9 8.6 8.1 8.1 8.1 7.3 7.3 6.6 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7

Dubawi’s success not reflected in sale ring As the increases in Dubawi’s fee over the last few years indicate, the young sire has come a long way in a short time. The ten-year-old was standing at £15,000 in 2009, £20,000 in 2010, then £55,000 in 2011 and will be on £75,000 in 2012.

News of the latest rise came as the Darley kingpin was taking over at the top of the accompanying table, with 10% stakes winners to runners, 16 from 160.

Oddly, this level of success was not reflected in the sale ring this year, since only ten of Dubawi’s 31 yearlings offered fetched £100,000 or more, with the top prices 250,000gns and 200,000gns.

Both of those were bought by John Ferguson Bloodstock, presumably in the hope of providing Sheikh Mohammed with another Poet’s Voice, one of two top-notchers Dubawi has sired, the other being Makfi.

There have been quite a few other movements but this is mostly the result of just one or two additional stakes winners and not too much should be read into the changes. To give three examples, one extra on the scoresheet took Azamour from sixth to third, Shamardal from eighth to sixth and Peintre Celebre from 28th to 17th.

Leading sires of two-year-olds 2011 by earnings Name

YOF

Holy Roman Emperor 2004

Acclamation Rock Of Gibraltar Oasis Dream Galileo *Dutch Art Dansili Clodovil *Dark Angel Exceed And Excel *Excellent Art *Teofilo Kheleyf Oratorio *Hat Trick *Red Clubs Choisir Bahamian Bounty Dubai Destination Street Cry Invincible Spirit Whipper Kyllachy Kodiac *Lawman High Chaparral Zamindar Intikhab Blu Air Force Cape Cross

1999 1999 2000 1998 2004 1996 2000 2005 2000 2004 2004 2001 2002 2001 2003 1999 1994 1999 1998 1997 2001 1998 2001 2004 1999 1994 1994 1997 1994

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

Danehill Royal Applause Danehill Green Desert Sadler’s Wells Medicean Danehill Danehill Acclamation Danehill Pivotal Galileo Green Desert Danehill Sunday Silence Red Ransom Danehill Dancer Cadeaux Genereux Kingmambo Machiavellian Green Desert Miesque’s Son Pivotal Danehill Invincible Spirit Sadler’s Wells Gone West Red Ransom Sri Pekan Green Desert

95 84 65 63 77 55 54 50 68 66 63 55 70 73 1 72 56 29 50 40 63 39 43 38 44 26 46 17 36 58

34 37 21 16 23 28 20 22 26 24 23 17 26 21 1 31 19 7 20 18 21 14 23 19 16 3 16 7 17 12

%WR

35.8 44.1 32.3 25.4 29.9 50.9 37.0 44.0 38.2 36.4 36.5 30.9 37.1 28.8 100.0 43.1 33.9 24.1 40.0 45.0 33.3 35.9 53.5 50.0 36.4 11.5 34.8 41.2 47.2 20.7

Races

AWD

Earnings (£)

Top horse

Earned (£)

45 55 29 23 28 43 26 32 44 36 32 21 41 30 5 47 29 10 26 26 25 20 33 24 20 8 19 11 32 13

6.4 6.1 7.3 6.1 7.6 5.9 6.7 6.5 6.0 5.7 6.6 7.0 6.2 7.7 6.2 6.2 6.2 5.8 7.1 7.4 6.4 7.2 5.6 5.7 6.7 7.3 7.4 6.6 6.2 7.3

881,650 842,904 821,049 709,465 574,962 544,641 524,993 519,949 474,058 473,772 427,990 422,938 420,193 410,274 396,965 391,134 371,687 365,835 356,353 356,083 338,716 330,733 318,412 300,760 298,490 298,193 297,834 295,078 288,097 276,024

Mehdi Lilbourne Lad Samitar Power Maybe Caspar Netscher Fire Lily Coupe de Ville Lily’s Angel Best Terms Hazel Lavery Parish Hall Vladimir Cherry Collect Dabirsim Vedelago Strategic Game Bogart Family One Lyric Of Light Pimpernel Topeka Dragon Pulse Seanie Loi Tai Chi Zantenda Tell Dad Blu Air Bally Nayarra

141,222 162,833 264,341 284,539 229,657 143,399 165,057 297,533 84,274 115,417 76,431 213,223 58,194 101,031 396,966 106,808 85,927 269,492 196,560 136,946 54,958 86,293 95,078 64,849 52,241 209,478 74,388 247,615 46,946 128,925

Clubs takes the lead A late burst by Red Clubs with another four winners has put him in pole position numerically among freshmen with 31, three ahead of Dutch Art, who had no new scorers. Dark Angel notched one more to reach 26 and Excellent Art three more to reach 23.

Dutch Art remains clear leader by earnings and winners to runners. His score there of 28 from 55, almost 51%, is behind only Kyllachy’s (53.5%) among sires with at least 30 runners.

Acclamation is top on number of winners (37) and percentage of stakes winners (9.5%) and second to Holy Roman Emperor on earnings. He clearly had a banner season so it was no surprise that 20 of his 80 yearlings offered fetched at least £100,000 at the sales this autumn.

* first-season sire; all statistics to November 29

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FLASHBACK

January 13, 1990 Eighteen-year-old Mikel Delzangles welcomes back Victor Chandler Chase winner Meikleour and Derek Byrne

GEORGE SELWYN

W

hile at first glance it may appear odd to see Mikel Delzangles, the globally successful Chantilly-based trainer, playing groom to a Jimmy FitzGeraldtrained winner of Ascot’s Victor Chandler Chase as a teenager, there is more symmetry behind this picture than meets the eye.

That’s because Ascot and Yorkshire, where Delzangles learned some of the tricks of the trade from the masterful late trainer FitzGerald, came together when Delzangles first burst onto the

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scene with his own licence.

His breakthrough winner, after ten years assisting Alain de Royer-Dupre, came when York hosted the royal meeting in 2005 during Ascot’s redevelopment. He saddled Chineur to win the King’s Stand Stakes and hasn’t looked back, guiding Makfi to 2,000 Guineas glory in 2010 and Dunaden to take the Melbourne Cup and Hong Kong Vase in 2011.

Recalling Meikleour and his time in Yorkshire, the Biarritz-born 40-year-old says: “My first job in racing was as

pupil assistant to Jimmy FitzGerald, for a year starting in 1989. I remember that Meikleour won best turned out on the day of the Victor Chandler.

“I never rode him but remember that he was pretty headstrong and needed knowing.”

Meikleour’s Victor Chandler victory was one of the highlight’s of Derek Byrne’s career, along with a Scottish Grand National success on Four Trix the same year. Champion conditional of the 1989-90 season, Byrne retired in 2001 with 233 winners.

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First-crop juveniles include wide-margin maiden winners Estrela and Colima – both being targeted at the Oaks – one-for-one Derby entrant Tamarrud, the unbeaten Witnessed plus the exciting Wintergreen, Tenenbaum and Danchai.

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Second-crop yearlings made 180,000gns, €150,000, €140,000 and 120,000gns.

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Montjeu – Funsie (Saumarez) £10,000 Oct 1, SLF.

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