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Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder inc Pacemaker January 2011

£4.95 | January 2011 | Issue 77

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Centenary girl Goldikova crowns 100 years of excellence for the Wertheimers

Plus ■ Khalid Abdullah triumphs at ROA Awards ■ New sires: previewing the class of 2011 ■ The rapid rise of trainer Neil Mulholland

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Choisir Alfred Nobel Lillie Langtry Speciosa Again Alexander Tango Ave Miss Beatrix Where Or When Planteur Tamazirte Anna Pavlova Westphalia Memory Wajir Contredanse Alnadana Air Chief Marshal

Phoenix Stakes-Gr.1 National Stakes-Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas-Gr.1 (2009) St. James’s Palace Stakes-Gr.1 (2009) Golden Jubilee Stakes-Gr.1 King’s Stand Stakes-Gr.2 Phoenix Stakes-Gr.1 (2009) Railway Stakes-Gr.2 (2009) Coronation Stakes-Gr.1 (2010) Matron Stakes-Gr.1 (2010) 1,000 Guineas Stakes-Gr.1 Moyglare Stud Stakes-Gr.1 Irish 1,000 Guineas-Gr.1 (2009) Garden City Stakes-Gr.1 Flower Bowl Invitational-Gr.1 (2010) Moyglare Stud Stakes-Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes-Gr.1 Prix Noailles-Gr.2 (2010) 2nd Prix du Jockey Club-Gr.1 (2010) 2nd Grand Prix de Paris-Gr.1 (2010) Prix Daniel Wildenstein-Gr.2 (2009) 2nd Poule d’Essai des Pouliches-Gr.1 (2009) 2nd Prix de Diane-Gr.1 (2009) Lancashire Oaks-Gr.2 Prix de Royallieu-Gr.2 3rd Pretty Polly Stakes-Gr.1 Champagne Stakes-Gr.2 3rd Poule d’Essai des Poulains-Gr.1 (2009) 3rd Prix du Jockey Club-Gr.1 (2009) Cherry Hinton Stakes-Gr.2 (2010) Prix Hocquart-Gr.2 (2009) Oaks d’Italia-Gr.2 (2010) Prix Messidor-Gr.3 (2009) 2nd Beverley D Stakes-Gr.1 (2009) Minstrel Stakes-Gr.3 (2010) 2nd Phoenix Stakes-Gr.1 (2009)

STALLIONS FOR 2011 • ALFRED NOBEL • AUSSIE RULES • CHOISIR • DANEHILL DANCER • DUKE OF MARMALADE • DYLAN THOMAS • EXCELLENT ART • FASTNET ROCK • FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND • • GALILEO • HIGH CHAPARRAL • HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR • HURRICANE RUN • MASTERCRAFTSMAN • MONTJEU • ORATORIO • PEINTRE CELEBRE • RIP VAN WINKLE • • ROCK OF GIBRALTAR • STARSPANGLEDBANNER • STRATEGIC PRINCE • THEWAYYOUARE• YEATS •

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in 2010 Leading Sires in Britain and Ireland s 1 2 3 4

in order of total number of individual winner STAKES WNRS STAKES WINS WINS WNRS SIRE 16 12 135 91 Danehill Dancer 11 9 105 72 Pivotal 14 11 113 71 Oasis Dream 13 8 101 70 Invincible Spirit

Source: James Underwood’s Review of 2010

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Centenary girl Goldikova crowns 100 years of excellence for the Wertheimers

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■ Khalid Abdullah triumphs at ROA Awards ■ New sires: previewing the class of 2011 ■ The rapid rise of trainer Neil Mulholland

Cover: Goldikova Photo: George Selwyn

EDWARD ROSENTHAL

Selling our sport to a new audience is vital T

he ROA Awards in December offered the chance to look back at the past year’s equine champions.

Sitting and watching clips of all the horses that had so thrilled and entertained us highlighted that, despite the many problems it faces, our sport really does have so much to offer.

Yet racing, especially the Flat, has a problem when it comes to selling itself to a wider audience. Why is this?

Other sports have managed to market and promote themselves far better even though their core product may be of dubious quality.

The recent David Haye versus Audley Harrison fight, a truly embarrassing affair which saw the latter refuse to throw a punch having been totally outclassed by his opponent, showed how clever advertising can stimulate widespread interest in even uncompetitive events.

Billed as a ‘Battle of Britain’ contest between two goliaths of the ring, the live gate of 22,000 sold out weeks in advance, and it reportedly prompted over 800,000 people to part with £15 via pay-per-view. What they got for their money was eight minutes of utter dross, which would have struggled to be recognised as ‘sport’ by anyone.

Racing’s product, on the other hand, is fantastically competitive, unpredictable and thrilling in its spectacle, with the ability to generate incredible emotion. If that can be transmitted to more people then who knows what can happen with its profile?

British Champions’ Day, a Racing For Change initiative, offers the perfect opportunity to market a major racing show, not only domestically but globally.

In addition, it will provide a wonderful betting medium.

The creation of this raceday, which will be shown for the next two years on the BBC, has been controversial and yielded criticism owing to its impact on the racing programme and the Pattern, yet it has the potential to take racing to a different level publicity-wise.

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What the event needs is a superstar or two to attend in its debut season, and who better than the phenomenal Goldikova? Trainer Freddie Head has confirmed to this magazine that his exceptional mare will be considered for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot on October 15, before bidding for an incredible fourth Breeders’ Cup Mile.

The daughter of Anabaa won even more hearts after her third triumph in the US and provides her owner/breeders, the Wertheimer brothers, with perhaps the crowning achievement in the centenary year of their family’s racing and breeding operation.

As Julian Muscat finds out, Goldikova did not give any clue in her early days as to the brilliance that would unfold in later years (pages 40-46).

“As a foal, we have to say, she did not stand out,” reveals PierreYves Bureau, stud manager to the Wertheimers. “She was in the middle of the group but not among the top fillies.

“But you know, she never had any problems. She was always sound and healthy, which may have helped her.

“Goldikova has become a bit arrogant now, because she knows she is good, but we think she has only just reached physical maturity.”

Goldikova was also a winner at the ROA Awards (pages 49-59), taking the Outstanding Older Horse accolade after another breathtaking season which yielded five Group/Grade 1s.

The night, however, belonged to Khalid Abdullah. He scooped five trophies, including Horse of the Year and Outstanding Three-Year-Old Colt with Workforce, who will stay in training at four, when connections may consider the Champion Stakes as a possible target for the son of King’s Best.

Workforce and Goldikova on the same card – how could you fail to promote that?

I would like to wish all our readers a happy and prosperous 2011.

“Racing’s product is very competitive, unpredictable and thrilling; that’s what we must transmit

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CONTENTS JANUARY 2011

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NEWS & VIEWS

FEATURES

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News Focus British trainers head for Cagnes

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40

Diamond Harry sparkles in the Hennessy

Changes Your monthly news round-up

The Big Picture

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ROA Leader

The Great Owner/Breeders

The French breeding operation celebrates 100 years of success

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Lady Zia Wernher

TBA Leader End-of-year report

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Talking To...

Progressive trainer Neil Mulholland

Tony Morris

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Julian Muscat Tongue-in-cheek preview of 2011

112 Your Say Sam Sheppard on the EBF

INTERNATIONAL SCENE 25

View From Ireland Down Royal takes the plaudits

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Continental Tales Nicholas Cordrey’s new role

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Going Global King’s is best in Argentina

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Gérard (centre) and Alain Wertheimer, with Olivier Peslier, at this year’s Breeders’ Cup (see pages 40- 46)

First-season stallions The new kids on the block

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Genetic research and breeding

ROA/sportingbet.com Awards All the winners from racing’s big night of the year

Offshore firms must pay levy

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COVER STORY Wertheimer Centenary

Sales Circuit Review and analysis of the European breeding stock sales

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ROA Forum Owners hit in the pocket again

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BBM Focus Marquee at Tattersalls proves popular

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TBA Forum Statistical award winners revealed

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Breeder of the Month

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Vet Forum How to tell if your horse is well

DATA BOOK 100 Caulfield Files Inbreeding via high-class siblings

102 European Pattern

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107 Global Stakes Results Worldwide Group and Graded winners

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NEW FOR 2011

Storm Bird Storm Cat .........................

Terlingua Tale of the Cat...................

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Narrate TALE OF EKATI Halo Sunday Silence .................

Wishing Well Silence Beauty (JPN) ........

(1997)

Nijinsky II Maplejinsky ......................

Gold Beauty

By TALE OF THE CAT (1994). Black-type winner of $360,900, King's Bishop S. [G2], etc. Sire of 8 crops of racing age, 1445 foals, 949 starters, 59 black-type winners, 641 winners of 1660 races and earning $51,528,564, including champion Malevola, and of Gio Ponti ($2,133,800, Arlington Million S. [G1] (AP, $588,000), etc.), Lion Heart ($1,390,800, Haskell Invitational H. [G1] (MTH, $600,000), etc.), Tale of Ekati [G1] ($1,182,258).

1st dam SILENCE BEAUTY (JPN), by Sunday Silence. Placed at 2 in Ireland. Dam of-TALE OF EKATI (c. by Tale of the Cat). Black-type winner, see record.

2nd dam MAPLEJINSKY, by Nijinsky II. 5 wins in 9 starts at 3, $293,196, Alabama S. [G1], Monmouth Oaks [G1], 4th Gazelle H. [G1]. Half-sister to DAYJUR [G1] (Total: $750,770, horse of the year in England, sire). Dam of-SKY BEAUTY (f. by Blushing Groom (FR)). 15 wins in 21 starts, 2 to 5, $1,336,000, champion older mare, Filly Triple Crown, Coaching Club American Oaks [G1], Acorn S. [G1], Mother Goose S. [G1], Alabama S. [G1], Ruffian H. [G1], Go for Wand S. [G1], etc. Dam of-HURRICANE CAT (c. by Storm Cat). Winner at 2, €26,255, in Ireland, 3rd Rock of Gibraltar E.B.F. Tetrarch S. [G3], etc.; winner in 2 starts at 2, £23,200, in England, Stan James Horris Hill S. [G3]. (Total: $73,640).

Our Country Place. Unraced. Dam of 6 foals, 5 to race, 3 winners, incl.-PLEASANT HOME (f. by Seeking the Gold). 5 wins at 3 and 4, $1,378,070, Breeders' Cup Distaff [G1] (BEL, $1,040,000), Bed o’ Roses Breeders’ Cup H. [G3] (AQU, $95,220), etc.

COUNTRY HIDEAWAY (f. by Seeking the Gold). 10 wins, $762,568, First Flight H. [G2] twice, Bed ‘o Roses Breeders’ Cup H. [G3] (AQU, $95,220), etc. Dam of BOCA GRANDE (f. by A.P. Indy, $515,570, Demoiselle S. [G2] (AQU, $120,000), etc.), VACATION (c. by Dynaformer, to 4, 2009, Total: $274,619, Hanshin Cup H. [G3] (AP, $58,200), etc.).

Matlacha Pass. Winner at 2 and 3, $59,400. Dam of PINE ISLAND (f. by Arch, 4 wins, $666,800, Alabama S. [G1] (SAR, $360,000), etc.), Chili Cat (f. by Storm Cat, $96,361, 3rd A Wild Ride S. (BEl, $6,715)).

RACE RECORD: At 2, two wins (Futurity S. [G2] (BEL, $150,000)), once 2nd (Sanford S. [G2] (SAR, $30,000)) in 4 starts; at 3, three wins (Wood Memorial S. [G1] (AQU, $450,000), Hill 'n' Dale Cigar Mile H. [G1] (AQU, $180,000), Jerome H. [G2] (BEL, $95,700)); at 4, 2009, unplaced. Totals: 5 wins, once 2nd. Earned $1,182,992.

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NEWS Stories from the racing world

Brits’ Cagnes-do attitude Trainers flee to France in search of better prize-money More fun and, potentially, profit have been cited as reasons for the surge in applications from British-based trainers for stabling at Cagnes-surMer ahead of its programme this winter.

Details of trainers who have been successful with applications, and those not so lucky, can be found in our story within Continental Tales (see page 30).

James Bethell, as a regular visitor to the French Riviera racetrack for the past 25 years, will be among the raiding party again, and the North Yorkshire trainer is looking forward to the change of scene.

He said: “It’s a great deal more fun racing at Cagnes than at Wolverhampton on a Saturday night or Kempton on a wet Wednesday, when running for £1,300 is grim.

“And if you have French-bred horses, it is potentially even better because of the premiums.

“We went last year, and won two races there, through Munaawer and Arlequin. I have been going for 25 years. I stopped for a while, and the last runners before this year were five or six years before that. One of the horses I used to take there was Stretton.

James Bethell (inset) is hoping for another successful winter raid at Cagnes-sur-Mer

“This time I might take Pintrada and Alive And Kicking. Pintrada was fourth in a Doncaster maiden that has turned out well. Alive And Kicking has not run yet but is a nice horse.

“I find that the best opportunities are for threeyear-old maidens. Their races are worth €10,000, so it’s worth having a crack, and there is a Listed three-year-old race too.”

Bethell is not surprised, given the dire and diminishing prize-money on offer in Britain, that applications for stabling at Cagnes have soared, though he pointed out that only around 20 boxes – or 8% – are for non-French horses.

He also suggested it was important for owners to win some prize-money, as a couple of weeks on the French Riviera is not cheap.

Bethell added: “Dandy [Nicholls] did well last winter – the publicity he received probably accounts to some extent for increased level of interest from British-based trainers.

“It costs about £5,000 to take a horse there but if I can share with Dandy that’ll be a bit cheaper. It did strike me last year, though, that it is expensive when you are staying down there.”

Stan Moore will be making his first foray to Cagnes-sur-Mer after being granted three boxes.

“Nothing ventured, nothing gained,” said the Upper Lambourn handler. “Prize-money here is a disgrace, so why not try something different?

“I’ve lost six owners in the past few months because of the situation in the UK. Owners know they’re not going to make money from racing but they do want to cover some costs, such as transport, and at the moment they can’t even do that.”

New year cheer from EBF as sponsorship is upheld Some good news to counterbalance the gloomy prize-money bulletins has been issued by the British arm of the European Breeders’ Fund (EBF), which is to continue its support of more than 500 British Flat races in 2011.

Last season, EBF-sponsored races, primarily a vast programme of two-year-old maidens but also Listed and conditions races and handicaps, carried more than £1.08 million in addition to the regular prize-money on offer.

“The trustees of the British European Breeders’ Fund have agreed in principle to allocate the same amount to EBF races as in 2010,” said EBF Chief Executive Sam Sheppard. “They have been able to achieve this due to the steadfast support of owners/managers of stallions standing in Great Britain, and those owners/breeders who nominate their US-sired stock to the EBF.” It was announced in September that significant changes to the nomination system for the Breeders’ Cup would signal an end to

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the 15-year cross-registration deal between the EBF and Breeders’ Cup, which allowed eligible horses from each jurisdiction to compete in either series of races.

From 2011, owners of stallions based outside the EBF area can pay the equivalent of 50% of that sire’s advertised fee in order for him to become an ‘EBF stallion’ and for his progeny to be eligible to run in EBF races. This replaces the previous system which enabled owners or breeders to nominate US-sired horses as foals, yearlings or two-year-olds.

Sheppard said: “There is much information available when arguing the case for the EBF. First, and foremost, is the incontrovertible truth that the flow of traffic of young horses from the USA to Europe far exceeds traffic in the opposite direction.

“Stallion owners will have every right to use this new scheme as an effective marketing tool – and save their clients money.”

The EBF was founded in 1984, since which time the BEBF has provided more than £24.8m in prize-money to British races. In 2010, 98.6% of all two-year-olds in training in Britain were eligible for EBF races.

Your Say, page 112.

Group 2 winner Saamidd is by US-based Street Cry

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NEWS

Irish breeder who was ‘ahead of his time’ De Burgh was brought up around horses in Ireland, with his family involved in hunting and point-to-pointing. His schooling took place in England, at Abberley Hall and Stowe.

In 1939 he joined the war effort. Gaining a commission with artillery unit the Ayrshire Yeomanry (he was later attached to the 16th/5th Lancers), he served with distinction in North Africa, earning the Military Cross.

Having attained the rank of Major, de Burgh left the forces after the war and returned to Ireland. He set up Oldtown in the early 1950s and made the decision to run the stud as a commercial breeding enterprise, pioneering the import of mares from America.

One of his early successes was Spanish Express, a son of Sovereign Path who won the 1964 Middle Park Stakes.

Further big wins came courtesy of Miss Petard (1973 Ribblesdale Stakes), Galaxy Libra (1981 Man o’War Stakes), Godstone (1983 Richmond Stakes) and King Persian (1983 Phoenix Stakes). Hong Kong champion and multiple Group 1 winner Indigenous was another Oldtown graduate.

His operation enjoyed its finest pay-day at the Houghton Sale in 1984, with a yearling filly by Great Nephew out of Fair Salinia that sold for a then-record 1,000,000 guineas.

De Burgh recognised the potential in stallion syndication and was a big supporter of Coolmore – led by a young John Magnier – when the operation stood the likes of Green God and Deep Diver in the early 1970s.

A successful amateur jockey and later a National Hunt steward, de Burgh was elected to the Irish Turf Club and Irish Racing Board.

He is survived by his wife Clare, children Hubie, Caroline and William, and eight grandchildren.

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Major John de Burgh, who passed away on December 4 aged 89, was one of Ireland’s most successful small Flat breeders of the past 50 years.

Based at Oldtown Stud in Naas, County Kildare, de Burgh never kept more than a dozen broodmares at any time yet managed to produce a succession of top-class runners.

The best of them all was Fair Salinia, who captured the Epsom, Irish and Yorkshire Oaks in 1978. The daughter of Petingo was the result of a broodmare selection policy which enabled de Burgh to secure well-bred individuals without paying huge sums.

“My father didn’t have the cash to go for the whole package, so when it came to buying, he went for breeding and looks but forgave on racecourse performance,” said de Burgh’s bloodstock agent son, Hubie.

“He realised that some US breeders, who had imported top families from Britain, would quickly sell on those fillies that did not make the grade on the track. That enabled him to buy some broodmares with excellent pedigrees for little money. My father was ahead of his time, really.

“Nearly all his stock were bought off the track; he didn’t go for eight- or ten-year-olds.

But if a mare did not produce the goods after three runners he would cut his losses and sell.

He was ruthless in that regard.”

Pioneer: Major John de Burgh

Coward calls time on BHA career The British Horseracing Authority must search for a new Chief Executive after Nic Coward (left) announced that he will leave the organisation this spring after four years service.

Appointed in late 2006, Coward oversaw the BHA’s creation from the British Horseracing Board and Horseracing Regulatory Authority.

In recent months, Coward has been at the forefront of racing’s efforts to secure a higher return form the levy. His tenure as Chief Executive has also seen the creation of Racing For Change, whose remit is to increase racing’s fan base and make the sport easier for newcomers to understand.

The 44-year-old, a former Director of Corporate and Legal Affairs with the Football Association, is to become General Secretary of the Premier League.

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Ascot will host the new raceday which will feature the £1.3m Champion Stakes

BBC to broadcast Champions’ Day The first ever British Champions’ Day will be shown on BBC 1 after the corporation saw off rival Channel 4 for the right to show the fixture for the next two years.

British Champions’ Day, which features the £1.3 million Champion Stakes, transferred from its original home of Newmarket, will be the most valuable day of racing ever run in Britain when it is staged for the first time at Ascot on Saturday, October 15, 2011.

It is the culmination of the British Champions’ Series, which will showcase the best races in five categories (sprint, mile, middle

distance, fillies & mares and long distance) throughout the Flat season with the aim of producing individual champions. The series gets underway with the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on April 30.

Karl Oliver, Chief Executive of British Champions’ Series Ltd, said: “I’m very pleased that we have reached an agreement with the BBC to broadcast British Champions’ Day. “I’m confident it will soon become a must-watch event for sports fans and racing aficionados alike, as the climax of a thrilling series.”

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Tweenhills Times

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JANUARY 2011

FULL BOOK FOR MAKFI The support from breeders for Makfi has been outstanding and he is now fully booked. Leading breeders such as Cheveley Park, the Aga Khan, Lanwades Stud, Watership Down Stud, Darley, Rathbarry and Newsells will be sending mares, as will many French breeders.

Makfi's owners Qatar Bloodstock will also be supporting their new sire, by Dubawi, with a host of recently acquired top class mares.

These include the dam of Astrophysical Jet, a dual Gr.3 winner by Dubawi; the Gr.2 Cherry Hinton winner Dora Carrington; and Light Step, a Listed winner and dam of the Dubawi two-year-old Listed winner Nova Step. High class two-year-old Baileys Cacao, Gr.2 Sun Chariot winner Danceabout and ultra tough Stakes filly Ripples Maid will also be covered by Makfi.

Dual Gr.1 Classic winner Makfi settling in well at Tweenhills

In addition, Qatar Bloodstock invested in the Green Desert mare Diary for 1,300,000gns at the Tattersalls December Sale. Sold in foal to Galileo, Diary is the dam of Gr.1 Prix de l’Abbaye winner Total Gallery and Gr.1 Fillies’ Mile runner-up Lady Darshaan.

She will visit Dubawi in 2011 to replicate the cross that produced Makfi.

REDLAND REAPS REWARDS The Redland Bloodstock enterprise investment scheme run by Tweenhills continued to reap success at the sales. Their star mare Ripples Maid, in foal to Sea The Stars, realised 240,000gns at the Tattersalls December Sales. She was originally purchased in July 2009 for 132,000gns, and her Bahamian Bounty foal at foot subsequently made 75,000gns in December.

€45,000 MAKFI

NOMINATION

The sales season ended with a night to remember when most of the racing community present in Deauville for the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale gathered at ‘Le Cercle’ for the ‘Smile for Camilla’ benefit party.

It was generously supported by many buyers of tickets and donors of auction items. One item included a nomination to Makfi kindly donated by his former trainer Mikel Delzangles which made €45,000 thanks to Georges Rimaud.

Visit www.friendsofcamillamilbank appeal.com if you wish to make a donation to help Camilla Milbank readjust to a new life following a riding accident which left her paralysed.

Morache Music – a third black-type 2yo by Sleeping Indian

GREAT INDIAN MUSIC A third two-year-old by Sleeping Indian gained black-type in 2010 when Morache Music finished second in the Listed Prix Zeddaan at Fontainebleu in France.

His trainer Peter Makin was delighted with his performance and said: “When he met the rising ground he just flew to the finish – a great race.”

Foals to prove profitable at Tattersalls December Sale in 2010 included a Notnowcato colt out of Cockatrice realising 26,000gns. The syndicate had purchased the dam with the foal in utero for just 11,500gns in December 2009. Also purchased in 2009 was Persian Sea, whose first foal by Royal Applause made 47,000gns and went a long way to recouping the dam’s purchase price of 64,000gns.

Sleeping Indian’s first-crop have won 20 races in 2010, with Morache Music winning three including a Conditions race at Newmarket by a comfortable 4 lengths.

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Scraps minimum values for prize-money in 2011 for middle-to-lower tier races in response to Levy Board cuts Dublin-based bookmaker to create 1,440 new jobs in Ireland, Britain and Australia over the next three years BHA Chief Executive to step down in spring 2011 after four years in the role 43-year-old set to return to the jockey ranks after five years as a trainer; his biggest UK win came on Dance Turn in the 1994 Silver Bowl at Haydock Increases cost of service to bookmakers from January 1 by 3% to £7,030 per shop Veteran named Journalist of the Year at the HWPA Awards; Dan Abraham scoops the Photographer of the Year accolade Independent members recommend target levy yield of £75-80m for 2010/11 in submission to government American trainer registers his 2,000th career success with Free Pourin at Hollywood Park Bookmaker signs three-year deal to sponsor the Welsh Champion Hurdle, worth £45,000 in total, at new home Ffos Las Steps down as Managing Director and Clerk of the Course at Thirsk racecourse after 25 years at the track Clinches deal with racecourse and betting operator Phumelela allowing British punters to bet into South African pools for the first time 45-year-old jockey who was twice champion apprentice returns to race-riding in France, having served a five-year ban Leaves role as BHA Communications Officer to take up similar position with UK Anti-Doping Jailed for a minimum of seven and a half years for the manslaughter of apprentice jockeys Jamie Kyne and Jan Wilson

RACEHORSE AND STALLION – MOVEMENTS AND RETIREMENTS Profound Beauty Gilt Edge Girl Bach Getaway Lookin At Lucky Alfred Nobel Tobougg Bannaby Gladiatorus Hellvelyn Lope De Vega Whipper Midships Gloria de Campeao

Moyglare Stud’s high-class homebred mare, runner-up in the 2010 Irish St Leger and fifth in the 2008 Melbourne Cup, is retired aged six Prix de l’Abbaye winner is sold privately to Starcraft’s owner Paul Makin Sire of talented novice hurdler Frascati Park to stand at David Brace’s Dunraven Stud, near Bridgend, in 2011 after purchase from Coolmore Dual Group 1-winning son of Monsun is retired to Coolmore to stand as a jumps sire Preakness Stakes winner who ran fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic is bought by Coolmore and retired to Ashford Stud in Kentucky; his fee is $35,000 Son of Danehill Dancer, winner of the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes in 2009, is retired to stud at Coolmore in Ireland; he will also shuttle to Australia Moves, along with Double Trigger, after John Haydon decides to relocate from East Burrow Farm in Devon to Clarendon Farm in Teffont, near Salisbury Talented staying son of Dyhim Diamond, winner of the Prix du Cadran in 2008, retires to his owner Luis Morgado’s Yeguada Miranda Stud in Spain Godolphin’s dual Group 1 winner is retired to Societa Allevamento Besnate in Italy, where he will stand alongside Breeders’ Cup winner Pounced Son of Ishiguru who won the 2006 Coventry Stakes to stand at Roisin Close’s Bucklands Farm in Hartpury, Gloucestershire at a fee of £2,500 Classic-winning son of Shamardal is sold to stand at Ballylinch Stud in County Kilkenny at an initial fee of €15,000 Leading first-crop sire in France in 2009 moves from Ballylinch Stud to Haras du Mézeray, where his fee will be €7,500 Grade 1-winning son of Mizzen Mast retires to Haras de Saint Arnoult in France; a fee of €3,000 has been set Dubai World Cup winner is to begin his stallion career at Alebacks Stuteri in Sweden, before shuttling to Brazil

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One of Scotland’s leading jumps trainers, he sent out over 400 winners and enjoyed Grade 1 success with Moment Of Truth US Hall of Fame trainer who won the 1993 Kentucky Derby with Sea Hero, owned and bred by Paul Mellon Licensed amateur rider and part-time work-rider for the John Berry stable in Newmarket Worked for the Derrick/Henry Candy stable since the 1950s when associated with the likes of Nicholas Bill, Master Willie and Time Charter Former master of Oldtown Stud who bred Fair Salinia, the first filly to win the Epsom, Irish and Yorkshire Oaks (obituary page 8) Travelling head lad to Newmarket handler Jeremy Hindley for many years and father of jockey Neil Crowther Perthshire-based trainer who had formerly been head groom to Kim Bailey in Lambourn Won the 1967 Champion Hurdle on Saucy Kit and rode over 500 winners during his career

Top-class racehorse and stallion who has sired seven top level winners including Bahamian Bounty and Bijou D’Inde Exceptional hurdler, owned by Brian Stewart-Brown and trained by Oliver Sherwood, who won 15 races including the 1997 Cleeve Hurdle Dual Grade 2-winning hurdler for the Tom George stable who had embarked on a chasing career this season US-based stallion whose progeny includes Finsceal Beo, winner of the English and Irish 1,000 Guineas, and Sussex Stakes victor Reel Buddy Sire of top-class chaser Neptune Collonges and exciting young hurdler Silviniaco Conti Winner of the 2008 Irish St Leger by 13 lengths who had stood for one season at Coolmore’s Castle Hyde Stud High-class two-mile chaser whose five Grade 1 wins included two Tingle Creeks, a Kerrygold Champion Chase and a Victor Chandler Chase

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ROA LEADER

PAUL DIXON President Racehorse Owners Association

Levy and tariff give cause for optimism New Year might not be the nadir of British horseracing we feared

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he fact that the Levy Board’s three independent members have made some reasonably encouraging recommendations to government must be seen by racing as a positive step. With so much gloom surrounding the industry, this stands out like a good deed in a wicked world.

Racing received its first sign of encouragement with the announcement that in 2011 the government would no longer have any involvement in sorting out levy disputes. There would be an alternative means of adjudication when the racing and betting industries could not agree.

This development would require a change to the underpinning levy legislation and, along with this, so the thinking goes, there would be an opportunity to make other changes to the Act. This would provide an opportunity to close the most damaging loophole of all – offshore betting operators and bookmakers taking bets on British racing without paying a penny in levy.

In the light of the government decision to withdraw from the procedure in future years, it was not difficult to conclude that the current determination process would also be more influenced by the views of the three government appointed members than in previous years.

It was an assumption that gained further credence when it emerged that these members, the Levy Board Chairman Paul Lee, the Vice-Chairman Penny Boys and Paul Darling, had been asked formally to make a recommendation to the Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt in relation to the 50th levy scheme (2011/12).

The independent members’ submission would clearly influence government thinking and it was therefore with some relief that their views held more comfort for racing than it did for bookmakers.

On the plus side, the independent members’ recommendation was to get rid of the pernicious

threshold system that has been so disgracefully exploited by the betting industry in recent years and for a reinstatement of levy on foreign racing.

On the debit side, the recommendation was for the percentage that racing received to reduce from 10% of gross win to 9% – the reduction presumably being seen as a trade off against the two ‘wins’ for racing. The target yield from these moves is estimated to be £75 million to £80m which, although a long way short of racing’s aspirations, represents a move in the right direction.

Racing will obviously kickback on the proposal for a 1% reduction, but the real aim must be to persuade the government of the importance of getting offshore bookmakers to pay levy. Without this, British racing will be increasingly vulnerable.

The route to making this happen may be strewn with all manner of obstacles, many of which are wrapped up with European legislation, but the government holds some enormously valuable cards when it comes to dealing with the likes of William Hill and Ladbrokes who, since going offshore with their internet accounts, represent a substantial part of the problem.

There is, for instance, the small matter of FOBT machines that now contribute so much to the profitability of betting shops. FOBTs represent a very big stick that the government could use to inflict serious harm on betting shops unless they toe the line.

It is common knowledge that these machines are at best borderline when it comes to gambling addiction and there is no shortage of adverse publicity relating to the expansion of betting shops in areas of social deprivation.

The possibilities of a significantly increased levy, combined with the optimism surrounding the soon-tobe-announced Horsemen’s Group Tariff, provides racehorse owners with the hope that 2011 might not be the nadir of British horseracing that has so long been feared.

A happy and successful new year to you all.

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TBA LEADER

KIRSTEN RAUSING Chairman Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association

A year of campaigning sees plenty of benefits But Association needs your support in retaining membership numbers

T

he TBA had another busy year in 2010 and this month I would like to ‘play safe’ and dedicate this leader to in-house matters, providing a brief endof-year report highlighting the TBA’s successes.

Whilst the TBA team continues to do a marvellous job in delivering members’ services and administering the various benefits of membership, for which I thank them, my objective this year, together with the support of my Chief Executive, has focussed on growing the TBA’s role and profile, in ensuring the British breeding industry has an effective first port of call for government agencies, racing bodies and overseas associations. Adopting this approach in 2010 has resulted in the following gains: ● After a hard campaign, the Levy Board Breeders’ Prizes Scheme for 2011 has been retained, albeit at a reduced level. ● Following the General Election the TBA secured a meeting with DEFRA Minister James Paice and his officials, to ensure that thoroughbred breeding featured on the DEFRA officials’ radar.

Since then the TBA has used these contacts to raise awareness of concerns affecting members. ● Continuous pressure from the TBA, again with DEFRA and trade ministers, has finally led to the lifting of the 15-year Indian trade restrictions. As a result, Indian breeders and their agents purchased 59 mares valued at £1.4 million at Tattersalls’ December Sale, helping to boost results when the domestic market was under pressure. ● On the back of the profitable Indian trade, the TBA will be working with DEFRA officials to enable British breeders to export horses direct to China, developing appropriate protocols and documentation. This will surely be essential if we are to keep Britain at the forefront of growing international trade. ● Over the past 18 months the TBA has lobbied DEFRA on their Cost and Responsibility Sharing Proposals, and during the summer it was announced that the earlier plan to introduce a tax on all horse owners/keepers would be reviewed. This was a major objective, because we were

conscious that our industry would be the prime target, with access to accurate ownership details and a perception that the industry was easily able to pay such a tax. ● The future of the Tripartite Agreement, which allows the free movement of thoroughbred and FEI competition horses between Ireland, France and the UK, is threatened by a challenge from the World Horse Welfare Group on the grounds that misuse of the agreement has provided a method to move slaughter horses unchecked. The TBA produced a well researched report which showed that 8,500 individual annual movements for sales and breeding alone would be affected. This has alerted DEFRA to the need to retain the agreement. The matter is ongoing and will require monitoring. ● Two new committees have demonstrated their effectiveness: the Next Generation Committee has enjoyed a strong first year, with events and promotions now backed up by a website. Under Chairman Peter Mendham, the Bloodstock Taxation Committee’s first task is to update the Bloodstock Taxation Guide last revised by the BHA in 2007. The group will look also at VAT and other fiscal issues with a view to protecting breeders’ interests. This is timely as the European Commission is to challenge the use of lower VAT rate on horses and associated activity enjoyed by many member states.

This year’s December Sales, with its strong market at the top level, again proves international breeders’ recognition of British racing and breeding as the best in the world.

Looking forward to 2011, which promises to be another demanding year, members can support the TBA in a number of ways: by standing for election to the TBA board or sub-committees, or closer to home, where support is needed on a local level to retain our membership numbers.

Whilst the Association has built up adequate reserves to provide protection against the decline in income, the support of members, via subscription and sales levy contributions, is essential if we are to remain effective and represent breeders’ interests.

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THE MAN YOU CAN’T IGNORE COMMENT

Tony Morris Genetic research which could benefit breeders of practical mind and deep pockets has not come far since the 1970s, but there has been the odd useful breakthrough recently

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t must have been about 35 years ago when I wrote to four professors of genetics at British universities. My question to all of them was the same, on the lines of: “When are you going to provide the breeders of thoroughbred horses with some worthwhile information that might enable them to improve their stock?”

It was common knowledge that genetic research had resulted in many advances in some animal species, with notable benefits particularly to the farming industry. What the scientists had achieved with cattle was especially remarkable, leading to striking improvements in beef production and milk yield. There had been significant developments, too, in other domesticated species, such as pigs and poultry, all as a result of the identification of superior breeding stock enabled by new knowledge that genetic research had uncovered.

The geneticists had found the key to selective breeding where some animals were concerned, so had they no suggestions to offer thoroughbred breeders, who were still muddling along with no philosophy more promising than the age-old adage about putting the best to the best and hoping for the best? There was plenty of data to indicate that did not always work and most breeders weren’t blessed with top-quality mares, nor could they afford to use top-quality stallions.

In the absence of any genuinely scientific data, breeders were easily seduced by theories advanced by non-scientists; some still had faith in the ideas propounded by Bruce Lowe, whose doctrine defied common sense and logic even as it was presented to an all-too-credulous public in the 1890s.

The 20th century had brought other theorists, also unversed in science, and in the mid-1970s thoroughbred breeders remained about as much in the dark as their predecessors of the 1870s.

That was the background to my appeal to those eminent geneticists. It turned out to be a waste. Only one of the four responded and

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he failed to answer my question. All I got was what I already knew – the achievements of his science in other animal species – and an assurance there would be more exciting developments in the years to come. Was it that the geneticists reckoned that the athletic animal was too complicated a creature for them to deal with, or that animals who featured in the food chain naturally claimed priority? Was it just about a want of funding for researches into something that affected a small minority? Those exciting developments have been a long time coming.

In the early 1980s I bought a couple of new books on equine genetics, only to find that things had still not moved on very far. I did not need yet another elucidation of how

“In the absence of scientific data, breeders were easily seduced by theories from non-scientists” coat colour was transmitted. That had been old news at the start of the century, when those who finally grasped the significance of what Gregor Mendel had discovered in 1865 worked it out. The new science was effectively founded as a result of researches in the General Stud Book, the archive of the thoroughbred, and it was a Cambridge academic involved in that quest for proofs of Mendel’s theories, one William Bateson, who actually coined the term genetics.

In the early 1990s the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association was approached by a breeder who had applied genetic techniques

in the production of other animals and who thought he could point our industry to the way forward. Sadly, he did not understand much about the way our industry worked and it was hard to give credibility to his chief recommendation, which was that we should abandon use of a stallion as soon as he had produced a son better than himself, and transfer allegiance to the young one.

Not applicable or desirable Aside from the fact the scheme was totally impractical for an industry not controlled and regulated by an all-powerful authority, one has to wonder about how the breed would have benefited from removing Sadler’s Wells from the production line and concentrating on Old Vic instead. That might produce excellent results in some species, but it was neither applicable nor desirable for breeders in the thoroughbred business.

A century after the thoroughbred had proved crucial in the establishment of genetics as a new branch of science, breeders had got nothing back – not one clue as to how to produce better stock. No wonder many were still prepared to give credence to theories with no basis in science, or simply do what seemed expedient when mating their mares. What were they supposed to do when scientists had no viable suggestions?

The plain fact is that when I wrote to those geneticists all those years ago, they did not have the tools for the job I asked them to do.

They still didn’t until very recently and it is only now that the promised exciting developments are beginning to come through. It was 2003 before the entire human genome sequence was completed.

Lessons learned from that breakthrough – the outstanding scientific achievement of all time, perhaps – were applied in sequencing genomes of other mammalian species. Those of the chimpanzee, the mouse and the dog soon followed, and, in 2006, the horse, the subject chosen for the project in that instance being a thoroughbred mare called Twilight.

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ELIMINATE ELIMINA ATE PROBLEMS

The appliance of science will hopefully help breeders in future

There is a whole new bank of information available now as a result of that project. Geneticists are beginning to understand the functions of some key genes that relate to athletic performance and research is progressing rapidly. By the end of this decade, many more of those influential genes will surely have been identified.

Breakthrough is made A year ago there was much publicity over the discovery of the effect of the myostatin muscle gene in the thoroughbred. It had previously been noted that mutations on that gene increased muscle mass in cattle, and in the horse there were key markers enabling a prediction of an individual’s distance capacity. In some – perhaps a majority of – cases this would merely confirm what knowledge of pedigree and/or judgement of conformation might have suggested, but it nevertheless represented an advance. It had nothing to say about racing class and was incorrectly described by some as the ‘speed gene’, but the discovery of its effect in its different forms gave notice genetics was beginning to deliver information of practical use.

The prospectus for a Kentucky-based company, The Genetic Edge, appears to underline the practical help already available as a result of its researches and the statistical techniques it has developed. It claims to have performed a whole genome analysis on hundreds of Graded Stakes-winning and placed horses, and compared them with the complete genomes of lower quality horses, the latter group defined as horses who had run at least three times and had not bettered a Beyer rating of 60. And it seems that it was able to identify genetic differences attributable to variations in athletic ability.

The horse rated A, with all the markers necessary for a potential Graded Stakes winner, might be similarly bred and comparably conformed to the horse rated D, with few or none of those beneficial markers. Knowledge of pedigree and conformation would not enable anyone to identify which was the star and which the dud, but the techniques developed by The Genetic Edge presumed to do just that.

If the company’s claims are to be believed, here is a significant advance with obvious implications for practical breeders – or at least, for those practical breeders able to afford knowledge which comes at considerable expense.

“Discovery of the effect of the myostatin muscle gene represented an advance”

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JULIAN MUSCAT COMMENT

What will 2011 hold for horseracing in Britain? Our columnist can foresee surprises at the sales, a big-name retirement and an upset in the Derby…

Looking ahead to a funny year JANUARY Racing rejoices when Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State at the DCMS, implements the Levy Board’s recommendations in settlement of the 50th scheme. Betting shops retaliate by refusing to bet on anything other than virtual racing and Irish lottery numbers. “Punters have no interest in British racing anyway,” a layer explains.

FEBRUARY The big freeze sees dozens of Britain’s best jumpers flee to Pau for prep races ahead of Cheltenham. The raid is a huge success but a crisis develops when many stay on to compete for better prizemoney.

Nicky Henderson points out another benefit.

“I don’t have to take calls from journalists every day asking why my horses are drifting on Betfair,” he says.

MARCH A depleted Cheltenham Festival sees Sam Twiston-Davies win every race. All the winners are trained by his father, Nigel, who says: “Whatever you all may think, Paddy Brennan is my stable jockey.”

Zenyatta makes a(nother) shock reappearance to win the Dubai World Cup under a jubilant Mike Smith, who exclaims: “There was no Blame attached to me this time.”

APRIL Tony McCoy repeats his Grand National victory aboard Don’t Push It and promptly announces his retirement. “Now is the right time,” the champion says. “I feel I could ride another 5,000 winners but I just can’t face another round of lobbying for me to win Sports Personality of the Year.” After winning the Greenham by 20 lengths, Frankel follows THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

up in the 2,000 Guineas despite a rule change obliging him to run backwards. “He did it well,” says Henry Cecil, “but I thought he ran a bit too free.” Declining a Derby followup, he adds: “I have said before that the female line is dominant and Jane says we shouldn’t run.”

MAY White Moonstone wins the 1,000 Guineas by 28 lengths in a thunderstorm. Frankie Dettori slips on performing a flying dismount and breaks his ankle. “What a plonker!” says Saeed Bin Suroor.

JUNE There’s Epsom uproar as the Derby hero defies the thoroughbred colour chart. Closer inspection brings red faces to representatives of the sponsors Investec, who loosed a live version of their logo at the off. “We knew our zebra was fast but we didn’t think he could outrun the horses,” one says. Moves are afoot to match the zebra with Frankel.

JULY Traditionalists are outraged when ‘house full’ signs go up 24 hours before the King George at Ascot. The infield is ablaze with barbecues as crowds gather ahead of a post-race concert featuring Ozzy Osborne’s long-lost daughter and Suck It, a boy band that just fails to make the final audition for X Factor.

Chief Executive Charles Barnett is unrepentant. “Ascot rocks,” he says, “and we have to move with the times.”

AUGUST Intrigue surrounding the sale of Sea The Stars turns to astonishment when a

spokesman welcomes the horse to Coolmore’s jump division. “We know he’s good because we couldn’t beat him on the track,” the spokesman explains. “He should fill quickly – JP has already promised us the dam of Binocular.”

SEPTEMBER Breeders are speechless when zebras make up more than half the catalogue for the next month’s Book 1 Yearling Sale. Coolmore strikes again when it wins the battle to stand the Derby winner at stud. “He will make a perfect outcross for Northern Dancer-line mares,” a spokesman ventures.

OCTOBER Coolmore provokes the wrath of Racing For Change by retiring the zebra only days before Champions’ Day at Ascot. “It’s a missed opportunity,” an official says. “We have brought over four others from South America that we thought would give him a race. I suppose we’ll have to make do with Frankel instead.”

NOVEMBER A chastened Henderson returns from the south of France to resume at Seven Barrows.

“Every time I brought through a young horse, the Aga Khan would pinch it to run on the Flat,” he laments. “And the food in France is overrated – you can’t beat The Pheasant for lunch.”

DECEMBER Connections of Kauto Star are taken aback when Goldikova is among the final entries for the King George, but the French mare is withdrawn on Freddie Head’s arrival in England.

“We got a shock when we walked the course,” the trainer relates.

“With all the changes happening to the British racing programme we thought the race had been moved from Ascot to Kempton. She would jump the fences fine but the ground is too soft.”

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THE GREAT OWNER/BREEDERS

By JEREMY EARLY

LADY ZIA WERNHER The extraordinary record of the ordinary-looking Double Life

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Mumtaz Mahal’s family, include Group 1 winners Albanova, Alborada, Allegretta, Aussie Rules, Quarter Moon and Yesterday.

Nearly 60 years earlier, the 600gns spent by Cecil Boyd-Rochfort on a yearling filly at the 1927 Newmarket October Sales on behalf of

or every filly or mare who hits the mark after being bought in the hope of founding a stunning dynasty there are thousands who do not, and finding the right material often owes as much to luck as to judgment.

Good conformation, good form and a solid pedigree are widely accepted as the best starting point, if not finishing point. These basics worked to full effect with such as Mumtaz Mahal for the Aga Khan, but they have never offered any guarantees.

Indeed, the history of the sport reveals some mares with decidedly undistinguished backgrounds who eventually hit the jackpot. To give a classic example, Conjure, bought by Lord Astor for £100 with the intention of mating her with King’s Premium sires to breed jumpers, became the foundation mare of Cliveden Stud and ancestress of numerous top-flight winners.

More recently, the 19,000 guineas – a relatively trivial sum these days – spent by Kirsten Rausing and Sonia Rogers on Alruccaba at the 1985 December Sales proved an exceptional investment that probably exceeded the expectations of the purchasers. The descendants of Alruccaba, who hailed from

“The filly’s breeding

was hardly purple, nor was she physically imposing”

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Lady Anastasia (‘Zia’) Wernher, who had recently taken up Flat racing, looked questionable as a route to bearing similar fruit.

The filly’s breeding was hardly purple, by Irish Derby winner Bachelor’s Double out of a mare by Doncaster Cup winner Willbrook called Saint Joan, who had been to Germany and India before selling for 35gns as an in-foal six-year-old. Nor was the yearling imposing

Lady Zia Wernher, right, paid tribute to Double Life on her gravestone at Someries

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physically, being wiry with a plain head and standing only 15.3hh in maturity.

But Double Life, as she was called, became one of the outstanding mares of the 20th century for Lady Zia and Sir Harold Wernher.

She was smart on the track, winning four races in a row at three, including the Chesterfield Cup and Cambridgeshire. In the latter she gained a narrow triumph under a 10lb penalty, receiving only 3lb from runner-up Vatout, winner of the Poule d’Essai des Poulains.

Initially on retirement, Double Life was boarded at Boyd-Rochfort’s brother’s Middleton Park Stud in County Westmeath. Then, once the Wernhers had purchased Someries Stud in 1937, she moved to Newmarket.

To stallions who all stayed at least a mile and a half Double Life foaled five colts and three fillies, with the pick of the colts being Precipitation, Persian Gulf and Casanova. The first-named won the King Edward VII Stakes, Jockey Club Stakes and Gold Cup, while Persian Gulf won the Coronation Cup. Both proved successful sires at Someries.

Casanova landed the Dewhurst Stakes, so Double Life had given the Wernhers a great start. It was up to her daughters to continue the flow, boosted by some skilful purchases from elsewhere. One of these was Miss Pecksniff in 1946, who became grandam of Dickens, a colt successful in the Dante Stakes, Yorkshire Cup and Goodwood Cup. To return to Double Life’s daughters, they did little on the racecourse but produced some significant runners and mares. Doubleton foaled Duplicity, who ran third in the 1,000 Guineas and second in the Falmouth Stakes, Daily Double, who was successful in the Challenge Stakes, and Double Eclipse, winner of the Princess of Wales’s Stakes after running third in the Derby.

At stud, another daughter, Fairly, foaled Judicate, who notched the Irish St Leger in 1952, the year in which Daily Double entered the history books by producing an Alycidon filly subsequently named Meld. In a short but stunning career Meld landed five of her six starts and became only the eighth winner of the Fillies’ Triple Crown with victories in the 1,000 Guineas, Oaks and St Leger. She also won the Coronation Stakes.

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To add to her reputation and that of Lady Zia she became the first Triple Crown winner to foal a Classic winner when Charlottown landed the 1966 Derby. He won the Coronation Cup at four. Meld also produced the unraced Mellay, a champion sire in New Zealand, and Intaglio, grandam of Easy Regent (1974 Criterium de Saint-Cloud).

Sir Harold, owner of Brown Jack 30 years before, was not to be left out of this success story, since in 1954 he bought the mare Phaetonia at Tattersalls carrying to Combat. The resultant foal, Aggressor, proved a top-notcher with 11 victories headed by his taking the scalp of Petite Etoile in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 1960.

Sir Harold died in 1974 and Lady Zia in 1977. Their achievements from only a few mares at Someries were phenomenal, and within five years another King George winner had been added to the stud’s scoresheet when Kalaglow, foaled a year after Lady Zia’s death and with Double Life as his sixth dam via Duplicity, triumphed at Ascot.

Winners at the Double Someries Stud stayed in the family, though run in a much more commercial style by producing yearlings for auction, until being sold to Sheikh Mohammed in 1990. In that time Nicholas Phillips, grandson of the Wernhers, boosted the quality of the broodmare band with such as dual Nassau Stakes winner Roussalka.

The winners have kept flowing from the Double Life family, and in some of the best races too. Duplicity became the third dam of Fillies’ Mile winner Formulate, herself dam of Oaks winner Shahtoush and Oaks runner-up Game Plan. Duplicity is also sixth dam of high-class French colt Montmartre (Grand Prix de Paris) and seventh dam of Declan’s Moon (Hollywood Futurity) Not to be outdone, via Meld’s daughter Intaglio, Daily Double is seventh dam of Ramonti, who earned almost £2 million in winning 12 of his 20 starts led by five Group 1s.

Intaglio is also fifth dam of Cheeky Choice, a Group 1 scorer in Australia, and Zabrasive, winner of the Rosehill Guineas in 2010.

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VIEW FROM IRELAND

By LEO POWELL, MANAGING EDITOR OF THE IRISH FIELD

here is an old adage about giving a job to a busy man. It certainly applies in the case of Jim Nicholson. Jim is the owner of James Nicholson Wine Merchants and his company has sponsored the JNwine.com Champion Chase at Down Royal for a number of years. The Grade 1 is in the mix for any top chaser and the most recent running saw Kauto Star beat Sizing Europe in the €140,000 event.

This was the third time in four years that the powerful Paul Nicholls/Ruby Walsh axis has landed the prize, Kauto Star regaining a crown he also claimed in 2008, while Taranis represented the duo in the winners’ enclosure in 2007. The Listener was the interloper in 2009, while Beef Or Salmon won in 2006.

The stature of the race is in no doubt and the race has added extra sheen to the success story that Down Royal has become under its energetic manager Mike Todd. Nicholson, too, has played a vital role in the resurgence of a track that stages Flat and jumps racing, including the Ulster Derby. A Royal Plate is held each year and a contribution is made to it from the Privy Purse. This tradition has continued since 1750, when King George II became the second monarch to give £100 towards such a race.

Down Royal has been chaired by Nicholson for the best part of two decades and he has represented the interests of racing in Northern Ireland on the board of Horse Racing Ireland since 2007. HRI owns the Tote and Nicholson also chairs this body, while serving too on the Audit Committee.

His latest role, and potentially most crucial, is to chair the Strategic Marketing Group on Attendances at Irish racecourses. He is quick

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to point out that this is not an Irish version of Racing For Change but an attempt to address the problem of falling attendances.

The first part of the group’s work involved gathering a team of experts, some from outside racing, to look at what was happening and devise a strategy. This group also comprised the Deputy Senior Steward of the Turf Club Roddy Ryan, Irish Thoroughbred Marketing chief Michael O’Hagan, advertising and market research guru John Fanning, avid racegoer and leading civil servant Martin Hanevy, career banker Declan O’Neill and Keira Kennedy, commercial and marketing manager of Leinster Rugby.

Executive support for the group is provided by Michael O’Rourke, director of

corporate communications and public affairs for HRI, Tamso Doyle who is PR manager for HRI, and their marketing services manager Barbara White.

In December the group held a series of meetings with various sectors within racing to report on their work and ascertain what the stakeholders felt about the needs of racing.

The group has whittled the needs down to three key headings for immediate action.

They are to grow the fan base, to attract the betting customer and to create a customerfocused racing product. Following a behaviour and attitudes survey which revealed that 60% of people have never been racing, it is hoped that there is lots of fertile ground to grow the attendance figures.

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Can Oscar Time deliver Waley-Cohens’ dream?

Robert Waley-Cohen: nice new recruit

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A stated ambition of the Waley-Cohen family to win the Aintree Grand National may have taken a significant step in the right direction with the news that Robert Waley-Cohen recently bought the leading Irish steeplechaser Oscar Time.

Winner of the Paddy Power Chase at Leopardstown last Christmas and runner-up in the Irish Grand National, the gelding was the subject of much interest from a range of potential purchasers.

This is understandable when you consider the record of Irish Grand National winners and placed horses in the Aintree equivalent.

The good news for trainer Martin Lynch is that Oscar Time remains with him. He made his seasonal debut at Thurles over hurdles with his intended Aintree pilot, Sam WaleyCohen, in the saddle.

Again, this is a favoured route for Grand National hopefuls and the new combination performed with great credit, running a fine second to the smart performer Risk.

Bobbyjo and Numbersixvalverde both won the Irish and Aintree Grand Nationals, while Papillon finished second to Bobbyjo, and the following season went one better at Liverpool.

Can history repeat itself?

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VIEW FROM IRELAND

The bookmaking fraternity seemed to be more preoccupied with the identity of the new first jockey at Ballydoyle than just about anyone else. Their betting forecasts on who might fill the role were so far wide of the mark that they resembled betting on the colour of the Queen’s hat at Royal Ascot.

Pat Smullen was installed as the instant favourite, presumably because he and Aidan O’Brien are married to sisters. They obviously forgot to speak to Pat, who issued an immediate statement that he would be continuing his association with Dermot Weld and Moyglare Stud.

Then he was replaced as favourite by Christophe Soumillon, even though it seemed to be known throughout France that he was about to sign as first jockey to the Wildenstein family. Since then the trail would seem to have gone cold, though it was interesting that the firms were never promoting a price on no first jockey appointment.

Perhaps this is the route that Ballydoyle will take. After all, Johnny Murtagh rode a Group 1 winner in France on Recital for the team after he announced the severance of the contract and perhaps he may still be considered when the opportunity arises.

Hints that So You Think’s rider in Australia, Steven Arnold, might travel to Europe to ride the Australian wonderhorse seemed to add voracity for some to the story that the yard

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Bookies wide of mark over Ballydoyle rider

Aidan O’Brien and Coolmore are keeping their cards close to their chests

would use the best available.

One thing is certain. The Ballydoyle and Coolmore team are not being bounced into any decision and are playing their cards close to their chests. At least it is a debate that can occupy the hibernating Flat racing fans during the cold winter months.

Murtagh was not long without a substantial contract. The Aga Khan, who has some 90 horses in training with John Oxx and a further 30 with Michael Halford, snapped him up to ride his horses in Ireland just two days after the Ballydoyle split. This sees the renewal of an arrangement that yielded many

Sheikh Mohammed renews Irish associations

Writer Holland quickly at ease in new home

PETER MOONEY

Dubai Prince wins easily at Leopardstown to earn a transfer to Godolphin

Not surprisingly, given that the exercise resulted in a Group 1 win for Casamento and Group success for Dubai Prince, Sheikh Mohammed is to have another batch of two-

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year-olds in training in Ireland in 2011.

They will be spread between John Oxx, Dermot Weld, Jim Bolger, Michael Halford, Ger Lyons and David Marnane.

Group 1 wins over more than a decade. The best horse ridden by Murtagh in the Aga Khan colours was Arc winner Sinndar, who also won the Epsom and Irish Derbys.

Losing out as a result of the musical chairs was Fran Berry, who replaced Michael Kinane as first jockey at the Oxx stable in 2010. He has enjoyed a very successful campaign and will continue to ride for Oxx when chances arise. Berry can also look forward to riding to two leading Classic hopes in Pathfork and Laughing Lashes. Pathfork provided Berry and trainer Jessica Harrington with their first Group 1 wins in 2010.

Renowned author Anne Holland has settled well into life in Ireland. Apart from enjoying her hunting and racing, she has also been very busy and two of her recent tomes were longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.

Her latest offering is Kinane – A Remarkable Racing Family. It is the story of Tommy Kinane and his extended family.

Tommy is one of 14 children, so the Kinane influence spreads far and wide.

Tommy is best remembered for his Champion Hurdle-winning association with Monksfield, while his son Michael will never be forgotten for a long and distinguished career that culminated in a partnership with possibly the greatest Flat racehorse of the last 50 years, Sea The Stars.

Holland’s latest book is published by The O’Brien Press.

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CONTINENTAL TALES

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British racing dynasty is continuing to make an impact on the sport in Scandinavia, even after father and son have retired from the saddle.

The family in question is the Cordreys, or more specifically father Chris, mother Pam and son Nicholas, who live near Copenhagen in Denmark. Chris and Pam, whose brother, Roger Wernham, was a successful jockey in Britain and Hong Kong in the 1970s and 1980s and now runs Lockinge Stud in Berkshire, emigrated in 1970.

Chris was a jockey too, his British employers including the Derby-winning trainer Arthur Budgett, and he soon formed a successful partnership with Danish trainer Nelson Guest. In all he notched 32 Scandinavian Classic winners prior to hanging up his boots in 1998 at the age of 54.

Nicholas was born a short while after the Cordreys’ arrival in Denmark and from an early age he showed signs of following in his father’s footsteps. Beginning as an amateur while he spent three years studying Information Technology, he went on to become Swedish champion jockey

(twice) and Danish champion jockey, and had three winter spells in Dubai.

But he had only got halfway to his father’s Classic tally when, on January 18, 2009, he suffered such severe neck injuries in a fall at Taby that he was forced to quit at the age of 36.

“My horse slipped leaving the stalls and I went over his head, fracturing three vertebrae,” Nicholas recalled. “After six weeks flat out in bed wearing a collar, the doctors decided not to operate.

“But it was a compressed fracture and whenever I do any exercise, even something like playing badminton, and I stretch my head backwards, it becomes very swollen.

One of the things that is most aggravating about being forced to stop riding is that I am just a dozen short of making it to 1,000 career winners.”

Not given to sitting on his hands, Nicholas completed a degree in Sports Management at Copenhagen Business School and was just about to take over from his mother as Scandinavia’s senior handicapper when the position of Sports Director for Swedish Racing became available.

“I had more or less said yes to the handicapper’s role but this job seemed more attractive so Mum has had to put her plans for retirement next year – which I

STEFAN UPPSTROM

Former champion jockey appointed the Sports Director for Swedish Racing

Nicholas Cordrey, and left in his successful riding days

don’t think would have suited her anyway – on hold,” Nicholas revealed.

He began his new job on December 1 and is keen to get his teeth into a broad portfolio of responsibilities which include putting together the Swedish racing programme, renewing the rule book and liaising with the stewards.

“I have both Racing UK and ATR at home, and love to watch British racing when I get time,” he admitted. “We are having some of the same economic troubles here [as in Britain] and face the challenge of the introduction of oncourse bookmakers very soon – they are being allowed on Danish courses for the first time next year.”

Scandinavian racegoers must be finding it odd not having a Cordrey among their leading jockeys for the first time in 40 years. But Nicholas has two young sons and there are already signs that, in around a decade’s time, the family tradition may be extended.

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British-based trainers turned away as stabling applications for Cagnes soar

Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera is preparing for a British invasion. Following the success a year ago of a small raiding party from David Nicholls’s Yorkshire yard and with prize-money levels still the envy of Europe, demand for stabling at its upcoming six-week Flat meeting has been intense.

Almost £2.8 million will be on offer at the 19 fixtures which start on January 17 and run to February 26 when the closing day features two Listed races over middle distances.

The lowest first prize during the meeting is €7,000, so it is no surprise applications for boxes from Britain have been flooding in.

John Best, Elaine Burke, Gerard Butler, Gay Kelleway, Michael Magnusson and Nigel Tinkler have all been turned down, but Nicholls will again be taking six horses. Stan Moore will be making his first visit to the track, while Simon Dow and James Bethell, both Cagnes stalwarts of some years standing, have been granted a pair of boxes each.

Xavier Vinci of the Technical Department at the ‘Hippodrome de la Cote d’Azur’, admitted that processing the applications has caused headaches.

“Deciding between them has been very difficult,” he said. “We would like to give out more [boxes] but we simply do not have enough places. It’s the first time for a long time that we have had such interest from Britain and we are very happy about it.”

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Dual raid: Stan Moore (left) and David Nicholls have been granted boxes

And it is not just the clientele at the seaside venue that is changing. “Until recently it was always sunny during the racing season down here, now it rains all the time!” bemoaned Vinci. “It is getting more difficult to stage racing on the turf and most of the meeting will be run on our very nice Polytrack.”

Bethell’s two winners from four runners apart, Nicholls alone mined the riches on offer 12 months ago. From 21 participants he had four wins and six places. Only one third of his representatives finished out of the money as he plundered over £63,000.

Kate Sigsworth, Nicholls’s secretary who masterminded the 2010 sortie and shared the driving duties with Muriel Naughton, said: “The competition is going to be a bit stiffer but we are hoping for something similar. This time we are going with our eyes open and will make some changes. We will take plenty of

horse feed with us, as they don’t do cubes down there, and break our journey at Troyes rather than Chantilly, as that made for a 15hour final leg of the journey.

“I also now know that they allow trotters on the track in the mornings when we are training, so we won’t be taking anything that is easily spooked.”

Sigsworth will also be organising lodgings in Cagnes before she leaves England. “The accommodation we were given at the course was appalling, I was shocked how basic it was, and we were above the muck heap so it stank!” she said.

“We ended up maxing out our credit cards so we could raise the €2,000 cash deposit for somewhere to live. It was a little cottage ten minutes walk from the track which, though basic, was warm and had a lovely lady owner who did some baking for us and sometimes invited us round for breakfast – it was actually quite sad when we left.”

Sigsworth attributes some of the success of the visit to using local jockeys and taking their advice. She added: “We had a queue of jockeys to ride work for us and I couldn’t speak too highly of Ioritz Mendizabal.

“He ironed out a language problem we had filling out the form following a claiming race and would help wash down the horses after they worked. How many champion jockeys do you know who would do that?”

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Kauto Star’s younger half-brother Kauto Stone may not have made it to Kempton for the Feltham Novices’ Chase this year, but he could well be following his older sibling to Sunbury-on-Thames in 2011.

Owned by Patrick Atkinson with TBA Chief Executive Louise Kemble and her husband Stephen, owner/manager of The Elms Stud at Denton in Northamptonshire, Kauto Stone first came to the attention of this column last December thanks to his hurdling exploits.

Since then he has won four of his six chase starts, culminating in an authoritative success in the Grade 1 Prix Maurice Gillois at Auteuil on November 7, after which a Feltham raid was mooted.

However, after discussions with Kauto Stone’s trainer, Jehan Bertran de Balanda,

the Kembles decided to play it safe and shelve cross-Channel plans. After all, given the gelding has already won five times and over £500,000 at France’s top jumps venue and is yet to turn five, staying put en route to a tilt at the Grand Steeple Chase de Paris at the end of May seems highly sensible.

The Kembles have reinvested some of the booty in two more members of the family, a two-year-old filly by Priolo who has just joined de Balanda and a yearling gelding by Byzantium. They also bought a brother to top French chaser Rubi Ball at Arqana in December.

Wouldn’t it be great if the two Kautos landed upsides each other jumping the last in the 2011 King George VI Chase?

That really would be a Christmas cracker!

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SOLD - 24 of his 25 foals offered at Tattersalls (92%), Sales average sold - 75%.

With prices of 54,000gns, 47,000gns, 42,000gns, 40,000gns and an average of 20,000gns it's clear that he's left the audience wanting more.

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GOING GLOBAL

By MICHELE MACDONALD

Best is the king, discounting Japan Darley stallion has been a big hit in South America but his 2011 French fee is unchanged

“Reports on the

young horses are so good we’re sending our best mares now” unfolded due to personal connections. Ulloa said that Diego Zavaleta, brother of Vacacion’s owner Pablo Zavaleta, is a good friend of Andre Fabre and managed the French trainer’s polo operation. Fabre recommended King’s Best for Vacacion, where Diego Zavaleta serves as International Director.

“We listened to Andre and I went to Europe to see the type of colts and fillies King’s Best had sired,” Ulloa said. Vacacion brought King’s Best over for his first season in 2007, an arrangement renewed for 2009 and 2010.

Having been told that King’s Best and his progeny can be difficult to handle, Vacacion took a very deliberate and unusual approach in deciding matings of its mares with the stallion, as well as raising resulting foals.

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actoring out stallions based in Japan, where prize-money is so lucrative that the island nation’s horses have a skewed advantage, 2010’s best sire based on global progeny earnings through November has just concluded a stint in South America.

If that is not unusual enough, this horse is also remarkable for having stood for one of the most modest northern hemisphere stud fees of any of the top 75 sires, even as a pair of his sons won Derbys on two continents.

With those credentials, it is no wonder this sire, Darley’s King’s Best, has been in demand during his third season at Haras Vacacion in Argentina. By mid-November, the son of Kingmambo had nearly completed covering a book of 120 mares, yet gleamed with vitality in the southern hemisphere spring sun.

“He’s put on 50lb since he has been here,” said Dr Francisco Ulloa, Vacacion’s Sales Director. Established in 1972, Vacacion features fields containing grass that grows in all four seasons, facilities for the resident 250 mares and their foals, as well as yearlings and juveniles and a training track .

The deal that sent King’s Best from his European base (Haras du Logis) to Argentina

King’s Best at Haras Vacacion, near Buenos Aires, where he bulked up by 50lb

Ulloa said that during King’s Best’s first Argentine season, only Vacacion mares with mild dispositions were bred to him and that additional veterinarians were employed with the thought that meticulous early handling could yield more tractable adults.

“Andre told us you must understand them and not fight them, then they would come along,” Ulloa recalled. “The reports we have on the young horses here are so good we have now been sending our best mares to him, not just those with good temperaments.”

King’s Best’s first crop of South Americanbreds is just beginning to get to the races, so it will take time to see how they perform.

Vacacion, among the top ten breeders in Argentina for the past decade and which also stands American-based Aptitude and Roman Ruler, lists 33 colts and 29 fillies from King’s Best’s first crop in its catalogue.

Same fee despite success King’s Best is due to return to France and stand for the same fee in 2011 as in 2010, €15,000, despite the exploits of his sons Workforce, winner of the Derby and Arc; Eishin Flash, victor in the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby); Allybar, third by a head in the Dubai World Cup; and Calming Influence, winner of the Godolphin Mile.

Overall, King’s Best’s progeny had earned £8,089,963 by the end of November, with the

bulk of that in Europe as Workforce amassed £2,856,901, while Eishin Flash bankrolled £1,959,272 in Japan. King’s Best’s total ranked him 20th worldwide, behind 19 Japanese-based stallions.

Doubters in Australia cautioned that King’s Best left no Group winners on that continent after three seasons of shuttling. Likewise, Darley dispatched the stallion from his original base at Kildangan Stud in Ireland to France in 2009.

Fortunes in racing and breeding change, however, and King’s Best has a new continent to conquer. At only 13, the 2,000 Guineas winner could still have much of his siring life in front of him. In the meantime, King’s Best stands as further affirmation of his sire and female family, which arguably represent the most potent bloodlines in the world. His dam, Allegretta, also produced Arc winner and prolific broodmare Urban Sea, dam of Galileo and Sea The Stars.

Kingmambo, pensioned this fall at age 20 at Lane’s End in Kentucky after being severely limited for years by a debilitating neck condition, is also sire of leading international sire King Kamehameha, a Japanese Classic winner. That one’s progeny, including recent Japan Cup winner Rose Kingdom, have earned an astounding total of £25,340,270 this year with one month of key racing still remaining on the calendar.

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GOING GLOBAL

Just as he did on the racetrack, Japan’s two-time Horse of the Year and Triple Crown winner Deep Impact is setting records as a sire. The son of Sunday Silence is staking his claim as his sire’s long-awaited heir to the throne of Japanese breeding by smashing the Japan Racing Association’s records for most winners and most wins by a freshman sire.

By December 1, Deep Impact had sired 31 winners, an impressive feat considering JRA juvenile racing begins much later than in Europe, where Iffraaj just established a freshman record of 37 winners, and the United States, where Chapel Royal and Wildcat Heir hold the comparable mark of 39. Deep Impact still had a month to gain more winners and further eclipse the previous freshman record of 25 notched by another son of Sunday Silence, Agnes Tachyon, in 2005.

The total number of JRA wins registered by

Deep Impact’s progeny stood at 33, also surpassing the corresponding record, which had been set in 1994 by none other than the incomparable Sunday Silence.

With 147 juveniles in his first crop, Deep Impact also stood to enhance his progeny earnings of £2,701,195, the highest for any freshman sire on the globe and enough to rank him 112th on the worldwide list of leading sires by earnings.

His initial crop features international flair and is led by the Group 2-placed colt Real Impact, who was bred by Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm from the Meadowlake mare Tokio Reality. Other winners include two colts bred by Kentucky-based Runnymede Farm, led by dual winner Deep Sound out of the Danehill mare Josette, and the undefeated Northern Farm-bred filly Donau Blue, who was produced by Cheveley Park Stakes winner Donna Blini.

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Deep Impact is already the heir apparent

Top racehorse and sire Deep Impact

Derby card highlights how racing is flourishing in Argentina The 126th running of the Gran Premio Nacional (Argentine Derby) surpassed all previous totals for wagering in Argentina, with the dramatic 18-race programme on November 13 at Palermo racecourse in Buenos Aires generating turnover equal to $2 million (about £1,288,890).

While betting in South America’s most prominent breeding and racing nation still lags behind global counterparts, other industry indicators are thriving in Argentina.

The world’s fourth largest producer of thoroughbreds, behind the United States, Australia and Ireland, Argentina is the only

one of that group where the breeding business has flourished during the global economic crisis. With 8,471 foals reported in 2009, Argentina produced 8.07% of the world’s foal crop and nearly 1,000 more foals than it yielded in 2007.

Breeding has been buoyed by influential stallions arriving from North America and Europe, including many from Coolmore like Catcher In The Rye, the son of Danehill who this year racked up both colt and filly Classic winners in Anaerobio and Catch The Mad from his first Argentine crop.

The introduction of slot machine betting has also been a boon for racing. At Palermo, slots revenue to prize-money is printed in the programme for each race; for the Argentine Derby, more than 80% of the $374,183 (£241,140) purse came from the track’s machines. Palermo utilises some revenue for improvements to the historic facility,

Derby-winner Gustavo Calvente with the barred Jorge Ruiz Diaz

Expressive Halo wins the Derby

which is celebrating its bicentennial, including the installation of a turf course.

Racing is competitive and exciting, generating passionate applause from the crowd. It numbered 50,000 on Derby day. In the Derby, winning rider Gustavo Calvente, a late replacement for Jorge Ruiz Diaz, who was barred from riding after falling off his mount in the previous race, even though uninjured, stood up in the irons while crossing the finish line. He cried with joy while his friend Ruiz Diaz wept for what might have been.

“I mourn for Jorge because for a jockey not to be able to ride in the Nacional is really very sad,” Calvente said.

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by Averti

Cartier Champion European Sprinter in 2005 From his first two crops he’s already sired a Group 2 winner, a course record-breaker and more British two-year-old winners than any stallion standing under £12,000.

Fee for 2011: £3,500 Oct 1st

Compton Place

by Indian Ridge

Champion European 3yo Sprinter and Group 1 sire THE TRAINERS LOVE THEM, AND SO DOES THE MARKET: Foals sold for 58,000 gns, 46,000 gns, 37,000 gns, etc.

Fee for 2011: £6,000 Oct 1st

Refuse To Bend

by Sadler’s Wells

Unbeaten Gr.1 winner at 2, Champion Miler at 3 The Champion European 3rd crop sire in 2010 with 15 Black Type horses led by the brilliant dual Gr.1 classic winner SARAFINA and Classic-placed Neon Light, plus 21 2-y-o winners in 2010 including two Stakes Winners Fee for 2011: £4,500 Oct 1st SLF

Sakhee’s Secret

by Sakhee

Champion 3yo Sprinter in Europe in 2007 " The first crop of the July Cup winner appears to have got the thumbs up from the buyers" Nancy Sexton, Racing Post 24 foals sold at Tattersalls averaged 20,000gns Fee for 2011: £5,500 Oct 1st

New for 2011

Showcasing

2007 colt by Oasis Dream – Arabesque (Zafonic)

The fastest Gimcrack winner EVER Son of outstanding sire Oasis Dream, half-brother to successful young sire Camacho, out of a mare by Zafonic, sire of Iffraaj.

Fee for 2011: £5,000 Oct 1st

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TALKING TO...

NEIL MULHOLLAND

Mulholland’s DRIVE His riding career was bedevilled by injury, but as long as his best horses stay healthy, Neil Mulholland looks well placed to continue his relentless rise up the training ranks Words Tim Richards

W

hat were the challenges for you in setting up as a trainer?

Getting people’s faith and for them to have enough confidence to send me a horse to train. Once you have someone’s confidence it’s a big step in the right direction.

After that you have to start having winners.

How did you get the racing bug?

My father Brian always had horses in training, he rode hunters and bred horses.

Being from a farming

background, I had ponies as a boy and racing was in my blood. I was always wanting to race against my brother and sister on our ponies. It went from there.

Was serving a three-year apprenticeship with Aidan O’Brien like going to the university of racing?

Definitely. When I first went to Aidan he was champion jumps trainer and I had always wanted to be in the jumping game. He was having winners left, right and centre. I was lucky that Aidan’s was the first yard I worked in because those first impressions stay with you for ever. There was always the ‘wow’ factor with Aidan because he was champion. I started there part-time when I was 13, so you can

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Did you set out to be a Flat jockey?

I always wanted to be a jump jockey but you can’t ride over jumps in Ireland until you’re 16, but you can ride on the Flat at 15. That’s why you become an apprentice, eager to race-ride as soon as you can. I rode a few winners, but I wanted to tidy myself up and get my finish together and learn more before I went jumping. I lost my claim in Ireland and it was getting very tough finding rides. I came over to Ferdy Murphy and after a couple of months I rode five winners in eight days and then shattered my left leg at Wetherby. It took a year to put my leg together.

When did you realise you weren’t going to make it to the top as a rider?

I never rode enough winners to make me think I was going to be a top jockey. Riding about 18 a year, as I did, you just lived in hope that you might climb the ladder. Obviously, you dream of being a top jockey but, realistically, you are

Neil Mulholland with the trophy after Midnight Chase (above) had won a Grade 3 handicap chase at Cheltenham’s Open meeting

hoping to ride about 30 or 40 winners a year.

I had a lot of injuries, breaking both my legs, and my collarbones six times. On one occasion they took a graft from my right hip onto my left shoulder, that’s how bad my left collarbone was; it was smashed to smithereens.

“Winners attract

owners and if they are satisfied they spread the word” Is Britain the place for a young trainer in these times of financial strife?

I was looking to the future and I realised there would be more opportunities in England after I had ridden out my claim in Ireland. England is the place to set up as a trainer because there is so much more racing. In Ireland your horse is balloted out more often than not and to be competitive you have to have very good horses. Here you can go to Plumpton or Fontwell, where there are eight or

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imagine he left a very big impression on me. I was apprenticed to him when he went from being champion jumps trainer, moving to Ballydoyle and becoming champion on the Flat. He was a gentleman and always had time for you, for everyone. He was unbelievably knowledgeable and not only wanted the best for his horses, but for his staff as well

ten runners, with a chance of finishing in the money. If you’re placed the owners get a buzz simply from being in the winners’ enclosure.

Which is the more difficult job?

Training, definitely; the highs are very high and the lows are low. You have to worry about legs, about transport, keeping in contact with the owners. Making sure the owners are happy, the horses are happy and the staff are okay. As a trainer you come home wondering how the horse will recover from its race; you feed it, look after it, virtually live with it. A trainer has a long term relationship with his horses. As a jockey you get off a winner and are obviously on a high, but immediately start looking to your next ride. You are able to walk away without all the responsibilities of a trainer.

How do you attract owners?

Winners. I try to keep my owners as happy as possible and if they are satisfied they spread the word. If people enjoy themselves they tell their friends, who will then want to be part of the fun. Success breeds success and word of mouth counts for a lot. I have 45 horses in, 35 of which are in full training. There are 63 boxes here and that would be an ideal number. We have 12 stable staff plus me and I’m very hands on.

We have a very manageable yard and it is important that the staff are happy because then the horses are happy.

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TALKING TO...

CLOSE UP AND… PERSONAL

CLOSE UP AND… PROFESSIONAL

My worst habit is speeding.

The most nerve-wracking part of the job is photo finishes.

I miss Ireland because that’s where the family are.

Prize-money is important because it gives something back to owners.

When I was young I wanted to be involved with horses.

The fixture list needs much better organisation.

The best advice I’ve had is live for today because tomorrow may never come.

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How does your pool for prize-money work?

Staff receive 5% of prize-money won, which is divided equally and provides a nice perk. The pool money is over and above their wages, a bit like a restaurant waiter receiving a tip. So prize-money is very important to them, as well as the owners. It filters down through the business. My staff take great pride in their horses and we win our fair share of best turned outs, which is a great reflection on the work that goes into the yard as a whole.

What is the biggest problem facing you as a trainer?

The economic climate. Fours years ago people wouldn’t have worried about spending money, but it’s a different situation now. Low prizemoney has nothing to do with it; owners in jump racing buy horses because they love horses and the buzz. Whatever prize-money they get is a bonus. The more the better, but they’re not in it to make money. Owners spending £20,000 on a horse four years ago would probably spend £10,000 today. So that’s a worry when you want to replace horses.

Once the economy picks up there will be more confidence and the situation should improve.

Journeyman jockeys like Gary Moore, Kevin Ryan and Richard Fahey seem to make excellent trainers. Why? I suppose a journeyman jockey has seen plenty, experiencing different training techniques in the various yards he rides out for and, therefore, picking up plenty of tips. They have to work harder and will have been closer to, and therefore, more familiar with the many training injuries. Maybe they are better equipped to place lower-grade horses.

Growing up in Northern Ireland, who were your heroes?

Dunwoody and McCoy. AP is dedicated and deserves everything he gets. Richard was very intense as well and right out of the top drawer.

They are two champions and I consider myself

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I am excited by competition and trying to win.

very lucky to have been riding at the same time as them.

Dougie Costello is your stable jockey.

What are his strengths?

He is a very natural rider, a great team player.

I have known him a long time and I rode the first winner he led up as a stable lad, Tame Deer at Galway 13 years ago. Dougie is so tight; he doesn’t like spending money, so you know he is always doing his best even to get fourth place prize-money! He’s a character and

“Midnight Chase is

getting better and he is entitled to go for the Gold Cup” a real good fella. He has certainly been taking some upward steps recently, winning higherprofile races. He is hungry, very willing and always prepared to go that extra distance.

Pinpoint the difference in the passion for racing in Ireland and England?

In Ireland there is a far higher percentage of people involved in racing. You’ll find many more racing-oriented pubs largely because their customers take a bigger interest than in England. There’s lots of pony racing and more point-to-points. The horse plays a bigger part in the Irish culture than it does in England. It’s other sports that hold bigger sway in England.

Why have you moved after two years at Motcombe in Dorset to Sunnyside Stables as a close neighbour of Martin and David Pipe at Nicholashayne?

My first two years I was an employed trainer

Racing can attract more fans by giving free admission, like Towcester.

The whip is vital for the education and guidance of the horse, and the safety of the jockey.

and this is the first time I have set up on my own. The farm where I was training went up for sale but was too big a place for me to buy and I have been fortunate enough to rent this 63-box yard from the Pipes.

To what extent will you be sharing the Pipes’ training facilities?

We share gallops, schooling fences and hurdles, everything. We have our own treadmill, weighing scales, walkers, lunging ring and paddocks; we have excellent facilities.

Midnight Chase has notched a hattrick at Cheltenham and Midnight Opera has scored at Aintree. What plans do you have for them?

Midnight Chase’s next race will be the Gold Cup. He’s won three big handicaps at Cheltenham and doesn’t need to do any more.

His last victory told us he’s good enough to win off 155, he’s getting better and he is entitled to go for the Gold Cup. He’s so brave, such a trier. Midnight Opera is a possible County Hurdle horse.

Do owners get a good deal in Britain?

Their enjoyment is not all about prize-money.

They like to have a competitive horse and do well, ultimately having a good time. Most have horses in training because they want to enjoy the sport, they are not in it from a business point of view. Our owners have more fun being competitive at the lower end than not being competitive at the higher end. It’s all about recreational pleasure and when they are enjoying themselves the good news spreads.

Apart from prize-money, what needs putting right in racing?

Fixtures can be difficult to fathom. Having two meetings in the south on the same day and then not having one the following day smacks of bad organisation. The fixture list needs looking at. The sport depends on the levy and we must hope the authorities can find a satisfactory way of funding racing.

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WERTHEIMER CENTENARY

Golden YEARS In Goldikova, the Wertheimer brothers could not have asked for a more perfect flag-bearer with which to celebrate the centenary of the family’s racing and breeding operation Words Julian Muscat • Photos George Selwyn & The Rouch Wilmot Library

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very breeding enterprise requires vindication of its philosophy. The best demand Classic victories to augment the deeds of superior racing stock. Just occasionally, however, vindication is absolute. There can be no finer way to celebrate a centenary than to behold a horse like Goldikova.

That privilege belongs to Alain and Gérard Wertheimer, the brothers who bred and own the remarkable racemare, and whose grandfather, Pierre, registered the family silks in 1911. And just to cap it all, Goldikova traces back via seven generations to Epinard, the first homebred champion for what is now one of Europe’s foremost thoroughbred dynasties.

Epinard was campaigned every bit as adventurously as Goldikova (see sidebar, page 46). His American sojourn symbolises what Wertheimer et Frère represents today. When

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the brothers assumed control in 1987 they embarked on a significant overhaul of their stud by introducing new blood, much of it a fusion of the best that Europe and America had to offer.

“As a foal Goldikova

did not stand out, but she was always sound and healthy” The new herd delivered instant successes, encouraging the brothers to further refine their thinking. In 1992 they bought the first parcel of virgin horseland that now enables them to graze youngsters as they prefer, in

large paddocks at Haras de Saint-Leonard, on the outskirts of Deauville. They also diversified their racing interests to California, where opportunity and valuable purses go hand in hand.

In consequence, Wertheimer et Frère now divides 40 horses between Richard Mandella in California and Todd Pletcher in New York.

Some 40 mares also board at Hagyard Farm, in Kentucky, with 70 in residence at SaintLeonard. The latter supply the majority of the brothers’ horses in training in France, where 90 are dispersed around the stables of Andre Fabre, Freddie Head, Carlos Laffon-Parias and Guy Henrot in the Provinces.

The brothers make every effort to win a race of any description with their fillies in training. In 1995, Born Gold was dispatched to the Provinces after she could not prevail on the Parisian circuit. The well-bred filly finally broke her duck, yet she would find far

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greater fame as dam of Goldikova.

The annual arrival of so many regally-bred fillies into the Wertheimer studs raises the possibility that Born Gold might have been ripe for culling. The idea is quickly dismissed

by Pierre-Yves Bureau, the Wertheimers’ stud manager. “There was no chance of that,” he says, his face contorting at the prospect.

“Born Gold is a full-sister to Gold Splash, who won the Prix Marcel Boussac and Coronation Stakes for us. And as an individual, Born Gold is superior to Gold Splash. She is a strong mare of the kind we like to keep on the stud. And her second foal was Gold Round, who won the Group 3 Prix Cleopatre. She did well from the beginning.”

Ironically, of course, it was Gold Splash who failed to deliver the goods at stud. A dual Group 1-winning daughter of Blushing Groom, she was given every chance.

Nevertheless, it is appropriate that one of Goldikova’s calibre should descend from this female line. The Wertheimer imprint is indelible over several generations.

Born Gold and Gold Splash are out of Riviere d’Or, a daughter of the Wertheimerraced Lyphard, himself winner of the Prix Jacques le Marois and Prix de la Foret in 1972, and subsequently a leading sire – in particular of the iconic racehorse Dancing Brave. Riviere d’Or also excelled in the Wertheimer blue, winning the Group 1 Prix Saint-Alary.

More pertinently, however, Riviere d’Or was out of Gold River, a Wertheimer homebred who won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 1981. And Gold River herself was by the hugely influential sire Riverman, who carried the Wertheimer silks to victory in the Poule d’Essai des Poulains and Prix d’Ispahan of 1972.

Gold River was campaigned by the brothers’ late father, Jacques. She was the first horse to make a profound impression on Bureau, whose father Henri preceded him as stud manager.

“I was born and bred on the farm,” Bureau, 39, relates. “I was two years old when my father started as manager and I was nine when Gold River won the Arc. My father told me all about the big winners, like Riverman, Lyphard and (1976 Arc

The young Goldikova with Born Gold

winner) Ivanjica, but they were bought at auction. Gold River was a homebred.”

An interesting footnote is that Ivanjica was later accorded an honour rare to any thoroughbred when she was committed to canvas by Andy Warhol.

Although the stud now produces sufficient numbers to satisfy the racing demand, the brothers source some new blood every year. They stopped buying yearling colts in the mid-1990s and, while they occasionally buy the odd yearling filly at auction (they paid €200,000 for one by Monsun at Arqana in August), they focus their efforts on proven mares.

“You know what you are getting that way,” Bureau says, “Yearling fillies have pedigrees but you can buy mares that are already stakes winners or stakes producers. In 1989 we bought Featherhill when

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she was already dam of Groom Dancer and Tagel, and although she produced just average fillies for us, they have done very well at stud.”

Indeed they have. Featherquest never won in 12 starts but has already thrown Group 2 winner Balladeuse and Plumania, the Group 1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner who now visits Galileo. And Sea Hill’s daughter, Icelips, is dam of the Wertheimers’ 2008 Poule d’Essai des Poulains winner Falco.

One of the most recent purchases is 11year-old Just Reward, for whom they gave $825,000 only days after Goldikova landed her third Breeders’ Cup Mile in November.

By Deputy Minister, Just Reward has already foaled Persistently, who outran Rachel Alexandra to win the Grade 1 Personal Ensign Stakes in August.

When it comes to mating their mares, the brothers start by taking pedigree soundings from Alan Porter and Michael Youngs. Then follow lengthy discussions on conformation and the compatibility of stallions with the mares in question, before the brothers make the final choice. The process is arduous; reassuringly so from Bureau’s point of view, as it annually affirms the brothers’ commitment.

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Despite racing some pre-eminent colts, the family studiously avoids standing stallions. That is not about to change. The Wertheimer breeding pastures are strictly private, which mirrors the public image of two brothers who inherited and continue

Lavandin (Rae Johnstone) is led in after winning the 1956 Derby for Pierre Wertheimer

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Stallion prospects are placed with commercial stallion farms. Green Tune, Poliglote and Falco are at Etreham, while Gold Away resides at le Quesnay, whose proprietor, Alec Head, trained for and subsequently advised the Wertheimer family for nearly 60 years.

It was not always thus. Grandfather Pierre stood stallions on the estate he bought at Bessan, near Bordeaux, in 1920. Epinard was one of the first horses foaled on the land and returned there to take up stallion duties.

However, a property at Orne, in Normandy, was leased in 1928, since breeders were reluctant to send their mares to be bred in south-west France.

That property, Haras de Saint-Leonarddes-Parcs, was bought in 1946, but when the two brothers moved the operation to its present site in 1992, they took more than the horses with them. The imposing house on the stud in Orne was taken down, brick by brick, and rebuilt on the new property, which they christened Saint-Leonard.

It was these paddocks the young Goldikova roamed before, like all Wertheimer homebreds, she was sent to be broken at Haras du Mézeray. Bureau is refreshingly honest about Goldikova’s formative days, saying: “As a foal, we have to say, she did not stand out. She was in the middle of the group but not among the top five fillies. But you know, she never had any problems. She was always sound and healthy, which may have helped her.”

As usual, Goldikova is spending the winter at Saint-Leonard before she returns to Head for a fifth racing season.

“She spends some time on the horsewalker each morning and then she gets

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The Wertheimer-bred Americain was sold before winning the 2010 Melbourne Cup

“We don’t sell fillies

from any mare until we have other daughters on the stud” turned out with another filly,” Bureau says.

“She has become a bit arrogant now, because she knows she is good, but we think she has only just reached physical maturity.

A fourth Breeders’ Cup Mile is her only

specific target in 2011. Freddie will decide the rest of her programme.”

By then she might even have a wellknown sibling, since Galikova, her two-year-old half-sister by Galileo, showed abundant promise last season. “Galikova has a lot of pressure,” Bureau says with a smile.

“We have to be realistic: we don’t think she will reach the level of Goldikova. We expect her to be one of our better fillies in 2011, but we think we have others as well.”

One thing is certain: Goldikova will never enter annual discussions that result in 25 to 30 fillies and mares being culled from the stud each year. It is a difficult predicament.

“We all discuss it and the brothers make the

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final decision,” Bureau says, “but we have a few criteria. The most important one is that we don’t sell fillies from any mare until we have other daughters on the stud.”

Recent culls include Funsie, subsequently dam of Authorized; Renashaan, subsequently dam of Alexander Goldrun; and Irish Valley, grandam of Makfi. “We know that some of the ones we sell will do well for other big operations,” Bureau says, “but that is part of the game. It also reflects well on our farm.”

Another Wertheimer graduate to change hands recently was Americain, a Group 2 winner for Fabre before his transfer to Pletcher, for whom he ran moderately in three starts last season. Sold and returned to France with Alain de Royer-Dupré, Americain was then dispatched to win the Melbourne Cup for his new owners.

Still, the brothers can afford to smile as they cast their eyes over Americain’s dam and his half-sisters at Saint-Leonard. The decision to keep Goldikova in training underlines their passion for racing, but they are equally in thrall to the challenge of growing their own.

“Breeding is very important to them,” Bureau says. “It gives them horses for racing, obviously, but they love the whole process of it. They are very enthusiastic and very involved. They made the decision to keep Goldikova racing for their own reasons, but it makes them very happy that the French public has the chance to see more of her.”

And so say all of us.

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Epinard was the first top-class racehorse owned and bred by Pierre Wertheimer, grandfather of Alain and Gérard, who race in Europe today under the banner Wertheimer et Frère.

Dubbed ‘Le Cheval Volante’ (The Flying Horse), France’s best two-year-old of 1922 caused a sensation the following year when he won the Stewards’ Cup at Goodwood. It was his ninth successive victory and he carried 6lb more than any other three-year-old had managed before him.

Epinard landed quite a touch in the process: he was backed from 10-1 down to 7-2 favourite in one of the biggest betting heats of the year. He then ran second in the Cambridgeshire with 9st 2lb – although he had Pharos, runner-up in the Derby, back in fourth despite conceding that horse 9lb.

Wertheimer had bolder ambitions for 1924. He sent Epinard to the US, where the four-year-old would run three times on dirt in quick succession – at six, eight and ten furlongs – against the best American horses over those distances.

The series so captured the imagination that Epinard’s progress in France ahead

of it was chronicled by Time magazine.

Epinard would finish runner-up in each of those races, although by common consent a poor ride prevented him winning the second, in which he succumbed by a nose after finishing fast.

He went down fighting in the third, which was won in a new track record, but racing on the alien surface took its toll. Epinard returned with a split hoof and, after another fruitless start just one week later, he was retired to stud. He did much to light a torch for international racing.

Epinard’s forays to Britain were far from unique. Pierre Wertheimer returned to win the 1956 Derby with Lavandin, his son Jacques won the 1974 Observer Gold Cup (now Racing Post Trophy) with Green Dancer, and his grandsons extended the link with Gold Splash (1993 Coronation Stakes) and Pas de Reponse (1996 Cheveley Park Stakes).

As the show goes on, a fourth generation of Wertheimers wait in the wings to carry the operation well into the 21st century. The prospects for another 100 years look good.

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Joining THE RANKS Unproven they may be but first-season sires continue to be popular with many breeders, and the class of 2011 in Britain and Ireland certainly provides plenty of options Words Jeremy Early

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ven with Harbinger exported to Japan, the new intake of stallions still has quality in abundance and offers something for everyone. Half of the 23 whose details have been released landed at least one Group 1 and they cover the widest spectrum in stamina and precocity.

Perhaps the best way to look at them is in terms of what they are likely to sire, though obviously down the ages sires have made a habit of breaking supposed rules, with speedsters getting Derby and St Leger winners, and middle-distance runners getting first-rate sprinters. After all, a stallion is only one half of a pedigree and temperamental peculiarities can make a nonsense of stamina expectations.

The third in this feature by Oasis Dream is Showcasing (Whitsbury Manor Stud, £5,000), who showed smart form at three when second in the Duke of York Stakes but undoubtedly was better as a juvenile when a triumph in the Gimcrack Stakes and good third in the Middle Park Stakes marked him down as one of the best of his generation.

There is a lot of pace on the distaff side of the pedigree and Showcasing looks a good bet to sire two-year-old winners who go on.

Zebedee (Tally-Ho, €5,000) is another who has been retired after just one season in which he triumphed in six of his seven starts, including the Molecomb Stakes and Flying Childers Stakes. By a very fine sire of two-year-olds in Invincible Spirit, he showed tremendous pace but interestingly there is a fair bit of stamina on the distaff side of his pedigree.

Vale Of York (Darley Kildangan, €5,000) is also by Invincible Spirit and he too was

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That said, based on their own achievements several of the freshmen do look as if they ought to hit the gate running with their first crop of two-year-olds. Highclere’s Approve (Morristown Lattin, €5,000) had just one season on the track, showing toughness and talent in a ten-race campaign that saw him prove effective at up to seven furlongs, with wins in the Norfolk Stakes and Gimcrack Stakes. By a superb sire in Oasis Dream out of a mare by Sadler’s Wells, he should get progeny who make a mark at two and have a reasonable range of stamina.

The same applies to Arcano (Derrinstown, €6,000), who is also by Oasis Dream out of a mare by a stamina influence, Daylami. He was an even better juvenile than Approve, notching the July Stakes and Prix Morny but he ran only twice at three.

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NEW STALLIONS runners with pace in excess of stamina.

Interestingly, though, he was not notably precocious, gaining just one pattern place in a modest Group 3 in his first season.

Equiano, too, was not at the height of his powers in his first season but from then on he compiled a magnificent record, landing five races including two renewals of the King’s Stand Stakes. He stayed six furlongs but with his blinding pace from the off understandably he was better at five.

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very smart at two, though not at sprint distances. He gained his principal victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and comes from a female family with a reasonable amount of stamina, so it remains to be seen how his offspring fare as two-year-olds.

Fast Company (Rathasker, €5,000) was a fine juvenile, landing the Acomb Stakes and finishing a close second to champion New Approach in the Dewhurst Stakes, but unluckily he did not race again. The pedigree reads well since he is by Danehill Dancer, who boasts an exceptional record with his youngsters, and the dam is by Zafonic, similarly noted for getting fine juveniles.

SPRINTERS There were some cracking sprinters in 2010 but of course the days when a pure speed sire

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such as Panorama or Gold Bridge could be commercial have long gone. Breeders look for sires like Green Desert or Oasis Dream, who had tremendous speed but stand every chance of getting a proportion of runners who stay a mile or even further.

Starspangledbanner (Coolmore, €15,000) and Equiano (Newsells Park, £8,000) were the pick of the collection, and both had admirable records. Starspangledbanner was rather more versatile, with a Group 1 to his name over a mile as well as one over six furlongs in Australia. He was much too rapid for his rivals in the Golden Jubilee Stakes and July Cup (from Equiano), and deservedly won the title champion sprinter.

Choisir is a speed influence and the female family is also pretty quick, so while Starspangledbanner may well get some milers he can be expected principally to sire

owes much more to his sire Acclamation and paternal grandsire Royal Applause than his dam, who stayed a mile and a half, but with that stamina in his breeding it will be surprising if he fails to impart a degree of staying power to a number of his progeny.

Arabian Gleam (Hedgeholme Stud, £2,000) wasn’t exactly a sprinter but his form at distances short of a mile, especially seven furlongs, was marginally better than over the longer trip. Thoroughly genuine, Arabian Gleam won the Park Stakes twice and the Challenge Stakes. As he is by champion sprinter Kyllachy out of a Danehill mare who won over seven furlongs at three, he is likely to be an influence for pace.

Arabian Gleam is joined at Hedgeholme by another new arrival whose best form was at sprint trips. Mullionmileanhour (fee on application), by Mull Of Kintyre, won on his debut as an April two-year-old before gaining black type in the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot. Absent throughout his three-year-old year, he bounced back to run Equiano to a short-head in the Abernant Stakes at four.

Hellvelyn (Bucklands Farm, £2,500) showed form over sprint distances at two, three, four and five, including winning the Coventry Stakes and a Listed event. His pedigree is packed with pace – the sire is Ishiguru and the maternal grandsire Petong – so he can be expected to sire speedy runners.

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NEW STALLIONS over shorter trips, though, and landed the Challenge Stakes after showing smart form at two. He is likely to get more milers than middle-distance runners.

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bloodstock that there are no new sires who showed top form at a mile and a half being marketed as purely Flat stallions. On the other hand, there are several who were best at a mile or a mile and a quarter, some of whom must have Classic potential at stud as they did on the track.

For Lope De Vega (Ballylinch Stud, €15,000) and Makfi (Tweenhills, £25,000) that potential was fulfilled. The former did the honours twice, over a mile in the Poule d’Essai des Poulains and at 10.5 furlongs in the Prix du Jockey Club, so he had the versatility of his very successful young sire Shamardal. The dam was a classy two-yearold and Lope De Vega, a smart juvenile himself, has a wide range of possibilities.

Tweenhills did well to obtain Makfi, whose sire Dubawi is doing even better than Shamardal for Darley. Makfi is the star of the show so far, since he landed the 2,000 Guineas from an excellent field, then managed to lower Goldikova’s colours decisively in the Prix du Haras de Fresnayle-Buffard Jacques le Marois at Deauville. His dam is an unraced half-sister by Green Desert to Alhaarth from Authorized’s family, so the pedigree is splendid, with the emphasis principally on pace.

Paco Boy (Highclere, £8,500) was one of the best-looking horses in training and one with a smashing turn of foot that ensured his form consistently matched his looks. He won 11 races from six furlongs to a mile, running to a rating higher than 120 a dozen times, including when landing the Prix de la Foret, Queen Anne Stakes and Lockinge Stakes. There is not a great deal of stamina in the pedigree – he is by Desert Style out of a mare by Sandhurst Prince – so

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don’t expect a surfeit of middle-distance runners among Paco Boy’s progeny. If he stamps his stock they will be well worth keeping on the right side.

The same goes for Rip Van Winkle (Coolmore, €20,000), a rarity among Galileo’s offspring in being fully effective at a mile aged three and four. Over that trip he won the Sussex Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, and over two furlongs further he triumphed in the Juddmonte International.

He also ran second in four Group 1s. With top form, consistency, good looks and a fine pedigree – the dam is from the family of very smart runners Ace and Danish – Rip Van Winkle has everything going for him.

Lord Shanakill (Irish National, €7,500) had a fine career with top-flight wins at two (Mill Reef Stakes), three (Prix Jean Prat) and four (Betfair Cup). He was fairly versatile, with big wins from six furlongs to a mile, and he has an interesting pedigree. His young sire Speightstown, by Gone West and successful in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, is making a name for himself – he had three Grade 1 winners through the year – and the dam is from a cracking family. Lord Shanakill could do well.

Mawatheeq (Shadwell, £5,000) came closest to big-race glory when second in the Champion Stakes. He won the Cumberland Lodge Stakes and, as a son of Danzig out of a half-sister to Nashwan, Unfuwain and Nayef he has an exceptional pedigree which should ensure plenty of patronage.

Considering he is by Choisir out of a Thatching mare, Stimulation (Llety Stud, £3,000) stayed much better than might have been expected, putting up one of his best performances when fourth to Byword in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes. He raced mainly

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There are some high-quality dual-purpose stallions on offer as well and perhaps predictably the influence of Sadler’s Wells is strong. Ask (Coolmore, fee to be announced) is actually by the old fellow and had a record to be proud of, running 19 times for six pattern successes led by the Coronation Cup and Prix Royal-Oak. Also at Coolmore, Age Of Aquarius is

by Galileo and although he did not land a Group 1 he came pretty close when runnerup to Rite Of Passage in the Gold Cup. He also ran second in the Grand Prix de Paris.

Both those sires were top dog at middle distances but also proved that they stayed well, a comment that similarly applies to Schiaparelli (Overbury, £3,000). He won 12 of his 21 starts, led by five Group 1s in Germany and Italy, plus the Goodwood Cup. He also ran second to Ask in the Prix RoyalOak. Schiaparelli is by a brilliant sire in Monsun out of a mare by Old Vic, so he certainly has the pedigree to succeed.

Baron Von Ullmann’s homebred Getaway (Coolmore, fee to be announced) is another tough Group 1 scorer in Germany by Monsun. He shone at around a mile and a half and ran 22 times for nine wins.

Recharge (Shade Oak Stud, £2,000) joins such as Alflora and Black Sam Bellamy at Shade Oak, and is a rather different kettle of fish in pedigree and performance. By Cape Cross out of Rebelline (Tattersalls Gold Cup), he was best at up to 11 furlongs. A big point in his favour is that he will provide an outcross for mares from the prolific Sadler’s Wells line.

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BREEDERS’ DIGEST

By EMMA BERRY, Bloodstock Editor

Our bloodstock coverage this month includes:

• Sales Circuit: reports and analysis Breeding stock sales from Goffs, Tattersalls and Arqana – pages 70-76

Can racing’s heady brew see us through?

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he diversity of the foreign buyers at Tattersalls in December can be viewed in two ways. On one hand, we must be extremely grateful for the fact that they helped to create such a strong market at the top end and that British bloodstock is still considered to be a highly desirable commodity globally.

The knowledge that Makybe Diva passed through that ring first in utero and then as a foal is presumably still enough of a lure to guarantee a strong southern hemisphere contingent, and they were joined by Japanese buyers keen to make the most of a favourable exchange rate, plus an array of Middle Eastern and Indian breeders.

Conversely, the scarcity of domestic investors has to be a huge worry. How long will our home-grown produce continue to be of interest once the best of those lines have been sold abroad? Yes, we’ve survived such levels of export in the past but that was in days when racing in this country was in a much stronger position that it is in now.

At the moment we’re fortunate that a number of those overseas investors have chosen to invest heavily not only in British bloodstock but in British stud farms. It remains to be seen how long their interest will be retained if prize-money in this country remains at its current woeful levels or, as is likely, is cut back even further.

Kong Cup winner, but how long can prestige over-ride financial concerns?

As we have heard so often in the debate on prize-money, it is the top-flight races by which we will be judged internationally and, therefore, where funds must be boosted above all else. This is, of course, as it should be but it will do nothing to help the deplorable situation faced by owners, breeders, trainers and participants at the bottom end of the scale, each of whom is hungry for success in even the lowliest races.

But when finishing in the places no longer even covers the cost of running your horse, eventually this essential base of racing’s pyramid will crumble irreparably.

The balancing act currently being performed by trainers everywhere is offsetting rising bills for feed, bedding and transport against a desire to hold training fees at a level which will attract new clients. Soon the sums will not be adding up for many and, while racing owes no-one a living, its smaller participants are just as passionate about the game as the major players. En masse, they are also equally important.

For Britain to be able to continue as a major breeding nation, the middle and lower tiers of racing are every bit as vital as the

Racing promotes breeding For British breeding to continue to be admired worldwide we need to uphold our superb racing programme, and that can only be done if British racing can compete fairly on the world stage with regard to the prizemoney it offers. Currently it cannot.

Cristina Patino’s wonder filly Snow Fairy earned more than double the amount in the Hong Kong Cup than she did by winning both her Classics. Admittedly, most owner/breeders, certainly in Europe, would rather own a dual Oaks winner than a Hong

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flagship division. Owners of the best stallions will only continue to stand them here if there is a demand for around 3,000 yearlings to go into training each year. Clearly, they will not all be champions – and we see plenty of wellbred horses contesting minor races on the all-weather – but the maintenance of a full and diverse racing programme is essential. To lose our foundation level of horses, owners and trainers threatens not only the bookmakers but also the breeding industry.

Tough for breeders too It’s clear that it’s not just those on racing’s ‘front line’ that are hurting. A superficial reading of the most recent round of bloodstock sales is that they held up well, all things considered. That’s true, up to a point, but for every potential purchaser claiming it was hard to buy, there will be ten breeders/consignors saying the exact opposite as they load up their wagons and head for home, sometimes taking with them the same number of horses with which they arrived at the sale.

The top rank of horses on offer at auction still, thankfully, have a number of parties interested as they pass through the ring.

Lower down the scale, the heartbreaking truth is that thoroughbreds, even those with winning form, are worth almost nothing in the current market. Thank goodness for Retraining of Racehorses.

The aforementioned fervour of racing’s participants may be partly to blame for getting us into this mess – witness oversubscribed fields for a winner’s prize of £1,300 – but it could also ensure the sport survives even against a backdrop of headlines scripted by the fall in levy and squabbles between bookmakers and administrators.

For it is, essentially, a cocktail made up of a good dose of passion, a decent slug of hard work plus a dash of madness. It’s a heady brew that keeps most of us intoxicated enough to be able to rise above the politics and continue to enjoy racing for its most important ingredient of all: the sheer majesty of the horse.

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SALES CIRCUIT

By EDWARD PROSSER AND EMMA BERRY

Strength of breeding stock trade a boost

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International buyers bolster demand for top-end mares as pinhookers remain ever brave

Top lot Diary, a ‘trophy mare’ for the fledgling Qatar Bloodstock operation, is watched in the ring by her vendor Seamus Kennedy

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but, just as in 2009, did not appear to make a purchase in 2010.

Of the 45 breeding stock lots to make 200,000gns or more at Tattersalls this year, a handful of British buyers, such as John Gardiner’s Moyns Park Stud, the new BBA fronted by Richard Frisby and John Deer made their mark alongside Irish purchasers such as Coolmore, David Nagle, Eddie Irwin’s Marlhill House Stud, John Connaughton and Ronan Burns of Lodge Park Stud.

But it was the eclectic big-budgeted band of international buyers at Newmarket who were the story of the sale. While many of the best lots were heading abroad, an amazing numbers of overseas breeders are now building up operations in Britain.

Of the top ten mares and fillies, only the American-bound duo of Soinlovewithyou (950,000gns) and Countess Lemonade (700,000gns), were set not to remain in Britain or Ireland. Members of the Qatari ruling family will keep 1.3 million gns purchase Diary at Tweenhills Stud in Gloucestershire, while a publicity-shy Asian client of Charlie Gordon-

Watson who is rumoured to have purchased Hesmonds Stud, bought First – the star of Bloomsbury Stud’s dispersal – for 1.1 million gns and Tingling for 540,000gns.

Kuwaiti duo Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sagar, who own Blue Diamond Stud near Newmarket, spent 850,000gns on Grace O’Malley while German-born Andreas Jacobs,

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ny outsider attempting to interpret November’s and December’s foal and breeding stock sales would be entitled to a little bemusement. They would recall frequently patchy demand for racing’s end product, yearlings, in the preceding weeks before an at-times balmy trade from those looking to fuel that market, either by breeding or pinhooking.

The collection of fillies and mares at Tattersalls, Deauville and Goffs were light on stars compared to past years but those that showed up made a premium. Meanwhile, despite Ireland’s economic woes dominating the headlines, the country’s foal investors seemed as strong as ever.

The Maktoum-associated buyers, led by John Ferguson, were also prominently recruiting foals as long-term racing prospects but their impact on the breeding stock markets was seemingly non-existent.

The Darley team of Ferguson and Dick O’Gorman bought 14 fillies or mares for 20.1 million gns at the 2007 Tattersalls December Sale and eight for 6.7 million gns a year later

Indian visitors: Gajay Singh and Sultan Singh of Sohna Stud with Haresh Mehta

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Tattersalls December Sales Five-year tale Catalogued

Offered

Sold

Aggregate (gns)

Average (gns)

Median (gns)

Top Price (gns)

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

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Top December yearlings Sex Pedigree

Vendor

Price (gns)

Buyer

c

Galileo-Golden Coral (Slew O’Gold)

Barronstown Stud

140,000

Demi O’Byrne

f

Galileo-Cozzene’s Angel (Cozzene)

Watership Down Stud

140,000

Charlie Gordon-Watson BS

c

Teofilo-Whirly Bird (Nashwan)

Woodcote Stud

115,000

Roger Charlton

c

Shamardal-Amandalini (Bertolini)

Jamie Railton

105,000

BBA Germany

c

Galileo-Ugo Fire (Bluebird)

Crampscastle Stud

100,000

Aidan O’Ryan

Top December foals Sex Pedigree

Vendor

Price (gns) Buyer

c

Singspiel - First (Highest Honor)

Bloomsbury Stud

320,000

f

Dubawi-Cresta Gold (Halling)

Peter Tellwright/Furnace Mill Stud 270,000

Richard Frisby BS

c

Dansili-Miss Honorine (Highest Honor)

Jockey Hall Stud

240,000

Shadwell Estate Co

f

Nayef-Artful (Green Desert)

Bloomsbury Stud

220,000

Jacqueline Norris

c

Galileo-D’Articleshore (Definite Article)

Carrigbeg Stud

200,000

M V Magnier

c

Tamayuz-Diary (Green Desert)

Coleman Stud

200,000

Blandford Bloodstock

c

Oasis Dream-Utmost (Most Welcome)

Voute Sales

190,000

John Ferguson BS

f

Galileo-Amazing Krisken (Kris S)

Churchtown House Stud

190,000

LTS

c

Raven’s Pass-Million Waves (Mull Of Kintyre) Jockey Hall Stud

170,000

John Ferguson BS

c

Raven’s Pass- Zanzibar (In The Wings)

170,000

John Ferguson BS

Usk Valley Stud

M V Magnier

Top December mares Horse

Vendor

Price (gns)

Diary (11m Green Desert)

Castlebridge Consignment

1,300,000

David Redvers BS

First (12m Highest Honor)

Bloomsbury Stud

1,100,000

C Gordon-Watson BS

Soinlovewithyou (5m Sadler’s Wells)

Highclere Stud

950,000

Hugo Lascelles Bloodstock

Grace O’Malley (4m Refuse To Bend) Castlebridge Consignment Elusive Wave (4f Elusive City)

Buyer

850,000

Tony Nerses

European Sales Management 800,000

M V Magnier

Countess Lemonade (3f Storm Cat)

European Sales Management 700,000

James Delahooke

Lesson In Humility (5m Mujadil)

Ballyhimikin Stud

Hugo Merry BS

675,000

Lady Darshaan (3f High Chaparral)

Berkeley House Stables

600,000

John Warren BS

Tingling (4f Storm Cat)

John Troy

540,000

C Gordon-Watson BS

Danceabout (13m Shareef Dancer)

Bloomsbury Stud

460,000

David Redvers BS

whose family own Newsells Park Stud in Hertfordshire, spent 600,000gns on Diary’s daughter, Lady Darshaan.

The likes of Australian Paul Fudge, buying through Michael Goodbody, Dubaian Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Maktoum, a client of his family’s Darley operation, and Saudi prince Faisal Salman were other high-end overseas purchasers set to keep their breeding recruits in Britain.

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the Newmarket-based Mertoun Paddocks, who tried for many of the better lots at Tattersalls with little success.

Japanese strike But the influence from Japan in particular was unmistakable. Representatives of either Katsumi or Teruya Yoshida or Eishin Farm tried for dozens of the better mares at Tattersalls, something not done full justice by the fact that they only managed to get 14 lots for 2.645 million gns. At Arqana’s December Sale, the Yoshida brothers picked up the three dearest mares on offer.

Dr Fumihiko Nakajima and Tomokazu Okazaki representing Northern Farm

“It’s always been strong for those top mares and the only difference latterly was that we weren’t competing against the Maktoum money which historically normally won for that sort of mare. So that opened up the topend market place this year,” said David Redvers, who as well as buying Diary, spent 460,000gns on Danceabout from the Bloomsbury Stud dispersal. He admitted that, in the higher-echelon market, buyers were not just looking at their purchases in terms of possible commercial returns.

“Diary was a bit of a trophy mare as well as being a commercial entity. So when you are valuing her you are also adding in the fact that you hope that she will be a foundation mare and a bedrock for future generations. So you have to pay slightly above what you pay for a mare on a commercial basis. Those sort of mares don’t come along very often,” he said.

“If there had been more of the really highclass mares that could have been foundation mares there I think we’d undoubtedly have bought more.”

While Redvers’s client Sheikh Fahad Al Thani has raced horses as Pearl Bloodstock, the likes of the stallion Makfi, Diary and her son Total Gallery will now come under the banner of Qatar Bloodstock.

“There are two different sides to the operation,” added Redvers. “Pearl Bloodstock is Sheikh Fahad breeding and buying to race while Qatar Bloodstock, which is Sheikh Fahad and his brothers, is fundamentally a commercial operation. The mares are owned

by Qatar Bloodstock and the yearlings and young horses by Pearl Bloodstock. Obviously there is some overlap as Sheikh Fahad has a major part in both sides.”

Grant Pritchard-Gordon, who bought last year’s 1.7 million gns Tattersalls sale-topper Song for Hong Kong-based client Paul Makin, bid several million with little success this year although he had gained two Group 1-winning recruits privately in the autumn in Fleeting Spirit and Gilt Edge Girl.

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“We were relaxed with how it worked out,” said Pritchard-Gordon. “We sit down beforehand to work out exactly what these mares are worth. Either our valuations were out or people valued them more highly than I do.

My son Tom went on from Newmarket to Arqana and said they got even more expensive there for what they were.”

For well over a century, Tattersalls’ December Sale has provided the foundation stone to many great breeding dynasties globally and Pritchard-Gordon feels the worldwide interest should be applauded.

“It was very international but there are few English buyers, that’s the way it is now. I’m thrilled we’ve got an export market, it’s important for the survival of our business,” he added. “In the 1920s, the Argentineans were taking our best bloodstock, in the 1970s it was the Japanese and the following decade the Americans. It’s gone on all the time. We market our bloodstock very well.”

Meanwhile, Redvers was also shopping for foals, both for Pearl Bloodstock and the pinhoooking syndicate run with Peter Molony’s Rathmore Stud.

“I thought it was remarkably strong for foals and we’ve gone back to the days where it felt like you were paying yearling prices for them and that hasn’t been the case for the past couple of years,” he added. “It comes down to supply and demand, the fact the pinhookers have to keep moving their money around because that’s their business model and don’t forget it was still very difficult to buy the top yearlings this year.”

Qatari Sheikh Fahad Al Thani bought mares and foals through David Redvers

Doncaster December Doncaster’s one-day December Sale took place in snowy conditions and – with the likes of Feathard Lady and Dingle View being unsold at £190,000 and £140,000 respectively – the figures took a big dip on last year. The top price of just £31,000 was paid by Stephen Hillen and

GOFFS November Sale Five-year tale Year

Offered

Sold

Aggregate (€)

2010

1,082

709

15,166,400

21,391

2009

1,139

778

16,009,700

20,578

Average (€)

2008

1,507

815

17,798,100

21,838

2007

1,762

1,095

33,114,500

30,240

2006

1,474

1,154

36,589,000

31,706

Top November mares Horse

Vendor

Price (€)

Buyer

Blas Ceoil (4f Mr Greeley)

Redmondstown Stud

300,000

De Burgh Equine

Lion Forest (3f Forestry)

Rabbah Bloodstock

160,000

Mertoun Paddocks

Paracel (5m Gone West)

Darley

135,000

Bertie Butler

Edallora (3f Refuse To Bend)

Aga Khan Studs

105,000

Barry Walters

Towanda (4f Dynaformer)

Tinnakill House

105,000

SF Bloodstock

Za Aamah (14m Mr Prospector)

Shadwell

75,000

BBA Ireland

Improvise (8m Lend A Hand)

Tinnakill House

65,000

Omer Halim Aydin

Alshakr (13m Bahri)

Shadwell

60,000

Clone Stud

Annee Lumiere (8m Giant’s Causeway)

Ballybin Stud

60,000

Bobby O’Ryan

Nasanice (15m Nashwan)

Shadwell

55,000

BBA Ireland

Annie The Doc (5m Nayef)

Morristown Lattin Stud

55,000

Con Marnane

Top November foals Sex Pedigree

Vendor

Price (€)

Buyer

c

Galileo-Miss Beatrix (Danehill Dancer) JK

Thoroughbreds

260,000

Mertoun Paddocks

c

Nayef-Reve D’iman (Highest Honor)

Jockey Hall Stud

240,000

John Ferguson BS

f

Tamayuz- Chelsea Rose (Desert King)

Airlie Stud

220,000

Shadwell Estate Co

c

Duke Of Marmalade-Bowstring (Sadler’s Wells) Al-Eile Stud

215,000

Camas Park Stud

f

Galileo-Cheyenne Star (Mujahid)

Owenstown Stud

200,000

c

Invincible Spirit-Wyola (Sadler’s Wells)

Abbeville & Meadow Court Studs 190,000

John Ferguson BS

f

Galileo-Native Force (Indian Ridge)

Springfort Park Stud

180,000

M V Magnier

c

Invincible Spirit-Urgele (Zafonic)

Rockfield Farm

170,000

John Ferguson

c

Invincible Spirit- Lulua (Bahri)

Newtown Stud

160,000

Clodagh McStay

c

Authorized-Desert Frolic (Persian Bold)

Castlebridge Consignment

150,000

John Ferguson

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David Redvers for the Darley mare Tropical Breeze, offered in foal to Dubawi.

Brightwells December Brightwells’ December sale at Cheltenham was the only one of the company’s half dozen 2010 auctions at the racecourse not to produce a six-figure lot. A £75,000 Oscar four-year-old, sold from Eugene McDermott’s Kennycourt Stud to Jim Culloty, headed the National Hunt breeze-up section while County Tipperary handler Mark Loughnane paid £62,000 for recent point-to-point winner Lowparklad. The sale had only a 58% clearance rate while the DBS equivalent sale, moved from Kempton to Newbury’s Hennessy meeting, saw 55% of the lots change hands. Karen McLintock’s bumper winner Bygones In Brid topped the sale at £100,000 when bought by Spurs manager Harry Redknapp to join Alan King.

Tales from the sales To Sir, with love The increasing presence of Victoria and Anthony Pakenham as broodmare buyers in recent years is as a result of an understandable desire to support their Derby winner Sir Percy in his early years at stud.

“We were disappointed with the support he got in his first year – he only covered around 60 mares. A few of the bigger breeders supported him but not many and that’s why we started buying mares and bought as many as we did,” said Victoria Pakenham.

“So it’s been really pleasing that his yearlings sold so well this year. I think too many people branded him a Derby winner and forgot that he was an unbeaten champion two-year-old.”

The couple board their mares at Julia Scott’s Glebe Stud just outside Newmarket and they will own or have shares in six Sir Percy two-year-olds to race this year.

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Five-year tale

Julia Scott, left, and Victoria Pakenham

every spring she says ‘who are these mares going back to?’ and we say ‘Percy!’ We decided to give it everything until he has his first runners. In 2011, it will probably be the most mares we have ever sent him and then we’ll start to whittle them down.”

Sir Percy has bucked the trend suffered by most new sires at stud, with his book size increasing year on year. He also shuttles to Rich Hill Stud in New Zealand and last year covered around 80 mares in each hemisphere.

Pakenham adds: “We’re very excited but obviously we’re biased. We’ve tried to take a relatively negative stance – each thing he’s had to do he’s had to do the hard way and each time he’s done it. His biggest book was his third year and that was people sending mares back because they loved the foals, so what more can you ask for?”

Pakenham’s purchase at the December sale, a three-year-old Galileo filly called Crystal Gal for 150,000gns, will follow the route taken by Monsun filly Bolivia last year and go into training with Lucy Wadham before joining the broodmare band.

“We’ve been very lucky with Lucy, she’s done it twice for us [with Listed winners Enforce and Cassique Lady].

“Most of all we just want to support Sir Percy.

He gave us so much fun and we’ve lost nothing doing this. We’re quite happy to put back in everything he won for us and I’ve loved learning about the breeding side, it’s been fascinating.”

Year

Offered

Sold

Aggregate (€)

2010

790

567

16,314,000

Average (€) 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

Top lots Horse

Vendor

Price (€)

Buyer

Celimene (4f Dr Fong)

Carlos Lerner

800,000

Shadai Farm

Lune D’Or (9m Green Tune)

Haras du Mezeray

750,000

Katsumi Yoshida

La Boum (7m Monsun)

Haras d’Auquainville

700,000

Shadai Farm

Pontenuovo (2f Green Tune)

Mrs Erik Hilger

450,000

Blandford Bloodstock

Premiere Creation (13m Green Tune)

Coulonces Consignment

360,000

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Singuliere (3f Singspiel)

Wertheimer et Frère

320,000

Anthony Stroud

Diyaraka (3f Clodovil)

Aga Khan Studs

310,000

Bertrand Le Metayer

Darinza (3f Dalakhani)

Aga Khan Studs

240,000

Horse France

Sway (3f Monsun)

Haras de Saint Pair

240,000

Neil Jenkinson

Victorian Era (3f Cape Cross)

Darley

180,000

Peter Ford Thoroughbred

Tattersalls Annual Figures Year

Offered

Sold

Aggregate (gns)

2010

6,038

4,483

162,155,700

Average (gns)

2009

5,578

4,432

169,407,800

38,224

2008

6,122

4,304

167,555,450

38,930

36,171

2007

6,906

5,064

244,835,900

48,348

2006

6,327

5,128

233,367,900

45,509

Doncaster Annual Figures Year

Offered

Sold

Aggregate (£)

2010

2,944

2,009

27,563,800

Average (£) 13,720

2009

2,870

2,074

26,602,400

12,827

2008

3,580

2,533

36,360,725

14,355

2007

3,631

2,843

45,185,575

15,894

2006

3,663

2,884

40,590,942

14,074

Tattersalls Ireland Annual Figures Year

Offered

Sold

Aggregate (€)

Average (€)

2010

3,092

1,750

20,889,107

11,937

2009

3,040

1,712

18,285,100

10,681

2008

4,431

2,235

29,774,548

13,322

2007

5,725

3,339

56,958,085

17,058

2006

5,492

3,605

61,947,400

17,184

*At the time of going to press we were unable to include the annual figures for Goffs, which still had one sale remaining

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Say hello…

Anthony Smyth, manager of Moyns Park

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While a vast amount of the investment in mares in Britain in 2010 came from overseas buyers, there’s still the odd domestic breeder intent on harnessing quality lines, and that’s just what the team at Moyns Park Stud has in mind.

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Pascal, the Essex-based stud, which consists of 130 acres, is managed by Anthony Smyth, who has previously worked for Coolmore and Mount Coote Stud in Ireland, as well as Whitsbury Manor, Lavington and, most recently, Car Colston Hall Stud.

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The farm, just half an hour outside Newmarket, houses mares for Mill Farm Stud and Ronnie Arculli but is not actively commercial as a boarding stud.

“We want to keep outside clients to a minimum, mainly friends of the owner,” said Smyth. “We can’t run lots of horses over the paddocks as we rely on nature. The estate is totally organic so we don’t fertilise.”

Wave goodbye…

An overwhelming theme of Tattersalls’ December Sales was one of dispersal. Henrietta, Duchess Of Bedford’s sale of the Bloomsbury Stud bloodstock made the headlines but we also said goodbye to such noted British names as Peter Harris’s Pendley Farm, Giles PritchardGordon’s Slaugham Park Stud and Burton Agnes Stud, which rose to prominence in the 1950s and 60s when owned by Marcus Wickham-Boynton, during which time it was

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years ago, said: “It’s one of the nicest studs I’ve ever seen. The Brice family ran it originally but for 30 years there’s been only sheep or cattle on it. Horses only returned here two and a half years ago. The pasture’s all still here and the estate has been reconditioned.”

Along with Grant and Tom PritchardGordon of Badgers Bloodstock, Smyth has been overseeing the development of a small but select broodmare band for the stud, which includes recent recruits from the December sale, Walk On Bye and Lovely Thought, whom they purchased for 280,000gns and 240,000gns respectively.

“We were under-bidder on a few nice mares and we’d had our eye on Walk On Bye so we were pleased to get her. She’ll go to Galileo,” confirmed Smyth.

A daughter of Danehill Dancer out of the top-class sprinter Pipalong, Walk On Bye, who was three at the time of the sale, won the Anglesey Stakes for Tommy Stack. Lovely Thought, by Dubai Destination, who was bought in foal to Invincible Spirit, is set to be covered by Pivotal this season.

With mares waiting to foal to Cape Cross, Dubawi and New Approach, there’s plenty for the Gardiners to look forward to in 2011.

They have already struck lucky on the racecourse courtesy of the six-time winner Five Star Junior, and a brace of well-bred three-year-old fillies could add to that success.

Deslaya, a daughter of Green Desert from the red-hot family of Behkabad, is in training with Henry Cecil while Moon Over Water, a Galileo half-sister to Moon Ballad, is with Michael Jarvis. Both will join the broodmare band on retirement.

“We bought Deslaya as a foal and her pedigree has improved hand over fist,” said Smyth. “When yearlings became cheaper we decided the time was right to invest in some well-bred fillies.”

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John O’Connor and Tom Ryan bought mares to send to new Ballylinch stallion Lope De Vega, in whom they are in partnership with Gestüt Ammerland and Patinack Farm

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the leading yearling consignor 11 times at Tattersalls. The stud had been developed by his father Thomas initially to breed hunters before selling its first draft of thoroughbred yearlings at Doncaster in 1921. It was also home to stallions Spion Kop, By Jingo and, briefly, Lord Derby’s Fair Copy and Nepenthe.

Willie Macauley leased the East Yorkshire stud after Wickham-Boynton’s death and has subsequently managed the property for his heir, Simon Cunliffe-Lister.

He said: “The stud has a proud record as the breeder of 33 stakes winners. Marcus used an old-fashioned rule of thumb that you had ten acres to a mare and he always stuck to that, so there has never been too many mares on the place and we always had lots of cattle and sheep on the place, which in England is a rarity.”

Those stakes winners include the influential sire Derring-Do, Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Even Star, Lucyrowe, winner of the Coronation, Nassau and Sun Chariot Stakes and Yorkshire Oaks winner Connaught Bridge, who became one of the foundation mares at Pendley Farm, having been bought by Peter Harris from Henry Cecil’s stable. Recent years have seen an abundance of fillies bred at Burton Agnes, one of the reasons the Cunliffe-Listers have called time on their breeding operation.

“It’s just terribly hard to continue to be commercial,” said Macauley, who admitted to a touch of sadness as the stud’s four-strong consignment of mares followed three foals sold the previous week to bring the curtain down on a breeding establishment of note. Leading the mares’ draft was Susi Wong, the dam of dual Group 3 winner and Melbourne Cup runner Buccellati, and stakes winners La Petite Chinoise and Golden Stud. She was sold to Grove Stud, carrying to High Chaparral, for 45,000gns.

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TBA Stallion Parade at Tattersalls, Newmarket Thursday 3rd February 2011

A great opportunity for mare owners to inspect outstanding stallions, including first-season sires, at one venue.

Free entry to parade, which will take place immediately preceding the start of the February Sale. Stallions will parade in alphabetical order in the Sales Ring at Tattersalls Park Paddocks and will then be available for inspection in Further Paddock, adjacent to the Sales Ring.

For further information contact: The Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, Stanstead House, 8 The Avenue, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 9AA

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Owners hit hard yet again Michael Harris on the BHA’s decision to increase registration and entry fees by 22.5% The fact that owners’ registration and entry fees are to increase by 22.5% across-the-board from January 1 has already been widely publicised – also the fact that the ROA and Horsemen’s Group fought hard against this increase, believing that the funding gap of £6.1 million in integrity costs should have been borne entirely by the racecourses, on the grounds that their media rights income has risen dramatically in recent years.

Although this is now a ‘done deal’ – it was ultimately a BHA Board decision – it is worth explaining why the ROA became so exercised with an increase that, according to the BHA, averaged out at £100 per horse in training and was therefore “not unreasonable” in the context of a year’s training fees.

This increase might add only a thin layer to the costs of ownership, but it must be put into the context of the pain that owners have already felt and what further damage will unfold in 2011, notwithstanding the beneficial effects we hope will be brought by the Horsemen’s Group Tariff.

Savage prize-money cuts

Even during the middle of 2010, it was clear that levy expenditure would be severely cut in 2011 and this would translate into savage reductions in prize-money on what was already a very low base. In August the levy yield figure was worse than anticipated and, just at the point where we believed it could go no lower, November brought a further £10m decline in the 2011 budget, meaning that the levy’s contribution to prize-money would drop by another £3.5m to £34m (2010 is estimated to be £52m).

It is now history that the BHA did not accept our argument that we had already

taken our share of the pain and, as a result, insisted that owners would have their costs increased to find £1.5m towards the funding shortfall. Neither did they accept the argument that the Levy Board had not intended for owners to pick up 25% of the £6.1m funding gap. It is the Horsemen’s Group’s view that, if they had, the Levy Board would have taken this from its prizemoney contribution in the first place.

It is clear from emails we have received that members are angry about being asked to pay more when prize-money goes from bad to worse.

They are not placated to hear that the BHA has also been forced to shave £1.5m from its costs and it is only when we talk about 2011 being a year of fundamental change in the way racing administration is structured – involving a central role for the Horsemen’s Group – can we offer just a crumb of comfort to our long-suffering members.

Racecourse Badge Scheme boosted for 2011

LOOK who was asked to present the Owner of the Year accolade at the 2010 Horserace Writers’ & Photographers’ Association awards.

Why, none other than the cerebral goliath of The Guardian, Greg Wood, Journalist of the Year in 2009. Can it be this choice of presenter was supposed to be the event’s most biting piece of irony?

For is this not the same Greg Wood who has made the disparagement of the ROA and Horsemen’s Group something of an art form in his recent columns?

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Members of the Racecourse Badge Scheme for Owners will be able to gain free entry to over 1,316 race fixtures in 2011. This increase in the number of fixtures has come about because the majority of racecourses have raised the number of days included in the scheme and 33 courses offer all fixtures.

Members on the scheme are entitled to one complimentary badge on days when they don’t have a runner.

To qualify for the scheme, members must be registered owners with at least 50% of a horse in full training, or a nominated partner in a racing partnership. To apply, please contact the ROA office on 020 7152 0200 or email info@roa.co.uk.

Michael Harris, ROA Chief Executive, said: “It is reassuring during these very difficult times that racecourses recognise the importance of owners by increasing their allocation of fixtures to the scheme. We are delighted there has been a coming together between the RCA and ROA on this important membership benefit.

Owners: more free racedays to enjoy

“With the new, lower qualification level, the scheme has become available to more owners and, since it is owners who are the major spenders on the racecourse, the scheme is mutually beneficial.

“We thank the RCA and their members for their continued support and co-operation.”

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Legends get back in the saddle for charity race in aid of cancer trust

Bob Champion: Aintree return on April 9

DID YOU KNOW? Balloting out The balloting sequence is set out in the online rules of racing at www.newrules.britishhorseracing.com See the Race Administration Manual (F), Schedule 8 – Elimination or balloting procedures.

Where a race is oversubscribed with runners, a draw will take place at Weatherbys to reduce the field to the maximum allowed for safety reasons.

There are various scenarios as to the sequence of, and protection from, elimination according to the type of race, and these are set out in full in the schedule.

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Bob Champion is set to ride at Aintree 30 years after his fairytale Grand National success on Aldaniti on John Smith’s Grand National Day 2011, in a special Bob Champion Aintree Legends Charity Race, supported by John Smith’s.

The race will run on the Flat and will be the first contest on Grand National day.

Champion will be joined by a number of retired Grand National-winning jockeys, as well as some other weighing room legends.

The line-up includes Graham Thorner, Ben de Haan, Hywel Davies, Brendan Powell, Jimmy Frost, Marcus Armytage, Carl Llewellyn, Tony Dobbin, Jim Culloty, Peter Scudamore and Charlie Swan.

The race will be run in aid of the Bob Champion Cancer Trust, which was founded in 1983 and which has so far raised £12 million.

Horses will be required for the race, so if you could help with this or would like to get involved in any way, then please contact Lucy Wilkinson (020 7924 3553 / 07973 133685 lucy@bobchampion.org.uk) or Liz Ampairee (0773 333 1945 / liz@lizampairee.com). See www.bobchampion.org.uk or Facebook: Bob Champion.

Racing’s link with The Prince’s Trust Youth charity The Prince’s Trust helps change young lives. It works with 14-to-30-year-olds who have struggled at school, have been in care, are long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law.

The Prince of Wales’s charity has helped more than 600,000 young people since 1976 and supports 100 more each working day. Last year, 81% of young people supported by The Trust moved into work, education, training or volunteering. It is working closely with British horseracing, using the sport to help young people develop key workplace skills such as confidence, teamwork and discipline.

Racecourses and industry employees across the country offer their resources to help change lives, showing young people the variety of career opportunities that exist in the racing industry.

To find out more about how you can support The Prince’s Trust, or to make a donation, please contact Kate Freeman on 020 7543 1206 or email kate.freeman@princes-trust.org.uk

In Brief Brochure raises thousands The fundraising initiative to include owners’ colours in the ROA Awards brochure has raised over £14,000 for ‘The House that Jack Built’. This Injured Jockeys Fund campaign, spearheaded

by Jack Berry, aims to create a similar facility to that of Oaksey House to benefit the racing community in the north of England.

Winter Sprint Series Lingfield Park is hosting a new winter sprint series over six furlongs, beginning on January 8. The Blue Square Sprint Series will comprise seven Class 5 handicaps, with a £4,000 feature race each Saturday, leading to a grand final worth £15,000 on February 26. The series will feature a Grand Prix-style point-scoring system which will help to determine which horses will be protected from elimination in the final.

ROA/Totesport ownersponsorship scheme

The next ROA/Totesport ownersponsorship scheme begins on January 1 and applications are invited from owners seeking sponsorship.

Please contact Keely Brewer at the ROA office on 020 7152 0200 or email kbrewer@roa.co.uk for further details.

Details of the latest ROA/Totesport sponsored winners are listed at www.racehorseowners.net

Diary dates and reminders MARCH 15-18 ROA marquee at the Cheltenham Festival Bookings will open soon for our exclusive marquee for members and guests at the Festival.

JUNE 23 ROA AGM The results of the Council election will be announced at the ROA Annual General Meeting, which is followed by a lunch for members and their guests at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, Knightsbridge, London.

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Racecourse League Table Ptn Racecourse

Racecourse ownership

Exec + Sponsors (£)

1 Cheltenham JCR 3,037,892 2 Aintree JCR 1,641,959 3 Ascot I 4,099,395 4 York I 2,317,879 5 Epsom Downs JCR 1,297,708 6 Chester I 615,752 7 Haydock Park JCR 1,341,063 8 Goodwood I 1,320,990 9 Hamilton Park I 253,818 10 Musselburgh I 404,802 11 Sandown Park JCR 1,159,529 12 Ayr I 606,492 13 Newmarket JCR 3,063,140 14 Ripon I 273,884 15 Beverley I 269,924 16 Doncaster Arena 1,383,589 17 Newbury I 1,155,037 18 Fakenham I 95,140 19 Cartmel I 65,224 20 Salisbury I 237,608 21 Bath North 163,303 22 Windsor Arena 278,640 23 Chepstow North 289,537 24 Newton Abbot I 170,421 25 Thirsk I 187,104 26 Pontefract I 229,851 27 Carlisle JCR 189,593 28 Stratford-on-Avon I 196,105 29 Wetherby I 152,488 30 Kelso I 138,460 31 Perth I 135,479 32 Leicester I 245,350 33 Yarmouth North 155,888 34 Ffos Las North 222,069 35 Bangor-On-Dee I 153,780 36 Ludlow I 126,112 37 Exeter JCR 142,554 38 Nottingham JCR 144,512 39 Newcastle North 225,204 40 Lingfield Park Arena 657,226 41 Wincanton JCR 133,896 42 Kempton Park JCR 772,340 43 Hexham I 95,973 44 Market Rasen JCR 145,054 45 Catterick Bridge I 117,247 46 Taunton I 80,760 47 Brighton North 93,565 48 Huntingdon JCR 110,329 49 Warwick JCR 137,074 50 Redcar I 130,279 51 Folkestone Arena 58,713 52 Fontwell Park North 83,527 53 Uttoxeter North 78,110 54 Worcester Arena 46,436 55 Towcester I 32,473 56 Plumpton I 37,086 57 Wolverhampton Arena 109,995 58 Sedgefield North 14,162 59 Hereford North 10,902 60 Southwell Arena 15,115 Total 31,147,535

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% of Total

Levy Board (£)

53.7 1,808,297 52.8 993,232 46.4 2,617,135 45.5 1,476,282 42.1 906,450 40.2 772,860 39.3 1,561,376 37.2 1,676,354 34.3 410,420 34.1 648,942 34.0 1,760,550 33.2 942,094 33.0 3,220,213 33.0 436,200 32.5 449,960 31.5 1,872,825 29.3 2,082,587 29.0 232,760 27.1 151,740 26.7 518,532 26.0 389,932 26.0 639,710 25.9 701,320 25.9 477,590 25.9 397,260 25.8 562,870 25.6 469,428 24.4 528,585 23.7 434,216 22.9 419,138 22.2 430,520 22.0 703,307 21.9 451,082 21.6 709,960 21.4 516,588 20.3 446,840 20.0 494,413 19.8 421,870 19.1 773,940 18.4 2,467,468 18.2 529,140 16.7 3,243,910 16.6 426,630 16.5 649,230 16.1 527,980 16.1 367,755 15.7 442,420 15.7 505,462 15.6 619,568 15.3 416,670 11.5 402,385 11.0 603,178 8.7 685,850 8.3 410,373 6.9 381,620 6.7 480,358 3.8 2,393,697 3.0 408,460 2.7 335,500 0.7 1,945,690 30.6 52,750,722

% of Total

Owners (£)

32.0 808,669 31.9 476,088 29.6 2,048,570 29.0 1,266,154 29.4 853,490 50.4 90,186 45.7 443,365 47.2 513,926 55.4 56,202 54.7 106,733 51.6 446,346 51.6 249,849 34.7 2,851,254 52.6 91,647 54.2 60,507 42.6 1,053,004 52.9 563,425 71.0 0 63.0 24,036 58.2 74,984 62.1 59,145 59.6 104,983 62.7 114,795 72.6 5,180 55.0 76,376 63.3 50,584 63.3 72,400 65.7 66,867 67.5 54,624 69.5 42,599 70.7 38,938 63.1 112,886 63.5 77,380 69.0 87,869 71.9 33,768 72.1 46,840 69.5 66,557 57.7 93,468 65.6 151,293 69.0 274,918 72.1 69,809 70.0 418,146 73.9 48,220 73.8 79,938 72.3 59,932 73.2 36,395 74.4 52,689 71.9 75,850 70.6 100,537 48.8 277,197 79.0 46,231 79.2 75,007 76.2 115,783 73.4 67,191 81.5 48,407 86.6 33,015 82.0 249,197 86.5 49,515 83.2 53,000 89.7 161,931 51.8 15,827,895

% of Total

Total 2009/10 (£)

Total 2008/9 (£)

14.3 5,658,858 5,633,664 15.3 3,111,279 3,298,592 23.2 8,834,600 10,292,925 24.8 5,097,315 4,791,143 27.7 3,080,648 2,952,770 5.9 1,532,548 1,497,417 13.0 3,415,404 3,778,935 14.5 3,551,270 3,752,527 7.6 740,440 830,359 9.0 1,186,977 1,377,700 13.1 3,409,425 3,794,785 13.7 1,824,435 2,143,976 30.7 9,291,107 10,650,410 11.1 828,731 892,205 7.3 829,991 849,650 24.0 4,395,418 4,710,476 14.3 3,940,049 3,768,347 0 327,900 443,459 10.0 241,000 219,400 8.4 890,624 997,499 9.4 627,930 738,886 9.8 1,073,333 1,193,304 10.3 1,118,152 1,225,323 0.8 657,891 674,715 10.6 722,240 734,195 5.7 889,305 1,008,791 9.8 741,921 873,665 8.3 804,557 951,086 8.5 642,828 1,000,241 7.1 603,497 597,406 6.4 608,937 619,089 10.1 1,114,543 1,220,026 10.9 710,850 842,966 8.5 1,028,898 470,932 4.7 718,536 726,325 7.6 619,792 675,488 9.4 711,024 778,636 12.8 730,850 828,934 12.8 1,180,187 1,665,612 7.7 3,575,912 4,287,995 9.5 734,345 1,024,251 9.0 4,631,346 4,984,044 8.4 577,323 388,800 9.1 880,222 985,671 8.2 730,359 825,436 7.3 502,160 596,438 8.9 594,274 647,877 10.8 702,641 715,299 11.5 877,679 814,208 32.5 853,046 854,000 9.1 509,329 819,160 9.9 761,712 971,692 12.9 900,343 1,018,423 12.0 559,000 705,566 10.3 468,500 637,766 6.0 554,459 503,754 8.5 2,920,339 3,391,434 10.5 472,137 453,600 13.1 403,402 581,170 7.5 2,170,036 2,378,715 15.5 101,871,851 111,510,035

% total Up/ 2008/9 down

49.7 50.1 43.8 42.6 40.4 32.1 33.5 31.3 27.0 23.6 27.8 22.3 28.1 23.7 20.7 29.3 20.5 20.4 14.4 21.7 19.4 19.8 12.7 3.2 19.7 20.1 16.8 21.3 22.9 9.4 12.8 19.4 16.2 24.9 14.2 13.4 4.3 12.9 22.7 14.1 14.4 11.8 -15.6 11.8 6.3 5.4 7.2 9.8 3.0 10.3 3.6 8.4 10.3 0.8 2.8 1.2 0.6 21.4 7.9 1.7 25.2

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In order of racecourses’ percentage contributions to overall prize-money Figures relate to prize-money for the 12-month period December 1, 2009 to November 30, 2010

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 racecourse 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. *Wincanton’s Gold Standard annual renewal was granted as analysis showed that a spate of abandonments had caused its decline below the required 15% threshold. Taking the abandonments into account, Wincanton’s figure is comfortably above the threshold.

RACECOURSE 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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focus s INFO BBM GB COM s WWW BBM GB COM BBM TATTERSALLS DECEMBER MARQUEE A SUCCESS

BBM SUPPORTS TBA NH STALLION PARADE

Sub-zero temperatures did not deter a strong and cosmopolitan market, particularly during the mare sale which saw two lots breach the one million guineas mark, while a further seven lots brought prices over 500,000gns.

Overseas buyers were extremely active throughout the sale, and as well as a strong domestic presence BBM welcomed delegates from 14 countries, including India, Argentina, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Chile, the US, South Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, France, BBM Marque

Germany, Italy and Ireland.

THE TBA National Hunt Stallion Parade was held at Cheltenham racecourse on Friday, November 12 as the curtainraiser to the first day OF THE /PEN MEETING FEATURING THE 0ADDY Power Gold Cup.

BBMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chairman THE BBM December Sales marquee at Tattersalls proved a resounding success last month.

Harry Herbert commented: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was

Open for nine days during both the foal and mare sales,

wonderful to see so

and Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inspection day, the marquee allowed buyers

many overseas

and vendors alike to take advantage of the panoramic views

visitors in the BBM

of the parade ring while avoiding the snow and freezing

marquee, along with a host of more familiar faces.

temperatures. Soup and hot drinks were a popular choice

The marquee really was a popular venue and we were

and ensured a steady stream of visitors during the sales.

thrilled that so many buyers both from Britain and abroad came along to enjoy BBMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hospitality.â&#x20AC;?

Foreign buyers and agents were able to meet domestic professionals, and meetings and introductions were held

BBMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prize draw for a Fortnum & Mason Christmas hamper

and made on a daily basis.

was won by Pauline Scott of Parks Farm Stud in Essex.

DIAMOND HARRY SPARKLES IN HENNESSY GOLD CUP

THE build- up to the Grade 3 Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury was dominated by one horse: Denman. Could â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Tankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; make history by recording a third win in this historic handicap?

Giving lumps of weight away, his loyal supporters were

The parade has become an intrinsic part of Countryside Day at Cheltenham and proved as popular as ever with the racing public.

to be disappointed as the British-bred Diamond Harry, who was always up with the pace under Daryl Jacob, took command four fences from home. Despite a sloppy jump at the last, the young pretender battled gamely to the line to pass the post one and a quarter lengths in front of Burton Port. Denman finished a gallant third having given nearly 2st in weight to the winner.

Diamond Harry

By the now deceased British sire Sir Harry Lewis, Diamond Harry has only finished out of the first three once in 13

the training ranks has been no fluke. After the race he

racecourse appearances, when being pulled up in the Grade

commented: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had some big winners but this is one

1 RSA Chase at the Cheltenham Festival earlier this year.

of the major handicaps of the year and this has to be our

For his Devon-based trainer Nick Williams, who bought

biggest winner.â&#x20AC;?

his stable star for just 11,000gns at the DBS Spring Store

Diamond Harry is now as low as 8-1 with some

Sales in 2006, this win proved his meteoric rise through

bookmakers for the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March.

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British Bloodstock Marketing supported and promoted the event alongside the British European Breedersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fund and DBS. The parade featured 13 of the top British National Hunt stallions, including Black Sam Bellamy, Bollin Eric, Double Trigger, Dr Massini, Indian Danehill, Lucarno, Midnight Legend, Overbury, Phoenix Reach, Rainbow High, Sagamix, Tobougg, and new recruit Schiaparelli, who has taken up stallion duties at Overbury Stud.

BBM arranged for the parade to be filmed and a DVD of the stallion footage, along with interviews with leading stallion owners, is now available. Please contact BBM to request a free copy.

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THE NEXT GENERATION

By GINA BRYCE

Be there...

JANUARY 1 Dipper Novices’ Chase, Cheltenham Start the New Year as you mean to go on, enjoying top class racing at one of the best courses in the country.

JANUARY 23 Irish Champion Hurdle and Arkle Novice Chase, Leopardstown Cheltenham clues aplenty when the best of the Irish jumps scene take centre stage for this top class display of Grade 1 racing.

FEBRUARY 12 Silks Ball, Centaur, Cheltenham As if you should need an excuse to attend the biggest ball of 2011, proceeds will go to Racing Welfare. For tickets email silksball@racingwelfare.co.uk or visit www.racingwelfare.co.uk for more details.

FEBRUARY 26 Racing Post Chase, Kempton Beat the February blues with a brilliant day of racing headlined by what often proves to be an informative trial for the Grand National.

Adding the NGC voice to Champions’ Series debate

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ebate on Racing For Change’s proposed Champions’ Series has reached fever pitch. Given that everyone from heads of state to the groundsman’s dog has been roused to pass comment, it seems an apt time to add those of the younger generations to the mix, as represented within the TBA’s Next Generation Committee.

Jane Hedley, yard manager at Mark Johnston’s Middleham stable and Chairman of the committee, is one of 12 members dedicated to carrying out the aim of encouraging and retaining a younger audience to the bloodstock industry to help ensure the future health of British breeding and racing. Like many others involved at the coalface of the sport, she concedes that there has never been a greater need for action at all levels of participation.

“I have been involved on the front line and the atmosphere has never been as bad as it is now,” she says. “I work for probably the best run

Talking Point...

What in your opinion are the key credentials that make a good National Hunt stallion?

Richard Kent Mickley Stud

“I always look for a good, sound racehorse that hopefully raced for a good few seasons, preferably at distances between ten and 12 furlongs, but no further. Size-wise I would say 16.1hh or bigger and I prefer a bay or brown horse. They always seem to do better and it is difficult to sell a chesnut, particularly a chesnut filly.

“I like a horse from a good sire line that is proven to produce sound, genuine horses with good temperaments. Bustino blood is always a positive as that line seems to have produced plenty of good jumpers.”

Simon Sweeting Overbury Stud

“I look for a combination of pedigree, confirmation, racing ability (including

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hopefully some precocity) and soundness (of both wind and limb), and then see what his foals look like!”

Susan Corbett Girsonfield Stud

“I don’t think science, race distance or genetics can be a definite plan! I choose a stallion with good bone and a track record that points to stamina. It is easy to decide once the progeny of a stallion have won. If we take Bahri, he is starting to get National Hunt results, yet he won over six to eight furlongs. I believe the secret is that his progeny have the stamina to stay; the trouble is that it takes so long to prove.

“Despite taking pedigree, conformation and race record into consideration, taking a gamble has still got to be a factor in any National Hunt stallion choice, especially in unproven young stallions.”

business in the country yet we are suffering and I know the situation is a whole lot worse in smaller yards.”

The seriousness of the situation is one of the few things on which all parties can agree, but the route to improvement represents a much greater challenge.

Hedley believes that: “We need to modernise and move with the times but I think it can be done without changing racing. It is not the product itself that needs changing but how it is communicated to people.”

WHAT’S HOT AP McCoy backers Well done to those that voted in Sports Personality of the Year and no excuses for the rest of you!

The Dubai Carnival The long hard winter has finally come to an end for Flat fans as the action heats up in the Emirates.

Glamorous winter racing attire Flat caps and fur hats off to those that do warm in style.

WHAT’S NOT The December cold snap Not only because Michelin man is not a look anyone can make attractive but no racing equals no revenue and plenty of costs. Not ideal in the current climate.

Late abandonments A hard one for all involved but an early call is definitely a good call where possible.

Not so glamorous winter racing attire Chic it may not be but full marks for effort...

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While agreeing that we need to protect what he coins “the heart, charm and heritage of our sport,” committee Vice-President Daniel Polak argues that there is not only a need for change but also time to see the full effects, saying: “Those in charge of the sport for the past decades, racing folk, haven’t prepared racing for the challenges it now faces. Initiatives suggested and changes brought in have been done in a recession, and certainly haven’t been given any, let alone enough, time to be fully judged, weighed and measured.”

Opinions may differ on how change is to be carried out but in a similar vein to the current direction of the political leaders of this country, compromises must be made and a united front created in order to be able to react to this crisis appropriately.

As Hedley highlights: “Who will be drawn to a sport run by squabbling parties and populated by increasingly disillusioned participants?”

Polak also adds weight to the argument, adding: “Perhaps the short-term changes introduced by Racing For Change may have lacked real impact or improvements at this stage, but within the wider austerity of the times I don’t think we are going to be able to solve this issue by holding a coup.”

All are confident, however, that there are many ways in which smaller entities can work to secure racing’s position through attracting more racegoers which will, in turn, result in higher revenues at the courses and have a knock-on effect as far as increasing participation in the breeding of racehorses.

One way in which the committee has sought to improve people’s experience of the sport has been through the ‘Ambassadors’ Scheme’ that has been helped into motion by Racing For Change. The scheme is designed to create a network of young people interested in racing and through the organisation of educational days at the races, the sales and at stud farms, to further and encourage their involvement in the sport. Committee member James Read believes schemes such as these offer a way of celebrating and sharing all that the sport has to offer, instead of what he calls the “endless navel-gazing, selfhate and depression” that the industry indulges in. He says: “It gets us nowhere and undermines the huge assets that racing and breeding has.”

It is certainly a huge challenge, but as Polak concludes: “If we as a committee and as young people can help attract, direct, inspire and educate people on the sport, at a young age when impressionable, then we can play a vital role in making a difference.” It is an opinion on which the whole committee can’t fail to agree.

To find out more about the work of the TBA Next Generation Committee, visit us on Facebook or at www.the-ngc.co.uk

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Q&A A former stud and stable staff award winner, Roisin Close has recently set up her own farm, Bucklands, where she will be standing her first stallion in 2011, Hellvelyn How did you first get involved working with stallions?

My first stallion job was at Tweenhills Stud for David Redvers and when I started I didn’t even know the job involved looking after the stallions! I had met David at the October Sale at Tattersalls but when I called the stud a week later and organised to go for an interview, David was stuck in London so one of the grooms showed me around. I accepted the job without actually discussing what it was and it wasn’t till I started that I realised it was the stallion man job.

What experience had you had in the industry prior to going out on your own?

I fell into thoroughbreds by accident. I was studying at Hartpury College of Agriculture (incidentally it is right next to Tweenhills) on a three-year Stud Management Course, which included a work placement. A family friend, Dr David Powell, who worked at the Maxwell Gluck Institute in Lexington, Kentucky organised for me to work at Taylor Made Farm in Lexington. They were two of the best years of my life, working with some of the most influential bloodlines in the modern thoroughbred. I stayed there for 18 months and completed their intern programme.

When I returned I decided not to go back to college and instead went to work for Ted Voute Sales, working all the UK sales. I then took a job as stud hand at Lanwades Stud, working for Kirsten Rausing.

Who has had the greatest influence on your career?

‘Daddy’ Joe Taylor. He was the manager at Gainesway Farms and father of the Taylor brothers who own Taylor Made Farm. He was a remarkable man and an inspirational teacher. He saw the best in everyone and knew how to get the best out of you. I am honoured to have known him.

What have been the big challenges since going out on your own?

It has been a daunting few months since I left the security of a full-time job and with the thoughts of everything my family has put in to help, my greatest concern was not to let them down. But thanks to them, my friends and customers, I have a really great farm and some very nice horses that call it home.

Why is Hellvelyn an exciting sire?

Hellvelyn (below) is a real athlete and he has superb conformation coupled with a great temperament. I think he will produce tough, precocious progeny like himself and his sire Ishiguru. He is so similar to Ishiguru in looks and attitude that I don’t think he could fail to make a great stallion.

What are your hopes for the future?

I couldn’t have hoped for more than I have now, the chance to stand a new exciting stallion like Hellvelyn and my own farm where everything I do and achieve is a direct result of my work, and the support and faith of so many fantastic people.

How did Bucklands come about?

It has always been a dream to have my own farm and I used to keep an eye out for any promising places in the neighbourhood.

Bucklands Farm is situated on the opposite side of the village to Tweenhills and when I saw it was for sale it was an opportunity I could not miss. I owe huge thanks to my parents and their help in enabling me to buy the farm, and their continued support is greatly appreciated.

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TBA Awards 2010: statistical winners Words Alan Yuill Walker

The Queen’s Silver Cup: JUDDMONTE FARMS

GEORGE SELWYN

2010 proved to be a sensational season for Prince Khalid Abdullah’s bloodstock operation worldwide, but this particular accolade for the leading British-based breeder relates only to successes gleaned in the British Isles by horses with a GB or an IRE suffix.

In England alone there were victories at the highest level in the Derby with Workforce, the 1,000 Guineas with Special Duty, the Champion Stakes and Eclipse Sakes with Twice Over, the Nassau Stakes and Yorkshire Oaks with Midday, the Prince of Wales’s Stakes with Byword, and the Dewhurst Stakes with Frankel.

Three of those celebrities attained further Group 1 glory in France, Workforce in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Special Duty in the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, and Midday in the Prix Vermeille, but those victories do not qualify for inclusion here.

Racing Manager Lord Grimthorpe and Prince Khalid Abdullah

BBA Silver Cigar Box: DANSILI Throughout 2010, Banstead Manor Stud companions Dansili and Oasis Dream vied with each other to take this award which is for the leading British-based stallion in terms of earnings in GB and Ireland.

In the event, Dansili, with 55 winners of 94 races, £2,442,516, prevailed over Oasis Dream, who had 71 winners of 113 races, £2,234,754, so it was a pretty close call. However, their combined total was less than half of the overall leader, Galileo, whose progeny earnings were in excess of £4.9m.

Dansili never won a Group 1 race himself (albeit five of his siblings have scored at the highest level), but his outstanding son Harbinger, recorded a never-to-be-forgotten victory in the 2010 ‘King George’, before his four-year-old career ended abruptly through injury, and Zoffany won the Phoenix Stakes.

GEORGE SELWYN

Barleythorpe Stud Silver Cup: PIVOTAL

Harbinger was Dansili’s outstanding performer of the season

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Just as Dansili and Oasis Dream went head-to-head throughout the season for the previous award so too did Pivotal and Oasis Dream for the Barleythorpe Stud Silver Cup, which is concerned with the number of individual winners.

By the time the cut-off point was reached (the end of the Turf season), Pivotal had just got the better of Oasis Dream by the narrowest of margins – 72 to 71 – thus topping this particular set of statistics for the sixth time in the last seven years.

Although Pivotal recorded two Group 1 winners abroad with Regal Parade in France and Buzzword in Germany, the top domestic scorer was the previous season’s dual Classic heroine Sariska (Middleton Stakes). With Kyllachy and Virtual, there are two Group 1-winning sons of Pivotal at Cheveley Park. In 2010, Kyllachy’s son Sole Power followed both his sire’s and grandsire’s example by winning the Nunthorpe Stakes.

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Tattersalls’ Silver Salver: INDESATCHEL It is a fine achievement by Terry and Margaret Holdcroft of Bearstone Stud, Shropshire, that their young stallion Indesatchel has provided them with a third winner of this award for the season’s leading first-season sire standing in Great Britain.

The son of Danehill Dancer, who ran Shamardal to a head for the Poule d’Essai des Poulains, follows in the hoofprints of Puissance (1994) and Mind Games (2000). Their latest scalp is all the more praiseworthy as the stud also bred five of Indesatchel’s eight individual winners, including the principal money-earner, Galtymore Lad. In his first four stud seasons Indesatchel has stood at £3,000, but in keeping with Bearstone’s other two stallions, Firebreak and Major Cadeaux, his fee for 2011 will be by negotiation.

LAURIE MORTON

Whitbread Silver Salver: KAYF TARA

Indesatchel, Bearstone Stud’s Tattersalls’ Silver Salver winner

Half of the dozen leading sires for the 2009/10 season are British-bred, including the top pair, Presenting and Old Vic. Highest ranked of the British-based contingent is the Meon Valley Stud-bred Kayf Tara in ninth place with 43 winners of 58 races, £832,457.

His outstanding progeny proved to be the chasers Planet Of Sound (Grade 1 Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup, Grade 2 William Hill Gold Cup), Mad Max (Grade 2 Manifesto Novices’ Chase), and The Package (Listed Neptune Investment Management Chase, Cheltenham).

The dual Gold Cup hero, who is still owned by Darley and was winning the award for a second consecutive time, was also responsible for Megastar, successful in the Grade 2 Champion Bumper at the Liverpool Grand National meeting.

Horse & Hound Cup: OVERBURY Shropshire was also to the fore with Mickley Stud resident Overbury.

Winner of the Whitbread Silver Salver in 2007-08, he has won the Horse & Hound Cup for number of individual chase winners for the second year running.

With the same name as the Gloucestershire stud where Kayf Tara stands, Overbury was represented by 16 winners (just one ahead of Midnight Legend) of 24 races over fences this time, which are comparable figures to the previous season’s tally. His principal flagbearer on this occasion was Stewarts House (Grade 2 Carrickmines Handicap Chase, Leopardstown).

Although most of Overbury’s progeny (including a host of point-topointers) have a GB suffix, the Irish connection is guaranteed thanks to Mickley Stud’s enthusiastic owner/manager, Richard Kent, whose family own Ballyhampshire Stud, Co Cork.

EMMA BERRY

Flat awards cover the period from January 1 to November 6, 2010.

The jump awards relate to the 2009/10 season.

Kayf Tara is the leading NH sire in Britain for the second time

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Cheltenham parade hailed a success Now in its ninth year at Cheltenham, the TBA National Hunt Stallion Parade presented the ideal opportunity for breeders and enthusiasts to view some of the country’s leading National Hunt and first-season stallions at one venue.

The large crowd watching enjoyed the complimentary booklet with details of the stallions, kindly compiled by Weatherbys GSB, as well as the excellent commentaries

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throughout the parade by Henry Beeby and Stephen Hadley.

The TBA Marquee was well supported and gave members and their guests the chance to talk directly to the stallions’ connections.

A silent auction of nominations, generously donated by the stallions’ owners, proved very popular, with ten nominations being sold on the day. If you would like to support the TBA in

furthering NH initiatives by purchasing 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 once again kindly donated the stallion handlers’ jackets.

Pictures by www.sdphotos.co.uk

Shade Oak Stud’s brother to Galileo, Black Sam Bellamy

Bollin Eric, one of Shropshire’s Wood Farm Stud team

Double Trigger has recently moved to Clarendon Farm

Dr Massini hopped over the Welsh border from Dunraven Stud

Indian Danehill is at Yorton Farm, now also home to Sulamani

St Leger winner Lucarno resides at Wood Farm Stud

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TBA award winner Overbury, of Richard Kent’s Mickley Stud

Midnight Legend, sire of Grade 3 winner Midnight Chase

The National Stud’s Phoenix Reach had his first runners in 2010

Rainbow High covered the dam of Big Fella Thanks in 2010

Sagamix was joined by fellow Overbury resident Schiaparelli

Dual-purpose sire Tobougg is at the Haydons’ Clarendon Farm

Diary dates and reminders THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Newmarket Stallion Parade 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 Pauline@thetba.co.uk or 01638 661321.

TUESDAY, JUNE 28 TBA Annual General Meeting followed by the TBA Annual Seminar

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14 BHA Health and Safety Seminars, Newmarket For details contact Caroline Turnbull at the TBA.

TBA CANCER RESEARCH UK RECIPE BOOK IS A SELL-OUT Many thanks to all who have supported us in our fundraising efforts for Cancer Research UK this year, either by submitting a recipe or purchasing the recipe book, which raised over £1,400 for this very worthy cause.

MONDAY, JUNE 27 TBA Awards Dinner Mark your diaries for this popular event.

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TBA NEW MEMBERS Katie Burrell, Suffolk. Mrs J May, Suffolk.

Mr & Mrs V Palmer, Devon. J Sharp Esq, Suffolk.

Mrs C Shore, Suffolk. S Willes Esq, Gloucestershire.

J Atkinson, Switzerland. Mrs C Harlow, United Arab Emirates.

BREEDERS’ BADGE SCHEME 2011-2012 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 2011, which represents an increased number of fixtures from last season, with the majority of racecourses raising the number of days included in the scheme and 33 courses now offering entry to all fixtures.

A full list of fixtures which are included in the scheme for 2011 will be mailed to TBA members in the February send out, and the list can also be found on the TBA website: www.thetba.co.uk

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Breeders’ Prizes NH HBLB Breeders’ Prizes worth £665 or more Breeder

Prize (£)

Based on date money was paid

Horse

Sire

Dam

Conkwell Grange Stud Ltd M G Kilroe

6,400 5,632

Midnight Chase Wayward Prince

Midnight Legend Alflora

Yamrah Bellino Spirit

Cobhall Court Stud R F Broad

4,928 4,672

Alflora Classic Cliche Sir Harry Lewis Sovereign Water Sir Harry Lewis Kayf Tara King's Theatre Emperor Fountain Alflora Midnight Legend Midnight Legend

Poussetiere Deux Linwood Parslin All Things Nice Carole's Crusader Fit For Firing Wicked Crack Four Leaf Clover Colonial Princess Gypsy Haze Easter Comet

King's Theatre King's Theatre Sabrehill Alflora Alflora Sovereign Water Benny The Dip Kayf Tara King's Theatre Hernando Tobougg Golan Dansili

Lucy Glitters Disallowed Anchor Inn See More Furrows Cullen Bay Passing Cloud Hembane Shuildante No More Money Katy Nowaitee Rush Hour Silk Daisy Tricoteuse

Mrs Joanna Daniell P Murphy Mr W Smith Mr R T Crellin Mr D G L Llewellin A C R Stubbs Phillip C And Mrs Kathryn M Dando Mr S C Willes

3,840 3,392 3,328 *2,560 1,664 1,664 1,664 1,600

Wishfull Thinking Stagecoach Pearl Smuglin Neptune Equester Carole's Legacy Fit To Drive Cue Card Club Class Ashfield's Dream Midnight Haze Easter Legend

R D Chugg & C M A Aston Goldford Stud Mrs J Key Furrows Ltd C H Bothway Silver Lining Partnership M Ramshaw Mrs K S Gaffney & Mrs Alix Stevenson D Jenks Lawn Stud David Brown, Slatch Farm Stud & G B Turnbull Ltd Lewis Caterers Plantation Stud

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13/11/10 13/11/10 31/10/10 06/11/10 20/11/10 18/11/10 29/10/10 22/11/10 06/11/10 12/11/10 05/11/10 07/11/10 11/11/10 05/11/10 18/11/10 30/10/10 01/11/10 20/11/10 29/10/10 29/10/10 01/11/10 09/11/10 12/11/10 06/11/10 10/11/10 15/11/10 20/11/10 24/11/10

Cheltenham Cheltenham Huntingdon Wincanton Haydock Park Market Rasen Wetherby Kempton Park Sandown Park Cheltenham Hexham Market Rasen Ludlow Fontwell Park Wincanton Wetherby Kempton Park Huntingdon Uttoxeter Uttoxeter Kempton Park Sedgefield Newcastle Wincanton Huntingdon Plumpton Huntingdon Wetherby

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Horse

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2,688 2,688

Cheetah Mastery Makeynn Times Up Nideeb

Tiger Hill Sulamani Dubai Destination Olden Times Exceed And Excel

Kassiyra Moyesii Pastorale Princess Genista Mantesera

2,304 1,920 1,792 1,792 1,792 1,728 1,152 1,152 1,024 1,024 896 896 768 640 576 512 512 512 512 512 512

Sweet Child O'mine Ethics Girl Russian Spirit Ceilidh House Tinshu Tominator Brick Red Horseradish Entitled Quiz Mistress Quick Wit Arteus Talley Close Lutine Bell Take Ten Dogs May Bark Shesastar Little Curtsey Dubarshi Home Office Crimson Cloud

Singspiel Hernando Falbrav Selkirk Fantastic Light Generous Dubawi Kyllachy Pivotal Doyen Oasis Dream Fantastic Light Danbird (Aus) Starcraft (Nz) Bahamian Bounty Iceman Bahamian Bounty Royal Applause Dubawi Nayef Kyllachy

Vendors Mistake Palinisa Russian Rhapsody Villa Carlotta Ring Of Esteem Jucinda Duchcov Lihou Island Noble One Seren Quest Roo Enchanted No Candles Tonight Satin Bell See You Later Arruhan Celestial Welcome Tychy Asheyana Humility Calamanco

Fittocks Stud Darley

5,376 3,200

M Meacock & Exors Of The Late I Stewart-Brown Rabbah Bloodstock Limited Mr A Reid Newsells Park Stud Derek R Price Lawn Stud Mrs M L Parry & Mr P M Steele-Mortimer Mrs S L Brimble Raimon Bloodstock Mrs F A Veasey Cheveley Park Stud Ltd Deepwood Farm Stud Ptarmigan Bloodstock Limited Norcroft Park Stud A B Phipps Coln Valley Stud Whitsbury Manor Stud & Mrs M E Slade Grove Farm Stud The Welcome Alliance L Ellinas & Old Mill Stud R G Levin C A Cyzer Mrs S M Oakes

Date

Course

27/11/10 03/11/10 05/11/10 06/11/10 20/11/10 10/11/10 03/11/10 11/11/10 06/11/10 06/11/10 30/10/10 19/11/10 30/10/10 06/11/10 04/11/10 13/11/10 28/10/10 26/11/10 13/11/10 11/11/10 13/11/10 29/10/10 06/11/10 04/11/10 04/11/10 05/11/10 12/11/10

Kempton Park Kempton Park Southwell Doncaster Lingfield Park Kempton Park Nottingham Wolverhampton Doncaster Doncaster Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Newmarket Doncaster Kempton Park Wolverhampton Lingfield Park Lingfield Park Lingfield Park Wolverhampton Lingfield Park Newmarket Doncaster Kempton Park Lingfield Park Wolverhampton Lingfield Park

See the table of revised breeders' prizes effective as of August 2 on the TBA website, www.thetba.co.uk

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Midnight Chase (right) has won four chases at Cheltenham

Not many National Hunt breeders are as involved on the actual racing side as Liz Harrington. She moved from Larkinglass Farm, near Shaftesbury in Dorset (where she stood Helissio), to Burlescombe, outside Tiverton, last May together with trainer Neil Mulholland.

In a previous incarnation, Liz owned and managed Conkwell Grange Stud, near Bath, where she and her late husband, Don, stood Midnight Legend, two of whose sons have earned Conkwell Grange the NH Breeder of the Month award for November.

Not only are both Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m A Legend and Midnight Chase trained by Mulholland, but also both belong to the last of only four crops of foals for which Midnight Legend was responsible before moving to his present home in Warwickshire.

During November Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m A Legend scored twice at Wincanton to complete a hat-trick of chase victories, which was singularly appropriate as he races for the Wincanton Race Club, a syndicate of 13 members of the Somerset course. Midnight Chase, on the other hand, won the Grade 3 Morson Group Handicap Chase at Cheltenham for Lady Clarke, widow of Sir Stanley Clarke, who originally bought Midnight Legend out of Luca Cumaniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stable and for whom he became a highly proficient hurdler with David Nicholson. Eight-year-old Midnight Chase has subsequently followed up with victory in the Listed Majordomo Hospitality Handicap Chase back at Cheltenham on December 10.

Having made a fortune from property and received a knighthood for his work on behalf of charitable causes, Stan Clarke was best known in racing circles as chairman of Uttoxeter racecourse (part of his Northern Racing portfolio), and owner of the 1997 Grand National hero Lord Gyllene. He also had a long involvement with the Harringtons in National Hunt breeding. He traded under the title of the Barton Stallion Partnership, which owned Midnight Legend in half shares with the Harringtons.

Midnight Chase is the only offspring Yamrah bred for Conkwell Grange (she died foaling the following year), all the others being for the Barton Stallion Partnership, whereas Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m A Legend is one of only two foals that his dam, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Maggy, produced for the Harringtons. Like Lord Gyllene, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Maggy is a New Zealand-bred, from which country their owner imported a number of horses.

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brother Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;moncloudnine (also trained by Mulholland) have each scored five victories, and in November both tried unavailingly to increase their tally in the Becher Chase over the big National fences.

The opener that afternoon at Aintree was won by the four-year-old Midnight Opera, yet another Mulholland-trained son of Midnight Legend.

He, too, was bred by Harrington when she was operating under the pseudonym Avon Thoroughbreds.

Harrington said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have always believed that you should breed from sound mares with a good pedigree and it would have to be exceptionally good if they had not won. I believe that National Hunt stallions should have proved themselves by racing over several seasons, staying sound. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You must have National Hunt horses with courage, that are prepared to have a fall, get mud in their eye and come back for another day. It is heartening to see what I have practised over the years coming to fruition.â&#x20AC;?

Certainly, Harrington has exercised a singular influence on Midnight Legendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relentless progress up the National Hunt siresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ladder and she wins six sacks of Blue Chip Dynamic, which was originally developed as a joint and bone supplement but is proven to improve stallion fertility.

The November award presented the adjudicators with quite a quandary, with Conkwell Grange Stud prevailing over the breeder of the Hennessy Gold Cup hero as well as the breeders of three individual Grade 2 winners.

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The The tax tax authorities authorities have have been been taking taking a close close interest interest in the the bloodstock bloodstock and and related related sectors. sectors.

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Be Be commercial commercial To qualif y fo for income t a x , capit al gains t a x and inher it ance t a x r eliefs , your br eeding oper ation mus t be commercial. The business ha s to be car r ied on in a professional manner and be capable of mak ing a profi t in the fu f u tur e .

HMRC does not expec t to fu fund someone’s hobby and it is par ticular ly suspicious of the hor se wor ld. Ther e ar e no hard and f a s t r u l e s . D e m o n s t r a t i n g t o H M RC t h a t t h e b u s i n e s s h a s t h e potential to make a profi t is accept able. B r eeder s should have up to - date business plans to show how, why and when they believe the business will become profi t able. C ar e mus t be t aken to exclude ac tivities and cos t s which may dr ag the s tud down, such a s br eeding from mar es with unfa shionable pedigr ees and no k nown ffo or m .

Value your your mares mares Value Mar es should be included in the account s of the s tud business at at the lower of cos t and net r ealisable value. In the la s t t wo year s the value of many mar es ha s significantly decr ea sed, and this should be r eflec ted in the account s .

Reducing the value of s tock will incr ea se the loss in the year of r educ tion. Should the mar ket pick up, or the mar e’s br eeding r ecord or pedigr ee become mor e popular, her value in the account s should be incr ea sed to a ma ximum of cos t .

Capital repairs C apit al aallowances, llowances, re pairs and and renewals renewals C apit al expenditur e can of ten be planned to optimise t a x r elief.

For example, t a x allowances ar e available fo for items of plant and machiner y (including integr al featur es , such a s new water ing sys tems in yards) and par t s of buildings such a s the elec tr ics and plumbing, a s well a s cer t ain environment ally fr iendly items . If lar ge scale projec t s ar e planned, consider t a x aatt the design s t age.

The annual inves tment allowance cur r ently gives r elief on 10 0 % of qualif ying capit al expenditur e, bu t the available r elief will ffaall ffrrom £10 0,0 0 0 to £ 25,0 0 0 on 1 Apr il 2012 ffo or companies and 6 Apr il 2012 ffo or individuals and par tner ships . The r ates of wr iting down allowances will similar ly r educe fr from 20 % to 18 % from the same d a te s .

Also r emember that fo for income t a x and cor por ation t a x pur poses , a 10 0 % t a x deduc tion is available fo for r epair s , wher ea s expenditur e on improvement s and new items of capit al equipment r eceives no s u c h t a x d e d u c t i o n , o t h e r t h a n a s a b ov e .

B u y i ng d istressed property proper t y Buying distressed W hen buying a r un- down s tud, think and plan ffo or t he t a x implications befor e s t ar ting the r enovations . If the building is fi t fo for use and the pr ice ha s not been r educed by the r un- down s t ate of the building, the wor k done could qualif y a s a r epair and not a c a p i t a l i m p r ov e m e n t , w h i c h c a n b e a d v a n t a g e o u s . P a r t i c u l a r c a r e n e e d s t o b e t a ke n w h e r e t h e a s s e t b e i n g r e p a i r e d p r e v i o u s l y qualified fo for plant and machiner y allowances , fo for example, a hor se walker. In this ca se, if the r epair s ar e made on a rolling 12 month ba sis and cos t mor e than 50 % of the r eplacement expense, the entir et y of the wor k count s a s capit al.

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C ompany C ar s Company Cars You can acquire a vehicle either by purcha sing it your self or get ting the company to buy it . T To o wor k ou t the cheapes t option, consider the cos t and t a x implications fo for both the company and the employee. W hatever you decide, it is always beneficial to have a car with CO2 emissions a s low a s possible. However, it is r arely wor th p r ov i d i n g f u e l u n l e s s b u s i n e s s m i l e a g e i s h i g h . M i l e a g e c l a i m s s h o u l d be made fo for business miles tr avelled, ba sed on HMRC r ates .

E ntrepreneurs R elief ((ER) ER) Entrepreneurs Relief ER applies to capital gains on disposals of cer tain assets made af ter 6 April 20 08 and reduces the rate of UK capital gains tax to 10 % on gains up to the lifetime limit (ÂŁ5 million with effect from 23 June 2010) .

The main qualif ying categor y is the mater ial disposal of business a sset s . This includes the sale of all or par t of a business , a sset s used in a cea sed business , or shares in a tr ading company where the shareholder ha s been a direc tor or employee and owned at lea s t 5 % of the shares . The conditions mus t be satisfied throughou t the year before sale.

Trainers: VAT r a ce h o r se s V VA AT on on race Trainers: horses In their dr ive ffo or simplification, the Gover nment / EU s t ag gered the introduc tion of new place of supply r ules fo for some ser vices ! These now also apply to the tr aining of r ace hor ses from 1 Januar y 2011.

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VET FORUM: THE EXPERT VIEW

By JAMES TATE BVMS MRCVS

How can you tell if your horse is right?

‘Looks well, runs well’ is an old saying still relevant, and many trainers content themselves with external appearance. Others adopt a more scientific approach

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he racing press is littered with quotes from trainers citing poor blood results or scopes as reasons for not running their horses or for poor performances.

However, are these tests alone enough to accurately diagnose a horse with a bacterial or viral respiratory infection, or have they become too heavily relied upon as the only indicators of whether or not a horse is well?

Scoping

Examining the horse’s respiratory tract after exercise can be very helpful in determining whether or not a horse has a respiratory infection

The external signs of a respiratory infection, for example, coughing, nasal discharge and blowing hard after exercise, can be unreliable indicators of significant infection because they can all be caused by other reasons, such as dust, kick-back or lack of fitness. This is why using a flexible endoscope to see what is actually inside the horse’s respiratory tract is a useful tool.

Certain trainers ‘scope’ all horses routinely before declaring them to run, whereas others may scope horses only when a problem is suspected with an individual horse or if there is a respiratory problem in the yard at the time. The endoscope is used to examine the

horse’s respiratory tract looking for any abnormalities, for example, excessive mucus or blood in its windpipe. Ideally, this should be carried out no later than two hours after exercise. Often an examination alone is sufficient to reach a diagnosis, but it is also possible to take samples, either by means of a tracheal wash or a bronchi-alveolar lavage, which are sent off to a laboratory for analysis.

The horse’s respiratory tract is designed to have a small amount of mucus so that it can trap foreign agents such as dirt and debris.

However, when a horse has an infection it produces excessive amounts of mucus and if this mucus is any colour except clear or white then this is a sign of a bacterial infection.

There are many different types of bacteria that can cause respiratory disease but in practice ascertaining which bacteria is causing the infection is often required only if it is proving difficult to eradicate.

However, like most diagnostic methods, endoscopy is not 100% reliable and horses that scope ‘clean’ may in fact be just starting to develop an infection, while horses that scope ‘dirty’ can win races. A very public example of

On the left is a normal windpipe or ‘trachea’. In the centre is an endoscopic image of excessive mucus caused by a respiratory infection. On the right is an endoscopic image of excessive blood caused by exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage. Respiratory infections considerably increase the risk of horses bleeding

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A ‘snotty’ nasal discharge is suggestive of a respiratory infection

this was the victory of the Mark Johnstontrained Fizzed at the 1998 Saturday Ascot Heath meeting the day after Royal Ascot.

Connections announced on television that Fizzed had coughed and scoped dirty the day before, but she proceeded to win anyway.

Blood-testing As with scoping, some trainers blood test all horses routinely before racing, whereas others test horses only when a problem is suspected.

A blood sample can be tested for many abnormalities but with regard to respiratory

Blood testing can be very helpful in determining whether or not a horse is suffering from a bacterial or viral infection

infections and general well-being, analysis of the white blood cells is most relevant. In theory, the blood test should be able to tell if the horse is suffering from either a bacterial or viral infection.

However, as anyone will know who has done a lot of blood testing, the results are not always 100% accurate – horses can come back with abnormal blood pictures and win a few days later. Others can come back with excellent blood pictures and finish tailed off.

This is because a blood test provides only a snapshot of the horse’s blood, which can

change from day to day. For example, the blood may be taken just before the horse succumbs to infection and therefore appear normal, or the blood may be taken just after the horse recovers from the infection when the blood has not yet returned back to normal. In summary, blood testing can be helpful but it cannot be completely relied upon. That said, yards that carry out a lot of routine blood testing are probably better at interpreting the results as they are more familiar with the blood picture for each individual horse.

Bacterial infections

Viral infections

A horse suffering from a bacterial infection will usually have an increased white blood cell count and an increased percentage of neutrophils, because it is these cells that fight bacterial infections.

The horse’s fibrinogen is also likely to be raised as a marker of infection. Below is a typical blood result from a horse with a bacterial infection.

A horse suffering from a viral infection has a characteristic blood picture because there are usually more lymphocytes than neutrophils, which is the reverse of the normal blood picture. The total white blood cell count can be high, normal or low depending on the individual horse, how long it has been suffering from the infection and how suppressed its immune system has become.

Below is a typical blood result from a horse whose immune system has become suppressed as a result of a viral infection.

Test White cell count Neutrophils Lymphocytes Monocytes Eosinophils Fibrinogen

Result 13.5 73 21 5 1 4.9

Unit

Normal range

x10^9/l % % % %

(5.5 - 10.0) (45 - 65) (36 - 48) (0 - 6) (0 - 3)

g/l

(0 - 3)

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Test

Result

Unit

Normal range

White cell count Neutrophils Lymphocytes Monocytes Eosinophils

4.9 38 60 2 0

x10^9/l % % % %

(5.5 - 10.0) (45 - 65) (36 - 48) (0 - 6) (0 - 3)

Fibrinogen

4.6

g/l

(0 - 3)

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VET FORUM >> The external appearance of the horse

Everyone is familiar with the old saying ‘looks well, runs well’ and some argue that this is still the most accurate method of determining the health of the racehorse. This assessment should comprise of an examination of the horse’s coat, its condition and muscle mass, whether or not it is working well, as well as a search for any other signs of ill-health. These include leaving feed, weight loss, high temperature, skin disease such as ringworm or ‘cracked heels’, and respiratory signs such as a ‘snotty’ nose, coughing, raised glands or blowing excessively after exercise. A horse with even a minor skin problem such as ringworm may have developed this skin disease because its immune system has become suppressed as a result of another challenge, for example, a respiratory infection.

Horsemen relied upon these external assessments for many years before the advent of endoscopy and blood-testing to determine whether or not a horse is healthy. This should not be forgotten even if a scope or blood test suggests otherwise.

Discussion and conclusion Given that pre-race testing is expensive and not 100% reliable, should a horse that appears perfectly healthy be scoped and blood tested? Should it depend on the importance of the race or should it depend on the type of horse? For example, some argue that running a veteran sprinter with a respiratory infection is unlikely to cause any long-term harm, whereas running a young novice over three miles in heavy ground could cause the horse to bleed, become exhausted and fall.

It is easy to argue both for and against routine pre-race endoscopy and blood-testing. Those trainers that do carry out routine pre-race testing quickly become used to what is normal for the individual horses in their yard and this can be very helpful when it comes to interpreting blood tests, as well as keeping an eye on horses that are prone to infections and bleeding.

Conversely, those who do not routinely scope and blood test tend to become used to looking very closely at the horse for any outward signs of ill-health, for example, skin disease or loss of condition, or any signs of respiratory disease.

In summary, scoping, blood-testing and the external assessment of the horse are all helpful in determining whether or not it is healthy, but none of them are 100% accurate and hence a common sense approach must prevail.

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The old saying ‘looks well, runs well’ is still arguably the most accurate method of determining whether or not a horse is healthy. Top is a horse that looks to be in peak, physical condition. Below is a horse with a patch of ringworm on its neck. Horses with ringworm often develop the skin disease because their immune system has become suppressed as a result of another challenge, for example, a respiratory infection

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EQUINE HEALTH FORUM

Improving bone density with diet Skeletal growth in horses is rapid. The average horse has a far greater potential for growth at very young ages and if essential nutrients are not supplied during this young growth period optimum growth may not be achieved.

Inadequate bone mineralisation in the young horse and higher than normal porosity leads to weakened bones and increases the likelihood of fractures and joint breakdown during training. The burden of correct balanced nutrition to allow for optimum growth and development falls largely on the stud farm, from appropriate feeding of pregnant and lactating mares, to balanced nutrition in young growing foals.

Some of the minerals important in bone formation include calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, copper and zinc. Calcium and phosphorus are the main minerals found in bone. The ratio of calcium to phosphorus is very important and diets should contain ratios of about 2:1. When considering the dietary intake of minerals in the growing horse, balance is critically important. High grain diets immediately unbalance bone metabolism, as grains are low in calcium and magnesium and reasonably high in phosphorus.

If the mareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s calcium intake is not adequate during gestation and lactation, it will result in skeletal mineral loss in the foal. Research has indicated that some foals born of calcium deficiency have

smaller cannon bone diameters at birth.

While a calcium deficiency may not reduce overall size, the skeleton is weak, porous and fragile, and prone to breakdown. Balancing a grain diet with a balancer pellet or feeding a fortified stud ration is critical for optimum bone development in the foetus and young horse.

However bone strength depends not only on mineralisation, but also on the quantity and quality of protein in the feed of young, growing horses. Strong, sound bone cannot be produced without sufficient protein as it is the protein that provides the collagen framework base upon which minerals are deposited.

Diets deficient in protein will lead to a weakened collagen matrix providing a poor base for mineralisation and porous weakened bones. While crude protein deficiency may occur, a shortage of balanced quality protein is quite common, and can have numerous negative effects on bone development.

Crude protein refers to the amount of protein in the feed source where as protein quality refers to the proper amount and ratio of the essential amino acids within that protein. For example a

14% stud ration gives only the crude protein value of that ration, but not the amino acid profile of that ration.

Protein serves a multitude of roles in the body, with all body tissues and organs containing protein in rather significant amounts. In fact 80% of a horse's body composition on a waterless, fat-free basis is composed of protein, so it is a vital nutrient not just in bone development.

Diets deficient in essential amino acids can have a limiting effect on the development of the horse in terms of bone length, muscle mass, bone density.

Soya bean meal and alfalfa contain more of the essential amino acids than most other sources and should always be incorporated in the growing horse diet and that of gestating or lactating mares.

Most cereal grains are quite deficient in certain essential amino acids and care must be taken to always use an oat balancer when feeding cereals.

Although bone strength depends primarily on diet, exercise is also an essential bone building factor, stimulating bone growth and strength.

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CAULFIELD FILES ANDREW CAULFIELD REPORTS ON THE BLOODSTOCK WORLD

Successful siblings provide temptation for inbreeding Kingmambo and Miesque’s Son feature in the pedigree of promising daughter of Whipper

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Make the most of rarity High-class full-brothers are fairly rare so, when lightning does strike twice, it is tempting to inbreed to their very successful parents. One of the most fruitful combinations has been that of Graustark and his younger brother His Majesty.

Among the winners with Graustark in the top half and His Majesty in the bottom are the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint winner Informed Decision. Born 37 years after her

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Regent, whose more accomplished brother Viceregal sired the dam of her broodmare sire Trempolino. Scotzania, another American Grade 1 winner, had these brothers by Northern Dancer in the third generation of her pedigree.

Red Rocks a prime example

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s a prelude to the announcement that Whipper was leaving Ballylinch Stud for Haras du Mézeray, this triple Group 1 winner at Deauville achieved a stakes-race double at Saint-Cloud on November 23. His daughter Whip And Win was scoring for the third time in seven starts when she defeated the colts in the Prix Isonomy over a mile, and another daughter, Courchevel, was in the winners’ enclosure half an hour later, after the Prix Ceres.

Their successes boosted Whipper’s total of stakes winners from his first two crops to six, including Royal Bench (Group 2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein), Dolled Up (Group 3 Prix du Bois) and Yaa Wayl (Listed City of York Stakes). With nine horses with Racing Post ratings of 100 or more, Whipper is a very promising stallion. As Whip And Win’s dam Queensalsa was also a classy performer, with three Group placings as a two-year-old, the youngster has every right to be talented.

In the circumstances it is hard to quantify how much of her talent is owed to some interesting inbreeding in her pedigree.

Whipper is by Miesque’s Son, a smart brother to Kingmambo, whereas Queensalsa is by Kingmambo’s son Kingsalsa. In other words, Whip And Win is inbred 3 x 4 to both Mr Prospector and Miesque through two of their sons. You will also find two brothers – this time Kris and Diesis – featuring in the pedigree of Vale Of York, the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner who has been added to the Kildangan Stud team for 2011. They appear in the third generation, to produce 4 x 4 to both Sharpen Up and Doubly Sure.

Fairy King’s Encosta De Lago presents possibilities with Sadler’s Wells mares

broodmare sire His Majesty, this fast mare was by a stallion with Graustark in the fourth generation of his pedigree.

However, this pairing occurs far more often with His Majesty in the top half and Graustark in the bottom, largely because the great Danehill had a dam by His Majesty. The best of Danehill’s winners bred this way included Mozart and the German 2,000 Guineas winner Royal Dragon, both of whom had His Majesty and Graustark in the third generation. Among the others were those fine fillies Rumplestiltskin and Profound Beauty, and Danehill’s stallion sons have a growing number of good winners with Graustark in the bottom half of their pedigrees.

Round Pond, winner of the 2006 Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic, is another with a pedigree featuring brothers. Her sire Awesome Again is a grandson of Vice

One combination we can expect to see more of concerns two other sons of Northern Dancer, Sadler’s Wells and Fairy King. The possibilities of this pairing was first illustrated by yet another Breeders’ Cup winner, namely the 2006 Turf scorer Red Rocks, who has Sadler’s Wells’s son Galileo as his sire and a mare by Fairy King as his second dam, producing 3 x 4 to both Northern Dancer and Fairy Bridge. High Chaparral’s very smart daughter High Heeled is out of a granddaughter of Fairy King.

The reverse cross, with Fairy King on the top and Sadler’s Wells on the bottom, is more likely to be seen in Australia, where Encosta De Lago, a champion sire by Fairy King, has a Group 2 winner out of a grand-daughter of Sadler’s Wells.

Even so, it is unlikely that combining Sadler’s Wells with Fairy King will ever prove as popular as combining him with their famous three-parts-brother Nureyev. Rip Van Winkle, Workforce and the American filly Gabby’s Golden Gal are three top-flight winners of 2010 with this combination, and so too, coincidentally, is Whipper.

Two other three-part brothers by Northern Dancer who have frequently cropped up together are Nijinsky and The Minstrel, one of the finest examples being the brilliant Zarkava, who has The Minstrel in the third generation and Nijinsky in the fourth. Another of Zamindar’s Group 1-winning daughters, Coquerelle, has the two close relatives in the third generation.

Mention of Zamindar reminds me that he has three non-Juddmonte members of his 2009 crop with second dams by Zafonic, creating 2 x 4 inbreeding to both Gone West and Zaizafon. They sold for €50,000, €42,000 and €35,000, so it will be interesting to see how they work out.

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Needless to say, Lion Heart has enjoyed an upturn in his fortunes since the decision was made to sell. His total of Group/Graded winners from his (admittedly very large) first crop now stands at six, thanks to Dangerous Midge and Pretty Prolific, a Grade 3 winner who was second in the Grade 1 Humana Distaff Stakes.

Dangerous Midge has progressed through the handicap ranks to win the Group 3 Dubai Duty Free Arc Trial, prior to becoming a Grade 1 winner in the Breeders’ Cup Turf.

Dangerous Midge isn’t Lion Heart’s first Grade 1 winner, though, as Line Of David had secured that distinction by leading throughout to defeat the future Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver in the Arkansas Derby.

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Star colt succumbs to injury

Dangerous Midge is one of two Grade 1 winners for the Turkish-based Lion Heart

Turkey celebrates after Midge’s US triumph When Dangerous Midge provided Europe with one of only two successes at the two-day Breeders’ Cup festival, the cheers rang out not only in Britain but also in Turkey. Brian Meehan’s progressive colt is a son of Lion Heart, who figured among a batch of stallions acquired by the Turkish Jockey Club early in 2010.

I admitted in an article in the Thoroughbred Daily News in early July to have been a little surprised to hear of Lion Heart’s sale, while understanding that owners have to be realistic about selling if they receive an attractive offer in today’s difficult climate.

The still-young son of Tale Of The Cat had been a consistently busy member of the Ashford Stud team since he covered his first mares in 2005. He is credited with having covered 951 mares in his first five years at fees ranging from an initial $30,000 to a final $20,000.

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encouraging start by Lion Heart, who had finished second to Tapit among the freshman sires of 2008, with a tally of 33 individual winners. Four of the 33 had enjoyed stakes success, with two of his sons, Azul Leon and Silent Valor, becoming Graded stakes winners.

Lion Heart added two more first-crop Graded winners, Heart Ashley and Soul Warrior, in 2009, when he ranked fifth by cumulative earnings among a very hot batch of secondcrop sires.

Outlook improved since sale When I speculated as to why Ashford was prepared to sell Lion Heart, I thought it significant that he had had runners for two seasons and was still awaiting his first winner at the highest level. Another possible factor could have been that his first Australian crop hadn’t achieved a great deal.

Lion Heart was a Grade 1 winner at two and three, in addition to finishing second in the Kentucky Derby, and he is well capable of siring a smart juvenile, as his third crop has confirmed.

His daughter Valiant Passion has been Grade 1placed but the star of this crop was Kantharos.

This exciting colt was unbeaten in three starts, which he took by a total of more than 28 lengths. He dominated the Grade 3 Bashford Manor Stakes by nine and a half lengths and the Grade 2 Saratoga Special by more than seven. Unfortunately, we will never know the exact extent of his ability, as he suffered a career-ending leg fracture after a workout at Saratoga in late August.

Kantharos will stand the 2011 season at a fee of $5,000 at Vinery Florida. This means that the phenomenon of colts standing their first season at three isn’t confined to Ireland, where Approve and Zebedee have been retired, in the same way as Holy Roman Emperor and Dark Angel. The difference is that Kantharos was retired out of necessity rather than choice, in much the same way that the top stallions Raise A Native and Hail To Reason were.

Hail To Reason’s coverings at three produced the 1965 Belmont Stakes winner Hail To All and the champion handicap mare Straight Deal, who, coincidentally, appears in Dangerous Midge’s pedigree as his third dam.

A very successful broodmare, Straight Deal also figures as the third dam of Awesome Of Course, the little-known stallion who sired the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Awesome Feather.

Lion Heart himself is out of a mare inbred 2 x 4 to Hail To Reason, and Dangerous Midge’s dam Adored Slew is inbred 4 x 3 to the same important stallion. Adored Slew was a talented performer in France and, as her name suggests, she is by Seattle Slew, who sired the Grade 1 winners Adored and Scorpion, who have Straight Deal as their second and third dams respectively.

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS

European Pattern 377 CRITERIUM DE MAISONS-LAFFITTE G2 MAISONS-LAFFITTE. November 1. 2yo. 1200m.

1. BLU CONSTELLATION (ITY) 9-0 £95,841 b c by Orpen - Stella Celtica (Celtic Swing) O-Scuderia Incolinx B-Azienda Agricola Loreto Luciani TR-V Caruso 2. Wizz Kid (IRE) 8-10 £36,991 b f by Whipper - Lidanski (Soviet Star) O-Maeve Mahony B-Ballylinch Stud TR-R Collet 3. Katla (IRE) 8-10 £17,655 b f by Majestic Missile - Bratislava (Dr Fong) O-JF Grogan B-John Grogan TR-JF Grogan Margins 6, 1.5. Time 1:14.40 (slow 5.40).

Going Very soft.

Age 2

Starts 5

Wins 4

Places 1

Earned £150,721

Sire: ORPEN. Sire of 55 Stakes winners. In 2010 LINGOTE DE ORO Old Trieste G1, BLU CONSTELLATION Celtic Swing G2, JAKOR Horage G3, NORQUINCO The Watcher G3, ORPEN FAIN Southern Halo G3, POLLEN Chief Singer G3, WAR ARTIST Brocco G3, CELESTIAL WAY Slip Anchor LR, DON LETAL Candy Stripes LR, DON VALIENTE Bold Forli LR, DONA DAGA Roy LR, INVINCIBLE SON Exit To Nowhere LR, LUKIAN Turtle Island LR, SUBLIMACION Fitzcarraldo LR. 1st Dam: STELLA CELTICA by Celtic Swing. 3 wins at 3 in Italy. Dam of 1 winner: 2008: BLU CONSTELLATION (c Orpen) 4 wins at 2 in France, Italy, Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte G2, Premio Primi Passi G3.

2009: Star Force (f Blu Air Force)

1996: KONIG SHUFFLE (c Big Shuffle) 12 wins, Grosser Buchmacher Springer Sprint Preis G3.

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

1999: KONIGIN SHUFFLE (f Big Shuffle) 2 wins 3-5.

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) 2 wins 25, Premio Chiusura G3, 2nd Mehl-Mulhens Rennen G2, Oettingen-Rennen G2, Grosser Preise der Sparkasse Hannover G2, Bayerischer Fleiger Preis LR, 3rd Europa Meile G2, Grosse Hessen Meile G3, Dallmayr Prodomo Trophy Grosser Sprint Preis LR. 2008: Konigin Concorde (f Big Shuffle) in training.

2009: Kaiser (c Big Shuffle) 2nd Dam: KONIGSBLUTE by Cortez. 3 wins, Dillmann Memorial LR. 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 Fruhjahrszuchtpreis LR).

Grandam of KASUS, KONIGSTOCHTER. Broodmare Sire: ILE DE BOURBON. BM sire 28 SW. In 2010 - 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

BIG SHUFFLE b 84 Raise Your Skirts

Broodmare Sire: CELTIC SWING. Sire of the dams of 6 Stakes winners. In 2010 - BLU CONSTELLATION Orpen G2, PLANET FIVE Storm Cat G2.

Ile de Bourbon

BLU CONSTELLATION b c 2008 Northern Dancer Danzig Pas de Nom Lure Alydar Endear Chappaquiddick ORPEN b 96 Halo Devil’s Bag Ballade Bonita Francita Hoist The Flag Raise The Standard Natalma Mr Prospector Damister Batucada Celtic Swing Welsh Pageant Celtic Ring Pencuik Jewel STELLA CELTICA b 2003 Lyphard Dancing Brave Navajo Princess Kanun Vaguely Noble Mahrah Montage

378 PREMIO CHIUSURA G3 MILAN. November 6. 2yo+. 1400m.

1. KONIG CONCORDE (GER) 5 9-6 £30,088 b h by Big Shuffle - Kaiserin (Ile de Bourbon) O-Wolfgang Frohlic B-Gestut Elsetal TR-C Sprengel 2. Le Big (GER) 6 9-6 £13,238 b g by Big Shuffle - La Luganese (Surumu) O/B-Gestut Wittekindshof TR-U Stoltefuss 3. Glad Sky (GB) 4 9-6 £7,221 b c by Big Shuffle - Glady Sum (Surumu) O-Karl-Heinz Nowack B-Gestut Auenquelle TR-W Gulcher Margins 1.25, 1.25. Time 1:27.00. Going Good.

Age 2-5

Starts 21

Wins 2

Places 11

Earned £87,672

Sire: BIG SHUFFLE. Sire of 68 Stakes winners. In 2010 - KONIG CONCORDE Ile de Bourbon G3, ATURO Law Society LR, GLAD SKY Surumu LR, LA SALVITA Hernando LR, REINE HEUREUSE Danehill LR, WALERO Lagunas LR. 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 3-5.

1994: KAISERMOND (c Mondrian) 6 wins 2-5.

1995: KONIGIN TURF (f Turfkonig) Winner at 3 in Germany. Dam of Konig Speed (2nd Wettenliep Bayerischer Fliegerpreis LR), Konigin Arte (2nd Gran Corsa Siepi di Pisa Hurdle LR, Altes Badener Steeplechase LR, Bad Durrheimer Trophy Hurdle LR).

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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

KAISERIN b/br 87 Konigsblute

379 PREMIO ROMA G1

RIO DE LA PLATA ch h 2005 Nasrullah Spring Run Wild Risk Aimee Hail To Reason Cosmah Herbager Miss Swapsco Nashua Fun House Churrinche Zeilah Earldom Witeh Great Host Empiric

Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride RAHY ch 85 Halo Glorious Song Ballade Good Manners Ahmad Azyade EXPRESS WAY br 93 Hawk II Escaline Escolastica

ROME. November 7. 3yo+. 1600m.

1. WORTHADD (IRE) 3 9-1 £52,654 b c by Dubawi - Wigman (Rahy) O-Scuderia Incolinx B-Compagnia Generale SRL TR-V Caruso 2. Sehrezad (IRE) 5 9-2 £23,168 b h by Titus Livius - Trebles (Kenmare) O-Stall Phillip B-Acorn Stud TR-Andreas Lowe 3. Ransom Hope (GB) 5 9-2 £12,637 b h by Red Ransom - Field of Hope (Selkirk) O-Allevamento La Nuova Sbarra B-Grundy Bloodstock TR-L Riccardi Margins Neck, 6. Time 1:35.80. Going Soft.

Starts 8

Wins 6

Places 2

KREFELD. November 7. 2yo. 1700m.

1. GEREON (GER) 8-13 £28,319 b c by Next Desert - Golden Time (Surumu) O-C Zschache B-Gestut Ebbesloh TR-C Zschache 2. Le Peintre (IRE) 9-2 £9,735 ch c by Peintre Celebre - L’Honorabilite (Highest Honor) O-L-W Baumgarten, SJ Weiss B-Gestut Wittekindshof TR-M Hofer 3. Noble Champion (GER) 9-2 £4,867 c by Hawk Wing - Nouvelle Noblesse (Singspiel) O-Eckhard Sauren B-Eckhard Sauren TR-M Hofer Margins 4.5, 4. Time 1:53.77. Going Soft.

Age 2

380 PREMIO RIBOT G2

Age 2-3

381 HERZOG VON RATIBOR-RENNEN G3

Earned £455,485

Sire: DUBAWI. Sire of 23 Stakes winners. In 2010 HAPPY ARCHER Jeune G1, MAKFI Green Desert G1, POET’S VOICE Chief’s Crown G1, SECRET ADMIRER Secret Savings G1, IRISH FIELD Hernando G2, MONTEROSSO Barathea G2, PRINCE BISHOP Prospect Bay G2, WORTHADD Rahy G2, ANNA SALAI Caerleon G3, ASTROPHYSICAL JET Rainbow Quest G3, CELLARMASTER Sound Reason G3, MAJESTIC DUBAWI Singspiel G3, SPLIT TROIS Zafonic G3, AFSARE Fairy King LR, DUBASE Bahri LR, FRANKENSTEIN Nordance LR, GOLDEN MILLENNIUM Eagle Eyed LR, KHOR SHEED Manila LR, LUCK OR DESIGN Green Desert LR, NOVA STEP Nureyev LR, TITUS MILLS A P Indy LR, ZUBBAYA Green Desert LR.

Starts 2

Starts 20

Wins 8

Places 7

Places 0

1st Dam: Golden Time by Surumu. 2 wins, 2nd Frankenheim Alt Pokal LR. Dam of 6 winners: 1997: GESPIELIN (f Greinton) 5 wins 3-5 in Italy.

2000: GRAND PLACE (f Law Society) Winner at 2.

2001: Georgienna (f Baryshnikov) 2002: GRANTSVILLE (f Trempolino) 5 wins, Japan Racing Association Trophy LR. 2004: GO EAST (f Highest Honor) 4 wins at 3, Premio Giovanni Falck LR, JRA Trophy LR. 2005: GOOSE BAY (f Groom Dancer) 3 wins 2-3, Oaks d’Italia G2.

2007: Guangzhou (f Konigstiger) 2008: GEREON (c Next Desert) 2 wins at 2 in Germany, Herzog von Ratibor Rennen G3.

2009: Girolamo (c Dai Jin) 2nd Dam: GAUKELSPIELERIN by Windwurf. 1 win in West Germany. Dam of Golden Time (see above).

Broodmare Sire: SURUMU. Sire of the dams of 81 Stakes winners. In 2010 - EYE OF THE TIGER Tiger Hill G2, GEREON Next Desert G3, ARTICA Pentire LR, DERVIS AGA Unaccounted For LR, GLAD SKY Big Shuffle LR, WIN FOR SURE Stravinsky LR, MALBERAUX Michel Georges LR. GEREON b c 2008 Green Desert Desert Style Organza

Earned £723,087

Sire: RAHY. Sire of 76 SWs. 2010 - RIO DE LA PLATA Ahmad G1, LADY OF THE DESERT Grand Lodge G2, STRONG SUIT Silver Hawk G2, RAHYSTRADA Deputy Minister G3, RETRIEVE Red Ransom G3.

1st Dam: Express Way by Ahmad. Dam of 5 winners: 1998: EL EXPRESIVO (c Candy Stripes) 7 wins in Argentina, GP Raul y Raul E Chevalier G1.

1999: ELFY (f Equalize) Winner at 3 in Argentina.

2000: EGIPCIA (f Equalize) Winner at 3 in Argentina.

2002: Epsilon (c Acceptable) 2 wins, 2nd Clasico Provincia de Buenos Aires G2.

2004: Lightly Expressed (f Fantastic Light) unraced.

2005: RIO DE LA PLATA (c Rahy) Sold 170,000gns 2yo at TAAPR. 8 wins 2-5, Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere G1, Premio Vittorio di Capua G1, Premio Roma G1, Vintage S G2, Strensall S G3, Pomfret S LR, 2nd National S G1, Poule d’Essai des Poulains G1, Prix du Moulin G1, Joel S G3, 3rd Prix Jean Prat G1.

2006: Explorer Club (c Southern Halo) unplaced.

2007: Ejekutor (c Southern Halo) in training.

2009: (f Rahy) 2010: (f Street Cry)

1st Dam: WIGMAN by Rahy. 3 wins at 3 and 4 in Italy. Dam of 1 winner: 2006: (c Xaar) 2007: WORTHADD (c Dubawi) 6 wins at 3 in Italy, Derby Italiano G2, Premio Ribot G2, Premio Parioli G3, Premio Gardone LR, 3rd Premio Vittorio di Capua G1.

2009: (c One Cool Cat) 2nd Dam: URJWAN by Seattle Slew. 1 win at 3. Dam of HISTORIC (g Sadler’s Wells: Prestige Novices’ Hurdle G2, Long Distance Hurdle G2, 2nd Sefton Novices’ Hurdle G1, Marathon Chase LR). Grandam of DAI JIN, Directa Queen, Dissney, El Alamein.

Third dam of VUPT VAPT, LOCOMOTION, REI MANDA, Elis Elis.

Broodmare Sire: RAHY. Sire of the dams of 77 SWs. In 2010 - ALVERTA Flying Spur G1, LIFE AT TEN Malibu Moon G1, CONTREDANSE Danehill Dancer G2, DOUBLES PARTNER Rock Hard Ten G2, GOTTA HAVE HER Royal Academy G2, SECRET GYPSY Sea of Secrets G2, WORTHADD Dubawi G2, COURAGEOUS CAT Storm Cat G3.

The Dubawi/Rahy cross has produced: WORTHADD G1, Havane Smoker G3.

WORTHADD b c 2007

NEXT DESERT b 99 Petoski Night Petticoat Nightrockette Literat Surumu Surama GOLDEN TIME ch 91 Windwurf Gaukelspielerin Gaukelei

Danzig Foreign Courier High Top Canton Silk Niniski Sushila Rocket Nightlife Birkhahn Lis Reliance II Suncourt Kaiseradler Wiesenweihe Frontal Gauklerin

382 PRIX FILLE DE L’AIR G3 TOULOUSE. November 11. 3yo+f&m. 2100m.

1. MA PREFERENCE (FR) 4 8-11 £35,398 b f by American Post - Restless Mixa (Linamix) O-Patrick Chedeville B-P Chedeville, Mme A Tamagni-Bodmer TR-F Rohaut 2. La Boum (GER) 7 8-11 £14,159 bbr m by Monsun - La Bouche (In The Wings) O-Emmanuel Trussardi B-Gestut Karlshof TR-Robert Collet 3. Kartica (GB) 3 8-10 £10,619 b f by Rainbow Quest - Cayman Sunset (Night Shift) O-C Marzocco, L Marzocco B-Newsells Park Stud TR-P Demercastel Margins 1.5, neck. Time 2:22.43. Going Heavy.

Seeking The Gold Dubai Millennium DUBAWI b 2002 Zomaradah

Rahy WIGMAN b 2000

Broodmare Sire: AHMAD. In 2010 - EL AZOR Lasting Approval G1, RIO DE LA PLATA Rahy G1.

See race 344 in the December issue

Mr Prospector Con Game Shareef Dancer Colorado Dancer Fall Aspen Shirley Heights Deploy Slightly Dangerous Dancing Brave Jawaher High Tern Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Halo Glorious Song Ballade Bold Reasoning Seattle Slew My Charmer Northern Dancer White Star Line Fast Line

Earned £5,752

Sire: NEXT DESERT. Sire of 3 Stakes winners.

In 2010 - ENZIO Big Shuffle G3.

ROME. November 7. 3yo+. 2000m.

1. RIO DE LA PLATA (USA) 5 9-2 £101,548 ch h by Rahy - Express Way (Ahmad) O-Godolphin B-Jose de Camargo, Robert N Clay et al TR-Saeed bin Suroor 2. Voila Ici (IRE) 5 9-2 £44,681 gr h by Daylami - Far Hope (Barathea) O-Scuderia Incolinx B-Soc Finanza Locale Consulting SRL TR-V Caruso 3. Estejo (GER) 6 9-2 £24,371 b h by Johan Cruyff - Este (The Noble Player) O-G Martone B-Gestut Schallern TR-R Rohne Margins 2.5, 0.75. Time 2:02.70. Going Soft.

Age 2-5

Wins 2

Urjwan

Age 3-4

Starts 15

Wins 4

Places 6

Earned £116,356

Sire: AMERICAN POST. Sire of 8 Stakes winners. In 2010 - MA PREFERENCE Linamix G3, LILISIDE Miller’s Mate LR, LILY AGAIN Faustus LR, PRIVATE EYE Kendor LR. 1st Dam: RESTLESS MIXA by Linamix. 2 wins at 4 in France. Dam of 6 winners: 1999: ROYAL FUTURE (c Kendor) 2 wins.

2000: Mes Bleus Yeux (f Exit To Nowhere) 2 wins, 2nd Prix Finlande LR. Broodmare.

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Caulfield on Recital: “The most remarkable aspect of his victory in the Criterium de SaintCloud is that he is Montjeu’s tenth stakes winner with Zeddaan in the bottom half of its pedigree”

2001: NOBLE REQUEST (g Highest Honor) 9 wins, 3rd Prix Isonomy LR, Scottish Champion H. Hurdle G2, 2nd Fighting Fifth Hurdle G1, Christmas Hurdle G1.

2002: RESTORATION (g Zafonic) 5 wins.

2003: Hardbreaker (c Dansili) 2004: DIAMANT ROSE (g Testa Rossa) 2 wins at 3 in France.

2005: Rocky Mixa (f Rock of Gibraltar) 2006: MA PREFERENCE (f American Post) Sold 38,610gns yearling at ARAUG. 4 wins at 3 and 4 in France, Prix Fille de l’Air G3, 2nd Prix Panacee LR. 2008: Rose The One (f Meshaheer) 2nd Dam: Restless Girl by Bolkonski. unraced. Dam of RESLESS KARA (f Akarad: Prix de Diane Hermes G1, 3rd Prix Saint-Alary G1), RESTIVER (f River River: Prix des Reservoirs G3, 2nd Prix de Malleret G2), Restless War (c Akarad: 2nd Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte G2), Son of Ski (c Son of Silver: 3rd Prix du Haras de Fresnay le Buffard LR), Rich Man (c R B Chesne: 3rd Prix du Lion-d’Angers LR), Restikala (f Bikala: 3rd Prix Finlande LR). Grandam of RESTIFIA, Restiv Star, Restless Carl. Fourth dam of NAUGHTY RAFAELA, PRETTY CAROLINA, SUPER CARINA, Selebela, Lagardere.

2nd Dam: BOREALE by Bellypha. 4 wins, Prix des Reservoirs G3, 2nd Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1.

Dam of RIVER OF LIGHT (c Irish River: Turf Paradise Breeders Cup H LR, 2nd Prix Messidor G3, Prix Quincey G3), Si Je N’Avais Plus (f Kaldoun: 2nd Prix Finlande LR).

Broodmare Sire: KENDOR. BM Sire of 37 SWs. In 2010 - RECITAL Montjeu G1, CHARMING WOMAN Invincible Spirit G3, LADY SPRINGBANK Choisir G3, MARCHAND D’OR Marchand de Sable G3, NATIVE KHAN Azamour G3, VIOLON SACRE Stravinsky G3.

The Montjeu/Kendor cross has produced: CORRE CAMINOS G1, RECITAL G1.

RECITAL b c 2008 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge MONTJEU b 96 Top Ville Floripedes Toute Cy Kenmare Kendor Belle Mecene DIBENOISE gr 93

Broodmare Sire: LINAMIX. BM Sire of 43 SWs. In 2010 - MUSKETIER Acatenango G2, MA PREFERENCE American Post G3, VALASYRA Sinndar G3.

MA PREFERENCE b f 2006 Sea Bird II Bubbling Beauty Bering Lyphard Beaune Barbra AMERICAN POST br 2001 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge Wells Fargo Shirley Heights Cruising Height Nomadic Pleasure Bellypha Mendez Miss Carina Linamix Breton Lunadix Lutine RESTLESS MIXA gr 93 Balidar Bolkonski Perennial Restless Girl Mincio Reine des Sables Begrolles Arctic Tern

383 CRITERIUM DE SAINT-CLOUD G1 SAINT-CLOUD. November 13. 2yoc&f. 2000m.

1. RECITAL (FR) 9-0 £126,416 b c by Montjeu - Dibenoise (Kendor) O-Magnier, Tabor, Smith, Mordukhovitch B-Mme Renee Geffroy, Caragh Bloodstock TR-AP O’Brien 2. Bubble Chic (FR) 9-0 £50,575 b c by Chichicastenango - Bubble Back (Grand Lodge) O-F Tabone, G Botti B-Z Hakam TR-G Botti 3. Prairie Star (FR) 9-0 £25,288 b c by Peintre Celebre - Prairie Runner (Arazi) O-Ecurie Wildenstein B-Dayton Investments Ltd TR-E Lellouche Margins 5, 2. Time 2:24.80 (slow 20.40).

Going Heavy.

Age 2

Starts 2

Wins 2

Places 0

Earned £132,828

Sire: MONTJEU. Sire of 94 Stakes winners. In 2010 FAME AND GLORY Shirley Heights G1, JOSHUA TREE Grand Lodge G1, RECITAL Kendor G1, TAVISTOCK Quest For Fame G1, WALL STREET Grand Lodge G1, JUKEBOX JURY Kenmare G2, MARIA ROYAL Zafonic G2, MISS KELLER Warning G2, CLOWANCE Sternkoenig G3, GROWL Western Symphony G3, JAN VERMEER Pennekamp G3.

1st Dam: Dibenoise by Kendor. unraced. Dam of 6 winners: 1998: Dawn Dane (f Danehill). Dam of Dawn Dew (3rd Walther J Jacobs Stutenpreis G3) 2000: TERENEZ (g Desert King) 4 wins over jumps.

2001: Pavlovna (f Singspiel) ran on the flat in France.

2002: CORRE CAMINOS (g Montjeu) 3 wins, Prix Ganay G1.

2003: RACINGER (c Spectrum) 5 wins at 2 to 6, Prix du Muguet G2.

2005: ECUME DU JOUR (f Hawk Wing) Winner at 3.

2006: GLAMSTAR (c Numerous) 3 wins 2-3.

2008: RECITAL (c Montjeu) Sold 693,481gns yearling at ARAUG. 2 wins at 2 at home, France, Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1.

2010: (f Montjeu)

Princesse Lida, winner of the Prix Morny and Prix de la Salamandre.

Corre Caminos’s fourth dam Torbella won the Dewhurst and was second in the Irish Oaks. Torbella’s progeny included the top miler Carlemont and Torbella was herself a half-sister to Cambremont (French 2,000 Guineas) and Djebel Idra (dam of the Arc winner Bon Mot). This is also the family of such high-class performers as Dr Devious, Critique, Le Balafre and Markofdistinction.

Bellypha Boreale Princesse Tora

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special High Top Sega Ville Tennyson Adele Toumignon Kalamoun Belle of Ireland Gay Mecene Djaka Belle Lyphard Belga Prince Taj Torbella III

For the second time in three years, the Criterium de Saint-Cloud fell to a Montjeu colt trained by Aidan O’Brien.

The first winner, Fame And Glory, went on to three further Gr1 wins, including the Irish Derby, so the future looks bright for the latest winner, Recital.

Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Recital’s win is that he is Montjeu’s tenth stakes winner with Zeddaan in the bottom half of its pedigree. This is significant because Montjeu’s third dam Adele Toumignon is by Zeddaan. Montjeu’s family also produced the very smart stayer Dadarissime to Highest Honor, a stallion from the Zeddaan branch of the Grey Sovereign male line, and this may have encouraged breeders to send mares with Zeddaan blood to Montjeu.

Recital’s predecessors with two lines of Zeddaan include his Prix Ganay-winning brother Corre Caminos, Jukebox Jury (Preis von Europa), Scorpion (St Leger), Clowance (second in the Irish St Leger) and Hurricane Fly (a Listed winner on the Flat and a four-time Gr1 winner over hurdles).

Corre Caminos was a gelding, so presumably showed some of the highmettled temperament associated not only with Montjeu but also with the Zeddaan clan. Recital’s dam Dibenoise is an unraced daughter of Kendor, a winner of the Grand Criterium and French 2,000 Guineas. Although Kendor sired the Gr1 winners Literato, Keltos and Charge d’Affaires, his greatest gift to the breed could prove to be his broodmare daughters. Their other Gr1 winners include Marchand d’Or, Never On A Sunday and Le Miracle.

Dibenoise is also the dam of the very smart French miler Racinger, so she has fulfilled the potential of her bloodlines. Her dam Boreale, a runnerup in the French 1,000 Guineas, is also the dam of River Of Light, a smart miler in France and the USA. Boreale was a half-sister to the dam of

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385 PREMIO CARLO & FRANCESCO ALOISI G3 ROME. November 14. 2yo+. 1200m.

1. ROSENDHAL (IRE) 3 9-8 £30,088 ch c by Indian Ridge - Kathy College (College Chapel) O/B-Allevamento Pian Di Neve SRL TR-A Renzoni 2. Morgan Drive (IRE) 5 9-8 £13,238 b h by Namid - Morning Prancer (Caerleon) O/B-Razza Montalbano SRL TR-M Gasparini 3. Jiroft (ITY) 3 9-8 £7,221 b c by Blu Air Force - Dexia (Indian Ridge) O/B-Scuderia Ri Ma SRL TR-M Marcialis Margins 1, nose. Time 1:10.40. Going Heavy.

Age 2-3

Starts 13

Wins 5

Places 6

Earned £91,342

Sire: INDIAN RIDGE. Sire of 85 Stakes winners. In 2010 - ROSENDHAL College Chapel G3.

1st Dam: KATHY COLLEGE by College Chapel. 11 wins 2-5, Premio Omenoni G3. Dam of 1 winner: 2005: Source of Speed (c Desert Prince) 2006: Passage To India (f Indian Ridge) 2007: ROSENDHAL (c Indian Ridge) 5 wins, Premio Carlo e Francesco Aloisi G3, 3rd Criterium Partenopeo LR, Premio Rumon LR. 2008: Dive Bomber (c Green Desert) in training.

2009: (c Dubawi)

CASAMENTO Always Fair G1, FAINT PERFUME Zabeel G1, LOPE DE VEGA Vettori G1, NO EVIDENCE NEEDED Generous G2, SHAKESPEAREAN Priolo G2, ZAZOU Lomitas G2, DUBAI PRINCE Persian Bold G3, DUEL Danehill G3, DUNBOYNE EXPRESS Polish Precedent G3, ELLE SHADOW Roi Danzig G3, FRENCH NAVY Woodman G3.

1st Dam: ELLE DANZIG by Roi Danzig. Champion 3yr old filly in Germany in 1998, Champion older mare in Germany in 1999 & 2000. 12 wins, Premio Roma G1 (twice), G.Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen G1, 2nd Premio Presidente della Repubblica G1. Dam of 6 winners: 2002: EL STAR (c Soviet Star) 4 wins 4-5.

2003: Elle Galante (f Galileo) 3 wins at 3, 3rd Prix Belle de Nuit LR. 2004: EL COMODIN (c Monsun) 4 wins at 2, 3 and 6 in France, Germany, Prix Pelleas LR. 2005: ELLE GALA (f Galileo) 3 wins 3-4, NereideRennen LR. 2006: EL DJANGO (c Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 4.

2007: ELLE SHADOW (f Shamardal) 3 wins 2-3, Hessen Pokal G3, Belmondo-Preis G3, GP der Sparkasse Mulheim Berberis Rennen LR, 2nd Preis der Diana G1, Preis der Winterkonigin G3, HH Sheikh H.bin Rashid Al MaktoumTrophy G3, 3rd Diana Trial G2.

2008: Lyric Street (c Hurricane Run) 2009: El Galoppier (c Galileo) 2010: Elle Same (f Samum) 2nd Dam: ELEGIE by Teotepec. 3 wins in West Germany. Dam of ELLE DANZIG (see above), El Society (c Law Society: 2nd Herbst-Preis der Dreijahrigen LR), Eurydike (f Anfield: 2nd Preis der Jahrlingsauktion LR). Grandam of EMPORIO. Broodmare Sire: ROI DANZIG. Sire of the dams of 9 Stakes winners. In 2010 - ELLE SHADOW Shamardal G3, LEUCI LAMPS Hawk Wing LR. ELLE SHADOW b f 2007 Storm Cat Giant’s Causeway Mariah’s Storm SHAMARDAL b 2002 Machiavellian Helsinki

2nd Dam: KATY GUEST by Be My Guest. 2 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy. Dam of KATHY COLLEGE (f College Chapel, see above), KATHY PEKAN (f Sri Pekan: Premio Alessandro Perrone LR). Grandam of Kaspirit.

Helen Street Danzig Roi Danzig Gdynia

Broodmare Sire: COLLEGE CHAPEL. Sire of the dams of 8 Stakes winners. In 2010 - ROSENDHAL Indian Ridge G3, GERBETT Galileo LR. ROSENDHAL ch c 2007 Klairon Phoenissa Martial Helen Nichols Quaker Girl Delta Judge Swing Easy Free Flowing Skymaster Golden City West Shaw Sharpen Up Sharpo Moiety Bird So Blessed Scarcely Blessed Parsimony Northern Dancer Be My Guest What A Treat Law Society Sweet Justice Hilo Girl Lorenzaccio Ahonoora INDIAN RIDGE ch 85 Hillbrow

College Chapel KATHY COLLEGE ch 98 Katy Guest

386 HESSEN-POKAL G3

ELLE DANZIG b 95 Teotepec Elegie Elektra

Storm Bird Terlingua Rahy Immense Mr Prospector Coup de Folie Troy Waterway Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Classicist Sea Hawk II Tout Sweet Twenty Orsini Egina

National Hunt Grade Ones 1 CHAMPION CHASE G1 DOWN ROYAL. November 6. 24f. Soft.

1. KAUTO STAR (FR) 10 b g Village Star - Kauto Relka (Port Etienne) O-Mr Clive D Smith B-Mme H Aubert TR-PF Nicholls 2. Sizing Europe (IRE) 8 b g Pistolet Bleu - Jennie Dun (Mandalus) 3. China Rock (IRE) 7 ch g Presenting - Kigali (Torus)

DORTMUND. November 20. 3yo+. 2000m.

1. ELLE SHADOW (IRE) 3 8-10 £28,319 b f by Shamardal - Elle Danzig (Roi Danzig) O/B-Gestut Wittekindshof TR-P Schiergen 2. Keep Cool (GB) 3 8-9 £9,735 b c by Starcraft - Kirov (Darshaan) O-Gestut Winterhauch B-Cheveley Park Stud TR-Andreas Lowe 3. Sun Society (GER) 5 8-9 £4,867 b f by Law Society - Sintra (Konigsstuhl) O-Stall Jungbrunnen B-Mme C Waigl-Gerz TR-M Trybuhl Margins 1.25, 1.25. Time 2:18.39. Going Heavy.

Age 3-10

Starts 34

Wins 20

Places Earned 9 £2,012,655

KAUTO STAR b g 2000 Mill Reef Moulin High Fidelyty VILLAGE STAR ch 83 Reliance II Glitter Glistening Mill Reef Port Etienne

Age 2-3

Starts 8

Wins 3

Places 4

Earned £158,872

Sire: SHAMARDAL. Sire of 24 Stakes winners. In 2010 - CAPTAIN SONADOR Kenny’s Best Pal G1,

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

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS

National Hunt Grade Ones For the 14th time in his illustrious career, Kauto Star triumphed in a Gr1 race when he took the JNwine.com Champion Chase for the second time in three years. His victories also include four editions of the King George VI Chase, three of the Betfair Chase and two of the Cheltenham Gold Cup. His latest victory came weeks before his official 11th birthday, so he is proving very durable, even though he comes from a quick-maturing French family. All four winners produced by Kauto Star’s dam Kauto Relka were successful at three, the latest being Kauto Queen, a winner over hurdles at Saint-Brieuc in October 2010. She is by the French Gr1 chase winner Bonbon Rose.

Kauto Relka appears to have another potential star to her credit in her With The Flow gelding Kauto Stone. The 2006 foal won three of his five completed starts at three, notably the Gr2 Prix Georges de Talhouet Roy over two and a quarter miles, and was also second in the Grande Course de Haies des 3 Ans. Kauto Stone has added three more stakes victories at four, all in chases, including one in the Gr1 Prix Maurice Gillois Chase over two and three-quarter miles.

Kauto Relka also has a 2008 gelding by the top miler Priolo and 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 French middle-distance horse with plenty of stamina in his pedigree.

His dam Glitter was a three-partssister to Goodwood Cup winner Proverb, sire of three Whitbread Gold Cup winners. Proverb’s sire Reliance was an outstanding stayer who 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 won

twice over jumps during a career which yielded 13 victories.

Kauto Star’s pedigree also features 3 x 3 inbreeding to the brilliant Mill Reef through Village Star’s sire Moulin (winner of the Gr1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud) and Port Etienne (runner-up in the Gr2 Prix Dollar).

2 PUNCHESTOWN HURDLE G1 PUNCHESTOWN. Nov 14. 16f. Soft to Heavy.

1. SOLWHIT (FR) 6 b g Solon - Toowhit Towhee (Lucky North) O-Top Of The Hill Syndicate B-Haras de Preaux TR-Charles Byrnes 2. Voler La Vedette (IRE) 6 b m King’s Theatre - Steel Grey Lady (Roselier) 3. Donnas Palm (IRE) 6 gr g Great Palm - Donna’s Tarquin (Husyan)

winning three of four starts at two, Solon achieved a sequence of five wins at three, starting in the Swiss Derby and ending in the Gr1 EuropaPreis. Solwhit comes from an 18strong crop in 2004.

Solwhit’s broodmare sire, Lucky North, was a useful miler in England but he became a stakes winner in the USA, where he sired Solwhit’s dam, Toowhit Towhee. This mare was sold for 3,800gns after failing to show much ability in three starts for John Gosden but she later did well over jumps in Germany, where she won good chases at four and six.

3 LANCASHIRE CHASE G1 HAYDOCK PARK. Nov 20. 24f. Good to Soft.

Age 3-6

Starts 19

Wins 11

Places 4

Earned £533,033

SOLWHIT b g 2004 Red God Runaway Bride Vaguely Noble Home Love Homespun SOLON b 92 Tamerlane Alpenkonig Alpenlerche Scilla Alizier Saxifraga Suleika Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Lucky North Olden Times Lucky Ole Me Me Next TOOWHIT TOWHEE b 88 The Axe II Hatchet Man Bebopper Chop Towhee Crozier Swiftybyrd Miss Glamour Gal Blushing Groom

Local Suitor

For the second successive year, Solwhit accounted for three rivals in the Punchestown Hurdle, improving his record over hurdles to ten victories, two seconds and a third from 15 starts. His only unplaced efforts came on his Irish debut in 2008 and when finishing a disappointing sixth in the 2010 Champion Hurdle. Six of his victories have been gained at the highest level.

Solwhit has also shown useful ability on the Flat. Although he had finished in the rear at Dieppe on his only start on the Flat in France, he won two of his four runs on the Flat in Ireland, including the valuable Leopardstown November Handicap.

Solwhit is by Solon, a German-bred grandson of Blushing Groom. After

1. IMPERIAL COMMANDER (IRE) 9 b g Flemensfirth - Ballinlovane (Le Moss) O-Our Friends in the North B-LJ Flynn TR-NA Twiston-Davies 2. Tidal Bay (IRE) 9 b g Flemensfirth - June's Bride (Le Moss) 3. Planet of Sound (GB) 8 b g Kayf Tara - Herald The Dawn (Dubassoff) Age Starts Wins Places Earned 4-9 19 9 4 684,699 See race 152 in the May issue for analysis IMPERIAL COMMANDER b g 2001 Hoist The Flag Alleged Princess Pout FLEMENSFIRTH b 92 Diesis Etheldreda Royal Bund Le Levanstell Le Moss Feemoss BALLINLOVANE b 85 Arapaho Billy’s Beauty Castlering

Tom Rolfe Wavy Navy Prince John Determined Lady Sharpen Up Doubly Sure Royal Coinage Nato Le Lavandou Stella’s Sister Ballymoss Feevagh Huntercombe Persuader Escart III Merry Trix

4 FIGHTING FIFTH HURDLE G1 NEWBURY. Nov 27. 16f 110yds. Good to Soft.

1. PEDDLERS CROSS (IRE) 5 b g Oscar - Patscilla (Squill) O-Mr TG Leslie B-A Delaney TR-D McCain Jnr 2. Starluck (IRE) 5 b g Key of Luck - Sarifa (Kahyasi) 3. Binocular (FR) 6 b g Enrique - Bleu Ciel Et Blanc (Pistolet Bleu) Age 4-5

Starts 7

Wins 7

Places 0

Earned £168,456

PEDDLERS CROSS b g 2005 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge OSCAR b 94 Reliance II Snow Day Vindaria Stop The Music Squill River Rose PATSCILLA b/br 91 Troy Fortune Teller Joking Apart

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Tantieme Relance III Roi Dagobert Heavenly Body Hail To Reason Bebopper Riverman Barbarossa Petingo La Milo Jimmy Reppin Strip The Willow

Oscar has been knocking at the door in the race for the title of champion sire and again looks well placed to push for the title, as his ammunition includes Rock On Ruby (Listed bumper at Cheltenham), Big Zeb (Gr2 Fortria Chase), Oscar Dan Dan (Gr2 Lismullen Hurdle) and Peddlers Cross.

When Peddlers Cross held off Starluck to take the Fighting Fifth Hurdle, he was gaining his second Gr1, following success in the Baring Bingham Novices’ Hurdle, and is now unbeaten in seven runs. The first of those came in a point-to-point aged four. He had not created excitement the two times he was offered for sale at three, but his decisive point-to-point victory led to his drawing a bid of £100,000 when he reappeared 17 days later at Brightwells.

Although his first Gr1 win came over two miles five furlongs, Peddlers Cross’s Fighting Fifth victory suggests he has the pace for the Champion Hurdle. He probably owes his speed to the bottom half of his pedigree, even though his dam Patscilla seemed devoid of that asset. She showed little ability in seven starts on the Flat and four over hurdles. However, her sire Squill had been a very smart performer at up to a mile and a quarter and Peddlers Cross’s second dam, the Troy mare Fortune Teller, is well related.

Her dam Joking Apart was third in the 1,000 Guineas before producing some successful broodmare daughters, including Deadly Serious.

This Galtres Stakes winner produced the Australian Gr1 winner Runyon to Oscar’s sire Sadler’s Wells.

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National Hunt Graded races Date 01/10 02/10 03/10 03/10 03/10 10/10 10/10 14/10 14/10 14/10 17/10 23/10 23/10 24/10 30/10 30/10 30/10 30/10 31/10 31/10 31/10 02/11 05/11 05/11 06/11 06/11 06/11 07/11 07/11 07/11 11/11 11/11 12/11 13/11 13/11 13/11 13/11 14/11 14/11 14/11 14/11 14/11 20/11 20/11 21/11 21/11 25/11 26/11 27/11 27/11

Grade GrC G2 G3 G2 G3 G3 GrA G3 G3 G3 GrB G2 G2 G3 G3 GrC G2 G2 G3 G3 GrB G2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3 G3 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3 GrC G2 G2 G2 G2 GrB G2 G2 G2 G3

Race (course) ITBA & Gain Horse Feeds H Hurdle (Gowran Park) Champion Chase (Gowran Park) O'Dwyer Steel Novice Chase (Tipperary) Friends of Tipperary Hurdle (Tipperary) Dolores Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle (Tipperary) Pricewaterhousecoopers Chase (Limerick) Munster National H Chase (Limerick) Star Best For Racing Coverage Chase (Punchestown) Buck House Novice Chase (Punchestown) Ryan's Cleaning Events Specialist Hurdle (Punchestown) Kinsale H Chase (Cork) Old Roan Ltd H Chase (Aintree) Persian War Novices' Hurdle (Chepstow) Ballybrit Novice Chase (Galway) Poplar Square Chase (Naas) Brown Lad H Hurdle (Naas) West Yorkshire Hurdle (Wetherby) Charlie Hall Chase (Wetherby) Dial-a-Bet EBF Novice Chase (Cork) Dial-a-Bet EBF Novice Hurdle (Cork) Cork Grand National (Cork) Haldon Gold Cup H Chase (Exeter) WKD Core Hurdle (Down Royal) Lough Construction Ltd EBF Novice Hurdle (Down Royal) Ladbrokes.com Chase (Down Royal) Elite H Hurdle (Wincanton) Rising Stars Novices' Chase (Wincanton) Fortria Chase (Navan) For Auction Novice Hurdle (Navan) Lismullen Hurdle (Navan) TA Morris Memorial Mares Novice Chase (Clonmel) Clonmel Oil Chase (Clonmel) Sharp Novices' Hurdle (Cheltenham) Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase (Cheltenham) Morson Group H Chase (Cheltenham) Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle (Cheltenham) Florida Pearl Novice Chase (Punchestown) Hyde Novices' Hurdle (Cheltenham) November Novices' Chase (Cheltenham) Greatwood H Hurdle (Cheltenham) www.corkracecourse.ie H Hurdle (Cork) Craddockstown Novice Chase (Punchestown) Amlin 1965 Chase (Ascot) Ascot Hurdle (Ascot) Monksfield Novice Hurdle (Navan) Troytown H Chase (Navan) Worcester Novices' Chase (Newbury) Berkshire Novices' Chase (Newbury) Long Distance Hurdle (Newbury) Hennessy Gold Cup H Chase (Newbury)

Dist 24f 20f 20f 16f 16f 17f 24f 23f 16f 16f 16f 20f 20f 17f 16f 20f 25f 25f 20f 24f 28f 17.5f 16f 16f 20f 16f 21f 16f 16f 20f 20f 20f 17.5f 20.5f 23.5f 16.5f 22f 21f 16f 16.5f 20f 16f 19f 19.5f 20f 24f 24f 20f 24.5f 26.5f

Horse Molly's Boy (GB) China Rock (IRE) Beau Michael (GB) Donnas Palm (IRE) Oilily (IRE) Cornas (NZ) Golden Kite (IRE) China Rock (IRE) Loosen My Load (IRE) Luska Lad (IRE) Keelaghan (IRE) Monet's Garden (IRE) Silviniaco Conti (FR) Head Of The Posse (IRE) Captain Cee Bee (IRE) Sweet Shock (GER) Fair Along (GER) Nacarat (FR) Back Of The Pack (IRE) Mount Helicon (GB) Streets Of Gold (IRE) Tchico Polos (FR) Gimli's Rock (IRE) Macville (IRE) The Nightingale (FR) Nearby (GB) Wishfull Thinking (GB) Big Zeb (IRE) Hidden Cyclone (IRE) Oscar Dan Dan (IRE) Blazing Tempo (IRE) Tranquil Sea (IRE) Cue Card (GB) Little Josh (IRE) Midnight Chase (GB) Sam Winner (FR) Thegreatjohnbrowne (IRE) Champion Court (IRE) Ghizao (GER) Menorah (IRE) Ainama (IRE) Realt Dubh (IRE) Master Minded (FR) Silviniaco Conti (FR) Fully Funded (USA) Jack The Bus (IRE) Aiteen Thirtythree (IRE) Cois Farraig (GB) Big Buck's (FR) Diamond Harry (GB)

Age 9 7 6 6 7 8 8 7 6 6 10 11 4 7 9 5 8 9 8 5 8 6 4 6 7 6 7 9 5 8 6 8 4 8 8 3 6 5 6 5 6 6 7 4 5 10 6 5 7 7

Sex G G G G M G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G M G G G G G G M G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G

Sire Parthian Springs Presenting Medicean Great Palm Dr Massini Prized Anshan Presenting Dushyantor Flemensfirth Accordion Roselier Dom Alco Supreme Leader Germany Sholokhov Alkalde Smadoun Anshan Montjeu Sadler's Wells Sassanian Rock Of Gibraltar Christophene Cadoudal King's Best Alflora Oscar Stowaway Oscar Accordion Sea Raven King's Theatre Pasternak Midnight Legend Okawango Beneficial Court Cave Tiger Hill King's Theatre Desert Prince Beneficial Nikos Dom Alco Aptitude Old Vic Old Vic Karinga Bay Cadoudal Sir Harry Lewis

Dam May Day Belle Kigali Tender Moment Donna's Tarquin Be My Trump Duvessa Miss Nee Kigali The Kids Dante Notsophar New Legislation Royal Remainder Gazelle Lulu Aussieannie Elea Victoria Sweet Royale Fairy Tango Gerbora Wakt Model Queen User Friendly Miss Saint Germain Beltisaal I'lltelimar Double Spring Contiguous Poussetiere Deux Our Siveen Hurricane Debbie Warmley's Gem Leading Duke Silver Valley Wicked Crack Miss Top Yamrah Noche Alltoplayfor Mooneys Hill Glorosia Maid For Adventure Gilah Suez Canal Haute Tension Gazelle Lulu Fully Invested Monas Jem Prudent View Oriel Dream Buck's Swift Conveyance

Broodmare Sire Scallywag Torus Caerleon Husyan Be My Native Sound Reason Strong Gale Torus Phardante Phardante Dominion Royale Remainder Man Altayan Arapahos Sharp Victor Garde Royale Acatenango Art Bleu Akarad Kingmambo Slip Anchor Pampabird Belmez Montelimar Double Bed Danzig Garde Royale Deep Run Shahanndeh Phardante Supreme Leader Henbit King's Ride Tremblant Milford Night Shift Broken Hearted Supreme Leader Bering Strong Gale Saddlers' Hall Exit To Nowhere Garde Royale Altayan Irish River Be My Native Supreme Leader Oats Le Glorieux Strong Gale

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

Final index to winners and placed horses in 2010 Includes winners and placed horses in European Pattern races.

Winners are in bold type A Media Luz 23 Aajel 31 Abbashiva 96 216 Abjer 240 Across The Rhine 295 Adamantina 377 Address Unknown 63 Age of Aquarius 52 133 Agent Secret 187 Aigrette Garzette 367 Air Chief Marshal 183 335 Aizavoski 49 Akarlina 305 Akdarena 66 146 Akmal 93 Akzar 213 Al Madina 281 Alcohuaz 375 Alexandros 104 193 Alfred Nobel 79 Alianthus 96 216 312 346 373 Allied Powers 49 109 Allybar 191 Alta Fedelta 19 56 Alverta 167 Americain 246 Amico Fritz 64 107 256 Angel of Harlem 376

Anna Salai 29 84 Annabelle’s Charm 78 Announce 223 Ansiei 53 Antara 106 128 207 247 369 Aoife Alainn 369 Appel Au Maitre 21 232 Approve 131 194 237 287 318 Arasin 257 Arcano 18 Arctic Cosmos 134 196 286 Aslana 176 Aspectoflove 337 Astrophysical Jet 201 259 301 At First Sight 22 63 102 Atasari 62 Avatar Day 140 Aviate 67 Await The Dawn 266 Azmeel 24 51 Back Hunting 20 Baine 77 Balthazaar’s Gift 285 Barefoot Lady 303 Barney McGrew 143 Barshiba 138 154 Baschar 117 Bea Remembered 188 Beacon Lodge 180 Beethoven 225 Behkabad 65 175 289 Beltanus 10 Benbaun 75

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Berg Bahn 153 Bethrah 62 84 Bewitched 218 291 339 Beyond Desire 114 Bible Belt 315 Big Issue 260 Bikini Babe 24 208 Billy Budd 342 Biondetti 342 Black Spirit 230 Blek 41 82 174 246 Blu Constellation 140 378 Blue Jack 34 Blue Maiden 13 Blue Panis 120 Bluster 293 Board Meeting 247 371 Bobbyscot 88 Boccalino 297 Bonnie Charlie 143 Borderlescott 34 80 124 201 Bould Mover 157 Brigantin 272 Brisant 98 Broox 194 297 Brusco 173 292 Bubble Chic 356 384 Budai 226 250 326 Bullet Train 55 Burma Gold 292 366 Burn The Breeze 227 Bushman 104 191 Buxted 349

Buzzword 134 184 Byword 35 85 127 235 Cadeau For Maggi 178 Campanologist 116 181 232 298 Canford Cliffs 18 33 81 123 200 Cape Blanco 70 148 192 269 Cape Dollar 252 352 Captain Chop 212 341 Casamento 282 313 365 Cat Junior 198 229 350 Caucus 166 Cavalryman 273 360 Celimene 12 92 Celtic Celeb 73 322 368 Charming Woman 56 359 Chinchon 1 Chinese Wall 297 Chinese White 83 146 Chink of Light 48 Choose Me 290 Choose Wisely 197 Chrysanthemum 315 Cima de Pluie 366 Cima de Triomphe 304 Circumvent 30 Cirrus des Aigles 226 326 357 Cityscape 320 Claremont 16 32 Class Is Class 214 Classic Punch 267 Clondinnery 147 Clowance 363 Cochabamba 252 352

Colonial 105 Contat 64 107 256 Contredanse 99 248 Coordinated Cut 70 Corsica 166 286 Court Canibal 12 122 Critical Moment 15 Croisultan 9 97 291 Cronsa 36 Crown Prosecutor 237 302 Crying Lightening 215 Crystal Capella 353 Crystal Gal 5 Cutlass Bay 12 38 Dalghar 105 198 276 310 375 Dam d’Augy 179 Dancing David 15 51 Dandino 196 Dandy Boy 183 225 Danedream 367 Dangerous Midge 298 Darajaat 338 Dariole 23 Darley Sun 93 Daryakana 92 151 Debussy 50 354 Definightly 375 Deluxe 86 Devoted To You 3 Dick Turpin 18 33 76 123 156 333 Dingle View 260 Dinkum Diamond 279 Distant Memories 214 253 326

Distinctive 114 Dixie Music 221 Djumama 367 Doncaster Rover 95 144 Dream Ahead 245 318 Dream Eater 95 125 170 Dreamspeed 363 Dubai Prince 370 Dubawi Phantom 55 Duchess of Foxland 5 43 Duel 374 Duff 97 183 Dunboyne Express 186 Duncan 138 294 Durban Thunder 362 Dux Scholar 240 364 Dynasty 42 Earl of Fire 171 263 Eastern Aria 203 277 Ecliptic 169 Eldalil 132 Eleanora Duse 67 238 290 Electric Waves 338 Electrolyser 31 202 Elle Shadow 87 172 211 264 386 Elnawin 152 Elusive Pimpernel 15 Elusive Wave 209 257 Elzaam 126 165 364 Emerald Commander 120 159 263 323 Emerald Ring 113 Empire Storm 264

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Emulous 225 335 Enora 211 Enzio 10 Equiano 34 80 124 167 Espirita 361 Estejo 25 380 Evading Tempete 8 36 Evaporation 112 276 Excel Bolt 131 Eye of The Tiger 60 98 Fabiana 176 263 Fadela Style 161 Fair Trade 320 Fairyhall 374 Falun 334 Fame And Glory 44 83 100 221 Famous 43 Famous Name 61 188 Famous Warrior 4 Farrel 359 Field Day 224 First City 254 Fleur Enchantee 332 Flying Cloud 69 146 253 Flying Cross 283 Footsteppy 361 Fork Handles 243 Formosina 147 302 Fort Hastings 265 Frankel 306 351 Free Judgement 42 81 French Navy 300 Frozen Power 91 Fuisse 118 180 274 Galileo’s Choice 44 Gallic Star 132 Genki 271 339 Gentoo 296 327 368 Gereon 382 Getaway 60 116 Gile Na Greine 39 135 Gilt Edge Girl 114 168 256 329 Gitano Hernando 317 Glad Sky 379 Glamorous Spirit 152 Glass Harmonium 26 94 Glor Na Mara 219 242 260 351 Gold Bubbles 67 Gold Harvest 37 Golden Destiny 301 Golden Stream 54 206 Goldikova 85 125 209 231 333 Goldwaki 119 Gotlandia 29 Govinda 178 Grace O’Malley 66 121 Grand Admiral 145 221 Grand Vent 336 Green Rock 57 Green Tango 41 Gris de Gris 6 35 Group Therapy 157 201 Gypsy Highway 376 Habaayib 17 Handsome Devil 57 Harbinger 16 52 138 192 Harris Tweed 166 Havane Smoker 300 Havant 321 Hearts of Fire 123 Heaven’s Vault 58 Helleborine 278 330 Hen Night 62 Hermoun 305 Hibaayeb 86 132 High Heeled 100 227 324 High Ruler 189 High Standing 182 217 Himalya 143 254 285 Holberg 267 Hollywood Kiss 195 Honimiere 40 Hooray 163 239 268 319 Hosiba 149 Hot Prospect 55 253 Hung Parliament 275 I Love Me 352 Ice Blue 57 Icon Dream 48 Il Fenomeno 59 Illo 141 334 Illustrious Blue 31 202 Immortal Verse 278 Indiana Gal 66 78 213 Indomito 107 Irini 343 Irish Field 160 194 Isantha 99 Ivory Land 11 73 322 Izalia 376

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Jacqueline Quest 39 135 Jakkalberry 25 116 Jakor 359 Jan Vermeer 88 148 175 Jiroft 385 Joanna 8 77 112 158 217 Johannes Mozart 25 Jolie Jioconde 189 Joshua Tree 234 Jukebox Jury 32 Juliet Capulet 113 Kachgai 258 Kali 45 112 Karasiyra 121 Kargali 9 Kartica 383 Kasbah Bliss 41 82 327 Katla 378 Keep Cool 46 386 Keratiya 160 Keredari 335 Khawatim 212 Khawlah 321 Khor Sheed 215 Kidnapping 289 Kimble 296 King Jock 61 King of Wands 236 King Torus 169 199 Kings Gambit 240 Kingsgate Native 80 310 Kinsale King 139 Kissable 177 255 Kite Hunter 91 Kite Wood 82 Klammer 169 306 364 Kolokol 75 Konig Concorde 379 Kreem 356 La Boum 1 47 261 371 383 Laaheb 26 228 267 311 Ladies Are Forever 129 Lady Jane Digby 154 193 Lady Lupus 185 Lady of The Desert 17 271 310 329 Lady Springbank 5 Lady’s Purse 111 150 Latin Love 3 Laughing Lashes 177 220 255 Le Big 379 Le Larron 119 322 Le Peintre 382 Leo Gali 210 Les Fazzani 50 Liang Kay 6 250 362 Libranno 165 205 Lillie Langtry 135 270 Lily of The Valley 161 248 332 Lindentree 117 Lochinver 323 Lolamar 149 Lolly For Dolly 43 Lone Cat 160 Look At Me 321 Lope de Vega 28 76 103 Lord Chaparral 360 Lord Shanakill 72 198 Los Cristianos 174 Lovelace 158 Lui Den 374 Luisant 218 Ma Preference 383 Mabait 104 Madda’s Force 19 Mahamaya 90 161 Maiguri 275 331 372 Main Aim 68 95 251 350 Majestic Dubawi 303 Major Art 199 Makfi 7 33 231 Mambia 243 Manchester 355 Manifest 16 71 Manighar 246 Maqaasid 129 319 Mar Adentro 293 329 Marchand d’Or 75 110 Margot Did 137 190 239 Maria Royal 324 Marinous 261 Markab 79 124 271 Marshade 20 Mashoor 119 Master of Hounds 365 Mastery 348 Mawaakef 313 Maxios 336 Measuring Time 244 Meeznah 277 Mellon Martini 159

Memory 137 163 Meow 129 Mid Mon Lady 317 Midas Touch 63 148 234 286 Midday 69 207 238 288 Middle Club 23 99 223 Mikhail Glinka 22 136 Mirror Lake 284 Miss Europa 108 Miss Fifty 243 Miss Gorica 153 Miss Jean Brodie 185 Miss Laa di Da 262 308 Miss Starlight 172 Misty For Me 220 255 330 Monitor Closely 311 Monterosso 134 Mores Wells 49 Morgan Drive 385 Motrice 203 280 349 Move In Time 338 Munsef 52 Musharakaat 281 Music Show 13 84 162 209 270 My Name Is Bond 275 Myplacelater 353 Nakayama Festa 294 328 Nanton 32 266 Native Khan 244 Neatico 264 Neebras 165 Neon Light 45 Never Forget 111 150 New Planet 279 Nice Danon 265 355 Nicea 211 304 345 Night Magic 108 193 273 314 Nightdance Paolo 46 89 Nitza 278 No Risk At All 65 Noble Alpha 91 312 346 Noble Champion 382 Noll Wallop 4 Norderney 60 141 Northern Glory 173 Nova Step 361 Obama Rule 262 On Verra 37 Opinion Poll 236 368 Ouqba 72 229 Ovambo Queen 172 249 345 Pachattack 106 Paco Boy 27 72 125 231 333 Pain Perdu 30 103 Palavicini 14 Pallodio 2 38 Park Avenue 370 Pathfork 242 282 Pausanias 240 Pearl Away 58 111 Pearl Banks 345 Peinture Rare 227 Penitent 320 Perfect Tribute 190 Permesso 59 Permit 272 Piccadilly Filly 110 241 Planet Five 110 Planteur 11 103 175 289 Plumania 92 151 288 Poet 214 284 363 Poet’s Voice 222 251 309 Pollen 3 Polly’s Mark 154 203 Pont des Arts 187 Pontenuovo 212 245 Pouvoir Absolu 109 Prairie Star 356 384 Prakasa 90 Precious Gem 145 Premio Loco 144 170 200 285 Pressing 27 74 99 Prime Defender 68 Prince Bishop 299 357 Principal Role 13 Private Jet 336 Profound Beauty 142 213 283 Prohibit 301 Puff 17 Puncher Clynch 22 Purple Moon 71 133 202 Pyrrha 54 206 Querari 74 Quijano 181 273 314 Radharcnafarraige 113 Ragsah 303 Rainbow Peak 240 298 360 Rainbow Springs 330 Rainfall 130 162 325 Rajsaman 28 299 373

Ransom Hope 381 Rasmy 51 Rayeni 9 Rebel Soldier 196 Recharge 44 83 Recital 384 Reckless Reward 131 268 Red Badge 284 Red Jazz 130 144 309 350 Redwood 26 164 204 261 Regal Parade 182 217 Reggane 54 106 305 Reine Heureuse 45 90 Remember When 101 Representing 362 Rerouted 316 Reverence 152 Rewilding 11 102 234 Rimth 239 319 Rio de La Plata 240 274 344 380 Rip Van Winkle 200 235 269 309 Rite of Passage 133 Roayh 126 205 Robin Hood 313 Rock Jock 130 Rockatella 224 337 Roderic O’Connor 351 372 Rosanara 29 115 Rose Blossom 168 Rose Hip 61 Rosendhal 385 Roses For The Lady 142 Royal Bench 323 Royal Exchange 316 Rudolf Valentino 186 Rumoush 101 208 277 Russian Cross 122 Russian Tango 91 184 334 Ryan 366 Saamidd 287 Sahpresa 276 325 Sajjhaa 337 Sakheart 343 Salona 265 Salto 372 Salut L’Africain 105 158 Samuel 236 280 Samuel Morse 147 186 242 Sandbar 58 115 Sanjii Danon 96 346 Sans Frontieres 164 228 283 Sant’antonio 59 Santo Padre 259 Saptapadi 93 228 Sarafina 86 115 288 328 Sarah Lynx 324 Saratoga Black 53 Sariska 69 100 Scalo 46 89 230 314 Scolari 141 250 Sea Lord 222 Secrecy 222 Secret Asset 182 Secret Witness 339 Sehrezad 10 35 171 216 381 Seville 365 Shakespearean 229 Shalanaya 38 Shamalgan 76 195 Shamanova 150 223 272 Shamwari Lodge 78 Shareen 262 308 Shemiyla 47 She’s Our Mark 210 290 308 353 Shimraan 195 357 Shintoh 88 145 Showcasing 68 Signs In The Sand 268 Silvaner 355 Silver Black 7 Silver Frost 180 Silver Pond 73 Silvertrees 233 Simenon 24 Simon de Montfort 30 Singapore Lilly 342 377 Sir Reginald 237 Six of Hearts 97 Siyouni 28 156 274 Skins Game 6 347 373 Slickly Royal 118 Smooth Operator 64 178 Snaefell 79 218 291 Snow Fairy 101 185 238 Soberania 369 Society Rock 139 Sole Power 241 Soraaya 163 190 Sordino 108 Sormiou 120

South Easter 50 266 Spacious 40 128 162 270 Special Duty 8 39 77 Spirit of Battle 341 Split Trois 341 Sri Putra 14 155 204 Stacelita 122 207 247 332 Starlish 1 Starspangledbanner 139 167 241 Stay Alive 377 Steele Tango 348 Steinbeck 188 295 Stentorian 199 Step Up 140 Steuben 21 Stone of Folca 197 Stotsfold 94 Strawberrydaiquiri 40 128 325 Strong Suit 126 219 318 Suits Me 2 Summer Fete 251 Summit Surge 99 191 Sun Society 386 Superstition 47 249 Surfrider 300 Surrey Star 244 316 Swiss Diva 258 293 Tactic 142 Tastahil 280 349 Tax Free 259 Tazeez 94 127 164 348 Tech Exceed 149 249 343 Ted Spread 48 Temple Meads 302 Thai Haku 347 The Cheka 27 The Paddyman 205 Theology 136 Theyskens’ Theory 252 307 Timos 109 294 Timothy T 233 Tin Horse 245 331 Tip Toe 65 187 Titurel 174 Titus Shadow 56 Tiz My Time 137 Tiza 179 258 Together 177 220 307 Too Nice Name 7 Total Command 136 Touch of Hawk 21 Traffic Guard 204 Tranquil Tiger 2 14 Treasure Beach 306 Tres Rock Danon 98 173 Triple Aspect 157 Tropical Paradise 206 254 Tropical Treat 168 Twice Over 127 155 235 269 354 Unity 121 Val Mondo 292 Valasyra 371 Vanjura 87 176 344 Velvet Flicker 153 Vertigineux 118 170 257 Via Medici 224 Viscount Nelson 4 81 155 Vision d’Etat 226 354 Voila Ici 74 304 380 Wade Giles 295 317 Waiter’s Dream 233 287 Wajir 71 Waldjagd 87 War Artist 179 Warning Flag 370 Watar 296 Wealthy 159 230 299 Wheredreamsare 89 Whispering Gallery 311 White Moonstone 215 281 307 Wiener Walzer 85 181 Wild Wind 315 Win For Sure 99 171 312 Winter Dream 327 Wizz Kid 378 Wootton Bassett 331 Workforce 70 102 328 Worthadd 20 53 344 381 Xtension 156 Youmzain 151 192 Zagora 37 208 248 Zarebiya 210 Zayaan 42 Zazou 117 184 232 Zebedee 197 279 Zibimix 347 Zobenigo 19 36 Zoffany 189 219 282

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Global Stakes Results Date Grade Argentina 19/11 G1 19/11 G1 14/11 G1 13/11 G1 13/11 G1 13/11 G1 28/11 G2 20/11 G2 19/11 G2 18/11 G2 07/11 G2 06/11 G2 05/11 G2

Race

Dist

Horse

Gran Premio Dardo Rocha-Internacional G. P. Joaquin V Gonzalez-Internacional Gran Premio Copa de Oro Gran Premio Nacional (Derby) Gran Premio Palermo Gran Premio Maipu 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

12.0f 8.0f 12.0f 12.5f 8.0f 5.0f 8.0f 12.0f 6.0f 11.0f 8.0f 5.0f 8.0f

Mr Nedawi (BRZ) Inter Red (ARG) Fuego E Hierro (ARG) Expressive Halo (ARG) Mad Speed (ARG) Augurio Plus (ARG) Bouclette Gulch (ARG) Invention (ARG) Pretty Cute (ARG) Foggy Stripes (ARG) Ranquelia (ARG) Sembra Fe (ARG) Bouclette Gulch (ARG)

The GP Nacional (Derby) was a strange affair. There were 15 runners but most of them played no part. Star Runner led from Lucky For Sale and Secretario Sam. Only Expressive Halo, who was hampered early and forced wide round the turn, came from behind. A strong challenge down the outside carried him to a one-length victory, while the three leaders hung on to the places in the order which they had maintained throughout. Expressive Halo was winning his third race in six outings, all on dirt. His best effort had been a fourth in the Polla de Potrillos (2,000 Guineas) but he had since shown promise with success in a conditions Australia 20/11 06/11 06/11 04/11 02/11 27/11 13/11 13/11 13/11 06/11 06/11 13/11 13/11 13/11 13/11 06/11 06/11 04/11

G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

Carlton Draught Railway Stakes Patinack Victoria Racing Club Stakes Emirates Cantala Stakes Crown Victoria Oaks Emirates Melbourne Cup Burswood Winterbottom Stakes Betfair Sandown Guineas Sky Racing Western Australian Guineas Patinack Farm Sandown Classic Matriach Stakes Waroa Lee Steere Stakes R J Peters Stakes Betfair Eclipse Stakes Zaidee's Rainbow Sandown Stakes Seacorp Colonel Reeves Stakes Hong Kong Jockey Club Maribyrnong Plate Queen's Cup Panthers Hawkesbury Cup

Americain, trained in France by Alain de Royer-Dupré, became the fourth non-Australasian Melbourne Cup winner since Vintage Crop’s groundbreaking 1993 success when beating Maluckyday by almost three lengths in the ‘race that stops the nation’. He is at least Australian-owned, having been bought for £140,000 in February following a disappointing autumn 2009 campaign with Todd Pletcher in America. He has accumulated £2.28 million, his five victories from six starts since that US stint including the Geelong Cup two weeks before the Brazil 07/11 06/11 28/11 15/11 06/11 31/10 15/11 14/11 06/11 06/11 30/10

G1 G1 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

event over 11 furlongs. His sire Halo Sunshine won only twice but did finish less than three lengths fourth of 19 behind Grindstone in the 1996 Kentucky Derby.

Mad Speed started odds-on for the GP Palermo and dominated his seven rivals throughout. Most of his racing has been in conditions events but he has been well placed and this was the second time he has completed a sequence of five wins.

Augurio Plus had finished a close third to El Azor in the GP Suipacha on his elevation to Group 1 competition on October 16.

Reverting to dirt and benefiting from a stands’ side draw, he raced clear to

8.0f 6.0f 8.0f 12.5f 16.0f 6.0f 8.0f 8.0f 12.0f 10.0f 7.0f 7.5f 9.0f 7.5f 5.5f 5.0f 13.0f 8.0f

Gathering (AUS) Black Caviar (AUS) Wall Street (NZ) Brazilian Pulse (NZ) Americain (USA) Hadabeclorka (AUS) Pressday (AUS) Playing God (AUS) Zipping (AUS) Well Rounded (AUS) Famous Roman (AUS) God Has Spoken (AUS) Viking Hero (AUS) Larry's Never Late (NZ) Ma Ma Machine (AUS) Arctic Command (AUS) Moudre (AUS) Thankgodyou'rehere (AUS)

Melbourne equivalent. So You Think was sent off the shortest-priced Cup favourite for 40 years and looked likely to justify that position until weakening in the last 100 yards to finish third. He now joins Aidan O’Brien in Ireland.

Fourth-placed Zipping is no back number at the age of nine, a point he reaffirmed when winning the Group 2 Sandown Classic for the fourth successive year 11 days later. The winner apart, best of the other six intercontinental Cup runners was Godolphin’s Holberg in sixth, just in front of Luca Cumani’s Manighar and

G. P. Bento Goncalves Barrashoppingsul Grande Premio Derby Paulista Grande Premio Oswaldo Aranha Grande Premio Proclamacao da Republica Grande Premio Governador do Estado Grande Premio Marciano de Aguiar Moreira Grande Premio Nestor Jost Grande Premio Frederico Lundgren Grande Premio Mariano Procopio G. P. Criadores E Prop Cavallos Corrida G. P. Presidente Silvio Alvares Penteado

12.0f 12.0f 12.0f 5.0f 8.0f 12.0f 6.0f 8.0f 8.0f 12.0f 10.0f

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Nedawi (GB) Rincon Red (ARG) Pure Prize (USA) Halo Sunshine (USA) Mad Champ (ARG) Alpha Plus (USA) Thunder Gulch (USA) Orpen (USA) Luhuk (USA) Equal Stripes (ARG) Alpha Plus (USA) Manipulator (USA) Thunder Gulch (USA)

Cryptic Crucial (USA) Mita (ARG) Fusillette (ARG) Embrace Moi (ARG) Speed Wells (ARG) Jane Queen (ARG) Bouclette Champ (ARG) Ilesha (ARG) Pretty Woman (ARG) La Boira Baixa (ARG) Jaba (ARG) Siembra Pasion (ARG) Bouclette Champ (ARG)

Cryptoclearance (USA) Interprete (ARG) Candy Stripes (USA) Ride The Rails (USA) Poliglote (GB) Perfect Parade (USA) Ski Champ (USA) Fitzcarraldo (ARG) Southern Halo (USA) Gem Master (USA) Cipayo (ARG) El Sembrador (ARG) Ski Champ (USA)

score by two and a half lengths in the GP Maipu. His sire Alpha Plus, a Juddmonte-bred son of Mr Prospector who was a Listed winner in France for Andre Fabre, has plenty of speedy individuals in Argentina.

Fuego E Hierro was winning for only the sixth time in 22 tries but the GP Copa de Oro was his second Group 1 triumph over course and distance this year.

Mr Nedawi, a Group 1 winner in Brazil as well as of four Group 2s, started at almost 11-1 for the GP Dardo Rocha-Internacional. Always in the first three, he led early in the straight and came home three lengths ahead of the front-running Feel Fast –

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Tale of The Cat (USA) Bel Esprit (AUS) Montjeu (IRE) Captain Rio (GB) Dynaformer (USA) Hurricane Sky (AUS) Domesday (AUS) Blackfriars (AUS) Danehill (USA) Reset (AUS) Danetime (IRE) Blackfriars (AUS) Elvstroem (AUS) Pentire (GB) Sir Laurence (NZ) Freeze (AUS) Blevic (AUS) Secret Savings (USA)

Celebria (AUS) Helsinge (AUS) Villa Wanda (GB) Sharazad (IRE) America (IRE) Mrs Bold (AUS) Kaaptive Empress (AUS) Dolly Will Do (AUS) Social Scene (IRE) Armilla (IRE) Famous Friend (AUS) Dolly Will Do (AUS) Gypsy Dollar (AUS) Laebeel (NZ) Mam'selle Gina (AUS) General Resolve (AUS) Tolkaami (AUS) Winifred's Prayer (AUS)

William Knight’s Illustrious Blue (ninth).

Each of these three won almost £70,000 for their unplaced effort.

The month’s other highlight was provided by Black Caviar, who can claim to be the best sprinter in the world after she took her record to a perfect eight from eight with a fourlength destruction of the Patinack Farm Classic field. Sixth-placed Hay List may still have been feeling the effects of having kicked a feed trough a few days before the race and will have to wait until February 19 for a chance to take revenge in the Lightning Stakes.

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like the Derby winner a son of Halo Sunshine. Odds-on Lingote de Oro finished another half a length behind.

Mr Nedawi was sent down from Sao Paulo for this race but remains at La Plata to prepare for the GP Jose Pedro Ramirez in Uruguay on January 6. His jockey appears in some results as J da Silva but is more familiar to those who have seen him in action in Dubai as Jose Aparecido.

Inter Red, always prominent in a field of 18 in the GP Joaquin V Gonzalez-Internacional, outgamed the favourite Cafrune in the straight and was driven clear to beat him by two and a half lengths. It was his 11th success but his first in a Group 1.

Peintre Celebre (USA) Desert Sun (GB) Grand Lodge (USA) Tenby (GB) Arazi (USA) Snippets (AUS) Kaaptive Edition (NZ) Rubiton (AUS) Grand Lodge (USA) Rainbow Quest (USA) Marooned Rubiton (AUS) Zabeel (NZ) Zabeel (NZ) Naturalism (NZ) General Nediym (AUS) Raami Tierce (AUS)

Brazilian Pulse, a daughter of Captain Rio, landed the VRC Oaks for Mike Moroney to earn comparison to the brilliant Happanunoit, who Moroney trained before she went on to three topflight successes in America.

Moroney originally hails from New Zealand and the best Kiwi horse of the moment, Wall Street, broke his Australian duck at the third attempt in the Emirates Stakes.

In Western Australia, Craig Williams took the plaudits for a brilliant frontrunning ride aboard Gathering in the Railway Stakes.

Vale Mais (BRZ) Barbiera (BRZ) Meringue Pie (BRZ) Cores Do Ceu (BRZ) Pena Maxima (USA) Eighth Green (USA) Etoille Magee (BRZ) Volantera (ARG) Hot Gallery (BRZ) Innocent Kiss (BRZ) Take Me Home (BRZ)

Irish Fighter (USA) Pleasant Variety (USA) Patio de Naranjos (CHI) Choctaw Ridge (USA) Green Dancer (USA) Green Dancer (USA) Ghadeer (FR) Equalize (USA) Clackson (BRZ) Roi Normand (USA) Choctaw Ridge (USA)

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Xin Xu Lin put up a remarkable performance in the UAE-sponsored Derby Paulista and it will be even more remarkable if he does not end up in an Arabian racing centre. Drawn wide in a field of 18, he bounded clear at an early stage, allowed his rivals to close up on

furlongs – his first success beyond a mile – the GP Carlos Pellegrini in Argentina on December 11 should prove the real test of his ability. His sire Wondertross, a son of Chief’s Crown, won four of 11 races and was beaten a nose in the 1999 Florida Derby.

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Autumn Stakes Kennedy Road Stakes

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Stunning Stag (CAN) Ravalo (USA)

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Running Stag (USA) Mutakddim (USA)

Midday Fun (USA) Momentary Hope (USA)

The Prime Minister (USA) Southern Halo (USA)

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Premio Alberto Solari Magnasco Premio El Ensayo - Cristal Premio Haras de Chile Premio La Copa Premio Paddock Stakes - Copa Shadwell

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Madera Castana (CHI) El Farrero (CHI) Tobrita (CHI) Casino Royale (CHI) Sin Respeto (CHI)

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Indy Dancer (USA) Powerscourt (GB) Stormin Fever (USA) Riyadian (GB) Caesarion (IRE)

Madera Fragante (CHI) La Cimarra (CHI) Triple Joy (CHI) Simply (CHI) Simbaville (CHI)

Dancing Groom (USA) Northair (USA) Stuka (USA) Winning (USA) Barkerville (USA)

Japan 27/11 21/11 14/11 31/10 24/10 13/11 07/11 30/10 16/10 27/11 20/11 20/11 14/11 07/11 06/11

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length further back in third. It was a superlative performance but Xin Xu Lin does not always run to this standard. It was his fourth win in six races and his third Group 1 win. Each Group 1 win has been separated by a Group 1 failure. Now that he has won over 12

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El Farrero, again ridden by Fernando Diaz, followed up his victory in the Clasico Nacional Ricardo Lyon at the start of the month with a confident success in El Ensayo (Santiago Derby).

Having raced fourth in a field of 15, he

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the final turn, but then swept clear again early in the three-furlong straight. No rival could stay with him and he scored by six and three-quarter lengths from outsider Aka Rigue (Nedawi). Filly Una Beleza (Signal Tap), who was favourite to complete a Group 1 hat-trick, was a

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Japan Cup Mile Championship Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup Tenno Sho (Autumn Emperor's Cup) Kikuka Sho (St Leger) Keio Hai Nisai Stakes Copa Republica Argentina Mainichi Broadcast Swan Stakes Daily Hai Nisai Stakes Keihan Hai Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes Fukushima Kinen Chunichi Sports Hai Musashino Stakes Miyako Stakes KBS Kyoto Sho Fantasy Stakes

Snow Fairy became the first overseas visitor to take advantage of the incredibly generous new Japan Racing Association bonus scheme when running away with the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup. Ed Dunlop’s filly qualified for the bonus via her Oaks success so, when she came home four lengths clear of the two top locals, Meisho Beluga and Apapane, she won a staggering total of £1.224 million.

Bonuses are paid only if you finish in the first three, so Sahpresa’s fourth New Zealand 26/11 G1 13/11 G1 06/11 G1 20/11 G2 20/11 G2 10/11 G2 27/11 G3 13/11 G3 13/11 G3 10/11 G3 06/11 G3 02/11 G3

Levin Classic New Zealand Bloodstock 1000 Guineas New Zealand 2000 Guineas NRM Auckland TB Breeders' Stakes DHL Counties Cup Coupland's Bakeries Mile Eagle Technology Gt N'thern Chall.Stakes Christchurch Casino New Zealand Cup Stella Artois Tauranga Stakes Lindauer Stewards Stakes Gold Club Metropolitan Trophy Handicap Nicolas Feuillatte Stakes

Jimmy Choux defied a five-week absence and heavy ground to justify favouritism and give trainer John Bary (no relation to Pascal!) a first Group 1 win less than two years after his initial success of any kind in the 2,000 Peru 14/11 27/11 20/11

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produced a strong run to hit the front inside the final two furlongs. Bum Bum Chiquibum, seventh in the earlier race, made late progress to claim second, one and three-quarter lengths behind.

El Farrero is from the first Chilean crop

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Rose Kingdom (JPN) A Shin Forward (USA) Snow Fairy (IRE) Buena Vista (JPN) Big Week (JPN) Grand Prix Boss (JPN) Tosen Jordan (JPN) Maruka Phoenix (JPN) Reve d'Essor (JPN) Spring Song (JPN) Sadamu Patek (JPN) Dance In The More (JPN) Glorious Noah (JPN) Transcend (JPN) Marumo Sarah (JPN)

placing behind the 51-1 outsider A Shin Forward in the Mile Championship must have been particularly galling for her French connections. Trained by Rodolphe Collet, the daughter of Sahm, who finished third in the same race 12 months earlier and qualified for the bonus courtesy of her Sun Chariot Stakes triumph, missed out on victory by an agonising neck and two noses.

The majority of a crowd of 106,322 for the Japan Cup went home feeling

8.0f 8.0f 8.0f 7.0f 10.5f 8.0f 8.0f 16.0f 8.0f 6.0f 12.5f 10.0f

We Can Say It Now (AUS) King's Rose (NZ) Jimmy Choux (NZ) Obsession (NZ) Tinseltown (NZ) Altered Image (NZ) Salvatore (NZ) Showcause (AUS) Salvatore (NZ) Coup Align (NZ) Blood Brotha (NZ) Elblitzem (NZ)

Guineas. In a close four-way finish, he beat He’s Remarkable by a long neck.

In the fillies’ equivalent King’s Rose gave trainer Jason Bridgman, who has replaced the now Singapore-based Mark Walker, a first top level triumph.

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Fahed Jr (PER) Anunciata (PER) Gautier (USA)

of Aidan O’Brien’s 2005 Arlington Million winner Powerscourt.

Madera Castana had run Tao Mina to three-quarters of a length in a Group 2 on October 16. But she was making her debut on dirt that day. With the

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King Kamehameha (JPN) Forest Wildcat (USA) Intikhab (USA) Special Week (JPN) Bago (FR) Sakura Bakushin O (JPN) Jungle Pocket (JPN) Dance In The Dark (JPN) Agnes Tachyon (JPN) Sakura Bakushin O (JPN) Fuji Kiseki (JPN) Dance In The Dark (JPN) Precise End (USA) Wild Rush (USA) Kurofune (USA)

Rosebud (JPN) Wake Up Kiss (USA) Woodland Dream (IRE) Biwa Heidi (JPN) Tanino J'Adore (JPN) Rosy Mist (JPN) Every Whisper (JPN) Miss Kirsty (USA) Reve d'Oscar (FR) Spring Ticket (JPN) Summer Night City (JPN) Super Rivlia (JPN) Love Robbery (JPN) Cinema Scope (JPN) My Cross (JPN)

disgruntled after the 30th running of the showpiece brought the first disqualification. Christophe Soumillon’s mount, Buena Vista, edged across the runner-up, Rose Kingdom, inside the final furlong before completing a decisive length and three-quarter victory. After a 24-minute stewards’ enquiry, the odds-on Buena Vista was demoted and Soumillon handed a suspension which ruled him out of the Hong Kong International Races. Both horses involved are owned by Sunday

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Starcraft (NZ) Redoute's Choice (AUS) Thorn Park (AUS) Bachelor Duke (USA) Pentire (GB) Strategic Image (AUS) Howbaddouwantit (USA) Giant's Causeway (USA) Howbaddouwantit (USA) Align (AUS) Danzighill (AUS) Elnadim (USA)

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Apprentice (USA) Apprentice (USA) Belong To Me (USA)

Sunday Silence (USA) Cure The Blues (USA) Charnwood Forest (IRE) Caerleon (USA) Sunday Silence (USA) Sunday Silence (USA) Northern Taste (CAN) Miswaki (USA) Highest Honor (FR) Tony Bin Helissio (FR) Rivlia (USA) Jade Robbery (USA) Tony Bin Tamamo Cross (JPN)

Racing Limited. The European challenge was strong in numbers but lacking in quality, so it was no surprise that best of our seven raiders, France’s Cirrus des Aigles, was only ninth, closely followed by the Irish and British representatives Joshua Tree and Dandino.

Buena Vista and Soumillon had enjoyed better luck four weeks earlier, when they proved two lengths too strong for their 17 rivals in the Tenno Sho (Autumn).

We Can't Say That (NZ) Nureyev's Girl (AUS) Cierzo (NZ) Mystery Creek (NZ) Tinsel (NZ) Dented Ambition (NZ) Just Berceuse (NZ) Showella (NZ) Just Berceuse (NZ) Diamond Snip (AUS) Laura Dee (NZ) Arduous (NZ)

Despite being wide throughout she proved three-quarters of a length too strong for Magic Briar. The runner-up was disqualified for hampering the fifthplaced favourite, We Can Say It Now. A fortnight later and We Can Say It

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benefit of that experience and the advantage of an extra furlong, she caught Tao Mina (Powerscourt) inside the final furlong and beat her by one and a quarter lengths in the Group 1 in the Alberto Solari Magnasco.

Generous (IRE) Nureyev (USA) Centaine (AUS) Kaapstad (NZ) Jetball (AUS) Danasinga (AUS) Oregon (USA) Lord Ballina (AUS) Oregon (USA) Snippets (AUS) Personal Escort (USA) Mohamed Abdu

Now enjoyed better fortune as she led home a 1-2-3-4 for the fairer sex in the Levin Classic as Jimmy Choux finished tailed off last. Like her Arrowfield Studbased sire, Starcraft, We Can Say It Now is owned by Paul Makin.

Relancina (USA) Daniela (PER) Above Morality (USA)

Devil's Bag (USA) You and I (USA) Street Cry (IRE)

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Fahed Jr followed up his success in the Clasico Ricardo Ortiz de Zevallos on October 17 with a half-length victory Date Grade South Africa 27/11 G1 27/11 G2 27/11 G2 27/11 G2 20/11 G2 14/11 G2 12/11 G2 06/11 G2 06/11 G2 27/11 G3 27/11 G3 06/11 G3 06/11 G3 30/10 G3 30/10 G3

Race

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Sansui Summer Cup Investec Dingaans Selangor Cup Hertz Merchants Stakes Ocean Basket Green Point Stakes Betting World Merchants Stakes Racing Association Victory Moon Stakes Odessa Stud Fillies Championship Peermont Charity Mile November Handicap KIC Fillies Mile Defy Racing Association Handicap Graham Beck Stakes Starling Stakes Cape Classic St Laurence's Yellowood Handicap

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Flirtation (SAF) The Apache (SAF) What A Winter (SAF) Arabian Mist (SAF) Pocket Power (SAF) Dance With Al (SAF) Perana (AUS) Ebony Flyer (SAF) Alderry (SAF) Hollywoodboulevard (AUS) Ilsanpietro (BRZ) Kavanagh (SAF) Success Counts (SAF) Solo Traveller (SAF) Flirtation (SAF)

As expected, champion trainer Mike de Kock dominated the Sansui Summer Cup, winning it for the ninth time and United States 28/11 G1 27/11 G1 27/11 G1 26/11 G1 26/11 G1 13/11 G1 06/11 G1 06/11 G1 06/11 G1 06/11 G1 06/11 G1 06/11 G1 05/11 G1 05/11 G1 05/11 G1 05/11 G1 27/11 G2 27/11 G2 27/11 G2 27/11 G2 27/11 G2 26/11 G2 25/11 G2 20/11 G2 06/11 G2 06/11 G2 06/11 G2 06/11 G2 06/11 G2 05/11 G2 28/11 G3 27/11 G3 26/11 G3 25/11 G3 25/11 G3 20/11 G3 20/11 G3 20/11 G3 20/11 G3 13/11 G3 13/11 G3 07/11 G3 06/11 G3 05/11 G3 05/11 G3 04/11 G3

over the extra two furlongs of the Derby.

He was value for a greater margin, however, as the runner-up Private Affair

Hollywood Derby Gazelle Stakes Hill 'n' Dale Cigar Mile Handicap Clark Handicap Matriarch Stakes Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint Breeders' Cup Classic Emirates Airlines Breeders' Cup Turf TVG Breeders' Cup Mile Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juv. Fillies Emirates Airlines Breeders' Cup F&M Turf Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup F&M Sprint Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes Remsen Stakes Demoiselle Stakes Golden Rod Stakes Citation Handicap Top Flight Handicap Falls City Handicap Mrs Revere Stakes Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (c&g) Nashua Stakes Red Smith Handicap Chilukki Stakes Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Miesque Stakes Generous Stakes All American Stakes Fall Highweight Handicap Vernon O Underwood Stakes Delta Downs Jackpot Stakes Hollywood Prevue Stakes Delta Downs Princess Stakes Discovery Handicap Commonwealth Turf Stakes Long Island Handicap Cardinal Handicap Tempted Stakes Ack Ack Handicap Breeders' Cup Marathon River City Handicap

Zenyatta’s agonisingly narrow defeat on her 20th and final start in the Breeders’ Cup Classic overshadowed European successes from Dangerous Midge and the amazing Goldikova at the 27th Breeders’ Cup. Zenyatta was ill at ease on the dirt surface and dropped herself out in last, some 15 lengths behind the leader. Still last approaching the quarter mile pole, she came with her trademark late run but, momentarily hampered on the home turn, she came up a head short of one of the most astonishing victories the sport has ever seen. The

also supplying the runner-up. But it was neither his 5-2 favourite, the frontrunning Perana, or second favourite,

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Haimish Hy (USA) No Such Word (USA) Jersey Town (USA) Giant Oak (USA) Gypsy's Warning (SAF) Unusual Suspect (USA) Uncle Mo (USA) Big Drama (USA) Blame (USA) Dangerous Midge (USA) Goldikova (IRE) Dakota Phone (USA) Awesome Feather (USA) Shared Account (USA) Unrivaled Belle (USA) Dubai Majesty (USA) Santiva (USA) To Honor And Serve (USA) Dixie City (USA) Kathmanblu (USA) Victor's Cry (USA) Spacy Tracy (USA) Dundalk Dust (USA) Aruna (USA) Pluck (USA) To Honor And Serve (USA) Grassy (USA) Distinctive Dixie (USA) Chamberlain Bridge (USA) More Than Real (USA) Neversaidiwassweet (USA) Comma To The Top (USA) Cigar Man (USA) Endless Circle (USA) Cost of Freedom (USA) Gourmet Dinner (USA) Premier Pegasus (USA) Bouquet Booth (USA) Stormy's Majesty (USA) Yankee Fourtune (USA) Mekong Melody (IRE) Askbut I Won'ttell (USA) Full Moon Blues (USA) Apart (USA) Eldaafer (USA) Battle of Hastings (GB)

horse that broke Zenyatta’s unbeaten record was Blame, who confirmed his love of the Churchill Downs dirt that in the previous 12 months had carried him to triumphs in both the Clark and Stephen Foster Handicaps.

Goldikova was a class apart in the Mile, overcoming a wide trip to beat top local turf horse Gio Ponti by a length and three-quarters to become the first horse to win three Breeders’ Cup Miles.

Richard Hannon’s Paco Boy did remarkably well to finish just a neck and a nose further adrift in fourth, given he

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closed up only when the race was almost over. Private Affair, who was receiving three kilos, is still a maiden Age

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after four races but this was the second time the daughter of Privately Held had been runner-up in a Group 1.

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Broodmare Sire

Silvano (GER) Mogok (USA) Western Winter (USA) Muhtafal (USA) Jet Master (SAF) Captain Al (SAF) Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) Jet Master (SAF) Al Mufti (USA) Street Cry (IRE) Mark of Esteem (IRE) Tiger Ridge (USA) Count Dubois (GB) Western Winter (USA) Silvano (GER)

French Treasure (SAF) Apache Rose (SAF) Waseela (IRE) Valley Mist (SAF) Stormsvlei (SAF) Dancing Miss (SAF) Scribbling (AUS) Sunshine Lover (SAF) Derry Wood (SAF) Soneria (AUS) My Little Life (BRZ) Quaestio (USA) Quest For Success (AUS) Strawberry Lane (SAF) French Treasure (SAF)

Mullineaux (USA) Dolpour Ahonoora Mount Hagen (FR) Prince Florimund (SAF) Dancing Champ (USA) Palace Music (USA) Badger Land (USA) Fort Wood (USA) Filante (NZ) Ghadeer (FR) Seeking The Gold (USA) Scenic Jallad (USA) Mullineaux (USA)

Mother Russia, who took the prize.

Mother Russia looked sure to prevail after Perana dropped away but was

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Ecton Park (USA) Canadian Frontier (USA) Speightstown (USA) Giant's Causeway (USA) Mogok (USA) Unusual Heat (USA) Indian Charlie (USA) Montbrook (USA) Arch (USA) Lion Heart (USA) Anabaa (USA) Zavata (USA) Awesome of Course (USA) Pleasantly Perfect (USA) Unbridled's Song (USA) Essence of Dubai (USA) Giant's Causeway (USA) Bernardini (USA) Dixie Union (USA) Bluegrass Cat (USA) Street Cry (IRE) Awesome Again (CAN) Military (USA) Mr Greeley (USA) More Than Ready (USA) Bernardini (USA) El Prado (IRE) Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) War Chant (USA) More Than Ready (USA) Eurosilver (USA) Bwana Charlie (USA) Drewman (USA) Precise End (USA) Cee's Tizzy (USA) Trippi (USA) Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) Flower Alley (USA) Stormy Atlantic (USA) Yankee Gentleman (USA) Cape Cross (IRE) Horse Chestnut (SAF) Petionville (USA) Flatter (USA) A P Indy (USA) Royal Applause (GB)

mugged close home by another stablemate, the unconsidered 25-1 chance Flirtation.

Tifonica (ARG) Muskoka Ice (USA) Jersey Girl (USA) Crafty Oak (USA) Gypsy Queen (SAF) Penpont (NZ) Playa Maya (USA) Riveting Drama (USA) Liable (USA) Adored Slew (USA) Born Gold (USA) World of Gold (USA) Precious Feather (USA) Silk n' Sapphire (USA) Queenie Belle (USA) Great Majesty (USA) Slide (USA) Pilfer (USA) City Sister (USA) Abba Gold (USA) Short Time (USA) Tracy (USA) Plus Beau (CAN) Surya (USA) Secret Heart (SAF) Pilfer (USA) High Savannah (GB) A Lady From Dixie (USA) She's Got Class (USA) Miss Seffens (USA) Surging Storm (USA) Maggies Storm (USA) Foxey's Last Key (USA) Inside Circle (USA) Freedom Dance (USA) Potluck Dinner (USA) Squall Linda (USA) Toll Order (USA) Raffie's Dream (USA) Madam Ann (USA) Nini Princesse (IRE) Silver Dollar Kate (USA) Taurus Moon (USA) Detach (USA) Habibti (USA) Subya (GB)

failed to handle the left-handed home bend. Winning trainer Freddie Head has a special affinity with this race as he won it twice as a jockey aboard Miesque. And Goldikova may not be finished yet as her sporting owners, the Wertheimer brothers, announced a few days later that she will stay in training as a six-year-old, as will Gio Ponti.

Owner/breeder Prince Khalid Abdullah had to suffer big-race disappointments for almost the first time during a stellar season. The biggest came when Midday came up a neck

Equalize (USA) It's Freezing (USA) Belong To Me (USA) Crafty Prospector (USA) Royal Chalice (SAF) Crested Wave (USA) Arch (USA) Notebook (USA) Seeking The Gold (USA) Seattle Slew (USA) Blushing Groom (FR) Spinning World (USA) Gone West (USA) Smart Strike (CAN) Bertrando (USA) Great Above (USA) Smarten (USA) Deputy Minister (CAN) Carson City (USA) Devil's Bag (USA) Clever Trick (USA) Theatrical Beau Genius (CAN) Unbridled (USA) Fort Wood (USA) Deputy Minister (CAN) Rousillon (USA) Dixieland Band (USA) Trempolino (USA) Dehere (USA) Storm Creek (USA) Stormy Atlantic (USA) Big Bold Sefa (USA) Pentelicus (USA) Moscow Ballet (USA) Pentelicus (USA) Summer Squall (USA) Loup Sauvage (USA) Raffie's Majesty (USA) Mi Cielo (USA) Niniski (USA) Green Dancer (USA) Hesabull (USA) Unbridled (USA) Tabasco Cat (USA) Night Shift (USA)

short in her bid for a repeat Filly & Mare Turf success, touched off by the 46-1 outsider Shared Account.

Abdullah’s Juvenile Fillies Turf contender Flood Plain trailed home in last and his other transatlantic shippers, Dux Scholar and Workforce, never made it to the starting gate. Dux Scholar was laid low with shipping fever and Workforce was a last-minute withdrawal from the Turf on account of the firm and slippery turf course. The Prince still has plenty to look forward to next term, as Midday and Workforce will

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be back to entertain us in 2011.

In the Derby winner’s absence, Brian Meehan pulled a rabbit out of the hat in Dangerous Midge, who two starts previously had run down the field in a handicap – albeit York’s Ebor. A subsequent easy Group 3 success prompted Meehan to undertake the expensive trip to Kentucky and the Manton handler, who won the Turf in 2006 with Red Rocks, was vindicated with a one and a quarter-length defeat of Champ Pegasus.

Zenyatta apart, for the locals the highlight of the two-day bonanza was provided by Uncle Mo, who had hardened pundits unfurling the superlatives following a four and a quarter-length thrashing of Boys At

Tosconova (the pair six lengths clear of the third) in the Juvenile.

The fillies’ equivalent saw Awesome Feather make the step up from Floridabred restricted company to extend her unbeaten record to six with a two and a quarter-length defeat of R Heat Lightning.

In the Ladies’ Classic the admirably consistent Unrivalled Belle gained a deserved moment in the sun at the main expense of the Kentucky Oaks and fivetime Grade 1 winner Blind Luck, who was hamstrung by the lack of a strong gallop.

Dubai Majesty justified a $90,000 supplementary entry when lasting out the seven furlongs of the Filly & Mare Sprint, while Big Drama chose a good

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Highlight of Thanksgiving weekend was a Clark Handicap which went the way of Breeders’ Cup Marathon fourth Giant Oak, following the controversial disqualification of Successful Dan. Jersey Town, the outsider of nine in the Cigar Mile, just got the better of the Breeders’ Cup Classic also-ran Haynesfield in a tight finish, while To Honor And Serve could give Uncle Mo something to think about in next year’s Triple Crown judged by the manner of his Remsen Stakes success.

Haimish Hy overturned the Oak Tree Derby form to lift the Hollywood Derby, beating the unlucky-in-running Irish import Sebastian Flyte by a neck.

Leading global sires by stakes winners The battle is hotting up for the title of top global stakes sire and is all the more intriguing because it involves a direct clash between the two megaliths Darley and Coolmore. Between them they have the first five in the table, separated by just two black type winners.

Shamardal (four BTWs in the month) and Danehill Dancer are joint-top but Giant’s Causeway has made significant

progress from seventh to fourth with three graded winners led by Giant Oak (Grade 1 Clark Handicap).

With the top four all represented in Australia and/or the USA there is every chance of yet another twist to the tale.

Galileo can probably be ruled out of completing a hat-trick of championships as he hasn’t stood in Australia since 2006 and may be short of ammunition.

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Prince Khalid Abdullah’s luck remained out three weeks later when his dual Guineas heroine Special Duty finished plumb last behind Gypsy’s Warning in the Matriarch Stakes.

Gypsy’s Warning was already a Group 1 winner in her native South Africa and the result capped a memorable month for her English-born trainer Graham Motion, who is also responsible for Shared Account (see above) and landed the Grade 2 Mrs Revere Stakes a few days after he was entrusted with

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EXCLUSIVE EUROPEAN STALLION STATISTICS For overseas winners see www.ownerbreeder.co.uk

Leading sires 2010 by earnings Name

Galileo King’s Best Oasis Dream Dubawi Dansili Danehill Dancer Cape Cross Shamardal Pivotal Montjeu Invincible Spirit Anabaa Refuse To Bend Verglas Rock Of Gibraltar Diktat High Chaparral Choisir Green Tune Intikhab Peintre Celebre Noverre Medicean Kingsalsa Monsun Footstepsinthesand Tiger Hill Observatory Exceed And Excel Hawk Wing Halling Sinndar Slickly Singspiel Rahy Kyllachy Hernando Dubai Destination One Cool Cat Muhtathir Elusive City Sadler’s Wells Selkirk Red Ransom Dr Fong Acclamation Iffraaj Orpen Whipper Giant’s Causeway Lando Fasliyev

YOF

1998 1997 2000 2002 1996 1993 1994 2002 1993 1996 1997 1992 2000 1994 1999 1995 1999 1999 1991 1994 1994 1998 1997 1996 1990 2002 1995 1997 2000 1999 1991 1997 1996 1992 1985 1998 1990 1999 2001 1995 2000 1981 1988 1987 1995 1999 2001 1996 2001 1997 1990 1997

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR

Races

AWD

Earnings (£)

SH

%

SW

%

Sadler’s Wells Kingmambo Green Desert Dubai Millennium Danehill Danehill Green Desert Giant’s Causeway Polar Falcon Sadler’s Wells Green Desert Danzig Sadler’s Wells Highest Honor Danehill Warning Sadler’s Wells Danehill Dancer Green Dancer Red Ransom Nureyev Rahy Machiavellian Kingmambo Konigsstuhl Giant’s Causeway Danehill Distant View Danehill Woodman Diesis Grand Lodge Linamix In The Wings Blushing Groom Pivotal Niniski Kingmambo Storm Cat Elmaamul Elusive Quality Northern Dancer Sharpen Up Roberto Kris S Royal Applause Zafonic Lure Miesque’s Son Storm Cat Acatenango Nureyev

235 214 218 149 206 274 206 134 215 223 265 108 158 238 193 202 152 140 108 134 96 161 192 142 122 131 173 73 168 192 117 95 114 122 43 201 83 170 172 109 135 126 125 148 149 147 70 138 102 107 118 178

85 82 94 87 89 106 85 69 104 71 111 40 58 88 80 61 46 48 41 52 41 70 73 58 55 57 60 27 71 68 44 35 46 62 18 79 41 73 73 39 59 41 50 48 54 57 35 60 46 42 34 57

36.2 38.3 43.1 58.4 43.2 38.7 41.3 51.5 48.4 31.8 41.9 37.0 36.7 37.0 41.5 30.2 30.3 34.3 38.0 38.8 42.7 43.5 38.0 40.9 45.1 43.5 34.7 37.0 42.3 35.4 37.6 36.8 40.4 50.8 41.9 39.3 49.4 42.9 42.4 35.8 43.7 32.5 40.0 32.4 36.2 38.8 50.0 43.5 45.1 39.3 28.8 32.0

136 125 158 154 146 156 147 107 155 101 165 61 101 144 128 95 64 79 59 88 61 115 117 84 80 81 96 34 113 115 66 55 76 88 56 121 65 111 126 63 105 58 76 75 92 83 51 98 72 56 50 94

10.8 9.2 7.6 9.0 9.4 8.9 9.4 8.5 8.4 11.6 7.5 9.4 8.5 8.5 9.2 8.8 10.1 7.0 10.1 8.6 10.9 8.0 8.6 9.4 11.3 8.2 10.3 9.9 6.8 9.9 11.2 11.5 9.9 10.9 9.5 6.8 11.1 10.0 7.6 10.1 7.2 12.0 9.6 9.1 9.2 7.1 0.0 7.9 8.2 9.9 10.3 7.0

6,042,182 4,347,040 3,426,421 3,294,434 3,292,602 3,191,730 2,868,202 2,805,997 2,781,282 2,577,483 2,498,885 2,029,432 1,975,930 1,885,555 1,751,943 1,492,234 1,467,234 1,458,931 1,449,456 1,427,641 1,410,543 1,378,788 1,365,661 1,362,940 1,324,911 1,278,031 1,276,557 1,233,238 1,222,294 1,208,061 1,198,602 1,198,409 1,197,003 1,173,115 1,168,731 1,161,655 1,151,514 1,147,812 1,139,390 1,076,134 1,065,904 1,057,790 1,055,860 1,046,955 1,007,785 998,240 993,973 992,553 985,250 982,806 968,298 967,580

36 14 32 24 26 31 22 22 29 26 19 6 7 7 17 9 13 10 6 11 9 8 12 5 18 16 10 5 14 8 11 7 4 11 5 9 9 6 4 6 6 16 10 6 8 5 7 8 9 13 9 5

15.3 6.5 14.7 16.1 12.6 11.3 10.7 16.4 13.5 11.7 7.2 5.6 4.4 2.9 8.8 4.5 8.6 7.1 5.6 8.2 9.4 5.0 6.3 3.5 14.8 12.2 5.8 6.9 8.3 4.2 9.4 7.4 3.5 9.0 11.6 4.5 10.8 3.5 2.3 5.5 4.4 12.7 8.0 4.1 5.4 3.4 10.0 5.8 8.8 12.2 7.6 2.8

16 6 17 16 14 14 11 13 15 9 13 5 4 4 7 6 5 3 4 5 4 3 6 2 7 5 6 2 5 1 6 4 1 4 5 4 6 2 0 1 2 9 6 3 2 2 2 5 5 4 3 3

6.8 2.8 7.8 10.7 6.8 5.1 5.3 9.7 7.0 4.0 4.9 4.6 2.5 1.7 3.6 3.0 3.3 2.1 3.7 3.7 4.2 1.9 3.1 1.4 5.7 3.8 3.5 2.7 3.0 0.5 5.1 4.2 0.9 3.3 11.6 2.0 7.2 1.2 0.0 0.9 1.5 7.1 4.8 2.0 1.3 1.4 2.9 3.6 4.9 3.7 2.5 1.7

Leading sires of two-year-olds 2010 by earnings Name

Galileo Invincible Spirit *Iffraaj Dubawi Oasis Dream Shamardal Dansili Danehill Dancer Footstepsinthesand Exceed And Excel Diktat *Aussie Rules Oratorio *Holy Roman Emperor Indian Rocket Verglas Hawk Wing High Yield One Cool Cat Kheleyf Monsieur Bond Cape Cross Panis Elusive City Compton Place *Indesatchel Whipper Pivotal Distorted Humor Choisir Dynaformer Avonbridge Iron Mask Intikhab Refuse To Bend

YOF

1998 1997 2001 2002 2000 2002 1996 1993 2002 2000 1995 2003 2002 2004 1994 1994 1999 1997 2001 2001 2000 1994 1998 2000 1994 2002 2001 1993 1993 1999 1985 2000 1998 1994 2000

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR

Races

AWD

Sadler’s Wells Green Desert Zafonic Dubai Millennium Green Desert Giant’s Causeway Danehill Danehill Giant’s Causeway Danehill Warning Danehill Danehill Danehill Indian Ridge Highest Honor Woodman Storm Cat Storm Cat Green Desert Danehill Dancer Green Desert Miswaki Elusive Quality Indian Ridge Danehill Dancer Miesque’s Son Polar Falcon Forty Niner Danehill Dancer Roberto Averti Danzig Red Ransom Sadler’s Wells

61 93 70 65 64 57 65 63 56 64 54 54 83 62 27 69 48 34 43 61 37 43 22 53 45 28 39 43 7 37 16 40 27 34 50

18 40 35 34 23 22 21 25 26 26 10 18 24 23 9 24 17 10 19 22 9 11 6 20 17 8 11 12 3 12 6 12 9 14 18

29.5 43.0 50.0 52.3 35.9 38.6 32.3 39.7 46.4 40.6 18.5 33.3 28.9 37.1 33.3 34.8 35.4 29.4 44.2 36.1 24.3 25.6 27.3 37.7 37.8 28.6 28.2 27.9 42.9 32.4 37.5 30.0 33.3 41.2 36.0

28 62 51 46 34 32 30 32 33 44 14 25 32 34 14 34 26 12 32 33 13 14 10 29 22 12 14 15 6 15 11 18 13 24 34

7.6 6.1 6.6 6.8 6.3 7.3 7.0 7.0 6.3 5.9 6.3 7.2 7.1 6.3 6.1 6.8 7.7 7.2 6.2 6.2 6.0 7.2 7.0 6.2 5.8 5.7 6.9 6.6 6.5 5.8 7.6 5.6 7.1 6.7 7.0

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Earnings (£)

1,268,457 1,219,311 993,973 739,296 677,500 674,566 663,564 581,538 528,248 497,470 481,031 422,044 416,759 390,354 369,494 335,277 325,498 318,570 318,177 316,410 306,094 300,532 296,988 290,547 290,081 264,376 263,755 254,312 253,687 252,077 248,527 246,991 246,158 245,430 241,107

Chaparral can make significant progress Not much has changed at the top apart from Dubawi moving into fourth place, so perhaps it is time to try to find a sire to follow next year among those lower down the list.

High Chaparral may be the one.

Although he has not yet sired a Group 1 scorer in Europe – Joanna came very close in the Prix Maurice de Gheest – he had four abroad in 2010, including Redwood in Canada and three, led by So You Think, in Australia.

High Chaparral had more than 70 fewer runners last year than fellow Coolmore residents Galileo, Danehill Dancer and Montjeu, but with around 140 three-year-olds running for him this time, and So You Think joining Aidan O’Brien, he looks likely to make significant progress.

High Chaparral was booked to 217 mares in 2010; Galileo’s figure was 177, Montjeu’s 118 and Danehill Dancer’s 97.

For comparison, Dubawi’s book was 161, Shamardal’s 166 and Oasis Dream’s 140. These figures are drawn from the admirable publication Return of Mares.

Iffraaj exceeds hopes but it will get harder

Top horse

Earned (£)

Misty For Me Fury Wootton Bassett Irish Field Approve Casamento Zoffany Samuel Morse Formosina Klammer Dream Ahead Chinese Wall King Torus High Award Captain Chop Snow Watch Kellemoi de Pepita Pinielde Lone Cat Meracus Ladies Are Forever I Love Me Maiguri Chiswick Bey Sir Reginald Galtymore Lad Wizz Kid Salto Pathfork Codemaster White Moonstone Temple Meads Keratiya Paris To Peking Tiz The Shot

299,819 283,431 524,445 98,624 209,826 240,183 192,465 87,339 124,170 124,057 295,123 72,566 92,373 35,518 96,150 39,447 46,903 52,301 48,451 67,574 143,582 129,908 147,949 47,632 89,082 164,300 69,381 75,885 165,217 54,970 197,711 154,164 50,018 71,216 39,264

Hats off to Iffraaj, who at the time of writing has sired 37 winners from his first crop, beating the record of 35 set

by Invincible Spirit in 2006.

Obviously both these sires profited from the size of the fixture list and the fact that there are races for juveniles right up to the end of the year thanks to all-weather racing, but even so Iffraaj has surpassed expectations. It is no surprise that his fee has been raised to €15,000 from €6,000.

Iffraaj had around 100 foals in 2008, which also helped, but as his books at Kildangan dropped from 147 in 2007 to 120 then 87 before bouncing back to 146 last year, he may find it tough maintaining his status in the short term.

* denotes first-season sire

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YOUR SAY

New era beckons as European Breeders’ Fund stands alone Stallions from outside EBF area can easily be made eligible for scheme SAM SHEPPARD EBF Chief Executive

T

he bald facts surrounding a new era in the relationship between the European Breeders’ Fund (EBF) and every country outside the EBF area can be found earlier in this issue (see news, page 7).

After some 27 years closely allied, even ‘joined at the hip’, to the Breeders’ Cup, the EBF has to make its own way in ensuring that the level of income from horses sired outside the EBF area is maintained, and even enhanced.

Any stallion outside the EBF area can now become an EBF stallion by paying 50% of its advertised stud fee, and the progeny, conceived in the year payment to the EBF is made, automatically become EBF eligible and able to compete in the 1,200 or so races in Europe confined to EBF horses.

This is totally different to the Breeders’ Cup modus operandi where any horse, whether nominated or not to BC, is able to compete in the 14 BC races provided connections have deep pockets (the depth being dependent on whether a supplementary payment has to be paid) and the horse is good enough to satisfy the handicapping panel if a race is oversubscribed.

There is much detailed information available when arguing the case for the EBF. First, and foremost, is the incontrovertible truth that the flow of traffic of young horses from the USA to Europe far exceeds traffic in the opposite direction.

The EBF is unlikely to be able to fund a bonanza Breeders’ Cup-like event with $25million in prize-money

and nominator awards. It does, however, part-fund the very extensive two-year-old maiden programme in Europe, as well as a significant number of Listed, conditions, handicaps and other race categories on the Flat, and a substantial number of National Hunt novice races.

It is too simplistic, but true, to say that every thoroughbred has a two-year-old year – and the maiden races are vital as part of the educational process. The EBF programme is aimed at this process.

In our tables below, we can see that the overwhelming majority of two-year-olds in training in the UK are eligible for the EBF race programme. That must be some comfort for trainers, none of whom want a non-EBF horse to train in a restricted programme.

The income that the EBF has received from eligibility payments made at $500 by May 1 of a horse’s yearling year, or $3,000 by February 15 of the two-year-old year or $6,000 by June 30 of the two-year-old year is detailed in the table on the left, while the right-hand table shows the number and value of horses imported into the EBF area by US-based sires.

A combination of the above strengthens the case for allowing any stallion in the northern hemisphere, outside the EBF area, to become an EBF stallion. If stallion owners or managers do not take the opportunity to provide substantial savings for their mare-owning clients, those breeders and/or owners can still make the per head payment as outlined above.

“The flow of traffic of

young horses from the USA to Europe far exceeds traffic in the opposite direction

EBF eligibility payments Foal crop

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Totals

Total number of individual BC sires

Sires with 20 or more made EBF eligible

Income to EBF ($)

1998

1,149

168

15

$961,500

1999

1,233

163

18

$1,136,500

2000

1,257

177

18

$1,085,500

2001

1,337

166

19

$1,004,000

2002

1,166

159

19

$1,014,000

2003

1,409

145

24

$1,353,500

2004

1,361

140

23

$1,215,500

2005

1,375

158

22

$1,520,500

2006

1,426

183

14

$1,702,000

2007

1,385

165

15

$1,347,500

2008

1,229

151

16

$1,349,500

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EBF eligible juveniles in training (GB)

USA/CAN-breds imported to EBF countries

Year

Eligible

Non-eligible

Crop

Value ($)

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

3,175 3,113 3,212 3,331 3,219 3,358 3,744 3,734 3,507 3,947 3,852 3,768 3,649

71 82 86 72 82 88 97 87 94 83 125 115 51

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

106,095,069 129,812,778 179,677,597 199,568,081 223,031,205 204,531,044 166,904,918 183,927,030 199,316,361 238,540,675 263,551,881 195,843,289 177,270,571

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