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A Star to be savoured Derby rout creates excitement for the season ahead I Back-to-back British homebred Oaks winners I Paying tribute to the great Vincent O’Brien I Never mind the gambles: Veitch speaks out

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Great campaigners, human and equine ny reservations we had about putting the same horse on our cover for the second month running were inevitably short-lived when you consider the almost laid-back quality Sea The Stars has shown in winning the 2,000 Guineas and Derby.

For all the debate that was evoked by the tactics employed on behalf of the Aidan O’Brien battalions, Sea The Stars won at Epsom in such an unruffled manner that it seems perverse to contemplate what might have gone wrong. Why not enjoy what went right?

As soon as you saw Sea The Stars sauntering into Tattenham Corner, it was hard to imagine him being beaten – a sentiment that can now be extended to the rest of the season.

It seems absolutely appropriate that Sea The Stars should establish himself such an authoritative Derby winner in the week that racing paid tribute to its greatest campaigner of horses ever, Vincent O’Brien. Okay, so Sea The Stars wasn’t a product of the Ballydoyle academy founded by O’Brien, but don’t forget he is only the second dual Guineas/Derby winner since Nijinsky won for the great man in 1970.

And, of course, Sea The Stars is a product – via Green Desert and Danzig – of the Northern Dancer sire-line, which has changed the face of bloodstock breeding in Europe and whose potential was first spotted by O’Brien in 1968, when he first set eye on the yearling Nijinsky.

This year’s Royal Ascot, where O’Brien trained 25 winners, including six winners from seven runners in 1975, has also offered some important ties to his legacy, not least its wonderful international flavour.

Aussie winners of Group 1 sprints, US-trained winners of juvenile races – both are eye-catching

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Cover: Sea The Stars follows in the footsteps of Nijinsky and Nashwan at Epsom Photo: Leo Mason

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and welcome developments, but, remember, O’Brien was preparing horses like Sir Ivor to win the Washington DC International in 1968.

The overall influence of Derby winners on the breeding industry is studied in depth in this issue

by Andrew Caulfield. “Over the last 30 years or so stamina has become something of a dirty word in thoroughbred breeding, with the seeds of this backlash being sown by the massively successful onslaught by supposedly speedier American bloodlines,” he writes.

And yet...Caulfield argues that the reputation of Derby winners “is taking a turn for the better”. He outlines why on pages 48 to 52.

Elsewhere, we look at the bloodstock industry’s attempts to attract owners to the yearling sales and to reward them properly.

In our news section, Philip Freedman, Chairman of the Racing Post Yearling Bonus, outlines the aims and mechanics of an innovation that was first revealed in this magazine, while Tattersalls’ Jimmy George takes the Your Say (page 96) slot to explain why its Millions concept for graduates of Book 1 has been expanded to eight races, and why the cost of entry for owners has been dropped.

And finally, a thought-provoking Big Interview this month features Patrick Veitch, a man whose analytical approach to racing, as you will see, stretches way beyond his successful gambling career. Veitch has strong views about the best way to approach racehorse ownership and advocates eschewing precocious bloodstock for higher quality horses, even if it means involvement on a smaller scale.

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Lady Bamford, owner-breeder of Oaks winner Sariska

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Paco Boy and Richard Hughes were Ascot winners

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CONTENTS | JULY 2009 NEWS AND VIEWS 13 14 16 19 21 22 Vincent O’Brien tribute

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Vincent O’Brien Tribute to the greatest trainer of all time Tom Costello The master horse trader remembered News Focus The Yearling Bonus Scheme Changes Racing’s news in a nutshell ROA Leader Offshore operators and the levy TBA Leader ‘AI’ should be booted into touch Tony Morris Prix du Jockey-Club back in the news Lysaght’s People All the gossip from Epsom Your Say Jimmy George on Tattersalls’ new series

INTERNATIONAL SCENE 26 28 30

View from Ireland O’Brien – gone but never forgotten Continental Tales Remember Rose blooms in France Going Global Neo Universe the prince in waiting

FEATURES 24 33 37 42 46 48 54

The Big Picture Action from Royal Ascot Talking to…

Ambitious owner-breeder Malih Al Basti The Big Interview Gambler and owner Patrick Veitch Classics Review Reflections on Epsom and Chantilly Lady Bamford This year’s Oaks-winning owner-breeder Derby Winners at Stud The track record of Epsom heroes Sales Circuit All change on the store horse scene

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Sea The Stars, the first Guineas-Derby winner for 20 years

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FORUM 58 62 64 69 70 72

ROA News Make the most of appearance money Racecourse League Table How Britain’s tracks measure up TBA News Wrap up of some memorable regional outings Breeders’ Prizes Your latest Flat winners Breeder of the Month Cheveley Park Stud, for Lockinge winner Virtual Vets Forum Pelvic fractures under the microscope

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Caulfield Files The impact of Sadler’s Wells on dirt International Stakes Winners Broken down into Group/Grade categories Data Book European Pattern winners and pedigree analysis Stallion Stats Including by Timeform-rated and broodmare sires British/Irish-breds Your victories on foreign soil

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VINCENT O’BRIEN TRIBUTE

1917-2009

Vincent O’Brien

Lester Piggott is a man of few words anyway but he did not need many to sum up perfectly everyone’s thoughts upon the death of the legendary Irish trainer: “There’s really no argument. Vincent was the greatest”

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A horse called Nijinsky

Sure enough, O’Brien took a good look at that colt by Ribot, but he was more drawn to a son of the then untried Northern Dancer. On his trainer’s recommendation, Engelhard bought that yearling and called him Nijinsky.

It was the start of something special.

O’Brien’s eye for and appreciation of Northern Dancer stock dominated the next three decades, with big-race victories from horses such as The Minstrel, Storm Bird, Be My Guest, Golden Fleece, El Gran Senor and, most portentously of all, Sadler’s Wells.

Never before had yearlings been bought so consciously with a view to multiplying their purchase price as potential stallions, but O’Brien, in partnership with his son-in-law

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John Magnier and the late Robert Sangster, made it work spectacularly. Derby winner number five The Minstrel, for example, was bought for $200,000 but syndicated for stud with a value of $9 million.

Bought in the same year as The Minstrel, Alleged proved another real money-spinner. A late maturing horse who went on to win the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe twice, Alleged was bought privately as a yearling for $120,000, and retired with a valuation of $16m.

Perhaps the greatest coup of the O’Brien/Magnier/Sangster syndicate concerned the leading two-year-old Storm Bird. Having been bought as a yearling for $1m, he was syndicated for stud for $18m, despite a disappointing three-year-old career.

O’Brien kept a significant share in his horses, the first trainer to “get a piece of the action’’, in the words of one of his owners, Jack Mulcahy. O’Brien described Mulcahy’s counsel as “the best advice I ever got”.

Humble origins

Such high-flying ways were, of course, a far cry from O’Brien’s origins. Born in April 1917, he was the eldest of four children from his father Dan’s second marriage. Having grown up with horses, his biographers have recounted how O’Brien could recite pedigrees while still small enough to sit on his father’s lap.

After his father’s death, he rented the family’s Churchtown stables and within months had secured a 130gns purchase, Drybob, at the Newmarket December sales.

Along with Good Days, Drybob achieved the 1944 Irish Cambridgeshire-Cesarewitch autumn double for their trainer, landing huge gambles in the process. Betting was an essential part of O’Brien’s early growth as a trainer.

Significantly, Good Days and Drybob were owned by the British wool merchant Frank Vickerman, who used his winnings on the pair to buy Cottage Rake.

Cottage Rake signalled the advent of a remarkable era – Vincent O’Brien at the Cheltenham Festival – and won the 1948, 1949 and 1950 Gold Cups. In 12 years, O’Brien saddled 23 Festival winners, including Knock Hard in the 1953 Gold Cup and Hatton’s Grace in the 1949, 1950 and 1951 Champion Hurdles.

Such was his domination of Cheltenham,

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ix Derbies, four Cheltenham Gold Cups, three Champion Hurdles, and three successive Grand Nationals. In those 14 words alone does it become clear just what a legendary trainer Vincent O’Brien was. His achievements will never be matched.

Neither will his influence. As well as creating the incomparable Ballydoyle training complex, from where his namesake Aidan O’Brien now wields such mighty dominance, Vincent O’Brien, however inadvertently, transformed the European bloodstock world through his nurturing of Northern Dancer’s progeny.

A reminder: not only were six of this year’s Derby runners trained at Ballydoyle, ten of the 12 descend (through their sire) from the Windfields-bred Kentucky Derby winner.

It is perhaps typical that Northern Dancer’s European hegemony might not have been kick-started but for O’Brien’s unerring eye for a young horse. It has been said that O’Brien would slip into a steely trance as he weighed up its potential: would the tender frame he was assessing develop into that of a high-class racehorse?

In 1968 O’Brien was asked by an American owner, the platinum king Charles Engelhard, to take a look at a yearling colt by Ribot at one of Windfields’ North American farms. This is, in itself, an indication of O’Brien’s visionary ways: he understood that the best bloodstock in the world had largely migrated to America, and that he needed to cultivate that nation’s wealthy owners to try to bring it back to Europe, and in particular, Ballydoyle.

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Vincent O’Brien with the late Robert Sangster, with whom he enjoyed a ground-breaking partnership, in tandem with his son-in-law John Magnier

When Sadler's Wells beat Time Charter in the 1984 Eclipse, no one could have foreseen the influence he would establish as a sire and sire-of-sires

“O’Brien kept shares in his horses after being told by an owner to ‘get a piece of the action’.

He said it was ‘the best advice I ever got’”

Majestic: El Gran Senor beat a truly high-class field in the 1984 2,000 Guineas

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Fairytale: Having been instrumental in Lester Piggott’s comeback, O’Brien gave him the ride on Royal Academy in the 1990 Breeders’ Cup Mile

Pivotal: O’Brien’s wife Jacqueline was a key part of his success

Dream Team: Piggott on O’Brien’s final Royal Ascot winner, College Chapel

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where massive gambles were often landed, that he won ten divisions of the Gloucestershire Hurdle in eight years. His other two runners in the race were beaten by a head and a short head.

No one will match O’Brien’s Cheltenham feats, just as no one will ever match his record in the Grand National, a race he won three years running, with Early Mist in 1953, Royal Tan in 1954 and Quare Times in 1955.

The history books might even be reflecting on five consecutive National triumphs, as Royal Tan made mistakes at the final fence in both 1951 and 1952 which could well have cost him both races.

Both Royal Tan and Early Mist were owned by ‘Mincemeat’ Joe Griffin, who turned down the opportunity to buy Quare Times, one of four O’Brien runners in 1955. Appreciating the heavy going, he won the National by 12 lengths in a year that both Royal Tan and Early Mist completed the course carrying weights of 12st 4lb and 12st 3lb.

It says much for O’Brien’s patience that Quare Times, whom he had bought for 300gns as a yearling, was not put into training until he was seven.

Early Mist’s 1953 triumph came in the same year O’Brien lost his licence for three months over what the Irish Turf Club stewards called “discrepancies in the English and Irish form of four horses, Royal Tan, Lucky Dome, Early Mist and Knock Hard.’’ In other words, it was alleged that the horses were ‘not off’ in their Irish prep runs.

Such was O’Brien’s standing that the issue was raised in the Dail Eireann (Irish Parliament), with one member, Mick Davern, referring to “green-eyed individuals’’ being behind the decision.

Wounding setback

A further, and even more wounding, setback to his astonishing career came when he was banned from training and had to leave Ballydoyle with his family for a year as a result of his horse Chamour giving a positive postrace test after winning the 1960 Ballysax Plate.

Samples of the horse’s sweat and saliva, at a time when routine tests had only recently been introduced, were found to contain 1/10,000th grain of an amphetamine derivative called methylamphetamine.

His suspension caused outrage, and when Chamour won the Irish Derby, with O’Brien’s younger brother Phonsie listed as the licence holder, cries of “We Want Vincent” echoed around the winners’ enclosure at the Curragh.

O’Brien was so upset by the decision that he considered emigrating to America, aged 43.

That he even considered it is hugely important because the ban came nearly a decade after perhaps the two most significant moves of his life: his meeting of his biggest

supporter, wife Jacqueline, and the move from Churchtown to Ballydoyle, which precipitated the decision in 1958 to concentrate exclusively on training Flat horses.

A year after returning to training at Ballydoyle after his ban – which had been reduced by six months on appeal – O’Brien won his first Derby with Larkspur in 1962, owned by the US ambassador to Ireland, Raymond Guest, whose next horse in training with O’Brien – five years later – was the 1968 Derby winner Sir Ivor.

Sir Ivor provided another example of the O’Brien foresight by being sent to winter in a warmer climate, in his case Pisa. Who knows, the idea might catch on!

By this point O’Brien had forged a strong partnership with Lester Piggott, which perhaps reached its height with Nijinsky’s Triple Crown of 1970.

O’Brien’s fourth Derby win, and Piggott’s third for the trainer, came with Roberto in 1972, when Piggott ‘jocked off’ the colt’s regular rider Bill Williamson.

After The Minstrel landed the jackpot for his syndicate in 1977, O’Brien saddled his final Derby winner with Golden Fleece in 1982.

Of course, he came incredibly close to a seventh Derby in 1984 with the brilliant 2,000 Guineas winner El Gran Senor.

Despite looking all over the winner in the final furlong, with O’Brien’s then stable jockey Pat Eddery sitting motionless, El Gran Senor was outstayed by another son of Northern Dancer, Secreto, trained by O’Brien’s son David.

As Leo Powell recounts elsewhere in this issue, O’Brien also had a hugely impressive Royal Ascot record, saddling 25 winners at the meeting. His final one was suitably emotional.

In 1993 he led the Lester Piggott-ridden College Chapel into the winners’ enclosure to huge cheers after he won the Cork And Orrery Stakes.

Piggott may, at times, have driven O’Brien to despair with his single-minded habit of riding horses on the Ballydoyle gallops to discover which was best, but the two all-time greats fused magnificently to give racing the kind of indefinable power and glamour that it finds so elusive today.

After all, who could forget the two men combining in the most extraordinary of circumstances to win the 1990 Breeders’ Cup Mile with Royal Academy.

They had met not long before for a private lunch in Dublin, at which O’Brien encouraged Piggott, then aged 54, to make that most unlikely of comebacks.

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TOM COSTELLO TRIBUTE

1932-2009

Tom Costello The man who sold on six individual Cheltenham Gold Cup winners “had a fantastic eye for a young horse”

om Costello, the legendary Irish horse dealer who sold on six individual winners of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, including three-time hero Best Mate, has passed away at the age of 77.

Widely regarded as the best judge of a young National Hunt horse in the business, Costello’s unparalleled success saw a steady stream of clients beating a path to his door in Newmarket-onFergus, County Clare.

Richard Kent, owner of Mickley Stud, said: “I knew Tom for 20 years, and we traded a lot in that time. He used to buy ten or 12 foals from me every year.

“Tom had a fantastic eye for a young horse and great faith in his own judgement. He certainly knew where to find horses; they were always as cheap as possible when he was buying, although they were dear when he was selling!

“His horses were all natural jumpers, as he used to school them (without riders) from the age of two. Tom was a unique, charming man, who loved his family and had a great appreciation of nature. His achievements will never be bettered.”

A former trainer, Costello sent out Tartan Ace to land the 1973 Irish Grand National and landed the 1981 Powers Gold Cup with The Mighty Mac. However, it was as a supplier of top-class chasers to many of racing’s biggest owners that he excelled. Costello had the ability to identify potential in young horses, which he bought,

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usually privately as foals or yearlings out of the field, and allowed to develop at his farm.

Typically, the Costello horses were educated in point-to-points before being sold.

Midnight Court, successful in 1978, was the first from the Costello academy to capture the Cheltenham Gold Cup. He was followed by The Thinker (1987), Cool Ground (1992), Imperial Call (1996), Cool Dawn (1998) and Best Mate (2002, 2003 and 2004), who Costello sold to Henrietta Knight after victory in a two-runner point-topoint at Tuam, in Galway.

Other stars sold by Costello include Florida Pearl, One Man, and Grand National victors Hedgehunter and Comply Or Die. Another noted horse trader, Martin Cullinane of Mount Brown Farm, said: “I must have known Tom for 40 years. I have never met a better judge of a young horse.

“Tom knew every field in Ireland. He would only have to look at a horse once to know if he wanted it. You get some buyers at the sales writing notes about horses in catalogues – I never saw Tom write one word down, ever.

“I spoke with him just before he died and he was in good spirits, looking forward to the Derby Sale. We will never know another Tom Costello.”

Costello is survived by his wife, Josephine, and sons John, Tom, Adrian, Dermot and Tony, who all became involved in the family business and rode as amateurs.

Costello discovery: Best Mate, triple Gold Cup hero

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COVERING THE BIG STORIES IN HORSERACING

“We needed to stop the market going into freefall” Philip Freedman, Chairman of the Racing Post Yearling Bonus, explains why the incentive needs to attract buyers at the sales

Philip Freedman

The Racing Post Yearling Bonus Scheme has been signed, sealed and delivered with a determination and urgency that has been quite striking. Why is it so important?

PF: I think all in the industry recognise that economic conditions will make this autumn’s yearling sales extremely challenging to say the least.

While the environment may not be as bad as last year’s, when vendors with entertainment boxes were not allowing the news to be shown as the stock market was in freefall and the banking crisis was at its height, the declines in wealth and disposable income which have taken place over the last 12 months is not going to encourage people to buy racehorses.

If the industry was going to do anything to help it was essential it was in place for this year’s autumn sales, for which both the quantity of horses looking for buyers, and the costs of production of those horses, was already set.

Can you explain in broad terms how it is going to work?

Vendors will make a contribution of £250 per yearling for every horse they enter into the scheme, with an irrevocable commitment to pay a further £250 for each horse that sells. Owners will have to pay £250 by mid-December to keep their horses in the scheme and the sales companies will contribute £50 per horse. The funds which vendors and purchasers contribute will be ringfenced to go to the bonuses – the costs of administration will be met from other sources.

Will prize-money be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, like the Breeze-Up Bonus Scheme?

No. The Breeze-Up scheme was targetted at horses entered in what some refer to as ‘ready to run’ sales, and so a first-come, first-served basis was justifiable.

This scheme is being aimed at all yearlings and if it was discriminated in favour of early maturing types, it would be unlikely to attract enough yearlings to make it viable.

The intention is, in Britain at least, that the bonuses should be available across the whole spectrum of two-year-old maidens run during the turf season.

Last year there were about 650 two-year-old maidens – so if we fund 100 bonuses, that would cover around 15% of the twoyear-old programme. Therefore, we are aiming to offer a bonus in, say, four of the 29 all-sex median auction maidens over six furlongs, and five of the 17 fillies’ open maidens run over seven furlongs.

If a race is won by a non-

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qualifying horse the bonus will be made available to another race of the same type later in the season.

With 100 races, it is our intention to make three bonuses available each week, with the races promoted well in advance to ensure connections can target their horses appropriately.

It may also be the case that a specific percentage of the scheme will be retained for bonuses for three-year-olds.

Obviously, we want as many yearlings as possible to enter the scheme and so it would be wrong to discourage vendors of more backward types from entering it.

How many races will be staged in the UK, how many in Ireland, and how many bonus races will take place in mainland Europe ?

That hasn’t been finalised yet. The final numbers will not be determined until the end of the year, by which time we will know the full extent of the funds available.

We will, however, have a pretty good idea of the likely size of the pot once we reach the scheme’s closing date on July 15, when we’ll know how many yearlings have been made eligible for it.

The next stage will depend on the number of yearlings which sell (vendors who do not sell their horse can still remain in the scheme if the full vendor/owner contribution of £750 per horse is paid up) and the final stage will depend on the number of owners who subscribe.

What has been determined is that the proportion of races run in the UK, in Ireland and in mainland Europe, will reflect the average number of horses from Goffs,

Doncaster and Tattersalls who were purchased to race in each of these regions over the last three years.

Will the criteria for staging a race be the same in every country?

The format will be similar in Ireland but the details for other countries will be finalised only after we have a clearer idea of the number of races they are likely to be getting.

If a country will have only a handful of races it may be more approriate to allocate them on a first-come, first-served basis than apply a bonus to a specific race, where the vast majority of runners are unlikely to be eligible to win it.

Was there a wariness about asking owners to contribute too much to make their horse eligible for the scheme? After all, there has been criticism of sales races in the past, to the effect they are pretty much funded by owners via massive entry fees?

In sales races owners can end up contributing anything up to 90% of the prize fund. Whether that really is an incentive to owners to buy horses is debatable, particularly in the current environment.

In this scheme they will be contributing only one-third. They are still buying a lottery ticket but they are not funding the whole of the lottery.

The Yearling Bonus Scheme was part-inspired by a similar concept for breezeups. What effect do you think that has had on the two-year-old market?

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The general view of consignors is that it has provided a floor to the market. Whereas its impact at the higher levels may have been limited, it was very important in enabling vendors to sell their cheaper horses. Without that scheme, they may have been unable to do so.

The money on offer through the Breeze-Up scheme has also given vendors more confidence to protect their own lots in the ring. If that means we have a horse sale, rather than a fire sale, then that must be good for the industry as a whole.

Is there any clash between the Yearling Bonus and any sales incentives that are run by sales companies such as Tattersalls (see Your Say, page 96)?

No. The sales companies have been very supportive of this scheme, which they would not have been if it had conflicted with their own initiatives. What must be remembered is that their sales incentives are concerned with promoting a particular sale, so that the Tattersalls sales races are designed to promote horses sold only in Book 1, whereas Doncaster’s main race is confined to graduates of the St Leger Sale.

The Yearling Bonus is designed to promote all eligible yearlings. It offers many more winning tickets, with funds spread across all the winning tickets.

What is the role of sales companies in the Yearling Bonus?

As well as contributing financially, the sales companies will play a major role in its administration. It is hard to imagine how such a scheme could operate without their support and involvement, as they will be distributing the entry forms to all vendors with yearlings in their sales, showing on the catalogue pages which yearlings are eligible for it, collecting the second payment out of sales proceeds from vendors who successfully sell their yearling, and advising purchasers of the need to pay the final £250 to maintain a yearling’s eligibility.

That is, however you look at it, a major role, and we are very grateful for the support we have had from the sales companies, without which there would be no scheme.

What do you have lined up in terms of backers/sponsors from both within and outside the industry?

The Racing Post will be our partners and will give it extensive promotion in the newspaper and on the website. With them, we will be looking to promote the scheme in the first instance to existing and lapsed owners but, with their help and expertise in marketing and use of new media platforms, we will look to take it beyond existing boundaries.

It should, however, be remembered that the scheme arose out of a desire to give trainers and agents something to sell to their clients in what will be a difficult year. Achieving that ambition should take precedence over setting the sort of unrealistic marketing targets which the industry has set itself at times in the past.

How will the scheme be administrated?

There will be a committee, including representatives of the sales companies, the TBA and ITBA, myself, John Osborne and David Redvers, who has been the driving force and without whom we would not be where we are today. In addition, three senior figures from the industry have been approached to act as trustees and I am delighted that Rhydian Morgan-Jones, John Warren and Alan Lillingston have all agreed to serve in principle.

How do you intend to promote it?

As an Anglo/Irish initiative we will also be able to call on the experience and contacts of Irish Thoroughbred Marketing and British Bloodstock Marketing.

What feedback have you had from racing officialdom, racing and breeding’s participants, and the wider world?

We have had a very positive response from the racing authorities in both Britain and

Ireland, and both Horse Racing Ireland and Racing Enterprises Ltd are contributing to the setting-up costs. Perhaps more importantly we have had a really good response from racecourses. They recognise that a maiden race with a £10,000 bonus is likely to be a very competitive race which would attract plenty of runners and more betting turnover than a runof-the-mill maiden, thus boosting their income.

If racecourses are encouraged to compete to get these races and are willing to put in additional prize-money, we are likely to get very close to our ultimate aim: that the owner of the winner of one of these races will win enough to pay for their year’s training fees, which we believe will be a major incentive in getting owners to buy yearlings.

What do you feel would be the consequences of ‘doing nothing’?

This scheme shows to the outside world that as breeders and vendors we have confidence in our product. Failure to exhibit confidence in our product would send a damaging signal to our clients and there would be a danger that vendors would be willing to let their yearlings go at any price. Now we have put in place a base which should support the market and prevent it from going into freefall, which was the danger of doing nothing.

The 2009 yearling sales will take place in a climate that will prove “extremely challenging, to say the least”, according to Philip Freedman

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Clare Balding Sam Thomas Carl Llewellyn David Harrison Welsh National Dean Gallagher Great Leighs Brough Scott Julian Richmond-Watson Jockey Club Matt Gingell Sonia Rogers Sheikh Mohammed Charlie Mann Liam Roche Gemma Gracey-Davison Bookmaker boost Metrobet Meydan Owen Brennan Race Straight Kieran O’Shea

BBC presenter undergoes treatment for thyroid cancer but continues duties at Epsom and Royal Ascot Appointed stable jockey to Gloucestershire trainer Tom George, having been number two rider behind Ruby Walsh at Paul Nicholls’s Ditcheat yard Loses job as salaried trainer to owner Malcolm Denmark at Weathercock House; his replacement is Warren Greatrex, formerly assistant to Oliver Sherwood Royal Ascot-winning jockey, confined to wheelchair after fall in Hong Kong in 2001, returns to sport as agent for Darryll Holland Coral extends sponsorship of £100,000 Chepstow marathon up until 2012 Jockey calls time on riding career aged 40, having partnered over 600 winners in Britain and France, including Hors La Loi in the 2002 Champion Hurdle Essex track has application for a racing licence rejected by the BHA and loses all 2010 fixtures Writer, broadcaster and charity worker awarded an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list Senior steward of the Jockey Club steps aside after six years in the role, to be replaced by Nicholas Wrigley Records turnover of over £100 million and operating profit of £19m in 2008 on its assets, an increase of 59% in profitability Trainer warned off for two years after being found guilty of doping offence involving sodium bicarbonate dating to November 2007 Airlie Stud owner joins Board of Robert J Goff & Co, which owns Goffs and Doncaster Bloodstock Sales and holds a 31% share in Arqana Adds 3,500-acre Dalham Estate to his Darley operation’s Newmarket portfolio Lambourn handler set to expand stable after best ever season which yielded 63 wins Former Curragh trainer quits Erik Penser’s Churn Stables in Oxfordshire after BHA refuse to licence him 21-year-old rider to turn professional Irish government postpones doubling of betting tax to 2% London-based bookmaking chain contines to operate despite entering administration January 28 announced as the opening date for the new multi-billion dollar racecourse in Dubai 74-year-old trainer whose career spans 40 years and over 300 winners announces he is to retire in August, after his rent ‘goes through the roof’ BHA whistle-blowing initiative, introduced in October 2007, set to benefit from relaunch in bid to raise public awareness of its existence Appointed team principal for the starters’ department, completing the restructure of the field-force organisation that took effect in March

Racehorse and stallion – movements and retirements Silver Patriarch (pictured) Medaglia D’Oro Natal Myboycharlie Tricky Trickster Giant’s Causeway A P Arrow

Retired from stallion duties at Wood Farm Stud aged 15 due to declining fertility; the 1997 St Leger winner will spend his retirement at the National Stud Sire of top US fillies Rachel Alexandra and Gabby’s Golden Girl purchased by Darley to stand at Jonabell Farm in Kentucky Eight-year-old, runner-up in last year’s Grade 1 Kerrygold Champion Chase at Punchestown, joins James Lambe in Ireland from Paul Nicholls after sale Group 1-winning son of Danetime, formerly owned by Coolmore, joins Vinery Stud in Australia for 2009 breeding season This year’s Cheltenham National Hunt Chase winner joins Paul Nicholls stable from Nigel Twiston-Davies after £320,000 sale Prominent sire heads list of eight Coolmore stallions shuttling to South America for upcoming southern hemisphere breeding season Multiple Graded stakes winner is purchased to stand in South Africa at Summerhill Stud in KwaZulu-Natal

People obituaries Age Vincent O’Brien Tom Costello Oliver Carter Vince Bray Jeffrey Peate Bruce McLachlan Tex Cauthen Baroness von Ullmann Chris Dexter Collin Blakeley Betty Tweedie Sid Barnes

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The greatest racehorse trainer of all time (see pages 7-11) Sold on six Cheltenham Gold Cup winners, including Best Mate and Imperial Call, and a host of top class chasers (see page 13) Whitbread Gold Cup-winning trainer with Otter Way in 1976, later owner of Venn Ottery, transformed by Paul Nicholls to win four races in 2004 Former apprentice jockey to Sir Michael Stoute and Ben Hanbury who most recently worked for Michael Bell Point-to-point trainer who sent out 150 winners and broke in future jump stars Morley Street and Forest Sun Australian trainer, based in Queensland, who won more than 3,000 races over 40 years Father of three-time UK champion jockey Steve Cauthen German owner-breeder who ran Gestut Schlenderhan, breeder of May’s German 2,000 Guineas winner Irian and home to top sire Monsun Jockey for Josh Gifford during the 1970s Head of football trading for the Tote, an organisation he served for 20 years Well known, popular figure in Scottish racing circles, and widow of the late trainer of dual Grand National runner-up Freddie Former jump jockey who held a licence between 1951-1976, and partnered in the region of 250 winners

High class hurdler and chaser for Ted Walsh, winner of the 1997 Triumph Hurdle and runner-up to Best Mate in the 2002 Cheltenham Gold Cup Son of Surumu who had been standing at Gestut Harzburg in Germany; the dual Group 1 victor sired the winners of over 900 races Cozzene gelding owned by Favourites Racing who won for Mark Johnston and Alan King

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ROA LEADER

Offshore operators are a major threat to racing If one of the ‘big three’ bookmakers moves its credit and online business overseas, the consequences will be disastrous. The Government must act. make no apology for returning to the subject I wrote about last month. The gradual exodus of bookmakers to overseas locations is now gaining pace. It is imperative that the British racing industry moves this topic to the top of its agenda and demands Government action before the leakage in levy becomes a torrent.

There are now strong indications that at least one of the major bookmakers will be moving a substantial part of its operation overseas, including telephone and online business. If and when this happens, it will be a matter of time before the others follow suit, because of the competitive advantage this gives them over UK-based bookmakers.

Once established abroad, they can avoid paying tax at 15% and levy at 10% and, in the short term, there appears to be very little we can do about it.

Estimates suggest that, if the big three bookmakers moved their operations overseas, it would cost the levy at least £30 million – and therefore the Government £45m in gross profits tax, even allowing for the fact that their business

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that said offshore bookmakers could not take bets from UK citizens unless those bookmakers pay tax and levy. Similarly, the Government could prevent overseas operators from advertising here unless they complied with the same stipulation.

But to achieve changes through primary legislation is a complicated and time-consuming business, when we need a solution quickly.

And here we must remind the Government that it does have a very important card up its sleeve. It comes in the form of what the industry calls FOBTs (Fixed Odds Betting Terminals) but which, colloquially speaking, are roulette-type gambling machines dotted around every betting shop in the country.

FOBTS are immensely important to bookmakers, having been responsible for about half of their profits in recent years. These machines have, for a long time, been under the scrutiny of those organisations that concern themselves with problem gambling but, so far, the Government has turned a blind eye to these concerns and allowed the bookmakers to cash in

“Nobody should be in any doubt as to the effect a £30m reduction in levy would have on racing” in UK betting shops would still be liable for the domestic rates.

Nobody should be in any doubt as to the effect such a reduction in levy would have on racing, on employment and the rural economy. The levy is already creaking at the strain of trying to sustain current prize-money levels. Cuts of this magnitude would see a massive reduction in the number of horses in training, as economic circumstances saw owners and trainers being forced out of the sport, with a commensurate effect on racecourses.

What’s to be done?

First, racing has to impress on both the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Treasury the importance of this issue, although, with such a potential tax loss, the Government is already alive to the problem.

At first glance, the only recourse available to Government appears to involve changes in legislation. This would mean establishing a law

on betting shop customers’ gullibility.

But what will the Government now think?

Bookmakers have short memories when it suits them. Did this Government not cave into an argument produced by the major bookmakers around the turn of the century that a gross profits system of paying tax and levy should replace a turnover system? Was this not based on a gentleman’s agreement that bookmakers would stay in this country?

Now, if it is true a major bookmaker is going to hasten this pernicious exodus, it amounts to sticking two almighty fingers up to a Government that has gone out of its way to support the gambling industry throughout its years in power.

It’s time for the Government to get heavy. It’s time for them to say, if you take your business abroad, we will take away your cash cow machines that have allowed you to enjoy a decade of immense prosperity while caring little for the plight of punters or, indeed, racing.

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TBA LEADER

It is so important that we apply the KOto AI The need even to debate this controversial subject is hard to fathom, not least because there is no evidence that stallions are being over-used rom time to time the thorny subject of the use of Artificial Insemination crosses the path of our industry. The recent airing is no different to the earlier calls.

There has been no slammed door treatment to this debate. The fact that it has drawn no show of support from within the ranks of the breeders themselves is no surprise.

However, for the record, the TBA Council has asked me, through this column, to state its position on the use of AI in thoroughbreds.

Given this limited space, I have settled on just a few key facts which I would like to share: GIn support of the introduction of AI, claims that over-use of stallions has led to a decline in pregnancy rates per cycle* have been countered by recent published research conducted by the world renowned Maxwell Gluck Equine Research Centre, University of Kentucky**.

This found “there were no significant associations between stallion book size and reproductive performance outcomes” and “overall fertility did not decrease among stallions with the largest book sizes.”

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Conference in November 2001.

He argued that “lifting the International Stud Book Committee ban on AI without a global, legally enforceable and irrecoverable limit on numbers per stallion constitutes too high a risk for our industry to take.” This view is fully endorsed by the TBA Council.

GAny decision on the introduction of AI cannot, therefore, be taken unilaterally. The International Stud Book Committee (ISBC), which coordinates the work of 67 Approved Thoroughbred Stud Books around the world, has an overriding objective of maintaining the full and free movement of thoroughbreds internationally.

All stud books operate to agreed identical standards and procedures to provide harmony.

They take full account of the needs and views of breeders, as reported by all representative bodies and associations worldwide.

GThe overwhelming view of these bodies has been against the use of Artificial Insemination.

Article 12 of the International Agreement on Breeding Racing and Wagering reflects this and

Kirsten Rausing Chairman Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association

“The fact that AI has drawn no show of support from within the ranks of breeders is no surprise at all” This provides significant encouragement to breeders that our stallions are not suffering overuse causing subfertility, which it is claimed could be avoided by the use of AI. GUnder current EU legislation any introduction of AI will also allow the use of other artificial methods, such as embryo transfer, sexing of sperm, etc. This would have a severe impact on the shape and structure of General Stud Books across the world.

GIt is important we accept that the ban on the use of AI is internationally agreed and the threat to one nation’s ability to have access to other breeding stock, or to race against it, would be totally compromised by adoption of the practice of AI, rendering stock worthless overnight.

GThis decision is supported by sound reasoning, and I would encourage anyone who wishes to familiarise themselves with the debate to refer to a presentation by leading Australian breeder John Messara, when speaking at the Asian Racing

precludes the use of AI in any thoroughbred recorded in an approved stud book. Also, importantly, all recognised racing authorities prohibit the racing of thoroughbreds which are the produce of AI. Far from wishing to fuel this debate, I will take this opportunity to encourage breeders to focus on the importance of holding on to what we value so dearly. Green shoots of economic recovery are not yet appearing in our pastures.

Our industry worldwide currently faces many challenges. Co-operation and cohesion between breeders worldwide is the way forward.

Sources: *Veterinary aspects of Thoroughbred breeding: Past successes and future prospects by WR (Twink) Allen and Sandra Wilshire **Reproductive performance measures among Thoroughbred Mares in central Kentucky, during the 2004 mating season by K A Bosh, D Powell, B Shelton and W Zent.

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COMMENT

Tony Morris

Jockey-Club distance reduction continues to rankle four years on, but the Grand Prix de Paris could easily be restored to its former grandeur

OWARDS the end of 2004 there came word from across the Channel of an impending second French revolution. It was not exactly a popular uprising, because by all accounts there were only two rebels, while all their compatriots remained supporters of the ancien régime, but the dastardly duo were able to wield some clout in high places. They were determined to force their proposals through and institute a new order.

Everybody was comfortable with the idea that the racing schedule in France, or anywhere else, should not be considered immutable. There were sometimes good reasons why changes should be made, and the French had tinkered a bit with their programme before, notably by moving the Prix du Cadran from its traditional late spring date (normally about a month before the Ascot Gold Cup) to a slot in the autumn, and by shortening the distance of the Grand Prix de Paris from 15 furlongs to ten.

There was nothing particularly controversial about moving the Cadran, although the change seemed likely to mean that it would henceforth be run on softer ground than before; in fact, there had never been much logic in determining Europe’s long-distance champion as early as June, so keeping the title in abeyance until much later in the campaign made perfect sense.

Of course, there was bound to be some resistance to the idea of reducing the distance of the Grand Prix de Paris by a third, which inevitably meant that it became a completely different race, attracting a different type of horse. The race had enjoyed a long and proud history in its previous form, and yet even the staunchest traditionalists were bound to concede that by 1987, when the change was made, it had become something of a misfit.

The best of the three-year-old crop were no longer featuring and the idea that a colt who had established his class at a mile and a half at the beginning of June should target the Grand Prix, over three more furlongs, by the end of that month had become decidedly passé. There had been no winner of both the Jockey-Club and the Grand Prix since Rheffic in 1971, and in the modern era there was no additional kudos to be gained from completing the double. Besides, there were always St Leger opportunities, at Doncaster, the Curragh and Longchamp, later in the season, for those with a staying bent.

Whether the Grand Prix de Paris was an

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“It was not necessary to be a traditionalist to object to the reduction. The idea was just plain wrong”

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unqualified success in its new incarnation at a mile and a quarter is a moot point, but it was won by some subsequent Arc de Triomphe heroes, most notably Peintre Célèbre, who had also won the Prix du Jockey-Club. The chief objection to the race in that form was the damage it might cause – and sometimes did – to the Eclipse Stakes; once the Derbys were out of the way, inter-age competition was supposed to provide a prime summer feature, and a tenfurlong Grand Prix just gave the three-year-olds another excuse to avoid the best older horses.

The change was made with no consideration for the international implications, which was disappointing, given that the principal European nations have been part of a – supposedly – integrated Pattern since 1971. There should be no amendments to any country’s programme without full consultation and a thorough investigation of how they might affect the schedules of the other participating nations.

Still, revenons à nos moutons, as they say.

What Messrs Rothschild and Romanet came up with at the end of 2004 was not just a little tinkering with the French programme, but a plan for radical alterations in the three-year-old division. And what got up the noses of many of their own countrymen, as well as those of interested parties elsewhere, was that they wanted their plan adopted immediately.

The package of proposed measures involved eight races previously contested between April and June. In six cases distances were to be reduced, most drastically that of the Prix du Jockey-Club, from a mile and a half to a mile and two and a half furlongs, while the Grand Prix de Paris was to change in both distance and date, increased to a mile and a half and contested on July 14, and the foremost Derby trial, the Prix Lupin, was to be abolished.

Some of the alterations were so minor, such as the 50m reduction in the distance of the Group 3 Prix de Guiche, that there seemed to be no point in making them. But the changes to the Prix Jean Prat, Europe’s only Group 1 ninefurlong event, reducing it to a mile and staging it a month later, were questionable: what, not yet another race for the milers? And what was the problem with the Lupin that it had to be ditched? Why not just downgrade it to Group 2 and make it the exact equivalent of the Dante?

But, inevitably, most criticism came over the reduction in the distance of the Prix du Jockey-

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Club. In Europe a Derby was always defined, in part, by the distance of a mile and a half. In its new incarnation it did not meet that, and could not be regarded as a Derby. It was not necessary to be a dyed-in-the-wool traditionalist to object to that change. The idea was just plain wrong.

It was hard to find anyone in France, aside from its two proponents, who agreed with the proposed move. Owners, breeders, trainers, bloodstock agents and ordinary racegoers were implacably in favour of the status quo, and many expressed their feelings in the strongest terms.

The most moderate response from any of the antis came from the Aga Khan, who made the sensible observation that if such radical changes were to be made, they should be subject to a delay of one breeding cycle – five years.

But it is history now, what happened. When the European Pattern Committee got together to discuss the proposals, if there was any discontent, it went unheard. The changes were accepted for implementation in 2005 and we have lived with the consequences ever since.

Now, four years down the line, French voices are again raised in condemnation of the change to the Prix du Jockey-Club that was so hastily approved. No sooner had this year’s race been run than one trainer, Carlos Laffon-Parias, was complaining: “The best horse doesn’t win any more, and I don’t consider it a Classic.”

Another, Elie Lellouche, concurred, saying: “I would definitely prefer a return to the old distance.” Both had in mind the defeats of Hurricane Run (in 2005) and Montmartre (last year), who subsequently proved themselves superior to the winners.

What are the chances of a return to the ancien régime? Slim to nothing, I imagine, but there is still the chance that the French might make the best of a bad job by rehabilitating the Grand Prix de Paris rather than the Jockey-Club.

The one smart move amendments package was the switch of the Grand Prix to the evening of Bastille day, a national holiday at the height of summer. Although it was never the intention to make it France’s true Derby, that is what it has effectively become – or would be if it carried the appropriate purse for such an event.

From its earliest times the Grand Prix de Paris was always a much more significant event than the parochial Jockey-Club, which became international only about a quarter of a century ago. Now, ideally placed in the calendar with the potential to attract the winners from Epsom and the Curragh, it might easily be restored to its former grandeur, perhaps determining Europe’s champion middle-distance three-year-old.

Tsui member of unique club While at 27, youthfullooking Chris Tsui (left) is not the youngest owner to taste Derby glory – that accolade goes to Lammtarra’s student owner Saeed bin Maktoum al Maktoum (19) – he still made Epsom history.

The son of David and Ling Tsui, in whose silks the brilliant filly and broodmare Urban Sea ran, is the first person to simultaneously own a Derby winner and run his own nightclub.

And speculation was rife at Epsom that maybe old habits were dying hard for the proprietor of a club in Hong Kong’s trendy

Causeway Bay area. What looked like tiny white i-pod headphones were spotted on his shoulders in post-race photographs.

However, further inquiries indicate that in fact the earpieces were for him to follow the race via radio commentary from a station that modesty forbids me to name.

Tsui jr revealed that Urban Sea was treated as “one of the family”, so her death in March while foaling a colt by Invincible Spirit left them all devastated.

The 1993 Arc heroine produced a string of Group/Grade 1 winners, including Sea The Stars and Galileo, only the seventh siblings to both win Flat’s premier Classic. The Tsuis sold their share in Galileo prior to his brilliant racing career.

Stars at Wincanton?

Greek to Ffrench

Well done, John Oxx. Asked in one of his many pre-Derby interviews whether he thought Sea The Stars knew that the assignment at Epsom was “different to going to say Newbury or Wincanton” (yes, Wincanton), nothing even approaching a rebuke or correction flickered across the trainer’s face.

Though, come to think of it John, a campaign in juvenile hurdles would certainly squash any doubts about the future stallion’s versatility...

Greeks bearing gifts might arouse suspicions, but not those carrying winning form. Following the encouraging start made by previously unbeaten Ialysos since joining Luca Cumani from Greece, another potentially useful import by Bertolini out of a Generous mare named Amfitryon has arrived to join Dominic Ffrench Davis in Lambourn. A sandysurfaced track built near Athens as part of the Olympic set-up in 2004 has ensured that the quality of racing in Greece is on the up, but there are still limited prizes locally for the top talent.

If anyone can...

When trainer William Haggas and his wife Maureen (neé Piggott) were invited to lunch at Epsom by new Derby sponsor Investec, they were asked if there was anybody they would like to bring with them. Haggas, who at the 11th hour had to scratch his big race hopeful South Easter, part-owned

by Investec Managing Director Bernard Kantor, suggested his illustrious father-in-law.

Grinned the 1997 Derby-winning trainer: “They said they’d send badges because no one was able to get in without the correct badges. I said that my father-in-law might just be the exception to that particular rule.”

The tie up his sleeve Hurrah for the Middleham trainer James Bethell, who keeps a spare tie in his pocket for trips to Thirsk races to counter the Yorkshire course’s strictlyenforced dress code. I can confirm that patrons who are minus appropriate neckwear have no chance of gaining entry into the main Club Stand at James Herriot’s local track, where the security team is dogged.

So thank heavens that the affable Bethell, who has enjoyed a fine start to the Flat racing season, brings along a tie of suitably neutral colour, just in case people are caught out.

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Irish-trained Mastercraftsman (left) edges out Delegator in gutsy fashion to land the St James’s Palace Stakes

Paco Boy stormed home to win the Queen Anne Stakes, in which the hot favourite Gladiatorus finished a disappointing sixth of nine runners

Scenic Blast lived up to his name by giving Australian-trained sprinters a third success in the King’s Stand Stakes in the past four runnings

The international element of Royal Ascot was further emphasised when US-trained juvenile Strike The Tiger landed the Windsor Castle Stakes

And then, on Wednesday, French horses muscled their way onto the winners’ podium, with Vision d’Etat in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes

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THE BIG PICTURE

A true pageant Royal Ascot 2009 enjoyed a blistering start with high-class performances in the opening three Group 1 races – headed

by Mastercraftsman in the St James’s Palace Stakes

Photos: George Selwyn

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VIEW FROM IRELAND FROM LEO POWELL

O’Brien’s influence will live on forever

Leo Powell is Managing Editor of The Irish Field

A measure of Vincent O’Brien’s genius came at Royal Ascot in 1975 – six winners from seven runners, and one on the Saturday to cap that!

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ichael Vincent O’Brien. MV or Vincent, as he was equally affectionately called, was a rare genius. He was, in my opinion and that of many others, quite simply the greatest of all time.

Sure, his tally of Classic wins will be bettered and some of the records he set have long been surpassed. But many others could last forever and are simply a measure of the greatness of the man.

Doing radio interviews following his death, many presenters were inclined to concentrate on his six Epsom Derby victories, his 44 European Classic successes, his three Prix de l’Arc de Triomphes, and his amazing Breeders’ Cup Mile win.

But it is important to underline his achievements in the 1940s and 1950s in jumps racing. He trained Hatton’s Grace to three consecutive Champion Hurdle wins, almost coinciding with Cottage Rake’s three successive Gold Cup triumphs. For good measure he added a fourth Gold Cup with Knock Hard.

These wins predated an achievement that may well never be repeated. He won three Aintree Grand Nationals from 1953 to 1955 with three different horses, Early Mist, Royal Tan and Quare Times.

Incomparable Then consider his Cheltenham Festival record. He trained a grand total of 23 winners, with an incomparable record in the Gloucestershire Hurdle (now the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle) – he had ten winners of that race. In an amusing aside at the funeral mass, Vincent’s son Charles told

of an amazing sequence of wins in the race when only two of the trainer’s runners were beaten, both finishing second. Tongue in cheek he put these defeats down to “rider error”.

When there were no more Everests to climb in jump racing, O’Brien turned his attention to the Flat. Ensconced in Ballydoyle since 1951, he developed the property into the most desirable training establishment in the world. Furthermore, he conquered that same world.

The list of top class winners to come from that Rosegreen, Cashel base reads like a ‘who’s who’ of the horse world. The names are not just of top-class winners, but later on top-class sires and broodmares.

Bloodlines were vital and O’Brien, together with the wealth of pools magnate Robert Sangster and the brains of John Magnier, had a plan to produce stallions. What a success they made of it. Key to that success was O’Brien. His eye for a young horse, his knowledge of pedigrees and his genius at training made Ballydoyle and Coolmore what they have become today – world leaders.

What was the spur that turned the son of a north Cork farmer and horse breeder into the most acclaimed member of the training profession? Who knows?

Left nothing in his father’s will, O’Brien had to survive on his own. He started modestly but made quick headway in the training ranks, attracting the attention of key owners.

Having the best owners became a byword of the Ballydoyle success. He punted in his early days, maintaining

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detailed records that show how good he was at it.

Shunning the limelight, O’Brien was a deep thinker and was always planning ahead.

Nowadays, that oft repeated phrase ‘thinking outside the box’ is used. Perhaps it was invented for his methodology. He sent the first horses by aeroplane to Cheltenham and won with all three. The haul included the Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle.

If one measure were to be used of his genius, maybe it was his 1975 Ascot record. He sent nine horses over for the June meeting, all three-year-olds or older. This represented more than half of the 15 horses of that age group at Ballydoyle.

One of them did not run (Hail The Pirates, who would have started at odds-on) and seven of the eight that did won. They were Imperial March in the Queen Anne Stakes (ridden by Frankie Dettori’s father), Gallina in the Ribblesdale, Gay Fandango in the Jersey Stakes, Blood Royal in

the Queen’s Vase, Swingtime in the Cork And Orrery (Willie Carson rode, carrying 7st 8lb), Boone’s Cabin in the Wokingham (carrying 10st) and Guillaume Tell in the Churchill Stakes. Lester Piggott rode five of the seven winners.

O’Brien’s major achievements have been well documented. I can only add that he was a lovely, gentle man to meet, a devoted family man who adored the time spent with his incredible wife Jacqueline, his children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

His influence lives on and will do so forever. In the annals of the great, he will surely never be displaced from the winner’s circle.

Fellow trainer Eddie Harty summed up his career succinctly, saying: “Vincent O’Brien set the standard that all of us who practise the art of training racehorses aspire to and, if we are totally honest with ourselves, almost certainly never will.”

Was the term ‘thinking outside the box’ coined because of O’Brien’s methods?

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The star team behind this year’s Derby winner What a joy it was last month to spend an afternoon in the company of John Oxx and reflect on his career to date and the recent success of Sea The Stars in the 2,000 Guineas. The fruits of that afternoon’s work were a centrepiece of last month’s issue of this magazine.

Now I am penning this column in the immediate aftermath of what, in my humble opinion, was one of the most complete Derby victories of recent decades.

From the moment the horses jumped out of the stalls, Michael Kinane displayed the talents that make him one of the world’s best riders. In his 50th year, he showed that there is no substitute for brains and experience.

Two weeks before the Derby, he spoke candidly to The Irish Field. He credited Dermot Weld with making him into the jockey

Michael Kinane, with Sea The Stars at Epsom, insists he alone will decide when the time is right to retire

that he has become, saying: “I was raw when I went there but he moulded me into a jockey that was ready for the international stage.”

Recalling the time he spent subsequently in Ballydoyle, he said: “It was a fantastic period in my life. There was pressure but that’s part of the job and was always the way. And then I moved on. I wasn’t disappointed that it ended but I was disappointed by the way it ended.”

Now he has rekindled an association with Oxx that goes back some time and both men have huge respect for each other.

But are there any thoughts of hanging up his boots?

“If you put a time frame on yourself, there’s a build-up and a countdown and it takes over,” said Kinane.

“I don’t think that’s the way I’d like to do it. I’ll decide when I’ve had enough.”

“I was raw when I went to Weld but he moulded me into a jockey that was ready for the international stage” Michael Kinane

Anglo/Irish handicapping solution should be applauded Interesting times at the AngloIrish Jumps Awards ceremony in London.

Readers of my first few columns here will know that there has been an ongoing debate about the treatment of Irish runners in handicaps in Britain and that Phil Smith probably does not get too many Christmas cards from members of the training profession here.

The background to the

debate is that British runners in Ireland are allowed to compete off their BHA mark.

The reverse does not apply for Irish runners in the UK and the reasons have not been properly explained. Thus controversy always seemed to follow the publication of weights for major British jumps races.

Well, good news for a change. I am delighted to say that work is in progress to

address this anomaly and the senior Irish handicapper Noel O’Brien and his UK counterpart Smith are committed to reaching agreement.

A key to the solution will be to bring the weight-for-age scale in Ireland in line with the BHA scale. It would appear that this has been the main hindrance to agreement. This may take a couple of years to reach, but we are on the road.

Any perceived slight on the Irish handicapping system or its integrity was quashed by Smith. Indeed, the respect that both men and their teams have for each other was obvious.

While the announcement of the various champions in the National Hunt classifications was the day’s highlight, I couldn’t help feel that news of this initiative was equally deserving of top billing.

News in Brief Congratulations to David Wachman on his first Classic success with Again in the Irish 1,000 Guineas. This ended Aidan O’Brien’s sequence of nine consecutive Irish Classic successes.

GThe Irish National Stud has been enjoying a remarkable run of luck, with their sires responsible for both French Guineas winners, while Sea The Stars was foaled and raised at Tully.

GThe Irish Government made a late decision not to double the turnover levy on betting shops, which had been due to come into effect on May 1.

GIreland’s leading bookmaker

Paddy Power has made some significant investments in the Australian market, notably buying Sportsbet. Paddy Power made profits of €68.8 million in 2008, up €6m on the previous year.

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THE NEWS FROM MAINLAND EUROPE

Iten’s Rose blooms Words: James Crispe

Remember Rose may have kept the French Gold Cup on home soil, but his breeding has a distinctly Irish flavour

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fter the deluge of success enjoyed by French-breds in the 2008-2009 jumps season, both in Britain and Ireland, the Irish struck back by lifting France’s top chase, the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris, with Remember Rose at Auteuil.

Admittedly, Remember Rose is trained in France by Jean-Paul Gallorini, was ridden by France’s winning-most jump jockey, Christophe Pieux, who severed a tendon in his foot when striking the running rail during the race, and is owned and bred by Swiss national Ernst Iten.

But Remember Rose was born and raised at the Kilnamoragh Stud, near Naas, of Mercury Bloodstock’s Jim Browne and is

by Browne’s stallion Insatiable, who stands at Clohamon Stud in County Wexford.

Remember Rose is becoming the horse of a lifetime for Iten and few could suggest that he does not deserve it. A resident of Unterschlatt, east of Zurich, the 79-year-old, who has been involved with the family for more than quarter of a century but currently has just the one horse in training, was on hand to marvel at this latest triumph, tears streaming down his face.

In 1982, Couture d’Argent, Remember Rose’s grandam, won a handicap at Compiegne sporting Iten’s yellow and green silks. She was then tried on the ice at St Moritz before Iten approached Browne to board her at Kilnamoragh (where she remained for 21 years) and organise her matings.

Iten tried to race all her foals, with limited success, but it was one of her progeny that never made the track, the Ajraas mare Couture Rose, who produced Remember Rose.

Thought good enough to contest the Prix Wild Monarch, a

Horse of a lifetime: Swiss-owned Remember Rose wins at Auteuil for super-tough jockey Christophe Pieux

Listed three-year-old hurdle, on his debut, it took six starts for Remember Rose to win. But when he did, he did it in style, landing the Prix Congress, a Grade 2 chase, in 2006.

Three outings later and he was a Grade 1 winner, outbattling a certain Master Minded, ridden by Ruby Walsh, in a Prix Ferdinand Dufaure that, at an extended two and a half miles, represents a stiff test of stamina for a nascent chaser only half way through his four-year-old season.

He has never been out of the first four in 13 subsequent fencing starts and his victories in November’s Prix La Haye Jousselin (the French equivalent of Kempton’s King George) and the Grand Steeple have taken his bankroll to a smidgen under €1.5 million. Amazingly, every one of his 25 appearances has been at Auteuil.

This success will be a shot in the arm for Insatiable, a son of Don’t Forget Me who won a Group 2 and was beaten a neck in the Champion Stakes within the course of a two-week period in October 1998, yet was down to just five registered foals in 2008.

As Browne said: “He’s not

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been covering many mares but things have changed considerably and a lot of people are sitting up and taking notice.”

Staying power The aftermath of this year’s Prix du Jockey-Club, won by Noverre’s son Le Havre, centred not so much on the merit of the horses who took part but more on the merit of the decision, taken in 2005, to drop the race back in distance from 12 to ten and a half furlongs.

Among those calling for the race to revert to its former trip is the Aga Khan, whose own colt Beheshtam finishing a staying-on fourth to Le Havre.

Trainer Carlos Laffon-Parias has argued that the drop in distance means that the best

‘Derby’ winner Le Havre

horse in the race very often does not win.

He said: “Look what happened with Hurricane Run (beaten a neck by Shamardal in 2005) and Montmartre (15th of 20 behind Vision d’Etat last year). The best horse doesn't win the Jockey Club any more and I don't consider it a Classic.”

However, a spokesman for France Galop has indicated there are no plans to extend the race to 12 furlongs once more, saying: “We wanted to have a Derby which attracted milers and horses who run over the Classic distance.”

Derby winners at stud, pgs 48-52

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Russia Moscow Hippodrome, Russia’s leading racecourse, celebrates its 175th anniversary facing an uncertain future.

On the face of it, all is well.

The course is home to 300 thoroughbreds, of which a third are Russian-bred, and the 2009 season is under way with a renewed white sand track.

A number of other improvements have taken place, some paid for by Ramzan Kadyrov, President of the Chechen Republic and now an owner in Britain with the likes of Mourilyan and Bankable stabled with Gary Moore.

Sponsorship of some 20 million roubles (£400,000) has been sourced and the course has been boosted by the return of the showpiece President’s Cup, run last year at Pyatigorsk.

Norway It is slated for July 18 and the President of the Russian Federation is expected to be in attendance to present the trophy.

But a big black cloud has appeared on the horizon with the recent passing of a law banning betting at federallyowned sites.

It may be no coincidence that Moscow Hippodrome is on a prime 42-hectare site within a few miles of Red Square that has property developers licking their lips.

Given that the sport could not survive without the income generated by Tote betting, the state-owned course needs either to obtain a special waiver from the new law or, like other courses at Rostov, Krasnodar and Pyatigorsk, be privatised.

When Half Pint Bill won the Ovrevoll Mile Cup in Oslo for the second time in three years, it showed breeding is not an exact science.

This was Half Pint Bill’s ninth success since he was sold for 1,500gns to join the Stromsholm (near Stockholm) yard of Dennis Persson in November 2005.

That Half Pint Bill ever made it to the course was something of an accident. His sire Green Horizon (by Green Desert) was donated unraced due to injury by his breeder Khalid Abdullah to the Equine Fertility Unit.

Subsequently he was bought as a foal by Jeremy Gompertz simply to provide a companion for another foal.

Persuaded by trainer Bill Turner to let him race, Gompertz won a Bath selling race with Half Pint Bill before

agent, Richard Venn, saw him reach Belgium.

“We were a bit suspicious at first, as the horse had a good reputation, so we thought that there would be something wrong,” admitted Braem.

“But there was nothing wrong.

He is showing his age and his joints are getting worse but we are very happy with him, though you need to let him do his own thing in a race.”

Asked to account for his rejuvenation, the 50-year-old father of three added: “I don’t train him as hard as most trainers in Newmarket would do; he has done a lot of relaxing at grass and we have treated him with natural herbal remedies.”

It is also hard to believe that Ostend, a course that over 30 years ago boasted a race with a £47,000 winner’s cheque and regularly attracted more than 50 British runners to its two-month summer meeting, has been forced to close.

“It is supposed to re-open in 2011 after a renovation,” sighed Braem. “It means that Mons,

“We were a bit suspicious at first.

The horse had a good reputation, so we felt something must be wrong”

consigning him to the autumn sales.

Gompertz said: “If you ever catch up with Mr Persson, tell him he owes me a drink – and not just a half pint!”

Meanwhile, Green Horizon is now at Hackler's Hall Stud in Sevenoaks, Kent, where he covered two mares this season and is ridden around the farm by his owner, Michael Park.

Jeremy Gompertz

Belgium Belgian racing may be clinging on by its fingernails, reduced to a single, dirt-only course, but champion trainer Leo Braem continues to shine through the economic darkness.

Another example of Braem’s expertise came when Very Wise lifted the Prix de la Clementerie at Maisons-Laffitte in France. This may only have been a claiming race, but it carried a tidy €7,500 first prize and was the fourth contest that Very Wise had won since arriving at Braem’s 31-box yard at Itegem, between Antwerp and Brussells, last November.

It is hard to believe that this was the same horse who, little more than two years earlier, had won the Lincoln Handicap for William Haggas and owner/breeder John Greetham.

A son of Pursuit Of Love, Very Wise’s career went into freefall last season to such an extent that he was sold for a mere 800gns last October before another private transaction brokered by Braem’s regular bloodstock

Leo Braem which is shared with trotting, is our only course.

“At least there was a big step forward recently, when the Department of Finance and Agriculture gave recognition to the racing industry, which had previously been thought of as simply a hobby for rich people.

“I just hope that they keep their promises after the general election to carry out a thorough government study of the sport.”

Braem remains optimistic, even though he is often forced to make the, albeit straightforward, journey to France and Germany to run his horses.

“The sand at Mons is heavy

and testing, and you need a galloping type, but it is horsefriendly and there have been very few injuries,” he said. “The directors have done a good job keeping prize-money to a reasonable level – it has been increased since last year.”

‘Braem Racing’ is very much a family operation as his wife, Savinja, is heavily involved, and his oldest son, Glen, acts as stable jockey. Indeed, horses are in the genes as one of Leo Braem’s brothers, Peter, is a successful jockey in Macau and Malaysia, while the other, Eddie, is a blacksmith.

In the short term, Braem is hopeful of the former Nick Littmoden charge Augusta Gold in the Belgian Derby. Longer term, relocation may occur.

He said: “I have been thinking about a move to France but it is a big step and you need your owners to move with you. If Peter comes back from the Far East and my middle son, Sean, who is 15, has the ambition, maybe we will set up a satellite yard together.”

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THE COLUMN THAT EMBRACES EVERY CONTINENT

Neo Universe starts to silence his doubters

Logi Universe captures the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) to enhance his sire’s standing

Could the search for a successor to Sunday Silence be complete after son sires winners of the first two legs of Japan’s Triple Crown?

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eginning to fulfil the prophetic angle of his name, Neo Universe has risen to be the brightest young star in the constellation of stallions vying to succeed his sire, Sunday Silence, as Japan’s dominant progenitor.

Colts from Neo Universe’s first crop have won the first two legs of Japan’s Triple Crown, with Unrivaled taking the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2,000 Guineas) and Logi Universe

overcoming sodden ground to capture the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby).

Each triumphed in a field of 18 and each has been consistently good, with Logi Universe losing only the Satsuki Sho in six starts and Unrivaled winning four of six races.

After covering more than 200 mares in 2005, 2006 and 2007, Neo Universe’s book shrank to 169 in 2008, but will soar to about 230 this season, according

to Eisuke Tokutake, a spokesman for Shadai Stallion Station, which stands the nine-year-old.

Still, Neo Universe’s success has clearly surprised even the masters of Shadai, who elected not to include him among the dozen stallions they advertised internationally with Weatherbys Stallion Book online. That list included seven other sons of Sunday Silence.

Tokutake said: “There are many stallions by Sunday Silence at our stud and most of them are very popular. We couldn’t imagine that the first crop by Neo Universe would contain the winners of the

Words: Michele MacDonald

2,000 Guineas and the Derby.”

Both Logi Universe and Unrivaled were bred by Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm and both are from female families that boast success at the highest levels in Europe.

Logi Universe was produced from the Cape Cross mare Acoustics, a grandaughter of Sheikh Mohammed’s Irish and French champion Sonic Lady, by Nureyev.

Unrivaled is out of the Sadler’s Wells mare Ballet Queen, who was bred by Ballymacoll Stud Farm from its 1983 British and French champion Sun Princess, who won the Oaks and St Leger.

Neo Universe is not the typical son of Sunday Silence but, like his Classic-winning sons, he owes much of what he is to his European-raced and -bred female line. Produced by the Kris mare Pointed Path, he shares the Ballymacoll-bred mare Boulevard, winner of the 1970 Princess Margaret Stakes, as his third dam, along with Darley’s American-based sire phenomenon Street Cry. Champion and young sire Shamardal is from the same family.

Japan’s champion three-yearold male of 2003, Neo Universe won seven of 13 starts and earned £3.3 million.

Japan’s select sale unlikely to be boosted by economy With Japan’s economy in a record slump, breeders are bracing themselves for the Japan Racing Horse Association select sale to be held from July 13-15 at the Northern Horse Park.

Although some economists believe that Japan, which boasts the world’s second largest economy after the United States, could begin recovering faster than Europe or the US, the

anticipated upswing might not commence quickly enough.

A total of 336 foals and 161 yearlings have been consigned in 2009, with Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley Japan a notable absentee among consignors.

Among the headliners in the yearling portion of the catalogue is a colt by Rock Of Gibraltar, who is a half-brother to Admire Moon, and a colt by Deep Impact

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whose dam, Lotta Lace, is a three-quarter sister to El Gran Senor.

The foal portion of the sale will feature the first offspring of Admire Moon, who stands at Darley Japan, and two-time champion sprinter Daiwa Major, the last son of Sunday Silence to retire to Shadai Stallion Station.

Thirteen colts and fillies by Admire Moon have been

catalogued, including a colt out of Veil Of Avalon, a half-sister to Deep Impact and the dam of the Pivotal colt Days Of Thunder, who topped the yearling portion of the sale in 2006.

Deep Impact and Daiwa Major lead all sires with 31 foals each in the catalogue. The former’s foals include colts out of a full sister to Rock Of Gibraltar and a halfsister to Shirocco.

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Australia fights threat ofChina horse drain A concern about the potential for racing in China to further drain Australian bloodstock has led to the creation of a bonus scheme in New South Wales aimed at offering incentives to older, distanceoriented runners.

“Horse numbers have dropped 20% in the last ten years,” Racing New South Wales board member Kim Harding said about the new Breeder Owner Bonus Scheme Extra plan. “We need to keep horses racing longer.

“If China enters the market and buys our best yearlings, we are stuffed — we have to address this now.”

She described the Extra plan as a “major innovation”, with the potential of reinvigorating staying races while balancing breeding, protecting Australia’s international reputation and “encouraging our

thoroughbred heroes” to continue racing for longer.

The scheme will be introduced in 2010. Owners who want to participate can pay a fee to make four-yearolds and older horses eligible with a total expected bonus pool of nearly £1 million for horses winning at distances of a mile and longer.

Payouts would be made on a sliding scale, with metropolitan racecourse wins worth up to £9,900 in addition to regular prizemoney. Originally, the Breeder Owner Bonus Scheme was limited to two- and three-yearolds. The Extra plan was advocated by the New South Wales Racehorse Owners Association.

“It will keep owners in the game when we are losing them left, right and centre,” said association President Ray McDowell.

A P Arrow: the US Grade 2 winner has gone to South Africa

Boost for Summerhill South African breeders, already boosted by the high-profile success of their horses on the international stage in recent years, can now tap into more rich bloodlines from the United States and Japan.

Bucking current economic pressures, Summerhill Stud declared that it had utilised all its revenues from the recent National Yearling Sale to acquire Grade 2 winners A P Arrow from America and Admire Main from Japan.

In a landmark deal with the Yoshida family’s Shadai Stallion Station and Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm, which bred

Admire Main, Summerhill will make that horse the first son of Sunday Silence to stand in Africa.

Summerhill previously engaged in similar arrangements for stallions with the Maktoum family.

A European investor, whose identity was not disclosed, and Drakenstein Stud, which recently repatriated South African Triple Crown winner Horse Chestnut from America, partnered with Summerhill in acquiring A P Arrow, an earner of £919,442.

He is a half-brother to Grade 1 winner Geri and is from the immediate female family of international sire Hussonet.

racecourse and established herself as the richest distaff runner in history.

The first prize of about £659,587 pushed Vodka’s career bankroll to £5,998,649.

Vodka, who in 2007 became the first filly in 64 years to win the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby), overcame traffic trouble to defeat 2008 champion three-year-old colt and Derby winner Deep Sky by three-quarters of a length in the Yasuda Kinen.

Jockey Yutaka Take, rider of

many great Japanese runners, said it was “an absolute privilege to be riding one of the best horses in the history of racing.”

Bred by Country Bokujo and owned by Yuzo Tanimizu, Vodka is trained by Katsuhiko Sumii.

The five-year-old daughter of Tanino Gimlet collected her sixth triumph at the top level (five Group 1 races and the Japanese Derby) and her second of 2009 following a record triumph in the Victoria Mile against her own gender on May 17.

News in brief US purses down Racehorse owners in America have collected £14,862,593 less in prize-money in 2009 than they did over the same January-May period of 2008 – a 5.54% decline in purses.

Wagering on American races has dropped even more, falling 9.22% from roughly £3.8 billion to £3.5b. In comparison, the number of racing days has remained relatively steady, declining only about 1% from 2,216 to 2,194, according to data released by Equibase Co.

Research Foundation is contributing $50,000 to fund the project conducted at the University of California-Davis, which will seek to duplicate the surfaces in a laboratory setting referred to as ‘track in a box’ that is designed to gather data from simulated hoof impacts.

That data will be used in a computer model of an equine forelimb to predict fetlock joint angle and strains to the digital flexor tendons and suspensory ligaments over different surface materials.

Injury trials An innovative study in the US will attempt to determine how to assess dirt and synthetic racetrack surfaces and factors that affect hoof impact and thus the likelihood of injury.

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Vodka supreme Valiant Japanese mare Vodka, who has been asked to compete against some of the best males in the world, reached another pinnacle in her distinguished career when she won her second Yasuda Kinen on June 7 at Tokyo

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Malih AlBasti The owner, breeder and businessman helps to organise the Dubai Carnival and enjoys fly fishing in Scotland Words: Tim Richards

Where did your love of thoroughbreds begin?

When I was a kid I used to ride Arabian horses with my cousin in Dubai. My father sent me to school in Eastbourne and after experiencing your racing, it was my dream to own a horse.

The first courses I visited as a very excited 18year-old student in 1983 were Brighton and Lingfield. Coming from a different country and culture, it was amazing to see your racing and how your people enjoyed themselves. Back then hardly anyone had heard of Dubai, I even had to explain to my landlady where I came from! But thanks to the Al Maktoum family, everyone knows where Dubai is now.

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How many horses do you own?

When I come to England it is to see my horses in training as well as my broodmares, which lodge at Lady Sarah Whent’s Raffin Stud in Hungerford. I have 28 horses in training in England, ten in Dubai, two in America, one in Ireland and three in South Africa. In England my horses are spread among Henry Cecil, John Gosden, Richard Hannon, Mark Johnston, Kevin Ryan and Karl Burke.

You spent £220,000 on a sale-topping Dubawi colt at the Doncaster St Leger Sale last year, and £190,000 on a Pastoral Pursuits colt (Angel’s Pursuit) at this year’s Doncaster Breeze-Up Sale. What is your sales strategy and who helps you make buying decisions?

Sometimes I do my own thing. Sometimes I buy through friends I trust. If there is a friend at the sale I will give him a lot number. I am always looking for quality rather than quantity; I would prefer to have 15 to 20 class horses rather than 40 mediocre ones, but that’s not always possible.

You have often bid against Sheikh Mohammed and his agents at the sales, including when underbidder for Sugar Ray, sold for 600,000gns in October. Is it a friendly rivalry?

The story of Sugar Ray is that I came here to buy horses for the Dubai Carnival and I thought Sugar Ray would be able to run in Dubai and then in the Melbourne Cup. When I realised I was competing with Sheikh Mohammed and his agents, I dropped out at £590,000 because I knew Sugar Ray would be coming to Dubai.

When I bought Angel’s Pursuit (eighth in the Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot) I was bidding over the phone through Richard Hannon jnr. As I wasn’t at the sale I wasn’t aware that I was bidding against Sheikh Mohammed’s agents. Of course it is a friendly rivalry when we are bidding. All that Sheikh Mohammed has achieved is very good for racing and for Dubai.

One of your best horses was Fantastic View, runner-up in the 2003 Racing Post Trophy. Have you supported him in his stallion career at Throckmorton Court Stud?

I send him about four mares a year. I have three foals by him this year. I think he has been covering about a dozen mares a season but I don’t know how he has been doing this time.

Where is Nasheej, who was third in the 1,000 Guineas and Coronation Stakes in 2006?

She is based at Sheikh Hamdan’s Shadwell Stud in America. She had a filly foal by Street Cry in February and she is in foal again to Street Cry. When Nasheej was with Kiaran McLaughlin in America Sheikh Hamdan enquired about her and suggested I send her to Shadwell in Kentucky, which has been fantastic.

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FINGERS ON THE BUZZERS What makes you happy?

Being with my friends on a fishing trip Who is your hero?

My father How do you relax?

Walking on Jumeirah beach in the sunset What excites you?

Seeing horses from all over the world competing at the Dubai Carnival What is the best thing about your life?

Being sent to study in the UK as a child What annoys you?

Wars and starvation in the world FAVOURITES Journey To the UK for the races Racecourse Newbury Meal Fish cooked by my mother Book The Horse God Built by Lawrence Scanlan Holiday Maldives

Richard Hannon, who trained both horses, recently told a story about you getting on the wrong plane in Dubai, ending up in Bangkok!

We were planning to fly to the UK when we received a call to say my cousin in Bangkok had suffered a stroke. I was going with a friend and Tim Howe, an associate of mine. Tim didn’t know plans had changed and he arrived at the airport wearing a big jumper and jacket for the English winter. Tim couldn’t believe it when we were going through the Bangkok gate because he had arranged to meet his daughter for lunch in Cambridge. We couldn’t stop laughing but the last laugh was on us because after two days in Bangkok, the airport was closed for five days on account of the troubles there.

How important is it for you to enjoy the ownership experience?

I buy horses simply because I love racing in the UK. It is great fun having horses with Richard, who is always on top form. It is not just a relationship between owner and trainer; it is much more than that because every member of the Hannon family makes you feel so welcome.

What is so attractive about British racing?

It is the quality. Royal Ascot, the King George and the Epsom Derby meetings are fantastic.

Even the way people dress on these occasions is very impressive. And everyone is easy to communicate with. Racing in England is in a different league to other countries.

If you could improve one aspect of British racing what would it be and why?

Prize-money. Look at stallion nominations, say between £20,000 to £25,000, then three years before the foal is in training and you get only £2,000 for winning a maiden. The deal is more attractive in other countries. Another thing I don’t like about racing generally is any possible corruption. I am not meaning England necessarily, but anywhere. If I thought there was a lot of corruption I would pull out as an owner and just concentrate on breeding.

What is the best sales deal you have done?

Nasheej, who cost about $40,000 at the Keeneland January Sale. Tony Lacy, who looks after my US bloodstock, went through the pedigree with me. Nasheej is by Swain out of a Kingmambo mare, and her pedigree suggested she might be best suited to race in England.

Is there a particular bloodline you favour, or any stallion whose progeny you are keen to buy?

Oasis Dream and Street Cry are two I like very much. I look for stallions with speed from six furlongs to a mile. I also like the yearlings by Pastoral Pursuits, who I think is going to do very well.

What is your role as chairman of the Emirates Racing Association Steering Committee?

Our team is involved in organising racing in the UAE at Abu Dhabi, Jebel Ali, Sharjah and Nad Al Sheba until it was replaced by Meydan. We monitor the horse population, which governs the number of meetings. We send out the application forms for the horses coming to the Carnival and Dubai World Cup meetings.

What are your other interests away from racing?

I love fishing. I enjoy visits to Kelso on the Scottish border for some relaxing fly fishing. I also go out to sea from Dubai when I have time; a couple of hours before sunset casting a big net out at sea.

What is your role with Al Basti Equiworld?

We import horse feed, mainly from the UK. We also import horse products from Ireland and hay from the US. Al Basti Equiworld sponsors a polo tournament, showjumping, racing and a golf tournament.

What did you do before your involvement in the racing world?

I worked in my father’s construction and cleaning businesses in Dubai. I am now running those businesses.

Pat Dobbs steers Fantastic View to victory in Ascot’s Autumn Stakes in 2003. The son of Distant View now stands as a stallion at Throckmorton Court Stud, Worcestershire

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THE BIG INTERVIEW

Patrick Veitch is renowned for taking on the bookies and winning millions.

Far less has been known about his views on racehorse ownership and the sport itself.

And boy, does he have some views...

Words: Edward Rosenthal Photos: Arnhel De Serra

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In your book Enemy Number One, you explain that you’ve achieved something unique in longterm racehorse ownership in the UK, in that you have made a “substantial profit”. Is gambling the only way to make ownership pay?

I think that in the short term, with judicious buying, someone may come out in front but in the long term it is very unlikely, as most horses sell for an obvious premium to their likely financial return. Gambling has given me a very considerable edge. There are plenty of people willing to bid up the prices of horses at auction – yearlings in particular – to levels that bear no relation to their prospects of a financial return.

If a new rule was passed that said owners cannot back their own horses, would you still be tempted into ownership?

I think I would retire in protest! If betting was barred, I would probably carry on in ownership, but I would only be interested in operating in the higher level of the market, where I would buy horses who have the potential to be champions. I would use my skills to try to spot a class horse early in its career, make a private offer, and capitalise on the potential resale value.

This is something I plan to expand on anyway.

You talk about “detailed research into potential purchases”. Do you rely on your own judgement or take advice from others when buying at the sales or privately?

Of course, I listen to other people’s opinions, but in terms of form and pedigree, I would rely almost exclusively on my own judgement. For conformation, however, I would rely on the advice of others. At the sales, I’m not looking to rate every pedigree in a catalogue. I would look to find a list of lots where a face-value reading of the pedigree would be misleading.

For example, in the case of Zero Tolerance, he had a nice pedigree but there was no apparent glamour in the first dam. However, he was a half-brother to High Pitched, a handicapper at the time who I rated very highly and thought would make up into a Group class performer.

And so it subsequently proved.

Is it true that you pioneered sectional timing at breeze-up sales in Britain?

I was the first person to do it effectively, because I deployed a large team of people (usually five) and a rigorous approach to obtaining exact timings, and I still do. But I’ve had to be very selective in recent years. The breeze-up market now has a tendency to overrate the importance of a fast time over two furlongs, and excessively correlate sectional times with ability.

When I bought Curfew, she breezed six lengths quicker than anything else. My limit was 70,000gns but I got her for 21,000gns. So timing was an exceptional advantage. I got some funny looks when I first started timing at breezeups. But within two to three years, there was an exponential increase in the number of people using stopwatches.

The credit crunch has seen horse prices drop considerably – have you taken advantage and bought new stock?

I haven’t increased my string but I will continue to aim to get a better horse for my money if possible. How many horses do I own? It’s less than 50. Although the betting world would have you believe I’m involved in hundreds!

Are you a supporter of the Breeze-Up and Yearling Bonus schemes?

In this difficult market, the incentive schemes are a good idea. But in the long term, I believe we should encourage buyers to focus their attention on the quality of the individual they buy. The quality of British bloodstock set against the world market has undoubtedly been compromised by huge amounts of money being spent on an unending supply of preciously-bred horses with limited pedigrees.

Overproduction has been fuelled by trainers and bloodstock agents, encouraging owners to take a short term view with their purchasing decisions. Foreign purchasers now buy fewer horses and are far more selective with the quality.

The industry should encourage owners to invest in quality bloodstock rather than precocious bloodstock. There are far too many

Pevensey (pink and yellow silks) lands the 2007 Duke of Edinburgh Stakes, a second Royal Ascot winner for Veitch, who also owned Zero Tolerance (below)

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“I won’t use half a dozen jockeys due to integrity concerns... others see riding instructions as optional”

Despite having a list of a dozen jockeys he will not let ride for him, Veitch believes the standard of riding is “an immense improvement” on 30-40 years ago

moderate horses in training in Britain. The Pattern programme should be enhanced in value and supplemented by a programme of exceptionally valuable handicaps for older horses, so owners take the long term view. We have an immense amount of buying power in this country, but it is spread exceptionally thinly.

The importance of selecting a trainer is flagged up in your book. How do you make the decision on who will train for you?

Most owners seem to choose their trainers according to who they meet or are introduced to. All my trainers have been selected on a results basis, analysing results achieved to the money spent. Once I get involved with a stable, then you get a lot more precise information as to how the horses run when they are in form. I have less than ten trainers on my roster at present.

Lots of owners leave it to the trainer when it comes to a horse’s race programme, jockey choice and race tactics. But that’s not exactly how you do things…

No. I’m very involved at all stages but I hope my trainers would agree that I will build our two opinions into decisions. It would be foolish not to place great weight on the thoughts of a trainer who knows a horse very well.

Most jockey decisions I like to leave to the trainer. But I’ll get involved if I have a strong

opinion. My trainers are well aware that there is a list of jockeys I won’t use, due to a variety of concerns. There are about a dozen jockeys riding today that I would never have ride for me.

Half of those would be for an unwillingness to take on advice, or a belief that a following of instructions was optional, and the others due to integrity concerns. The lawyers were quite active on the jockeys’ chapter in my book…

How high do you feel the current standard is of Flat jockeys in Britain?

You only have to look at videos of races from 30 or 40 years ago to see that there has been an immense improvement. But I feel we could have two important improvements in the performance of jockeys in this country.

I would be in favour of increasing riding fees, perhaps by 50% or more. This would have a limited impact on owners – during my time in racing, I cannot remember a single owner complaining about the size of a jockey’s fee.

In return, I would like to see jockeys restricted – with the odd exception – to riding at one meeting per day. I disagree with the view that European law would prevent such a move.

Our jockeys would benefit significantly from a less frenetic lifestyle. Jockeys riding at one meeting per day would be in a better physical condition because they are not racing around the country as much.

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If jockeys have more time to analyse races they are riding in, study the racing at the track at that meeting, and the opposition, the standard of race-riding in Britain will definitely improve.

As part of the deal, jockeys would have to sign up to an understanding that they will cooperate completely with a plan to eliminate any involvement in betting or tipping of horses, and to proactively seek to identify offenders. With regard to the rules on jockeys and giving out information, I don’t feel the message has entirely sunk in. I have no doubt that good work is being done and the problem has been reduced, but I don’t feel it has been eliminated.

Also, we need a zero tolerance policy on weight evasion. Someone who cheats the racing public as to what weight he is riding at should have his licence confiscated – not his fake back protector.

The past watering policies of a number of racecourses are pretty much savaged in your book, due to the effect on the draw. Are Britain’s racecourses still watering inconsistently to produce a draw bias?

Draw bias was an enormous feature of my betting five to ten years ago. But to quote Basil Fawlty, that particular avenue of pleasure has been closed off! Improvements in the quality of watering have certainly been made.

However, it is absurd that there is not a tighter procedure for clerks of the course regarding watering. In some cases in recent years, the levels of watering have undoubtedly been tailored to meet the warnings of trainers of prominent horses.

At the moment, there is a huge variation in the amount and quality of information supplied by clerks of the course to trainers and owners, regarding watering and rail movements etc.

When owners are being asked to pay to enter and transport their horses hundreds of miles, only to find that basic information about watering and track alignment has not been readily supplied, there is simply no excuse.

You say that the average racehorse owner in Britain makes a loss of 70 pence in the pound on his investment. With this in mind, what advice would you give to someone about to enter ownership for the first time?

Aim to invest in quality bloodstock – it is financial suicide to buy a horse for £8,000 and spend £36,000 training it over the following two years. Those owners who do not have a collection of friends with spare funds should encourage their trainers to purchase better quality horses and make shares available.

Also, I would encourage owners to invest in horses at the time they are purchased. Many owners make the mistake of buying horses that have already been in training for a number of months, when a trainer has had access to a lot of information about a horse’s characteristics, feeding habits, vices etc. It would be hard to expect even the most honest of trainers to refuse to sell horses with little discernable talent if they’ve been bought on spec.

The marketing of racing as a product is under scrutiny at present. Brand consultants Harrison Fraser say the sport is ‘invisible and too

Calculating that the average owner in Britain loses 70 pence in the pound on their investment, Veitch urges owners to “invest in quality bloodstock”

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complex’. How well does British racing sell itself?

“It is financial suicide to buy a horse for £8,000 and spend up to £36,000 on training it for the next two years”

Racing has an immense selling point in that most people, whatever their starting level of interest in horseracing, tend to enjoy a day at the races. In my opinion, attracting people to show some interest in racing in the first instance is already achieved on a mass scale.

The percentage of the population who have been to a race meeting at some point in their lives is quite high – higher than other sports.

More people have gone racing than gone to a tennis championship, for example. We have a huge amount of televised coverage compared to other sports. People already come to the racing product more than other sports. It’s not that first hook – it’s about turning a passing interest into a larger passion.

I have two key measures which I regard as crucial. First, the fact that in order to watch an afternoon’s racing on a Saturday afternoon, it may be necessary to watch four channels, is a ridiculous state of affairs. Outsiders to racing are astonished that we have allowed two full-time racing channels to compete for attention.

Combining this with two terrestrial channels just leads to utter confusion. I hold no opinion on racing stronger than having one core racing channel, supported by terrestrial channels. It would be of enormous advantage to the sport.

Second, I think far too many owners are lost to the sport because their first experience of ownership tends to involve cheap, moderatelybred horses who have been tested at home by the trainer before they are purchased. Some trainers have a short-sighted view in trying to get more heads over box doors, at the expense of losing owners. Trainers have a significantly higher probability of retaining owners if they invest in quality; putting four owners together into a £60,000 yearling rather than, say, buying four yearlings at £15,000 each.

You say that “owning horses has provided me with the twin benefits of enormous entertainment and plenty of profit”. Which victory has given you most pleasure and why?

It has to be the two Royal Ascot winners, Unscrupulous (2004 Buckingham Palace Stakes) and Pevensey (2007 Duke of Edinburgh Stakes), both owned in partnership. It underlined that I chose the right horses to invest in initially. With Pevensey, I made a private offer after he was withdrawn from the Horses in Training Sale, which was especially satisfying.

After Exponential ran for the first time, you describe the “terrific strides” he made afterwards (won next time when backed from 100-1 to 8-1). You make no bones of the fact you keep information about your horses out of the public domain. Is this an owner’s perk?

Yes. Information as to how a horse is progressing on the home gallops is a benefit

enjoyed by the owner. We shouldn’t forget the enormous financial contribution owners make to the sport.

Wearing my other hat as a punter, I don’t expect to be privy to this information. To be honest, the number of stables who are sufficiently accurate with their assessments is fairly small, so in most cases it’s best to make your own mind up.

Punters are not known as sentimental, but you make reference to your ex-racehorses enjoying a happy retirement. As an owner, where do you stand on the subject of horse welfare?

It is a very important issue. We need to look after the care of all the horses that we have, not just the ones that do well. Happy retirements should not just exist for the horses who have the most success; most of the horses that fail try just as hard. When a horse retires, you should look carefully at your options and not take a decision for a very small amount of money that is not in the favour of the welfare of the horse.

Is there one race you want to win as an owner above all others? Will we ever see a Derby runner owned by P Veitch?

I would probably most like to win the 2,000 Guineas, because it is more relevant to my field of study than the Derby. It would be a brave man that would bet against me having a runner in either race at some stage.

You say you made more than £10 million from betting between 1999 and 2006. How much do you want to win before calling it a day?

By the time I finish punting I’ll be disappointed if I haven’t doubled that figure. So I’ll settle on £20 million.

I am aware that as a professional punter, I’ll probably last only another ten or 15 years, because it’s very work intensive. In the future, I would be more likely to spend less time analysing 0-70 handicaps and more time working more selectively trying to identify potential champions (from horses in training through the private offer route). These days, I find the ownership side more interesting.

Dealing with horses with modest pedigrees, the prospects of a seven-figure sale are limited.

The higher up the scale you are able to buy at, the greater the prospects of a hefty financial return. I take my bloodstock decisions on a business level and enjoy the prestige when it comes along.

Betting has no intrinsic purpose other than making money. It is an appetite that is very easy to fulfil, whereas the desire to own winners, and the winners of good races, is harder to achieve.

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The Ballydoyle runners try, but there’s no catching Sea The Stars, who prevails by a length and three-quarters

Photos: George Selwyn

Stars shines brilliantly at

Sea The Stars sprints away from pace-setter Golden Sword (blue cap) and Fame And Glory

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Sea The Stars joins an elite list of champions with a decisive victory in the Derby to add to his 2,000 Guineas triumph, although a bid for the Triple Crown looks decidedly unlikely Words: Graham Dench, Racing Post Chief Analyst

t takes an extra-special colt to master the unique demands of both the 2,000 Guineas and the Derby, and Sea The Stars is a magnificent example of the modern thoroughbred, a colt of impeccable breeding, faultless conformation and implacable temperament, gifted with a blend of speed and stamina that is all too rare nowadays. His qualities, perfectly nurtured and fine-tuned by a true master of his profession, and then deployed to devastating effect by a consummate professional, make him truly the horse of a lifetime.

His Epsom win – every bit as brilliant as that at Newmarket – was a triumph of the highest order for John Oxx, who was saddling his second Derby winner from just three runners following Sinndar’s success in 2000, and also for his rider Mick Kinane.

But it was every bit as much a triumph for his young Hong Kong-based owner Christopher Tsui and his family too, for father David raced the dam Urban Sea, while mother Ling arranged the matings, which have yielded two Derby winners and two other Group or Grade 1 winners from the same mare.

Much was written after the Derby of how the Ballydoyle tactics, which were seemingly tailored to benefit the suspect stayer Rip Van Winkle, had backfired, as the pace set by Chester Vase winner Golden Sword failed to provide a searching examination of Sea The Stars’s stamina and made it an inadequate test for the favourite Fame And Glory.

Seamie Heffernan had a point when he argued that Fame And Glory had been beaten on the winner’s terms and added that he would love another crack at Sea The Stars.

However, Sea The Stars never looked in danger, travelling easily in the perfect position throughout, as had Galileo when also ridden by Kinane. He did not put quite the daylight between himself and the rest that Galileo had managed, but he was not asked to, and won more easily than the bare margin of a length and three-quarters suggests.

Granted the sound surface Oxx insists Seas The Stars requires to show his very best form, it is hard to see Fame And Glory turning the tables in the Irish Derby, and if it came up soft there, the Eclipse would be an ideal alternative for Sea The Stars.

After all, he clearly has bags of speed – so much, indeed, that while Oxx predictably

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Sea The Stars is settled beautifully in a share of third as Golden Sword and Age Of Aquarius cut out the running

As ever, Aidan O’Brien laid out meticulous instructions for his big team of jockeys

Winners: Mick Kinane, Christopher Tsui and John Oxx

discounted attempting to emulate Nijinsky by landing the Triple Crown, he believes Sea The Stars could win one of the top sprints.

Now that really would be something!

While one can imagine the frustration felt

by Aidan O’Brien and the Ballydoyle team at having four of the first five in the Derby yet missing the main prize, only the Dante winner Black Bear Island from their sextet of runners failed to do himself justice. Fame And Glory, Masterofthehorse, Rip Van Winkle and Golden Sword all look Group 1 winners waiting to happen.

What a shame though that all six arrived so late in the parade ring that the paying public were allowed just a fleeting glimpse of them and the race itself started eight minutes late.

Cynics will understandably question whether

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O’Brien’s reported insistence on saddling all six himself was the real cause of the delay – after all, they could still have made their way to the parade ring one by one, rather than arriving en masse – and suspect it was a ploy to minimise their chances of boiling over.

Whatever the reason for their delayed arrival, it was not fair on the other runners, not fair on racegoers or television viewers, and a snub both to Epsom and to the Derby’s new sponsors Investec. It was unforgivable in such a showcase event and must not be allowed to happen again.

‘Allez’ Le Havre

In the other ‘Derby’ of the weekend, Le Havre’s length-and-a-half defeat of Fuisse at Chantilly completed a hat-trick of Group

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wins on the Chantilly card for Jean-Claude Rouget and Christophe Lemaire, and took Rouget’s Group race tally for the season to ten, underlining his prospects of becoming champion trainer in France this year for the first time in prize-money, having regularly trained the most winners.

Le Havre was a worthy winner, but his success from a field in which quantity held sway over quality reopened the debate over the distance of the race, which was reduced to an extended mile and a quarter in 2005.

In its last few years at a mile and a half, the Jockey-Club regularly produced winners of the calibre of Peintre Celebre, Montjeu, Sulamani and Dalakhani. With respect, Le Havre and his immediate predecessors Shamardal, Darsi, Lawman and Vision D’Etat do not compare well.

The point here is that while the best horse almost invariably wins at Epsom, the same can no longer be said of Chantilly. Some of the biggest names in French racing are calling for the race to return to its former distance of a mile and a half, and if the opinions of the Aga Khan and Christophe Soumillon were coloured somewhat by Beheshtam’s stayingon fourth, there is momentum as well as merit behind the argument now.

“Le Havre’s victory in the Prix du Jockey Club underlined JeanClaude Rouget’s claims for a first French trainers’ title”

prepared for the breathtaking exhibition she put on in a field that looked well up to scratch and included Fantasia from the Luca Cumani stable. For Stacelita won in a style which had to be seen to be believed, travelling easily from the start, with the leaders in her sights, and cruising effortlessy to the front early in the straight before quickening right away to win with her ears pricked, Christophe Lemaire having barely asked a question of her.

It was her stablemate Tamazirte who emerged from the pack to chase her home at a respectful four lengths, thus providing Rouget with his second classic one-two of the year. It was Rouget's third classic of the year, Tamazirte having earlier chased home Elusive Wave in the Pouliches, and if it had not been for Silver Frost, who beat Le Havre in the Poulains, he would have enjoyed a clean sweep thus far.

The manner of Stacelita's success drew obvious comparisons with that of the brilliant Zarkava 12 months earlier. She looks right out of the same mould as Zarkava, and with the top-class German middle-distance colt Monsun for her sire there are going to be no worries about her lasting 12 furlongs. I

Sprinters sire Oaks one-two

While both the Derby and the Prix du Jockey-Club went to sons of milers, the finish of the Oaks was fought out by two daughters of sprinters. The gallant Michael Bell-trained winner Sariska, whose owner Lady Bamford is profiled in the following pages, is by Pivotal, and the Juddmonte-owned runnerup Midday is by their own Oasis Dream.

Last year’s outstanding juvenile Rainbow View did not get a fair crack at putting her fast-ground disappointment in the 1,000 Guineas behind her, as she was just launching her challenge when she ran out of room two furlongs out and had to be snatched up.

She would have been closer with a clear run, but it looked as if the trip stretched her stamina.

Rouget’s peak

If a week is a long time in politics, the same might be said of racing. For having described Prix du Jockey-Club day as the highlight of his career, Rouget scaled yet another peak only seven days later when his unbeaten filly Stacelita ran away with the Prix de Diane, whereupon he promptly declared that the occasion was “the best day in my career and even eclipses last Sunday”.

Stacelita stood out on the form of her allthe-way six-length romp in the Prix Saint-Alary and was always going to take a deal of beating if proving as effective on the drying ground, but few can have been

Winners: Le Havre and Christophe Lemaire after their French Derby win

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Lady Bamford, flanked by Jamie Spencer and Michael Bell, is the happiest woman at Epsom after watching Sariska become a Classic winner

Sariska displays family attributes on big stage Lady Bamford’s filly becomes the second successive British homebred winner of the Epsom Oaks Words: Edward Rosenthal Photos: George Selwyn

ritish breeders celebrated a second Oaks heroine in as many years with Sariska’s thrilling triumph over Midday following on from Look Here’s stunning success in the race 12 months previously.

Sariska, who had taken the Musidora Stakes at York en route to Epsom, was making only her fourth appearance on a racecourse and in the process providing her prolific sire, Pivotal, with his first Group 1 winner over a mile and a half.

For Lady Bamford, the owner and breeder of Sariska, it was a debut success at the top level; indeed, she was tasting glory with her first ever runner in a Classic, and had never even been to Epsom before this year.

“I’m still on a high after what happened at Epsom – I can hardly believe it!” said Lady Bamford, whose breeding operation is based at her Daylesford Stud near Stow-on-theWold, Gloucestershire, on the estate formerly owned by Viscount Rothermere.

“Michael Bell has done an amazing job training Sariska; he has always said that she is a very special filly.

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“Michael has been very bullish about her from the start, since he first got her as a two-year-old after she had been broken in

by Malcolm Bastard.

“However, there was still a lot of doubt in my mind heading into the race, and I was on tenterhooks at Epsom, because it was only her fourth outing. So I was really amazed and delighted that she won.

“From where I was watching at Epsom, I actually thought she had been beaten by the other filly, and then we had to endure the stewards’ enquiry, which was an awful 20 minutes!”

Lady Bamford, whose husband is Sir Anthony Bamford, the Chairman of JCB (which sponsors the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival), savoured her Classic moment after 12 years’ involvement in breeding, from just her second broodmare purchase.

With the help of Hugo Lascelles, Maycocks Bay, Sariska’s mother, was bought for 32,000gns at Tattersalls Yearling Sale in October 1999.

The daughter of Muhtarram came from a female line whose forte was stamina, as her

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sixth dam was Selene, the winner of the Park Hill Stakes who produced none other than Hyperion, while her second dam, Mountain Lodge, won the Cesarewitch and Irish St Leger (see Caulfield Files, pages 7677, for further analysis).

In keeping with her stamina-laden pedigree, Maycocks Bay excelled over longer trips, winning in Listed company over a mile and six furlongs. Her first offspring to race, Gull Wing (by In The Wings), did exactly the same, showing a preference for soft ground, and though Sariska is by Pivotal, the family’s staying ability clearly remains intact.

Classic aims

Lady Bamford said: “I like to buy into old English bloodlines and quality families.

After all, the aim is to try to breed Classic winners.

“We have around 12 broodmares at Daylesford, looked after by two full-time staff members, and like to foal at home.

“Maycocks Bay is currently being covered by Dansili, but she will be going back to Pivotal next year. We have her two-year-old colt by Azamour in training with John Gosden and also have her yearling colt by Cape Cross at home. Gull Wing is in foal to Pivotal.

“The policy has usually been to sell the colts and race the fillies, but after watching this year’s Derby won by Sea The Stars (by Cape Cross), I think we might have a change of plan!”

Lady Bamford, a member of the historic Quorn Hunt in Leicestershire in her youth, is not just a devotee of Flat racing, having owned Carlito Brigante, winner of the Imperial Cup at Sandown and later runnerup in the County Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Her interest in the jumping scene – “it’s a lot of fun” – currently includes a couple of horses in training with Henrietta Knight.

As well as her love of horses, inherited by children Alice, Joe and George, she is also a passionate supporter of organic farming.

Her ‘Daylesford Organic’ brand now supplies a farm shop and two food outlets in London, with products ranging from strawberry jam to organic wine, while her items will shortly be seen in Waitrose stores.

Sariska will now be prepared for the Irish Oaks, and although there are no plans for her to mix it with the colts or her elders just yet, the chances are it will happen, if not this season then next.

“We are taking it one race at a time at the moment,” said Lady Bamford.

“However, I would definitely like to race Sariska as a four-year-old if possible.

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“I actually thought Sariska had been beaten, and then for 20 minutes I had to endure that awful stewards’ enquiry”

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DERBY WINNERS AT STUD

Reputation taking turn for the better According to our pedigree expert Andrew Caulfield, “in Sea The Stars we have a horse who can be described as a breeder’s dream”.

But does winning the Derby help or harm a potential stallion? We look at the track record at stud of Derby winners from Epsom to Chantilly, the Curragh to Kentucky

The 2002 Derby winner is doing his best to restore breeders’ faith in the Epsom Classic

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ver the last 30 years or so stamina has become something of a dirty word in thoroughbred breeding, with the seeds of this backlash being sown by the massively successful onslaught by supposedly speedier American bloodlines.

Winning the St Leger has now become a poisoned chalice, with most of the recent winners being banished straight to the National Hunt sector. Inevitably, the Derby has also come under attack, as the belief has spread that today’s industry requires stallions which shone over a mile or a mile and a quarter, preferably after a distinguished two-year-old career. Expect any

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winning trainer of the Derby to declare immediately that his horse has plenty of speed and that he’ll probably be better suited by a mile and a quarter.

Is there any need for such claims, though? It is always a mistake to think that any race confers an automatic ticket to stallion success. The Derby is no exception.

For every Nijinsky, Mill Reef, Roberto and Shirley Heights, there are going to be two or three Morstons, Grundys, Emperys, Henbits or Teenosos. Assessing the quality of Derby winners as stallions over the last 25 years or so has been made more difficult by foreign breeders’ eagerness to acquire Derby winners during the 1980s and 1990s.

Secreto, Shahrastani, Quest For Fame and Benny The Dip were all recruited to the Kentucky industry (before being moved on to fresh fields), whereas Generous, Dr Devious, Commander In Chief, Erhaab, Lammtarra, High-Rise and Oath were all dispatched to Japan, with only Generous starting out at a British stud.

In truth, the foreign records of most of these suggested they were no great loss to the AngloIrish industry, though Quest For Fame sired more than 20 Group winners during his time in the USA and Australia.

Fortunately, the exodus ended at the end of the century and the signs are that the reputation of Derby winners as stallions is taking a turn for the better. Sinndar, now based in France, has struggled to maintain a high profile, despite siring horses as talented as Youmzain, Shawanda and Aqaleem. His eight Group winners came from a total of only 180 foals in his first three crops and the possibility exists that he will prove an asset to French breeders.

The star of the show has undoubtedly been 2001 winner Galileo. The fact he was champion sire in 2008, after finishing runner-up in 2007, has tended to obscure the fact that his fee had to be reduced a few times during his first five years at Coolmore. Perhaps he was paying the price – at that time – for being a Derby winner, for being a son of Sadler’s Wells, believe it or not, or for being at his brilliant best over a mile and a half.

Together with Montjeu, Galileo has effectively shown that being a staying son of Sadler’s Wells doesn’t mean he’s incapable of siring Group 1winning two-year-olds. What counts is that Galileo combined outstanding ability with tremendous bloodlines and hard-to-fault conformation.

The 2002 Derby winner High Chaparral is also doing his best to restore breeders’ faith in winners of the Epsom Classic. His second crop supplied two runners in the 2009 Oaks, with High Heeled finishing third, and his Derby runner Golden Sword finished a very creditable fifth.

Motivator, nurturing the cause for optimism in the reputation at stud of Derby winners

Unfortunately Kris Kin has been penalised for being unable to win again after the Derby.

North Light was another who failed to win again after taking the Dante and the Derby, and it is going to be interesting to see how he fares as an ambassador for the Danehill male line in Kentucky.

Sir Percy tarnished his excellent record by failing to recapture his form after a lengthy layoff following the Derby. It could be unwise to disregard a Derby winner who possessed enough speed to remain unbeaten at two and to finish second in the 2,000 Guineas, especially as he comes from the Mill Reef male line which has produced five generations of Derby winners.

In view of the emergence of Galileo and Montjeu as the dominant middle-distance Classic sires of their generations, it is going to be fascinating to see whether their Derby-winning sons prove similarly effective. There is distinct cause for optimism as Motivator, Authorized and New Approach were all Group 1 winners at two, and they all met breeders’ demands by racing with distinction over a mile and a quarter following their Derby triumphs.

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“No race proves a better example of the prejudice against mile-and-a-half horses than the Prix du Jockey-Club” Now, in Sea The Stars, we have a horse who could be described as a breeder’s dream. A dual Classic winner with an Arc-winning dam and a champion sire among his half-brothers, Sea The Stars also has the two-year-old form and the imposing physique to complete the package.

The one note of caution is sounded by the stallion record of Nashwan, the only other horse since Nijinsky to complete the 2,000 Guineas and Derby double. Although Nashwan sired performers of the calibre of Bago, Swain and the American champion Wandesta, he was arguably less effective as a sire than his half-brother Unfuwain, who finished seventh in Kahyasi’s Derby.

Derby distance prejudice

No race proves a better example of the prejudice against mile-and-a-half horses than the Prix du Jockey-Club, which has traditionally been regarded as the French equivalent to the Derby.

A decision to reduce the distance from 12 to ten furlongs was implemented in 2005, when Shamardal won. It is easy to understand the theory that the shorter race would be a more realistic option for colts who have shone in the Guineas races. Even so, it is too early to tell whether the reduction will raise the quality of

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the race, or even make it a better source of highclass stallions.

That said, there has been discontent from French professionals at the drop in distance, with jockey Christophe Soumillon commenting: “The Jockey-Club is now really for milers as they are quickly into their stride and have speed from the start, so can steal the race.”

Certainly two of the five winners of the shortened version – Shamardal and Lawman – won major mile races on their next appearance, while the latest winner, Le Havre, had finished second in the French 2,000 Guineas. Of the other two, 2006 winner Darsi went straight to a National Hunt stud and a similar fate may await last year’s victor Vision d’Etat, simply because this very talented racehorse has a pedigree geared more to jump racing.

The reduced distance is proving popular with owners, as the five runnings since 2003 have averaged nearly 18 runners, whereas the previous ten editions over 12 furlongs averaged 12.6 runners.

The 12-furlong Prix du Jockey-Club may have occasionally lacked quantity but the quality of its winners had been high, and there are several good stallions among its last 12 winners at the old distance.

Hernando, the 1993 winner, went on to sire two winners of the race, plus Oaks winner Look Here and high-class Casual Conquest. The 1997 winner Peintre Celebre has also built a solid record, but the stars have been Sadler’s Wells’s son Montjeu and Darshaan’s son Dalakhani.

Montjeu established himself as one of

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The most influential Classic of the modern era? Darshaan (No.2) beats Sadler’s Wells and Rainbow Quest in the 1984 Prix du Jockey-Club

Sinndar could well turn out to be an asset to French breeders

Europe’s elite stallions by coming up with three Classic winners in his first crop and Dalakhani has also made a very impressive start, with a pair of first-crop Classic winners. The winners of the shortened version will struggle to match such achievements. The successes of Montjeu and Dalakhani also act as a vivid reminder that the 1984 Prix du Jockey-Club, which Darshaan won from Sadler’s Wells and Rainbow Quest, was arguably the most influential Classic of the modern era.

Because the Irish Derby sometimes attracts winners of the English and French Derbys, any horse which wins two of these Derbys earns the right to be considered a very good horse. Take note that the dual winners include Nijinsky, The Minstrel, Shirley Heights, Troy, Montjeu, Galileo and High Chaparral.

Kentucky mirror

Moving on to the USA, winning the Kentucky Derby remains the Holy Grail for most owners and breeders but, once again, victory in this helter-skelter Classic doesn’t carry an automatic ticket to stallion success.

Over the last 30 years, the Kentucky Derby has mirrored its Epsom equivalent in that, for every winner who has developed into a first-rate stallion, there have been several failures. Stallions who won the Churchill Downs Classic have been dispersed to New York, Texas, Maryland and Pennsylvania, with Germany, Brazil, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey also figuring among the destinations of quite a few.

Leaving aside War Emblem, who proved a

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reluctant breeder in Japan, no winner since Unbridled in 1990 has a northern hemisphere Average Earnings Index* as high as 1.70. Yet The Blood-Horse’s 2008 table of leading sires by AEI listed as many as 47 stallions, with cumulative figures ranging from 1.70 to 3.15.

The feeling that the ‘Run For The Roses’ can develop into something of a lottery, thanks to the size of the field and the hectic early pace, is strengthened by the fact that the last 22 winners have had 22 different sires. Only two of the Kentucky Derby winners of the last 40 years were sired by a Kentucky Derby winner, whereas seven winners of the Derby had Epsom Derbywinning sires.

Explaining why Kentucky Derby winners have such a patchy record isn’t easy. Any theories that they possess a bit too much stamina for today’s industry lose credence when you look at the Belmont Stakes, the longest of the Triple Crown races. The dual champion sire A P Indy won the 1992 Belmont and the 2004 winner, Birdstone, has come up with winners of the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes in his first crop.

Perhaps the record of Kentucky Derby winners would look a whole lot healthier if Kentucky breeders hadn’t allowed Sunday Silence to slip through their fingers. Japanese breeders have always been very respectful of the Derby concept and have frequently targeted winners of the Epsom and Kentucky versions.

When the locals showed insufficient enthusiasm for Sunday Silence, Japan’s Shadai Farm stepped in to take the 1989 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner.

Sunday Silence has since transformed the Japanese industry, with his host of major winners featuring no fewer than six winners of the Japanese version, the Tokyo Yushun, over 2,400

metres. At the time of writing, there were six sons of Sunday Silence among the top eight stallions on Japan’s leading sires’ list.

Now several young winners of the Tokyo Yushun are drawing attention to themselves.

Tanino Gimlet, winner of the 2002 race, sired the 2007 winner Vodka in his first crop and it was Sunday Silence’s 2003 winner Neo Universe, who is responsible for this year’s winner Logi Universe. Special Week, the Sunday Silence colt who triumphed in 1998, has made a big impact on Japan’s 2009 Classics. (See Going Global, pages 30-31.)

It’s safe to say that the Tokyo Yushun remains the race which Japanese breeders hope to see on a potential stallion’s CV and there are huge expectations of Deep Impact, who became Sunday Silence’s sixth winner in 2005.

So what conclusions can we draw from Derbys around the world as launching pads for a stallion career?

While the various Derbys seem to confirm that no race can be considered a thoroughly reliable route to the top of the stallion tables, the likes of Galileo, Montjeu and Dalakhani prove that the mile-and-a-half Derbys – at their best – are still as relevant today as they ever were.

Could the same be said of the 2,000 Guineas, based on the overall records of the last 25 winners? I *This statistic is used by breeders to determine the quality of potential sires and broodmares; it is calculated by comparing the total race earnings of the horse’s foal with the average earning of other horses of the same age, such that 1.00 is the average ranking, 2.00 is twice the average, and 0.50 is half the average. Thus the higher the rating the better.

Sunday Silence, winner of the 1989 Kentucky Derby, who has since transformed the Japanese breeding industry

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REPORTING FROM DONCASTER AND GOFFS Store horses at Doncaster were offered for sale at a younger age than normal and having been broken in, enabling buyers to ‘get on with them’ sooner

Time to change?

Market shift as industry realises need to sell store horses a step closer to the racecourse Words: Ed Prosser

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ales of unbroken jumping store horses could soon be a thing of the past, as an increasing number of consignors have announced their intention to break in youngsters before offering them at auction.

Trade at the recent Doncaster and Goffs Land Rover sales fell sharply on recent years, despite demand for proven jumpers remaining solid, and vendors feel their cause will be helped by offering a product needing less time before it can run.

As a result, Tattersalls Ireland’s Managing Director George Mernagh wrote to vendors selling at the company’s Derby Sale, suggesting that their stores are either driven in long reins or backed before they are sold.

“Perhaps it's time we all realised that the profile of ownership has altered in recent years and our horses must be presented at these sales a step

closer to the racecourse,” said Mernagh.

It is a message that has already been taken on board by Richard and Sally Aston’s Cheshire-based Goldford Stud, which has dominated the ranks of British store vendors for over a decade.

Richard Aston said: “The market has definitely changed.

Doncaster used to be about fouryear-olds in August and May, now it’s about three-year-olds in May. “People want to get on with these young horses as quickly as they can and we’ve got to do everything we can to help them.

“All of ours at Doncaster were three and for the first time ever we actually broke all the horses who were reared on the farm (homebred or bought in). We showed fillies by Bob Back and Definite Article being ridden at home, and we felt that was a very significant factor in them being sold.

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“Nicky Henderson came and saw the fillies working, and said that they must be the most forward three-year-olds in the country. In fact, everyone we spoke to was positive about it.”

Mill House Stud, run by Juliet and David Minton, has now become the other major consignor on the British store scene and – although this year’s draft hadn’t been ridden – that is likely to change in future.

David Minton said: “Ours would all have had a roller on them and been long reined, although they weren’t backed.

But we are planning to try to back them next year because it’s a big help to buyers.”

Moves to sell broken stores in the past have faced opposition, but the increased need to compete with the market for ready-to-run horses has caused a change in attitudes.

“There was a call for us to break our store horses a few years ago but I was very much against it because the sentiment among trainers, especially in Ireland, was that they wouldn’t touch them with a barge pole,”

explained Peter Molony of Rathmore Stud and Chairman of the ITBA’s National Hunt Committee.

“I fought hard against, it but the sentiment seems to have changed. Trainers are now coming round to the fact that maybe it’s the right way to go.”

Although Doncaster’s and Goffs’ store figures fell sharply on recent years, the results were no worse than those involved anticipated.

“The market held up okay – there were a lot of cheap horses that just made their reserves but we were relatively satisfied as vendors,” said Minton. “We liked one or two that we weren’t prepared to give away, which their owners will put into training.”

Goldford Stud sold the saletopping £90,000 Definite Article gelding for client Richard Haggas to Mags O’Toole, and Richard Aston was happy, saying: “Doncaster was better than the nasty shock I was expecting.

“I didn’t think it was a bad sale and from a personal point of view the clearance rate was good; we offered 16 horses and sold 15.”

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DBS Spring Stores Aggregate: £2,469,000 (-34.1%) Sold: 171 (68.7% clearance) Average: £14,438 (-20.2%) Median: £10,000 (-28.6%) Top lots Age/Sex Horse/Pedigree

Vendor

Price (£)

3g

Definite Article—Fortune’s Girl

Goldford Stud (agent)

90,000

Mags O’Toole

4g

Tikkanen—Golden Flower

Kennycourt Stud

54,000

Colin Tizzard

3g

Lord’Amore (Daliapour—Miss Flo)

Oaks Farm Stables

50,000

Doneary Bloodstock

3g

Carabinier (Martaline—Incorrigible)

Mill House Stud (agent)

48,000

Highflyer BS

3g

Pique Euros (Turgeon—A Womans Heart)

Mill House Stud

48,000

Highflyer BS/Paul Nicholls

2g

Amalric (Laveron—Aimessa Du Berlais)

Trickledown Stud

46,000

Aiden Murphy

3f

Bob Back—Disallowed

Goldford Stud (agent)

46,000

Donald McCain

3g

Takamaru (Kapgarde—Tamainia)

Mill House Stud (agent)

42,000

David Pipe

2g

Selkirk—Behera (Mill Reef)

Blythe Park Stud/Oaks Farm Stables

40,000

KSB BS

4g

Kayf Tara—Just For A Laugh

Mill House Stud (agent)

40,000

Aiden Murphy

3g

Kayf Tara—Jadidh

Beech Tree Stud (agent)

40,000

Jamie Snowden

Reaction Aiden Murphy, agent: “The horses were much cheaper than last year, something true as much at the upper end as elsewhere. I'd say that quality horses are at the most affordable prices they have been for ten years and hopefully it will encourage people to come into ownership who have previously been priced out of the market.”

Highlights G Mags O’Toole bought two of the top three lots, the £90,000 sale-topper and the £50,000 French-bred Lord’Amore on behalf of Doneary Bloodstock.

Aston’s Goldford Stud (£340,000), accounted for 29% of the store turnover.

G The introduction of a section for two-year-old stores has met with a mixed response in recent years but, from only four offered, they included two of the top 11 lots, headed by a £46,000 Laveron gelding purchased by Aiden Murphy.

G French-breds were in great demand, accounting for five of the eight highest prices.

Buyer

G Kayf Tara continues to fly the flag for British jump stallions and he was responsible for both a £40,000 four-year-old bought by Aiden Murphy for John Hales, and a three-year-old half-brother to Sergeant Cecil knocked down to fledgling trainer Jamie Snowden, also for £40,000.

G The store figures were at their lowest levels since 2000 and, as last year, there were no six-figure lots. Just three lots made £50,000 or more, compared to 11 in 2008 and ten in 2007.

G But much the busiest buyers were Anthony Bromley and David Minton, whose Highflyer Bloodstock agency spent £578,000 (24% of the sale turnover) on 29 lots.

G The two biggest vendors, Juliet Minton’s Mill House Stud (£374,100) and Richard and Sally

Anthony Bromley, Juliet Minton and David Minton survey the scene

Doncaster Spring Store Ten-Year-Tale (converted to £) YEAR

AGG

AV

MED

2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

2,469,000 3,745,650 3,773,779 4,208,400 3,607,800 4,272,030 3,811,605 4,179,945 3,492,878 3,590,423

14,438 18,094 19,758 20,136 19,501 20,151 16,940 16,015 15,524 14,897

10,000 14,000 15,750 16,013 14,700 12,600 12,600 12,600 11,025 10,500

“Quality horses are at their most affordable prices for ten years, which should help attract new owners” Aiden Murphy

Goldford enjoys fine fortunes She may not quite match the Flat achievements of Urban Sea, who recently had her second Derby winner with Sea The Stars, but there can be few current National Hunt mares to equal the sale ring and racecourse achievements of Goldford Stud’s Fortune’s Girl.

The 21-year-old daughter of Ardross, who was trained by Micky Hammond for the Million In Mind Partnership, was responsible for the £90,000 Definite Article gelding who topped Doncaster’s store sale this year, yet she was a bargain buy herself.

“I was coming home from the Derby Sale in Ireland and at Dublin Airport, when I walked down to the gate with Anthony Bromley and said to him I’d like to buy a broodmare if he knew of one for sale,” recalled Goldford Stud’s Richard Aston.

“He told me Fortune’s Girl was for sale. I asked him how much, he said £12,000 and I said I’d have her. That was all the conversation we had.

“I knew her from when Million In Mind raced her and liked the pedigree; she’s by Ardross out of a High Line mare. She’d won on the Flat, over hurdles and over fences, and that was good enough for me.”

She has so far produced four black type performers, including Ring The Boss, Aintree bumper winner Diamond Sal and the Paul Nicholls-trained promising hurdler Conflictofinterest, while she has several well-regarded unraced youngsters, including a Westerner yearling who sold for €90,000 last year.

Aston added: “Fortune’s Girl is now 21 and has been an absolutely amazing mare for us.

She has a filly foal by King’s Theatre this year, and has been covered by Kayf Tara.

“We also have two of her daughters, Theatre Girl and Valleyofthedolls, who are in foal to Presenting and Flemensfirth.”

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DBS Spring Horses In Training Aggregate: £3,882,850 (-36.8%) Sold: 271 (74.8% clearance) Average: £14,327 (-10.9%) Median: £7,000 (-6.7%) Top lots Horse

Vendor

Price (£)

Tricky Trickster (6g Oscar)

Million In Mind/Nigel Twiston-Davies

320,000

Paul Nicholls

Sitting Tennant (6g Erhaab)

Sharphill Stables/Kate Walton

160,000

Howard Johnson

Giorgio Quercus (4g Starborough)

Million In Mind/Nicky Henderson

112,000

Sir Robert Ogden

Spencer’s Hill (5g Darnay)

Seven Sisters Stables

105,000

Mags O´Toole

Apartman (4g Scater)

George Charlton

100,000

Highflyer Bloodstock

Forlovenormoney (5g Flemensfirth)

Suirview Stables

85,000

Highflyer Bloodstock

Cool Mission (5g Definite Article)

Goldford Stud (agent)

85,000

Donald McCain

Blue Monster (5g Flemensfirth)

Canterbrook Stud/Mags Mullins

80,000

Tom Malone

Titus Andronicus (4g Act One)

Willow Farm Stables/Ronnie O'Leary

70,000

Ben De Haan

Ballymak (6g Bob Back)

Loughanmore Farms

62,000

Gordon Elliott

Benleigh (4g Mr Combustible)

Downton Hall Stables/Henry Daly

62,000

Mags O´Toole

Reaction David Minton: “I think jumping is on a bit of a high at the moment and the market for the form horses has held up well – we were delighted with how the Million In Mind horses sold (including £320,000 top lot Tricky Trickster). We’ve got as many orders as ever for jumpers.

They are still hard to find and when you compare that with looking at how small the entries for those top races at Royal Ascot were this year, I’d say things are a bit worrying on the Flat.”

Highlights G Esher-based Chris Giles, CEO of Giles Insurance, looks sure to make an increasing impact as an owner in the future. Bidding through his trainer Paul Nicholls, Giles – who was valued at £42 million in this year’s Sunday Times Rich List – bought the sale-topping Tricky Trickster for £320,000 as a 2010 John

Buyer

Smith’s Grand National contender.

was sold on to Paul Nicholls for £100,000 at Doncaster.

numbers, with 495 lots entered compared to 775 in 2008.

G Owner Graham Wylie and trainer Howard Johnson have made several private purchases in recent months, and their most notable acquisition came from a happy hunting ground for them, Aintree’s champion bumper, the pair spending £160,000 on Sitting Tennant.

G There was a solid 74.8% clearance rate, although this, like many other catalogues in 2009, was significantly down in

G The overall turnover for the Spring Sale, split into two parts as in 2008, fell by 36% to £6,351,850.

G In the past, the duo bought the outstanding Tidal Bay for 300,000gns after he was second in the 2006 running, Diamond Sal for 200,000gns after she won the 2004 race and Kealshore Boy for 290,000gns after he was runner-up in 2007.

G The Czech-bred Apartman, offered by trainer George Charlton, added a cosmopolitan touch to the sale. A Flat winner in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, he had joined Charlton on the advice of jockey Jan Faltejsek and

Cheltenham Festival winner Tricky Trickster topped the sale at £320,000

‘There was a solid clearance rate of just under 75%, although the size of the catalogue was significantly down on the previous year’

Doncaster Spring HIT Ten-Year-Tale (converted to £) YEAR

AGG

AV

2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

3,882,850 6,141,225 6,029,415 6,327,247 4,673,655 6,315,225 3,405,517 2,954,595 2,757,038 3,386,040

14,327 16,035 14,998 14,061 12,530 15,517 11,623 9,063 8,865 8,279

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Goffs Land Rover Aggregate: €3,494,400 (-50.5%) Sold: 295 (65.4% clearance rate) Average: €11,845 (-24.4%) Median: €6,500 (-50%) Top lots Age/Sex Horse/Pedigree

Vendor

Price (€)

3g

Shantou—Sparkling Sword

Stephen Lanigan-O’Keeffe

85,000

Eddie O’Leary

3g

Senor Alco (Dom Alco—Alconea)

Oak Tree Farm

75,000

Howard Johnson

4g

Beneficial—Balda Girl

Larch Grove Stud

55,000

GH Bloodstock

3g

Zagreb—Beechberry

Abbey Stables

50,000

Howard Johnson

3g

Presenting—Belmarita

Rathmore Stud

44,000

Howard Johnson

3g

Romulus D’Artaix (Sassanian—Kadisha)

Bridgetown House

41,000

Highflyer Bloodstock

3g

Kalanisi—Akariyda Ridge

Manor Stud

40,000

Highflyer Bloodstock

3g

Flemensfirth—Silva Venture

Summerhill

40,000

Aiden Murphy

3g

Kalanisi—Specifiedrisk

Parsonstown Stud

36,000

Kennycourt Stud

3g

Presenting—Granuale

Woodfield Stud

33,000

Mark Dwyer

3g

Distant Music—Valleya

Ardrums House Stud

32,000

Jessica Harrington

Reaction Peter Molony, Rathmore Stud: “I was very worried at Goffs that there wouldn’t be the people to sweep up the lower end of the market that had been at Doncaster, but I was pleasantly surprised – we had 15 horses there and managed to sell 14 of them. The better ones sold well but we also sold the ones that we thought we might struggle with.”

ambition of trainer Howard Johnson to win the Goffs Land Rover Bumper for graduates of this sale (which is run at the Punchestown festival in April) and he bought five lots for €206,000 to help him achieve that aim.

Highlights G It has always been an

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Buyer

buyer, making nine purchases for a total of €199,500. Agent Gerry Hogan followed hot on their heels, buying eight stores for €184,200.

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The sale was followed by a dispersal from Slaney Lodge

Stud, which saw 40 lots sell for a total of €72,300 and an average of just €1,808.

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County Carlow trainer John Hanlon bought 23 of those from the Slaney Lodge Stud dispersal for €22,700.

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Peter Molony’s Rathmore Stud topped the vendors’ list when getting €182,700 for 13 stores sold.

As at Doncaster, Highflyer Bloodstock was the leading

‘As at Doncaster, Highflyer Bloodstock was the leading buyer, spending almost €200,000, while Rathmore Stud was top vendor’ Howard Johnson: big spender

Goffs Land Rover Sale (since switch to euro in 2002) YEAR

AGG

AV

2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002

3,494,400 7,064,700 8,443,400 10,573,700 7,680,600 7,145,300 4,250,300 3,885,800

11,845 15,665 24,124 19,052 15,454 15,433 12,650 12,068

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THE SPECIAL SECTION FOR ROA MEMBERS

Don’t miss chance to claim back cash Owners are not making the most of valuable appearance money payments, which are the benefit of complying with 48-hour declarations

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wners and trainers may be missing out on appearance money payments due to poor communication within the industry, according to ROA Chief Executive Michael Harris.

“It is important we get the message out there about special payments relating to 48-hour declarations,” he said. “The ROA, working with its Horsemen’s Group colleagues, are now taking steps to ensure information is being sent via email bulletins and that it is going up on websites.

“Owners and trainers should take note of the races that are being flagged up for this purpose.”

At the end of 2007, a deal was struck between the Horsemen’s Group, the majority of racecourses and Racing UK and At The Races over 48-hour declarations.

The agreement produced a guaranteed annual minimum payment of £400,000, being made to part-compensate owners, trainers, jockeys and stable staff for the additional costs and disruption incurred by 48-hour declarations.

How it works The agreement has seen racecourses attached to Racing UK make a collective annual contribution of £200,000 in appearance money payments, while At The Races courses have put in additional prizemoney of £200,000. Ascot, Arena Leisure and Northern Racing have allotted specific races to carry these increases.

The appearance money payments are split so that 80% goes to the owner, 8% to the

trainer, 6% to the rider and 6% to stable staff.

The additional money recognises income from the sale of British racing pictures overseas. Armed with 48-hour declarations, broadcasters have been able to start exploiting these markets. UK racing is currently being screened in a number of countries including Italy, Australia and Turkey.

Lucrative Martin Stevenson, Finance Director of Racing UK, said: “We hope this is just the beginning of a lucrative source of income for British racing, but finding new markets takes time and resources. As overseas sales increase, this will reflect on the amounts being fed through to the racing industry. We could not do this without 48-hour declarations.

“Racing UK courses have so far contributed £400,000 to the appearance money scheme.

Turkey has shown the potential for UK racing to use 48-hour declarations to secure important new markets, with Turkey forecast to turnover in excess of £40 million this year on British racing; that’s more than 10% of the UK Tote’s turnover.”

ROA member Ian Bendelow, owner of Illustrious Blue, was a recent beneficiary of a split of £5,000 appearance money, distributed among runners in the Festival Stakes at Goodwood.

He said: “Goodwood is a local course, so the impact of transport was not great, but if I wanted to have a runner at York, appearance money would be a strong factor in the decisionmaking process. If a racecourse offers 50% of your transport costs, you have to consider it.”

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IMPORTANT DATES: APPEARANCE MONEY RACES 2009 Racecourse

Race

App money

£1,670

July 2nd

Haydock Park

Vista Panels Handicap

3rd

Sandown Park

Gala Stakes

£1,080

4th

Sandown Park

Esher Stakes

£1,080

4th

Sandown Park

Distaff Stakes

£1,080

4th

Warwick

Novice Auction Stakes

£2,100

9th

Epsom

Dorling Conditions Stakes

£2,800

9th

Newmarket

EBF Conditions Stakes 2yo, 6f

£3,657

9th

Newmarket

Conditions Stakes 3yo, 1m

£3,657

10th

Chester

Conditions Stakes 5f

£1,000

10th

Chester

City Walls Stakes 5f

£1,000

10th

Chester

City Plate 7f

£1,000

14th

Beverley

Handicap Race 3yo+, 2m

£1,400

17th

Newmarket

Class 3 Conditions Stakes 3yo+, 5f

£3,657

18th

Newbury

Kingwood House Stables Steventon (Listed)

£150*

18th

Newbury

Shadwell Stud Hackwood (Listed)

£150*

24th

Newmarket

Class 3 EBF Conditions Stakes 2yo, 6f

£3,657

24th Thirsk

Race Number 15161 1m4f

£1,450

31st

Class 4 Novice Stakes 2yo, 7f

£3,657 £1,450

Newmarket

August 1st

Thirsk

Nursery Race 5f

1st

Goodwood

Thoroughbred Stakes

£5,000

1st

Newmarket

Class 2 EBF Conditions Stakes 4yo+, 1m

£3,657

2nd

Chester

Queensferry Stakes 6f

£1,000

6th

Haydock Park

NetFlights.com Handicap

£1,670

7th

Newmarket

Class 3 Conditions Stakes 3yo, 1m2f

£3,657

14th

Newmarket

Class 2 Conditions Stakes 3yo+, 1m2f

£3,657

15th

Newbury

CGA Geoffrey Freer Stakes (Group 3)

£200*

15th

Newbury

CGA Hungerford Stakes (Group 2)

£200*

16th

Pontefract

EBF Highfield Farm Flying Fillies Stakes

21st

Chester

EBF Combermere Conditions Stakes

£2,100 £1,000

22nd Chester

Chester Handicap 1m5f

£1,000

24th

August

EBF Conditions Stakes

£5,000

29th

Goodwood

March Stakes

£5,000

30th

Goodwood

EBF Alice Keppel Stakes

£5,000

31st

Epsom

Tokyo Conditions Stakes

£2,800

September 4th

Kempton Park

EBF Fillies Conditions

£5,000

5th

Kempton Park

September Stakes (Group 3)

£8,000

5th

Kempton Park

Sirenia Stakes (Group 3)

£8,000

5th

Kempton Park

Conditions Stakes

£5,000

12th

Chester

EBF Conditions Stakes – 6f, Class 2

£1,000

12th

Chester

Stand Cup – 1m 4f

£1,000

14th

Redcar

EBF Double Trigger Maiden Stakes

£1,300

18th

Newbury

DDF Cup (Listed)

£150*

18th

Newbury

DDF Arc Trial (Listed)

£150*

19th

Newbury

DDF Mill Reef (Group 2)

£200*

25th

Haydock Park

G & A Handicap

£1,670

30th

Salisbury

EBF Novice Stakes 2yo

£1,350

October 16th Newmarket

Class 2 Conditions Stakes 2yo, 1m

£3,657

30th

Newmarket

Class 3 Conditions Stakes 6f

£3,657

31st

Newmarket

Class 2 Conditions Stakes 2yo, 1m2f

£3,657

November 4th Kempton Park

Floodlit Stakes (Listed)

£8,000

18th

Kempton Park

digibet.com Conditions Stakes

£5,000

29th

Kempton Park

Hyde Stakes

£8,000

29th

Kempton Park

Wild Flower Stakes (Listed)

£8,000

Sunbury Stakes (Listed)

£8,000

December 16th

Kempton Park

*per runner Note: All other amounts to be split between runners

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Council Agenda Goodwood’s fantastic day for the ROA ROA members are encouraged to register their horses for the Speed Bonus, worth up to £100,000.

The Speed Bonus will be the feature of a special ROA raceday at Goodwood on Sunday, September 13. The bonus will be awarded to connections of the winning horse recording the fastest time on the eight-race card, based on the Racing Post standard time for each distance.

The ROA/Goodwood initiative will offer attractive prize-money to owners of horses rated 66-85, but support is needed from owners and trainers. The bonus is open only to horses owned and entered by ROA members.

Owners are reminded that the early registration stage for the Speed Bonus closes on June 30.

Up to this date, registration costs £150 per horse. Thereafter, the registration fee will be £250 per horse until August 12, and goes up to £1,000 per horse between August 13 and September 10.

For further details call Allegra Hindes on 020 7408 0903, or email ahindes@roa.co.uk

Diary dates July 28 – August 1 Glorious Goodwood: Special advance booking service enables ROA members to purchase badges for the Richmond Enclosure November 14 ROA marquee for members and guests at Cheltenham’s Paddy Power Gold Cup day December 3 ROA Awards evening at the London Hilton on Park Lane

The May Council Meeting,

by Chief Executive Michael Harris Audited accounts The meeting started with a discussion about the ROA’s annual audited accounts for 2008/09. Concern was expressed that the ROA administrative expenses had increased substantially from the previous year. The Chief Executive explained this was due to costs relating to the third party insurance scheme, to some unbudgeted BetfairClub ROA expenses and to marketing expenditure which was made to sustain a high level of membership through the period.

Speed Bonus The Council was informed that the Speed Bonus publicity had been sent to all members. There had been questions asked about what happens when horses’ subsequent performances removes them from the specified rating bands, thereby making them not qualified. It was noted that, under these circumstances, owners would have their money refunded.

Totesport A marketing exercise had been undertaken with the Tote, whereby ROA members were being asked to join Totesport ROA Club. This was an illustration of the ROA’s keenness to work with the Tote, who in turn provided the association with much support through the ROA/Totesport sponsorship scheme.

The Council noted that a new racing forum had been set up with the Tote. The Chief Executive reported this was proving to be an excellent platform for discussing ideas and learning more about the Tote business.

Club ROA The Council noted with regret that Betfair were to discontinue their sponsorship of BetfairClub ROA from this November. It was acknowledged that the sponsorship had provided the club (that was set up to bring more young people into racing) with a solid foundation from which it could now move forward. Plans for the club’s next stage were being developed.

Owners’ Badge Scheme The Council had been very pleased to hear at the previous meeting that from next year the Racecourse Badge Scheme for Owners would be open to owners with a 50% share of a horse rather than the current 100%.

A table of participating racecourses was perused and, while most racecourses were including a high percentage of their fixtures in the scheme, there were a few high profile courses that did not. These courses had been approached and we could now expect a stronger representation from them in 2010.

Levy The Council heard that the interview process for a new Levy Board Chairman had been temporarily halted while a firm of head hunters had been employed to widen the field of candidates. Further discussion on the levy involved a recent Government statement that measures would be taken to prevent overseas betting operators avoiding paying tax and levy on British horseracing bets.

The Government was also going to look at the area of betting exchange layers who

were operating at a level whereby they were quasi bookmakers, but not paying tax or levy.

Racing re-branding The Council discussed the representation and terms of reference of the various workstream committees set up to facilitate the first stage of this hugely important project. They concluded there should be an additional group to promote ownership and careers in racing.

It was believed that some initial negative press reports might have arisen because the project was publicised too early and the press had judged the presentation without seeing it as the first stage of a very lengthy exercise.

Fixture policy 2010 The Council noted that the four blank Sundays would now be filled with one Flat fixture and one jump fixture.

There was a debate about racing on Good Friday. The Council concluded this should happen only if it was built around a proper Easter racing festival. The drop in quality of Easter racing was bemoaned.

Yearling Bonus Scheme It was noted the bonus was not now going to be attached to a number of £10,000 maiden races, but would be added to events selected by an expert committee.

Shergar Cup It was explained that a letter and questionnaire had been sent to a cross-section of owners to assess owners’ appetite for having ‘team’ colours for the Shergar Cup, rather than retaining owners’ own colours.

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Safari Mischief and Luke Morris gallop to the start for the Investec Dash at Epsom (left), while Supercast poses for the camera

Mischief out of luck but Supercast scores for Club ROA Safari Mischief, trained by Peter Winkworth, provided members with an unforgettable experience when he lined up for the Investec Dash at Epsom on Derby day, June 6.

Members were able to taste the exhilaration of being owners on the day at such a high profile and prestigious meeting.

Unfortunately, conditions conspired against Safari Mischief. He was squeezed upon exiting the stalls but ran on to finish 11th of 18 on ground that was softer than ideal.

Spirits were nevertheless high, as the previous evening the Nicky Vaughan-trained Supercast had recorded the club’s 18th winner at Goodwood in a ten-furlong handicap, at odds of 9-1. It was his second victory for the club.

Xaara Star, Club ROA’s twoyear-old filly in training with Eve Johnson Houghton, made her debut at Windsor on May 7, running a promising eighth in front of a host of members.

The daughter of Xaar had her second outing at Folkestone on

June 2, running respectably in sixth, and then finished a close eighth at Salisbury seven days later, a performance that offered plenty of encouragement.

Club members visited Xaara Star at home during a tour of Eve Johnson Houghton’s yard in Oxfordshire on May 16, which was followed by racing at Newbury on Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes day.

The latest addition to the club’s string is the aptly-named Champagnelifestyle, a two-yearold Montjeu filly out of White

Rose, trained by Barry Hills.

Members will have the opportunity to visit Champagnelifestyle at Barry Hills’s all-conquering yard in Lambourn at a club stable tour on July 4, which will be followed by racing at Sandown on Coral-Eclipse day.

Contact the ROA office on 020 7408 0903 or visit www.racehorseowners.net.

Final date for orders is July 20.

of retired racehorses and Shetland pony derby.

There is a free park and bus ride service from the racecourse to the yards of John Akehurst, Michael Attwater, Jim Boyle, Simon Dow, Roger Ingram, Laura Mongan, Pat Phelan and Roger Teal. Entry is £6 for adults; senior citizens and children aged 12-16 are £4; under 12s are free. All proceeds go to the Epsom Training & Development Fund.

For more information visit www.etdf.co.uk

New Rules of Racing The new Rules of Racing will be available online in July, before the final changeover in September. To view the current Rule Book visit www.rules.britishhorseracing.com

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BetfairClub ROA, the ownership club for 18-32 year-olds, has just launched a brand new website.

To learn more, please visit www.betfairclubroa.com

Glorious Goodwood ROA members can take advantage of a special service to order badges for Goodwood’s Richmond Enclosure during Glorious Goodwood, July 28-August 1.

Badges for Tuesday and Wednesday are £65 each, Thursday badges are £77 and Friday and Saturday badges are £70. The ROA/RCA car park label is not valid, but labels for car park number 8 are available at £8.

Epsom Open Day Epsom trainers are opening their yards to the public on Sunday, August 2. Horses will be exercised on the gallops next to Epsom racecourse from 9am and there will be a stalls demonstration at 9.45am.

Events continue at the course from midday, including a parade

Email promotion winner A recent member promotion drew in 400 entries to the ROA’s email news service. All were entered into a prize draw to win £250 of John Lewis vouchers.

The lucky prize winner was Tom Edwards, from Gloucestershire.

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Racecourse League Table Ptn Racecourse

Racecourse ownership

Exec + Sponsors (£)

% of Total

Levy Board (£)

1 Aintree JCR 2 Cheltenham JCR 3 Ascot I 4 Epsom Downs JCR 5 Hamilton Park I 6 Goodwood I 7 York I 8 Chester I 9 Sandown Park JCR 10 Doncaster Arena 11 Haydock Park JCR 12 Newmarket JCR 13 Ripon I 14 Newcastle North 15 Thirsk I 16 Musselburgh I 17 Windsor Arena 18 Salisbury I 19 Bath North 20 Ayr I 21 Carlisle JCR 22 Wetherby I 23 Fakenham I 24 Yarmouth North 25 Newbury I 26 Beverley I 27 Pontefract I 28 Stratford-on-Avon I 29 Great Leighs I 30 Leicester I 31 Lingfield Park Arena 32 Market Rasen JCR 33 Wincanton JCR 34 Kempton Park JCR 35 Chepstow North 36 Redcar I 37 Huntingdon JCR 38 Cartmel I 39 Bangor-on-Dee I 40 Nottingham JCR 41 Brighton North 42 Sedgefield North 43 Fontwell Park North 44 Ludlow I 45 Catterick Bridge I 46 Perth I 47 Uttoxeter North 48 Warwick JCR 49 Hexham I 50 Folkestone Arena 51 Hereford North 52 Kelso I 53 Taunton I 54 Exeter JCR 55 Newton Abbot I 56 Towcester I 57 Worcester Arena 58 Plumpton I 59 Southwell Arena 60 WolverhamptonArena Total

1,682,912 2,777,730 4,702,512 1,168,443 331,669 1,386,076 617,109 505,823 1,259,579 1,496,758 998,106 3,415,380 226,841 357,965 172,517 336,710 293,309 235,655 179,332 498,771 182,165 245,004 92,454 174,641 865,869 184,949 185,825 187,814 342,567 222,174 682,043 146,464 171,007 738,017 174,432 128,366 113,029 30,948 93,915 99,836 77,949 55,845 103,467 75,120 81,777 65,968 96,611 60,623 28,128 52,515 34,556 33,946 33,182 39,359 19,347 19,930 11,335 6,843 10,523 -37,905 28,573,838

49.3 49.2 46.0 39.0 36.9 35.3 34.0 32.8 32.5 31.9 29.3 28.7 27.7 27.6 26.6 24.9 24.9 24.5 23.8 23.7 23.7 23.7 22.5 22.1 22.0 21.8 21.3 21.0 19.0 18.3 16.5 16.0 15.9 15.4 15.3 14.6 14.5 14.4 13.7 13.4 13.3 11.2 11.1 11.0 10.9 9.3 9.1 7.6 7.5 6.7 6.2 5.8 5.6 4.9 3.2 3.0 1.8 1.4 0.5 -1.3 26.3

1,236,360 1,916,890 3,047,700 753,130 472,370 1,915,700 847,460 886,630 2,061,080 2,045,940 1,897,330 3,705,610 508,960 760,570 390,420 876,910 713,870 563,050 486,417 1,278,330 502,660 677,020 318,305 496,430 2,374,970 559,960 587,640 631,920 1,269,000 837,933 2,957,690 681,725 768,620 3,430,320 799,090 486,910 572,170 163,485 550,860 492,370 448,990 362,340 731,390 551,640 588,480 597,810 808,890 603,040 303,540 621,070 457,180 512,360 505,370 643,560 569,990 572,465 552,360 468,280 1,883,580 2,549,930 59,856,070

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

Owners (£)

% of Total

Total 2008/9 (£)

Total 2007/8 (£)

36.2 467,470 13.7 3,416,742 3,119,982 33.9 880,216 15.6 5,648,836 5,990,025 29.8 2,358,522 23.1 10,230,234 9,263,177 25.2 1,042,723 34.9 2,992,296 3,013,149 52.5 61,274 6.8 899,313 776,906 48.8 546,212 13.9 3,924,488 3,556,411 46.7 325,804 18.0 1,813,873 4,491,653 57.4 87,729 5.7 1,544,182 1,365,699 53.3 503,643 13.0 3,870,302 3,440,868 43.5 1,039,591 22.1 4,698,789 4,296,524 55.7 407,484 12.0 3,404,170 3,230,275 31.2 4,526,948 38.1 11,883,438 7,866,269 62.1 44,768 5.5 820,069 770,877 58.7 163,294 12.6 1,296,529 1,556,898 60.3 67,358 10.4 647,895 718,750 64.7 97,793 7.2 1,354,413 1,290,483 60.6 127,355 10.8 1,178,534 1,087,277 58.5 85,752 8.9 962,457 813,313 64.5 74,741 9.9 753,689 629,285 60.7 295,375 14.0 2,105,776 1,915,304 65.5 67,475 8.8 767,300 715,723 65.6 86,119 8.3 1,032,143 805,750 77.5 0 0 410,759 337,000 62.7 93,666 11.8 791,737 779,711 60.4 499,218 12.7 3,929,557 3,590,857 66.1 67,256 7.9 847,665 888,919 67.3 57,899 6.6 872,864 980,334 70.7 65,066 7.3 894,300 784,751 70.2 125,408 6.9 1,807,475 324,508 69.0 90,764 7.5 1,213,871 1,236,963 71.4 343,496 8.3 4,144,179 3,793,085 74.6 85,411 9.4 913,600 923,714 71.6 103,430 9.6 1,074,057 1,066,449 71.7 450,648 9.4 4,786,035 4,303,923 69.9 128,751 11.3 1,142,473 1,098,060 55.2 233,224 26.4 882,050 890,550 73.2 78,600 10.1 781,799 690,744 76.1 20,267 9.4 214,700 200,733 80.3 39,391 5.7 685,666 694,000 65.9 100,505 13.4 747,711 615,035 76.5 59,800 10.2 586,739 583,936 72.8 60,715 12.2 497,800 492,596 78.3 93,735 10.0 934,592 739,161 80.7 50,710 7.4 683,970 670,291 78.2 57,279 7.6 752,536 817,742 84.4 36,788 5.2 708,066 658,000 76.3 149,022 14.1 1,059,523 1,060,600 76.1 99,585 12.6 792,748 1,068,534 80.5 41,732 11.1 376,900 463,400 79.1 84,660 10.8 784,995 855,390 82.3 63,599 11.5 555,335 418,653 87.9 23,800 4.1 582,606 651,314 84.9 40,324 6.8 595,326 539,523 79.4 88,117 10.9 811,036 926,431 94.0 4,972 0.8 606,509 611,666 87.6 54,105 8.3 653,500 547,000 85.4 76,048 11.8 646,943 343,003 92.4 31,690 6.3 506,813 544,561 89.3 170,662 8.1 2,108,315 1,679,850 89.0 257,970 9.0 2,866,395 3,179,347 55.2 17,485,959 16.1 108,496,617 100,764,930

% total Up/ 2007/8 down

54.4 55.1 51.3 45.3 20.9 38.3 43.9 39.3 35.3 36.9 34.3 38.1 31.9 31.3 30.4 24.2 25.6 24.1 15.6 26.0 19.7 10.8 20.3 16.1 29.1 21.7 26.4 21.9 33.0 14.8 15.5 12.8 19.5 20.4 17.4 7.0 11.8 14.3 18.1 12.5 6.5 2.5 13.7 15.1 11.0 17.5 7.5 16.0 25.1 22.2 1.2 16.8 13.6 14.5 7.8 6.3 -2.3 6.7 -1.2 1.9 30.4

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Figures relate to prize-money for the 12-month period June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009

EXPLANATION OF TABLE This table sets out the three main contributors to prize-money 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. Please note, however, that the rearranged York August meeting races are shown against host courses.

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Gary Pickford, Chapel Forge Farriers

“Level-Grow has brought great results on a fairly low feed intake; the stud has used this feed from weaning to yearling stage and the young stock have never looked better. With the introduction of Mare-Care, the process starts even earlier with our foals being born strong and active, the mares look well and their colostrum levels are great.”

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THE SPECIAL SECTION FOR TBA MEMBERS Chris Harper (left) and Richard Hannon Jnr with Major Cadeaux at the Hannon stable in Herridge

Exciting events across Britain TBA members enjoy an outing to Richard Hannon’s Herridge stable, followed by a visit to Raffin Stud, while north of the border it’s off to the Royal ‘Dick’ School of Veterinary Studies

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veryone says it’s the greatest fun having a horse in training with Richard Hannon, and doubtless all 60 TBA visitors on The West regional day to

his yard in Herridge on May 26, on the Wiltshire Downs above Collingbourne Ducis, would now agree.

So too, no doubt, would Lady Whent, for whom he trained high

class sprinters Bold Edge and his son, Assertive.

Current stable stars, including Group 1 winner Paco Boy, Scintillo, Bonnie Charlie and Soul City, headed a veritable

Peter Balding (left) and Simon Balding with stallion Assertive at Lady Whent’s Raffin Stud in Hungerford

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battalion of horses comprising second lot, while nothing in the juvenile division has looked more impressive at this early stage than Canford Cliffs, an easy winner on his debut at Newbury and likely candidate for some of the season’s top two-year-old contests.

Obviously, a visit to Lady Whent’s Raffin Stud, outside Hungerford, in the afternoon dovetailed well and his ownerbreeder had brought her handsome liver chestnut, Assertive, down from his base at Throckmorton Court Stud in Worcestershire to her home especially for the day.

So far so good, as this freshman sire has already proven an excellent replacement for his own sire.

Sprinting stallions certainly dominated when it comes to

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TBA members enjoy the mare and foal show at Raffin Stud

Raffin’s select band of young stock, amongst them Assertive’s Royal Applause half-brother foaled on February 8.

After an absolutely splendid lunch, two key figures at Raffin provided an excellent insight into their respective roles; farrier Gary Pickford (evidently stick-on shoes are taking over the universe) and Bill Eaton-Evans.

Whatever thanks are extended for the day’s hospitality would be totally inadequate.

Suffice to say, the proceedings proved such an unqualified success that one seasoned member described it as “her most enjoyable TBA outing ever.”

So that’s a feather in the cap for principal regional representative Penny van Straubenzee.

Scotland regional day The Royal ‘Dick’ School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh played host to Scottish TBA members on May 25.

On arrival members were greeted by Paddy Dixon, Professor of Equine Surgery.

The morning was spent

listening to a very well presented series of lectures and supporting slides, from Professor Bruce McGorum (European Specialist in Equine Medicine, Head of the Large Animal Hospital, and Professor of Equine Internal Medicine), Dr Scott Pirie (Senior Lecturer in Equine Internal Medicine), Sarah Taylor (Senior Lecturer in Equine Orthopaedic Surgery) and Russell Parker (Senior Clinical Scholar in Equine Surgery), four of the most experienced veterinary experts north of the border.

The topics covered included checking of the neo-natal foal and symptoms of haemolytic and dummy foals; the immune system of the older foal through to weanling, including umbilical infections, enteritis and pneumonia; and developmental orthopaedic diseases in foals and yearlings, including the use of laser treatment versus traditional surgery, club feet and OCDs. These talks were followed with a lively question and answer session that gave TBA members the chance to test the experts.

Following lunch, members

were taken on a tour of the large animal hospital, where they were invited to see all the fantastic state-of-the-art equipment, including an MRI scanner, the only one in Scotland and pride and joy of Russell Parker, together with all the ultra-sound and x-ray equipment.

Amongst many other things, members were shown the equine operating theatres and the dentistry departments, which with the enormous drills switched on felt more like a torture chamber! The wind examination room was complete with a treadmill, which can simulate uphill motion up to 30mph, and two huge fans.

The tour ended in the airy and spotless stables, which held a few in-patients, including a miniature Shetland pony and her foal.

The TBA would like to thank Paddy Dixon and his colleagues for their time and expertise, and for putting on such a marvellous and informative day for members.

Regional days in Yorkshire and The North, see next pages

Berry book set to raise funds for IJF It was Jack Berry’s vision that directly led to the Injured Jockeys’ Fund’s first capital venture, Oaksey House in Lambourn, the building of which has just been completed.

Berry has been involved with the Injured Jockeys’ Fund since it started in 1964, following the tragic accident which put an end to the career of his fellow jockey and best mate Paddy Farrell.

As a ‘hands-on’ trustee of the IJF, Berry works hundreds of hours and travels thousands of miles every year in the interests of injured jockeys and the disabled.

In 2003, he set the ambitious target of £30,000 for the Berry’s fundraising barbecue; his latest book, Better Late Than Never, tells the story, in his own inimitable style, of how that figure was not only reached, but doubled.

Crammed with stories from his extraordinary life and, as ever, with no punches pulled, it will delight the fans of his previous three books and win many new admirers.

The gross proceeds of this new book have been dedicated by Berry to the Injured Jockeys’ Fund, to be put towards Oaksey House.

The hardback book is priced at only £14.99 and can be purchased direct from Brad Thompson, Ashgrove Publishing, 27 John Street, London WC1N 2BX. Tel: 020 7224 4820.

Members of the TBA can purchase a copy direct from Jack Berry (cheques payable to the Injured Jockeys’ Fund) at Well Close House, Hunton, near Bedale, North Yorkshire DL8 1QW.

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Diary Dates and Reminders

TBA members with Ferdy Murphy (below), before they headed to the gallops at the Yorkshire regional day

Tuesday, June 30 TBA Seminar, ‘British Breeding: Now and in the Future’ at Tattersalls, featuring guest speakers including Bill Oppenheim and Grant Pritchard-Gordon Tuesday, June 30 Second forfeit for the TBA/Watership Down Stud Sales Race at Ascot Monday, July 6 Extraordinary General Meeting of the TBA, 5pm Jockey Club Rooms, Newmarket, followed by a drinks party at Stanstead House Tuesday, July 14 – East Anglia A morning tour of the Godolphin stables, followed by an afternoon visit to Newmarket Equine Hospital Thursday, July 23 – West Midlands A morning visit to George Baker’s Far Westfields Farm, followed by an afternoon tour of Robert Waley-Cohen’s Upton Viva Stud Friday, September 25 TBA/Watership Down Stud Sales Race, Ascot

TBA New Members HOME K G Knox Esq, Wiltshire. Mrs & Mrs K Watts, East Sussex. Miss C Foster, East Yorkshire. R W Metcalfe Esq, South Yorkshire.

D Simcock Esq, Suffolk. I Moss Esq, Essex. D Wilsdon Esq, Cleveland. K Ottesen Esq Staffordshire. I Hatton Esq, Lincolnshire. R H Alner Esq, Dorset. J Webber Esq, Devon.

A Russell Esq, Renfrewshire. K C Trotman Esq, Monmouthshire. Mrs F Ashfield, Surrey. Mrs B Quinn, London.

Brightness, beer and broodmares Ferdy Murphy’s stables and Black Sheep Brewery feature in Yorkshire regional day, as northern members enjoy Haydock seminar and racing Chairman Jack Berry’s hard work in organising his region’s day on May 7 was rewarded with bright, sunny weather in the Yorkshire countryside, as some 30 members visited the Wynbury Stables of Ferdy Murphy.

After coffee in the American barns, which house the Murphy string, it was off to the indoor school and to watch third lot exercise.

The morning closed with a tour of the facilities and members had the opportunity to view high class chaser Kalahari King.

An enjoyable lunch at The Friars Head was followed by an afternoon’s visit to the Black Sheep Brewery in Masham, rounding off another memorable Yorkshire regional day.

On May 21, The North regional day saw TBA members meet at Haydock Park for a morning seminar and afternoon of racing.

Following an introduction from regional representatives Peter Onslow and John Wills, bloodstock agent Larry Stratton gave an assessment of the bloodstock industry.

Mark Lingard, founder of Moy Farm Vets, spoke to members about global infectious diseases, while Haydock’s Clerk of the Course Kirkland Tellwright talked to members about the recent course restructuring.

Members were then invited to walk the course and assess the going. This was followed by lunch and an afternoon’s racing in a complimentary box.

The TBA would like to thank Kirkland Tellwright and his colleagues for their hospitality and Larry Stratton and Mark Lingard for their time and most interesting talks.

Bloodstock industry seminar Explaining that the bloodstock industry had seen very little change over the past 25 years and had failed to adapt successfully, Larry Stratton outlined his views on broodmare selection, with particular reference to the current recession.

Stratton stated that whether breeders viewed their involvement as a business or a

hobby, they had to bear in mind that the production cost of a foal from pre-conception mare examination to point of sale at foal sales, exclusive of mare cost and nomination fee, is around £12,000.

Using 2008 foal sale results of some of the most popular middle market stallions, including Bahamian Bounty and Kyllachy, Stratton showed how only a minority of foals were meeting even their basic production costs, bearing in mind the drop of some 30% on the average sales price from the 2007 December foal sales at Tattersalls.

He suggested that breeders looking to be in for the medium to longer term and seeking value were better advised to avoid obvious ‘ready made’ pages, but instead to seek out mares with ‘discount’ factors, such as an older mare, a late cover, a noncommercial cover, or a weaker first dam. First-season sires often lead to a better immediate return, but can be counter-productive if enough wrong ones combine to ruin a young mare.

TBA aids members in planning disputes Recent involvement by the TBA has helped members object to planning applications in their areas, including a large housing development in Newmarket; the proposed changes to flight paths and ‘stacking’ areas for Stansted

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Airport; and wind farms in both Shropshire and the Isle of Wight.

The TBA has also provided letters of support for planning applications being considered, for instance for the expansion of stud farm facilities or on-site

accommodation.

It all adds up to yet another benefit of membership!

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Next Generation Committee Giving youth an industry voice

Chairman Jane Hedley

The aim of the Next Generation Committee is to encourage and retain a younger audience to the bloodstock industry, to help ensure the future health of British breeding and racing

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elcome to the first monthly column from the newly formed Next Generation Committee (NGC).

The brainchild of TBA Chairman Kirsten Rausing, the committee comprises a group of young people whom it is hoped will become the ‘movers and shakers’ of the British bloodstock industry in the future.

Founder members of the committee include Ed Sackville of Kern Lillingston Bloodstock, Daniel Polak of Scarvagh House Stud, Ed Harper from Whitsbury Manor Stud, Jamie Trotter from Juddmonte Farms, Jono Mills of Rabbah Bloodstock, David Hodge from Llety Farms, Tim Kent from Doncaster Bloodstock

Sales, Gina Bryce from At The Races, Zenia Wright from Racing UK, Sam Hoskins from The Niarchos Family Racing Office, and Jane Hedley from Mark Johnston Racing, who has been appointed Chairman.

The committee has identified some of the key issues facing the TBA in reaching the ‘next generation’. It is hoped that fresh ideas, incorporating the use of modern communication methods, including the internet and social networking sites, will open up new avenues.

The committee aims to create a ‘young person’s network’ to enable dissemination of information relating to the breeding and racing industry.

Watch this space for details of

the fledgling NGC website.

A good relationship with the racing media is also important and a chief aim is to forge strong links with the press and broadcasters, meeting with the racing channels and providing information to them relating to the breeding industry.

Promotion of education is a key aim of the NGC and the idea of the 2009 TBA Breeding Business seminar originated from this committee.

The committee aims to be at the forefront of the next generation’s minds when they think about the breeding industry.

Members of the committee will be attending the seminar and will be delighted to discuss any ideas relating to their project.

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THE SPECIAL SECTION FOR TBA MEMBERS

PHOTOS: GEORGE SELWYN

Virtual (nearside) just gets the better of Alexandros (royal blue) and Twice Over in a pulsating finish to the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury

Breeder of the Month: Cheveley Park Stud Famous red, white and blue silks come home in front again in Newbury’s Lockinge Stakes as Virtual prevails by the narrowest of margins avid and Patricia Thompson of Cheveley Park Stud have now been associated with the winners of nine renewals of the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.

The Newmarket operation bred Soviet Line, victorious in 1995 and 1996, Medicean (2001), Peeress (2006) and Virtual, the last-named having earned Cheveley Park the May Breeder of the Month award.

In addition, Cheveley Parkowned Scottish Reel, successful in 1986, Safawan (1990), Polar Falcon (1991) and Russian Rhythm (2004).

All bar Polar Falcon, whose son Pivotal (the sire of Peeress and Virtual) succeeded him at Cheveley Park, are Sir Michael Stoute proteges, and he is a

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director of the Thompsons’ stud.

The most important Flat race staged at Newbury, the Lockinge was first run in 1958. Elevated to Group 3 status in 1983, it was sponsored for the first time by Juddmonte Farms the following year before being promoted to a Group 2 in 1985. It became a Group 1 contest in 1994.

Both Virtual’s parents are homebreds. The grandam, Exclusive Virtue (by Shadeed), was acquired in utero when Exclusive Order (winner of the 1982 Prix Maurice de Gheest) was purchased for $825,000 at the Keeneland Sales in November 1987.

Exclusive Order duly became a significant foundation mare, breeding a Group-1 winning colt in Entrepreneur, winner of the

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Small Breeder Special Merit: Heather Raw Shoreham Stud owner thrilled as exciting sprinter Utmost Respect bags Group prizes on both sides of the Irish Sea

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Patricia Thompson and Chris Richardson of Cheveley Park

1997 2,000 Guineas, and a Group-1 winning filly in Exclusive (1998 Coronation Stakes), as well as 1995 Oaks runner-up Dance A Dream.

Exclusive is also the dam of top-class duo Echelon and Chic.

The same family is also responsible for this year’s rising star, Lahaleeb, second to Again in the Irish 1,000 Guineas.

Two years ago, Virtual’s threeparts brother Iceman (Polar Falcon – Virtuous) retired to augment this dominant male line at Cheveley Park (also represented by Pivotal’s son Kyllachy), but he suffered a fatal colic on the eve of Tattersalls’ December Sales when represented by more foals than any other first-crop sire.

Since producing Virtual, his dam has been mated almost exclusively with Pivotal to breed Purity, a three-year-old filly, Judicious, a two-year-old colt and a yearling filly. This season she produced a filly foal by Dansili, before going back to Pivotal once more.

Pivotal, in whom Sheikh Mohammed owns a major stake, made another contribution to Cheveley Park’s May accolade with the mare Heaven Sent winning Newmarket’s Group 3 Dahlia Stakes for the second year running.

s a wind-sucker and a crib-biter, Bint Alhabib would not have been everyone’s choice from all the broodmares on offer at Tattersalls’ 1996 December Sales, but Heather Raw was not to be deterred and bought her for 15,000gns.

“On the face of it she was not expensive,” recalled Raw. “I loved the pedigree and I just thought I might be lucky with her. In foal to Sabrehill, she belonged to a good family and her close relative, St Mawes, had won that year’s Gordon Stakes.”

The owner of Shoreham Stud, near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, can now bask in the reflected glory of that mare’s grandson, Utmost Respect, whose victories in the Group 2 Duke Of York Stakes and Group 3 Greenlands Stakes at the

Curragh have earned her the Special Merit award for May. As is so often the case, the financial rewards in producing such a good horse have been minimal. As a foal vendor, Raw submitted Utmost Respect (by Danetime) in her annual consignment to the 2004 December Sales, where he was bought in for just 3,000gns.

“We brought him home,” said Raw, “and as it seemed pointless to resubmit him as a yearling, we entered him for the Doncaster Breeze-Up Sale in April. However, he never got there, as six weeks before he pulled a muscle, but we managed to sell him privately.”

Only the previous December, Utmost Request’s dam, Utmost, had been sold from Shoreham Stud for just 2,000gns. “I really love my

horses, but my well meaning family kept telling me that I had too many mares,” said Raw. “In fact, I don’t believe in selling old mares and I still have Bint Alhabib, now aged 18. I am always looking for good homes.”

Raw actually brought Bint Alhabib out of retirement a few years ago when Utmost Request started showing promise on the racecourse.

Consequently, her last foal is a yearling filly by Camacho and, as a grand-daughter of Danehill, she is bred on similar lines to Utmost Respect.

His breeder has particular reason to remember Utmost Respect. “He was always very quiet and never any trouble,” recalled Raw, “but he reared up with me one day having been bitten by a horse-fly and I managed to break my wrist!”

Utmost Respect, partnered by Paul Hanagan for his boss Richard Fahey, lands the Group 2 Duke Of York Stakes

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Pelvic Fractures – What’s the Crack?

Fractures of the pelvis are common in racehorses but their significance can vary, from being a frustrating setback to a fatal injury Words: James Tate BVMS MRCVS

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he pelvis is made up of several bones – the ilium, the ischium, the pubis and the acetabulum. It is a hugely important skeletal structure connecting to the horse’s vertebral column at the sacrum, forming the sacro-iliac ‘joint’, and joining the hind leg at the femur, forming the hip joint.

As a result, pelvic fractures have to be treated somewhat individually, depending not only upon the severity of the injury but also on the location of the fracture and the stresses and strains upon it.

Although pelvic fractures can be caused by trauma, such as a fall, they occur more commonly in racehorses as a result of fast work, whether at home or on the racecourse. It is of course

possible to fracture any of the pelvic bones, but perhaps the most common fracture is that of the ilial wing. A horse with a pelvic fracture is usually walking lame, in obvious discomfort and often sweating profusely. Due to the presence of adjacent large blood vessels there is always a risk that a serious pelvic fracture could lead to internal bleeding and hence veterinary surgeons look out for signs such as pale mucous membranes, shock and swelling just below the pelvis.

An experienced veterinary surgeon can often diagnose a pelvic fracture from the clinical appearance of the horse – pain on deep palpation of the pelvis and general gait and posture – however, even then, an imaging technique is required to confirm the diagnosis.

‘Bone scanning’ (nuclear scintigraphy) and radiography can be used to diagnose a fractured pelvis, but it is unlikely that the horse would be fit to travel to a hospital for such a procedure at the time of injury.

Therefore, ultrasound has become the most widely used method for pelvic fracture diagnosis. Although ultrasound cannot penetrate bone, its reflection on the surface of the bone creates a very clear image of the bony surface of the pelvis and hence a displaced fracture or ‘callus’ formation can easily be seen.

A ‘callus’ is a mass of new bone that forms over a fracture in order to repair the injury.

Pelvic stress fractures are often not visible on ultrasound when they occur but as they heal

a callus forms over the fracture site and hence the diagnosis can be made. It is also advisable to examine the horse rectally in order to assess the internal surface of the pelvis to fully determine the damage, especially in fillies who may become broodmares.

This filly fractured her pelvis on the gallops. She was walking lame, in obvious discomfort and sweating profusely. The top right image is an ultrasound scan of the ilial wing showing her displaced pelvic fracture. This was a relatively severe case in which the fracture ran from the ilial wing right through to the ilial shaft. Yet the fracture healed well, as can be seen by the scan beneath, showing a smooth callus over the old fracture site

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Some of the photographs shown in this article could lead the reader to believe that it is easy to diagnose a pelvic fracture from the obvious asymmetry; however, at the time of injury this is not necessarily the case. Pelvic asymmetry is the result of bony displacement and muscle degeneration (due to disuse). Therefore, asymmetry at the time of injury is usually only apparent in a severely displaced fracture, as muscle degeneration is often only seen weeks after the injury has occurred. If the bony displacement is not obvious enough to drop one side of the pelvis immediately, then the pelvis usually appears symmetrical when the fracture occurs.

The treatment for a pelvic fracture is rest. Surgery is unlikely to be an option due to the huge muscle mass surrounding the pelvis, except in some traumatic fractures involving bone chips.

Therefore, restricting movement for a period of time is the only treatment and in some severe cases, for example, displaced ilial shaft fractures, the use of cross-ties is necessary to prevent the horse from getting up and down.

Traditionally, all pelvic fractures were box rested for months;

however, the advent of ultrasound has provided a means by which healing can be monitored more easily, hence there has been a move to reduce recovery times considerably in less severe cases.

Ultrasound scanners have revolutionised the way in which horses with pelvic fractures can be returned to training, due to their ability to accurately diagnose and monitor healing, and they have become an essential aid in judging when horses are fit to return to exercise.

Veterinary surgeons have become adept at not only diagnosing the site of injury, but also determining the severity of the fracture and judging when it has healed. Most horses who suffer pelvic fractures require a lengthy period of box rest and walking exercise before they are fit to turn out or resume ridden exercise. However, all pelvic injuries are different and ultrasound scanners have allowed us to distinguish between them and so return the less serious injuries back to work much faster.

Some non-displaced pelvic ‘stress fractures’ require very little rest and ultrasound-guided monitoring of healing calluses can return horses back to work

Ultrasound is an essential tool in the diagnosis and monitoring of pelvic fractures

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These photographs show a horse with a severe fracture of the left pelvis. The whole pelvis is considerably lower on the left and so the right tuber sacrale now stands out abnormally as the left tuber sacrale (which should be next to it) has dropped so dramatically. The ultrasound scan (below, left) measures the displacement of the ilial shaft fracture at nearly 5cm. This injury warranted the horse being cross-tied to prevent it from displacing the fracture even further, which would have been fatal. The horse also received epidural analgesia when the fracture occurred, hence the clipped area of hair just above the tail-head

surprisingly quickly. The complete recovery time for a straightforward pelvic fracture to return to the racecourse is usually around six months but pelvic stress fractures can get back to the track in half that time.

It should be pointed out, however, that ultrasound scanners do have some disadvantages when it comes to the diagnosis of pelvic fractures.

Whilst the ability to take a portable diagnostic tool to an injured horse with a pelvic fracture is highly desirable, it must be remembered that ultrasound cannot penetrate bone and can evaluate only the

surface of the bone. The consequence of this is that not all pelvic fractures will be picked up on a single ultrasound scan, as it may take several days or weeks for a healing callus to form and certain pelvic fractures will never be visible on an ultrasound scan due to their inaccessible location.

A pelvic fracture should never be ruled out on the basis of one negative ultrasound scan and suspected pelvic fractures should either be re-scanned regularly or sent for nuclear scintigraphy (bone scanning) when they are fit to travel.

In summary, the position of the

equine pelvis as the skeletal ‘lynch-pin’ between the vertebral column and the hind leg makes pelvic injuries important and unique with regard to their diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.

The huge muscle mass that surrounds the pelvis prevents even the world’s most adept surgeons from aiding healing with any metalwork, but this muscle mass is also extremely useful as it provides natural stabilisation for any pelvic fracture. As a result, most pelvic fractures heal well and the prognosis for a successful return to racing is usually good.

Therefore, it is not surprising that there is a long list of top class horses who have suffered pelvic fractures before winning world class races. The 1999 Dubai Turf Classic winner Fruits Of Love fractured his pelvis early in his career, as did 2005 Prix Royal Oak winner Alcazar.

However, perhaps the best current example is Well Armed, who suffered a severe pelvic fracture in the 2006 UAE Derby but successfully returned to the racecourse and went on to win this year’s Dubai World Cup by a record 14 lengths, proving that pelvic fractures do not have to be career-ending injuries.

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Dirt superstars add to Sadler’s Wells legacy The legendary sire may have made his reputation through his turf progeny, yet his impact on US dirt racing is now becoming apparent

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mong the fascinating facts about Sadler’s Wells which you may already know are that the multiple champion sire has over 2,200 progeny of racing age, of which roughly 160 have become Group/Graded winners.

Some 73 have scored at the highest level, Ask becoming the latest in that sensational finish to the Coronation Cup. What you may not know is the extent to which his enormous reputation has been founded on turf racing. Although quite a few of his progeny have enjoyed Graded success in the USA, it has invariably been on turf.

Equineline, the American statistical service, credits his progeny with having earned the equivalent of nearly $153 million in the northern hemisphere, of which some $148m – that’s 97% – has been won on turf.

Sadler’s Wells, therefore, seems an unlikely candidate to become the grandsire of the latest hot US stallion, but that is exactly what has happened.

It was announced in early June that his grandson Medaglia D’Oro has become the latest recruit to Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley operation in Kentucky, with the ten-year-old sire leaving Stonewall Farm to stand alongside such as Street Cry, Elusive Quality and Bernardini.

Darley’s interest was no doubt sparked principally by the stunning exploits of Medaglia D’Oro’s magnificent daughter Rachel Alexandra, who was scoring for the eighth time in 11 career starts when she outpointed the Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in the Preakness Stakes, having earlier taken the Kentucky Oaks by more than 20 lengths.

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The wisdom of Darley’s purchase was immediately underlined by Medaglia D’Oro’s daughter Gabby’s Golden Gal, who led throughout to take the Grade 1 Acorn Stakes.

That victory made her the fourth Graded stakes winner from her sire’s sizeable first crop, the others being C S Silk and Payton d’Oro. There are also further talented performers in stakes winners Renda and Retraceable, and in the Grade 3 second Ameribelle.

A fascinating aspect to this success story is that all seven of Medaglia D’Oro’s stakes winners are fillies, as are four of his six stakes-placed performers.

That’s 11 out of 13, which is surely a statistic worth remembering until the stallion’s sons start to redress the balance, as they often do in such instances (but not always).

It is also worth noting that much of Medaglia D’Oro’s success as a sire has come on traditional dirt, as well as on the all-weather tracks at Arlington and Woodbine.

Turf performers, so far, are in a minority, but he has shown he can get European turf winners, thanks to Al Marmoom and Elmfield Boy. So how has Sadler’s Wells, with his progeny’s pronounced penchant for turf, managed to extend his influence to American dirt racing?

El Prado His son El Prado became North America’s champion sire in 2002, thanks in no small measure to Medaglia D’Oro. At the time there was some surprise that a European-raced son of Sadler’s Wells was proving so well suited to the American industry, but that surprise was soon forgotten when El Prado also achieved topfive positions in each of the next three years.

In fact no-one should have been too surprised at El Prado’s emergence as a first-rate sire of dirt performers, as racing’s history is packed with examples of European imports with turf backgrounds making a huge impact on the American breed.

Of course, Sadler’s Wells himself has a pedigree packed with dirt performers, including his sire Northern Dancer, and he sired El Prado from a mating with the American-bred Lady Capulet.

Although Lady Capulet won the Irish 1,000 Guineas, she too had dirt antecedents and her three-parts-brother Drone was the broodmare sire of two Kentucky Derby winners.

El Prado raced exclusively on turf in Europe before taking up stallion duties in Kentucky, where he has proved capable of siring top performers on all surfaces.

Much depends on the background of El Prado’s mates.

Oddly enough, Medaglia D’Oro’s dam Cappucino Bay gained four of her five wins on turf but Medaglia D’Oro’s first three dams were by Bailjumper, Silent Screen and Restless Wind, all of whom handled dirt very well.

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Superb filly Rachel Alexandra winning the Preakness; her sire Medaglia d’Oro has been recruited by Darley

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Danzig plays his part in Sea The Stars story In the post-race euphoria about Sea The Stars’s Derby victory, much of the attention was rightly centred on his magnificent dam Urban Sea, and the fact that Sea The Stars and his half-brother Galileo are only the seventh set of siblings to win the Derby in the Classic’s 229-year history.

But some attention also needs paying to Cape Cross, whose progeny have now won three of Britain’s Classics.

Cape Cross is an unlikely candidate to sire a Derby winner.

Produced by a mating between winners of two of Newmarket’s most famous six-furlong races, the July Cup and the Cheveley Park Stakes, Cape Cross has a pedigree which shouts speed.

Cape Cross and his first two dams, Park Appeal and Balidaress, were respectively sired by the sprinters Green Desert, Ahonoora and Balidar.

Remarkably, it was another son of Green Desert, Oasis Dream, who had gone very close to siring the Oaks winner a day before

Sea The Stars’s Derby victory.

Of course, Urban Sea is the source of much of Sea The Stars’s stamina, but the colt comes from a very versatile male line which has already made its mark on the Derby – the one descending from Danzig.

Erhaab, a colt by Danzig’s son Chief’s Crown, set the ball rolling in 1994, and Chief’s Crown also figured in 2000, when victory went to Sinndar, a colt by Chief’s Crown’s son Grand Lodge.

North Light, a colt by Danzig’s son Danehill, was the next to win in 2004, so Sea The Stars is the fourth Derby winner sired either by a son or grandson of Danzig.

Ahonoora also got into the Derby act as the sire of Dr Devious, winner of the 1992 renewal, and as the broodmare sire of last year’s winner New Approach – a colt sired by Urban Sea’s son Galileo. It’s therefore a pretty safe bet that breeders will be trying to couple Urban Sea with Ahonoora in pedigrees from now on.

Cape Cross has belied his speedy pedigree in siring a Derby winner

Oaks heroine Sariska has some illustrious relations to thank for her staying ability

Sariska shows stamina is the family strong suit One of the constant fascinations of bloodstock breeding is the way that stamina can re-surface unexpectedly. The Oaks provided a perfect example of this when the finish was fought out by daughters of Pivotal and Oasis Dream, both winners of Britain’s premier speed test, the Nunthorpe Stakes.

Nowadays there is no surprise when Pivotal sires a winner who stays much better than he did, but even so it requires a slight stretch of the imagination to see him siring an Oaks winner.

Clearly, some explanation is needed as to why Sariska stays as well as she does. The simple answer is that she comes from a famous female line whose strong suit has been stamina for many generations.

Trace the female line back and you’ll find that her seventh dam is Lord Derby’s celebrated mare Selene. A winner of the so-called Fillies’ St Leger, the Park Hill Stakes, Selene went on to become one of the most influential broodmares of the 20th century, producing four sons – Hyperion, Sickle, Pharamond II and Hunter’s Moon – who became important stallions on an international level.

It’s fair to describe Hyperion as a legend, as the winner of the Derby and St Leger helped shape the modern thoroughbred, while achieving six sires’ championships.

Hyperion’s three-parts-sister All Moonshine, Sariska’s sixth dam, provided the family with another champion sire in Mossborough.

The Lancashire Oaks winner Eyewash was another of All Moonshine’s foals. Eyewash produced several notable daughters, including three placed in the Park Hill Stakes, among them Sariska’s fourth dam Fiddlededee (third in 1970).

Fiddlededee’s owner tried to inject some speed into her, but it was her visit to Derby winner Blakeney which produced by far her best winner in Mountain Lodge, who landed the Cesarewitch at three and later won the Irish St Leger.

Mountain Lodge’s best winner, Compton Ace, was third in the millennium Gold Cup, so it was to be expected that her unraced daughter Beacon would also transmit plenty of stamina, as she did to Sariska’s dam Maycocks Bay. The daughter of Muhtarram gained her best win over a mile and three-quarters. Maycocks Bay has now passed on her stamina to her stakes-winning daughters Gull Wing and Sariska, and the chances are that stamina will remain this family’s main asset, no matter how much speed breeders try to inject.

Incidentally, this wasn’t the only branch of the All Moonshine family which has shone in 2009, as Lockinge winner Virtual also traces to this broodmare.

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Woodlands Stud purchase brings Group 1 dividends Sousa and Purple score at top level, with the former among a group headed to the 2010 Dubai Carnival, en route to racing in Europe and elsewhere next summer Words: Jeremy Early heikh Mohammed’s purchase of Woodlands Stud last year for a reported US$453 million has already brought Group 1 dividends through Sousa in the Spring Champion Stakes in October – he was also a close second in the Rosehill Guineas this spring – and Purple.

The latter, who seemingly is well suited by soft, not a helpful requirement most of the time in Australia, now has two Group 1s on the scoresheet, having added the Queensland Oaks at the end of May to her victory in the Vinery Stud Stakes in April.

For the record, Sousa will be in a group of ten announced as going to Dubai for the spring carnival next year, though Purple will not – the others in a novel move include five Group winners in the Woodlands Stud package.

Purple is a daughter of one of the pricier Woodlands Stud sires, Commands, a brother by Danehill to the brilliant Danewin but successful himself only at Group 3 level. Retired to stud in 2000, Commands has had three Group 1 winners and three Group 2, and at A$55,000 he is behind only Exceed And Excel and Street Cry in Darley Australia’s roster of 27 sires.

The quality of the 27 as runners, including a strong shuttle element, is exceptional, including as they also do Authorized, Bernadini, Dubawi, Henny Hughes, New Approach, Shamardal, Street Boss, Street Sense, Teofilo and Tiger Hill.

That’s impressive, but overall the best of the batch are very young, which may prove a double-edged sword since not all can be expected to be a success. Exceed And Excel, with one Group 1 winner, has his

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first crop aged four, while Dubawi’s and Shamardal’s initial runners are on the track this year. Authorized, Bernadini, Henny Hughes, New Approach, Street Boss, Street Sense and Teofilo, successful in 20 Group/Grade 1 events between them, are younger still.

Interestingly, an ex-Dalham Hall sire Red Ransom, who is now based full-time at Vinery Australia, has a Group 1 scorer on the credit sheet this month in his adopted home – Duporth.

Medaglia promises so much

One stallion not yet among the Darley shuttlers is dual Breeders’ Cup Classic runner-up Medaglia D’Oro, purchased from Stonewall Farm early in June to stand at Jonabell.

By Sadler’s Wells’s superb son El Prado, the ten-year-old has his first crop aged only three, yet is already responsible for outstanding Classic filly Rachel Alexandra (Preakness Stakes), plus a couple of Graded scorers last year.

The Preakness was one of four Grade 1s in the USA in May, one of whose winners, Bribon in the Metropolitan, was by another Darley sire in Mark Of Esteem.

Pensioned due to fertility problems early in 2007, Mark Of Esteem also sired Sir Percy but never quite fulfilled expectations at stud, getting only two other Group 1 winners, Reverence and Ameerat.

Of course Coolmore’s tentacles extend every bit as far as Darley’s – Galileo, Giant’s Causeway, High Chaparral and Montjeu all had major winners in Australia in May – and in one area, South America, they are making a major thrust.

Orpen is sire of recent Group 1 Gran Premio Gran Criterium

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Medaglia D’Oro: recent Darley acquisition

winner Enak and eight stallions to shuttle to that continent from Ireland or Ashford in Kentucky for this covering season include Giant’s Causeway, Johannesburg and Footstepsinthesand.

Argentina and Brazil, where Darley are shuttling Elusive Quality this year, are always likely to be the prime targets for the big northern hemisphere stallion operations.

The eight Group 1s in the two countries in May indicate the extent to which this is a seam worth tapping and Brazil’s international bloodstock profile has risen recently thanks to the victory of Gloria de Campeao in the Singapore Airlines International Cup. The six-year-old is by Impression, a Group 1 scorer over five furlongs in Argentina by champion US sprinter Rubiano from the Mr Prospector line. Impression hasn’t set South America, let alone the world, alight at stud.

Finally, a word of praise for a stallion who has been dead for nearly three years but had a Grade 1 winner in May – Diesis.

His winner, in the Gamely Handicap, was ex-British Magical Fantasy, successful in a maiden at Lingfield Park in November 2007 before landing the Del Mar Oaks last summer. Diesis’s last crop, of just four, are two-year-olds.

DATA BOOK

Global Stakes Results Argentina Date Grade 23 May G1 23 May G1 23 May G1 30 May G2 30 May G2 24 May G2 10 May G2 3 Jun G3 2 Jun G3 28 May G3 16 May G3

Race Gran Premio Gran Criterium Gran Premio 25 de Mayo Gran Premio de Potrancas (1000 Guineas) Clasico Particula Clasico Capital Clasico 25 de Mayo de 1810 Clasico Pedro Goenaga Clasico Velocidad Clasico Clemente Benavides Clasico Joaquin V Maqueda Clasico Circulo Propietarios Caballeriza

Dist 8.0f 12.0f 8.0f 11.0f 8.0f 8.0f 7.0f 5.0f 7.5f 7.0f 8.0f

Horse Enak (ARG) Escamonda (ARG) Leading The Way (ARG) Codiciable (ARG) Maruco Plus (ARG) Xerealito (ARG) Lord Gem (ARG) Allez Zizou (ARG) Rancante (ARG) Pure Talent (ARG) Sonrisar (ARG)

Age 3 4 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 4

Sex C C F M H H C C F M F

Sire Orpen (USA) Alpha Plus (USA) Brancusi (USA) Parade Marshal (USA) Alpha Plus (USA) Cerebral (ARG) El Sembrador (ARG) Editor’s Note (USA) Shuttle Diplomacy (USA) Ride The Rails (USA) Salt Lake (USA)

Dam Enfeite (ARG) Wise Girl (ARG) La Gran Portada (ARG) Potricora (ARG) Villa Hipica (ARG) Anarquica (ARG) Lady Gem (ARG) Refreshing Ballet (USA) Rain Magic (ARG) Pure Melody (ARG) Souri Halo (ARG)

Broodmare Sire Roy (USA) Gold Trojan (USA) Hidden Prize (USA) Potrillazo (ARG) Ride The Rails (USA) Jack Hylton Gem Master (USA) Moscow Ballet (USA) All Of Me Equalize (USA) Southern Halo (USA)

G1 G1 G1 G1 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

Conrad Treasury Queensland Oaks Carlton Draught Doomben 10,000 Stakes XXXX Gold Doomben Cup Jacob’s Creek Sparkling BTC Cup TCL Electronics QTC Cup Seppelt Wines P J O’Shea Stakes Schweppes Sires’ Produce Stakes Darley Champagne Classic Patinack Farm Dane Ripper Stakes Western Meat Packers Group Roma Cup The Prop House Grand Prix Stakes Coca Cola Amatil Premier’s Cup Mullins Lawyers Rough Habit Plate Hidden Dragon Doomben Roses Stakes Lyndhurst Stud BTC Classic Darley Brisbane Turf Club Sprint XXXX Gold Lord Mayor’s Cup Metro Tiles Chairman’s Quality Handicap Gerard Corporation R A Lee Stakes Mitty’s Doomben Classic

12.0f 6.5f 10.0f 6.0f 6.5f 11.0f 7.0f 6.0f 7.0f 6.0f 11.0f 11.0f 10.0f 10.0f 6.5f 6.5f 8.0f 10.0f 8.0f 8.0f

Purple (AUS) Apache Cat (AUS) Scenic Shot (AUS) Duporth (AUS) Ortensia (AUS) Scenic Shot (AUS) Shoot Out (AUS) Funtantes (AUS) Chinchilla Rose (AUS) Grand Nirvana (AUS) Saint Minerva (AUS) Reggie (NZ) Rockdale (NZ) Awesome Planet (AUS) Court (AUS) Court Command (AUS) Rampant Lion (AUS) Ballack (NZ) Serious Speed (AUS) Za Magic (AUS)

4 7 7 4 4 7 3 3 5 4 4 9 4 4 4 6 9 6 5 4

F G G C F G G F M G F M G F F G G H M G

Commands (AUS) Lion Cavern (USA) Scenic Red Ransom (USA) Testa Rossa (AUS) Scenic High Chaparral (IRE) Easy Rocking (AUS) Lion Hunter (AUS) Scenic Galileo (IRE) Germano (GB) Danroad (AUS) Giant’s Causeway (USA) Anabaa (USA) Commands (AUS) Lion Hunter (AUS) Montjeu (IRE) Royal Academy (USA) Magic Albert (AUS)

Lady Viola (NZ) Tennessee Blaze (AUS) Sweepshot (AUS) Staging (AUS) Aerate’s Pick (AUS) Sweepshot (AUS) Pentamerous (NZ) Cantantes (AUS) Chiara (AUS) Paradise Park (AUS) Amicable (AUS) Crackastar (NZ) Komplete Kaos (NZ) Dance On The Moon (IRE) Splish (AUS) Court House Lane (AUS) La Gypsy (AUS) Trephina (AUS) Twitter (AUS) Zab Watch (NZ)

Zabeel (NZ) Whiskey Road (USA) Dr Grace (NZ) Success Express (USA) Picnicker (AUS) Dr Grace (NZ) Pentire (GB) Just Awesome (AUS) Last Tycoon Bletchley Park (IRE) Last Tycoon Star Way Desert Sun (GB) Fasliyev (USA) Zedavite (AUS) Zoffany (USA) Celestial Dancer Last Tycoon Kendor (FR) Zabeel (NZ)

G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G2 G2 G3

Grande Premio Sao Paulo-Rede Globo G.P.Pres. da Republica-L. I. L. da Silva Grande Premio Juliano Martins Org.Sulamericana Fomento P.S. de Corrida Asoc.Brasil dos Criadores Cavalo Corrida Grande Premio Conde de Herzberg G. P. Francisco Villela de Paula Machado Grande Premio Professor Nova Monteiro

12.0f 8.0f 8.0f 10.0f 5.0f 7.5f 7.5f 10.5f

Flymetothemoon (BRZ) Kapo Di Tutti (BRZ) Too Friendly (BRZ) Spring Love (BRZ) Ultima Palavra (BRZ) Moryba (BRZ) Opera Comica (BRZ) Rutini (BRZ)

4 4 3 5 4 3 3 4

C C C M F C F C

Roi Normand (USA) Redattore (BRZ) Signal Tap (IND) Bonapartiste (FR) Dodge (USA) Hard Buck (BRZ) Giant Gentleman (USA) Know Heights (IRE)

Onefortheroad (BRZ) Granny’s Pie (BRZ) Jour de France (BRZ) Jingle Bells (BRZ) Uberaba Fighter (BRZ) Valetza (BRZ) Cientifica (ARG) Hurry Regina (USA)

Ghadeer (FR) Ghadeer (FR) Tokatee (USA) Aksar (USA) Irish Fighter (USA) Baronius (BRZ) Cipayo (ARG) Woodman (USA)

G2 G3 G3 G3

Nassau Stakes Connaught Cup Stakes Vigil Stakes Hendrie Stakes

8.5f 8.5f 7.0f 6.5f

Rutherienne (USA) Sterwins (CAN) Field Commission (CAN) Smart Surprise (USA)

5 6 4 5

M G C M

Pulpit (USA) Runaway Groom (CAN) Service Stripe (USA) Smart Strike (CAN)

Ruthian (USA) Sweet Vale (USA) Tearfull Moment (CAN) Weekend Storm (USA)

Rahy (USA) Wild Again (USA) Schossberg (CAN) Storm Bird (CAN)

G1 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3

Gran Premio Hipodromo Chile Premio Carlos Campino Premio Victor Matetic Fernandez Premio Julio Subercaseaux Browne Premio Alvaro Covarrubias Premio Jose Saavedra Baeza

11.0f 9.0f 7.5f 8.0f 8.0f 7.5f

Last Impact (CHI) La Sinforosa (CHI) Lutier (CHI) Belle Watling (CHI) Tim Bero (CHI) Mensajera de La Luz (CHI)

7 6 3 3 3 3

H M C F C F

Stuka (USA) Sadlers Congress Indy Dancer (USA) Dushyantor (USA) Tumblebrutus (USA) Election Day (IRE)

Angel de Furia (CHI) Waterloo Square (CHI) Wordgame (CHI) Biala (CHI) Marbella (CHI) Cuenta Conmigo (CHI)

Stagecraft Wagon Master (FR) Wagon Master (FR) The Great Shark (USA) Mocito Guapo (ARG) Gallantsky (USA)

G1 G1 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3

Victoria Mile NHK Mile Cup Meguro Kinen Kinko Sho Tokai TV Hai Tokai Stakes Keio Hai Spring Cup Kyoto Shimbun Hai Niigata Daishoten

8.0f 8.0f 12.5f 10.0f 11.5f 7.0f 11.0f 10.0f

Vodka (JPN) Jo Cappuccino (JPN) Miyabi Ranveli (JPN) Sakura Mega Wonder (JPN) Wonder Speed (JPN) Suzuka Causeway (JPN) Best Member (JPN) Shingen (JPN)

5 3 6 6 7 5 3 6

M C H H H H C H

Tanino Gimlet (JPN) Manhattan Cafe (JPN) Opera House (GB) Grass Wonder (USA) King Glorious (USA) Giant’s Causeway (USA) Manhattan Cafe (JPN) White Muzzle (GB)

Tanino Sister (JPN) Jo Psykhe (JPN) Asteion (JPN) Sakura Mega (JPN) Wonder Heritage (USA) French Riviera (USA) Great Catty (JPN) Nifty Heart (JPN)

Rousillon (USA) Fusaichi Concorde (JPN) Horisky (JPN) Sunday Silence (USA) Pleasant Tap (USA) French Deputy (USA) Sakura Yutaka O (JPN) Sunday Silence (USA)

Coca-Cola Canterbury Gold Cup

10.0f

The Meista (NZ)

4

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Montjeu (IRE)

Zablinka (NZ)

Zabeel (NZ)

Singapore Airlines International Cup

10.0f

Gloria de Campeao (BRZ)

6

H

Impression (ARG)

Audacity (BRZ)

Clackson (BRZ)

Golden Horse Casino Sprint Allan Robertson Fillies Championship South African Fillies & Mares Sprint Gold Reef Resorts Gold Medallion

6.0f 6.0f 6.0f 6.0f

Earl Of Surrey (ZIM) Give Me Five (SAF) Lady Windermere (SAF) Villandry (SAF)

6 3 4 3

H F F G

Century Stand (AUS) Goldkeeper (USA) Western Winter (USA) Var (USA)

Bush Chic (SAF) Dance Celebre (SAF) Ballad of Reading (SAF) Amazon Lily (SAF)

Gay Fandango (USA) Jallad (USA) Averof Complete Warrior (USA)

Australia 30 May 23 May 16 May 9 May 30 May 30 May 30 May 16 May 30 May 30 May 30 May 23 May 23 May 16 May 16 May 16 May 16 May 9 May 9 May 9 May

Brazil 17 May 17 May 17 May 16 May 16 May 10 May 9 May 31 May

Canada 30 May 24 May 18 May 10 May

Chile 16 May 22 May 30 May 29 May 29 May 23 May

Japan 17 May 10 May 31 May 30 May 24 May 16 May 9 May 9 May

New Zealand 3 May

G3

Singapore 17 May

G1

South Africa 30 May 30 May 30 May 30 May

G1 G1 G1 G1

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DATA BOOK LISTINGS OF EVERY SINGLE WORLDWIDE STAKES WINNER Global Stakes Results 22 May 12 May 12 May 8 May 31 May 10 May

G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3

Betting World 1900 KRA Guineas KRA South African Fillies Guineas Drill Hall Stakes Winter Classic New Turf Carriers East Cape Derby

9.5f 8.0f 8.0f 7.0f 9.0f 12.0f

Tropical Empire (AUS) Big City Life (SAF) On Her Toes (SAF) Earl Of Surrey (ZIM) Royal Chalon (AUS) Lizard’s Desire (SAF)

7 4 4 6 4 4

H C F H G C

Second Empire (IRE) Casey Tibbs (IRE) Western Winter (USA) Century Stand (AUS) Royal Academy (USA) Lizard Island (AUS)

Tropical Touch (AUS) Dollar Crisis (SAF) Savannah Breeze (SAF) Bush Chic (SAF) Chalonne (AUS) Annsfield (SAF)

Pago Pago Goldmark (SAF) Badger Land (USA) Gay Fandango (USA) Rubiton (AUS) Northfields (USA)

9.5f

Appel Au Maitre (FR)

5

H

Starborough (GB)

Rotina (FR)

Crystal Glitters (USA)

Magical Fantasy (USA) Bribon (FR) Thorn Song (USA) Rachel Alexandra (USA) Well Monied (USA) Gozzip Girl (USA) Carolyn’s Cat (USA) Criticism (GB) Zenyatta (USA) Parading (USA) Seattle Smooth (USA) Skylighter (USA) Payton d’Oro (USA) Ball Four (USA) Charitable Man (USA) Bold Start (USA) Hightap (USA) Spring House (USA) Autism Awareness (USA) Dubai Majesty (USA) Finallymadeit (USA) It’s A Bird (USA) Seaspeak (USA) Wasted Tears (USA) Charlie’s Moment (USA) Brass Hat (USA) Euphony (USA) Vacation (USA) Everyday Heroes (USA) No Advantage (USA) Ravalo (USA) Red Arrow (AUS) Social Queen (USA) Heart Ashley (USA) Witty (USA) Mythical Power (USA)

4 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 4 4 3 8 3 5 3 7 4 4 5 6 4 4 3 8 4 4 3 4 5 6 5 3 3 3

F G H F F F F M M H F F F G C H F G C F H H C F G G F C C C G H M F F C

Diesis Mark of Esteem (IRE) Unbridled’s Song (USA) Medaglia d’Oro (USA) Maria’s Mon (USA) Dynaformer (USA) Forestry (USA) Machiavellian (USA) Street Cry (IRE) Pulpit (USA) Quiet American (USA) Sky Mesa (USA) Medaglia d’Oro (USA) Grand Slam (USA) Lemon Drop Kid (USA) Jump Start (USA) Tapit (USA) Chester House (USA) Tannersmyman (USA) Essence Of Dubai (USA) Concerto (USA) Birdonthewire (USA) Mizzen Mast (USA) Najran (USA) Indian Charlie (USA) Prized (USA) Forest Wildcat (USA) Dynaformer (USA) Awesome Again (CAN) Posse (USA) Mutakddim (USA) Red Ransom (USA) Dynaformer (USA) Lion Heart (USA) Distorted Humor (USA) Congaree (USA)

Kissing Gate (USA) Rowat Arazi (GB) Festal (USA) Lotta Kim (USA) Queen Of America (USA) Temperence Gift (USA) People’s Princess (USA) Innuendo (IRE) Vertigineux (USA) On Parade (USA) Our Seattle Star (USA) Painted Lady (USA) Jealous And Jaded (USA) Making Faces (USA) Charitabledonation (USA) Dorky (USA) Don’tellmichelle (CAN) Spring Star (BRZ) Lady Essex (USA) Great Majesty (USA) Gold For My Gal (USA) Faithful City (USA) Somerset West (USA) Wishes And Roses (USA) Moment Of Light (CAN) Brassy (USA) Strike It Up (USA) Country Hideaway (USA) Lucette (USA) Prime Advantage (USA) Momentary Hope (USA) Lady Jakeo (AUS) Gal On The Go (USA) Pretty ‘n Smart (USA) Well Dressed (USA) School for Scandal (USA)

Easy Goer (USA) Arazi (USA) Storm Bird (CAN) Roar (USA) Quiet American (USA) Kingmambo (USA) Meadowlake (USA) Caerleon (USA) Kris S (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Seattle Song (USA) Broad Brush (USA) Jade Hunter (USA) Lyphard (USA) Saint Ballado (CAN) Flying Paster (USA) Regal Classic (CAN) Itajara (BRZ) Sharp Victor (USA) Great Above (USA) Gold Alert (USA) Hooched (USA) Gone West (USA) Greinton Bold Revenue (CAN) Dixie Brass (USA) Smart Strike (CAN) Seeking The Gold (USA) Dayjur (USA) Tactical Advantage (USA) Southern Halo (USA) Last Tycoon Irgun (USA) Beau Genius (CAN) Notebook (USA) Is It True (USA)

Sweden 2 Jun

G3

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Gamely Stakes Shadwell Metropolitan Handicap Shoemaker Mile Stakes Blackberry Preakness Stakes Honeymoon Handicap Sands Point Stakes Vagrancy Handicap Sheepshead Bay Stakes Milady Handicap Dixie Stakes Shuvee Handicap Allaire du Pont Distaff Stakes Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Mervyn Leroy Handicap Peter Pan Stakes Aristides Stakes Dogwood Stakes Golden Gate Fields Turf Stakes Berkeley Stakes Winning Colors Stakes Memorial Day Handicap Lone Star Park Handicap Dallas Turf Cup Handicap Ouija Board Distaff Handicap Lazaro Barrera Memorial Stakes Louisville Handicap Arlington Matron Handicap Hanshin Cup Handicap Hirsch Jacobs Stakes William Donald Schaefer Stakes Maryland Sprint Handicap Los Angeles Handicap Gallorette Handicap Adena Stallions’ Miss Preakness Stakes Railbird Stakes Lone Star Derby

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Leading sires by stakes winners Horse

Born

Sire

Stands/Stood

Danehill Dancer (IRE) Giant’s Causeway (USA) Galileo (IRE) Red Ransom (USA) Redoute’s Choice (AUS) Encosta de Lago (AUS) More Than Ready (USA) Montjeu (IRE) Lemon Drop Kid (USA) O’Reilly (NZ) Sadler’s Wells (USA) Dynaformer (USA) Zabeel (NZ) Belong To Me (USA) Elusive Quality (USA) Unbridled’s Song (USA) Distorted Humor (USA) Smart Strike (CAN) Mizzen Mast (USA) War Chant (USA) Street Cry (IRE) Put It Back (USA) Dixie Union (USA) Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) Invincible Spirit (IRE) Singspiel (IRE) Dushyantor (USA) Captain Al (SAF) Bernstein (USA) Stormy Atlantic (USA) Orpen (USA) Scenic Unusual Heat (USA) Exceed And Excel (AUS) Not For Love (USA)

1993 1997 1998 1987 1996 1993 1997 1996 1996 1993 1981 1985 1986 1989 1993 1993 1993 1992 1998 1997 1998 1998 1997 1999 1997 1992 1993 1996 1997 1994 1996 1986 1990 2000 1990

Danehill (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Sadler’s Wells (USA) Roberto (USA) Danehill (USA) Fairy King (USA) Southern Halo (USA) Sadler’s Wells (USA) Kingmambo (USA) Last Tycoon Northern Dancer Roberto (USA) Sir Tristram Danzig (USA) Gone West (USA) Unbridled (USA) Forty Niner (USA) Mr Prospector (USA) Cozzene (USA) Danzig (USA) Machiavellian (USA) Honour And Glory (USA) Dixieland Band (USA) Danehill (USA) Green Desert (USA) In The Wings Sadler’s Wells (USA) Al Mufti (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Lure (USA) Sadler’s Wells (USA) Nureyev (USA) Danehill (USA) Mr Prospector (USA)

IRE, AUS USA IRE, AUS AUS AUS AUS, IRE USA, AUS IRE, NZ USA NZ IRE USA NZ USA USA, AUS USA, AUS USA USA USA USA USA, AUS BRZ USA AUS, IRE IRE UK CHI SAF USA, ARG USA IRE, AUS, ARG AUS USA IRE, UK, AUS USA

80 THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

BTH BTW GH GW 36 24 30 20 18 24 22 26 17 16 14 14 14 16 13 13 14 14 9 10 14 14 7 17 14 12 10 15 14 14 15 13 9 16 12

15 13 11 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

21 17 17 12 11 17 11 18 11 7 10 8 9 9 7 8 7 10 6 7 8 5 4 7 4 7 6 10 8 4 9 8 3 12 1

7 9 6 6 3 5 5 7 5 4 6 4 6 3 3 4 3 5 4 3 3 2 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 5 0 2 0

Danehill dancing his way to greatness as big-two competition skewed by Coolmore shuttle tactics There’s no stopping Danehill Dancer at the moment, since another seven black type winners in May have shot him to the top. Not ordinary stakes winners either, since on a memorable weekend at the Curragh at the end of the month Mastercrafstman won the Irish 2,000 Guineas – he followed up in the St James’s Palace at Royal Ascot – and Again the fillies’ equivalent.

Given the greater likelihood of his getting stakes-winning juveniles in Europe than any sire in the list, and no shortage of major scorers in Australia, Danehill Dancer is short odds to continue among the leaders this year.

At the moment the Coolmore-Darley competition is heavily in favour of the former. This is thanks in part to their longstanding shuttle tactics having paid off superbly and because many of the best potential Darley sires have exactly that – potential, due to youth. Coolmore have five of the top eight in the list, with 34 Group or Graded winners among their respective teams. Most have shuttled to boost the score, while 11th-placed Sadler’s Wells on six Group winners did not.

You can’t keep a great sire down, even once he’s retired.

Darley’s first stallion in the list is shuttler Elusive Quality, in 15th. Like Danehill Dancer he is 16 and also like him his record from average quality books early on at stud, at an initial fee of $10,000, proved stunning, with such as Smarty Jones and Elusive City. Elusive Quality, now at $75,000 in Kentucky and covering superior books, has had six winners at the highest level, including also Raven’s Pass and a colt who clearly is one of the best three-year-olds stateside, Quality Road. Intriguingly, this year at Stud TNT, to which Woodman shuttled, Elusive Quality is likely to be covering ten Darley mares shipped to Brazil to be bred to southern hemisphere time.

Comments: Jeremy Early Statistics to May 30 BTH = black type horses; BTW = black type winners; GH = Group horses; GW = Group winners

DATABOOK

EUROPEAN PATTERN RESULTS

European Pattern 61 PREMIO CARLO D’ALESSIO G3 ROME. May 9. 4yo+. 2400m.

1. VOILA ICI (IRE) 4 8-13 £33,009 gr c by Daylami - Far Hope (Barathea) O-Scuderia Incolinx B-Soc Finanza Locale Consulting TR-V Caruso 2. Gimmy (IRE) 5 8-9 £14,524 b g by Lomitas - Pursuit of Life (Pursuit of Love) O/B-Lino Scarpellini TR-B Grizzetti 3. Vol de Nuit (GB) 8 8-9 £7,922 gr h by Linamix - Bedside Story (Mtoto) O-Allevamento La Nuova Sbarra B-Grundy Bloodstock TR-F&L Camici Margins 0.75, 1. Time 2:30.00.

Going Good to firm.

Age 2-4

Starts 10

Wins 6

Places 2

Earned £133,697

Sire: DAYLAMI. Sire of 16 Stakes winners. In 2009 VOILA ICI Barathea G3, EBADIYAN Rainbow Quest LR, ZAYNAR Kahyasi LR. 1st Dam: FAR HOPE by Barathea. 5 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy, Premio Vittorio Crespi LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2004: Rosh Ha Shana (f Sinndar) ran on the flat in Italy.

2005: VOILA ICI (c Daylami) Sold 39,408gns yearling at SGSEP. 6 wins at 2 to 4 in Italy, Premio Carlo d’Alessio G3, Premio Federico Tesio G3, 2nd Gran Premio di Milano G1.

2006: Harmonieux (c One Cool Cat) unraced to date.

2007: Egocentrique (c Rock of Gibraltar) unraced to date.

2000: RATANIA (f Dr Devious) Winner at 2 in Italy.

2002: Ruzante (c Intikhab) unraced.

2005: REMARQUE (c Marju) Sold 19,704gns yearling at SGSEP. 5 wins at 3 and 4 in Italy, Premio Tudini G3, 2nd Premio Daumier LR, 3rd Premio Chiusura-C. Naz G3.

2007: Raddy ‘ell Pauline (f Dubawi) unraced to date.

2008: (f Shamardal) 2nd Dam: Negligence by Roan Rocket. Dam of NEGLIGENT (f Ahonoora: Rockfel S G3, 3rd1000 Guineas G1), ALA HOUNAK (c Sexton Blake: March S LR, 4th Ormonde EBF S G3), Ala Mahlik (f Ahonoora: 2nd Musidora S G3, 4th1000 Guineas G1, 2nd Boiling Springs H G3), Dannec (c Danehill: 2nd Grosser Preis der Stadparkasse Dortmund LR), Manaafis (c High Estate: 2nd Silver Race LR).

Grandam of BLATANT, SONGLARK, SANS SOUCI ISLAND, Nomistakeaboutit, Salamah. Third dam of SHANTY STAR, SUBITODOPO, HINTON ADMIRAL. Broodmare Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of the dams of 109 SWs. In 2009 - DANE JULIA Caesour G1, TUESDAY JOY Carnegie G1, LARGO LAD Encosta de Lago G2, ROMNEYA Red Ransom G2, ABOVE AVERAGE High Chaparral G3, MAD ABOUT YOU Indian Ridge G3, REMARQUE Marju G3, CEREMONIAL JADE Jade Robbery LR, DUNCAN Dalakhani LR, HAIRY Fuji Kiseki LR, INDIANA GAL Intikhab LR, READYOR More Than Ready LR, RELATED Elusive Quality LR. REMARQUE b c 2005 Try My Best Last Tycoon Mill Princess MARJU br 88 Artaius

2nd Dam: FINGER OF LIGHT by Green Desert. 1 win at 2. Dam of FAR HOPE (f Barathea, see above)

Flame of Tara

Broodmare Sire: BARATHEA. Sire of the dams of 23 Stakes winners. In 2009 - VOILA ICI Daylami G3, DELAGO BOLT Delago Brom LR.

Danehill

Welsh Flame Danzig Razyana RUN FOR ME b 93 Roan Rocket

The Daylami/Barathea cross has produced: VOILA ICI G1, MAHAATHEER LR, Rose Diamond G3, Roscoff LR, Shazand LR.

Negligence Malpractice

Northern Dancer Sex Appeal Mill Reef Irish Lass II Round Table Stylish Pattern Welsh Pageant Electric Flash Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Buisson Ardent Farandole II Pall Mall Miss Justice

VOILA ICI gr c 2005 Mill Reef Doyoun Dumka DAYLAMI gr 94 Miswaki Daltawa Damana Sadler’s Wells Barathea Brocade FAR HOPE b 99 Green Desert Finger of Light Circus Ring

Never Bend Milan Mill Kashmir II Faizebad Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Crystal Palace Denia Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Habitat Canton Silk Danzig Foreign Courier High Top Bell Song

62 PREMIO TUDINI G3

1. REMARQUE (IRE) 4 9-4 £33,010 b c by Marju - Run For Me (Danehill) O-Allevamento La Nuova Sbarra B-Razza del Pian del Lago TR-L Riccardi 2. Black Mambazo (IRE) 4 9-4 £14,524 b c by Statue of Liberty - Rich Gift (Cadeaux Genereux) O/B-Azienda Agricola Valle Falcone TR-L Riccardi 3. Morgan Drive (IRE) 4 9-4 £7,922 b c by Namid - Morning Prancer (Caerleon) O/B-Razza Montalbano TR-M Gasparini Margins 1, short neck. Time 1:07.80.

Going Good to firm.

Starts 16

Wins 5

LINGFIELD PARK. May 9. 3yo+f&m. 7f.

1. SAN SICHARIA (IRE) 4 9-3 £36,901 ch f by Daggers Drawn - Spinamix (Spinning World) O-P Twomey B-Mrs L Kelly TR-Ms Joanna Morgan 2. Baileys Cacao (IRE) 3 8-6 £13,988 b f by Invincible Spirit - Baileys Cream (Mister Baileys) O-William Durkan B-Miss Mary Davison TR-R Hannon 3. Please Sing (GB) 3 8-5 £7,001 b f by Royal Applause - Persian Song (Persian Bold) O-Mrs Ann C Black B-Mrs RD Peacock TR-MR Channon Margins Nose, 1. Time 1:20.60 (fast 1.10).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2-4

ROME. May 9. 3yo+. 1200m.

Age 3-4

63 CHARTWELL S G3

Places 4

Earned £48,708

Sire: MARJU. Sire of 49 Stakes winners. In 2009 ENROLLER Rainbow Quest G3, REMARQUE Danehill G3, ASSET Arazi LR, COMIC STRIP Be My Chief LR, SPIRIT OF SPORT Crafty Prospector LR. 1st Dam: Run For Me by Danehill. unraced. Own sister to Dannec. Dam of 4 winners: 1998: JUNO ZTON (c Caerleon) 2 wins at 3 and 6 in Japan.

1999: Ravanello (f Spectrum) 6 wins at 2 to 4 in Italy, 2nd Premio Torricola LR. Broodmare.

Starts 8

Wins 3

Places 4

Earned £70,391

SAN SICHARIA ch f 2005 Atan Rocchetta Diesis Reliance II Doubly Sure Soft Angels DAGGERS DRAWN ch 95 Northern Dancer Ajdal Native Partner Sun And Shade Habitat Shadywood Milly Moss Northern Dancer Nureyev Special Spinning World Riverman Imperfect Circle Aviance SPINAMIX gr 99 Mendez Linamix Lunadix Vadsagreya Halo Vadsa Rainbow’s Edge Sharpen Up

64 1000 GUINEAS TRIAL S G3 LEOPARDSTOWN. May 10. 3yof. 8f.

1. BALIYANA (IRE) 9-0 £50,563 gr f by Dalakhani - Balanka (Alzao) O-HH The Aga Khan B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-John M Oxx 2. Aaroness (USA) 9-0 £14,835 b f by Distorted Humor - Diamonds for Lil (Summer Squall) O-Mrs June Judd B-Brilliant Stables Inc TR-JS Bolger 3. Firey Red (IRE) 9-0 £7,068 ch f by Pivotal - Step With Style (Gulch) O/B-Moyglare Stud Farm TR-DK Weld Margins 2.5, 1.25. Time 1:39.90 (slow 1.20).

Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 5

Wins 2

Places 1

Sire: DALAKHANI. Sire of 12 Stakes winners. In 2009 - BALIYANA Alzao G3, DEEM Sadler’s Wells G3, SHEMIMA Nishapour G3.

1st Dam: BALANKA by Alzao. 2 wins at 3, Coupe du FEE LR, 3rd Prix de l’Opera G2. Dam of 5 winners: 1997: Baliyna (f Woodman) unraced. Broodmare.

1998: Balsannda (f Rahy) ran on the flat in France.

1999: BALAKHERI (c Theatrical) 3 wins at 2 and 3, King Edward VII S G2. Sire.

2000: Balamiyda (f Ashkalani) unraced. Dam of Escalada (3rd Criterium Femminile LR) 2001: BALAKAN (g Selkirk) 7 wins.

2002: BALANKIYA (f Darshaan) Winner at 3.

2003: BELANAK (g Sinndar) Winner at 3.

2004: Balaman (c Indian Ridge) 2006: BALIYANA (f Dalakhani) 2 wins at 2 and 3, Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial G3.

2007: (f Azamour) 2nd Dam: BANANA PEEL by Green Dancer. 2 wins at 4 in USA. Dam of Young American (g Hamas: 2nd Challenge S LR).

Broodmare Sire: ALZAO. Sire of the dams of 76 Stakes winners. In 2009 - BALIYANA Dalakhani G3.

BALIYANA gr f 2006 Shirley Heights Darshaan Delsy DALAKHANI gr 2000

Sire: DAGGERS DRAWN. Sire of 15 Stakes winners.

In 2009 - SAN SICHARIA Spinning World G3.

1st Dam: Spinamix by Spinning World. Dam of 3 winners: 2004: Codeword (c Dansili) 3 wins, 3rd Hill Prince S G3.

2005: SAN SICHARIA (f Daggers Drawn) Sold 25,666gns foal at GONO1, 40,000gns yearling at TAOC2, 165,000gns 3yo at TADEM. 3 wins at 2 to 4 at home, France, totesportbingo.com Chartwell S G3, 3rd Cuisine de France Summer S G3, Prix F.B.A. Aymeri de Mauleon LR. 2006: Spin Cycle (c Exceed And Excel) 3 wins at 2 and 3, 2nd Norfolk S G2.

2007: Miss Spinamix (f Verglas) unraced to date.

2008: (c Hawk Wing) 2nd Dam: Vadsagreya by Linamix. 2 wins at 2 and 3 in France, 3rd Prix des Sablonnets LR. Dam of Global Genius (c Galileo: 2nd Chesham S LR) Broodmare Sire: SPINNING WORLD. Sire of the dams of 5 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SAN SICHARIA Daggers Drawn G3, RESTORED Red Ransom LR.

Earned £61,475

Miswaki Daltawa Damana Lyphard Alzao Lady Rebecca BALANKA b 92 Green Dancer Banana Peel Barbra

Mill Reef Hardiemma Abdos Kelty Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Crystal Palace Denia Northern Dancer Goofed Sir Ivor Pocahontas II Nijinsky Green Valley Le Fabuleux Biobelle

65 AMETHYST S G3 LEOPARDSTOWN. May 10. 3yo+. 8f.

1. SUMMIT SURGE (IRE) 5 9-12 £41,019 b g by Noverre - Lady Peculiar (Sunshine Forever) O-W Bellew B-Norelands Bldstk TR-GM Lyons 2. Three Rocks (IRE) 4 9-9 £11,990 b c by Rock of Gibraltar - Top Crystal (Sadler’s Wells) O-Mrs JS Bolger B-Michael Poland, Aerial Bloodstock TR-JS Bolger 3. Beach Bunny (IRE) 4 9-6 £5,680 b f by High Chaparral - Miss Hawai (Peintre Celebre) O-Lady O’Reilly B-DG Hardisty Bloodstock, Marston Stud TR-K Prendergast

Margins 1.5, 1.25. Time 1:40.30 (slow 1.60).

Going Good.

Age 2-5

Starts 22

Wins 6

Places 7

Earned £193,960

Sire: NOVERRE. Sire of 9 Stakes winners. In 2009 SUMMIT SURGE Sunshine Forever G3, LE HAVRE Surako LR. 1st Dam: LADY PECULIAR by Sunshine Forever.

Winner at 3 in USA. Dam of 6 winners: 2000: TRECULIAR (c Trempolino) 4 wins.

2001: INTONATION (c Diesis) 2 wins at 3 and 4 in Greece.

2002: PECULIAR PRINCE (g Desert Prince) 3 wins at 3 and 5.

2003: VACATION (g King Charlemagne) 2 wins at 3.

2004: SUMMIT SURGE (g Noverre) Sold 34,000gns foal at TADEF, 30,000gns yearling at DNSLY. 6 wins at 2 to 5, Ballycorus S G3, Amethyst S G3, 3rd Leopardstown 2000 Guineas Trial G3.

2005: MY MATE PETE (g Captain Rio) Winner at 2.

2007: (f Iron Mask) 2nd Dam: LADY REGENCY by Vice Regent. 6 wins in Canada, USA Likely Exchange S LR. Broodmare Sire: SUNSHINE FOREVER. Sire of the dams of 8 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SUMMIT SURGE Noverre G3.

SUMMIT SURGE b g 2004 Red God Runaway Bride Halo Glorious Song Ballade NOVERRE b 98 Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Danseur Fabuleux Le Fabuleux Fabuleux Jane Native Partner Hail To Reason Roberto Bramalea Sunshine Forever Graustark Outward Sunshine Golden Trail LADY PECULIAR b 95 Northern Dancer Vice Regent Victoria Regina Lady Regency Funny Fellow Funny Peculiar Weird Blushing Groom

Rahy

66 PRIX DE SAINT-GEORGES G3 LONGCHAMP. May 10. 3yo+. 1000m.

1. MOOD MUSIC (GB) 4 9-2 £38,835 b g by Kyllachy - Something Blue (Petong) O-WH Sport International B-RT and Mrs Watson TR-M Hofer 2. Benbaun (IRE) 5 9-0 £15,534 b g by Stravinsky - Escape To Victory (Salse) O-Ransley, Birks, Hillen B-Dr TA Ryan TR-KA Ryan 3. Inxile (IRE) 8 9-2 £11,650 b g by Fayruz - Grandel (Owington) O-Ian Hewitson B-Denis & Mrs Teresa Bergin TR-D Nicholls Margins 0.75, short head. Time 0:55.78 (fast 1.02).

Going Good.

Age 2-5

Starts 31

Wins 7

Places 12

Earned £148,870

Sire: KYLLACHY. Sire of 8 Stakes winners. In 2009 MOOD MUSIC Petong G3, ALGOL In The Wings LR. 1st Dam: Something Blue by Petong. ran 3 times at 2. Dam of 5 winners: 1999: YORKSHIRE BLUE (g Atraf) 12 wins at 3 to 8.

2000: STEEL BLUE (g Atraf) 10 wins.

2001: Caribbean Blue (f First Trump) ran.

2002: Blue Boy (c Mujahid) unraced.

2003: MEMPHIS MAN (g Bertolini) 8 wins at 2 to 5, 2008.

2004: MOOD MUSIC (g Kyllachy) Sold 34,000gns yearling at DNSLY, 55,000gns 2yo at TAAUT. 7 wins at 2 to 5, 2009 at home, France, Germany, Italy, Prix de Saint-Georges G3, Premio Cancelli LR, Lanson Cup LR, FliegerPreis LR, 2nd Prix de Saint-Georges G3, Smith & Williamson Dragon S LR, P.MTPA Office de Tourisme Prix du Cercle LR, Criterium de Vitesse LR, Premio Certosa LR, 3rd Danehill Dancer Tipperary S LR, Scottish Racing Harry Rosebery S LR, Prix de Bonneval LR, Premio Cancelli LR, Jean Harzheim Sprintpreis LR. 2006: ANGEL SONG (f Dansili) Winner at 3.

2008: (c Kyllachy)

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DATABOOK European Pattern 2nd Dam: BLUEIT by Bold Lad. 2 wins at 2. Own sister to Matchless Dancer. Dam of Blues Indigo (f Music Boy: 2nd Palace House S G3). Grandam of BISHOPS COURT, ASTONISHED. Third dam of DAZED AND AMAZED, TABARET. Fourth dam of SAXFORD.

ADDICTED br f 2006 Warning DIKTAT br 95 Arvola

Broodmare Sire: PETONG. Sire of the dams of 11 SWs. In 2009 - MOOD MUSIC Kyllachy G3.

Surumu

MOOD MUSIC b g 2004 Nureyev Polar Falcon Marie d’Argonne Pivotal Cozzene Fearless Revival Stufida KYLLACHY b 98 Sing Sing Song Intent Pretty Poppy Crooner Moonlight Serenade March Moonlight Jaipur Mansingh Tutasi Petong Linacre Iridium Tula Melody SOMETHING BLUE b 94 Bold Ruler Bold Lad Barn Pride Blueit Majority Blue Blue Butterfly Belle Noisette

67 SCHWARZGOLD-RENNEN G3 COLOGNE. May 10. 3yof. 1600m.

1. ADDICTED (GER) 9-2 £38,835 br f by Diktat - Astica (Surumu) O/B-Gestut Brummerhof TR-T Mundry 2. Lukrecia (IRE) 9-2 £14,563 b f by Exceed And Excel - Quecha (Indian Ridge) O-Stall Litex B-Gainsborough Stud Management Co Ltd TR-P Schiergen 3. Novita (FR) 9-2 £5,825 bbr f by American Post - Nouvelle Reine (Konigsstuhl) O-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof B-Mme F Schlaudecker Herbig TR-P Schiergen Margins Short head, 1.5. Time 1:38.03. Going Soft.

Age 2-3

Starts 3

Wins 2

Places 1

Earned £42,189

Sire: DIKTAT. Sire of 15 Stakes winners. In 2009 ADDICTED Surumu G3, CONTAT Robellino LR. 1st Dam: Astica by Surumu. 3 wins at 2 and 3 in Germany, 2nd Preis von Koln LR. Dam of 8 winners: 1994: AUETALER (g Niniski) 13 wins, Agfa Hurdle LR, 2nd Axminster 100 Kingwell Hurdle G2, Martell Mersey Novices’ Hurdle G2.

1995: ALAMOS (c Big Shuffle) 4 wins at 3 and 4 in Germany.

1996: ACAMBARO (c Goofalik). 2 wins at 2 and 3 in Germany, Grosser Muller Brot-Preis G2, 2nd BMW Deutsches Derby G1. Sire.

1997: Acanto (c Highest Honor) ran on the flat in Germany.

1998: All Saints (f Goofalik) unraced. Dam of ALL SPIRIT (c Platini: 2 wins at 3 and 4 in Germany, Gerling Preis G2) 1999: ABBA (f Goofalik) 2 wins at 3 in Germany.

Dam of ABBADJINN (c Big Shuffle: 7 wins at 3 and 4 in Germany, Von Wert Benazet Rennen G3, Oppenheim Fonds Trust Silberne Peitsche G3, 2nd bestwetten.de Goldene Peitsche G2), ABBASHIVA (c Tiger Hill: 3 wins at 2 and 3 in Germany, Grosse Hessen Meile G3) 2000: AMERICAN BEAUTY (f Goofalik) Winner at 3 in Germany. Broodmare.

2002: All Rise (f Goofalik) 2003: ASTURION (g Sternkoenig) Winner of a N.H. Flat Race.

2004: ARTS AND CRAFTS (c Singspiel) 3 wins at 3 and 4 in Japan.

2006: ADDICTED (f Diktat) 2 wins at 3 in Germany, Schwarzgold Rennen G3.

2007: Artica (f Pentire) unraced to date.

2008: Astralis (c Goofalik)

In Reality Tamerett Roberto Slightly Dangerous Where You Lead Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge Ahonoora Park Appeal Balidaress Birkhahn Literat Lis Reliance II Surama Suncourt Ennis Pentathlon Palmural Lemon Hart Allergie Ara Known Fact

ASTICA gr 89 Auenliebe

68 PRIX GREFFULHE G2 SAINT-CLOUD. May 12. 3yoc&f. 2000m.

1. CUTLASS BAY (UAE) 9-2 £71,942 b c by Halling - Dunnes River (Danzig) O-Sheikh Mohammed B-Darley TR-A Fabre 2. Cavalryman (GB) 9-2 £27,767 b c by Halling - Silversword (Highest Honor) O-Sheikh Mohammed B-Darley TR-A Fabre 3. Allybar (IRE) 9-2 £13,252 ch c by King’s Best - Irika (Irish River) O/B-Wertheimer et Frere TR-C Laffon-Parias Margins 0.5, 1.5. Time 2:14.50 (slow 10.10).

Going Heavy.

Age 2-3

Starts 3

Wins 3

Places 0

Earned £90,799

Sire: HALLING. Sire of 42 Stakes winners. In 2009 CUTLASS BAY Danzig G2, RENOWING Darshaan LR, DEEP PURPLE Glenstal LR. 1st Dam: DUNNES RIVER by Danzig. Winner at 3.

Dam of 3 winners: 2003: CRESTED (g Fantastic Light) 5 wins at 2 to 5, Cotton Fitzsimmons H LR, 2nd Hawthorne Derby G3, Robert F Carey Memorial H G3.

2004: BOSCOBEL (g Halling) 5 wins at 2 and 3, King Edward VII S G2.

2005: Somerset Falls (f Red Ransom) 2006: CUTLASS BAY (c Halling) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix Greffulhe G2.

2007: Dover Castle (c Halling) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: ELIZABETH BAY by Mr Prospector. 7 wins 2-5, Prix Eclipse G3, 2nd Coronation S G1. Dam of BAYEUX (g Red Ransom: River City H G3, 2nd Frank E Kilroe Mile H G1).

Broodmare Sire: DANZIG. Sire of the dams of 140 SWs. In 2009 - MALDIVIAN Zabeel G1, CUTLASS BAY Halling G2, ACOMA Empire Maker G3, KISS THE KID Lemon Drop Kid G3, SAKURA ORION El Condor Pasa G3.

Margins 3.75, 3.5. Time 2:11.41 (slow 2.31).

Going Good to firm.

69 BLUE WIND S G3 NAAS. May 13. 3yo+f&m. 10f.

1. BEAUTY O’ GWAUN (IRE) 3 8-9 £53,641 b f by Rainbow Quest - Angel of The Gwaun (Sadler’s Wells) O-Neil Jones B-Abergwaun Farms TR-John M Oxx 2. Festival Princess (IRE) 4 9-9 £15,680 b f by Barathea - Uliana (Darshaan) O-TA Curran B-Bert and Mrs Firestone TR-Mrs John Harrington 3. Chinese White (IRE) 4 9-9 £7,427 gr f by Dalakhani - Chiang Mai (Sadler’s Wells) O-Lady O’Reilly B-Skymarc Farm, Castlemartin Stud TR-DK Weld Margins Head, 4.5. Time 2:14.90 (slow 7.90).

Going Good to yielding.

Age 2-3

Starts 2

Wins 2

Places 0

Earned £61,262

Sire: RAINBOW QUEST. Sire of 106 Stakes winners. In 2009 - BEAUTY O’ GWAUN Sadler’s Wells G3.

1st Dam: Angel of The Gwaun by Sadler’s Wells. unraced. Own sister to King In Waiting and Let The Lion Roar. Dam of 2 winners: 2004: ANGELONMYSHOULDER (g King’s Best) Winner at 2.

2005: Memories of Summer (f Rainbow Quest) unraced.

2006: BEAUTY O’ GWAUN (f Rainbow Quest) 2 wins at 2 and 3, Blue Wind S G3.

2007: Cosmo Meadow (c King’s Best) unraced to date.

2008: (f King’s Best) 2nd Dam: BALLERINA by Dancing Brave. 1 win at 2.

Dam of MILLENARY (c Rainbow Quest: St Leger S G1, 2nd Irish St Leger G1, 3rd Coronation Cup G1, Credit Suisse Private Banking Pokal G1), HEAD IN THE CLOUDS (f Rainbow Quest: Princess Royal S G3, 2nd Prix de Pomone G2), Let The Lion Roar (c Sadler’s Wells: 2nd Great Voltigeur S G2, 3rd Derby S G1), King In Waiting (g Sadler’s Wells: 3rd Gallinule S G3). Grandam of Roses For The Lady.

Broodmare Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of the dams of 197 Stakes winners. In 2009 - MIDSHIPS Mizzen Mast G2, BEAUTY O’ GWAUN Rainbow Quest G3, DEEM Dalakhani G3, PATKAI Indian Ridge G3, EYSHAL Green Desert LR, UNRIVALED Neo Universe LR, AMBOBO Kingmambo LR, KADABI Dalakhani LR.

The Halling/Danzig cross has produced: BOSCOBEL G2, CUTLASS BAY G2, QUEEN OF POLAND G2.

The Rainbow Quest/Sadler’s Wells cross has produced: WITHOUT CONNEXION G1, BEAUTY O’ GWAUN G3, GRAIKOS G3, ALJAARIF LR, ELUSIVE DREAM LR, HAPPY VALENTINE LR, SAVARAIN LR, TAWOOS LR, Clear Thinking G2, Alunissage LR, Bint Zamayem LR, Flaming Quest LR.

CUTLASS BAY b c 2006

BEAUTY O’ GWAUN b f 2006

Atan Rocchetta Reliance II Doubly Sure Soft Angels Nijinsky Green Dancer Green Valley Pontifex Never A Lady Camogie Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Admiral’s Voyage Pas de Nom Petitioner Raise A Native Mr Prospector Gold Digger Seattle Slew Life At The Top See You At The Top Sharpen Up

Diesis HALLING ch 91 Dance Machine

Danzig DUNNES RIVER b 98 Elizabeth Bay

2nd Dam: Auenliebe by Pentathlon. 3 wins, 2nd Grosser Sprint Preis Baume et Mercier LR, Holsten Pilsener Sprint Cup LR, Criterium de Vitesse de la Mer du Nord LR. Dam of Avalox (c Goofalik: 2nd Kolner Herbst Sprint Preis LR), Astica (f Surumu, see above), Adonara (f Acatenango: 3rd Las VegasSlenderella Rennen LR). Grandam of Arabella.

Broodmare Sire: SURUMU. Sire of the dams of 74 Stakes winners. In 2009 - ADDICTED Diktat G3, PEACE ROYALE Sholokhov LR, TIMOS Sholokhov LR, MALBERAUX Michel Georges LR.

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Nasrullah Spring Run Wild Risk Aimee RAINBOW QUEST b 81 Vandale Herbager Flagette I Will Follow Raise A Native Where You Lead Noblesse Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Sadler’s Wells Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special ANGEL OF THE GWAUN b 99 Lyphard Dancing Brave Navajo Princess Ballerina Dancer’s Image Dancing Shadow Sunny Valley Red God

Age 2-3

Starts 4

Wins 3

Places 1

Earned £243,944

Sire: PIVOTAL. Sire of 64 Stakes winners. In 2009 SARISKA Muhtarram G1, VIRTUAL Exit To Nowhere G1, HEAVEN SENT Rahy G3, MONEYCANTBUYMELOVE Caerleon LR, OCEAN’S MINSTREL Pleasant Colony LR. 1st Dam: MAYCOCKS BAY by Muhtarram. 2 wins at 4, Foster’s Silver Cup Rated S LR. Dam of 2 winners: 2003: Cassava (f Vettori) 2004: GULL WING (f In The Wings) 3 wins at 2 to 4, Weatherbys Bank Further Flight S LR. 2006: SARISKA (f Pivotal) 3 wins at 2 and 3, Investec Oaks S G1, Tattersalls Musidora S G3.

2007: Zigato (c Azamour) unraced to date.

2008: (c Cape Cross) 2nd Dam: Beacon by High Top. unraced. Dam of MAYCOCKS BAY (f Muhtarram, see above), Indian Light (c Be My Chief: 2nd Robert Sice Memorial July Trophy S LR) Broodmare Sire: MUHTARRAM. Sire of the dams of 4 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SARISKA Pivotal G1.

SARISKA b f 2006 Northern Dancer Special Jefferson Marie d’Argonne Mohair Caro Cozzene Ride The Trails Bustino Stufida Zerbinetta Hoist The Flag Alleged Princess Pout Northern Dancer Ballet de France Fabulous Native Derring-Do High Top Camenae Blakeney Mountain Lodge Fiddlededee Nureyev Polar Falcon PIVOTAL ch 93 Fearless Revival

Muhtarram MAYCOCKS BAY b 98 Beacon

71 DUKE OF YORK S G2 YORK. May 13. 3yo+. 6f.

1. UTMOST RESPECT (GB) 5 9-7 £60,545 b g by Danetime - Utmost (Most Welcome) O-The Rumpole Partnership B-Heather Raw TR-RA Fahey 2. King’s Apostle (IRE) 5 9-10 £22,951 b h by King’s Best - Politesse (Barathea) O-B Kantor B-Wentworth Racing TR-WJ Haggas 3. Tax Free (IRE) 7 9-7 £11,486 b g by Tagula - Grandel (Owington) O-Ian Hewitson B-D & Mrs T Bergin TR-D Nicholls Margins 0.75, neck. Time 1:10.70 (slow 0.10).

Going Good to firm. See race 86 later in this issue 72 DANTE S G2

Blushing Groom

Runaway Bride

70 MUSIDORA S G3 YORK. May 13. 3yof. 10f 88yds.

1. SARISKA (GB) 8-12 £36,901 b f by Pivotal - Maycocks Bay (Muhtarram) O/B-Lady Bamford TR-MLW Bell 2. Star Ruby (IRE) 8-12 £13,988 b f by Rock of Gibraltar - Purple Spirit (Sadler’s Wells) O-Michael Tabor B-Grangecon Stud TR-PW Chapple-Hyam 3. Enticement (GB) 8-12 £7,001 b f by Montjeu - Ecoutila (Rahy) O-The Queen B-Ecoutila Partnership TR-Sir Michael Stoute

YORK. May 14. 3yo. 10f 88yds.

1. BLACK BEAR ISLAND (IRE) 9-0 £85,155 b c by Sadler’s Wells - Kasora (Darshaan) O-Mrs John Magnier, M Tabor B-Tower Bloodstock TR-AP O’Brien 2. Freemantle (GB) 9-0 £32,280 b c by Galileo - Patacake Patacake (Bahri) O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Lightbody Celebration Cakes TR-AP O’Brien 3. Sans Frontieres (IRE) 9-0 £16,155 ch c by Galileo - Llia (Shirley Heights) O-Sir Robert Ogden B-The Lavington Stud TR-J Noseda Margins Head, 0.75. Time 2:11.64 (slow 2.54).

Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 4

Wins 2

Places 2

Earned £109,014

Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of 303 SWs. In 2009 ASK Rainbow Quest G2, BLACK BEAR ISLAND Darshaan G2, FRONT HOUSE Darshaan G2, CURTAIN CALL Darshaan G3, DOCTOR FREMANTLE Rainbow Quest G3, FANTASIA Darshaan G3.

1st Dam: Kasora by Darshaan. unraced. Own sister to Korasoun. Dam of 7 winners: 1998: ORIENTAL BEN (c Ridgewood Ben) 4 wins.

DATA BOOK

Caulfield on Virtual: “He comes from a family that’s served Cheveley Park exceptionally well since the purchase of his third dam, Exclusive Order, for $825,000 in 1987” 1999: HIGH CHAPARRAL (c Sadler’s Wells). 10 wins 2-4, Derby S G1, Irish Derby G1, Irish Champion S G1, Racing Post Trophy G1, Breeders’ Cup Turf G1 (twice), 3rd Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe G1 (twice). Sire.

2000: Mora Bai (f Indian Ridge) unraced. Broodmare.

2001: Treasure The Lady (f Indian Ridge) Winner at 2, 3rd Silken Glider S LR. Broodmare.

2002: Helena Molony (f Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 3, 2nd Victor McCalmont S LR. 2003: CHENCHIKOVA (f Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 2.

2004: The Ethiopian (g Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 3, 3rd Durkan New Homes Juvenile Hurdle G1.

2005: Tale of Two Cities (c Sadler’s Wells) 2006: BLACK BEAR ISLAND (c Sadler’s Wells) 2 wins 2-3, Dante S G2, 3rd Prix La Force G3.

2007: Dance On By (f Sadler’s Wells) unraced.

2nd Dam: KOZANA by Kris. 4 wins at 3, Prix de Malleret G2, 2nd Prix du Moulin de Longchamp G1, 3rd Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe G1. Dam of KHANATA (f Riverman: Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial LR, 3rd Pretty Polly S G2), KOTAMA (f Shahrastani: Leopardstown 1000 Guineas Trial LR), Khoraz (c The Minstrel: 3rd National S G1, 2nd Premio Parioli G1, Oak Tree Turf Championship S G1), Korasoun (c Darshaan: 2nd Silver S LR). Grandam of Casilda, Khatara. Third dam of ART EYES.

3 and 4, Pride S G2, Totepool Middleton S G3, Princess Royal EBF Pricewaterhouse. S LR, EBF Alice Keppel Handicap LR. 2006: SANDOR (g Fantastic Light) Winner at 3.

2007: (f Tiger Hill) 2008: Crystal Etoile (f Dansili)

2001: Contala (f Tannenkonig) unraced.

2003: CONTAT (c Diktat) 6 wins 3-6, Benazet Rennen G3, Bremer Oster Sprint Cup LR, BWIN Sachsenpreis LR, 2nd Silberne Peitsche G3, 3rd Jaxx Pokal G3.

2005: CAPE TOWN (c Diktat) Winner at 3.

2nd Dam: CRYSTAL CAVERN by Be My Guest. 3 wins. Dam of CRYSTAL STAR (f Mark of Esteem, see above)

2nd Dam: CONGRESS by Dancing Brave. 1 win at 2. Own sister to CHEROKEE ROSE. Dam of ROYAL INTRIGUE (c Royal Applause: Glenman Corporation Ltd. Lenebane S LR)

Broodmare Sire: MARK OF ESTEEM. Sire of the dams of 5 Stakes winners. In 2009 - BRONZE CANNON Lemon Drop Kid G2, CRYSTAL CAPELLA Cape Cross G3.

Broodmare Sire: ROBELLINO. Sire of the dams of 23 Stakes winners. In 2009 - CONTAT Diktat G3, RECHARGE Cape Cross G3.

CRYSTAL CAPELLA b f 2005

CONTAT b h 2003

Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier CAPE CROSS b/br 94 Ahonoora Park Appeal Balidaress Darshaan Mark of Esteem Homage CRYSTAL STAR ch 2000 Be My Guest Crystal Cavern

Broodmare Sire: DARSHAAN. Sire of the dams of 131 Stakes winners. In 2009 - BLACK BEAR ISLAND Sadler’s Wells G2, FRONT HOUSE Sadler’s Wells G2, CURTAIN CALL Sadler’s Wells G3, FANTASIA Sadler’s Wells G3, ALANDI Galileo LR, BARON DE’L In The Wings LR, PERFECT TRUTH Galileo LR, RENOWING Halling LR, ASHKAZAR Sadler’s Wells LR, JUMBO RIO Captain Rio LR, SILK AFFAIR Barathea LR.

Krisalya

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols Balidar Innocence Shirley Heights Delsy Ajdal Home Love Northern Dancer What A Treat Kris Sassalya

Northern Dancer Natalma SADLER’S WELLS b 81 Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special Shirley Heights Darshaan Delsy KASORA b 93 Kris Kozana Koblenza

YORK. May 15. 4yo+. 14f.

1. ASK (GB) 6 8-13 £79,478 b h by Sadler’s Wells - Request (Rainbow Quest) O-PJ Fahey B-Side Hill Stud TR-Sir Michael Stoute 2. Blue Bajan (IRE) 7 8-13 £30,128 b g by Montjeu - Gentle Thoughts (Darshaan) O/B-Dr John Hollowood TR-Andrew Turnell 3. Veracity (GB) 5 8-13 £15,078 ch h by Lomitas - Vituisa (Bering) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Saeed bin Suroor Margins 6, head. Time 3:05.36 (slow 7.36).

Going Good to soft. See race 106 later in this issue

YORK. May 14. 4yo+f&m. 10f 88yds.

BADEN-BADEN. May 16. 3yo+. 1200m.

1. CRYSTAL CAPELLA (GB) 4 9-2 £36,901 b f by Cape Cross - Crystal Star (Mark of Esteem) O-Sir Evelyn De Rothschild B-Southcourt Stud TR-Sir Michael Stoute 2. Dar Re Mi (GB) 4 8-12 £13,988 b f by Singspiel - Darara (Top Ville) O-Lord Lloyd-Webber B-Watership Down Stud TR-JHM Gosden 3. Princess Taylor (GB) 5 8-12 £7,001 ch m by Singspiel - Tapas En Bal (Mille Balles) O-Rothmere Racing Limited B-Blenheim Bloodstock TR-M Botti Margins Short head, 8. Time 2:15.03 (slow 5.93).

Going Good.

1. CONTAT (GER) 6 9-6 £29,126 b h by Diktat - Conga (Robellino) O-Stall Sunny B-Klaus Laakman TR-P Vovcenko 2. Etoile Nocturne (FR) 5 8-13 £12,136 b m by Medicean - Nachtigall (Night Shift) O-Rennstall Gestut Hachtsee B-Haras Saint Pair Du Mont TR-W Baltromei 3. Key To Pleasure (GER) 9 9-6 £4,854 b h by Sharp Prod - Key To Love (Alzao) O-Stall Undosa B-Stall Calluna TR-M Hofer Margins Nose, 1.5. Time 1:09.97.

Going Good to soft.

Wins 6

Places 2

Earned £162,622

Sire: CAPE CROSS. Sire of 49 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SEA THE STARS Miswaki G1, CRYSTAL CAPELLA Mark of Esteem G3, RECHARGE Robellino G3, RE BAROLO Irish River LR. 1st Dam: CRYSTAL STAR by Mark of Esteem. 2 wins at 2, Reading Evening Post Radley S LR, 2nd Dubai Duty Free Fred Darling S G3. Dam of 2 winners: 2005: CRYSTAL CAPELLA (f Cape Cross) 6 wins at

CONGA b 94 Congress

Age 2-4

74 YORKSHIRE CUP G2

75 BENAZET-RENNEN G3

Starts 8

Robellino

1. VIRTUAL (GB) 4 9-0 £141,925 b c by Pivotal - Virtuous (Exit To Nowhere) O/B-Cheveley Park Stud TR-JHM Gosden 2. Alexandros (GB) 4 9-0 £53,800 ch c by Kingmambo - Arlette (King of Kings) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Saeed bin Suroor 3. Twice Over (GB) 4 9-0 £26,925 b c by Observatory - Double Crossed (Caerleon) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-HRA Cecil Margins Nose, 0.5. Time 1:40.32 (slow 4.32).

Going Soft.

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Age 2-4

Arvola

NEWBURY. May 16. 4yo+. 8f.

BLACK BEAR ISLAND b c 2006 Nearco Lady Angela Native Dancer Almahmoud Hail To Reason Lalun Forli Thong Mill Reef Hardiemma Abdos Kelty Sharpen Up Doubly Sure Hugh Lupus Kalimara

DIKTAT br 95

76 LOCKINGE S G1

The Sadler’s Wells/Darshaan cross has produced: EBADIYLA G1, ELECTION DAY G1, FANTASIA G1, FRONT HOUSE G1, GAGNOA G1, GREEK DANCE G1, HIGH CHAPARRAL G1, ISLINGTON G1, MILAN G1, QUARTER MOON G1, SEPTIMUS G1, YESTERDAY G1, BLACK BEAR ISLAND G2, CRIMSON TIDE G2, CURTAIN CALL G2, EZIMA G2, TIME ON G2, GYPSY KING G3, NEW MORNING G3.

Nearctic

In Reality Tamerett Roberto Slightly Dangerous Where You Lead Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge Ahonoora Park Appeal Balidaress Hail To Reason Roberto Bramalea Pronto Isobelline Isobella Lyphard Dancing Brave Navajo Princess Secretariat Celtic Assembly Welsh Garden Known Fact

Warning

Age 2-6

Starts 22

Wins 6

Places 10

Earned £52,045

Sire: DIKTAT. Sire of 15 Stakes winners. In 2009 ADDICTED Surumu G3, CONTAT Robellino G3.

1st Dam: Conga by Robellino. unraced. Dam of 4 winners: 1998: Conto (c Acatenango) ran on the flat in Germany.

1999: CONANGA (f Acatenango) 7 wins at 2 to 5 in Italy.

2000: Collow (g Lando) 5 wins at 3 to 6 in Germany, Switzerland, 3rd Prix Vulcain LR.

Starts 10

Wins 5

Places 4

Earned £219,832

Sire: PIVOTAL. Sire of 63 Stakes winners. In 2009 VIRTUAL Exit To Nowhere G1, HEAVEN SENT Rahy G3, SARISKA Muhtarram G3.

1st Dam: Virtuous by Exit To Nowhere. Winner at 2, 3rd Oaks Trial S LR. Dam of 5 winners: 2000: PEACE (f Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 3.

2001: LIBERTY (f Singspiel) Winner at 2. Broodmare.

2002: ICEMAN (c Polar Falcon) 2 wins at 2, Coventry S G2, 3rd Shadwell Stud Middle Park S G1.

2003: VIRTUOSITY (f Pivotal) Winner at 3.

2004: Staid (g Singspiel) unraced.

2005: VIRTUAL (c Pivotal) 5 wins 3-5, Lockinge S G1, Ben Marshall S LR, Prix Le Fabuleux LR, 3rd Bet365 Mile G2, Heron S LR. 2006: Purity (f Pivotal) unraced to date.

2007: Judicious (c Pivotal) unraced to date.

2008: (f Pivotal) 2nd Dam: EXCLUSIVE VIRTUE by Shadeed. 1 win at 2. Dam of Virtuous (f Exit To Nowhere, see above).

Grandam of DANCE PARTNER, Kindlelight Debut.

Third dam of LAHALEEB, PRECOCIOUS STAR. Broodmare Sire: EXIT TO NOWHERE. Sire of the dams of 14 Stakes winners. In 2009 - VIRTUAL Pivotal G1, NOWNOWNOW Whywhywhy G2, MISS EVERYWHERE Mull of Kintyre LR. VIRTUAL b c 2005 Northern Dancer Special Jefferson Marie d’Argonne Mohair Caro Cozzene Ride The Trails Bustino Stufida Zerbinetta Riverman Irish River Irish Star Halo Coup de Folie Raise The Standard Nijinsky Shadeed Continual Exclusive Native Exclusive Order Bonavista

Cheveley Park Stud lost the six-yearold stallion Iceman to colic in November 2008, after the son of Polar Falcon had stood for just two seasons. Fortunately it now seems to have a ready-made replacement for the 2004 Coventry Stakes winner in his three-parts-brother Virtual. This progressive son of Pivotal made the transition from Listed winner to Gr1 winner when he narrowly won the Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes, providing Pivotal with his second winner of this prize in four years.

The Lockinge was also won by Virtual’s grandsire Polar Falcon, who sired Iceman and Pivotal.

Virtual comes from a family which has served Cheveley Park exceptionally well since the purchase of his third dam, Exclusive Order, for $825,000 in 1987. The daughter of champion American stallion Exclusive Native produced five stakes winners, headed by Entrepreneur (2,000 Guineas), Exclusive (Coronation Stakes) and Dance A Dream (second in the Oaks). Exclusive has gone on to become the dam of high-class fillies Echelon (Gr1 Matron Stakes) and Chic, and this family is also responsible for such as Pipedreamer, Beckett (Gr1 National Stakes) and Lahaleeb (a close second in the 2009 Irish 1,000 Guineas). Lahaleeb’s third dam, Exclusive Virtue, is the second dam of Virtual.

Exclusive Order was a very smart performer at up to a mile, winning three Group races at around seven furlongs, most notably the Gr2 Prix Maurice de Gheest. However her brother, Teddy’s Courage, was twice a close second in Gr2 events over a mile and a half in the USA. This female line traces to All Moonshine, who produced the champion sire Mossborough and was a half-sister to the top sires Hyperion, Sickle and Pharamond. The exceptional New Zealand stallion Sir Tristram is another product.

77 PREMIO PRESIDENTE DELLA REPUBBLICA G1 ROME. May 17. 4yo+. 2000m.

1. SELMIS (GB) 5 9-2 £111,407 ch h by Selkirk - Nokomis (Caerleon) O-Scuderia Incolinx B-Scuderia Vittadini TR-V Caruso 2. Trincot (FR) 4 9-2 £49,019 b c by Peintre Celebre - Royal Lights (Royal Academy) O-Godolphin B-Ecurie Bader TR-Saeed bin Suroor 3. Freemusic (IRE) 5 9-2 £26,737 b h by Celtic Swing - Favignana (Grand Lodge) O/B-Allevamento La Nuova Sbarra TR-L Riccardi Margins 0.75, short head. Time 2:02.90.

Going Good to firm.

Nureyev Polar Falcon PIVOTAL ch 93 Fearless Revival

Exit To Nowhere VIRTUOUS b 95 Exclusive Virtue

Age 2-5

Starts 21

Wins 7

Places 9

Earned £235,309

Sire: SELKIRK. Sire of 74 Stakes winners. In 2009 SELMIS Caerleon G1, BORDER PATROL Efisio LR. 1st Dam: NOKOMIS by Caerleon. 3 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy. Dam of 5 winners: 1998: NUAGE IRISE (f Rainbow Quest) Winner at 2 in Italy. Broodmare.

1999: NYONGABO (c Hector Protector) 2 wins at 3 and 6 in Italy.

2000: Mixed Feeling (c Linamix)

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DATABOOK European Pattern 2001: Nemoosha (f Indian Ridge) unraced.

Broodmare.

2002: NAIYO (f Diktat) 3 wins at 3 and 4 in Italy.

2003: NOSHAQ (c Mtoto) 7 wins at 3 to 6, 2009 in Italy.

2004: SELMIS (c Selkirk) 7 wins at 3 to 5 in Italy, P.Presidente della Repubblica-Attheraces G1, Premio Ambrosiano G3, 2nd Premio Daumier LR, Premio d’Estate LR, 3rd Premio Ambrosiano G3, Premio Merano LR, Premio F. Cadoni - Villa Borghese LR. 2006: Danang (c Domedriver) 2007: Be Choosy (f With Approval) unraced to date.

2008: Romis (c Royal Applause) 2nd Dam: Nyoka by Raja Baba. unraced. Dam of BRAVE INDIGO (c Rainbow Quest: Premio Guido Beradelli G2), BEAT OF DRUMS (c Warning: Premio Melton - Memorial Tudini G3, Premio Umbria G3), GLACIAL (c Icecapade: Premio Eupili LR, Premio delle Aste LR, 2nd Premio Emanuele Filiberto G3, 3rd Premio Parioli (2000 Guineas) G1).

Broodmare Sire: CAERLEON. Sire of the dams of 137 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SELMIS Selkirk G1, CRITICISM Machiavellian G2, WAJIR Danehill Dancer G2.

The Selkirk/Caerleon cross has produced: FREEDONIA G1, SCOTT’S VIEW G1, SCOTTISH STAGE G1, SELMIS G1, KEEN WINNER LR. SELMIS ch h 2004 Atan Sharpen Up Rocchetta SELKIRK ch 88 Nebbiolo Annie Edge Friendly Court Nijinsky Caerleon Foreseer NOKOMIS b 92 Raja Baba Nyoka Movin’ Money

Native Dancer Mixed Marriage Rockefella Chambiges Yellow God Novara Be Friendly No Court Northern Dancer Flaming Page Round Table Regal Gleam Bold Ruler Missy Baba Dr Fager Ride The Trails

For the third time in six years, the Premio Presidente della Repubblica fell to a son of Selkirk, when Selmis held the challenge of Godolphin’s odds-on favourite Trincot to record the best success of his career. The first two Presidente victories came via Altieri, who scored at the ages of six and seven, and Selmis is now five years old – underlining that Selkirk’s progeny can have an admirably long shelf life.

Selmis, who was bred by the Scuderia Vittadini, is the latest example of Selkirk’s suitability as a mate for daughters of Caerleon. Also a winner of the Gr3 Premio Ambrosiano in 2009, he’s the fourth smart stakes winner produced by this cross, following Freedonia (Gr2 Prix de Pomone), Scottish Stage (second in Gr1 Irish Oaks) and Scott’s View (Gr1-placed in Hong Kong and Dubai).

Selmis’s dam Nokomis won at two and three in Italy, without earning black type, but she is a half-sister to three Italian stakes winners, including the Gr2 scorer Brave Indigo and the Gr3 winner Beat Of Drums.

Selmis’s second dam Nyoka was an American-bred daughter of the Bold Ruler stallion Raja Baba and his third dam, the Gr2 Del Mar Oaks winner Movin’ Money, was a half-sister to Cozzene, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Mile before developing into a highclass stallion.

He’s also broodmare sire of the very successful Pivotal.

78 BHF-BANK-MEILE G3 BADEN-BADEN. May 17. 3yo+. 1600m.

1. ASPECTUS (IRE) 6 9-0 £29,126 ch h by Spectrum - Anna Thea (Turfkonig) O/B-Gestut Rottgen TR-T Mundry 2. Konig Turf (GER) 7 9-0 £12,136 b h by Big Shuffle - Kaiserin (Ile de Bourbon) O-Stall Route 66 B-Gestut Elsetal TR-C Sprengel 3. Liang Kay (GER) 4 9-6 £4,854 b c by Dai Jin - Linton Bay (Funambule) O-Stall Emina B-Frau Ina E Zimmermann TR-U Ostmann Margins Short head, 2. Time 1:40.71. Going Good.

Age 2-6

Starts 21

Wins 6

Places 7

Earned £215,765

2nd Dam: Suivez by Fioravanti. 2 wins, 2nd Kronimus Rennen LR, Festa Rennen LR. Dam of SIMOUN (g Monsun: Idee Hansa-Preis G2, Grosser Mercedes-Benz Preis G2), SHINING (c Surumu: Grosser 3yo Herbst LR), SOUDAINE (f Monsun: Preis der Hotellerie Baden-Baden LR, 3rd Grosser Preis der Helaba Hessen Pokal G3), SOIGNEE. Broodmare Sire: DASHING BLADE. Sire of the dams of 22 Stakes winners. In 2009 - STACELITA Monsun G1, PROUDINSKY Silvano G2.

The Monsun/Dashing Blade cross has produced: STACELITA G1, NOBLE STELLA G2, FOREMAN LR, Prairie Moonlight LR. STACELITA bl f 2006 Dschingis Khan Konigsstuhl

Sire: SPECTRUM. Sire of 46 Stakes winners. In 2009 - ASPECTUS Turfkonig G3, TARTAN BEARER Generous G3.

1st Dam: ANNA THEA by Turfkonig. 5 wins at 2 and 3 in Germany, Deutscher Herold-(Hamburger Stutenpreis) G3. Dam of 3 winners: 1999: ANNA SIMONA (f Slip Anchor) 3 wins at 3 and 4 in France, Germany. Broodmare.

2000: ANNOUCHE (f Unfuwain) Winner at 3.

2003: ASPECTUS (c Spectrum). 6 wins, UnionRennen G2, BHF Bank Meile G3, Grosse Hessen Meile G3, Dr Busch Memorial G3, Preis des Winterfavoriten G3, 2nd Mehl-Mulhens Rennen (2000 Guineas) G2, Badener Meile G3, Jaxx Pokal G3, 3rd ICT-Eslam-Cup G2, Prix Exbury G3, Premio Ambrosiano G3.

2004: Anna Desta (f Desert Style) unraced.

2006: Aron (c Dr Fong) unraced to date.

2007: Angolaner (c Golan) unraced to date.

2008: Antonio Paulo (c Paolini) 2nd Dam: ANSTANDIGE by Star Appeal. 2 wins at 2 and 3 in West Germany. Dam of ANNA THEA (f Turfkonig, see above) Broodmare Sire: TURFKONIG. Sire of the dams of 2 Stakes winners. In 2009 - ASPECTUS Spectrum G3.

ASPECTUS ch h 2003 Red God Runaway Bride Herbager I Will Follow Where You Lead Riverman Irish River Irish Star Dancer’s Image Dancing Shadow Sunny Valley Be My Guest Anfield Mother Prince Ippi Thekla Tania Appiani II Star Appeal Sterna Waldcanter Antwerpen Adelsweihe Blushing Groom Rainbow Quest SPECTRUM b 92 River Dancer

Turfkonig ANNA THEA ch 94 Anstandige

79 PRIX SAINT-ALARY G1 LONGCHAMP. May 17. 3yof. 2000m.

1. STACELITA (FR) 9-0 £138,689 bl f by Monsun - Soignee (Dashing Blade) O-Ecurie Monastic B-Alec & Ghislaine Head TR-J-C Rouget 2. Article Rare (USA) 9-0 £55,485 grro f by El Prado - Action Francaise (Nureyev) O-Ecurie Wildenstein B-Dayton Investments Ltd TR-E Lellouche 3. Ana Americana (FR) 9-0 £27,743 b f by American Post - Ana Marie (Anabaa) O/B-Ecurie Bader TR-P Demercastel Margins 6, 2.5. Time 2:10.66 (slow 6.76).

Going Soft.

Age 2-3

Starts 4

Wins 4

Places 0

Earned £177,449

Sire: MONSUN. Sire of 67 SWs. In 2009 - STACELITA Dashing Blade G1, CAPRICE Generous LR. 1st Dam: SOIGNEE by Dashing Blade. 2 wins at 2 in Germany, Kronimus Rennen LR, 2nd Prix des Reservoirs G3. Dam of 1 winner: 2006: STACELITA (f Monsun) 4 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Montjeu Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary G1, Prix Rose de Mai LR. 2007: Sandy Girl (f Footstepsinthesand) unraced.

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Konigskronung MONSUN br 90 Surumu Mosella Monasia Elegant Air Dashing Blade Sharp Castan SOIGNEE b 2002 Fioravanti Suivez Sea Symphony

Tamerlane Donna Diana Tiepoletto Kronung Literat Surama Authi Monacensia Shirley Heights Elegant Tern Sharpen Up Sultry One Northern Dancer Pitasia Faraway Son Southern Seas

Fioravanti isn’t a familiar name but there was a time when the son of Northern Dancer promised to become a star. With the top-class French filly Pitasia as his dam, it took $2,300,000 to buy Fioravanti as a yearling, and the money looked well spent when he carried Sheikh Mohammed’s colours to victory in both his juvenile starts.

Timeform rated him 115p and Fioravanti maintained his unbeaten record on his three-year-old debut.

Unfortunately, he trailed home in three Gr1 ventures, including in the Derby, and a switch to the States produced only a couple of turf wins.

Fioravanti was given his chance at Haras du Logis in 1989, as a six-yearold. Sadly, he proved to be one of those Northern Dancer stallions with less-than-perfect fertility and Fioravanti returned to the racecourse for one race as an eight-year-old.

The limited evidence was that he would have been an asset to the French industry had his fertility been normal. From only seven foals, he sired the fast filly Wixon, the Listed winner Miss Celli and Suivez, who was runner-up in Listed races at two and three in Germany.

Suivez was a very well-connected filly, from a family which provided Daniel Wildenstein with several highclass performers. Suivez’s dam Sea Symphony was a half-sister to the champion American turf horse Steinlen, to the very smart Seurat and to the dams of the Irish Derby winner Zagreb and the French Derby runnerup Super Celebre.

With a background like this, it is no surprise that Suivez developed into an excellent broodmare in Germany, where four of her progeny became stakes winners. One of those stakes winners, Soignee, visited Monsun, sire of Suivez’s smart son Simoun, to produce Stacelita. The very progressive filly maintained her unbeaten record when making all to win the Prix Saint-Alary easily.

80 PRIX VICOMTESSE VIGIER G2 LONGCHAMP. May 17. 4yo+. 3100m.

1. AMERICAIN (USA) 4 8-11 £71,942 bbr c by Dynaformer - America (Arazi) O/B-Wertheimer et Frere TR-A Fabre 2. Pointilliste (USA) 6 8-11 £27,767 ch h by Giant’s Causeway - Peinture Bleue (Alydar) O-Ecurie Wildenstein B-Dayton Investments Ltd TR-E Lellouche 3. Bannaby (FR) 6 9-2 £13,252 ch c by Dyhim Diamond - Trelakari (Lashkari) O-Cuadra Miranda SL B-Eight International Racing Ltd TR-M Delcher-Sanchez Margins 1, hd. Time 3:28.78 (slow 10.28). Going Soft.

Age 2-4

Starts 10

Wins 3

Places 5

Earned £153,731

Sire: DYNAFORMER. Sire of 82 Stakes winners. In 2009 - AMERICAIN Arazi G2, GOZZIP GIRL Kingmambo G3, SOCIAL QUEEN Irgun G3.

1st Dam: AMERICA by Arazi. 4 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix de Malleret G2. Dam of 3 winners: 2002: GREEN WEST (c Gone West) Winner at 4.

2004: Spycrawler (c Red Ransom) Winner at 2 in France, 3rd Prix Noailles G2.

2005: AMERICAIN (c Dynaformer) 3 wins at 2 to 4, Prix Vicomtesse Vigier G2, Prix de l’Avre LR, 2nd Prix de Lutece G3, Prix Michel Houyvet LR, Prix Right Royal LR, 3rd Criterium du FEE LR. 2007: Amarak (c War Chant) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: Green Rosy by Green Dancer. 1 win at 3, 3rd Prix Denisy LR. Own sister to BIG SINK HOPE. Dam of MAJORIEN (c Machiavellian: Prix du Conseil de Paris G2, 2nd Grand Criterium G1), ROSE INDIEN (f Crystal Glitters: Hopeful S LR). Grandam of WEDDING NIGHT, SALTY SEA. Third dam of CICEROLE, CHOOSE YOUR MOMENT, Yorktown.

Broodmare Sire: ARAZI. Sire of the dams of 19 Stakes winners. In 2009 - AMERICAIN Dynaformer G2, BRIBON Mark of Esteem G3, COURT CANIBAL Montjeu G3, ASSET Marju LR. AMERICAIN b/br c 2005 Turn-To Nothirdchance Nashua Bramalea Rarelea Ribot His Majesty Flower Bowl Olympia On The Trail Golden Trail Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Northern Dancer Danseur Fabuleux Fabuleux Jane Nijinsky Green Dancer Green Valley Cornish Prince Round The Rosie Rosayya Hail To Reason Roberto DYNAFORMER b 85 Andover Way

Arazi AMERICA ch 97 Green Rosy

81 PRIX D’ISPAHAN G1 LONGCHAMP. May 17. 4yo+. 1850m.

1. NEVER ON SUNDAY (FR) 4 9-2 £138,689 gr c by Sunday Break - Hexane (Kendor) O-D Treves B-SCEA Des Prairies TR-J-C Rouget 2. Gris de Gris (IRE) 5 9-2 £55,485 gr h by Slickly - Deesse Grise (Lead On Time) O-J-C Seroul B-J-C Seroul TR-A de Royer-Dupre 3. Runaway (GB) 7 9-2 £27,743 b h by King’s Best - Anasazi (Sadler’s Wells) O-Richard Morecombe B-Juddmonte Farms TR-R Prichard-Gordon Margins 1, 2.5. Time 1:57.20 (slow 4.20).

Going Soft.

Age 2-4

Starts 10

Wins 7

Places 2

Earned £234,768

Sire: SUNDAY BREAK. Sire of 2 Stakes winners. In 2009 - NEVER ON SUNDAY Kendor G1.

1st Dam: Hexane by Kendor. 4 wins 2-3 in France, 2nd Prix de Sandringham G3. Dam of 4 winners: 2000: TAP AN SPARKS (f Geri) 5 wins 3-6 in USA. 2001: CAPE KENDOR (c Cape Town) Winner at 4 in USA. 2002: Golden Hex (c Golden Missile) unplaced.

DATA BOOK

Caulfield on Never On Sunday: “His victory was timely, as sire Sunday Break had been switched from Walmac Farm in Kentucky to Haras de Grandcamp for the 2009 season” 2003: JUST INTERSKY (g Distant View) 3 wins 2-5.

2005: NEVER ON SUNDAY (c Sunday Break) 7 wins at 2 to 4 in France, Prix d’Ispahan G1, Prix du Prince d’Orange G3, Prix Ridgway LR. 2006: (f Fasliyev) 2007: (c Gold Away) 2nd Dam: TEXAN BEAUTY by Vayrann. 5 wins in France. Dam of TEXALINA (f Kaldoun: Prix SaintRoman G3), Hexane (f Kendor, see above) Broodmare Sire: KENDOR. Sire of the dams of 27 Stakes winners. In 2009 - NEVER ON SUNDAY Sunday Break G1, SERIOUS SPEED Royal Academy G3, LITTLE DREAMS Della Francesca LR. NEVER ON SUNDAY gr c 2005 Raise A Native Gold Digger Tom Rolfe File Continue Storm Bird Storm Cat Terlingua Damascus Pacific Princess Fiji Kalamoun Kenmare Belle of Ireland Gay Mecene Belle Mecene Djaka Belle Brigadier Gerard Vayrann Val Divine Armistice Texan Girl Tamoure II Mr Prospector Forty Niner SUNDAY BREAK b 99 Catequil

Kendor HEXANE gr 92 Texan Beauty

Numerous sons of Forty Niner, such as Distorted Humor, End Sweep, Jules, Coronado’s Quest and Rich Man’s Gold, have sired Gr1 winners and another name – that of Sunday Break – was added to the list when Never On Sunday took the Prix d’Ispahan. This was the seventh win from ten starts for the grey four-yearold, who started out in the Provinces.

Never On Suday’s victory was also timely, as Sunday Break had been switched from Walmac Farm in Kentucky to Haras de Grandcamp for the 2009 season.

Although Sunday Break is by Forty Niner out of a Storm Cat mare, he was bred in Japan, where his half-sister Phalaenopsis was a champion and where two other members of his family, Biwa Hayahide and Narita Brian, had been Horse of the Year. His owner, Koji Maeda, decided to try to conquer fresh fields with Sunday Break and sent him to race in North America. The venture was rewarded with a victory in the Gr2 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont and with third places in two Gr1 races, the Wood Memorial and the Belmont. Sunday Break’s first two crops produced some very useful American performers, such as Sunday Holiday and Sunday Geisha, but no Graded winners, so it made sense to transfer him to the country where his best son was thriving.The bottom half of Never On Sunday’s pedigree is French.

He follows Marchand d’Or, Corre Caminos and Le Miracle as the fourth Gr1 winner out of daughters of the top-class Kendor. His dam Hexane won four times at up to a mile and was good enough to finish second in the Gr3 Prix de Sandringham.

She was sold for $30,000 at Keeneland in 2004, when carrying Never On Sunday. Hexane’s half-sister Texalita won the Gr3 Prix Saint-Roman as a two-year-old in 1999. Hexane’s sire Kendor has 27 stakes winners as a broodmare sire.

Brief Truce LR, FEELS ALL RIGHT Old Vic LR, GO CART Scenic LR, PRIMA NOVA Star Way LR.

82 BETTY BARCLAY-RENNEN G3 BADEN-BADEN. May 21. 4yo+. 3200m.

1. FLAMINGO FANTASY (GER) 4 9-0 £29,126 ch c by Fantastic Light - Flamingo Road (Acatenango) O/B-Gestut Park Wiedingen TR-W Hickst 2. Ruten (USA) 4 9-0 £12,136 grro c by El Prado - Rash (Miswaki) O-Stall Wigra B-Robert Spiegel TR-Andreas Lowe 3. Shawnee Saga (FR) 4 9-0 £4,854 b c by Sagacity - Shawnee (Dashing Blade) O-Stall Lustige Funf B-Sarl Haras du Tallis TR-W Baltromei Margins 0.5, 3. Time 3:29.25. Going Good.

Age 3-4

Starts 5

Wins 3

Places 1

Earned £35,179

Sire: FANTASTIC LIGHT. Sire of 18 Stakes winners.

In 2009 - FLAMINGO FANTASY Acatenango G3, SCINTILLO Thatching G3.

1st Dam: FLAMINGO ROAD by Acatenango.

Champion 3yr old filly in Germany in 1999. 4 wins, Idee Hansa-Preis G2, Preis der Diana G2, 2nd Grosser Preis von Baden G1, 3rd Grosser Erdgas Preis G1, Deutsches Derby G1. Dam of 3 winners: 2002: FLAMINGO RAINBOW (g Rainbow Quest) 2 wins at 3 and 4 in Germany.

2004: Flamingo Land (g Monsun) ran once.

2005: FLAMINGO FANTASY (c Fantastic Light) Sold 38,095gns yearling at BBAGS. 3 wins at 3 and 4 in Germany, Betty Barclay Rennen G3, Silbernes Band der Ruhr LR. 2006: FRANTIC STORM (c Nayef) Winner at 3.

2007: Flamingo Pink (f Pentire) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: FABULA DANCER by Northern Dancer. 1 win at 3 in West Germany. Dam of FLAMINGO ROAD, FLAMINGO PARADISE (c Rainbow Quest: Oleander-Rennen G3), Flamingo Queen (f Surumu: 2nd Preis der Stadparkasse Hannover G3), Flamingo Garden (c Rainbow Quest: 2nd Eugen Furst zu Oettingen Wallerstein Mem LR, 3rd Grosser Preis von Deutschland G2, BMW Europachampionat G2).

Grandam of FROZEN FIRE. Broodmare Sire: ACATENANGO. Sire of the dams of 25 Stakes winners. In 2009 - FLAMINGO FANTASY Fantastic Light G3.

FLAMINGO FANTASY ch c 2005 Rahy FANTASTIC LIGHT b 96 Jood

Acatenango FLAMINGO ROAD ch 96 Fabula Dancer

Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Halo Glorious Song Ballade Northern Dancer Nijinsky Flaming Page Key To The Mint Kamar Square Angel Literat Surumu Surama Aggressor Aggravate Raven Locks Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Exclusive Native Fair Rosalind Thirty Years

83 IRISH 2,000 GUINEAS G1 CURRAGH. May 23. 3yoc&f. 8f.

1. MASTERCRAFTSMAN (IRE) 9-0 £221,845 ch c by Danehill Dancer - Starlight Dreams (Black Tie Affair) O-Derrick Smith B-Lynch Bages Ltd TR-AP O’Brien 2. Rayeni (IRE) 9-0 £74,272 ch c by Indian Ridge - Rayyana (Rainbow Quest) O-HH The Aga Khan B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-John M Oxx 3. Soul City (IRE) 9-0 £35,437 b c by Elusive City - Savage (Polish Patriot) O-Patrick J Fahey B-Peter Thome TR-R Hannon Margins 4.5, 1.75. Time 1:48.16 (slow 11.16).

Going Heavy.

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 4

Places 1

Earned £358,522

Sire: DANEHILL DANCER. Sire of 90 Stakes winners. In 2009 - AGAIN Kahyasi G1, MASTERCRAFTSMAN Black Tie Affair G1, INDIAN OCEAN Fasliyev G2, WAJIR Caerleon G2, GRAND DUCAL Shirley Heights G3, TAMAZIRTE Lycius G3, BHUTANE DANE Bite The Bullet LR, CONTEST

1st Dam: STARLIGHT DREAMS by Black Tie Affair.

2 wins at 3 in USA. Dam of 3 winners: 2001: (f Devil’s Bag) 2002: NORDHOCK (f Luhuk) Winner at 2.

2003: Film Critic (g King of Kings) unraced.

2004: GENUINE DEVOTION (f Rock of Gibraltar) 5 wins at 2 to 4 in USA, Locust Grove H G3.

2005: Baron Betts (g Fasliyev) unraced.

2006: MASTERCRAFTSMAN (c Danehill Dancer) Champion 2yr old in Europe in 2008. 4 wins at 2, Irish 2000 Guineas G1, National S G1, Ind. Waterford Wedgwood Phoenix S G1, One 51 Railway S G2.

2007: Famous (f Danehill Dancer) unraced to date.

2008: (f Holy Roman Emperor)

third dam, Tobira Celeste, produced Celestial Storm, runner-up in the St Leger and the King George, and Thawakib, winner of the Ribblesdale Stakes. Thawakib went on to produce Sakhee, winner of the Arc shortly before Starlight Dreams was sold at Keeneland. Mastercraftsman’s second dam, Reves Celeste now has three daughters with a Group winner to her credit, the others being Rafif, dam of Pressing, and Kezwa, dam of Mazuna.

2nd Dam: REVES CELESTES by Lyphard. 3 wins at 3. Dam of MATAHIF (g Wassl: Jennings The Bookmakers Zetland S LR, Milka Steher Cup LR, Dansk Eclipse S LR, Fyenslob LR, 3rd Stockholms Cup International G3), Keswa (f Kings Lake: 3rd Premio Giovanni Falck LR). Grandam of PRESSING, MAZUNA, Rajam, Nobilissime.

Broodmare Sire: BLACK TIE AFFAIR. Sire of the dams of 19 Stakes winners. In 2009 MASTERCRAFTSMAN Danehill Dancer G1, REGENERADA American Gipsy LR. MASTERCRAFTSMAN ch c 2006 Danzig Danehill Razyana DANEHILL DANCER b 93 Sharpen Up Mira Adonde Lettre d’Amour Miswaki Black Tie Affair Hat Tab Girl STARLIGHT DREAMS gr 95 Lyphard Reves Celestes Tobira Celeste

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Atan Rocchetta Caro Lianga Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Al Hattab Desperate Action Northern Dancer Goofed Ribot Heavenly Body

It is always good to see a champion two-year-old become a Classic winner and that is exactly what Mastercraftsman achieved when he easily landed the Irish 2,000 Guineas.

Mastercraftsman’s dam Starlight Dreams was bred in the US, where she was at her most effective in dirt races at around a mile. Her sire Black Tie Affair won the 1991 Breeders’ Cup Classic, but the son of Miswaki sired only a handful of Graded winners during his six seasons in America.

This can’t have helped Starlight Dreams on the three occasions she came on the market. Her best price of $40,000 came at Keeneland’s 2001 November Sale, since when she has visited stallions on the Coolmore roster, starting with a visit to King Of Kings at Ashford in 2002.

That was the year Danehill was represented by Landseer and Danehurst, two excellent performers out of Miswaki mares and this could be why Starlight Dreams was switched to Ireland, where she visited Danehill’s son Rock Of Gibraltar in 2003 and Danehill Dancer in 2005 and 2006.

The move has proved inspired. Her Rock Of Gibraltar mating produced the American Gr3 turf winner Genuine Devotion and Mastercraftsman is the first of her foals by Danehill Dancer.

The second, the two-year-old filly Famous, drew a bid of €1,000,000 from Demi O’Byrne at Goffs.

Starlight Dreams’s family has excelled in Europe. Mastercraftsman’s

84 TEMPLE S G2 HAYDOCK PARK. May 23. 3yo+. 5f.

1. LOOK BUSY (IRE) 4 9-1 £56,770 b f by Danetime - Unfortunate (Komaite) O-A Underwood B-Tom And Hazel Russell TR-A Berry 2. Borderlescott (GB) 7 9-4 £21,520 b g by Compton Place - Jeewan (Touching Wood) O-James Edgar, William Donaldson B-James Clark TR-R Bastiman 3. Wi Dud (GB) 5 9-4 £10,770 b h by Elnadim - Hopesay (Warning) O-J Duddy, L Duddy, P McBride, E Duffy B-DR Botterill TR-KA Ryan Margins Neck, head. Time 1:04.03 (slow 4.03).

Going Heavy.

Age 2-4

Starts 27

Wins 10

Places 14

Earned £256,914

Sire: DANETIME. Sire of 26 Stakes winners. In 2009 - LOOK BUSY Komaite G2, UTMOST RESPECT Most Welcome G2, DANEBEELA Tenby G3, MEGATIC Old Spice LR. 1st Dam: UNFORTUNATE by Komaite. 2 wins at 2 and 3. Dam of 3 winners: 2002: ELA CHARLIE MOU (c Raise A Grand) 4 wins at 3 and 6 in Greece.

2003: THE CITY KID (f Danetime) 6 wins at 2 to 4.

2005: LOOK BUSY (f Danetime) Sold 4,925gns yearling at GOOY2. 10 wins at 2 to 4, betfred.com Temple S G2, Cill Dara Security Flying Five S G3, EBF Lansdown S LR, Scottish News EBF Land O’Burns S LR, Totesport Betxtra Beverley Bullet Sprint LR, 2nd James Barr Harry Rosebery S LR, Stowe Family Law Henry Gee S LR, 3rd Stow Law Silver Jubilee Rockingham S LR, totesport.com Kilvington S LR. 2006: Time And Tide (f Danetime) 2007: Red Roar (f Chineur) unraced to date.

Broodmare Sire: KOMAITE. Sire of the dams of 2 Stakes winners. In 2009 - LOOK BUSY Danetime G2.

LOOK BUSY b f 2005 Danzig Danehill Razyana DANETIME b 94 Lear Fan Allegheny River Allesheny Nureyev Komaite Brown Berry UNFORTUNATE ch 97 Hotfoot Honour And Glory Cheb’s Honour

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Roberto Wac Be My Guest Bold Sands Northern Dancer Special Mount Marcy Brown Baby Firestreak Pitter Patter Chebs Lad Queen’s Evidence

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DATABOOK European Pattern UTMOST RESPECT b g 2004 85 RIDGEWOOD PEARL S G3

Danzig Danehill

CURRAGH. May 23. 4yo+f&m. 8f.

Razyana

1. EMILY BLAKE (IRE) 5 9-1 £44,175 b m by Lend A Hand - Kirri (Lycius) O-Stephen Hayden B-Francis J O’Toole TR-JC Hayden 2. Beach Bunny (IRE) 4 8-12 £12,913 b f by High Chaparral - Miss Hawai (Peintre Celebre) O-Lady O’Reilly B-DG Hardisty Bloodstock, Marston Stud TR-K Prendergast 3. Deauville Vision (IRE) 6 8-12 £6,117 b m by Danehill Dancer - Alexia Reveuse (Dr Devious) O-T Kimura B-T Kimura TR-M Halford Margins 0.5, 2.5. Time 1:47.61 (slow 10.61).

Going Heavy.

Age 3-5

Starts 22

Wins 4

Places 8

Earned £122,535

Sire: LEND A HAND. Sire of 3 Stakes winners. In 2009 - EMILY BLAKE Lycius G3.

1st Dam: Kirri by Lycius. ran once at 3. Dam of 1 winner: 2002: Born For Diamonds (f Night Shift) ran.

2003: Greenhills King (c Distant Music) ran once.

2004: EMILY BLAKE (f Lend A Hand) 4 wins at 3 to 5, Oratorio EBF Athasi S G3, TRI Equestrian Ridgewood Pearl S G3, 2nd Oratorio EBF Athasi S G3.

Broodmare Sire: LYCIUS. Sire of the dams of 17 Stakes winners. In 2009 - EMILY BLAKE Lend A Hand G3, TAMAZIRTE Danehill Dancer G3.

The Lend A Hand/Lycius cross has produced: EMILY BLAKE G3, Improvise LR. EMILY BLAKE b m 2004 Nureyev Great Commotion Alathea LEND A HAND b 95 Kris Janaat Triple First Mr Prospector Lycius Lypatia KIRRI ch 97 Dance of Life Perfect Time Prudent Girl

Northern Dancer Special Lorenzaccio Vive La Reine Sharpen Up Doubly Sure High Top Field Mouse Raise A Native Gold Digger Lyphard Hypatia Nijinsky Spring Is Here Primera Bride Elect

DANETIME b 94 Lear Fan Allegheny River Allesheny Be My Guest Most Welcome Topsy UTMOST ch 98 Nashwan Bint Alhabib El Fabulous

87 TATTERSALLS GOLD CUP G1 CURRAGH. May 24. 4yo+. 10f 110yds.

1. CASUAL CONQUEST (IRE) 4 9-0 £168,204 b c by Hernando - Lady Luck (Kris) O/B-Moyglare Stud Farm TR-DK Weld 2. Famous Name (GB) 4 9-0 £50,728 b c by Dansili - Fame At Last (Quest For Fame) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-DK Weld 3. Lush Lashes (GB) 4 8-11 £24,029 b f by Galileo - Dance For Fun (Anabaa) O-Mrs JS Bolger B-Mrs AM Jenkins TR-JS Bolger Margins 5.5, 1.75. Time 2:26.40 (slow 14.90).

Going Heavy.

Age 2-4

Starts 5

Wins 2

Places 3

CURRAGH. May 23. 3yo+. 6f.

1. UTMOST RESPECT (GB) 5 10-0 £45,752 b g by Danetime - Utmost (Most Welcome) O-The Rumpole Partnership B-Heather Raw TR-RA Fahey 2. Jumbajukiba (GB) 6 9-12 £13,374 b g by Barathea - Danseuse du Soir (Thatching) O-JP O’Flaherty B-Woodcote Stud Ltd TR-Mrs John Harrington 3. Icelandic (GB) 7 9-9 £6,335 b g by Selkirk - Icicle (Polar Falcon) O-Scuderia A4/5 B-Cheveley Park Stud TR-F Sheridan Margins 2.5, 0.75. Time 1:16.90 (slow 5.90).

Going Heavy.

Sire: HERNANDO. Sire of 42 SWs. In 2009 CASUAL CONQUEST Kris G1, CAPE TRIBULATION Ela-Mana-Mou LR, SONGE Anabaa LR. 1st Dam: LADY LUCK by Kris. Winner at 3. Dam of 4 winners: 2001: MEDIA ASSET (g Polish Precedent) Winner at 3.

2002: ELUSIVE DOUBLE (g Grand Lodge) 2 wins at 2, Tyros S LR, 3rd Galileo EBF Futurity G2.

2005: CASUAL CONQUEST (c Hernando) 2 wins at 2 and 3, Tattersalls Gold Cup G1, Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial S G2, 2nd Irish Derby G1, Jockey Club S G2, 3rd Derby S G1.

2006: MOVING HEART (f Anabaa) Winner at 3.

2007: Aided And Abetted (c Danehill Dancer) unraced.

2008: (c Desert Style)

Wins 7

Places 4

Earned £195,592

Sire: DANETIME. See race 84.

1st Dam: Utmost by Most Welcome. Dam of 1 winner: 2003: New Blood (g Beckett) unplaced.

2004: UTMOST RESPECT (g Danetime) Sold 3,000gns foal. 7 wins, Duke of York S G2, Greenlands S G3, Chipchase S G3, Prix de Seine-et-Oise G3, 3rd Ladbrokes Sprint Cup G1.

2005: (c Helissio) 2006: Burning Flame (f Tumbleweed Ridge) 2007: Unique Blanche (f Mirio) unraced to date.

2008: (f Intikhab) Broodmare Sire: MOST WELCOME. Sire of the dams of 13 Stakes winners. In 2009 - UTMOST RESPECT Danetime G2.

Look Here triumphed in the Oaks. A day later Hernando’s son Casual Conquest filled third place in the Derby and he subsequently finished a creditable second in the Irish Derby.

Sidelined for the rest of 2008, Casual Conquest has returned to become a Gr1 winner in impressive style in the Tattersalls Gold Cup. Casual Conquest is the latest in a long line of good winners which Moyglare Stud has produced from his distinguished female line. Moyglare bought the breeding rights to Casual Conquest’s fourth dam, Grenzen, for $400,000 in the autumn of 1978, when she was three. She had already shown very good form at two and three, and continued to do so at four, when she recorded two Gr2 successes.

Grenzen’s only stakes winner during a long innings as a broodmare was Twilight Agenda, a useful winner at up to a mile in Ireland before being transformed into a top dirt performer at up to a mile and a quarter in the US. However, four of her daughters produced Group winners, led by her Alleged filly Irish Edition, who produced the Gr1 Belmont Stakes winner Go And Go, and her Gulch filly Market Slide, who became the dam of Refuse To Bend and Media Puzzle.

Casual Conquest’s second dam, the unraced Latest Chapter, is a half-sister to Go And Go, winner of the Belmont Stakes for Dermot Weld, and to the smart In Time’s Eye.

1. AMBASSADOR (GER) 4 8-11 £38,835 b c by Acatenango - After Eight Blues (Bold Ruckus) O-JM O’Connor B-Gestut Fahrhof TR-T Mundry 2. Adelar (GER) 5 9-0 £14,563 b h by Samum - Arpista (Chief Singer) O-Stall Schalkmadchen B-Gestut Karlshof TR-W Baltromei 3. Tres Rapide (IRE) 4 9-0 £1,942 b f by Anabaa Blue - Tres Ravi (Monsun) O-H Rapp B-Haras Chevotel TR-H-A Pantall Margins Sh hd, 0.5. Time 2:20.52. Going Good.

88 OAKS D’ITALIA G2

Age 4-5

MILAN. May 24. 3yof. 2200m.

2nd Dam: Latest Chapter by Ahonoora. unraced.

Dam of SOCIAL HARMONY (g Polish Precedent: Aon MacDonagh Boland S G3)

The Hernando/Kris cross has produced: CASUAL CONQUEST G1, MARAKABEI LR. CASUAL CONQUEST b c 2005 Nijinsky Niniski Virginia Hills HERNANDO b 90 Miswaki Whakilyric Lyrism Sharpen Up Kris Doubly Sure

Starts 15

Earned £454,059

Broodmare Sire: KRIS. Sire of the dams of 96 Stakes winners. In 2009 - CASUAL CONQUEST Hernando G1, GLADIATORUS Silic G1, MY SWEET BABY Minardi G3.

86 GREENLANDS S G3

Age 2-5

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Roberto Wac Be My Guest Bold Sands Northern Dancer What A Treat Habitat Furioso Blushing Groom Height of Fashion Fabulous Dancer El Mina

LADY LUCK ch 96 Ahonoora Latest Chapter Irish Edition

Northern Dancer Flaming Page Tom Rolfe Ridin’ Easy Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Lyphard Pass A Glance Atan Rocchetta Reliance II Soft Angels Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols Alleged Grenzen

The were only 58 foals in Hernando’s 2005 crop but, with five stakes winners among them, they have often shown that this stallion merits stronger support from the breeding community than he sometimes receives (there are no more than 46 foals in his 2006 crop and 38 in the following year’s).

Hernando’s 2005 crop provided him with his third Classic winner, following the Prix du Jockey-Club successes of Holding Court and Sulamani, when

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1. NIGHT OF MAGIC (IRE) 8-11 £165,048 ch f by Peintre Celebre - Night Teeny (Platini) O-Stall Nizza B-A Pereira TR-H Steinmetz 2. Wadaat (GB) 8-11 £72,621 b f by Diktat - Shining Vale (Twilight Agenda) O-Saeed Manana B-Jocelyn Targett TR-CE Brittain 3. Quiza Quiza Quiza (GB) 8-11 £39,611 b f by Golden Snake - Quiz Chow (Pelder) O/B-Riccardo Cantoni TR-L Riccardi Margins Nose, 2.5. Time 2:14.70.

Going Good to firm.

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 1

Places 4

Earned £169,425

Sire: PEINTRE CELEBRE. Sire of 41 Stakes winners. In 2009 - NIGHT OF MAGIC Platini G2, TRINCOT Royal Academy G2.

1st Dam: NIGHT TEENY by Platini. Winner at 3 in Germany. Dam of 3 winners: 2003: DREAM PRIZE (g Peintre Celebre) Winner at 3.

2004: Neele (f Peintre Celebre) 2 wins at 2 and 3, 2nd Fahrhofer Stutenpreis G3.

2006: NIGHT OF MAGIC (f Peintre Celebre) Sold 39,408gns foal, 85,000gns yearling. Oaks d’Italia G2.

2007: Night Serenade (f Golan) unraced to date.

2008: (f Kheleyf) 2nd Dam: NIGHTROCKETTE by Rocket. 3 wins at 3 and 4. Dam of NIGHT PETTICOAT (f Petoski: Preis der Diana G2), NIGHTDANCE (f Shareef Dancer: Grosser Stutenpreis der EKB Dusseldorf LR). Grandam of NEXT DESERT, NEXT GINA, NIGHTDANCE FOREST, NEAR HONOR, NEAR DOCK. Broodmare Sire: PLATINI. Sire of the dams of 9 SWs. In 2009 - NIGHT OF MAGIC Peintre Celebre G2.

The Peintre Celebre/Platini cross has produced: NIGHT OF MAGIC G2, Neele G3.

NIGHT OF MAGIC ch f 2006 Northern Dancer Nureyev Special PEINTRE CELEBRE ch 94 Alydar Peinture Bleue Petroleuse Surumu Platini Prairie Darling NIGHT TEENY ch 97 Rocket Nightrockette Nightlife

Nearctic Natalma Forli Thong Raise A Native Sweet Tooth Habitat Plencia Literat Surama Stanford Prairie Belle Crocket Raasay Priamos Nigeria

89 GP DER BADISCHEN UNTERNEHMEN G2 BADEN-BADEN. May 24. 4yo+. 2200m.

Starts 4

Wins 1

Places 2

Earned £17,012

Sire: ACATENANGO. Sire of 75 SWs. In 2009 AMBASSADOR Bold Ruckus G2, LATIN MOOD Bering LR. 1st Dam: AFTER EIGHT BLUES by Bold Ruckus. 2 wins at 3 and 4 in USA. Dam of 1 winner: 2003: Americaner (c Acatenango) 2004: AMBASSADOR (c Acatenango) Grosser Preis der Badischen Unternehmen G2, 2nd Buchmacher Albers Grand Prix Aufgalopp G3.

2006: Attempto (f Black Sam Bellamy) in training.

Broodmare Sire: BOLD RUCKUS. Sire of the dams of 47 SWs. In 2009 - AMBASSADOR Acatenango G2.

AMBASSADOR b h 2004 Birkhahn Lis Reliance II Surama Suncourt Combat Aggressor Phaetonia Mr Jinks Raven Locks Gentlemen’s Relish Bold Ruler Boldnesian Alanesian Raise A Native Raise A Ruckus Fine Feathers Graustark Key To The Mint Key Bridge Apalachee Moody Maiden Cool Mood Literat Surumu ACATENANGO ch 82 Aggravate

Bold Ruckus AFTER EIGHT BLUES b 96 Alexa’s Mint

90 IRISH 1,000 GUINEAS G1 CURRAGH. May 24. 3yof. 8f.

1. AGAIN (IRE) 9-0 £217,961 b f by Danehill Dancer - Cumbres (Kahyasi) O-M Tabor B-Southern Bldstck TR-D Wachman 2. Lahaleeb (IRE) 9-0 £74,272 b f by Redback - Flames (Blushing Flame) O-M Al-Qatami B-Tom Twomey TR-MR Channon 3. Oh Goodness Me (GB) 9-0 £35,437 b f by Galileo - Coyote (Indian Ridge) O-Mrs June Judd B-Sir Eric Parker TR-JS Bolger

DATA BOOK

Caulfield on Again: “The Irish 1,000 Guineas winner should stay middle distances as her unraced dam, the Kahyasi mare Cumbres, has a stamina-packed pedigree” Margins Neck, 3.5. Time 1:46.30 (slow 9.30).

Going Heavy.

Age 2

Starts 5

Wins 3

Places 0

Earned £192,352

Sire: DANEHILL DANCER. Sire of 90 Stakes winners. In 2009 - AGAIN Kahyasi G1, MASTERCRAFTSMAN Black Tie Affair G1, INDIAN OCEAN Fasliyev G2, WAJIR Caerleon G2, GRAND DUCAL Shirley Heights G3, TAMAZIRTE Lycius G3, BHUTANE DANE Bite The Bullet LR, CONTEST Brief Truce LR, FEELS ALL RIGHT Old Vic LR, GO CART Scenic LR, PRIMA NOVA Star Way LR. 1st Dam: Cumbres by Kahyasi. unraced. Dam of 4 winners: 1997: OUROUMTSI (c Sin Kiang) Winner in France.

1998: Passage To Victory (c Bering) unraced.

1999: Wilde Bones (c Kendor) 2000: Lawrence of Arabia (g Desert King) 2002: Cypress (f Sadler’s Wells) unraced.

2003: OCTOBER SKY (c Danehill) 2 wins in Australia.

2004: Arkadina (f Danehill) Winner at 3, 2nd Lenebane S LR, 3rd Give Thanks S G3.

2005: Ultima Mode (c Danehill Dancer) ran in Japan.

2006: AGAIN (f Danehill Dancer). 3 wins at 2, Irish 1000 Guineas G1, Moyglare Stud S G1, Debutante S G2.

2008: (f Danroad)

prospects started to improve in 1998, when the Classic potential shown by her half-brother Montjeu led to Michael Tabor buying a major share in him. The new partnership was rewarded with six Gr1 victories, including the Derby, Irish Derby, Arc and King George.

At around the same time, Kahyasi’s famous daughter Hasili was beginning her extraordinary partnership with Danehill, which was to yield four Gr1 winners. Cumbres was duly transferred to Ireland, where she produced two foals by Danehill, including the Group-placed Arkadina, and two by his sons Desert King and Danehill Dancer. The Danehill/Kahyasi combination also produced the dam of Intense Focus.

Again’s second dam, Floripedes, won the Gr3 Prix de Lutece over 15 furlongs and the next dam, Toute Cy, was by Tennyson, winner of the Grand Prix de Paris in the days when it was over nearly two miles.

2006: GRAND DUCAL (c Danehill Dancer) Sold 220,000gns foal at TADEF, 340,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 1 win at 2, Gallinule S G3, 3rd Galileo EBF Futurity G2.

2007: Lowdown (c Shamardal) unraced to date.

2008: (c Invincible Spirit)

91 GALLINULE S G3

92 BRIGADIER GERARD S G3

93 PRIX CORRIDA G2

CURRAGH. May 24. 3yo. 10f.

SANDOWN PARK. May 28. 4yo+. 10f 7yds.

SAINT-CLOUD. May 28. 4yo+f&m. 2100m.

1. GRAND DUCAL (IRE) 9-1 £45,823 b c by Danehill Dancer - Mood Swings (Shirley Heights) O-Mrs John Magnier B-A Stroud, J Hanly TR-AP O’Brien 2. Alaivan (IRE) 9-1 £13,444 b g by Kalanisi - Alaya (Ela-Mana-Mou) O-HH The Aga Khan B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-John M Oxx 3. The Bull Hayes (IRE) 9-1 £6,405 b c by Sadler’s Wells - No Review (Nodouble) O-John G Hennessy B-Tower Bloodstock TR-Mrs John Harrington Margins Head, 1.25. Time 2:19.70 (slow 15.20).

Going Heavy.

1. CIMA DE TRIOMPHE (IRE) 4 9-0 £36,901 gr c by Galileo - Sopran Londa (Danehill) O-Teruya Yoshida B-Scuderia Sofim SRL TR-LM Cumani 2. Conduit (IRE) 4 9-7 £13,988 ch c by Dalakhani - Well Head (Sadler’s Wells) O/B-Ballymacoll Stud TR-Sir Michael Stoute 3. Stotsfold (GB) 6 9-0 £7,001 b g by Barathea - Eliza Acton (Shirley Heights) O-PW Harris B-Pendley Farm TR-WR Swinburn Margins Nose, 1. Time 2:06.60 (fast 0.40).

Going Good.

1. ALPINE ROSE (FR) 4 8-9 £71,942 gr f by Linamix - Fragrant Hill (Shirley Heights) O-Ecurie Des Monceaux et al B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-A de Royer-Dupre 2. Danse Grecque (USA) 4 8-9 £27,767 ch f by Hold That Tiger - Distorted Blaze (Distorted Humor) O-Ecurie Wildenstein B-JH Cutrona, JM Cutrona TR-E Lellouche 3. La Boum (GER) 6 8-11 £13,252 bbr m by Monsun - La Bouche (In The Wings) O-E Trussardi B-Gestut Karlshof TR-R Collet Margins 0.5, 1. Time 2:16.00 (slow 6.70).

Going Good to soft.

2nd Dam: Moogie by Young Generation. 2 wins at 2, 2nd Venus Fillies S LR, 3rd Prix Chloe G3. Dam of CATWALK (f Shirley Heights: Sweet Solera S LR).

Broodmare Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of the dams of 109 SWs. In 2009 - DANE JULIA Caesour G1, TUESDAY JOY Carnegie G1, LARGO LAD Encosta de Lago G2, ROMNEYA Red Ransom G2, ABOVE AVERAGE High Chaparral G3, CIMA DE TRIOMPHE Galileo G3, MAD ABOUT YOU Indian Ridge G3, REMARQUE Marju G3, CEREMONIAL JADE Jade Robbery LR, DUNCAN Dalakhani LR, HAIRY Fuji Kiseki LR, INDIANA GAL Intikhab LR, READYOR More Than Ready LR, RELATED Elusive Quality LR.

Broodmare Sire: SHIRLEY HEIGHTS. Sire of the dams of 167 Stakes winners. In 2009 - FAME AND GLORY Montjeu G2, FLYING CLOUD Storming Home G3, GRAND DUCAL Danehill Dancer G3.

The Galileo/Danehill cross has produced: BANC DE FORTUNE G1, CIMA DE TRIOMPHE G1, CUIS GHAIRE G1, TEOFILO G1, MISS GALILEI LR, Acteur Celebre LR, Via Galilei LR.

GRAND DUCAL b c 2006

CIMA DE TRIOMPHE gr c 2005

Danzig Danehill Razyana DANEHILL DANCER b 93 Sharpen Up Mira Adonde Lettre d’Amour Mill Reef Shirley Heights Hardiemma MOOD SWINGS b 92 Young Generation Moogie Cape Chestnut

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Atan Rocchetta Caro Lianga Never Bend Milan Mill Hardicanute Grand Cross Balidar Brig O’Doon Bustino Boswellia

Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge GALILEO b 98 Miswaki Urban Sea Allegretta Danzig Danehill Razyana SOPRAN LONDA gr 95 Crystal Palace Longobarda Luisa Morales

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Lombard Anatevka Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Caro Hermieres Claude Laura Russell

2nd Dam: FLORIPEDES by Top Ville. 2 wins at 3, Prix de Lutece G3, 2nd Prix Royal Oak G1. Dam of MONTJEU (c Sadler’s Wells: Irish Derby G1, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S G1, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1, P. de l’Arc de Triomphe G1), LE PAILLARD (c Sanglamore: Prix Rene Bedel LR, 2nd San Juan Capistrano Invitation H G1), Le Fou (c Polish Precedent: 2nd Prix La Force G3).

Broodmare Sire: KAHYASI. Sire of the dams of 30 Stakes winners. In 2009 - AGAIN Danehill Dancer G1, BIG EARED FRAN Danehill LR, ZAYNAR Daylami LR. The Danehill Dancer/Kahyasi cross has produced: AGAIN G1, CRIMSON BLOSSOM G3.

AGAIN b f 2006 Danzig Danehill Razyana DANEHILL DANCER b 93 Sharpen Up Mira Adonde Lettre d’Amour Ile de Bourbon Kahyasi Kadissya CUMBRES b 93 Top Ville Floripedes Toute Cy

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Atan Rocchetta Caro Lianga Nijinsky Roseliere Blushing Groom Kalkeen High Top Sega Ville Tennyson Adele Toumignon

The last stallion to sire winners of Ireland’s 2,000 Guineas and 1,000 Guineas in the same season was Spion Kop in 1931. Danehill Dancer had three chances of emulating him the day after Mastercraftsman had taken the Irish 2,000 Guineas and one of his three runners, the favourite Again, narrowly completed the double.

Again had also played her part in Danehill Dancer becoming champion sire of two-year-olds for a second time, winning the Gr2 Debutante Stakes and the Gr1 Moyglare Stud Stake. She has now become her sire’s third Classic winner, the first being British 1,000 Guineas winner Speciosa.

Again should stay middle distances as her dam, the Kahyasi mare Cumbres, has a stamina-packed pedigree. Cumbres never raced and made her debut as a broodmare at three, when her mate was Sin Kiang, a Gr3 winner also belonging to Sir James Goldsmith. Cumbres’s

Age 2

Starts 4

Wins 1

Places 3

Earned £24,015

Sire: DANEHILL DANCER. Sire of 90 Stakes winners. In 2009 - AGAIN Kahyasi G1, MASTERCRAFTSMAN Black Tie Affair G1, INDIAN OCEAN Fasliyev G2, WAJIR Caerleon G2, GRAND DUCAL Shirley Heights G3, TAMAZIRTE Lycius G3, BHUTANE DANE Bite The Bullet LR, CONTEST Brief Truce LR, FEELS ALL RIGHT Old Vic LR, GO CART Scenic LR, PRIMA NOVA Star Way LR. 1st Dam: MOOD SWINGS by Shirley Heights.

Winner at 2. Own sister to CATWALK. Dam of 6 winners: 1998: Hurricane Floyd (g Pennekamp) Winner at 2 viz. E.B.F. Express Week Of Racing Stakes, Newmarket, 2nd Milcars King Charles II S LR. 1999: PSYCHIC (f Alhaarth) Winner at 3. Broodmare.

2000: Calculus (c Barathea) ran once.

2001: Etizaan (f Unfuwain) ran on the flat in France.

Broodmare.

2002: Best Side (f King’s Best) 2 wins at 2 and 3, 3rd Irish Stallion Farms EBF Give Thanks S LR. Broodmare.

2003: TEARS OF A CLOWN (g Galileo) 2 wins at 3 and 4.

2004: AL KHALEEJ (g Sakhee) 3 wins at 2 to 4.

Age 2-4

Starts 12

Wins 5

Places 3

Earned £356,165

Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 49 Stakes winners. In 2009 AGE OF AQUARIUS Top Ville G3, CIMA DE TRIOMPHE Danehill G3, DRESS REHEARSAL Night Shift G3, OH GOODNESS ME Indian Ridge G3, SOUTH EASTER Nureyev G3, ALANDI Darshaan LR, FIULIN Indian Ridge LR, KISSING THE CAMERA Sri Pekan LR, PERFECT TRUTH Darshaan LR, REPRISAL Dehere LR, CELESTIAL HALO High Top LR. 1st Dam: SOPRAN LONDA by Danehill. 4 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy, Premio Regina Elena (1000 Guineas) G2. Dam of 3 winners: 2000: Sopran Lori (f Irish River) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy, 3rd Premio Ubaldo Pandolfi LR. 2004: SOPRAN SLAM (f Grand Slam) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy.

2005: CIMA DE TRIOMPHE (c Galileo) 5 wins at 2 to 4 at home, Italy, Derby Italiano G1, Brigadier Gerard S G3, Premio Emanuele Filiberto LR, 3rd Premio Campobello LR. 2006: Lonbest (f King’s Best) in training.

2nd Dam: Longobarda by Crystal Palace. 2 wins in Italy, 2nd Premio Fausta LR, 4th Criterium Femminile G3. Dam of SOPRAN LONDA (f Danehill, see above), LORD MADONNA (c Try My Best: Premio delle Aste LR). Grandam of Magic Laudanum, Zaccaria.

Age 3-4

Starts 8

Wins 3

Places 3

Earned £113,844

Sire: LINAMIX. Sire of 76 Stakes winners. In 2009 ALPINE ROSE Shirley Heights G2, QERTAAS Zafonic LR, VOL DE NUIT Mtoto LR. 1st Dam: FRAGRANT HILL by Shirley Heights. 3 wins at 2 to 4, Lupe S LR. Dam of 7 winners: 1994: FRAGRANT MIX (c Linamix). 5 wins at 3 and 4 in France, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1. Sire.

1995: Fascinating Hill (f Danehill) unraced. Dam of Mussoorie (f Linamix: 3rd EBF Galtres S LR, Winner at 3 in France, 2nd Prix de la Seine LR) 1996: FARFALA (f Linamix) 2 wins at 3 in France, Prix des Tourelles LR, 3rd Prix Cleopatre G3. Dam of UNDER THE RAINBOW (f Fantastic Light: 2 wins at 2, Zetland S LR, 2nd Lancashire Oaks G2), Starfala (2nd Buckhounds S LR) 1997: Fragrant Precedent (c Polish Precedent) unraced.

1998: FASCINATING MIX (c Linamix) 4 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix du Lion d’Angers LR. 1999: FRAGRANT WELLS (c Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 4 in France.

2000: Fragrancia (f Linamix) ran on the flat in France.

2001: FRACASSANT (c Linamix). 6 wins, Prix d’Hedouville G3, 2nd Grand Prix de Chantilly G2, also won Presidents Cup in Khazakhstan.

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DATABOOK European Pattern 2002: Fraloga (f Grand Lodge). 2 wins at 2 and 3 in France, 2nd Prix Hubert de Chaudenay Casino Barriere G2, Prix de Malleret G2, 3rd Prix Marcel Boussac-Royal Barriere G1. Broodmare.

2003: Celebre Fragance (f Peintre Celebre) 2005: ALPINE ROSE (f Linamix) Sold 385,154gns 3yo at ARDEC. 3 wins at 3 and 4 in France, Prix Corrida G2, 3rd Prix Minerve G3, Prix Joubert LR. 2007: (c Sinndar)

GEORDIELAND gr h 2001

2nd Dam: ENGLISH SPRING by Grey Dawn II. 7 wins at 2 to 4 at home, Italy Prince of Wales’s S G2.

Dam of SPRING OAK (f Mark of Esteem: Prix Cleopatre G3, 3rd E P Taylor S G1, Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf G1), FRAGRANT HILL (f Shirley Heights, see above). Grandam of ALLOW, WAGTAIL, Castlereagh, Feathers Flying.

AERDEE gr 94

Broodmare Sire: SHIRLEY HEIGHTS. Sire of the dams of 168 Stakes winners. In 2009 - ALPINE ROSE Linamix G2, FAME AND GLORY Montjeu G2, FLYING CLOUD Storming Home G3, GRAND DUCAL Danehill Dancer G3, COSMIC EXPLORER Always A Rainbow LR, WICKLOW HILLS Danewin LR, CHIEF YEOMAN Machiavellian LR.

HAYDOCK PARK. May 30. 4yo+. 7f 30yds.

The Linamix/Shirley Heights cross has produced: FRAGRANT MIX G1, ALPINE ROSE G2, FRACASSANT G2, FARFALA G3, FASCINATING MIX LR, LOCKSMITH LR. ALPINE ROSE gr f 2005 Bellypha Mendez Miss Carina LINAMIX gr 87 Breton Lunadix Lutine Mill Reef Shirley Heights Hardiemma FRAGRANT HILL b 88 Grey Dawn II English Spring Spring Is Here

Lyphard Belga Caro Miss Pia Relko La Melba Alcide Mona Never Bend Milan Mill Hardicanute Grand Cross Herbager Polamia In Reality First Feather

94 HENRY II S G2 SANDOWN PARK. May 28. 4yo+. 16f 78yds.

Margins Head, neck. Time 1:19.40. Going Good.

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special Mr Prospector Miswaki Hopespringseternal Lyphard Lyrism Pass A Glance Kalamoun Kenmare Belle of Ireland Riverman High River Hairbrush Thatch Final Straw Last Call Connaught Reproach Me Not Without Reproach Northern Dancer

Sadler’s Wells JOHANN QUATZ b 89 Whakilyric

Highest Honor

Valse Hesitation

95 JOHN OF GAUNT S G3

1. MAIN AIM (GB) 4 9-0 £39,739 b c by Oasis Dream - Orford Ness (Selkirk) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-Sir M Stoute 2. Beacon Lodge (IRE) 4 9-0 £15,064 b c by Clodovil - Royal House (Royal Academy) O-Mr And Mrs P Hargreaves B-Mrs Bill O’Neill TR-CG Cox 3. Arabian Gleam (GB) 5 9-5 £7,539 b h by Kyllachy - Gleam of Light (Danehill) O-S Suhail B-P & Mrs AG Venner TR-J Noseda Margins 2, 1. Time 1:30.42 (slow 2.12).

Going Good.

Age 3-4

Starts 8

Wins 5

Places 1

Earned £75,818

Sire: OASIS DREAM. Sire of 13 Ss. In 2009 - MAIN AIM Selkirk G3, ALTA FEDELTA Luge LR, MIDDAY Kingmambo LR, MISHEER Cadeaux Genereux LR. 1st Dam: ORFORD NESS by Selkirk. 3 wins, Prix de Sandringham G3. Dam of 4 winners: 2000: WEIGHTLESS (g In The Wings) 7 wins, Prix Dollar G2.

2001: CASTLE RISING (c Indian Ridge) 5 wins at 3 to 6 in France, Kingdom of Saudi Ara. 2002: HOME AFFAIRS (c Dansili) 3 wins, Royal Windsor S LR, 3rd Diomed S G3, Jersey S G3.

2003: Codename (f Sadler’s Wells) unraced.

2004: Change Course (f Sadler’s Wells). Broodmare.

2005: MAIN AIM (c Oasis Dream) 5 wins at 3 and 4, Timeform Jury John of Gaunt S G3.

2006: Simulate (c Dansili) unraced to date.

2007: (c Singspiel)

1. GEORDIELAND (FR) 8 9-2 £56,770 gr h by Johann Quatz - Aerdee (Highest Honor) O-A Taylor B-Michele Bliard TR-JA Osborne 2. Patkai (IRE) 4 9-0 £21,520 ch c by Indian Ridge - Olympienne (Sadler’s Wells) O/B-Ballymacoll Stud TR-Sir Michael Stoute 3. Tastahil (IRE) 5 9-2 £10,770 ch g by Singspiel - Luana (Shaadi) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Darley TR-BW Hills Margins 5, 5. Time 3:30.07 (fast 3.93). Going Good.

2nd Dam: Nesaah by Topsider. 2 wins at 3, 2nd Galtres S LR. Dam of ORFORD NESS, Aware (c Kenmare: 2nd Prix Eugene Adam G2), Legion (c Kris: 3rd Prix Pelleas LR).

Age 2-8

MAIN AIM b c 2005

Starts 32

Wins 7

Places 18

Earned £504,555

Sire: JOHANN QUATZ. Sire of 9 Stakes winners. In 2009 - GEORDIELAND Highest Honor G2.

Broodmare Sire: SELKIRK. Sire of the dams of 16 Stakes winners. In 2009 - BUCCELLATI Soviet Star G3, MAIN AIM Oasis Dream G3.

Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier OASIS DREAM b 2000

1st Dam: AERDEE by Highest Honor. 4 wins at 3 and 4 in France. Dam of 3 winners: 2000: JUST LIKE THAT (f Starborough) Winner at 4 in USA. Broodmare.

2001: GEORDIELAND (c Johann Quatz) Sold 14,022gns yearling at AFAUG. 7 wins, Henry II S G2, Yorkshire Cup G2, Grand Prix de Chantilly G2, G. P. de Clairefontaine LR, Prix de la Porte de Madrid LR, 2nd Gold Cup G1 (twice), Doncaster Cup G2, Goodwood Cup G2, Yorkshire Cup G2, Prix d’Hedouville G3, Dragonfly S LR, Prix de Suresnes LR, Prix Turenne LR, 3rd Prix du Conseil de Paris G2, Prix Ridgway LR. 2002: Just Aerdee (f Kahyasi). Broodmare.

2003: ARWAD (g Kahyasi) 4 wins 4-5 in France.

2005: Sure Josie Sure (f Kalanisi) 2006: Easterland (c Starborough) 2007: Ardeeland (c Dalakhani) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: VALSE HESITATION by Final Straw. 2 wins at 3 in France Prix Charles Laffitte LR. Broodmare Sire: HIGHEST HONOR. Sire of the dams of 31 SWs. In 2009 - GEORDIELAND Johann Quatz G2, ROCK ME BABY Rock of Gibraltar G2.

Dancing Brave Hope Bahamian Sharpen Up Selkirk Annie Edge ORFORD NESS b 94 Topsider Nesaah Sylph

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Lyphard Navajo Princess Mill Reef Sorbus Atan Rocchetta Nebbiolo Friendly Court Northern Dancer Drumtop Alleged Society Column

96 PRIX DU PALAIS-ROYAL G3 LONGCHAMP. May 30. 3yo+. 1400m.

1. DUNKERQUE (FR) 3 8-7 £38,835 b c by Highest Honor - Dissertation (Sillery) O-Alec Head B-Alec & Mme Ghislaine Head TR-Mme C Head-Maarek 2. As de Trebol (USA) 4 9-4 £15,534 b c by Tapit - Adelphi (Danzig) O-R Whyte Guerra B-Santa Escolastica TR-G Arizkorreta Elosegui 3. Mariol (FR) 6 9-6 £11,650 b g by Munir - La Bastoche (Kaldoun) O-Vidal Family B-R Collet TR-R Collet

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Age 2-4

Starts 12

Wins 4

Places 7

Earned £112,703

Sire: HIGHEST HONOR. Sire of 65 Stakes winners. In 2009 - DUNKERQUE Sillery G3.

1st Dam: Dissertation by Sillery. 3 wins at 2 and 3 in France, 2nd Prix d’Aumale G3. Dam of 3 winners: 1999: DEDICATION (f Highest Honor) 7 wins at 2 to 5 in France, USA, Prix de la Foret G1, 3rd Matriarch S G1. Broodmare.

2000: DIRECT (c Bering) Winner at 2 in France.

2001: Discours (c Anabaa) unraced.

2003: Dirigeant (c Anabaa) 2004: Duddley (c Numerous) ran on the flat in France.

2005: DUNKERQUE (c Highest Honor) 4 wins, Prix du Palais Royal G3, Prix Contessina LR, 3rd Prix de Seine-et-Oise G3, Prix Servanne LR. 2006: Diderot (c Highest Honor) 2nd Dam: DEVALOIS by Nureyev. 7 wins at 2 to 4 in France, USA Nettie H G2, 4th Prix de Diane Hermes G1. Dam of BEAU SULTAN (c Bering: Prix La Rochette G3, 2nd Prix Greffulhe G2, 3rd Grand Criterium G1, Man O’War S G1), DALNA (f Anabaa: Prix Miesque G3), Dissertation (f Sillery, see above), Divination (f Groom Dancer: 2nd Prix Denisy LR, 3rd Prix du Cadran Casino Croisette Barriere G1).

Broodmare Sire: SILLERY. Sire of the dams of 11 Stakes winners. In 2009 - DUNKERQUE Highest Honor G3, FUISSE Green Tune LR.

2009, Castlemartin & La Louviere Gladness S G3, Keeneland Minstrel S G3, ladbrokes.com Solonaway S G3 (twice) 2005: SCINTILLO (c Fantastic Light) Sold 30,000gns yearling at TAOC2. Champion 2yr old in Italy in 2007. 5 wins at 2 and 4 at home, France, Italy, Gran Criterium G1, Grand Prix de Chantilly G2, sportingbet.com Winter Derby G3, Digibet Dragonfly S LR, 2nd betchronicle.com Ormonde S G3, David Wilson Homes Cocked Hat S LR, Weatherbys Bank Stonehenge S LR, 3rd Ladbrokes Great Voltigeur S G2, Royal Lodge S G2, Washington Singer S LR, Floodlit S LR, Winter Derby Trial S LR. 2007: (c Barathea) 2009: (f Authorized) 2nd Dam: DANCE BY NIGHT by Northfields. 2 wins at 2. Dam of DANSEUSE DU SOIR (f Thatching, see above), DANA SPRINGS (f Aragon: Upavon Fillies’ S LR, Piaget d’Or LR), DON CORLEONE (c Caerleon: July Trophy S LR, 2nd Gordon S G3, 3rd Geoffrey Freer S G2), Danseuse du Nord (f Kahyasi: 3rd Prix de Malleret G2), Circus Dance (c Sadler’s Wells: 3rd Emirates Airline Prix du Jockey Club G1). Grandam of AUDACIEUSE, LORD JIM. Third dam of DANZON. Broodmare Sire: THATCHING. Sire of the dams of 54 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SCINTILLO Fantastic Light G2, JUMBAJUKIBA Barathea LR, LESSON IN HUMILITY Mujadil LR. SCINTILLO ch c 2005 Blushing Groom Rahy

The Highest Honor/Sillery cross has produced: DEDICATION G1, DUNKERQUE G3.

Glorious Song FANTASTIC LIGHT b 96 Nijinsky

DUNKERQUE b c 2005

Jood

Zeddaan Khairunissa Milesian Belle of Ireland Belle of The Ball Never Bend Riverman River Lady Sir Gaylord Hairbrush Bug Brush Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Bellypha Silvermine Sevres Northern Dancer Nureyev Special Prudent II Dourdan Denisy

Kamar

Kalamoun Kenmare HIGHEST HONOR gr 83 High River

Sillery DISSERTATION ch 94 Devalois

97 GRAND PRIX DE CHANTILLY G2 CHANTILLY. May 31. 4yo. 2400m.

1. SCINTILLO (GB) 4 8-11 £71,942 ch c by Fantastic Light - Danseuse du Soir (Thatching) O-White Beech Farm B-Woodcote Stud Ltd TR-R Hannon 2. Chinchon (IRE) 4 8-11 £27,767 b c by Marju - Jarama (Hector Protector) O-Darpat SL Stables B-Zubieta Ltd TR-C Laffon-Parias 3. Magadan (IRE) 4 8-11 £13,252 b c by High Chaparral - Molasses (Machiavellian) O-Ecurie Wildenstein B-Kilcarn Stud TR-E Lellouche Margins Head, 0.5. Time 2:34.60 (slow 5.60).

Going Good.

Age 2-4

Starts 23

Wins 5

Places 10

Earned £292,736

Sire: FANTASTIC LIGHT. Sire of 18 Stakes winners.

In 2009 - SCINTILLO Thatching G2, FLAMINGO FANTASY Acatenango G3.

1st Dam: DANSEUSE DU SOIR by Thatching. 5 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Dubai Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1, Prix de la Foret G1, 3rd P. Fresnay-leBuffard Jacques Le Marois G1. Dam of 5 winners: 1993: Dangerous Love (f Lear Fan) unraced.

1994: Danger Reef (c Nureyev) 1995: Discret Amour (c Riverman) unraced.

1996: Dancing Fire (f Dayjur) unraced. Dam of Montecito (f Montjeu: 4 wins, 3rd Dahlia S) 1997: DREAM SEEKER (c Lear Fan) 2 wins over jumps in France.

1998: DURER (c Kingmambo) Winner at 3 in France.

1999: Diamant Bleu (c Our Emblem). unraced, , died.

2000: DANCING WARRIOR (c Lear Fan) 1 win at 4.

2001: Loup du Soir (c Loup Sauvage) 2003: JUMBAJUKIBA (g Barathea) 8 wins at 2 to 6,

Thatch Thatching Abella DANSEUSE DU SOIR b 88 Northfields Dance By Night Elvina

Red God Runaway Bride Halo Ballade Northern Dancer Flaming Page Key To The Mint Square Angel Forli Thong Abernant Darrica Northern Dancer Little Hut Dancer’s Image Relicia

98 PRIX DE SANDRINGHAM G2 CHANTILLY. May 31. 3yof. 1600m.

1. HOMEBOUND (USA) 8-11 £71,942 bbr f by Dixie Union - Black Speck (Arch) O-Joseph Allen B-Joseph Allen TR-J-C Rouget 2. Reggane (GB) 8-11 £27,767 b f by Red Ransom - Reine Zao (Alzao) O/B-Haras de la Perelle TR-A de Royer-Dupre 3. Aria di Festa (IRE) 8-11 £13,252 b f by Orpen - Alarme Belle (Warning) O-Scuderia Blueberry B-Mulino Verde Stud SRL TR-B Grizzetti Margins 0.5, 3. Time 1:38.10 (slow 2.10).

Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 3

Places 3

Earned £117,135

Sire: DIXIE UNION. Sire of 20 Stakes winners. In 2009 - DIXIE CHATTER Deputy Minister G2, HOMEBOUND Arch G2, JUSTWHISTLEDIXIE Honour And Glory G2, ALYARF Mujtahid LR. 1st Dam: BLACK SPECK by Arch. Winner at 3 in France. Dam of 3 winners: 2004: Battle Paint (c Tale of The Cat) 3 wins, 2nd Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere-Grand Criterium G1.

2005: BLUE EXIT (c Pulpit) 4 wins, Prix Matchem LR, 2nd Strub S G2.

2006: HOMEBOUND (f Dixie Union) 3 wins, Prix de Sandringham G2, Prix Haras de la Huderie LR. 2007: Photograph (f Unbridled’s Song) unraced.

2nd Dam: ANDOVER WAY by His Majesty. 9 wins in USA Top Flight H G1, 2nd Apple Blossom H G1.

Dam of DYNAFORMER (c Roberto: Discovery H G2, Jersey Derby G2), WHITE BRIDLE (c Seattle Slew: Continental Mile S, 3rd Vanlandingham S LR), Triple Elvis (c Seattle Slew: 2nd South Bound S). Grandam of OFFLEE WILD, SANGRITA, SUPREMO, U S RANGER, PERSONAL LOVE. Third dam of SILENT TIMES, ROCK OF ROCHELLE. Broodmare Sire: ARCH. Sire of the dams of 4 SWs. In 2009 - HOMEBOUND Dixie Union G2.

DATA BOOK

Caulfield on Ask: “It is a measure of his sire Sadler’s Wells’s brilliance and longevity that he was his sixth Coronation Cup winner, 19 years after his first-crop son In The Wings” HOMEBOUND b/br f 2006 Nearctic Natalma Delta Judge Mississippi Mud Sand Buggy Seattle Slew Capote Too Bald Mr Prospector She’s A Talent Paintbrush Roberto Kris S Sharp Queen Danzig Aurora Althea Ribot His Majesty Flower Bowl Olympia On The Trail Golden Trail Northern Dancer Dixieland Band DIXIE UNION b 97 She’s Tops

Arch BLACK SPECK b 2000 Andover Way

99 PRIX DU GROS-CHENE G2

1. TAX FREE (IRE) 7 9-2 £71,942 b g by Tagula - Grandel (Owington) O-Ian Hewitson B-Denis & Mrs Teresa Bergin TR-D Nicholls 2. Black Mambazo (IRE) 4 9-2 £27,767 b c by Statue of Liberty - Rich Gift (Cadeaux Genereux) O/B-Azienda Agricola Valle Falcone TR-L Riccardi 3. Benbaun (IRE) 8 9-2 £13,252 b g by Stravinsky - Escape To Victory (Salse) O-Ransley, Birks, Hillen B-Dr TA Ryan TR-KA Ryan Margins Neck, 1.5. Time 0:56.70 (fast 0.80).

Going Good.

Starts 32

Wins 14

Places 13

Starts 3

2nd Dam: GOLETA by Majestic Light. 3 wins in USA. Dam of LETKINGO (c Stylish King: Alberta Derby LR), LORDLET (c Lord Avie: Hasta La Vista H), Bay Town Boy (g Prospect Bay: 2nd Caballos del Sol H), Gohalo (c Southern Halo: 3rd Pinjara S) Broodmare Sire: RAHY. Sire of the dams of 56 Stakes winners. In 2009 - MISS EUROPA Monsun G2, RUTHERIENNE Pulpit G2, SECRET GYPSY Sea of Secrets G2, WAR KILL War Chant G2, GOTTA HAVE HER Royal Academy G3, HEAVEN SENT Pivotal G3, DIEGO RIVERA Diffident LR, REVOLTE French Deputy LR.

2nd Dam: Fernlea by Sir Ivor. 2nd Topaz Sprint S LR. Broodmare Sire: OWINGTON. Sire of the dams of 3 SWs. In 09 - TAX FREE Tagula G2, INXILE Fayruz LR. TAX FREE b g 2002 Hail To Reason Bebopper Sadair Stolen Date Stolen Hour Zeddaan Standaan Castania Busted Jolly Widow Veuve Joyeuse Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier High Top Old Domesday Book Broken Record Sir Gaylord Sir Ivor Attica Pampapaul Pampas Ribotingo Stop The Music

Owington GRANDEL b 97 Fernlea

2004: MAKE ME AN OFFER (c Fasliyev) 3 wins at 3.

2005: ROUGHTING (c Celtic Swing) Winner at 3.

2008: (f Celtic Swing)

100 DIANA-TRIAL G2 HOPPEGARTEN. May 31. 3yof. 2000m.

1. MISS EUROPA (IRE) 9-2 £38,835 bbr f by Monsun - Miss Hoeny (Rahy) O/B-Gestut Hony-Hof TR-P Schiergen 2. Bolivia (GER) 9-2 £14,563 ch f by Monsun - Be My Lady (Be My Guest) O-Dr C Berglar B-Irmgard & Dieter Meinke TR-W Hickst 3. Night Magic (GER) 9-2 £5,825 b f by Sholokhov - Night Woman (Monsun) O-Stall Salzburg B-Gestut Etzean TR-W Figge Margins 0.5, 4. Time 2:05.10. Going Good.

Tamerlane Donna Diana Tiepoletto Konigskronung Kronung Literat Surumu Surama Authi Monasia Monacensia Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Halo Glorious Song Ballade Majestic Prince Majestic Light Irradiate Verbatim Tomboy Tamele Al Kuwait Dschingis Khan

Konigsstuhl

Mosella

Rahy MISS HOENY ch 99 Goleta

101 PREMIO CARLO VITTADINI G2 MILAN. May 31. 3yo+. 1600m.

1. PRESSING (IRE) 6 9-7 £57,766 bbr h by Soviet Star - Rafif (Riverman) O-Gary A Tanaka B-Azienda Agricola Del Parco TR-MA Jarvis 2. Miles Gloriosus (USA) 6 9-7 £25,417 b h by Repriced - Treasure Coast (Foolish Pleasure) O-Scuderia Razza dell’Olmo B-Justice Farm TR-R Menichetti 3. Farrel (IRE) 4 9-7 £13,864 b c by Fruits of Love - Folcungi (Mukaddamah) O-Scuderia Zenor B-Allevamento dei Sei SRL TR-B Grizzetti Margins 3.25, sh nk. Time 1:36.60. Going Good.

Age 2-6

Starts 33

Wins 9

Places 17

Earned £849,696

Sire: SOVIET STAR. Sire of 41 Stakes winners. In 2009 - PRESSING Riverman G2, BUCCELLATI Selkirk G3, EVA’S REQUEST Taufan LR, KANDINSKIY Love The Groom LR. 1st Dam: RAFIF by Riverman. Winner at 3. Dam of 5 winners: 1995: KADIR (c Unfuwain) 2 wins.

1996: Azimah (f Unfuwain). Broodmare.

1997: Tabashir (f Cadeaux Genereux) unraced.

1998: Rajam (g Sadler’s Wells) 9 wins, 2nd Prix Roland de Chambure LR. 1999: Al Wadood (f Cadeaux Genereux) unraced.

2000: Lady Machiavellian (f Machiavellian) unraced.

2001: Land of Nod (f Barathea) 2002: Ebaaraat (f Sinndar) ran once.

2003: PRESSING (c Soviet Star) Sold 23,474gns yearling at ANSEP. 9 wins, Premio Roma G1, Premio Carlo Vittadini G2, Premio Ribot G2, Premio Ambrosiano G3, Premio Federico Tesio G3, Topkapi Trophy LR, 2nd P.Presidente della Repubblica G1 (twice), Grosser Dallmayr Preis G1, Premio del Dado LR, Premio Emanuele Filiberto LR, Premio Giuseppe de Montel LR, Bosphorus Cup LR, 3rd Gran Premio d’Italia LR.

LILLIE LANGTRY b/br f 2007 Danzig Danehill Razyana

2nd Dam: REVES CELESTES by Lyphard. 3 wins at 3. Dam of MATAHIF (g Wassl: Zetland S LR, Milka Steher Cup LR, Dansk Eclipse S LR, Fyenslob LR, 3rd Stockholms Cup International G3), Keswa (f Kings Lake: 3rd Premio Giovanni Falck LR). Grandam of MASTERCRAFTSMAN, GENUINE DEVOTION, MAZUNA.

DANEHILL DANCER b 93 Sharpen Up Mira Adonde Lettre d’Amour Shirley Heights Darshaan Delsy HOITY TOITY br 2000 Shadeed

Broodmare Sire: RIVERMAN. Sire of the dams of 175 SWs. In 2009 - PRESSING Soviet Star G2, YANA Razeen LR, ALSADAA Kingmambo LR.

Hiwaayati Alathea

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Atan Rocchetta Caro Lianga Mill Reef Hardiemma Abdos Kelty Nijinsky Continual Lorenzaccio Vive La Reine

PRESSING b/br h 2003 Nureyev Special SOVIET STAR b 84 Venture Veruschka Marie d’Anjou Never Bend Riverman River Lady RAFIF b 90 Lyphard Reves Celestes Tobira Celeste

Nearctic Natalma Forli Thong Relic Rose O’Lynn Vandale Marigold Nasrullah Lalun Prince John Nile Lily Northern Dancer Goofed Ribot Heavenly Body

MISS EUROPA b/br f 2006

Earned £472,583

1st Dam: Grandel by Owington. unraced. Dam of 3 winners: 2002: TAX FREE (g Tagula) Sold 9,347gns foal at GONOV, 12,000gns yearling at DNSLY, 5,000gns 2yo at DNAPR. 14 wins, Prix du Gros-Chene G2, Palace House S G3, Sapphire S G3, Prix du Petit Couvert G3, Abernant S LR, Starlit S LR, Naas Sprint S LR (twice), 2nd Cork S LR, Bud Light S LR, Woodlands S LR, 3rd Duke of York S G2, Prix du Gros-Chene G2, King George S G3, Palace House S G3, Bentinck S G3, G4’S Rous S LR. 2004: Gutter Press (f Raise A Grand) ran twice.

2005: INXILE (g Fayruz) 3 wins, Woodlands S LR, Naas Sprint S LR, Prix du Cercle LR, 2nd Prix de Meautry G3.

2006: GREEN BERET (g Fayruz) 2 wins at 2 and 3.

2007: Xilerator (g Arakan) unraced to date.

Twin Island

Earned £3,795

1st Dam: Miss Hoeny by Rahy. unraced. Dam of 2 winners: 2004: MISTER HONY (c Johan Cruyff) 2 wins at 3 and 4 in Germany.

2006: MISS EUROPA (f Monsun) 1 win at 3 in Germany, Diana Trial G2.

2007: Mister Cool Cat (c One Cool Cat) unraced to date.

2008: Miss Martillo (f Martillo)

Sire: TAGULA. Sire of 11 SWs. In 2009 - TAX FREE Owington G2, PURE POETRY Air Express LR.

TAGULA b 93

Places 2

Sire: MONSUN. Sire of 69 Stakes winners. In 2009 STACELITA Dashing Blade G1, MISS EUROPA Rahy G2, CAPRICE Generous LR, SUESTADO Darshaan LR.

MONSUN br 90

Taufan

Wins 1

Northern Dancer

CHANTILLY. May 31. 3yo+. 1000m.

Age 3-7

Age 2-3

102 COOLMORE STUD FILLIES’ SPRINT S G3 NAAS. June 1. 2yof. 6f.

1. LILLIE LANGTRY (IRE) 8-12 £63,204 bbr f by Danehill Dancer - Hoity Toity (Darshaan) O-Michael Tabor B-KB Lynch TR-AP O’Brien 2. Kitty Kiernan (GB) 8-12 £18,544 b f by Pivotal - Alstemeria (Danehill) O-Ennistown Stud B-Mrs C Regalado-Gonzalez TR-JS Bolger 3. A Mind of Her Own (IRE) 8-12 £8,835 ch f by Danehill Dancer - Gilded Vanity (Indian Ridge) O-Dunphy’s Eleven Syndicate B- Lynch Bages Edgeridge Ltd, Glenvale Stud TR-David Wachman Margins 2.5, neck. Time 1:10.34 (fast 0.76).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2

Starts 2

Wins 1

Places 1

Earned £65,392

Sire: DANEHILL DANCER. Sire of 93 Stakes winners. In 2009 - AGAIN Kahyasi G1, MASTERCRAFTSMAN Black Tie Affair G1, INDIAN OCEAN Fasliyev G2, WAJIR Caerleon G2, GRAND DUCAL Shirley Heights G3, LILLIE LANGTRY Darshaan G3, TAMAZIRTE Lycius G3, BHUTANE DANE Bite The Bullet LR, CONTEST Brief Truce LR, DANEHILL DESTINY Night Shift LR, FEELS ALL RIGHT Old Vic LR, GO CART Scenic LR, JUST MAMBO Kingmambo LR, NEWS ALERT Brief Truce LR, PRIMA NOVA Star Way LR. 1st Dam: Hoity Toity by Darshaan. unraced. Dam of 1 winner: 2005: Song of Freedom (g Montjeu) unraced.

2006: Lady Hawkfield (f Hawk Wing) unraced to date.

2007: LILLIE LANGTRY (f Danehill Dancer) Sold 70,000gns foal at TADEF, 230,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 1 win at 2, Coolmoore Stud Sprint S G3.

103 BAVARIAN CLASSIC G3 MUNICH. June 1. 3yo. 2000m.

1. SAPHIR (GER) 9-2 £31,068 b c by Black Sam Bellamy - Salontasche (Dashing Blade) O-Frau M Herbert B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof TR-P Schiergen 2. Peligroso (FR) 9-2 £9,709 ch c by Trempolino - Pitpit (Rudimentary) O-Godolphin B-Stall Undosa TR-Saeed bin Suroor 3. Hansom (GER) 9-2 £4,854 b c by Ransom O’War - Hosea (Lagunas) O-Capricorn Stud B-H Kahrs TR-Frau E Mader Margins Sh hd, 1.5. Time 2:06.60. Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 3

Wins 1

Places 2

Sire: BLACK SAM BELLAMY. Sire of 5 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SAPHIR Dashing Blade G3, DAVERON Acatenango LR, GALANA Big Shuffle LR. 1st Dam: SALONTASCHE by Dashing Blade. 2 wins at 3 in Germany. Dam of 1 winner: 2005: Salontanzerin (f Black Sam Bellamy) 2006: SAPHIR (c Black Sam Bellamy) Sold 48,262gns yearling at BBAGS. 1 win at 3 in Germany, Bavarian Classic G3, 2nd Fruhjahrspreis des Bankhauses Metzler G3.

2007: Salon Musique (f Black Sam Bellamy) unraced.

2008: (c Konigstiger) 2009: (c Konigstiger) 2nd Dam: Salonrolle by Tirol. 2 wins at 2 in Germany, 3rd ARAG Preis (1000 Guineas) G2. Dam of PEPPERTREE LANE (c Peintre Celebre: Curragh Cup G3), SALONHONOR (c Highest Honor: Grosser Radeberger Pilsner Preis LR, 2nd Volkswagen Preis der Deutschen Einheit G3), SALONBLUE (f Bluebird: Baden-Baden Cup LR, Korver-Rennen Dortmunder Stutenpreis LR, 2nd Hessen Pokal G3).

Broodmare Sire: DASHING BLADE. Sire of the dams of 24 Stakes winners. In 2009 - STACELITA Monsun G1, PROUDINSKY Silvano G2, SAPHIR Black Sam Bellamy G3, LADY ALIDA Tobougg LR. SAPHIR b c 2006 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge BLACK SAM BELLAMY b 99 Miswaki Urban Sea Allegretta Elegant Air Dashing Blade Sharp Castan

2nd Dam: Hiwaayati by Shadeed. unraced. Dam of Sweet Emotion (f Bering: 2nd EBF Insulpak Swinley S LR). Grandam of WINGED CUPID. Broodmare Sire: DARSHAAN. Sire of the dams of 133 Stakes winners. In 2009 - BLACK BEAR ISLAND Sadler’s Wells G2, FRONT HOUSE Sadler’s Wells G2, CURTAIN CALL Sadler’s Wells G3, FANTASIA Sadler’s Wells G3, LILLIE LANGTRY Danehill Dancer G3, ALANDI Galileo LR, BARON DE’L In The Wings LR, HINDU KUSH Sadler’s Wells LR, PERFECT TRUTH Galileo LR, RENOWING Halling LR, SUESTADO Monsun LR, SUZI’S DECISION Act One LR, ASHKAZAR Sadler’s Wells LR, JUMBO RIO Captain Rio LR, SILK AFFAIR Barathea LR. The Danehill Dancer/Darshaan cross has produced: LILLIE LANGTRY G3, JALMIRA LR, Glitter Baby LR, Shendaya LR.

Earned £12,843

SALONTASCHE b 2000 Tirol Salonrolle Salesiana

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Lombard Anatevka Shirley Heights Elegant Tern Sharpen Up Sultry One Thatching Alpine Niece Alpenkonig Senitza

104 BALLYOGAN S G3 LEOPARDSTOWN. June 4. 3yo+f&m. 6f.

1. LESSON IN HUMILITY (IRE) 4 9-6 £41,019 b f by Mujadil - Vanity (Thatching) O-M Nelmes-Crocker B-Kevin Quinn TR-KR Burke 2. San Sicharia (IRE) 4 9-9 £11,990 ch f by Daggers Drawn - Spinamix (Spinning World) O-P Twomey B-Mrs L Kelly TR-Ms Joanna Morgan 3. Maoineach (USA) 3 9-3 £5,680 ch f by Congaree - Trepidation (Seeking The Gold) O-Mrs JS Bolger B-WinStar Farm TR-JS Bolger Margins 1.75, short head. Time 1:12.80 (slow 1.10).

Going Good to firm.

THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER 89

DATABOOK European Pattern Age 2-4

Starts 13

Wins 6

Places 5

Earned £150,650

MAC LOVE b g 2001 Danzig Green Desert

Sire: MUJADIL. Sire of 25 Stakes winners. In 2009 LESSON IN HUMILITY Thatching G3.

1st Dam: Vanity by Thatching. Dam of 2 winners: 2003: SENSASSE (f Imperial Ballet) Winner at 2.

2004: (g Namid) 2005: LESSON IN HUMILITY (f Mujadil) Sold 22,289gns foal at GONO1, 22,000gns yearling at TAOC2. 6 wins at 2 to 4, Ballyogan S G3, totesport.com Kilvington S LR, Starlit S LR, 2nd Commscope Enterprise Eternal S LR. 2006: Sir Moretti (c Trans Island) unraced to date.

2008: (f Clodovil)

Foreign Courier CAPE CROSS b/br 94 Ahonoora Park Appeal Balidaress Diesis Elmaamul Modena MY LASS b 96 Be My Guest Be My Lass Good Lass

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols Balidar Innocence Sharpen Up Doubly Sure Roberto Mofida Northern Dancer What A Treat Reform Derry Lass

2nd Dam: Penny Fan by Nomination. Dam of FFESTINIOG (f Efisio: Furlong Club Radley S LR).

Grandam of EISTEDDFOD, BOSTON LODGE, BORDER PATROL, Brecon Beacon.

Broodmare Sire: THATCHING. Sire of the dams of 54 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SCINTILLO Fantastic Light G2, LESSON IN HUMILITY Mujadil G3, JUMBAJUKIBA Barathea LR. LESSON IN HUMILITY b f 2005 Northern Dancer Storm Bird South Ocean MUJADIL b 88 Secretariat Vallee Secrete Midou Thatch Thatching Abella VANITY b 97 Nomination Penny Fan Trwyn Cilan

Nearctic Natalma New Providence Shining Sun Bold Ruler Somethingroyal Saint Crespin III Midget II Forli Thong Abernant Darrica Dominion Rivers Maid Import Welsh Cape

105 DIOMED S G3 EPSOM DOWNS. June 05. 3yo+. 8f 114yds.

1. MAC LOVE (GB) 8 9-4 £36,901 b g by Cape Cross - My Lass (Elmaamul) O-Vimal Khosla B-Kingwood Bloodstock TR-Stef Liddiard 2. Confront (GB) 4 9-4 £13,988 b g by Nayef - Contiguous (Danzig) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-Sir Michael Stoute 3. Deposer (IRE) 3 8-7 £7,001 b c by Kheleyf - Bezant (Zamindar) O-Kent Bloodstock B-Mrs P Booth, J Porteous TR-JR Best Margins 0.75, 1. Time 1:43.61 (slow 1.11).

Going Good.

Age 2-8

Starts 60

Wins 8

Places 28

Earned £296,068

Sire: CAPE CROSS. Sire of 49 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SEA THE STARS Miswaki G1, CRYSTAL CAPELLA Mark of Esteem G3, MAC LOVE Elmaamul G3, RECHARGE Robellino G3, RE BAROLO Irish River LR. 1st Dam: My Lass by Elmaamul. Winner at 3, 3rd Palmers Golden Ball Trigo S LR. Dam of 2 winners: 2001: MAC LOVE (g Cape Cross) Sold 45,000gns yearling at TAOCT, 75,000gns 2yo at TAAUT. 8 wins to 2009, Diomed S G3, Supreme S G3, Fortune S LR, Hyde S LR, 2nd Lockinge S G1, Criterion S G3, Rockingham S LR, Doncaster S LR, Carnarvon S LR, Cathedral S LR, 3rd Ripon Champion 2yo Trophy LR, Spring Trophy LR, Premio Divino Amore LR. 2002: Classic Guest (f Xaar). Broodmare.

2003: Desert Day (f Desert Prince) 2004: Boschendal (f Zamindar) ran 3 times.

2005: (c Desert Prince) 2006: VAL DE FLORES (f Oasis Dream) Winner at 3 in Denmark.

2008: (c Cape Cross) 2nd Dam: BE MY LASS by Be My Guest. 1 win at 4 in France. Dam of My Lass (f Elmaamul, see above)

106 CORONATION CUP G1 EPSOM DOWNS. June 5. 4yo+. 12f 10yds.

1. ASK (GB) 6 9-0 £137,809 b h by Sadler’s Wells - Request (Rainbow Quest) O-PJ Fahey B-Side Hill Stud TR-Sir M Stoute 2. Youmzain (IRE) 6 9-0 £52,240 b h by Sinndar - Sadima (Sadler’s Wells) O-Jaber Abdullah B-Frank Dunne TR-MR Channon 3. Look Here (GB) 4 8-11 £26,144 b f by Hernando - Last Look (Rainbow Quest) O-JH Richmond-Watson B-Lawn Stud TR-RM Beckett Margins Nose, nose. Time 2:37.00 (slow 1.40).

Going Good.

Age 3-6

Starts 16

Places 5

Earned £558,972

Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. See race 72.

1st Dam: Request by Rainbow Quest. Dam of 2 winners: 2003: ASK (c Sadler’s Wells) 6 wins, Coronation Cup G1, Yorkshire Cup G2, Cumberland Lodge S G3, Ormonde S G3, Gordon Richards S G3, 2nd Pattison Canadian International S G1.

2005: KENSINGTON OVAL (g Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 3.

2007: (f Dr Fong)

107 OAKS S G1 EPSOM DOWNS. June 5. 3yof. 12f 10yds.

1. SARISKA (GB) 9-0 £198,695 b f by Pivotal - Maycocks Bay (Muhtarram) O-Lady Bamford B-Lady Bamford TR-MLW Bell 2. Midday (GB) 9-0 £75,320 b f by Oasis Dream - Midsummer (Kingmambo) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-HRA Cecil 3. High Heeled (IRE) 9-0 £37,695 b f by High Chaparral - Uncharted Haven (Turtle Island) O-Mr & Mrs Steven Jenkins B-Ballylinch Stud TR-BW Hills Margins Head, 2.5. Time 2:35.28 (fast 0.32).

Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 4

Wins 3

Places 1

Earned £243,944

When most foals are born, their breeders usually wish for a colt. But when the foal is by Pivotal, the birth of a filly is instead met with widespread delight.

When Sariska gamely held off Midday to land the Investec Oaks, she became the eighth daughter of Cheveley Park’s star stallion to score at the highest level.

She is one of 22 fillies (61%) among Pivotal’s 36 Group/Graded winners, which include five Gr1winning sons.

The birth of a filly must be even more thrilling if the breeder, as in the case of Sariska’s owner Lady Bamford, is in the process of founding a stud.

Lady Bamford acquired Sariska’s dam Maycocks Bay for 32,000gns as a yearling. Second or third six times at three, Maycocks Bay came into her own when raced in foal to Vettori as a four-year-old in 2002.

She won twice that year, notably taking a Listed race over a mile and three quarters at York.

Maycocks Bay was clearly suited by a test of stamina. In fact, she showed more stamina than might have been predicted from her pedigree – by Muhtarram out of Beacon, an unraced High Top mare.

Although Muhtarram finished fourth in the Derby, he raced mainly over shorter distances.

High Top was to prove a strong influence for stamina for a Guineas winner, siring winners of the St Leger, the French and Italian Derbys, and the English and Irish Oaks.

Therefore, the chances are that Beacon would have stayed well, as she was out of Mountain Lodge, winner of the Cesarewitch at three and the Irish St Leger at four.

108 DERBY S G1

Sire: PIVOTAL. See race 76.

EPSOM DOWNS. June 06. 3yoc&f. 12f 10yds.

1st Dam: MAYCOCKS BAY by Muhtarram. 2 wins at 4, Foster’s Silver Cup Rated S LR. Dam of 2 winners: 2003: Cassava (f Vettori) 2004: GULL WING (f In The Wings) 3 wins at 2 to 4, Weatherbys Bank Further Flight S LR. 2006: SARISKA (f Pivotal) 3 wins at 2 and 3, Oaks S G1, Musidora S G3.

2007: Zigato (c Azamour) unraced to date.

2008: (c Cape Cross) 2nd Dam: Beacon by High Top. unraced. Dam of MAYCOCKS BAY (f Muhtarram, see above), Indian Light (c Be My Chief: 2nd Robert Sice Memorial July Trophy S LR)

1. SEA THE STARS (IRE) 9-0 £709,625 b c by Cape Cross - Urban Sea (Miswaki) O-C Tsui B-Sunderland Holdings TR-JM Oxx 2. Fame And Glory (GB) 9-0 £269,000 b c by Montjeu - Gryada (Shirley Heights) O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Ptarmigan Bloodstock, Miss K Rausing TR-AP O’Brien 3. Masterofthehorse (IRE) 9-0 £134,625 b c by Sadler’s Wells - Shouk (Shirley Heights) O-M Tabor, D Smith, Mrs J Magnier B-Quay Bloodstock TR-AP O’Brien Margins 1.75, neck. Time 2:36.74 (slow 1.14).

Going Good.

The Sadler’s Wells/Rainbow Quest cross has produced: ASK G1, POWERSCOURT G1, DAY FLIGHT G2, DOCTOR FREMANTLE G3, ESSEX LR.

Broodmare Sire: MUHTARRAM. Sire of the dams of 4 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SARISKA Pivotal G1.

Age 2-3

ASK b h 2003

SARISKA b f 2006

2nd Dam: Highbrow by Shirley Heights. 1 win at 2, 2nd Ribblesdale S G2. Dam of BLUEPRINT (c Generous: Jockey Club S G2, San Luis Rey H G2, Sunset H G2, 3rd San Juan Capistrano Invitational H G1), FAIRY GODMOTHER (f Fairy King: Ballymacoll Stud S LR, 2nd Earl of Sefton S G3).

Broodmare Sire: RAINBOW QUEST. Sire of the dams of 105 Stakes winners. In 2009 - ASK Sadler’s Wells G1, ELUSIVE WAVE Elusive City G1, IRIAN Tertullian G2, DOCTOR FREMANTLE Sadler’s Wells G3, ENROLLER Marju G3.

Northern Dancer SADLER’S WELLS b 81 Fairy Bridge

Rainbow Quest REQUEST b 97

Broodmare Sire: ELMAAMUL. Sire of the dams of 4 Stakes winners. In 2009 - MAC LOVE Cape Cross G3, BACHELOR BOY Take Risks LR.

Wins 6

It is a measure of Sadler’s Wells’s brilliance and longevity that he was represented by his sixth winner of the Coronation Cup when Ask won,19 years after his first-crop son In The Wings started the sequence. Sadler’s Wells also scored with Saddlers’ Hall, Opera House, Daliapour and Yeats, and four of his sons have supplied winners of this Gr1 contest, thanks to Singspiel, Silver Patriarch, Scorpion and Soldier Of Fortune.

Ask has finally become a Gr1 winner at the age of six, but he had earlier finished fourth in the 2006 St Leger and been beaten only a nose in the 2007 Canadian International.

He also possesses an outstanding pedigree. His dam Request is by Rainbow Quest, a dual champion in the role of broodmare sire. Request is a half-sister to two smart performers in Blueprint, a Gr2 winner, and Fairy Godmother, a Group-placed Listed winner. Ask won the Gr2 Yorkshire Cup over a mile and three quarters, a distance over which his second dam Highbrow finished fourth in the Park Hill Stakes. Highbrow is a half-sister to the extraordinary broodmare Height Of Fashion. This is also the family of the Japanese superstar Deep Impact.

Highbrow

Nearco Nearctic Lady Angela Native Dancer Natalma Almahmoud Hail To Reason Bold Reason Lalun Forli Special Thong Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Herbager I Will Follow Where You Lead Mill Reef Shirley Heights Hardiemma Queen’s Hussar Highclere Highlight

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Polar Falcon PIVOTAL ch 93 Fearless Revival

Muhtarram MAYCOCKS BAY b 98 Beacon

Northern Dancer Nureyev Special Jefferson Marie d’Argonne Mohair Caro Cozzene Ride The Trails Bustino Stufida Zerbinetta Hoist The Flag Alleged Princess Pout Northern Dancer Ballet de France Fabulous Native Derring-Do High Top Camenae Blakeney Mountain Lodge Fiddlededee

Starts 5

Wins 4

Places Earned 1 £1,021,238

Sire: CAPE CROSS. Sire of 49 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SEA THE STARS Miswaki G1, CRYSTAL CAPELLA Mark of Esteem G3, MAC LOVE Elmaamul G3, RECHARGE Robellino G3, RE BAROLO Irish River LR. 1st Dam: URBAN SEA by Miswaki. Champion older mare in Europe in 1993. 8 wins at 2 to 5 in France, Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe G1, 3rd Prix Ganay G1, Prix Vermeille G1. Dam of 7 winners: 1996: URBAN OCEAN (c Bering) 4 wins at 2 to 4, Gallinule S G3. Sire.

1997: MELIKAH (f Lammtarra). Winner at 3, Pretty Polly S LR, 2nd Irish Oaks G1, 3rd Oaks S G1.

1998: GALILEO (c Sadler’s Wells) Champion 3yr old in Europe in 2001. 6 wins at 2 and 3, Vodafone

Caulfield on Le Havre: “He has inherited stamina from the bottom half of his pedigree. His unraced dam was bred to stay at least a mile and a quarter” Derby S G1, Budweiser Irish Derby G1, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S G1, 2nd Ireland The Food Island Champion S G1. Sire.

1999: BLACK SAM BELLAMY (c Sadler’s Wells) Champion 3yr old in Italy in 2002. 4 wins at 3 and 4 at home, Italy, Tattersalls Gold Cup G1, Gran Premio del Jockey Club G1, 2nd Grosser Bugatti Preis G1, 3rd Vodafone Coronation Cup G1, Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1. Sire.

2000: Atticus (c Sadler’s Wells) unraced.

2001: ALL TOO BEAUTIFUL (f Sadler’s Wells) 3 wins at 3 and 4, Totepool Middleton S G3, 2nd Vodafone Oaks S G1. Broodmare.

2002: MY TYPHOON (f Giant’s Causeway) 9 wins at 2-5, Diana S G1, 3rd Garden City S G1.

2004: Cherry Hinton (f Green Desert) 2nd Blue Wind S G3.

2005: Sea’s Legacy (c Green Desert) unraced.

2006: SEA THE STARS (c Cape Cross) 4 wins at 2 and 3, Derby S G1, 2000 Guineas G1, Beresford S G2.

2009: (c Invincible Spirit)

Sire: NOVERRE. Sire of 9 Stakes winners. In 2009 LE HAVRE Surako G1, SUMMIT SURGE Sunshine Forever G3.

2nd Dam: Allegretta by Lombard. 2 wins at 2, 2nd Johnnie Walker Oaks Trial S G3. Own sister to ANNO, ARIONETTE and Alya. Dam of URBAN SEA (f Miswaki, see above), KING’S BEST (c Kingmambo: Sagitta 2000 Guineas G1), ALLEZ LES TROIS (f Riverman: Prix de Flore G3), Turbaine (f Trempolino: 2nd Prix Occitanie LR). Grandam of ANABAA BLUE, ANZILLERO, TERTULLIAN, TEREK, REUNITE, TUSCULUM, MEASURED TEMPO, All Pride, Morghim, Tabari, Always Awesome. Third dam of TAMAYUZ, Nuqoosh, Fast Lane Lili, Thamarat.

LE HAVRE b c 2006

Broodmare Sire: MISWAKI. Sire of the dams of 104 Stakes winners. In 2009 - SEA THE STARS Cape Cross G1, FRENCH BERET Broad Brush G3, MR TOMMY Stephen Got Even LR. See race 40 in the June issue for pedigree analysis SEA THE STARS b c 2006 Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Foreign Courier Courtly Dee Lorenzaccio Ahonoora Helen Nichols Balidar Balidaress Innocence Raise A Native Mr Prospector Gold Digger Buckpasser Hopespringseternal Rose Bower Agio Lombard Promised Lady Espresso Anatevka Almyra Danzig

Green Desert CAPE CROSS b/br 94 Park Appeal

Miswaki URBAN SEA ch 89 Allegretta

109 PRIX DU JOCKEY CLUB G1 CHANTILLY. June 07. 3yoc&f. 2100m.

1. LE HAVRE (IRE) 9-2 £832,136 b c by Noverre - Marie Rheinberg (Surako) O-G Augustin-Normand B-Team Hogdala Ab TR-J-C Rouget 2. Fuisse (FR) 9-2 £332,913 bl c by Green Tune - Funny Feerie (Sillery) O-Alec Head B-Alec & Mme Ghislaine Head TR-Mme C Head-Maarek 3. Westphalia (IRE) 9-2 £166,456 b c by Danehill Dancer - Pharapache (Lyphard) O-Michael Tabor B-Lynch Bages Ltd, Samac Ltd TR-AP O’Brien Margins 1.5, 1.5. Time 2:06.80 (fast 1.20).

Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 4

Places 1

Earned £968,200

1st Dam: Marie Rheinberg by Surako. unraced. Dam of 1 winner: 2006: LE HAVRE (c Noverre) Sold 64,350gns yearling at ARAUG. 4 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix du Jockey Club G1, Prix Djebel LR, 2nd Poule d’Essai des Poulains G1.

2007: Rainfall Shadow (c Night Shift) unraced to date.

2008: (f Peintre Celebre) 2nd Dam: MARIE D’ARGONNE by Jefferson. 3 wins at 3 and 4 in France, USA New Castle S, Key Largo S, 3rd Black Helen H G2. Dam of POLAR FALCON (c Nureyev: Ladbroke Sprint Cup G1). Grandam of CONFLICT, Jools.

Broodmare Sire: SURAKO. Sire of the dams of 2 Stakes winners. In 2009 - LE HAVRE Noverre G1.

Red God Runaway Bride Halo Glorious Song Ballade NOVERRE b 98 Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Danseur Fabuleux Le Fabuleux Fabuleux Jane Native Partner Dschingis Khan Konigsstuhl Konigskronung Surako Lagunas Surata Surama MARIE RHEINBERG br 02 Charlottesville Jefferson Monticella Marie d’Argonne Blue Tom Mohair Imberline Blushing Groom

Rahy

The decision to send Noverre to India at the start of 2008 no doubt reflected the unexceptional start that the son of Rahy had made to his stallion career. Although he had been represented by the Group winners Miss Lucifer and Nijoom Dubai from his first two crops, he had originally been scheduled to stand the 2008 season at a reduced fee of €10,000 at Kildangan.

As so often happens, Noverre’s sale was followed by a reasonable season in 2008, when Langs Lash and Summit Surge doubled his total of Group winners, and the upward surge has continued in 2009, with Le Havre – a colt from his third crop – proving himself one of France’s best Classic performers. After finishing second in the Poule d’Essai des Poulains, the colt erased any stamina doubts by decisively winning the Prix du JockeyClub.

Le Havre has no doubt inherited stamina from the bottom half of his pedigree. Although his dam Marie Rheinberg never raced, she was bred to stay at least a mile and a quarter.

Her sire Surako was runner-up in the German Derby and her broodmare sire, Jefferson, was a high-class performer over a mile and a quarter.

The mating with Surako was something of a final fling for Le Havre’s second dam, Marie d’Argonne.

The mare was 21 when she produced Marie Rheinberg. By far her best previous effort was Polar Falcon, winner of the Ladbroke Sprint Cup and Lockinge Stakes before finding lasting fame as the sire of Pivotal.

Appropriately, this is a Classic female line, which traces to the famous mare Schiaparelli. Le Havre’s fourth dam is Oaks third Imberline, a half-sister to Derby third Shantung.

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DATA BOOK

EXCLUSIVE STALLION STATS

Leading sires in Europe Flat sires 2009 by earnings Name

YOF

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR

Wins

AWD

Earnings (£)

Top horse

Cape Cross Danehill Dancer Noverre Galileo Montjeu Sadler’s Wells Pivotal Verglas Oasis Dream Dansili Peintre Celebre High Chaparral Green Tune Anabaa Invincible Spirit Indian Ridge Slickly Rock Of Gibraltar Orpen Giant’s Causeway Fasliyev Diktat Linamix Elusive City Gold Away Nayef Fantastic Light Selkirk Lomitas Danetime Desert Prince Monsun Royal Applause Hawk Wing Chichicastenango Hernando King’s Best Intikhab Dalakhani Namid

1994 1993 1998 1998 1996 1981 1993 1994 2000 1996 1994 1999 1991 1992 1997 1985 1996 1999 1996 1997 1997 1995 1987 2000 1995 1998 1996 1988 1988 1994 1995 1990 1993 1999 1998 1990 1997 1994 2000 1996

Green Desert Danehill Rahy Sadler’s Wells Sadler’s Wells Northern Dancer Polar Falcon Highest Honor Green Desert Danehill Nureyev Sadler’s Wells Green Dancer Danzig Green Desert Ahonoora Linamix Danehill Lure Storm Cat Nureyev Warning Mendez Elusive Quality Goldneyev Gulch Rahy Sharpen Up Niniski Danehill Green Desert Konigsstuhl Waajib Woodman Smadoun Niniski Kingmambo Red Ransom Darshaan Indian Ridge

151 167 103 120 136 95 132 150 106 131 76 83 46 102 143 82 78 122 118 74 133 161 82 60 63 68 97 81 95 96 111 55 153 125 28 67 134 88 62 124

53 51 25 37 32 25 42 34 34 46 21 33 14 33 51 23 23 35 39 22 41 32 23 19 21 22 32 18 28 25 38 20 43 28 10 15 32 24 18 35

35.1 30.5 24.3 30.8 23.5 26.3 31.8 22.7 32.1 35.1 27.6 39.8 30.4 32.4 35.7 28.1 29.5 28.7 33.1 29.7 30.8 19.9 28.1 31.7 33.3 32.4 33.0 22.2 29.5 26.0 34.2 36.4 28.1 22.4 35.7 22.4 23.9 27.3 29.0 28.2

67 65 36 45 38 29 47 46 45 61 27 41 20 42 61 37 25 48 53 28 57 46 27 25 30 32 50 24 38 38 52 25 54 39 14 15 40 38 20 47

8.4 7.7 8.2 10.8 11.0 10.8 8.3 9.1 7.2 9.1 10.6 9.6 10.4 9.1 7.0 8.1 9.2 8.7 7.9 10.0 7.0 7.9 10.7 6.8 10.0 11.0 9.9 9.6 9.7 6.9 8.7 10.2 7.8 9.4 10.4 11.8 8.6 8.3 10.4 6.5

1,796,849 1,760,284 1,291,586 1,215,724 1,111,043 1,040,022 1,000,504 985,557 840,208 815,638 736,711 707,037 689,775 673,010 655,268 647,077 646,858 641,984 609,545 604,927 588,515 581,025 570,616 569,750 555,874 547,608 525,065 515,464 504,500 497,271 484,162 463,073 457,985 446,336 444,524 443,271 439,790 419,351 414,171 411,740

Sea The Stars Mastercraftsman Le Havre Oh Goodness Me Fame And Glory Ask Sariska Silver Frost Midday Delegator Night Of Magic Golden Sword Fuisse Loup Breton Peach Pearl Libano Gris de Gris Three Rocks Aria di Festa Ghanaati Coubiza Wadaat Alpine Rose Elusive Wave Nizamabad Nehaam Scintillo Selmis Turati Utmost Respect Leap Ahead Stacelita Apple Charlotte The Bogberry Vision d’Etat Casual Conquest Allybar Indiana Gal Duncan Peace Keeper

Earned (£)

951,465 233,304 947,612 92,320 385,811 217,287 239,086 287,437 107,437 129,061 168,543 82,199 367,621 83,184 40,097 103,566 122,087 61,139 78,477 227,080 71,845 78,663 76,748 260,738 49,515 216,680 171,868 158,857 153,082 106,298 48,602 172,670 30,185 36,097 179,680 189,724 56,456 44,837 66,899 33,680

Two-year-old sires 2009 by earnings Name

YOF

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR

Wins

AWD

Earnings (£)

Top horse

Earned (£)

Danehill Dancer One Cool Cat Verglas Invincible Spirit Kingsalsa Captain Rio Kheleyf Indian Rocket Oasis Dream Orpen Acclamation *Footstepsinthesand Okawango Exceed And Excel Pivotal Johannesburg Royal Applause Panis Rock Of Gibraltar Blu Air Force Bertolini Titus Livius Chevalier Nombre Premier High Yield Slickly *Camacho Choisir *Pastoral Pursuits Elusive City Dr Fong Statue Of Liberty Hawk Wing Intikhab Bahamian Bounty Colossus *Chineur Kyllachy Bernebeau Avonbridge

1993 2001 1994 1997 1996 1999 2001 1994 2000 1996 1999 2002 1998 2000 1993 1999 1993 1998 1999 1997 1996 1993 2000 1994 1997 1996 2002 1999 2001 2000 1995 2000 1999 1994 1994 2001 2001 1998 1999 2000

Danehill Storm Cat Highest Honor Green Desert Kingmambo Pivotal Green Desert Indian Ridge Green Desert Lure Royal Applause Giant’s Causeway Kingmambo Danehill Polar Falcon Hennessy Waajib Miswaki Danehill Sri Pekan Danzig Machiavellian Danehill Kendor Storm Cat Linamix Danehill Danehill Dancer Bahamian Bounty Elusive Quality Kris S Storm Cat Woodman Red Ransom Cadeaux Genereux Danehill Fasliyev Pivotal Green Tune Averti

19 25 19 21 9 31 21 15 11 18 18 22 9 29 2 11 12 10 14 14 28 12 3 7 9 4 11 17 21 8 6 9 11 10 19 12 16 20 2 18

7 5 4 8 5 6 6 3 3 4 5 6 2 7 2 5 5 1 3 3 6 1 1 2 3 2 1 4 5 4 2 2 3 3 6 5 3 4 2 5

36.8 20.0 21.1 38.1 55.6 19.4 28.6 20.0 27.3 22.2 27.8 27.3 22.2 24.1 100.0 45.5 41.7 10.0 21.4 21.4 21.4 8.3 33.3 28.6 33.3 50.0 9.1 23.5 23.8 50.0 33.3 22.2 27.3 30.0 31.6 41.7 18.8 20.0 100.0 27.8

7 6 6 9 6 7 7 3 5 6 5 6 2 8 3 6 7 2 3 4 6 3 4 2 3 2 4 4 6 4 3 2 3 3 6 5 4 4 3 5

6.2 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.8 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.0 6.0 6.3 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.4

162,891 102,398 95,144 91,274 81,820 78,743 68,558 64,417 63,912 63,629 62,918 62,060 61,601 59,966 57,547 56,010 55,246 54,611 53,298 51,326 50,720 45,042 41,061 39,466 39,315 39,077 38,879 37,952 36,911 34,952 34,081 33,182 33,059 32,372 32,217 31,736 31,328 31,091 30,679 29,585

Lillie Langtry Cool Contest Wrong Answer Spirit In The Dark Too Nice Name License To Kill Leleyf Gooseley Chope Field Of Dream Orpen Shadow Golden Acclamation Walkingonthemoon Quintalina Ladoga Siyouni Chantilly Creme Corporal Maddox Molesne Bay Eireannach Blu Java Force What About Me Archers Road Monsieur Chevalier High Domino Theza Bere Kokouchu Star Rover Charger Bull Here Now And Why Car City Viamilano Kolokol Easy Hawk Intapeace Di Stefano Nebbia di Latte Roi de Vitesse Rodarte Fairy Sky Mijas Playa

65,392 31,358 43,183 24,112 32,233 11,370 12,760 13,932 31,358 33,008 18,418 14,680 37,961 16,505 29,612 16,505 21,289 28,155 12,678 17,329 12,402 30,257 40,484 14,466 10,680 27,427 36,616 15,628 10,550 11,223 24,673 13,301 12,790 11,740 4,835 8,252 11,937 8,252 23,883 5,532

*First-season sire; statistics to May 30

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New Delhi’s Noverre the eye-catcher The massive sums earned by top Classic winners in Europe inevitably put a slant on the earnings table, with Cape Cross (Sea The Stars), Danehill Dancer (Mastercrafstman) and Noverre (Le Havre) occupying the first three places, and Pivotal (Sariska) not far adrift.

It is instructive to see how the leaders fare if their main earners are left out of calculations.

Danehill Dancer comes out ahead of Galileo, whose overall tally is still above £1 million given that his main contributor, Oh Goodness Me, has notched less than £100,000. That's a remarkable achievement.

The most eyecatching sire on the list is Noverre, whose record before Prix du Jockey Club winner Le Havre came along was far from spectacular.

He has had no other Group 1 winners and it was no surprise that he left Darley for India in 2008.

He stands at the Sohna Stud in New Delhi.

Chevalier puts on intriguing display First-season sires are not having a big impact on the juvenile table as yet, with Footstepsinthesand on six winners and Pastoral Pursuits on five the main players.

Invincible Spirit leads that particular race on eight, one ahead of overall leader Danehill Dancer and Exceed And Excel.

Stakes winners are still few and far between but Oasis Dream, sire also of Midday, has managed two. The most intriguing performance is by Tally Ho resident Chevalier, a €3,500 sire who raced only at two when runner-up in the ten-furlong Criterium de Saint-Cloud.

His son Monsieur Chevalier, successful in cosy fashion in the National Stakes, is unbeaten in four races and fully effective over half the distance of the Criterium.

With five winners from nine runners miler Kingsalsa, standing at Haras de Victot at €4,000, is on a roll with a percentage none of the leaders can match.

Comments: Jeremy Early

DATA BOOK

And something a little different!

Flat sires 1992-2009 by percentage of winners rated 115+ by Timeform Stallion

Danehill Sadler’s Wells Machiavellian Peintre Celebre Galileo Selkirk Caerleon Darshaan Halling Montjeu Rainbow Quest Fairy King Pivotal Singspiel Warning In The Wings Indian Ridge Hernando Stravinsky Polar Falcon Polish Precedent Shirley Heights Cape Cross Green Desert Spinning World Dansili Celtic Swing Sinndar Slip Anchor Unfuwain Zamindar Marju King’s Best Mukaddamah Zafonic Alzao Oasis Dream Barathea Danehill Dancer

Sire

Rnrs

Danzig Northern Dancer Mr Prospector Nureyev Sadler’s Wells Sharpen Up Nijinsky Shirley Heights Diesis Sadler’s Wells Blushing Groom Northern Dancer Polar Falcon In The Wings Known Fact Sadler’s Wells Ahonoora Niniski Nureyev Nureyev Danzig Mill Reef Green Desert Danzig Nureyev Danehill Damister Grand Lodge Shirley Heights Northern Dancer Gone West Last Tycoon Kingmambo Storm Bird Gone West Lyphard Green Desert Sadler’s Wells Danehill

728 1,094 406 194 243 452 351 340 263 305 507 285 418 312 241 343 557 212 141 283 349 231 371 687 136 259 151 110 243 312 117 383 315 123 340 501 151 485 537

WinsT115+

%WinsT115+

Earned

Best Horse

Rating

96 142 41 18 22 41 31 30 22 23 38 21 31 22 17 24 36 12 8 15 18 12 19 35 7 13 7 5 11 14 5 16 13 5 14 20 6 19 21

13.2 13.0 10.1 9.3 9.1 9.1 8.8 8.8 8.4 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.5 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9

120.5 120.1 119.6 119.7 120.5 118.4 119.2 119.2 117.7 121.9 120.7 119.9 119.2 119.5 119.9 120.0 120.1 120.8 119.6 117.8 120.4 118.0 118.8 119.4 117.6 118.8 119.4 121.8 119.7 119.6 122.0 118.4 119.5 118.2 119.6 119.6 119.8 117.4 119.4

Rock Of Gibraltar Montjeu Street Cry Pride New Approach Leadership Marienbard Mark Of Esteem Norse Dancer Hurricane Run Armiger Helissio Kyllachy Moon Ballad Diktat Singspiel Domedriver Sulamani Benbaun Pivotal Pilsudski Zindabad Sea The Stars Desert Prince Duff Rail Link Takeover Target Youmzain User Friendly Alhaarth Zarkava Soviet Song Proclamation Mr O’Brien Xaar Second Set Main Aim Tante Rose Mastercraftsman

133 137 130 128 132 124 129 137 127 134 131 136 129 131 126 133 128 130 127 124 134 126 128 130 120 132 128 131 128 126 133 126 130 120 132 127 126 126 127

Stallion

Danehill Dancer is top of the table of overall stakes winners worldwide this year, but he has a long way to go to reach pole position in the list of horses rated 115 or higher by Timeform since 1992.

In fact, Danehill Dancer only just gets on the page on 3.9%, way behind such active sires as underrated Peintre Celebre (9.3%), Galileo (9.1%), Selkirk (9.1%) and, also underrated, Halling (8.4%).

For the record, none of Halling’s 61 yearlings sold in the last two years has fetched more than 90,000gns, which says a whole lot about sale-room sense.

The sires on 10% or higher (Danehill, Sadler’s Wells and Machiavellian) were undoubtedly given better opportunities than Danehill Dancer for one early on at stud.

All credit to Pivotal, then. He was not the height of fashion at first but has already reached 7.4%. There is the guarantee of plenty more to come.

Last Tycoon the surprise at top

Leading dam sires 2005-2009 by black type winners worldwide Sadler’s Wells (USA) Mr Prospector (USA) Danehill (USA) Last Tycoon Woodman (USA) Southern Halo (USA) Nureyev (USA) Caerleon (USA) Darshaan Storm Cat (USA) Deputy Minister (CAN) Sunday Silence (USA) Dixieland Band (USA) Rahy (USA) Danzig (USA) Seattle Slew (USA) Royal Academy (USA) Rainbow Quest (USA) Ghadeer (FR) Shirley Heights Relaunch (USA) Seeking The Gold (USA) Centaine (AUS) Storm Bird (CAN) Crafty Prospector (USA) Dynaformer (USA) Roy (USA) Alzao (USA) Zabeel (NZ) Meadowlake (USA) Forty Niner (USA) Carson City (USA) Gone West (USA) Miswaki (USA) Night Shift (USA) Machiavellian (USA) Broad Brush (USA) Kris S (USA) A P Indy (USA)

Halling deserving of better support

Born

Sire

BTH

BTW

GH

GW

1981 1970 1986 1983 1983 1983 1977 1980 1981 1983 1979 1986 1980 1985 1977 1974 1987 1981 1978 1975 1976 1985 1980 1978 1979 1985 1983 1980 1986 1983 1985 1987 1984 1978 1980 1987 1983 1977 1989

Northern Dancer Raise A Native Danzig (USA) Try My Best (USA) Mr Prospector (USA) Halo (USA) Northern Dancer Nijinsky (CAN) Shirley Heights Storm Bird (CAN) Vice Regent (CAN) Halo (USA) Northern Dancer Blushing Groom (FR) Northern Dancer Bold Reasoning (USA) Nijinsky (CAN) Blushing Groom (FR) Lyphard (USA) Mill Reef (USA) In Reality Mr Prospector (USA) Century (AUS) Northern Dancer Mr Prospector (USA) Roberto (USA) Fappiano (USA) Lyphard (USA) Sir Tristram Hold Your Peace (USA) Mr Prospector (USA) Mr Prospector (USA) Mr Prospector (USA) Mr Prospector (USA) Northern Dancer Mr Prospector (USA) Ack Ack (USA) Roberto (USA) Seattle Slew (USA)

168 132 155 108 126 135 100 106 99 131 123 94 104 88 85 101 90 86 90 75 72 91 91 72 71 67 80 70 64 72 66 72 73 80 67 66 72 62 65

94 84 81 65 64 61 59 58 58 58 57 56 55 53 48 48 47 46 44 43 42 42 42 41 39 37 37 36 36 36 36 35 35 34 34 34 33 33 33

86 74 86 63 52 89 44 49 55 54 49 39 39 40 38 40 39 51 55 39 20 44 53 29 20 25 54 23 41 24 28 27 32 25 31 41 22 22 36

47 41 42 38 26 33 24 28 31 20 17 20 21 22 15 17 20 25 26 22 13 20 22 19 10 10 21 11 23 7 15 12 19 11 13 20 7 10 17

Most of the names at the top among broodmare sires are predictable, since they are acknowledged as outstanding stallions. All except one that is – Last Tycoon.

With no progeny rated higher than 126 and only 18 Group 1 victories from them wordwide (including by his good stallion son Marju), he has surpassed himself in coming up with 65 black type winners. That, despite getting only one tip-top daughter, Lady Of Chad. Last Tycoon’s influence is particularly strong in the southern hemisphere, where he is responsible for six Group 1 scorers this season, including two by Red Ransom and one each by Galileo and Montjeu.

Also from the southern hemisphere, Southern Halo merits comment. Ten times champion sire in Argentina and responsible for nearly 150 stakes winners (11%), 37 of them Group 1, he is having an equally big effect through his daughters with 61 black type winners.

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British and Irish-bred winners overseas Breeder

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Abergwaun Farms Agricola Del Parco Agricola Del Parco Agricola Del Parco All Pian Di Neve Allevamento Del Mincio Di Boni Maria Grazia Allevamento Fralb Razza 2001 Srl Appleby Lodge Stud Azienda Agricola Antezzate Srl Azienda Agricola Cappelli Fabio Azienda Agricola Francesca Azienda Agricola Luciani Loreto Azienda Agricola Patrizia Azienda Agricola Razza Emiliana Srl Azienda Agricola Rosati Colarieti Ballygallon Stud Limited Ballymacoll Stud Farm Ltd Banahan, J & E Barry, D Bergin, D & T Bolger, J S Bosio, Luciano Boylan, T Brady, P Brinkley Stud SAS, Agr Ficomontanino SRL, R Righi Burke, Miss A Buttinelli, Pietro Castlefarm Stud Castlemartin Stud & Skymarc Farm Cheveley Park Stud Limited Cheveley Park Stud Ltd Clarke, B Cloneen Stud Connolly, J Cullinan, J Cullinan, J Cyzer, C A Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Davin Investments Ltd Dayton Investments Ltd Dayton Investments Ltd Dayton Investments Ltd Dayton Investments Ltd Dayton Investments Ltd Dayton Investments Ltd Dayton Investments Ltd Dayton Investments Ltd De Druval, Haras De Gesaro, A Devlin, Mr G du Feu & Trickledown Stud, Mrs D Dubois, J E Dunmore Stud Ltd Dwan, Bill Elsdon Farms Elsdon Farms Equine Fertility Unit Faldutto, G Fattoria di Marcianella di Razza del Pian del Lago Floors Farming & Side Hill Stud Foley, M J Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd Gasparini, Marco Gestut Ammerland Gestut Hony Hof Gestut Schlenderhan Gestut Schlenderhan Gibbons & Dermot Forde, P Gigginstown House Stud Giles W Pritchard-Gordon (Farming) Ltd Glending Bloodstock Glending Bloodstock Grangecon Stud Greetham, J M Grimes, John Grimes, John Grundy Bloodstock Ltd Grundy Bloodstock Ltd Grundy Bloodstock S R L Grundy Bloodstock S R L Grundy Bloodstock S R L H H The Aga Khan’s Studs SC Hanly, J Hanly, Mrs S Hascombe & Valiant Studs Hedgeholme Stud Hedsor Stud Hennessy, P High Creek Farm High Creek Farm Hills & R A N Bonnycastle, B W His Highness the Aga Khan’s Studs SC His Highness the Aga Khan’s Studs SC Hollowood, Mrs C Hughes, Mrs A Hutchinson, J Hyde Park Stud Jenny Hall Bloodstock Ltd Joly, Mrs D O Jones, J P

Angelonmyshoulder Dyaphora Ladiesandgentlemen Dyaphora Moonlight Kiss Anoush Ellah Mascherete Domeside Galmalea Lasciatelapassare Fratazz Fermi Viamilano Exotic Horse Cave de Roy Merignac Hard Top Fay Choy Ichiban Onda Anomala Tax Free Cornwall Dr House Tsar de Russie Maravillas Amante Latino Escape Plan Bennerman Super Robin Hood Sudden Dismissal Authentic Tittiba Faramir Cottonmouth Dream Cafe Fathside Cape Tycoon Flower Mastery Finlandia Rushworth Cavalryman Criticism Uramazin Pokot Pokot Raspoutine (USA) Parlement Aizavoski Article Royal Peinture Rare Pouvoir Absolu Sakkaline Collesano Ascot Glory Green Pride Ladoga Nice Applause Emirati Esposito Northern Glory Half Pint Bill Joanna Remarque Comic Strip Star’s Smile Royal Crime Valedictory Diverso Eiswind Miss Europa Kalla Kalla Tent Heavenly Light Colpa Mia Caesar Beware Mr Medici Heraclio Very Wise Swing The Ring Swing The Ring Beat The Way Heedas Cima Freedom Field of Dream Field of Dream Narjan Vallodiadriano Leisure Time Tuscan Evening Hawkes Bay Sirjoshua Reynolds Bombadil Chinese Mandarin (USA) Chinese Mandarin (USA) Speed Gifted Sharpour Teshali Celanside Kingsgate Bay Agent Secret Bold Champion Bertie’s Best Dancer’s Daughter Bellaside

King’s Best (USA) Xaar Celtic Swing Xaar Verglas Acclamation Elusive City (USA) Domedriver Galileo Celtic Swing Pivotal Falbrav Dr Fong (USA) Efisio Zamindar (USA) Desert Prince Darshaan Intikhab (USA) Orpen (USA) Tagula Danehill (USA) King Charlemagne (USA) Montjeu Spinning World (USA) Mujahid (USA) Key of Luck (USA) Celtic Swing Daylami Inchinor Pivotal Domedriver Celtic Swing Noverre (USA) Hawk Wing (USA) Fath (USA) Cape Cross Zamindar (USA) Sulamani Singspiel Halling (USA) Halling (USA) Machiavellian (USA) Danehill Dancer Poliglote Poliglote Seeking The Gold (USA) Kalanisi Monsun (GER) Hernando (FR) Sadler’s Wells (USA) Sadler’s Wells (USA) Pennekamp (USA) Pearl Of Love Kheleyf (USA) Piccolo Exceed And Excel (AUS) Royal Applause Dubai Destination (USA) Inchinor Rainbow Quest (USA) Green Horizon High Chaparral Marju Marju Soviet Star (USA) Royal Applause Dubai Destination (USA) Docksider (USA) Monsun (GER) Monsun (GER) Monsun (GER) Monsun (GER) Distant Music (USA) Montjeu Captain Rio Daggers Drawn (USA) Medicean High Chaparral Pursuit Of Love Rossini (USA) Rossini (USA) Beat Hollow Lomitas Selkirk (USA) Oasis Dream Oasis Dream Efisio Elusive City (USA) Imperial Ballet Oasis Dream Vettori Kyllachy Trans Island Kingmambo (USA) Kingmambo (USA) Montjeu Desert Sun Anabaa (USA) Shinko Forest Desert Sun Pyrus (USA) City On A Hill (USA) King’s Best (USA) Act One Le Vie Dei Colori

5g 6m 2c 6m 2f 4f 3c 3c 3f 5m 4c 3c 2c 4c 4c 5m 7g 4g 2f 7g 8h 3c 4c 5m 5h 6h 6h 3c 7h 4c 4f 4c 5m 2c 3f 4g 4f 3c 3f 3c 3c 5m 3c 6g 6g 4c 3c 3c 3c 3f 4c 9h 2c 2f 6g 2f 6h 4g 7h 6h 6g 2f 4c 7g 3c 4c 3c 6h 5h 3f 3f 3f 6h 5m 3f 7g 4c 4c 7g 6h 6h 4f 3c 2c 2c 2c 3c 3c 6g 4f 7g 4c 2c 6h 6h 5g 5h 3c 3f 7g 3c 6g 2f 5m 2f

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Angel Of The Gwaun Miss Caerleon Flying Flag Miss Caerleon Kathy Pekan Avatara Fearless Buck’s Fizz Alma Alegre Pyjama Girl (USA) Lorne Lady Captivating Viavigoni Viva Verdi Scisciabubu Manilia (FR) Well Head Al Amlah (USA) Celtic Guest Grandel Saviour (USA) Dalaiya (USA) Tamariyya Dream Time Supercharger Magic Garter Trixmare Aljazeera (USA) Suddenly Red Passion (USA) Stark Ballet (USA) Perfect Fun Nafzira Canaan Despondent Tycooness Time For Tea Moyesii (USA) Truly Special Mansfield Park Silversword (FR) Innuendo Uriah (GER) Pont Audemer (USA) Pont Audemer (USA) Rolly Polly Plante Rare Arlesienne Aquarelliste (FR) Peinture Bleue (USA) Pine Chip (USA) Shardazar Mother’s Hope Lake Victoria Little Greenbird Lamballe (USA) Mona Em Kobalt Sea (FR) Celebrate Northern Goddess Anywhichway Secrete Marina Run For Me Comic Smile Awhile (USA) Crime (USA) Melikah Difesa Indiana Eiszeit (GER) Miss Hoeny (USA) Kittiwake Kittiwake Cheeky Weeky Granny Kelly (USA) Kyle Akin Red Shareef Way For Life (GER) Danemarque (AUS) With Care Sharkiyah Sharkiyah Heed The Way (USA) Heed The Way (USA) Fracci Field Of Hope Field Of Hope Nadira (FR) Pink Cashmere Sweet As A Nut The Faraway Tree Nordico Princess Alzianah Chatsworth Bay Rose Gypsy Rose Gypsy Good Standing (USA) Sharamana Tashiriya Celandine Selkirk Flyer Ron’s Secret Ela-Darlin-Mou Just Wood (FR) Reason To Dance Brockton Saga

Date

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Racecourse

Distance

Louisiana Downs Pisa Milan Rome Milan Rome Milan Zarzuela Milan Rome Milan Naples Milan Milan Milan Baden-Baden Delaware Park Sha Tin Rome Chantilly Taipa Milan Longchamp Zarzuela Milan Sha Tin Milan Rome Happy Valley Milan Chantilly Zarzuela Rome Bordeaux Le Bouscat Dax Lyon-Parilly Marseille Borely Rome Royan-La-Palmyre Compiegne Saint-Cloud Belmont Park Sha Tin Prunelli-Di-Fiumorbo Prunelli-Di-Fiumorbo Compiegne Longchamp Longchamp Maisons-Laffitte Saint-Cloud Lyon-Parilly Strasbourg Florence Angers Longchamp Maisons-Laffitte Marseille Borely Maisons-Laffitte Baden-Baden Baden-Baden Ovrevoll Milan Rome Sha Tin Rome Milan Fontainebleau Rome Frauenfeld Hoppegarten Maisons-Laffitte Fontainebleau Hollywood Park Chantilly Milan Belmont Park Sha Tin Zarzuela Maisons-Laffitte Le Croise-Laroche Saint-Cloud Milan Milan Merano Milan Rome Chateaubriant Rome Taipa Hollywood Park Sha Tin Taby Zarzuela Taby Jagersro Flemington Velka Chuchle Amiens Fontainebleau Presque Isle Downs Tarbes Happy Valley Lyon-Parilly Turffontein Zarzuela

7f £10,000 1m2f £8,252 7f £8,252 1m2f £16,504 6f £8,252 1m110y £4,126 1m110y £7,014 1m3f £11,650 1m110y £6,189 7f £16,504 1m2f £9,077 1m2f £4,951 6f £8,252 1m £9,077 6f £8,252 7f £4,563 1m £17,083 1m £43,492 6f £4,951 5f £71,942(Gr2) 1m1f £14,300 1m110y £6,189 1m7f £10,680 1m1f £4,854 1m1f £14,442 6f £43,492 1m2f £5,364 1m4f £12,378 1m55y £31,979 7f110y £7,014 1m £8,738 1m7f £14,563 1m2f £10,315 5f £8,252 7f £6,796 6f165y £6,796 7f165y £5,340 1m3f £305,340(Gr2) 1m3f110y £4,369 1m2f £8,155 1m2f £26,699(L) 1m3f £62,500(Gr2) 1m1f £43,492 1m4f £5,340 1m1f £5,825 1m1f £9,709 1m3f £11,650 1m2f £11,650 1m5f £11,650 1m4f £14,078 1m4f £25,243(L) 1m2f110y £8,738 6f £4,951 5f110y £9,709 7f £7,767 5f110y £16,505 1m2f £11,650 1m2f110y £8,252 7f £4,563 1m3f £9,709 1m165y £7,353 5f £8,252 6f £33,010 (Gr3) 1m4f £359,066(L) 1m £4,951 1m1f £8,252 1m2f £14,078 6f £7,014 1m4f £9,412 1m2f £38,835(Gr2) 1m2f110y £11,650 1m2f £26,699(L) 1m £13,333 1m3f £21,903 6f £6,189 6f £15,833 1m4f £117,684 (L) 1m3f £4,854 1m £7,282 5f110y £6,796 7f £7,767 7f110y £7,014 1m2f £9,077 7f £6,189 5f £8,252 5f110y £23,106(L) 1m1f165y £6,796 6f £7,014 6f110y £9,210 1m £22,917 1m £89,542 1m £4,397 5f £8,738 1m4f £4,397 1m4f £8,795 1m22y £22,209 1m £5,402 1m3f £11,650 5f110y £12,136 6f £5,833 1m3f110y £6,311 1m55y £31,979 6f £6,796 1m £47,028 (Gr1) 5f £4,854

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The data published in this section is restricted to breeders based in Great Britain or Ireland, as determined by the address used when the foal was first registered Some foreign-based breeders may be included if the mare was boarded in Great Britain or Ireland and is registered as being ‘care of’ a domestic breeder Performance data covers results processed by Weatherbys during May/June Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Kenilworth House Stud Kennedy, J Kersey, N C Kiersey & Denise Power, D Kildaragh Stud King Bloodstock Kingwood Bloodstock Lisieux Stud Locsot SRL Locsot SRL London Thoroughbred Services Ltd Loughtown Stud Malih Lahij Al Basti Malone, J Marco Gasparini Maye, C McGlynn, M McPhee, S K Mills, Ms Florence Millsec Limited Minster Enterprises Ltd Molloy, K J Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd Moyles & Anthony Eiffe, Robin J Mulligan, G Mulligan, G Nataf, P New Hall Farms Estate Norton Grove Stud Ltd O’Brien, M O’Brien, Miss Carmel O’Callaghan, P J B Osborne, J Panetta, A Paulyn Limited Paulyn Limited Pier House Stud Plantation Stud (For Breeder’s Prizes Only) Plantation Stud (For Breeder’s Prizes Only) Raponi, G Rathbarry Stud Rausing & Niarchos Family, Miss K Razza Dormello Oloiata Citai Spa Razza La Tesa Reid, J G Ridgecourt Stud Ridgecourt Stud Roettgen, Gestut Russell, R W Ryan, F Sampson, Mrs N F M Savill, P D Scuderia Robinia S A S Scuderia Sant’ Ambroeus S R L Scuderia Super King Scuderia Vittadini srl Scuderia Vittadini srl Seymour & The Hon Mrs Pease, H Shadwell Estate Company Limited Shaughnessy, W Shropshire, G S Skymarc Farm Skymarc Farm Skymarc Farm Skymarc Farm Soc Finanza Locale Consulting SRL Soc Finanza Locale Consulting SRL Soc Finanza Locale Consulting SRL Stack & Newborough Stud, T Stourbank Stud Sunderland Holdings Ltd Swettenham Stud Tally-Ho Stud Tally-Ho Stud Team Hogdala AB Theakston Stud Trainers House Enterprises Limited Tudini, M Tweenhills Farm & Stud Limited & S Hadley Usk Valley Stud Van Zuylen, Baron T Wall, J H Walshe, L A Watson, Mr & Mrs R T Weld, J Weld, Mrs C L Wertheimer & Frere Wertheimer & Frere Western Bloodstock Western Bloodstock Whitsbury Manor Stud Whitsbury Manor Stud & Mrs M E Slade WIJI Bloodstock WIJI Bloodstock Williams, R P Winterbeck Manor Stud Wood Hall Stud Limited Woodcote Stud Ltd Wright, A A

Ideology Byword Polzeath Polzeath Quelle Vitesse Bookend Milford Sound Partner Shift Medeside All Nines Beetuna Wilside Evaluate Super Stella Choisir Time Cool Contest Cool Contest Victorian Prince Para Elisa Egypt Piramide Xilosio Iruz Tatoosh Dr Guru Golden Prince (MAC) Stand To Gain Drax Exotic Girl Thoughtless Moment Northern Flight One Clever Cat One Clever Cat Belle Allure Pituss Shake Hands Indian Blue El Mago Scappa Michelino Mrs Kipling Galidon Never Enough Kissing The Camera Elusive Wave Grandretour Grandretour Wild Turkey Rilancio Kesara Roilos Donoma Filba Candramjga Strike One Strike One Aspectus Tazminya Fantastico Roberto Mr Napper Tandy Class Attraction Dovizioso Burdlaz Nicoldans Noshaq Selmis Up And Coming Qertaas Diamond Mask Vivement Dimanche Bereft Blue Fiji Blue Rockies Silver Frost Purim Emotionner Voila Ici Aranel Starlarks Cherry Orchard Zemlinsky Lonnegan Six Of Diamonds Le Havre Prince Fasliyev Cottingley Fairy Rio Torto City Bhoy Spice Route Boisleduc License To Kill Il Sovietico Mood Music Lorgan Tomillo Trombine Only Green Meteor Shower Meteor Shower Royal Borough Smart Enough Yelpinari Yelpinari Col du Galibier Subitodopo Cadeaux du Monde Scintillo Big Leo

Oasis Dream Peintre Celebre (USA) Singspiel Singspiel Sadler’s Wells (USA) Dansili Barathea Night Shift (USA) Medecis Royal Applause Statue Of Liberty (USA) Verglas Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) Arakan (USA) Choisir (AUS) One Cool Cat (USA) One Cool Cat (USA) Desert Prince Halling (USA) Dansili Pyrus (USA) Daggers Drawn (USA) High Chaparral Xaar Ishiguru (USA) Fayruz Hawk Wing (USA) Mark Of Esteem Antonius Pius (USA) Pivotal Fasliyev (USA) One Cool Cat (USA) One Cool Cat (USA) Numerous (USA) Ishiguru (USA) Presidium Fumo di Londra Rossini (USA) Redback Exceed And Excel (AUS) Galileo Anabaa (USA) Galileo Elusive City (USA) Grand Lodge (USA) Grand Lodge (USA) Touch of The Blues (FR) Namid Sadler’s Wells (USA) Bahri (USA) Beat Hollow Captain Rio Danehill Dancer Danehill Dancer Spectrum Fantastic Light (USA) Refuse To Bend Bahamian Bounty Act One Sri Pekan (USA) Indian Ridge Dansili Mtoto Selkirk (USA) Compton Place Linamix (FR) Iron Mask (USA) Royal Applause Bering Dansili Rock Of Gibraltar Verglas Almutawakel Kris Kin (USA) Daylami Hawk Wing (USA) Mujahid (USA) King’s Best (USA) Galileo Redback Redback Noverre (USA) Fasliyev (USA) Golden Snake (USA) Sinndar Ishiguru (USA) King’s Best (USA) Numerous (USA) Captain Rio Soviet Star (USA) Kyllachy Desert Style Bertolini (USA) Gold Away Green Desert (USA) Danehill (USA) Danehill (USA) Compton Place Cadeaux Genereux Tagula Tagula Kyllachy Fraam Cadeaux Genereux Fantastic Light (USA) Erhaab (USA)

3c 3c 6m 6m 3f 5g 3f 3g 3c 9h 4g 3f 6h 2f 2c 2f 2f 5h 3f 3c 3f 3c 4c 3f 3c 9g 3c 7g 2f 5m 6g 3f 3f 4f 3f 5g 5h 4c 2c 3f 3c 3f 3f 3f 5h 5h 3c 3c 4f 3c 5m 3f 5g 5g 6h 4f 2c 5h 5m 7h 4c 5h 6h 5h 5g 3f 3f 4f 11 g 3f 5h 3c 3f 3c 4c 3c 3f 3f 3c 4c 5h 3c 5h 3f 4c 5h 5g 4c 2f 3c 5g 5h 2c 6m 3f 6h 6h 6g 6g 9h 9h 5m 5h 5h 4c 4c

Kid Gloves Binche (USA) West Devon (USA) West Devon (USA) Danilova (USA) Roupala (USA) Docklands (USA) What A Picture (FR) No Friend Jugendliebe High Atlas Sigonella Viva Zapata (USA) Night Owl Misellina (FR) Love Contest Love Contest Miss Lorilaw (FR) Ice Ballet Royal Flame Bamboo Xilografa Eilanden Dictatrice (FR) Ideal Figure Pennine Pearl Plum Fairy Tanasie Burn Celebrity Style (USA) Young Affair Burn Baby Burn Burn Baby Burn Mare Aux Fees Ladykirk Fort Vally Blue Vista Social Butterfly (USA) Sharplaw Destiny Quinzey (JPN) My Personal Space (USA) Night Tune (FR) Hoh Dear Multicolour Wave Entail (USA) Entail (USA) Donleole Wild Liffey (USA) Kaldounya Raiska Green Tern (ITY) No Tomorrow Intellectuelle Intellectuelle Anna Thea Tazmeen Fantastic Account Starfleet She’s All Class (USA) Piccola Barbara (ITY) Babalu Nicole Gioffry Nokomis Nokomis Uplifting Qurrah Almi Ad (USA) Goodwood Blizzard Giola Blue Fern (USA) Blue Fern (USA) Hidden Silver Skinny Bone (USA) Night Home (ITY) Far Hope Antinnaz Violet Epping River Missy (USA) In The Papers Villa Nova Marie Rheinberg (GER) Malaisienne (FR) Laylee Conca Peligna Magic Moment Zanzibar Dame Edith (FR) Smoke Signal Alexanders Way (FR) Something Blue Society Fair (FR) Ivowen (USA) Trombe (FR) Only Seule (USA) Teslemi (USA) Teslemi (USA) Norpella Good Enough (FR) Kwaanis Kwaanis Runelia Comtesse Noire (CAN) La Mondotte Danseuse du Soir Due West

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Tattersalls Millions: we listened and learned Jimmy George Tattersalls Director

Spreading the £1.75 million prize-money pot over eight races and reducing entry fees from £10,000 to £4,000 have been designed to appeal to owners

ichard Griffiths, this magazine’s editor, wrote in his May leader: “The commitment of the bloodstock world to entice owners to the sales is impressive.”

Needs must in difficult times and since then two new schemes, which between them aim to inject £3,750,000 into British prize-money, have been unveiled. Both – the eight-race Tattersalls Millions worth £1,750,000, and the £2,000,000 Racing Post Yearling Bonus – demonstrate what can be achieved through self help and a spirit of cooperation and compromise.

From Tattersalls’ perspective we have long realised the sales race concept has not always been warmly embraced by all sectors of the sport. The new Millions series for yearlings purchased at Book 1 of this year’s October Yearling Sale has, however, been developed in close consultation with the sport’s key interest groups and administrators, and we believe it has addressed all the main areas of contention.

The revised format for Tattersalls Millions has

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the October Book 1 market would be well received. Again, we endeavoured to fill these gaps with three of the two-year-old races, worth £400,000 between them, to be run as auction races, with weight bandings determined by sale price. There are also two races for fillies only.

The BHA Racing Department’s role has also been vital in putting together a new, improved Tattersalls Millions. Concerns about possible impact on the Pattern have been addressed every step of the way and changes and alterations to the proposed series made accordingly.

Both Tattersalls and Newmarket racecourses, where all eight contests will take place, have been conscious that the series should aim to complement the Pattern, not compete with it, and we believe a balance has been achieved.

The outcome of the inaugural Tattersalls Timeform 3YO Trophy at the Craven Meeting this April shows how the Tattersalls Millions can enhance the Pattern, with four of the first five home going on to compete in recognised Classic trials next time out.

“We have long recognised the sales race concept has not always been warmly embraced by all sectors” been devised first and foremost with the needs of owners in mind and the input and advice from ROA Council members has been crucial to the development of the series. The ROA Council told us race entry costs were too high. They were right and we have reduced the entry costs 60% in the Tattersalls Millions series to an unprecedented low of £4,000.

A £4,000 entry for a £1,750,000 series is 0.23% of the prize-money fund, a fraction of the accepted norm of 1%, which applies to the vast majority of Group 1 races in Britain, and still way below the level of most Group 2s and 3s.

The ROA Council, and trainers, indicated that they would prefer more races worth less money.

The advice has been heeded and the new Tattersalls Millions has eight races for two- and three-year-olds, all worth between £100,000 and £500,000.

Similarly, owners and trainers suggested wider opportunities for horses from the lower levels of

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One final illustration of how the new Tattersalls Millions has evolved through all parties communicating has been the discussions surrounding the thorny issue of eliminations.

The three races comprising the 2008/2009 series attracted fields of 24, 16 and 18 runners, with no eliminations. With eight races for the new incentive races, we felt confident that eliminations would be highly unlikely and thus recommended to the ROA Council an entry system which did not offer reimbursements, therefore allowing significant reductions in the owners’ entry costs. Crucially, the ROA council was fully supportive.

Appropriately, the last word should rest with Racehorse Owners Association President Paul Dixon, who said: “From an owner’s point of view the new Tattersalls Millions is quite simply the best sales race series ever devised in Europe.

“Low entry costs, a great variety of races and massive prize-money is the perfect formula.”

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