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£4.95 | June 2010 | Issue 70

All The Queen’s Horses Her Majesty’s enduring passion for the Turf

Plus ■ Jamie Spencer: ‘Life’s not been easy’ ■ US challengers target Royal Ascot ■ Kempton’s young MD Amy Starkey www.ownerbreeder.co.uk

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Colt ex Mala Mala (Brief Truce), 3rd Moyglare Stud Stakes-Gr.1 & Cheveley Park Stakes-Gr.1 and a half-sister to Irish 1,000 Guineas-Gr.1 winner Tarascon. Owned by Mrs. T. Stack and Barronstown Stud.

Colt ex Bowstring (Sadler’s Wells), 3rd Park Hill Stakes-Gr.2 & a half-sister to Group winner Cantilever.

Owned by Michael Ryan of Al Eile Stud.

Filly ex Quarter Moon (Sadler’s Wells), won Moyglare Stud S.-Gr.1, runner-up in three Classics and dam of Gr.1 placed 2-y-o You’ll Be Mine.

Owned by Mrs. Roisin Henry.

Colt ex Sherifa (Monsun), an own-sister to Germany’s 2nd top-rated 2YO of 1999 Sommernacht.

Owned by Ken Lynch.

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Colt ex Makarova (Sadler’s Wells), a half-sister to Fillies’ Mile-Gr.1 winner Sunspangled, owned by Southern Bloodstock.

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Colt ex May Kiersey (Sadler’s Wells), a full-sister to dual Group winner and dual Classic-placed Gagnoa, owned by Pat Tobin.

“He comes from a female line with a big reputation for producing stallions” 07/08

Andrew Caulfield, TDN, 29/

Five-time Group 1 winner by DANEHILL from the family of A.P. INDY, LEMON DROP KID etc.

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

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

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

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£4.95 | June 2010 | Issue 70

All The Queen’s Horses Her Majesty’s enduring passion for the Turf

Plus ■ Jamie Spencer: ‘Life’s not been easy’ ■ US challengers target Royal Ascot ■ Kempton’s young MD Amy Starkey www.ownerbreeder.co.uk

Cover: The Queen’s silks Photo: George Selwyn

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The owner/breeder we all love to see win T

he Queen’s racing silks are perhaps as recognisable to British racegoers, and indeed the wider public, as any to have appeared on our racecourses over the years.

Reading Julian Muscat’s fascinating feature on our monarch and her racehorses (pages 38-42), one thing is abundantly clear: Her Majesty’s commitment to the racing and breeding industry remains as strong as ever, almost 60 years after she inherited the Royal Studs.

While the successes the Queen enjoyed in the first three decades of that period may outweigh those of recent years – indeed, she was leading Flat owner twice in the 1950s – the appetite to breed high-class racehorses is still very much evident, with the Royal Studs introducing new bloodlines as it continues to evolve.

“The diversification of the new lines in the stud has added a tremendous new interest for the Queen,” says her bloodstock and racing advisor, John Warren.

“She is obviously following the related families and spots them as quick as lightning. It gives her a thrill when one of them wins.

“You’ve got to remember, the Queen is a breeder through and through. She breeds many different types of horses. That is why she knows her stock so well and why she knows so much about her families.”

We would all love to see the Queen win the Derby, the one British Classic that has so far eluded her, yet Warren insists this omission is not of great concern.

“People often ask me why she hasn’t won the race,” he says. “But even the big owner/breeders do not have a runner every year. There are all sort of other pleasures she takes form the sport.”

The Queen may have up to five runners at Royal Ascot this year – and there is every chance Jamie Spencer could be aboard some of them. One of the weighing room’s finest, and not to say most controversial, talents, the former champion jockey has endured a tough period in his life following the recent breakdown of his marriage.

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In a frank and moving interview with Alan Lee (pages 34-37), Spencer explains how his day job has helped him deal with the split from wife Emma and his three children.

“It’s been a difficult seven or eight months,” he says. “It’s the way life goes sometimes, but it’s not easy.

Put it this way, I would not want to go through that time again.

“Going to the races helps. The worst thing would be if I had to go and work in an office – it would really get on top of me then. The enjoyment that I get from riding horses and winning races has been a big release.

“Time is a great healer and hopefully it will get easier, but I get to see the children every day I can.”

One man looking forward to Royal Ascot is US-based trainer Carl O’Callaghan, who talks to Michele MacDonald about Kinsale King (pages 49-51), winner of the Dubai Golden Shaheen at Meydan in March and now set for a crack at the Golden Jubilee Stakes.

O’Callaghan’s story is remarkable. The Co Clare native, who began riding when he was three and left school at 12 to pursue a career in racing, found himself homeless on the streets of New York following his move to America in 1990. Yet the youngster worked his way back into the sport and now heads for these shores with a genuine Group 1 contender.

Following Wesley Ward’s achievements at last year’s royal meeting, sending out two juvenile winners and the runner-up in the Golden Jubilee Stakes on his first British foray, it would be a brave man to bet against history repeating itself.

On the subject of lightning striking twice, Special Duty’s triumphs in the 1,000 Guineas and Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, both in identical circumstances following the disqualification of the ‘winner’, were remarkable.

George Selwyn’s photos (pages 14-15) capture the dramatic climaxes at Newmarket and Longchamp.

“The Queen’s

commitment to the racing and breeding industry remains as strong as ever

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CONTENTS JUNE 2010

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NEWS & VIEWS

FEATURES

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News Focus Non-payers at the sales targetted

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Changes News in a nutshell

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TBA Leader Horsemen’s Group vital for sport

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Tony Morris US racing on the wane

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Laura Thompson Why the Triple Crown is a dream

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The Great Owner/Breeders

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Talking To...

Amy Starkey, Kempton’s Managing Director

COVER STORY The Queen’s horses: Her Majesty’s racing and breeding operation in focus

Lord Howard de Walden

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Jamie Spencer The jockey who divides opinion reflects on personal upheaval

Déjà vu for Special Duty; Slip Anchor in fine fettle

ROA Leader Government must help racing

The Big Picture

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The Big Interview Alan Morcombe, the Horsemen’s Group’s first Chief Executive

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Carl O’Callaghan US trainer aiming for Royal Ascot

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Sales Circuit Breeze-ups analysed

Your Say Former Tote chief Peter Jones

INTERNATIONAL SCENE 24

View From Ireland Adrian Heskin is a name to watch

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Continental Tales George Charlton and his Czech mates

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Going Global Calvin ‘Bo-Rail’ Borel wins his third Kentucky Derby

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FORUM 54

ROA Forum Sir Tim Rice confirmed as guest speaker at the AGM

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Racing Welfare Four pages of news and views

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LEADING THE FIELD IN BLOODSTOCK INSURANCE

TBA Forum VAT treatment of cross-border services

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Breeder of the Month Watership Down Stud, for Dar Re Mi

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Vet Forum

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Foal lameness calls for rapid response

DATA BOOK 76

Caulfield Files Dubawi lands first Classic win as a sire

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Global Stakes Results Listings of worldwide Group and Graded stakes winners

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Data Book European Pattern and National Hunt Grade 1s

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NEWS The big stories in the racing world

Arqana continues to buck trends Record-breaking breeze-up points to strength of French scene relative to UK and Ireland aggregate of €5.9 million up 44% on last year’s trade.

Gay O’Callaghan’s Yeomanstown Stud prepared the sale-topper, a first-crop son of Shirocco who had previously gone through the ring at Arqana’s October Yearling Sale for €85,000. Returning a healthy profit, he was knocked down this time to Fiona Shaw for €300,000. The French-bred colt is out of the Listed-winning juvenile Basse Besogne, by Pursuit Of Love, and will race in the colours of Earle Mack.

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As the European breeze-up season drew to a close, once again results from an Arqana sale were more encouraging than those posted by its British and Irish counterparts.

The Normandy-based sales company, which holds its breeze-up sale at Saint-Cloud racecourse, has continued to post improved returns from its major auctions throughout the recession.

With 15 juveniles breaking the six-figure barrier, private sales boosted the clearance rate from 77% in the ring to 85% overall, with the

The breeze-up at Saint-Cloud produced encouraging results for Arqana

Twenty-four hours before Shamardal colt Lope De Vega won the Poule d’Essai des Poulains, offspring by Darley’s young stallion were already popular and two colts recorded the second and third highest prices of the day.

Chantilly Bloodstock went to €210,000 for a German-bred son of the Group 3-placed Generous mare Samerous, while Dick O’Gorman agreed on a sum of €200,000 outside the ring for a Mocklershill-consigned Shamardal half-brother to multiple stakes winners Obrigado and Coupe De Champe.

“We had several orders and we found them tough to fill,” said Matt Coleman of Anthony Stroud Bloodstock, who bought a colt by Smart Strike, the sire of Preakness Stakes winner Lookin At Lucky, for €115,000.

“As always, if a horse breezed well and had reasonable conformation it sold well. The really nice horses made well into six figures.”

He added: “The middle market was stronger and the horses were nicer than those at Doncaster or the Guineas breeze-up sales.

“After the Craven, this sale has established itself as the number two breeze-up in Europe.

It had more depth in terms of bidders – there were a number of French trainers and buyers who don’t go to the other sales because here they have the chance to buy horses eligible for the French premiums, and the yearling and breeze-up bonuses on top, and that underpins the market.” ● See Sales Circuit, pages 52-53

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Alners to retire in August

Robert Alner: Gold Cup-winning trainer

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Robert and Sally Alner, two of the most highly respected figures in British jump racing, have announced that they are to retire from training in August.

The couple became the first to hold a British training licence in a joint name following Robert’s car accident in 2007, in which he suffered serious spinal injuries. During his time in hospital, Sally took on the day-to-day running of the successful training operation, sending out Miko de Beauchene to record an emotional victory in that year’s Welsh National.

Now 66, Robert Alner was granted a training licence in 1993, having previously been a permit holder. A former champion point-topoint rider, his career in the saddle lasted for 33 years and yielded more than 200 winners.

Of the many top-class jumpers to have emanated from the Alners’ Dorset training base, Cool Dawn doubtless provided the stable with its finest moment when winning the 1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup under Andrew Thornton, defeating Strong Promise and Dorans Pride.

Other stable stars include the Cheltenham Foxhunter and Betfair Chase scorer Kingscliff, The Listener, who won three Grade 1 chases for the Alners before switching to the stable of their former assistant Nick Mitchell, Whitbread Gold Cup victor Harwell Lad and prolific winner Super Tactics.

The odd summer jumper will continue to appear from Locketts Farm until August, when the Alners plan to hand in their licence.

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Tattersalls Ireland

DERBY SALE GEORGE SELWYN

24-25 June 2010

Mad Max: one of Carole’s Crusader’s best offspring

TBA National Hunt broodmare of the year dies foaling Carole’s Crusader, the dam of Aintree winner Mad Max and Cheltenham runner-up Carole’s Legacy, has died while foaling a Kayf Tara filly at Paul Murphy’s Wychnor Park Stud.

A talented performer herself, the 19-year-old daughter of Faustus won seven times over fences and hurdles when trained by David Gandolfo. She raced in the colours of Carole Skipworth, from whom Paul Murphy bought Carole’s Crusader as a broodmare prospect.

“I saw her win at Ascot and I was really impressed with her attitude and physique,” recalled Murphy. “Her name went into my little black book and I thought, ‘I’d like to buy you when you retire’.”

Awarded the TBA Dudgeon Cup as National Hunt Broodmare of the Year in 2008, Carole’s Crusader’s offspring include Mad Max, the winner of a Grade 2 bumper and Grade 2 chase, by Kayf Tara; Carole’s Legacy, a daughter of Sir Harry Lewis who has won eight races and was runnerup in the EBF/TBA Mares’ Novices’ Chase Final; and Jayne’s Crusader, a dual winner by Lord Americo.

Murphy added: “She’s been a wonderful broodmare, so tough.

We’ll really miss her but she’s left me a great dynasty.”

That dynasty includes an as yet unraced five-year-old brother to Carole’s Legacy, while repeated matings with Hernando have produced two- and three-year-old fillies, and a yearling colt.

Hong Kong competition winner Guy Weaver from Cheshire was the winner of the reader competition in the April issue to win a trip for two to the Hong Kong International Races in December.

Mr Weaver, 48, who owns horses with Richard Fahey, said: “I am delighted to win the prize and always enjoy reading the magazine every month. I have been to Hong Kong previously with work and very much look forward to going in December.

“This caps a lucky few weeks for me, as Las Verglas Star, who I co-own, won at Musselburgh in April.”

Mr Weaver’s wife Jane will join him on the luxury trip for two.

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NEWS In association with

Changes – R a c i n g ’ s n e w s i n a n u t s h e l l PEOPLE AND BUSINESS Alan Morcombe Paul Roy Robert and Sally Alner Kerry White Alphameric Sportingbet Lingfield William Buick Jonathan Garratt Alan Ross Sam Thomas Ian Popham William Hill Jan Wilson Andrew Balding Tom David Laura Young Danny Nikolic Neil Brown Jean-René Auvray Sam Twiston-Davies

Appointed the first Chief Executive of the Horsemen’s Group, having filled the same position at Alphameric (The Big Interview, pages 44-47) BHA Chairman to stay in office for a further three-year term Husband and wife team to retire from training ranks in the summer; Robert sent out Cool Dawn to win the 1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup Former Epsom employee joins Lingfield Park as Marketing Manager Sells bookmaking technology business for £15.47 million to Orbis Extends sponsorship of Wolverhampton Wanderers until 2013; Victor Chandler will continue to back Nottingham Forest until 2012 £29m hotel development opens at Surrey track, boasting 116-bedrooms and indoor swimming pool plus 18-hole championship golf course Stable jockey to John Gosden signs two-year sponsorship deal with insurance firm Markel International Commercial manager of Scottish Racing since January 2005, he is heading back into direct racecourse management as Cartmel Managing Director Long-serving Ladbrokes man receives Lifetime Award for Best Industry Contribution at second Betview Awards Gold Cup-winning jockey will ride as freelance this season, after a year as stable jockey to Tom George Wins Betfair Conditional Jockeys’ Training Series, for which he will be sponsored by Timeform by way of branded clothing and a cash prize Report net online revenue from January 1 to March 31 up 25% on 2009 Memorial Award for the rider who died in the Malton fire last September launched; 2010 Charles Owen Pony Racing Series winner will be first recipient Will train for Highclere Thoroughbred Racing for the first time this year, having taken charge of a juvenile by Tapit Promising amateur attached to the Tim Vaughan yard turns professional Somerset-based trainer banned for six months after one of her horses was denied water for more than 48 hours before a race Australian jockey must answer nine charges from Racing Victoria, including four relating to alleged phone calls to punters who laid his mounts on Betfair Jockey who won John Smith’s Cup on Sirvino last year quits after losing prolonged battle with his weight; he has joined the stalls handler ranks Wiltshire-based trainer, who had held a licence since March 2001, quits, and joins Martin Collins Enterprises as racing sales manager Seventeen-year-old turns professional after finishing fifth on his father’s Hello Bud in this year’s Grand National

RACEHORSE AND STALLION – MOVEMENTS AND RETIREMENTS

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War Of Attrition Quest For Fame Martino Alonso Eskendereya Balmont Cutlass Bay Simon De Montfort Zidane Idle Power Sea Storm Bushranger Scooter Roach

2006 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner retired aged 11 after fine second in the Guinness Gold Cup at Punchestown Son of Rainbow Quest retired from stud duty in Australia aged 23; he won the 1990 Derby and sired eight Group/Grade 1 winners Kidnapped Italian stallion found alive in Campania, 400 miles from his stud near Brescia, from where he went missing in November Soft tissue injury ends career of brilliant US three-year-old, a Group 1-winning half-brother to top sprinter Balmont Group 1 winner to stand at Lynwood Park Stud in Australia this year, having shuttled to Alwyn Park in Western Australia for the past two seasons Unbeaten son of Halling, winner of the Group 1 Prix Ganay in May, switched by Godolphin from Andre Fabre’s stable to Saeed bin Suroor in Newmarket Godolphin’s French Derby contender moves from Andre Fabre to Mahmood Al Zarooni’s yard, along with three-year-olds Anna Salai and Rewilding 2007 Stewards’ Cup winner trained by James Fanshawe is retired aged eight Stalwart of Jim Boyle’s Epsom yard is retired aged 12, having won 14 of his 118 starts Eleven-time winner, from 96 races, the 12-year-old, who still holds two track records from his Flat days, is retired to owner Maurice Chapman’s farm Eliza Park Stud in Victoria, Australia, buys 50% stake in Tally-Ho Stud’s dual Group 1 winner; he will shuttle later this year Dual US Grade 3 winner who raced for ten seasons, winning 15 times, is retired to Illinois Equine Humane Center

PEOPLE OBITUARIES

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Philip De Wilde Geoff Woodward Klaus Rohde Mick Miller Betty Richardson Thomas Pocock Peter Poole

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HORSE OBITUARIES

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Lucky Story Aeskulap Skip Away Carole’s Crusader

9 13 17 19

Owner with the Robert Alner stable whose best horses included Devon National winner Twisted Logic Member of the racecourse team at Southwell, Leicester and Nottingham who worked for Cecil Boyd-Rochford in his younger days German-born professor who owned dual Classic winner Filia Ardross, winner of the German 1,000 Guineas and Oaks in 1989 Stable jockey to Geoff Huffer in the 1980s; he landed the 1981 Ayr Gold Cup on First Movement Owner of top-class sprinter Forlorn River, winner of the July Cup, Nunthorpe Stakes and Challenge Stakes in 1967 Former Somerset permit-holder who trained 12-time winner Sunday Morning II, and National Hunt Chase runner-up Land Lark General manager at E P Taylor’s Windfields Farm during the era of Northern Dancer – he worked for Windfields for 36 years

Sired Group 1-winning sprinter Art Connoisseur from his first crop; the son of Kris S had been standing at Tweenhills Stud since 2005 Group 2-winning son of Acatenango who was standing at Gestut Sommerberg 1997 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner, who landed 18 of 38 starts and $9.6 million in prize-money; he earned three championship titles Winner of the TBA Dudgeon Cup as National Hunt Broodmare of the Year in 2008; Mad Max and Carole’s Legacy are two of her best

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ROA LEADER

PAUL DIXON President Racehorse Owners Association

Funding crisis calls for radical solution Government will listen if racing's decline puts rural economy in jeopardy

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t a time when the news on levy funding goes from bad to worse, we must act quickly. Of course, nobody could sensibly suggest that horseracing will figure high on the government’s list of priorities, but we must continue to hammer on their door with all the right arguments.

Governments listen when you talk about the economy and jobs. Racing is a significant employer in rural areas and its general well-being, or otherwise, impacts on the rural economy. This must be our starting point.

Nobody should underestimate just how serious racing’s funding problems are. We simply cannot go on seeing prize-money levels decline without also seeing a serious fall-off in ownership and the number of horses in training.

This will impact on racecourses and across the whole racing industry.

The racing industry has recently spent untold hours agonising over the detail of a 2011 fixture list made up of 1,500 fixtures.

The expansion of the fixture list in recent years has been justified on the basis that, without these fixtures, the levy will suffer because bookmakers will not have sufficient racing ‘product’ to fill the betting slots they require.

But ‘the more fixtures, more money’ argument has fallen flat on its face. In 2002 we had 1,158 fixtures and a total levy yield of £80 million. And in 2010 we have 1,500 fixtures with a levy yield that is looking likely to be less than – guess what – £80m.

Even putting inflation to one side, the additional costs, largely falling on owners, to service over 300 more fixtures leaves us in a position that is nothing short of scandalous.

Very few of these additional fixtures are good earners for owners and, although they would generally attract poor attendances and sponsorship, racecourses have at least had the advantage of receiving additional picture rights money for them.

But the key point is that these 300 fixtures have been put on largely to satisfy the appetite of bookmakers and now we discover the betting industry is paying the same levy for a fixture list that has expanded by 25% as it was paying eight years ago.

How has this happened? It has happened because the levy system is not fit for purpose. This is not a reflection on the levy executive, but it is a reflection on the fact that the levy system allows bookmakers to exploit every loophole in the book.

They have gone offshore to avoid tax and levy on internet betting; they have been able to wriggle out of paying levy on overseas racing shown in British betting shops; they have found a way of expanding the so-called ‘threshold’ system so that nearly 60% of betting shops are now paying less than the statutory 10% of gross profits; and all the while they have cleverly directed more of their custom towards non-racing activities, such as FOBTs, on which no levy is paid.

At the same time, the betting exchanges have created a situation whereby a significant number of exchange big-hitters act as unlicensed bookmakers and, in so doing, pay only a small fraction of their levy dues.

It is clear this industry can now take only one of two routes. We can either go to the new government with a shopping list of fixes for the levy which, through amending the legislation, will address all these points and more.

Or we can look, again with government, at an alternative system of funding through some form of commercial, rights-based mechanism.

While the levy system does give us the certainty of a statutory body, if that certainty is now providing little more than the prospect of a slow death, then it is time for this industry to look for a radical solution. But it is a solution that we can only find with the help of government.

“The additional 300 fixtures since 2002 have been put on largely to satisfy the bookmakers

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TBA LEADER

KIRSTEN RAUSING Chairman Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association

Horsemen’s Group paves the path towards unity New Chief Executive will further the cause if valuing all members equally

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his year’s breeding season has provided more than its fair share of challenges for mare owners. The unseasonal weather has had a significant influence and the UK is not alone; weather patterns have affected all major European breeding nations. As June looms, we have to accept that despite our best intentions and the expertise in stud medicine that we have come to rely on, some aspects of nature remain beyond our influence.

The general election produced a coalition government, with the racing and breeding constituencies returning a near all-blue result. These Conservative seats include stalwart racing supporters, for which we must remain thankful, plus a large number of new MPs. I encourage members to reinforce the message to new incumbents that our industry has a vital part to play in supporting rural Britain.

The DEFRA Cost and Responsibility Sharing proposals will not, I suspect, appear high up on the new political agenda, but retaining Single Farm Payments is important. Again, the TBA will remain vigilant to these and other relevant political issues, particularly given concerns over higher taxation and necessary cuts to the public purse.

The Horsemen’s Group has been pro-active in appointing Alan Morcombe as its first Chief Executive (see The Big Interview, pages 44-47). He will attend the June TBA Board meeting and I look forward to what he may bring in the form of acquisition of media rights revenue for the benefit of the Horsemen’s Group members. I understand his record in the field of racing rights negotiations makes him an ideal candidate for the job.

The Horsemen’s Group, under Paul Dixon’s leadership, has demonstrated what can be achieved when all the constituents work as one. Effective communication between members has formed a strong plank on which to build and develop. Mr Morcombe is ideally placed to take this forward but my message to him is to ensure that he values and communicates with all members equally.

While the Racing For Change (RFC) initiative of free racecourse entry was a success, is it not time to grasp the

nettle and encourage a commitment to major reductions in entrance levels across all racecourses, if we are serious about growing racing’s slice of the leisure market?

I am proud to say that members of the TBA’s Next Generation Committee have been leading participants in the RFC’s Ownership and Industry Group initiatives. Their input has encouraged RFC to refocus its ambitions and concentrate on attracting key groups, including university students and young professionals. Jane Hedley, NGC Chairman, attended the recent TBA Board meeting and it is clear they have identified a number of areas to progress young participation. The first formal event is a NGC-hosted day in Newmarket for young enthusiasts; it will include gallopswatching, a tour of Plantation Stud and free entry to Newmarket racecourse, generously provided by Plantation Stud. My thanks to Mr and Mrs O’Rourke for giving the TBA their full support, and also for allowing Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder exclusive access to Plantation’s veteran resident Slip Anchor (see pages 1617), who is still very much enjoying life a quarter of a century after his Derby victory for Lord Howard de Walden.

From a breeding perspective, we can’t draw many conclusions from the outcome of this year’s round of breeze-up sales. While this market is now the province of specialist producers, I would still add a general note of caution and realism for yearling vendors.

The large-scale spending by a few individuals was not perhaps as strong as had been hoped and, against this background, yearling ‘pinhooker’ buyers will continue to be super selective. The industry’s health is still delicate and our economic experts, whom we have invited back this year to the TBA Seminar on June 29, will be able to add some substance to the prospects for the 2010 yearling sales season. Weatherbys are again fielding their banking expert Adrian Crichton, Chief Executive Paul Greeves will comment on industry production statistics, while David Redvers and John Lynam will no doubt throw some interesting observations into the mix. This is an opportunity not to be missed!

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THE BIG PICTURE

Duty’s double act Special Duty may well be the most unusual dual Classic winner of all time, gaining her 1,000 Guineas victories at Newmarket and Longchamp on the disqualification of the ‘winner’ – Jacqueline Quest and Liliside (inset) – on both occasions Photos George Selwyn

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THE BIG PICTURE

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Epsom hero still giving the Slip Words and photo Emma Berry

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t is 25 years since Lord Howard de Walden’s Slip Anchor took Epsom by storm, seizing the lead from the off in the Derby before skipping farther clear around Tattenham Corner and leaving his rivals powerless to scupper an advantage of seven lengths at the post.

Now aged 28, he still lives at Plantation Stud, where he was foaled and where he took up stallion duties in 1987. The oldest living Derby winner emulated his own sire Shirley Heights and paternal grandsire Mill Reef in lifting racing’s Blue Riband and,

though he did not sire a Derby winner himself, his daughter User Friendly kept the Epsom tradition alive in winning the 1992 Oaks.

“I’m so grateful to the new owners of Plantation Stud (Dermot and Perle O’Rourke) for keeping him on and looking after him so well,” says Lady Howard de Walden, who pays regular visits to Slip Anchor when in Newmarket.

“It has been his home for so many years, he’s really happy there and he has become really good friends with Araafa.

“He was the most special horse and it gave my husband great pleasure to have owned and bred a Classic winner.”

The old knees may not be as straight as they once were and a cotton sheet keeps out the chilly Newmarket wind, but the eye is still bright and the spirit is willing as he challenges his next-door paddock mate Araafa to a race along the fence. As our image shows, Slip Anchor still likes to get his head in front.

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THE MAN YOU CAN’T IGNORE COMMENT

Tony Morris For all racing’s perceived lack of profile in Britain, in the United States media coverage is almost non-existent, being confined to a Triple Crown that has not been won since 1978

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he 2010 North American racing season ended on May 15. At least, that is what anyone might have been led to believe when the commentators digested the dull effort of Super Saver in the Preakness Stakes. Yet again there would be no Triple Crown hero for the sport to celebrate, so the opportunity for racing to attract legions of new fans through the revelation of a superstar had passed.

It is a folly that has become an annual event since 1979 and the perpetrators seem unable to realise the damage they do. Horseracing in the States takes centre stage only once in the calendar, acquiring national media coverage just for the five weeks between early May and early June, when the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes provide the focus of attention. And, more often than not, the interest wanes at the end of the first fortnight.

The scribes whose routine focuses on the sports that the public really want to read about and engage with – football (US style), baseball and basketball – have just this brief period in which to persuade the uncommitted that racing can offer an experience and a level of excitement to match those other pursuits. But their own, probably forced, enthusiasm will not last beyond the defeat of the Kentucky Derby winner. Don’t expect blanket coverage of the Belmont Stakes in the media on June 5 this year; it will be a ‘who cares?’ event, overshadowed, if not quite obliterated, by whatever alternative entertainment is on offer.

Nobody needs telling that on both sides of the Atlantic racing has ceased to be a mainstream sport. It struggles to compete, not unnaturally, with the sports that attract the attention of those of an impressionable age.

Most youngsters need little encouragement to indulge in pastimes that cost little or nothing; running, jumping and swimming are readily acquired skills, and there are so many pursuits that can be cheaply enjoyed with just a ball, or bat plus ball.

It is hardly any wonder that horseracing’s

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image is of something completely different, in which involvement is not available to all and sundry. Its appeal has to come through the excitement of the spectacle and love of the horse, factors which do not feature in our DNA and in the modern era can be developed only through education.

A racing programme that stimulates interest, obviously outstanding runners who capture the imagination, and a cast of charismatic human personalities are basic requirements for the acquisition of converts to the sport, and it is the media’s job to spread the word and whip up enthusiasm.

In Britain we have already seen some worthwhile initiatives, not least the programme to introduce the raceday experience to schoolchildren, for which Rhydian MorganJones was rightly included in the Honours’ List.

We may yet reap some benefit from Racing For Change, though it is hard to enthuse over what

“I don’t accept that UK racing is in a parlous condition”

we have seen so far. What was the point of the decimal odds experiment, promptly dismissed as a disaster? And if the week providing free admission at certain racecourses seemed a success, we will not recognise its true value unless the newcomers return in numbers, prepared to pay £20 or £30 for a repeat experience.

Cockeyed narrative Plans to provide a ‘narrative’ – silly expression that smacks of marketing-speak rather than a horseman’s perspective – for the turf Flat season also seem cockeyed to this observer.

Yes, there ought to be more of a fanfare at the start, but as it precedes the Grand National – which undoubtedly reaches an audience far

greater than any Flat race in the calendar – it cannot expect to maintain the public’s interest until the once-a-year punter has been indulged.

As for the supposed lack of ‘narrative’, can Racing For Change be unaware of the European Pattern, a proven and logical schedule now in its 40th year? The suggestion of a gala day at the end of September makes no sense, as it could only ever prove secondrate with the Arc weekend to come in early October. And doesn’t Newmarket’s Champions’ Day provide a fitting and engrossing finale to the English season?

Of course, I am just old-fashioned, regarding pop concerts on racedays as an abomination, but I just cannot believe that they enhance the fan base for an experience far removed from that of listening to some boy band or beat combo. Racing has to sell itself as racing, as an aesthetic pleasure in its own right; if it cannot appeal at that level, recourse to gimmicks will not help.

But I don’t recognise a sport in parlous condition. Whenever I go racing there is always somebody in my way, obscuring my view of what I want to see, which does not suggest that attendances have descended to a desperately low level. There are even plenty of young folk, though I grant that many are there to booze and bet, rather than to relish the proper raceday experience.

What is more, racing in Britain gets plenty of media exposure and far more space in the national press than is actually warranted by its degree of popularity, which in reality features way below the audience for mere parlour games such as darts and snooker. It has a trade paper, seven days a week, which, while it focuses excessively on betting – and, worse still, on betting on sports other than racing – provides extensive news coverage and informed comment, calculated to stimulate interest. And it has two dedicated TV channels, delivering wall-to-wall racing every day of the year.

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that is of no particular concern to the man on the Clapham omnibus, and in truth the poor purses have had little effect on top-level competition because the prestige of our major established races counts for more than any supposed inferior financial reward.

What the outsider – the yet-to-be-converted casual sports fan whose eye might stray once in a while to the racing page – does not get, and perhaps cannot get, is a means to identify with racing and those involved in it. Its personalities are not household names, nor can they be in this day and age. And we discovered last year that the media failed miserably to make the most of an exceptional horse, who just might have done much to bring more fans to the sport. If Sea The Stars had been owned, trained and ridden by Englishmen, would he have been front page news throughout his wonderful campaign, I wonder? Perhaps.

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As it turned out, the 1970s were to produce two more Triple Crown winners in Seattle Slew and Affirmed, though neither captured the imagination of the public as Secretariat had done. Since Affirmed completed his treble in 1978, outpointing Alydar in each event, the media’s annual brief fascination with racing has focused on the quest for the elusive Holy Grail. Every year the hype has been followed by a let-down.

The irony is that American racing has produced more than its fair share of outstanding performers during that time, most of them earning their distinction when the nation’s eyes have not been directed toward them. The Triple Crown races are not the be-alland-end-all of the sport in the States, and never have been – witness those halcyon days in the 1950s and 1960s when there came nothing to emulate Citation – but now the media there obsess over finding the successor to Affirmed and the routine failure to do so results in inevitable disillusion.

While the spring ritual continues to present unfulfilled hype, how long can it be before the Triple Crown is regarded as a lost cause by national broadcasters? There will surely be keen scrutiny of the Belmont Stakes viewing figures this year and there could be dire consequences for American racing.

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LAURA THOMPSON COMMENT

Our columnist’s reputation goes before her, but her views on the Triple Crown and Derby suggest a more liberal attitude emerging

Reality bites after holy year of Stars

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id anyone really believe that St Nicholas Abbey would be the first Triple Crown winner for 40 years? Now that the season is shaping up to be so shapeless, all that starry-eyed faith seems frankly incredible. Yet some shrewd judges were convinced that if Nick could nick a Guineas, then the other two races were in the bag. Indeed, the frequently expressed hope was that St Nicholas Abbey might prove to be not just a good horse, but better than Sea The Stars.

The excitement before the 2,000 Guineas this year was as strong as I have ever known it.

Really, though, that pre-Classic tingle was all about Sea The Stars: we were remembering him in the pre-parade ring at Newmarket and expecting him to be there again, albeit with a different name and shape. After the Guineas the sense of anti-climax was also, in its way, due to him. Having proved that the ideal of the thoroughbred really can take living form, he also made it a racing certainty that the 2010 season would be something of a letdown.

Narrative, for him, came naturally. He cruised from Group 1 to Group 1 with barely a flicker of his half-closed eyelids; but the fact is that narrative of this kind is not the norm.

Far more usual is a career path like Ghanaati’s, who was almost equally brilliant in her Guineas win and who, from midsummer onwards, faded gently away.

This is what most horses are like. It is what makes Flat racing such a hard sell to the uninitiated. And it should remind the racing authorities that boldly conceived end-ofseason championships – however satisfying they may look on paper – are doomed, in practice, to feel like turfus interruptus.

This is a sport that deals in unpredictability, in broken promises, failed expectations, bizarre codas.

Yeats did not win his last race in France, as the writers of his story had surely planned, and St Nicholas Abbey did not turn up at Newmarket to receive the baton of greatness, as we had decreed that he should.

After the holy year of 2009 we are, in fact, back in the realm of reality. It was always going to happen. What I wish is that we could stop being surprised by these reversals, the 33-1 Guineas winners and the inconclusive Classic trials. Still more do I wish that we didn’t feel the need to crab the horses who fall short of the Sea The Stars mark. Yes, we know what the thoroughbred ought to be. But few things are more likely to put off a tentatively curious public than being told that this is a ‘bad year’ or a ‘poor Derby’. Why must racing sell itself short in this way?

Is this reactionary turning into a secret moderniser?

Those were the days: Triple Crown winners, Wednesday Derbys – or were they?

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all of whom raised a metaphorical crucifix in my direction; but I stick to my instinct that the Triple Crown died as an ideal when Nijinsky failed to win the Arc. We know that

Sea The Stars could have won it. The races that he did win, however, are the ones that signify greatness.

There have been 15 winners of the Triple Crown, seven of which came in the years 1886-1903, when racing reached its serene apotheosis. Since 1918 the gaps between winners have become longer and longer, to the point where, post-Nijinsky, it is as if we are waiting for an equine Godot.

These facts surely tell their own tale about the Triple Crown, which is that it no longer exists outside its powerful historical context.

Saying this, I also wonder if, despite my reputation as an arch-reactionary, I am in fact a secret moderniser.

At a recent racing dinner I sat next to a charming man who praised something I had written in the late 1990s, lamenting the advent of the Saturday Derby.

“I think it works perfectly well now, though,” I said. “Oh, I don’t”, came the reply.

“On the first Wednesday in June I put on morning dress, open some champagne and pretend that it’s Derby Day.”

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THE GREAT OWNER/BREEDERS

By JEREMY EARLY

LORD HOWARD DE WALDEN

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A breeder of the old school for whom renewal of bloodlines was paramount

Lord and Lady Howard de Walden (right) in the winner’s enclosure at Newmarket in 1986 with Leslie Harrison (left), Steve Cauthen in the apricot silks and Henry Cecil

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fficient renewal, with the continuous absorption of words from other languages, helps explain the dynamism and success of English. To some extent the same applies to British bloodstock with the importation of thoroughbreds from other countries – and there were few better practitioners than Lord Howard de Walden.

In many respects the owner of the Plantation Stud in Newmarket and Thornton Stud in Yorkshire was an owner/breeder of the old school (he called himself ‘a dinosaur’), since he had apricot colours inherited from his father and, at the start of the 1970s, a stock of British bloodstock including seven mares and fillies purchased from Lady Sassoon, along with Thornton, in 1967.

Yet he never relied on just one or two families and showed initiative as well as a spirit of adventure in backing the judgement of an outstanding advisor and manager in

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Leslie Harrison. This involved casting the net wide enough to include bloodstock from New Zealand, the United States and Germany, countries widely separated in racing and breeding traditions, as well as in miles.

Lord Howard’s father had owned Snailwell Stud but had given up just about all his racing links in 1937 for tax reasons, which left his son with a clean slate when he took over the title in 1946.

His foundation mares bought at auction were Sanlinea and Silvery Moon. The former produced Amerigo (winner of the Coventry Stakes) and was grandam of Almiranta (Park Hill Stakes). Silvery Moon foaled Malcolmia, dam of Oncidium (Coronation Cup), and this family proved the most successful at Plantation for producing quality fillies.

Malcolmia’s daughter Ostrya won the Ribblesdale Stakes, as did her daughter Catalpa, whose daughter Strigida completed a

memorable hat-trick in the race. (Parmelia, from the Sassoon purchase, was also on the mark in the Ribblesdale.)

Catalpa became grandam of the final Group 1 winner for Lord Howard, Catchascatchcan, unbeaten in four starts as a three-year-old in 1998 culminating in the Yorkshire Oaks. With her owner/breeder dying in July 1999, she was sold for $4.7 million at Keeneland in 2000 carrying her first foal, Breeders’ Cup Mile runner-up Antonius Pius.

Lord Howard’s other Group 1 performers, including Catchascatchcan’s sire Pursuit Of Love, came from different sources. Pursuit Of Love won the Prix Maurice de Gheest and finished second in the July Cup before being retired to Plantation Stud. He was bred by Lord Howard out of Dance Quest, dam of fine sprinter Divine Danse and obtained from the Head family’s Societe Aland.

Filigrana, dam of Magic Flute, successful in the 1970 Cheveley Park Stakes and 1971 Coronation Stakes, was from Dunchurch Lodge Stud. Magic Flute foaled two Listed winners but left a bigger mark with her daughter La Papagena, dam of Lord Howard’s champion juvenile of 1993 Grand Lodge, who won the St James’s Palace Stakes at three.

The 1987 Gold Cup winner Paean, and Shavian, who landed the St James’s Palace Stakes four years before Grand Lodge, were both out of Mixed Applause, an Americanbred who had won for Peter Burrell before arriving at the Plantation Stud.

Another shrewd buy that almost provided a Group 1 win not long after Lord Howard’s death was the New Zealand mare Charming Life, from the family of Arc winner Detroit and a sister to Zabeel, who developed into a superb stallion after the mare’s purchase in 1991. Charming Life foaled King Edward VII Stakes winner Kingfisher Mill and Wellbeing, just foiled in the 2000 Coronation Cup. The most celebrated big-race winners, though, were Slip Anchor (see panel), and the brothers Kris and Diesis. The latter pair were sons of Doubly Sure, whose dam Soft Angels, winner of the Royal Lodge Stakes, was part of the Sassoon deal in 1967.

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Sure and Sancta to carry on the line. Sancta, the better runner, got eight winners including one in stakes company, but Doubly Sure, by staying influence Reliance, hit the jackpot mated mostly with speedy sires.

Bred to Sharpen Up on the advice of Harrison, she foaled Kris, winner of 14 of his 16 starts including the Sussex Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, and Diesis, who won the Middle Park Stakes and

“He showed initiative as well as a spirit of adventure” Dewhurst Stakes. Both became exceptional sires, Diesis in Kentucky and Kris at Thornton Stud, which was eventually sold in 1994.

Plantation Stud was sold to Dermot and Perle O’Rourke in 2005.

No fewer than five of Doubly Sure’s sons stood as stallions: she also foaled St James’s Palace Stakes runner-up Keen to Sharpen Up, Forte Mile winner Rudimentary to Nureyev and Double Tour to Lyphard, while her Priamos filly Pris foaled Perpendicular (Prince of Wales’s Stakes) and Prismatic (Lockinge Stakes). Some chicken – some eggs.

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Lord Howard did not patronise Mill Reef much at stud but Harrison identified potentially a good outcross for the sire and his son Shirley Heights in Gestut Schlenderhan’s Sayonara. She had been runner-up in the 1968 Preis der Diana, was already dam of Henckel-Rennen winner Swazi and traced to one of Germany’s best racemares in Schwarzgold.

Sayonara was bought privately. To Mill Reef she foaled Sandy Island, winner of the Pretty Polly Stakes and Lancashire Oaks, and to Shirley Heights she foaled Slip Anchor, whose all-theway victory in the Derby led to his being rated 136 in Racehorses of 1985.

That was Lord Howard’s crowning glory, but there was a postscript since Sandy Island went on to foal two stakes winners, notably Sandmason, who landed the Hardwicke Stakes in 2001.

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VIEW FROM IRELAND

By LEO POWELL, MANAGING EDITOR OF THE IRISH FIELD

Ryanair chief flies into pole position Michael O’Leary and JP McManus dominate the race for the owners’ crown, with the Gigginstown House Stud boss emerging on top to end the stranglehold of McManus

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14-year stranglehold on the leading National Hunt owners’ title was wrestled from JP McManus by Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary when the Punchestown Festival drew to a close on May 1.

O’Leary races his horses in the name of his farm, Gigginstown House Stud, which is situated in the midlands of Ireland. Both men had 35 individual winners, though the McManus colours visited the winner’s enclosure 49 times, compared to 43 for the O’Leary runners. Significantly, the hooped colours of McManus went to post more than 500 times, nearly 200 times more often than did O’Leary’s.

The investment that both men have made in the National Hunt sector far outweighs the amount of money they have won back.

Gigginstown House Stud horses earned some €921,989, against the €859,137 accumulated

by McManus runners. To further put their importance as owners in perspective, horses racing for both men started 820 times last season in Ireland alone, 60 times more than the combined starts for runners owned by the next 30 owners on the table.

Michael O’Leary, Ireland’s top owner

The jockeys’ title was a little more predictable, though the champion Ruby Walsh missed the lucrative Punchestown meeting as a result of a fall at Aintree. He won his eighth Irish title with 108 victories, while runner-up Davy Russell, on 91, was some way ahead of the rest of the challengers.

Amateur rider Patrick Mullins took his third

title in a row with 42 wins (only five professionals in Ireland rode more winners), but he had a hard-fought battle with Nina Carberry who finished second, three wins behind. Shane Hassett was the leading claiming professional, with Adrian Maguire providing all but two of his 18 victories.

The race to be champion trainer was over a long time ago and Willie Mullins, who dominated Punchestown with a dozen winners for the second year running, was streets ahead of his nearest rival Noel Meade. Mullins sent out 89 horses to win 146 times, earning €2,934,126. This compares with Meade’s 45 winners of 59 races and €1,083,465 in earnings.

The Punchestown Festival itself has to be accorded success status. In the troubled economic times it produced a five-day attendance figure of 93,467, down 1.7% from 2009. Betting in the ring fell by 18% to €7.89 million, while Tote turnover soared by 24% to €4.07m, thanks to the addition of bets placed in France by PMU customers.

While the bookmakers’ take fell, the results certainly went their way and most will have had a better bottom line than last year.

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a special raceday was due to be staged at Leopardstown on May 30 and was expected to raise an enormous amount of money for the charity.

The racing and breeding sectors threw their weight fully behind the initiative and races were sponsored by Grangecon Stud, Moyglare Stud, Jim Bolger, Derrinstown Stud, the Young Irish Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, the

Irish Racehorse Trainers’ Association and Vodafone Foundation.

Many other industry sponsors came on board too and The Irish Field was the official media partner. Support was also forthcoming from such as Dermot Weld, Coolmore, Goffs, Tattersalls Ireland, the McGrath family, Goresbridge Sales, the Irish Equine Centre and Weatherbys Ireland.

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Ireland has for a long time been very fortunate to enjoy government support and patronage.

It also has a very strong connection with our heads of state, including the present holder of the highest office in the land, President Mary McAleese.

Horses retained by the Irish National Stud for racing purposes carry the colours of the President of Ireland. There have been many high-class runners among them, including the Irish St Leger winner Giolla Mear and the topclass National Hunt racemare Seskin Bridge.

The most recent runner in the distinctive presidential colours was the Dermot Weldtrained Suailce, a dual-winning, black type-earning daughter of Singspiel.

Gaisce – the President’s Award, is a charity that enjoys the patronage of our President.

It centres on the development of young people, future leaders, the formation of a positive social fabric and the growth of active citizenship. The awards are akin to the Duke of Edinburgh awards in the UK. To help raise further awareness of Gaisce,

Suailce carries the Presidential colours to victory in the Irish Cesarewitch

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Adrian Heskin guides Church Island to victory in the Bet365 Gold Cup

Arian Heskin one to watch The last big race of the British jumps season, the Bet365 Gold Cup, was landed by the Michael Hourigan-trained Church Island.

As well as being a leading conditioner of horses, Hourigan has a remarkable record for producing talented riders. Timmy Murphy and Adrian Maguire need no introduction to readers, but Hourigan has another remarkable talent on his hands in Adrian Heskin, the 18year-old who guided Church Island to his biggest success. According to Hourigan, Heskin is making his breakthrough about three years earlier than Murphy or Maguire did.

It has been some season for Heskin, who rode his first winner little more than a year before his Sandown victory. His first 167 rides have almost exclusively been for Hourigan; only three rides have been for ‘outside’ stables, a winning ride for Charlie Swan and two for Hourigan’s son and namesake. He has partnered 19 winners and is set to become a household name.

Heskin’s father Michael is well known as the breeder of Ned Kelly and Nick Dundee. The younger Heskin started out on the pony racing circuit – something he has in common with another burgeoning talent in the jockeys’ ranks in Ireland, Paul Townend.

One of the aspects of Heskin’s rise to prominence that has impressed observers and the media has been his ability to absorb the success with great equanimity. He accepts that Hourigan’s desire to make the best use of his claim for his own runners will benefit the youngster in the longer term. He has not been carried away with his big-race successes, which also includes A New Story at this year’s Cheltenham Festival, either, crediting the horses as much as his own ability for the triumphs.

Make a note of Adrian Heskin; he is a jockey of whom we will hear much more in time.

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Many will remember the Irish Sweeps Derby, a race that enjoyed a high profile thanks to generous sponsorship that enhanced its value significantly and established it as a major world-class race.

In association with the race, members of the public also drew the name of a runner in the race and became eligible to win huge prizes.

A version of that promotion has recently been agreed between the Curragh racecourse and the National Lottery in Ireland, and a major advertising campaign on television is ongoing, encouraging members of the public to buy a ticket for €20, with the carrot being an opportunity to turn it into €1 million! How is it done?

A total of 200,000 tickets are to be sold and will be placed in a draw. At the Curragh on Derby weekend, 25 lucky

holders of a ticket will be brought racing and assigned a horse in a sprint handicap.

Each is guaranteed to win at least €10,000, but the holder of the ticket corresponding to the winner of the race will get the million. The runner-up will earn its ticket holder €500,000, while the third past the post will see the relevant ticket holder get €250,000.

A further 175 ticket holders will also receive prizes ranging from €100 to €5,000.

The need to promote racing to a wider audience is always an uphill struggle. In Ireland, National Hunt racing is generally more popular with racegoers than Flat racing. This promotion is a clever way to stir up an interest in the sport, allying it with the very popular National Lottery games.

Something to be considered in Britain?

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Buy €20 ticket, win €1m!

Fame And Glory wins the Irish Derby; this year’s Derby weekend will feature a handicap in which one of the runners will win someone €1m

News in Brief ● Broadfield Stud, the nursery that bred and raised Indian Ridge, is to be sold at public auction on June 22 following the death of Averil Whitehead. Goffs Country is agent for the sale. ● Former Irish National Stud Chief Executive John Clarke has been appointed as a yearling selection consultant by Italian sales company SGA. ● Tom Cantillon, son of Dermot Cantillon and Meta Osborne, made it a family double when he won the under-15 category in the Wills Writing Awards. His brother Jack was a winner in 2009.

● The 2006 Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup winner War Of Attrition was retired from racing following his gallant second place behind Planet Of Sound in the Grade 1 Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup. The 11-year-old will spend his well-earned retirement at owner Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House Stud. ● Joe Hernon of Castle Hyde Stud is the new Chairman of Irish Thoroughbred Marketing. He is joined on the board by new members Noel Meade and the Irish National Stud Chief Executive John Osborne.

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CONTINENTAL TALES

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Czech mates prove to be fruitful for Charlton Profitable equine purchases and decent stable staff make the republic a popular destination for north-east trainer

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The Charlton stable employed its first Czech stable lad some eight years ago and, immediately impressed by the work ethic of his compatriots, has extended the link to the present day, rewarding the visitors’ industry with winning riding opportunities.

“They leave no stone unturned [looking after horses] and are dedicated to succeed,” Charlton said. “In a lot of yards they might be

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treated as slaves but I pay and look after them well.”

Charlton’s mother, Margaret, talks even straighter, saying: “The Czech lads have been properly brought up and are no bother. They have good manners and are very hard-working.”

It is little more than three years since Charlton took over the licence at Mickley Grange Farm from his father, Alistair, who is best known for training the 1989 Castleford Chase winner, Ida’s Delight, and saddling Lord Dorcet to finish third behind One Man in the 1998 Champion Chase.

But even before his name was above the door, George was instrumental in ensuring that

his Central European workers got their chance to ride even the most valuable horses in the yard when they reached the racecourse.

So it was Michal Kohl who was aboard Tidal Bay when the 5,800-guinea foal purchase beat all bar Pangbourne in the Champion Bumper at Aintree in April 2006.

A month later and the subsequent Arkle Trophy winner was sold to Graham Wylie, giving the Charlton family a fifty-fold increase on its initial outlay.

And, in an era when loyalty has become something of a forgotten virtue in British society, particularly in sporting circles, Charlton deserves nothing but praise for sticking with another Czech national, Jan Faltejsek, aboard his crack young chaser Knockara Beau, when some so-called experts were insisting upon a change.

“I used a top jockey on the horse once and he pulled him up,” Charlton mused. “Jan is a great lad and it’s not his fault if the horse hits the odd fence, he’s just a novice chaser. I’d rather have my own jockey who is very hungry for winners.”

Charlton’s Czech connections have also brought unexpected returns on a couple of four-legged émigrés, as the initial two horses he brought over from the former communist state ended up fetching six-figure sums in British sales rings.

The first was Kaskader, whom Charlton came across on a visit to Pardubice’s world famous cross-country chase, the Velka Pardubicka.

“I picked him out when I opted to go for a ride in the countryside with Jan and his dad, who bred Kaskader, rather than take part in a heavy drinking session,” explained Charlton.

After a 50-1 success in a Carlisle bumper in March 2008 on his British debut, Kaskader was sold to Noel Meade. Thirteen months later and Charlton produced another Czech-bred youngster, Apartman, to take some notable scalps in a novice hurdle at the Scottish Grand National meeting.

Sold to Paul Nicholls, Apartman has run just once since, but Charlton remains convinced that he is a horse with a big future.

He is less convinced that he will return to Central Europe for more purchases, saying: “The Czech racing community is a small world and word gets around pretty quickly now when they know that someone is interested in one of their horses, and the price gets jacked up.

“But if the opportunity comes up I will buy from anywhere,” added Charlton, his entrepreneurial instincts shining through. “I will just have to find another country – maybe France.”

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Criquette in from the cold

A slow start to the season has been made easier to bear by Special Duty

The fall-out following the French domination of the Guineas meeting tended to concentrate on Makfi’s purchase price, Special Duty’s rightful promotion at the expense of a representative of Newmarket’s darling, Henry Cecil, and the ridiculous effect of the Newmarket draw.

But there were a number of other fascinating

subplots. For instance, on April 8 the British and Irish racing industries had their spotlights focused on Liverpool for the first day of the Grand National meeting and the reappearance of the Gold Cup hero Imperial Commander.

The two Group 3 Flat races taking place across the Channel received scant attention and were witnessed by Maisons-Laffitte’s usual sparse attendance.

However, those hardy Parisian turfistes were privileged to see the winners of both English Guineas and, of course, the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, not to mention Evading Tempete, who took the Italian fillies’ equivalent in convincing style on her next start, and Byword, who followed up his win in the card’s other stakes race, the Listed Prix Jacques Laffitte, with victory in the Group 2 Prix du Muguet four weeks later.

Another fact that never surfaced in the days leading up to Newmarket’s two spring features was the dreadful seasonal statistics of Special Duty’s trainer, Criquette Head-Maarek.

When the favourite was led behind the stalls on the Rowley Mile, her 2010 record was a miserable one winner from 35 runners.

Yet the subsequent triumph of Special Duty in the French 1,000 Guineas after, incredibly, another disqualification proved that success cannot always be measured by numbers alone.

Altieri was third in the Eclipse

Classic double boosts Caruso

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Arc target for Bary’s import Not content with landing the world’s richest race of 2010 with the Brazilian-bred Gloria de Campeao, Chantilly trainer Pascal Bary is now on a mission to win Europe’s most valuable event, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, with another South American import.

The horse in question is Interaction, already winner of the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini, the biggest race run in his native Argentina.

A four-year-old son of the Storm Cat stallion Easing Along, Interaction is owned in partnership by the Mexican Jose Cerrillo and Fernando Fantini, from Chile. And when he lifted the Pellegrini at San Isidro in Buenos Aires in December, he was partnered by the Peruvian Edwin Talavero.

With his record standing at five wins, including three Group 1s, from nine starts, he has since spent some months in Florida before arriving chez Bary on May 2.

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his new trainer revealed. “He’s come over with the Arc in mind and he’s entered for that.”

Recent history does not enhance his prospects. Much Better was runner-up in the Pellegrini in 1993 before finishing 14th to Carnegie in the 1994 Arc, though he did gain compensation when going one better in the Pellegrini two months later.

And El Sembrador, winner of the Grande Premio Brasil in August 1995, beat just one home in Lammtarra’s Arc two months later.

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Vittorio Caruso, who has held a training licence for almost 40 years, is showing no signs of slowing down despite a recent health scare.

The 67-year-old Milan-based handler underwent heart bypass surgery in February to free seven blocked arteries. But he was soon back on his feet and his horses have enjoyed a fabulous start to the season.

Best known in Britain for saddling both Misil and Altieri to be placed in the CoralEclipse (the former losing out by a short head to Opera House in 1993), Caruso has unearthed a worthy successor to that duo in the shape of the Dubawi colt Worthadd.

A once-raced maiden at the turn of the year, he won his next four starts, culminating in a Classic double in Italy’s equivalent of the 2,000 Guineas, the Premio Parioli, and the Derby Italiano.

Worthadd’s one-length win in the Premio Parioli was the middle leg of a Caruso treble in consecutive races at the Capannelle in Rome. Abaton had earlier landed the Listed Premio Natale di Roma, while Alta Fedelta was to take the Group 3 Premio Carlo Chiesa.

Given that one of last year’s standard bearers, the dual Group winner Voila Ici, had made a successful reappearance just a week earlier (subsequently second in the Premio Presidente della Repubblica), everything in the Caruso garden was rosy.

However, the trainer’s other star of 2009, Selmis, trailed home a distant last in the Premio Signorino. The quarter crack problem that had been plaguing the six-year-old in his 11-and-a-half-month absence since the 2009 Premio Presidente della Repubblica has resurfaced and his racing career could now be over.

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GOING GLOBAL

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By MICHELE MACDONALD

It’s that man again: Calvin Borel salutes the crowd as Todd Pletcher (centre) celebrates joining the Derby roll of honour

The king of Churchill Downs Calvin Borel, who has ridden three of the last four Kentucky Derby winners, delivered a first victory for owner/breeder WinStar Farm and trainer Todd Pletcher on Super Saver

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A burly bay son of the late Maria’s Mon, Super Saver entered the Classic with only a single career stakes win. He was just one of four Derby contenders for WinStar as Derby

week dawned, but by post time WinStar wound up with two starters, while Pletcher sent out four, having to withdraw the colt he predicted could win the Triple Crown, Zayat

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inutes before the Kentucky Derby post parade, dark clouds scudding just above the twin spires at Churchill Downs parted and the sun illuminated a racetrack glistening with standing water.

With this sign that something remarkable was about to happen on an otherwise raindrenched day, jockey Calvin Borel did what no man had ever done in history. Riding WinStar Farm’s homebred Super Saver, Borel skimmed the inside rail in his trademark style, guiding the colt to the wire with ease to capture his third Derby trophy in four years.

At the same time, Borel delivered victory in America’s most coveted race for the first time to WinStar, the Kentucky nursery and stallion station that has grown in the ten years since its founding by Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt to rank as North America’s leading owner by earnings for 2009.

The win was also the first for trainer Todd Pletcher, a four-time Eclipse Award winner who had failed to score with 24 previous Derby runners, although he had come close with WinStar’s Bluegrass Cat, the runner-up in 2006.

“It never gets old, sweetie,” quipped the 43-year-old Borel, after Super Saver’s victory.

“This is what I was born to do.”

Borel checks for closers after a trademark rail-hugging ride in the Kentucky Derby

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“It never gets old,

sweetie; this is what I was born to do” One of America’s busiest and most successful trainers, Pletcher has eight American champions to his credit and six fulltime assistants helping with a massive number of horses.

He said: “I’m trying to take my wins and losses in the same way, so, like I’ve said before, I’m no better trainer today than I was yesterday…and I won’t be any better tomorrow. We’ll try to keep doing everything the way we have always done it.”

WinStar – which has campaigned horses in Britain, including 2009 Dubai World Cup winner Well Armed – chose Pletcher based on his work ethic, according to racing manager Elliott Walden. Farm officials including President Doug Cauthen, Steve Cauthen’s younger brother, said the victory was a dream come true as a team effort from all the staff.

“If there’s one thing that’s maybe the hallmark of our programme it’s that we have people that truly love their horses,” said Casner, ex-Chairman of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.

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Neo Universe set to be one of Sunday’s best When Victoire Pisa strode swiftly away from the rest of the field in the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2,000 Guineas) at Nakayama on April 18, he flashed the promise of what could be – both in terms of his own racing ability and for the future of his sire, the phenomenal Neo Universe.

Undefeated in five starts since finishing second on his debut last October to eventual juvenile champion Rose Kingdom, Victoire Pisa has sent shivers of excitement through Japanese racing. His primary jockey, Yutaka Take, proclaimed that the colt is good enough to win the Triple Crown.

“We have great expectations for this horse,” said trainer Katsuhiko Sumii, who also conditioned the recently retired global female earnings leader Vodka.

As Take lay hospitalised with injuries suffered in a fall, Yasunari Iwata rode Victoire Pisa to the Classic victory for owner Yoshimi Ichikawa. Keeping the colt toward the inside on a wet course officially rated good, Iwata threaded from near the rear of the 18-horse field to win the event by a length and a half.

“It was a privilege to be on a horse of his class,” Iwata said. “I think he’ll only get better from here.”

Bred by Teruya Yoshida’s Shadai Farm from the European Group-winning Machiavellian mare Whitewater Affair, Victoire Pisa was to race next in the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) on May 30, seeking the fourth win in the last five Japanese Classics open to colts and fillies on behalf of Neo Universe, a ten-year-old son of Sunday Silence whose first crop is now four.

Although it would be difficult to assess Neo Universe’s accomplishment of siring

Oaks between winner Blind Luck and Evening Jewel, wagering and attendance were up for the weekend, even though American racing is still plagued by overall declines.

The Oaks day attendance of 116,046 marked a record and 155,804 turned out despite severe weather warnings for the Derby. Wagering from all sources for both days reached $198.7 million (£131.1m).

Super Saver started favourite to take the

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Stables’ Eskendereya, due to a swollen leg.

The son of Giant’s Causeway has now been retired to stud.

But Super Saver – who is out of a full-sister to the dam of Bluegrass Cat – was all any of them needed, along with Borel, who learned to ride in his native Louisiana before he could read or write.

“I was just taught that it’s the shortest way around and I love to ride the fence,” the jockey nicknamed “Bo-Rail” said of his propensity for staying inside, the same tactic he used to steer longshot Mine That Bird home from last in the 2009 Derby and Street Sense from next to last in 2007.

Pletcher said: “Calvin Borel is a great rider anywhere he goes, but for some reason, at Churchill Downs, he’s even five lengths better.”

The trainer, who will turn 43 in June, said: “The one thing I wanted to do was win (the Derby) while my parents were still here.” Both his father, trainer JJ Pletcher, with whom he began working at age seven, and mother, Jerrie, were at Churchill to celebrate.

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three colts’ Classic winners from his first four opportunities on a global scale, perhaps it is significant enough to note that he has precisely equalled the performance of his legendary sire at the same period in his stud career.

Neo Universe’s son Unrivaled, out of the Sadler’s Wells mare Ballet Queen, won last year’s Satsuki Sho, while another son, Logi Universe, out of the Cape Cross mare Acoustics, won the Tokyo Yushun and was declared 2009 champion threeyear-old male.

second leg of the American Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes, at Pimlico on May 15.

However, Borel’s mount could finish only a disappointing eighth of 12 behind Lookin At Lucky, who had run sixth in the Kentucky Derby. For trainer Bob Baffert it was a fifth win in the Preakness Stakes, while 25-yearold jockey Martin Garcia was recording his first US Classic success on his debut Triple Crown ride.

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TALKING TO...

AMY STARKEY

Park LIFE Kempton’s Managing Director Amy Starkey adores her job and, at 29, has plenty of time to fulfil her ambitious plans Words Tim Richards • Photos George Selwyn

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ou took over as Managing Director of Kempton in August 2008, aged 27. Did you have any hesitations about taking on the job?

Not at all. I was working for Jockey Club Racecourses at Huntingdon, where I cut my teeth as a racecourse manager. Kempton Park offered me a splendid chance to step up the ladder within our group.

As you approach your second anniversary, what do you think have been your biggest achievements?

The delivery of a long-term and valuable sponsorship deal with William Hill for the two-day Winter Festival over the Boxing Day holiday has been very important. Also, our overall profit at Kempton last year increased significantly, which is not only excellent news for Europe’s premier floodlit track but also for racing as a whole, because Jockey Club Racecourses re-invest the company’s profits in the sport.

Following your BHB Graduate Scheme placement with the Racecourse Association, you worked at Sedgefield, Newcastle and Huntingdon. What valuable lessons did you learn at those tracks?

The nature of racecourses like Sedgefield and Huntingdon means that you are working in a small team and learn the business from top to bottom, which is a fantastic experience.

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has also proved very advantageous now I am running a major course.

Tell us about your early experiences of racing...

My interest began during my schooldays, when I used to bunk off from school to go to York races with my friends. We’d skip lessons and sneak into the racecourse for free. My father worked for a bookmaker and, as a teenager, I worked in a betting shop.

University diverted me, but I was soon back working for an online betting business.

You travelled as far as Russia for your training as a gymnast, but broke your elbow as a ten-year-old. How far would you have gone in gymnastics?

Of course I had dreams but I was never going to be the next Olga Korbut or Nadia Comaneci. I could have carried on, but I’d missed my chance.

As Managing Director you need to know about every aspect of the business, whether it is finances, fixtures, marketing, etc. Is there one area you find particularly challenging?

Kempton Park operates as a business on a 400-acre site. That brings with it a very significant health and safety obligation, which is a challenge and a priority for us. Thankfully I have a superb team around me and we work very well together.

At Huntingdon, you didn’t waste any time improving the stable staff hostel. Are stable staff looked after well at Kempton?

I actually choose to stay in our stable staff hostel when we have night and afternoon meetings on consecutive days. The facilities are far superior to those of any budget hotels in the area.

Your attempts to attract new racegoers have mirrored Racing For Change’s efforts. What did you learn from Kempton’s first experience of free admission in April?

We are very supportive of the work being done by RFC and will continue to play a big part in that. However, I am not a supporter of free admission across the board; I think it would devalue the sport and you’d see crowd figures diminishing over time. I would use it again for launching a special one-off event. Having said that, our attendance on the night was 2,800, as against the normal 1,000.

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The experiment of the London Philharmonic Orchestra playing live to accompany a race yielded plenty of positive reaction, despite Ryan Moore declaring the initiative “f***ing stupid”.

Will you be doing this again?

The race run to music was very successful. It brought a new audience on the night and put horseracing on the news pages of the national press, with positive coverage for Kempton Park. The initiative won a national marketing award. We have no plans to repeat the exact same initiative as it was a world first to capture the imagination. There will be more ground-breaking ideas. The ‘People’s Cup’ (one-furlong running race) staged during April’s free racing day was so popular that we are going to make it an annual event, similar to the Mascot Grand National at Huntingdon.

What has been your most special moment since starting at Kempton?

Undoubtedly Kauto Star winning his fourth consecutive William Hill King George V1 Chase last Christmas. I’ll never forget it.

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How disappointed were you when the Kentucky Derby Challenge (which guaranteed the winner a run in the US Classic) was suspended this year?

After the 2009 Kentucky Derby Challenge Stakes drew such a good evening crowd and created such a buzz we would love to have repeated the success. But we fully understand the financial constraints experienced by some parts of the US racing industry. However, we will continue to seek out opportunities to internationalise the sport.

What plans have you for the future at Kempton?

Following the construction of a brand new entrance we are planning other enhancements to make the course even more inviting. We are about to launch an initiative whereby ROA members can have a hospitality box and complimentary badges for up to 20 people for £120 and plan to give free refreshments for owners and trainers. We are currently carrying out market research among owners with further offers in mind. >>

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TALKING TO...

Kempton’s Panoramic Restaurant offers great value for money, says Starkey

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You have had a private lunch with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in recognition of your ‘Achiever of the Year’ award. What did you win it for?

About 100 people were chosen by Buckingham Palace as ‘Achievers of the Year’ and invited for an evening reception. It was wonderful chatting to the Queen. A month later I received an invitation to attend a private lunch at Buckingham Palace. I sat next to Prince Philip and enjoyed the occasion very much. He has a wonderful sense of humour.

Did you enjoy talking to the Queen?

I was still managing Huntingdon when I first visited Buckingham Palace. The Queen doesn’t have many runners there, but one she did have ran out! I mentioned the horse and she told me all about it. She has an immense knowledge of her horses. On the day of the lunch she had a runner and she told me all about that as well.

Was your decision to hire James McQuillan, a former contestant on The Apprentice, a publicity stunt?

It received plenty of publicity, but, in fact, James is a bubbly and talented racing presenter on Kempton Park TV. He mixes well with the racegoers, moving round our enclosures and also our hospitality boxes and the Panoramic Restaurant.

Buying food on the racecourse can often be an expensive business, especially for families. Does Kempton’s Panoramic Restaurant and its other catering option represent value for money?

The cheapest meal option in the Panoramic Restaurant is £37, which includes VAT and admission to the course. Our research shows that is one of the best value-formoney offers, not only in horseracing, but in other sports as well.

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Have you ever found your age or gender an issue when dealing with established owners, trainers and jockeys?

No. Age and gender have never been issues in my job. I have received lots of help from many people.

How easy is it to balance a hectic work schedule with your life away from the racecourse? Would it be fair to say, even when you have time off, you are never really off duty?

I adore what I do. And, yes, the mobile phone is always with me, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Working in the horseracing industry is a great life.

What do your friends think of what you do? Have you converted any of them into racing fans?

I’m glad to say all my friends are racing fans.

Most of them think my job is pretty ‘cool’.

How would you cope with running a course such as Royal Ascot?

I used to work for Charles Barnett when I went to help out at Aintree. I have huge respect for the work Charles did at Aintree and is now doing at Royal Ascot. He holds a level of expertise I would love to emulate one day.

Who is your role model and racing hero?

Edward Gillespie and Charles Barnett are my role models for all they have achieved at Cheltenham, Ascot and Aintree. Kauto Star is my hero.

Where do you see yourself in five years’ time?

I am focused on the strong five-year plan we have at Kempton. I’m only 29, so five years seems a long time ahead!

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Can you describe yourself in four words?

Humorous, determined, approachable, accommodating Who would be your four ideal dinner party guests?

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh (I owe them an invitation!), and Ant and Dec who are getting to know their racing at Kempton How do you spend your free time?

Relaxing with my partner, Mark Where is your favourite destination on a day off?

Waitrose What is your weakness?

I’m quite sensitive

FAVOURITES Sport Racing, football and darts Holiday Mexico Music Everything from the Beatles to Lady Gaga Drink Red wine Film Black Beauty

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DIVIDER Jamie Spencer’s riding, which won him the coveted Ballydoyle job and a British title, can delight or frustrate, while life on or off a horse is never dull for the still boyish-faced star Words Alan Lee • Photos George Selwyn

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ife is never dull with Jamie Spencer around. Within a community of Flat jockeys who tend towards the insular, if not the robotic, Spencer brings a dash of drama and intrigue. His riding is compelling and controversial, his emotions transparent.

Inevitably, it sometimes ends in tears.

No jockey divides opinion quite like Spencer. Some are bewitched by his daring and poise, his ability to extricate a horse from the equivalent of gridlock on Trafalgar Square, but just as many rage against what they perceive as needless risk-taking. His personality is seen either as refreshing and engaging or arrogant and provocative. There is no middle ground.

If there is a touch of Hollywood to Spencer, then it sat well with the ‘celebrity’ marriage to Emma Ramsden, the new female face of Channel 4 Racing. Gossip columnists labelled them the ‘Posh and Becks’ of racing. Three children followed. But now this, too, has ended in tears.

It is a thoughtful, vulnerable Spencer who sits down to do this interview. The biggest days of the Flat summer are looming, at Epsom and Ascot. Between meetings, he will mark his 30th birthday, startling seniority for one who seems eternally baby-faced.

Celebration, though, will be muted by personal circumstance.

There can be few worse places in England for a marriage to collapse than Newmarket.

Even at the best of times, it is a town that feeds on rumour. Since the Spencers split, last November, the pot has been stirred with salacious relish. “It has been a difficult seven or eight months,” Spencer begins. “It’s the

That the relentless business of race-riding means so very much to Spencer surprises some. He is, after all, a wealthy man, his family owning large tracts of the County Tipperary countryside. He could lead a rich and idle life if he chose, yet he seems genuinely surprised that anyone should question his motivation.

“Everyone has to work, what else do you do?” he says. “And I really don’t consider this work. I love the lifestyle.”

There is a deeper incentive, though. He adds: “I have three children and I want to give them a good education. I left school at 14 and, if I had my time again, I wouldn’t have done that.

“I’m sure there would always be people far brighter than me and it may have made no difference to my life having an education. But I’d still like to have had it. I see Jim Bolger now runs evening classes for his apprentices and I think that’s a massive feather in his cap. There’s nothing like knowledge.”

The odd thing is that, unlike most of his breed, Spencer did not grow up consumed by the thought of leaving school and riding horses. Indeed, despite his father, George, counting the 1963 Champion Hurdle among his training achievements, Jamie took little interest.

“It has been a difficult seven or

eight months. It’s the way life goes, sometimes, but it’s not easy”

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way life goes, sometimes, but it’s not easy. Put it this way, I wouldn’t want to go through that time again.

“Going to the races helps. The worst thing would be having to go to an office and do a boring job – it would really get on top of me then. The enjoyment I get from riding horses, winning races, has been a big release.”

His voice falters now, for this is not a man who hides his feelings easily. It has always been that way; it is why he acquired a reputation for being combustible in the weighing-room. His character mirrors his riding.

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“Dad never pushed me into racing,” he says. “He let me find my feet. I was ten before I decided I wanted to have a go on a pony. He was a grey and I called him Dessie, after Desert Orchid. Within three months, it was all I wanted to do.

“At 12, I started dieting and went running every evening to get properly fit. Edward O’Grady was our next-door neighbour and he let me ride there.”

At his boarding school in Cashel, his classmates and friends were Fozzy Stack, son of the trainer Tommy, and Tom Magnier.

“There were only four of us in the class and we three all went into the same profession,” says Spencer. “I was allowed home only every second weekend and I’d be at Edward’s on the Saturdays, then on Sunday I’d go point-topointing with Philip Fenton. He taught me as much about riding as anyone and he’d always take me back to school after the races. I’d got bitten by it and my mother hardly saw me.”

Spencer was only 12 when his father died.

“It was May 15, 1993,” he recites automatically. “Probably because I was so young, I didn’t understand so much. It might be tougher if it had happened now. But you have to grow up a bit quicker.”

There will be Freudian theories about whether Spencer hurled himself into racing through his bereavement, and whether his sometimes brittle nature can be attributed to it. Just don’t expect him to concur.

When he came to England in his late teens, having already tasted Classic success with Tarascon in the Irish 1,000 Guineas, he saw it as a means to an end. “I couldn’t wait to do my career and get home again, but everything changes,” he says. “I’ll never go back to live in Ireland now. I like England too much, and my life is here.”

“If I’m on a good

horse I’d rather win by a length than five” Sometimes, he admits, he has raged, not against the life but against those who dislike the way he conducts it. Chatrooms and betting forums have enfranchised jockeybashers around the land and it has often been Spencer getting it in the neck.

“I don’t get so peeved about it any more,” he says. “I try not to read too much into it. I think reputations have cost me, in the past – a lot of owners have Paddy the punter in the background, niggling away about this and that. Where there is money concerned, there’s always going to be people airing grievances.”

He accepts that his riding has strayed into self-indulgence but insists there is sound

thinking behind it. “When I’m on good form, feeling confident, I might look to be showboating,” he says. “But if I’m on a good horse, I’d rather win by a length, and keep something for the next day, than push him out to win four or five. Horses are like oranges – there’s only so much juice you can squeeze out of them.”

I ask if he feels he has mellowed. He is not convinced. “I still over-analyse things. I leave no stone unturned after a race, I read so much into everything that might have gone wrong.

I probably get too down on myself.

“You can tell if I’m down in the dumps, just as you can with Frankie [Dettori]. But when Tom Queally got thrown out (demoted in the stewards’ room) in the Guineas the other day, he seemed quite relaxed about it. If you could open him up, I’m sure you’d see he was cheesed off, but he didn’t show it. I can’t be like that. I wear my heart on my sleeve.”

Despite this, or maybe because of it, Spencer and Queally are the best of friends, and have been for years. Amongst their peers, they are known as the pranksters of the weighing-room. Mention them to Ryan Moore and he will shake his head in mock despair.

Spencer wears the look of a naughty schoolboy as he says: “It’s hard to unnerve Ryan about his riding but just mention Arsenal and he’s putty in your hands. Every time they get beaten, I send him a text. He always bites.”

Spencer believes he won’t find a horse as good as Sariska – on whom he won the 2009 English and Irish Oaks – for a long time

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With son Charlie, one of Spencer’s three children from his marriage to Emma Ramsden; below aged 17 with Lester Piggott

It is the presence and stature of Moore that prevents Spencer from attempting to repeat his title-sharing exploits of 2007. “If Ryan wasn’t around, I’d give it a shot again but, while he is, there’s no point,” argues Spencer.

“There’s been a lot of talk this year, with Kieren [Fallon] and Frankie saying they have a chance, but unless Ryan gets injured I don’t think he can be beaten. He is in such a strong position, with a lot of Sir Michael Stoute’s owners having horses elsewhere.

“I’d be more than happy to finish second to him but I’m not chasing my tail to do it. My priority is to be fresh for the big days. Once, I remember going to Wolverhampton and riding in the last, the night before a Group race ride for William Haggas. I got beaten a length and William was cross. Quite rightly, he said it wasn’t the best preparation, driving home from Wolverhampton after 11 at night.”

Haggas is one of a clutch of Newmarket trainers to use Spencer, though his principal ties now are as first jockey to Michael Bell and retained rider for the expanding owners, Jim and Fitri Hay. “You’ve got to look at the big picture,” says Spencer. “Jim and Fitri are wealthy people and they want to have good horses in the best races – they’re striving for the same things as I am.

They’ve been in it only five or six years but they already have 50 horses in Britain. I like

their projections and I like them as people.”

Spencer savours the biggest days, as all showmen must. One of the ironies, though, is that big winners normally now involve a very public interview with his estranged wife.

Both parties have carried off their duties professionally, and Spencer says this extends to personal areas.

“Time is a great healer and hopefully it will get easier, but I get to see the children every day I can,” he says. “Emma’s really good with that and we remain good friends. That’s as important to me as my riding – and I think everybody knows how important riding is to me.”

In his low moments, consolation comes from Sariska. The dual Oaks winner of last year has returned to the track as a four-year-old and won with authority at York. Epsom is next, for the Coronation Cup, with Paris in October as the distant target.

“Horses like Sariska are what I dream about,” says Spencer. “I’m trying to appreciate her because they don’t come along very often. She’s going to be heading back to stud some time and that will be a sad day, because I’m probably not going to find one as good as her for a long time.”

Sariska never did meet Sea The Stars and Spencer has mixed feelings. “He was the best I’ve seen by a long, long way,” he says. “He

“If Ryan wasn’t

around I’d give the title another shot”

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could do it over any trip – he’d have won a July Cup if they’d wanted him to. I’m glad he is not around this year and, if we can get our ground in the Arc, we have exciting times ahead.”

Spencer has started the season well. Classic contenders and Ascot hopefuls are filling his thoughts.

“There’s something new every day and that’s what I love about this job,” he says.

“This season, things seem to be rolling along so fast. Everything is coming round quicker.

Maybe that’s a sign of getting older.”

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A Royal

RENAISSANCE Her Majesty The Queen’s racehorses are being primed for the ‘home meeting’ at Royal Ascot, while behind the scenes the Royal Studs are undergoing a period of regeneration Words Julian Muscat • Photos George Selwyn

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othing puts the ‘Royal’ into Ascot quite like a winner for the Queen.

Witness Free Agent’s victory in the Chesham Stakes two years ago, which prompted an unauthorised intrusion on the Royal Box that brought an outpouring of national joy.

Those televised pictures of the Queen celebrating her moment breached a strict protocol. The Royal Enclosure, never mind the Royal Box, is out of bounds to prying lenses, yet smiling images of a monarch so obviously in her element made the heart soar.

In that moment was the Queen’s racing passion illustrated in a way that could not be portrayed in a thousand words.

Hayley Turner became the first female to ride a winner for the Queen in April

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A homebred colt, Free Agent was the Queen’s 20th winner at Royal Ascot. He recorded the first such triumph since Blueprint landed the Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes in 1999.

Two years later, when John Warren succeeded his father-in-law, Lord Carnarvon, as the Queen’s bloodstock and racing advisor, the Royal Studs would embark on the challenging process of upgrading its stock.

That process is unfolding quietly and effectively. The Sandringham pastures are now grazed by a handful of young mares from diverse backgrounds. New blood has been introduced and the quality of covering sire is now the equal of any private breeding venture of comparable size.

Contemplating the broodmare band as a whole leaves the impression that the Royal Studs are on the verge of something highly significant. And it comes at a time when competition to breed high-class racing stock has never been stronger.

We are in an era when consistently successful ventures can dip beneath the radar for years at a time. Most of the privately-owned British studs have been swept away. Even Robert Sangster was forced to accept that it was beyond his financial means to challenge the middleeastern behemoths. Despite this, however, the Royal Studs have much to anticipate.

In addition to numerous stakes-performing mares of familiar royal lineage are half a dozen recent acquisitions to conjure with. Among them are Montjeu’s Group-winning daughter

Enticement, All Along’s Galileo granddaughter Lost In Wonder, Aquarelliste’s half-sister Aurore, Proskona’s daughter Bonnie Doon, and the Group-placed Montjeu mare Daralbayda from the Aga Khan Studs.

“At the moment there are 17 of what we call the better mares,” says Warren. “There are seven others that are soon to retire, or that are going to be worked out of the system. They might be producing winners but we are now stepping up the operation. We are using much better stallions and trying to upgrade the mares each year.”

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It is hoped that the Queen will have five runners at Royal Ascot; a winner in her colours is guaranteed a rapturous reception

Just as the tribe is under constant review, contemporary thinking governs the rearing of their progeny at Sandringham, in Norfolk, and Polhampton Lodge, the Berkshire nursery where weanlings graze annually for ten months between December and September. They then transfer back to Sandringham to embark on a pre-training routine introduced by Joe Grimwade, the Queen’s stud manager.

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“The impression is that the Royal Studs are on the verge of something highly significant”

eye on everything and we can decide whether to send a young horse into training or whether it would benefit from having more time here to mature.”

Another benefit of pre-training is that it helps to attract good staff – as does the presence of some decent stallions. Royal Applause remains a popular source of speed and the 2005 Derby winner, Motivator, is expected to resume covering duties next year after a tendon injury seriously curtailed his season. Horsemen now work with horses for most of the year

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instead of spending six months creosoting posts and rails.

“It works much better that way,” Grimwade avers. “We have also looked at numerous feeding programmes and refined the weaning process. Basically, we spend three years trying to get the horses as near as we can to fulfilling their genetic potential.”

Good stock reaps rewards At the time of writing, Sandringham has produced five horses of sufficient quality to represent the Queen at Royal Ascot. They represent a significant percentage of the annual foal crop, which makes an attractive statement about the Royal Studs. The benefits of upgrading take years to unfold but the hope is that the studs may soon be in a position to deliver equine gold.

“What one longs for is for the Queen to hit a mare which produces stakes winner after stakes winner,” says Warren. “That would lay the foundation. If you don’t have a ‘blue hen’ mare, you have got to try to make it happen.

That’s why we have diversified the bloodlines and are putting the mares to proven stallions.”

Mention of ‘blue hen’ mares recalls a controversial chapter in the history of the Royal Studs. They delivered one in 1979, when Height Of Fashion was foaled, yet the daughter of Bustino and Highclere, the latter a dual Classic winner for the Queen, bequeathed her legacy to Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum, who bought her privately at the end of her racing career in 1982.

With hindsight, it is easy to say that Height Of Fashion’s sale was a grave mistake.

The mare has since proved the bedrock of Sheikh Hamdan’s ongoing success as an owner/breeder, delivering him Nashwan, Unfuwain and Nayef, together with daughters whose collective influence will

With Free Agent after his Chesham victory, as John Warren greets Richard Hughes

The Queen with Sir Michael Oswald on Derby day, another favourite occasion

endure for many years yet.

Yet to do so is to ignore the mitigating circumstances, not least the way in which Sheikh Hamdan mated Height Of Fashion, which would have been completely beyond the Royal Studs. In the 1980s, when a

Highclere’s dam Highlight with her 1977 foal, Blaze Of Glory, and Lord Carnarvon

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nomination to Northern Dancer cost $1 million, Height Of Fashion visited him twice.

She was also bred to Mr Prospector three times, Danzig, Lyphard and Blushing Groom.

All were based in Kentucky; the least expensive was Lyphard, whose advertised fee at the time was $150,000.

It has been a similar story with Height Of Fashion’s daughters. No expense has been spared on mating Bashayer, Manwah, Sarayir and Wijdan. It is a strategy made possible only by an individual with Sheikh Hamdan’s wealth and situation. In other hands, the simple truth is that none among this regal clan would ever have been foaled.

Moreover, the Royal Studs did not stand idle as Height Of Fashion’s dynasty unfolded.

Highclere herself was sent to Kentucky, where matings with Nureyev and Nashwan’s sire, Blushing Groom, sadly resulted in a pair of colts. And of two fillies Highclere foaled when stationed in the Bluegrass, the better of them, Clear Attraction, died young. It was just not meant to be.

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Dunfermline beats the favourite Alleged to win the St Leger, the second of her two Classic victories in Silver Jubilee year

she couldn’t watch her foals developing. That is one of her great joys.”

Introducing new bloodlines The use of American stallions marked a period when fresh blood was introduced to the royal mares. It was not a conspicuous success, yet the decision was taken under prevailing constraints at the time. The Royal Studs do not necessarily have complete freedom to pursue all options that are available to any other owner/breeder.

The American venture thus saw a generation of royal mares contribute little to the studs; hence the decision nine years ago to bring in the range of new bloodlines. It has added a fresh dimension to the Queen’s enjoyment.

“The diversification of the lines now in the stud has added a tremendous new interest for her,” says Warren. “She is obviously following the related families and spots them as quick as lightning. It gives her a thrill when one of them wins.

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so well and why she knows so much about her families.”

That knowledge has borne fruit. Since she inherited the Royal Studs in 1952 the Queen has won four of Britain’s five Classics.

Highclere’s 1,000 Guineas victory in 1974 (she also won the Prix de Diane in that year) was augmented, in the Silver Jubilee year of 1977, by Dunfermline’s triumphs in the Oaks

“Watching her foals develop is one of her great joys”

and the St Leger. Pall Mall had set the Classic ball rolling in the 2,000 Guineas of 1958.

That came five years after the Queen’s best horse to date, Aureole, had run second to Pinza in the Derby, which remains the sole Classic to have eluded her. For this reason, there is widespread yearning in racing circles to make good that omission. Yet much though it would obviously delight her, the monarch is not as preoccupied by the Blue

Riband as her subjects.

“People often ask me why she hasn’t won the Derby,” Warren ventures, “but even the big owner/breeders do not have a runner every year. There are all sorts of other pleasures she takes from the sport. Every year she will go racing on seven or eight days.

What we are trying to achieve is to produce a winner for her on those occasions.

“She had four runners at Newbury in April,” Warren continues, “and while it was frustrating that two of them finished second, she had one winner that generated great excitement – both for her and the crowd.”

Hence the emphasis on assembling a strong team of runners for Royal Ascot.

The Queen has attended the Royal fixture every year since her inaugural visit, as Princess Elizabeth, in 1945. Her first success, when Choir Boy won the Royal Hunt Cup in 1953, preceded the same-day double of Aureole (Hardwicke Stakes) and Landau (Rous Memorial Stakes) in 1954, which closed with the Queen as champion owner in Britain.

There is no realistic prospect of her replicating that feat today. She has never attempted, and has no desire, to match the huge bloodstock empires that dominate as

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Height Of Fashion: an outstanding mare on the track and in the paddocks

is both comfortable and content with her nucleus of just over 20 mares and their progeny, some of which, by the laws of natural selection, will never make it to the races.

It is racing’s good fortune that her enthusiasm never wanes and that the Royal Studs are engaged in the process of reinvigorating their stock. Three yearling colts

by Galileo presently roam the paddocks; they alone emphasise royal ambition from strictly limited numbers.

Also at large in the royal paddocks is

Supereva, a talented racemare by Sadler’s Wells whose first foal, Royal Superlative, won last year at Chepstow for her breeders, the Prince Of Wales and the Duchess Of Cornwall. They have no intention of racing headlong into the breeding business, but they are enjoying their involvement.

Whatever the future holds, the Royal Studs are better placed than at any time in the last 30 years to enhance a long and successful association with the Turf. A winner for the Queen at Royal Ascot would simply be the icing on the cake.

Sharing the pleasures of the people

By Laura Thompson I have never been one to wave a flag at the Queen, nor to point my mobile in her direction when her gilded carriage glides down the course at Ascot, but the sight of her at the races has always given me an intricate thrill. Separate and protected though she is, she seems so close, somehow, in spirit.

I love to watch the eager intensity with which she quizzes a jockey as she presents his trophy, or the little jig of joy that she gives when one of her horses wins. In those moments she is any one of us, in thrall to the ineffable power of racing. And I remember a glimpse of her one year at Royal Ascot: she was poised at the entrance to the paddock, about to lead a stately procession into its centre. Then she suddenly moved aside to give way to one of the parading horses. To the watching crowd, the Queen was the central figure of the scene, but to the Queen the important figure was the horse.

That fleeting vignette does, in its way, tell the whole story about the association of royalty with racing. Even in the days when monarchs held infinitely greater power than the Queen now wields, the thoroughbred horse was always the creature to whom they must, in the end, defer. He held a mystique equal to their own and, despite their best efforts, he could not be commanded.

Subjects might bow and politicians might serve, but the thoroughbred would always do his own thing. How refreshing that must be, in a world full of obeisance!

Britain has traditionally taken pleasure in the fact that racing is, quite literally, the sport of kings. The three Derby wins of Edward VII (two of which came when he was Prince of Wales) were rapturously received; notwithstanding the lone voice in the Epsom crowd who, after Minoru’s victory in 1909, shouted: “Well, King, you’ve won the Derby – now go and dissolve this bloody Parliament.”

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“To the Queen the important figure was the horse”

Edward VII expressed to perfection the idea that a racehorse represented, to a supremely privileged person, the ultimate challenge and enigma. He would stand for minutes on end gazing at his beloved Persimmon, winner of the 1896 Derby, muttering to himself: “Isn’t he beautiful... isn’t he beautiful”. He even sent the horse Christmas cards, signed ‘Edward R.’ Meanwhile, his son George V, a quiet

Even rain can’t dampen the Queen’s enjoyment of racing at Royal Ascot

devotee of the sport, died in 1936 in a haze of contentment having learned that his horse, Witch Of The Air, had just won at Kempton. “I am very glad,” he said.

During the war years George VI, who was not an aficionado, nevertheless took the canny decision to partake in his subjects’ love of racing. With Big Game and the great Sun Chariot he won all the Classics bar the Derby in 1942, and the sight of him at Newmarket with his wife (later the Queen Mother) seemed to gather the country together in defiant symbolic victory. “To say that the crowds cheered is a poor description”, a commentator wrote of the reception accorded to Sun Chariot, when she completed the Triple Crown on the July Course. “The King and Queen were with their people, sharing their pleasures as they shared their perils...”

It was said, too, that the 16-year-old Princess Elizabeth did not wash her hands for a week after running them over Big Game’s coat. One of us, again.

Of course, the national importance of horseracing has receded throughout the long course of the Queen’s reign. Scarcely a person in the country would have been unaware of Aureole’s defeat at Epsom in 1953, the year of her coronation. Scarcely anyone outside racing circles would have known that Free Agent, last year, was for many months considered a serious Derby contender. Yet there would be no more popular winner of the race than the Queen and the sight of her colours carried to victory still enthuses a crowd more than anything else. Even those who know little of the sport seem to understand the rightfulness of her association with it.

Her presence at race meetings unifies two great traditions, two mysterious institutions: both essentially undiminished in the face of the changed world around them.

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THE BIG INTERVIEW ALAN MORCOMBE

Horsemen GET WISE Alan Morcombe has a reputation for being a tough-talking negotiator, but can the man who helped launch TurfTV get the racecourses and bookmakers on side in his new role?

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s the first Chief Executive of the Horsemen’s Group, the body which represents British racing’s owners, breeders, trainers, jockeys and stable staff, Alan Morcombe is tasked with ensuring they receive the best possible financial return for their product. Having helped set up and establish TurfTV in betting shops, his knowledge of the bookmaking industry and the racecourses will be vital to the horsemen.

What were you doing before you took on this job?

For the last 15 years I have been Chief Executive of Alphameric plc, which has a full listing on the London Stock Exchange. During that time Alphameric became the largest provider of technology to licensed betting offices in the UK and Ireland. My business interests were always around bookmakers so I was never far away from the racing industry.

In 2006 I set up TurfTV, which was a joint venture between Alphameric and 31 of the most prestigious racecourses in the UK. By the end of 2009 that channel was broadcasting to over 10,000 betting shops and has become a fantastic contributor to racing income. The basic difference between TurfTV and the other digital racing channels is that TurfTV is only licensed to go into betting shops, while At The Races and Racing UK go direct into the home.

Alphameric also used to provide technology to Costa coffee shops and small restaurants.

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My very first job was a bank clerk with the National Provincial Bank, which I left to join an American company which was beginning to bring in computer systems to the banks.

What does the new job involve?

Looking at the day-to-day business of horseracing, specifically focused on the value that’s attributed to the Horsemen’s Group.

Racing attracts income from a variety of places and some of that income ends up contributing to the owners’ costs; some of it becomes a part of income for breeders, trainers, jockeys and stable staff. Lots of people say it’s too little.

How does your own skill-set suit the requirements?

I have come into the Horsemen’s Group to look after the business. I have been involved for many years increasing shareholder value and the Horsemen’s Group are my shareholders now. Clearly, they are contributing in a major way to the funding of racing; in the case of owners paying real money and they want the best return possible. I believe my business experience qualifies me very well for the role.

I’ll be judged on the results I deliver.

horsemen up the financial food chain”

What gains will the Horsemen’s Group make if you are successful in achieving your ambitions?

Horsemen are pivotal in the future of racing, not only in the financial aspect but also having more influence in the running of the sport. We have to move to a position where they play an essential role. To be successful, I must increase the speed at which that change is made.

My job is to look at whether that’s the case, and, if so, how best to increase the amount they receive for putting on the racing experience. The horsemen are the key part and sometimes that’s forgotten. Without them, you don’t have any racing. Ultimately, my job is to get them up the financial food chain and ensure that they are provided with an appropriate slice of racing’s cake.

Has the Horsemen’s Group got any muscle in its dealings with racecourses and bookmakers?

I don’t like the word muscle, because it implies one party can force another to do something it doesn’t really want to do. That doesn’t lead to an amicable way forward. To my mind, racecourses understand that the horsemen are absolutely essential for their income and their business, and that the

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whole show would quickly grind to a halt without them. Bearing that in mind, I believe that the horsemen will gain ground with their input into the way racing is run and how the finances are managed, especially now that they have put in place a dedicated management.

The horsemen have their day jobs and are working incredibly hard looking after their prime roles. Now I can spend my time exclusively moving forward their ideas and influences.

With regard to the bookmakers, you have to recognise they pay for racing through the levy and some of them think it is an outdated and unfair mechanism. I’d like to see the horsemen more involved and working more closely with the bookmakers with the overall goal of improving the racing product for the bookmakers. Bookmakers are ultimately racing’s key customer because they are paying for racing through the levy. The more successful they are, the more the levy will produce.

I think we all agree that the levy is outdated; if it is to continue it has to be revisited, or, alternatively, replaced by something else. If you can help the bookmakers’ turnover grow it will underpin racing as a ‘must have’ product for their business. If most of their revenue comes from racing they are not going to move away from it. If most of their revenue comes from other betting mediums, then racing becomes a secondary product.

in all walks of life who have spent their entire careers playing politics and achieving very little. It is all about understanding how the business works and, in my case, this means operating in a way that’s good for the horsemen. Paul Dixon, who is President of the ROA and Chairman of the Horsemen’s Group, is involved with levy negotiations so I shall be focusing on how we generate more revenue inside the parameters we have. If those parameters change then we can move on.

It is pretty clear to everyone in racing that the levy yield is too low and is declining.

You have to be concerned about any business that relies on a third party and racing relies on the bookmakers to finance its future. It’s a risk because you are not in control of your own destiny. If, for any reason, the bookmakers’ business starts to suffer, by implication, so can racing’s.

Personally, I think there will be a change in the way racing is financed because what we have now is not working very well. If the levy carries on declining it could all get very serious very quickly; the estimates are that the levy might be down as much as £20 million next year.

As someone who has worked outside of this industry, what are your impressions of the politics and finances of British racing?

I’ll work hard to stay outside the politics. I’ll have a view, but I have come across people

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Do you have any ‘feel’ for racing as a sport or is it all facts, figures and balance sheets to you?

I enjoy the big events. If you see horses like Denman, Kauto Star and Sea The Stars it is impossible not to be impressed by what they do; these creatures are amazingly powerful and graceful. My wife and I have just become involved in syndicates with a couple of two-year-olds in training with Jeremy Glover.

What first attracted you to the sport? And which racecourse would you choose for a day out?

I touched the edges through business when I enjoyed visits to some of our beautiful racecourses; that in itself is an experience.

Take Goodwood or even Windsor on a

summer evening, they are different but very special places. I also like going to Doncaster, York and Epsom, but my favourite is Goodwood during the festival.

You are reputed to be a tough negotiator. Does it worry you that you are likely to be ruffling a lot of feathers in this largely very conservative industry?

I don’t consider myself to be a tough negotiator, but I do think you need to be fair.

I don’t like seeing one side pushing the other so far that it hurts. Good negotiating for me means that you end up in a place where both sides take some sort of comfort from the result. That said, if I feel someone is being unreasonable in negotiations then I won’t give in. You have to stand your ground.

There are lots of tough negotiators involved with the racecourses and bookmaking.

The levy is a tried and tested system of funding racing, but its yield seems to be in terminal decline. Do you think income from racecourse picture rights will make up the difference? If so, how can the Horsemen’s Group ensure that a reasonable proportion of this income comes to them?

I am not yet convinced that the levy is in terminal decline, although you have to acknowledge it is in decline at the moment.

But if racing and the bookmakers got together with a real sense of purpose that decline could be reversed.

The levy can work in certain circumstances, but at the moment it is not.

Both sides need to recognise the sensitivities of the other. The bottom line is: unless racing delivers a product that makes more money for bookmakers, the levy, as a funding mechanism, is not going to work for racing. When bookmakers go offshore to avoid taxation the impact is on racing. They gain, racing suffers. If the levy system survives it needs a major overhaul. Of course, if the levy is low the government can always intervene and make bookmakers pay more.

Picture rights income may well be higher than levy yield in the not too distant future, but picture rights can only go to a certain level before they become too expensive and then

“If I feel someone is

being unreasonable then I won’t give in” bookmakers will cease to take them. Then you will have picture rights and the levy declining.

They are inter-linked, you cannot have one without the other. Whichever mechanism is funding racing, it is imperative that the horsemen are recompensed adequately because they put on the show.

A lot of trainers in particular are against 48hour declarations, but we are told they are essential to maximise the sale of British racing overseas. How are you going to square this?

When 48-hour declarations were introduced about three years ago the horsemen entered into an agreement with the television providers ATR and RUK, as well as some racecourses, and these agreements were going to deliver income to the horsemen to offset the additional costs and inconvenience of the 48-hour process.

The initial agreement is due for replacement this year. If enough revenue is being

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“I enjoy the big events; Glorious Goodwood is my favourite,” says Morcombe, who has recently entered into two syndicates

generated from abroad then the horsemen will go ahead with a new deal.

Can you provide any insights from your experience of dealing with the major bookmakers?

Bookmakers are smart, tough and understand bookmaking intimately. Once you reach an accord with them they are very supportive and good business partners. That was my experience with them in my Alphameric life.

What would you say to those bookmakers who complain that the introduction of competition in the shape of TurfTV in betting shops has been a turn-off for their customers and therefore bad for racing?

It has increased the value of picture rights, which has been great for racing. Of course, it has cost the bookmakers more money, but you can argue that they were paying less than the market rates for picture rights. TurfTV established that market rate. All TurfTV does is deliver the picture, but how the bookmaker serves his customer varies from shop to shop.

Some will do it well and some badly.

Do you ever frequent betting shops or have a bet?

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shop, BET, in Dorking. From that we learnt how betting shops work. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the last winner I backed!

Why did you leave TurfTV? Job done, really. I had been at Alphameric for 15 years; TurfTV started in 2006 and then I started to recruit my replacements in the new management team. After that, there didn’t seem to be much point in hanging around, so I left.

What is your impression of Racing For Change?

They have to watch the cost base. A lot of money could be spent on RFC without much of a return. Racing must be careful that it protects what it does well – and it does an awful lot well. Trying to attract more people is not an easy task and we’ll have to see how successful RFC is at growing racing’s base.

How would you go about making racing more popular and reaching a wider audience?

Ensure that younger people are exposed to horseracing. If you don’t catch them young, they are not inclined to retain an interest later in life. Why not encourage grandparents to take the grandchildren racing and let them all in for free?

The new government will decide on whether to proceed with the sale of the Tote. Should acquisition of the Tote be one of racing’s key goals?

Yes, but only the pool betting side of the business. I don’t think racing should get involved in the Tote betting shops, that’s best left to the bookmakers. Racing would need to secure a very long exclusive licence to pool betting, otherwise it might find competitors coming into the marketplace and stealing their lunch.

Would British racing be better off with one dedicated digital TV channel?

As far as At The Races and Racing UK are concerned, I think it would. But I believe it is too late for that now.

What would you say to those who believe we are fast approaching the time when racing is covered only on digital channels, except for the big events such as the Grand National and Derby?

We have to have racing on terrestrial television.

How to keep it there and how it is paid for is the big issue. Terrestrial TV is where the exposure is and that’s where non-committed racegoers will come from.

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CARL O’CALLAGHAN

An epic

JOURNEY Carl O’Callaghan’s route to Royal Ascot, via a hamlet in County Clare, the mean streets of New York and the Meydan winner’s enclosure, is a story of hope triumphing over adversity Words Michele MacDonald

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efore Carl O’Callaghan dons a top hat and tails amid the pomp of Royal Ascot and tightens the girth around Kinsale King for the Golden Jubilee Stakes, he will probably recall the days when he owned only two pairs of jeans and a shirt.

In the span of his lifetime, it was not so long ago. Adrift and alone as an Irish teenager who had been working long hours on a thoroughbred farm in America, O’Callaghan strayed on to the streets of New York City and was homeless, struggling to survive.

His story is a modern epic. Not only did he lift himself out of his temporary depression and find his way back to employment in racing, but his skills astride a horse landed him jobs with some of America’s top trainers, including four-time Eclipse Award winner Todd Pletcher. >>

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Ken McPeek (right, next to actress Charlize Theron) is preparing a Royal Ascot raid

Yet they apparently won’t be the only American-based competitors at Royal Ascot.

Still flush from his unprecedented victories last year in the Queen Mary and Windsor Castle Stakes, followed by a rousing second in the Golden Jubilee, Wesley Ward plans another raid this June with more promising young horsepower.

Today, the 34-year-old trainer from the County Clare hamlet of Newmarket-on-Fergus is aiming to conquer the world. Following Kinsale King’s courageous victory in the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen at Meydan, O’Callaghan hopes the gelding will prove again at Ascot what he sensed the very first time he sat on his back.

“Kinsale King gave me this feeling that he owned the track with the way he strode out under me,” recalls O’Callaghan. At that magical moment last summer, Kinsale King was just another racehorse with bad feet who had been sidelined for months and who had never even run in a stakes race. And O’Callaghan was just another young former head lad and work rider, trying to make it on his own after taking out his trainer’s licence in 2008 and starting with a stable of five runners.

Less than a year after first getting acquainted, O’Callaghan and the horse he calls simply ‘The King’ are likely to be the most colourful story unfolding during the pageantry of Royal Ascot.

As they proved during their foray to Dubai, they also will be serious challengers in the Golden Jubilee while they continue their unlikely quest for the world’s biggest sprint prizes, a journey that O’Callaghan plans to continue in Japan this autumn.

“O’Callaghan sings and plays guitar, trains and trades”

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“I’m excited about returning,” Ward says.

A trio of juveniles – Aroyalsweet, Final Mesa and Metropolitan Man, all of whom have already registered impressive racing wins – are being prepared for the Windsor Castle, Queen Mary and Norfolk Stakes respectively. “Right now, everything is wonderful with them.”

Another American trainer with elite stakes experience at Ascot also plans to make a foray across the Atlantic. After watching his Grade 1 winner Noble’s Promise take the lead into the stretch of the Kentucky Derby before finishing a creditable fifth, Ken McPeek decided to detour the bargain $10,000 yearling away from America’s Preakness Stakes to the St James’s Palace Stakes.

“We’ve been in communication with Ascot repeatedly about the details and let’s just say they’ve encouraged us to come,” says McPeek, who saddled Hard Buck for his runner-up effort to Doyen in the 2004 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. “The partners (in Chasing Dreams Racing LLC, which owns the colt) are going to have an opportunity to meet The Queen, so it’s a once in a lifetime trip.

And, most importantly, the horse could very well win the race.”

But while Ward, who has carved out a niche for himself as a brilliant conditioner of precocious juveniles, and McPeek, who selected two-time American Horse of the Year Curlin as a yearling and who has trained the winners of more than 100 stakes races, are formidable competitors, there is no one quite like O’Callaghan.

The son of Irish singer Shay O’Callaghan, the trainer advertises on his multi-purpose website (www.irishcarl.com) that he also sings and plays guitar at social events, as well as trains racehorses and buys and sells bloodstock. “Carl sometimes takes his lively tunes to the track – he’s been heard singing to his mounts on the training tracks of Santa Anita and Hollywood Park,” the website states under a photo of the trainer riding one of his charges.

Soft spoken yet engaging, O’Callaghan talks about his horses the way most people relate about their friends.

“He’s a very smart horse, he’s special,” O’Callaghan says of Kinsale King, who is given eggs and Guinness with his feed. “If you were going to the pub, he’d go with you. He’s unbelievable to be around every day.”

O’Callaghan began riding when he was about three and left school when he was 12 to concentrate on what he hoped would become a successful career in racing.

“When I was around eight or ten, I think I wanted to be a jockey; when I started feeling the power underneath me, I knew I could make something happen,” he says of his intuitive riding skills, which he began developing with lessons when he was only five at Kevin Burke’s riding school in Clare. When he was eight, he began mucking out stalls and riding out at Ballyhannon Stud, and quickly developed a reputation of being calmly able to school difficult horses.

“People always called me to fix their problem horses,” says O’Callaghan, who also developed a following in local show rings.

“Every show I went to, I never had a mount, but I always had something to ride. Kids would get thrown off and I would get on and the horse would just go.”

O’Callaghan bought a one-way ticket to New York in 1990 and began breaking young horses on an upstate farm. A dark despondency from the long hours and the loneliness of being so far away from home led him to drift briefly on the streets of New York City, while also stirring deep feelings of compassion within him.

Other homeless people were kind to him and, years later, O’Callaghan still makes it a priority to visit homeless shelters and cook meals for displaced people, because he will never forget

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Kinsale King wins at Meydan, to the joy of Carl O’Callaghan (holding trophy, right)

Village Lady “would try to kill you if you took her to the track,” according to O’Callaghan. So he diverted her aggressiveness by riding her through the barn and jumping her over bales of hay positioned in the aisle before finally entreating her to gallop.

When she won a race, Sheehy fulfilled his promise. What O’Callaghan was able to do with the owner’s Kinsale King is now part of racing history.

From the first day he climbed in the saddle on the now five-year-old son of Yankee Victor, O’Callaghan sensed the horse was fast enough and good enough to win internationally, and thus started planning the trip to Dubai. Kinsale King has won all four of his starts for O’Callaghan, earning $1,392,800 for Sheehy.

A handful of friends and O’Callaghan’s father joined him in celebrating all night following the Golden Shaheen victory, worth $1.2 million, with the trainer’s jubilant singing and dancing

in the Meydan winner’s enclosure broadcast around the world.

Watching him express so much enthusiasm on television, an American owner decided to send O’Callaghan a Grade 2 winner to train, he said before confiding that some of the rest of the evening went by in a blur.

“I remember riding Kinsale King with only a halter on around the barn area about 3am in my suit,” he recalls. “I have the pictures to prove it, but I don’t remember much of it.

We kept the party going until morning.”

With perhaps as many as hundreds of his friends and family from Ireland planning to be in attendance for the Golden Jubilee, O’Callaghan expects Royal Ascot could be even more exciting than Dubai.

“For me, it would be like an American trainer winning the Kentucky Derby,” he says.

“To win in Dubai was amazing, but to win in England would be out of this world.”

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his own experiences. He also visits ill children in hospitals, sometimes taking along a jockey friend, and works with racehorse rescue and adoption groups.

He donated Kinsale King’s halter and shoes from his Dubai victory to raise funds to aid one such California-based organization, The Second Race.

O’Callaghan clearly remembers the day he decided to leave the streets and go back to work, saying: “I woke up one morning and said, ‘What the hell am I doing?’ Then I went to Belmont and got a job with John Kimmel. I remembered that I came to America on a mission – to be somebody and to do something good with the horses.”

Once again, the Irish youngster found himself getting on all the toughest horses in the barn during the seven years he worked with Kimmel. That pattern was repeated with such unruly but talented racehorses as Grade 1 winners Scat Daddy and Bandini when O’Callaghan spent a similarly lengthy stint with Pletcher, who remains a close mentor.

“I asked [Kimmel] why he put me on all the crazy ones and he said, ‘You’re as crazy as they are,’” O’Callaghan says, laughing before turning serious about his riding and training techniques. “I never beat them up or anything; it was always all about being their friend and just letting them go on with it.”

One of the most difficult horses he has worked with turned out to be his first winner as a trainer and a crucial stepping stone in his career, which he has established in California. Named Village Lady, the Sky Classic filly was anything but a lady when Dr Patrick Sheehy, a native of Kinsale in County Cork, sent her to O’Callaghan’s barn with the enticement that if he could get her to win, he would send many more horses.

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SALES CIRCUIT

By EDWARD PROSSER AND MICHELE MACDONALD

British two-year-old market in decline as supply exceeds demand

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attersalls’ Guineas Sale completed Britain’s breeze-up 2010 schedule and, although marginally more horses sold than in 2009, the domestic two-year-old market declined to its lowest level since 2005 when there were only two, rather than the current four, auctions.

The Guineas and Goffs’ Kempton fixtures were added to the breeze-up calendar in 2007, alongside the longer-established Doncaster and Tattersalls Craven sales, but this year’s £14.4 million turnover was smaller at the four 2010 events than the £15.7m spent in 2006, when there were two auctions.

There were 124 more juveniles offered this year than in 2006 but only 18 extra sold, as the clearance rate slumped from 87% to 69%. The average price this year was £40,583 compared to £46,525 in 2006.

It begs the question whether there is a need for the additional sales, although with competition between the two big Anglo-Irish sales companies as heated as ever, neither is likely to want to give ground by abandoning one of its new secondary events.

Five lots made 200,000gns or above this year, compared to 18 in the breeze-up annus mirabilis of 2008, while 36 juveniles made 100,000gns or more, which compares to 47 two years ago.

Malcolm Bastard, Helshaw Grange, Hillwood Stud and Emma O’Gorman each managed one six-figure lot apiece but otherwise the remaining 32 of the 36 100,000gns-plus horses were sold by Irish vendors.

One of those to enjoy notable success was Brendan Holland of the County Cork-based Grove Stud, who sold four six-figure lots. He would like to see the breeze-up calendar reduced in size.

“I thought the Craven and Doncaster held their own, and were stronger than last year, while the Guineas Sale dramatically illustrated the situation of demand not equalling supply,” said Holland.

“There was a high percentage of horses in the Guineas catalogue who had not been pinhooked and I know the professional guys who breeze full-time would rather see fewer horses overall catalogued to give us a tighter, more vibrant market.

“In the space of four years, we’ve had Kempton, Dundalk, the Guineas sale and Goresbridge added to the calendar in the same

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Consignors Con Marnane, Jamie Railton and Janet Williamson at Newmarket

Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up Sale Top Lots Sex Pedigree

Vendor

Price (gns)

Buyer

c

Invincible Spirit-Margaree Mary (Seeking The Gold) Meadowview Stables

220,000

Richard O’Gorman BS

c

Invincible Spirit-Virgin Hawk (Silver Hawk)

Powerstown Stud

100,000

Richard O’Gorman BS

c

Street Cry-Honolua Bay (Storm Bird)

Friarstown Stud

76,000

Bobby O’Ryan

c

Mr Greeley-Town Branch (Cape Town)

Lynn Lodge Stud

75,000

Robin O’Ryan

c

Selkirk-Minerva (Caerleon)

Mocklershill

65,000

Andrew Tinkler

f

Intikhab-Titans Clash (Grand Lodge)

The Bloodstock Connection

60,000

Dwayne Woods

c

El Prado-Soul Reason (Seeking The Gold)

Powerstown Stud

52,000

Larry Stratton

c

Hurricane Run-Water Feature (Dansili)

Jamie Railton, agent

50,000

Michael Jarvis

f

Shamardal-Timewee (Romanov)

Brown Island Stables

48,000

Bobby O’Ryan

c

Invincible Spirit-Julie Jalouse (Kris S)

Knockanglass Stables

43,000

Richard Frisby BS

Tattersalls Guineas Sale since it began Year

Catalogued

Offered

Sold

Clearance (%)

Aggregate (gns)

Average (gns)

Median (gns)

2010

147

131

83

63.4

2,149,500

25,898

20,000

2009

167

138

74

53.6

2,819,200

38,097

25,000

2008

163

132

80

60.6

3,833,000

47,913

30,000

2007

164

125

76

60.8

2,129,000

28,013

23,000

period that demand has decreased. Dundalk has now gone and I could easily see another sale going, although I don’t know which one.

They’ve put on the sales to cater for supply, rather than the other way round.”

But Holland heads into the yearling sales in a positive frame of mind and will be looking to make an expenditure on a par with last year.

“Everything went okay for me,” he added.

“There was no real logic to the Craven Sale, when the second day was much stronger than the first, but we had three nice horses and benefited. I was surprised at how competitive it was for the better lots, although there’s no doubt that further down, supply way outstrips demand.

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DBS Breeze-Up Sale Top Lots Sex Pedigree

Vendor

c

Dubawi-Improvise (Lend A Hand)

Bansha House Stables

Price (£)

140,000

Malih Al Basti

Buyer

c

Officer-Dun Roamin Lady (Clever Trick)

Mocklershill

135,000

Dwayne Woods

c

Speightstown-Crown You (Two Punch)

Gaybrook Lodge Stud

125,000

Peter Swann

f

Oasis Dream-Bella Bianca (Barathea)

Bansha House Stables

110,000

Charles Wentworth

c

Henny Hughes-Jive Talk (Kingmambo)

Grove Stud

110,000

f

Invincible Spirit-Chanterelle (Indian Ridge)

Bansha House Stables

90,000

Bobby O’Ryan

f

Royal Applause-Sablonne (Silver Hawk)

Mocklershill

78,000

Stephen Hillen

f

Giant’s Causeway-Speedy Sonata (Stravinsky)

Grove Stud

75,000

McKeever Bloodstock

f

Oasis Dream-Brazilian Style (Exit To Nowhere)

Bansha House Stables

75,000

Jill Lamb BS

c

Green Desert-Alexander Three D (Pennekamp)

Mocklershill

73,000

Robert Mills

Jill Lamb BS

Five-Year Tale Year

Catalogued

Offered

Sold

Clearance (%)

Aggregate (£)

Average (£)

Median (gns)

2010

186

161

122

75.7

3,247,300

26,617

19,750

2009

145

134

112

83.6

2,724,600

24,326

18,000

2008

170

140

115

82.1

3,288,500

28,595

22,000

2007

220

191

153

80.1

4,858,875

31,757

26,250

2006

250

213

173

81.2

4,406,115

25,469

21,000

British Breeze-Up Market 2005-2010 Year

Catalogued

Offered

Sold

Clearance (%)

Aggregate (£)

Average (£)

200k+

100k+

2010

593

512

355

69.3

14,407,100

40,583

5

36

2009

570

492

337

68.5

15,336,910

45,510

6

43

2008

628

515

375

72.8

21,735,350

57,961

18

47

2007

697

588

414

70.4

18,236,125

44,049

6

29

2006

456

388

337

86.8

15,678,915

46,525

7

29

2005

449

392

307

78.3

11,078,078

36,085

4

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“But my plan is to pinhook the same number of yearlings and spend the same sort of money to last year. I’m also a fan of the two bonus schemes – that has made a difference to the lower-end breeze-up market; I’d dread to see the clearance rate without it.”

There was a sense of déjà vu at the Doncaster sale as Malih Al Basti, a leading figure in the Emirates Racing Association, topped trade when buying from Con Marnane’s Bansha House Stables.

Bidding through vet Adam Driver, Al Basti paid £140,000 for a Dubawi colt who had cost Marnane just £25,000 at the St Leger Sale. A year earlier the Dubai owner had paid £190,000 for the Doncaster sale-topper Angel’s Pursuit, also sold by Marnane.

Sheikh Mohammed has dominated the Guineas Sale since it began in 2007 and this year was no exception. He bought the dearest two lots, both sons of Invincible Spirit, for 220,000gns and 100,000gns through agent Dick O’Gorman.

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realised £175,000. Aiden Murphy, whose big clients Alan Peterson and Grahame Whateley both enjoyed Cheltenham Festival successes this year, signed the buyer’s ticket but would not identify the Hernando gelding’s new owner.

The mare Fiddlededee, winner of a point-topoint and bumper for County Tipperary handler Gerard Quirk, made £125,000 when selling to Jonjo O’Neill.

Brightwells Cheltenham May Sale Brightwells’ May Sale, now coinciding with Cheltenham’s hunter chase meeting, again showed the current demand for jumpers with basic levels of form.

Top lot Nicene Creed had been unsold last year at Cheltenham as a breeze-up horse but, with one second in a bumper to his name,

South African National Yearling Sale Boosted by the tenacious performances of their horses, such as Singapore Airlines International Cup winner Lizard’s Desire, South African breeders are being rewarded with unprecedented demand for their bloodstock.

Buyers from Europe, Asia and North America, as well as Dubai, pumped up prices at the three-session Emperor’s Palace National Yearling Sale from April 23-26. They helped break the record price for a South African sale yearling twice, with a robust bay son of leading sire Jet Master named Devine’s Jet acquired by trainer Geoff Woodruff for a new mark of R4 million (£348,874).

“He’s been bought for an overseas buyer who fell in love with the horse and the pedigree and was prepared to pay,” Woodruff said of the bay colt out of the Al Mufti mare Divine Nymph.

Graham Beck’s Highlands Stud sold the saletopper as well as the other record-breaking colt, a son of Singspiel who fetched a bid of R3.6m (£313,986) from trainer Mike Azzie, and ranked as leading consignor with 28 sold for a total of R15,430,000 (£1,345,780). The previous record for a yearling sold in South Africa was R3.3m (£282,034).

Overall, the sale concluded with a 4.5% gain in aggregate compared to 2009 results, with total sales of £14,105,274 and an average price up 5.5% to £28,805.

Buyers included Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Shadwell South Africa division, which was the leader by average with six yearlings acquired for a total of R5,640,000 (£491,912).

Brightwells May Sale Top Lots Horse

Vendor

Price (£)

Buyer

Nicene Creed (5g Hernando)

Kennycourt Stud

175,000

Aiden Murphy

Fiddlededee (5m Beneficial)

Gerard Quirk

125,000

Jonjo O’Neill Tom Malone

Thyne For Deploy (6g Deploy)

Lisaleen Stables

58,000

Ashtown Boy (4g Trans Island)

Meadowview Stables

48,000

Highflyer Bloodstock

Ballyallia Man (5g Flemensfirth)

Conna Stables

42,000

John Edwards

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ROA FORUM The special section for ROA members

Learn about the past and shape the future at AGM The ROA’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday, June 24 in the convivial surroundings of the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, Knightsbridge, London. The ROA AGM enables members to hear about the association’s work over the past year and to have a say in shaping its future performance.

The formal business is followed by the results of the Council elections and an Owners’ Forum, which gives members an opportunity to direct questions to the Council on any matter relating to ownership. An address will be made by the ROA President Paul Dixon and an industry speech will also be made by Rod Street, Project Director of Racing For Change.

Members are encouraged to attend the AGM, which starts at 10.15am. Places don’t need to be booked for the AGM itself, but places must be booked in advance for the Champagne Reception and Members’ & Guests’ lunch.

For the third year running, the Chris Deuters Award will be made in recognition of services to the racing industry. A special ceremony will precede the AGM lunch.

ROA Council member and senior industry figure Sir Eric Parker was honoured as the first recipient of the Chris Deuters Award. Last year former trainer Jack Berry and his wife Jo were recognised for their tireless contribution to racing and fundraising on behalf of the industry’s participants.

The award commemorates the huge contribution to racing made by the late Chris Deuters, a former President of the ROA, Levy Board Deputy Chairman and long-standing owner/breeder.

After the formal business of the AGM, guests will be able to enjoy a Champagne Reception sponsored by Arbuthnot Latham private bankers. Levity will be provided during the afternoon by guest speaker Sir Tim Rice, best known for his musical collaborations in the theatre with Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Places for the Members’ & Guests’ lunch are £85 each. Tables of ten can be booked

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The ROA’s Annual General Meeting gives members an opportunity to hear about achievements over the past year, and have a say in determining the way forward

Waxing lyrical: Sir Tim Rice will entertain guests after the AGM lunch

at a discounted rate of £750. Call the ROA office on 020 7152 0200 or book online at www.racehorseowners.net.

Eight candidates are standing for three places in this year’s ROA Council election. All members will be sent a supplement with details of the candidates, their manifestos and a ballot form. Please take the time to vote. The election is a democratic process and we rely on members nominating the representatives that they want to stand on the Council.

Sloane Square Hotel offer ROA members can take advantage of a corporate rate at the Sloane Square Hotel, Knightsbridge.

Details of the corporate rates, and terms and conditions, appear on the ROA website. To book, call 020 7896 9988 quoting ROA.

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ROA/Totesport owner-sponsorship branding was splashed across the media as AP McCoy was crowned champion jump jockey for the 15th successive season. The champion jockey wore ROA member Martin Long’s colours for the presentation photographs, demonstrating clearly the value of owner sponsorship in reaching a wide audience. Totesport currently sponsor 726 individual ROA members.

TOTESPORT WINNERS IN MARCH Pomander Star Choice Good Old Thyme Ray Mond Canni Thinkaar Lady Bling Bling Holmwood Legend Vodka Brook Royal Swain Sound Stage Raimond Ridge Rudanphast Requin Hi Dancer Star Choice Along The Nile Ray Mond Metropolitan Chief Sir Harry Cool Categorical Dunelight Muntami Agente Romano Michigan Assassin Tiger O'Toole Last Sovereign Watch Out Manoubi Sonning Star Vodka Brook Along The Nile William's Wishes The Snail Drizzi Chiswick Bey Takeaway Double Hit Ray Mond Holmwood Legend Merchant of Dubai Primo Lady Sesame Rambler Sir Pitt

Plumpton Lingfield Park Catterick Bridge Leicester Folkestone Ludlow Taunton Taunton Doncaster Newbury Lingfield Park Ffos Las Stratford Newcastle Lingfield Park Catterick Bridge Fontwell Wolverhampton Wincanton Ayr Wolverhampton Market Rasen Taunton Taunton Taunton Kempton Park Huntingdon Hexham Fakenham Exeter Southwell Hereford Ludlow Kempton Park Doncaster Kempton Park Newbury Stratford Wincanton Doncaster Lingfield Park Fontwell Southwell

David O. Moon MacNiler Racing Partnership G Carstairs A White Fruits Incorporated P J Jones Brian Derrick H Wellstead Andrew Sparks KSB Bloodstock David Fremel Mrs Tania Stepney The late P M de Wilde R Tocher MacNiler Racing Partnership William Hoey A White L Tomlin Ian Moss Rug, Grub & Pub Partnership Mr & Mrs P Hargraves Chris Owens & Mrs A E Harris Mrs Janet Davies C A Hanbury Ms S Howell Howard Spooner The Beefeaters Club F G Steel, K Fitzsimons Mrs C L Kyle H Wellstead William Hoey Mrs D E Cheshire Border Pointers Eagle Bloodstock and Racing Mrs H Steel S Mahal, R Morecombe, D Anderson Dr G M Thelwell Jones A White Brian Derrick Highland Racing 2 K Jarvis, G Hodson, P Moule R J Brown A E Oppenheimer

1/3 2/3 2/3 2/3 3/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 5/3 5/3 5/3 8/3 8/3 9/3 10/3 10/3 10/3 11/3 12/3 12/3 13/3 14/3 15/3 15/3 15/3 17/3 17/3 18/3 19/3 23/3 23/3 24/3 25/3 25/3 27/3 27/3 27/3 27/3 28/3 28/3 29/3 30/3 31/3

Total runs – 471; Total wins – 43 (9.1% wins/runs) Dunelight won the Lady Wulfrina Stakes, a Listed contest at Wolverhampton, whilst Double Hit won the EBF/Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Mares Chase Final at Newbury (Listed). The horses managed an across-the-card four-timer on March 27, and had across-the-card trebles five times during March. Congratulations to all connections!

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Barry Hills with (from left) Sadie Ryan, Edward Rosenthal, Keely Brewer, Michael Harris, Joanne Gunn and Allegra Hindes

Champagnelifestyle fizzes at Chester Barry, the daughter of Montjeu ran a fine race to be beaten just under a length into third behind Gertrude Bell, owned and bred by ROA Council member Rachel Hood, and stablemate Acquainted.

Champagnelifestyle, who ran twice for Club ROA as a two-year-old, winning on her debut at Newmarket’s July course, could now head to Epsom Downs for the Investec Oaks on June 4.

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The ROA office enjoyed a fantastic day out at Chester on May 5 to watch their runner Champagnelifestyle contest the Weatherbys Bank Cheshire Oaks.

Partnered by Michael Hills for his father

Champagnelifestyle (left) challenges Gertrude Bell and stablemate Acquainted (right) in the Weatherbys Bank Cheshire Oaks

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Diary dates and reminders

Agenda Key points from the April ROA Council Meeting Michael Harris, Chief Executive

Levy losses lamented The Council discussed a Levy Board paper on budget savings which showed a levy expenditure cut of £4.6 million in 2010. This would translate into a £2.6m prize-money cut and Sunday appearance money being reduced down to £120 a runner. The Council were dismayed by this news, although some comfort was taken from the fact that levy cuts were now being made across the board and did not fall entirely on prize-money.

The Council were reminded that a highlydetailed and economically-driven racing industry submission had recently been made to the Levy Board in preparation for discussions on the next Levy Scheme (2011/12). This made a compelling case for racing to receive £130m to £150m. If the basis of this argument was not accepted by the betting industry, racing would push for government determination.

Additionally, the Horsemen’s Group, having just taken on a new Chief Executive (Alan Morcombe), would soon be in discussion with racecourse groups about the Horsemen’s Group receiving a share of media rights income which is due to increase substantially from 2013.

It was further noted that major changes were being made to the system by which the Levy Board distributed funds into prizemoney. This, together with the changes to the basis on which racecourses borrowed money from the Capital Fund, would at least ensure that a greater part of the levy income would find its way into prize-money.

Tote stalled Concern was expressed that nothing was happening with racing’s potential acquisition of the Tote, although it was clear that this could not be progressed until the new government was in place.

Champions’ Day debate Discussion then moved to Racing For Change and the Premier Racing project. In particular, there were diverse views expressed on the proposed British Champions’ Day due to take place next October.

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It was accepted that this was a very complicated area, particularly because of its close proximity to Arc weekend and the Breeders’ Cup. Difficulties surrounded the proposed make-up of the Champions’ Day card, the build-up of races throughout the season, issues relating to the European Pattern and how the whole project would be funded, especially in the light of the diminishing levy.

For these reasons, the Council viewed the project with varying degrees of enthusiasm, while accepting that the overall concept was sound and that the success of promoting racing as a sport was inevitably linked to the major events and how the British public connected with these.

RFC youth The Council then went on to discuss Racing For Change’s ideas with regard to attracting a young audience to racing.

Royal Ascot innovation The ROA Council were delighted to hear there was to be a special ROA Royal Ascot facility for the first time. This would be on the Tuesday and Wednesday of the five-day June meeting. Although it would be limited to only 50 places this year, it was agreed it was something we would build on for the future. It was expected the facility would be oversubscribed.

Election flexibility A revision of the definition in the ROA Articles relating to ‘Qualifying Owner’ was proposed and agreed by the Council. This would enable the ROA to adopt a more flexible approach with regard to members who put themselves forward for a place on the Council.

AGM guest speakers The Council were informed that Rod Street would be the industry speaker at the Annual General Meeting and Sir Tim Rice would be the after-lunch speaker.

ROA website A new website company called Pixl8 had been engaged to re-build the ROA website.

JUNE 15-16 Royal Ascot: ROA members can book places for a specially discounted hospitality facility in the Old Paddock Chalets for the first two days of the Royal meeting. Places are £230 and limited to two per member each day.

Contact the ROA office for further details.

JUNE 24 ROA AGM (10.15am) followed by members’ and guests’ lunch at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, Knightsbridge, London (see page 54).

JULY 27-31 Glorious Goodwood: Special service for ROA members to order badges in advance for the Richmond Enclosure (see below).

NOVEMBER 13 Paddy Power Gold Cup day at Cheltenham. Exclusive marquee for members and their guests.

DECEMBER 2 ROA/Sportingbet.com Horseracing Awards at the London Hilton, Park Lane. One of racing’s principal social events of the year.

Goodwood badges Are you planning to visit Glorious Goodwood in July? ROA members enjoy a special service enabling them to book badges for the Richmond Enclosure. Access to the Richmond Enclosure is reserved for Goodwood’s annual members and cannot otherwise be booked for owners without runners for a meeting which offers top class racing at one of the summer’s quintessentially English events.

Special rates for ROA members from June 2 onwards: Tuesday, July 27 and Wednesday, July 28 £67 Thursday, July 29 £77 Friday, July 30 and Saturday, July 31 £71 Members can book up to four badges for each day. Call 020 7152 0200 or order online at www.racehorseowners.net. The closing date for orders is Monday, July 19.

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Appearance money payments

CRANHAM PHOTOGRAPHY

The following races in June will offer appearance money as a consequence of 48-hour declarations for Flat races. These payments are split so that 80% goes to the owner, 8% to the trainer, 6% to the rider and 6% to stable staff.

The appearance money is divided equally between the runners.

Triple Aspect wins the 2009 Scurry Stakes, which offers appearance money of £5,600

June Racecourse

Race

2

Nottingham

Flexi Betting Conditions Stakes (Class 2) 1m 3yo

4,200

£

4

Catterick

Book Tickets On-Line @catterickbridge.co.uk Maiden Stakes (Class 5) 1m4f 3yo+

1,700

4

Goodwood

WHEB Ventures & Ruston WHEB Stakes (Class 1)

5,000

4

Epsom Downs

Investec Surrey Stakes (Class 1) (Listed)

2,100

5

Epsom Downs

Investec Woodcote Stakes (Class 1) (Listed)

2,000

12

Sandown Park

Scurry Stakes (Listed)

5,600

12

York

Michael Sobell Maiden Stakes 3yo 1m

3,200

15

Thirsk

Total to be divided between three races

6,000

19

Haydock Park

3yo+ 1m Class 3 Handicap (71-90)

2,000

20

Pontefract

Pontefract Castle Stakes (Listed)

2,500

22

Newbury

£150 per runner per race, to maximum total of...

24

Hamilton Park

Conditions Stakes 3yo+ 1m

25

Newmarket

3yo+ 6f Class 3 EBF Fillies Conditions Stakes

5,540

28

Pontefract

Spindrifter Conditions Stakes

1,800

12,000 4,000

Race details will be updated on the ROA website, at www.racehorseowners.net

In Brief Royal Ascot handicap reserves There will be three places offered for reserves in all the Class 2 handicaps at Royal Ascot this year. Reserves will each be given a number and a draw, and in event of any non-runners being notified prior to 9am the day before the race, reserves will replace the non-runners.

The races concerned are the Royal Hunt Cup, Britannia Stakes, King George V Stakes, Buckingham Palace Stakes, Wokingham Stakes and Duke of Edinburgh Stakes.

Details of facilities for owners and trainers with runners on each day at Royal Ascot are available on the ROA website, at www.racehorseowners.net.

Wincanton’s Gold Standard Wincanton had its Gold Standard Award renewed for another 12 months at the end of March.

The Gold Standard Committee had been paying close attention to the Somerset course’s declining executive and sponsorship contribution to prize-money, which had seen it dip below the required Gold Standard threshold. However, as Wincanton had suffered from several abandonments over the winter, including the loss of the flagship

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Kingwell Hurdle fixture, analysis showed that the figures would have been above the requirement but for this factor. Their award has therefore been renewed.

Racecourse Badge Scheme Members who haven’t yet received a letter of confirmation or fixture booklet for the Racecourse Badge Scheme for Owners are reminded that applications are invited for this year’s scheme. The scheme is open to members who are registered owners with 50% of a horse in training, or shares which amount to 50%. In the case of a racing partnership with a horse in full training, the nominated partners who are members of the ROA should apply. Contact the ROA on 020 7152 0200 or email info@roa.co.uk.

Declaration change The BHA has extended the time period for declaration where the number of declarations received is seven or less for a Flat handicap (including Listed handicaps), five or fewer for any Pattern Race or Listed Race, three or fewer for a race run on a Monday to Friday, or four or fewer for a race run on a Saturday or Sunday. Rule (F) 90 applies, at http://newrules.britishhorseracing.com/Home.

ROA Partnerships Members of the ROA Arkle Partnership celebrated a notable double in April, when Quartz de Thaix rounded off his season with a four-length success at Perth in the BeLucky@StanJames.com Handicap Hurdle.

The six-year-old gelding, trained by Venetia Williams and ridden by Aidan Coleman, notched the first leg of his double with a five-length success in the Stanjames.com Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham. Both races were over an extended two and a half miles.

Stalls draw process The effect of the draw is considered an important factor in certain races when weighing up a horse’s prospects. However, do you know the process used to determine stalls draws for Flat races? Sean Magee unraveled the mystery of the draw and how places are allocated in a back issue of the Racing Post. His article explaining the formula is the best explanation around and can be found at www.racingpost.com, in the News Archive section. Search under ‘numbers game’ for Magee’s article, which was published in the newspaper on September 15, 2006.

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Racecourse League Table Ptn Racecourse

Racecourse ownership

Exec + Sponsors (£)

1 Cheltenham JCR 2,928,489 2 Aintree JCR 1,543,637 3 York I 2,041,777 4 Ascot I 4,004,556 5 Epsom Downs JCR 1,213,684 6 Haydock Park JCR 1,258,963 7 Chester I 480,147 8 Goodwood I 1,174,931 9 Newmarket* JCR 3,170,645 10 Ayr I 561,272 11 Sandown Park JCR 1,004,644 12 Musselburgh I 355,866 13 Hamilton Park I 224,282 14 Doncaster Arena 1,169,266 15 Newbury I 1,039,006 16 Ripon I 206,546 17 Newcastle North 344,190 18 Bath North 157,376 19 Salisbury I 216,935 20 Beverley I 183,103 21 Stratford-On-Avon I194,891 22 Thirsk I 159,011 23 Pontefract I 204,460 24 Windsor Arena 241,960 25 Fakenham I 70,455 26 Leicester I 236,304 27 Kelso I 119,363 28 Carlisle JCR 141,820 29 Wetherby I 129,262 30 Chepstow North 212,384 31 Ludlow I 122,245 32 Ffos Las North 144,909 33 Yarmouth North 140,637 34 Lingfield Park Arena 639,166 35 Bangor-On-Dee I 122,280 36 Cartmel I 31,670 37 Nottingham JCR 117,639 38 Exeter JCR 100,301 39 Catterick Bridge I 95,394 40 Warwick JCR 114,936 41 Wincanton JCR 90,591 42 Redcar I 96,186 43 Perth I 65,186 44 Market Rasen JCR 106,926 45 Sedgefield North 49,487 46 Taunton I 49,316 47 Kempton Park JCR 479,054 48 Huntingdon JCR 70,693 49 Folkestone Arena 62,035 50 Fontwell Park North 74,376 51 Brighton North 48,276 52 Uttoxeter North 68,058 53 Newton Abbot I 35,579 54 Plumpton I 24,666 55 Hereford North 17,499 56 Hexham I 18,412 57 Towcester I 19,975 58 Worcester Arena 13,497 59 Wolverhampton Arena 64,239 60 Southwell Arena 33,858 Total 28,106,309

% of Total

Levy Board (£)

51.2 1,958,170 48.8 1,141,220 42.6 1,596,550 42.1 3,092,050 40.9 993,400 34.6 1,804,990 32.1 887,710 31.3 1,997,170 30.3 3,722,230 28.4 1,110,390 28.2 2,025,700 27.5 796,340 27.0 513,800 26.0 2,151,999 25.2 2,332,350 23.7 564,750 23.3 939,600 22.7 457,667 21.7 623,180 21.5 568,450 20.9 649,730 20.8 469,860 20.5 681,390 20.2 779,270 19.0 300,720 18.7 864,737 18.6 472,510 18.5 548,710 18.5 491,630 18.3 784,560 18.3 499,240 17.8 586,200 16.8 562,760 15.5 2,955,910 15.3 624,150 14.4 162,360 14.2 533,560 13.4 569,753 11.8 627,923 11.8 729,430 11.8 585,900 11.3 521,640 11.2 471,480 11.0 771,660 10.8 351,200 10.4 365,010 9.8 3,746,715 9.5 576,990 9.3 539,210 8.7 686,390 7.7 506,900 6.9 769,690 5.6 583,410 4.3 515,570 4.0 361,380 3.7 429,690 3.7 475,910 2.2 495,482 1.9 2,856,852 1.4 2,208,840 26.0 60,992,037

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% of Total

Owners (£)

34.2 806,915 36.1 476,725 33.3 1,116,316 32.5 2,334,193 33.5 736,136 49.6 479,885 59.3 80,560 53.2 512,426 35.5 3,405,643 56.2 266,273 56.9 490,595 61.5 98,471 61.9 55,777 47.8 1,082,571 56.7 580,488 64.9 66,206 63.5 173,131 66.2 63,794 62.5 84,684 66.9 61,247 69.8 68,546 61.5 79,065 68.3 62,441 65.0 119,874 81.0 0 68.5 106,939 73.7 44,101 71.4 77,535 70.3 55,383 67.5 127,708 74.7 46,725 71.8 73,214 67.3 100,886 71.8 331,780 78.1 39,995 74.0 25,370 64.2 112,751 76.0 75,498 77.6 60,860 75.0 105,042 76.2 76,264 61.3 220,574 80.8 42,827 79.3 89,145 76.5 53,313 76.8 37,730 77.0 450,158 77.5 81,635 80.8 64,815 80.7 89,383 81.0 64,709 77.7 139,098 91.4 5,264 89.4 32,635 81.7 60,320 85.3 47,521 87.3 49,381 81.6 71,545 86.1 292,387 88.7 197,188 56.3 16,851,641

% of Total

Total 2009/10 (£)

Total 2008/9 (£)

% total Up/ 2008/9 down

14.1 5,722,574 5,652,836 15.1 3,161,582 3,425,742 23.3 4,791,143 1,995,325 24.6 9,504,799 10,218,234 24.8 2,967,220 2,992,296 13.2 3,638,838 3,312,620 5.4 1,497,417 1,510,940 13.7 3,752,527 3,832,910 32.5 10,481,018 11,671,131 13.5 1,974,935 2,105,093 13.8 3,561,939 3,792,302 7.6 1,294,177 1,253,425 6.7 830,359 823,744 24.0 4,505,335 4,679,031 14.1 4,115,844 3,852,818 7.6 870,502 806,569 11.7 1,480,071 1,262,779 9.2 691,836 704,189 8.5 997,499 957,818 7.2 850,050 854,465 7.4 930,667 860,800 10.3 764,436 634,309 6.3 997,291 872,339 10.0 1,198,104 1,127,377 0 371,175 411,284 8.5 1,262,979 1,198,771 6.9 641,474 589,620 10.1 768,065 764,900 7.9 699,275 1,011,643 11.0 1,163,152 1,136,473 7.0 668,210 680,470 9.0 816,323 0 12.1 835,583 777,183 8.1 4,115,256 3,931,516 5.0 799,675 682,016 11.6 219,400 203,383 13.6 830,950 706,711 10.1 749,552 812,636 7.5 809,677 746,536 10.8 972,158 758,848 9.9 769,255 1,071,157 25.9 851,100 908,400 7.3 583,493 656,900 9.2 973,231 913,050 11.6 459,000 498,200 7.9 475,306 595,326 9.3 4,865,877 4,785,085 11 744,318 805,286 9.7 667,560 812,542 10.5 850,149 909,942 10.3 626,185 570,671 14.1 990,246 1,045,573 0.8 638,053 607,359 5.7 576,871 502,319 13.6 442,499 588,035 9.4 503,923 354,500 9.1 545,266 644,000 11.8 606,924 637,143 8.8 3,318,278 2,860,995 7.9 2,490,186 2,148,315 15.6 108,280,787 107,521,455

49.4 ▲ 49.9 ▼ 37.9 ▲ 46.2 ▼ 39.0 ▲ 31.0 ▲ 37.9 ▼ 38.4 ▼ 29.8 ▲ 24.0 ▲ 33.4 ▼ 22.5 ▲ 38.7 ▼ 32.5 ▼ 22.3 ▲ 29.1 ▼ 30.3 ▼ 27.3 ▼ 26.1 ▼ 20.2 ▲ 24.1 ▼ 29.8 ▼ 21.8 ▼ 26.1 ▼ 25.9 ▼ 18.4 ▲ 7.8 ▲ 24.9 ▼ 23.5 ▼ 16.4 ▲ 11.0 ▲ 0 N/A 24.7 ▼ 17.2 ▼ 15.3 16.4 ▼ 14.8 ▼ 6.1 ▲ 12.4 ▼ 10.6 ▲ 16.0 ▼ 15.0 ▼ 10.9 ▲ 16.6 ▼ 10.2 ▲ 5.6 ▲ 15.6 ▼ 14.1 ▼ 8.1 ▲ 12.4 ▼ 14.9 ▼ 9.8 ▼ 4.7 ▲ 1.3 ▲ 5.8 ▼ 16.4 ▼ 5.1 ▼ 1.7 ▲ -1.2 ▲ 1.8 ▼ 27.3 ▼

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

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

A small additional contribution is also made by the Divided Race Fund and the BHA Development Fund. The order is taken from the percentage in the second column of figures. This shows how much each racecourse has contributed to prize-money, expressed as a percentage of their overall prize-money.

The arrows at the end of each line are based on a comparison between the percentages for the two rolling year periods.

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

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

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

RACECOURSE OWNERSHIP KEY JCR Jockey Club Racecourses

North Northern Racing Ltd Arena Arena Leisure Ltd I Independently owned racecourse Gold Standard Award (*July Course)

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Donation or re-investment… you decide

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N the previous Racing Welfare forum articles we have tried to highlight the work that the Charity does on behalf of all the people who work in the British Racing and Thoroughbred breeding industry. On current figures, 70,000 people can call upon us for help in times of need. Last year we helped nearly 5% of the current workforce or those now retired from racing with a wide range of issues.

Our service directly helps not only racing’s people but the sport itself; to do this Racing Welfare relies upon donations from individuals, companies, trusts, foundations and organisations. With owners, trainers and breeders constantly being called upon to increase payments to the sport the question may arise “Why should I give to Racing Welfare, when I pay so much already in entries, sales commission et al?” Our straight forward answer is that a donation to Racing Welfare is a direct re-investment in racing itself, and a re-investment that comes with a very large “customer” satisfaction guarantee.

The work of Racing Welfare pays for the next generation of working staff to receive Life Skills training at the Racing Schools, thereby aiding staff retention. Racing Welfare provides affordable housing for

young entrants to the racing industry, again encouraging new staff to stay in their chosen profession. We provide retraining for injured staff; helping individuals to return to work in a new role within racing, thus the sport retains experienced time served people. Our housing projects for elderly former stable staff ensure a dignified retirement, thanking them for a lifetime of service to racing and the Thoroughbred horse. In 2009 our Welfare officers provided over 4,400 individual counselling sessions in topics ranging from debt and benefit issues to Mental Health concerns. 97% of the people helped in this way state that they feel much more likely to be able to address their issues positively.

Racing is currently going through a period of intense and critical scrutiny; it would appear Racing Welfare is one of the few aspects of the sport that can boast a near universal positive feedback from our “customers”. We ask you to consider what you can do to help us and therefore help the sport we love. Your support, be it financial, physical or through advocacy is our lifeblood, and we are sure that you agree with us that our stable and stud staff are the lifeblood of racing. The following article shows some ways in which people are already re-investing in racing’s people.

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Alec Dent is Volunteers Coordinator for Racing Welfare

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LEC Dent is a Yorkshireman born and bred.

Originally from Whitby, his early racing career saw him training and riding point to pointers before heading to HQ and a seven year spell as assistant to Mark Tompkins. Moving back to the north, he became Howard Johnson’s right hand man, during which time he was well acquainted with the Cheltenham winner’s enclosure. Now he has taken up a brand new role with Racing Welfare as Volunteers Coordinator, a position that the Charity sees as one of the key elements in its ten year strategic review.

Alec will be responsible for recruiting, supporting and mentoring volunteers throughout the country. These volunteers will hopefully not only provide the fundraising department with people prepared to organise events, shake THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

buckets or run marathons but also support the welfare team with individuals who will visit yards, take time with elderly stable staff and, with the appropriate training, provide welfare support for racing’s people in need.

Alec will be seen at many race meetings, the sales and racing related functions throughout the year on his recruitment drive, however there are already a significant number of people who are prepared to volunteer their time or resources to help Racing Welfare, and this is just a cross section of some of those people.

Ollie Garner Amateur Jockey/Charity Marathon Runner 21 year old Ollie from Gloucestershire is the son of a horse ambulance operator. The racing bug bit him hard whilst in his

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first year at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester when he started riding out for Kim Bailey. Studies were put on hold so that he could concentrate upon a career in racing and after sojourns with Jamie Osborne and JonJo O’Neil, he now works full time for Shaun Lycett. He has ridden a number of point to point and Arab racing winners.

Away from the stable yard, Ollie was one of those who stepped forward to join the Racing Welfare runners in this year’s London Marathon. Completing the Capital slog in 4 hours 44 minutes, he succeeded in raising well over £1,200 through a combination of sponsorship from friends and work colleagues plus donations from the owners Lycett & Berryman and Trevor Hemmings whose racing colours were emblazoned across his running vest. Ollie ran for Racing Welfare for a simple reason “When you work in racing you know that there are potential dangers, its just part of the job.

I had read how Racing Welfare helped a stable lad who didn’t walk away from a fall on the gallops and was left paralysed. I thought that could be me or any of my friends. I wanted to raise some money to help people like us, who ride out five lots a day seven days a week, and I thought the only Charity that does that is Racing Welfare.”

Carey Buckler Trainer’s Daughter/ Student/Charity Ball organiser Carey is the youngest daughter of the highly regarded West Country trainer Bob Buckler. Her initial volunteering efforts for Racing Welfare saw her working in the Charity’s head office for three months assisting the fundraising team. Upon her return to University studies the gallant former point to point pilot set about organising The Silks Ball for Racing Welfare which was held at The Beaufort Polo Club near Tetbury.

As a volunteer events organiser Carey found the task a challenging one, but ultimately hugely rewarding “I learned so much about Racing Welfare in my three months work experience placement. Working with the Welfare officers in Lambourn, Rowan [Hyde] and Sarah [Hopkins], gave me a huge insight into the wide range of issues that they are called upon to help stable staff with, and just how hard they work.

Organising the Silks Ball was tiring but great fun; I got a group of friends together who acted as my ball committee, plus the Charity helped to support me when things got a bit hectic! It was so exciting on the night to see over 300 people enjoying an event that I had created and organised, and even better when I knew that we had raised some funds for a Charity that I think is so important to racing.”

When asked what advice she would give to potential volunteer event organisers she said “It is very important to have the backing of a good committee, to set clear goals and to keep everyone motivated in their efforts to achieve these goals.”

Gary Middlebrook Owner/Breeder/Trustee/Charity Raceday organiser Gary is well known as a breeder and owner of such horses as the Nunthorpe winner Reverence and Del Mar Oaks winner Singhalese. A former Steward and current member of the

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Gary Middlebrook has been involved with Racing Welfare since it was formed

Jockey Club, he has been involved with Racing Welfare since the Charity was formed through the amalgamation of the Jockey Club’s Charities and the Stable Lads Welfare Trust.

“I first got involved with the Charity in around 2000 when Raye Wilkinson invited me to a Stable Lads versus Jockeys football match in Middleham. I have always had nothing but respect for stable lads and lasses, they do a tough job, work long hours but they always put the horses first. I was pleased to be asked to become a trustee and have been one for the last ten years. I also sit on the board of the Charity’s housing association ‘Racing Homes’ and organise a Charity raceday at Haydock each year. This event not only raises much needed funds but also helps to spread the word to other racing people in the North West about Racing Welfare and their work. I would urge any one who breeds or owns racehorses to support Racing Welfare. Their work helping stable staff, be they young or old, is essential to the well being of our sport.

If the least you can do is donate a few pounds or spend a few hours on a committee, in my opinion that is time and money well spent.”

Nathaniel Parker Actor/Owner/Charity supporter You will know Nat from his acting performances in roles such as Inspector Lynley or Rawdon Crawley in Vanity Fair. Off stage he is an owner of racehorses too. His prowess on the boards is mirrored by his passion for the turf.

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“I fully believe that Racing Welfare is the only Charity that provides that support and care for all people in racing, that is why I support them and urge anyone who professes to love this sport to do likewise” Nathaniel Parker

that we operate in a big circle of trust. An owner relies upon a trainer, who relies upon the quality of the horses in his yard, which rely upon the staff who care for those horses; they in turn rely upon the breeders who rely upon the stud staff and so on. It is the trust and confidence that each individual is doing their utmost in the breeding and care of the horse that ensures we continue to enjoy the spectacle that is racing. Our stud and stable staff are a vital link and if we don’t have a support network for them when times get tough the circle breaks. I fully believe that Racing Welfare is the only Charity that provides that support and care for all people in racing, that is why I support them and urge anyone who professes to love this sport to do likewise”.

Jock Urquhart Retired Stable Lad/Charity Skydiver When Roy (universally known in Newmarket as Jock) left Tain in Ross-shire and headed south to take up a job with the late Bruce Hobbs in HQ he was like most young people embarking on a career in racing, full of hope and expectation.

The young Urquhart soon realised that a life as a jockey was not on the cards. This disappointment was assuaged thanks to his involvement with horses such as Stilvi and Scallywag plus the horseman’s knowledge he gleaned from Hobbs.

He still retains the stableman’s work hard play hard mentality. Now in his sixties and bearing the scars on his face from his stable lads boxing days, and a plastic hip courtesy of too many falls and rainy days in the saddle on Warren Hill.

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He is a tenacious fundraiser for the Charity that he says he owes a favour to. “I wasn’t in a good place for a while and it was Craig Hatfield and latterly Simone and Stella [Newmarket welfare officers] who got me back on track.

Racing Welfare helped me when I needed it; now I am doing something to help them. Its only right in my book”.

Jock organises a series of weekly prize draws in his local pub, produces a Racing Welfare calendar, runs Charity race nights and has even arranged to participate in a Charity tandem parachute jump in June this year. “Fundraising for Racing Welfare gives me something to get my teeth into, this is the Charity that helps the lads and I am proud to have been a stable lad myself, especially for a boss like my old gov’nor. I think he’ll be laughing if he looks down and sees me jumping out of a plane!”

Conclusion These five people are at first glance as disparate as you could get. However it is the love of the racehorse and the respect that they have for the un-sung heroes of the sport that brings them together. Whether you are able to run a marathon like Ollie, organise a ball like Carey, act as a trustee like Gary, advocate like Nat or even Skydive like Jock there is an opportunity for you to help Racing Welfare. Volunteering time, money or support directly helps the Charity and therefore its people. If you would like to get involved please contact Alec Dent adent@racingwelfare.co.uk , telephone 01638 560 763 or online www.racingwelfare.co.uk. I

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HMRC clarifies VAT treatment of cross-border services for breeders HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has now confirmed in writing that the new general rule for cross-border business to business (“B2B”) services applies to the most common services provided by TBA members.

From January 1, 2010, this rule states that where a UK business supplies services to a business outside the UK, no UK VAT should be charged. Where the customer is registered in another EU country, the UK supplier must complete an EC Sales List and the customer accounts for VAT in their own country under the reverse charge procedure.

Most significantly, HMRC has confirmed that this applies both to keep and to nominations (irrespective of how long the mare remains in the UK). The other services for which this applies include:

Do your water fittings comply with regulations?

● Grooms’ fees ● Veterinary and similar fees ● Shares in horses ● Farriers ● Transport of horses ● Agent’s services (where acting as an intermediary) ● Carcass removal HMRC has stressed the importance of the UK supplier ensuring that they are satisfied that the customer is in business, especially where they are not VAT-registered.

For advice concerning VAT matters, members should contact Terry Dockley at James Cowper LLP on 01635 553258, quoting their TBA membership number.

Stud owners should be aware that the TBA has been notified that in some areas officials from the water authority are carrying out inspections of properties to ensure compliance with the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999. These regulations exist to prevent waste, misuse, excessive consumption and contamination of the public water supply, and set down the requirements for the design, installation and maintenance of plumbing systems and water fittings in England and Wales.

Stud owners and occupiers are obliged to comply with the regulations, and run the risk of prosecution for non-compliance.

Enforcement of the regulations is the responsibility of the water companies in their areas of supply and, while there may be some variation in degree of enforcement between different authorities, non-compliance could result in financial penalties.

Further information on the regulations can be found on the DEFRA website at http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/ quality/water/industry/wsregs99/ while useful publications on ‘Stables’ and ‘Horse Pasture’ are available from the Water Regulations Advisory Scheme at www.wras.co.uk/Publications_default.htm

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AGM and Seminar fast approaching

David Redvers assesses sales market

There is still time to book your place at this year’s TBA Annual Seminar, taking place at Tattersalls, Park Paddocks on Tuesday, June 29. The seminar follows the TBA AGM, also being held at Tattersalls, which starts at 9.45am and ends in time for members to enjoy a cup of coffee before the seminar begins at 11am.

Entitled ‘The Breeding Business – A year on’, the seminar will pick up the theme set by last year’s event, with Adrian Crichton and Paul Greeves of Weatherbys setting the scene on the economy and bloodstock production statistics.

David Redvers, stud owner, agent, and an instigator of the Racing Post Yearling Bonus Scheme, will offer his perspective on the sales market, and bloodstock economist John Lynam will follow with his personal view on opportunities and threats faced by the breeding industry. A discussion session led by a panel of experts completes the morning and, following a buffet lunch, representatives from British Bloodstock Marketing will take to the platform to enlighten breeders on their marketing plans to support the industry.

The day will end with a presentation from Dr Emmeline Hill of Equinome, who will outline the opportunities now available for maximising the genetic potential of the racehorse.

The seminar has become a regular and popular fixture in the TBA calendar of events, and we urge members to take advantage of the opportunity to attend the AGM and seminar on the same day.

Tickets for the seminar are £45 for TBA members and £60 for non-members, and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Application forms are available on the TBA website and from Stanstead House.

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Douglas Ventress receives his award at Newmarket racecourse on 1,000 Guineas day from TBA board member Julian Wilson

Douglas Ventress has spent his entire working life on stud farms and long periods of time with each of his employers. His career began at Sezincote Stud in Gloucestershire in 1960, where he looked after stallions Phillip Of Spain and Hot Spark. Moving to Newmarket, Ventress first worked at Blackthorn Stud and then joined Meddler Stud, where he worked for 20 years as second man when the stud was home to stallions Balidar, Blue Cashmere, Most Welcome, Rock Hopper and Hurricane Sky. His move to Plantation Stud in 1999, when the stud was owned by Lord Howard de Walden and under the management of Leslie Harrison, was the last of his career. He remained at Plantation when it transferred to his current employers, Dermot and Perle O’Rourke, for whom he has been a key member of staff.

In nominating Ventress, the stud’s General Manager Adrian O’Brien described him as “one of life’s gentlemen, whose quiet manner puts even the most boisterous of equine juveniles at ease”. Furthermore, Ventress has been invaluable in passing on his skills and experience gained over the years to younger colleagues, and his loyalty and performance makes him an exemplary employee.

O’Brien added: “At the end of the year, when Doug retires after 50 years of service to the breeding industry, it will be the industry’s loss.

But all of us who have had the privilege of working with him, even for a short time, will count ourselves very lucky indeed.”

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Regional days Scotland Lucinda Russell and Peter Scudamore were the perfect hosts at Alary House Stables on April 13.

Just days before the Scottish Grand National, intended favourite Silver By Nature had just been announced a non-runner, but spirits were not diminished and we were all delighted to see that Lucinda still enjoyed a good meeting and a purple patch of winners in the days to follow.

Members had the opportunity to view Lucinda’s horses on the sand canter, followed by a visit to the impressive woodchip gallops nearby at Milnathort. The horses are out twice a day and the regime seems to work particularly well for this happy and relaxed yard. Peter also kindly gave up his morning to accompany our party and answer a range of questions on the choice of National Hunt stock, which includes former Flat horses as well as stores, homebreds and progressive young point-to-pointers. He also touched on race-planning and the various training regimes he has witnessed during his career, bringing forward those methods he felt worked best north of the border to support Lucinda.

Scottish members will always be faced with long journeys to support their regional meetings, which does detract from the turnout, but those present had a great day, rounded off with lunch at Loch Leven’s Larder in Milnathort. Thanks to Tim Finch, supported by Dorothy Thomson, William Hodge and Alan Mactaggart, for making this a great start to the 2010 regional programme.

South West A visit to Paul Nicholls’s yard at Ditcheat was always going to be a sell-out and this was confirmed by 40 members supporting the visit on Friday, April 16. A beautiful spring day meant that a walk from the famous Manor

A relaxed regime at Lucinda Russell’s Scottish stable works wonders for her horses

House Inn around the corner to Manor Farm Stables provided the ideal opportunity for a catch-up amongst a very sociable group of local members. Having seen the much publicised ‘millionaires’ row’ many times on the TV in the run-up to Cheltenham, it was a real treat to meet its inhabitants in the flesh – the welcoming Kauto Star and his neighbour, the less sociable Denman.

Paul joined our group and all the star occupants were shown individually, accompanied by a commentary by their trainer, who summarised their season, outlined plans for the future and answered a range of questions from our well-informed National Hunt members.

The visitors then had an opportunity to tour the yard, before heading for the other side of the village to see two youngsters school over hurdles in the outdoor school adjacent to Paul’s home. This provided another great opportunity to hear Paul’s thoughts on educating young horses, the difference in styles between French and British NH-breds and their preparation, not to mention traits associated with certain sires, all of which were invaluable.

A superb lunch back at the Manor House Inn rounded off the day. Our thanks go to Diana de Feu for organising the day and to Michael Faulkiner for keeping us to time throughout.

Yet more benefits for TBA members PUBLICATIONS Weatherbys have teamed up with the TBA to offer its members 15% discount on the cover price of all bloodstock titles (except the Return Of Mares). For full details see the leaflet and voucher sent out from Stanstead House at the end of April, or contact Weatherbys Bloodstock Services direct on 01933 440077.

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NEWS From the end of April TBA members have had the opportunity to receive European Bloodstock News on a free extended trial basis via e-mail. At the end of the free trial, members will have the opportunity to take out a discounted annual e-mail subscription to the EBN. For further details email enquiries@european.bloodstock-news.com

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Next Generation Committee Words James Read

Industry statistics can be open to manipulation but proper research leads to more than just lies and damned lies After a general election during which the wearied electorate was bored senseless by a raft of figures from Post Office closures to the incomprehensible tax credit system, statistics may seem a dull subject on which to base an article. They can be dangerous if taken at face value and, obviously, can be manipulated.

As breeders, we see evidence of this all the time, in stallion advertisements or ‘unbeatable’ betting systems. However, breeding is a numbers game and conclusions drawn from statistical research, albeit taken with a pinch of salt, can at least point us in the right direction.

After one of the coldest winters on record, it seemed reasonable to investigate whether breeding for an early foal really confers a significant advantage on that foal’s chance of racing success. As this season has shown, foaling and covering in the earlier months of the year pose tricky and often frustrating

“As a cash-strapped breeder I smelt the whiff of conspiracy”

problems to the breeder. With the prolonged cold weather, many mares have been overdue this season, whilst many others have refused to ‘play ball’ and have not been cycling normally. There is also evidence to suggest that the earlier-born foal is more susceptible to problems arising from Developmental Orthopaedic Disease (DOD).

It was with these factors in mind that I hoped to find indications that foals born later in the year would be as likely to win a Classic as their earlier born peers. As a cash-strapped breeder I smelt the whiff of conspiracy in the air: one concocted by the darker elements in veterinary practice, or by more unscrupulous stallion masters who have been stoking this early foaling propaganda for years. How else would all our suntanned vets afford their weekly Waitrose shopping trip if not by THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

prescribing hormone cocktails in the midst of winter? How else would stallions cover such large books if certain breeders weren’t paranoid that chaos would result if covers weren’t as close as dammit to Valentine’s Day, thereby extending the season?

Buoyed by such examples of Sea The Stars (born April 6), Rainbow View (May 21), Archipenko (May 30) and Group 1-winning juvenile Hearts Of Fire, who was still a month off his second birthday when he won the Brocklesby Stakes, I was convinced that I would unearth results which would liberate the small breeder from the expense and problems resulting from the above. Covering nearer to April Fool’s Day rather than Valentine's Day seems more apt for our game for several reasons anyway! Wouldn’t it be nicer to let a bit of sun and grass bring on the girls, as nature intended, rather than forcing compliance in the middle of winter?

Alas, I am afraid to report that evidence rather points against my earlier hopes. Foals born before March 1 have, on average, won 49.6% of British Classic races between 1989 and 2009. This compares to the fact that foals born in January and February make up around only 27% of the foal crop of mares whose progeny are intended for Flat racing.

With the Oaks and 1,000 Guineas, the results are even more significant: January- and February-born fillies account for 57% and 62% of winners respectively. No May-born filly has won the 1,000 Guineas during that period, while only one won the Oaks.

It does seem, therefore, that foals born in the first two months of the year have a significant advantage over those born after March 1, particularly fillies. It’s strange that by the age of three slightly later foals have not had the chance to catch up physically. Perhaps there are other factors at work which skew the figures. It is likely that breeders may invest more in a better nomination for a mare who is able to be serviced early rather than in May. However, the figures do seem to provide proof that all the expense and frustration surrounding an early cover and foaling may be worthwhile after all.

Diary dates and reminders MONDAY, JUNE 21 Wales Regional Day Tim Vaughan’s Pant Wilkin Stables, followed by racing at Chepstow.

TUESDAY, JUNE 22 Open to all members A visit to Jeremy Gask’s Horses First Racing, Wiltshire.

MONDAY, JUNE 28 TBA Awards Dinner, Newmarket Application forms for tickets were sent to all members at the end of April; tickets are limited and strictly on a first come, first served basis.

TUESDAY, JUNE 29 TBA AGM, 9.45am, Tattersalls, Newmarket TBA Seminar, 10.30am, Tattersalls, Newmarket Notification of the AGM and Seminar application forms were sent to all members at the end of April. Tickets to the seminar are strictly limited, so apply early to avoid disappointment.

SATURDAY, JULY 17 NGC visit to Plantation Stud The NCG is arranging a tour of Plantation Stud and gallops and racing at Newmarket with free entry for 200 young racegoers, kindly sponsored by Plantation Stud. For info, contact Jane Hedley on jane@markjohnstonracing.com.

TUESDAY, JULY 20 South East Regional Day Gary Moore’s Cisswood Stables and Sir Eric Parker’s Crimbourne Stud.

NEW MEMBERS Mrs R J Gallagher, Gloucestershire Ms R Hood, Suffolk N Armstrong Esq, County Durham W D Morris Esq, Mid Glamorgan Ms M Bowden, Oxfordshire Mrs A Dodd, Oxfordshire Mrs L Farmer, Derbyshire Mrs N Harris, Worcestershire Mrs H M Woods, County Durham

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SPECIAL MERIT AWARD (MARCH/APRIL)

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Karen Crangle, for Illustrious Blue

Alborada’s Nayef colt was much admired by Women In Racing members at Lanwades Stud

Not all people involved in racing are fortunate enough to see behind the scenes at a major stud farm, but a trip to Lanwades Stud was one of the highlights of a recent day for the newlyformed Women In Racing (WIR) organisation, which was the brainchild of ROA Council member Sally Rowley-Williams.

Deputy chair of the group, Rachel Flynn, who is also the TBA’s legal representative and partner of Taylor Vinters solicitors, teamed up with Louise Kemble to organise a memorable day in Newmarket for 33 WIR members, which kicked off at the Guineas breeze-up at the Rowley Mile. Attendees were given an insight to the sales by bloodstock agent Jill Lamb before heading to Lanwades to see two of its younger stallions, Sir Percy and Archipenko.

TBA Chairman Kirsten Rausing and her stud manager Alastair Watson were on hand to give detailed descriptions of the day-to-day running

of stallion and broodmare farms, before showing the group one of the real stars of Lanwades’ excellent band of mares, Alborada. It has to be said, however, that the dual Champion Stakes winner was upstaged by her Nayef colt, who is her ninth foal and who enjoyed the attention from his female audience.

After lunch at the Jockey Club Rooms, the afternoon’s entertainment was supplied by trainer Rae Guest, who invited the group to evening stables, during which he discussed racehorses’ conformation and provided a display of lungeing.

“Breeders and stud farms, though vital, are often the forgotten elements of horseracing,” said Kemble. “We were delighted to be able to show the members of Women In Racing exactly what goes in to producing a racehorse, right from when a mare arrives at stud to be covered through to the sales and early stages of training.”

Breeders’ Prize Scheme revisions Following the Levy Board’s announcement of a £4.6 million drop in racing’s funding in 2010, payments from the Breeders’ Prize Scheme will be reduced by 20% from July 1, a move which is forecast to save £154,000.

Cutbacks have also been made in the areas of prize-money, appearance money, regulatory and administrative costs, the funding of drug-testing and the budget for Racing For Change.

TBA Chief Executive Louise Kemble said: “The 20% reduction in the 2010 Breeders’ Prize Scheme from July was one of a raft of reductions

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in Levy Board expenditure headings required as a result of the re-forecast levy revenue for this year.

“We have to thank a number of people who gave their support in the production of the TBA’s robust submission in defence of retaining the scheme. This has been successful and the TBA accepts that the Levy Board made the right decision in applying appropriate cuts across the board.”

To see the full revised schedule for the Breeders’ Prize Scheme for 2010, please see our website, www.thetba.co.uk.

By winning the Group 3 Sagaro Stakes, the seven-year-old entire Illustrious Blue earned his breeder Karen Crangle the Special Merit award.

The son of Dansili has his roots in Shropshire, as he was bred by Karen at Lloyd Farm Stud, Hales (formerly Pinfold Stud), and his dam Gipsy Moth was bred nearby by Peter Tellwright of Tyrley Castle Stud. Tellwright’s breeding operation has revolved around Rimosa’s Pet, who features as the third dam of Illustrious Blue. Bought by Crangle as a yearling for 15,000gns, Gipsy Moth won four times, including a Listed race in Germany.

She has so far been responsible for six winners from her first six runners, the first three bred at Lloyd Farm and the next three by Colin and Melba Bryce of Laundry Cottage Stud, who purchased her in foal to Halling in 2004.

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Charles Lloyd-Baker, for Planet Of Sound There could be trouble in store when determining the NH Broodmare of the Year award for the 2009-10 season.

In April, Herald The Dawn achieved a notable double, with Planet Of Sound winning the Grade 1 Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup and From Dawn To Dusk winning Aintree’s John Smith’s Handicap Chase, the Listed race on Grand National day.

Both geldings are trained by Philip Hobbs for Charles Lloyd-Baker, but they have two separate breeders. The former, a son of Kayf Tara, was bred by his owner, whereas the latter was bred by Tweenhills Farm and Stud, where his sire Afzal used to stand.

Herald The Dawn took up residence at Tweenhills as a 15-year-old after realising 3,500gns in foal to Rakaposhi King, when Shade Oak Stud held a reduction sale conducted by DBS on the premises in August 1997.

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BREEDER OF THE MONTH MARCH/APRIL 2010

Watership Down Stud

Sponsored by Blue Chip Feed Ltd

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Words Alan Yuill Walker colt Diaghilev realised 3.4m gns as a yearling in 2000, which remains a record for the British Isles. Diaghilev is one of two Group 1-winning brothers by Sadler’s Wells, the other being the Aga Khan-bred Darazari.

Quite apart from providing Andrew Lloyd Webber with the opportunity to dream up a cunning name for the offspring, there were other considerations over the mating of Darara with Singspiel that resulted in Dar Re Mi. Marsh explained: “Not only was he extremely good value, but his sire In The Wings combined the blood of Sadler’s Wells and Shirley Heights, which had nicked well the family before.�

Darara is now enjoying her retirement with one of Philip Freedman’s old pensioners, but the broodmare band also includes Dar Re Mi’s year senior half-sister, Evita, who has a yearling colt by Rock Of Gibraltar and foaled a filly by Galileo in April before visiting Oasis Dream.

Darara’s final offspring is the Tiger Hill colt Rewilding, who cost Sheikh Mohammed 500,000gns as a yearling and is already Group 2placed in France. This brings the total revenue from the sale of four Watership Down yearling colts to a staggering 4.9m gns.

Lady Lloyd Webber (right) and her children Bella, Billy and Alastair give Dar Re Mi a deserving stroke after the mare’s victory in Dubai

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THE temptation for Lord and Lady Lloyd Webber to retire homebred Dar Re Mi after her four-year-old innings last season must have been considerable.

After all, she was a Group 1 winner in England (Yorkshire Oaks) and Ireland (Pretty Polly Stakes), and had finished first in the Group 1 Prix Vermeille only to suffer a controversial disqualification, prior to finishing third in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita. To keep her in training as a five-year-old mare might seem like tempting providence, but occasionally fortune favours the brave and on March 27 Dar Re Mi landed a sensational victory in the Group 1 Dubai Sheema Classic on the newly laid turf at Meydan.

That coincided with the slightly less glamorous opening of the domestic Turf flat season at Doncaster, where Watership Down scored another hit with Dar Re Mi’s stable companion Senate, who cost Princess Haya 160,000gns as a yearling.

This double earned the Lloyd Webbers the inaugural Flat Breeder of the Month award for 2010, for which they win six sacks of Blue Chip Original feed balancer and some Blue Chip clothing, and how well deserved it is for all who work on the stud, headed by long standing manager Terry Doherty.

Dar Re Mi is the penultimate foal of Darara (Prix Vermeille), who was bought as an 11-year-old at Goffs in November 1994, carrying to Shirley Heights, for 470,000gns.

Reflecting on her purchase, the Lloyd Webbers’ Racing Manager Simon Marsh said: “Mares of her calibre seldom come on the market and she had plenty to recommend her. From one of the Aga Khan’s best families, she was a half-sister to Darshaan and in foal to his sire, Shirley Heights, and her first four foals were winners.�

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Breeders’ Prizes

National Hunt HBLB Breeders’ Prizes worth £1,250 or more Breeder Prize (£) Mrs O M Cann 10,000 M G Kilroe 10,000 N Shutts 10,000 Coln Valley Stud 10,000 P Murphy 7,700 Tweenhills Farm & Stud Ltd 6,000 Wood Farm Stud 5,300 J I A Charlton 5,200 D T And A T Goldsworthy 5,200 Dr G M Thelwall Jones 4,800 Pleasure Palace Racing 4,800 Simon And Helen Plumbly 4,800 P D And Mrs Player *4,000 Leydens Farm Stud *4,000 The Earl Of Halifax 2,600 L Waugh 2,600 Mrs R I Vaughan 2,600 A G Knowles 2,600 P J H Wills 2,600 G J And Mrs Palmer 2,600 P B Shaw 2,600 H G Llewellyn 2,600 Conkwell Grange Stud Ltd 2,600 S Tindall 2,600 A G And S M Carter Bloodstock 2,600 Miss J Webb & M Rowe 2,600 B J Eckley 2,500 John Needham 2,500 Mr R D Chugg & The Late J R H Fowler *2,120 G Reed *1,920 Downfield Cottage Stud *1,720 Temple Farming & Christopher Leigh 1,500 P E Atkinson 1,500 S Tindall A C Whilans P J W Botham D A Harrison J B Starkey and P Coppell

1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,250

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Sire

Dam

What A Friend Wayward Prince General Miller Ringaroses Mad Max From Dawn To Dusk Sir Harry Ormesher Reel Charmer Wychwoods Legend Double Hit Megastar Briery Fox Khyber Kim I'm So Lucky Lease Lend The Snail Carlitos Brave Rebellion Himalayan Trail Maktu Busy Isit Over The Creek Midnight Chase King Edmund Rosie All Over Overclear Ring For Time Bringewood Belle Banjaxed Girl Gringo Ryde Back Tanzanite Bay Instabella King Edmund Dallas Bell Buck Mulligan Solway Sam Mr Preacher Man

Alflora Alflora Karinga Bay Karinga Bay Kayf Tara Afzal Sir Harry Lewis Dancing High Midnight Legend Sir Harry Lewis Kayf Tara Phardante Mujahid Zilzal Zilzal Namaqualand Hernando Primitive Rising Nomadic Way Bien Bien Busy Flight Over The River Midnight Legend Roi de Rome Overbury Overbury Karinga Bay Kayf Tara King's Theatre Alzao Bob Back Karinga Bay Karinga Bay Roi de Rome Minster Son Robellino Double Trigger Sir Harry Lewis

Friendly Lady Bellino Spirit Millers Action Rose Ravine Carole's Crusader Herald The Dawn Glamour Game Gaelic Charm Miss Millbrook Grayrose Double Megalex Briery Gale Jungle Rose City Of Angels Moogie Moonshine Malt Queen Of Spades Grand Queen Hindu Lady Shalateeno Eatons Solo Girl Yamrah Cadbury Castle Hallo Rosie Callope Little Time Carlingford Belle Belle Magello Glen Falls Knight Ryde Diamond Wind Instabene Cadbury Castle Eleanor May Music Park Some Gale Praise The Lord

Based on date money was paid

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08/4/10 09/4/10 09/4/10 09/4/10 08/4/10 10/4/10 08/4/10 11/4/10 11/4/10 27/3/10 10/4/10 18/4/10 10/4/10 24/4/10 24/3/10 25/3/10 26/3/10 30/3/10 03/4/10 03/4/10 09/4/10 13/4/10 15/4/10 18/4/10 22/4/10 23/4/10 31/3/10 23/4/10 15/4/10 23/4/10 27/3/10 15/4/10 15/4/10 25/3/10 28/3/10 18/4/10 23/4/10 18/2/10

Aintree Aintree Aintree Aintree Aintree Aintree Aintree Kelso Market Rasen Newbury Aintree Ascot Aintree Sandown Park Haydock Park Ludlow Newbury Market Rasen Carlisle Haydock Park Kempton Park Exeter Cheltenham Ascot Uttoxeter Newton Abbot Hereford Bangor-On-Dee Cheltenham Perth Newbury Cheltenham Cheltenham Ludlow Hexham Stratford Perth Kelso

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Flat HBLB Breeders’ Prizes worth £1,800 or more Breeder

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Sire

Dam

Mrs A K H Ooi Horizon Bloodstock Limited

7,500 5,100

Harbinger Sherman Mccoy

Dansili Reset

Penang Pearl Naomi Wildman

Glebe Stud & Partners Stowell Hill Ltd Cheveley Park Stud Ltd T J Cooper Mrs N A Ward Langton Stud & G E M Wates Darley Foursome Thoroughbreds Normandie Stud Ltd L A C Ashby Newhall Estate Farm G Strawbridge

5,000 3,600 2,800 2,800 2,800 2,800 2,700 2,700 1,800 1,800 1,800

Ermyn Lodge Sri Putra Middle Club Penitent Miss Starlight Myplacelater Lord Zenith Dazinski Red Cadeaux Fallen Idol Mabait Pipette

Singspiel Oasis Dream Fantastic Light Kyllachy Trade Fair Where Or When Zamindar Sulamani Cadeaux Genereux Pivotal Kyllachy Pivotal

Rosewood Belle Wendylina Anna Oleanda Pious Redeem Star Welcome Lady Donatella Shuheb Artisia Fallen Star Czarna Roza Amaryllis

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Prize (£)

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17/4/10 07/4/10 25/4/10 20/4/10 15/4/10 24/3/10 27/3/10 08/4/10 16/4/10 10/4/10 24/4/10 10/4/10 23/4/10 24/4/10 03/4/10

Newbury Kempton Park Bath Kempton Park Newmarket Kempton Park Doncaster Leicester Newbury Lingfield Park Ripon Lingfield Park Sandown Park Sandown Park Kempton Park

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VET FORUM: THE EXPERT VIEW

By JAMES TATE BVMS MRCVS

Foal lameness – why time is of the essence Early recognition and prompt treatment are key factors in addressing a problem common to many youngsters at this time of the year

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oal lameness is a common scenario at this time of year, with the immature musculoskeletal system, naive immune system and delicate growth plates of the foal making it prone to serious lameness problems.

It is essential to diagnose and treat the cause of the lameness as soon as possible in order to prevent any long-term damage for these developing athletes.

Most injuries that occur in older horses can also cause lameness in foals but there are certain problems that are unique to foals. First, their naive immune system means that serious infections, most notably those involving joints, are much more common than in older horses.

Second, injuries involving the delicate growth plates are a major problem.

Early recognition of lameness and prompt treatment of a young, growing foal is vital in order to avoid long-lasting damage which could potentially be career or even lifethreatening. Not only might the injury cause a serious problem in the leg involved, but the excess weight-bearing on the other limbs can

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also result in secondary conditions such as uneven growth through a growth plate. This is why owners cannot operate a ‘wait-and-see’ approach with regard to foal lameness.

Foals often resist handling and close examination which can test the patience of all involved, but a thorough examination is crucial. The limb should be carefully examined in search of any swellings or abnormalities and hoof testers should be used to search for foot pain. The foal’s navel should also be closely examined as a possible source of infection. As with older horses, other diagnostic aids can be used when necessary, for example x-ray, ultrasound, nerve blocks, ‘bone scanning’, blood testing and joint fluid sampling.

Joint infections The first potential problem that the newborn foal is faced with is a joint infection, which is also known as ‘joint ill’ or ‘septic arthritis’.

Affected foals usually present with moderate to severe lameness, but when they are first found joint swelling is not always obvious and

the foal’s temperature is not necessarily raised.

It typically occurs either within the first ten days of life in foals that have not received sufficient protective antibodies from the mare, or at approximately six weeks of age just as the level of the mare’s antibodies starts to wane.

The infection rapidly begins to destroy the joint, resulting in severe lameness. Any joint or joints can be targeted, though most commonly affected are the hock, fetlock and stifle.

In older horses joint infections are usually caused by joint penetrations such as wounds.

However, in foals these infections are caused by bacteria spreading via the blood into the joints.

Foals with insufficient levels of protective maternal antibodies due to poor colostrum intake are therefore at higher risk of such infections.

Bacteria most commonly enter the body via the navel, respiratory system or gastrointestinal system, and hence, management and cleanliness play a vital role in the prevention of this serious condition.

First, it is crucial to treat the navel appropriately. Second, the foal must receive sufficient colostrum from the mare. It is possible to check a foal has received sufficient antibodies from the mare by means of an IgG (antibody) test, which is usually performed in the first 48 hours of life. If the test suggests that the foal has received insufficient antibodies then the veterinary surgeon may consider giving the foal a hyper-immune plasma transfusion.

Finally, keeping a young foal in a suitable, clean environment will dramatically reduce the chances of it picking up any harmful bacteria – something that is particularly important at large studs, where the foal’s naive immune system may be under additional challenge through mixing in big groups.

Foals with joint infections must receive attention immediately in order to stop the joint damage becoming career- or life-threatening.

Antibiotics are started straightaway and usually need to be maintained for several weeks. Joints may be flushed out under sedation, or surgically, to ensure the infection is eradicated as quickly and efficiently as possible. If foals are

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treated rapidly with antibiotics to which the infection is susceptible and joints are flushed out quickly if deemed necessary, then given time these foals generally have a good prognosis for a full recovery. However, if foals are left untreated for longer, or in less straightforward cases, a joint infection can be fatal.

What is a growth plate?

Traumatic injuries Once the foal has made it through the first few weeks of life without succumbing to any infection, the next challenge is avoiding a traumatic injury. As well as developing physically, foals are also testing their boundaries and learning about what they can and cannot do, which means that they often misjudge situations, resulting in traumatic injuries and therefore lameness. Sometimes this is a kick from the mare or another grazing companion, or it may be the result of an encounter with an immoveable object such as a fence or gate. Wounds, grazes and swellings usually reveal the site of impact and obviously the severity of the injury can vary greatly.

Some accidents are unavoidable but a common-sense approach with regard to stabling and appropriate turnout paddocks can reduce the risk of traumatic injury. For example, mares and foals should not be turned out in too big a field until the foal has been conditioned to exercising in a smaller paddock, and pastures should be well-fenced and free from potentially dangerous objects.

Most traumatic incidents result in only superficial injuries such as skin wounds, bruising and haematomas that resolve in a few days, but more serious problems can occur, for example injuries to delicate growth plates.

The growth plate above the knee in a very young foal

that they are at risk of infection via bacteria in the blood. Direct trauma to a growth plate can further increase the blood supply to the affected area, therefore heightening the risk of a serious infection. If a foal receives trauma to any area in close proximity to a growth plate, for example just above the knee or fetlock, the lameness does not resolve quickly and the area becomes hot, swollen and painful, then a growth plate infection must be feared.

In addition, due to the close proximity of the growth plates to joints, infection of a growth plate may sometimes also lead to a joint infection. As a result, treatment must be initiated quickly and usually comprises of systemic antibiotics, antibiotic injections into the bone and regional antibiotic perfusion using tourniquets. This is a potentially serious condition in a young foal and the prognosis again depends on rapid and effective treatment.

Long bones such as the radius (the bone above the knee) grow by the production of cartilage, which then turns into bone at certain specific sites. The sites where cartilage and bone production, and therefore growth, take place are referred to as ‘growth plates’. Growth in these areas occurs very quickly during the foal’s first few months of life but they stop producing significant bone at specific times. It is vital that these growth plates produce bone at a consistent rate to ensure that the foal grows evenly.

Any trauma, excess loading, inflammation or infection of any one of these growth plates can have serious, permanent consequences for the foal, for example, uneven growth leading to angular limb deformities.

Fractured sesamoids often occur in young foals that are turned out with the mare in too big a field too soon

Fractures

Lameness as a result of traumatic wounds is a common cause of lameness in foals

The growth plates in long bones are vitally important in the young, growing foal as they produce cartilage, which then turns into new bone and so enables the bone to lengthen.

However, in order to produce this bone they have a very good blood supply, which means

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Occasionally, a traumatic event can result in a fracture of the foal’s immature skeleton. Any bone in the foal’s body can be affected but there are a few fractures that are more common than others, for example sesamoid fractures, growth plate fractures and pedal bone fractures. Fractures of the small sesamoid bones at the back of the fetlock joint tend to occur early in the foal’s life. They are most commonly seen in foals aged between two weeks and two months, and many believe that foals are at an increased risk of injury if the mare and foal are turned out in too big a field too early in the foal’s life.

This is why it is important that the size of the pasture in which the mare and newborn foal are kept is gradually increased, because if they are put in too big a field too soon then the mare will gallop the whole length of the field and the foal will attempt to keep up, which may result in an injury such as a fractured sesamoid.

The signs of a sesamoid fracture vary markedly from a very lame foal with an obviously swollen fetlock to a foal with only very mild swelling and lameness. In fact, some foals come sound so quickly that the lameness is disregarded and it is not until either the fetlock is x-rayed prior to the yearling sales or the horse is put into training that the injury is actually found. Treatment is simply box rest for six to eight weeks, combined with supportive bandages as the immature sesamoid bones cannot be repaired surgically. Sesamoid fractures devalue the foal because not all healed sesamoids stand up to racing.

The foal’s long bones can fracture in any place but the delicate growth plates are at a higher risk of injury particularly before they start to close. Such injuries are known as ‘Salter Harris fractures’. The lower limb is usually injured as a result of a single traumatic event such as a kick, whilst the upper limb is more often at risk of a fracture THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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which results in uneven growth and an angular limb deformity. Affected foals must be treated quickly before they stop growing, otherwise the abnormal conformation will become permanent.

White line abscesses

A fracture of the inside ‘wing’ of the left hind pedal bone of a young foal.

Pedal bone fractures are very common in foals and such injuries usually heal well

when the foal takes a fall, for example slipping whilst rearing. Non-displaced growth plate fractures can be managed conservatively with rest but displaced fractures require surgery.

Pedal bone fractures also occur very frequently in foals, at any age. They happen as a result of trauma, which may have been kicking a solid object or galloping on hard, uneven ground. Affected foals are usually obviously lame and an x-ray confirms the diagnosis. Most commonly they affect either the inside or outside ‘wing’ of the pedal bone and so the joint in the foot (the ‘coffin’ joint) is not affected. But if this joint is involved, then the injury is potentially more serious.

Straightforward pedal bone fractures require approximately four to six weeks box rest but the prognosis is usually good.

White line abscess are caused by dirt ‘tracking up’ the anatomical weak-point of the hoof between the hoof wall and the sole – the white line. As these abscesses are caused by dirt, they are much more common when conditions are wet and muddy, and hence they are most commonly seen in older foals in the winter. White line abscesses are without doubt the least serious infectious cause of lameness in foals. However, even these must be diagnosed and treated quickly so that the growing foal does not overload the growth plates of the other leg. Affected foals usually have a hot, painful foot and hoof testers reveal a specific sore point. The infection must then be located in the foot using a sharp ‘seeker’ knife, but care must be taken not to create too big a cavity in the foal’s small foot when searching for the abscess.

Once the infection has been found it should be drained as quickly as possible using ‘tubbing’ with warm water containing Epsom Salts and hot ‘poulticing’ with ‘Animalintex’ (manufacturer). Although rarely used in the treatment of white line abscesses in older horses, antibiotics can often be useful when treating foals, particularly in less straightforward cases. In addition, it is very important that the foal is protected against tetanus by the injection of tetanus antitoxin if it has not had its primary vaccinations.

Epiphysitis The term ‘epiphysitis’ simply means inflammation of a growth plate, of which the most commonly affected is the growth plate above the fetlock in foals and the growth plate above the knee in yearlings. Epiphysitis can occur at any time in the development of the young horse but it is most frequently seen in the summer in fast-growing foals when they start to do ‘too well’ due to excessive nutrition, and it is also particularly common when the ground is firm.

Hot, painful swelling appears at the growth plates above the fetlock or knee and affected foals often show mild lameness or stiffness. It usually settles quite well with rest, anti-inflammatory drugs and perhaps a reduction in feed. However, if one side of the growth plate becomes more inflamed then it will start to grow faster than the other side, THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

A severe white line abscess

Developmental bone diseases Developmental bone diseases such as osteochondrosis dissecans rarely occur in foals less than four months of age and are much more common in older foals. Osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD) is a developmental joint disorder that results in cartilage defects. It can affect any joint, but the stifle, hock and fetlock

An osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD) lesion in a fetlock joint

are most commonly involved. The exact cause is poorly understood but it seems to be more prevalent in fast-growing colt foals, although nutrition and genetics probably also play a part.

OCD lesions do not always cause lameness but joints often appear swollen. This has traditionally been viewed as a condition that self-resolves and so should be treated conservatively (especially in foals), but if the lameness progresses or the foal’s conformation begins to deteriorate then surgery may be necessary. However, treatment of OCD lesions is somewhat controversial as veterinary surgeons are often asked to perform arthroscopy on yearlings to ‘clean up’ joints whether or not the surgery is truly necessary, to ensure that their limbs and x-rays look perfect at the yearling sales.

Conclusion In summary, lameness in foals is a common occurrence at this time of year and should be approached quite differently from lameness in older horses. The foal’s naive immune system means that it is prone to infections, the most serious of which are joint infections and growth plate infections, both of which must be treated quickly and effectively in order to maintain its athletic future and even life.

Whilst testing its boundaries, the foal may suffer a variety of traumatic injuries, from minor superficial wounds to more serious growth plate injuries or fractures. The fact that the foal is growing rapidly means that any prolonged lameness can not only have permanent consequences for the leg involved but can also damage the other limb due to excess loading of the growth plates.

Good management, such as not turning a mare and foal out in too big a field too soon to avoid traumatic injuries and a high level of cleanliness to avoid infections, is vital in the prevention of these problems. However, the most important message of this article is that a lame foal must be seen immediately – time is of the essence.

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Horse Wellness and Kraft develop new water horse walker

Those of you who have had their horses in water have also experienced how much they enjoy it.

They immediately begin to stomp their hooves and splash water. Neither the horse nor the rider remains dry. One can sense a pure joy of life in the horses.

It is a real benefit for those who live near the sea, at a lake or on a river because it gives their horses the opportunity to enjoy the water.

However, the possibilities to allow horses to roam through water in such natural settings have decreased over the years.

Experts have long searched for adequate alternatives. The focus has not just been on the fun-factor of water.

Therapy, rehabilitation, muscle toning and conditioning as well as the general wellness of the horse are some of the key points that also come to mind.

Some of the healing successes of seriously hurt race and sport horses that have undergone a water therapy treatment almost sound like miracle stories. The aiding and healing power of water is very well known in the equine industry!

Horse Wellness and Kraft Horse Walkers have been working together for four years to develop a product that encompasses all the benefits of water while at the same time does not neglect a horse’s desire for freedom and space.

Two specialists in their respective fields – KRAFT as the experts in the field of horse walkers and metal manufacturing, and Voncini Systems in the field of water technology and swimming pool construction, have combined their knowhow and experience, both have undertaken extensive research, and have now developed an innovative water horse walker.

This has resulted in a circular 15 metres (49’) as well as an oval 10x20m (33’x66’) water walker, both with a 2.2m (7.2’)

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wide walking surface and variable water levels from 30-100 cm (1’ to 3’3”).

The horse walker is integrated into the pool and offers the horse plenty of space and range of movement. The entry ramp is coated with slip resistant rubber. Many horses are already familiar with horse walkers and the transition to a water walker is therefore stress free.

Many varied combinations are possible, exclusively with a water walker from Kraft. The water level can be adjusted, the speed can be precisely set, the water temperature can be selected, and salt or fresh water can be chosen.

A specially designed and programmable control system guarantees a user friendly operation.

A huge advantage is the many varied uses and applications.

Training can begin with a shallow water height that is then gradually raised.

The horses are challenged but not overstressed.

The healing process for bad injuries can be accelerated by relieving the weight pressure by up to 60% when the water level is maximized.

The use of salt water will also speed the

healing process and aid rehabilitation.

A patented filter system developed by Voncini Systems guarantees a good water quality and purity.

“The positive effect on training is amazing”, according to Andrea Menegaldo, Kraft’s Italian agent, who also worked on the development of the system.

“Even more fascinating is the joy the horses show when entering the pool as well as their balanced demeanor both during and after their exercise. Individual training and therapy sessions can now be accomplished with many horses at the same time, which also doubles up as a noticeable labour saver for horse farms.”

Kraft Horse Walker can now offer this type of water walker as a turn-key product.

Lengthy concrete jobs are alleviated due to the prefabricated components that allow a quick and seamless installation. In addition to this, there’s a ten-year guarantee on the prefabricated components.

For further information visit www.kraft-fuehranlagen.de or www.kraft-horsewalker.com or call Horse Weigh on +44 (0) 7774 783247.

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EQUINE HEALTH FORUM AloeQuine Aloe Vera Gel It is hardly surprising that such a high proportion of horses in training suffer from Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS), which can lead to loss of condition, underperformance, lethargy and colic, due to the stresses of a gruelling training regime and travelling to and from races, twinned with the fact that they need to receive such a high proportion of concentrates to forage, often with no grazing.

The costs involved in scoping and the treatment of EGUS can prove extremely expensive. However, feeding your horse AloeQuine Aloe Vera Gel for Horses is a cost-effective and reliable way of helping to prevent and treat EGUS. Made from the very finest inner leaf, hand-filleted aloe vera, AloeQuine Aloe Vera Gel for Horses is endorsed by the International Aloe Science Council and is awarded their seal of approval, for content, purity and quality. Research has also shown that aloe vera is affective in the treatment of lethargy syndrome and ulcerous wounds. It has also proved beneficial at weaning time (helping to minimise snotty noses and pot bellies).

For more information, please visit www.aloequine.com or call +44 (0)1962 883893, email: info@aloequine.com.

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Follow Vet-Medic’s worming programme for healthier horses Worms pose a significant threat to your horse’s health. Vet-Medic’s John Rosie advises the burden of worms can be addressed with the correct preventative measures, and urges owners to test regularly.

Faeces can be tested for the presence of larvae and worm eggs.

However, as faecal testing does not detect tapeworm or encysted small redworm, following a worming programme is highly recommended.

There are a number of practical steps to reduce the likelihood of your horse developing a problem. These include the removal of droppings twice weekly, rotating pastures, mixed species grazing, and ideally no more than 1-3 horses per acre.

The Equest Pramox programme is comprehensive and will protect your animal against Encysted Small Redworm,Tapeworm, Roundworms, Migrating Large Redworm and Botfly. It comes in a gel, containing moxidectin and praziquantel, and should be administered four times a year, allowing 13 weeks between treatments.

Alternatively, or for the treatment of pregnant or lactating mares, Eqvalan Duo is an oral paste combining Ivermectin to control common roundworms and bots, plus Praziquantel to control tapeworms. A single dose of Eqvalan Duo every eight to ten weeks can control all major species of equine parasite.

A veterinary surgeon should be contacted to give advice regarding appropriate dosing programmes. For further information visit www.vet-medic.com or call 0800 387348.

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Makfi sets Dubawi on his way The 2,000 Guineas provides first-crop Classic win, but is this indicative of future success?

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Double Bed and Valentine Waltz, the truth is that he wasn’t the wondersire his first crop suggested.

Happily, it was a very different story with another of Coolmore’s champion sires, Sadler’s Wells. Although the son of Northern Dancer didn’t sire a British Classic winner until his second crop – the exceptional Salsabil – his brilliant first crop featured Old Vic, who ran away with the Prix du Jockey-Club and Irish Derby. He now has 13 British Classic victories to his credit.

Galileo quick off the mark

GEORGE SELWYN

arley have every right to be delighted with the starts made by the young stallions Dubawi and Shamardal. By April 30 only three of the large number of European and American stallions who made their stud debut in 2006 had sired more than two Group or Graded winners, with Dubawi leading the way with an impressive total of five.

That put him two clear of Shamardal, who shared second place with Roberto’s Americanbased grandson Rock Hard Ten. Of course, Dubawi’s achievements quickly looked even more impressive. The very next day saw his unbeaten son Makfi record a stylish victory in the 2,000 Guineas, providing Dubawi with a Classic winner from his first crop.

This prompted me to check just how rare an achievement this is and whether it represents a certain path to future success. Restricting myself to the Classics run in Britain from 1975, I came up with plenty of examples – but that initial Classic success didn’t necessarily prove a stepping stone to further Classic glory.

Be My Guest enjoyed such an outstanding start with his first three-year-olds in 1982 that he ended the year as champion sire. Not only was he represented by On The House, winner of the 1,000 Guineas, but he also landed two

Makfi: first Group 1 winner for Dubawi

Classics – the Prix du Jockey-Club and Irish Derby – with Assert. Although Be My Guest’s numerous subsequent crops featured such as Pentire, Go And Go, Pelder, Luth Enchantee,

The versatility of Poliglote

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daughter Ulivate won over 900m at Maisons-Laffitte, her victory coming in the wake of a successful time for Poliglote’s jumping progeny. The four-year-old Saint du Chenet gained Grade 3 and 2 successes over fences in April, weeks after Spirit River had triumphed in the Coral Cup at the Cheltenham Festival. Last November had seen Prince Oui Oui take the Grade 1

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When one thinks about Sadler’s Wells’ successful stallion sons, the names of Montjeu, Galileo, El Prado, High Chaparral and Barathea are generally among the first to spring to mind. But spare a thought for Poliglote, who has been plying his trade at Haras d’Etreham since 1998.

Poliglote was bred well enough for anything, his dam being the very successful broodmare Alexandrie. He lived up to his illustrious bloodlines by winning the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud at two and the Group 2 Grand Prix d’Evry at four, as well as by finishing second in Celtic Swing’s Prix du Jockey-Club. However, he started out at only 35,000 francs, having failed to win in his last season on the track, in a career spent principally over the unfashionable distance of a mile and a half.

That hasn’t stopped him showing considerable versatility during a varied stallion career. In April his two-year-old

Poliglote: a dual-purpose ex-shuttler

It will be interesting to see whether Sadler’s Wells’s Derby-winning son Galileo ever gets close to that wonderful total. He certainly wasted no time in establishing his ability to sire Classic winners, with Sixties Icon (St Leger) and Nightime (Irish 1,000 Guineas) in his first crop, Soldier Of Fortune (Irish Derby) in his second and New Approach (Derby) in his third.

Galileo’s initial early success saw his fee rocket from €37,500 to €150,000, the fee for which his 2010 two-year-olds were conceived.

Of course, Galileo was following in the footsteps of his paternal half-brother Montjeu, who took second place on the 2005 stallion

Racing Post Prix Cambaceres. Poliglote was France’s leading living sire of jumpers in 2009 and he had moved to the top of the 2010 table by the end of April, ahead of Cadoudal. This bodes well for Irish Wells, who established himself as one of Poliglote’s most talented sons by winning two editions of the Grand Prix de Deauville.

Now based at Haras de la Tuilerie, an associate of Haras d’Etreham, Irish Wells has a 50-strong first crop of yearlings in 2010.

Despite the efforts of Irish Wells and the Group 3 winner Hello Sunday, there is no escaping the fact that Poliglote has enjoyed far more success on the Flat on his trips to Argentina. He has sired at least seven Grade 1 winners there, the latest being a very good filly called Kalath Wells, who became Poliglote’s second winner of the Argentine Oaks, the Premio Seleccion.

Poliglote now also ranks as the broodmare sire of an Argentine Grade 1 winner, thanks to Catch The Mad, a two-year-old by Catcher In The Rye, so he has made his mark in an admirable number of fields.

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table, thanks largely to his first three-yearolds, which included the Derby-winning Motivator and the St Leger hero Scorpion.

Thanks to Authorized, Frozen Fire and Fame And Glory, Montjeu is now firmly established as one of the most reliable sources of winners of the longer Classic races. On the other hand, Saddlers’ Hall failed to build on the encouraging start he made with his first-crop son Silver Patriarch, winner of the 1997 St Leger after going so close in the Derby.

Giant’s Causeway’s single season in Ireland also reaped instant Classic rewards, with Footstepsinthesand taking the 2,000 Guineas prior to Shamardal’s dual Classic success in France. He too has progressed, to the extent that he ended 2009 as North America’s champion sire.

Those remarkable brothers Kris and Diesis both made flying starts, with an Oaks winner among their first foals. Of course, Kris’s Oaks winner, Oh So Sharp, also became the last horse to win three British Classics. Kris went on to sire a Classic winner in each of his first three crops, with Flash Of Steel taking the 1986 Irish 2,000 Guineas and Unite the 1987 Oaks.

While both brothers were to enjoy long and successful careers, it was younger brother Diesis who maintained his success the better at the top level. He was 24 when his last Group 1 winner, Magical Fantasy, was conceived.

The National Stud’s Blakeney was another to sire an Oaks winner in his first crop, thanks to Juliette Marny, who also took the Irish Oaks.

Blakeney later came up with winners of the St Leger (Julio Mariner) and Irish Derby (Tyrnavos), and cropped up as the broodmare sire of 2006 Derby winner Sir Percy.

Old Vic joins the jumping elite As Don’t Push It led home Black Apalachi in a memorable Grand National, the stamina-packed sons of Old Vic confirmed their sire’s status as the dominant force in the world’s most famous steeplechase. As the Sunnyhill Stud stallion was also responsible for Comply Or Die, winner in 2008 and runner-up in 2009, he now ranks among a select group of stallions who have sired more than one Grand National winner since the war. He follows in the footsteps of Cottage, Vulgan, Menelek, Roselier and Montelimar.

Old Vic became one of the most famous alumni of Bob McCreery’s Stowell Hill operation with impressive victories in the 1989 Prix du Jockey-Club and Irish Derby.

The big son of Sadler’s Wells was produced by Cockade, a sister to Stowell Hill’s other Classic winner, the 1972 2,000 Guineas winner High Top. Old Vic’s links to Stowell Hill don’t end there. When one of his daughters,

Anna Oleanda, came up as Lot 1719 at the 2005 December Sales, it was McCreery who bought her for 45,000gns.

The then seven-year-old mare is out of the German champion Anna Paola, which made her a half-sister to several successful broodmares. Anna Oleanda is also a sister to Anno Luce, a German Group 3 winner who also won a Listed race in England.

McCreery’s purchase has paid a quick dividend. Anna Oleanda was sent to Fantastic Light after she had foaled the Dubai Destination filly she was carrying (which sold for 92,000gns as a foal).

The mare duly produced another filly, which – as Middle Club – carried McCreery’s colours to victory in two of her four juvenile starts, including the Group 3 Prix d’Aumale at Chantilly. The filly is now giving every sign that she has trained on well, following up a victory at Kempton in March with a narrow defeat in the Group 3 Prix Penelope.

Rainbow Quest could hardly have made a better start. It’s hard to imagine in these days of very large books that the 1986 Arc winner started out with a crop of only 38. That didn’t stop him siring winners of the Derby (Quest For Fame) and Irish Oaks (Knight’s Baroness), with an Arc winner (Saumarez) thrown in for good measure. While this was indeed an extremely hard act to follow, Rainbow Quest confirmed his position as Britain’s most prolific sire of Group winners and was 24 when the last of his many Group 1 winners was conceived.

Cape Cross highlighted his potential by siring the Oaks and Irish Oaks heroine Ouija Board in his first crop, prompting his fee to be increased from €20,000 to €50,000. This was an example of Classic success breeding Classic success, as his first €50,000 season produced the magnificent Sea The Stars.

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Don’t Push It and Black Apalachi give sire Old Vic the Grand National quinella

non-vintage 1,000 Guineas in 2001. Once again, Classic success bred Classic success, as one of the mares who visited him in 2002 duly produced the admirable Sir Percy, winner of the 2006 Derby.

Unfortunately, being fast out of the blocks doesn’t guarantee longevity to the stallion’s career. The top miler Sparkler sired the 1,000 Guineas winner Enstone Spark in his first crop and the Oaks heroine Scintillate in his second, only to end his career in South Africa. The same destination ultimately awaited Spectrum, even

though he made a promising start with the 2,000 Guineas and King George winner Golan.

Another in this category is Turtle Island, who is now in Sicily despite having 2,000 Guineas winner Island Sands in his first crop.

It is also worth remembering that there are only five British Classics, so it is easy to forgive any stallion who fails to hit the target at the first attempt. Sires of the calibre of Danehill, Habitat, Shirley Heights and Caerleon are just a few who failed to do so, and it didn’t stop them making a major impact in the long term.

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DATA BOOK LISTINGS OF EVERY WORLDWIDE GROUP OR GRADED STAKES WINNER

Global Stakes Results Date Grade Argentina 10/04 G1 10/04 G1 18/04 G2 02/04 G2 25/04 G3 24/04 G3 17/04 G3 16/04 G3 10/04 G3 04/04 G3

Race

Dist

Horse

G. P. de Honor - Copa J y C Menditeguy Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena Clasico Paseana Clasico Benito Villanueva Asoc. Bonarense Prop. Caballos Carrera Clasico Porteno Asoc de Propietarios Caballos de Carrera Clasico Olavarria Clasico Pedro E y Manuel A Crespo Clasico Estados Unidos de America

10.0f 10.0f 9.0f 8.0f 6.0f 12.0f 7.0f 5.0f 7.5f 5.0f

Lingote De Oro (ARG) Ollagua (ARG) Dando Amor (ARG) El Garufa (ARG) Anjiz Lake (ARG) Fuego E Hierro (ARG) Orpen Fain (ARG) Tristeza Cat (ARG) Boris Blue (ARG) Pasmence Kit (ARG)

Lingote de Oro led more than a furlong from home and went clear for a five-length success. He scored only once in his first 12 appearances, although he did finish runner-up in Australia 02/05 02/05 24/04 24/04 24/04 24/04 24/04 17/04 17/04 17/04 10/04 10/04 10/04 24/04 17/04 17/04 10/04 10/04 24/04 17/04 17/04 17/04 10/04 10/04 10/04

G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G1 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

Distinctive Homes Goodwood Handicap betfair.com South Australian Derby Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes Syd City Lexus Queen Elizabeth Stakes Schweppes Sydney Cup Daily Telegraph All Aged Stakes Schweppes WATC Derby Patinack Farm AJC Oaks The James Boag Galaxy Handicap Emirates Doncaster Mile Inglis Sires' Produce Stakes Darley T J Smith Stakes David Jones AJC Australian Derby Emirates Emancipation Stakes Go for 2 & 5 Karakatta Plate Panasonic Queen of the South Stakes SMH Chairman's Handicap Lady Sonia McMahon Mem Sapphire Stakes Flinders Lane Frank Packer Plate Bacardi South Pacific Classic evright.com D C McKay Stakes Burswood Complex West Australian Oaks Sportingbet South Australia Oaks Asian Racing Federation Adrian Knox Stks South Australian Sires' Produce Stakes

Shoot Out made a successful step up to a mile and a half despite pulling hard to land the Australian Derby by a length and a quarter from Descarado, with the Victoria Derby winner, Monaco Consul, third. Winning trainer John Wallace sees his High Chaparral gelding as a future Melbourne Cup horse, comments echoed by Gai Waterhouse about the runner-up. Waterhouse was back in the news a week later, trying unsuccessfully in the civil courts to get her stable jockey, Nash Rawiller, back aboard Theseo in the Doncaster Mile.

Rawiller benefited from the judge’s ruling as he rode Rangirangdoo (to whom he had committed when Theseo was initially declared a non-runner) to a well-deserved success after a series of Group 1 near-misses. Theseo was eighth, while Typhoon Tracy, going for her fifth straight Group 1, was 14th.

Brazil 24/04 18/04 18/04 25/04 17/04 24/04 18/04 18/04 17/04 17/04 17/04 16/04

G1 G1 G1 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

6.0f 12.5f 8.0f 10.0f 16.0f 7.0f 12.0f 12.0f 5.5f 8.0f 7.0f 6.0f 12.0f 8.0f 6.0f 8.0f 13.0f 6.0f 10.0f 7.0f 5.5f 12.0f 12.5f 10.0f 7.0f

Velocitea (NZ) Kidnapped (AUS) Skilled (AUS) Road To Rock (AUS) Jessicabeel (NZ) Hot Danish (AUS) Chartreux (AUS) Once Were Wild (AUS) Ortensia (AUS) Rangirangdoo (NZ) Yosei (AUS) Melito (AUS) Shoot Out (AUS) Sacred Choice (AUS) Motion Pictures (AUS) Returntosender (AUS) Jessicabeel (NZ) Renaissance (AUS) Dariana (AUS) Star Of Octagonal (AUS) Catapulted (AUS) Impressive Jeuney (AUS) Danaupair Starlet (AUS) Speedy Natalie (AUS) Stirling Grove (AUS)

Road To Rock was a short neck second to Rangirangdoo but earned jockey Damien Oliver a long suspension after he weighed in 2lb heavy.

Trainer Anthony Cummings stayed loyal to Oliver when Road To Rock lifted the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (with Monaco Consul third again) a week later.

More Waterhouse column inches, but this time positive ones, were generated when she saddled Once Were Wild to beat the hotpot, Faint Perfume, in the Australian Oaks. Behind Faint Perfume when setting the pace in the Storm Queen Stakes, she responded well to a waiting ride and the removal of blinkers.

The fillies Melito and Hot Danish beat the boys when dominating a pair of Group 1s, Melito scoring by threequarters of a length in the TJ Smith

Grande Premio Joao Cecilio Ferraz G.P. Cruzeiro do Sul Derby Carioca G. P. Zelia Gonzaga Peixoto de Castro Grande Premio Antenor Lara Campos Grande Premio Joao Borges Filho Grande Premio Presidente Julio Mesquita GP. Presidente Antonio T Assumpcao Netto Asoc.Criad.e Prop.de Cav.Corrida do R.J. Grande Premio Oswaldo Aranha Grande Premio Henrique de Toledo Lara G. P. Presidente Fabio da Silva Prado Grand Premio Derby Paranaense

Jeane Alves, who is still an apprentice, became the first woman to ride a Group

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two Classics and fourth in the GP Carlos Pellegrini – all on the turf at San Isidro – during that period.

Lingote de Oro has now emerged as a dirt specialist and this was his fifth

7.5f 12.0f 12.0f 7.5f 12.0f 5.0f 8.0f 5.0f 12.0f 10.0f 10.0f 10.0f

Equitana (BRZ) Lewis (BRZ) Dear Nati (BRZ) Calling Elvis (BRZ) Time For Fun (BRZ) Tick Tock (BRZ) Royal Canadian (BRZ) Special Class (BRZ) Galope Forte (BRZ) Gororoba Do Ipe (BRZ) Top Note (BRZ) Tatamovitch (BRZ)

1 winner in Brazil when driving 14-1 shot Equitana to a three and three-

Age

Sex

H M M H H C F F C C

5 5 5 8 5 4 4 4 3 4

Sire

Dam

Broodmare Sire

Orpen (USA) Pure Prize (USA) Thunder Gulch (USA) Luhuk (USA) Anjiz (USA) Pure Prize (USA) Orpen (USA) Easing Along (USA) Mutakddim (USA) Serrano Kit (ARG)

Laika (USA) Open Secrets (USA) Declaring Love (USA) La Camorrera (ARG) Suspicious Morning (USA) Fusillette (ARG) Fina Halo (ARG) Lagrimas De Oro (ARG) Betty Blue (ARG) Lady Pontela (ARG)

Old Trieste (USA) West By West (USA) Gone West (USA) Rainbow Corner (GB) Meadowlake (USA) Candy Stripes (USA) Southern Halo (USA) Contested Bid (USA) Candy Stripes (USA) Lord Hailey (USA)

consecutive success on that surface at Palermo.

Ollagua is an equally consistent type, having finished in the first two in her last 12 outings. This was her M G C H M M G F M G F F G M F M M M F C H F F F G

5 4 3 6 5 7 4 4 5 6 3 4 4 5 3 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 3

Volksraad (GB) Viscount (AUS) Commands (AUS) Encosta De Lago (AUS) Zabeel (NZ) Nothin' Leica Dane (AUS) Catbird (AUS) Johannesburg (USA) Testa Rossa (AUS) Pentire (GB) Invincible Spirit (IRE) Redoute's Choice (AUS) High Chaparral (IRE) Choisir (AUS) Oratorio (AUS) Elusive City (USA) Zabeel (NZ) Lonhro (AUS) Redoute's Choice (AUS) Octagonal (NZ) Catbird (AUS) Jeune (GB) Delago Brom (AUS) Al Maher (AUS) Mossman (AUS)

Cat Shmea (NZ) Youthful Presence (AUS) Dextrous (AUS) Trewornan (GB) More Diamonds (NZ) Hot 'n' Breezy (AUS) French Resort (AUS) Wildesong (AUS) Aerate's Pick (AUS) She Wishes (NZ) Fuji Fairy (AUS) Cloister (AUS) Pentamerous (NZ) Sacred Habit (NZ) Zabore Loch (AUS) Disco Girl (AUS) More Diamonds (NZ) Seances (AUS) Beldarian (IRE) Joyce (NZ) Siren Miss (AUS) Rego's Girl (AUS) Danaupair (NZ) Speedy Bell (AUS) Kalamata (AUS)

Stakes, then going down by a length to the same rival in the All-Aged Stakes.

Jockey Michelle Payne struck another blow for girl power when becoming the first female to land a toplevel event at Randwick, touching off Skilled by a short half-head in the Sires’ Produce Stakes aboard Yosei.

Skilled soon went one better, giving his rider, Joshua Parr, a career high in the Champagne Stakes.

Another mare, Ortensia, has the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot 2011 on her radar following her triumph in the Galaxy Handicap.

Kerrin McEvoy, Godolphin’s former second jockey and Michelle Payne’s brother-in-law, made a triumphant return to his home state of South Australia when sporting Sheikh Mohammed’s silks to victory in the Derby aboard Kidnapped. Re-routed from the

F C F C H C C M H F F C

3 4 4 3 6 4 4 5 6 4 4 4

Romarin (BRZ) Thignon Lafre (BRZ) Crimson Tide (IRE) Romarin (BRZ) Yagli (USA) Wild Event (USA) Redattore (BRZ) Wild Event (USA) Roi Normand (USA) Caro Tordilho (BRZ) Signal Tap (USA) Vision And Verse (USA)

fourth Group 1 win and her overall record now stands at ten from 17.

She won this contest by two lengths from the three-year-old Malpensa, a daughter of Orpen.

Australian Derby as trainer Peter Snowden believed he needed to go left-handed, Kidnapped beat his old rival Red Colussus by a long head.

Velocitea, runner-up in a Group 1 at the same venue in March, gained compensation in the Goodwood Handicap, the other feature on the Derby card at Morphettville.

The Western Australian Derby saw Victorian handler David Hayes extend his fine record at the other Ascot, in Perth, when Chartreux beat Bridgestone by three-quarters of a length.

Let’s finish as we started, with a name to remember for November’s Melbourne Cup. Jessicabeel is the horse in question after she followed up her win in the traditional trial, the Chairman’s Handicap, by landing the Sydney Cup.

Uaiasol (BRZ) Toda Prosa (USA) Miss Dodge (BRZ) Calunga (USA) Tarradine (BRZ) Laura Ricci (BRZ) Tabajara (BRZ) Ivy League (BRZ) Lady Irene (BRZ) Meringue Pie (BRZ) Eternita (BRZ) Kana Ka (BRZ)

quarter length victory in the contest for juvenile fillies at Cidade Jardim, Sao

Felix The Cat (USA) Dehere (USA) Quest For Fame Midyan (USA) Straight Strike (USA) Zephyr Zip (NZ) Bonhomie (USA) Unbridled's Song (USA) Picnicker (AUS) Kenfair (NZ) Fuji Kiseki (JPN) Marauding (NZ) Pentire (GB) Sir Tristram Marooned Marauding (NZ) Straight Strike (USA) Canny Lad (AUS) Last Tycoon Faltaat (USA) Umatilla (NZ) Rory's Jester (AUS) Danasinga (AUS) Brocco (USA) Desert Prince (IRE)

Choctaw Ridge (USA) Roanoke (USA) Dodge (USA) Sea Of Secrets (USA) New Colony (USA) Lode (USA) Falcon Jet (BRZ) Ghadeer (FR) St Chad Patio de Naranjos (CHI) Ghadeer (FR) Minstrel Glory (USA)

Paulo. Outsiders dominated, as none of the first five started shorter than 11-1.

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The first two were maidens, while the third was having her first outing.

Outsiders had also won both big races at Gavea the previous Sunday.

The stoutly-bred Lewis held off the favourite Timeo by a head, with the

2,000 Guineas winner Sal Grosso third in the Rio Derby. Lewis was running for only the fifth time and making his debut in a stakes event. His sire won the 1990 Derby Paulista and 1991 GP Sao Paulo, and was by Henri le Balafre,

a son of 1970 Arc winner Sassafras.

Henri Le Balafre won the Prix RoyalOak and Premio Roma (then run over a mile and six furlongs) in 1975 and was one of three half-brothers who all ended up at stud in Brazil.

Dear Nati had finished behind several of her rivals in the earlier fillies’ Classics and was the complete outsider of eight. It was only her second win in ten appearances and her time was 2.42s slower than the Derby.

Date Grade Race Canada 18/04 G3 Whimsical Stakes

Dist

Horse

Age

Sex

Sire

Dam

Broodmare Sire

6.0f

Proud Heiress (USA)

M

6

Broken Vow (USA)

Raise A Carter (USA)

Dr Carter (USA)

Chile 28/04 12/04 31/03 10/04 03/04

Premio El Estreno Nicanor Senoret P. Otono-Pedro Garcia de la Huerta Matte Premio Municipal de Vina del Mar P. A Breque Espinosa y A Breque Venegas Premio Juan Cavieres Mella

6.5f 10.0f 9.5f 6.5f 6.5f

Sahara King (CHI) Don Gabino (CHI) Papelon (CHI) Lobo Blanco (CHI) Por Que Ries (CHI)

C G C C F

3 6 4 3 3

Speak In Passing (USA) Dushyantor (USA) Monthir (USA) Merchant Of Venice (USA) Indy Vidual (USA)

Fuoristrada (CHI) Grida (CHI) Encubierta (CHI) Locura De Amor (CHI) Rie Mema (CHI)

Roy (USA) Native Prospector (USA) Edgy Diplomat (USA) Jaded Dancer (USA) Holiday Spirit (USA)

Champions' Mile Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup

8.0f 10.0f

Able One (NZ) Comic Strip (GB)

G G

8 8

Cape Cross (IRE) Marju (IRE)

Gardenia (NZ) Comic (IRE)

Danehill (USA) Be My Chief (USA)

G2 G2 G2 G3 G3

Hong Kong 25/04 G1 25/04 G1

Trainer John Moore pulled off the QEII Cup/Champions’ Mile double in 2007 and, three years on, did it again with the same two horses. Viva Pataca, who won a Pontefract Listed race as a Japan 02/05 18/04 11/04 25/04 17/04 10/04 10/04 25/04 24/04

G1 G1 G1 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3

Tenno Sho (Spring Emperor's Cup) Satsuki Sho (2,000 Guineas) Oka Sho (1,000 Guineas) Sankei Sports Sho Flora Tokubetsu Yomiuri Milers Cup New Zealand Trophy Sankeisports Hai Hanshin Himba Tokubetsu Antares Stakes Fukushima Himba Stakes

Apapane, last season’s champion juvenile filly, was beaten in a Group 3 on her reappearance but still started favourite here and set a new race record. Carrying the colours made famous by the great Deep Impact, she justified punters’ support with a halflength success from Oken Sakura. It was a great result for Apapane’s sire, the 2004 Tokyo Yushun (Derby) winner King Kamahameha. The son of Kingmambo also supplied the third and New Zealand 17/04 G1 10/04 G1 24/04 G3 24/04 G3

G3

South Africa 01/05 G1 01/05 G1 01/05 G1 27/04 G2 27/04 G2 04/04 G2 04/04 G2 04/04 G2 21/04 G3 11/04 G3 11/04 G3 11/04 G3 11/04 G3 04/04 G3

16.0f 10.0f 8.0f 10.0f 8.0f 8.0f 7.0f 9.0f 9.0f

Jaguar Mail (JPN) Victoire Pisa (JPN) Apapane (JPN) Saint Emilion (JPN) Reach The Crown (JPN) Sunrise Prince (JPN) I Am Kamino Mago (JPN) Daishin Orange (JPN) Reginetta (JPN)

fourth-placed horses. The runner-up comes from the first crop of the 2004 Arc winner Bago.

It was the turn of another young stallion in the Satsuki Sho. Neo Universe (Sunday Silence) won this contest in 2003 on his way to the Triple Crown. His son Victoire Pisa, who started favourite, was second on his debut but is undefeated in five races since. Whitewater Affair, the Machiavellian mare who produced

Land Pride Easter Handicap NZ BloodstockThoroughbred Breeders Stks Tumu ITM Hawke's Bay Gold Cup Christchurch Casino Easter Cup

Some might say that Te Aroha trainer Graeme Nicholson runs his charges into the ground. The result of the Easter Handicap suggests otherwise as Time Keeper, having his 17th run Peru 11/04

juvenile when he was known as Comic Strip, took the QEII. He had been placed in its two intervening renewals but had failed to score in six previous starts this season. Luca Cumani’s

8.0f 8.0f 11.0f 8.0f

Time Keeper (NZ) Juice (NZ) Boundless (NZ) El Santo (NZ)

of the season, became the first threeyear-old to win the showpiece for two decades. Back in third was another Nicholson inmate, Sir Slick, who shouldered top weight and is a

Presvis, who beat Viva Pataca into second in 2009, was ill-suited by a slow pace and stayed on all too late into fifth.

The Champions’ Mile went to Able One, who had been winless in almost

H C F F C C F H M

6 3 3 3 4 3 4 5 5

Jungle Pocket (JPN) Neo Universe (JPN) King Kamehameha (JPN) Zenno Rob Roy (JPN) Special Week (JPN) Agnes Tachyon (JPN) Agnes Tachyon (JPN) Agnes Digital (USA) French Deputy (USA)

Haya Beni Komachi (JPN) Whitewater Affair (GB) Salty Bid (USA) Moteck (FR) Crownpiece (JPN) Mainly (CAN) I Am The Winner (USA) Ashiya Madam (JPN) Aspen Leaf (JPN)

Victoire Pisa, was only twice out of the frame in 14 outings for Sir Michael Stoute and won the Group 2 Prix de Pomone and Group 3 John Porter Stakes. Eishin Flash, by King’s Best, like the winner an entry for the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, finished one and a half lengths and a nose back in third place.

Forgettable, who is also one of the seven Japanese Arc entries, started favourite for the Spring Tenno Sho but

C M M G

4 5 6 8

Stravinsky (USA) Bertolini (USA) Van Nistelrooy (USA) My Halo (ARG)

two years prior to his victory in the main trial three weeks beforehand. Cat Junior, the intended British challenger here, was denied a run by the volcanic ash-inspired travel chaos.

finished a never-dangerous sixth. He was more than ten lengths behind second favourite Jaguar Mail, who was ridden by the Australian Craig Williams, familiar in Britain from his time with Mick Channon in 2000 and 2001.

Blinkers are a rarity in Japanese racing, certainly among the best performers, so it was remarkable to see blinkered horses fill the first three places. Only one other horse in the field of 18 was so adorned.

Organdy (USA) Call Minder (NZ) Nothing Less (NZ) Huff Puff (NZ)

veteran of 119 career starts.

Juice, winner of the NZ Bloodstock Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes, was the recipient of a more conventional preparation. John

Sunday Silence (USA) Machiavellian (USA) Salt Lake (USA) Last Tycoon Seattle Slew (USA) Wild Again (USA) Danzig Connection (USA) Russian Roubles (USA) Sunday Silence (USA)

Our Emblem (USA) Christmas Tree (AUS) Star Way Malak El Hawa

Wheeler gave her a four-week break prior to her three-quarters of a length defeat of the favourite, Culminate, who did well to finish so close having helped set a scorching gallop.

Clasico Miguel A Checa Eguiguren

9.5f

El Choclo (ARG)

C

4

Hidden Prize (USA)

Andean (ARG)

Parade Marshal (USA)

South African Derby Computaform Sprint Champions Challenge Umkhomazi Stakes The Debutante Stakes Senor Santa Handicap Colorado King Stakes Gerald Rosenberg Fillies & Mares Stakes Poinsettia Stakes Sunday Tribune Godolphin Barb Stakes Sunday Tribune Byerley Turk Plate Sunday Tribune Strelitzia Stakes Sunday Tribune Umzimkhulu Stakes Sycamore Sprint

12.0f 5.0f 10.0f 6.0f 6.0f 5.5f 10.0f 10.0f 6.0f 5.0f 7.0f 5.0f 7.0f 5.5f

Irish Flame (SAF) Noble Heir (SAF) Regal Ransom (SAF) Countless Times (SAF) Mahbooba (AUS) Moroccan (ZIM) Vertical Takeoff (SAF) Prestic (SAF) Purple Lake (SAF) Tuscan Sky (SAF) Nocturnal Affair (SAF) La Pucelle (SAF) Imperious Star (SAF) Smangaliso (SAF)

C M G C F H H M M C C F F M

4 5 5 3 3 5 5 6 5 3 4 3 4 5

Dynasty (SAF) Kahal (GB) Caesour (USA) Count Dubois (GB) Galileo (IRE) Kitalpha (USA) Jet Master (SAF) Strike Smartly (CAN) Lake Coniston (IRE) Al Mufti (USA) Victory Moon (SAF) National Assembly (CAN) Navarone (USA) Kahal (GB)

Clock The Rock (SAF) Irish Honour (SAF) Palace Gossip (SAF) Luisa (SAF) Sogha (AUS) Needthequilt (USA) Sweetveldt (SAF) Press Ahead (SAF) Purple Dragon (SAF) Tuscan Elegance (SAF) Aretha (SAF) Queen Rose (SAF) Imperious Sue (SAF) Amusing (SAF)

Flaming Rock Kilconnel (USA) Dominion Royale Cordoba (USA) Red Ransom (USA) Arctic Tern (USA) Al Mufti (USA) Fort Wood (USA) Northern Guest (USA) Muhtafal (USA) Centenary (USA) Divine King Northern Guest (USA) Liloy (FR)

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Global Stakes Results >> Mike de Kock brought up the 2,000th

success of his training career when Irish Flame trounced Pierre Jourdain, the hot favourite having won the two Date Grade United States 01/05 G1 01/05 G1 01/05 G1 30/04 G1 10/04 G1 10/04 G1 09/04 G1 09/04 G1 08/04 G1 01/05 G2 01/05 G2 30/04 G2 30/04 G2 24/04 G2 23/04 G2 18/04 G2 17/04 G2 17/04 G2 17/04 G2 10/04 G2 10/04 G2 07/04 G2 02/05 G3 01/05 G3 01/05 G3 01/05 G3 30/04 G3 30/04 G3 25/04 G3 25/04 G3 24/04 G3 24/04 G3 24/04 G3 22/04 G3 18/04 G3 17/04 G3 17/04 G3 16/04 G3 15/04 G3 11/04 G3 10/04 G3 10/04 G3 09/04 G3

previous legs of the Triple Crown, by nine and a half lengths in the SA Derby.

He might have reached the milestone a race earlier in the

Race

Dist

Horse

Kentucky Derby Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes Humana Distaff Stakes Kentucky Oaks Arkansas Derby Toyota Blue Grass Stakes Apple Blossom Invitational Stakes Maker's Mark Mile Stakes Vinery Madison Stakes Churchill Downs Stakes Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes American Turf Stakes La Troienne Stakes San Francisco Mile Stakes Fifth Third Elkhorn Stakes San Juan Capistrano Handicap Coolmore Lexington Stakes Distaff Handicap Santa Barbara Handicap Commonwealth Stakes Jenny Wiley Stakes Beaumont Stakes Senorita Stakes Eight Belles Stakes Beaugay Stakes Wilshire Handicap Westchester Stakes Alysheba Stakes Inglewood Handicap Miami Mile Handicap Withers Stakes The Cliff's Edge Derby Trial Stakes Texas Mile Stakes Grey Goose Bewitch Stakes Ben Ali Stakes San Simeon Handicap Sixty Sails Handicap Doubledogdare Stakes Appalachian Stakes Las Cienegas Handicap Shakertown Stakes Comely Stakes Count Fleet Handicap

10.0f 9.0f 7.0f 9.0f 9.0f 9.0f 9.0f 8.0f 7.0f 7.0f 8.0f 8.5f 8.5f 8.0f 12.0f 14.0f 8.5f 7.0f 10.0f 7.0f 8.5f 7.0f 8.0f 7.5f 8.5f 8.0f 8.0f 8.5f 8.5f 8.0f 8.0f 8.0f 8.0f 12.0f 9.0f 6.5f 9.0f 8.5f 8.0f 6.5f 5.5f 8.0f 6.0f

Super Saver (USA) General Quarters (USA) Mona de Momma (USA) Blind Luck (USA) Line Of David (USA) Stately Victor (USA) Zenyatta (USA) Karelian (USA) Dr Zic (USA) Atta Boy Roy (USA) Phola (USA) Doubles Partner (USA) Unrivaled Belle (USA) Bold Chieftain (USA) Musketier (GER) Bourbon Bay (USA) Exhi (USA) Tar Heel Mom (USA) Tuscan Evening (IRE) Together Indy (USA) Wasted Tears (USA) Franny Freud (USA) Cozi Rosie (USA) Buckleupbuttercup (USA) Dynaslew (USA) Medaglia d'Amour (USA) Le Grand Cru (USA) Arson Squad (USA) Gallant Son (USA) Mambo Meister (USA) Afleet Again (USA) Hurricane Ike (USA) Mythical Power (USA) Lady Shakespeare (USA) Dubious Miss (USA) Mr Gruff (USA) Life At Ten (USA) Haka (USA) Check The Label (USA) Unzip Me (USA) Silver Timber (USA) Touching Beauty (USA) Custom For Carlos (USA)

Jockey Calvin Borel made it three wins in the last four runnings of the Kentucky Derby when Super Saver responded well to a trademark rail-hugging ride to give trainer Todd Pletcher a first win in America’s biggest race at the 25th attempt. He beat the Florida Derby winner, Ice Box, by two and a half lengths. The form of the trials was turned upside down as Line Of David, who touched off Super Saver in the Arkansas Derby, was 18th. And Paddy O’Prado and Make Music For Me, second and sixth to Stately Victor in the Blue Grass Stakes, were third and fourth, while Stately Victor was only

eighth. The going was ‘sloppy’, just as it had been when Borel scored on Mine That Bird 12 months earlier, and the favourite, Lookin At Lucky, failed to live up to his name (not for the first time), suffering serious traffic problems from his inside draw before staying on into sixth. Eskendereya, another Pletcher charge, would have been hot favourite but was ruled out with a leg injury a week earlier and subsequently retired, while Jeremy Noseda’s Awesome Act, who finished a distant third to Eskendereya in the Wood Memorial, did make the line-up but also suffered an injury in beating just one home.

Horse

Born

Sire

Stands/Stood

Zabeel (NZ) Distorted Humor (USA) Redoute's Choice (AUS) Elusive Quality (USA) Choisir (AUS) Speightstown (USA) Jet Master (SAF) Dansili (GB) Medaglia d'Oro (USA) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Volksraad (GB) More Than Ready (USA) Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) Street Cry (IRE) Hussonet (USA) Oasis Dream (GB) Giant's Causeway (USA) Johannesburg (USA) Montjeu (IRE)

1986 1993 1996 1993 1999 1998 1994 1996 1999 1993 1988 1997 1997 1998 1991 2000 1997 1999 1996

Sir Tristram Forty Niner (USA) Danehill (USA) Gone West (USA) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Gone West (USA) Rakeen (USA) Danehill (USA) El Prado (IRE) Danehill (USA) Green Desert (USA) Southern Halo (USA) Mr Prospector (USA) Machiavellian (USA) Mr Prospector (USA) Green Desert (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Hennessy (USA) Sadler's Wells (USA)

NZ USA AUS AUS USA AUS IRE AUS USA SAF UK USA IRE AUS NZ USA AUS USA AUS USA AUS USA AUS UK USA AUS IRE AUS IRE NZ

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BTH BTW GH GW 16 15 17 12 9 8 14 8 10 23 14 20 14 10 9 11 21 12 19

12 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6

9 5 9 4 6 4 10 4 5 12 8 9 6 7 2 5 13 4 13

5 1 6 2 5 2 5 4 3 1 5 5 1 5 1 3 3 3 5

Champions Challenge but Rudra was not at home on the soft ground and was beaten a neck by Regal Ransom, who now heads for the Durban July.

Age

Sex

C C F F C C M G F H F C F H H G C M M C M F F F F F H G C G C C C F H H M F F F H F C

3 4 4 3 3 3 6 8 4 5 4 3 4 7 8 4 3 5 5 4 5 3 3 3 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 3 4 4 6 6 5 4 3 4 7 3 4

The other Group 1 on the card, the Computaform Sprint, went to Noble Heir under a canny rail-hugging ride from Anthony Delpech.

Sire

Dam

Broodmare Sire

Maria's Mon (USA) Sky Mesa (USA) Speightstown (USA) Pollard's Vision (USA) Lion Heart (USA) Ghostzapper (USA) Street Cry (IRE) Bertrando (USA) Milwaukee Brew (USA) Tribunal (USA) Johannesburg (USA) Rock Hard Ten (USA) Unbridled's Song (USA) Chief Seattle (USA) Acatenango (GER) Sligo Bay (IRE) Maria's Mon (USA) Flatter (USA) Oasis Dream (GB) Not For Love (USA) Najran (USA) Freud (USA) Pleasantly Perfect (USA) Najran (USA) Dynaformer (USA) Medaglia d'Oro (USA) Dynaformer (USA) Brahms (USA) Malabar Gold (USA) King Cugat (USA) Afleet Alex (USA) Graeme Hall (USA) Congaree (USA) Theatrical E Dubai (USA) Mr Greeley (USA) Malibu Moon (USA) Dynaformer (USA) Stormin Fever (USA) City Zip (USA) Prime Timber (USA) Tapit (USA) More Than Ready (USA)

Supercharger (USA) Ecology (USA) Society Gal (USA) Lucky One (USA) Emma's Dilemma (USA) Collect The Cash (USA) Vertigineux (USA) Leaning Tower (USA) Royal Corona (USA) Irish Toast (USA) Humbling (IRE) Serena's Sister (USA) Queenie Belle (USA) Hooked On Music (USA) Myth And Reality (GB) Coral Necklace (USA) Soldera (USA) Perpetual Light (USA) The Faraway Tree (GB) I Ain't P T (USA) Wishes And Roses (USA) Frankly Fran (USA) Felidia Golden Borders (USA) Slews Final Answer (USA) Izara (USA) Ice The Champagne (USA) Majestic Fire (USA) Explicitly (CAN) Bleu'slittlesecret (USA) Lucky Again (USA) Parental Uproar (USA) School For Scandal (USA) Lady Shirl (USA) Cryptoclover (USA) Ruff (USA) Rahrahsixboombah (USA) Juke (USA) Don't Trick Her (USA) Escape With Me (USA) River Princess (CAN) Victory Road (USA) Meadow Oaks (USA)

A P Indy (USA) Unbridled's Song (USA) Linkage (USA) Best Of Luck (USA) Capote (USA) Dynaformer (USA) Kris S (USA) Theatrical Holy Bull (USA) Synastry (USA) Petionville (USA) Rahy (USA) Bertrando (USA) Seattle Dancer (USA) Linamix (FR) Conquistador Cielo (USA) Polish Numbers (USA) Sunny's Halo (CAN) Suave Dancer (USA) A P Indy (USA) Greinton D'Accord (USA) Golden Fleece (USA) Conquistador Cielo (USA) Seattle Slew (USA) Blushing John (USA) El Gran Senor (USA) Green Dancer (USA) Exploit (USA) Desert Secret (IRE) Wild Again (USA) Future Storm (USA) Is It True (USA) That's A Nice (USA) Mountain Cat (USA) Clever Trick (USA) Rahy (USA) Mr Prospector (USA) Mazel Trick (USA) Arazi (USA) Alwuhush (USA) Ikari (USA) Meadowlake (USA)

The other Derby Day highlights saw the 2009 Derby tenth, General Quarters, beat Court Vision by a neck in the Turf Classic to land a popular victory for one-horse trainer Tom McCarthy and Mona de Momma come from a long way back to take the Humana Distaff for California-based John Sadler.

A day earlier, Blind Luck and Evening Jewel had treated a record crowd to a brilliant finish in the Kentucky Oaks, Blind Luck getting up in the last stride to land her fourth Grade 1.

Rachel Alexandra, who was voted 2009 Horse Of The Year partly

because of her 20-length win in the Oaks, took part in another thriller but has now lost both her starts this term after going down by a head to Unrivalled Belle in the La Troienne Stakes.

By contrast, Zenyatta, the mare many feel was more worthy of that Horse Of The Year title, made it 16 straight wins with a brilliant Apple Blossom Stakes triumph.

Eight-year-old Karelian proved that February’s defeat of Gio Ponti was no fluke when taking the Maker’s Mark Mile, again at the main expense of Court Vision.

Leading global sires by stakes winners Zabeel sails on in first place but there has been movement behind him, especially by Distorted Humor and Redoute’s Choice. The former, who shuttles, has added four black type horses to his tally but still has only one Graded winner.

In contrast, Redoute’s Choice, who was not even on the table in last month’s issue, now has 17 black type horses with eight winners, six of them in

Graded company.

The pick of the bunch lately is Melito, successful in the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes.

Redoute’s Choice, only 14 and also responsible for this year’s UAE Derby winner Musir, stands at Arrowfield Stud.

Oddly, his fee keeps going down, albeit from a high of A$330,000 in 2007; this year the asking price is A$176,000, just over £100,000.

BTH = black type horses; BTW = black type winners; GH = Group horses; GW = Group winners

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European Pattern Margins 0.75, 0.5. Time 1:33.03 (slow 9.53).

Going Heavy.

7 PRIX DJEBEL G3 MAISONS-LAFFITTE. April 08. 3yoc&g. 1400m.

1. MAKFI (GB) 9-2 £35,398 b c by Dubawi - Dhelaal (Green Desert) O-M Offenstadt B-Shadwell TR-M Delzangles 2. Too Nice Name (FR) 9-2 £14,159 b c by Kingsalsa - Namona (Halling) O-Mlle Micheline Vidal B-R Boucret TR-R Collet 3. Silver Black (USA) 9-2 £10,619 b c by Hennessy - High Maintenance (Danehill) O-G Laboureau B-Dell Ridge Farm TR-J-C Rouget Margins 3, 0.75. Time 1:29.00. Going Very soft.

See race 33 for pedigree

8 PRIX IMPRUDENCE G3 MAISONS-LAFFITTE. April 8. 3yof. 1400m.

1. JOANNA (IRE) 9-0 £35,398 b f by High Chaparral - Secrete Marina (Mujadil) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Giovanni Faldutto TR-J-C Rouget 2. Evading Tempete (GB) 9-0 £14,159 b f by Dubai Destination - Late Summer (Gone West) O-A Mouknass, A Forde B-Wentworth Racing (Pty) Ltd TR-F Rohaut 3. Special Duty (GB) 9-0 £10,619 ch f by Hennessy - Quest To Peak (Distant View) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-Mme C Head-Maarek Margins 0.5, 0.5. Time 1:28.60. Going Very soft.

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 4

Places 2

Earned £149,743

Sire: HIGH CHAPARRAL. Sire of 19 Stakes winners.

In 2010 - SHOOT OUT Pentire G1, JOANNA Mujadil G3, NOLL WALLOP Danehill G3, CHAPARELLA Straight Strike LR, BACCALAUREATE Polish Precedent LR. 1st Dam: Secrete Marina by Mujadil. 6 wins at 2 to 4 in Italy, 3rd Premio Ubaldo Pandolfi LR. Dam of 2 winners: 2005: ALEPH (c Night Shift) 3 wins at 3 in Italy.

2006: Lady Joe (f Spinning World) 2007: JOANNA (f High Chaparral) 4 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Italy, Prix du Calvados - Haras des Capucines G3, Prix Imprudence G3, Premio Vittorio Crespi Trofeo Snai LR, 2nd Premio Alessandro Perrone LR, 3rd Total Prix Marcel Boussac G1.

2008: Cazals (c Aussie Rules) unraced to date.

2009: (c Ad Valorem)

Age 3-5

Starts 10

Wins 4

Places 4

Earned £90,948

Sire: INVINCIBLE SPIRIT. Sire of 34 Stakes winners. In 2010 - YOSEI Fuji Kiseki G1, KARGALI Last Tycoon G3, REYKON Indian Ridge LR, SPIRIT OF FORTUNE Machiavellian LR, SPIRIT OF SHARJAH Doulab LR. 1st Dam: Karliyka by Last Tycoon. 4 wins at 3 in France, 2nd Prix de Saint-Cyr LR, Grand Prix de la Teste LR. Dam of 7 winners: 1997: KARALIYFA (f Kahyasi) Winner at 3.

Broodmare.

1998: KARASTA (f Lake Coniston) 2 wins at 2, Rothmans Royals May Hill S G3, 2nd Prix Marcel Boussac-Royal Barriere G1. Broodmare.

1999: KASTHARI (g Vettori) 6 wins, Great North East. Railway Doncaster Cup G2.

2000: Karkiyla (f Darshaan) unraced. Broodmare.

2001: Karlaka (f Barathea) unraced. Broodmare.

2002: Karliyna (f Rainbow Quest) Winner at 3, 2nd Lord Weinstock Memorial Ballymacoll S LR. 2003: KARLANI (g Fantastic Light) Winner at 4.

2004: KARLIYSHA (f Kalanisi) Winner at 3 in France.

2005: KARGALI (c Invincible Spirit) Sold 47,156gns 4yo at GOHIT. 4 wins at 3 to 5, Gladness S G3, Heritage S LR, 3rd Gladness S G3.

2006: Inishtearaght (f Verglas) 2007: Dusty Grey (f Singspiel) unraced to date.

2009: (c Dylan Thomas) 2nd Dam: KARLAFSHA by Top Ville. 2 wins at 3 in France Prix des Lilas LR. Dam of Karliyka (f Last Tycoon, see above).

Broodmare Sire: LAST TYCOON. Sire of the dams of 129 SWs. In 2010 - TYPHOON TRACY Red Ransom G1, SAINT EMILION Zenno Rob Roy G2, DARIANA Redoute’s Choice G3, KARGALI Invincible Spirit G3, SHAAHEQ Redoute’s Choice G3.

The Invincible Spirit/Last Tycoon cross has produced: KARGALI G3, Hurricane Spirit LR. KARGALI gr h 2005 Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier INVINCIBLE SPIRIT b 97 Kris Rafha Eljazzi Try My Best

2nd Dam: Marina Lady by Riverman. unraced. Dam of Secrete Marina (f Mujadil, see above)

Last Tycoon Mill Princess KARLIYKA gr 92 Top Ville

Broodmare Sire: MUJADIL. Sire of the dams of 12 Stakes winners. In 2010 - JOANNA High Chaparral G3.

Karlafsha Karosa

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Sharpen Up Doubly Sure Artaius Border Bounty Northern Dancer Sex Appeal Mill Reef Irish Lass II High Top Sega Ville Caro Asoka

JOANNA b f 2007 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge HIGH CHAPARRAL b 99 Darshaan Kasora Kozana Storm Bird Mujadil Vallee Secrete SECRETE MARINA b 99 Riverman Marina Lady Amenity

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Shirley Heights Delsy Kris Koblenza Northern Dancer South Ocean Secretariat Midou Never Bend River Lady Luthier Almyre

9 GLADNESS S G3

10 FRANKFURTER MEILE G3 FRANKFURT. April 11. 4yo+. 1600m.

1. ENZIO (GER) 4 8-11 £28,319 ch c by Next Desert - Elle Diva (Big Shuffle) O-Comte Reginald Von Norman B-Manfred Jurgensmeyer TR-N Milliere 2. Sehrezad (IRE) 5 9-2 £8,850 b h by Titus Livius - Trebles (Kenmare) O-Stall Phillip B-Acorn Stud TR-Andreas Lowe 3. Beltanus (GER) 6 8-11 £4,425 ch h by Tertullian - Brighella (Lomitas) O-Stall Fichtengrund B-Dr F Feldmann TR-T Potters Margins 0.75, neck. Time 1:35.52. Going Soft.

Age 2-4

Starts 11

Wins 4

Places 4

Earned £77,073

2nd Dam: Espada by Surumu. 1 win in West Germany, 2nd Der Continentale Versicherungs- Preis LR. Own sister to EL SALTO. Dam of El Zulia (f Primo Dominie: 2nd Henkel Rennen (1000 Guineas) G2), Espridoma (f Primo Dominie: 3rd Preis der Berliner BMW Vertragspartner LR). Grandam of Er, Encanto.

Broodmare Sire: BIG SHUFFLE. Sire of the dams of 15 Stakes winners. In 2010 - ENZIO Next Desert G3.

ENZIO ch c 2006 Danzig Foreign Courier High Top Organza Canton Silk Niniski Petoski Sushila Rocket Nightrockette Nightlife Bold Reasoning Super Concorde Prime Abord Elevation Raise Your Skirts Strings Attached Literat Surumu Surama Luciano Escada Elektra Green Desert Desert Style NEXT DESERT b 99 Night Petticoat

Big Shuffle ELLE DIVA ch 2000 Espada

11 PRIX NOAILLES G2 LONGCHAMP. April 11. 3yoc&f. 2100m.

1. PLANTEUR (IRE) 9-2 £65,575 b c by Danehill Dancer - Plante Rare (Giant’s Causeway) O-Ecurie Wildenstein B-Dayton Investments Ltd TR-E Lellouche 2. Rewilding (GB) 9-2 £25,310 b c by Tiger Hill - Darara (Top Ville) O-Godolphin SNC B-Watership Down Stud TR-A Fabre 3. Ivory Land (FR) 9-2 £12,080 ch c by Lando - Ivory Coast (Peintre Celebre) O-Eduardo Fierro B-Z Hakam TR-A de Royer-Dupre Margins 1.5, 5. Time 2:12.04 (slow 2.04).

Going Soft.

Age 2-3

Starts 4

Wins 3

Places 1

Sire: DANEHILL DANCER. Sire of 109 Stakes winners. In 2010 - PLANTEUR Giant’s Causeway G2, MONTE ALTO Perugino LR, NEWS ALERT Brief Truce LR, SANJUAN Last Tycoon LR, SUPER SATIN Rock City LR, THE MIKADO Rigoletto LR, URAMAZIN Acatenango LR. 1st Dam: Plante Rare by Giant’s Causeway. unraced.

Dam of 2 winners: 2006: PARLEMENT (c Kalanisi) Winner at 3 in France.

2007: PLANTEUR (c Danehill Dancer) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix Noailles G2.

2008: Pepper Berry (f Peintre Celebre) unraced to date.

2009: Pretty Please (f Dylan Thomas) 2nd Dam: Palmeraie by Lear Fan. Dam of POLICY MAKER (c Sadler’s Wells: Grand Prix de Deauville Lucien Barriere G2, Grand Prix de Chantilly G2 (twice), Prix Foy G2, 2nd Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1 (twice)), PUSHKIN (c Caerleon: Prix Maurice de Nieuil G2, 2nd Prix du Cadran G1), PLACE ROUGE (f Desert King: Lancashire Oaks G3), Pinacotheque (f In The Wings: 3rd Prix Charles Laffitte LR) Broodmare Sire: GIANT’S CAUSEWAY. Sire of the dams of 2 Stakes winners. In 2010 - EVENING JEWEL Northern Afleet G1, PLANTEUR Danehill Dancer G2.

PLANTEUR b c 2007 Danzig Danehill

CURRAGH. April 11. 4yo+. 7f.

1. KARGALI (IRE) 5 9-0 £34,513 gr h by Invincible Spirit - Karliyka (Last Tycoon) O-Mrs Margaret Comer B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-Luke Comer 2. Rayeni (IRE) 4 9-0 £10,089 ch c by Indian Ridge - Rayyana (Rainbow Quest) O/B-HH The Aga Khan TR-John M Oxx 3. Croisultan (IRE) 4 9-0 £4,779 ch g by Refuse To Bend - Zoudie (Ezzoud) O-Brunabonne Syndicate B-DG Iceton TR-Liam McAteer

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Sire: NEXT DESERT. Sire of 1 Stakes winner. In 2010 - ENZIO Big Shuffle G3.

Razyana DANEHILL DANCER b 93 Sharpen Up

1st Dam: Elle Diva by Big Shuffle. Dam of 1 winner: 2006: ENZIO (c Next Desert) 4 wins at 2 and 4 in France, Germany, Fruhjahrspreis der Stadt Frankfurt Meile G3, 3rd Preis des Winterfavoriten G3.

2007: Emma Peel (f Black Sam Bellamy) unraced to date.

2008: (f Next Desert). died as a yearling.

2009: (f Konigstiger)

Earned £100,332

Mira Adonde Lettre d’Amour Storm Cat Giant’s Causeway Mariah’s Storm PLANTE RARE b 2002 Lear Fan Palmeraie Petroleuse

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Atan Rocchetta Caro Lianga Storm Bird Terlingua Rahy Immense Roberto Wac Habitat Plencia

12 PRIX D’HARCOURT G2 LONGCHAMP. April 11. 4yo+. 2000m.

1. CUTLASS BAY (UAE) 4 9-1 £65,575 b c by Halling - Dunnes River (Danzig) O-Godolphin SNC B-Darley TR-A Fabre 2. Court Canibal (GB) 5 8-11 £25,310 b h by Montjeu - Pas d’Heure (Arazi) O-Marquesa De Moratalla B-Childwick Bury Stud Management TR-M Delzangles 3. Celimene (IRE) 4 8-8 £12,080 b f by Dr Fong - Lunassa (Groom Dancer) O-Gerard Laboureau B-Petra Bloodstock Agency Ltd TR-C Lerner Margins Neck, 0.75. Time 2:03.86 (fast 0.04).

Going Soft. See race 38 for pedigree

13 NELL GWYN S G3 NEWMARKET. April 14. 3yof. 7f.

1. MUSIC SHOW (IRE) 3 9-1 £36,901 b f by Noverre - Dreamboat (Mr Prospector) O-Jaber Abdullah B-Darley TR-MR Channon 2. Blue Maiden (GB) 3 8-12 £13,988 b f by Medicean - Bluebelle (Generous) O-Peter Charter B-Kirtlington Stud TR-PJ McBride 3. Principal Role (USA) 3 8-12 £7,001 b f by Empire Maker - Interim (Sadler’s Wells) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-HRA Cecil Margins 0.5, 2.5. Time 1:25.43 (slow 2.23).

Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 5

Wins 4

Places 0

Earned £88,469

Sire: NOVERRE. Sire of 12 Stakes winners. In 2010 - MUSIC SHOW Mr Prospector G3.

1st Dam: DREAMBOAT by Mr Prospector. Winner at 3. Own sister to Sweetheart. Dam of 3 winners: 1997: Fantasia Girl (f Caerleon) 2 wins at 3, 2nd Galtres S LR, Mitsubishi Diamond Vision S LR. 1998: Misty Waters (f Caerleon) unraced. Broodmare.

2003: Lazy River (f In The Wings) 2004: Trireme (g Fantastic Light) Unplaced.

2005: (c Noverre) 2006: NORFOLK BROADS (f Noverre) Winner at 2.

2007: MUSIC SHOW (f Noverre) Sold 2,800gns yearling, 14,793gns 2yo. 4 wins at 2 and 3, Rockfel S G2, Nell Gwyn S G3.

2nd Dam: GORGEOUS by Slew O’ Gold. 8 wins in USA Ashland S G1, Hollywood Oaks G1, Vanity Invitational H G1. Dam of STUNNING (f Nureyev: Prix Imprudence LR, 2nd Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte G2). Grandam of SWIFT TEMPER, CROISIERE. Broodmare Sire: MR PROSPECTOR. Sire of the dams of 307 Stakes winners. In 2010 - AWESOME ACT Awesome Again G3, HAKA Dynaformer G3, LOMAKI A P Indy G3, MUSIC SHOW Noverre G3.

MUSIC SHOW b f 2007 Red God Runaway Bride Halo Glorious Song Ballade NOVERRE b 98 Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Danseur Fabuleux Le Fabuleux Fabuleux Jane Native Partner Native Dancer Raise A Native Raise You Mr Prospector Nashua Gold Digger Sequence DREAMBOAT b 92 Seattle Slew Slew O’ Gold Alluvial Gorgeous Key To The Mint Kamar Square Angel Blushing Groom

Rahy

14 EARL OF SEFTON S G3 NEWMARKET. April 15. 4yo+. 9f.

1. SRI PUTRA (GB) 4 8-12 £36,901 b c by Oasis Dream - Wendylina (In The Wings) O-HRH Sultan Ahmad Shah B-Glebe Stud And Partners TR-MA Jarvis 2. Tranquil Tiger (GB) 6 9-1 £13,988 ch h by Selkirk - Serene View (Distant View) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-HRA Cecil 3. Palavicini (USA) 4 8-12 £7,001 b c by Giant’s Causeway - Cara Fantasy (Sadler’s Wells) O/B-Windflower Overseas Holdings Inc TR-JL Dunlop

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Margins 1, 1.25. Time 1:49.33 (slow 0.63).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2-4

Starts 11

Wins 5

Places 1

Earned £188,271

2007: ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL (c Elusive Quality) 3 wins at 2 and 3, Acomb S G3, Craven S G3, 2nd Racing Post Trophy G1.

2008: Miss Topsy Turvy (f Mr Greeley) unraced.

2009: (f Big Bad Bob)

Sire: OASIS DREAM. Sire of 28 Stakes winners. In 2010 - TUSCAN EVENING Suave Dancer G2, ALTA FEDELTA Luge G3, SRI PUTRA In The Wings G3, KEREDARI Doyoun LR, SANDBAR Hernando LR.

2nd Dam: Gay Fantasy by Troy. unraced. Dam of LUCKY GUEST (c Be My Guest: Preis der Stadt Baden-Baden LR (twice)). Grandam of PERSIAN LIGHTNING. Third dam of BIG BAD BOB.

1st Dam: Wendylina by In The Wings. unraced. Dam of 2 winners: 2003: DUTY (g Rainbow Quest) 3 wins, Aramark Winning Fair Juvenile Hurdle G2.

2004: Salve Evita (f Monsun) ran on the flat in Germany. Broodmare.

2005: Lykaria (f Fantastic Light) unraced. Broodmare.

2006: SRI PUTRA (c Oasis Dream) Sold 65,000gns foal at TADEF, 240,000gns yearling at TAOC1.

5 wins at 2 to 4 at home, France, Prix Guillaume d’Ornano G2, Weatherbys Bloodstock Earl of Sefton S G3, betinternet.com Solario S G3.

2008: El Wasmi (c Oasis Dream) unraced to date.

2009: (f Dubai Destination)

Broodmare Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of the dams of 225 SWs. In 2010 - BANKABLE Medicean G2, CAMPANOLOGIST Kingmambo G2, MEISHO BELUGA French Deputy G2, ZARIUS Zabeel G2.

2nd Dam: DINALINA by Top Ville. 1 win at 2 in France. Dam of CAERLINA (f Caerleon: Prix de Diane Hermes G1, 2nd Prix Marcel Boussac G1, 3rd Dubai Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1), SWALINA (f Sadler’s Wells: Prix Suave Dancer-Charles Laffitte LR), Leonila (f Caerleon: 2nd Prix de Malleret G2), Maniana (c Try My Best: 3rd Prix Prosper Decloedt LR), Saderlina (f Sadler’s Wells: 3rd Prix des Tourelles LR, Prix Madame Jean Couturie LR).

Grandam of SERETH, Salutino, La Nuit Rose, Luminous Beauty, Jivago, King of Queens. Third dam of TAM LIN, HIKARU AMARANTHUS, PONTALLMAGNE. Broodmare Sire: IN THE WINGS. Sire of the dams of 23 Stakes winners. In 2010 - SRI PUTRA Oasis Dream G3, DUSHANBE Riyadian LR. The Oasis Dream/In The Wings cross has produced: SRI PUTRA G2, Ideology LR. SRI PUTRA b c 2006 Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier OASIS DREAM b 2000 Dancing Brave Hope Bahamian Sadler’s Wells In The Wings High Hawk WENDYLINA ch 99 Top Ville Dinalina Shahinaaz

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Lyphard Navajo Princess Mill Reef Sorbus Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Shirley Heights Sunbittern High Top Sega Ville Venture Cherry

15 CRAVEN S G3 NEWMARKET. April 15. 3yoc&f. 8f.

1. ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL (USA) 8-12 £36,901 bbr c by Elusive Quality - Cara Fantasy (Sadler’s Wells) O/B-Windflower Overseas Holdings IncTR-JL Dunlop 2. Dancing David (IRE) 8-12 £13,988 b c by Danehill Dancer - Seek Easy (Seeking The Gold) O-C Clay B-Runnymede Farm TR-BJ Meehan 3. Critical Moment (USA) 8-12 £7,001 b c by Aptitude - Rouwaki (Miswaki) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-BW Hills Margins 4, 1. Time 1:37.16 (slow 1.36).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2-3

Starts 4

Wins 3

Places 1

Earned £119,285

ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL b/br c 2007 Raise A Native Gold Digger Gone West Secretariat Secrettame Tamerett ELUSIVE QUALITY b 93 Northern Dancer Hero’s Honor Glowing Tribute Touch of Greatness Sir Ivor Ivory Wand Natashka Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Sadler’s Wells Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special CARA FANTASY b 2000 Petingo Troy La Milo Gay Fantasy Alcide Miss Upward Aiming High Mr Prospector

16 JOHN PORTER S G3 NEWBURY. April 17. 4yo+. 12f 5yds.

1. HARBINGER (GB) 4 8-11 £36,901 b c by Dansili - Penang Pearl (Bering) O-Highclere Thoroughbred Racing (Admiral Rous) B-Mrs AKH Ooi TR-Sir Michael Stoute 2. Manifest (GB) 4 8-11 £13,988 b c by Rainbow Quest - Modena (Roberto) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-HRA Cecil 3. Claremont (IRE) 4 8-11 £7,001 b c by Sadler’s Wells - Mezzo Soprano (Darshaan) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Mahmood Al Zarooni Margins 3, 2. Time 2:30.58 (fast 0.22). Going Good.

Age 3-4

Starts 7

Wins 4

Places 2

Age 2-3

Starts 6

HARBINGER b c 2006 Danzig Danehill DANSILI b 96 Kahyasi Hasili Kerali Arctic Tern Bering PENANG PEARL b 96 Shareef Dancer Guapa

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Sauceboat

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Ile de Bourbon Kadissya High Line Sookera Sea Bird II Bubbling Beauty Lyphard Barbra Northern Dancer Sweet Alliance Connaught Cranberry Sauce

Earned £68,950

2nd Dam: Duxyana by Cyrano de Bergerac. unraced.

Dam of Kelsey Rose (f Most Welcome, see above) Broodmare Sire: MOST WELCOME. Sire of the dams of 15 Stakes winners. In 2010 - PUFF Camacho G3.

PUFF b f 2007 Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Razyana Spring Adieu Gone West Zafonic Zaizafon Warning Prophecy Andaleeb Northern Dancer Be My Guest What A Treat Habitat Topsy Furioso Bold Lad Cyrano de Bergerac Miss St Cyr Taj Dewan Sarong Sharondor Danzig Danehill

1st Dam: PENANG PEARL by Bering. 3 wins at 3, Financial Dynamics October S LR. Dam of 3 winners: 2002: PENANG SAPPHIRE (g Spectrum) 1 win at 2.

2003: PENANG CINTA (g Halling) 8 wins.

2004: Autour du Monde (f Spinning World) 2005: Penang Cry (f Barathea) unraced. Broodmare.

2006: HARBINGER (c Dansili) Sold 180,000gns yearling. 4 wins, Gordon S G3, John Porter S G3, Ormonde S G3, 3rd St Simon S G3.

2007: Penangdouble O One (c Starcraft) 2008: (c Sakhee) 2009: (c Zamindar)

The Dansili/Bering cross has produced: HARBINGER G3, Handsome Maestro G3.

Places 4

1st Dam: Kelsey Rose by Most Welcome. 3 wins at 2, 2nd Weatherbys VAT Returns Service S LR. Dam of 2 winners: 2004: Adenium (g Desert Style) 2005: Distant Drummer (g Distant Music) ran 3 times.

2006: GOLDEN ROSIE (f Exceed And Excel) Winner at 2.

2007: PUFF (f Camacho) Sold 15,000gns yearling at TAOC2, 95,000gns 2yo at TAGUN. 2 wins at 2 and 3, Dubai Duty Free Fred Darling S G3, 2nd Mac Asphalt Harry Rosebery S LR, Igloos EBF Bosra Sham Fillies’ S LR. 2008: Marked Card (c Kheleyf) unraced to date.

2009: (c Dark Angel)

KELSEY ROSE b 99

Broodmare Sire: BERING. Sire of the dams of 53 Stakes winners. In 2010 - HARBINGER Dansili G3.

Wins 2

Sire: CAMACHO. Sire of 2 Stakes winners. In 2010 PUFF Most Welcome G3.

Earned £135,270

2nd Dam: GUAPA by Shareef Dancer. 2 wins at 3.

Dam of PENANG PEARL (f Bering, see above)

2006: HASODIKIS (c Fasliyev) 2 wins at 3 in Greece.

2007: DICK TURPIN (c Arakan) Sold 7,721gns foal at GONO1, 18,206gns yearling at TISEP. 5 wins at 2 and 3, Richmond S G2, Bathwick Tyres Greenham S G3.

2nd Dam: BABYCHAM SPARKLE by So Blessed. 2 wins at 2. Dam of DEEP FINESSE (c Reprimand: Dubai Racing Club Palace House S G3, Prix du Bois G3, 3rd Polypipe PLC Flying Childers S G2).

Grandam of HALMAHERA, RISING SHADOW, Blue Rocket, INDIAN JOCKEY, Night Cru. Broodmare Sire: SHARROOD. Sire of the dams of 9 Stakes winners. In 2010 - DICK TURPIN Arakan G3.

DICK TURPIN b c 2007 Nearctic Natalma Forli Special Thong ARAKAN br 2000 Kris Common Grounds Sweetly Far Across Ardross City Ex Rythmique Fortino II Caro Chambord Sharrood Cougar Angel Island Who’s To Know MERRILY gr 93 Princely Gift So Blessed Lavant Babycham Sparkle Charlottesville Effervescence II Vareta Northern Dancer

Nureyev

CAMACHO b 2002

Beaune

1st Dam: CARA FANTASY by Sadler’s Wells. 2 wins at 3. Dam of 2 winners: 2006: PALAVICINI (c Giant’s Causeway) 3 wins at 2 and 3, Strensall S G3.

NEWBURY. April 17. 3yof. 7f.

1. PUFF (IRE) 9-0 £36,901 b f by Camacho - Kelsey Rose (Most Welcome) O-Mr and Mrs David Aykroyd B-Yeomanstown Stud TR-RM Beckett 2. Habaayib (GB) 9-0 £13,988 b f by Royal Applause - Silver Kestrel (Silver Hawk) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Whitley Stud TR-EAL Dunlop 3. Lady of The Desert (USA) 9-0 £7,001 ch f by Rahy - Queen’s Logic (Grand Lodge) O-Jaber Abdullah B-Rabbah Bloodstock TR-BJ Meehan Margins Neck, 1. Time 1:23.80 (slow 0.80).

Going Good.

Sire: DANSILI. Sire of 39 Stakes winners. In 2010 PROVISO Woodman G1, HARBINGER Bering G3, ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE Efisio G3, STRAWBERRYDAIQUIRI Travelling Victor G3, ABATON Night Shift LR, FAMOUS NAME Quest For Fame LR, FORETELLER Warning LR.

Razyana

Sire: ELUSIVE QUALITY. Sire of 46 Stakes winners.

In 2010 - QUALITY ROAD Strawberry Road G1, ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL Sadler’s Wells G3, I’M DISCREET Euclase LR, RAIHANA Sunday Silence LR, STARFISH BAY Not For Love LR, WEST OCEAN Belong To Me LR.

17 FRED DARLING S G3

Arabesque

Most Welcome

Duxyana

18 GREENHAM S G3 NEWBURY. April 17. 3yoc&g. 7f.

1. DICK TURPIN (IRE) 9-0 £36,901 b c by Arakan - Merrily (Sharrood) O-John Manley B-John McEnery TR-R Hannon 2. Canford Cliffs (IRE) 9-0 £13,988 b c by Tagula - Mrs Marsh (Marju) O-Heffer Syndicate, Mrs Roy, Mrs Instance B-S And S Hubbard Rodwell TR-R Hannon 3. Arcano (IRE) 9-0 £7,001 b c by Oasis Dream - Tariysha (Daylami) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Yellow Bird Syndicate TR-BJ Meehan Margins 0.5, 7. Time 1:22.72 (fast 0.28).

Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 7

Wins 5

Places 0

Earned £245,653

Sire: ARAKAN. Sire of 1 Stakes winner. In 2010 DICK TURPIN Sharrood G3.

1st Dam: Merrily by Sharrood. Dam of 5 winners: 2000: VIGOROUS (f Danetime) 2 wins at 3.

2002: Bond Cat (f Raise A Grand) ran a few times.

2003: CHEERILY (f Danehill Dancer) Winner at 4 in USA. Broodmare.

2004: Golden Snitch (g Redback) ran twice in N.H. Flat Races.

2005: LADY SCHMUCK (f Clodovil) 3 wins at 3.

19 PREMIO CARLO CHIESA G3 ROME. April 18. 3yo+f&m. 1200m.

1. ALTA FEDELTA (GB) 4 9-2 £30,088 b f by Oasis Dream - Infiel (Luge) O-Scuderia Incolinx B-Brinkley Stud TR-V Caruso 2. Madda’s Force (ITY) 4 9-2 £13,238 b f by Blu Air Force - Madda’sblueyes (Selkirk) O-Scuderia Ri-Ma B-Azienda Agricola Loreto Luciani TR-R Betti 3. Zobenigo (IRE) 3 8-5 £7,221 b f by Orpen - Doregan (Bahhare) O-Eledy SRL B-Eledy SRL TR-L Polito Margins 0.5, head. Time 1:09.50. Going Good.

Age 2-4

Starts 10

Wins 4

Places 3

Earned £104,233

Sire: OASIS DREAM. Sire of 28 Stakes winners. In 2010 - TUSCAN EVENING Suave Dancer G2, ALTA FEDELTA Luge G3, SRI PUTRA In The Wings G3, KEREDARI Doyoun LR, SANDBAR Hernando LR. 1st Dam: INFIEL by Luge. 9 wins at 2 to 5 in Italy, Criterium Varesino LR. Dam of 3 winners: 2000: Udem (c Deploy) 2001: Pochette (f Robellino). Broodmare.

2002: INDIAN SATIN (c Groom Dancer) 10 wins to 2009 in Italy.

2004: Acqua Cheta (f Pivotal) ran on the flat in Italy.

2006: ALTA FEDELTA (f Oasis Dream) 4 wins at 2 to 4 in Italy, Premio Carlo Chiesa G3, Premio Nogara LR, Premio Seregno LR, 2nd Premio Pietro Bessero Trofeo Shadwell LR. 2007: Rodarte (f Kyllachy) Winner at 2 in Italy, 3rd Criterium Varesino LR. 2008: Double Dealer (c Dubawi) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: Indocina by Indian King. 4 wins, 2nd Premio delle Repubbliche Marinare LR, 4th Premio Virginio Curti Criterium G3. Dam of INFIEL (f Luge, see above), Is Buena (f Sri Pekan: 3rd Premio Vittorio Crespi LR). Grandam of BARON’S PIT. Broodmare Sire: LUGE. Sire of the dams of 2 SWs. In 2010 - ALTA FEDELTA Oasis Dream G3.

ALTA FEDELTA b f 2006 Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Foreign Courier Courtly Dee Lyphard Dancing Brave Navajo Princess Mill Reef Bahamian Sorbus Lyphard Lyphard’s Special My Bupers Young Generation Sledge Ride Raja Baba Indian King Protest Rarity Dolphin Bay Leflore Lefty Danzig Green Desert OASIS DREAM b 2000 Hope

Luge INFIEL b 93 Indocina

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European Pattern 20 PREMIO PARIOLI G3 ROME. April 18. 3yo. 1600m.

1. WORTHADD (IRE) 9-2 £63,938 b c by Dubawi - Wigman (Rahy) O-Scuderia Incolinx B-Compagnia Generale SRL TR-Vittorio Caruso 2. Marshade (ITY) 9-2 £28,132 b c by Martino Alonso - Universal Shade (Pursuit of Love) O-Intra SRL B-Intra SRL TR-S Botti 3. Back Hunting (USA) 9-2 £15,345 b c by Put It Back - Huntingland (Dove Hunt) O-San Carlo Investiment 2005 B-Scuderia Estero TR-Gianluca Bietolini Margins 1, 2.5. Time 1:38.90. Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 4

Wins 3

Places 1

Earned £92,620

Sire: DUBAWI. Sire of 7 Stakes winners. In 2010 ANNA SALAI Caerleon G3, CELLARMASTER Sound Reason G3, MAKFI Green Desert G3, WORTHADD Rahy G3, GOLDEN MILLENNIUM Eagle Eyed LR. 1st Dam: WIGMAN by Rahy. 3 wins at 3 and 4 in Italy. Dam of 1 winner: 2006: (c Xaar) 2007: WORTHADD (c Dubawi) 3 wins at 3 in Italy, Premio Parioli G3, Premio Gardone LR. 2009: (c One Cool Cat)

1999: VALENTINO (g Valanour) 12 wins to 2009 in France, Prix Edmond Blanc G3, Prix Perth G3, Prix Andre Baboin (G.P.des Provinces) G3, 3rd Prix d’Harcourt G2.

2000: WHORTLEBERRY (f Starborough). 8 wins at 2 to 5 in France, Italy, Prix Jean Romanet G2, Premio Lydia TesiO-Darley G2. Broodmare.

2001: KING LOUIS (g Nikos) 3 wins over fences.

2002: Ysoldina (f Kendor) Winner at 2 in France, 2nd Prix de la Grotte G3, 3rd Gainsborough Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1. Broodmare.

2004: APPEL AU MAITRE (c Starborough) Sold 104,694gns yearling at AFAUG. Champion 2yr old colt in Scandinavia in 2006, Champion 3yr old colt in Scandinavia in 2007. 12 wins at 2 to 6, 2010 in Germany, Norway, Sweden, yoobet.de Grand Prix Premiere G3, Nicator Stockholm Cup International G3 (twice), Stockholms Stora Pris G3, Marit Sveaas Minnelop G3, Mec-Com Svenskt Derby LR, Walter Nilsens Minnelop LR (twice), Valley Chapel Memorial LR, 2nd Oppenheim UnionRennen G2, Stockholms Stora Pris G3, Marit Sveaas Minnelop G3, 3rd Deutschland Preis G1, Stockholm Cup International G3.

2005: BELLE ET CELEBRE (f Peintre Celebre) Winner at 3 in France, Montjeu Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary G1.

2006: Causa Proxima (f Kendor) Winner at 3 in France, 3rd Prix La Sorellina LR. 2007: Marah Dubai (f Dubawi) unraced to date.

2008: Etendard d’Or (c Archange d’Or) unraced.

2nd Dam: URJWAN by Seattle Slew. 1 win at 3. Dam of HISTORIC (g Sadler’s Wells: Prestige Novices’ Hurdle G2, Cahoot Long Distance Hurdle G2, 2nd Martell Sefton Novices’ Hurdle G1, williamhill.co.uk Marathon Chase LR). Grandam of DAI JIN, Directa Queen, Dissney. Third dam of VUPT VAPT, Elis Elis.

2nd Dam: RUDOLFINA by Pharly. 4 wins at 3 and 4 in France Prix de la Pepiniere LR, Prix du Point du Jour LR, 2nd Prix Chloe G3, Prix Fille de l’Air G3. Dam of RUPERT (c Kendor: Prix Ridgway LR, 3rd Prix de Guiche G3), Rampoldi (c General Holme: 2nd Prix Daphnis G3). Grandam of RED RUBIN.

Broodmare Sire: RAHY. Sire of the dams of 68 Stakes winners. In 2010 - ALVERTA Flying Spur G1, COURAGEOUS CAT Storm Cat G3, LIFE AT TEN Malibu Moon G3, WORTHADD Dubawi G3, CAMILLE C Roman Dancer LR, FLAWLESS GOLD Gold Tribute LR, HEEDAS Lomitas LR, ONASSIS Glory of Dancer LR.

Broodmare Sire: CRYSTAL GLITTERS. Sire of the dams of 29 SWs. In 2010 - APPEL AU MAITRE Starborough G3, KING TUNE Green Tune LR.

WORTHADD b c 2007

The Starborough/Crystal Glitters cross has produced: APPEL AU MAITRE G1, WHORTLEBERRY G2, Vigna Maggio LR.

Dubai Millennium DUBAWI b 2002 Zomaradah

Rahy WIGMAN b 2000 Urjwan

Northern Dancer Special Venture Veruschka Marie d’Anjou Damascus Desert Wine Anne Campbell Sadair Armada Way Hurry Call Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Donut King Tales To Tell Fleeting Doll Lyphard Pharly Comely Petingo Rojanya Rosetta Nureyev

Soviet Star STARBOROUGH ch 94 Flamenco Wave

Crystal Glitters ROTINA b 88 Rudolfina

21 GRAND PRIX PREMIERE G3

Margins 2.25, 5. Time 2:10.94 (slow 3.94).

Going Good.

2nd Dam: Dansara by Dancing Brave. unraced. Dam of SELF DEFENSE (g Warning: Prix Vulcain LR, 2nd Barnardo’s Cumberland Lodge S G3 (twice), Stan James St Simon S G3, 3rd Stan James Geoffrey Freer S G2, Blue Chip Feeds Novices’ Sharp Hurdle G2, 2nd Stan James Christmas Hurdle G1, 3rd Tote Tolworth Hurdle G1). Grandam of DEGAS ART, PERSEFONA, The Last Drop, Zelkova.

Broodmare Sire: RAINBOW QUEST. Sire of the dams of 111 Stakes winners. In 2010 - PUNCHER CLYNCH Azamour G3, ROSES FOR THE LADY Sadler’s Wells LR, EBADIYAN Daylami LR. PUNCHER CLYNCH b c 2007 Nearctic Natalma Chop Chop Ciboulette Windy Answer Roberto Lear Fan Wac Darshaan Anaza Azaarika Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Herbager I Will Follow Where You Lead Lyphard Dancing Brave Navajo Princess Le Levanstell Sarah Siddons Mariel Northern Dancer Night Shift AZAMOUR b 2001 Asmara

Rainbow Quest DANCE TROUPE b 2002 Dansara

Age 2-6

Starts 22

Wins 12

Places 7

Earned £634,732

Age 2-3

1st Dam: Rotina by Crystal Glitters. Dam of 10 winners: 1993: Priolina (f Priolo). Broodmare.

1994: Querlor (c Kendor) unraced.

1995: RENDORINA (f Kendor) 2 wins at 2 in France.

Broodmare.

1997: TAMBOURINAIRE (g Kendor). Winner at 3.

1998: UDU POINT (g Lahib) 2 wins at 2 and 3 in France.

Sire: AZAMOUR. Sire of 2 Stakes winners. In 2010 PUNCHER CLYNCH Rainbow Quest G3.

84

Starts 7

Wins 4

Places 0

Earned £74,357

1st Dam: Dance Troupe by Rainbow Quest. Dam of 1 winner: 2007: PUNCHER CLYNCH (c Azamour) Sold 22,408gns yearling at GOOY1. 4 wins at 2 and 3, P W McGrath Memorial Ballysax S G3.

2008: (f Hurricane Run)

Earned £94,855

Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 68 SWs. In 2010 - LINTON Centaine G2, MAHBOOBA Red Ransom G2, CHABAL Zafonic G3, SOUTH EASTER Nureyev LR. 1st Dam: Vagary by Zafonic. unraced. Dam of 1 winner: 2007: CHABAL (c Galileo) 2 wins at 2 and 3, Bet365 Classic Trial G3, 2nd National S G1.

2008: Chabelle (f Shirocco) unraced to date.

2009: (c Shirocco) 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). Grandam of SAN SICHARIA, SPIN CYCLE, Codeword.

Broodmare Sire: ZAFONIC. Sire of the dams of 36 Stakes winners. In 2010 - CHABAL Galileo G3, HEAT HAZE Zabeel LR. CHABAL b c 2007 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge GALILEO b 98

Gone West

SAINT-CLOUD. April 22. 3yof. 2100m.

Zafonic Zaizafon VAGARY gr 2002 Linamix Vadsagreya Vadsa

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Lombard Anatevka Mr Prospector Secrettame The Minstrel Mofida Mendez Lunadix Halo Rainbow’s Edge

25 PREMIO AMBROSIANO G3 MILAN. April 24. 4yo+. 2000m.

1st Dam: Dzinigane by Exit To Nowhere. 3 wins, 2nd Prix Penelope G3. Dam of 1 winner: 2005: Diagora (f Highest Honor) 2006: Dzinor (c Highest Honor) 2007: DARIOLE (f Highest Honor) Sold 15,406gns yearling. 2 wins, Prix Penelope G3.

2008: De Vous A Moi (c Sinndar) unraced to date.

1. JAKKALBERRY (IRE) 4 8-11 £30,088 b c by Storming Home - Claba di San Jore (Barathea) O-Effevi B-Azienda Agricola Allevamento Deni TR-E Botti 2. Estejo (GER) 6 9-6 £13,238 b h by Johan Cruyff - Este (The Noble Player) O-Giovanni Martone B-Gestut Schallern TR-R Rohne 3. Johannes Mozart (IRE) 4 8-11 £7,221 ch c by Spinning World - Nicolitta (Nicolotte) O-Valentina Sestili B-Michael Bambrick TR-F & L Camici Margins 2.5, nose. Time 2:03.50.

Going Soft.

Broodmare Sire: EXIT TO NOWHERE. Sire of the dams of 21 SWs. In 2010 - DARIOLE Highest Honor G3.

Age 3-4

DARIOLE br f 2007

Sire: STORMING HOME. Sire of 6 Stakes winners.

In 2010 - JAKKALBERRY Barathea G3, LION TAMER Generous LR.

Starts 4

Wins 2

Places 2

Earned £60,539

Sire: HIGHEST HONOR. Sire of 67 SWs. In 2010 DARIOLE Exit To Nowhere G3.

Belle of Ireland

Sire: STARBOROUGH. Sire of 5 Stakes winners. In 2010 - APPEL AU MAITRE Crystal Glitters G3.

Places 1

Allegretta

1. DARIOLE (FR) 9-0 £35,398 br f by Highest Honor - Dzinigane (Exit To Nowhere) O-Mme Patrick Barbe B-Rene Wattinne TR-P Bary 2. A Media Luz (FR) 9-0 £12,389 b f by Johann Quatz - Immensement (Garde Royale) O-Eddy Eyrignoux B-R-Y Simon TR-Y Fouin 2. Middle Club (GB) 9-0 £12,389 b f by Fantastic Light - Anna Oleanda (Old Vic) O-RJ McCreery B-Stowell Hill Ltd TR-R Hannon Margins 1, dh. Time 2:19.90. Going Gd to sft.

Kenmare

LEOPARDSTOWN. April 18. 3yo. 10f.

1. PUNCHER CLYNCH (IRE) 9-1 £28,761 b c by Azamour - Dance Troupe (Rainbow Quest) O-Ennistown Stud B-Ennistown Stud TR-JS Bolger 2. At First Sight (IRE) 9-1 £8,407 ch c by Galileo - Healing Music (Bering) O-Derrick Smith B-Healing Music Partnership TR-AP O’Brien 3. Mikhail Glinka (IRE) 9-1 £3,982 b c by Galileo - Lady Karr (Mark of Esteem) O-Mrs John Magnier B-Paulyn Limited TR-AP O’Brien Margins Short head, neck. Time 2:08.10 (slow 3.90).

Going Good to firm.

Wins 2

Miswaki

Kalamoun

COLOGNE. April 18. 4yo+. 2200m.

Starts 4

Urban Sea

22 BALLYSAX S G3

1. APPEL AU MAITRE (FR) 6 9-2 £28,319 ch h by Starborough - Rotina (Crystal Glitters) O-Stall Perlen B-G & Mme G Forien TR-Wido Neuroth 2. Touch of Hawk (FR) 4 9-2 £8,850 b c by Hawk Wing - Touch of Class (Be My Guest) O-Stall E & F B-Dieter Burkle TR-Wido Neuroth 3. Steuben (GER) 4 9-0 £4,425 b c by Monsun - Schwarzach (Grand Lodge) O/B-Gestut Schlenderhan TR-J Hirchberger Margins Neck, 0.75. Time 2:22.86. Going Good.

Age 2-3

23 PRIX PENELOPE G3

Age 2-3

APPEL AU MAITRE ch h 2004

Mr Prospector Con Game Shareef Dancer Colorado Dancer Fall Aspen Shirley Heights Deploy Slightly Dangerous Dancing Brave Jawaher High Tern Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Halo Glorious Song Ballade Bold Reasoning Seattle Slew My Charmer Northern Dancer White Star Line Fast Line Seeking The Gold

2009: (f Teofilo)

HIGHEST HONOR gr 83 Riverman High River Hairbrush Irish River Exit To Nowhere Coup de Folie DZINIGANE b 99 Tip Moss Dzietta Danizetta

Zeddaan Khairunissa Milesian Belle of The Ball Never Bend River Lady Sir Gaylord Bug Brush Riverman Irish Star Halo Raise The Standard Luthier Top Twig Sanctus II Dannes

24 CLASSIC TRIAL S G3 SANDOWN PARK. April 23. 3yo. 10f 7yds.

1. CHABAL (IRE) 9-0 £36,901 b c by Galileo - Vagary (Zafonic) O-Godolphin B-L Kelly, Castlemartin, Skymarc Farm TR-Saeed bin Suroor 2. Azmeel (GB) 9-0 £13,988 b c by Azamour - Best Side (King’s Best) O-M Al-Qatami, KM Al-Mudhaf B-Elsdon Farms TR-JHM Gosden 3. Simenon (IRE) 9-0 £7,001 b g by Marju - Epistoliere (Alzao) O-Mr Greenwood et al B-Max Morris TR-AM Balding

Starts 8

Wins 5

Places 2

Earned £156,370

1st Dam: CLABA DI SAN JORE by Barathea. Winner at 3 in Italy. Dam of 4 winners: 2004: AWELMARDUK (c Almutawakel) 5 wins at 2, 3 and 5 in Italy, Derby Italiano G1.

2005: BOIS JOLI (f Orpen) 2 wins.

2006: JAKKALBERRY (c Storming Home) 5 wins at 3 and 4 in Italy, Premio Ambrosiano G3, 3rd Derby Italiano Better G2.

2007: KIDNAPPING (c Intikhab) 2 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy, Premio Emanuele Filiberto LR, 3rd Premio Guido Berardelli G3.

2008: Crackerjack King (c Shamardal) unraced to date.

2009: (f Dalakhani) 2nd Dam: Claw by Law Society. 7 wins at 2 to 4 in Italy, 2nd Premio Giovanni Falck LR, Premio delle Aste LR. Dam of CLASEM DI SAN JORE (c Second Empire: Premio Merano LR), Clelt di San Jore (c Celtic Swing: 2nd Premio Merano LR), Clades di San Jore (c Desert Prince: 3rd Corsa Corona Ferrea Hurdle LR) Broodmare Sire: BARATHEA. Sire of the dams of 30 Stakes winners. In 2010 - JAKKALBERRY Storming Home G3, GEORGETTE SILK Flying Spur LR, KIDNAPPING Intikhab LR.

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JAKKALBERRY b c 2006 Mr Prospector Machiavellian Coup de Folie STORMING HOME b 98 Shareef Dancer Try To Catch Me It’s In The Air Sadler’s Wells Barathea Brocade CLABA DI SAN JORE gr 99 Law Society Claw Crodas

Raise A Native Gold Digger Halo Raise The Standard Northern Dancer Sweet Alliance Mr Prospector A Wind Is Rising Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Habitat Canton Silk Alleged Bold Bikini Shirley Heights Croda Alta

26 GORDON RICHARDS S G3 SANDOWN PARK. April 24. 4yo+. 10f 7yds.

1. GLASS HARMONIUM (IRE) 4 9-0 £36,901 gr c by Verglas - Spring Symphony (Darshaan) O-Ballymacoll Stud B-Ballymacoll Stud TR-Sir Michael Stoute 2. Redwood (GB) 4 9-0 £13,988 b c by High Chaparral - Arum Lily (Woodman) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-BW Hills 3. Laaheb (GB) 4 9-0 £7,001 b g by Cape Cross - Maskunah (Sadler’s Wells) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Darley TR-MA Jarvis Margins Head, 4.5. Time 2:08.30 (slow 1.03).

Going Good.

Age 2-4

Starts 8

Wins 3

Places 2

Earned £88,339

Sire: VERGLAS. Sire of 23 Stakes winners. In 2010 GLASS HARMONIUM Darshaan G3.

1st Dam: SPRING SYMPHONY by Darshaan.

Winner at 3. Own sister to HARD TOP. Dam of 2 winners: 2003: HOLDA (f Docksider) Winner at 2. Broodmare.

2006: GLASS HARMONIUM (c Verglas) 3 wins at 2 to 4, Bet365 Gordon Richards S G3, Hampton Court S LR, 2nd Thurlow Nunn Standen Darley S G3.

2007: Zarzuela (f Rock of Gibraltar) unraced to date.

2008: Fruehling (c Azamour) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: Well Head by Sadler’s Wells. unraced.

Dam of CONDUIT (c Dalakhani: King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S G1, Ladbrokes St Leger S G1, Emirates Airlines Breeders’ Cup Turf G1 (twice), 3rd Coral Eclipse S G1), HARD TOP (g Darshaan: Daily Telegraph Great Voltigeur S G2), Spray Gun (c Octagonal: 2nd Prix Rene Bedel LR, Prix de la Porte de Madrid LR)

Margins 3.25, 1.5. Time 1:41.65 (slow 1.15).

Going Good.

Age 2-5

Starts 17

Wins 10

Places 4

Sire: DESERT STYLE. Sire of 18 Stakes winners. In 2010 - PACO BOY Sandhurst Prince G2, MISTER MANANNAN Common Grounds LR.

2nd Dam: ROSSALDENE by Mummy’s Pet. 1 win at 2. Dam of CAPE TOWN (c Desert Style: European Free H LR, Silver Trophy LR, 2nd Attheraces Mile S G2, 3rd Irish 2000 Guineas G1), REGIMENT (c Shaadi: Easter S LR), Green’s Ferneley (c Taufan: 3rd Autumn S LR), Lammastide (f Martinmas: 3rd National S LR). Grandam of COCONUT JOHNNY, SKY CRUSADER, Harvest Warrior, Gypsy Johnny.

Third dam of ELECTRIC BEAT, Blakey’s Boy. Broodmare Sire: SANDHURST PRINCE. Sire of the dams of 8 Stakes winners. In 2010 - PACO BOY Desert Style G2.

PACO BOY b h 2005 Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier DESERT STYLE b 92 High Top Organza Canton Silk Pampapaul Sandhurst Prince TAPPEN ZEE ch 86 Mummy’s Pet Rossaldene Palestra

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Derring-Do Camenae Runnymede Clouded Lamp Yellow God Pampalina Silver Shark Well Armed Sing Sing Money For Nothing Palestine TSF

GLASS HARMONIUM gr c 2006 Kenmare Highest Honor High River VERGLAS gr 94 Secreto Rahaam Fager’s Glory Shirley Heights Darshaan Delsy SPRING SYMPHONY b 98 Sadler’s Wells Well Head River Dancer

Kalamoun Belle of Ireland Riverman Hairbrush Northern Dancer Betty’s Secret Mr Prospector Street’s Glory Mill Reef Hardiemma Abdos Kelty Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Irish River Dancing Shadow

27 BET365 MILE G2

28 PRIX DE FONTAINEBLEAU G3 LONGCHAMP. April 25. 3yoc. 1600m.

1. RAJSAMAN (FR) 9-2 £35,398 gr c by Linamix - Rose Quartz (Lammtarra) O-HH The Aga Khan B-Haras De Son Altesse L’Aga Khan Scea TR-A de Royer-Dupre 2. Siyouni (FR) 9-2 £14,159 b c by Pivotal - Sichilla (Danehill) O-HH The Aga Khan B-Haras De Son Altesse L’Aga Khan Scea TR-A de Royer-Dupre 3. Lope de Vega (IRE) 9-2 £10,619 ch c by Shamardal - Lady Vettori (Vettori) O/B-Gestut Ammerland TR-A Fabre Margins 0.5, short head. Time 1:39.36. Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 7

Wins 3

Places 3

Earned £91,319

SANDOWN PARK. April 24. 4yo+. 8f 14yds.

1. PACO BOY (IRE) 5 9-0 £56,770 b h by Desert Style - Tappen Zee (Sandhurst Prince) O-The Calvera Partnership No 2 B-Mrs Joan Browne TR-R Hannon 2. Pressing (IRE) 7 9-4 £21,520 bbr h by Soviet Star - Rafif (Riverman) O-G A Tanaka B-Az Agr Del Parco TR-MA Jarvis 3. The Cheka (IRE) 4 9-0 £10,770 b c by Xaar - Veiled Beauty (Royal Academy) O-Anthony Pye-Jeary, Mel Smith B-James Robert Mitchell TR-Eve Johnson Houghton

ANNA SALAI b f 2007

DUBAWI b 2002

2nd Dam: GRAPHITE by Mr Prospector. 1 win at 3.

Own sister to CUDDLES. Grandam of Mejiro Nicolas, Temple of Peace. Third dam of WHOBEGOTYOU.

Sire: LINAMIX. Sire of 80 SWs. In 2010 - RAJSAMAN Lammtarra G3, HIDDEN UNIVERSE Woodman LR. 1st Dam: ROSE QUARTZ by Lammtarra. Winner at 3. Dam of 3 winners: 2002: ROSAWA (f Linamix) 4 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix de la Calonne LR, Prix de Liancourt LR. Dam of ROSANARA (Prix Marcel Boussac G1, 3rd Criterium International G1) 2004: ROSAMIXA (f Linamix) Winner at 2 in France.

2005: (c Numerous)

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Broodmare Sire: LAMMTARRA. Sire of the dams of 4 Stakes winners. In 2010 - RAJSAMAN Linamix G3.

Mr Prospector Con Game Shareef Dancer Colorado Dancer Fall Aspen Shirley Heights Deploy Slightly Dangerous Dancing Brave Jawaher High Tern Northern Dancer Nijinsky Flaming Page Round Table Foreseer Regal Gleam Pitcairn Ela-Mana-Mou Rose Bertin Mill Reef Anna Matrushka Anna Paola Seeking The Gold

Dubai Millennium

Zomaradah

Caerleon

1st Dam: TAPPEN ZEE by Sandhurst Prince. 2 wins at 3. Dam of 6 winners: 1992: Tappen Lady (f Doulab) 1993: MAWINGO (g Taufan) 3 wins at 3 inc. Dom Ruinart Champagne Handicap, Newmarket, Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur Handicap, Newmarket.

1995: (f Balla Cove) 1996: SUPER PERFORMANCE (g Mujadil) 3 wins at 4 and 5 in Hong Kong.

1998: ZACHOLIV (f Desert Style) 2 wins at 3.

Broodmare.

2001: FUEL CELL (g Desert Style) 4 wins.

2003: Xarzee (f Xaar) ran twice. Broodmare.

2005: PACO BOY (c Desert Style) Sold 12,157gns foal at GONO1, 10,508gns yearling at TIDEC, 30,000gns 2yo at DNAPR. 10 wins at 2 to 5, 2010 at home, France, Queen Anne S G1, Prix de la Foret G1, Lennox S G2, Hungerford S G2, Bet365 Mile G2 (twice), Greenham S G3, Spring Cup LR, 2nd Sussex S G1.

2006: TARTAN TURBAN (c Invincible Spirit) Winner at 2.

Blue Shark

Broodmare Sire: DARSHAAN. Sire of the dams of 145 Stakes winners. In 2010 - GLASS HARMONIUM Verglas G3, ASHKAZAR Sadler’s Wells LR, PITTONI Peintre Celebre LR, ZARINAVA Daylami LR.

Earned £702,869

2007: RAJSAMAN (c Linamix) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix de Fontainebleau G3, Criterium de Lyon LR. 2008: Radiyya (f Sinndar) unraced to date.

ANNA PALARIVA ch 95 Anna of Saxony

The Linamix/Lammtarra cross has produced: RAJSAMAN G3, ROSAWA LR. RAJSAMAN gr c 2007 Bellypha Mendez Miss Carina LINAMIX gr 87 Breton Lunadix Lutine Nijinsky Lammtarra Snow Bride ROSE QUARTZ b 97 Mr Prospector Graphite Stellarette

Lyphard Belga Caro Miss Pia Relko La Melba Alcide Mona Northern Dancer Flaming Page Blushing Groom Awaasif Raise A Native Gold Digger Tentam Square Angel

29 PRIX DE LA GROTTE G3 1. ANNA SALAI (USA) 9-0 £35,398 b f by Dubawi - Anna Palariva (Caerleon) O-Godolphin SNC B-Darley TR-A Fabre 2. Gotlandia (FR) 9-0 £14,159 b f by Anabaa - Grenade (Bering) O-Olivier Carli B-Haras Du Quesnay TR-Y de Nicolay 3. Rosanara (FR) 9-0 £10,619 gr f by Sinndar - Rosawa (Linamix) O-HH The Aga Khan B-Haras De Son Altesse L’Aga Khan Scea TR-A de Royer-Dupre Margins 1.5, 0.75. Time 1:38.33. Going Good.

Starts 3

Wins 1

Places 2

LONGCHAMP. April 25. 3yo. 2000m.

1. SIMON DE MONTFORT (IRE) 9-2 £35,398 b c by King’s Best - Noble Rose (Caerleon) O-Godolphin SNC B-Darley TR-A Fabre 2. Pain Perdu (FR) 9-2 £14,159 b c by Vespone - Coastline (Night Shift) O-Mlle Margaret Ferguson B-H Honore, T Schweizer TR-N Clement 3. Circumvent (GB) 9-2 £10,619 ch g by Tobougg - Seren Devious (Dr Devious) O-The Fairy Story Partnership B-Deepwood Farm Stud TR-PFI Cole Margins Neck, 0.75. Time 2:07.12 (slow 3.22).

Going Good.

Age 2-3

LONGCHAMP. April 25. 3yof. 1600m.

Age 2-3

30 PRIX LA FORCE G3

Earned £46,076

Sire: DUBAWI. Sire of 7 Stakes winners. In 2010 ANNA SALAI Caerleon G3, CELLARMASTER Sound Reason G3, MAKFI Green Desert G3, WORTHADD Rahy G3, GOLDEN MILLENNIUM Eagle Eyed LR. 1st Dam: ANNA PALARIVA by Caerleon. 2 wins at 2 in France, Prix d’Aumale G3. Dam of 5 winners: 2000:ANGLO SAXON (c Seeking The Gold) 4 wins.

2001:ADVICE (c Seeking The Gold) 5 wins at 3 to 5 in France, Grand Prix de Bordeaux LR, Grand Prix de Compiegne LR, Prix de Saint Patrick LR, G. P. Anjou Bretagne-Vignerons Nantais LR, 2nd La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte G3.

2002:Anna Wi’yaak (f Dubai Millennium) unraced.

Broodmare.

2003:Anemometer (f Sunday Silence). Broodmare.

2004:ADONITA (f Singspiel) 2 wins at 3 in France.

Broodmare.

2005:IGUAZU FALLS (c Pivotal) 2 wins at 2 and 3, Help for Heroes Surrey S LR, 2nd Somerville Tattersall S G3.2006: Angel Falls (f Kingmambo) unraced.

2007: ANNA SALAI (f Dubawi) 1 win at 3 in France, Prix de la Grotte G3.

2008:Angel’s Tears (f Seeking The Gold) unraced to date.

2009:(c Pivotal) 2nd Dam: ANNA OF SAXONY by Ela-Mana-Mou. 4 wins at 3 and 4 Worthington Best Bitter Park Hill S G3. Dam of ANNA PALARIVA (f Caerleon, see above), Ancestor (c Polish Precedent: 3rd Queen’s Vase G3), Aachen (g Rainbow Quest: 3rd Prix Right Royal LR), Anshaam (c Alzao: 2nd Criterium du Fonds Europeen de L’Elevage LR). Grandam of AVE, Dubawi Phantom, All Annalena.

Broodmare Sire: CAERLEON. Sire of the dams of 147 Stakes winners. In 2010 - BUENA VISTA Special Week G2, RED DESIRE Manhattan Cafe G2, ANNA SALAI Dubawi G3, SIMON DE MONTFORT King’s Best G3, APOLLO PHOENIX Afleet LR, GILT EDGE GIRL Monsieur Bond LR.

Starts 5

Wins 4

Places 0

Earned £87,889

Sire: KING’S BEST. Sire of 32 Stakes winners. In 2010 - CALMING INFLUENCE Indian Ridge G2, ALLYBAR Irish River G3, EISHIN FLASH Platini G3, SIMON DE MONTFORT Caerleon G3.

1st Dam: NOBLE ROSE by Caerleon. 3 wins at 2 to 4, Stones Bitter Park Hill S G3, 2nd Prix de Royallieu G2. Dam of 6 winners: 1998: RIORDAN (c Theatrical) Winner at 3 in UAE. 1999: Nobilior (c Silver Hawk) ran in a NH Flat Race.

2000: ILLUSTRIA (f Seeking The Gold) Winner at 2.

2001: Purple Tiger (f Rainbow Quest) unraced. Dam of Taajub (c Exceed And Excel: Winner at 2, 2nd Gimcrack S G2) 2002: NOTABILITY (c King’s Best). 3 wins at 2 to 4 at home, Germany, Darley Oettingen-Rennen G2, 2nd Premio Vittorio di Capua G1.

2004: Lavender List (f Pivotal) ran on the flat in Italy.

2005: ELYSEE PALACE (f King’s Best) 3 wins at 2 and 3.

2006: FEUDAL (c Xaar) Winner at 3 in Sweden.

2007: SIMON DE MONTFORT (c King’s Best) 4 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix La Force G3, Prix Francois Mathet LR. 2009: (c King’s Best) 2nd Dam: Noble Lily by Vaguely Noble. Dam of SIMEON (c Lammtarra: Heathorns Bookmakers Classic Trial G3, 3rd Prix du Jockey Club G1), NOBLE ROSE (f Caerleon, see above), NOCTILUCENT (f Lammtarra: Prix Urban Sea LR).

Broodmare Sire: CAERLEON. Sire of the dams of 147 Stakes winners. In 2010 - BUENA VISTA Special Week G2, RED DESIRE Manhattan Cafe G2, ANNA SALAI Dubawi G3, SIMON DE MONTFORT King’s Best G3, APOLLO PHOENIX Afleet LR, GILT EDGE GIRL Monsieur Bond LR. The King’s Best/Caerleon cross has produced: NOTABILITY G1, SIMON DE MONTFORT G3, KING LUNA LR. SIMON DE MONTFORT b c 2007 Mr Prospector Kingmambo Miesque KING’S BEST b 97 Lombard Allegretta Anatevka Nijinsky Caerleon Foreseer NOBLE ROSE b 91 Vaguely Noble Noble Lily Water Lily

Raise A Native Gold Digger Nureyev Pasadoble Agio Promised Lady Espresso Almyra Northern Dancer Flaming Page Round Table Regal Gleam Vienna Noble Lassie Riverman First Bloom

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European Pattern Age 2-4

31 SAGARO S G3 ASCOT. April 28. 4yo+. 16f.

1. ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE (GB) 7 9-1 £36,901 bbr h by Dansili - Gipsy Moth (Efisio) O-Mr & Mrs I H Bendelow B-BJ And Mrs Crangle TR-WJ Knight 2. Aajel (USA) 6 9-1 £13,988 gr g by Aljabr - Awtaan (Arazi) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Shadwell Farm LLC TR-MP Tregoning 3. Electrolyser (IRE) 5 9-1 £7,001 gr h by Daylami - Iviza (Sadler’s Wells) O-Mr And Mrs P Hargreaves B-Darley TR-CG Cox Margins 0.5, 1. Time 3:29.08 (slow 6.58).

Going Good.

Age 2-7

Starts 49

Wins 9

Places 21

Earned £278,567

Sire: DANSILI. Sire of 39 Stakes winners. In 2010 PROVISO Woodman G1, HARBINGER Bering G3, ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE Efisio G3, ABATON Night Shift LR, FAMOUS NAME Quest For Fame LR, FORETELLER Warning LR. 1st Dam: GIPSY MOTH by Efisio. 4 wins at 2 and 3 at home, Germany, Kolner Flieger Preis LR. Dam of 6 winners: 2000: ROMANY NIGHTS (g Night Shift) 8 wins.

2002: GIPSY HALL (c Halling) 9 wins at 3 to 7, 2009 in Norway, Sweden.

2003: ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE (c Dansili) Sold 28,000gns yearling at TAOC2, 40,000gns 2yo at TAAUT. 9 wins to 2010 at home, UAE, Moss Bros Sagaro S G3, Coutts Glorious S G3, Letheby & Christopher Festival S LR, 2nd totesport.com September S G3, intercasino.co.uk Magnolia S LR, Britain’s Got Talent Paradise S LR, 3rd Betdirect Winter Derby G3, Floodlit S LR, Wheb Ventures/Ruston Wheb Tapster S LR. 2004: FLY FREE (f Halling) Winner at 2.

2005: MULLEIN (f Oasis Dream) 5 wins at 3 and 4, EBF Highfield Farm Flying Fillies’ S LR, 3rd John Guest Diadem S G2.

2007: LEVIATHAN (c Dubawi) 2 wins at 2.

2008: Zarafshan (c Halling) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: Rock The Boat by Slip Anchor. Dam of GIPSY MOTH (f Efisio, see above), HEAVENLY WHISPER (f Halling: Masaka S LR, 2nd Falmouth S G2), Rocket Ship (c Pennekamp: 2nd Sharp Minds Betfair Royal Bond Nov.Hdle G1)

Starts 14

Wins 6

Places 5

Earned £690,358

Sire: MONTJEU. Sire of 86 Stakes winners. In 2010 TAVISTOCK Quest For Fame G1, WALL STREET Grand Lodge G1, JUKEBOX JURY Kenmare G2, GROWL Western Symphony G3, OLD JOCK Dance Floor LR, BUDAPEST Doyoun LR, HURRICANE FLY Kenmare LR. 1st Dam: MARE AUX FEES by Kenmare. Winner at 3 in France. Dam of 8 winners: 1993: PIERROT SOLAIRE (c Dancing Spree) 10 wins in Italy, Criterium Partenopeo LR. 1994: Mare Aux Tanches (f Lead On Time) unraced.

1995: CLAIR DE MER (c Dancing Spree) 5 wins in Italy.

1996: THE MASK (c Saint Estephe) 4 wins at 2, 3 and 6 in France, Prix de Saint Patrick LR, 2nd Brigadier Gerard S G3, 3rd Prix Guillaume d’Ornano G2.

1997: Seule A Paris (f Pistolet Bleu). Dam of Here She Comes (f Take Risks: 4 wins at 3 to 5 in Denmark, France, 2nd Prix de la Cochere LR, Prix de Lieurey-Shadwell LR, Erik O Steens Memorial LR, Margareta Wettermarks Minneslopning LR) 1998: ALBULA (f Anabaa) Winner at 3 in France.

Broodmare. Dam of DORSET SQUARE (Thetote.com H Hurdle G2) 1999: Bithia (f Sillery) ran on the flat in Italy.

2000: ORDINARY HERO (c Anabaa) 5 wins at 3 and 5 in Norway.

2001: Hoops And Blades (c Peintre Celebre) ran a few times.

2002: Maternelle (f Machiavellian) Unplaced.

2003: MAESTA (c Starborough) 3 wins 3-4 in France.

2005: BELLE ALLURE (f Numerous) 4 wins at 2 to 4 in France, USA, P.Vanteaux-Beachcomber Hotels Royal Palm G3, Athenia H G3.

2006: JUKEBOX JURY (c Montjeu) Sold 173,745gns yearling. 6 wins at 2 to 4, Preis von Europa G1, Jockey Club S G2, Royal Lodge S G2, Grand Prix de Deauville G2, Rose of Lancaster S G3, 2nd Racing Post Trophy G1, Canadian International S G1, 3rd Prix La Rochette G3.

2007: Le Larron (c High Chaparral) 2008: (c Hurricane Run) 2nd Dam: Feerie Boreale by Irish River. 1 win at 2 in France, 2nd Prix d’Aumale G3, 3rd Prix Marcel Boussac G1. Dam of TAKE OFF TIME (c Polish Precedent: Premio Carlo Porta Limited H LR).

Grandam of MATIN DE TEMPETE.

Broodmare Sire: EFISIO. Sire of the dams of 16 Stakes winners. In 2010 - ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE Dansili G3, PEARL BANKS Pivotal LR.

Broodmare Sire: KENMARE. Sire of the dams of 74 Stakes winners. In 2010 - SAL GROSSO Our Emblem G1, JUKEBOX JURY Montjeu G2, HERE DE ANGELS Dehere G3, GENEROUS TYCOON Generous LR, HURRICANE FLY Montjeu LR.

The Dansili/Efisio cross has produced: DELEGATOR G1, ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE G3.

The Montjeu/Kenmare cross has produced: JUKEBOX JURY G1, HURRICANE FLY LR.

ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE b/br h 2003

JUKEBOX JURY gr c 2006

Danzig Danehill Razyana DANSILI b 96 Kahyasi Hasili Kerali Formidable Efisio Eldoret GIPSY MOTH b 95 Slip Anchor Rock The Boat Rimosa’s Pet

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Ile de Bourbon Kadissya High Line Sookera Forli Native Partner High Top Bamburi Shirley Heights Sayonara Petingo Rimosa

32 JOCKEY CLUB S G2

Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge MONTJEU b 96 Top Ville Floripedes Toute Cy Kalamoun Kenmare Belle of Ireland MARE AUX FEES gr 88 Irish River Feerie Boreale Skelda

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special High Top Sega Ville Tennyson Adele Toumignon Zeddaan Khairunissa Milesian Belle of The Ball Riverman Irish Star La Varende Fidra

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NEWMARKET. May 01. 4yo+. 12f.

NEWMARKET. May 01. 3yoc&f. 8f.

1. JUKEBOX JURY (IRE) 4 9-3 £56,770 gr c by Montjeu - Mare Aux Fees (Kenmare) O-AD Spence B-Paul Nataf TR-M Johnston 2. Nanton (USA) 8 8-12 £21,520 gr g by Spinning World - Grab The Green (Cozzene) O-JS Morrison B-SH & Mrs Rogers TR-JS Goldie 3. Claremont (IRE) 4 8-12 £10,770 b c by Sadler’s Wells - Mezzo Soprano (Darshaan) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Mahmood Al Zarooni Margins 3.75, 3.75. Time 2:32.34 (slow 3.64).

Going Good to firm.

1. MAKFI (GB) 9-0 £227,080 b c by Dubawi - Dhelaal (Green Desert) O-Mathieu Offenstadt B-Shadwell Estate Co Ltd TR-M Delzangles 2. Dick Turpin (IRE) 9-0 £86,080 b c by Arakan - Merrily (Sharrood) O-John Manley B-John McEnery TR-R Hannon 3. Canford Cliffs (IRE) 9-0 £43,080 b c by Tagula - Mrs Marsh (Marju) O-Heffer Syndicate, Mrs Roy, Mrs Instance B-S And S Hubbard Rodwell TR-R Hannon

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Margins 1.25, 0.5. Time 1:36.35 (slow 0.55).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2-3

Starts 3

Wins 3

Places 0

Earned £274,128

Sire: DUBAWI. Sire of 7 Stakes winners. In 2010 MAKFI Green Desert G1, ANNA SALAI Caerleon G3, CELLARMASTER Sound Reason G3, WORTHADD Rahy G3, GOLDEN MILLENNIUM Eagle Eyed LR. 1st Dam: Dhelaal by Green Desert. unraced. Dam of 1 winner: 2007: MAKFI (c Dubawi) Sold 26,000gns 2yo at TAAUT. 3 wins at 2 and 3 at home, France, 2000 Guineas G1, Prix Djebel G3.

2008: Jadhwah (f Nayef) unraced to date.

2009: (c Medicean) 2nd Dam: Irish Valley by Irish River. ran on the flat in France at 2 and 3. Dam of ALHAARTH (c Unfuwain: Generous Dewhurst S G1, 3rd Esat Digifone Champion S G1, Sussex S G1), GREEN POLA (f Nijinsky: Prix du Calvados G3), Gaelic Myth (g Nijinsky: 2nd Seagram Top Novices’ Hurdle LR).

Grandam of AQALEEM, CAPE LIZBURNE. Broodmare Sire: GREEN DESERT. Sire of the dams of 64 Stakes winners. In 2010 - MAKFI Dubawi G1, PALLODIO Medecis LR.

success in the role of broodmare sire, his daughters being responsible for such as Arcangues, Distant View, Spectrum, Priolo, Sanglamore, Saffron Walden, David Junior and Winona.

Makfi’s fifth dam is Ampola, dam of the famous half-sisters Sly Pola and Polamia. Polamia produced the champion French two-year-old Grey Dawn and the Classic-winning filly Right Away, and her descendants include Dream Well and Sulamani.

Outstanding though Polamia’s legacy has been, she has almost been outshone by her half-sister Sly Pola, an extremely fast filly who won the Prix Robert Papin and Prix de l’Abbaye at two in 1959. Sly Pola’s main gift to the breeding world was Makfi’s third dam Green Valley, dam of three Group winners and three Listed winners.

Best of them was Nijinsky’s son Green Dancer, winner of the French 2,000 Guineas. More recently Green Valley has cropped up as the third dam of the 2007 Derby winner Authorized.

MAKFI b c 2007 Mr Prospector Con Game Shareef Dancer Colorado Dancer Fall Aspen Shirley Heights Deploy Slightly Dangerous Dancing Brave Jawaher High Tern Northern Dancer Danzig Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Foreign Courier Courtly Dee Riverman Irish River Irish Star Val de Loir Green Valley Sly Pola

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Seeking The Gold Dubai Millennium DUBAWI b 2002 Zomaradah

Green Desert DHELAAL b 2002 Irish Valley

First foals completed a Classic double for France when Makfi and Special Duty triumphed in Newmarket’s Guineas races. Makfi’s dam Dhelaal never raced but the daughter of Shadwell stalwart Green Desert is being given every chance, her first five mates being Dubawi, Nayef, Medicean, Teofilo and New Approach.

Coincidentally, Dhelaal is an unraced half-sister to Alhaarth, who started favourite for the 1996 2,000 Guineas. Unfortunately, in finishing fourth, Alhaarth failed to reproduce the form which had earned him five wins from five juvenile starts, plus the title of champion two-year-old. The son of Unfuwain went on to boost his total of Group successes from four to seven before retiring to Derrinstown.

One of the highlights of Alhaarth’s stallion career was the victory of his son Haafhd in the 2004 2,000 Guineas, but another son, the previously unbeaten Awzaan, finished only 15th behind Makfi.

Makfi’s second dam Irish Valley reached the first six in only one of her six starts but that didn’t stop her producing Alhaarth, the Groupwinning Green Pola, and the dam of the 2007 Derby third Aqaleem. She had every right to do very well. Her sire Irish River had been an outstanding two-year-old and miler, and her dam, Green Valley, was an extremely successful member of a tremendously effective female line.

Irish River enjoyed considerable

NEWMARKET. May 1. 3yo+. 5f.

1. EQUIANO (FR) 5 8-13 £36,901 b h by Acclamation - Entente Cordiale (Ela-Mana-Mou) O-J Acheson B-Ecurie Skymarc Farm TR-BW Hills 2. Borderlescott (GB) 8 8-13 £13,988 b g by Compton Place - Jeewan (Touching Wood) O-James Edgar, William Donaldson B-JWP Clark TR-R Bastiman 3. Blue Jack (GB) 5 8-13 £7,001 b g by Cadeaux Genereux - Fairy Flight (Fairy King) O-A Black, M Owen B-Miss SN Ralphs TR-Tom Dascombe Margins 0.75, 0.5.

Time 0:58.40 (slow 0.70).

Going Good to firm.

Age 2-5

Starts 22

Wins 6

Places 7

Earned £294,039

Sire: ACCLAMATION. Sire of 6 Stakes winners. In 2010 - EQUIANO Ela-Mana-Mou G3.

1st Dam: Entente Cordiale by Ela-Mana-Mou. Dam of 3 winners: 2004: BARAHIR (c Key of Luck) 6 wins at 2 and 3 in Spain.

2005: EQUIANO (c Acclamation) Sold 17,561gns foal at AFDEC. 6 wins at 2, 3 and 5 at home, France, Spain, including King’s Stand S G1, stanjames.com Palace House S G3, Connaught Access Flooring Abernant S LR, 2nd Prix du Gros-Chene G2, Connaught Access Flooring Abernant S LR, 3rd Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte G2.

2006: Nessa (f Marchand de Sable) unraced.

2007: ORIFE (c Marchand de Sable) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in France.

2008: Elvira Delight (f Desert Style) unraced to date.

Broodmare Sire: ELA-MANA-MOU. Sire of the dams of 83 Stakes winners. In 2010 - EQUIANO Acclamation G3, ALAIVAN Kalanisi LR. EQUIANO b h 2005 Waajib Royal Applause Flying Melody ACCLAMATION b 99 Ahonoora Princess Athena Shopping Wise Pitcairn Ela-Mana-Mou Rose Bertin ENTENTE CORDIALE ch 98 Kris Mirmande Secala

Try My Best Coryana Auction Ring Whispering Star Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols Floribunda Sea Melody Petingo Border Bounty High Hat Wide Awake Sharpen Up Doubly Sure Secretariat Aladancer

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Caulfield on Special Duty: “Her dam Quest To Peak has made a great start as a broodmare – she is her first foal, and she also has imposing youngsters by Dansili and Galileo”

35 PRIX DU MUGUET G2 SAINT-CLOUD. May 1. 4yo+. 1600m.

1. BYWORD (GB) 4 8-11 £65,575 ch c by Peintre Celebre - Binche (Woodman) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-HRA Cecil 2. Gris de Gris (IRE) 6 8-11 £25,310 gr h by Slickly - Deesse Grise (Lead On Time) O-JC Seroul B-JC Seroul TR-A de Royer-Dupre 3. Sehrezad (IRE) 5 8-11 £12,080 b h by Titus Livius - Trebles (Kenmare) O-Stall Phillip B-Acorn Stud TR-Andreas Lowe Margins Sh hd, 1.5. Time 1:39.50. Going Gd to sft.

Age 3-4

Starts 6

Wins 4

Places 2

Earned £148,390

15,718gns. 2 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Premio Regina Elena G3, Prix Ronde de Nuit LR, 2nd Prix Imprudence G3.

2008: (c Dansili) 2009: (f Dylan Thomas) 2nd Dam: Sun And Shade by Ajdal. 4 wins, 2nd Lady Morvich H LR. Dam of DAGGERS DRAWN (c Diesis: Champagne S G2, Richmond S G2), Enemy Action (f Forty Niner: 3rd Mindy Malone H).

Broodmare Sire: GONE WEST. Sire of the dams of 60 Stakes winners. In 2010 - DANDO AMOR Thunder Gulch G2, EVADING TEMPETE Dubai Destination G3.

EVADING TEMPETE b f 2007 Mr Prospector

Sire: PEINTRE CELEBRE. Sire of 48 Stakes winners. In 2010 - BYWORD Woodman G2, CELTIC CELEB Gay Mecene LR, COLLECTION American Chance LR, PITTONI Darshaan LR. 1st Dam: Binche by Woodman. Dam of 2 winners: 2004: Louviere (f Alhaarth) 2005: PROVISO (f Dansili). 7 wins 2-5, Frank E Kilroe Mile H G1, 2nd Fillies’ Mile S G1, Spinster S G1, Santa Monica H G1, 3rd Prix Rothschild G1, Prix Saint-Alary G1.

2006: BYWORD (c Peintre Celebre) 4 wins 3-4, Prix du Muguet G2.

2007: Askew (f Beat Hollow) unraced to date.

2008: Epinois (f Dansili) unraced to date.

2009: (c Dansili) 2nd Dam: BINARY by Rainbow Quest. 3 wins, Prix des Tuileries LR, 2nd Prix de Psyche G3. Own sister to BEQUEATH. Dam of BINARY FILE (c Nureyev: Marit Sveaas Minnelop G3, 2nd Prix Dollar G2) Broodmare Sire: WOODMAN. Sire of the dams of 132 Stakes winners. In 2010 - KINSALE KING Yankee Victor G1, PROVISO Dansili G1, BYWORD Peintre Celebre G2, D’ FUNNYBONE D’Wildcat G2.

The Peintre Celebre/Woodman cross has produced: SUDAN G1, SUPER CELEBRE G1, BYWORD G2.

BYWORD ch c 2006 Northern Dancer Nureyev Special PEINTRE CELEBRE ch 94 Alydar Peinture Bleue Petroleuse Mr Prospector Woodman Playmate BINCHE ch 99 Rainbow Quest Binary Balabina

Nearctic Natalma Forli Thong Raise A Native Sweet Tooth Habitat Plencia Raise A Native Gold Digger Buckpasser Intriguing Blushing Groom I Will Follow Nijinsky Peace

36 PREMIO REGINA ELENA G3 ROME. May 1. 3yof. 1600m.

1. EVADING TEMPETE (GB) 8-11 £63,938 b f by Dubai Destination - Late Summer (Gone West) O-A Mouknass, A Forde B-Wentworth Racing (Pty) Ltd TR-F Rohaut 2. Cronsa (GER) 8-11 £28,132 b f by Martino Alonso - Croa (Alzao) O-Scuderia Siba B-Azienda Agricola Antezzate TR-S Botti 3. Zobenigo (IRE) 8-11 £15,345 b f by Orpen - Doregan (Bahhare) O-Eledy SRL B-Eledy SRL TR-L Polito Margins 1.25, 0.75. Time 1:38.30. Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 7

Wins 2

Places 4

Earned £58,259

Sire: DUBAI DESTINATION. Sire of 9 Stakes winners.

In 2010 - EVADING TEMPETE Gone West G3.

1st Dam: Late Summer by Gone West. Dam of 1 winner: 2003: Marymas (f Selkirk) unraced. Broodmare.

2004: Labor Day (f Pivotal) 2005: Summer Affair (g Alhaarth) 2006: Abner (c Montjeu) ran twice.

2007: EVADING TEMPETE (f Dubai Destination) Sold 15,000gns foal, 3,000gns yearling,

Kingmambo Miesque DUBAI DESTINATION b 99 Alleged Mysterial Mysteries Mr Prospector Gone West Secrettame LATE SUMMER b 98 Ajdal Sun And Shade Shadywood

Raise A Native Gold Digger Nureyev Pasadoble Hoist The Flag Princess Pout Seattle Slew Phydilla Raise A Native Gold Digger Secretariat Tamerett Northern Dancer Native Partner Habitat Milly Moss

37 PRIX VANTEAUX G3 LONGCHAMP. May 2. 3yof. 1850m.

1. ZAGORA (FR) 9-0 £35,398 ch f by Green Tune - Zaneton (Mtoto) O-Martin S Schwartz B-E Puerari, Oceanic Bloodstock TR-J-C Rouget 2. On Verra (IRE) 9-0 £14,159 b f by Smart Strike - Karmifira (Always Fair) O-Anthony Smurfit B-Forenaghts Stud, D Cantillon TR-F Doumen 3. Gold Harvest (FR) 9-0 £10,619 b f by Kaldounevees - Last Harvest (Kahyasi) O-Mme Henri Devin B-Mme Henri Devin TR-Y de Nicolay Margins 2.5, head. Time 1:55.50 (slow 2.50).

Going Good.

Age 2-3

Starts 5

Wins 3

Places 2

Earned £81,055

38 PRIX GANAY G1 LONGCHAMP. May 2. 4yo+. 2100m.

1. CUTLASS BAY (UAE) 4 9-2 £151,699 c by Halling - Dunnes River (Danzig) O-Godolphin SNC B-Darley TR-A Fabre 2. Shalanaya (IRE) 4 8-13 £60,690 ch f by Lomitas - Shalamantika (Nashwan) O/B-HH The Aga Khan TR-M Delzangles 3. Pallodio (IRE) 5 9-2 £30,345 bbr h by Medecis - Bent Al Fala (Green Desert) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Millenium Partnership TR-JE Hammond Margins 0.75, 1.5. Time 2:11.80. Going Good.

Age 2-4

Starts 5

1st Dam: Zaneton by Mtoto. unraced. Dam of 2 winners: 2005: PARTY LOVER (f Tobougg) Winner at 3 in France.

2006: King des Landes (c Bahhare) 2007: ZAGORA (f Green Tune) Sold 66,526gns yearling at ARAUG. 3 wins at 2 and 3 in France, P.Vanteaux-Beachcomber Hotels Royal Palm G3, 2nd Prix La Camargo LR. 2008: Zanet (f Enrique) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: Party Zane by Zafonic. 1 win at 2 in France, 2nd Prix Zeddaan LR. Dam of Zanyboy (c Night Shift: 3rd Prix La Rochette-Royal Thalasso Barriere G3) Broodmare Sire: MTOTO. Sire of the dams of 16 Stakes winners. In 2010 - ZAGORA Green Tune G3.

The Green Tune/Mtoto cross has produced: ZAGORA G3, El Rosa LR. ZAGORA ch f 2007 Northern Dancer Flaming Page Val de Loir Green Valley Sly Pola Raise A Native Mr Prospector Gold Digger Northern Answer Ocean’s Answer South Ocean Crepello Busted Sans Le Sou Mincio Amazer Alzara Gone West Zafonic Zaizafon Be My Guest Party Doll Midnight Lady Nijinsky Green Dancer GREEN TUNE ch 91 Soundings

Mtoto ZANETON bl 2001 Party Zane

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Places 0

Earned £308,073

Sire: HALLING. Sire of 47 SWs. In 2010 - CUTLASS BAY Danzig G1, OPINION POLL Shirley Heights LR. 1st Dam: DUNNES RIVER by Danzig. Winner at 3.

Dam of 3 winners: 2003: CRESTED (g Fantastic Light) 7 wins, Cotton Fitzsimmons H LR, 2nd Hawthorne Derby 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) 5 wins, Prix Ganay G1, Prix d’Harcourt G2, Prix Greffulhe G2.

2007: Dover Castle (c Halling) 2009: (f Monsun) 2nd Dam: ELIZABETH BAY by Mr Prospector. 7 wins, Prix Eclipse G3, 2nd Coronation S G1. Dam of BAYEUX (g Red Ransom: River City H G3, 2nd Frank E Kilroe Mile H G1), COLONIAL (c Cape Cross: Prix Roland de Chambure LR).

Broodmare Sire: DANZIG. Sire of the dams of 149 Stakes winners. In 2010 - CUTLASS BAY Halling G1, MAYANO RAIJIN Mayano Top Gun LR, SOUND OF NATURE Chester House LR. The Halling/Danzig cross has produced: CUTLASS BAY G1, BOSCOBEL G2, QUEEN OF POLAND G2, EASTERN ARIA LR, Age of Reason G1.

CUTLASS BAY b c 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

Sire: GREEN TUNE. Sire of 29 Stakes winners. In 2010 - ZAGORA Mtoto G3, KING TUNE Crystal Glitters LR.

Wins 5

Dance Machine

Danzig DUNNES RIVER b 98 Elizabeth Bay

When Dunnes River produced a colt

by Halling for Darley in 2004, the Darley team must have liked what they saw. With Halling having been sent to the United Arab Emirates for a threeyear stint at the Emirates Stud, a return visit in 2005 necessitated a trip to the Gulf for the mare. This strategy has proved very sound. Dunnes River’s 2004 Halling colt proved to be Boscobel, winner of the Group 2 King Edward VII Stakes in 2007, and her second visit produced an even better performer in Cutlass Bay. Cutlass Bay looked set for great things when he defeated the future Grand Prix de Paris winner Cavalryman – another of Halling’s UAE produce – in the Group 2 Prix Greffulhe in May 2009. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to race again until April 2010, when he extended his unbeaten record to four in the Group 2 Prix d’Harcourt, and he showed further progress in defeating Shalanaya in the

Group 1 Prix Ganay.

Dunnes River narrowly won a mile maiden at Goodwood on her only start.

With Danzig as her sire and a Mr Prospector mare as her dam, she is bred to the same pattern as numerous stakes winners, headed by Dayjur, Pas de Reponse and Brahms. Cutlass Bay’s second dam, Elizabeth Bay, was a smart performer in Europe, where she was unbeaten at two and then went close to winning the Coronation Stakes. She later won a stakes race in the USA. Cutlass Bay’s third dam Life At The Top was also very talented – talented enough to record Grade 1 victories in the Mother Goose Stakes and the mile-and-a-quarter Ladies Handicap.

Cutlass Bay’s fifth dam Comely Nell found fame as the dam of Bold Forbes, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. Saratoga Six, Jilbab, Imperial Beauty and Jan Vermeer are among the other top level winners descending from Comely Nell.

39 1,000 GUINEAS S G1 NEWMARKET. May 2. 3yof. 8f.

1. SPECIAL DUTY (GB) 9-0 £227,080 ch f by Hennessy - Quest To Peak (Distant View) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-Mme C Head-Maarek 2. Jacqueline Quest (IRE) 9-0 £86,080 b f by Rock of Gibraltar - Coquette Rouge (Croco Rouge) O-N Martin B-Roundhill Stud, C & M Murphy TR-HRA Cecil 3. Gile Na Greine (IRE) 9-0 £43,080 b f by Galileo - Scribonia (Danehill) O-Mrs J S Bolger, DHW Dobson B/T-JS Bolger Margins Nose, head. Time 1:39.66 (slow 3.86).

Going Good to soft.

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 3

Places 3

Earned £494,510

Sire: HENNESSY. Sire of 59 SWs. In 2010 - SPECIAL DUTY Distant View G1, THE ROSY Roy G2.

1st Dam: Quest To Peak by Distant View. ran on the flat in USA at 3. Own sister to SIGHTSEEK. Dam of 1 winner: 2007: SPECIAL DUTY (f Hennessy) 3 wins, Cheveley Park S G1, 1000 Guineas G1, Prix Robert Papin G2, 2nd Prix Morny G1, Prix Yacowlef LR, 3rd Prix Imprudence G3.

2008: (f Dansili) 2009: (f Galileo) 2nd Dam: VIVIANA by Nureyev. 3 wins, Prix des Tuileries LR, Prix Melisande LR, 2nd Prix de Psyche G3. Dam of SIGHTSEEK (f Distant View: Beldame S G1 (twice), Ogden Phipps H G1 (twice), Go For Wand H G1, Ruffian H G1, Distaff H G1), TATES CREEK (f Rahy: Yellow Ribbon S G1, Gamely H G1) Broodmare Sire: DISTANT VIEW. Sire of the dams of 7 Stakes winners. In 2010 - SPECIAL DUTY Hennessy G1, TRANQUIL TIGER Selkirk G3.

The Hennessy/Distant View cross has produced: SPECIAL DUTY G1, Southern Prince LR. SPECIAL DUTY ch f 2007 Storm Bird Storm Cat Terlingua HENNESSY ch 93 Hawaii Island Kitty T C Kitten Mr Prospector Distant View Seven Springs QUEST TO PEAK b 2002 Nureyev Viviana Nijinsky Star

Northern Dancer South Ocean Secretariat Crimson Saint Utrillo II Ethane Tom Cat Needlebug Raise A Native Gold Digger Irish River La Trinite Northern Dancer Special Nijinsky Chris Evert

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European Pattern Triple Crown winners are very much an endangered species given today’s specialized racing, to the extent that they may now be extinct. However, there were a few specimens still in existence in the USA in the 1970s and 1980s, and the owner of the equine Chris Evert, winner of the American Fillies’ Triple Crown, eagerly sought them out.

The mare produced two daughters to Secretariat and another two to the great Nijinsky, but only one of them, the well-named Secretariat filly Six Crowns, became a stakes winner. Six Crowns went on to produce the topclass Chief’s Crown but she has arguably left less of a legacy than the unraced Nijinsky Star.

This mare’s name was very much in evidence during the first weekend in May. At Churchill Downs the Kentucky Oaks went to Blind Luck, a Pollard’s Vision filly whose pedigree includes both Nijinsky Star and Six Crowns, and at Newmarket the 1,000 Guineas was awarded to Special Duty, whose third dam is Nijinsky Star.

Nijinsky Star twice produced daughters to Nureyev which were inbred 2 x 3 to Northern Dancer. Each of these fillies – the Listed winner Viviana and the minor winner Willstar – has gone on to produce a Gr1-winning daughter to a son of Mr Prospector.

In Viviana’s case the stallion was Distant View, who sired six of her foals. Only two won and only one earned black type, but that solitary black-type winner was the magnificent Sightseek. This strapping American mare collected seven Grade 1 victories at up to nine furlongs and nearly $2.5 million. Sightseek’s sister Quest To Peak was considered a highclass prospect but managed only one start before joining the Juddmonte broodmare band. Quest To Peak has made a great start as a broodmare, Special Duty being her first foal, and she also has imposing youngsters by Dansili and Galileo.

40 DAHLIA S G3 NEWMARKET. May 2. 4yo+f&m. 9f.

1. STRAWBERRYDAIQUIRI (GB) 4 8-12 £36,901 gr f by Dansili - Strawberry Morn (Travelling Victor) O-Mrs RJ Jacobs B-Newsells Park Stud TR-Sir Michael Stoute 2. Honimiere (IRE) 4 8-12 £13,988 b f by Fasliyev - Sugar (Hernando) O-Gary A Tanaka B-Peter Collier TR-GA Swinbank 3. Spacious (GB) 5 8-12 £7,001 b m by Nayef - Palatial (Green Desert) O/B-Cheveley Park Stud TR-JR Fanshawe Margins Head, 4. Time 1:54.03 (slow 5.33).

Going Good to soft.

Age 3-4

Starts 7

Wins 5

Places 2

Earned £122,140

2003: STRAWBERRY LOLLY (f Lomitas) 3 wins 3-4.

2004: STRABINIOS KING (g King’s Best) 5 wins 3-5.

2006: STRAWBERRYDAIQUIRI (f Dansili) 5 wins, Dahlia S G3, Atalanta S LR, Valiant S LR, Distaff LR. 2007: Strawberry Rose (f Dr Fong) in training.

2008: Strawberrymystique (f Motivator) unraced.

2009: (f Motivator) 2nd Dam: STRAWBERRY’S CHARM by Strawberry Road. 1 win in USA. Dam of STRAWBERRY MORN. Broodmare Sire: TRAVELLING VICTOR. Sire of the dams of 1 SW. In 2010 - STRAWBERRYDAIQUIRI Dansili G3.

STRAWBERRYDAIQUIRI gr f 2006 Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Razyana Spring Adieu DANSILI b 96 Ile de Bourbon Kahyasi Kadissya Hasili High Line Kerali Sookera Hail To Reason Hail To Victory New Peace Travelling Victor Traveling Dust Travelling Round Lilly Fair STRAWBERRY MORN gr 93 Whiskey Road Strawberry Road Giftisa Strawberry’s Charm Al Hattab Al’s Charm Like A Charm Danzig

41 PRIX DE BARBEVILLE G3 LONGCHAMP. May 2. 4yo+. 3100m.

1. BLEK (FR) 5 9-0 £35,398 gr h by Chichicastenango - Exande (Exit To Nowhere) O-Alain Maubert B-Alain Maubert TR-E Lellouche 2. Kasbah Bliss (FR) 8 9-2 £14,159 b g by Kahyasi - Marital Bliss (Double Bed) O-Henri De Pracomtal B-Haras d’Ecouves, H De Pracomtal TR-F Doumen 3. Green Tango (FR) 7 9-10 £10,619 ch h by Majorien - Miss Bonfosse (Hard Leaf) O-Patrick Rayez B-Mme Andree & Mlle Annie Dyvrande TR-P Van de Poele Margins Neck, 0.75. Time 3:22.50. Going Good.

Age 3-5

Starts 17

Wins 10

Places 4

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Earned £239,442

Sire: CHICHICASTENANGO. Sire of 4 Stakes winners. In 2010 - BLEK Exit To Nowhere G3.

1st Dam: EXANDE by Exit To Nowhere. 2 wins at 3 in France. Own sister to Pascarina. Dam of 3 winners: 2003: DELYS (f Kingsalsa) 4 wins at 3 to 5 in France.

2004: CHANPLAIN (c Kingsalsa) Winner at 3 in France.

2005: BLEK (c Chichicastenango) 10 wins at 3 to 5 in France, Prix de Barbeville-MTPA G3, Prix La Moskowa LR, Prix Denisy LR, Prix Scaramouche LR, Prix Right Royal LR, 2nd Prix Max Sicard Etapi du Defi du Galop LR. 2006: Lesperance (g Della Francesca) ran on the flat in France.

2008: Arisk (f My Risk) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: HERSANDE by Pink. 2 wins at 2 and 3 in France. Dam of Pascarina (f Exit To Nowhere: 3rd Prix Ronde de Nuit LR) Broodmare Sire: EXIT TO NOWHERE. Sire of the dams of 22 SWs. In 2010 - BLEK Chichicastenango G3, DARIOLE Highest Honor G3, SCALO Lando G3, EKIN Mujahid LR, BANJAXED GIRL King’s Theatre LR, MAGIC MAMBO Hernando LR. BLEK gr h 2005 Kaldoun Smadoun CHICHICASTENANGO gr 98 Antheus Smala Small Partie Irish River

1st Dam: STRAWBERRY MORN by Travelling Victor.

15 wins, British Columbia Stallion S LR, Metrotown Distaff S LR, Jack Diamond Futurity (fillies) LR. Dam of 3 winners: 2001: Versailles King (c Broad Brush) unraced.

2002: Silver Heist (f Silver Deputy) unraced.

CURRAGH. May 3. 3yoc&f. 7f.

1. FREE JUDGEMENT (USA) 9-1 £34,513 bbr c by Vindication - South Bay Cove (Fusaichi Pegasus) O-Mrs June Judd B-Twin Hopes Farm Inc TR-JS Bolger 2. Dynasty (GB) 9-1 £10,089 b c by Danehill Dancer - Dash To The Top (Montjeu) O-Mrs John Magnier B-Meon Valley Stud TR-AP O’Brien 3. Zayaan (GB) 9-1 £4,779 b c by Motivator - Mufradat (Desert Prince) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Shadwell Estate Co Ltd TR-K Prendergast Margins Short head, 0.75. Time 1:28.88 (slow 5.38).

Going Yielding.

2nd Dam: Clog Dance by Pursuit of Love. 2nd Rockfel S G2. Dam of SHORT DANCE (f Hennessy: Radley S LR, Michael Seely Memorial Fillies’ S LR, 3rd Free Fred Darling S G3), Yankadi (c Johannesburg: 3rd Somerville Tattersall S G3) Broodmare Sire: CHESTER HOUSE. Sire of the dams of 1 Stakes winners. In 2010 - LOLLY FOR DOLLY Oratorio G3.

LOLLY FOR DOLLY b f 2007 Danzig Danehill Razyana ORATORIO b 2002 Vaguely Noble Mahrah Montage

Danehill

Mossma

Sire: DANSILI. Sire of 39 Stakes winners. In 2010 PROVISO Woodman G1, HARBINGER Bering G3, ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE Efisio G3, STRAWBERRYDAIQUIRI Travelling Victor G3.

42 TETRARCH S G3

Exit To Nowhere Coup de Folie EXANDE ch 98 Pink Hersande Young Hostess

Caro Katana Tip Moss Ticma Northern Dancer Apachee Fabulous Dancer Summer Parties Riverman Irish Star Halo Raise The Standard Northern Dancer Pink Valley Arctic Tern Yeovil

Mr Prospector

Age 2-3

Starts 9

Wins 3

Places 2

Earned £87,060

Chester House Toussaud HEART STOPPING b 2002 Pursuit of Love

Sire: VINDICATION. Sire of 6 Stakes winners. In 2010 - FREE JUDGEMENT Fusaichi Pegasus G3.

1st Dam: SOUTH BAY COVE by Fusaichi Pegasus.

3 wins at 2 in Canada, Ontario Debutante S LR, Shady Well S LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2007: FREE JUDGEMENT (c Vindication) Sold 35,013gns yearling at GOOY1. 3 wins at 2 and 3, JRA Killavullan S G3, Dylan Thomas EBF Tetrarch S G3.

2008: Fantasy Bay (f Bluegrass Cat) unraced to date.

2009: Seaside Weekend (c Any Given Saturday) 2nd Dam: FANTASY LAKE by Salt Lake. Champion 2yr old filly in Canada in 1998. 4 wins in Canada Mazarine Breeders’ Cup Stakes LR, My Dear S LR, Star Shoot Stakes LR, 3rd Schuylerville S G2. Dam of HELLO MAGGIE MAY (f Lemon Drop Kid: Ruling Angel S LR, Belle Geste S LR), SOUTH BAY COVE (f Fusaichi Pegasus, see above), Art Market (g Giant’s Causeway: 3rd 32red.com Sirenia S G3) Broodmare Sire: FUSAICHI PEGASUS. Sire of the dams of 1 Stakes winners. In 2010 - FREE JUDGEMENT Vindication G3.

Boldnesian Bold Reasoning Reason To Earn Seattle Slew Poker My Charmer Fair Charmer VINDICATION b 2000 Whiskey Road Strawberry Road Giftisa Strawberry Reason Hail To Reason Pretty Reason Mysore Raise A Native Mr Prospector Gold Digger Fusaichi Pegasus Danzig Angel Fever Rowdy Angel SOUTH BAY COVE b 2002 Deputy Minister Salt Lake Take Lady Anne Fantasy Lake Affirmed Springtime Fantasy Quadruple

43 ATHASI S G3 CURRAGH. May 3. 3yo+f&m. 7f.

1. LOLLY FOR DOLLY (IRE) 8-11 £43,142 b f by Oratorio - Heart Stopping (Chester House) O-D Keoghan B-J Jamgotchian TR-T Stack 2. Famous (IRE) 8-11 £12,611 gr f by Danehill Dancer - Starlight Dreams (Black Tie Affair) O-Derrick Smith B-Lynch Bages Ltd TR-AP O’Brien 3. Duchess of Foxland (IRE) 8-11 £5,973 br f by Medecis - Itsanothergirl (Reprimand) O-Miss Gillian Proctor B-O Donlon TR-ML Fagan Margins 2, 1.25. Time 1:25.89 (slow 2.39).

Going Yielding.

Starts 2

Wins 2

Places 0

Discomatic

44 MOORESBRIDGE S G3 CURRAGH. May 03. 4yo+. 10f.

1. FAME AND GLORY (GB) 4 9-6 £43,142 b c by Montjeu - Gryada (Shirley Heights) O-Derrick Smith B-Ptarmigan Bloodstock, Miss K Rausing TR-AP O’Brien 2. Recharge (IRE) 4 9-1 £12,611 b c by Cape Cross - Rebelline (Robellino) O-Lady O’Reilly B-Castlemartin Stud, Skymarc Farm TR-K Prendergast 3. Galileo’s Choice (IRE) 4 9-1 £5,973 b g by Galileo - Sevi’s Choice (Sir Ivor) O-Dr Michael Smurfit B-PF Kelly TR-DK Weld Margins 5, 2.5. Time 2:13.92 (slow 8.92).

Going Good.

Age 2-4

Starts 11

Wins 6

Places Earned 3 £1,550,496

Sire: MONTJEU. See race 32

FREE JUDGEMENT b/br c 2007

Age 3

Clog Dance

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Vienna Noble Lassie Alydar Katonka Raise A Native Gold Digger El Gran Senor Image of Reality Groom Dancer Dance Quest Roberto Disconiz

Earned £50,775

1st Dam: Gryada by Shirley Heights. 2 wins at 2, 3rd Premio Dormello G3. Dam of 8 winners: 1998: Guaranda (f Acatenango) 2 wins at 3, 3rd Upavon S LR. Dam of GRAVITATION (Lillie Langtry S G3).

1999: Grampian (c Selkirk) 4 wins 2-6, 2nd July S LR, Silver Cup H LR. 2001: GRAHAM ISLAND (g Acatenango) 2 wins 3-4.

2002: GRYSKIRK (g Selkirk) Winner at 2.

2003: GAZE (f Galileo) 2 wins at 4 in Germany.

2005: YUMMY MUMMY (f Montjeu) Winner at 3.

2006: FAME AND GLORY (c Montjeu) Sold 190,000gns foal. 6 wins 2-4, Irish Derby G1, Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1, Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial S G2, Mooresbridge S G3, Ballysax S G3, 2ndDerby S G1, Irish Champion S G1, 2007: RAIN FOREST (c Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 3.

2nd Dam: GRIMPOLA by Windwurf. 2 wins, German1000 Guineas) G2. Dam of Golan Heights (2nd July Trophy S LR). Grandam of GONBARDA, GLOBAL DREAM, GONFILIA, GONLARGO. Broodmare Sire: SHIRLEY HEIGHTS. Sire of the dams of 174 Stakes winners. In 2010 - FAME AND GLORY Montjeu G3.

The Montjeu/Shirley Heights cross has produced: ANTON CHEKHOV G1, FAME AND GLORY G1, MONTARE G1.

FAME AND GLORY b c 2006 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge

Sire: ORATORIO. Sire of 4 Stakes winners. In 2010 BANCHEE Spectacularphantom G1, LOLLY FOR DOLLY Chester House G3.

1st Dam: Heart Stopping by Chester House. Dam of 1 winner: 2007: LOLLY FOR DOLLY (f Oratorio) Sold 56,000gns foal, 57,000gns yearling. 2 wins at 3, Athasi S G3.

2008: Eclipseoftheheart (f Shamardal) unraced.

2009: (c Motivator)

MONTJEU b 96 Top Ville Floripedes Toute Cy Mill Reef Shirley Heights Hardiemma GRYADA b/br 93 Windwurf Grimpola Gondel

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special High Top Sega Ville Tennyson Adele Toumignon Never Bend Milan Mill Hardicanute Grand Cross Kaiseradler Wiesenweihe Zank Goldhenne

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Caulfield on Tataniano: “He didn’t create much excitement when offered at Doncaster as an unbroken three-year-old, selling for £10,000, but has developed into a formidable performer”

National Hunt Grade Ones 203 LIVERPOOL HURDLE G1 AINTREE. April 8. 24f 110yds. Good.

1. BIG BUCK'S (FR) 7 b/br g Cadoudal - Buck's (Le Glorieux) O-The Stewart Family B-H Poulat TR-PF Nicholls 2. Souffleur (GB) 7 b g In The Wings - Salinova (Linamix) 3. Possol (FR) 7 b g Robin des Pres - Alberade (Un Desperado) Age Starts Wins Places 3-7 28 13 9 See race 69 in the February issue

Earned £726,304

BIG BUCK'S b/br g 2003 Nijinsky Green Dancer Green Valley CADOUDAL br 79 Sea Hawk II Come To Sea Camarilla Cure The Blues Le Glorieux La Mirande BUCK'S b 93 Buckskin Buckleby Thereby

Northern Dancer Flaming Page Val de Loir Sly Pola Herbager Sea Nymph Sayajirao Camilla Stop The Music Quick Cure Le Fabuleux La Magnanarelle Yelapa Bete A Bon Dieu Star Moss Besides

204 TOTESPORT BOWL CHASE G1 AINTREE. April 8. 25f. Good.

1. WHAT A FRIEND (GB) 7 b g Alflora - Friendly Lady (New Member) O-Mr Ged Mason & Sir Alex Ferguson B-Mrs OM Cann TR-PF Nicholls 2. Carruthers (GB) 7 b g Kayf Tara - Plaid Maid (Executive Perk) 3. Nacarat (FR) 9 gr g Smadoun - Gerbora (Art Bleu) Age Starts Wins Places 4-7 12 7 3 See race 70 in the February issue

Earned £255,561

Orsippus managed only one victory – in a Goodwood maiden auction event as a two-year-old – in 13 attempts on the Flat, which yielded just under £5,000 in prize-money. He even finished last of 14 in a claiming race on his final start for Mick Channon, but that didn’t deter trainer Michael Smith from acquiring him for £4,500.

For a while it looked as though the son of Sunday Break wasn’t going to fare any better over hurdles, but he sprang a 40-1 surprise on his tenth start.

Sunday Break, the sire of Orsippus, is now based at Haras de Grandcamp in France. His move from Kentucky was prompted by the good form that Sunday Break’s French-based son Never On Sunday showed as a threeyear-old in 2008, when he ended his campaign with victory in the Prix du Prince d’Orange. Sunday Break’s transfer looked even more sensible when Never On Sunday won the Group 1 Prix d’Ispahan in 2009.

Sunday Break was bred in Japan but has a fine American pedigree. His half-sister Phalaenopsis was a champion in Japan, as were two other members of his family, Biwa Hayahide and Narita Brian. Sunday Break won the Grade 2 Peter Pan Stakes and finished third in two Grade 1s, the Wood Memorial and Belmont Stakes.

Orsippus’s dam Mirror Dancing comes from the family of champion sprinter Saritamer and Sir Peter O’Sullevan’s Triumph Hurdle winner Attivo.

plus some very useful National Hunt performers. Bellino Spirit’s second dam, Siliciana, earned Timeform ratings of 113 for her victories in the Prix de Flore at three and the Cambridgeshire at four. She was equally effective as a broodmare, producing the Group-winning fillies Silicon Bavaria and Silicon Lady.

Siliciana visited the King George winner Ile de Bourbon to produce Bellino Spirit’s dam Working Model, who showed fairly useful form over a wide range of distances. Working Model went on to produce Scarlet Pimpernel, a talented performer on the Flat and over hurdles, so it isn’t too surprising that Bellino Spirit has produced a performer as promising as Wayward Prince.

The son of Alflora changed hands for £80,000 at Brightwells’ Cheltenham sale in April 2009, having won a point-to-point. He is proving a fine investment, with his first five starts under rules yielding three seconds and two wins, including an easy victory in the Grade 1 Sefton Novices’ Hurdle.

He clearly stays extremely well and must have a bright future over fences.

His sire Alflora covered little more than 20 mares in 2009, at the age of 20, but history is far from over and he looks sure to add to his achievements, which include those very good chasers Hand Inn Hand, Farmer Jack, Central House and What A Friend. The lastnamed took the Totesport Bowl Chase at the same meeting.

206 SEFTON NOVICES' HURDLE G1

207 MELLING CHASE G1

WHAT A FRIEND b g 2003 Nijinsky Niniski Virginia Hills ALFLORA b 89 Bold Lad Adrana Le Melody Alcide New Member Maiden Speech FRIENDLY LADY b 84 Pal O Mine Friendly Glow Cinder Maid

Northern Dancer Flaming Page Tom Rolfe Ridin' Easy Bold Ruler Barn Pride Levmoss Arctic Melody Alycidon Chenille Relic Gracious Speech Palestine Trottie True Mytholm Cinderwench

AINTREE. April 9. 24f 110yds. Good.

AINTREE. April 9. 20f. Good.

1. WAYWARD PRINCE (GB) 6 b g Alflora - Bellino Spirit (Robellino) O-Mr TJ & Mrs H. Parrott B-MG Kilroe TR-Ian Williams 2. Western Leader (IRE) 6 b g Stowaway - Western Whisper (Supreme Leader) 3. Cannington Brook (IRE) 6 b g Winged Love - Rosie Brook (Be My Native)

1. ALBERTAS RUN (IRE) 9 b g Accordion - Holly Grove Lass (Le Moss) O-T Hemmings B-O Brennan TR-Jonjo O'Neill 2. Forpadydeplasterer (IRE) 8 b g Moscow Society - Run Artiste (Deep Run) 3. Monet's Garden (IRE) 12 gr g Roselier - Royal Remainder (Remainder Man)

Age 5-6

Starts 7

Wins 3

Places 3

Earned £67,977

WAYWARD PRINCE b g 2004

205 ANNIVERSARY NOVICES' HURDLE G1

Nijinsky Niniski

AINTREE. April 8. 16f 110yds. Good.

Virginia Hills

1. ORSIPPUS (USA) 4 b/br g Sunday Break - Mirror Dancing (Caveat) O-Mrs Sandra Smith B-Batchelder & Gainesway Farm TR-Michael Smith 2. Barizan (IRE) 4 b g Kalanisi - Behra (Grand Lodge) 3. Sanctuaire (FR) 4 b/br g Kendor - Biblique (Saint Cyrien) Age 2-4

Starts 24

Wins 3

Places 9

Earned £80,140

ORSIPPUS b/br g 2006 Raise A Native Gold Digger Forty Niner Tom Rolfe File Continue SUNDAY BREAK b 99 Storm Bird Storm Cat Terlingua Catequil Damascus Pacific Princess Fiji Bold Bidder Cannonade Queen Sucree Caveat The Axe II Cold Hearted Turn To North MIRROR DANCING b 93 Nijinsky Dancing Champ Mrs Peterkin Dancing Duchess Gun Bow Toddy Irish Chorus Mr Prospector

ALFLORA b 89 Bold Lad Adrana Le Melody Roberto Robellino Isobelline BELLINO SPIRIT b 96 Ile de Bourbon Working Model Siliciana

Earned £610,342

ALBERTAS RUN b g 2001 Northern Dancer Flaming Page Tom Rolfe Ridin' Easy Bold Ruler Barn Pride Levmoss Arctic Melody Hail To Reason Bramalea Pronto Isobella Nijinsky Roseliere Silly Season Anippe

When the Timeform writers came to assess Bellino Spirit in 2003, they commented: “poor maiden hurdler; poor chaser; won mares’ novice at Sedgefield in February.” The daughter of Robellino was rated only 71 over hurdles and 73 over fences. The mare had also sold for as little as 1,400gns as a three-year-old, but none of this gives a true idea of the quality of her pedigree. Robellino sired such highclass performers as Mister Baileys, Royal Rebel and Rebelline on the Flat,

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Age Starts Wins Places 4-9 27 13 9 See race 148 in the May issue

Northern Dancer Sadler's Wells Fairy Bridge ACCORDION b 86 Successor Sound of Success Belle Musique Le Levanstell Le Moss Feemoss HOLLY GROVE LASS b 86 Furry Glen Girseach Happy Lass

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Bold Ruler Misty Morn Tudor Minstrel Bellesoeur Le Lavandou Stella's Sister Ballymoss Feevagh Wolver Hollow Cleftess Tarqogan Never On Time

TATANIANO b g 2004 Turn-To Nothirdchance Nashua Bramalea Rarelea Sheshoon Sassafras Ruta Borealis Northern Beauty Fleeting Beauty Clarion III Klairon Kalmia Honeyway Honeysuckle Rose Queen of Hearts Petingo English Prince English Miss Hard Ridden Mabui Emali Hail To Reason Roberto SASSANIAN b 87 Sassabunda

Rose Laurel ROSA CAROLA b/br 90 Mabui Princess

French-bred gelding Tataniano didn’t create much excitement when offered at Doncaster as an unbroken threeyear-old, selling for only £10,000.

However, that hasn’t stopped him developing into a formidable performer, whose record now stands at seven wins from ten starts. Those victories consist of one in a point-topoint, one in a bumper, two over hurdles and three – from only four starts – over fences. Although he has won at up to 19 furlongs and been tried over 21 furlongs, the possibility exists that his future lies at around two miles, as he was impressive in beating Osana by 13 lengths in the Maghull Novices’ Chase over that distance.

Tataniano’s sire Sassanian had previously been ably represented in Britain by Crozan, a useful chaser who is suited by three miles. Sassanian was a well-bred son of Roberto but he managed to win only a claiming race over a mile and a half at Evry for his breeder Khalid Abdullah. He was more successful after being switched to jumping, winning three times over hurdles and three times over fences at Auteuil, at up to nearly two and threequarter miles.

Tataniano’s dam Rosa Carola was unplaced twice on the Flat, but she was bred to do well over jumps. Her sire, the high-class miler Rose Laurel, was France’s champion sire of jumpers in 1990 and his progeny included the top Irish chaser Klairon Davis.

Another of Rose Laurel’s daughters produced the very smart hurdler/chaser Jair du Cochet. Rosa Carola is a half-sister to Madalka, one of the most successful jumping fillies of her generation in France. She numbered the Prix Maurice Gillois 4yo Grand Steeplechase among her victories. Remarkably, this female line also produced the exceptional juvenile and sire Blushing Groom, whose third dam Emali is the fourth dam of Tataniano.

208 MAGHULL NOVICES' CHASE G1

209 AINTREE HURDLE G1

AINTREE. April 10. 16f. Good.

AINTREE. April 10. 20f. Good.

1. TATANIANO (FR) 6 b g Sassanian - Rosa Carola (Rose Laurel) O-The Stewart Family B-C Garmond TR-PF Nicholls 2. Osana (FR) 8 b g Video Rock - Voilette (Brezzo) 3. Archie Boy (IRE) 8 b g Basanta - Darial Mill (Salluceva)

1. KHYBER KIM (GB) 8 b g Mujahid - Jungle Rose (Shirley Heights) O-Mrs Caroline Mould B-PD and Mrs Player TR-NA Twiston-Davies 2. Muirhead (IRE) 7 b g Flemensfirth - Silaoce (Nikos) 3. Zaynar (FR) 5 gr g Daylami - Zainta (Kahyasi)

Age 4-6

Starts 10

Wins 7

Places 3

Earned £109,871

Age 3-8

Starts 21

Wins 6

Places 9

Earned £371,770

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS

National Hunt Grade Ones KHYBER KIM b g 2002 Nearctic Natalma Admiral's Voyage Pas de Nom Petitioner Storm Bird Storm Cat Terlingua Fappiano Bubbles Darlene Moment's Prayer Never Bend Mill Reef Milan Mill Hardicanute Hardiemma Grand Cross Atan Sharpen Up Rocchetta Twilight Alley Jungle Queen Snap Northern Dancer Danzig MUJAHID b 96 Elrafa Ah

Shirley Heights JUNGLE ROSE b 86 Prickle

The 122 foals Mujahid sired during three shuttle seasons to Australia produced three Group winners, headed by the multiple Gr1 winner Danleigh. Although he failed to sire a Group 1 winner during his time in England, he was responsible for a variety of distinguished performers. He even sired that talented out-and-out stayer Baddam. Now we can add the high-class hurdler Khyber Kim to his varied achievements. When Khyber Kim’s dam, the dual mile-and-aquarter winner Jungle Rose, made a previous visit to a son of Danzig the outcome was the useful performer Patsy’s Double. Khyber Kim was also above average on the Flat, but needed ten furlongs, and he showed with his easy victory in the Aintree Hurdle that he is now suited by twice that distance over jumps. It looks as though Khyber Kim takes more after his dam Jungle Rose, who in turn took more after her sire Shirley Heights than her dam, the Lowther Stakes winner Prickle.

de Longchamp, but now the stallion has come up with a very different type in Blackstairmountain.

Having gained plenty of experience in winning three of his seven starts in bumpers and qualified rider events, Blackstairmountain is developing into a smart hurdler, as he demonstrated with his victory in Punchestown’s Champion Novice Hurdle. It will be interesting to see whether more good jumpers emerge from Imperial Ballet’s 2006 crop, sired under the Coolmore National Hunt banner, before being exported to Italy.

Blackstairmountain’s dam Sixhills gained her only success over a mile and three-quarters and her dam Moidart won at up to two miles, in addition to finishing second in the Chester Cup over an additional quarter-mile. Moidart’s useful daughter Eilean Shona also stayed well, as did Moidart’s dam Marypark, who won at up to two and a quarter miles as a three-year-old.

211 CHAMPION CHASE G1 PUNCHESTOWN. April 20. 16f. Good.

1. GOLDEN SILVER (FR) 8 b g Mansonnien - Gold Or Silver (Glint of Gold) O-Mrs V. O'Leary B-N Pelat TR-WP Mullins 2. Forpadydeplasterer (IRE) 8 b g Moscow Society - Run Artiste (Deep Run) 3. Sizing Europe (IRE) 8 b g Pistolet Bleu - Jennie Dun (Mandalus) Age Starts Wins 2-8 42 8 See race 65 in February issue

Places 13

Earned £429,690

Judged purely on pedigree, it would be hard to imagine a less likely winner of Punchestown’s Champion Novice Chase, over 25 furlongs, than Kempes.

The seven-year-old is by Intikhab, an outstanding miler, out of a two-yearold sprint winner by Royal Academy, who was victorious in the July Cup and Breeders’ Cup Mile. Intikhab’s best winners on the Flat include the high-class miler Red Evie and the sprint Group winners Hoh Mike, Moon Unit and Toupie. So how does Kempes stay well enough to win over more than three miles over fences? One answer is that the four stallions in the third generation of Kempes’s pedigree include Roberto and Nijinsky, two noted sources of stamina.

It’s hard not to admire Kempes, who was precocious enough to win over seven furlongs and a mile at two. He extended his winning sequence to four as a three-year-old, when he won the Ulster Derby, and later became a Grade 2 winner over hurdles before making the transition to fences.

Kempes comes from a highly distinguished female line. His third dam Fleur Royale was second in the Irish Oaks and his fourth dam Sweet Mimosa won the Prix de Diane for the McGrath family and then became a cornerstone of the Brownstown Stud.

Sweet Mimosa also had the distinction of being a sister to the Arc winner Levmoss, who stayed well enough to win the Prix du Cadran and Ascot Gold Cup.

The Overbury resident owed his high position in 2009-10 to the likes of Carruthers, The Package and Mad Max, and he received an excellent end-of-season boost when Planet Of Sound defeated War Of Attrition and Cooldine to take the Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup. Planet Of Sound belongs to Kayf Tara’s first crop, born in 2002, as do the Grade 2 chasing winners Mad Max and Kornati Kid. Planet Of Sound’s first Grade 1 success came on the first occasion that he tackled a distance of three miles or more, which suggests he has inherited an ample measure of the stamina which brought Kayf Tara a pair of victories in the Ascot Gold Cup. Planet Of Sound shares the same broodmare sire, Dubassoff, as the Cheltenham Gold Cup winner See More Business. Dubassoff, a winner of the American Derby, disappointed as a sire of Flat performers.

He later made amends as a sire of chasers, producing the likes of Dubacilla, Boutzdaroff, Vodkatini, Double Silk and Double Thriller. Herald The Dawn, the dam of Planet Of Sound, has also been in fine form with her Afzal gelding From Dawn To Dusk, winner of the Listed John Smith’s Handicap Chase at Aintree.

Planet Of Sound’s third dam, the winning hurdler/chaser Frozen Dawn, was a sister to Twilight Slave, dam of that exceptional Deep Run mare Dawn Run, winner of the Champion Hurdle and Gold Cup at Cheltenham.

213 GUINNESS GOLD CUP G1

214 CHAMPION INH FLAT RACE G1

GOLDEN SILVER b g 2002

210 CHAMPION NOVICE HURDLE G1

Luthier Tip Moss

PUNCHESTOWN. April 20. 16f. Good.

Top Twig MANSONNIEN ch 84

1. BLACKSTAIRMOUNTAIN (IRE) 5 b g Imperial Ballet - Sixhills (Sabrehill) O-Mrs S Ricci B-Mrs JM Mullins TR-WP Mullins 2. Flat Out (FR) 5 gr g Sagamix - Divine Rodney (Kendor) 3. Sweeps Hill (NZ) 6 b g Montjeu - Windfield Dancer (Zabeel) Age 4-5

Starts 11

Wins 5

Places 3

Margouillat Association La Soupe Mill Reef Glint of Gold Crown Treasure GOLD OR SILVER b 91 Esprit du Nord Blue Stone

Earned £84,697

Blue River

Klairon Flute Enchantee High Perch Kimpton Wood Diatome Tita A Tempo Tenace Never Bend Milan Mill Graustark Treasure Chest Lyphard Rajput Princess Riverman Azurella

BLACKSTAIRMOUNTAIN b g 2005 Northern Dancer Sadler's Wells Fairy Bridge IMPERIAL BALLET b 89 Bold Lad Amaranda Favoletta Diesis Sabrehill Gypsy Talk SIXHILLS b 99 Electric Moidart Marypark

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Bold Ruler Barn Pride Baldric II Violetta III Sharpen Up Doubly Sure Alleged Mazaca Blakeney Christiana Charlottown Margaret Ann

Although he won twice over a mile and a quarter as a three-year-old, a mile proved the optimum distance for Sadler’s Wells’s son Imperial Ballet, as he showed when he won the 1993 Royal Hunt Cup. Imperial Ballet had clearly inherited a measure of the speed which had helped his dam Amaranda run out an impressive winner of the Queen Mary Stakes.

This speed emerged again in Imperial Ballet’s daughter Imperial Beauty, winner of the 2001 Prix de l’Abbaye

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PUNCHESTOWN. April 21. 25f. Good.

PUNCHESTOWN. April 21. 16f. Good.

1. PLANET OF SOUND (GB) 8 b g Kayf Tara - Herald The Dawn (Dubassoff) O-Mr CGM Lloyd-Baker B-Mr CGM Lloyd-Baker TR-PJ Hobbs 2. War of Attrition (IRE) 11 br g Presenting - Una Juna (Good Thyne) 3. Cooldine (IRE) 8 b g Beneficial - Shean Alainn (Le Moss)

1. HIDDEN UNIVERSE (IRE) 4 gr g Linamix - Hint of Humour (Woodman) O-Dr R Lambe B-Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd TR-DK Weld 2. Oilily (IRE) 7 b m Dr Massini - Be My Trump (Be My Native) 3. Tornedo Shay (IRE) 5 ch g Dr Fong - Pattimech (Nureyev)

Age 5-8

Age 4

Starts 17

Wins 6

Places 9

Earned £227,340

PLANET OF SOUND b g 2002

212 CHAMPION NOVICE CHASE G1 PUNCHESTOWN. April 20. 25f. Good.

Fairy Bridge

1. KEMPES (IRE) 7 b g Intikhab - Unicamp (Royal Academy) O-Three Cheers Syndicate B-M McGinn TR-WP Mullins 2. China Rock (IRE) 7 ch g Presenting - Kigali (Torus) 3. The Midnight Club (IRE) 9 ch g Flemensfirth - Larry's Peach (Laurence O) Age 2-7

Starts 24

Wins 10

Places 9

Earned £226,065

KEMPES b g 2003 Hail To Reason Bramalea Damascus Arabia Christmas Wind Mr Prospector Crafty Prospector Real Crafty Lady Danzig Zienelle Past Example Northern Dancer Nijinsky Flaming Page Crimson Satan Crimson Saint Bolero Rose Danzig Chief's Crown Six Crowns Mill Reef Fleur Royale Sweet Mimosa Roberto Red Ransom INTIKHAB b 94 Crafty Example

Royal Academy UNICAMP ch 96 Honeyspike

KAYF TARA b 94 High Top Colorspin Reprocolor Sea Bird II Dubassoff Love Lyric HERALD THE DAWN b 82 Space King Edwina's Dawn Frozen Dawn

Wins 3

Places 0

Earned £66,055

HIDDEN UNIVERSE gr g 2006

Northern Dancer Sadler's Wells

Starts 4

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Derring-Do Camenae Jimmy Reppin Blue Queen Dan Cupid Sicalade Prince Chevalier Riding Rays King's Bench Lunar Way Arctic Slave Early Light

The honour of being the leading British-based National Hunt stallion for the 2009-10 season went to Kayf Tara, who ended the season in eighth place.

Remarkably, this made him only the fifth-highest-ranked son of Sadler’s Wells, but there is every chance that Kayf Tara is destined to rise higher up the rankings, as he has been covering substantial numbers of thoroughbred mares, including 278 in 2008 and 247 in 2009.

Bellypha Mendez Miss Carina LINAMIX gr 87 Breton Lunadix Lutine Mr Prospector Woodman Playmate HINT OF HUMOUR b 93 The Minstrel High Competence Starushka

Lyphard Belga Caro Miss Pia Relko La Melba Alcide Mona Raise A Native Gold Digger Buckpasser Intriguing Northern Dancer Fleur Sham What A Treat

Linamix’s last crop, born in 2007, consisted of only 13 foals, but this final crop is still making its mark, with the unexpected Prix de Fontainebleau winner Rajsaman becoming his 41st Group winner. This excellent stallion hasn’t been as well represented over jumps but his son Valiramix seemed to have the 2002 Champion Hurdle at his mercy when he suffered a fatal accident. Now it looks as though Linamix has another exciting prospect in Hidden Universe, who remained

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unbeaten in three Irish bumpers when he landed the Champion INH Flat Race. The four-year-old’s only setback came when he performed inexplicably badly in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at Cheltenham.

Hidden Universe was bred by the Haefners’ Moyglare Stud Farm. It was the stud’s long-standing trainer Dermot Weld who signed the ticket when the son of Linamix was knocked down for €150,000 as a yearling.

Needless to say, Hidden Universe is a well-connected individual, his fourth dam being the champion American filly What A Treat, who produced the top miler and champion sire Be My Guest. His dam, the Woodman mare Hint of Humour, had previously produced a couple of smart performers, in different spheres. One, the Darshaan colt Jazz Beat, was beaten a nose in the Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes, while the other, her Sadler’s Wells gelding Jubilant Note, is a talented hurdler/chaser.

by such as the French Champion Hurdle winner Oeil du Maitre, Flower des Champs, Professeur, Robin de Sherwood, En La Cruz, Success River, Tyko, Juntico, Cocq Corricco, Chercheur d’Or and Original. Original travelled to England to take the Grade 2 Wayward Lad Novices’ Chase in 2008 and Escort’men became another good British winner for Robin des Champs when he took the Grade 2 Dovecote Novices Hurdle in 2010.

However, the best advertisement of Robin des Champs has undoubtedly been his daughter Quevega. Already a triple winner in middle-distance races for non-thoroughbreds in France before being transferred to Willie Mullins, the mare has won six of her ten starts over hurdles. Her finest moment came when she won the Grade 1 World Series Hurdle on her first attempt at a distance as long as three miles. Her dam Vega IV won six steeplechases at up to two and threequarter miles.

furlong maiden race on the Flat before winning his first three races over hurdles, including a two-length victory over Binocular in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. Now he is proving similarly effective over fences and was winning for the third time in four completed starts when he stayed on well to land the Ryanair Novice Chase over two miles at the Punchestown festival.

Captain Cee Bee races mainly at around two miles and it is questionable whether he would stay a great deal further, as he is inbred 3 x 3 to the Middle Park Stakes winner Sharpen Up. His dam Elea Victoria is by Sharp Victor, a smart seven-furlong twoyear-old in England before becoming a stakes winner on turf in the USA. Although Elea Victoria never raced, she is a half-sister to several accomplished performers on the Flat in Germany, including Group-winning stayers El Tango and Evil Empire.

very disappointing as a Flat stallion, siring nothing better than a handful of Listed winners. However, he has made a much stronger impression with his hurdlers. He was responsible for second and third in the 2010 Triumph Hurdle, thanks to Barizan and the Grade 2 winner Alaivan, and in the 2008-09 season he was represented by the Grade 2 winners Kyrie Eleison and Simarian (another Aga Khan-bred gelding trained by Evan Williams). This bodes well for his sizeable crops of purpose-bred jumpers, sired after he left Gilltown Stud for Boardsmill Stud in the autumn of 2007.

Predictably for a front-runner, Barizan has raced mainly at around two miles, but there is stamina in his pedigree. His dam, the middledistance winner Behra, is a daughter of the Arc second Behera, which makes her a half-sister to the Groupwinning stayers Bayrika and Behkara.

His third dam, the Bustino mare Borushka, won the Park Hill Stakes.

215 WORLD SERIES STAYERS HURDLE G1

216 RYANAIR NOVICE CHASE G1

217 CHAMPION 4YO HURDLE G1

218 CHAMPION HURDLE G1

PUNCHESTOWN. April 22. 24f. Good.

PUNCHESTOWN. April 22. 16f. Good.

PUNCHESTOWN. April 24. 16f.Good.

PUNCHESTOWN. April 23. 16f.

1. QUEVEGA (FR) 6 b m Robin des Champs - Vega IV (Cap Martin) O-Hammer & Trowel Syndicate B-P Rives TR-WP Mullins 2. Bensalem (IRE) 7 b g Turtle Island - Peace Time Girl (Buckskin) 3. Mourad (IRE) 5 ch g Sinndar - Mouramara (Kahyasi)

1. CAPTAIN CEE BEE (IRE) 9 b g Germany - Elea Victoria (Sharp Victor) O-Mr John P McManus B-M Stack TR-EP Harty 2. Let Yourself Go (IRE) 8 b g Zaffaran - Auburn Princess (Arapahos) 3. Sports Line (IRE) 7 b g Norwich - Hot Line (Riverhead)

1. BARIZAN (IRE) 4 b g Kalanisi - Behra (Grand Lodge) O-Mr Peter Conway B-His Highness the Aga Khan's Studs SC TR-Evan Williams 2. Carlito Brigante (IRE) 4 b g Haafhd - Desert Magic (Green Desert) 3. Loch Long (IRE) 4 b g Galileo - Spinney (Unfuwain)

1. HURRICANE FLY (IRE) 6 b g Montjeu - Scandisk (Kenmare) O-George Creighton & Mrs Rose Boyd B-Agricola Del Parco TR-WP Mullins 2. Solwhit (FR) 6 b g Solon - Toowhit Towhee (Lucky North) 3. Thousand Stars (FR) 6 gr g Grey Risk - Livaniana (Saint Estephe)

Age 3-6

Age 4-9

Age 2-4

Age 2-5

Starts 16

Wins 9

Places 5

Earned £295,680

QUEVEGA b m 2004

Starts 16

Wins 8

Places 4

Earned £168,414

CAPTAIN CEE BEE b g 2001 Mill Reef

Garde Royale Royal Way ROBIN DES CHAMPS b 97 Iron Duke Relayeuse Reliorneuse Carmarthen Cap Martin Grande Hetaire VEGA IV ch 87 Signani Negrilla Escarbille II

Never Bend Milan Mill Sicambre Right Away Sicambre Insulaire El Relicario Ordonneuse Devon Kuwait O'Grady Haiti Shikani La Signorina Or de Chine Venus

The arrival of Robin des Champs from France to stand at the Cashman family’s Glenview Stud was clearly well received, as he is credited with covering more than 160 mares in his first year, in 2009. His popularity was based on a very encouraging start to his stallion career, which had seen him finish second among France’s leading jumping sires in 2008, at the comparatively tender age of 11.

This achievement – gained with only four crops of racing age – underlines the precocity which is part and parcel of French jump breeding.

Robin des Champs raced as a threeyear-old, winning the first four of his five starts over hurdles by a total of nearly 20 lengths, when trained by Guillaume Macaire.

A grandson of Mill Reef, Robin des Champs is by Garde Royale, whose name is well known in Ireland, thanks to the exploits of such as Nicanor and Garde Champetre. Robin des Champs has been ably represented in France

Atan Rocchetta Viceregal Trephine Quiriquina Herbager Big Spruce Silver Sari Hail To Reason Inca Queen Silver Spoon Atan Sharpen Up Rocchetta Sir Ivor Elegant Victress Victorian Heiress Tamerlane Dschingis Khan Donna Diana Yoggi Envira Elektra

Starts 15

GERMANY b 91 Inca Princess

Sharp Victor ELEA VICTORIA b 92 Elea

Now standing alongside such luminaries as Grandera and Moon Ballad at Woodlands Stud in County Galway, the 19-year-old Germany has had an interesting career as a stallion.

A dual Group 1 winner over middle distances in Germany at four, the son of Arc winner Trempolino was supposed to retire to Gestut Rietberg in 1996 but continued to race, improving his Timeform rating to 124.

Although he then retired to stud in Ireland under the Gainsborough Stud banner, he struggled for support from Flat breeders and was quickly transferred to the jumping sector. He has been ably represented by such as Conna Castle, a winner of the Grade 1 Powers Gold Cup Chase and who led the 2010 Grand National field for a long way, and the admirable Captain Cee Bee. Captain Cee Bee has proved extremely versatile. Good enough to defeat Big Zeb in a bumper as a fiveyear-old, he went on to take an 11-

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Places 6

Earned £85,061

BARIZAN b g 2006

Sharpen Up Trempolino

Wins 6

Starts 17

Wins 7

Places 6

Earned £275,066

HURRICANE FLY b g 2004 Mill Reef

Doyoun Dumka KALANISI b/br 96 Green Dancer Kalamba Kareena Chief's Crown Grand Lodge La Papagena BEHRA b 99 Mill Reef Behera Borushka

Never Bend Milan Mill Kashmir II Faizebad Nijinsky Green Valley Riverman Kermiya Danzig Six Crowns Habitat Magic Flute Never Bend Milan Mill Bustino Valdavia

The £26,000 paid by Evan Williams for Barizan at Doncaster in October 2008 has proved a shrewd investment. The Aga Khan homebred had already established his toughness, winning a nursery under top weight on heavy ground at Down Royal for John Oxx. There was also every reason to think he had a future, as he shared the same sire, the late-developing Kalanisi, as that excellent hurdler Katchit, winner of the Triumph Hurdle in 2007 and the Champion Hurdle in 2008. Katchit had won seven times as a juvenile hurdler and Barizan went close to matching him. The freerunning gelding was recording his sixth win from ten starts over hurdles when he outclassed the opposition in Punchestown’s Champion Four-YearOld Hurdle, once again proving a very difficult horse to catch.

For a horse who was versatile enough to win the Queen Anne Stakes, Champion Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Turf, Kalanisi proved

Northern Dancer Sadler's Wells Fairy Bridge MONTJEU b 96 Top Ville Floripedes Toute Cy Kalamoun Kenmare Belle of Ireland SCANDISK b 95 Lord Gayle Yankee Lady Ceol An Oir

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special High Top Sega Ville Tennyson Adele Toumignon Zeddaan Khairunissa Milesian Belle of The Ball Sir Gaylord Sticky Case Vimy Pal An Oir

Hurricane Fly has yet to make it to the Cheltenham Festival, but his efforts in Ireland and France have left little doubt that the son of Montjeu ranks among the best hurdlers. His last six starts have all been at Grade 1 level and he improved his record at the highest level to four wins, a second and a third when taking Punchestown’s Champion Hurdle.

Clearly, the speed which enabled him to defeat Literato in a Listed race over a mile as a three-year-old is proving a very useful weapon at the end of two-mile hurdle races.

Bearing in mind that Montjeu’s sire Sadler’s Wells and broodmare sire Top Ville have both exerted a considerable influence on the jumping world, it is no surprise that Montjeu finished as high as 15th among the sires of jumpers in the 2009-10 season, one place higher than Sadler’s Wells. In addition to Hurricane Fly, he was ably represented by such as Won In The Dark, Blue Bajan, Noble Prince,

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National Hunt Grade Ones and Graded race list Moscova, Our Monty and Sweeps Hill.

Hurricane Fly surely owes some of his speed to his dam Scandisk, a Kenmare mare who won over seven furlongs as a two-year-old in Italy.

Montjeu also sired the very smart Jukebox Jury from another daughter of Kenmare, and the Group 1 winner Corre Caminos from another granddaughter of Kalamoun.

Hurricane Fly’s second dam Yankee Lady shared the same sire, Lord Gayle (by Sir Gaylord), as several successful

National Hunt stallions, such as Strong Gale, Lord Americo and Callernish.

Yankee Lady’s brother Yankee Gold, twice a winner of the Group 2 Ballymoss Stakes at the Curragh, also sired some smart jumpers, including Charcoal Wally and Sheer Gold, during a brief innings as a National Hunt stallion. Yankee Lady was also a sister to Lady Singer, winner of the Curragh’s Pretty Polly Stakes in the days before its promotion to Group 1 status.

REVE DE SIVOLA b g 2005

219 CHAMPION NOVICE HURDLE G1

Nijinsky Niniski Virginia Hills

PUNCHESTOWN. April 23. 20f.Good.

ASSESSOR b 89

1. REVE DE SIVOLA (FR) 5 b g Assessor - Eva de Chalamont (Iron Duke) O-Paul Duffy B-T Trapenard TR-Nick Williams 2. Fionnegas (IRE) 6 b g Accordion - Tremplin (Tremblant) 3. Duke of Lucca (IRE) 5 b g Milan - Derravaragh Native (Be My Native)

Petingo Dingle Bay Border Bounty Sicambre Iron Duke Insulaire EVA DE CHALAMONT ch 92

Age Starts Wins Places 3-5 9 2 5 See race 72 in the February issue

Earned £85,812

Royal Exchange Bel Natura Fudnatura

Northern Dancer Flaming Page Tom Rolfe Ridin' Easy Petition Alcazar Bounteous B Flat Prince Bio Sif Aureole Ismene II Royal Coinage Little Stormy Novitur Fudna

National Hunt Graded races Date

Dist

Horse

Age

Sex

Sire

Dam

Broodmare Sire

06/04

Grade Race (course) G2

Bobbyjo Bar Festival Novice Hurdle (Fairyhouse)

20.0f

Magnanimity (IRE)

6

G

Winged Love

Mossy Mistress

Le Moss

Index 220

06/04

GrA

Dan Moore Memorial H Chase (Fairyhouse)

17.0f

Golden Silver (FR)

8

G

Mansonnien

Gold Or Silver

Glint Of Gold

221

06/04

G3

Weatherbys Ireland GSB Hurdle (Fairyhouse)

16.0f

Fingal Rock (IRE)

4

F

Rock Of Gibraltar

Feather Star

Soviet Star

222

06/04

GrB

Ladbrokes.com H Hurdle (Fairyhouse)

16.0f

Un Hinged (IRE)

10

G

Danetime

Classic Silk

Classic Secret

223

08/04

G3

Red Rum H Chase (Aintree)

16.0f

Chaninbar (FR)

7

G

Milford Track

Logicia

Homme De Loi

224

08/04

G2

Totepool Manifesto Novices' Chase (Aintree)

20.0f

Mad Max (IRE)

8

G

Kayf Tara

Carole's Crusader

Faustus

225

09/04

G2

Top Novices' Hurdle (Aintree)

16.5f

General Miller (GB)

5

G

Karinga Bay

Millers Action

Fearless Action

226

09/04

G3

Smithythehorse.com H Hurdle (Aintree)

24.5f

Ringaroses (GB)

9

G

Karinga Bay

Rose Ravine

Deep Run

227

09/04

G2

Mildmay Novices' Chase (Aintree)

25.0f

Burton Port (IRE)

6

G

Bob Back

Despute

Be My Native

228

10/04

G2

Champion Open NH Flat Race (Aintree)

17.0f

Megastar (GB)

5

G

Kayf Tara

Megalex

Karinga Bay

229

10/04

G3

Grand National H Chase (Aintree)

36.0f

Don't Push It (IRE)

10

G

Old Vic

She's No Laugh Ben

Alleged

230

10/04

G2

Mersey Novices Hurdle (Aintree)

20.0f

Peddlers Cross (IRE)

5

G

Oscar

Patscilla

Squill

231

11/04

G2

Hugh McMahon Memorial Novice Chase (Limerick)

24.0f

Caim Hill (IRE)

7

G

Deploy

Glen's Gale

Strong Gale

232

14/04

G2

Silver Trophy H Chase (Cheltenham)

21.0f

Duc De Regniere (FR)

8

G

Rajpoute

Gladys De Richerie

Le Pontet

233

17/04

G2

Scottish Grand National H Chase (Ayr)

32.5f

Merigo (FR)

9

G

Pistolet Bleu

Muleta

Air De Cour

234

17/04

G2

Scottish Champion H Hurdle (Ayr)

16.0f

Overturn (IRE)

6

G

Barathea

Kristal Bridge

Kris

235

17/04

G2

Future Champion Novices’ Chase (Ayr)

20.0f

French Opera (GB)

7

G

Bering

On Fair Stage

Sadler's Wells

236

20/04

GrC

The Three.ie H Hurdle (Punchestown)

16.0f

Jigalo (IRE)

9

G

Accordion

Kasterlee

Stay For Lunch

237

21/04

GrA

Irish Daily Mail H Chase (Punchestown)

20.0f

Polmar (FR)

7

G

Lesotho

Fleur De Mar

Port Etienne

238

21/04

G3

Madra Irish Dog Food Novice Hurdle (Punchestown)

24.0f

Rigour Back Bob (IRE)

5

G

Bob Back

Rigorous

Generous

239

24/04

G3

Irish TBA EBF Mares Hurdle (Punchestown)

18.0f

Tarla (FR)

4

F

Lavirco

Targerine

Gairloch

240

24/04

GrB

Pat Taaffe H Chase (Punchestown)

25.0f

Coolcashin (IRE)

9

G

Taipan

Daisy A Day

Asir

241

24/04

GrB

Tote.com H Hurdle (Punchestown)

20.0f

Dorset Square (IRE)

6

G

Fantastic Light

Albula

Anabaa

242

24/04

G3

Bet365 Gold Cup H Chase (Sandown Park)

29.5f

Church Island (IRE)

11

G

Erins Isle

Just Possible

Kalaglow

243

24/04

G2

Bet365.com Celebration Chase (Sandown Park)

16.0f

I'm So Lucky (GB)

8

G

Zilzal

City Of Angels

Woodman

244

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Leading National Hunt sires 2009-10 by earnings Name

YOF

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR

Races

AWD

Earnings (£)

Top horse

Earned (£)

Presenting Old Vic Oscar Flemensfirth Accordion Bob Back King’s Theatre Kayf Tara Beneficial Saddlers’ Hall Supreme Leader Pistolet Bleu Alflora Anshan Cadoudal Montjeu Sadler’s Wells Dr Massini Daylami Bob’s Return Winged Love Zaffaran Lord Americo Sir Harry Lewis Mansonnien Alderbrook Overbury Mujahid Moscow Society Turtle Island Midnight Legend Kahyasi Robin des Champs Roselier Luso Tiraaz Karinga Bay Silver Patriarch Definite Article Dushyantor Kalanisi Hernando Alhaarth Witness Box Enrique Village Star Solon Shernazar Key Of Luck Galileo Taipan Sassanian Lahint Great Palm Glacial Storm Saint des Saints Golden Tornado Bahhare Rudimentary City Honours Lavirco

1992 1986 1994 1992 1986 1981 1991 1994 1990 1988 1982 1988 1989 1987 1979 1996 1981 1993 1994 1990 1992 1985 1984 1984 1984 1989 1991 1996 1985 1991 1991 1985 1997 1973 1992 1994 1987 1994 1992 1993 1996 1990 1993 1987 1996 1983 1992 1981 1991 1998 1992 1987 1991 1989 1985 1998 1996 1994 1988 1995 1993

Mtoto Sadler’s Wells Sadler’s Wells Alleged Sadler’s Wells Roberto Sadler’s Wells Sadler’s Wells Top Ville Sadler’s Wells Bustino Top Ville Niniski Persian Bold Green Dancer Sadler’s Wells Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Doyoun Bob Back In The Wings Assert Lord Gayle Alleged Tip Moss Ardross Caerleon Danzig Nijinsky Fairy King Night Shift Ile de Bourbon Garde Royale Misti IV Salse Lear Fan Ardross Saddlers’ Hall Indian Ridge Sadler’s Wells Doyoun Niniski Unfuwain Lyphard Barathea Moulin Local Suitor Busted Chief’s Crown Sadler’s Wells Last Tycoon Roberto Woodman Manila Arctic Tern Cadoudal Sadler’s Wells Woodman Nureyev Darshaan Konigsstuhl

317 183 266 225 146 159 150 136 251 215 159 57 162 160 27 80 88 72 60 102 53 52 98 66 21 112 101 15 82 105 64 42 27 20 133 16 122 86 98 37 22 40 58 69 3 1 2 64 35 37 56 23 2 70 45 11 15 16 73 52 17

79 55 78 60 41 51 56 40 51 44 35 20 41 37 9 20 29 22 18 26 14 10 20 19 4 25 30 6 8 19 24 15 14 7 19 6 27 21 27 9 10 14 19 22 1 1 1 14 12 12 10 6 1 8 11 6 4 5 15 8 10

24.9 30.1 29.3 26.7 28.1 32.1 37.3 29.4 20.3 20.5 22.0 35.1 25.3 23.1 33.3 25.0 33.0 30.6 30.0 25.5 26.4 19.2 20.4 28.8 19.1 22.3 29.7 40.0 9.8 18.1 37.5 35.7 51.9 35.0 14.3 37.5 22.1 24.4 27.6 24.3 45.5 35.0 32.8 31.9 33.3 100.0 50.0 21.9 34.3 32.4 17.9 26.1 50.0 11.4 24.4 54.6 26.7 31.3 20.6 15.4 58.8

115 73 111 84 59 72 98 54 73 65 47 35 61 52 19 29 41 38 22 38 24 15 27 31 9 35 41 9 10 23 43 17 18 8 26 13 31 28 33 17 21 17 24 31 2 2 3 18 15 18 13 10 2 11 12 9 10 7 19 11 14

21.2 20.8 19.9 19.8 19.7 20.0 18.1 19.7 19.6 20.8 20.9 19.8 19.3 19.9 21.8 18.4 18.8 20.1 19.1 19.3 19.0 20.2 20.5 21.4 20.9 21.0 20.3 18.7 20.2 19.7 20.2 17.8 21.3 22.4 19.8 20.3 19.4 20.6 18.9 19.0 18.0 19.0 18.8 19.5 16.5 24.0 16.0 19.8 18.1 18.3 22.7 17.8 20.5 18.5 21.2 19.9 20.6 19.9 19.6 18.9 19.1

1,936,944 1,773,752 1,663,909 1,382,638 1,125,151 885,123 879,308 806,772 743,458 737,171 694,480 689,553 663,184 589,838 552,872 488,269 463,443 463,068 422,361 414,486 402,314 390,445 388,651 381,136 376,372 365,970 365,455 349,240 348,807 348,223 327,149 300,878 278,597 269,480 269,386 262,778 260,096 259,761 259,320 258,344 257,312 253,944 248,645 243,918 242,544 226,680 220,341 216,412 216,247 205,476 205,230 204,044 202,385 195,197 192,728 192,569 191,988 187,565 186,261 182,497 182,117

Denman Don’t Push It Big Zeb Imperial Commander Albertas Run Burton Port Menorah Planet Of Sound Cooldine Jadanli Whinstone Boy Sizing Europe What A Friend Powerstation Big Buck’s Hurricane Fly Synchronised Fosters Cross Zaynar Joncol Twist Magic Let Yourself Go Siegemaster Diamond Harry Golden Silver Bygones Of Brid Ballyfitz Khyber Kim Forpadydeplasterer An Cathaoir Mor Bella Haze Kalahari King Quevega Monet’s Garden Chicago Grey Ballyholland General Miller Silver By Nature Tasman Dee Ee Williams Barizan State Of Play Lucky Wish Wymott Binocular Kauto Star Solwhit Nudge And Nurdle Starluck Celestial Halo Coolcashin Tataniano Poquelin Donnas Palm Valley Ride Quito de La Roque Berties Dream Bahrain Storm Duers Divine Rhapsody James de Vassy

221,596 539,765 241,928 318,598 316,242 146,830 90,928 173,991 60,916 77,683 72,668 196,756 219,591 68,046 273,340 97,693 59,732 53,445 140,795 170,276 160,928 70,353 66,082 95,588 228,988 41,616 28,064 312,884 170,777 59,930 29,031 81,361 143,971 138,580 28,768 157,639 48,500 104,935 25,681 44,767 122,844 98,235 46,852 22,457 238,560 226,680 217,873 26,214 71,866 88,969 47,799 91,512 202,385 81,540 34,206 58,849 95,726 162,652 42,733 52,212 52,430

More to come from champion Presenting while Kayf Tara’s charge is a welcome boost for Britain Despite siring the first two home in the Grand National, Old Vic couldn’t catch Presenting, the deserved champion yet again who surely isn’t finished yet given the number of progeny he has coming along.

The dominance of Irish-based sires, to a degree the result of the prodigious size of books they cover, is apparent, but well done to Kayf Tara, who made a late charge into the top ten thanks to Planet Of Sound.

The latter’s victory in the Punchestown Gold Cup was the best of the year for his sire, who stands at Overbury Stud, but Carruthers and Mad Max also did him proud in topflight events. His star is definitely in the ascendant and that is a welcome boost for British jump breeding.

Kayf Tara is by Sadler’s Wells, which hardly sets him apart in the table since six of the top ten are by Coolmore’s former star. No stallion has ever had such dominance on the Flat, where of course his sons have been ruling the roost in recent years, and over jumps.

With Punchestown Champion Hurdle winner Hurricane Fly batting for Montjeu, next season could prove to be equally successful for this remarkable dynasty.

Jeremy Early

Leading sires of two-year-olds in Europe 2010 by earnings Name

YOF

Sire

Indian Rocket Elusive City Invincible Spirit Danehill Dancer Avonbridge *Holy Roman Emperor Mujadil High Yield Miesque’s Son Bernebeau Rashbag One Cool Cat Baroud d’Honneur Poliglote Platini *Aussie Rules Acclamation *Layman Royal Applause Dansili Camacho Kheleyf Statue Of Liberty Subliminal Golden Stravinsky

1994 2000 1997 1993 2000 2004 1988 1997 1992 1999 1999 2001 1993 1992 1989 2003 1999 2002 1993 1996 2002 2001 2000 1996 2002

Indian Ridge Elusive Quality Green Desert Danehill Averti Danehill Storm Bird Storm Cat Mr Prospector Green Tune Reprimand Storm Cat Highest Honor Sadler's Wells Surumu Danehill Royal Applause Sunday Silence Waajib Danehill Danehill Green Desert Storm Cat Blue Courtier Stravinsky

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR

Races

AWD

Earnings (£)

11 8 8 9 9 11 5 5 2 3 2 6 1 1 2 5 8 5 11 1 8 13 7 1 1

3 3 3 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1

27.3 37.5 37.5 22.2 33.3 9.1 40.0 20.0 50.0 33.3 50.0 33.3 100.0 100.0 50.0 20.0 25.0 20.0 9.1 100.0 25.0 0 0 0 100.0

4 3 4 2 4 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2

4.6 5.0 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.8 5.0 6.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0

58,362 27,666 27,247 22,655 20,318 20,249 17,537 17,433 16,637 14,380 13,716 13,562 13,141 13,097 12,654 12,452 11,796 11,238 10,734 10,685 10,639 10,374 10,088 9,292 9,026

Top horse

Kaliran Chiswick Bey Zebedee Samuel Morse Temple Meads High Award Dingle View Pinielde Belle Aumone Droit Devant Flower Bag Kya One Honneur Supreme Ulivate Lobolito Chinese Wall Retainer Gerash Penny's Pearl Zoffany Arctic Feeling La Grande Guerra Acqualinda Coco Finger Golden Tempest

Earned (£)

17,257 12,952 10,957 10,686 9,714 11,907 10,362 6,283 14,779 13,274 13,717 8,761 13,142 13,097 11,327 10,619 7,771 6,195 5,181 10,686 4,114 3,068 7,965 9,292 9,026

Late Indian Rocket the early pacesetter It is very early days with the sires of two-year-olds and, predictably, speed is dominating, writes Jeremy Early.

The top three on earnings, Indian Rocket, Elusive City and Invincible Spirit, all excelled at six furlongs and won stakes races as juveniles. The best of them was Elusive City, now based at Haras d’Etreham and successful in the Prix Morny. Sadly, Indian Rocket died last year.

Among first-season sires, Holy Roman Emperor has had just one winner from 11 runners but that tally is certain to rise soon.

*First-season sire; National Hunt statistics to April 24 (end of season), Flat to May 3

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Leading Flat sires 2010 by earnings Name

Dubawi Oasis Dream Rock Of Gibraltar Montjeu Verglas Dansili Kingsalsa Slickly Fasliyev Invincible Spirit Orpen Galileo King's Best One Cool Cat Danehill Dancer Medicean Hawk Wing Pivotal Halling Diktat Dubai Destination Hennessy Muhtathir Kendor Okawango High Chaparral Tiger Hill Peintre Celebre Kyllachy Dr Fong Martino Alonso Captain Rio Highest Honor Selkirk Indian Rocket Lomitas Green Tune Elusive City Anabaa Cape Cross Gold Away Bertolini Linamix Blu Air Force Sagacity Panis Red Ransom Intikhab Barathea American Post Monsun Hernando Mark of Esteem Fantastic Light Vettori Choisir Sadler's Wells Desert Prince Marchand de Sable Celtic Swing Noverre Xaar Medecis Tagula High Yield Shamardal Anabaa Blue Daylami Refuse To Bend Lando Royal Applause Country Reel Arakan Marju Acclamation Desert Style Whipper Sinndar Denon Namid Green Desert Nayef Equerry Chichicastenango Elusive Quality Bahhare Statue Of Liberty Johannesburg King Charlemagne Dalakhani Exceed And Excel Giant’s Causeway Tobougg

YOF

2002 2000 1999 1996 1994 1996 1996 1996 1997 1997 1996 1998 1997 2001 1993 1997 1999 1993 1991 1995 1999 1993 1995 1986 1998 1999 1995 1994 1998 1995 1994 1999 1983 1988 1994 1988 1991 2000 1992 1994 1995 1996 1987 1997 1998 1998 1987 1994 1990 2001 1990 1990 1993 1996 1992 1999 1981 1995 1990 1992 1998 1995 1999 1993 1997 2002 1998 1994 2000 1990 1993 2000 2000 1988 1999 1992 2001 1997 1998 1996 1983 1998 1998 1998 1993 1994 2000 1999 1998 2000 2000 1997 1998

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR

Races

AWD

Earnings (£)

Dubai Millennium Green Desert Danehill Sadler’s Wells Highest Honor Danehill Kingmambo Linamix Nureyev Green Desert Lure Sadler's Wells Kingmambo Storm Cat Danehill Machiavellian Woodman Polar Falcon Diesis Warning Kingmambo Storm Cat Elmaamul Kenmare Kingmambo Sadler's Wells Danehill Nureyev Pivotal Kris S Marju Pivotal Kenmare Sharpen Up Indian Ridge Niniski Green Dancer Elusive Quality Danzig Green Desert Goldneyev Danzig Mendez Sri Pekan Highest Honor Miswaki Roberto Red Ransom Sadler's Wells Bering Konigsstuhl Niniski Darshaan Rahy Machiavellian Danehill Dancer Northern Dancer Green Desert Theatrical Damister Rahy Zafonic Machiavellian Taufan Storm Cat Giant's Causeway Anabaa Doyoun Sadler's Wells Acatenango Waajib Danzig Nureyev Last Tycoon Royal Applause Green Desert Miesque's Son Grand Lodge Pleasant Colony Indian Ridge Danzig Gulch St Jovite Smadoun Gone West Woodman Storm Cat Hennessy Nureyev Darshaan Danehill Storm Cat Barathea

54 104 127 110 142 100 94 76 104 120 84 95 115 100 138 82 95 93 51 114 72 11 58 53 66 63 73 50 104 90 38 102 41 62 50 57 58 71 69 87 47 102 47 59 69 34 71 68 86 41 50 45 61 74 54 70 66 81 61 55 74 74 22 62 37 43 55 49 78 62 96 28 23 64 61 44 49 46 46 91 43 49 29 25 36 41 63 53 87 37 64 46 69

25 31 30 27 28 30 22 19 28 21 27 24 21 26 27 23 22 24 5 21 21 6 14 12 16 18 20 12 28 18 17 26 13 16 14 16 9 23 13 16 10 25 8 21 11 10 16 21 24 9 14 13 16 18 11 14 8 23 11 20 21 12 13 15 8 18 9 15 15 9 15 9 8 13 16 9 14 12 15 18 11 13 8 6 10 12 10 11 19 9 15 8 14

46.3 29.8 23.6 24.6 19.7 30.0 23.4 25.0 26.9 17.5 32.1 25.3 18.3 26.0 19.6 28.1 23.2 25.8 9.8 18.4 29.2 54.6 24.1 22.6 24.2 28.6 27.4 24.0 26.9 20.0 44.7 25.5 31.7 25.8 28.0 28.1 15.5 32.4 18.8 18.4 21.3 24.5 17.0 35.6 15.9 29.4 22.5 30.9 27.9 22.0 28.0 28.9 26.2 24.3 20.4 20.0 12.1 28.4 18.0 36.4 28.4 16.2 59.1 24.2 21.6 41.9 16.4 30.6 19.2 14.5 15.6 32.1 34.8 20.3 26.2 20.5 28.6 26.1 32.6 19.8 25.6 26.5 27.6 24.0 27.8 29.3 15.9 20.8 21.8 24.3 23.4 17.4 20.3

35 40 33 28 34 36 28 23 38 29 37 30 27 35 28 30 26 27 8 28 28 7 16 14 18 18 28 16 32 25 20 35 21 22 17 20 10 29 16 23 13 34 12 30 15 14 23 29 30 13 15 16 18 22 14 20 10 25 14 22 26 14 18 23 9 22 9 22 23 11 18 12 10 15 21 10 15 14 18 22 14 17 9 7 11 15 11 13 24 11 22 9 18

8.2 7.9 9.2 11.1 8.7 9.8 9.2 9.8 6.9 7.3 7.9 10.4 8.7 7.4 8.4 8.2 8.6 9.2 10.6 8.7 8.8 7.4 9.7 9.5 9.7 9.2 10.6 11.3 6.5 8.1 8.5 7.1 9.9 9.6 8.7 10.8 9.1 7.7 9.7 9.7 10.0 7.6 10.5 7.3 8.6 9.1 9.2 8.1 9.2 8.8 10.7 10.3 8.6 10.2 9.2 7.8 11.4 8.7 10.0 9.1 7.7 7.9 8.1 7.5 8.3 7.5 9.9 10.8 8.4 11.4 6.7 9.0 7.6 7.8 6.8 7.6 7.8 11.0 9.3 6.8 7.2 10.1 9.4 11.9 7.7 9.8 7.6 7.7 8.3 10.5 7.1 9.6 8.6

602,480 504,374 490,746 489,122 483,132 459,443 441,320 429,607 375,532 374,226 343,244 338,485 319,030 316,489 314,171 312,178 311,875 309,332 304,630 294,668 290,896 287,960 287,158 280,752 280,038 279,395 272,096 271,367 270,351 260,031 257,290 255,208 254,194 247,907 247,672 239,225 235,043 234,629 233,276 231,087 229,532 220,879 218,514 216,890 216,335 210,840 208,407 207,501 207,414 202,493 202,457 197,958 197,652 193,999 191,634 189,185 188,654 188,372 185,477 183,559 183,521 182,571 180,522 177,037 176,202 175,793 174,617 172,318 172,141 171,595 169,023 166,351 165,636 161,593 160,535 160,458 159,711 158,158 153,135 152,191 151,962 150,832 148,769 148,672 148,200 146,878 143,629 142,182 142,136 141,232 139,747 138,750 138,011

Top horse

Earned (£)

Makfi Sandbar Jacqueline Quest Coordinated Cut Glass Harmonium Illustrious Blue Too Nice Name Gris de Gris Amico Fritz Kargali Pollen Gile Na Greine Simon de Montfort Lunacat Planteur Marie de Medici Shamwari Lodge Fratazz Cutlass Bay Skins Game Evading Tempete Special Duty Gone Shopping Calbuco Wango Joanna Tiger Village Byword Penitent Aoife Alainn Marshade Golden Stamp Dariole Tranquil Tiger Bluster Shalanaya Zagora Boltcity Skyteam Mahadee The Living Room Suits Me Rajsaman Madda's Force Mister Camilau Botanique T'As d'Beaux Yeux Kidnapping Lost Soldier Three Liliside Ameer Akdarena Pedra Pompas Middle Club Mistaken Identity Lady Springbank Pouvoir Absolu Ceprin Marchando Monserrat Music Show Xtension Pallodio Canford Cliffs Tagar Bere Dibir Shining Sea Darizi Ucandri Leiloken Shine For Me Baine Dick Turpin Chinchon Equiano Paco Boy Upper Reef Laristan Il Fenomeno Rebel Duke Tartan Gigha Armanty Querry Boy Blek Elusive Pimpernel Babarazzi Serva Padrona Red Jazz Paladino di Sabbia Angel Of Rain Seeking Solace Tinaar Ramble On

262,478 39,381 86,080 135,425 36,900 40,589 46,903 69,912 63,416 36,226 48,319 46,695 59,735 47,345 65,575 37,560 45,416 24,701 217,274 37,168 112,876 237,699 23,628 45,274 19,912 35,398 37,080 88,584 77,888 35,833 41,370 18,862 50,442 70,758 32,212 60,690 45,133 22,124 23,788 17,084 25,929 35,361 35,398 16,878 29,204 45,133 23,451 24,701 27,168 57,522 55,400 38,181 56,473 22,359 25,752 28,761 46,018 22,911 26,372 32,522 42,300 21,480 82,089 57,068 42,920 28,407 22,566 15,044 23,274 25,991 14,513 35,398 122,980 35,398 59,608 56,770 16,018 15,044 37,489 13,239 34,340 28,938 38,053 58,407 47,660 17,434 25,885 22,708 25,739 28,628 22,124 34,238 31,726

Dubawi position may be temporary, but he promises fine legacy for ill-fated sire Surely there has been a mistake – can only two of the top ten in the table, Rock Of Gibraltar and Montjeu, really be based at Coolmore?

Yes, thanks to the brilliant start to the season made by Dubawi and Oasis Dream, along with the tardy beginning Ballydoyle experienced, plus the middle-distance strength of the Irish operation, which means the first couple of months of the season are not always spectacular for them.

This is more noticeable at the moment than in 2009, since Danehill Dancer certainly hasn’t had anything like the flying start he experienced then, but no doubt the position will change. Galileo, for one, is hardly likely to stay languishing in 12th place given the quality of his three-year-olds.

With only two crops running for him Dubawi cannot honestly be expected to maintain his standing at the top, but he already promises to be a superb legacy for breeding from his ill-fated sire Dubai Millennium’s solitary crop.

His percentage of winners to runners, 46%, is phenomenal and although there may be stamina issues with some of his progeny, middle distances are unlikely to be a problem for most. Derby Italiano winner Worthadd is a case in point.

Oddly, the Dalham Hall resident, whose fee this year was £20,000, up from £15,000, covered only 72 mares in 2009, compared with 137, 143 and 111 over the previous three years.

From the same vintage, Shamardal was booked to 143 in 2009.

Juddmonte Farms stallions have certainly been in fine form. Besides Oasis Dream, with five stakes winners, they host Dansili with six. Oasis Dream has had multiple Grade 2 scorer Tuscan Evening in the States, as well as such as Sri Putra here, while Dansili has been represented by Grade 1 winner Proviso, to add to Harbinger and Famous Name in Europe.

Both sires have a 30% winners to runners strike-rate, which is below Dubawi but still places them close to the top.

Jeremy Early

Statistics to May 3

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British and Irish-bred success abroad

OVERSEAS WINNERS

For full list see www.ownerbreeder.co.uk

Breeder

Winner

Sire

Abergwaun Farms Annalee Bloodstock & Rockhart Trading Ltd. Associates, M. & P. Azienda Agricola Francesca Azienda Agricola Francesca Azienda Agricola Rosati Colarieti Azienda Agricola Rosati Colarieti Azienda Agricola Rosati Colarieti Barouche Stud Ireland Ltd Boudengen, P. Brady, P. Branston Stud Ltd Brinkley Stud SAS Bumble Bloodstock Castlemartin Stud & Skymarc Farm Cliveden Stud Ltd & Ocean Bloodstock Collins, M. Compagnia Generale S R L Connolly, P. Coonan, Mrs M. Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley David Jamison Bloodstock Dayton Investments Ltd Dayton Investments Ltd Dayton Investments Ltd de Moratalla, Marquesa Deerforest Stud Deerforest Stud Devaney, Mrs C. Doyle, J. Eledy S.R.L. Epona Bloodstock Ltd & P. A. Byrne Faldutto, G. Farish, W. S. Floors Farming & Side Hill Stud Foley, M. J. G. B. Bloodstock Limited G. B. Turnbull Ltd & David & Mrs Brown Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd Gestut Hof Ittlingen Glending Bloodstock Grangecon Stud Grundy Bloodstock Ltd Hascombe & Valiant Studs Hascombe & Valiant Studs Hazan Ades, Madame D. Hennessy, P. Highclere Stud His Highness the Aga Khan's Studs S.C. Houlihan, P. Huggins, R. W. Hyperion Bloodstock Iona Equine Islanmore Stud Islanmore Stud Juddmonte Farms Inc Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd. Juddmonte Farms Ltd. Kenilworth House Stud Kingwood Bloodstock Kurtel, A. Lynch Bages Ltd M3 Elevage & Haras d'Etreham Mac A Bhaird, D. March Thoroughbreds Mc Cann, J. Meon Valley Stud Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd Mull Enterprises Ltd Newsells Park Stud Limited Niarchos Family Niarchos Family, The Niarchos Family, The Old Carhue Stud O'Reilly, L. Oostvlaamse Investeringsmaatschappj Petra Bloodstock Agency Ltd Petra Bloodstock Agency Ltd Saad Bin Mishrif Sc Archi Romani Scuderia Blueberry SRL Scuderia Golden Horse S R L Senebrova Partnership Shadwell Estate Company Limited Silfield & Redmyre Bloodstock Soc. Finanza Locale Consulting SRL. Sofim Srl Stynes, Ms Audrey Frances Trainers House Enterprises Limited Wertheimer et Frere Wilson, Mr & Mrs C.

Cosmo Meadow (IRE) Gibraltar Blue (IRE) Chelsea Lately (IRE) Fagutela (GB) Fratazz (GB) Light Energy (GB) Ekin (GB) Abaton (GB) Turning Top (IRE) Celebrity Choice (IRE) Thousand Miles (IRE) Adversity (GB) Alta Fedelta (GB) Lady's Purse (GB) Seventh Star (IRE) Mores Wells (GB) Catskill Mountain (IRE) Worthadd (IRE) The Gaillimh Girl (IRE) City of Tribes (IRE) Bashful Bride (IRE) Funhouse (GB) Memory Cloth (GB) Wealthy (IRE) Honour System (IRE) Kavango (IRE) Lawspeaker (GB) Crested (GB) Swaziland (GB) Simon de Montfort (IRE) Deal Breaker (GB) Acteur Celebre (GB) Randonneur (USA) Planteur (IRE) Chinese Wall (IRE) Aoife Alainn (IRE) Aoife Alainn (IRE) Wymering File (IRE) Carioca (IRE) Loredan (IRE) Drumbeat (IRE) Joanna (IRE) Mubtassim (GB) Comic Strip (GB) Blessing Belle (IRE) Snape Maltings (IRE) La Marseillaise (IRE) Vangelis (GB) Scalo (GB) Kilmore Quay (IRE) Lisvale (IRE) Heedas (GB) Miss Keller (IRE) Tuscan Evening (IRE) Verglacial (IRE) Bombadil (IRE) Conceit (GB) Shamanova (IRE) I'mneverwrong (IRE) Babyla (GB) Vitesse Superieure (GB) London China Town (IRE) Frozen Ardour (IRE) Frozen Ardour (IRE) Deluxe (USA) Disclose (GB) Ideology (GB) Ice Blue (GB) Full Steam (GB) Byword (GB) Byword (GB) Ice Blue (GB) In Lights (GB) Foreteller (GB) Pim Pam (IRE) Greek Gamble (GB) Invincible Son (IRE) Maria Royal (IRE) Ballast (IRE) Chevie (IRE) Come Touch The Sun (IRE) Clashnacree (IRE) Misericorde (GB) Moving Heart (IRE) Mister Manannan (IRE) Happy Wedding (IRE) Tau (GB) Roatan (GB) Speartooth (GB) Benrish (IRE) Asian Power (IRE) You Or No One (IRE) King of Pop (GB) Sandbar (GB) Allied Powers (IRE) Poster (IRE) Sadowa Destination (GB) Golden Joker (IRE) Harwalla (IRE) Makfi (GB) Espinosa (GB) Voila Ici (IRE) Cima de Triomphe (IRE) Ercolini (IRE) T'As d'Beaux Yeux (GB) Welmark (GB) Diamont Dal (GB)

King's Best (USA) Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) Captain Rio (GB) Dr Fong (USA) Pivotal (GB) Fantastic Light (USA) Mujahid (USA) Dansili (GB) Pivotal (GB) Choisir (AUS) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Oasis Dream (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Doyen (IRE) Dubai Destination (USA) Sadler's Wells (USA) One Cool Cat (USA) Dubawi (IRE) Montjeu (IRE) Invincible Spirit (IRE) Holy Bull (USA) Pivotal (GB) Cape Cross (IRE) Refuse To Bend (IRE) King's Best (USA) Cape Cross (IRE) Singspiel (IRE) Fantastic Light (USA) Green Desert (USA) King's Best (USA) Night Shift (USA) Galileo (IRE) Tale of The Cat (USA) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Aussie Rules (USA) Dr Fong (USA) Dr Fong (USA) Medecis (GB) Rakti (GB) Orpen (USA) Montjeu (IRE) High Chaparral (IRE) Red Ransom (USA) Marju (IRE) Traditionally (USA) Sadler's Wells (USA) Medicean (GB) Green Desert (USA) Lando (GER) Traditionally (USA) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Lomitas (GB) Montjeu (IRE) Oasis Dream (GB) Verglas (IRE) Trans Island (GB) Royal Applause (GB) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Compton Place (GB) Linamix (FR) Statue of Liberty (USA) War Chant (USA) Dr Fong (USA) Dr Fong (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Dansili (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Dansili (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Peintre Celebre (USA) Peintre Celebre (USA) Dansili (GB) Distant Music (USA) Dansili (GB) Verglas (IRE) Dubai Destination (USA) Orpen (USA) Montjeu (IRE) Desert Prince (IRE) Chevalier (IRE) Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Fasliyev (USA) Anabaa (USA) Desert Style (IRE) Green Tune (USA) Lemon Drop Kid (USA) Daylami (IRE) Hernando (FR) Refuse To Bend (IRE) Bertolini (USA) Falbrav (IRE) King's Best (USA) Oasis Dream (GB) Invincible Spirit (IRE) Johannesburg (USA) Dubai Destination (USA) Shinko Forest (IRE) Desert Style (IRE) Dubawi (IRE) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Daylami (IRE) Galileo (IRE) Pyrus (USA) Red Ransom (USA) Mark of Esteem (IRE) Mtoto

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Age/sex Dam

3c 3f 3f 4f 5h 3f 5h 4c 4f 3c 4c 5h 4f 3f 3g 6h 4g 3c 4f 6g 4f 4f 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 7g 5h 3c 5g 4c 4c 3c 2f 3f 3f 5m 3f 3c 4c 3f 3c 8g 4f 3c 4f 7g 3c 3f 5h 4c 4f 5m 3c 3c 4c 3f 3f 4f 4f 3g 3f 3f 3f 3f 4c 3c 3f 4c 4c 3c 6h 3c 3f 3c 4c 3f 9g 5g 3f 3c 5m 4f 3c 4f 5h 5g 3c 3c 5g 4f 3c 3f 5h 4c 3f 6h 4g 3c 4c 5h 5h 3f 3f 6h 6g

Ctry

Date

Angel of The Gwaun (IRE) Jpn Holly Blue (GB) Saf Nasaria (IRE) Gr Sumingasefa (GB) Ity Lorne Lady (GB) Ity Timiram (IRE) Ity Eye To Eye (GB) Ity Guntakal (IRE) Ity Pietra Dura (GB) Usa Femme Celebre (IRE) Fr Mille Miglia (IRE) Fr Tuxford Hideaway Mac Infiel (GB) Ity Jetbeeah (IRE) Fr Yara (IRE) Usa Endorsement (GB) Fr Catch The Moon (IRE) Hk Wigman (USA) Ity Pleiade (FR) Usa Yellow Trumpet (GB) Hk Satin Finish (IRE) Gr Fun And Games (IRE) Fr Gossamer (GB) Fr Enrich (USA) Fr Rawabi (GB) Fr Wood Vine (USA) Fr Forum Floozie (NZ) Fr Dunnes River (USA) Usa Susu (GB) Gr Noble Rose (IRE) Fr Photo Flash (IRE) Usa Actrice (IRE) Fr Rolly Polly (IRE) Fr Plante Rare (IRE) Fr Ganar El Cielo (GB) Fr Divine Secret (GB) Ity Divine Secret (GB) Ity Ensenada (IRE) Gr Cidaris (IRE) Ity Fedian (IRE) Ity Maskaya (IRE) Sin Secrete Marina (IRE) Fr Style Setter (USA) Fr Comic (IRE) Hk Kind of Loving (GB) Fr Hanami (GB) Fr Saturnalia (GB) Usa Ya Tarra (GB) Gr Sky Dancing (IRE) Gny Dunbrody (FR) Fr Farthingale (IRE) Hk Heed The Way (USA) Ity Ingozi (GB) Usa The Faraway Tree (GB) Usa Apostrophe (IRE) Fr Chatsworth Bay (IRE) Spa Travesty (IRE) Usa Shamadara (IRE) Fr Anthyllis (IRE) Usa Labour of Love (USA) Fr Energetic Star (GB) Fr Green Minstrel (FR) Hk Freezing Love (USA) Fr Freezing Love (USA) Fr Hasili (IRE) Fr Revealing (GB) Fr Kid Gloves (GB) Fr Winter Solstice (GB) Fr Western Appeal (USA) Fr Binche (USA) Fr Binche (USA) Fr Winter Solstice (GB) Fr Stardom (GB) Gr Prophecy (IRE) Fr Pacy's Ridge (IRE) Fr Jade Chequer (GB) Gr Safe Exit (FR) Tur Notable (GB) Fr Suedoise (GB) Usa Omanah (USA) Hk Butterfly Cove (USA) Usa Miss Moore (IRE) Hk Match Point (GB) Jpn Lady Luck (IRE) Usa Cover Girl (IRE) Fr Diamond White (GB) Fr Tobiano (USA) Fr Celestial Lagoon (JPN) Fr Napoli (GB) Fr Miss Trish (IRE) Fr Cynara (GB) Sin Desperate Virgin (BEL) Spa Sandbox (IRE) Fr Shifting Sands (FR) Fr Always Friendly (GB) Fr Whipped Queen (USA) Hk Sadowa (GER) Ity Westside Girl (USA) Ity Senebrova (GB) Sin Dhelaal (GB) Fr Dance Lesson (GB) Usa Far Hope (GB) Ity Sopran Londa (IRE) Ity Bajan Belle (IRE) Spa Torrealta (GB) Fr Welimina (IRE) Fr Oriental Empress (GB) Gr

04/4/10 02/5/10 12/3/10 18/4/10 01/5/10 02/5/10 17/4/10 18/4/10 10/4/10 02/5/10 30/4/10 17/4/10 18/4/10 30/4/10 01/5/10 13/4/10 07/4/10 18/4/10 22/4/10 21/4/10 26/3/10 01/5/10 09/4/10 04/5/10 01/5/10 08/5/10 03/5/10 07/4/10 19/3/10 25/4/10 24/4/10 20/4/10 08/4/10 11/4/10 28/4/10 07/4/10 17/4/10 26/3/10 11/4/10 25/4/10 18/4/10 08/4/10 20/4/10 25/4/10 08/5/10 09/4/10 21/4/10 05/3/10 02/5/10 20/4/10 25/4/10 11/4/10 07/4/10 17/4/10 07/5/10 11/4/10 29/4/10 02/5/10 18/4/10 04/5/10 25/4/10 10/4/10 13/4/10 02/5/10 15/4/10 09/4/10 15/4/10 11/4/10 27/4/10 08/4/10 01/5/10 08/5/10 19/3/10 19/4/10 15/4/10 15/3/10 14/4/10 25/4/10 17/4/10 21/4/10 15/4/10 07/4/10 18/4/10 09/4/10 27/4/10 23/4/10 06/5/10 02/5/10 09/4/10 04/5/10 24/4/10 25/4/10 14/4/10 08/5/10 06/5/10 21/4/10 11/4/10 09/4/10 09/4/10 08/4/10 25/4/10 11/4/10 14/4/10 25/4/10 01/5/10 29/4/10 25/3/10

Racecourse

Distance

Nakayama Greyville Athens Milan Rome Rome Milan Rome Santa Anita Longchamp Toulouse Taipa Rome Toulouse Hollywood Park Saint-Cloud Happy Valley Rome Keeneland Happy Valley Athens La Teste De Buch Saint-Cloud Maisons-Laffitte La Teste De Buch Saint-Cloud Bordeaux Le Bouscat Keeneland Athens Longchamp Lone Star Park Longchamp Maisons-Laffitte Longchamp Maisons-Laffitte Milan Milan Athens Milan Rome Kranji Maisons-Laffitte Longchamp Sha Tin Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud Keeneland Athens Frankfurt Longchamp Sha Tin Rome Keeneland Santa Anita Fontainebleau Zarzuela Pimlico Longchamp Santa Anita Lyon-Parilly Longchamp Sha Tin Saint-Cloud Longchamp Longchamp Saint-Cloud Longchamp Longchamp Chantilly Maisons-Laffitte Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud Athens Maisons-Laffitte Longchamp Athens Istanbul Longchamp Aqueduct Happy Valley Santa Anita Happy Valley Hanshin Gulfstream Park Chantilly Chateaubriant Longchamp Longchamp Saint-Cloud Maisons-Laffitte Kranji Zarzuela Le Croise-Laroche Saint-Cloud Longchamp Happy Valley Milan Rome Kranji Maisons-Laffitte Calder Milan Milan Zarzuela Saint-Cloud Longchamp Athens

1m3f 1m 6f 1m2f 1m1f 1m2f110y 5f 1m 1m 1m 7f 7f110y 6f 1m2f110y 7f 1m2f110y 6f 1m 1m1f 5f 7f 1m1f110y 1m 1m 1m1f110y 1m 1m4f 7f 7f 1m2f 1m 1m2f 6f 1m2f110y 5f 1m 1m1f 1m 1m 1m 1m 7f 1m2f 1m2f 1m4f 1m2f110y 7f 7f 1m2f 1m2f 1m 1m2f110y 1m 1m2f 7f 7f 5f 1m4f 1m 1m3f 1m 5f 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m110y 1m3f 1m 1m1f 1m 1m2f 7f 1m1f 7f 6f 7f 1m3f 1m 1m55y 6f 6f 7f 1m 6f 1m1f 1m 1m4f 1m2f 6f 7f 1m3f 1m2f110y 1m2f110y 1m4f 1m3f 1m3f 5f 5f110y 7f 1m1f 1m2f 1m1f 1m 1m2f110y 1m2f 1m4f

Prize-money

£33,289 £13,075 (Gr2) £8,398 £8,274 £21,061 (L) £9,402 £21,061 (L) £21,062 (L) £17,778 £12,389 £9,292 £23,413 £30,088 (Gr3) £24,336 (L) £8,519 £14,602 £38,544 £63,938 (Gr3) £17,000 £28,341 £9,690 £8,407 £10,619 £10,619 £11,947 £12,832 £14,602 £16,296 £27,908 £35,398 (Gr3) £18,519 £9,735 £19,965 £65,575 (Gr2) £10,619 £8,274 £21,061 (L) £9,303 £21,061 (L) £8,274 £15,333 £35,398 (Gr3) £15,044 £636,436 (Gr1) £8,407 £9,292 £11,111 £9,367 £28,319 (Gr3) £15,044 £38,544 £21,061 (L) £18,259 £55,556 (Gr2) £8,850 £8,850 £8,444 £10,619 £17,778 £10,619 £20,796 £34,010 £11,062 £24,124 £12,832 £10,619 £14,602 £15,044 £15,044 £23,009 (L) £65,575 (Gr2) £65,575 (Gr2) £9,367 £24,336 (L) £11,062 £8,398 £16,116 £10,619 £8,519 £28,341 £10,370 £38,544 £69,907 £13,704 £24,336 (L) £11,504 £19,965 £14,602 £15,044 £11,062 £8,256 £10,619 £10,619 £35,398 (Gr3) £35,398 (Gr3) £38,544 £8,274 £8,274 £12,974 £35,398 (Gr3) £9,259 £8,274 £8,274 £21,239 £12,832 £19,965 £28,780

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YOUR SAY

Tote privatisation must be put on back burner PETER JONES Former Tote Chairman

Sale not a priority for Lib-Cons but modernisation of the levy is essential

H

aving recovered from the drama of the general election, it’s time to think about what the new government might mean for racing. The LibCons take over at a time when racing is facing its worst financial crisis for 20 years so the sport expects a lot of the new boys. First, we must hope the Tote is kept safe for our sport. Labour got itself into a terrible tangle, making umpteen mistakes during its 13-year tenure.

Having missed the chance to pass the Tote to racing, Labour failed to sell the business on the open market, then continued to destabilise the Tote by pressing for the sale in recent months when all hope of a good financial deal had long passed.

What will the new coalition make of the Tote? It’s early days but it is believed there is no appetite to sell.

Market conditions remain poor and the Tote’s value has slumped to a maximum of £200 million, of which half has been pledged to racing. After coping with legislative costs, Tote debt and pension deficits, the government would be left with a paltry sum at a time when the Tote’s contribution to racing is higher, relatively, than at any stage in the past 15 years.

Jeremy Hunt, MP for South West Surrey, basically Farnham, Godalming and parts of Guildford, has been appointed senior minister at DCMS. Hugh Robertson has the sports portfolio within the department. His constituency is Faversham in Kent and he’s a playing member of the MCC. Neither have a racecourse in their constituency, nor have they a special interest in racing. In opposition, both pledged support for racing, but words are cheap before the reality of power and huge deficits concentrate the mind. The best hope is that thoughts of Tote privatisation are put on the back burner and that racing can continue to rely on the company’s profits remaining in the sport for the next few years at least.

Apart from the Tote, ministers might be called on to settle the annual wrangle between bookmakers and racing over the contribution made by bookies. In one of his last acts before leaving the job last year, Rob Hughes, for ten years Levy Board Chairman, pushed through an early settlement of the levy, with racing reluctantly accepting a rollover of the 10% share of

bookmakers’ gross profits that go into the Levy Board.

That 10% has declined at an alarming rate in recent years as horseracing has lost much of its popularity, especially in betting shops, where the quick wins offered by roulette machines have proved more alluring to punters. In the year ending March 2010, levy receipts may be as low as £80m, down by more than £10m in a year and still falling. The full effects of the movement of bookmakers’ remote betting operations (telephone and e-betting) offshore have still to be fully reflected in the 2009-10 returns.

In quantifying the sport’s needs in its submission to the Levy Board in April 2010, it is believed racing has asked for in excess of £120m annually, which would require a levy of 15% to satisfy. Within the current levy system this is a very tall order and to make its dreams come true the BHA is committed to modernising the levy quickly. It will undoubtedly be seeking the support of the new government in achieving this objective.

The Labour government tried to modernise the Levy Board for close on ten years and failed to come up with a new formula acceptable to racing and betting.

Now it’s the coalition’s task, but it seems unlikely racing will get anything other than warm words given the other business on the government’s agenda.

In the meantime the Levy Board is close to catastrophe as it tries to balance the books.

Having overspent on prize-money in 2009 it is now curtailing support for racetrack improvement schemes, whilst still proclaiming on its website that it has a £51m Capital Fund. On no account should that fund be raided to support a continuing revenue deficit. Selling the family silver rarely works in the longer run.

Worse is in the pipeline for prize-money. The reduction in the second half of 2010 is likely to be followed by deeper cuts in the new year.

At last, Racing For Change is giving hope for the future, but those benefits will take time to come through and more urgent surgery will be necessary if a total collapse is to be prevented.

Our new ministers may prefer to concentrate on their own deficit rather than get entangled in racing’s problems.

“The Levy Board is

close to catastrophe as it tries to balance the books; prizemoney is suffering

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THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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