March 2011 - Thoroughbred Owner and Breeder

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Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder inc Pacemaker March 2011

£4.95 | March 2011 | Issue 79

Incorporating

Hunting for Festival Gold Robert Waley-Cohen bids for Cheltenham glory with son Sam and Long Run

Plus ■ Paul Townend’s meteoric rise to top jockey status ■ British National Hunt sires: launching a fightback ■ Peter Jones runs the rule over the Tote contenders

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...Dylan Thomas excelled over middle distances but there’s every reason to believe he could have a fast start with his first crop: he is by proven sire of sires Danehill, is a half-brother to unbeaten juvenile filly Queen’s Logic [dam of top 2YO and sprinter Lady of the Desert] and he broke his maiden in the June of his two-year-old season…

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All Gr.1 winning trainers with first crop 2YO’s in their yards: PASCAL BARY JM BEGUIGNE JIM BOLGER MICK CHANNON ROGER CHARLTON PAUL COLE CLIVE COX LUCA CUMANI MIKEL DELZANGLES RICHARD FAHEY JOHN GOSDEN WILLIAM HAGGAS JOHN HAMMOND RICHARD HANNON JOHN HILLS MARK JOHNSTON ELIE LELLOUCHE HUGHIE MORRISON AIDAN O’BRIEN JAMIE OSBORNE AMANDA PERRETT SIR MARK PRESCOTT JEAN-CLAUDE ROUGET ALAIN DE ROYER DUPRE TOMMY STACK SIR MICHAEL STOUTE DAVID WACHMAN

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

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We’re very excited about Dylan Thomas as the ❝ ones we have are all very good-actioned and clean-

winded horses with great minds. Every week that goes by they get stronger - just like the Danehills did.

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Aidan O’Brien

Top-class at 2 & a 6-time Gr.1 winning champion at 3 & 4.

1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe-Gr.1, 12f., from Youmzain.

King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S.-Gr.1, 12f., by 4 lengths.

Irish Champion S.-Gr.1, 10f., from Ouija Board.

Irish Champion S.-Gr.1, 10f., from Duke of Marmalade.

Prix Ganay-Gr.1, 10½f., in record time.

Irish Derby-Gr.1, 12f., by 3½ lengths.

Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial S.-Gr.2, 10f.

Irish Breeders’ Foal Levy Stakes, 7f., Leopardstown, from German 2000 Guineas winner Royal Power (at 2).

Maiden, 7f., Tipperary, by a length (at 2).

Autumn S.-Gr.3, 8f., Salisbury, btn a neck (at 2).

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£4.95 | March 2011 | Issue 79

Incorporating

Hunting for Festival Gold Robert Waley-Cohen bids for Cheltenham glory with son Sam and Long Run

Plus

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■ Paul Townend’s meteoric rise to top jockey status ■ British National Hunt sires: launching a fightback ■ Peter Jones runs the rule over the Tote contenders

Cover: Robert Waley-Cohen Photo: George Selwyn

EDWARD ROSENTHAL

Racing’s lack of column inches a sign of the times I

t may seem morbid to start this column with a reference to dead horses, especially with the carnival that is the Cheltenham Festival fast approaching. Yet the incident that cost two young hurdlers their lives in Newbury’s paddock on Totesport Trophy day, and its reporting in the wider press, deserves some comment.

After much delay, it was confirmed that Marching Song and Fenix Two had died of electrocution, the result of leakage from an electricity cable under the parade ring. No-one had ever seen an incident like it before and it must be hoped that such scenes will never be repeated on a British racecourse.

When a racing item makes the television news programmes, you know that either something very good or very bad has happened. This, regrettably, fell firmly into the latter camp.

It is unfortunate that at a time when our sport had appeared to be making some headway with the wider public – aided by AP McCoy’s Sports Personality of the Year triumph, itself helped by the much and often unfairly derided Racing For Change – a setback such as this occurred.

The Sunday papers, in recent times so quick to dismiss racing with a token gesture – Harbinger’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes performance, for example, was deemed worthy of a whole quarter page in The Sunday Times – couldn’t get enough of the Newbury tragedy.

Admittedly, such a freak occurrence was always destined to be big news, but one can’t help thinking that racing will struggle to achieve its goal of resonating with a bigger audience if the real stories aren’t being told.

Thankfully, the Cheltenham Festival is one of the occasions when our sport really does connect with the wider public. This year’s extravaganza promises to be a blinder – the Champion Hurdle appeals as a potential classic – while the Gold Cup, as ever, contains enough possible stories to make News at Ten for all the right reasons.

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Undoubtedly the biggest fairytale would be if Robert Waley-Cohen’s distinctive chocolate and orange silks are carried to victory in the blue riband aboard Long Run, ridden by his son Sam, who is attempting to become the first amateur to land the prize in three decades.

Waley-Cohen, a jump racing enthusiast all his life, was also set to provide his offspring with a chance to win the Foxhunter Chase aboard his homebred Roulez Cool, however an injury to the eight-year-old means they will be chasing just the one trophy together.

In a fascinating interview with Alan Lee (pages 44-48), Waley-Cohen reveals how his interest in racing started and explains why capturing the Foxhunter would have meant as much to him as winning the Gold Cup. A precocious talent of the two-legged variety is Paul Townend, this month’s Talking To (pages 39-41). At just 20, he has been handed the job of stable jockey to Willie Mullins while Ruby Walsh if forced to sit on the sidelines through injury.

Standing in for one of the greatest jump jockeys of all time could have proved a daunting task, but the young man has grasped his opportunity with both hands. He’s already well into double figures for Grade 1 wins, including six victories aboard Champion Hurdle contender Hurricane Fly, and is relishing the prospect of some decent rides at the Festival.

Also in this issue, former Chairman Peter Jones analyses the bids battling for possession of the Tote, Britain’s National Hunt sires come under scrutiny and we look at how the recession has affected the racing industry.

As this magazine was going to press news came through that the yield for the 2011/12 levy scheme should be between £73.7 million and £80.8 million, in line with the advice from the government appointed members of the Levy Board. This subject will be covered in detail next month.

“This sport will

struggle to reach a bigger audience if the real stories aren’t being told

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CONTENTS MARCH 2011

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NEWS & VIEWS

FEATURES

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News Focus Bodugi launches

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Sir Humphrey de Trafford

Changes Your monthly news round-up

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ROA Leader

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Talking To...

Rising star Paul Townend

Horsemen’s Tariff momentum

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Race quality must be maintained

COVER STORY Robert Waley-Cohen

Tony Morris

The story behind the owner of Gold Cup fancy Long Run

TBA Leader

The Tetrarch phenomenon

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Julian Muscat On four days in the Cotswolds

INTERNATIONAL SCENE 25

View From Ireland Prunella Dobbs’s Festival target

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Continental Tales Another Jewel proves a bargain

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Going Global All American flies Aussie flag

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British Jump Stallions New names add to strength of the domestic ranks

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Sales Circuit From Europe and South Africa

The Big Preview Bankers and longshots at the Cheltenham Festival

Tote Sale Rundown on the contenders

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The Great Owner/Breeders

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Racing in the Recession Is the worst over?

Robert Waley-Cohen is hoping his colours will be victorious at Cheltenham (pages 44-48)

104 Flashback Little Owl’s 1981 Gold Cup

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쮿 Yearlings unsoundness of wind 쮿 Horses at grass

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ROA Forum New website launched

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BBM Focus Great month for British-based sires

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TBA Forum Stallion Parade a big success

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Racing Welfare Four pages of news and views

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Vet Forum Equine genetics and musculoskeletal injuries

DATA BOOK 94

Caulfield Files Dom Alco’s sons shine

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National Hunt Grade Ones Results and analysis

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Beginning in 2011, for 50% of the stallion’s advertised fee, European stallion managers can ensure that their stallions’ entire foal crops for 2011 and 2012 will be nominated for free to the Breeders’ Cup’s $30 million (U.S. Dollars) racing programs, including the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

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NEWS Stories from the racing world

New date for breeze-up sale

A new online betting game has been launched which enables players to bet against friends and the public on a variety of sports, including horseracing, for cash prizes.

Bodugi, the creation of professional punter Dave Nevison and Racing UK presenter Michael Wilson, is described as “social betting” and allows players to post comments and exchange views as they play.

Players can select a public or private game and a stake – which could be racing at Cheltenham for £5 – making their selection in each race. Points are accumulated throughout the card and the player(s) with the most points at the end of the game wins. Scores are updated online after every race to reflect results.

“We spotted a gap in the betting market – I think we were lucky in that the timing is right for Bodugi,” said Nevison, who has spent the last 18 months working on the project.

“Every company and business is moving towards social marketing. Our product is social betting, aimed at the online-savvy, Facebook generation – not necessarily younger people, although they might be quicker to pick it up.

“We are starting with racing and football but will begin to roll out other sports such as motor racing and golf, and we will have THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

a game ready for the Rugby World Cup which starts in September.”

Nevison, who said that Bodugi’s takeout from each game is “very competitive”, believes the venture will be a hit with people wanting a higher level of enjoyment from their betting experience.

He said: “Peer-to-peer betting is far more engaging than traditional betting, especially when you can exchange opinions with your friends. Bodugi provides guaranteed entertainment throughout the whole day, unlike a placepot bet, for example, which can be over after the first race. You get more bang for your buck with us!

“This year we will be targeting ladies’ days as we believe many women are intimidated by betting with bookmakers – with Bodugi they can play with their friends and enjoy a day at the races without having to bet over the counter.”

As a UK-based venture, Bodugi will pay levy on racing bets. It will also provide an opportunity for organisations and companies that set up games to receive 5% cash back on those games.

Nevison added: “We want to support the racing industry and paying levy is a way of doing that.”

See www.bodugi.com for more details.

GEORGE SELWYN

Bodugi enters the betting jungle

The European breeze-up sales season gets under way in March at a slightly later date than usual, with the Goffs Ready-to-Run Sale at Kempton having been put back to Tuesday, March 29.

Now in its fifth year, the sale was the first of its kind in Europe to have two-year-olds breeze on Polytrack. Initially staged on the Friday before the Cheltenham Festival, it is hoped that the near three-week rollback will be beneficial for consignors.

“The surface and location so close to London and Heathrow are ideal for a sale of this kind,” said Goffs’ Chief Executive Henry Beeby. “The new date has allowed us to work with our vendors to produce a truly world-class catalogue.”

The catalogue features the first two-yearolds by Amadeus Wolf, a graduate of Tattersalls’ Craven breeze-up sale at which he was bought back by his vendor, Con Marnane of Bansha House Stables.

Marnane consigns eight juveniles at the Goffs sale, including a colt and a filly by Amadeus Wolf.

He said: “I couldn’t be happier with the Amadeus Wolf two-year-olds. I have five or six to sell this year and they’ve been very easy to work with. Their temperaments makes them very easy to train.”

Marnane also approves of the sale’s later date. He added: “It’s after Cheltenham and the Dubai World Cup, and that’s fantastic.

I love the idea of breezing in the morning and selling in the afternoon.”

Tattersalls stages just one breeze-up auction in Newmarket this season having dropped its sale in Guineas week.

The Craven Sale runs from April 12 to 14, ahead of the DBS breeze-up sale on April 19 and 20. The first breeze-up sales for Tattersalls Ireland and Brightwells at Ascot are on April 28 and May 7 respectively.

Henry Beeby: later date beneficial

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NEWS

Positive response to Racing Welfare lottery Racing Welfare has launched The Racing Lottery, offering weekly cash prizes and a monthly draw for a “unique racing experience”.

Unveiled at Warwick racecourse on February 12, the lottery gained 200 players within a week and organisers have been delighted with the response.

“Feedback is the most important thing to us and, across the board, we’ve had a really positive response to The Racing Lottery,” said

Racing Welfare’s Fundraising and Communications Executive Richard Negus.

“I think the fact that we are not just saying we need money, but actually getting out there and trying to do something fun and practical, has helped and we’re really pleased by the results.”

The Racing Lottery costs £1 per week, with players issued a unique five-digit number for each line played. The weekly draw is held each Friday, with a first prize of

£1,000 and other prizes of £500 and £250.

Players who pay by direct debit are entered into a monthly draw called Red Letter Days for VIP race badges and visits to trainers’ yards and studs.

The first of these is for a trip for two to the John Smith’s Grand National on April 9. The prize includes a course walk with Grand National-winning trainer David Pipe, lunch in the Chairman’s box and a chance to join Richard Hoiles in the commentary box.

Jeremy Gask has produced a DVD

Gask’s free training offer Wiltshire-based trainer Jeremy Gask has produced a DVD to launch a new three months free training offer to owners and breeders.

The DVD, a copy of which is included in this magazine, includes a review of the facilities at Horses First Racing in Sutton Veny, Warminster, including the Seawalker, high-speed treadmill, extensive private gallops and Vitafloor.

Full details of the unique free training offer for the coming Flat turf season are explained in interviews with Gask, who sent out 22 winners last year, and Eamonn Wilmott, co-owner of Horses First Racing.

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Don’t Push It will have to defy 11st 10lb if he is to become the first horse since Red Rum to win back-to-back Grand Nationals after being allotted joint top weight for this year’s renewal.

He shares that burden with Neptune Collonges, recently successful in the Grade 2 Argento Chase at Cheltenham, who could bid to give champion trainer Paul Nicholls his first triumph in the Aintree marathon.

Nicholls has ten entries in total, with Niche Market (10st 13lb), pulled up in the 2010 race, the most fancied.

Of the 101 entries, 34 are trained in Ireland and one trained in France. The maximum fields size is 40, which means that any horse handed less than 10st will struggle to get into the final field.

The Trevor Hemmings-owned Ballabriggs (11st), trained by Donald McCain, heads the betting for the John Smith’s Grand National on April 9, worth a record £950,000.

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EMMA BERRY

National weights

JP McManus: one National in the bag

New look line-up at the NSFA The committee of the Newmarket Stud Farmers’ Association has a new look since its recent AGM, with Julian Wilson having been appointed Chairman.

Wilson, who has run Grove Farm Stud at Wickhambrook since 1986, has Newsells Park Stud’s Julian Dollar as his Vice-Chairman. Both are TBA Board members.

“There’s a nice bit of continuity between the two organisations,” said Wilson. “The fundamental aim of the NSFA is to promote Newmarket studs, so it’s encouraging to see

that people are still willing to invest in this area. There have been some wonderful horses bred here over the years and long may that continue.”

Vet Andrew McGladdery of Rossdale & Partners and Simon Mockridge of Juddmonte Farms are the two new faces on the committee.

Wilson added: “It’s very useful to have a vet on the committee. There have already been quite a few challenges for me and I’ve had to learn things like the disease protocols and codes of practice off by heart.”

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Tweenhills Times

Tweenhills Farm & Stud Tweenhills Racing David Redvers Bloodstock

MARCH 2011

FOALING FRENZY February at Tweenhills has seen a host of foals being born, including five arrivals in the space of 24 hours.

The night of 9th/10th February kicked off at 10.30pm with the birth of a Sleeping Indian colt out of Startori, then within the hour a colt by Dubawi out of Group 3 winner Marine Bleue was born. Foaling manager, Julie May, was on-hand as she lives just above the stables, although both mares proved to be the perfect mothers with their foals soon up on their feet drinking.

Julie’s 15 years foaling experience was further tested in the early hours of the morning as the mare Rapid Ransom became unsettled before foaling her Invincible Spirit half-brother to Stakes fillies Rare Ransom and Ransomed Bride. A wake-up call to David Redvers ensured some extra help but all was well.

Finally Julie managed to catch-up on an hour’s sleep whilst Australian veterinary student, Marcel Walsh, carried on the night-watch duties. Just before dawn a mare from France, Divergence, produced a filly by Dalakhani. In the morning all the foals showed healthy weights on the new scales at Tweenhills.

PEARLS SENT TO TRAINERS Various trainers across Europe and USA have been sent horses for Pearl Bloodstock this season.

The highly rated filly, Miss Zooter, has gone into training with Ben Cecil in California. In addition, horses have recently been sent to French trainers John Hammond and Mikel Delzangles, who will also train the Gr.1 winner Total Gallery for Qatar Bloodstock.

Makfi is proving popular with French breeders

THE FRENCH INVASION

However, as before the majority of Pearl Bloodstock’s horses will be trained in the UK and Ireland.

BIG BROTHER

Makfi is proving very popular in France, with leading French studs such as Haras du Mezeray, Haras du Cadran, Haras du Meautry, Haras du Monceaux and HH Aga Khan’s Studs sending mares.

Tweenhills’ French representative, Henri Bozo, said: “It is no surprise Makfi has gone down so well with French breeders, after all he was the only horse in the world good enough to beat Goldikova in 2010.”

Makfi’s first two test mares have now successfully been scanned in-foal.

Big Brother has arrived at Tweenhills with a dramatic increase in surveillance cameras. Stallions are now on 24 hour watch, plus the new covering barn and all the yards have cameras overlooking them to ensure safety and security.

This Dubawi colt ex Marine Bleue was one of five foals born within 24 hours

profile Mike Davies, Resident Vet How long have you been at Tweenhills?

I’m over from Australia for the season, as I was in 2007. Back home I run my own equine veterinary practice, but I also have a farm near Tweenhills as my parents still live in the UK. What changes have you seen at Tweenhills?

It is a much bigger and better organisation, with a marked increase in the value and quality of the bloodstock. There is also a greater variety of studs now sending mares, so I need to brush-up on my French.

What is your role?

I am in every day examining the mares, foals etc, not to mention ensuring the hunters are okay and treating the dog!

What do you enjoy most?

David’s wit and compassion.

Other interests?

Apart from being a sheep farmer, I play polo and recently played for the Mandalay Polo Team in Thailand.

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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 Newbury Andrew Thompson Towcester Mattie Batchelor Nicky Henderson Robert Winston Peter Cundell Richard Gibson Johnny Weatherby Noel Quinlan Salisbury David Williams Hugh Collingridge Paul Fitzsimons David Pipe John Smith’s Dean McKeown

Section of electricity cable removed from the paddock area after two horses are killed on Totesport Trophy day Leaves as controller of Channel 4 Racing after five years, with Jamie Aitchison taking over Northamptonshire racecourse hopes to construct a greyhound track and become a dual-purpose venue Popular jump jockey breaks bone in his neck following fall at Southwell Saddles his 2,000th winner over jumps in Britain; only three others have achieved that feat – Martin Pipe, Arthur Stephenson and Arthur Yates Relocating to France to become stable jockey to Eoghan O’Neill, although still hopes to ride in the UK Handler of talented jumpers Bachelor’s Hall and Celtic Ryde calls time on training career; his remaining horses will move to Jonny Portman Trainer, 41, will leave Chantilly to set up in Hong Kong for 2011/12 season; his yard will be taken on by Makfi’s trainer Mikel Delzangles Will succeed the Duke of Devonshire as Her Majesty’s Representative and senior trustee at Ascot after this year’s royal meeting Takes over training duties from brother Mick at Athnid Stables in Newmarket Named best Flat racecourse in the Neil Wyatt Racecourse Groundstaff Awards Quits as clerk of the course and estates manager at Doncaster Decides not to renew trainer’s licence after becoming “totally disenchanted with the way the industry is being run” 31-year-old quits the saddle to take over training duties at the stable of his late partner, Julia Tooth, whom he had previously assisted Records a winner at every British jumps track following Hunterview’s victory at Musselburgh on February 6 Extends sponsorship of the John Smith’s Cup at York for a further three years until 2014 Jockey who is serving a four-year ban from racing brings a libel action against At The Races regarding a live interview with the channel

RACEHORSE AND STALLION – MOVEMENTS AND RETIREMENTS Voy Por Ustedes Wiener Walzer Tartan Bearer Kaldounevees She’s Our Mark Zoowraa Calming Influence Needle Gun Or Noir De Somoza Well Armed Eastern Aria

Sir Robert Ogden’s ten-year-old chaser joins Nicky Henderson having previously been trained by Alan King, for whom he won five Grade 1s Winner of the 2009 German Derby moves to Andre Fabre’s stable from Jens Hirschberger Runner-up in the 2008 Derby will begin stallion career in Libya after being sold by Ballymacoll Stud Sire of Group 1 winners Ange Gabriel and Terre A Terre relocates from Haras Nationaux to new stud Haras de Saint-Sauveur, where his fee is €1,200 Tough and talented daughter of Ishiguru, a Group 3 winner at a mile, ten and 12 furlongs, sold to Moyglare Stud for racing and breeding purposes Unbeaten daughter of Azamour, as low as 14-1 for the 1,000 Guineas, leaves Michael Jarvis to join Mahmood Al Zarooni in Dubai Group 2-winning son of King’s Best sold to stand at Kobylany Stud in Slovakia Sire of prolific chase winner Yes Sir and promising hurdler Kerb Appeal moves to Lodge Farm, Warmington from Dunraven Stud in Wales Leading chaser in France rejoins the David Pipe stable ahead of a crack at the Grand National Eight-year-old, whose 14-length victory in the 2009 Dubai World Cup is a race record, is retired Leaves Mark Johnston stable, along with Corsica, for Saudi Arabia after being sold to King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and sons

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Lord Wolverton Peter Trivass Jack Tyner Prince Saud bin Khaled Lady Clague Elliott Burch Cyril Stein John Breslin Cary Jackson

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Former owner with Martin Pipe who enjoyed success on the point-to-point circuit in the 1950s and 1960s Owner of Northmore Stud with his wife Sue who bred Kite Wood, runner-up in the 2009 St Leger, and Group 3 winner Azmeel Son of trainer Robert Tyner dies following a fall at Dungarvan point-to-point Saudi Arabian breeder of Group/Grade 1 winners Biondetti and Lear’s Princess under the Palides Investments banner Owner/breeder whose best performers included Prix de l’Abbaye winner Namid and Irish Oaks heroine Winona US Hall of Fame trainer who handled champions such as Sword Dancer, Arts And Letters and Fort Marcy Bookmaking giant who worked for Ladbrokes, helping to diversify the company; he also saved the Grand National in the 1970s Owner of 1999 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Seazun who had most of his horses in training with Mick Channon Maryland owner/breeder who owned Fox Harbor Farm with wife Ann and bred stakes-winning half-siblings Euonymus and Jamming

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BATTLE FOR THE TOTE

The final

COUNTDOWN As the Tote sale saga heads towards its conclusion, former Chairman Peter Jones looks at the leading contenders and analyses which bids would most benefit British racing

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acing is backing the TOTE FOUNDATION, a charitable trust that would run independently from racing under the current management team, which includes Chairman Mike Smith and Chief Executive Trevor Beaumont (pictured).

The foundation, functioning with a board sitting under a board of trustees, would put up a cash sum to government and continue to make an ongoing contribution to racing, while retaining the Tote’s head office in Wigan.

Yet, while racing can only be delighted to get confirmation from the DCMS minster Jeremy Hunt that it will receive 50% of the sale proceeds, it leaves a lingering

“Fred Done has always cast

covetous eyes in the direction of his bigger rival in Wigan” concern over prospects for racing’s real ambition – success for the Tote Foundation. The minister clearly believes that government and racing’s interests are now aligned in getting the highest price for the Tote, so placing the Tote Foundation at a disadvantage, whilst recognising the wider issues involved.

However, this view does not take into account the fact that racing receives more than £19 million a year from the Tote, including the levy, and that estimates of racing’s share of the sale is £50m, dribbled out over a period of time to satisfy European state aid regulations.

Racecourses are expecting better given their on-course relations with the Tote and the growing business coming from Tote betting on TV pictures distributed internationally.

One question still clouding the Tote sale issue is over what happens to the pool monopoly after disposal. Can a new purchaser be given exclusivity over what racecourses believe to be their property?

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CORAL and Betfred are best positioned as they will merge the Tote

into their existing businesses and gain significant synergies in consequence. Those overhead savings when multiplied through into overall valuations will give existing bookmakers a likely £50m start over their rivals.

Coral, which is significantly bigger than Betfred, would be clear favourite were it not for doubts about funding. The company has been in the hands of a succession of venture capitalists, first on buyout from Bass and then in partnership with Gala Bingo. The current shareholders are a consortium of VCs including Apollo, Cerebus, Park Square and York Capital Management.

With so many capital reorganisations in recent years and with a new management team in place, it remains to be seen whether Gala Coral will go the extra mile to win the race for the Tote despite the overwhelming business logic supporting them.

Coral has long been a friend of racing and the Tote. When Tote Direct was formed in 1992 to provide terminals in betting shops to take Tote pool bets, Coral was alone amongst big bookmakers in taking the service. Trevor Beaumont, now Chief Executive at the Tote, was then with Coral and became the first bookmaker on a racing committee when joining race planning in the mid 1990s.

Then in 2008, Coral broke ranks with the bookies to take TurfTV in its shops, much to the anger of their colleagues, especially Betfred.

Coral is a major sponsor of racing, having supported the Eclipse for more than 20 years, and in 2010 sponsored 36 races worth £829,000 in winning prizemoney. In addition, Coral pays full levy as the company has remained entirely onshore.

There is little doubt as to who wants the Tote most and that is Fred Done (pictured), the hardworking proprietor of BETFRED. He built his company from scratch 40 years ago into an 840-shop chain with turnover in excess of £4 billion.

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direction of his bigger rival. Although Betfred has a telephone business and an online operation in Gibraltar, they are relatively weak in comparison with his shop business, which would rank alongside Coral in betting office numbers if the Betfred bid succeeds.

The putative chain would be relatively weak in turnover per shop, as Betfred has a large number of its outlets in secondary and tertiary positions off high street and in this respect is similar to the Tote.

Betfred has relatively little on-course experience, with a presence only at Haydock. The same applies to the pool side of the business, although the company was an early adopter of Tote Direct.

Fred Done is a racehorse owner in a small way and in 2010 sponsored 28 races worth £529,000, including Haydock’s Betfred Sprint Cup and the Temple Stakes, also at Haydock. He took over from Whitbread when the former brewer dropped the famous end-ofseason Sandown handicap, but then fell out with RHT in a spat over TurfTV. On past form, Betfred would be a less obvious supporter of racing than some of the other contenders.

THE REUBEN BROTHERS have been quoted as favourites in the

Tote race in some places, yet the brothers’ intentions are probably the least known and understood. David (pictured) and Simon are billionaires, own Northern Racing and have a 29% stake in Arena Leisure, which involves them in 16 racecourses. They consequently have a considerable vested interest in the success of the Tote on-course.

The current Tote management has often claimed that its on-course operations are unprofitable and that belief would apply in spades to the majority of Northern’s tracks. However, a restructuring of the Tote’s operations could improve on-course profitability significantly and such a plan is likely to figure in the Reubens’ thinking.

“The Reuben Brothers’ intentions

for the Tote are probably the least known and understood” They are also believed to favour the development of big pool bets to take on the National Lottery and will be well aware of the growing income from the transmission of racing pictures abroad.

With no other betting operations in their portfolio, the brothers would either have to sell the Tote’s shops and remote betting operations or continue to struggle with a fourth or fifth-placed brand.

The great strength of the Reuben Brothers bid is their deep pockets, backed by their underlying asset base. With the lack of synergies that underpin the Coral and Betfred bids, the financial logic is less compelling but the brothers are great competitors and should not be underestimated.

It is not apparent that the Reuben Brothers feel any allegiance to racing, however, and as such will continue to be regarded with suspicion by racing aficionados.

In comparison to the Reuben Brothers, SIR MARTIN BROUGHTON has been a long-time supporter of racing. A former Chairman of the British Horseracing Board, Broughton has maintained his interest in racing ownership despite the bruising time he had in racing politics.

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The Tote in numbers 1928 1961

Year founded

2001 400

Year Labour pledged to sell the Tote to racing

Betting shops legalised; prospect of Tote monopoly ended

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Percentage net proceeds of sale pledged to racing

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Gross profit in millions from latest financial accounts

11.3 514

Millions contributed to racing industry in the last financial year Tote betting shops in UK

Broughton recently set up Sports Investment Partners, an investment fund to take stakes in sports-based businesses, and is using this vehicle to front his bid. However, SIP’s blurb states that individual investments will be limited to £100 million, well short of the figure needed to secure the Tote.

This has fuelled speculation that SIP will join with others, possibly Chris Bell and friends, to make its final bid. That would bring canny management to the party as Bell and his colleagues are believed to have some progressive ideas on the pools side of the Tote’s business.

The downside of the Broughton bid is that it has no immediate synergies and will be highly leveraged. The pressure will be on to deliver super profits in the short term and there may not be room for generosity to racing.

Others that might become involved as bid partners are SPORTECH, STAN JAMES and ANDY STEWART. Sportech is probably the biggest pool operator in the world following the acquisition of Autotote. The company is part-owned by Trevor Hemmings, also 41% owner of Arena Leisure, whose love of racing is unsurpassed and he would surely love to participate in Tote ownership.

Andy Stewart (pictured) is similarly besotted with racing and has long been talked about as a backer of Tote bids. Whilst his own consortium fell at an earlier hurdle, Stewart might well emerge in some other guise.

Stan James is another dark horse contender. The company is a major sponsor, although those efforts have been financed from the levy payments the company has avoided through being offshore.

Overall, racing would be best served by the Tote Foundation, but the alternatives of Gala Coral and Betfred carry the most business logic.

The Reuben Brothers could be the surprise package as their interests are closely aligned with other racecourses and they could be unexpectedly good partners for racing as a whole.

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ROA LEADER

PAUL DIXON President Racehorse Owners Association

Momentum for tariff sends strong message Tracks that support horsemen will benefit through competitive racing

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s the Horsemen’s Tariff begins to get established, we must look at what it has so far achieved and knock down some of the misconceptions being portrayed by those who clearly want the tariff to fail.

The tariff became effective from February 7 for all jump races. An increasing number of owners and trainers are being supportive by choosing not to run their horses in races below tariff and this support is sending a strong message to racecourses. Gradually, the tariff is allowing us to refute the claim that, whatever the prize-money, ‘they’ll come’. It is important to re-emphasise the tariff is a guide that provides owners and trainers with minimum levels of prize-money for which we recommend they should be running. The tariff was never intended to coerce owners and trainers to boycott meetings.

We want the tariff to increase competition between courses, ensuring that those which meet the tariff have the expectation they will attract more runners and better quality fields. Already there are glowing examples of jump courses that are meeting the tariff for most of their races.

Top of the tree is Taunton which, up to March 3, will have put on 21 races, all them above tariff. Ffos Las, Fakenham, Ludlow and Musselburgh have also proved to be tariff-friendly racecourses in these early weeks and I therefore urge you to support races at these courses that are above the specified level.

There will always be occasions when even the most avid supporters of our concept feel it necessary to run their horses in races that do not comply with the tariff.

When an owner and his trainer have been looking for a suitable race for a horse throughout the winter months, it is entirely understandable that they would not want to give up a running opportunity even if the prize-money is not compliant.

However, on those occasions where owners and trainers do have choices, I ask them to choose the race that complies with the tariff. This will help create the competitive tension that is so important to the process.

Competition for runners between tracks is not only good for the horsemen; it is good for the whole industry and should be a cornerstone of racing’s restructuring plans.

The recent agreement with Jockey Club Racecourses, in which they have pledged to put an additional £2.2 million into prize-money in 2011, has done much to enhance their relationship with the Horsemen’s Group. It means more of the races run on their 14 courses will comply with the tariff as their own contribution to prizemoney increases to £15.4m. Put into perspective, this increase means JCR now accounts for almost 50% of prize-money contributions made by all racecourses, yet are responsible for just 25% of the whole fixture list.

It is the ethos of JCR to support quality racing, yet it has been a convenient accusation made by some other racecourses that, through the tariff, the horsemen are encouraging racecourses to ‘dumb down’ their race programmes. This is not the case. The Horsemen’s Group recognises that quality racing provides the foundation of any racing industry. We would never set out to impair our international competitiveness.

Members should note that the ROA has played a very significant role in the whole tariff process in logging prize-money and tariff comparisons for each jumping fixture since the beginning of February.

We have also written to all ROA members asking them to support the tariff charter and, to date, have had approaching 2,000 indications of support from owners, trainers and jockeys against just a handful of ‘no votes’.

Our new ROA website has been invaluable in enabling us to set up an automatic voting system while listing every name of support on the website.

Yes, racing’s own example of ‘people power’ is gradually taking hold.

Those of our members who have yet to register their support by adding their name to the Horsemen’s Tariff charter should do so as soon as possible by logging on to www.racehorseowners.net

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TBA LEADER

KIRSTEN RAUSING Chairman Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association

Aiming to ensure our message is still heard But amid the round of politics we continue with core responsibilities

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n my last leader I encouraged breeders to support the Horsemen’s Tariff, but also noted the need to ensure that the overall quality of the race programme, particularly opportunities for mares and fillies, should not be diminished.

Despite assurances, I remain concerned, perhaps not by the tariff itself, but by the excuse it provides to neglect one of the most important responsibilities of British racing: to support and foster the breeding of quality racehorses. This is the cornerstone of our industry – it is what brings Royal Ascot. the Derby and now British Champions’ Day into the lives of the British public and fuels a valuable British industry.

Through representation on the BHA Racing Committee, the TBA will be lobbying to secure support for additional funding for those races that are important to the breed via an enhanced Quality Support Fund. Traditionally, this has provided a substantial Levy Board fund to aid quality racing and encouraged racecourses to match funds.

The attraction of British racing is its quality, not quantity, and we at the TBA will continue to lobby for this approach. I make no bones about the need for breeders to retain as many formal channels through which to lobby the racing industry.

A recent example of the need for this was the BHA Racing Committee’s response to our concerns about the impact of the decline in the production of horses in the UK and Ireland. These were considered an “over-reaction”.

To identify and address members’ concerns and to express them at the highest levels is a key function of the industry’s trade associations. The value they add to the industry is infinite and should be welcomed as supporting the industry’s power base, and not an unnecessary level of bureaucracy adding duplication and inefficiency.

Of course, we must embrace change and the proposals for the future structure of British racing will need careful debate, compromise and support to work. The racing industry has a complex structure. It is not surprising that

it attracts a number of intelligent, high-calibre individuals to its leadership, but they face a steep learning curve before they can be fully effective, and increasingly they have walked away from the challenge.

The TBA’s position as a stakeholder in British racing also strengthens our ability to meet our objectives, to support and maintain the thoroughbred breed beyond the confines of the racing industry, a feature which is unique to the TBA. I cannot stress too highly the importance of maintaining relationships internationally and with our own government, veterinary researchers and valuable equine funding bodies. Change which compromises the TBA’s position could threaten this vital status.

I fear members will surmise that the TBA is in danger of letting racing politics rule our every waking minute. At a time when the structure of racing is going through change, I make no excuses for the fact that we will need to devote executive and board level resources in this direction.

Despite these challenges, the TBA has not neglected its core responsibilities. I am thrilled that the recent stallion parade was a great success and, of course, uppermost in most members’ minds at this time of the year is the start of the covering season.

While many breeders have been hit hard by the recession in recent years and have adjusted numbers accordingly, it is hoped that the number of mares being bred will not fall farther if we are to meet the demands of a busy racing programme. I wish you all every success with finalising your mating plans for the year and with the current crop of foals being born.

The TBA’s Next Generation Committee holds its first event of the year on March 26 at Newbury, which also stages the EBF/TBA Mares’ Novices’ Steeplechase Finale, and our regional representatives have put together an excellent programme of meetings for 2011. Please continue to support this work.

For more details see TBA Forum, pages 78-81

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THE MAN YOU CAN’T IGNORE COMMENT

Tony Morris The story of The Tetrarch – the best juvenile of the 20th century – is particularly worth telling in his anniversary year; everything about this influential horse was phenomenal

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his year marks the centenary of the birth of one of the most extraordinary horses in the history of thoroughbred racing and breeding. Unfashionably – even eccentrically – bred, and strangely marked, he was a two-year-old of exceptional merit, a champion sire and, despite being sub-fertile and retired early from stud duties, he wielded tremendous influence on the breed.

That phenomenon was The Tetrarch, whose rise to celebrity status in various areas was impossible to envisage when Edward Kennedy effected the hastily arranged liaison of Roi Herode and Vahren in the late spring of 1910. Kennedy, who owned the Straffan Stud in County Kildare, had been obsessed with the idea of reviving the apparently moribund male line of Herod and to that end had purchased a horse called The Victory from Australia, but in April 1909 he had died young and unsuccessful, so a replacement had to be found. Could there be a more aptly named substitute than Roi Herode?

A grey son of Le Samaritain from an excellent family, Roi Herode had been bred in France. Unraced at two, he ran nine times at three for a single victory, but managed four seconds, including in the Prix du President de la Republique and the Prix Royal Oak. At four he won the Grand Prix de la Ville de Vichy and was second in his only other start in France. He made one trip to England for an unsuccessful shot at the Derby Gold Cup. As a five-year-old Roi Herode ran in both England and France again, notching his only win in the Prix de la Table over 15 furlongs at Chantilly before a second in the Doncaster Cup and failure as favourite for the Newbury Autumn Cup. Kennedy paid £2,000 for him, but was bound to acknowledge that his new acquisition needed a higher profile if he were to earn a proper chance as a stallion, so he determined to keep him in training at six.

The Chester Cup was the first aim, but not long before it Roi Herode broke down irreparably. It was already nearly three months into the breeding season and

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Kennedy had no chance of attracting many outside mares, but he did have a couple due to foal late himself, one being Vahren. A 13year-old daughter of Bona Vista bought for £200, she had won three minor races and though she failed to produce a live foal until 1908, that was Nicola, a filly by Symington who had recently won the valuable Sandown Park Stud Produce Stakes on her debut.

Vahren might as well take her chance.

At birth the product of that union appeared to be chesnut, marked with black splotches, but it soon became clear he was a grey and the splotches turned white. The colour scheme was odd, but a practised horseman could see beyond that and when Kennedy sent the colt to the 1912 Doncaster

“There was no longer room for doubt that he was exceptional and what followed on the course proved it” yearling sales he knew that for make and shape there would be few to match him. He also had a good idea who would buy him.

Persse loosens purse strings Stockbridge trainer Atty Persse had trained Nicola. He had also taken charge of Roi Herode after his purchase by Kennedy and, although he had never got him on a racecourse, had formed a high opinion of his merits. On a visit to view the Straffan yearlings, Persse was impressed by the Roi Herode-Vahren colt and determined to bid for him at Doncaster. One wag at the sale

dubbed the colt “the rocking horse” because of his odd markings, but Persse was not the only judge to admire him and he had to go to 1,300gns – a respectable sum for the son of an untried sire – to fight off the competition.

The trainer soon found a client in his cousin and patron Dermot McCalmont, passing the colt on at cost price, and the 1913 season had barely begun when he was able to assure the owner he had a bargain.

On April 3 Persse staged a gallop for four two-year-olds who were nearly ready for a race and at the last minute decided that The Tetrarch, with whom he had done very little, might as well go along. The lad riding him was instructed not to move on him and to let him drop out when the others left him.

Persse was astonished to see The Tetrarch way out in front after two furlongs, just cantering and trying to pull the boy out of the saddle. Could he believe what he had seen? He had to know, so summoned Steve Donoghue for a leg up on the colt two days later in a formal trial over five furlongs. The useful seven-year-old handicapper Captain Symons was the trial horse, at level weights with The Tetrarch, who should have been entitled to a concession of 3st 5lb weight-forage. The young one won, pulling up, in a canter. A week later Persse set The Tetrarch to give Captain Symons 14lb over the same five-furlong trip. The outcome was the same.

There was no longer room for doubt that The Tetrarch was exceptional and what followed on the racecourse proved it. He won a 21-runner Newmarket maiden by four lengths on his debut, took the Woodcote Stakes at Epsom by three, then trotted up by ten in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot.

He had a close call in the National Breeders’ Produce Stakes at Sandown Park, having been backing away from the tapes when they rose and losing a lot of ground, but he came home like a rocket to win by a neck, giving 17lb to the runner-up.

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next year’s dual Classic winner Princess Dorrie 13lb, the Champion Breeders Foal Stakes by four lengths, and the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster by three lengths. His season was not meant to end there, but on the day before his intended start in the Imperial Produce Stakes at Kempton he rapped his off-fore fetlock joint. That was that.

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No doubt who should be top How good a two-year-old was The Tetrarch? The handicapper of 1913 ranked him 10lb higher than second-best Corcyra, the Middle Park winner; that margin was unprecedented. When John Randall and I came to rate the best juveniles of every year in the 20th century, we had no doubt he should be top. Nearest to him, 1lb behind, were Tudor Minstrel and The Tetrarch’s own son Tetratema.

What manner of racehorse The Tetrarch would have been after the age of two we can only guess. On public form we know that he was an exceptional two-year-old at sprint distances, but would there have been more to him than that? Persse felt he was not quite ready for the Guineas, but afterwards regretted he had not let him run, believing “he would have won in a trot.�

The colt was said to have gone well in a mile and a half gallop in May, prompting his trainer to suggest he was unbeatable at any distance, but soon after a recurrence of the old injury ensured that he never raced again.

The Tetrarch’s stud career proved as extraordinary as his innings on the track – and for more than one reason. He appeared to have little interest in sex, never had a crop larger than 23, and in four years the tally was in single figures. He sired only 130 foals in total and for the last ten years of his life was sterile. Yet he was champion sire when his first runners were only three and twice reached third place. Persse’s insistence that he was more than a sprinter was lent some credibility through three St Leger-winning sons in Caligula, Polemarch and Salmon-Trout.

But the real celebrities among his progeny were his speedier representatives: Tetratema, a champion in each of his three seasons, and Mumtaz Mahal, the flying filly who proved best of her sex at two and three. Both played significant parts in ensuring that, despite his want of normal procreative powers, their sire became a staple ingredient of the breed, a factor – generally many times over – in the pedigree of every thoroughbred in this centenary of his birth.

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JULIAN MUSCAT COMMENT

Our columnist suggests a different tack to Festival-going – he’s planning on staying put on the weakest day, Thursday, to recharge the batteries

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or the first time since the Festival embraced a fourth day in 2005, Cheltenham now has what it feels is the optimum racing programme. Two more new races introduced this year means that each day will unfold around a seven-race card, if you include the charity race on the Thursday.

The last three-day jamboree embraced 20 races and so, with eight races subsequently added, nearly 30% of the programme didn’t exist seven years ago. A personal opinion is that quality has been impaired, although this is outweighed by the benefits of an extra day for the public and crowd restrictions that make the experience far less of a squeeze.

What isn’t quite so fathomable is why the two new races have been incorporated on Thursday, which is demonstrably weakest of the four. Those obliged to attend on all four days – and let’s face it, it’s a rank dirty job – find Thursday’s adrenaline rush is insufficient to withstand the first wave of tiredness. And while the Gold Cup is always a marvellous tonic, Friday dawns with the feeling that it will be good to get back home.

The time has therefore come to take a different tack, one commensurate with Cheltenham’s supposition that few racegoers now attend every day. After two days of hard sport, the plan is to stay in our rented house for roast lunch on Thursday and watch the action on television – work permitting, of course. Come Friday and we should be raring to go once more.

Champion Hurdle wide open It is ten years since the foot and mouth outbreak scuppered the greatest racing show on earth, but nothing can surely derail four days of Bacchanalian excess in the Cotswolds.

We approach it with the equine hierarchy in a state of flux. For the second year running Binocular displeased even his most ardent supporters in his Sandown trial. The reigning champion looked anything but, and while he is entitled to start favourite on last year’s showing, the Champion Hurdle looks wide open. Hurricane Fly, Menorah, Oscar Whisky and Peddlers Cross, all newcomers to the timber blue riband, comprise as talented a crew as we have seen for years.

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was under-appreciated as the media spun itself silly over the Denman/Kauto Star matchup. It is highly irregular that a Gold Cup favourite approaches the race without an outing in four months, but even a repeat triumph for Imperial Commander will not discharge headline writers from contemplating Kauto Star’s retirement.

“Friday dawns with the feeling that it will be good to get back home, despite the Gold Cup”

These endless equine permutations are in stark contrast to the dominance of two trainers. At the time of writing, Paul Nicholls and Nicky Henderson have seven favourites for the 13 championship races. Interestingly, however, Nicholls’s horses cling to their status from Henderson’s thrusting brigade. If Big Buck’s, Master Minded and Poquelin are the here-and-now, Bobs Worth, Finian’s Rainbow, Long Run and Grandouet represent a future more golden than Henderson, now into his 33rd season, has ever known.

Despite lacking the drama of Henry Cecil’s

Flat revival, Henderson’s second coming has been no less arresting. Yet while the raw talent at his disposal is formidable, his record in the novice hurdles at Cheltenham is poor.

Flown and River Ceiriog were rank outsiders when winning the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and many will be startled to read that he has never won the Neptune Investment or the Albert Bartlett.

Curiously, however, Henderson’s record in the Triumph Hurdle is without peer. He has posted five triumphs to date, although somehow his subsequent triple Champion Hurdle winner See You Then was beaten in 1984. The anomaly is almost certainly explained by the fact that all but one of his Triumph Hurdle winners were campaigned on the Flat – as indeed were Flown and River Ceiriog. Henderson’s storebreds, by contrast, are works in progress at the novice hurdle stage.

Henderson and Nicholls have dominated the jumps season as Godolphin and Mike de Kock dominate the Dubai Carnival. But Cheltenham, like Dubai World Cup day, will not prove as subservient to their ambition.

Willie Mullins will have something to say about that and if the Nigel Twiston-Davies string recaptures its verve, who is to say he won’t embark on a spree to match his winning three of the last four races 12 months ago?

There is, as they say, everything to play for.

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THE GREAT OWNER/BREEDERS

By JEREMY EARLY

SIR HUMPHREY DE TRAFFORD

Remarkable results from a select broodmare band

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he success Newsells Park Stud has enjoyed over the last few years acts as a timely reminder that the stud has a fine history of producing star performers. In 2010, Gitano Hernando, Rite Of Passage and Strawberrydaiquiri all shone in the best company. The late Klaus Jacobs, who bought the 1,200-acre stud in Hertfordshire from Fares Farms in 2000, started an operation that looks set for a bright future.

Yet Newsells Park, with its classy collection of around 90 mares, still has some way to go to match the achievements of the founder of the stud, Sir Humphrey de Trafford, who had a broodmare band that rarely reached double figures but managed to breed two of the best colts trained in Britain in the late 1950s, Alcide and Parthia.

Sir Humphrey set up the stud in 1926 as a relatively small part of his 2,340-acre estate. He was aged 35 and had already won the Military Cross as a captain in the Coldstream Guards in World War I. An accomplished horseman, he had also ridden a couple of winners at Sandown’s Grand Military meeting.

Sir Humphrey’s father, the 3rd baronet whom he succeeded in 1929, was former owner of Trafford Park in Manchester and had been a breeder on a modest scale.

Sir Humphrey hardly set the world alight initially with his stud and his first top performer was Portmarnock, foaled in 1935. The colt, whose owner/breeder was a steward of the Jockey Club at the time and served twice more in that capacity, topped the Free Handicap in 1937 after landing the National Breeders’ Stakes and Champagne Stakes. Unfortunately he failed to train on.

The 1940s brought little joy on the racetrack to Sir Humphrey, but in 1948 he made the most significant purchase of his career when spending 3,000gns on the unraced eight-year-old mare Chenille, who was in foal to Borealis.

Chenille came from a good family since her dam was a half-sister to Feola, who had produced Hypericum, successful in the 1,000 Guineas in 1946 and who is now ancestress of Highclere, Nashwan, Nayef and company.

Chenille proved a goldmine for her new owner. The foal she was carrying when sold,

Sir Humphrey de Trafford in action at Sandown’s Grand Military meeting

Papillio, won the Goodwood Stakes trained by a master of the art, Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, and over the next ten years or so the mare gave her owner another four winners, starting with the filly Lightning (by Hyperion) in 1950.

“Alcide was unable to

contest the Derby after apparently being ‘got at’; he’d have started a hot favourite” Hyperion was also responsible for another successful filly, Thunder, but it was Alycidon who enabled Chenille to hit the jackpot. Her 1955 foal by him, Alcide, developed into an outstanding middle-distance stayer at three after landing the Horris Hill Stakes in his first season.

Alcide won the Chester Vase, the Lingfield Derby Trial and Great Voltigeur Stakes each by 12 lengths, and the St Leger in a canter by

eight lengths. He was unable to contest the Derby after apparently being ‘got at’ when someone hit him so hard in his box that a rib was cracked. He would have started a hot favourite.

At four Alcide won three times, highlighted by a smooth defeat of the great mare Gladness in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes. But for being injured and missing some work in the run-up to the Gold Cup he would probably have won that as well instead of losing out narrowly to Wallaby.

Astonishingly, three weeks before Alcide’s triumph at Ascot, Sir Humphrey landed the very race that ill-luck (or rather ill-intention) had probably deprived him of in 1958.

Parthia, by Persian Gulf out of Chenille’s daughter Lightning, was not so talented as Alcide but he was at least an average Derby winner. He preceded his Epsom success with workmanlike victories in the Dee Stakes and Lingfield Derby Trial, and in the Classic he beat Fidalgo pretty readily. Arguably Parthia was fortunate that the strong-finishing third, Shantung, had such a bad run. Parthia did not reproduce that level of form, though he did win the Jockey Club Cup at four.

Both colts were trained by Boyd-Rochfort but it was hardly surprising that after this superb period Sir Humphrey’s bloodstock suffered an anti-climax. There was another ace in the hole, though, since in 1967, to a mating with Alcide, the mare Success – from a none-too-successful branch of a fine family – foaled Approval.

Approval, trained by Henry Cecil, was a cracking juvenile, officially rated below only Nijinsky after winning the Timeform Gold Cup (Racing Post Trophy), and he went on to notch the Dante Stakes.

To breed three Group 1 winners (or equivalent) and a champion two-year-old from such a small operation was a remarkable achievement, even if it did take over 40 years.

Sir Humphrey died in 1971. The stud owners before Klaus Jacobs came on the scene included Douglas McIntyre, who bought what was then a 200-acre spread in 1977 and bred Roaring Riva (Phoenix Stakes). Issam Fares became owner in 1987.

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Proven sire of the winners of 350 flat races and 27 Stakes performers, including Gr.1 The Pooka and Gr.2 winners Penny’s Gift and Barside. Best NH progeny include Gr.2 Hurdle winner and multiple Graded placed Bouggler, Gr.3 Chase winner Save My Blushes and Gr.2 Hurdle placed Shalone.

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The influence of the family founded by Chenille has remained strong, principally thanks to Pat O’Kelly and her Kilcarn Stud, owners of Welsh Flame, foaled in 1973 and out of Lightning’s daughter Electric Flash. Welsh Flame won four races and produced three daughters who all did tremendously well for the stud.

Stakes-placed Fruition foaled Northern Spur (Breeders’ Cup Turf) and Jockey Club and Doncaster Cup winners Great Marquess and Kneller. One of Fruition’s daughters, Oenothera, produced 1,000 Guineas runner-up Sundrop.

Welsh Love, also stakes placed, was dam of Second Empire (Grand Criterium) but the third filly out of Welsh Flame, Flame Of Tara, did even better. A top performer on the track, winning the Coronation Stakes and finishing second in the Champion Stakes, she foaled five stakes winners.

The best were brilliant filly Salsabil (1,000 Guineas, Oaks, Irish Derby and dam of three pattern winners) and Marju (St James’s Palace Stakes). Three of her other daughters have produced pattern winners, notably Spirit Of Tara, dam of Echo Of Light.

Another Group 1 scorer descended from Chenille, via Thunder, is My Best Valentine, successful in the 1998 Prix de l’Abbaye.

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VIEW FROM IRELAND

By LEO POWELL, MANAGING EDITOR OF THE IRISH FIELD

Super Salley has Dobbs riding high

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Election should not scupper bill A general election will have been held by the time this column is published. It is expected that there will be a change of government, though the likely make-up of it was unknown.

The outgoing government did manage to have the Finance Bill passed, thus allowing for the taxation of online betting. However, the mechanism to have this happen means that we have to see another bill enacted.

It is not anticipated that there will be a problem with this, as the move would appear to have cross-party support. But it’s a case of watch this space.

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Our Girl Salley has been a terrific advertisement for Prunella Dobbs (inset)

the horses and even today she is a hands-on practitioner.

She also worked as a young woman in the bloodstock business. After college she joined BBA Ireland, where the main man was the unforgettable Tom Cooper, one of the greatest bloodstock agents ever. During this time, Dobbs’s love affair with racing began in earnest and she had a particular attraction to American racing.

As the new year began her string was still in single figures. She is open to training more,

but is keen to ensure she has only useful prospects or proven performers in her care.

Her attention to detail and small numbers mean all her string get individual attention.

Bred by John Salley, the improving Our Girl Salley has now won six of her ten starts, while she has finished second twice. Three of her victories were in bumpers, with Katie Walsh in the saddle twice, while her unbeaten run of three victories over hurdles have all been in the hands of Barry Geraghty. Two of the wins have been in Listed hurdle races.

Racing mourns Clague and Tyner Tragedy struck when 19-yearIrish racing is in mourning old Jack Tyner lost his life following the deaths of leading following a fall less than a week owner/breeder Lady Clague earlier in a point-to-point at and amateur rider Jack Tyner.

Dungarvan, County Waterford.

Lady Clague died in early The only son of Robert and February at the age of 89. She Mary Tyner, his father is a very bred and raced the leading successful National Hunt and sprinter and successful sire point-to-point trainer. On the day Namid, the Yorkshire Oaks of his fall Jack had partnered one winner Key Change and the Lady Clague of his father’s three winners, Irish Oaks winner Winona.

Her horses, bred at Newberry Stud, were bringing his career total to four pointing trained by John Oxx and Michael Halford, wins and two successes on the racecourse.

Jack is survived by his parents and five with her most recent big-race win coming in last season’s Phoenix Stakes with Snaefell. younger sisters.

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ur Girl Salley is the name of one of Ireland’s leading contenders for Cheltenham honours. The six-year-old daughter of Carroll House is trained in the hills of the picturesque county of Wicklow, south of Dublin, by Prunella Dobbs.

That name will not have the same resonance as those of Mullins, O’Grady, Meade and company for British racegoers, but do not be fooled. Dobbs has an enviable record with her small string. If she travels for the David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle at the Festival, be forewarned.

The mare, owned by Jim and Ann O’Neill, has struck up a lucrative partnership with Barry Geraghty, who has managed to tame the free-spirited mare and taught her to settle. It is little wonder she is the apple of all her connections’ eyes.

It is only a decade ago since Dobbs took out her training licence, but she can claim the like of JP McManus and Peter Savill among her list of owners. The youthful-looking 64year-old is from a family of achievers, her forbearers – the Philips family – having invented the Ziplock bag and run the highly successful Ballyfree Farms.

Dobbs has led an action packed life, fitting success showjumping, showing, eventing and hunting into her early life. Following her marriage to George Dobbs the couple produced some champions in the show ring.

These activities require lots of interaction with

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Ballsbridge International Bloodstock Sales, the forerunner of Tattersalls Ireland, held its first auction, the Derby Sale, in June 1975. The original line-up of auctioneers

Philip Purcell: used gavel for 36 years

was David Pim, Denis Mahony (father of Tattersalls chairman Edmond) and Philip Purcell.

Sadly, the first-named pair are deceased, while Philip was on the rostrum in Fairyhouse for the last time at the February Sale. He retired after an honourable 36 years wielding the gavel. At a dinner held in his honour on the eve of the sale, many of the people associated with the company from those opening days gathered.

They included the original Managing Director Michael Opperman, former Irish National Stud Chief Executive John Clarke and Tattersalls Ireland Director Michael Hillman. Your author joined the company a year after its formation and met former colleagues for the dinner. Also present were Jean Pim and Fanny O’Rourke. Fanny is mother to Liam, Brian and Garrett, while her daughter Fiona is married to Christy Grassick. Their father Willie succeeded Michael Opperman as Chief Executive.

Ballymacoll and Aga Khan honoured

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There must have been something in the air in Ireland 50 years or so ago. The Aga Khan, now one of the greatest breeders in the history of the thoroughbred, was forced into making a decision to continue with the bloodstock empire he inherited following the deaths of his grandfather and father. Thankfully he decided to continue and the huge roll of honour of topclass racehorses produced since is testament to his skill.

About the same time, the death of the Hon. Dorothy Paget led to the sale of Ballymacoll Stud to the

Weinstock and Sobell families, and it continues today in the same family ownership. In addition to the many international stars born and raised there, it is the birthplace of Arkle. This year the stud’s manager Peter Reynolds will mark 40 years with Ballymacoll and he and Pat Downes were on hand recently to accept awards for Ballymacoll and the Aga Khan Studs for their contribution to Ireland’s breeding industry.

Next year is the 50th anniversary of Moyglare Stud Farm, established after the purchase of land by Walter Haefner. The farm has been managed by Stan Cosgrove for what seems an eternity.

Haefner has passed the running of the stud on to his daughter Eva Maria BucherHaefner, and Turf Club Senior Steward John McStay made a special presentation to the stud owner to honour its contribution to racing and breeding.

Reflecting her love for racing, Moyglare is again dipping its toe into jumping waters, with the exciting hurdler Unaccompanied set for the Triumph Hurdle.

Peter Reynolds: 40 years with Ballymacoll

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Fond farewell for stalwart Purcell

Moscow Flyer’s successful trainer

Harrington award When it comes to awards, racing rarely features against more mainstream sports.

It was wonderful that AP McCoy bucked that trend when he landed the BBC Sports Personality of the Year title.

In Ireland, Jessica Harrington, who houses two live Classic hopes for 2011 in her mixed yard, was honoured when she received The Irish Times/Irish Sports Council Lifetime Achievement Award.

A true equestrienne and one of the greatest event riders to represent Ireland, she has also been hugely successful as a trainer, her best runner over jumps being the brilliant Moscow Flyer. For a number of years now she has headed up the Irish Horse Welfare Trust.

No doubt Lord Harrington, who died in April 2009, would have been chuffed that a race has been inaugurated in his name. For this avid lover of hunting, it would have given him great pleasure to know the race is a hunters’ chase, and held at his local Limerick racecourse.

Tracks left counting cost of bad weather Harsh weather saw racing in Ireland suffer more than usual hardship. The Leopardstown and Limerick festivals were truncated and run later than planned, as were other decent meetings. This happened to the Hennessy Gold Cup card at Leopardstown and the Thyestes Chase at Gowran Park. As many of these meetings were among the best of the year at these courses, the management of the tracks will be left counting the cost.

Punchestown experimented with putting a plastic covering on the whole track and this enabled them to go ahead with a key day of racing. The severe weather conditions held up many trainers, with Grand Nationalwinning trainer Gordon Elliott resorting to sending some of his string to the all-weather facility at Dundalk to keep them in work.

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European campaign for the jumper transformed by a switch to cross-country

Another Jewel (third left) at Cheltenham, where his consistent good form in cross-country chases continued with a fine fourth

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wners and trainers contemplating switching their steeplechasers to the cross-country code ought to be aware of the Crystal Cup, a ten-race European Cross Country Challenge which was established a year ago.

This year’s renewal got under way on February 6, with an all-domestic affair for the Prix Gaston de Bataille at Pau. France dominates the itinerary, hosting four more legs, at Fontainebleau on April 8, Lion d’Angers on June 2, Craon on September 4 and Compiegne on November 18.

But the Cup also visits Ireland (for the La Touche Cup on May 5), Belgium (for the Grand Steeple Chase of Flanders on August 30), Italy (for the Grand Cross on September 18) and the Czech Republic (for the daddy of them all, the Velka Pardubicka on October 9), before drawing to a close at Cheltenham on December 9.

Somewhat embarrassingly, the Cheltenham event has the lowest prizemoney, with less than £22,000 on offer.

Conversely, all of the continental legs have a prize pool of at least €40,000 (£34,482).

International competition is encouraged by the provision of £21,552 and £8,621 cash

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incentives for the leading trainer and owner.

These prizes are calculated via a points system which awards six points for a win and descends in single point intervals down to one for sixth, with points enhanced by 50% for any horses coming from outside the host nation.

With the exception of the Pardubicka, the Suzy Smith-trained Pass Me By was the only British competitor to cross the Channel to take part in the inaugural Crystal Cup, and his French adventure came to grief before halfway in the Lion d’Angers leg.

But Denis Murphy, who trains in County Wexford, Ireland, showed what can be done with his cheaply-bought JP McManus castoff Another Jewel.

Murphy forked out only 3,800gns to extricate the Saddler’s Hall gelding from Jonjo O’Neill’s yard in August 2008 and for a while that looked a reasonable price as he was nothing more than a fair point-to-pointer.

But cross-country racing was the making of him or, in the words of Murphy’s sister, Bernadette, “lit him up totally”, and Another Jewel’s annus mirabilis of 2010 began with him lowering the colours of the 2007 Grand

National winner Silver Birch over Punchestown’s banks course.

Superb efforts when fourth at the Cheltenham Festival and third in the La Touche Cup followed, before his crowning achievement, success in the world’s longest race (and leg four of the Crystal Cup), the extended four-and-a-half-mile Prix AnjouLoire, with its first prize of £44,601.

Bernadette oversaw that venture and was in charge again as the Murphy horsebox left Ballyboy Stables on August 30 for the second leg of his European odyssey.

An excellent (albeit distant) second place in the Prix Louis de Guebriant at Craon later, and Another Jewel arrived at Merano for the Grand Cross. Unfortunately, he got cast in his box and failed to recover in time to run.

Stablemate The Speedy Man did contest a supporting race, suffering a nasty cut in a crashing fall at the oxer, thus delaying the box’s return to Ireland until September 30 – exactly a month after its departure.

Bernadette Murphy reports that Cheltenham is again on the agenda this season, with defending the Anjou-Loire crown another priority before the final objective of the Pardubicka.

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British invasion of Cagnes has happened before home, but this mass midwinter exodus has been seen before. In the 1980s Cagnes often reverberated to stable yard banter in English as horses were shipped over en masse for a ‘working holiday’, to enjoy some sea air and hopefully earn a few francs.

Over a five-year period starting in 1984, there were almost 400 British runners at the meeting, the zenith coming in 1987 when Britain contributed 103 starters to the sixweek meeting.

The Union Jack flew proudly over the winners’ enclosure after 13 races, while the Brits finished in the money on 29 other occasions. The big difference between then and now was that there was no all-weather (Lingfield and Southwell came on stream in late 1989), so Flat trainers who wanted to keep horses on the go had no option but to travel.

However, some things have not changed.

The Prix de Bastia at Cagnes on February 12, 1984 was won by Tulsa Flyer, trained by 31-year-old James Bethell, beating 60-yearold Reg Hollinshead’s Jackdaw into second place.

Fast forward to January 31, 2011 and

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Bethell and Hollinshead took each other on again in the Prix de Toulouse. Again Hollinshead was second, this time with Tominator, but Bethell’s Arlequin could manage no better than 11th.

History suggests Cagnes’ magnetic pull may not last. It was as recently as 2006 that the course was actively recruiting overseas runners – and then even the offer of travel allowances met with limited success.

Reg Hollinshead: Cagnes stalwart

Home challenge in young riders’ event lacking – but there’s good reason for it

San Rossore racecourse in Pisa hosts the fourth running of the Ribot Cup, a three-race young jockeys’ championship, on February 27. Last year’s winner, Newmarket-based Andrea Atzeni, will represent Britain alongside Adam Beschizza and LouisPhilippe Beuzelin, who is now fully recovered from dreadful injuries he sustained in a car crash in his native Barbados 14 months ago.

Flying the flag for Ireland will be Ben Curtis, fresh from dead-heating for the Emerald Isle’s apprentice title, while France will rely upon Pierre-Charles Boudot – another graduate from the Andre Fabre jockey nursery that has recently produced Maxime Guyon and Mickael Barzalona.

The home team may be lacking in quality, but for good reason. Italy’s two great riding wonderkids, Umberto Rispoli and Cristian

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Cagnes-sur-Mer’s winter Flat meeting is coming to an end and, given that French prizemoney has bucked the economic trend and gone up by 3% on 2010, it is not surprising it has attracted a decent contingent of British visitors. Cagnes-sur-Mer, though, has only a finite number of boxes to assign – around 450 – and demand from Britain comfortably outstripped supply.

Some races attracted as many as 90 entries and the majority boasted full fields, with the odd notable exception – the Thierry Doumen-trained Timos, who ended last season contesting the Arc and Japan Cup, scared off all but five of his opponents in the Prix Robert Villeneuve-Bargemon, yet he could still finish no better than third.

The whole meeting was oversubscribed and it must have been galling for the longdistance visitors to have been balloted out so often. Eight British horses were declared for three different races on January 31, yet only half entered the starting stalls.

The number of British-based trainers prepared to send their horseboxes over the Channel and then have them driven from one corner of France to the other is indicative of the pitiful plight of racing at

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Atzeni and Beuzelin to represent Britain

Demuro, are plying their trade in Japan.

Indeed, the Far East has become a fine finishing school for a highly talented band of Italian riders. Mirco Demuro, 32, has been wintering in Japan since 1999 and boasts more than 260 winners there. He enjoyed a purple patch a couple of months ago when landing two Grade 1s, the Asahi Hai Futurity

(a race won in 2003 by another Italian Dario Vargiu) and Arima Kinen, within a week.

Some of Demuro’s achievements are being eclipsed by Rispoli who, although just 22, can already boast 940 victories in his homeland.

An amazing 2009 saw him smash the 27year-old record of 229 wins in a season set by Gianfranco Dettori, Frankie’s father.

Rispoli again broke the 200-barrier to land a second title in 2010 and began his first Japanese sojourn in fine style, winning the Grade 2 Nikkei Shinsyun Hai on Rulership at Kyoto within ten days of his arrival.

Cristian Demuro, 14 years younger than brother Mirco, has enjoyed a rise almost as meteoric as Rispoli’s. His first ride was in May 2009, yet his tally of 153 wins left him second to Rispoli in the 2010 title race and he started his Japanese visit with a double at Funabashi.

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Desideratum

Grey 1989, 16.1 h.h. by PETONG – FOUDROYER (Artaius)

Bay 2002, 16.11⁄2 h.h. by DARSHAAN – DESIRED (Rainbow Quest)

Group winner of 6 races at 2 years:

Winner of 4 races and £152,677 incl:

Won Gr.2 Flying Childers Stakes Won Newbury Sales Super Sprint Trophy Arlington Stakes, Newmarket, 5f.

Strawberry Hill Stakes, Pontefract Fountains Stakes, Ripon, 5f EBF Grey Friars Stakes, Doncaster

Won Gr.3 Prix du Lys, 12f, Longchamp Won Prix de Gravelle, 12f, Longchamp by 4l Won Prix des Marronniers, 12f, Longchamp

Stakes winner at 3 years: Won LR

Won Prix de L’Avre, 12f, Longchamp

Field Marshal Stakes, Haydock, 5f.

2nd Gr.1 Grand Prix de Paris, 12f, Longchamp to Classic winner SCORPION

Dual Group winner from 5 starts at 4 years: Won Gr.2 Temple Stakes, Sandown Won Gr.3 Palace House Stakes, Newmarket FEE 2011:

£2,000 October 1st (Non vat)

Concessions for winning mares

Already sire of the winners of over 375 races, total over £3.7m.

Dam DESIRED, is half-sister to FEE 2011:

£1,750 October 1st (Non vat) Gr.1 winning juvenile MEDAALY and

Concessions for winning mares

And in 2009 sire of one of the fastest sprinters in training: AMOUR PROPRE (left) – brilliant winner of the Gr.3 Cornwallis Stakes at Ascot and the Gr.3 Palace House Stakes, Newmarket at 3, 2009 by 21⁄2 lengths. Rated 122 by Timeform (Sept 2009).

Also set new juvenile records at Bath and Warwick!

"He’s a tremendous character. Tough as old boots.

He loves his work and he’s a real enthusiast".

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high-class CHARNWOOD FOREST – a top class stallion producing family 21 Group winners under the first 3 dams.

FIRST 3YO RUNNERS THIS YEAR

21 GROUP WINNERS UNDER FIRST THREE DAMS

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STALLIONS for 2011 GREAT PALM (USA)

DAPPER (GB)

Grey 16.3 by Manila ex. Hat Tab Girl (Al Hattab)

Bay 16.2 by Hernando ex. Alouette (Darshaan)

Gr.1 placed at 2yrs, Gr.2 winner at 3yrs, Gr.1 winner at 4yrs.

Sire of WINNERS under BOTH codes inc: • DONNA’S PALM • GREAT ENDEAVOR (2010 Cheltenham winner) • HENRY KING (bumper winner) • LASKARI • PORTUGESE CADDY (twice 2yo winner)

Unraced Half brother to champion fillies ALBORADA and ALBANOVA. • Top Class Pedigree • Superb Temperament • Only rules runner to date has been placed in bumper • Young Stock can be seen

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All American aim of reviving Roberto line Entrepreneurial owner of Darby Dan recruits Australian horse to achieve a personal goal tremendous presence; he’s big, about 16.2hh, but not too big. He has great quarters and massive shoulders and good bone – he makes a tremendous physical impact. He is a ‘wow’ horse.”

Although Phillips said breeders initially were “very guarded”, as more have come to inspect All American and collect their $100 (or taken the option to donate it to charity), momentum has built around the stallion.

Phillips predicted All American could cover 100 mares this year, including eight of Darby Dan’s best, All American with Darby Dan’s owner John Phillips, inset led by Ameriflora, dam of Japanese champion Grass Wonder and Grade Kentucky Derby winner Gato Del Sol, earned 1 winner Wonder Again, both by Roberto’s son A$1,269,415 (about £796,816).

Silver Hawk.

Since Phillips knew selling an Australian While he knows many Kentucky breeders horse, even one with such an American question the timing of his initiative, since the pedigree, would not be easy, he devised a market has been so difficult over the last three unique marketing campaign. Rather than pay years, Phillips said his primary focus is on for an expensive advertising campaign, he sent breeding better runners. invitations to 100 breeders, pledging to give “I would rather look ahead than worry them $100 each if they came to see his new about what’s happened,” Phillips said. “And I stallion, confident that All American would hope with some of the mares I’m putting impress them. forward that I can produce a horse that will “The strongest selling point about this horse make a difference.” is how attractive he is,” Phillips said. “He has MICHELE MACDONALD

Few commercial breeders are willing to buck convention, especially in the United States, but Darby Dan Farm owner John Phillips is not afraid to follow his convictions and try what has never been done before.

Phillips is forging into new territory with an unprecedented arrangement to stand an Australian-bred and -raced stallion at Darby Dan, once the home of international stars such as Ribot and Roberto, on reverse shuttle duty.

Despite the novelty, the horse, coincidentally named All American, represents a return to the past as he is a son of Red Ransom and thus a grandson of Roberto. It has been Phillips’s personal goal to revive the Roberto line, known for versatility on dirt and turf, in Kentucky and he decided that All American, a precocious Group 1 winner, was the best horse for the task.

“We’re thrilled to have All American here, particularly to have the opportunity to bring the Roberto line back,” said Phillips as the breeding season was beginning.

“His name was perfect; I hate to sound silly, but it’s true,” he added with a chuckle while explaining how he began to follow the now six-year-old’s racing exploits in Australia, which included a Group 3 victory at two and a win over champion So You Think in the Group 1 Emirates Stakes in 1:33.98 for a mile.

All American, who is out of a half-sister to young sire Rock Hard Ten from the family of

Clicking with European bloodlines helps Unaccounted For to title Unaccounted For, a son of Private Account out of a daughter of English and Irish champion Mrs Penny, recently repeated his 2009 title as Turkey’s leading sire with a convincing lead in the 2010 standings.

His offspring were led by Mystical Storm, a filly who earned Turkish Horse of the Year honours for her wins in the Turkish 1,000 Guineas, Turkish Oaks and the Gazi Derby over colts. She has earned the equivalent of approximately £542,360 and has won on turf and all-weather tracks.

Both Mystical Storm and Dervis Aga, Unaccounted For’s six-year-old son who was a multiple domestic Group 1 winner last year on Polytrack, are aiming for

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international rewards in Dubai this winter.

Dervis Aga ranked as Turkey’s champion older horse after winning the Group 2 International Anatolia Trophy at Veliefendi in Istanbul over Godolphin’s Prix Ganay winner Cutlass Bay in September and he has earned £514,985.

Overall, Unaccounted For’s progeny won 110 races in Turkey last year and amassed £2,624,774.

A Grade 1 winner at four, Unaccounted For began his stud career in Kentucky before being sold to Turkey for the 2002 season. He has clicked with European bloodlines; Mystical Storm and Dervis Aga are out of mares by English stakes winner

Lockton and leading German sire Surumu.

The now 20-year-old Unaccounted For has been allotted 50 mare nominations in 2011 by the Jockey Club of Turkey, which stands him for 7,000 Turkish lira (about £2,740).

The stallion with the highest fee in Turkey for 2011 will be Lion Heart, a son of Tale Of The Cat purchased from Coolmore’s Ashford Stud last year before ranking as North America’s leading thirdcrop sire – over Speightstown, Tapit, Medaglia D’Oro and Candy Ride – after his son Dangerous Midge won the Breeders’ Cup Turf. Lion Heart will stand for 8,500 Turkish lira.

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Bernardini’s blistering start North America. His annual Kentucky books have averaged 139 mares, with the 133 who visited him in his first season including 64 Grade/Group 1 winners or producers.

No wonder his first crop propelled him to third on the North American leading freshman sire list, even though he could be expected to sire progeny that get better as they mature.

Despite having about 30% fewer starters than either leader Congrats or second-ranked Bluegrass Cat, he topped the list with four Graded/Group stakes winners. His progeny succeeded on both sides of the Atlantic, with his European runners including Group 1winning colt Biondetti and Group 3-winning, Group 1-placed filly Theyskens’ Theory.

Expectations for Bernardini were always high, but when his first crops arrived they rose even more. “Prior to his progeny racing, we knew his offspring were very balanced and correct, and had good temperaments,” said Tait. “As they entered training, people would always tell us they had very good minds.”

Such attributes have served the Bernardinis well in the sales ring. Bernardini led North American freshman sires by yearling average in 2010 and he was sixth overall at $202,400 for 35 sold, ranking behind only AP Indy, Distorted Humor, Dynaformer, Street Cry and Smart Strike. Now he has had a fast start with his runners, he will gain more outstanding mares while standing for $75,000 this season.

Forty of Sheikh Mohammed’s best mares are pledged to him, including Grade 1 winners Composure, Dubai Escapade, Magnificent Song, Seventh Street, Stellar Jayne and Shadow Cast.

Bernardini: closest stallion to perfection in America

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Bold Silvano: a recent South African winner in Dubai for Mike De Kock

Profound new era for South African racing

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He’s only eight yet he might already be the closest approximation US racing and breeding has to offer to a perfect horse. Darley’s Bernardini, a champion with an outstanding pedigree and magnificent conformation, is just beginning his stud career. But his potential is boundless after his initial crop made him the first freshman sire to get Grade/Group 1 juvenile winners on dirt and turf, a fact that will continue to draw some of the best mares ever assembled for a young horse to his court.

The addition of phenomenal American Horse of the Year Zenyatta to his book this season is just another sign of his rapid rise in the American market left devoid of superstar stallions due to deaths, retirements or ageing.

“We’re hugely excited about him, he’s obviously one of the most exciting stallions in the world,” said Darley’s Oliver Tait.

As soon as Bernardini steps out of his stall at Jonabell Farm in Lexington, he radiates classic quality and a kind temperament. Although he had just recently returned from Australia, where he covered about 120 mares, his coat bloomed with dapples in mid-January as he posed 16.1 ½ physique with little guidance.

“He just does everything so well,” one of the Darley stallion handlers observed. Bernardini has been a total professional before and after his racing career, which ended following a three-year-old season that landed him a ranking as the co-best horse of his generation with fellow Darley stallion Discreet Cat. By current pre-eminent US sire AP Indy out of juvenile Grade 1 winner Cara Rafaela, by Quiet American, Bernardini has also been fertile, getting an average 90.3% of the mares bred to him in foal in his first four seasons in

Just prior to Bloodstock South Africa’s inaugural Cape Premier Yearling sale in January two initiatives were unveiled that could lead to a radical enhancement of South Africa’s position internationally. Success in the near term could hinge on whether Dubai agrees to serve as a direct exporting base for South African horses.

If the answer is yes, the South African equine industry could soon enjoy a tripling of exports, with a 50% reduction in costs, according to Bloodstock South Africa. Other benefits could include the opening of South Africa as a shuttle stallion destination.

The first initiative involves the transformation of the Group 1 Queen’s Plate at Kenilworth into an international event worth at least $1 million in 2012, the richest race in South African history.

Breeder and golfing champion Gary Player revealed that plan in January. As a report written by Thoroughbred Breeders Association council member Robin Bruss and distributed by Bloodstock South Africa stated: “The implication of the announcement is much greater and deeper than most people realise as it is likely to usher in a profound new era for racing and breeding in South Africa.”

International competition has been impossible due to limited prize-money and quarantine restrictions, but testing advancements have raised hopes that new quarantine procedures could facilitate the inflow of international competitors and stallions as well as the exporting of locally-bred horses.

Since it could take European Union authorities as long as two years to approve the new procedures, South Africa has asked Dubai to serve as the importing host in the interim period.

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Get ready for the FESTIVAL! Jump racing’s Olympics is upon us and there’s value to be had over Cheltenham’s four days FINDING ONLY BIG BUCK’S TOO GOOD

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in the World Hurdle last year, Time For Rupert has blossomed over fences this season and must hold a favourite’s chance in the RSA Chase. The son of Flemensfirth loves Cheltenham, jumps very well and stays every yard of the trip. Wayward Prince and Jessies Dream are improving types but both will struggle to overhaul Time For Rupert.

Despite coming into this season winless and being beaten in his first outing of the current campaign, Oscars Well has made huge progress in the last few months, winning three times, including two Grade 1s. Jessica Harrington’s inmate followed an easy maiden win at Punchestown with an eight-length success at Navan, before a comprehensive rout of a high-class field at Leopardstown in the Deloitte Novice Hurdle, hammering Zaidpour. For a staying hurdler Oscars Well also has a fine change of gear – he must have excellent prospects in the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle.

Ifs and buts aplenty in the Sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase, with doubts as to whether Master Minded is as good as he was, despite still being only eight, while Big Zeb got everything right in this race last year but still has a tendency to clout the odd fence. Sizing Europe has not won since defeating Somersby in last year’s Arkle but that can be explained by connections running him over unsuitable trips on testing going. Expect much better returned to two miles on better ground.

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Menorah has the look of a champion CURRENT CHAMPION HURDLER

Binocular did not convince at Sandown last time, while Peddlers Cross is better over a longer trip and Hurricane Fly will find this race a whole different ball game to the small-field, soft-ground events he has been mopping up in Ireland.

Menorah loves Cheltenham and looked awesome in his prep race at the course in December when he slammed Cue Card by four and a half lengths. At 5-1 he is a standout bet and is set to give Philip Hobbs and Richard Johnson their second triumph in the race.

In the Arkle Trophy, Finian’s Rainbow has not convinced in the jumping department, Medermit is almost certainly better over two and a half miles and Irish challenger Realt Dubh, though tough and genuine, has done all his winning on testing ground. Ghizao did not rank among the best novice hurdlers last year yet he has looked top class over fences, including when recording an easy victory over the course and distance in November. He must have sound claims.

L’Accordioniste lost her unbeaten record at Ascot in January, never jumping with any fluency and finishing tailed off behind Sparky May, however she had looked very progressive on her previous outing at Cheltenham. Forgive her that effort and the 20-1 available for the David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle looks too big.

Banker: Menorah (Champion Hurdle, 5-1) Good chance: Ghizao (Arkle Trophy, 9-2) Longshot: L’Accordioniste (David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle, 20-1)

Banker: Time For Rupert (RSA Chase, 5-2) Good chance: Oscars Well (Neptune Novices’ Hurdle, 6-1) Longshot: Sizing Europe (Champion Chase, 14-1) Time For Rupert: a good thing in the RSA Chase

Stat’ll make you think!

RECORD OF FAVOURITES Since 1980, 134 horses have started at less than 2-1, but only 40% have won, equalling a level-stakes loss of £6.27. Three odds-on shots were beaten last year

NICKY HENDERSON’S HOODOO He is the most successful trainer of the current crop at the Festival, with 37 winners, but Henderson (left) has a diabolical record in the Neptune: no winners from 21 tries

FESTIVAL FORM Nine winners at last year’s meeting had either won or been placed previously at the Festival

LAST-TIME-OUT WINNERS Nine of the ten winners of the Coral Cup and Fred Winter since 2006 had scored on their previous start

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Grands Crus can topple Big Buck’s AT LAST, A STAYING HURDLER WHO

looks capable of giving Big Buck’s a race. In fact, Grands Crus looks far more than that; he shapes as if he can beat Big Buck’s in the World Hurdle. Grand Crus was not on the division’s radar last season, but this winter has improved his rating 32lb in winning all three starts. He has not come off the bridle in his last two outings and jockey Tom Scudamore will go into the meeting considering him by far his best chance of a winner.

This is the acid test for Grands Crus, whose ability remains untapped in the context of championship races. But that’s why he’s 9-4 and Big Buck’s is odds on.

Jennie Candlish is not a household Festival name, but her Barafundle may take some stopping in the Pertemps Final. After chasing home Grands Crus at a respectful ten lengths at Haydock, he won for the first time this season at Newbury and is consistent. Sticking up a 16-1 chance as our ‘good chance’ might seem like folly, but that is not a big price in a race as competitive as this. Besides, there’s no point sticking to the obvious – there will be plenty such thoughtless ‘tips’ flying around.

Rare Bob strikes as a lively outsider in the Ryanair Chase. He did not exactly excel at Cheltenham in December when eighth to Gold Cup-bound Midnight Chase in a handicap but he subsequently won for the first time since 2009 at Leopardstown, jumping well and conceding weight to 11 rivals. Trainer Dessie Hughes mentioned the Ryanair straight after for a horse who has never fallen and completed in 26 of his 27 races. He rates a decent longshot at 33-1.

Banker: Grands Crus (World Hurdle, 9-4) Good chance: Barafundle (Pertemps Final, 16-1) Longshot: Rare Bob (Ryanair Chase, 33-1)

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arguably the highlight of Nigel TwistonDavies’s career, with Imperial Commander’s victory in the Totesport Gold Cup followed by his son’s success aboard Baby Run in the Foxhunter. Baby Run was ridden by Sam last year but younger brother Willie is due to be in the plate this time and, judged on his debut win over fences on the 11-year-old at Wetherby, he can be trusted to perform a similarly able job. Baby Run unseated in the Fox Hunters at Aintree last season but he is usually a reliable jumper – that was the only time in 20 starts he has not completed. He looks a rock-solid favourite for the Foxhunter.

The JCB Triumph Hurdle is always a fiercely competitive heat – but if you fancy a horse strongly that can be a plus in terms of its price. That’s the case with Marsh Warbler, a horse with no airs and graces about him and who would be a shorter price than the 14-1 available at the time of writing if he were with a bigger stable. Brian Ellison has saddled Marsh Warbler to win his last three, the horse having been sent to him after winning a seller at Leicester. David Simcock was pretty keen to hang on to him that day following an 11-length victory. But it was also apparent the new owners weren’t to be denied, Marsh Warbler being knocked down to them for 12,000gns. Marsh Warbler won a decent renewal of the Grade 1 Finale Juvenile Hurdle at Chepstow and, although he relishes soft ground, he handles better going.

In the Friday highlight, the Gold Cup, it may be worth looking beyond the established three of Imperial Commander, Kauto Star and Denman.

You get the feeling a new generation is on the verge of breaking through, and 22-1 about Midnight Chase is fair. This horse loves Cheltenham, has a terrific attitude and has never failed to finish in 20 starts.

He’ll have to improve 10lb to be in the mix but is rated 155 after winning off 137 at the start of the season, so who is to say he can’t?

Banker: Baby Run (Foxhunter Chase, 5-1) Good chance: Marsh Warbler (Triumph Hurdle, 14-1) Longshot: Midnight Chase (Gold Cup, 22-1) Midnight Chase (above) could cause an upset in the Gold Cup

YOU DON’T WIN THIS WITH KIDS Since the mid-80s, Katchit is the only horse aged five to win the Champion Hurdle from 85 to have tried – they are best opposed

WEIGHT ISSUE In the last 11 years only nine handicap chase winners carried more than 11st, for a 17% strike-rate

MEADE MYSTERY Noel Meade has won just three races with 131 runners. Last year his first was brought down and his last pulled up. In between his best was a ninth from five other runners

NO GOLD FOR OLDIES Only one of the last 18 winners of the Gold Cup has been older than nine. Fans of Imperial Commander (10, right), Denman (11) and Kauto Star (11) should take note

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

The progeny of these stallions, CONCEIVED IN 2010 IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, (the foal crop of 2011), will be eligible to enter the EBF races to be held during the year 2013 and thereafter. They will also be eligible for other relevant benefits under the EBF terms and conditions in force in Great Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland.

The progeny of these stallions, CONCEIVED IN 2010, (foal crop of 2011) will have to be nominated to Breeders’ Cup Ltd as foals, if they are to be entered in the Breeders’ Cup Championship Races in the year 2013 and thereafter at the lowest entry fee, and if they are to receive other relevant benefits under the Breeders’ Cup National Stakes Programme.

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DELTA DANCER (GB) DENHAM RED (FR) DENON (USA) DENOUNCE (GB) DEPORTIVO (GB) DESERT PRINCE (IRE) DESERT STYLE (IRE) DESIDERATUM (GB) DIABLENEYEV (USA) DIAMOND GREEN (FR) DIKTAT (GB) DILSHAAN (GB) DISCOVER D'AUTEUIL (FR) DISTANT MUSIC (USA) DISTANT WAY (USA) DIVINE LIGHT (JPN) DOCTOR DINO (FR) DOM ALCO (FR) DOMEDRIVER (IRE) DON CORLEONE (GB) DOUBLE ECLIPSE (IRE) DOUBLE TRIGGER (IRE) DOYEN (IRE) DR FONG (USA) DR MASSINI (IRE) DREAM WELL (FR) DUBAI DESTINATION (USA) DUBAWI (IRE) DUKE OF MARMALADE (IRE) DUNKERQUE (FR) DUTCH ART (GB) DYLAN THOMAS (IRE)

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EAGLE EYED (USA) EARLY MARCH (GB) ECHO OF LIGHT (GB) ELECTRIC BEAT (GB) ELEOS (GB) ELNADIM (USA) ELUSIVE CITY (USA) ENRIQUE (GB) EPALO (GER) EQUERRY (USA) EREWHON (USA) ERHAAB (USA) EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) EXCELLENT ART (GB) EXIT TO NOWHERE (USA)

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FABULOUS WHITE (FR) FAIR MIX (IRE) FAIRLY RANSOM (USA) FALCO (USA) FANTASTIC FELLOW (USA) FANTASTIC VIEW (USA) FASTNET ROCK (AUS)

FEDERAL TRIAL (USA) FELICIANO (SWI) FERRULE (IRE) FIREBREAK (GB) FIRST TRUMP (GB) FLEETWOOD (IRE) FLEMENSFIRTH (USA) FLY TO THE STARS (GB) FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND (GB) FORESTIER (FR) FRACAS (IRE) FRAGRANT MIX (IRE) FRANKLINS GARDENS (GB) FRUITS OF LOVE (USA) FULL OF GOLD (FR)

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GALILEO (IRE) GALILEO GALILEI (IRE) GAMUT (IRE) GARUDA (IRE) GENEROUS (IRE) GENGHIS KHAN (IRE) GENTLEWAVE (IRE) GERI (USA) GIOVANE IMPERATORE (GB) GOLAN (IRE) GOLD AWAY (IRE) GOLD WELL (GB) GOLDEN LARIAT (USA) GOLDEN TORNADO (IRE) GOLDMARK (USA) GOLDNEYEV (USA) GOODRICKE (GB) GRAPE TREE ROAD (GB) GREAT EXHIBITION (USA) GREAT JOURNEY (JPN) GREAT PALM (USA) GREAT PRETENDER (IRE) GREEN DESERT (USA) GREEN TUNE (USA) GREINTON (GB) GREY RISK (FR)

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HAAFHD (GB) HAATEF (USA) HALLING (USA) HAMAIRI (IRE) HAMOND (GER) HANNOUMA (IRE) HARMONIC WAY (GB) HELIOSTATIC (IRE) HELISSIO (FR) HERNANDO (FR) HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE) HIGH ROCK (IRE) HIGH-RISE (IRE)

HOLD THAT TIGER (USA) HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR (IRE) HONOLULU (IRE) HONOURED GUEST (IRE) HONOURS LIST (IRE) HURRICANE CAT (USA) HURRICANE RUN (IRE)

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IALYSOS (GR) IFFRAAJ (GB) IKTIBAS (GB) IMPERIAL DANCER (GB) IN YARAK (GB) INDESATCHEL (IRE) INDIAN DANEHILL (IRE) INDIAN HAVEN (GB) INDIAN RIVER (FR) INSATIABLE (IRE) INTENDANT (GER) INTENSE FOCUS (USA) INTIKHAB (USA) INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) IRISH WELLS (FR) IRON MASK (USA) IT'S GINO (GER) IVAN DENISOVICH (IRE)

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JAPE (USA) JARN (GB) JEREMY (USA) JOE BEAR (IRE) JOHANN QUATZ (FR) JOHNNY RED KERR (USA) JOSR ALGARHOUD (IRE)

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KADASTROF (FR) KADEED (IRE) KAIETEUR (USA) KALANISI (IRE) KALATOS (GER) KALDOUNEVEES (FR) KALLISTO (GER) KAMSIN (GER) KANDAHAR RUN (GB) KANDIDATE (GB) KAP ROCK (FR) KAPGARDE (FR) KAVAFI (IRE) KAYF TARA (GB) KELTOS (FR) KENDARGENT (FR) KENTUCKY DYNAMITE (USA) KEY OF LUCK (USA) KHALKEVI (IRE) KHELEYF (USA)

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KING CHARLEMAGNE (USA) KING CHEETAH (USA) KING'S BEST (USA) KING'S THEATRE (IRE) KINGSALSA (USA) KIRKWALL (GB) KODIAC (GB) KOENIGSTIGER (GER) KORNADO (GB) KORNEL (POL) KOUROUN (FR) KRIS KIN (USA) KUTUB (IRE) KYLLACHY (GB)

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LAHIB (USA) LANDO (GER) LATERAL (GB) LAURO (GER) LAVEROCK (IRE) LAVERON (GB) LAWMAN (FR) LAYMAN (USA) LE BALAFRE (FR) LE FOU (IRE) LE HAVRE (IRE) LE MALEMORTOIS (FR) LE TRITON (USA) LEADERSHIP (GB) LECROIX (GER) LEGOLAS (JPN) LEND A HAND (GB) LET THE LION ROAR (GB) LIBRETTIST (USA) LIMNOS (JPN) LIMPID (GB) LINDA'S LAD (GB) LINNGARI (IRE) LION HEART (USA) LIQUIDO (GER) LITERATO (FR) LIZIO (GB) LOCHBUIE (IRE) LOMITAS (GB) LORD DU SUD (FR) LORD OF ENGLAND (GER) LOUP SOLITAIRE (USA) LOUVETEAU (USA) LOXIAS (FR) LUCARNO (USA) LUCKY STORY (USA)

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MAHLER (GB) MAILLE PISTOL (FR) MAJESTIC MISSILE (IRE) MAJOR CADEAUX (GB) MAJORIEN (GB) MALINAS (GER) MAMOOL (IRE) MAN O WEST (FR) MANDURO (GER) MARCH GROOM (USA) MARESCA SORRENTO (FR) MARIENBARD (IRE) MARJU (IRE) MARLIN (USA) MARTALINE (GB) MARTILLO (GER) MASTERCRAFTSMAN (IRE) MEDECIS (GB) MEDICEAN (GB) MESHAHEER (USA) MIDNIGHT LEGEND (GB) MIESQUE'S SON (USA)

MILAN (GB) MILK IT MICK (GB) MILLENARY (GB) MILLENNIUM BIO (JPN) MILLKOM (GB) MIND GAMES (GB) MISTER CONWAY (FR) MISTER FOTIS (USA) MISTER SACHA (FR) MISTERNANDO (GB) MISU BOND (IRE) MOHAAJIR (USA) MONSIEUR BOND (IRE) MONSUN (GER) MONTJEU (IRE) MONTMARTRE (FR) MOROZOV (USA) MOSS VALE (IRE) MOUNT NELSON (GB) MOUNTAIN CAT (USA) MOUNTAIN HIGH (IRE) MR COMBUSTIBLE (IRE) MR DINOS (IRE) MR SIDNEY (USA) MR VEGAS (IRE) MUHAYMIN (USA) MUHTATHIR (GB) MUJADIL (USA) MUJAHID (USA) MULTIPLEX (GB) MUSTAMEET (USA) MUTAMARKIZ (IRE) MY RISK (FR) MYBOYCHARLIE (IRE)

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NAAQOOS (GB) NAMID (GB) NAYEF (USA) NEAR HONOR (GER) NEEDLE GUN (IRE) NETWORK (GER) NEW APPROACH (IRE) NICARON (GER) NICKNAME (FR) NICOBAR (GB) NIGHT TANGO (GER) NO DANZIG (USA) NOMADIC WAY (USA) NOMBRE PREMIER (GB) NOROIT (GER) NORSE DANCER (IRE) NOTNOWCATO (GB) NOWOGRODEK (POL)

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OASIS DREAM (GB) OBSERVATORY (USA) OCEAN CREST (USA) OKAWANGO (USA) OLDEN TIMES (GB) ORATORIO (IRE) ORIENTOR (GB) ORPEN (USA) OSCAR (IRE) OVERBURY (IRE)

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PAIRUMANI STAR (IRE) PALACE EPISODE (USA) PALAMOSS (IRE) PANIS (USA) PANORAMIC (GB) PAOLINI (GER) PAPAL BULL (GB) PARIS HOUSE (GB)

PASSING GLANCE (GB) PASSING SALE (FR) PASTERNAK (GB) PASTORAL PURSUITS (GB) PEER GYNT (JPN) PEINTRE CELEBRE (USA) PELDER (IRE) PEPPERSHOT (GER) PHOENIX REACH (IRE) PICCOLO (GB) PIERRE (GB) PILSUDSKI (IRE) PIVOTAL (GB) POLICY MAKER (IRE) POLIGLOTE (GB) POMELLATO (GER) PORTRAIT GALLERY (IRE) POWERSCOURT (GB) PRESENTING (GB) PRIMARY (USA) PRIMO VALENTINO (IRE) PRINCE ARCH (USA) PRINCE KIRK (FR) PROCLAMATION (IRE) PROTEKTOR (GER) PUIT D'OR (IRE) PUSHKIN (IRE) PYRAMUS (USA) PYRUS (USA)

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RACINGER (FR) RAGMAR (FR) RAIL LINK (GB) RAINBOW HIGH (GB) RAINSHACK (GB) RAINWATCH (GB) RAJJ (IRE) RAKTI (GB) RAMONTI (FR) RANSOM O' WAR (USA) RASHBAG (GB) RAVEN'S PASS (USA) RED BISHOP (USA) REDBACK (GB) REDOUBTABLE (USA) REEL BUDDY (USA) REFUSE TO BEND (IRE) RESPLENDENT CEE (IRE) RESPLENDENT GLORY (IRE) REVOQUE (IRE) RIVER SPECIAL (USA) ROB ROY (USA) ROBIN DES CHAMPS (FR) ROBIN DES PRES (FR) ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (IRE) ROMAN SADDLE (IRE) ROYAL ABJAR (USA) ROYAL ANTHEM (USA) ROYAL APPLAUSE (GB) ROYAL ASSAULT (USA) ROYAL DRAGON (USA) RUDIMENTARY (USA) RUGBY (USA)

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SABIANGO (GER) SACRO SAINT (FR) SADDEX (GB) SADDLER MAKER (IRE) SAGACITY (FR) SAGAMIX (FR) SAGEBURG (IRE) SAINT DES SAINTS (FR) SAKHEE (USA)

SAKHEE'S SECRET (GB) SALUTINO (GER) SAMBAPRINZ (GER) SAMRAAN (USA) SAMSON HAPPY (JPN) SAMUM (GER) SANDMASON (GB) SANDWAKI (USA) SANTIAGO (GER) SATRI (IRE) SAYARSHAN (FR) SCORPION (IRE) SEA HERO (USA) SEA THE STARS (IRE) SECRET SINGER (FR) SELKIRK (USA) SENDAWAR (IRE) SEPTEMBER STORM (GER) SEPTIEME CIEL (USA) SEPTIMUS (IRE) SEVRES ROSE (IRE) SHAANMER (IRE) SHAMARDAL (USA) SHANTOU (USA) SHAREB (USA) SHIROCCO (GER) SHOLOKHOV (IRE) SHREK (GER) SIMPLEX (FR) SINNDAR (IRE) SIR PERCY (GB) SIXTIES ICON (GB) SKI CHIEF (USA) SLEEPING CAR (FR) SLEEPING INDIAN (GB) SLICKLY (FR) SMADOUN (FR) SOAVE (GER) SOLDIER HOLLOW (GB) SOLDIER OF FORTUNE (IRE) SOLON (GER) SOMMERTAG (GER) SON AND HEIR (IRE) SOVIET STAR (USA) SPADOUN (FR) SPECIAL KALDOUN (IRE) SPEEDMASTER (GER) SPIRIT OF DESERT (IRE) SPIRIT ONE (FR) SRI PEKAN (USA) ST JOVITE (USA) STAR BLAST (USA) STERNKOENIG (IRE)

STORM MIST (IRE) STORMY RIVER (FR) STOWAWAY (GB) STRATEGIC PRINCE (GB) STRIKE THE GOLD (USA) STRIKING AMBITION (GB) SUBLIMINAL (FR) SUBTLE POWER (IRE) SULAMANI (IRE) SUNDAY BREAK (JPN) SUPER CELEBRE (FR) SUPREME SOUND (GB) SVEDOV (FR)

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TAGULA (IRE) TAJRAASI (USA) TAMAYUZ (GB) TAMURE (IRE) TAU CETI (GB) TEOFILIO (IRE) TEOFILO (IRE) TERTULLIAN (USA) THOUSAND WORDS (GB) THREE VALLEYS (USA) TIANTAI (USA) TIGER GROOM (GB) TIGER HILL (IRE) TIKKANEN (USA) TILLERMAN (GB) TIPES (GB) TOBOUGG (IRE) TOMORROWS CAT (USA) TOT OU TARD (IRE) TOUCH DOWN (GER) TOUCH OF LAND (FR) TOUCH OF THE BLUES (FR) TOYLSOME (GB) TRANS ISLAND (GB) TREMPOLINO (USA) TURGEON (USA) TURTLE BOWL (IRE)

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VENDANGEUR (IRE) VERGLAS (IRE) VERTICAL SPEED (FR) VESPONE (IRE) VICTORY GALLOP (CAN) VICTORY NOTE (USA) VINNIE ROE (IRE) VIRTUAL (GB) VISIONARY (FR) VITA ROSA (JPN) VITUS (GB) VOIX DU NORD (FR) VOLFONIC (IRE)

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WAKY NAO (GB) WALK IN THE PARK (IRE) WAR BLADE (GER) WAREED (IRE) WAY OF LIGHT (USA) WELD (GB) WELL CHOSEN (GB) WELL MADE (GER) WELSH LION (IRE) WEST BY WEST (USA) WESTERNER (GB) WHERE OR WHEN (IRE) WHIPPER (USA) WHITMORE'S CONN (USA) WHITTINGHAM (IRE) WIESENPFAD (FR) WINDSOR CASTLE (GB) WINDSOR KNOT (IRE) WINGED LOVE (IRE) WINKER WATSON (GB) WITH APPROVAL (CAN) WITH THE FLOW (USA) WITNESS BOX (USA) WIZARD KING (GB) WOLFE TONE (IRE)

UNACCOUNTED FOR (USA) YEATS (IRE) UNGARO (GER) YONAGUSKA (USA) UNTIL SUNDOWN (USA) URBAN OCEAN (FR) Z URBINO (GB) ZAFEEN (FR) ZAGREB (USA) V ZAMBEZI SUN (GB) VADASIN (IRE) ZAMINDAR (USA) VALANOUR (IRE) ZAREWITSCH (IRE) VANGELIS (USA) VATORI (FR) ZILZAL ZAMAAN (USA)

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BCL / EBF COMMON FUND STALLIONS

ALAMOCITOS (USA) BAGO (FR) BLUE BURNER (USA) FREEQUENT (GB) OFFICIAL FLAME (USA)

KSA JPN KSA KSA KSA

N N N N N

PREMIUM TAP (USA) REDOUTE’S CHOICE (AUS)* REQUEST FOR PAROLE (USA) TORREY CANYON (USA)

KSA AUS ARG KSA

N S S N

*REDOUTE’S CHOICE (AUS) – stood in the Southern Hemisphere. Only those progeny conceived to Northern Hemisphere time can be nominated to BCL or EBF, or both.

The stallions listed above stood OUTSIDE THE BCL AND EBF AREAS IN 2010 and are qualified as Common Fund Stallions for that year by reason of stallion nomination payments.

The letter (N) or (S) after each stallion’s name indicates the Hemisphere in which the stallion stood and for which the appropriate contribution has been paid.

The progeny of these stallions will have to be nominated to Breeders’ Cup Ltd as foals and/or to EBF as foals, yearlings or two year olds if they are to be eligible to benefit fully from the Breeders’ Cup and/or EBF programmes.

Further details from the Chief Executive, European Breeders’ Fund.

Prepared by: EUROPEAN BREEDERS' FUND, Stanstead House, The Avenue, NEWMARKET, Suffolk, CB8 9AA. Telephone: +44 (0) 1638 667960 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1638 667270 Email: info@ebfhorseracing.co.uk Website: www.ebfhorseracing.com

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Orientor Bay 1998, INCHINOR – ORIENT (BAY EXPRESS)

A Rare Son of the Influential INCHINOR WON 5 RACES AND OVER £318,000 Champagne Sprint Stakes, 5f, Sandown Park, beating THE TATLING, RINGMORE DOWN, THE KIDDYKID, etc.

WON Gr.3 Chipchase Stakes, 6f, Newcastle, beating COUNTRY REEL, NAYYIR, etc.

WON Shergar Sprint, 6f, Ascot, beating Hong Kong Gr.1 winner FIREBOLT, etc.

2nd Gr.2 Temple Stakes, 5f, Sandown Park, beaten a short head.

2nd Gr.2 Diadem Stakes, 6f, Ascot, beaten a neck.

ORIENTOR contested no less than 47 Stakes races and retired sound after 79 career starts.

TIMEFORM RATED: 117 “useful, very tough multiple sprint winner at 3-6, by Inchinor from fast family.”

RACINGPOST.COM. WON

Gr.3

2yo's this year in training with: Dandy Nicholls, Richard Fahey, Jim Goldie Sire: INCHINOR Won Gr.3 Greenham Stakes, Gr.3 Hungerford Stakes, Gr.3 Criterion Stakes, 2nd Gr.1 Dewhurst Stakes: sire of 26 Stakes winners, incl. ORIENTOR, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (Gr.1), NOTNOWCATO (Gr.1; sire), SUMMONER (Gr.1), LATICE (Gr.1), SILCA’S SISTER (Gr.1), ON THE ACORN (Gr.2), GOLDEN SILCA (Gr.2), BANNISTER (Gr.2), SATCHEM (Gr.3), UMISTIM (Gr.3, sire), YASOODD (Gr.3), IN CLOVER (Gr.3), ROYAL COPENHAGEN (Gr.3), FELICITY (Gr.3).

FIRST TWO YEAR OLD’S IN 2011

Orientor Fee for 2011: £2,000 1st October + vat NO FOAL FREE RETURN

Dam: ORIENT Track record holder at Ascot: won 3 races, 2nd Gr.3 Greenlands Stakes, 3rd Gr.1 King’s Stand Stakes, LR Scarbrough Stakes: dam of 6 winners, incl.

ORIENTOR – multiple Group winner.

YEAST – £139,000, incl. LR Joel Stakes, 2nd LR Doncaster Mile.

ARCADE dam of: – MONTECASTILLO – £120,000, incl Gr.3 Concorde Stakes.

KALAMUNDA – 2nd LR Garnet Stakes, 3rd LR Knockaire Stakes.

FAIRY SONG – 2nd LR Blenheim Stakes.

The immediate family of: SON PARDO (Gr.2 Richmond Stakes, sire), ATRAF (Gr.3 Cork and Orrery Stakes, Gr.3 Jaipur Stakes, successful sire), COLONIAL GIRL (Gr.1), LORD SHIRLDOR (Gr.1), DOG ROSE (Gr.2), KESTREL (Gr.2), etc.

PASTURES BARN STUD Sheepscombe, Snowshill, Broadway, Worcestershire WR12 7JU. Enquiries to: SARAH WARING • Tel/Fax: 01451 851054

• Mobile: 077 86 511051 • Email: orientor@btinternet.com

Sulamani

6 times Group 1 winning European Champion Timeform Rating: 128 Sire of MASTEREY, multiple Group 1 and Dual Classic winner from his first crop.

Half brother to Irish, French Derby winner DREAM WELL. Latest bumper winner CASH AND GO – Racing Post 11/2/11.

“Star performance Cash and Go was most impressive in the bumper and is an exciting prospect”

Proven National Hunt sire of Grade 1 horses

Indian Danehill

Sire of Top Novice Hurdler, LUSH LIFE, who defeated Supreme Novice Hurdler winner MENORAH. Sought after by leading agents Highflyer, David Redvers, Aiden Murphy etc.

Horses in training with Nicky Henderson, Oliver Sherwood, Paul Nicholls etc.

And also standing REVOQUE at Yorton Farm.

Standing at YORTON FARM, Yorton, Nr Shrewsbury SY4 3EP. Contact David or Teresa Futter.

Tel: 01939 220411 or 078 60 670184. E: enquiries@yortonfarm.co.uk W: www.yortonfarm.co.uk

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TALKING TO...

PAUL TOWNEND

Talk of the

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n less than four years, you have gone from riding your first winner to being stable jockey to Willie Mullins, while Ruby Walsh has been sidelined. Can you believe the rapid progress you’ve made?

No, I can’t. It is really unbelievable; I never thought I would be given so many opportunities so soon by Willie. I could never have dreamt the way it has all turned out; everything has gone right and Willie has put me up on some good horses, which have clicked for me. It has all happened much quicker than I could have imagined. I am just very lucky to have gone to Willie’s four years ago and for him to have taken a chance with me.

TOWN

At just 20, Paul Townend is being hailed as a future champion after a string of big-race wins for the Willie Mullins stable

As a boy did you dream of becoming the next Tony McCoy or Kieren Fallon?

Everyone at home had more interest in jumping than Flat racing and I suppose I was always going to end up jumping. But I got some good experience on the Flat first, though I was always a little bit heavy. Willie never encouraged me to lose weight because he did not want me getting weak. If there was one jockey I followed it was Paul Carberry; he was the man riding the winners when I was growing up. He had a different way of doing things, a great style and, for me, was always the one to watch. He is one of the best in the game.

Words Tim Richards

You were a champion on the pony racing circuit – how has your background in this field helped you as a jockey?

It is a great foundation, a great training ground, introducing you to race-riding, weighing out, weighing in and generally getting a feel for the business. It was very competitive when I was riding and seems to have become even more so.

What is your family connection to racing?

My whole family has been involved in the sport. My father, Tim, was a jockey and

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GEORGE SELWYN

PROFILE Date of birth: September 15, 1990 Based: County Carlow Riding weight: 9st 5lb First winner: The Chip Chop Man, Limerick, June 2007 Grade 1 wins to date: 15 Prize-money accrued: £3.3 million (NH Ireland 2008-2011) Ambition: To become champion jockey

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to take me all over the place to ride pony racing. Davy Condon is a first cousin and he got me into Willie Mullins’s yard in the first place.

Has starting off on the Flat helped you become a better jockey over jumps?

It has certainly been a help, having to think while going at speed and making split-second decisions. Everything happens much quicker in a five-furlong sprint than in a three-mile chase and you don’t get a second chance to go for a gap. But, for me, there isn’t the same adrenalin buzz on the Flat as there is riding over jumps. Everything about jumping lights me up, particularly if I am riding the best horses.

“There isn’t the same

adrenalin buzz on the Flat; everything about jumping lights me up” Do you still have a longing to be part of the action on the Flat, or is it impossible because of your weight?

I enjoy riding on the Flat. I did last summer and I’ll be on the Flat again this summer. It’s great for keeping you on the ball, keeping you sharp and improving your style. Everything about it helps. I’ll do about 9st 5lb this summer.

Your first big win, in the 2008 Galway Hurdle, came aged 17 as a 5lb claimer.

How important was it for your career?

A great kick-start. John Kiely put me up on Indian Pace after I’d won a couple of Flat races on him the year before. John showed a lot of faith in me as I’d won only a couple of hurdles and the Galway Hurdle was such a big event.

The Galway Festival is so well known that winning such a race was just the result to give you instant recognition.

How do you handle losing when in your heart you feel you should have won?

There’s not much point in beating yourself up or getting down in the dumps because there’s not a lot you can do afterwards. You just have to learn from your mistakes and that’s what I try to do. I think that’s the only way to handle those sort of situations.

Paul Townend and boss Willie Mullins talk tactics

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What does the camaraderie and spirit of the weighing room give you?

It’s like one big family in there. It is really brilliant – everyone is in the same boat, trying to get on. There’s a great craic. We all know the dangers we are facing when we go out to race and that makes the bond even stronger. We all look after each other as best we can and help each other out; if anyone gets a fall we are all wondering how he or she is.

Willie Mullins has put a lot of faith in you – he could have picked a more experienced deputy. In what way has he moulded you?

He has always looked after my best interests.

Whenever he watches my races he will tell me different ways I might improve myself; what I might do better. He is a man to be listening to and I am very lucky to be getting advice from him. I am just thankful that I have been able to stand up to what he thought I could do and pay him back by riding a few winners for him. He is always trying to improve me.

You work closely with Ruby Walsh, Mullins’s number one jockey. What have you learnt from him and how has he helped you?

You just need to watch Ruby on any horse on any day and you’ll learn something. He’s a master of his class and doesn’t really need to say anything to you. But when he does, of course, you listen! He has been very helpful to me when he has been off injured and I have been taking over his mounts. He tells me the right way to ride them

and tells me if he thinks there is something that might improve a certain horse. I realise I am very lucky because I couldn’t be getting advice from two better men.

What makes him so outstanding?

He’s the whole package, isn’t he? He’s strong, he’s fit, he has a great racing brain. The complete professional. I’d say he’s ahead of the game because he can tell you what you’re doing before you know what you’re supposed to be doing. He’ll know a race inside out and what it’s going to involve before he sets off. He’s a bit of a racing genius.

You have been described as a “superstar” and “great talent”, and billed as the natural successor to Ruby Walsh. How do you deal with this pressure?

I don’t take any notice of anything that’s being said like that. I don’t feel any pressure. All that talk goes over my head and I just go out and do the job to the best of my ability.

Six Grade 1 wins on Hurricane Fly have helped to hoist you into the big time. What sort of ride is he, different in any way at home than he is on the track?

He’s a chirpy little lad, but a fairly straightforward ride. I know him very well and am lucky to get on with him as well as I do. You have to have your wits about you when you’re on him because he can be very playful. He knows what’s going on around him as well as anyone else and he knows when he’s got to get down to business. He’s a great old character of a horse and one I’ll never forget.

Can you assess his Champion Hurdle chances? He’ll find the hurly-burly of the race on quicker ground a different ball game to what he is used to in Ireland…

In his last race, the Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown, they went a right good gallop and he came away from them to win nicely. I can’t see Cheltenham being a problem for him. He is a

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CLOSE UP AND… PERSONAL

CLOSE UP AND… PROFESSIONAL

My favourite team is Cork gaelic football

I dream of winning the Grand National My most memorable day’s racing was riding a four-timer at Punchestown in January The best advice I’ve been given is keep your head on your shoulders and your feet on the ground Irish racing needs to encourage more people to come racing The most challenging part of the job is coping with the days when you get beat

I like to relax by going to the cinema The most exciting thing I’ve done is sky-diving from a plane. I enjoyed it once back on the ground!

I would most like to meet Ronnie O’Sullivan On the car radio I listen to The Saw Doctors

very adaptable and professional horse and I don’t think quicker ground will bother him.

Golden Silver, Zaidpour, Mikael D’Haguenet, Mourad…most jockeys would be lucky to sit on one of these in their lifetime. Do you have the best riding job in Ireland right now?

I suppose I do when Ruby’s not there. After all, I am riding for the champion trainer. Who is there better to work for?

PHOTOS: CAROLINE NORRIS

Townend has struck up a formidable partnership with leading Champion Hurdle contender Hurricane Fly

Which race should Golden Silver go for at the Festival – the Queen Mother or the Ryanair?

It’s not up to me to pick his races. He is a bit of a character and you have to leave him to find

his own way in a race; let him get into his own rhythm and ease him into the race. He’s an exciting horse to be taking to Cheltenham, whichever race they choose for him.

How many times have you been to the Cheltenham Festival and what does it mean to you?

This will be my third year. Cheltenham is Cheltenham and means pretty much the same to everyone, whatever part of racing they come from. We all want to be there because it is centre stage and the climax of the whole year. It is brilliant to be going there even if it’s just for a couple of rides – even better if they’ve got a chance. So far I haven’t had much luck, but I’ve got experience round there now and if something pops up with a chance this time I’ll grab it with both hands.

Do you suffer from nerves on the big occasion? You must have been anxious before your first National ride aboard Irish Invader...

Not really. I don’t get put under pressure from Willie and I know the horses well from riding them at home. Getting nervous isn’t going to make them run any faster. Obviously, there’s a lot on your mind going to the races on the big days but you can’t let it get to you. Once you get up on the horse all that is behind you and you’re concentrating on the race. I had never been to Aintree before riding Irish Invader in the National and I was slightly anxious and very excited. Sometimes I’m superstitious over stupid little things, like I wouldn’t ride in new gear on a big day.

Many Irish jockeys move over to Britain. Is this something you would hope for in the future?

No, I’m happy where I am now. Things couldn’t be going much better for me at the moment.

How much work do you put in out of the saddle to keep in top shape?

I ride out every morning and watch what I eat. That way I don’t have a problem with my weight for jumping. I play a fair bit of soccer with the lads. My position is ‘left outside’ because I am not very good and am happy just running around after the ball!

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IS £1,000,0000 WORTH TRAVELLING FOR? 1 MILLION POUNDS. OR CLOSE TO 1,2 MILLION EURO.

That is the combined value of the Black Type races of 2011 in Sweden.

Our strong currency “The Krona” is great for us when we go shopping abroad. But it’s even better for race horse owners who find that our prize money is worth 10% more than last year.

Listed races with purses from £40,000 - 60,000 GBP. And Europes richest G3 race with close to £100,000 to the winner.

And on many of the meetings listed here you’ll also find handicaps with total values in the £ 25,000 region.

Plus generous travel allowances!

FANCY HAVING A GO FO IT IT?

You should.

Quite a few clever owners and trainers from Europe and UK already have. Several of them have struck gold.

And earned Black Type titles.

See you in Sweden!

For more information please contact: Richard Penney, International Racing Bureau +44 1638 668 881 Racing Secretary/Täby Galopp Nicholas Cordrey, nicholas.cordrey@galoppsport.se +46 8 506 366 17 Racing Secretary/Jägersro Bo Gillborg, bo.gillborg@taby.galoppsport.se +46 40 671 82 04

* As of feb 14. 1 SEK = 0,11 Euro/0,1 GBP

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“We have always been very well treated at Jagersro, more to the point have gained some valuable black type and won some good prize money’’ Sir Mark Prescott

“Taby was the first foreign course where Collier Hill ran and since then I have visited some of the best in the world and the service Taby offers compares very favourably with them all.”

Russell Hall

TÄBY GALOPP

JÄGERSRO

Tuesday May 31th (closes April 18th) STOCKHOLMS STORA PRIS (G3) 1 200 000 SEK, 4YO+, 1 950 m Turf TÄBY VÅRSPRINT (L) 400 000 SEK, 4YO+, 1 150 Turf ÅTTA45 TRYCKERI BLOOMERS VASE (L) 500 000 SEK, 3YO+ Fillies and Mares, 1 600 Turf

Friday May 13th (Closes March 25th) THE LANWADES STUD JAGERSRO SPRINT (L) 500 000 SEK, 3YO +, 1 200 m Dirt THE PRAMMS MEMORIAL (L) 1 000 000 SEK, 4YO+, 1 730 m Dirt

Monday June 11th (Closes May 23rd) SWEDISH OPEN MILE (L) 400 000 SEK, 3YO, 1 600 Turf Sunday, September 11th (Closes July 18) STOCKHOLM CUP INTERNATIONAL (G3) 1 600 000 SEK, 3YO+, 2 400 Turf TÄBY OPEN SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP (L) 600 000 SEK, 3YO+, 1 150 Turf TATTERSALLS NICKES MINNESLÖPNING (L) 600 000 SEK, 3YO+, 1 600 Dirt COOLMORE MATCHMAKER STAKES (L) 400 000 SEK, 3YO+ Fillies and Mares, 1 950 Turf Sunday October 9th (Closes August 22nd) LANWADES STUD STAKES (L) 400 000 SEK, 3-5 YO Fillies & Mares, 1 600 Turf SONGLINE CLASSIC (L) 400 000 SEK, 4 YO+, 2 000 Dirt

Saturday July 23rd (Closes July 11th) PRIX DE FRANCE 300 000 SEK, 3YO +, 2 200 m Dirt Sunday August 14th – Derby Day, (Closes June 7th) THE ZAWAWI CUP (L) 500 000 SEK, 3 YO +, 1 200 m Dirt THE MARGARETA WETTERMARK MEMORIAL STAKES (L) 500 000 SEK, 3-5 YO Fillies and Mares, 1 730 m Dirt Sponsored by Lanwades Stud and Miss Kirsten Rausing.

Free breeding to one of Lanwades stallions to winner.

Thursday September 29th (Closes August 15th) THE SFK JUBILEE STAKES (L) 500 000 SEK, 3 YO+, 2 400 m Dirt THE ROSENGÅRD 400 000 SEK, 3YO, 1 200 m Dirt (closes June 20th) Thursday November 13th (Closes September 12th) THE SWEDISH JOCKEY CLUB FILLIES AND MARES STAKES(L) 500 000 SEK, 3YO+ Fillies and Mares, 2 400 m Dirt THE IRISH SMILE 200 000 SEK, 3YO+ 1 600 m Dirt (Closes Nov. 2nd)

WHERE ARE WE? Jägersro is in Malmö.

In the very south of Sweden.

15 min from Copenhagen airport.

Täby is in Stockholm.

The capital of Sweden.

Svensk Galopp (The Swedish Jockey Club) www.svenskgalopp,se +46 8-627 20 00

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ROBERT WALEY-COHEN

Robert Waley-Cohen: a bundle of energy for whom the concept of retirement barely registers

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Gold Cup HUNTER Robert Waley-Cohen thought it an ingenious idea to have the Foxhunter straight after the Gold Cup. An injury to Roulez Cool rules out a bid for a historic double but he still has Long Run in the blue riband to keep him entertained Words Alan Lee • Photos George Selwyn

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t is the energy of the man that is so striking.

Other qualities – presence, wealth, loquaciousness, enthusiasm – come easily to mind as he strides around his Warwickshire estate in mid-morning, mutating seamlessly from horse trainer to city gent. But it is the energy that informs and exhausts.

Robert Waley-Cohen was 62, last time he checked, though he gives the impression of being far too busy to worry about birthdays, let alone those that conventionally signify slowing down. “I don’t think I’m ever going to retire,” he says dismissively.

Plainly, he could have done so by now in comfort, particularly since Alliance Medical, the company he founded in 1983 and brought from America to Europe six years later, was sold for £600 million four years ago. Rather than relax with his share of the proceeds, Waley-Cohen seems more hectic than ever.

“What I’ve discovered I enjoy doing is getting companies from the early stages to a certain size; I love that blank sheet of paper,” he beams. “I’m involved with four newish businesses now and lots of charitable things, like the National Trust council and mental health charities. I like a vast variety of things to do.”

Yet for one week this month – and specifically, a certain day and time – even the digressive exuberance of Waley-Cohen will be fully focused on one target, one corner of the Cotswolds, one burning ambition. It could so easily have been two. Inside an hour on the

final day of the Cheltenham Festival, WaleyCohen had hoped to win the Gold Cup with the most expensive horse he has bought, Long Run, and the Foxhunter Chase with a homebred, Roulez Cool. A tendon injury to the latter means the double is no longer possible.

That the two races follow one another is, in part, down to Waley-Cohen himself as a Director of Cheltenham. “We felt we were showing great foresight,” he says with heavy irony. “It was always thought that no-one riding in the Gold Cup would be in the

“It was thought that

no-one riding in the Gold Cup would be in the Foxhunter” Foxhunter, so the winning connections of the feature race could have plenty of time for presentations and interviews. As Sam (his son) would have ridden both horses and it would have been me getting the jockey organised, it could have got very interesting.”

A similarly delicious dilemma, albeit not quite so fraught in the jockey department, faced Nigel Twiston-Davies last year. While his presence and inner thoughts were being demanded by the national media after Imperial

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Commander’s Gold Cup glory, he longed to be back in the parade ring legging up his son, Sam, for the Foxhunter he was to win on Baby Run. Twiston-Davies always said the latter was more precious and, though few believed him, Waley-Cohen appreciates the sentiment.

“I would have been at least as nervous about the Foxhunter as I will be about the Gold Cup,” he says. “I introduced Christie’s to sponsorship of the race. That was 33 years ago and I still haven’t managed to win it yet! I’d dearly love to win that race above all else.”

It is, too, the strands of family and amateurism that beguile him about the Foxhunter. No surprise, really, as you hear his story. Waley-Cohen is the son of a baronet, Sir Bernard, from whom he inherited many things, but notably a love of the Turf. “As an

“My two loves were

fine art and horses; I didn’t want to make a business out of either” undergraduate at Cambridge, father used to cycle to Newmarket regularly,” he recalls. “He was a Flat man and he bet injudiciously.

“He tells a story of visiting his bank manager in Cambridge and telling him he could no longer live on his allowance but that he was going to make a lot of money in business and he wanted an unsecured loan that his father must never know about. Surprisingly, the bank manager backed him on the one condition that he kept his account at whatever branch he might move to. In due course, the manager became very senior and my father became a

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London director of his bank.

“Father was very involved in the City but he adored Exmoor for hunting. We children went to school in London (Robert attended Eton) but spent all our holidays on Exmoor and that felt like home. We were 1,300 feet up and there was nothing to do but ride and hunt. My first racing days were there, at the point-topoints at Holnicote and Bratton Down every May. Father would give me money and tell me it was for punting, not for sweets. We had to back Bertie Hill, Sarah Hobbs’s father, who was a superstar in those parts, and the bookies never seemed worried about taking half-acrown off an eight-year-old.”

The racing bug was already deep by the time Waley-Cohen entered employment with Christie’s, the fine art auctioneers. “In 1970, they sent me to New York and I decided to make a diversion to watch Nijinsky in Paris,” he says. “I thought a good bet on him to win the Arc would pay for furnishing my apartment in Manhattan. As we all now know, he didn’t win it, so it ended up rather sparsely furnished!

“For the next few years, I was running all over the States, talking to collectors and looking at paintings, but I missed the riding.

I had some friends in Far Hills, New Jersey, who had a horse for sale and I raced him over timber. But I was 24 before I got back to the UK and started riding here. I wasn’t the right shape and I was never fit enough but I had a huge amount of fun. The only race I ever won under rules was a hunter chase at Warwick in 1981.”

Nicky Henderson trained that winner for him, part of an association dating 33 years. “It happened by accident, really,” says WaleyCohen. “George Peter-Hoblyn trained a few horses for me at Manton but then moved to Lambourn and didn’t want to do it any more.

George suggested moving my horses literally

Waley-Cohen’s horses work against the

next door to Windsor House, where Nicky was just setting up.”

Horses were a diversion as Waley-Cohen went about his business life, characteristically making the quantum leap from art to medical supplies. “My two loves were fine art and horses, and I decided I didn’t want to make a business out of either,” he explains. “I would love to have made money being a brilliant entertainer or a fabulous sportsman but both were out of the question, so I looked for something I could set up and people told me that healthcare was the thing to get involved with and America was the place to do it.”

Cutting a long story short, he went into the provision of CT scanners, still an expensive rarity in the early 1980s, and it took off spectacularly. Waley-Cohen says: “You have to remember the internet wasn’t invented then, so I was working odd hours, being based here but running a company in California. What it did, though, was allow me the mornings free to ride and train horses.”

Waley-Cohen took out a permit in 1985 and trained from the stables next to Upton House, the National Trust mansion previously used by the family of his wife, Felicity, as a hunting lodge. Five years later, they had their own

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backdrop of Upton House, which is now in the care of the National Trust

house built, surveying a 2,000-acre estate which, as you might expect, is put to many and varied uses.

Even as Waley-Cohen expanded Alliance, transferring the model to Europe with huge success, he never released the tiller on his equine interests. “I’m extremely conscious that I am playing at being a trainer, because I’ve got so many other interests and commitments,” he admits. “The professionals do it all day and think of nothing else. If I have a really good horse, I will send it to Nicky, though I tend not to have more than two at any one time.”

Breeding, which now fascinates him so much, came later, the motivation a poignant memory. Thomas, the youngest of the WaleyCohens’ four children, fell ill at ten with a bone tumour. His lower leg was amputated – “though it didn’t stop him playing hockey at school” – and the years that remained were borrowed but precious. “Thomas always had this outlook that if you want to do something, just get on with it,” he recalls. “At the time, if I had money to spare, I always thought I would rather buy a nice picture than an expensive horse. But I had this thought about breeding and I reflected on Thomas’s attitude and thought, ‘What are you waiting for?’

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“I decided I would go and buy the best filly I could find and that turned out to be Makounji, now the dam of Roulez Cool. She was too big, really, and she didn’t always do her best but she did win three novice chases one year, including the Pendil. It was entirely due to her that I ended up with Katarino.

“I like to go to Nicky’s every three weeks or so, to keep in touch and see how the horses have altered. However much you talk on the telephone, it’s not the same. I was down there early in the season to see Makounji and I really liked a little black horse on the gallops. It turned out Nicky had been left with him when a syndicate fell through. Over the next three or four visits, the noises in the yard were more and more positive about this horse until I asked Nicky when he was due to run. When he said November 10, I knew it was meant – that was my 50th birthday. I found a friend to take half, he duly won at Newbury on my birthday and went on to win the Triumph.”

Katarino was to race for Waley-Cohen for an entire decade, albeit being retired midway through with apparently unmanageable injuries. Yet he recovered to win the Aintree Fox Hunters twice, with a near terminal attack of colic in between. Waley-Cohen says: “It seemed to us a miracle. He won twice over the National fences without a race in between and he’d been at death’s door only weeks before.”

By then, the Waley-Cohens had enjoyed another uplifting Cheltenham Festival win through Liberthine in 2005.

“Thomas had died the previous July, ten years after falling ill,” his father reflects.

“Liberthine winning was a terrific lift for the whole family, especially with Sam riding. His instructions were to be very patient, because we knew they’d go lickety-split. Turning the bend at the bottom of the hill he still had ten in front of him but he flew past them all and won by seven lengths.”

Waley-Cohen’s pride in Sam’s jockeyship is natural and powerful but it has been validated by his recent displays on Long Run, especially the exemplary ride to win the delayed King George VI Chase at Kempton. “He’s dedicated, he works very hard at both his fitness and his riding skills,” says Waley-Cohen. “He gets on very well with Long Run and I get pretty

Wanted: radical look at NH fillies’ calendar The bias towards NH colt registrations for many stallions, revealed in the latest Return of Mares, is a major concern to Robert WaleyCohen, Vice-Chairman of the TBA’s National Hunt Committee.

He says: “I don’t think the decline in the number of mares being bred to is a bad thing, as there were too many bad ones in the system, but it is very worrying that the number of fillies being registered is only about 20%.

“The vast majority of elite National Hunt horses are geldings. If you want to own a racehorse you’re obviously likely to buy a colt or gelding because the chances of getting a top female horse are so small.

“Fillies are worth so little that it is not economically affordable for people to sell them. We have to give trainers and owners a reason to put fillies into training.

“We need to take a radical look at the programme for fillies, especially for four-, five- and six-year-olds. The current number of races is 116 – we need a lot more than that, especially novice hurdles and races for second-season hurdlers.”

Waley-Cohen adds: “There is no jumps equivalent of the Oaks or May Hill. The David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle is a proper championship race. It’s been a big success and I’d like to see a two-mile mares’ only novice hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.”

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dismissive with people who ask if I thought about a different jockey.”

It was a birthday celebration for his eldest son, Marcus, now in charge of the breeding operation in Warwickshire, that took the Waley-Cohens on their portentous trip to Paris in May of 2009. Long Run is a younger brother of two of Waley-Cohen’s previous purchases, Liberthine and Bica.

“He was a gorgeous horse, he won that day, I knew the breeder and trainer well, so everything seemed right,” says Waley-Cohen.

“I had also recently sold most of my shares in Alliance, so for once in my life I had money in the bank. I slightly gasped at the price but my wife said, ‘This is what you love, you’ve got the money, go ahead and do it.’”

There has been no cause for regret or recrimination – not that Waley-Cohen seems to deal in such unhelpful currencies. Long Run is heading for the Gold Cup as second favourite after his King George triumph and, judging by the fan mail, as a horse of soaring popularity.

For his owner, Roulez Cool’s nonappearance will at least allow him the chance to relax after the Gold Cup. Yet Cheltenham will soon place further demands on his time; in May, Waley-Cohen will succeed Lord Vestey as Chairman of the racecourse that inspires dreams in every jumping soul.

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French lesson can help the Brits In bloodstock matters, Robert Waley-Cohen believes Britain has plenty to learn from its cross-Channel neighbour. Most of his purchased horses are bought in France, three are currently trained there and he has a high regard for the French system of developing young jump horses.

“One of the big problems in Britain is this concept of being a novice and then not a novice,” he explains. “In France, they have specific programmes for three- and fouryear-olds. You might be running against the best of your generation but you are not up against the rest of the world.

“Their races are also run in a different style, a much steadier pace than our races.

It’s kinder on young horses than our pillarto-post instinct. I also think that the French hurdle is a much better introduction to a steeplechase fence than the English hurdle.”

“I’d stewarded there from 1980 and been involved on the board for 25 years,” he relates.

“We’ve had 20 years of development and growth under Sam [Vestey]. The buildings masterplan hasn’t been completed yet and it’s

Waley-Cohen has used his position as Chairman of the Point-to-Point Authority to instil such values in British amateur racing.

“I’ve tried very hard in the point-to-point world, introducing four-year-old only races,” he says. “Going further than that is difficult. The French have different fences for young horses than for all-aged championship races – it’s not as formidable.

“If I have horses that are precocious enough, I break them at two and get them trotting over poles, then send them to France with a view to their three-year-old programme.

“The prize-money is very steeply staircased, so the top races in Paris get huge money. I know Long Run was at the top of the tree but he came back here having won €700,000 – that’s a staggering amount of money after 12 races.”

very much my intention to do it and provide better facilities. We’re lucky, though, that everyone aspires to Cheltenham. It is our Olympics; everything is about the road to the Festival.”

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ARENTIA CADEAUX GENEREUX - CL 1994 CHESNUT 16.0 H.H. by

OBER c 2011 FEE: £10,000 1ST OCT

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AN IDEAL DUAL PURPOSE SIRE standing in the COTSWOLDS

OUTPERFORMED INTERNATIONAL STAKES WINNERS Won 5 races at 2 & 4 years, 6 to 9 furlongs, €63,900 & was placed twice.

WON Grand Criterium, 8f, La Zarzuela, beating STONESIDE (winner of Gr.3 at Santa Anita and 2nd Gr.1 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly), etc.

WON Premio Centro Commercial Hipercor, 6f, Mijas, beating GOLDING STAR (2nd LR Prix Madame Jean Couturie), etc.

WON Premio Martorell, 6f, La Zarzuela, beating STONESIDE, etc.

WON Premio Unicaja, 9f, Mijas, beating DOLOR DE ALMA, etc.

What a Caper Bay 2004, 16.3 h.h. (1.70m) CAPE CROSS – SHEER GOLD (Cutlass)

“He is one of the toughest, genuine and incredibly game horses I have trained, with a fantastic temperment. A real treat to train this top class individual and I look forward to training his offspring.” Trainer Peter Haley

AN OUTSTANDINGLY FAST FAMILY Sire: CAPE CROSS Champion and Multiple Champion sire of 64 Stakes winners: Won Gr.1 Lockinge Stakes, Gr.2 Queen Anne Stakes, Gr.2 Celebration Mile, etc.

Sire of: Sea The Stars (Champion, sire) Ouija Board (Champion), Behkabad (Gr.1, 2010), Able One (Gr.1), Seachange (Gr.1), Kindacross (Gr.1), Gaze (Gr.1), Halicarnassus (Gr.2), Russian Cross (Gr.2), Cape North (Gr.2), Hatta Fort (Gr.2), Mokabra (Gr.2), Confuschias (Gr.3), Everbright (Gr.3), Mikki Street (Gr.3), Mac Love (Gr.3), Mazuna (Gr.3), Hazyview (Gr.3), etc.

Dam: SHEER GOLD – won $232,448, and placed 16 times, incl: 2nd LR Office Queen Breeders’ Cup Handicap, LR Calder Breeders’ Cup Handicap: dam of 4 winners, incl: San Salvador (8 races and placed 24 times, incl: 3rd Gr.3 Mahab Al Simaal Stakes, LR Al Shindagha Sprint).

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Grandam: FRENCH GOLD – winner of $139,132, incl: LR Desert Vixen Stakes, incl: 2nd LR My Dear Girl Stakes, 3rd LR Hialeah Stakes: dam of 4 winners, incl: Sheer Gold, and grandam of Jennasietta (LR Calder Breeders’ Cup Handicap, 2nd Gr.2 La Prevoyante Handicap)

Fee for 2011: £1,200 –

What A Caper no v.a.t. with concessions for winning mares.

October 1st terms. no foal, free return.

The immediate family of Group and Stakes winners Greatsilverfleet, American Dreamer, American Century, Bright N Golden, etc.

Standing at: PASTURES BARN STUD Sheepscombe, Snowshill, Broadway, Worcestershire WR12 7JU. Contact: SARAH WARING Tel/Fax: 01451 851054

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RACING IN THE RECESSION

There may be (more)

TROUBLE AHEAD Britain’s breeders have shown resilience in the face of the economic downturn but for many in the racing industry the future remains decidedly uncertain

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n January 2008, this magazine interviewed leading all-weather owner Nigel Shields following the success of Lang Field in an American Grade 1, earning him the Owner of the Month accolade.

Shields had enjoyed plenty of success in the previous ten years in Britain, notching 277 wins and earning over £2.2 million in total prize-money. However during the course of the conversation, he revealed that his days as an owner on these shores were numbered.

“The situation with prize-money here has reached a critical stage,” he explained. “I get more enjoyment from my UK horses but I have to look at the financial implications.

“Race values are dropping, yet training, veterinary and transport costs keep going up.

The racing industry needs to address the issue of prize-money urgently – otherwise others will come to share my view that ownership in Britain is economically unviable.”

He added: “Owning racehorses is a paid for pleasure, yet the price, for me, has now become too high.”

Three years on, it appears that plenty of others have reached exactly the same conclusion. Between 2007 and 2010 the number of owners with horses in training fell from 9,263 to 8,269 – a drop of 10.7%.

Yet new owner registrations in January this year showed an 18.1% increase on 2010, rising from 116 to 137 (though still well down on the 207 who registered in January 2008). The green shoots of recovery, perhaps?

The horses in training figures suggest it would be unwise to get too carried away with this figure.

In the same month that Shields explained his reasons for turning his back on the sport in the UK, there were 15,581 horses in training in Britain. The number for January 2011 was 14,262, a drop of 8.5% in three years. It also represented a 2.2% dip since 2010.

Fewer horses and fewer owners – it is not surprising that so many trainers have struggled to balance the books during the recession.

Trainer ranks depleted Rupert Arnold, Chief Executive of the National Trainers Federation (NTF), says the number of trainers in the UK is showing a sharp decline.

The number of horses in training has fallen by 8.5% since the start of 2008

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Keith Reveley has changed the nature of his operation to cope with the downturn

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He explains: “I started at the NTF in 2000 – the number of trainers increased each year, peaking at 599 in December 2008. Since then, however, the figure has steadily dropped each season. There were 574 trainers in July last year – now there are 559 (as of February 1).

“I think the situation will get worse before it gets better. Prize-money is very low and there is a strong sense of pessimism generally among trainers. We have detected a dwindling enthusiasm for racing among owners who are leaving the sport. Trainers are finding it increasingly difficult to sell the British racing

experience to new owners.

“There is a dual aspect here – while numbers of owners are falling, there is an increase in costs for things like fuel, feed and bedding, which is making life hard for many trainers.”

Peter Cundell’s decision in January to call time on his training career followed on from the likes of Hugh Collingridge, Paul Howling, Chris Thornton and Rodney Farrant relinquishing their licences in recent months.

Down to a handful of mediocre horses, Cundell, who was the NTF’s Deputy Chairman of the Central South Region, is forthright in his

views on where racing’s problems lie and, like Arnold, is pessimistic about the sport’s immediate future.

He says: “We need to take the bookmakers on – they’re taking racing for a ride by moving their online and phone operations offshore.

And then they’ve stitched us up with their shops by not paying full rates [the government has now reduced the threshold under which betting shops pay a reduced levy rate, from £88,740 to £50,000]. The bookmakers play hard ball while we play soft ball.

“I think the number of trainers will halve in three years – there’ll be about 300 trainers and the rest will have given up. Anyone training under 40 horses is either losing money or subsidising the business by employing family members as staff. It is becoming too hard to make a living from the sport.

“There will be a shortage of horses because the foal crops in Britain and Ireland have fallen so dramatically [by around a third in three years] – we need to cut back fixtures, despite what the bookmakers say.

“The Flat will be hit harder – prize-money is worse, spread out over more fixtures, and jumping owners are in the game for enjoyment with horses that are around year after year.

“In my region many trainers are around 1520% down on numbers this year. The number of two-year-olds entering training in April and May will be very interesting.”

NTF President-elect William Haggas is not in the ‘struggling trainer’ camp yet understands the challenges his fraternity face better than most. A supporter of the Horsemen’s Tariff, which recommends to racecourses the level of prize-money they should put on for all races,

Racecourses: attendances hold up but revenue The past few years have required Britain’s racecourses to offer incentives to maintain attendances, through promotions like early booking price reductions and pop concerts, and their ability to attract healthy crowds despite economic woe has been widely praised by the industry.

On the flip side, hospitality and sponsorship revenue has been hit hard, while tracks report racegoers to be spending and betting less.

Stephen Atkin, the Racecourse Association’s Chief Executive, has forecast Britain’s 60 tracks will post an aggregate £10 million profit in 2011, down considerably on last year.

Levy funding reductions have led to racecourses, which will benefit from media rights payments worth £54m in 2011,

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giving more to prize-money through executive and sponsorship contributions, as our exclusive table on page 74 shows.

With the Horsemen’s Tariff being used by owners and trainers as a race programme guide for their horses, most tracks are likely to divert more money to purses this year.

The key indicator of racecourse attendances – the average daily figure – was last year up 3.4% on 2009 at 4,145, but admissions revenue dropped, off the back of price freezes at the gate and discounted advance tickets.

There was a free racing week last spring, while individual tracks experimented by scrapping admission charges occasionally.

The three major racecourse-owning groups, Jockey Club Racecourses,

Northern Racing and Arena Leisure, reported admissions revenue to have dipped over the past few years.

Arena’s was down 15% on 2008 at £9.7 million, and Northern’s 9.5% at £3.8m, with JCR, which owns 14 racecourses, reporting a dip of 3.9% from 2009.

JCR, though, said more racegoers were ‘trading up’ to hospitality packages, the catalyst for an 11.1% increase in hospitality revenue for them.

Paul Fisher, JCR Group Managing Director, says: “It’s important to recognise that admissions and hospitality revenue are just two income streams. Others include on-course spend, sponsorship, media rights and non-raceday events, which are all critical to our business, and some came under pressure during the downturn.

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RACING IN THE RECESSION he is very concerned about the dip in the horse population.

“I believe we are right in the middle of the bad spell, with no joy ahead for the foreseeable future for the training fraternity,” says Haggas.

“We’re looking at a dramatic drop in horse numbers. What looks like happening in a few years time is a scenario of pretty decent prizemoney, but not as many horses in training.

“There would not be as many fixtures either, as owners and trainers will not be able to supply enough horses. Things will not be nice for a while but you could argue we needed a correction.”

Plenty of staff to go round The decline in the number of horses in training has, inevitably, had a knock-on effect on stable staff as trainers realise they don’t require as many hands to muck out and ride work.

Figures supplied by the British Horseracing Authority show that the total number employed (full and part-time) in British yards fell by 4.3% between 2008 and 2010, from 7,160 to 6,852.

“We have had to deal with more redundancies in the last couple of years than when I started four years ago,” explains Jim Cornelius, Chief Executive of the National Association of Stable Staff (NASS).

“NASS has certainly been representing more stable staff and helping to get them what they’re entitled to. One of the benefits of joining NASS is free legal representation for stable staff.

“More trainers seem to be prepared to let staff go for misdemeanours, rather than dealing with them another way. The reduction is a

response to the economic situation – trainers don’t require so many staff now, it’s as simple as that.

“Wages are higher in Newmarket so jobs have been shed there by trainers who are finding it hard, but I think that overall there are more problems in the north.”

Newmarket-based Haggas backs that up, saying: “With not as many horses as there were the training business is scaling back, so there are lots of stable staff available.

“Things are pretty

bad in the north.

Trainers and owners have been hit hard” “Five years ago they were impossible to find – now it’s the other way round. In Newmarket certainly there are plenty of staff about.”

Keith Reveley, who trains in Lingdale, Cleveland, is Deputy Chairman of the NTF’s North Region. His stable earned £300,000 in prize-money during 2007/08; last season yielded just over half that amount.

He backs Cornelius’s view that his area has been hit hardest by the recession and also echoes Cundell’s sentiments regarding trainers turning to family members for help.

Reveley says: “I could see this coming two or three years ago, so even then we were cutting back on the numbers we employ.

“It’s now a family unit, with my wife Fiona and son James. We do employ six or seven fulltime staff, and have part-time staff too, but the set-up is different to even five years ago.

“Now we keep everything to a minimum, although of course you cannot cut corners where horses are concerned.

“We have people come in for weekends only, from local colleges or those who have been involved with pony racing for instance, and that means that full-time staff have to work only one weekend in five, instead of every other weekend as before. That allows us to cut down on overtime payments.”

Talk of a north/south divide in racing is not new and Reveley believes it does exist.

“Things are pretty bad in the north,” he continues. “The poor weather hasn’t helped as a lot of fixtures have been lost and therefore prize-money has gone up in smoke. I basically train for six months of the year – I’m not into summer jumping – so rely on prize-money in the winter for my income.

“Trainers and owners in the north have been hit harder. The bigger owners in the south have seemed immune to the economic climate.

“Some of my small businessman owners have had people go bankrupt on them and some have gone bankrupt themselves. Even those in syndicates are struggling to afford it.

People have not got a lot of spare cash to indulge what is a hobby.

“Richard Fahey and Mark Johnston have done well but it’s been a struggle for most and you have to cut your cloth accordingly. I am careful now when going racing in the south. I drive the horsebox myself and I can tell you it costs a fortune to fill the tank.

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Paul Fisher, JCR Group MD, admits income has come under pressure

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“However, Jockey Club Racecourses has worked very hard to grow our business in 2010 to help fulfil our mission of reinvesting our revenues back into British racing. JCR hosts 25% of fixtures but contributes almost 50% of all racecourses’ investment in prize money.”

Hospitality revenue for Northern and Arena was down 25% and 22% in 2010 against 2008, though Arena reported a slight rise last year on 2009.

The Cheltenham Festival has not been immune to the recession, either. ‘Covers’ – those taking hospitality places – were in 2009 12% down on 2008 at 24,000, and slightly less again in 2010, though by only 300.

Revenue was marginally down due to some price reductions.

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RACING IN THE RECESSION HORSES IN TRAINING (as at mid-January) 2008

2009

2010

2011

% change 2008/2011

Flat only

Named horses All horses

6,636 8,326

6,537 8,058

6,617 8,252

6,677 8,186

+0.6 -1.7

Jump only

Named horses All horses

4,766 4,856

4,483 4,586

5,338 5,459

5,232 5,345

+9.7 +10.0

Dual purpose*

Named horses All horses

2,344 2,399

2,427 2,473

837 877

697 731

-70.2 -69.5

TOTAL

Named horses All horses

13,746 15,581

13,447 15,117

12,792 14,588

12,606 14,262

-8.3 -8.5

Figures courtesy of Weatherbys *The recorded numbers since 2010 reflect a change in the categorisation of dual purpose horses

“I like to support the Scottish tracks too – they try to boost prize-money – but I went to Ayr the other day, only for it to be called off due to waterlogging. It was an expensive journey.”

Jockeys have also been left frustrated by pointless trips to the races. A recent PJA/ROA initiative to pay half a riding fee when jockeys were declared for a non-runner was designed to help compensate the game’s ‘journeymen’.

Yet the scheme never got off the ground after many trainers voiced their disapproval.

Bigger yards can tough it out Haggas believes that it is the size of a trainer’s stable that will dictate how they can ride out the recession.

He says: “The bigger trainers appear well up to their normal levels. Henry Cecil seems to have more horses; the bigger trainers do not

horse sales for the past 14 years, has witnessed at first hand the decline in this activity.

He says: “It’s been obvious in the last few years that fewer trainers have been prepared to take a risk by buying yearlings on spec as they once did. If they do, they will be pretty certain they have an owner to sell the horse onto.

“A lot of trainers had their fingers burned by being landed with horses during the economic downturn and there has been a major tightening of credit facilities.

“Banks won’t lend money for much at present, least of all buying horses, and the sales companies are owed fortunes for

unpaid purchases so are understandably very reluctant to extend a great deal of credit to clients, as they did in the past.

“It’s resulted in a contraction in size of every market reliant on domestic buyers and, even when the economy does recover, it’s hard to think sales companies will ever again offer credit as they once did.”

The often-repeated claim that Britain has the best racing in the world may start to ring hollow if the declines in the industry continue at the current rate.

“If you have plenty of horses you can cope; the middle to lower tier is finding it hard”

seem to be affected at the moment.

“If you have plenty of horses you can cope better with recession than others. It’s the middle to lower tier that are finding it hard.

“You’re going to get more people forming syndicates than being able to afford to go it alone. Still having enjoyment but cutting costs will be the aim for many owners. You will have people rather taking a leg in four horses than owning one.”

The number of trainers buying ‘on spec’ at the sales has dropped off dramatically in recent times as owners have cut back.

Ed Prosser, who has covered the major UK

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BRITISH NATIONAL HUNT STALLIONS

Shoring up

THE HOME GUARD In National Hunt racing and breeding, Britain has been under sustained attack from Ireland and France but the domestic stallion ranks are slowly being bolstered by the addition of some established names and exciting young prospects Words Emma Berry

Galileo’s brother Black Sam Bellamy is a young sire to follow

The Pitchall Stud resident has done it the hard way: having started off covering fewer than 20 mares in his first few seasons, his book size has grown year-on-year, up to 130 in 2009, after which stud owners David and Kathleen Holmes decided to restrict his book.

“We’re being very selective with him now,” says Kathleen Holmes.

“We used to cover anything we could but he’s not getting any younger and I don’t think it’s good for stallions to be covering really big books.

He’ll cover

a maximum of 80 this year. Most jumps stallions are dead by the time they make it; you need at least eight to ten years before you start to see results.”

Midnight Legend, a 20-year-old son of Night Shift, is in his tenth season at Pitchall having been purchased from Conkwell Grange the same year that Yamrah was carrying the foal that would become Midnight Chase, a lively challenger for this year’s Cheltenham Gold Cup. He is likely to be joined at Prestbury Park by the tough little mare Sparky May, whose American dam was purchased as a show jumping prospect.

Holmes says: “Having started where he did with small books of lesser mares, it’s unbelievable how well he’s done really.

He has a runner in the Gold Cup from a mare who was rated 55 on the Flat. It’s not just a feeling that he’s doing well – we have the hard facts to show that he improves his mares.”

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hen studying the list of leading National Hunt sires there’s no denying that stallions in Britain have a mountain to climb to draw level with the current top five of King’s Theatre, Oscar, Presenting, Beneficial and Flemensfirth. All stand in Ireland and, while sheer weight of numbers can be a factor, there’s usually a good reason why sires are covering big books in the first place.

King’s Theatre has snatched the lead from last year’s champion, Presenting, though, at the time of writing, Oscar had nudged ahead on individual winners. King’s Theatre’s strength is his extremely good winners-to-runners strike-rate of 38%, with his progeny, including Champion Hurdle favourite Menorah, Voler La Vedette and Cue Card, having already earned in excess of £1 million before the big festival meetings are upon us. Of the active sires on the table, only one other horse can match this strike-rate and that is the increasingly successful Midnight Legend.

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Kayf Tara, one of the leading lights among Britain’s established sires, with Dan Matty

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Based not far from Cheltenham at Stratford-on-Avon, Pitchall sits at the southern end of the corridor of British National Hunt stallions. Midnight Legend’s close rival in the tables, Kayf Tara, is also close at hand geographically, being based at Overbury Stud in Gloucestershire. To the north, in the Shropshire jumping heartland,

are Wood Farm Stud, Yorton Farm, Mickley Stud and Shade Oak Stud, the last named being home to another stallion enjoying a purple patch, Alflora, whose good chasers this season include Wayward Prince and Wishfull Thinking.

“Alflora went through lean times when he didn’t have the number of mares coming to

him but he did well and what’s happening now reflects that,” says Peter Hockenhull of Shade Oak Stud. “This year there’s going to be a tremendous scrap between Midnight Legend, Kayf Tara and Alflora. There’s fierce competition now on this side of the Irish Sea and that’s really healthy. It’s great that they’re all sitting close to each other on the sires’ list.”

Hockenhull has added another name to the Shade Oak roster for 2011, Recharge, a son of Cape Cross out of the Tattersalls Gold Cup winner Rebelline.

“It’s not perhaps the ideal time to launch a new stallion but good horses are not easy to find and I’m delighted to have him,” he says.

“We’ll throw the weight of Shade Oak Stud behind him.

“There’ll be lots of Sadler’s Wells line mares looking for an outcross. With any new sire it makes sense to find something that will cross. In jumping it takes longer for our sires to prove themselves and that can be an advantage and a disadvantage. I think the Flat’s a bit more volatile because of swings of fashion and generally National Hunt breeders are in it for the longer haul.”

Hockenhull’s neighbour, David Futter of Yorton Farm, is another with a new stallion to offer British jumps breeders this season, Sulamani. The son of Hernando started his career with Darley in Newmarket before standing three seasons in France. He was bought by the Cashman family’s Rathbarry Stud, which also owns Yorton’s two other stallions, Indian Danehill and Revoque.

“Indian Danehill has started to attract some more commercial breeders but it takes a while for horses to get going,” says Futter.

Sulamani has always had supporters among the National Hunt fraternity and he has been welcomed back to England from France

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black-type juveniles last year but who has also found favour in National Hunt circles is Shirocco.

The Grade 1-winning hurdler United has just produced her first foal by Shirocco, who, like recent National Hunt recruits Getaway and Schiaparelli, is by Monsun.

“The TBA mares’ voucher scheme is bound to have played quite a big part in United’s

“There’s fierce

competition now on this side of the Irish Sea and that’s really healthy” owner Richard Holt deciding to send her to a British-based stallion. It’s an excellent initiative and the TBA must be given credit for it,” says Justin Wadham, husband of United trainer’s Lucy.

“Obviously with commercial considerations in mind one has to take into account a number of the successful Irish stallions but in the case of United, she doesn’t have a pure jumping pedigree.

“She’s a dual Flat winner and her dam was fourth in the German Guineas so going to Shirocco, who was an extremely good middledistance horse, gives her a chance of breeding something which might start on the Flat. It wasn’t necessarily the best thing to go the pure jumping route.”

United will remain in Britain this season to visit Black Sam Bellamy at Shade Oak Stud. Wadham adds: “Black Sam Bellamy is starting to establish himself and simply has one of the best pedigrees in the studbook.”

Another top-class jumping mare about to produce her first foal is the Welsh National winner L’Aventure, who is expecting a Kayf Tara foal in March.

Her owner Christopher Harriman has also taken advantage of the mares’ voucher scheme.

He says: “Our plan is to stay with Kayf Tara for at least one more season until we see the type of offspring she’s producing. She’s not fully thoroughbred so her offspring would be eligible for AQPS races in France. The prize-money here doesn’t help but as we hope to end up with ‘National’ type horses then it makes more sense to race them here.

“I bought L’Aventure just to try to win any race at Chepstow, which was my local course when I was growing up. That’s where we’ve had the most enjoyment from racing and to win the Welsh National was a dream come true.”

Harriman’s fellow countryman David Brace has recently extended the pool of British jump stallions over the Welsh border at his Dunraven Stud, near Bridgend. There one can find the current leading Britishbased sire by earnings this season, Dr Massini. He has been joined for 2011 by another former Coolmore inmate, Bach, whose Grade 2 Adonis Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle winner Hebridean, a Group 3 winner on the Flat for his trainer/breeder Aidan O’Brien, is out of a Dr Massini mare.

Brace says: “It’s been wonderful. The timing’s been perfect with Dr Massini. He covered his first book of mares here last year and we had plenty of interest, both from British breeders and from people who had used him before in Ireland.

“Our plan had always been to stand a commercial stallion who had already been

United with her five-day-old Shirocco filly

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“Everyone now wants National Hunt stores to be produced earlier and to run earlier and there’s a good chance of that with a horse like Sulamani.

“I was surprised at how many National Hunt breeders had used him in his first few years at stud. Mary Reveley’s booked in two good mares and she has four- or five-yearolds out of them that she’s pleased with. I’m really pleased with the response that we’ve had since he’s been back in England – it’s good that people are coming back.”

One of those people is Richard Aston of Goldford Stud, a consistently successful breeder and consignor of jumping stock.

He says: “I’ve always been excited by Sulamani. I used him in his second season, which is not a policy we would normally operate for any mare. He was an exceptional racehorse, tough and sound, and he’s by a stallion that I’ve always admired.”

The dams of Riverside Theatre and Venalmar are among the mares Aston has sent to Sulamani, and, along with him, Aston will also be patronising Black Sam Bellamy, Kayf Tara and Shirocco this season.

“We have some viable stallions in this country but we possibly lack a consistently successful stallion, who would produce lots of top-class stock in the way that a horse like Celtic Cone did in years gone by,” he says.

“But Kayf Tara is starting to look like he will do it and it looks as though Black Sam Bellamy could fall into that mould, not least because of how he’s bred. The most important thing with him though is that they like him in Ireland and the commercial market is driven in Ireland.”

Aston feels that one of the most concerning aspects of the current National Hunt market is its polarisation on an increasingly small band of stallions.

He says: “Breeders and pinhookers find safe havens in the likes of Presenting and Flemensfirth, and that’s understandable. In a contracting market you have to go to the best available, but that creates a vicious circle for the younger stallions who then struggle to establish themselves through lack of opportunity.

“Despite lacking that really consistent type of stallion in Britain, we’re probably at as exciting a stage as we’ve ever been with regard to what’s available.”

Outside the acknowledged National Hunt sires there’s a swathe of middle-distance Flat stallions who have inevitably proved capable of siring high-class runners under both codes. For many years Sadler’s Wells led the field in this regard and his sons dominate the jumping table, with Montjeu attaining similarly decent results from a select bunch of jumpers. Hernando, Galileo and Selkirk all perform this dual role with credit, and a young sire whose first crop yielded several

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tried. We were lucky to be able to buy him and then Bach. In the future I hope to be able to take a chance on a completely new stallion.”

As our accompanying panel shows, there’s a diverse range of National Hunt stallions available to breeders in Britain, with the Shropshire set having the upper hand for strength in depth.

For strictly commercial breeders the field narrows considerably. Sticking with established names is one way to cut down on risk in an uncertain world. But at a time when cost-cutting is uppermost in many minds, perhaps this is the season when more British National Hunt breeders will opt to keep mares at home and take a chance on one of the many young stallion prospects these shores have to offer.

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BRITISH NATIONAL HUNT STALLIONS

Dr Massini was established in Ireland before coming to Wales and continues to do well

Where to find the jumping boys Batsford Stud, Gloucestershire

Mickley Stud, Shropshire

Home to Kadastrof, one of the few British-based NH sires with jumping form, and Little Josh’s sire Pasternak

Richard Kent’s National Hunt roster includes Beat All, Central Park and TBA award-getter for leading sire of steeplechase winners Overbury

Beech Tree Stud, Somerset The base of Apple Tree, sire of the ultra-tough Lough Derg, and Tamure

Beechwood Grange Stud, Yorkshire The well bred Desideratum has first-crop three-year-olds

Clarendon Farm, Wiltshire Double Trigger and Tobougg joined John and Sarah Haydon in the move from East Burrow Farm in Devon

Colmer Stud, Dorset Dual-purpose stallions Arkadian Hero, a son of the great veteran Trempolino, Man Among Men and Wace

Conduit Farm Stud, Oxon Home to Kirkwall, sire of the versatile Orcadian

Dairy House Stud, Wiltshire Resident stallions are Septieme Ciel, Victory Note, the sire of good novice hurdler Pepe Simo, and Crosspeace

Dunraven Stud, Mid Glamorgan Bach and Dr Massini have both been bought from Coolmore’s jumps division in Ireland

Girsonfield Stud, Northumberland Stud owners Frank and Susan Corbett have recently taken delivery of Bahri from Ireland

Littleton Stud, Hampshire Norse Dancer, whose first crop are now three, stands at the stud of his owner/breeder Jeff Smith

Lodge Farm, Cambridgeshire New home of Needle Gun, sire of prolific winner Yes Sir

Louella Stud, Leicestershire Cheltenham Festival winner Nomadic Way, Rainbow High and Denounce form the stud’s thoroughbred roster

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The National Stud, Suffolk Phoenix Reach’s eldest runners are only three but they include several winners; he recently joined the stallion parade at Cheltenham

Nunstainton Stud, County Durham Stallions include Dapper, a Hernando half-brother to Alborada, and Great Palm, the sire of Festival winner Great Endeavour

Overbury Stud, Gloucestershire Home to Britain’s leading National Hunt sire for 2009/10 Kayf Tara, along with Sagamix and Schiaparelli

Pitchall Stud, Warwickshire Resident stallion Midnight Legend is enjoying a great season and he stands alongside Passing Glance

Shade Oak Stud, Shropshire A mixture of established and new names with the stallions Alflora, Black Sam Bellamy, Grape Tree Road, Fair Mix and Recharge

Vauterhill Stud, Devon Home to Kauto Stone’s sire With The Flow, Relief Pitcher and Bandmaster

Wood Farm Stud, Shropshire Bill Bromley’s roster currently includes the Classic winners Bollin Eric, Erhaab and Lucarno

Yorton Farm, Shropshire Standing Indian Danehill, Revoque and new recruit Sulamani, who has returned to the UK from France This list does not include stallions which are not specifically represented as National Hunt or dual-purpose sires

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BREEDERS’ DIGEST

By EMMA BERRY, Bloodstock Editor

Our coverage this month includes:

• Sales Circuit: reports and analysis Edward Prosser wraps up the first round of sales of 2011 in Britain and Ireland – pages 65-67

• South African sales overview Grant Pritchard-Gordon assesses the inaugural Cape Premier Yearling Sale – pages 68-69

A love that dare not speak its name

T

he year 2000 heralded the start of an obsession. A longstanding fan of jump racing who could get away with saying that out loud while working for Horse & Hound, I was soon taught the error of my ways by my new colleagues at Pacemaker.

The intimidating trio of purists that was Julian Muscat, John Boyce and Jeremy Early made sure that there was so much collective brow-furrowing at the mere mention of Istabraq that, by the time that year’s Classics came around, I was well and truly persuaded into a new-found love of Flat racing.

For that reason, the names King’s Best and Sinndar will always hold special resonance: the brilliant Guineas winner, whose career was cruelly ended in the Irish Derby, and the hero of Epsom, the Curragh and Longchamp.

How pleasing then to be able to see these two cherished creatures in the flesh, more than a decade on, as part of La Route des Etalons, an open weekend of Normandy-based studs at the beginning of February. Both stallions started their careers in Ireland and now stand respectively at Haras du Logis and the Aga Khan’s Haras de Bonneval. King’s Best’s star is in the ascendant thanks to the exploits of Workforce, while Rosanara’s Prix Marcel Boussac win and Youmzain’s annual Arc outing showed those who needed reminding the type of horse Sinndar is capable of siring.

Each has been joined at stud in France by one of his sons over the last two years: Creachadoir stands alongside his sire King’s Best at Logis while his half-brother, the aforementioned Youmzain, has been added to the Haras du Quesnay roster.

The Head family’s historic stud was mobbed by visitors over the open weekend. Its most famous established stallions of recent years, Highest Honor, Anabaa and Bering, are much missed, not just at Quesnay but in France generally, as is former champion sire Linamix (who stood at Haras du Val Henry).

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The start of an obsession: Sinndar stretches out in his paddock at Haras de Bonneval

Quesnay’s newest recruits Dunkerque, Mr Sidney, Fuisse and Youmzain have a long way to go before they can match the records of these luminaries. And therein lies France’s problem: despite a recent influx of new stallions (27 in 2010 and another 25 this year) the country is lacking in superstar names, though King’s Best made plenty of headlines last year.

FRBC in strong position The rapid decline of first-season sires in Britain and Ireland in the last few years may be concerning, but exciting young prospects like Invincible Spirit, Oasis Dream, Dubawi and Shamardal, backing up Coolmore’s big guns of Galileo, Danehill Dancer and Montjeu, mean France has much catching up to do to be on an equal footing in the European stallion market.

No-one, however, could argue that the country’s racing industry, with its envied Tote monopoly, isn’t streets ahead with regard to ploughing money back into the sport. This filters through to its marketing arm, the French Racing & Breeding Committee, which has the sort of budget British Bloodstock Marketing can only dream about, and is consistently excellent in encouraging foreign visitors to France, be it for racing, sales or stud tours.

While France may lag behind Britain and Ireland in the Flat stallion market, its jumping

sires hold their own, undoubtedly aided by the fact that the French training programme for jumpers tends to encourage precocity, meaning stallions don’t have to be in their dotage before they have produced a good National Hunt horse. It’s a situation which is being addressed in Britain via the introduction of such incentives as junior bumpers. This is vital, not just to try to compete with France but to tackle the erosion of the store horse market.

As we have seen, plenty of money changes hands for horses with form in the jumping sphere, where big bucks are paid for French imports such as Big Buck’s. That said, the current run of success for the progeny of Alflora and Midnight Legend, to name but two Britishbased sires with a rash of good winners this season, gives hope that the fightback from Britain, not just against French-bred runners but also the swathe of good Irish-sired jumpers, has begun (see pages 57-60).

Don’t think for a second that because a rookie’s passion for jump racing has been forced underground it has died. The torch for the winter game still burns bright, which is why I made sure the much talked-about Martaline was also on the list of stallions to see in France, and why the Cheltenham Festival is still anticipated more keenly than any other race meeting. Just don’t tell Muscat and co.

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SALES CIRCUIT

By EDWARD PROSSER

DBS issues plea to British NH breeders to support home front January Sale greatly reduced but elsewhere 2011 starts with three jumpers fetching six figures, a filly selling for 160,000gns and a nine-month-old NH filly bringing €62,000

PICTURE COURTESY OF DBS

DBS January A fixture not boasting any headline prices perhaps warranted most attention from domestic breeders. Doncaster’s January Sale is a showpiece for Britain’s jump breeding industry but had shrunk from three days last year to just one this time around and, even with a reduced foal crop in 2010, many were disappointed by the fall in numbers.

Only 44 of the 2010 foal crop were sold – the smallest number since 1998, when the sale was held in November – and at the close of trade DBS Managing Director Henry Beeby issued a plea for British National Hunt breeders to support their domestic marketplace.

Around 55 foals had been catalogued in the larger November National Hunt Sale at Tattersalls Ireland from British farms, which also accounted for two of the three highest prices.

“DBS puts a huge amount of effort into supporting National Hunt breeding and racing through a variety of sponsorships every year,” said Beeby. “We are delighted to continue with these various initiatives but it does make it hard to justify when we see so many UK National Hunt breeders electing to sell at our main competitor in Ireland, to the

The winner of the fillies’ foal class was a daughter of Tobougg from Clarendon Farm

detriment of the National Hunt marketplace in this country.”

Despite the fall in numbers, there were still a handful of vendors enjoying good results,

Doncaster Weatherbys Insurance/ BBM Kenneth Oliver Memorial Foal Show Colts’ class Vendor

Breeder/Country

1st Mahler-Acoola

Pedigree

Deerpark Stables

Declan Dorgan IRE

2nd Presenting-La Marianne

Trickledown Stud

Donhead Stud GB

3rd Black Sam Bellamy-Delayed

Goldford Stud

Mr & Mrs N Faulks GB

4th Saint des Saints-Aulne River

Haras du Pommeray

Haras du Pommeray FR

Fillies’ class Vendor

Breeder/Country

1st Tobougg-Forest Pride

Pedigree

Clarendon Farm

East Burrow Farm GB

2nd Kayf Tara-Rosita Bay

Lapwing Hall Farm

Janet Greenway GB

3rd King’s Theatre-Jolie Landaise

Battlefield Stud

Sean Gorman IRE

4th Midnight Legend-Dalticia

Synderborough Farm

Stewart Pike GB

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whether in the sale-ring or the pre-sale show sponsored by BBM and Weatherbys Insurance, and offering prizes totalling £10,000.

Among those was a colt by Presenting out of the Grade 2-placed Supreme Leader mare La Marianne, who finished second in the colts’ show class and topped the foal trade when selling for £36,000.

He was offered through Trickledown Stud on behalf of Dorset-based breeder Paul Brewer’s Donhead Stud near Shaftesbury.

Trickledown Stud’s Paul Thorman said: “The colt was born and raised by Paul and he is looking to build a small band of National Hunt mares. He bought La Marianne in foal to Presenting (for €60,000 at Fairyhouse in November 2009). I thought the colt was a very nice foal who deserved to make the money he did in what was a tough trade to sell in.”

David Minton signed for the colt on behalf of Northern Ireland owner Wilson Dennison, who specialises in selling on young pointers

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SALES CIRCUIT

Brightwells Cheltenham January Sale

This son of Mahler won the colts’ class

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and bumper performers.

Minton said: “There was a shortage of nice foals but the good ones made decent money.

I valued the Presenting colt at about £30,000 so couldn’t have gone much higher and I think he made his money. Trade at Fairyhouse in November hadn’t been very bright so it didn’t give vendors much confidence and I think a lot of people are holding onto their horses until 2013.

“That is going to be a fascinating year because numbers will have come down dramatically and I think there will be some new money about. I’m sure there will be a shortage of horses and now is the time people should think about buying and restocking, although quality still costs you.”

The colts’ show class was won by a firstcrop son of Mahler sold from the Dorgan family’s County Cork-based Deerpark Stables, while a Tobougg half-sister to Our Ben, offered from John and Sarah Haydon’s Clarendon Farm, landed the fillies’ prize.

Brightwells January – Cheltenham There is no issue with the market for horses who have displayed a modicum of form, as demonstrated at Cheltenham’s January Sale.

Three lots made six figures – point-topointers Dramatic Duke (£130,000), Handy Andy (£115,000) and Ayr bumper winner Close House (£100,000). The buyers were respectively Favourites Racing, Brocade Racing and Roger Brookhouse.

The Brightwells January clearance rate was a solid if not outstanding 66% and many will be interested to see how similar sales fare through the year.

Brightwells held its first Cheltenham sale in 2004 and the company has pioneered a public auction trade for pointers and bumper

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Horse/Pedigree

Vendor

Price (£)

Buyer

Dramatic Duke (5g Old Vic)

Silver Fort Stud

130,000

Favourites Racing

Handy Andy (5g Beneficial)

Silver Fort Stud

115,000

Tom Malone

Close House (4g Generous)

The Byerley Stud

100,000

Roger Brookhouse

No Loose Change (6g Bob Back)

Silver Fort Stud

75,000

Kevin Ross BS

Grand Vision (5f Old Vic)

Hackness Villa Stables

75,000

Colin Tizzard

4g Presenting- Akayid (Old Vic)

Kennycourt Stud

52,000

Jonjo O’Neill

Knockalongi (5g Fair Mix)

Fforest Farm

50,000

Highflyer Bloodstock

Crystal Swing (4g Trade Fair)

Susan Leahy

50,000

Richard Phillips P/S

Koultas King (4g Exit To Nowhere)

Middleham Park Racing

45,000

M Masterton/Jonjo O’Neill

4g Presenting-Cara Crown (Rainbows For Life)

Church Farm Stables

43,000

Ronnie O’Leary

Four-year tale (began in 2008) Year

Catalogued

Offered

Sold

Aggregate (£)

Average (£)

Median (£)

Top Price (£)

2011

53

44

29

1,071,300

36,941

25,000

130,000

2010

74

56

21

1,044,400

33,690

14,000

240,000

2009

76

52

30

901,500

30,050

25,000

80,000

2008

100

80

55

2,076,500

37,755

26,000

180,000

Doncaster January Sale Top ten lots Sex/Age/Horse (Sire)

Vendor

g 5 A Bridge Too Far (Oscar)

Cropredy Lawn Stables

65,000

Donald McCain

c y Presenting-La Marianne (Supreme Leader)

Donhead Stud/Trickledown Stud

36,000

Highflyer BS

c y Saint Des Saints-Aulne River (River Mist)

Haras Du Pommeray

31,000

Neil Gilchrist

c y Kayf Tara-Salamaite (Mansonnien)

Conduit Stud

30,000

Guy Petit

c y Mahler-Acoola (Flemensfirth)

Deerpark Stables

24,000

Summerhill

m 11 Kartuzy (Polish Precedent)

Darley

21,000

John O’Byrne

m 6 Destinys Dream (Mull Of Kintyre)

Awakening Stables

18,000

Guy Stephenson

g 6 Nightjar (Smoke Glacken)

Hambledon Lodge Stables

18,000

Crista Peters

c y Black Sam Bellamy-Delayed (Fijar Tango)

Goldford Stud

17,500

Dick Frisby

c y Presenting-Paumafi (Shardari)

Trickledown Stud

17,000

John Bleahen

Price (£)

Buyer

Five-year tale (January foal trade) Year

Catalogued

Offered

Sold

Clearance (%)

Aggregate (£)

Average (£)

Median (£)

2011

71

66

44

66.7

336,000

7,636

3,250

2010

202

190

99

52.1

795,500

7,530

4,000

2009

93

80

62

77.5

397,000

6,403

3,800

2008

199

166

106

63.8

771,120

7,275

4,515

2007

221

194

136

70.1

752,273

5,531

3,150

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PICTURE COURTESY OF DBS

Top ten lots

David Minton: “far too many sales”

performers who would previously largely have been sold privately.

Predictably, rival sales companies have taken notice, with DBS planning to hold a new sale at Newbury on March 5 and both Tattersalls Ireland and Goffs set to stage new events around the Punchestown Festival in May to add to a bloated calendar that now also includes six Brightwells sales at Cheltenham.

This is a finite market in which buyers are almost exclusively focused on quality lots and it will be interesting to see how the various companies fill their catalogues, presumably looking to entice lots away from Brightwells’ flagship Cheltenham sale in April.

“The trouble is that we’re soon going to

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have far too many sales with all the sales companies taking each other on like dogs,” added Minton. “The sales companies fighting among themselves is not going to do anyone any good, it’s just going to screw the whole marketplace up.

“However, there was an incredible trade for horses with form at Cheltenham in January. It’s the way the market has gone; most of our clients now want ready-made action, so those horses are holding their value.”

But Minton feels that British breeders who have difficulty selling unraced stores may not find campaigning them in domestic point-topoints a solution.

“Selling an English point-to-pointer is extremely difficult,” he said. “For instance, I went to the Whitfield young horse point-topoint in early February, when the standard wasn’t brilliant, but the same weekend one that had won in Ireland was sold privately for £200,000. It will end up with people putting these horses into training in Ireland.”

Tattersalls Ireland February Buyers also got a chance to snap up some of the 2010 jumping foal crop at Tattersalls Ireland’s one-day February Sale and the standout was a King’s Theatre half-sister to Willie Mullins’s Grade 1-winning novice chaser J’y Vole.

Bred by George Clohessy and consigned from Cleaboy Stud and Coppice Farm, the May-born filly headed across the Irish Sea after being bought for €62,000 by Richard Aston of Cheshire-based Goldford Stud.

A three-year-old gelding by increasingly popular sire Stowaway, out of the unraced Knockalane, fetched €30,000.

Tattersalls February Tattersalls’ February Sale catalogue didn’t look overly-inspiring ahead of the day but, bolstered by a big cosmopolitan crowd, there were some punchy prices for the better lots, headed by the Juddmonte homebred Oasis Dream filly Full Steam.

She will head to Blue Diamond Stud at Tuddenham near Newmarket after making 160,000gns. Kuwaiti duo Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sagar, who have campaigned Classic winners Authorized and Araafa, bought the farm (formerly Dachel Stud) in June and picked up Full Steam through their manager Tony Nerses.

Pollen, offered by owner/breeder Gerry O’Brien from Tommy Stack’s stable, was another six-figure offering when selling for 114,000gns to an anonymous client of Dublin agent John McCormack.

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SALES CIRCUIT

Full Steam, a Juddmonte-bred daughter of Oasis Dream, heads to Blue Diamond Stud

Tattersalls February Sale Top ten lots Price (gns)

Sex/Age/Horse (Sire)

Vendor

f 4 Full Steam (Oasis Dream)

Juddmonte Farms

160,000

Buyer

m 6 Pollen (Orpen)

Thomastown Castle Stables

114,000

f 3 Dingle View (Mujadil)

Ty-Derlwyn Farm

g 6 Swift Gift (Cadeaux Genereux)

Manton House Stables

50,000

BBA Ireland

c 3 Gentleman Is Back (Johannesburg)

Clarehaven Stables

40,000

Lilly Hall Farm

f 3 Wafeira (Dansili)

Juddmonte Farms

37,000

Star Appeal

f 4 Faithful One (Dubawi)

Revida Place Stables

37,000

McKeever Bloodstock

c 4 English Summer (Montjeu)

Juddmonte Farms

34,000

Mark Johnston Racing

m 6 Euroceleb (Peintre Celebre)

New England Stud

30,000

Emerald Bloodstock

f 4 Bint Susu (Singspiel)

Darley

30,000

BBA Germany

Tony Nerses John McCormack B/S

80,000

PS Bent Olsen

Five-year tale Year

Catalogued

Offered

Sold

Aggregate (gns)

Average (gns)

Median (gns)

Top Price (gns)

2011

272

207

164

1,672,300

10,197

4,500

160,000

2010

289

233

147

991,500

6,745

3,500

55,000

2009

222

155

108

707,100

6,547

3,500

47,000

2008

290

231

153

2,250,500

14,709

5,000

450,000

2007

329

251

191

2,268,000

11,874

5,500

190,000

Tattersalls Ireland February Sale Top ten lots Price (€)

Sex/Age/Horse (Sire)

Vendor

f y King’s Theatre-J’y Reste (Freedom Cry)

Cleaboy Stud/Coppice Farm

62,000

Buyer

Goldford Stud

g 3 Stowaway-Knockalane (Executive Perk)

Knockalane House

30,000

Equine Inc

c y King’s Theatre-Starry Lady (Marju)

Moorepark Stables

30,000

John O’Byrne

c y Flemensfirth-Kestral Heights (Eagle Eyed)

Moyfinn Stud

17,000

Rathmore Stud

c y Flemensfirth-Chantoue Royale (Cadoudal)

Moorpark Stud

16,000

Bobby O’Byrne

g 2 Milan-Solar Quest (King’s Ride)

Bishopstown Stud

15,000

Lismore Bloodstock

m 8 Present Gesture (Presenting)

Lauristown

14,500

Galdare Stud

g 4 Blueprint-Silk Style (Polish Precedent)

Ballycurragh Stud

14,500

Edward O’Rourke

c y Flemensfirth-Often Quoted (Fasliyev)

Yellowford Farm

14,000

Bobby O’Byrne

c y Layman-She Runs (Sheyrann)

Moyfinn Stud (agent)

13,000

Alfie Lawless

Five-year tale Year

Catalogued

Offered

Sold

Aggregate (€)

Average (€)

2011

187

161

75

517,550

6,901

Median (€) 5,000

2010

329

286

104

601,900

5,788

3,000

2009

328

236

98

577,800

5,896

3,000

2008

587

470

200

1,931,750

9,659

6,200

2007

732

592

299

3,076,400

10,289

7,000

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CAPE PREMIER YEARLING SALE OVERVIEW

By GRANT PRITCHARD-GORDON

A yearling sale

but not as we know it

Following one of the worst British winters in recent memory, the warmth of South Africa was welcome, as was an innovative approach to selling thoroughbreds in a city centre

William Haggas with Investec’s Bernard Kantor, Ali Al Qama and Chris Van Niekirk

Cape Premier Yearling Sale Catalogued

290

Sold

214

Withdrawn

20

Not sold

56

Aggregate

R87,900,000 (£7,473,704)

Top price

R2,500,000 (£212,490)

Average

R410,748 (£34,924)

Cape Province. The Bloodstock South Africa team and organisers had both access to and positive input from the leaders of Steinhoff and Investec. No wonder that the event was so

beautifully organised and a pleasure to attend.

No detail was overlooked and apparently little expense spared to ensure that the yearlings had excellent stabling, the vendors were afforded spacious parade areas and hospitality facilities, the prospective purchasers were pampered with faultless viewing and entertainment arrangements, while the people of Cape Town were onlookers to an extraordinary spectacle.

Government help crucial The government of Western Cape Province must be congratulated in recognising the enormous potential of this project to advance many facets of political relevance. They funded much of the expenditure and, together with the Department of Trade and Industry, also introduced a unique scheme whereby foals were bought for workers’ co-operatives and resold at this auction, with the direct result that the many hard-working staff became stakeholders in the bloodstock industry.

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ith its inaugural Cape Premier Yearling Sale at the end of January, Bloodstock South Africa set an example to the rest of the bloodstock world as to what is achievable when the combined forces of government and high-powered private enterprise are harnessed in one focused objective.

In less than one year, the seed of an idea (to hold a select sale of yearlings in central Cape Town) germinated to produce a spectacle that has never been seen before.

Three hundred yearlings were housed, paraded and sold in a totally enclosed convention centre just yards away from the Central Business District of this beautiful city, minutes from the iconic V & A Waterfront complex and all nestled below one of nature’s most recognisable landmarks, Table Mountain.

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This scheme is scheduled for expansion in future years and will become a major source of valuable funding for the bloodstock industry, with a significant boost to staff morale and care in the region. Indeed, the government involvement was noticeable from the start of proceedings, when the Premier of Western Cape Province made the opening address.

At the end of two evenings of sales, 214 yearlings had changed hands for an average R410,748 (approximately £35,000) and gross aggregate of R87,900,000 (approximately £7.5 million). Records were set for highest yearling prices (R2,500,000/£212,490) and highest aggregate of any sale in the Western Cape, but the real relevance of the results was that purchasers from both South Africa and many other countries had been attracted to attend the sale. Hopefully the future is assured for this event and the organisers can build on the momentum to both improve the quality of the stock and attract more overseas investment.

There were many foreign agents and trainers in attendance to witness the proceedings and hopefully they will return with clients next year.

The script will be that South Africa raises excellent bloodstock at very affordable prices, and a visit to Cape Town in January to purchase yearlings can be a very enjoyable experience.

South African horses have been winning on the world stage for many years, despite the restrictions imposed on travel relating to African Horse Sickness. Mike de Kock has won over 100 races in Dubai, principally with South African horses such as Lizard’s Desire, Victory Moon, Ipi Tombe and Sun Classique.

Herman Brown trained Jay Peg to win Group 1 races in Dubai and Singapore, and J J The Jet Plane and Irridescence have won International races in Hong Kong. South African-breds Perfect Promise and Dane Julia have won at the highest level in Australasia, while in the US Crimson Palace was a Grade 1 winner in Chicago for Godolphin and Gypsy’s Warning won the Matriarch Stakes in 2010. There is no doubt that South African horses can be competitive anywhere in the world.

Claire Johnston serenades sales-goers at the lively and entertaining opening ceremony

the future is rosy on the stallion front and South African breeders have recently been keen purchasers of well-bred females from America, Europe and Australasia. The quality of future yearling catalogues will steadily improve in the near future.

The most interesting news for South African racing was the recent announcement that a major international race is being schemed for 2012. It is planned that the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate will become a million-dollar race open to overseas horses.

Again, there has been an enormous joint effort between the government and the bloodstock industry to facilitate such a major step on to the world stage. Cape Town’s Kenilworth racecourse compares favourably

with any major track in Europe and Australasia. There is a convenient gap in the racing calendar between Hong Kong and Dubai for an international mile race, providing yet another mouth-watering venue for any owner with a horse good enough to travel.

However, such a race would be far more important in promoting South African horses to potential overseas purchasers.

Cape Town in January is a magical place to visit. Cloudless blue skies, exquisite food and wine, and a friendly welcome await all racing enthusiasts who fly south for winter warmth.

Hopefully, the results from the inaugural sale will encourage Bloodstock South Africa to continue with the experiment in 2012. If so, you should make this a diary date.

Boost to bloodlines The international success of South African horses stems from a breeding programme which combines homebred and imported blood. The current leading sires Captain Al and Jet Master are both South African-bred, while the old brigade of Western Winter and Fort Wood were both imports. The rising stars of Silvano and Var were top class performers in Europe with non-commercial pedigrees.

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Members of Western Cape Province’s DTI with the top lot, a son of Jet Master

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ROA FORUM The special section for ROA members

Your body, but is it fit enough?

Michael Harris says the ROA must evolve to meet the demands of a changing racing industry The ROA has embarked on a review of its constitution. This will relate, firstly, to how the association operates internally, particularly with regard to the Council and Executive Committee. Then to how it needs to adapt to the changes within the industry and to the emergence of the Horsemen’s Group as one of racing’s central bodies.

The review has been prompted by a recognition that we need to amend our Articles of Association to ensure the ROA functions in a way that allows it to serve its members while continuing to play its part in the running of British racing.

The owners’ financial contribution to all racing industries throughout the world is crucial to the well-being of that industry.

With British racing this is doubly so. Our very poor prize-money and relatively high running costs means the owners’ association in this country must be well-run and effective.

It is for this reason that the Council is now asking itself some pertinent questions about its size, make-up and election process, the way it conducts its meetings and how the Council and Executive Committees relate to each other.

Is the current ROA Council too big to function efficiently? Does our current election process always allow us to find the best people to sit on the Council? Should there be formal recognition of the Executive Committee?

Should the role of the three officers – the President, Vice-President and Treasurer – be adapted or re-emphasised within the organisation? Is the current four-year term for Council members an appropriate period and should there be a formal stipulation set on the length of office for the President and VicePresident? Should the criteria we set for

members to stand for a place on the Council be more demanding?

These questions give just a flavour of the sort of things the Council will be addressing in the coming weeks, while the racing industry starts to wrestle with a wide-ranging structural review.

It is uncertain as to what will emerge from this review but it will have implications for the ROA and what role the association continues to play in the industry.

The workings of British horseracing administration are complicated to the point where they are rarely understood by anyone working outside of the BHA and racing’s other central organisations.

Too many bodies, too many committees, too much bureaucracy are criticisms that are difficult to refute. The time for radical thinking has arrived and the ROA, as the founder of the Horsemen’s Group, must now play its part in the new order of things.

But first it has to put its own house in order.

Horsemen’s Tariff receives widespread industry support The ROA has been delighted with the positive response from members in the early weeks of the implementation of the Horsemen’s Tariff, which sets out recommendations from the Horsemen’s Group on minimum prize-money levels.

The ROA has been inundated with replies from members wishing to sign up to the Horsemen’s Charter, which supports the Horsemen’s Tariff. The tariff came into effect on February 7 for jump races and is effective for Flat racing from April 2.

The Horsemen’s Group believes that running your horses in races that meet or exceed the tariff levels is a practical way of helping to arrest the decline in prize-money whilst rewarding those racecourses who prioritise prize-money.

Although the ROA recognises that owners and trainers must be left to make their own decisions on where they run their horses, it is recommended that they refer to the tariff

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before finalising running plans.

Owners can view the Horsemen’s Tariff and sign up to the Horsemen’s Charter at www.racehorseowners.net. It is also possible to cast your eye over those who have already lent their support to the tariff, a number that quickly exceeded four figures.

Paul Nicholls, Philip Hobbs, Nicky Henderson, John Gosden, Mark Johnston, Richard Hannon, Tony McCoy and Godolphin are just some of the names to have recorded their backing for the tariff.

Alan Morcombe, Chief Executive of the Horsemen’s Group, said: “This is a clear indication of how the tariff is working in recommending to owners and trainers where they run their horses.

“The Horsemen’s Group is delighted with the level of support it has received from the industry regarding the tariff, which was constructed to reflect racing’s current income streams.”

Trainers Philip Hobbs and Paul Nicholls have voiced their support for the tariff

A number of racecourses have reacted positively to meet the tariff’s recommendations, and Taunton should be singled out for offering prize-money over and above the tariff levels.

Other notable performers during February were Ffos Las, Fakenham, Ludlow and Sedgefield.

The Horsemen’s Tariff is broken down into three prize-money bands, namely Monday to Thursday racing (Band 1), Fridays and Sundays (Band 2), with the highest criteria effective for Saturdays and all festival fixtures (Band 3).

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See it for yourself at www.racehorseowners.net

New website launched!

The ROA launched its new website at the beginning of February. User-friendly and informative with a new, fresh design, www.racehorseowners.net has been created by the website company pixl8, having worked closely with ROA staff during the past six months.

“We hope and expect that all the hard work that has gone into building this new website will result in more of our members accessing

information from it,” said the ROA Chief Executive Michael Harris.

“We realise this will be a gradual process, but now we have a site we can be proud of we will do everything we can to encourage our members to use it. We believe it will much enhance membership to the ROA and will be an effective marketing tool for us.

“Much credit for the new site goes to ROA staff member Cat White, who has made the site

her main focus during the past six months.

“We do realise, however, that good websites have to be dynamic. It therefore puts pressure on us to ensure that it is constantly updated with fresh material.

“Similarly, we must encourage our members to interact with the new site, so it is two-way traffic. A good example of this is the new Horsemen’s Tariff charter. Owners can sign up to it through the new website.”

Last call for Cheltenham marquee bookings Bookings for places in the ROA marquee at the Cheltenham Festival will close on March 7.

Located in the tented village, the marquee offers comfortable surroundings from which to escape the crowds at the most popular National Hunt fixture. The marquee offers a cash bar, Tote betting and television screens to watch the action, and hot and cold food.

Marquee badges can be ordered online at www.racehorseowners.net or by calling 020 7152 0200. Members can book badges for up THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

to three guests per day. For admittance into the racecourse, Club enclosure tickets can be booked directly via Cheltenham racecourse by calling 0844 579 3003 or visit www.cheltenham.co.uk.

As St Patrick’s Day falls on the Thursday of the meeting, Wednesday’s fixture is Ladies’ Day. There will be 2,000 free goody bags for ladies arriving early and fashion awards for the best dressed lady, best accessories and best hat.

Visit Cheltenham’s website to enter.

It’s now or never for booking your place

Badges are £27/£80 for members and £38/£125 for non-members (per day/week).

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In Brief Musselburgh deservedly joins Gold Standard ranks Musselburgh racecourse has become the 17th current holder of the ROA Gold Standard Award, with a formal presentation to be made to the racecourse executive during racing on Friday, May 20.

Musselburgh’s highly impressive prize-money performance was a particular aspect of note during the Gold Standard consideration process, as was the new stabling complex.

Steven Astaire, ROA Council member and Gold Standard Committee member, said: “We are very pleased to present the Gold Standard award to Musselburgh. It is well deserved and is a fitting testament to the high-quality raceday experience offered to owners, their horses and stable staff.”

Totesport owner-sponsorship scheme applications invited Members are invited to apply for the next Totesport owner-sponsorship scheme, starting on March 1.

The scheme allows members to register for and reclaim VAT on their racing expenses.

The scheme runs for 12 months and is simple to join. For further details and an application form please contact Keely Brewer in the ROA office or email kbrewer@roa.co.uk

Survey of training costs: please feel free to participate The ROA is undertaking a survey of the costs of keeping a racehorse in training during 2010. We have written to a sample of owners with more than one horse in training, enclosing a survey form.

If you have not received a form, but would like to participate in the process, you may do so by downloading the survey forms from the revamped ROA website at www.racehorseowners.net

Amex now accepted as payment option ROA members can now make payments for subscriptions and events using American Express cards.

We hope that this extra facility will prove a popular move with members.

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Rachel Hood unopposed At February’s Council meeting, Rachel Hood was unopposed in standing for the position of ROA President. The current incumbent, Paul Dixon, will step down after a four-year term at the ROA AGM in June.

Rachel has been involved with the ROA Council for ten years, having been co-opted in 2001, and elected to Council in 2005.

She has a deep seated knowledge of racing administration and is a director of the Horsemen’s Group and Racing Enterprises Limited (REL).

An owner for over 20 years, she is married to trainer John Gosden, and is joint-owner, with Robin Geffen, of Arctic Cosmos, winner of the 2010 Ladbrokes St Leger.

Paul Dixon will remain on the ROA Council and continue in the role of Horsemen’s Group Chairman.

Rachel Hood succeeds Paul Dixon in June

Win a trip to the Punchestown festival The five-day Punchestown festival takes place from May 3-7. It is considered the social and sporting highlight of the Irish calendar due to the unique combination of top class racing, delicious food and drink, stunning glamour and brilliant live entertainment, as only the Irish know how!

Punchestown attracts the best of British and Irish racing talent. You too could be there with this super competition exclusive to ROA members.

The prize is a VIP trip for two to the Punchestown festival with overnight accommodation in the four star Killashee

House Hotel on Tuesday, May 3 and a pair of reserved enclosure tickets for Punchestown Gold Cup day on Wednesday, May 4. The winner will also receive £250 towards the cost of flights.

Just answer this question: the Philip Hobbs-trained Planet Of Sound was the winner of last year’s Punchestown Gold Cup. Who was the winning jockey?

To enter, simply email the answer to the question, along with your name, address, phone number and ROA membership number to festival@punchestown.com.

The closing date for entries is March 21.

DID YOU KNOW? Data on runners, races and prize-money for all races in 2010 Total number of runners

92,025

Number of individual horses which ran

19,242

Number of individual horses which won

6,293

Number of all races run

9,566

Total prize-money pool (all places)

£98,962,667

Owners contributions to prize-money (via stake fees)

£15,569,168

Amount of prize-money paid to owners (all places)

£78,678,518

Of which owners win prize-money

£47,242,648

Number of different owners in receipt of prize-money

11,972

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Jockeys’ half fee scheme shelved

Salisbury was lauded by the Neil Wyatt Award judges for its consistently good surface

‘Dedicated’ groundstaff receive plaudits The winners of the 2010 Neil Wyatt Racecourse Groundstaff Awards have been revealed.

Salisbury won the best Flat racecourse category for the second time in three years and was commended for the consistent preparation of the racing surface. The dual purpose award went to Ayr in recognition of significant improvements, while Market Rasen received the award for best jump track.

The four all-weather tracks, Kempton, Lingfield, Southwell and Wolverhampton, were presented with special merit awards for their efforts to help racing continue to take place during periods of extreme cold and snow at the beginning and end of 2010.

Rupert Arnold, Chief Executive of the National Trainers Federation, said: “Reading the nominations I was struck by the amount of good work going on around the racecourses by very dedicated teams of groundstaff.”

FLAT Winner Salisbury Runner-up Goodwood JUMPS Winner Market Rasen Runner-up Southwell DUAL PURPOSE Winner Ayr Runner-up Kelso

Diary dates and reminders MARCH 15-18 ROA marquee at the Cheltenham Festival Last chance to book badges for the ROA’s exclusive facility. See story, page 71.

Enclosure badges in advance for this prestigious festival meeting, a highlight of the summer racing calendar.

NOVEMBER 12 Paddy Power Gold Cup day

JUNE 23 ROA Annual General Meeting The ROA AGM is followed by an owners’ forum. The forum allows members to direct questions about any aspect of ownership to the Council and usually leads to a lively discussion. Members do not need to reserve spots for the AGM, but are invited to book places for the members and guests lunch which follows. Contact the ROA office or online at ww.racehorseowners.net.

Tables of ten are £750 and individual tickets are £85 each.

JULY 26-30 Glorious Goodwood Members can purchase Richmond

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Enjoy a base at Cheltenham for the Saturday of The Open meeting, in the ROA’s marquee for members and guests.

DECEMBER 1 ROA/sportingbet.com Horseracing Awards Celebrate racing’s stars of the year at the ROA’s annual dinner and dance. The black tie evening is held at the London Hilton, Park Lane and is always one of the social events of the year not to be missed.

The scheme to pay jockeys half a riding fee when they are declared on a horse that is a non runner has been suspended.

The decision was made after publication of details of the scheme in the February issue.

The scheme was proposed by the Professional Jockeys Association and accepted, on a trial basis, by the Racehorse Owners Association.

Kevin Darley, Chief Executive of the Professional Jockeys Association, said: “The half fee initiative was agreed and put in place to help ‘journeymen’ jockeys. Frequently my members go racing for just one ride only to find it is a non-runner, yet they have to pick up expenses. We considered this to be unacceptable and the ROA sympathised.

“We therefore came to an agreement with the ROA that, for 2011, jockeys would not receive an increase in their basic riding fee but instead would receive a half fee for non runners. There were, of course, exceptions to the half fee being paid. This would have been accounted for in the administration process.

“Unfortunately, many of our members came under pressure – predominantly from trainers – to opt out of the scheme.

This was, of course, permitted during the trial period as the scheme was not under the rules of racing and, therefore, relied on the goodwill of those involved.”

Michael Harris, Chief Executive of the Racehorse Owners Association, said: “It would have taken some time to have got the scheme under the rules of racing and significant industry resistance has made that objective untenable at the present time.

“Although the ROA has received only a handful of complaints, the last thing either we or the PJA wanted was to cause any rifts, especially at this very difficult time for the industry, so our only recourse was to shelve the idea.”

The PJA and ROA are now in discussions about riding fees for 2011.

PJA boss Kevin Darley: aim to help ‘journeymen’ jockeys

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Racecourse League Table Ptn Racecourse

Racecourse ownership

Exec + Sponsors (£)

1 Cheltenham JCR 3,085,753 2 Aintree JCR 1,641,959 3 Ascot I 4,145,997 4 York I 2,317,879 5 Epsom Downs JCR 1,297,708 6 Fakenham I 152,642 7 Chester I 615,752 8 Haydock Park JCR 1,229,855 9 Goodwood I 1,320,990 10 Musselburgh I 424,804 11 Hamilton Park I 253,818 12 Ayr I 627,284 13 Newmarket JCR 3,063,140 14 Ripon I 273,884 15 Sandown Park JCR 1,037,517 16 Beverley I 269,924 17 Doncaster Arena 1,393,357 18 Newbury I 1,176,660 19 Wincanton JCR 180,966 20 Cartmel I 65,224 21 Salisbury I 237,608 22 Wetherby I 169,591 23 Bath North 163,303 24 Windsor Arena 278,640 25 Chepstow North 249,982 26 Newton Abbot I 170,421 27 Thirsk I 187,104 28 Pontefract I 229,851 29 Ffos Las North 256,352 30 Carlisle JCR 189,593 31 Leicester I 256,763 32 Stratford-on-Avon I 203,105 33 Bangor-On-Dee I 165,720 34 Taunton I 111,065 35 Perth I 135,479 36 Yarmouth North 155,888 37 Exeter JCR 147,963 38 Lingfield Park Arena 677,632 39 Warwick JCR 181,888 40 Nottingham JCR 144,512 41 Newcastle North 209,775 42 Market Rasen JCR 151,739 43 Kempton Park JCR 760,589 44 Kelso I 87,007 45 Ludlow I 75,327 46 Brighton North 93,565 47 Catterick Bridge I 104,816 48 Redcar I 130,279 49 Folkestone Arena 81,850 50 Hereford North 51,603 51 Fontwell Park North 92,949 52 Huntingdon JCR 72,469 53 Uttoxeter North 95,984 54 Plumpton I 47,424 55 Towcester I 49,796 56 Worcester Arena 46,436 57 Wolverhampton Arena 207,054 58 Hexham I 37,108 59 Southwell Arena 112,628 60 Sedgefield North 14,045 Total 31,410,014

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% of Total

Levy Board (£)

55.3 1,698,142 52.8 993,232 47.0 2,563,335 45.5 1,476,282 42.1 906,450 41.0 217,520 40.2 772,860 38.2 1,490,966 37.2 1,676,354 36.0 624,102 34.3 410,420 33.7 952,104 33.0 3,220,213 33.0 436,200 33.0 1,636,350 32.5 449,960 32.4 1,775,518 30.2 2,034,935 27.6 409,880 27.1 151,740 26.7 518,532 26.5 412,466 26.0 389,932 26.0 639,710 25.9 597,730 25.9 477,590 25.9 397,260 25.8 562,870 25.7 642,920 25.6 469,428 25.2 599,817 25.0 528,585 23.3 502,553 22.9 329,155 22.2 430,520 21.9 451,082 20.6 489,092 20.4 2,222,068 20.3 591,128 19.8 421,870 18.2 758,480 18.0 607,600 17.8 2,937,785 17.5 369,518 15.8 363,740 15.7 442,420 15.4 494,520 15.3 416,670 14.5 428,243 13.4 275,751 12.8 559,868 12.4 436,342 10.9 653,010 9.5 415,008 9.4 426,712 8.3 410,373 7.9 2,059,315 7.8 390,210 5.6 1,705,015 3.2 380,930 31.7 50,102,381

% of Total

Owners (£)

% of Total

30.4 793,186 31.9 476,088 29.1 2,042,125 29.0 1,266,154 29.4 853,490 58.4 0 50.4 90,186 46.3 427,825 47.2 513,926 52.9 106,571 55.4 56,202 51.1 256,697 34.7 2,851,254 52.6 91,647 52.0 431,601 54.2 60,507 41.3 1,040,993 52.1 561,197 62.4 60,999 63.0 24,036 58.2 74,984 64.5 55,537 62.1 59,145 59.6 104,983 61.9 104,940 72.6 5,180 55.0 76,376 63.3 50,584 64.6 86,726 63.3 72,400 58.9 101,296 65.1 66,867 70.6 34,363 68.0 34,090 70.7 38,938 63.5 77,380 68.0 74,357 66.9 261,501 65.8 104,567 57.7 93,468 65.9 152,632 72.2 76,283 68.6 393,148 74.4 36,866 76.3 37,825 74.4 52,689 72.6 56,423 48.8 277,197 75.9 52,336 71.4 51,921 77.3 71,686 74.8 65,464 74.0 110,849 82.9 34,260 80.6 46,992 73.4 67,191 78.3 223,131 81.5 44,805 85.3 144,522 86.4 45,962 50.5 15,624,548

14.2 15.3 23.2 24.8 27.7 0 5.9 13.3 14.5 9.0 7.6 13.8 30.7 11.1 13.7 7.3 24.2 14.4 9.3 10.0 8.4 8.7 9.4 9.8 10.9 0.8 10.6 5.7 8.7 9.8 9.9 8.2 4.8 7.0 6.4 10.9 10.3 7.9 11.6 12.8 13.3 9.1 9.2 7.4 7.9 8.9 8.3 32.5 9.3 13.5 9.9 11.2 12.6 6.8 8.9 12.0 8.5 9.4 7.2 10.4 15.7

Total (£)

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

5,581,082 5,924,499 3,111,279 3,298,592 8,820,957 9,564,325 5,097,315 4,791,143 3,080,648 2,952,770 372,162 371,675 1,532,548 1,497,417 3,218,246 3,653,593 3,551,270 3,752,527 1,179,977 1,267,700 740,440 830,359 1,862,085 2,026,894 9,291,107 10,650,410 828,731 892,205 3,148,468 3,492,149 829,991 849,650 4,296,768 4,260,976 3,902,292 3,840,918 656,345 935,527 241,000 219,400 890,624 997,499 639,094 683,366 627,930 738,886 1,073,333 1,193,304 965,152 1,251,023 657,891 674,715 722,240 734,195 889,305 1,008,791 995,998 599,032 741,921 829,165 1,018,776 1,241,693 811,557 951,086 712,286 722,125 484,310 565,702 608,937 619,089 710,850 842,966 718,912 710,552 3,323,901 4,232,195 898,083 941,708 730,850 828,934 1,150,637 1,641,612 841,622 1,011,271 4,280,372 5,079,750 496,691 704,212 476,892 641,988 594,274 647,877 680,959 743,936 853,046 854,000 564,429 680,660 386,075 530,062 724,503 943,007 583,275 776,165 882,843 1,064,623 500,692 583,646 529,500 563,766 559,000 705,566 2,631,550 3,367,972 478,623 487,500 1,998,015 2,567,115 440,937 406,900 99,218,593 109,440,385

49.8 50.1 42.4 42.6 40.4 15.0 32.1 34.4 31.3 25.4 27.0 23.7 28.1 23.7 25.0 20.7 26.5 21.7 15.7 14.4 21.7 15.2 19.4 19.8 16.1 3.2 19.7 20.1 18.9 17.9 18.5 21.3 13.2 7.3 12.8 16.2 5.2 13.3 7.0 12.9 23.3 11.7 10.3 15.3 16.1 7.2 8.5 10.3 8.2 6.3 7.1 7.8 10.6 2.9 1.7 0.8 1.2 -0.4 0.7 20.5 24.9

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In order of racecourses’ percentage contributions to overall prize-money Figures relate to prize-money for the 12-month period Feb 1, 2010 to Jan 31, 2011

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

A small additional contribution is also made by the Divided Race Fund and the BHA Development Fund. The order is taken from the percentage in the second column of figures. This shows how much each course has contributed to prize-money, expressed as a percentage of their overall prize-money. The arrows at the end of each line are based on a comparison between the percentages for the two rolling year periods.

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

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

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

ABANDONMENTS: Please note that, occasionally, abandoned meetings distort performances relating to a track’s jump fixtures. The yearon-year percentage comparison on which this table is based can place tracks in a worse light than they deserve. The three showing a red downward arrow, Ludlow, Newcastle and Sedgefield, each fall into this category.

RACECOURSE OWNERSHIP KEY JCR Jockey Club Racecourses

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WITH the Cheltenham Festival just around the corner, British-breds have been busy proving their worth in the run-up to jump racingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest festival.

Shade Oak Studâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stallion Alflora has enjoyed a good strikerate in Britain and Ireland in the last few weeks, including eyecatching performances from two of his current leading lights.

February. The win was his third consecutive victory over fences this season, and he holds an entry for the Grade 1 RSA Chase.

Out of the Robellino mare Bellino Spirit, Wayward Prince was bought for ÂŁ80,000 by Kevin Frost, assistant to trainer Ian Williams, at the 2009 Brightwells Cheltenham April Sale, having been purchased at DBS as a foal.

Alflora is also responsible for Wishfull Thinking, who landed the Grade 3 Murphy Group Chase at Cheltenham at the end of January. That victory added to the Grade 2 novice chase he won at Wincanton in November, and he is now likely to target either the Listed Jewson Novicesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Chase or the RSA Chase at the Festival.

Also on form in late January was the mare Sparky May. The daughter of Midnight Legend led home a British-bred rout in the Grade 2 Warfield Maresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hurdle at Ascot, with the first five finishers all carrying the GB suffix.

Wayward Prince on his way to Grade 2 victory

Wayward Prince was a Grade 1 winner over hurdles last season, and he maintained his form with a battling victory in the Grade 2 Towton Novicesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Chase at Wetherby in early

Sparky May was winning her fifth consecutive race of the season, and is now likely to line up in the David Nicholson Maresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hurdle at the Festival.

Caroleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legacy, a daughter of the late Sir Harry Lewis, took second place, with daughters of Alflora â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Alasi and Alverstone â&#x20AC;&#x201C; finishing third and fourth, with Fit To Drive (Kayf Tara) in fifth.

BRITISH STALLIONS IN GROUP 1 FORM OVERSEAS

THE last month has been a lucrative one for British Flat stallions at a time of year when attention is diverted to the winter game.

Hong Kong provided the stage for progeny of Dubawi and Kyllachy to excel at the highest level, courtesy of Lucky Nine and Dim Sum. A Darley homebred, Lucky Nine is a son of the Dalham Hall resident and sire sensation Dubawi. Previously trained by Andrew Oliver in Ireland, the four-year-old now has three victories to his name in Hong Kong, including his Group 1 victory in the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Classic Mile, which was his first attempt over that distance. The gelding won by four lengths from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2,000 Guineas fourth Xtension.

Kyllachy, whose other Group 1 winner Sole Power emulated his sire when winning last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes.

Presvis showed his old sparkle when winning the Group 2 Gulf News Al Rashidiya at Meydan in Dubai. This was his first win since taking the Group 2 Jebel Hatta at the same track last March.

By the Shadwell stallion Sakhee, Presvis won impressively by over four lengths. The gelding will next try to land backto-back runnings of the Jebel Hatta before his main target, the Group 1 Dubai Duty Free at the end of March.

Having spent the last two seasons running at the highest level in Hong Kong, Dim Sum looked back to his very best when capturing the Group 1 Chairmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sprint Prize, a race he won two years ago. Earlier in the month he had run local superstar Sacred Kingdom to three-quarters of a length in the first leg of the Sprint challenge.

Using slightly different tactics this time, the seven-year-old was able to hold on at the line to defeat his old adversary by a neck.

Previously an inmate at Howard Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s County Durham stable, when called Algol, Dim Sum is by Cheveley Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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NEW SALE ADDED TO BRITISH CALENDAR

A NEW addition to the calendar of British sales will take place at Newbury on Saturday, March 5 after racing when DBS holds the DBS NH Festivals Sale.

Following the success of the National Hunt breeze-up sale held

by DBS after the Hennessy meeting, DBS will offer a boutique catalogue of horses in training, with a view to vendors buying with the forthcoming Cheltenham, Aintree, and Punchestown festivals in mind.

DBS Managing Director Henry Beeby commented: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The new sale allows us to carry on the success that we achieved at Newbury in November and we are sure that the timing, facilities and location will be a huge success for both vendors and purchasers.â&#x20AC;?

Presvis, pictured winning in Hong Kong, landed a second Group 2 win in Dubai

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THE NEXT GENERATION

By GINA BRYCE

Be there...

MARCH 15-18 Cheltenham Festival The four defining days of the National Hunt season set against the most electric atmosphere you are likely to find at any sporting event.

MARCH 26 NGC Newbury Raceday The first of the NGC events of 2011 includes a trip to Warren Greatrex’s Lambourn yard followed by racing at Newbury.

APRIL 9 Grand National, Aintree Jaw-dropping drama on and off the racecourse. And for those not too distracted by the incredible shades of fake tan and neon outfits, walking the Grand National course is a must.

APRIL 30 Pre-Guineas picnic Kick off the Flat season with the NGC and fellow revellers at our pre-racing picnic on 2,000 Guineas Day.

Our new website is up and running

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n a world where a person without an online profile is probably a person ceasing to inhabit planet earth, you could be forgiven for thinking the Next Generation Club has been living in an alternate universe for the past year and a half. Many of our members who have attended one of the previous “introduction days” to the worlds of racing and breeding will know that we have been keeping people updated as best as we can through our Facebook page. But now, with the launch of the new Next Generation Club website, we hope to open our doors even further.

Our new website www.the-ngc.co.uk went online last month and will hopefully allow us to not only nurture our existing database of young enthusiasts but also cast the net wider to raise awareness of forthcoming NGC events and ways in which new people can get involved. The site caters for both social and professional

Talking Point...

George Primarolo Totesport

“The problem is that most racecourses are separate commercial entities and hence are free to negotiate deals with whomever they want.

“Offshore firms that can take advantage of beneficial tax rates will have a head start over their UK-based rivals, as they will have more to spend on marketing, so it’s unsurprising to see several of them using race sponsorship to their advantage. It’s a catch-22 situation as the drop in levy means that several racecourses are having to dip into their own coffers to fund prizemoney, which has to be offset with other forms of income. If the only way of doing this is to take sponsorship from offshore firms, then it would be a big surprise if the racecourses were to eschew commercial common sense.

“Obviously the Tote and racing are inextricably linked, and the more people bet into the pool the better it is for racing’s finances.

We’ve forged successful partnership agreements with all UK courses over the past three years, from which the tracks receive extra payments from the Tote in exchange for marketing and promoting pool betting on-course.

“Whilst it would be ideal for racecourses to

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aspects, outlining details of industry training courses and encouraging discussion with members of the committee.

Our new online interface will obviously serve as an additional marketing tool in establishing the Next Generation Club as a point of contact for the younger generations, but it is the target of specific events that have so far delivered the desired results. The 2011 events schedule is now taking shape and this year the committee hopes to build on the valuable network of young people who have become involved with the club over the last year.

Following on from the success of the Plantation Stud raceday and the Tattersalls Sales event, the focus falls on the National Hunt season in the first half of the year as we head to Newbury racecourse on March 26. In keeping with the aim of showing people that bit extra that racing has to offer, the day will begin with

Should racing only promote full levy-paying bookmakers?

promote only levy-paying bookmakers, it’s very difficult to see how they could be forced to do so at the moment.”

Sam Hoskins

advertising tariff bookmakers.”

for

non-levy

paying

Mark Flood

NGC committee

Business Development Manager, Racing Post

“Racing’s prize-money crisis stems from bookmakers relocating offshore, meaning they are paying no levy on bets accepted from these jurisdictions. Despite this, non-levy paying bookies can advertise in the racing media at the same rates as levy-paying operators.

“Obviously one cannot point the finger at either the media, racecourses or said bookmakers and tell them they are wrong for current practices, as they are all commercial enterprises. So what can racing do?

“If government legislation cannot be changed to force offshore bookmakers to pay levy on their horseracing bets, then I would like to see racing press for the voluntary levy contribution that the likes of Victor Chandler and Sportingbet currently pay. Hopefully, then the likes of Ladbrokes and William Hill would work with racing and get behind this. However, if they refuse, then I believe we need to take a more forthright stance, with a premium

“From day one bookmakers have been one step ahead of racing and have acted in a way to increase their profits as any commercial trader would. Racing, having been too slow to profit, is now struggling to stay afloat.

“In an ideal world, racing’s constituents would cede authority to one leader, who in turn could set about negotiating their share.

The problem is that the window is closing and racing needs a leader to make the most of its weakening hand.

“Racing now represents only around 25% of bookmaker transactions, so even if racing took control of that share, it would get very little. If you held shares in your pension in Ladbrokes or William Hill, would you be happy if the share price was decimated as a result of a draconian tax?

“There is no golden egg and unless racing gets state aid it will have to continue to rely on the goodwill of a number of its patrons.”

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www.the-ngc.co.uk a trip to Warren Greatrex’s Lambourn yard, before we are joined by trainer Tim Vaughan for a pre-racing talk in our designated on-course hospitality area. The event should prove to be a great chance to socialise with fellow racing fans, whilst learning a bit more about what is involved in training a National Hunt horse to withstand the rigors of the breathtaking action we will no doubt witness later that day.

As the weather improves, it’s time to turn the attention back to the rolling turf of the Rowley Mile. 2,000 Guineas day is always a big social event at Flat racing HQ and so a perfect backdrop for the second of our 2011 events. A pre-racing picnic in the car park will not only set the scene for plenty of champagne-quaffing and beer-swilling but will hopefully also provide a meeting point for young racegoers and newcomers to the sport: a union the committee sees as key to the future of the industry.

Of course, all of these events would not be possible without the help and generosity of the racecourses and various industry professionals, to whom we are extremely grateful. For details on how to get involved in any forthcoming events or to take advantage of NGC membership, visit www.the-ngc.co.uk.

WHAT’S HOT www.the-ngc.co.uk Our new one-stop shop for all the latest club news.

Nicky Henderson 2,000 British jump winners for the Seven Barrows maestro and, with a Festival team including the likes of Binocular, Long Run and Bobs Worth, the celebrations are sure to continue.

Dubai The temperature is soaring, along with the standard of racing, and it certainly helps the Flat fans among us through the cold winter months.

WHAT’S NOT Racing’s measly Tote share The government’s decision to allocate only 50% of proceeds of the sale is yet more disappointment to add to an already gloomy outlook for 2011.

More argy-bargy from the top Fresh disputes between racing’s principal stakeholders weaken our already near-crippled hand.

Continued weather disruptions Snow, water and ice – we’ve had the lot. Roll on the spring and a return to the full racing schedule we deserve.

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Q&A POLLY GUNDRY, the former leading pointto-point rider turned trainer and racecourse director, talks about her new challenges Tell us a bit about your background in the industry?

I spent my younger years hunting and eventing before studying Equine Science at Hartpury, University of the West of England.

I started riding out for Jim Old, Henrietta Knight and The Countess Goess-Saurau with a view to race-riding. During this time I was lucky enough to start riding Richard Barber’s ladies’ horses and eventually most of his first string in point-to-points. I started riding for Paul Nicholls in 2001 and again rode some lovely winners under National Hunt rules.

After spending more than five years travelling the country for Spillers Feeds as a nutritionist, I decided to concentrate on training.

My partner Edward Walker and I had bought 29 acres of pastureland in Devon and Guy Henderson suggested that I might think of applying for a licence if I wanted to continue to train his lovely big horse Fortview.

So it was on to the British Racing School to complete the relevant courses in order to gain a National Hunt licence.

What are the plans for the operation?

I am keen to establish a good band of owners but to remain a small yard, where we can concentrate on a small number of horses. I would rather not spend my life on the road travelling from one course to another every day and I would like to stay very hands-on with the horses.

Edward will continue to train point-topointers, which can be a good start for some old-fashioned chasing types. If we could produce and sell the odd one or two in a season, that is always very satisfying too, whether it is for us or for other people.

What have you found to be the main challenges in setting up a training operation in the current climate?

Learning to manage quite a few staff has proved difficult. I am glad that we are not near a large training centre like Lambourn or Newmarket, because I like to have staff from an eventing background that are horsemen

rather than staff that have learnt to ride when they decided they wanted to work in racing.

What do you see as your unique selling point?

First, I am a horseman and like to get the very best from the horses. Also very high on my priority list is listening to my owners and finding out what they want out of racing, so that I know what my aims are. If they are people that want someone to try hard for them, I do not think anyone will try harder.

But if they are not people that I think I can get on with, I would rather they did not stay, and I have told owners that in the past!

You are on the board of directors of Exeter racecourse; do you think that racecourses do enough to capture the interest of the race-going public?

I think they/we are trying very hard indeed, but sometimes we might not yet be hitting the nail on the head.

Far more properly-trained public relations officers and marketeers are now involved in making this happen, and hopefully we will see a marked increase in the next few years.

But it’s unlikely to happen quickly.

I certainly think that racing has done all it can to clean up its act recently and, with that, we can be bullish that what the public will see and can do at the races will provide them with great entertainment.

What changes would you introduce to improve the raceday experience?

I think more family-orientated events occurring at racecourses would be good, particularly in the summer.

Point-to-points seem to provide more of a family day out than a proper racecourse.

Obviously when children are at school or it is cold weather, it would not attract families, but inside activities for children and outdoor activities when it is warm would help. If you are not interested in betting or horses then there is not much to attract the ladies. Stands of some sort could work well for that market.

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The special section for TBA members

First-season sire Hellvelyn, by Ishiguru, was one of 15 stallions on show at Tattersalls and impressed many with his calm demeanour

Once again a large crowd gathered at Tattersalls’ February Sale for the chance to see an impressive collection of stallions.

The successful TBA-backed parade was aided by commentary from Sam Sheppard and additional information provided in the complimentary booklet, kindly sponsored by British Bloodstock Marketing. Four first-season stallions were on show alongside established Classic heroes, from nine British studs.

Breeders took full advantage after the conclusion of the parade to inspect individually those stallions which took their interest, and the TBA’s hospitality box was busy throughout the morning, providing a great place to have a chat whilst enjoying tasty refreshments.

We would like to thank all the stallions’ connections for their support, together with that of Tattersalls and the team at British Bloodstock Marketing.

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TREVOR JONES

TBA Stallion Parade hailed a success

Also among the list of new sires was Newsells Park Stud’s Equiano, by Acclamation

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Kerada a dual winner in mares’ series

GAVIN JAMES, GJMULTIMEDIA

Kerada recorded a brace of EBF/TBA Mares’ Novices’ Steeplechase victories, the first being at Newbury on January 19, followed up by a 21-length success at Ffos Las on January 27.

The £30,000 Listed Finale is being held at Newbury on March 26; TBA members can gain free entry to the racecourse that day on production of their membership cards.

Diary dates THURSDAY, MARCH 24

TUESDAY, MAY 31

MONDAY, JULY 4

The North Regional Day

The West Regional Day

Yorkshire Regional Day

Nicky Richards’s Greystoke Stables, Cumbria, followed by an optional afternoon’s racing at Carlisle.

Highgrove House and Dominic Burke’s Whitley Stud, Gloucestershire.

Mark Johnston’s Kingsley House Stables.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1

SATURDAY, MARCH 26

Open Regional Day

East Anglia Regional Day

EBF/TBA Mares’ Novices’ Steeplechase Finale

Sir Mark Prescott’s Heath House Stables and Kirsten Rausing’s Lanwades Stud, Newmarket.

Weatherbys Ltd, Northamptonshire.

Weatherbys will be holding a number of open days at their offices in Wellingborough during 2011 for various organisations within the industry.

They have kindly agreed to offer one of these dates exclusively to members of the TBA, on Wednesday, July 13. However, there will also be open days on Tuesday, April 12 and Tuesday, October 18 which members may put themselves forward for, if these are more convenient dates. Please contact Weatherbys directly if you wish to attend on either April 12 or October 18.

TBA members can gain free admission to Newbury racecourse on production of their TBA membership card. Also, Next Generation Club members’ day.

THURSDAY, APRIL 21

TUESDAY, JUNE 21 Wales Regional Day Including a visit to D J Deer’s Oakgrove Stud, Monmouthshire.

Central Regional Day The King’s Troop for HM The Queen’s Birthday Royal Salute in London.

THURSDAY, APRIL 28 South West Regional Day Richard Barber’s Manor Farm, Dorset.

TUESDAY, MAY 24

MONDAY, JUNE 27 TBA Awards Dinner Kindly sponsored this year by Cheveley Park Stud; invitations to purchase tickets will be sent to members at the beginning of May. Mark your diaries for this popular event.

West Midlands Regional Day

TUESDAY, JUNE 28

Donald McCain’s Bankhouse Stables, Cheshire, and Richard Kent’s Mickley Stud in Shropshire.

TBA AGM

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25

The results of the board elections will be announced at the Annual General Meeting, which will precede the Annual Seminar.

South East Regional Day

TUESDAY, JUNE 28

Andrew Balding’s Kingsclere Stables, Berkshire, and Jeff Smith’s Littleton Stud.

TBA Annual Seminar

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Immediately following the AGM.

THURSDAY, JULY 14 Scotland Regional Day The Duke of Roxburghe’s Floors Stud, Kelso.

TBA NEW MEMBERS Mr & Mrs A Archer, Nottinghamshire.

Mrs N Atkinson, Dorset.

T Chadney Esq, Surrey.

R Farleigh Esq, Cambridgeshire.

R Gregson-Williams Esq, Hampshire.

Ms I Henderson, Suffolk.

D Leach Esq, Surrey.

Ms C Wilkinson, Nottinghamshire.

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

Prize (£)

Based on date money was paid

Horse

Sire

Dam

Ruxley Holdings Ltd

6,000

Sparky May

Midnight Legend

Glassy Appeal

22/01/11

Date

Course

Ascot

J J Elliot

1,664

Cavers Glen

Overbury

Thorterdykes Lass

21/11/10

Aintree

R G Percival & R Kent

1,664

Top It All

Beat All

Forever Shineing

21/11/11

Kelso

Mrs J L Egan

1,500

Alfie Sherrin

Kayf Tara

Mandys Native

24/01/11

Wetherby

Mr R D Chugg & The Late J R H Fowler

*1,200

Banjaxed Girl

King's Theatre

Belle Magello

08/01/11

Sandown Park

Mr P E Clinton

*1,000

Fistral Beach

Definite Article

Empress Of Light

08/01/11

Wincanton

*Indicates second tier (40% of Breeder’s Prize) See the table of breeders' prizes effective as from January 1 on the TBA website, www.thetba.co.uk

Miss Diskin delivers again The six-time jumps winner Miss Diskin was a mare who gave enormous pleasure to owner Martyn Forrester and trainer Bob Buckler and, when they saw her for sale at Tattersalls Ireland in November 2005, some six years after she had retired from racing, they bought her back “in a moment of weakness”.

Her first foal, Double Dizzy, was bred by Martyn Forrester and has won three races for him from Buckler’s stable. Miss Diskin later changed hands and was bought by John Weston when carrying to Alflora. That foal would turn out to be Mizzurka, who won prizes even in her early days at the DBS/Ken Oliver Memorial Foal Show and is also now trained by Buckler. She has gone on to win four races, including the Listed DBS/EBF Mares’ Bumper at Sandown last season and, more recently, the EBF Mares’ National Hunt

Novices’ Hurdle at Hereford on February 13.

Mizzurka now heads to the David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

For breeder John Weston, however, she transpired to be the only foal he bred from Miss Diskin, who struggled to get in foal the following season and thus headed to the sale, where she was reunited with her former owner and trainer.

“I sent her back to Double Trigger but she still wouldn’t get in foal,” said Buckler, who then hit upon a slightly unorthodox idea to give Miss Diskin one last chance. “There was a stallion near me called General Gambul, who had never been ridden or broken, and he used to run with his mares in the field. He had got a few point-to-point winners locally.

I thought I’d let God and nature take their chance where vets and science had failed.”

Eventually Miss Diskin was duly scanned in foal and produced a colt, now a three-yearold gelding in the early stages of his training with Buckler. She was in foal again the following year but died when slipping the foal two months early.

“She was a star and we had so much fun with her,” recalled Buckler. “I’m delighted with Mizzurka and the three-year-old’s a great big horse who should be one for the future.”

THE seven-year-old novice chaser Tafika provided the latest chapter in a long-running success story for the Webber family and the great chasing mare Auntie Dot, with his victory at Leicester in February.

Bred, owned and trained by the late John Webber, Auntie Dot won ten races and was third in the 1991 Grand National. John’s wife Diana bred two winners from Auntie Dot, Uncle Wallace and Chartridge Hill, both trained by son Paul, as is Tafika, a son of Kayf Tara out of Auntie Dot’s unraced daughter Shiwa, and Uncle Ant, by Alderbook out of another daughter, Auntie Sally.

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Carey and Bob Buckler riding Double Dizzy, left, and his half-sister Mizzurka

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New regional representative for the north

Bamford: our friend in the north

Philip Bamford has agreed to become a TBA regional representative for the north of England. Managing Director of the family manufacturing business which specialises in bird food and trades under the name Top Flight, Philip, 55, is married to Jane and has three daughters. His company’s trade name is used as a prefix for some of his horses in training.

From his late teens Philip has always been interested in horses, hunting in the first instance and then breeding and racing for the last 25 years under the banner of Dandy’s Farm. He currently has four broodmares and some young stock, and, although the policy of the farm is breeding to sell, he does have horses in training with Sir Mark Prescott, David Barron, Jeremy Gask and David O’Meara.

Interests outside the UK include broodmare partnerships in France, where the progeny are normally sold at Arqana, and a number of horses in South Africa with leading trainer Mike Bass.

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NH BREEDER OF THE MONTH

www.thetba.co.uk Sponsored by Blue Chip Feed Ltd

Words Alan Yuill Walker

JANUARY 2011

GEORGE SELWYN

Bill Muddyman Chief Executive,â&#x20AC;? said Rodford, who runs a mixed farm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I started out in racing as a permit holder and it is a great thrill to have one as good as Sparky.â&#x20AC;?

So named as she was foaled under an electric fence, Sparky May is the second of only three foals that Ruxley Holdings has bred from her dam. The first was a colt by Fair Oak, a New Zealand-bred stallion stood by eventer Mark Todd in Devon. A four-year-old sister to Sparky May has already been broken in.

Rodford added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bill Muddyman agreed to let me train Sparky provided I took a half share. We are equal partners. I charge him half the training fee and we share any prize-money.â&#x20AC;?

The arrangement has certainly worked well so Sparky May, whose racecourse exploits have delayed her trainerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retirement far and now Cheltenham beckons for the game mare, who wins her breeder six sacks of Blue Chip Dynamic, which was originally developed as a joint and bone Few mares have impressed more this jumping season than Sparky supplement but is proven to improve stallion fertility.

May, who is undefeated in four starts and was bred by her owner Bill Muddyman, who breeds under the name Ruxley Holdings Ltd. Previously successful in novice hurdles at Worcester, Lingfield and Newbury, the Midnight Legend six-year-old was upped in class and distance at Ascot in January to win the ÂŁ40,000 Grade 2 Warfield Maresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hurdle by four lengths from warm favourite Caroleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legacy.

The pair of them are likely to lock horns again in the David Nicholson Maresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, in which Caroleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legacy finished runner-up last year.

Trained by 70-year-old Pat Rodford in Somerset, Sparky May has been partnered to all four of her victories by Keiran Burke. Rodford was going to hand over training responsibilities to the jockey in January, but delayed his retirement in the hope that this improving mare would provide him with a first Festival winner.

As it was, Midnight Legend so nearly provided the small Rodford stable with a memorable Ascot-Wincanton double when Holmwood Legend finished runner-up in a chase at the West Country meeting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a good offer for Sparky afterwards,â&#x20AC;? said Rodford. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were happy to keep her in training with me so I contacted Bill Muddyman, who was on holiday in South Africa, thinking that he would want some time to think about it. But within ten seconds he 9LDJUD ZDV RULJLQDOO\ GHYHORSHG IRU KHDUW GLVHDVH DQG ZH DOO made his decision and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Turn the offer down, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve enjoyed the NQRZ ZKDW LW LV XVHG IRU QRZ ,Q WKH VDPH ZD\ %OXH &KLS journey so far and would like to continue the journeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.â&#x20AC;? '\QDPLF ZDV GHYHORSHG DV D MRLQW VXSSOHPHQW EXW LW KDV Last season Sparky May competed in four bumpers, the only time EHHQ SURYHQ WR LPSURYH VWDOOLRQ IHUWLOLW\ that she finished out of the first four being in a Listed event at Sandown, close to the Esher home of her owner. Sparky May is out of the American-bred Glassy Appeal, whose family owes its origin in the '\QDPLF LV SURYHQ WR DLG IHUWLOLW\ E\ US to her fourth dam, Yasdana. She was exported in 1955, the year Â&#x2021; ,QFUHDVLQJ OLELGR after her own-brother, Darius, triumphed in the 2,000 Guineas. Â&#x2021; ,PSURYLQJ VSHUP PRWLOLW\ â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Mr Muddyman was in Virginia when he bought Glassy Â&#x2021; (QKDQFLQJ VSHUP PHPEUDQH LQWHJULW\ Appeal as a show jumper rather than as a racehorse,â&#x20AC;? Rodford recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He keeps a string of horses with Alan and Julie Draper in Sussex, and they go round all the county shows. He boards a number of his )RU PRUH LQIRUPDWLRQ FRQWDFW mares here and Glassy Appeal is one of them. She is retired now.â&#x20AC;?

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Changing weekends, changing lives

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HE Racing Lottery launched at Warwick racecourse on 12th February. It is set to be the single largest fundraising campaign in Racing Welfare’s history.

Richard Negus the Fundraising and Communications executive for Racing Welfare is aware of the importance of the project becoming a success “The Racing Lottery has two aims. The first is to change the weekend for winning Racing Lottery players by offering £1,750 in prize money each week, as well as some truly amazing racing experiences in a monthly draw. The second aim is to help make positive changes in the lives of even more of our beneficiaries, who are amongst the 70,000 people who make up the backbone of British racing” The Racing Lottery costs £1 per week to enter, with players receiving a unique five-digit number that remains theirs for as long as they continue to play. Weekly first prize winners receive £1,000 with second prize £500 and third £250. The ‘Money Can’t Buy’ monthly racing related prize draw kicks off with an “Aintree special” where the winner will £1,000 receive a VIP package to The Grand National that includes a course walk with David Pipe, £500 two members badges with hospitality in the Chairman’s box and a trip into the commentary box to share Richard Hoiles’ £250 bird’s eye view of the course.

Future monthly prizes include VIP packages to the Derby and many other major race meetings.

David Pipe who trained Comply or Die to win the 2008 Or even winning our quarterly jackpot prize of National and has five horses up to £10,000* entered for the ‘nation’s favourite horse race’ on the 9th April 2011, was enthusiastic

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David Pipe: Delighted to support The Racing Lottery

about The Racing Lottery and the cause it supports “I am delighted to be supporting Racing Welfare and the work they do on behalf of stable staff. The Grand National is arguably the most famous race in the world and the first lucky winner of The Racing Lottery will have a truly memorable day at Aintree and I am pleased to be part of it.”

Initial take up for the Racing Lottery has been positive, at the time of writing 200 players are already signed up, yet with a target of 2,500 by the first draw on April 1st The Racing Lottery team are extremely busy recruiting more people to change the lives of racing’s people in need.

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The importance of Social Media to Racing Welfare

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Whilst Twitter restricts users to ESPITE Prime Minister writing their thoughts in only 140 David Cameron’s characters, links placed in Tweets statement on Absolute have helped Twitter to become one Radio that “Too many of the largest referring sites to both Twits make a Twat” it www.theracinglottery.co.uk and the seems that nearly everybody who is Charity’s own anybody in racing is embracing www.racingwelfare.co.uk .

Twitter as a vital tool in letting the The Racing Lottery website has world know their thoughts. been specifically designed to work Racing Welfare was an early user in conjunction with both Twitter of the Twitter medium, starting to and Facebook. With the Charity now Tweet in March 2009; having now being seen at racecourses amassed nearly 1,000 followers the throughout the country on the Charity is hoping that its latest Racing Lottery sales drive, the Tweeter Lillie Lottery will spread the immediacy of uploaded images, word about the Racing Lottery to news and views not to mention the IT savvy racing fraternity. occasional tongue in cheek quips is Lillie Lottery is the nom de plume all part of what 25 year old Ginny for Ginny Rose, who has been Rose sees as essential. responsible for all Social Media “Whilst we never forget that output for Racing Welfare since many of our supporters and March 2010. beneficiaries may not be IT or “I started following Racing Ginny Rose and Cheltenham festival blogger Social Media aficionados, we have Welfare via Twitter after a period Jonathan Pollinger on the Racing Lottery trail to recognise that if The Racing working for Clive Brittain; I even Lottery solely depends on applied for my job with them traditional advertising methods we are missing out on through it! The ability to instantly hear what is going on many new potential Charity supporters. Twitter and with trainers, journalists, jockeys and racing fans is facebook users engage with these sites daily, this means we enlightening. Using Twitter as a medium to inform such a can communicate our message just as frequently.” vast cross section of racing’s people about The Racing To follow Racing Welfare and Lillie Lottery on Twitter Lottery and the Charity for which it is raising money is an visit www.twitter.com/racingwelfare or opportunity not to be missed, and particularly important is www.twitter.com/lillielottery it is all free!”.

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Who is behind The Racing Lottery?

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AUL Fisher, Managing Director of Jockey Club Racecourses, approached Racing Welfare in the summer of 2010 with the idea that a lottery could help the Charity make up the 11% shortfall in its income. This germ of an idea has taken a full six months to plan and activate, yet the feedback from all levels of racing has delighted Cedric Burton, Racing Welfare’s Chief Executive.

“The Charity is at the forefront for helping those in need

who work or have worked in British racing,” said Burton.

“At the moment we are seeing a 34% upturn in calls on our services, particularly from working staff. This is doubtless due to the current economic difficulties facing all of our sport; sadly it is the people we help who are hardest hit when the financial pinch starts.

“As a charity we could have called for direct support from owners – such as the Equine Charities receive – however, the decision we took, with the full support of our board of

Cedric Burton (second left), Chief Executive of Racing Welfare, is delighted by the response of the racing world to The Racing Lottery

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Lystra Adams (left) and Roger Hart at Cheltenham – supporting The Racing Lottery

trustees, was to try for a much more pro-active option.”

The Racing Lottery has ambitious targets and plans to raise £250,000 in its first year, and Burton – a former Royal Signals Brigadier who joined the Charity in 2004 – believes this is realistic.

“Everyone I have spoken with regarding The Racing Lottery has not only appreciated the cause but also the premise,” he says. “We aren’t under any delusion that Racing Lottery prize-winners will be receiving a life-changing amount of money, but allied with the additional monthly racing prizes, we will definitely change some people’s weekends. By paying just £1 per week we are giving everybody that wonderful chance of becoming a winner, whilst guaranteeing that they are creating winners for those most in need in racing”.

It is not only the Charity and the Roger Hart Jockey Club who are behind The Racing Lottery, there are already a host of trainers, racecourses, volunteers and owners who have stepped in to ensure that Racing Welfare’s big idea becomes a success. One owner who has already made her mark is Lystra Adams, the glamorous partner of leading owner David Fox. Ms Adams has become the ‘face of The

Racing Lottery’ and has already appeared at The Racing Lottery launch at Warwick and plans are afoot for her to make an equally big impression on the Aintree crowd when the first Lottery winner receives their prize package on Grand National day.

Roger Hart, who amongst others manages David Fox’s racing interests, has enlisted the support of Tim Vaughan with the high-flying Vale of Glamorgan handler donating a Lottery prize that will give the winner the opportunity of becoming an owner for the day at a meeting at Worcester in August. Hart, who is a well known face at most tracks across the country, sees The Racing Lottery as benefiting the whole of racing.

“I am a keen supporter of Racing Welfare,” Hart says, “and I think The Racing Lottery provides the Charity with a platform to really push them into the minds of more racegoers. It will obviously benefit the hard working lads and lasses who they help, but also it gives trainers an opportunity to promote themselves to an even wider audience.

“Many of the yards I represent are constantly looking for new marketing opportunities. The Racing Lottery certainly provides that and all for a fantastic cause, too.”

“Many of the yards I represent are constantly looking for new marketing opportunities. The Racing Lottery provides that”

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VET FORUM: THE EXPERT VIEW

By SARAH BLOTT, with introduction from JAMES TATE BVMS MRCVS

Equine genetics and musculoskeletal injuries Animal Health Trust research should help breeders to produce more robust racehorses

Introduction Thoroughbred breeders have an intuitive understanding of genetics from seeing the results of generations of matings which have produced today’s elite athlete. The fact that all living organisms inherit traits from their parents has been used since prehistoric times to selectively breed animals for desirable characteristics.

These inherited traits result from genes which correspond to regions within DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), a double-stranded molecule composed of four different types of nucleotides. The sequence of these nucleotides is known as the ‘genetic code’ and this is why many refer to DNA as ‘the blueprint for life’.

There have been many significant breakthroughs in genetics research, for example approximately 4,000 human disorders have been identified as being caused by a single gene defect. In fact, couples who are both carriers of a single gene disorder can now have an in vitro fertilisation (IVF) pre-implantation test to screen the fertilised egg for the defect. However, breakthroughs have not been restricted to human medicine and it is now possible to test for an extensive list of canine genetic disorders. So how far have we come in equine genetics?

The horse is a complex animal but following a ten-year programme to create an equine genetic map involving scientists from around the world, sequencing of the equine genome was completed and made publicly available in 2007. The ultimate aim of this work was not to manipulate the genetic composition of horses but to provide us with the knowledge to take genetic information into account and therefore hopefully improve health and performance.

Since the equine genome sequence became available, several genes have been identified, for example the genes responsible for insulin signaling, fat metabolism and muscle strength. This in turn led to the advent of a handful of equine genetic tests, but none of these were directly relevant for the thoroughbred – that is, until Dr Emmeline Hill’s company ‘Equinome’ Ltd introduced the ‘speed gene’ test in 2009. For a fee of €1,000, a blood sample can be tested to find out whether the horse has the sprinter, middle-distance or stayer gene. Whatever your opinion of the test, this was undoubtedly a significant event in equine genetics.

Nevertheless, concerns have been voiced that information arising from discoveries in equine genetics may not become widely available to the equine industry, and it was for this reason that the Animal Health Trust joined with the British Horseracing Authority in a joint venture under the name of Equine Genetics Research (EGR) Ltd. The aim of EGR is to determine the areas of research that are most likely to prove beneficial and to ensure that access to the new technology is available to all.

Through funding provided initially by the British Horseracing Authority and more recently by the Horserace Betting Levy Board and the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, three specific musculoskeletal conditions were identified for investigation in the UK: fracture, recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis (RER) and osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD).

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usculoskeletal injuries are one of the main reasons for failure of horses to train and race, and are a significant cause of equine mortality. In the UK around 50% of racehorses experience lameness at some point during training, with up to 45% unable to race in the year they are injured (Dyson et al. 2008; Wilsher et al. 2006).

Three of the most prevalent musculoskeletal conditions that occur in racehorses are fracture, recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis (RER) and osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD).

Fracture Fracture is the main cause of horse mortality on the UK racecourse (McKee 1995): an average of 60 horses per year suffer a fatal distal limb fracture during racing (Flat and National Hunt) (Parkin et al. 2004), but fatal injuries are just the tip of the iceberg, with many more horses suffering non-fatal fractures that lead to premature retirement or interrupted racing careers. Studies of the pathology of equine fracture show that there is usually evidence of stress-related damage to the bone prior to fracture (Stover 2003).

Recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis (RER) RER, or ‘tying up’, is a muscular condition which causes affected horses to suffer recurring muscle cramping, stiffness, excessive sweating and a reluctance to move after exercise. The muscle cramping is caused by the breakdown of muscle membranes and the release of the oxygen-binding molecule myoglobin into the bloodstream. Recent research indicates RER may be caused by a defect in the intra-cellular calcium regulation needed for muscle contraction.

At the present time treatment involves the use of anti-inflammatory drugs and modified management regimes, including reducing feed, introducing extra horse-walker and turnout exercise, and making sure that horses prone to the condition do not have days off without some form of exercise.

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cartilage in the joints. Although OCD is extremely common and often does not cause a problem, severely affected individuals may undergo arthroscopic surgery to remove the fragments.

Heritability

Recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis (RER), or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tying upâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, causes considerable pain due to severe muscle cramps. Affected horses often sweat profusely

The heritability of a disease is an estimate of the percentage of variation in susceptibility that is due to genes rather than the environment. There is increasing evidence that many equine musculoskeletal conditions are heritable. Fracture, RER and OCD are all examples of conditions which result from a combination of the effects of genetic susceptibility and environment and are, therefore, known as complex conditions. The genetic component is composed of a network of interacting genes, some with small effects on risk and others with larger effects.

Several studies of equine musculoskeletal disease have shown that heritability for these conditions ranges between 20% and 40%.

Further rapid advances in understanding the heritable nature of these diseases are expected as new technologies that allow more detailed analysis of equine genes are now available, following the recent sequencing of the horse genome (Wade et al. 2009).

Osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD) In young horses one of the most common developmental orthopaedic conditions is OCD, with prevalence estimates varying between 10% and 32% depending on the population and the joint in which OCD is reported (Jeffcott et al. 1993; Pagan and Jackson 1996). OCD results from abnormal bone formation from cartilage tissue, which leads to the formation of loose fragments of

Catastrophic fracture is the most common cause of fatality on the racecourse

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Osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD) is one of the most common developmental orthopaedic conditions of young horses; severely affected horses can struggle to make the racecourse

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VET FORUM: THE EXPERT VIEW >> New research

Over the course of the last four years the Animal Health Trust, with collaborators at the Royal Veterinary College and in the USA, has been carrying out research into the genetics of musculoskeletal disease in thoroughbreds.

During the study, funded by the Levy Board and the TBA, DNA samples from more than 1,300 horses were collected.

The aim was to identify genome regions underlying susceptibility to the three musculoskeletal conditions described above, fracture, RER and OCD. The technique used is known as a ‘case-control association’ study, where the genomes of well-defined cases and controls are compared to each other using a set of genetic markers evenly spaced throughout the genome.

Genetic markers are identifiable flags in the genome, characterized as DNA sequence variations that differ among individuals. By comparing these flags and the way their frequency differs between the cases and controls, researchers can identify the regions of the genome that are associated with the disease they are studying.

gene A

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Disease or injury

Case definition In the AHT study 200-300 cases for each condition were compared with an equal number of controls and a well-defined case definition was used for each disease. Fracture cases were horses that sustained catastrophic distal limb fractures on UK tracks, requiring euthanasia, and were obtained from an archive of samples collected during a previous study by the University of Liverpool.

RER cases were horses in training in the UK that had shown clinical signs of RER on more than one occasion and had a significantly elevated blood creatine kinase (CK) level, indicative of muscle damage, at the time of sampling.

OCD cases were horses that underwent arthroscopic OCD surgery in a US equine clinic or were horses in the UK identified as having OCD clinically or radiographically.

The OCD was diagnosed by x-ray and in the US horses confirmed surgically by the presence of a flap or fragment associated with a defect in the stifle, hock or fetlock. Control horses were suitably matched to the cases and verified as clear of the particular condition under study, up to the time that genetic analysis was carried out.

Results The latest genotyping technologies were used in the study, allowing researchers to look at more than 43,000 genetic markers (‘flags’) per individual, and to search the entire genome for genetic associations with each of

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Complex disease is a result of the interaction of a network of genes and environmental factors. Some genes will have larger effects than others (represented by the thickness of the arrows) and some environmental factors will be more significant than others. It is the combination of gene effects, together with the environmental factors, that ultimately gives rise to the expression of disease or injury

the conditions. Analyses revealed several genomic regions associated with catastrophic racecourse fracture, RER and OCD. As the conditions are complex it is likely the genes in these regions do not represent all the susceptibility genes involved, but that they will be genes having relatively large effects on susceptibility. The results of the study clearly show there are underlying genetic reasons why some horses are more susceptible to musculoskeletal injury than others.

risk of musculoskeletal injury assessed. The information will have value to owners, trainers and breeders, allowing them to develop specific management strategies for individuals at risk in order to prevent injury and to, eventually, incorporate the knowledge into breeding programmes. The increased understanding of musculoskeletal disease gained by carrying out these studies will have long-term benefit in treating these conditions.

What next?

Conclusions

The identification of genes underlying susceptibility to musculoskeletal disease will help researchers better understand the biology of the diseases, which in turn will lead to new therapeutic targets and better management and prevention strategies.

Identification of genetic variants associated with the risk of musculoskeletal disease also means DNA tests for genetic risk may become an option for these diseases.

Researchers at the AHT are working towards developing such DNA-based tests, which will allow animals to be tested and their genetic

Musculoskeletal injuries are a serious problem in racehorses and there is strong evidence that susceptibility to injury has an inherited component. Results of research at the AHT demonstrate the existence of genes implicated in susceptibility of horses to fracture, RER and OCD. Identification of these genes and development of DNA tests for genetic risk will lead to improved methods of treatment, prevention and management of musculoskeletal conditions.

It will also offer new opportunities to breed a sounder, more robust racehorse.

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Finance focus: Employment and tax

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The self- employed pay income ta x t wice a year and National Insur ance at much lower levels and as result , HMRC has a ves ted interes t in categor ising as many people as possible as employed to br ing them within the P PA AYE net . When people are employed wor ker s, HMRC receives monthly receipts of PAYE and also of Employees’ National Insur ance, the main r ate to be 12 % ffrrom 6 Apr il 2011.

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The dis tinc tion bet ween employed and self- employed can be dif ficult to ascer tain. On the one hand there is, let’s say, Jim who comes in ever y day, look s afftter the mares and foals, takes regular paid holidays and receives sick pay. If the mares are all away at s tud, the s tud owner will ensure he has other wor k to do such as pressure hosing all the boxes and gener al maintenance. Without any ques tion of doubt he is an employee. He does ever y thing at the direc tion of his employer and has no financial r isk . PA PAYE and National Insur ance should be accounted ffo or and paid to HMRC on a m o n t h l y b a s is .

Compare this with another per son, let’s call him Andrew, who wor k s as a ffaar r ier and who comes in when asked. If he were to ffaall ill, the s tud would use another ffaar r ier. Andrew comes in his own time, he can send his apprentice when appropr iate and always provides his own tools. He uses his exper tise as a specialis t ffo oal ffaar r ier to decide how to deal with a problem. He advises the s tud on how to manage eet . Without any doubt he is selfproblems with hor ses’ ffe employed. Andrew bear s all the economic r isk associated or the number of hor ses whose fe feet with his role. He is paid ffo h e d e a l s w i t h w h e r e a s J i m i s p a i d o n a we e k l y b a s i s r e g a r d l e s s of how much wor k he does. If Andrew is a success he will have more clients and make a higher retur n. However, in the o r e x a m p l e , h e w ill n o t event that he is ill or hur ts his back , ffo receive any income ffrrom shoeing.

The dif ficult y comes in categor ising people, let’s call this per son Steve, who wor k s on the s tud on a regular basis but is not thought of as an employee. For example, someone who comes on a regular basis and car r ies out maintenance encing, mending boxes and possibly put ting on wor k such as ffe fer tiliser.

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HMRC has a useful tool at ht tp : //w w w.hmrc.gov.uk /calcs /esi. htm which allows you to tes t your par ticular circums tances.

Although helpful, it should be treated with caution in more complicated situations.

If someone says they are self- employed it is ver y impor tant to have the evidence to demons tr ate this is fa fac t . Evidence includes the contr ac t bet ween the supplier and the cus tomer.

The s tud owner will want to k now that the supplier, ffo or example, Steve, has his own insur ance, as well as his own HMRC reference number.

Should the s tud have a compliance visit ffrrom HMRC , the inspec tor will require evidence demons tr ating that anyone paid as self- employed is not in fa fac t an employee. If HMRC decides Steve is, affftter all, an employee, HMRC will seek to recover the unpaid ta x ffrrom the employer. Where they are satisfied that Steve has in ffaac t paid ta x as a self- employed per son they will recover some of the s tudâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s liabilit y ffrrom the ta x Steve has paid as a self- employed per son. However, the expenses allowed ffo or the self- employed are more generous than ffo or the employed so the s tud may well have to pay some e x t r a t a x to t h e t a x a u t h o r i t i e s .

HMRC has the r ight to go back six year s and in some cases fur ther. If the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;employeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ghos tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; i.e. not k nown to HMRC , (and so has paid no ta x) the author ities will seek to recover all of the unpaid ta x fr from the employer in respec t of all payments made to the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ghos tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. It is ver y impor tant that there is evidence on file to make sure that all s teps have been taken to demons tr ate that the individual is genuinely self- employed and mak ing the cor rec t retur ns.

Another ffrr uit ful area ffo or HMRC relates to casual wor ker s paid ffo or seasonal wor k ; ffo o r e x a m p l e , s i t t i ng u p w i t h t h e foaling mares, prepar ing year lings or pick ing r ag wor t . These people are all wor k ing under the direc tion of the s tud and so are all likely to be categor ised as employed. Whils t the individual sums involved may not be ver y lar ge, by the time six year s have elapsed the amounts may be significant .

Besides, reclaiming ta x ffrrom casual wor ker s is gener ally a dif ficult exercise.

There are var ious procedures to be ffo ollowed depending on the circums tances, but one r ule is clear ; take the name and address of casual wor ker s.

The other r ules are set out on HMRCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website and depend for example, does the casual on the exac t circums tances, fo or wor ker spend more than one week in the year wor k ing ffo you ? Read the HMRC website before paying your casual s taff f.

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Moreover, these cos ts cannot be recovered ffrrom the employee.

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EQUINE HEALTH FORUM

MARES MILK The quality of a mares milk is influenced by several factors including body condition, nutrient intake and genetics.

Whilst we can not alter the genetics of our mare, it is possible to improve quality through a well balanced diet and a correct body condition score.

per day plus forage. If this volume is too high for certain mares it may be more appropriate to feed a balancer pellet. This ensures all nutrient requirements are met in a low calorie format. Gro-Care balancer is designed to be fed at 200g per 100kg BW at this stage.

Body condition score

Balanced Diet

Overweight mares will produce a higher fat milk, at the expense of protein.

Underweight mares will be low in both fat and protein. Both conditions impact on the growth rates of foals. A healthy well conditioned mare will product optimum protein, sugar and fat levels that encourage correct growth of the foal.

In the last three months of pregnancy the foetus develops at a faster rate than the previous 8 months of pregnancy. To cater for this drawing down on vitamins and minerals the uterine blood flow will double from 16,000 ml/min to 32,000 ml/min. In order to supply the demand feeding rates increase, and it is easy to over condition a mare that naturally keeps well, or is out at good pasture.

The recommended intake for a mare in the last trimester is 0.8kg of stud cubes or mix, per 100kg of the mares’ bodyweight,as a minimum to cater for the essential nutrients. So a 500kg mare would require a minimum of 4kg

The averages mares milk contains 26g of protein, 19g of fat and 61g of lactose per litre. This is a high nutrient feed source and its production is demanding on the mare. The energy required by the body to ensure such production equals that of a racehorse in full training. Luckily good pasture can meet most of these energy demands, and protein also. However grass will be deficient in many nutrients, and quality will vary by soil type and with natural seasonal variations.

As milk is the key source of nutrients for the first three months of the foals life it is NUTRITIONAL VALUES TB MILK (Values in brackets indicate foals daily requirement)

Month of Lactation

Milk Production (kg/day)

Digestible Energy (MJ/day)

Digestible Protein (g/day)

Calcium (g/day)

Phosphorus (g/day)

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13.8

30 (34)

375 (450)

17.4 (18)

5.9 (14)

14.6

30.4 (43.5)

330 (500)

14.7 (18)

4.4 (15)

2-3

16.8

33.1 (53.3)

319 (546)

13.5 (17)

4.5 (15)

3-4

15.1

28.4 (59)

292 (535)

10.0 (17)

3.5 (15)

4-5

10.9

20.5 (64)

196 (522)

6.5 (16)

2.2 (15)

5-6

7.5

15.7 (68.3)

135 (510)

4.5 (16)

1.5 (15)

important that the milk contains all the elements needed for sound growth. At this stage of lactation stud cubes or mix should be fed at a minimum of 1.1kg per 100kg BW. Alternatively Gro-Care balancer can be fed at 200g per 100kg BW to supplement a pasture based diet.

For the fourth month onwards the requirements drop as the value of the milk naturally declines. Stud cubes and mix can be fed at 0.9kg per 100kg BW or Gro-Care balancer at 150g per 100kg BW. At this stage there is quite a gap between the foals needs and the values provided by the milk.

Foals should be fed a foal pellet or gro-care balancer to ensure growth rates remain consistent.

By weaning time the foal should be eating 1.0kg of foal pellets per 100kg BW or if the pasture is maintaining growth and condition they should be eating 240g of Gro-Care balancer per 100kg BW. Knowing the bodyweight of your foal will ensure a more accurate feeding program.

Average values for thoroughbred colts at 183 days of age are 255kg, fillies at 250kg.

For further advice of feeding mares and foals please contact one of our nutritional team on +353 (0) 599775800 or visit our website www.redmills.com

Post and Rail Fence Protection Damage to post and rail caused by horses biting and leaning against the fence results in large and unnecessary replacement costs for the yard. And today’s softer timber and less effective treatments further compound the problem.

Rappa Fencing have developed a simple, safe and highly effective solution that requires minimal maintenance and saves you money.

With the help of some of the foremost studs in the country, Rappa came up with the simple solution of a single or double strand of electric wire positioned very close to the rail. This ensures that it is both safe and unobtrusive. The wire is tensioned with ratchet tensioners that are

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positioned on the outside of the rail, ensuring that horses that might be bunched near a gate can’t be harmed.

Even a persistent wind sucker will stay off the fence completely. The protection is very simple to install and thereafter requires next to no maintenance.

So don’t wait until they get a taste for it. If you are installing new post and rail or want to ensure that an existing fence will last, call Rappa Fencing for a free consultation with no obligation. They can advise on every aspect of the job, quote for materials and even install it for you.

For more details contact Rappa Fencing on 01264 810665 or email sales@rappa.co.uk

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EQUINE HEALTH FORUM Hay Bar goes Benelux

Give your stallion the help he needs Blue Chip Dynamic was originally developed as a joint and bone supplement, but after Tullis Matson from Stallion AI Services approached Blue Chip to develop a fertility supplement for stallions they realised that most of the ingredients were already in Blue Chip Dynamic. Tullis says “At Stallion AI Services we feed Blue Chip Dynamic to our stallions as we have found that it can increase a stallion’s semen quality and therefore increase his fertility rates”.

Dynamic is used by many stallion owners both in the UK and abroad and has even been distributed as far as Qatar to help preserve a rare line of Arabian horses. Tullis has evaluated Blue Chip Dynamic on the stallions he uses and says “We always recommend feeding Blue Chip Dynamic as a reproductive aid to our stallion owners.”

Blue Chip Dynamic contains vitamins and minerals that are highly beneficial to stallion fertility. A significant proportion of these minerals are in the more bio-available organic form meaning that they are more efficiently absorbed by the horse.

The organic zinc found in Dynamic is known to be an essential component of the sperm’s protective membrane and is also beneficial to testosterone metabolism, sperm motility and sperm formation. Organic copper is also included and this is shown to have direct links to both semen quality and libido, whilst the organic selenium helps to create the correct environment for sperm function and protection and is essential for the production of testosterone. The high levels of plant sourced Omega 3 and 6 oils included are essential for reproduction and for sperm function, in particular they are also known to beneficially affect sperm quality and quantity.

Covering a full book of mares is stressful, many stallions loose condition and succumbed to problems with their digestive tract.

Blue Chip advise feeding their performance feed balancer Blue Chip Pro alongside Blue Chip Dynamic. Blue Chip Pro has 17% more probiotic than any other feed balancer on the market which has been proven to enable your stallion to double his digestibility of fibre therefore getting twice as much out of the hay or haylage in his diet. With its nutrient dense vitamin and mineral package incorporating a blood building formula, a hoof supplement and respiratory supplement, Blue Chip Pro will ensure your stallion looks as good at the end of the covering season as he did at the beginning.

For more details on how Blue Chip can help your stallion please visit www.bluechipfeed.com or call 0114 266 6200.

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Raylia Dugmore of Park Feeders is delighted to welcome Stable Supplies of Schalkwijk in the Netherlands to their team of suppliers and outlets. Nigel Wood who heads the company is launching Hay Bar at Indoor Brabant at the end of March. This is very exciting news for the Benelux market place and also for both companies. Nigel Wood’s team have already carried out extensive field trials with resounding success.

Hay Bar has firmly established itself in the UK and in many more countries as the premier feeding system It has been welcomed by a huge sector in the equestrian market place. Its simplistic design features are making it popular with all disciplines. The veterinary profession, physios and equine dentists have all recognised its natural feeding position with all it’s advantages.

A large number of the problems that we have with our horses are created by our management methods. Hay Bar’s use not only helps to feed our horses in their natural position but it also makes stable management much easier as there is far less fodder and bedding wasted. this in turn helps to reduce costs.

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CAULFIELD FILES ANDREW CAULFIELD REPORTS ON THE BLOODSTOCK WORLD

Sheikhs’ pursuit of South American blood continues Brazilian-bred Xin Xu Lin set to run for Godolphin in Dubai

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heikh Hamdan once struck gold with the purchase of the Argentine-bred Invasor, who rewarded him with victory in the 2006 Breeders’ Cup Classic and 2007 Dubai World Cup. So it was with considerable interest that I read that Sheikh Mohammed has bought another South American star, the Brazilian-bred Xin Xu Lin, to carry the Godolphin colours in Dubai.

Born on September 19, 2007, the colt is already a winner of four Group 1 races and is expected to bid for more top-level glory on Dubai World Cup day.

Although his first two Group 1 successes, in the Grande Premio Juliano Martins and the Grande Premio Ipiranga, were over a mile, Xin Xu Lin confirmed that he possesses plenty of stamina by taking the mile-and-ahalf Derby Paulista by nearly seven lengths on soft ground in November. His finest moment came in December, when he contested Argentina’s Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini, considered to be the most important of South America’s middle-distance events. He made all to win by two lengths from the year-older Send Inthe Clowns.

The Carlos Pellegrini’s roll of honour

features the great Forli, the 1966 winner who enjoyed plenty of success as a Claiborne stallion in Kentucky. Unfortunately, some of the subsequent winners didn’t fare so well when transferred to Europe. The 1978 winner Telescopico finished a respectable fifth in Troy’s King George, but the 2009 hero Interaction, who looked very promising, failed to make it to the Arc after flopping on his French debut last September. It is going to be fascinating to see whether Xin Xu Lin can do any better. Remember, the 2010 Dubai World Cup fell to another Brazilian-bred in Gloria de Campeao.

Xin Xu Lin is Brazilian-bred in that he was conceived and foaled in Brazil, but his sire Wondertross is an American import, as are Pleasant Variety and Rio Bravo, the sires of his first two dams. His third and fourth dams are daughters of stallions imported from Britain.

My interest in Xin Xu Lin stems partly from the fact that the name of Wondertross meant little to me prior to his star son’s emergence.

As so often in South American pedigrees, Wondertross hadn’t been a top winner.

Although good enough to finish third in the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes at two and to go

within a nose of winning the Grade 1 Florida Derby, he failed to become a stakes winner during a four-year racing career.

Much of his appeal must have rested in his bloodlines, especially the fact that he’s a grandson of Danzig. His sire Chief’s Crown was a champion at two in 1984 and later demonstrated his toughness by being placed in each of the American Triple Crown races.

Chief’s Crown went on to make a sizeable impact on the Derby, being directly responsible for the 1994 winner Erhaab, as well as siring Grand Lodge, sire of Sinndar.

Another of Chief’s Crown’s sons, Key Of Luck, sired Alamshar, winner of the Irish Derby and King George.

Wondertross had a distinguished older brother in Concerto, who lined up for the 1997 Kentucky Derby as a winner of seven of his previous starts. He could finish only ninth that day but had won nine stakes races before retiring to stud in Florida. Concerto is the sire of Bellamy Road, whose 2005 Wood Memorial Stakes victory was so spectacular that he started favourite for the Kentucky Derby. Bellamy Road’s first two-year-olds raced last year and he made a pleasing start, with three stakes winners.

Xin Xu Lin may owe his stamina largely to his broodmare sire, Pleasant Variety. This son of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Pleasant Colony was second in the Grade 1 San Juan Capistrano over a mile and threequarters at five and won the Grade 1 San Luis Rey Stakes over a mile and a half.

Xin Xu Lin’s pedigree is a blend of dirt and turf influences, so it will be interesting to see which direction he takes in Dubai.

War Front’s progeny have plenty to

Son of Danzig is at Claiborne Farm

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The great Danzig provided some of the strongest arguments against the theory that veteran stallions are subject to diminishing returns. More than 20 of his Group or Graded winners were conceived after the Claiborne star had reached the age of 20 in 1997, one of the last examples being Shadwell’s blueblooded new stallion Mawatheeq, who was conceived when Danzig was 27.

Danzig had been 26 when his last highclass winners, Hard Spun and Astronomer Royal, were conceived. Astronomer Royal’s first foals are yearlings in 2011 but Hard Spun’s first crop, which achieved a yearling average of over $130,000, will run this year.

Shadwell’s admiration for the 2007 Kentucky Derby runner-up translated into the purchase of three colts for six-figure sums.

Shadwell and Darley will be hoping that Hard Spun makes as promising a start as War Front, another of Danzig’s younger sons.

When I first saw War Front at Claiborne, I was struck by his resemblance to his sire and he too had shown a lot of speed during a career spent racing on dirt.

One of five Group/Graded winners conceived when Danzig was 22, War Front developed into a leading sprinter. Although he won at Grade 2 level, the best he could do at the highest level were second places in the Forego Stakes and Vosburgh Stakes.

Consequently his fee was no higher than $12,500 when he replaced his sire at Claiborne. It is encouraging that War Front’s fee has been revised to $15,000 for 2011, up $5,000 from 2010 despite the falling market,

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Jumping form for jumping sires

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Another in-form stallion with good form over hurdles is Night Shift’s son Midnight Legend. A triple Listed winner on the Flat, this tough horse won a Grade 2 hurdle race at Aintree and a Grade 1 at Punchestown. Although he has rarely enjoyed the benefit of very large books of mares (he attracted threefigure books in 2009 and 2010), that hasn’t stopped him coming up with such as Sparky May, winner of the Grade 2 Warfield Mares Only Hurdle at Ascot, and Midnight Chase, who put up careerbest efforts in winning valuable chases at Cheltenham towards the end of 2010.

Saint Des Saints, the up-and-coming son of Cadoudal, was another successful jumper responsible for a big winner recently. This was Quito De La Roque, a winner of Grade 2 novice chases at Naas and Navan. The French-bred gelding is not only by a successful jumper but he is also out of a winning jumper sired by Cyborg, a very good French chaser who sired jumpers of the calibre of Cyborgo, Hors La Loi III and Fondmort.

Saint Des Saints won over hurdles and fences at three before progressing into a very effective hurdler at four. Yet another winning French jumper, Akhdari, is being very ably represented

by Tartak, successful in the victorchandler.com Chase at Cheltenham on New Year’s Day. All of which makes me think it is a considerable pity that the likes of Hurricane Fly and Celestial Halo have been gelded. Surely National Hunt breeders could have made good use of these sons of Montjeu and Galileo, especially as these high-class hurdlers also had smart Flat form to their credit.

Neptune Collonges bounced back in the Argento Chase, part of Dom Alco’s double

First the bad news. Dom Alco, the French stallion who scored such an outstanding double with Neptune Collonges and Grands Crus at Cheltenham at the end of January, is no longer with us. He died in November 2010 at the age of 23. The good news is that there’s a very good chance that we will be seeing plenty more of his talented progeny

offer in Europe with the rise reflecting the bright start he is making with his 76-strong first crop.

He currently ranks fourth by cumulative earnings among the American stallions retired to stud in 2007, with three stakes winners headed by the smart colt Soldat, whose Experimental Free Handicap rating of 119 makes him the third-best turf colt on the list.

War Front has had five US three-year-old winners, three of those on turf. Much of Danzig’s success as a stallion came on turf and War Front’s dam Starry Dreamer was Grade 2-placed on turf. Starry Dreamer’s first three foals are graded stakes winners, incuding the smart turf horse Ecclesiastic.

All this suggests that War Front’s progeny have plenty to offer in Europe.

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racing in Britain for quite a few years.

He had 32 foals registered in 2010, the great majority of them being out of AQPS (non-thoroughbred) mares. Under the system which sees the names of all such horses starting with a specific letter each year, the 2010 non-thoroughbreds all have names beginning with “A” and the names of some of them underline their links to leading French jumps breeders.

There’s Alter Ego Sivola, Amiral Collonges, Anabelle Collonges, Anais Collonges, Aramis Collonges, Artifice Sivola and Attente de Sivola. The grey son of Dom Pasquini’s legacy also includes 36 two-year-olds of 2011 and a similar number of three-year-olds, all still untested on the racecourse. Perhaps there will be more performers among them of the calibre of such as Silviniaco Conti, Robinson Collonges and Al Ferof.

I have mentioned before in these pages that Dom Alco owed his place at stud purely to his performances over jumps. He failed to win in 14 starts on the Flat, including claiming races, but made ample amends by winning six races over hurdles, including two Listed events at Auteuil.

Dom Alco tackled a distance as long as three miles only once, when second at Auteuil, but clearly stayed well and his recent Cheltenham double came over distances of three miles or more.

STEPHEN DAVIES

Alco’s legacy will run for years to come

Great run for Midnight Legend

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS

National Hunt Grade Ones 93 FUTURE CHAMPIONS FINALE JUVENILE HURDLE G1 CHEPSTOW. January 8. 16f 110yds. Soft.

1. MARSH WARBLER (GB) 4 ch g Barathea - Echo River (Irish River) O-Dan Gilbert, Kristian Strangeway B-Darley TR-Brian Ellison 2. Houblon des Obeaux (FR) 4 b g Panoramic - Harkosa (Nikos) 3. Smad Place (FR) 4 gr g Smadoun - Bienna Star (Village Star)

(Poule d’Essai des Pouliches) and Music Note (Mother Goose Stakes and Beldame Stakes). Alverta, the Gr1-winning Australian mare who was third in the 2010 July Cup, is another member of this family.

94 TOLWORTH NOVICES’ HURDLE G1 SANDOWN. January 8. 16f 110yds. Heavy.

Age 2-4

Starts 13

Wins 5

Places 3

Earned £30,894

MARSH WARBLER ch g 2007 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge BARATHEA b 90 Habitat Brocade Canton Silk Riverman Irish River Irish Star ECHO RIVER ch 99 Zilzal Monaassabaat It’s In The Air

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Sir Gaylord Little Hut Runnymede Clouded Lamp Never Bend River Lady Klairon Botany Bay Nureyev French Charmer Mr Prospector A Wind Is Rising

1. MINELLA CLASS (IRE) 6 br g Oscar - Louisas Dream (Supreme Leader) O-Deal George Kelvin-Hughes Nicolson B-Conna Stud TR-Nicky Henderson 2. Megastar (GB) 6 b g Kayf Tara - Megalex (Karinga Bay) 3. Toubab (FR) 5 gr g Martaline - Tabachines (Art Francais) Age 4-6

Starts 8

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Places 2

Earned £29,515

MINELLA CLASS br g 2005 Sadler’s Wells OSCAR b 94 Snow Day

Barathea isn’t a stallion normally associated with success over the jumps. However, the notable exceptions include two geldings bred

by Darley. The first, Made In Japan, won the Triumph Hurdle in 2004, having won on his two-year-old debut – he also won a novice chase the same year he won at the Cheltenham Festival – and the second is Marsh Warbler, who also made a winning debut at two.

After failing to build on that winning debut, Marsh Warbler was sold for 11,000gns at Tattersalls’ 2010 July Sale, and he had to descend to selling company before he won for his new connections.

Marsh Warbler changed hands once again, with his new owners determined to get him in the auction, and he has looked a very different proposition since being tried over hurdles.

After making virtually all to win at Bangor and Sedgefield, he came up against some highly regarded French imports in the Coral Future Champions Finale Juvenile Hurdle. Again ridden forcefully, he proved too good, winning by nearly three lengths from Houblon des Obeaux.

It is hardly surprising that Marsh Warbler won at two. His dam, Echo River, was a talented two-year-old, winner of a seven-furlong Listed race before finishing second in the Gr3 May Hill Stakes.

The next dam, Monaassabaat, was another Listed winner, over a mile and a quarter, and Monaassabaat had the distinction of being a daughter of It’s In The Air, who was the joint-champion American filly at two in 1978 before taking the title outright at three.

Sold for $4,600,000 as an eightyear-old, the daughter of Mr Prospector didn’t look a great investment for a while, her best effort being the Gr2 scorer Bitooh. However, two of her daughters produced a trio of Gr1 winners in Storming Home (Champion Stakes), Musical Chimes

Wins 3

Supreme Leader LOUISAS DREAM b 96 Strong Wings

Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special Tantieme Reliance II Relance III Roi Dagobert Vindaria Heavenly Body Busted Bustino Ship Yard Habitat Princess Zena Guiding Light Lord Gayle Strong Gale Sterntau Wrekin Rambler Wrekalong Wingalong

Considering that Supreme Leader, the champion sire of 2004/5 and 2005/6, was a member of Coolmore’s National Hunt team, it is only to be expected that his broodmare daughters will shine with Coolmore’s Sadler’s Wells stallions.

During the current season they have been represented by Psycho, a Gr3 chase winner by Dr Massini, Massini’s Maguire, another Dr Massini who won a valuable handicap chase, and now Minella Class, an Oscar gelding who looked a fine prospect in winning the Gr1 Tolworth Noivces’ Hurdle.

Accordion, Old Vic and Court Cave, three sons of Sadler’s Wells who weren’t part of the Coolmore team, are also currently doing well with Supreme Leader mares.

Accordion sired the Gr3 novice chase winner Blazing Tempo, Old Vic the Gr2 novice chase winner Aiteen Thirtythree and Court Cave the Gr2 novices’ hurdle winner Champion Court.

Oscar Lobby, another son of Oscar out of a Supreme Leader mare, won a Gr2 novice chase early in 2010, and Minella Class can also be expected to graduate to the larger obstacles, although he began his career with three unsuccessful runs in point-topoints.

He won a bumper in February 2010 before coming on the market at Brightwells’ Cheltenham Sale two months later, when he sold for £95,000. He has won both his subsequent starts.

Minella Class is the latest good winner from a family which has long enjoyed success over jumps. His second dam, the Strong Gale mare

Strong Wings, was a half-sister to Wrekenogan, who visited Strong Gale to produce the high-class chaser Marlborough, winner of the Gr1 Tote Gold Trophy Chase, and Galeogan, winner of a Gr3 novice handicap hurdle over three miles.

Minella Class’s third dam, the winning point-to-pointer Wrekalong, was a half-sister to top hurdler Ekbalco, who was third in the Champion Hurdle.

95 CHRISTMAS HURDLE G1 KEMPTON PARK. January 15. 16f. Good to Soft.

1. BINOCULAR (FR) 7 b g Enrique - Bleu Ciel Et Blanc (Pistolet Bleu) O-Mr John P McManus B-Elie Lellouche TR-Nicky Henderson 2. Overturn (IRE) 7 b g Barathea - Kristal Bridge (Kris) 3. Starluck (IRE) 6 gr g Key of Luck - Sarifa (Kahyasi) Age 2-7

Starts 20

Wins 10

Places 8

Earned £635,876

BINOCULAR b g 2004 Sadler’s Wells Barathea Brocade ENRIQUE b 96 Raise A Cup Gwydion Papamiento Top Ville Pistolet Bleu Pampa Bella BLEU CIEL ET BLANC b 95 Trempolino Bouge De La Syndaar

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Habitat Canton Silk Raise A Native Spring Sunshine Blade Commemoration High Top Sega Ville Armos Kendie Sharpen Up Trephine Lyphard Sweet And Lovely II

winners as Sizing Europe, Geos, Katarino, Vodka Bleu, Snap Tie, Copper Bleu, Seven Is My Number, Parsons Pistol, I’msingingtheblues and Ramses Bleu.

Binocular’s dam Bleu Ciel et Blanc, a winner over 13 furlongs who was placed over hurdles, has three winners, including Assassino, a successful dual-purpose performer.

The next dam, Bouge De La, won on the Flat and over hurdles.

Binocular’s fourth dam is the distinguished Sweet And Lovely, whose numerous smart descendants include the 2003 Derby winner Kris Kin, Warrsan, Luso and Common Grounds.

96 KING GEORGE VI CHASE G1 KEMPTON PARK. January 15. 24f. Good to Soft.

1. LONG RUN (FR) 6 b/br g Cadoudal - Libertina (Balsamo) O-Mr Robert Waley-Cohen B-Mrs MR Gabeur TR-Nicky Henderson 2. Riverside Theatre (GB) 7 b g King’s Theatre - Disallowed (Distinctly North) 3. Kauto Star (FR) 11 b g Village Star - Kauto Relka (Port Etienne) Age 3-6

Starts 17

Wins 11

Places 6

LONG RUN b/br g 2005 Nijinsky Green Dancer Green Valley CADOUDAL br 79 Sea Hawk II Come To Sea Camarilla Kashmir II

A week after Barathea’s son Marsh Warbler had taken the Gr1 Finale Juvenile Hurdle, Barathea’s grandson Binocular moved back to the top of the hurdling division with victory in the delayed-from-Boxing Day Christmas Hurdle. Although this was only his third victory in his last seven starts, Binocular was nearly as impressive as when he took the 2010 Champion Hurdle.

Binocular’s sire Enrique raced exclusively over seven furlongs and a mile, winning the Greenham Stakes prior to finishing a neck second to Island Sands in the 2,000 Guineas.

However, Enrique’s best Flat performers, the American Gr2 winner Obrigado and the French Gr3 winner On Est Bien, have both won over middle distances.

He is also responsible for Slim Pearl and Avenue Marceau, two Gr3winning hurdlers in France, and for Troque, another stakes-winning French hurdler. There should be more good winners to come by Enrique, as he has substantial crops in the pipeline, including 87 foals born in 2008 and 70 in 2009.

Binocular shares the same broodmare sire, Pistolet Bleu, as the very smart staying hurdler Lough Derg and the smart French jumpers Futio and Santa Bamba.

Pistolet Bleu, who was good enough to win the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and to finish third in the Arc, also sired such good jumping

Earned £825,723

Balsamo Reine Helaine LIBERTINA b 85 Hard To Beat Full Of Pep Full of Fun

Northern Dancer Flaming Page Val de Loir Sly Pola Herbager Sea Nymph Sayajirao Camilla Tudor Melody Queen of Speed Sanctus II Tibesti Hardicanute Virtuous In The Corner Blue Green

The latest edition of the King George VI Chase, delayed by bad weather like the Christmas Hurdle, will probably always be best remembered for the defeat of a below-par Kauto Star, who was bidding for a record fifth win in the race but trailed in a leg-weary third as he attempted to go one better than Desert Orchid’s four victories.

However, who is to say that the impressive winner Long Run will not one day rival Kauto Star in the public’s affections? In winning the King George in the January of his six-yearold season, Long Run has made an even quicker start than Kauto Star and The Fellow, two other French-breds who won the Kempton prize in the December of their six-year-old campaign.

Long Run comes from the penultimate crop by the outstanding French stallion Cadoudal, whose last crop comprises 13 foals conceived when the son of Green Dancer was 26 years old.

Long Run is one of 45 foals in that penultimate crop, which also contains the French Graded chase winners Cokydal and Mail de Bievre, the upand-coming chaser Royal Charm and the French Listed winners Fortana and Roc de Sivola.

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Caulfield on Long Run: “He comes from the penultimate crop by the outstanding French stallion Cadoudal, whose last crop comprises 13 foals conceived when he was 26 ”

Long Run has now won three of his five British starts, including the Feltham Novices’ Chase, having built an impressive record of eight wins, three seconds and a third in 12 appearances over hurdles and fences in France.

Seven of those victories came at stakes level, the last of them coming in the Gr1 Prix Maurice Gillois Grand Steeple-Chase.

Long Run’s dam Libertina won once over hurdles at three during a 21-race career. A daughter of the miler Balsamo, she has five winners to her credit, including her daughter Liberthine, whose exploits included victories in the Mildmay of Flete Chase at Cheltenham and the Topham Chase at Aintree, plus fifth place in the 2007 Grand National.

Another good stayer from this family is Libertina’s half-brother Full Of Ambition, a very smart performer over hurdles, while Libertina’s sister Fioca won the Prix Wild Monarch.

98 IRISH CHAMPION HURDLE G1

97 CLARENCE HOUSE CHASE G1

99 ARKLE NOVICE CHASE G1

ASCOT. January 22. 17f. Good to Soft.

LEOPARDSTOWN. January 23. 16f. Soft.

LEOPARDSTOWN. January 23. 17f. Soft.

1. MASTER MINDED (FR) 8 b g Nikos - Haute Tension (Garde Royale) O-Mr C Smith B-Mrs MC Gabeur TR-P Nicholls 2. Somersby (IRE) 7 b g Second Empire - Back To Roost (Presenting) 3. Mad Max (IRE) 9 b g Kayf Tara - Carole’s Crusader (Faustus)

1. HURRICANE FLY (IRE) 7 b g Montjeu - Scandisk (Kenmare) O-G Creighton B-Agr Del Parco TR-WP Mullins 2. Solwhit (FR) 7 b g Solon - Toowhit Towhee (Lucky North) 3. Thousand Stars (FR) 7 gr g Grey Risk - Livaniana (Saint Estephe)

1. REALT DUBH (IRE) 7 b g Beneficial - Suez Canal (Exit To Nowhere) O-DJ Sharkey B-R Hartigan TR-Noel Meade 2. Noble Prince (GER) 7 b g Montjeu - Noble Pearl (Dashing Blade) 3. Mr Cracker (IRE) 6 ch g Anshan - Sesame Cracker (Derrylin)

Age 3-8

Age 2-7

Age 4-7

Starts 23

Wins 14

Places Earned 5 £1,031,332

Starts 21

Wins 11

Places 6

Earned £527,633

Starts 18

Wins 8

Places 8

Earned £179,223

See race 55 in the February issue for analysis

See race 58 in the February issue for analysis

See race 68 in the February issue for analysis

MASTER MINDED b g 2003

HURRICANE FLY b g 2004

REALT DUBH b g 2004

Nearctic Nonoalco Seximee NIKOS b/br 81 Sovereign Path No No Nanette Nuclea Mill Reef Garde Royale Royal Way HAUTE TENSION b 94 The Scoundrel La Vedrelle La Vela II

Nearco Lady Angela Hasty Road Jambo Grey Sovereign Mountain Path Orsini Nixe Never Bend Milan Mill Sicambre Right Away Toulouse Lautrec Malekeh Vieux Manoir Passion

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

High Top Top Ville Sega Ville BENEFICIAL b 90 Green Dancer Youthful First Bloom Irish River Exit To Nowhere Coup de Folie SUEZ CANAL b 94 Artaius Cairene Jem Jen

Derring-Do Camenae Charlottesville La Sega Nijinsky Green Valley Primera Flower Dance Riverman Irish Star Halo Raise The Standard Round Table Stylish Pattern Great Nephew Io

National Hunt Graded races Date 08/01 08/01 08/01 09/01 09/01 15/01 15/01 15/01 15/01 16/01 22/01 22/01 22/01 23/01 27/01 27/01 28/01 28/01 29/01 29/01 29/01 29/01 29/01 30/01 30/01 30/01

Grade G3 G2 G3 GrB GrA G3 G2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G2 GrC G2 G3 G2 GrA G2 G2 G2 G3 G2 G2 GrC G2 G2

Race (course) Welsh Grand National H Chase (Chepstow) Killiney Novice Chase (Leopardstown) Juvenile Hurdle (Punchestown) MCR H Hurdle (Leopardstown) Leopardstown H Chase (Leopardstown) Limestone Lad Hurdle (Naas) Woodlands Park 100 Club Novice Chase (Naas) Leamington Novices’ Hurdle (Warwick) Classic H Chase (Warwick) Normans Grove Chase (Fairyhouse) Warfield Mares’ Hurdle (Ascot) Holloway’s H Hurdle (Ascot) Ryan’s Event Cleaners H Chase (Leopardstown) Synergy Security Solutions Novice Hurdle (Leopardstown) Coolmore NH EBF Novice Chase (Thurles) Kinloch Brae Chase (Thurles) Thyestes H Chase (Gowran Park) Galmoy Hurdle (Gowran Park) Cotswold Chase (Cheltenham) Triumph Hurdle Trial (Cheltenham) Murphy Group H Chase (Cheltenham) Classic Novice Hurdle (Cheltenham) Cleeve Hurdle (Cheltenham) Grand National Trial H Chase (Punchestown) Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle (Punchestown) Tied Cottage Chase (Punchestown)

Dist 29.5f 21f 16f 16f 21f 19f 24f 21f 29f 17f 24f 19.5f 19f 20f 20f 19f 24f 24f 25.5f 17f 21f 20.5f 24f 28f 16f 16f

Horse Synchronised (IRE) Magnanimity (IRE) Tillahow (IRE) Final Approach (GB) Rare Bob (IRE) Shinrock Paddy (IRE) Quito De La Roque (FR) Court In Motion (IRE) West End Rocker (IRE) Golden Silver (FR) Sparky May (GB) Tiger O’Toole (IRE)

By The Hour (IRE) Hidden Cyclone (IRE) For Bill (IRE) Follow The Plan (IRE) Siegemaster (IRE) Mourad (IRE) Neptune Collonges (FR) Local Hero (GER) Wishfull Thinking (GB) Bobs Worth (IRE) Grands Crus (FR) Some Target (IRE) Gagewell Flyer (IRE) Golden Silver (FR)

Age 8 7 4 5 9 7 7 6 9 9 6 6 8 6 8 8 10 6 10 4 8 6 6 7 7 9

Sex G G G G G G G G G G M G M G M G G G G G G G G G G G

Sire Sadler’s Wells Winged Love Tillerman Pivotal Bob Back Deploy Saint Des Saints Fruits Of Love Grand Plaisir Mansonnien Midnight Legend King’s Theatre Flemensfirth Stowaway Presenting Accordion Lord Americo Sinndar Dom Alco Lomitas Alflora Bob Back Dom Alco Witness Box Deploy Mansonnien

Dam Mayasta Mossy Mistress Ale’ Ale’ College Fund Girl Cut Ahead Arts Theater Moody Cloud Peace Time Girl Slyguff Lord Gold Or Silver Glassy Appeal Memsahib Ofesteem Lucky Hour Hurricane Debbie Bobalena Royal Rosy Shabra Princess Mouramara Castille Collonges Lolli Pop Poussetiere Deux Fashionista Fee Magic Bayloughbess Drumcay Polly Gold Or Silver

Broodmare Sire Bob Back Le Moss Storm Cat Kahyasi Kalaglow King’s Theatre Cyborg Buckskin Lord Americo Glint Of Gold Glassy Dip Neltino Mansooj Shahanndeh Bob Back Dominion Royale Buckskin Kahyasi El Badr Cagliostro Garde Royale King’s Theatre Phantom Breeze Lancastrian Le Bavard Glint Of Gold

Index 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 11’ 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125

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DATA BOOK LISTINGS OF EVERY WORLDWIDE GROUP OR GRADED STAKES WINNER

Global Stakes Results Date Grade Argentina 28/01 G2 01/01 G2 23/01 G3 22/01 G3 16/01 G3 15/01 G3 08/01 G3 01/01 G3

Race

Dist

Horse

Age

Sex

Essendon Mazda Australia Wootton Stakes BMW Perth Cup Clasico Estados Unidos de America Clasico Congreve Clasico Latinoamerica Clasico Buenos Aires Clasico Apertura Standish Handicap

6.0f 12.0f 5.0f 5.0f 8.0f 8.0f 10.0f 6.0f

Whitefriars (AUS) Guest Wing (AUS) Qualified Colony (BRZ) Farsante Celebre (ARG) Cafrune (ARG) Mad Speed (ARG) Liz For Sale (ARG) Ahdashim (NZ)

6 5 8 3 5 6 4 6

Australia 28/01 G2 01/01 G2 01/01 G3

Essendon Mazda Australia Wootton Stakes BMW Perth Cup Standish Handicap

6.0f 12.0f 6.0f

Whitefriars (AUS) Guest Wing (AUS) Ahdashim (NZ)

Brazil 25/01 25/01 23/01 22/01 20/01

G2 G3 G3 G3 G3

Grande Premio 25 de Janeiro Grande Premio Presidente do Jockey Club Grande Premio Jose Buarque de Macedo Grande Premio Roger Guedon G.P. Prefeitura Cidade do Rio de Janeiro

10.0f 8.0f 8.0f 8.0f 11.0f

Chile 07/01

G2

Premio Copa Jackson

Japan 23/01 16/01 30/01 30/01 29/01 23/01 16/01 10/01 09/01 05/01 05/01

G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

New Zealand G1 29/01 G1 22/01 G1 01/01 G2 29/01 G2 22/01 G2 01/01 G2 01/01 G2 01/01 G2 01/01 G3 29/01 G3 22/01 G3 22/01 G3 01/01

Sire

Dam

Broodmare Sire

G G H C H H F G

Arena (AUS) Right Wing (IRE) New Colony (USA) Peintre Celebre (USA) Colonial Affair (USA) Mad Champ (ARG) Not For Sale (ARG) Elusive City (USA)

Alsatia (AUS) Lacienne (AUS) Hooping Blue (BRZ) Fana (ARG) Ipacarai (ARG) Speed Wells (ARG) Lu Toss (ARG) Clinique (NZ)

Marauding (NZ) Metal Storm (FR) Tokatee (USA) Roy (USA) Interprete (ARG) Poliglote (GB) Egg Toss (USA) Dance Floor (USA)

6 5 6

G G G

Arena (AUS) Right Wing (IRE) Elusive City (USA)

Alsatia (AUS) Lacienne (AUS) Clinique (NZ)

Marauding (NZ) Metal Storm (FR) Dance Floor (USA)

Suck Out Queen (BRZ) Jokenpo (BRZ) Thunderdome Luiz (BRZ) Olympic Message (BRZ) Just Alone (ARG)

5 4 4 4 4

M C C F C

Red Runner (USA) Choctaw Ridge (USA) Wild Event (USA) Wild Event (USA) Mutakddim (USA)

Hot Gallery (BRZ) Joking Aside (BRZ) Feiticeira Regina (BRZ) Mere Catherine (BRZ) Big Sola (BRZ)

Clackson (BRZ) Midnight Tiger (USA) Roi Normand (USA) Jules (USA) Trempolino (USA)

9.5f

Ankar (CHI)

4

C

Proud Citizen (USA)

Gana La Banca (CHI)

Stuka (USA)

American Jockey Club Cup Nikkei Shinshun Hai The Negishi Stakes Kyoto Himba Stakes Silk Road Stakes Heian Stakes Keisei Hai Fairy Stakes Nikkan Sports Sho Shinzan Kinen Nikkan Sports Sho Nakayama Kim Pai Sports Nippon Sho Kyoto Kim Pai

11.0f 12.0f 7.0f 8.0f 6.0f 9.0f 10.0f 8.0f 8.0f 10.0f 8.0f

Tosen Jordan (JPN) Rulership (JPN) Sei Crimson (JPN) Shoryu Moon (JPN) Jo Cappuccino (JPN) Daishin Orange (JPN) Fateful War (JPN) Dance Fantasia (JPN) Red Davis (JPN) Cosmo Phantom (USA) Silport (JPN)

5 4 5 4 5 6 3 3 3 4 6

H C H F H H C F G C H

Jungle Pocket (JPN) King Kamehameha (JPN) Eishin Sandy (JPN) King Kamehameha (JPN) Manhattan Cafe (JPN) Agnes Digital (USA) Stay Gold (JPN) Falbrav (IRE) Agnes Tachyon (JPN) Stephen Got Even (USA) White Muzzle (GB)

Every Whisper (JPN) Air Groove (JPN) Suda Reef (JPN) Moon The Dream (JPN) Jo Psykhe (JPN) Ashiya Madam (JPN) Fete du Vin (JPN) Dance In The Mood (JPN) Dixie Jazz (JPN) Southern House (IRE) Speranza (JPN)

Northern Taste (CAN) Tony Bin South Atlantic Dance In The Dark (JPN) Fusaichi Concorde (JPN) Russian Roubles (USA) Mejiro McQueen (JPN) Sunday Silence (USA) Tony Bin Paris House (GB) Sunday Silence (USA)

Harcourts Thorndon Mile JR & N Berkett Telegraph Handicap Blandford Lodge Railway Handicap Century City Wellington Cup Westbury Stud Wakefield Challenge Stakes New Zealand Bloodstock Royal Stakes Classic Hits Championship Stakes Rich Hill Mile Waiwera Water City of Auckland Cup NZ Bloodstock Desert Gold Stakes P. Cataldo Bloodstock Wellington Stakes Mill Reef Trentham Stakes Stella Artois Eclipse Stakes

8.0f 6.0f 6.0f 12.0f 6.0f 10.0f 10.5f 8.0f 12.0f 8.0f 8.0f 10.5f 6.0f

Booming (NZ) Mufhasa (NZ) Miss Raggedy Ann (NZ) Spiro (NZ) Shuka (NZ) King's Rose (NZ) Hidden Asset (NZ) Fears Nothing (NZ) Showcause (AUS) Dating (NZ) Jimmy Choux (NZ) Veloce Bella (NZ) Anabandana (AUS)

7 7 6 6 3 4 4 6 6 4 4 8 3

G G M G G F G G G F C M F

Don Eduardo (NZ) Pentire (GB) Faltaat (USA) Pyrus (USA) Bachelor Duke (USA) Redoute's Choice (AUS) High Chaparral (IRE) Faltaat (USA) Giant's Causeway (USA) O'Reilly (NZ) Thorn Park (AUS) Volksraad (GB) Anabaa (USA)

Beautiful Sea (NZ) Sheila Cheval (NZ) Miss Pollyanna (NZ) Radio Rocket (NZ) Alabama Rose (NZ) Nureyev's Girl (AUS) Fragile Asset (NZ) Magical Moment (GB) Showella (NZ) Mandate (NZ) Cierzo (NZ) Wave To Lottie (NZ) Great Notice (USA)

Grosvenor (NZ) Mi Preferido (USA) Gold Brose (AUS) Blues Traveller (IRE) Cape Cross (IRE) Nureyev (USA) Zabeel (NZ) Sadler's Wells (USA) Lord Ballina (AUS) Sound Reason (CAN) Centaine (AUS) Crested Wave (USA) Nureyev (USA)

Booming and Mufhasa, a pair of sixyear-old veterans, have been confounding punters’ expectations of late. Booming has been getting faster as he gets older and, after landing a 1m2f Group 1 at odds of 13-1 on Boxing Day, he followed up in the Peru 09/01 16/01 30/01 23/01

G1 G2 G3 G3

Gran Premio Nacional-Augusto B Leguia Clasico Ciudad de Lima Clasico Velocidad Clasico Enrique Meiggs

Infiernillo, last season’s champion two-year-old colt, got his head in front for the first time since his juvenile days South Africa G1 29/01 G1 29/01 G1 29/01 G1 22/01 G1 08/01 G1 08/01 G2 29/01 G2 05/01 G3 09/01 G3 02/01 G3 01/01

Investec Cape Derby J & B Met Klawervlei Majorca Stakes Betting World Cape Flying Championship TBA Paddock Stakes L'Ormarins Queen's Plate J & B Reserve Stayers Handicap Peninsula Handicap London News Stakes Flamboyant Stakes Lebelo Sprint

Mother Russia was favourite for both of the month’s showpiece events, the Queen’s Plate and the J & B Met. But although the Mike de Kock-trained mare

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Thorndon Mile, this time at 16-1.

Runner-up in last year’s 2m Auckland Cup, if he can harness this new found speed to his proven stamina he could become a strong Melbourne Cup contender.

Jockey Sam Spratt’s long-held

13.0f 10.0f 5.0f 10.0f

Infiernillo (PER) Bradock (PER) Latvia (PER) Patola (ARG)

in the Gran Premio Nacional. An inveterate front-runner, Infiernillo had been taken on for the lead in both the

10.0f 10.0f 8.0f 5.0f 9.0f 8.0f 14.0f 9.0f 9.0f 8.0f 5.0f

Top Seller (SAF) Past Master (SAF) Covenant (SAF) What A Winter (SAF) Emerald Cove (SAF) Mother Russia (SAF) Sangria Girl (SAF) Lion In Winter (SAF) Bulsara (SAF) Precedent (SAF) Blue Voyager (SAF)

was well up to the first leg of this double assignment, coming home over two lengths in front of Tales Of Bravery, with the three-year-old filly Ebony Flyer a

opinion that Mufhasa would be improved by the application of blinkers proved correct in the Telegraph Handicap. A three-time previous Group 1 winner but a near 19-1 chance after scoring just once in the previous 23 months, he saw off the Aussie raider,

4 5 5 5

C H M M

Quintillon (USA) Keseff (USA) Midnight Cognac (USA) High Yield (USA)

Branch (PER) Samara (PER) Sigyn Oca (ARG) Sweet Speech (ARG)

Guineas (in which he finished second and was demoted to third) and Derby (finished fifth) but this time got his own

4 5 4 4 4 6 7 5 5 6 5

C H F C F M M H H M G

Al Mufti (USA) Jet Master (SAF) Western Winter (USA) Western Winter (USA) Captain Al (SAF) Windrush (USA) Wolfhound (USA) Western Winter (USA) Silvano (GER) Model Man (SAF) Muhtafal (USA)

First Command, by a length and a quarter.

The Railway Stakes produced an even bigger shock as the 86-1 supposed no-hoper Miss Raggedy Ann came out best in a blanket finish, beating Atapi by a nose.

way up front and proved a length and a quarter too strong for the Derby runnerup Private Affair.

Top of The Range (SAF) Early Thaw (SAF) Secret Pact (SAF) Waseela (IRE) Resolution Bay (SAF) Russian Muse (SAF) Concetta (SAF) Lady Curator (SAF) Gay Regina (SAF) Legal Find (SAF) Blue Yonder (SAF)

fine third, for the second year running the Met proved just beyond her. In 2010 River Jetez was her nemesis and this time she beat all except Past

Book The Band El Duce (PER) Batty (USA) Victory Speech (USA)

Northern Guest (USA) Western Winter (USA) Bush Telegraph (SAF) Ahonoora Caesour (USA) Russian Fox (USA) Jungle Rock (SAF) Pas de Quoi (SAF) Sportsworld (USA) Wardlaw (USA) Comedy Star (USA)

Master, who, under a masterful ride from Gerrit Schlechter, prevailed by a length and a quarter. Trained by Darryl Hodgson, Past Master was only sixth in

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the Queen’s Plate, when he stumbled and lost his action. Pocket Power was fourth when going for an unprecedented fifth Queen’s Plate and, having been unsuited by the lack of pace in the Met, has earned an honourable retirement.

The Queen’s Plate will be opened up to international competition next year and its domestic challenge could well

be headed by What A Winter, who led home a terrific one-two-three for Leicester-born trainer Mike Bass in the Cape Flying Championship. Gibraltar Blue, fourth in the 2009 Rockfel Stakes for Tommy Stack but who is now with de Kock, was hassled in front and could do no better than fifth behind What A Winter.

Allowed a soft lead, she was caught

only close home in a Majorca Stakes which was also dominated by Bass, who saddled both the winner, Covenant, and her nearest pursuer, Love Is In The Air. Emerald Cove, one of a gaggle of classy three-year-olds from the Justin Snaith yard, had Love In The Air back in third when beating older fillies in the Paddock Stakes.

Top Seller, a chance ride for Marthinus Mienie after stable jockey MJ Byleveld was injured, pulled off a 22-1 surprise in a tight finish to the Cape Derby, flying down the outside to catch the Joey Ramsden-trained Il Saggiatore in the shadow of the post. Snaith’s Cape Guineas winner, Solo Traveller, was sent off favourite but failed to stay, finishing fifth.

United Arab Emirates 27/01 G2 Gulf News Al Rashidiya Stakes 20/01 G2 Bab al Shams Cape Verdi Stakes 13/01 G3 Longines Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1

9.0f 8.0f 8.0f

Presvis (GB) Aspectoflove (IRE) Mendip (USA)

7 5 4

G M C

Sakhee (USA) Danetime (IRE) Harlan's Holiday (USA)

Forest Fire (SWE) Rose Vibert (GB) Well Spring (USA)

Never So Bold Caerleon (USA) Coronado's Quest (USA)

United States 30/01 G1 30/01 G2 22/01 G2 17/01 G2 16/01 G2 15/01 G2 15/01 G2 08/01 G2 01/01 G2 30/01 G3 29/01 G3 22/01 G3 22/01 G3 22/01 G3 15/01 G3 15/01 G3 15/01 G3 09/01 G3 09/01 G3 09/01 G3 08/01 G3 05/01 G3

7.0f 7.0f 6.0f 10.0f 8.5f 8.5f 7.0f 8.5f 9.0f 8.0f 9.0f 8.0f 6.0f 8.5f 8.5f 6.0f 6.0f 8.5f 8.5f 8.5f 8.0f 6.0f

Switch (USA) Pomeroys Pistol (USA) Euroears (USA) Bourbon Bay (USA) Always A Princess (USA) Indian Firewater (USA) California Nectar (USA) Aggie Engineer (USA) Spring Style (IRE) Dialed In (USA) Schramsberg (USA) Wilkinson (USA) Calibrachoa (USA) Gran Estreno (ARG) Tapizar (USA) Big Drama (USA) Tar Heel Mom (USA) May Day Rose (USA) Justaroundmidnight (IRE) Little Mike (USA) Soaring Empire (USA) Final Mesa (USA)

4 3 7 5 4 4 3 6 6 3 5 3 4 8 3 5 6 3 4 4 4 3

F F H G F C F G M C H C C H C H M F F G C F

Quiet American (USA) Pomeroy (USA) Langfuhr (CAN) Sligo Bay (IRE) Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Indian Charlie (USA) Stormy Atlantic (USA) E Dubai (USA) Pivotal (GB) Mineshaft (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Lemon Drop Kid (USA) Southern Image (USA) Lucky Roberto (USA) Tapit (USA) Montbrook (USA) Flatter (USA) Rockport Harbor (USA) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Spanish Steps (USA) Empire Maker (USA) Sky Mesa (USA)

Antoniette (USA) Prettyatthetable (USA) Unky And Ally (USA) Coral Necklace (USA) Gabriellina Giof (GB) Touched (USA) Absolute Nectar (USA) Papalma (USA) Clear Spring (USA) Miss Doolittle (USA) Serena's Song (USA) Tasha's Delight (USA) Fort Lauderdale (USA) Great Stampa (ARG) Winning Call (USA) Riveting Drama (USA) Perpetual Light (USA) May Day Bluff (USA) Strategy (GB) Hay Jude (USA) Flying Passage (USA) Final Style (USA)

Nicholas (USA) Point Given (USA) Heff (USA) Conquistador Cielo (USA) Ashkalani (IRE) Touch Gold (USA) Carson City (USA) Dixieland Band (USA) Irish River (FR) Storm Cat (USA) Rahy (USA) Afternoon Deelites (USA) Montbrook (USA) Senor Pete (USA) Deputy Minister (CAN) Notebook (USA) Sunny's Halo (CAN) Pine Bluff (USA) Machiavellian (USA) Wavering Monarch (USA) A P Indy (USA) Smart Style (USA)

Santa Monica Stakes Forward Gal Stakes Palos Verdes Stakes San Marcos Stakes El Encino Stakes San Fernando Stakes Santa Ynez Stakes San Pasqual Stakes Robert J Frankel Stakes Holy Bull Stakes John B Connally Turf Handicap Lecomte Stakes Toboggan Stakes Colonel E R Bradley Handicap Sham Stakes Mr Prospector Stakes Sugar Swirl Stakes Santa Ysabel Stakes Marshua's River Stakes Fort Lauderdale Handicap Hal's Hope Stakes Old Hat Stakes

Switch, the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint second, followed her four-length

Grade 1 win at Santa Anita on Boxing Day with another easy win at the same

Horse

Born

Sire

Stands/Stood

Western Winter (USA) King Kamehameha (JPN) Faltaat (USA) Northern Afleet (USA) Wild Event (USA) Indian Charlie (USA) Giant's Causeway (USA) Exceed And Excel (AUS) Commands (AUS) Pomeroy (USA) Postponed (USA) Seeking A Home (USA) Encosta de Lago (AUS) Captain Al (SAF) Harlan’s Holiday (USA) Elusive Quality (USA)

1992 2001 1990 1993 1993 1995 1997 2000 1996 2001 1997 1998 1993 1996 1999 1993

Gone West (USA) Kingmambo (USA) Mr Prospector (USA) Afleet (CAN) Wild Again (USA) In Excess Storm Cat (USA) Danehill (USA) Danehill (USA) Boundary (USA) Summer Squall (USA) Seeking The Gold (USA) Fairy King (USA) Al Mufti (USA) Harlan (USA) Gone West (USA)

SAF JPN NZ USA USA BRZ USA AUS USA USA IRE AUS USA NZ USA AUS SAF USA IRE USA AUS

BTH BTW GH GW 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 3

4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

3 4 3 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0

3 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0

BTH = black type horses; BTW = black type winners; GH = Group horses; GW = Group winners

ARKADIAN HERO

track in the Santa Monica Stakes, this time by three and a half lengths. With

no Zenyatta, she’s the early front-runner for the Eclipse Award for older female.

Leading global sires Sires from the Mr Prospector line are in charge at this early stage and Western Winter (by Gone West) has been having a tremendous time with his progeny in South Africa, with Group 1 scorers over five furlongs (What A Winter) and a mile (Covenant), plus a Group 2 winner at nine furlongs.

Western Winter was a sprinter in the States but failed to notch any Graded events. Based at Lammerskraal Stud in the Western Cape at 125,000 rand

(£10,700), he is hardly a freshman, having landed South African championships in 2002, 2004 and 2005, but he has never had a start to any year to match this one.

With Grade 2 and Grade 3 winners, Japanese stallion King Kamehameha (by Kingmambo) has started the year in the same way as he finished 2010, when he was champion sire. That broke a monopoly on the title since 1995 by Sunday Silence and his descendants.

GR.2 MILL REEF STAKES AND LISTED WINNER AS A TWO-YEAR-OLD

Won 7 races, $439,418, over 6f to a mile from 2 to 6 years, incl: As a 2-y-o WON Gr.2 Mill Reef Stakes, Newbury, 6f WON LR Ripon Champion Trophy Stakes, Ripon, 6f WON Doncaster Bloodstock Sales Maiden Stakes, Goodwood, 6f 4th Gr.1 Middle Park Stakes, Newmarket Also WON Gr.3 Hungerford Stakes, Newbury, 7f WON Gr.3 Criterion Stakes, Newmarket, 7f WON LR Hopeful Stakes, Newmarket, 6f WON LR Hackwood Stakes, Newbury, 6f A very high proportion of winners on the flat, now with winners over fences.

Sound, strong and clean in wind.

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DATA BOOK STALLION STATISTICS

Leading National Hunt sires by earnings Name

YOF

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR

Races

AWD

King’s Theatre Presenting Beneficial Oscar Flemensfirth Anshan Accordion Old Vic Bob Back Montjeu Cadoudal Sadler’s Wells Definite Article Dr Massini Alderbrook Dom Alco Midnight Legend Barathea Kayf Tara Alflora Saddlers’ Hall Supreme Leader Winged Love Sir Harry Lewis Milan Mansonnien Environment Friend Kahyasi Turtle Island Moscow Society Bob’s Return Luso Nikos Overbury Lomitas Pistolet Bleu Daylami Pivotal Rock Of Gibraltar Galileo Lord Americo Witness Box Golden Tornado Great Palm Snurge Taipan Deploy Karinga Bay Pasternak Bahhare Dushyantor Red Ransom Zaffaran Key Of Luck Lost World King’s Best Lahint Sea Raven Solon Classic Cliche Village Star Smadoun Robin des Champs Hernando Saint des Saints Rudimentary Singspiel Beat All Lahib Medicean Lend A Hand Alhaarth Stowaway Portrait Gallery Machiavellian Craigsteel Tobougg Catcher In The Rye Desert Prince Lord Of Appeal Grand Plaisir Kalanisi Norwich Spectrum Indian Danehill City Honours Silver Patriarch Shernazar Jurado Double Trigger Sinndar Dilshaan

1991 1992 1990 1994 1992 1987 1986 1986 1981 1996 1979 1981 1992 1993 1989 1987 1991 1990 1994 1989 1988 1982 1992 1984 1998 1984 1988 1985 1991 1985 1990 1992 1981 1991 1988 1988 1994 1993 1999 1998 1984 1987 1996 1989 1987 1992 1987 1987 1993 1994 1993 1987 1985 1991 1991 1997 1991 1991 1992 1992 1983 1990 1997 1990 1998 1988 1992 1996 1988 1997 1995 1993 1994 1990 1987 1995 1998 2000 1995 1992 1989 1996 1987 1992 1996 1995 1994 1981 1983 1991 1997 1998

Sadler’s Wells Mtoto Top Ville Sadler’s Wells Alleged Persian Bold Sadler’s Wells Sadler’s Wells Roberto Sadler’s Wells Green Dancer Northern Dancer Indian Ridge Sadler’s Wells Ardross Dom Pasquini Night Shift Sadler’s Wells Sadler’s Wells Niniski Sadler’s Wells Bustino In The Wings Alleged Sadler’s Wells Tip Moss Cozzene Ile de Bourbon Fairy King Nijinsky Bob Back Salse Nonoalco Caerleon Niniski Top Ville Doyoun Polar Falcon Danehill Sadler’s Wells Lord Gayle Lyphard Sadler’s Wells Manila Ela-Mana-Mou Last Tycoon Shirley Heights Ardross Soviet Star Woodman Sadler’s Wells Roberto Assert Chief’s Crown Last Tycoon Kingmambo Woodman Sadler’s Wells Local Suitor Salse Moulin Kaldoun Garde Royale Niniski Cadoudal Nureyev In The Wings Dynaformer Riverman Machiavellian Great Commotion Unfuwain Slip Anchor Sadler’s Wells Mr Prospector Suave Dancer Barathea Danehill Green Desert Sadler’s Wells Darshaan Doyoun Top Ville Rainbow Quest Danehill Darshaan Saddlers’ Hall Busted Alleged Ela-Mana-Mou Grand Lodge Darshaan

154 226 233 242 199 136 99 164 120 75 16 66 96 69 82 14 51 40 110 128 113 76 47 47 112 18 21 40 69 64 76 106 17 76 26 35 48 20 33 43 56 56 13 52 38 29 30 101 10 11 35 23 24 28 14 43 2 10 4 50 1 7 23 33 9 48 16 60 38 23 14 40 17 22 14 28 41 24 22 19 7 27 40 16 28 27 60 31 4 35 16 12

57 47 48 55 42 34 24 36 31 20 11 20 20 20 21 8 16 9 18 25 16 15 14 5 24 6 4 7 15 14 12 12 3 16 8 8 9 9 11 13 8 11 3 7 9 9 5 12 1 5 7 5 5 8 5 6 1 4 2 10 1 3 9 9 5 9 4 9 9 4 3 8 6 5 6 8 6 8 5 4 3 6 6 5 6 8 12 7 2 8 3 3

37.0 20.8 20.6 22.7 21.1 25.0 24.2 22.0 25.8 26.7 68.8 30.3 20.8 29.0 25.6 57.1 31.4 22.5 16.4 19.5 14.2 19.7 29.8 10.6 21.4 33.3 19.1 17.5 21.7 21.9 15.8 11.3 17.7 21.1 30.8 22.9 18.8 45.0 33.3 30.2 14.3 19.6 23.1 13.5 23.7 31.0 16.7 11.9 10.0 45.5 20.0 21.7 20.8 28.6 35.7 14.0 50.0 40.0 50.0 20.0 100.0 42.9 39.1 27.3 55.6 18.8 25.0 15.0 23.7 17.4 21.4 20.0 35.3 22.7 42.9 28.6 14.6 33.3 22.7 21.1 42.9 22.2 15.0 31.3 21.4 29.6 20.0 22.6 50.0 22.9 18.8 25.0

73 68 67 65 50 51 30 50 41 27 15 24 25 27 31 13 26 12 19 33 19 19 19 6 25 10 9 9 19 18 14 18 6 23 14 9 15 12 17 17 11 13 7 8 14 12 8 14 2 5 9 6 7 10 7 8 1 5 2 15 1 3 10 15 7 11 5 14 14 7 5 10 8 6 8 10 7 9 7 5 4 8 7 5 7 8 13 7 2 9 5 4

19.3 20.7 19.6 18.8 19.5 20.3 19.1 21.2 19.3 19.3 21.4 19.9 18.3 20.2 20.4 20.6 20.9 17.8 19.3 19.8 20.8 19.8 21.8 21.0 17.7 18.5 22.2 18.8 18.6 20.3 20.4 19.6 17.6 21.0 17.7 20.7 18.3 17.0 16.6 18.8 20.8 20.2 19.2 18.8 22.4 21.1 19.3 21.0 20.3 18.8 19.7 20.3 21.6 16.8 20.9 16.9 21.0 22.8 16.3 19.5 24.0 21.3 20.7 18.3 19.9 21.4 19.3 21.1 19.3 17.4 20.3 17.4 16.9 20.3 17.4 17.9 17.6 16.6 18.9 16.8 25.8 17.2 17.4 20.6 18.1 21.6 20.8 21.8 25.3 22.9 23.1 20.0

Earnings (£)

858,799 718,156 711,408 693,594 693,473 570,592 462,152 441,237 426,395 425,271 294,992 287,344 275,032 271,942 253,845 246,605 232,370 224,472 219,963 218,151 211,889 207,519 205,020 187,453 161,534 160,435 148,622 148,368 147,015 146,553 145,577 143,846 142,330 139,812 135,415 130,445 130,281 129,642 127,900 120,633 117,746 117,177 116,825 115,244 113,661 111,463 110,776 109,065 107,768 107,160 106,781 105,896 105,856 104,782 103,530 102,634 102,529 101,160 100,520 95,190 93,614 92,228 90,447 89,461 89,383 86,791 86,100 85,747 85,465 83,488 82,273 81,700 80,830 80,600 75,779 74,010 70,651 70,273 68,629 67,659 66,084 64,736 64,700 63,570 62,417 62,199 61,238 61,213 60,779 60,086 59,842 59,479

Top horse

Earned (£)

Menorah Jessies Dream Realt Dubh Big Zeb Imperial Commander Golden Kite Finger Onthe Pulse Jack The Bus Rare Bob Hurricane Fly Long Run Synchronised Majestic Concorde Massini’s Maguire Ballyadam Brook Silviniaco Conti Midnight Chase Overturn Planet Of Sound Wishfull Thinking Giles Cross Head Of The Posse Bostons Angel Diamond Harry Valleymount Golden Silver Alfa Beat Karabak Cool Quest Russian War Minella Boys Chicago Grey Master Minded Lady Hillingdon Salesin Sizing Europe Silmi Final Approach Gimli’s Rock Grey Soldier Siegemaster Some Target Dancing Tornado Donnas Palm Smokey Joe Joe Calgary Bay Gagewell Flyer Cois Farraig Little Josh Bahrain Storm Loosen My Load Zaidpour Banna Man Australia Day Tatenen Nearby Poquelin Tranquil Sea Solwhit Stagecoach Pearl Kauto Star Nacarat Escort’men Architrave Quito de La Roque Hey Big Spender Fisher Bridge For A Finish Supercede Beau Michael Silverhand Tharawaat Hidden Cyclone Frankie Figg Peak Raider Cross Kennon Save My Blushes Catcherinscratcher Ainama Asigh Pearl West End Rocker Alaivan Far Away So Close Glencove Marina Silas Mariner Lucky At Last Thelobstercatcher Hairy Molly Hello Bud Swincombe Rock Mourad The Shepherd

142,525 63,151 140,996 88,233 112,660 78,142 119,646 49,684 44,097 162,302 118,683 46,128 110,796 56,330 40,934 85,893 65,398 149,228 26,064 44,442 17,112 29,681 54,739 99,768 13,774 96,064 114,527 39,978 23,877 20,522 24,754 38,857 121,992 12,633 28,655 31,940 37,016 51,724 55,509 15,553 55,197 17,055 66,523 42,911 22,094 23,437 52,285 15,726 99,022 80,168 36,377 65,881 35,363 32,197 48,894 53,411 102,530 74,779 96,336 34,950 93,614 77,242 17,268 15,161 40,215 15,799 28,168 23,080 24,253 52,252 52,066 16,192 48,085 37,176 33,308 16,686 30,987 25,699 24,942 21,628 40,060 26,163 14,035 21,195 19,451 20,013 9,650 13,274 56,379 12,266 49,155 35,623

King’s Theatre extends his lead and foal figures hold up With earnings through January of around £165,000, King’s Theatre has increased his lead. Beneficial did marginally better than the leader and moves into third place, while Presenting made headway into second.

Clearly there’s still all to play for.

King’s Theatre and Presenting each had one graded winner, Beneficial had none. The leaders in that particular table are the late Bob Back and Deploy with two apiece; Mansonnien had dual Grade 2 winner Golden Silver.

With the well-publicised reduction in number of foals born in 2010, it is worth looking at the number of foals officially identified for jumps or dualpurpose careers and at changes in the size of books of jump sires.

Comparing the latest data with that for 2006, taken from supplements to the Return of Mares published by Weatherbys, there has been a 31% reduction in number of foals produced.

Information regarding the intended careers of these foals reveals an 11% increase for the Flat (from 49% to 60%). Given this, it is hardly surprising that foals aimed at jumps or dualpurpose careers have dropped in number, from 8,271 to 4,562.

That’s 45%, and on the face of it this will have undoubted implications for the sport. Intriguingly, though, the figures for individual stallions have stood up pretty well. King’s Theatre covered 141 mares in 2006 and 146 last year, while Presenting’s figures are 249 and 175, and Beneficial’s 188 and 198.

The most dramatic falls among the leaders have come with Oscar (378 down to 231) and Flemensfirth (341 down to 226), but neither of these reaches 40%.

Statistics to January 30

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DATA BOOK OVERSEAS STAKES RESULTS WINNERS Breeder Abergwaun Farms Airlie Stud Alberti, Mrs E Alder, R H Armstrong, D W Ballina Stud Ltd Ballybrennan Stud Ltd Ballyhane Stud Ballykilbride Stud Barnett Ltd, W and R Barronstown Stud Bellaccini Gianluca & Joan Coburn Black Horse Farm Boudengen, P Brady, P Brennan & Holborn Trust Co Ltd, Thomas F Breslin, Exors of the Late Mr J Brickley, D Broughton Bloodstock Brudenell, James Boughey & Trickledown Stud, A Caley, Exors of the Late W L Campbell-Andenaes, Mrs M Carmel Stud Carroll, K Carroll, Mr J M Cassidy, P Celbridge Estates Ltd Charlock Farm Stud Chaworth-Musters, Exors of the Late Mrs M Cheveley Park Stud Ltd Cheveley Park Stud Ltd Cheveley Park Stud Ltd Chevington Stud Clee, Mr & Mrs D D Clee, Mr & Mrs D D Cliveden Stud Ltd Conneally, Mr A L Costello, John Coughlan, S Crawshaw, Lord Cullen, K and Mrs Curran, Mr P Dachel Stud Daniele, G Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley Darley David Jamison Bloodstock David Jamison Bloodstock Dayton Investments Ltd Dayton Investments Ltd Debernardi, Mrs S Deer, D J Deering, S Dobson, Miss R J Duffy, M Dunne, F Dunne, F Eclipse Bloodstock Edy SRL & Societa Agricola Gem SRL Egan, Mrs Ann Ellis, Exors of the Late J Ennis, Patrick Fahy, M Farrington & Canning Downs, D Finegan & Noel Cogan, N Finegan, Miss J Finneran, M F Fittocks Stud Fonzo, Domenico Forenaghts Stud Foreneish Bloodstock Fortview Stud Gestut Etzean Gompertz, J Grandsir, Mr T Grangecon Stud Grangemore Stud Grasby, Ms L Grundy Bloodstock Grundy, Mrs E M Haras De Bernesq & Woodside Farms LLC Hartery & J Dewberry, Mrs C Hascombe & Valiant Studs Hascombe & Valiant Studs Hesmonds Stud Ltd His Highness the Aga Khan’s Studs SC Hobby, J A E Holborn Trust Co Howard Barton Stud Hubbard Rodwell, S and S Hurley, C Hyde Park Stud

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Winner Cosmo Meadow (IRE) Caio Duilio (IRE) Noland Eyes (IRE) Batten Boom (IRE) Westwood Dawn (GB) Copreopasso (IRE) Black Ranger (IRE) Miss Precious (IRE) Calantha (IRE) Granary (GB) Wingo (IRE) Rojo Rajo (IRE) Val C (GB) Celebrity Choice (IRE) Thousand Miles (IRE) Feelin Irie (IRE) Blusher (GB) Heart In Motion (IRE) Braccio di Ferro (GB) Misterthir (GB) Algol (GB) Presvis (GB) Megaspiel (GB) Mariners Doll (IRE) Bellinissimo (IRE) Aspectoflove (IRE) Prince d’Alienor (IRE) Balata (GB) Chief Of Ten (GB) De Rigueur (GB) Embarkation (GB) Tryst (GB) Almaguer (GB) Slick Knight (GB) Mowen (GB) Dubawi King (GB) Sheila’s Star (IRE) Le Muguet (IRE) Achrome (IRE) Valenzani (GB) Young Stack (IRE) Prendi Nota (IRE) Vaticano (GB) Pedrovic (IRE) Pay The Light (GB) Penalen (GB) Paschendale (GB) Ice Flower (GB) Dahteer (IRE) Otaared (GB) Simon de Montfort (IRE) Emmrooz (GB) Whispering Gallery (GB) Luck Or Design (IRE) Deal Breaker (GB) Deal Breaker (GB) Bartholdi (IRE) Bartholdi (IRE) Toddler (IRE) Kamado (GB) Memory Exhibition (IRE) Art Sale (GB) Samba School (IRE) Montmorency (IRE) Spring Style (IRE) Super Verglas (IRE) Vellane (GB) Moma (IRE) Zetto First (GB) Rio Command (IRE) Boreal Wind (IRE) Serhaal (IRE) Sweet Whip (IRE) Howya Now Kid (IRE) Rose’s Spirit (IRE) Too Much Trouble (GB) Sacidevi (IRE) Al Madina (IRE) Trade Swallow (GB) Barking (IRE) Timos (GER) King London (GB) Mahya Glaz (GB) To Believe (IRE) Arkudi (IRE) Hi Shinko (GB) Air of Grace (IRE) Urkanie (GB) Nombre d’Or (IRE) Clodogirl (IRE) Super To Bend (IRE) Radegund Abbey (GB) Mendace (GB) Almoradi (IRE) Lighted Place (GB) Icemancometh (IRE) Johann Zoffany (GB) Zeeran (GB) Caseda (IRE) Western Spring (IRE)

Sire King’s Best (USA) Kheleyf (USA) Le Vie Dei Colori (GB) Mark Of Esteem (IRE) Clodovil (IRE) Diamond Green (FR) Diamond Green (FR) Pyrus (USA) Celtic Swing (GB) Singspiel (IRE) Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) Distant Music (USA) Dubawi (IRE) Choisir (AUS) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Key Of Luck (USA) Fraam (GB) Mujadil (USA) Medicean (GB) Muhtathir (GB) Kyllachy (GB) Sakhee (USA) Singspiel (IRE) King Charlemagne (USA) Hawk Wing (USA) Danetime (IRE) Verglas (IRE) Averti (IRE) Doyen (IRE) Montjeu (IRE) Medicean (GB) Highest Honor (FR) Spectrum (IRE) Slickly (FR) Motivator (GB) Dubawi (IRE) Hurricane Run (IRE) Indian Ridge Oasis Dream (GB) Royal Applause (GB) Ad Valorem (USA) Antonius Pius (USA) Medicean (GB) Ekraar (USA) Fantastic Light (USA) King’s Best (USA) Refuse To Bend (IRE) Pivotal (GB) Bachir (IRE) Storm Cat (USA) King’s Best (USA) Red Ransom (USA) Daylami (IRE) Dubawi (IRE) Night Shift (USA) Night Shift (USA) Kalanisi (IRE) Kalanisi (IRE) Antonius Pius (USA) Kyllachy (GB) Great Exhibition (USA) Compton Place (GB) Sahm (USA) Pivotal (GB) Pivotal (GB) Verglas (IRE) Vettori (IRE) Statue Of Liberty (USA) Observatory (USA) Captain Rio (GB) Namid (GB) Green Desert (USA) Whipper (USA) Daggers Drawn (USA) Invincible Spirit (IRE) Barathea (IRE) Intikhab (USA) Noverre (USA) Trade Fair (GB) Bahri (USA) Sholokhov (IRE) Beat Hollow (GB) Gentlewave (IRE) Elusive City (USA) High Chaparral (IRE) Shinko Forest (IRE) Dalakhani (IRE) Nayef (USA) Langfuhr (CAN) Clodovil (IRE) Refuse To Bend (IRE) Nayef (USA) Bering Barathea (IRE) Compton Place (GB) Marju (IRE) Galileo (IRE) Barathea (IRE) Celtic Swing (GB) Hawkeye (IRE)

Age/sex 4c 3c 4c 8h 6g 3c 3c 5m 3f 7m 4c 6m 4f 4c 5h 8g 5m 3f 5h 4c 7g 7g 4f 6m 5h 5m 3c 6g 4g 3c 4g 6g 9g 4c 3f 4g 3f 4f 5m 4c 3c 3c 5g 6h 5m 5h 4c 5m 9g 6h 4c 6h 5g 4g 6g 6g 8h 8h 3c 5h 3f 6h 5m 5h 6m 3c 5m 4f 7h 4g 3f 4g 3f 7h 5m 5g 3f 3f 4c 3c 6h 5h 3f 5h 3c 5g 3c 3f 4c 5m 3c 5g 6h 5h 3f 6g 5g 6h 3f 5h

Dam Angel Of The Gwaun (IRE) Chiloe Wigeon (IRE) Pale Blue Eyes (IRE) Irish Fountain (USA) Ivory Dawn (GB) Fair Weather (IRE) Shoshana (IRE) Morning Echo (GB) Maze Garden (USA) All Grain (GB) Butterfly Blue (IRE) Mugello (GB) Valjarv (IRE) Femme Celebre (IRE) Mille Miglia (IRE) Charlotte’s Dancer (GB) Quickstyx (GB) Valluga (IRE) Sleave Silk (IRE) Aunt Sadie (GB) Heckle (GB) Forest Fire (SWE) Miss University (USA) Nautical Light (GB) Princess Electra (IRE) Rose Vibert (GB) Vassiana (FR) Manila Selection (USA) Fudge (GB) Exclusive (GB) Embark (GB) Courting (GB) Cerita (IRE) Poli Knight (GB) Top Table (GB) Laughing Girl (USA) Yaselda (GB) Rahika Rose (GB) Sacred Pearl (IRE) Frascati (GB) Benelux (GB) Osireion (GB) Giusina Mia (USA) Debora Taramelli (ITY) Payola (USA) Quarter Note (USA) Fading Light (GB) Ejlaal (IRE) Reematna (GB) Society Lady (USA) Noble Rose (IRE) Nasmatt (GB) Echoes In Eternity (IRE) Birjand (GB) Photo Flash (IRE) Photo Flash (IRE) Buffalo Dance (IRE) Buffalo Dance (IRE) Tonique (GB) Palacegate Episode (IRE) Margarets Memory (IRE) Bandanna (GB) Lulua (USA) Clear Spring (USA) Clear Spring (USA) No Sugar Baby (FR) Halloa (GB) Quatrosepti (IRE) Volitant (GB) Happy To Chat (IRE) Between The Winds (USA) Lucky For Me (USA) Sierva (GER) Lear’s Crown (USA) Vie En Rose (IRE) Tentpole (USA) Silver Sash (GER) Tasha’s Dream (USA) Swallow Breeze (GB) Pivot d’Amour (GB) Triclaria (GER) Popocatepetl (FR) Mahyara (FR) Lure Of The Moon (USA) Shades Of Lavender (IRE) Up Front (IRE) Star On Stage (GB) Mantle (GB) Nimble Mind (USA) Manazil (IRE) Miss Penton (GB) St Radegund (GB) Chinchilla (IRE) Alamouna (IRE) Lighted Way (GB) Irina (IRE) Belle Allemande (CAN) Mrs Marsh (GB) Lina Story (GB) With Care (GB)

Ctry Jpn Ity Ity Ity Gny Ity Ity Ity Ity Qtr Usa Ity Qtr Fr Fr Gny Swe Spa Ity Fr Hk Uae Usa Fr Fr Uae Fr Spa Swe Gny Swe Fr Fr Fr Jpn Qtr Fr Spa Ity Gny Ity Ity Hk Ity Ity Spa Uae Fr Uae Uae Uae Uae Uae Hk Usa Usa Fr Fr Ity Hk Ity Hk Usa Uae Usa Ity Fr Ity Jpn Hk Ity Uae Fr Hk Ity Uae Ity Qtr Ity Spa Fr Ity Fr Ity Ity Fr Uae Fr Fr Ity Ity Uae Ity Usa Ity Usa Aus Swe Spa Ity

Date 05/1/11 01/2/11 20/1/11 27/1/11 16/1/11 16/1/11 05/2/11 05/2/11 08/2/11 05/1/11 03/1/11 30/1/11 06/1/11 09/2/11 26/1/11 23/1/11 23/1/11 30/1/11 13/1/11 15/1/11 05/2/11 27/1/11 09/1/11 29/1/11 21/1/11 20/1/11 18/1/11 16/1/11 16/1/11 06/2/11 12/1/11 02/2/11 31/1/11 23/1/11 15/1/11 20/1/11 09/2/11 16/1/11 01/2/11 06/2/11 25/1/11 24/1/11 30/1/11 25/1/11 23/1/11 16/1/11 05/2/11 13/1/11 04/2/11 14/1/11 20/1/11 14/1/11 27/1/11 23/1/11 29/1/11 01/1/11 28/1/11 08/2/11 03/2/11 30/1/11 29/1/11 19/1/11 05/2/11 09/1/11 01/1/11 15/1/11 10/2/11 06/2/11 08/1/11 05/2/11 15/1/11 04/2/11 10/2/11 19/1/11 15/1/11 06/2/11 22/1/11 26/1/11 21/1/11 16/1/11 09/2/11 03/2/11 25/1/11 15/1/11 03/2/11 05/2/11 05/2/11 31/1/11 04/2/11 24/1/11 29/1/11 06/1/11 16/1/11 29/1/11 29/1/11 08/1/11 29/1/11 16/1/11 30/1/11 19/1/11

Racecourse Kyoto Rome Pisa Pisa Dortmund Siracusa Rome Siracusa Rome Al Rayyan Penn National Pisa Al Rayyan Cagnes-Sur-Mer Pau Neuss Taby Dos Hermanas Albenga Marseille Pont De Vivaux Sha Tin Meydan Santa Anita Pau Cagnes-Sur-Mer Meydan Pau Dos Hermanas Taby Dortmund Taby Cagnes-Sur-Mer Cagnes-Sur-Mer Pau Nakayama Al Rayyan Cagnes-Sur-Mer Dos Hermanas Rome Dortmund Rome Naples Sha Tin Rome Pisa Vila Seca Meydan Marseille Pont De Vivaux Jebel Ali Jebel Ali Meydan Jebel Ali Meydan Sha Tin Golden Gate Golden Gate Pau Pau Pisa Sha Tin Siracusa Happy Valley Santa Anita Abu Dhabi Santa Anita Siracusa Marseille Borely Pisa Mizusawa Sha Tin Rome Jebel Ali Marseille Borely Happy Valley Siracusa Abu Dhabi Rome Al Rayyan Naples Dos Hermanas Cagnes-Sur-Mer Pisa Cagnes-Sur-Mer Siracusa Pisa Cagnes-Sur-Mer Meydan Cagnes-Sur-Mer Pau Naples Siracusa Meydan Siracusa Gulfstream Park Rome Turf Paradise Sandown Hillside Taby Dos Hermanas Albenga

Distance 1m7f 6f 6f 1m3f 6f 7f110y 6f 1m2f110y 1m 7f 1m 1m165y 5f 1m 6f110y 7f110y 6f 7f110y 1m 7f110y 6f 1m1f 1m 7f110y 1m 1m 7f110y 1m1f 1m 1m1f 1m2f 1m2f 1m2f 1m4f 6f 1m1f55y 1m2f 1m2f110y 7f 1m1f165y 1m 1m110y 6f 1m 1m2f 1m110y 1m2f 1m2f 7f 1m 1m2f 1m1f165y 1m6f11y 1m 1m 1m 1m4f 1m1f110y 7f110y 1m 1m 5f 6f 7f 1m1f 7f 1m2f 6f 1m 6f 7f 6f 1m2f 1m55y 1m 1m4f 1m 1m 1m6f 1m 1m4f110y 1m2f 1m2f 6f110y 1m2f 1m 7f 1m2f 1m1f110y 1m1f 1m1f 1m2f 1m110y 1m 6f 7f 1m4f 1m 1m2f110y 1m3f

Prize-money (£) 183,825 (L) 2,586 4,310 3,448 1,724 12,931 3,448 2,155 2,586 5,053 5,000 1,939 5,053 9,483 6,466 2,241 3,831 3,879 3,448 6,034 211,808 (L) 77,609 (Gr2) 21,538 6,897 £0,776 77,609 (Gr2) 8,621 4,310 1,915 2,241 2,873 20,259 6,466 7,759 39,470 4,043 6,897 4,310 3,879 1,724 2,155 3,879 54,129 2,155 1,939 2,341 7,381 7,759 11,599 12,653 46,565 52,724 (L) 58,207 282,411 (L) 7,692 8,846 6,897 6,897 3,448 30,124 2,155 40,008 13,077 7,908 57,692 (Gr2) 2,155 6,034 4,310 4,105 40,008 3,017 6,326 6,034 40,008 12,931 8,435 8,620 8,085 4,310 5,172 10,776 3,448 6,466 3,448 4,310 9,483 5,272 8,621 6,897 1,724 4,310 7,381 2,155 8,462 3,448 2,769 27,909 3,831 7,759 1,724

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DATA BOOK OVERSEAS WINNERS Hyde Park Stud James & Arnfinn Lund, J Joyce, Mr J Juddmonte Farms Ltd Juddmonte Farms Ltd Keatly Overseas Ltd Kenilworth House Stud Kennedy, G Kildaragh Stud Kilfrush Stud & Knocktoran Stud Knipe, Mr & Mrs R F Leinster Stud Lightbody Celebration Cakes Limestone & Tara Studs Lisselan Farms Ltd Lloyd, Mrs S A Loan & Development Corporation Locsot SRL Loder, Sir E J London Thoroughbred Services Ltd Lonsdale, Lady Lynch Bages Ltd Lyons, P G Maddenstown Equine Enterprise Ltd Mason, C R McDermott, E McDonald, T McEnery, Mr and MrsP McEvoy, C McGrattan, Mrs E McMahon Madden, Miss K Meon Valley Stud Meon Valley Stud Millsec Limited Minster Stud & Bickerton Racing Miss Otis Partnership Morrissey, Mrs S Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd Murphy, Mr D National Stud, The Newlands House Stud Newsells Park Stud Newsells Park Stud Limited Newsells Park Stud Limited Newsells Park Stud Limited Nugent, P D & Mrs Player & R Griffin, N and Mrs N O’Connor, J B O’Hanlon, Brendan Old Carhue Stud O’Reilly, L Paget Bloodstock Panetta, A Peet, J & E Peet, J & E Persse, A M F Petra Bloodstock Agency Ltd Petra Bloodstock Agency Ltd Petra Bloodstock Agency Ltd Phelan, M Plantation Stud (For Breeder’s Prizes Only) Pocock, Exors of the Late T E Ptarmigan Bloodstock Ltd Quellier, C Rabbah Bloodstock Limited Rabbah Bloodstock Limited Rausing, Miss K Red House Stud Redpender Stud Ltd Robertson, S R Rockhart Trading Ltd Romana Agricola Industriale SAS Rosati Colarieti Rossi, Giuseppe Rotondo, F Runnymede Farm et al Runnymede Farm Inc Sexton, Mrs J M Shadwell Estate Company Limited Shadwell Estate Company Limited Simpson, Mr R O Skymarc Farm Inc Slater, Mrs G Southcourt Stud Staughton & Mrs O Staughton, Miss J Suleyman Selman Tasbek Swettenham Stud Theakston Stud Thoroughbred Farms Ltd Turri, Miss F Usk Valley Stud Veitch, D and Mrs D Walsh, F Waterford Hall Stud Waterford Hall Stud Waterford Hall Stud Ltd Waterford Hall Stud Ltd Whisperview Trading Ltd Wilson, L Wood Farm Stud Ltd Yardy, Mr D A

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Governor Brown (USA) Lujain (USA) Antonius Pius (USA) Zamindar (USA) Zamindar (USA) Soviet Star (USA) Marju (IRE) Chineur (FR) Oasis Dream (GB) Peintre Celebre (USA) Kyllachy (GB) Choisir (AUS) Galileo (IRE) Key Of Luck (USA) Catcher In The Rye (IRE) Bertolini (USA) Needwood Blade (GB) Elnadim (USA) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Dansili (GB) Imperial Dancer (GB) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Desert Sun (GB) Montjeu (IRE) Sakhee (USA) One Cool Cat (USA) Whipper (USA) Fayruz Camacho (GB) Titus Livius (FR) Antonius Pius (USA) Sinndar (IRE) Red Ransom (USA) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Exceed And Excel (AUS) Bertolini (USA) Invincible Spirit (IRE) Medicean (GB) Pivotal (GB) Antonius Pius (USA) Azamour (IRE) Trans Island (GB) Giant’s Causeway (USA) Medicean (GB) Singspiel (IRE) Royal Applause (GB) Pursuit Of Love (GB) Hawkeye (IRE) Viking Ruler (AUS) Hawk Wing (USA) Bertolini (USA) Oratorio (IRE) Exceed And Excel (AUS) Le Vie Dei Colori (GB) Le Vie Dei Colori (GB) Daggers Drawn (USA) Titus Livius (FR) Fasliyev (USA) Fasliyev (USA) Viking Ruler (AUS) Grand Lodge (USA) Choisir (AUS) Pivotal (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Zafeen (FR) Zafeen (FR) Ad Valorem (USA) Best Of The Bests (IRE) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Shamardal (USA) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Noverre (USA) Zamindar (USA) Storming Home (GB) Night Shift (USA) Bluegrass Cat (USA) Action This Day (USA) Iceman (GB) Nayef (USA) King’s Best (USA) Araafa (IRE) Peintre Celebre (USA) Haafhd (GB) Royal Applause (GB) Compton Place (GB) Elusive City (USA) Sadler’s Wells (USA) Bertolini (USA) Fantastic Light (USA) Exit To Nowhere (USA) Shamardal (USA) Sleeping Indian (GB) Fath (USA) Indian Ridge Indian Ridge Pyrus (USA) Indian Haven (GB) Oratorio (IRE) Kheleyf (USA) Kyllachy (GB) Diktat (GB)

4c 7h 4c 6h 7g 6h 4g 4f 5h 8h 4g 4c 5h 4c 3f 3c 4c 5m 3c 4c 4f 4f 8g 5h 5h 4f 4c 3c 3c 3c 4g 9h 4g 4g 4f 3c 4c 4c 5m 4f 4c 9g 7h 4c 4c 4c 9h 4c 6h 3f 6g 4f 3c 3c 3c 6h 4c 5h 5h 6m 7h 3c 4c 6h 4g 4g 3c 7g 6h 4f 4c 3f 5h 5h 9h 3c 3c 3f 6m 5g 3c 6g 3c 5g 6h 3f 6m 8g 5h 7m 4c 3c 4c 4c 4c 5m 3c 4c 3f 4f 6g

Creme Chartreuse (IRE) River Coln (USA) Grosvenor Miss (IRE) Woodwardia (USA) Valencia (GB) Shantalla Peak (IRE) What A Picture (FR) Sharp Diversion (USA) Trinity Joy (GB) Albacora (IRE) Mi Amor (IRE) Hetty (IRE) Patacake Patacake (USA) Eschasse (USA) Note To Cathy (USA) Bogus Mix (IRE) Madame Ezzie (GB) Blue Inlet (IRE) Aspen Falls (IRE) Kindle (GB) Persuasion (GB) Strategy (GB) Princess Mood (GER) Cheal Rose (IRE) Fascinating Hill (FR) Bahamamia (GB) Prima Volta (GB) Vinesgrove (IRE) Wondrous Joy (GB) Tazmeera (IRE) Mikes Baby (IRE) Quick Return (GB) Zee Zee Top (GB) Costa Rica (IRE) Muja Farewell (GB) Miss Otis (GB) Miriana (IRE) Elite Society (IRE) Step With Style (USA) Best Swinger (IRE) Tenable (GB) Persian Polly Janet (GB) She’s Classy (USA) On A Soapbox (USA) Flamingo Queen (GER) Bee Off (IRE) Ohreoh (USA) Bright Blue (FR) Life Rely (USA) Cynara (GB) Secret Wells (USA) Compass Light (USA) Gilding The Lily (IRE) Gilding The Lily (IRE) The Oldladysays No (IRE) Misdirect (GB) Silence (IRE) Silence (IRE) Cajo (IRE) Entail (USA) Sandblaster (GB) Karliyna (IRE) Panarea (FR) Dakhla Oasis (IRE) Dakhla Oasis (IRE) Viva Maria (GB) Gem (GB) For Evva Silca (GB) Bella Vitessa (IRE) Streetcar (IRE) Raubritter (ITY) Royal Hawk (IRE) Renilde (FR) Via Oriani (IRE) Alcina (USA) Tis Me (USA) Rare Fling (USA) Izwah (USA) Khaizarana (GB) Waseyla (IRE) Golden Wings (USA) Oops Pettie (GB) Les Hurlants (IRE) Petarga (GB) Rachel Print (GB) Magnificient Style (USA) Beau Duchess (FR) Puritanical (IRE) Crudelia (IRE) Croeso Cariad (GB) Virevolle (FR) Akariyda (IRE) Gentle Wind (USA) Gentle Wind (USA) Sopran River (ITY) Madame Moonshine (GB) Queen Titi (IRE) Norwegian Queen (IRE) Native Ring (FR) Akhira (GB)

Spa Ity Spa Ity Ity Swe Uae Ity Fr Uae Gny Ity Hk Ity Fr Ity Ity Usa Fr Fr Fr Usa Hk Jpn Fr Fr Fr Ity Ity Ity Usa Ity Uae Swe Uae Ity Hk Usa Usa Ity Hk Fr Jpn Gny Gny Usa Ity Ity Ity Ity Sin Fr Ity Ity Ity Ity Fr Fr Fr Ity Fr Ity Uae Hk Uae Uae Ity Qtr Uae Jpn Uae Ity Ity Fr Ity Usa Usa Ity Qtr Qtr Swe Fr Swe Usa Spa Tur Usa Swe Ity Ity Uae Ity Qtr Uae Uae Ity Ity Qtr Ity Usa Swe

23/1/11 26/1/11 06/2/11 17/1/11 02/2/11 16/1/11 05/2/11 07/2/11 31/1/11 06/1/11 23/1/11 05/2/11 26/1/11 21/1/11 24/1/11 08/2/11 16/1/11 12/1/11 21/1/11 01/2/11 16/1/11 09/1/11 05/2/11 11/1/11 14/1/11 02/2/11 27/1/11 31/1/11 05/2/11 11/1/11 29/1/11 15/1/11 13/1/11 26/1/11 06/1/11 12/1/11 05/2/11 20/1/11 04/2/11 15/1/11 23/1/11 27/1/11 29/1/11 06/2/11 30/1/11 22/1/11 06/2/11 16/1/11 15/1/11 16/1/11 30/1/11 25/1/11 13/1/11 12/1/11 03/2/11 08/2/11 14/1/11 18/1/11 08/2/11 14/1/11 22/1/11 29/1/11 05/2/11 26/1/11 06/1/11 05/2/11 14/1/11 13/1/11 03/2/11 12/1/11 27/1/11 11/1/11 05/2/11 19/1/11 05/2/11 29/1/11 02/2/11 08/2/11 20/1/11 03/2/11 12/1/11 10/2/11 23/1/11 04/2/11 06/2/11 08/1/11 02/1/11 23/1/11 04/2/11 05/2/11 06/1/11 17/1/11 03/2/11 27/1/11 20/1/11 22/1/11 15/1/11 27/1/11 15/1/11 17/1/11 30/1/11

Dos Hermanas Albenga Dos Hermanas Naples Grosseto Taby Meydan Naples Cagnes-Sur-Mer Meydan Neuss Siracusa Happy Valley Naples Cagnes-Sur-Mer Rome Siracusa Tampa Bay Downs Cagnes-Sur-Mer Pau Pau Gulfstream Park Sha Tin Sonoda Pau Cagnes-Sur-Mer Cagnes-Sur-Mer Naples Siracusa Rome Santa Anita Siracusa Meydan Taby Meydan Pisa Sha Tin Aqueduct Gulfstream Park Siracusa Sha Tin Cagnes-Sur-Mer Kochi Dortmund Neuss Santa Anita Casarano Siracusa Siracusa Siracusa Kranji Cagnes-Sur-Mer Naples Pisa Pisa Rome Pau Pau Pau Pisa Cagnes-Sur-Mer Rome Meydan Happy Valley Meydan Meydan Pisa Al Rayyan Meydan Nagoya Meydan Rome Rome Cagnes-Sur-Mer Siracusa Turf Paradise Laurel Rome Al Rayyan Al Rayyan Taby Marseille Borely Taby Golden Gate Dos Hermanas Istanbul Calder Taby Albenga Rome Meydan Naples Al Rayyan Meydan Meydan Rome Siracusa Al Rayyan Rome Santa Anita Taby

1m3f 1m3f 1m2f110y 5f 1m 1m2f 1m 7f 6f110y 1m6f 7f110y 6f 1m55y 1m1f 1m 1m2f110y 1m1f110y 1m 1m 7f110y 1m1f110y 1m 7f 7f 7f110y 1m2f 1m4f 5f 1m1f 1m2f110y 6f 1m2f 1m3f 1m4f 6f 6f 7f 1m 1m 7f110y 6f 6f110y 7f 1m1f 1m3f110y 1m 1m 1m 1m2f110y 6f 6f 1m2f 5f 6f 6f 6f 7f110y 1m1f110y 1m1f110y 6f110y 1m4f 7f 6f 6f 1m 1m 7f110y 2m 7f 7f 1m3f 7f 6f 1m2f 1m1f 6f 1m 7f110y 1m1f55y 7f 1m 1m5f 1m2f 1m 5f 6f110y 1m4f 1m 1m3f 1m 1m 1m 6f 6f 5f 1m 1m2f110y 1m3f 6f 1m1f 1m

4,310 1,724 4,310 1,724 1,724 2,394 9,490 2,155 9,483 9,490 1,724 4,310 54,129 2,155 6,466 3,017 3,448 6,692 8,621 6,466 7,759 38,462 (Gr3) 82,370 2,368 6,897 6,466 6,466 2,155 1,724 3,017 21,538 2,155 42,685 2,394 7,381 4,310 30,124 7,308 17,308 1,724 40,008 6,466 789 1,724 2,586 6,154 2,155 4,310 8,620 4,310 9,418 20,259 2,155 1,939 1,939 3,017 7,759 8,621 8,621 3,448 6,897 3,448 7,381 30,124 7,381 7,908 2,155 15,160 67,908 1,342 58,207 3,017 6,034 6,897 1,724 4,500 4,385 5,172 4,043 4,043 2,873 6,034 2,873 2,997 4,310 5,805 37,756 (Gr3) 2,394 3,232 2,586 9,490 6,034 4,043 46,565 58,207 2,155 12,931 30,319 2,155 13,077 1,819

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FLASHBACK

March 19, 1981 Little Owl and Jim Wilson jump the final fence from Silver Buck and Night Nurse in the Cheltenham Gold Cup

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hould Sam Waley-Cohen guide Long Run to success in this year’s Cheltenham Gold Cup, he will become the first amateur to triumph in chasing’s blue riband for 30 years.

In 1981, Jim Wilson partnered the Peter Easterby-trained Little Owl, whom he co-owned with his brother Robin, to a length-and-a-half victory over stable companion Night Nurse.

Wilson recalls: “Tied Cottage took us along until he fell – I was always in the box seat. I’d sat handier in his previous races but Peter wanted me third or fourth.

“I went on at the second last but going to the final fence there was a hell of a noise; it’s like a funnel at Cheltenham and he was half flicking his ears.

“Little Owl was a big, raw horse – he was only seven when he won the

Gold Cup – and a good jumper, but sadly he had a virus afterwards and was never the same again.

Unfortunately he did not reach his full potential.”

Wilson enjoyed plenty of success at the Festival – he was on board for Willie Wumpkins’s three consecutive wins in the Coral Golden Hurdle Final (now the Pertemps Final), while he ended the 1980 meeting as the leading rider with three winners.

He continues: “I was very lucky to have been leading jockey at the Festival and there was no pressure on me riding in the Gold Cup. “I’d love to see Sam and Long Run do it this year. He’s disappointed at Cheltenham before, and often horses that do that never win at Cheltenham.

But the major plus is he’s a young horse, like Little Owl was.”

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