Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder September 2011 by The Owner Breeder

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Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder inc Pacemaker September 2011

£4.95 | September 2011 | Issue 85

Incorporating

Brazil’s latest sporting star But will Silvestre de Sousa be smiling at the end of the season?

Plus • Weight for age: is it time the rules were changed? • European and US yearling sales in the spotlight • Tony Morris: ‘Frankel is better than Brigadier Gerard’

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One of only three stallions since the 1930’s to sire three Epsom Derby winners…the others being NORTHERN DANCER and NIJINSKY!!! Three Group 1 winners in 2011…

21 individual Group/Stakes-winning fillies including:

POUR MOI Epsom Derby-Gr.1 FAME AND GLORY Ascot Gold Cup-Gr.1 ST NICHOLAS ABBEY Coronation Cup-Gr.1

MONTARE

1st Prix Royal-Oak-Gr.1

SARAH LYNX

1st Prix de Pomone-Gr.2 in 2011

MARIA ROYAL

1st Prix de Royallieu-Gr.2 in 2010

MISS KELLER

1st Canadian Stakes-Gr.2 in 2010 2nd E.P. Taylor Stakes-Gr.1 in 2010

MONT ETOILE

1st Ribblesdale Stakes-Gr.2

CLOWANCE

1st St. Simon Stakes-Gr.3 in 2010 3rd Coronation Cup-Gr.1 in 2011

PINK SYMPHONY 1st Give Thanks Stakes-Gr.3 in 2011

POUR MOI

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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His World Champion son HURRICANE RUN already numbers 4 Group winners amongst his first 3YO crop…

DON’T HURRY ME Prix Penelope-Gr.3, Saint-Cloud

FUTURE GENERATION Desmond Stakes-Gr.3, Leopardstown

BALLYBACKA LADY 1,000 Guineas Trial-Gr.3, Leopardstown KREEM Prix du Lys-Gr.3, Chantilly

Already in 2011 his daughters have produced 8 individual 2YO winners including Group-placed PARISH HALL, Stakes-placed pair DEAR LAVINIA and WISTON along with impressive Newmarket Maiden winner JUSTINEO.

Contact: Coolmore Stud, Fethard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Tel: 353-52-6131298. Fax: 353-52-6131382. Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Tim Corballis, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Mathieu Legars or Jason Walsh. David Magnier, Tom Gaffney, Joe Hernon or Cathal Murphy: 353-25-31966/31689. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) 44-7827-795156. E-mail: sales@coolmore.ie Web site: www.coolmore.com

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Incorporating

Brazil’s latest sporting star But will Silvestre de Sousa be smiling at the end of the season?

Plus • Weight for age: is it time the rules were changed? • European and US yearling sales in the spotlight • Tony Morris: ‘Frankel is better than Brigadier Gerard’

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Cover: Silvestre de Sousa Photo: George Selwyn

EDWARD ROSENTHAL

It’s official: we’ve seen the best miler of all time

ony Morris, our venerable columnist, has seen a lot of horses. He’s also seen a lot of races. So when he says that Frankel is the best miler that he’s ever seen – better even than Brigadier Gerard, the colt who dominated the division in the early 1970s and was beaten only once in 18 starts – then it’s time to accept, if we hadn’t already, that we’re witnessing equine greatness. Of course, racing is all about opinions, but when a man like Morris admits to being “overwhelmed and in tears” after a racecourse performance, it pretty much puts the seal on the deal, so to speak. The colt’s trainer, Sir Henry Cecil – a man who has probably trained more champions than the rest of his colleagues put together – believes his current star is the best horse he has ever seen. That’s seen, not trained. Frankel’s effort at Goodwood in the Sussex Stakes took the breath away. It was a privilege to watch an animal capable of such startling acceleration in a top level race, against a rival – albeit later found to be lame – who had proved himself the best older miler in training. Unlike Sea The Stars, whose three-year-old season proved his farewell campaign, Frankel is set to stay in training as a four-year-old. British racing couldn’t have asked for a better present (notwithstanding the government delivering a suitable replacement for the levy). Before then, however, the son of Galileo is likely to prove the biggest attraction on the new Champions’ Day at Ascot on October 15. It’s a date not to be missed. Most owner/breeders would be delighted to have one Group 1 horse in their armoury each season but Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms operation – under whose banner Frankel was bred – continues to churn out high-class performers and potential champions at an incredible rate. The cracking battle between Abdullah’s duo Twice Over and Midday in the Juddmonte International, a

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race he was winning for the first time having sponsored the event since 1989, followed a striking performance by his Sea Moon in the Great Voltigeur. The son of Beat Hollow was subsequently installed as hot favourite for the St Leger on September 10. The St Leger has become the poor relation to the other four British Classics, with many horses sidestepping the extended 1m 6f contest in favour of races over shorter distances. In his column this month, James Willoughby assesses the claim that horses are no longer being bred for stamina – and races like the St Leger – by analysing the winning times of British Classic winners. To read Willoughby’s fascinating findings, turn to page 23. Silvestre de Sousa may well have his first Classic ride in this year’s Leger aboard Namibian, on whom he landed the Gordon Stakes at Goodwood. The jockey, who hails from Sao Paulo in Brazil, has emerged as the biggest threat to Paul Hanagan in this year’s jockeys’ title race – in part due to Ryan Moore’s unfortunate absence through injury – impressing greatly with his balance and strength in the saddle. De Sousa’s services may be in great demand but, as Julian Muscat discovers (pages 40-43), there was a time not so long ago when he couldn’t even secure one ride, during his time in Ireland with Dermot Weld’s stable. “One day I asked him why I was good enough to ride 12 horses ever morning but not good enough to ride on the track,” de Sousa explains. “I told him I was leaving and he went mad. He said he would find me some rides, but by then I had decided to walk away. “It was hard, I was very happy there. Mr Weld was good to me. But I wanted to ride.” Ambition is a very powerful motivator and it may just take de Sousa to the top of the jockeys’ table.

“Frankel staying in training at four is the best present British racing could ask for

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CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2011

NEWS & VIEWS

FEATURES

ROA Leader Levy replacement is key issue

TBA Leader Veterinary research is vital

News Howard Johnson’s four-year ban

Changes

Tony Morris James Willoughby The myth of no stamina

INTERNATIONAL SCENE 27

View From Ireland Tribute to George Mernagh

Continental Tales Rise and fall of Flashing Numbers

Going Global Masashi Yoshida’s vision

Sales Circuit

112 Flashback Dunfermline’s St Leger

Talking To... Owner/breeder Reg Bond

Silvestre de Sousa Brazilian title contender

In awe of the great Frankel

Sales Special

Buoyant trade at Saratoga

Foundation Mares The Barnett family’s Athasi

Your monthly round-up

Yearling season continues

The Big Picture Frankel and Twice Over

Breeders’ Digest Don’t overlook the St Leger

Barry Hills Top trainer retires

Weight for age Is the scale fair?

Barry Hills signs off after 42 years as a trainer (pages 10-11)

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ROA LEADER

RACHEL HOOD President Racehorse Owners Association

Deafening silence after depressing Tote sale Racing gave up on a judicial review because of the bigger funding prize

hy has racing’s reaction to Betfred’s purchase of the Tote been so muted? In a few short months, the industry has moved from vehement opposition, to talk of a judicial review, to grudging acceptance and now, in some quarters, supine acquiesce. Once the writing was on the wall – and in some cases even before it was – racecourses were never going to rock the boat for fear of losing sponsorship. And, for the industry generally, it quickly become apparent that the idea of launching a judicial review did not sit comfortably with the industry’s most urgent need at this time – help from the government to get a new funding mechanism on the statute books. The resulting decision that we should pull back from a judicial review does, nevertheless, still leave several ROA Council members smarting with anger and frustration, especially as the BHA had repeatedly assured us they would deliver the Tote to racing. It is difficult to know where a judicial review might have taken us but, reading the Hansard reports relating to the parliamentary debates surrounding the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill in 2003/4, leaves no doubt there was a firm intention at that time for the government of the day to transfer the Tote to a Racing Trust. Yet somehow, after the so-called Enabling Act was passed to allow the government to privatise and then sell the Tote, successive governments in the intervening years have conveniently overlooked the commitments made in these debates. Many MPs at the time were mindful of the danger that this process would not result in racing acquiring the Tote, among them the late Foreign Secretary Robin Cook. Indeed, Hansard tells us that during debates in the Commons and Lords seven years ago it was argued vociferously that the Bill should leave no doubt the Tote would be sold to racing.

But then, urged on by the betting industry, the spectre of a state aid challenge was raised and swiftly gained momentum, it soon becoming apparent that the government position had changed fundamentally. We moved from having an assurance that racing would acquire the Tote through a Racing Trust, first for no consideration, then for no more than half the market value to a position where the full market value would have to be raised and the Tote would be sold to the highest bidder. One of racing’s biggest miscalculations with regard to the Tote sale was to accept the whole business had to be sold as one entity. Easy to say with hindsight, but today’s outcome shows how we should have fought tooth and nail against this. As things turned out, racing should have been content to acquire the Tote pool betting monopoly on its own. The value of the pool part of the business is still relatively small and it would certainly have been possible for racing to have raised the finance to acquire the pool without the shops and without any state aid concerns. As it is, the synergies available to any business with an existing betting shop estate were always going make the Tote a very attractive proposition for a company like Betfred – hence their willingness to pay the full market price. The government should not be allowed to forget the blow they have dealt this industry and, equally, should be left in no doubt they owe British horseracing a cast iron pledge that they will hasten the establishment of a horserace betting right to replace the levy. We must also know more about the £90m racing is due to receive from the Tote sale. When will we receive it and what strings will be attached to how it is spent? Only when these issues are resolved should we accept the status quo. And only then might the deep concerns that racing has once more got it wrong in not pushing for a judicial review begin to dissipate.

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KIRSTEN RAUSING Chairman Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association

The horse must be central to any debate on racing Veterinary research is vital to protect our sport’s most cherished asset

he two high profile fatalities witnessed at Ascot and Goodwood underline the jeopardy associated with any full blown marketing initiative to bring people to the racecourse in their droves for the first time. The very public loss of Rewilding was heart-wrenching, as was the loss of Captain John Nixon. Both horses had given pleasure to many and how we as an industry and individuals with a passion for horses can come to terms with our conscience, when horses pay the ultimate sacrifice, is a matter which I felt compelled to touch upon. John Gosden’s quick, eloquent and knowledgeable response certainly helped those less well informed to come to terms with the situation that unfolded so cruelly in front of them. I would like to put on record my recognition of his swift action and professional intervention. We have to accept that accidents will happen, but at each stage of their lives, our horses’ welfare is paramount, not least because as horsemen we all want to breed, train and own the best athlete from our efforts, but also because as breeders, trainers, owners and racecourse executives, we share a love and respect for horses. A successful, durable racehorse by nature becomes ‘public property’ and he does so much to captivate the spirit of racing that drives a nation’s love of the sport. We should be proud of our achievements to breed, raise and nurture, educate and protect our horses from birth through to their racing career and beyond. It is, therefore, vital that we ensure veterinary research is maintained to protect our most cherished asset. Despite a reduction in income, the TBA has maintained its commitment to funding not only the vital work of the Animal Health Trust, but also additional support for equine reproduction veterinary research. The recent announcement that the Levy Board’s expenditure for 2012 includes an increase in its contribution to

veterinary science and research to £1.2 million must be applauded. This may seem small fry in the greater scheme of things, but a positive message none the less that the Levy Board – comprising racing and the bookmaking industry – is united in protecting the very heart of our industry. Without the horse we have no racing industry. It was, therefore, disappointing to read the inaugural Leaders in Racing Conference outline itinerary which features in its presentations many recent soundbites: ‘Racing for Money’, ‘Racing for the Punter’, ‘Racing for Change’ and ‘Racing the Course’ – but what about the horse? Is he irrelevant to their thinking and, if so, I wonder whether their priorities are in the correct order? Perhaps by the time my thoughts are in print, we at the TBA will have been able to get the message across that these ‘leaders’ have missed the point. In a September column, albeit penned in early August, I cannot avoid a mention for the 2011 yearling sales season. The much hyped years, with record prices followed by bloated catalogues leading to the threat of clashes in the sales calendar, are now just a memory. The number of yearlings offered in 2011 has dropped, not off a cliff, but to a meaningful number. We know that these figures will continue to decline, but this year will be one which sets the tone for the industry going forward. The uncomfortable threat of a further decline in the world economic situation has not come at a good time for vendors, yet those with the right horse will see that scarcity brings its rewards. For the majority, however, concerns about a lack of orders amongst the agents, and trainers cutting out ‘onspec’ purchasers, are now closer to reality. It is remarkable, therefore, that this year we will enjoy the full benefits of the not inconsiderable investment in enhanced facilities by the major sales houses, which were ironically fuelled by that incredible growth.

“John Gosden’s quick,

eloquent and knowledgeable response helped those less well informed

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Turf Legend Over 3,000 winners. Ten UK and Irish Classics. 42 years as a trainer. The numbers barely do justice to Barry Hillsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fabulously successful career. At 74, he has decided to hand over the reigns to his son, Charlie. Enjoy your retirement, Barry Photos George Selwyn

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NEWS Stories from the racing world

Howard Johnson retires • Ban ends trainer’s career • Graham Wylie makes big cutback to racing operation Howard Johnson has sent out his last runner as a licensed trainer after receiving a four-year ban from the sport for drug offences and breaking the rules on horse welfare. The punishment, imposed by the British Horseracing Authority which said the former handler had exhibited a “reckless disregard for the rules”, resulted in Johnson announcing his retirement from racing and Graham Wylie, Johnson’s biggest owner, declaring that he will drastically reduce his racing string. Johnson was found to have run Striking Article eight times after the gelding had undergone a palmar neurectomy – an operation which involves severing nerves in the foot, banned under the rules of racing – which yielded a three-year disqualification. He received a further year’s penalty for administering an anabolic steroid to three horses

Johnson (left) and Wylie enjoyed huge success during their nine-year association

in his care, discovered after his Co Durham stable was visited by drug testers in January 2010. All three horses were owned by Wylie. Johnson, 58, took out a full training licence in 1986. The first superstar to pass through White Lea Farm in Crook was Direct Route, who won five Grade 1s, included two Melling Chases and a Tingle Creek Trophy, and was beaten a shorthead by Edredon Bleu in the 2000 Queen Mother Champion Chase. Computer millionaire Wylie didn’t enter ownership until 2002 but, after enjoying success with his first horse Lord Transcend, a dual Grade 2 winner, he quickly became

hooked on the sport and the big racing festivals. At its height, Wylie’s string numbered over 100 – all stabled with Johnson – and the duo enjoyed a plethora of big-race wins, highlighted by Inglis Drever’s three victories in the World Hurdle at Cheltenham. Arcalis, No Refuge and the quirky Tidal Bay also triumphed at the Festival while Flat success under the banner of Transcend Bloodstock came via Masta Plasta and South Central, both victorious in the Norfolk Stakes. Wylie’s horses will now be based with Paul Nicholls and Willie Mullins, champion trainers in Britain and Ireland respectively.

Extracts from the BHA Panel’s verdict on Johnson In respect of the neurectomy issues, Johnson admitted this breach at the very outset of the BHA’s inquiry and the panel has noted this in his favour. That said, there is nothing else to Johnson’s credit about this episode. Johnson is a well known trainer who has enjoyed success at the very highest level of the sport. Horseracing should be able to expect such individuals to act as guardians of the rules of racing. Johnson has shown a reckless disregard for the rules so as to jeopardise the future welfare of a gelding in training and the safety of those jockeys and stable staff who were engaged to ride it. The rules are unambiguous on this issue. A horse which has undergone a neurectomy is prohibited from racing. Nevertheless, Johnson still entered Striking Article in eight races when the sensation in its near-fore limb was likely to be compromised. Those who are entrusted with a licence to

train racehorses must not compromise, ignore or be reckless as to the consequences of their actions in respect of equine welfare. Johnson’s reckless disregard for the rules was behaviour which fell seriously short of the standard to be expected of an experienced licensed trainer. The panel believe that the matters found proved against Johnson can only properly be dealt with by the imposition of a period of disqualification. Any lesser penalty would undermine the confidence stakeholders in racing are entitled to hold that reckless disregard of equine welfare will not be tolerated. In the panel’s view, any disqualification must be for a significant period, one which marks the gravity of the issues. The panel has determined to disqualify Johnson for a period of three years in respect of the neurectomy. Turning to the anabolic steroid issues: the penalty must reflect that Johnson’s practice, in

administering anabolic steroids in his yard ignored the rules of racing. Johnson’s actions have seriously prejudiced the integrity and good reputation of horseracing in Great Britain. Again, Johnson’s knowledge of the rules of racing on these issues has been found wanting. Adherence to the rules of racing is not an optional extra for a trainer. And in this case, Johnson has also sought to mislead the panel as to the facts underpinning whether the geldings were in training. These are serious findings made against an experienced trainer. The panel has considered whether this issue could be dealt with by way of a fine but do not consider that this course of conduct could properly be marked with a financial penalty. The panel has therefore concluded that these issues must also be marked by a period of disqualification and that the proportionate period in respect of these matters is one year.

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Safety review calls for modification to famous Grand National fences Alterations to Becher’s Brook among the changes planned by the BHA and Aintree Modifications are to be made to the Grand National course following an interim safety review by the BHA and Aintree racecourse. The course’s unique spruce fences were last remodelled in 1990 and, as part of the review into the 2011 Grand National, in which two horses were fatally injured, detailed analysis of the last 20 runnings of the race has been undertaken. Julian Thick, Managing Director of Aintree Racecourse, said: “The safety and welfare of horses and riders is always our number one priority at Aintree. This is the latest stage in our continuous drive to make the Grand National Course as safe as possible. “The Grand National is an unparalleled challenge over four miles and four furlongs and this unique event is the most famous race in the world. “It is not possible to completely eliminate risk in horse racing. However, I am confident the course changes will, over time, have a positive impact.” The recommended modifications are: • Re-profiling of the landing side of Becher’s Brook to reduce the current drop by between 10cm and 12.5cm in order to provide a more level landing area for horses. The height of the fence will remain at 4 feet 10 inches. • Levelling of the landing side of the first fence (fence 17 on the second circuit) in a bid to stop horses who may ‘over jump’ the first being caught out. This fence will also remain at 4 feet 10 inches high. • A two-inch reduction in height of the fourth fence to 4 feet 10 inches. • Orange toe boards at the base of each fence to be increased to 14 inches. “These modifications are sensible and balanced,” said Jamie Stier, Director of Raceday Operations and Regulation for the BHA. “Aintree, our team of course inspectors and our senior veterinary advisor have analysed DVD footage of races and fallers over the National Course since 2000. “We have also received a lot of valuable feedback from our sport’s participants and welfare groups. I truly believe it all makes for a strong package of track changes that will enhance rider and equine welfare.” THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

Baby Run negotiates Becher’s Brook at Aintree this year; the drop is set to be reduced

The changes, which have been made in consultation with the RSPCA, World Horse Welfare, the National Trainers’ Federation and Professional Jockeys’ Association, are set to be implemented in time to allow a bedding-in process for the altered fences and surrounds before Becher Chase day at Aintree on Saturday, December 3. Despite consultation, the planned changes have not been well received by all within racing. Toby Balding, former Chairman of the TBA’s National Hunt Committee who twice trained the winner of the race – Highland Wedding in 1969 and Little Polveir in the year before the last set of modifications were made to the course – said he was disappointed that further changes were deemed to be necessary. “The Grand National’s uniqueness is why it has that special place in history,” he said. “I feel that enough changes have been made to the course over the years. If we keep allowing it to be modified then I do rather concur with the view that we end up with little more than a glorified handicap hurdle. “It seems a shame to keep reducing the challenge but I do appreciate the world that we live in – I’m not involved any more and if I was, perhaps I’d feel differently. I was happy to win two Grand Nationals and the real prize was the challenge of it. That’s what jump racing is all about.”

Grand National-winning former jockey Mick Fitzgerald, who partnered Rough Quest to victory in 1996 and suffered a careerending fall in the 2008 National, believes the changes could help the race’s long-term prospects. He said: “I don’t want anything to detract from the spectacle of the race but if you ask next year’s winner if it feels any less of an achievement to have won it after the fences have been modified, then he or she will say no, because it is still an almighty test. “Every aspect of life has moved on and we have to make sure that the public does not want the race to end. We don’t want to just roll over but at the same time I don’t want there to be no Grand National in ten years’ time. “However, I do think that the race as it stands is a fair test and, as a jockey, there’s no other race that will give you the same buzz as the National does.” The BHA’s full review of all operational aspects of the 2011 Grand National continues and the results will be published in October. Among its considerations are pre- and post-race care of all horses, particularly on unseasonably warm days, with a washing-down and coolingoff area a possibility. It could also recommend that on hot days, the traditional Grand National parade immediately before the race is either shortened or scrapped.

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Trainer retires after career which yielded almost 3,200 winners, including ten British and Irish Classics; son Charlie takes over the licence BHA to limit the number of fixtures to 1,400 maximum in 2012, a drop of 80 on this year’s scheduled programme Racecourse group sees £1.9 million fall in total revenue – to £28.2m – and £600,000 decrease in profit – to £1.4m – for first six months of 2011 Crook trainer retires after being handed a four-year ban by the BHA for breaching rules on horse welfare and drug offences Three-time champion jockey has title hopes ended after fall at Goodwood in July resulted in broken humerus and thumb Gold Cup-winning trainer is fined £3,000 for failed drug test of mare Heather Royal at Huntingdon in February Apprentice jockey, 23, joins Richard Hannon’s stable after spell with David O’Meara Fences to be modified for 2012 race – including reducing drop to landing side of Becher’s Brook – following BHA review into safety Curragh Classic will switch back to a Saturday in 2012 in bid to boost the race’s profile; it has been run on a Sunday since the late 1980s Dubai-based owner removes around 20 horses from stable of Paul Cole; Roger Varian and David Simcock are announced as new trainers for Hay Recruits John O’Reilly as head of their online betting and gaming operation and signs ten-year deal with software provider Playtech Parts company with agent Dave Roberts after 15 years and moves to rival Chris Broad Sister of jockeys Ryan, Jamie and Joshua wins competition searching for Britain’s first female race commentator Jump jockey who sustained serious head injuries in fall earlier this year is discharged from rehabilitation centre in Ireland and returns home Puts Childwick Bury Stud in Hertfordshire on the market following decision to reduce her bloodstock interests Will be banned in juvenile graded races in the United States in 2012 Californian track will host 2012 Breeders’ Cup, much to the disgust of New York horsemen who argued it was Belmont Park’s turn Handed the role of General Manager at Tattersalls Ireland, following the death of George Mernagh, having been Finance Manager

RACEHORSE AND STALLION – MOVEMENTS AND RETIREMENTS Canford Cliffs Kauto Stone Green Desert Stacelita Lady Of The Desert Geordieland Bollin Eric Dynaformer Roman Soldier Pisco Sour Memory Beaver Patrol Paco Boy

Brilliant miler, winner of five Group 1s, is retired after sustaining a leg injury in the Sussex Stakes; the son of Tagula will stand at Coolmore Ireland in 2012 French Grade 1 winner and half-brother to Kauto Star, recently moved to Paul Nicholls, is bought by Robin Geffen Enjoyed Group 1 success as a sprinter before establishing himself as an excellent sire of sires through sons Cape Cross, Oasis Dream and Invincible Spirit Top-class mare leaves French trainer Jean-Claude Rouget to join Chad Brown in the US, winning the Beverly D Stakes in August for her new handler Daughter of Rahy, placed three times at Group 1 level and a Group 2 winner at two and three, is retired Talented stayer, placed three times in the Gold Cup at Ascot and winner of a Yorkshire Cup and Henry II Stakes, is retired aged ten Jump stallion relocates to Brenda Bowditch’s Colmer Stud in Dorset following sale of Wood Farm Stud; Lucarno moves to Haras de Saint-Voir in France US-based sire, 26, whose progeny include Blue Bunting and Lucarno, will cover limited book of 40 mares at Three Chimneys Farm next year Coventry Stakes runner-up sold to continue racing career in Hong Kong; three-year-old Dominant, third in the Group 2 York Stakes, is also heading east Royal Ascot winner is sold out of Hughie Morrison’s yard to continue racing career in Dubai for Godolphin Three-year-old who won the Albany and Cherry Hinton Stakes last year is retired after failing to come out of the stalls three times this season Popular sprint handicapper trained by Fulke and then Eve Johnson Houghton is retired aged nine Arrives at Waikato Stud in New Zealand to begin shuttle stallion duties for his first southern hemisphere season

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THE BIG PICTURE

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GOODWOOD

Simply the best Frankel and Tom Queally win their ‘Duel on the Downs’ with Canford Cliffs and Richard Hughes in the Sussex Stakes. The winner, described by his trainer Sir Henry Cecil as “the best horse we have ever seen”, is now set for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot on Champions’ Day, October 15 Photos George Selwyn

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THE BIG PICTURE

Twice is a first

Stable companions Twice Over and Midday, trained by Sir Henry Cecil, fight out the finish to the Juddmonte International Stakes, to give owner Khalid Abdullah his first victory in the race he has sponsored since 1989 and jockey Ian Mongan (below) his debut success at the top level

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THE MAN YOU CAN’T IGNORE COMMENT

Tony Morris The Sussex Stakes was never likely to develop into a monumental head-bobber, as in such duels the superior horse tends to put the pressure on, making his rival crack and fall away

acegoers in Britain have been immensely privileged in 2011 to witness performances of outstanding quality by one of the greatest horses of modern times. I refer, of course, to Frankel, the Juddmonte-bred colt who convinced all but the compilers of the world rankings that he was far and away the best of his generation last season, and who defies those assessors to deny him the accolade of world champion – and grant him his due wide margin of superiority – this year. Now unbeaten in eight races, the son of Galileo began his campaign with a fluent win over seven furlongs in the Group 3 Greenham Stakes at Newbury, a victory all the more impressive for the facts that his pacemaker proved not to be up to the job and that his own natural exuberance caused him to expend more energy than was ideal in the early stages of the race. It was impossible to find fault with an emphatic four-length victory over a colt – Excelebration – who proceeded on his next start to romp home by seven lengths in the German 2,000 Guineas, the Mehl-Mulhens Rennen. Frankel’s second outing this year came in the ‘real’ 2,000 Guineas, in which he gave a display unmatched over the Rowley Mile since Tudor Minstrel’s triumph in 1947. Plan A had been for Rerouted to provide a lead, but that was scotched by the draw, which placed the pair as far apart as was possible, so Plan B, letting Frankel make his own running, was adopted, with sensational consequences. At halfway, galloping freely with a substantial lead, he had all 12 rivals stone cold and proceeded to stroll home, unchallenged, with six lengths to spare. Old-timers might point out Tudor Minstrel, running in exactly the same fashion, had won his Guineas by eight lengths, but that was to overlook the facts that his supposed only serious rival Petition – it was 100-7 bar the two – had ditched his jockey just before the start, then ran without his usual characteristic verve, and was sick afterwards. Who could say for certain that Frankel’s display was in any way inferior? And so to Ascot, where Frankel did not win like the 30-100 shot he was, but he could be

absolved of all blame for what occurred. This time Rerouted’s pacemaking role was enacted admirably and fears that the favourite would be unable to curb his impulsive tendencies were unfounded; the Warren Place team had done a fabulous job in teaching him to settle since his tearaway performance in the Guineas. All looked set fair for another emphatic victory until Tom Queally took it into his head to ‘do an Arazi’, instigating a mid-race move that rapidly reeled the pacemaker in and took him six lengths clear of the pursuing pack with two furlongs left to race. The Guineas experience

“I was baffled by the reaction of seasoned racegoers after the ‘Duel on the Downs’ had been resolved” should have persuaded the jockey that Frankel would idle when left out in front for long and that is just what occurred. At the post he had no more than three-quarters of a length in hand over Zoffany, though it seemed obvious that more prudent tactics would have resulted in victory by a far more substantial margin.

Hype – which I ignored So what do we conclude after Goodwood? The Sussex Stakes was hyped like no other race for years, billed as the ‘Duel on the Downs’ and over several preceding weeks filling more column inches on the racing pages than all other topics put together. The opinions of all and sundry, professionals and Joe Public alike, were sought and duly reported, and along with the bumper crowd in attendance at Britain’s – perhaps the

world’s – most picturesque racecourse, many hundreds of thousands more at home with terrestrial or satellite coverage to guide them focussed their attention on what had to be regarded as the race of the season. I wonder when the outcome of the Sussex Stakes was last more eagerly awaited than that of Ascot’s midsummer championship, which annually precedes it by just a few days? Never, I suspect. So what did everyone imagine they were going to witness when the dominant three-yearold miler crossed swords with the dominant four-year-old miler? What had the media led them to expect? I ask because I was baffled by the reactions of three seasoned racegoers whom I met within a few minutes of the issue being resolved. “Disappointing”, said one. “A damp squib”, said the second. Even more startling, the third referred to what he had just watched as “a complete fiasco.” I have to confess that I had paid absolutely no attention to all the preceding hype. I had formed my own view about the respective merits of Frankel and Canford Cliffs, and it really did not matter to me what anyone else had to say on the subject. It is possible, though unlikely, that all three of my dissatisfied acquaintances had simply backed the wrong one. I suspect that their reactions may have been more about what they thought they were going to see, or what some in the media might have persuaded them that they would see, namely, a neck-and-neck battle, resolved only in the shadow of the post, if then. Okay, I know all about Grundy and Bustino; I was there. I’ve seen the clips of the AffirmedAlydar struggles that enlivened the 1978 US Triple Crown events. But Frankel v Canford Cliffs never figured to be one of those occasions. What tends to happen when two outstanding horses meet, particularly in races over distances shorter than those I have just mentioned, is that one applies relentless pressure and there comes a point when the other will crack and fall away beaten. That does not make a close finish likely and the defeated horse will appear to have run below form; in truth, it fails simply because it THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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has come up against a horse who is significantly superior, and what it has achieved in lesser company is irrelevant. In short, it is over-matched. I could not be sure what would happen in the Sussex Stakes, because tactics were likely to play a part, but the scenario I hoped to see, which depended upon Tom Queally exercising sound judgement, did turn out to be accurate. There have to be some times when I get things right.

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JAMES WILLOUGHBY COMMENT

While the St Leger may not attract the horses it once did, there is no evidence to suggest that this is due to a lack of stamina in the modern thoroughbred

The breed stays further, faster

very year, the running of the St Leger seems to provoke the same tired discussion about the decline of stamina in the thoroughbred. “Years of breeding for speed…” often starts some cleverly worded polemic, bemoaning the flimsy staying power of the breed when compared to its predecessor from the halcyon days of the sport. This is a fallacy, yet, amazingly, it has survived for over 150 years. In 1856, the author ‘Stonehenge’ published a book in which he stated that “the modern racehorse has become more precocious and speedier, but in proportion has lost his qualities of endurance.” And the same notion has been rehashed many times since.

TEN FASTEST DERBY TIMES 2010 WORKFORCE 2:31.33 1995 LAMMTARRA 2:32.31 2001 GALILEO 2:33.27 2003 KRIS KIN 2:33.35 1967 ROYAL PALACE 2:33.36 2004 NORTH LIGHT 2:33.72 1936 MAHMOUD 2:33.80* 1988 KAHYASI 2:33.84 1998 HIGH-RISE 2:33.88 1987 REFERENCE POINT 2:33.90

best three-year-olds, the St Leger is seeing winners run quicker”

TEN FASTEST OAKS TIMES 1993 INTREPIDITY 2:34.19 1982 TIME CHARTER 2:34.21 1989 ALIYSA 2:34.22+ 1980 BIREME 2:34.33 1927 BEAM 2:34.60* 1988 DIMINUENDO 2:35.02 1934 LIGHT BROCADE 2:35.20* 1976 PAWNEESE 2:35.25 2009 SARISKA 2:35.28 1952 FRIEZE 2:35.26 * hand time + disqualified for prohibited substance

But there has never been any evidence to support this notion. In 1946, the great breeder Federico Tesio pointed this out in Breeding The Racehorse. Tracing the development of the winning times for the Derby and Oaks over the previous 100 years, he wrote: “Clearly, the facts point to the exact opposite of what the ‘good old days’ school would have us believe. Modern horses take distance better than their ancestors because they cover it in faster time.” With the benefit of another 65 years of evidence since Tesio did his analysis, let’s see if his axiom holds true. Starting with 1950, in which Galcador won the Derby and Asmena the Oaks, I have plotted the winning time of the two Classics over the next 65 renewals, including this year’s events won by Pour Moi and Dancing Rain respectively. Rather than present these graphs, in which the times are scattered according to the pace of races and going conditions, it is more powerful to present the mathematical measure of correspondence between the winning time and the year – the correlation coefficient which describes the slope of the ‘best-fit line’.

Here they are: DERBY -0.33 OAKS -0.24 These numbers – a perfect correlation is 1 – describe a trend that as the year number gets higher, the winning times of the Derby and Oaks have got lower. The inverse relationship is the reason for the negative sign. In other words, winning times are tending to get faster over the years (the trend for the Oaks would be similar to that of the Derby, except for the recent tendency for the home turn to be dolled out, increasing the distance of the Oaks). They coincide with Tesio’s findings. Yes, five of the six fastest times in the Derby since 1950 have been recorded since 1995. And this has happened despite artificial irrigation. As Tesio himself wrote, stamina is sustained speed. Though the modem thoroughbred is no doubt aided by improvements in factors such as shoeing, feeding and medication in running faster times, it cannot be said that the breed is declining in stamina; the only

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objective measure of its staying power suggests the opposite is true. Of course, the improvement of running times shown by winners of the Derby and Oaks is only part of a trend obvious across all distances. Consider the correlation between year and winning time for some other Group 1 races since the Second World War: 1,000 GUINEAS -0.52 2,000 GUINEAS -0.50 JULY CUP -0.52 The stronger relationship (more negative correlation between year and winning time) governing races over shorter distances exists only because there is a higher proportion of renewals of the July Cup and the Guineas run at a true pace, so the winning time is a better reflection of the winner’s capabilities. In selecting horses for stallion duties and evaluating the potential of their offspring, it is fair to suggest man has favoured speed and precocity over stamina for commercial reasons. But the breed has still proved resilient to a degree: consider that the best sire of the modern era, Galileo, and that of the previous generation, Sadler’s Wells, were both middledistance horses. Finally, what of the St Leger itself? First run in 1776, its cachet was once enough to attract the best horses of each generation. Nowadays, connections of the best three-year-olds run shy of sending their horse to Doncaster on the basis that merely taking part may encourage the perception they will sire offspring which is not commercially appealing. However ridiculous the logic of this situation is, it must surely have resulted in a decline in the winning times of St Leger winners, right? Er, wrong. Even St Leger winners are running faster times. Expressed statistically, the correlation coefficient between the winning time of the St Leger and the number of the year is -0.34. As Tesio would have said, St Leger winners are now able to maintain a higher speed over the same distance, despite the best three-yearolds avoiding the race. It seems to me it is a good job we have been ‘breeding for speed’ because stayers are getting faster too. Like Tesio established in 1946: modern horses handle distance better than their ancestors because they cover it in faster time.

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The Royal Ascot victory of smart two-year-old Best Terms turned the spotlight back on a damline that has served the Barnett family well for nigh on a century

Athasi: her descendants flourished not only for the Barnetts but also the Aga Khan

inning a big race in 2011 with a homebred filly descended from a mare bought by a member of the family as a three-year-old over 90 years ago is probably unparalleled in the modern history of bloodstock. But that’s precisely what Robert Barnett did with Best Terms in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot, since the mare, Athasi, is her ninth dam. Athasi and her descendants have been the mainstay of W & R Barnett Ltd’s successful breeding operation at such locations as Cloghran Stud, Aston Park Stud and Fair Winter Farm, producing a string of top-flight runners, with other breeders profiting too. Foaled in 1917, Athasi was no great shakes on the racecourse, staying in training until she was six and winning five races, including modest staying handicaps at Ayr and Newcastle, as well as having an unsuccessful go over hurdles. She cost 270 guineas as a yearling and was by Farasi, who stood for as little as 5gns at one point, out of an Irish Oaks winner Athgreany. The Irish Classics in those days were less well contested than now and with no other Classic winners in the pedigree since 1853, this was not exactly the background of a potential star mare when David Barnett bought her. Which perhaps confirms how difficult it is identifying a filly who is going to hit the jackpot at stud.

The crux was William Barnett, brother of David who had died in 1925, sending Athasi to Blandford, none too sound in training and standing at Cloghran. Blandford proved a sensation, becoming champion sire three times in Britain in the 1930s and the nine foals Athasi produced to him included three Classic-winning colts, plus a winner of the Doncaster Cup.

“It took a while for Athasi’s descendants to scale the heights for the Barnetts” The latter, Athford, was her first foal in 1925 and then came Trigo in 1926 (Derby, St Leger, Irish St Leger), Harinero in 1930 (Irish Derby, Irish St Leger) and Primero in 1931 (dead-heated in Irish Derby, won Irish St Leger). Trigo did little at stud but Primero got several champions in Japan, including Hakuryo, Horse of the Year in 1954. Athasi’s five fillies were nowhere near so good as the colts but Harina (1933) was far from short on talent, winning the Imperial

Produce Stakes and finishing second in the Nassau Stakes, and although sold to Peter Beattie after producing just one filly for Barnett named Kyanos, she has had the greatest influence on subsequent generations. Mind you, it took a while for Athasi’s descendants to scale the heights for the Barnetts, whereas in the 1950s they surpassed themselves for the Aga Khan III and Prince Aly Khan. That was via one of Harina’s daughters, Neocracy, who was sold by Beattie as a foal. Neocracy produced champion Tulyar, brilliant victor of the Derby, Eclipse Stakes, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and St Leger in 1952, and Saint Crespin III, who won the Eclipse and dead-heated in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (awarded race) in 1959. She was also grandam of dual Italian Classic winner Anticlea. Elsewhere, another daughter of Athasi’s by Blandford, Avena, appeared in the pedigree of five major non-Barnett winners: Nagami (Gran Premio del Jockey Club, Coronation Cup), the champion juvenile of 1965 Young Emperor, the champion juvenile of 1979 Monteverdi (Dewhurst Stakes), Mistigri (Irish St Leger) and Jade Hunter, whose tally included the Gulfstream Park and Donn Handicaps. To show variety is the spice of life, Athasi’s filly by Windsor Lad, Windsor Park, was the third dam of Viani, successful in the Gran Criterium. But to return to Kyanos, she ran once and foaled a couple of fillies for Barnett before being sold on. Ocean Sailing was the better of them, winning six times, mostly in handicap company. In 1966, Ocean Sailing foaled Centro, by Vienna, and the Barnett interests entered a new era. Centro won at two without showing outstanding ability but it was a different matter at stud. Mated with William Barnett’s marvellous stayer High Line, Centro produced six foals for exceptional results, with stamina and toughness the name of the game. Three of her offspring – Nicholas Bill, Centroline and Tale Quale – won the Jockey Club Cup, with Nicholas Bill also landing the Geoffrey Freer Stakes and Princess of Wales’s Stakes, and Tale Quale the Prix Viocomtesse Vigier. Those three colts ran 68 times and one of two fillies Centro foaled, Centrocon, faced the starter in 12 races. Her four victories were highlighted by the Lancashire Oaks.

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Mated principally with speedy sires, Centrocon was not brilliantly productive and while her daughter Known Charter became dam of Yorkshire Oaks second Magical Retreat, only one of her four runners was above average. That singleton, though, was Time Charter, by a poor sire in champion sprinter Saritamer but one of the best racemares to grace the turf in the second half of the 20th century. Time Charter ran 20 times for Robert Barnett for nine wins, including the Oaks, Sun Chariot Stakes and Champion Stakes at three, the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at four and the Coronation Cup at five. Nor did she fail at stud, visiting such sires as Green Desert, Sadler’s Wells and Shirley Heights and getting seven winners from 11 foals, including Jockey Club Stakes winners Zinaad and Time Allowed. Her unraced daughter Not Before Time produced Prix de Diane runner-up Time Ahead and Time Away, successful in the Musidora Stakes and twice placed in Group 1s before foaling Prix de Malleret winner Time On. Time Saved got Plea Bargain, successful in the King Edward VII Stakes, and stakes-placed By Charter was also a fine broodmare since she produced Classic-placed colts First Charter and Private Charter. Via her daughter Sharp Terms, By Charter is also the grandam of Best Terms, a rarity among the tribe in showing such speed and at such an early date. Whatever she does in the rest of her career, Best Terms has already upheld a proud tradition and Barnett must be delighted he retained her as a yearling for 10,000gns.

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VIEW FROM IRELAND By LEO POWELL, MANAGING EDITOR OF THE IRISH FIELD

‘His passing has left an enormous hole that will be impossible to fill’ Princess Haya leads tributes to Tattersalls Ireland’s Managing Director George Mernagh

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eorge Mernagh, the Managing Director of Tattersalls Ireland and one of the most accomplished members of the wider equestrian community, died on July 22. He was 56 and had fought a long and brave battle with cancer. His death robs the worlds of racing, breeding, bloodstock sales, eventing and showing of one of its most knowledgeable and affable personalities. His contribution to so many aspects of the equine world was immeasurable. Paying tribute to him, HRH Princess Haya of Jordan remarked: “His passing has left an enormous hole that will be difficult if not impossible to fill. He will be truly missed by all who knew and loved him.” Wexford-born Mernagh spent the last 22 years of his working life with Tattersalls Ireland, joining them in 1989. A decade later he was appointed to the board and four years ago became Managing Director. His gentle but fair way of handling even delicate matters was renowned, and he earned the respect of all vendors and purchasers. “He was a gentleman” and “I never heard anyone speak ill of him” were two of the most often repeated phrases used in the aftermath of his death. Edmond Mahony, Chairman of Tattersalls and a personal friend, described him as “one of the most outstanding horsemen of his generation, as his success in so many spheres of equestrianism demonstrated.” Aidan O’Brien and his family have been lifelong friends and he paid his own tribute, saying: “George was a very special man. He was the sort of person you meet once in a lifetime and he was so good with people and with horses.” On the completion of his education at Rockwell College, George spent time in Italy at Allevamento di Mirabello before returning to Ireland. He successfully competed in showing and show jumping before trying his hand at point-to-pointing, enjoying early success. He then moved to England, where he enjoyed a long and fruitful association with the John Webber stable in Oxfordshire. He won the Midlands Grand National on Knock Hill, while Auntie Dot, Townley Stone

and The Dragon Master provided him with other big-race successes. He is still remembered with great affection by the Webbers, and Diana Webber said: “I am sure that everybody who had the privilege of knowing or meeting George would agree that he was the most delightful person. He was like one of our family. He was a brilliant horseman and a true friend.” After leaving the Webbers, Mernagh joined Tattersalls Ireland. The company had moved to Fairyhouse and there he and the team worked at transforming what had been a successful training establishment and stud farm into a hugely successful equestrian hub. In addition to the sales complex, the grounds play host to eventing, shows and point-topointing. Much of this was due to Mernagh’s vision and drive. Away from horseracing and sales, he was one of the most in-demand judges at shows in Ireland and Britain, while he also enjoyed a

huge amount of success in the saddle, his biggest success coming at the Dublin Horse Show in 1999, when he rode Parknasilla to victory in the four-year-old, lightweight and supreme championships. He was honoured this year by Eventing Ireland for his contribution to the discipline and his greatest legacy was to have established, nurtured and seen the Tattersalls International three-day event become so popular. Lord Carew said of him that he was “a very special person – kind, considerate, knowledgeable, a superb horseman and an excellent administrator.” Many others referred to his credibility and huge integrity. He was also, simply, a friend to so many. Tributes to him have already been held at Hickstead and the Royal Dublin Society. He is survived by his mother, extended family, a circle of very close friends and a wider circle of friends within and out of the equine world.

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The Irish Derby, won this year by Treasure Beach (above), will switch dates in 2012

Primetime viewers key to Saturday Irish Derby move Any fears that the race programme for 2012 would suffer in the current climate were allayed when the fixture list for next year was published, although there were a number of talking points. Principal among these was the Irish Derby, sponsored by Dubai Duty Free, which will move from its Sunday afternoon slot to the more ambitious Saturday evening slot. The race has been run on Sunday since 1987 but attendances have been slipping in recent years, while the race also competes for valuable television coverage with many other sports on Sunday. Next year the race will be run on Saturday evening and this will hopefully draw more

primetime television viewers. The response to a similar move for the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes this month will be waited on with interest. The key points from the new fixture list were the increase in race meetings (349 from 336), thanks largely to 13 extra Dundalk evening fixtures from January to March, as reported in last month’s issue. There will be only 74 days in 2012 with no racing scheduled, 25 fewer than this year, while Champion Stakes day at Leopardstown will be followed immediately by the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh. Good news for owners is that the minimum prize fund all year will be €7,000.

Weld dominates The annual Galway racing festival was an unqualified success, yet again. This seven-day race programme tests the stamina of all and, in spite of the difficult fiscal times in which we live, the crowds attending were as big as ever. Talking about things that never change, Dermot Weld (pictured below) again dominated the trainers’ table at Galway. Last year he beat his own record for the meeting with 11 winners. Given that the meeting is full of mixed cards – and the master of Rosewell House would train only a handful of jumpers – this tally looked safe for a while. How wrong could we have been? Weld ended the week with 17 victories. It is probably fair to say this will be a target that even the maestro himself will see as a bridge too far for some years to come.

Kodama helps exposure

Spurred on by that exercise, Kodama is now handling two other well known performers from Japan and he has ambitious plans for each. Cosmo Bulk and King’s Trail are both household names and they are enjoying a huge following from the racing-mad public back home. With luck Cosmo Bulk could follow in the hoofprints of Pop Rock and take his place in the final Irish Classic of the year.

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Irish racing is receiving great attention in Japan, thanks to a couple of veterans that are in training on the Curragh with Takashi Kodama, who also doubles as an agent for Goffs. Last year Kodama won a race at Galway with the former Melbourne Cup and Japan Cup runner-up Pop Rock. Sadly, the horse was injured in The Irish Field St Leger, but he is now enjoying life as a stallion in the Czech Republic.

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Numbers game just doesn’t add up Group 2 winner plumbs the depths and Josef Vana struggles to arrest decline

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Flashing Numbers beats Derby second Dragon Dancer in the 2006 Prix Eugene Adam

seconds, Dragon Dancer, and the Group 1 winner Linda’s Lad. From that point on his career has been all downhill. A nasty bout of colic cost him the

whole of the rest of his three-year-old campaign and when he moved to join Jeremy Noseda in 2007 he never even made it to the racecourse.

Shrewd spending sees Springer hit the

Simon Springer first sprang to the attention of the British racing public in the first month of this century when, as the majority partner of the Munich-based ‘Munchen Gladbackers’ Scoop6 syndicate, he pouched over £450,0000 thanks to the success of a 20-1 outsider in a Sandown handicap hurdle. ‘Lightning never strikes twice’ runs the saying, but it looks like Springer may be about to hit the jackpot for the second time, thanks to an outstanding bunch of juveniles running in his silver with maroon stars silks. Admittedly, he was a rich man even

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or a horse to progress from claimers and sellers to win top class races on the Flat may be unusual, but it is not unheard of. Gentoo, winner of both the Prix du Cadran and the Prix Royal-Oak last October, is probably the most recent example. But for a horse to go the other way, beginning in a blaze of glory and ending in virtual ignominy, is extremely rare, especially when the end point is over jumps rather than on the level. However, that has been the fate of a horse called Flashing Numbers, who was bred in America, has been trained in Germany, England and now the Czech Republic, and has gone from being one of the best colts in Europe to a gelding who is unable to get his head in front over hurdles, even in the very lowest grade. A 60,000 guineas purchase from the Craven Breeze-Up Sale at Newmarket in 2005, the son of Polish Numbers then joined Mario Hofer. Following an effortless late-season juvenile maiden win in Milan on his debut, he was immediately rushed up into Group 1 company and acquitted himself well, finishing third in the Criterium de Saint-Cloud. After a two-race Dubai campaign on dirt, which saw him finish fourth in the UAE 2,000 Guineas, he proved his preference for turf when returning to Europe. His moment in the sun came when he landed the valuable Prix Eugene Adam at Maisons-Laffitte, beating the narrowest of Epsom Derby

during the 20th century, as he owns a chain of betting shops in and around Munich. And, since the onset of the internet age, he has moved with the times as proprietor of www.onextwo.com, one of Germany’s most successful betting websites. So it was not just the Scoop6 that financed a €190,000 spending spree at last August’s Arqana yearling sales. It has proved money well spent, as three of the six horses purchased have already made it to the racecourse and each has made an outstanding start to its career. The leader of the pack is Dabirsim, a son of the first-season sire Hat Trick, who was

the second cheapest of the sextet at €30,000. After two easy wins at his home course of La Teste, he made a smooth step up to Group 3 company, spotting B Fifty Two a four-length start before getting up late to land the Prix de Cabourg. He was greeted into the winner’s enclosure by a smiling owner and his baby son, David, in the arms of his mother, Birgit. Put the opening letters of their three names together (David, Birgit and Simon) and you get Dabirsim. Orcus (by Russian Blue) and Gloomy Sunday (by Singspiel) are the other two members of the Arqana consignment to

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“He was here for a couple of months,” Noseda recalled, “but his best days were already behind him by then and when he made it to the gallops I just remember thinking, ‘How on earth did this win a Group 2?’” So, almost two years to the day after he earned approaching £80,000 with his big win in France, he entered the starting stalls once more in the slightly less vaunted racing location of Slovakia, but could finish no better than sixth in the Bratislava Mile. He did manage a win a couple of months later, but that race was at the little-known German venue of Hassloch and carried a winner’s prize of less than £1,000. Switched to jumping, he has at least managed seven starts in the past two years, but they have mostly been in claiming and selling races, most recently when second in a selling hurdle at Merano on July 24, and no further victories have been forthcoming. Since that Bratislava outing over three years ago he has been trained by Josef Vana, best known for his riding heroics in the world’s most fearsome chase, the Velka Pardubicka, which he has won eight times, most recently last October at the ripe old age of 57. Vana is a capable trainer too and enjoyed a notable success a couple of months back when Roches Cross landed the 2011 Czech Derby at Velka Chuchle. A Listowel maiden winner for his owner/breeder (and, at that time, trainer) Jim Bolger in June 2010, the son of Whipper has won four of his six starts since joining Vana. Like his stablemate Flashing Numbers, maybe Roches Cross will descend to the depths of plodding around in claiming hurdles in five years time. But let’s hope not.

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Super-Handicap response muted

A bold German initiative to establish a new kind of race, a ‘Super-Handicap’ partfunded by high entry fees and designed to attract international competition, got off the ground at Hoppegarten on July 24. Sadly, the horrific demise of Rewilding at Ascot 24 hours earlier ruled out the participation of his battered jockey, Frankie Dettori, in a 12-runner nine-furlong contest worth almost £35,000 to the winner. But Godolphin was still represented by Dettori’s intended mount, Secrecy, while Tom Queally was aboard a one-time Godolphin inmate, Combat Zone, now under the tutelage of Mario Hofer and Germany’s winningmost horse of 2010, with seven victories. Combat Zone was third, victory going to his less fancied stablemate, 22-1 chance Point Blank. Well weighted on the form of his fifth place in the German 2,000 Guineas two months earlier and given a fine frontrunning ride by the trainer’s daughter, Steffi Hofer, Point Blank took advantage of the 18lb he was receiving from the four-times stakes-placed Empire Storm to beat him by three-quarters of a length. Secrecy finished a well-beaten eighth. Rudiger Schmanns, Director Of Racing at the Direktorium (German Jockey Club), explained how the Super-Handicap was born, saying: “The race clubs at both

Hoppegarten and Baden-Baden came up with an idea to provide another highlight to go alongside their existing Pattern races. Financed by a three-instalment entry fee which amounted to 3% of the total prizemoney, they wanted to instigate big-money handicaps which equated to between Listed and Group 3s in status and attracted foreign runners. “At that level it is easy to translate an overseas handicap mark into our handicap. This year will be a test and we will see if the respective race clubs want to continue the experiment next season. “Ideally we’d have a series of four or five races with a bonus system [to encourage participation throughout the series] in place. But to manage that we would probably need to attract a big sponsor.” Schmanns admits that the level of interest from owners and trainers, especially from abroad, has been a little disappointing, even after the Hoppegarten supremo, Gerhard Schöningh, took the time to personally promote the concept in Britain and Ireland. “The response that we got from the likes of the Coolmore operation in Ireland is that they are more interested in gaining black type than the amount of prize-money available,” Schmanns revealed. The next Super-Handicap will take place at Baden-Baden on September 3.

have made their debuts. Orcus has two wins and two seconds to his name, while Gloomy Sunday has been successful in his only race to date. Owners’ premiums included, the trio have already increased their owner’s not inconsiderable bank balance by almost €147,000, with the promise of plenty more to come. All six of Springer’s juveniles are trained near Bordeaux by the young former Richard Gibson assistant Christophe Ferland. He first took out a licence in 2008 and the Cabourg was his initial Pattern race success. It is unlikely to be the last.

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GOING GLOBAL By MICHELE MACDONALD AND GRAEME KELLY

Masashi Yoshida seeks to create a legacy of his own To produce internationally successful Japanese-breds is the aim of a younger member of this racing family

Valley facility in Hokkaido as yet another spoke in the wheel of the Yoshidas’ determination to produce globally successful racehorses. The centre includes a 1,020m uphill and covered woodchip gallop, which extends up to an observation deck off a spacious office building; a 1,000m covered dirt oval gallop and a 600m covered dirt oval gallop. About 40 horses are currently based at Lily Valley, including offspring of Redoute’s Choice, Falbrav, Deep Impact, Stay Gold, Roses In May and Agnes Tachyon. The son of Haruya Yoshida, younger brother of Teruya and Katsumi Yoshida and a partner with them in the Shadai Stallion Station and Shadai Group, Masashi Yoshida said he was inspired by the exploits of his uncles’ success with their Shadai- and Northern Farm-bred horses and their training complexes. The Shadai and Northern stars have included Dubai World Cup winner Victoire Pisa and Melbourne Cup winner Delta Blues. “I want to compete more with them,” said Masashi Yoshida. “Katsumi and Teruya established their fantastic facilities by themselves and I looked at them from the time I was a young boy. I want to imitate them but I want to make something bigger and develop more

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hiseled out of a wooded hillside in only a year’s time, a training centre that would rival any in the world has opened in Japan as the vision of one of the youngest members of the Yoshida family. Masashi Yoshida, 30, developed the Lily

internationally successful Japanese-breds here – and, of course, do it my own way.” Masashi, who joins Teruya Yoshida’s son Tetsuya and Katsumi Yoshida’s son Shunsuke in holding top management roles in their families’ thoroughbred empires, was apparently tabbed for a future in racing long ago by his grandfather, Zenya Yoshida, who imported Sunday Silence and changed Japanese breeding forever. Zenya Yoshida told Haruya that he should become more active with thoroughbreds, partly so that Masashi, who rode jumpers while in high school, could ascend to a future in racing with a solid foundation. Long active with Haruya Yoshida’s Oiwake Farm, Masashi Yoshida said he drew some inspiration for Lily Valley, which currently has two barns for 30 horses each and features broodmare-sized boxes and state-of-the-art lighting and design, from international training centres such as Ballydoyle. To date, visitors from Ireland, France and the United States have toured Lily Valley, and immediate plans call for the addition of two more barns and the transfer of yearlings from the main Oiwake farm property located about 15 minutes away. Then, Oiwake can house more broodmares and bolster its current band of 85 while further developing its bloodstock. Masashi Yoshida plans to join his active uncles and cousins at international sales in search of good mares. Although several other training centres have covered gallops, “this is the only facility like this in Japan,” he said. “But this is only a starting point,” Yoshida added. “I will go on from here.”

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Lee Freedman, left, celebrates after Miss Andretti’s King’s Stand Stakes win in 2007

Hall of Famer Freedman hands reins to his brother It was about 20 years ago that Lee Freedman first mentioned that he did not want to be training racehorses for the “rest of his life”. Now 55, he believes the time is right to step down in favour of his younger brother Anthony, with whom he operates under the trading name Freedman Brothers, a company which involves younger brothers Richard, a racing broadcaster, and Michael, who trains in Singapore. “It has been tough going for most trainers in Victoria over the last couple of years and I think Anthony taking over as head trainer will help rejuvenate the stable,” Freedman said. “I will still be going to trackwork but I will be more active behind the scenes, on things like owner liaison and studying how other successful stables around the world run their businesses.” The Freedman brothers moved to the private training centre Markdel – named in honour of their mother Del and eldest brother Mark – in 2002. Based on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, the stable has been relatively quiet of late but Lee Freedman leaves a tremendous legacy. Since he began training in 1983, he has prepared a total of 125 Group 1 winners to be third on the all-time list behind only Bart Cummings and the late Tommy Smith. A Hall of Fame inductee, Freedman created a significant piece of Australian racing history by winning consecutive Melbourne Cups with

Makybe Diva in 2004 and 2005 (David Hall having trained the mare when she won in 2003). Freedman has also won the ‘race that stops a nation’ with Tawrrific (1989), Subzero (1992) and Doriemus (1995). He has enjoyed international success with Miss Andretti, who won the King’s Stand Stakes (then a Group 2) at Royal Ascot in 2007. Emphasising the slow down in Freedman's strike rate of late is the fact Miss Andretti's victory in the Coolmore Classic (1200m) at Flemington on November 10, 2007 was his last Group 1 success in Melbourne. The stable’s only other subsequent Group 1 win came with the imported stayer Speed Gifted, bought out of Luca Cumani’s stable by Grant Pritchard-Gordon, whose son Sam is the Freedmans’ Racing Manager. Speed Gifted won The Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick in October 2009. However, Freedman can have the satisfaction of going into semi-retirement with a number of other notable achievements to his credit. These include winning the Grand Slam of Australian Racing – the Caulfield Cup (Mannerism), Cox Plate (Super Impose), Melbourne Cup (Subzero) and Golden Slipper (Bint Marscay) – in the 1992-93 season. He also won seven Melbourne trainers’ championships, with his 115 winners in 2005-06 still standing as a record.

The Australian-owned French-trained Americain (pictured) will be faced with a difficult assignment this year if he attempts to become the fifth stayer to win consecutive Emirates Melbourne Cups. Although entries for the Cup do not close until September 1, Racing Victoria handicapper Greg Carpenter has indicated Americain will receive in the vicinity of 58kg when the weights are released. “Americain scored a dominant win carrying 54.5kg last year,” said Carpenter. “On that basis his increase in weight would have to be significant, so I think we would be talking in the region of 58kg.” Carpenter added that he was also taking into account American's recent victory in the Listed Prix de Reux at Deauville. “The way he won the French race showed he is coming back to form, much the way he did last year.” In a break from tradition, nominations for the BMW Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 15 were taken earlier than those for the Melbourne Cup and have already closed. Among the 22 international entries is the emerging Motivator four-year-old Tactician, who is owned by the Queen and trained by Michael Bell. A winner of the Listed Silver Cup at York on July 9, Tactician was scheduled to have his next outing in the Ebor Handicap at York on August 20 [as we went to press]. Importantly, the winner of the Ebor is exempt from any ballot on the Caulfield Cup so is automatically guaranteed a start. A total of 236 nominations were received for the Caulfield Cup and 189 for the Tattersalls Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on October 22. The winner of the Cox Plate in 2009 and 2010, So You Think, was among the entries, as was his stablemate Cape Blanco.

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TALKING TO... REG BOND

The man on a GOLDEN RUN Tyres are Reg Bond’s business and speed is the name of the game as far as his successful owner/breeder operation is concerned – a Group 1 win is the omission he is keen to rectify By Tim Richards • Photos George Selwyn

t’s been quite a 12 months for your breeding operation with full siblings Ladies Are Forever and Hoof It winning big prizes. Which result has given you most pleasure? It’s been a very good time, starting in October when Ladies Are Forever won the Redcar TwoYear-Old Trophy and Gilt Edge Girl (by Monsieur Bond) the Prix de l’Abbaye at Longchamp, all the way through to Hoof It’s fantastic victories at York and Goodwood. Of course, they were all special to me. But I always say I get the most pleasure from my last winner. I was asked this question the day after Lady Royale had won a small handicap at

Reg Bond’s silks, sported here by Barry McHugh, are a familiar sight on British tracks

Ripon and I nominated her. After all, she will be going to the paddocks and will be another important part of the team.

to Mickley Stud after I had endured a bad year; they offered me a good price and we needed the pennies. We usually sell the colts.

You keep your broodmares at Yapham Mill Stud – how many do you currently have and how do you decide which progeny to race and which to sell? We have 12 broodmares. We tend to buy a filly for speed and if she is successful will retire her to the stud, where we will breed speed to speed with one of our stallions, Monsieur Bond at Norton Grove Stud, Misu Bond at Hedgeholme Stud or Captain Gerrard at Mickley Stud. Captain Gerrard had to be sold

Does Forever Bond, the dam of Ladies Are Forever and Hoof It, have other progeny on the ground? We have a full sister to Hoof It and Ladies Are Forever going to the Doncaster Premier Sale this month (September) and we have had a lot of phone calls inquiring about the filly. She is very nice and we think she is like the rest of the family – tough. The first out of the mare, Forever’s Girl, is blind in her right eye and has won seven races even though she has been cast

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TALKING TO... Les Eyre, who said he was moving to Spain and wondered if Bryan wanted to buy his stables at Hambleton. Bryan did and continued to train for me, but Geoff Oldroyd, who worked for me as a wagon driver after he’d finished riding, asked if I could help him set up as a trainer. It ended up with Geoff starting off with some fillies and the colts staying with Bryan, who still has about half a dozen for me.

Captain Gerrard, now a stallion, wins the 2007 Cornwallis Stakes under Tom Eaves

>> three times, on one occasion suffering a badly

swollen knee; she virtually runs on three legs. But she is toughness personified, like the rest of the family. I received a big offer from abroad for Forever Bond two days after Hoof It’s Stewards’ Cup. But you never sell your best player, unless it’s a price that would keep the wife and our four children for the rest of their lives.

“I get bored

watching races that last much longer than a minute! It’s all about speed for me” Has the success of Hoof It and Ladies Are Forever resulted in an increased demand for your stallion Monsieur Bond? This season he covered 120 mares, compared with 20-30 in previous seasons. We started him at £2,000 and then raised him to £3,000. For a stallion responsible for a Group 1 winner he is at the right end of the market. He has done so well physically at Norton Grove Stud that we don’t recognise him from his racing days! Maggie Lingwood, wife of the stud manager, goes out and gives him extra carrots every time he has a winner. At the end of his racing career we sold half of him to Whitsbury Manor Stud, where he stood for two years, and it was the team at Whitsbury who were responsible for Gilt Edge Girl. We then bought

out Whitsbury’s half share and brought him back to Malton. Since setting out in 2000 you have shown a marked preference for buying and breeding sprinters. Why? When I first went into racing I realised that I would never win Derbys or the top middle distance races because I can’t compete with the Arabs and Coolmore. So I decided to focus on sprinters and that’s where we are, with an interest in three particular stallions. Besides, I get bored watching races that last much longer than a minute! It’s all about speed for me.

Your working life has revolved round the tyre distribution business. How did you get involved with horses and racing? It all came about as the result of a business relationship with Wayne Clifford, of Bathwick Tyres. He invited me to a corporate day at Bath, where we all got excited by the victory of his horse Bathwick. Wayne then had a runner at York and we were standing by the champagne bar when Wayne’s trainer Bryan Smart joined us. By the end of the day Bryan was on the lookout for a couple of horses for us and one of them turned out to be Bond Boy. As a successful businessman do you find it exasperating racing for such paltry prize-money? Take a look at the racing pages; they are filled with bookmakers’ advertisements. There are certain people taking an awful lot of money out of the racing industry and not putting enough back. That’s the bookmakers. I haven’t read the detail of the Horsemen’s Tariff so I can’t comment further on that. I’m too busy travelling with my business all round the world, including Singapore, where I have just opened an office, and China. I have been invited to go racing in Singapore and could get

You started with just two horses and one of them, Bond Boy, won the Stewards’ Cup. That must have whetted your appetite … It was absolutely brilliant. He was a big horse and Bryan [Smart] said he had speed to burn, but he didn’t win at two. The next season he won his maiden at Beverley by a short head but he was getting better with age and ended up winning about 11 races for us, including the Stewards’ Cup at Goodwood. He now stands in his own five-acre paddock here overlooking all the children in the other paddocks. He loves watching them playing around. Having enjoyed so much success with Bryan Smart, why did you decide to set up Geoff Oldroyd as your private trainer? Cost, basically. Bryan was very good to the Bond family and they were very good for him. He was in Lambourn and it was taking me five hours from Yorkshire to see my horses gallop. I’m a businessman; it didn’t make economic sense with all that wasted time sitting in the car. Then one day at York Bryan bumped into

Hoof It, bred by Reg Bond, storms clear to win the Stewards’ Cup under 10st

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TALKING TO... involved there and possibly in China too. My UK operation won’t get any bigger. Lack of prize-money is the reason; take Ladies Are Forever’s win in the Summer Stakes at York in July. She picked up just short of £30,000, peanuts for a Group 3. The race should have been worth nearer £60,000 or £70,000. Recession hit the racing and breeding industries hard – did it affect you? We had to work harder and harder and make more money by expanding my tyre business, Bond International. In 2010 the company turned over £92 million; this year we’re looking at £105m. We also have a new venture, our website, tyregiant.com, which should increase turnover by a further £20m. With the values in prize-money declining, shortfalls in the sport need to be met by further success in our business. Most of your horses carry the name Bond. Why? Bond is a very good name. If I go to China and book into my hotel they love greeting you with, ‘Welcome, Mr Bond’, followed by a chuckle. It all goes back to the James Bond films, I suppose. I was trading on the fame of the name, Bond, and thought it sounded good when applied to my horses. We started out calling them all Bond of some sort, but then it became a bit confusing and now we tend to use ‘Lady’ in many of the fillies’ names. Are you superstitious? Do you bet? I reckon my luck’s in if I see two magpies. And I did on the day Hoof It won the Stewards’ Cup. I don’t gamble as such; I might have £25 each-way or £50 win, but that’s all.

What sponsorships do you have? I did a deal with Beverley, sponsoring the stalls for the year with the aim of brightening up the start. I bought jackets for the stalls handlers in my racing colours, with yellow caps and the Bond motif. I took boards on the boundary in the five one-day cricket matches between England and Sri Lanka and that worked well. If I expand the sponsorship in racing it will be through tyregiant.com. I also take the Royal Box at York, where I entertain 35 clients on each day’s racing and have been setting up syndicates for some of them. Which racecourses look after owners well and which could do better? York is very good, so is Beverley, and most of the Yorkshire courses. Royal Ascot could do better. After Ladies Are Forever finished third in the Queen Mary I was leading her into the unsaddling enclosure when a man in a bowler hat tried to stop me, saying I wasn’t allowed in. That took the edge off the occasion for me. You must have a favourite horse... Bond Boy. He was the first one and is the darling of the family. He is 14 now, looks after himself and is very well. We call him George and he just loves being in his own paddock overseeing all the others. He box-walked from day one. It was a trait that didn’t do him any harm; in fact, it probably got him fit! Who is your big hope for the future? Ladies Are Forever may have one more run this season, perhaps in France. She was a May foal, like most of Forever Bond’s offspring, and isn’t mature yet. She should develop more at four, even five.

How did the discovery of a brain tumour last year affect you? It was very difficult. One day last summer at 3am my wife Betty woke me up in bed because I was having a fit. I was taken into York Hospital and after tests was told I had a brain tumour. My immediate reaction was to ask, ‘What does that mean?’ I was told there were four categories: one and two can be cured, but three and four are incurable. I was moved to Hull for the operation and within five days I was walking out of hospital. I never had a headache, but was told that my tumour was in category three, which meant they could prolong my life for up to ten years. So I have ten years to breed and own a Group 1 winner.

CLOSE UP AND... PERSONAL I like to relax by... opening the curtains in the morning and watching all my yearlings My favourite journey is... to York races When I was young... Betty and I (we met at 16) always wanted to own a racehorse I am annoyed by... people not turning into work The best advice I ever had is... Betty telling me to go into business

CLOSE UP AND... PROFESSIONAL My racing hero is... Lester Piggott I would most like to win... a Group 1 Racecourses need... modernising and bringing into today’s world I handle defeat by... going very quiet and analysing why things went wrong Racing can increase its appeal by... targeting more middle-aged racegoers

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SILVESTRE DE SOUSA

Championship

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Silvestre de Sousa is happiest ‘in the background’, letting his riding and winners do the talking, but whether he likes it or not, title race chat will surround him for months Words Julian Muscat • Photos George Selwyn

ilvestre de Sousa was halfway through what would be a long and difficult day. Without a winner after three poor rides at Brighton, he would endure the same fate at Kempton’s evening meeting before charging up the M1 in the race to be home by midnight. He didn’t win that one, either. It had been a very different story the day before. A double at Catterick saw him vault to the head of a title race that had four months left to run. He was proud to see his name atop the standings, proud to call and tell his father, proud to reflect that it so nearly didn’t happen for the man who left Brazil, aged 20, in search of new frontiers. If not quite of Odyssian proportions, de Sousa’s voyage to date has been just as implausible. The young jockey moved to Ireland with the intention to return home after three months if opportunity passed him by. As it was, he stayed with Dermot Weld for two years without once riding in a race. “One day I asked him why I was good enough to ride 12 horses every morning but not good enough to ride on a racecourse,” he reflects. “I told him I was leaving and he went mad. He told me that he would find me some rides, but by then I’d decided to walk away. It was hard; I was very happy there. Mr Weld was good to me but I really wanted to ride.”

De Sousa was bound for Sao Paulo, the sprawling Brazilian metropolis of more than 11 million people. He had learnt to ride racehorses in the world’s fifth-largest city. It was also where he’d left his soul, but a chance meeting with David Nicholls turned his head once more. “I talked to a friend who worked for Mr Nicholls who said I should come over,” he says. “What did I have to lose? I thought I

“I told Dermot Weld I was leaving and he went mad. I wanted to ride in races”

would try it for two weeks on the way home, but from the beginning Mr Nicholls started organising my paperwork and I rode in my first race soon after. That was six years ago.” His first winner, in 2006, arrived on a portentous date: New Year’s Day, when optimistic resolutions are made in the quest for a better life. De Sousa did not look back. In that year he posted 27 winners from 195 rides, but the harbinger of his talent lay in the staggering £64 profit his rides yielded to a £1 level stake. It

foretold that horses ‘ran’ for him. De Sousa’s big breakthrough came last year. He closed it by landing his maiden century of winners before he embarked on a fourth consecutive winter in India – where he has ridden the winner of the Derby and 2,000 Guineas twice. “I had more than 600 rides last year and my agent (Gareth Owen) said he was looking forward to getting me 1,000 rides this year,” he reflects. “I just laughed.” Yet Owen has been true to his word: de Sousa had already matched last year’s numbers by the end of August. Although the talent genie has long since left the bottle, de Sousa’s season has been abetted by injury to Joe Fanning, in that it fired him to the front of a queue of jockeys attached to Mark Johnston’s stable. But while the association has propelled him into the title race, he plays down the prospect. “To be where I am is like a dream,” he says, “but the title is far from my mind. I just want to get the right results, keep going, keep the owners happy. I want to stay in the background and see what happens.” Fair enough – except that another jockey cut very much from the same cloth said precisely the same thing this time last year. And at its end, Paul Hanagan was champion. Hanagan and de Sousa hail from different tracks even if, at 30, they share

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De Sousa and Namibian (No.2) vie with Fiorente and Ryan Moore in the Gordon Stakes; Namibian came out on top by a neck

the same age. Hanagan learnt to ride at 12 and became instantly transfixed. At a parallel stage de Sousa was well versed in rounding up cattle on horseback at his father’s farm, but was less enamoured by it. He saw it as a chore, a demand of circumstance imposed on each of his four brothers. His father kept a handful of thoroughbred mares and sold their progeny at auction, yet de Sousa was so disinterested that he fled to his brother’s Sao Paulo furniture factory soon after his 16th birthday. “At first it was great just living in the big city,” he recalls. “I wanted to learn a trade but I soon realised I wasn’t happy doing that kind of work.” As he would when venturing to Europe, he was about to retreat back to the family farm when he had a chance meeting with a man who worked at Hipodromo de Cidade Jardim, the ‘Garden City racecourse’. Noting that de Sousa had the physique of a jockey (he is barely 5ft tall), the man introduced him to Fausto Durso, a leading rider in Sao Paulo, who saw de Sousa enrolled into the apprentices’ school. He was anything but a natural. “I started very badly,” de Sousa remembers. “It took me six months to get my first ride, but 16 months later I was champion apprentice and had lost my claim.” Back then, it wasn’t uncommon for horses trained at

saddle gave him a more intimate understanding of horses, in particular their gait and movement. And while his formative efforts frightened him, the payoff came by the horses’ relaxed demeanour, safe in the

Cidade Jardim to be ridden bareback. The track sits slap bang in the centre of Sao Paulo, its straights flanked by busy roads in a city renowned for its hectic pace of life. De Sousa believes that riding without a

‘The worst thing is the cold... and Silvestre de Sousa makes no bones about it. “The best thing about riding in Britain is that racing here is better than anywhere else in the world. The worst thing is the cold.” His hatred of icy winters is shared by fellow-Brazilian Premiership footballers who have barely arrived before they start plotting their exit. None better amplified the trait than Robinho, whose weekly wage of £160,000 could console him for only 15 months before he walked out on Britain. Robinho’s compatriots at Manchester City lasted only slightly longer. Elano endured the hardship for two years, while Jo survived three. De Sousa may now be into his ninth year but he extends the clan sympathy. “I can understand why the footballers want to go home,” he says. “We come from a place that is like paradise, but the problem is that the football season here is in winter. It’s a pity, because summer here is

unbelievable. Okay, it can rain, but on a nice day it is beautiful.” Although there isn’t much opportunity for him to indulge his favourite pastime of relaxing on a sandy beach, he once braved the Atlantic on a visit to the Galway Festival. “It felt like an electric shock,” he remembers. “I went in the water and came straight out.” He enjoyed his two years in Ireland, even if he spent his free time in Dublin rather than sampling the rural delights of Kildare. And one of his travelling accomplices on the journey to Ireland from Brazil is still there. At the very least, his friend’s role as assistant trainer to Oliver Brady will be an education. The food is not so much of a problem; de Sousa is an advocate of roast chicken, even if his features disintegrate at the mention of mushy peas, Sedgefield-style. “I tried it once; never again,” he laughs. De Sousa enjoys his food, so it’s as well

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S I LV E S T R E D E S O U S A knowledge that they weren’t about to be loaded into starting stalls. Indeed, bareback riding was a feature of the inaugural Brazilian challenge on the Dubai Carnival 15 years ago until officials at Nad Al Sheba, petrified by the implications of injury to riders, insisted the horses took morning exercise in full tack. For de Sousa, it might have ended as it had started at Cidade Jardim. After losing his claim he was holding his own among senior jockeys. He was happy and in fair demand

“You talk in the

paddock but friendship is over when you mount up” until a broken arm forced him to sit out six months. He would never recapture his mojo. Hence the life-changing journey to Ireland and a two-year-bout of home-sickness in what the son of Sao Paulo describes as “the middle of nowhere with only grass and trees” around the Curragh. He still spoke only broken English when he moved to Nicholls’s Yorkshire base in 2004, where he met Vicky Behan, his partner of five years and with whom he has a fouryear-old son, Ryan. By now he welcomed the responsibilities of fatherhood; he was among people he liked and who valued his riding skills. And it helped

that Behan is something of a kindred spirit. Like so much about him, de Sousa’s liaison with Behan came about by a circuitous route. Behan had herself worked in Kildare, less than two miles from de Sousa, but their paths never crossed until they met for the first time at Nicholls’s stable. An apprentice back then, Behan rode Peace Offering to win the prestigious Gosforth Park Cup in 2006, after which she enrolled on a three-year degree course in equine science. While Behan’s experience of riding makes the perfect foil for de Sousa’s demanding career, the harmony works both ways. De Sousa will have approved of his partner’s return to education: each of his five sisters is a teacher in Brazil. This time last year Hanagan was wide-eyed at his place alongside the likes of Richard Hughes, Ryan Moore and Kieren Fallon in the title race. De Sousa seems less overwhelmed by the prospect. He is fortified by confidence from riding 47 winners in June and July alone, yet he is quick to acknowledge that acceptance by his seniors is governed by him adhering to the unwritten rules of the weighing room. Fallon wanders by as we speak at Kempton: would de Sousa ever consider nipping up his inner? He issues a deep frown followed by a shake of the head; then a loud burst of staccato laughter. “Are you crazy,” he asks? “It’s very competitive on the track. You talk in the paddock but friendship is over when you get on the horse. “You need to be careful with the big guys; in a race you cannot go where you like. You must have respect and ride with intelligence, otherwise they will punish you.”

His achievements against the “big guys” continue to grow apace, much of it digested by readers of weekly bulletins on the Sao Paulo Jockey Club website. He talks to his father often but has no real idea of the impact he is making at home. Professional demands mean that he has been back to Brazil only once in the last seven years. What would the reception be if he next returned as champion jockey? He briefly entertains the idea, saying: “I guess it would be something, no?” But he quickly returns to default mode, adding: “There is still a long way to go, so I don’t think about it.” The crunch will come when Fanning, detained by a bone fracture since late June, resumes his place within Johnston’s jockey colony. Some of De Sousa’s rides from that source will dry up, but he is unperturbed. “Mr Johnston has a big set-up with runners at many meetings every day,” he says. “Noone can be in three or four places at once.” It is entirely feasible de Sousa could streak to the title on the back of rich pickings at venues no-one tends to notice. But while he may be anxious to proceed anonymously, his talent is far from unnoticed.

the mushy peas’ he can weigh out at 7st 12lb. “I need my breakfast and dinner every day,” he says. “I would be very weak if I had to do the sauna like some of the jockeys. I don’t think I could.” A natural lightweight, de Sousa was looking forward to hosting a barbecue at his Thirsk home in the middle of a five-day suspension in August. “You should come along because it will be good fun, I tell you,” he says. “The only thing I cannot promise is a sunny day.”

De Sousa with wife Vicky, herself a former jockey, and son Ryan

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Three-year-old Nathaniel defeats the year older Workforce in the King George at Ascot in receipt of 12lb

Do the figures

ADD UP?

The weight-for-age scale has changed little in recent years but a succession of easy wins for the Classic crop over their elders has called the current calculations into question Words Graham Dench â&#x20AC;˘ Photos George Selwyn

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his summer’s domination of the premier all-aged clashes by three-year-olds has inevitably given rise to renewed calls for an overhaul of the weight-for-age scale. Few are suggesting that the allowances the Classic generation currently receive from their elders are wildly incorrect, but, with the likes of Frankel and Nathaniel enjoying comprehensive victories against senior opposition, is it time they were revised? After all, while the modern era has witnessed dramatic changes in the breeding, preparing and campaigning of thoroughbreds, the weightfor-age scale which underpins racing – formalised by Admiral Rous in the mid-19th century (see panel page 47) – has not undergone fundamental alteration in decades. More radical thinkers believe that the events that establish the sport’s true champions, races such as the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Sussex Stakes, Prix de l’Arc de THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

Triomphe and Champion Stakes, ought to be run on level terms, as indeed they are in almost every other major sport. Is that a realistic option, or is everything fine just as it is?

Handicapper defends system It is hardly surprising that Phil Smith, the BHA’s head of handicapping, is a defender of the status quo so far as weight for age is concerned, but his defence is based on statistics and rational argument rather than gut feeling. The sophisticated software that the BHA has used for monitoring success rate by generation is not currently available, but the last check was done only two years ago and Smith insists that “the differences in success rates by ages by distances and by months are infinitesimal.” Former senior steward David Oldrey accepts that they may indeed be infinitesimal taken year by year, but they can add up. Oldrey suspects

that the current scale is not far out but says: “They may be tiny, tiny differences, but if you let twenty or thirty years pass they will build up and you may find it’s time for another adjustment. “Probably every revision there has been has had horses maturing a little bit younger. They began by saying no horse is mature until it is six, but we have slowly worked back until we are effectively saying that they are mature as four-year-olds unless they are running over extreme distances. The pressures of the breeding world are all the time pushing towards earlier maturity.” Smith argues that when results of the big races suggest weight for age allowances may be unfair, there is often another explanation. He says: “After Teenoso won the King George at four in 1984 nine of the next 11 winners were three-year-olds, leading to a clamour at the time that it had to be because the scale was

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advantageous to three-year-olds, but the reality at that time was that three-year-olds were packed off to stud asap and there just weren’t any (top-class) four-year-olds around. “Of course since then we’ve had a plethora of older winners, and in 16 more runnings there have been only three three-year-old winners – Galileo, Alamshar and most recently Nathaniel – so now some are saying that the allowances are disadvantageous to three year-olds. They are not; it’s just fashion as to whether the best older horses are allowed to stay in training.” Looking at some of the key all-aged clashes of 2011, Smith says: “The July Cup, the King George and the Sussex, the first three Group 1 races where the generations met, were all won by three-year-olds, but Frankel and Dream Ahead were the top-rated horses so we were pretty hopeful they would win anyway. And with the fillies, where three-year-olds took on older horses in the Falmouth, the Nassau and the Rothschild, all were won by older horses [Immortal Verse did strike a blow for three-yearold fillies in the Prix Jacques le Marois].

Scale of weight for age allowances (lb) Three-year-olds in Flat races (northern hemisphere) Date

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“People tend to look at results in isolation and conclude something is wrong with the weightfor-age scale, but I think it’s stood the test of time pretty well.” Some believe that it was expecting too much of Canford Cliffs for him to concede 8lb to so well developed a three-year-old as Frankel in the Sussex Stakes, but that, argues Smith, misses an important point. He says: “People were saying to me before the Sussex that Frankel must be a certainty, because we had him on 130 and Canford Cliffs on 125, but for Frankel to replicate the 130 he recorded in the 2,000 Guineas at the end of April in the Sussex Stakes at the end of July he had to have improved by 6lb, because that is what the weight for age scale tells us. As it happens, by our figures he improved even more than that.” Phil Smith: ‘scale stood test of time’

Is the breed maturing quicker?

Sir Mark Prescott: ‘Rous was spot on’

Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder’s veterinary expert, James Tate, questions whether today’s racehorse is sufficiently immature to deserve such advantageous allowances. He says: “Because the Flat horse is targeted at the three year-old Classic races, over the last few centuries it has also been bred to become more precocious. “As a result, today’s thoroughbred matures earlier than its predecessor and so the majority of horses bred for Flat racing have only a small amount of developing left to do by the time they reach their third birthday. “Obviously, each horse is different but the current question is whether today’s average three year-old is sufficiently under-developed compared to the average four year-old to be receiving a significant amount of weight from it, particularly in the period from June onwards. That is a question, in my opinion, that

“You can’t say a horse is the best in the world if it wins by a length in receipt of 8lb”

should be put to the statisticians.” Smith is not sure that horses are maturing any earlier, and nor, he says, is top trainer Sir Henry Cecil, with whom he discussed the subject at Newmarket recently. Sir Mark Prescott doesn’t think they are either, and he argues that it would not necessarily matter anyway. He says: “I don’t think it matters if the breed has changed. I don’t think they mature any earlier, and if they don’t mature any earlier it doesn’t matter if they are all 10lb better or 10lb worse, so long as the differential remains the same. “The times for horseraces tell you that horses aren’t improving very fast despite treadmills, artificial gallops, veterinary attention, scoping, scanning and all the rest. Watering is a factor, but I think the Admiral was spot on.” There are currently only a handful of races in which two-year-olds can meet their elders, but among them are championship sprints like the Nunthorpe, the Haydock Sprint Cup and the Prix de l’Abbaye. When Kingsgate Native won the 2007 Nunthorpe, it was widely perceived that the 24lb he received from mature runner-up Desert Lord was too generous, but with hindsight we can see he was simply he was a top-class sprinter, and the best horse in the race.

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WEIGHT FOR AGE Interestingly, when he was second two months later in the Abbaye, his allowance reduced by 6lb to reflect the progress a typical two-year-old is expected to make in that period, he beat Desert Lord by an almost identical margin. Smith is comfortable with the current scale of allowances for juveniles and says: “If we had a lot more two-year-olds running against their elders and they were winning disproportionately then we’d have another close look. But all changes have to be statistically driven – you can’t make changes on a gut feeling – and there aren’t the statistics at the moment to suggest we are too far out.” Sir Mark Prescott, who might be the modern day’s closest equivalent to Admiral Rous in terms of the meticulous detail he records of gallops, is in no doubt that the scale is right. He says: “When you work a two-year-old with an older horse, which you don’t do very often, and then you write down it’s rating based on that, it’s right. It’s just incredible really.”

Scrap the allowances Brough Scott, Simon Holt and Donn McClean are among a small but significant body of purists who believe that true championship races ought to be run without weight for age allowances. Scott is aware of the practical objections, but argues: “British Flat racing has to think the unthinkable, or else it’s going down the pan. It needs to be brave and this is the sort of thing we ought to be thinking about.”

Brough Scott: ‘racing must be braver’

If we are trying to make racing work with the widest possible audience, Scott says, how can people be expected to understand how we hail a horse a “champion” when it has been allowed a big advantage? The championship races, he argues, ought to be pure tests on level terms, although a sex allowance might be acceptable. For Scott, though, it’s not just a matter of what would be understood best by a wider public. He believes it would benefit the breed. “The best thing for the breed would be that you had to prove yourself utterly on the track. The premise I always go back to is that you shouldn’t earn a stud value too lightly. It’s one

thing to be the top three-year-old, but are you really the best horse around? By the time you run in the Arc, it should be what’s the best horse in the race. Weight for age is fine as a method for getting more competitive racing, but when it gets to championship races you can’t say a horse is the best horse in the world if it wins by a length and it’s in receipt of 8lb. “The real champions, the real superstars, would win anyway. Frankel would have beaten Canford Cliffs without weight for age. Mill Reef would have won the Arc on level terms, and Sea The Stars might have won it too.” Head of handicapping Phil Smith has a more pragmatic hat on when he declares himself “absolutely against” scrapping weight for age. He says: “It would only be in Britain, because the chances of getting international agreement are zero. We’d have to do it in isolation and then the Frankels of this world would be running in the Prix Jacques Le Marois, not the Sussex Stakes, because why would they run against older horses at level weights here when they could go across to France or to Ireland and get a significant allowance?” Sir Mark Prescott takes a similar view. He argues: “If you want three-year-olds to take on older horses in championship races you have to have a weight-for-age scale which reflects their development. “Without it they simply won’t run, it’s as simple as that, unless they are trained by maniacs or they are unbelievably good.”

Admiral Rous: the most influential man in racing The notion that younger horses should carry less weight than their mature elders in order to equalise their chances was first formalised in 1850 by Admiral Henry John Rous (1791-1877), although it was already widely accepted that younger horses required a weight concession if they were to be competitive against mature rivals. Admiral Rous was a former naval commander and Member of Parliament who was first elected a steward of the Jockey Club in 1838 and became the most famous of all turf administrators and reformers. A man renowned for his integrity and vigour, he was an expert handicapper, and through experimentation with weights and the meticulous investigation of his own detailed observations he codified a relationship between age and maturity, expressed in terms of weight.

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The tabulated allowances he introduced in 1850 were revised in 1873 and then underwent relatively minor changes until overhauled in 1976 by Major David Swannell, who translated the differences into a sliding scale of allowances designed to reflect the physical progress that the average thoroughbred racehorse makes as it matures. The most recent revisions were made under Geoffrey Gibbs in 1990. The modern weight-for-age scale is shown on the previous page: a table of weight, age and distance. It lays down the varying weights horses of differing ages should receive from their elders over the full range of distances through the year, shown fortnight by fortnight, in order to reflect the speed at which the typical thoroughbred develops before it is considered fully mature aged four. The distance of a race is a major factor in determining the allowance, and at the extremes the difference is huge. Even at intermediate distances over a relatively short space of time the difference can be significant. For example whereas Canford

Cliffs was required to concede Frankel 8lb in Goodwood’s Sussex Stakes at the end of July, it would have been only 3lb should they have met at Ascot in October. That 5lb difference would equate to around two and a half lengths. Rous is credited by turf historians Roger Mortimer, Richard Onslow and Peter Willett as having “formed the link between the rough and ready racing of the 19th century and the highly organised sport we have today.” Sir Mark Prescott would probably go even further and reckons that without the handicapping principles and the weight-for-age scale that Rous proposed, racing would not have evolved from the matches and run-offs that were the norm in his day into the competitive spectacle we know today. “Admiral Rous is probably the most influential man in racing,” Prescott says. “He was extraordinarily ahead of his time, and I can't think of any other sport in which one man has had such a defining influence. His legacy is extraordinary.”

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BREEDERS’ DIGEST By EMMA BERRY, Bloodstock Editor

Our extended bloodstock coverage this month includes:

• Ashley House Stud, birthplace of Treasure Beach – pages 52-54 • Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale preview – pages 56-59 • The admirable aims of the Gestüt Röttgen foundation – pages 60-62 • Federico Barberini, the man who bought Dream Ahead as a yearling – pages 65-66 • European pinhookers air their views on Keeneland’s September Sale – pages 69-70 • Sales Circuit from DBS, Tattersalls Ireland and Fasig-Tipton Saratoga – pages 72-73

Leger held dear, by some at least A

s James Willoughby highlights in his column (page 23), it is a misguided approach that sees the St Leger shunned by many of the season’s best three-year-olds colts. How refreshing to hear from connections, even before the statuesque German filly Wild Coco won the Newsells Park Stud Stakes at Newmarket in July, that she was considered a potential Leger candidate by her stable. Of course, for a filly, commercial concerns are less of an issue. Winning the oldest Classic with a colt virtually guarantees he will be regarded as a potential jumps stallion at best and largely overlooked by the Flat market. The well-bred 2006 winner Sixties Icon has yearlings this year from a first crop of just 39 live foals. The catalogues available as we went to press featured one of his yearlings at Tattersalls Ireland and one in Book 1 of Tattersalls’ October Sale. In Germany, where owner/breeders are still prevalent, and soundness and longevity as a racehorse are paramount for potential stallion prospects, things are a little different, as a glance at the BBAG Yearling Sale catalogue will show. The admirable middle-distance duo of Silvano and Samum – each of whom raced for four consecutive seasons – are best represented among living stallions, and both have been champion sire in Germany. In England, Samum’s full-brother and fellow Deutsches Derby winner Schiaparelli is a

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new recruit to the National Hunt ranks. Wild Coco’s breeder Gestüt Röttgen features as part of our extended yearling sales season coverage this month. Julian Muscat assesses the influence German bloodlines have had on racing worldwide and relates how Röttgen has been preserved, at the wish of its late owner Maria MehlMulhens, with the express intention of bettering the German racing and breeding product. If recent results are anything to go by, her admirable ambition is working.

Success brings tough decisions A wonderfully consistent flagbearer for British breeding this season has been Treasure Beach. Through his rigorous and successful 2011 programme he gives lie to the theory that the thoroughbred breed is becoming ever frailer. Aidan O’Brien should be congratulated for his bold campaigning of the colt, which saw him beat Natahaniel on his seasonal debut in the Chester Vase before failing by only a head to win the Derby. Subsequent victories in the Irish Derby and Secretariat Stakes, sandwiching his fourth-place run in the Grand Prix de Paris, define him as one of the brightest stars in a galaxy chock-full of sparkling rivals this season. Carl Evans visited his breeders, Brian and Jane Hammond of Ashley House Stud, who have been faced with the quandary foisted on many small outfits associated with a good horse: to sell or not to sell. “Treasure Beach has been a fairy story but now I have to be businesslike,” says Brian,

who will send his dam Honorine to this year’s December Sale.

Green king

Such an empassioned emphasis on staying bloodlines from this corner is not intended to negate the importance of speed in a pedigree, or to denigrate those stallions with a sprinting background. Last month saw the retirement of one of Britain’s most celebrated stallions of recent decades: Green Desert. While naturally associated with sprinters, Green Desert’s sons Cape Cross and Oasis Dream have provided us with such exciting middledistance horses as Sea The Stars, Ouija Board and Midday. Appropriately, his most recent Group 1 winner was the Shadwell-bred Markab, in last year’s Haydock Sprint Cup, a race won by Green Desert himself in 1986. As broodmare sire, his Group 1 winners include Makfi and Total Gallery. Following restricted covering duties for the veteran in recent seasons, there will be few of his sons and daughters available in forthcoming sales, though Book 1 at Tattersalls includes a half-brother to recent Grade 1 winner Dubawi Heights among the six yearlings on offer. Green Desert’s final crop of foals numbers just ten. Class will out in any sphere, and from a running start in 1990, when he was leading first-season sire, Green Desert, now 28, has been a major force in world breeding for more than 20 years. His influence will continue to be felt down the generations.

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Treasure the

MOMENT

Brian and Jane Hammond are living the dream of every small breeder courtesy of Irish Derby winner Treasure Beach, but commercial reality dictates that his dam is for sale Words and photos Carl Evans

relatively young mare who has produced a Classic winner this year will be a rare offering at Tattersalls in December. Honorine, the dam of Irish Derby winner Treasure Beach, will carry a close relative by New Approach when she comes up for auction, and being just 11 years old, a daughter of the Darshaan stallion Mark Of Esteem, and a consistent producer of lovely

foals, she has the criteria to reap a jackpot for owners Brian and Jane Hammond. Her value was not diminished when Treasure Beach flew to Arlington Park in mid-August and won the Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes. The Hammonds are hardly worldrenowned breeders. Based in Devon, a county whose racing associations are firmly in jumping, the Hammonds’ nearest town is famous for carpet production not bloodstock,

and their Ashley House Stud currently houses just three mares. But it is that unlikely background which means Honorine is going to market. If she were in the hands of a major player she would be staying put, but the Hammonds want to make the figures stack up, and their prized asset promises to do that and more. Her sales ring appearance under the Trickledown Stud draft will be like sipping champagne through the stem of a nettle for

“There’s no sense of

envy: other breeders know how difficult it is to make the sums add up”

Brian and Jane Hammond keep three mares at Ashley House Stud near Axminster

the Hammonds, yet the decision to sell is common sense. Brian Hammond says: “I have two of her daughters. In April she had a beautiful Authorized filly, who I will retain, and in May Treasure Beach won the Chester Vase [beating Nathaniel, who went on to land the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot]. “A few weeks later Treasure Beach was THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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All is not lost: Honorine, led by Jane, is heading to the sales but the Hammonds will retain Treasure Beach’s Authorized half-sister

second, beaten a head in the Derby, then won the Irish Derby, by which time the phone had been ringing with offers to buy her. “Things are hot at the moment so why wait? But I would rather sell in the ring than privately.” Hammond adds: “It’s incredible to think I’ve bred a Classic winner, but I’m 62 now and I can’t imagine I’ll be doing it all my life. Treasure Beach has been a fairy story, but now I have to be businesslike to maintain the stud. We don’t do things by halves.” A stroll around the Hammonds’ land near the village of Dalwood and the carpet-making town of Axminster is to gain an appreciation of the five-star operation they have created. West Country livestock farmers commonly shore up a gate with baling twine, or plug a hole in a hedge with a bit of corrugated tin, but Ashley House Stud sets standards in paddock railing others would revere. Yet Hammond is no born-to-the-trade horseman – he and Jane ran a printing business in Exeter until cashing in seven years ago, at which point their secondary

An unlikely night out in Newmarket Treasure Beach owes his life to a deceased full sister, born in 2007. Twelve months earlier the Hammonds paid €20,000 and sent Honorine to Galileo, whose first crop were turning three. By the end of that year, with the mare happily pregnant, Galileo’s progeny were the talk of racing – first-croppers Sixties Icon and Red Rocks had won the St Leger and Breeders’ Cup Turf respectively, while his juveniles were headed by unbeaten Teofilo. Brian says: “It was looking good, but then Honorine’s foal was born dead. We were distraught, but Coolmore Stud kindly gave us a free return, otherwise we could never have gone back to the same sire, because his fee had spiralled. The result was Treasure Beach.” A curious adventure lay ahead, for the following November, while en route to the

foal sale at Tattersalls, the transporter carrying Treasure Beach and other members of the Trickledown Stud draft, suffered brake seizure when pulling up at traffic lights in Newmarket High Street. Towing the vehicle was not an option and leading the cargo into another lorry was risky on a winter’s night under street lights, so Trickledown’s Paul Thorman elected to walk the foals half a mile to Park Paddocks. In a nearby pub frequented by members of the racing industry, the customers answered Thorman’s mayday call and led the weanlings through the streets. It says much about their preparation that none turned a hair, until letting off a little boisterous exuberance as their hooves touched grass under the floodlights of the sales complex. Two days later Treasure Beach sold for a session-topping 180,000gns.

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occupation, a racing and breeding enterprise, was revamped by culling their stock and buying a quartet of better-grade mares. Honorine was among them. Working in conjunction with pedigree professional Michael Youngs, Hammond tracked her down at Tattersalls’ December Sale as an out-of-training four-year-old with three victories – none in stakes company – for trainer Pip Payne. Hammond says: “Michael is a smashing chap, who works for kings, princes and major businessmen, so we are both grateful he has time for us; perhaps he regards me as a challenge. Julian Dollar [of Newsells Park Stud] recommended him. “My first mares – bought in the £5,000 to £12,000 bracket – were like an apprenticeship in the industry. I had them for eight or nine years, but they weren’t profitable, so when I sold the printing business I had the money to improve the mares and that’s where Michael came in. It’s my decision to sell Honorine, but Michael feels the time is right, too.” Hammond’s purchase of Honorine for the relatively small sum of 50,000gns suggests he has the Midas touch but, in common with every other horse owner, he has known the downside, too. His star mare is likely to sell for a huge profit, yet two of the other three he bought when upgrading his stock, Oriental Lady

Honorine’s Authorized filly foal befriends a colt by Halling out of Anamilina

(King’s Best) and Harlem Dancer (Dr Devious), cost 62,000gns each but returned just 15,000gns between them when put through the ring last year. “That’s the nature of the game,” says Hammond. “If Honorine sells for a million it won’t recoup the stud’s outlay by the time I’ve paid tax.” The fourth mare, Anamilina (Anabaa), has been retained, and her current mating plan suggests Hammond has a sense of sport, not just business. Her Halling colt foal will be offered in the ring this year, but the Yeats foal

British/Irish Classic-producing mares sold the same year at Tattersalls’ December Sale since 2000 2005: Polish Descent (in foal to Kyllachy) – dam of Saoire (Pivotal), winner of Irish 1,000 Guineas. Sold 180,000gns to Joseph Joyce 2006: Specifically (in foal to Danehill Dancer) – dam of Speciosa (Danehill Dancer), winner of 1,000 Guineas. Sold 1,850,00gns to Newsells Park Stud 2007: Factice (in foal to Val Royal) – dam of Cockney Rebel (Val Royal), dual Guineas winner. Sold 240,000gns to James Wigan

Honorine’s foals to date 2006 Rock Of Gibraltar filly – Early Morning Rain Retained, retired after two unplaced runs due to injury. 2011 colt by Halling. In foal to Authorized 2007 Galileo filly Born dead 2008 Galileo colt – Treasure Beach Sold for 180,000gns as a foal to Tim Hyde. Winner of the Irish Derby, Secretariat Stakes and £1,148,856 in prize-money 2009 Singspiel colt Sold at the Craven breeze-up to Gordian Troeller for 42,000gns to race in the USA 2010 Cape Cross colt Sold as a foal to Gill Richardson for 120,000gns to race for Jon and Julia Aisbitt from Mick Channon’s yard 2011 Authorized filly Retained

she carries has its destiny mapped out. Hammond says: “That one’s for me. I hope it’s a colt I can race on the Flat at three and then over jumps.”

On the beach Treasure Beach’s Irish Derby win has been his pinnacle to date, yet his defeat of Nathaniel at Chester, and close second to Pour Moi in the Derby, not to mention his success at Arlington, were performances to gladden any breeder. Unfortunately, the Hammonds were in Morocco when he ran at Epsom. Brian says: “I spent three days walking around Agadir trying to find a television set that could show the BBC and eventually found one in an English bar. The whole family sat down for a meal in front of the TV and were soon joined by Moroccans wondering what all the shouting was about. “I thought he’d won as they crossed the line but, while it was disappointing to be beaten, I’d still bred a Derby runner-up. Sadly, it all got a bit overlooked, not just by the winner, but also because the Queen’s horse was third. “I wasn’t surprised when he was subsequently only fourth at Longchamp – he had three hard races in a row and the race (Grand Prix de Paris), on good to soft ground, probably came too soon after the Curragh.” Treasure Beach will doubtless have plenty of major targets remaining this autumn at various distances. Win, lose or draw, he has done his bit for Honorine’s valuation and it will be interesting to see how well she fares in the ring later this year. That occasion should provide the final chapter in a story that has fashioned the Hammonds’ breeding plans. Jane Hammond says: “It was Brian’s dream to start a stud, but this was never envisaged. People have been so kind about the success of Treasure Beach. There’s no sense of envy because other breeders know how difficult it is to make the sums add up.” THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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SEPTEMBER YEARLING SALE September 20-21 2011

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YEARLING SALES PREVIEW: TATTERSALLS IRELAND

Niche

MARKET Tattersalls Ireland’s September Yearling Sale has perhaps struggled more than most through the recession but it is still an auction with a loyal fan base thanks to its steady supply of winners Words Emma Berry

The winner, a Dubawi colt named Lucky Nine (who started his career in Ireland as Luck Or Design), was sold for €9,000, while runner-up Xtension fetched €15,000. Thirdplaced Treasure Lands (formerly Gardening Leave) was the most expensive of the trio

but, at €24,000, he would still count as a bargain in many people’s books. Also in 2008, Dick Turpin was sold for €26,000 and fellow Group 1 winner Music Show changed hands in a private deal at the sale for just €2,000.

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t’s a long way from Fairyhouse to Hong Kong, but by January of this year, three graduates of Tattersalls Ireland’s 2008 yearling sale had made their way to Sha Tin where they filled the trifecta in the Hong Kong Classic Mile.

A trio of globetrotting Tattersalls Ireland graduates: Lucky Nine leads home Xtension and Treasure Lands in the Hong Kong Classic Mile

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Like Dick Turpin, two-year-old Trumpet Major is by Arakan and owned by John Manley

This was of course the year that all sales took a big hit and Tattersalls Ireland was no exception. The September Yearling Sale aggregate was slashed to almost half the 2007 total, albeit from 200 fewer horses catalogued (from 706 to 505). Despite a top lot of only €70,000 in 2010, last year’s auction did show signs of recovery, clawing back an improvement of 11% on the low of 2009, and it will be fervently hoped that this upward trajectory can continue. To have been able to buy the first three home in a Group 1 for less than €50,000 is surely a message the County Meath-based sales company would like to reiterate ahead of its sole Flat yearling sale. While Doncaster’s Premier Sale has its reputation as an auction which focuses on the more precocious types, Goffs and Tattersalls’ Newmarket wing hold sway in the classier division in their respective countries. So where does that leave Tattersalls Ireland? “We’re a niche sale but every year we get nice horses and loads of winners come from the September sale,” said Tattersalls Ireland Director and auctioneer Simon Kerins. “We made a decision to cut the sale back to two days several years ago – it was difficult to sustain it over three days.” Among the graduates of last year’s auction is recent Newmarket conditions race winner Trumpet Major, yet another promising young flagbearer for the Richard Hannon team. While some of the big-name agents don’t patronise the Fairyhouse sale, Peter Doyle is a regular buyer there, and he selected Trumpet Major, like Dick Turpin a son of Arakan, for €20,000. He holds THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

entries in the Champagne Stakes and Dewhurst Stakes. “Perhaps because it comes fairly early in the yearling sales calendar there’s a sense of people minding what they spend but then they come back to us and say it’s unbelievable value,” added Kerins. “We’ve a

good base of continental buyers and that’s held up well, plus the trainers and plenty of agents are loyal to the sale. I think the sales race gives a good incentive.” Breeze-up consignor Emma O’Gorman purchased the 2005 Tattersalls Ireland Sales Stakes winner Wake Up Maggie for €24,000. The Chris Wall-trained daughter of Xaar subsequently won twice at Group 3 level and was runner-up in the Cheveley Park Stakes. “It’s one of our favourite sales,” said O’Gorman. “You have to look a bit harder for a horse with a pedigree that’s really nice but there are good racehorses there for not very much money. “The Moss Vale filly [Chandigarh] we bought there last year for €9,000 has won already and the sales race is a great incentive – we hope to have three in it this year.” O’Gorman believes that the sale can be overlooked by some agents intent on buying yearlings by the more fashionable stallions. “Agents are perhaps under more pressure from their clients to buy those sorts of horses but that’s why someone like Peter Doyle does so well there – he’s buying horses that he likes rather than judging them purely on pedigree. Fairyhouse is a trainers’ sale really

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Rosa. Lot 72 is a first-cropper that takes the eye: the Duke Of Marmalade filly has a page choc-a-block with black type, being a grand-daughter of Darshaan’s full-sister Dayanata. She is the first foal of the Sadler’s Wells mare Entre Nous.

• Yearlings by 115 different stallions comprise the 2011 September Sale catalogue, including eight by Acclamation, six by Dark Angel and two by Dutch Art, each of whom is enjoying a tremendous season.

• It’s worth being at the sale in plenty of time on the opening day as the first lot through the ring is a colt by Lawman out of the 1991 Prix de Diane winner Caerlina. Her Dalakhani colt King Of Queens fetched 160,000gns at Tattersalls’ October Sale in 2006, while her daughter Luminous Beatuty (by A P Indy) was a $2million Keeneland September yearling.

• Buyers will have a chance to assess the first progeny of a number of freshman sires at Fairyhouse, including Captain Marvelous, Duke Of Marmalade, Haatef, Papal Bull, Ramonti, Sakhee’s Secret, Sixties Icon, Thousand Words and Vita

• The death of Verglas in May was a great blow to the Irish National Stud. The late grey stallion, who could be relied upon as a regular source of juvenile talent, has 11 yearlings catalogued.

• Jim Bolger’s Redmondstown Stud consigns an Iffraaj daughter of his 1994 Phoenix Stakes winner Eva Luna.

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AIRLIE STUD 12 Breeders of

individual Gr.1 winners in the last 12 years

Now see what’s hatching in 2011... TATTERSALLS FAIRYHOUSE SALE, 20th-21st September 60 bay colt (8/4) by Bahamian Bounty – Dollar Bird Half-brother to 3 winners, including LR placed Higher Love and Dollar Chick (£22,400). Dam won at 2; 2nd LR Oaks Trial S. Family of High Hawk, In The Wings, High-Rise, etc. 62 grey filly (14/2) by Verglas – Donnelly’s Hollow Dam half-sister to White Muzzle (Gr.1 Italian Derby; 2nd Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe; a leading sire in Japan), Fair Question (Gr.2), etc. 249 bay filly (15/3) by Bachelor Duke – Mrs Mason Half-sister to promising 2yo Al Jemailiya. Dam won at 2. Family of Champions Assert, Eurobird and Bikala. 433 bay filly (20/2) by Aussie Rules – Trilemma Dam winning half sister to 4 winners. Grandam half-sister to 12 winners, including Group winners Three Tails (dam of Sea Wave, Tamure), Third Watch, Maysoon, etc. Family of 2011 Gr.2 Dante S winner Carlton House.

16 bay filly (1/4) by Exceed and Excel – Chaussons First foal of an Indian Ridge mare who is half-sister to triple Gr.1 winner Petrushka. Closely related to Spectrum (Gr.1 Champion S and Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas). 35 bay colt (10/4) by More Than Ready – Di Machine Half-brother to winners including Gr.1 winner Thano. Dam is half-sister to S African Horse of the Year Ilustrador, Gr.1 Argentine Derby winner Indalecio and dual Gr.1 winner Ishkra 60 bay filly (25/4) by Teofilo – Firecrest Half-sister to 5 winners of 14 races, including La De Two and Firefighter (in 2011), Phoenix Flight (8 wins), etc. Dam LR winner of 5 races. 3rd dam French Champion 2yo First Bloom. 130 bay colt (25/4) by Dylan Thomas – Kincob Half-brother to Gemstone (won LR Lanwades & Staffordstown Studs S, Curragh, at 2; 2nd Gr.3 Park Express S, 2011). Dam half-sister to Bachelor Duke (Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas).

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181 chesnut colt (13/2) by Shamardal – Miss Bellbird Half-brother to 2011 winner Chatterer. Danehill dam is half-sister to Amfortas (Gr.2) and Legend Maker (Gr.3 winning dam of Gr.1 1000 Gns winner Virginia Waters; Gr.3 winner and Gr.1 placed Alexander of Hales, and Gr.1 placed Chevalier).

5 chesnut filly (5/3) by Singspiel – Carson Dancer Half-sister to 3 winners. Dam half-sister to Tap Dance City (Gr.1 Japan Cup). Family of Champion US Filly Winning Colors.

227 bay filly (10/5) by Rock of Gibraltar – Penza Half-sister to 4 winners including Valmari (5 wins, £74,112). Dam half-sister to Gr.1 winner and sire White Muzzle. Grandam Gr.2 winner. Family of dual Gr.1 winner Almutawakel.

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237 dk bay brown filly (5/2) by Arch – Princess Kris Full-sister to Prince Arch (Gr.1 Gulfstream Park Breeders’ Cup: sire), and half-sister to Kingsfort (Gr.1 National S). Dam winning half-sister to Intimate Guest (Gr.3 May Hill S). 252 grey colt (9/2) by Verglas – Rainbow City Half-brother to 2 winners. Dam winning own-sister to Multicoloured (Gr.2 Geoffrey Freer S), and half-sister to Gamut (Gr.1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud). 332 bay colt (7/5) by Lawman – Surf The Web Dam, winner producer, is half-sister to SWs. Grandam is own-sister to Glancing and half-sister to Gr.1 Middle Park S winner Bassenthwaite. 360 chesnut filly (9/3) by Duke of Marmalade – Upperville Half-sister to winners Cannon Hill (£22,736), Blue Ridge Lane (£29,041), etc. Dam winning half-sister to Mutakarrim (14 wins, £267,950) and LR winner Nafisah. 3rd dam Al Bahathri. 365 bay brown filly (3/2) by Henrythenavigator – Valery Lady Dam Gr.1 winner over 7 furlongs. Full-sister to Vacacionado (Gr.2), Vanguardia (Gr.3) and half-sister to Vacacionada (Gr.1). Top South American family. 381 bay colt (16/4) by Montjeu – Woodland Orchid Half-brother to winners including CD Europe (Gr.3 Coventry S, Royal Ascot; 2nd Gr.2 Champagne S) and Cedar Sea (LR-placed winner in France and dam of Gr.3 winner Corsica). TATTERSALLS OCTOBER YEARLING SALE, PART 1, 4th-7th October 38 bay colt (9/4) by Street Cry – Daneleta Half-brother to leading 2yo Intense Focus (Gr.1 Dewhurst Stakes; sire). Danehill dam won at 2 and Gr.3 placed: full-sister to Danelissima (Gr.3 winner; 3rd Gr.2 Lancashire Oaks). 109 bay colt (28/4) by Invincible Spirit – Goldthroat Half-brother to winners including Zafisio (Gr.1 Criterium International, Saint-Cloud at 2, Gr.3 Prix Perth, etc. rated 120). Dam 2yo winner from family of Reprocolor. 405 bay filly (22/4) by Teofilo – Vassiana Half-sister to 5 winners, including Girouette (3 wins, £127,000. Gr.3 Phoenix Sprint S). Dam winning own-sister to SWs Villadolide (Gr.3) and Victorieux. Family of Mrs Penny. 438 grey filly (21/4) by Dalakhani – Alabastrine Half-sister to triple winner Hail Caesar. Dam half-sister to Gr.2 winner Last Second (dam of Gr.1 winner and sire Aussie Rules); Gr.3 winner Alleluia (dam of Gr.1 winner Allegretto) and Alouette (dam of Gr.1 winners Albanova and Alborada).

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but we’ve always made a profit on the horses that we’ve bought there when we’ve sold them on, which is key for us.” One trainer who has no excuse not to be at the sale is Ger Lyons, whose yard is next door to the auction house. He said: “It’s very handy for me. You always get a racehorse there and you get value. In my opinion the quality of horse has perhaps dropped off in the last few years because the bigger outfits want to go to Newmarket or Doncaster, and Tatts [Ireland] has become a victim of that but they are super people to deal with. “One of the better two-year-olds in my yard this year came from Fairyhouse. I spend my own money so I have to be careful where I spend it. I buy 15 to 20 horses on spec each year and I’m buying to sell so I have to get it right.”

Changes at Fairyhouse The sad death of the widely respected George Mernagh in July (View From Ireland, page 27) has meant a new face at the helm of Tattersalls Ireland. Roger Casey, who has been Finance Director since 2008, has been appointed as General Manager, and Michael Hillman and Martin Mitchell, both of whom were set to retire from the board at the end of the year, will remain in place as directors for another 12 months. “It is a tremendous honour to be asked to assume the role of General Manager,” said Casey. “It has been a difficult 18 months both personally and professionally for everyone here and I would like to take this opportunity to publicly acknowledge the support and efforts of all the team at Tattersalls during that period. “The most enduring memorial that we can give George is to continue to operate and manage Tattersalls Ireland in the manner in which he did and that is certainly what I will be trying to achieve in my new role.” From 2012, Harry Fowler, a long-term member of the Tattersalls team in Newmarket, will return to his homeland with his Scottish-born wife wife Lorna (née Bradburne), a Racing UK presenter, to join the Tattersalls Ireland bloodstock sales team. “I went straight from my finals to the Derby sale, so I’ve had a long association with Tattersalls in Newmarket and Fairyhouse,” said 35-year-old Fowler, a keen point-to-point rider whose father John bred and trained jumpers in Ireland. “I was the National Hunt agent in the UK and did inspections for the Irish sales, mainly store horses. Now I’m really looking forward to being back at home permanently.”

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For the greater

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Since the death of Maria Mehl-Mulhens, her family’s historic Gestüt Röttgen has been run by a foundation with the aim of improving the standard of racing and breeding in Germany Words Julian Muscat

erman bloodlines need no introduction to European audiences but 2011 signalled the year when they finally went west. Nothing engages America more than the Kentucky Derby, and in Animal Kingdom, the annual Run for the Roses was won by a horse whose female roots are firmly embedded in German soil. Unlimited advertising spend could not have better amplified the merits of German blood – or the BBAG as the source of it. Animal

Broodmares at the striking Gestüt Röttgen

Kingdom is out of the Acatenango mare Dalicia, who was bought on Barry Irwin’s behalf for the then-record price of €400,000 at the BBAG’s horses-in-training sale in 2005. The success story does not end there. One year later Irwin returned to the same source to purchase Daveron for €100,000. Out of Dalicia’s full-sister Darwinia, Daveron won a Grade 3 at Belmont Park only hours before Animal Kingdom prevailed in Kentucky. Those significant triumphs could not have come at a more apposite time. With North

American horsemen consumed by the drugs debate, representatives of a medication-free environment were showing the way forward. To Americans, Animal Kingdom’s victory was something of a watershed. His ancestry triggered great interest in Germany’s distaff lines that were presumed too laden with stamina for America’s speed-orientated dirt racing. Indeed, perhaps the most famous German import to the US was Nordlicht, unbeaten winner of the German Derby and Horse of the

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Year in 1944. His supremacy was such that he was called ‘Hitler’s horse’ – and he was so described when the US Army claimed him as a spoil of war in 1948. A ghoulish travelling roadshow was established around Nordlicht, but when it failed to draw sufficient crowds he was sold on to a Louisiana breeder. To this day, a plaque commemorates where Nordlicht was buried on his death in 1968. In fact, numerous big-race winners in America are of German descent. As a group their impact has been largely overlooked, but Stacelita (2011 Beverly D Stakes), Shirocco (2005 Breeders’ Cup Turf) and Fraulein (2002 E.P. Taylor Stakes) spring readily to mind – as does 1993 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Arcangues, whose sire, Sagace, hailed from the celebrated German line of Schwarzgold. Schwarzgold is also ancestress of 1985 Derby winner Slip Anchor, who was bred by Lord Howard de Walden out of his German mare Sayonara. The same man also acquired Grimpola, now granddam of Fame And Glory. If Allegretta and her dynasty were not enough, validation of the merits of German bloodlines is seen in Britain each summer. Antara’s Princess Elizabeth Stakes victory in June was her third in Pattern class; she races for Godolphin, whose dual Classic heroine, Kazzia, was also sourced from Germany. Another black-type earner for Godolphin this season is Rumh, a daughter of Monsun bought by John Ferguson for €300,000 at the 2009 BBAG Yearling Sale. Rumh’s progress serves to emphasise that Sheikh Mohammed is an advocate of the merits of German blood. The sheikh had previously

CHRIS BOURCHIER

The Cologne-based stud also features training grounds for the homebreds

Wild Coco romps home through the rain to win the Listed Newsells Park Stud Stakes

savoured success with the progeny of German Group 2 winner Anna Paola, whom he bought privately in 1982 and whose daughters, Anna Petrovna and Anna Matrushka, bred him Annus Mirabilis and Anna Of Saxony respectively. Anna Paola was bred and raced by Gestüt Röttgen, whose silks have been carried to the fore this year by Wild Coco. Trained by Sir Henry Cecil, the Shirocco filly bids to embellish a recent Listed triumph in the Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster.

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Animal Kingdom’s dam Dalicia has raised the profile of German bloodlines in the US

Wild Coco was sent to Cecil after she failed to advance on a 60,000 guineas reserve at the 2009 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. She is the first Röttgen horse to be trained in Britain following the stud’s decision to race some of its better produce internationally. Röttgen, which consigns six yearlings at the BBAG Yearling Sale on September 2, is enjoying something of a renaissance. Although it was established by Peter Paul Mulhens in 1924, it was his daughter, Maria Mehl-Mulhens, who devoted her life to the parkland estate close to Cologne airport. None within Maria’s family shared her devotion to Röttgen, whose 820 acres and architecturally acclaimed buildings are enclosed within a walled perimeter. Consequently, on her death in 1985, Maria established a foundation replete with funding for a race that bears the family name, which is now the German 2,000 Guineas. In keeping the name of the stud alive, the foundation’s ethos is to improve the standard of racing and breeding in Germany. It has much to live up to: Röttgen celebrated its first German Derby winner in 1932 and its last in 1959, although it has since had numerous placed runners. One of them, runner-up Dickens in 2006, was out of Desidera, a half-sister to Dynamis – herself granddam of the aforementioned Animal Kingdom. Röttgen sold Dynamis privately as a yearling but has enjoyed a prolonged period of success with its ‘D’ family. Hopes were also high that Röttgen would end its German Derby drought this year with Dekan, but this half-brother to Dickens fatally severed an artery after his facile debut victory at Bremen in April.

A champion two-year-old in Germany, Desidera’s half-sister Diacada won the German 1,000 Guineas for Röttgen. The two mares are out of another German champion in Diasprina, but another line within Rottgen sprang to life last year when Enora landed the Preis der Diana

(German Oaks). Enora is now in foal to Oasis Dream. “We presently have 28 mares,” said Gestüt Röttgen manager Frank Dorff, who advanced to the role in 2005 after starting on the farm in 1985. “We usually send around one-third of our mares to be covered outside Germany, one-third to our own stallions at Röttgen (Kallisto and Soldier Hollow) and onethird to other stallions in Germany.” The stud’s policy is to offer its yearling colts for sale and keep the fillies, although the odd one of promise may be offered to disperse Röttgen’s bloodlines among European breeders. Another recent development has been the recruitment of Markus Klug to the farm’s training centre. The vast majority of Röttgen’s horses are trained there, in contrast to so many owned by other leading German breeders who increasingly race in France. At a time when German blood is in demand beyond that country’s boundaries, it is refreshing to see a stud of Röttgen’s reputation committed to the domestic racing scene. “We are trying to be a bit more international,” Dorff said, “but at the same time we take seriously the foundation’s aim to improve racing and breeding in Germany. “That was Maria Mehl-Mulhens’s wish. She was passionate about the stud and we are lucky to have the opportunity to keep the name of Röttgen alive.”

IN A NUTSHELL BBAG September Yearling Sale Baden-Baden, September 2 260 lots www.bbag-sales.de • Numerically, former German Horse of the Year Silvano has the upper hand at this year’s sale with 16 yearlings catalogued from his one-season return to Gestüt Fahrhof in 2009. The son of Lomitas is now a permanent resident at the Jacobs family’s Maine Chance Farms in South Africa’s Cape Province. • Fifteen yearlings from the final crop of Germany’s former leading sire Big Shuffle are also set to go under the hammer, while Gestüt Karlshof resident Samum is represented by 14 youngsters. • Just one yearling by Europe’s foremost

sire Galileo is catalogued: a colt named Notre Galoppier out of the dual Group winner Nordtanzerin (Danehill Dancer), consigned by Gestüt Wittekindshof. • The list of consignors features mainly domestic breeders but Newmarket’s Gazeley Stud has a draft of three, including fillies by Halling and Royal Applause, the latter being a close relative of Virginia Derby winner Battle Of Hastings. The consignment’s sole colt is by Three Valleys from the family of African Dream, who won the Dee Stakes for Gazeley’s owners David and Deborah Curran (Franconson Partners). • First-crop stallions represented in the auction are Electric Beat, Hannouma, Linngari, Mount Nelson, Peppershot, Royal Assault, Saddex and Toylsome. • Gestüt Etzean’s full-brother to dual Group 1 winner Night Magic (lot 178, Sholokhov-Night Woman) is tipped to top the sale.

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Unassuming and widely liked, Barberini rarely misses a sale in Europe and America

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here are days when Federico Barberini wishes he hadn’t so successfully pigeonholed himself as an agent adept at picking out bargain-priced yearlings. It may be an invaluable skill to have and enormously satisfying when Dionisa, who cost $11,000, won the Italian Oaks or $8,000 purchase Gladiatorus was rated the world’s best racehorse for a time in 2009. But those results do not financially reward their buyer in the manner a commission from a six-figure yearling order might. Dream Ahead’s Group 1 victories over the past two seasons will not help shed Barberini’s stereotype, for the July Cup winner was picked up for just $11,000 from Book 7, 13 days and 4,763 lots into Keeneland’s 2009 September Sale, on a Sunday evening when Europe’s main pinhooking hordes had long returned home. “Winning with these horses builds up your self esteem but you get known as a buyer of only cheap horses and they are the only orders you get,” said Barberini, who is based outside Rome. “You don’t make much money buying these horses, often it’s not enough to cover your expenses for going to a sale, but I trust in the long term someone will look at the numbers and realise what I’m doing. “Everybody at some stage will buy an inexpensive horse that wins a big race but when you only buy cheap horses it’s different. Especially when you see what some of the big agents who buy Group 1 winners have spent on yearlings who don’t achieve anything. “ Barberini, 37, was brought up on a farm near Rome where his parents, Alessandro and Daniela, were hobby breeders. He had brief spells at Kildangan and Ragusa Studs in Ireland but his main grounding came through family friend and agent, Saverio Brenciaglia. “I became his assistant at the sales. I studied economics at university in Rome but was also working with Saverio at the time and decided then I didn’t want to sit behind a desk but do

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kept on, I was only 23. I took on some of his clients but it was tough to find somebody to give me money to spend. You think you’re good but obviously you’re not and most clients prefer somebody with a few grey hairs.” His first solo purchase came at Tattersalls in October 1997 when buying the subsequent stakes winner She’s So Lovely for 4,200gns but his bargain-hunting credentials were established by the purchase of three Compton Place fillies out of Night Shift mares in consecutive years. Pleasure Place (£2,500 private sale), Shifting Place (4,000gns yearling) and Champion Place (4,000gns private sale as foal) all went on to be Group winners in Italy. The first overseas venture Barberini worked with Brenciaglia was Keeneland’s September Sale and he still makes a number of trips to Kentucky, where the lower echelon market has proved a happy hunting ground. “I like going where other people don’t go. My feeling is that there are less opportunities to get those cheap horses in Europe because everybody knows everything about each other. “The first and second weeks of Keeneland are two different worlds. There are so many horses in that second week that you have to be clear about what you’re doing as they sell 50 an hour. It’s not like at Tattersalls, where the auctioneer will tell everybody there is a Galileo making 5,000gns and even if you are in Highflyer you’ll be in the ring by the time it finishes selling. In Keeneland that doesn’t happen, if the horse is making $3,000 it sells for that. “There’s plenty of nice horses on the second week that don’t have a fashionable enough pedigree or are just not liked by their vendors.” It was in that second week that Dream Ahead appeared at Keeneland and he believes that had he not been by Diktat, a sire out of fashion, he would not have been able to buy the Darley-bred yearling, who was resold at Doncaster’s breeze-up by Tally-Ho Stud. “I was the only European not resident in

2011 Italian yearling sales SGA Milan, September 16-17 272 lots www.sgasales.com ITS Milan, September 23 110 lots www.its-aste.com

Dream Ahead was a shrewd purchase by the agent at Keeneland for just $11,000

America that was still at the sale,” he recalled. “He was a very nice horse and I’m sure every Irish buyer would have looked at him if he wasn’t by Diktat. If he was in an earlier book one of the big guys or a trainer would have seen him and I would have been outbid. “I bought him on spec, I didn’t have anybody for him. I rang Roger O’Callaghan (at Tally-Ho Stud) about a well-bred filly and he said he’d rather have a colt if I had anything. I said there was a very nice one but he’s by Diktat. He looked at the page, called me back and said he’d have him if he was a nice horse.” But it is the even less fashionable sale in late October on the other side of Lexington at Fasig-Tipton that has garnered even more success. It was there that he bought Dionisa and Gladiatorus and also bid unsuccessfully for Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown. A gruelling sales season means that Barberini must bid farewell to his English-born wife Sophie and three-year-old son Matteo James for long periods. “With a low budget there is a small percentage of the catalogue in your price range. It’s easy to spot a good horse, the hard part is

Last year, Italy’s two competing sales companies agreed to hold one combined yearling auction but this year there will again be separate events on consecutive weekends in Milan. First comes the long-established SGA sale, from which the most famous recent graduate is Rip Van Winkle. Federico Barberini is an advisor to SGA and understandably is not totally welcoming towards the ITS sale. “I work for the company but it is a fact that the SGA has a better catalogue and a very long respectable history so there is no need to start an alternative company,” he said. “This year there will be two sales because the agreement between SGA and the other

buying when you get beaten 95% of the time. “You don’t get involved if you don’t love this game because it is very hard work. You tell someone what you do for a living and it sounds fantastic – you travel a great deal, see a lot of places and meet many different people. But when you do it for 15 or 20 years the faces and places are always the same.” Italy’s breeding industry and racecourses continue to be a nursery for some top-class international performers but, just as in Britain, declining prize-money has become an issue. “We are producing as many good horses as ever but that is not supported by the health of the industry. We have very few owners and there is no horses-in-training market unless you have an unexposed black-type horse to sell abroad, such as our 2,000 Guineas winner Al Rep, who was sold to Hong Kong 15 days after the race.” But Barberini will shortly be packing his bags once more as he begins his autumn on the road scouring the sales rings of Europe and America looking for his next budget purchase and, just maybe, this will be the year that he hits the big-money league and sheds his bargain-hunter tag.

company expired. They couldn’t reach a new agreement again this year and it’s very bad for the market because there is barely enough demand for one sale. “SGA is 100% owned by the breeders and all the profits are reinvested in the breeding association so there’s no need to make a weaker product when everybody is struggling. “The sale went down last year but we were quite satisfied because there were foreign buyers and some nice horses came out of the sale.” The best pedigrees appear on day one of the SGA sale with the second day geared more to the local market.

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YEARLING SALES PREVIEW: KEENELAND

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MICHAEL DONOHOE, BBA Ireland

HOT AND COLD Despite notable successes for American-pinhooked juveniles this year, opinion is still divided among breeze-up specialists Words Edward Prosser • Photos Emma Berry

t 7pm on Sunday, September 11, the first of 4,319 yearlings catalogued at Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale will go under the hammer. It’s the world’s largest thoroughbred auction, the source of endless top-class racehorses over the decades and it has long been favoured by breeze-up consignors, but there is continual talk that US sires and bloodlines are now less relevant to Europe. The results have continued to come in, however, and this year both the saletopper at Doncaster’s breeze-up, the Hard Spun colt Red Duke, and at Tattersalls, the recent impressive Newbury maiden winner Tales Of Grimm (by Distorted THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

Humor), were both purchased in the US. We ask four agents and breeze-up specialists whether the US market is still as important to them as it was.

Keeneland September Yearling Sale Lexington, Kentucky September 11-24 4,319 lots www.keeneland.com

Are you a fan of the US sales? Keeneland September is my favourite sale and we’ve had a lot of success there, with horses like Lord Shanakill and Shimmering Moment, and I’ve also done well for my breeze-up clients. I’ll be out there for two weeks and go home on the first day of Book 6, by which time I’ll have seen everything. It is very hard work but because there are so many horses there are always a couple that slip through the net. My favourite time is when everyone else has gone home in the second week. I’d love to get to some of the smaller yearling sales in America, but they tend to clash with things in Europe. Do the American sires still work in Europe? There are some pedigrees that are nearly all dirt and when you look at the animals you can tell

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that they wouldn’t work on grass but there are so many good stallions there that work on turf. When we’re doing lists of horses to look at, there would still be 75-80% of the catalogue on there. The Deputy Minister and Mr Prospector lines work well and everyone was saying the A P Indy line didn’t work on grass but now we have Bernardini doing well. He is out of a Quiet American mare and it’s important to look at the damsires as well.

side and want to something to appeal to the buyer back here and look at the individual as well. We normally buy up to a dozen at Keeneland. I run out of stamina before Willie, who lasts until halfway through the second week. It’s long and laborious because you could easily be looking at 100 horses in a day and they are selling 350 in a day. They have a break halfway through to catch up, which is a major help.

How will the market be? I think some of the cleverer breeze-up people will be buying more there this year because I think the yearling sales at home will be pretty strong. I was at Fasig-Tipton in July and there was good value for Europeans and there have been good results from this year’s breeze-up sales with American horses.

Is the vetting fine for you? Most of the consignors are pretty up front and have a protocol in place. You obviously have to take everything with a little bit of caution but if we are thinking of giving a big price we’ll vet them thoroughly ourselves. It’s a repeat business, we come back each year, so we take on trust what they are telling us is right.

What do you make of the vetting? Any yearling we bid on is fully vetted, with xrays and scopes, which costs us a lot, but we know that when those horses go for resale the vets are tough on American horses. I ask the vendors if the horses have had surgery and if they have we walk away. It’s a huge advantage in America that every single lot you bid on has to have a full set of x-rays as well as eye, heart and scope certs yet people will happily spend £60,000 on a yearling in Britain without x-rays.

CON MARNANE, Bansha House Stables

Are you planning to buy in America this year? I’ve had a lot of success buying in the States and I think from the first dozen horses I got there, I had two Group 1 winners in Palace Episode and Rio De La Plata and a Group 2 winner in Hamoody. I didn’t go last year and won’t be going this time.

What do you look for when you’re buying? As well as the sire you’d look at the dam’s

JAMIE RAILTON, Consignor

Are you buying in America this year? I used to go over four or five times a year, including to Fasig-Tipton in July and Keeneland in January, September and November but I’ll probably go just once in November. There will be a lot of good horses there but I’ve cut back on the breeze-ups for certain reasons and there are only a limited number of stallions that work here anyway.

MARK DWYER, Oaks Farm Stables

Are you still a fan of US sales? I work the sales with Willie Browne (both pictured above) and we’ve been lucky this year. We got Red Duke for $15,000 and he’s a potential Group 1 horse, Tales Of Grimm cost $60,000 and won a warm maiden first time out as did the Medaglia d’Oro colt Attenborough. Going further back, the Gimcrack winner Sir Gerry came from there. We’ve heard what some people have said about the American pedigrees but they have worked for us.

Britain and Ireland. So we have a huge number of yearlings to choose from here without the expense and time of travelling horses from America.

Why not? I don’t trust the vetting. I got burned on a couple of expensive yearlings who scoped fine but were wrong in their wind when I got them back. You can only wind test them before the sale, which doesn’t work for me as I buy a lot on spec as I see them in the ring. For me scoping is a waste of time, I want to lunge them and wind test them after I have bought them. I’d be happy to buy again if there was a wind test afterwards. Are the American sires still relevant for Europe? I probably should be going there but we have cut down on numbers a bit and we do all the sales in Italy, Germany and France as well as

Why not buy horses by those sires? You really have to pay for the proven sires and you don’t want to take too much of a gamble on the unproven ones in the current climate. Street Cry was standing for $100,000 so if you want to buy one by him or a Medaglia d’Oro it’s going to cost you a lot. There’s no point buying one that’s cheaper by them with only three good legs. Hard Spun was unproven and fair play to the guys that bought one by him, it worked. You’re adding risk using an unknown American stallion and there is the extra expense going there – as well as the travel, you have to EBF-nominate them. Those costs aren’t applicable if you buy one down the road in Newmarket. Has the Yearling Bonus Scheme encouraged people to buy more in Europe? My experience selling horses is that it doesn’t make a difference, we’ve sold a group with the bonus and a group without fine. But what it does mean is that if an owner wins the money they might decide to buy another horse, so it has an impact in that way. But I feel it’s time for all of us traders to look after our own market. It’s in everyone’s interests that we do that and why not spend the money at home? It benefits everyone in these tough times for breeders. THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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SALES CIRCUIT By EDWARD PROSSER

Stores stall as jumps sales conclude National Hunt yards are restocked for winter with form horses holding sway

Doncaster August Top lots

Doncaster August Jumping prospects accounted for most of the dearer prices at a truncated renewal of Doncaster’s mixed August Sale. Sir Johnson, winner of two Ffos Las bumpers on his only starts for trainer Peter Bowen, was offered to dissolve his ownership partnership comprising Jackie Fleetham and his breeder Gillian Davies. Fleetham’s husband Steve bid £90,000 to buy out their partner. Another of the bigger spenders was owner Harry Turcan, who previously had shares in four horses with Sue Bradburne and paid £46,000 to buy Grant Cann’s bumper winner Caught In The Act to join the Fife trainer. The store section, once a big part of this sale, made little impact with the dearest price of £26,000 coming for a Westerner two-yearold offered from George Ward’s continuing dispersal and bought by Paul Thorman. The gelding is likely to be reoffered at next year’s Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale.

Name/Age/Sex/Sire

Vendor

Sir Johnson (5g Deploy)

To Dissolve A Partnership

Price (£) 90,000

Buyer Jacqueline Fleetham

Caught In The Act (4g Overbury)

Newlands Farm

46,000

Harry Turcan

Three Mountainview (4g Heron Island)

Monbeg Stables

37,000

John Hanlon

A Word Apart (3g Desert Style)

Moyglare Stud

31,000

Douglas Taylor

Nikos Extra (7g Nikos)

Mill House Stud (Agent)

30,000

William & Angela Rucker

Guts For Garters (8g Presenting)

Gigginstown House Stud

28,000

Anthony Stroud/Sean Clancy

Crude (6g Flemensfirth)

Gigginstown House Stud

27,000

Tom Malone

2g Westerner-Top Ar Aghaidh (Topanoora)

Uplands Stables

26,000

Trickledown Stud

Deny (3g Mr Greeley)

Freemason Lodge Stables

25,000

Harry Hogarth

Quanah Parker (5g Namid)

Hellwood Racing Stables

25,000

Neil King

Five-year tale Year

Catalogued

Offered

Sold

Agg (£)

Avg (£)

Mdn (£)

Top Price (£)

2011

432

309

243

1,649,100

6,786

4,000

90,000

2010

560

402

262

2,341,950

8,938

4,000

110,000

2009

553

386

282

2,183,200

7,742

4,000

100,000

2008

666

482

316

2,366,450

7,489

3,800

95,000

2007

600

434

328

2,822,347

8,604

3,200

270,000

Tattersalls Ireland August Top lots Age/Sex/Breeding

Vendor

3g Presenting-Peripheral Vision (Saddlers’ Hall)

Oak Tree Farm

Price (€)

3g Old Vic-Grangeclare Dancer (Top Of The World) Sunnyhill Stud

GEORGE SELWYN

3g Kayf Tara-Ardstown (Ardross)

Buyer

44,000 John O’Byrne 43,000 Desmond Hughes

John McDonald/Derrymore House 43,000 John Snook

3g Assessor-Baba Roma (Roi De Rome)

Galbertstown Stud

38,000 Stephen Kemble

3g Milan-Valentine Gale (Strong Gale)

Grange Stud (Agent)

27,000 Rita Shah

3g Flemensfirth-Ballyguider Bridge (Accordion)

Jim Magee

27,000 Sean Burke

3g Flemensfirth-Eluna (Unfuwain)

Ardrums House Stud

25,000 Lime Stud

3g Presenting-Greenfieldflyer (Alphabatim)

Ballincurrig House Stud (Agent)

25,000 Gerry Griffin

Peter Bowen retained top lot Sir Johnson

3g Oscar-Santavino (Be My Native)

Gerard Coleman

25,000 Brendan Bashford BS

3g Definite Article-New Line (Roselier)

Parkville Stud

24,000 Francis Flood

Tattersalls Ireland August

4g Presenting-Riviera Sands (Mister Lord)

Moyhree Stud

24,000 Tom Redmond

There were two six-figure stores at Tattersalls Ireland’s 2010 August Sale but a top price of only €44,000 at this year’s renewal. There is never a great clearance rate at this event, which plays second fiddle to the company’s Derby Sale in June, and just 50.8% of those offered changed hands. The catalogue had grown back to its

Year

Five-year tale Catalogued

Offered

Sold

Clearance (%)

Agg (€)

Avg (€)

Mdn (€)

2011

874

685

348

50.8

1,706,550

4,904

2,800

2010

625

483

251

1,547,350

6,195

3,500

2009

591

449

207

46.1

774,000

3,739

2,000

2008

835

577

298

51.6

1,792,698

6,016

4,500

2007

927

674

377

3,401,800

9,023

7,000

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biggest level since 2007 and although the €1.7 million turnover rose on last year, both the €4,904 average and €2,800 median were down. The top lot, a Presenting three-year-old sold from Norman Williamson’s locallybased Oak Tree Farm, was bought by agent John O’Byrne, although he would not have shown a profit on the €41,000 he had cost as a foal at Tattersalls Ireland in 2008. Among the British buyers in action was Stephen Kemble of The Elms Stud who, bidding by telephone, paid €38,000 for the French-bred three-year-old by Haras Nationaux Treban stallion Assessor, named Romassor.

There was an unmistakable Darley feel to this year’s first upper echelon northern hemisphere yearling sale at Saratoga in August, with Sheikh Mohammed’s stallions and his advisor John Ferguson dominating the event. Sales company Fasig-Tipton is owned by a Dubai-based company and the catalogue was heavily populated with Darley US sires, including Bernardini, who accounted for six of the nine top-priced lots. John Ferguson bought five of the six, with the other knocked down to Irish-born agent John McCormack, who now spends much of his time in the US and has bought for Darley in the past. Ferguson bought the only two seven-figure yearlings, sons of Bernardini and Medaglia d’Oro for $1.2 million apiece, and his total expenditure of $8.53 million on 13 lots accounted for 26% of the sale turnover. Darley trainers such as Mark Johnston and John Gosden, and agents like Anthony Stroud and Tom Goff, who have previously bought for the Maktoum team, as well as Rabbah Bloodstock, were also purchasing and it is likely that Sheikh Mohammed’s expenditure was at least a third of the auction’s turnover. There were only 160 lots catalogued, the smallest number since 2005, but the $32.9 million aggregate was marginally up on 2010. The $319,340 average rose by 15.9%. Sheikh Mohammed’s involvement and presence at Saratoga, where his entourage included Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni, will have encouraged many as the major yearling sales approach, although it remains to be seen how much of an indicator of future Maktoum spending this year is given by this boutique event. THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Sale

John Ferguson and Sheikh Mohammed purchased eight of the top 12 lots at Saratoga

Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Sale Top lots Sex/Breeding

Vendor

Price ($)

Buyer

c Medaglia d’Oro-Supercharger (A P Indy)

Taylor Made Sales Agency

1,200,000

John Ferguson

c Bernardini-Easter Bunnette (Carson City)

Mill Ridge Sales

1,200,000

John Ferguson

f Bernardini-Sugar Shake (Awesome Again)

Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency

950,000

John McCormack

c Unbridled’s Song-Dream Supreme (Seeking The Gold)

Lane’s End

775,000

Dale Romans

c Bernardini-Mountain Mambo (Mt Livermore)

Dromoland Farm

750,000

John Ferguson

c Bernardini-Cologny (Go For Gin)

Dapple Stud

750,000

John Ferguson

c Bernardini-Habiboo (Unbridled’s Song)

Brookdale Sales

725,000

John Ferguson

c Street Cry-Dance Swiftly (Danzig)

Taylor Made Sales Agency

625,000

John Ferguson

f Bernardini-Nataliano (Fappiano)

Dromoland Farm

600,000

John Ferguson

c Street Cry-A. P. Interest (A P Indy)

Taylor Made Sales Agency

550,000

John Ferguson

c Indian Charlie-Kokadrie (Coronado’s Quest)

Woodford Thoroughbreds

550,000

Mark Casse

c Giant’s Causeway- Liscanna (Sadler’s Wells)

Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency

550,000

Blandford BS

Five-year tale Year

Catalogued

Offered

Sold

Clearance (%)

Agg ($)

Avg ($)

2011

160

132

103

32,892,000

319,340

2010

202

164

118

71.9

32,515,000

275,551

2009

235

205

160

52,549,500

328,434

2008

195

164

122

74.4

36,080,000

295,738

2007

214

188

142

75.5

41,082,000

289,310

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Sound reasons for turnover system return Michael Harris bemoans the decision to switch to a gross profits levy operation in 2001 To those among us who continue to find fascination in racing politics and finance, the Racing Post’s recent publication of Starting Price overrounds provided much food for thought. Overrounds per runner reflect the margins to which bookmakers bet on horseracing and, since the levy is based on gross profits rather than turnover, they provide part of the reason why racing’s income from the levy has been falling in recent years. The 2001 implementation of a gross profits system in exchange for a turnover system went very well for racing in the early years. The simple rationale was that, if you did not deduct from punters’ bets at source, punters would bet more and the rise in turnover would more than compensate for what bookmakers had to pay in tax and levy on their gross profits. Everyone would be happy.

And so it proved, but nobody at that time could have predicted the extraordinary growth of the exchanges and the effect that they would have on the on-course betting market, from which the SP is derived. On-course bookmakers soon started to use the exchanges as a means of hedging, with the

“This free market

competition is great for punters but really bad news for racing” result that betting margins were driven down and the levy went down with them. The extent to which this happened can be seen in the fact that, in 2001, the average percentage overround per runner was 1.91 but, by 2010, this had decreased by 16% to 1.60.

Even now, with the exchanges starting to loosen their grip on the betting market, there remains intense competition between bookmakers. On Saturday’s big races in particular, bookmakers are betting to tiny margins in an effort to procure more business. It is an arguable point that they can afford to do this because they pay no tax and levy on their online business, which is based offshore. This free market competition is indeed great news for punters, but what the Post’s article about overrounds failed to mention is that, at the same time, it is really bad news for racing. The switching to a gross profits system, meaning the racing industry benefited most when punters were losing most, always left a bad taste in the mouth. Apart from it seeming to be downright wrong, it produced volatility in levy receipts and made accurate forecasting almost impossible. And now, with any benefit that gross profits originally bestowed on racing apparently gone forever, there are some very strong arguments for the return to a turnover system.

Chance to win £15,000 Speed Bonus at Goodwood The ROA’s Speed Bonus day at Goodwood will be in operation for the third year and will take place on Sunday, September 11. The bonus will be given to the fastest horse on the card which clocks the best per-furlong time, measured by the Racing Post Standard Time. The concept has been simplified this year, with no prior registration process required. Once again, the competitive card will feature races across a variety of distances. The bonus on offer will be £10,000 to the fastest horse on the day, with an additional £5,000 to be paid if the horse is owned by an ROA member. To be eligible for the ROA bonus, horses must be owned at least 50% by an ROA member. Goodwood will host a drinks reception in a special hospitality facility for ROA members with runners on the day. Adam Waterworth, Managing Director of Goodwood, said: “I am delighted that Goodwood and the ROA are working together on the Speed Bonus for a third year. We hope owners will show their support for the day with a strong level of entries.”

ROA President Rachel Hood said: “The Speed Bonus concept gives ROA members the chance to benefit from a welcome boost to prize-money on the day. We would encourage members to enter for any suitable races on the card and take advantage of this initiative.” For more details, contact the ROA office on 020 7152 0200 or www.racehorseowners.net. Entries close on Monday, September 5.

Order of races 1:55 The Racing Uk On Sky 432 Bonus Stakes (Handicap) (66-85) 2m £7,000 3yo and up 2:30 The Nick Brooks Stakes (Nursery Handicap) (0-85) 7f £7,000 2yo 3:05 The Turftv Bonus Stakes (Handicap) (66-85) 1m 1f 192y £7,000 3yo and up 3:35 The Goodwood.Com Bonus Stakes (Handicap) (66-85) 1m £7,000 3yo and up 4:10 The Turftv For Betting Shops Bonus Stakes (Handicap) (66-85) 7f £7,000 3yo and up 4:40 The Toteswinger Bonus Stakes (Handicap) (66-85) 1m 4f £7,000 3yo and up 5:15 The Goodwood Revival Bonus Stakes (Handicap) (66-85) 6f £7,000 3yo and up

Mujood, owned by Eden Racing and trained by Eve Johnson Houghton, landed the 2010 Speed Bonus

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Bribery Act makes you think twice

Salisbury’s tariff performance has put the track joint-top of the pile

Tariff league table launched online ROA members can now view how every British racecourse has performed regarding the Horsemen’s Tariff with the launch of a new online league table. The table, which can be viewed at www.racehorseowners.net in the Resources section, details the number and percentage of races which met or exceeded tariff at Britain’s 60 tracks. Between April 2 and September 9, nine Flat courses had achieved 100% tariff-compliant races: Ascot, Epsom, Ffos Las, Goodwood, Hamilton, Haydock, Newmarket, Salisbury and Yarmouth. At the other end of the table, only 34.8% of races at Redcar – 32 out of 98 – met or exceeded tariff over the same period. Michael Harris, Chief Executive of the ROA, said: “The Horsemen’s Tariff has improved the prize-money situation for owners since its introduction and the league table is a good way to show which racecourses have made the most effort to adhere to the Horsemen’s Group minimum prize-money values. “The Horsemen’s Group is now looking at assessing racecourses’ prize-money performance beyond just the tariff evaluation. This will provide a more rounded assessment and give a clearer picture as to which courses should have our support.” The result of a review into the tariff system is set to be published in October. Paul Dixon, Chairman of the Horsemen’s Group, said: “Six months in, and with over THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

85% of Flat races now meeting tariff, it is time for us to refine the system to take a broader view of individual racecourses’ contribution to prize-money. “On top of tariff compliance, we will therefore be taking several metrics into account as a way to grade courses in three categories. “Over the next six months we will be discussing these categories, and the proposed metrics, with a range of racecourses.” The Horsemen’s Group will also be launching a new set of jockey and trainer championships for the 2012 Flat season, based solely upon races which fall within their tariffs.

It may have escaped the notice of most members of the ROA that the Bribery Act came into force in July of this year. The Bribery Act is a new piece of legislation that falls under general corruption law. It has obvious ramifications for corporate hospitality and, as such, is something that racecourses in particular have to take seriously. There are four main offences under the Act: giving a bribe, with the intention of encouraging a person to perform a function or activity improperly; receiving a bribe, with the intention that a relevant function will be performed improperly as a result; bribing a foreign public official; and failing to prevent a bribe (applies only to commercial organisations). On the face of it, the implications of this new legislation might make owners think twice about accepting free tickets or a free lunch from a racecourse. However, the guidance notes attached to the legislation provides some comfort, confirming that offering a client reasonable and proportionate corporate hospitality will not constitute an offence. So those lucky enough to be given tickets to Cheltenham or Royal Ascot need not fear they will incur the wrath of the law. That said, the racing world needs to take the Bribery Act seriously. Those found in breach could face a hefty fine or, in extreme cases, even imprisonment.

DID YOU KNOW? Doubts about the participation of horses entered in races with an ante-post market In the case of a non-runner, the trainer must inform the Racing Calendar Office on 01933 222377, or via racingadmin.co.uk, as soon as practicable. Where the horse is at the racecourse, the Clerk of the Scales should be informed. News should not be disseminated beyond the owner or the owner’s representative until the Racing Calendar Office has communicated the information on to the relevant media organisations. Where there are doubts about the wellbeing or participation of a horse in a race, connections should be mindful that this constitutes ‘inside information’ until such time as the information is in the public domain. The Authority would advise that the trainer or owner informs the media of these doubts at the earliest opportunity.

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Owner-sponsorship scheme update

Declining foal numbers has played a part in the BHA’s decision to reduce fixtures

Fixture list capped at 1,400 for 2012 The BHA has approved plans to cap next year’s fixture list at 1,400, by reducing the fixture list by at least 80 in 2012. This is due to concerns regarding the ability of the declining horse population to continue to service the existing fixture list. Recent analytical research by Weatherbys into the likely impact of falling foal crops suggests an increased rate of decline in horse numbers in 2012. There are a range of possible outcomes, but the BHA has taken the view that the rate of

decline in horse numbers could increase from 3.2% in 2011 to around 7% in 2012. With nearly 40% of races currently attracting seven or fewer runners, the reduction was approved with a view to protecting the competitiveness of British racing. Dates of principal meetings in next year’s calendar have been published already, but next year’s full fixture list is expected to be finalised after the next Levy Board meeting on September 14.

Average number of horses in training – January to July TOTAL % change

2007 15,573

2008 15,957 +2.5

2009 15,581 -2.4

2010 15,216 -2.3

2011 14,729 -3.2

Many hundreds of ROA members have, over the years, enjoyed the benefit of the ROA/Totesport owner-sponsorship scheme. Participation in the scheme has allowed members to register for and reclaim VAT for their racing interests. With the change in ownership of the Tote, this alliance has now come to an end, for the time being, and the ROA itself will be taking over sponsorship of the scheme. This will mean that members whose colours have the Totesport logo on the chest and collar of their silks will need to remove this logo and replace it with the ROA logo, to comply with the VAT Scheme. The ROA is sending out the relevant logos to all owners affected by this change, but we would ask owners to check with their trainers that the logos are switched over on their silks. If you have any queries, please contact Keely Brewer at the ROA on kbrewer@roa.co.uk or call 020 7192 0200.

Riders’ cup anyone? The PJA Pro-Am takes place on Monday, September 26 at the Buckinghamshire Golf Club, Denham. For more information and to make entries go to www.thepja.co.uk/proam or telephone Mike Abbott on 01283 716842 or email through mike@sportsmastersinternational.com

Invitation to ROA members ROA members are invited to a private viewing of award-winning racing photographer Edward Whitaker’s new exhibition, Beyond The Frame, at the Osborne Studio Gallery, 2 Motcomb Street in London’s Belgravia on Wednesday, September 21 between 6.30pm and 8.30pm. The exhibition will contain beautiful limited-edition prints and coincides with the launch of Whitaker’s new book, Beyond The Frame. Your invitation, with venue and timing details, will be sent by return; just email nigel.perry@racingpost.com or phone him, leaving a message with your name and address, on 01635 577627. We have 100 places available for members and you will receive two places allocated on a first come, first served basis.

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Follow us on Twitter! Don’t miss news and tweets from the ROA and Horsemen’s Group on Twitter. Follow both on Twitter @ RacehorseOwners and HorsemensGroup. Racing Post Photos ROA members are reminded of the wide range of images and photographic gifts available for purchase at a special 20% discounted rate through Racing Post Photos. Members should register on the ROA website www.racehorseowners.net and use the click-through facility to place their order.

The Butler family with Kian’s Delight

But while upping of sights is something for the future, eyebrows have already been raised in relation to the sport’s dire economics, which as a company accountant and director for a financial firm in Oldham, Butler can be expected to have a considered opinion on. “We essentially run where the trainer wants to, but we do take an interest in the tariff and get the information and guidelines from the ROA concerning race conditions and we do make suggestions to Jedd,” said Butler. “Something which rankles is looking in the Racing Post and seeing some races worth £1,900, and there are fixtures all over the place, much of which is diabolical quality. I read that the BHA is planning on reducing the fixture list by 80 meetings. I’d reduce it further. “Much of the future health of the industry, I would say, depends on Fred Done now he has bought the Tote. He’s a rational thinker, does not sit on his backside and I am sure has plans in mind.”

Diary dates and reminders SEPTEMBER 11 ROA Speed Bonus day at Goodwood £15,000 on offer to the fastest horse on the day, if owned by an ROA member.

NOVEMBER 12 Paddy Power Gold Cup day Members can book places for the exclusive ROA marquee at Cheltenham for the Saturday of The Open meeting.

DECEMBER 1 ROA/sportingbet.com Horseracing Awards evening The horses and owners of the year are acknowledged at the ROA’s black tie awards dinner, held at the London Hilton, Park Lane.

Racing Post Yearling Bonus Scheme

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For most in the sport, the build up to the ‘Duel on the Downs’ would have been the major talking point on Sunday, July 24, but for Ray and Jenny Butler an event with much greater resonance took place in a modest handicap at Pontefract. They will always remember the occasion, it being their first winner in their silks, Kian’s Delight springing a 25-1 surprise under Duran Fentiman. Ray Butler said: “We have two horses, Kian’s Delight and Kieron’s Dream, named after our two grandchildren, though Kieron’s Dream is out of training, which is a bit frustrating as the reason we had two was that we’d have something to look forward to most of the season. “Some of the people we met up with a number of years ago had horses and we just decided to go down the same route. Many years ago we had some corporate events at the races. I did not understand racing then but towards the end of the nineties I said to Jen, ‘Let’s go to York and see what happens’. “Both our fathers liked a bet, so there was a connection there, and we liked the horses and going to many of the tracks all over England. It evolved from there. “We were in syndicates, with ten per cent of legs in horses, but then recently took the plunge and decided to take 50% stakes in two horses. “We are in it for the interest, not to make money. We have been to [trainer] Jedd O’Keeffe’s half a dozen times and enjoy that, though it takes time to get there as we’re in Manchester and he’s in Middleham.” Butler added: “For owners, in our experience, by far and away the best course is York. Some of the smaller courses are good too. Thirsk is, at Catterick they look after you, Pontefract is nice, and you get treated well, like we were when Kian’s Delight won there the other day. Our son and daughter, and future son-in-law were all there, so it was a great day for the family. “The best thing about ownership is you get to have a real say in a horse’s welfare, and where to run, over what distance, the type of race and ground preference. “The worst thing is the frustration of having a horse out injured. Kieron’s Dream has a pelvic injury. He ran three times as a two-yearold, but hasn’t been out this year. “They are similar types, he and Kian’s Delight – if he continues to run well maybe we can raise our sights.”

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Caledonian Spring wins at Ascot on July 22 for owner Dr J Kinnear

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Racecourse League Table Ptn Racecourse

Racecourse ownership

Exec + Sponsors (£)

1 Cheltenham JCR 3,251,589 2 Aintree JCR 1,763,912 3 Chester I 825,824 4 Ascot I 4,562,223 5 Fakenham I 173,047 6 York I 2,580,783 7 Ripon I 400,690 8 Hamilton Park I 349,421 9 Cartmel I 110,107 10 Ffos Las North 527,016 11 Haydock Park JCR 1,370,907 12 Perth I 222,639 13 Hereford North 170,112 14 Beverley I 325,505 15 Musselburgh I 528,497 16 Newton Abbot I 281,406 17 Epsom Downs JCR 1,285,548 18 Goodwood I 1,405,341 19 Thirsk I 247,850 20 Wincanton JCR 343,361 21 Bath North 235,491 22 Ayr I 724,296 23 Salisbury I 328,426 24 Taunton I 209,098 25 Doncaster Arena 1,554,948 26 Sandown Park JCR 1,082,156 27 Bangor-on-Dee I 192,829 28 Leicester I 343,049 29 Worcester Arena 167,399 30 Pontefract I 290,671 31 Chepstow North 301,223 32 Newmarket JCR 3,189,174 33 Market Rasen JCR 283,638 34 Wetherby I 203,752 35 Windsor Arena 325,047 36 Newbury I 1,250,915 37 Nottingham JCR 230,268 38 Stratford-on-Avon I 228,973 39 Brighton North 179,019 40 Sedgefield North 148,819 41 Uttoxeter North 216,263 42 Carlisle JCR 224,735 43 Yarmouth North 214,919 44 Newcastle North 364,366 45 Warwick JCR 270,787 46 Kempton Park JCR 1,145,954 47 Catterick Bridge I 182,946 48 Kelso I 129,684 49 Folkestone Arena 152,296 50 Lingfield Park Arena 709,392 51 Southwell Arena 431,308 52 Exeter JCR 168,242 53 Ludlow I 96,543 54 Plumpton I 106,296 55 Hexham I 88,662 56 Wolverhampton Arena 552,411 57 Huntingdon JCR 113,235 58 Redcar I 175,656 59 Fontwell Park North 128,380 60 Towcester I 57,411 Total 37,724,450

% of Total

Levy Board (£)

59.3 1,414,572 57.4 854,392 53.0 602,180 51.9 2,148,975 51.2 163,260 50.8 1,225,292 49.4 284,601 49.2 295,990 48.9 94,310 48.6 455,130 48.0 1,071,496 47.5 221,280 45.7 152,452 45.5 307,280 45.5 523,132 45.5 332,230 45.2 759,840 45.0 1,278,804 44.8 204,665 44.4 360,020 44.1 243,622 42.1 734,084 40.5 359,322 40.1 278,135 39.6 1,300,938 39.4 1,250,300 39.2 270,583 37.6 443,097 37.2 218,073 36.9 417,410 36.0 431,820 35.4 2,517,843 35.2 446,220 34.9 327,616 34.9 490,170 34.8 1,665,542 34.6 304,570 34.1 382,345 33.7 298,050 33.1 262,430 32.0 366,400 31.9 403,460 31.9 364,152 31.4 634,690 31.4 473,558 31.1 2,061,945 30.7 344,190 30.5 258,238 28.7 332,981 26.3 1,676,638 25.9 1,092,515 24.7 433,172 24.3 264,750 24.1 300,918 23.9 243,948 23.9 1,459,465 23.6 312,082 23.2 291,757 23.0 376,718 12.9 344,842 41.1 37,428,489

% of Total

Owners (£)

% of Total

25.8 816,706 27.8 456,980 38.7 91,599 24.4 2,066,468 48.3 0 24.1 1,254,658 35.1 100,310 41.7 56,155 41.9 20,797 42.0 96,934 37.5 377,382 47.2 21,850 40.9 45,485 43.0 56,186 45.1 97,847 53.7 5,180 26.7 790,147 40.9 421,500 37.0 60,415 46.5 64,700 45.6 46,419 42.6 240,920 44.3 71,559 53.4 33,734 33.1 999,044 45.5 399,112 55.0 26,884 48.6 89,391 48.5 49,544 52.9 51,096 51.7 96,538 28.0 3,199,633 55.4 69,286 56.1 47,726 52.7 92,356 46.3 571,775 45.8 80,471 56.9 56,973 56.1 46,784 58.4 38,466 54.3 77,751 57.2 66,478 54.1 69,106 54.6 147,901 54.9 98,340 55.9 341,553 57.8 49,014 60.7 32,051 62.8 43,323 62.1 218,032 65.7 110,809 63.7 67,566 66.6 36,031 68.1 32,350 65.8 31,052 63.1 193,599 64.9 49,403 38.6 262,841 67.4 51,801 77.3 37,697 40.8 15,225,708

14.9 14.9 5.9 23.5 0 24.7 12.4 7.9 9.2 8.9 13.2 4.7 12.2 7.9 8.4 0.8 27.8 13.5 10.9 8.4 8.7 14.0 8.8 6.5 25.5 14.5 5.5 9.8 11.0 6.5 11.6 35.6 8.6 8.2 9.9 15.9 12.1 8.5 8.8 8.6 11.5 9.4 10.3 12.7 11.4 9.3 8.2 7.5 8.2 8.1 6.7 9.9 9.1 7.3 8.4 8.4 10.3 34.8 9.3 8.5 16.6

Total (£)

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

5,482,868 5,722,574 3,075,284 3,155,582 1,557,603 1,563,575 8,795,166 9,222,476 338,307 371,700 5,075,733 4,933,575 811,601 835,331 709,566 784,464 225,214 214,000 1,084,080 938,639 2,853,885 3,532,538 468,769 593,060 372,499 434,449 714,971 849,891 1,160,476 1,131,477 618,816 630,403 2,841,535 3,069,966 3,123,145 4,126,157 553,330 813,710 773,581 762,855 533,981 715,036 1,721,800 1,960,885 811,357 947,505 520,967 475,306 3,924,480 4,405,226 2,747,568 3,456,352 492,046 783,025 911,437 1,232,819 449,416 600,408 788,677 949,688 835,681 1,198,802 8,998,650 10,390,590 805,144 944,631 583,594 723,225 930,573 1,124,670 3,594,582 3,998,162 664,809 805,950 672,291 870,965 531,053 603,280 449,715 478,037 675,014 988,446 705,173 795,015 672,977 748,743 1,162,107 1,448,010 862,785 958,688 3,685,995 4,816,827 595,350 814,659 425,773 644,497 530,600 616,140 2,700,812 3,920,077 1,663,032 2,391,536 679,980 736,652 397,324 663,710 441,564 577,365 370,662 534,823 2,311,425 3,323,478 480,720 738,741 756,254 840,600 558,699 810,612 445,950 558,766 91,726,440 107,278,368

51.3 49.5 37.3 43.6 22.0 43.4 27.2 28.2 20.1 17.6 35.9 16.1 3.7 28.4 30.6 12.9 40.8 39.1 24.1 11.1 22.1 28.9 22.4 10.4 25.1 30.2 17.6 19.4 1.7 22.5 20.4 30.6 12.0 22.4 22.6 25.0 15.9 22.7 12.4 7.4 8.5 19.6 18.8 21.1 13.0 10.0 13.2 20.3 9.3 15.1 2.2 14.0 18.4 4.3 10.6 2.4 10.0 11.6 10.2 7.4 27.2

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In order of racecourses’ percentage contributions to overall prize-money. Figures relate to prizemoney for the 12-month period August 1, 2010 to July 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: These occasionally distort performances relating to a track’s fixtures. The year-onyear percentage comparison on which this table is based can place tracks in a worse light than they deserve.

OWNERSHIP KEY JCR Jockey Club Racecourses

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TWO superstars of the Juddmonte operation shone on the Sussex Downs during Glorious Goodwood, capturing both of the weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Group 1 races. The much-hyped Duel on the Downs lived up to all expectations when Frankel scorched home in the Sussex Stakes, defeating the five-time Group 1 winner Canford Cliffs. Three days later it was the turn of another great in Midday, who won a record-breaking third consecutive Nassau Stakes, taking her Group 1 tally to six. Juddmonteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stallions also enjoyed a great week, with Middayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sire Oasis Dream also responsible for the Listed winner Neebras, while Dansili scored with Requinto in the Group 3 Molecomb Stakes.

ON Saturday October 8th BBM will host a reception at the new Future Champions Day at Newmarketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rowley Mile. Hoof It triumphs in the Stewardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cup

The week also saw a superlative performance from the top-weight Hoof It in the Stewardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cup when the son of Monsieur Bond carried 9st 10lb to glory by two and a half lengths in the ultra-competitive sprint.

in the spotlight BBM MAKES FIRST VISIT TO POLAND AMONG the European countries that have embraced the Racing Post Yearling Bonus Scheme, Poland must be high on the list, having dramatically increased their yearling sale expenditure in Britain and Ireland since the scheme was introduced. Poland split its bonuses in half and six prizes of ÂŁ5,000 are offered. Considering the recent Polish Oaks carried a total prize fund of around ÂŁ10,000, the bonuses offer the chance of a considerable return on investment. Instead of following the model of Britain and Ireland whereby races are nominated to the Scheme, in Poland an eligible horse is awarded a Bonus no matter what race he wins, until all six prizes have been allocated. At the end of July, BBM made its first trip to Poland to meet with trainers and owners at the Polish Oaks meeting at Sluzewiec racecourse in Warsaw. Sluzewiec was opened in 1939 and although racing ceased during the Second World War it resumed in 1946 and has continued ever since. The true focus of the Polish racing scene is the Classics â&#x20AC;&#x201C; both the Derby and Oaks are run in July â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and there are few opportunities for older horses.

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Sluzewiec hosts 65 days of racing each year, with the Oaks card on Saturday July 27th including contests for thoroughbreds, Arabians, half-breds, and jumpers. The hot favourite for the Polish Oaks was the British-bred filly Electra Deelites. Runner-up in the Polish Derby earlier in the month, she finished second again, beaten by Hortensja, a daughter of the imported Sadlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wells stallion In Camera, and will now seek compensation in the Bratislava Oaks. Rain was a persistent feature of the weekend, with racing abandoned after the third race on Sunday due to an electrical storm, but the BBM team were still able to meet with plenty of trainers and owners to promote the British yearling sales. On the final day of the trip, BBM visited Stadina Koni Kozienice, a state-owned stud farm around 100km from Warsaw. Kozienice is home to three stallions, including the US Grade 3 winner Silver Whistle, and around 25 broodmares.

Mares and foals graze at Stadina Koni Kozienice

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Future Champions Day combines the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes and the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes on the same day for the first time, showcasing the very best of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s juveniles, and takes place at the conclusion of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. Working in partnership with the Jockey Club and Tattersalls, BBM looks forward to welcoming leading owners, trainers, breeders and buyers from around the world to the event, which takes place at the end of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, three days before the start of the Book 2 sale. BBM is also busy promoting the upcoming British yearling sales to overseas markets. As well as visiting Poland, the team also attended the Copa de Oro meeting at San Sebastian in Spain. BBM will also be at the Norsk Derby meeting in Oslo at the end of August, as well as the Arqana yearling sales in Deauville and BBAG yearling sale in Baden Baden.

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Be there... SEPTEMBER 7-10 St Leger festival, Doncaster A four-day festival at the home of Britain’s oldest Classic which boasts one of the most notorious ladies’ days in the country

NGC support goes from strength to strength

SEPTEMBER 17 Gold Cup Day, Ayr Frankie Dettori goes for a treble this year in Europe’s richest sprint handicap and one of the highlights of the Scottish Flat racing calendar

OCTOBER 2 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Longchamp No excuse needed for a weekend break in Paris, but the chance to witness history in Europe’s most prestigious race certainly features high on the list

OCTOBER 5-14 Tattersalls’ October Yearling Sale It’s work hard, play hard as the great and good of the thoroughbred industry descend on Newmarket for the country’s biggest yearling sale. Watch out for forthcoming details of the NGC sales event on www.the-ngc.co.uk.

OCTOBER 15 British Champions’ Day It may be early days for this grand finale to the first British Champions’ Series but with the jumps season hot on its heels, it’s one of the last chances to see the stars of the Flat in action.

Michael Donohoe, bloodstock agent, BBA Ireland

“I would rather avoid a horse that is weak behind as that to me is where the majority of the power comes from. Therefore I would rule out horses that are weak through their hocks or have a curb. “As far as accepting imperfections, I know certain people aren’t keen on horses that are too light of bone but I would happily overlook that if the horse is well put together otherwise. I would also be willing to accept a certain degree of minor deviation in the limb providing the horse is not a heavy-topped individual that will result in extra pressure being put on those limbs. The same rule would apply to slightly offset knees.”

Toby Coles, trainer “In today’s world of corrective surgery and remedial correction, physiological imperfections

David Simcock welcomes NGC members to Trillium Place Stables in Newmarket

Talking Point... What physical imperfections can you forgive and which do you avoid completely when looking at a horse at the sales? in those better bred horses are becoming harder to detect. Therefore one has to trust one’s gut instinct as to whether it can be trained. In those that can be faulted, I take a much dimmer view on those that fault from the knee rather than the fetlock.”

James Tate, trainer and vet “There is an exception for every rule. I would happily accept many of the horses that fail the current ‘wind test’ if I could perform a dynamic overground endoscopic examination on the horse whilst being lunged with a saddlecloth. In my opinion, the resting endoscopic examination currently being used as part of the ‘wind test’ is outdated as many normal horses are being failed and many abnormal horses are being passed. “I avoid horses that have undergone significant corrective surgery, for example, transphyseal bridging (the insertion of screws, wires or plates to slow down growth

on one side of a growth plate), periosteal elevation (to speed up growth on one side of a growth plate) or cutting one of the check ligaments to correct contracted tendons. While a horse’s limb conformation is cosmetically improved after these surgeries, there is in fact significant evidence that these procedures are more likely to lead to unsoundness than if there had been no interference. Consequently, I believe it should be mandatory for vendors to declare such surgeries for foals, yearlings and two year-olds at the breeze-ups.”

Duncan B Moir, vet “There are few specific things that I would fail a horse for at the sales. It is important when vetting to piece together all the information available: pedigree, conformation, laryngeal grade and radiographic report will provide a picture as to the horse’s short, medium and long-term prospects. Every horse is different and must be judged on the overall picture they present.”

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ne year on from the Next Generation Club’s inaugural Plantation Stud Day, and the brainchild of Kirsten Rausing, designed to attract young people to the industry, has gone from strength to strength. We have had a great response from many industry leaders who have contributed to making the events possible over the last 12 months, and our second industry day was held in Newmarket in late July. The event, designed to give NGC members an insight into both the racing and breeding arms of the business, was yet again well attended by a mixed bag of regular enthusiasts and first-timers keen to learn more. The team of around 40 attendees assembled on the gallops where they were greeted by Newmarket trainer David Simcock, who chatted to the group at length about the rigours of running a successful training operation. Attention was then quickly diverted to the apple of his eye as recent July Cup winner Dream Ahead took to the gallops. We were treated to the site of the three-time Group 1 winner sail up the Polytrack in the company of Noble Citizen before a brief tour of Simcock’s Trillium Place Stables. Alex Cummins was one attendee whose daily life as a Junior Brand Manager for a luxury beauty company could not be further from the windswept gallops of Newmarket and a job she describes as “serious hard graft”. She said: “I originally became interested because my grandfather took me racing. I worked with Epsom trainer Les Montague Hall for about a year when I was 14 but I knew then that the early starts and English weather wasn't going to work for me! Those who do dedicate their lives to racehorses deserve medals.” That said, she remains a huge fan of the sport and jumped at the chance both to see Dream Ahead in the flesh and meet fellow enthusiasts. “I watch the racing every Saturday and I try to go racing as often as possible. The chance to spend an afternoon meeting like minds and debating Frankel versus Sea The Stars was fantastic. None of my friends are particularly into horseracing, and I met some great people who I will hopefully keep in touch with.” With the racing fans satisfied, the second half of the visit focused on the breeding industry with a tour of Newmarket’s historic National Stud. The group enjoyed a parade of its flagship stallions, Bahamian Bounty and Pastoral Pursuits, in addition to a look at some of the progeny of the stud’s first-season sire, the dual Guineas winner Cockney Rebel. The chance to gain an understanding of all facets of the industry was not lost on James Follows, founder of Gannaway Racing Club and a long-time fan of jump racing.

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He said: “The most appealing aspect of the NGC visit for me was the chance to try something new. Being focused on the National Hunt game, we regularly attend the local National Hunt tracks but Newmarket was a new experience and as the epicentre of the flat fraternity I was intrigued to go.” After gaining an insight into both the breeding and racing hubs of Newmarket, it was on to the July course to witness the end product. The team enjoyed a top-class card from the comfort of a paddock side pavilion, kindly provided by Newmarket Racecourses.

Zoe Hill and her husband were newcomers to the racing experience and although going home a little richer after backing a few winners definitely helped, she has also become a new fan of the sport, saying: “We had such a great day we are planning to take a few family and friends next month for my husband’s birthday. “Winning three out of seven races was a definite highlight but the tour of the National Stud and gallops was also very interesting, especially as horseracing is something completely new to us so it gave us a really comprehensive background.”

Q&A HAYLEY MOORE, Filly Factor winner, amateur jockey and assistant to father, trainer Gary Moore What made you apply to the Filly Factor competition? I always joked with friends about being the first female race commentator so when I heard about the competition for it I thought I'd have a go. What experience did you have commentating or otherwise when you applied to the competition? As far as commentating goes I had only really given a very basic call on a runner of ours down the phone to my dad if he couldn’t watch the race. It wouldn’t have been very exciting! What will the immediate future hold for you now you have won the competition? I’ve had a lot of kind requests from local tracks such as Brighton, Kempton and Fontwell to call a race on their ladies’ days, which has been an invaluable experience so soon into my career. Otherwise things are much the same for me. I will continue working in racing and riding out until I enroll on the prestigious commentating course in January. I’ll keep the momentum up between now and then by practising some calls at home with the volume turned down. What have been the most useful tips or advice you have been given while trying to develop your commentary skills? I was advised to always know where the favourite is and to check where they are throughout the

race so you can make reference to it. Some great advice I also received was not to start off too fast, but to find a sensible rhythm, which you can then build on. My best tip was to write the runners out in draw order too. It makes such a difference in a big sprint as to know where they’re likely to be racing. Why do you think there has never been a female commentator before? I don’t really know the answer, other than from my own personal position when I thought about doing it years ago I didn’t know how to go about it, purely because no other woman was there to lead the way. I didn’t feel brave enough to go about asking anyone what to do. I guess I just saw it as unrealistic to have a female doing the call. You have also made a name for yourself in the saddle. Is that something you hope to continue and do you find it helps you at all when commentating? Riding means the world to me and it’s something I simply love doing so, yes, I definitely hope that my riding will continue. The racing definitely helps me to commentate because I feel as though I can read a race better and possibly predict how it will unfold. I can use my judgment and experience of pace to guess whether the winner will be coming from behind or when a horse might be able to ‘nick’ a race from the front. That said, the standard of commentators in England is pretty special so it proves you don’t need to be able to ride a horse to commentate!

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The Warwickshire Hunt Branch of the Pony Club with Robert Waley-Cohen, right, Olympia Allen, left, and David Forsyth, second left

Upton Viva Stud opens its doors to the Pony Club Gold Cup hero Long Run the star of an exciting outing One objective of the TBA Education and Employment Committee is to encourage and foster an interest in careers in the thoroughbred breeding industry among young people of school age, to which end a successful link with the Pony Club has been established. As part of a series of organised visits for Pony Club members and their parents, 25 young members of the Warwickshire Hunt Branch visited Robert and Marcus Waley-Cohen’s Upton Viva Stud on July 26. Joining the group were six members of the Central Otaga Pony Club from New Zealand, on a three-week visit to the Warwickshire, which included the annual Pony Club camp. The trip was the brainchild of mentor and Chef d’Equipe David Forsyth, formerly DC of the Warwickshire Hunt Branch of the Pony Club, who had accompanied the visitors. On arrival at Upton Viva, the group was

warmly welcomed by Robert Waley-Cohen, who gave a brief insight into the objectives of his breeding and training operation, plus an introduction into the fundamentals of breeding National Hunt racehorses. After re-fuelling with chocolate brownies and drinks, the tour began at a group of mares and foals, which the visitors were encouraged to evaluate and assess which foals should be retained for the racetrack and which should be sent to the sales. The mares included Liberthine, the threeparts sister to Long Run, with a nice Presenting filly at foot, and Stravinksy Dance, with a very attractive Shirocco colt at foot. Later on in the tour another that caught the eye was Violet Express, dam of Rajdhani Express (by Presenting), with her lovely foal at foot named Mrs Simpkins. Her very tall threeyear-old full-brother by Presenting, Mr

Simpkins (named after the Upton Viva gardener), was also on hand. Moving on to yearlings, two- and three-yearolds, again the group was encouraged to examine and comment on conformation, while our host dispensed anecdotes which demonstrated the trials and tribulations, as well as the fascination, of breeding thoroughbreds. The highlight for many was an opportunity for a close look at Long Run, now coming to the end of his summer holiday and looking exceptionally well and relaxed. It was a real treat to be able to get close to this lovely looking horse and the full story of how he and Sam Waley-Cohen made it to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup via the King George had all the youngsters enthralled. By the end of the morning the group had learnt a great deal more about the industry and the questions continued until it was time to leave. It is to be hoped that Robert Waley-Cohen’s enthusiasm for the jumping game has rubbed off on some of them. Subsequent initial feedback has revealed that the visitors reported enthusiastically back to camp on the visit. The TBA is most grateful to Robert WaleyCohen for giving his morning up to host the visit and to TBA regional representative Hazel West for organising such a successful outing. THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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Yorkshire TBA Yorkshire Regional Chairman Jack Berry masterminded another successful meeting at Kingsley House Stables. Thirty members enjoyed an amazing insight into the training methods of Mark Johnston, with an accompanied tour of the facilities at Kingsley House and Park Farm led by the man himself. An enforced delay to proceedings saw Jack arrive at Kingsley House via a local feed lorry but soon we were off to Park Farm, to see fourth lot, comprising three-year-olds and older horses, work on the Tapeta gallop. Park Farm was formerly a dairy farm, totally unfenced and devoted to silage production. Acquired in December 2003, only two agricultural buildings remain; there are now eight one-bedroom staff cottages and the yard is equipped with new buildings. It provides all the haylage production required to cover the stock throughout the year. This is analysed monthly to ensure it maintains a low protein value, with concentrate feed relied upon to deliver a constant source of high-protein diet. Mark talked enthusiastically about developing Park Farm and admitted to a passion for new ideas and concepts, with a sea walker high on his wish-list of new acquisitions. A range of grass gallops were laid THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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The remaining five yearling fillies were out in the surrounding paddocks, which featured a particularly exciting Galileo filly out of Attraction, who has a Tattersalls October Book 1 entry. Others included a strong Royal Applause filly out of Aunty Mary, a half-sister to Attraction, and a Cape Cross filly out of Attraction’s dam Flirtation, named Fusion, who will be retained. The three colts, by New Approach (ex Comic, Tattersalls Book 1), Tamayuz (ex Kindling, Book 2) and Dylan Thomas (ex Dubious, Book 2) provided a unique opportunity to see the offspring of some high

in 2004, which also provided for an airstrip. The one-mile Tapeta gallop was added in November 2008 and now from working six months of the year on the Moor and six months on Tapeta, all work is solely on the latter. Mark explained that his two-year-olds are kept to the flat gallop, as he believes that keeping horses working on the bridle addresses the concern that they were losing their speed as a result of routinely being asked to work uphill. An opportunity to walk round the yards at Park Farm and later back at Kingsley House demonstrated the focus on attention to detail. There are eight yards in total, all run by separate managers, each with monthly prize-money

targets to meet, reinforcing the ‘Always Trying’ message throughout the business. Throughout the morning our host answered questions, ranging from identifying common racecourse injuries, tackling spiralling costs, managing a large business, working with the local authorities and the state of racehorse training in the north of England. You name it, Mark was prepared to share it with us. This theme continued after a hearty lunch at the local Friars Head in Akebar, when we were joined by wife Deirdre and resident vet James Tate. Questions from TBA members kept everyone entertained until well past 3pm. Our thanks go to Jack and Jo Berry, and our hosts for a fascinating insight into one of the most successful training yards in the country.

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After some disappointing July weather, the long journey northwards was rewarded with a beautiful day in the Borders for the Scottish Regional Meeting. Thirty-two Scottish members supported a constructive and convivial morning at Floors Stud. We were delighted that our host, The Duke of Roxburghe, was able to welcome members to the castle, where he outlined his policy for the stud and introduced his Stud Manager Jo Schofield, who accompanied the members throughout their tour. Ten yearlings were viewed, including an Exceed And Excel filly out of Steeple who was in the very early stages of a sale preparation, which Jo described as a one-off policy to particularly suit the individual. A Tiger Hill filly out of Bedara held an early sales entry at BadenBaden with a view to maximising interest in the sire’s offspring in Germany. This encouraged a number of questions and discussion on sales preparation from the members, which helped to generate a most informal but useful dialogue throughout the tour.

value performers, which nowadays is sadly rare in Scotland. This theme continued with the two paddocks totalling eight broodmares and their offspring, which included foals by Nayef, Mastercraftsman, Mount Nelson, Pivotal, Oasis Dream, Shamardal, Dansili and Medicean. A delicious lunch was then served in the Castle Restaurant and included salmon from the Tweed, which we were told was caught by the Duke himself! Our thanks go to our host His Grace, The Duke of Roxburghe, Tim Finch, Chairman of the TBA’s Scottish Region, for organising the day, and the team at Floors – Jo Schofield, Peter Henderson, Jennifer Young and Jo Thomson. The Scottish regional day brought the 2011 season of regional meetings to a close. We would like to thank all our regional representatives for their help and support in providing members with yet another memorable year. We appreciate that finding new venues becomes increasingly challenging over the years, particularly in certain regions, and we are extremely grateful to our hosts and their staff who make a financial commitment to these days and put in a great deal of hard work to support the TBA in its objective to educate and inform its members.

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TBA visit to Weatherbys At the suggestion of TBA Regional Chairman Andrew Mead, Weatherbys directors kindly agreed to provide an open morning for all TBA members at their headquarters in Wellingborough, with the aim of providing an insight into the role that Weatherbys plays within the racing industry. The offices at Wellingborough, which accommodate 350 staff, have undergone considerable redevelopment over the past 18 months and it was particularly exciting to see the new ground floor layout in operation. For the visitor this aided an appreciation of the role, responsibilities and interaction between the relevant departments. Members could not have failed to be most impressed by the professionalism and forwardthinking approach from the administrators of British racing. After a welcome presentation

Diary dates and reminders

from Chairman Johnny Weatherby, members were divided into four groups and visited the Commercial Services Department, Stud Book, Bloodstock Services, Racing Administration and Racing Operations, where the respective managers detailed the work of their department. These tours were then supplemented by presentations from Weatherbys Bank, Insurance and VAT services, and rounded off by a presentation on the International Stud Books by Paul Greeves, Weatherbys Executive Director and TBA Board member. The formal proceedings of the day ended over lunch and a further opportunity to ask questions of the Weatherbys team. Our thanks to Nick Cheyne for masterminding the day and to all the staff at Weatherbys, who do a fantastic job.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 Breeders’ Day at Lingfield Park

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 The TBA National Hunt Stallion Parade

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 TO THURSDAY 8 The TBA Stud Farming Course

NEW TBA MEMBERS Mrs J Butler, Hampshire. Miss G Childs, Hampshire. Melksham Craic, Wiltshire. A H Crow Esq, Shropshire. Mrs S Frost, Surrey. Mr & Mrs S Gansera-Leveque, Suffolk. Mrs J Imray, Roxburghshire. Mr S Al Homaizi & Mr I Al Sagar, Surrey. A Toulson Esq, South Yorkshire.

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

Prize (£)

Based on date money was paid

Horse

Sire

Dam

Date

Course

G Strawbridge

6,000

Night Carnation

Sleeping Indian

Rimba

02/07

Sandown Park

Bond Thoroughbred Corporation

4,300

Ladies Are Forever

Monsieur Bond

Forever Bond

08/07

York

Hoof It

Monsieur Bond

Forever Bond

23/07

York

Iceman

Colonel's Daughter

07/07

Newmarket

P Baldwin

3,500

Frederick Engels

Mr & Mrs KW Grundy, Mr & Mrs P Hopper

3,500

Deacon Blues

Compton Place

Persario

16/07

Newbury

Bearstone Stud

3,000

Last Bid

Vital Equine

Manderina

09/07

York

23/07

York

16/07

Ripon

Mrs C R Philipson & Mrs H G Lascelles

1,600

Bridle Belle

Dansili

River Belle

Lordship Stud

1,600

Swiss Dream

Oasis Dream

Swiss Lake

23/07

Newmarket

Mrs A F Tullie

1,500

Shoshoni Wind

Sleeping Indian

Cadeau Speciale

08/07

Chester

The Queen

1,500

Tactician

Motivator

Tempting Prospect

09/07

York

Sparsholt Stud

1,500

Ladys First

Dutch Art

Like A Dame

09/07

York

C R Mason

1,500

Ascot

Sooraah

Dubawi

Al Persian

22/07

Meon Valley Stud

800

Awsaal

Nayef

Design Perfection

08/07

York

Coln Valley Stud

800

Bronze Prince

Oasis Dream

Sweet Pea

23/07

Ascot

750

Golden Delicious

Cadeaux Genereux

Playgirl

09/07

Ascot

Mr J Wotherspoon

750

Highland Castle

Halling

Reciprocal

02/07

Haydock Park

Cheveley Park Stud Ltd

750

Chilled

Iceman

Irresistible

02/07

Sandown Park

750

Heavenly Dawn

Pivotal

Heavenly Ray

16/07

Newbury

Dukes Stud & Overbury Stallions Ltd

750

Firebeam

Cadeaux Genereux

Firebelly

08/07

York

S Tindall

750

Auld Burns

Pastoral Pursuits

Crackle

14/07

Leicester

Patrick Eddery Ltd

750

Captain John Nixon

Beat Hollow

Leaping Flame

29/06

Kempton Park

Rockcliffe Stud

700

Zingana

Zamindar

Change Partners

08/07

Newbury

Sir Eric Parker

700

Red Seventy

Sakhee

Dimakya

08/07

Ascot

Swettenham Stud & Lofts Hall Stud

700

Bronterre

Oasis Dream

Wondrous Story

09/07

Salisbury

Newsells Park Stud Limited

700

Lady Gorgeous

Compton Place

Cayman Sunset

15/07

Newbury

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

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Chris and Christine Standley, and Pauline and Martin Stoddart in action at Ickworth

Team TBA on the go all night for a worthy cause A very big ‘thank you’ to all those who supported the TBA team in their fundraising this year – through your generosity we raised £3,798 for Cancer Research UK. The event took place in the beautiful surroundings of the National Trust’s Ickworth House, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and involved continuous walking by the team in relay, for 21 hours overnight on July 30-31. At dusk hundreds of candles were lit, in decorated bags dedicated to loved ones lost through cancer. These were placed along the route which, during the long and sometimes lonely night, served as a poignant reminder that tomorrow is a promise, not a guarantee. Members of Stanstead House staff taking part were Caroline, who proved a very worthy team captain, Louise, Christine and Pauline. Special thanks must go to Chris Standley and Martin Stoddart, who joined the walking team and also proved that their days in the Boy Scouts had not been in vain, when it came to putting up the tents!

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• FREE annual subscription to Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder incorporating Pacemaker magazine • HBLB Breeders’ Prizes FREE of the £220 administration charge • FREE initial advice from our team of professional advisors, including accountancy, taxation, legal, stud farm rating and veterinary • Employers Register – FREE advice on Health & Safety, Education, Training and Employment Law • Breeders Badge Scheme: FREE entry for breeders to watch horses they have bred run at over 1,295 fixtures • FREE Thoroughbred Stallion Guide for UK residents (overseas residents pay postage only) • FREE Third Party Liability Insurance Cover for UK residents • Stud staff and breeders awards • Annual seminars, stud farming course, stallion parade, awards dinner and visits to studs and racing premises • The TBA website is a mine of information, with downloadable documents such as boarding stud agreements and employment law articles • The Stanstead House team are always happy to help with queries, while regional representatives are available for support and advice • Plus much more... go to www.thetba.co.uk for more information Above all, being a member of the TBA ensures that you and your business remain fully informed, valued, protected and recognized by the British breeding industry.

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Over the years the Oppenheimers’ Hascombe and Valiant Studs have done noticeably well with a cluster of foundation mares, but their two latest stars owe their origin to comparatively recent purchases. Having achieved a Group-winning double at Royal Ascot, Pisco Sour (Tercentenary Stakes) and Namibian (Queen’s Vase) proceeded to repeat the performance in July, with the former winning the Prix Eugene Adam and the latter the Gordon Stakes. It was back in 1965 that Anthony Oppenheimer’s father, Sir Philip, bought the stud from the executors of Sir Adrian Jarvis, the breeder of the highly influential sire Royal Charger. Philip was Chairman of the Diamond Trading Company, a subsidiary of De Beers, and he was a partowner of Ile De Bourbon. However, Hascombe’s two most noted domestic winners have been On The House (1982 1,000 Guineas) and Footstepsinthesand (2005 2,000 Guineas). In 1982, Oppenheimer achieved a memorable double at Goodwood, with On The House in the Sussex Stakes and Dancing Rocks in the Nassau Stakes. The emphasis has always been on middle-distance horses, albeit last season produced a star juvenile in the precocious Zebedee. In 2010, the stud was responsible for 25 winners of 56 races worldwide worth nearly £1.4m. Amongst them was Miss Keller, a champion in Canada. Since Anthony took over the helm following his father’s death in 1995, he has become a commercial yearling breeder, selling the colts and keeping most of the fillies. The quality is self-evident in so far as all ten colts this time are in Book 1 of Tattersalls’ October Sale, including Pisco Sour’s half-brother by Mizzen Mast. Their dam, Lynnwood Chase, was purchased as a yearling at Deauville in 2003 for €140,000 and shortly afterwards her close relative Action This Day won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita. One of her attractions is that she is a daughter of South African champion Horse Chestnut, who raced for Anthony’s aunt, Bridget Oppenheimer. Namibian is out of the homebred Disco Volante, one of only three foals Hascombe bred from Pursuit Of Love’s half-sister Divine Danse.

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Hats off to those for whom the horses come first poor health, his passion for racing, racehorses and the people who care for them remains undiminished. Racing Welfare’s Chief Executive Cedric Burton summed up the achievements of the man “We were delighted to help Gordon’s friends and family to celebrate a life well lived. These awards mean so much to the recipients, and I feel it essential that those who may not have featured so strongly in racing’s spotlight get the recognition they deserve. Without people like Gordon Giddings there is no racing.” Jack ‘Croppy’ Atherton also received a Lifetime in Racing Award in July. Jack followed in his father’s footsteps into racing stables when as a 14 year-old he started as an apprentice at George Lambton’s in his home town of Newmarket. As a smart young man his style was noted by Lambton’s close friend Sir Alfred Munnings who used the young apprentice as a model for one of his Jockeys in his painting “The Start”. The young Atherton was less than overawed by the master painter however who he described as Jack Atherton with Jenny Trown a “thin, scruffy individual who was in need of a good bath!” Hitler’s advance into Poland forced a pause to his racing ACING Welfare runs a series called ‘A Lifetime in career when he joined the Royal Artillery for the duration. Racing’ these awards recognise those who have Serving in Greece he was a POW for a short time, however dedicated their lives to the sport and the incarceration didn’t appeal to a man such as he, so after a Thoroughbred. Presented at racecourses up and successful escape during which time he met a lady called down the country the trophies are highly “Fuzz” who later became his wife, Jack returned safely to the treasured by the recipients and the awards give racegoers the Allied lines. Posted to Italy the young Gunner encountered opportunity to publicly recognise and thank those often heavy shelling and aerial bombardment, an experience that he unsung heroes whose common denominator has been in described as “bloody scary, no yearling would ever put the ‘putting the horses first’. This ethos was ably demonstrated frighteners on me after that!” when Gordon Giddings received his award last month. Post war, Jack returned to racing and life back in Gordon Giddings from Wiltshire is probably known to many Newmarket. He worked for a number of trainers including readers having been an eminent breeder of quality National Ted Lambton, Dick Perryman and Bill O’Gorman, he also led Hunt horses for nearly sixty years, indeed he has been up Pentland Firth to come third in the Derby, a race in which described by the trainer Simon Earle as the last of the old he notched up a total of six Best Turned Out prizes. Retiring at fashioned owner, breeder, trainers. Starting from humble 60 from stables, Jack went on to work as a flying groom, until beginnings with one sow, given by his father as a 21st finally touching ground to finish off his career working for birthday present, he went on to build up two dairy farms Tattersalls wind testing the yearlings until well into his whilst running a stud, that at one time stood five stallions. These sires included New Member- Leading National Hunt sire eighties. Jack picked up his Lifetime in Racing Award at Yarmouth for five seasons, Dairialatan- sire of The Queen Mother’s Special Cargo and Master Spiritus- the top eventing sire in the on the 18th July. Whilst delighted to receive his trophy it was the opportunity to choose and present a world for ten years. He also boarded Best Turned Out prize that pleased him over 350 mares for owners including most. After considerable deliberation, the HM The Queen Mother, HM The Queen, Sir Mark Prescott trained Artistic Thread, Prince Charles, Princess Anne and Nicky led up by Jenny Trown, got the nod. Henderson’s father amongst many Whilst the Heath House inmate didn’t others. trouble the judge on this particular The Royal connection was fittingly occasion, it is doubtless that to have your highlighted when Gordon was presented charge judged Best Turned Out by a with his Lifetime in Racing Award by horseman such as Jack Atherton is a HRH The Princess Royal at Epsom on groom’s version of winning the Derby the 14th July. itself. Although in his eighties, and sadly in Jack Atherton (right) and Guitarist

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Hand’s up anyone who’s ever heard the term…

OTTOM line…we all use varying tactics to deal with the emotional experience of our lives; relaxing with a glass of wine, lifting ourselves with a shopping spree, releasing stress at the gym. But most of us will know people, colleagues, friends, family members, or loved ones, who somehow can’t seem to manage these normal approaches and are actually dependant on them. And with the cocktail of human nature and access to alcohol and other drugs, dependency is and always will be a part of our society. It affects people regardless of their age, race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity or creed…because addiction is simply human. It could be viewed that over the past few decades, Parliament’s approach to addressing addiction has been to focus statutory funding on the prescribing of legal drugs to people addicted to illegal drugs. Understandably the thinking behind this approach has long been in question. But in a new drug strategy launched at the end of 2010, our current Government has set out a clear and fresh

ambition, to support people to actually achieve recovery from addiction and to live drug and alcohol free lives. And for the first time, this strategy seeks to bring together all aspects of substance misuse. As well as addressing the issues of illicit drugs, it has begun to recognise the importance of treatment for people misusing prescribed medications, over the counter drugs, and ‘legal highs’. And it has finally begun to acknowledge the enormous impact that alcohol has on our society. The task now then, is to develop an integrated support system that not only effectively engages people in treatment, but helps them to move through that system and into the long term growth and maintenance of their recovery. Since 2006 this is exactly what Racing Welfare has been developing within the UK Thoroughbred Horseracing and Breeding Industry. Racing Welfare (The Jockey Club’s Charity) has led this progressive approach, working in close partnership with other key industry members including the Injured Jockeys

Stud Security Guard Past Addictions: Alcohol Recovery Approach: Total Abstinence 12 Step Group: AA Recovery Time: 15 years Message: ‘If you have a problem with alcohol AA is the place to be. It saved my life, and it gave me a life.’

Stud Hand Past Addictions: Alcohol | Drugs Recovery Approach: Total Abstinence Treatment: Community Based Treatment | 1 to 1 Counselling 12 Step Group: AA | NA Recovery Time: 2 years Message: ‘Be true to yourself.’

Travelling Head Lad Past Addictions: Alcohol | Drugs | Gambling Recovery Approach: Total Abstinence 12 Step Group: AA | GA | NA Recovery Time: 7 years Message: ‘There is a new and better way of life, just give it a go’

Blacksmith / Farrier Past Addictions: Alcohol Recovery Approach: Total Abstinence 12 Step Group: AA Recovery Time: 3 years Message: ‘Taking that first step and asking for help can be the hardest, but you are worth it’.

Horse Sales Groom Past Addictions: Alcohol | Drugs | Gambling Recovery Approach: Total Abstinence Treatment: Community Based Treatment | Residential Based Treatment | 1 to 1 Counselling 12 Step Group: AA | NA Recovery Time: 35 days Message: ‘Stick around, it works if you work

Paddock Maintenance Past Addictions: Alcohol | Gambling Recovery Approach: Total Abstinence Treatment: 1 to 1 Counselling 12 Step Group: AA | GA Recovery Time: 25 years Message: ‘Just for today I will not drink or gamble’.

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Recovery Champion! Fund, The National Trainers Federation, The Thoroughbred Breeders Association, and the National Association of Stable Staff. In September 2010 a supportive drug and alcohol policy for the UK Thoroughbred Horseracing and Breeding Industry was launched with the full backing of the British Horseracing Authority, encouraging individuals with substance misuse and other addiction problems to seek help. But Racing Welfare knows that the best odds of sustaining recovery lie beyond the help of treatment agencies and services, and through the unparalleled therapeutic support of self-help groups based in our communities There are a number of valid and successful self-help approaches to arresting addiction, but so far the most relevant, established, free, and proven, are 12-step groups. People who find recovery through 12-step programs such as AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), NA (Narcotics Anonymous) and GA (Gamblers Anonymous), often have needed to overcome initial discomforts associated with the format of

these weekly meetings and the language within the steps. But the very human principles laid out in those 12 individual steps have then offered an affective and new bottom line tactic; dealing with the emotional experience of life by understanding feelings, honouring, and accepting them…something we might all benefit from. 12-step programs can be so effective as often the most powerful intervention for any of us stuck in a problem, is to meet somebody who has learned how to solve it. Another thing our Coalition Government has come to acknowledge, is that the people living in that solution…are champions. Their new drug strategy encourages the direct input of ‘Recovery Champions’ in addiction support systems at three levels; strategic, therapeutic and community. All good because with the full backing of racing’s governing bodies, Racing Welfare has been doing just that for some years now. For help or advice call Racing Welfare on 01638 560763 or go online to: www.racingwelfare.co.uk/addictionsupport

Stable Groom / Work Rider Past Addictions: Alcohol | Drugs Recovery Approach: Total Abstinence Treatment: Residential Based Treatment | 1 to 1 Counselling 12 Step Group: AA | NA Recovery Time: 2 years Message: ‘Abstinence. Addiction can be beaten. Give yourself the best chance; take responsibility’

Racehorse Owner Past Addictions: Alcohol | Drugs | Gambling Recovery Approach: Total Abstinence Treatment: Community Based Treatment | Residential Based Treatment 12 Step Group: AA | NA | GA Recovery Time: 11 weeks Message: ‘Racing Welfare have been very good to me. Get to 12-step meetings’.

Stable Groom Past Addictions: Alcohol Recovery Approach: Total Abstinence Treatment: 1 to 1 Counselling 12 Step Group: AA Recovery Time: 7 years Message: ‘Give recovery a shot for three months. If you don’t like it you can always go back to the drinking

Racing Charity Counsellor Past Addictions: Alcohol | Drugs Recovery Approach: Total Abstinence Treatment: Drug Service | Community Based Treatment | Residential Based Treatment | 1 to 1 Counselling 12 Step Group:AA | NA Recovery Time: 10 years Message: ‘No-one needs to be alone with their problem’

Ex Champion Apprentice Jockey Past Addictions: Alcohol Recovery Approach: Total Abstinence Treatment: Drug Service | Residential Based Treatment 12 Step Group: AA | NA Recovery Time: 8 months Message: ‘If you know your life has become unmanageable, it’s time to get help’.

Former Stallion Man Past Addictions: Alcohol | Drugs Recovery Approach: Total Abstinence 12 Step Group: AA Recovery Time: 3 days Message: ‘It works when I don’t pick up just one day at a time, when I keep going to meetings, and when I don’t take that first drink’.

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HRH The Princess Royal – Pride of Racing’s guest of honour

Tansy Challis with Carlton House’s shoe

The Pride of Racing Awards

HE Pride of Racing Awards 2011 were held at Epsom Downs racecourse on the 14th July. Once again generously sponsored by Betfair the event saw seven unsung heroes receive richly deserved recognition for their efforts in making British racing special. The award winners were Ron and Joan Senior from Pontefract Racecourse, John Taylor from Jockey Club Estates, Richard Phillips, Joyce Wallsgrove from Newmarket Racecourse’s stables, Frank Conlon from the British Racing School and Paul Lodge from Racing Welfare. AP McCoy’s wife Chanelle was also present to receive a Special Award from the guest of Honour HRH The Princess Royal, on behalf of her

husband in recognition of his unsurpassed ambassadorial services to racing. A Charity auction formed part of the awards ceremony, the star lot of which was the shoe lost by Carlton House in the Epsom Derby. Bought for £7,500 by an anonymous buyer, the shoe which is now silvered and mounted on an Oak plaque, has been donated to the National Horse Racing Museum in Newmarket. Funds raised for Racing Welfare on the night topped £40,000 from which a donation will be made to the Injured Jockeys Fund, ‘House That Jack Built’ project. To see the films on each winner go to www.youtube.com/racingwelfare

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Paul Lodge shows his nerves

The Winners Line Up

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VET FORUM: THE EXPERT VIEW By JAMES TATE BVMS MRCVS

Read this for head start Treatment of horses who have suffered acute head trauma has not progressed recently, but better news comes from the sharing of information concerning human brain injuries

ead trauma in horses is very common but fortunately, in most cases, the design of the equine skull provides ample protection for the brain and so the result is usually only a skin graze or, at worst, a temporarily dazed horse. However, there can be more serious consequences, which include skull fractures, nerve damage and brain injuries. Head trauma is most frequently seen in young horses, probably due to a combination of the exuberance of youth and a lack of experience. It often leaves only a small wound, which heals readily due to the head’s excellent blood supply. However, sometimes below the surface of the small skin wound

there may be internal damage, for example injury to the brain or any other part of the nervous system.

What are the most common causes of head trauma? Horses can suffer head trauma in a number of different ways but they most frequently receive a blow to the back of the head. It is a natural reaction of an upset horse to fling its head up and, as a result, the most common way in which a horse receives a blow to the head is by rearing up or flipping over backwards. This can occur when a horse is frightened or misbehaving but it can also happen if a

An uncoordinated horse being asked to turn in a tight left-handed circle

horse pulls back from being restrained or tied-up. Head trauma can also be caused in many other ways, for example running into a solid object such as a fence, recovering from anaesthesia, a kick from another horse, a starting stalls injury or being cast.

Diagnosis The attending veterinary surgeon will begin by examining the injured horse very closely, looking for signs of external damage such as wounds, bleeding and damage to the skull. Additional tests may also be carried out in order to gain information about the extent of the damage, such as x-rays, endoscopy of the nasal passages, analysis of blood/cerebrospinal fluid or even computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, given that damage to the nervous system is feared most, the neurological examination is the most important part of the assessment. First, the horse’s general behaviour and mental status will be assessed before moving on to examining the eyes and then testing the nerve reflexes of the head, most of which can be easily assessed with a polo mint. The horse hears the rustle of the polo mint wrapper, before smelling the mint and seeing it, taking it with its lips and tongue, using its facial muscle to chew before finally swallowing it. The veterinary surgeon will then proceed to examining the horse’s body, starting with the neck before moving on to the fore limbs, the back, the hind limbs and finally the tail and perineal area. Horses may then be assessed at walk and trot before being asked to perform some more demanding manipulative tests, such as being asked to walk whilst blindfolded, the ‘hop’ test, the ‘tail-pull’ test, or turning the horse in tight circles. Once it has been established that there is a neurological problem, the veterinary surgeon will begin to analyse all the signs in an attempt to localise the problem within the nervous system, for example, to the brain, the spinal cord or one of the 12 large ‘cranial nerves’. The presence or absence of different reflexes tells the veterinary surgeon a great deal about the exact location of the problem within the THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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nervous system. For example, a loss of consciousness suggests brain damage, whereas a loss of balance suggests damage to the area at the back of the brain, the brainstem.

Treatment Regrettably, the treatment of horses that have suffered acute head trauma has not progressed much in recent years and if a horse is unable to get up for any length of time then the prognosis rapidly becomes hopeless. However, ideas are being transferred across from human medicine, where head trauma is also very common. Supportive care is considered to be the most important form of treatment by means of intravenous fluids to ensure adequate hydration, the administration of various drugs to ensure that the blood pressure remains within normal limits, making sure that the nutritional needs of the patient are met as much as possible, as well as general high-quality nursing. Ideally, horses should be kept in a quiet secluded box in order to avoid triggering another traumatic episode or seizure. Most of the drugs that are administered to horses following a blow to the head are simply aimed at supporting them whilst their body recovers, for example painkillers, anti-seizure drugs and antibiotics to ensure that infection does not complicate recovery. However, human doctors are encouraging veterinary surgeons to change the way in which equine head trauma patients are treated. First, recent evidence suggests that head trauma patients may benefit more from concentrated fluids rather than the traditional saline solutions. Second, whilst the reasons are not fully understood, the most powerful type of antiinflammatory, the corticosteroid, which is used routinely in equine head trauma patients, has surprisingly proved so unsuccessful in the treatment of human head trauma patients that it is now advised against, as it is thought to have detrimental effects. As a result, many veterinary surgeons are now reconsidering their use of this type of drug. Finally, veterinary surgeons have historically shied away from skull surgery to relieve the pressure on the brain as a treatment for severe head trauma, but human doctors are reporting high levels of success with this treatment and hence are encouraging vets to do the same.

A nose bleed is a common sign of head trauma

consequence for the horse unless the fracture becomes infected. As a result, effort must be made to combat the potential threat of infection and hence some veterinary surgeons will advise that a horse who has suffered a nose bleed is treated with a precautionary course of antibiotics.

Facial nerve injuries Twelve major (‘cranial’) nerves originate from the brain but one of them, the facial nerve, is by far the most commonly injured as a result of head trauma. The facial nerve controls the muscles for movement of the nostrils, lips, eyelids and ears, and there is a facial nerve on either side of the face located along the cheek and the back of the jaw. As a result, trauma in this area

A horse that has suffered severe head trauma. Note the head tilt, a drooping left ear and a floppy left lip due to damage of the left facial cranial nerve

can lead to one-sided facial paralysis – drooping of the eyelid, a drooping ear and a hanging lower lip. Sometimes the paralysis can be temporary but if there has been any significant nerve damage then recovery can take a long time – nerves can regenerate but only at a very slow rate.

Poll injuries As previously mentioned, the most frequent way in which a horse receives a blow to the head is by rearing up or flipping over backwards and, as a result, poll fractures are relatively common. These fractures can be quite serious as they sometimes result in a situation called ‘poll evil’,

Why do horses commonly bleed from the nose after head trauma? The horse’s skull is made up of approximately 30 individual bones and many of these can be fractured without even the skin being broken, the only sign being a trickle of blood coming from a nostril. Fortunately, provided that the fracture is only minor, there is usually no significant long term THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

The filly in the photograph suffered a blow to the back of her head which resulted in two large chip fractures from her poll (red circles) and a non-healing wound. The insertion of a metal probe revealed the full extent of the wound

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and swelling and, given that there is little room to accommodate this swelling, it can be fatal within a few minutes to a few hours. Finally, if the trauma is sufficient enough to cause a skull fracture that lacerates any brain tissue then, regrettably, this is always fatal for the horse.

in which a chip fracture from the back of the poll can cause a discharging, non-healing wound. Treatment of these horses involves an operation to remove any chips and repair the wound.

Brain injuries Conclusion

The front of the equine head is effectively designed like a ‘crumple zone’ because most of the front of the skull houses the nasal passages, teeth and mouth, and the brain is located behind this in a small, compact space made up of six bones known as the calvarium or ‘brain box’. For the majority of the time, this design works well and horses can sustain horrible head injuries without suffering any brain damage. However, as with humans, a blow of sufficient strength in a specific place can result in a brain injury, sometimes even without any obvious external damage. The mildest sign of brain damage is concussion, which results from a horse banging its head hard enough to suspend its function for a time, causing a temporary loss of consciousness but no structural damage to the brain.

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CAULFIELD FILES ANDREW CAULFIELD REPORTS ON THE BLOODSTOCK WORLD

Wheel turns slowly in stallion cycle On the back of early success at stud, Acclamation and Dubai Destination have promising juveniles this year

ne lesson breeders should never forget is that success tends to breed further success a few years down the line. In the case of emerging sires of two-yearolds, the second wave of success can come as quickly as four years later. Consequently it was fair to assume that some of the most successful first-crop sires of 2007 would again make an impact on this year’s juvenile racing. If you remember, the top three new sires in 2007 were Acclamation, whose progeny earnings topped £1 million thanks to the efforts of the Middle Park winner Dark Angel, the Listed winners Cake, Pencil Hill and Sweepstakes, and the sales race plunderers Exclamation and Hitchens. That initial crop by the Rathbarry stallion also included a dual Spanish winner called Equiano, who was to play a major role in keeping Acclamation’s name to the fore over the next three years. Next came Oasis Dream, with his impressive total of six first-crop European stakes winners, while third place went to the Queen Anne Stakes winner Dubai Destination, thanks largely to the Racing Post Trophy success of Ibn Khaldun and Stardom Stakes win of Meeriss. Four years down the line, all three are responsible for at least one leading two-yearold colt, with Acclamation once more leading the way. With his first three crops getting gradually smaller (they contained 85 foals, then 78 and 58), it was unlikely that Acclamation would maintain his impetus. Sure enough, his second crop has so far produced only one stakes winner, plus a couple of Group-placed performers, while his third crop is still awaiting its first stakes winner; and the same applies to his fourth crop. That fourth crop was sired at a fee of €9,000, but Acclamation’s runaway success in 2007 rocketed his fee up to €30,000 in 2008, with Equiano’s 2008 King’s Stand victory being enough to keep Acclamation’s fee as high as €25,000 in 2009. But then, following quieter subsequent crops, his fee dropped back down to €15,000 in 2010 and 2011.

The powerfully built Dubai Destination is now on Glenview’s National Hunt roster

The level of a stallion’s fee is usually a very reliable pointer to what our expectations of each crop should be. Some of those who gambled €30,000 on Acclamation in 2008 have already been amply rewarded. By the beginning of August, as many as five Acclamation juveniles had become stakes winners, with Lilbourne Lad and Harbour Watch scoring at Group 2 level, and Angels Will Fall becoming a Group 3 winner. The Richmond Stakes victory of Harbour Watch (of whom more opposite) saw him move to the top of the two-year-old standings, with a Timeform rating of 118p, and also to the top of the betting for the 2012 2,000 Guineas, at prices as short as 6-1. Another of Acclamation’s sons, Talwar, also showed above-average ability in landing the Winkfield Stakes, while Crown Dependency was good enough to finish third in the Norfolk Stakes and fourth in the Molecomb Stakes. Oasis Dream also has a contender for the title of leading two-year-old in Power, who showed

plenty of determination to win the Coventry Stakes and went down narrowly to La Collina in the Phoenix Stakes. Dubai Destination failed to build on his initial success, to the extent that he so far has only three northern hemisphere Group winners from roughly 450 foals in his first four crops, all sired at fees of £20,000 or £25,000. The son of Kingmambo now stands at a fee of €3,500 as part of the National Hunt team at Glenview Stud. It mustn’t be forgotten that Dubai Destination was a very talented two-year-old, good enough to defeat Rock Of Gibraltar in the Champagne Stakes. It will be interesting to see how his fifth crop, born in 2009, progresses, as it has already made a fine start via the French colt Family One. Out of Desert Style’s precocious daughter Ascot Family, Family One was scoring for the fourth time in five starts when he proved much too good for four opponents in the Group 2 Prix Robert Papin. He had been similarly impressive in the Group 3 Prix du Bois. THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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Harbour Watch’s Classic pretensions stand on Fall When the Racing Post asked their ‘Goodwood Jury’ whether Harbour Watch is a genuine 2,000 Guineas contender, trainer Marcus Tregoning commented: “He is very promising, but can Acclamation sire a winner of the 2,000 Guineas?” I’m assuming that the basis of Tregoning’s question is one of whether Acclamation can transmit sufficient stamina, rather than sufficient ability. He has, after all, already sired a pair of Group 1 winners. Perhaps Tregoning had Finjaan at the back of his mind. He trained this colt by Acclamation’s sire Royal Applause to win a Group race at Glorious Goodwood before running a very close third in the Dewhurst Stakes. Finjaan then took his chance in Sea The Stars’s 2,000 Guineas but took a keen hold and faded after holding every chance approaching the final quarter mile. Tregoning never again asked him to tackle further than seven furlongs. Royal Applause was a champion sprinter out of a speedy mare who produced the Dewhurst Stakes winner In Command to

Sadler’s Wells and the flying Lyric Fantasy to Sadler’s Wells’s brother Tate Gallery. Even so, Royal Applause occasionally sired runners who stayed much better than he did. Indeed, his total of stakes winners over a mile and a quarter or more now stands at nine, including the Group/Graded winners Ticker Tape (American Oaks), Battle Of Hastings (Virginia Derby), Crime Scene (St Simon Stakes) and Take A Bow (Brigadier Gerard Stakes). Is it fair to expect Acclamation to follow suit? Possibly not. The Racing Post credits his stock with an average winning distance of 6.7 furlongs – one furlong less than Royal Applause’s. Acclamation’s first two dams are Princess Athena, winner of the Queen Mary Stakes, and Shopping Wise, a six-furlong winner. Both these mares were sired by winners of the Nunthorpe under one or other of its guises. There could be a ray of hope here, though, as Princess Athena’s sire was Ahonoora, who occasionally transmitted the stamina of his sire Lorenzaccio. Of course Acclamation accounts for only half of Harbour Watch’s pedigree. The bottom

half, which features the exceptional broodmare Fall Aspen as his third dam, offers much more encouragement that Harbour Watch could develop into another 2,000 Guineas winner for Richard Hannon. His dam, the Woodman mare Gorband, is a three-parts sister to Fall Aspen’s Woodman colt Timber Country, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and Preakness Stakes. Fall Aspen also visited Woodman’s son Hansel to produce Prince Of Thieves, who was third in the Kentucky Derby. Harbour Watch’s second dam Sherooq won over a mile and produced Kabool, a very smart winner at up to a mile and a quarter. More importantly, Sherooq was a sister to Colorado Dancer, a Group winner at up to 13.5 furlongs who found lasting fame as the dam of Dubai Millennium. I wouldn’t be doing my duty, though, if I didn’t point out that this family occasionally produced more speed than stamina, as was demonstrated by Fall Aspen’s Danzig colts Hamas and Bianconi, and by her grandson Elnadim.

Have trainers become too cautious? It makes an interesting exercise to analyse the stallions responsible for the season’s leading two-year-olds up to the end of July. The Racing Post handicappers had allocated ratings of 90 or more to 170 juveniles, of which Acclamation was responsible for seven and his son Dark Angel for five. Exceed And Excel and Holy Roman Emperor also achieved the admirable total of seven representatives, while Galileo may have surprised some by coming up with five well-rated youngsters, all trained by Aidan O’Brien. Timeform rated Galileo’s daughter Maybe 109p, his son David Livingston 108p and his once-raced son Apollo 106P, so the second half of 2011 could easily prove as rewarding as the first half for the remarkable Coolmore stallion. Kheleyf, who came up with more than 30 two-year-old winners in his first crop in 2008, has six rated 90 or above, while Choisir, Danehill Dancer, Dansili, Dutch Art, Excellent Art, Red Clubs and Teofilo all have four. Of the 13 stallions with four or more representatives, four are sons of Danehill, another is a grandson and yet another is out of a Danehill mare. There are also three

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other sons of Danehill with three representatives. It is no surprise to see Danehill Dancer, Exceed And Excel and Holy Roman Emperor with strong teams of precocious juveniles, but many would not have expected to see Dansili’s name on the list, even though he has left no-one in any doubt as to his tremendous ability as a sire. Dansili ran only once at two, when he made a winning debut in October, and hitherto hasn’t established a reputation for quick-maturing stock. The notable exceptions to the rule were Zoffany (Tyros Stakes in July, before becoming a Group 1 winner in August) and Strategic Prince (July Stakes, Group 2 Vintage Stakes). Shaweel was also very effective at two, but his Gimcrack victory came in the second half of the season, as did the Group victories of Proviso, Passage Of Time, Sense Of Joy, Thousand Words and Early March. I sometimes wonder whether trainers err too much on the side of caution when it comes to training the modern-day twoyear-old. That accusation could never be leveled at Aidan O’Brien, the man who won with four Galileo juveniles before the end of July and who was responsible for 13 of

Zoffany: a precocious son of Dansili

the 170 juveniles rated 90+ (compared to Richard Hannon’s 16). Is it just coincidence that O’Brien trains Dansili’s precocious sons Zoffany and Tenth Star, the latter winner of the Listed Golden Fleece Stakes in June? David Wachman, another Irish trainer, clearly hasn’t heard that Dansili’s progeny need a bit of time. July saw him win the Anglesey Stakes with Dansili’s daughter Fire Lily and the Molecomb Stakes with Dansili’s son Requinto. Of course it helps if the Dansili two-yearolds are out of fast-maturing mares. Fire Lily’s dam Beauty Is Truth won the Prix Yacowlef and Prix d’Arenberg, while Requinto is out of the Queen Mary and Phoenix Stakes winner Damson.

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS

European Pattern GERTRUDE BELL ch f 2007

162 PRIX DAPHNIS G3 Grand Lodge

LONGCHAMP. July 2. 3yo. 1850m.

1. ZIYARID (IRE) 8-11 £34,483 b c by Desert Style - Zayanida (King’s Best) O-HH The Aga Khan B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-A de Royer-Dupre 2. Valiyr (IRE) 8-11 £13,793 b c by Alhaarth - Valima (Linamix) O-HH The Aga Khan B-Haras De Son Altesse L’Aga Khan Scea TR-A de Royer-Dupre 3. Absolutly Yes (FR) 8-11 £10,345 b c by Country Reel - Semenova (Green Tune) O-Paul Sebag B-Mme C Niederhauser Dietric TR-Y-M Porzier Margins Neck, 2.5. Time 1:53.04. Going Good. Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 4

Places 1

Danzig Six Crowns Habitat La Papagena Magic Flute Mill Reef Lashkari Larannda Top Ville Sidama Stoyana Northern Dancer Nureyev Special Jefferson Marie d’Argonne Mohair Thatch Thatching Abella Nijinsky Nikitina Vela Chief’s Crown

Earned £82,516

SINNDAR b 97 Sinntara

Polar Falcon SUGAR MILL ch 98 Anastina

164 PRIX DE LA PORTE MAILLOT G3 LONGCHAMP. July 2. 3yo+. 1400m.

1st Dam: ZAYANIDA by King’s Best. 2 wins at 3 in France. Dam of 1 winner: 2008: ZIYARID (c Desert Style) 4 wins 2-3, Prix Daphnis G3, Prix Georges Trabaud LR. 2009: (c Marju) 2010: (c Shamardal)

1. MOONLIGHT CLOUD (GB) 3 8-8 £34,483 b f by Invincible Spirit - Ventura (Spectrum) O/B-George Strawbridge TR-F Head 2. African Story (GB) 4 9-2 £13,793 ch c by Pivotal - Blixen (Gone West) O-Godolphin SNC B-Darley TR-A Fabre 3. Evaporation (FR) 4 8-13 £10,345 b f by Red Ransom - Polygreen (Green Tune) O/B-Wertheimer et Frere TR-C Laffon-Parias Margins Head, 0.5. Time 1:20.23. Going Good.

Broodmare Sire: KING’S BEST. Sire of the dams of 3 SWs. In 2011 - ZIYARID Desert Style G3.

Age 2-3

ZIYARID b c 2008

Sire: INVINCIBLE SPIRIT. Sire of 45 Stakes winners. In 2011 - YOSEI Fuji Kiseki G1, INVINCIBLE ASH Brief Truce G3, MOONLIGHT CLOUD Spectrum G3, SPIRIT QUARTZ Rainbow Quest G3.

Sire: DESERT STYLE. Sire of 20 Stakes winners. In 2011 - ZIYARID King’s Best G3.

Age 3

Starts 3

Wins 1

Places 2

Sire: SPEEDMASTER. Sire of 1 Stakes winners. In 2011 - KARSABRUNI Lando G3.

Wins 4

Places 2

Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier DESERT STYLE b 92 High Top Organza Canton Silk

Broodmare Sire: LANDO. Sire of the dams of 4 SWs. In 2011 - KARSABRUNI Speedmaster G3.

Age 2-3

KARSABRUNI b f 2008

Sire: DANEHILL DANCER. Sire of 130 Stakes winners. In 2011 - ATOMIC FORCE Luskin Star G1, DANCING RAIN Indian Ridge G1, PLANTEUR Giant’s Causeway G1, ALEXANDER POPE Galileo G3, BEATRICE AURORE Rainbow Quest G3, JUSTAROUNDMIDNIGHT Machiavellian G3, RISKY BUSINESS Star Watch LR, ROSE BONHEUR Marju LR, SHAMANOVA Kahyasi LR, STEPS IN TIME O’Reilly LR, UNACCOMPANIED Sadler’s Wells LR, WESTPHALIA Lyphard LR.

Konigsstuhl Monsun Mosella SPEEDMASTER b 97 Shirley Heights Sarsaparilla Sassika

Earned £126,108

Kingmambo King’s Best Allegretta ZAYANIDA b 2003 Darshaan Zayana Zaydiya

163 LANCASHIRE OAKS G2

1st Dam: Ventura by Spectrum. 2 wins at 3, 3rd Carlsberg Ruby S LR. Dam of 4 winners: 2003: CEDAR MOUNTAIN (c Galileo) 3 wins 4-5, Round Table H LR, 2nd Sunset H G2. 2004: Sarafsa (f Selkirk) unraced. 2005: LAKUTA (f Pivotal) 2 wins at 4 in France. 2007: EXTREME GREEN (f Motivator) Winner at 3 in Slovakia. 2008: MOONLIGHT CLOUD (f Invincible Spirit) 4 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix de la Porte Maillot G3, Prix Imprudence G3, 2nd Prix du Palais Royal G3. 2010: (f Manduro) 2011: (f Montjeu)

HAYDOCK PARK. July 2. 3yo+f&m. 11f 200yds.

1. GERTRUDE BELL (GB) 4 9-5 £45,368 ch f by Sinndar - Sugar Mill (Polar Falcon) O/B-Ms Rachel DS Hood TR-JHM Gosden 2. Vita Nova (IRE) 4 9-5 £17,200 b f by Galileo - Treca (Darshaan) O-HE Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan B-Paget Bloodstock TR-Sir Henry Cecil 3. Dorcas Lane (GB) 3 8-6 £8,608 ch f by Norse Dancer - Waqood (Riverman) O-Richard S Keeley B-Elms Stud Co Ltd TR-Mrs L Wadham Margins 1.25, neck. Time 2:30.59 (slow 1.59). Going Good.

2nd Dam: WEDDING BOUQUET by Kings Lake. 6 wins at 2 to 4 at home, USA C L Weld EBF Park S G3, Monrovia H G3, 2nd Guinness Peat Aviation National S G1, 3rd Heinz 57 Phoenix S G1. Dam of Ventura (see above). Grandam of BRUGES. Broodmare Sire: SPECTRUM. Sire of the dams of 12 Stakes winners. In 2011 - CEDARBERG Helenus G1, MOONLIGHT CLOUD Invincible Spirit G3. MOONLIGHT CLOUD b f 2008 Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier

Age 2-4

Starts 9

Wins 4

Places 4

Earned £113,288

Sire: SINNDAR. Sire of 18 Stakes winners. In 2011 GERTRUDE BELL Polar Falcon G2, MOURAD Kahyasi LR.

INVINCIBLE SPIRIT b 97 Kris Rafha Eljazzi Rainbow Quest Spectrum River Dancer

1st Dam: Sugar Mill by Polar Falcon. Winner at 3, 2nd Prix Charles Laffitte LR, Prix Melisande LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2004: Demerara (f Kendor) 2005: Jeanne de Habay (f Kahyasi) Unplaced. 2007: GERTRUDE BELL (f Sinndar) 4 wins 3-5, Lancashire Oaks G2, Cheshire Oaks LR, EBF Daisy Warwick S LR. 2008: Dick Doughtywylie (g Oasis Dream) unraced. 2010: (f Manduro) 2011: (f Oasis Dream) 2nd Dam: ANASTINA by Thatching. 2 wins at 4. Dam of Sugar Mill (f Polar Falcon, see above) Broodmare Sire: POLAR FALCON. Sire of the dams of 22 SWs. In 2011 - GERTRUDE BELL Sinndar G2. The Sinndar/Polar Falcon cross has produced: GERTRUDE BELL G2, RED GALA LR.

VENTURA b 98 Kings Lake Wedding Bouquet Doff The Derby

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Sharpen Up Doubly Sure Artaius Border Bounty Blushing Groom I Will Follow Irish River Dancing Shadow Nijinsky Fish-Bar Master Derby Margarethen

165 GROSSER PREIS DER NIEDERLASSUNG G3

Lando Laurea Mulberry Kirsberry Kapura

Dschingis Khan Konigskronung Surumu Monasia Mill Reef Hardiemma Arratos Satanella Surumu Aggravate Sharpman Licata Mill Reef Lady Berry Shafaraz Kombuse

166 CORAL CHARGE SPRINT S G3 SANDOWN PARK. July 2. 3yo+. 5f 6yds.

1. NIGHT CARNATION (GB) 3 8-9 £28,355 ch f by Sleeping Indian - Rimba (Dayjur) O/B-George Strawbridge TR-AM Balding 2. Beyond Desire (GB) 4 9-0 £10,750 b f by Invincible Spirit - Compradore (Mujtahid) O-Clipper Logistics B-Pinnacle Bloodstock TR-Roger Varian 3. Humidor (IRE) 4 9-3 £5,380 b g by Camacho - Miss Indigo (Indian Ridge) O-M Khan X2 B-Yeomanstown Stud TR-G Baker Margins 1.75, 1. Time 0:59.68 (fast 0.32). Going Good to firm. Age 2-3

Starts 8

Wins 4

Places 3

Earned £63,558

Sire: SLEEPING INDIAN. Sire of 1 Stakes winners. In 2011 - NIGHT CARNATION Dayjur G3. 1st Dam: Rimba by Dayjur. Dam of 3 winners: 2001: Selba (f Selkirk) unraced. 2002: ELKHORN (g Indian Ridge) 5 wins at 4 and 5. 2003: Let’s See (f Rainbow Quest) unraced. 2004: YEAMAN’S HALL (g Galileo) Winner at 3. 2005: Bordes Lane (g Olden Times) ran once. 2006: (g Olden Times) 2008: NIGHT CARNATION (f Sleeping Indian) 4 wins 2-3, The Coral Charge Sprint S G3, 2nd Doncaster S LR. 2nd Dam: RISTNA by Kris. 4 wins at 3 and 4 at home, USA Cheveley Park Stud Sun Chariot S G2. Broodmare Sire: DAYJUR. Sire of the dams of 34 Stakes winners. In 2011 - TIZWAY Tiznow G1, NIGHT CARNATION Sleeping Indian G3, BELMONT Bosporus LR.

Ahonoora Indian Ridge Hillbrow SLEEPING INDIAN b 2001 Sadler’s Wells Las Flores Producer Danzig Dayjur Gold Beauty RIMBA b 96 Kris Ristna Roussalka

Starts 7

Wins 4

Places 0

Earned £65,067

1st Dam: MONDSCHEIN by Rainbow Quest. 2 wins at 3 at home, France, Prix Belle de Nuit LR. Own sister to JAHAFIL. Dam of 4 winners: 2001: SIBELIUS (c Night Shift) 7 wins 3-7 in Denmark, Dansk Jockey Club Cup LR. 2002: VIGELEGERE (f Be My Chief) 6 wins 2-5 in Denmark, Copenhagen Golden Mile LR. 2003: FADO (c Be My Chief) 5 wins 3-5. 2005: Yodl (c Singspiel) 2006: (c Night Shift) 2008: BEATRICE AURORE (f Danehill Dancer) 4 wins, Prix Chloe G3, Height of Fashion S LR. 2010: (c Dansili) 2nd Dam: RIVER SPEY by Mill Reef. 1 win at 2, Newbury S LR, 2nd Cheshire Oaks G3. Dam of JAHAFIL (c Rainbow Quest: Royal Whip S G3, 2nd Royal Lodge S G2), MONDSCHEIN (see above). Grandam of HIGHDOWN, Elshadi. Broodmare Sire: RAINBOW QUEST. Sire of the dams of 131 Stakes winners. In 2011 - BEATRICE AURORE Danehill Dancer G3, GLEN’S DIAMOND Intikhab G3, KREEM Hurricane Run G3, SAMITAR Rock of Gibraltar G3, SPIRIT QUARTZ Invincible Spirit G3, VENGENCE Black Sam Bellamy G3. The Danehill Dancer/Rainbow Quest cross has produced: BEATRICE AURORE G3, Oracle G1. BEATRICE AURORE b f 2008 Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Razyana Spring Adieu DANEHILL DANCER b 93 Atan Sharpen Up Rocchetta Mira Adonde Caro Lettre d’Amour Lianga Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Rainbow Quest Herbager I Will Follow Where You Lead MONDSCHEIN b 95 Never Bend Mill Reef Milan Mill River Spey Jimmy Reppin Strathspey Strip The Willow Danzig

Danehill

168 PRIX DU BOIS G3

NIGHT CARNATION ch f 2008

HAMBURG. July 2. 3yof. 2200m.

1. KARSABRUNI (FR) 9-2 £27,586 b f by Speedmaster - Karsawina (Lando) O-Horst Rapp B-Chevotel De La Hauquerie TR-H-A Pantall 2. Labrice (GB) 9-2 £9,483 b f by Dubawi - Laurella (Acatenango) O-Gestut Ittlingen B-Gestut Ittlingen TR-T Mundry 3. Alkhana (IRE) 9-2 £4,741 br f by Dalakhani - A Beautiful Mind (Winged Love) O-Stall Weissenhof B-J & W Hoyer TR-P Schiergen Margins Neck, 6. Time 2:26.29. Going Good.

CHANTILLY. July 3. 3yof. 1800m.

2nd Dam: KIRSBERRY by Mulberry. 2 wins at 2 in Germany. Dam of Karsawina (f Lando, see above).

1st Dam: Karsawina by Lando. 2 wins at 4 and 6, 2nd Prix Max Sicard LR. Dam of 2 winners: 2005: KING OF SPEED (c Speedmaster) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in France. 2006: Kansaspeed (f Speedmaster) unraced. 2008: KARSABRUNI (f Speedmaster) 1 win at 3, GP Mercedes-Benz Niederlassung G3. 2009: King of Song (c Sinndar) unraced to date. 2010: Kathinka (f Speedmaster)

KARSAWINA ch 98 Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Derring-Do Camenae Runnymede Clouded Lamp Mr Prospector Miesque Lombard Anatevka Shirley Heights Delsy Shernazar Zarzaya

167 PRIX CHLOE G3 1. BEATRICE AURORE (IRE) 8-11 £34,483 b f by Danehill Dancer - Mondschein (Rainbow Quest) O-Benny Andersson B-Christophe Clement TR-JL Dunlop 2. Peinture Abstraite (GB) 8-11 £13,793 b f by Holy Roman Emperor - Peinture Bleue (Alydar) O-Ecurie Wildenstein B-Dayton Investments Ltd TR-A de Royer-Dupre 3. Dream Peace (IRE) 8-11 £10,345 b f by Dansili - Truly A Dream (Darshaan) O-Haras D’Etreham B-Kilfrush Stud TR-Robert Collet Margins 1, 0.75. Time 1:55.53. Going Good.

Acatenango

Starts 7

Earned £13,362

Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols Swing Easy Golden City Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Nashua Marion Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Mr Prospector Stick To Beauty Sharpen Up Doubly Sure Habitat Oh So Fair

CHANTILLY. July 3. 2yo. 1000m.

1. FAMILY ONE (FR) 8-11 £34,483 b c by Dubai Destination - Ascot Family (Desert Style) O/B-Ecurie Ascot TR-Y Barberot 2. Boomerang Bob (IRE) 8-11 £13,793 b c by Aussie Rules - Cozzene’s Pride (Cozzene) O-RJ Tufft B-D Harron, Ederidge Ltd TR-JW Hills 3. Pyman’s Theory (IRE) 8-8 £10,345 ch f by Exceed And Excel - Gazebo (Cadeaux Genereux) O-De La Warr Racing et al B-T Whitehead TR-T Dascombe Margins 2, 2.5. Time 0:57.58. Going Good. See race 197 later in this issue

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Caulfield on Timepiece: “She became the fifth Group 1 winner for Zamindar in taking the Falmouth Stakes. Remarkably, all five are fillies, and an impressive collection they are”

2008: Crystal Etoile (f Dansili) 2010: (c Danehill Dancer)

169 JULY S G2 NEWMARKET. July 7. 2yoc&g. 6f.

1. FREDERICK ENGELS (GB) 8-12 £34,026 b c by Iceman - Colonel’s Daughter (Colonel Collins) O-Pearl Bloodstock Ltd B-P Baldwin TR-D Brown 2. Roman Soldier (IRE) 8-12 £12,900 b c by Holy Roman Emperor - Fermion (Sadler’s Wells) O-Mrs Susan Roy B-Fermion Syndicate TR-J Noseda 3. Bannock (IRE) 8-12 £6,456 b c by Bertolini - Laoub (Red Ransom) O-Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum B-Darley TR-M Johnston Margins 1, neck. Time 1:13.76 (slow 3.56). Going Good. Age 2

Starts 5

Wins 3

Places 2

172 CHERRY HINTON S G2

2nd Dam: CRYSTAL CAVERN by Be My Guest. 3 wins. Dam of CRYSTAL STAR (see above). Broodmare Sire: MARK OF ESTEEM. Sire of the dams of 11 Stakes winners. In 2011 - TREASURE BEACH Galileo G1, CRYSTAL CAPELLA Cape Cross G2, MASKED MARVEL Montjeu G3, ANNE OF KIEV Oasis Dream LR. CRYSTAL CAPELLA b m 2005 Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier CAPE CROSS b/br 94 Ahonoora Park Appeal Balidaress

Earned £76,801

Darshaan Mark of Esteem

Sire: ICEMAN. Sire of 2 Stakes winners. In 2011 FREDERICK ENGELS Colonel Collins G2, DIJARVO Wolfhound LR. 1st Dam: Colonel’s Daughter by Colonel Collins. Dam of 3 winners: 2004: DOTTY’S DAUGHTER (f Forzando) 2 wins at 2. 2006: Dotty’s Brother (g Forzando) 2007: COLONEL MAK (g Makbul) 4 wins at 2 and 3. 2008: Rosa Luxemburg (f Needwood Blade) unraced. 2009: FREDERICK ENGELS (c Iceman) 3 wins at 2, July S G2, Windsor Castle S LR. 2011: (c Striking Ambition) 2nd Dam: Clashfern by Smackover. unraced. Dam of SHUFFLING KID (g Rock City: Baldwin S G3). Broodmare Sire: COLONEL COLLINS. Sire of the dams of 3 Stakes winners. In 2011 - FREDERICK ENGELS Iceman G2. FREDERICK ENGELS b c 2009 Northern Dancer Special Jefferson Mohair ICEMAN b 2002 Irish River Exit To Nowhere Coup de Folie Virtuous Shadeed Exclusive Virtue Exclusive Order Northern Dancer El Gran Senor Sex Appeal Colonel Collins Kenmare Kanmary Djallybrook COLONEL’S DAUGHTER ch 2000 Pontifex Smackover Atanya Clashfern Skyliner Power And Red Ilen Nureyev

Polar Falcon

Homage CRYSTAL STAR ch 2000 Be My Guest Crystal Cavern Krisalya

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols Balidar Innocence Shirley Heights Delsy Ajdal Home Love Northern Dancer What A Treat Kris Sassalya

171 BAHRAIN TROPHY G3 NEWMARKET. July 7. 3yo. 13f.

1. MASKED MARVEL (GB) 9-0 £28,355 b c by Montjeu - Waldmark (Mark of Esteem) O-BE Nielsen B-Newsells Park Stud TR-JHM Gosden 2. Census (IRE) 9-0 £10,750 b c by Cacique - Slieve (Selkirk) O-Highclere Thoroughbred Racing (Beeswing) B-Brian Williamson TR-R Hannon 3. Zain Al Boldan (GB) 8-11 £5,380 b f by Poliglote - Carla (Cardoun) O-Jaber Abdullah B-Tweenhills, R & L Warner Bloodstock TR-MR Channon Margins Head, 4. Time 2:49.74 (slow 9.74). Going Good.

Marie d’Argonne

170 PRINCESS OF WALES’S S G2 NEWMARKET. July 7. 3yo+. 12f.

1. CRYSTAL CAPELLA (GB) 6 8-13 £45,368 b m by Cape Cross - Crystal Star (Mark of Esteem) O-Sir Evelyn De Rothschild B-Southcourt Stud TR-Sir Michael Stoute 2. Redwood (GB) 5 9-2 £17,200 bbr h by High Chaparral - Arum Lily (Woodman) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-BW Hills 3. Buthelezi (USA) 3 8-3 £8,608 bbr c by Dynaformer - Ntombi (Quiet American) O-HRH Princess Haya Of Jordan B-Dr John A Chandler TR-JHM Gosden Margins 8, 6. Time 2:31.57 (slow 4.37). Going Good. Age 2-6

Starts 13

Wins 8

Places 4

Earned £289,156

Sire: CAPE CROSS. Sire of 68 Stakes winners. In 2011 - CRYSTAL CAPELLA Mark of Esteem G2, KHAWLAH Selkirk G2, JOVIALITY Night Shift G3, NAMIBIAN Sadler’s Wells G3, BEZIQUE Peintre Celebre LR.

Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 3

Earned £51,480

Sire: MONTJEU. Sire of 100 SWs. In 2011 - FAME AND GLORY Shirley Heights G1, POUR MOI Darshaan G1, ST NICHOLAS ABBEY Sure Blade G1, BLUE BAJAN Darshaan G2, RECITAL Kendor G2, ASKAR TAU Acatenango G3, GOLDEN PARACHUTE Volksraad G3, MASKED MARVEL Mark of Esteem G3. 1st Dam: Waldmark by Mark of Esteem. Winner at 2, 2nd Falmouth S G2. Dam of 2 winners: 2005: Wallace Saddie (g Sadler’s Wells) unraced. 2006: GIFTED ICON (f Peintre Celebre) Winner at 3. 2007: Sadler’s Mark (g Sadler’s Wells) 2008: MASKED MARVEL (c Montjeu) 240,406gns yearling at ARAUG. 3 wins 2-3, Bahrain Trophy G3, Cocked Hat S LR. 2009: Waldlerche (f Monsun) unraced to date. 2010: (c Rock of Gibraltar)

Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 1

Places 2

Earned £36,724

Sire: BERNARDINI. Sire of 6 Stakes winners. In 2011 - GAMILATI Kingmambo G2, STAY THIRSTY Storm Bird G3, THEYSKENS’ THEORY Summer Squall LR. 1st Dam: ILLUSTRIOUS MISS by Kingmambo. 2 wins at 3, Chartwell S G3, 3rd Irish 1000 Guineas G1. Dam of 3 winners: 2006: Musicology (f Singspiel) unraced. Broodmare. 2007: Late Romance (f Storm Cat) 2 wins at 2 and 3 in France, 3rd Prix Contessina LR. 2008: GRACEFIELD (f Storm Cat) Winner at 3. 2009: GAMILATI (f Bernardini) 1 win at 2, Irish TB Marketing Cherry Hinton S G2. 2010: (c New Approach)

Broodmare Sire: MARK OF ESTEEM. Sire of the dams of 11 Stakes winners. In 2011 - TREASURE BEACH Galileo G1, CRYSTAL CAPELLA Cape Cross G2, MASKED MARVEL Montjeu G3. MASKED MARVEL b c 2008 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge MONTJEU b 96 Floripedes Toute Cy Darshaan Mark of Esteem Homage WALDMARK ch 2000 Acatenango Wurftaube

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Wurfbahn

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special High Top Sega Ville Tennyson Adele Toumignon Shirley Heights Delsy Ajdal Home Love Surumu Aggravate Frontal Wolkenpracht

2nd Dam: QUANDARY by Blushing Groom. 3 wins at 4, James Seymour S LR. Dam of DOUBLE CROSSED (f Caerleon: Oaks Trial LR). Grandam of TWICE OVER. Broodmare Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of the dams of 258 Stakes winners. In 2011 - IMMORTAL VERSE Pivotal G1, RELIABLE MAN Dalakhani G1, STAND TO GAIN Hawk Wing G1, TIMEPIECE Zamindar G1, FEARS NOTHING Faltaat G2, GIANTS PLAY Giant’s Causeway G2, TESTOSTERONE Dansili G2, BANKABLE Medicean G3, CASTLETHORPE Not A Single Doubt G3, COSMO MEADOW King’s Best G3, I’M A DREAMER Noverre G3, MAWINGO Tertullian G3, NAMIBIAN Cape Cross G3, WORKFORCE King’s Best G3. The Zamindar/Sadler’s Wells cross has produced: TIMEPIECE G1, CINNAMON BAY LR. TIMEPIECE b f 2007

Broodmare Sire: KINGMAMBO. Sire of the dams of 43 Stakes winners. In 2011 - GAMILATI Bernardini G2, MIDDAY Oasis Dream G2, ELZAAM Redoute’s Choice LR. GAMILATI b f 2009 Bold Reasoning My Charmer Secretariat Weekend Surprise Lassie Dear BERNARDINI b 2003 Fappiano Quiet American Demure Cara Rafaela Spectacular Bid Oil Fable Northern Fable Raise A Native Mr Prospector Gold Digger Kingmambo Nureyev Miesque Pasadoble ILLUSTRIOUS MISS b 2001 Irish Castle Irish Tower Royal Loom Our Wildirish Rose Round Table Rose Pink Red Red Rose Seattle Slew

A P Indy

173 FALMOUTH S G1 1. TIMEPIECE (GB) 4 9-5 £90,736 b f by Zamindar - Clepsydra (Sadler’s Wells) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-Sir Henry Cecil 2. Sahpresa (USA) 6 9-5 £34,400 b m by Sahm - Sorpresa (Pleasant Tap) O-Teruya Yoshida B-DO McIntyre TR-Rod Collet 3. First City (GB) 5 9-5 £17,216 b m by Diktat - City Maiden (Carson City) O-Saeed Misleh B-Darley TR-DM Simcock Margins 1.25, 0.5. Time 1:41.06 (slow 4.86). Going Good. Age 2-4

Starts 13

Wins 6

Places 6

Earned £212,376

Sire: ZAMINDAR. Sire of 17 Stakes winners. In 2011 - TIMEPIECE Sadler’s Wells G1. 1st Dam: CLEPSYDRA by Sadler’s Wells. Winner at 3. Dam of 5 winners: 2002: Gems of Araby (f Zafonic). Broodmare. 2003: SANDGLASS (f Zafonic) Winner at 3. 2004: PASSAGE OF TIME (f Dansili) 5 wins 2-4, Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1, 3rd Nassau S G1, Prix Vermeille G1, Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf G1.

Raise A Native Gold Digger Secretariat Secrettame Tamerett Northern Dancer The Minstrel Fleur Right Tack Mofida Wold Lass Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Cloudy Dawn Lost Virtue Aunt Tilt Mr Prospector

Gone West ZAMINDAR b 94

2nd Dam: Our Wildirish Rose by Irish Tower. unraced. Dam of NANI ROSE (f Peteski: Regret S G3, Lake George S G3), ILLUSTRIOUS MISS (f Kingmambo, see above). Grandam of Hollywood Fierce.

NEWMARKET. July 8. 3yo+f&m. 8f.

2nd Dam: WURFTAUBE by Acatenango. 7 wins, Gerling Preis G2, 2nd Deutschland Preis G1. Dam of WALDPARK (c Dubawi: Deutsches Derby G1), WALDVOGEL (g Polish Precedent: Derby Trial LR), Waldjagd (f Observatory: 2nd Diana Trial G2). Grandam of WIESENPFAD.

Top Ville

1st Dam: CRYSTAL STAR by Mark of Esteem. 2 wins at 2, Reading Evening Post Radley S LR, 2nd Dubai Duty Free Fred Darling S G3. Dam of 2 winners: 2005: CRYSTAL CAPELLA (f Cape Cross) 8 wins at 3 to 6, 2011, Princess of Wales’s S G2, Pride S G2 (twice), Middleton S G3, Princess Royal S LR, Alice Keppel H LR, 2nd Pride S G2. 2006: SANDOR (g Fantastic Light) 3 wins 3-4. 2007: Drop In The Ocean (f Tiger Hill) unraced.

Places 0

NEWMARKET. July 8. 2yof. 6f.

1. GAMILATI (GB) 8-12 £34,026 b f by Bernardini - Illustrious Miss (Kingmambo) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Mahmood Al Zarooni 2. Russelliana (GB) 8-12 £12,900 ch f by Medicean - Rosacara (Green Desert) O-Sir Evelyn De Rothschild B-Southcourt Stud TR-Sir Michael Stoute 3. Shumoos (USA) 8-12 £6,456 ch f by Distorted Humor - Wile Cat (Storm Cat) O-Fawzi Abdulla Nass B-Brushwood Stable TR-BJ Meehan Margins 1.5, neck. Time 1:12.87 (slow 2.67). Going Good.

2005: TIMETABLE (g Observatory) 4 wins. 2006: FATHER TIME (c Dansili) 2 wins at 2 and 3, King Edward VII S G2. 2007: TIMEPIECE (f Zamindar) 6 wins at 2 to 4, Falmouth S G1, Sandringham H LR, James Seymour S LR, Montrose S LR, Warwickshire Oaks LR, 2nd Oaks Trial S LR, Lanwades Stud Severals S LR, 3rd Middleton S G2. 2008: All Time (f Dansili) in training. 2009: Continuum (c Dansili) unraced to date. 2011: (f Zamindar)

Zaizafon

Sadler’s Wells CLEPSYDRA b 97 Quandary

When Timepiece ran on too strongly for the favourite Sahpresa in the Falmouth Stakes, she became the fifth Gr1 winner for her sire, Zamindar. Remarkably, all five are fillies, and an impressive collection they are. Zenda, Darjina and Zarkava all won the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, with Darjina going on to win the Prix du Moulin and Zarkava the Prix de Diane, Prix Vermeille and the Arc. Zamindar’s fifth Gr1-winning daughter, Coquerelle, won the Prix Saint-Alary. These Gr1 winners were sired during the years when Zamindar’s fee never rose higher than £12,500. His three £15,000 crops, born between 2009 and 2011, should be worth keeping an eye on. Zenda, Darjina and Zarkava are out of mares bred to a similar pattern, each being sired by a Northern Dancer line stallion from mares by Mill Reef or his son Doyoun. Timepiece breaks this mould a little, but her dam Clepsydra was sired by Northern Dancer’s son Sadler’s Wells and Clepsydra’s broodmare sire, Blushing Groom, was bred along similar lines to Mill Reef (both were by sons of Nasrullah and their fourth dams were sisters). Clepsydra is proving one of the best mares in the Juddmonte stud book and comes from one of the most active families. Timepiece follows Passage Of Time and Father Time as Clepsydra’s third Group winner. Timepiece’s second dam, Quandary,

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European Pattern became one of the last stakes winners by Blushing Groom when she easily won the James Seymour Stakes over a mile and a quarter. Quandary’s half-sister All At Sea was even better, winning the Prix du Moulin after seconds in the Oaks, Nassau Stakes and Juddmonte International. Quandary also ranks as the second dam of the admirable Twice Over, while All At Sea is the third dam of Mutual Trust, winner of the Gr1 Prix Jean Prat in 2011. 174 SUMMER S G3 YORK. July 8. 3yo+f&m. 6f.

1. LADIES ARE FOREVER (GB) 3 8-10 £29,600 b f by Monsieur Bond - Forever Bond (Danetime) O-RC Bond B-Bond Thoroughbred Corporation TR-GR Oldroyd 2. Dever Dream (GB) 4 9-2 £11,195 b f by Medicean - Sharplaw Venture (Polar Falcon) O-Pearl Bloodstock Ltd B-FCT Wilson TR-WJ Haggas 3. Rose Blossom (GB) 4 9-2 £5,595 b f by Pastoral Pursuits - Lamarita (Emarati) O-Highclere Thoroughbred Racing (Blossom) B-JR Mitchell TR-RA Fahey Margins Head, 2. Time 1:09.18 (fast 1.32). Going Good. Age 2-3

Starts 8

Wins 3

Places 3

Earned £180,446

Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 2

Places 1

Sire: HARD SPUN. Sire of 1 Stakes winner. In 2011 - RED DUKE Gone West G2. 1st Dam: SAUDIA by Gone West. Winner at 2. Dam of 5 winners: 2003: The West’s Awake (c Theatrical) Winner at 3, 2nd Prix Turenne LR. 2004: Ahwaak (g Dynaformer) ran twice and ran once over hurdles. 2006: BLUE DYNASTY (g Dynaformer) Winner at 2. 2007: MR RYDER (c Giant’s Causeway) Winner at 4 in USA. 2008: NANTUCKET BAY (c Giant’s Causeway) Winner at 3. 2009: RED DUKE (c Hard Spun) Sold 133,333gns 2yo at DNAPR. 2 wins at 2, Superlative S G2. 2010: (c Street Sense) 2nd Dam: BINT PASHA by Affirmed. 4 wins, Yorkshire Oaks G1, Prix Vermeille G1, 4th Coronation Cup G1, Oaks S G1. Dam of REVERE (c Dancing Brave: Gran Premio Citta’ di Napoli G3), Ermine Sea (g Rainbow Quest: 3rd Queen’s Vase G3), Zafonium (c Zafonic: 2nd King Edward VII S G2). Grandam of MASTER DAVID, Ardent Passion, Manhattan Fox. Third dam of Clear Coast. Broodmare Sire: GONE WEST. Sire of the dams of 74 Stakes winners. In 2011 - BRILLIANT SPEED Dynaformer G1, QUE FENOMENO Northern Afleet G1, RED DUKE Hard Spun G2, TRAVELIN MAN Trippi G2, WILLCOX INN Harlan’s Holiday G2, ANNOUNCE Selkirk G3. RED DUKE ch c 2009

Sire: MONSIEUR BOND. Sire of 3 Stakes winners. In 2011 - LADIES ARE FOREVER Danetime G3.

Northern Dancer Danzig Pas de Nom

1st Dam: Forever Bond by Danetime. unraced. Dam of 5 winners: 2005: CHOSEN FOREVER (g Choisir) 5 wins 3-5. 2006: FOREVER’S GIRL (f Monsieur Bond) 7 wins 3-5. 2007: HOOF IT (g Monsieur Bond) 6 wins at 2 to 4. 2008: LADIES ARE FOREVER (f Monsieur Bond) 3 wins at 2 and 3, Summer S G3, Two Year Old Trophy LR, 3rd Queen Mary S G2, Land O’Burns S LR. 2009: BOP IT (c Misu Bond) Winner at 2. 2010: (f Monsieur Bond)

Earned £37,938

HARD SPUN b 2004 Turkoman Turkish Tryst Darbyvail Mr Prospector Gone West Secrettame SAUDIA b 98 Affirmed Bint Pasha Icely Polite

Nearctic Natalma Admiral’s Voyage Petitioner Alydar Taba Roberto Luiana Raise A Native Gold Digger Secretariat Tamerett Exclusive Native Won’t Tell You Graustark Royal Kin

2nd Dam: OWDBETTS by High Estate. 4 wins at 2 to 4. Dam of RATIO (g Pivotal: World Trophy G3)

176 SUMMER MILE S G2

Broodmare Sire: DANETIME. Sire of the dams of 2 Stakes winners. In 2011 - LADIES ARE FOREVER Monsieur Bond G3.

1. DICK TURPIN (IRE) 4 9-4 £56,710 b c by Arakan - Merrily (Sharrood) O-John Manley B-John McEnery TR-R Hannon 2. Fanunalter (GB) 5 9-1 £21,500 b g by Falbrav - Step Danzer (Desert Prince) O-Scuderia Rencati Srl B-Azienda Agricola Francesca TR-M Botti 3. Side Glance (GB) 4 9-1 £10,760 br g by Passing Glance - Averami (Averti) O-Kingsclere Racing Club B-Kingsclere Stud TR-AM Balding Margins 0.75, 2.25. Time 1:41.48 (slow 1.48). Going Good.

ASCOT. July 9. 4yo+. 8f.

LADIES ARE FOREVER b f 2008 Danzig Razyana Sharpen Up Mira Adonde Lettre d’Amour MONSIEUR BOND ch 2000 Sing Sing Song Intent Musical Essence Charlottesville Effervescence II Vareta Danzig Danehill Razyana Danetime Lear Fan Allegheny River Allesheny FOREVER BOND b 2000 Shirley Heights High Estate Regal Beauty Owdbetts Ahonoora Nora Yo Ya Sabrine Danehill

Danehill Dancer

175 SUPERLATIVE S G2 NEWMARKET. July 9. 2yo. 7f.

1. RED DUKE (USA) 9-0 £34,026 ch c by Hard Spun - Saudia (Gone West) O-Maxilead Limited B-BP Walden, H Sexton TR-John Quinn 2. Chandlery (IRE) 9-0 £12,900 b c by Choisir - Masai Queen (Mujadil) O-Mrs J Wood B-Owenstown Stud TR-R Hannon 3. Silverheels (IRE) 9-0 £6,456 gr c by Verglas - Vasilia (Dansili) O-Goldswain, Hunter, Jefferson, Williams B-Castlemartin Stud, Skymarc Farm TR-PFI Cole Margins Neck, 4. Time 1:24.57 (slow 1.67). Going Good to firm.

100

Age 2-4

Starts 17

Wins 8

Places 5

Earned £834,300

Sire: ARAKAN. Sire of 1 Stakes winners. In 2011 DICK TURPIN Sharrood G2. 1st Dam: Merrily by Sharrood. Dam of 5 winners: 2000: VIGOROUS (f Danetime) 2 wins at 3. 2002: Bond Cat (f Raise A Grand) ran a few times. 2003: CHEERILY (f Danehill Dancer) Winner at 4 in USA. 2004: Golden Snitch (g Redback) Unplaced. 2005: LADY SCHMUCK (f Clodovil) 3 wins at 3. 2006: HASODIKIS (c Fasliyev) 2 wins at 3 in Greece. 2007: DICK TURPIN (c Arakan) 7,721gns foal at GONO1, 18,206gns yearling at TISEP. 8 wins, Prix Jean Prat G1, Richmond S G2, Summer Mile S G2, Bet365 Mile G2, Greenham S G3, 2nd St James’s Palace S G1, 2000 Guineas G1, Poule d’Essai des Poulains G1, 3rd Prix de la Foret G1. 2nd Dam: BABYCHAM SPARKLE by So Blessed. 2 wins at 2. Dam of DEEP FINESSE (c Reprimand:

Dubai Racing Club Palace House S G3, Prix du Bois G3, 3rd Polypipe PLC Flying Childers S G2). Grandam of HALMAHERA, RISING SHADOW, Blue Rocket, INDIAN JOCKEY, Night Cru. Broodmare Sire: SHARROOD. Sire of the dams of 10 SWs. In 2011 - DICK TURPIN Arakan G2. DICK TURPIN b c 2007 Nearctic Natalma Forli Special Thong ARAKAN br 2000 Kris Common Grounds Sweetly Far Across Ardross City Ex Rythmique Fortino II Caro Chambord Sharrood Cougar Angel Island Who’s To Know MERRILY gr 93 Princely Gift So Blessed Lavant Babycham Sparkle Charlottesville Effervescence II Vareta Northern Dancer

Nureyev

177 JULY CUP G1 NEWMARKET. July 9. 3yo+. 6f.

1. DREAM AHEAD (USA) 3 8-13 £226,840 bbr c by Diktat - Land of Dreams (Cadeaux Genereux) O-Khalifa Dasmal B-Darley TR-DM Simcock 2. Bated Breath (GB) 4 9-5 £86,000 b c by Dansili - Tantina (Distant View) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-R Charlton 3. Hitchens (IRE) 6 9-5 £43,040 b g by Acclamation - Royal Fizz (Royal Academy) O-Laurence O’Kane, Paul Murphy B-Curragh Bloodstock Agency Ltd TR-David Barron Margins 0.5, 1.5. Time 1:10.66 (slow 0.46). Going Good to firm. Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 4

Places 0

Earned £528,688

Sire: DIKTAT. Sire of 21 Stakes winners. In 2011 DREAM AHEAD Cadeaux Genereux G1, SKINS GAME Akarad G3. 1st Dam: LAND OF DREAMS by Cadeaux Genereux. 3 wins 2-3, Flying Childers S G2. Dam of 4 winners: 2001: INTO THE DARK (g Rainbow Quest) 5 wins 3-5, Doonside Cup LR, James Seymour S LR, 2nd Arc Trial G3. 2002: ONLY MAKE BELIEVE (c Selkirk) Winner at 2. 2003: Dream Shared (f Fantastic Light). 2005: WILLIAM BLAKE (g Rainbow Quest) 4 wins. 2006: Idle Tears (f Selkirk) 2007: Queenofthefairies (f Pivotal) unraced. 2008: DREAM AHEAD (c Diktat) 7,275gns yearling at KESEP, 34,285gns 2yo at DNAPR. 4 wins 2-3, July Cup G1, Middle Park S G1, Prix Morny G1. 2009: Police Force (c Street Sense) in training.

When I assessed Dream Ahead after last year’s Prix Morny, I ended with the warning ‘Diktat did his winning at up to seven furlongs, so will his son stay a mile?’ The evidence so far suggests he’s far better served by six furlongs and he gained his third Gr1 victory over that distance when he won the July Cup with admirable flair. Dream Ahead isn’t the first member of his family, descending from Dervaig, to run well in the July Cup. Dervaig’s son Vaigly Great (by a stallion responsible for two Derby winners) was runner-up in 1979 and 1980, defeated by those outstanding sprinters Thatching and Moorestyle. Then her daughter Vaigly Star, by the Arc winner Star Appeal, found only Sharpo too good for her in 1982. Dervaig herself had won over five furlongs at Thirsk in 1969 but she ultimately looked to be nothing out of the ordinary and was exported to Trinidad. She did so well as a sprinter in the Caribbean that she was repatriated. Vaigly Star also proved a strong influence for speed. Her Sadler’s Wells colt Yalaietanee proved himself one of his sire’s faster sons by winning the Greenham Stakes. An earlier mating between Vaigly Star and the July Cup winner Green Desert had resulted in Sahara Star, winner of her first two starts over five furlongs, including the Gr3 Molecomb Stakes. Mated to a wide range of stallions, Sahara Star enjoyed her finest moment with a champion sprinter. Her Cadeaux Genereux filly Land Of Dreams won the Gr2 Flying Childers Stakes and the Gr3 King George Stakes to prove herself best at five furlongs. Now Land Of Dreams has produced Dream Ahead, who clearly has every right to be best at distances short of a mile, even though Land Of Dreams has produced some middledistance winners. 178 WALTHER J JACOBS STUTENMEILE G3 BREMEN. July 10. 3yo+f&m. 1600m.

2nd Dam: SAHARA STAR by Green Desert. 2 wins at 2, Molecomb S G3, 3rd Lowther S G2. Dam of LAND OF DREAMS (see above), Just A Poser (c Darshaan: 3rd Prix La Rochette G3). Grandam of Say No Now. Broodmare Sire: CADEAUX GENEREUX. Sire of the dams of 30 Stakes winners. In 2011 - DREAM AHEAD Diktat G1, PYMAN’S THEORY Exceed And Excel LR, ROCKATELLA Rock of Gibraltar LR. The Diktat/Cadeaux Genereux cross has produced: DREAM AHEAD G1, RAJEEM G1. DREAM AHEAD b/br c 2008 In Reality Tamerett Roberto Slightly Dangerous Where You Lead DIKTAT br 95 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge Arvola Ahonoora Park Appeal Balidaress Balidar Young Generation Brig O’Doon Cadeaux Genereux Sharpen Up Smarten Up L’Anguissola LAND OF DREAMS b 95 Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier Sahara Star Star Appeal Vaigly Star Dervaig Known Fact

Warning

1. VANJURA (GER) 4 9-6 £27,586 ch f by Areion - Venia Legendi (Zinaad) O-M Barth B-J-C Haimet, J-P Liberge TR-R Dzubasz 2. Rockatella (IRE) 4 9-6 £9,483 b f by Rock of Gibraltar - Patrimony (Cadeaux Genereux) O-Stall H2O B-Ennistown Stud TR-W Hefter 3. Magic Eye (IRE) 6 9-6 £4,741 b m by Nayef - Much Commended (Most Welcome) O-C Wright B-Glending Bloodstock TR-M Botti Margins 0.75, 1.5. Time 1:35.90. Going Soft. Age 2-4

Starts 14

Wins 9

Places 4

Earned £379,441

Sire: AREION. Sire of 13 Stakes winners. In 2011 VANJURA Zinaad G3, INDOMITO Royal Solo LR. 1st Dam: VENIA LEGENDI by Zinaad. 2 wins at 3 in Germany. Dam of 2 winners: 2005: VANCOVIA (f Dream Well) 2 wins 2-3, Preis der BHF Bank LR. 2007: VANJURA (f Areion) 19,607gns yearling at BBAGO. Champion 3yof in Germany and Italy in 2010. 9 wins 2-4, Diana Trial G2, Walther J Jacobs Meile G3, Bremer Oster Sprint Cup LR, Istanbul Euro Capital of Culture Trophy LR, 2nd Premio Vittorio di Capua G1, Premio Carlo Vittadini G2, Europa Grupperennen G3.

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Caulfield on Dream Ahead: “His fourth dam won over five furlongs at Thirsk in 1969 but she ultimately looked to be nothing out of the ordinary and was exported to Trinidad”

2008: Ventiane (f Konigstiger) in training. 2009: Velayati (c Sholokhov) unraced to date. 2011: Veligandu (f Hurricane Run) 2nd Dam: VECCHIA ROMAGNA by Salse. 2 wins at 2 in West Germany. Dam of Voodoo Lounge (f Turfkonig: 3rd Scherping-Rennen LR, Clemens-KleineDusseldorfer Stutenpreis LR). Grandam of Party Girl.

(f Zafonic: 2nd Stubbs Rated S LR). Grandam of STRETAREZ, STREET SHAANA, ARIKANA, Bod Spectrum, Caressing. Third dam of Saronis, Street Lightning, Sara Baras. Fourth dam of Sina. Broodmare Sire: ZAFONIC. Sire of the dams of 43 Stakes winners. In 2011 - WATAR Marju G2, DANDIFIED Rebuttal LR, IZZI TOP Pivotal LR, MASHOOR Monsun LR, PEACE OF OASIS Oasis Dream LR.

Broodmare Sire: ZINAAD. Sire of the dams of 6 Stakes winners. In 2011 - VANJURA Areion G3, RAG TIGER Pentire LR. The Areion/Zinaad cross has produced: VANJURA G1, ASHANTEE G3. VANJURA ch f 2007 Bold Reasoning Prime Abord Elevation Raise Your Skirts Strings Attached AREION b 95 Nijinsky Caerleon Foreseer Aerleona Le Levanstell Alata Altamura Mill Reef Shirley Heights Hardiemma Zinaad Saritamer Time Charter Centrocon VENIA LEGENDI b 98 Topsider Salse Carnival Princess Vecchia Romagna Brigadier Gerard Princess Eboli Nedda Super Concorde

Big Shuffle

179 PRIX MAURICE DE NIEUIL G2 LONGCHAMP. July 14. 4yo+. 2800m.

1. WATAR (IRE) 6 8-11 £63,879 b c by Marju - Ombrie (Zafonic) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Haras du Mezeray TR-F Head 2. Times Up (GB) 5 8-11 £24,655 b g by Olden Times - Princess Genista (Ile de Bourbon) O/B-Mrs IH Stewart-Brown, MJ Meacock TR-JL Dunlop 3. Shamanova (IRE) 4 8-8 £11,767 b f by Danehill Dancer - Shamadara (Kahyasi) O-HH The Aga Khan B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-A de Royer-Dupre Margins Short neck, head. Time 3:06.04. Going Good to soft. Age 2-6

Starts 16

Wins 4

Places 7

Earned £225,081

180 SILVER FLASH S G3 LEOPARDSTOWN. July 14. 2yof. 7f.

1. MAYBE (IRE) 9-1 £26,616 b f by Galileo - Sumora (Danehill) O-Michael Tabor B-Epona Bloodstock Ltd TR-AP O’Brien 2. La Collina (IRE) 8-12 £7,780 ch f by Strategic Prince - Starfish (Galileo) O-Joerg Vasicek B-Manister House Stud TR-K Prendergast 3. Gooseberry Fool (GB) 8-12 £3,685 br f by Danehill Dancer - Last Second (Alzao) O-Denford Stud B-Denford Stud TR-Sir Mark Prescott Margins Neck, 2.5. Time 1:37.47 (slow 6.17). Going Good. Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 3

Places 0

Earned £63,923

Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 96 Stakes winners. In 2011 CAPE BLANCO Presidium G1, FRANKEL Danehill G1, GOLDEN LILAC Danehill G1, IGUGU Intikhab G1, MISTY FOR ME Storm Cat G1, RODERIC O’CONNOR Danehill G1, TREASURE BEACH Mark of Esteem G1, IL SAGGIATORE Snippets G2, JOHANN ZOFFANY Royal Academy G2, NATHANIEL Silver Hawk G2, GALIKOVA Blushing Groom G3, MAYBE Danehill G3. 1st Dam: SUMORA by Danehill. 2 wins at 2, stanjamesuk.com St Hugh’s S LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2007: Cailiocht (f Elusive Quality) unraced. 2008: Luckbealadytonight (f Mr Greeley) 2009: MAYBE (f Galileo) 286,557gns yearling at ARAUG. 3 wins at 2, Silver Flash S G3, Chesham S LR. 2010: (c Galileo) 2nd Dam: Rain Flower by Indian Ridge. unraced. Dam of DANCING RAIN (f Danehill Dancer: Oaks S G1), SUMORA (f Danehill, see above)

1st Dam: Ombrie by Zafonic. Own sister to Souffle. Dam of 2 winners: 2004: OMBRAGEUX (c Anabaa) 6 wins 2-4 in France. 2005: WATAR (c Marju) 52,545gns yearling at AFAUG. 4 wins 3-6, Prix Chaudenay G2, Prix Maurice de Nieuil G2, Prix Michel Houyvet LR, 2nd Prix Gladiateur G3, Prix de l’Avre LR, Prix Lord Seymour LR, 3rd Prix de Lutece G3, Prix d’Hedouville G3, Prix du Lys G3, Prix La Force G3. 2007: Waffy (c Sinndar) 2008: Munaseq (c Haafhd) in training. 2010: (f Dansili)

Broodmare Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of the dams of 169 Stakes winners. In 2011 - ALOHA Encosta de Lago G1, BENFICA Lonhro G1, DREAMAWAY More Than Ready G1, FRANKEL Galileo G1, GOLDEN LILAC Galileo G1, RODERIC O’CONNOR Galileo G1, SEPOY Elusive Quality G1, SHOCKING Street Cry G1, DANEDREAM Lomitas G2, DUNCAN Dalakhani G2, ELITE FALLS More Than Ready G2, DO YOU THINK Starcraft G3, FALINO Fusaichi Pegasus G3, IRONSTEIN Zabeel G3, MAYBE Galileo G3, NEEDS FURTHER Encosta de Lago G3, ONE LAST DANCE Encosta de Lago G3, PINWHEEL Lonhro G3, PRECIOUS LORRAINE Encosta de Lago G3, SPLASH POINT Street Cry G3, WINTER BURST Western Winter G3.

2nd Dam: ONE WAY STREET by Habitat. 4 wins at 3 Princess Royal S G3. Own sister to Shorthouse. Dam of GRAPE TREE ROAD (c Caerleon: Grand Prix de Paris G1), RED ROUTE (c Polish Precedent: Geoffrey Freer S G2), WINDSOR CASTLE (c Generous: Queen’s Vase G3, 3rd Prix Vicomtesse Vigier G2), Good Surprise (c Halling: 2nd Saval Beg S LR, Ballycullen S LR, Kilternan S LR), Souffle

The Galileo/Danehill cross has produced: BANC DE FORTUNE G1, CIMA DE TRIOMPHE G1, CUIS GHAIRE G1, FRANKEL G1, GOLDEN LILAC G1, RODERIC O’CONNOR G1, TEOFILO G1, REEM G2, MAYBE G3, SIDERA G3, LAGALP LR, MISS GALILEI LR, Galileo’s Destiny G1, Gile Na Greine G1, The Assayer G1, Claiomh Solais G3, Crystal Gal G3, Acteur Celebre LR, Via Galilei LR.

WATAR b h 2005

MAYBE b f 2009

Sire: MARJU. Sire of 55 Stakes winners. In 2011 WATAR Zafonic G2.

Try My Best Last Tycoon Mill Princess MARJU br 88 Artaius Flame of Tara Welsh Flame Gone West Zafonic Zaizafon OMBRIE b 99 Habitat One Way Street Guillotina

Northern Dancer Sex Appeal Mill Reef Irish Lass II Round Table Stylish Pattern Welsh Pageant Electric Flash Mr Prospector Secrettame The Minstrel Mofida Sir Gaylord Little Hut Busted Tina II

Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge GALILEO b 98 Miswaki Urban Sea Allegretta Danzig Danehill Razyana SUMORA b 2002 Indian Ridge Rain Flower

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Rose of Jericho

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Lombard Anatevka Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Ahonoora Hillbrow Alleged Rose Red

181 GRAND PRIX DE PARIS G1 LONGCHAMP. July 14. 3yoc&f. 2400m.

1. MEANDRE (FR) 9-2 £295,552 gr c by Slickly - Penne (Sevres Rose) O/B-Rothschild Family TR-A Fabre 2. Seville (GER) 9-2 £118,241 b c by Galileo - Silverskaya (Silver Hawk) O-M Tabor, D Smith, Mrs J Magnier B-Tattersalls Ltd TR-AP O’Brien 3. Reliable Man (GB) 9-2 £59,121 gr c by Dalakhani - On Fair Stage (Sadler’s Wells) O-Pride Racing Club B-NP Bloodstock Ltd TR-A de Royer-Dupre Margins 1.5, 3. Time 2:26.63. Going Good to soft. Age 2-3

Starts 9

Wins 3

Places 3

Grand Prix de Paris winner Le Nain Jaune. Meandre’s second dam Une Pensee was also bred by Baron Guy, as was her sire, Kenmare. However, this is essentially a Boussac family. Meandre’s fifth dam is Apollonia, the exceptional Djebel filly who was the top-ranked French juvenile of 1955 before going on to easy successes in the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches and Prix de Diane. Apollonia’s dam Corejada also became a Classic winner after a fine two-year-old season.

Earned £348,383

Sire: SLICKLY. Sire of 9 Stakes winners. In 2011 MEANDRE Sevres Rose G1, SPLENDIDO Johann Quatz LR. 1st Dam: Penne by Sevres Rose. 2 wins at 3 in France, 2nd Prix de Thiberville LR, Prix Occitanie LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2008: MEANDRE (c Slickly) 3 wins at 3 in France, Grand Prix de Paris G1, Prix de l’Avre LR. 2009: Ondoyante (f Slickly) unraced to date. 2010: (c Rock of Gibraltar) 2nd Dam: UNE PENSEE by Kenmare. 1 win in France. Dam of Penne (f Sevres Rose, see above). Grandam of GRIS TENDRE. Broodmare Sire: SEVRES ROSE. Sire of the dams of 1 Stakes winner. In 2011 - MEANDRE Slickly G1. MEANDRE gr c 2008 Bellypha Miss Carina Breton Lunadix Lutine SLICKLY gr 96 Mr Prospector Conquistador Cielo K D Princess Slipstream Queen Explodent Country Queen Carrie’s Rough Nijinsky Caerleon Foreseer Sevres Rose General Holme Indian Rose Lady Berry PENNE b 2003 Kalamoun Kenmare Belle of Ireland Une Pensee Crepello Cleophis Bellaca Mendez

Linamix

After seeing Slickly make all the running to gain two of his three Gr1 victories over a mile, it is easy to forget that the son of Linamix showed a different dimension to his talents before being sold to Godolphin. As a three-year-old he won the Gr2 Prix Noailles over 11 furlongs and the Grand Prix de Paris in its days over a mile and a quarter. In the circumstances, it wasn’t so surprising that Slickly’s first Gr1 success as a stallion should come over a mile and a half, thanks to Meandre in the Grand Prix de Paris. It was stamina which won the day for Meandre and there is plenty of staying blood in the bottom half of his pedigree. Bred by the Rothschild family, he is out of Penne, a runner-up in two middle-distance Listed races. Penne was bred by the late Baron Guy de Rothschild, who owned numerous important horses. Meandre’s broodmare sire, Sevres Rose, wasn’t one of them. The son of Caerleon never raced but he descended from some of the baron’s best winners and was given his chance at stud. Sevres Rose’s dam Indian Rose won the Prix Vermeille and his next dam, the Prix Royal-Oak winner Lady Berry, also produced the

182 PRIX MESSIDOR G3 MAISONS-LAFFITTE. July 16. 3yo+. 1600m.

1. VAGABOND SHOES (IRE) 4 9-1 £34,483 ch c by Beat Hollow - Atiza (Singspiel) O-Javier Martinez Salmean B-Almagro De Actividades Comerci TR-Y Durepaire 2. Biondetti (USA) 3 8-7 £13,793 b c by Bernardini - Lyphard’s Delta (Lyphard) O-Godolphin B-Palides Investments NV Inc TR-Mahmood Al Zarooni 3. Polytechnicien (USA) 5 9-5 £10,345 ch h by Royal Academy - Golden Party (Seeking The Gold) O/B-Wertheimer et Frere TR-A Fabre Margins Neck, head. Time 1:39.50. Going Good. Age 2-4

Starts 12

Wins 5

Places 4

Earned £95,223

Sire: BEAT HOLLOW. Sire of 11 Stakes winners. In 2011 - VAGABOND SHOES Singspiel G3, NATURE SPIRITS Darshaan LR, RHYTHM OF LIGHT Danehill LR, BATTLE GROUP Top Ville LR. 1st Dam: ATIZA by Singspiel. Winner at 3 in France. Dam of 1 winner: 2005: Rio Grando (g Captain Rio) 2006: (f Where Or When) 2007: VAGABOND SHOES (c Beat Hollow) 5 wins 3-4, Prix Messidor G3, 2nd Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord G3. 2008: Noviza (f Noverre) in training. 2009: Dublin Maura (f Iceman) unraced to date. 2010: (c Tiger Hill) 2011: (f Sakhee) 2nd Dam: ISABENA by Star Appeal. 5 wins, GP de la Hispanidad LR. Dam of Priena (f Priolo: 2nd Lupe S LR, Rosemary Rated H LR, Ballymacoll Stud S LR). Broodmare Sire: SINGSPIEL. Sire of the dams of 12 SWs. In 2011 - HELMET Exceed And Excel G1, BULLBARS Elusive Quality G3, LIBRANNO Librettist G3, VAGABOND SHOES Beat Hollow G3. VAGABOND SHOES ch c 2007 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge BEAT HOLLOW b 97 Dancing Brave Wemyss Bight Bahamian In The Wings Singspiel Glorious Song ATIZA ch 2000 Star Appeal Isabena Irish Isle

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Lyphard Navajo Princess Mill Reef Sorbus Sadler’s Wells High Hawk Halo Ballade Appiani II Sterna Realm Emerald Isle

183 HACKWOOD S G3 NEWBURY. July 16. 3yo+. 6f 8yds.

1. DEACON BLUES (GB) 4 9-3 £28,355 b g by Compton Place - Persario (Bishop of Cashel) O-Jan & Peter Hopper, Michelle Morris B-Mr And Mrs M Roy Jackson TR-JR Fanshawe 2. Markab (GB) 8 9-3 £10,750 b g by Green Desert - Hawafiz (Nashwan) O-Mosaic Racing B-Shadwell Estate Co Ltd TR-H Candy 3. Jimmy Styles (GB) 7 9-3 £5,380 ch g by Inchinor - Inya Lake (Whittingham) O-G Powell, P Ridgers B-B Minty TR-CG Cox

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DATA BOOK STAKES RESULTS

European Pattern Margins 2.75, 1.25. Time 1:13.51 (slow 2.31). Going Good. Age 2-4

Starts 13

Wins 4

Places 6

Earned £121,019

Sire: COMPTON PLACE. Sire of 17 Stakes winners. In 2011 - DEACON BLUES Bishop of Cashel G3. 1st Dam: PERSARIO by Bishop of Cashel. 2 wins at 3 and 5. Dam of 1 winner: 2007: DEACON BLUES (g Compton Place) 4 wins at 2 to 4, Hackwood S G3. 2008: (f Bahamian Bounty) 2009: If So (f Iffraaj) unraced to date. 2010: (f Bahamian Bounty) 2nd Dam: BARFORD LADY by Stanford. 2 wins at 3. Dam of WARNINGFORD (c Warning: Leicestershire S G3 (3 times), 2nd Lockinge S G1, 3rd Prix de la Foret G1). Broodmare Sire: BISHOP OF CASHEL. Sire of the dams of 3 Stakes winners. In 2011 - DEACON BLUES Compton Place G3. DEACON BLUES b g 2007 Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols Indian Ridge Swing Easy Hillbrow Golden City COMPTON PLACE ch 94 Yellow God Nebbiolo Novara Nosey Wolver Hollow Little Cynthia Fazilka Known Fact Warning Slightly Dangerous Bishop of Cashel Sadler’s Wells Ballet Classique Estaciones PERSARIO b 99 Red God Stanford Sweet Almond Barford Lady Sallust Grace Poole Marvedo Ahonoora

184 PRIX DE RIS-ORANGIS G3 MAISONS-LAFFITTE. July 16. 3yo+. 1200m.

1. TIME PRISONER (USA) 4 9-0 £34,483 grro c by Elusive Quality - Zelanda (Night Shift) O-Godolphin SNC B-Darley TR-A Fabre 2. Fred Lalloupet (GB) 4 9-0 £13,793 b c by Elusive City - Firm Friend (Affirmed) O-Maurice Lagasse B-Maurice Lagasse, Pontchartrain Stud TR-D Smaga 3. Smooth Operator (GER) 5 9-4 £10,345 b g by Big Shuffle - Salzgitter (Salse) O-Stall Jenny B-Mario Hofer TR-Mario Hofer Margins Neck, 0.75. Time 1:10.40. Going Good. Age 3-4

Starts 12

Wins 4

Places 6

Earned £93,986

Sire: ELUSIVE QUALITY. Sire of 57 Stakes winners. In 2011 - SEPOY Danehill G1, BULLBARS Singspiel G3, STAGE PRESENCE Zeditave G3, TIME PRISONER Night Shift G3, ALL FOR THEE Affirmed LR, MR BIG Danehill LR, DEMONSTRATIVE Quiet American LR, WAAHEB Lahib LR. 1st Dam: ZELANDA by Night Shift. 4 wins at 2 and 3, Flying Fillies’ S LR. Dam of 6 winners: 2000: SILVER SEEKER (g Seeking The Gold) 7 wins. 2001: PEARL GREY (f Gone West) 2 wins at 2, Empress S LR, 2nd Cherry Hinton S G2. 2002: Rajwa (c Dubai Millennium) 2003: CHASKI (f Gone West) Winner at 2. 2005: CHATHAM ISLANDS (f Elusive Quality) Winner at 2. 2006: ULTIMATE RESPECT (c Elusive Quality) Winner at 5 in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 2007: TIME PRISONER (c Elusive Quality) 4 wins at 3 and 4 in France, Prix de Ris-Orangis G3. 2009: Ermine Street (c Street Cry) unraced to date.

TIME PRISONER gr/ro c 2007 Raise A Native Gold Digger Gone West Secretariat Secrettame Tamerett ELUSIVE QUALITY b 93 Northern Dancer Hero’s Honor Glowing Tribute Touch of Greatness Sir Ivor Ivory Wand Natashka Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Night Shift Chop Chop Ciboulette Windy Answer ZELANDA gr 95 Shirley Heights Darshaan Delsy Zafadola Blushing Groom Zarafa Zahra

185 MINSTREL S G3 1. ACROSS THE RHINE (USA) 5 9-8 £32,220 ch g by Cuvee - Seductive Smile (Silver Hawk) O-Thistle Bloodstock Ltd B-Dr & Mrs JK Griggs TR-Tracey Collins 2. Future Generation (IRE) 3 8-12 £9,418 b f by Hurricane Run - Posterity (Indian Ridge) O-Viking Syndicate B-Ennistown Stud TR-GM Lyons 3. Hujaylea (IRE) 8 9-8 £4,461 b g by Almutawakel - Red Eagle (Eagle Eyed) O-Gerard M O’Leary B-Christopher Flynn TR-M Halford Margins 1, 0.75. Time 1:27.60 (slow 4.10). Going Yielding. Age 2-5

Starts 25

Broodmare Sire: NIGHT SHIFT. Sire of the dams of 79 Stakes winners. In 2011 - BEADED Lonhro G1, PARABLES Lonhro G2, SKYSURFERS E Dubai G2, JOVIALITY Cape Cross G3, TIME PRISONER Elusive Quality G3, DYSPHONIA Lonhro LR, ELNAWIN Elnadim LR.

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Wins 4

Places 11

Earned £122,182

Sire: CUVEE. Sire of 3 Stakes winners. In 2011 ACROSS THE RHINE Silver Hawk G3, NOBLE’S PROMISE Clever Trick G3. 1st Dam: Seductive Smile by Silver Hawk. unraced. Dam of 6 winners: 1994: Trick of Ace (f Clever Trick) 4 wins at 3 and 4 in USA, 2nd Dade Turf Classic S. Dam of TRICK OR TREAT (f Lomitas: Princess Royal S G3, 3rd Yorkshire Oaks G1). 1995: PROSPECTRESS (f Mining) 6 wins 3-5, La Prevoyante H G2. 1996: Okie Dokie Rosie (f Strolling Along) unraced. 1997: CLEVER SHARK (c Clever Trick) 3 wins in Japan. 1998: KHATEF (c Phone Trick) 5 wins 3-5 in USA. Sire. 2000: UNION STREET (g Formal Gold) 5 wins 3-6 in USA. 2001: Seductive View (c Distant View) 2002: Grin and Dare It (f Exploit) Unplaced. 2003: Kitty Foille (f Black Minnaloushe) Unplaced. 2004: Flirtatious Miss (f Mr Greeley) Unplaced. 2006: ACROSS THE RHINE (g Cuvee) 4 wins 3-5, Minstrel S G3, 2nd Amethyst S G3, 3rd Solonaway S G3. 2010: Perfect Smile (f Perfect Soul) 2nd Dam: EXIT SMILING by Stage Door Johnny. 2 wins in USA. Dam of NIZON (c Nijinsky: Premio Roma G1), DON ROBERTO (c Roberto: Rolling Green H G3, 2nd Sunset H G1, 3rd Arlington H G1, United Nations H G1), LORD BALMERINO (c The Minstrel: Woolavington Cup G3), Jumbo Hirt (c The Minstrel: 3rd Chester Vase G3). Grandam of Nissho Crown. Third dam of Winkatme. Broodmare Sire: SILVER HAWK. Sire of the dams of 62 SWs. In 2011 - DREAMY KID Lemon Drop Kid G2, NATHANIEL Galileo G2, WINTER MEMORIES El Prado G2, ACROSS THE RHINE Cuvee G3, CHANGING SKIES Sadler’s Wells G3, SILVER REUNION Harlan’s Holiday G3, STRONG SUIT Rahy G3. ACROSS THE RHINE ch g 2006 Raise A Native Gold Digger Blushing Groom Blushing Promise Summertime Promise Naskra Star de Naskra Candle Star Whitesburg Carols Christmas Light Verse Hail To Reason Roberto Bramalea Amerigo Gris Vitesse Matchiche II Prince John Stage Door Johnny Peroxide Blonde Goyama Chandelier Queen of Light Mr Prospector

CUVEE ch 2001 Christmas Star

Silver Hawk SEDUCTIVE SMILE b 90 Exit Smiling

SPEED Gone West G1, STAR BILLING Thunder Gulch G3, TAJAAWEED Zilzal G3, TAX RULING Mr Prospector LR.

DUSSELDORF. July 17. 3yo+. 1600m.

1. ALIANTHUS (GER) 6 9-6 £34,483 b h by Hernando - Allure (Konigsstuhl) O-Baron G Von Ullmann B-Gestut Karlshof TR-J Hirchberger 2. Emerald Commander (IRE) 4 9-6 £13,362 b c by Pivotal - Brigitta (Sadler’s Wells) O-Godolphin B-Grangecon Stud TR-Saeed bin Suroor 3. Set The Trend (GB) 5 9-6 £5,603 bbr g by Reset - Masrora (Woodman) O-Corbett Stud B-Old Suffolk Stud TR-AM Balding Margins 0.75, 1.25. Time 1:38.78. Going Soft. Age 3-6

CURRAGH. July 16. 3yo+. 7f.

Carson City

2nd Dam: ZAFADOLA by Darshaan. 2 wins at 3 Oaks Trial LR, 2nd Blandford S G2, 3rd Irish St Leger G1. Dam of EMILY BRONTE (f Machiavellian: Prix des Reservoirs G3), ZELANDA (see above), Zabari (g Soviet Star: 3rd Sandown H Hurdle G3).

186 GRAFENBERGER MEILEN-TROPHY G2

Mr Prospector

Starts 17

Wins 9

Places 6

Earned £237,664

Sire: HERNANDO. Sire of 48 Stakes winners. In 2011 - GITANO HERNANDO Perugino G1, ALIANTHUS Konigsstuhl G2. 1st Dam: Allure by Konigsstuhl. Winner at 3 in Germany, 3rd Grosser Stutenpreis der Dreijahrigen LR. Dam of 4 winners: 2001: Apokalypse (f Lomitas) 3 wins 2-5, 3rd Preis des Casino Baden-Baden LR. 2002: A BEAUTIFUL MIND (f Winged Love) 2 wins at 2 and 3. Dam of Alkhana (f Dalakhani: 3rd G P Mercedes-Benz Niederlassung G3). 2005: ALIANTHUS (c Hernando) 78,817gns yearling at BBAGS. 9 wins 3-6, Grosser Europa Meile G2, Grafenberger Meilen-Trophy G2, UVEXTrophy Rennen G3, F Gunther von Gaertner Gedachtnisrennen G3, G P der Landeshauptstadt Dusseldorf G3, G P des Zentrum Nordrhein G3, European Breeders Fund Meile LR, 2nd Prix Perth G3, Preis der Reiter Rennvereins G3, Preis des Casino Baden-Baden LR, Ernst-Meile LR, 3rd Grosser Preis der Mehl Mulhens Stiftung G2. 2006: AMAZING TIGER (c Tiger Hill) 7 wins. 2008: Anabasis (f High Chaparral) in training. 2009: Alto Papavero (c Shamardal) unraced to date. 2010: American Peony (f New Approach) 2nd Dam: Adjani by Surumu. Dam of Acamani (g Winged Love: 2nd Grosser Radeberger Pilsner Preis LR, 3rd Deutsches Derby G1), Allure (see above). Broodmare Sire: KONIGSSTUHL. Sire of the dams of 53 Stakes winners. In 2011 - ALIANTHUS Hernando G2, ILLO Tertullian G3. ALIANTHUS b h 2005 Nijinsky Niniski Virginia Hills HERNANDO b 90 Miswaki Whakilyric Lyrism Dschingis Khan Konigsstuhl Konigskronung ALLURE b 96 Surumu Adjani Annaberta

Northern Dancer Flaming Page Tom Rolfe Ridin’ Easy Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Lyphard Pass A Glance Tamerlane Donna Diana Tiepoletto Kronung Literat Surama Alpenkonig Anna Charlotta

187 IRISH OAKS G1 CURRAGH. July 17. 3yof. 12f.

1. BLUE BUNTING (USA) 9-0 £212,500 grro f by Dynaformer - Miarixa (Linamix) O-Godolphin B-BM Kelley TR-Mahmood Al Zarooni 2. Banimpire (IRE) 9-0 £69,612 br f by Holy Roman Emperor - My Renee (Kris S) O-Mrs JS Bolger B-Kilcarn Stud TR-JS Bolger 3. Wonder of Wonders (USA) 9-0 £32,974 b f by Kingmambo - All Too Beautiful (Sadler’s Wells) O-Michael Tabor B-Liberty Bloodstock TR-AP O’Brien Margins Short head, 0.5. Time 2:42.97 (slow 10.97). Going Yielding. Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 4

Places 2

Earned £462,472

Sire: DYNAFORMER. Sire of 102 Stakes winners. In 2011 - BLUE BUNTING Linamix G1, BRILLIANT

1st Dam: Miarixa by Linamix. unraced. Own sister to Mister Kick. Dam of 3 winners: 2006: DESCARO (g Dr Fong) 3 wins at 4 and 5. 2007: GIARIXA (c Gulch) 2 wins at 4 in USA. 2008: BLUE BUNTING (f Dynaformer) 4 wins at 2 and 3, Irish Oaks G1, 1000 Guineas G1, Montrose S LR. 2009: French Hen (f English Channel) unraced to date. 2010: (f English Channel) 2nd Dam: MRS ARKADA by Akarad. 2 wins at 3 in France, Prix Isola Bella LR, 3rd Prix Saint-Alary G1. Dam of MARQUE ROYALE (f Royal Academy: Prix des Lilas LR), Mister Kick (c Linamix: 2nd Prix Berteux G3, Prix de Lutece G3). Grandam of MARQUIX, SCEPTRE ROUGE. Broodmare Sire: LINAMIX. Sire of the dams of 50 Stakes winners. In 2011 - BLUE BUNTING Dynaformer G1, MUSKETIER Acatenango G2, BEROUNI Peintre Celebre LR, LOVE QUEEN Val Royal LR, MONTECCHIO Acclamation LR, REDEMPTOR Elusive City LR, VALIYR Alhaarth LR, WARPATH Reset LR, ZINABAA Anabaa Blue LR, WHAT A CHARM Key of Luck LR. See race 41 in the June issue

BLUE BUNTING gr/ro f 2008 Hail To Reason Roberto Bramalea DYNAFORMER b 85 His Majesty Andover Way On The Trail Mendez Linamix Lunadix MIARIXA gr 2001 Akarad Mrs Arkada Mrs Annie

Turn-To Nothirdchance Nashua Rarelea Ribot Flower Bowl Olympia Golden Trail Bellypha Miss Carina Breton Lutine Labus Licata Bolkonski Miss Satin

188 KILBOY ESTATE S G3 CURRAGH. July 17. 3yo+f&m. 9f.

1. MANIEREE (IRE) 3 8-12 £36,422 br f by Medicean - Sheer Spirit (Caerleon) O-Max Morris B-Max Morris TR-John M Oxx 2. Kirinda (IRE) 3 8-12 £10,647 b f by Tiger Hill - Kerania (Daylami) O-HH The Aga Khan B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-John M Oxx 3. Claiomh Solais (IRE) 3 8-12 £5,043 ch f by Galileo - Scribonia (Danehill) O-Mrs JS Bolger B-JS Bolger TR-JS Bolger Margins 1.75, 1.5. Time 2:01.53 (slow 11.03). Going Yielding. Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 2

Places 3

Earned £51,516

Sire: MEDICEAN. Sire of 26 Stakes winners. In 2011 - BANKABLE Sadler’s Wells G3, MANIEREE Caerleon G3, CERVEZA Efisio LR, ST MORITZ Statoblest LR. 1st Dam: SHEER SPIRIT by Caerleon. Winner at 3. Dam of 5 winners: 2002: SOVEREIGN SPIRIT (g Desert Prince) 8 wins. 2003: RIVER BRAVO (c Indian Ridge) 2 wins 2-3. 2004: Solid Rock (g Rock of Gibraltar) 3 wins at 2, 2nd Surrey S LR. 2005: Bold Choice (c Dubai Destination) Winner at 3, 3rd Glasgow S LR. 2006: Dancelectic (c Barathea) Unplaced. 2008: MANIEREE (f Medicean) 2 wins at 2 and 3, Kilboy Estate S G3. 2009: Cardinal Walter (c Cape Cross) unraced to date. 2010: (c Zamindar) 2nd Dam: Sheer Audacity by Troy. Dam of PELDER (c Be My Guest: Prix Ganay G1, Gran Criterium G1, Premio Parioli G1, 2nd Prix d’Ispahan G1, Premio Vittorio di Capua G1), OATH (c Fairy King: Derby S G1), SHEER DANZIG (c Roi Danzig: Silver Cup Rated S LR), AUDACIOUS PRINCE (c Desert Prince: Prix Pelleas LR), NAPOLEON’S SISTER (f Alzao: Lupe S LR). Grandam of Queen of Naples.

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Caulfield on Nathaniel: “Every one of his Musidora-winning dam’s first nine foals has won and no fewer than seven are stakes winners; Magnificient Style is a genuine blue hen”

Broodmare Sire: CAERLEON. Sire of the dams of 162 Stakes winners. In 2011 - ASPECTOFLOVE Danetime G2, TWICE OVER Observatory G2, BLITZEN Special Week G3, MANIEREE Medicean G3, ADIRONDACK SUMMER Thunder Gulch LR, GAILY GAME Montjeu LR, HOT HOT MAMA Menifee LR, LIVANDAR Fantastic Light LR, TOSEN REVE Deep Impact LR, UPPERLINE Maria’s Mon LR. The Medicean/Caerleon cross has produced: MANIEREE G3, MARIE DE MEDICI G3, BEAU MICHAEL LR. MANIEREE br f 2008 Mr Prospector Machiavellian Coup de Folie MEDICEAN ch 97 Storm Bird Mystic Goddess Rose Goddess Nijinsky Caerleon Foreseer SHEER SPIRIT b 97 Troy Sheer Audacity Miss Upward

Raise A Native Gold Digger Halo Raise The Standard Northern Dancer South Ocean Sassafras Cocarde Northern Dancer Flaming Page Round Table Regal Gleam Petingo La Milo Alcide Aiming High

189 ANGLESEY S G3 CURRAGH. July 17. 2yo. 6f 63yds.

1. FIRE LILY (IRE) 8-12 £29,138 b f by Dansili - Beauty Is Truth (Pivotal) O-Michael Tabor B-Beauty Is Truth Syndicate TR-David Wachman 2. After (IRE) 8-12 £8,517 b f by Danehill Dancer - Noahs Ark (Charnwood Forest) O-Mrs John Magnier B-Old Carhue Stud TR-AP O’Brien 3. Boris Grigoriev (IRE) 9-1 £4,034 bbr c by Excellent Art - Strategy (Machiavellian) O-Michael Tabor B-Lynch Bages Ltd TR-AP O’Brien Margins 2.5, 1.5. Time 1:15.81 (slow 0.31). Going Yieding to soft. Age 2

Starts 4

Wins 2

Places 2

Earned £45,812

Sire: DANSILI. Sire of 57 SWs. In 2011 - AVIATE Irish River G2, DANDINO Generous G2, DELEGATOR Efisio G2, TESTOSTERONE Sadler’s Wells G2, BEWITCHED Kaldoun G3, EMULOUS Distant View G3, EPIC LOVE Diesis G3, FAMOUS NAME Quest For Fame G3, FIRE LILY Pivotal G3, SURFRIDER Rahy G3, BATED BREATH Distant View LR, DREAM PEACE Darshaan LR, FERDOOS Rainbow Quest LR, LAUGHING Be My Chief LR, REQUINTO Entrepreneur LR, TENTH STAR Rahy LR.

190 GRAND PRIX DE VICHY G3 VICHY. July 20. 3yo+. 2000m.

1. CIRRUS DES AIGLES (FR) 5 9-6 £34,483 b g by Even Top - Taille de Guepe (Septieme Ciel) O-JCA Dupouy B-Y Lelimouzin, B Deschamps TR-Mme C Barande-Barbe 2. Agent Secret (IRE) 5 9-2 £13,793 b h by Pyrus - Ron’s Secret (Efisio) O-Raoul Temam B-J Hutchinson TR-F Rohaut 3. Saga Dream (FR) 5 9-2 £10,345 gr g by Sagacity - Manixa (Manninamix) O-F Lemercier B-A Audouinm, F Landais, A Oger, B Audouin TR-F Lemercier Margins 3, 0.5. Time 2:14.00. Going Very soft. Age 2-5

Starts 32

Wins 10

Places 21

FIRE LILY b f 2009 Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Danehill His Majesty Razyana Spring Adieu DANSILI b 96 Ile de Bourbon Kahyasi Kadissya Hasili High Line Kerali Sookera Nureyev Polar Falcon Marie d’Argonne Pivotal Cozzene Fearless Revival Stufida BEAUTY IS TRUTH b 2004 Known Fact Warning Slightly Dangerous Zelding Caerleon Zelda Mill Princess Danzig

FAMOUS NAME b h 2005 Danzig Danehill Razyana

1st Dam: Taille de Guepe by Septieme Ciel. unraced. Dam of 2 winners: 2003: MESNIL DES AIGLES (c Neverneyev) 7 wins 3-7 in France. 2004: Miss des Aigles (f Alamo Bay) Broodmare. 2005: Vie des Aigles (f Alamo Bay) Unplaced. 2006: CIRRUS DES AIGLES (g Even Top) 10 wins at 3 to 5 in France, Prix Dollar G2, Prix du Conseil de Paris G2, GP de Vichy G3, La Coupe G3, Prix du Prince d’Orange G3, Prix de Boulogne LR, Grand Prix du Lion d’Angers LR, 2nd Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1, Prix d’Ispahan G1, Prix du Conseil de Paris G2, Prix Exbury G3, G. Prix de Clairefontaine LR, Prix Matchem LR, Derby du Languedoc LR, Prix Policeman LR, 3rd Prix Ganay G1, Prix Gontaut-Biron G3, Prix Ridgway LR, Prix Pelleas LR. 2008: Kiva des Aigles (f Enrique) in training. Broodmare Sire: SEPTIEME CIEL. Sire of the dams of 17 Stakes winners. In 2011 - CIRRUS DES AIGLES Even Top G3, THIS ONES FOR PHIL Untuttable LR. CIRRUS DES AIGLES b g 2006 Ahonoora Topanoora Topping Girl EVEN TOP br 93 Niniski Skevena Skhiza Seattle Slew Septieme Ciel Maximova TAILLE DE GUEPE ch 99 Funambule Roots Ruma

Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols Sea Hawk II Round Eye Nijinsky Virginia Hills Targowice Anticlea Bold Reasoning My Charmer Green Dancer Baracala Lyphard Sonoma Rheffic Runnello

191 MELD S G3 LEOPARDSTOWN. July 21. 3yo+. 9f.

Broodmare Sire: PIVOTAL. Sire of the dams of 7 Stakes winners. In 2011 - BANK OF BURDEN Hawk Wing G3, FIRE LILY Dansili G3, MISS WORK OF ART Dutch Art LR, NOT FOR SALE Monsun LR.

Broodmare Sire: QUEST FOR FAME. Sire of the dams of 31 SWs. In 2011 - SILVER POND Act One G2, TORIO’S QUEST Oratorio G2, FAMOUS NAME Dansili G3, TRIPLE ELEGANCE Mossman G3.

Earned £693,917

Sire: EVEN TOP. Sire of 1 Stakes winner. In 2011 CIRRUS DES AIGLES Septieme Ciel G3.

1st Dam: BEAUTY IS TRUTH by Pivotal. 3 wins 2-3, Prix du Gros-Chene G2. Dam of 1 winner: 2009: FIRE LILY (f Dansili) 2 wins at 2, Jebel Ali Racecourse Anglesey S G3, 3rd T P Waters EBF Marble Hill S LR. 2010: (c Galileo) 2nd Dam: ZELDING by Warning. 3 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix du Bois G3, 3rd Prix du Gros-Chene G2, Prix Robert Papin G2. Dam of BEAUTY IS TRUTH (see above), GLORIOUS SIGHT (f Singspiel: Prix Finlande LR, 2nd Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1, 3rd Prix de Diane G1).

(twice), Amethyst S G3 (twice), Trigo S LR (twice), Celebration S LR, Heritage S LR (twice), 2nd Tattersalls Gold Cup G1, Prix du Jockey Club G1, Prix du Moulin de Longchamp G1, Killavullan S G3, Mooresbridge S G3, Kilternan S G3, 3rd Tattersalls Gold Cup G1, Prix Dollar G2, Prix Daniel Wildenstein G2. 2007: PHOTO OPPORTUNITY (g Zamindar) 1 win at 3. 2008: ZAMINAST (f Zamindar) Winner at 2. 2010: (f Dansili)

1. FAMOUS NAME (GB) 6 9-12 £32,220 b h by Dansili - Fame At Last (Quest For Fame) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-DK Weld 2. Dunboyne Express (IRE) 3 9-3 £9,418 b c by Shamardal - Love Excelling (Polish Precedent) O/B-John Connaughton TR-K Prendergast 3. Creekside (GB) 3 9-0 £4,461 b g by Dubai Destination - Khubza (Green Desert) O-Sheikh Mohammed B-Usk Valley Stud TR-John M Oxx Margins 4.5, 5.5. Time 1:56.70 (slow 5.70). Going Soft. Age 2-6

Starts 26

Wins 14

Places 9

Earned £905,228

Sire: DANSILI. See race 189. 1st Dam: FAME AT LAST by Quest For Fame. Winner at 2. Dam of 6 winners: 2002: ANCHOR DATE (c Zafonic) Winner at 3. 2003: FINAL ESTEEM (g Lomitas) Winner at 3. 2004: EVERLASTING FAME (c Zamindar) Winner at 3 in France. 2005: FAMOUS NAME (c Dansili) 14 wins 2-6, Meld S G3 (twice), Desmond S G3, Leopardstown 2000 Guineas Trial S G3, International S G3

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DANSILI b 96 Kahyasi Hasili Kerali Rainbow Quest Quest For Fame Aryenne FAME AT LAST b 97 Majestic Light Ranales Katsura

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Ile de Bourbon Kadissya High Line Sookera Blushing Groom I Will Follow Green Dancer Americaine Majestic Prince Irradiate Northern Dancer Noble Fancy

192 TYROS S G3 LEOPARDSTOWN. July 21. 2yo. 7f.

1. REMEMBER ALEXANDER (GB) 8-12 £26,616 b f by Teofilo - Nausicaa (Diesis) O-Noel O’Callaghan B-Wood Hall Stud Limited TR-Mrs John Harrington 2. Parish Hall (IRE) 9-1 £7,780 b c by Teofilo - Halla Siamsa (Montjeu) O-Mrs JS Bolger B-JS Bolger TR-JS Bolger 3. Tenth Star (IRE) 9-1 £3,685 b c by Dansili - Alpha Lupi (Rahy) O-The Niarchos Family B-The Niarchos Family TR-AP O’Brien Margins 4, 2. Time 1:32.39 (slow 7.09). Going Soft. Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 1

Places 2

Earned £29,547

Sire: TEOFILO. Sire of 2 Stakes winners. In 2011 REMEMBER ALEXANDER Diesis G3, TEOLANE Erins Isle LR.

193 KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH S G1 ASCOT. July 23. 3yo+. 12f.

1. NATHANIEL (IRE) 3 8-9 £611,124 b c by Galileo - Magnificient Style (Silver Hawk) O-Lady Rothschild B-Kincorth Investments Inc TR-JHM Gosden 2. Workforce (GB) 4 9-7 £236,137 b c by King’s Best - Soviet Moon (Sadler’s Wells) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-Sir Michael Stoute 3. St Nicholas Abbey (IRE) 4 9-7 £121,756 b c by Montjeu - Leaping Water (Sure Blade) O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Barton Bloodstock, Villiers Syndicate TR-AP O’Brien Margins 2.75, 1.25. Time 2:35.07 (slow 5.07). Going Good to soft. Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 3

Places 3

Earned £714,920

Sire: GALILEO. See race 203. 1st Dam: MAGNIFICIENT STYLE by Silver Hawk. 2 wins at 3, Musidora S G3. Dam of 9 winners: 1999: STYLELISTICK (f Storm Cat) 4 wins at 2 and 3, Appalachian S LR, Green River S LR, 3rd Regret S G3. 2000: ECHOES IN ETERNITY (f Spinning World) 4 wins at 2 to 4, Park Hill S G2, Sun Chariot S G2. Dam of WHISPERING GALLERY (Dubai Duty Free DRC Gold Cup G3). 2001: PERCUSSIONIST (g Sadler’s Wells) 11 wins, Yorkshire Cup G2. 2002: PLAYFUL ACT (f Sadler’s Wells). 4 wins at 2 and 3, Fillies’ Mile S G1, 2nd Irish Oaks G1. Dam of GIANTS PLAY (New York S G2). 2003: DISTINCTIVE LOOK (f Danehill) Winner at 3. 2004: PETARA BAY (g Peintre Celebre) 2 wins 2-3, Feilden S LR, 3rd Princess of Wales’s S G2. 2005: CHANGING SKIES (f Sadler’s Wells) 5 wins 3-6, La Prevoyante H G3, The Very One S G3, 2nd Flower Bowl Invitational S G1. 2007: MONTEREY (g Montjeu) Winner at 3. 2008: NATHANIEL (c Galileo) 3 wins at 3, King George VI And Queen Elizabeth S G1, King Edward VII S G2, 2nd Chester Vase G3. 2009: Great Heavens (f Galileo) unraced to date. 2011: Throne Room (c Oasis Dream) 2nd Dam: MIA KARINA by Icecapade. 1 win at 3. Dam of SIBERIAN SUMMER (c Siberian Express: Charles H Strub S G1). Broodmare Sire: SILVER HAWK. See race 185.

1st Dam: Nausicaa by Diesis. 3 wins at 2 and 3 in France, USA, 3rd Miesque S G3. Dam of 5 winners: 2004: KAFUU (c Danehill Dancer) 2 wins at 2 and 4. 2005: NAUGHTY FRIDA (f Royal Applause) 2 wins at 2 and 3. 2006: Heading East (g Dubai Destination) 2007: HEDAAYA (f Indian Ridge) Winner at 3. 2008: MEMORY (f Danehill Dancer) 3 wins at 2, Cherry Hinton S G2. 2009: REMEMBER ALEXANDER (f Teofilo) 47,000 gns foal at TADEF, 120,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 1 win at 2, Tyros S G3. 2010: (f Kyllachy)

The Galileo/Silver Hawk cross has produced: NATHANIEL G1, ARISTOCRAT LR, NAMIBIA LR, Seville G1. NATHANIEL b c 2008 Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge GALILEO b 98 Miswaki Urban Sea Allegretta Roberto

2nd Dam: BLUSHING ALL OVER by Blushing Groom. 6 wins 3-6 in France, USA, Handicap de la Tamise LR. Dam of Nausicaa (see above), Sahib (g Colonial Affair: 2nd Prix Edellic LR). Broodmare Sire: DIESIS. Sire of the dams of 85 Stakes winners. In 2011 - EPIC LOVE Dansili G3, REMEMBER ALEXANDER Teofilo G3, INSCRUTABLE Arch LR, TIBERIUS Rebuttal LR. REMEMBER ALEXANDER b f 2009 Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Miswaki Urban Sea Allegretta Danzig Danehill Razyana Majestic Light Saviour Victorian Queen Atan Sharpen Up Rocchetta Reliance II Doubly Sure Soft Angels Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Viceregal Victory Kingdom Happy Victory Sadler’s Wells Galileo TEOFILO b 2004 Speirbhean

Diesis NAUSICAA ch 96 Blushing All Over

Silver Hawk Gris Vitesse MAGNIFICIENT STYLE b 93 Icecapade Mia Karina Basin

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Lombard Anatevka Hail To Reason Bramalea Amerigo Matchiche II Nearctic Shenanigans Tom Rolfe Delta

Very few mares merit being described as a blue hen but Silver Hawk’s daughter Magnificient Style has thoroughly earned that distinction. Every one of this Musidora Stakes winner’s first nine foals has won and no fewer than seven have become stakes winners. What’s more, five have scored at Group or Graded stakes level. Nathaniel became her second Gr1 winner when he showed great determination to take the King George, ten years after his sire Galileo had landed the same prize. Magnificient Style owed her

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European Pattern previous Gr1 winner, Playful Act, to Galileo’s sire Sadler’s Wells. Playful Act won the Fillies’ Mile before earning her place in the record books by selling for 10,500,000 dollars as part of the Swettenham Stud consignment at Keeneland in 2007. Playful Act’s younger sister Changing Skies has won Graded stakes at the ages of five and six in the US and their older brother Percussionist was good enough to finish fourth in the 2004 Epsom Derby. Magnificient Style’s story is probably far from over, as her twoyear-old Great Heavens is a sister to Nathaniel and she has a 2011 colt by Oasis Dream. Her broodmare daughters can also be expected to excel. Playful Act’s first foal, an $850,000 Giant’s Causeway filly called Giants Play, is a Gr2 winner in the US and Magnificient Style’s Danehill filly Distinctive Look, an 825,000gns purchase in 2007, has a winning three-year-old by Galileo, plus a 2010 colt by the same sire. It was Darley who paid $10,500,000 for Playful Act and Sheikh Mohammed also purchased Echoes In Eternity after she had shown considerable promise in the Sangster colours on her two-year-old debut. The very versatile daughter of Spinning World is now the dam of Whispering Gallery, a Gr3 winner in Dubai. Magnificient Style’s third dam Delta ranked alongside Levee and Bayou as one of three outstanding daughters of Bourtai. Each of these three established successful branches of their family and so did Bourtai’s other stakes-winning daughter, Banta. The Delta branch reminded everyone of its talents during the 1990s, through Delta’s granddaughter Alligatrix. In addition to becoming the dam of Croco Rouge, she found fame as the dam of Alidiva. This Chief Singer mare produced the Gr1 winners Taipan, Ali-Royal and Sleepytime as her first three foals. 194 PRINCESS MARGARET S G3 ASCOT. July 23. 2yof. 6f.

1. ANGELS WILL FALL (IRE) 8-12 £28,355 b f by Acclamation - Coconut Squeak (Bahamian Bounty) O-Mrs E O’Leary B-Islanmore Stud TR-BW Hills 2. Regal Realm (GB) 8-12 £10,750 b f by Medicean - Regal Riband (Fantastic Light) O/B-Cheveley Park Stud TR-J Noseda 3. Miss Lahar (GB) 8-12 £5,380 b f by Clodovil - Brigadiers Bird (Mujadil) O-Barry Walters Catering B-Barry Walters TR-MR Channon Margins 0.5, 2.25. Time 1:16.80 (slow 3.40). Going Good to soft. Age 2

Starts 2

Wins 2

Places 0

Earned £31,787

Sire: ACCLAMATION. Sire of 11 Stakes winners. In 2011 - LILBOURNE LAD Green Desert G2, ANGELS WILL FALL Bahamian Bounty G3, HITCHENS Royal Academy G3, MONTECCHIO Linamix LR, TALWAR Marju LR. 1st Dam: COCONUT SQUEAK by Bahamian Bounty. 3 wins at 2 and 3, Boadicea S LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2008: (c Oasis Dream)

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196 GROSSER PREIS VON BERLIN G1

2009: ANGELS WILL FALL (f Acclamation) 90,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 2 wins at 2, Princess Margaret S G3.

HOPPEGARTEN. July 24. 3yo+. 2400m.

2nd Dam: Creeking by Persian Bold. Dam of COCONUT SQUEAK (see above). Broodmare Sire: BAHAMIAN BOUNTY. Sire of the dams of 3 Stakes winners. In 2011 - ANGELS WILL FALL Acclamation G3. ANGELS WILL FALL b f 2009 Try My Best Coryana Auction Ring Flying Melody Whispering Star ACCLAMATION b 99 Lorenzaccio Ahonoora Helen Nichols Princess Athena Floribunda Shopping Wise Sea Melody Young Generation Cadeaux Genereux Smarten Up Bahamian Bounty Ballad Rock Clarentia Laharden COCONUT SQUEAK b 2002 Bold Lad Persian Bold Relkarunner Creeking Star de Naskra Miller’s Creek New Chant Waajib

Royal Applause

195 YORK S G2 YORK. July 23. 3yo+. 10f 88yds.

1. TWICE OVER (GB) 6 9-5 £56,710 bbr h by Observatory - Double Crossed (Caerleon) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-Sir Henry Cecil 2. Ransom Note (GB) 4 9-2 £21,500 b c by Red Ransom - Zacheta (Polish Precedent) O-HR Mould B-Rabbah Bloodstock TR-BW Hills 3. Dominant (IRE) 3 8-6 £10,760 bl c by Cacique - Es Que (Inchinor) O-Highclere Thoroughbred Racing (Isinglass) B-Newhall Ltd TR-Roger Varian Margins 1.25, short head. Time 2:09.99 (slow 2.69). Going Good. Age 2-6

Starts 27

Wins 11

Places Earned 10 £1,990,010

Sire: OBSERVATORY. Sire of 9 Stakes winners. In 2011 - TWICE OVER Caerleon G2. 1st Dam: DOUBLE CROSSED by Caerleon. 2 wins at 3, Arena Racing Oaks Trial LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2003: Deceived (f Selkirk) unraced. Broodmare. 2004: Tricked (f Beat Hollow) unraced. Broodmare. 2005: TWICE OVER (c Observatory). 11 wins 2-6, Champion S G1 (twice), Eclipse S G1, York S G2, Prix Eugene Adam G2, Al Maktoum Challenge R3 G2, Craven S G3, Foundation S LR, 2nd Juddmonte International S G1, Champion S G1, Prince of Wales’s S G1, 3rd Irish Champion S G1, Lockinge S G1, St James’s Palace S G1, Breeders’ Cup Classic G1, Dante S G2, Earl of Sefton S G3. 2006: Betray (f King’s Best) unraced. 2008: Serious Breach (g Intikhab) unraced to date. 2009: Visual (c Observatory) unraced to date. 2011: (f Observatory)

1. DANEDREAM (GER) 3 8-5 £86,207 b f by Lomitas - Danedrop (Danehill) O-Gestut Burg Eberstein B-Gestut Brummerhof TR-P Schiergen 2. Scalo (GB) 4 9-6 £34,483 b c by Lando - Sky Dancing (Exit To Nowhere) O-Gestut Ittlingen B-Gestut Ittlingen TR-A Wohler 3. Superstition (FR) 5 9-3 £17,241 b m by Kutub - Secada (Saint Andrews) O-Rupert Plersch B-Gestut Eulenberger Hof TR-Markus Klug Margins 5, neck. Time 2:33.50. Going Good. Age 2-3

Starts 10

Wins 3

1st Dam: Danedrop by Danehill. unraced. Dam of 3 winners: 2003: (f King Charlemagne) 2004: VALDAN (g Val Royal) 4 wins 2-5. 2005: Accused (g Xaar) 2006: Danestorm (c Soviet Star) unraced. 2007: DANESTAR (f Medicean) 3 wins 3-4. 2008: DANEDREAM (f Lomitas) 7,585gns 2yo at BBAGM. 3 wins at 2 and 3, Grosser Preis von Berlin G1, Oaks d’Italia G2, 3rd Derby Italiano G2, Preis der Winterkonigin G3, Criterium du Fonds Europeen de L’Elevage LR, OppenheimRennen LR. 2009: (c Soldier Hollow) 2010: Ignis Away (f Gold Away) 2nd Dam: Rose Bonbon by High Top. 1 win at 3 in France, 2nd Prix de Thiberville LR. Grandam of ROSEANNA, Saratoga Black. Third dam of Malinche. Broodmare Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of the dams of 169 Stakes winners. In 2011 - ALOHA Encosta de Lago G1, BENFICA Lonhro G1, DANEDREAM Lomitas G1, DREAMAWAY More Than Ready G1, FRANKEL Galileo G1, GOLDEN LILAC Galileo G1, RODERIC O’CONNOR Galileo G1, SEPOY Elusive Quality G1, SHOCKING Street Cry G1, DUNCAN Dalakhani G2, ELITE FALLS More Than Ready G2, DO YOU THINK Starcraft G3, FALINO Fusaichi Pegasus G3, IRONSTEIN Zabeel G3, MAYBE Galileo G3, NEEDS FURTHER Encosta de Lago G3, ONE LAST DANCE Encosta de Lago G3, PINWHEEL Lonhro G3, PRECIOUS LORRAINE Encosta de Lago G3, SPLASH POINT Street Cry G3, WINTER BURST Western Winter G3. Lomitas/Danehill cross has produced: DANEDREAM G1, Rosa di Brema G1, Gweebarra G3. DANEDREAM b f 2008 Nijinsky Niniski Virginia Hills Surumu La Colorada La Dorada Danzig Danehill

Broodmare Sire: CAERLEON. Sire of the dams of 162 Stakes winners. In 2011 - ASPECTOFLOVE Danetime G2, TWICE OVER Observatory G2, BLITZEN Special Week G3, MANIEREE Medicean G3. TWICE OVER b/br h 2005 Raise A Native Gold Digger Irish River Seven Springs La Trinite OBSERVATORY ch 97 Hail To Reason Roberto Bramalea Stellaria Northern Dancer Victoria Star Solometeor Northern Dancer Nijinsky Flaming Page Caerleon Round Table Foreseer Regal Gleam DOUBLE CROSSED b 98 Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride Quandary Cloudy Dawn Lost Virtue Aunt Tilt Mr Prospector

Distant View

Earned £375,603

Sire: LOMITAS. Sire of 51 Stakes winners. In 2011 DANEDREAM Danehill G1, LOCAL HERO Cagliostro LR, SALESIN Ride The Rails LR.

LOMITAS ch 88

2nd Dam: QUANDARY by Blushing Groom. 3 wins at 4, James Seymour S LR. Dam of DOUBLE CROSSED (f Caerleon, see above). Grandam of TIMEPIECE, PASSAGE OF TIME, FATHER TIME.

Places 5

Razyana DANEDROP b 99 High Top Rose Bonbon Lady Berry

Northern Dancer Flaming Page Tom Rolfe Ridin’ Easy Literat Surama Kronzeuge Love In Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Derring-Do Camenae Violon d’Ingres Moss Rose II

It isn’t reasonable to expect a filly having her tenth start to still be improving. However, Lomitas’s daughter Danedream is a May 7 foal and seems to be still progressing, as she showed when she sprinted five lengths clear of Scalo to take the Grosser Preis von Berlin. Her best previous win, in the Oak’s d’Italia, had also been decisive. Danedream cost only €9,000 as a yearling and her dam, the unraced

Danehill mare Danedrop, sold for only €17,000 seven months after foaling her. These modest prices belie the quality of their female line, as Danedrop is a grand-daughter of the outstanding broodmare Lady Berry. This mare stayed well enough to defeat the males in the Gr1 Prix Royal-Oak and she proved similarly effective as a broodmare. Lady Berry’s stakes winners featured Indian Rose, winner of the Prix Vermeille, Le Nain Jaune, who took the Grand Prix de Paris during its days over nearly two miles, and Vert Amande, a Prix Ganay winner who was also third in the Arc. Lady Berry’s daughter Featherhill also produced the high-class Groom Dancer. Her female descendants are also responsible for Falco, Plumania and Kinshasa No Kiseki. Danedream’s sire Lomitas died in 2010, having been represented by the Gr1 winners Silvano, Belenus, Meridiana and Shalanaya. 197 PRIX ROBERT PAPIN G2 MAISONS-LAFFITTE. July 24. 2yoc&f. 1100m.

1. FAMILY ONE (FR) 9-2 £63,879 b c by Dubai Destination - Ascot Family (Desert Style) O-Ecurie Ascot B-Ecurie Ascot TR-Y Barberot 2. Louve Rouge (FR) 8-13 £24,655 ch f by Gold Away - Loup The Loup (Loup Solitaire) O-Stephan Hoffmeister B-Mme I Corbani, Jedburgh Stud TR-C Boutin 3. Mac Row (IRE) 9-2 £11,767 br c by Le Vie Dei Colori - Kointreau (Desert King) O-Daniel-Yves Treves B-Glending Bloodstock TR-J-C Rouget Margins 3, short neck. Time 1:07.20. Going Good to soft. Age 2

Starts 5

Wins 4

Places 1

Earned £127,586

Sire: DUBAI DESTINATION. Sire of 13 Stakes winners. In 2011 - FAMILY ONE Desert Style G2. 1st Dam: ASCOT FAMILY by Desert Style. 4 wins 2-3, Prix des Jouvenceaux et des Jouvencelles LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2009: FAMILY ONE (c Dubai Destination) 4 wins at 2, Prix Robert Papin G2, Prix du Bois G3. 2010: Miss Family (f Sinndar) 2nd Dam: FAMILY AT WAR by Explodent. 1 win at 2. Dam of FLANDERS (f Common Grounds: Scarbrough S LR, 2nd King’s Stand S G2). Grandam of LOUVAIN, LAAJOOJ. Broodmare Sire: DESERT STYLE. Sire of the dams of 1 Stakes winner. In 2011 - FAMILY ONE Dubai Destination G2. FAMILY ONE b c 2009 Raise A Native Gold Digger Nureyev Miesque Pasadoble DUBAI DESTINATION b 99 Hoist The Flag Alleged Princess Pout Mysterial Seattle Slew Mysteries Phydilla Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier Desert Style High Top Organza Canton Silk ASCOT FAMILY b 2004 Nearctic Explodent Venomous Family At War Bold Bidder Sometimes Perfect Miss Ribot Mr Prospector

Kingmambo

198 PRIX EUGENE ADAM G2 MAISONS-LAFFITTE. July 24. 3yo. 2000m.

1. PISCO SOUR (USA) 8-11 £63,879 bbr c by Lemon Drop Kid - Lynnwood Chase (Horse Chestnut) O-M Kerr-Dineen B-Hascombe Stud TR-H Morrison

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Caulfield on Danedream: “She and her dam Danedrop sold for low prices which belie the quality of their female line; Danedrop is a grand-daughter of outstanding broodmare Lady Berry”

2. Glaswegian (GB) 8-11 £24,655 ch c by Selkirk - Starfan (Lear Fan) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-P Bary 3. Colombian (IRE) 8-11 £11,767 brgr c by Azamour - Clodora (Linamix) O-HRH Princess Haya Of Jordan B-Smythson TR-JHM Gosden Margins 0.75, head. Time 2:06.30. Going Good to soft. Age 2-3

Starts 9

Wins 4

Places 2

Earned £241,054

Sire: LEMON DROP KID. Sire of 41 Stakes winners. In 2011 - DREAMY KID Silver Hawk G2, JUNIPER PASS Coronado’s Quest G2, PISCO SOUR Horse Chestnut G2, WILKINSON Afternoon Deelites G3, SPICER BOY A P Indy LR. 1st Dam: Lynnwood Chase by Horse Chestnut. Dam of 2 winners: 2007: ULTRAVOX (g Lemon Drop Kid) 4 wins over hurdles at 4. 2008: PISCO SOUR (c Lemon Drop Kid) 100,000 gns yearling at TAOC1. 4 wins 2-3, Prix Eugene Adam G2, Tercentenary S G3, 3rd Dante S G2. 2010: (c Mizzen Mast) 2011: (c Lemon Drop Kid)

2nd Dam: DIVINE DANSE by Kris. 5 wins 2-3, Prix du Gros Chene G2, 2nd Prix Morny G1, 3rd Cheveley Park S G1. Dam of Valentino (c Nureyev: 2nd St James’s Palace S G1, 3rd Poule d’Essai des Poulains G1), Disco Volante (see above), Eminence (g Machiavellian: 2nd Acomb S LR). Broodmare Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of the dams of 260 Stakes winners. In 2011 - IMMORTAL VERSE Pivotal G1, RELIABLE MAN Dalakhani G1, STAND TO GAIN Hawk Wing G1, TIMEPIECE Zamindar G1, FEARS NOTHING Faltaat G2, GIANTS PLAY Giant’s Causeway G2, TESTOSTERONE Dansili G2, BANKABLE Medicean G3, CASTLETHORPE Not A Single Doubt G3, COSMO MEADOW King’s Best G3, I’M A DREAMER Noverre G3, MAWINGO Tertullian G3, NAMIBIAN Cape Cross G3, WORKFORCE King’s Best G3. The Cape Cross/Sadler’s Wells cross has produced: LAAHEB G3, NAMIBIAN G3, MANYRIVERSTOCROSS LR, Cedarberg G2, Caucus G3, Kudamm LR. NAMIBIAN b c 2008

CAPE CROSS b/br 94 Park Appeal

2nd Dam: Lady Ilsley by Trempolino. 2 wins 2-3, 2nd Prix de la Cochere LR. Own sister to Najecam. Dam of LORD ADMIRAL (c El Prado: Jebel Hatta G2, 3rd Tattersalls Gold Cup G1) Broodmare Sire: HORSE CHESTNUT. Sire of the dams of 3 Stakes winners. In 2011 - SUGGESTIVE BOY Easing Along G1, PISCO SOUR Lemon Drop Kid G2.

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Foreign Courier Courtly Dee Lorenzaccio Ahonoora Helen Nichols Balidar Balidaress Innocence Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special Sharpen Up Kris Doubly Sure Green Dancer Dance Quest Polyponder Danzig

Green Desert

Sadler’s Wells DISCO VOLANTE b 99 Divine Danse

PISCO SOUR b/br c 2008 Mr Prospector Kingmambo Miesque LEMON DROP KID b 96 Seattle Slew Charming Lassie Lassie Dear Fort Wood Horse Chestnut London Wall LYNNWOOD CHASE b 2002 Trempolino Lady Ilsley Sue Warner

Raise A Native Gold Digger Nureyev Pasadoble Bold Reasoning My Charmer Buckpasser Gay Missile Sadler’s Wells Fall Aspen Col Pickering Nalatale Sharpen Up Trephine Forli Bitty Girl

199 GORDON S G3

200 LENNOX S G2 GOODWOOD. July 26. 3yo+. 7f.

1. STRONG SUIT (USA) 3 8-9 £79,394 ch c by Rahy - Helwa (Silver Hawk) O-Mrs J Wood B-McDowell Farm, Gainsborough Farm et al TR-R Hannon 2. Red Jazz (USA) 4 9-2 £30,100 b c by Johannesburg - Now That’s Jazz (Sword Dance) O-RJ Arculli B-WF Murphy, A Murphy TR-BW Hills 3. Beacon Lodge (IRE) 6 9-2 £15,064 b h by Clodovil - Royal House (Royal Academy) O-Mr And Mrs P Hargreaves B-Mrs Bill O’Neill TR-CG Cox Margins 1.5, head. Time 1:25.65 (slow 1.45). Going Good.

GOODWOOD. July 26. 3yo. 12f.

1. NAMIBIAN (IRE) 9-3 £28,355 b c by Cape Cross - Disco Volante (Sadler’s Wells) O-Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum B-Hascombe And Valiant Studs TR-M Johnston 2. Fiorente (IRE) 9-0 £10,750 br c by Monsun - Desert Bloom (Pilsudski) O/B-Ballymacoll Stud TR-Sir Michael Stoute 3. Hunter’s Light (IRE) 9-0 £5,380 ch c by Dubawi - Portmanteau (Barathea) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Saeed bin Suroor Margins Neck, 1.25. Time 2:39.55 (slow 5.55). Going Good. Age 2-3

Starts 10

Wins 3

Places 5

Earned £100,129

Sire: CAPE CROSS. Sire of 68 Stakes winners. In 2011 - CRYSTAL CAPELLA Mark of Esteem G2, KHAWLAH Selkirk G2, JOVIALITY Night Shift G3, NAMIBIAN Sadler’s Wells G3, BEZIQUE Peintre Celebre LR. 1st Dam: Disco Volante by Sadler’s Wells. Winner at 3, 2nd Pretty Polly S LR, 2nd Prix Charles Laffitte LR. Dam of 3 winners: 2005: CINERAMA (f Machiavellian) Winner at 3. 2006: MARY GOODNIGHT (f King’s Best) Winner at 3. 2007: Pantala (f Dubawi) unraced. 2008: NAMIBIAN (c Cape Cross) Sold 60,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 3 wins at 2 and 3, Gordon S G3, Queen’s Vase G3, 2nd IBA Cocked Hat S LR. 2009: Volant Dancer (c Danehill Dancer) 2011: (c Oasis Dream)

Age 2-3

Starts 8

Wins 4

Places 3

Earned £276,329

Sire: RAHY. Sire of 77 Stakes winners. In 2011 STRONG SUIT Silver Hawk G2, RAHYSTRADA Deputy Minister LR.

STRONG SUIT ch c 2008 Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride RAHY ch 85 Halo Glorious Song Ballade Roberto Silver Hawk Gris Vitesse HELWA ch 95 Mr Prospector Team Colors Private Colors

201 MOLECOMB S G3 GOODWOOD. July 26. 2yo. 5f.

1. REQUINTO (IRE) 9-0 £22,684 b c by Dansili - Damson (Entrepreneur) O-M Tabor, D Smith, Mrs J Magnier B-Liberty Bloodstock TR-David Wachman 2. Burwaaz (GB) 9-0 £8,600 b c by Exceed And Excel - Nidhaal (Observatory) O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Shadwell Estate Co Ltd TR-EAL Dunlop 3. Charles The Great (IRE) 9-0 £4,304 b c by Holy Roman Emperor - Jojeema (Barathea) O-Kennet Valley Thoroughbreds V B-Michael Woodlock, Seamus Kennedy TR-AM Balding Margins 1.25, neck. Time 0:57.51 (slow 0.41). Going Good.

2nd Dam: Team Colors by Mr Prospector. unraced. Dam of GOD OF CHANCE (c Cozzene: Keio Hai Spring Cup G2), SILVER COLOURS (f Silver Hawk: EBF Montrose Fillies’ S LR), Desaru (g Chief’s Crown: 3rd GTECH Royal Lodge S G2). Grandam of SILVER PIVOTAL. Broodmare Sire: SILVER HAWK. Sire of the dams of 62 Stakes winners. In 2011 - NATHANIEL Galileo G1, DREAMY KID Lemon Drop Kid G2, STRONG SUIT Rahy G2, WINTER MEMORIES El Prado G2, ACROSS THE RHINE Cuvee G3, CHANGING SKIES Sadler’s Wells G3, SILVER REUNION Harlan’s Holiday G3, A MA YEN Doyen LR, ARISTOCRAT Galileo LR.

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Margins 1, 1.75. Time 1:27.00 (slow 2.80). Going Good. Age 2

Starts 4

Wins 2

Places 1

Age 2

Starts 5

Wins 3

Places 1

Earned £58,732

1st Dam: Masai Queen by Mujadil. unraced. Own sister to Mombassa. Dam of 1 winner: 2008: El Adim (f Elnadim) unraced to date. 2009: CHANDLERY (c Choisir) Sold 83,809gns yearling at DNPRM. 2 wins at 2, Vintage S G2, 2nd Superlative S G2. 2010: (c Kheleyf) 2nd Dam: Twilight Tango by Groom Dancer. unraced. Sister to TWIST AND TURN. Dam of GWAIHIR (c Cape Cross: Criterium du FEE LR, 2nd Prix Thomas Bryon G3), Mombassa (g Mujadil: 2nd Round Tower S LR, Blenheim S LR, Belgrave S LR, Knockaire S LR). Broodmare Sire: MUJADIL. Sire of the dams of 17 Stakes winners. In 2011 - CHANDLERY Choisir G2, CAZALS Aussie Rules LR, DRUNKEN SAILOR Tendulkar LR. CHANDLERY b c 2009 Danehill Mira Adonde CHOISIR ch 99 Lunchtime

Sire: DANSILI. Sire of 57 SWs. In 2011 - AVIATE Irish River G2, DANDINO Generous G2, DELEGATOR Efisio G2, TESTOSTERONE Sadler’s Wells G2, BEWITCHED Kaldoun G3, EMULOUS Distant View G3, EPIC LOVE Diesis G3, FAMOUS NAME Quest For Fame G3, FIRE LILY Pivotal G3, REQUINTO Entrepreneur G3, SURFRIDER Rahy G3. 1st Dam: DAMSON by Entrepreneur. Champion 2yo filly in Ireland. 4 wins, Phoenix S G1, 3rd Cheveley Park S G1. Dam of 3 winners: 2007: BARBADINE (f Giant’s Causeway) 2 wins at 3. 2008: COMPELLING (f Kingmambo) Winner at 3. 2009: REQUINTO (c Dansili) 3 wins at 2, Molecomb S G3, Tipperary S LR. 2010: (c Duke of Marmalade) 2nd Dam: TADKIYRA by Darshaan. 1 win at 3. Dam of DAMSON (see above), GEMINIANI (f King of Kings: Prestige S G3). Grandam of Amerigo. Broodmare Sire: ENTREPRENEUR. Sire of the dams of 8 Stakes winners. In 2011 - REQUINTO Dansili G3, EXCITING LIFE Titus Livius LR, STATE BLUE National Assembly LR. REQUINTO b c 2009 Danzig Razyana DANSILI b 96 Kahyasi Hasili Kerali Sadler’s Wells Entrepreneur Exclusive Order DAMSON b 2002 Darshaan Tadkiyra Tremogia

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Ile de Bourbon Kadissya High Line Sookera Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Exclusive Native Bonavista Shirley Heights Delsy Silver Shark Tonnera III

202 VINTAGE S G2 GOODWOOD. July 27. 2yo. 7f.

1. CHANDLERY (IRE) 9-0 £34,026 b c by Choisir - Masai Queen (Mujadil) O-Mrs J Wood B-Owenstown Stud TR-R Hannon 2. Rockinante (FR) 9-0 £12,900 ch c by Rock of Gibraltar - Nantes (Night Shift) O-Coriolan Links Partnership III B-Azienda Agricola Il Tiglio TR-R Hannon 3. Red Duke (USA) 9-0 £6,456 ch c by Hard Spun - Saudia (Gone West) O-Maxilead Limited B-BP Walden, H Sexton TR-John Quinn

Earned £50,164

Sire: CHOISIR. Sire of 32 Stakes winners. In 2011 SACRED CHOICE Sir Tristram G1, CHANDLERY Mujadil G2, CUTE EMILY Mi Preferido G3, ROCKSHAFT Rory’s Jester G3, AMADEUS Selkirk LR, CODEMASTER Dahar LR, MANHATTAN MAID Marauding LR, UXORIOUS Keltrice LR.

Danehill Dancer

Danehill

1st Dam: Helwa by Silver Hawk. unraced. Own sister to SILVER COLOURS. Dam of 3 winners: 2000: WHIMISCAL DAY (f Spinning World) 3 wins 3-4 in USA. 2003: B Berry Brandy (f Event of The Year). 2004: Independent Kate (f Bold Anthony) unraced. 2006: NASEEHAH (c Rahy) Winner at 3. 2008: STRONG SUIT (c Rahy) Sold 38,095gns yearling at DNSLY. 4 wins at 2 and 3, Lennox S G2, Coventry S G2, Jersey S G3, 2nd Middle Park S G1, 3rd Phoenix S G1, Prix Jean Prat G1.

Nasrullah Spring Run Wild Risk Aimee Hail To Reason Cosmah Herbager Miss Swapsco Hail To Reason Bramalea Amerigo Matchiche II Raise A Native Gold Digger Private Account Grecian Banner

Great Selection Pensive Mood Storm Bird Mujadil Vallee Secrete MASAI QUEEN b 2003 Groom Dancer Twilight Tango Twyla

Danzig Razyana Sharpen Up Lettre d’Amour Silly Season Great Occasion Biscay Staid Northern Dancer South Ocean Secretariat Midou Blushing Groom Featherhill Habitat Running Ballerina

203 SUSSEX S G1 GOODWOOD. July 27. 3yo+. 8f.

1. FRANKEL (GB) 3 8-13 £170,130 b c by Galileo - Kind (Danehill) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-Sir Henry Cecil 2. Canford Cliffs (IRE) 4 9-7 £64,500 b c by Tagula - Mrs Marsh (Marju) O-The Heffer Syndicate, M Tabor, D Smith B-S And S Hubbard Rodwell TR-R Hannon 3. Rio de La Plata (USA) 6 9-7 £32,280 ch h by Rahy - Express Way (Ahmad) O-Godolphin B-Jose de Camargo, Robert N Clay et al TR-Saeed bin Suroor Margins 5, 2.5. Time 1:37.47 (slow 0.87). Going Good. Age 2-3

Starts 8

Wins 8

Places 0

Earned £805,609

Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 96 Stakes winners. In 2011 CAPE BLANCO Presidium G1, FRANKEL Danehill G1, GOLDEN LILAC Danehill G1, IGUGU Intikhab G1, MISTY FOR ME Storm Cat G1, NATHANIEL Silver Hawk G1, RODERIC O’CONNOR Danehill G1, TREASURE BEACH Mark of Esteem G1, IL SAGGIATORE Snippets G2, JOHANN ZOFFANY Royal Academy G2, GALIKOVA Blushing Groom G3, MAYBE Danehill G3. 1st Dam: KIND by Danehill. 6 wins at 3 and 4, Kilvington S LR, Flower of Scotland S LR, 3rd Ballyogan S G3. Dam of 2 winners: 2007: BULLET TRAIN (c Sadler’s Wells) 2 wins at 2 and 3, Derby Trial S G3. 2008: FRANKEL (c Galileo). 8 wins at 2 and 3, Dewhurst S G1, St James’s Palace S G1, Sussex S G1, 2000 Guineas G1, Royal Lodge S G2, Greenham S G3. 2009: Noble Mission (c Galileo) unraced to date. 2010: (c Oasis Dream) 2011: (f Oasis Dream) 2nd Dam: RAINBOW LAKE by Rainbow Quest. 3 wins at 3, Lancashire Oaks G3. Dam of

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European Pattern POWERSCOURT (c Sadler’s Wells: Tattersalls Gold Cup G1, Arlington Million S G1, 2nd Prince of Wales’s S G1, Racing Post Trophy G1, Grosser Dallmayr-Preis G1, 3rd Irish St Leger G1, Irish Champion S G1, Breeders’ Cup Turf G1), KIND (see above). Broodmare Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of the dams of 169 SWs. In 2011 - ALOHA Encosta de Lago G1, BENFICA Lonhro G1, DANEDREAM Lomitas G1, DREAMAWAY More Than Ready G1, FRANKEL Galileo G1, GOLDEN LILAC Galileo G1, RODERIC O’CONNOR Galileo G1, SEPOY Elusive Quality G1, SHOCKING Street Cry G1, DUNCAN Dalakhani G2, ELITE FALLS More Than Ready G2, DO YOU THINK Starcraft G3, FALINO Fusaichi Pegasus G3, IRONSTEIN Zabeel G3, MAYBE Galileo G3, NEEDS FURTHER Encosta de Lago G3, ONE LAST DANCE Encosta de Lago G3, PINWHEEL Lonhro G3, PRECIOUS LORRAINE Encosta de Lago G3, SPLASH POINT Street Cry G3, WINTER BURST Western Winter G3.

Further Flight S LR, Prix La Moskowa LR, 2nd Ascot Gold Cup G1, Nad Al Sheba Trophy LR, 3rd Prix Royal-Oak G1, DRC Gold Cup G3, Esher S LR, Tapster S LR. 2nd Dam: GHISLAINE by Icecapade. 1 win at 3. Dam of MARKOFDISTINCTION (c Known Fact: Queen Elizabeth II S G1, 3rd Sussex S G1, 4th 2000 Guineas G1), CRIQUETTE (f Shirley Heights: Radley S LR). Grandam of FLYING CLOUD, SALSELON, CAPTAIN WEBB. Third dam of LAVEROCK.

Zamindar G1, FEARS NOTHING Faltaat G2, GIANTS PLAY Giant’s Causeway G2, TESTOSTERONE Dansili G2, BANKABLE Medicean G3, CASTLETHORPE Not A Single Doubt G3, COSMO MEADOW King’s Best G3, I’M A DREAMER Noverre G3, MAWINGO Tertullian G3, MEEZNAH Dynaformer G3, NAMIBIAN Cape Cross G3, WORKFORCE King’s Best G3. MEEZNAH b f 2007

Broodmare Sire: SHIRLEY HEIGHTS. Sire of the dams of 179 SWs. In 2011 - FAME AND GLORY Montjeu G1, OPINION POLL Halling G2, DONTELLTHEWIFE Volksraad LR, PIRATEER Danehill Dancer LR, TACTICIAN Motivator LR.

Bramalea DYNAFORMER b 85 Andover Way

The Halling/Shirley Heights cross has produced: OPINION POLL G1, NEVER GREEN LR.

Sadler’s Wells STRING QUARTET b 96

OPINION POLL b h 2006 Sharpen Up Diesis Doubly Sure HALLING ch 91 Green Dancer Dance Machine Never A Lady Mill Reef

See race 37 in the June issue

Shirley Heights Hardiemma

FRANKEL b c 2008 Sadler’s Wells GALILEO b 98 Urban Sea

Danehill KIND b 2001 Rainbow Lake

AHEAD b/ro 87 Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special Mr Prospector Miswaki Hopespringseternal Lombard Allegretta Anatevka Northern Dancer Danzig Pas de Nom His Majesty Razyana Spring Adieu Blushing Groom Rainbow Quest I Will Follow Stage Door Johnny Rockfest Rock Garden

204 GOODWOOD CUP G2 GOODWOOD. July 28. 3yo+. 16f.

1. OPINION POLL (IRE) 5 9-7 £56,710 b h by Halling - Ahead (Shirley Heights) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Mahmood Al Zarooni 2. Lost In The Moment (IRE) 4 9-7 £21,500 b c by Danehill Dancer - Streetcar (In The Wings) O-Godolphin B-Rockhart Trading Ltd TR-Saeed bin Suroor 3. Blue Bajan (IRE) 9 9-10 £10,760 b g by Montjeu - Gentle Thoughts (Darshaan) O/B-Dr John Hollowood TR-David O’Meara Margins Head, neck. Time 3:23.85 (slow 1.85). Going Good to firm. Age 2-5

Starts 19

Wins 7

Places 10

Earned £408,729

Sire: HALLING. Sire of 49 Stakes winners. In 2011 OPINION POLL Shirley Heights G2. 1st Dam: Ahead by Shirley Heights. Winner at 3, 2nd Godolphin S LR, 3rd Princess Royal S G3, 3rd La Prevoyante Invitational H G2. Sister to CRIQUETTE. Dam of 7 winners: 1992: Smart Alec (g Diesis) 5 wins, 2nd Earl of Sefton S G3, 2nd Prix du Point du Jour LR, Prix Jacques Bremont LR. 1994: (g Green Desert). died at 3 years. 1995: Winsome (f Kris) 2 wins at 3 in France, 2nd Prix Petite Etoile LR. 1996: HORATIA (f Machiavellian) 4 wins 3-4, Matchmaker S G3, 3rd Long Island H G2. Dam of Fontley (2nd Pipalong S LR, The Coral Distaff LR). 1997: Isadora (f Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 3, 2nd Harvest S LR, 2nd Premio Giovanni Falck LR. Dam of Impressionism (2nd Prix Ceres LR). 1999: Capitano Corelli (c Sadler’s Wells) 3 wins at 3 and 4, 2nd Premio Federico Tesio G3. 2002: Politicize (c Machiavellian) Unplaced. 2005: GOLDEN ERA (f Machiavellian) 3 wins at 3 in France. 2006: OPINION POLL (c Halling) 7 wins, 2-5, Goodwood Cup G2, Lonsdale Cup G2,

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205 LILLIE LANGTRY S G3 GOODWOOD. July 28. 3yo+f&m. 14f.

1. MEEZNAH (USA) 4 9-6 £28,355 b f by Dynaformer - String Quartet (Sadler’s Wells) O-Saif Ali, Saeed H Altayer B-Swettenham Stud TR-DR Lanigan 2. Shankardeh (IRE) 3 8-6 £10,750 b f by Azamour - Shalamantika (Nashwan) O-HH The Aga Khan B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-M Delzangles 3. Motrice (GB) 4 9-6 £5,380 gr f by Motivator - Entente Cordiale (Affirmed) O/B-Miss K Rausing TR-Sir Mark Prescott Margins 2.5, 2.25. Time 2:57.61 (fast 1.39). Going Good to firm. Age 2-4

Starts 11

Wins 2

Places 7

Earned £85,403

Sire: DYNAFORMER. Sire of 103 SWs. In 2011 BLUE BUNTING Linamix G1, BRILLIANT SPEED Gone West G1, MEEZNAH Sadler’s Wells G3, STAR BILLING Thunder Gulch G3, TAJAAWEED Zilzal G3, TAX RULING Mr Prospector LR. 1st Dam: STRING QUARTET by Sadler’s Wells. 2 wins at 3, Prix de Thiberville LR, 3rd Lancashire Oaks G3. Sister to CASEY TIBBS. Dam of 5 winners: 2001: Solar Rhythm (f Machiavellian) unraced. 2003: Shahin (c Kingmambo) Winner at 2, 2nd Princess of Wales’s S G2. 2004: Deceptive Charm (f Kingmambo) unraced. 2005: FANTASTIC KORAN (g Fantastic Light) Winner at 4 in Czech Republic. 2006: LYRIC ART (f Red Ransom) Winner at 3. 2007: MEEZNAH (f Dynaformer) 2 wins at 3 and 4, Lillie Langtry S G3, 2nd Aphrodite S LR, 3rd Park Hill S G2, Pinnacle S LR. 2008: LADY ROSAMUNDE (f Maria’s Mon) Winner at 3. 2010: (c Sir Percy) 2011: (f Sir Percy) 2nd Dam: FLEUR ROYALE by Mill Reef. 2 wins at 3 Pretty Polly S G2, 2nd Irish Oaks G1. Dam of CASEY TIBBS (c Sadler’s Wells: Ballysax S LR, Fort McHenry H LR, 2nd Secretariat S G1), African Dance (f El Gran Senor: 2nd Silver Flash S LR). Grandam of OISEAU RARE, STEEL PRINCESS. Third dam of HERMAN MUNSTER, DIANA BAROWS.

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Roberto

Fleur Royale

206 KING GEORGE S G2 GOODWOOD. July 28. 3yo+. 5f.

1. MASAMAH (IRE) 5 9-0 £48,204 gr g by Exceed And Excel - Bethesda (Distant Relative) O-Dr Marwan Koukash B-Stanley Estate And Stud Co, Mount Coote Stud TR-KA Ryan 2. Amour Propre (GB) 5 9-0 £18,275 ch g by Paris House - Miss Prim (Case Law) O-Simon Broke And Partners B-Mrs Sheila Oakes TR-H Candy 3. Group Therapy (GB) 6 9-0 £9,146 ch g by Choisir - Licence To Thrill (Wolfhound) O-Pearl Bloodstock Ltd B-Stratford Place Stud TR-David Barron Margins 1.75, 0.5. Time 0:56.67 (fast 0.43). Going Good to firm. Age 2-5

Starts 20

Wins 8

Places 4

GOODWOOD. July 29. 4yo+. 12f.

1. DRUNKEN SAILOR (IRE) 6 9-0 £28,355 b g by Tendulkar - Ronni Pancake (Mujadil) O-Samanda Racing, Tony Bloom B-Cyril Kiernan TR-LM Cumani 2. Harris Tweed (GB) 4 9-0 £10,750 b g by Hernando - Frog (Akarad) O-B Haggas B-JB Haggas TR-WJ Haggas 3. Jukebox Jury (IRE) 5 9-0 £5,380 gr h by Montjeu - Mare Aux Fees (Kenmare) O-AD Spence B-Paul Nataf TR-M Johnston Margins Head, neck. Time 2:34.79 (slow 0.79). Going Good to firm. Age 2-6

Starts 39

Wins 11

Places 16

Earned £357,119

Sire: TENDULKAR. Sire of 2 Stakes winners. In 2011 - DRUNKEN SAILOR Mujadil G3. 1st Dam: RONNI PANCAKE by Mujadil. Winner at 3. Dam of 1 winner: 2003: Ronni Story (c Desert Story) ran 3 times. 2005: DRUNKEN SAILOR (g Tendulkar) 4,503gns 2yo at GBMBR. 11 wins, Glorious S G3, March S LR, Aston Park S LR, 2nd Silver Cup H LR, 3rd Hardwicke S G2, Festival S LR, 2nd Irish Rover Bar New York Juvenile Hurdle G3. 2007: Sober Sailor (g Hawkeye) ran once. 2008: (f Pierre) 2009: (c Primary) Broodmare Sire: MUJADIL. Sire of the dams of 17 SWs. In 2011 - CHANDLERY Choisir G2, DRUNKEN SAILOR Tendulkar G3, CAZALS Aussie Rules LR. DRUNKEN SAILOR b g 2005 Northern Dancer Special Riverman Aviance Hoist The Flag Alleged Princess Pout Hilarious Laughing Bridge Brookbridge Northern Dancer Storm Bird South Ocean Secretariat Vallee Secrete Midou Run The Gantlet Commanche Run Volley Blakeney Best of Fun Topping Girl Nureyev Spinning World

Imperfect Circle TENDULKAR b 99 Romanette

Earned £170,848

Sire: EXCEED AND EXCEL. Sire of 39 SWs. In 2011 HELMET Singspiel G1, BEST TERMS Kris G2, EXCELEBRATION Indian Ridge G2, MASAMAH Distant Relative G2, NIDEEB In The Wings G3, ANEVAY Hennessy LR, CANALI Barathea LR, CHINCHILLA Eternity Range LR, FULBRIGHT Fairy King LR, MARGOT DID Shareef Dancer LR, PASSAGGIO Generous LR, PYMAN’S THEORY Cadeaux Genereux LR, REBEL CALL Encosta de Lago LR, SPIN CYCLE Spinning World LR, WAVEBAND Wolfhound LR.

Mujadil RONNI PANCAKE b 97 Funny Choice

208 RICHMOND S G2 GOODWOOD. July 29. 2yoc&g. 6f.

1st Dam: BETHESDA by Distant Relative. 2 wins at 4. Dam of 4 winners: 2003: Great Performance (c Inchinor) Unplaced. 2004: FLUTTERING ROSE (f Compton Place) Winner at 2. 2005: Royal Bloom (f Royal Applause) 2006: MASAMAH (g Exceed And Excel) 60,000gns yearling at DNSLY, 30,000gns 3yo at TAAUT. 8 wins, King George S G2, City Wall S LR, Queensferry S LR. 2007: GWYNEDD (f Bertolini) Winner at 2. 2008: CAPAILL LIATH (g Iffraaj) 3 wins at 2 and 3. 2nd Dam: ANNELI ROSE by Superlative. 1 win at 3. Dam of FARD (c Reprimand: Middle Park S G1). Grandam of HANDS CLEAN. Broodmare Sire: DISTANT RELATIVE. Sire of the dams of 23 Stakes winners. In 2011 - MASAMAH Exceed And Excel G2. MASAMAH gr g 2006 Danzig Danehill Razyana EXCEED AND EXCEL b 2000 Lomond Patrona Gladiolus Habitat Distant Relative Royal Sister II

Broodmare Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of the dams of 261 Stakes winners. In 2011 - IMMORTAL VERSE Pivotal G1, RELIABLE MAN Dalakhani G1, STAND TO GAIN Hawk Wing G1, TIMEPIECE

207 GLORIOUS S G3

BETHESDA gr 97 Superlative Anneli Rose Red Rose Bowl

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Northern Dancer My Charmer Watch Your Step Back Britches Sir Gaylord Little Hut Claude Ribasha Nebbiolo Clariden Dragonara Palace Loren

1. HARBOUR WATCH (IRE) 9-0 £34,026 b c by Acclamation - Gorband (Woodman) O-H Robin Heffer B-T Molan TR-R Hannon 2. Bannock (IRE) 9-0 £12,900 b c by Bertolini - Laoub (Red Ransom) O-Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum B-Darley TR-M Johnston 3. Caspar Netscher (GB) 9-0 £6,456 b c by Dutch Art - Bella Cantata (Singspiel) O-Charles Wentworth B-Meon Valley Stud TR-Alan McCabe Margins 2.25, 0.5. Time 1:10.23 (slow 1.13). Going Good to firm. Age 2

Starts 3

Wins 3

Places 0

Earned £50,532

Sire: ACCLAMATION. Sire of 12 SWs. In 2011 HARBOUR WATCH Woodman G2, LILBOURNE LAD Green Desert G2, ANGELS WILL FALL Bahamian Bounty G3, HITCHENS Royal Academy G3, MONTECCHIO Linamix LR, TALWAR Marju LR. 1st Dam: Gorband by Woodman. Dam of 2 winners: 2006: Fleurtation (f Daylami) ran once. 2007: EUROPA POINT (f Rock of Gibraltar) 3 wins 3-4 in South Africa. 2008: Ashiri (c Hurricane Run) 2009: HARBOUR WATCH (c Acclamation) 30,512 gns foal at GONO1, 26,666gns yearling at DNPRM, 58,000gns yearling at TADEY. 3 wins at 2, Richmond S G2. 2010: (c Cape Cross) 2nd Dam: SHEROOG by Shareef Dancer. 1 win at 3. Own sister to COLORADO DANCER. Dam of

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Caulfield on Midday: “The family’s stamina, derived from Modena’s sire Roberto, has emerged in the six-time Group 1 winner, even though she is by champion sprinter Oasis Dream”

KABOOL (c Groom Dancer: Prix Guillaume d’Ornano G2, Prix du Rond-Point G2, 3rd Champion S G1), SHARAF KABEER (c Machiavellian: March S LR).

CHACHAMAIDEE b f 2007 Storm Cat Giant’s Causeway Mariah’s Storm

Broodmare Sire: WOODMAN. Sire of the dams of 149 Stakes winners. In 2011 - ARCHARCHARCH Arch G1, HARBOUR WATCH Acclamation G2, HURTLE MYRTLE Dane Shadow G2, BYWORD Peintre Celebre G3, FIREBOLT Stravinsky G3, HEADACHE Tapit G3, VICTORIA’S WILDCAT Bellamy Road G3.

FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND b 02

HARBOUR WATCH b c 2009

CANTERBURY LACE b 01

Waajib Flying Melody ACCLAMATION b 99 Ahonoora Princess Athena Shopping Wise Mr Prospector Woodman Playmate GORBAND ch 99 Shareef Dancer Fall Aspen

Try My Best Coryana Auction Ring Whispering Star Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols Floribunda Sea Melody Raise A Native Gold Digger Buckpasser Intriguing Northern Dancer Sweet Alliance Pretense Change Water

209 OAK TREE S G3 GOODWOOD. July 29. 3yo+f&m. 7f.

1. CHACHAMAIDEE (IRE) 4 9-2 £28,355 b f by Footstepsinthesand - Canterbury Lace (Danehill) O-RAH Evans B-Cheval Court Stud TR-Sir Henry Cecil 2. Dever Dream (GB) 4 9-2 £10,750 b f by Medicean - Sharplaw Venture (Polar Falcon) O-Pearl Bloodstock Ltd B-FCT Wilson TR-WJ Haggas 3. Law of The Range (GB) 4 9-2 £5,380 b f by Alhaarth - Mountain Law (Mountain Cat) O-Christopher McHale B-Brookside Breeders Club TR-M Botti Margins 2.75, 0.5. Time 1:25.10 (slow 0.90). Going Good to firm. Age 2-4

Starts 12

Wins 4

Dancing Rocks Danzig Danehill Razyana

Royal Applause

Sheroog

Rainbow Quest Glatisant

Places 4

Earned £109,757

Sire: FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND. Sire of 10 Stakes winners. In 2011 - BAREFOOT LADY Tenby G3, CHACHAMAIDEE Danehill G3, GIANT SANDMAN Darshaan G3, SANDY’S CHARM Anabaa LR. 1st Dam: Canterbury Lace by Danehill. unraced. Own sister to ALEXANDER OF HALES and Chevalier. Dam of 2 winners: 2005: MAYBE I WILL (f Hawk Wing) 4 wins 2-3. 2006: Miss Kittyhawk (f Hawk Wing) 2007: CHACHAMAIDEE (f Footstepsinthesand) 130,000gns foal at TADEF, 135,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 4 wins 2-4, Oak Tree S G3, Michael Seely Memorial S LR, 2nd Windsor Forest S G2, Valiant S LR, 3rd Dahlia S G3, Albany S G3. 2009: Hassle (c Montjeu) unraced to date. 2010: (f Hurricane Run) 2nd Dam: LEGEND MAKER by Sadler’s Wells. 2 wins at 3 in France, Prix de Royaumont G3, 3rd Prix de Pomone G2. Dam of VIRGINIA WATERS (f Kingmambo: 1000 Guineas G1, 3rd Matron S G1), ALEXANDER OF HALES (c Danehill: Gallinule S G3, 2nd Irish Derby G1), Chief Lone Eagle (c Giant’s Causeway: 2nd Tetrarch S G3), Chevalier (c Danehill: 2nd Criterium International G1). Grandam of EMPEROR CLAUDIUS, QERTAAS. Broodmare Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of the dams of 169 Stakes winners. In 2011 - ALOHA Encosta de Lago G1, BENFICA Lonhro G1, DANEDREAM Lomitas G1, DREAMAWAY More Than Ready G1, FRANKEL Galileo G1, GOLDEN LILAC Galileo G1, RODERIC O’CONNOR Galileo G1, SEPOY Elusive Quality G1, SHOCKING Street Cry G1, DUNCAN Dalakhani G2, ELITE FALLS More Than Ready G2, CHACHAMAIDEE Footstepsinthesand G3, DO YOU THINK Starcraft G3, FALINO Fusaichi Pegasus G3, IRONSTEIN Zabeel G3, MAYBE Galileo G3, NEEDS FURTHER Encosta de Lago G3.

Sadler’s Wells Legend Maker High Spirited

210 NASSAU S G1 GOODWOOD. July 30. 3yo+f&m. 9f 192yds.

1. MIDDAY (GB) 5 9-6 £104,914 b m by Oasis Dream - Midsummer (Kingmambo) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-Sir Henry Cecil 2. Snow Fairy (IRE) 4 9-6 £39,775 b f by Intikhab - Woodland Dream (Charnwood Forest) O-Anamoine Ltd B-Windflower Overseas Holdings Inc TR-EAL Dunlop 3. Principal Role (USA) 4 9-6 £19,906 b f by Empire Maker - Interim (Sadler’s Wells) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-Sir Henry Cecil Margins 2, 1.25. Time 2:07.72 (slow 3.42). Going Good to firm. Age 2-5

Starts 20

Wins 9

Places Earned 10 £2,018,827

Sire: OASIS DREAM. Sire of 43 Stakes winners. In 2011 - MIDDAY Kingmambo G1, PROHIBIT Warning G1, POWER Inchinor G2, RIMTH Efisio G3, ANNE OF KIEV Mark of Esteem LR, DUX SCHOLAR Selkirk LR, FLAMBEAU Catrail LR, NEEBRAS Halling LR, PEACE OF OASIS Zafonic LR. 1st Dam: Midsummer by Kingmambo. Winner at 3, 2nd Oaks Trial LR. Dam of 2 winners: 2005: Spring Season (f Dansili) ran once. 2006: MIDDAY (f Oasis Dream) Champion older mare in England in 2010. 9 wins 2-5, Nassau S G1 (3 times), Yorkshire Oaks G1, Prix Vermeille G1, Breeders’ Cup F&M Turf G1, Middleton S G2, Lingfield Oaks Trial LR, 2nd Coronation Cup G1, Oaks S G1, Pretty Polly S G1, Breeders’ Cup F&M Turf G1, Middleton S G2, 3rd Irish Oaks G1, Prix de l’Opera G1. 2008: MIDSUMMER SUN (c Monsun) Winner at 3. 2009: Popular (f Oasis Dream) unraced to date. 2010: (f Pivotal) 2011: (f Oasis Dream) 2nd Dam: Modena by Roberto. unraced. Dam of ELMAAMUL (c Diesis: Eclipse S G1, Irish Champion S G1, 2nd Juddmonte International S G1, 3rd Derby S G1), REAMS OF VERSE (f Nureyev: Fillies’ Mile S G1, Oaks S G1), MANIFEST (c Rainbow Quest: Yorkshire Cup G2), MODERN DAY (c Dayjur: King’s Cup H G3, 3rd Drill Hall S G2), MODERNISE (c Known Fact: Ascot H G3), HIGH WALDEN (f El Gran Senor: Matiara S LR, 2nd Santa Ana H G2), MODESTA (f Sadler’s Wells: Lady Godiva Fillies’ S LR), NOVELLARA (f Sadler’s Wells: Noel Murless S LR), Midsummer (f Kingmambo, see above). Grandam of CONFRONT, MANY VOLUMES, CHASING STARS. Third dam of ZACINTO. Broodmare Sire: KINGMAMBO. Sire of the dams of 43 SWs. In 2011 - MIDDAY Oasis Dream G1, GAMILATI Bernardini G2, ELZAAM Redoute’s Choice LR. MIDDAY b m 2006 Danzig Green Desert Foreign Courier OASIS DREAM b 2000 Dancing Brave Hope Bahamian Mr Prospector Kingmambo Miesque MIDSUMMER ch 2000

The Footstepsinthesand/Danehill cross has produced: CHACHAMAIDEE G2, SENT FROM HEAVEN G3, STEINBECK G3.

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Roberto Modena

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Mofida

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Sir Ivor Courtly Dee Lyphard Navajo Princess Mill Reef Sorbus Raise A Native Gold Digger Nureyev Pasadoble Hail To Reason Bramalea Right Tack Wold Lass

After her second below-par effort when tackling soft ground at the Curragh for the second time, the redoubtable Midday bounced back to her best on fast ground to achieve a record third success in the Nassau Stakes. Now a winner of more than £2 million, she has six Gr1 victories under her belt and has finished no worse than second in her last ten starts. Midday is a daughter of the very successful and very versatile Oasis Dream, whose other Gr1 win in 2011 was gained over half the Nassau distance, by Prohibit in the King’s Stand Stakes. Midday is a grand-daughter of Juddmonte’s outstanding broodmare Modena, herself a half-sister to another of Juddmonte’s influential mares, Zaizafon, both these mares being daughters of the celebrated Mofida. Although a malformed back prevented Modena from racing, the daughter of Roberto produced the magnificent total of eight stakes winners, the last being the 2010 Yorkshire Cup winner Manifest, foaled when Modena was 23. Modena’s best winners were Elmaamul, winner of the Coral-Eclipse and Irish Champion Stakes for Sheikh Hamdan, and the Oaks winner Reams Of Verse. Five of Modena’s daughters and grand-daughters have so far produced stakes winners. Midday’s dam Midsummer produced sisters to her in 2009 and 2011. Midsummer was second in the Lingfield Oaks Trial and the family’s stamina, no doubt derived from Modena’s sire Roberto, has emerged in Midday, even though she is by a champion sprinter. It shouldn’t be forgotten that Oasis Dream’s first three dams were all sired by major winners over a mile and a half. Midsummer’s close relative Model Queen, by Kingmambo out of Mofida’s daughter Model Bride, produced the Gr1 Betfred Sprint Cup winner Regal Parade, plus the very useful Hot Prospect and the exciting 2011 juvenile Entifaadha (like Midday, by a grandson of Danzig). 211 GROSSER DALLMAYR-PREIS G1 MUNICH. July 31. 3yo+. 2000m.

1. DURBAN THUNDER (GER) 5 9-6 £78,448 ch h by Samum - Donna Alicia (Highland Chieftain) O-Stall Tinsdal B-Frau M Sohl TR-T Mundry 2. Famous Name (GB) 6 9-6 £31,034 b h by Dansili - Fame At Last (Quest For Fame) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-DK Weld 3. Elle Shadow (IRE) 4 9-3 £15,517 b f by Shamardal - Elle Danzig (Roi Danzig) O/B-Gestut Wittekindshof TR-P Schiergen Margins 1.5, 0.5. Time 2:06.39. Going Soft. Age 4-5

Starts 12

Wins 6

Places 5

Earned £170,741

Sire: SAMUM. Sire of 7 Stakes winners. In 2011 DURBAN THUNDER Highland Chieftain G1. 1st Dam: Donna Alicia by Highland Chieftain. 3 wins at 2 to 4 in Germany, 2nd Meile der Nord LR, Preis BMW Vertragspartner Berlin Brandenburg LR. Dam of 4 winners: 2001: DON CARINIO (c Monsun) 8 wins 4-8. 2002: DONNERFEE (f Sternkoenig) Winner at 4 in Germany.

2003: Da Silva (c Silvano) unraced. 2004: DONNA LAVINIA (f Acatenango) Winner at 3 in Germany. 2005: Durban Lightning (f Black Sam Bellamy) unraced. 2006: DURBAN THUNDER (c Samum) 6 wins 4-5, Grosser Dallmayr Bayerisches Zuchtrennen G1, Engelbert Strauss Trophy G3, GP de la Region Alsace LR, 2nd Grosser Hansa Preis G2, 3rd Grosser Preis der Badischen Unternehmen G2, Preis von Dahlwitz LR. 2007: Donna’s Pirat (g Black Sam Bellamy) unraced. 2010: Donna Christina (f Silvano) 2nd Dam: DONNA REGINA by Esclavo. 1 win in West Germany. Dam of Donna Alicia (see above). Broodmare Sire: HIGHLAND CHIEFTAIN. Sire of the dams of 2 Stakes winners. In 2011 - DURBAN THUNDER Samum G1. DURBAN THUNDER ch h 2006 Konigsstuhl Monsun Mosella SAMUM ch 97 Old Vic Sacarina Brave Lass Kampala Highland Chieftain La Primavera DONNA ALICIA b 95 Esclavo Donna Regina Donna Fiona

Dschingis Khan Konigskronung Surumu Monasia Sadler’s Wells Cockade Ridan Bravour II Kalamoun State Pension Northfields Eos Viceregal Esclave Frontal Donna Lydia

Although Samum, the German Derby winner of 2000, has commanded a fee as high as €25,000 in 2009 and 2010, the champion son of Monsun has not been heavily used. None of his first six crops of racing age numbered more than 40 foals. There were only 34 foals in his 2005 crop, but two of them – the German Derby winner Kamsin and the Preis von Europa heroine Baila Me – became Gr1 winners. Now Durban Thunder, one of the 40 foals in his 2006 crop, has also achieved that status by denying Famous Name his first Gr1 win in the Grosser Dallmayr Preis. Durban Thunder’s broodmare sire Highland Chieftain was a seasoned traveller for John Dunlop in the late 1980s. By Tony Bin’s sire Kampala, Highland Chieftain travelled as far as Australia and was a stakes winner at around a mile and a quarter in Britain, Germany, Belgium and Italy. Although his finest victory came in the Premio Roma, it was to Germany – scene of three of his Group wins – that he retired to stud. His daughter Dona Alicia, the dam of Durban Thunder, was second in two Listed races over a mile as a four-year-old. This family also produced Duitor. The half-brother to Donna Alicia’s dam was in front of Monsun and Lando when second at Gr1 level over a mile and a half. 212 PRIX ROTHSCHILD G1 DEAUVILLE. July 31. 3yo+f&m. 1600m.

1. GOLDIKOVA (IRE) 6 9-2 £147,776 b m by Anabaa - Born Gold (Blushing Groom) O/B-Wertheimer et Frere TR-F Head 2. Sahpresa (USA) 6 9-2 £59,121 b m by Sahm - Sorpresa (Pleasant Tap) O-Teruya Yoshida B-Douglas Owen McIntyre TR-Rod Collet 3. Timepiece (GB) 4 9-2 £29,560 b f by Zamindar - Clepsydra (Sadler’s Wells) O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-Sir Henry Cecil Margins Short neck, 2. Time 1:34.30. Going Good.

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European Pattern Age 2-6

Starts 24

Wins 17

Places Earned 6 £4,060,600

Sire: ANABAA. Sire of 83 Stakes winners. In 2011 ANABANDANA Nureyev G1, GOLDIKOVA Blushing Groom G1, AVENUE Kenmare G3, RIGHT ONE Groom Dancer G3. 1st Dam: BORN GOLD by Blushing Groom. Winner at 4 in France. Own sister to GOLD SPLASH. Dam of 11 winners: 1996: GLAMADOUR (f Sanglamore) Winner at 3 in France. 1997: GOLD ROUND (f Caerleon) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix Cleopatre G3. Dam of GOLDWAKI (Prix du Lys G3), SPECTACULAIRE (Prix Right Royal LR). 1998: Born Something (f Caerleon) 4 wins 2-5, 2nd West Virginia Senate President’s Cup S LR,

Prix de Diane G1, Prix de la Foret G1. 2006: Born Again (f Cape Cross) 2007: OCEAN SEVEN (c Green Tune) Winner at 2 in France. 2008: GALIKOVA (f Galileo) 3 wins 2-3 in France, Prix Cleopatre G3, 2nd Prix de Diane G1. 2010: Anodin (c Anabaa) 2011: Goldeo (c Galileo)

3rd Prix de la Grotte G3. 1999: DEMONIOUS (g Dr Devious) 7 wins 4-8 in France. 2000: SUPERFONIC (f Zafonic) Winner at 3 in France. 2001: Red Tune (g Green Tune) 3 wins 3-7 in France, 2nd Prix de Guiche G3. 2002: GOLD SOUND (g Green Tune) 11 wins, Prix de Guiche G3, 2nd Prix Noailles G2. 2004: NEARTICA (f Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 3 in France. 2005: GOLDIKOVA (f Anabaa) Champion older mare in Europe in 2009 and 2010. 17 wins 2-6, Falmouth S G1, Queen Anne S G1, Prix Rothschild G1 (4 times), Prix de la Foret G1, Prix d’Ispahan G1 (twice), Prix du Moulin de Longchamp G1, Prix Jacques Le Marois G1, Breeders’ Cup Mile G1 (3 times), Prix Chloe G3, 2nd Queen Anne S G1, Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1, Prix Jacques Le Marois G1, 3rd

Galileo G3, CERES HUNT Coronado’s Quest LR. See race 86 in the July issue

GOLDIKOVA b m 2005 Northern Dancer Danzig Pas de Nom ANABAA b 92

2nd Dam: RIVIERE D’OR by Lyphard. 4 wins at 2 and 3 in France Prix Saint-Alary G1, 2nd Prix Marcel Boussac G1, Prix de Diane G1. Dam of GOLD SPLASH (f Blushing Groom: Coronation S G1, Prix Marcel Boussac G1, 3rd Dubai Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1). Grandam of ROYAL GOD.

Gay Mecene Balbonella Bamieres Red God Blushing Groom Runaway Bride BORN GOLD ch 91

Broodmare Sire: BLUSHING GROOM. Sire of the dams of 145 Stakes winners. In 2011 - GOLDIKOVA Anabaa G1, HOT SNITZEL Snitzel G2, GALIKOVA

Lyphard Riviere d’Or Gold River

Nearctic Natalma Admiral’s Voyage Petitioner Vaguely Noble Gay Missile Riverman Bergamasque Nasrullah Spring Run Wild Risk Aimee Northern Dancer Goofed Riverman Glaneuse

Leading sires in Europe by earnings Name

YOF

Galileo Montjeu Dansili Oasis Dream Dubawi Dalakhani Danehill Dancer Invincible Spirit High Chaparral Shamardal Slickly Pivotal Rock Of Gibraltar King’s Best Cape Cross

1998 1996 1996 2000 2002 2000 1993 1997 1999 2002 1996 1993 1999 1997 1994 Holy Roman Emperor 2004 Verglas 1994 Refuse To Bend 2000 Oratorio 2002

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR

Races

AWD

Earnings (£)

Sadler’s Wells Sadler’s Wells Danehill Green Desert Dubai Millennium Darshaan Danehill Green Desert Sadler’s Wells Giant’s Causeway Linamix Polar Falcon Danehill Kingmambo Green Desert Danehill Highest Honor Sadler’s Wells Danehill

198 147 166 178 126 100 174 225 148 113 92 160 138 144 161 121 194 144 167

72 58 62 67 47 27 60 76 45 47 30 59 51 42 55 40 62 54 58

36.4 39.5 37.4 37.6 37.3 27.0 34.5 33.8 30.4 41.6 32.6 36.9 37.0 29.2 34.2 33.1 32.0 37.5 34.7

95 75 95 96 64 37 87 103 63 62 45 77 66 50 67 67 90 77 78

10.8 11.6 9.7 7.6 8.7 10.1 9.0 7.4 10.5 8.5 10.0 8.0 8.9 9.4 9.1 8.1 8.3 8.8 8.9

5,014,589 2,365,180 1,827,288 1,669,869 1,550,942 1,533,698 1,532,971 1,271,885 1,212,553 1,174,163 1,107,073 1,082,946 1,075,756 1,046,863 1,031,029 1,027,994 1,022,324 1,015,777 889,642

27 17 22 15 20 9 22 14 9 13 4 10 12 5 12 10 7 2 4

13.6 11.6 13.3 8.4 15.9 9.0 12.6 6.2 6.1 11.5 4.4 6.3 8.7 3.5 7.5 8.3 3.6 1.4 2.4

12 12 15 9 10 5 8 4 4 7 2 5 9 4 4 3 1 2 2

6.1 8.2 9.0 5.1 7.9 5.0 4.6 1.8 2.7 6.2 2.2 3.1 6.5 2.8 2.5 2.5 0.5 1.4 1.2

Juddmonte duo rise Nathaniel helped push Galileo even further clear but several other sires had a good month. Dansili’s progeny earned almost £500,000, while another Juddmonte stallion, Oasis Dream, has moved into fourth, boosted by Midday. The biggest jump in positions, from 21st to 11th, was by Slickly, helped by Meandre’s success in the Grand Prix de Paris. This was a first Group 1 for the Darley stallion, based at Haras du Logis at €7,000.

Leading sires in Europe by stakes winners to runners (50+) Name

Monsun Dansili Montjeu Dubawi Rock Of Gibraltar Shamardal Galileo Azamour Exceed And Excel Oasis Dream Dalakhani Tertullian Danehill Dancer Hurricane Run Selkirk Sakhee Aussie Rules Elusive Quality Acclamation

YOF

1990 1996 1996 2002 1999 2002 1998 2001 2000 2000 2000 1995 1993 2002 1988 1997 2003 1993 1999

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR

Races

AWD

Earnings (£)

Konigsstuhl Danehill Sadler's Wells Dubai Millennium Danehill Giant's Causeway Sadler's Wells Night Shift Danehill Green Desert Darshaan Miswaki Danehill Montjeu Sharpen Up Bahri Danehill Gone West Royal Applause

88 166 147 126 138 113 198 69 160 178 100 63 174 87 99 75 77 52 162

35 62 58 47 51 47 72 23 57 67 27 23 60 38 36 31 30 17 55

39.8 37.4 39.5 37.3 37.0 41.6 36.4 33.3 35.6 37.6 27.0 36.5 34.5 43.7 36.4 41.3 39.0 32.7 34.0

46 95 75 64 66 62 95 28 83 96 37 29 87 49 47 40 40 24 80

10.9 9.7 11.6 8.7 8.9 8.5 10.8 9.8 6.5 7.6 10.1 8.7 9.0 10.1 9.1 9.1 9.2 6.6 6.8

645,826 1,827,288 2,365,180 1,550,942 1,075,756 1,174,163 5,014,589 608,037 867,985 1,669,869 1,533,698 382,898 1,532,971 846,886 625,265 634,889 611,366 316,896 826,390

16 22 17 20 12 13 27 9 12 15 9 4 22 8 14 5 7 5 10

18.2 13.3 11.6 15.9 8.7 11.5 13.6 13.0 7.5 8.4 9.0 6.4 12.6 9.2 14.1 6.7 9.1 9.6 6.2

8 15 12 10 9 7 12 4 9 9 5 3 8 4 4 3 3 2 6

9.1 9.0 8.2 7.9 6.5 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.7

Magnificent Monsun For a sire who has never left Germany and has never had massive crops Monsun has compiled a magnificent record, and although he boasts no exceptional runners this year his team has still propelled him to the top with 9.1%. His earnings are way below those of Dansili, who is hot on his heels, let alone the leader Galileo, who seems to be throwing up stakes performers all the time yet has a strike-rate of only 6.1%.

Leading sires of 2yos in Europe by earnings Name

Acclamation

YOF

1999

Holy Roman Emperor 2004

*Dark Angel Exceed And Excel *Red Clubs Kheleyf Blu Air Force *Dutch Art Dansili Excellent Art Choisir Dubai Destination Oasis Dream Footstepsinthesand Rock Of Gibraltar *Iceman Oratorio *Teofilo Whipper

2005 2000 2003 2001 1997 2004 1996 2004 1999 1999 2000 2002 1999 2002 2002 2004 2001

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR

Races

AWD

Earnings (£)

Royal Applause Danehill Acclamation Danehill Red Ransom Green Desert Sri Pekan Medicean Danehill Pivotal Danehill Dancer Kingmambo Green Desert Giant’s Causeway Danehill Polar Falcon Danehill Galileo Miesque's Son

53 66 47 42 55 52 29 34 11 29 32 26 22 27 31 14 37 23 26

21 15 16 14 16 17 13 15 7 10 11 4 9 10 9 4 8 7 8

39.6 22.7 34.0 33.3 29.1 32.7 44.8 44.1 63.6 34.5 34.4 15.4 40.9 37.0 29.0 28.6 21.6 30.4 30.8

32 17 24 22 25 24 19 20 11 13 15 7 11 11 9 7 9 8 8

5.9 6.1 5.5 5.3 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.3 6.2 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.8 6.4 5.4 7.2 6.4 5.7

397,320 313,767 280,473 221,355 213,053 206,722 186,670 182,923 164,460 160,997 159,282 152,546 142,312 139,738 138,013 123,498 121,991 120,709 119,237

Top horse

Earned (£)

Lilbourne Lad Charles The Great Lily’s Angel Best Terms Vedelago Bay Shore Air County Miss Work Of Art Requinto Experience Chandlery Family One Power Skadar Lake Samitar Frederick Engels Cherry Collect Teolane Whip Rule

87,669 105,967 74,059 49,639 69,395 38,060 37,585 27,926 58,731 40,043 50,164 127,586 85,263 20,862 34,736 76,800 31,895 48,453 17,754

Clubs in the black Acclamation remains in charge, with another four winners added. He was not the most successful sire through the month though, since Red Clubs, standing at Tally-Ho Stud, notched six winners, putting him level with Dark Angel among the first-season brigade. Dutch Art and Excellent Art have also made ground in that category, while Holy Roman Emperor, for whom Banimpire has been a star among his first crop, is now on 15.

Statistics to August 1; *first-season sire

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Winner Fabrino (IRE) Best Of Order (IRE) King Of Arnor (GB) Divine Music (IRE) Sea Wind (IRE) Dingle View (IRE) Titbit (GB) Hallssio (GB) Hallssio (GB) Mutawarath (IRE) Planet Red (IRE) Bush Tucker (IRE) Seventh Star (IRE) Roche To Bend (IRE) Prince d'Alienor (IRE) Beatrice Aurore (IRE) Dream Stride (GB) Entangle (GB) Dream Stride (GB) Theymistim (GB) Mowen (GB) Mores Wells (GB) Drive Trough (IRE) Unveiled (IRE) Sayif (IRE) John Donne (GB) Lost Soldier Three (IRE) Crested (GB) Girevole (GB) Procrastination (GB) Festival City (GB) Litigant (GB) Red Alert Day (GB) Prolific (IRE) Ankhor Vat (GB) Agasse (IRE) Angalia (IRE) Pinturicchio (IRE) Oranais (IRE) Samba School (IRE) Cool Marble (IRE) Rockatella (IRE) Sotka (GB) Cheetah (GB) Pentathlon (IRE) March Madness (GB) Titova (GB) Dormello (IRE) Rags (IRE) Talimos (IRE) Awinnersgame (IRE) Ballet Move (GB) Warm Hands (GB) Bookend (GB) Merchandise (GB) Merchandise (GB) Mutual Trust (GB) Trueblue Wizard (IRE) Dragon Choice (IRE) Codeword (IRE) Tucuman (GB) Pim Pam (IRE) Volcanico (IRE) Albaraah (IRE) Wazn (IRE) Fantast Win (GB) Cant Catch Cathy (IRE) Hoss Cartwright (IRE) Victorian Prince (IRE) Rock Balloon (IRE) Lady Story (IRE) Icy Joke (IRE) Maldon Prom (IRE) Live The Moment (GB) Exotic Girl (IRE) Wade Giles (IRE) Royal Talisman (GB) Saratoga Black (IRE) February Sun (GB) Mister Tee (GB) Swingville (IRE) Asian Power (IRE) I'malwaysright (IRE) St Jean Cap Ferrat (GB) Visionaria (GB) Achill Island (IRE) Boastful (IRE) Miss Clodia (IRE) Hansinger (IRE) La Pomme d'Amour (GB) Shajee (IRE) Fantasia (GB) Sir Byron (IRE) Street Band (IRE) Harwalla (IRE) Up And Coming (IRE) Vivement Dimanche (GB) Punjaub (IRE) Pacifique (IRE) Rajastani (IRE) Masteroftherolls (IRE) Park Avenue (IRE) Imperiser (IRE) Nudles (GB) Mal And Dave (IRE) Cerveza (GB) Combat Zone (IRE) Cape Blanco (IRE) De Phazz (IRE) Tangle Free (GB)

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Sire Elnadim (USA) Pivotal (GB) Monsun (GER) Gold Away (IRE) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Mujadil (USA) Cadeaux Genereux Halling (USA) Halling (USA) Marju (IRE) Bahamian Bounty (GB) Choisir (AUS) Dubai Destination (USA) Refuse To Bend (IRE) Verglas (IRE) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Medicean (GB) Pivotal (GB) Medicean (GB) Kyllachy (GB) Motivator (GB) Sadler's Wells (USA) Elusive City (USA) Galileo (IRE) Kheleyf (USA) Fantastic Light (USA) Barathea (IRE) Fantastic Light (USA) Tiger Hill (IRE) Pivotal (GB) Green Desert (USA) Sinndar (IRE) Diktat (GB) Compton Place (GB) Red Ransom (USA) Galileo (IRE) High Chaparral (IRE) Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) Dalakhani (IRE) Sahm (USA) Oasis Dream (GB) Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) Dutch Art (GB) Tiger Hill (IRE) Storming Home (GB) Noverre (USA) Halling (USA) Dansili (GB) Whipper (USA) Lomitas (GB) Kyllachy (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Dansili (GB) Beat Hollow (GB) Beat Hollow (GB) Cacique (IRE) Bachelor Duke (USA) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Dansili (GB) Hawk Wing (USA) Verglas (IRE) Refuse To Bend (IRE) Oasis Dream (GB) Whipper (USA) Fantastic Light (USA) Catcher In The Rye (IRE) High Chaparral (IRE) Desert Prince (IRE) Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) Lucky Story (USA) Strategic Prince (GB) Kheleyf (USA) Pyrus (USA) Antonius Pius (USA) Azamour (IRE) Val Royal (FR) Pyrus (USA) Monsun (GER) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Antonius Pius (USA) Bertolini (USA) Namid (GB) Domedriver (IRE) Byron (GB) Sadler's Wells (USA) Clodovil (IRE) Clodovil (IRE) Namid (GB) Peintre Celebre (USA) Elusive City (USA) Sadler's Wells (USA) Byron (GB) Desert Style (IRE) Desert Style (IRE) Compton Place (GB) Royal Applause (GB) Invincible Spirit (IRE) Montjeu (IRE) Zamindar (USA) Refuse To Bend (IRE) Mr Greeley (USA) Kingmambo (USA) Trade Fair (GB) Redback (GB) Medicean (GB) Refuse To Bend (IRE) Galileo (IRE) Barathea (IRE) Avonbridge (GB)

Age/sex 3c 4c 3c 4f 4c 3f 4f 3g 3g 5g 4g 4c 4g 3c 3c 3f 6h 5m 6h 4g 3f 7h 2c 3f 5h 7h 10 g 8g 3c 3f 3c 3c 6h 5h 6h 3c 3f 3c 4c 5m 4c 4f 2f 4f 6g 3f 3f 3c 3f 5g 5g 3f 3f 7g 4c 4c 3c 5g 4g 7h 3c 4f 3c 3f 4c 6h 3f 4g 7h 6h 2f 2f 4g 5m 4f 4g 3g 4c 3f 4g 4c 6g 4g 6g 2f 6h 3f 3f 6g 3f 5g 5m 3g 3g 5g 7g 6m 3c 3f 2f 3c 3c 5h 2c 4g 3f 5g 4c 11 g 2f

Dam Trullitti (IRE) Groom Order (GB) Luce (IRE) Divine Island (FR) Life On The Road (IRE) Livius Lady (IRE) Poilane (GB) Elayoon (USA) Elayoon (USA) Castlerahan (IRE) Aries (GER) Queen's Victory (GB) Yara (IRE) Anda (GB) Vassiana (FR) Mondschein (GB) Summer Daze (USA) Entwine (GB) Summer Daze (USA) Dance Sequence (USA) Top Table (GB) Endorsement (GB) Mauras Pride (IRE) Miniver (IRE) Sewards Folly (GB) Upper Strata Donya Dunnes River (USA) Taranto (GB) Dilly Dally (AUS) Harvest Festival (IRE) Jomana (IRE) Strike Hard (IRE) Photo Flash (IRE) Airline (USA) Airline (USA) Azalee (IRE) Precious Pearl (IRE) Odessa (IRE) Lulua (USA) Nini Princesse (IRE) Patrimony (GB) Demerger (USA) Kassiyra (IRE) Nawaiet (USA) Spinning Reel (GB) Fracci (GB) Field Of Hope (IRE) The Good Life (IRE) Silvertone (FR) Polish Descent (IRE) Penchee (GB) Kid Gloves (GB) Roupala (USA) Phone West (USA) Phone West (USA) Posteritas (USA) Truly Bewitched (USA) Miss Kinabalu (GB) Spinamix (GB) Spinamix (GB) Pacy's Ridge (IRE) Zayana (IRE) Coconut Show (GB) New Story (USA) So Admirable (GB) Note To Cathy (USA) Her Grace (IRE) Miss Lorilaw (FR) Al Saqiya (USA) Patroller (USA) Inforapenny (GB) Misty Peak (IRE) Woodland Garden Burn (GB) Tekindia (FR) Talismatic (IRE) Mary Martins (IRE) Flawly (GB) Clipper (GB) Queenliness (GB) Cynara (GB) Tashyra (IRE) Miss Cap Ferrat (GB) Fine Lady (GB) Prawn Cocktail (USA) Vanity (IRE) Najaaba (USA) Whistfilly (GB) Winnebago (GB) Nagida (GB) Blue Symphony (GB) Reunion (IRE) Savoy Street (GB) Senebrova (GB) Uplifting (GB) Goodwood Blizzard (GB) New Largue (USA) Platonic (GB) Rocky Mistress (GB) Miss Sally (IRE) Song To Remember (USA) Elegant As Always (USA) Witness (GB) Louvolite (IRE) Kalindi (GB) Zeiting (IRE) Laurel Delight (GB) Fizz Up (GB) Julia Domna (GB)

Ctry Swi Fr Fr Fr Fr Nor Aus Fr Fr Aus Mac Hk Usa Fr Fr Fr Jpn Nor Jpn Hk Jpn Fr Ity Fr Usa Jpn Fr Usa Fr Fr Fr Fr Usa Hk Fr Fr Fr Fr Fr Usa Fr Ity Fr Usa Fr Ity Ity Fr Fr Mac Mal Fr Fr Fr Aus Aus Fr Mac Hk Usa Fr Fr Spa Fr Aus Jpn Fr Mal Usa Jpn Ity Tur Mac Fr Ity Hk Fr Ity Fr Hk Fr Sin Mac Den Ity Hk Fr Nor Nor Fr Cyp Usa Hk Swe Sin Fr Fr Fr Fr Fr Fr Sin Jpn Ity Fr Fr Gny Usa Fr Ity

Date 19/6/11 15/6/11 14/6/11 03/7/11 13/6/11 23/6/11 06/7/11 25/6/11 06/7/11 02/7/11 17/6/11 19/6/11 02/7/11 22/6/11 17/6/11 03/7/11 01/6/11 16/6/11 15/6/11 01/7/11 11/6/11 19/6/11 20/6/11 17/6/11 09/7/11 21/6/11 25/6/11 08/6/11 07/7/11 09/7/11 21/6/11 10/7/11 07/7/11 01/7/11 25/6/11 05/7/11 05/7/11 22/6/11 05/7/11 04/7/11 26/6/11 19/6/11 20/6/11 09/7/11 26/6/11 23/6/11 02/7/11 13/6/11 22/6/11 25/6/11 19/6/11 27/6/11 13/6/11 04/7/11 15/6/11 22/6/11 03/7/11 18/6/11 08/6/11 29/6/11 15/6/11 24/6/11 19/6/11 02/7/11 02/7/11 15/6/11 28/6/11 18/6/11 09/6/11 25/6/11 16/6/11 13/6/11 25/6/11 01/7/11 08/7/11 08/6/11 21/6/11 01/7/11 24/6/11 19/6/11 06/7/11 03/7/11 17/6/11 26/6/11 16/6/11 08/6/11 26/6/11 07/7/11 23/6/11 21/6/11 17/6/11 09/7/11 19/6/11 09/7/11 01/7/11 30/6/11 23/6/11 13/6/11 14/6/11 04/7/11 30/6/11 12/6/11 13/6/11 27/6/11 15/6/11 23/6/11 03/7/11 09/7/11 23/6/11 30/6/11

Racecourse Frauenfeld Chantilly Compiegne Chantilly Longchamp Ovrevoll Belmont Amiens Deauville Rosehill Taipa Sha Tin Monmouth Park Compiegne Toulouse Chantilly Urawa Ovrevoll Kawasaki Sha Tin Tokyo Lyon-Parilly Naples Le Croise-Laroche Monmouth Park Funabashi Amiens Indiana Downs Clairefontaine Deauville Chantilly Maisons-Laffitte Hollywood Park Sha Tin Amiens Clairefontaine Clairefontaine Compiegne Clairefontaine Hollywood Park Saint-Cloud Milan Maisons-Laffitte Delaware Park Saint-Cloud Milan Varese Longchamp Compiegne Taipa Selangor Dieppe Longchamp Compiegne Canterbury Warwick Farm Chantilly Taipa Happy Valley Belmont Park Chantilly La Teste De Buch Zarzuela Longchamp Rosehill Kawasaki Compiegne Selangor Hollywood Park Nakayama Naples Istanbul Taipa Clairefontaine Naples Happy Valley Dax Milan Maisons-Laffitte Sha Tin Deauville Kranji Taipa Copenhagen Milan Happy Valley Aix-Les-Bains Ovrevoll Ovrevoll Chantilly Nicosia Arlington International Sha Tin Taby Kranji Deauville La Teste De Buch Longchamp Compiegne Compiegne Deauville Kranji Kawasaki Naples Chantilly La Teste De Buch Hamburg Belmont Park La Teste De Buch Milan

Distance 1m4f 6f 1m6f 1m2f 1m2f 1m 1m1f 1m6f110y 1m4f 7f 5f55y 6f 1m 1m 1m 1m1f 7f110y 1m 1m 6f 1m1f 1m4f 5f 1m4f110y 1m 7f110y 1m6f110y 7f 1m4f 7f110y 6f 1m6f 1m2f 6f 1m3f 1m3f 1m3f 1m 1m6f110y 1m 1m 1m 5f 1m3f 1m7f110y 6f 1m2f110y 1m2f110y 1m 1m110y 1m 1m7f 7f 1m2f 1m1f110y 1m4f 1m 7f110y 5f 1m 1m2f 1m 1m 1m 1m2f 1m 1m 7f 1m2f 1m2f 5f 5f110y 5f55y 1m3f 1m1f 1m1f 7f 1m2f 1m4f 1m1f 1m1f110y 6f 6f110y 1m1f 7f110y 1m55y 6f 5f187y 5f187y 1m2f 1m2f110y 1m1f 7f 5f165y 5f 7f110y 1m1f110y 7f 1m4f 7f 1m 7f 7f 7f 6f 1m 1m 1m3f 1m1f110y 5f

Prize-money (ÂŁ) 33,103 20,259 14,655 20,259 10,345 19,273 11,471 6,466 7,759 27,451 10,702 54,129 7,692 8,190 13,793 34,483 (Gr3) 9,473 13,766 (L) 15,788 23,534 55,257 25,862 (L) 8,620 7,759 28,846 (L) 6,315 6,466 9,231 10,345 10,345 12,500 14,655 22,000 82,370 6,466 10,345 10,345 12,500 12,931 13,538 9,483 30,172 (L) 10,345 76,923 (Gr3) 10,345 8,620 6,034 10,345 8,190 13,154 14,474 7,759 10,345 6,034 11,471 11,471 197,034 (Gr1) 9,364 23,534 10,769 23,707 (L) 8,190 23,276 10,345 27,451 7,894 12,069 6,369 20,000 58,415 6,896 6,590 32,824 (L) 7,759 7,327 82,370 7,328 7,758 12,500 40,008 6,466 9,418 13,154 11,520 (L) 10,775 40,008 6,034 6,332 13,766 (L) 12,500 7,107 55,962 (Gr3) 40,008 7,662 20,182 9,483 7,759 9,052 10,345 10,345 14,655 17,491 6,315 6,896 10,345 23,707 (L) 10,345 230,769 (Gr1) 6,897 7,758

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Main image: Barry Hills greets his 1978 1,000 Guineas winner Enstone Spark Top: With jockey son Michael at Newmarket last year Middle: At Ascot in 1986 with wife Penny, son Charlie and Robert Sangster Bottom: Richard Hills celebrates another success for his father aboard Haafhd, winner of the 2,000 Guineas and Champion Stakes in 2004

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DATA BOOK LISTINGS OF EVERY WORLDWIDE GROUP OR GRADED STAKES WINNER

Global Stakes Results Date Grade Argentina 30/07 G1 31/07 G2 29/07 G2 23/07 G2 16/07 G2 09/07 G2 05/07 G2 24/07 G3 12/07 G3 11/07 G3 10/07 G3 08/07 G3

Race

Dist

Horse

Gran Premio Clasico Mil Guineas Clasico Polla de Potrancas Clasico Ignacio e Ignacio F Correas Clasico Peru Clasico Chacabuco Clasico 9 de Julio-Anniv.Revista Palermo Clasico Isidoro Aramburu Clasico Eudoro J Balsa C. Old Man - Copa Aniv Revista Palermo Clasico Manuel J Guiraldes C. 9 de Julio dia de la Independencia Clasico Ines Victorica Roca

8.0f 8.0f 12.5f 9.0f 12.5f 8.0f 8.0f 8.0f 7.0f 7.0f 8.0f 8.0f

Stormy Ninguna (ARG) Life For Sale (ARG) Dona Letra (ARG) Aristocity (ARG) Expressive Halo (ARG) Curioso Slam (ARG) Empire Aztec (ARG) Modern Greek (ARG) Chuck Berry (ARG) Illegally Blonde (ARG) Cafrune (ARG) Orpen Fain (ARG)

The Gran Premio Clasico Mil Guineas was the opening Grade 1 of the South

American season and is becoming a pet race for Storm Cat stallion

Age

Sex

3 3 4 7 4 4 3 4 3 3 5 5

F F F H C C C F C F H M

Sire

Dam

Broodmare Sire

Bernstein (USA) Not For Sale (ARG) Val Royal (FR) City West (ARG) Halo Sunshine (USA) Grand Slam (USA) Editor's Note (USA) Bernstein (USA) Grand Reward (USA) Southern Halo (USA) Colonial Affair (USA) Orpen (USA)

South Nina (ARG) Doubt Fire (BRZ) Dona Polenta (ARG) La Aristocrata (ARG) Embrace Moi (ARG) Miss Cursi (ARG) Empire Lady (ARG) Model (ARG) Wild Berry (ARG) Rubia Pretty (ARG) Ipacarai (ARG) Fina Halo (ARG)

Southern Halo (USA) Ski Champ (USA) Candy Stripes (USA) Equalize (USA) Ride The Rails (USA) Numerous (USA) Acceptable (USA) Equalize (USA) Southern Halo (USA) Candy Stripes (USA) Interprete (ARG) Southern Halo (USA)

Bernstein, who won two Group 3s for Aidan O’Brien at the turn of the century.

Stormy Ninguna won to give her sire his fourth victory in the fillies’ Classic.

Australia 30/07 G3 09/07 G3

Silk Road Bletchingly Stakes Strickland Stakes

6.0f 9.0f

Mid Summer Music (AUS) God Has Spoken (AUS)

6 5

M H

Oamaru Force (AUS) Blackfriars (AUS)

Samsara Lady (NZ) Dolly Will Do (AUS)

Nassipour (USA) Rubiton (AUS)

Brazil 31/07 17/07 10/07 09/07 28/07

G2 G2 G2 G2 G3

G. P. Presidente Carlos Paes de Barros G. P. Presidente Antonio Grisi Filho Grande Premio Dezesseis de Julho Grande Premio Gervasio Seabra Grande Premio Copa A.B.C.P.C.C Regional

8.0f 8.0f 12.0f 8.0f 8.0f

Jogo de Birigui (BRZ) Vale da Lua (BRZ) Anakin (BRZ) Fast Feet (BRZ) Hastapopoulos (BRZ)

4 4 4 5 3

C F C H C

Romarin (BRZ) Torrential (USA) Dancer Man (BRZ) Redattore (BRZ) Ibero (ARG)

Lovely Minister (BRZ) Prosperidade (ARG) In The Sand (USA) Volantera (ARG) Socialite (BRZ)

Mane Minister (USA) Payant (ARG) Atticus (USA) Equalize (USA) Choctaw Ridge (USA)

Canada 24/07 10/07 24/07

G2 G2 G3

Nijinsky Stakes Dance Smartly Stakes Ontario Matron Stakes

9.0f 9.0f 8.5f

Windward Islands (USA) Never Retreat (USA) Embur's Song (CAN)

7 6 4

G M F

Cozzene (USA) Smart Strike (CAN) Unbridled's Song (USA)

Cruisie (USA) Lisieux (USA) Embur Sunshine (CAN)

Assert Steady Growth (CAN) Bold Ruckus (USA)

Chile 30/07 30/07 29/07 29/07 23/07 09/07 10/07

G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3

Premio Criadores Machos G. P. Criadores-Salvador Hess Riveros Gran Premio Criadores Premio Criadores-Dorama Premio Fernando Moller Bordeu Premio Pedro del Rio Talavera P. Invierno-Sergio del Sante Monckeberg

8.0f 7.5f 8.0f 8.0f 8.0f 11.0f 10.0f

Redomon (CHI) Amani (CHI) Omayad (CHI) Ostentosa Y Cara (CHI) Lutier (CHI) Ascot Prince (CHI) Storm Alex (CHI)

3 3 3 3 5 4 4

C F C F H C C

Malek (CHI) Morning Raider (IRE) The Mighty Tiger (USA) Hurricane Cat (USA) Indy Dancer (USA) Sir Cat (USA) Storm Warning (USA)

Sorella (CHI) Just Fine (CHI) Wilhelmina (CHI) Ojos Guapos (CHI) Wordgame (CHI) Wolfie (CHI) Azaleia (CHI)

Swindle (USA) Doneraile Court (USA) Wagon Master (FR) Tanaasa (IRE) Wagon Master (FR) Hussonet (USA) King Alex (GB)

Japan 31/07 24/07 17/07 10/07 10/07

G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

Kokura Kinen Hakodate Kinen Ibis Summer Dash Procyon Stakes Tanabata Sho

10.0f 10.0f 5.0f 7.0f 10.0f

Italian Red (JPN) King Top Gun (JPN) A Shin Virgo (JPN) Silk Fortune (JPN) Italian Red (JPN)

5 8 4 5 5

M H F H M

Neo Universe (JPN) Mayano Top Gun (JPN) Falbrav (IRE) Gold Allure (JPN) Neo Universe (JPN)

Bardonecchia (IRE) Glittering Flower (JPN) Kansas Girl (USA) Silk Esperanza (USA) Bardonecchia (IRE)

Indian Ridge Maruzensky (JPN) Thunder Gulch (USA) Alwuhush (USA) Indian Ridge

Norway 28/07

Polar Cup

6.5f

Giant Sandman (IRE)

Footstepsinthesand (GB)

Sharamana (IRE)

Darshaan

Peru 29/07

Clasico Independencia

12.0f

Al Qasr (USA)

Aptitude (USA)

Majestic Dy (USA)

Dynaformer (USA)

Premier's Champion Stakes Champions Cup Thekwini Stakes Canon Gold Cup Mercury Sprint Gold Bracelet Stakes Final Fling Stakes Champion Juvenile Cup

8.0f 9.0f 8.0f 16.0f 6.0f 10.0f 9.0f 7.0f

Potala Palace (SAF) The Apache (SAF) Amanee (AUS) Aslan (SAF) August Rush (SAF) Beach Beauty (SAF) A Daughters Legacy (SAF) In A Rush (SAF)

3 4 3 6 5 4 6 3

C C F G H F M C

Singspiel (IRE) Mogok (USA) Pivotal (GB) Silvano (GER) Var (USA) Dynasty (SAF) Windrush (USA) Windrush (USA)

Alignment (IRE) Apache Rose (SAF) Moon Is Up (USA) Cry For The Lion (SAF) Bushgirl (ZIM) Sun Coast (SAF) Mississippi Masala (SAF) Sweet Whisper (SAF)

Alzao (USA) Dolpour Woodman (USA) Elliodor (FR) Huntingdale Capture Him (USA) Elliodor (FR) Chief Warden (SAF)

South Africa G1 31/07 G1 31/07 G1 31/07 G1 31/07 G1 16/07 G2 31/07 G3 23/07 G3 15/07

Wet weather meant that the seasonending Greyville programme, featuring four Group 1s, was put back 24 hours and contested on soft ground. The most valuable of the quartet was the nation’s top staying race, the Canon Gold Cup, which witnessed a remarkable one-two for trainer Sean Tarry via the outsiders Aslan (45-1) and Kolkata (35-1). Aslan’s price was particularly jaw-dropping as he had already won at the top level, albeit 18 months earlier. United States G1 31/07 G1 31/07 G1 31/07 G1 30/07 G1 23/07 G1 23/07 G1 16/07 G1 16/07 G1 09/07

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Haskell Invitational Stakes Bing Crosby Stakes Ruffian Invitational Handicap Diana Stakes Eddie Read Stakes TVG Coaching Club American Oaks American Oaks Stakes American Oaks Stakes Man O'War Stakes

Breakthrough trainer of the season Gavin van Zyl emulated Tarry’s feat in the Champions Cup. Just a couple of months after saddling his first Group 1 winner, van Zyl had the first two home as The Apache followed up his fastfinishing fifth in the Vodacom July with a neck defeat of the luckless Bulsara, who has thus been Group 1-placed on four different occasions. The two juvenile features both went to youngsters with distinctly European parentage. 9.0f 6.0f 9.0f 9.0f 9.0f 9.0f 10.0f 10.0f 11.0f

Coil (USA) Euroears (USA) Ask the Moon (USA) Zagora (FR) Acclamation (USA) It's Tricky (USA) Cambina (IRE) Nereid (USA) Cape Blanco (IRE)

Potala Palace justified a sky high home reputation with a front-running one-length score in the Premier’s Champion Stakes. Stepping straight up from maiden company and not having raced for almost three months, Potala Palace is a son of Singspiel out of Alignment, who was Group 3-placed as a juvenile in 1997 for Sir Michael Stoute. Amanee, a grand-daughter of Miesque by Pivotal out of the French Listed winner Moon Is Up, gave trainer 3 7 6 4 5 3 3 3 4

C H M F H F F F C

Point Given (USA) Langfuhr (CAN) Malibu Moon (USA) Green Tune (USA) Unusual Heat (USA) Mineshaft (USA) Hawk Wing (USA) Rock Hard Ten (USA) Galileo (IRE)

Mike de Kock his expected victory in the Thekwini Stakes. However, she touched 20-1 at one point in the betting ring and was very much de Kock’s second string behind the favourite, Ilha Bela, who hated the ground and beat only two home. At Clairwood a fortnight earlier, August Rush, trained by Neil Bruss and bred and part-owned by his brother, Robin, came down the outside rail to beat Copper Parade by a length in the Mercury Sprint.

Eversmile (USA) Unky And Ally (USA) Always Asking (USA) Zaneton (FR) Winning In Style (USA) Catboat (USA) Await (IRE) Dowry (USA) Laurel Delight (GB)

Theatrical Heff (USA) Valid Appeal (USA) Mtoto Silveyville (USA) Tale of The Cat (USA) Peintre Celebre (USA) Belong To Me (USA) Presidium

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DATA BOOK

09/07 09/07 04/07 31/07 30/07 30/07 27/07 24/07 24/07 16/07 16/07 16/07 09/07 09/07 09/07 09/07 09/07 04/07 04/07 31/07 31/07 29/07 22/07 17/07 17/07 16/07 16/07 09/07 09/07 09/07 09/07

G1 G1 G1 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3

Hollywood Gold Cup Handicap Princess Rooney Handicap Prioress Stakes Fourstardave Handicap Jim Dandy Stakes San Diego Handicap Lake George Stakes Sanford Stakes San Clemente Handicap Virginia Derby Delaware Handicap A Gleam Handicap Swaps Stakes Carry Back Stakes American Derby Smile Sprint Handicap Delaware Oaks Royal Heroine Mile Stakes Firecracker Handicap Taylor Made Matchmaker Stakes Oceanport Stakes Cougar II Handicap Schuylerville Stakes Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes Sunset Handicap Jaipur Stakes Virginia Oaks Arlington Handicap Azalea Stakes Robert G Dick Memorial Stakes Modesty Handicap

Aidan O’Brien’s Cape Blanco is becoming an archetypal ‘all or nothing’ horse – the only time he has ever finished second or third was when beaten 11 lengths by Harbinger in the 2010 King George. When he’s good he’s very, very good, as he showed when denying Gio Ponti a third consecutive Man o’War Stakes to notch a first success since he began donning the pink Jim and Fitri Hay silks. Other European imports to hit the headlines were Cambina, who deadheated with Nereid in the American Oaks, and Zagora, who landed the Diana Stakes. The American Oaks ended up in a blanket finish, with little more than a length covering the first five, but Cambina, a dual Killarney winner for Tommy Stack last term, would surely have prevailed outright but for suffering late interference. Zagora deserved this moment in the sun as she had run well in classy company in four winless starts since shipping over from Jean-Claude Rouget’s French yard.

10.0f 6.0f 6.0f 8.5f 9.0f 8.5f 8.5f 6.0f 8.0f 10.0f 10.0f 7.0f 9.0f 6.0f 9.5f 6.0f 8.5f 8.0f 8.0f 9.0f 8.5f 12.0f 6.0f 6.0f 12.0f 7.0f 9.0f 10.0f 6.0f 11.0f 9.5f

First Dude (USA) Sassy Image (USA) Her Smile (USA) Sidney's Candy (USA) Stay Thirsty (USA) Tres Borrachos (USA) Winter Memories (USA) Overdriven (USA) Up In Time (GB) Air Support (USA) Blind Luck (USA) Irish Gypsy (USA) Dreamy Kid (USA) Indiano (USA) Willcox Inn (USA) Giant Ryan (USA) St John's River (USA) Celtic Princess (BRZ) Wise Dan (USA) Romacaca (USA) Yummy With Butter (CAN) Bourbon Bay (USA) Georgie's Angel (USA) Majestic City (USA) Imponente Purse (BRZ) Right One (FR) Excited (USA) Tajaaweed (USA) Devilish Lady (USA) Cheetah (GB) Fantasia (GB)

4 4 3 4 3 6 3 2 3 3 4 5 3 3 3 5 3 7 4 5 7 5 2 2 5 5 3 6 3 4 5

The front-running Acclamation made it three straight wins in the Eddie Read Stakes and, as he is already twice a winner at the full mile-and-a-half, it looks like for once the Americans may have a worthy opponent to pit against the European invaders in November’s Breeders’ Cup Turf. However, credible home challengers to the O’Brientrained Await The Dawn in the Breeders’ Cup Classic are very thin on the ground. Transformed by his move to the Bob Baffert barn, the five-time Grade 1placed First Dude shot to the top of the rankings when touching off his stablemate, Game On Dude, in the Hollywood Gold Cup. But in doing so he suffered a career-ending tendon injury and joins the likes of Animal Kingdom and Pool Play on the sidelines. The pecking order among the best three-year-old colts is unclear, although Baffert came up with another potential top-notcher in the shape of Coil, who

C F F C C G F C F C F M C C C H F M G M G G F C G H F H F F M

Stephen Got Even (USA) Broken Vow (USA) Include (USA) Candy Ride (ARG) Bernardini (USA) Ecton Park (USA) El Prado (IRE) Tale of The Cat (USA) Noverre (USA) Smart Strike (CAN) Pollard's Vision (USA) Hennessy (USA) Lemon Drop Kid (USA) Indian Charlie (USA) Harlan's Holiday (USA) Freud (USA) Include (USA) Public Purse (USA) Wiseman's Ferry (USA) Running Stag (USA) Silvador (CAN) Sligo Bay (IRE) Bellamy Road (USA) City Zip (USA) Public Purse (USA) Anabaa (USA) Giant's Causeway (USA) Dynaformer (USA) Sweetsouthernsaint (USA) Tiger Hill (IRE) Sadler's Wells (USA)

Run Sarah Run (USA) Ideal Image (USA) Hepburn (USA) Fair Exchange (USA) Marozia (USA) Pete's Fancy (CAN) Memories of Silver (USA) Air France (USA) Up At Dawn (GB) Gaze (USA) Lucky One (USA) Rayelle (USA) Dreams (USA) Separata (CHI) De Aar (USA) Kheyrah (USA) Adventurous Di (USA) Exotic Dinner (BRZ) Lisa Danielle (USA) Romaca (USA) Sophisticatedbagel (USA) Coral Necklace (USA) Lalka (CAN) It'schemistrybaby (USA) White Tea (BRZ) Riziere (FR) Path of Thunder (USA) Uforia (USA) Devilish Brunette (USA) Kassiyra (IRE) Blue Symphony (GB)

came from last to first to beat the winners of the last two legs of the Triple Crown, Shackleford and Ruler On Ice, in the Haskell Invitational. Uncle Mo, last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner who missed the entire Triple Crown, is being readied for a long-awaited comeback but his trainer and owner, Todd Pletcher and Mike Repole, have a second string to their bow in Stay Thirsty, who followed up his Belmont Stakes second by landing the Jim Dandy Stakes. Among the Classic fillies, Baffert’s Plum Pretty suffered her second reverse since lifting the Kentucky Oaks, this time at the hands of Godolphin’s It’s Tricky, who beat her by threequarters of a length in the Coaching Club American Oaks. Kentucky Oaks flop Her Smile found sprinting was more to her taste when coming from impossibly far back to pouch the Prioress Stakes. The Princess Rooney Handicap played out just like the Prioress, with

Smart Strike (CAN) Hennessy (USA) Capote (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Storm Bird (CAN) Peteski (CAN) Silver Hawk (USA) French Deputy (USA) Inchinor (GB) Danzig (USA) Best of Luck (USA) Relaunch (USA) Silver Hawk (USA) Sam M (USA) Gone West (USA) Dayjur (USA) Private Account (USA) Formal Dinner (USA) Wolf Power (SAF) Kris S (USA) Kris S (USA) Conquistador Cielo (USA) Dynaformer (USA) Meadowlake (USA) Sunny's Halo (CAN) Groom Dancer (USA) Thunder Gulch (USA) Zilzal (USA) Diablo (USA) Kendor (FR) Darshaan

Sassy Image overtaking all nine of her opponents in the final furlong to win, despite not handling the Calder dirt surface. The older filly division over longer trips is dominated by Blind Luck and Havre de Grace. Meeting for a sixth time in the Delaware Handicap, they served up an absolute thriller, with Blind Luck, who was getting 2lb, prevailing by a nose, with almost 20 lengths back to third-placed Life At Ten. The hot jockey at Saratoga was Javier Castellano, as was emphasised in the Ruffian Invitational when, aboard the outsider of the field, Ask The Moon, he rode his six rivals to sleep to pinch a wire-to-wire six-length victory. The last word goes to yet another Baffert trainee, Euroears. A blazing speedball running for the first time since finding only Rocket Man too strong in the Dubai Golden Shaheen at Meydan in March, he smashed the Del Mar track record in taking the Bing Crosby Stakes.

Leading global sires by stakes winners Horse

Born

Sire

Stands/Stood

Galileo (IRE) Dansili (GB) Exceed And Excel (AUS) Montjeu (IRE) Distorted Humor (USA) Dubawi (IRE) Encosta de Lago (AUS) Giant’s Causeway (USA) More Than Ready (USA) Danehill Dancer (IRE) Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) Lonhro (AUS) Redoute’s Choice (AUS) Street Cry (IRE) Elusive Quality (USA) Monsun (GER) Singspiel (IRE) Tapit (USA) Wild Event (USA)

1998 1996 2000 1996 1993 2002 1993 1997 1997 1993 1999 1998 1996 1998 1993 1990 1992 2001 1993

Sadler’s Wells (USA) Danehill (USA) Danehill (USA) Sadler’s Wells (USA) Forty Niner (USA) Dubai Millennium (GB) Fairy King (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Southern Halo (USA) Danehill (USA) Danehill (USA) Octagonal (NZ) Danehill (USA) Machiavellian (USA) Gone West (USA) Konigsstuhl (GER) In The Wings Pulpit (USA) Wild Again (USA)

IRE AUS UK AUS IRE IRE NZ USA AUS UK AUS AUS IRE USA AUS USA AUS IRE AUS IRE AUS JPN AUS AUS USA AUS USA AUS GER UK AUS USA USA BRZ

BTH BTW GH GW 43 24 24 27 36 26 28 26 27 35 27 21 22 24 25 19 18 23 12

21 16 16 16 15 15 15 14 14 13 13 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10

29 17 12 19 16 14 15 12 15 19 11 9 17 10 13 8 11 12 7

12 11 5 9 4 6 9 7 5 6 4 5 8 6 4 3 6 6 6

BTH = black type horses; BTW = black type winners; GH = Group horses; GW = Group winners

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Most of the changes are due to northern hemisphere racing dominating the calendar, with a fair number of Listed races but a shortage of Group events in Australia and New Zealand. Galileo has continued his surge, with a lead of six over Dansili and Exceed And Excel in Black Type Winners. Encosta de Lago has dropped from second to seventh and Redoute’s Choice from 10th to 13th, with no variation in any of their totals. In contrast, another sire standing in Australia, Lonhro, has risen a few places thanks to three more Black Type Horses and two BTWs. The big rises in BTHs have been by Distorted Humor with six and Danehill

Dancer with five. Distorted Humor, the top stallion in the table descended from Mr Prospector, is described as ‘A Great Sire’ on the website of WinStar Farm, where he stands. That is an interesting assessment of a champion sire responsible for more then 100 stakes winners, but not one that withstands rigorous scrutiny. Siring 12 Group/Grade 1 winners from 1,013 foals of racing age since retiring in 1999 is splendid, but hardly justifies the term ‘great’ (Galileo has sired 23 such winners since retiring in 2002). Distorted Humor’s best runner this year so far is Grade 2 Peter Pan Stakes winner Alternation. But he is undoubtedly enjoying another fine year.

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FLASHBACK

September 10, 1977 The Queen’s filly Dunfermline and Willie Carson race alongside Alleged and Lester Piggott in the St Leger

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1 Dunfermline – Willie Carson 2 Guadanini – Maurice Philipperon 3 Alleged – Lester Piggott 4 Lucky Sovereign – Frankie Durr 5 Sovereign Silver – Tony Murray 6 Classic Example – Pat Eddery

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he was slightly raw, not very pretty and didn’t have a change of gear. But she had plenty of stamina and courage.” Dunfermline may not have been the best horse Willie Carson rode during his illustrious career in the saddle but it’s doubtful whether any of his winners provided as much pleasure as the daughter of Royal Palace. Bred and owned by the Queen, Dunfermline made it an extra special Silver Jubilee year in 1977 by carrying the famous royal colours to victory in the Oaks and the St Leger, in the latter race inflicting the only defeat in the career of dual Arc winner Alleged. Carson says: “I remember the last part of the race – it was a long, drawn out finish and we only got to Alleged

inch by inch. Lester [Piggott] went too soon and we managed to out-battle them near the line. “I think I panicked, got a bit carried away with the stick and tightened the second up a bit close home – the stewards’ enquiry lasted a long time and I was very worried, but God was on my side that day and it was a huge relief to keep the race. “It was a big day for me, the country and of course the Queen – everyone except Lester Piggott, in fact!” Carson adds: “The Queen couldn’t attend the St Leger as she was at Balmoral but I spoke to her on the phone afterwards and she was thrilled. “Winning two Classics for Her Majesty in Silver Jubilee year is what dreams are made of.”

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