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New zeal Sir Mark Todd takes on his greatest challenge

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TBA Flat Awards

British breeding’s big celebration

Hollie Doyle

Jockey gunning for the top ten

Japan’s champion

Deep Impact’s lasting legacy

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Cover: Sir Mark Todd riding work at his Badgerstown stable on the edge of the Marlborough Downs Photo: George Selwyn

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aking out a training licence at the age of 63 might not seem like the most sensible idea for someone who would, by most counts, be regarded as a veteran on the path towards retirement. Except Sir Mark Todd is no ordinary 63-year-old. The New Zealander, one of the most successful event riders of all time, with two individual Olympic gold medals in a cabinet groaning with trophies and accolades collected over five decades, has turned his Badgerstown base into a fully-functioning racing stable with 40 boxes. So, the eventers have gone, the thoroughbreds have moved in and the man who first rode on a championship eventing team in 1978 is now looking forward to competing against the likes of John Gosden, Richard Hannon et al on Britain’s racecourses. It is a challenge he is embracing. “I am in no way ready to retire,” Sir Mark tells Catherine Austen (The Big Interview, pages 40-44). “Racing was always my first love, really – if I hadn’t been so tall, I would have been a jockey. “If I am going to give up eventing, I need something to focus on and look forward to. I’m excited about it. “Everything I’ve done for the past 40 years, I’ve done to a very high level, so that’s what my aim is again. “I like being hands-on and having the personal involvement with each horse, which is why I wouldn’t want to get too big.” Sir Mark has trained before, in his homeland, where he sent out Bramble Rose to win the 2003 New Zealand Oaks under local legend Opie Bosson. That is the benchmark he has set for himself and while the odds may be stacked against him unearthing another Group 1 horse, you wouldn’t bet against this wonderful horseman from doing so. Enable is a truly outstanding Group 1 performer and this brilliant mare enjoyed her tenth strike at the highest level in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks on August 22. This followed her

stunning victory over Crystal Ocean in an epic King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes the previous month, in undoubtedly one of the best races, and finishes, most racing fans have ever seen (The Big Picture, page 14). Her York appearance was almost certainly her swansong on a British racecourse as Khalid Abdullah’s five-year-old is now bound for Longchamp on October 6, when she will try to become the first three-time winner of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. For any racehorse to win 12 races in a row is an exceptional achievement; for a filly/mare, competing in the championship races, it is even more of an accomplishment. Enable, under John Gosden’s masterful handling and Frankie Dettori’s expert riding,

“You wouldn’t bet against him unearthing a top horse again” is Britain’s answer to the majestic Winx, and had the two ever met on the racecourse over ten furlongs, I have no doubt the daughter of Nathaniel would have come out on top. She is the latest flagbearer for the phenomenal breeding operation that Khalid Abdullah established under the Juddmonte Farms banner. Hollie Doyle is enjoying a superb season in the saddle, benefiting from a successful association with up-and-coming trainer Archie Watson’s Lambourn stable. She talks to Graham Dench (The Finish Line, page 104) about her rise up the ranks and what it’s like living with and riding against her partner Tom Marquand, who is also enjoying an excellent year.

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Contents

September 2019

News & Views

International Scene

ROA Leader

View From Ireland

Transparency pivotal to future funding

TBA Leader Sales catalogues must be updated

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Features King George and Glorious Goodwood

Irish Champion Stakes in 2001

With Sir Mark Todd

Travel and lifestyle

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The Big Interview

Racing Life The magic of Merano

Jerry Hollendorfer in the news

From The Archives

Howard Wright Women in racing

The Big Picture

Tony Morris Remembering Noblesse

Welcome new star for Germany

Around The Globe

Changes News in a nutshell

Continental Tales

News Cheltenham Festival alterations

Colm Murphy resumes career

Mike Ryan 32

Agent who sourced Newspaperofrecord

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Features Yorton Sale New initiative

TBA Flat Awards

British breeders take the plaudits

Breedersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Digest Book 1 bonus beds in

Sales Circuit

Strong trade at Arqana

Caulfield Files Deep Impact's legacy

Dr Statz

Father and son like few others

The Finish Line

With jockey Hollie Doyle

Forum 50 54 59 60 68 94 104

Forum The Thoroughbred Club Autumn visits and offers for members

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ROA Forum

Updated Rules of Racing come into force

TBA Forum

AGM and Seminar reports

Vet Forum

Exotic diseases explained

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Data Book European Pattern Results and analysis

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ROA Leader

Nicholas Cooper President

Creating a financial plan requires real transparency I

n last month’s magazine, the TBA Leader suggested a golden opportunity now exists to review all the sport’s income and expenditure. We would certainly agree with this but it will require a new spirit of openness from all stakeholders, and particularly racecourses, to make it happen on the level that is required. With racecourse media rights being by far the biggest driver of racing’s income these days, it is essential for the whole of racing to be able to share more detailed information on how this income is made up before we can think in terms of creating a proper overall financial plan for the industry. All we know at this stage is that racing’s media rights income now amounts to £150 million per annum. Also, that the 37 tracks represented by Racecourse Media Group generated almost £110m in 2018 and most of the remainder is made up from the ARC courses, although Ascot and Chester, sitting outside of the two main groups, are other significant contributors. One of the key reasons why racing should undertake this extensive work is underlined by the annual publication of the fixture list. It is rare, if ever, for there to be an overall industry consensus to emerge from the fixture list compilation and the list for 2020 was no exception, with a reduction of 23 fixtures compared to the 2019 figure. In general terms, racecourse media rights deals are structured so the more fixtures a racecourse receives the greater its income. Racecourses are therefore forever pushing for a greater allocation, with many also wanting to boost their finances by racing at weekends and summer evenings. Of course, they are run as businesses and, if this were the only consideration you wouldn’t blame them for trying to squeeze every last penny out of their fixtures. The same might be said of bookmakers, who are similarly quick to remind us that fewer fixtures means a reduction in income for the sport. The problem is racecourses and bookmakers are not the only consideration. There is a whole industry of horsemen out there who have to service these fixtures, to say nothing of the horse population. Trainers, jockeys and stable staff come under extreme pressure at certain times of the year. Only recently a report highlighted the growing mental health problems in racing and it was not difficult to link this to the burgeoning fixture list. There is an obvious need to make better use of racing’s workforce and equine population – in short, to make racing more efficient – but this can be done only if there is greater transparency throughout the whole industry. What, for instance, would the impact be on media rights income if we staged more

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races across a smaller number of fixtures? Nobody could ever expect the racecourses to simply open their books for a public inspection but the use of non-disclosure agreements, for all the bad publicity they have received of late, are a perfectly logical way to allow the sharing of confidential information. The true financial value of fixtures and the intricacies of the contracts between racecourses and the betting industry should be details shared with carefully chosen industry insiders. This can only lead to improved decisions being made. The fixture list has to be compiled by the BHA as racing’s

“We need to know more about racecourse media rights – by far the biggest driver of racing’s income” only impartial adjudicator, working on behalf of both the horsemen and racecourses, but ultimately making the final decisions as a fair and honest broker. It is therefore encouraging to hear that Portas Consulting has been appointed to assist in providing independent analysis of the financial and economic state of British racing prior to the compilation of the 2021 fixture list. It is even more encouraging to hear that all sides of the industry have given their support to this external analysis. If it is conducted in a mood of transparency, then maybe the publication of the fixture list next year will be greeted with universal approval.

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23/08/2019 16:59

TBA Leader

Julian Richmond-Watson Chairman

Focus on winners in catalogues is misguided I

t’s that time of year when yearling sales catalogues arrive almost daily. As I look through them, I think of how much effort, thought and planning has gone into producing each horse to be healthy and looking at its best for its sales appearance. I also think about how little useful information is contained in the catalogue. Those catalogues that carry copious details about the stallion’s performance are surely trying to blind potential buyers with the obvious. If purchasers do not know everything there is to know about the performance of the sire and his most successful progeny, they need advice from someone who does. I find it hard to believe that this particular item of promotion or use of space on the page is necessary. What the catalogues do confirm is that the culture of racing is all about winning. While the rewards from earning prize-money are spread farther down and are added to the totals, coming second is very rarely seen as anything but disappointing. The pages in sales catalogues reference winners and, again, prize-money won, which becomes ever more irrelevant once inflation takes charge, and even more so when the changes in prize-money, especially in the bigger handicaps, is taken into consideration. After all, this year’s new million-pound Ebor Handicap at York has bestowed on one horse far greater single-race earnings than any British Classic except for the Derby. As for breeders racing fillies, that all-important win, at whatever level, means having ticked a valuable box for the future. In both cases the individual horse is a ‘winner’ and everyone is happy. The problem with this ‘a winner is a winner is a winner’ approach is that horses who scramble past the post in front with ratings in the 50s, 60s and 70s cannot possibly be compared with those higher up the scale, and in particular those attaining black type. So, why do sales catalogues seem to perpetuate the obsession with winning rather than more sensibly using the ratings of the horses from whom we breed? Surely independent ratings should be regarded as a much better measure of racecourse performance and therefore suitability for breeding. Ratings have been around for longer than most active breeders. Phil Bull began the Timeform scale in the 1940s and its methodology has been maintained to worldwide acclaim. For a non-commercial approach, the International Classifications were introduced by Britain, Ireland and France in 1977 and have gradually been expanded to fit the original name. Since the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities took over responsibility for the ratings in 2004, by which time most major jurisdictions had joined the Europe-led system, the

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scope has been extended to South Africa and South America. Now known as the World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, they appear several times through the season before an end-ofseason review wraps up a 12-month period. The strength of the system is that it measures individual horses by ability, not on the often subjective basis of race reputation. Of course, a potential sales purchaser can look up this information, but while I accept that the catalogue page is an information and promotional guide and conforms to each particular sales house’s norm, I think that more useful information could be provided. As horses’ ratings are readily accessible, domestically as well as internationally, why not print the highest mark for each named individual and also show the best year-end figure for

“Independent ratings should be regarded as a much better measure of racecourse performance” each of its racing seasons? Add in the distance over which the highest rating was achieved, apply this to the whole page, and a picture of the whole family’s best racing distance and ability, or lack of it, soon begins to build up. In some cases, there may be a number of very moderatelyrated winners who disguise the failures in a family. We shouldn’t shy away from exposing them. We live in the information age, where all manner of data is available at the push of a button or two, yet most sales catalogues look just the same as they did 50 years ago. It is time to put the information that is relevant and available on the page, starting with the best rating of each horse and the distance at which that mark was achieved.

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23/08/2019 16:23

News

Kempton loses out in fixture allocation T

he uncertain future of two tracks heightened interest in the publication of the 2020 fixture list. Towcester, which entered administration in August 2018 and has been closed since, and Kempton, whose owner Jockey Club Racecourses stunned the sport in January 2017 when announcing its intention to sell it for housing, remain under a cloud, albeit in the case of Towcester the release of the fixture list came with a hint of positivity. Ten fixtures historically staged at Towcester will be added to the 2020 list in due course, according to the BHA, the hope being they can be run at the track. With Towcester’s fixtures to be reinstated or redistributed, the 2020 fixture list contains 1,491 meetings, down 20 on 2019. Kempton is the biggest loser next year, losing eight fixtures, the total of 67 being its lowest since 2007, when it was allocated 59 and was still in the throes of adjusting to ditching its Flat turf course for all-weather racing. A JCR statement after the publication of the fixture list did not refer to Kempton, but it was said at the time of switching to all-weather that the business model was

Kempton attracted Enable but not as many fixtures as it wanted in 2020

predicated on 100 fixtures. The general themes of the fixture list included balancing the wellbeing of the sport’s frequently-beleaguered participants with delivering more competitive racing, with commercial considerations, earlier finish times and extending jump racing breaks. No race will start later than 9pm at summer evening fixtures, and 8.30pm outside the summer, while the Christmas and summer jump racing breaks have been extended to four and 12 days respectively, while the first race of the day will be underway by 2pm when possible to meet the needs of the betting public. In a development widely welcomed by the industry, Portas Consulting has been appointed by the sport’s executive committee to assist in developing an

independent analysis of the financial and economic state of British racing, identifying the key levers, such as the fixture list, and their impacts now and in the future. BHA Chief Operating Officer Richard Wayman said: “There is much to be positive about in this year’s fixture list, with measures such as the extended jump racing breaks, earlier finish times and more racing across the middle of the day brought in following feedback from both racing’s participants and its customers. “Looking to the future, it is very encouraging that all involved in the process are supportive of the external analysis of the financial and economic state of the sport that is about to commence. This is an important piece of work as it will provide a basis of agreed facts from which to develop fixture strategy for the future.”

BHA dismay over Bloodstock Review leak The BHA said it was “disappointed” after a draft version of its Bloodstock Review, looking into practices at the UK’s thoroughbred sales venues, was leaked to the Racing Post. Racing’s daily newspaper ran a frontpage headline of ‘Unethical, Unlawful’ and quoted the review as calling for changes to current regulation that “is not fit for purpose”, stating that “five per cent of bloodstock agents were ‘bad apples’” and that improper payments and inducements were rife within the industry. The Bloodstock Review was commissioned in 2017 and the report has

been complied by former top policeman Justin Felice. The brief BHA statement said: “We are very disappointed that a version of the draft report has been leaked. We are working to identify the source of this unhelpful leak. “We will not comment on a leaked document that is not yet finalised. The review has been written up on the basis that it will be published following discussions with the industry. The BHA will publicly respond at that point. “The BHA is working with the industry’s stakeholders and has held a productive meeting with sales

houses Goffs and Tattersalls, the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, the Racehorse Owners Association, the Federation Of Bloodstock Agents and the National Trainers Federation. “Our objectives are to retain and grow racehorse ownership and to support an important part of our industry with whom we worked previously to create the current Code of Practice.” The timing of the leak, before the big yearling sales at Arqana and Tattersalls, caused consternation among the bloodstock fraternity. The BHA expects to release the Bloodstock Review findings later this year.

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Stories from the racing world

National Hunt Chase changes and new Festival race revealed

Only four horses finished in this year’s National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham

The distance of the National Hunt Chase at the Cheltenham Festival has been reduced by two furlongs to 3m6f in the wake of the controversy over this year’s contest. News about the change was delivered at the same time it was announced there would be a new mares’ chase at the Festival from 2021, replacing an existing race, though no decision has been made as to which contest will be removed. Only four of the 18 runners finished in this year’s National Hunt Chase – commonly known as the ‘four-miler’ – which was run on soft ground and turned into a somewhat unedifying spectacle. Stewards deemed that a number of the riders in the race were guilty of breaking the rules and banned three riders, including Decan Lavery on third-placed Jerrysback, though his ten-day suspension was subsequently overturned. Following a review of data of the amateur riders’ contest, undertaken by Cheltenham and the BHA, revised race conditions have been recommended. The revised conditions will be reviewed after a three-year period to ensure they are proving effective. From 2020, alongside the reduction in race distance to 3m6f, the number of fences jumped will fall from 25 to 23. All horses must have a minimum BHA rating of 120 to start, must have run in at least two chases, including one that season, and achieved a first-four finish in a chase over two miles and seven and a half furlongs or further.

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Jockeys will also need to meet new criteria to take a ride in the National Hunt Chase, with a minimum of 20 rides and five winners over fences under Rules, i.e. excluding point-topoint races. Cheltenham boss Ian Renton said: “After the Festival this year we felt it was important to review the National Hunt Chase as part of our commitment to ensuring the highest welfare standards for participants at the home of jump racing. “Having done this fully we have made some evidence-based changes to the conditions of the race and the distance over which it is run. “This is designed to improve safety for novice chasers and amateur jockeys, while ensuring the National Hunt Chase remains a highlycompetitive spectacle that has a place within the world’s best four days of jump racing.” The new mares’ chase follows on from the Grade 1 mares’ hurdle and Grade 2 mares’ novices’ hurdle at the meeting. The new race will be a Grade 2 staged at around two and a half miles. Renton added: “The introduction of a mares’ chase at the Festival is something we have been considering for a while in discussion with the BHA, who are keen to see further promotion of the mares’ race programme. “Given the recent improvement in the quality of mares racing, we have agreed to introduce a mares’ chase in 2021. We recognise the importance for the sport of providing opportunities for mares at the very highest level.”

Deep Impact dies Japanese supersire and dual Horse of the Year Deep impact died in July aged 17 at the Shadai Stallion Station. A Japanese icon on the track, Deep Impact later became the dominant Japanese stallion of the modern era as the sire of 42 Group 1 winners, including 15 individual Japanese Classic scorers. Meanwhile, European heavyweights such as Saxon Warrior, Study Of Man and Beauty Parlour have ensured his place as an integral element in the promotion of the Japanese thoroughbred to an international audience, arguably in a greater manner than even his outlandishly successful sire Sunday Silence before him. Deep Impact has been champion sire of Japan every year since 2012 and true to form, is out on his own again this year thanks to the winners of 4,441,785,000yen. Bred by Northern Farm out of John Hills’ 1994 Oaks runner-up Wind In Her Hair, Deep Impact was trained by Yasuo Ikee to win 12 of his 14 starts, seven of them at Group 1 level. They included the Japanese Triple Crown as well as the Japan Cup. However, he is most likely best remembered in this part of the world for his third to Rail Link in the 2006 Arc. Unfortunately, he was later disqualified when a post-race sample was found to contain banned substance Ipratropium. In all, Deep Impact was Japan’s answer to Galileo, and as such, was due to command a fee of 40,000,000yen (£303,000) this season. In a further blow to the Japanese stallion ranks, King Kamehameha died in August aged 18. Top-class on the track, the son of Kingmambo – like Deep Impact based at the Shadai Stallion Station – was twice champion sire in Japan and sired 12 Group/Grade 1 winners.

Legend: Deep Impact

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23/08/2019 19:15

Changes

Racing’s news in a nutshell

People and business

David Menuisier

Trainer enjoys his first Group 1 winner with Danceteria in the Grosser Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen at Munich.

Al Shaqab

Mark Enright

Galway fall leaves the jump jockey with a fractured vertebra and will see him on the sidelines for up to two months.

Harriet Bethell

Peter Bryan

Muzi Yeni

Donagh O’Connor

Trainer, 33, suffers serious head injuries in a fall on the gallops at her East Yorkshire stable.

South African rider is banned for three months after grappling mid-race with his title rival Lyle Hewitson.

Saudi Cup

New race’s $20 million pot makes it the most valuable contest in the world, to be run over nine furlongs on dirt in February.

Irish National Stud

Accounts show declines in profit and revenue and pressing demand to find a successor to ageing flagship stallion Invincible Spirit.

Chelmsford

Essex track wins slot to race on Good Friday, with Bath losing the April fixture.

Chelsea Banham

Britain’s youngest trainer, 20, sends out her first winner with Voice Of A leader at Lingfield on August 13.

Bloodstock Alliance

Howson & Houldsworth Bloodstock and JS Bloodstock’s Billy Jackson-Stops agree to collaborate during the busy sales season.

Amateur jockey receives six-month suspension after admitting to using cocaine at a disciplinary panel hearing.

Apprentice rider allowed to return home after fracturing his neck in a fall at Cork.

Extends sponsorship of the Lockinge Stakes for a further five years but will cease backing the entire two-day meeting at Newbury

Delia Bushell

Former Managing Director for BT Sport succeeds Simon Bazalgette as Group Chief Executive of the Jockey Club.

Pat Keogh

Leopardstown Chief Executive takes on caretaker manager role at the Curragh, replacing Derek McGrath.

People obituaries Chris Conway 72

Joe Corbett 90

Dave Mitchell 62

Neil Bruss 71

Travelling head lad to Michael Bell during the time of Derby winner Motivator.

Racing writer and tipster for the Daily Mirror, having previously worked on The Sun and at Weatherbys.

Colin Webster 89

Long-standing owner with Barry Hills, who trained his Nicer to win the Irish 1,000 Guineas in 1993.

Globetrotting South African-based trainer who operated from Hatford near Faringdon for a short spell a decade ago.

Former bookmaker, known as the ‘Lord of the Ring’, who wasn’t afraid to lay big bets from high-staking punters.

Ted Allen 88

Marylou Whitney 93

Jimmy Mullane 84

Owned and bred 2004 Belmont Stakes winner Birdstone to continue her late husband Sonny’s racing involvement.

Former racereader and racing journalist who worked for the Press Association and The Sporting Life.

Ireland’s champion Flat jockey in 1951 and 1952, the year he won the Irish Derby on Thirteen Of Diamonds for Paddy Prendergast.

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Changes

Racehorse and stallion

Movements and retirements

Roger Barows

This year’s Japanese Derby winner is retired to stud after suffering a careerending injury.

Broome

Three-year-old colt is bought by Masaaki Matsushima – though will stay with Aidan O’Brien – and will be aimed at the Arc.

Calyx

High-class son of Kingman, winner of the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at two, is retired and acquired by Coolmore to stand at stud.

Too Darn Hot

Last year’s champion two-year-old is retired after wining the Sussex Stakes due to a leg injury. He will stand for Darley in 2020.

Rekindling

Melbourne Cup winner in 2017 for the Joseph O’Brien stable and owner Llloyd Williams is retired aged five.

Unfortunately

Son of Society Rock, a Group 1 winner at two, moves to Springfield House Stud in County Tipperary, having stood his first season at Cheveley Park Stud.

Poet’s Word

Son of Poet’s Voice, winner of last year’s King George, moves to Boardsmill Stud in County Meath after a season at Nunnery Stud.

National Defense

Irish National Stud resident arrives at Sun Stud, near Melbourne, to begin first campaign as a shuttle stallion.

Horse obituaries Sea Of Class 4

Jedd O’Keeffe yard devastated by fatal gallops injury suffered by smart Flat stayer and promising hurdler.

Natagora 14

Outstanding runner and stallion, multiple champion sire in Japan whose influence stretched across the globe.

Lord Yeats 6

Top-class chaser for the Jessica Harrington stable, winning three Grade 1s, bred and owned by Gaie and Philip Scouller.

Deep Impact 17

Outstanding three-year-old, winner of four Group 1s, is put down during his first season at stud, having shuttled to stand in New Zealand.

Champion Hurdle winner for JP McManus and Jessica Harrington is retired aged 11. In all he won 16 races and over €1 million.

Bostons Angel 15

Classic-winning filly owned by the Tsui family who was runner-up to Enable in last year’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp.

Roaring Lion 4

Jezki

Winner of the 2008 1,000 Guineas, she has produced three winners for Shadwell including Listed scorer Mankib.

King Kamehameha 18

Japanese Derby winner who became a top stallion in Japan, siring 12 individual Group/Grade 1 winners.

Espoir D’Allen 5

Brilliant winner of the Champion Hurdle in March for owner JP McManus and trainer Gavin Cromwell dies after suffering a freak accident.

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The Big Picture

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Enable

Brave Enable the ace in Ascot thriller What more could you want? The worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest-rated racehorse Crystal Ocean locked together with dual Arc heroine Enable in a head-to-head for the summer highlight that is the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. It was Enable and Frankie Dettori, in the famous Juddmonte silks, who nicked a humdinger at Ascot by a neck from James Doyle in the Sir Evelyn de Rothschild colours. The duo raised the roof in a frantic finish that will live long in the memory. On her next start, Enable made it 12 wins in a row with a decisive success in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks (below). It was her tenth Group 1 victory in a remarkable career that will finish with the John Gosden-trained five-year-old bidding for a historic third triumph in the Prix de lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on October 6. Photos George Selwyn

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The Big Picture

From left to right: Too Darn Hot takes the Qatar Sussex Stakes under Frankie Dettori; Khaadem (blue/white) justifies favouritism in the Unibet Stewardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cup; Deirdre strikes a blow for Japan in the Qatar Nassau Stakes under Oisin Murphy

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Qatar Goodwood Festival

Super Stradivarius strikes again He never wins by far but Stradivarius has a finishing kick that marks him out among the current crop of staying horses. Bjorn Nielsen’s homebred matched Double Trigger in claiming his third Goodwood Cup under regular rider Frankie Dettori, seeing off old rival Dee Ex Bee by a neck. At York in August, the son of Sea The Stars won the Lonsdale Cup – his ninth victory in a row – to claim the Weatherbys Hamilton Stayers’ Million for a second time. Photos George Selwyn

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The Big Picture

History-making Mellah The Magnolia Cup at the Qatar Goodwood Festival gave 12 women, including Olympian Victoria Pendleton and model Vogue Williams, the opportunity to ride over the famous turf for charity. In a thrilling finish, it was Khadijah Mellah, an 18-year-old student from Peckham, who triumphed on the Charlie Fellowestrained Haverland, despite her limited riding experience. In the process she became the first British Muslim jockey to win a race in the UK wearing a hijab. Photos George Selwyn

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Qatar Goodwood Festival

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From The Archives

Light shines bright in Irish Champion for the ages The enthralling King George battle between Enable and Crystal Ocean had minds racing to recall other great duels, past and present, and very high on any such list would be the 2001 Irish Champion Stakes shootout between top older horse Fantastic Light (right) and dual Derby hero Galileo. The five-year-old v the three-year-old. Godolphin v Coolmore. Dettori v Kinane. The pair fought out a spine-tingling finish at Leopardstown, with Fantastic Light prevailing by a head. Photo George Selwyn

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Fantastic Light on September 8, 2001

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Blessed by Noblesse even if our paths never crossed Ten-length victory in the Oaks was to prove the highlight of a career followed closely – and while her super-sub won the St Leger in her absence, so that day began another love affair

n the autumn of 1962, at the age of 18, I fell in love. The object of my devotion was anything but pretty by conventional standards. On the small side, and mostly lean of body, she nevertheless possessed a big rear end, which was probably key to her merit. Her name was Noblesse, and I idolised her. I was nearing the end of my schooldays, with A-Levels already in the past. My week involved only three or four lessons – futile efforts to arm me with sufficient knowledge to obtain a pass at O-Level maths – and my numerous free periods, all unsupervised, were largely occupied by a study of racecourse form. Years ago I had learnt all about Sceptre and Pretty Polly, winners of seven Classics between them at the dawn of the century. I was aware of the exploits of Sun Chariot and Meld, and had even followed the career of Petite Etoile. I wanted to believe that Noblesse belonged in the same class as those champion fillies of the past. There were two items of evidence, the first a dominant display in the six-furlong Blue Seal Stakes at Ascot towards the end of September. The race was for two-year-olds who had not run at the time of closing, and seven of the 21 runners now had racecourse experience, one of them as a winner. Noblesse, backed from 2-1 to 11-8 in the ring, took command at the two-furlong pole and soon strode clear to win unchallenged by five lengths. Paddy Prendergast, at that time the leading trainer on the Curragh, brought the filly back to England a month later to contest the Timeform Gold Cup, the richest race in Europe for the juvenile set, staged over a mile at Doncaster. This time she would have 11 rivals, several of them proven at a higher level than her. Fellow Irish raider Partholon had won the National Stakes, Star Moss was the Royal Lodge hero, Portofino had landed the Somerville Tattersall on debut, and King Of Babylon had impressed when taking the Champagne Stakes. There was surely enough talent among that group to give Noblesse a proper test. It did not turn out that way, and punters seemed to know what to expect. They backed the filly in from 7-4 to 11-10 and never had a moment’s anxiety. Noblesse needed no encouragement from the saddle to dart clear of her rivals inside the last furlong and win in a canter by three lengths. Though being eased before the finish, she equalled the course record to underline the merit of the performance. Little could I have imagined that the next time Noblesse appeared on a racecourse, I would be writing about her professionally, and making her my nap selection for the Musidora Stakes in May 1963. There had been rumours that she had not thrived over the winter, but I ignored them, made her a 4-7 shot in my betting forecast and predicted an easy victory. In fact, there seemed to have been genuine doubts over Noblesse’s readiness for her York assignment, as she drifted from 8-13 to start at even money. But the filly’s performance belied the

Ragusa won the 1963 St Leger in the presence of our columnist, who has witnessed every renewal since

market drift, as she proceeded to win as she liked by six lengths and reduce the Oaks to a foregone conclusion. Epsom’s three headline events in my first season as a professional pundit all delivered outstanding displays, with Relko winning the Derby by six lengths, Exbury the Coronation Cup by six lengths, and Noblesse the Oaks by ten lengths. But I had been stuck in the office, unable to witness any of the action, as racing editor Leo McClean locked himself in the only room with a TV set, his company just a messenger, there to rush the results to the teleprinter operator. Mac got a bit too excited over his long-priced each-way punt on third-placed Ragusa in the Derby, naming that colt as the winner, and the Press Association would have told the world the wrong result if a print-room employee who had listened to the race on a transistor radio hadn’t spotted the error. I was now more in love with Noblesse than ever, and determined to see her in action on a future occasion. Her first scheduled target after Epsom was the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, so I asked for Saturday, July 20 off and looked forward to the occasion, especially as we were led to believe that her Ascot opponents were likely to include both Relko and Exbury. I remember that King George well, but I don’t remember it for Noblesse, Relko and Exbury, none of whom turned up. The colts were withdrawn at the second forfeit stage, defections which

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The man you can’t ignore suggested that Noblesse would start as odds-on favourite, but ten days before the race she rapped a hock at exercise and had to go on the easy list for a couple of weeks. Maybe she could resume in the Yorkshire Oaks. The night before the 1963 King George, Lester Piggott had ridden five of the six winners at Pontefract, and he promptly added wins in the first two races at Ascot, events that led to his big-race mount, Twilight Alley, starting as an unrealistic favourite. That massive four-year-old had made all the running to win the Gold Cup on his previous appearance, but it was asking a lot of him to display comparable form in the company of proven quality mile-and-a-half performers. As it turned out, Twilight Alley broke down and was pulled up early in the straight. Miralgo, another four-year-old, made a valiant effort to lead all the way, but he was powerless to match the acceleration of Ragusa, the stable companion of Noblesse chosen to deputise for her. I naturally felt short-changed by the absence of my heroine at Ascot, but later learnt that the Yorkshire Oaks was off her agenda, and that she would be prepared for the St Leger. I pleaded for Wednesday, September 11 off, obtained my release, and made plans for my first visit to Town Moor. At last I would get to meet Noblesse in the flesh. But no such luck. Paddy Prendergast had an embarrassment of riches in his stable that year, and juggling options for the team that would make him 1963’s champion trainer was never a straightforward task. Noblesse was now to take the Prix Vermeille-Arc de Triomphe route, and I would have to be satisfied with super-sub Ragusa again at Doncaster. I have vivid recall of that St Leger, the first Classic I’d attended, savouring the prospect as I, and thousands around me,

“I was sorry to miss Noblesse again, but, as it turned out, the best of her was already history” strode down Bennetthorpe, emptying the town and heading for the racecourse. It was already assuming the impact of a major event in my life before I got to soak up the atmosphere where racegoers for close on two centuries had celebrated the world’s oldest Classic. Sure, I was sorry to miss Noblesse again, but, as it turned out, the best of her was already history. She came back lame after finishing fourth in the Vermeille, and her career was over. I think I eventually got to see her, but I could never be sure, as she was identified to me as one of a group of mares at the far end of a paddock on Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky in 1970. No matter, I continue to see her in pedigrees among the descendants of Rainbow Quest and Warning. Ragusa won the 1963 Leger by six lengths, and on that occasion I didn’t feel short-changed. He was a May 26 foal, still backward when he reached third place in the Derby, and he subsequently became a formidable runner whom I could appreciate for himself, especially for his Doncaster performance, as a result of which Timeform came to assess him as Noblesse’s superior. And I owe Ragusa for launching me on another love affair. I have yet to miss a St Leger since he provided my initiation.

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The Howard Wright Column

More women now walking racing’s corridors of power

harm in the eyes of a Westminster coterie that seeks more open regulation and governance of sporting bodies. It must be assumed, therefore, unless private conversations ever prove otherwise, that Phelps and Bushell were picked because those in charge of selection and approval decided they were the best people for the job, not because they are women. In Bushell’s case, much interest centres on her 18-year broadcasting career at BSkyB and BT, the two most powerful exponents of sports coverage on satellite TV. With media

“Women are better represented in senior jobs in racing than in many other major sporting activities” rights’ deals in firm focus, and the prospect of new contracts looming, her experience must have carried significant weight in her interview process. Her relationship with RMG, the Jockey Club’s preferred broadcast partner, and its energetic boss Richard FitzGerald will be observed with great interest. Yet media rights are only a part of her portfolio. She is heading a company whose annual turnover has grown from £127.6 million in 2009 to £214.6m last year. Handling a multifaceted business such as this is a challenge for anyone, male or female.

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f all 16 members of the BHA’s Diversity in Racing Group can find room to move when they next meet in the High Holborn bunker, they will jump for joy, or at the very least pinch themselves. For the first time, two of the highest profile jobs in British racing are to be filled by women. Not that either Olympic rower Annamarie Phelps, who has settled comfortably into the BHA chair, or former Sky and BT Sport staffer Delia Bushell, who joins the Jockey Club as Group Chief Executive to succeed Simon Bazalgette in full control from next month, represents an ethnic minority, whose advancement the diversity group is charged with championing. But one step at a time. Their appointments are confirmation that, whatever some surveys might suggest, women have reaped the benefits of equal opportunities within the sport’s administrative circle. In today’s climate of agitation for greater emancipation there will always be calls for broader representation, notably from the sport’s resident female liberation army, Women In Racing, which has swiftly added lobbying to its early emphasis on mentoring and is likely to become even more prominent under a new, forceful chair, Tallulah Lewis. However, British racing has a decent recent record in this area, with women better represented in senior jobs than in many other major sporting activities. Their standing has now been enhanced by the emergence from left field of Phelps and Bushell, whose impressive CVs contain no previous involvement with the sport. Neither will feel like outsiders in terms of gender. Phelps, who has already made a good impression while in listening mode, will not find too many senior executives in the queue for the BHA powder room – just two out of the nine pictured on the website are women, and one of those is part-time – but working with various stakeholders provides a different perspective. The TBA, whose Newmarket head office is an all-female domain, is led by its second woman Chief Executive in a row; the ROA has three women board members, and the RCA, whose Ascot HQ has only recently adjusted its gender balance with the appointment of more men, is chaired by Maggie Carver, who can call on a posse of female senior executives up and down the country. As Bushell moves into the Jockey Club, she will not find herself short of female company, with three women on the seven-strong board of directors and Dawn Goodfellow the Chief Executive of its charity arm, Racing Welfare. Inspecting the racecourse portfolio, which numbers 14, she will be met by three boards chaired by women – Rose Paterson at Aintree, Julia Budd at Epsom and Jo Hepburn at Wincanton – as well as a plethora of senior executives. When Bushell became one of four new non-executive directors of the England and Wales Cricket Board in May 2018, one commentator suggested the group had been appointed “partly to fulfil Sport England’s requirements, which are indeed hotter on diversity (boxes must be ticked) than democracy; penalty for non-compliance, no government hand-outs.” Since British racing operates outside Sport England, no such considerations apply here, although it cannot do the sport any

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McKeon banking on Murphy’s talent for spotting bargains C hampion Hurdle-winning trainer Colm Murphy surprised many when returning to the training ranks earlier this summer, yet those closest to him feel he never really retired, particularly the man most responsible for his revival. Paul McKeon is from Sligo in the west of Ireland and has always owned shares of racehorses. He’s known Murphy since he was working for a young Aidan O’Brien at Pilltown in County Kilkenny, now the training establishment of O’Brien junior, Joseph. Many of the horses he had shares in were trained by Murphy, before he retired from training in September 2016, and when a business partner wanted to get involved in racing, that’s where McKeon went. Retired or not. “I hadn’t been in horse ownership for a long time,” he said, “But my business partner wanted to get involved. We had bought some young horses with Colm, mainly fillies, with a view to racing them on the track to improve their pedigrees. We got a bit lucky that Relegate was the first one we ran.” Murphy sourced Relegate for McKeon at the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale in 2016, the pair spending €35,000 on the daughter of Flemensfirth, who would go on to become McKeon’s first Cheltenham Festival winner.

She won bumpers at Punchestown and Leopardstown, before coming from the back to win the Champion Bumper in thrilling style under Katie Walsh, beating stablemate Carefully Selected by a neck. “We bought some other breeding stock around the same time, none of

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“I really enjoy the big days; that’s why Relegate was so special”

Colm Murphy: enjoyed some fabulous days first time around and has now returned to the training ranks

whom have won,” said McKeon. But the numbers have grown, and Murphy has helped buy them all, then pre-trained them. “We were then handing them off to other people and I think he just said, ‘Look, I could probably do this myself’. I think he missed it terribly; I’m not sure it’s me that’s tempted him back. He probably never really fancied the retirement thing.” Murphy has officially been back in the game since May and saddled his first runner on the track at Cork in July, McKeon’s Glendruid. There was no great fanfare as he finished unplaced in that bumper, and little has changed at his base in Wexford either. “It was never the intention to not stay retired from training,” Murphy said.

“But circumstances changed, and we’re lucky enough that we are in a position to go again. “All the facilities here are as they were. They have been maintained perfectly, and we’ve always had horses, so there are no major changes, and it’s nice to have the confidence going into it this time that we know how to do it all. But it’s going to be a slow burn.” The stock in Murphy’s yard is mainly three-year-old store horses that are aiming for bumpers and point-to-points next year, but some owners from his previous stint as a trainer have returned, and with them some older horses that could kick-start his season. The partnership comes at the right time for McKeon, 53, whose business interests are shifting, giving him the

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By Jessica Lamb opportunity to spend on things he loves, like horseracing. “I didn’t think I’d get this involved in it, we have a lot of younger horses now,” he said. “I think about it a lot more than I did a couple of years ago. I have a number of different business interests, but I’m 53 now and getting to an age where I am doing less in other areas of business. “I own horses on the Flat with Johnny Murtagh, too, and am involved in Fitzwilliam Racing, who also have horses with Johnny. I enjoy the buzz around it, I really enjoy the big days, that’s why Relegate was so special.”

Champion Chase, cost owner Pat Redmond €34,000 as a three-year-old, and Feathard Lady, whose stellar career was cut short by injury, was sold for £900 as a foal. She went on to win seven races, signing off with a 12-length victory in Kempton’s Grade 1 Christmas Hurdle. McKeon added: “When we go to the sales, what we buy is 90 per cent down to Colm. “If I didn’t like something, I’d say it and he’d listen to me, but the more I see the way he operates, the more I leave him to it.”

McKeon intends to keep expanding his stock with Murphy, also enjoying watching the shrewd agent operate at the sales. “He’s always had a good eye for buying horses that are relatively cheap,” said McKeon. “You can see that when you see his Grade 1 horses – Brave Inca, Big Zeb, Feathard Lady, they were all quite cheap horses that turned out to be so much more.” Brave Inca, winner of ten Grade 1s, including the Champion Hurdle, never cost more than 14,000 guineas. Big Zeb, winner of six Grade 1s, including the

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Saturday. He was kicking himself he had not been entered in a hurdle race on Sunday. He did, however, know that his charge was coming in to Ballybrit in top form, saying: “We have only about 20 horses, so you get to know them very, very well, and when you know them like that, you just know how they are.” It’s not the first headliner Smith has produced, either, springing to fame at the very start of his training career with Rawnaq. He too racked up a memorable treble, winning two handicap hurdles and a Flat race in the summer of 2013. He never did crack Galway – finishing down the field in three Galway Hurdles and a neck second in a 2m handicap – but did take Smith to the Cheltenham Festival, finishing third in the 2015 Coral Cup. Six months later, Rawnaq relocated to America and went on to win two Grade 1 hurdles. Busted Tycoon, also trained in Meath (by Tony Martin), had won three on the bounce before her Ballybrit treble, and ran only once more in her career. One Cool Poet had won only once in 29 outings and had slipped to a rating of just 66. In his post-Galway world, the DRFG Partnership-owned star boasts a lofty new rating of 91, which elevates him into premier handicap company. “There are nice handicaps on both days of Irish Champions Weekend,” said Smith. “One over a mile and a half and another over a mile and two furlongs. We’ll probably aim him at that.” Will he go for the double? It’s not the plan right now, but Leopardstown

on the first day of the meeting is the preferred option, and who knows what could happen if he won there. “He’s had a couple of runs at Leopardstown and run a cracker both times,” said Smith. “He’s up to a nice rating where he will get into that race and the track will suit.” If One Cool Poet does line up in the €150,000 Petingo Handicap at Leopardstown, he will become only Smith’s second runner at Irish Champions Weekend. “We did have Warnaq run last year at Leopardstown,” he said. “But she got upset in the stalls and didn’t break, so it was a bit of a non-starter.” One Cool Poet’s other option is the Northfields Handicap at the Curragh, offering the same prize-money.

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The Galway Festival was lit up by record-setting handicapper One Cool Poet, and now the seven-year-old is being aimed at Irish Champions Weekend. Trained by Matthew Smith, One Cool Poet won three Flat handicaps in five days at Galway, from a mile to a mile and a half, matching the record set by Busted Tycoon in 2013. That daughter of Marju won two Flat handicaps and a handicap hurdle in six days, becoming the first horse to win three races at the meeting since it became a seven-day festival in 1999. “If there was ever a horse able to do it, it’s him,” said Smith. “It doesn’t take a thing out of him. He gets better with racing. You wouldn’t want to leave him too long without racing, in fact. He thrives on it and puts on condition very quickly in between. “My son James has only just turned 13 and he’s been riding him out for two years now – that will tell you what a nice horse he is.” He added: “I didn’t know he would win twice, but knowing the horse, we said going in that we’d love to run him twice. The way it worked out, he ran on Tuesday and won, but didn’t look like getting into the race on Saturday, that’s why we ran on Thursday, and when he came out of that so well, we had to go again. “I knew Saturday morning that he was better than any other day. He was bright and alert and mad for his breakfast!” Smith cannot fully explain why One Cool Poet came to life at Galway, but feels that it was the confidence he gained by getting his head in front on the first day that snowballed into

One Cool Poet: terrific week at Galway

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Continental Tales

Laccario emerges as new star n the five years since Protectionist pulled off a massive coup by landing the 2014 Melbourne Cup, there has been something of a lull in Germany’s ability to produce winners of the world’s top races. At the start of this decade, the title ‘German Horse of the Year’ carried real kudos, with Danedream, Novellist and Sea The Moon winning the award in four straight seasons, but since then the roll of honour has been enlarged by three relative global non-entities, Nightflower, Dschingis Secret and Iquitos (twice). Now, with the emergence of a new German superstar in Laccario, a renaissance may be about to take place, though it seems certain that we will have to wait a little longer – until next year – for the Andreas Wöhler-trained colt to be unleashed on the international stage. Even before he has set foot outside his native land, Laccario’s credentials are impressive. He has won on all four of his outings this term, starting when sent off at an incredibly generous 2-1 in a fourrunner maiden, then moving smoothly through the grades, landing a Listed race, a Group 2 and the Group 1 German Derby, always in convincing fashion and, even in that Hamburg Classic when the margin was a length and a quarter, without getting involved in a real fight. Some aspects of his background are familiar, others much less so. He is owned and bred by Manfred Ostermann’s Gestut Ittlingen, ownerbreeder of the 1994 and 1995 Horse of the Year, Lando. He is also freakishly inbred to Lando, who is both the sire of his sire and a half-brother to his granddam, La Donna. Just as remarkably, he is the only Group winner from the first three crops of the stallion Scalo, himself Horse of the Year for Ostermann in 2010. Scalo stands at a small stud near Pau, in France, and this season was covering at just €2,200. Scalo would surely have found a place at stud in Germany but for having finished his first career racing on medication in America, meaning that if he had returned home his progeny would have been ineligible for domestic

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Laccario and Eddie Pedroza combined for a cherished German Derby triumph breeder premiums. Since Laccario beat the same horse (the now Australia-bound Django Freeman) by a shorter distance in the Derby than he did on his previous outing in the Union-Rennen, it has proved impossible for the German handicapper to give him a high rating. The presence in a close fifth in the Derby of the Britishtrained Surrey Thunder, beaten in French and German Group 3 and Listed races on his three previous starts, also gave the assessor little room for manoeuvre. Yet, make no mistake, Laccario is a serious horse. The plan is for him to run twice more, in the Grosser Preis von Baden on September 1 and in the Preis von Europa three weeks later. It won’t be until next season he is allowed to travel. Wöhler, meanwhile, is enjoying his usual excellent season, sending out winners at a 27% strike-rate as he lies in second place behind Henk Grewe in the German trainers’ championship. The Gütersloh handler does, however, have some cause for regret about horses that have escaped his clutches to excel for other people in Britain during 2019. King’s Advice, winner of three of his seven starts for Wöhler, has won eight of his nine handicap starts for Mark Johnston this term, culminating in big money successes at Newmarket and Goodwood. Waldpfad, campaigned as a miler by Wöhler in 2017 and 2018, sprang a 33-1 shock in the Group 3 Hackwood Stakes over six furlongs at Newbury in July for his new German trainer Dominik Moser.

One jockey’s loss is another rider’s gain

This year’s Derbys in Germany and Sweden have been a tale of ecstasy for one jockey from central America, the four-time German champion Eddie Pedroza, and agony for another rider from South America, the Scandinavian-

based Chilean Carlos Lopez. Laccario’s German win came first on July 7 and represented redemption for 44-year-old Panama-born Pedroza, who had at times endured stinging criticism for his 16 previous Derby rides, which had all resulted in defeat. Ironically, perhaps the worst invective had come in 2010 when Pedroza was pilloried for his ride on Laccario’s sire, Scalo, who was dropped out at the back of the field and brought very wide before finishing ninth. A week after the German Derby, the spotlight shifted to Jagersro in Malmo for the Swedish equivalent, which is run on dirt. This should have been a defining day for Lopez, on for an unprecedented fourth straight victory in the race and having landed this year’s Derby Trial by nine lengths on American-bred Red Cactus. But, four days after that Trial victory, Lopez fell foul of the uncompromising Swedish whip regulations when striking his mount four times, rather than the permitted three, at Bro Park in Stockholm, which triggered a two-day suspension. One of those two days happened to be Derby Day. So Lopez was a forlorn onlooker as Red Cactus swept to a three and a half-length Derby triumph to become the first Danish-trained winner of the race in 23 years. To rub salt in his wounds, another of Lopez’s regular mounts, Sweden’s top sprinter I Kirk, landed the main supporting race, the Listed Zawawi Cup. Who took over in the saddle aboard Red Cactus? None other than Pedroza, who himself has had numerous run-ins with the German authorities over his whip indiscretions. Indeed, Pedroza had exceeded the five-hit German limit in a minor race at Dusseldorf earlier this year and his subsequent 27-day ban expired only two days before he partnered Laccario in one of his key prep races for the Derby.

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By James Crispe, IRB

Another reason not to forget your passport! SWEDEN Equine passports have for some time been a crucial constituent of the successful administration of our sport – remembering to take them with you to the racecourse has long been a fact of life for trainers around the world and in some places, even in these days of microchips, horses aren’t allowed to run without them. Now British visitors to Sweden and Norway are in danger of missing out on a key ingredient of a day at the races – betting – unless they

remember to take their own passports with them through the turnstiles. Aimed at combatting the ongoing problem of gambling addiction, new laws in both Scandinavian countries have recently come into force meaning that for overseas visitors to take part in on-course betting through the tote, they must first show their passports at a tote window and fill out a registration form. Locals have to register, too, in their case via the provision of their social security number.

Once this task has been completed, bets can neither be placed or winning tickets cashed without the registration ticket, or your passport, being handed over to the teller. This does at least have the happy biproduct of bringing to an end punters’ worries of either losing (or being robbed of) a winning betting slip. All you need to do is walk up to a window, show your passport, and let the tote employee know that you believe you have made a successful bet, and they will be able to check the account and find out if any payment is due. Similarly, pickpockets, or scavengers of discarded betting tickets, will be unable to take advantage of their ill-gotten gains.

Less delight looms for Veliefendi visitors TURKEY New potential international targets for British-trained horses are popping up on the calendar all the time. The US$20 million Saudi Cup is the most obvious recent example, while the Union Jack has been represented for the first time in races in South Korea and Qatar in recent years. Yet, just as holiday destinations come in and out of fashion, overseas racing authorities can become both more and less welcoming to foreign visitors. Sadly, it appears that Turkey has just fallen into the latter category. The International Racing Festival staged each year in early September at Veliefendi racecourse in Istanbul has been a goldmine for British raiders over the past decade or more. Not including 2018, when an outbreak of glanders disease ruled out foreign competition, over the past ten years the festival’s various international thoroughbred races have been run 39 times and the trophies have been exported to Britain on no fewer than 31 occasions. Our prize-money haul during that time has always comfortably exceeded £500,000 per year and once, back in 2009, topped the £1.25

Veliefendi has been a happy hunting ground but that looks set to change million mark. That is about to change. The festival’s prize fund has been slashed to almost a third of its 2017 value – the five thoroughbred races will now be worth a total of £418,326 compared to £1,155,128 two years ago. At the same time, the Turkish Jockey Klub has withdrawn all transportation subsidies for the event, which had previously meant that any

horse finishing outside the top four positions would receive a €7,500 travel allowance. With shippers estimating that a return trip to Istanbul would cost in the region of £10,000 (and that quote was given on the basis of at least two horses making the journey), a visit to the 2019 Turkish International Racing Festival looks a risky proposition for potential British visitors.

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Around The Globe

Anything but a normal summer NORTH AMERICA By Steve Andersen

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he routine is largely the same. At a time when most people are sound asleep, and some are just getting home, California trainer Jerry Hollendorfer is inspecting horses on the backstretch daily at 3am, checking over their condition in advance of training a few hours later. Hollendorfer, a Hall of Fame trainer who has won more than 7,620 races since his career began in 1979, has done this for years, typically the first trainer to arrive on the backstretch, and putting even former trainer Clive Brittain - famously Newmarket’s earliest riser - to shame. Hollendorfer, however, is having anything but a normal season. On June 22, his stable was evicted from Santa Anita after a fourth horse in his care was euthanised as a result of an injury sustained during training or racing since late December. That morning, Hollendorfer lost a horse injured during training. Santa Anita’s parent company, The Stronach Group, said at the time that Hollendorfer “does not match the safety and accountability we demand”. The decision set into motion a sequence of events unlikely to be resolved until the autumn between the 73-yearold trainer and officials from two leading southern California tracks. After the eviction notice, Hollendorfer immediately relocated to Los Alamitos, about 30 miles away, where the track allowed him to train and race at the venue’s three-week summer meeting that ended on July 14. During that time, Hollendorfer met with officials of Del Mar racetrack who told him he was not welcome to train or race at their seven-week summer meeting that began on July 17. When Del Mar started, a small number of horses trained by Hollendorfer were transferred to his assistant, Dan Ward. Hollendorfer stayed behind at Los

Jerry Hollendorfer: future uncertain after his runners were barred at Santa Anita

Alamitos to care for a small number of horses, and fought Del Mar in court. On July 26, a San Diego county Superior Court ruled in favour of Hollendorfer’s request for a temporary injunction against Del Mar to allow him the opportunity to train and race until the two sides met with an arbitrator. The judge ruled that Del Mar did not follow the terms of a contract between the track and the California Thoroughbred Trainers Association requiring arbitration when such disputes occur. The arbitration is unlikely to occur before the end of the Del Mar meeting on September 2, but is expected before the start of the track’s autumn meeting in early November. Hollendorfer was at Del Mar early on the morning of July 28 and back to his typical pre-dawn start. Much had changed at the stable. Several notable clients – the West Point Thoroughbreds syndicate, Tommy Town Thoroughbreds and KMN Racing, to name a few – have moved their horses to other trainers. Hollendorfer left Santa Anita with 46 horses in June. He said he had 35 horses in training in southern California in early August – 20 at Del Mar and 15 at Los Alamitos. The stable also has a division in northern California. Through all the proceedings, Hollendorfer repeatedly said that he had never been sanctioned by the California Horse Racing Board, the state’s regulatory agency comparable to the BHA.

“I don’t have any rulings against me,” he said. “Now I’m way, way down on horses. There is still a lot of uncertainty.” During the six-month Santa Anita meeting from December 26 to June 23, 30 horses were euthanised as a result of injuries sustained in racing or training. The fatalities drew international attention and led the track to cease racing for more than three weeks in March to inspect and renovate the main track. When racing resumed in late March, new protocols were in place reducing raceday medications, and implementing a review of horses allowed to race or train. By the end of the season, after pressure from lawmakers in the state capital of Sacramento, a five-person panel of veterinarians and stewards was in place, reviewing all entries and rejecting some horses deemed unfit to race. Among the horses trained by Hollendorfer who were lost during the winter was Battle Of Midway, who won the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Del Mar in 2017 and went to stud before returning to training after he was found to be subfertile. Battle Of Midway suffered a leg injury in a workout in February. Santa Anita will resume racing in late September with a six-week meeting that will include the Breeders’ Cup races on November 1-2. As of early August, it was not clear whether Hollendorfer would be able to return to Santa Anita or if the two sides could resolve the matter in the coming weeks.

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Brothers among most exciting young sires AUSTRALIA By Danny Power

t’s been a while since two brothers have been high on the list of leading stallions in Australia, but firstseason sire siblings Deep Field and Shooting To Win have done just that at season close on July 31. The young stallions are by the late Northern Meteor out of Listen Here, by Dehere. Deep Field stands at Newgate Farm, near Aberdeen, in the Hunter Valley of NSW, with Shooting To Win just up the road at Darley. Shooting To Win was arguably the better racehorse in that he won at Group 1 level (the prestigious Caulfield Guineas), whereas the more powerfully built Deep Field was a later maturing speed sensation, winning five of his eight starts, including the Group 2 Linlithgow Stakes at Flemington. The sheer speed and powerful bay presence of Deep Field made him the more popular stallion, so much so that he covered an amazing 257 mares – a record for a first-season sire in Australia – at a fee of A$22,000. Shooting To Win, a neater but more handsome individual than his brother and a chestnut, covered 156 mares in his first season at a fee of $38,500. It’s 20 years or more since the three-quarter brothers Octagonal (by Zabeel) and Kaapstad (by Zabeel’s sire Sir Tristram) – sons of the blue hen mare Eight Carat – were high in the rankings. Before that there were brother/ sons of the great Star Kingdom who had a big impact at stud, such as the first Golden Slipper winner Todman and his brothers Noholme (a champion sire in the USA) and Shifnal (a tremendous sire in New Zealand). It’s too early to be rating Deep Field and Shooting To Win so highly after one season, but the signs are promising as both are producing strong types who are expected to be better at three than two. Deep Field’s progeny earned A$1,403,605, which placed him fourth on the national first-season sire list (earnings) and Shooting To Win was eighth with A$637,480. The leading money-earning first-

Shooting To Win: a top ten Australian first-crop sire alongside his brother Deep Field

season sire was Darley’s former NSW resident Sidestep (by Exceed And Excel), who amassed A$2,557,890 (six winners), thanks to the A$2.3 million and change won by Godolphin’s Golden Slipper winner Kiamichi. For winners, Deep Field came in second with 21 – of which two were stakes winners – from 57 starters, trailing Queensland stallion Better Than Ready (by More Than Ready), who sired 23 winners, including three stakes winners from 47 starters. Shooting To Win came on strongly late in the season to claim fourth with 12 winners. The consensus so far is that Deep Field (fee now A$44,000) is the better prospect of the two brothers. Deep Field has numbers on his side; 191 first-crop foals compared to Shooting To Win’s 120. Nestled between the two brothers is Coolmore Stud’s Rubick, a close relation of the late champion sire Redoute’s Choice, whose first crop netted him 15 winners (51 starters, one stakes winners) and A$1,446,254 in prize-money. One thing these three young stallions have in common is Encosta De Lago, who is the grandsire of the brothers. Rubick is a son of Coolmore’s stalwart, who died in November last year aged 25.

This resurgence of the Encosta De Lago-Fairy King sire line is quite remarkable considering it has come after the death of Encosta De Lago following 18 years at stud and his best sire-son, Northern Meteor, had died at Widden Stud in 2013 after covering mares in only four seasons. At the time of his death, Northern Meteor was setting up to be the big thing in Australia’s breeding industry. Despite producing many champions, most of Encosta De Lago’s best sons lacked the pure speed of his daughters, which meant few of them made it to the rosters of the commercial studs. Encosta De Lago’s fastest son was Northern Meteor, who won the 2008 Coolmore Stud Stakes at three, while Manhattan Rain, a half-brother to Redoute’s Choice, won the 2009 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes at two. Rubick’s best win was in the Group 2 Schillaci Stakes as an early season three-year-old, beating the older horses. Coolmore bought into him after he won the Group 3 Blue Diamond Prelude as a juvenile, and stood him at its Jerry’s Plains farm. He was immediately popular at a A$16,500 fee and this has now stretched to A$38,500. He was the first horse with the ‘full book’ sign on his stable door this spring.

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SPA AND AWAY

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With its spa town beginnings, Merano combines gracious nods to history with contemporary culture – and a jam-packed racing calendar…

The area’s wines are the perfect accompaniment to a range of gastronomic delights

erano may not be one of the better-known Italian destinations – indeed, on hearing this name, many people confuse it with Murano, located within Venetian lagoon and home to glorious glassmaking, Merano is less distinctly Italian: its German-Austrian influences are unmistakable. Unlike, too, Venice and its surrounds - suffering from problems of overtourism as they do Merano, blending Alpine and Mediterranean lifestyles, is gloriously unspoilt and relatively tranquil, even in high season. As with many European destinations that came to prominence as spa towns, attracting royals and aristocrats with the promise of therapeutic waters, Merano has a distinct air of belle époque glamour about it: think elegant promenades lined with upscale boutiques, attractive, sherbet coloured facades and lushly planted public spaces. Visitors can still take to the waters at the modern day Terme Merano, which were designed by architect Matteo Thun and where indoor and outdoor pools offer a range of temperatures in which to plunge – and, given the proximity of the Texelgruppe Nature Park and Merano High Mountain Trail, where hiking and skiing areas at various altitudes can be enjoyed, the Terme provide ideal relief for exerted muscles – as if one needed an excuse. Wellbeing Thanks to its dry climate, Merano had long

been a destination for those with respiratory illnesses, but it was the visit of Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary that really put the town on the map, especially when her 1870 visit allegedly cured her. Spa tourism boomed and Merano’s first dedicated spa facility opened in 1874; this past also has much to do with the town’s elegant promenades, as those there to take the cure were encouraged to spend time walking outside, a practice that also did the social necessity of ‘being seen’ no harm at all. While the focus used to be on curative practices, these days stress relief and relaxation – preventative measures – are held as in high esteem as recuperation. The new Terme Merano were opened in 2005 and comprise 25 pools of varying temperatures, as well as an on-site fitness centre and medical spa where physiotherapy treatments, as well as thermal cures, are offered. Local plants and herbs form the basis of many treatments, both curative and cosmetic, with mountain pine, hay, wild herbs, apples, whey and grapeseed all key ingredients. Outdoors Merano’s beautifully warm and therapeutic waters have their source in equally beautiful surroundings: sheltered by mountains to the north, and opening towards Bolzano in the south, the area has a year-round microclimate, where snow-capped peaks can be viewed on the

Merano’s spa history is still visible in its attractive architecture and gracious promenades same day as riotous vegetation – the latter perhaps best observed in the awardwinning Gardens of Trauttmasndorff Castle, which are generally considered to be among the most impressive botanical gardens in the world. Thanks to this varied landscape, there’s a multitude of opportunities for climbing, plus a vast network of cycle tracks for those whose outdoor exploration is most enjoyably done on two wheels. Hikers are also exceptionally well catered for, with a range of trails ranging from those of the old irrigation channels, to the Merano High Mountain Trail, one of Europe’s most beautiful. In the winter months, of course, there’s skiing to be enjoyed, in no fewer than five winter sports areas. Food The geographical relationship between Alpine and Mediterranean finds further expression in the cuisine of the area, with pasta dishes as plentiful as garnished dumplings, plus dense pastries including apple strudel: thank goodness for the range of outdoor activities! The area is also home to no fewer than 25 wine varietals, many of which are showcased at the Merano Wine Festival, held each November. These make the perfect accompaniment to a meal, where locally sourced and seasonal produce provide the flavour and colour to the heartiness. Look

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Music Music has always been key (no pun!) to Merano: the Kurorchester spa orchestra played daily concerts at the turn of the 20th century, whether on the promenade or in one of Merano’s grand buildings. These days, a number of events, including the Merano Music Festival, which was held for the first time in 1922, brings scores of people to the town. Long-distant highlights include Richard Strauss accompanying soprano Lotte Schöne on piano; more recently, the event has seen concerts from pianist Martha Argerich, violinist Daniel Hope and klezmer clarinettist Giora Feidman. Also popular are evenings combining literature and music. A jazz

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out for establishments marked with the Echte Qualität am Berg plaque: this means Real Quality in the Mountains and indicates that they have been recognised for authenticity and a dedication to ingredients of their own production and highest quality. Coffee lovers will also love the ability to engage with the area’s coffee culture, where that vital shot of caffeine may just as feasibly be accompanied by a filled Italian-style pastry as by sweet pancakes.

Look out for the Haflingers, distinguishable by their blonde manes festival – the meranOjazz’ Jazz Festivalhas also been a popular addition to the cultural calendar since 1996 and, throughout the summer months, a number of other music events take place against the impressive backdrop of Tyrol Castle. Sights Head to the Duomo, a 14th century Gothic cathedral, complete with crenelated edges and elaborate bell-tower, for that allimportant Italian-church fix. The Castel Trauttmansdorf is also a draw: restored in

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Horseracing Thoroughbred horseracing takes place at the Ippodromo di Maia each year between the beginning of June and end of October: racing was first held here in 1896 and the racecourse established in 1900. Upgraded in 1935, the Gran Premio was first held in the same year. Linked, for years, to the National Lottery – a factor that contributed to its popularity – this race is still a highlight of the racing calendar. Today, Merano is Italy’s only member racecourse of the Crystal Cup, an international steeplechase series which here spans a 6,000 metre, 35-obstacle route. Look out, too, for the Haflingers: horses originally bred in Val Venosta and named for the village of Hafling, just above Merano. Distinctive due to their blonde manes, the Haflingers have always participated in a wide variety of events throughout the season, with two events dedicated solely to them at Easter and in mid-October.

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NOW & FOREVER Jordan Alexander’s Theresa Bruno is creating beautiful jewellery to be cherished across generations

ustainability has never been more of a hot topic than it is at the moment, and the world of fashion is increasingly being recognised as one of the main contributors to problems of thoughtless production techniques, disposability and waste. These concerns extend, of course, to accessories and Theresa Bruno, lead designer at luxury jewellery brand Jordan Alexander, is setting the bar for others, creating exquisite pieces which will last lifetimes, to be worn and enjoyed now and by future generations. In addition to having longevity at the heart of her designs, Bruno is also an avid supporter of the human rights and social conditions of those involved in every step of the supply chain. Heritage pieces - most notably her grandmother’s pearls - inspired Bruno at a young age, as did the wealth of vintage jewels she came across whilst living in Los Angeles. With her enjoyment of putting her own twist on such finds, she’d

soon created a small collection which rapidly landed on the cover of the New York Times Style section, where they were spotted by the then-First Lady Michelle Obama’s stylist. Soon afterwards, Michelle Obama was wearing Bruno’s creations to state events and naming her as one of her favourite American designers. It was an unexpected trajectory, especially for someone with no formal training: Bruno’s background is actually as a classical pianist who studied at New York’s renowned Juilliard School. Even so, the appreciation between free form and discipline in art, learned in her time as a musician, is very much evident in her creations, which take classics and enliven them with unexpected twists: a burst of colour, a hint of contrast or shift on shape. The result? Individual pieces and whole collections guaranteed to be contemporary classics and future treasures. Each piece is carefully hand-crafted using 18K gold, diamonds and precious hand-selected stones, which are only ever sourced from trusted suppliers with reliably sustainable practices; small, artisanal mines where the mining practices are transparent and Bruno is assured of her purchases supporting fair pay and conditions. Equally, she encourages clients to use existing pieces

- whether an heirloom or a treasure more recently acquired - to be reworked into new, current designs that can be passed on to future generations. With her eye for detail, Bruno works from a small workroom where she has absolute control over every aspect of design, craftsmanship and recycling, guiding her production team in fine tuning the most delicate of nuances. Each piece is entirely handmade, bespoke and unique; it’s partly for this reason that Bruno has, since launching Jordan Alexander in 2013, become a firm favourite not only with the former First Lady, but also with the likes of Julia Roberts and Oprah Winfrey. As high-end and lavish as the coveted end results of her work are, social responsibility is a vital thread that runs through the Jordan Alexander brand, which is why Bruno has aligned the brand with A21, a global anti-human trafficking organisation. As well as travelling with the group to work personally alongside victims in rescue and rehabilitation efforts, she pledges a percentage of annual profits to the organisation and has created a special line of jewellery, incorporating words like “hope” and “trust”, from which 100% of the proceeds go directly to A21. www.jordanalexanderjewelry.com

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BILLY TANNERY & CROWN NORTHAMPTON A collaboration between two Midlands-based makers results in a limited-edition range of footwear

e’ve written about Billy Tannery in these pages before: the Midlands-based brainchild of childhood friends Rory and Jack who, appalled by the waste generated by the UK’s goat meat industry, turned an old farm building into the country’s first goat leather micro tannery, producing exquisitely crafted leather goods. Now, Billy Tannery has teamed up with 5th generation shoemaker, Crown Northampton, to offer customers goat leather sneakers, which are to be handmade to order in Crown’s factory, less than 25 miles from where the goat leather undergoes its sustainable vegetable tanning process. The brand is passionate about retaining the unique qualities of the hides they work with, so the processes

are kept simple: batches of no larger than 100 and finishing touches kept to a minimum, with just a touch of wax and gloss for protection and enhancement. Crown Northampton, a company proud of its town’s rich shoemaking heritage, represents five generations of a family business. Making quality British footwear since 1908, they focus on combining quality materials with a meticulous attention to detail and ageless style. Jack and Rory will be previewing the new collaboration from 5th September to 8th September at the The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials. Online orders will open on 9th September for just three weeks, closing on September 29th, with customers able to choose from a Low or Hi Sneaker in Black, Navy, Chestnut or Forest Green goat leather or Chestnut

goat suede, as well as the option to customise with a choice of white, black or gum soles. Crown also offers a unique resoling service, truly making the Sneaker a shoe for life. This collaboration both celebrates the past and looks to the future, acknowledging the need for beautifully crafted, made to last goods that not only eliminate waste but are also the antithesis of thoughtless consumerism and disposable fashion. The Low Sneaker is £240 and the Hi Sneaker is £265. www.billytannery.co.uk www.crownnorthampton.com

GLOBE TROTTER ST MORITZ COLLECTION

aunching in September, luxury travel lifestyle brand Globe-Trotter’s St Moritz collection draws inspiration from the glamour of the 1970s ski set, their enviable Alpine getaways and inimitable on-piste style. With a focus on red, navy and ivory, the new collection has a distinctly retro feel, and pays homage to popular palettes of the era’s distinctive skiwear. The brand’s iconic navy case has been reimagined with a contrasting red handle and stitching details; an ivory case, new for the collection, is embellished with tri-coloured, striped external webbing, while its lining depicts skiers in descent along the inside of the lid. Also brand new for this collection is a mountain-grey fibreboard case. Featuring a leather trim in warm yellow and misty lilac, it has been inspired by the sight of snow-capped mountains at sunrise. Globe-Trotter has also partnered with luxury ski specialist Leo Trippi to create a limited-edition ski bag as part of the collection for the 2019/2020 season. Established in 1897, Globe-Trotter has a long history of producing luggage and leather collections of exceptional quality and has been used by such illustrious clients as Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Winston Churchill and HM Queen Elizabeth II. Handcrafted in Hertfordshire by highly

skilled artisans, the brand remains true to its heritage, not only in the standards maintained in every collection, but in the manufacturing methods and machinery employed, which are rooted in the Victorian era. The St Moritz collection will be available in September, online and in the Globe-Trotter flagship stores in London at 35 Albemarle Street, W1S 4JD and in Tokyo at 5-2-1 Ginza, Chuo-Ku. globe-trotter.com

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REALLY WILD

aving established their first store in Marlow, Really Wild are now opening a boutique in Central London, which is currently undergoing refurbishment. Located just off of Sloane Square, the redesigned store reopens in September to unveil the new AW19 collection, which will, for the first time in Really Wild’s successful 17-year history, include a Menswear collection. Great British heritage is central to the Really Wild ethos - indeed, the label was originally conceived of as a line of contemporary shooting wear for the Royal Berkshire Shooting School. Wherever possible, pieces are sourced and made in Britain, with Scottish tweeds and wools and Liberty print silks at the core of each collection. Founder Natalie Lake says that it felt like a ‘natural step’ to launch a capsule collection for men, to marry up with the ladieswear for which the brand has become so well known. The carefully

curated pieces are designed to add flexibility to existing wardrobes, with classic tailoring at the heart of the range, combined with chunky knitwear and soft cotton shirts. Tweeds jackets, with their coordinating trousers, are the perfect choice for an autumn wedding or day at the races; worn alone, with chinos or denim, the jacket will look just as good for a day at the office or pub lunch. As with the women’s ranges, both current and historically, versatility is key. This new collection will be housed on the ground floor of the refurbished

Chelsea boutique, which will also have a dedicated area for Really Wild’s artisanal handcrafted Spanish riding boots. The same love of British outdoors and nature that finds expression in every Really Wild collection, by way of colour, print and texture, is mirrored here, with a striking House of Hackney wall behind a glass fronted staircase, along with Andrew Martin furniture - all drawing inspiration from and referencing the splendour of the great outdoors and its wild landscapes. Natalie herself has a background in interior architecture; a fact that has long informed her attention to detail and understanding of balanced components. This is evident not only in her beautifully executed collections, but also in the refurbishment, in which her input has been key: the difference is in the detail. reallywildclothing.com

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The Royal Hospital Chelsea once again provided the striking backdrop to the London leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour at the beginning of August. British Ben Maher claimed the LGCT Grand Prix of London in front of a sell-out crowd and a host of VIPs including Nicholas Pinnock, Bruce Springsteen, Tatiana Mountbatten, Michael Fox and Linnea Aarflot. Chelsea Pensioners, the British Army veterans who call the Royal Hospital Chelsea home, again took part in the prizegiving ceremonies of the GCL and the LGCT Grand Prix and were joined by members of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, creating an emotive equestrian spectacle. LGCT of London is supporting the fund-raising campaign to develop a new Activity Centre for the Chelsea Pensioners. gcglobalchampions.com longines.com

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TALENT Sir Mark Todd did it all in the eventing world and has a background of training in New Zealand – but

is treading that path in the UK his biggest test yet? Words: Catherine Austen • Photos: George Selwyn

ir Mark Todd is Britain’s newest Flat trainer, having finally retired from an event-riding career that has spanned five exceptionally successful decades. Many 63-yearolds with cabinets full of medals and trophies might be thankful for a quieter life, but this fit, athletic New Zealander with an excellent brain is buzzing with the prospect of a new challenge. “I am in no way ready to retire completely,” he says. “Racing was always my first love, really – if I hadn’t been so tall [6ft 2in] I would have been a jockey. And if I am going to give up eventing I need something to focus on and look forward to. I’m excited about it.” Todd first rode on a championship eventing team for New Zealand at the 1978 World Championships in Lexington, Kentucky, and bowed out by winning the Nations Cup team competition for his country at the Irish event at Camphire at the end of July 2019. In between were seven Olympic Games – with two consecutive individual gold medals, in 1984 and 1988 – seven world championships with two team gold medals, five Burghley victories and four at Badminton. He also showjumped at Olympic level – at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics, he competed in both disciplines. The FEI, equestrian sport’s governing organisation, voted him rider of the 20th century, and he is certainly the most famous event rider in the sport’s history. It could be argued that his greatest achievement was winning Badminton

in 2011. He retired from eventing after winning an individual bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, and trained racehorses in New Zealand for several years before – “for a bit of a dare” – accepting a challenge to see if he could take up eventing again in the spring of 2008 and get to the Beijing Olympics that year. He did, and returned to the sport full-time for a further ten years.

“If I am going to give up eventing I need something to focus on” Eventing had moved on and changed considerably in his absence, and that 2011 Badminton triumph on NZB Land Vision was an extraordinary example of determination, the ability to adapt, physical prowess and sheer strength of mind, as well as horsemanship. He has also proved he can train racehorses; he had considerable success in that sphere in his time in New Zealand, with two Group 1 winners to his name. Bramble Rose, a Shinko King filly he bought as a yearling, won the New Zealand Oaks and was

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Australia and was that year’s champion three-year-old filly. And Willy Smith won the two-mile Wellington Cup in 2007. Of course, training in Britain is, he admits, “a different ball-game” to training in New Zealand, and there are a great many well-established trainers here. Can he really make an impact? “Everything I’ve done for the past 40 years, I’ve done to a very high level, so that’s what my aim is again,” he says, in the direct, articulate way that characterises him. His base at Badgerstown, on the edge of the Marlborough Downs, is quickly transforming from an eventing yard to a racing yard. It has 40 stables; Todd has no desire to build any more. “I don’t want to get any bigger than that,” he says. “Maybe if I was 30 I would. Out of 40 horses you’ll be lucky to get more than one really good one – but that’s all it takes, isn’t it? One good one.” At present there are nine racehorses at Badgerstown, which already possesses a footnote in racing history in that it was created by legendary National Hunt jockey Stan Mellor. This chapter in Todd and his wife Carolyn’s life started last winter when Sir Peter Vela, who has owned many event horses – including that Badminton winner NZB Land Vision – with him over the years, sent him the Group 2 winner Eminent. “Sir Peter and Hubie de Burgh bought Martyn Meade out of the horse with the idea of sending him to stud in New Zealand,” said Todd. “They

sent him to me to play around with beforehand, and I rode him around and even jumped him a bit. “Then I got a phone call saying they were thinking of taking him to Australia to run in a couple of races before retiring. And we want you to train him, they said!” Even though the British eventing season was about to start and he had horses entered for Badminton, Sir Mark couldn’t resist the challenge. “To be honest, Carolyn and I had thought about maybe having a racehorse or two of our own and doing the pre-training here before sending them off to a trainer,” he admits. “But when Sir Peter suggested it, I thought, ‘Why not?’ It all spiraled from there. “I had to get my trainer’s licence in a hurry, which wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. Luckily I had held a licence in the past ten years – just – and the things I’ve done in racing and eventing before helped a bit, but I still had to jump through certain hoops, of course. “The British Horseracing Authority were very good, actually, but it came pretty close to the wire; Eminent was to be nominated for these races in Australia and you could only nominate a horse with a named trainer. I got my licence two days before the closing date for nominations for the Ranvet Stakes.” Eminent, by Frankel out of the Kingmambo mare You’ll Be Mine, ran a brilliant race in the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes at Rosehill, finishing second after tiring a bit on the soft ground. An outing in Winx’s final race, the Group 1

Sir Mark Todd’s hands-on approach is exemplified by the trainer riding work and, below, checking his horses before they exercise on the gallops

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“Out of 40 horses you’ll be lucky to get one really good one” those horses aren’t those breeding operations’ diamonds of the first water. Very social and great fun to be around, his friendship networks stretch a lot further than merely the British eventing scene. He also has everybody’s respect as a horseman. “A few people have said, ‘We’ll send you a horse’ – it will be interesting to see,” he says. “I think a lot of people will be sitting back and seeing what happens. “Training isn’t rocket science,” he continues. “The basic facts in any equestrian sport are that if the horse is fit and he is healthy and happy he will try hard for you. Hopefully I know how to get horses fit, I know how to look after horses and how to keep them happy. “The big challenge is that I know what I have to do here on these gallops to have a horse fit for Badminton or Burghley; what I haven’t worked out yet – and that can only come with trial and error – is what I need to do for a two-year-old, or a miler, or

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about learning what work we have to do on these gallops here.” He also admits that he isn’t particularly familiar with all of Britain’s many and varied racecourses, but he may have an ace in his hand of cards – commentator Richard Hoiles is helping him with “race-planning and so on”, recommended to him by Alice Fox-Pitt. “My eventing staff are leaving as they don’t want to do racehorses,” says Todd. “But I am very lucky in that I am getting very good people around me again – [ex-jump jockey] Hadden Frost came here because he wants to be a showjumper, but he’s riding work for me at the moment, and we’ve got another girl whose mother used to work in my eventing yard 30 years ago, so at least she will have been told what we are like!”

“I’m lucky that I have very good people around me, including Hadden Frost” He also rides many of the horses himself – not in their proper fast work, as he thinks he is too heavy, despite not having an ounce of spare flesh on his rangy frame – and that personal instinctive “feel” for horses and how they are in themselves will undoubtedly continue to be a part of his latest equine adventure. There are naturally differences between training racehorses and training sports horses, even if there are similarities as well. He says: “When I first took up training in New Zealand I was working the young ones too hard – I was working them in the way I would work event horses, so that took me a little while to learn that one. “Where my eventing experience is an advantage is in the all-round horse management and horsemanship. I like being hands-on and having the personal involvement with each horse, which is why I wouldn’t get want to get too big.” Sir Mark has had a couple of runners so far, most recently Petit Bay, a threeyear-old Dick Turpin filly who made

Sir Mark Todd has a good selection of horses and always looks for quality in a pedigree

‘I’d love to train another Group 1 winner’ Starting so late in the season, Todd has no concrete aims for this year, although he is happy with the team of horses he has assembled at his Badgerstown stable. “A lovely big Siyouni horse from a reasonable family – his third dam was All Along – and a nice Iffraaj colt are three-year-old types and I don’t have great expectations of them this year,” he says. “Sands Souci, a very nice Footstepsinthesand filly, is an ideal two-year-old type but had her brains blown out breezing and all she wants to do is go flat out the whole time, so we are having to take our time with her. “We’ve got a Kyllachy filly whose third dam was champion filly in New Zealand, although that’s not why we bought her! And a Gale Force Ten filly called Enchantee; she’s quite nice. “Dutch Harbour is a Kodiac half-brother to a Group winner – his third dam is Reams Of Verse. Hopefully the ones we have bought so far have enough pedigree; I will only buy something with a Group 1 winner somewhere in it’s pedigree, so at least you know the family can produce to that level.” The Duchess of Bedford, for whom he trained when he was in New Zealand, has sent him a So You Think four-year-old called I Can, and Craig Bernick’s Haze, an Oasis Dream three-year-old, is also in residence. “I’ll be surprised if we don’t have at least one winner out of that lot,” says Todd. “It will be interesting to see – success breeds success. I’d love to have another Group 1 winner – anywhere in the world – in time.”

her racecourse debut at Kempton in August, finishing sixth of 14. “She’s not a superstar but I think she can win a race; she was a bit of a gauge as to where we are and when the others might be ready,” he says. Todd is looking to recruit new owners and horses, taking in the recent yearling sale at Deauville. “In theory [we went] just to look, as it is good to get your eye in, but I can’t believe we won’t end up with something somewhere along the line,” he explains. “Various people have said they will go to the sales and buy something [for

me to train], so who knows what will happen in the next couple of months? If we have a few winners, we might attract some more.” Horses have always responded to Todd’s calm confidence. The trust they have felt in him as a rider enabled both the highly talented and the notso-brilliant ones to perform to their limits; there is nothing he cannot do on the back of a horse, and it will be fascinating to see how this next project goes. Sir Mark Todd should never be underestimated; with laser-like focus and an array of natural talents, he has the Midas touch.

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Agent Mike Ryan is in the midst of one of his most successful seasons yet as his purchases in America and Newmarket carry all before them Words: Nancy Sexton

here was almost a sense of inevitability as Arlington Million day unfolded last month. Aim, fire, celebrate; that rang very true that afternoon in Chicago as trainer Chad Brown swept each of the Grade 1 events run on Arlington’s most prestigious card. Arlington Million hero Bricks And Mortar, now the winner of four Grade 1 races this year and close to $5 million in prize-money, and Peter Brant’s wonderful mare Sistercharlie, the first horse to register back-to-back wins in the Grade 1 Beverly D Stakes, are living proof of how Brown has an uncanny knack of keeping his stable stars at the top of their game for an extended period of time. All of which makes the emergence of the unbeaten Valid Point, a lightly-raced three-year-old who completed Brown’s Grade 1 Saturday trifecta in the Secretariat Stakes, all the more exciting for those involved.

Over 800 miles away that day in New York, bloodstock agent Mike Ryan was preparing for the Fasig-Tipton New York Bred Yearling Sale in Saratoga. Rarely does an American sale pass by without

“Bricks And Mortar is a rare horse – he really should be unbeaten” some kind of presence from Mike Ryan Bloodstock and with the likes of Brown, Bob Edwards of e Five Racing, Seth

Klarman of Klaravich Stables and Peter Brant among his client list, Ryan was able to revel in the events playing out at Arlington, not least because he had sourced both Bricks And Mortar and Valid Point. Not only that, Ryan also races the unbeaten Valid Point, a member of the last crop of Scat Daddy, with Edwards. “They were both very impressive, particularly Valid Point,” says Ryan. “He’s still a lightly-raced horse and to go from an allowance to winning a Grade 1 on only his third start was very impressive. The turn of foot he showed down the stretch was devastating, and I don’t think [jockey] Javier Castellano ever hit him. “And Bricks And Mortar is one of those rare horses. He really should be unbeaten but in those two starts, when he was third [in the Grade 3 Hill Prince and Saranac Stakes], he had traffic

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trouble. He’s a very genuine horse, his consistency is remarkable and that is a testament to Chad and his team.” As impressive as that Grade 1 sweep might have been, the world of Chad Brown and his associates is dictated by standards of the highest degree. The Brown barn, for instance, is also home to the British-bred Newspaperofrecord, last year’s brilliant Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf heroine who led the way among a successful first draft of purchases out of the Tattersalls October Sale. In what turned out to be an exceptional group of horses, that first buying foray to Park Paddocks also yielded the Graded stakes winners Demarchelier and Digital Age. The latter ran second in the inaugural $1 million Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes at Saratoga only the week before Arlington Million day. And the winner that day? Fellow Mike Ryan purchase A Thread Of Blue. In the process, he joined a list of Ryan-sourced high-flyers that also includes the likes of Nyquist, Rushing Fall, Good Magic, New Money Honey, Kurofune, Saint Liam and Palace Malice, to name but a few. The agent also bred the 2017 Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming in partnership with Gerry Dilger – his Classic victory came in the same year that Cloud Computing, another bought by Ryan, struck in the Preakness Stakes.

By Ryan’s own admission, he was always destined to become a horseman. Born and raised in County Meath, his father Con Ryan stood the 1960 Middle Park Stakes winner Skymaster, a successful stallion son of Golden Cloud, at their Dolly’s Grove, Dunboyne. The Ryans also bred 1978 2,000 Guineas winner Roland Gardens. “I was bitten from a young age,” he says. “Skymaster sired a lot of winners and we would go over to Newmarket to sell yearlings at the Houghton Sale. I was

following it on a daily basis – The Irish Field and Sporting Life were never far away.” A stint in France followed at Haras de la Verrerie, the home of successful stallions Jim French and Baldric, before Ryan switched his attention to North America. “I was watching all these horses come over from America for Vincent O’Brien, the likes of Nijinsky and Sir Ivor,” he says, “and they were doing so well, winning all the big races. And in Britain at that time,

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there was also Mill Reef. I couldn’t believe how superior they were to our horses. “That sparked an interest in me in American horses and so I decided that going out there and learning about American breeding was the thing to do. “George Blackwell was a great friend of my father’s and he helped me get a job at Windfields Farm in Canada.” Of course, the legendary Canadian operation was at that time home to Northern Dancer, the iconic influence of the 20th century stud book. Ryan worked his way up to foreman at Windfields before joining the North American Bloodstock Agency in Toronto. It was after that 12-month stint that he took the plunge and struck out as an agent of his own accord. “The first yearling I bought was a filly from Robert Clay,” Ryan says of the meeting with the former owner of Three Chimneys Farm, who was then just getting going himself. “We ended up opening an agency together, Top Yield Bloodstock. We had that for five to six years and then I went out on my own in around 1987.” The haul of Grade 1 winners bearing the Ryan stamp sits at around 50. Included in that total are eight Breeders’ Cup winners. “The first Breeders’ Cup winner was Fly So Free,” Ryan says of the 1990 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile hero, a son of Time For A Change and an $80,000 Keeneland July yearling purchase who won 12 races for Tommy Valando. He later wound up as a Three Chimneys stallion, where he sired Dubai World Cup winner Captain Steve. “He was a big liver chestnut, and a very sound, imposing

horse. He won over all kinds of distances and ended up earning $3.2 million, which was a lot back then. He was special.” Fly So Free was followed in later years by Horse of the Year Saint Liam, a $130,000 yearling purchase who crowned an outstanding season for Richard Dutrow in 2005 with victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Ryan also bred the 2010 Juvenile Fillies Turf heroine More Than Real under the banner Santucket Stables.

“We honestly couldn’t believe that we got Valid Point for $140,000” “More Than Real won her first start at Saratoga for us, after which we sold her to Bobby Flay,” he says. “It was a great thrill when she won the Breeders’ Cup because we still had the mare, Miss Seffens, and had got a fair price for the filly, and so it was great to see her do well for other connections. “Caressing [winner of the 2000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies] was also special as I bought her for a great friend, Carl Pollard, for $180,000 and now she is the dam of [multiple Grade 1 winner] West Coast.” More recently, a flurry of Breeders’

Cup winners have come via his association with Bob Edwards’ e Five Racing and the Brown barn, as Ryan explains. “New Money Honey won the Juvenile Fillies Turf for Bob Edwards in 2016,” he says. “The following year Rushing Fall also won the Juvenile Fillies Turf and then the next day Good Magic won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. That was incredibly rewarding and exciting, for them to do it one day after the other.” While Rushing Fall remains in training as the winner of four Grade 1 races, champion two-year-old Good Magic, a $1 million yearling, went on to land the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational and run second to Justify in the Kentucky Derby. The son of Curlin has just completed his first season at Hill ’n’ Dale Farm in Kentucky, where he stands for $35,000. It’s now 14 years since Saint Liam wrapped up his five-year-old season with Horse of the Year honours, and the chances are another accolade of similar weight is forthcoming for Bricks And Mortar. By Giant’s Causeway, the five-year-old was bred by George Strawbridge and plucked by Ryan under the name Oaks Bluff Partners for $200,000 out of the Stone Farm draft at the 2015 Keeneland September Sale. What has made the horse’s story all the more remarkable has been his comeback from a career-threatening injury; Bricks And Mortar was afflicted with a case of stringhalt midway through his three-year-old season so severe that it necessitated surgery from Dr. Larry Bramlage and an absence of 440 days. Since returning to the track, however, he has carried all before him for Klaravich and William Lawrence, winning the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational, Old Forester Turf Classic and Manhattan Stakes in addition to the Million. Such a resume attracted the attention of the Yoshida family’s Shadai Farm, which purchased the stud rights for the horse not long before his Arlington victory. “I had seen Bricks And Mortar at Stone Farm before the sale,” says Ryan. “He impressed me tremendously at the farm. He has the most gorgeous head on him and a great aura. I saw him again at Keeneland and again he impressed me. “He’s a particularly handsome Giant’s Causeway. I actually see Storm Bird coming through because he’s a little bit more refined – of course, he’s inbred to Storm Bird being out of an Ocean Crest mare.” Valid Point also has his connections particularly excited. “Chad is very high

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that stage of little consequence.” Ryan had a successful Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale last month, purchasing eight yearlings during the ‘crazy strong’ two-day Select Sale. Attention now turns to the Keeneland September Sale. At 4,644-head spread across 13 days and six books, it is not for the faint hearted but as the likes of Bricks And Mortar, Valid Point and A Thread Of Blue prove, plenty of gems are there to be found.

“We participate as a breeder, owner and seller, and we are lucky enough to work for very good clients,” he says. “It all comes down to working for good clients with the capital to compete with elite horses. Saying that, we’ve also done very well buying within a lesser range. “It’s a very humbling game and you have to embrace the good times and the big wins when they come.”

It was during the summer of 2017 that trainer Chad Brown first mooted the idea of an European buying trip to Mike Ryan, and with that, the team made a visit to Newmarket for that year’s Tattersalls October Sale. Between them, Seth Klarman and Peter Brant went on to make 12 purchases. The most expensive was a Dubawi colt that cost 425,000gns, not a particularly significant figure in the context of a sale where 17 million guinea yearlings changed hands. And the rewards were swiftly forthcoming. For an outlay of ‘just’ 200,000gns, Klarman’s Klaravich Stables came away with top two-year-old Newspaperofrecord, last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Filles Turf winner. Meanwhile, another Klarman purchase, Digital Age, won this year’s Grade 2 American Turf Stakes and has earned over $500,000 in prizemoney. Then there is Value Proposition, a Dansili colt who is now two from three following his victory in a good allowance at Saratoga, and Good Governance, a Kingman colt who made a belated winning debut only last month at Saratoga. As for Peter Brant, he came away with Demarchelier, that aforementioned 425,000gns Dubawi colt bred and sold by Newsells Park Stud. Winner of the Grade 3 Pennine Ridge Stakes at Belmont Park, Demarchelier looked destined for the top, only to suffer a career-ending injury next time out in the Belmont Derby. “That was a very successful trip,” says Ryan. “Chad and I had talked about it before. I told him I was very familiar with the pedigrees and that I knew the lay of the land and the breeders. So we discussed it with Seth Klarman and Peter Brant, and they were keen. We believe the best grass horses in the world are in Europe – the best female

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Mike Ryan (left) and Chad Brown have had great success buying out of Tattersalls

families and the best stallions. “It’s very difficult to compete with the Maktoums in that market and we were buying underneath them, but we came away with some lovely horses – we’ve been very lucky.” He adds: “The money over here is for those horses that run a mile or mile and a quarter on the turf [the New York Racing Assocation launched a Turf Triple Series worth $5.25 million earlier this year]. So typically we’re looking for those horses that can go beyond a mile. We’re not looking for sprinters.” Newspaperofrecord and Digital Age stand out on their achievements to date but the team are also very high on Value Proposition and Good Governance. While Value Proposition is a Meon Valley-bred half-brother to Prix de l’Opera heroine Speedy Boarding and a descendant of Meon Valley’s champion One In A Million, Good Governance was bred by Michael Wates out of Cherry Hinton Stakes winner Please Sing. “Value Proposition won the other day at Saratoga despite being green, he did that on sheer class,” says Ryan. “He’s

one for later this year and next season. He’s still learning but he’s a very good horse and we’re expecting big things from him next year. “But there wouldn’t be much between him and Good Governance. “Good Governance is a remarkable story. He almost died back in the spring after an accident. They didn’t think he was going to make it but he made a remarkable recovery. He has a lot of talent.” The next batch of Tattersalls inmates have now also hit the ground running courtesy of Brant’s Sketches Of Spain, the first runner out of the group who was awarded her debut at Saratoga last month. The filly shares her sire, Lope De Vega, with Newspaperofrecord and was bought for 400,000gns from her breeder Ballylinch Stud. “We’re definitely coming back! That’s the plan this October, and hopefully we’ll be as lucky as the first year,” says Ryan, before adding with a chuckle: “And I’m sure there will be more Americans coming over now as well!”

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HEART Go-ahead Yorton Farm has teamed up with Goffs UK to initiate a new auction offering youngstock Words and photos: Carl Evans

avid Futter did not turn Yorton Farm Stud into one of Britain’s leading jump stallion stations by leaning on a stable door. His energy and willingness to go through with a bold plan lies behind an ambitious new auction of young stock which will take place at his Welshpool premises on Thursday, September 12. Goffs UK liked the idea so much they teamed up with Futter to create the Goffs UK Yorton Sale, which will comprise some 37 jumping-bred horses, mainly two-yearolds, but with a small group of yearlings, and by a range of sires. The catalogue comprises 24 geldings, four colts and nine fillies, and no shortage of French breeding. Futter says the idea had been incubating for a couple of years, adding: “We buy and sell a lot of horses at home anyway, but this is also a way of promoting Yorton while engaging with the idea of breaking and working with horses at a younger age. It is a system they operate in France, and one we have long admired. “Twelve years ago we were selling four-year-olds as stores, but they wouldn’t be looked at now because the trend has moved to selling three-year-olds. There is no reason why we can’t produce them at two – I’m not suggesting we race them [over jumps] at two, but we can start earlier with them. “We tried putting two-year-olds in three-year-old store sales, but because they were few in number they were rather lost – although some vendors have enjoyed good results with that age group. We will offer a selection of nice models

with top pedigrees that we either bred ourselves or bought as foals or yearlings. “We are going to learn a lot in year one, but we intend making this an annual event.” If you like nice shoes, Futter’s concept helps keep them in one piece, for Team Yorton has spent two years “footslogging around Britain, Ireland, France and Germany” while sourcing and buying the auction lots he hopes to resell. “You can go to five farms in France and not buy anything,” he says. “It is so difficult to find young horses that tick size, scope, conformation and so on.” Why not just take his stock to Doncaster for one of Goffs UK’s routine

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auctions? “Because there is not a specific sale for yearling or two-year-old stores,” he says, and when asked if the [David] Lumet Show run by Arqana in France had been an inspiration he replies: “A few years ago we were asked to put a couple of two-year-olds into a sale there, and sold a filly called Ch’ti Diamond, who scored in France as a three-year-old, beating Fusil Raffles, who subsequently won a Grade 1 hurdle for Nicky Henderson at Punchestown. [Ch’ti Diamond’s Gentlewave half-brother sells as Lot 37.] “He [Lumet] sells his own stock, plus horses from other owners, whereas we own or have a share in every horse we are offering.” These embryonic jumpers are all unbroken, but long-reined, and some will have been loose jumped, although

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Futter believes that if the market proves receptive he could, in years to come, canter two-year-olds under saddle as part of the sales presentation. “We need to just move slowly for the first year,” he says. Videos of each lot, being led up or loose schooled, are in production. At a time when ‘boutique sales’ have become part of the calendar, yet can flutter from feast to famine and produce wide variations in clearance rates, should Futter be concerned that his sale could become a very nice occasion but not much else? He says: “If that proves to be the case we’ll live with it, but there is no comparison between our event and the types of sale to which you are referring, which have little choice over the horses that are entered [or the reserves placed]. We have selected the horses for this sale,

and we stand by them. I would be happy to take a share in any of them and put them into training. “There will be horses to suit all pockets, and we know our market, and what pinhookers are looking for. There is the potential for a quick return, because they are all good enough to get into traditional store sales as three-year-olds. “At this year’s Derby Sale four horses who we sold from Yorton as foals, yearlings or two-year-olds were reoffered and turned over €180,000. If people who buy horses at the Goffs UK Yorton Sale turn a profit next year we will be delighted.” The recent transfer of Yorton’s leading sire Blue Bresil to the Cashman family’s Glenview Stud, and the move into racing and rearing partnerships, let alone the

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relating to the farm’s stallion roster. Futter says: “We are still heavily involved in stallions, be they the horses which stand at Yorton, or those in which we have shares and are standing in France and Ireland. James and Jean [Potter, who own the Leighton Estate at which Yorton is based] have some 30 mares and remain very keen on the stallion side of the business. “However, we have to be realistic and accept that a British stud the size of Yorton cannot survive on stallion income alone. We have to look at different opportunities.” A note of caution then, but one with which UK breeders will empathise, and if the broadening of Yorton’s remit means Gentlewave, Norse Dancer and Pether’s Moon can be joined by a replacement for Blue Bresil – Futter was actively seeking a stallion as this magazine was going to press – then that is good news for mare owners. Meanwhile, preparations for the sale continue, and young horses are being buffed and scrubbed ahead of their date with the auctioneer. The Potters’ premises, a former Victorian model farm that has undergone extensive, precision restoration work, provides a fabulous setting for their tenants, the Futter family, to have input

The catalogue contains this imposing son of Tai Chi, pictured here with Lester Futter

to the racing and breeding industries, and will give the sale a unique quality. Behind the scenes there have been further developments, with Lester Futter now fully engaged as his father’s business partner, while his younger brother, Riley,

is heading to Australia’s Widden Stud to broaden his knowledge before returning to join the business. The fledgling sale promises to be another important step in Yorton Farm Stud’s evolution.

Six to follow Lot 8 2yo filly – Blue Bresil x A Cappella Lido (Fragrant Mix) A Cappella Lido was unraced, but her half-brother is the very smart chaser Valseur Lido, a multiple Grade 1 winner and placed for both Willie Mullins and Henry de Bromhead in the Gigginstown House Stud colours.

daughter of a winning mare who has produced three black-type winners, headed by Violet Dancer. He was making giant strides as a novice chaser for Gary Moore’s stable, and hacked up in the Grade 2 Kingmaker Chase on his final start, before a career-ending injury.

Lot 9 2yo gelding – Blue Bresil x Tara Potter (Kayf Tara) This is the first foal produced by Tara Potter, who was placed in bumpers, and whose second son, a yearling also by Blue Bresil, appears as Lot 35 in the catalogue. Third dam Potter’s Gale was a very useful racemare, who scored seven times under Rules and later foaled the Grade 2 bumper winner Kayf Grace. Further down the page appears the name of Potter’s Gale’s dam, Polly Puttens, who produced Gold Cup winner Denman.

Lot 21 2yo gelding – Blue Bresil x Cutielilou (Astarabad) Pinhookers are bound to take an interest in this horse, for he is out of a full-sister to Grade 1 Weatherbys Champion Bumper winner Cheltenian, and he is a full-brother to the highlypromising four-year-old Big Bresil. The last-named was bought by Roger Brookhouse for £170,000 at Goffs UK’s Aintree Sale after finishing runner-up on his point-to-point debut in March – if he scores under Rules this coming winter his younger sibling’s valuation is going only one way.

Lot 12 2yo gelding – Gentlewave x Comptoncarley (Compton Place) Unraced Comptoncarley is the

Lot 26 2yo gelding – Saddex x Apple’s Noa (Mansonnien)

Brilliant racemare Apple’s Jade may have suffered narrow defeats at Aintree and Punchestown in the spring, but she had already gilded her CV with three Grade 1 triumphs earlier in the season. Her name, and that of her talented full-sister Apple’s Shakira, appear on this horse’s catalogue page as half-sisters to his dam, Apple’s Noa, who was a winner in France. ‘Jade’ and ‘Shakira’ are daughters of Saddler Maker, who was a son of Sadler’s Wells. This horse is by another of the mighty stallion’s sons, Saddex. Lot 29 yearling gelding – Blue Bresil x Chocca Wocca (Kayf Tara) A group of yearlings that complete the catalogue include several from young families, and all capable of rewarding investors at 2021 store sales. This one, a grandson of tenrace winner Chomba Womba, is by the right sire and out of a mare who won over hurdles and was placed in a Listed bumper.

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TBA Flat Awards

A wonderful year for British breeding Celebrating the breeders whose stars lit up the 2018 Flat season

The winners at this year’s TBA Flat Awards with their trophies after the ceremony at Chippenham Park

he delightful surroundings of Chippenham Park near Newmarket was the perfect setting for the TBA Flat Awards Evening on July 16, which saw leading bloodstock and racing figures gather to celebrate an outstanding year of success for British breeders in 2018. Too Darn Hot enjoyed a remarkable first season, winning all four of his races, including the Group 1 Darley Dewhurst stakes, to take the European champion two-year-old title. He is the latest superstar for his dam, Dar Re Mi, who was named Broodmare of the Year, for which her owners Watership Down

Stud received the H.J. Joel Silver Salver. A multiple Group 1 winner herself, Dar Re Mi enjoyed an exceptional 2018, not just as the dam of Too Darn Hot but also St Leger runner-up Lah Ti Dar. The Singspiel mare is also dam of the most expensive yearling sold at auction last year in a Dubawi colt bought for 3.5 million guineas by David Redvers at the Tattersalls October Sale. “It’s been a remarkable journey,” said Simon Marsh, General Manager at Watership Down Stud. “So many people have been involved in it from a very early stage. Terry Doherty [Stud Manager] has been with us since we

Guests enjoyed a sumptuous dinner in a wonderful marquee at this year’s TBA Flat Awards

started and without him and everyone else, we could never have done it all. We’re very lucky.” Darley’s Dubawi made his presence felt as winner of the BBA Silver Cigar Box and Barleythorpe Cup (sponsored by the British EBF), the latter for the sixth year in a row. His success was influential to the memorable season enjoyed by Godolphin, who were awarded the Queen’s Silver Cup for Leading Flat Breeder by earnings. Kingman was awarded the Tattersalls Silver Salver as Leading First Season Sire. The newly restructured TBA Stud Staff Award, sponsored by Peter Stanley’s New England Stud, was presented to Christopher Wilby of Juddmonte Farms, who took home a magnificent Charlie Langton bronze perpetual trophy and a £2,000 cash prize. Wilby joined Juddmonte as a stud hand in 2004 before spells at Bloomsbury Stud and Lanwades Stud. He re-joined Juddmonte in September 2013, when he was appointed second man at Banstead Manor Stud. Jeanette McCreery, representing the Stowell Hill Partners, collected the TBA Silver Rose Bowl for TBA Flat Breeder of the Year in recognition of their outstanding success with Coplow. The daughter of Manduro, who was bred

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by Stowell Hill Stud when McCreery’s late husband Bob was at the helm, produced last year’s 1,000 Guineas heroine Billesdon Brook. The Langham Cup went to Gaie Johnson Houghton, owner and breeder of Queen Anne Stakes winner Accidental Agent. The son of Delegator is the latest high-flying member of a family that has been in Johnson Houghton ownership for five generations. Elizabeth Grundy was awarded the TBA Silver Salver (Special Merit Award) as the breeder of last year’s Sprint Cup winner The Tin Man, produced out of her mare Persario. David Brown of Furnace Mill Stud received the prestigious Andrew Devonshire Award in recognition of outstanding contribution to the industry. Born in Walsall, Brown played 26 Test matches for England between 1965 and 1969 before establishing Furnace Mill Stud in 1976. Since then, the stud has been the source of a number of accomplished performers, among them King’s Stand Stakes winner Bolshoi. Brown also served as Chairman of the British European Breeders Fund (BEBF) from 2004 to 2008, during which a significant increase in BEBF funds was announced through a new deal with their European partners. Upon receiving the award, Brown was quick to pay credit to his wife Trish. “It’s been a joint effort,” he said. “We both work a lot in the yard. Trish has always had horses – it [moving into horses] was all down to Trish when we got married.” Nick Wingfield-Derby, one of the most respected figures within the veterinary field, was recipient of the Dominion Award. Through his association with Rossdale and Partners,

he has devoted nearly half a century to the pursuit of veterinary excellence that resulted in the publication of several important scientific papers and led to him becoming a senior partner at the practice, where he remains a consultant. Distinguished veterinary service to The Royal Studs, as well as other luminaries such as Highclere, led to him being made a Lieutenant, Royal Victorian Order in December 2014. “I’ve been incredibly lucky to work in a wonderful practice with wonderful people, and most of all work for people who have become my friends,” he said. “Too Darn Hot is a recent highlight. Simon Marsh knows the journey that we’ve been on and the result is spectacular.” Claire Sheppard, TBA Chief Executive, said: “The TBA celebrated what was a fantastic year for British breeders with a total of 48 Group/ Grade 1 winners being produced in Great Britain last year. “We have recognised a number of successful breeding operations and seen prizes won for victories around the globe, and from the progeny of smaller studs through to the major stallion farms. “The Andrew Devonshire Award and the Dominion Award were presented to David Brown and Nick Wingfield Digby who have both made outstanding contributions to British breeding. We also have a very deserving recipient of The TBA Stud Staff Award in Christopher Wilby. “Our thanks go to everyone who attended and supported the event, including The Jockey Club Group, Weatherbys General Stud Book, New England Stud, The British EBF, Tattersalls, Thoroughbred Owner Breeder and Racing TV.”

ROLL OF HONOUR Queen’s Silver Cup (Leading British-based Flat Breeder, earnings)

GODOLPHIN BBA Silver Cigar Box (Leading British-based Stallion, earnings)

DUBAWI Barleythorpe Cup, sponsored by the British EBF (Leading British-based Stallion, individual Flat winners)

DUBAWI Tattersalls Silver Salver (Leading British-based first-season Sire)

KINGMAN H.J. Joel Silver Salver (Broodmare of the Year)

DAR RE MI TBA Silver Rose Bowl (Flat Breeder of the Year)

STOWELL HILL PARTNERS TBA Silver Salver (Special Merit Award)

ELIZABETH GRUNDY Langham Cup (Small Breeder of the Year)

GAIE JOHNSON HOUGHTON Andrew Devonshire Award

DAVID BROWN Dominion Bronze

NICK WINGFIELD DIGBY TBA Stud Staff Award sponsored by Peter Stanley’s New England Stud

CHRISTOPHER WILBY Before the ceremony guests enjoyed the beautiful gardens at Chippenham Park

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TBA Flat Awards

Breeders great and small This year’s TBA Flat Awards saw Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin operation scoop three trophies while smaller breeders also had their success recognised at the well-attended ceremony at Chippenham Park near Newmarket on July 16.

Simon Mockridge accepts the Tattersalls’ Silver Salver in recognition of Kingman as leading British-based first season sire

Anthea Gibson Fleming presents Darley’s Sam Bullard with the BBA Silver Cigar Box for Dubawi, leading GB-based sire (earnings)

Simon Marsh (right) of Watership Down Stud accepts the H.J. Joel Silver Salver from Robert Waley-Cohen in recognition of Dar Re Mi

The EBF’s Kerry Murphy presents the Barleythorpe Cup to Artur Jaziorski for Dubawi, leading GB-based stallion (individual winners)

Christopher Wilby (right) was awarded the TBA Stud Staff Award, sponsored by Peter Stanley’s New England Stud

Nicholas Jones presents the Queen’s Silver Cup to John Booth of Godolphin, the leading British-based Flat breeder (earnings)

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Photography: John Hoy

Jeanette McCreery accepts the TBA Silver Rose Bowl on behalf of Stowell Hill Partners, breeder of Billesdon Brook

Elizabeth Grundy, breeder of The Tin Man, accepts the TBA Silver Salver (Special Merit Award) from Philip Newton

Gaie Johnson Houghton, breeder of Accidental Agent, receives the Langham Cup (Small Breeder of the Year) from Bryan Mayoh

David Brown (right) of Furnace Mill Stud receives the prestigious Andrew Devonshire Award from Julian Richmond-Watson

Nick Wingfield Digby (right) accepts the Dominion Award from Julian Richmond-Watson in recognition of his work in the veterinary field

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Breeders’ Digest

Nancy Sexton Bloodstock Editor

Our bloodstock coverage this month includes Sales Circuit: Yearling sales season opens with record Arqana trade – pages 60-66 Caulfield Files: Deep Impact set to leave major European legacy – pages 68-69 Dr Statz: Father and son’s monumental impact in Japan – page 94

Notable landmark reveals worth of Tattersalls October Book 1 bonus

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mid the endless chatter over the pitiful state of prize-money in this country, there remain several slivers of light thanks to the various bonus programmes in operation. For instance, the British-bred Premium Scheme, as it was known at the time of writing, is likely to be a welcome addition to the rest of our sales season once it is launched. One scheme, however, that has now certainly bedded in most effectively is the Tattersalls £25,000 October Book 1 Bonus. Attached to all graduates of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Sale, set this year for October 8-10, the bonus is awarded to those qualifying winners of a class 2, 3 or 4 juvenile maiden/novice race in Britain during the turf Flat season or any ‘open’ juvenile maiden run in Ireland during the same time period. It is now in its fourth season of operation and reached a notable milestone last month when hitting £4 million in paid bonuses. That’s a pretty hefty injection of money into the prizemoney pot. “A massive amount of money has been distributed across the board,” says Jimmy George, Marketing Director of Tattersalls. “£4 million is a pretty impressive headline figure. This is the best season we’ve had – so far there have been over 30 bonus winners already this season. And there’s a good cross section of different owners who have had winners. That’s been the case thoroughout the scheme but particularly so this year.” One such owner is Kennet Valley Thoroughbreds, who celebrated landing a bonus when Persian Moon won at Yarmouth last summer. “It’s a great concept and very relevant for us,” says Sam Hoskins, Kennet Valley’s Racing Manager. “As a syndicate, we welcome any opportunity there is to win a cheque and so it’s something we target. “It’s certainly influenced the way we approach the sales. I don’t think we would have gone to Book 1 otherwise. But it’s

Mark Johnston: has trained 13 Tattersalls October Book 1 bonus winners this season

been well worth it – and it’s good fun going there trying to sneak one!” It’s tempting to associate Book 1 with hordes of high value yearlings. But the likes of The Tin Man, Latrobe and Desert Encounter each cost under 100,000gns at their respective renewals; indeed, Persian Moon himself was knocked down for 40,000gns to Lillingston Bloodstock. Persian Moon’s trainer Mark Johnston is one person who has fared particularly well out of the bonus. Just look at juvenile winner Kingbrook. Picked up by owner Roger Brookhouse and J D Moore for just 22,000gns at last year’s renewal, the Kingman colt went on to earn his purchase price back and more in one swoop when scoring at Ascot in July. “What is encouraging has been the number of trainers who view the bonus as an opportunity to enthuse and encourage their owners to buy,” says George. “Mark Johnston is a very shewd operater. He has trained 13 bonus winners and 11 were bought for 100,000gns or less. He knows it’s a huge selling point for owners, although he’s not alone in that thinking. “If you take the Convivial maiden at York [worth almost £44,000 to the winner] as an example and it’s won by a horse qualified for the bonus and Plus 10,

suddenly the horse wins almost £80,000. That’s more than any other two-year-old could win for a maiden in Europe – that’s a pretty incredible statement to say about a two-year-old racing in Britain. “I can see why owners would be enthused by that sort of return and, equally, why trainers would target such sales.”

FAREWELL NICKY

The bloodstock world bid farewell in July to Nicky Murray, one of the sale circuit’s most popular figures, at the age of 48 following a battle with cancer. With her husband Chris, Murray bred, raised and sold horses under the Whitwell Bloodstock banner. July Stakes runner-up Lewisham was among the best horses bred by the pair at Hilborough Stud in Norfolk, but there were also plenty of highpoints in the ring. The sale of their homebred Charm Spirit colt out of Postale to Epona Bloodstock for 140,000gns at Tattersalls in December 2016 is one that sticks in the memory, not least because Murray’s delight was wonderfully there for all to see as she accompanied the foal around the ring. Our own world is all the poorer for her passing.

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Sales Circuit • By Carl Evans

International demand helps lift Arqana to record levels Fuelled by strong international and domestic participation, Arqana celebrated a record renewal of their August Sale in Deauville, buoyed once again in part by popular members of Ecurie des Monceaux’s outstanding Platonic family, writes Nancy Sexton. The Platonic clan accounted for each of the million euro lots, namely a Dubawi filly out of Prudenzia who topped the sale at €1.625 million to Godolphin, and a Galileo colt out of Prudente who will race in Japan after selling to trainer Mitsu Nakauchida for €1.5m. The pair are both out of daughters of the Zafonic mare Platonic, herself shrewdly bought for ‘just’ 100,000gns by Monceaux and Skymarc Farm through Suprina at Tattersalls in December 2004.

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Arqana August Yearling Sale

Japanese trainer Mitsu Nakauchida landed this Galileo colt out of Prudente at €1.5 million

Arqana August Yearling Sale Top lots Sex/breeding

Vendor

Price (€)

Buyer

F Dubawi - Prudenzia

Ecurie des Monceaux

1,625,000

Godolphin SNC

C Galileo - Prudente

Ecurie des Monceaux

1,500,000

Mitsu Nakauchida

C Kingman - Miss Plimsoll

Ecurie des Monceaux

850,000

Amanda Skiffington

C Galileo - Steip Amaich

Haras d’Etreham

800,000

Phoenix Thoroughbreds/ D. Farrington

F Dark Angel - Mayhem

Ballylinch Stud

800,000

Godolphin SNC

C Galileo - Cladocera

Haras de la Perelle

750,000

Godolphin SNC

F Frankel - Secrete

Ecurie des Monceaux

700,000

Shawn Dugan

C Fastnet Rock - Starlet’s Sister

Ecurie des Monceaux

700,000

David Redvers

C Kingman - Gooseley Chop

Haras de Colleville

675,000

Amanda Skiffington

F Siyouni - Apple Charlotte

Fairway Consignment

650,000

Solis/Litt

C Camelot - High Fidelity

Camas Park & Glenvale Studs

650,000

Mitsu Nakauchida

F Galileo - Hoh My Darling

Haras des Capucines

650,000

Morten Buskop Bloodstock

Five-year tale Year

Sold

Agg (€)

Average (€)

Median (€)

Top price (€)

2019

230

43,019,000

187,039

125,000

1,625,000

2018

230

36,786,000

159,939

107,500

1,400,000

2017

231

38,250,500

165,587

110,000

1,550,000

2016

271

39,819,667

152,566

110,000

1,400,000

2015

257

41,996,000

163,292

95,000

2,600,000

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Overview and analysis of the latest events in the ring

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TALKING POINTS

This Dubawi filly realised €1.625 million

Overall, 20 lots made €500,000 or more, compared to 11 in 2018, while further encouragement can be taken by the fact that those 20 lots fell to 13 different entities. Such demand helped secure record returns across-the-board; turnover and average rose by 14% and 17% to €43,019,000 and €187,039, while the median increased by 16% to €125,000. “These very good results are a just reward for the significant investments made by French breeders, as well as the quality of the consignors’ yearling preparation, which is constantly improving,” said Arqana president Eric Hoyeau. “In recent years, the more longstanding vendors at the August Sale in Deauville have been joined by new operations led by competent and dynamic young people, which is a tremendous reason to believe in the future. Buyers have confidence in the quality of our bloodstock which is in keeping with the very highest demands, which is reflected in the sharp increase in the average price observed over the last three days.” Anticipation ahead of the sale was lifted appreciably by the presence of Sheikh Mohammed for the first time in many years. And his Godolphin operation

• The €45,000 purchase of Group 2 winner Maiden Tower at Goffs back in November 2016 continues to reap excellent rewards for Castillon Bloodstock. One year on from selling the mare’s Teofilo colt for €210,000 at the August Sale, the partners hit an even greater jackpot in the sale of her Shalaa colt for €600,000 to Narvick International, acting on behalf of the Japanese-based Satomi Company. • The Maiden Tower colt was the highlight of a well-received draft for Haras de Bouquetot’s Shalaa, whose other highlights included a €280,000 colt out of Suertez and a €260,000 filly out of Satiriste. As a result, the son of Invincible Spirit returned an average of €182,929 for 14 sold. That figure made him the second leading first-crop sire behind Coolmore’s The Gurkha, whose quartet of representatives were led by a half-brother to Lancashire Oaks winner The Black Princess who sold for €525,000 to MV Magnier. • A major update proved mightily beneficial to the connections of Haras d’Ombreville’s Olympic Glory filly out of Azafata. The filly was knocked down to the HFTB Racing Agency for just €45,000 at Arqana last December, since when her half-sister Fleeting has run placed in both the Epsom and Irish Oaks. With those performances fresh in the memory and with the prospect of more to come, she went on to make €400,000 to agent Shawn Dugan. duly went on to make its presence felt, signing for eight lots worth €4.945m to end the sale as leading buyer. Leading the way was Monceaux’s €1.625m Dubawi daughter of Listed winner Prudenzia, whose previous Arqana alumni included Ribblesdale Stakes winner Magic Wand, herself the €1.4m sale-topper of 2016, and Irish Oaks heroine Chicquita, who cost €600,000 in 2011. Remarkably, the Dubawi filly is her fifth seven-figure yearling and brought total Arqana sales out of the Dansili mare since 2011 to €8.195m. Godolphin’s haul also included a Dark Angel filly out of Group 3 winner Mayhem, the highlight of Ballylinch Stud’s draft who sold for €800,000, and Haras de la Perelle’s homebred Galileo colt out of Group 2 winner Cladocera who commanded €750,000. Another outstanding renewal for

Monceaux, one which saw the farm top the vendor standings for the eighth consecutive year, also featured a Kingman relation to Lancashire Oaks heroine Pomology who was knocked down for €850,000 to Amanda Skiffington on behalf of Fiona Carmichael. The colt was one of six purchases made by Skiffington, who further underlined her appreciation for Kingman by signing at €675,000 for another representative - a half-brother to classy sprinter Goken - from Haras de Colleville. A successful buying trip for Phoenix Thoroughbreds also included the €800,000 purchase of a Galileo colt out of Group 3 winner Steip Amach from Haras d’Etreham, while David Redvers came away with the Fastnet Rock halfbrother to Sistercharlie and Sottsass, another Monceaux gem who cost €700,000.

Curlin was the sire of the moment at this two-day sale, his sons reaping four of the top six lots. They included a pair of $1,500,000 beauties by Curlin who headed trade and made significant contributions to turnover of more than $55 million. That was a fall of 12%, but a catalogue with 32 fewer horses was a factor in that drop, and it has to be borne in mind the $63m aggregate in 2018 was the highest figure for 17 years. Fasig-Tipton were delighted with results, as trade continued the theme of very strong for the best, and thinner in other areas – a clearance rate of 74%,

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Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale

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down five points, backs that up - but gains of 11% in the average price and 17% in the median illustrates that buyers were in attendance, and they created four millionaire yearlings. Forming groups or syndicates has become a key element of bloodstock buying at the highest levels, and by that method leading players got stuck in. Demi O’Byrne had a role in landing one of the joint-top lots, but not in his familiar role as chief scout for Coolmore interests, albeit he has become less publicly active for that organisation in recent years. At this sale he represented Australia’s Aquis Farm, whose chief executive, Shane McGrath, said O’Byrne had been part of his team “for a while”. At the Irishman’s suggestion Aquis lifted one of the two Curlin sale-toppers, a colt from Denali Stud’s eight-strong draft, and who was knocked down to Aquis and partners Let’s Go Stable and Crawford Farm Racing. Don Alberto Corporation and Three Chimneys Farm had bred the colt. Craig and Holly Bandoroff’s Denali

FASIG-TIPTION

Sales Circuit

Demi O’Byrne signed for the joint topper

Stud enjoyed another seven-figure Curlin sale when trading one of his sons to Robert La Penta and Bridlewood Farm for $1m, while the event’s other Curlin top-notcher came from Arthur Hancock’s Stone Farm. He was a first foal of the mare America, who was bred, raced and retired by TV chef Bobby Flay. Hancock said: “Bobby breeds horses as damn near good as he cooks.” Terry Finley of West Point Thoroughbreds – which raced 2017

Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming – put together a syndicate to secure the colt, and said: “Having partners helps us compete. Now we are in play with 95% of horses at a sale.” In 2018 that enabled him to buy this sale’s top lot, a $1.35m Medaglio D’Oro colt (now named Sedgwick and in training with Graham Motion) and his spending at the latest edition of the event extended to a Lane’s End-consigned Tapit colt who made $1m. Denali Stud’s relatively small draft of eight turned over $5,825,000, a terrific result which placed it second on the table of consignors behind Taylor Made Sales Agency, which gained $6,627,000 through sales of 22 horses. Agent Mike Ryan led buyers with eight purchases for $3,450,000. Coolmore’s M V Magnier landed several horses in his own name or partnerships, headed by a $950,000 American Pharoah colt, while Kerri Radcliffe’s name appeared on the leading buyers’ board following her $900,000 purchase of a Medaglio D’Oro filly.

Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale Top lots Sex/breeding

Vendor

Price ($)

Buyer

C Curlin – Wapi

Denali Stud

1,500,000

Aquis Farm/Let’s Go Stable/ Crawford Farm

C Curlin – America

Stone Farm

1,500,000

West Point/Woodford/Siena/Valdes Singleton/Sandbrook/Freeman

C Tapit – Feathered

Lane’s End

1,000,000

West Point Thoroughbreds

C Curlin - Yes Liz

Denali Stud

1,000,000

Whitehorse & Bridlewood Farm

F Tapit – Pension

Gainesway

C Curlin – Taris C American Pharoah - Bon Jovi Girl

950,000

Heider Family Stables

Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency

950,000

Kenneth McPeek, agent for Fern Circle

St George Sales

950,000

M V Magnier

F Medaglia d’Oro - Light The City

Eaton Sales

900,000

Kerri Radcliffe, agent

F Medaglia d’Oro – Veracity

Indian Creek

900,000

Claiborne Farm

F Frosted – Swingit

Denali Stud

850,000

OXO Equine LLC

F Into Mischief – Theycallmeladyluck

Baccari Bloodstock

850,000

Team Casse, agent

C Medaglia d’Oro - Wide Range

Gainesway

850,000

Steven W Young, agent

Five-year tale Year

Sold

Agg ($)

Average ($)

Median ($)

Top price ($)

2019

135

55,547,000

411,459

350,000

1,500,000

2018

170

62,794,000

369,376

300,000

1,350,000

2017

156

52,995,000

339,712

300,000

1,000,000

2016

156

45,570,000

292,115

237,500

1,450,000

2015

145

46,755,000

322,448

250,000

2,000,000

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Goodwood’s unique location high on the Sussex Downs makes it a place to visit for all lovers of horseracing, but as a sales venue it has yet to click. Goffs UK went back there for the second staging of this sale, and on paper had a small but worthy catalogue, one that was embellished a few hours before hammer time when three entries ran fine races in the Molecomb Stakes, finishing third, fourth and fifth. However, those good performances also confirmed the horses in question – Show Me Show Me, Fan Club Rules and Wheels On Fire – had the tools to give their owners more good days out, and they failed to pass their reserves when offered for sale. The inaugural event in 2018 involved 13 lots of which eight found buyers, but for the latest edition seven lots were on offer and just two sold, headed by Red Armada, a three-year-old son of Invincible Spirit who fell to a bid of £275,000 by Charlie Dee of the Kern Lillingston Agency. Red Armada, a son of the Cheshire Oaks winner Alumni, had won recent starts at Chepstow and Ascot for trainer Clive Cox, and was offered for sale by China Horse Club, which had bought him as an Orby yearling for €120,000. It proved to be a sound piece of business. The sale’s other sold horse was threeyear-old filly Little Kim, winner of last year’s Prix Du Bois for Karl Burke’s yard. He offered her at the December Sale, where bidding halted at 155,000gns, but she found a buyer at Goodwood, where a cover by Showcasing added to her appeal. Matt Houldsworth’s £200,000 bid gained her passport. Turnover of £475,000 in little more than half an hour’s trading might not seem such a bad return from a fairly low cost base for the sales company,

Goffs UK August Sale

After a blip in 2017 this one-day sale has powered back in style, and built upon the significant gains it achieved last year. It opened with a selection of jumping stores, and numbered point-to-pointers too, but a small draft of Flat-bred horses offered by the Aga Khan proved to be the highlight, and contained the countrymile-clear top lot, Hasanabad. A fouryear-old colt by Nathaniel and trained by Dermot Weld, he was knocked down for £230,000, more than three times the value of the next best. Goffs UK’s Richard Ryan made the winning bid on behalf of an undisclosed

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Goffs UK Goodwood Sale

The Goffs UK Goodwood Sale featured the sale of two horses led by the £275,000 Red Armada

TALKING POINTS • Charlie Dee was delighted that Goffs UK staged the Goodwood Sale, for he had an overseas client who was adamant they would buy a horse only through public auction, and the timing of the event worked in his favour. He subsequently bought top lot Red Armada for £275,000. • It was unfortunate that Dee’s unnamed investor wanted just one horse, for there were other options in the catalogue, including a trio who had all run with merit a few hours earlier in the Molecomb Stakes. Third-placed Show Me Show Me, who missed the break, lost a shoe, yet finished rapidly, was led from the ring when bidding halted at £290,000. • Given that two-year-olds who gain black type – and Show Me Show Me had earlier finished a close second in Newbury’s Super Sprint after landing the Brocklesby Stakes – can sell privately for large sums to race overseas, why was there not a queue of agents to bid on him? • Putting to one side a horse’s physical shape and condition, it seems outand-out juvenile sprinters are rarely popular in countries such as Hong Kong and America, and a horse who runs five excellent races is regarded as too exposed. It is better to win a maiden and grab a Listed win or place. The game is all about potential.

and Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said the event had a future. He compared it to the London Sale when saying it was good publicity for Goffs UK to be associated with such a prestigious

race meeting, and the potential to offer an occasional big-money horse – such as Jet Setting, who made £1,300,000 at the London Sale in 2016 – could be achieved only if there were sales to attract them.

UK client, but it would be no surprise to see Hasanabad running on the Flat or over jumps in due course. Unraced at two, he was placed on his sole start at three, but came to the ring off the back of two wins this year, the most recent just a week earlier in a race over a mile and three-quarters at Galway. Aga Khan horses had not been seen at Doncaster since 2016, but on this occasion it proved conveniently-timed for some stock removal, said manager Pat Downes, whose draft added £334,000 to turnover. Gordon Elliott, no stranger to this sale, was buying young horses to go jumping,

and parted with £75,000 for twice-placed Irish pointer The Bosses Oscar, while the same sum gained a horse from the other end of the race-distance spectrum, Marnie James. In 22 races the four-yearold gelding had run just twice at six furlongs for trainer Iain Jardine, tackling the minimum trip on all other starts – Jedd O’Keeffe’s bid meant he has now taken on responsibility for training the five-time winner. Another consignment to spice proceedings continued and concluded the Grech & Parkin dispersal, which involved seven horses. Paul Cashman of Rathbarry Stud gained a £30,000 two-

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Sales Circuit ›› year-old by Blue Bresil from the selection.

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That stallion will next season stand under the Rathbarry banner at Glenview Stud – the announcement of his sale by Yorton Farm Stud came a few days before this sale took place. Over the entire catalogue an additional 25 horses came under the hammer, helping turnover, which had gained 74% last year, climb another 36 points. Yet the extra lots were no bar to a five per cent gain in clearance to an excellent 85%. The average gained 16% and the median six per cent. Hasanabad topped the Goffs UK August Sale on a bid of £230,000 to Richard Ryan

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12-year-old mare Pumped Up Kicks, a Listed-winning chaser, and her Pether’s Moon foal, a package which made £36,000. With luck, Parkin could one day be involved in plenty more winners.

ring and on the racecourse. Such players are welcome, and missed when they go, but it was pleasing to see Stuart Parkin at the ring to buy back two inexpensive stores from the draft, as well as the

• The Grech & Parkin dispersal was created when Mike Grech elected to quit his racing involvement, ending a brief but heady climb into the world of jump racing, both in the

Goffs UK August Sale Top lots Name/Sex/Breeding

Vendor

Price (£) 230,000

Buyer

Hasanabad c Nathaniel – Hasanka

H H Aga Khan Studs

The Bosses Oscar g Oscar – Cuteasafox

Ballyboy Stables (Denis Murphy)

75,000

Aidan O’Ryan/Gordon Elliott

Richard Ryan, agent

Marnie James g Camacho - Privy Garden Iain

Iain Jardine Racing

75,000

Jedd O’Keeffe

Everything For You g Pivotal - Miss Delila

Hambleton Lodge Stables (Kevin Ryan)

72,000

Richard Ryan, agent

Geraldo g Jeremy - Jim’s Article

Coolmeen Stables (Ellmarie Holden)

66,000

Aidan O’Ryan/Gordon Elliott

Four-year tale Year

Sold

Agg (£)

Average (£)

Median (£)

Top Price (£)

2019

216

2,897,100

13,413

7,500

230,000

2018

181

2,071,000

11,442

7,000

155,000

2017

148

1,219,150

8,238

5,000

36,000

2016

233

2,624,000

11,262

6,000

190,000

Tattersalls Ireland August Sale

Britain and Ireland’s stores sales season was completed at this three-day event, where 68% of horses found a buyer. Trade was more or less what you would expect from a large catalogue of second-tier horses, albeit in a sector of the market which has been thriving in recent years. An €80,000 top lot, the same as in 2018, was proof that the money was available for the right horse, although the number of €50,000plus lots dropped from six to four and turnover took a dip of five per cent, despite an extra 49 lots. Fortunately, there were plenty of small-

scale buyers on the premises, including UK point-to-point trainers, and they absorbed the extra horses with the result that the clearance rate was unchanged year-on-year. The average was down 12%, but the median held steady. Heading trade was a French-bred gelding, consigned by Peter and Anne Vaughan’s Moanmore Stables, sold to Donnchadh Doyle of Monbeg Stables, and sired by Haras de Saint-Arnoult’s resident stallion Davidoff. Davidoff, a 15-year-old son of Montjeu, won a Group 3 race in Germany and was fifth to Alderflug in the Deutsches Derby. His son, already named Texxas, was a

full-brother to the Gordon Elliott-trained Abacadabras, who finished second in Punchestown’s Champion Bumper. Doyle said he hoped that horse could do him a favour by building on his bumper promise and giving Texxas a boost before he is returned to the ring – by such gambles do bold men become richer. Tom Malone and Paul Nicholls teamed up for a Westerner gelding for €72,000, while another UK-based agent, Hamish Macauley gave €52,000 for a son of Network, little more than four weeks after that stallion had died of a heart attack. Best known as the sire of Sprinter Sacre, he was 22.

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Sales Circuit TALKING POINTS • Figures for the 2018 and 2019 store auction seasons produced very similar figures. Taking the results from Tattersalls Ireland’s May, Derby and August Sales, Doncaster’s Spring Sale and Goffs Land Rover Sales Parts I & II, but ignoring Doncaster’s August Sale, where store figures are combined with horses in training, 27 more lots were offered (1,987, up from 1,960), and 28 more horses found a buyer (1,537 sold in 2019, 1,509 in 2018). The clearance rate therefore remained static at 77%. • You won’t be surprised that turnover for these sales was pretty stationary, too, gaining 0.5 per cent to reach a 2019 figure of €43,946,594 (this after converting Doncaster’s Spring Sale turnover into euros at 0.91 to the pound).

• The Doyle brothers of Monbeg Stables, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, have become the kings of the ring when purchasing stores for resale via the point-to-point field. When it comes to buying stores they are even challenging Highflyer Bloodstock, the leading agency in the field, and they left this auction with the top lot and another seven horses. • In 2018 the Doyles secured 75 horses for €2,408,914 (converting their Doncaster Spring Store Sale purchases at 0.91 to the pound). In 2019 they bought 79 horses, but pushed their spend up by nearly €850,000 to €3,257,419.

Tattersalls Ireland August National Hunt Sale Top lots Sex/breeding

Vendor

Price (€)

Buyer

G Davidoff - Cadoubelle Des As

Moanmore Stables

80,000

Monbeg Stables

G Westerner - Kilbarry Medoc

White Horse Stud

72,000

Tom Malone/P. Nicholls

G Network - Verka De Thaix

Liss House

52,000

Hamish Macauley Bloodstock

G Milan - Knotted Midge

Abbeyleix Stud

52,000

Pat Flynn

G Court Cave - Willoughby Sue

Boardsmill Stud

45,000

Gerry Hogan Bloodstock

Five-year tale Year

Sold

Agg (€)

Average (€)

Median (€)

Top price (€)

2019

456

3,777,750

8,285

5,500

80,000

2018

422

3,964,600

9,395

5,500

80,000

2017

383

3,768,300

9,839

6,500

50,000

2016

365

3,026,200

8,291

5,000

75,000

2015

401

3,697,400

9,220

5,700

75,000

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Caulfield Files

Deep Impact well placed to leave significant European legacy Maybe, Minding, Hydrangea and Rhododendron among those brilliant European racemares in foal to the recently deceased outstanding Shadai stallion

“Coolmore gave strong support to Deep Impact over the last few years” enquiries, I was asked, into whether there was any truth in rumours circulating in Japan that Coolmore and Darley were both interested in buying Sunday Silence’s star son Deep Impact? Tentative enquiries failed to substantiate the rumours but I wish the story had been true. Deep Impact, or another of Sunday Silence’s top-class sons such as Heart’s Cry, would be a very welcome addition to Britain or Ireland’s stallion roster, adding strength to the valuable Hail To Reason male line.” I also ventured the possibility that “Japan could one day come to the rescue of the rest of the thoroughbred world, both as a source of top-class staying blood and as a stronghold of the

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n the sort of double no one wants, the deaths were announced of two of Sunday Silence’s descendants which were best known in Europe. First came the news that Sunday Silence’s main heir and successor Deep Impact had died at the age of 17 on July 30. The news had barely begun to sink in when Shadwell announced that Sunday Silence’s Classic-winning grand-daughter Natagora had also had to be euthanised, at the age of 14. As someone who has championed the Sunday Silence line for many years, the news was particularly unwelcome. It reminded me that as long ago as March 2006 I wrote the following for Thoroughbred Owner Breeder: “As Sunday Silence’s son Heart’s Cry strode home an impressive winner of the Dubai Sheema Classic…I couldn’t help thinking back to an email I received late last year from a Japanese contact. Could I make

Deep Impact: monumental impact on Japanese racing and leaves his mark on Europe too

Hail To Reason line.” Sadly, Europe failed to obtain the services of any of Sunday Silence’s high-profile Japanese sons, which were guarded so proudly by Shadai, but his champion miler Hat Trick was obtained by America, where he sired the champion French two-year-old Dabirsim. [I should add that Layman, one of only a handful of European Group winners by Sunday Silence, ended up being transferred from France to Sweden after an uninspiring start to his stallion career. However, he hadn’t won at Group 1 or Group 2 level]. The wisdom of Shadai’s decision to retain as many of Sunday Silence’s sons as possible is underlined by the fact that at the time of writing, 17 years after Sunday Silence’s death at the age of 16, three of them – Deep Impact, Heart’s Cry and Stay Gold – occupy three of the top four places on Japan’s leading sires’ list. Two other sons – Daiwa Major and Gold Allure – occupy seventh and eighth positions, and the top 20 also features Manhattan Café and Deep Impact’s brother Black Tide, as well as a handful of Sunday Silence’s grandsons, including Arc runner-up Orfevre and Dubai World Cup winner Victoire Pisa.

When assessing Deep Impact, it should be remembered that his sire Sunday Silence ventured beyond a mile and a quarter only once during a 14-race career which yielded nine victories and five seconds. Significantly one of those five defeats came when he was soundly beaten by Easy Goer when attempting to complete the Triple Crown in a fast-run Belmont Stakes over a mile and a half. Deep Impact received an injection of extra stamina via his dam, the Oaks second Wind In Her Hair, an Alzao mare whose second dam was the 1,000 Guineas and Prix de Diane winner Highclere. Deep Impact, of course, went one better than Sunday Silence in that he succeeded in completing his country’s Triple Crown, contested over ten, 12 and 15 furlongs, and he even won over two miles in the spring edition of the Tenno Sho (Emperor’s Cup). It is a reflection of the Japanese racing programme that he was never asked to race over less than ten furlongs, even as a two-year-old. European breeders would probably shy away from any young stallion who never won at less than ten furlongs and who gained three of his 12 wins over 15 furlongs or more. However, Deep Impact’s

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Bloodstock world views pedigree and his achievements as a stallion lead me to believe that he would have been capable of shining over more conventional distances had he been trained in Europe. At this point it is relevant to mention that Natagora was fast enough to win the Cheveley Park Stakes and the 1,000 Guineas even though she was by a Sunday Silence stallion, Divine Light, who raced at up to a mile and a half (admittedly showing his best form over shorter distances). Deep Impact sired four consecutive winners of the Oka Sho, with Marcellina, Gentildonna, Ayusan and Harp Star all taking this mile equivalent of the 1,000 Guineas. Gran Alegria became his fifth winner of this Classic in 2019. We have also seen his daughter Beauty Parlour win the French 1,000 Guineas and his son Saxon Warrior take the 2,000 Guineas. Deep Impact has also sired at least two winners of each of Japan’s four other Group 1 races over a mile for horses aged three or over. He has two winners of the NHK Mile Cup (Mikki Isle, whose dam is by Rock Of Gibraltar, and Keiai Nautique, out of a mare by Kentucky Derby winner Smarty Jones), two of the Victoria Mile (two-time winner Verxina, out of a Machiavellian mare, and Jour Polaire, out of a daughter of Arc winner Helissio) and two of the Yasuda Kinen (Real Impact, out of a daughter of Meadowlake, and Satono Aladdin, out of a Storm Cat mare). His three winners of Kyoto’s Mile Championship are Mikki Isle, Tosen Ra, whose dam was by Lycius, and Danon Shark, out of a very stoutly-bred mare by French Derby winner Caerleon. In addition to Beauty Parlour, Deep Impact has enjoyed Group success in France with Geniale (Group 3 Prix Messidor over a mile), Akihiro (Group 3 Prix des Chenes over a mile), A Shin Hikari (Group 1 Prix d’Ispahan over nine furlongs), Aquamarine (Group 3 Prix Allez France over ten furlongs), Study Of Man (Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club and Group 2 Prix Greffulhe over ten and a half furlongs) and Kizuna and Makahiki (both winners of the Group 2 Prix Niel over a mile and a half). Although his French Group winners also include the stayer Bartaba, this collection hardly suggests that Deep Impact was purely an influence for stamina. There have also been major successes by Gentildonna, Real Steel and Vivlos in the UAE, with the last two taking the Group 1 Dubai Turf at around nine furlongs. It has been a similar story in Australia, with Real Impact taking the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes over seven and a half furlongs and Tosen Stardom

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Minding: tested in foal to Deep Impact

landing the Group 1 Toorak Handicap over a mile and the Group 1 Emirates LKS Mackinnon Stakes over ten furlongs. So what can we look forward to in terms of Deep Impact’s legacy? The Shadai stallion team already features plenty of his sons, such as the Japanese Derby winners Kizuna and Deep Brillante, the champion sprinter and miler Mikki Isle, the Japanese and Australian Group 1 winner Real Impact, the Dubai Turf winner Real Steel and the durable miler Satono Aladdin. They will surely be joined by several others over the next few years. Kizuna and Real Impact currently hold first and second places among this year’s leading first-crop sires and Kizuna has his first Graded winner in Bien Fait.

European hopes

Over in Europe there are high hopes of Saxon Warrior, who was considered a potential Triple Crown winner after his successes in the Racing Post Trophy and the 2,000 Guineas. Subsequent events suggested that he was best at distances short of a mile and a half, no doubt because his dam, the Galileo mare Maybe, was a fast-maturing champion two-year-old who shone over seven furlongs. A shortage of stamina has never been a disadvantage for a stallion in Ireland and Saxon Warrior was welcomed very warmly in 2019, covering a book of 165 mares at a fee of €30,000. He has 32 Group winners or dams of Group winners in foal to him, including the 1,000 Guineas winner Homecoming Queen and those outstanding producers Approach and Cassandra Go. Saxon Warrior’s trainer Aidan O’Brien has at least two Deep Impact two-yearolds. One, Star Of Juniper, is a son of Kissed By Angels, a Group 3-winning sister to dual Classic winner Minding, while Fancy Blue is a half-sister to those very useful performers Smuggler’s Cove and Casterton. Because of the high regard in which Saxon Warrior was held, Coolmore continued to give strong support to Deep

Impact over the last few years, often with outstanding daughters of Galileo. For example, Hydrangea, Maybe, Minding and Rhododendron – winners collectively of 13 Group 1 races – were all tested in foal to Deep Impact before his physical problems forced Shadai to take him out of service in March. The Coolmore partners also have 2018 and 2019 Deep Impact colts out of Fluff, a winning sister to Maybe, as well as 2019 colts out of the 1,000 Guineas and Oaks winner Minding and the Group 3 two-year-old winner Promise To Be True. There is also a 2019 Deep Impact filly out of the excellent Winter, who numbered the 1,000 Guineas, Irish 1,000 Guineas and Coronation Stakes among her four Group 1 successes. Best In The World, a Group 3-winning sister to Arc heroine Found, has a 2018 filly. Needless to say, Coolmore are by no means the only European breeders who have been supporting Deep Impact in recent years. The Queen, whose studs developed the female line responsible for Deep Impact, has a 2018 filly and 2019 colt out of her middle-distance Listed winner Diploma, and Pearl Thoroughbred Co Ltd has 2018 and 2019 fillies out of Galileo’s Listed winner Circling. French-based breeders helped pioneer the idea of supporting Deep Impact, with the Wildenstein and Niarchos families and the Wertheimer brothers all enjoying success. The Wertheimers also have some Deep Impact youngsters, as does Al Shaqab, with homebred yearlings out of mares by Doyen and Dynaformer and two-year-olds out of daughters of New Approach and Invincible Spirit. So the horse whose only venture to Europe ended ignominiously, when a banned substance was found after he faded to third in Rail Link’s Arc, looks very well placed to leave a sizeable European legacy.

Saxon Warrior wins the 2,000 Guineas

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Mark Johnston stable visit in September

he Thoroughbred Club is delighted to announce that members will have the chance to attend some of the TBA’s upcoming regional days in September. For further information or to book a place, contact info@thethoroughbredclub.co.uk or visit the club’s website. Monday, September 2 – Friday, September 6 Stud Secretaries & Stud Admin Course Members will have the opportunity to gain invaluable knowledge from a variety of industry experts at the prestigious grounds of the National Stud, during an intensive five-day course. The course will cover all aspects of the industry, including bloodstock, veterinary, marketing and nominations to provide a true understanding of the requirements involved within a stud secretary or stud administration role. The course costs £660 for TTC members and tickets can be booked via the National Stub website. For more information on the courses and to book your place, please contact the training department at students@nationalstud. co.uk or call 01638 663464.

There are frequent exclusive opportunities to see behind the scenes as part of your TTC membership, including upcoming visits to top yards in the north of England and Scotland

Wednesday, September 11 Mark Johnston’s Kingsley House Stables

Members will have the chance to visit

Britain’s winningmost trainer Mark Johnston will host Thoroughbred Club members this month, a visit that includes a tour of the stable, a question and answer session plus lunch

Mark Johnston’s Kingsley House Stables as part of the TBA Regional Day visit. Set in 300 acres, Kingsley Park can be found in the beautiful Yorkshire village of Middleham. Mark Johnson needs little introduction other than to say he made history in August 2018 when he saddled his 4,194th winner to become the most successful trainer in British Flat racing history. Following a tour of the yards you will have a chance to watch the horses work before lunch, then a Q&A on the morning’s visit and a fascinating insight into racing on the snow in St Moritz. Wednesday, September 25 Nick Alexander’s Kinneston Stable Trainer Nick Alexander has kindly opened his stable to members as part of the TBA Regional Day visit. The facilities at Kinneston have recently benefited from a major upgrade, allowing the team to focus on the fitness, health and wellbeing of their horses. Following a tour of the yard and a chance to watch the horses work, members are invited to the TBA Regional Forum at Perth racecourse, followed by lunch and racing in a private facility.

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Upcoming badge offers for members The Thoroughbred Club is pleased to announce a number of exciting tickets offers for its members in September. The Italian Tourist Board Festival Ascot racecourse Friday, September 6 The Thoroughbred Club members have the opportunity to attend the Italian Tourist Board Festival at Ascot for half-price. The raceday will feature seven competitive Flat races, including the Weatherbys Handicap Stakes.

Additionally, there will be a wealth of wine and food sampling, alongside demonstrations from celebrity chefs. Half-price tickets can be purchased on the day from Ticket Office East following presentation of a valid TTC membership card. Sprint Cup Day Haydock racecourse Saturday, September 7 Members have the chance to win two Grandstand & Paddock badges to Sprint

Diary Dates and Reminders Monday, September 2 – Friday, September 6 Stud Secretaries & Stud Admin Course The National Stud Wednesday, September 11 Visit to Mark Johnston Racing, Leyburn Saturday, September 14 – Sunday, September 15 ITBA Young Breeders Event Wednesday, September 25 Visit to Kinneston Stables and Perth racecourse Further information on all TTC events can be found on the TTC website.

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Cup Day, which will feature the Group 1 32Red Sprint Cup. To enter simply email info@thethoroughbredclub.co.uk with your name and contact details. William Hill St Leger Festival Doncaster racecourse Friday, September 13 & Saturday, September 14 TTC members have the chance to win two Grandstand & Paddock badges for either the Friday or Saturday of the William Hill St Leger Festival at Doncaster racecourse. The festival is one of the most prestigious in the British horseracing calendar and features the world’s oldest Classic, the St Leger. To enter simply email info@ thethoroughbredclub.co.uk with your name and contact details. TBA-sponsored race Goodwood racecourse Wednesday, September 25 Members are invited to join the TBA for their sponsored race at Goodwood on Wednesday, September 25. Members can apply for badges by contacting Olivia.May@thetba.co.uk or phoning the TBA office on 01638 661321. Please note that tickets are limited and will be issued on a first come, first served basis. The deadline for applications is September 11.

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The special section for ROA members

New Rules of Racing issued T he British Horseracing Authority has re-written the Rules of Racing to make them easier and clearer to follow. The new rules were made viewable at the end of July, allowing participants to become familiar with them and participate in workshops before the rules become effective on September 1. Changes follow consultation with a cross-industry working group and in the main are around the rules presentation and structure rather than widespread substantive rule changes. However, there are several changes that have come about as a result of the project which have been approved by stakeholders, the Rules Committee and the BHA Board. These include: • A simplification of the inside information provisions that prohibits the passing of inside information outside of those who own, train or care for the horse even without reward or benefit in kind; • Certain requirements in the new Horse Welfare and Management Manual are now on the Responsible Person, rather than just the trainer. Owners should be aware when they become the

Racing followers will find the re-written Rules clearer and easier to follow

Responsible Person, e.g. when their horse leaves the trainer’s care for a seasonal break etc; • The requirement to carry speed sensing devices is now included as a rule, rather than being printed in individual race conditions. Devices must therefore be worn whenever provided by the racecourse on race day. The new rules website can be found at newrules.britishhorseracing.com.

Integrity education programme

The BHA launched a new online integrity education programme in July designed to help protect participants and inform the racing and betting public about how they can help to protect the integrity of British racing. The programme aims to provide participants and the wider public with easy to understand information about how the integrity of British racing is safeguarded.

ROA website relaunched Members may have noticed that the ROA recently relaunched its website, with a number of new features added. When logging in, members can now see the status of their membership and when their renewal is due. Their subscription payment history is also listed. The new website allows members to take control of their communication preferences. If you prefer to only hear from us via email, or only by post, you can choose these options in the ‘Update details’ section. Here, you can also let us know about any change of address, telephone number or email. Members can still buy tickets to our range of events online and can order free entry to our Industry Ownership Days here as well.

The ‘Members Area’ also contains details for members who are owners but not on the Racecourse Badge Scheme for Owners of how to apply for the ARC free admission card, and also the ticketing link to order your complimentary entry using the JCR admission scheme. The website also has invaluable new sections and advice on Your Ownership Journey, and downloadable syndicate, leasing and training agreements in the Resources section. If you want to keep more up to date with the latest industry and membership news, have a look at our improved news area, which is now fully searchable. The Owners Guide to Racecourses is currently in the process of being

repackaged so it will be easier to read and navigate, whilst the list of racecourse photographers has been fully updated for 2019. We are always looking to improve the website, so look out for some extra features in the coming months. If there is anything you would like to see, please let us know on info@roa.co.uk

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The online platform lists key integrity issues: • The BHA’s integrity and regulation capabilities • Equine anti-doping • Corrupt approaches and inside information • Betting practices • Drugs and alcohol ROA Chief Executive Charlie Liverton commented: “The ROA welcomes both these initiatives by the BHA. Anything that makes the Rules of Racing simpler to understand can only be good for the sport. “Easily accessible guidance to all owners – whether it be as a sole owner or as part of a syndicate – to educate them on all integrity matters is also invaluable. “We would urge all members of the Racehorse Owners Association to familiarise themselves with both of the websites and in particular take the online integrity education quiz.” The new integrity microsite can be found at integrityeducation. britishhorseracing.com.

QIPCO British Champions Day

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The purpose of trying to improve knowledge in this area is to both offer protection against potential integrity threats and also to help to prevent participants from inadvertently acting in a manner which falls short of the sport’s rules.

Enjoy British Champions Day in style with the ROA’s hospitality package

The bespoke package includes: • Queen Anne enclosure admission badge and racecard • One car park label per two places booked • Morning coffee and biscuits • Three-course sit-down lunch • Full afternoon tea • Complimentary house wines, beer and soft drinks, served throughout the afternoon.

The ninth QIPCO British Champions Day will once again break all records as the most valuable day’s racing in Britain. The day attracts the best horses, trainers and jockeys from Europe and beyond. It has been graced by some of the sport’s superstars of recent years, such as Frankel and Cracksman, and played host to some memorable finishes. The ROA will once again be offering members the chance to book an exclusive hospitality package in a superb box on the third floor of the Grandstand. Overlooking the winning post, the box offers a spectacular view of the racing action.

Places for this specially discounted package are £375 per person. This event is always popular, so early booking is advised. Bookings can be made online at roa.co.uk or by calling the ROA on 020 7152 0200.

Dedicated facilities for syndicates trial Kempton Park is supporting us with this initiative for two pilot racedays this month, on Friday, September 6 and Wednesday, September 25. The Kauto Star Bar will be provided

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As part of the Industry Ownership Strategy focus on syndicates we are currently working with racecourses to develop and promote dedicated facilities on-course for syndicates.

as a dedicated room on these fixtures. Access to the Kauto Star Bar will be with a specific Syndicate Raceday badge for syndicate members, which will allow access to the Syndicate Room, the Pre-Parade and main Parade Ring, Winner’s Enclosure and the Winning Connections room. The room will be stewarded to ensure that access is exclusive. In addition, complimentary refreshments will be provided. Kempton Park will be providing a generous additional badge allocation for syndicates on this day. We know that other racecourses, such as Ascot, provide further syndicate facilities to make provision for larger ownership groups. Our focus looks to develop and extend this principle, and we will be interested to hear owner feedback relating to these days.

Kempton Park will host two pilot racedays in September

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MY DAY AT THE RACES with Richard Ord at Ripon on July 20

Did you receive any welcome information in advance of the raceday? I didn’t receive any welcome information. I always tend to email the courses in advance to ascertain their policy on owners’ badges as I run our syndicate and usually require extra badges. The response to the email was prompt albeit very brief. We are a syndicate consisting of 20 owners and I am always disappointed when a course says you can have six complimentary and up to 12 at a discounted price, then the rest will be club enclosure. How was the experience of arrival at the racecourse and collecting your owners’ badges? On arrival at the course, parking was close to the owners’ entrance and our required badges were ready for collection. The only downside was that it was at this point I was told meal vouchers would be given on a first come, first serve basis. Prior to arriving at the track I was of the understanding that all my owners would receive meal vouchers as nothing was said otherwise. Unfortunately seven of my owners went without. What were your thoughts on the location, comfort and provision in the owners’ facility?

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ichard Ord has always had an interest in racing and harboured a desire of being a jockey until a school career’s advisor told him he was too big! However, he did fulfil his desire to sit on a racehorse by riding out for Jedd O’Keeffe, and it was at their yard in 2005 that he found the first horse he was to syndicate – Madame Fatale. The Fatalists, a group of family, friends and colleagues, have had at least one horse in training ever since, including Saisons D’Or, who ran a fine race to finish second at Ripon on July 20.

Richard Ord (left) was at Ripon to watch Saisons D’Or

The location of the owners’ facility was in close proximity to the saddling boxes, pre-parade ring and parade ring. It was comfortable prior to racing but as the afternoon progressed, it became very crowded. I was one of the lucky six who got a meal voucher and the food provided was satisfactory. In total, 13 owners attended but only six meal vouchers were provided.

from other meetings was being shown on the TVs.

How was the pre-parade ring/paddock experience? This is my favourite part of a day at the races as an owner. Both areas were well controlled and well presented.

What was your overall lasting feeling of the day, based on your racecourse experience? It’s a nice course with a good atmosphere and I wouldn’t hesitate to return to Ripon.

How did you find the facilities for owners’ viewing? There is a small section in the stand reserved for owners with runners in that race. Were you able to review a replay of your race easily on course? No, although I am sure a replay will have been shown somewhere. We finished second and by the time I had spoken with the jockey and other owners, racing

How were you treated as a placed owner on the day? At other courses we have previously been invited for champagne, but it didn’t happen at Ripon. I have to say no-one from the course said anything to us after the race.

HOW IT RATED Entry Viewing Atmosphere Owners’ facilities Food Overall score

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WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK!

It is that time of year when your racecourse feedback not only continues to influence the decisions regarding the ROA’s Gold Standard Award, but also helps to decide upon the nominees for the RCA’s Owners Experience Award. Please visit roa.co.uk/feedback to complete our quick and easy questionnaire regarding your experience with a runner to add to the debate. You will also be entered into a prize draw to win a £50 M&S gift card. This month’s winner is William Burton, who part-owns the Nigel Tinkler-trained Daffy Jane.

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ROA members took part in the presentations to winning connections at Ripon on August 6 during the Industry Ownership Day

Industry Ownership Day at sunny Ripon The ROA’s fifth Industry Ownership Day was held at Ripon on August 6, on what proved to be a warm and sunny evening. Around 60 members joined a regional meeting before racing on the second day of a new two-day fixture. Industry Ownership Days are monthly events held around the country to both recognise existing owners and promote the thrill and accessibility of ownership to potential racehorse owners. The events allow members to meet members of the ROA team. ROA Chief Executive Charlie Liverton provided an update on current industry issues at the regional meeting before an open discussion. These included fixtures and funding, participant and equine welfare and progress of the Ownership

Strategy project. Nick Rust, Chief Executive of the British Horseracing Authority, was in attendance to answer a number of questions during the open forum session, along with two representatives of the Levy Board. Topics raised during the forum session included use of the whip and related rules, timing around raising of the weights and how this can impact on booking a preferred jockey, weight penalties for placed horses and the handicapping system, the quality of food provision in owners’ and trainers’ facilities, the appearance money scheme, functionality of the PASS system and the new breeders bonus scheme. One member suggested the industry

Raceday Curtailment Scheme “Another benefit of ROA membership!” That was the quote from an ROA member who wrote a note of thanks recently following receipt of a £100 payment from Weatherbys Hamilton, through the ROA Raceday Curtailment Scheme. The scheme was triggered when the last two races at Southwell’s card on July 25 were abandoned for welfare reasons when temperatures soared to record-breaking levels. Nine days later at Hamilton Park, the scheme was in operation again due to extreme weather conditions, when racing was abandoned after the third race due to flash flooding and standing water on the course. The scheme is activated when racing is abandoned after the first race has taken place. Owners of qualified

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horses receive the £100 payment as a cost contribution. Payments are made automatically to ROA members who own at least 51% of an eligible horse. Alternatively, if at least 51% of a horse is owned by ROA members, the payment will be made to the ROA member with the largest recorded share of ownership or to the first nominated partner. This year, £6,900 has been distributed to owners affected in these situations. Since the scheme’s inception in 2013, over £62,000 in payments has been made. We are grateful to Weatherbys Hamilton for extending this benefit to members as part of our insurance arrangements and for processing payments swiftly to owners’ racing accounts.

could improve the language commonly used, e.g. breaking in, to more accurately reflect current processes. Mick Fitzgerald acted as our raceday host, compering the forum session and conducting interviews with Nick Rust and Charlie Liverton. The interviews can be found online at roa.co.uk in the News section. During the evening’s racing, members got involved in choosing best turned out awards and making presentations to winning connections. The Owners Jackpot of £2,000 was not won; the winner being the only horse in the race who wasn’t eligible for it. As is the case with all Jackpot races, travel expenses of £250 were made to owners of each of the qualified runners. Members in the room enjoyed some raceday success, with David and Jackie Swales arriving immediately after celebrating a win at Catterick with Dancing Mountain, whilst Michael and Deborah O’Brien enjoyed seeing a filly they had bred, Vintage Times, win the fillies’ maiden race for Ontoawinner. The Ripon event followed four successful events at Pontefract, Newton Abbot, Haydock and Musselburgh earlier in the year. Regional meetings have also been held this year at Fakenham, Sedgefield and Chepstow racecourses. The ROA team will head to Perth racecourse on Monday, September 9 for the next Industry Ownership event. The day’s racing will feature an Owners Jackpot race and regional meeting. Terms of the Owners Jackpot can be found at roa.co.uk Next month’s Industry Ownership Day will be held at Nottingham on October 2. Members who live nearby will be sent an invitation to join the regional meeting, and we look forward to seeing members at both venues.

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A busy month for members… On Friday, July 12 a small group of ROA members were treated to a very interesting visit to the Animal Health Trust. Based in Newmarket, the centre is at the very forefront of the fight to combat disease and injury in horses, dogs and cats, and is a world leader in research into prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a range of conditions. The visit was led by Andrew Simmonds and Hannah Wilcox, who both play a vital role in fundraising – essential when you consider that the Trust annually sees on average 3,500 new patients, tests over 50,000 diagnostic samples, and reinvests every penny of profit into further research. Members were given an in-depth presentation on the 2019 equine influenza outbreak, and then toured the equine clinic, small animal clinic and the newly upgraded MRI imaging suite before indulging in a delicious lunch. Admission was then provided to Newmarket races, where the highlight was Veracious’s battling victory in the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes. Our thanks go to everyone at the Animal Health Trust for their time on this highly informative trip.

Retraining centre

Despite an inclement weather forecast, the sun exceeded all expectations and shone on the small group of ROA members who attended a visit to the British Thoroughbred Retraining Centre in Lancaster on Monday, July 22. Established in 1991 by Carrie Humble, the centre was the first of its kind and, following a successful fundraising campaign, it moved to its current site in 2005 after buying the Whinney Hill ex-dairy farm. Set in over 200 acres, there has been an ongoing programme

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Animal Health Trust visit

ROA members enjoyed pre-racing drinks at Goodwood despite the unsettled weather

of development since, and now the centre boasts 40 stables, a dedicated vet treatment facility, a covered indoor school and a horse walker. ROA members were taken on a tour of the site by Chief Executive Gillian Carlisle, whose passion and dedication to the cause of the ex-racehorse was obvious to all. As well as meeting virtually every horse on site (bribing them with carrots along the way!), we heard about how the centre will never turn a horse away over its veterinary history, and how they never set a time limit on getting a horse ready for another life. Gillian and her team are also keen to expand the knowledge of people regarding the thoroughbred exracer, so they have work experience and veterinary students from all over the world coming to visit. The morning finished with members watching some of the horses being worked in the school – all at very different stages of retraining – before everyone departed for a highly enjoyable complimentary afternoon’s racing at Cartmel. The ROA extends its thanks to Gillian and everyone at the BTRC, as well as Cartmel racecourse, for their time and generosity.

Galway Festival

A number of ROA members enjoyed access to the Association of Irish Racehorse Owners marquee on the opening day of the Galway Festival. We are grateful to the AIRO for hosting members in its facility.

Deauville delights

The visit to BTRC proved popular

Through a reciprocal arrangement with France Galop, members were able to book into the Jardin des Proprietaires, the owners’ garden lounge at La Touque racecourse in Deauville, on 13 dates during their popular summer meeting. We are grateful to France Galop for extending this

offer on behalf of members who enjoyed access to the facility.

Goodwood pre-racing drinks

Racegoers are hardy souls and the wind and showers that accompanied the opening day of the Qatar Goodwood Festival on July 30 didn’t dampen spirits for what proved a vintage week of racing. Around 30 members and guests who had booked Richmond Enclosure badges and hospitality through the ROA enjoyed drinks and canapes in the ROA tent facility in Car Park 4 before racing.

Diary dates and reminders SEPTEMBER 9 Industry Ownership Day and regional meeting at Perth SEPTEMBER 10 Member visit to Weatherbys, Wellingborough OCTOBER 2 Industry Ownership Day and regional meeting at Nottingham OCTOBER 11 Hospitality offer for members at Chepstow’s season opener OCTOBER 17 Member visit to day of Book 3 of Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Newmarket OCTOBER 19 Private box with hospitality package for QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot For more details or to book see roa.co.uk/events

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Race Horse Trader’s new online auction dimension Race Horse Trader, the website for buying and selling racehorses, is set to become the first operating site in the UK to include an online auction for thoroughbreds. Working with the renowned online auction specialist Bidpath, Race Horse Trader has created a platform to allow prospective owners to bid for designated horses rather than simply seeing a price on an advert and making an offer. The bidding process will be very simple with horses being offered in a timed auction format, similar to that of eBay. The latest bid will be clearly shown on the relevant horse’s website page as soon as the bid is placed. As with a traditional bloodstock auction, the seller will be able to set a reserve. However, auctions will take place over much longer periods than a traditional auction; seven or 14 days, allowing time for prospective purchasers to inspect the horse or

arrange veterinary examinations. When a bidder wins the lot, he or she will immediately be informed by email and put in touch with the seller to arrange collection of the horse once payment has been received. Each horse that is offered for auction will continue to sit among all the general listings but will be clearly identified. As these auction adverts will remain part of the website, the site’s overall appearance will change very little and continue to advertise set-price shares/packages on behalf of syndicates and racing clubs. Versions of this bloodstock online auction model operate successfully in Australia and New Zealand. Michael Harris, who founded Race Horse Trader seven years ago, says: “This exciting initiative is likely to see a small number of horses auctioned by Race Horse Trader during the month of August, but as we get into the autumn months, we believe this

number will increase significantly. “We also expect the auction to increase the number of horses we sell. It will give a much better indication of a horse’s true market value, although on occasions, when the advertised horse is popular, the bidding process is bound to drive up the price.” Website editor, Chloe Martin, says: “Race Horse Trader has seen a steady growth in traffic and overall advertisement numbers since its launch in 2012, a reflection of the industry’s appetite to buy and sell horses outside the confines of a traditional auction environment. “The bidding option is a natural next step and one that we believe will benefit existing users of the website, as well as appeal to new audiences.” See racehorsetrader.com or contact Michael Harris on michael@ racehorsetrader.com (01483 273377) or Chloe Martin on chloe@ racehorsetrader.com (07725 031336).

Lunchtime racing trial extended A further trial of lunchtime racing will take place this autumn over a five-week period. The first trial earlier this year, initiated at the behest of the Levy Board’s Betting Liaison Group, consisted of three fixtures during May and June commencing at 12 noon in a bid to assess the impact on turnover of widening the time in which racing is available for betting customers,

potentially providing additional income for the sport. One fixture per week will start at 12.15pm, with the first four races at each fixture taking place at 30-minute intervals. The initiative is again being supported by the Levy Board and is based upon promising signs from the betting turnover on the three

lunchtime fixtures held earlier this year, particularly in terms of online customers. The lunchtime trial begins at Redcar on September 25 and will continue at four fixtures during October at Bangor-on-Dee (October 2), Ludlow (October 9), Carlisle (October 17) and Worcester (October 23).

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Exclusive events and offers for members The jumps season at Chepstow gets underway with two days of racing action next month and the ROA is pleased to offer a special package for members for the opening day on Friday, October 11. The feature race on the day is The Fox Family Persian War Novices’ Hurdle, named after the threetime winner of the Champion Hurdle, who was trained near Chepstow. Topclass horses that have appeared at this fixture include Cue Card, Silviniaco Conti, Don’t Push It, Finian’s Oscar and Blaklion. The card also includes a popular veterans’ chase. Our special package for members includes admission, access to the Dream Alliance Suite, a private facility on the second floor of the Premier Stand, offering a balcony and views overlooking the racecourse, threecourse lunch and racecards. This is day one of Chepstow’s two-day Oktoberfest meeting and early booking is recommended. Places can be booked online at roa.co.uk or by calling the ROA office. The cost is £90 per person.

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Chepstow season opener

Jumping fans can take advantage of a special package at Chepstow’s October meeting

which is kindly subsidised by Tattersalls. The cost of the visit is £40 per person, and members are limited to bringing one guest each. Bookings can be made online at roa. co.uk or by calling the office on 0207 152 0200.

Weatherbys are delighted to invite ROA members, and a guest, to visit their offices on Tuesday, September 10 for an overview of the business followed by lunch. The aim of the visit is to provide members with a chance to get behind the scenes to find out more about the many and varied roles that Weatherbys perform within the thoroughbred industry. There is a small ROA administration fee of £10pp for the trip. Bookings can be made online at roa.co.uk or by calling 020 7152 0200.

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Visit to Weatherbys – last places available

The Tattersalls tour is on October 17

Racing Breaks packages for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe takes place on Sunday, October 6 at ParisLongchamp. Racing Breaks is

offering an exclusive package to the Arc with a two night stay at the 5* Paris Le Parc Trocadero Hotel with breakfast included each morning, with return Eurostar from London St Pancras to Paris Gare du Nord straight into the city centre. The package includes an invitation to join the exclusive Racing Breaks drinks evening with appearances from Frankie Dettori and Jim Crowley, who will give an insight into their rides and chances for the big day’s racing. You will be bale to enjoy the racing from the new stand with stunning panoramic views. Packages start at £329 per person and can be tailored to your requirements to include hospitality packages, upgraded Eurostar, additional night’s accommodation and racecourse transfers. For more information see the Racing Breaks link in the member benefits/discounts section at roa.co.uk

Have you always wanted to know more about what happens at the sales? How auction houses work, how trainers pick horses, what role the vets present on the day play? We hope to provide those answers with a member visit to the historic Tattersalls in Newmarket. The trip will take place during day one of Book 3 of the world-famous October Yearling Sale on Thursday, October 17. Attendees will be treated to a guided behind-the-scenes tour of the action on the day, complete with lunch,

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Member visit to Tattersalls

Enable will attempt to make history by becoming the first three-time winner of the Arc

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Figures for period August 1, 2018 to July 31, 2019

Flat Racecourse League Table Ptn Racecourse

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

Ascot York Goodwood Epsom Downs Newmarket Newbury Chester Doncaster Sandown Park Haydock Park Chelmsford City Ayr Pontefract Salisbury Musselburgh Hamilton Park Kempton Park Ripon Wetherby Thirsk Beverley Newcastle Carlisle Lingfield Park Redcar Windsor Nottingham Catterick Bridge Leicester Bath Yarmouth Ffos Las Wolverhampton Brighton Southwell Chepstow Total

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Avg HBLB spend per fixture (£)

Avg owner spend per fixture (£)

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Total no. of fixtures 2018-19

Total prize-money 2018-19 (£)

Avg racecourse spend per fixture 2017-18 (£)

I I I JCR JCR I I ARC JCR JCR I I I I I I JCR I I I I ARC JCR ARC I ARC JCR I I ARC ARC ARC ARC ARC ARC ARC

478,783 245,002 242,583 194,092 136,255 85,976 84,489 82,013 81,888 75,859 50,596 50,088 46,136 45,043 44,392 43,964 42,305 41,457 39,741 38,432 37,729 37,655 37,448 37,392 36,711 36,622 35,402 33,648 32,544 32,085 27,950 27,719 25,928 23,505 22,687 21,235 64,816

122,303 94,063 92,263 76,138 70,827 55,912 46,221 45,539 50,874 43,462 20,795 32,071 29,311 28,104 21,608 22,416 20,158 22,212 13,743 20,256 20,992 20,486 19,996 24,535 21,429 20,611 23,097 18,468 21,128 19,997 18,855 13,251 17,062 16,132 17,555 13,323 31,437

274,452 117,214 92,237 119,121 75,815 38,194 14,990 38,331 38,365 19,860 6,364 13,132 3,823 6,641 5,670 4,911 6,123 5,344 5,520 7,185 4,531 5,501 6,318 4,672 14,866 6,217 7,295 3,070 5,366 4,896 5,066 4,336 3,795 3,222 2,721 3,362 21,908

880,232 460,167 431,901 389,352 285,333 185,081 146,900 166,352 173,440 144,176 79,248 95,292 81,394 80,604 71,670 71,291 69,015 69,013 59,003 66,045 63,252 63,973 63,762 66,598 73,322 63,450 66,230 55,186 59,787 57,140 52,631 45,306 46,802 42,858 42,963 37,920 119,109

18 18 20 10 39 18 15 24 16 23 65 17 16 15 16 17 66 17 3 16 19 52 13 70 19 26 23 14 20 17 23 8 83 22 34 14 906

15,844,180 8,283,004 8,638,025 3,893,517 11,127,969 3,331,456 2,203,500 3,992,443 2,775,044 3,243,957 5,151,091 1,619,958 1,302,307 1,209,055 1,146,716 1,211,939 4,555,011 1,173,221 177,010 1,056,713 1,201,787 3,326,604 828,900 4,661,884 1,393,110 1,649,693 1,523,279 772,600 1,195,745 971,372 1,210,514 362,450 3,884,599 942,884 1,460,748 530,877 107,853,159

470,801 239,700 219,192 185,720 127,317 87,141 87,751 78,939 88,553 75,467 48,660 38,995 44,895 44,076 43,744 42,220 35,327 41,464 46,662 32,975 34,090 38,763 37,315 37,719 32,987 33,136 33,370 30,849 35,382 26,445 29,215 28,395 25,391 21,624 21,833 24,082 62,856

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Jumps Racecourse League Table Ptn Racecourse

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

Aintree Cheltenham Ascot Sandown Park Haydock Park Kempton Park Newbury Ayr Kelso Doncaster Wincanton Perth Chepstow Fakenham Newton Abbot Exeter Cartmel Taunton Carlisle Newcastle Ludlow Wetherby Market Rasen Warwick Huntingdon Hereford Stratford-On-Avon Uttoxeter Hexham Musselburgh Catterick Bridge Leicester Ffos Las Plumpton Lingfield Park Bangor-On-Dee Fontwell Park Worcester Sedgefield Southwell Towcester Total

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Ownership

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Total no. of fixtures 2018-19

Total prize-money 2018-19 (£)

Avg racecourse spend per fixture 2017-18 (£)

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289,395 270,179 172,193 112,571 103,797 66,977 60,684 47,158 42,580 41,470 39,434 36,879 36,702 36,455 36,295 35,501 34,189 34,136 33,773 33,247 32,809 32,677 32,286 29,422 29,169 27,649 27,621 27,174 26,314 25,448 25,392 24,001 23,619 23,511 22,810 22,654 21,966 20,467 19,841 18,767 0 46,365

147,203 122,532 92,522 95,888 89,152 65,279 70,708 38,782 35,287 44,224 35,070 32,542 34,640 22,125 31,126 31,177 30,569 21,279 35,496 31,041 29,460 31,230 29,056 30,597 25,839 25,515 22,834 29,513 22,202 24,643 23,818 29,306 24,759 24,729 21,485 20,177 19,957 22,692 20,822 19,389 0 36,619

79,125 70,669 19,766 19,776 19,050 10,500 16,696 12,082 5,986 6,522 6,417 4,380 9,687 0 0 7,418 5,678 5,920 7,318 5,757 4,742 6,295 5,798 6,903 5,547 5,975 4,257 7,076 2,852 3,404 2,819 4,206 5,212 4,746 4,839 3,996 3,378 3,976 3,341 3,659 0 9,030

515,723 464,005 288,856 234,347 223,881 143,173 149,566 101,867 85,995 94,852 81,454 74,348 81,030 58,580 67,421 74,097 70,435 61,336 84,482 70,461 67,304 70,559 67,356 67,046 61,871 59,140 54,712 63,762 51,368 53,951 52,030 57,513 53,590 52,985 49,135 46,977 45,302 47,136 44,003 41,814 0 92,897

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4,125,784 7,424,083 2,310,850 2,109,122 1,902,993 1,718,072 1,645,224 1,324,277 1,203,933 1,043,375 1,221,813 1,189,569 1,215,449 702,957 1,213,573 1,111,453 633,917 797,364 1,013,781 845,528 1,144,175 987,833 1,481,840 1,206,833 1,175,542 532,256 1,039,527 1,466,534 821,895 593,460 416,237 517,617 803,851 847,763 294,810 704,657 1,087,247 707,034 836,061 836,284 0 52,254,569

285,889 267,292 156,372 112,263 101,536 55,259 31,636 44,263 42,293 38,891 33,049 85,960 31,415 33,455 27,636 32,259 32,447 29,173 33,770 29,987 55,259 30,264 28,060 32,417 26,637 31,772 33,111 27,054 27,179 22,074 24,089 26,637 26,095 20,415 42,293 21,516 21,834 24,600 18,569 18,456 23,909 45,941

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EXPLANATION The tables set out the average prize-money at each fixture staged by a racecourse over the last 12 months. They show how this is made up of the three sources of prize-money: 1. Racecourses’ contribution 2. Levy Board (HBLB) 3. Owners The tables also confirm the number of fixtures staged and the total amount of prize-money paid out by each racecourse throughout this period. The racecourses are ordered by the average amount of their own contribution to prizemoney at each fixture. This contribution originates from various sources including media rights, admission revenues and racecourse sponsors. If a racecourse has increased its average contribution at each fixture compared with the previous 12 months, it receives a green ‘up’ arrow. If its average contribution has fallen, however, it receives a red ‘down’ arrow. As these tables are based on the prizemoney paid out by each racecourse, the abandonment of a major fixture could distort a racecourse’s performance.

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TBA Forum

The special section for TBA members

Excellent turnout for Youngstock and Development Course

he TBA was delighted with the turnout for the second Youngstock and Development Regional Course, which was held at Harper Adams University, in Shropshire. The course, organised alongside the National Stud, was held on July 30 and provided members with an opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of youngstock. The day started with a talk from Chessie Greenham, a veterinary surgeon from Fyrnway Equine Group. She discussed the growth and development of the foal, and covered a range of topics from the development processes from conception onwards, to exercise on the different growth stages in foals. Michael Bellamy, a DipWCFregistered farrier, continued the morning and provided delegates with a detailed insight into conformational defaults in the foal and discussed the importance of timing and techniques on correcting them. Michael described the common abnormalities observed in foals, referring to angular and ﬂexural limb deformities and outlined the specialised techniques used to correct them. Louise Jones, senior equine nutritionist from Connolly’s Red Mills, started the afternoon session by providing members with a number of feeding techniques to optimise foal growth and development. Louise discussed how to prevent and overcome orthopaedic development problems with feeding techniques and highlighted the importance of mare and foal nutrition on foal growth rates.

There was a good turnout at Harper Adams University

To round off a brilliantly informative day, stud management advisor Joe Grimwade provided an overview of the various and most beneficial paddock management techniques, making reference to the importance of nutrients in pasture and overall grazing quality on foal growth and development. Joe provided members with his personal recommendations on paddock equipment to use during different seasons to ensure optimum grazing quality. Tabbi Smith, Training Director at the National Stud, closed the day with a final brief overview of the courses provided by The National Stud, discussing the funding, overall objectives and the potential opportunities following

completion of the course. Tabbi highlighted the success of the recently established TBA Entry to Stud Employment course, which has been positive in producing well equipped students for the stud industry, in addition to the leading diploma course. The TBA would like to thank the National Stud for organising the course, Harper Adams University for facilitating the course, the Racing Foundation for supporting the programme and to all of the guest speakers who generously gave their time to speak on the day. For more information on the short courses offered by the National Stud, please contact the training department at students@thenationalstud.co.uk or call 01638 663464.

TBA continues sponsorship of fillies’ staying handicaps As part of the TBA’s support of fillies and stayers, the association will continue its sponsorship of three races at Goodwood, Newmarket and Nottingham this autumn. The races will be run over a distance of a mile and six furlongs and confined to fillies and mares who are aged three and above. The first race was ‘The TBA Supporting British Breeders Fillies’ Handicap’, which took place at Newmarket on August 17. It will be followed by races at Goodwood on September 15 and Nottingham on October 16.

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Limited spaces left on the TBA regional forums

Royal Ascot-winning breeders had a memorable day at the King George meeting

Ascot hosts lunch for winning breeders at the Royal Meeting Ascot racecourse once again hosted its annual Royal Ascot Breeders Lunch on Friday, July 26, the first day of QIPCO King George Weekend. The day brought together over 60 guests, which included the winning breeders from this year’s Royal Meeting. Guests were treated to a

three-course lunch in the Ascot Authority Room and the winning breeders were also presented with a commemorative Garrard Strawberry Dish, before enjoying an afternoon of racing. The TBA would like to thank Ascot racecourse for hosting such a wonderful day for breeders.

The final regional forums of 2019 will be taking place over the next couple of months. The popular events, which are hosted at racecourses across the UK in association with Weatherbys, provide an informal meet and greet with the regional representative, a member of the TBA Board and a member of the TBA Team. The meetings are free to attend, however members are required to book in advance. The forums will be followed by a light lunch and an afternoon’s racing. Wednesday, September 25 – Perth racecourse (this will be combined with the Scotland Regional Day to Nick Alexander’s stable at Kinneston so an additional cost may apply) Thursday, September 26 – Newmarket racecourse Thursday, October 3 – Salisbury racecourse Thursday, October 31 – Newton Abbot racecourse

Upcoming regional days in September The final regional days of 2019 will be taking place this month and will give members the chance to have a behind-the-scenes look at training facilities across the country. For more information on either of the events please contact the TBA on info@thetba. co.uk or call 01638 661321. North Regional Day The North Regional Day will this year be taking place at the outstanding training operation of Mark Johnston Racing at Kingsley Park on Wednesday, September 11. As the winningmost UK Flat trainer of all time, Mark has one of the biggest strings in the country and has broken the 200-winner mark in eight of the last ten years. The regional day will provide members with a behind-the-scenes tour of Mark’s worldclass training operation, which includes an indoor water walker, swimming pool

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Regional days are a popular benefit of TBA membership

and treadmills. There will also be an opportunity for members to learn more about the industry by asking questions during a Q&A session. Scotland Regional Day The TBA is delighted to hold a forum in Scotland, which will provide members with a behind-the-scenes tour of Kinneston Racing Stable at Kinneston, followed by the Regional Forum at

Perth racecourse on Wednesday, September 25. The regional day will provide members with a rare opportunity to observe an established training operation, with the horses at work. The Regional Forum will be followed by lunch and racing in a private facility. Purchase options are available for members to attend both parts of the day or the forum only.

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TBA Forum

TBA announces winners of photo competition As part of Racing Welfare’s Racing Staff Week, the TBA held a photo competition offering cash prizes of £350 to winners and £150 to runners-up. The TBA is delighted to announce the winners and runners-up of the competition, and would like to thank all those who entered.

Winner of the ‘Best #Myoffice Photo’ is Hayley Mayer

Winner of the ‘Best Individual Photo’ is Martin Hiller

Runner up: Jade Plato

Runner-up: Grace Baker

Diary Dates & Reminders Monday, September 2 – Friday, September 6 Stud Secretaries & Stud Admin Course The National Stud

Wednesday, September 25 Scotland Regional Day and Forum Kinneston Stable and Perth racecourse

Wednesday, September 11 North Regional Day Mark Johnston Racing, Leyburn

Thursday, September 26 TBA East Regional Forum Newmarket racecourse

Thursday, October 3 TBA West Regional Forum Salisbury racecourse

Further information on all TBA events can be found on the TBA website.

Thursday, October 31 TBA South West Regional Forum Newton Abbot racecourse

New Members

Jacqui Newbould, Yorkshire, Humphrey Salwey, Shropshire Elizabeth Fletcher, Scotland

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Free tickets to Goodwood and Nottingham Goodwood racecourse, September 25 Goodwood racecourse has kindly invited TBA members to join the association for its sponsored race on Wednesday, September 25. Members can apply for badges by contacting Olivia.May@thetba.co.uk or phoning the TBA oﬃce (01638 661321). Please note that badges are limited and will be issued on a first come first served basis. The deadline for applications is Wednesday, September 11. Nottingham racecourse, October 16 TBA members will also have the opportunity to attend Nottingham racecourse on Wednesday, October 16. Members will be granted access on presentation of a valid TBA membership card on the day. Please ensure you have your membership card or you will not be granted entry.

TBA’s 102nd Annual General Meeting

Breeders’ badge oﬀers

The following racecourses have kindly invited TBA members to apply for breeders’ badges. Members can apply for up to two badges per horse entered and badges will be issued only subject to the horse(s) being declared to run. Applications must be made by midday on the day prior to the race and must be submitted by email to Olivia.May@ thetba.co.uk with the breeder’s name, details of the horse, race entered and name of the person collecting the badges if not the breeder. • The William Hill St Leger Festival Doncaster racecourse September 11-14 • Goodwood Season Finale Goodwood racecourse October 13 • Newmarket Dubai Future Champions Festival Newmarket racecourse October 11-12 • QIPCO British Champions Day Ascot racecourse October 19 These offers are for TBA members. If you would like more information on becoming a member to take advantage of these and other great benefits, please contact the oﬃce.

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TBA Chief Executive Claire Sheppard addresses the AGM audience

Future proofing for today and tomorrow’s breeder was the focus of this year’s TBA AGM and Annual Seminar on July 17, which brought together speakers from leading industry organisations with their plans for the future. The morning commenced with the 102nd Annual General Meeting of the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, where the result of two board members positions were announced. Ted Voute, who had already served one fouryear term of oﬃce as a trustee, will commence his second term of oﬃce, whilst Tom Blain joined the board for the first time. TBA Chairman Julian RichmondWatson then took to the stage to

provide an update on the latest challenges facing the bloodstock industry and continued to underline the TBA’s commitment to work towards a long-term sustainable future for the thoroughbred breeding industry. The Chairman also provided an update on the British-bred Premium Scheme, which he announced had now received Levy Board approval and was presently awaiting clearance from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. The scheme would cover both Flat and jumps racing, with the aim of supporting British breeders and, in particular, those who race fillies and mares. It is hoped that the new scheme can be launched in time for the autumn sales season.

The TBA is delighted to announce a new offer to members through the-Racehorse.com. The website provides an online database and statistics service for the breeding industry, which includes free sire progeny reports, horse form and pedigrees and race and sale results, plus a range of downloadable detailed research reports on individual sires. From September 1, members will receive an exclusive discount of 20% on all stallion reports purchased and also a free broodmare sire nick report. For further information on this offer, please visit www.the-racehorse.com

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More joy for British breeders in July July was another successful month for British breeders, with six Group 1 winners and a total of 24 black-type winners bred in Great Britain. First out of the blocks was Liberty Beach, who won the Listed Chasemore Farm Dragon Stakes in emphatic style. The daughter of first-season sire Cable Bay is owned and bred by Philip Wilkins and followed up with another success in the Group 3 Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood. Elarqam was another British-bred who scored two black-type successes in July. Victory in the Listed Gala Stakes at Sandown was followed by a dominant display in the Group 2 Sky Bet York Stakes. The son of Frankel is out of 1,000 Guineas heroine Attraction and was bred by Floors Stud before being purchased by Shadwell for 1,600,000 guineas as a yearling. Kurious added more black type to her record with her win in the Group 3 Coral Charge at Sandown. The daughter of Kuroshio was bred by Mrs B A Matthews and is leased to the Hot To Trot Racing Syndicate. She will now be given a break before an autumn campaign. The brilliant Enable took her Group 1 tally to nine in July and followed in her sire Nathaniel’s footsteps with wins in the Eclipse Stakes and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The latter race provided one of the most memorable races of the season, with Enable and Crystal Ocean, who was also bred in Great Britain, battling it out up the Ascot straight. Enable, bred by owner Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms, is out of Concentric, who was the winner of the H.J Joel Silver Salver for Broodmare of the Year at last year’s TBA Flat Awards. Another recipient of the H.J. Joel Silver Salver, Dar Re Mi, was also the dam of a Group 1 winner in July in Too Darn Hot, who was victorious in both the Prix Jean Prat and Sussex Stakes. Unfortunately, the colt suffered a career-ending injury following his win at Goodwood and will now be retired to stand at Dalham Hall Stud. The son of Dubawi, who was champion two-year-old last season, is owned and bred by Lord and Lady LloydWebber’s Watership Down Stud. Exhort was the winner of the Listed Weatherbys TBA Pipalong Stakes, beating last year’s 1,000 Guineas winner Billesdon Brook. Bred and owned by Cheveley Park Stud, she is a daughter of Dutch Art, who also stood at the stud. After the race, trainer Richard Fahey commented: “I’m delighted. She’s a homebred filly of

Cheveley Park. We always felt she was a black-type filly. It’s just taken her time to get there. She’s just been a slow-burner.” There was further success for the stud when another homebred, Veracious, won the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes. The daughter of Frankel is out of Group 3 winner Infallible, making her a half-sister to dual Group 2 Summer Mile winner Mutakayyef and Stewards’ Cup hero Intrinsic. There was a sad conclusion to the Group 2 Summer Mile at Ascot, with winner Beat The Bank suffering a fatal injury. The son of Paco Boy was the winner of seven black-type races, including six at Group level. Bred in Great Britain by Denniff Farms, he was sold as a yearling for £30,000 to Darren Bunyan Racing before being bought by King Power Racing. Japan followed up his success at Royal Ascot with a win in the Group 1 Grand Prix

de Paris at Longchamp. Bred by Newsells Park Stud, which stands Nathaniel, he is a brother to Group 2 winner Secret Gesture and Sir Isaac Newton. He was bought by Coolmore at Book 1 of the 2017 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale for 1,300,000gns. There was more Classic success for British breeders in July when Star Catcher was an impressive winner of the Group 1 Kerrygold Irish Oaks at the Curragh. The daughter of Sea The Stars is owned and bred by Anthony Oppenheimer’s Hascombe and Valiant Studs and is out of Lynnwood Chase, making her a half-sister to fellow top-level winner Channock Chase. On the same day, her owner-breeder had further success with Dame Malliot, winner of the Listed Aphrodite Fillies’ Stakes at Newmarket. Trainer Ed Vaughan said: “Dame Malliot is so talented and did that nicely.” The daughter of Champs Elysees subsequently won the Group 2 Prix de Pomone at Deauville.

GB-bred black type winners in July 2019 B A Matthews Cheveley Stud Denniff Farms Floors Stud

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Hascombe And Valiant Studs

KURIOUS

THE SPRINT STAKES (Group 3)

EXHORT

PIPALONG STAKES (Listed)

VERACIOUS

FALMOUTH STAKES (Group 1)

BEAT THE BANK ELARQAM

SUMMER MILE (Group 2) YORK STAKES (Group 2) GALA STAKES (Listed)

WELL OF WISDOM

PRIX ROLAND DE CHAMBURE (Listed)

AL DABARAN

WINKFIELD STAKES (Listed)

IMPULSIF

PRIX MESSIDOR (Group 3)

DAME MALLIOT

APHRODITE FILLIES’ STAKES (Listed)

STAR CATCHER

IRISH OAKS (Group 1)

JULIET FOXTROT

MODESTY HANDICAP (Group 3)

VIADERA

CAIRN ROUGE STAKES (Listed)

ENABLE

KING GEORGE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES (Group 1)

Juddmonte

ECLIPSE STAKES (Group 1) Lord Margadale

TROPBEAU

PRIX SIX PERFECTIONS (Group 3)

Meon Valley

TWIST N SHAKE

PRIX DE BAGATELLE (Listed)

JAPAN

GRAND PRIX DE PARIS (Group 1)

SOFFIA

SAPPHIRE STAKES (Group 2)

Newsells Philip Wilkins

LIBERTY BEACH

DRAGON STAKES (Listed)

Rabbah Bloodstock

SAMEEM

BRITISH STALLION STUDS EBF GLASGOW STAKES (Listed)

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RED TEA

KILBOY ESTATE STAKES (Group 2)

Watership Down Stud

TOO DARN HOT

PRIX JEAN PRAT (Group 1)

Widgham Stud

MUTAMAKINA

PRIX MADAME JEAN COUTURIE (Listed)

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INVESTING IN BREEDING & RACING – TBA Annual Seminar

The seminar that followed the TBA’s 102nd AGM was well-attended, informative and wide-ranging in subject matters covered

If the hallmark of a successful seminar is for the majority of attendees to go away having learned something new, the TBA’s latest annual event, hosted by Gina Harding in the slipstream of the Annual General Meeting at Tattersalls’ Park Paddocks venue in Newmarket on July 17, more than fulfilled its purpose. From discovering the commitment of Chief Executive Claire Sheppard in undertaking the equivalent of a roundthe-world trip to attend 302 meetings on the association’s behalf last year, to hearing from Simon Cooper about the latest technological innovations being developed by Weatherbys, there was a wealth of information to digest. The strong news headlines were provided by the BHA through separate presentations by Chief Executive Nick Rust and Director of Equine Health and Welfare David Sykes. Rust gave a rousing, state-of-thenation view of British racing’s current position, saying that “British racing needs strong British breeding,” before revealing that the organisation’s review of bloodstock buying and selling practices is due to be published shortly. The present Code of Practice, which is of special interest to breeders who sell at public auction, was introduced in 2009. In the summer of 2017, the BHA board was asked to consider “what risks there were in the practices in buying and selling,” Rust said, adding that the review, which began in July last year, had involved interviews with 60 individuals and organisations.

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He told delegates that the resulting report would go through a “planning and briefing session” with a group that will include representatives of the TBA on August 8 in Newmarket, after which its findings would be published the following month. Sykes revealed that the sport’s new horse welfare board had held its first serious working session the day before the seminar and had set out its initial priorities as fatalities and the whip. Detailing the make-up of the board, he pointed out that the TBA did not have direct representation but stressed: “It will have input to the board’s breeding industry strategies.” He went on to deal with two issues of specific interest to breeders – the 30day foal notification, which he admitted had originally caused some concerns in the sector, and the use of Regumate, which had been thrown into a degree of confusion through the presence of anabolic steroids in positive tests for prohibited substances recorded in Australia. Sykes noted that the uptake of 30-day foal notification in its first year, 2018, had reached 92.3%, but had improved to 96.34% from 4,945 foals to mid-July this year. “A fantastic result for breeders,” he said. On Regumate, while admitting there was still the potential for some risks to be exposed in testing foals that go into training, he commented: “My advice is that there is no problem in treating pregnant mares but be very careful

in yearling preparation because of a possible problem from anabolic steroid contamination.” The opportunities for breeders to lease horses to racing syndicates were outlined by Sam Hoskins, who manages the Hot To Trot and Kennett Valley operations. Detailing reasons why breeders should consider this course of action, he put at the top of the list the ability “to retain a mare or filly with a view to breeding from her while paying no training fees.” Dealing with a list of perceived negatives, which particularly played against staying-bred horses, he admitted: “Precocity is an advantageous criterion because most syndicates want something that has a chance of racing at two years.” However, Hoskins added: “Leasing can help breeders with their margins, and even by leasing you still share in the thrill of ownership.” Trainer Kim Bailey explained that his syndicates, run in-house by Peter Kerr, were sold as a whole package covering two years, which enabled a more patient approach to be adopted with slowermaturing horses. “Syndication, if properly managed, is a wonderful way of getting involved in the sport,” he said. Picking up the issue from the audience, New England Stud manager Peter Stanley commented: “We’ve got to expand the ownership base and syndication and leasing is a great option. With modern technology it should even be possible to introduce leasing by the day.”

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In a month of epic sporting encounters, racing served up its own World Cup Final with a pulsating finish to the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Enable and Crystal Ocean, a pair of British-bred five-year olds and currently the two highest-rated horses in training in the world, fought a tremendous duel in the Ascot straight, with the mare prevailing by a neck. This was Enable’s second top-level success in July and her ninth in all after a more comfortable triumph when dropped back to ten furlongs in the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown three weeks earlier. The fourth generation homebred has contributed in no small measure to the 212 Group/Grade 1 victories achieved by 108 individual Juddmonte-bred horses. Although she is by the Newsells Parkbased Nathaniel, it was still another fine month for Juddmonte’s own band of exclusively homebred stallions. Earlier that afternoon on the Knavesmire, Frankel’s son Elarqam won the Group 2 York Stakes and a week before Kingman added two new stakes winners to his tally, courtesy of Fox Chairman and Twist ’N’ Shake. The burgeoning stud career of Dansili’s son Bated Breath has also taken a leap forward this year and Les Hogues became his ninth individual stakes winner this season when landing the Criterium du Bequet at La Teste. With Group winners for Oasis Dream (Polydream) and the retired Dansili (Juliet Foxtrot), July was a month to remember at what is arguably the

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Enable (right) is a Juddmonte homebred

world’s premier breeding operation. Indeed, Juddmonte’s influence on the breed extends well beyond its own operation. Homebred Danehill was a Group 1 winning sprinter in the 1990s, and at the end of his racing career he was bought by Coolmore, in partnership with Arrowfield Stud. He became one of the most successful and influential stallions of all time. Memories of that deal between the two racing and breeding superpowers were evoked at the end of July when it was announced that top-class sprinter Calyx (by Kingman) had been retired from racing and acquired by Coolmore, who will stand him as a stallion with Juddmonte retaining an interest in the colt. His new owners will be hoping history can repeat itself. SPECIAL MERIT AWARD – JULY

PHILIP WILKINS This season has been particularly noteworthy for the rich pickings enjoyed by owner-breeders. Whilst the larger operations have inevitably enjoyed the lion’s share of the rewards, the Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood saw a

smaller owner-breeder record his first ever Group 3 winner. Lichfield-based Philip Wilkins had received several offers for his two-yearold filly Liberty Beach after her victory in the Dragon Stakes at Sandown. Happily, he resisted the temptation and was able to enjoy watching his own colours carried to victory on the South Downs. He reflected: “We just love racing, so that is why we are here. The money wasn’t going to make that much difference to our lives, so we thought why not keep her? “I have only been breeding horses for about three years – this is the second one and she has an older half-sister who hasn’t performed quite as well but she was a little weak as a yearling. We are just hoping that we can get a bit more out of the family because it is an incredible family. “I lost a racehorse that I paid a lot of money for, who didn’t even reach the track, and I got very disappointed about the game. I decided to take the mares that I had and to breed. From that, we are back racing again and I am over the moon.” Liberty Beach is by Cable Bay out of the Avonbridge mare Flirtinaskirt. Wilkins paid £11,000 for her at the Doncaster St Leger Festival Yearling Sale in 2011 and she won one race at five furlongs. The family is all about speed. Flirtinaskirt is a half-sister to the multiple Group 3-winning sprinter La Rioja, the Group 3 Princess Margaret Stakes runner-up Pastoral Girl and the Listed St Hugh’s Stakes third Lilbourne Lass.

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Quality Yearlings At Ascot From A Successful Nursery Since 1994, Bearstone Stud has bred over 814 winners including Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3 winners. In 2019, we have already bred the winners of 40 races (18/8/2019). At last year’s Ascot Sale, we sold Ventura Rebel, who was a neck 2nd in Group 2 Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot and is Timeform rated 107.

Don’t miss this year’s selected draft 10th September: Lot 101 Bay Colt Adaay x Mookhlesa, grandam of Vintage Brut, 3 wins at 2 years including National Stakes, Sandown Park, L. Lot 1

Bay Colt Coulsty x Yearbook, dam of Mr Wizard, winner at 2 years, 3rd Solario Stakes, Sandown Park, Gr.3.

Lot 143 Bay Colt Equiano x Spontaneity, dam of Masaru, 3 wins at 2 and 3 years, 2019, £29,800. Family of Swiss Lake. Lot 102 Brown Colt Fountain Of Youth x Mortitia, winner at 2 years, dam of 4 winners from 5 foals including his full-sister Ebony Adams, winner at 2 years, 2019. Lot 108 Bay Colt Fountain Of Youth x New Falcon, winner at 2 years, dam of a winner. Full-brother placed twice at 2 years. Lot 128 Bay Colt Fountain Of Youth x Russian Punch, 3 wins including Radley Stakes, Newbury, L. Lot 145 Bay Colt Fountain Of Youth x Sukuma, dam of 5 winners including Bottle Blonde, 9 wins, including at 2, and £123,973. Lot 56

Chesnut Colt Mason x Emblaze, winner of 2 races, half-sister to Delectation, 4 wins including Firth of Cyde Stakes, Ayr, Gr.3 and two Gr.3 races in Germany.

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Bay colt Sepoy x Irrational, winner at 2 years, dam of 2 winners at 2 years.

Lot 98

Bay colt Fountain Of Youth x Mania, dam of 11 winners including Domineer, 7 wins and £647,890 and Oti Ma Boati, 3 wins at 2 years, 2019, all her starts.

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Vet Forum: The Expert View

Exotic diseases: protocols and vigilance key to shutting them out

Exotic diseases must be on our radar

It is important to appreciate that it is not just the physical effects of the disease on affected animals or local activities that might impact on the industry. Exports to certain countries might also be banned until any outbreak of notifiable disease is controlled or eradicated. Existing export certificates require confirmation from the UK government that certain diseases have not occurred within a certain period of time before export. With increasing movement of horses between a growing number of countries, the risk of the introduction of disease also increases. Many exotic diseases have clinical signs which are similar to our endemic diseases and also some commonly seen non-infectious conditions. Being aware of the potential for an exotic disease to appear will assist in rapid diagnosis and, hopefully, successful control.

VETSTREAM EQUIS

n exotic disease is an infectious disease that normally doesn’t occur in the particular country or area under discussion – either it has never occurred there, or it has been eradicated. By comparison, an endemic disease does or can be expected to occur in that area or country. For example, equine influenza (EI) is endemic to the UK (as the ongoing situation demonstrates) but Equine Infectious Anaemia (EIA) is an exotic disease. In Australia, EI is considered exotic as, apart from the large outbreak in 2007, Australia was and is now free of the disease. A notifiable disease is one which, by law, must be reported to government authorities, even if it is only suspected. This allows investigation, movement restrictions and possibly restrictions on other activities such as shows or sales etc to be imposed. With some notifiable diseases, compulsory destruction of infected animals and/or in-contacts is required and any financial compensation might not match the value of the animals lost. Some infectious diseases are also zoonotic, which means they can pass between humans and animals and might cause disease in humans, too.

Fig 1 Eye showing jaundice (yellowing) of sclera

Where insects may have a role… Climate change, with the resultant increase in temperatures and unsettled weather patterns, could potentially provide conditions in the UK which will support populations of disease-carrying insects, including those not previously found here. There are a few vectorborne diseases we must specifically be on the lookout for.

African Horse Sickness (AHS)

AHS is one of the most severe viral diseases affecting horses. It is caused by a virus similar to that which causes Bluetongue in ruminants and both are transmitted by biting midges. In 2007 there was an outbreak of Bluetongue in ruminants in eastern England believed to have been the result of a ‘cloud’ of virus-carrying midges being blown over from Europe. It is possible that AHS virus might also arrive in this way. In the UK, the mortality rate in affected areas would be close to 100% as our population of horses has never

previously been exposed to the infection. In countries where it is endemic (for example, parts of southern Africa) there are different forms of the disease but mortality rates still reach 70 to 95%. Symptoms include some or all of the following: fever, swelling of the eyelids, face and/or brisket, difficulty breathing, spasmodic cough and frothy fluid oozing from nostrils. Midges feeding on an infected horse pick up the virus and carry infection to other horses. Diagnosis is based on clinical signs and paired blood tests looking for development of antibody in animals that survive long enough. There is a commercially available vaccine in certain countries but efficacy is limited because there are several distinct serotypes of the virus. Control includes trying to identify the virus and serotype, isolating and possibly euthanising infected and exposed horses, establishment of control and restriction zones, insect-proof housing and annual vaccination, where available.

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By Deidre Carson MRCVS

VETSTREAM EQUIS

Piroplasmosis (piro) is still considered an exotic disease even though we occasionally find horses that test positive for it here, usually on pre-export testing. These are usually very weak or ‘false positives’, which can be very difficult to interpret. Repeat testing in a different laboratory or using a different test often yields a negative result. Occasionally, piro DNA can be found in the blood of asymptomatic horses in the UK. An isolated positive case in a single, recently imported mare with a foal at foot was reported in Ireland in 2019 and the mare was immediately returned to her country of origin. The causative organism is a protozoan parasite and it needs to have a period of its life cycle undertaken in a tick – the tick then infects a horse when it feeds. Unfortunately, piro can also be transmitted via blood-contaminated needles or by direct blood transfusion. Symptoms are due to the anaemia that develops and include fever, pale membranes, jaundice weakness (Fig 1), reduced appetite, elevated heart and respiratory rates, production of dark urine, loss of performance, etc. The presentation of an infected case might be similar in many respects to AHS, so rapid diagnosis – or isolation until diagnosis can be made – is necessary. It can be difficult to find the parasite in blood samples and diagnosis is often based on PCR or serological tests. The UK is at risk through importation of infected horses. These can remain carriers for very long periods and act as a source of infection for suitable ticks. In any imported horse that develops signs of lethargy and anaemia, Piroplasmosis should be considered as one possible cause.

Fig 3 Eye demonstrating conjunctivitis paralysis and possibly death. It falls in a similar bracket as AHS in that there seems to be an increasing chance of us experiencing the disease in the UK due to changes in climate and insect populations. Its main hosts are birds and it is transmitted by mosquitoes (Fig 2). It is endemic in parts of Europe – particularly northern Italy, Hungary and Greece, and there have been outbreaks in Spain and France in recent years. It is also zoonotic and, in a few countries, cases are reported only in humans. Not all infected horses show clinical signs but, fortunately, infected horses do not act as a source of infection for other horses. Neurological signs in horses can range from mild stiffness or dullness to very severe with fever, depression, muscle tremors, circling behaviour, convulsions or rapid death. These signs are similar to any number of neurological diseases, including poisonings, bacterial meningitis and encephalitis and severe liver disease. Differentiation between these neurological diseases might be possible only through isolation of virus on PCR on post-mortem samples in animals that die or are euthanased. Paired blood tests at least four to seven days apart might be useful in animals with longer or mild illness.

Equine Infectious Anaemia (EIA)

West Nile Virus

VETSTREAM EQUIS

West Nile Virus (WNV) is a significant cause of neurological disease in horses with inflammation of the brain and or surrounding tissues resulting in changes to behaviour or weakness/

Fig 2 Mosquitoes can transmit infection between infected and non-infected animals

EIA is spread by blood-feeding insects, such as horse and stable flies. Any bodily fluid from an infected horse can carry the virus and mares can transfer the virus to their foals via the placenta and milk. Contaminated equipment such as syringes, needles and bits can also transmit the disease. A recent outbreak in an equine hospital in Ireland also indicates that direct transfer between horses within a barn can occur. It is believed that the source of this outbreak was unlicensed, contaminated plasma. The incubation period, i.e. the time between infection and appearance of disease, can be prolonged – up to 45 days – and initial disease might be very mild and easily missed. Other symptoms include fever, conjunctivitis (Fig 3)

weakness, loss of appetite, jaundice and swelling of the limbs and death. In many cases, horses can become clinically normal carriers of the virus and act as a source of infection for others. There is no specific treatment or vaccine available. Diagnosis is based on clinical signs and demonstration of antibodies to the virus in blood tests. One problem with these serological tests is that they can give negative results within the first ten to 14 days after infection. Note that the symptoms are very similar to other diseases which cause anaemia.

Diseases which can be spread during mating

Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA) probably seems more familiar to us because we test mares for it every breeding season and the HBLB Codes of Practice require that stallions are vaccinated against it and mares are tested before mating. It is an exotic disease which can be spread by mating, artificial insemination, contact with aborted foetuses, contaminated equipment and through virus present in the breath of infected animals. Symptoms include abortion, conjunctivitis and swelling around the eyes, runny nose, lethargy and swelling of the testicles (Fig 4) or mammary glands. Note that other viral infections might cause limb swelling and something as simple as an allergy might cause swelling around the eyes and lips. Stallions can be carriers without showing any clinical signs and infect mares they mate with. Similarly, infected mares can infect stallions during mating, but they can also infect their foals during pregnancy and via their milk. Mares don’t remain carriers but might remain positive on a blood test for antibodies to the virus. In such cases we tend to repeat the test at least two weeks later to ensure there is no change in the antibody level in the blood. The risk to the UK is via an infected

Fig 4 Swollen scrotum and sheath

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DR. JAMES CRABTREE, MRCVS

Piroplasmosis

23/08/2019 15:55

Vet Forum: The Expert View ›› horse or contaminated semen. It is

important to adhere to the HBLB Codes of Practice to keep this infection out of the thoroughbred population but there is less awareness and uptake of these codes in other breeds and in sports horse breeding, although the situation appears to be improving. Up to the time of writing, in 2019 there have been four positive cases in non-thoroughbred stallions. Apart from telling us that restrictions have been put in place and that investigations are under way, there is no more information about these cases (see https://www. gov.uk/government/news/equine-viralarteritis-confirmed-in-devon). All imported semen, whether chilled or frozen, must be accompanied by the original or a copy of the import certificate confirming the disease-free status of the stallion at the time of collection.

Contagious Equine Metritis

Again, all breeders will be familiar with this infection as we test thoroughbred stallions and mares at least once every breeding season. This is a bacterial infection of the genital tract, which

can cause infection of the uterus. This results in discharge from the vulva and infertility. Stallions can be carriers without demonstrating any clinical signs and affected mares can infect stallions at mating. There can also be spread via contaminated articles, such as an artificial vagina used for semen collection. Diagnosis is based on culture of the organism or PCR on genital swabs. Many mares will spontaneously clear the infection but treatment of infected stallions and mares due to be mated will be necessary. Mating should not resume until three negative genital swabs have been taken. CEM is a notifiable disease and is considered exotic, although there is a chance that it is present in animals that are not undergoing testing. CEM is one of the diseases which requires preexport testing for a number of countries to which the UK regularly sends horses. There are obviously many other exotic diseases that could possibly be introduced to the UK. The important message is to be aware that these diseases exist and the combination of increased transportation of horses and

changes to our climate increase the risk of these diseases occurring in the UK. Such incursions could be disastrous for our industry. There are useful lists and guides to notifiable diseases on the gov.uk website – most of them exotic. The OIE website is also a very useful resource if looking for information about these and other notifiable diseases.

References and further reading: https://equusmagazine.com/blogequus/eia-outbreak-in-ireland-linked-tocontaminated-plasma https://www.gov.uk/government/ collections/notifiable-diseases-in-animals http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-theworld/technical-disease-cards/ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/ government/uploads/system/uploads/ attachment_data/file/244348/pb13831ahs-control-strategy-20130923.pdf HBLB Codes of Practice https://codes. hblb.org.uk https://www.aht.org.uk/diseasesurveillance/defra-aht-beva-reports Vol 15, No 1, January – March 2019

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Father and son’s deep impact on respective eras in Japan T DEEP IMPACT’S TOP TEN G1 WINNERS WTR

Name

Born

Sex

Dam

129

A SHIN HIKARI

2011

CATALINA

STORM CAT

122

GENTILDONNA

2009

DONNA BLINI

BERTOLINI

122

SATONO DIAMOND

2013

MALPENSA

ORPEN

121

KIZUNA

2010

CATEQUIL

STORM CAT

121

MAKAHIKI

2013

WIKIWIKI

FRENCH DEPUTY

121

SAXON WARRIOR

2015

MAYBE

GALILEO

120

BEAUTY PARLOUR

2009

BASTET

GIANT’S CAUSEWAY

120

DEE MAJESTY

2013

HERMES TIARA

BRIAN’S TIME

120

REAL STEEL

2012

LOVES ONLY ME

STORM CAT

120

SPIELBERG

2009

PRINCESS OLIVIA

LYCIUS

Broodmare Sire

WTR = World Thoroughbred Ranking

puts him on 10.5% stakes winners to runners, again a top-class score. Due to a dearth of black-type chances in Japan, local professionals put a huge amount of store in a stallion’s ability to get winners of open races. Using this metric, we can again see how these two giants have dominated their respective eras. Sunday Silence produced open winners at a rate of 33.1%, compared to his son’s 21.9%. But the real test of a sire’s prowess is his ability to produce better runners from his mares than all other sires. And Deep Impact has done that in a decisive manner: his 10.5% stakes winners are from mares that usually produce 7.6%. Sunday Silence, meanwhile, produced his 13.7% stakes winners from mares whose normal output was only 5.6%. So, it is clear that Deep Impact has had the benefit of better mares than his sire, even if it is equally true that he’s been denied access to all the good mares carrying Sunday Silence blood. He has also reaped the rewards of Shadai’s policy of acquiring top international mares, more so than his sire.

GEORGE SELWYN

he death of Japan’s great sire Deep Impact at the relatively young age of 17 is a crushing blow for both local and international breeders. That’s not in doubt. Neither is the fact that Japan may find it very difficult to find another so dominant. It’s almost 30 years since his equally brilliant sire, Sunday Silence, was cast off to Japan from his native America. The near-black son of Halo suffered his first rejection as a yearling at the Keeneland July Sale in 1987, where he failed to sell at only $17,000. His second snub came the following spring when he again failed to find a new home as a two-year-old in training in California. Whatever it was that put potential buyers off certainly didn’t stop him reaching racing’s pinnacle. But for a defeat at the hands of Easy Goer in the Belmont Stakes in 1989, we would have witnessed the first Triple Crown winner to have gone on to land the Breeders’ Cup Classic, a feat that would take another quarter of a century to achieve through American Pharaoh. Sunday Silence’s final humiliation came at the end of his racing career. His poor conformation evidently precluded a stallion career at Stone Farm, where his sire Halo had stood. But America’s loss was Japan’s gain. Before his death in 2002, Sunday Silence had amassed 169 stakes winners which amounts to 13.7% of his runners. Considering that the ratio of black-type racing in Japan is very low compared to other countries, 13.7% stakes winners to runners is a truly world-class achievement. Moreover, when we look at what Sunday Silence’s best son, Deep Impact, has managed we can truly appreciate his sire’s numbers. So far, Deep Impact has sired 136 stakes winners, which

Deep Impact’s son Study Of Man triumphs in last year’s Prix du Jockey Club

Like most sires, both have done very well with elite mares, which have produced only a third of Sunday Silence’s runners and half of those by Deep Impact. The Sunday Silences from elite mares include 17.4% stakes winners to runners, while those by the Japanese Triple Crown winner have posted an excellent 13.6%. Another interesting comparison between father and son is the quality of their very best racehorses. Sunday Silence’s best ten runners – headed by Deep Impact of course – have an average rating of 127.6, compared to his son’s 126.4. Both have had a similar number of runners, but Sunday Silence sired 12 crops, while Deep Impact’s current two-yearolds are from his tenth crop. Therefore, we can expect Deep Impact to at least close the gap, if not overtake his illustrious sire. Deep Impact’s demise is of course also a significant loss for the world’s best breeders. Both Coolmore and Godolphin, among others, have been using him in recent years. His stock’s success in Europe has been there for all to see. So far, he’s had 13 stakes winners, including Saxon Warrior, from 42 runners – an outstanding strike-rate of 31%. Even more impressive is the 50% stakes winners to runners from his European-foaled runners, headed by Group 1 winners Study Of Man and Beauty Parlour. One thing is certain, there will be many more European Stakes winners from his last four crops. Despite his dominance, Deep Impact hasn’t yet found a worthy stallion heir, but there are simply far too many good colts in the pipeline to believe that he won’t find a good sire son or two. Whether they’re as good as their sire or grandsire is a different matter entirely.

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Data Book • Analysis by Andrew Caulfield European Pattern 167 CORAL ECLIPSE G1 SANDOWN PARK. Jul 6. 3yo+. 10f.

1. ENABLE (GB) 5 9-4 £425,325 b m by Nathaniel - Concentric (Sadler’s Wells) O-Mr K. Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd TR-John Gosden 2. Magical (IRE) 4 9-4 £161,250 b f by Galileo - Halfway To Heaven (Pivotal) O-Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor B-Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt TR-Aidan O’Brien £80,700 3. Regal Reality (GB) 4 9-7 b c by Intello - Regal Realm (Medicean) O-Cheveley Park Stud B-Cheveley Park Stud Limited TR-Sir Michael Stoute Margins 0.75, 2. Time 2:04.70. Going Good to Firm. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-5 13 12 1 £9,141,225 Sire: NATHANIEL. Sire of 16 Stakes winners. In 2019 CHANNEL Dansili G1, ENABLE Sadler’s Wells G1, DASHING WILLOUGHBY Dylan Thomas G2, AMORELLA Dubawi LR, MUTAMAKINA Danehill LR, STEEL PRINCE Danehill LR. 1st Dam: CONCENTRIC by Sadler’s Wells. 3 wins at 3 in France, Prix Charles Laffitte LR, 2nd Prix de Flore G3. Own sister to DANCE ROUTINE and Light Ballet. Dam of 5 winners:

2010: 2011: 2012: 2013: 2014:

2015: 2016: 2017: 2018: 2019:

Considerate (f Dansili) unraced. Broodmare. TOURNAMENT (g Oasis Dream) 3 wins. Contribution (f Champs Elysees) 2 wins at 3 in France, 3rd Shadwell Prix de Pomone G2. Broodmare. Birdwood (f Oasis Dream) unraced. Broodmare. ENABLE (f Nathaniel) Champion 3yr old filly in Europe in 2017, Champion older mare in Europe in 2018. 12 wins at 2 to 5, 2019 at home, France, USA, Coral Eclipse G1, Darley Irish Oaks G1, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S G1 (twice), Investec Oaks S G1, Darley Yorkshire Oaks G1, Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe G1 (twice), Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf G1, 188Bet September S G3, Arkle Finance Cheshire Oaks S LR. CENTROID (c Dansili) Winner at 3. Entitle (f Dansili) Winner at 2, 2nd Tattersalls Musidora S G3. Portrush (f Frankel) unraced to date. (c Sea The Stars) (c Nathaniel)

2nd Dam: APOGEE by Shirley Heights. 2 wins at 3 in France Prix de Royaumont G3. Dam of DANCE ROUTINE (f Sadler’s Wells: Prix de Royallieu Hotel du Golf Barriere G2, 2nd Prix de Diane Hermes G1), APSIS (c Barathea: Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord G3, Prix Thomas Bryon G3), CONCENTRIC (f Sadler’s Wells, see above), SPACE QUEST (f Rainbow Quest: Prix Joubert LR), Light Ballet (f Sadler’s Wells: 3rd Prix Minerve G3), Summit Meeting (g Sadler’s Wells: 3rd WKD Core Hurdle G2). Grandam of FLINTSHIRE, KOCAB, DANCE MOVES, PENCHEE, Tandem, Porgy, Badee Ah. Third dam of PROJECTED, HEADMAN, VIRTUAL GAME, Delivery, Zamoura, TUK TUK. Fourth dam of Fifth Position. Broodmare Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of the dams of 430 Stakes winners. In 2019 - ENABLE Nathaniel G1, WAR OF WILL War Front G1, FIFTY STARS Sea The Stars G2, RAA ATOLL Sea The Stars G2, WORTH WAITING Bated Breath G2.

ENABLE b m 2014 Sadler’s Wells

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge

Urban Sea

Miswaki Allegretta

Silver Hawk

Roberto Gris Vitesse

Mia Karina

Icecapade Basin

Galileo NATHANIEL b 08 Magnificient Style

Sadler’s Wells CONCENTRIC b 04

168 QATAR PRIX JEAN PRAT G1 DEAUVILLE. Jul 7. 3yoc&f. 1400m.

1. TOO DARN HOT (GB) 9-2 £205,910 b c by Dubawi - Dar Re Mi (Singspiel) O-Lord Lloyd Webber B-Watership Down Stud TR-John Gosden 2. Space Blues (IRE) 9-2 £82,378 ch c by Dubawi - Miss Lucifer (Noverre) O-Godolphin B-Godolphin Management Company Ltd TR-Charlie Appleby 3. Fox Champion (IRE) 9-2 £41,189 b c by Kodiac - Folegandros Island (Red Rocks) O-King Power Racing Co Ltd B-C. Marnane TR-Richard Hannon Margins 3, 2. Time 1:21.29. Going Good. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-3 9 6 3 £1,320,181 Sire: DUBAWI. Sire of 174 Stakes winners. In 2019 CORONET Darshaan G1, OLD PERSIAN Singspiel G1, TOO DARN HOT Singspiel G1, AL HILALEE Authorized G2, ALMANAAR Bahhare G2, BALL OF MUSCLE Gold Brose G2, D’BAI Green Desert G2, GHAIYYATH Galileo G2, LAH TI DAR Singspiel G2, NORTH AMERICA Yankee Victor G2, PLUMATIC Anabaa G2, POETIC CHARM Danehill G2, THE REVENANT Excellent Art G2. 1st Dam: DAR RE MI by Singspiel. 6 wins at 3 to 5 at home, France, UAE, Audi Pretty Polly S G1, Darley Yorkshire Oaks G1, Guangsha Group Dubai Sheema Classic G1, 2nd Darley Yorkshire Oaks G1, Qatar Prix Vermeille G1, 3rd Emirates Airlines Breeders’ Cup Turf G1. Dam of 4 winners:

2012:

2013: 2014: 2015:

2016:

2017: 2018:

De Treville (c Oasis Dream) 2 wins at 2 and 3 in France, 2nd Prix de Guiche G3, Prix de la Porte Maillot G3, Prix des Chenes G3. Sire. SO MI DAR (f Dubawi) 4 wins at 2 and 3, Tattersalls Musidora S G3, 3rd Prix de l’Opera Longines G1. Broodmare. Erdogan (c Frankel) LAH TI DAR (f Dubawi) 4 wins at 3 and 4, Al Basti Middleton S G2, 2nd William Hill St Leger S G1, 3rd Qipco Brit.Champions Fillies/ Mare S G1, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1. TOO DARN HOT (c Dubawi) Champion 2yr old colt in Europe in 2018. 6 wins at 2 and 3 at home, France, Darley Dewhurst S G1, Qatar Sussex S G1, Qatar Prix Jean Prat G1, Howcroft Champagne S G2, 188Bet Solario S G3, 2nd Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas G1, Al Basti Dante S G2, 3rd St James’s Palace S G1. Darain (c Dubawi) unraced to date. (f Dubawi)

2nd Dam: DARARA by Top Ville. 3 wins at 3 in France Trusthouse Forte Prix Vermeille G1. Dam of DAR RE MI (f Singspiel, see above), REWILDING (c Tiger Hill: Prince of Wales’s S G1, China Guangsha Dubai Sheema Classic G1, 3rd Investec Derby S G1), DIAGHILEV (g Sadler’s Wells: Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup G1), DARAZARI (c Sadler’s Wells: Ranvet S G1, 3rd Chipping Norton S G1), DARIYOUN (c Shahrastani: Prix Lord Seymour LR, Prix Scaramouche LR, Gran Premio de Madrid -Gran Premio Nobel LR, 2nd CIGA Prix de Lutece G3, Prix d’Hedouville G3, 3rd CIGA Prix du Cadran G1), Kilimanjaro (c Shirley Heights: 2nd King Edward VII S G2), Rhagaas (c Sadler’s Wells: 2nd Prix de Lutece G3, 3rd Emirates Airline Prix du Jockey Club G1), DARDJINI (g Nijinsky: New Stand H. Hurdle G3, 3rd A.I.G. Europe Champion Hurdle G1, Denny Gold Medal Novice Chase G1). Grandam of DARASIM, MOOHAARIB, TRETHIAS. Third dam of De Charlie, Darenjan. Broodmare Sire: SINGSPIEL. Sire of the dams of 84 Stakes winners. In 2019 - OLD PERSIAN Dubawi G1, TOO DARN HOT Dubawi G1, LAH TI DAR Dubawi G2, SCIACCHETRA Manhattan Cafe G2, ELYSEA’S WORLD Champs Elysees G3, LADY KAYA Dandy Man G3, LIMATO Tagula G3, SECRET AMBITION Exceed And Excel G3. The Dubawi/Singspiel cross has produced: LAH TI DAR G1, LEFT HAND G1, OLD PERSIAN G1, SO MI DAR G1, TOO DARN HOT G1, WUHEIDA G1, RARE RHYTHM G2, Nolohay G2, LAUGH ALOUD G3, MAJESTIC DUBAWI G3, CRYSTAL RIVER LR.

TOO DARN HOT b c 2016 Dubai Millennium DUBAWI b 02 Zomaradah

Northern Dancer Nearctic Natalma Fairy Bridge

Bold Reason Special

Shirley Heights

Mill Reef Hardiemma

Bourbon Girl

Ile de Bourbon Fleet Girl

Apogee

See race 174 later in this issue

Singspiel DAR RE MI b 05 Darara

Seeking The Gold Mr Prospector Con Game Colorado Dancer Shareef Dancer Fall Aspen Shirley Heights Deploy Slightly Dangerous Dancing Brave Jawaher High Tern Sadler’s Wells In The Wings High Hawk Halo Glorious Song Ballade High Top Top Ville Sega Ville Abdos Delsy Kelty

See race 178 later in this issue

169 DEUTSCHES DERBY G1 HAMBURG. Jul 7. 3yoc&f. 2400m.

1. LACCARIO (GER) 9-2 £351,351 br c by Scalo - Laccata (Lomitas) O-Gestut Ittlingen B-Gestut Hof Ittlingen TR-A Wohler 2. Django Freeman (GER) 9-2 £117,117 ch c by Campanologist - Donna Lavinia (Acatenango) O-Hedge Baumgarten Holschbach B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof TR-Henk Grewe 3. Accon (GER) 9-2 £70,270 c by Camelot - Anaita (Dubawi) O-Holger Renz B-Gestut Hof Ittlingen TR-Markus Klug Margins 1.25, 1.25. Time 2:29.95. Going Good. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-3 5 4 1 £403,765 Sire: SCALO. Sire of 1 Stakes winner. 1st Dam: LACCATA by Lomitas. Winner at 3 in Germany. Dam of 2 winners:

2013: 2014: 2015: 2016:

2017:

Lions Hill (c Tiger Hill) (c Scalo). died as a foal. LAXXIA (f Maxios) 3 wins at 3 and 4 in France, Germany. LACCARIO (c Scalo) 4 wins at 3 in Germany, Deutsches Derby G1, Sparkasse KolnBonn Union-Rennen G2, Aengevelt Derby Trial LR. (c Scalo)

2nd Dam: La Donna by Shirley Heights. 2 wins at 3 and 4 in Germany, 2nd Diana Trial/Las Vegas-Slenderella Rennen LR, 3rd Preis der Diana - Deutsches Stuten Derby G2. Grandam of LUCARELLI, LAVIVA, Love Happens. Broodmare Sire: LOMITAS. Sire of the dams of 51 Stakes winners. In 2019 - LACCARIO Scalo G1, ITOBO Areion G2, MORGAN LE FAYE Shamardal G2, SANTA CLARA Duke of Marmalade G2, GM HOPKINS Dubawi G3, WINTERFUCHS Campanologist G3.

LACCARIO br c 2016 Acatenango

Surumu Aggravate

Laurea

Sharpman Licata

Lando SCALO b/br 07

Exit To Nowhere

Irish River Coup de Folie

Saquiace

Sagace Laquiola

Niniski

Nijinsky Virginia Hills

La Colorada

Surumu La Dorada

Shirley Heights

Mill Reef Hardiemma

Laurea

Sharpman Licata

Sky Dancing

Lomitas LACCATA b 08 La Donna

In February 2019 the European Pattern Committee announced that the Deutsches Derby was at risk of losing its Gr1 status in 2020 if the 2019 contest continued its immediate predecessors’ failure to perform to the required standard. Only time will tell but there must be some questions about the standard of the latest edition. Victory went to Laccario, who is rated no higher than 113 by the Racing Post even though he has won four of his first five starts, including the Gr2 Union-Rennen. Owned and bred by Gestut Ittlingen, Laccario is a son of the French-based Scalo, whose fee in 2019 was only €2,200. He belongs to Scalo’s first crop and is his first black-type winner. Scalo himself won the Gr1 Preis von Europa as a three-year-old, when he also ventured to France to win the Gr2 Prix Guillaume d’Ornano. The most attractive aspect of Laccario’s pedigree is that he is inbred 3 x 3 to Laurea, through her son Lando and daughter La Donna, and 4 x 4 to Surumu, a Deutsches

Derby winner who sired three winners of the same Classic. One of those three, Acatenango, also sired three winners of the Deutsches Derby, including Scalo’s sire Lando. In addition to Lando, Laurea produced a second Deutsches Derby winner in Laroche and one of her daughters, Laurella, produced the Oaks d’Italia winner Lovelyn. 170 TATTERSALLS FALMOUTH STAKES G1 NEWMARKET. Jul 12. 3yo+f. 8f.

1. VERACIOUS (GB) 4 9-7 £113,420 b f by Frankel - Infallible (Pivotal) O-Cheveley Park Stud B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd TR-Sir Michael Stoute 2. One Master (GB) 5 9-7 £43,000 b m by Fastnet Rock - Enticing (Pivotal) O-Lael Stable B-Lael Stables TR-William Haggas 3. I Can Fly (GB) 4 9-7 £21,520 b f by Fastnet Rock - Madonna Dell’orto (Montjeu) O-Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor B-Rockwell Bloodstock TR-Aidan O’Brien Margins Neck, 2.75. Time 1:35.80. Going Good to Firm. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-4 10 3 6 £311,681 Sire: FRANKEL. Sire of 44 Stakes winners. In 2019 ANAPURNA Montjeu G1, DREAM CASTLE Dubawi G1, VERACIOUS Pivotal G1, ELARQAM Efisio G2, MEHDAAYIH Gone West G2, OBLIGATE Oasis Dream G2, LEARN BY HEART Danehill Dancer G3, MASTER OF REALITY Darshaan G3, SENATOR Selkirk G3, SUN MAIDEN Kingmambo G3, SUPHALA Kingmambo G3. 1st Dam: INFALLIBLE by Pivotal. 2 wins at 2 and 3, Leslie Harrison Mem. Nell Gwyn S G3, 2nd Coronation S G1, UAE Hydra Properties Falmouth S G1. Own sister to REMARKABLE and Watchable. Dam of 5 winners:

2010: 2011:

2012: 2013: 2015:

2016: 2017: 2018:

INTRINSIC (c Oasis Dream) 4 wins at 3 and 4. Sire. MUTAKAYYEF (g Sea The Stars) 4 wins at 3, 5 and 6, F.Cowley MBE Memorial Summer Mile S G2 (twice), 2nd Queen Anne S G1, 3rd Juddmonte International S G1, Ricoh Woodbine Mile S G1. INTIMATION (f Dubawi) 4 wins at 3 to 5 at home, France, Prix de Flore G3. Broodmare. ALAADEL (g Dubawi) 3 wins at 4 and 5. VERACIOUS (f Frankel) 3 wins at 2 to 4, Tattersalls Falmouth S G1, 188Bet Casino Atalanta S G3, 3rd Coronation S G1, Qatar Nassau S G1, Investec Princess Elizabeth S G3. Sea Wings (c Sea The Stars) in training. Galata Bridge (c Golden Horn) unraced to date. (c Frankel)

2nd Dam: IRRESISTIBLE by Cadeaux Genereux. 3 wins at 2 and 3 Tote Exacta Kilvington S LR, 2nd Irish Stall. Farms EBF Brownstown S G3. Dam of INFALLIBLE (f Pivotal, see above), REMARKABLE (g Pivotal: Toronado Carnarvon S LR), Watchable (g Pivotal: 2nd Connaught Flooring Abernant S G3). Grandam of GARSWOOD, Zagitova. Broodmare Sire: PIVOTAL. Sire of the dams of 97 Stakes winners. In 2019 - ADVERTISE Showcasing G1, DEFOE Dalakhani G1, HERMOSA Galileo G1, MAGICAL Galileo G1, VERACIOUS Frankel G1. The Frankel/Pivotal cross has produced: CRACKSMAN G1, VERACIOUS G1, Seven Heavens LR.

VERACIOUS b f 2015 Sadler’s Wells

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge

Urban Sea

Miswaki Allegretta

Danehill

Danzig Razyana

Rainbow Lake

Rainbow Quest Rockfest

Polar Falcon

Nureyev Marie d’Argonne

Fearless Revival

Cozzene Stufida

Galileo FRANKEL b 08 Kind

Pivotal INFALLIBLE b 05 Irresistible

Cadeaux Genereux Young Generation Smarten Up Polish Romance

Danzig Some Romance

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CAULFIELD ON VERACIOUS: “Her dam Infallible had gone one better than her daughter in the Coronation Stakes, finishing second in 2008, having earlier won the Group 3 Nell Gwyn Stakes” Much has been written about Galileo’s exceptional partnership with Pivotal’s broodmare daughters, which has so far produced ten Group winners, headed by those first-rate fillies Magical, Hydrangea, Rhododendron and Hermosa. Now Galileo’s outstanding son Frankel is also making his mark with daughters of the two-time champion broodmare sire. Although Frankel has only 14 foals of racing age out of Pivotal mares, two of them have become Gr1 winners. The first, Cracksman, earned nearly £2.8 million in winning eight of his 11 starts, including two editions of the QIPCO Champion Stakes. Now Veracious has followed in his Gr1-winning footsteps, thanks to her determined front-running performance in the Falmouth Stakes. Her previous Gr1 efforts included third places in the Coronation Stakes and the Nassau Stakes as a three-year-old. Veracious’ dam Infallible had gone one better than her daughter in the Coronation Stakes, finishing second in 2008, having earlier won the Gr3 Nell Gwyn Stakes in preparation for her close fourth in the 1,000 Guineas. Infallible has proved just as good as a producer, Veracious being her third Group winner following Sea The Stars’ very smart son Mutakayyef, twice a winner of the Gr2 Summer Mile, and Dubawi’s Prix de Flore winner Intimation. Infallible’s dam, the Cadeaux Genereux mare Irresistible, also enjoyed plenty of success both as a racehorse and a producer. A Groupplaced Listed winner, Irresistible also enjoyed stakes success with Infallible’s Listed-winning brother Remarkable, who has done his winning over six and seven furlongs. Mated to Pivotal’s son Kyllachy, Irresistible produced the unraced Penchant, who found fame as the dam of Garswood, winner of the Gr1 Prix Maurice de Gheest. Pan Tadeus, another Kyllachy mare from this family, produced the two-year-old Gr3 winner Queen Bee to Le Havre. Veracious’ fourth dam, Some Romance, was a dual Gr1 winner as a two-year-old in the US. 171 DARLEY JULY CUP STAKES G1 NEWMARKET. Jul 13. 3yo+. 6f.

1. TEN SOVEREIGNS (IRE) 3 9-0 £283,550 b c by No Nay Never - Seeking Solace (Exceed And Excel) O-Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor B-Camas Park, Lynch Bages & Summerhill TR-Aidan O’Brien 2. Advertise (GB) 3 9-0 £107,500 b c by Showcasing - Furbelow (Pivotal) O-Phoenix Thoroughbred Limited 1 B-Cheveley Park Stud Limited TR-Martyn Meade 3. Fairyland (IRE) 3 8-11 £53,800 b f by Kodiac - Queenofthefairies (Pivotal) O-Mrs E M Stockwell/M Tabor/D Smith B-Tally-Ho Stud TR-Aidan O’Brien Margins 2.75, 0.75. Time 1:09.30. Going Good to Firm. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-3 6 4 1 £522,826 Sire: NO NAY NEVER. Sire of 12 Stakes winners. In 2019 - TEN SOVEREIGNS Exceed And Excel G1,

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ARIZONA English Channel G2, MYSTERY POWER Haafhd G2, BROOKE Proud Citizen G3, ART DU VAL Rainbow Quest LR, CHESTNUT HONEY Chester House LR, NEVER NO MORE Catcher In The Rye LR, SERVALAN Oratorio LR, SHADN Sadler’s Wells LR. 1st Dam: Seeking Solace by Exceed And Excel. Winner at 3 in France, 2nd Prix de la Seine LR. Dam of 3 winners:

2012: 2013: 2015: 2016:

2017: 2018: 2019:

Halcyon Charm (c Halling) LEARZA (f High Chaparral) 3 wins at 4 and 5 in Spain. TRAILBOSS (g High Chaparral) Winner at 4. TEN SOVEREIGNS (c No Nay Never) Sold 200,000gns yearling at TAOC2. 4 wins at 2 and 3, Darley July Cup S G1, Juddmonte Middle Park S G1, John Sisk & Son Round Tower S G3. Eden Quay (f No Nay Never) unraced to date. (f No Nay Never) (c No Nay Never)

2nd Dam: Flamelet by Theatrical. 1 win at 3, 2nd Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial G3. Dam of Flash Fire (g Shamardal: 2nd Mohammed Al Maktoum Al Fahidi Fort G2), Seeking Solace (f Exceed And Excel, see above) Broodmare Sire: EXCEED AND EXCEL. Sire of the dams of 38 Stakes winners. In 2019 - ALIZEE Sepoy G1, ANTHONY VAN DYCK Galileo G1, CROWN PROSECUTOR Medaglia d’Oro G1, TEN SOVEREIGNS No Nay Never G1, BELLEVUE HILL Pierro G3, VIGOR WINNER Declaration of War G3.

TEN SOVEREIGNS b c 2016 Hennessy Myth

Love Style

Mr Prospector Likeable Style

Elusive Quality

Gone West Touch of Greatness

Comical Cat

Exceller Six Months Long

Danehill

Danzig Razyana

Patrona

Lomond Gladiolus

Theatrical

Nureyev Tree of Knowledge

Darling Flame

Capote My Darling One

Cat’s Eye Witness

Exceed And Excel SEEKING SOLACE b 07

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Johannesburg Scat Daddy NO NAY NEVER b/br 11

Flamelet

It was quickly decided that she was surplus to requirements at Darley and she was sold for 65,000gns at Tattersalls’ 2011 July Sale, when carrying her first foal. Needless to say, she has proved a bargain and her 2017 No Nay Never filly, Eden Quay, sold for 600,000gns. Although Ten Sovereigns’ first three dams all earned black type, none of them quite managed to win a Group or Listed race. His second dam Flamelet nearly became a Gr3 winner when second in the Derrinstown Stud 1,000 Guineas Trial over a mile. Flamelet failed to produce a black-type winner but Ten Sovereigns’ third dam, the Capote mare Darling Flame, was second in the Gr3 Cherry Hinton Stakes at two and now ranks as the second dam of two good fillies by Dubawi. Significantly, neither stayed well, with the Australian Gr1 winner Shamal Wind shining at around six furlongs and the Gr2 winner Al Thakira doing best over seven furlongs.

I pointed out after Ten Sovereign’s victory in the Middle Park Stakes that it is often difficult to decide whether winners of this six-furlong contest will stay the mile of the 2,000 Guineas. Although a ray of hope was offered by the fact that Ten Sovereign’s dam Seeking Solace was useful at around a mile and a quarter, it was hard to get away from the fact that his sire No Nay Never and broodmare sire Exceed And Excel both possessed far more speed than stamina. Sure enough, Ten Sovereigns could finish no better than fifth when favourite for the 2,000 Guineas, but it was harder to explain his fourth behind Advertise when he was dropped back to six furlongs in the Commonwealth Cup. Perhaps the softish ground was against Ten Sovereigns, as he easily reversed the form with Advertise when they met again in the July Cup. No Nay Never’s only effort over a distance as long as seven furlongs probably represented a career low for a horse who won the Gr2 Norfolk over five furlongs and the Gr1 Prix Morny over six. Exceed And Excel did his winning at up to seven furlongs and his progeny have an average winning distance as low as 6.7 furlongs. Ten Sovereign’s dam, the talented Seeking Solace, was an exception, as she raced mainly from ten to 12 furlongs.

PARISLONGCHAMP. Jul 14. 3yoc&f. 2400m.

1. JAPAN (GB) 9-2 £308,865 b c by Galileo - Shastye (Danehill) O-Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor B-Newsells Park Stud Limited TR-Aidan O’Brien 2. Slalom (FR) 9-2 £123,568 b c by Intello - Zagzig (Selkirk) O-Wertheimer & Frere B-Wertheimer & Frere TR-A Fabre 3. Jalmoud (GB) 9-2 £61,784 ch c by New Approach - Dancing Rain (Danehill Dancer) O-Godolphin B-Godolphin Management Company Ltd TR-Charlie Appleby Margins 0.5, 0.75. Time 2:27.70. Going Good to Soft. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-3 7 4 2 £687,131 Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 315 Stakes winners. In 2019 ANTHONY VAN DYCK Exceed And Excel G1, CIRCUS MAXIMUS Danehill Dancer G1, HERMOSA Pivotal G1, JAPAN Danehill G1, MAGICAL Pivotal G1, SOVEREIGN Danehill Dancer G1, WALDGEIST Monsun G1, PLATINUM WARRIOR Clodovil G2, ARMORY Danehill Dancer G3, CONSTANTINOPLE Danehill G3, GREY LION Danehill G3, KLASSIQUE Footstepsinthesand G3, LOVE Pivotal G3, MIDTERM Oasis Dream G3, MOHAWK Encosta de Lago G3, NAYEF ROAD Danehill Dancer G3, PEACH TREE Pivotal G3. 1st Dam: Shastye by Danehill. 2 wins at 3 and 4, 2nd totesport.com Pontefract Castle S LR. Dam of 5 winners:

2006: 2008: 2010:

2011:

2012: 2013: 2014: 2015: 2016:

Shastyes Pinch (c Pivotal). unraced, Died at 2 years. Shabyt (f Sadler’s Wells) unraced. Dam of Shaherezada (f Dutch Art: Winner at 2, 2nd netbet.co.uk Height of Fashion S LR) SECRET GESTURE (f Galileo) 4 wins at 2 to 5, Betfred Middleton S G2, 2nd Investec Oaks S G1, Henkel Preis der Diana - Stuten Derby G1, 3rd Darley Yorkshire Oaks G1, Darley Prix Jean Romanet G1, Beverly D S G1. Broodmare. MAURUS (g Medicean) 6 wins at 3 to 5 in Australia, Channel 7 Ipswich Cup LR, 2nd Channel 7 Premier’s Cup G3, Sky TB Central Kingston Town S G3, Daily Telegraph Neville Sellwood S G3, Sporting Globe After the Last JRA Cup G3, 3rd Attwood Marshall A D Hollindale S G2. SIR ISAAC NEWTON (c Galileo) 3 wins at 3 and 4, Finlay Volvo International S G3. SECRET SENSE (f Shamardal) Winner at 3. Broodmare. Secret Soul (f Street Cry). Broodmare. Secret Gaze (f Galileo) unraced. JAPAN (c Galileo) Sold 1,300,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 4 wins at 2 and 3 at home, France, Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris G1, Beresford S G2, King Edward VII

2017: 2019:

S G2, 3rd Investec Derby S G1. Mogul (c Galileo) unraced to date. (f Galileo)

2nd Dam: SAGANECA by Sagace. Champion older mare in Italy in 1992. 1 win at 3 in France CIGA Prix de Royallieu G2, 2nd Gran Premio di Milano G1. Dam of SAGAMIX (c Linamix: Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe G1, 3rd Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1), SAGACITY (c Highest Honor: Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1, 3rd P. de l’Arc de Triomphe-Lucien Barriere G1), SAGE ET JOLIE (f Linamix: Prix de Malleret G2), Almighty (c Sadler’s Wells: 2nd MBNA Europe Bank Chester Vase G3), Shastye (f Danehill, see above). Grandam of SAGEBURG, SAGAWARA, SAGAROI, SAGAUTEUR, Saghann. Third dam of Sagaciously, Sadarak, Branzini. Broodmare Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of the dams of 398 Stakes winners. In 2019 - IMPERADOR Treasure Beach G1, IRIDESSA Ruler of The World G1, JAPAN Galileo G1, POETIC CHARM Dubawi G2, QUEEN OF DIAMONDS Savabeel G2. The Galileo/Danehill cross has produced: BANC DE FORTUNE G1, BONDI BEACH G1, CIMA DE TRIOMPHE G1, CUIS GHAIRE G1, DEAUVILLE G1, FIELDS OF ATHENRY G1, FRANKEL G1, GOLDEN LILAC G1, GUSTAV KLIMT G1, HIGHLAND REEL G1, IDAHO G1, INTELLO G1, JAPAN G1, MAYBE G1, NOBLE MISSION G1, ORCHESTRA G1, PROMISE TO BE TRUE G1, RODERIC O’CONNOR G1, ROMANTICA G1, SCINTILLULA G1, SECRET GESTURE G1, TAPESTRY G1, TEOFILO G1, VENICE BEACH G1, Galileo’s Destiny G1, Gile Na Greine G1, Mars G1, The Assayer G1, BROADWAY G2, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE G2, GRETCHEN G2, GREY LION G2, PRETTY PERFECT G2, REEM G2, Barbados G2, CONSTANTINOPLE G3, CRYSTAL GAL G3, DAZZLING G3, FALCON EIGHT G3, GALIWAY G3, JOHN F KENNEDY G3, LAGALP G3, MEKONG RIVER G3, SAYANA G3, SIDERA G3, SIR ISAAC NEWTON G3, THE CORSICAN G3, THE MAJOR GENERAL G3, WONDERFULLY G3, Brightest G3, Circling G3, Claiomh Solais G3, Granddukeoftuscany G3, Impulsive Moment G3, Marksmanship G3, BIRCH GROVE LR, CUFF LR, CURLY LR, EASTER LILY LR, ILTEMAS LR, MISS GALILEI LR, Acteur Celebre LR, Amerique LR, Benkei LR, Cosmica Sidera LR, Provenance LR, Search For A Song LR, Simply Beautiful LR, Via Galilei LR.

JAPAN b c 2016 Sadler’s Wells GALILEO b 98

Northern Dancer Nearctic Natalma Fairy Bridge

Bold Reason Special

Miswaki

Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal

Allegretta

Lombard Anatevka

Danzig

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom

Razyana

His Majesty Spring Adieu

Sagace

Luthier Seneca

Haglette

Hagley Sucrette

Urban Sea

Danehill SHASTYE b 01 Saganeca

Newsells Park Stud certainly received excellent value for money when it paid 625,000gns, via John Warren, for Danehill’s Listed-placed daughter Shastye at the 2005 December Sale. With her progeny often representing the celebrated Galileo-Danehill nick, her 2012 colt Sir Isaac Newton sold for 3,600,000gns, her 2015 filly Secret Gaze realised 1,350,000gns and her 2016 colt Japan made 1,300,000gns. Less popular was Shastye’s first Galileo foal, Secret Gesture, who failed to find a buyer at 230,000gns in 2011. Secret Gesture carried the Newsells Park colours to victory in a Newbury maiden at two and in the Lingfield Oaks Trial at three before Qatar Racing bought into her. She went on to finish second to Talent in the 2013 Oaks but a Gr1 victory eluded her, her best victory coming in the Gr2 Middleton Stakes. Godolphin had to pay $3,500,000 to

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Data Book European Pattern buy her in 2016, in foal to War Front. Secret Gesture raced mainly at around a mile and a quarter after her placed efforts in the Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks, and it was also over a mile and a quarter that her brother Sir Isaac Newton won the Listed Wolferton Handicap at Royal Ascot and the Gr3 International Stakes at the Curragh. Japan appears better at a mile and a half, as he showed with his impressive victory in the Gr2 King Edward VII Stakes and his first Gr1 success in the Grand Prix de Paris. Shastye had stayed well for a daughter of Danehill, winning over a mile and a half at Lingfield and over a furlong further at Chepstow. In winning the Grand Prix de Paris, Japan became the 13th Gr1 winner to represent the Galileo-Danehill nick, which has also produced the Classic winners Frankel, Intello, Golden Lilac, Roderic O’Connor and Cima de Triomphe, as well as such illustrious performers as Teofilo, Highland Reel, Noble Mission and Maybe. Japan’s second dam, Saganeca, had an unusual story. An inexpensive yearling, she managed to win only one of her 25 starts, but that single victory came in the Gr2 Prix de Royallieu and she was also good enough to finish fourth in the Prix Vermeille, second in the Gran Premio di Milano and fifth of 18 in the Arc. The compilers of the International Classifications rated her 119. Despite this very smart record, Eric Puerari was able to buy Saganeca for only $165,000 on behalf of Jean-Luc Lagardere in January 1994. Saganeca quickly became the dam of the Arc-winning Sagamix, the Gr2 Prix de Malleret winner Sage Et Jolie and the G1winning Sagacity, who was third in the Arc. Remarkably, Shastye is the third daughter of Saganeca to have produced a Gr1 winner, as Sage Et Jolie is the dam of Prix d’Ispahan winner Sageburg and the lightly-raced Sagalina was responsible for the Prix Saint-Alary winner Sagawara. 173 KERRYGOLD IRISH OAKS G1 CURRAGH. Jul 20. 3yof. 12f.

1. STAR CATCHER (GB) 9-0 £205,405 b f by Sea The Stars - Lynnwood Chase (Horse Chestnut) O-Mr A. E. Oppenheimer B-Hascombe & Valiant Stud Ltd TR-John Gosden 2. Fleeting (IRE) 9-0 £68,468 b f by Zoffany - Azafata (Motivator) O-Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Mr D.Smith B-Mr F. Bermudez TR-Aidan O’Brien 3. Pink Dogwood (IRE) 9-0 £32,432 br f by Camelot - Question Times (Shamardal) O-Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor B-Sweetmans Bloodstock TR-Aidan O’Brien Margins 0.5, 4.5. Time 2:34.49. Going Good. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-3 5 3 1 £340,395 Sire: SEA THE STARS. Sire of 55 Stakes winners. In 2019 - CRYSTAL OCEAN Mark of Esteem G1, SHRAAOH Monsun G1, STAR CATCHER Horse Chestnut G1, STRADIVARIUS Bering G1, FIFTY STARS Sadler’s Wells G2, RAA ATOLL Sadler’s Wells G2, FANNY LOGAN Manduro LR, RAKAN Teofilo LR, STAR TERMS Exceed And Excel LR.

1st Dam: Lynnwood Chase by Horse Chestnut. Dam of 5 winners:

2007: 2008: 2010: 2011: 2013: 2014: 2016:

2017: 2018: 2019:

ULTRAVOX (g Lemon Drop Kid) 5 wins. PISCO SOUR (g Lemon Drop Kid) 4 wins at 2 and 3 at home, France, P.Eugene Adam (G.P.de Maisons-Laffitte) G2. Secret Session (g Mizzen Mast) CANNOCK CHASE (c Lemon Drop Kid) 5 wins at 3 to 5 at home, Canada, Pattison Canadian International S G1. Sire. Los Olivos (c Lemon Drop Kid) ran once. BIZZARRIA (f Lemon Drop Kid) Winner at 2. Broodmare. STAR CATCHER (f Sea The Stars) 3 wins at 3, Kerrygold Irish Oaks G1, Ribblesdale S G2, 3rd Haras de Bouquetot Fillies’ Trial S LR. Maurimo (f Kingman) unraced to date. (f Frankel) (c Time Test)

2nd Dam: Lady Ilsley by Trempolino. 2 wins at 2 and 3 in France, 2nd Prix de la Cochere LR. Own sister to Najecam. Dam of LORD ADMIRAL (c El Prado: Haafhd Jebel Hatta G2, 3rd Tattersalls Gold Cup G1), Sharp Sailor (c Henrythenavigator: 3rd Ambant Gala S LR) Broodmare Sire: HORSE CHESTNUT. Sire of the dams of 19 Stakes winners. In 2019 - CAMPHORATUS Byword G1, CHANNEL MAKER English Channel G1, STAR CATCHER Sea The Stars G1.

STAR CATCHER b f 2016 Green Desert

Danzig Foreign Courier

Park Appeal

Ahonoora Balidaress

Miswaki

Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal

Allegretta

Lombard Anatevka

Fort Wood

Sadler’s Wells Fall Aspen

London Wall

Col Pickering Nalatale

Trempolino

Sharpen Up Trephine

Sue Warner

Forli Bitty Girl

Cape Cross SEA THE STARS b 06 Urban Sea

Horse Chestnut LYNNWOOD CHASE b 02 Lady Ilsley

Thanks to Star Catcher’s determined victory in the Irish Oaks, Sea The Stars now has 12 Group 1 winners from his first six crops aged three or over. Significantly, they include an Oaks winner in Taghrooda and another Irish Oaks winner in the ill-fated Sea Of Class, as well as Harzand, successful in the Derby and Irish Derby, and Sea The Moon, victor of the Deutsches Derby. Clearly, Sea The Stars has to be on the short-list of any breeder looking to produce a winner of a mile-and-a-half Classic. Star Catcher’s dam Lynnwood Chase was bought on behalf of the Oppenheimer family for €140,000 as a yearling at Deauville in 2003. Part of her appeal must have been that she was a member of the first crop by Horse Chestnut, the South African star who was bred and raced by another branch of the Oppenheimer family. A winner over five and six furlongs as a juvenile, Horse Chestnut was unbeaten in six starts as a three-year-old, enjoying wide-margin wins in four Gr1 races, including the South African Derby and the J & B Met, showing himself effective from a mile to a mile and a half. Transferred to the US, Horse Chestnut was again impressive on his American debut, landing the Gr3 Broward Handicap by more than five lengths over Gulfstream Park’s dirt track in January 2000. An injury in a workout ended his

career a couple of weeks later and he was quickly added to the Claiborne Farm roster. By March 2009, Horse Chestnut was on his way back to his native South Africa, leaving just five Graded stakes winners behind him. Lynnwood Chase proved much more effective as a broodmare, at Hascombe and Valiant Studs. When Star Catcher landed the Gr2 Ribblesdale Stakes she became the third of Lynnwood Chase’s foals to succeed in a Group race at Royal Ascot, following the brothers Pisco Sour and Cannock Chase, winners respectively of the Gr3 Tercentenary Stakes in 2011 and 2014. Both these sons of Lemon Drop Kid went on to enjoy a more important success, with Pisco Sour taking the Gr2 Prix Eugene Adam and Cannock Chase the Gr1 Canadian International. Unfortunately, Lynnwood Chase died at the age of 17 in 2019, after producing a colt by Time Test. Star Catcher’s fourth dam, the Habitat mare Bitty Girl, won her first five starts over five furlongs, including the Queen Mary Stakes and Lowther Stakes, and was also second in the King’s Stand Stakes. Bitty Girl’s fast brother Hot Spark landed the Gr1 Flying Childers Stakes and Gr3 Palace House Stakes. Bitty Girl also ranks as the third dam of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Action This Day, fourth dam of the Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner Drefong and fifth dam of Kentucky Derby and Preakness runner-up Bodemeister. 174 KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES G1 ASCOT. Jul 27. 3yo+. 12f.

1. ENABLE (GB) 5 9-4 £708,875 b m by Nathaniel - Concentric (Sadler’s Wells) O-Mr K. Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd TR-John Gosden 2. Crystal Ocean (GB) 5 9-7 £268,750 b h by Sea The Stars - Crystal Star (Mark of Esteem) O-Sir Evelyn De Rothschild B-Southcourt Stud TR-Sir Michael Stoute 3. Waldgeist (GB) 5 9-7 £134,500 ch h by Galileo - Waldlerche (Monsun) O-Gestut Ammerland/ Newsells Park B-The Waldlerche Partnership TR-A. Fabre Margins Neck, 1.75. Time 2:32.40. Going Good to Soft. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-5 13 12 1 £9,141,225 Sire: NATHANIEL. Sire of 16 Stakes winners. In 2019 CHANNEL Dansili G1, ENABLE Sadler’s Wells G1, DASHING WILLOUGHBY Dylan Thomas G2, AMORELLA Dubawi LR, MUTAMAKINA Danehill LR, STEEL PRINCE Danehill LR. 1st Dam: CONCENTRIC by Sadler’s Wells. 3 wins at 3 in France, Prix Charles Laffitte LR, 2nd Prix de Flore G3. Own sister to DANCE ROUTINE and Light Ballet. Dam of 5 winners:

2010: 2011: 2012: 2013: 2014:

2015: 2016: 2017: 2018: 2019:

Queen Elizabeth S G1 (twice), Investec Oaks S G1, Darley Yorkshire Oaks G1, Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe G1 (twice), Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf G1, 188Bet September S G3, Arkle Finance Cheshire Oaks S LR. CENTROID (c Dansili) Winner at 3. Entitle (f Dansili) Winner at 2, 2nd Tattersalls Musidora S G3. Portrush (f Frankel) unraced to date. (c Sea The Stars) (c Nathaniel)

ENABLE b m 2014 Sadler’s Wells

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge

Urban Sea

Miswaki Allegretta

Silver Hawk

Roberto Gris Vitesse

Mia Karina

Icecapade Basin

Galileo NATHANIEL b 08 Magnificient Style

Sadler’s Wells CONCENTRIC b 04

Northern Dancer Nearctic Natalma Fairy Bridge

Bold Reason Special

Shirley Heights

Mill Reef Hardiemma

Bourbon Girl

Ile de Bourbon Fleet Girl

Apogee

In adding the Coral-Eclipse and the King George in the space of 22 days, the hugely popular Enable improved her record to 12 wins from 13 starts, with nine of her successes coming at the highest level. In defeating Crystal Ocean at Ascot, she became only the third horse to land a second King George, a race first contested in 1951. One of the previous dual scorers, the 1973 and 1974 winner Dahlia, was also a filly. Like Enable, Dahlia won the Irish Oaks and the King George at three and she reeled off victories in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, the King George, the Benson & Hedges Gold Cup, the Man o’ War Stakes and the Canadian International as a four-yearold. She also won a second Benson & Hedges Gold Cup (Juddmonte International) at five, but she was well beaten in her two attempts to win the Arc and suffered many more defeats than Enable. Let’s hope that a broodmare career similar to Dahlia’s awaits Enable, as she produced four Gr1 winners and two Gr2 winners. While Enable continues to be the main standard-bearer for her sire Nathaniel, the Newsells Park stallion has also been ably represented in 2019 by Channel (Gr1 Prix de Diane) and Dashing Willoughby (Gr2 Queen’s Vase). Nathaniel is a powerful source of stamina, as witnessed by his progeny’s average winning distance of 11.8 furlongs,

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CAULFIELD ON STAR CATCHER: “Thanks to Star Catcher’s determined victory in the Irish Oaks, Sea The Stars now has 12 Group 1 winners from his first six crops aged three or over” compared to the 11.2 furlongs of his sire Galileo and the 11.4 furlongs of his grandsire Sadler’s Wells. One striking aspect of Nathaniel’s record is that six of his eight Group winners are fillies. Enable is inbred 2 x 3 to the great Sadler’s Wells. Enable and her first three dams were all bred by Juddmonte Farms, which acquired her fifth dam, Fleet Girl, as part of the bloodstock purchased from Dr Schnapka. Her third dam Bourbon Girl, who had the unfortunate record of finishing second in both the Oaks and Irish Oaks, died after foaling at the age of 13 in 1997. Fortunately, she left three daughters to carry on the good work. The first, the Rainbow Quest mare Shining Bright, finished fifth in the 1992 Oaks and her second daughter, Apogee, won the Gr3 Prix de Royaumont over a mile and a half. Daring Miss, the last of Bourbon Girl’s daughters, won the Gr2 Grand Prix de Chantilly. There are now 19 stakes winners descending from Bourbon Girl, with Sadler’s Wells and his sons playing a prominent part in this success story. Shining Bright spent most of her broodmare career in Kentucky, where she produced the Gr2 Ribblesdale

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Stakes winner Spanish Sun and the Gr1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner Spanish Moon to Sadler’s Wells’s son El Prado. Apogee visited Sadler’s Wells to produce the Gr2 winner and Prix de Diane runner-up Dance Routine and Enable’s dam Concentric, who was a Group-placed Listed winner. Dance Routine also earned her place in Juddmonte’s history via her Dansili colt Flintshire, a dual Arc second who was the biggest earner bred by Juddmonte until Enable came along. Dance Routine’s daughter Deliberate is now the dam of Headman, winner in 2019 of the Gr2 Prix Eugene Adam. Enable’s threeyear-old half-sister Entitle is also talented, as this daughter of Dansili failed by only a neck to win the Gr3 Musidora Stakes 175 PRIX ROTHSCHILD G1 DEAUVILLE. Jul 28. 3yo+f. 1600m.

1. LAURENS (FR) 4 9-3 £154,432 b f by Siyouni - Recambe (Cape Cross) O-Mr John Dance B-Bloodstock Agency Ltd TR-K. R. Burke 2. With You (GB) 4 9-3 £61,784 b f by Dansili - In Clover (Inchinor) O-Mr George Strawbridge B-G. Strawbridge TR-F. Head 3. Obligate (GB) 3 8-10 £30,892 b f by Frankel - Responsible (Oasis Dream)

O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd TR-P Bary Margins 0.5, 1.5. Time 1:36.71. Going Good to Soft. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-4 14 8 3 £1,704,500 Sire: SIYOUNI. Sire of 31 Stakes winners. In 2019 LAURENS Cape Cross G1, SOTTSASS Galileo G1, ETOILE Authorized G3, MAQSAD Galileo LR, NICE TO SEE YOU Johannesburg LR, TERTIUS Shamardal LR, WALK IN MARRAKESH Shamardal LR. 1st Dam: RECAMBE by Cape Cross. 2 wins at 3 in France. Dam of 3 winners:

2011: 2013: 2014: 2015:

AUTIGNAC (f Solon) Winner over jumps in France. Broodmare. Murviel (f Siyouni). Broodmare. Anemoi (g Manduro) 3 wins, 3rd Ballymore Close Brothers Novices’ Hurdle LR. LAURENS (f Siyouni) Sold 209,523gns yearling at DNPRM. 8 wins at 2 to 4 at home, France, bet365 Fillies’ Mile S G1, Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot S G1, Coolmore Fastnet Rock Matron S G1, Prix Rothschild G1, Prix de Diane Longines G1, The Gurkha Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary G1, William Hill May Hill S G2, 2nd Al Shaqab Lockinge S G1, Qipco 1000 Guineas S G1, Shadwell Prix du Calvados G3.

2nd Dam: Razana by Kahyasi. 4 wins, 2nd G.P. Conseil General de Loire Atlantique LR. Dam of SALFORD MILL (c Peintre Celebre: Stanspoker.co.uk Newmarket S LR, Mercedes Benz Hong Kong Derby LR, Mercedes Benz Hong Kong Classic Mile LR), Ovambo (g Namaqualand: 2nd Cadogan Charity Fred Archer S LR, 3rd betfair.com Ormonde S G3). Grandam of Domination.

Broodmare Sire: CAPE CROSS. Sire of the dams of 63 Stakes winners. In 2019 - LAURENS Siyouni G1, PACIFIC TRADER Sail From Seattle G1, CONSENSUS Postponed G2, LIFE LESS ORDINARY Thewayyouare G2, DANDHU Dandy Man G3, TARNAWA Shamardal G3.

LAURENS b f 2015 Polar Falcon

Nureyev Marie d’Argonne

Fearless Revival

Cozzene Stufida

Danehill

Danzig Razyana

Pivotal SIYOUNI b 07 Sichilla

Slipstream Queen Conquistador Cielo Country Queen Green Desert

Danzig Foreign Courier

Park Appeal

Ahonoora Balidaress

Kahyasi

Ile de Bourbon Kadissya

Raysiya

Cure The Blues Rilasa

Cape Cross RECAMBE b 05 Razana

When opposites are mated, it isn’t always easy to establish the progeny’s optimum distance, as Laurens has demonstrated. By Siyouni, a stallion who never won beyond seven furlongs and never tackled more than a mile, Laurens is out of Recambe, a mare who spent most of her career racing at a mile and a half or more, winning at up to 14.5 furlongs. Laurens could be said to have inherited a measure of her sire’s speed and her dam’s stamina. A Gr2 and Gr. winner over a mile at two, she was also second in the 1,000 Guineas before being stepped up to distances around a mile and a quarter. She coped so well with the added distance that she won both

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Data Book European Pattern the Prix Saint-Alary and Prix de Diane and she next tried a mile and a half in the Yorkshire Oaks. After she found the extra two furlongs beyond her at York, it is a little surprising that her subsequent six starts have all been back at a mile. To her credit she has won three of them, with the Matron Stakes, Sun Chariot Stakes and Prix Rothschild boosting her total of Gr1 successes to six. A noteworthy aspect of Laurens’ record is that this courageous filly has never won by more than three-quarters of a length. Her winning margin in the Prix Rothschild was half a length over With You, the filly she had beaten a short-head in the Saint-Alary. Siyouni is showing some of the versatility as a sire we have come to expect of his sire Pivotal. His other black-type winners in 2019 include Sottsass (Prix du Jockey-Club over ten and a half furlongs), Etoile (Prix Cleopatre over the same distance) and the mile-and-a-quarter Listed winners Maqsad and Nice To See You. Laurens has proved a bargain at the £220,000 she cost at Doncaster, where she was the highest-priced filly. She is a member of the last of four crops sired by Siyouni at €7,000, with Sottsass, Etoile and Maqsad coming from a crop sired at €20,000. It is going to be interesting to see what he can achieve with his next few crops, sired at €30,000, €45,000, €75,000 and €100,000. Recambre’s half-brother Salford Mill was a Listed winner with a Timeform rating of 116 who went on to win the Hong Kong Derby as Helene Mascot. Laurens’ third dam, the Cure The Blues mare Raysiya, was a winning half-sister to Irish St Leger second Rayseka and to Rifada, dam of the Gr2 Prix Hocquart winner Rifapour. Raysiya has plenty of smart descendants, notably the Prix de l’Opera winner Kinnaird, the Irish 2,000 Guineas runner-up Shifting Power and the 2,000 Guineas third Ivawood, who won the Gr2 July Stakes and Gr2 Richmond Stakes as a two-year-old. 176 GROSSER DALLMAYR BAYERISCHES ZUCHTRENNEN G1 MUNICH. Jul 28. 3yo+. 2000m.

1. DANCETERIA (FR) 4 9-6 £90,090 b g by Redoute’s Choice - Bal de La Rose (Cadeaux Genereux) O-Australian Bloodstock B-Mr B. Van Dalfsen TR-David Menuisier 2. Wai Key Star (GER) 6 9-6 £27,027 b h by Soldier Hollow - Wakytara (Danehill) O-Stall Salzburg B-Gestut Park Wiedingen TR-Frau S Steinberg 3. Quest The Moon (GER) 3 8-12 £13,514 b c by Sea The Moon - Questabella (Rock of Gibraltar) O-Stall Salzburg B-Gestut Gorlsdorf TR-Frau S Steinberg Margins 1.25, 2. Time 2:14.96. Going Good. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-4 16 7 5 £246,355 Sire: REDOUTE’S CHOICE. Sire of 167 Stakes winners. In 2019 - DANCETERIA Cadeaux Genereux G1, THE AUTUMN SUN Galileo G1, ENBIHAAR Trempolino G2, ARDROSSAN Iglesia G3, DARK CHOICE More Than

Ready G3, GALAXY STAR Jeune G3, ROCK MAGIC Bubble Gum Fellow G3, SPOTIFY Green Tune G3, INTRUSION Touch Gold LR, REDOUBLE Towkay LR. 1st Dam: BAL DE LA ROSE by Cadeaux Genereux. 4 wins at 2 and 3 in France, Prix Andre Baboin (G.P.des Provinces) G3. Dam of 5 winners:

2009: 2010: 2011: 2012: 2013: 2014: 2015:

2017: 2018:

Ivory Rose (f Green Desert). Broodmare. ASKANIA NOVA (f New Approach) Winner at 3 in France. Broodmare. Nectar de Rose (f Shamardal) ran once. Broodmare. QUINZE DE LA ROSE (c Turtle Bowl) 2 wins over jumps in France. BLOSSOMTIME (f Shamardal) 4 wins at 2 and 3 at home, France, P. Isola Bella-Fonds Europeen L’Elevage LR. Broodmare. GENERAL CADEAUX (g New Approach) 3 wins at 3 and 4 in France, Germany. DANCETERIA (g Redoute’s Choice) Sold 90,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 7 wins at 3 and 4 at home, France, Germany, Grosser Dallmayr Bayerisches Zuchtrennen G1, La Coupe G3, Prix Jacques Laffitte LR, 3rd Matchbook Brigadier Gerard S G3. Satono Giverny (c Siyouni) unraced to date. (c Siyouni)

2nd Dam: LADY VETTORI by Vettori. 5 wins at 2 in France Prix du Calvados G3, 3rd Prix Marcel BoussacRoyal Barriere G1. Dam of LOPE DE VEGA (c Shamardal: Poule d’Essai des Poulains G1, Prix du Jockey Club G1), BAL DE LA ROSE (f Cadeaux Genereux, see above), LADY FRANKEL (f Frankel: Prix de Lieurey G3, 3rd Prix de l’Opera Longines G1), LORD OF THE LAND (c Shamardal: Betway Golden Rose S LR, 3rd Qatar Racing Phoenix Sprint S G3, Prix de Meautry - Barriere G3), Light The Stars (f Sea The Stars: 2nd Henkel Stutenpreis LR, 3rd Prix de Psyche G3). Grandam of Face Surface. Broodmare Sire: CADEAUX GENEREUX. Sire of the dams of 66 Stakes winners. In 2019 - DANCETERIA Redoute’s Choice G1, NAVAL WARFARE Born To Sea LR, WESTERN AUSTRALIA Australia LR.

DANCETERIA b g 2015 Danzig

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom

Razyana

His Majesty Spring Adieu

Canny Lad

Bletchingly Jesmond Lass

Dancing Show

Nijinsky Show Lady

Danehill REDOUTE’S CHOICE b 96 Shantha’s Choice

Cadeaux Genereux BAL DE LA ROSE ch 04

Young Generation Balidar Brig O’Doon Smarten Up

Sharpen Up L’Anguissola

Vettori

Machiavellian Air Distingue

Lady Golconda

Kendor Lady Sharp

Lady Vettori

When Danceteria followed up his good fourth to Enable in the Eclipse with victory in the Grosser Dallmayr-Preis, he became the first Gr1 winner to emerge from the two crops sired by the reverseshuttler Redoute’s Choice during his visits to the Aga Khan’s Haras de Bonneval for the 2013 and 2014 northern hemisphere seasons. The three-time champion Australian sire commanded a fee of €70,000 in his first Bonneval season and €60,000 in his second, which made him the highest-priced French-based stallion by a considerable margin. He sired 71 foals during his first visit and 69 in his second, for a total of 140 foals, with as many as 13 of them becoming black-type winners. Best of the others were Enbihaar (Gr2 Lancashire Oaks), Gold Luck (Gr3 Prix Vanteaux over nine furlongs and Gr1-placed), Ibiza (Gr3 Prix Chloe), Sevenna Star (Gr3 Classic Trial) and Spotify (Gr3 Dubai Millennium Stakes). Significantly, all of these Group winners were successful over nine furlongs or more, even though Redoute’s Choice

was a Gr1 winner over six furlongs at two and over six, seven and eight furlongs at three. In other words, Redoute’s Choice has followed the example of Fastnet Rock, another of Danehill’s speedy Australian champions, who has generally proved an influence for middledistance ability when mated to European mares. Danceteria’s dam Bal de la Rose also had a sprinting sire in Cadeaux Genereux but she too enjoyed Group success over a mile and a quarter, taking the Gr3 Prix Andre Baboin. Bal de la Rose has the distinction of being a daughter of Lady Vettori, a Gr1-placed Gr3 winner who has produced four black-type winners, led by the dual Classic winner Lope de Vega and the Prix de l’Opera third Lady Frankel. When Bal de la Rose visited Lope de Vega’s sire Shamardal, she produced Listed winner Blossomtime. 177 QATAR GOODWOOD CUP STAKES G1 GOODWOOD. Jul 30. 3yo+. 16f.

1. STRADIVARIUS (IRE) 5 9-9 £283,550 ch h by Sea The Stars - Private Life (Bering) O-Mr B. E. Nielsen B-B. E. Nielsen TR-John Gosden 2. Dee Ex Bee (GB) 4 9-9 £107,500 b c by Farhh - Dubai Sunrise (Seeking The Gold) O-Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum B-Godolphin Management Company Ltd TR-Mark Johnston 3. Cross Counter (GB) 4 9-9 £53,800 b g by Teofilo - Waitress (Kingmambo) O-Godolphin B-Godolphin Management Company Ltd TR-Charlie Appleby Margins Neck, 1.75. Time 3:29.10. Going Good. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-5 17 12 4 £2,274,582 Sire: SEA THE STARS. Sire of 55 Stakes winners. In 2019 - CRYSTAL OCEAN Mark of Esteem G1, SHRAAOH Monsun G1, STAR CATCHER Horse Chestnut G1, STRADIVARIUS Bering G1, FIFTY STARS Sadler’s Wells G2, RAA ATOLL Sadler’s Wells G2, FANNY LOGAN Manduro LR, RAKAN Teofilo LR, STAR TERMS Exceed And Excel LR. 1st Dam: Private Life by Bering. 2 wins at 2 and 3 in France, 3rd Prix de Liancourt LR, Prix de Thiberville LR. Dam of 6 winners:

2003:

2004: 2005: 2007: 2008: 2010: 2011: 2014:

PERFECTIONIST (c Fantastic Light) 7 wins at 4 to 6 in Denmark. PERSIAN STORM (g Monsun) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in Germany, Furstenberg-Rennen G3, German Tote Bavarian Classic G3. (f Pivotal). died as a foal. Persona Non Grata (g Azamour) Magical Eve (f Oratorio) Winner at 4 in South Africa, 3rd Steel Doctor The Scarlet Lady LR. Broodmare. PLUTOCRACY (g Dansili) 5 wins. Rembrandt Van Rijn (g Peintre Celebre) 4 wins at 4, 3rd Abu Dhabi Championship G3. STRADIVARIUS (c Sea The Stars) Sold 330,000gns yearling at TAOC1. Champion older stayer in Europe in 2018. 12 wins at 2 to 5, 2019, Ascot Gold Cup G1 (twice), Qatar Goodwood Cup S G1 (3 times), Qipco Brit. Champions Long Distance Cup G2, Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup S G2, Queen’s Vase G2, Mansionbet Yorkshire Cup G2 (twice), 3rd William Hill St Leger S G1, Qipco Brit. Champions Long Distance Cup G2.

2nd Dam: POUGHKEEPSIE by Sadler’s Wells. 1 win at 3 in France. Dam of PRETTY TOUGH (c Desert King: Prix La Moskowa LR), PARISIENNE (f Distant Relative: Grand Criterium de Bordeaux LR), Poincon de France (c Peintre Celebre: 3rd G.P.Conseil General des Alpes Maritimes LR), Pirate Bay (c Hawk Wing: 3rd Prix de Saint Patrick LR, Japan Racing Association Plate LR), Private Life (f Bering, see above). Grandam of Soviet Courage. Third dam of PROTECTIONIST.

Broodmare Sire: BERING. Sire of the dams of 84 Stakes winners.

STRADIVARIUS ch h 2014 Green Desert

Danzig Foreign Courier

Park Appeal

Ahonoora Balidaress

Miswaki

Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal

Allegretta

Lombard Anatevka

Arctic Tern

Sea Bird II Bubbling Beauty

Beaune

Lyphard Barbra

Sadler’s Wells

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge

Pawneese

Carvin II Plencia

Cape Cross SEA THE STARS b 06 Urban Sea

Bering PRIVATE LIFE b 97 Poughkeepsie

See race 119 in the August issue 178 QATAR SUSSEX STAKES G1 GOODWOOD. Jul 31. 3yo+. 8f.

1. TOO DARN HOT (GB) 3 9-0 £593,392 b c by Dubawi - Dar Re Mi (Singspiel) O-Lord Lloyd Webber B-Watership Down Stud TR-John Gosden 2. Circus Maximus (IRE) 3 9-0 £225,938 b c by Galileo - Duntle (Danehill Dancer) O-Flaxman Stables/Mrs Magnier/Tabor/Smith B-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd TR-Aidan O’Brien 3. I Can Fly (GB) 4 9-5 £113,128 b f by Fastnet Rock - Madonna Dell’orto (Montjeu) O-Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor B-Rockwell Bloodstock TR-Aidan O’Brien Margins 0.5, 1.25. Time 1:38.50. Going Good. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-3 9 6 3 £1,320,181 Sire: DUBAWI. Sire of 174 Stakes winners. In 2019 CORONET Darshaan G1, OLD PERSIAN Singspiel G1, TOO DARN HOT Singspiel G1, AL HILALEE Authorized G2, ALMANAAR Bahhare G2, BALL OF MUSCLE Gold Brose G2, D’BAI Green Desert G2, GHAIYYATH Galileo G2, LAH TI DAR Singspiel G2, NORTH AMERICA Yankee Victor G2, PLUMATIC Anabaa G2, POETIC CHARM Danehill G2, THE REVENANT Excellent Art G2. 1st Dam: DAR RE MI by Singspiel. 6 wins at 3 to 5 at home, France, UAE, Audi Pretty Polly S G1, Darley Yorkshire Oaks G1, Guangsha Group Dubai Sheema Classic G1, 2nd Darley Yorkshire Oaks G1, Qatar Prix Vermeille G1, 3rd Emirates Airlines Breeders’ Cup Turf G1. Dam of 4 winners:

2012:

2013: 2014: 2015:

2016:

2017: 2018:

De Treville (c Oasis Dream) 2 wins at 2 and 3 in France, 2nd Prix de Guiche G3, Prix de la Porte Maillot G3, Prix des Chenes G3. Sire. SO MI DAR (f Dubawi) 4 wins at 2 and 3, Tattersalls Musidora S G3, 3rd Prix de l’Opera Longines G1. Broodmare. Erdogan (c Frankel) LAH TI DAR (f Dubawi) 4 wins at 3 and 4, Al Basti Middleton S G2, 2nd William Hill St Leger S G1, 3rd Qipco Brit.Champions Fillies/Mare S G1, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1. TOO DARN HOT (c Dubawi) Champion 2yr old colt in Europe in 2018. 6 wins at 2 and 3 at home, France, Darley Dewhurst S G1, Qatar Sussex S G1, Qatar Prix Jean Prat G1, Howcroft Champagne S G2, 188Bet Solario S G3, 2nd Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas G1, Al Basti Dante S G2, 3rd St James’s Palace S G1. Darain (c Dubawi) unraced to date. (f Dubawi)

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CAULFIELD ON LAURENS: “She has proved a bargain at the £220,000 she cost at Doncaster, where she was the highest-priced filly. She’s a member of the last of four crops sired by Siyouni at €7,000” TRETHIAS. Third dam of De Charlie, Darenjan. Broodmare Sire: SINGSPIEL. Sire of the dams of 84 Stakes winners. In 2019 - OLD PERSIAN Dubawi G1, TOO DARN HOT Dubawi G1, LAH TI DAR Dubawi G2, SCIACCHETRA Manhattan Cafe G2, ELYSEA’S WORLD Champs Elysees G3, LADY KAYA Dandy Man G3, LIMATO Tagula G3, SECRET AMBITION Exceed And Excel G3. The Dubawi/Singspiel cross has produced: LAH TI DAR G1, LEFT HAND G1, OLD PERSIAN G1, SO MI DAR G1, TOO DARN HOT G1, WUHEIDA G1, RARE RHYTHM G2, Nolohay G2, LAUGH ALOUD G3, MAJESTIC DUBAWI G3, CRYSTAL RIVER LR.

TOO DARN HOT b c 2016 Dubai Millennium DUBAWI b 02

Seeking The Gold Mr Prospector Con Game Colorado Dancer Shareef Dancer Fall Aspen Deploy

Shirley Heights Slightly Dangerous

Jawaher

Dancing Brave High Tern

In The Wings

Sadler’s Wells High Hawk

Glorious Song

Halo Ballade

Top Ville

High Top Sega Ville

Delsy

Abdos Kelty

Zomaradah

Singspiel DAR RE MI b 05 Darara

When I reviewed Too Darn Hot’s pedigree for Thoroughbred Daily News following his victory in the Gr3 Solario Stakes on his second start, I wrote the following: “With Dubawi as his sire, the international Gr1 winner Dar Re Mi as his dam and the celebrated broodmare Darara as his second dam, Too Darn Hot is a brother to those very talented fillies So Mi Dar and Lah Ti Dar. Anyone thinking of backing Too Darn Hot for the 2,000 Guineas should note that So Mi Dar never tackled a distance shorter than a mile and a quarter after the age of two, while Lah Ti Dar is unbeaten in three starts from ten to 12 furlongs [she has since made a further five starts, staying well enough to finish second in the St Leger and a narrowly-beaten third in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud.].” I went on to add that Too Darn Hot also represents the remarkable Dubawi-Singspiel cross, which has produced ten black-type winners from its first 30 foals. At the time two of them – the fillies Left Hand and Wuheida – were already Gr1 winners and they were joined by Old Persian when he landed the Dubai Sheema Classic in March 2019. I stressed that Left Hand and Old Persian were both well suited by a mile and a half, while the nick’s Gr3 winner Rare Rhythm had scored over a mile and three-quarters. Even Wuheida’s win in the Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf was gained over a furlong more than a mile, as was the Listed race won by this nick’s Crystal River. While I did mention that Laugh Aloud’s stakes wins were gained at around a mile and that Majestic Dubawi become a six-furlong Gr3 winner at two, it seemed fair – at that early stage – to expect Too Darn Hot to develop into a middle-distance performer with Derby aspirations. After all, Too Darn Hot’s winning debut had come over a mile. Also,

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both of Dubawi’s parents were Gr1 winners over a mile and a quarter or more. Dubawi himself was a Classicwinning miler but he lost second place only 150 yards from the finish of the 2005 Derby. Unfortunately, a setback led to Too Darn Hot having to miss the 2,000 Guineas and he then had a rushed preparation in an attempt to get him to the Derby. Although he was beaten only a length when second in the Dante over an extended mile and a quarter, his connections attributed his defeat to a lack of stamina. The picture became clouded when two more defeats followed over a mile, but clarity emerged after he won easily when dropped back to seven furlongs in the Prix Jean Prat and when he followed up in the Sussex Stakes over a mile. Sadly, he was subsequently retired through injury. 179 QATAR NASSAU STAKES G1 GOODWOOD. Aug 1. 3yo+f. 10f.

1. DEIRDRE (JPN) 5 9-7 £340,260 b m by Harbinger - Reizend (Special Week) O-Mr Toji Morita B-Northern Farm TR-Mitsuru Hashida 2. Mehdaayih (GB) 3 8-13 £129,000 b f by Frankel - Sayyedati Symphony (Gone West) O-Emirates Park PTY Ltd B-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited TR-John Gosden 3. Rawdaa (GB) 4 9-7 £64,560 b f by Teofilo - Lady Lahar (Fraam) O-Abdullah Saeed Al Naboodah B-B. Walters TR-Sir Michael Stoute Margins 1.25, 1.25. Time 2:02.90. Going Good. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2 6 1 3 ¥121,221 3-5 19 7 5 £3,416,989 Sire: HARBINGER. Sire of 18 Stakes winners. In 2019 DEIRDRE Special Week G1, NORMCORE Kurofune G1, FIGLIA PURA Sunday Silence G3, HAPPY HOUR Deep Impact G3. 1st Dam: Reizend by Special Week. Dam of 2 winners:

2012: 2013: 2014:

2015:

Bezaubern (f Tanino Gimlet). Broodmare. Odysseus (c Falbrav) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in Japan, 3rd Hyogo Junior Grand Prix LR. DEIRDRE (f Harbinger) 8 wins at 2 to 5, 2019 at home, Japan, Qatar Nassau S G1, Shuka Sho G1, Ireland Trophy Fuchu Himba S G2, Hokkaido Shimbun Hai Queen S G3, Shion S G3, 2nd Longines Hong Kong Cup G1, Anemone S LR, 3rd DP World Dubai Turf G1, KBS Kyoto Sho Fantasy S G3. Waki Sabi (f Symboli Kris S) unraced.

2nd Dam: Soninke by Machiavellian. unraced. Own sister to MUDALLEL. Dam of NORTHERN RIVER (c Agnes Tachyon: Arlington Cup G3, The Capella S G3), RENFORCER (c Symboli Kris S: Elm S G3, 2nd Tokai TV Hai Tokai S G2), NOT ALONE (c Agnes Tachyon: Wakaba S LR), Monroe Blond (f Admire Vega: 2nd KBS Kyoto Sho Fantasy S LR). Grandam of JEUNE ECOLE, LOGI UNIVERSE, Sable Or, Weitblick. Broodmare Sire: SPECIAL WEEK. Sire of the dams of 19 Stakes winners. In 2019 - DEIRDRE Harbinger G1, SATURNALIA Lord Kanaloa G1, EMERAL FIGHT Kurofune G2, GROOVE IT Lord Kanaloa G3, DIRNDL Rulership LR, VENGEANCE Casino Drive LR.

DEIRDRE b m 2014 Danehill

Danzig Razyana

Hasili

Kahyasi Kerali

Bering

Arctic Tern Beaune

Guapa

Shareef Dancer Sauceboat

Sunday Silence

Halo Wishing Well

Campaign Girl

Maruzensky Lady Shiraoki

Machiavellian

Mr Prospector Coup de Folie

Sonic Lady

Nureyev Stumped

Dansili HARBINGER b 06 Penang Pearl

Special Week REIZEND br 07 Soninke

There was a time when foreign-raced stallions dominated Japan’s leading sires’ list, but there was only one – Harbinger – in the top ten in early August. Harbinger will always be best remembered for his 11-length victory in the 2010 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, on his first appearance at Gr1 level. Timeform considered Harbinger’s King George display worthy of a rating of 140 and Harbinger was officially rated the best horse in the world. Unfortunately, within weeks, Harbinger had fractured his near-fore cannon bone, robbing him of his chance to confirm his superstar status. By early September the son of Dansili had been sold to the Shadai Group. Harbinger had won four other Group races, making his breakthrough in the Gr3 Gordon Stakes at Goodwood. It was therefore appropriate that Harbinger’s daughter Deirdre should become Japan’s first Group winner at Goodwood, when she wore down Mehdaayih to land the Nassau Stakes for an important landmark success. This tough mare was making her 25th start, her best previous success coming in the Gr1 Shuka Sho in 2017. Shadai’s interest in Harbinger owed a lot to the farm’s need to find a suitable outcross for thousands of Japanese mares descending from Sunday Silence. This strategy is bearing fruit, as his Gr1 Mile Championship winner Persian Knight has a dam by Sunday Silence and Deirdre is out of a mare by Sunday Silence’s Japanese Derby and Japan Cup-winning son Special Week. There are also links to Goodwood in Deirdre’s female line. Her third dam is Sonic Lady, an outstanding Nureyev filly who numbered the Sussex Stakes among her three Gr1 successes, along with the Irish 1,000 Guineas and Prix du Moulin. Sonic Lady also produced Hazaam, winner of the Gr3 Supreme Stakes at Goodwood. Remarkably, Sonic Lady’s family once bore the stigma of being classified non-thoroughbred, but her third dam Lucasland was a champion sprinter who was herself a half-sister to the top sprinter So Blessed. Lucasland’s daughter Luckhurst bred Sonic Lady’s dam, the Gr3 Child Stakes winner Stumped. Deirdre’s second dam Soninke was a British-bred daughter of Machiavellian. Soninke also ranks as the second dam of Logi Universe, a Japanese Derby-winning grandson of Sunday Silence. Deirdre’s dam Reizend failed to win in four attempts but she is a half-sister to a pair of Japanese Gr3 winners. Reizend has a 2018 sister to Deirdre and a 2019 brother.

180 LARC - PRIX MAURICE DE GHEEST G1 DEAUVILLE. Aug 4. 3yo+. 1300m.

1. ADVERTISE (GB) 3 8-13 £195,614 b c by Showcasing - Furbelow (Pivotal) O-Phoenix Thoroughbred Limited 1 B-Cheveley Park Stud Limited TR-Martyn Meade 2. Brando (GB) 7 9-3 £78,259 ch g by Pivotal - Argent du Bois (Silver Hawk) O-Mrs Angie Bailey B-Car Colston Hall Stud TR-Kevin Ryan 3. Space Blues (IRE) 3 8-13 £39,130 ch c by Dubawi - Miss Lucifer (Noverre) O-Godolphin B-Godolphin Management Company Ltd TR-Charlie Appleby Margins Neck, 0.75. Time 1:15.35. Going Good. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-3 9 5 3 £904,357 Sire: SHOWCASING. Sire of 37 Stakes winners. In 2019 - ADVERTISE Pivotal G1, MOHAATHER Inchinor G3, TROPBEAU Dansili G3, ALL ABOUT MAGIC Montjeu LR, FLAUNTING Elusive City LR, FORSA ECLIPSE Johar LR, RAINBOW DASH Ustinov LR. 1st Dam: FURBELOW by Pivotal. Winner at 3. Own sister to RED DIADEM. Dam of 2 winners:

2014: 2015: 2016:

2017: 2018: 2019:

Go Guarantor (g Medicean) FLAVIUS TITUS (g Lethal Force) 4 wins at 2 to 4. ADVERTISE (c Showcasing) Sold 57,142gns yearling at DNPRM. 5 wins at 2 and 3 at home, France, Keeneland Phoenix S G1, Commonwealth Cup G1, LARC - Prix Maurice de Gheest G1, Arqana July S G2, 2nd Darley Dewhurst S G1, Darley July Cup S G1, Coventry S G2. Publicise (f Dream Ahead) unraced to date. (c Lethal Force) (f Ulysses)

2nd Dam: Red Tiara by Mr Prospector. Dam of RED DIADEM (f Pivotal: Daisycutter H LR). Grandam of SAAYERR, Ornate. Broodmare Sire: PIVOTAL. Sire of the dams of 97 Stakes winners. In 2019 - ADVERTISE Showcasing G1, DEFOE Dalakhani G1, HERMOSA Galileo G1, MAGICAL Galileo G1, VERACIOUS Frankel G1.

ADVERTISE b c 2016 Green Desert

Danzig Foreign Courier

Hope

Dancing Brave Bahamian

Zafonic

Gone West Zaizafon

Prophecy

Warning Andaleeb

Polar Falcon

Nureyev Marie d’Argonne

Fearless Revival

Cozzene Stufida

Mr Prospector

Raise A Native Gold Digger

Heart of Joy

Lypheor Mythographer

Oasis Dream SHOWCASING b 07 Arabesque

Pivotal FURBELOW b 09 Red Tiara

See race 120 in the August issue 181 HENKEL PREIS DER DIANA GERMAN OAKS G1 DUSSELDORF. Aug 4. 3yof. 2200m.

1. DIAMANTA (GER) 9-2 £270,270 br f by Maxios - Diamantgottin (Fantastic Light) O-Gestut Brummerhof B-Gestut Brummerhof TR-Markus Klug 2. Naida (GER) 9-2 £90,090 ch/gr f by Reliable Man - Nacella (Banyumanik) O-Gestut Niederrhein B-Gestut Niederrhein TR-Yasmin Almenrader 3. Durance (GER) 9-2 £45,045 b f by Champs Elysees - Djidda (Lando) O-Gestut Ebbesloh B-Gestut Ebbesloh TR-P Schiergen Margins 1.75, Short Head. Time 2:15.78. Going Good. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 3 4 1 2 £6,127 Sire: MAXIOS. Sire of 2 Stakes winners. 1st Dam: Diamantgottin by Fantastic Light. Winner at 2 in Germany, 2nd Preis der Winterkonigin G3. Dam of 3 winners:

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Data Book European Pattern 2010:

2011: 2013: 2015: 2016: 2018:

Diamant (c Zamindar) Champion 2yr old colt in Scandinavia in 2012. 7 wins at 2 and 3 in Norway, Sweden, 2nd Scandic Norsk Derby LR. Diamond Ring (f Monsun) unraced. Broodmare. Diamond (c Zamindar) DAMAVAND (g Teofilo) 2 wins at 4 in Germany. DIAMANTA (f Maxios) 1 win at 3 in Germany, Henkel Preis der Diana - German Oaks G1, 3rd BMW Preis LR. Diamantis (c Golden Horn)

2nd Dam: DUNNELLON by Shareef Dancer. 4 wins at 4 in Germany. Dam of DIAMANTWELLE (f Xaar: Premio Baggio LR), Delsun (c Monsun: 2nd Premio Emanuele Filiberto LR, 3rd Preis der pferdewetten.de Dr Busch Mem G3), Diamantgottin (f Fantastic Light, see above), Dunnella (f Brief Truce: 2nd IDEE Festa Rennen LR) Broodmare Sire: FANTASTIC LIGHT. Sire of the dams of 39 Stakes winners. In 2019 - DIAMANTA Maxios G1, YES YES YES Rubick G2, COLDSTONE Gold Away LR, HAN XIN Sepoy LR.

DIAMANTA br f 2016 Konigsstuhl

Dschingis Khan Konigskronung

Mosella

Surumu Monasia

Nureyev

Northern Dancer Special

Coup de Genie

Mr Prospector Coup de Folie

Rahy

Blushing Groom Glorious Song

Jood

Nijinsky Kamar

Shareef Dancer

Northern Dancer Sweet Alliance

Dunoof

Shirley Heights Sunbittern

Monsun MAXIOS b 08 Moonlight’s Box

Fantastic Light DIAMANTGOTTIN b 05 Dunnellon

After standing his first four years at €10,000, Gestut Fahrhof’s Maxios was priced at only €6,000 for the 2019 season. This reduction reflected Maxios’ failure to sire

the useful Scandinavian colt Diamant to Zamindar. Diamanta’s second dam Dunnellon had plenty of stamina in her pedigree. By Shareef Dancer, she was out of Dunoof, a sister by Shirley Heights to High Hawk. This very tough racemare won the Ribblesdale and Park Hill Stakes, in addition to Group races in France and Italy, and she proved equally effective as a broodmare, with the multiple Gr1 winner In The Wings among her four Group winners by Sadler’s Wells. Diamanta’s fourth dam Sunbittern is also ancestress of such as Dubawi, Virginia Waters, High-Rise and Infamy.

anything better than a Listed winner during his first two years with runners, his single scorer at that level being the Diana Trial winner Realeza. This represented a disappointing start for a very well-bred horse who had won both the Gr1 Prix d’Ispahan and Gr1 Prix du Moulin. Fortunately, Maxios has fared a bit better in 2019, thanks principally to his daughter Diamanta, who was winning for the second time in five starts when she landed the Preis der Diana at odds of over 23-1. Diamanta’s dam, the Fantastic Light mare Diamantgottin, was runner-up in the Gr3 Preis der Winterkonigin as a two-year-old, and has produced

Group 2 & 3 Results Age

Sex

Sire

Dam

Broodmare Sire

01/07

Date

Grade Race (course) G3

H. Phohe Hamburger Stuten Meile (Hamburg)

Axana (GER)

Soldier Hollow

Achinora

Sleeping Indian

03/07

Sparkasse Holstein Hamburger Flieger (Hamburg)

Waldpfad (GER)

Shamardal

Waldbeere

Mark of Esteem

183

04/07

Prix de la Porte Maillot (Parislongchamp)

Polydream (IRE)

Oasis Dream

Polygreen

Green Tune

184

05/07

Grosser Preis von Lotto Hamburg (Hamburg)

10f

King David (DEN)

Elusive City

Jeunesse Lulu

Montjeu

185

06/07

Bet 365 Lancashire Oaks (Haydock Park)

12f

Enbihaar (IRE)

Redoute’s Choice

Chanterelle

Trempolino

186

06/07

Mehl Mulhens Trophy (Hamburg)

11f

Durance (GER)

Champs Elysees

Djidda

Lando

187

06/07

Coral Charge Sprint Stakes (Sandown Park)

Kurious (GB)

Kuroshio

Easy To Imagine

Cozzene

188

11/07

Princess of Wales’s Tattersalls Stakes (Newmarket)

11/07

Tattersalls July Stakes (Newmarket)

11/07

12/07

Bet365 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes (Newmarket)

12/07

13/07 13/07

Dist

Horse

Index 182

12f

Communique (IRE)

Casamento

Midnight Line

Kris S

189

Royal Lytham (FR)

Gleneagles

Gotlandia

Anabaa

190

ISF EBF Stanerra Stakes (Leopardstown)

14f

Peach Tree (IRE)

Galileo

Pikaboo

Pivotal

191

Bahrain Trophy Stakes (Newmarket)

13f

Spanish Mission (USA)

Noble Mission

Limonar

Street Cry

192

Raffle Prize (IRE)

Slade Power

Summer Fete

Pivotal

193

William Hill Summer Stakes (York)

Royal Intervention (IRE)

Exceed And Excel

Exciting Times

Jeune Homme

194

F.Cowley Mem Summer Mile Stakes (Ascot)

Beat The Bank (GB)

Paco Boy

Tiana

Diktat

195

bet365 Superlative Stakes (Newmarket)

Mystery Power (IRE)

No Nay Never

Gems

Haafhd

196

13/07

Prix de Ris-Orangis (Maisons-Laffitte)

King Malpic (FR)

King’s Best

Sablonniere

Verglas

197

13/07

John Smith’s Silver Cup Stakes (York)

14f

Red Verdon (USA)

Lemon Drop Kid

Porto Marmay

Choisir

198

14/07

Prix Maurice de Nieuil (Parislongchamp)

14f

Way To Paris (GB)

Champs Elysees

Grey Way

Cozzene

199

14/07

ISF EBF Brownstown Stakes (Fairyhouse)

Surrounding (IRE)

Lilbourne Lad

Roundabout Girl

Doubletour

200

17/07

Grand Prix de Vichy (Vichy)

Diamond Vendome (FR)

Style Vendome

Ordargent

Kendargent

201

18/07

Meld Stakes (Leopardstown)

Mohawk (IRE)

Galileo

Empowering

Encosta de Lago

202

20/07

P. Power Minstrel Stakes (Curragh)

Romanised (IRE)

Holy Roman Emperor

Romantic Venture

Indian Ridge

203

20/07

Jebel Ali Racecourse Anglesey Stakes (Curragh)

Roman Turbo (IRE)

Holy Roman Emperor

Swish

Monsun

204

20/07

bet365 Hackwood Stakes (Newbury)

Waldpfad (GER)

Shamardal

Waldbeere

Mark of Esteem

205

21/07

Friarstown Sapphire Stakes (Curragh)

Soffia (GB)

Kyllachy

Rime A Rien

Amadeus Wolf

206

21/07

Kilboy Estate Stakes (Curragh)

Red Tea (GB)

Sakhee

Maimoona

Pivotal

207

21/07

Darley Prix Robert Papin (Deauville)

A’Ali (IRE)

Society Rock

Motion Lass

Motivator

208

21/07

RaceBets.de Meilen Trophy (Dusseldorf)

Robin of Navan (FR)

American Post

Cloghran

Muhtathir

209

21/07

Prix Messidor (Deauville)

Impulsif (GB)

New Approach

Violante

Kingmambo

210

25/07

JC of Turkey Silver Flash Stakes (Leopardstown)

Love (IRE)

Galileo

Pikaboo

Pivotal

211

25/07

JRA Tyros Stakes (Leopardstown)

Armory (IRE)

Galileo

After

Danehill Dancer

212

27/07

Sky Bet York Stakes (York)

10f

Elarqam (GB)

Frankel

Attraction

Efisio

213

27/07

Princess Margaret Keeneland Stakes (Ascot)

Under The Stars (IRE)

Night of Thunder

Jumeirah Palm Star

Invincible Spirit

214

27/07

Prix Six Perfections -Sky (Deauville)

Tropbeau (GB)

Showcasing

Frangipanni

Dansili

215

27/07

Prix de Psyche (Deauville)

10f

Villa Marina (GB)

Le Havre

Briviesca

Peintre Celebre

216

28/07

Darley Prix de Cabourg (Deauville)

Earthlight (IRE)

Shamardal

Winters Moon

New Approach

217

30/07

Qatar Lennox Stakes (Goodwood)

Sir Dancealot (IRE)

Sir Prancealot

Majesty’s Dancer

Danehill Dancer

218

30/07

Qatar Vintage Stakes (Goodwood)

Pinatubo (IRE)

Shamardal

Lava Flow

Dalakhani

219

31/07

Markel Molecomb Stakes (Goodwood)

Liberty Beach (GB)

Cable Bay

Flirtinaskirt

Avonbridge

220

01/08

Qatar Richmond Stakes (Goodwood)

Golden Horde (IRE)

Lethal Force

Entreat

Pivotal

221

01/08

Qatar Gordon Stakes (Goodwood)

Nayef Road (IRE)

Galileo

Rose Bonheur

Danehill Dancer

222

02/08

King George Qatar Stakes (Goodwood)

Battaash (IRE)

Dark Angel

Anna Law

Lawman

223

02/08

Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes (Goodwood)

Duke of Hazzard (FR)

Lope de Vega

With Your Spirit

Invincible Spirit

224

02/08

L’Ormarins Glorious Stakes (Goodwood)

12f

Desert Encounter (IRE)

Halling

La Chicana

Invincible Spirit

225

02/08

T. Fennell Oak Tree Stakes (Goodwood)

Billesdon Brook (GB)

Champs Elysees

Coplow

Manduro

226

03/08

Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes (Goodwood)

14f

Enbihaar (IRE)

Redoute’s Choice

Chanterelle

Trempolino

227

04/08

Prix Valparaiso SC Prix de Reux (Deauville)

Ashrun (FR)

Authorized

Ashantee

Areion

228

04/08

Fritz Henkel Stiftung Rennen (Dusseldorf)

Bristano (GB)

Dansili

Briseida

Pivotal

229

10f

6.5f

12f

12.5f 12f

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EXCLUSIVE STALLION STATISTICS

Leading sires of two-year-olds by earnings Name No Nay Never Shamardal Dark Angel Gleneagles* Kodiac First Defence Anjaal* Cable Bay* Dandy Man War Front Siyouni Zoffany Gutaifan* Lope de Vega Night Of Thunder* Showcasing Lethal Force Footstepsinthesand Galileo Society Rock Bated Breath Epaulette Sakhee’s Secret Kingman Charm Spirit Wootton Bassett

YOF Sire 2011 Scat Daddy 2002 Giant’s Causeway 2005 Acclamation 2012 Galileo 2001 Danehill 2004 Unbridled’s Song 2011 Bahamian Bounty 2011 Invincible Spirit 2003 Mozart 2002 Danzig 2007 Pivotal 2008 Dansili 2013 Dark Angel 2007 Shamardal 2011 Dubawi 2007 Oasis Dream 2009 Dark Angel 2002 Giant’s Causeway 1998 Sadler’s Wells 2007 Rock of Gibraltar 2007 Dansili 2009 Commands 2004 Sakhee 2011 Invincible Spirit 2011 Invincible Spirit 2008 Iffraaj

Rnrs Wnrs Wnrs/Rnrs (%) 49 20 40.81 11 4 36.36 64 17 26.56 25 8 32.00 77 21 27.27 1 1 100.00 44 9 20.45 38 14 36.84 63 18 28.57 20 8 40.00 36 14 38.88 40 9 22.50 57 19 33.33 21 8 38.09 27 14 51.85 37 9 24.32 31 7 22.58 30 10 33.33 24 8 33.33 23 2 8.69 30 6 20.00 27 9 33.33 21 9 42.85 26 12 46.15 25 7 28.00 24 7 29.16

Wins AvgDist Earnings (£) Best Horse 24 6.1 370,146 Arizona 10 6.8 320,389 Pinatubo 19 6.4 298,259 Final Song 10 6 281,812 Royal Lytham 23 5.9 276,702 Aroha 4 7 265,574 Siskin 14 5.7 263,368 Bettys Hope 22 5.4 259,451 Liberty Beach 23 5.7 223,582 Great Dame 9 6.6 222,709 Etoile 16 6.9 217,212 Walk In Marrakesh 10 6.9 216,999 Albigna 23 5.7 216,040 Fan Club Rules 10 7.1 211,849 Lope Y Fernandez 18 6.2 202,097 Under The Stars 10 6 200,762 Show Me Show Me 9 6.2 192,656 Golden Horde 13 6.5 183,730 Threat 10 7.5 179,117 Love 3 6.1 178,613 A’Ali 8 6.1 178,180 Daahyeh 13 6.4 178,142 Brand New Day 10 6.3 172,153 Disconnected 13 6.8 170,491 Alocasia 8 6.2 162,365 Air Force Jet 7 6.9 155,064 Guildsman

Earned (£) Stakes Wnrs 99,013 3 206,595 3 27,172 0 79,290 2 23,033 0 265,574 1 143,401 0 94,870 1 27,846 0 41,436 1 27,385 1 79,708 1 30,124 0 50,448 0 32,235 1 72,655 1 123,124 1 83,012 0 44,527 2 124,378 1 73,414 2 51,167 0 38,302 1 31,204 1 20,378 0 26,896 0

SWs/Rnrs (%) 6.12 27.27 0 8 0 100 0 2.63 0 5 2.77 2.5 0 0 3.7 2.7 3.22 0 8.33 4.34 6.66 0 4.76 3.84 0 0

*First-season sire

No Nay Never keeps up the pace No Nay Never had an exceptional first season in 2018 and is maintaining the flow, with 20 winners including three in stakes, led by Arizona. Only an eight-year-old, he looks set to be a superb speed sire for years to come. No Nay Never covered 144 mares in Europe in 2018 and this year his fee

was €100,000, so he is quite an earner for Coolmore already. Kodiac has been marginally slower off the mark than usual but still has the highest number of winners, 21 from 77 runners. The leading first-crop sire by numbers is Gutaifan, with 19 from 57 runners. He was a classy juvenile by Dark Angel so it is no surprise to see

his progeny showing precocity. Pursuing him are 2,000 Guineas victor Night Of Thunder, whose yearlings were sought after last year (14 from 27, including Group 3 winner Under The Stars); Cable Bay (14 from 38, notably Group 3 scorer Liberty Beach); and Due Diligence (13 from 30).

Other newcomers worth commenting on are Gleneagles, who has had eight winners from 25 runners led by Royal Lytham (July Stakes) and Listed winner Southern Hills, and Anjaal, whose prize-money figure was boosted considerably by Bettys Hope’s success in the Super Sprint.

Leading sires by % of stakes winners to runners Name Farhh Galileo Kingman Frankel Dubawi No Nay Never Shamardal Redoute’s Choice Campanologist French Fifteen Le Havre New Approach Soldier Hollow Australia War Front Intello Sea The Stars Nathaniel Champs Elysees Invincible Spirit Sea The Moon Raven’s Pass Camelot Excelebration Pivotal Bated Breath Siyouni Kendargent Oasis Dream

YOF Sire 2008 Pivotal 1998 Sadler’s Wells 2011 Invincible Spirit 2008 Galileo 2002 Dubai Millennium 2011 Scat Daddy 2002 Giant’s Causeway 1996 Danehill 2005 Kingmambo 2009 Turtle Bowl 2006 Noverre 2005 Galileo 2000 In the Wings 2011 Galileo 2002 Danzig 2010 Galileo 2006 Cape Cross 2008 Galileo 2003 Danehill 1997 Green Desert 2011 Sea The Stars 2005 Elusive Quality 2009 Montjeu 2008 Exceed And Excel 1993 Polar Falcon 2007 Dansili 2007 Pivotal 2003 Kendor 2000 Green Desert

Farhh continues to make his mark The quality shown by Farhh’s progeny has made his subfertility all the more regrettable. He was retired to Dalham Hall Stud in 2014 as winner of the Lockinge Stakes and Champion Stakes but the statistics tell an unhappy tale. In 2015 he had

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Rnrs Wnrs Wnrs/Rnrs (%) Wins AvgDist Earnings (£) Stakes Horses SHs/Rnrs (%) Stakes Wnrs SWs/Rnrs (%) 37 18 48.64 26 9.9 749,716 6 16.21 5 13.51 175 71 40.57 100 10.5 7,437,132 41 23.42 19 10.85 98 50 51.02 62 7.8 1,832,474 19 19.38 10 10.2 110 51 46.36 80 9.4 2,696,416 26 23.63 11 10 156 71 45.51 103 9 3,292,096 22 14.1 14 8.97 100 36 36.00 44 6.4 1,077,197 14 14 8 8 172 68 39.53 98 8 3,417,241 20 11.62 13 7.55 29 10 34.48 20 9.6 752,829 4 13.79 2 6.89 52 25 48.07 36 10.1 519,785 5 9.61 3 5.76 35 11 31.42 16 9.3 528,300 2 5.71 2 5.71 161 70 43.47 100 9.5 2,390,056 17 10.55 9 5.59 132 48 36.36 68 9.3 1,122,137 10 7.57 7 5.3 117 53 45.29 76 9.1 846,368 12 10.25 6 5.12 84 26 30.95 42 10.1 862,292 4 4.76 4 4.76 64 26 40.62 33 7.4 590,224 10 15.62 3 4.68 90 23 25.55 30 9.8 750,219 5 5.55 4 4.44 158 72 45.56 92 10.5 3,342,491 22 13.92 7 4.43 144 49 34.02 67 11 2,668,309 8 5.55 6 4.16 145 49 33.79 67 11.2 1,212,236 9 6.2 6 4.13 195 77 39.48 105 7.1 2,088,803 13 6.66 8 4.1 74 23 31.08 38 9.2 767,695 6 8.1 3 4.05 78 30 38.46 46 8.4 770,004 8 10.25 3 3.84 157 53 33.75 76 10.1 1,636,363 11 7 6 3.82 106 25 23.58 36 7.8 761,741 5 4.71 4 3.77 108 45 41.66 72 7.9 1,490,448 9 8.33 4 3.7 170 54 31.76 69 6.9 1,218,825 9 5.29 6 3.52 199 71 35.67 94 7.9 2,702,053 19 9.54 7 3.51 171 68 39.76 91 8.6 1,615,676 10 5.84 6 3.5 172 58 33.72 76 7.6 1,509,231 11 6.39 6 3.48

38 foals from 81 mares, in 2016 he had 39 from 76, in 2017 he had 20 from 35 and in 2018 he had 16 from 29. The fact that he had a book of 76 in 2018 indicates first, some boldness by breeders and second, that Farhh’s first crop had been making a mark. That has continued

and this year he is at the head of the table with five stakes winners from just 37 runners. The stars are Dee Ex Bee (Sagaro Stakes and Henry II Stakes, second in the Gold Cup and Goodwood Cup); Move Swiftly (Duke of Cambridge Stakes); and Wells Farhh Go (Fred Archer Stakes). With King Of Change

running second in the 2,000 Guineas it is crystal clear that Farhh has considerable talents as a sire. Chasing Farhh there is a slew of exceptional sires, namely Galileo, Kingman, Frankel and Dubawi. With just two crops, including Classic winner Persian King, Kingman is certainly living up to expectations.

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The Finish Line with Hollie Doyle Hollie Doyle, who raced past her previous best of 59 with trebles on successive days at the start of August, is a rider on the up and currently finds herself chasing down a top ten position in the jockeys’ championship. The 22-year-old is now getting the chance to prove herself on better horses thanks to her burgeoning association with the Archie Watson stable and could yet reach her maiden century by the end of the year. Interview: Graham Dench

’m no relation to James and Sophie Doyle, Brett Doyle or the bloodstock agent family of Doyles, but I am from a racing family. My dad Mark, who is from Clonmel, rode winners before he got too heavy and my mum, who is from Hereford, rode in Arab races and was also apprenticed. We had point-to-pointers at home when I was young and there were always ponies knocking around, so I’m one of those who was riding almost as soon as I could walk. I always wanted to be a jockey and if I hadn’t made it, I would still have done something with horses. There was never anything else I wanted to do. I started out in pony racing and went through the ranks, but I was nothing special. Then I started race-riding as an amateur with Dave Evans and had a few winners, but I was too small really for the big weights in amateur races and that’s why it was suggested I become an apprentice.

I’ve known my partner Tom Marquand since pony club days, when I was about 14, and he was already at Richard Hannon’s when I got there. People wonder what it’s like living with another jockey, but I’ve never known any different. We are quite competitive and I’m aware of him when we are in a race together, but he’s my opposition, so I don’t do him any favours and I don’t expect any, either. He’s usually had the better of me in a tight finish, but I’m riding as many winners as he is now, which I never would have imagined, so I’ve crept up on him in the jockeys’ table! I’m very lucky that I don’t have any weight issues, so I can eat what I like, whereas Tom has to be more careful with his weight. Luckily for me he loves cooking, and he’s very good with the barbecue.

I can’t believe how well things are going this year, and a lot of that is down to Archie Watson. I started going in on work days last year, and when I rode more than 20 winners for him, he suggested I made the move. I’m there four days a week now, but still doing one day back at Richard Hannon’s and another with Clive Cox. My agent Guy Jewell is doing a great job for me, too, and most days I have four or five rides, instead of one or two, and that’s a massive help. Archie is happy for me to ride for other trainers and I’ve ridden for more than 100 already this year.

GEORGE SELWYN

My first year as an apprentice wasn’t a great success and I think I only rode one winner, but I probably just wasn’t good enough. It was when I moved to Richard Hannon’s that things started to pick up for me. I was getting on some better horses and getting a lot more rides and so a lot more experience. I also learned a lot during a winter of trackwork at Santa Anita.

Archie has nearly 100 horses, and I’m riding the majority of them now. I’m getting on a lot of nice horses for him and I’ve got to know them inside out. If Archie finds the right race for a horse it doesn’t matter how far away it is, so I’m quite often in the north. I’ve had a lot of winners, but there’s been a lot of travelling, and that’s the worst part of the job. In fact, I absolutely despise all the driving. I’ve got a nice BMW but I have to spend hours and hours in it and I’m often very late getting home. We all share lifts when we can but if I could change one thing about the job, it would be that.

It was 2016 when things began to take off for me. I rode quite a few winners for the boss and I rode out my 7lb claim. Quite a few of my winners were for other trainers, and I won a valuable handicap at Newmarket on Scarlet Dragon for Henry Ponsonby and Eve Johnson Houghton. The day after that I was second for Henry in the Cesarewitch on First Mohican of Alan King’s, and those two would probably have been the best horses I’d ridden at that time. The following year was even better and I struck up a good partnership with Billesdon Bess. I won a couple of nice handicaps on her at Salisbury and Goodwood, and when the boss kept me on her in a Listed race back at Salisbury, even though I couldn’t claim my usual 3lb, we won that too. I loved riding her.

Hollie Doyle will try and emulate Josephine Gordon by riding 100 winners in a year

One or two people have said I might get 100 winners this season – I suppose it’s feasible at the current rate. But I don’t like to set myself targets as so much can go wrong in this sport. What’s important to me is to keep working hard and to keep Archie happy, as well as all of the other trainers I ride for. I don’t want to allow myself to be too relaxed, just because it’s going well at the moment. In racing, you have to make things happen yourself.

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“He’s progressed with every start and there’s the potential for better again”

“I love him - I really like him. He’s just like his dad”

RACING POST, 8TH AUGUST 2019

PAUL HANAGAN, JOCKEY

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