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£4.95 | September 2017 | Issue 157

New paths Sir Mark Prescott prepares to hand over Heath House to William Butler

Plus • Steve Parkin out to create a legacy at Branton Court • On track: Simon Bazalgette’s JCR prize-money pledge • Tony Morris slams ‘fake news’ stories in horseracing

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By SCAT DADDY Record-breaking winner of the G2 Norfolk Stakes • G1 Prix Morny winner on his next start

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New paths Sir Mark Prescott prepares to hand over Heath House to William Butler

Plus • Steve Parkin out to create a legacy at Branton Court • On track: Simon Bazalgette’s JCR prize-money pledge • Tony Morris slams ‘fake news’ stories in horseracing

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Cover: William Butler and Sir Mark Prescott watching their horses exercise in Newmarket Photo: George Selwyn

EDWARD ROSENTHAL

Prescott can finally take a day off with Butler on call

ir Mark Prescott may be part of the Newmarket training scene yet he has always appeared to inhabit a separate space. While his colleagues are busy preparing their string for the start of the Flat campaign in March, Prescott prefers a more patient approach; most of his horses only get going towards the end of May, peaking in the summer months. Will this set-up change once William Butler assumes the licence? Prescott has started the handover process to his long-time assistant but has not put a definitive timeframe in place for when there will be a new master at Heath House stables. Prescott has ruled the roost since succeeding Jack Waugh in 1970 at the tender age of 22. There have been plenty of Group 1 triumphs over the years, with horses of the calibre of Pivotal and Alborada, while the handler has few peers when it comes to placing handicappers. A runner with three ‘duck eggs’ next to its name is no indicator of talent when emerging from this source. It used to be that Prescott would move on his assistant trainer every two years, yet Butler’s apprenticeship has now lasted 18 years, proof that a suitable successor has been found, as he explains to Julian Muscat (The Big Interview, pages 42-46). “I suppose I couldn’t really face teaching another fellow from scratch and this fellow [Butler] seemed all right,” Prescott says. “My assistants have all been pretty good but I thought overall that William was probably the best of them. So I bet a very nice house on him – I bought it for him – and told him he could take over one day. I also told him if he didn’t want to stay, he could leave any time he liked. “The nice thing for William is that he hasn’t yet had the ultimate responsibility, but the day you start training is the last day off you ever have. Never again will that luxury be his. That is what William wants, of course. He will have it soon enough.” The current flagbearer for Heath House is the top-

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class sprinting filly Marsha, who beat the boys in last year’s Prix de l’Abbaye, and further afield it has also been the girls setting the standard on the racecourse this year. Khalid Abdullah’s Enable, trained by John Gosden, is undoubtedly the superstar filly, following her Oaks success with an easy win in the Irish Oaks, then producing a thrilling performance against her older rivals in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, when she accounted for Eclipse victor Ulysses by a wide margin. Hot on her heels is Coolmore’s dual Guineas and Coronation Stakes heroine Winter, in the care of Aidan O’Brien, who took the step up to ten furlongs in her stride by romping home in the Nassau Stakes at the Qatar Goodwood Festival. So often racing talks up potential battles between the colts but here are two fillies that really would provide a showdown for everyone to savour. There have been some interesting/controversial stories produced in the racing press in recent times – which has not escaped the attention of Tony Morris (pages 30-31) – so here’s my contribution to the collection: a match race between Enable and Winter over ten furlongs, winner-takes-all. Of course, they could meet in this year’s Champion Stakes, but wouldn’t a contest between these two females – possibly on the same card – create exactly the kind of wider media interest racing craves? It’s fillies that occupy the mind of owner-breeder Steve Parkin, who has set out to create an elite breeding operation at his North Yorkshire stud, Branton Court (pages 54-58). The recent sale of Ballymacoll Stud is just one example of the decline in the number of traditional owner-breeders that race thoroughbreds for pleasure. It’s reassuring that men like Parkin are still prepared to invest so heavily in our sport. Let’s hope he gets his rewards on the racecourse.

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CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2017

NEWS & VIEWS

INTERNATIONAL SCENE

ROA Leader

View From Ireland

TBA Leader

Continental Tales

News

Around The Globe

Changes

Tony Morris

Howard Wright

The more the merrier

Responding to race programme

Grassroots focus in 2018

News in a nutshell

Fake news proliferates

Fixtures and fittings

Stable staff report

Piccone progress

Stronachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s man

Owners Jim and Fitri Hay, with trainer Andrew Balding (right), jockey Jim Crowley and groom Kim Tierney, greet Here Comes When after his Sussex Stakes win

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FEATURES

FORUM

The Big Picture

The Thoroughbred Club

From The Archives

ROA Forum

COVER STORY

TBA Forum

Breeder of the Month

Vet Forum

Ascot and Goodwood

Dunfermline in 1977

The Big Interview Sir Mark Prescott and William Butler

Talking To... JCR chief Simon Bazalgette

Steve Parkin

TBA Foal Show

Owner-breeder’s ambitious plans

Ford family’s Kayf Tara colt stars

Sales Circuit Doncaster and Saratoga

Caulfield Files

Dr Statz

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24 Hours With...

Tom Clover and Circulate

Red tape cut

A very special guest at centenary reception

Rose Armstrong for Higher Power

Reasons to smile

DATA BOOK

European Pattern

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Stallion Statistics

Results and analysis

Galileo’s awesome spell

Teofilo builds on his base

All auctions great and small

Tweenhills’ David Redvers

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ROA LEADER

NICHOLAS COOPER President Racehorse Owners Association

Syndicates hold the key to boosting owner levels ROA leading the charge to get more people to share the thrill of ownership

lthough group ownership has long been a very popular way to own racehorses in this country, it is now being seen as a significant way to grow the fan-base of our sport. The ROA is at the forefront of racing’s efforts to broaden ownership through syndication, while the BHA is on the point of introducing initiatives to improve and simplify the administration tasks facing owners within this area. Even though you can see the popularity of syndicateowned horses in racecards every day, it is still slightly surprising to find that the number of registered owners involved in partnerships and syndicates is greater than all other ownership types put together. Cost is, of course, a huge factor in people choosing to opt for group ownership. It brings both the initial outlay and training costs down to manageable proportions. But, in most cases, there is also a great attraction in being part of a group of people who share a mutual interest and experience. Of course, everyone wants to win prize-money – and, for many, the extent to which they do dictates their level of involvement – but of equal importance is having a good time. Racing is nothing if not a social activity. What better illustration of this than the pleasure gained from meeting up with a group of fellow owners on the racecourse when you have a runner? To talk about the horse’s chances with the trainer and to cheer at the top of your voice when there’s the slightest chance of victory. The same sense of camaraderie is there when you visit the yard, when you watch your horse on morning gallops and when you start to develop a sense of involvement that allows you to appreciate the thoroughbred horse as the beautiful animal that it is. And, of course, you dream of what might be. It is the job of racing generally – and the ROA specifically – not only to explain the practicalities of

ownership but to convey this sense of excitement with the aim of fuelling the popularity of our sport. Indeed, any new owner should become a member of the ROA. Clearly, racecourses and trainers have an enormous role to play in this. Trainers are increasingly dependent on having syndicate-owned horses in their yards and many have set up syndicates themselves. To embrace this new world, trainers need to develop marketing and organisational skills that go way outside the ambit of caring for racehorses. For racecourses, the growth of multi-ownership groups has also required them to look at the treatment of owners on racedays in a very different way. Whereas a runner once meant looking after a small group of connections, it can now mean 20 people or more expecting a decent level of racecourse service. It is against this background that the BHA is about to press the button on the initiatives affecting group ownerships. Key to this is the setting up of an online service that allows the person or people running the syndicate to go through a muchsimplified registration process. As the ‘syndicator’, it will be their responsibility to manage the syndicate under the Rules of Racing and ensure all dues are met. Not only does this mean owners will achieve overall savings because of an alignment of certain fees, but it will much reduce the administrative burden that has hitherto been a bane for those running syndicates. The fact that the new system follows the setting up of a Syndicate Code of Conduct – now underpinned by the Rules of Racing – shows how seriously racing’s administrators are taking the growth of group ownership. It is recognition that, as much as we want more and more people to enjoy the unique delights of owning a share in a racehorse, there is an absolute need in today’s world to create the right regulatory structures so people feel protected when taking their first, often tentative, steps into ownership.

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TBA LEADER

JULIAN RICHMOND-WATSON Chairman Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association

Breeders must take heed of changes to race programme Proliferation of all-weather fixtures may require mating adjustments

s we head into autumn and the yearling sales season, breeders will look back at the mating decisions they made some three years previously and see how fashion has moved on and some stallions have come to the fore, while others have gone cold. The route of least risk is to go for a first- or perhaps second-season stallion, who has not had time to show the ability to succeed or fail, and whose racing performances are still fresh in the mind. These stallions generally cover huge books of mares, and when they fail to be successful – as many do – they leave a large number of progeny who show moderate ability and do not contribute to the future of the breed. We cannot change fashion or turn the tide created by the commercial world, but we should be aware that sending large numbers of mares to new stallions, while relatively ignoring more proven performers, has its downside for the thoroughbred. Equally, as breeders we have to be conscious of the race programme and fixture list that we are breeding to supply. Producing horses who fit into the increasing and changing fixture list and race programme makes absolute sense, but we should recognise the changes taking place. The fixture list for 2018 was published in July, earlier than in many recent years, and once again it involved an increase in the number of all-weather meetings. It is clear that although the BHA sought extra Flat turf fixtures in the spring and autumn, the vast majority of racecourses do not feel that their tracks can stand more racing at that time of year, and so the calendar is close to saturation point with turf fixtures. All-weather racing has no such concerns and although introduced in 1989 as an insurance policy against the abandonment of jumps fixtures, it is now an important part of our year-round programme. This year, four Group 3 and 17 Listed races are scheduled to be run on allweather courses, but it cannot be long before more all-weather Pattern races are staged, especially in the

autumn and early winter. Perhaps breeders should look more closely at using horses who excelled on artificial surfaces in Britain. At the moment these surfaces are generally regarded as an adjunct to turf fixtures, with the horses being largely interchangeable. However, in time it will be firmly established that some thrive on such tracks, and even now the handicappers are able to show how some horses perform to noticeably different ratings in all-weather and turf races. There are already claims that genes for ability to act on either turf or dirt can be identified, so why not a similar situation for Polytrack, Tapeta or Fibresand versus turf? When at the TBA annual general meeting Chris McGrath raised the subject of breeders ignoring dirt stallions at their peril, he was referring to US track performances, presumably because all-weather racing in Britain is still regarded more for its lower-grade racing and convenience than as an integral part of the fixture list. It may only take one enterprising venture to put in a purpose-built all-weather track, with proper weatherproof facilities, staging better quality racing in the evenings to accommodate the online gambler, for breeders to realise that they have another, stand-alone racing programme to supply. As more gambling goes online, the pressure to provide racing when punters are not at work in the seven to eight months that evening turf racing does not take place will increase. No sensible racecourse will floodlight a turf track that can take only a limited amount of racing, so inevitably artificial surfaces will have to provide for the demand. Flat and National Hunt turf racing is the lifeblood of the sport in Britain and should always provide the highlights of the seasons, but we cannot ignore the ever-growing thirst for racing at a time which suits the online punter and on a guaranteed surface that is good for the welfare of the horse. The ability to perform well on artificial surfaces will become more and more important over time.

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NEWS Stories from the racing world

Grassroots the focus as fixtures rise

ritish racing’s grassroots is to benefit from a near £10 million boost in funding under new proposals for 2018, when there is a record 1,508 fixtures scheduled. Eleven more meetings than this year have been inked in for 2018, with the BHA estimating that £9.7m of levy funding will be targeted at the mid to lower tiers of the sport. The result is that most races in Britain will be run in 2018 with a total value of at least £6,000. Racecourses will be able to unlock the extra funding by increasing their own contributions to prize-money. In doing so they will receive extra race incentive prizemoney funding, as well as accessing what will be the sport’s biggest appearance money scheme, with qualifying races offering payments of at least £300 for horses finishing between fifth and eighth. “We’ve seen a decline in horse numbers and owner numbers over the last decade while at the same time we’ve seen total prizemoney going up,” said BHA Chief Operating Officer Richard Wayman. “One of the challenges we’ve faced over the last few years has been that while total prizemoney has been rising, the bottom end of the sport hasn’t been seeing very much of it. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that because

There will be more evening meetings in 2018 to meet demand from punters

of that we’ve seen this reduction in horse and ownership numbers. “We are aware that the owner of an average horse on the Flat recovers 8p in every pound they spend on their fees, so doing something

about that was a key priority for us.” The government’s levy reforms introduced this spring have paved the way for the increase. Efficiencies, including race divisions being funded by the racecourses, will allow

Newmarket exhibition

‘Mouse’ Cooper’s paintings focus on movement in horses and other animals

Talented Newmarket painter David ‘Mouse’ Cooper will mount a one-man exhibition later this month. Hosted by Newmarket solicitors Edmondson Hall in their gallery, the exhibition opens with a private view on September 22 and is open to the public for the following fortnight. Cooper was brought up immersed in racing. His father worked in Newmarket as a rider and stable hand, and he developed a passion for drawing and painting horses from an early age. He showed sufficient talent and promise that a scholarship to Goldsmith’s College beckoned. Sadly, he was unable to take this up because of the family’s financial circumstances at the time. He left school to become an apprentice jockey with Bill Marshall in 1975, followed by spells with Harry Thomson Jones, David Elsworth and Stuart Williams.

He went on to work at Rossdales Equine Hospital as an animal care technician. During this period he studied for his City and Guilds in Art at the West Suffolk College. In 2005 he was offered a place to read Fine Arts at the Cambridge Anglia Ruskin University and graduated in 2007. Cooper now divides his time between teaching art classes to stable staff at the Racing Centre (part-sponsored by Godolphin), occasional workshops at Tindalls Art Shop in Newmarket and spends as much time as he possibly can painting. He has had shows in Brancaster and Thornham in Norfolk. Cooper holds passionate and strong views on art. He says: “My main passion is to convey movement in animals, particularly the horse, and I think that it’s possible to convey movement in a painting far more effectively than in a photograph.

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for the £9.7m investment in grassroots, while the overall boost to prize-money at lower levels via this package of proposals could reach at least £11m with racecourse expenditure included. It is hoped that appearance money will reduce the proportion of races with fewer than eight runners, which was 36.1% in 2016. The 2018 fixture list beats the previous largest in 2001, when 1,506 were scheduled. While there will be 19 fewer afternoon fixtures in 2018 than in 2017, there will be 30 additional evening meetings – a result of betting data indicating the appetite punters have for evening racing. There will be a week-long break for jump racing after the finale meeting at Sandown, with the new season starting the following Saturday at Uttoxeter, but the spring schedule relating to the Flat has drawn criticism. ROA Chief Executive Charlie Liverton was among those to highlight the lack of turf fixtures between the Lincoln and Craven meetings – only ten are slated for 2018. “Turf racing in April needs re-evaluating between the Doncaster meeting and the end of the month,” said Liverton. “There is far too little turf racing. “Horsemen are being asked to get their horses ready, and effectively a lot of them will be having to put the handbrakes on because there is no turf racing.” A dozen of the 16 Flat fixtures in the first week of April 2018 are on the all-weather, a sector responsible for 22.6% of all fixtures, rising from 21.8% this year and edging towards a quarter of all meetings, a level that the BHA, and other stakeholders, have previously indicated they would be uncomfortable with.

“As well as that, we live in Suffolk, famed for its skies and light, and together that makes for a fascinating conversation.” Mark Edmondson, Chief Executive of Edmondson Hall, commented: “Mouse Cooper is a tremendously talented artist. He has spent a lifetime working in racing and he now paints and teaches in Newmarket. “We are very honoured to be able to showcase Mouse’s work and delighted that sales from the exhibition will generate a 10% donation of the sale price to the Injured Jockeys Fund and Racing Welfare.” The Exhibition runs from September 22 to October 6 at Edmundson Hall, 25 Exeter Road, Newmarket CB8 8AR. Hours are 8.30am-5.30pm, Monday to Friday. Further details of ‘Mouse’ Cooper’s paintings can be found at www.mousecooper.com.

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No chance for no-hopers The BHA has moved to prevent perceived no-hopers contesting the sport’s biggest prizes by imposing a minimum rating requirement for all Group 1s on the Flat for three-year-olds and above. The build-up to this year’s Derby was overshadowed by the controversies centred on 1,000-1 shot Diore Lia, who had a Racing Post Rating of 52 but no official mark having finished fifth and eighth on her two outings in maidens. Although pulled out of the Derby on the morning of the race through injury, the Diore Lia rumpus provided the impetus for the BHA’s rating stipulation, which comes into effect in 2018 and which also applies in jump racing. A similar rule will come into force, with a minimum rating of 130 required to run in non-novice Grade 1 chases and hurdles, and 120 for Grade 1 novice chases, in line with a policy already in place for the major races at the Cheltenham Festival and Grand National meeting. There will be no change to Group 1s for two-year-olds and Grade 1 novice hurdles, which will have no minimum-rating requirement. Between 2005 and 2016 only six horses contested Group 1s on the Flat in Britain who would have been ineligible under the changes to be introduced. Ruth Quinn, the BHA’s Director of International Racing and Racing Development, said: “The question of whether races that form the pinnacle of our sport should require a minimum standard of competitiveness from equine participants is one that has been discussed in the past but without agreement being reached. “Thanks to the Professional Jockeys Association putting it back on the agenda, a further proposal was already being considered by the Flat Pattern Committee before the issues surrounding this year’s Derby put into clear focus the need for action.” Quinn continued: “Introducing a minimum rating for these races has three clear benefits. First, it will help protect the welfare of the human and equine participants in our major races by reducing the risk that comes with inferior horses competing against far superior opponents. “Second, it will ensure the risk of unsatisfactory results in these races is

Noddies Way: debuted in the Derby

reduced by taking out the unknown factor and complications that can be caused in running by an inferior horse. “Finally, it will help preserve the reputation and public perception of our top races as crown-jewel events, ensuring the focus can remain on these races identifying and celebrating our sport’s champions.” Horses will need to have achieved an official rating of at least 80 by the day before the confirmation stage of the race or, in the absence of a mark, their racecourse performance assessed by the handicapper as being 80 or more. The 80 figure was unanimously agreed by the Flat Pattern Committee, but Quinn stressed the level could be raised in future if necessary. With entries for the 2018 Investec Derby having already been made, owners have been written to and informed of the change in the race conditions The presence of perceived no-hopers in Flat racing’s blue riband is always an embarrassment for the industry. Noddies Way made his debut in the contest in 2006, trailing home last of the 17 horses to finish in a race in which Horatio Nelson sadly suffered a fatal injury.

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NEWS

Ann Potts death Tributes have been paid to leading jumps owner Ann Potts, who has died at the age of 69 after a long illness. With husband Alan she enjoyed Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup glory in March with Sizing John, the outstanding staying chaser of the season whose other victories included the Irish Gold Cup and Punchestown Gold Cup. The familiar Potts silks have been carried by a number of top-class horses, often with the ‘Sizing’ moniker. Their brilliant two-mile chaser Sizing Europe claimed eight Grade 1 victories in his long career, headed by the 2011 Queen Mother Champion Chase. Last season also saw big-race glory for Fox Norton and Finian’s Oscar, part of a consignment of horses sent to Colin Tizzard’s stable in Dorset. Jessica Harrington, trainer of Sizing John, said: “It’s very sad. Ann was a lovely person and a very brave one during her long illness. She got great enjoyment from Sizing John’s wins this year.”

Ann Potts (left) with husband Alan and Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Sizing John

Turner returns to ride in France Jockey-turned-broadcaster Hayley Turner is making a return to race-riding full time and will base herself in France, in order to take advantage of the 2kg/4.4lb allowance available to women, introduced earlier this year. Turner, 34, is the leading British female jockey of all time, winning top-level races on Dream Ahead, Margot Did and I’m A Dreamer. Having retired in 2015, Turner had returned to the saddle to take a small number of rides this season, and participated in Ascot’s Shergar Cup meeting on August 12. Turner said: “I’ve had it in the back of my mind for a while. I spoke to Michael Bell and James Fanshawe about it, who I ride out for, and they thought it was a good idea. “That’s why I started having a few rides again. I just wanted to make sure ITV were happy with it before I made it official. “It’s a no-brainer really because I’ll be claiming 2kg off jockeys who haven’t ridden as many winners as me. “A lot of girls are turning their noses up at it through pride almost. I’ve already done it without that, so it doesn’t really make any difference to me.” Hayley Turner: taking advantage of the allowance for female jockeys in France

Superb response to reader survey A big thank you to all ROA and TOB members and subscribers who completed the survey included in the July issue of Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder. We were thrilled to receive over 1,000 responses – well above the industry standard and which we believe shows the level of engagement our readers have with the magazine. The results will help us in our aim to produce the best publication possible for all our readers. Editor Edward Rosenthal said: “It was wonderful to receive so many responses to our reader survey. “We really appreciate the time people took to answer the questions and thank them for engaging with us.” The first prize of an all expenses paid trip for two to the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe was won by Dr Robert Britton of Watlington, King’s Lynn. The second prize of two tickets to British Champions Day in an exclusive box was won by Phillip Dixon of Ellington, Cambridgeshire. The three prizes of £250 John Lewis vouchers went to Matthew Pryce, Robert Cant and Janine Savage. Congratulations to all our winners.

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TWEENHILLS TIMES AN EYE FOR SUCCESS

SEPTEMBER 2017

FIRST CHARM SPIRIT YEARLINGS AT SALES It’s an exciting time for Tweenhills and Aga Khan Studs as the first yearlings by triple Gr. 1 winner Charm Spirit are offered for sale this autumn. It all starts at Arqana’s August Yearling Sale at Deauville and Charm Spirit’s first yearling to enter the ring will be a half-brother (pictured) to dual Gr. 1 winner Qemah. Also representing Charm Spirit at Arqana will be a colt and a filly from the Ecurie des Monceaux, who bred and raised the stallion himself.

There are four Charm Spirit’s catalogued at the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale, among them a half-sister to Havana Gold’s debut winner Tabdeed, and staying in Ireland, another five will go through the ring at the Goffs Orby Sale.

Charm Sprit will also be represented at the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale, with his three progeny including a filly from the family of four-time Gr. 1 winner Postponed who was sold as a foal for 85,000gns by Mickley Stud.

A total of 36 sons and daughters of Charm Spirit are scheduled to come under the hammer at Tattersalls in October, with seven entered in Book 1, 26 in Book 2 and three in Book 3.

Charm Spirit half-brother to dual Gr. 1 winner Qemah

Charm Spirit stood the 2017 breeding season at Tweenhills and is currently standing the Southern Hemisphere breeding season at Windsor Park Stud in New Zealand. He will return to Haras de Bonneval for the 2018 breeding season.

QATAR BREED DUAL CLASSIC WINNER Qatar Bloodstock have recently enjoyed Classic success as breeders courtesy of Dorcia, who followed up her win in the Swedish Derby in July by winning the Swedish Oaks on August 14, hard held by five lengths.

Qatar Bloodstock-bred filly Dorcia

Qatar Bloodstock purchased the mare Spinola in foal to Henrythenavigator at the 2013 Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale, and the resulting filly was Dorcia, who was born and raised at Tweenhills and later changed hands at Arqana’s October Yearling Sale for €40,000.

Dorcia become the seventh filly to win the Swedish Derby – in the 100th running of the race – and then eased away from her rivals when completing the Classic double. She looks a Scandinavian superstar. Qatar Racing raced Dorcia’s Galileo half-sister Lady Dragon, a Listed-placed multiple winner in France, and she is now at Tweenhills. She produced a Charm Spirit filly foal in 2017 and is currently in foal to Fastnet Rock, while Qatar Racing also has a two-year-old daughter of Dorcia’s Listed-winning halfsister Kirkinola in training named Creativity.

FIRST GROUP WINNER FOR HAVANA GOLD Havana Gold registered his first Group win when his son Havana Grey won the Gr. 3 Bombay Sapphire Molecomb Stakes at the Qatar Goodwood Festival in early-August. The Mickley Stud and Lady Londsdalebred Havana Grey had already won two Listed prizes at Sandown, and showed his trademark blazing speed, great attitude and versatility regarding ground conditions when recording his fourth victory at Goodwood. The day got even better for Havana Gold as Tabdeed

made an impressive winning debut at Leicester. Havana Gold is the sire of 14 individual winners at the time of writing and his progeny are sure to prove popular at the yearling sales. Eight of them are due to sell at the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale, among them a halfbrother to the promising Harbour Watch two-year-old Shawwal. Offspring of Havana Gold are also set to sell at Tattersalls, Arqana and the Goffs Orby Sale.

Havana Grey wins the Gr. 3 Molecomb Stakes

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Racing’s news in a nutshell PEOPLE AND BUSINESS Francois Doumen Leading handler in France who plundered many of Britain’s top jump races, including the 1994 Cheltenham Gold Cup with The Fellow, retires aged 77.

Ladbrokes Coral Sign up to The Racing Partnership betting shop television service to end the commercial stand-off between themselves and Arena Racing Company.

Jack Parkinson

Michelle Payne Illness prevents the Melbourne Cup-winning jockey from participating in the Shergar Cup at Ascot.

Hayley Turner Rider-turned-pundit announces she will return to the saddle full-time this winter in France, where female jockeys have a 2kg (4.4lb) allowance.

William Hill Bookmaker agrees a deal with Arena Racing Company to take over the operation of six betting shops at ARC racecourses.

Succeeds Dan Thompson as General Manager at Exeter; the 33-year-old previously looked after JCR’s hospitality sales in the London region.

Cathy Gannon Leading female jockey is forced to call time on her career in the saddle due to a foot injury.

David Flores Top US-based jockey retires from the saddle aged 49. The Mexican enjoyed plenty of big wins in his 33-year career and will turn to pre-training and pinhooking.

Keiran Burke Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer set to restart career from Sturminster Newton in Dorset, having been assistant to Robert Walford.

Breon Corcoran Jamie Spencer Jockey records his 2,000th Flat winner in Britain on Stake Acclaim at Ascot’s Shergar Cup meeting.

Bet365 Online gambling giant posts a profit in Australia for the first time following five consecutive years of losses.

Robert Havlin Unsuccessful in trying to stop his sixmonth ban for failing drug test, imposed by France Galop, being reciprocated in Britain; the ban ends on October 4.

Shares in Paddy Power Betfair slide after Chief Executive announces he is stepping down after 16 years with the company.

Gowran Park Racecourse becomes the first track in Ireland to begin using the GoingStick.

Also... Bryan Cooper loses his role as number one rider to owner Michael O’Leary’s

Gigginstown House Stud. The Levy Board is set to continue until 2019 despite plans for its collection and spending responsibilities to be taken over by the Gambling Commission and Racing Authority respectively. Henry Plumptre, Managing Director of Godolphin Australia, will leave the organisation following an inquiry into non-reporting of a strangles case. Australian jockey Steven King, who won the 1991 Melbourne Cup on Let’s Elope, retires from the saddle with the hope of starting a training career. Darryll Holland, who left his role riding for the Charlie Hills stable last year, moves to America, linking up with Patrick Biancone, who has a licence to train in Kentucky for the first time since being banned in 2007. THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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RACEHORSE AND STALLION MOVEMENTS AND RETIREMENTS

Trip To Paris Winner of the 2015 Gold Cup at Ascot for owner La Grange Partnership, trainer Ed Dunlop and jockey Graham Lee, is retired aged six. He also won the Chester Cup, finished a close second in the Caulfield Cup and ran fourth in the Melbourne Cup.

Diamond Boy Son of brilliant jumps sire Mansonnien is purchased by Con O'Keeffe to stand at Kilbarry Lodge Stud in Co Waterford.

PEOPLE OBITUARIES

Avon Breeze

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Tough and talented sprinting filly for the Richard Whitaker stable makes it ten wins on her 52nd start and is retired aged eight. She is in foal to Equiano.

Hawkeyethenoo The only Scottish-trained winner of the Stewards’ Cup, also successful in the Victoria Cup at Ascot, is retired aged 11 by trainer Jim Goldie.

Almanzor Outstanding colt, winner of the Prix du Jockey Club, Irish Champion Stakes and Champion Stakes last year, is retired aged four after failing to fire on his comeback.

Stalls handler team leader is killed at Haydock when run over by the stalls in a terrible accident.

Jonathan Fitzpatrick 23 Manager of his family’s Keatingstown House Stud in County Kilkenny dies in a car crash on the outskirts of Dublin.

HORSE OBITUARIES Permian 3 Dante and King Edward VII Stakes winner for Mark Johnston was fatally injured as he crossed the line in the Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park.

Captain Dunne 12 Popular sprinter for Middleham Park Racing and Tim Easterby, he ran 100 times and won the Dash at Epsom in 2001.

Santry 2 Exciting juvenile for Declan Carroll, winner of a York novice contest and runner-up in the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes, suffers a fatal injury on the gallops.

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KING’S QUEEN Frankie Dettori does not often do 8st 7lb but when you’ve a flying filly like Enable to ride, she’s worth the sacrifice. The duo put their older rivals to the sword in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, coming home four and a half lengths clear of Ulysses, as Enable again showed her ability to handle cut in the ground and downpours. Khalid Abdullah’s filly’s primary end-of-year target is the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Chantilly on October 1 Photo George Selwyn

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COME RAIN AND SHINE The Wednesday of Goodwood produced weather that many thought the worst they had ever experienced at the races. The Qatar Sussex Stakes lost a big gun in Churchill, but Godolphinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ribchester stood his ground, only to be turned over by Here Comes When (pink and green), who under Jim Crowley sprang a 20-1 surprise for trainer Andrew Balding and owners Fitri and Jim Hay Photo George Selwyn

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WINTER OF CONTENT Coolmore’s three-year-old filly Winter is proving one of the stars of the season and after becoming a dual Guineas winner and Royal Ascot scorer, she took a step up in trip against older rivals in her stride to land the Nassau Stakes. Ryan Moore’s mount, trained by Aidan O’Brien, scored by a comfortable length and a half from the consistent Blond Me Photo George Selwyn

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THE EYE HAS IT The Group 2 Qatar Vintage Stakes looked a hot heat beforehand but Expert Eye proved a cut above his two-year-old rivals. Khalid Abdullahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son of Acclamation, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, stormed to victory under Andrea Atzeni to preserve his unbeaten record and underline his Classic potential for next year Photos George Selwyn

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The Qatar Goodwood Festival contained a blend of speed and stamina, with Battaash (top) and Lancelot Du Lac (right) showing plenty of dash to win the Richmond Stakes and Stewards’ Cup respectively, while Stradivarius (above) thwarted people’s favourite Big Orange in the Goodwood Cup

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

The story behind the photo The Queen’s diamond jubilee now seems some time ago – five years, in fact – so the silver jubilee in 1977, which marked 25 years on the throne, is becoming a mere speck in the distance. However in terms of the Queen’s racing interests it remains a seismic memory, for Dunfermline became a dual Classic winner in that anniversary year. Dunfermline, who had already won the Oaks, lined up for the St Leger against a dozen rivals as a 10-1 shot, the market headed by the great Alleged at 4-7. The picture shows Dunfermline and Willie Carson (against the rail) shortly after breaking from the stalls, with Alleged and Lester Piggott on their outside. The filly’s trainer, Dick Hern, also ran pacemaker Gregarious, who took the field along until half a mile out, after which the Classic developed into a thrilling head-tohead between Dunfermline and Alleged. Her Majesty’s runner gradually wore down Alleged, passing him before the furlong pole and keeping on stoutly to fend off her rival by a length and a half, the two pulling ten lengths clear. It was the only defeat of Alleged’s career and the winner is arguably the Queen’s greatest ever racehorse. “She was a bit of a stayer and did everything slowly,” recalled Carson (inset). Yet 40 years ago this month, she did everything that bit less slowly than Alleged. Photos George Selwyn

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DUNFERMLINE SEPTEMBER 10, 1977

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THE MAN YOU CAN’T IGNORE COMMENT

Tony Morris ‘Fake news’ is everywhere, no more such glaring example being the survey which rated horseracing an untrustworthy sport – that might have held true years ago but no longer

don’t think I’d heard the term ‘fake news’ until the new US President started to blather on about it. But since Donald Trump’s inauguration I’ve been on the look-out for examples in my little world, and they haven’t been at all hard to come by. I’ve been finding quite a few lately, some of them coming close to providing me with an apoplectic fit over my breakfast reading material. I never thought the Racing Post would do that to me. Exhibit one came shortly after Royal Ascot on a page devoted to suggestions as to how the meeting might be improved. There were five of them, four failing to stimulate me to care either way, but the fifth hit a raw nerve – the one that appeared under the heading ‘High time Coventry became a Group 1.’ I dare say the writer was unaware that this ridiculous notion was put to the Pattern Committee two or three years ago and summarily rejected. Raising this non-issue again was reassuringly doomed to fail, but how extraordinary it should be proposed as though the Coventry’s case for promotion was obvious. His flawed argument was compounded by the thought that there might be an added benefit in persuading more connections of sprinting two-year-olds to keep them in training instead of going to stud. More realistically, victory in a Group 1 Coventry would persuade connections that the colt had already done enough. It defies logic and common sense that Europe’s first Pattern race of the season should be a Group 1. The Coventry, the Queen Mary and the Norfolk, which follow over the next two days, rightly all belong in Group 3. Exhibit two was the outrageous article calling for racing without the whip, surely the most irresponsible piece of racing journalism in recent years. There was no issue, the case for the whip has been proved time and again, and its use is effectively policed by rules that are rigidly enforced. Of course, the heresy was rightly and swiftly condemned on all sides, but it remains astonishing that anyone could write a piece so potentially damaging to the sport he had a duty

Enable: simply the best horse in the King George, regardless of weight allowance

to promote, and that it could be sanctioned for publication. Exhibit three was one from the letters page, and on a topic that has been buried and resurrected a few hundred times during my stint in this profession, and doubtless on numerous occasions before then. Every generation brings disbelievers, and directing them down the true path never seems to become easier. I refer, as you probably guessed, to the weight-for-age scale, a formulation devised by Admiral Henry Rous in the middle of the 19th century, and subjected to modifications from time to time since then. The idea that younger horses should receive an allowance of weight from their elders had long been recognised, and race conditions were framed accordingly. In the 1850 Doncaster Cup, run over two and a half miles, there were only two runners, both of them winners of the Derby and St Leger. Four-year-old The Flying Dutchman was required to concede 19lb to three-year-old Voltigeur, and he came up short by half a length. The pair were to meet again the following May in a match over two miles at York, and Rous was entrusted with setting the weights for a contest that stimulated enormous interest. He set the now five-year-old The Flying Dutchman to give

four-year-old Voltigeur 8½lb, and the outcome was a win for the former by one length. That race proved that Rous was a sound judge of form with a ready appreciation of how different generations could be assessed in relation to each other at different times of the year. The scale of weight-for-age he published in 1851 became the standard for racing in Britain, and nobody cared to dispute it in the following quarter of a century when Rous ruled as virtual Dictator of the Turf. Sure, the experience of 140 years of competition since Rous’s death has led to some adjustments to the scale, but the principle he established still holds good. This year’s Eclipse Stakes brought stars of two generations together magnificently, with four-year-old Ulysses thwarting three-year-old Barney Roy by a nose while conceding 10lb. The notion that Enable was gifted the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes by virtue of the 14lb she received from year-older Ulysses is a nonsense; she was simply in a different class, overwhelmingly superior. The result was manifestly fair; it would have been grossly unfair to require her to run against her seniors at level weights. Henry Rous had a keener understanding of inter-generation THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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competition than many of today’s pundits. My exhibit four is the frankly absurd outcome of a survey that suggests the public regard racing as crooked, supposedly trusted less than ten other sports, and ahead only of football among the dozen cited. Here is fake news indeed, and I have to wonder where the pollsters found the 2,000 people who were canvassed; did any of them actually have a clue about or interest in any sports? Glossing over the fact that darts (top) and snooker (fourth) are parlour games rather than sports, were the respondents unaware of the scandals that have beset such as cricket (sixth), cycling (eighth) and athletics (ninth) in recent years? Racing and football have been pretty much squeaky-clean by comparison. However, I am bound to acknowledge that there is widespread ignorance about racing where the general public is concerned. Not so long ago a taxi driver who dropped me off at the Rowley Mile course told me that he was a Newmarket native and had made thousands of journeys to the track, but had never been inside. ‘Well, it’s all fixed, isn’t it?’ he said. People will believe what they want to believe and often won’t be persuaded to think differently. Of course, there is a long history of skulduggery on the Turf, and devotees have been known to glamorise some of the rogues and their misdeeds, rather as many tended to admire the perpetrators of the Great Train Robbery. But history it is, and in my time following the sport instances of malpractice have become fewer and farther in between. Back in the 1960s an evening spent in and out of the High Street pubs would often yield the answer to the following day’s juvenile maiden, as only two or three in a huge field would be triers. I well recall one such event – 45 runners and a 6-4 favourite who duly won by five lengths. Most of the opposition were ‘not off a yard’ as we used to say. And I remember an end-of-season sale catalogue in which one entry was said to have had ‘a couple of runs for educational purposes only.’ That was a two-year-old owned by the Jockey Club’s senior steward. Non-triers were tolerated almost to the point of encouragement. I was once given a guaranteed winner by a pal privy to some choice information. The favourite and his chief rival had rehearsed their race on a private gallop and the second favourite had won easily. The result was the same when they did it for real. And when I quizzed a long-retired jockey as to whether he had ever ridden in a ‘bent’ race, he recounted an incident that went wrong. It was a three-runner race up north in the days before stalls, and the horse who was supposed to win whipped round at the start and lost so much ground that the jockeys on the other pair had to accept that waiting for him would give the game away. I checked it out in the form book, which confirmed what I’d been told. Did I ever witness a crooked race? I think I did once, again back in the sixties, though nothing could be proved. But there was a fair amount of circumstantial evidence that I felt inclined to believe. I can see why some folks might lack confidence in the integrity of racing, because a sport so inextricably linked with betting is virtually bound to invite suspicion. But genuine devotees know that in the 21st century effective policing make it one of the cleanest of sports.

“Did I ever witness a

crooked race? I think I did once, back in the sixties, though nothing could be proved”

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HOWARD WRIGHT COMMENT

Despite some recognisable patterns, the distribution and designation of fixtures has lurched like a drunk – it’s time for the BHA to steady the ship

Plea for fixture consistency

The number of evening meetings has gone up and down over the years

ummer has still to finish – if it ever started – yet Selfridges opened its Christmas shop at the end of July, festive parties have been advertised for months, and travel agents have had their 2018 midsummer brochures on the shelves for almost as long. That being the case, perhaps it’s not too early to make the first new year’s resolution. Please, please, please, can the powers that be add a large slice of stability to the annual process of producing the fixture list. No, I’m not referring to the usual suspects for criticism – the size of the programme or the clash of certain fixtures – but rather this is a plea for consistency in finishing the jigsaw. The fixture list has settled into a recognisable pattern in some respects. After nine and seven blank and 356 and 358 scheduled days’ racing respectively in 2005 and 2006, the calendar has alternated between three and four dark days from 360-plus days’ racing in the year. In many other ways, though, the distribution and designation of fixtures has lurched like a drunk negotiating his way between lampposts for support. Take Sunday racing, for instance, which arrived with betting in 1995 and was a sporadic exercise until Peter Savill got his way and the number of fixtures shot up from 70 to 132 in 2004. Three years later the number of Sundays on which racing took place virtually reached fullhouse status and, with single-day exceptions

dictated by Christmas, that remains the situation. However, the actual number of Sunday fixtures has fluctuated massively, reaching a record 153 in 2010 before falling steadily to 2018’s scheduled 112. Here today, gone next year: the message to racegoers has been mesmerising. Then there’s the holiday break for jump jockeys, introduced in 2002. Eight days’ long, then six, then ten, it came in September. Until, in 2013, a second gap was slotted in, in August. That lasted for three years; for the last three years there has been a single break of nine or seven days in August. Next year, apart from Cheltenham’s amateur night, there will be a seven-day blank after the April seasonal finale, and the August holiday. Another change of plan for the planners. Talking of holidays, Bank Holiday fixtures were in abundance until the imbalance of media rights’ payments killed off a raft, and racecourses that relied heavily on their bumper attendances had to scratch around for other, usually less remunerative slots. Media attention turned the tide in 2009-10 and places for five new Bank Holiday fixtures were conjured up. The old status quo has almost returned but not all the traditional sites have been accommodated. Yet another change of plan for the planners. Then there is evening racing, and its little brother, twilight racing, neither of which is

properly defined within the BHA racing department, and which, rather confusingly, were lumped together as a single statistic in the official press release heralding the 2018 programme. Forensic examination of the type of fixtures allotted next year reveals there will be 332 evenings and 80 twilights, compared with 333 and 48 respectively planned for 2017. Yet since the original 40 twilights were introduced in 2006, numbers have varied wildly between four the following year, none in 2008-09, 44 in 2010 and a record 111 in 2015. The number of evening meetings has fluctuated between 223 in 2004 and a record 372 in 2008, slipping to 249 in 2014, before steadily rising again. Planning? Don’t ask. The growth of all-weather racecourses has accounted for some of the variations, but the greatest influence has been racing’s relationship with betting, through the extension of shop opening hours in 2008, the later significant drop in levy income and more recently the desire to feed the online market. Now, with the levy reformed and the BHA’s decisions to scrap Enterprise and self-funded fixtures, in favour of two-tier designation and to grant three-year terms for leasehold fixtures from 2018, a new template has been created. Maybe stability is just around the corner, provided the BHA and the racecourses can hold their nerve and insist on a three-year review, rather than annual mayhem. THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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VIEW FROM IRELAND By JESSICA LAMB

Stable staff report hard to swallow

CAROLINE NORRIS

Recent findings and cases paint a damning picture but are they wide of the mark?

Trainer Denis Hogan – who is also a jockey – with rider Gary Halpin after Tithonus had won the Scurry Handicap at the Curragh

damning report into the working conditions of racing stable staff rocked Ireland last month, but its findings, and those of the Workplace Relations Committee in a case against Ballydoyle, are hard for many to accept. The report, commissioned by left wing political group Independents4Change, claimed Irish stable staff are “vulnerable, scared, overworked and underpaid”, a firstperson account from an unnamed groom revealing feelings of being “trapped and mentally exhausted”. In the same week that this was released, Ballydoyle came before the Labour Court on allegations of employment law breaches relating to excessive working hours. The case, which was set to resume on August 28, saw Ballydoyle argue that the exercise riders and grooms involved are exempt from provisions of the Organisation of Working Time Act

because they are engaged in agricultural work. Trainer and jockey Denis Hogan, based in Tipperary – like Ballydoyle – agrees that stable work should fall under agricultural. “I grew up on a farm so the hours are not a problem to me, and I think people that aren’t used to that get a bit of a reality check,” he said. “Racing should never be classified outside agricultural work because it is the same; there is a busy season and an off-season and you’re dealing with live animals. “I know from competing against Aidan O’Brien that his staff are among the best paid in our world.” Pamela O’Rourke, based in Wexford at her family’s Belmont Stud, has spent a lifetime working with horses in Ireland and abroad. She’s on the same page as Hogan. “It’s a livelihood, just like farming,” she said. “Animals are not machines, you can’t

switch them on or off. We live in the first world, too, we do this job by choice. “I’ve worked my arse off and I can’t ever complain about pay or working conditions; it’s just a known fact that you have to work hard to succeed.” She added: “Most of us work longer hours and don’t mind a bit because we love the job.” Keith Schous, best known for being the groom of 2013 Champion Hurdle winner Solwhit, now works at Croom House Stud. At the age of 29, he has been involved in horseracing for 14 years. He said: “I think it’s all blown out of proportion and it’s not really doing the sport any good. If you want to work with horses, you have to be willing to make sacrifices. “You go and talk to a dairy farmer and see how he fixes his life around milking cows twice a day.” He added: “I know there are a few trainers THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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who probably take the biscuit, but just don’t work for them; there are plenty of others looking for staff.” In the UK recently, modernisation of stable staff hours has been rolling out, with some stables now allowing regular full weekends off for staff during the on-season, as well as the off-season. But, like in Ireland, the practicalities of employing part-time staff to cover weekends can be hazardous. Schous explained: “Say we have 30 colts in for the sales, you’re bringing in fresh people for the weekend. How can you walk away and leave them to it? They don’t know the colts well enough, they are changing day by day.” Hogan said: “It’s not easy for anyone in racing to get a day off but if the lads come to me any time looking for a day or afternoon – or weekend – off, I don’t think I’ve ever had an argument about it. “When they work a full weekend, or go racing late, I try to make that up to them with an evening or day off during the week. That’s the way you have to be – it’s not a 9-5 [job].” In December last year the Irish Stable Staff Association negotiated an improved pay deal with the Irish Racehorse Trainers Association, which saw minimum wages for experienced stable staff rise from €9.75 per hour to €10.75.

Expenses for day race meetings increased from €40 to €50 and expenses for evening meetings went up the same amount to €60. Hogan sees further improvements that could be made towards stable staff remuneration. “For the last three months we’ve been doing well and getting winners and there’s a brilliant atmosphere in the yard,” he said. “This quarter there is going to be a good

“Good staff are hard to find and if you don’t treat them well you’re not going to keep them”

bonus cheque coming through for my staff, but they aren’t going to see nearly enough of it as it will get taxed twice. “It will get taxed when I receive it from HRI, and again when I put it through to them. That’s something that the ISSA or HRI really needs to take up with the government.” Schous agrees with Hogan and believes a fairer deal on wages and expenses would be

to scrap racing expenses in favour of overtime. “The expenses don’t reflect the amount of time put into a day’s racing,” he said. “You’re getting the same amount whether you’re going five minutes down the road with one horse, or four hours up the road with five horses. A lot of people don’t want to go racing any more because it’s not worth it.” The stable staff shortages in both Britain and Ireland have been well documented through the past 12 months, and as jumps stables begin to wind up for the winter season it will become evident whether any of the recent improvements have helped. As a shred of hope, Hogan has seen several youngsters working for him this summer that show potential for joining racing long-term. He said: “You either have a love for it or you don’t. That’s what I’ve found. There are plenty of young lads with me this summer that I think will stick around.” He concluded: “The staff you have make or break you. Without them, you’d come to a standstill, so we all have to work hard to be fair, to treat them well. “If you’re not doing that, you won’t get the staff because it’s too competitive against the likes of Gordon Elliott, Joseph O’Brien, Ballydoyle and Willie Mullins. Good staff are hard to find and if you don’t treat them well you’re not going to keep them.”

Winds of change at HRI continue to blow The last new cog in Horse Racing Ireland’s senior management team was installed last month. At the start of the year restructuring at the governing body began to increase efficiency, and ensure the correct resources are in place to handle new responsibilities created by modernised legislation. At the same time Marketing and Communications Manager Michael O’Rourke announced his intention to leave to pursue a career as an independent consultant in his field. Had he not departed, he would have been the prime candidate to slip into two of the three new positions, primarily Director of Communication and Public Affairs. That role was filled by former Irish Racing Post Editor Jonathan Mullin, joining HRI from Head of Digital at RTE Sport. Next, Irish National Stud Chief Executive John Osborne was announced as Chief Executive of HRI Racecourses Ltd, incorporating Leopardstown, Fairyhouse,

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Paul Dermody: innovative thinker now part of the senior HRI team

Navan and Tipperary. Last month the final role was filled when Leinster Rugby Commercial and Marketing Director Paul Dermody was handed the same position at HRI. Irish racing is highly familiar with Mullin and Osborne, both fully capable of achieving their briefs and adding fresh ideas

to HRI’s dated management approaches. But Dermody could be the biggest catch. As Sponsorship Manager at the GAA he introduced the successful multi-sponsor model for the senior championships, the GAA now working with 16 sponsor brands including SuperValu, Guinness, Etihad Airways and Bord Gais Energy. His work to bring the players closer to the fans at Leinster Rugby has included the ‘autograph valley’ initiative, allowing fans to meet three non-playing players half an hour before a game. His encouragement of social media use by players to help get people turning up to matches has in turn boosted followership of the official Twitter account to over 220,000, making the province the fourth-most followed professional club in the world. Dermody also brings a wealth of major event management skills to the table, and this, coupled with his innovative thinking, adds up to a rich spell of change for Irish racing.

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CONTINENTAL TALES E

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By JAMES CRISPE, INTERNATIONAL RACING BUREAU

Impressing and progressing

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Tony Piccone gains reputation as go-to jockey for visiting trainers

Tony Piccone partners London Protocol to victory at Compiegne in July for Karl Burke, one of the UK trainers keen to use him

rench jockey Tony Piccone is just starting to become a recognisable name on this side of the English Channel. But pronouncing his name, well, that’s a different matter. Even some of the people responsible for helping turn this journeyman into a Group 1winning pilot and ‘go-to’ partner for numerous British-trained visitors like to refer to him in rhyme as ‘Tony Pick-Oh-Knee’. And wouldn’t it be great if that was his real name, prompting visions of some gun-toting gangster in Prohibition-era Chicago. The correct pronunciation of his surname, ‘Pea-Con’, is altogether more mundane. Mundane is also a word that could describe his rise up the ranks, 12 years of honest toil yielding almost 500 low-level victories before he finally broke through with his initial Pattern race success, aboard the Harry Dunlop-trained Robin Of Navan in the Group 3 Prix de Conde in October 2015. What is surprising about his accumulation of six Group triumphs inside the last 23 months is that, despite Piccone speaking only his native language, all but one of them has been for British or German trainers. Remarkably, his first four rides aboard British visitors all resulted in victories, beginning with the Eve Johnson Houghton-trained Amulet in a

Listed race in Nantes in June 2015. Having looked one of the first beaten, Amulet’s head was forced to the front right on the line and, suitably impressed, Johnson Houghton recommended the previously unknown rider to her fellow handler Dunlop. “I used to send him his riding instructions by text message,” admits Dunlop, who nevertheless legged Piccone up aboard Robin Of Navan five times that season, for four victories and a second, and also teamed up with him to land a Chantilly handicap with Flambeuse. Piccone also hooked up with Karl Burke to land a Dieppe claimer with Dressed In Fur, an association that has lasted right up to the present day, highlighted by the pair’s triumphs with Unfortunately, winner of the Group 2 Prix Robert Papin and Group 1 Prix Morny. This entente cordiale between a lad from Marseille and a small battalion of British trainers interested in exploiting the enhanced prizemoney levels and owners premiums offered by French racing would have been impossible to predict. For Piccone left Marseille (where he was apprenticed to Patrick Khozian and had ridden just a handful of winners) at the age of 17 to try his luck in Paris, initially with Cedric Boutin. He managed to ride out his claim four years later but, apart from a brief spell with Criquette

Head-Maarek, hopes of gaining the big job that would kick-start his career proved unfulfilled. A key moment for him came five years ago when he moved agents and formed a connection with Jules Susini, an ambitious young man fresh out of university who now has ten riders on his books, including both the fourtime French champion Olivier Peslier and the 2012 French Derby winner Antoine Hamelin. Susini propelled his client into ninth place in the 2014 French jockeys’ championship with 89 winners and since then, helped by Susini’s ability to speak English and thus chat with Peslier’s long-standing English agent, Shippy Ellis, their partnership has gone from strength to strength. Robin Of Navan has also played a big part in Piccone’s progress, in particular via the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud triumph they shared in late 2015. A recent hot streak, which saw Piccone ride six winners in the week of his 30th birthday, including that prestigious Robert Papin success, put him back on the cusp of the nation’s top ten jockeys. English lessons are helping too, particularly in his relationship with the British trainer most active in cross-Channel sorties of late – Stan Moore. As Susini relates: “Stan talks very fast, but he and Tony are yet to have a misunderstanding.” THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

Good vibes flow after 100th Derby

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Despite heavy rain and a rank outsider prevailing in a finish dominated by two British-breds, last month’s 100th running of the Swedish Derby has prompted a positive reaction following the recent overhaul of the race’s conditions. Contested over a mile and a half of the left-handed dirt course at Jagersro, in Malmo, the Classic was watched by a crowd of 5,218 hardy souls braving the incessant precipitation. Partly prompted by its centenary, the Derby’s prize-money was doubled to 3,000,000 Swedish krone (£265,957) this year, and it was also made the centrepiece of a new 5,200,000 krone (£460,993) Triple Crown series of Jagersro races, alongside the Voterlopning (run over an extended mile) and the Hurricanelopning (run over an extended one mile and five furlongs). Given that its entries close 18 months before raceday when all prospective candidates are still unraced, and its lack of a supplementary entry stage, the Swedish Derby is always going to struggle to attract runners from outside Scandinavia. Yet, although this year’s field of 13 once more had no involvement from Europe’s main racing countries, the Epsom Derby winner Wings Of Eagles did remain engaged in the race up until its penultimate forfeit stage. This was because his dam, Ysoldina, is a half-sister to the 2007 Swedish Derby hero and subsequent five-time Pattern-race scorer Appel Au Maitre, thus he was deemed worthy of an entry by his French breeders, Gilles and Aliette Forien. In Wings Of Eagles’s absence, for the first time in 16 years the Derby was won by a filly, the Henrythenavigator offspring Dorcia beating another British import, Stricker (by

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Carlos Lopez gives Dorcia a kiss after her shock win in the Swedish Derby

Poet’s Voice), by three-quarters of a length. This represented a massive shock, as Dorcia was returned at odds of 53-1 and was much the least fancied of four runners for her trainer Lennart Reuterskiold. Without a victory in five starts since making a successful debut last November, her final start before the Derby had seen her finish no fewer than 11 lengths behind Stricker when trailing home in tenth place in the Voterlopning. She does have some useful bloodlines as she is a daughter of Spinola, who was trained by Peter Harris to land the 2002 Cherry Hinton Stakes. But, just two weeks after Dorcia’s maiden victory, Spinola was deemed surplus to requirements by her breeders, Qatar Bloodstock Limited, and sold at Tattersalls for 55,000gns. Stricker, who looked all over the winner

when hitting the front turning into the home straight, could yet turn out to be the pick of the pair. This near-miss, on top of his Voterlopning triumph, brought his lifetime earnings to £128,123 – a handy return on the €36,000 he cost at the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale. Stricker’s burgeoning career is a heartwarning result for his one-mare breeder Paul Rogers. Based in Norfolk, Rogers had his dam, Sensible, in training in Newmarket for four seasons but she failed to get her head in front in 12 attempts, ending up with a lowly handicap mark of just 40. However, the victory of her half-brother, Muhannak, in the Breeders’ Cup Marathon in 2008 made her worth a try as a broodmare, and she has produced Wekeyll, a Windsor maiden winner for William Haggas two years ago, and Stricker as her first two foals. Dennis Madsen, Director of Racing at Svensk Galopp (the governing body of the sport in Sweden), was delighted with the crowd figure for the Derby and the response to the recent changes to the race. “We were hoping for over 4,000, so to attract well over 5,000 was great and the betting turnover was also up – it has suffered over the past three years while we have been experimenting with a Saturday evening slot,” he said. “There is still a long way to go promoting the Derby and, given that we have doubled its prize-money, we would like it to attract runners from around Europe. “The dirt track at Jagersro is not as deep as the tracks in America and, if you look at the results over the last 20 years, you can see that it is often won by a ten-furlong turf horse rather than a real dirt specialist.”

Weather unhelpful to Wuheida switch

Charlie Appleby’s inventive lastminute decision to re-route Wuheida from the Nassau Stakes to the Preis der Diana (German Oaks), thus avoiding the Goodwood monsoon, did not fully pay off, last year’s Prix Marcel Boussac winner having to settle for third place behind Lacazar and Megera in the Dusseldorf Classic. Appleby was unlucky with the weather in Germany, too, with unforecast rain the day THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

before this £427,350 Group 1 event changing the going to soft, although nowhere near as testing as his Dubawi filly would have had to suffer on the Sussex Downs. Wuheida thus completed an unwanted family double, her dam, the Saeed bin Suroortrained Hibaayeb, having also been beaten favourite when seventh in the Diana seven years earlier. One should not be too hard on Wuheida, though, as she ran like a filly who

might appreciate a return to a shorter trip and time may tell that the two in front of her, in particular Lacazar, are extremely useful. Lacazar’s win was a second Group 1 triumph in a week for her sire Adlerflug, following the Bayerisches Zuchtrennen success of Ito. Now based at Gestut Schlenderhan, the three-parts brother to Galileo has made an outstanding start at stud with his first four, relatively small, crops.

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AROUND THE GLOBE THE WORLDWIDE RACING SCENE

NORT H A M E R I CA

by Steve Andersen

Santa Anita field sizes in the spotlight

“The market can be

crowded. There were 38 meetings in the United States and Canada on August 5” does at his south Florida home, and his schedule is unlikely to change soon. He has first-hand accounts of how diverse the racing business can be across the United States. “Some people love betting on the horses,” he said in an early August interview. “Some people love the sport itself.” Pageantry aside, Ritvo’s focus has been on increasing betting turnover on Stronach Groupowned tracks from customers at the THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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im Ritvo has experienced nearly every aspect of American racing in the last 30 years. Ritvo, 52, was a jockey in the 1980s and trained for 20 years before he became the President of Gulfstream Park in South Florida in 2011. While training, he was Vice-President of a horsemen’s group that represented owners and trainers on matters involving Florida’s racetracks. In the last few years, Ritvo has taken a greater role in the parent company of Gulfstream Park as the Chief Operating Officer of The Stronach Group, owned by prominent North American owner and breeder Frank Stronach. Ritvo has become a traveling salesman of sorts, tasked with reviving racing at venues such as Gulfstream Park, Laurel and Pimlico in Maryland, and Santa Anita and Golden Gate Fields in California. At the same time, The Stronach Group has been in discussions about developing a racetrack in the Boston area to replace Suffolk Downs, which is scheduled to be developed in coming years. Ritvo spends as much time in hotels as he

Tim Ritvo is on a mission to improve betting turnover for The Stronach Group

racecourses, and the growing market from internet wagering. The company competes with tracks in highprofile states such as Kentucky and New York for the attention of bettors. Overall, the market can be crowded. There were 38 meetings in the United States and Canada on August 5. “Why should they bet on us and not something else?” Ritvo said. “I want to develop something that people are interested in.” Turnover at American racecourses reached $10.73 billion in 2016, an increase from $10.67b in 2015. The market has little chance for substantial domestic growth. Ritvo said another goal for The Stronach Group is to grow betting in foreign markets, particularly South America and Europe. For punters in the UK and Ireland, American racing is often held at a convenient time, with racing on the East Coast starting at about 6pm and California races beginning at 9 or 10pm. “One goal is to pick up market share and put out a product that people will pick up internationally,” Ritvo said. “We have a good product with the highest level of integrity and the customer wants to bet on it.” This summer, Ritvo’s focus has been on improving racing at Santa Anita. The scenic venue controls seven months of racing dates annually in southern California, but has struggled to attract decent field sizes at a facility

with more than 1,900 boxes. Earlier this year, Santa Anita cancelled four days of racing on weekdays because of a lack of sufficient entries. The track reverted to a three-day racing calendar for three weeks in June and saw an increase in field sizes during that span. Even though there are approximately 3,000 thoroughbreds in training in southern California, some owners and trainers were waiting for the more lucrative Del Mar summer meeting, which has had strong field sizes in its early weeks. Ritvo’s job is to convince those people to race as enthusiastically at Santa Anita this autumn and in the first six months of 2018. For the upcoming meeting from September 29 to October 29, the track is planning to run four days most weeks. After that issue is addressed, there is certain to be another topic that will demand attention. “I’m helping The Stronach Group improve,” he said. “I’m doing things I love.” This from a man who admits he misses the day-to-day hustle of operating a stable and constantly being surrounded by thoroughbreds. “I miss the competitiveness, getting up early and working hard,” Ritvo said. “I don’t miss the struggle of trying to get the numbers balance. You’re lucky to cover the expenses. “I still like to walk the backstretch in the morning. I don’t want to forget my roots.”

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AROUND THE GLOBE

AUST R A L I A

by Danny Power

It was fitting that Invincible Gem, a daughter of I Am Invincible, should win the first Group race of the new racing season in Australia, the Group 2 Missile Stakes at Randwick on August 5. Not only did the win of the four-year-old mare confirm her ascent in the sprinting ranks, it also further emphasised the rise of I Am Invincible among Australia’s stallions. I Am Invincible, a son of Invincible Spirit, stands at Arthur and Harry Mitchell’s Yarraman Park Stud at Scone, in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales. The former brilliant speedster was unable to win at the highest level but he’s become a sire phenomenon, rising from a stud fee of only $A11,000 – some lucky breeders got into him for as low as $A7,700 in his difficult third season – to stand at ten times that fee, $110,000 (fully booked), this coming breeding season, which kicks off this month. Invincible Gem is one of I Am Invincible’s 20 stakes winners from four crops of racing age and she represents a double cross of the great Star Kingdom through two of his best sire ancestors, the Golden Slipper winners Canny Lad (by Bletchingly and sire of the dam of I Am Invincible) and Marscay (by Bletchingly’s sire Biscay and sire of Invincible Gem’s damsire, Marwina). The world of thoroughbred breeding can be likened to a giant department store: the sale is all about the latest fad. In Australia’s case, we have not so much renewed our interest in Invincible Spirit but finally embraced the son of Green Desert. Invincible Spirit shuttled to Chatswood Stud at Seymour in Victoria for four seasons (200306) with little support until his final year. In 2003, he covered 48 mares (31 foals) at a fee of only $13,200, which dropped to $11,000 for his next three seasons, when he served books of 73, 63 and a massive 153 in 2006, when Australian breeders realised Invincible Spirit was no ordinary stallion. But it was too late. He’d already started to leave his mark in Europe and owner Prince AA Faisal and the Irish National Stud decided to halt the shuttle and keep him in Europe. Despite Invincible Spirit’s rise to be a super sire in Europe, commanding a fee of €120,000, the Australian breeding industry is only now starting to warm to him. However, it has taken the success of I Am Invincible for Australian stud owners to send out the scouts to find other sons of Invincible Spirit to stand in the southern hemisphere. This year there will be four highly-rated new sons of Invincible Spirit standing in Australia, headed by Arrowfield Stud’s dual Group 1-

I Am Invincible living up to his name

Invincible Gem, by top sire I Am Invincible, is led in after winning the Missile Stakes

winner Shalaa, Darley’s Group 1 Prix Jean Prat winner Territories, Woodside Park’s Cable Bay and Chatwood Stud’s Ajaya. The last time such an influx of sons of one stallion hit Australia in one season was in 2008, when Australians went crazy for sons of Hussonet (by Mr Prospector) after the former South American stallion sired the champion Weekend Hussler and other brilliant performers in his first Australian crop. That year studmasters scoured South America for international sons of Hussonet and six found homes in Australia. Only one achieved anything near success, the fast Husson, who was bought to stand at Nathan Tinkler’s now defunct Patinack Farm and has since moved to Vinery Stud in the Hunter Valley, before relocating to Aquis Farm in Queensland. The others have disappeared. Hussonet as a sire of sires, like the Macarena, is one fad we all want to forget. Hopefully, this surge of interest in Invincible Spirit will have a lasting effect. One thing is for sure, the four newcomers (and Charm Spirit, who is standing his second season in New Zealand) have the right race performance, pedigree and looks to make it. They also are at farms with strong supporter bases, so they

should get their chance. For instance, Cable Bay has the backing of Black Caviar’s breeder Rick Jamieson (Gilgai Farm), who has put his renowned reputation as a pedigree guru on the line. Jamieson, who spends countless hours defining and refining pedigrees, believes Cable Bay has the perfect pedigree mix to gel with Australian mares. Such is his desire to prove his theories correct, most of the mares that visit Cable Bay at Woodside Park in Victoria will be vetted as suitable by Jamieson’s computer before they are allowed through the door of the breeding shed. “I believe that, with the right mares, Cable Bay has the pedigree and type to produce a strike rate of 12% stakes winners to runners, which is elite and reached in Australia only by Redoute’s Choice,” Jamieson recently told a group of journalists and breeders. Jamieson, who produces a similar strike-rate from his small band of mares, many of them cheap buys, has come out of his reclusive cocoon to publically back Cable Bay, so much so that he and a syndicate of supporters will be sending 40-50 select mares to the stallion. Supporters and sceptics alike are watching with interest.

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THE BIG INTERVIEW SIR MARK PRESCOTT AND WILLIAM BUTLER

The long

GOODBYE Sir Mark Prescott decided that William Butler was the future custodian of Heath House some 16 years ago – the handover is coming, although the master trainer is not quite ready for a day off Words Julian Muscat • Photos George Selwyn

he clue lies to your left as you enter Heath House Stables, the Newmarket training establishment of Sir Mark Prescott. Gleaming in the soft light of a summer’s evening is a two-storey building where there was once an old bicycle shed. Fast approaching completion, the structure houses a plush new room for entertaining owners and plentiful office space. Doors are painted in the stable’s trademark livery. Pristine wooden decking along the top floor affords a panoramic view of the grounds inside Heath House, where Prescott will complete his 47th season at the end of the year. There won’t be many more, although precisely how many remains to be seen. Prescott, 69, is adamant he won’t be rushed into retirement. He is grappling with the conundrum of departing too soon against lingering too long in the comfortable embrace of loyal patrons. On the chosen day he will usher in William Butler, his assistant of 18 years who has known he will succeed Prescott for the last 16 of them. It is one of the longest-serving apprenticeships in the sport. That new building serves to announce that the time is nigh. It will be Butler’s operations room, adjacent to the house in which Prescott will finally settle into that comfy armchair. But when? “I genuinely don’t know,” Prescott says. “It won’t be at the end of this season. It will be a very difficult decision but it’s time William got on. The first step was to get the new office built. The next step is probably not far away.” He has no particular landmark in mind. His 65th birthday came and went. The transition might have happened early last year, when he had a tumour surgically removed from his back, but he rebounded with gusto from a setback that detained him for three months. And it’s unlikely to be as distant as 2020, when he will have been training for 50 years. Those instances aside, a professionally appropriate moment may have governed his thoughts. Prescott believed he wasn’t far away from training his 2,000th winner on the Flat. That might have made an apposite time to pass the parcel, yet the moment came and went. Unbeknown to him, that milestone was reached, subject to verification, when Cartwright won an apprentices’ handicap at Pontefract on September 22 last year. He landed something of a touch in the process. And so the wait goes on. Butler, for his part, learnt the virtues of patience long ago. He arrived at Heath House in 1999 as a 21-year-old hell-bent on training but without the means to convert his dreams to reality. More than two years later, when Prescott had seen enough of his assistant to suggest a handover, he may also

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William Butler and Sir Mark Prescott, who will hand over the reins to his assistant though no date has been set

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seen something of his young self in Butler and his aspirations. Prescott came upon Heath House when Jack Waugh, to whom he was assistant trainer, retired in 1970. Waugh was oldschool Newmarket: his father, Tom, trained Cinna to win the 1920 1,000 Guineas and his mother, Eleanor, was a daughter of the champion trainer Alfred Hayhoe.

“Mr Waugh told me

they would buy the yard for me, interestfree, and I’d have ten years to pay it back” By May of his final season, Waugh told Prescott he would be stepping down. The handover was completed before the end of the year, which made Prescott, 22, the youngest trainer in Newmarket by some distance. “Nothing more was said until September, when Mr Waugh told me he’d had a word and all the owners bar one said they’d stay on,” Prescott reflects. “He told me they would buy the yard for me, interest-free, and I’d have ten years to pay it back. William has a better bargain. It will take him longer [to own Heath House] but he gets a better deal in the end.”

The process of integrating Butler into the business started in 2002. Prescott insisted Butler ran the proposal past a solicitor and knew that caveats would arise from it. He’d done the same thing himself back in 1970. “I said to my stepfather, ‘This is the deal; what do you think?’” Prescott recalls of taking on Heath House. “He said I really ought to have something in writing, but he hadn’t met Mr Waugh. I told him Mr Waugh was the kind of man to whom you just say, ‘Thank you very much.’ And that was that.” It must have been daunting for Butler, then 24, to take his solicitor’s concerns back to Prescott, whose occasionally irascible streak had not yet abated. “The solicitor told me I

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SIR MARK PRESCOTT AND WILLIAM BUTLER

Butler and Prescott assess the string as they make their way back into Heath House, while, below, yard favourite Pallasator and Rosie Jessop work on Warren Hill

was taking a lot on trust,” he relates, “and when I rang my father he said he’d never been involved with anything similar. He wasn’t sure if he could believe it; it sounded too good to be true. “Anyway, I went back to Sir Mark,” Butler continues. “We got everything done and when I left the yard that evening it was one of the best nights of my life. The sales were on at Tattersalls and I remember vividly I was meant to meet a girl who was coming over from Ireland. I’d been angling to meet her for three years but I was so shell-shocked by the conversation [with Prescott] I didn’t even turn up.” Another vivid memory for Butler was his interview for the job in October 1999. THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

Prescott liked any candidate to ride out with the string; on this occasion Butler saw Alborada’s final gallop ahead of her second Champion Stakes triumph after the filly had missed most of the campaign. “Sir Mark had been worried about her,” Butler reflects. “He changed the work around that morning so that Alborada led the gallop, and on the back of that she went and won.” Prescott’s upbeat mood that morning did not do Butler’s prospects any harm. “She went with Farmost, who was the most wonderful lead horse,” he says. “Farmost was a Listed winner and, unlike most lead horses who’d drop away when passed, he’d come back and win the gallop if the other one

didn’t keep going. “This was one of the most interesting gallops I’ve ever seen, because Alborada and Farmost repeated to the pound the gallop they did the previous year when Alborada won her first Champion Stakes. I then spoke to Miss [Kirsten] Rausing [who owned Alborada] and she said she didn’t want the filly to run unless she was going to win. I said I had no idea whether she would win but Farmost says she will. And she did.” Jack Waugh died in September 1999, a few weeks before Butler started at Heath House. Prescott had been training for 29 years; perhaps Waugh’s passing sent him into reflective mode. Either way, it wasn’t long

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he decided to take Butler on permanently. It was previously his practice to take on a new assistant every two years. “I suppose I couldn’t really face teaching another fellow from scratch and this fellow [Butler] seemed all right,” he says. “My assistants have all been pretty good but I thought overall that William was probably the best of them. So I bet a very nice house on him – I bought it for him – and told him he could take over one day. I also told him if he didn’t want to stay, he could leave any time he liked.” It was the last thing on Butler’s mind even if it flew in the face of advice his father, Michael, gave him in his youth. “My father worked 12-hour shifts: two weeks of nights and two weeks of days,” Butler relates.

“I couldn’t really

face teaching another fellow from scratch and this fellow seemed all right” “He’d come home from work at eight in the morning and have breakfast with us, and he’d always say, ‘Whatever you do, don’t take on anything that makes your family life impossible. And here I am with two young children, getting up at half past four every morning…” There are no regrets. “If I wanted to train I had to look for a job with a proven trainer,” he says. “I have been very lucky to have had Sir Mark as my mentor and over the years I have got to know the owners. He trains for the nicest people ever; that might not be a luxury I’ll be able to afford. And they pull my leg the whole time – especially Prince Faisal Salman [of Denford Stud]. He always rings up when Sir Mark is not around.” The prince is not alone. Another longstanding patron is John Brown, the former Chairman of William Hill who knows better than most the value of information that might emanate from Heath House. “Mr Brown tells me he has rung William when I am not here,” Prescott says. “He had bamboo under William’s fingernails for ten minutes and the only thing he got from him was that he thought he might have worked for me at some point.” Prescott expects current patrons at Heath House to support Butler in the same way he was supported by Waugh’s owners back in 1970. Yet Butler harbours a concern. “It’s not because the owners don’t like me or that I can’t train,” he says, “but because of their

Prescott and Butler with Melbourne Cup hope St Michel and Kimlynn Nakelsky

‘Day you start training is the last day off you ever have’ After 18 years and counting at Heath House, few new trainers will be as versed in the profession’s demands as William Butler. It is something he has yearned for since he rode ponies at his local riding school in Co Waterford. “I spent every waking hour outside school with Harry de Bromhead [father of Henry],” Butler reflects. “That was an education. Harry loved anything that was free, including labour, and when the jumpers were out in summer he sent me to John Oxx for two years. They were the halcyon days of the Aga Khan. “I had no racing background,” he continues. “My father was a barber and factory worker. He made his children sit A-levels, and when I finished that I did two years at Whitney College, went to Ian Balding’s and came to Heath House in October 1999.” Butler’s early years were defined by Prescott’s well-earned reputation for kicking pupils and assistants into shape, although he maintains those are now distant memories. “Sir Mark has changed very much,” he says. “He has passed on the hassle, so it’s me tearing my hair out these days, not him. I’m the one chasing the builders, the vet, the farrier, jockeys, while he stands back and laughs when I get wound up.” Although Prescott concurs, he says Butler’s life will assume a new definition once the handover is complete. “The nice thing for William is that he hasn’t yet had the ultimate responsibility,” he says, “but the day you start training is the last day off you ever have. Never again will that luxury be his. That is what William wants, of course. He will have it soon enough.”

friendships with Sir Mark. “Some will probably have run the course of having horses in training. I won’t have that huge financial pressure on other new trainers but there will be pressure and expectation to maintain what has been going on here for 50 years.” Prescott accepts there will be alterations to the regimen at Heath House. He has rarely embraced the tenets of PR, much less the marketeers, yet change is already blowing gently through the place. Say it sotto voce, but Heath House is on Twitter. A website is under construction for the first time. “I’ve been brought along under Sir Mark’s thinking that if you train enough winners people come to you anyway,” Butler says. “But to my mind there’s a little bit more to it these days. You see younger trainers using all

manner of ways to promote their business. It makes a difference.” All of that will be co-ordinated from the new office block. While Butler deals with hashtags and the like, Prescott will be close at hand but removed, by then reflecting on the sentiment bequeathed him on a grey November morning when Waugh came down to Heath House for the last time. “It was drizzling down by the stone boxes,” Prescott reflects, “and Mr Waugh said, ‘I shan’t be back in now, I’ll leave it to you, I’m sure you’ll do well.’ And then he said, ‘Your owners will never understand, but if you are conscientious a little bit of you will go down to the start with every runner you saddle. One day there will be nothing left.’” Only Prescott will know when that day dawns.

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Simon

SAYS As Group Chief Executive of the Jockey Club, Simon Bazalgette is one of the most senior figures in the racing industry, a role in which the next big decision is always just around the corner By Tim Richards

ou were ready to turn your back on racing in 2008 after four years successfully running Racecourse Media Group, which pools the rights of Britain’s leading racecourses. What made you change your mind and become Group CEO of the Jockey Club? The Jockey Club called me in to ask me what I thought about racing and what needed to be done for it to have a brighter future. I talked about a number of things that involved being much more open and customer-friendly. Also how important the media needed to be as part of the sport’s strategy for the future. They surprised me by agreeing with me and asked me to lead the Jockey Club and help to deliver those ideas. There was no way I could turn down such a brilliant challenge. Do you come from a racing family, and what were your first memories of the sport? I have developed a love of racing all on my own. Like most people, my first memory of racing was the Grand National as a child and racing on Grandstand on BBC and the ITV Seven on World of Sport. The names of Red Rum and jockeys like Richard Pitman and, of course, Lester Piggott spring to mind. My first experience at a racecourse was Flat racing at Royal Windsor. The racecourses – with the notable exceptions of Ascot and Chester – are starting their own pool betting operation as a rival to the Tote. What

is the motivation behind this and what can it achieve for the sport? It is a fantastic opportunity for the sport, but also for racegoers and punters. On-course betting is such an important part of the raceday and yet racecourses currently have no control over the service or products offered. The 54 racecourses involved plan to offer a fantastic experience to customers and racing will receive all the profits from the venture, a proportion of which has to go into prize-money. As a childhood supporter of Brentford FC and a current season ticket holder, what have you learnt from football that might benefit racing? Football has shown the significant benefits of all involved working together wherever possible. The Premier League is the obvious example, but more recently La Liga clubs have come together for the first time after years of Real Madrid and Barcelona thinking going it alone was worth more to them. Instead the new approach has already paid dividends. We have shown a number of times in recent years that when racing comes together this approach works best for us too. For example, over the last three or four years we have been speaking to the government with one voice and that has been a key element in getting the new levy in place. The levy reforms, which now cover offshore firms, will see racing receive £90 million in funding. The result is the scrapping of the Authorised Betting Partner policy. Will this produce a >>

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SIMON BAZALGETTE facility. Does JCR have plans to improve things for owners in this area? We have been investing millions of pounds, constantly improving our facilities and experiences for horsemen, working hand-inhand with the ROA at every turn. We are proud of our Gold Standard racecourses at Cheltenham, Haydock, Market Rasen and Nottingham. We have worked with the ROA to research views across our racecourses so we can do our very best for horsemen.

MINI BIOGRAPHY Born: 1962, on the Grand Union Canal at Ivinghoe, near Aylesbury Education: Thames Valley Grammar School, Richmond 6th Form College, Warwick University Career: KPMG, MusicChoice, Racing UK, The Jockey Club Family: Wife Elizabeth and four sons, Jack 21, Frank 20, Will 17 and Joe 13 Hobbies: Racehorse ownership, music, sport and art Ambition: For British racing to be in rude health and everyone involved at every level to benefit

>> better working relationship with the bookmakers? Our Authorised Betting Partners initiative brought in £15 million of funding for horsemen that would have been lost, at a cost of more than £1m to the Jockey Club. It was an example of us doing what was in the best interests of the sport. In the process we enhanced relationships with Betfair, 32Red, Bet365 and SkyBet for example, as well as attracting a range of new partners. Now the levy system has been modernised our only focus is on mutual benefit for all in the racing and betting industries. However, while supporting ABP we did whatever we could to maintain as strong a relationship as possible with retail betting operators. As part of the 2018 fixture list, grassroots racing will receive an extra £10m thanks to additional levy funding, with most races in Britain run for no less than £6,000. To unlock the funding, racecourses are being asked to increase their contribution to prizemoney. Will the Jockey Club be doing so? The funding process is only starting to work through now. But absolutely, yes, the Jockey Club as ever will lead the way in prize-money in 2018. You need only to judge us on our record, which this year alone is seeing us contribute an additional £2m into prize-money, much of it at grassroots level. JCR media rights payments depend on field sizes, with eight runners or more the optimum, as well as data,

marketing, promotion and sponsorship. What is JCR doing to hit these targets and attract more horses? The part we can influence directly is the quality of our racing surfaces, prize-money and the experience we offer to horsemen. We can also support industry initiatives to encourage the promotion of British racing, including potential owners. Furthermore, there is a significant positive impact on betting markets for every

“We need to work

hand-in-hand with the betting industry in more sophisticated ways” additional runner, so we need to work hand-inhand with the betting industry in more sophisticated ways – involving marketing, having access to each others’ customers, and the times when we should be putting on racing, bearing in mind more than half the betting is now done on mobile phones. It’s all about how to drive the betting value of our racing, given that the returns ultimately benefit the horsemen. The issue of looking after owners at the races is a hot topic, especially regarding the provision of complimentary food and a dedicated

The Jockey Club was criticised for how it revealed the Kempton sale news and its subsequent response to industry concerns. Did you get it wrong on this occasion – and is the sale going ahead? Nothing has changed since our announcement in January, which proposes to raise a huge amount of money to support racing all over the country. Our Stewards firmly believe there is the opportunity to do more good for the sport through these proposals than maintaining the status quo. We have been as transparent as we can about what the considerations are and it is not an easy decision. We have got to trade off what we think is best for the sport in the long term. If we sell Kempton, we need to make sure the issues that do arise from the sale can be addressed or mitigated, and, given the money that can be generated, it’s worth making those investments. There are a number of discussions about where we go with the King George VI Chase and relocating the all-weather track. As announced previously, we are going round the country listening to different views from all stakeholders. On the whole, most people who have been engaged have been reasonably constructive, even if they’re not supportive of us selling Kempton. Most people understand it’s a difficult decision, but probably one that when you trade everything off, it’s in the best interests of the sport. It’s still at the consultation stage with the council and, depending on the outcome, we will have to consider whether we apply for planning permission. That’s probably a year away. Your love of music – once being a semiprofessional musician – encouraged you to create Jockey Club Live, the sixth largest music promoter in Britain. The result has been many successful music nights on our racecourses. How do you cultivate those occasional, young music-event racegoers into regular race fans? We have staged music nights [at Newmarket] for more than 30 years, well before any of the current management were involved to take any credit! But we did launch Jockey Club Live as a joint venture in 2014 with experts from the music industry to replace the supplier relationship we employed previously. Before

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SIMON BAZALGETTE then we would simply buy in acts from a third party, with all the risks and without any ability to develop a mutually beneficial relationship with artists’ management. It has also helped us to significantly enhance production values, which has led us to secure a roster of top acts. By staging racing, plus music nights, where six races are followed by a Kylie, a Tom Jones or a Kaiser Chiefs, we welcome more than a quarter of a million people – who may not otherwise attend – to our venues each year. For many it’s their first recent experience of a racecourse. So we are raising awareness of racing, which the artists are also doing for us on their social media platforms. They don’t become a racing fan overnight, but it can be the start of a relationship with the sport. We’ve also seen headlines about bad behaviour during these post-racing

concerts, when excessive drinking can lead to violent incidents. What is JCR doing to tackle this problem? All our events are well stewarded to match the size of the crowds and with a clear, responsible drinking initiative, which in fact is in place across all UK racecourses. We offer a range of facilities to ensure people enjoy a memorable evening’s entertainment. Almost all the events have been fantastic, which is why so many people come back each year. Anyone who has attended them knows there is a real feel-good and friendly atmosphere, which is helped by them being open-air events. If you could book any group to play at one of your tracks, who would it be and why? One of music’s greats, like Stevie Wonder because he can appeal to everybody. My kids

would love to see him, and so would I! Having been involved in the decision to award racing’s terrestrial rights to ITV, how would you analyse the programme so far? Are viewing figures – well below BBC levels – what you hoped for? ITV is doing a fantastic job showcasing our sport to such a large proportion of the UK – I think the fun the team are having translates to the viewer. With nearly 100 days live, British racing enjoys all the promotional and levy benefits from the most free-to-air coverage of any sport. It is also great that more people have tuned into raceday after raceday on the ITV main channel compared to Channel 4 in only the first year of this rights period. And that’s despite the dramatically changing ways we watch and follow sport in the media. We now need to work

Thistlecrack wins last year’s King George VI Chase at Kempton, a race and track whose future has been thrown into doubt by JCR’s controversial plan to sell the course for housing

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with ITV to use all their promotional might and platforms to help reach and convert more and more people into fans. What has been the most rewarding moment during your time at the Jockey Club? And the biggest disappointment? We stage Employee Days, bringing the whole company together at one of our racing venues. It is a hugely rewarding day, hearing from the staff directly about all the great work that is going on to help to improve our sport and give people a fantastic experience. The biggest disappointment was the government first nationalising and then selling the Tote, compromising its original purpose, which was purely for the good of racing. How many horses do your own, which race would you most like to win and what is your favourite course (nonJCR)? I have shares in three horses with Alan King, and a couple of Flat horses via Thurloe syndicates with Andrew Balding and Ralph Beckett. Frankly, winning any race would be a bonus, but the fantasy would be the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup. My favourite non-JCR racecourse is probably York, where you enjoy great racing, combined with a great customer experience centred around the horse.

Where do you see British Racing plc in five years’ time – and will you still be at JCR? I think we can be confident about the future: with a governance structure that helps to bring together horsemen, racecourses and the governing body around shared goals – and without the black hole in racing’s finances. What we must do now is work together to ensure all parties benefit from any success and ensure we attract enough new loyal fans to the sport for it to have a bright future. Personally, I am enjoying my role at the Jockey Club, as I have since 2008, and shall continue to care about a bright future for the sport. But who knows where any of us will be in five years? The Bazalgette name is associated with London’s sewer system (great great grandfather Sir Joseph, famous civil engineer) and the TV show Big Brother (cousin Sir Peter, television executive). What would you like to be remembered for? I hope when I leave racing that the sport will have stronger foundations for the future than when I joined, having worked with racing's other stakeholders and a great team at the Jockey Club. Together we have improved media rights, governance, levy reform, customer experience, etc. And we will soon be adding pool betting to the list.

CLOSE UP AND... PERSONAL I relax by… jamming with my kids, with all of us playing different instruments Actor to play me on screen… no idea! Besides, Steven Spielberg hasn’t called yet Favourite song/artist… Blue Eyed Beans From Venus by Captain Beefheart My pet hate is… when someone refuses to understand other points of view Four dinner party guests… Captain Beefheart, John Gosden, Laura Mongan and Usain Bolt

CLOSE UP AND... PROFESSIONAL Most thrilling moment in racing… as an owner when William Buick produced Brief Encounter late to win on Dante day at York in 2009 Best horse I’ve seen… Frankel on Guineas day Racing has taught me… everyone has something to contribute, wherever they come from and whatever they do Alternative career… rock impresario Best advice received… don’t just judge people on what they do, try to understand the motivation and pressures behind the reasons why

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Field of DREAMS

Steve Parkin is compiling an elite band of mares at his Branton Court stud in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire

Steve Parkin promised himself he would buy a racehorse if he became successful in business – now he has 56, a growing broodmare band and a desire to turn his Branton Court stud into a nursery of champions Words Edward Rosenthal • Photos Anna Gowthorpe

oe Foley calls it “the champions’ field”. Looking at the race performances and pedigrees of the broodmares that inhabit a tiny part of Steve Parkin’s 300-acre stud farm in North Yorkshire, it’s easy to see why. There’s Golden Reign, a half-sister to Golden Horn – purchased before her older sibling showcased his brilliance in the Derby and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – Agnes Stewart, winner of the Group 2 May Hill Stakes, Dandy Man’s half-sister by Dream Ahead, Group 1 Coronation Stakes heroine Maids Causeway… the list goes on. Parkin, the boss of retail distribution and delivery firm Clipper Logistics, under which banner his horses run, talks about wanting to “create a legacy” at Branton Court. The quality of bloodstock being rapidly assembled by the former butcher, lorry driver and coal miner at his fledgling breeding operation suggests he has every chance of making that happen. Yet without the aforementioned Foley, better known as the man behind Ballyhane Stud in Ireland, it’s doubtful Parkin would still be involved in the sport at any level. The pair met during the days of top sprinter Captain Rio, one of the first horses Parkin owned and later a stallion at Ballyhane. “Joe’s the closest thing in racing to a genius,” Parkin says. “Without him I’d have been gone years ago. “I was losing fortunes in those days because there was no plan. I was just buying horses, going to the races and having a bit of fun. “One day at Doncaster [sales], Joe took me to one side and said, ‘If you do not change what you are doing, you’ll be lost to racing.’ We got on famously from the start.

“The agents make a beeline for you at the sales. Anyone will sell you a horse but Joe took me under his wing. I put a lot of emphasis on his importance to my bloodstock business. I don’t know much about pedigrees – but I’m learning.” He continues: “Anything I buy or breed goes to Ireland to be broken by Joe’s wife Jane at Ballyhane. She knows what we’re trying to achieve and when they are ready to go into training. They’re pre-trained in Ireland, which means our trainers can kick on and race them.” Parkin fell in love with thoroughbreds as a boy. Growing up on a council estate in Leeds, both his father and grandfather loved a bet on the horses, with racing one of the few sports shown regularly on television. Well located for trips to York and Ripon, he promised himself he would buy a racehorse if he ever became successful. Clipper Logistics, which is now a thriving £400 million company, started “by mistake” in 1992. At the time, Parkin was working in the fashion industry for a haulage company. “I never set out to start my own business,” he relates. “I had worked my way up to number two in control of this firm. Then I had a fall-out with the owner and told him, stupidly, to stick his job. “In order to pay the mortgage I needed to hire a van and get on the road. I had built up a lot of contacts in fashion distribution in the north of England, so it was the natural thing to do. “The company became successful and really grew on the back of two things. The first was some friends of mine in Huddersfield who owned the fashion chain Bonmarché – they

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“Then I met a guy called Philip Green and worked with him as he grew his businesses. He became a mentor and a friend. He’s a hard man to work for – but there you go!” The financial crisis of 2007-08 threatened to knock the wind out of Parkin’s sails – “we lost £30m of sales and £3.5m of profit in six weeks” – but around the same time he had noticed that internet shopping was taking off. A contract with supermarket giant Asda, which was moving into the online market, took the company in a new direction, one that has seen Clipper Logistics become a leader in its field in managing retailers’ online proposition. Parkin says: “If you order an item online from John Lewis there’s a 90% chance it will come out of one of our warehouses. We now have 46 warehouses throughout Europe. “Online, returns and click-and-collect are the big growth areas. We’ve been at the forefront of the industry – and we keep evolving.” Evolution is a key word at Clipper Logistics, used for a successful marketing campaign and even its in-house magazine. Parkin’s move into the breeding side was also a natural progression from his experiences as a racehorse owner. He explains: “When I look at racing the winnings are paltry compared to the expense. So if there’s not much there in terms of prizemoney, where’s all the cash going? It’s back in the supply chain; breeding and stallions. “The inspiration for Branton Court actually came from a visit to Harry McCalmont’s stud at Norelands in County Kilkenny. I thought it was beautiful, absolute heaven, and I said to

Parkin and stud manager Rob Stapleton with some of the Branton Court foals

Steve Parkin on… The Clipper name When I first started as a driver, at 21, I was working for a company based in Aberdeen delivering fish. I was going to Manchester, Leeds, Hull, all over the north. Before we had a tachograph, we used to manually log our hours. But when you were driving perishable goods, you were exempt from having to take breaks. One of the suppliers of fish was called Clipper Seafoods. When you used to get your docket saying what you were transporting that day, and it was fish from Aberdeen, we called it ‘running Clipper.’ I loved the name. So I used it!

Having a plan In life, you have to have a plan – with everything. When a trainer gives me multiple entries for one horse, for example

a 75- or 80-rated horse with ten entries, I think, ‘what’s all that about’? The trainer doesn’t have a plan. That’s no good to me. William [Haggas] has a plan. Roger [Charlton] told me six weeks beforehand which race a two-year-old of mine would run in. And true to his word that’s what happened.

Training costs My training costs are £1.2 million per annum. If you look at it too closely you’d drive yourself mad. But I accept it’s the price I pay for my enjoyment and my passion. I own a jet, I own a plane, I’m about to buy a boat. But racing/breeding is the best thing I do. Family aside, from a sporting perspective, that’s how I get the biggest buzz in my life. It’s unbelievable.

Jockeys Our policy is to use the best available jockeys. Ryan [Moore] is the best in the world. Danny Tudhope – he could ride for any of the big yards. He’s got the most magnificent hands – he’s electric. Danny reminds me of Steve Cauthen. Of all the jockeys that ride my horses, Jamie Spencer is a brilliant horseman and he gives the best feedback. As an owner that’s so important.

Ambitions I’d love to win the Lowther again. That’s my local course. I’ve got a box at York and it’s different class. I really would like to win a home Guineas. Of course the pinnacle would be to breed and race a Classic winner.

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Joe I’d like to have something like it one day. But we were looking for about seven years before we found this place. “I have a bespoke operation. We have 12 broodmares now – I think we’ll get to 25 and will always look to upgrade the stock.” Parkin continues: “I have a five, ten, 20-year plan, as I do with all my businesses. I want to create a legacy, a pre-eminent breeding operation with the best families. From my farm to my silks, I want to create something special. “I’ll be breeding to race primarily, though I will sell from time to time. Fortunately I don’t have to sell. But I’m not scared to take a profit.” The figures in the ring for Parkin runners, both buying and selling, make for impressive reading. His Group 1 Cheveley Park winner Rosdhu Queen was bought for 65,000 guineas and sold for 2.1 million gns. German 1,000 Guineas scorer Electrelane, a 35,000gns Book 2 purchase, made 500,000gns when returning THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

to Tattersalls for its Mares’ Sale. Main Desire and Fashion Queen, the fillies that gave their owner a superb Listed double at his favourite track York in May, were picked

“This is a passion for me. In 100 years’ time I’d love Branton Court to be known for its families”

up for €40,000 and £27,000 respectively. Parkin has turned down private bids for both totalling £1 million. “I made £4m profit the year we sold Rosdhu

Queen and Electrelane,” Parkin explains. “But then I also shared a €1.2m Galileo colt with Qatar Racing [named Transatlantic] that is now three – he hasn’t made it to the track yet. “How does the businessman in you square the cost of buying horses? You can’t. But that’s the beauty of the game. The highs are so high because the lows are so low. I think one of my biggest attributes is accepting that you cannot change history. Just look forward and make sure you don’t make the same mistake again. Never look back. “This is a passion for me. I have put the financial mechanism in place to keep the operation going for a number of years. The kids can’t sell it. In 100 years’ time I’d love it to be known as a Juddmonte, with pedigrees associated with Branton Court. “I want to give my mares the best possible chance to do well, which is why we’re using stallions like Dubawi and Frankel. For me, it’s

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stud manager and he reports directly to Joe Foley. I speak to Joe more often than I speak to my wife!” Parkin has owned a number of jumps horses, including Grade 1 winner Morning Assembly, and while he enjoys the winter sport – not surprisingly for someone who grew up admiring the likes of Sea Pigeon, Night Nurse and Monksfield – it is the Flat that really captivates this owner-breeder. He says: “I enjoy two-year-old racing most of all. I love the buzz and unpredictability – they could be anything. When you have a 90-rated gelding it might drop to 88 or get to 92. However the two-year-olds could be future Classic winners. “With the National Hunt horses I don’t look at future value. There’s a different mentality and I enjoy the camaraderie. But in truth I prefer the faster horses. “My first trainer was Richard Whitaker and now I have around 56 horses in training all over the country. I like Newmarket because of the facilities but I also have horses in training in the north.” Currently he is awaiting his first homebred winner from Branton Court. A two-year-old daughter of Dubawi out of Beyond Desire – “she survived a broken pelvis and a bout of colic that nearly killed her to win a Group 3” –

EMMA BERRY

>> cutting down the odds. Rob Stapleton is my

Joe Foley and Steve Parkin at the sales, on the lookout for their next purchase

could be the first to provide that honour. Until then he is happy just to enjoy his horses at the home he shares with wife Joanne and children Fabienne 15, Delphine 13, Henri 11 and Severine 10, all of whom have ridden, with Fabienne described as “besotted” with horses. “Now I have the farm, I think they are just the most majestic animals,” Parkin says. “My wife and I sit outside on an evening with a glass

of wine and just watch them. You see the foals playing with each other, the mares running round. We are just fascinated with them. “My favourite mare, and the first to give birth on the farm, was Beyond Desire in April. I got up at 2am and watched her produce her foal. It was like watching one of your children being born. To see the foal now is fascinating. But the mare hates me – she always tries to attack me.”

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BREEDERS’ DIGEST By EMMA BERRY, Bloodstock Editor

Our bloodstock coverage this month includes:

• TBA National Hunt Foal Show: All the results from Bangor-on-Dee – pages 64-66 • Sales Circuit: Strong start to the season from the Saratoga yearlings – pages 69-70 • Caulfield Files: Teofilo a forerunner of the Galileo-Danehill nick – pages 72-73 • Dr Statz: When it comes to finding a top-class horse it pays to shop around – page 96

Small breeders battle for top honours

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terrible of the stayers’ division who also once attempted to bite an opponent mid-race. Wallsgrove moved to Newmarket in 2005, since when she has been stable manager at Newmarket racecourses. If Elliott can be persuaded to bring Beckford back to Britain for the Middle Park or the Dewhurst later this year, he’ll doubtless receive a very warm welcome indeed.

Whirly Dancer, for just 9,500gns – “my very last bid,” she admits – at Tattersalls’ February Sale of 2012. Not only has the mare made a great start herself, producing two winners from her first two foals, including Beckford, but her pedigree has continued to improve with each passing year. Her half-sister Malabar won Group 3 races in 2014 and 2015, while the following year, Harbour Law, another descendant of Whirly Dancer’s third dam Inchmurrin, won the St Leger. This year another of the mare’s half-siblings, Poet’s Word, won the Group 3 Glorious Stakes at Goodwood, no doubt enhancing the value of Whirly Dancer’s current filly foal, who shares his sire, Poet’s Voice. Despite being relatively new to the breeding business, Wallsgrove is no stranger to top-class horses. During her years working for Barry Hills she looked after St Leger winner Moonax, who was famed for his fractious behaviour. “He used to pick me up by the arm quite often,” she says nonchalantly of the enfant

And they’re off

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he TBA’s Breeder of the Month Award for July, which features in this issue on page 90, must have been an incredibly close contest to call. With absolutely no disrespect to the larger breeders in this country who invest so much in the best mares and, in many cases, stallions, it was great to see a neck-and-neck finish between two small breeders with just two mares apiece. Congratulations to Rose Armstrong, whose brother James Fanshawe deployed the skilfully patient training methods for which he is renowned to produce the homebred Higher Power perfectly for the biggest win of his career in the Northumberland Plate. While the ‘Pitmen’s Derby’ doesn’t hold black-type status, the heritage handicap does carry with it a decent first prize of £92,385, highlighting once again the benefit of having a little patience and putting a staying-bred horse into training. Higher Power has now earned almost £150,000 and, at five, is arguably only now reaching his peak. At the other end of the spectrum came the British-bred Beckford, who is proving that Gordon Elliott is just as versatile as Fanshawe when it comes to handling both Flat and National Hunt horses. Bred at Brook Stud, where his breeder Joyce Wallsgrove boards her mares, the son of Bated Breath became his sire’s first Group winner when landing the Group 2 Railway Stakes on only his second start. Beckford has subsequently gone on to demonstrate that he really is a young colt of the highest order when going down by only half a length to Sioux Nation to take second in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes. Wallsgrove, who sold Beckford as a foal, had previously had one less-than-successful foray into the breeding world. After a lull of some years she decided to make a comeback and must be congratulated for selecting Beckford’s dam, the Danehill Dancer mare

Group-winning breeder Joyce Wallsgrove with her former feisty charge Moonax back in 1995

This month’s issue went to press on the eve of the Arqana August Sale, so by the time it hits doormats we’ll already have had the first yearling sales in France and Britain, at Deauville and Doncaster. As the Dr Statz column highlights on page 96, the best horses aren’t always to be found at the most elite auctions, which gives hope to all of us operating with more modest means. In fact, the Goffs UK Premier Sale has been an increasingly fertile source of talented youngsters and, while prices at the auction have been rising steadily, not least thanks to the niche appeal of the ‘Donny two-year-old’, it continues to offer value. But when you see that a horse such as Slade Power was overlooked by the market and bought back by his breeder at £5,000, it reinforces the point that it’s worth trawling through every catalogue you can to find a racehorse within your budget. Six Group wins later, including two at the highest level, Slade Power was snapped up by Sheikh Mohammed to stand at his Kildangan Stud. The interest in the offspring of new sires will doubtless ensure that members of Slade Power’s first crop, selling this year at Doncaster and beyond, are unlikely to be similarly ignored as he was seven years ago. The recent trend has been for a huge intake of new stallions to stud and the class of 2015, on paper at least, looks a particularly elite bunch. Along with Slade Power, watch out for first yearlings from Classic winners Australia and Kingman, as well as Group 1 winners Toronado, Charm Spirit and Olympic Glory among a host of new names.

Published here is the Provisional List of the stallions registered with the EBF for the 2017 Covering Season. Full eligibility of each stallion’s progeny, CONCEIVED IN 2017 IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, (the foal crop of 2018), for benefits under the terms and conditions of the EBF, is DEPENDENT UPON RECEIPT OF THE BALANCE OF THE DUE CONTRIBUTION BY 15TH DECEMBER 2017. Late stallion entries for the EBF will be included in the Final List, provided the full contribution is received by 15th December 2017.

A ABBASHIVA (GER) ACCLAMATION (GB) ACHTUNG (GB) ADAAY (IRE) ADELPHOS (FR) ADLERFLUG (GER) AEROPLANE (GB) AFFINISEA (IRE) AGE OF JAPE (POL) AIKEN (GB) AIR CHIEF MARSHAL (IRE) AIZAVOSKI (IRE) AJAYA (GB) AL KAZEEM (GB) AL NAMIX (FR) ALBAASIL (IRE) ALEX THE WINNER (USA) ALHEBAYEB (IRE) ALKAADHEM (GB) ALQAAHIR (USA) ALTRUISTIC (IRE) AMADEUS WOLF (GB) AMARILLO (IRE) AMARON (GB) AMERICAN DEVIL (FR) ANABAA BLUE (GB) ANJAAL (GB) ANODIN (IRE) APPLE TREE (FR) ARAKAN (USA) ARCADIO (GER) ARCANO (IRE) ARCHIPENKO (USA) ARCTIC COSMOS (USA) AREION (GER) ARMY KING (FR) ARRIGO (GER) ASK (GB) ASSERTIVE (GB) AUSTRALIA (GB) AUTHORIZED (IRE) AVONBRIDGE (GB) AWTAAD (IRE) AXXOS (GER) B BALKO (FR) BALLINGARRY (IRE) BANNABY (FR) BARELY A MOMENT (AUS) BATED BREATH (GB) BATHYRHON (GER) BATTLE OF MARENGO (IRE) BEAT HOLLOW (GB) BELARDO (IRE) BIRAAJ (IRE) BLACK SAM BELLAMY (IRE) BLEK (FR) BLUE BRESIL (FR)

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BLUE CANARI (FR) BLUE CORAL (IRE) BOBBY’S KITTEN (USA) BOLLIN ERIC (GB) BOREAL (GER) BORIS DE DEAUVILLE (IRE) BORN KING (JPN) BORN TO SEA (IRE) BOTTEGA (USA) BOW CREEK (IRE) BRAZEN BEAU (AUS) BUNGLE INTHEJUNGLE (GB) BURATINO (IRE) BURMA GOLD (IRE) C CABLE BAY (IRE) CALIFET (FR) CAMACHO (GB) CAMELOT (GB) CAMERON HIGHLAND (IRE) CAMILL (IRE) CANFORD CLIFFS (IRE) CANNOCK CHASE (USA) CANYON CREEK (IRE) CAPPELLA SANSEVERO (GB) CAPTAIN CHOP (FR) CAPTAIN GERRARD (IRE) CAPTAIN MARVELOUS (IRE) CARADAK (IRE) CARLOTAMIX (FR) CASAMENTO (IRE) CAT JUNIOR (USA) CHAMPS ELYSEES (GB) CHARDONNEY TCHEQUE (FR) CHARM SPIRIT (IRE) CHARMING THOUGHT (GB) CHICHI CREASY (FR) CHOEUR DU NORD (FR) CIMA DE TRIOMPHE (IRE) CITYSCAPE (GB) CLODOVIL (IRE) CLOUDINGS (IRE) CLOVIS DU BERLAIS (FR) COACH HOUSE (IRE) COASTAL PATH (GB) COCKNEY REBEL (IRE) COKORIKO (FR) CONDUIT (IRE) CONTAT (GER) COULSTY (IRE) COURT CAVE (IRE) CRILLON (FR) CURTAIN TIME (IRE) D DABBERS RIDGE (IRE) DABIRSIM (FR) DAHJEE (USA) DANDY MAN (IRE) DANSANT (GB)

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FLAMINGO FANTASY (GER) FLEMENSFIRTH (USA) FLY WITH ME (FR) FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND (GB) FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH (IRE) FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS (IRE) FRACAS (IRE) FRANKEL (GB) FRANKLINS GARDENS (GB) FREE EAGLE (IRE) FREE PORT LUX (GB) FRENCH FIFTEEN (FR) FRENCH NAVY (GB) FROZEN FIRE (GER) FUISSE (FR) FULBRIGHT (GB) FULL OF GOLD (FR) G GALE FORCE TEN (GB) GALILEO (IRE) GALIWAY (GB) GAMUT (IRE) GARSWOOD (GB) GEMIX (FR) GENTLEWAVE (IRE) GEORDIELAND (FR) GEORGE VANCOUVER (USA) GETAWAY (GER) GIBEON (IRE) GIROLAMO (GER) GLADIATORUS (USA) GLENEAGLES (IRE) GLOR NA MARA (IRE) GOKEN (FR) GOLDEN HORN (GB) GOLDEN LARIAT (USA) GOLDEN TORNADO (IRE) GOLDMARK (USA) GOODRICKE (GB) GREAT PRETENDER (IRE) GREEN MOON (IRE) GREGORIAN (IRE) GUILIANI (IRE) GUTAIFAN (IRE) H HAAFHD (GB) HAATEF (USA) HALLOWED CROWN (AUS) HAMOND (GER) HARBOUR WATCH (IRE) HARZAND (IRE) HAVANA GOLD (IRE) HEERAAT (IRE) HELLO SUNDAY (FR) HELLVELYN (GB) HELMET (AUS) HIGH ROCK (IRE) HILLSTAR (GB) HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR (IRE)

HOT STREAK (IRE) HUNTER’S LIGHT (IRE) I IFFRAAJ (GB) IMPERIAL MONARCH (IRE) INDIAN HAVEN (GB) INTELLO (GER) INTENDANT (GER) INTRINSIC (GB) INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) ISFAHAN (GER) ITO (GER) IVAWOOD (IRE) J JARN (GB) JET AWAY (GB) JOSHUA TREE (IRE) JUKEBOX JURY (IRE) K KALANISI (IRE) KALLISTO (GER) KAMSIN (GER) KAP ROCK (FR) KAPGARDE (FR) KARAKTAR (IRE) KARGALI (IRE) KAYF TARA (GB) KENDARGENT (FR) KHELEYF (USA) KIER PARK (IRE) KINGMAN (GB) KINGSALSA (USA) KINGSTON HILL (GB) KODI BEAR (IRE) KODIAC (GB) KONIG TURF (GER) KOUROUN (FR) KUTUB (IRE) KYLLACHY (GB) L LAURO (GER) LAVEROCK (IRE) LAWMAN (FR) LE HAVRE (IRE) LEADING LIGHT (IRE) LETHAL FORCE (IRE) LIBERTARIAN (GB) LIBRANNO (GB) LITERATO (FR) LOPE DE VEGA (IRE) LORD DU SUD (FR) LORD OF ENGLAND (GER) LOS CRISTIANOS (FR) LUCARNO (USA) LUCAYAN (FR) LUCKY LION (GB) LUCKY SPEED (IRE) M MAGADINO (FR)

MAHLER (GB) MAIGURI (IRE) MAINSAIL (GB) MAJESTIC MISSILE (IRE) MAKE BELIEVE (GB) MALINAS (GER) MAMOOL (IRE) MANATEE (GB) MANDURO (GER) MARCEL (IRE) MARESCA SORRENTO (FR) MARIYDI (IRE) MARKAZ (IRE) MARTALINE (GB) MARTILLO (GER) MARTINBOROUGH (JPN) MASKED MARVEL (GB) MASTERCRAFTSMAN (IRE) MASTEROFTHEHORSE (IRE) MASTERSTROKE (USA) MAWATHEEQ (USA) MAXIOS (GB) MAYSON (GB) MEANDRE (FR) MEDICEAN (GB) MEHMAS (IRE) MESHAHEER (USA) MHARADONO (GER) MIDSHIPS (USA) MIGHTY (GB) MIKHAIL GLINKA (IRE) MILAN (GB) MILK IT MICK (GB) MILLENARY (GB) MINASHKI (IRE) MISTER FOTIS (USA) MIZZOU (IRE) MONITOR CLOSELY (IRE) MONSIEUR BOND (IRE) MONTMARTRE (FR) MOOHAAJIM (IRE) MOONJAZ (GB) MORES WELLS (GB) MOROZOV (USA) MORPHEUS (GB) MOSS VALE (IRE) MOST IMPROVED (IRE) MOTARASSED (GB) MOTIVATOR (GB) MOUNT NELSON (GB) MOURAYAN (IRE) MR MEDICI (IRE) MUHAARAR (GB) MUHTATHIR (GB) MUJAHID (USA) MUKHADRAM (GB) MUSIC MASTER (GB) MUSTAJEEB (GB) MUSTAMEET (USA)

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MY RISK (FR) MYBOYCHARLIE (IRE) N NATHANIEL (IRE) NATIVE RULER (GB) NAYEF (USA) NEATICO (GER) NEW APPROACH (IRE) NEW BAY (GB) NICARON (GER) NICE APPLAUSE (IRE) NIGHT OF THUNDER (IRE) NIGHT WISH (GER) NO NAY NEVER (USA) NO RISK AT ALL (FR) NORSE DANCER (IRE) NOTNOWCATO (GB) NUTAN (IRE) O OASIS DREAM (GB) OCOVANGO (GB) OK CORAL (FR) OL’ MAN RIVER (IRE) OLDEN TIMES (GB) OLYMPIC GLORY (IRE) ON EST BIEN (IRE) ORIENTOR (GB) OUTSTRIP (GB) P PACO BOY (IRE) PALACE EPISODE (USA) PALAVICINI (USA) PANIS (USA) PAOLINI (GER) PAPAL BULL (GB) PASSING GLANCE (GB) PASTORAL PURSUITS (GB) PASTORIUS (GER) PEARL SECRET (GB) PEER GYNT (JPN) PENNY’S PICNIC (IRE) PETHER’S MOON (IRE) PHOENIX REACH (IRE) PIVON (IRE) PIVOTAL (GB) PLANTEUR (IRE) POET’S VOICE (GB) POLARIX (GB) POLICY MAKER (IRE) POLISH VULCANO (GER) POMELLATO (GER) POSEIDON ADVENTURE (IRE) POUNCED (USA) POUR MOI (IRE) POUVOIR ABSOLU (GB) POWER (GB) PRESENTING (GB) PRIDE OF DUBAI (AUS) PRINCE FLORI (GER)

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EBF INTERNATIONAL STALLIONS The stallions listed below stood OUTSIDE THE EBF AREA IN 2017 and have been provisionally registered as International Stallions for that year. Full eligibility of each stallion’s progeny, CONCEIVED IN 2017, (the foal crop of 2018), for benefits under the terms and conditions of the EBF, is DEPENDENT UPON RECEIPT OF THE BALANCE OF THE DUE CONTRIBUTION BY 15TH DECEMBER 2017. Late stallion entries for the EBF will be included in the Final List, provided the full contribution is received by 15th December 2017. Further details from the Chief Executive, European Breeders’ Fund.

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TBA NATIONAL HUNT FOAL SHOW

CREAM of the crop The fifth annual TBA National Hunt Foal Show was well supported, with championship honours going to the Ford family’s Kayf Tara colt Words Emma Berry • Photos Stephen Davies

he TBA National Hunt Foal Show has, since its inauguration in 2013, been dubbed ‘Stars of Tomorrow’ and the quality of foals on show for the fifth year at Bangor-on-Dee ensured that this subtitle was more than a mere throwaway marketing slogan. The continued success of the foal show goes hand-in-hand with some seriously impressive results for British-breds on the track in recent jumps seasons, with Sizing John, Thistlecrack, Special Tiara and Coneygree leading the way but being backed up by an increasingly strong support cast. Indeed, just three years ago, visitors were treated to the sight of Sizing John’s dam La Perrotine at the show alongside her Fair Mix colt, underlining the quality of support for the National Hunt showcase which was the first of its kind in Britain. TBA National Hunt Committee member and broadcaster Nick Luck has lent his knowledge and passion to proceedings as the show compere on an annual basis and, during his lunchtime address to the competitors and guests, said: “It’s an idea we borrowed from

France but I think we can safely say that this is now the best National Hunt foal show in Europe.” A number of French visitors to the show concurred with Luck’s view, pointing to the professionalism of the competitors and the quality of stock on view. Britain’s pool of

“Not for one minute

did we think we’d have a champion foal in front of a lot of eminent judges” National Hunt breeders and broodmares may be small in comparison to Ireland and France but a sustained focus on improving the level of mare at stud in the UK is gradually starting to reap rewards, helped in no small part by incentives introduced by the TBA.

Three judges were at work in each ring. From left, Dan Skelton, Nicolas Bertran de Balanda and Juliet Minton; Peter Molony, Harry Whittington and Lucinda Russell

The fifth year of the show brought the highest number of entrants yet

With 62 entries across four classes, a number of late withdrawals reduced the final field to 46 to bring before judges Lucinda Russell, Nicolas Bertran de Balanda, Peter Molony, Juliet Minton, Harry Whittington and Dan Skelton. Best supported of all was the class for colts born on or before April 14, and this ultimately provided the show champion, a Kayf Tara colt out of the six-time winner and Grade 2-placed hurdler Lifestyle (Karinga Bay), bred by David and Di Ford and their daughter Kate at Townley Hall Farm in Cheshire. “We have a large dairy farm and the thoroughbred breeding is a side event to a certain extent but we really enjoy it,” said David Ford. “Not for one minute did we think we’d have the champion foal in front of a lot of THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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eminent judges, but we thought he was a nice colt so I’d have been disappointed if he hadn’t been in the top three colts.” He added: “He’ll go to the sales as a foal and will be consigned through Goldford Stud as Richard Aston advises us on our breeding interests.” Kate Ford’s full-time job is with Richard and Sally Aston so she was put in the rather embarrassing position of beating her boss when one of the Goldford entrants, the winner of the older fillies’ class, was named reserve champion. The Martaline filly was bred by Dominic and Valda Burke from Miracle Maid (Selkirk), a half-sister to the Champion Hurdler Katchit and also to Lingfield Oaks Trial winner Miracle Seeker. The Burkes,

The champion foal, a colt by Kayf Tara, alongside his dam Lifestyle with, from left, Kate Ford, Tony Williams of sponsor Goffs UK, TBA Chief Executive Claire >> Sheppard, Peter Molony, David Ford, Lucinda Russell and Harry Whittington

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T B A N AT I O N A L H U N T F O A L S H O W >> formerly of Whitley Stud, now focus solely on

National Hunt breeding and board all their mares at Goldford. Another of their representatives, Stone Light (Ballingarry), who is owned in partnership with Andrew Brooks, found favour later in the day when her Sageburg filly won the class for younger females. Leading the way for the younger colts was John Lightfoot’s son of Blue Bresil, out of the bumper-winning Old Vic mare Youngstar, who was exhibited for his breeder by Christina Fitzgibbon. Also in the ribbons during the day were Richard and Lizzie Kelvin Hughes’ Kayf Tara colt out of the beautiful Midnight Legend mare My Petra, a star performer in her day for Nicky Henderson, winning seven times, including the Listed Bet365 Mares’ Hurdle, as well as a runner-up finish in the Grade 2 Doncaster Mares’ Hurdle. In third place in the same class was a first-crop son of Yorton Farm resident Pether’s Moon, who was represented by six

Stone Light with her Sageburg foal, winner of the younger fillies’ class

foals on the day, this one being out of the Bob Back mare Sweet Robinia and bred by Pat Betts. Fourth place went to another foal by a Yorton Farm stallion, Universal, whose colt out of the Listed-winning chaser Emmaslegend (Midnight Legend) was shown by Batsford Stud for breeder Emma Stewart. Among the older fillies, runner-up to the Martaline filly was a daughter of the late Fame And Glory bred by Robert Waley-Cohen’s Upton Viva Stud from Tidara Angel (Oratorio), a Grade 1 winner over hurdles in France but also a winner on the Flat in France and Germany. In third was Mary Morrison’s Kayf Tara filly out of the Generous mare Flirtatious, who has already bred the cheekily-named Canoodle (by Stimulation), the winner of two bumpers trained by Mary’s husband Hughie Morrison. Also recognised by the judges in fourth place was Ralph Bailey’s Saint Des Saints filly out of Tazzarine (Astarabad), a sister to the multiple Grade 1-winning hurdler Whisper. Class 3 for the younger colts saw a son of Shade Oak Stud’s well supported young sire Telescope take the runner-up spot behind the Blue Bresil colt. Out of the four-time winner Theatre Belle (King’s Theatre), he was bred by Sir Alan Meale. In third was Kevin and Anne

Reserve champion: Dominic and Valda Burke’s filly by Martaline out of Miracle Maid

Youngstar and her colt by Blue Bresil

John Lightfoot greets his winner

Glastonbury’s Gentlewave colt out of Wychwoods Legend (Midnight Legend), while fourth place went to Peter and Tom Symonds for their Kayf Tara colt out of Hot Rhythm, the Haafhd mare formerly trained by Tom. Both the sire and dam of this colt were bred by Mark Weinfeld’s Meon Valley Stud. With the wild-card entry from Goldford Stud taking the top spot among the younger fillies, the runner-up was Swanbridge Bloodstock’s Gentlewave daughter of Well Connected (Presenting) from the good French family of Galant Moss and Iris Royal. Peel Bloodstock’s Kapgarde filly out of the winning Turgeon mare Ma Councha took third, and in fourth was another representative of Upton Viva Stud, a Black Sam Bellamy filly out of Stravinsky Dance (Stravinsky).

The TBA’s National Hunt committee has been the driving force behind getting the foal show off the ground, with David Futter and Richard Aston in particular ensuring that the occasion has become a fun weekend with the inaugural eve-of-sale party at the old Yorton Farm site having become an annual fixture at the Astons’ Goldford Stud. Their hospitality and unwavering enthusiasm for promoting and enhancing British National Hunt breeding should not go unrecognised, and neither should the support shown for the project from the start by Goffs UK, which sponsors the show and offers free entry to the January Sale for the eight finalists, and the British EBF, which generously provides a good lunch for competitors and visitors. The TBA’s new Chief Executive Claire Sheppard was attending the show for the first time. She said: “We were delighted that the show, now in its fifth year, continues to serve as an excellent platform to showcase the upcoming talent and quality of British-bred National Hunt young stock. “The success British-breds have achieved on the track in recent years is in no small part due to the focus on quality rather than quantity, which we have seen here today. We would like to thank all the judges, exhibitors, owners and sponsors who helped make the day such a success. Without their help the show would not be possible.” Goffs UK’s Managing Director Tony Williams, who is close to completing his first year in the role, was also a first-time visitor to the show and was impressed by its format. “It’s a great concept and it’s really good to be involved in it,” he said. “It was a perfect opportunity for me to see some of the breeders I haven’t yet had a chance to meet and it’s great to support the breeders who are promoting their stock at the show.”

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SALES CIRCUIT • By Carl Evans Latest events in Europe and America Goffs UK August Sale

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After a two-year hiatus this sale returned to the calendar last year when it was boosted by a strong dispersal from Potensis Ltd. Add in that subsequent Grade 1 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle winner Labaik emerged from that catalogue and hopes must have been high for a strong renewal, but 12 months later quality acts were few and the figures tumbled – turnover halved, albeit 60 fewer horses were offered, while the leading price of £36,000 would not have made last year’s top-ten board. The smaller catalogue proved no aid to the clearance rate, which declined from 80% to 64% as 148 of 231 horses found a home. The average and median prices showed falls of 27% and 17% respectively, and Goffs UK’s MD Tony Williams conceded post-sale: “It was always going to be hard to match those results [from 2016] without a dispersal of that stature.” Heading trade was Velvet Maker, an eightyear-old who had won over fences and hurdles for trainer Alan Fleming and owner Barry Connell, and who could boast of Grade 1-placed form in two small-field chases – the mighty Douvan won both, so it cannot be said he took part in non-events. Northern Ireland trainer David Christie brought the hammer down for Velvet Maker, and said his new recruit was for an owner who had Aintree’s Topham or Fox Hunters’ Chases in mind. A group of store horses opened the day’s

Velvet Maker will be aimed at Aintree’s spruce fences after topping the August Sale

trade and was headed by a Midnight Legend gelding closely related to high-class Aran Concerto – Northamptonshire point-to-point

trainer Gerald Bailey, whose wife, Caroline, holds a licence, secured this one with a bid of £27,000.

GOFFS UK August Sale TOP LOTS Name/Breeding

Vendor

Velvet Maker (Policy Maker-Evasion De L’Orne)

Barry Connell

Price (£)

Marble Moon (Millenary-Royal Marble)

Killountain Stables (James Dullea)

32,000

Bobby O’Ryan/Evan Williams

Shaiyem (Starspangledbanner-Shaanbar)

East Everleigh Stables (Richard Hannon)

32,000

Blandford B/s

Stage Summit (Tikkanen-Summittotalkabout)

Roger McGrath

30,000

Highflyer/Ben Pauling

Mythical Prince (Beneficial-Conker)

Nails Willow Farm Stables (Ronnie O’Leary)

30,000

Highflyer/Warren Greatrex

Makanah (Mayson-Diane’s Choice)

Shadwell Stud

30,000

Axom

3 G (Midnight Legend-Dizzy Frizzy)

Swanbridge Bloodstock

27,000

Gerald Bailey

Blunder Buss (Court Cave-Shantou)

Rose Saunderscourt Stables (Liz Doyle)

25,000

David Armstrong

3 F (Flemensfirth-No More Money)

Shepponhill Stables

24,000

Fergal O’Brien

Tyrell (Teofilo-Sleeveless)

Barbury Castle Stables (Alan King)

24,000

Craig Buckingham

36,000

Buyer David Christie

FIVE-YEAR TALE Year

Sold

Agg (£)

Avg (£)

Mdn (£)

2017

148

1,219,150

8,238

5,000

36,000

2016

233

2,624,000

11,262

6,000

190,000

2015

No Sale

2014

No Sale

2013

266

2,685,875

10,097

5,750

175,000

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Handsome figures and the close proximity of the average and median marks were notable elements of this two-day auction, held in New York. Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning Jnr commented on that parity – the average of $339,712 and the median’s $300,000 – when reflecting on the “remarkable depth in the buying pool between $250,000 and $750,000”. The average price, which had fallen 9% last year, went up 16%, while the median climbed 26% having fallen 5% in 2016. Also up was the aggregate figure, which rose 16%, while the sale of 156 yearlings from 194 offered created a clearance rate of 80%, up from 77% in 2016, but shy of 2015’s 85% clearance. Boosting trade on her first visit to the sale was bloodstock agent Kerri Radcliffe, the wife of Newmarket trainer Jeremy Noseda. Radcliffe purchased six lots, including the joint sale-topper, a $1 million Orb colt, who represented a notable pinhook having been bought as a foal for $310,000 at Fasig-

Tipton’s November Sale by Davant Latham. The youngster’s dam, Flashy American, had been sold for $395,000 while carrying him at Fasig-Tipton’s Kentucky Midwinter Sale. Radcliffe, who was acting for Europe-based Phoenix Thoroughbreds – as she did when making significant purchases during the breeze-up sales season on both sides of the Atlantic – spent $3,950,000 at an average price of $658,333. The twin behemoths of Coolmore, represented by MV Magnier, and Godolphin took a couple of horses each, the last-named organisation investing in a $995,000 colt by Claiborne Farm’s War Front, a stallion whose fame in Europe has been driven by heavy Coolmore investment in his progeny. Meanwhile China Horse Club, which had been the leading buyer in 2016, invested in just two yearlings, this time in collaboration with Maverick Racing. New York-based racehorse owner Eric Fein bought just one horse, a colt by Curlin who shared the million-dollar, top-spot position, having been offered by Denali Stud. The same

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Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale

Kerri Radcliffe, acting for Phoenix Thoroughreds, spent $3.95m on six lots at an average prices of $658,333

vendor offered a Broken Vow filly who at $150,000 became the sole purchase for Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm, which gave $1,450,000 for last year’s sale-topping Medaglio D’Oro filly.

graded races take place on turf this year (nearly 7,000 races), local buyers are likely to give their European counterparts a run for their money.

TALKING POINTS • Fasig-Tipton hopes to attract some overseas investors to a new event it is staging on September 10 geared towards yearlings whose pedigrees suggest they should excel on grass. Named The Turf Showcase, and held at Lexington, the catalogue involves 171 lots, but given that 40% of all US

• Keeneland’s giant September Sale is the next major yearling auction in America, and will be visited by numerous buyers with European interests in mind – it runs from September 11 to 23.

FASIG-TIPTON SARATOGA Yearling Sale TOP LOTS Sex/Breeding

Vendor

C Curlin-River’s Prayer (Devon Lane)

Denali Stud

1,000,000

Price ($)

Buyer Eric Fein

C Orb-Flashy American (Flashy Bull)

Gainesway

1,000,000

Kerri Radcliffe

C War Front-Lerici (Woodman)

Gainesway

995,000

Godolphin

C Medaglia d’Oro-Rigoletta (Concerto)

Gainesway

900,000

Mike Repole/Eclipse T’bred Partners

C Into Mischief-Victorious Ami (Victory Gallop)

Warrendale Sales

850,000

Lael Stable

F Strong Mandate-Graeme Six (Graeme Hall)

Baccari Bloodstock

825,000

Live Oak Plantation

F Scat Daddy-Auction (Mr Greeley)

Hunter Valley Farm

800,000

Kerri Radcliffe

F Curlin-Purple Cat (Bluegrass Cat)

Blake-Albina T’bred Services

750,000

Juddmonte

C Animal Kingdom-Art Teacher (Master Command)

Gainesway

750,000

OXO Equine

F Orb-Fashion Cat (Forest Wildcat)

Four Star Sales

750,000

Solis/Litt

FIVE-YEAR TALE Year

Sold

Agg ($)

Avg ($)

Mdn ($)

Top Price ($)

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

2014

114

33,284,000

291,965

237,500

1,250,000

2013

108

31,870,000

295,093

250,000

1,225,000

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CAULFIELD FILES ANDREW CAULFIELD REPORTS ON THE BLOODSTOCK WORLD

Before Frankel came Teofilo The trailblazer of the Galileo-Danehill nick was prevented from racing at three but continues to build on solid foundations in his stallion career

ne of breeding’s most celebrated partnerships – that of the extraordinary Galileo with daughters of Danehill – now has no fewer than 266 foals of racing age and as many as 42 of them (an impressive 16%) have enjoyed stakes success. The nick’s most famous flagbearer, Frankel, continues to hog the headlines with his impressive total of ten Group winners from a first crop of around 110, while Highland Reel, Idaho, Deauville, Venice Beach and the promising Gustav Klimt continue to advertise the nick’s virtues on the racecourse. But spare a thought for Teofilo, the colt who set the ball rolling by becoming the champion two-year-old of 2006. Teofilo could be credited with having provided the template which has provided Coolmore with so many notable winners by Galileo. With his dam Speirbhean being a Listed winner over a mile, with a sprinter as her sire, she brought plenty of pace to the partnership. This enabled Teofilo to show far more speed and precocity than Galileo had done, the bare facts being that he made a winning debut as early as July 8 and remained unbeaten in five starts, including the National and Dewhurst Stakes. Sadly, Teofilo was unable to continue his career as a three-year-old, leaving us unsure as to how far he would have stayed. There is now enough evidence concerning the GalileoDanehill cross to be confident that Teofilo would certainly have stayed a mile and a quarter, and probably a mile and a half. This is supported by his record as a stallion, which features winners of the Irish Derby, Yorkshire Oaks, Prix du Cadran and the Irish St Leger. There’s also Permian, who went so close to landing the Grand Prix de Paris after his victories in the Dante Stakes and the King Edward VII Stakes. Tragically, this talented three-year-old was fatally injured in the Secretariat Stakes at Arlington in August. Teofilo’s stallion career hasn’t all been about stamina, though. The durable Flight Risk won the Group 3 Ballycorus Stakes over seven furlongs as a six-year-old this year. Teofilo is scheduled to stand the 2017 Australian season at a fee of AUS$44,000, having resumed his shuttle career in 2016, This resumption reflected the successes of such as

Havana Grey, an exciting first-crop representative for Teofilo’s son Havana Gold

the New Zealand-bred Kermadec (now also part of Darley’s Australian stallion roster) and Palentino, both of whom were dual Group 1 winners over a mile as mature horses. However, the distinction of being Teofilo’s fastest and most precocious son arguably belongs to Havana Gold.

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Danzig appears to have played its part in Havana Gold’s fast start as a stallion” With better luck, Havana Gold would have matched Teofilo’s record of having won his first five starts as a juvenile. Unfortunately, his saddle slipped on his third start and Ryan Moore was unseated when the pair held a length lead with only 100 metres left to race in a Deauville Listed race. Victory went instead to the future Poule d’Essai des

Poulains winner Style Vendome. Havana Gold became a Listed winner over a mile less than a month later and then dropped back to seven furlongs to add a Group 3 success in the Somerville Tattersall Stakes. It was by only a head that he missed the £278,000 first prize in the Tattersalls Millions 2yo Trophy, so he was an admirable two-year-old, even if he was officially rated no higher than 110. To his credit, he proved more durable than his sire, with the highlight of his second season coming when he accounted for the likes of Mondialiste and Style Vendome to take the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat over a mile. Bearing in mind that Havana Gold was never asked to race over five furlongs and only once over six, I didn’t imagine him making a very fast start to his stallion career, which he began at a fee of £8,500 at Tweenhills Farm & Stud. Perhaps I would have come to a different conclusion had I factored in the racing record of Havana Gold’s dam Jessica’s Dream. This daughter of the very smart sprinter Desert Style had developed into a five-furlong specialist during the latter part of her career. She was fast enough to win two Group 3 races, including THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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the Ballyogan Stakes and she also contested the Nunthorpe and the Prix de l’Abbaye. This speed, coupled with Havana Gold’s 4 x 4 inbreeding to Danzig, via Danehill and Green Desert, appears to have played its part in Havana Gold’s fast start as a stallion. By early August he led the first-crop sire table, with ten individual winners of 13 races in Britain and Ireland. As many as nine of the ten had scored over five or six furlongs, with Havana Gold no doubt having also been helped by the presence among their broodmare sires of such as Dark Angel, Camacho, Acclamation, Exceed And Excel and Royal Applause. The stars of the show have been Havana Grey, who was landing his third stakes success when he took the Molecomb Stakes, and Headway, a close second in the Coventry Stakes who found the soft ground against him in the Richmond Stakes. It could be worth noting that Havana Grey is inbred 4 x 3 to Green Desert. Note too that the father, son and grandson team of Royal Applause, Acclamation and Dark Angel already have Havana Gold winners out of their daughters.

Fluctuating fee Teofilo was one of the many stallions who experienced a significant fall in their fee over their first four seasons, from an initial €40,000 to €15,000. But then his first crop was represented in 2011 by four two-year-old stakes winners, headed by the Dewhurst Stakes winner Parish Hall, with their efforts restoring Teofilo’s fee to €25,000. With the likes of Trading Leather, Loch Garman, Havana Gold and Roz emerging among his second crop twoyear-olds, Teofilo’s fee rose again, this time to €35,000. Then Irish Classic successes by Trading Leather and Voleuse de Coeurs in 2013 helped boost his fee to a new high of €50,000. Teofilo’s current three-year-olds, such as Permian, Irishcorrespondent and Eziyra, are from that €35,000 crop, with his juveniles representing the €50,000 crop. By early August only ten of Teofilo’s 107 two-year-olds had made their racecourse debut, but the signs look encouraging. The three winners are the French filly Tantheem, a decisive winner of the Group 3 Prix de Cabourg, Jim Bolger’s Theobald, who had followed up his winning debut with second place in the Group 3 Anglesey Stakes and Group 3 Tyros Stakes, and Mildenberger, a dual winner who filled third place behind Expert Eye in the Group 2 Vintage Stakes. There will surely be more like them emerging through the autumn and it is fair to have high expectations of Teofilo’s next two crops, which were also sired at €50,000. THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

I was particularly interested that Tantheem and Mildenberger are both out of daughters of Dubawi. The process of a stallion establishing himself as a successful sire of broodmares can be lengthy, as it takes time for the daughters to produce enough foals to be able to compete with the established broodmare sires. I was asked in the summer whether it was true that Dubawi – at the age of 15 – had only just been represented by his first stakes winner in the role of broodmare sire, when Royal Julius won a Listed race at Nantes. While this was true, the Group- and Listedplaced performers out of Dubawi’s daughters have reached double figures and now they

have their first Group winner in the very promising Tantheem. I will be greatly surprised if there aren’t many more to follow, though it must be remembered that Dubawi’s rise to fame wasn’t without its setbacks. After two good-sized crops, his third numbered 78 foals and his fourth only 61, with his fee sinking to £15,000 in his fourth year. This may need to be taken into account in tracking his progress as a broodmare sire. To return to Teofilo, his broodmare daughters are also off the mark, thanks to Afandem, winner of last year’s Group 3 Prix d’Arenberg, so this son of Galileo looks set to make his mark in several different roles over the next few years.

Invincible heirs to strike By the time this column appears, it is likely that the first yearlings by Invincible Spirit’s sons Charm Spirit and Kingman will have made a splash at Arqana’s Yearling sale – especially when Charm Spirit’s contingent includes a half-brother to Qemah and Kingman’s a half-sister to Derby winner Wings Of Eagles. Bearing in mind that these top-class milers rank as Invincible Spirit’s highestrated sons, with Kingman having a Timeform rating of 134 compared to Charm Spirit’s 127, they must have an excellent chance of adding to Invincible Spirit’s growing reputation as a sire of sires. Lawman, who retired with a Timeform rating of 121, already has the Classic winners Just The Judge and Harbour Law among his five Group 1 winners. The Australian-based I Am Invincible, sire of that fine sprinter Brazen Beau, has done so well that his fee has risen tenfold, from AUS$11,000 to $110,000, This year has seen the July Cup winner Mayson – Timeform 124 – consolidate the pleasing start he made with his first runners in 2016. He already has five Listed winners to his credit, including the 2017 juveniles Dance Diva and Raydiance, who were conceived at a fee of £6,000. Another modestly-priced son of Invincible Spirit is Zebedee, whose Timeform rating stood at 113 after he had won six of his seven juvenile starts, including the Group 3 Molecomb Stakes and Group 2 Flying Childers Stakes. Zebedee stood his first four seasons at only €5,000, but he earned an increase with a first crop which featured those very

Barraquero, a smart son of Zebedee

smart performers Ivawood and Magical Memory. While Ivawood has completed two seasons under the Coolmore banner, Magical Memory is still shining on the racecourse, after being gelded at the end of his juvenile season. He warmed up for his fourth in the Prix Maurice de Gheest with a smooth success in the Group 3 Hackwood Stakes. Potentially the best of Zebedee’s performers is his two-year-old son Barraquero, who won the Group 2 Richmond Stakes in fine style. Like Magical Memory, Barraquero seemed to handle soft ground very well. The most interesting aspect of Barraquero’s pedigree is that he is out of an Oasis Dream mare, which means that he is inbred 3 x 3 to Green Desert. With Havana Grey, another of Glorious Goodwood’s two-year-old Group winners, also being inbred to Green Desert (4 x 3), we will probably be seeing more breeders experimenting with this type of duplication.

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om Clover, 31, launched his training career with partner Jackie Jarvis eight months ago, and has an exciting group of horses to look forward to, including Circulate. He picked up the filly from William Haggas, for whom she ran twice in allweather maidens at Kempton, finishing fifth both times. Since joining Wroughton House Stables in early December she has run four times showing significant ability on each of those starts, before her recent seasonal reappearance at Thirsk. Tom said: “Circulate’s pedigree suggests she will continue to improve with racing and it looks as if seven furlongs will be her ideal trip going forward. Dutch Art sired 15 stakes horses in 2016 and is widely renowned as one of the best producers of smart sprinters and milers.” Her dam, Royal Whisper, was unraced but her grand-dam, Never A Doubt, won the Group 2 Prix Robert Papin in France while also finishing second in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot The Thoroughbred Club is very much looking forward to seeing Circulate racing in the club’s colours and having some great days racing with her. Tom has already enjoyed some big days out since starting training, with his first winner, Declarationoflove, taking connections to the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot and most recently the Super Sprint at Newbury, where he finished second and won a huge £52,000 prize.

TTC caught up with Tom to talk about his first season as a trainer... How did you get involved in racing and what led you to the training ranks? Horses have always been a passion and I grew up on the hunting field with a keen interest in racing. I rode in point-to-points and when I’d finished Cirencester was keen to get a job in racing. I spent four years with Charlie Longsdon as assistant before joining David Simcock. I spent a further six seasons there and learnt a lot. I felt I had a great grounding under both codes and that I was ready to start out on my own. Was it a challenge to start on your own? My licence came through about a fortnight before our first runner last Christmas. Starting any business is a huge challenge and not for the faint hearted, but it is also THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

Trainer Tom Clover and partner Jackie Jarvis with the TTC’s horse Circulate

massively rewarding and great knowing that when you are putting the hours in you are doing it for something that is yours. How are you finding training so far? The highs are very high and the lows very low. But anyone who has worked in racing knows this and it’s something we have to learn to cope with. I love training the horses, watching them progress. Having our first winner with Declarationoflove at Windsor in a Plus 10 novice stakes was one of the best days of my life. Tell us a little about Circulate. . . We picked up Circulate cheaply at the Tattersalls Horses in Training Sale and she went close to giving us our first winner at Wolverhampton in January. She is a little on the small side but very correct and has a good pedigree She seemed unlucky not to break her maiden tag before Christmas… She was our first runner when finishing second behind a filly called Dellaguista. She ran well but wasn’t unlucky. She was, however, very unlucky to be chinned on the line at Wolverhampton next time.

Landrover Lad, who managed to provide me with a winner. It was a great day. Who is the best horse you have seen? Without a doubt Frankel. To be able to watch him train on a day-to-day basis on the Heath in Newmarket was a privilege. What advice would you give a young person trying to make it in the industry? Work hard and seize every opportunity. See and do as much as you can in terms of Flat, National Hunt, a stint abroad and also some sort of bloodstock sales experience. What can a club like TTC do for a person trying to get into the sport? The TTC can provide contacts and advice for people who want to get into racing as well as helping them gain greater knowledge about the sport. Plus there’s Circulate to look forward to of course!

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ROA FORUM T he spec i al sec ti on for ROA members

Admin made cheaper and easier New procedures to make bureaucratic side of ownership less painful Getting your horse to the start will involve less back-end business

egistered owners received a letter from the British Horseracing Authority in August explaining a package of reforms effective from August 30. These reforms include the removal and rationalisation of fees and the introduction of a new Racing Admin system.

Removal and rationalisation of fees To simplify the administration of ownership and lessen associated costs, the BHA is removing and rationalising fees to reduce owners’ overall charges by £140,000 per annum. The initial fees that will be removed include the daily charge to search for fixtures and races in the new Racing Admin system, and the re-registration fee for joint ownerships, which from August will for the most part become Partnerships. Also, to simplify fees relating to partnerships and to bring them into line with the other registration structures, the BHA will move away from an upfront payment followed by reoccurring charges which can be costly for partnerships, which subsequently make changes to the partners and/or add on horses. From August this has been replaced with an initial one-off fee of £195 (new partnerships only). Following this, owners will benefit from

being able to add multiple horses into the same partnership without having to pay again. Owners will also be able to change the partners involved without, as is currently the case, being charged the full registration fee. Overall, the changes to the way partnership fees are structured will contribute towards owners’ savings and remove the need for more than 2,000 registration forms to be completed every year as only a maximum of one will be required for any partnership.

Alignment of re-registration fees Owners will also see an alignment of reregistration fees for colours, authority to act and VAT to one payment date in the year. This will remove the need for separate charges and will reduce the amount of paper and invoices owners receive. To achieve this alignment, where necessary, existing re-registration fees will be charged pro-rata as will any future fees for new colours, authority to act and VAT registrations to keep everything in line. Throughout the alignment process, no owner will see the amount they pay on re-registration fees increase. Specific charges will vary for each owner, and for more information on how this will affect

you, please contact the Weatherbys Ownership Desk on 01933 304808.

Racing Admin system access From August 30, owners will benefit from the introduction of the new Racing Admin system, which will enable ownerships to be maintained online, from setting up a new ownership to registering sponsorships, authority to act and colours. The system will provide upto-date information on horses owned as well as free access to the race programme which will allow owners to search for future races. In addition, it will allow the removal of many letters received by owners over the coming months as communications are moved online. Owners have been sent details of how to access the Racing Admin site and log in. If you have any questions on the changes, or access to the new Racing Admin system, contact the Weatherbys Ownership Desk on 01933 304808 (8.30am-5.30pm, Monday to Friday) or email ownersupport@weatherbys.co.uk Owners are not required to take action, other than registering their interest to use the Racing Admin system. Those involved in co-ownership can expect to receive a revised version of the training agreement to reflect the changes in ownership structures announced in the spring. THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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Revised trainer-owner agreement now in effect The ROA has agreed a revised version of its training agreement for owners with the National Trainers Federation. In the main, amendments to the agreement reflect the new ownership structures, effective from August 30. Other notable amendments include: • An acceptance by performance clause, so where the trainer has sent the agreement out and it is deemed received, if the owner does not return the signed training agreement or raise any queries within 21 days and continues to act or correspond with the trainer as if the training agreement had been executed, then the terms of the training

agreement are deemed to be accepted; • A reminder in the notes section to document variations in the agreement. This is something the ROA strongly recommends; • A clause covering the right for a trainer to charge commission if the horse is sold under the power of sale, provided the commission clause has been completed at the time of signature; • In the notes section, owners are advised that if a debt is claimed against them by a trainer, to give careful consideration of their rights under clause 18 of the agreement; • An update to the notice and jurisdiction/law clauses. This now includes notice by email. We would recommend that owners check

their training agreements, to ensure that the version they have in place with their trainer(s) reflects these amendments. Owners are reminded that it is a requirement in the Rules of Racing to have an agreement in place. The agreement does not have to be the ROA and NTF version. Owners and trainers can use a different form of the agreement, as long as it meets the requirements in the online Rules of Racing, Horse & Owner manual (E), Schedule 4. The revised version of the ROA/NTF trainer-owner agreement can be found in the Resources section of the ROA website, and is available on request from the ROA office.

Owners are required to have a training agreement for their horses under the Rules of Racing

Many Clouds race part of jumps Pattern changes

The Grand National hero has been honoured with a race title at Aintree

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The Flat season may be in full swing, but many eyes have turned towards the upcoming National Hunt campaign following a recent announcement concerning some Pattern race changes. Aintree’s three-mile-one-furlong Listed chase in December has been upgraded to Grade 2, and has also been renamed The Many Clouds Chase, in honour of the 2015 Grand National winner. Aintree have also had the threemile handicap chase that precedes the Grand National itself upgraded from Listed to Grade 3 status. The other beneficiaries are the Cheltenham Festival’s Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle (now a Grade 3) and Chepstow’s early October two-mile-three-and-

a-half-furlong novice chase (now a Listed contest). Additionally, in an effort to further boost the mares’ jumps programme, three new Listed races have been introduced for the 2017/18 season. These are a bumper at Market Rasen in midJanuary, a three-mile novice chase at Newbury in late-December and a three-mile chase at Perth in lateApril. BHA Director Ruth Quinn said: “The three new mares’ Listed races represent the next tranche of development in the mares’ black type programme, continuing our efforts of encouraging a greater number of quality mares to be put into training and campaigned ambitiously over jumps.”

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It’s Open season so take advantage Richard Fahey will open his stable doors for the Malton Festival of Racing

The Malton Festival of Racing will see Richard Fahey, David O’Meara, Brian Ellison and Mick Easterby among 15 trainers opening their yards to the public on September 17, the day after the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster. Most yards will be open between 9am and midday, with a couple of exceptions. There is a wide range of activities, and full details can be found at maltonfestivalofracing.co.uk. Standard admission is £10 but for ROA members it is £5 on production of a PASScard or ROA Horseracing Privilege Photocard, with under 16s free. As the organiser of these events, Racing Welfare is the main beneficiary charity. Newmarket’s Open Weekend is on Saturday, September 16 and Sunday, September 17. The Open Weekend gives visitors the rare opportunity to see behind the scenes at British racing’s HQ, meet some of the sport’s biggest equine and human stars, plus enjoy a host of afternoon family entertainments. Admission is £18, which gives access to all Open Weekend equine sites and entertainments both days. A Sunday-only ticket is £13, with under 18s free. More details at newmarketopenweekend.co.uk. The Epsom Trainers’ Open Day is being held on Monday, August 28. Activities start at 8.30am with horses out training on the gallops. From 9.30am trainers will be opening up their yards. Tickets for the morning cost £7.50 for adults but members can enjoy a discounted rate of £5 on production of a PASScard or ROA Horseracing Privilege Photocard. Details at epsomopenday.co.uk. ROA members can book free admission for the afternoon’s racing via roa.co.uk/freead with under 18s free to both.

Owners Jackpot races in September The ROA’s Owners Jackpot initiative to boost grassroots racing will see five races carry a £2,000 bonus during September. Where the winner of these weekly races is owned by an ROA member/members, the extra payment is made to the owner in addition to the winning prize-money. September 5

Goodwood

Owners Jackpot+ (see below) 7f Class 5 2yo Fillies Novice Stakes

September 15

Salisbury

6f Class 6 3yo 0-65 Handicap

September 23

Newmarket

7f Class 4 3yo+ 0-85 Handicap

September 25

Kempton Park 1m Class 4 3yo+ 0-85 Handicap

September 29

Haydock Park

1m2f Class 5 3yo+ 0-70 Apprentice Handicap

To qualify for the bonus, horses must be owned by members. In the case of partnerships, at least 51% must be owned by members. Each weekly race must offer a minimum prize fund of £5,000 for a class 4, 5 or 6 race. This initiative is seeing £100,000 being paid out to members this year, and over £300,000 has been paid out since its inception.

Owners Jackpot+ Owners of two-year-old fillies might be interested to note that the second Owners Jackpot+ event is being held at Goodwood on September 5. All qualified runners in this race will be offered £250 travelling expenses and there will be an ROA facility on the day offering a complimentary drink and light refreshments. The facility will be open to members with or without a runner, bookable in advance, subject to availability. Interested? Then email us at info@roa.co.uk or call the office to reserve a place on the day. The third Owners Jackpot+ race will take place at Doncaster on October 27.

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MY DAY AT THE RACES WITH PAUL BROCKLEHURST AT GOODWOOD ON AUGUST 1, 2017

aul Brocklehurst, a syndicate member with the Caledonian Racing Society, has increased his ownership involvement having a number of horses in training with Hughie Morrison, including Sweet Selection, winner of the Sagaro Stakes at Ascot in May and last year’s Cesarewitch.

Did you receive any welcome information as an owner in advance of the raceday? Goodwood do this well with an owners’ and trainers’ brochure and a car-parking pass with your colours and the runner’s name. A lovely touch. However, it took some pestering by email and telephone to get our badge allocation confirmed, bearing in mind the 5pm deadline set by Goodwood. They were probably being bombarded with calls and emails from all of us!

How was the experience of arrival at the racecourse, and collecting your owners’ badges? The parking is close by, so not far to walk. As this was the Qatar Goodwood Festival it might be a bit unfair to say that the desk appeared cramped for the team of three trying to attend to owners and trainers arriving on the day, but this aside everyone was ‘processed’ efficiently and on their way pretty quickly. A number of the racecourses you visit ensure their staff go out of their way to thank you for entering and declaring your horse that day – it always starts your experience of the day off the right way and costs nothing.

Did you use the owners’ & trainers’ facility on the day? If so, what were your thoughts on the location, comfort and provision in the facility? Yes. There are two such facilities at Goodwood. The first is the Pavilion, a glass canopied construction well positioned overlooking the parade ring where you can buy drinks (if there’s enough staff) and obtain your complimentary tea, coffee, light snacks and canapes (though these seemed to be in limited supply on the day). It could be a very pleasant environment to catch up with fellow owners, your trainer and other racing friends but it gets very cramped, especially when the weather is not good enough to allow the use of the outside tables.

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Paul Brocklehurst and wife Catriona in Goodwood’s glorious parade ring

There is also a restaurant in a ‘permanent’ marquee tucked away in a part of the Richmond Enclosure previously unused and forgotten. For one of our top racecourses it also is too small and they definitely need to take a leaf out of Ayr or York’s book and up their game on the food choice. It’s also crazy that they give you an allocation of six badges (for individual owners) but only four free lunch passes; you can buy additional lunch passes for £30 per person but I would estimate that the food offered costs less than £5 per head.

How was the pre-parade ring/paddock experience? It’s a lovely pre-parade ring at Goodwood with the hedge and trees providing shade or shelter depending on conditions. The main parade ring itself is glorious, a wonderful amphitheatre and a wonderful photo opportunity for all. It’s a bit of a race to the unsaddling enclosure through the crowds and I suspect when there are maximum field sizes it’s too cramped.

How did you find the facilities for owners’ viewing? A great spot, high enough to get the full panorama of the unique Goodwood racecourse, but there just isn’t enough space. Why couldn’t the owners’ & trainers’ restaurant be combined into a facility in the March Stand with a large viewing balcony? This might also help avoid the scrum that ensues as you try to fight your way out to get to the unsaddling enclosure in time for your debrief.

Were you able to review a replay of your race easily on course? Yes, the Pavilion had replays on screens post race.

What was your overall lasting feeling of the day, based on your racecourse experience? Goodwood is a unique experience. There are breathtaking vistas on a beautiful day and it has a wonderful atmosphere and feel all of its own. It provides great quality Flat racing and whilst you may need a horse that can cope with the particular course characteristics, you’d always be proud to say you were involved in a horse that was a winner at Goodwood. However, Goodwood needs to up its game in respect of how it treats its visiting owners; there are now numerous examples from other racecourses of where individual parts of the owners’ experience are done much better. It’s one of our great racecourses and owners should have an experience to match. Would I have runners again? Yes, but not because of the facilities available to owners.

How it rated Entry Viewing Atmosphere Owners’ facilities Food Overall score

★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 15

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M AGICAL MOMENTS with ROA member Chris Batterham

ith his dad’s memorable 25-1 punt in the Lincoln when the big spring handicap was still run at Lincoln part of his childhood memories, Chris Batterham’s bucket list when a little older went like this: nice house, sports car, painting, racehorse. Shares in a company that floated enabled him to acquire his first racehorse, Miss Ondee, who ran in the ownership of CM, BJ and RF Batterham – Chris, his wife and his dad – and won a novice hurdle at Ludlow to set the Batterham ball rolling. She was a Pipe-McCoy horse, as was Majadou, who came along soon after and was a shrewd purchase from France in the days when £40,000 or so could go a very long way and when the small number of other British buyers across the Channel included another Pipe owner, David Johnson, and Clive Smith. These days, reckons Batterham, a horse like Majadou would set you back €350,000 or so, a situation that was to eventually lead to a successful switch of codes to the Flat. Buying good horses from France for reasonable money was great for owners like Batterham while it lasted, and even though it was some 18 years ago, Majadou’s victory in the Mildmay of Flete at the Festival still ranks in the owner’s top two magical moments. “People spend a lot of money to try to have a winner at Cheltenham so I feel lucky and privileged,” he says. Carlovent, Majadou’s three-parts brother, was another jumper his owner has very fond memories of. He won £150,000 or so more than it cost to get him out of a claimer in France, including victories in the Silver Trophy at Chepstow and the extended three-mile handicap hurdle at the Grand National meeting twice at big prices, so it’s easy to understand why. At some point around this time, Batterham’s dad suggested buying a Flat horse, and with the Batterhams having a cottage in Masham, a visit to Mark Johnston’s stables at the Middleham open day led to a fruitful association. “Martin Pipe and Mark Johnston are similar,” says Batterham. “Fit horses, trying to win, and running week in, week out.” Keeneland purchase Takes Tutu was the Batterhams’ first horse with Johnston, and he was to provide several magical memories, winning at the Guineas meeting and Glorious

Rosie and Chris Batterham (inset) collect their prize after Nyaleti had sluiced up in the Princess Margaret Stakes at Ascot

Goodwood and at Jebel Ali in the UAE. Batterham recalls: “Mark was writing a column in the Racing Post then. I remember him writing about having four or so horses running in the UAE and not understanding how they weren’t doing better, including at Jebel Ali, which had a steep hill. “We went to watch Takes Tutu run there, and he was three lengths clear at the bottom of the hill, and while it looked as though he was sure to get collared he clung on in a photo. We got a plastic gold cup for a trophy! I’ve never had to wait so long for some champagne after a win, as there was none at the course and we

“I’d put winning the

Princess Margaret Stakes in my top two magical moments” went to the Burj [Al Arab hotel] for what was the most expensive champagne I’ve ever bought! It was a fantastic weekend.” It hasn’t all been plain sailing, for Takes Tutu’s half-brother, Lighting Affair, was a case of what might have been, for having finished second twice and then won a maiden at two, he sadly suffered a fatal bout of colic before he had a chance to show what he could do in his Classic year. Robby Bobby – Batterham and wife Rosie’s pet name for their son – was to come along to provide another magical moment for the

owners, winning at Southwell just before Christmas on the last occasion Batterham’s dad was to go racing. With his son and daughter growing up and going off to university, the Batterhams took a bit of time out from ownership, but after daughter Jennifer had suggested it might be time to re-establish their ownership interests, and Chris had turned 60, the purple and green silks were back. With Batterham’s “nerdy” interest in the race programme, quirks and all, and with Chesham in his postal address, the rather unique Royal Ascot contest has always been one he’s wanted to win, to the extent his purchases often come with that in mind. Masham Star ran in it last year, finishing down the field behind Churchill, but with three wins and several other good efforts Batterham is very happy to have the colt, although working out even better for the family is juvenile Nyaleti. Batterham found it hard to believe he was able to get her for £40,000, but the “rest is history” as he says. Her debut was at Salisbury in the Toby Balding Memorial race and she was to win at 16-1. Her owner says: “I like the history of racing and I’d much rather win a race with a name that means something. Tony Balding trained up McCoy of course, who rode a lot of my winners, and the Balding family were all there. It was a good day.” Even better days have followed. Nyaleti went on to finish second to September at Royal Ascot in – yes, you’ve guessed it – the Chesham, and second to another Ballydoyle filly, Churchill’s sister Clemmie, in the Cherry

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Hinton Stakes at the July meeting. Then came a day to rival Majadou’s Cheltenham Festival triumph on King George day at Ascot, with Nyaleti storming to a five-length win in the Group 3 Princess Margaret Stakes. “I think Group races on the Flat are as competitive, if not more so, than races at Cheltenham,” says Batterham, “so I’d put winning the Princess Margaret in my top two magical moments.” What he describes as “very big-money offers” have come in for Nyaleti, but the owner is not planning to sell, seeing Nyaleti as a broodmare prospect. Besides which, he says: “If I accept an offer and then saw her win like that, I wouldn’t just be gutted on the day, I’d be gutted for months, even years.” That sentence probably sums up best what owning a horse means to Batterham, who while invariably letting the trainer have the final say, enjoys being a “proactive” owner, one who remains proud of his role in Mondial Jack’s win in an intermediate chase at Kelso 13 years ago. “It was in May and I managed to persuade Martin to keep the horse in training,” he recalls. “It was Martin’s first runner at Kelso, McCoy’s first ride, and was a fantastic day. They did the training and riding, but it was my entry!” Pipe was renowned for his successful sourcing of horses and that’s one area where Batterham is very content to let Johnston take the lead, being a little baffled by the “lack of recognition” for his trainer in this field. Owners can also lack for recognition at times at certain tracks, Batterham feels, while naming Chester, Haydock and York as “fantastic”, while another gripe is the timing of entry to some races – for example the Cheveley Park, which you have to enter for before the Lowther is run – which can see the bills stack up. It’s helpful, therefore, that Batterham, an accountant by background, has been successful in a business life that has revolved around technology companies, and he remains on the board of a few firms as a nonexecutive director. He’s been a winner, too, with each and every one of the 18 horses he has so far owned, 13 jumpers contributing 49 victories combined, and five Flat horses notching 15 wins between them – and counting. Here’s to many more.

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Ex-racehorse Inishmor was retrained by HEROS to succeed at eventing

Free visit to retraining centre If reading reviews of recent ROA member visits has whetted your appetite, then why not join us on our latest venture – to HEROS, one of the biggest racehorse retraining centres in the country. Racehorse owners know the importance of giving their horses a life after racing, and HEROS has successfully rehomed hundreds of ex-racehorses across a variety of disciplines. It has developed an extremely good reputation for matching horses to their new owners and truly abides by its mantra of providing ‘A New Life After Racing’. Taking place on the morning of Thursday, September 28, the visit will include a tour of the

facility (located in Wantage, Oxfordshire), a meet and greet with some of the current occupants and a demonstration of the work required to get a former racehorse ready for a life outside of racing. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask some questions, as well as the chance to get ahead with your organising and purchase some Christmas cards, which help fund the charity’s work. This visit is free to members and their guests, but we do require people to register their interest in attending. To do so please call the office on 020 7152 0200 or email Sarah Holton at info@roa.co.uk.

Latest feedback winner Would you like to assist in selecting the racecourses that deliver excellence in owners’ raceday experience? The ROA Raceday committee takes account of members’ feedback when judging the annual Gold Standard Awards, and it’s not long until those decisions are made. The form takes just minutes to complete, and can be found in the Raceday section of

the ROA website at roa.co.uk. Additionally, each member who submits feedback is entered into a monthly prize draw to win £50 of John Lewis vouchers. This month’s winner is Lee Bolingbroke, who owns shares in a number of horses under both codes, including the very useful Another Batt, who finished second at Ascot on King George day.

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Memorable Middleham morning

Diary dates and reminders SEPTEMBER 5 Owners Jackpot+ At Goodwood

SEPTEMBER 12 Visit to Cheveley Park Stud & Banstead Manor Stud Exclusive members’ tour with lunch

SEPTEMBER 13 Ownership Matters Event In Nottingham

The pool is just one aspect of the impressive facilities at Mark Johnston’s yard

SEPTEMBER 25 ROA Regional Meeting

It was just two weeks before the Qatar Goodwood Festival that trainer Mark Johnston generously opened his doors to 40 ROA members and their guests for a truly memorable morning. First on the agenda was a trip up to the gallops to watch the third lot in action. This included top staying handicapper Yorkidding and recent Newmarket July Stakes winner Cardsharp. Mark was accompanied by his wife Deidre and son Charlie, who were on hand to answer members’ questions. Thereafter was a tour of the yard’s

impressive facilities, including a circular pool and water walker, both of which were ably demonstrated by some of the yard’s many inhabitants. Mark then presided over a Q&A session, during which he was happy to talk about all aspects of his training regime, before members were offered the opportunity to visit Mark’s two other yards just across the village of Middleham. It was a thoroughly memorable day for all involved, and the ROA would like to thank Mark and all his team for allowing us such a special insight.

News in brief Ownership matters There are two opportunities during September for members to get together with fellow members and the ROA team. Events are free to attend and this month will be held in Nottingham and in central London on September 13 and 27 respectively. Later this year the roadshow will head to Edinburgh on November 7. These informal gatherings are held in the evening, and are open to guests and nonmembers interested in finding out more about ownership. We welcome potential owners, new owners and existing owners alike to network over drinks and nibbles. To book a place or find out more please call the office or email info@roa.co.uk.

SEPTEMBER 27 Ownership Matters Event In London

SEPTEMBER 28 Member visit to HEROS The retraining centre at North Farm Stud, in Fawley, Oxfordshire

OCTOBER 21 QIPCO British Champions Day Private box and exclusive hospitality package for the big finale to the Flat racing season

OCTOBER 27 membership benefits and discussed some of the challenges faced by racing secretaries. The findings of last year’s Racehorse Ownership Survey were discussed and some of the initiatives implemented in response to feedback to help support new and existing owners. It was a very positive session, which generated helpful feedback. Further sessions are planned including in Newmarket, Epsom, Middleham and Malton. Details will be circulated via the NTF to trainers.

Owners Jackpot+ At Doncaster

NOVEMBER 7 Ownership Matters Event In Edinburgh

NOVEMBER 8 ROA Regional Meeting At Musselburgh

DECEMBER 7 ROA Horseracing Awards

Play misting for me

The biggest night out in racing, celebrating the very best horses and their connections, at the InterContinental London Park Lane

DECEMBER 12 Ownership Matters Event In Reigate

Lambourn gathering The ROA organised a social gathering in Lambourn in July, with 20 attendees from the ROA, NTF and local training yards present. This was the first such networking session, the aim being to have an informal discussion to exchange information and share ideas. Attendees talked around aspects of

At Kempton Park

Further details and how to book can be found online at roa.co.uk/events

Newmarket has invested in equine misting fans at the July Course. These are proven to be one of the more effective methods at cooling equine athletes down and the horses certainly enjoy them.

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

Figures for period August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2017

Ownership

Avg racecourse spend per fixture (£)

Avg HBLB spend per fixture (£)

Avg owner spend per fixture (£)

Avg prizemoney per fixture (£)

Total no. of fixtures

Total prize-money (£)

Avg racecourse spend per fixture 2015-16 (£)

Up/ down

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

429,953 210,728 167,801 123,132 84,999 82,037 78,770 71,230 68,603 56,661 55,836 45,022 41,746 38,831 37,817 37,518 37,076 34,894 33,545 32,248 32,003 31,177 31,160 30,234 28,905 28,311 27,658 27,008 26,026 24,467 23,149 22,797 22,635 20,787 19,997 12,732 52,660

133,006 87,630 75,501 76,013 43,080 50,291 56,584 36,516 47,333 39,620 15,980 27,984 17,558 27,404 30,461 21,358 20,877 18,325 24,794 7,234 20,183 19,683 15,725 15,134 14,837 18,589 19,171 18,441 10,996 17,410 16,352 17,607 12,484 18,231 13,331 24,325 29,242

264,298 119,987 123,583 69,500 11,359 36,957 36,546 12,883 30,424 17,940 6,434 10,864 5,146 5,423 3,825 4,471 4,594 5,045 4,513 5,184 5,350 3,980 4,478 5,363 4,732 5,058 5,992 4,392 3,679 13,873 2,772 4,192 3,506 3,410 2,654 2,717 18,900

827,256 419,011 366,885 268,645 139,439 169,328 172,316 120,629 146,359 115,710 79,251 83,870 64,450 71,657 72,103 63,472 62,547 58,264 62,852 44,667 57,586 54,840 51,362 50,731 48,474 51,958 52,912 49,841 40,700 55,750 42,272 44,965 38,625 42,488 35,982 39,775 100,902

18 18 10 37 13 23 18 14 15 24 15 19 58 16 16 16 18 62 73 3 20 18 22 16 14 27 22 58 6 17 16 23 16 80 22 27 890

14,890,611 7,542,200 3,668,846 9,939,881 1,812,710 3,894,536 3,101,680 1,688,804 2,195,392 2,719,193 1,188,760 1,593,525 3,738,114 1,146,516 1,153,644 1,015,549 1,125,845 3,612,366 4,588,186 134,000 1,151,723 987,117 1,129,958 811,700 678,629 1,402,875 1,164,060 2,890,801 244,200 947,750 676,360 1,034,203 618,000 3,399,014 791,608 1,073,923 89,752,279

435,560 199,413 139,123 111,820 81,251 68,441 76,217 189,746 61,958 53,274 40,863 37,765 41,390 34,239 34,448 36,093 29,123 40,887 32,021 32,066 24,660 28,052 23,857 28,661 26,043 24,343 25,134 24,663 22,908 20,143 19,959 21,524 20,118 18,742 16,617 10,521 51,753

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Up/ down

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

Ownership

Avg racecourse spend per fixture (£)

Avg HBLB spend per fixture (£)

Avg owner spend per fixture (£)

Avg prizemoney per fixture (£)

Total no. of fixtures

Total prize-money (£)

Avg racecourse spend per fixture 2015-16 (£)

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

265,466 243,494 140,894 106,933 100,415 54,522 51,678 38,475 37,803 34,619 34,193 34,174 30,467 29,916 29,163 28,198 27,797 27,779 27,778 27,520 26,604 25,937 24,948 24,758 24,651 24,074 23,735 23,414 23,285 21,769 20,980 20,539 19,792 19,437 19,433 18,165 18,103 18,015 17,477 17,286 16,963 39,395

130,171 120,313 83,371 85,468 86,374 73,015 58,751 28,576 44,236 38,344 31,840 28,373 17,768 17,923 29,243 30,262 26,250 36,476 33,568 25,506 27,479 24,447 31,238 25,067 15,665 21,699 25,263 17,227 17,250 28,657 19,676 24,877 24,616 17,651 20,835 20,232 18,539 32,862 25,372 21,117 23,981 33,591

70,317 66,263 19,950 19,471 15,845 18,771 9,812 9,246 7,926 10,023 5,666 3,347 3,497 4,304 4,737 0 3,311 4,533 5,387 4,492 4,920 5,587 5,530 5,838 4,594 4,278 0 4,367 4,661 5,140 3,578 4,630 4,165 3,002 3,472 3,107 3,512 5,069 3,685 3,620 2,487 8,078

466,767 430,070 244,215 217,072 204,633 148,127 120,856 76,450 90,381 82,985 72,635 66,359 52,074 52,143 63,143 58,461 57,357 69,725 66,733 58,232 59,003 55,993 62,621 55,876 45,559 50,348 48,998 45,008 46,089 55,565 44,234 51,228 48,572 40,090 43,740 41,626 40,153 55,946 46,534 42,232 43,598 81,434

8 16 7 8 9 11 13 15 12 15 11 14 19 9 16 16 14 11 15 21 17 14 18 25 10 16 10 15 14 16 19 11 8 14 23 19 20 10 16 11 9 575

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TBA celebrates milestone year with royal reception at St James’s Palace

ALEX LLOYD

he Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association celebrated its centenary with a special reception at St James’s Palace, attended by Her Majesty The Queen, on July 18. Around 200 guests attended the London event including Bill Gredley, owner-breeder of this year’s Gold Cup winner Big Orange, and former royal trainer Ian Balding. TBA Chairman Julian Richmond-Watson presented The Queen with a copy of the organisation’s centenary book, praising Her Majesty’s longstanding commitment to breeding and racing thoroughbreds.

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The centenary reception was held in the beautiful setting of St James’s Palace

TBA Chairman Julian Richmond-Watson presenting Her Majesty The Queen with the TBA’s Centenary book

The Queen, who is Patron of the TBA, spoke with a number of guests, many of whom have bred and raced top-level racehorses. Claire Sheppard, Chief Executive of the TBA, said: “This was a wonderful occasion, celebrating the TBA’s centenary with The Queen who is our Patron and one of our country’s leading owner-breeders.

“Racing is very lucky to have the Queen as one of its biggest supporters and her pleasure at watching her runners on the racecourse is clear for all to see. “The centenary is an important milestone; the TBA has played a vital role in our sport over the last century and will continue to adhere to its core commitment of protecting and improving the thoroughbred breed.”

TBA working to support breeders with ‘This Filly Can’ The TBA will be promoting fillies at yearling sales across Britain once again this year. The ‘This Filly Can’ campaign will be highlighting the benefits of filly ownership to potential purchasers, including agents, trainers and owners. Since the 2016 Fillies’ and Mares’ Race Programme Review – conducted by the British Horseracing Authority – there has been an increase in the number of fillies-only events and black-type opportunities. The campaign will also raise awareness of the successes of fillies throughout the Flat race season and the value they represent. Both Goffs UK and Tattersalls will be raising awareness of the campaign, through the publication of the #thisfillycan logo on appropriate catalogue pages and a supporting explanatory advert. Keep up to date with the latest news from the campaign by visiting the website thisfillycan.co.uk or by following This Filly Can on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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Essential new research delivered on the challenges faced by the thoroughbred breeding industry with recruitment, skills and retention Earlier this year, studs were invited to participate in a survey focusing on recruitment, career progression and retention of those working in the thoroughbred breeding industry. The main aim of the survey was to provide baseline information to help shape and evaluate a major £1 million initiative, being funded by the Racing Foundation, to support the development and retention of racing’s workforce. The survey, delivered by independent research organisation Public Perspectives in partnership with the TBA, generated a substantial response, with 49% of studs surveyed providing invaluable feedback on a range of issues.

Key findings from the survey indicate: • Approximately 15% of all permanent stud roles require recruitment activity annually, due to staff turnover or growth. • 55% of permanent vacancies in the breeding industry are hard to fill, compared to a 33% national average among UK businesses. • 17% of studs reported retention difficulties, compared to the national average of 8%. • 26% reported a skills gap in the workforce (including some existing staff lacking the skills to do their jobs effectively), compared to a national average of 14%. • On average, 79% of studs were aware of training and development initiatives

being offered by the industry but only 13% made use of these. • 54% of studs did not fund or arrange training or development for their staff in the last 12 months, compared to 34% of businesses nationally. The results confirm that recruitment, skills and retention issues are impacting the breeding industry, with recruitment of sufficient staff and adequately skilled staff standing out as key issues. Some skills gaps amongst existing staff were also identified, and work is currently under way to address these issues through a range of TBA and Racing Foundation-funded initiatives which include: • Regional training courses for stud staff being delivered across the country and overseen by the TBA and National Stud. • A free Careers Advice and Training Service (CATS) to help stud staff develop their skills and careers, being delivered by Racing Welfare. • Efforts to enhance careers marketing and promote career progression, being developed by the BHA with the TBA and National Stud. The research results have also guided the development of the new Entry to Stud Employment two-year pilot scheme, funded by the TBA and Racing Foundation, and delivered by the National Stud to provide a route for people unable to access the Apprenticeships in Stud Work or the National Stud’s Diploma in Stud Practice and Management courses.

Rob Hezel, CEO of the Racing Foundation, said: “We were delighted with the high response rate to this survey and I would like to thank everyone who contributed. The results identify some very clear issues which we look forward to supporting our industry colleagues in tackling. It is also pleasing to see the Foundation taking a pro-active stance in helping to identify important issues that need to be addressed.” Claire Sheppard, CEO of the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, said: “A key strategic objective of the TBA is to provide support and direction for the thoroughbred breeding industry’s education and training requirements. The TBA is very grateful for the support of the Racing Foundation in helping us improve our understanding of the challenges faced in the retention, recruitment and training of breeding staff. We would also like to thank Public Perspectives and all the studs who have contributed to this vital and informative survey. The need to secure well trained and available employees has never been greater and we will be taking active steps, based on this insight, to ensure we enhance the profile of the extensive programme of courses we already offer, and that new schemes are developed to address the issues that affect breeders.” A summary of the key findings from the survey, along with the full 29-page survey report, are available via the TBA and Racing Foundation websites: www.thetba.co.uk www.racingfoundation.co.uk/latest-news

Regional Days We have enjoyed some wonderful regional visits so far this year and would like to thank the hosts for their warm welcome and hospitality. Each one has been unique and we have been extremely well looked after. The following days are due to take place this month: September 6, Wales and West Midlands: Nigel Twiston Davies and Batsford Stud September 7, East (Day 2): Sir Michael Stoute and the National Horseracing Museum September 12, The North: Rebecca Menzies and Elwick Stud September 13, South West: Colin Tizzard We look forward to these visits and to bringing you a full report from each event in the near future.

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This year’s TBA seminar saw the launch of the TBA’s new Entry to Stud Employment programme, an innovative scheme which aims to widen access to the breeding industry for new recruits. The TBA’s Education and Employment committee has worked with the National Stud to devise Entry to Stud Employment (E2SE) in response to industry staffing needs, which are not being fully met by the existing industry training on offer. The programme will open the door to a variety of potential new entrants, including mature recruits, graduates and those wishing to make a job change. The two-year pilot will run between 2017 and 2019, during which time the level of support and interest from employers and new recruits will be measured, with the ultimate aim being to establish a long-term, sustainable training programme. The pilot will consist of two courses, each of 12 students, commencing in October 2017 and 2018. Delivered by the National Stud, each course starts with a nine-week residential stint at the stud, followed by six to nine months out in the work place. Students will learn horse-handling skills and the theory behind stud work, as well as the use of tractors and small machinery, first aid and manual handling, and will also achieve qualifications that are relevant to the industry. The 24 places on the course are co-funded by the TBA and the Racing Foundation, and the TBA is enormously grateful to the Racing Foundation for its generous support. Applications are now being taken. For information see www.nationalstud.co.uk or contact Tabbi Smith on 01638 663464.

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Entry to Stud Employment – TBA launches scheme to encourage new recruits to the industry

Tabbi Smith from the National Stud introducing the course at the TBA Seminar

TBA £25k nomination bonus The EBF Breeders’ Fillies’ Series will culminate at Newmarket racecourse on Saturday, October, 7. The last day of the series will feature four races at each of the distance categories, for a minimum prize fund of £50,000 each. The TBA is once again offering a bonus worth up to £25,000 in the form of a stallion nomination voucher to qualifying fillies that win one of the EBF Breeders’ Fillies’ Handicaps at Newmarket on finals’ day. The bonus will be available to fillies that

are owned by current members of the TBA that have won or been placed in a previous EBF Breeders’ Fillies’ Series race during 2017 (terms and conditions apply). The nomination bonus aims to encourage owners to retain fillies beyond their racing career, breed from horses that have been proven on the racecourse and to send them to British-based stallions. For more information about eligibility and terms please visit the TBA website or contact the office on 01638 661321.

Breeders’ badge offers Doncaster racecourse has generously offered a limited number of owners’ and trainers’ badges for breeders who have bred a runner at the St Leger festival in any race on September 13, 14 and 15. For Saturday, September 16, only breeders who have bred a runner in the St Leger will be eligible for a pair of County Enclosure badges. To register for badges please contact Annette Bell at the TBA office.

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Breeders recognised at special Ascot lunch For the second year running Ascot racecourse invited breeders who had bred winners at the Royal meeting to a very special lunch on Friday, July 28. Guests were welcomed to the Authority Box with a champagne reception and each successful breeder received a commemorative Garrard’s silver strawberry dish engraved with their winner at their place setting. Guy Henderson, Chief Executive of Ascot, welcomed breeders from across the UK and Ireland and even two guests who had flown in from the United States to attend this special occasion. He thanked breeders for the contribution towards the thoroughbred racing industry and underlined that without breeders there would be no racing and none of the industries related to it. After lunch, guests were called together for a group photograph in the parade ring before being invited into the winners’

The successful breeders of the Royal Meeting enjoyed a memorable day of generous hospitality at Ascot to celebrate their successes in June

reception room for a glass of champagne along with trainer Charlie Appleby, who was celebrating Godolphin’s win with Mythical Magic. On behalf of its members, the TBA

would like to thank Ascot racecourse for providing breeders with an unforgettable experience at Royal Ascot and acknowledging the winning breeders’ success in such a special way.

Annual TBA Stud Farming Course, December 12-14 Applications are open for the TBA’s Annual Stud Farming Course, which takes place in December this year at the British Racing School. The course is aimed at those who want to build on their practical experience and knowledge of stud work, and gives breeders and stud staff the opportunity to learn about the latest stud management topics from leading veterinary and industry experts. Day one commences with management of the broodmare, and covers getting the mare in foal, including managing problem mares, pregnancy diagnosis and pregnancy loss. Speakers on day one also tackle parasite control, paddock management and disease prevention, as well as bio-security measures. The second day of the course deals with skin disease, infectious disease, transport, nutrition, pedigrees, sales preparation and stallion management. The courses concludes with a day looking at foaling, foal care, diseases of the yearling, and management of growth defects and angular limb deformities. Also included are external visits to a local stud farm and veterinary practice, as well as an opportunity to see behind the scenes at the British Racing School. The course dinner on the first evening allows delegates to get to know each other, and there are plenty of THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

Professor Sidney Ricketts, a regular speaker on the TBA Stud Farming Course

opportunities for informal exchanges of ideas and good practice, and to question lecturers throughout the three days. A comprehensive handbook of course notes is also provided as a useful reference source. The course fee for 2017 is £395 for TBA members (discounts are available for studs

sending four or more delegates) and £495 for non-members (fee includes dinner on the first night, lunches and refreshments, but not accommodation or other meals). Places are limited. For further information contact Alice Thurtle at the TBA on 01638 661321 or email alice.thurtle@thetba.co.uk.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: a selection of features from the TBA’s first 100 years

SUNSTAR History has a habit of repeating itself. Controversy about the optimum number of mares a stallion ought to cover is not a modern phenomenon. The Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association was only five years old when, in 1922, prominent members first confronted the topic. Tony Morris takes up the story in the TBA’s centenary celebration book: “It had long been standard industry practice to limit a horse to 40 mares, that constituting a full book. A few extra was perhaps neither here nor there, but when Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen raised the matter with the Association, he had rather more in mind. “His letter named no names but Somerville Tattersall was not so reticent, drawing attention to the fact that 2,000 Guineas and Derby winner Sunstar had covered 75 mares in 1920 and 82 in 1921. He did not need to identify Jack Joel, who had raced the horse and now stood him at Childwickbury Stud. It was widely and reasonably felt that breeders were entitled to know when a horse was scheduled to cover more than 40 mares, because there was potential for their stock to be devalued in such cases.” The issue received a contemporary airing in the Bloodstock Breeders’ Review of 1926, the year of Sunstar’s death at the age of 19 after a bout of laminitis. The unnamed obituary writer noted: “This sketch of Sunstar’s career would be incomplete if no reference were made to the controversy occasioned by Mr Joel’s policy of allowing Sunstar to cover 70 or 80 mares in several succeeding seasons. “We discussed this matter with him on one occasion, and he then explained that Sunstar was an exceptional horse with his mares, so that he was subjected to no greater strain than was many a stallion with less than 40 mares to attend to. In very many instances only one service was necessary. Knowing what he did, Mr Joel was not in the least disturbed by the criticism his policy received, and the fact remains that Sunstar got a satisfactory percentage of his mares in foal.” By the sprinter Sundridge, Sunstar was out of Doris, a selling-plater on the racecourse who having passed from one brother, Solly, to the other, Jack, was to

Dual Classic winner Sunstar, who stood at Jack Joel’s Childwickbury Stud

serve the Joel family well for decades. Bought for 1,450gns, Sunstar belied his pedigree by winning two Classics, but he nearly missed the Derby because of

“It is detrimental to the breed, and unfair to breeders, for stallions to be given an unlimited number of mares

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lameness and did not race again after Epsom. Sunstar was never champion sire. Runner-up in 1920 and 1921 and third in 1918 and 1925, he sired three Eclipse Stakes winners owned by Lord Astor – the Derby runners-up Buchan and Craig An Eran, and Saltash – as well as Astor’s wartime Oaks winner Sunny Jane and the Grand Prix de Paris winner Galloper Light.

Sunstar’s daughters produced winners of the 1,000 Guineas and Irish Derby, Ellangowan and Kopi respectively, along with Sunstep, a foundation mare for Claiborne Farm. Four years after Sunstar’s death, the TBA’s annual meeting raised concerns at a report that two horses standing in Ireland, including Cottage, had serviced more than 70 mares in the season, and agreed, as Tony Morris reports, “that it is detrimental to the breed, and unfair to breeders, for stallions to be given an unlimited number of mares, and this Association are of the opinion that the number should be limited to 45 mares.” Despite lacking the power of enforcement, the resolution “worked for several decades to follow,” Morris notes. Cottage stood at Grange Stud in Co. Cork. Fast forward 86 years and Grange Stud, now part of the Coolmore operation, was responsible for four of the ten most active stallions in Britain and Ireland in 2016, all of whom covered 217 mares or more. Its busiest stallion, Getaway, with 299, fell five short of the leader, Soldier Of Fortune, who stands at Beeches Stud, another Coolmore satellite.

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Keith Dalgleish hosts Scottish Regional Day

TBA diary dates TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Educational Day at York racecourse At York racecourse

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 TBA Wales & West Midlands Regional Day At Nigel Twiston-Davies’s Grange Hill Farm, and Batsford Stud

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 TBA East Regional Day At Sir Michael Stoute’s Freemason Lodge, and Palace House Museum

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 TBA North Regional Day At Rebecca Menzies’s Howe Hill Stables, and Elwick Stud

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Members in Scotland watching Keith Dalgleish’s string on the gallops at Belstane

TBA members in Scotland enjoyed a fascinating insight into one of the fastest growing trainers in the country with a visit to Keith Dalgleish’s Belstane Racing Stables in Carluke, situated high-up in the beautiful countryside of South Lanarkshire. A former successful jockey, Dalgleish took out a dual-purpose training licence in February 2011, and now has more than 125 horses in training and around 20 full-time members of staff employed. Members were treated to a tour of his stables and facilities by Racing Secretary Leanne Gordon, and had the chance to witness the trainer’s attention to detail and organisational skills.

Dalgleish has enjoyed many of his best recent successes with cheaply-bought fillies, such as Clem Fandango, Euro Nightmare and Maleficent Queen, and he spoke about how he enjoyed training them. After visiting the stables we were taken to watch a couple of lots on the woodchip gallops. Our Scottish members then enjoyed a delicious lunch at the Radstone Hotel in a private suite, before joining the industry reception organised by the British Horseracing Authority, where members met the BHA board and executive, and enjoyed an afternoon of racing at picturesque Hamilton Park.

TBA Small Breeders’ Races September 27, Goodwood, TBA Small Breeders’ Conditions Stakes (fillies only) October 10, Leicester, TBA Small Breeders’ Conditions Stakes (colts & geldings only) For the second year running, the TBA is sponsoring two races to support small breeders. The seven-furlong races will be exclusively for two-year-old horses by stallions with fees under £10,000 (at time of covering). Conditions will also include weight allowances for horses who meet the following criteria: • Horses whose sire’s nomination fee was £7,500 or less: 2lb • Horses whose sire’s nomination fee was £5,000 or less: 4lb • Horses whose sire’s nomination fee was £2,500 or less: 6lb The events will carry a minimum prize fund of £25,000. For further information please contact the TBA office or visit the TBA website to view a list of eligible stallions.

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TBA South West Regional Day At Colin Tizzard’s Venn Farm

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 The TBA Centenary Fillies’ Handicap & Small Breeders’ Fillies’ Stakes At Goodwood racecourse

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Joyce Wallsgrove When Whirly Dancer sold for 45,000gns to Gunnar Nordling at the 2010 Tattersalls December Sale, it seemed likely the dual-winning daughter of

Rose Armstrong Few big-race winners can have given James Fanshawe more pleasure than the Northumberland Plate triumph of Higher Power, owned and bred from her only mare by his sister Rose Armstrong. “It has been quite a journey,” Armstrong reflected. “James and Anthony Stroud bought his dam Lady Stardust at Tattersalls for us to have some fun and, hopefully, get black type.” Wins at Newbury and Newmarket preceded a Listed-place at Ascot. Lady Stardust travelled abroad in her early years at stud, but in recent times has remained closer to home. “I keep her here in the autumn and early winter,” said Armstrong. “She’s tricky to foal and cover so now she is usually bred close to Newmarket. She foals at New England Stud.” Home is close to Lewes racecourse, where husband Martin and their four sons pursue their other equine interest of polo, under the professional guidance of Armstrong’s other brother Antony Fanshawe, the manager at Guards Polo Club. In common with most breeders, Armstrong has experienced her share of misfortune. Lady Stardust’s first foal, Major Tom, died the day before going into training at Pegasus Stables. His younger half-brother Bombardier, described by his breeder as “nice but nuts”, made three unsuccessful starts, and is now at home in the South Downs and used as “a hack for the brave,” added Armstrong. As her policy is to sell the colts and keep the fillies, Higher Power went to the 2014 Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up Sale, but was retained. “I had no idea what a big challenge those sales are for a young horse,” she explained. “I’d always liked him. He was cheeky and inquisitive with a kind personality, and I didn’t really want to sell him.” The two-year-old went into training with her brother, whose patient handling of the son of Rip Van Winkle reaped such a rich reward. This spring Lady Stardust produced a filly by Sir Percy. Understandably, recent success has encouraged Armstrong to consider expanding her bloodstock operation. “We would love to have a proper small stud here,” she said. “We just need to make a few adjustments.”

Higher Power and Tom Queally win the Northumberland Plate

Danehill Dancer from the Inchmurrin family would eventually be going to stud in Scandinavia. Fourteen months later, after a fruitless campaign of six races in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the five-year-old returned to Park Paddocks for the February Sale. Her repatriation was complete when Newmarket racecourses’ stable manager Joyce Wallsgrove made a final bid of 9,500gns to secure her first broodmare since moving to Newmarket after 18 years working for Barry Hills. Whirly Dancer’s first foal was Lagenda, a son of Dick Turpin, who won at two, but it is her second foal, Beckford, who rewarded his breeder with her first black type victory when successful in the Group 2 Railway Stakes at the Curragh. The son of Bated Breath also became the first Group winner for Juddmonte’s second-crop stallion. Beckford fetched 58,000gns at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale in 2015, his pedigree recently boosted by his dam’s half-sister Malabar, who had recorded a second Group 3 victory at the end of August, after finishing fourth in the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket. Another half-brother, Poet’s Word, added further black type to the family when winning the Group 3 Glorious Stakes at Goodwood this season. Whirly Dancer’s third foal is a yearling filly by Mukhadram and who, like her half-brothers, was sold as a foal at Tattersalls. She currently has a filly foal by Poet’s Voice, the sire of Poet’s Word. Wallsgrove has subsequently doubled the size of her broodmare band with the purchase of Miaplacidus, a daughter of Shamardal, who won a maiden in 2014. Both mares board at Brook Stud, near Newmarket.

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VET FORUM: THE EXPERT VIEW By TIM BARNETT MRCVS

Advances in equine dentistry Technology in this field has come on in leaps and bounds in recent years with diagnosis and, in many cases, treatment now feasible under standing sedation

Modern imaging

ver the past ten to 20 years, advances in our understanding and knowledge of dental anatomy and diseases have transformed the field of equine dentistry. Innovations in anaesthesia, analgesia, surgical techniques and diagnostic imaging have revolutionised the treatment of dental conditions and related diseases.

The standing patient The risks of general anaesthesia in the equine patient are well known, and become elevated with prolonged surgeries. Dental procedures are notoriously unpredictable in their duration. In the past, hastening dental surgeries in order to recover the horse as quickly as possible was necessary. In the case of dental extractions this involved the development of repulsion techniques, using a punch and mallet passed through holes created in the jaw or skull. This technique, in particular, was often associated with serious complications and collateral damage to surrounding teeth and tissues. Modern sedatives, in combination with carefully selected analgesics, antiinflammatory drugs and local anaesthesia, now allow many of these dental procedures to be performed more safely, accurately and thoroughly in the standing patient (Figure 1). The aforementioned traditional dental repulsion of teeth is virtually a thing of the past. Most teeth are extracted through the mouth using combinations of elevators, spreading devices and forceps (similar to those used by our own dentist) and

Figure 2: An oral endoscopy view of one of the cheek teeth in a horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth

Figure 1: A horse sedated in stocks undergoing a dental procedure

complications are now rare. More advanced procedures, such as restorations of the surface of diseased teeth and filling of diseased pulp cavities, can be safely performed in the equine patient, as in humans, canine and feline patients.

Thorough inspection of the mouth and teeth is still the basis of any dental investigation. The application of oral mirrors and a light source, as our dentist would use, is essential to allow complete examination of the mouth and identification of problems. The introduction of oral endoscopy, with magnification and recording functions, has facilitated much more detailed and comprehensive dental examinations (Figure 2). It also provides a means of visualising and monitoring surgical procedures far back in the horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth (Figure 3). Radiography (x-rays) of the teeth and sinuses has, for many years, helped in the diagnosis of dental conditions in some patients. However, as with other anatomical regions of the horse, modern digital radiography systems deliver more clarity, detail and versatility. However, the head is a complicated structure; bone and the very dense enamel of the teeth can superimpose and potentially conceal diseased structures

Figure 3: Oral endoscopy being used to monitor a surgical extraction of a cheek tooth

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software reducing artefacts caused by movement of the head. The single biggest innovation in equine dental and head imaging is the development of standing computed tomography (CT) systems, which allow three-dimensional images to be obtained from standing, sedated horses (Figure 5). As it is a three-dimensional technique, CT negates the problem of superimposition found with radiography and allows deeper structures, such as the dental roots and internal architecture of the teeth, to be viewed precisely and clearly.

Figure 7: A horse undergoing a minimally invasive extraction of a fractured tooth through a ‘key hole’ cannula placed through the cheek

Dental surgery

Figure 4: A bone scan picture superimposed over a radiograph of a head in a horse with dental disease

when imaged with two-dimensional radiography. Nuclear scintigraphy (bone scan) has often been employed to help diagnose areas of bone disease associated with dental problems not readily diagnosed on radiographs (e.g. an abscess of the tooth root, Figure 4). Modern scintigraphy systems produce much more detailed and accurate images of the head, with motion correction

Figure 5: A horse with suspected dental disease undergoing a CT scan of the head

Figure 6: Modern oral dental extraction equipment used to remove cheek teeth in the horse

As in human, canine and feline dentistry, extraction is still one of the most cost-effective and widely-utilised treatment strategies for severely diseased teeth. Standing oral extraction is widely considered to be the method of choice, both in preventing postoperative complications and negating the risks associated with general anaesthesia. It is a difficult and time-consuming job, but is aided by modern analgesia and local anaesthesia techniques. Additionally, modern instruments such as specially designed extraction forceps, elevators and spreading devices (Figure 6) used under endoscopic guidance all facilitate rapid and complete extraction of diseased teeth in most cases. Fractured teeth can be more problematic, but recently developed techniques and equipment have allowed fragments of teeth and unerupted crowns to be removed using minimally invasive ‘keyhole’ techniques (Figure 7) in the standing patient with minimal risk of complications. Some horses suffer from gum disease, which is often caused by food becoming trapped between the teeth, in what are commonly known as a diastema (Figure 8). This often causes severe pain and potentially leads to infection of deeper structures, such as the bone. Many clinicians consider it as one of the most painful conditions affecting the horse’s mouth, and can prevent them eating forages and potentially have an impact on their ridden performance. Cleaning and filling of diastema can alleviate the food pocketing and permit the gum to heal. In other cases, widening the gap at the surface of the tooth (using fine highspeed burrs under endoscopic guidance) allows natural emptying of the interdental space and allows the gums time to heal. By taking advantage of the natural eruption and drift of equine teeth, in some cases the problematic gap may eventually close over a period of months to years if treated correctly. Fillings in humans are often performed to treat decaying areas of teeth, known as caries. Caries are often found in mature horses and

Figure 8: Food pocketing in a diastema formed between two cheek teeth, resulting in very painful gum disease

Figure 9: Infundibular caries on the surface of an upper cheek tooth

Figure 10: Infundibular restoration (filling) of a tooth

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those on the grinding surface of the upper cheek teeth, in a region known as the infundibulum, can cause an area of weakness that may predispose the tooth to fractures (Figure 9). As with other species, these infundibular caries can also be cleaned and debrided, with dental drills and burrs, and filled under endoscopic guidance in the standing patient (Figure 10). This technique is

“All cases of

suspected sinus disease should undergo a dental examination” known as infundibular or occlusal restoration. Similar techniques are applied to treat diseased pulp cavities caused by fracture and exposure of the pulps (Figure 11) or those teeth affected by deeper disease of the tooth. The techniques rely on the equipment, principles and materials used for root canal treatment in human patients, and can be performed in the sedated horse under

endoscopic guidance (Figure 12).

Sinus disease The cheek teeth furthest back in the horse’s mouth have their roots positioned in the sinuses, especially in young horses with large reserve crowns. If these teeth become infected then a secondary infection of the sinus may result, which often present as a one-sided, foul-smelling nasal discharge. All cases of suspected sinus disease should, therefore, undergo a comprehensive dental examination. Treatment of sinus disease, especially those of dental origin, is also usually performed in the standing sedated horse. Most patients can also be treated using minimally invasive ‘key hole’ surgery of the sinuses, using a technique commonly known as sinoscopy.

Figure 11: A fracture of an incisor tooth from a kick that has resulted in exposure of the sensitive pulp tissues of the tooth

In conclusion Modern equine dentistry now involves much more than just routine rasping of the teeth and removal of caps in young horses in training. However, thorough examination at the time of these procedures can be invaluable in identifying problems that may need further intervention before they cause more severe disease. Oral pain can lead to poor performance, weight loss and compromised welfare, and when suspected should always be investigated as soon as possible.

Figure 12: The same tooth in figure 11 after undergoing cleaning, debridement and a filling placed

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Great value can be found anywhere According to Timeform figures, top horses graduate from a range of sales at all prices

he yearling sales are upon us again – a marathon that lasts for months on end with buyers trying to uncover that next champion. When you look at our table of toprated horses that were sold at public auction since 2010 in Europe, potential purchasers can certainly take plenty of heart. There are a range of prices, and indeed a range of sales venues, represented. It may surprise most people that the bestperformed sales horse in the period is not a graduate of Tattersalls Book 1. The best two were sold at Arqana for an average of £64,106 and the third best was bought at Doncaster for £65,000. According to Timeform, the Arqana graduates Toronado and Almanzor are the best with ratings of 133, whilst Olympic Glory (Doncaster Premier) and Australia (Tattersalls Book 1) are next best on a rating of 132. But what’s really noticeable is that the lesser sales venues are well represented throughout the top-rated list. There are no fewer than six Doncaster graduates among the top 22 sales graduates. Moreover, there are only five in the top 20 graduates that cost more than £100,000, headed by Derby winners Australia and Camelot, who both cost 525,000gns. It just goes to show that there is great value to be had at all of Europe’s top yearling auctions. When we look at all the thoroughbreds that have earned a Timeform rating of 120 or higher since 2011 that were sold in the ring as yearlings, it is surprising how diverse their backgrounds are. Predictably, Tatts Book 1 accounts for most of these 120-plus runners with 33. However, that accounts for only 25% of the total of 134. What’s more, the average price of the 33 was £404,536. Tatts Book 2 was the sales venue for 22 (15%) of the 120-plus runners. Their average price was mere in comparison at £76,602, and the sale’s topperformed horses included Mecca’s Angel (11,200gns), Jack Hobbs (60,000gns), Hartnell (45,000gns) and this season’s excellent sprint star Battaash (200,000gns). Arqana has provided 19 (14%) 120-plus rated runners in the period at an average price of £124,353. As well as Toronado and Almanzor, the sale is also responsible for Group 1 winners Belardo (€100,000), Signs Of Blessing (€102,000) and this year’s Derby winner Wings Of Eagles, who was well bought at €220,000. Goffs, meanwhile, has sold 16 horses since 2010 that have gone on to achieve a Timeform rating of 120 or higher. Once again there’s plenty

EUROPEAN SALES YEARLINGS 2010-2016 Ranked by Timeform rating TFR

Form

Name

Sex

Sire

133

G1w

Almanzor

Wootton Bassett

Price £

Sale

£80,262

ARAUG

133

G1w

Toronado

High Chaparral

132

G1w

Australia

Galileo

£551,250

£47,950

ARAUG TAOC1

132

G1w

Olympic Glory

Choisir

£65,000

DNPRM

131

G1w

Ribchester

Iffraaj

£81,996

GOOY1

130

G1w

Designs On Rome

Holy Roman Emperor

£9,130

GOOY1

130

G1w

Postponed

Dubawi

129

G1w

Harry Angel

Dark Angel

129

G1w

Highland Reel

129

G1w

Jack Hobbs

129

G1w

Limato

129

G1w

128

G1w

128

£378,000

TAOC1

£44,000

DNPRM

Galileo

£483,000

TAOC1

Halling

£63,000

TAOC2

Tagula

£41,000

DNPRM

Meccas Angel

Dark Angel

Camelot

Montjeu

G1w

Hartnell

128

G1w

Lethal Force

128

G1w

128 127

£16,800

TAOC2

£551,250

TAOC1

Authorized

£47,250

TAOC2

Dark Angel

£7,138

TISEP

Peniaphobia

Dandy Man

£20,000

DNPRM

G1w

The Grey Gatsby

Mastercraftsman

£19,544

AROCT

G1w

Barney Roy

Excelebration

£70,000

DNPRM

127

G1w

Charm Spirit

Invincible Spirit

£114,004

AROCT

127

G1w

Night of Thunder

Dubawi

127

G1w

Slade Power

Dutch Art

127

G2wG1p

Strada Colorato

Le Vie Dei Colori

126

G3w

Battaash

Dark Angel

126

G1w

G Force

126

G1w

Galileo Gold

126

G2wG1p

126 126 126

£33,600

TAOC1

£5,000

DNPRM

£10,500

TAOC2

£210,000

TAOC2

Tamayuz

£73,500

TADEY

Paco Boy

£25,881

TISEP

Jimmy Two Times

Kendargent

£67,357

AROCT

G2wG1p

Mutakayyef

Sea The Stars

£273,000

TAOC1

G1w

Quiet Reflection

Showcasing

£32,000

DNSIL

G1w

The Tin Man

Equiano

£84,000

TAOC1

of value to be had at the Kill venue. With an average price of £91,967, the sale’s current poster boy is multiple Group 1 winner and Timeform 131-rated Ribchester (€105,000). Their second-best horse in the period was bargain-buy Designs On Rome (€10,500), whilst they’ve also sold Group 1 winners Voleuse de Coeurs, Here Comes When, Sky Lantern, Simple Verse and Covert Love, all of whom achieved Timeform ratings of 120 or higher. Perhaps the best of the main sales for sheer value is Doncaster Premier. Thirteen of their graduates have gone on to achieve a 120plus rating for an average price of £62,615. Moreover, eight of the 13 are Group 1 winners, which is second only to Tatts Book 1 among British and Irish sales venues. True to its policy of wanting to offer speed and precocity as well as class, Doncaster’s top horses include Olympic Glory (£65,000), Limato (£41,000),

Harry Angel (£44,000), Peniaphobia (£20,000), Slade Power (£5,000), Barney Roy (£70,000), Toormore (£36,000) and Tiggy Wiggy (£41,000) – all very effective at up to a mile. Tatts Ireland provided five 120-plus rated runners in the period at an average price of £16,915. Lethal Force (€8,500), Galileo Gold (€33,000) and Pether’s Moon (€52,000) have been flying the flag for the Fairyhouse sale in recent years. Top-class racehorses don’t have to cost the earth, and, as this analysis shows us, they don’t. It’s a sobering thought that of the 20 yearlings that have both sold for a million sterling or more and have been rated by Timeform, only two, Douglas McArthur and Sir Isaac Newton, have reached or surpassed the Timeform-120 standard. Even more eye-watering is the fact that the 20 together have an average Timeform rating of just 98. THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER

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European Pattern 166 CORAL ECLIPSE STAKES G1

e m

SANDOWN PARK. Jul 8. 3yo+. 9f 110yds.

1. ULYSSES (IRE) 4 9-7 £283,550 ch c by Galileo - Light Shift (Kingmambo) O-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd B-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd TR-Sir Michael Stoute 2. Barney Roy (GB) 3 8-11 £107,500 b c by Excelebration - Alina (Galileo) O-Godolphin B-Eliza Park International Pty Ltd TR-Richard Hannon 3. Desert Encounter (IRE) 5 9-7 £53,800 b g by Halling - La Chicana (Invincible Spirit) O-Mr Abdulla Al Mansoori B-Tally-Ho Stud TR-David Simcock Margins Nose, 3.5. Time 2:03.40. Going Good to Firm. Age 2-4

Starts 11

Wins 4

Places 4

Earned £861,361

Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 262 Stakes winners. In 2017 CAPRI Anabaa G1, CHURCHILL Storm Cat G1, DECORATED KNIGHT Storm Cat G1, HIGHLAND REEL Danehill G1, ULYSSES Kingmambo G1, WINTER Choisir G1, CLEMMIE Storm Cat G2, ELIZABETH BROWNING Holy Roman Emperor G2, GUSTAV KLIMT Danehill G2, IDAHO Danehill G2, MINDING Danehill Dancer G2, SEVENTH HEAVEN Johannesburg G2. 1st Dam: LIGHT SHIFT by Kingmambo. 4 wins at 2 and 3, Vodafone Oaks S G1, 2nd Darley Irish Oaks G1, 3rd Blue Square Nassau S G1. Own sister to Erewhon. Dam of 2 winners: 2009: DR YES (c Dansili) 2 wins at 3. 2012: Mosuo (f Oasis Dream) unraced. 2013: ULYSSES (c Galileo) 4 wins at 3 and 4, Coral Eclipse S G1, Beringice Gordon S G3, bet365 Gordon Richards S G3, 2nd Winter Hill S G3, 3rd Prince of Wales’s S G1. 2nd Dam: Lingerie by Shirley Heights. Dam of LIGHT SHIFT (f Kingmambo, see above), SHIVA (f Hector Protector: Tattersalls Gold Cup G1, 2nd Dubai Champion S G1, 3rd Coral Eclipse S G1), LIMNOS (c Hector Protector: Prix Foy G2, P. Jean de Chaudenay-G. P. du Printemps G2), BURNING SUNSET (f Caerleon: Prix Solitude LR, 3rd Prix d’Harcourt G2), Hyades (c Aldebaran: 2nd Charles Whittingham Memorial H G1), Erewhon (c Kingmambo: 2nd Pasadena S LR, La Puente S LR). Grandam of CLOTH OF STARS, SMOKING SUN, MAGADAN, ZHIYI, THAT WHICH IS NOT, Ikat, KING OF DUDES. Third dam of MAIN SEQUENCE, Ray’s The Bar, Radiantly, Eltezam, Elgin. Broodmare Sire: KINGMAMBO. Sire of the dams of 121 Stakes winners. In 2017 - CLOTH OF STARS Sea The Stars G1, ULYSSES Galileo G1, ANNUS MIRABILIS Montjeu G2, GLANZEND Neo Universe G2, EMINENT Frankel G3, IBIZA Redoute’s Choice G3, LAST KINGDOM Frankel G3, ROSA IMPERIAL Pivotal G3. The Galileo/Kingmambo cross has produced: RULER OF THE WORLD G1, ULYSSES G1, Giovanni Canaletto G1, PORT DOUGLAS G2, GEMSTONE G3, Brazilian Star G3, Diodorus LR.

winner of 2000, produced St Leger hero Sixties Icon, while the outstanding 2004 winner Ouija Board produced the Derby and Irish Derby winner Australia. Now the 2007 Oaks winner Light Shift has supplied the game Coral-Eclipse winner Ulysses. Light Shift’s sire Kingmambo – like Galileo – was a prolific sire of British Classic winners and pairing Galileo with Kingmambo mares has proved fruitful. In addition to Ulysses, the 24 foals bred this way include the Derby winner Ruler Of The World and the Gr2 Beresford Stakes winner Port Douglas. This cross produces 4 x 3 to Mr Prospector. Galileo’s matings with mares by other sons of Mr Prospector have yielded the Gold Cup winner Order Of St George (out of a Gone West mare) and the Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Red Rocks (out of a Machiavellian mare). It is worth adding that Kingmambo’s broodmare daughters have also shone with Galileo’s halfbrother Sea The Stars, producing 27% black-type winners headed by the French Gr1 winners Zelzal and Cloth Of Stars. The Prix Ganay winner Cloth Of Stars has a very similar pedigree to Ulysses’. In addition to both being by sons of Arc winner Urban Sea, both have daughters of Kingmambo and Lingerie as their dam. Unfortunately, Ulysses is the last of Light Shift’s three foals. Ulysses’ third dam Northern Trick was bought by Stavros Niarchos for $530,000 in 1982. Northern Trick proved to be highly talented. An easy winner of the Prix de Diane, she also won the Gr1 Prix Vermeille before finishing a clear second to Sagace in the Arc. This family also produced the champions Shiva and Main Sequence. 167 PRIX JEAN PRAT G1 CHANTILLY. Jul 9. 3yoc&f. 1600m.

1. THUNDER SNOW (IRE) 9-3 £195,350 b c by Helmet - Eastern Joy (Dubai Destination) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Saeed bin Suroor 2. Trais Fluors (GB) 9-3 £78,154 b c by Dansili - Trois Lunes (Manduro) O-Scea Haras De Saint Pair B-SCEA Haras de Saint Pair TR-A Fabre 3. Gold Luck (FR) 9-0 £39,077 b f by Redoute’s Choice - Born Gold (Blushing Groom) O-Wertheimer & Frere B-Wertheimer & Frere TR-F Head Margins 1.25, 1.25. Time 1:38.78. Going Good.

ULYSSES ch c 2013 Sadler’s Wells GALILEO b 98 Urban Sea

Kingmambo LIGHT SHIFT b 04 Lingerie

Northern Dancer Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Special Mr Prospector Miswaki Hopespringseternal Lombard Allegretta Anatevka Raise A Native Mr Prospector Gold Digger Nureyev Miesque Pasadoble Mill Reef Shirley Heights Hardiemma Northern Dancer Northern Trick Trick Chick

Mate the best to the best and hope for the best is a strategy that continues to pay dividends. Several Oaks winners have visited Galileo, with as many as three producing a Gr1 winner. Love Divine, the Oaks

Age 2-3

Starts 12

Wins 5

Places Earned 5 £1,578,895

Sire: HELMET. Sire of 7 Stakes winners. In 2017 THUNDER SNOW Dubai Destination G1, ANDA MUCHACHO Shamardal G3, LIMESTONE Charge Forward G3, EQTIRAAN Cape Cross LR, MET SPECTRUM Spectrum LR, TAAMOL Montjeu LR. 1st Dam: EASTERN JOY by Dubai Destination. Winner at 3 in France. Dam of 4 winners: 2011: IHTIMAL (f Shamardal) 4 wins at 2 and 3 at home, UAE, Barrett Steel May Hill S G2, 3rd Shadwell Fillies’ Mile S G1, Qipco 1000 Guineas G1. 2012: ALWAYS SMILE (f Cape Cross) 4 wins at 2 to 4, Betfred Hambleton S LR, 2nd Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot S G1, 3rd Tattersalls Falmouth S G1. 2013: FIRST VICTORY (f Teofilo) 2 wins at 2, Vision Oh So Sharp S G3. 2014: THUNDER SNOW (c Helmet). 5 wins at 2 and 3 at home, France, UAE, Prix Jean Prat

2015: 2017:

G1, Criterium International G1, The S & M Al Naboodah Group UAE Derby G2, M.Bin R.Al Maktoum City UAE 2000 Guineas G3, 2nd Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas G1, At the Races Champagne S G2, Qatar Vintage S G2, 3rd St James’s Palace S G1. Winter Lightning (f Shamardal) unraced to date. (c Dubawi)

2nd Dam: RED SLIPPERS by Nureyev. 3 wins at 2 and 3 Cheveley Park Stud Sun Chariot S G2. Own sister to ROMANOV. Dam of WEST WIND (f Machiavellian: Prix de Diane Hermes G1, 2nd Prix Vermeille-Lucien Barriere G1, 3rd Audi Pretty Polly S G1), REDBRIDGE (c Alleged: Leicester Mercury S LR), GRAN MAESTRO (g Medicean: Betfred Summer H. Hurdle LR)

Stakes and was a three-parts-sister to the outstanding Balanchine, winner of the Oaks and the Irish Derby. Red Slippers’ brother Romanov was third in the Derby and Irish 2,000 Guineas. 168 TATTERSALLS FALMOUTH STAKES G1 NEWMARKET. Jul 14. 3yo+f. 8f.

Broodmare Sire: DUBAI DESTINATION. Sire of the dams of 24 Stakes winners. In 2017 - SILENT SEDITION War Chant G1, THUNDER SNOW Helmet G1, FOLEGA Oasis Dream G2, ABILITY Reward For Effort G3, DANCER CROSS Cape Cross LR, GOD GIVEN Nathaniel LR, SLIGHTLY SWEET Charge Forward LR.

1. ROLY POLY (USA) 3 8-12 £113,420 b f by War Front - Misty For Me (Galileo) O-Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier B-Misty For Me Syndicate TR-Aidan O’Brien 2. Wuheida (GB) 3 8-12 £43,000 ch f by Dubawi - Hibaayeb (Singspiel) O-Godolphin B-Darley Stud Management Company Ltd TR-Charlie Appleby 3. Arabian Hope (USA) 3 8-12 £21,520 b f by Distorted Humor - Achieving (Bernardini) O-Godolphin B-Hill ‘N’ Dale Equine Holdings Inc & G. Prussin TR-Saeed bin Suroor Margins 1.25, 0.5. Time 1:36.00. Going Good to Firm.

THUNDER SNOW b c 2014

Age 2-3

Danzig Razyana Lomond Patrona Gladiolus In The Wings Singspiel Glorious Song Anna Matrushka Mill Reef Anna Paola Mr Prospector Kingmambo Miesque Alleged Mysterial Mysteries Northern Dancer Nureyev Special Affirmed Morning Devotion Morning Has Broken Danehill

Exceed And Excel HELMET ch 08 Accessories

Dubai Destination EASTERN JOY b 06 Red Slippers

In view of his recent efforts, it is hard to believe that Thunder Snow was sent off at 16-1 in the Dewhurst Stakes. He was far from disgraced in finishing a two-length fourth and he has continued to shine ever since, with the notable exception of his bucking bronco display in the Kentucky Derby. His visits to France have yielded Gr1 victories in the Criterium International and the Prix Jean Prat and in between he also posted two victories on the Meydan dirt, most notably in the Gr2 UAE Derby. He also ran well when placed in the Irish 2,000 Guineas and St James’s Palace Stakes. Thunder Snow is admirably tough as his Jean Prat success came on his sixth start of 2017 – and his 11th in all. Thunder Snow’s sire, the Australian-bred Helmet, has an encouraging total of four stakes winners from the 79 foals in his first northern hemisphere crop, sired at a fee of €10,000 at Kildangan Stud. Helmet wasn’t as good a traveller as his son, finishing soundly beaten at Meydan and in the Queen Anne. However, this son of Exceed And Excel had been a Gr1 winner over seven furlongs and a mile at both two and three in Australia. Thunder Snow is the fourth stakes winner from four runners out of the minor winner Eastern Joy, following Ihtimal (May Hill Stakes and UAE Oaks), the smart miler Always Smile and the Gr3 winner First Victory. Next in line are her 2015 Shamardal filly Winter Lightning and a 2017 Dubawi colt. Eastern Joy is a half-sister to Prix de Diane winner West Wind. Their dam Red Slippers won the Gr1 Sun Chariot

Starts 14

Wins 5

Places 5

Earned £565,142

Sire: WAR FRONT. Sire of 54 Stakes winners. In 2017 - AMERICAN PATRIOT Tiznow G1, ROLY POLY Galileo G1, CAMBODIA Smart Strike G2, SPIRIT OF VALOR Grindstone G2, HOMESMAN Red Ransom G3, WAR CORRESPONDENT Rahy G3, GUERRE Hennessy LR, ON LEAVE A P Indy LR, WAR SECRETARY Maria’s Mon LR, WHITECLIFFSOFDOVER A P Indy LR. 1st Dam: MISTY FOR ME by Galileo. Champion 2yr old filly in Ireland and France in 2010, Champion 3yr old filly in Ireland in 2011. 5 wins at 2 and 3 at home, France, Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas G1, Moyglare Stud S G1, Stobart Ireland Pretty Polly S G1, Total Prix Marcel Boussac G1, 3rd Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron S G1, Emirates Airlines Breeders’ Cup F&M Turf G1. Own sister to BALLYDOYLE and TWIRL. Dam of 3 winners: 2013: COVER SONG (f Fastnet Rock) 2 wins at 3 in USA, Autumn Miss S G3. 2014: ROLY POLY (f War Front). 5 wins at 2 and 3 at home, France, Tattersalls Falmouth S G1, Prix Rothschild G1, I.C. Duchess Of Cambridge S G2, Grangecon Stud Balanchine S G3, 2nd Connollys Red Mills Cheveley Park S G1, Coronation S G1, Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas G1, Sky Bet Lowther S G2. 2015: U S Navy Flag (c War Front) Winner at 2, 2nd Arqana July S G2. 2016: (f War Front) 2nd Dam: Butterfly Cove by Storm Cat. unraced. Own sister to KAMARINSKAYA. Dam of MISTY FOR ME (f Galileo, see above), BALLYDOYLE (f Galileo: Total Prix Marcel Boussac G1, 2nd Moyglare Stud S G1, Qipco 1000 Guineas G1), TWIRL (f Galileo: Irish Stal.FarmsEBF Hurry Harriet S LR, 2nd Tattersalls Musidora S G3, Lodge Park EBF Park Express S G3) Broodmare Sire: GALILEO. Sire of the dams of 80 Stakes winners. In 2017 - BARNEY ROY Excelebration G1, HALL OF FAME Savabeel G1, ROLY POLY War Front G1, ZHUKOVA Fastnet Rock G1, DARTMOUTH Dubawi G2, GOODYEARFORROSES Azamour G2. The War Front/Galileo cross has produced: ROLY POLY G1, U S Navy Flag G2, Leo Minor LR.

ROLY POLY b f 2014 Danzig WAR FRONT b 02 Starry Dreamer

Galileo MISTY FOR ME b 08 Butterfly Cove

Northern Dancer Nearctic Natalma Admiral’s Voyage Pas de Nom Petitioner Fappiano Rubiano Ruby Slippers Forli Lara’s Star True Reality Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge Miswaki Urban Sea Allegretta Storm Bird Storm Cat Terlingua Mr Prospector Mr P’s Princess Anne Campbell

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Caulfield on Shakeel: “The Aga Khan finally has his Dalakhani Group 1 winner in the form of this horse, who edged out the front-running Permian to land the Grand Prix de Paris”

169 JUDDMONTE GRAND PRIX DE PARIS G1 SAINT-CLOUD. Jul 14. 3yoc&f. 2400m.

1. SHAKEEL (FR) 9-2 £293,026 b c by Dalakhani - Shamiyra (Medicean) O-H H Aga Khan B-S.A. Aga Khan TR-A De Royer-Dupre 2. Permian (IRE) 9-2 £117,231 b c by Teofilo - Tessa Reef (Mark of Esteem) O-Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum B-Darley TR-Mark Johnston 3. Venice Beach (IRE) 9-2 £58,615 b c by Galileo - Danedrop (Danehill) O-Smith/Mrs Magnier/Tabor/Flaxman Stables B-Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt TR-Aidan O’Brien Margins Nose, 1. Time 2:30.42. Going Good. Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 2

Places 4

Earned £346,345

Sire: DALAKHANI. Sire of 54 Stakes winners. In 2017 - SHAKEEL Medicean G1, DEFOE Pivotal LR, SECOND STEP Sadler’s Wells LR. 1st Dam: Shamiyra by Medicean. unraced. Dam of 1 winner: 2014: SHAKEEL (c Dalakhani) 2 wins at 3 in France, Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris G1, 2nd Prix Hocquart Longines G2, 3rd Prix du Lys G3. 2015: Shamdor (c Kendargent) unraced to date. 2016: (c Oasis Dream) 2nd Dam: SHEMALA by Danehill. 2 wins at 3 in France Prix Madame Jean Couturie LR. Dam of SHEMIYLA (f Dalakhani: Prix Allez France G3) Broodmare Sire: MEDICEAN. Sire of the dams of 14 Stakes winners. In 2017 - SHAKEEL Dalakhani G1, DRUMFAD BAY Acclamation LR, ROYAL HONOUR Archipenko LR.

SHAKEEL b c 2014 Shirley Heights Darshaan Delsy DALAKHANI gr 00 Miswaki Daltawa Damana Machiavellian Medicean Mystic Goddess SHAMIYRA b 09 Danehill Shemala Shemaka

Mill Reef Hardiemma Abdos Kelty Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Crystal Palace Denia Mr Prospector Coup de Folie Storm Bird Rose Goddess Danzig Razyana Nishapour Shashna

At the time that Dalakhani was retired from stallion duties at the age of 16 in 2016, this Aga Khan stallion had eight Gr1 winners to his credit: Conduit, Moonstone, Reliable Man, Chinese White, Integral, Duncan, Second Step and Seismos. Remarkably, none of the eight had raced for the Aga, who had campaigned the Gr2 winners Candarliya and Vadamar as well as several Gr3 winners. However, the Aga Khan finally has his Dalakhani Gr1 winner in the form of Shakeel, who edged out the front-running Permian to land the Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris. This was only his second success from six starts. Although Dalakhani’s stallion career effectively spanned only 12 years, he had the extraordinary record of having sired Group winners from three generations of Shakeel’s female line. Mated to Shakeel’s third dam Shemaka in his first season in 2004, Dalakhani sired the dual Gr3-winning filly Shemima, who won at up to 15 furlongs. Shemaka had been a top performer, her best victory coming in the 1993 Prix de Diane.

Shemaka produced two other stakes-winning daughters in addition to Shemima. One of them, the mileand-a-quarter Listed winner Shemala, visited Dalakhani in 2005 and she too did well, producing the Gr3 Prix Allez France winner Shemiyla. In 2013 it was the turn of Shemiyla’s unraced half-sister Shamiyra, who produced Shakeel. As Shamiyra is a daughter of Medicean, Shakeel is inbred 4 x 4 to Mr Prospector. Unfortunately for the Aga Khan, Shamiyra was sent to Arqana’s December Sale months after producing Shakeel and was bought by Gilles Forien for €190,000. She has since produced sons by Kendargent and Oasis Dream. Shakeel isn’t his family’s first Gr1 winner at Saint-Cloud. His fifth dam Shamim produced the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner Shakapour. She also produced Shademah, who found fame as the dam of dual Derby winner Shahrastani. 170 DARLEY IRISH OAKS G1 CURRAGH. Jul 15. 3yof. 12f.

1. ENABLE (GB) 9-0 £64,957 b f by Nathaniel - Concentric (Sadler’s Wells) O-Mr K. Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd TR-John Gosden 2. Rain Goddess (IRE) 9-0 £64,957 b f by Galileo - Where (Danehill Dancer) O-Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Mr D.Smith B-Where Syndicate TR-Aidan O’Brien 3. Eziyra (IRE) 9-0 £30,769 ch f by Teofilo - Eytarna (Dubai Destination) O-H H Aga Khan B-His Highness the Aga Khan’s Studs S.C. TR-D K Weld Margins 5.5, 2. Time 2:32.13. Going Good to Firm. Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 5

Places Earned 1 £1,104,057

Sire: NATHANIEL. Sire of 3 Stakes winners. In 2017 ENABLE Sadler’s Wells G1, GOD GIVEN Dubai Destination LR, NATAVIA Arazi 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 3 winners: 2010: Considerate (f Dansili) unraced. Broodmare. 2011: TOURNAMENT (g Oasis Dream) 3 wins. 2012: Contribution (f Champs Elysees) 2 wins at 3 in France, 3rd Shadwell Prix de Pomone G2. 2013: Birdwood (f Oasis Dream) unraced. 2014: ENABLE (f Nathaniel) 5 wins at 2 and 3, Darley Irish Oaks G1, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S G1, Investec Oaks S G1, Arkle Finance Cheshire Oaks LR. 2015: Centroid (c Dansili) unraced to date. 2016: (f Dansili) 2017: (f Frankel) 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 VIRTUAL GAME, Projected, Delivery, Zamoura, TUK TUK. Broodmare Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of the dams of 405 Stakes winners. In 2017 - ENABLE Nathaniel G1, LIZZIE L’AMOUR Zabeel G1, SOMEHOW Fastnet Rock G2, BALLAGH ROCKS Stormy Atlantic G3, ILITSHE Fastnet Rock G3, KISS ME KETUT Danroad G3, MATCHWINNER Sternkoenig G3, TORCEDOR Fastnet Rock G3.

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Galileo NATHANIEL b 08 Magnificient Style

Sadler’s Wells CONCENTRIC b 04 Apogee

See race 54 in the July issue 171 DARLEY JULY CUP STAKES G1 NEWMARKET. Jul 15. 3yo+. 6f.

1. HARRY ANGEL (IRE) 3 9-0 £283,550 b c by Dark Angel - Beatrix Potter (Cadeaux Genereux) O-Godolphin B-CBS Bloodstock TR-Clive Cox 2. Limato (IRE) 5 9-6 £107,500 b g by Tagula - Come April (Singspiel) O-Mr Paul G. Jacobs B-S. Phelan TR-Henry Candy 3. Brando (GB) 5 9-6 £53,800 ch g by Pivotal - Argent du Bois (Silver Hawk) O-Mrs Angie Bailey B-Car Colston Hall Stud TR-Kevin Ryan Margins 1.25, 0.5. Time 1:11.20. Going Good to Firm. Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 3

Places 3

Earned £482,632

Sire: DARK ANGEL. Sire of 38 Stakes winners. In 2017 - HARRY ANGEL Cadeaux Genereux G1, BATTAASH Lawman G2, HUNT Vettori G2, SOVEREIGN DEBT Most Welcome G2, REALTRA Dr Devious G3, REHANA Selkirk G3, KHAFOO SHEMEMI Peintre Celebre LR, MARKAZI Barathea LR, MELESINA Haafhd LR. 1st Dam: Beatrix Potter by Cadeaux Genereux. Dam of 2 winners: 2011: GOLDEN JOURNEY (c Nayef) 2 wins. 2012: Blackfoot Brave (g Iffraaj) 2013: Hilltop Ranger (f Bushranger) 2014: HARRY ANGEL (c Dark Angel) Sold 41,904gns yearling at DNPRM. 3 wins at 2 and 3, Darley July Cup S G1, Armstrong Aggregates Sandy Lane S G2, Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef S G2, 2nd Commonwealth Cup G1, Merribelle Stable Pavilion S G3. 2015: Cileopatra (f Kodiac) unraced to date. 2nd Dam: Great Joy by Grand Lodge. 1 win at 3 in Germany, 2nd Dusseldorfer BMW Preis LR. Dam of XTENSION (c Xaar: The BMW Champions’ Mile G1 (twice), 3rd Jumeirah Dewhurst S G1, Prix Jean Prat G1, Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Mile G1), A Huge Dream (f Refuse To Bend: 2nd Prix de Bonneval LR) Broodmare Sire: CADEAUX GENEREUX. Sire of the dams of 57 Stakes winners. In 2017 - HARRY ANGEL Dark Angel G1, TASLEET Showcasing G2, MAGICAL MEMORY Zebedee G3, OBSERVATIONAL Galileo G3. The Dark Angel/Cadeaux Genereux cross has produced: HARRY ANGEL G1, Midnite Angel G3.

HARRY ANGEL b c 2014 Waajib Flying Melody Princess Athena Ahonoora Shopping Wise DARK ANGEL gr 05 Mr Prospector Machiavellian Coup de Folie Midnight Angel Night Shift Night At Sea Into Harbour Young Generation Balidar Brig O’Doon Cadeaux Genereux Sharpen Up Smarten Up L’Anguissola BEATRIX POTTER ch 05 Chief’s Crown Grand Lodge La Papagena Great Joy Spectacular Bid Cheese Soup Avum Royal Applause

Acclamation

It is arguably harder for a speed sire to rack up a large number of Gr1 winners, because of the comparatively

modest number of Gr1 contests over five, six or seven furlongs. For example, Dark Angel’s 23 Group/Graded winners feature just three Gr1 winners – but each of them has landed at least one major sprint. Lethal Force won the Diamond Jubilee and the July Cup; Mecca’s Angel took two editions of the Nunthorpe; and now the impressively fast Harry Angel has given Dark Angel his second success in the July Cup. All three of these Gr1 winners were conceived during the six years when Dark Angel’s fee ranged from €7,000 to €12,500. It is going to be fascinating to see what he might achieve with his next few crops, sired at fees between €27,500 and €65,000. Dark Angel’s success inevitably brought him to the attention of the major breeding operations and it was announced in the summer of 2015 that Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley operation had purchased an interest in the son of Acclamation. The Return of Mares lists at least 23 Darley mares – now under the Godolphin banner – among the roughly 200 mares covered by Dark Angel in 2016. Godolphin’s admiration for Dark Angel also resulted in the purchase of Harry Angel after he had landed his second Gr2 success, in the Sandy Lane Stakes. He had earlier followed in Dark Angel’s footsteps in winning the Mill Reef Stakes. Harry Angel’s dam Beatrix Potter is by Cadeaux Genereux, winner of the July Cup in 1989. Cadeaux Genereux’s Gr1 winners ranged from the fast two-year-olds Bahamian Bounty, Embassy and Hoh Magic to that redoubtable stayer Red Cadeaux, but Beatrix Potter wasn’t one of his better efforts. She failed to win during a 15-race career in Ireland, though she was placed over six, seven and eight furlongs. She is the second Cadeaux Genereux mare to produce a July Cup winner, following the Gr2 winner Land Of Dreams, dam of the 2011 winner Dream Ahead. Harry Angel’s second dam, the Grand Lodge mare Great Joy, was Listed-placed over seven furlongs at three in Germany. She is the dam of Xtension, the son of Xaar whose achievements included a victory in the Gr2 Vintage Stakes, a fourth place in the 2,000 Guineas and two victories in Hong Kong’s Gr1 BMW Champions’ Mile. 172 KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES G1 ASCOT. Jul 29. 3yo+. 11f 110yds.

1. ENABLE (GB) 3 8-7 £652,165 b f by Nathaniel - Concentric (Sadler’s Wells) O-Mr K. Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd TR-John Gosden 2. Ulysses (IRE) 4 9-7 £247,250 ch c by Galileo - Light Shift (Kingmambo) O-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd B-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd TR-Sir Michael Stoute 3. Idaho (IRE) 4 9-7 £123,740 b c by Galileo - Hveger (Danehill) O-Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier B-Hveger Syndicate TR-Aidan O’Brien Margins 4.5, 0.75. Time 2:36.20. Going Good to Soft.

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European Pattern Age 2-3

Starts 6

Wins 5

Places Earned 1 £1,104,057

1st Dam: MISTY FOR ME by Galileo. Champion 2yr old filly in Ireland and France in 2010, Champion 3yr old filly in Ireland in 2011. 5 wins at 2 and 3 at home, France, Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas G1, Moyglare Stud S G1, Stobart Ireland Pretty Polly S G1, Total Prix Marcel Boussac G1, 3rd Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron S G1, Emirates Airlines Breeders’ Cup F&M Turf G1. Own sister to BALLYDOYLE and TWIRL. Dam of 3 winners: 2013: COVER SONG (f Fastnet Rock) 2 wins at 3 in USA, Autumn Miss S G3. 2014: ROLY POLY (f War Front). 5 wins at 2 and 3 at home, France, Tattersalls Falmouth S G1, Prix Rothschild G1, I.C. Duchess Of Cambridge S G2, Grangecon Stud Balanchine S G3, 2nd Connollys Red Mills Cheveley Park S G1, Coronation S G1, Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas G1, Sky Bet Lowther S G2. 2015: U S Navy Flag (c War Front) Winner at 2, 2nd Arqana July S G2. 2016: (f War Front) 2nd Dam: Butterfly Cove by Storm Cat. unraced. Own sister to KAMARINSKAYA. Dam of MISTY FOR ME (f Galileo, see above), BALLYDOYLE (f Galileo: Total Prix Marcel Boussac G1, 2nd Moyglare Stud S G1, Qipco 1000 Guineas G1), TWIRL (f Galileo: Irish Stal.FarmsEBF Hurry Harriet S LR, 2nd Tattersalls Musidora S G3, Lodge Park EBF Park Express S G3) Broodmare Sire: GALILEO. Sire of the dams of 80 Stakes winners. In 2017 - BARNEY ROY Excelebration G1, HALL OF FAME Savabeel G1, ROLY POLY War Front G1, ZHUKOVA Fastnet Rock G1, DARTMOUTH Dubawi G2, GOODYEARFORROSES Azamour G2. The War Front/Galileo cross has produced: ROLY POLY G1, U S Navy Flag G2, Leo Minor LR.

ROLY POLY b f 2014 Danzig WAR FRONT b 02

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Galileo NATHANIEL b 08 Magnificient Style

Sadler’s Wells CONCENTRIC b 04 Apogee

See race 54 in the July issue 173 PRIX ROTHSCHILD G1 DEAUVILLE. Jul 30. 3yo+f. 1600m.

1. ROLY POLY (USA) 3 8-9 £146,513 b f by War Front - Misty For Me (Galileo) O-Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier B-Misty For Me Syndicate TR-Aidan O’Brien 2. Via Ravenna (IRE) 3 8-9 £58,615 b f by Raven’s Pass - Via Milano (Singspiel) O-Haras de Saint Pair Scea B-Haras de Saint Pair SCEA TR-A. Fabre 3. Siyoushake (IRE) 5 9-3 £29,308 b m by Siyouni - Shakeyourbody (Giant’s Causeway) O-Roy Racing/A. Morley B-Aleyrion Bloodstock Ltd TR-F. Head Margins Short Neck, Short Head. Time 1:36.45. Going Good. Age 2-3

Starts 14

Wins 5

Places 5

Earned £565,142

Sire: WAR FRONT. Sire of 54 Stakes winners. In 2017 AMERICAN PATRIOT Tiznow G1, ROLY POLY Galileo G1, CAMBODIA Smart Strike G2, SPIRIT OF VALOR Grindstone G2, HOMESMAN Red Ransom G3, WAR CORRESPONDENT Rahy G3, GUERRE Hennessy LR, ON LEAVE A P Indy LR, WAR SECRETARY Maria’s Mon LR, WHITECLIFFSOFDOVER A P Indy LR.

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War Front now ranks as the second highest-priced stallion in the US, at $250,000, but his critics are quick to point out that some of his top two-year-olds, such as his Dewhurst Stakes winners Air Force Blue and War Command, were less effective at three. However, that charge couldn’t be levelled against Roly Poly. After a busy first season featuring three wins and very creditable seconds in the Lowther Stakes and the Cheveley Park Stakes, Roly Poly could have been forgiven had she failed to train on. Happily, she has retained all her ability, as she showed when – in the space of 17 days – she led throughout to take the Gr1 Falmouth Stakes and then fought very gamely to land the Prix Rothschild. In winning the Falmouth Stakes, Roly Poly became the first Gr1 winner to represent the proliferating War Front-Galileo cross, which has 13 two-year-old representatives in 2017, including Roly Poly’s useful brother US Navy Flag. Another of these War Front two-year-olds, Air Defence, is

out of Misty For Me’s Group-placed sister Twirl. Their dam Misty For Me also has a 2016 filly and a 2017 colt by War Front. Misty For Me ranked among Galileo’s most successful daughters, winning four times at Gr1 level at up to a mile and a quarter, including the Prix Marcel Boussac and the Irish 1,000 Guineas. Misty For Me is proving similarly effective as a broodmare, with her first three foals all being Group performers. Her first foal, the Fastnet Rock filly Cover Song, realised $1.6 million soon after she had become a Gr3 winner over a mile on turf at Santa Anita. As a dual Gr1 winner at two, Misty For Me established herself as one of Galileo’s most precocious daughters and so did her younger sister, the Classic-placed Ballydoyle, who emulated her sister’s win in the Prix Marcel Boussac. These sisters had every right to be precocious as their dam, the unraced Butterfly Cove, is by Storm Cat, a multiple champion sire of two-yearolds, out of Mr P’s Princess, dam of the outstanding 1999 two-year-old Fasliyev. Butterfly Cove’s sister Kamarinskaya won the Gr3 Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial before being sold for $2.2 million. Roly Poly’s fourth dam Anne Campbell was once voted Kentucky Broodmare of the Year, having produced the Kentucky Derby seconds Desert Wine and Menifee. 174 GROSSER DALLMAYR BAYERISCHES ZUCHTRENNEN G1 MUNICH. Jul 30. 3yo+. 2000m.

1. IQUITOS (GER) 5 9-6 £85,470 b h by Adlerflug - Irika (Areion) O-Stall Mulligan B-Frau Dr Erika Buhmann TR-H-J Groschel 2. Best Solution (IRE) 3 8-12 £25,641 b c by Kodiac - Al Andalyya (Kingmambo) O-Godolphin B-C. & M. McCracken TR-Saeed bin Suroor 3. Potemkin (GER) 6 9-6 £12,821 b/br h by New Approach - Praia (Big Shuffle) O-Klaus Allofs & Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof B-Siftung Gestut Fahrhof TR-A Wohler Margins 1.5, 2.75. Time 2:05.12. Going Good. Age 3-5

Starts 16

Wins 6

Places 7

IQUITOS b h 2012 Sadler’s Wells In The Wings High Hawk ADLERFLUG ch 04 Last Tycoon Aiyana Alya Big Shuffle Areion Aerleona IRIKA b 05 Nebos Ingrid Iracema

Bearing in mind that Adlerflug has only 137 foals of racing age, including only 24 three-year-olds and 16 two-year-olds, this winner of the Deutsches Derby and the Deutschland Preis is siring an eye-catching proportion of Group winners. His tally stands at nine, comprising three winners at Gr1 level, four at Gr2 and two at Gr3. Two of them – the fillies Tusked Wings and the Preis der Diana winner Lacazar – come from his 24-strong 2014 crop. Adlerflug’s success has led to a change in location. After seven years at Gestut Harzburg, the flashy chesnut has been transferred to the famous Gestut Schlenderhan, where he was bred. His fee has risen from €5,500 to €12,000. His main flag-bearer has been Iquitos, winner of the Gr1 Grosser Preis von Baden in 2016 and now the Grosser Dallmayr Preis-Bayerisches Zuchtrennen, in which he proved too strong for Best Solution. Iquitos is out of the four-time German winner Irika and is the first major winner out of a mare by Areion, Germany’s champion sire in 2010, 2013 and 2015. Coincidentally, Adlerflug shares the same sire, In The Wings, as the German Horse of the Year Soldier Hollow, who pushed Areion into second place in Germany’s 2016 sires’ championship. He is the first Group winner produced by any of his first three dams, but his fourth dam Ipameri was a sister to Imperator, winner of the Zukunfts-Rennen. 175 QATAR GOODWOOD CUP STAKES G1

Earned £297,797

Sire: ADLERFLUG. Sire of 11 Stakes winners. In 2017 - IQUITOS Areion G1, LACAZAR Dai Jin G1, TUSKED WINGS Acatenango G2. 1st Dam: IRIKA by Areion. 4 wins at 3 and 4 in Germany. Own sister to Inanya. Dam of 1 winner: 2012: IQUITOS (c Adlerflug) 5 wins at 3 and 4 in Germany, Grosser Dallmayr Bayerisches Zuchtrennen G1, Longines Grosser Preis von Baden G1, Grosser Preis der Badischen Wirtschaft G2, 2nd www.pferdewetten.de Grosser Hansa Preis G2 (twice), Grosser Preis der Badischen Wirtschaft G2, Grosser Preis der Sparkasse Krefeld G3. 2014: Imperator (c Soldier Hollow) unraced to date. 2014: Imperator (c Soldier Hollow) 2015: International Love (f Kamsin) unraced to date. 2nd Dam: INGRID by Nebos. 1 win at 2 in Germany. Own sister to Inkognito. Dam of Inanya (f Areion: 2nd G.P. Dr. Klein AG Eilert Bauunternehmung LR) Broodmare Sire: AREION. Sire of the dams of 3 Stakes winners. In 2017 - IQUITOS Adlerflug G1, ASHIANA Mastercraftsman LR.

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Shirley Heights Sunbittern Try My Best Mill Princess Lombard Anatevka Super Concorde Raise Your Skirts Caerleon Alata Caro Nostrana Konigsstuhl Ipameri

GOODWOOD. Aug 1. 3yo+. 16f.

1. STRADIVARIUS (IRE) 3 8-8 £296,593 ch c by Sea The Stars - Private Life (Bering) O-Mr B. E. Nielsen B-B. E. Nielsen TR-John Gosden 2. Big Orange (GB) 6 9-7 £112,445 b g by Duke of Marmalade - Miss Brown To You (Fasliyev) O-W. J. and T. C. O. Gredley B-Stetchworth & Middle Park Studs Ltd TR-Michael Bell 3. Desert Skyline (IRE) 3 8-8 £56,275 ch g by Tamayuz - Diamond Tango (Acatenango) O-C Benham/ D Whitford/ L Quinn/ K Quinn B-Tinnakill Bloodstock & Cannings TR-David Elsworth Margins 1.75, 3.5. Time 3:25.40. Going Good. Age 2-3

Starts 7

Wins 4

Places 2

Earned £399,777

Sire: SEA THE STARS. Sire of 42 Stakes winners. In 2017 - CLOTH OF STARS Kingmambo G1, MEKHTAAL Silver Hawk G1, STRADIVARIUS Bering G1, ARMANDE Verglas G2, MUTAKAYYEF Pivotal G2, CRYSTAL OCEAN Mark of Esteem G3, ENDLESS TIME Fantastic Light G3, RAHEEN HOUSE Monsun G3, BEAULY Piccolo LR, NIGHT

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Caulfield on Here Comes When: “The seven-year-old gelding’s 20-1 SP in the Sussex reflected a record that included only two previous Group wins, both gained as long ago as 2014”

MUSIC Monsun LR, SEPTEMBER STARS Rock of Gibraltar LR, SIRRIN Kalanisi 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: PERFECTIONIST (c Fantastic Light) 7 wins at 4 to 6 in Denmark. 2004: PERSIAN STORM (g Monsun) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in Germany, Furstenberg-Rennen G3, German Tote Bavarian Classic G3. 2005: (f Pivotal). died as a foal. 2007: Persona Non Grata (g Azamour) 2008: Magical Eve (f Oratorio) Winner at 4 in South Africa, 3rd Steel Doctor The Scarlet Lady LR. Broodmare. 2010: PLUTOCRACY (g Dansili) 4 wins at 3 and 6. 2011: Rembrandt Van Rijn (g Peintre Celebre) 4 wins at 4, 3rd Abu Dhabi Championship G3. 2014: STRADIVARIUS (c Sea The Stars) Sold 330,000gns yearling at TAOC1. 4 wins at 2 and 3, Qatar Goodwood Cup S G1, Queen’s Vase 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 79 Stakes winners.

STRADIVARIUS ch c 2014 Green Desert Cape Cross Park Appeal SEA THE STARS b 06 Miswaki Urban Sea Allegretta Arctic Tern Bering Beaune PRIVATE LIFE b 97 Sadler’s Wells Poughkeepsie Pawneese

Danzig Foreign Courier Ahonoora Balidaress Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Lombard Anatevka Sea Bird II Bubbling Beauty Lyphard Barbra Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Carvin II Plencia

Few three-year-olds have contested the Goodwood Cup in recent years but there was a time when they had creditable record against the older stayers, even when the Cup was over two miles five furlongs. Perhaps the race’s promotion to Gr1 has encouraged a change of attitude, with the Gr2 Queen’s Vase winner Stradivarius and the Bahrain Trophy runner-up Desert Skyline taking on their elders. They proved the only ones capable of challenging the Gold Cup winner Big Orange as he tried to take the Goodwood Cup for a third time, with Stradivarius proving too strong in receipt of 13lb. Stradivarius’ second season began with a win in a Beverley handicap over a mile and a quarter and he has clearly improved considerably as the distances lengthened. His Group wins act as a reminder that his sire Sea The Stars is often an influence for stamina. His progeny have an average winning distance of 10.9 furlongs, whereas his half-brother Galileo has a figure of 11.2. Raheen House, another son of Sea The Stars, defeated Desert Skyline in the Gr3 Bahrain Trophy over 13 furlongs. Stradivarius is the third very useful performer to have represented the

Listed-placed Bering mare Private Life. Her Monsun gelding Persian Storm was a dual Gr3 winner over ten furlongs in Germany, while her Peintre Celebre gelding Rembrandt Van Rijn stayed at least 14 furlongs in the UAE. Stradivarius has a very distinguished third dam in Pawneese, who won the Oaks, the Prix de Diane and the King George on her way to proving herself Europe’s champion three-year-old filly of 1976. Pawneese proved a major disappointment as a broodmare, but her Sadler’s Wells filly Poughkeepsie did better. In addition to Stradivarius’ dam, she produced the Listed winner Parisienne, who ranks as the second dam of the Melbourne Cup and Grosser Preis von Berlin winner Protectionist. 176 QATAR SUSSEX STAKES G1 GOODWOOD. Aug 2. 3yo+. 8f.

1. HERE COMES WHEN (IRE) 7 9-8 £560,200 br g by Danehill Dancer - Quad’s Melody (Spinning World) O-Mrs Fitri Hay B-Old Carhue & Graeng Bloodstock TR-Andrew Balding 2. Ribchester (IRE) 4 9-8 £213,300 b c by Iffraaj - Mujarah (Marju) O-Godolphin B-A. Thompson & M. O’Brien TR-Richard Fahey 3. Lightning Spear (GB) 6 9-8 £106,800 ch h by Pivotal - Atlantic Destiny (Royal Academy) O-Qatar Racing Limited B-Newsells Park Stud Limited TR-David Simcock Margins Neck, 0.75. Time 1:46.10. Going Soft. Age 2-7

Starts 29

Wins 8

Places 10

Earned £841,812

Sire: DANEHILL DANCER. Sire of 176 Stakes winners. In 2017 - HERE COMES WHEN Spinning World G1, QEMAH Rainbow Quest G2, COMMODORE Singspiel LR. 1st Dam: QUAD’S MELODY by Spinning World. 2 wins at 2 in France, Prix d’Aumale G3. Dam of 4 winners: 2005: Winning First (c Grand Slam) ran on the flat in Hong Kong. 2006: CALIFORNIA MOON (c Malibu Moon) 5 wins at 3 and 4 in Hong Kong. 2007: Action (f Action This Day) ran once. 2009: MORANT BAY (f Montjeu) Winner at 3. Broodmare. 2010: HERE COMES WHEN (g Danehill Dancer) Sold 139,572gns yearling at GOOY1. 8 wins to 2017 at home, Germany, Qatar Sussex S G1, vision.ae Challenge S G2, Darley Oettingen Rennen G2, Betfred Hambleton H LR, 2nd bet365 Mile G2, Doom Bar Supreme S G3, 3rd John Sunley Memorial Criterion S G3, Tote EBF King Richard III S LR, sunbets.co.uk Midsummer S LR. 2011: Manipulation (g Invincible Spirit) 2013: Quads (f Shamardal) unraced. 2014: Melodic Motion (f Nathaniel) 3 wins at 3, 3rd Markel Insurance Lillie Langtry S G3. 2016: (c Sea The Stars) 2nd Dam: Fab’s Melody by Devil’s Bag. Dam of BONAPARTISTE (c Kendor: Del Mar H G2, 2nd Oak Tree Turf Championship S G1, Eddie Read H G1, Hollywood Turf Cup S G1, 3rd Oak Tree Turf Championship S G1), QUAD’S MELODY (f Spinning World, see above), SABLIER NOIR (g Marchand de Sable: Prix Georges Trabaud LR), GO GOT (c Solid Illusion: Prix Max Sicard LR, Derby de l’Ouest LR, Grand Prix de la Riviera Cote d’Azur LR) Broodmare Sire: SPINNING WORLD. Sire of the dams of 41 Stakes winners. In 2017 - HERE COMES WHEN Danehill Dancer G1, THEE AULD FLOOZIE Mastercraftsman G1, ARAAJA Iffraaj LR. The Danehill Dancer/Spinning World cross has produced: HERE COMES WHEN G1, Eldandy G2.

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HERE COMES WHEN br g 2010 Danzig Danehill Razyana DANEHILL DANCER b 93 Sharpen Up Mira Adonde Lettre d’Amour Nureyev Spinning World Imperfect Circle QUAD’S MELODY b 99 Devil’s Bag Fab’s Melody Distinctive Moon

2014: Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty Spring Adieu Atan Rocchetta Caro Lianga Northern Dancer Special Riverman Aviance Halo Ballade Distinctive Eloquent Es

2015: 2016:

WINTER (f Galileo) 5 wins at 2 and 3, Coronation S G1, Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas G1, Qatar Nassau S G1, Qipco 1000 Guineas G1, 2nd Ballylinch 1000 Guineas Trial S G3. Snowflakes (f Galileo) in training. (f Galileo)

Broodmare Sire: CHOISIR. Sire of the dams of 12 Stakes winners. In 2017 - WINTER Galileo G1, BRAZUCA Teofilo G2, ECKSTEIN I Am Invincible G3, SEANNIE Sebring LR, TISBUTADREAM Dream Ahead LR.

WINTER gr f 2014 Northern Dancer

Danehill Dancer was retired from stallion duties during the 2014 breeding season after the then 21year-old had failed to get any mares in foal. The last crop of any significant size by 2009’s champion sire was born in 2013, so we have become accustomed to seeing his name crop up more as a broodmare sire. But his 2013 crop contained Qemah, winner of the Gr1 Coronation Stakes, and now – unexpectedly – he has added another Gr1 winner to a list which features the likes of Mastercraftsman, Choisir, Dancing Rain, Again, Speciosa, Legatissimo, Lillie Langtry, Planteur and Esoterique. This latest Gr1 winner is the sevenyear-old gelding Here Comes When, whose 20-1 SP in the Sussex Stakes reflected a record that included only two previous Group wins, both gained as long ago as 2014. However, those previous Group victories had both been gained on soft going and the rain-softened ground at Goodwood helped Here Comes When record by far his biggest success. Here Comes When’s dam, the Gr3 two-year-old winner Quad’s Melody, was by the top-class miler Spinning World. She was one of four stakes winners produced by the non-winning Fab’s Melody, the best of the others being Bonapartiste, a son of Kendor who earned nearly $750,000 in high quality turf races in the US, notably winning the Gr2 Del Mar Handicap. 177 QATAR NASSAU STAKES G1 GOODWOOD. Aug 3. 3yo+f. 9f 110yds.

1. WINTER (IRE) 3 8-13 £340,260 gr f by Galileo - Laddies Poker Two (Choisir) O-Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Mr D.Smith B-Laddies Poker Two Syndicate TR-Aidan O’Brien 2. Blond Me (IRE) 5 9-7 £129,000 ch m by Tamayuz - Holda (Docksider) O-Mrs Barbara M. Keller B-Wardstown Stud Ltd TR-Andrew Balding 3. Sobetsu (GB) 3 8-13 £64,560 b f by Dubawi - Lake Toya (Darshaan) O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Charlie Appleby Margins 1.5, Neck. Time 2:11.70. Going Soft. Age 2-3

Starts 8

Wins 5

Places Earned 3 £1,032,755

Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge GALILEO b 98 Miswaki Urban Sea Allegretta Danehill Dancer Choisir Great Selection LADDIES POKER TWO gr 05 Favorite Trick Break of Day Quelle Affaire

Nearctic Natalma Bold Reason Special Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal Lombard Anatevka Danehill Mira Adonde Lunchtime Pensive Mood Phone Trick Evil Elaine Riverman Ancient Regime

See race 52 in the July issue 178 LARC - PRIX MAURICE DE GHEEST G1 DEAUVILLE. Aug 6. 3yo+. 1300m.

1. BRANDO (GB) 5 9-3 £185,583 ch g by Pivotal - Argent du Bois (Silver Hawk) O-Mrs Angie Bailey B-Car Colston Hall Stud TR-Kevin Ryan 2. Aclaim (IRE) 4 9-3 £74,246 b c by Acclamation - Aris (Danroad) O-Canning Downs & Partner B-D. Farrington & Canning Downs TR-Martyn Meade 3. Tupi (IRE) 5 9-3 £37,123 b g by Tamayuz - Carioca (Rakti) O-Michael Kerr-Dineen & Martin Hughes B-Kabansk Ltd & Rathbarry Stud TR-Richard Hannon Margins 0.5, 1.75. Time 1:15.61. Going Good. Age 2-5

Starts 20

Wins 7

Places 9

Earned £578,998

Sire: PIVOTAL. Sire of 138 Stakes winners. In 2017 BRANDO Silver Hawk G1, ROSA IMPERIAL Kingmambo G3, AVILIUS Sunday Silence LR, HAGGLE Daylami LR, TOGETHER AGAIN Teofilo LR. 1st Dam: Argent du Bois by Silver Hawk. Dam of 7 winners: 2001: TICKER TAPE (f Royal Applause) 8 wins at 2, 3 and 5 at home, USA, Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S G1, American Oaks Invitational G1, 2nd Del Mar Oaks G1, 3rd Matriarch S G1. Grandam of WAR DECREE (c War Front: 2 wins at 2, Qatar Vintage S G2), Noble Quality (c Elusive Quality: winner to 2016 in USA, 3rd English Channel S) 2002: SILVER BARK (f Royal Applause) Winner at 2. Dam of Silver Meadow (f Teofilo: 2 wins at 3 and 4 in France, 3rd P.Maurice Zilber Fonds Euro.de L’Elevage LR), Toofi (g Henrythenavigator: Winner at 2, 2nd Tamdown King Charles II S LR) 2003: Sant Elena (f Efisio) 3 wins, 2nd Flaming Page S LR. Dam of RECKLESS ABANDON (g Exchange Rate: 5 wins at 2 at home, France, vision.ae Middle Park S G1, Darley Prix Morny G1), Best Approach (c New Approach: Winner at 2 in Japan, 2nd TV Tokyo Hai Aoba Sho (Derby Trial) G2) 2004: WOODLAND FAERY (f Act One) Winner at 2 in France. 2007: CENTIME (f Royal Applause) Winner at 3. Dam of Encore L’Amour (f Azamour: Winner at 2, 2nd Bibendum Height of Fashion S LR) 2010: GRAYSWOOD (g Dalakhani) 2 wins at 3 and 4. 2011: Border Guard (g Selkirk) 2012: BRANDO (g Pivotal) Sold 52,000gns yearling at TAOC2. 7 wins at 3 to 5 at home, France, LARC - Prix Maurice de Gheest G1, Connaught Flooring Abernant S G3, The Coral Charge Sprint S G3, 2nd Kilfrush Stud

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European Pattern Sapphire S G2, 3rd Qipco British Champions Sprint S G1, Darley July Cup S G1. (c Cape Cross)

2016:

2nd Dam: Wiener Wald by Woodman. ran on the flat in USA at 2 and 3. Dam of CROWDED HOUSE (c Rainbow Quest: Racing Post Trophy G1, 2nd TVG Pacific Classic S G1), ON REFLECTION (c Rainbow Quest: Grand Prix Gaston Defferre LR, 3rd Prix Berteux-Etalon Marchande de Sable G3), Forest Crown (f Royal Applause: 3rd EBF Dick Hern Fillies S LR, Normandie Stud EBF Fleur de Lys S LR), Riotous Applause (f Royal Applause: 3rd Timeform Cecil Frail S LR), Wiener Valkyrie (f Shamardal: 2nd Betfred EBF Stallions Dick Hern S LR, 2nd Athenia S G3). Grandam of DARING DANCER, INVINCIBLE WARRIOR, HAMP, Zamour. Broodmare Sire: SILVER HAWK. Sire of the dams of 85 Stakes winners. In 2017 - BRANDO Pivotal G1, MEKHTAAL Sea The Stars G1. The Pivotal/Silver Hawk cross has produced: BRANDO G1, SILVER PIVOTAL G3.

BRANDO ch g 2012 Northern Dancer Special Jefferson Marie d’Argonne Mohair Caro Cozzene Ride The Trails Bustino Stufida Zerbinetta Hail To Reason Roberto Bramalea Amerigo Gris Vitesse Matchiche II Mr Prospector Woodman Playmate Chapel of Dreams Northern Dancer Terlingua Nureyev

Polar Falcon PIVOTAL ch 93 Fearless Revival

Silver Hawk ARGENT DU BOIS b 96 Wiener Wald

The concept that fast horses mature quickly is often far from the truth, as was illustrated by Pivotal’s two representatives in the Prix Maurice de Gheest. One, Rosa Imperial, hasn’t raced at two or three and the other, Brando, was rated no higher than 88 by Timeform after he had failed to win in five juvenile starts in 2014. Happily for Brando’s connections, he has proved progressive since he

was gelded at the end of his first season. By the end of 2015 his rating stood at 99p and by the end of 2016 had soared to 125, following wins at Gr3 level and in the Ayr Gold Cup. Brando is doing even better at five, thanks to wins in the Gr3 Abernant and now Gr1 Maurice de Gheest. Judging by the style of his Deauville success, further Group victories await. Brando’s price of 115,000gns as a two-year-old suggests he is well-bred and he is, although neither his dam Argent du Bois nor his second dam, Wiener Wald, won. His third dam, the high-class American turf filly Chapel Of Dreams, realised $850,000 as a yearling, a few months before threeparts-brother Storm Cat secured his first stakes victory in the Gr1 Young America Stakes. Chapel Of Dreams justified her price at four, when her six successes included two Gr2s. Chapel Of Dreams was herself a daughter of the flying American filly Terlingua. She proved nowhere near as good a broodmare as Terlingua but her daughters and grand-daughters have made amends. Wiener Wald’s finest achievement was her son Crowded House, winner of the Gr1 Racing Post Trophy, while Argent du Bois produced Brando’s Gr1-winning half-sister Ticker Tape. Brando is also a half-brother to the dam of Reckless Abandon, winner of the Gr1 Prix Morny and Gr1 Middle Park Stakes. 179 HENKEL PREIS DER DIANA GERMAN OAKS G1

O-Rashit Shaykhutdinov B-Le Thenney S.A. TR-A Wohler 3. Wuheida (GB) 9-2 £42,735 ch f by Dubawi - Hibaayeb (Singspiel) O-Godolphin B-Darley Stud Management Company Ltd TR-Charlie Appleby Margins 0.75, 4. Time 2:17.45. Going Soft. Age 2-3

Starts 6

Places 2

Earned £36,253

Sire: ADLERFLUG. Sire of 11 Stakes winners. In 2017 - IQUITOS Areion G1, LACAZAR Dai Jin G1, TUSKED WINGS Acatenango G2. 1st Dam: Laey Diamond by Dai Jin. unraced. Own sister to LIANG KAY. Dam of 2 winners: 2012: Liberry Gold (c Adlerflug) Winner at 2 in Germany, 2nd Herzog von Ratibor Krefeld Rennen G3. 2014: LACAZAR (f Adlerflug) 3 wins at 3 in Germany, Henkel Preis der Diana -German Oaks G1, Mitglieder des Hamburger Stuten Preis G3. 2nd Dam: LINTON BAY by Funambule. 4 wins at 2 and 3 in Germany BMW Preis Dusseldorf LR, Schwarzgold Rennen LR. Dam of LIANG KAY (c Dai Jin: Oppenheim Union-Rennen G2), LAEYA STAR (f Royal Dragon: Jaxx Weidenpescher Stutenpreis LR, 3rd Kolner Herbst Stuten Meile G3), Litaara (f Wiener Walzer: 3rd Soldier Hollow Diana Trial G2). Grandam of Laeyos. Broodmare Sire: DAI JIN. Sire of the dams of 3 Stakes winners. The Adlerflug/Dai Jin cross has produced: LACAZAR G1, Liberry Gold G3.

LACAZAR ch f 2014 Sadler’s Wells In The Wings High Hawk ADLERFLUG ch 04 Last Tycoon Aiyana Alya

DUSSELDORF. Aug 6. 3yof. 2200m.

1. LACAZAR (GER) 9-2 £256,410 ch f by Adlerflug - Laey Diamond (Dai Jin) O-Gestut Haus Zoppenbroich B-Frau Ina Emma Zimmermann TR-P Schiergen 2. Megera (FR) 9-2 £85,470 b f by Motivator - Mantissa (Oratorio)

Wins 3

Peintre Celebre Dai Jin Dawlah LAEY DIAMOND ch 07 Funambule Linton Bay Ludhiana

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Shirley Heights Sunbittern Try My Best Mill Princess Lombard Anatevka Nureyev Peinture Bleue Shirley Heights Urjwan Lyphard Sonoma Ti Amo Lumaria

Just a week after Adlerflug had enjoyed Gr1 success courtesy of Iquitos, this talented German stallion struck the Gr1 target once again when his daughter Lacazar triumphed in the Henkel-Preis der Diana to record her fourth consecutive success. For further details of Adlerflug’s burgeoning stallion career, see the notes on Iquitos race earlier in this issue. Lacazar is a sister to Liberry Gold, a colt who was Gr3-placed as a twoyear-old. Lacazar stays pretty well, as might be expected of a filly inbred 4 x 4 to Shirley Heights. She has plenty of Classic connections, her broodmare sire being Dai Jin, a Peintre Celebre colt who won the 2003 Deutsches Derby. Lacazar’s dam Laey Diamond is a sister to Liang Kay, who proved himself one of Dai Jin’s best sons when he won the 2008 Union Rennen over a mile and three furlongs. Their dam Linton Bay was also represented in Lacazar’s Preis der Diana via 12th-placed Litaara, who had finished third in the Gr2 DianaTrial. Linton Bay, a daughter of Funambule, had also been among the better females of her generation, notably winning the SchwarzgoldRennen over a mile. Lacazar’s fifth dam Liebesglut was a sister to Lis, the Preis der Diana winner of 1963. Lis, in turn, became the dam of the important stallion Literat, and Lis is also ancestress of the back-to-back Deutsches Derby winners Lando and Laroche.

Group 2 and 3 Races Date 03/07 04/07 05/07 05/07 08/07 08/07 09/07 13/07 13/07 13/07 14/07 14/07 14/07 15/07 15/07 15/07 15/07 16/07 16/07 16/07 16/07 16/07 19/07 20/07 22/07 23/07 27/07 27/07 29/07 29/07 29/07 30/07 01/08 01/08 02/08 03/08 03/08 04/08 04/08 04/08

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Grade G3 G3 G3 G3 G2 G3 G3 G2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G2 G3 G3 G2 G3 G3 G3 G2 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G3

Race (course) F.-Gunther von Gaertner Gedachtnisrennen (Hamburg) Sparkasse Holstein-Cup Hamburg Trophy (Hamburg) Irish Stall. Farms EBF Brownstown Stakes (Fairyhouse) G. P. von Lotto Hamburger Flieger Trophy (Hamburg) Bet 365 Lancashire Oaks (Haydock Park) Coral Charge Sprint Stakes (Sandown Park) Morocco Cup Prix Chloe (Chantilly) Arqana July Stakes (Newmarket) Arqana Princess of Wales’s Stakes (Newmarket) Bahrain Trophy (Newmarket) bet365 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes (Newmarket) Prix Maurice de Nieuil (Saint-Cloud) Unibet Summer Stakes (York) F.Cowley MBE Memorial Summer Mile Stakes (Ascot) Friarstown Stud Sapphire Stakes (Curragh) bet365 Superlative Stakes (Newmarket) Jebel Ali Silver Anglesey Stakes (Curragh) Meilen Trophy (Cologne) Kilboy Estate Stakes (Curragh) Qatar Airways Minstrel Stakes (Curragh) P.Eugene Adam (G.P.de Maisons-Laffitte) (Maisons-Laffitte) Prix Messidor (Maisons-Laffitte) Grand Prix de Vichy (Vichy) ICON Meld Stakes (Leopardstown) bet365 Hackwood Stakes (Newbury) Prix Robert Papin (Maisons-Laffitte) Japan Racing Association Tyros Stakes (Leopardstown) Turkey Jockey Club Silver Flash Stakes (Leopardstown) Sky Bet York Stakes (York) Juddmonte Princess Margaret Stakes (Ascot) Prix de Psyche (Deauville) Prix de Cabourg (Deauville) Qatar Lennox Stakes (Goodwood) Qatar Vintage Stakes (Goodwood) Bombay Sapphire Molecomb Stakes (Goodwood) Qatar Richmond Stakes (Goodwood) Markel Insurance Lillie Langtry Stakes (Goodwood) Qatar King George Stakes (Goodwood) Betfred Glorious Stakes (Goodwood) Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes (Goodwood)

Dist 8f 10f 7f 6f 11.5f 5f 9f 6f 12f 13f 6f 14f 6f 7.5f 5f 7f 6f 8f 9f 7f 10f 8f 10f 9f 6f 5.5f 7f 7f 10f 6f 10f 6f 7f 7f 5f 6f 14f 5f 11.5f 8f

Horse Shy Witch (GER) Matchwinner (GER) Realtra (IRE) Millowitsch (GER) The Black Princess (FR) Battaash (IRE) Ibiza (FR) Cardsharp (GB) Hawkbill (USA) Raheen House (IRE) Clemmie (IRE) Talismanic (GB) Mystic Dawn (IRE) Mutakayyef (GB) Caspian Prince (IRE) Gustav Klimt (IRE) Actress (IRE) Dragon Lips (GER) Elizabeth Browning (IRE) Spirit of Valor (USA) Finche (GB) Taareef (USA) Best Fouad (FR) Moonlight Magic (GB) Magical Memory (IRE) Unfortunately (IRE) The Pentagon (IRE) Happily (IRE) Success Days (IRE) Nyaleti (IRE) Vue Fantastique (FR) Tantheem (GB) Breton Rock (IRE) Expert Eye (GB) Havana Grey (GB) Barraquero (IRE) Endless Time (IRE) Battaash (IRE) Poet’s Word (IRE) Beat The Bank (GB)

Age 4 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 4 3 2 4 3 6 8 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 6 4 5 2 2 2 5 2 3 2 7 2 2 2 5 3 4 3

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

Sire Areion Sternkoenig Dark Angel Sehrezad Iffraaj Dark Angel Redoute’s Choice Lonhro Kitten’s Joy Sea The Stars Galileo Medaglia d’Oro Oasis Dream Sea The Stars Dylan Thomas Galileo Declaration of War Footstepsinthesand Galileo War Front Frankel Kitten’s Joy King’s Best Cape Cross Zebedee Society Rock Galileo Galileo Jeremy Arch Motivator Teofilo Bahamian Bounty Acclamation Havana Gold Zebedee Sea The Stars Dark Angel Poet’s Voice Paco Boy

Dam Shyla Mahamuni Devious Diva Muriel Larceny Anna Law Olga Prekrasa Pure Illusion Trensa Jumooh Meow Magic Mission Frivolity Infallible Crystal Gaze Massarra Nasty Storm Devilish Lips Inca Princess Stone Hope Binche Sacred Feather Raheefa Melikah Marasem Unfortunate Vadawina You’resothrilling Malaica America Nova Exit The Straight Riqa Anna’s Rock Exemplify Blanc de Chine Chica Whopa Mamonta Anna Law Whirly Bird Tiana

Broodmare Sire Monsagem Sadler’s Wells Dr Devious Fath Cape Cross Lawman Kingmambo Danehill Giant’s Causeway Monsun Storm Cat Machiavellian Pivotal Pivotal Rainbow Quest Danehill Gulch Konigstiger Holy Roman Emperor Grindstone Woodman Carson City Riverman Lammtarra Cadeaux Genereux Komaite Unfuwain Storm Cat Roi Gironde Verglas Exit To Nowhere Dubawi Rock Of Gibraltar Dansili Dark Angel Oasis Dream Fantastic Light Lawman Nashwan Diktat

Index 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219

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DATA BOOK EXCLUSIVE STALLION STATISTICS

Leading sires 2017 by percentage of stakes winners to runners Name

YOF

Galileo War Front Sea The Stars Dubawi Frankel Dansili Helmet Fastnet Rock Dylan Thomas Dalakhani Shirocco Nayef Cape Cross Areion Danehill Dancer Raven's Pass Tamayuz Dai Jin Teofilo

1998 2002 2006 2002 2008 1996 2008 2001 2003 2000 2001 1998 1994 1995 1993 2005 2005 2000 2004 Duke Of Marmalade 2004 Nathaniel 2008 American Post 2001 Pivotal 1993 Exceed And Excel 2000 Unaccounted For 1991 Kodiac 2001 Kendargent 2003 Acclamation 1999 Siyouni 2007 Dark Angel 2005 Pour Moi 2008 Luxor 2000 High Chaparral 1999 Manduro 2002 Dream Ahead 2008 Poet's Voice 2007 Shamardal 2002 Silver Frost 2006 Lope de Vega 2007 Mastercraftsman 2006 New Approach 2005 Invincible Spirit 1997 Fast Company 2005 Aussie Rules 2003 Whipper 2001 Rajsaman 2007 Arcano 2007 Bated Breath 2007 Zoffany 2008 Soldier Hollow 2000 Rip Van Winkle 2006 Showcasing 2007 Iffraaj 2001 Holy Roman Emperor 2004 Victory Gallop 1995 Motivator 2002 Canford Cliffs 2007 Rock Of Gibraltar 1999 Halling 1991 Street Cry 1998 Intense Focus 2006 Equiano 2005 Oasis Dream 2000 Kyllachy 1998 Mount Nelson 2004

Sire

Rnrs

Wnrs

%WR

Sadler's Wells Danzig Cape Cross Dubai Millennium Galileo Danehill Exceed And Excel Danehill Danehill Darshaan Monsun Gulch Green Desert Big Shuffle Danehill Elusive Quality Nayef Peintre Celebre Galileo Danehill Galileo Bering Polar Falcon Danehill Private Account Danehill Kendor Royal Applause Pivotal Acclamation Montjeu Distant Relative Sadler's Wells Monsun Diktat Dubawi Giant's Causeway Verglas Shamardal Danehill Dancer Galileo Green Desert Danehill Dancer Danehill Miesque's Son Linamix Oasis Dream Dansili Dansili In The Wings Galileo Oasis Dream Zafonic Danehill Cryptoclearance Montjeu Tagula Danehill Diesis Machiavellian Giant's Causeway Acclamation Green Desert Pivotal Rock Of Gibraltar

234 56 105 164 66 112 95 155 84 71 71 71 148 124 50 100 78 57 148 91 92 92 154 217 62 287 163 234 137 275 70 72 145 117 119 161 162 82 125 209 133 224 135 90 91 96 148 99 150 100 156 105 159 215 166 114 123 185 63 64 132 164 167 179 90

80 27 46 79 31 44 34 57 41 25 26 27 60 55 22 37 22 23 56 30 30 36 67 92 32 99 54 92 41 96 28 31 45 37 42 54 64 22 50 63 51 79 49 35 24 20 49 34 57 33 48 31 60 88 69 40 39 63 28 23 41 44 59 69 28

34.19 48.21 43.81 48.17 46.97 39.29 35.79 36.77 48.81 35.21 36.62 38.03 40.54 44.35 44.00 37.00 28.21 40.35 37.84 32.97 32.61 39.13 43.51 42.40 51.61 34.49 33.13 39.32 29.93 34.91 40.00 43.06 31.03 31.62 35.29 33.54 39.51 26.83 40.00 30.14 38.35 35.27 36.30 38.89 26.37 20.83 33.11 34.34 38.00 33.00 30.77 29.52 37.74 40.93 41.57 35.09 31.71 34.05 44.44 35.94 31.06 26.83 35.33 38.55 31.11

Races

AWD

Earnings (£)

113 35 64 102 44 65 45 78 60 37 33 40 82 76 25 52 30 41 83 40 43 46 100 123 57 138 78 117 56 126 36 50 63 48 63 75 88 27 70 86 76 109 69 54 37 26 72 49 77 47 70 39 94 121 115 51 56 83 36 32 70 55 98 112 42

10.1 7.6 10.9 9.3 9.0 10.2 7.9 9.5 9.5 10.7 11.1 9.1 9.6 8.0 9.7 8.5 8.0 8.8 10.2 10.9 10.8 9.9 8.1 7.0 8.4 7.0 9.1 6.8 8.1 7.7 9.8 7.3 9.8 11.0 6.9 7.7 8.1 9.3 8.3 9.7 10.0 6.8 7.8 9.8 9.7 8.8 7.9 6.6 8.1 9.1 9.1 6.8 8.3 7.9 7.9 10.7 8.8 8.8 11.4 10.7 7.8 6.4 7.7 7.1 10.2

7,971,694 1,118,991 2,288,689 2,952,763 1,451,246 1,603,051 823,012 1,542,895 825,754 878,044 739,728 522,547 1,012,866 775,253 989,700 697,533 951,512 619,565 1,548,243 802,041 1,956,985 742,283 1,743,474 1,486,815 892,895 1,838,640 1,308,115 1,831,134 1,371,174 2,619,091 1,630,856 982,928 903,912 761,187 954,606 1,008,712 1,488,461 603,050 901,825 1,215,285 1,164,850 2,165,982 614,984 565,472 865,522 1,447,792 843,251 606,270 1,001,183 668,150 981,931 647,448 1,782,566 1,296,041 1,972,278 846,880 688,076 1,112,012 485,358 491,789 612,852 907,001 1,163,084 1,012,054 623,977

44 10 17 23 14 14 6 14 6 5 5 5 13 10 2 4 5 3 16 6 10 5 15 16 4 18 10 9 10 15 5 5 7 6 9 6 9 5 10 12 12 19 6 4 2 3 4 5 5 10 8 5 6 9 7 3 7 8 1 3 4 3 8 5 6

18.80 17.86 16.19 14.02 21.21 12.5 6.32 9.03 7.14 7.04 7.04 7.04 8.78 8.06 4.00 4.00 6.41 5.26 10.81 6.59 10.87 5.43 9.74 7.37 6.45 6.27 6.13 3.85 7.30 5.45 7.14 6.94 4.83 5.13 7.56 3.73 5.56 6.10 8.00 5.74 9.02 8.48 4.44 4.44 2.20 3.13 2.70 5.05 3.33 10.0 5.13 4.76 3.77 4.19 4.22 2.63 5.69 4.32 1.59 4.69 3.03 1.83 4.79 2.79 6.67

28 6 10 14 5 7 5 8 4 3 3 3 6 5 2 4 3 2 5 3 3 3 5 7 2 9 5 7 4 8 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 2 3 5 3 5 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 1

11.97 10.71 9.52 8.54 7.58 6.25 5.26 5.16 4.76 4.23 4.23 4.23 4.05 4.03 4.00 4.00 3.85 3.51 3.38 3.30 3.26 3.26 3.25 3.23 3.23 3.14 3.07 2.99 2.92 2.91 2.86 2.78 2.76 2.56 2.52 2.48 2.47 2.44 2.40 2.39 2.26 2.23 2.22 2.22 2.20 2.08 2.03 2.02 2.00 2.00 1.92 1.90 1.89 1.86 1.81 1.75 1.63 1.62 1.59 1.56 1.52 1.22 1.20 1.12 1.11

Seven more stakes winners for Galileo gives him daylight Galileo is relentless and seemingly unstoppable at the top of the table. He had seven new stakes winners in the period up to August 8 and increased his score by 2% to a remarkable 11.97%. He has had almost as many stakes winners as the next three stallions in the list put together. Granted, with probably many more two-year-olds reaching the track in the coming weeks it is far from certain that the figure will be maintained at this level, but the Coolmore giant has proved pundits wrong before. The only area in which Galileo does not rank so high as expected is in proportion of winners to runners. Among the 29 sires with at least 150 representatives he stands in 21st position with 34.19%. The list is led by Dubawi (48.17%), Pivotal (43.51%) and Exceed And Excel (42.40%). The other side of the coin is that a phenomenal 35% of Galileo’s winners are stakes winners. Dubawi and Frankel each had only one new stakes winner in the month and dropped two places as a result. In contrast, War Front doubled his tally to six, with Roly Poly playing the starring role in landing the Falmouth Stakes and Prix Rothschild. Sea The Stars moved up a place thanks to four new stakes winners headed by impressive Gordon Stakes victor Crystal Ocean – Group 1 winner Stradivarius had already won a stakes. Both look a short price to boost their sire’s total.

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normally wake at six, get up and check my iPhone for news from Australia and Japan, where Sheikh Fahad’s Qatar Racing has horses in training. A good winner or a nice foal born on the other side of the world lifts the spirits before I set off most mornings on my regular five-mile run. I’m back in for a quick bit of breakfast with our nine-yearold Hubie, the other early riser in the family. It’s usually a mug of black Early Grey tea and occasionally bacon and eggs. My wife Laura and I also have Charlie, 14, and Fenella, 8. Usually, I have a 20-minute catch-up with the Tweenhills stud groom, Ben Hyde, before going round our five farms feeding yearlings, weanlings, mares and foals. It all takes about four and a half hours. Last month Laura and I took the children for a short break to an archipelago in Sweden, where we splashed around in boats and on jet-skis. After those few days away it was amazing to see how much the horses had developed in such a short time. You spot the changes more than when you are seeing them every day. One of my greatest pleasures is coming home after weeks away at the sales and discovering how the horses are growing and maturing. We also have a big Aberdeen Angus suckler herd and I love being around them as well. I’m basically a farmer at heart. While feeding the yearling colts recently I came across a rash of field mushrooms, a result of all the recent heavy rain. I picked them and had mushrooms on toast for lunch. Delicious, though normally I grab a couple of slices of ham and a tomato on the hoof. Afternoons are often spent hosting visitors wishing to see Tweenhills’ resident stallions. Havana Gold is leading firstseason sire and an exciting prospect – he looks like he’s

DAVID REDVERS may be a farmer at heart but racehorses are the day job in managing Tweenhills and looking after Sheikh Fahad’s varied interests – which can contribute to some sleepless nights! going to score some major goals. The others are Harbour Watch and Hot Streak, while Charm Spirit alternates between Tweenhills and the Aga Khan’s stud in France. For all our clients we have around 250 horses at Tweenhills. Sheikh Fahad has nearly 200, including his mares and foals. He has about 150 in training worldwide for Qatar Racing, which also has breeding stock we manage, spread between Japan, Australia, France, America and Ireland. There is an elite band of mares, which are being kept to produce 20 to 40 horses every year. Then there’s a commercial bunch of mares, whose purpose is to support the stallions we stand and trade. They are owned by a variety of different clients.

I speak to Sheikh Fahad several times a day. He is very hands-on and heavily involved in a lot of the decisionmaking. We are together at the sales, where I start the day with a run to clear my mind. I am supported by a very good team of Hannah Wall and Peter Molony, who have been with me for ten years. We split the catalogue up between us so we can inspect everything we’re interested in. Then I’ll have a second look, Sheikh Fahad will study my shortlist and after that we start making decisions. We have dinner with Sheikh Fahad and the whole merry-go-round starts again the next morning. From August through to December there is barely a week we’re not at a sale at Deauville, Doncaster,

Germany, Keeneland or Newmarket. There is nothing like buying a yearling and having your judgement confirmed when it becomes a black-type winner. It all started with 400 quids worth of Lady Rebecca, who won three Cleeve Hurdles at Cheltenham. Since then I have bought two War Front yearlings for $400,000; one made £825,000 and the other £1.15 million. Dunaden, bought for €125,000, won us over £5m including the Melbourne Cup. Juggling the job with family life is difficult for everyone involved in bloodstock. But I’m lucky as Tweenhills is the office as well as our family home. Laura is in charge of our hunters and Fenella is hugely interested as well. We hunt together with the Ledbury, of which I am jointmaster. Also Charlie is involved in an exchange with a stud in France. I started point-to-pointing again this year after 25 years’ absence and rode a winner at Cothelstone, which was fantastic. But weight has forced my retirement. I have run four London Marathons and beating three hours this year was even tougher than riding in last year’s Mongol Derby, which was basically dirty and excruciatingly uncomfortable, but an amazing challenge. I am a passionate supporter of Gloucester rugby; we pride ourselves on being suppliers of the club’s beef. I get to watch matches with Hubie three or four times a year. We eat at about 8.30pm and I do 70% of the cooking when I’m home. My favourite is Tweenhills Angus beef (of course!) and I love a gin and slimline tonic. Bedtime is 10.30pm but I’m not a good sleeper. I stare at the ceiling worrying we’ve not had enough Group 1 winners.

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