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Ghaiyyath Circus Maximus
Pinatubo
Kameko Sottsass
Mohaather
NEW SIRES Your essential guide to the 2021 intake of British and Irish stallions
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W From Almanaara
ELCOME to our first newspaper pullout of 2021, with the theme of freshness extended by its nature and the focus on the new boys at stud in Britain and Ireland this year. Kitty Trice takes you through a selection of the additional choices now available to breeders, starting opposite and continuing right through to page 11. We have done our list in alphabetical order – always a safe bet! – but if there is a horse to start with, it is surely Ghaiyyath. He begins his second career at Darley’s Kildangan Stud pitched at €30,000. The fee befits the world’s top-rated 2020 racehorse, who looked awesome winning over a mile and a half on the Rowley Mile in the Coronation Cup, beat Enable in the Eclipse and Magical in the Juddmonte International, before what must be considered the regrettable decision to run him back three and a half weeks later in the Irish Champion, instead of waiting for the Arc. True to form with horses, once one thing goes awry, it tends to continue down that road, and sure enough Ghaiyyath suffered a setback which meant he missed the Breeders’ Cup Turf. Having written about him a couple of times last year, we’ll leave it there and just wish him and Darley all the best for his first covering season. Finishing behind him at Leopardstown was the horse who then came out and won the Arc, Sottsass, who is likewise a notable name among the 2021 intake. He too returns to Ireland to commence stud duties at €30,000, in his case at Coolmore. Star milers Circus Maximus, Kameko, King Of Change, Mohaather and Pinatubo are other eyecatchers, but best of luck to connections of all shapes and sizes with this year’s bunch of new recruits. ANDREW SCUTTS, BLOODSTOCK MANAGING EDITOR
CONTENTS
2-11 Guide to the new sires in Britain and Ireland 12 Interview with Luke and Rosie GedgeGibson of LM Stallions, based at March Hare Stud in Dorset 14 Guide to the major new additions to the stallion ranks in mainland Europe 15 Notable sire relocations in Britain and Ireland
to Without Parole – fresh talent joining rosters in Britain and Ireland Almanaara Age: 8; colour: grey Pedigree: Shamardal Midnight Angel (Machiavellian) Standing at Mickley Stud; price £3,000 Racing Post Rating high of 100 A son of Shamardal and a halfbrother to leading sire Dark Angel, Almanaara looks an interesting commercial addition to the northern stallion ranks. A 370,000gns purchase from Book 1 of Tattersalls in 2014, the eight-year-old was also a consistent performer on the track, winning four times overall, once at Tipperary and three times at Meydan. His half-brother has produced star sprinters Battaash, Harry Angel and Lethal Force among his hugely talented offspring, while his late sire is rising to further prominence as a sire of sires.
Arizona 4 b No Nay Never - Lady Ederle (English Channel) Castlehyde Stud; €7,000 RPR 117 Precocity is a quality in demand among breeders and Arizona had it in buckets from his debut in May of his juvenile career. An eight-length winner on his second start at the Curragh, he won a high-class
renewal of the Coventry defeating last year’s Commonwealth Cup hero Golden Horde, subsequent dual Group 2 victor Threat and July Stakes scorer Royal Lytham. By the exciting No Nay Never, whose stallion credentials were once again advertised by Alcohol Free’s Cheveley Park victory in September, this strapping colt was also twice placed behind Pinatubo in the National Stakes and Dewhurst. A €260,000 yearling purchase from Arqana, he has the good looks to go with his talent and is notably a fullbrother to American Graded winner Nay Lady Nay. Castlehyde manager Paddy Fleming said: “Arizona is a very good-looking and goodmoving son of No Nay Never who really fills the eye. He’s got a very current, fast pedigree too, so I think he has a lot of appeal.”
The five-yearold won the Queen Anne Stakes last year, showing his customary grit and determination to fend off Terebellum in an exciting finish, and ran most respectably in his final few starts, including when second in the Sussex Stakes to fellow new sire Mohaather and a neck second to surprise winner and stablemate Order Of Australia in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Keeneland in November. Reporting him to have taken to the early stages of his second career with no problems, the stud’s David O’Loughlin said: “Circus Maximus has settled in very well since he arrived here at Coolmore. He’s a beautiful horse with a great temperament. I think he has the makings of a top sire.”
Circus Maximus
Diplomat
5 b Galileo - Duntle (Danehill Dancer) Coolmore Stud; €20,000 RPR 123 A tough and talented performer, Circus Maximus is another son of Coolmore phenomenon Galileo to retire to stud and he appears to hold impeccable credentials for his second career. The sole foal out of Duke of Cambridge winner Duntle, a daughter of Danehill Dancer, Circus Maximus won and was stakesplaced at two before winning the Dee Stakes on his first start at three. The son of Galileo did not stay when sixth in the Derby but struck in the St James’s Palace when reverting to a mile, before adding the Prix du Moulin to his CV later in that campaign.
10 b Teofilo - Desidera (Shaadi) March Hare Stud; £2,000 RPR 110 Diplomat stands under LM Stallions’ new banner at March Hare Stud in Dorset and looks a classy dualpurpose recruit for breeders in the south west. A son of Teofilo, whose progeny landed six Group/ Grade 1s across the world in 2020, Diplomat is out of the Group 3-winning mare Desidera – a half-sister to German 1,000 Guineas winner Diacada – and is a half-sibling to stakes scorers Daressalam and Dickens. Diplomat himself struck twice at Group 2 level in Germany and Italy, and was also a winner over hurdles at Auteuil last March. Versatile and tough, the ten-year-old will stand for a fee of £2,000 in his first season.
Earthlight 4 ch Shamardal - Winters Moon (New Approach) Kildangan Stud; €20,000 RPR 119 Darley were dealt a heavy blow when Shamardal passed away last April, but he has an exciting son to take up the mantle at Kildangan Stud in the shape of Earthlight. Out of the winning New Approach mare Winters Moon, Earthlight (above) began his career with wins at MaisonsLaffitte and Deauville before landing his first stakes race in the Group 3 Prix de Cabourg, running out a four-length winner. The Andre Fabre-trained colt backed that up with a cosy win in the Group 1 Prix Morny, seeing off a host of British and Irish contenders including Raffle Prize, Golden Horde and Arizona, before underlining his superiority in the Middle Park on foreign soil. Subsequent Royal Ascot star Golden Horde was second, while his other victims included Threat, Lope Y Fernandez and runaway York winner Mums Tipple. Injury prevented him taking in the French 2,000 Guineas at three, but he still picked up Listed and Group 3 prizes, while he rounded off his career when a close second to One Master in the Prix de la Foret at Longchamp in October. Godolphin’s Lisa-Jane Graffard said: “Earthlight has been the most wonderful horse to be around. He was far superior to his rivals at two,
showing a decisive turn of foot in his two Group 1 wins, while his demeanour was always one of calm self-assurance. “He has been a wonderful flagbearer for Godolphin, from a family that has been nurtured for generations, by the late Shamardal and out of a New Approach mare. He showed class and courage in his races and will be a great asset to the Darley stallion roster.”
Far Above 5 b Farhh - Dorraar (Shamardal) Starfield Stud; €5,000 RPR 113 Farhh has already proven himself a Group 1 sire from smaller crops and Far Above is one of two sons of the Dalham Hall resident to retire this year. An 18,000gns purchase as a yearling by Matt Whyte from Tattersalls Book 3, he then realised 105,000gns from the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up when selling to Blandford Bloodstock. Out of the winning Shamardal mare Dorraar, the five-year-old was unraced at two but struck in three of his four starts at three, including the Listed Prix Kistena at Deauville. Far Above rounded off his career with a personal-best in the Group 3 Palace House Stakes at Newmarket, producing a blistering turn of foot to see off the high-class Judicial and the consistent Major Jumbo. Hopes were high that he could serve it up to Battaash but unfortunately for connections he was found to have suffered an injury on the Rowley Mile and he was denied the opportunity to showcase his talent against the very best. Trainer James Tate reflected: “It’s been a brilliant but brief career – who knows what could have been? You all got a glimpse of it in the Palace House, but from what we saw at home, we know just how good he could have been. He still wasn’t at 100 per cent at Newmarket. “The silver lining is he can have a second career now, at stud. If he hadn’t won the Palace House that wouldn’t have been possible.”
Galileo Chrome 4 b Australia - Curious Mind (Dansili) Starfield Stud; POA RPR 118 A notable first Group 1 winner for Australia when running out a gritty winner of the St Leger, Galileo Chrome (left) looks a fine addition to the National Hunt stallion ranks and to Starfield’s burgeoning roster. Out of the Dansili mare Curious Mind, he ran once at two, when fifth at Leopardstown, and rapidly turned into a top-class performer at three. His narrow maiden score at the Curragh in June was followed by a six-length win
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back at Leopardstown and then a commanding performance in the Listed Yeats Stakes at Navan, seeing off Emperor Of The Sun by five lengths. His career-best effort – which also happened to be his last run – came in Doncaster’s Classic. The Joseph O’Brientrained colt pulled out all the stops when denying Berkshire Rocco and Royal Ascot scorer Pyledriver, having also left behind the Irish Derby victor Santiago and the subsequent Prix Royal-Oak winner Subjectivist. Micheal Orlandi, who manages the Compas Stallions who stand at his Starfield Stud in County Westmeath, said: “A great physical, with a starstudded pedigree, he’s everything that National Hunt breeders look for in a stallion.”
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Ghaiyyath 6 b Dubawi - Nightime (Galileo) Kildangan Stud; €30,000 RPR 131 The world’s top turf performer in 2020, Ghaiyyath stands out as a hugely exciting recruit to the European stallion scene courtesy of his Group 1 rampage last year. By Dubawi and out of Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Nightime – the first Classic winner for Galileo – it is a cross
From top: Far Above (3) scores; Diplomat wins at Galway; Arizona (right) battles with Pinatubo
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A bright, blue future... Shamardal’s
Dubawi’s
Shamardal’s
Unbeaten, record-breaking French Champion two-year-old. He’s the fastest-ever G1 Middle Park winner.
Horse of the Year, 2020. Record-breaker over a mile. Sired by and out of Classic-winning milers.
Horse of the Year, 2019. Three G1 wins at two and three and rated the best juvenile of the century.
NEW ¤20,000 Oct 1, SLF Standing at Kildangan Stud, Ireland
NEW ¤30,000 Oct 1, SLF Standing at Kildangan Stud, Ireland
NEW £35,000 Oct 1, SLF Standing at Dalham Hall Stud, UK
Earthlight
Ghaiyyath
Pinatubo
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that has produced Darley’s exciting young sire Night Of Thunder among others. A €1.1 million purchase as a foal to John Ferguson, Ghaiyyath won two of his three starts at two, including the Group 3 Autumn Stakes, but managed just one start at three when landing the Prince d’Orange by an easy three lengths. His Prix d’Harcourt score at four was supplemented by a jaw-dropping 14-length victory in the Group 1 Grosser Preis von Baden, before an unsuccessful Arc bid that autumn. The son of Dubawi really came into his own at five, with defeats of Stradivarius and Enable in the Coronation Cup and Coral-Eclipse marking him down as the horse to beat over middle distances. For good measure, he then put a sword to his rivals when pulling three lengths clear of Magical in the Juddmonte International. Connections at that point had a choice of four remaining races – the Irish Champion, Arc, Champion Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Turf – and would probably have been better off giving their exuberant galloper a longer break after York, as they opted for the Irish Champion only for Magical to turn the form around, and then came a career-ending setback. Sottsass, who finished fourth in the Irish Champion, came out and won the Arc. Joe Osborne, managing director of Godolphin in Ireland, said: “Ghaiyyath is a great addition to our roster: his superior ability as a racehorse combined with his looks and his pedigree will make him a sought-after option for breeders. We are delighted he will be standing at Kildangan Stud.”
Kameko 4 b Kitten’s Joy - Sweeter Still (Rock Of Gibraltar) Tweenhills Stud; £25,000 RPR 125 Kameko quickly filled the void left by the tragic loss of Roaring Lion on the track for Qatar Racing and, as a Group 1 winner at two and three, he looks an obvious flagbearer at stud too. A winner on his debut at Sandown at two, a couple of narrow runner-up spots in the Solario and Royal Lodge were followed up by a comprehensive three-and-ahalf length win in the Vertem Futurity Trophy at Newcastle after the race’s switch to the all-weather. His finest hour at three came when landing the Qipco 2,000 Guineas in the fastest time ever, defeating Wichita and brilliant two-year-old Pinatubo in a tight finish. He failed to stay the Derby trip but ran respectably in the Sussex Stakes, where he was trapped for room at a crucial stage, and the Juddmonte Continues page 6
Kameko with David Redvers in the frost and snow at Tweenhills Stud and (below) his finest hour when winning last year’s 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket
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International. The son of Kitten’s Joy regained the winning thread with victory in the Joel Stakes, giving weight to Benbatl, Zabeel Prince and Regal Reality, before finishing his career in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Keeneland in November. Looking back on Kameko’s success, Sheikh Fahad Al Thani, chairman of Qatar Racing, said: “My brothers and I are delighted to own another superstar in Kameko, whose record-breaking two- and three-year-old campaigns will live long in our memory. We cannot wait to unveil him to breeders.”
Kew Gardens 6 b Galileo - Chelsea Rose (Desert King) Castlehyde Stud; €5,000 RPR 122 The latest recruit on Coolmore’s National Hunt roster, Kew Gardens proved a high-class talent at two, shedding his maiden tag on his second start at Killarney before backing up two Grouprace placings with a win in the Listed Zetland Stakes at Newmarket. The form would be boosted by Dee Ex Bee, the runner-up who would go on to finish second in the Derby the following year.
The son of Galileo came good in his fourth start at three, slamming stablemates Southern France and Nelson in the Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot, before adding a first top-level score to his CV in the Grand Prix de Paris. He easily reversed the Great Voltigeur form with Old Persian when landing the St Leger, staying on powerfully to defeat the John Gosdentrained Lah Ti Dar by two and a quarter lengths. Kew Gardens started off his four-year-old season with two seconds, including a halflength behind Defoe in the Coronation Cup, and then supplemented his Irish St Leger runner-up effort with a notable defeat of Stradivarius in the Long Distance Cup at Ascot on what turned out to be his final start. It was the first time in two years any horse had managed to get the better of Stradivarius. His trainer Aidan O’Brien said: “Kew Gardens is a big, good-looking horse, clear winded and an excellent mover. He has a super mind and is extremely brave. He was a topclass middle-distance horse.” Out of Moyglare winner Chelsea Rose, he is a halfbrother to Group 3 winner and
Prix Maurice de Gheest second Thawaany and a full-sibling to 2020 Munster Oaks victress Snow.
King Of Change 5 b Farhh - Salacia (Echo Of Light) Derrinstown Stud; €7,000 RPR 123 A lightly raced son of Farhh, King Of Change has an excellent pedigree being a half-brother to the Group 2-winning and Group 1-placed miler Century Dream. King Of Change proved a leading talent throughout his career, getting off the mark on his first start at three and then finishing an excellent runnerup to Magna Grecia in the Qicpo 2,000 Guineas, with Madhmoon, Ten Sovereigns and Advertise all behind him. He was next seen in September of that year when readily striking in the Fortune Stakes at Sandown and ultimately finished his racing days when winning the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot. That star-studded field included previous or subsequent top-level winners Veracious, Mohaather, The Revenant, Lord Glitters, Phoenix Of Spain and Magna Grecia. Trainer Richard Hannon
said: “He’s without doubt one of the best milers that we have ever trained. His second in the 2,000 Guineas was an outstanding effort and he then went on to win the QEII on Champions Day with a performance that I can only describe as impeccable. “His obvious ability is matched by his physical stature and I’m sure that he is extremely well equipped to make it as a stallion. We look forward to following the paths of his offspring for years to come.”
Legends Of War 5 b c Scat Daddy - Madera Dancer (Rahy) March Hare Stud; £5,000 RPR 112 The LM Stallions banner was created by Luke Gedge-Gibson and Matt Huntington last year and this Grade 3-winning son of the late Scat Daddy leads their five-strong roster in Dorset. A $200,000 purchase from Fasig-Tipton Kentucky as a yearling, the colt then made 900,000gns when bought by Stephen Hillen Bloodstock at the Tattersalls Craven BreezeUp Sale the following year. Legends Of War was a fourlength winner on his debut for John Gosden and Qatar
Racing, beating no less than stakes winner and Group 2 second San Donato that day, but did not replicate that effort when behind Advertise in the July Stakes. Back on track at Newbury, the colt was then second in the Gimcrack before finishing fourth in the Flying Childers and Criterium de MaisonsLaffitte. Having moved to Doug O’Neill in the April of his three-year-old year, he then produced his career-defining effort when landing the Grade 3 Franklin-Simpson Stakes.
Mohaather 5 b c Showcasing - Roodeye (Inchinor) Nunnery Stud; £20,000 RPR 127 Showcasing enjoyed an excellent season last year and his Sussex Stakes-winning son is not short of high-class mares in his debut book. A 110,000gns purchase from Tattersalls Book 2 in 2017, the smooth-moving colt was sent by Hamdan Al Maktoum to Marcus Tregoning – a move that was repaid in buckets. Following on from his debut second, Mohaather won his final two starts as a juvenile, including the Group 3 Horris
Hill Stakes at Newbury. He would back that notable effort up when landing the Greenham Stakes – among his defeated rivals that day was subsequent Group 1-winning sprinter and Haras d’Etreham recruit Hello Youmzain - but injury ruled him out of the 2,000 Guineas. Having finished the year with a respectable fifth in the QEII, Mohaather was unlucky in running in the Queen Anne but demonstrated his potent turn of foot when sauntering away with the Summer Mile Stakes at Ascot. Sadly, what was to prove his final run came when putting a top-quality field of milers to the sword at Goodwood in the Sussex, showing an extraordinary turn of foot to repel Circus Maximus, Siskin and Kameko in one of the best races of the season. Shadwell stud director Richard Lancaster said of the colt: “He’s a superb mover who covers an incredible amount of ground.”
Old Persian 6 b Dubawi - Indian Petal (Singspiel) Rathbarry and Glenview Studs; €2,500 Another top-class runner in
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‘We look forward to Pinatubo beginning his new career, where we’re confident he can continue Shamardal’s great legacy’
Big guns on the track: Mohaather (main) and Pinatubo
the Godolphin silks to retire, Old Persian will now take rank on Rathbarry and Glenview Studs’ National Hunt roster. A close relation to the stakesplaced Chapelli, Old Persian is out of Indian Petal - a twiceraced daughter of Singspiel and Wood Vine and a sister to Ribblesdale winner Silkwood. The son of Dubawi won twice as a juvenile and graduated from handicaps with a Listed strike at
Newmarket and then success in the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot over subsequent Irish Derby second Rostropovich. He ended his season by winning the Great Voltigeur and running fifth in the St Leger. Old Persian, who won the Dubai City of Gold on his seasonal debut in 2019, shelved his Group 1 tag when following up in the Sheema Classic, beating a field
containing Cheval Grand, Magic Wand and Desert Encounter. The colt also added the Northern Dancer Turf Stakes to his CV, having run third in the Grosser Preis von Berlin and was retired last year after two runs. “Old Persian is an outstanding-looking individual with plenty of size and substance and will be an exciting prospect for National Hunt breeders,” said Paul
Cashman of Rathbarry and Glenview Studs.
Pinatubo 4 b Shamardal - Lava Flow (Dalakhani) Dalham Hall Stud; £35,000 RPR 128 Rated the best juvenile since the mighty Celtic Swing – and better than Frankel at two – Pinatubo retires to stud as one of 2021’s hottest stallion recruits and there appears to
be every reason for optimism. Out of the stakes-winning Dalakhani mare Lava Flow, the son of Shamardal was brilliant in six runs as a juvenile, rising to prominence on his second start in the Woodcote at Epsom. An easy winner of the Chesham at Royal Ascot, Charlie Appleby’s runner crushed subsequent Solario Stakes scorer Positive at Goodwood and then produced
Lightning fast 2yo by SCAT DADDY $1,100,000 Keeneland yearling
SERGEI PROKOFIEV By Scat Daddy x Orchard Beach (Tapit) Contact: Phil Haworth or Ed Harper 01725 518254 www.whitsburymanorstud.co.uk
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a career-defining performance when a breathtaking ninelength scorer in the National Stakes, defeating Futurity Stakes victor Armory and Coventry hero Arizona in the process. Pinatubo wrapped up his blistering juvenile campaign when a more workmanlike winner of the Dewhurst that October, but still doing more than enough to cement his Continues page 8
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status as European champion juvenile. He added the Prix Jean Prat and placings in the 2,000 Guineas, St James’s Palace and Prix du Moulin to his more than polished record before retirement in October. Darley director of stallions Sam Bullard said: “We were delighted to see him add a third Group 1 win to his superb record in the Prix Jean Prat and now look forward to him beginning his new career, where we’re confident he can continue Shamardal’s great legacy.”
River Boyne 6 b Dandy Man - Clytha (Mark Of Esteem) Tara Stud; €5,000 RPR 111 River Boyne started out in the care of Gordon Elliott but it was in the United States where the son of Dandy Man posted his best performances. The winner of seven races and placed a further seven times from 21 starts, River Boyne proved a value buy after Red Baron’s Barn & Rancho Temescal picked him up for 70,000gns at the Tattersalls Horses in Training Sale in 2017. Having been a €20,000 purchase as a foal and then a €65,000 yearling from Goffs,
the colt shelved his maiden tag on his first start for Jeff Mullins. Listed and Grade 3 prizes followed in the spring and summer of 2018, before two Grade 2 successes and a second behind Raging Bull in the Hollywood Derby that December. Further Graded placings came the way of the handsome bay before his career highlight
in the Grade 1 Frank E Kilroe Stakes at Santa Anita last March, where among his beaten rivals was the dual toplevel winner Got Stormy. The six-year-old finished his career when fourth to Raging Bull in the Shoemaker Mile and will now stand at Tara Stud as the sole stallion son of Dandy Man in Europe. Derek Iceton, manager at
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the County Meath stud, said: “I’m thrilled to have secured him after closely following his career since his impressive victory at two. He has all the qualities you would wish to see in a stallion: ultra sound, impressive physique and a great attitude.”
Royal Lytham 4 b c Gleneagles - Gotlandia (Anabaa) Clongiffen Stud; €4,000 RPR 111 One of two first-crop Group 2 winners for Gleneagles, Royal Lytham was a €180,000 purchase from Arqana when sold by Haras du Logis Saint Germain to MV Magnier. The third foal out of the stakes-winning Anabaa mare Gotlandia, Royal Lytham struck on his first start at Navan before following up a run in the Coventry with a gutsy win in the Group 2 July Stakes at Newmarket. The good-looker then posted his best career performance with a third behind Siskin in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes, getting to within a length of Ger Lyons’ brilliant colt. A half-brother to two winners in Shareef Star and Spirit Of Dance, he stands under the Irish Emerald Stud banner at Clongiffen Stud in County Meath.
Rumble Inthejungle 5 ch c Bungle Inthejungle Guana (Dark Angel) Norman Court Stud; £3,500 RPR 109 A typically precocious son of Bungle Inthejungle, himself a dual Group 3 winner over five furlongs, Rumble Inthejungle (right) is all about speed and plenty of it. A debut winner in May of his juvenile campaign, the striking chestnut was then a respectable fourth in the Norfolk Stakes
at Royal Ascot before producing his best effort in the Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood. The third foal out of the Dark Angel mare Guana, Rumble Inthejungle also finished third behind Ten Sovereigns in the Middle Park Stakes, further enhancing his credentials as a stallion prospect. The £70,000 Goffs UK Premier Sale graduate raced four times at three, with his best effort coming when fourth behind sprinting superstar Battaash in the King George V Stakes at Goodwood.
Sands Of Mali 6 b Panis - Kadiania (Indian Rocket) Ballyhane Stud; €6,500 RPR 121 By the little known sire Panis, Sands Of Mali proved a flagbearer for both his sire and the Cool Silk Partnership with his finest hour coming in the British Champions Sprint Stakes in 2018. The colt was a high-class juvenile to boot, winning the Gimcrack from Invincible Army on his third start. He added the Prix Sigy and Sandy Lane Stakes to his name at three before going down by half a length in the Commonwealth Cup. The Richard Fahey-trained runner, a €20,000 purchase as a yearling from Osarus September and a £75,000 buy from the Tattersalls Ireland
Breeze Up Sale, then enjoyed his finest hour when bouncing back to form on Champions Day, seeing off the brilliant Harry Angel in the process. He ran a further six times before selling outright to the Cool Silk Partnership at Tattersalls’ December Mare Sale for 600,000gns in 2019. Scunthorpe United chairman Peter Swann, of the Cool Silk Partnership, plans to support his pride and joy at stud and said: “He can breed with pretty much anything because he’s got no connections. “He’s a beautiful-looking horse, big and strong – a perfect stallion – and we hope we can get some future success from his progeny.”
Sergei Prokofiev 5 b Scat Daddy - Orchard Beach (Tapit) Whitsbury Manor Stud; £6,500 RPR 111 The late Scat Daddy has fewer representatives on the racetrack left and therefore any potential stallion son is worth their weight in gold. Sergei Prokofiev, a $1,100,000 yearling purchase, is the latest to join the stallion ranks and is a precocious enough sort to attract plenty of support from breeders. Out of the Tapit mare Orchard Beach, the Ballydoyle-trained Sergei Prokofiev was a head second to subsequent Moyglare Stud Stakes winner Skitter Scatter on his debut and won his following two starts, including when running out a four-length victor of the Listed Rochestown Stakes at Naas. His third in the Coventry Stakes behind Calyx and Advertise even more clearly demonstrated his early talent, while he backed up that effort with a first-to-last strike in the Group 3 Cornwallis Stakes at Newmarket, showing an electric turn of foot to boot. The now five-year-old also
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Sergei Prokofiev powers home to win the Cornwallis Stakes at Newmarket
won the Listed Cork Stakes on his first start at three, and was fourth to top-level heroine Mabs Cross in the Palace House Stakes. Ed Harper, director of Whitsbury Manor Stud, which reached agreement with Coolmore to stand him, said: “We’re immensely excited to stand Sergei Prokofiev. His turn of foot in the Cornwallis
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Stakes at Newmarket really had to be seen to be believed, and his performance at Royal Ascot put him firmly alongside the season’s best two-yearolds. “He’s an imposing individual, typical of his sire Scat Daddy, with an exaggerated athletic walk and he will offer our clients an extremely commercial option.”
Shaman 5 ch Shamardal - Only Green (Green Desert) Yeomanstown Stud; €6,000 RPR 116 Another son of Shamardal to take up stud duties in 2021, Shaman was a high-class and consistent performer for Carlos Laffon-Parias and Wertheimer Et Frere. A dual winner as a juvenile,
including on his debut at Chantilly, he was also third in the Prix des Chenes and runner-up in a Listed event. The chestnut added the Prix la Force and Prix Omnium II to his CV at three, and was also second to Persian King and Romanised in the French 2,000 Guineas and Prix Jacques le Marois respectively. A half-brother to Green
Sweet and from the family of Occupandiste, dam of Mondialiste and the winner of the Prix Maurice de Gheest and Prix de la Foret, Shaman gained his biggest win in 2020 when landing the Prix d’Harcourt from the high-class Way To Paris, and was also third to subsequent Arc hero Sottsass in the Prix Ganay. “He’s a great looking son of
the mighty Shamardal from one of the best pedigrees around, add to that his impressive race record, and Shaman is a huge addition to us and should prove popular to breeders from both Ireland and abroad,” said Yeomanstown’s David O’Callaghan. “We’re delighted to have Continues page 10
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Showcasing - Roodeye (Inchinor) He clearly has many attributes breeders should want to replicate and it is a well-worn cliché that a prospective stallion ticks all the boxes but in the case of Mohaather, it would be hard to disagree. - Martin Stevens, Thoroughbred Stallion Guide
His Sire’s Best Son Fee:
£20,000
OR: 123 | TF: 129
Jan 1st, SLF
PICTURED WINNING A VINTAGE GROUP 1 SUSSEX STAKES
Also standing Eqtidaar (£5,000), Muhaarar (£10,000) &
Tasleet (£5,000)
Contact Tom Pennington on +44 (0)7736 019914 | tpennington@shadwellstud.co.uk or Ellen Bishop on +44 (0)7826 205155 | ebishop@shadwellstud.co.uk | www.shadwellstud.com
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ROMANISED ‘Sottsass has retired DUAL GR.1 WINNER IN IRELAND & IN FRANCE,
CLASSIC WINNER
sound and at the top of his game’
OF THE IRISH 2000 GUINEAS
From page 9
Wertheimer Et Frere retain a share in Shaman and look forward to their support.”
WOODED
GROUP 1 WINNING SPRINTER BY WOOTTON BASSETT
www.alshaqabracing.com
Sottsass 5 ch Siyouni - Starlet’s Sister (Galileo) Coolmore Stud; €30,000 RPR 124 One of the leading middledistance performers in 2019 and 2020, Sottsass showcased his considerable talents with victories in the Prix du Jockey Club and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Out of a brilliant producer in Starlet’s Sister – also the dam of multiple Grade 1 winner and American wondermare Sistercharlie plus the Grade 3 victress My Sister Nat – the son of top sire Siyouni has the pedigree and race record to be a highly attractive breeding proposition. Winner of his second start at two, the imposing chestnut came good at three when striking in Group 3 company before a two-length defeat of French 2,000 Guineas hero Persian King in the Prix du Jockey Club. He completed his Classic campaign with a win in the Prix Niel and then a fine third behind Waldgeist in the Arc. He again finished midfield on his seasonal debut at four but defeated subsequent toplevel victor Way To Paris in the Prix Ganay. Trainer JeanClaude Rouget gave him a mid-season break before placed efforts in the Prix Gontaut-Biron and Irish Champion Stakes, in which he finished fourth.
A decisive blend of pace, stamina and fortitude saw him land the Arc on his final start in gruelling conditions, with Persian King, Raabihah, Enable and Stradivarius among those left toiling in his wake. Peter Brant of White Birch Farm, whose distinctive twotone green silks Sottsass carried, said: “A world champion at three and now an Arc winner at four, I have decided to retire Sottsass after what he has achieved. He has retired sound and right at the top of his game – this is important to me. I am looking forward to breeding some of my best mares to him. Coolmore purchased 50 per cent of him earlier in the year and he will stand there for 2021.”
Southern Hills 4 ch Gleneagles - Remember You (Invincible Spirit) March Hare Stud; £3,000 RPR 101 Another recruit to LM Stallions’ roster, Southern Hills (above) can be considered one of Gleneagles’ most precocious offspring to date. Out of the stakes-placed
Invincible Spirit mare Remember You, herself a 300,000gns purchase from Tattersalls Book 1 in 2012, Southern Hills broke his maiden at the third attempt when landing the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot last year. His game attitude and turn of foot were apparent that day when getting the better of Platinum Star and Glasvegas, while he was also not disgraced on his first start at three when midfield in the Commonwealth Cup behind Golden Horde. A close relation to two winners, Southern Hills is one of two sons of Gleneagles to retire to stud for this year.
Tip Two Win 6 g Dark Angel - Freddie’s Girl (More Than Ready) March Hare Stud; £3,500 RPR 118 Tip Two Win proved a highclass son of the ever-popular Dark Angel on the track, with his win in the Listed Flying Scotsman at two a sign of things to come for his threeyear-old campaign. A winner on his debut at Windsor, the attractive grey was also second in the Listed Ripon Champion Two Yrs Old Trophy and rounded off his first season with a second behind Elarqam in the Tattersalls Stakes at Newmarket. Out of the More Than Ready mare Freddie’s Girl, who hails from the family of Whitsbury Manor sire Due Diligence, Tip
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Way To Paris 8 g Champs Elysees - Grey Way (Cozzene) Coolagown Stud; €3,500 RPR 118 This popular and consistent grey was an admirable campaigner for Antonio and Andrea Marcialis over a career that lasted five seasons. By the late Champs Elysees, also responsible for 1,000 Guineas heroine Billesdon Brook and top-class stayer Trip To Paris, the eight-year-old was a Listed winner at the San Siro and Capannelle at three, before further placed efforts at Group level the following year, including in the Group 2 Gran Premio di Milano. At five, Way To Paris was placed in the Prix Exbury at Saint-Cloud, the Prix d’Hedouville at Longchamp – finishing a length and a half behind Waldgeist – and Grand Prix de Chantilly, in which he was also second to Waldgeist. Having run in the Arc behind Enable, the grey landed his first Group success when holding off Marmelo in
the Group 2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil at six. A deserved maiden Group 1 success came last year in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, having run subsequent Arc victor Sottsass close in the Prix Ganay on his previous run. Owned by Paolo Ferrario, Way To Paris was a very welcome European runner in the Japan Cup in November, signing off his career with a fair tenth behind Almond Eye in arguably the best ever edition of the race in its 40-year history. Coolagown Stud manager David Stack said: “I’m very grateful to Mr Ferrario for entrusting Way To Paris to Coolagown. When you speak to breeders they are looking for tough, honest, sound and consistent horses, and Way to Paris epitomises all these traits. If his offspring get a hint of his class and durability then he will be a top-class sire. He’s also a gorgeous-looking horse who stands 16.1 hands and has a wonderful temperament.”
Without Parole 6 b Frankel - Without You Babe (Lemon Drop Kid) Newsells Park Stud; £10,000 RPR 120 Without Parole provided his breeders John and Tanya Gunther with one of their racing highlights when landing the 2018 St James’s Palace
Stakes and it is fitting he returns to Newsells Park Stud, the operation where he was bred and raised. Out of the Lemon Drop Kid mare Without You Babe, he is a half-brother to Tamarkuz, who has made a fine start to his own stud career in the United States despite small numbers. The son of Frankel is also a half-sibling to the Kingman filly She’s Got You, a stakes winner in the US for Chad Brown. Indeed, Without Parole (below), whose finest hour at Royal Ascot came following a Listed success at Sandown, was trained by Brown during the latter part of his career, placing in some of the top mile contests in the US, including the Breeders’ Cup Mile and Shoemaker Mile. Stud manager Julian Dollar said of Newsells’ newest addition: “He’s by arguably one of the best stallions in the world in Frankel, he’s got a lot of speed and a wonderful US pedigree.” KITTY TRICE
#FarAboveTheSpeedLimit
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Two Win exceeded expectations when running second to Saxon Warrior in the Qico 2,000 Guineas at 50-1, confirming the promise of his two wins in Qatar over the winter. The Roger Teal-trained colt then followed up that effort with a fourth in the St James’s Palace Stakes behind Without Parole. Tip Two Win did not add to his four wins in seven further starts but retires as a son of a top-class sire who proved a high-class performer at two and three.
He has electric pace like I’ve never seen. James Tate, trainer
NEW FOR 2021
OVER 100 MARES BOOKED ALREADY Palace House winner & undefeated over 5f & 6f TR: 122 - highest rated new 5f/6f sire
Higher than Invincible Spirit, Kodiac, Dark Angel, No Nay Never & Showcasing.
By the statistical freak Farhh - 15% SW to runners
Out of a Shamardal mare from the Gr.1 family of the brilliant Benbatl. Micheál Orlandi, Compas Stallions + 353 (0)83 809 2299 compasstallions.com Standing at Starfield Stud, Ballynagall, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland N91 K8Y9
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The duo behind LM Stallions at March Hare Stud talk to Kitty Trice
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UKE and Rosie GedgeGibson have been around horses long enough to know there are peaks and troughs, but they have every reason for optimism in 2021 with a team of five stallions leading the way under the LM Stallions banner at March Hare Stud, near Shaftesbury in Dorset. To say it has been a testing time for the industry would be an understatement, with the coronavirus pandemic still raging and Brexit coming into full effect, but the hardworking pair are used to grafting their way from challenging positions. Rosie says: “We haven’t come from money and have grafted from the bottom up – it’s not been easy. I originally rode on the track as a conditional, and Luke rode in the Arabian [racing] scene; we worked for different trainers in Newmarket but I then went to Godolphin pre-training. “We were quite naive in the first year or so, and did take a bit of pummeling, by people not paying for instance. We’ve grafted for two years but now we’re coming out the other side. We’ve learnt a lot and are very different to what we were when we set out. The guys who are with us have been there throughout and without them we’d have probably given up. If you’d said to us two years ago that we’d have horses like Legends Of War in our yard we’d have laughed.” She continues: “I’d met Luke, who worked at B&Q as a sales manager while I’d been at Darley for around two years, and he messaged me one day saying he was sick of his job. “We had a 15-box yard then as well as full-time jobs – and we’d a couple of our own we raced, who we broke in from yearlings, and then we’d have a couple of owners who’d send us three or four yearlings every year for us to break in and prep. I was riding six lots out at Darley, and we’d ride out our runners before them at 4am.” Alongside Matt Huntingdon, who is in charge of the paperwork and management side of the burgeoning business, the team has welcomed four new stallions to the ranks alongside the multiple stakeswinning Master Carpenter, whose oldest crop are now yearlings. Grade 3 winner Legends Of War, a son of the late Scat Daddy who was runner-up in the Gimcrack when trained by John Gosden, leads the way at £5,000, while the 2018 2,000 Guineas runner-up Tip Two Win, priced at £3,500, 2019 Windsor Castle scorer Southern Hills (£3,000) and Diplomat, a dual Group 2-winning son of Teofilo (£2,000), complete the line-up. Excitingly for prospective breeders as part of the LM Stallions Club, lifetime breeding rights will be available for those who pay Southern Hills’ fee in advance. Rosie explains: “Southern Hills is owned by a syndicate who all have percentages and their own mares, so he’ll be well supported. They’re made up of clients around the EU and UK. “LM Stallions Ltd owns 50 per cent of Diplomat with another partner and obviously have an interest in Southern Hills too. Tip Two Win is still owned by his racing owner, and there’d be no options to buy into him, but we do have a breeding right. We
‘We haven’t come from money and have grafted from the bottom up – it’s not been easy’
Stars of the show: Tip Two Win and (above) Diplomat
offer breeding rights in Legends Of War at £12,000 and that offers a nomination in year one, a bonus in seasons two or three and one thereafter. The nominations can be sold if they’re not used.” On how LM Stallions can stand out in a fiercely competitive commercial market, she adds: “The drop in prices is definitely helping in the current climate; the main thing is we’ve been on all sides of it. We’ve been racehorse owners and breeders, while we’ve also had to do deals with studs to get going. You can go to a higher stallion and lose a lot of money; sometimes going to a lesser stallion that you really like and is commercial as well, there’s less to lose. “For the big boys it’s different but I think Legends Of War offers plenty to the commercial market and that Southern Hills offers plenty for pinhookers; I don’t see why they’d not take a chance on his being early two-year-olds.” Southern Hills’ primary claim to fame came when landing the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot, and Luke’s close contact with Coolmore provided him with an opportunity to acquire the high-class son of promising young sire Gleneagles. He says: “They’re very much business people and they view every horse as having a price – if you get close to that price then they’re willing to do business. “Matt and I had him in mind, he was a horse I thought would fit the commercial market. He’s a Royal Ascot-winning two-year-old, out of a high class two-year-old, he fitted the bill for a lot of things, so we made the offer and took the dive on him. They’ve also retained some breeding rights in him.”
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UKE continues: “We’ve gone for the Darley Club approach with Southern Hills, if you provide his service fee in advance, we’ll offer you a lifetime breeding right. There are two purposes to it: one, you really want to drive the quantity of mares that come to him, and two, you want to offer value to the breeders. “We picked up three mares this year, and some additional clients picked up some too. We’ve 20 of our own mares on site but you’ve got to be sensible and not have too many, so that you can support the operation.” Luke and Rosie are not ones to rest on their laurels and, despite a busy year in 2020 and 2021 looking equally chockablock, the pair are already looking to the future with long-term ambitions set at standing Group 1 winners. Luke adds: “We were offered a Classic-winning three-year-old at the backend of the season just because the operation liked what we’d done and that they didn’t feel there was anyone else in the UK who was being as proactive as we were. To have that, even though it was only a chat, will hopefully open doors for a lot of things. It’s all about building a network and meeting people. “We called it a day at five for this season because we felt they all offered something different. We’ve got a nice number but next year we’ll look for something up the next level. “Everyone wants to stand a Group 1 winner and that’s ultimately the longterm aim, but ours fit what we feel the market wants at the minute. We seem to be getting the support and numbers.”
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Sands Of Mali
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One of the best horses of his generation. TDN
1st
Gr.1 British Champions Sprint Stakes (Ascot) at 3yo
1st
Gr.2 Gimcrack Stakes
1st
Gr.2 Sandy Lane Stakes
1st
Gr.3 Prix Sigy
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(York) by 23/4 lengths at 2yo (Haydock) at 3yo
(Chantilly) at 3yo
He was a brilliant sprinter, a true Gr.1 horse... ...we’ve never had a horse work like he did at Musley Bank. Richard Fahey - Sporting Life He did an impressive breeze and is a weapon of a colt too...so we really wanted to get him. Matt Coleman - purchaser of Sands of Mali after the breeze up sale
MARES BOOKED TO DATE inc.
2021 FEE: €6,500 Ballyhane, Leighlinbridge, Co.Carlow, Ireland. Joe Foley: +353 86 252 4135 Office: +353 59 972 2068 Email: info@ballyhane.com
Jane Foley: +353 86 806 6000 Web: www.ballyhane.com
Red Balloons
Pleasure Place
1st Goffs UK Sales Race
1st Gr.3 Prix d’Arenberg
Percolator
Pout
1st Gr.3 Prix du Bois
1st Gr.2 Ridgewood Pearl Stks
Dream Date - Dam of
Dancing Jest - Dam of
Extortionist Gr.3 Coral Charge Stks, On Her Toes LR Star Stks LR Windsor Castle Stks Jane’s Memory LR Cecil Frail Stks
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BREEDING
ON A BUDGET SUPPLEMENT 2021
BLOODSTOCK SPECIAL NEW SIRES FOR 2021
Hello Youmzain, Persian King and Elarqam among the big names to join French studs
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Your indispensable guide to the stallions at £10k/€12.5k or lower Published on Thursday 11th February Don’t miss it! To advertise, email bloodstock@ racingpost.com
ARAS D’ETREHAM welcomes the two most expensivelypriced stallions to market in France in 2021 with the Classic star Persian King at the top of the tree at €30,000. The stud’s Nicolas de Chambure had been keen on the individual early in his juvenile career with Andre Fabre, after which he landed the Autumn Stakes at Newmarket and went on to win the French Guineas and take second behind Sottsass in the Jockey Club. A first son of Kingman to enter a French stud, Persian King also added the Group 1 Prix d’Ispahan and Prix du Moulin as a four-year-old, while also demonstrating his versatility when out of his comfort zone with a third place in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Etreham had already wrapped up a deal for Hello Youmzain (€25,000), having bought into the son of Kodiac after he had landed the 2019 Haydock Sprint Cup for Jaber Abdullah. The partnership with Cambridge Stud pledged to give him another year with Kevin Ryan and it was rewarded by his victory in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, as well as commendable efforts in three other Group 1 sprints. Etreham joined Coolmore among the shareholders in Threat, the 2019 Gimcrack
winner who starts off at €6,000 at Haras du Mont Goubert. By Footstepsinthesand, he is from the Niarchos family of Shiva and Light Shift. With Wootton Bassett transferred to Ireland, his sons are sure to be of interest for French breeders, with Wooded pitched in at €15,000 as one of the new arrivals at Haras de Bouquetot. The young sprinter made strides throughout the season with Francis Graffard and rose to the fore at just the right time for his swansong in the Prix de l’Abbaye. Bouquetot’s other signing is a different model in Romanised (€7,000), Ken Condon’s offspring of Holy Roman Emperor who was kept busy through four seasons of racing and has elite-level triumphs in the Irish Guineas and the Jacques le Marois to his name. The final stallion to begin at
a five-figure mark is Golden Horde (€10,000) at Montfort & Preaux. A top-tier sprinter for Clive Cox, just like his father Lethal Force, the chestnut won the Richmond Stakes and was placed in two Group 1s at two before his crowning glory in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot 2020. There are few better-bred animals around than Elarqam (€6,000), who has been picked up by Haras de Saint Arnoult. Offering breeders an entrance to Frankel’s blood, the multiple stakes winner for Mark Johnston is a son of the late Duke of Roxburgh’s fabled mare Attraction and cost 1,600,000gns as a yearling. Van Beethoven, a winner of the Railway Stakes for Aidan O’Brien and son of Scat Daddy, begins at that same price at Haras de Grandcamp. There are plenty of new names among dual-purpose sires to market, with Etreham’s jumping division at Haras de la Tuilerie introducing the Irish Derby winner Latrobe (€4,000). Available at the
Romanised: the 2018 winner of the Irish 2,000 Guineas winner will stand for €7,000; above (from left) Elarqam, Persian King (winning) and Hello Youmzain
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Expert Eye
2015 Acclamation - Exemplify (Dansili) 2021 Fee £12,500 1st Oct, Special Live Foal
All eyes on the future TIMEFORM RATING
118
Acclamation
113
Dark Angel
115
Mehmas
124
Expert Eye
GROUP/STAKES WINNERS COVERED IN FIRST TWO BOOKS OF MARES
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same fee will be Haras du Mesnil’s Telecaster. When trained by Hughie Morrison, the Meon Valley Stud-bred New Approach colt beat Too Darn Hot in the Dante Stakes and resurrected his career with two more Group wins as a four-year-old. Several of the brightest young French hurdlers have headed to stud, with obvious appeal to breeders. Moises Has, who signed off by landing November’s Prix Renaud du Vivier, will carry on the Martaline line for €4,500 at Haras du Hoguenet. Haras de la Hetraie can show off Moises Has’s old sparring partner For Fun (€3,000), the smartly-bred Motivator colt who took Grade 1 honours in the Prix Alain du Breil. That same fee of €3,000 has been announced by Haras des Chataigniers for Stellar Mass, who is likely to be of dualpurpose interest as a son of Sea The Stars whose fine efforts at a mile and a half included a third in the Irish Derby. Germany has a sole new sire this year, but a distinguished one at that, in Gestut Erftmuhle’s arrival Waldpfad, offered at €3,000. A member of Gestut Brummerhof’s terrific family, he is out of a sister to Falmouth Stakes runner-up Waldmark, the dam of St Leger hero Masked Marvel and granddam of Arc de Triomphe star Waldgeist, and the same line as many other German stars beginning with ‘W’. Waldpfad, by Shamardal, rose through the ranks in Germany before landing the six-furlong Hackwood Stakes
at Newbury and placing in the Haydock Sprint Cup. Among half a dozen new arrivals in Italy are Mount Everest, who will be at Antabell near Rome for €4,000. A Listed winner for Aidan O’Brien and competitive at a higher level, he has the outstanding lineage of being by Galileo out of the brilliant Six Perfections. Italian Listed winner Wootton’s Colt, who is what he says on the tin as another son of Wootton Bassett, is pitched at the same €4,000 by Societa Agricola di Besnate.
On the move to or within Britain and Ireland There have been few inter-stud transfers in recent years as big as that of Wootton Bassett, whose ascent from the relative shop floor of a fee of between €4,000 and €6,000 and workaday mares has been something to behold. The champion French twoyear-old took his Group 1 winning progeny from one to three in 2020 through the exploits of sprinter Wooded and Breeders’ Cup-winning filly Audariya and should have a stack more decent prospects from his better books to come from his time at Haras d’Etreham. Coolmore, who swooped for him in August, have more than doubled his fee again to a weighty €100,000 for his inaugural season in Ireland and are sure to lend him their full support, while his results will attract plenty more ambitious breeders. Another with Group 1 winners to his name to have travelled across the Irish Sea is
Equiano, the often overlooked supplier of speed whose offspring include old favourite The Tin Man and classy US sprinter Belvoir Bay. After a decade of service at Newsells Park, the son of Acclamation has been chalked up at €3,000 on his debut at the Irish National Stud. The Last Lion, spirited away from the track after landing the 2016 Middle Park, has departed Kildangan Stud with his first crop hitting the track last year. He was snapped up by Hedgeholme Stud in Yorkshire, where the speedy son of Choisir will stand for £4,000. Master Carpenter (£1,000), whose first foals were offered in 2020 from GG Bloodstock and Racing, has moved across country to join the newlyformed LM Stallions roster in Dorset. The circuit has a few lively additions too with Axxos (O/A), a Group 2-winning son of Monsun, joining the Elusive Bloodstock banner in Lincolnshire after a recent stint at Coolagown Stud in Ireland. Another bound for Britain from a different direction was Planteur (£3,000) as he joined Chapel Stud from Haras du Grand Courgeon. The Prix Ganay winner and son of Danehill Dancer is beginning to make an impression with his young jumpers in France. There is another fresh face too at Yorton Farm, which recently announced the arrival from Germany of Arrigo, a Group 2-winning son of Shirocco and a half-brother to Adlerflug. He is introduced at £1,300. TOM PEACOCK
Acclamation
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Dark Angel
The only Gr.1 winning miler by sire of sires Acclamation
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Mehmas
50
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Three exciting new sires for 2021 World Champion 3YO SOTTSASS (SIYOUNI)
He won the French Derby-Gr.1 (in record time from Persian King) and the Prix Ganay-Gr.1, both over 10½f., then defeated a very strong field to win the ‘Arc’. He’s the best son of his sire and a half-brother to a 7-time Gr.1 winner.
Brilliant Miler
CIRCUS MAXIMUS (GALILEO)
He won the St James’s Palace Stakes-Gr.1, Prix du Moulin-Gr.1 and Queen Anne Stakes-Gr.1 beating top-class opposition on each occasion. He’s by the best sire in the world, out of a Gr.2-winning miler at Royal Ascot and from the family of top US sire Munnings.
Top-Class 2YO Speed ARIZONA (NO NAY NEVER)
He was a Gr.2-winning 2YO at Royal Ascot, just like his exceptional sire, landing the Coventry Stakes-Gr.2. He’s a full-brother to a Gr.2 winner and his grandam, Bright Generation, was a Gr.1 winner and runner-up in the Moyglare Stud Stakes-Gr.1.
Starting from €7,000, call today! Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Hermine Bastide, Jason Walsh, Tom Miller, Neil Magee or Mark Byrne. Tel: +353-52-6131298. David Magnier, Tom Gaffney, Joe Hernon, Paddy Fleming or Cathal Murphy. Tel: 353-25-31966/31689. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) T: +44-7827-795156. E: sales@coolmore.ie W: www.coolmore.com