ITB December 2014

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Stallion Review

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Owner Frank Gillespie talks The Grey Gatsby, Paul Haigh finds out about The China Horse Club, and Shadwell Stud: past, present, future

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champs elysees 2003 B H DANEHILL - HASILI (KAHYASI)

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dansili 1996 B H DANEHILL - HASILI (KAHYASI)

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frankel 2008 B H GALILEO - KIND (DANEHILL)

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kingman 2011 B H INVINCIBLE SPIRIT - ZENDA (ZAMINDAR)

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STALLION REVIEW 2014 56 Sire tables

The leading European lists, from Weatherbys

60 “Older” sires review

Jocelyn de Moubray takes a look at the progeny results of established, older stallions

69 “Younger” sires review

First and second-season sires success, examined by Sue Montgomery

76 Stallion earnings table

Stallions are grouped together by prize-money earnings and 2014 fee bands

22 11 First word

Paul Haigh reviews the Breeders’ Cup and reckons it will be difficult for the meeting to attract runners from further afield

141 Equine nutrition

Dr. Joe Pagan explains all about bone development, Part I

147 Mare of the Month

Patineuse, dam of Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist

15 The Cartier Awards

Kingman crowned Horse of the Year

87 The Master List

Hyperion’s list of 2014 stakes-winning sires, including broodmare sires of black-type winners

94 Yearling sale review

Jocelyn de Moubray analyses how the stallions and sales companies fared in 2014

Average, median, top colt and top filly prices for all stallions, again grouped together by fee band

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Pedigree expert Alan Porter reviews the Breeders’ Cup meeting from a bloodstock perspective

34 Back where they belong

It was a great year for Shadwell Stud which saw Group 1 wins for Tagroodah and Mukhadram, and Sheikh Hamdan claims his seventh leading owners’ title

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Society of Eque strian Artists Cun Early Mornin eo Medal win g by Hannah Mer ner son SEA

44 Frankly speaking

The Grey Gatsby and Louis The Pious cap a splendid year for owner Frank Gillespie, writes Julian Smythe

50 Chinese whispers

Paul Haigh tells us lots of things we didn’t know about The China Horse Club and explains there’s a lot of things we’ll never know either

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Nancy Sexton reviews the US season and the record-breaking year for Gainesway stallion Tapit

Bayern wins the Breeders’ Cup Classic

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162 Photo of the Month

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Our unique list detailing the number of mares, winning mares and black-type-winning mares seen by the major stallions standing in Europe, supplied by Weatherbys

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115 Covering statistics

Stallion fees for stallions at all the leading British and Irish studs in 2015

151 The database

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107 European stallion sales statistics

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...were dashed in the Breeders’ Cup, writes Paul Haigh

he saddest sight in the 2014 Breeders’ Cup was that of Rich Tapestry trailing in last in the Dirt Sprint, and it wasn’t just caused by the fact that he was the only horse in the race without Lasix. The same had been true when he’d won the Group 1 Sprint Championship over the same course and distance less than a month earlier.

In that race he’d run down Goldencents, and when Goldencents took the Dirt Mile on the first day of the Cup, it raised expectation that Hong Kong’s Dirt specialist might be a winner.

As it was, Hong Kong’s first-ever Breeders’ Cup runner, a horse who’d only came to the meeting because he was a known bleeder – though trainer Michael Chang was not allowed by the Hong Kong Jockey Club to use the substance – will have proved to the satisfaction of many that Lasix is not only an essential weapon in the American trainers’ armoury, but a desirable one.

Almost as importantly it will have discouraged Hong Kong owners, many of whom are too highly principled to use Lasix on raceday, whatever Rich Tapestry may have trained on, from sending their horses to race against opponents who are treated with the medication.

And what the Breeders’ Cup needs desperately is the sort of new blood – as far as competition is concerned – that a prominent showing by a Far Eastern runner would have encouraged.

What the Breeders’ Cup needs to justify its wildly optimistic subtitle of “World Thoroughbred Championships” is to attract competition from those parts of the world which currently ignore it: racing jurisdictions in which the standard of competition is at least as high as America’s. Rich Tapestry’s failure will have done the opposite.

There will probably be no Japanese middle-distance Turf horses taking part at Keeneland next year, no Hong Kong or Australian sprinters – and until they are persuaded to come, the world championship aspiration is really almost laughable.

As they stand at the moment the Breeders’ Cup “championships” don’t even meet the standards of a Ryder Cup, the golf competition between Europe and the US to which they have often been compared. The idea of them as “Racing’s Olympics” went out of the window long ago. They fail to do so because the best horses in Europe are not sent to run in them.

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And what the Breeders’ Cup needs desperately is the sort of new blood – as far as competition is concerned – that a prominent showing by a Far Eastern runner would have encouraged

Whether this is because European connections have started to look down their noses at them as they feel their stars can best prove themselves at the higher level of competition in the Group 1 races on their own continent is debatable. But the fact is that no horse with even a pretension to being a European champion turned up at Santa Anita this year.

The one that came closest to that description was Toronado, who under experimental riding tactics failed to do himself justice, but the fact that European runners still filled the first three places in the Mile shouldn’t obscure the truth that the best, for whatever reason – retirement admittedly in the case of Kingman and Australia – hadn’t bothered to come.

Would the Ryder Cup have the same fascination if every time it was held the Europeans fielded a second or even a third team? (Let’s leave aside the question of whether it would be equally fascinating if the Americans always played at home).

Treve had no need of the Breeders’ Cup to enhance her reputation, any more than Frankel did – or for that matter the two most startling sprinters of recent years, Australia’s Black Caviar and Japan’s Lord Kanaloa. Of course, the need to travel and the existence of equally prestigious events in their own continents had plenty to do with their owners’ unwillingness to even consider a trip to the US. But, when the Breeders’ Cup was launched, the hope was that it would provide the crowning moment in any horse’s career. That has not happened, and whatever other reasons there may be for this failure the likelihood has to be that until there is uniformity in the rule book, it won’t.

That goes for stewarding, as well as medication. How Bayern was allowed to keep the Classic after taking out the favourite Shared Belief, and others, at the start is a source of bewilderment. It may not have been a tactic, but the effect was the same as if it had been.

It probably wasn’t a home-town decision that prevented the Jamie Osborne-trained Toast Of New York from taking the prize. Plenty of horses in the US get DQ’d for much less than Bayern got away with, but in lesser events. There seems to be a convention in America that in the biggest races you don’t get disqualified unless the jockey takes out a gun and starts shooting.

Toast Of New York, the best Dirt horse ever to finish fifth in a Class 4 Leicester maiden, will get another

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first word chance at the really big money when he goes to Dubai in March.

The matter of rule uniformity goes both ways too.

Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Main Sequence was rated 116 at his highest while he raced in Britain. Is the excellent Graham Motion such a brilliant trainer that he’s improved him by about ten pounds?

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ell, it’s a possibility and, as his former trainer David Lanigan reported, the gelding was always likely to be better suited to the flat ovals of US racing than by the undulations of British tracks. But it’s significant that the horse, who finished 5l behind Camelot in what was probably not a sensational Derby, is still unbeaten in the US and is unlikely to be asked to run in Japan or Hong Kong, where American medications are not permitted.

The hard-core US racing fans seem quite content with the Breeders’ Cup as it is. The crowd was up four per cent on last year anyway – although TV figures when computed are what actually count.

But when will they start to ask themselves why most of their “world champions” aren’t really thought of as such by racing fans anywhere else? When will they wonder

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The victory by Goldencents in the Dirt Mile raised hopes that Rich Tapestry could give Hong Kong a first Breeders’ Cup with its first runner.

Sadly, it was not to be – the horse was found to have bled significantly in the race and trailed in last

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Meanwhile, in Australia, the Europeans continued to dominate the Melbourne Cup with Germany’s Protectionist, as Ryan Moore continues to astonish

how racing can develop to its true potential when it remains the only sport that has one set of rules for their country and a different set for the rest of the world?

Meanwhile, in Australia, the Europeans continued to dominate the Melbourne Cup with Germany’s Protectionist, as Ryan Moore continues to astonish, outclassing a field led home by the wonderful Red Cadeaux. It would be tempting to say that Australian sprinters confirmed their supremacy over Europeans too, but Slade Power, who’d looked for a while as though he might make fools of those of us who’d thought he had no chance against them on their home turf, was found to be lame after the Darley Classic at Flemington.

No need to argue about the saddest moment of Australia’s most famous race. Well actually, perhaps there is. Was it the death of Caulfield Cup winner Admire Rakti, who collapsed after the race, or that of the less renowned Araldo, who had to be put down following injury after being startled by something in the crowd?

Or was it the reaction of the anti-racing gang who seemed almost delighted to have something tragic to emote about?

All living creatures die, even if nobody wants them to and all their humans strive as hard as they can to prolong and improve their existence. It’s a fact of life. Selfrighteous breast beaters should get used to.

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Cartier Awards

2014

Cartier Award Winners 2014 Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt: Gleneagles Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly: Tiggy Wiggy Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt: Kingman Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly: Taghrooda Cartier Sprinter: Sole Power Cartier Stayer: Leading Light Cartier Older Horse: Noble Mission Cartier Horse of the Year: Kingman Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit: Sheikh Hamdan

Clockwise (from top left) : the Power family with the award for leading sprinter after Sole Power’s three Group 1 sprint successes in 2014 – Sabena and David Power with Tessa Power; Kingman’s connections – left to right, Juddmonte’s Philip Mitchell, Douglas Erskine-Crum, Cartier’s Arnaud Bamberger, trainer John Gosden, and racing manager Lord Grimthorpe; Lady Cecil, Bamberger and Lord Grimthorpe with Noble Mission’s award for Cartier Older Horse; Angus Gold receives the Three-Year-Old Filly award for Sheikh Hamdan’s Taghrooda; jockey Frankie Dettori shares a joke with the evening’s host, Harry Herbert.

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Stallions standing at six-figure fees up for the 2015 covering season

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IX stallions (five with advertised fees) will be standing in Europe for 2015 at six-figure sums, up from just three in 2014.

Sea The Stars, Invincible Spirit and Dansili have joined Galileo, Dubawi and Frankel in the £/€100,000+ club, the Irish National Stud stallion receiving

the biggest hike of the group, going up from €70,000, a 42 per cent rise (see page 18-19).

The fee for New Approach, the seventh most-expensive stallion standing in Europe, has been held constant at £80,000 after a slightly quieter year on the track, while Juddmonte’s Oasis Dream, has had a slight decrease from £85,000 to £75,000.

After the Group 1 Dewhurst success of Belardo, first-season sire Lope De Vega (Shamardal) has had the biggest increase going from €12,500 to €40,000, the

same new price as Coolmore’s year-older son of Danehill Dancer, Mastercraftsman.

Young sires Showcasing and Champs Elysees now stand at double digits, while the impressive year for the 13-yearold Kodiac on the racetrack and in the sales ring has seen his fee increased by 250 per cent to €25,000. He initially retired to stud in 2007 at a fee of €5,000.

Darley’s Iffraaj moves from Kildangan to stand at Dalham Hall for the first time, which due to currency differences has

resulted in a slight fee increase, although on paper it looks as though the son of Zafonic has had a cut in price.

Conversely, Helmet heads back to Ireland after standing for just one year at Dalham Hall, the associated currency change has held his price constant, while Exceed And Excel returns after a stint in Britain of seven years.

At the time of writing, 2015 will see 20 new stallions in Britain and Ireland, headed by Juddmonte’s Kingman on £55,000 and Coolmore’s Australia at €50,000.

xxxxx The GB Flat Turf season done and dusted for 2014

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champion NH sire in Dubawi...?!

The real racing junkies have enjoyed a surfeit of international racing.

Clock changes meant a really early start to watch the Melbourne Spring Carnival, while the Breeders’ Cup in California gave us an eight-hour difference in the other direction.

Thus we had a marathon US session ending in the Breeders’ Cup Classic – though I have to admit to not lasting the course for the Turf Mile or the Classic.

Toast Of New York’s gallant second in the latter capped a great year for Jamie Osborne after the horse’s fine victory in the UAE Derby.

Toast Of New York has earnings of just under £1,500,000, not bad for a horse whose two victories from four runs as a two-year-old in Britain earned him £4,500!

No doubt Jamie will be sponsoring racing at Wolverhampton this winter.

Karakontie’s victory in the Turf Mile was a great training feat by Jonathan Pease. He has had a

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briliant record in the Breeders’ Cup having previously won with Spinning World and Tikkanen.

True to form, the post-race interviews from Pease were very short lived, much like a Dolania mayfly!

At least, unlike after Bago’s Arc win, he did not have to upbraid Alan

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Toast Of New York has earnings of just under £1,500,000, not bad for a horse whose two victories from four runs as a two-year-old in Britain earned him £4,500!

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he 2014 BRITISH turf Flat season has ended with well deserved champions in Richard Hannon Jr and Richard Hughes.

At Kingsclere, Andrew Balding achieved his first single-digit placing in the trainers’ table and Oisin Murphy was crowned champion apprentice following in the footsteps of the previous Kingsclere joint-champions in 2008, William Buick and David Probert.

Hardly had the season finished when there came the surprising news that Buick and James Doyle had been snapped up as stable jockeys by Godolphin for 2015.

Clearly they have been made offers they could not refuse, but no doubt former employers Prince Khalid Abdullah and John Gosden will still manage to own and train plenty of winners, even without their stable jockeys.

Perhaps Tony McCoy will be enticed by John Ferguson to join Bloomfields with its current 31 per cent strike rate, and a potential

Lee for forsaking cricket reporting to take on racing for The Times.

Bernstein, Karakontie’s deceased sire, only managed two Group 3 wins in Ireland for Aidan O’Brien and was possibly a “closet” Dirt horse. His offspring’s wins have mainly been in the US and Argentina.

Karakontie stays in training next year and should benefit from a glut of retiring peers.

Norris/Huntingdon Bloodstock made a maiden trip to the Osarus sale at Le Lion d’Angers for the November yearling and breeding stock sale.

We had a Dalghar yearling to look at for an Australian client. He was backward-looking, but with distinct possibility if given some time. He was retained by his owner.

We also looked at a relation to a Dubawi mare we bought at Arqana last December – the Diamond Green colt sold for €13,000, well above the sale average of €6,500.

We managed to buy an Ange Gabriel colt, who should make a fine store three-year-old, especially if the Montmartre sibling to the dam

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In a spur-of-a-moment decision and probably in an attempt to recapture her youth, our unesteemed editor has agreed to ride in a mile charity point-to-point Flat race, held at the Point-to-Point Owners’ and Riders’ meeting at Barbury Castle, Marlborough on December 7.

The race is being staged in aid of the Injured Jockeys’ Fund, such a hugely worthy cause, and one which we are sure you or friends have at some time been beneficiaries of the charity’s immense help, care and kindness.

Sally has been out running a few times (not a pretty sight) and whacked a long-suffering mechanical horse in preparation, but motivation is low. She

has agreed that if her sponsorship fund grows, she may be persuaded to run each morning ahead of the December Mares’, and will then try her hardest to win the race.

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clicks in Ireland. The nicest yearling, and most expensive, was bought

by Jamie Railton and was a Dream Ahead colt out of a Canadian stakes winner.

His Lope de Vega half-brother is in training with Jean-Claude Rouget, who part owns him.

George Haine, David Futter, Con and Theresa Marnane and were amongst a handful of other crosschannel buyers.

Le Lion has a fine three-day event course and a pretty racecourse that is sometimes flooded in winter by the Oudon, a tributary of the Mayenne.

One of the French National Studs is based there, but it is reduced to standing only five stallions.

It moved from Angers in 1975 and was built as one of the dying throes of Brutalist Architecture, and unfortunately it is as ugly as it’s name suggests.

Angers is a charming city with modern trams, a well-preserved 15th century Maison d’Adam with a Father Tricouillard carving and a memorable tapestry of the Apocalypse in the 14th century Chateau.

We also encountered a large flotilla of tractors with protesting farmers... very French!

Godolphin newbies: William Buick (top) and James Doyle

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...for leading sales consignor Ted Voute, who voices his opinion on all things bloodstock and sales-related

itting down to choose stallions this year able to produce a foal worthy of a potential entry into the Arqana August, Goffs Orby or Tattersalls Book 1 and 2 yearling sales in 2017 is most challenging after a very successful year for British and Irish stallions.

Stallions who stood last year at €12,500 now stand at €40,000 – Showcasing is at £15,000, Kodiac at €25,000, Kingman starts at £55,000 and Invincible Spirit is now €100,000 – it all means that the breeding game is not for the faint-hearted.

The required capital investment is now a serious outlay and the potential loss could wipe investors out, unless they are prepared to race or stick to trading mares in-foal or selling foals.

Financially, the yearling market was primarily driven by the Maktoum brothers and the Al Thani family and yearling sale averages and medians went through the roof.

By the time you have read this you may have bought a mare at one of the European December breeding stock sales and, leaving that jubilant day behind you, now have the unenviable task of obtaining a nomination.

In the first instance it’s not about the price, but more as to whether you can actually get one!

You suddenly realise that the price bracket you buy mares in has now gone up a few notches, while the same pedigree doesn’t guarantee an entry into a select yearling sale any more or a good nomination.

Tattersalls proudly announced that the December Sale included 30 graded stakes winners, which is impressive, but when you sit down to think that these are the potential Book 1 pedigrees, there is not a busting amount of choice.

The Al Thani relations have just started assembling a stud farm, as well as a few stallions who seem to have been retired with value in mind, but they haven’t yet got a broodmare band of the diversity needed to support these stallions.

Back to the 30 graded stakes winners – they are going to be expensive as the Al Thanis need to buy the best mares to help prove their stallions – 30 isn’t many to choose from when you need to start a broodmare band big enough to supply the racing appetite the group appears to have. It will be a sellers’ market.

I have written before that I sympathise with the stallion masters in one sense when the likes of Pour Moi retire to stud at €20,000 and stood last year for €12,500.

Lope De Vega has proven this season that a fee can, after a successful first year, shoot up to €40,000 quite easily. We are now in a hot rising market with values changing rapidly, and this is happening not only in Europe but also in the US. You just need to look at Kitten’s Joy, who now stands at $100,000, or Pioneerof The Nile, who has gone from $30,000 to $60,000.

Our stallion masters are starting to make some money again and will go back to the market to buy racehorses good enough to stand at stud.

So how do we value these horses who cover 150 - 200 mares and do a stint Down Under? Choosing the right horse has always been the secret, but these stallions could now have 400 - 500 pregnant mares before their ability is proven – or otherwise.

Quite different to the 40-share syndicate – now we have to contend with breeding rights only, and 100 of them at that!

Interestingly, there is no “share the up-side programmes” in the UK but the deal at Overbuy with Dunaden makes him interesting to an owner breeder.

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stallion fees Major British and Irish stallion fees 2015 (including % change compared with 2014) Stud / stallion

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2014 Fee

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Ballyhane Arakan Battle Of Marengo (New) Dandy Man Elzaam Frozen Power Red Jazz Roderic O’Connor

€4,000 €5,000 €6,000 - €6,500 €7,500 €3,500 €3,500 €4,000 €3,500 €4,000 €4,500 €7,500 €9,000

-20 -13 0 14 -11 -16

Ballylinch Beat Hollow Dream Ahead Intense Focus Lawman Lope de Vega

€6,000 €6,500 €15,000 €15,000 €7,000 €10,000 €25,000 €25,000 €40,000 €12,500

-8 0 -30 0 320

Banstead Manor Stud Bated Breath Casique Champs Elysees Dansili Frankel Kingman (New) Oasis Dream

£10,000 £8,000 £12,500 £12,000 £10,000 £5,000 £100,000 £95,000 £125,000 £125,000 £55,000 - £75,000 £85,000

25 4 200 5 0 -11

Bearstone Firebreak Major Cadeaux

£4,500 £3,500 £3,500 £3,500

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Bucklands Coach House (New) Helvellyn

£3,000 - £3,000 £2,500

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Cheveley Park Stud Dutch Art Garswood (New) Intello Kyllachy Lethal Force Mayson Medicean Pivotal

£40,000 £35,000 £7,000 - £25,000 £25,000 £15,000 £15,000 £10,000 £12,500 £6,000 £6,000 £8,000 £10,000 £45,000 £45,000

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Coolmore Alfred Nobel Australia (New) Camelot Canford Cliffs Dylan Thomas

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€4,000 €50,000 €25,000 €15,500 €5,000

€4,000 - €25,000 €12,500 €10,000

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2015 Fee

2014 Fee

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Excelebration €17,500 €20,000 Fastnet Rock Private Private Footstepsinthesand €10,000 €10,000 Galileo Private Private Henrythenavigator €15,000 €25,000 High Chaparral €30,000 €30,000 Holy Roman Emperor €20,000 €20,000 Kingsbarns (New) €6,000 - Mastercraftsman €40,000 €35,000 Most Improved €5,000 €6,000 No Nay Never (New) €20,000 - Pour Moi €12,500 €12,500 Power €8,000 €10,000 Requinto €4,000 €4,000 Rip Van Winkle €25,000 €20,000 Rock Of Gibraltar €12,500 €12,500 Ruler Of The World (New) €15,000 - So You Think €12,500 €15,000 Starspangledbanner €25,000 - Thewayyouare €5,000 €4,000 War Command (New) €15,000 - Yeats €6,000 €6,000 Zoffany €12,500 €7,500

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breeders’ cup

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he Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) was probably decided in the first few strides as Bayern broke inward, bumping the favourite Shared Belief into Moreno and compromising the getaway for both horses.

Without the attentions of the dedicated front-runner Moreno to overcome, Bayern was able to control the race, rationing out his speed over a track that was prepared perfectly for front-runners.

He was clearly a very tired horse in the closing stages, but he had just enough in hand and was brave enough to hold off Toast Of New York by a nose, with California Chrome only a neck back in third.

While his talent has never been in doubt, as far as his distance requirements are concerned, Bayern has been something of an enigma for pedigree pundits, handicappers, and probably his connections as well.

An impressive winner of his first two starts, Bayern tired late when third in the Arkansas Derby (G1), then was disqualified for causing interference after finishing a nose to the good in the Derby Trial Stakes (G3) at a mile.

Unplaced after a rough trip in the Preakness Stakes, Bayern dropped back to sprinting for the 7f Woody Stephens Stakes (G1), and scored by seven and a half lengths in a time just off the track-record.

Allowed to dominate from the start in the mile Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1), Bayern won by 7l. When stepped up to

Bayern scores

Alan Porter gives a bloodstock report from a thrilling Breeders’ Cup meeting 1m2f for the first time in the Travers Stakes (G1), Bayern was pressed early by Tonalist and Hard Spun, and compounded after threequarters of a mile, fading to finish last of ten.

Back at a mile, Bayern returned to his best in his final outing prior to the Breeders’ Cup, the Pennsylvania Derby (G1), hitting the wire 5l to the good in a new track-record.

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Bayern’s pedigree certainly reads like that of a horse who would relish distance, at least

by US standards.

His sire Offlee Wild, a son of Wild Again (by Nearctic’s “other” stallion son, Icecapade), won the Holy Bull Stakes (G3) and ran unplaced in the Kentucky Derby (G1) at three.

He was at his best as an older horse

breeders’ cup Bob Baffert’s instructions to jockey Martin Garcia (below, stars) on Bayern before the Breeders’ Cup Classic was to “get the lead and don´t look back”... the jockey did exactly as he was told, and saved enough to see off Toast Of New York’s challenge in the straight.

Bayern’s pedigree stretches back to the brilliant broodmare of the year, Courtly Dee

Photography courtesy of the Breeders’ Cup winning the Massachusetts Handicap (G2) over Funny Cide at four, the Excelsior Breeders’ Cup Handicap (G3) and the 1m2f Suburban Handicap (G1) at five.

He was retired to stand at Darley Kentucky and came up with four stakes winners in his first crop, among them the champion twoyear-old filly She Be Wild.

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On the distaff side of his pedigree, and by a strange coincidence, Bayern comes from the same female line as California Chrome

There was only one black-type winner in his second crop, but he was represented by graded winners Hogy and Acting Naughty in his third.

Offlee Wild drew a stakes blank with his fourth crop, foals of 2010, but his crop that was conceived that year, coming on the heels of She Be Wild’s championship campaign, has already produced three stakes winners with Bayern clearly the best.

Offlee Wild stood in Pennsylvania at a fee of $5,000 for the 2014 season, but was recently sold to Turkish interests.

Bayern is out of Allittlebitearly, an unraced daughter of Thunder Gulch, winner of the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1).

On the distaff side of his pedigree, and by a strange coincidence, Bayern comes from the same female line as California Chrome as Bayern’s fifth dam Judy-Rae is the seventh dam of California Chrome.

The branch of the female line that produced Bayern is generally identified by Bayern’s third dam, a broodmare of the year, Courtly Dee. A daughter of Never Bend, Courtly Dee produced seven stakes winners, including the champion juvenile filly Althea, the Sapling Stakes (G1) winner Ali Oop and the oncedefeated multiple graded stakes winner and sire Twining.

She has a legion of other high-class descendents to her name, among them the Group and Grade 1 winners Balletto, Acoma, Arch, Aldiza, Azzaam, No Reason, One And Only, Green Desert and Vespa.

Bayern’s grand-dam Aquilegia, a sister to Althea (both by Alydar), was a less precocious and speedy performer than her sister, and did her best work on the turf winning the New York Handicap (G2) and Black Helen Handicap (G2).

Three of Aquilegia’s offspring won stakes races, headed by the speedy Danzig colt Bertolini, successful in the July Stakes (G3), the European Free Handicap and runner-up in three Group 1 events.

By a 1m2f Grade 1 winner, out of a mare by a Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner, with a second dam who was a graded stakes winner at 1m2f, Bayern might have been expected to run as far asked, at least as far as championship level races in North America are contested.

At the end of the day, however, pedigree is only potential and a mating has several possible outcomes.

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breeders’ cup Main Sequence

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In essence, Bayern is what most of his body of work suggests – a very talented miler whose economy of action allows him to carry his speed slightly further Perhaps the clearest understanding of Bayern comes from data gleaned from a Performance Genetics report on Bayern, which took into account his stride, his cardio and DNA. The stride analysis revealed Bayern to be a remarkably efficient mover. His cardio is acceptable, but not outstanding – he is more of a miler type than with a big stayer’s heart.

A look at his DNA revealed genetics that are those of a top-class sprinter.

However, with his long stride, he was never going to be a pure speed-merchant, but his DNA and cardio both suggested that he wasn’t ever likely to be a real 1m2f runner either.

In essence, Bayern is what most of his body of work suggests – a very talented miler whose economy of action allows him to carry his speed slightly further.

In the Breeders’ Cup, the extreme speedfavouring track with an unchallenged lead allowed him to stretch that vital extra distance.

In many ways he reminds us of Ghostzapper, another who might have been characterised as a brilliant sprinter/miler, but who on a speed-favouring track at Lone Star was able to lead throughout to take the 2004 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), like Bayern also bettering the two-minute barrier.

Extended Sequence

The Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) went to a horse equally confounding in terms of pedigree as it relates to aptitude – Main Sequence.

The five-year-old gelding, who completed a perfect season in 2014, going five-for-five, all in Grade 1 events, is by champion US sprinter Aldebaran, and out of a mare by champion sprinter Pivotal.

That said, Aldebaran – a son of Mr. Prospector and the Moyglare Stud (G1) and Coronation Stakes (G1) heroine Chimes Of Freedom – didn’t really look like a typical sprinter and as a racehorse he was really a come-from-behind 7f/mile type.

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with mares owning predominantly middledistance Turf pedigrees, which may not have generally played to his strengths, and he sired only five group or graded winners from 452 foals, with Main Sequence being his only Group or Grade 1 winner.

Pivotal too, is a somewhat unusual sprinter, at least as far as what he has transmitted at stud. Despite scoring his two most prestigious victories over 5f, ten of Pivotal’s Group or Grade 1 winners have won their major victories at 1m2f or further.

Main Sequence’s dam Ikat was certainly not a pure sprinter. Her only win came in a 7f maiden at Deauville as a two-year-old, but she was also second in the Prix d’Aumale (G3) at a mile at that age, and beaten only 3l when fourth over a mile at Longchamp on her final start.

Main Sequence’s second dam Burning Sunset, a daughter of Caerleon, won the Prix Solitude at a mile, and was third in the Prix d’Harcourt (G2) at 1m2f.

She is also dam of the Prix d’Harcourt (G2) victor and Singapore International Airlines Cup (G1) second Smoking Sun, and of the Listed-winning and Group-placed Zhiyi.

Out of the Shirley Heights mare Lingerie, Burning Sunset is half-sister to Epsom Oaks (G1) heroine Light Shift, to Shiva, who took the Tattersalls Gold Cup (G1), and to the Prix Jean de Chaudenay (G2) and Prix Foy (G2) victor, Limnos.

The fourth dam is Northern Dancer’s daughter Northern Trick, successful in both the French Oaks (G1) and Prix Saint-Alary (G1).

Tapit breaks the earnings record

Untapable has dominated her division throughout the year, her only defeat in six starts prior to the Breeders’ Cup coming against colts in the Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1).

Having dispatched her contemporaries in the Kentucky Oaks (G1), Mother Goose Stakes (G1) and Cotillion Stakes (G1), she faced

breeders’ cup older fillies and mares for the first time in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1).

The older division – admittedly missing Beholder, the sidelined champion three-yearold filly of 2013 – proved no greater obstacle.

Untapable’s sire Tapit has developed into a genuine phenomenon, and the filly’s victory saw him surpass the single season earnings record established by Smart Strike in 2007.

A son of Pulpit, Tapit was undefeated in two starts at two, but lost his unbeaten record first time out at three when he was off-theboard in the Florida Derby (G1), before rebounding in the Wood Memorial.

Tapit had come out of the Florida race with a “significant lung infection” and in the words of his trainer Michael Dickinson was “not in peak health or great condition” going to the Wood.

It may be that the effort he put in to win the Wood took it’s toll, and on his only two subsequent outings Tapit finished unplaced in the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Pennsylvania Derby (G1).

Retired to stand at Gainesway Farm at a fee of $15,000, Tapit enjoyed a meteoric rise to the top of the stallion ranks and he’s now sire of 57 stakes winners, 33 of which are graded.

They include a champion two-year-old colt Hansen, a champion two-year-old filly Stardom Bound – both winners of their respective juvenile events at the Breeders’ Cup, the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) victor Tapizar, Tonalist, successful in the Belmont Stakes (G1) and Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) this year.

His other Grade 1 winners include Constitution, Testa Matta, Zazu, Careless Jewel, Joyful Victory, Laragh, Dancer Card and Tell A Kelly.

Bred by Winchell Thoroughbreds, who also own a significant portion of Tapit, Untapable is half-sister to Paddy O’Prado, who won five graded stakes on turf, including the Secretariat Stakes (G1), and who also took third in the Kentucky Derby (G1).

Untapable’s dam Fun House, a daughter of the Breeders’ Turf (G1) victor Prized, won the Buena Vista Handicap (G2), while her second dam Bistra did not earn black-type, and was by the now relatively obscure Classic Go Go, but she is a half-sister to several good winners.

These are headed by Olympio, another

Rosie Napravnik celebrates her win aboard Untapable (below) in the Distaff. The filly is a half-sister to the Grade1 Secretariat Stakes winner and Kentucky Derby third Paddy O’Prado

performer to whom surface was immaterial, and whose string of graded wins included victories in the Hollywood Derby (G1) and Malibu Stakes (G1).

The family, which now has become an exceptionally consistent source of talent, rose

to this status rather remarkably.

For some reason, after generations of producing nothing but mediocrities, the female line suddenly exploded with Untapable’s fifth dam, Brighton View.

Born in 1962, Brighton View gave no hint during her racing career – she won just once in 18 starts for earnings of $1,661 – of what was to happen. What’s more, she owned a pedigree which was obscure even in that era.

By Tuscany (by The Rhymer, a son of the imported English horse, St. Germans), she was out of a mare by Fritz Maisel (a Dominoline horse who appears in the pedigrees of stakes winners through only one other mare), with a second dam by Dartle, a horse who doesn’t seem to appear in any animal of note, other than through Brighton View.

Determining what factors caused the upgrading in the family from Brighton View onwards is something of a guessing game, but she is interesting in having a considerable accumulation of “Old American” strains, which even at the time of her birth had been mostly pushed aside by imports such as Nasrullah, Bull Dog and Sir Gallahad III. The success rate achieved by crossing Tapit over mares carrying Bright View’s daughter Light Verse – either through the direct female line, or mares by Light Verse’s grandson, Olympio – has been quite remarkable.

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Bobby’s Kitten a sprint king

The Turf Sprint (G1) was one race in which the front runners did get caught and in the final yards No Nay Never, who took the lead in the final furlong, was himself caught by Bobby’s Kitten, who had been last at the half mile pole, and only twelfth turning for home.

Bobby’s Kitten is certainly an unusual son of sire Kitten’s Joy, a champion Turf horse, who was effective at a 1m4f.

Supported almost exclusively by his owners Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey, Kitten’s Joy has turned out to be an exceptional stallion and was leading sire of 2013.

Bobby’s Kitten’s speed comes from his

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Bobby’s Kitten is from the cross that has proved to be one of Kitten’s Joy’s best, that with Storm Cat mares dam Celestial Woods, a daughter of Forestry (Storm Cat), who won at distances as short as 5f. She’d previously produced Bobby’s Kitten’s brother Major Magic, a minor stakes winner at a mile.

There is no black-type under Bobby’s Kitten’s second dam Celestial Bliss, but that daughter of Relaunch was an extremely well-bred mare being a half-sister to champion Turf horse Paradise Creek and to the Grade 1

Double day for City Zip Whether on Dirt, as with Bayern, or on the grass, the lead frequently seemed to be the place to be at this year’s Breeders’ Cup. In the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) the five-year-old mare Dayatthespa, who had channelled her front-running speed into victories in such races as the First Lady Stakes (G1) and Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (G2), tackled 1m2f for the first time. It proved no obstacle, despite being in front from the off.

With Dayatthespa being joined by Work All Week, who took the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), the Saturday completed what had already been an outstanding season for City Zip, a stallion who began his career with relatively modest expectations.

A son of the Mr. Prospector horse Caron City, otherwise a disappointing sire of sires, City Zip was sold for only $17,000 as a yearling, on account of his somewhat less-than-perfect forelegs.

Despite this he made history as one of only two horses since 1916 to win the two-year-old Saratoga stakes treble of the Sanford Stakes (G2), the Saratoga Special Stakes (G2) and the Hopeful Stakes (G1).

In all, City Zip was first past-the-post in five stakes at two, also including Dayatthespa: sold for $2,100,000 at Fasig-Tipton

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winners Forbidden Apple and Wild Event, as well as to the dam of David Junior, winner of the Champion Stakes (G1), the Dubai Duty Free (G1) and the Eclipse Stakes (G1).

His third dam North Of Eden is a halfsister to champion Turf horse Theatrical, and to Taiki Blizzard, a top-class runner in Japan.

Bobby’s Kitten is from the cross that has proved to be one of Kitten’s Joy’s best, that with Storm Cat mares, the nick having produced eight stakes winners from 66 starters, including multiple Grade 1 winner and Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare (G1) runner-up, Stephanie’s Kitten.

Judy was a real Beauty

The Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) saw last year’s second Judy The Beauty prevail by a head from fast-finishing Better Lucky.

Judy The Beauty, a five-year-old mare, had

the Futurity Stakes (G1). He trained on to add another four stakes events, including the Amsterdam Stakes (G2) at Saratoga at three.

Retired to stand in New York, City Zip served his first three seasons there before the racecourse heroics of his half-brother, Horse of the Year Ghostzapper, brought a move to Lane’s End Farm in Kentucky.

City Zip has turned out to be a prolific sire, and is now responsible for more than 50 stakes winners, including the undefeated Grade 1 winner Bustin Stones, the 2014 multiple Grade 1-winning sprinter Palace and 2014 Del Mar Oaks (G1) heroine Personal Diary.

Dayatthespa’s pedigree is also pretty blue collar on the distaff side. Her dam is by the modest sire Doc’s Leader (by Mr. Leader, a son of Hail To Reason), but is a sister to the Saranac Handicap (G3) victor Phi Beta Doc, and stakes winner Queen Mary’s Boy. Her second dam Smart Queen, a daughter of King Pellinore, is a three-quarters sister to Clev Er Tell, successful in the Arkansas Derby (G2) and Louisiana Derby (G2). She is also sibling to the dam of Tricky Code, a stakes-winning and Grade 1-placed performer whose Sunday Silence son Hat Trick was champion sprinter in Japan and sire of the 2011 champion French two-year-old Dabirsim in his first crop.

The family goes back to Anchors Ahead, a sister to the ferocious War Relic, one of the most important sons of Man O’ War. A little more than 48 hours after her triumph, Dayyathespa was in the sale ring at the Fasig-Tipton November Sales where she sold to Stonestreet Thorougbred Holdings for $2,100,000.

While Dayatthespa had previously amply advertised her talents, Work All Week’s win was more of a stealth attack as he was running in his first Grade 1 event and only his second graded stakes.

Still a look at the five-year-old gelding’s resume shows 12 wins in 15 starts, and a perfect 10-for-10 record on the Dirt. His break-through in graded company had come in the Phoenix Stakes (G3) on his previous start.

If Dayatthespa has a relatively modest immediate family, it’s positively spectacular compared to that of Work All Week, underlining City Zip’s ability to upgrade his mares. His dam Danzig Matilda (by the Roberto horse, Repriced) did earn black-type with a third in the Valdale Stakes at Turfway Park, but the only other black-type in the first three dams was a pair of minor stakes placings achieved by his third dam.

MUKHADRAM The first Gr.1 winning son of leading European sire SHAMARDAL to stand in the UK.

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The Turf Mile was run at a “furious pace” allowing Karakontie (inset) to stay on from the rear to win for the Niarchos family

displayed talent from the very earliest stages of her career running second in the Spinaway Stakes (G1).

This year, however, she really has taken a step forward winning three of her four starts coming into the Breeders’ Cup – the Las Flores Stakes (G1), the Madison Stakes (G1) and the Rancho Bernardo Handicap (G3).

Judy The Beauty is by Ghostzapper (by Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Awesome Again), who was very probably the best Dirt runner seen in North America since Holy Bull, and possibly longer.

His career was crowned with a recordbreaking victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at four. Retired to stud the following year at a fee of $200,000, he made a somewhat sticky start, although his first crop did eventually yield nine stakes winners, five graded.

He’s since settled down as a very solid sire with 35 stakes winners in his first five crops, 20 of them graded, including other Grade 1 winners Better Lucky, Contested, Moreno, Stately Victor and Starship Truffles.

Judy The Beauty’s dam, the minor stakes winner Holy Blitz, is by Holy Bull, who sired the champion two-year-old Macho Uno out of the dam of Ghostzapper.

Her second dam Pagofire is a sister to Incinerate, a Grade 2 scorer who produced the Gazelle Stakes (G1) heroine and Kentucky Oaks (G1) runner-up In The Gold. The female line goes back to La Troienne, albeit through one of it’s less heralded branches.

It was a second Golden year

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Into Mischief has made an excellent start, and with his third crop only two-year olds of 2014, he has sired nine stakes winners the ability to carry is Goldencents.

Last year’s renewal of the Dirt Mile (G1) saw Goldencents set swift fractions over a speed-favouring track, then hold on for the win. This year was not a lot different as the four-year-old was gunned to the lead out of the gate, opened up by 3l at the 6f pole, and persevered to win by a length a quarter.

Goldencents is from the first crop of Into Mischief and he will be standing alongside his sire at Spendthrift Farm for 2015.

By the prematurely deceased Storm Cat grandson Harlan’s Holiday, and a halfbrother to two-time champion Beholder, Into Mischief was a fast and precocious racehorse, who broke his maiden over 6f first time out, finished second in the Hollywood Prevue Stakes (G3) and then won the CashCall Futurity (G1) in a quick time.

He ran second to juvenile Grade 1 winner Georgie Boy in the San Vicente Stakes (G3) first time out at three, but was then sidelined until autumn. On his return he won the 7f Damascus Stakes in a another sharp time, then ended his career with a second in the Malibu Stakes (G1).

Retired to stud relatively cheaply, Into Mischief has made an excellent start, and

with his third crop only two-year olds of 2014, he has sired nine stakes winners, including other graded scorers Vyjack, Vicar’s In Trouble (who pulled up lame in the Dirt Mile after chasing Goldencents throught the early stages) and Can The Man. As far as the distaff side of his pedigree is concerned, Goldencents represents a considerable advance over anything produced by his female line in recent generations.

The third dam Kinto was placed in minor stakes, but Goldencents and minor stakeswinning dam Body Works are the only blacktype winners under the first four dams.

When we get to the fifth dam, we come to Doily, who is also second dam of the 1985 Kentucky Derby (G1) victor Sunny’s Halo.

We’ll also note that Harlan’s Holiday is a Northern Dancer/Raise A Native cross, and that Goldencents’s broodmare sire, Banker’s Gold, is a Raise A Native/Northern Dancer cross, with Northern Dancer coming through the similarly-bred Storm Bird and Nijinsky.

Karkontie backed up his Classic success

The Turf Mile (G1) was also run at a furious pace, leaving the fast-finishing French duo of Anodin (a brother to three-time winner of this race, Goldikova) and Karakontie to score.

Karakontie had won three out of four last year at two, including the Prix La Rochette (G3) and Grand Criterium (G1). He took the Poule d’Essai des Poulains (G1) on his second start this term, but failed to stay when unplaced in the French Derby (G1). His only other outing was his prep for the Breeders’ Cup, the Prix de la Forêt (G1), where both

he and Anodin finished off the board after suffering rough trips.

Karakontie is by the deceased Storm Cat horse, Bernstein. Initially trained in Ireland

by Aidan O’Brien, Bernstein at one time had a towering reputation.

He won his first two starts, the second of which came in the Railway Stakes (G3), but flopped in the National Stakes (G1) on his only other outing as a juvenile. He never subsequently showed the form that his homework indicated he might capable of.

Retired to stud in the US, he made a very good start with his first crop, but suffered from inconsistent books of mares, both in terms of quality and quantity.

Still, he did sire 39 stakes winners in ten crops, 16 of them Group or graded, and besides Karakontie, has had two other Grade 1 winners in the shape of Miss World and Dream Empress.

Bernstein also enjoyed a stellar career as a shuttle sire in Argentina where 15 of his offspring earned Grade 1 honours.

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Karakontie is bred by the Niarchos family’s Flaxman Holdings and descends from a mare who is perhaps the most famous runner to carry the Niarchos colours, Miesque

Karakontie is bred by the Niarchos family’s Flaxman Holdings and descends from a mare who is perhaps the most famous runner to carry the Niarchos colours, Miesque.

In Karakontie’s case, Miesque appears as his third dam via her French Listedwinning and Group-placed daughter Moon Is Up (Woodman), a three-quarters sister to Miesque’s Classic-winning son, Kingmambo.

Moon Is Up’s sole stakes winner Amanee (Pivotal), who took the Thekwini Stakes (G1) in South Africa, was born after the mare’s sale to southern-hemisphere interests in 2006.

Some way before that, however, Moon Is Up had begun her career with a trip to Japan to visit Sunday Silence. The result of that mating (one of two foals for Moon Is Up by the son of Halo) the filly Sun Is Up failed to win, but she has more than compensated for that failure by producing not only Karakonite, but also US stakes winner Sunday Sunrise and Bottega, a Listed winner in France.

third in this year’s Breeders’ Cup Distaff, the Travers Stakes (G1) winner Afleet Express, and Dublin, who took the Hopeful Stakes (G1).

Texas Red’s dam Ramatuelle is by Jeunne Homme, a son of Nureyev from the family of Storm Cat, and a Group/graded stakeswinning miler in France and the US. The Chilean-bred Ramatuelle went three-

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Juvenile went to Texas

Texas Red took advantage of a pace meltdown to come from last to first to win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1).

Texas Red, who looks as if he will relish Classic distances, is by Afleet Alex, who earned honours as a champion three-year-old with victories in the Preakness Stakes (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1).

At stud, Afleet Alex, who is by the Mr. Prospector grandson Northern Afleet, has been solid, if not spectacular, and his other notable winners include the two-time Grade 1 winner Iotapa, who also finished

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Crossing continents with Hootenanny The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf events usually see a formidable European challenge so it was no surprise that this year’s colt winner Hootenanny prefaced his Santa Anita score with a second in the Prix Morny (G1).

There is an extra twist here, however, in that while Hootenanny may have made his name in Europe – he’d taken the Windsor Castle Stakes on his outing prior to the Morny – he’s actually trained in the US

by Wesley Ward.

Ward is a renowned master with two-year-olds, and Hootenanny was first seen in action at Keeneland in April where he broke his maiden by 4l, over 4f100yds on the All-Weather track.

His only other US outing prior to the Breeders’ Cup was a third in the Rollicking Stakes at Laurel when trying the Dirt.

Hootenanny is from the first crop of the Elusive Quality horse, Quality Road. A runner who impressed us as having as much natural talent as any US Dirt horse we’ve seen since Ghostzapper, Quality Road won his only race at two.

At three he won the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) and Florida Derby (G1) in which he set a new track-record, but foot problems caused him to miss the Triple Crown events.

He ended the year with a second in the Travers Stakes (G1) and Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1), a pair of performances that suggested that 1m2f was outside of his comfort zone.

At four, Quality Road added the Hal’s Hope Stakes (G3), the Donn Handicap (G1) – which he took by 12l, bettering the track-record he’d established in the Florida Derby – and the Woodward Stakes (G1).

Hootenanny was bred by Barronstown Stud, but the youngster is also a product of the programme of the late

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Edward P. “Ned” Evans, who also bred and raced Quality Road.

Pedigree research suggested that Quaility Road might be suited by Storm Cat line mares, and Evans sent several mares from that line to Quality Road in his first year at stud.

We should note that Quality Road’s second stakes winner, the Futurity Stakes (G2) scorer Blofeld, is also an Evans mating, and is out of a mare by Storm Cat himself.

Hootenanny’s dam More Hennessy was sold for $360,000 as part of the Evans Dispersal in Keeneland November 2011.

More Hennessy is by Storm Cat’s son Hennessy. She was unplaced, but is a threequarters sister to the Prioress Stakes (G1) winner Cat Moves.

Hootenanny’s second dam is by Capote – another strain highly-recommended for Quality Road – out of the Ladies Handicap (G1) scorer Dance Teacher, herself halfsister to another good Evans runner Gold Mover, a six-time graded winner who earned over $1,500,000.

Neither European challengers nor the home team had the slightest chance with Lady Eli in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Filly Turf (G1) – she rocketed clear running the mile in a faster time than Hootenanny.

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price at the Keeneland April Two-Year-Old in Training Sale.

She is a member of the third crop of Divine Park, who established himself as the best son of his short-lived sire Chester House with victories in the Withers Stakes (G3), Westchester Handicap (G3) and Metropolitan Handicap (G1).

Lady Eli is Divine Park’s third stakes winner, and his first at graded level.

Out of the winning Saint Ballado mare Sacre Coeur, Lady Elis is a half-sister to Bizzy Caroline (Afleet Alex), an accomplished Turf performer who numbered the Regret Stakes (G3) and Early Times Mint Julep Handicap (G3) amongst her wins.

Sacre Coeur’s dam Kazadancoa produced three graded stakes winners and is a half-sister to Royal Run, the dam of five-time graded winner and Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up Tejano Run. She is also grand-dam of the Racing Post Trophy (G1) hero Palace Episode, and of champion Canadian two-yearold filly Spring In The Air. Kazadancoa is a sister to the May Hill Stakes winner, and Oaks third, The Dancer, subsequently third dam of King Kamehameha, champion three-year-old in Japan, and subsequently a leading sire there. Kazadancoa’s dam Khazeen is a half-sister to the dam of Blushing Groom.

for-three in her own country, including a black-type win. Transferred to the US, she extended the sequence to five, then completed her career in a trio of graded stakes, her best effort being a third in the Desert Stormer Handicap (G3).

The second dam Villa Torlonia is by the Fappiano horse Roy, an outstanding sire in Chile, and is a sister to champion two-yearold filly and champion older mare Via Sixtina.

Texas Red’s fourth dam La Sixtina is a half-sister to Carmosina, the dam of the 1975 St. Leger (G1) victor, Crow. Interestingly, Texas Red is inbred 5 x 3 to Nureyev, and Texas Red’s fifth dam is a sister to Nureyev’s broodmare sire, Forli.

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If Take Charge Brandi’s form wasn’t outstanding going into the race, one couldn’t say the same of her pedigree Well-bred Brandi took charge

The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) was an upset as the longest shot on the board Take Charge Brandi made every step of the running.

If Take Charge Brandi’s form wasn’t outstanding going into the race, one couldn’t say the same of her pedigree.

The latest major winner for the three-time leading sire Giant’s Causeway, she is the second foal of the winning Seeking The Gold mare, Charming.

This is a direct cross that has now produced four Grade 1 winners, and seven total stakes winners.

Take Charge Brandi’s second dam is Take Charge Lady, a winner of seven graded stakes, including two renewals of the Spinster Stakes (G1) and Ashland Stakes (G1). This means Charming is a half-sister to last year’s champion three-year-old colt Will Take Charge and to the Florida Derby (G1) victor Take Charge Indy.

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After a resurgent year that saw Classic wins and Group 1 successes, Sue Montgomery meets Richard Lancaster of Shadwell Stud to discuss the...

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here have been a few landmarks in 2014 for Hamdan Al Maktoum’s racing and breeding empire, one of them rather poignant.

Thirty years ago the Sheikh announced his presence as a player on the elite stage with the performances of his high-class juvenile filly Al Bahathri on the track, and the purchase of the Shadwell estate near Thetford in Norfolk.

As a three-year-old, the lovely chestnut filly went on to provide the first Group 1 successes in the now familiar blue and white silks, winning the Irish 1,000 Guineas and Coronation Stakes.

Al Bahathri carried on her excellence as one of her owner’s foundation mares, producing eight winners from her ten runners, and was much mourned when she died early this summer at the tremendous age of 32.

During Al Bahathri’s life the empire of which she played such an important part has, like all such operations, enjoyed highs and endured lows.

This year, after a decided dip, has come a resurgence. Since the early Shadwell days

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The former leading stallion and the now 31-year-old Green Desert (above) was the first to stand at Nunnery.

He has been integral to the creation and development of Shadwell Stud.

Left, Sakhee produced a champion sprinter, but never really had the numbers of mares to make a big impact

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Sheikh Hamdan: “the boss” takes a hands on approach. His efforts saw him awarded the 2014 Daily Telegraph Order of Merit at the Cartier Awards for his contribution to racing and bloodstock

about another three years away from the highest table.

“Breeding is a bit like a supertanker, it takes a while to turn it around!” he smiles, before adding: “I think maybe we’d relied a bit too heavily in recent years on our own stallions.

“As most people know you can take ten horses who have been really good runners and only one will make it as a stallion. Here we’ve had a few who haven’t, who were covering quite a few of our best mares. And without making too much of a thing of it, not being able to use any of the Coolmore horses didn’t help.”

A look beyond the confines of the Shadwell stallion station, the Nunnery, finds the wellrelated Ezima, a 320,000gns out-of-training purchase as a four-year-old filly in 2008 from Ballylinch Stud.

Her first runner was Taghrooda, who is from the first crop of Sea The Stars, a topclass runner who is patently “making it”.

there had not been a single year without at least one Group or Grade 1 winner, until 2011.

It was Oaks heroine Taghrooda who bridged the gap since Bethrah’s Irish 1,000 Guineas in 2010, the daughter of Sea The Stars going on to add the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Between her prestige victories came an Eclipse Stakes from Mukhadram.

Their efforts helped to give Sheikh Hamdan his seventh owners’ title (and the first since 2009, when there were Group 1s from Ghanaati, Aqlaam, Arcano and Awzaan) with his best-ever prize money total and the best wins score for 20 years. And yes, most owners would die for even one championship, but at the Sheikh’s level of investment, playing at the top is an expectation rather than a hope.

Next year Taghrooda and Mukhadram will start their second careers as the Shadwell operation gathers momentum again. Richard Lancaster, its director, is refreshingly realistic

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Taghrooda: the daughter of Sea The Stars was voted the Cartier three-year-old filly of the year

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Obviously we’ll support within the family, and Darley now has some really good horses – Dubawi, Shamardal, New Approach, Exceed And Excel – and that’s having a dramatic effect

Mukhadram arrived at the stud in October.

The Eclipse winner, a son of Shamardal, has “plenty going for him” in his second career

And a bit of prescience closer to home brought Mukhadram into the fold.

The admirable five-year-old was acquired as a foal for 190,000gns when his sire Shamardal’s first crop had shown the immense promise that has now translated into 12 top-level winners and, this year, a best-ever third place on the sires’ leaderboard. Shamardal did his excellent running – unbeaten on turf, a Dewhurst, two French Classics – in Maktoum colours and is one of the best of a fine collection of stallions under the Darley banner.

“Obviously we’ll support within the family,” adds Lancaster, “and Darley now has some really good horses – Dubawi, Shamardal, New Approach, Exceed And Excel – and that’s having a dramatic effect. And we’ll go to outside stallions, like those at Juddmonte.”

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ndeed Taghrooda, the Sheikh’s best filly since Salsabil, will be heading to Banstead Manor for her first mating, with Abdullah new boy Kingman.

The Shadwell operation in Britain, which now extends to well over 1,000 acres for stud purposes, includes the Nunnery, Snarehill and Melton (part of the Norfolk package acquired from Sir John Musker), plus Beech House near Newmarket, as well as Salsabil and Elmswell near Bury St Edmunds. Derrinstown and Shadwell Farm are the flagships in Ireland and Kentucky.

The first stallion to stand at the Nunnery, Green Desert, is still the best to have been on the roster. The son of Danzig, the champion sprinter of 1986 was not only a sire of runners, but has proved a sire of sires, notably Oasis Dream, Cape Cross and Invincible Spirit. He is another of the Sheikh’s golden oldies, now in honoured retirement at the Nunnery at the age of 31.

Of those who followed him, the halfbrothers Nashwan (Blushing Groom), Unfuwain (Northern Dancer) and Nayef

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It was great to start with a horse like Green Desert, who was not only a fantastic sire but founded a dynasty

Shadwell stud director: Richard Lancaster

(Gulch) have done best, but such as Sakhee and Haafhd, also top-class on the track, disappointed.

Nashwan, an imposing individual and a wonderful mover, swept gloriously through the spring and summer of 1989, winner of the Guineas, Derby, Eclipse and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and was rated

A first star: Al Bahathri won the Lowther Stakes and Princess Margaret Stakes as a juvenile and was caught in the shadow of the post by Oh So Sharp in the 1985 1,000 Guineas after making all.

She went on to win the Irish 1,000 Guineas, the Coronation Stakes and the Falmouth Stakes.

As a broodmare she produced three stakes winners, including Shadwell sire Haafhd, winner of the 2,000 Guineas and Champion Stakes

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second only to Dayjur among the Sheikh’s colour bearers.

Unfuwain was a lesser runner, second in the King George the previous year, but the older horse left more of a mark at stud, with such offspring as Alhaarth, Petrushka, Lahan, Lailani and Eswarah compared to Nashwan’s Swain and Bago.

“Nashwan had his good moments, but never really lived up to what we had hoped,” recalled Lancaster, “which often happens with a horse who was a bit of a freak. Unfuwain was just starting to make it when we lost him; he died in the January and the book of mares he had lined up that year was his best.”

The last of Height Of Fashion’s sons, 16-year-old Nayef – a four-time Group 1 winner, including a Champion Stakes and York International – is still at Shadwell and has just had one of his best seasons, with seven individual European stakes winers and five of his overall top-rated ten performers, headed by Mustajeeb, Forgotten Rules and Snow Sky, in action. His best remains

top-class miler Tamayuz, now based at Derrinstown. “Nayef has kept his family going, but in the world we live in he’s not a commercial horse – unfortunately there are fewer and fewer owner-breeders – even though he does keep getting results.”

Sakhee, the runaway 2001 Arc winner, is back at Nunnery after a season away, Haafhd,

by Alhaarth out of Al Bahathri and winner of the 2,000 Guineas and Champion Stakes in 2004, moved to Beechwood Grange in Yorkshire two years ago.

“Sakhee did get a champion sprinter [Sakhee’s Secret] but he’s by Bahri, which is not a great sire line and it never gave him the oomph to have numbers,” said Lancaster. “As for Haafhd, I think he’s probably better than he’s been able to show. He wasn’t very big – but then neither was Green Desert – and the agents didn’t like him at the sales.

“But he keeps getting winners, hardly a day goes by without one. Unfortunately he’s now laying to the class of mare he gets.”

Haafhd’s winners-to-runners strike rate this year has been an impressive 46 per cent. And his best, Shadwell-bred Junoob, is currently one of Australia’s top middledistance runners.

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awatheeq, with his first two-year-olds this year, is another from one of the Sheikh’s favourite families, being out of Sarayir, who is a Mr Prospector halfsister to Nashwan, Unfuwain and Nayef and has also produced 1,000 Guineas heroine Ghanaati. Mawatheeq was a lightly-raced late developer and may have been unlucky not to win a Champion Stakes on his penultimate outing, narrowly beaten by Twice Over after an impeded passage.

In a neat pair of bookends, Green Desert was one of the early Danzigs, nine-year-old Mawatheeq one of the last.

“It was great to start with a horse like Green Desert, who was not only a fantastic sire but founded a dynasty,” says Lancaster.

“The three stallions we had at the start were always going to be difficult to replace, but if some of ours since him have not had the so-called ‘sexy sire-lines’ that the commercial world wants, I don’t think anyone can say that about our new recruit.”

Mukhadram shares his sire Shamardal with this year’s champion first-season horse Lope De Vega, who notched a Group 1 winner, Belardo, at the first time of asking.

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Mukhadram has a huge amount going for him.

Shamardal is on fire, and don’t forget he’s by Giant’s Causeway, who was not called the ‘Iron Horse’ for nothing The genuine five-year-old, from the family of a top sprinter (his third dam is Cherokee Rose) and a classy middle-distance performer (his dam’s half-brother Mastery) got better with age and in 2014 produced a tremendous series of results at the top level, starting with the runner-up spot in the Dubai World Cup and including victory in the Eclipse Sakes and a third in Taghrooda’s King George.

“I think Mukhadram has a huge amount going for him,” reports Lancaster.

“Shamardal is on fire, and don’t forget he’s

by Giant’s Causeway, who was not called the ‘Iron Horse’ for nothing.

“That trait has come through in Mukhadram, who would come back for more,

even when they tried to knock him over.

“He’s a good looking horse, too – hasn’t got Shamardal’s rather plain head – and is correct and sound. Shamardal is at €70,000, Lope De Vega is up to €40,000 and we’ve put Mukhadram in at £7,000.

“A new horse is always exciting and we’re very excited about this one.”

In visiting her former John Gosden stablemate Kingman, the Sheikh’s other 2014 star Taghrooda will be, in a way, going back to Green Desert roots. Her sire Sea The Stars is by Cape Cross and her first mate is by Invincible Spirit.

“We all have our input,” said Lancaster, “but the final decision is always the boss’s. I’m

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delighted that Ezima has done it for us, and Taghrooda has been the thrill of the season for me as she was born pretty much outside my back door.”

With Taghrooda trying new ground, Tarfasha, who gave Sheikh Hamdan a memorable one-two in the Oaks and won the Group 2 Blandford Stakes, is off to visit Sea The Stars.

The pair are among 160 Shadwell mares based in Europe, with just 75 now in the US. There once was a 50-50 split, but the prevailing wind is blowing towards this side of the Atlantic.

“The best sires for Europe are now in Europe,” says Lancaster. “It’s a while now since the days of going to Kentucky for the likes of Nureyev, Nijinsky and Kingmambo.

“Things have very much changed and I think, though maybe you wouldn’t say it after the latest Breeders’ Cup, that the balance of power is now firmly in Europe. The Americans have an enormous problem with their medication issues and I’d even keep it closer to home than that.

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shadwell stud Leading Shadwell mares Bethrah

(2007 Marju-Reve D’Iman) Won Irish 1,000 Guineas 2-y-o: Hawraa, f by Dansili. Unraced Yearling: Alsinaafy, c by Oasis Dream Foal: filly by Dubawi 2015: in-foal to Frankel

Cuis Ghaire

(2006 Galileo-Scribonia) Won Albany Stakes, 2nd 1,000 Guineas 2-y-o: Almohtaseb, c by Oasis Dream.

Unraced, Derby entry.

Yearling: Alquffaal, c by Dansili Foal: filly by Oasis Dream 2015: rested

Ezima

(2004 Sadler’s Wells-Ezilla) Won Listedx3, 2nd Lancashire Oaks 2-y-o: Maktaba, f by Dansili. Unraced Yearling: Taqaareed, f by Sea The Stars Foal: filly by Raven’s Pass 2015: in-foal to Dansili

Ghanaati

(2006 Giant’s Causeway-Sarayir) Won 1,000 Guineas, Coronation Stakes 2-y-o: Alnashama, c by Dubawi.

Second in 2 maidens, Derby entry.

Yearling: not covered Foal: colt by Oasis Dream 2015: in-foal to Dubawi

Nufoos

(2002 Zafonic-Desert Lynx) 2-y-o: Muraaqaba, f by Oasis Dream.

Won Sweet Solera Stakes,

second May Hill Stakes Yearling: barren Foal: filly by Tamayuz 2015: in-foal to Teofilo

Tahrir

(2002 Linamix-Miss Sacha) 2-y-o: Muhaarar, c by Oasis Dream.

Won Gimcrack Stakes,

third Middle Park Stakes.

Yearling: Kafoor, c by Dubawi Foal: barren 2015: visited Dubawi

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“With the zero tolerance rules about use of anabolic steroids coming into force here in January, it will may be better to buy British until we’re all on a level playing field.”

For the Shadwell operation, 2014 has been a thrilling revival and hopes are high for 2015, both on the studs and on the racecourse, with a series of classy juveniles coming through the pipeline.

Among those with the runs on the Group board are the colts Estidhkaar (Dark Angel, a £200,000 yearling) winner of the Group 2 Superlative and Champagne Stakes and who finishED fourth in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes, Muhaarar, an Oasis Dream homebred who won the Group 2 Gimcrack Stakes and was third in the Middle Park Stakes (G1), and the filly Muraaqaba, another homebred, this time by Dubawi. She won the Sweet Solera Stakes (G3) and was second in the May Hill Stakes (G2).

Less exposed are Snoano, a son of Nayef

and a 36,000gns purchase who was undone by soft ground in the Racing Post Trophy (G1) after good lesser wins at Sandown and Newbury, the unraced Mulkeyya, a Mawatheeq homebred filly, who is regarded

by Dermot Weld as potentially his best, and possibly the most exciting of the lot, Faydhan. A $500,000 yearling by War Front, he trounced the subsequent dual winner and Group 1-placed Dutch Connection when taking his maiden on his only run.

“The number of two-year-olds we have this year with the potential to go on is very gratifying,” says Lancaster, with his eyes on the future. “And there may be others – all Taghrooda had done this time last year was win her maiden by a neck.

“We haven’t been in this position for a few years so it is all very exciting. But it goes in waves for everyone, doesn’t it? All of us go through a down patch and we just have to regroup and pick it up again.”

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ERE, truly, is a man who prefers to let his horses do the talking. Frank Gillespie makes a gesture of amused resignation with his hand, smiles selfdeprecatingly.

Until this year, Gillespie’s natural reticence in the face of media interest mattered little, for the horses he owned were similarly silent types, workaday weekday horses whose exploits remained resolutely under the radar, just like their owner. This season has been very different, and Gillespie’s horses have been making plenty of noise. Gillespie himself, not so much.

“I don’t like doing interviews, talking about myself, I’m not used to it,” he says, in a soft voice full of the Donegal fields where he grew up.

“I’ve had no kind of media training, it doesn’t come easily to me like it does with other people.”

So he lets the horses do the talking, and The Grey Gatsby and Louis The Pious have had plenty to say for themselves this season. In the world of Flat racing that is increasingly partitioned by vast wealth, by the Coolmore set, by Sheikh Mohammed and his brothers, by the young Qatari royals, it is refreshing to find the spotlight falling on what, for want of a better word, we call a “small” owner. Jump racing is considered the last redoubt of It has been a racing year of years for Frank Gillespie

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romance in the sport, but Gillespie’s startling annus mirabilis is a reminder that Flat racing has not totally lost its soul.

He’s no overnight success, mind. Gillespie, 71, has owned horses for more than 30 years – he had a quarter-stake in the durable Stay Awake, who won 24 races in minor company – and he more than most should appreciate how long it takes to build an empire, being in the business of doing just that.

He laid the foundations of his career in 1978 when starting up Heyrod Construction Ltd, the Manchester-based concern of which he is chairman and whose finished work can be seen all over the north of England, but his connection with horses is more profound, more personal.

“I have always liked horses, ever since I can remember,” he says, gazing out of his office window at the grey Manchester skyline. “My grandfather had three horses to plough his fields, and in those days – especially in rural Ireland – everyone had a connection with horses in some way.

“I’ve been going racing since the age of 18, and have tried not to miss a Cheltenham Festival for more than 50 years. I’ve always been a jumping fan, although as an owner I prefer having Flat horses as injuries are less of a worry, and my wife Christine has always been interested too – the more so since The Grey Gatsby came along.”

That’s understandable for the big grey son of Mastercraftsman, elegantly named after F Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age hero, has been provoking interest all year, developing a wide and fervent following after victories in the Group 2 Dante Stakes, the Group 1 Prix du Jockey-Club and the Irish Champion Stakes (G1).

The Kevin Ryan-trained colt emerged from the ruck of an outstanding 2,000 Guineas to take high rank among the three-year-old

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Steve buys my horses, we work together, he calls me when he’s seen something he thinks I might like, the system works very well crop, the step up to a 1m2f proving the key to unlock his enormous talent, the only subsequent blot on his copybook his eclipse on very soft ground in the Grand Prix de Paris (G1). Gillespie calls him “a fantastic horse”, his tongue suddenly loosened with the recollection of an unforgettable season.

Whatever the social aspect, there is still something of a north-south bias in British Flat racing, and initially – and even after the colt’s game win at York in May – the Yorkshiretrained The Grey Gatsby was considered no more than a decent representative of the second rank.

Ryan is renowned for producing sprinting aces and middle-distance Group 1s are not his habitual hunting ground, but at Chantilly the mould was broken and a new star was born.

The victory in the Jockey-Club is the one that gave Gillespie the greatest satisfaction, the jewel in his crown.

“There is such great prestige attached to the race,” he says. “It’s a great race, a longestablished highlight of the season, and to win it proves what kind of horse you have. Win a race like the French Derby and there’s no argument.

“Before the race I didn’t think he’d win, but Ryan [Moore] gave him a fantastic ride and it was quite comfortable in the end. That was the race that meant the most to me.”

The Irish Champion Stakes is only a very narrow runner-up to that Classic in Gillespie’s affections, the delight at turning over the Irish champion Australia in his own back yard in a nerve-jangling neck-and-neck finish still evident. It was a greatly relished revenge after the dual Derby winner had prevailed over The Gatsby in the Juddmonte International the previous month. It’s all something that could never have crossed Gillespie’s mind when his phone rang late on a May evening in 2013. It was Ryan.

“He told me there was a nice horse going through the sale ring early in Deauville, and would I be interested?” recalls Gillespie. “I

said I’d get my bloodstock man Steve Hillen to give me a ring and talk about it.

“Steve buys my horses, we work together, he calls me when he’s seen something he thinks I might like, the system works very well.

“Gatsby was Lot 5 – perhaps because he was so early there wasn’t the interest there might have been later on in the day – and I was on the other end of the phone as Steve bought him. He cost €120,000, which seemed a fair amount then, but looks pretty cheap now.”

This six-figure sort of business is relatively new to Gillespie and is the result of a conscious decision to upgrade his racing stable,

with Hillen given greater licence to back his judgement and capably justifying Gillespie’s increased faith in him.

Having spent that “more than 30 years” in the shallow end of the pool, around five years ago Gillespie decided to go in deeper, to see whether a little more money might make more than a little difference.

“I wanted to spend a bit more, I was well aware that the cheap horses I’d been buying weren’t all that good,” he says, and examples from his racing record bear him out. In 2005, Dream Mountain cost him 10,500gns and won one race; two years later he paid 42,000gns

The Grey Gatsby: his two Group 1 wins in 2014 more than justified Frank Gillespie’s (left) decision in 2012 to increase his investment in racehorses

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We’re looking at the Dubai Duty Free for Gatsby, and then hopefully he’ll be in the running for all the big European Group 1s for Matshoof and was repaid with a couple of minor events. Even their grooms might struggle to remember Dream Mountain and Makshoof, and Gillespie wanted more.

“I was owning weekday horses, and I wanted something to run in a big race on a Saturday. I raised my investments a level and have been lucky enough to see the results.”

Yet for all his increased purchasing power – though even this at a level easily surpassed by the major players – Gillespie is not a prolific owner, not a man to spread himself too thinly.

Even after the most recent round of bloodstock sales he has only nine horses to run in his twotone green diamond silks – including a nicelooking yearling by Mastercraftsman, he and Hillen chasing rainbows back to the same pot of gold – and no intention to expand further.

“I’ve no intention to conquer the racing world, not at my age,” he says. “And breeding?

Forget it – maybe if I were 30 years younger!

No, what I have now will take me racing often enough, with a bit of luck.

“I try to go racing whenever I have a runner, because that’s the fun of it, that’s the point in having horses. If I couldn’t see my horses I wouldn’t own them in the first place. Racing is my hobby, not my business.”

Gillespie is a hands-on owner, not the sort to badger trainers with late-night telephone diatribes: “I let my trainers get on with making the plans, and most of the time I agree with them,” he grins, though he is the sort to spend time at the yard, on the gallops, on the racecourse.

He has had horses with Ryan for ten years, with rising star David O’Meara for just

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a couple of seasons, and although both men train on the other side of the Pennines from the owner, it doesn’t prevent Gillespie seeing his horses.

“Yorkshire’s a very nice place to have horses.

I can get over there easily enough, and there are a lot of good people there. It’s proper horse country,” he adds, giving the impression that the wide open and quiet spaces of Yorkshire make far greater appeal than do the cramped and crowded boulevards of Newmarket.

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illespie is not a man for unnecessary fuss – he spends his week at Royal Ascot and very sensibly goes nowhere near the Royal Enclosure, preferring instead to go hatless and happy as he demonstrated when jubilantly leading in the O’Meara-trained Louis The Pious after the six-year-old’s victory in the Buckingham Palace Handicap last summer.

Gillespie’s horses are notably well-named, not for him the unimaginative conflation of sire’s name and dam’s name favoured by many. His wife Christine chose the name Louis The Pious, a colt by Holy Roman Emperor (as was the original Louis The Pious, Charlemagne’s son) while his two-year-old Erik The Red, an €180,000 purchase at Arqana, is out of the mare Norwegian Princess.

For most people a Royal Ascot winner would be the highlight of any campaign, but even though Louis The Pious later added the Ayr Gold Cup to his laurels, it’s The Grey Gatsby who shaped Gillespie’s season, who transformed his standing as an owner.

The unsuitably soft ground later ruled the grey out of the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot and hastened him into a well-earned winter break that will lead to a reappearance in Dubai next spring, a prospect that has Gillespie wishing the days away.

“We’re looking at the Dubai Duty Free for Gatsby, and then hopefully he’ll be in the running for all the big European Group 1s,” he says, with the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown high on his list. “The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is a race I would love to win, but Gatsby does need fast ground and it could be that the Breeders’ Cup is the most likely end-of-year target.

“Louis will head out to Dubai at the end of December because David thinks that he’d have a chance in Group 3 company out there before the top horses travel out for the carnival.

There’s plenty to look forward to next year.”

Yet for all the possibilities offered by the dawn of 2015, it will be quite something if it outshines Gillespie’s haul from this year.

“Gatsby won the Dante in May, he won the French Derby in June, Louis won at Royal Ascot in June – every month I remember thinking to myself ‘I don’t want to see the back of this month because it can’t get any better’,” he says, the end of the interview drawing near, relief beginning to edge into his voice.

But then he opens up another dimension by dropping the name of Merry King into the conversation, opens up the possibility of 2015 of being better yet.

Merry King, trained by Jonjo O’Neill, was fourth in last season’s Scottish National and is prominent in the betting at this early stage for the real thing at Aintree in April. Gillespie’s a jumping man at heart so there’s no need to ask him what the prospect of winning the Grand National means to him, or about the outrageous possibility of winning one of the world’s most valuable Flat races and the world’s most famous jump race within a fortnight.

No need to ask him, either, what the prospect of having a racing media hungry for Grand National gossip beating a broad path to his door would mean to him. He looks out of the window again, as if to see the future. If it happens, when it happens, the quiet man from Donegal will find the right words to speak for himself.

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the china horse club

Big plans

Paul Haigh enjoys a trip to the Chinese Equine Cultural Festival, organised by The China Horse Club, and finds out more about the organisation, its founder Teo Ah Khing and racing in the Republic

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inston Churchill once described Russia as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”.

Even he might have had to work on his vocabulary if he’d ever turned his attention to thoroughbred racing in the People’s Republic of China.

The general opinion is that the sport in China, as it does everywhere else except the Middle East, remains unviable without betting. Unless the leadership in Beijing – which means in effect one man, Xi Jinping – has a monumental change of heart and overturns the ban on betting which has been immovable government policy since it was decreed by Chairman Mao in 1949, there can be no way forward.

Without that highly improbable U turn, made even less likely by Xi’s declared war on anything that might promote corruption, there can be no future at all for the sport in China. The much discussed gold rush in the world’s most populous nation that would certainly transform racing everywhere will never take place.

It’s quite encouraging therefore to be able to report on an organisation that may have found a way around the betting ban. The trouble is that The China Horse Club, which has already made a considerable impact on racing in the Asia Pacific region and, through the share its founder Teo Ah Khing has in the brilliant 2014 Derby winner Australia, is itself

more than slightly mysterious.

This isn’t because it conceals its activities.

In fact it tries to be as open as possible. But everything requires subtlety in China, as it always has done perhaps, and there’s no way round that.

It may be useful, therefore, to list the things we do know about The China Horse Club, and then some of the things we do not. We do know it was founded by Teo, a Chinese-born, Harvard-educated, Malaysian architect/entrepreneur who, amongst other achievements, designed and built Meydan for Sheikh Mohammed.

We do know it already owns many horses in the Asia Pacific region, particularly in Australia and Singapore.

We do know that in October it hosted its second annual “Chinese Equine Cultural Festival” (a discreet way of saying race meeting) at the Zheijang Nine Dragons Hill Polo Club two hours’ drive from central Shanghai, and that all who had attended the first one in Hohhot in Inner Mongolia, deemed it a vast improvement.

(Those of us for whom this was a first CECF thought it a rather charming, if curiously informal, success – but more of that later).

We do not know the names of its members, or how they are selected, or their numbers.

We do not know whether or how fast those numbers are growing. The reason for this is that discretion is paramount in the CHC

Left, and inset, Teo Ah Khing of The China Horse Club with Australia and various members of the Coolmore group after the horse ‘s victory in the Juddmonte International. The partnership, and its relationship, is of huge significance to the global racing indsutry

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Above, Teo Ah Khing with Mr Louis Romanet, president of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, and Mr Thierry Delegue, CEO of France Galop

and it is up to members themselves if they want to declare their membership. We do not know exactly where the money is coming from, although we do know there seems to be plenty of it about. We do not know the exact structure of the Club, although we do know it is tiered, with membership of the top tier costing “seven figures” in US dollars.

We do know that The CHC has announced it will stage the richest race ever run in Singapore, a country that seems to have been chosen as its main offshore partner, but we do not know for certain when it will be run – February 21 or February 28, 2015 are the current favourites.

We do know that the race will be worth S$3.05 million, thereby just exceeding the $S3 million of the SIA Cup (the old “our skyscraper’s a few feet taller than yours” principle) and we know that the race will be run under the terms and conditions of the Malayan Racing Association which governs Singapore racing.

But we do not know (at the time of writing) what the race will be called, over what distance

Racing at the CECF was a success with prize-money for each race approx £40,000: The CHC’s new Singapore race is due to be worth around £1.4 million

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the china horse club it will be run, or the conditions of entry.

What we do know, or what we can work out from the way it presents itself on its website –“offering peerless hospitality services and unique thoroughbred racing experience, The CHC is the pearl of China’s five-star entertainment industry and has been designed for the most discerning of investors. In this private environment you can enjoy the world’s most glamorous sport, spend leisure time with family and friends and meet the obligations of international business” – is how it plans to make its business model work.

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t emphasises cultural and charitable activities to make itself acceptable within China itself. It avoids any reference to betting for the same reason.

But, most importantly, it aims to tap into the wealth of China’s New Rich, who like New Rich (and sometimes Old Rich) everywhere are keen to make a display of their wealth – in this case by owning and enjoying racehorses as an alternative to buying more fast cars, yachts, trophy wives or husbands.

Racing is marketed in China as an opportunity to enjoy a luxury pastime as well as a chance to network for business. Membership of the top tier of the CHC is thought to cost “seven figures”

Its emphasis on “lifestyle” and “networking” opportunities is designed to attract those citizens of China, who already have rather more money than they have ways of spending it. They can already congregate at CHC skiing lodges in the Alps, or luxurious estates in Australia where presumably they can congratulate themselves and assess each other, but central to the project is the fact that they are being sold the “glamour” of racing as an accoutrement without which no self-respecting rich person can possibly do without.

If this seems far-fetched how much different is it from the motivation of owners anywhere? But is there a market for this? Or to put it another way: is there enough money to go round?

You’d better believe it. At the 2014 count there were over 150 billionaires in China, a figure that puts it second only to the US, whose economy it is expected to overtake in 2019. In 2012, there were more than 1400 residents of Shanghai with assets of over $30 million. In the next ten years that number is expected to have grown to over 3,700. That’s in one city alone.

On the evidence provided by the CECF gathering in Shanghai, there are quite a few takers. It was impossible to say how many of the 400 or so at a banquet in a five-star hotel on the eve of the races were fully accredited

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At the 2014 count there were over 150 billionaires in China, a figure that puts it second only to the US CHC members, but even if the figure was less than half, with the rest made up of assorted racing bigwigs, persons sent by their companies to study the lay of the land, bloodstock agents, and the odd journo, it was still an impressive turnout.

The cabaret was impressively lavish, although only Chinese would have been aware of the celebrity of the performers, and the prices (possibly inflated by planted bidders) for curious items, such as artistically decorated horse blankets, reached 50,000 remnimbi (around £4,500).

Again the size of the crowd at the races was unquantifiable by anything but the naked eye (rough estimate 3,500 and then it was impossible to decide who were CHC owners and who mere invitees, but nobody looked anything but rich – apart perhaps from a representative of the local government sports department, who arrived over an hour late for

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Nor are these horses rejects or golden oldies with their futures behind them – nearly all are entires because the idea is to use them as the basis for a breeding industry his opening speech. Racing was delayed until he did arrive, an indication of how important endorsement by even a minor official must be to the enterprise, which he delivered energetically in jeans and a short-sleeved shirt.

By far the most interesting aspect as a gauge of CHC’s credibility was the sort of people who had chosen to attend. An executive decision has obviously been taken

by France Galop as International Federation of Horseracing Authorities president Louis Romanet, a member of The CHC’s International Advisory Council, arrived flanked by Jacques Delegue and Nicolas de Watrigant.

Other members of the International Advisory Council include besides Teo Ah Khing himself: John Magnier, New Zealand tycoon Sir Owen Glenn, Malaysian Dato Tan Chin Nam, German mega-businessman Andreas Jacobs, the Queen’s racing manager John Warren – and Joseph Dietz, former

president and Economics minister of Switzerland, former president of the General Assembly of the United Nations and a current member of the Board of Governors of the World Bank. Hardly a bunch of “who he?” chancers by any stretch of the imagination.

Perhaps even more significantly Coolmore, a major investor in the venture, was represented by Tom Magnier, standing in for his father John, who doesn’t much enjoy long distance travelling unless it’s to Barbados for a winter break. Coolmore’s support is enormously important, not least because John Magnier makes so very few mistakes.

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he racing itself was a bit of a curiosity. Thanks to the speechmaker from the Zhejiang Sports Bureau the timetable went straight out the window, but since there was no pressure from any betting industry (of course) everyone was very relaxed about the delays, enjoyed the wine, the non-stop canapés and petit fours, and examined their fellow racegoers with as much interest as you’d expect.

The horses, many of them Coolmore-bred, who have been in China since last year’s meeting at Hohhot, looked in excellent condition, but the oddity is that they were all trained by the same man: New Zealander Quinton Cassidy, who is The CHC’s appointed trainer in residence.

Such an obvious impediment to competition would be unthinkable anywhere else, of course, but The CHC is divided into separate ownership syndicates and with no betting to muddy the competitive waters there was no doubt that everything was trying, as the gleeful reactions of winning owners attested.

Since each of the four races was worth 500,000 rmb (about £40,000) there was no reason for them not to be gleeful – although, given that they’re all supposedly multimillionaires, maybe it was the cachet of Michael Wallace is the club’s racing and bloodstock manager. He was very busy throughout the yearling sales season with his most expensive buy being a Galileo colt for 850,000gns

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victory that delighted them most.

No one should get the impression that the horses were poor quality animals. Sires represented included Galileo, Dubawi, Oasis Dream, Giant’s Causeway, Montjeu, Zabeel, Encosta De Lago, Danehill Dancer, Choisir, Holy Roman Emperor, Acclamation, Haradasun, Starcraft and Duke Of Marmalade.

Nor are these horses rejects or golden oldies with their futures behind them – nearly all are entires because the idea is to use them as the basis for a breeding industry.

These aren’t champions such as Australia obviously, but just to pick out a few examples: The Ferryman (by Galileo out of a Storm Cat mare) ran three times in Ireland for a second at Dundalk, a win at Tipperary before finally finishing 10l behind Dawn Approach at The Curragh, Cairon (by Clodovil out of a Gold Mark mare) never finished out of the frame in five outings for Jean-Claude Rouget in France, Parliament Square, beaten a length by Reckless Abandon when third in the Group 1 Prix Morny reached an official rating of 111 and ended his European career being beaten only 4l by Slade Power in a Group 3, and Do You Think, who was a Group 3 winner in Australia.

As Teo Ah Khing points out: “Not all our horses are Coolmore sourced. The horse population came from Ireland, France and Australia. They are part of a programme launched at the same time as CHC in 2013, designed to bring to China sound, quality performers who had a future.

“These horses are in part a promotional tool for leading owners and breeders who want to educate the Chinese audience about their operations. They are still doing that, promoting industries and individual owners and breeders in their respective regions.”

That initial intake is now Chinese-based and will not be competing in Singapore, which makes the questions about the projected Kranji extravangza more interesting and, with less than three months before the due-off date it makes answers to these questions more urgent.

But CHC is now active at sales around the world. They have appointed racing and bloodstock manager Mike Wallace and have been buying this year at Newmarket, Sydney, Gold Coast, Auckland Karaka and most recently Keeneland.

Besides Australia (the horse) they’ve had Group 1 winners already in Australia and Singapore. Those who felt after Hohhot that The CHC might be a short-lived experiment that would soon hit China’s no betting buffer and find all progress halted may already be thinking again.

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Runners

Winners

Races Won

Places

267 284 217 179 195 93 74 140 216 214 197 151 151 158 228 82 185 240 217 185 193 203 211 160 143 176 174 142 143 202 152 160 135 194 108 165 85 115 124 138 116 137 120 155 146 106 182 166 148 135

129 129 113 85 100 50 25 52 84 101 69 52 65 62 98 31 91 101 79 83 89 93 95 62 66 89 78 58 62 86 57 71 62 82 47 62 43 44 43 50 54 65 47 56 53 45 88 65 47 50

184 200 185 122 152 73 41 71 129 149 107 91 106 103 140 60 137 148 104 130 131 157 149 96 103 137 121 87 91 133 82 98 90 133 67 95 63 78 57 70 91 91 73 88 86 66 152 91 77 67

366 539 377 269 299 142 133 228 318 389 314 190 265 287 391 119 342 468 388 364 380 359 444 289 293 326 318 187 285 353 242 307 170 428 200 243 132 234 185 233 250 247 238 285 249 198 417 328 239 218

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Money Won (£) 8,735,650 4,870,478 3,793,180 3,586,598 3,452,465 3,421,372 3,387,936 3,380,653 2,768,627 2,757,202 2,450,394 2,400,578 2,253,585 2,164,757 2,055,253 1,994,987 1,993,144 1,960,695 1,917,497 1,837,764 1,811,247 1,780,320 1,738,232 1,717,506 1,713,955 1,685,434 1,668,345 1,628,487 1,554,898 1,490,680 1,393,240 1,393,025 1,361,314 1,345,621 1,339,599 1,319,046 1,306,413 1,258,515 1,244,305 1,233,963 1,226,962 1,221,366 1,220,333 1,215,345 1,206,963 1,166,404 1,163,586 1,067,379 1,058,343 993,090

Wnrs to Rnrs %

Av. earnings

48.31 45.42 52.07 47.48 51.28 53.76 33.78 37.14 38.88 47.19 35.02 34.43 43.04 39.24 42.98 37.80 49.18 42.08 36.40 44.86 46.11 45.81 45.02 38.75 46.15 50.56 44.82 40.84 43.35 42.57 37.50 44.37 45.92 42.26 43.51 37.57 50.58 38.26 34.67 36.23 46.55 47.44 39.16 36.12 36.30 42.45 48.35 39.15 31.75 37.03

32,718 17,150 17,480 20,037 17,705 36,789 45,783 24,148 12,818 12,884 12,439 15,898 14,924 13,701 9,014 24,329 10,774 8,170 8,836 9,934 9,385 8,770 8,238 10,734 11,986 9,576 9,588 11,468 10,873 7,380 9,166 8,706 10,084 6,936 12,404 7,994 15,370 10,944 10,035 8,942 10,577 8,915 10,169 7,841 8,267 11,004 6,393 6,430 7,151 7,356

leading sires table Leading European sires of two-year-olds 2014: (by prize-money earned, to November 17, 2014) Stallion GALILEO (IRE) KODIAC (GB) SHAMARDAL (USA) LOPE DE VEGA (IRE) INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) OASIS DREAM (GB) SIYOUNI (FR) ACCLAMATION (GB) SHOWCASING (GB) ZEBEDEE (GB) DARK ANGEL (IRE) STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS) IFFRAAJ (GB) MONSIEUR BOND (IRE) PACO BOY (IRE) RIP VAN WINKLE (IRE) EQUIANO (FR) EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) FAST COMPANY (IRE) ARCANO (IRE) DUTCH ART (GB) DUBAWI (IRE) LAWMAN (FR) MAKFI (GB) DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) AZAMOUR (IRE) TEOFILO (IRE) VALE OF YORK (IRE) AUSSIE RULES (USA) ELUSIVE CITY (USA) INTENSE FOCUS (USA) KENDARGENT (FR) JEREMY (USA) DISTORTED HUMOR (USA) INDESATCHEL (IRE) APPROVE (IRE) FASTNET ROCK (AUS) WAR FRONT (USA) HOLD THAT TIGER (USA) PASTORAL PURSUITS (GB) PHOENIX REACH (IRE) MIZZEN MAST (USA) BAHAMIAN BOUNTY (GB) NEW APPROACH (IRE) BUSHRANGER (IRE) FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND (GB) CLODOVIL (IRE) AMERICAN POST (GB) MEDICEAN (GB) EXCELLENT ART (GB)

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Winners

Races Won

Places

62 85 56 51 66 48 36 79 53 81 60 19 69 48 56 53 59 61 63 52 48 59 52 44 29 55 48 44 46 29 34 11 19 9 11 57 41 20 15 42 5 6 32 40 51 43 23 20 25 47

29 40 22 21 28 19 17 23 25 30 24 10 27 7 24 14 14 22 25 17 15 19 13 16 6 18 10 17 19 9 13 5 6 5 1 25 11 12 9 19 3 2 8 19 12 13 13 5 7 11

38 63 30 28 39 26 23 31 40 44 33 15 33 13 33 20 19 29 37 24 21 27 15 22 9 23 11 22 23 12 20 10 10 7 4 30 13 17 13 26 6 4 13 20 19 19 16 9 9 12

62 133 74 60 87 53 46 108 91 130 98 26 85 54 80 43 83 62 99 70 63 60 55 53 29 60 43 55 59 40 51 10 15 8 18 80 27 25 39 66 5 4 35 42 65 57 52 36 16 62

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courtesy of Weatherbys Money Won (£) 1,126,542 1,048,479 812,251 751,064 684,133 610,458 560,461 529,861 517,489 484,205 463,361 443,919 411,233 408,098 392,653 363,605 361,584 359,237 333,879 324,999 316,675 306,287 304,348 299,238 295,750 279,216 275,805 263,377 259,391 250,214 248,718 246,780 245,697 242,771 240,864 238,388 233,149 231,115 226,712 219,861 219,824 218,749 215,403 209,411 207,022 205,942 201,369 199,644 196,295 194,470

Wnrs to Rnrs %

Av. earnings

46.77 47.05 39.28 41.17 42.42 39.58 47.22 29.11 47.16 37.03 40.00 52.63 39.13 14.58 42.85 26.41 23.72 36.06 39.68 32.69 31.25 32.20 25.00 36.36 20.68 32.72 20.83 38.63 41.30 31.03 38.23 45.45 31.57 55.55 9.09 43.85 26.82 60.00 60.00 45.23 60.00 33.33 25.00 47.50 23.52 30.23 56.52 25.00 28.00 23.40

18,170 12,335 14,504 14,727 10,366 12,718 15,568 6,707 9,764 5,978 7,723 23,364 5,960 8,502 7,012 6,860 6,129 5,889 5,300 6,250 6,597 5,191 5,853 6,801 10,198 5,077 5,746 5,986 5,639 8,628 7,315 22,435 12,931 26,975 21,897 4,182 5,687 11,556 15,114 5,235 43,965 36,458 6,731 5,235 4,059 4,789 8,755 9,982 7,852 4,138

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The stats story

Kingman: the highest-rated colt

by Irish National Stud sire, Invincible Spirit.

Timeform rated 133p, he was also the top-rated three-year-old of his generation

Jocelyn de Moubray analyses the ranks of established stallions and discovers facts that all breeders need to know

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alileo is going to remain the pre-eminent European stallion for some years to come, but he is no longer completely alone at the top of the pyramid. Darley’s Dubawi recorded a higher yearling median than Galileo in 2014 and, at the Tattersalls October Book 1, a higher average price as well.

At Book 1, 22 Galileo’s sold for an average price of 580,000gns, while the ten Dubawi’s recorded an average price of 650,000gns.

The accompanying statistics overleaf are based on ratings for horses who ran at three-year-old and upwards, and, to date, Galileo still has a definite advantage over his younger rival.

However, Galileo has for at least the last eight seasons been covering around 180-190 of the best mares in Europe. Coolmore’s star stallion has been at a private fee since 2008 having stood at €150,000 the year before.

Dubawi is at a different stage in his career cycle having been a relatively cheap stallion at the beginning, starting off at a fee of £25,000, which dropped as low as £15,000 in his fourth year at stud.

Dubawi’s 2014 three-year-olds were conceived at a fee of £20,000, his 2014 yearlings came from his first season at £75,000 and so his record is likely to improve significantly over the next four or five years.

Meanwhile, the Maktoum family appear

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Galileo’s two-year-olds included several of Europe’s best prospects: Found, Gleneagles, John F Kennedy and Together Forever to be determined to race the majority of Dubawi’s themselves and John Ferguson, Shadwell and Rabbah purchased all ten Dubawi yearlings at Book 1.

Galileo turns 17 in 2015 and so is inevitably approaching the end of his career. There was a brief moment when the market doubted his ability, concerned that Galileo’s progeny were going to prove to be too backward, but now some ten years later he is as established a sire of two-year-old talent as he is of Classic performers.

In 2014, Galileo’s two-year-olds included several of Europe’s best prospects – Found, Gleneagles, John F Kennedy and Together Forever.

For the future the questions to be answered are, first, which of his sons will prove to be

the most effective as stallions – two of his best, Frankel and Nathaniel, will have their first yearlings on offer in 2015. Second, which stallion or stallions will attract the best mares when he is no longer around?

Dansili, Invincible Spirit and Oasis Dream: hooves are under the top table

Dansili is also now well established among the top sires in Europe. Two years older than Galileo, Juddmonte’s sire has been covering books limited to around 100 mares in recent years with consistently successful results.

The Irish National Stud’s Invincible Spirit was born in the year between Dansili and Galileo, but he has taken longer to establish himself at the top level as he started out as a €10,000 stallion.

“older” sire review to stud in 2006 and both will cover at high fees for the remainder of their careers. The success of Shamardal’s son Lope De Vega gives Darley’s sire an additional boost, which was in evidence at the yearling sales when his median price was up by nearly 40 per cent.

Montjeu’s son resurgent

Three of Montjeu’s best sons moved from England or Ireland to France or Germany in recent years, and since doing so Motivator, Hurricane Run and Authorized have all recorded improved results with the crops they left behind them.

Motivator didn’t cover in 2010 and moved to the Haras du Quesnay in 2013, but aside from Treve, his older horses included Cocktail Queen and Sky Hunter.

Hurricane Run moved from Coolmore to Gestüt Ammerland in 2013 due to fertility issues, but his three-year-olds of 2014, headed by the Group 1 winner Ectot, recorded results worthy of a top stallion.

Authorized moved to the Haras de Logis in 2014 and his three-year-olds included several high class middle-distance horses such as Lacy, Hartnell and Elite Army.

Class of 2007 headed by Iffraaj

Aside from Hurricane Run the revelation of

Considering that his three-year-olds included two of the best milers in Europe, Kingman and Charm Spirit, it was relatively surprising to see his yearling median remain unchanged from 2013 to 2014.

Oasis Dream’s results have reflected the rise in his stud fee and from 2015 his threeyear-olds will be the products of £80,000 plus matings, but his yearling sales results were a little surprising with his median price actually dropping, although it remains a high figure and more than double his stud fee.

Of the top sires the most likely to improve over coming seasons are Dubawi and Oasis Dream – they are younger and their most expensive crops are yet to hit the track.

Underrated names

If these ratings statistics (overleaf) and sales statistics are more or less in line with each other there are a few exceptions.

Three sires whose progeny record better results on the racecourse than their stud fee or sales statistics would suggest include

Rathasker’s Clodovil, Shadwell’s Nayef and Coolmore’s Rock Of Gibraltar, all of whom stood at less than €15,000 in 2014.

The Darley three

Darley’s Exceed And Excel’s first yearlings produced at fee over £20,000 sold exceptionally well.

The sire’s future will be decided over the next couple of seasons when these horses race, but there are clearly plenty of people who believe the son of Danehill will establish himself in Europe.

Dubawi and Shamardal are the stars of the batch of stallions who retired Night Of Thunder: Dubawi’s son finished the year Timeform-rated 127

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Kendargent

Stallion Q and A: Crispin de Moubray

Which stallion would you use if you have...?

A young mare, but did not want to spend more than £ / €15,000 and are looking to sell the offspring? Tamayuz A young mare, but happy to spend up to £ / €50,000 and are selling? Dark Angel.

You have a black-type mare, she’s the best on the farm, and you want to get into a select sale – and you’ve not booked the nomination yet!? Dansili.

You would like to use a first-season sire as a commercial sales prospect? Charm Spirit.

You are advising an owner-breeder with two mares – one with a Book 1/2 pedigree and he’d love to get a filly to kick off a broodmare band; the other mare is more Book 4, she’s a winner but it was just low level and he just likes to have her around and produce himself a cheap racehorse. Shamardal and Monsieur Bond.

Wanted to breed a horse that you would race and then, if it had enough ability, be sold on as HIT 2/3/4yo to the international market? Lope De Vega.

You are going to take a gamble on a 2nd / 3rd season sire yet to have runners – which would you use? Pour Moi. You would like to cover a mare with a French-based sire?

Le Havre.

Your filly is racing in the US and is to be covered out there? More Than Ready.

You want a bit of an outcross sire? Kendargent You are hoping for a filly for a broodmare band of the future? Sea The Stars Are we in danger of creating an unrealistic market place with ballooning prices again? Already happening.

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Kendargent’s statistics will be transformed in 2015 as his first full crop of two-year-olds will be racing the sires who went to stud in 2007 is Iffraaj.

The son of Zafonic’s three-year-olds were produced at only €6,000 and yet included the ill-fated Chrisellium, as well as Rizeena and Hot Streak. He has been covering at much higher fees since 2010 and should have better results still over the years to come.

Kodiac is now well established as an outstanding two-year-old sire and the Tally-Ho sire’s three-year-old results will improve once his better and larger crops reach the track.

Sires of 2008: in period of flux

The sires of 2008 are those whose results will change the most over the next two seasons

when the first of their progeny produced after their initial successes reach the track.

Kendargent’s statistics will be transformed in 2015 as his first full crop of two-year-olds will race and several of the more expensive ones will be trained in England.

Small samples can distort statistics, but as Kendargent’s results have been consistently successful through a series of small crops it will be a surprise if this success does not continue with his larger crops.

Dark Angel and Dutch Art have recorded similar results from their first four crops to race. Morristown Lattin’s Dark Angel has moved slightly ahead, partly because he covered fewer mares as a cheap Irish sire than Dutch Art did at Cheveley Park Stud.

Both sires have large, well-bred crops of two-year-olds to race for them in 2015.

The future is bright for the batch of 2009

The third and fourth crops of the next group of sires will be three-year-olds in 2015 and 2016, which should be quiet years, but some of these sires may, for different reasons, make a splash in 2015.

“older� sire review Older sires by % Raceform rated 110+: (to October 29, 2014) Stallion

Foals

Galileo 517 Dansili 311 Oasis Dream 367 Invinicble Spirit 389 Pivotal 348 Clodovil 222 Rock of Gibraltar 377 High Chaparral 376 Nayef 264 Cape Cross 395 Medicean 268 Zamindar 275 Areion 95 Dalakhani 309 Kyllachy 221 Acclamation 330 Choisir 154 Sinndar 137

courtesy of JdeM

Rated 110+ 49 21 19 16 10 6 9 9 6 9 6 6 2 6 4 5 2 1

%

Rated 95+

9.50 6.80 5.20 4.10 2.90 2.70 2.40 2.40 2.30 2.30 2.20 2.20 2.10 1.90 1.80 1.50 1.30 0.72

Sires retired to stud 2005 by % Raceform rated 110+: (to October 29, 2014) Stallion Exceed And Excel American Post Elusive City

courtesy of JdeM

Foals

Rated 110+

%

Rated 95+

%

302 104 326

5 1 2

1.60 0.96 0.61

24 14 23

7.90 13.00 7.10

Sires retired to stud 2006 by % Raceform rated 110+: (to October 29, 2014) Stallion

%

134 26.00 68 22.00 59 16.00 58 15.00 48 14.00 17 7.70 34 9.00 29 7.70 23 8.70 52 13.00 18 6.70 32 12.00 9 9.50 40 13.00 16 7.20 37 11.00 8 5.20 14 10.00

Foals

Motivator 182 Dubawi 266 Shamardal 375 Azamour 175 Footstepsinthesand 323 Big Bad Bob 42

Rated 110+ 11 15 10 5 2 0

courtesy of JdeM %

Rated 95+

6.00 5.60 3.75 2.90 0.62 0.00

Sires retired to stud 2007 by % Raceform rated 110+: (to October 29, 2014) Stallion

Foals

Hurricane Run Lord of England Iffraaj Holy Roman Emperor Kodiac Aussie Rules

203 92 269 415 225 230

Rated 110+ 7 3 8 5 1 0

%

23 13.00 52 20.00 52 14.00 15 8.60 28 8.70 4 9.50

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Rated 95+

3.40 3.30 3.00 1.20 0.44 0.00

%

21 10.00 7 7.60 21 7.80 31 7.50 16 7.10 13 5.70

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“older” sire review New Approach’s second crop of threeyear-olds was not as good as his first, unsurprisingly as few stallions can produce three Group 1 winners every year.

As a result his yearlings did not sell as well than they had done in 2013, but still attracted strong support from both the Maktoum and Al Thani families.

Newsells’s Mount Nelson has yet to produce a Group 1 winner, but the results from each of his first three crops suggest this is just a matter of time as each has included a high proportion of Group race performers and he will have several top prospects racing for him in 2015.

Raven’s Pass and Tamayuz may be considered disappointing by the market, however, both covered only a total of 120 mares in their first two seasons and so their results look likely to improve once their larger crop begin to race. Both have some good three-year-olds prospects for 2015.

Few if any investments produce returns as big as high-class stallions can, but this doesn’t make stallions a risk-free investment.

Few people would have predicted that Invincible Sprit and Dansili were going to be elite sires, and even fewer would have come up with Kendargent, Dark Angel and Dutch Art.

Emerging trends

Looking to the future of the European stallion

Derrinstown’s Tamayuz has some good prospects for 2015 and bigger crops in the pipeline

market there are three new trends which may well make a difference.

France is going to play a far more important role in the European market as, after some barren years, it is now home to several of the most promising stallions anywhere on the continent, including Kendargent, Le Havre, Siyouni, as well as Motivator and Authorized.

The overwhelming success of Sadler’s Wells and Danehill may be producing a reaction whereby sires without these chef-

de-race in their pedigree get a better chance of success, there are so many more potential mates available to them.

And a final possibility is that after a period in which the best stallions have belonged to the principal stallion farms, syndicated stallions may well become more important.

During difficult economic times few people are willing to gamble on stallions, but in better times breeders are more prepared to do so, and the returns from a share in a top stallion look that much more attractive.

Sires retired to stud 2008 by % Raceform rated 110+: (to October 29, 2014) Stallion

Foals

Kendargent 97 Dark Angel 199 Teofilo 399 Dutch Art 273 Authorized 333 Soldier Hollow 100 Lawman 268 Manduro 318 Sir Percy 152

Rated 110+ 5 8 12 8 9 2 5 6 2

courtesy of JdeM %

Rated 95+

5.20 4.00 3.00 2.90 2.70 2.00 1.90 1.90 1.30

Sires retired to stud 2009 by % Raceform rated 110+: (to October 29, 2014) Stallion

Foals

New Approach Mount Nelson Raven’ s Pass Duke of Marmalade Tamayuz

213 180 113 245 128

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Rated 110+ 9 6 3 4 2

%

12 12.00 28 14.00 47 12.00 34 12.00 38 11.00 11 11.00 22 8.20 27 8.50 15 9.90 courtesy of JdeM

%

Rated 95+

4.20 3.30 2.70 1.60 1.60

%

37 17.00 17 9.40 13 12.00 21 8.60 12 9.40

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JOINT CHAMPION 2YO & CHAMPION 3YO SPRINTER First Crop Yearling Sales Results TOP PRICE: €504,000 COLTS AVERAGE: €84,000 FILLIES AVERAGE: €107,000 MEDIAN: €60,000 PERCENTAGE SOLD: 92%

The Dream Ahead ex. Complexion colt which fetched 240,000gns at Tattersalls.

Buyers have included Kern Lillingston, Moyglare Stud, Peter & Ross Doyle and SackvilleDonald, etc.

LOPE DE VEGA Champion First Crop Sire in Europe 2014

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Group Winners in his first crop including Group 1 Dewhurst winner BELARDO

22 individual first crop winners in 2014 (14/11), incl:

Belardo wins the Gr.1 Dewhurst Stakes.

HERO LOOK (Gr.2 Gran Criterium, 8f); BURNT SUGAR (Gr.3 Sirenia Stakes, 6f); ROYAL RAZALMA (Gr.3 Cornwallis Stakes, 5f), etc.

2014 yearlings have made 650,000gns, €300,000, €270,000, 190,000gns etc, with purchasers including John Ferguson, John Warren, Crispin de Moubray, Jim Bolger, etc.

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LAWMAN MULTIPLE GR.1 & CLASSIC SIRE Winners to date include Classic and dual Gr.1 winner JUST THE JUDGE (including the 2014 Gr.1 E P Taylor Stakes), the Gr.1 winning 2yo LAW ENFORCEMENT and Gr.1 Royal Ascot winner MOST IMPROVED. He is also the sire in 2014 of leading juvenile filly and Gr.2 winner AGNES STEWART (also 1⁄2l 2nd Gr.1 Fillies Mile).

FEE:

€ 25,000

Agnes Stewart

Yearlings in 2014 have made: €520,000 – Tony Nerses, €341,000 – John Warren €240,000 – Bertrand Le Metayer, €190,000 – Richard O’Gorman, etc.

INTENSE FOCUS THE FASTEST GR.1 DEWHURST WINNER FOR 45 YEARS

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Sire of Gr.1 Middle Park Stakes winner ASTAIRE with his first crop.

Also 15 2yo winners in 2014 (to 12/11) including the highly rated Stakes placed FIELDS OF MAY and the triple winner MIDTERM BREAK.

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GROUP 1 PERFORMING TWO-YEAR-OLD FROM THE DANZIG SIRE LINE

TIMEFORM 122 - RATED HIGHER THAN HIS SIRE AT 2 & 3 YEARS

Won 3 races, £266,000 (6-8f), placed 13 times in top Stakes company from 25 starts, incl.: Won Gr.2 Diadem Stakes, 6f, Ascot, beating JJ The Jet Plane (Gr.1), Art Connoisseur (Gr.1) and 3 other Group winners, etc.

“Impressive” RACING POST. Won LR Battlefield Stakes, 6f, Monmouth Park, beating Yummy With Butter (Gr.3 x 2), 2nd Gr.1 Middle Park Stakes, 6f, Newmarket, at 2 years, beating Classic Blade (Gr.2), Able Speed (Gr.2), Finjaan (Gr.2), etc.

2nd Gr.2 July Stakes, 6f, Newmarket, at 2, beaten a short head, beating Able Speed, etc.

A SPEED PEDIGREE

Defeated 43 individual Group/Stakes winners, 10 Group 1 winners, etc.

Sire: KHELEYF – by Green Desert, sire of Oasis Dream, etc.

A LEADING SIRE OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS

His first crop will be yearlings in 2015

Dam: SEWARDS FOLLY – dam of two winners: SAYIF, HUNTER STREET (Gr.3 Cornwallis Stakes, 2nd Gr.2 Flying Childers Stakes, 4th Gr.3 Molecomb Stakes, all over 5f at 2).

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“young”stallion review

Sea Stars The Gilltown Stud stallion is mirroring his half-brother’s early results, writes Sue Montgomery

Sea The Stars: put together some impressive stakes race stats through the 2014 Flat Turf season

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omparisons may be odious but in some cases are inevitable.

The magnificent Galileo won his sixth sire’s championship in 2014, with record earnings of more than £7 million. And his margin of superiority over the runner-up Invincible Spirit – more than £4 million – is actually more than he earned when taking his first title in 2008.

The son of 14-times champion Sadler’s Wells has quality and quantity on his side,

and will take some horse to challenge him.

But one obvious candidate among the younger brigade is his Cape Cross halfbrother Sea The Stars, who topped the second-season earnings’ list and whose record at this very early stage of his second career closely matches that of his celebrated sibling.

As runners, the horses had similar profiles: a relatively low-key juvenile campaign followed by a three-year-old season of the highest order, including a Derby apiece.

Sea The Stars was the better racehorse, unbeaten at three in six Group 1 contests, starting with the 2,000 Guineas and ending by emulating his dam Urban Sea in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. He was the pacier of the pair, too (his sire was top-class over a mile) winning over a mile, 1m2f and 1m4f furlongs; Galileo’s top-level successes came only at a 1m4f.

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Kingston Hill: won the St Leger and gave his sire Mastercraftsman a second European Classic win

Gilltown in County Kildare, made the slightly better start, with a Group 3 winner My Titania among his first juveniles compared to a Listed winner for Galileo.

For both, their first three-year-olds were a different story. In 2006, Galileo had three individual Classic-age winners of three Group 1 races: Nightime (Irish 1,000 Guineas), Sixties Icon (St Leger) and Red Rocks (Breeders’ Cup Turf).

In 2014, Sea The Stars had three of four – Taghrooda, who took the Oaks, became the first three-year-old filly to win the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes since Pawneese in 1976 and finished her career running third in the Arc, Sea The Moon, an 11l winner of the Deutsches Derby, and Vazira, who was awarded the Prix St Alary on the subsequent disqualification of We Are. Galileo did, however, also provide the 2006 champion two-year-old in the unbeaten National and Dewhurst Stakes winner Teofilo.

The best from Sea The Stars’s second crop – the fillies Night Of Light, Sivoliere and Stellar Glow; the colts Migwar, Storm The Stars and Chemical Charge – show promise, but below that level.

Sea The Stars and Galileo both topped the European second-season earnings

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Sea The Stars just edged Mastercraftsman on earnings, but the Coolmore sire finished narrowly ahead in the numbers’ game leaderboard. Like his dam, Sea The Stars raced for the Tsui family and, as a stallion standing at a so-called neutral stud (i.e. neither Coolmore nor a Maktoum entity) and one with an outcross pedigree (no Sadler’s Wells or Danehill) he will have broad opportunities. Game on, boys.

A masterful future

The 2013 first-season champion Mastercraftsman is another who looks the real deal. He is bang there at the top of the second-season table and is a rare enough sire to have first-crop Group 1 wins from different horses at two and three.

As with his contemporary Sea The Stars, Mastercraftsman’s early stud performances are a reflection of his racing career.

He was top-class at two – like his sire Danehill Dancer he won the Phoenix and National Stakes – and maintained his ability at three, taking the Irish 2,000 Guineas and St James’s Palace Stakes. His best performances came in defeat, though, when he stepped up to 1m2f against the aforementioned Sea The Stars.

In the York International, where he headed for home more than a quarter of a mile out and was caught only inside the last 100 yards, he memorably gave the champion the biggest fright of his unbeaten three-year-old campaign.

Tough and versatile, he won from six to 1m3f, on ground from good-to-firm to heavy and on Polytrack and finished an arguablyunlucky fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.

His 2013 Racing Post Trophy winner Kingston Hill proved himself in the top echelon again in his second season, keeping Australia honest all the way to the line in the Derby before winning the St Leger and doing best of the three-year-old colts in the Arc, just behind Taghrooda in fourth.

Mastercraftsman’s other Group 1 hero was The Grey Gatsby, who won the Prix du Jockey-Club and, in the Irish Champion Stakes, avenged his earlier defeat by Australia in the York International.

If there was compensation for the Coolmore team over their three-yearold star’s defeat, it will have been that it consolidated the reputation of one of their best young assets.

Sea The Stars just edged Mastercraftsman on earnings, but the Coolmore sire was narrowly ahead in the numbers’ game, though his rival was ahead with stakes winners and had a vastly superior winners-to-runners strike rate.

There was only a length between them that day at York: another game back on.

Le Havre and Archipenko: making their futures

Sea The Stars’s opening fee was €85,000, Mastercraftsman’s €20,000. Two sires who started at much lower prices also enhanced their reputations with European Group 1 winners: Le Havre (€5,000) had dual French Classic winner Avenir Certain, unbeaten until her unplaced run in the Arc, while Archipenko (£8,000) produced Madame Chiang, who took the British Champions Fillies & Mares.

“young”stallion review Leading European 1st-season sires: (by prize-money earned, to November 17, 2014) Stallion LOPE DE VEGA (IRE) SIYOUNI (FR) SHOWCASING (GB) ZEBEDEE (GB) STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS) PACO BOY (IRE) RIP VAN WINKLE (IRE) EQUIANO (FR) FAST COMPANY (IRE) ARCANO (IRE) MAKFI (GB) VALE OF YORK (IRE) APPROVE (IRE) EVASIVE (GB) LORD SHANAKILL (USA) SILVER FROST (IRE) AIR CHIEF MARSHAL (IRE) ALFRED NOBEL (IRE) ZANZIBARI (USA) ALEXANDROS (GB) QUALITY ROAD (USA) HELLVELYN (GB) GLADIATORUS (USA)

Runners

Winners

Races Won

51 36 53 81 19 56 53 59 63 52 44 44 57 13 31 33 21 27 7 11 1 22 16

21 17 25 30 10 24 14 14 25 17 16 17 25 5 13 4 9 7 4 4 1 6 7

28 23 40 44 15 33 20 19 37 24 22 22 30 12 17 5 10 7 5 6 1 8 9

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Money Won (£)

Wnrs to Rnrs %

Leading European 2nd-season sires: (by prize-money earned, to November 17, 2014) Stallion SEA THE STARS (IRE) MASTERCRAFTSMAN (IRE) LE HAVRE (IRE) CHAMPS ELYSEES (GB) ARCHIPENKO (USA) INTENSE FOCUS (USA) DANDY MAN (IRE) SOLDIER OF FORTUNE (IRE) BUSHRANGER (IRE) NAAQOOS (GB) MYBOYCHARLIE (IRE) AQLAAM (GB) RED ROCKS (IRE) CREACHADOIR (IRE) ADLERFLUG (GER) DOCTOR DINO (FR) CAPTAIN GERRARD (IRE) THEWAYYOUARE (USA) POMELLATO (GER) MR SIDNEY (USA) ART CONNOISSEUR (IRE) PALACE EPISODE (USA) MAJOR CADEAUX (GB)

Runners

Winners

Races Won

Av. earnings

60 751,064 41.17 14,727 46 560,461 47.22 15,568 91 517,489 47.16 9,764 130 484,205 37.03 5,978 26 443,919 52.63 23,364 80 392,653 42.85 7,012 43 363,605 26.41 6,860 83 361,584 23.72 6,129 99 333,879 39.68 5,300 70 324,999 32.69 6,250 53 299,238 36.36 6,801 55 263,377 38.63 5,986 80 238,388 43.85 4,182 13 186,985 38.46 14,383 41 173,816 41.93 5,607 55 169,448 12.12 5,135 32 139,044 42.85 6,621 38 114,851 25.92 4,254 22 113,918 57.14 16,274 24 113,168 36.36 10,288 1 100,701 100.00 100,701 34 64,409 27.27 2,928 36 64,168 43.75 4,010

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Money Won (£)

Wnrs to Rnrs %

Av. earnings

93 50 73 142 3,421,372 53.76 36,789 140 52 71 228 3,380,653 37.14 24,148 82 31 60 119 1,994,987 37.80 24,329 79 33 44 111 789,778 41.77 9,997 41 19 27 62 721,056 46.34 17,587 94 40 60 202 660,038 42.55 7,022 72 25 43 156 506,326 34.72 7,032 61 21 30 100 494,554 34.42 8,107 128 37 53 187 469,181 28.90 3,665 61 20 28 91 464,138 32.78 7,609 58 20 26 108 357,081 34.48 6,157 49 15 24 76 300,913 30.61 6,141 72 27 42 192 285,039 37.50 3,959 29 10 16 36 245,827 34.48 8,477 31 15 22 50 237,105 48.38 7,649 20 9 14 38 219,380 45.00 10,969 57 15 26 105 201,952 26.31 3,543 44 13 16 48 195,654 29.54 4,447 7 5 8 14 186,127 71.42 26,590 27 7 9 31 156,587 25.92 5,800 32 5 13 46 156,268 15.62 4,883 15 6 9 25 156,251 40.00 10,417 39 15 20 64 143,471 38.46 3,679

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“young”stallion review Archipenko globetrotted for four seasons before retiring to Lanwades near Newmarket, winning the QEII Cup at Sha Tin and finishing Group 1-placed at Arlington and Nad Al Sheba.

Another with an exceptional strike rate, he has a stallion’s pedigree to die for – he is by Kingmambo out of Bound, a half-sister out of Special to Nureyev and the dam of Sadler’s Wells.

Madame Chiang is notably inbred; her second dam Kiliniski is out of a daughter of Special.

Le Havre, the best by Noverre out of an unraced sister to Polar Falcon, raced only six times, ending his track career by running second in the Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches and winning the Prix Du JockeyClub (G1). Based at Haras de la Cauvinière, he was France’s first-season champion and with such horses as the progressive Prix de Chaudenay winner Auvray and Avenir Certain herself, his future does indeed seem assured.

Champs Elysees: a family man

As a brother to top-class Dansili, Champs Elysees is another with impressive family

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Champs Elysees has made an excellent start and will have better books to follow, and the best of his stakes winners are all fillies hoofprints to follow (something of a theme in current stallion lists, with Invincible Spirit and Kodiac flying high on senior tables).

The two Banstead Manor siblings are two of the seven winners out of Hasili, but unlike his older brother, who just missed out in some top mile contests, Champs Elysees did score at the highest level, winning the 1m4f Hollywood Turf Cup and the Canadian International.

Champs Elysees has made an excellent start and will have better books to follow, and the best of his stakes winners are all fillies: Xcellance, placed in two French Classics, Ribblesdale runner-up Lustrous, Listed winner Eastern Belle and the highly promising juvenile Jack Naylor, third in the Prix Marcel Boussac.

It will be interesting to see how long it

takes for a good colt to emerge – whether current results are a trend or a statistical anomoly.

Myboycharlie: going on well now

Mention in despatches among the second-season stallions should also go to Myboycharlie, who has two top-level winners outside Europe to his credit in the three-year-olds Euro Charline, who beat Stephanie’s Kitten (subsequently runner-up in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf) in the Beverly D on her first US run, and Peggy Jean in Australia.

The son of Danetime, who had his best success in France in the Prix Morny, started at £5,500 at the National Stud in Newmarket and is now at Haras du Mézeray.

First-season table went Lope De loop after the autumn Group 1s

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he reduction in distance of the Prix du Jockey-Club from a 1m4f to an extended 1m2f has not been met with wholehearted approval, but the stud record of its winners since the cut stands close scrutiny.

The first to win over the shorter distance was Shamardal in 2005, followed by Lawman two years later, Le Havre in 2009 and the 2014 first-season earnings champion Lope De Vega in 2010.

There is a sense of déjà vu surrounding Lope De Vega, but then why waste a good formula?

Lawman retired to Ballylinch Stud in 2008 as the best three-year-old from Invincible Spirit’s first crop and carried on the good work with a Group 1 winner of his own.

Three years on Lope De Vega, who not only won the Jockey-Club but also the Poule d’Essai des Poulains, arrived at the County Kilkenny nursery as the best Classic performer by his young sire Shamardal, and has produced a top-level strike, with Belardo

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Lope De Vega: the son of Shamardal ended the season with a flourish and looks highly promising

STIMULATION

BY A CHAMPION 2YO & CHAMPION SPRINTER FROM THE

DANEHILL SIRE LINE

Won or placed 11 times from 16 career starts, 14 of which were in pattern company.

Career earnings: £230,695 (6-7f).

MULTIPLE STAKES SIRE WITH HIS FIRST CROP IN 2014

Won Gr.2 Challenge Stakes, 7f, Newmarket, beating a field of 14 Stakes winners, incl.

Balthazaar’s Gift (Gr.2), Duff (Gr.2), Captain Marvelous (Gr.2), Major Cadeaux (Gr.2), etc.

TONGUE TWISTA winner, 3rd Gr.2 Duchess of Cambridge S.

Won LR 2nd

Free Handicap, 7f, Newmarket.

Gr.2 Lennox Stakes, 7f, Goodwood, beaten a neck by Paco Boy at level weights, beating Arabian Gleam (Gr.2), etc.

TIMEFORM 121 DEFEATED 9 GROUP 1 WINNERS AND 54 STAKES WINNERS

Llety www.lletyfarms.com

UNION ROSE winner, 2nd LR Windsor Castle S, Royal Ascot, 4th LR Dragon S. Also MARSH PRIDE, CLASSIC FLYER, MAGIC MAC, etc.

Yearlings in 2014 have made £38,000, etc.

£3,000 Oct. 1st (FFFR) (subject to terms & conditions)

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As befitted a son of two high-class juveniles – his sire won the Dewhurst and his dam Lady Vettori was third in the Prix Marcel Boussac – the seven-year-old Lope De Vega was smart enough in his first season when fourth in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère after winning two minor races at Deauville and Longchamp.

Belardo was backed up by Burnt Sugar, who emulated his sire in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère less than a length behind the first past the post Gleneagles, the speedy Group 3 Cornwallis Stakes winner Royal Razalma and the potential of less highly tried types such as Endless Drama, Flaming Spear and Very Special.

Showcasing

Showcasing and Zebedee: did what it says on the tin

Lope De Vega’s top spot turned the firstseason sires’ table on its head in the late autumn as for most of the season the chart had been dominated by two others.

The pair, who finished closely matched in second and third on the first-season leaderboard, are Showcasing and Zebedee, who were both fast, classy juveniles by top sires.

They were obvious candidates to do well as freshmen, with precocity on their side, and neither disappointed.

Both outdid Lope De Vega in the numbers’ game twofold, with Showcasing shading his rival on earnings, stakes winners and strike rate.

Showcasing, based at Whitsbury Manor in Hampshire, is by Oasis Dream out of the Zafonic mare Arabesque, twice a 6f winner, and also dam of Camacho and a daughter of Cheveley Park Stakes winner Prophecy.

Showcasing added to his family’s speed laurels when he took the Gimcrack Stakes in record time.

The best of his first crop have shown a similar level of aptitude: Toocoolforschool won the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes by a remarkable 7l, and Cappella Sansevero, only half a length behind Dick Whittington in the Phoenix Stakes (G1), returned to Ireland to take the Round Tower Stakes (G3) before following his sire with a Group 1 Middle Park placing.

Showcasing has done particuarly well off a low fee – and one significantly less than his contemporaries challenging for top honours.

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Showcasing has done particuarly well off a low fee – and one significantly less than his contemporaries challenging for top honours

He has had a significant raise for 2015, and will be working with a different level of mares in future, his book reportedly full by the autumn.

Zebedee, by Invincible Spirit, missed out on a progeny Group 1 win by the width of Charming Thought’s muzzle – his best performer, the previously unbeaten Ivawood, succumbed by a nose in the Middle Park Stakes after taking the July and Richmond Stakes. He remains prominent in the Guineas lists.

His sire, whisked off to Tally-Ho Stud in County Westmeath after ending his first season with victory in the Flying Childers Stakes, was lightning-fast, but he has a stout distaff background, being out of a 1m2f winner from the family of Breeders’ Cup Turf heroine Miss Alleged.

Rip Van Winkle and Starspangledbanner: Group 1 first-season producers

As well as Lope De Vega, two others – Rip Van Winkle and Starspangledbanner – achieved that most sought-after tick in a box for a first-season sire, a Group 1 win.

The pair were the highest-rated in their divisions to retire in 2011 and both stand under the Coolmore banner.

Rip Van Winkle has been representing

Galileo solo in County Tipperary, though he will be joined in 2015 by Australia, Ruler Of The World and Kingsbarns.

He was top-class over a mile and 1m2f for two seasons and his best official rating puts him behind only Frankel among his sire’s sons. He won at Group 3 level over 7f at two – and his first-season star Dick Whittington put himself in the Classic frame by showing the class to take the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes over six.

Starspangledbanner, who followed his sire Choisir by becoming champion sprinter in these parts after his top-level success in Australia, has suffered well-documented fertility problems, but made a tremendous impact with his small first crop.

Two Royal Ascot winners came courtesy of The Wow Signal (Group 2 Coventry Stakes) and Anthem Alexander (Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes) and afterwards the colt took the Prix Morny (G1), while the filly beat all bar the champion of her sex, Tiggy Wiggy, in the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes.

After successive first-season titles from Iffraaj (2010), Dutch Art and New Approach, and Showcasting apart, there were few fireworks from British-based freshmen.

Sprinter Equiano, based at Newsells Park, and miler Paco Boy, at Highclere, did best with top ten starts.

Equiano, the top-rated son of Acclamation, won the Group 1 Kings’ Stand Stakes at three and again at five, and supplied Dark Reckoning, winner of the Group 3 Firth Of Clyde Stakes, and Strath Burn, runner-up in the Group 2 Robert Papin.

Paco Boy, by Desert Style, also raced for four seasons, winning three Group 1s – Prix Jean Prat, the Queen Anne Stakes and Lockinge Stakes. He finished his first stallion campaign with a flourish, thanks to such as Smaih in the Group 3 Horris Hill Stakes and Beacon and Astrophysics, who provided a one-two in the Group 2 Flying Childers.

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Stallion earnings by fee bands

Race earnings in Europe and UAE to November 2, 2014.

Fees are for 2014, except in the case of dead/retired/exported sires, where the most recent fee is listed

Stallions standing at ÂŁ4,999 or below Stallion Even Top (IRE) Byron (GB) Thewayyouare (USA) Stormy River (FR) Gold Away (IRE) American Post (GB) Nadeem (AUS) Sinndar (IRE) Captain Rio (GB) Lord of England (GER) Deportivo (GB) Tertullian (USA) Mujahid (USA) Pastoral Pursuits (GB) Refuse to Bend (IRE) Blu Air Force (IRE) Doyen (IRE) Anabaa Blue (GB) Showcasing (GB) Early March (GB) Layman (USA) Dubai Destination (USA) Montmartre (FR) Var Panis (USA) Haafhd (GB) Kingsalsa (USA) Bushranger (IRE) Zebedee (GB) Linngari (IRE) Dr Fong (USA) Falco (USA) Naaqoos (GB) Notnowcato (GB) Sageburg (IRE)

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2014 Fee N/A 2,087 3,339 3,339 4,179 3,339 N/A 3,757 2,922 3,757 3,339 3,339 4,174 4,500 4,500 2,504 2,922 2,087 4,500 1,920 3,343 2,925 3,339 N/A 41,74 3,000 3,339 4,174 4,174 2,504 4,179 4,174 3,757 4,174 2,504

Runners

Winners

1 87 40 77 85 83 2 80 105 73 49 84 94 136 113 108 48 52 51 57 57 66 28 1 59 59 77 126 80 38 65 62 61 50 52

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Statistics courtesy of the_racehorse.com

Starts

1 100 7 31 36 498 12 30 148 35 45 492 32 38 576 33 40 498 2 100 4 28 35 359 52 50 668 26 36 322 15 31 275 37 44 473 48 51 616 55 40 692 52 46 658 51 47 713 19 40 265 22 42 370 24 47 217 22 39 322 23 40 431 28 42 354 12 43 168 1 100 3 24 41 371 31 53 376 23 30 442 36 29 645 28 35 359 15 39 219 21 32 336 18 29 353 19 31 270 17 34 223 19 37 239

Wins

Stakes Wnrs

3 46 15 58 46 56 2 43 88 36 26 55 90 74 93 104 33 36 38 33 38 45 15 2 31 51 32 52 41 26 30 26 27 26 26

Earnings

AEI

1 1,122,662 1 893,064 0.9 1 891,147 4.1 2 859,848 1.8 1 838,254 1.6 1 823,232 1.5 2 806,270 1 678,707 1.8 1 667,032 0.8 1 663,666 1.2 1 655,966 0.8 3 626,834 1.1 2 620,644 1.0 0 605,005 0.7 2 589,373 1.2 1 550,245 0.9 4 547,402 1.2 1 525,942 1.5 3 492,112 1 468,043 0.9 0 464,736 1.5 1 459,387 1.0 0 458,621 3.2 1 456,664 0 455,479 1.4 1 452,573 0.9 0 452,070 1.3 0 449,919 0.7 1 449,626 1 447,173 1.5 0 440,850 0.8 0 440,092 1.3 0 428,599 1.5 1 424,891 0.8 0 414,655 1.4

stallion review Stallions standing at £4,999 or below Stallion

2014 Fee

Astronomer Royal (USA) 4,179 Phoenix Reach (IRE) 1,500 Vespone (IRE) 3,343 Vatori (FR) 2,500 Redback (GB) 2,922 Librettist (USA) 2,000 Zafeen (FR) 2,504 Tagula (IRE) 3,339 Sakhee’s Secret (GB) 4,000 Gentlewave (IRE) 2,504 Diamond Green (FR) 2,087 Arakan (USA) 4,174 Diktat (GB) 2,504 Samum (GER) 4,591 Moss Vale (IRE) 1,670 Hold That Tiger (USA) 4,174 Bertolini (USA) 3,000 Sakhee (USA) 2,500 Chineur (FR) 2,504 Piccolo (GB) 3,000 Desert Prince (IRE) 4,174 Country Reel (USA) 3,343 Hurricane Cat (USA) 2,504 Ishiguru (USA) 3,500 Passing Glance (GB) 2,000 Literato (FR) 4,174 Enrique (GB) 3,339 Celtic Swing (GB) 4,597 Take Risks (FR) 3,343 Sunday Break (JPN) 3,343 Catcher in the Rye (IRE) 2,504 Kentucky Dynamite (USA) 2,504 Della Francesca (USA) 2,087 Sleeping Indian (GB) 3,000 Fast Company (IRE) 4,174 Carlotamix (FR) 2,922 Three Valleys (USA) 4,174 Cockney Rebel (IRE) 2,504 Meshaheer (USA) 1,670 Namid (GB) 2,507 Indian Rocket (GB) N/A Elnadim (USA) 3,339

Runners 54 18 34 54 68 59 41 64 94 49 79 34 47 73 57 46 86 67 54 80 76 68 37 37 9 31 65 64 7 40 17 42 64 78 60 27 62 58 31 41 35 53

Winners 20 11 17 14 25 25 17 24 31 19 22 12 17 25 25 16 29 27 18 26 34 16 10 23 3 15 17 24 4 18 6 14 19 28 24 12 21 17 12 11 18 24

% W/R 37 61 50 26 37 42 41 38 33 39 28 35 36 34 44 35 34 40 33 33 45 24 27 62 33 48 26 38 57 45 35 33 30 36 40 44 34 29 39 27 51 45

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Starts 266 103 171 300 386 428 186 332 470 252 447 184 277 356 350 247 535 366 331 479 478 429 187 328 35 198 329 370 67 188 66 258 351 484 253 185 316 249 223 260 295 306

Wins

Stakes Wnrs

27 21 22 22 42 34 21 43 48 32 41 20 23 31 41 21 55 40 29 35 51 24 18 47 6 22 23 40 9 25 12 22 24 48 35 23 39 25 17 20 21 38

1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0

Earnings 406,687 406,547 406,466 401,706 391,038 381,610 376,107 372,756 370,703 369,685 368,536 364,330 364,066 361,872 361,097 359,995 359,909 357,692 351,060 350,480 342,703 340,406 339,620 337,929 337,299 323,280 323,277 322,173 320,876 319,081 316,961 314,960 313,912 307,121 303,720 303,447 300,913 292,589 290,940 288,776 278,080 272,187

AEI 1.3 0.7 1.4 1.2 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.3 0.6 1.7 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.4 0.9 2.6 1.6 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.8 1.7 0.8 0.7 1.1 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.8 1.2 1.0

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stallion review Stallions standing between £5,000-£9,999 Stallion

2014 Fee

Dylan Thomas (IRE) 8,348 Le Havre (IRE) 5,844 Kodiac (GB) 8,348 Verglas (IRE) 8,358 Footstepsinthesand (GB) 8,348 Authorized (IRE) 8,348 Nayef (USA) 9,000 Hurricane Run (IRE) 7,513 Duke of Marmalade (IRE) 8,348 Oratorio (IRE) 7,522 Manduro (GER) 5,844 Slickly (FR) 5,844 Shirocco (GER) 5,844 Whipper (USA) 5,426 Aussie Rules (USA) 6,000 Muhtathir (GB) 5,844 Kheleyf (USA) 5,000 Silvano (GER) 6,686 Excellent Art (GB) 8,358 Monsieur Bond (IRE) 5,000 Azamour (IRE) 6,678 Royal Applause (GB) 9,000 Bahamian Bounty (GB) 8,500 Orpen (USA) 5,009 Mount Nelson (GB) 6,000 Sir Percy (GB) 6,000 Champs Elysees (GB) 5,000 Archipenko (USA) 6,000 Areion (GER) 6,678 Tiger Hill (IRE) 6,269 Jeremy (USA) 5,009 Desert Style (IRE) 6,686 Green Tune (USA) 8,358 Intense Focus (USA) 8,348 Compton Place (GB) 6,500 Peintre Celebre (USA) 8,348 Amadeus Wolf (GB) 5,009 Mizzen Mast (USA) 7,825 Siyouni (FR) 5,844 Dandy Man (IRE) 6,261 Rail Link (GB) 5,000 Turtle Bowl (IRE) 5,009

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Runners 156 79 175 202 211 155 144 107 162 196 126 110 148 114 135 107 188 33 165 79 132 188 144 95 91 111 74 39 108 107 89 79 74 94 111 82 103 43 35 72 75 60

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Winners 63 30 87 93 90 56 60 47 60 81 42 41 51 43 63 45 86 12 63 21 50 59 48 35 44 40 29 18 44 35 30 38 29 40 36 30 35 15 16 25 34 22

%W/R 40 38 50 46 43 36 42 44 37 41 33 37 34 38 47 42 46 36 38 27 38 31 33 37 48 36 39 46 41 33 34 48 39 43 32 37 34 35 46 35 45 37

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Starts

Wins

811 383 967 1,183 1,126 702 682 557 729 1,113 514 749 683 706 743 604 1,205 200 873 376 577 993 785 497 483 479 310 186 558 506 447 516 462 503 615 383 621 196 115 398 361 318

102 57 131 153 138 80 87 63 91 127 55 68 81 66 84 66 144 22 88 35 67 91 79 54 56 54 37 26 60 51 46 53 42 59 61 41 61 28 22 43 43 33

Stakes Wnrs 5 6 6 5 6 7 7 3 8 5 5 1 3 3 4 3 2 1 3 3 5 2 6 1 5 4 6 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 4 1 2 0

Earnings

AEI

2,098,814 1,839,867 1,734,771 1,685,598 1,634,530 1,626,431 1,549,276 1,247,246 1,217,308 1,210,350 1,161,065 1,123,632 1,121,849 1,105,501 1,087,371 1,084,641 1,072,907 1,015,882 1,001,838 949,739 947,697 901,703 883,349 878,853 812,433 730,109 728,038 706,369 685,054 676,064 641,711 628,973 626,286 610,440 583,113 575,659 557,420 518,163 514,587 492,566 474,000 471,769

1.5 4.5 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.6 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.8 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.4 0.9 1.8 1.0 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.3 0.9 2.0 3.0 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.9 1.4 1.8 0.8 1.3 0.8 1.3 1.9 1.2 1.6

NEW FOR 2015

SHADWELL STALLIONS Standing at Nunnery Stud, England

MUKHADRAM Shamardal - Magic Tree

The first Gr.1 winning son of leading European sire SHAMARDAL to stand in the UK. 2 length winner of 2014 Coral-Eclipse (Gr.1) beating the winning time of: NATHANIEL, TWICE OVER and SO YOU THINK. 2015 Fee - £7,000 (1st JAN, SLF)

MUKHADRAM

NAYEF Gulch - Height Of Fashion

2014: 51% winners/runners with his European 3YOS.* 2014 Group performers: Gr.2 British Champions Long Distance Cup winner FORGOTTEN RULES, Gr.3 Jersey Stakes winner MUSTAJEEB, Gr.3 winner SNOW SKY and Gr.1 placed TASADAY. NAYEF

MAWATHEEQ

2015 Fee - £5,000 (1st JAN, SLF)

MAWATHEEQ Danzig - Sarayir

A Group winning last son of DANZIG with a winning first crop of 2YOS.

2015 Fee - PRIVATE

SAKHEE Bahri - Thawakib

Sire in 2014 of dual stakes winning sprinter TIMELESS CALL.

2015 Fee - PRIVATE

Also standing in England SAKHEE

HAAFHD

HAAFHD Alhaarth - Al Bahathri

2014: Sire of Gr.1 winner JUNOOB.

2015 Fee - £3,000 (1st OCT) Standing in France

MUHTATHIR

Elmaamul - Majmu

A leading sire in France with a winners/runners strike rate of 40%.

2015 Fee - €7,000 (1st OCT, Live Foal) Standing in Italy

MUJAHID Danzig - Elrafa Ah

MUHTATHIR

MUJAHID

Leading Italian based sire in Italy for the 3rd consecutive year.

2015 Fee - €5,500 (1st OCT, SLF)

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2014 Fee

Turtle Bowl (IRE) 5,009 Soldier Of Fortune (IRE) 8,348 Lando (GER) 7,940 Big Shuffle (USA) 8,358 Intikhab (USA) 5,009 Dashing Blade (GB) 5,851 Beat Hollow (GB) 6,500 Le Vie Dei Colori (GB) 6,269 One Cool Cat (USA) 7,522 Sholokhov (IRE) 5,851 Paco Boy (IRE) 8,000 Equiano (FR) 8,000 Strategic Prince (GB) 5,009 Myboycharlie (IRE) 5,426 Red Clubs (IRE) 8,358 Camacho (GB) 6,261 Big Bad Bob (IRE) 5,009 Arcano (IRE) 5,009 Spirit One (FR) 6,261 Aqlaam (GB) 7,000

Runners

Winners

60 59 81 73 80 43 65 24 60 74 54 58 68 55 53 70 53 49 36 47

22 21 27 39 28 19 21 15 25 26 23 15 31 18 22 28 22 13 13 14

% W/R 37 36 33 53 35 44 32 63 42 35 43 26 46 33 42 40 42 27 36 30

Makfi

Winner of the 2000 Guineas and the Prix Jacques Le Marois SIRE OF:

4 18 41%

individual Stakes performers individual winners winners to runners

A winner in November on his only start as a 2yo, he went on to be crowned World Champion 3yo Miler…

Fee for 2015: €17,500

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Starts 318 256 455 440 361 235 361 158 425 308 204 216 450 271 396 424 222 189 223 178

Wins 33 28 40 57 38 28 29 30 36 31 31 19 52 23 37 45 28 20 20 22

Stakes Wnrs 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1

Earnings 471,769 463,225 445,906 445,783 444,475 442,974 439,706 413,311 397,568 395,945 378,479 357,544 336,230 332,599 313,650 311,147 303,732 289,581 288,712 275,225

AEI 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.7 1.1 1.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.4 1.4 0.7 1.1 2.0 1.2

THE AGA KHAN STUDS Success Breeds Success

stallion review Soldier Hollow, a son of In The Wings, stands at Gestüt Auenquelle for €12,000.

He has had four crops of racing age, and has a great AEI return of 2.6 (the highest in his category of stallions) on his runners. His leading performer in 2014 was Ivanhowe, who is out of a Sternkoenig mare.

Ivanhowe won twice at Group 1 level being successful in the Grosser Preis von Baden, beating Sea the Moon, as well as taking the Grosser Preis von Bayern in November

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2014 Fee

Runners

Winners

Motivator (GB) 12,522 77 Halling (USA) 10,000 138 Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) 16,696 196 Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) 10,435 218 Elusive City (USA) 10,435 187 Kyllachy (GB) 15,000 161 Medicean (GB) 10,000 156 Clodovil (IRE) 10,018 117 King’s Best (USA) 10,030 145 Singspiel (IRE) 15,000 85 Tamayuz (GB) 10,435 83 Zamindar (USA) 10,000 120 Lope De Vega (IRE) 10,435 49 Choisir (AUS) 10,435 61 Soldier Hollow (GB) 10,018 50 Hernando (FR) 12,000 46 Kendargent (FR) 12,522 37 Bernstein (USA) 15,284 18 Starspangledbanner (AUS) 12,537 18 Rip Van Winkle (IRE) 16,696 51 Cadeaux Genereux (GB) 10,000 29

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% W/R

Statistics courtesy of the_racehorse.com

Starts

Wins

Stakes Wnrs

26 34 352 42 52 38 670 74 87 44 1,115 124 75 34 1,057 99 79 42 1,109 124 69 43 940 95 54 35 814 87 54 46 736 91 45 31 741 72 29 34 354 45 40 48 428 63 45 38 581 64 19 39 145 26 23 38 371 33 22 44 216 29 18 39 254 28 13 35 195 26 13 72 104 20 8 44 62 11 14 27 135 20 10 34 173 16

6 4 6 7 0 3 2 4 4 4 3 5 4 2 3 0 4 3 2 2 0

Earnings

AEI

3,279,981 2.9 2,034,046 1.6 2,002,253 1.6 1,800,053 1.4 1,709,068 1.2 1,375,347 1.1 1,274,713 1.6 1,193,372 1.2 1,028,479 1.7 944,078 1.8 900,436 1.6 868,044 1.6 716,339 646,590 1.3 638,735 2.6 547,846 1.6 507,622 2.5 479,081 1.7 410,516 349,686 275,545 1.5

ÂŁ15,000 1ST OCT (SLF)

TORONADO high chaparral

- wana doo (grand slam)

Undefeated Gr.2 winning 2yo European Champion 3yo Gr.1 Qipco Sussex Stks, Gr.1 Queen Anne Stks

nomination bookings:

Jake Warren

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2014 Fee

Runners

Statistics courtesy of the_racehorse.com

Winners

% W/R

Starts

Wins

Stakes Wnrs

Earnings

AEI

Galileo (IRE) Private 268 129 48 1,033 184 35 8,613,015 3.3 Pivotal (GB) 45,000 202 88 44 985 129 8 5,628,101 2.3 Shamardal (USA) 41,740 220 107 49 1,044 177 16 5,157,071 2.4 Invincible Spirit (IRE) 58,436 292 121 41 1,478 191 13 4,814,958 1.6 Dansili (GB) 95,000 182 83 46 792 119 11 3,910,902 2.1 Dubawi (IRE) 100,000 207 103 50 856 151 20 3,851,639 3.1 Sea The Stars (IRE) 70,958 90 49 54 329 71 10 3,312,219 6.4 Mastercraftsman (IRE) 29,218 135 49 36 618 66 4 3,258,238 4.9 Oasis Dream (GB) 85,000 220 101 46 1,103 151 16 2,810,605 1.9 Teofilo (IRE) 41,740 217 82 38 910 126 11 2,652,445 2.0 Cape Cross (IRE) 25,044 233 97 42 1,083 139 10 2,442,336 1.6 Montjeu (IRE) Private 147 51 35 604 87 8 2,278,069 2.6 High Chaparral (IRE) 25,044 194 68 35 883 102 7 2,245,456 1.6 Dutch Art (GB) 35,000 149 65 44 758 105 4 2,222,929 2.0 Acclamation (GB) 29,218 240 98 41 1,344 143 6 2,044,910 1.2 Exceed And Excel (AUS) 35,000 212 86 41 1,069 130 2 1,883,196 1.3 Heart’s Cry (JPN) N/A 1 1 100 2 1 1 1,803,619 Deep Impact (JPN) N/A 3 1 33 3 1 1 1,803,619 23 Danehill Dancer (IRE) 20,870 162 61 38 855 95 4 1,683,885 1.8 Dark Angel (IRE) 22,957 142 61 43 808 95 3 1,678,882 2.1 Iffraaj (GB) 20,870 175 76 43 870 117 8 1,663,820 1.3 Dalakhani (IRE) 20,870 142 57 40 617 85 8 1,584,277 1.6 Street Cry (IRE) 61,135 87 30 34 379 52 6 1,381,589 1.4 New Approach (IRE) 80,000 136 61 45 457 89 4 1,371,102 2.5 Monsun (GER) Private 85 43 51 345 62 8 1,255,406 2.3 Lawman (FR) 20,870 155 49 32 690 65 1 912,477 1.2 Speightstown (USA) 48,908 36 16 44 186 32 3 742,652 2.6 Selkirk (USA) 20,000 65 30 46 327 52 4 710,107 1.8 Elusive Quality (USA) 30,568 68 24 35 286 32 4 691,957 1.6 War Front (USA) 91,703 36 18 50 121 25 4 637,050 4.6 Fastnet Rock (AUS) Private 67 25 37 228 35 4 596,573 0.7 Distorted Humor (USA) 61,135 35 16 46 155 23 4 573,924 2.1 Raven’s Pass (USA) 20,870 66 25 38 223 34 4 468,269 1.8 Anabaa (USA) 25,074 45 9 20 234 13 0 461,782 1.9 Henrythenavigator (USA) 20,870 75 24 32 334 28 0 455,818 1.6 Medaglia D’Oro (USA) 61,135 36 13 36 127 18 1 404,484 1.0 Arch (USA) 24,454 41 14 34 160 18 2 399,899 1.0 Giant’s Causeway (USA) 51,965 42 18 43 189 22 0 344,015 1.4 Hard Spun (USA) 36,681 34 17 50 168 27 1 313,247 1.4 Smart Strike (CAN) 61,135 36 7 19 132 9 1 298,799 1.0 More Than Ready (USA) 30,568 25 8 32 115 11 1 282,903 1.2

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DUTCH ART FEE:

£40,000

Sire of Gr.1 winning sprinters GARSWOOD and SLADE POWER in 2014.

MAYSON FEE:

£6,000

Gr.1 July Cup winner and INVINCIBLE SPIRIT’s highest rated sprinter.

First foals in 2015

INTELLO FEE:

£25,000

MEDICEAN FEE:

£8,000

Classic winning Champion son of GALILEO from a superb family.

Sire of 10 Gr. 1 winners including leading sire, DUTCH ART.

KYLLACHY

PIVOTAL

FEE:

£15,000

Sire of top class sprinters SOLE POWER and STEPPER POINT in 2014.

First foals in 2015

LETHAL FORCE FEE:

£10,000

Champion UK Sprinter by DARK ANGEL. The fastest horse ever over 6f at Newmarket.

FEE:

£45,000

2014 winners include AFRICAN STORY (Gr.1), EAGLE TOP (Gr.2) and MAAREK (Gr.2).

And the New Recruit

GARSWOOD FEE:

£7,000

Gr.1 winning sprinter by DUTCH ART from a very fast family.

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The master list Hyperion’s list of sires of stakes-winning horses in Europe & UAE, 2014

Horses are listed under their sire with the broodmare sire in brackets. Includes Group (1,2,3) and Listed (L) wins in Europe & UAE up to and including November 9, 2014 Academy Award Ragazzo (Pips Pride) Acclamation Absolutely So (Selkirk) An Saighdiur (Brief Truce) Athenian (Danehill Dancer) Justice Day (Rock Of Gibraltar) Rocky Ground (Indian Ridge) Roero (Titus Livius) Wentworth (Mark Of Esteem) Act One Ocean Tempest (Unfuwain) Adlerflug Swacadelic (Monsun) Wunder (Dashing Blade) Agnes Gold Energia Fribby (Nugget Point)

3LL L L L L L LL L LL L 3L L

Amadeus Wolf Avabin (Linamix) Hamza (Alhaarth) Papagena Star (Acatenango)

L 3 3

American Post Ameenah (Anabaa) American Devil (Selkirk)

3 3

Anabaa Blue Machucambo (Zafonic)

LL

Antonius Pius Rock Of Ridd (Pivotal)

LL

Approve Accepted (Cadeaux Genereux)

L

Aqlaam Moonee Valley (Nayef)

3

Araafa Aeolus (Mind Games)

L

Arakan Sruthan (Mark Of Esteem) Toormore (Danetime)

3 3

Arcano Misterious Boy (Tobougg)

3L

Arch Albasharah (Seeking The Gold) Pomology (Diesis)

L 2

Archipenko Lady Penko (Danehill) Madame Chiang (Robellino) Russian Punch (Beat Hollow) Areion Flamingo Star (Acatenango) Namera (Tannenkonig) Palace Prince (Tiger Hill) Red Lips (Zinaad)

L 13 L 33 L L L

Astronomer Royal Stellar Path (Verglas)

L

Aussie Rules Aussi Celebre (Peintre Celebre) Bertinoro (Galileo) Dinkum Diamond (Lomitas) Fiesolana (Kris S) Kramulkie (Zafonic)

L L L 1 L

Authorized A Soldier’s Life (Zafonic) Ambivalent (Darshaan) Answered (Lear Fan) Daksha (Rahy) Hartnell (Anabaa) Honor Bound (Mark Of Esteem) Lacy (Oasis Dream)

L 2 L 3 3L L 3L

Avonbridge Avon Pearl (Compton Place)

3

Azamour Azari (Whipper) Dolniya (Indian Ridge) Glorious Protector (Hector Protector) Irish Rookie (Observatory) Mind Of Madness (Oasis Dream)

L 2L L L L

Bahamian Bounty Breton Rock (Rock Of Gibraltar) Code Red (Montjeu) Donnerschlag (Diktat) Mick’s Yer Man (Pivotal) New Providence (Giant’s Causeway) Take Ten (Emarati)

2L L L L 3 L

Beat Hollow Fly With Me (Highest Honor) Vote Often (Generous)

2 3

Bernstein Inis Meain (Runaway Groom) Karakontie (Sunday Silence) Omaticaya (Gulch)

L 1 3

Bertolini Coprah (Selkirk) Lucky Serena (Intikhab)

L LL

Big Bad Bob Brendan Brackan (Unfuwain) Cherie Good (Xaar)

L L

Big Brown Darwin (Silver Ghost)

L

Big Shuffle Feuerblitz (Acatenango)

L

Blu Air Force Bettolle (City On A Hill)

L

Byron Gordon Lord Byron (Intikhab)

2

Camacho Hay Chewed (Titus Livius) My Catch (Barathea)

L L

Cape Cross Asmar (Mtoto) Cape Magic (Zamindar) Convergence (Nayef) Guest Of Honour (Royal Academy) Lesstalk In Paris (Linamix) Star Lahib (Lahib) Tarana (Dr Fong) Token Of Love (Fantastic Light) Windhoek (Mister Baileys) Zurigha (Docksider) Captain Rio Ainippe (Darshaan) Carlotamix Calvin Williams (Charge d’Affaires) Catcher In The Rye Anaerobio (Potrillon) Marvi Thunders (Elmaamul) Celtic Swing Ansgar (Pennekamp) Champs Elysees Avenue Gabriel (Gone West) Eastern Belle (Dubai Destination) Jack Naylor (Nashwan) Lustrous (Hernando) Regardez (Efisio) Xcellence (Xaar)

L L L 2L 3 2L LL L LL L L LL 2 L 233

Choisir Glory Awaits (Foxhound) Olympic Glory (Alzao)

2L 11

Clodovil Es Que Love (Inchinor) Gregorian (Cadeaux Genereux) Kanes Pass (Montjeu) Tigrilla (Sadler’s Wells)

2 3 L L

Compton Place Pearl Secret (Rossini) Shifting Power (Alzao)

L L

Dalakhani Gothic Dance (Polar Falcon) Guardini (Dynaformer) Integral (Danehill) Mireille (Sadler’s Wells) Second Step (Sadler’s Wells) Seismos (Dashing Blade) Silk Sari (Rainbow Quest) Terrubi (Diesis)

3 3 112 L L 3 2L 2L

Dandy Man Extortionist (Oasis Dream)

3

Dane Friendly Priore Philip (Blu Air Force)

112

Danehill Dancer Esoterique (Dancing Brave) Here Comes When (Spinning World) Hillstar (Mark Of Esteem) Osaila (Entrepreneur)

13 22 3 3

Dansili Big Break (Quest For Fame) Brisanto (Pivotal) Carla Bianca (Linamix) Continuum (Sadler’s Wells) L’Amour De Ma Vie (Smoke Glacken) Miss France (Tirol) Muteela (Zafonic) Nabucco (Caerleon) The Fugue (Sadler’s Wells) Visoriyna (Linamix) We Are (Inchinor)

3 3 3LL L 2 1 LL L 1 L 1

Dark Angel Boomshackerlacker (Barathea) Bronze Maquette (Proud Citizen) Estidhkaar (Danetime) Mecca’s Angel (Atraf)

L L 22 3L

Dashing Blade Kicky Blue (Law Society) Sirius (Monsun)

L 1L

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stakes-winning sires Deep Impact Gentildonna (Bertolini)

1

Denounce Danzeno (Groom Dancer)

3

Deportivo Gailo Chop (Marignan)

233L

Desert Prince Lili Moon (Acatenango)

L

Diktat Dikta Del Mar (Limpid)

L

Distorted Humor Cursory Glance (Sadler’s Wells) Interpret (Interprete) Nawwaar (Rahy) Wind Fire (A P Indy)

13 L L L

Doyen Good Donna (King’s Best) Molly Le Clou (Big Shuffle) Quiz Mistress (Rainbow Quest) Virginia Sun (Lomitas) Vif Monsieur (Big Shuffle)

3 L L L L

Dr Fong Los Cerritos (Arazi)

2

Dubai Destination Berlin Berlin (Generous)

L

Dubawi Al Kazeem (Darshaan) Al Thakhira (Green Desert) Arabian Queen (Barathea) Bawina (Sadler’s Wells) Dancing Sands (Danzig) Fair Dubawi (Nashwan) Heartily (Daylami) Kiyoshi (Sri Pekan) Muraaqaba (Zafonic) Narniyn (Alhaarth) Nausica Time (Daylami) Night Of Thunder (Galileo) Postponed (Dubai Destination) Prince Bishop (Prospect Bay) Prince Gagarin (Sadler’s Wells) Raphinae (Alzao) Red Dubawi (Homme De Loi) Sarinda (Vettori) Sheikhzayedroad (Highest Honor) Wannabe Yours (Grand Lodge)

3 L 2 3L L L L 3 3 3 3 1 2L 123 L L 23 L 2L 3

Duke Of Marmalade Big Orange (Fasliyev) Collateral Risk (Invincible Spirit) Duke Derby (Medaaly) Hall Of Mirrors (Indian Ridge) Ming Zhi Cosmos (Ganges) Quaduna (Monsun) So Many Shots (Lando) Venus De Milo (Galileo) Wannabe Better (Shirley Heights)

LL L L 3 3LL 3L 3LL 3 3

Dutch Art Dutch Connection (Dubai Destination) Garswood (Kyllachy)

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3 1

Rizeena winning the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, one of two Group 1 winners for Iffraaj through 2014 Slade Power (Key Of Luck) Terre Brune (Kheleyf)

113 L

Dyhim Diamond Abdel (Glauco) Wag’n Tail (Groom Dancer)

LL L

Dylan Thomas Captain Cat (Sadler’s Wells) Dylan Mouth (Noverre) Final Score (Hernando) Pether’s Moon (Tirol) Porsenna (Hussonet) Ralston Road (Galileo)

33 122L 12 233 2 L

Dynaformer Flying Officer (Diesis)

L

Early March Got Fly (Loup Solitaire) Elusive Quality Beauty Parlor (Sadler’s Wells)

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Certify (Doc’s Leader) Royalmania (Lode) Shuruq (Noverre) Empire Maker Brooch (Dansili) Equiano Dark Reckoning (Oasis Dream) Evasive Evasive’s First (Oasis Dream) Piment Rouge (Marignan) Even Top Cirrus Des Aigles (Septieme Ciel)

2 L 233 3L 3 3L L 111

Graphic (Night Shift) Lady Lara (Selkirk)

3L L

Exchange Rate Ball Dancing (Silver Hawk)

L

Fast Company Baitha Alga (Fantastic Light)

2L

Fastnet Rock Fascinating Rock (Polar Falcon) Palace (Rainbow Quest) Qualify (Galileo) Smuggler’s Cove (Sadler’s Wells) Table Rock (Sadler’s Wells)

33 L 3 L L

Firebreak Caledonia Lady (Mark Of Esteem)

L

L

Exceed And Excel Amber Sky (Rubiton) Cotai Glory (Elusive Quality)

1 3

Flying Spur Mushreq (Jeune)

L

L

Excellent Art Artwork Genie (Brief Truce)

L

Footstepsinthesand Baby Foot (Oasis Dream)

L

stakes-winning sires Hawk Wing Bank Of Burden (Pivotal)

333L

Heart’s Cry Just A Way (Wild Again)

1

High Chaparral Beautiful Heroine (Kingmambo) Contributer (Exit To Nowhere) Free Eagle (Danehill) Frine (Cardoun) High Jinx (Surumu) Lucky Lion (Big Shuffle) Toronado (Grand Slam) Western Hymn (Cape Cross) Holy Roman Emperor Amarillo (Royal Academy) Freedom Holder (Vindication) Hoku (Cadeaux Genereux) Mango Diva (Desert King) Pinturicchio (Peintre Celebre) Rich Tapestry (Sadler’s Wells) Spicy Jam (Sri Pekan) Hurricane Cat Bodhi (Orpen)

Galileo Adelaide (Elnadim) Altano (Lando) Australia (Cape Cross) Be My Gal (Danehill Dancer) Dalkova (Marju) Dare To Achieve (Linamix) Dazzling (Danehill) Ernest Hemingway (Darshaan) Eye Of The Storm (Shirley Heights) Faufiler (Celtic Swing) Forever Now (Darshaan) Found (Intikhab) Freedom’s Light (Nashwan) Galiway (Danehill) Gatewood (Selkirk)

L L 33 L 3 3 3 111 3L L L L 3 3 L L 1 L L 3LL

Gleneagles (Storm Cat) 123 Gospel Choir (Pivotal) 22 Highland Reel (Danehill) 2 John F Kennedy (Danehill) 3 Kingfisher (Halling) L Magician (Mozart) 3 Marvellous (Storm Cat) 1 Mekong River (Danehill) 3 Noble Mission (Danehill) 11133 Observational (Cadeaux Genereux) L Orator (Air Express) L Orchestra (Danehill) 3 Planetaire (Kaldoun) L Roheryn (More Than Ready) L Ruler Of The World (Kingmambo) 2 Secret Gesture (Danehill) L Spiritjim (Anabaa) 23L Tapestry (Danehill) 1 Telescope (Darshaan) 2 Together Forever (Theatrical) 1L

Wevanella (Highest Honor)

L

Ghostzapper United Color (Langfuhr)

L

Gentlewave My Old Husband (Apeldoorn)

Hard Spun Maftool (Mr Greeley)

LLL

Golan Missunited (Don’t Forget Me)

3L

Gold Away Indignant (Bering)

L

Haafhd Noble Protector (Alzao)

L

Halling Cavalryman (Highest Honor) Certerach (Danehill) Empoli (Acatenango) Entree (Gone West)

223 2 1 LL

33 L L 2 3L 3 LL 3

Hurricane Run Andry Brusselles (Dansili) Ectot (Linamix) Golden Guepard (Danehill) Hurricane Red (Trempolino)

L 23 L L

Iffraaj Benvenue (Be My Guest) Dibajj (Royal Applause) Forjatt (Danzero) Hot Streak (Housebuster) Magic Artist (Cape Cross) Peace Society (Sholokhov) Prince Of All (Lycius) Rizeena (Statue Of Liberty)

1 L 3 2 3 L L 1

Indesatchel Aetna (Mind Games) Mattmu (Namid) Celestial Path (Hawk Wing) Imperiator (Green Desert) J Wonder (Danehill) Kaspersky (Grand Lodge) Sandiva (Mark Of Esteem)

L LL 3 2L 1L 123 1 23

L 2L

Invincible Spirit Alea Iacta (Galileo) 3 Apache Spirit (Sadler’s Wells) L Army Bulletin (Sunday Silence) L Beach Belle (High Chaparral) L Charm Spirit (Montjeu) 11133 Citron Spirit (Lemon Drop Kid) 3 Grendisar (Mark Of Esteem) L High Celebrity (Storm Cat) 3 I’m Yours (Robellino) L Kingman (Zamindar) 11113 Local Time (Medicean) 3 Russian Soul (Indian Ridge) 3 Signs Of Blessing (Seeking The Gold) 3L That Is The Spirit (Acatenango) L Jeremy Baino Hope (Highest Honor) Kool Kompany (Indian Ridge) Pearl Of Africa (Sportsworld)

L 22L L

Kamsin Amazonit (Chief Singer)

L

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stakes-winning sires Sakamira (Zieten)

L

Kendargent Goken (Indian Rocket) Kenfreeze (Indian Rocket) Kenhope (Chato) Kenouska (Exceed And Excel)

3 L L L

Kheleyf Majestic Queen (Danehill) Virtual Game (Sadler’s Wells)

3 L

King’s Best Meleagros (Royal Academy) My Year Is A Day (Fasliyev) Navajo Chief (Rainbow Quest) Regarde Moi (Night Shift) Kitten’s Joy Jolly Good Kitten (Saint Ballado) Steaming Kitten (Salt Lake) Kodiac Coulsty (In The Wings) Jamesie (Night Shift) Kodi Bear (Mujtahid) Patience Alexander (Sadler’s Wells) Terror (Redback) Tiggy Wiggy (Kheleyf) Kouroun Bamiyan (Verglas) Kyllachy Kyllachy Queen (King Charlemagne) Penitent (Bishop Of Cashel) Sole Power (Distant View) Stepper Point (Compton Place) Lawman Agnes Stewart (Dalakhani) Secret Pursuit (Inchinor) Layman Gammarth (Indian Ridge) Le Havre Auvray (In The Wings) Avenir Certain (Mark Of Esteem) La Hoguette (Zamindar) Orbec (Fasliyev) Queen Bee (Kyllachy) Summer Surprice (Royal Academy) Le Vie Dei Colori Eldo River (Ashkalani) Tullius (Kingmambo)

L L L L L 3L 3L 3 L L L 12L 3 L 3 113 3L 2 L 3 23L 112 L L 3 L LL 2

Lemon Drop Kid Cannock Chase (Horse Chestnut)

3

Librettist Emily Of Tinsdal (Dashing Blade)

L

Linngari Garlingari (Poliglote) Mr Pommeroy (Rahy)

L L

Lomitas Ever Strong (El Gran Senor)

3

Lope De Vega Belardo (Danehill) Burnt Sugar (Titus Livius) Hero Look (Daylami) Royal Razalma (Flying Spur) Lord Of England Feodora (Greinton) Mamool Orsino (Platini) Manduro Fractional (Royal Academy) Meerjungfrau (Dashing Blade) Pitch (Storm Cat) Ribbons (Marju) True Story (Darshaan)

1L 3 2 3 1 3 23 3 L 1 L

Marchand De Sable Coco Sun (Gairloch)

L

Mark Of Esteem Sir Oscar (Polish Precedent)

L

Martino Alonso Ginwar (Celtic Swing) Money Drop (Barathea)

3LL L

Mastercraftsman Kingston Hill (Rainbow Quest) Master Carpenter (In The Wings) The Grey Gatsby (Entrepreneur) Vague Nouvelle (Mr Greeley)

1 3L 112 3L

Medaglia d’Oro Belle d’Or (Rainbow Quest) Mshawish (Thunder Gulch)

L 2

Medicean Medley Chic (Orpen) Nordico (Diktat)

L 3

Merchant Of Venice Alcohuaz (Hussonet)

LL

Meshaheer El Suizo (Hamas)

L

Mizzen Mast Full Mast (Danzig)

13

Monsieur Bond Chookie Royale (Woods Of Windsor) Ladies Are Forever (Danetime) Move In Time (Machiavellian)

L 3L 1

Monsun Almandin (Tiger Hill) Bathyrhon (Be My Guest) Estimate (Darshaan) Longina (Medicean) Manatee (Galileo) Pinzolo (Barathea) Protectionist (Peintre Celebre) Vadamos (Peintre Celebre) Montjeu Berling (Danehill) Bracelet (Green Desert) Gallante (Machiavellian)

2 3 2 2 2 L 22 L L 123 1

Guajara (Big Shuffle) Leading Light (Gone West) Montclair (Platini) Mount Athos (Slip Anchor) Ol’ Man River (Mr Greeley) Vintage Nouveau (Danehill)

L 133 3 L 2 L

More Than Ready Nucifera (Kingmambo)

L

Moss Vale Harlem Shake (Mujadil) Izzthatright (Alzao)

3L L

Most Welcome Angel Light (Diaghlyphard)

LL

Motivator Cocktail Queen (Selkirk) Pallasator (Ezzoud) Robin Hoods Bay (Rainbow Quest) Shahah (Olden Times) Sky Hunter (Silver Hawk) Treve (Anabaa)

23 L 3 3 3L 1

Mount Nelson Berkshire (Dr Devious) Emerald Star (Caerleon) Purr Along (Mountain Cat) Special Meaning (Sky Classic) Volume (Peintre Celebre) Muhtathir Eyeful (Bering) Hippy (Highest Honor) Silas Marner (Kendor)

3 3 3 L L L 3L L

Sultanina (Soft Centre) Norse Dancer Norse King (Barathea) Norse Prize (Sinndar) Notnowcato Custom Cut (Danehill)

13 3 L 233LL

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It was an immense yearling sales season.

Jocelyn de Moubray analyses the trends and the figures

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he 2014 yearling sales in Europe were on an obvious upward curve from the beginning right to the end, although it was at the end and, in particular at Tattersalls October Book 2, that it felt like a boom market.

This was in part an illusion created by a new format, there were 120 fewer yearlings on offer in Book 2 this year, however, the spending of the Maktoum and Al Thani families certainly carried the Newmarket yearling sales to a level not seen since 2007.

This year, Sheikh Johann Al Thani was personally more reserved – he was only in the Newmarket ring himself for a short period, but it was long enough to transform Poet’s Voice’s figures as he outbid John Ferguson to buy a colt and a filly by the Darley sire for 475,000gns and 700,000gns in the space of five lots.

There were more million guineas yearlings, six and up from three in 2013, but none over three million compared with two in 2013.

John Ferguson purchased five of the seven lots which made more than 900,000gns, with the other two being a Galileo colt bought for John Magnier and a Galileo filly, who was purchased by James Delahooke on behalf of the American Bobby Flay.

Even though the Al Thani family did not buy at the very top Book 1, it still challenged the Maktoum family in total outlay with agents such as John Warren, Charlie Gordon Watson, Peter and Ross Doyle, Bertrand Le Metayer and David Redvers all spending more than a million on its behalf.

These things can only be estimated, but it is more than likely that the three principal group of buyers – the Maktoums and Al Thani families and the Coolmore group – accounted for more than 60 per cent of the market at Book 1.

The other major European yearling sales

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Even though the Al Thani family did not buy at the very top of Book 1, it still challenged the Maktoum family in total outlay

also returned better figures than in 2013.

Arqana’s August sale was up 15 per cent in aggregate and 10 per cent in average, Doncaster’s Premier 17 per cent and 14 per cent, BBAG September 20 per cent and level, Goffs Orby nine per cent and seven per cent, Book 1 13 per cent and 14 per cent and Book 2 17 per cent and 36 per cent.

At the yearling sales overall the Maktoum

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The Maktoums particularly love buying horses in Newmarket and Europe... bloodstock manager John Ferguson stated at Tattersalls that he believes the best horses in the world are being bred in Britain, Ireland and Europe with the best global stallions standing in the continent too.

He also felt that this year’s crop was especially strong... maybe that was some of the reasoning behind the extra spend or was it just that the Maktoums wish to re-exert their dominance?

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At the yearling sales overall the Maktoum family’s total spending was up by 15 million guineas or so on 2013

Maktoum Spending at Yearling Sales

The most expensive yearling sold in the world this year: the Galileo colt ex Penang Pearl was consigned by Ashbrittle Stud and bought MV Magnier for 2.3 million guineas

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family’s total spending was up by 15 million guineas or so on 2013 and was overwhelmingly concentrated at Tattersalls Book 1 and 2.

Whether this was the result of a longconsidered plan, a reaction to other events, or a desire to promote its stallions is, of course, impossible to say, as is whether or not it will be repeated in 2015.

The Maktoum family spent around £20 million on yearlings in Europe in both 2008 and 2009, maintaining the market in difficult economic times, but then spent a great deal less in 2009 and 2010 before coming back to a similar level in 2011 and 2012, and then with a vengence this year.

Part of the explanation is probably Dubawi.

Ferguson signed for the six top lots by Darley’s leading sire for a total of nearly six million guineas.

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DICK TURPIN Yearlings averaged over 57,000gns in Book 2 of 2014 Tattersalls October Sale Doncaster Premier Yearling Sale average of £25,500 First crop of yearlings have gone to leading trainers: Richard Hannon, Charlie Hills, Kevin Ryan, Richard Fahey and Henry Candy FEE: £4,000 - 1st Oct (SLF)

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Which stallion would you use if you have...?

A young mare, but did not want to spend more than £ / €15,000 and are looking to sell the offspring? I would use Olympic Glory as he is good value and his stock will popular with agents and trainers alike.

A young mare, but happy to spend up to £ / €50,000 and are selling? Mastercraftsman must be a very good stallion to get two Classic winners in his first crop.

Although the big three names dominated the European yearling sales, others were involved to a high level – at Deauville the South African-based Mayfair Speculators were busy buyers

Maktoum spending was more or less the same at both Arqana in August and the Goffs Orby Sale as it has been in 2013 and, having played a big role in Baden-Baden in 2013, Darley bought just one yearling there in 2014 – the extra outlay was all made in Newmarket.

This autumn, John Ferguson and Richard O’Gorman alone spent £23 million on yearlings in Europe, up by 45 per cent from 2013, and 90 per cent of this was spent at Book 1 and 2, compared with 70 per cent at these sales in 2013.

More names on the buyers’ sheet

There were other significant buyers, even if none could begin to match the big three in terms of total spend.

The South African-based Mayfair Speculators made a big splash at Deauville in August and was the biggest buyer working with both Peter Doyle and Anthony Stroud.

Deauville saw significant buyers from Japan and the US, as well as The China Horse Club, which returned to buy most of the top lots at the Arc Horses in Training Sale,

Arqana top lot: Monsun filly from Sea The Moon’s family bought by Tony Nerses for €1.2 million

You have a black-type mare, she’s the best on the farm, and you want to get into a select sale – and you’ve not booked the nomination yet!? Galileo is a no brainer if you can afford him, as he is the best stallion in the world at present.

You would like to use a first-season sire as a commercial sales prospect? No Nay Never fits the profile as in his career he was fast, precocious, trained on and is a very good physical.

You are advising an owner-breeder with two mares – one with a Book 1/2 pedigree and he’d love to get a filly to kick off a broodmare band; the other mare is more Book 4, she’s a winner but it was just low level and he just likes to have her around and produce himself a cheap racehorse. Dansili’s statistics are exceptional for a sire who is still active. For the other Book 4 mare, Monsieur Bond and Sleeping Indian.

Wanted to breed a horse that you would race and then, if it had enough ability, be sold on as HIT 2/3/4yo to the international market? Authorized looks like a “sleeper” to me, as his stock improve at three.

You are going to take a gamble on a 2nd / 3rd season sire who is yet to have runners – which would you use?

Dawn Approach is a fabulous individual who covered a quality book of mares.

You would like to cover a mare with a French-based sire?

Le Havre has done exceptionally well to date while standing at a very low fee.

Your filly is racing in the US and is to be covered out there?

Distorted Humor’s progeny are very consistent both on the track and in the sales ring.

You want a bit of an outcross sire? A difficult choice as there are so few stallions with no Northern Dancer blood.

Kendargent would be an obvious choice for me How was the yearling season for you? I found it difficult at times to buy what I followed in as the market was exceptionally strong. However I was happy with the purchases I made.

Do you think we are in danger of creating an unrealistic market place with ballooning prices again? I am not sure, however I feel stallion prices are 33 per cent too expensive this year. Market forces govern the price and most breeders migrate to the latest obvious stallions whose progeny have excelled in that year. Therefore I probably have no just argument for this opinion.

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Castletown Quarry’s Starspangledbanner colt topped the DBS Premier Sale selling for £230,000

and expensive yearlings at both Goffs and Newmarket.

Tony Nerses, Moyglare Stud, the Hong Kong Jockey Club and the Niarchos family were all active at most of the major European sales.

The US dollar remains the world’s main reserve currency and it is still of great interest to look at the results of the principal European yearling sales in dollar terms, not least because few of those playing at the top of the market will judge their own spending in terms of the local currency.

These statistics show that once inflation and currency fluctuations have been taken into account the European market is still overall some 15 per cent below the peak average price achieved at the top of the last boom in 2007 (see page 102).

The Goffs and Doncaster sales are still well below the last peak, 22 per cent and 33 per cent respectively in terms of average, but then neither the Irish nor the British economy upon which these sales boomed then have returned to anything like a similar

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...once inflation and currency fluctuations have been taken into account the European market is still overall some 15 per cent below the peak average price achieved at the top of the last boom in 2007 level of euphoria since.

Arqana’s two major sales combined are only five per cent below the level of 2007 in real dollars. Arqana has reduced the number of yearlings offered in August and succeeded in attracting new buyers to both August and October. If the euro continues, as seems probable, to lose value against both sterling and the dollar it will help attract more outside buyers in the near future.

Tattersalls’ principle yearling sales are still 12 per cent below 2007 in terms of average price in real dollars. Sterling is still 20 per cent lower against the dollar than was the case in 2007.

A stronger dollar will help Tattersalls to attract new buyers, even if a sharp fall in the value of the euro against the pound will send

This colt by Galileo ex Scribonia topped the Goffs Orby Sale at €1.5 million, sold by Redmondstown

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The demand for the best yearlings in Europe in 2014 was strong, but very selective more domestic buyers to Goffs, Deauville and perhaps even Baden-Baden.

There is no particular reason why the market should not go higher in this cycle than it did in the last.

Overall the European market may still be below where it was in 2007, but it is safe to assume, given no outside shocks, some parts of the market will set new highs over the coming months.

In 2013, the foal sales (some of 2014’s will have taken place by the time you read this) were only 10 per cent below the peak average.

There is sure to be a new high average in 2014 as the yearling sales were profitable for many of those who had bought foals in 2013.

Nevertheless, buying expensive foals in 2014 is far from a risk-free investment. The demand for the best yearlings in Europe in 2014 was strong, but very selective.

There has been no sudden change in outside economic conditions nor an influx of new investors, a sudden increase in prizemoney or any phenomenon which can be analysed which has sparked the latest boom.

It is the spending of two families whose passion for racing and yearling sales appears secure, but which will always be subject to changes in management, objectives and direction.

If the Maktoum or the Al Thani family for one reason or another spend £10 million less on yearlings in 2015, the market will be very different... equally they could spend £10 million more as well!

Those commercial pin-hookers who lineup to buy foals and breeding stock this year will be happy to take the risk in order to put themselves in line for a share of the profits to be made at the yearling sales in 2015 and beyond.

There will come a moment when the prices given for horses-in-training, stallion covering fees, foals, mares and yearlings will suddenly seem to be crazy, but most of those involved will be too busy taking risks to see the change of mood coming.

And that is if there is no new economic crisis to be got through in the mean time.

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Major European Sale results combined ($) (2007-2014) Sale

Statistics courtesy of JdM

2007 £/€

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In real $

2014 (€/£ mill) 2014 ($ mill)

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£95,000

£120,000

240,000

£130,000

210,000

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BBAG September

€43,000

€49,000

70,000

€49,000

60,000

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Arqana Aug + Oct

€63,000

€71,000

100,000

€73,000

95,000

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DBS St Leger/Premier

£37,000

£45,000

90,000

£37,000

60,000

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€110,000

€125,000

180,000

110,000

140,000

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* between 2007 and 2014 in real $

Combined aggregate 2007 (in real $)

Combined aggregate 2014 (in real $) Statistics courtesy of JdM

Statistics courtesy of JdM

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Sale

Nos sold Aggregate ($, mill) %*

Tattersalls 1 & 2

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236

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Tattersalls 1 & 2

996

210

57

BBAG September

171

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2.70

BBAG September

166

9.96

2.70

Arqana Aug + Oct

777

77.7

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Arqana Aug + Oct

802

76.2

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Goffs Orby

348

48.7

13

Doncaster Premier

419

25.1

6.80

Goffs Million

487

87.7

19

Doncaster St Leger

424

38.2

8.50

Combined 2,731 370

Combined 2,842 452 -

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Average price: $160,000

Average price: $135,000 (-16%)

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* company’s % of the combined aggregate

Leading active European stallions by yearling median 2014 ($) (10 or more sold) Statistics courtesy of JdM

Stallion Dubawi Galileo Sea The Stars Oasis Dream Dansili Shamardal New Approach Invincible Spirit Exceed And Excel Fastnet Rock Cacique Iffraaj Poet’s Voice Dutch Art Pivotal Teofilo Acclamation Dalakhani

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FEE €10,000*

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Tel 04493-48450. Fax 04493-42807. E-Mail info@tallyhostud.com Web www.tallyhostud.com Contact: TONY O’CALLAGHAN (Mob 086-2424416) ROGER O’C (Mob 087-9690629) or HENRY O’C (087) 6536776

SEA THE MOON

Sea The Stars ex Sanwa (Monsun)

Brilliant winner of the Group 1 German Derby by 11 lengths

£15,000

New for 2015

❚ Winner of 4 races (3 at Group level) at 2 and 3, 8f to 12f, from just 5 starts. ❚ Rated 125 (Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings) ❚ Out of a full sister to Group 1 Classic winners: SAMUM (Champion Sire in Germany), SCHIAPARELLI and SALVE REGINA. ❚ The first son of Champion SEA THE STARS to retire to stud.

ARCHIPENKO

Kingmambo ex Bound (Nijinsky)

£10,000

Sire of a Group 1 winner with his first crop ❚ Sire in 2014 of: MADAME CHIANG (Group 1 Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes and Group 3 Musidora Stakes)

LADY PENKO (FR) (Listed winner and Group 1 placed)

❚ The Leading British-based sire of 2yos in 2014 by % winners to runners (56%). ❚ Sire of 14 individual 2yo winners in 2014, including: CLONARD STREET (Group 2 placed), MARABEA (Group 3 placed), GROOR (Listed placed twice), MEDRANO (Listed placed).

2014 yearlings have made up to 140,000gns.

LANWADES

The independent option ™

AUSSIE RULES Danehill ex Last Second (Alzao)

£7,000

Classic winning miler – Dual Gr.1 winner at 3 ❚ Sire of 11 Stakes horses to date in 2014, including FIESOLANA (Group 1 Matron Stakes) and Listed winners AUSSI CELEBRE, BERTINORO, DINKUM DIAMOND, KRAMULKIE. ❚ Also sire of 20 individual 2yo winners in 2014.

His 2014 yearlings have made up to 210,000gns.

LEROIDESANIMAUX Candy Stripes ex Dissemble (Ahonoora)

£14,000

Eclipse Award winning Champion Turf Horse in the USA ❚ Won 9 races and $1,658,377 including 3 Group 1’s over 1m on turf. ❚ Sire of World Champion ANIMAL KINGDOM and of the winners of over $18m. ❚ Also sire of 10 individual 2yo winners in 2014.

First European foals in 2015

An exceptional outcross for Europe’s mares

SIR PERCY

Mark Of Esteem ex Percy’s Lass (Blakeney)

£7,000

Unbeaten Champion 2yo and Classic winning Champion 3yo ❚ Sire of 13 Stakes horses to date in 2014, including Group 3 winner WAKE FOREST, Listed winners NAFAQA (at 2, also Gr.2 placed), LADY TIANA, LADY PIMPERNEL and INDIGO LADY. ❚ Also sire of 11 individual 2yo winners in 2014. info@lanwades.com • www.lanwades.com • Tel: +44 (0)1638 750222 • Fax: +44 (0)1638 751186 All 2015 fees on 1st October Special Live Foal terms

ALHEBAYEB A ‘must see’ individual

THE NEXT DARK ANGEL?

ALHEBAYEB

GR, 2010, 16.0HH, BY DARK ANGEL EX MISS INDIGO (INDIAN RIDGE)

Gr.2 July Stakes winner at 2

By DARK ANGEL from a Classic family with speed

Beat 17 Group/SWs, including RED DUBAWI, GALE FORCE TEN and BUNGLE INTHEJUNGLE. Half brother to 6 winners out of an INDIAN RIDGE half sister to Gr.1 Classic placed MUSETTA.

A 170,000gns yearling – the top priced DARK ANGEL of his year First season fee: €5,000 (1st October)

“He was a very sharp and talented two-year-old for us, and he kept his form well. He was top-class and a gorgeous individual; he’s sure to get some early types. We love his sire line and we’ll be having a look at them at the yearling sales in due course!”

RICHARD HANNON, JNR

TARA STUD

Enquiries: DEREK ICETON 087 2323566•Email: derekiceton@tarastud.com JOHN WALSH 086 2558945•Email: walshbloodstock@eircom.net

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Euro stallion sales stats

In the tables below and on the next few pages, we’ve listed stallions by average (£), grouped into covering fee bands (converted in £). Also included is the 2014 covering fee, the number offered, the number sold, average price, median and top colt and top filly.

The median price, in conjunction with the number sold and compared with the covering fee, is possibly the most informative as it shows where the half-way point of a stallion’s sales crop was in 2014.

Stallions standing at £4,999 or below (by average, all figures converted to £) Stallion Kendargent (FR) Intikhab (USA) Adlerflug (GER) Zebedee (GB) Showcasing (GB) Le Havre (IRE) Tertullian (USA) Fast Company (IRE) Sabiango (GER) Elnadim (USA) Kamsin (GER) Myboycharlie (IRE) Mamool (IRE) Linngari (IRE) Dandy Man (IRE) Dubai Destination (USA) Doctor Dino (FR) Evasive (GB) Sixties Icon (GB) Lord of England (GER) Never On Sunday (FR) Misu Bond (IRE) Avonbridge (GB) Redback (GB) Approve (IRE) Camacho (GB) Daylami (IRE) Thewayyouare (USA)

Covering fee

2014 fee

Offered

3,343 12,522 4,597 5,009 4,597 4,591 4,179 4,174 4,500 4,500 4,179 5,844 3,339 3,339 4,179 4,174 3,343 2,087 4,179 3,339 4,179 2,504 3,761 5,426 4,179 4,174 4,179 2,504 2,925 6,261 2,090 N/A 2,507 2,504 2,504 2,504 4,500 8,500 3,761 3,757 2,507 2,087 1,500 1,000 3,000 3,000 2,922 2,922 4,179 4,174 3,343 6,261 4,179 4,174 4,179 3,339

40 29 8 97 95 41 9 53 1 22 15 45 12 7 35 9 3 4 9 30 2 1 1 5 76 6 1 56

Sold

%

34 85 21 72 6 75 85 88 80 84 38 93 3 33 49 92 1 100 20 91 12 80 41 91 9 75 2 29 23 66 5 56 3 100 3 75 6 67 21 70 2 100 1 100 1 100 3 60 65 86 4 67 1 100 42 75

Average

Median

56,961 36,174 35,752 34,781 34,657 34,263 31,193 28,962 - 26,934 26,601 26,463 24,377 23,708 21,728 21,027 20,348 19,913 19,889 19,315 19,245 - - 18,673 18,366 17,924 - 16,469

Top colt

Top filly

58,072 199,025 159,220 13,937 47,250 107,474 9,291 26,869 142,245 19,047 260,783 120,000 15,485 147,000 73,500 17,421 105,057 132,294 6,581 48,205 4,280 14,161 140,000 82,000 - 27,300 19,356 105,000 23,100 21,680 55,318 150,148 13,166 95,532 75,678 3,097 158,050 4,280 10,065 20,547 26,869 21,680 70,000 20,000 4,645 71,829 12,388 31,128 12,001 20,233 23,943 12,000 84,000 1,575 23,228 67,171 41,093 - 24,124 14,366 - - 18,966 - 18,900 10,840 19,154 18,966 15,485 210,000 32,854 19,202 26,250 - 17,120 6,097 89,250 51,747

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Covering fee

2014 fee

Offered

Sold

%

Average

Median

Top colt

Top filly

American Post (GB) 4,179 3,339 17 13 76 16,427 12,775 31,844 40,466 Firebreak (GB) 3,500 3,500 10 8 80 15,927 10,000 70,000 25,200 Mr Sidney (USA) 4,179 4,174 5 4 80 15,868 12,388 35,019 7,782 Martaline (GB) 3,761 5,009 4 4 100 14,481 24,777 14,000 21,790 Cima De Triomphe (IRE) 2,507 2,504 1 1 100 - - - 14,008 Alexandros (GB) 3,343 2,504 4 3 75 13,894 9,291 20,233 Kheleyf (USA) 4,000 5,000 55 43 78 13,084 14,285 50,400 31,610 Fair Mix (IRE) 2,000 2,500 3 2 67 13,000 2,857 - 23,000 Cockney Rebel (IRE) 4,000 2,504 5 5 100 12,450 10,065 29,239 3,675 Vale of York (IRE) 4,179 2,504 25 19 76 12,083 11,428 30,000 18,677 Lord Shanakill (USA) 4,179 4,174 31 26 84 11,862 15,242 68,250 10,000 Saddex (GB) 3,343 N/A 3 3 100 11,806 13,936 - 13,434 Alfred Nobel (IRE) 3,343 3,339 23 15 65 11,469 7,742 37,142 12,451 Intense Focus (USA) 4,597 8,348 32 27 84 11,051 11,614 48,000 16,595 Stimulation (IRE) 3,000 3,000 10 7 70 10,957 7,309 38,000 18,000 Silver Frost (IRE) 2,507 5,009 18 13 72 10,853 12,388 31,906 11,673 Blu Air Force (IRE) 4,179 2,504 3 3 100 10,800 11,614 12,644 Piccolo (GB) 3,000 3,000 9 9 100 10,687 15,238 23,100 21,000 Heliostatic (IRE) 2,507 2,504 8 5 63 10,428 1,819 24,124 2,335 Indian Haven (GB) 2,500 2,500 1 1 100 - - 10,273 Tagula (IRE) 3,343 3,339 23 20 87 10,166 9,407 45,000 7,903 Overbury (IRE) 2,500 2,500 1 1 100 - - 10,000 Air Chief Marshal (IRE) 2,507 2,504 13 11 85 9,895 12,775 19,154 14,008 Sleeping Indian (GB) 3,000 3,000 3 3 100 9,617 10,092 17,000 7,350 Majestic Missile (IRE) 2,507 2,504 11 8 73 9,615 4,645 17,899 35,561 Elusive Pimpernel (USA) 836 835 25 20 80 9,451 39,513 15,564 Captain Rio (GB) 3,343 2,922 29 24 83 9,303 4,258 37,932 13,434 Country Reel (USA) 3,343 876 4 3 75 9,096 6,194 5,339 15,564 Poseidon Adventure (IRE) 2,500 2,500 3 2 67 8,890 7,903 9,878 Tobougg (IRE) 2,500 2,087 5 5 100 8,740 18,571 9,200 19,000 Baltic King (GB) 2,507 2,504 11 9 82 8,632 1,857 31,500 4,280 Kayf Tara (GB) 4,000 3,000 8 6 75 8,417 7,355 10,000 1,000 Proclamation (IRE) 3,000 2,000 1 1 100 - - 8,400 Mujahid (USA) 3,761 4,174 2 2 100 8,298 6,581 12,644 Thousand Words (GB) 3,343 3,339 13 10 77 8,135 5,032 16,342 15,805 Captain Gerrard (IRE) 3,000 4,000 13 11 85 8,070 8,517 20,000 10,500 Assertive (GB) 2,500 2,500 5 3 60 7,667 13,333 14,000 3,000 Ballingarry (IRE) 2,675 2,671 1 1 100% - - - 7,392 Haatef (USA) 3,343 2,504 5 4 80% 7,121 2,322 8,693 Anabaa Blue (GB) 2,090 2,087 1 1 100% 7,004 7,742 7,004 Naaqoos (GB) 4,179 3,757 12 6 50% 6,880 7,143 9,483 13,229 Sulamani (IRE) 2,500 3,000 4 3 75% 6,767 4,905 10,000 -

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THE HARAS DE SAINT PAIR

in 2014: 15 Runners, 10 Winners of 20 races (31%) including: VADAMOS, ROERO, PEARLY AVENUE, CORSO COMO, VIA MANZONI, AMORINE, etc..

8 yearlings offered 7 sold (88%) for Total 1.430.000 € Average price:

205.000 €

The Haras de Saint Pair offers mares/fillies at the Arqana December Sale December 6-9.

Mares in foal to Siyouni,

Iffraaj, Kendargent, Dansili, Kodiac, Champs Elysees.

Mares/fillies by Galileo, Iffraaj, Monsun, Pivotal, Medicean, Marju, Sinndar, Selkirk, etc...

For more information www.harasdesaintpair.com

more info: haras-saintpair.com tel : +33 2 31 63 01 45

Via Manzoni

euro sales sire Stallions standing between £5,000 - £9,999 Stallion

Covering fee

2014 fee

Iffraaj (GB) 8,358 20,870 Kodiac (GB) 6,269 8,348 Champs Elysees (GB) 7,500 5,000 Zoffany (IRE) 6,269 6,261 Medicean (GB) 8,000 10,000 Motivator (GB) 5,000 12,522 Wootton Bassett (GB) 5,015 3,339 Vision D’Etat (FR) 5,015 4,174 Siyouni (FR) 5,851 5,844 Soldier Hollow (GB) 5,015 10,018 Footstepsinthesand (GB) 8,358 8,348 Lilbourne Lad (IRE) 6,269 6,261 Compton Place (GB) 6,000 6,500 Bahamian Bounty (GB) 8,500 8,500 Aussie Rules (USA) 5,000 6,000 Big Bad Bob (IRE) 5,015 5,009 Paco Boy (IRE) 8,000 8,000 Samum (GER) 6,344 4,591 Archipenko (USA) 5,000 6,000 Roderic O’Connor (IRE) 7,522 7,513 Equiano (FR) 8,000 8,000 Arcano (IRE) 5,015 5,009 Beat Hollow (GB) 5,000 6,500 Monsieur Bond (IRE) 5,000 5,000 Sakhee (USA) 7,000 2,500 Manduro (GER) 8,358 5,844 Clodovil (IRE) 5,015 10,018 Mount Nelson (GB) 6,000 6,000 Dick Turpin (IRE) 7,000 4,000 Turtle Bowl (IRE) 5,015 5,009 Sir Percy (GB) 6,000 6,000 Slickly (FR) 5,851 5,844 Shirocco (GER) 7,000 5,844 Orpen (USA) 6,686 5,009 Royal Applause (GB) 9,000 9,000 Jeremy (USA) 5,015 5,009 Pastoral Pursuits (GB) 6,500 4,500 Muhtathir (GB) 5,851 5,844 Flemensfirth (USA) 8,358 N/A Sholokhov (IRE) 5,015 N/A Soldier Of Fortune (IRE) 8,358 8,348 Areion (GER) 6,686 6,678 Strategic Prince (GB) 5,015 5,009

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Offered 124 119 40 64 38 12 13 6 34 22 37 86 34 43 15 70 65 20 21 74 86 63 5 22 3 39 25 23 32 34 76 12 21 11 66 30 25 14 2 30 31 26 21

Sold 103 110 30 56 33 11 10 3 32 15 34 77 28 39 12 61 61 14 16 57 72 53 5 19 2 36 22 19 24 27 62 10 18 9 49 20 20 10 2 23 18 14 18

% 83 92 75 88 87 92 77 50 94 68 92 90 82 91 80 87 94 70 76 77 84 84 100 86 67 92 88 83 75 79 82 83 86 82 74 67 80 71 100 77 58 54 86

Average

Median

68,666 68,250 57,167 26,007 57,047 11,550 56,060 23,810 44,891 55,283 42,472 12,194 42,035 25,397 41,755 19,588 41,655 23,576 37,945 29,674 32,853 21,950 32,525 19,921 31,748 20,324 30,671 21,000 29,810 134,113 29,134 34,146 28,907 26,999 28,638 15,446 28,128 5,691 28,100 28,455 28,006 29,810 27,652 25,550 27,413 18,737 26,221 17,285 25,200 6,683 22,620 12,570 22,149 21,122 22,116 18,737 21,849 14,286 21,671 11,924 21,610 26,400 20,786 15,330 20,770 15,400 20,694 21,718 20,560 28,106 19,384 7,238 17,948 11,811 17,601 12,698 16,000 16,000 15,981 7,025 13,898 18,737 13,832 11,111 13,487 5,748

Top colt 399,000 294,000 336,000 498,750 420,000 23,883 80,850 - 66,147 158,050 142,245 147,000 105,000 105,000 220,500 150,000 294,000 48,205 147,000 178,500 126,000 81,900 33,600 73,500 42,000 73,929 40,466 60,000 73,500 62,256 68,250 27,934 89,250 29,530 90,879 54,474 44,000 47,766 22,000 25,288 31,128 38,722 28,449

Top filly 357,000 483,000 118,538 273,000 73,500 168,000 103,493 70,038 159,220 79,025 79,610 136,500 92,400 85,000 9,483 63,220 78,750 142,245 35,019 78,750 42,000 59,269 22,000 46,692 63,000 40,000 44,100 71,649 81,711 35,019 47,250 45,378 49,350 29,572 19,000 23,346 10,000 39,513 23,883 23,708 32,000

euro sales sire Stallions standing between £5,000 -£9,999 Stallion

Covering fee

Sinndar (IRE) Falco (USA) Whipper (USA) Notnowcato (GB) Yeats (IRE) Sakhee’s Secret (GB) Mawatheeq (USA) Stormy River (FR) Bushranger (IRE) Rail Link (GB)

2014 fee

7,940 5,851 6,269 5,000 7,522 5,500 5,000 5,015 5,015 6,000

Offered

Sold

%

Average

3,757 7 4 57 4,174 8 7 88 5,426 22 16 73 4,174 11 10 91 5,009 7 7 100 4,000 52 43 83 4,000 9 7 78 3,339 14 9 64 4,174 116 87 75 5,000 4 2 50

Median

Top colt

Top filly

13,287 17,886 15,015 28,015 13,211 21,292 21,000 15,962 12,436 17,886 21,549 30,030 12,375 7,239 23,708 18,900 12,113 12,775 22,127 26,000 10,366 13,618 70,000 21,000 10,204 8,516 31,128 3,000 8,301 11,071 15,222 12,451 7,937 8,516 57,000 94,500 7,637 8,408 14,225 1,050

Stallions standing between £10,000 -£19,999 Stallion

Covering fee

2014 fee

Offered

Sold

%

Average

Median

Top colt

Top filly

Poet’s Voice (GB) 12,000 12,000 64 53 83 104,247 70,175 551,250 735,000 Cacique (IRE) Private 12,000 12 12 100 83,980 68,672 183,750 168,000 Dutch Art (GB) 12,000 35,000 54 43 80 82,975 52,589 357,000 157,500 Pour Moi (IRE) 16,716 10,435 57 43 75 76,013 55,556 220,500 367,500 Dream Ahead (USA) 14,627 12,522 77 71 92 75,125 45,572 315,000 420,000 Lope De Vega (IRE) 12,537 10,435 67 61 91 67,049 30,661 682,500 151,259 Kyllachy (GB) 10,000 15,000 65 59 91 66,958 38,500 336,000 110,250 Dark Angel (IRE) 10,448 22,957 88 75 85 66,806 36,300 210,000 378,000 Raven’s Pass (USA) 18,806 20,870 33 26 79 61,633 45,566 136,500 191,064 Rip Van Winkle (IRE) 14,627 16,696 136 112 82 59,343 46,042 278,635 134,291 Lawman (FR) 12,537 20,870 74 66 89 54,453 31,900 151,259 410,930 Canford Cliffs (IRE) 14,627 10,435 98 92 94 50,288 30,117 283,500 180,000 Authorized (IRE) 10,000 8,348 28 24 86 49,252 21,291 288,750 70,272 Tamayuz (GB) 12,537 10,435 23 19 83 47,605 52,380 178,500 276,588 Mastercraftsman (IRE) 12,537 29,218 114 87 76 45,108 30,661 168,000 220,500 Halling (USA) 10,000 10,000 9 8 89 44,087 24,626 67,669 23,708 Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) 10,448 16,696 74 59 80 42,340 17,847 409,500 83,267 Azamour (IRE) 12,537 6,678 13 13 100 41,872 22,144 110,250 63,220 Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) 14,627 10,435 72 58 81 41,585 29,810 103,493 398,050 Zamindar (USA) 10,000 10,000 18 14 78 40,539 14,052 159,220 27,237 Nayef (USA) 12,500 9,000 10 8 80 36,461 17,033 75,074 56,030 Peintre Celebre (USA) 10,448 8,348 9 7 78 34,075 14,637 67,669 4,742 Elusive City (USA) 12,537 10,435 31 26 84 25,936 22,144 70,038 31,844 Duke of Marmalade (IRE) 16,716 8,348 68 56 82 24,504 24,699 78,750 126,000 Henrythenavigator (USA) 15,649 20,870 45 36 80 18,783 66,000 141,750 48,362 Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) 14,084 17,500 28 21 75 15,329 28,285 19,000 53,489 Presenting (GB) 10,030 10,018 1 1 100 - - 15,000 -

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Covering fee

2014 fee

Offered

Sold

%

Average

Median

Top colt

Top filly

Dubawi (IRE) 75,000 100,000 15 13 87 647,321 323,654 1,680,000 872,506 Galileo (IRE) Private Private 45 41 91 466,546 268,274 2,730,000 1,312,500 Sea The Stars (IRE) 71,043 70,958 56 48 86 272,040 127,757 682,500 869,275 Oasis Dream (GB) 85,000 85,000 36 30 83 261,811 173,250 813,750 525,000 Dansili (GB) 75,000 95,000 18 16 89 257,809 176,000 676,685 735,000 Shamardal (USA) 41,790 41,740 35 31 89 241,277 104,500 1,785,000 573,192 Invincible Spirit (IRE) 50,148 58,436 44 35 80 188,935 102,205 875,710 676,685 New Approach (IRE) 22,500 80,000 43 34 79 156,187 159,500 630,000 441,000 Redoute’s Choice (AUS) Private 50,088 12 12 100 150,375 85,171 540,556 270,278 Fastnet Rock (AUS) Private Private 116 100 86 131,382 68,136 397,900 378,389 Pivotal (GB) 45,000 45,000 36 28 78 111,061 72,600 399,000 231,000 Exceed And Excel (AUS) 22,500 35,000 80 72 90 110,862 59,950 316,100 441,000 Teofilo (IRE) 20,895 41,740 45 35 78 109,078 59,620 357,000 750,738 Danehill Dancer (IRE) 50,148 20,870 27 23 85 95,103 82,500 346,500 336,000 High Chaparral (IRE) 20,895 25,044 77 65 84 83,647 41,092 273,556 220,500 Acclamation (GB) 29,253 29,218 98 87 89 77,562 55,000 315,000 315,000 Dalakhani (IRE) 33,432 20,870 16 12 75 72,834 54,200 136,500 179,123 Cape Cross (IRE) 29,253 25,044 34 28 82 64,233 46,500 131,250 294,000 Makfi (GB) 25,000 25,000 101 71 70 35,021 42,000 111,454 111,454

Shamardal’s top-priced yearling colt of the autumn: out of Cassandra Go and sold by Ballyhimikin Stud, he fetched 1,700,000gns and was bought by John Ferguson.

He is the only yearling so far sold at auction by the sire to fetch a seven-figure sum

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GALILEO ex LOVE DIVINE (Diesis)

GALILEO ex LOVE DIVINE (Diesis)

LOOK AT HIS STATS! . . .

BREEDS WINNERS, BREEDS 2 YEAR OLDS, BREEDS SPEED LEADING G B & IRE S IRES 2012 – 2014

LEADING GB & IRE SIRES OF 2 YO s 2012 – 2014

Sire Runners Winners % W/R SIXTIES ICON 50 34 68 OASIS DREAM 484 320 66 HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR 433 277 64 PIVOTAL 430 269 63 SHAMARDAL 432 271 63 6 AUSSIE RULES 240 150 62 DANSILI 430 268 62 ISHIGURU 98 61 62 9 CLODOVIL 253 155 61 DOYEN 126 77 61 DUTCH ART 253 155 61 GREEN DESERT 135 83 61 LE VIE DEI COLORI 61 37 61

Sire Runners Winners % W/R 1 SIXTIES ICON 35 20 57 2 CLODOVIL 104 53 51 KODIAC 186 95 51 4 LUCKY STORY 36 18 50 STARSPANGLEDBANNER 20 10 50 6 SHOWCASING 51 25 49 7 ARCHIPENKO 42 20 48 8 AUSSIE RULES 116 55 47 9 OASIS DREAM 158 68 43

In order of percentage of w inners to runners

1 2 3 4

In order of percentage of w inners to runners

Minimum of 20 runners. Statistics supplied by Hyperion Promotions Ltd. Results received to 8th November.

Minimum of 50 runners. Statistics supplied by Hyperion Promotions Ltd. Results received to 8th November.

LEADING ACTIVE GB & IRE S IRES OF S PR IN TER S (5 f - 6 f) 2012 – 2014 In order of percentage of w inners to runners

Sire Runners Winners % W/R 1 SIXTIES ICON 30 16 53 OASIS DREAM 259 137 53 3 KYLLACHY 270 138 51 4 LOPE DE VEGA 26 13 50 5 KODIAC 216 102 47 SHOWCASING 47 22 47 7 ASSERTIVE 39 18 46 PIVOTAL 164 76 46 WINDSOR KNOT 24 11 46 10 MAJESTIC MISSILE 68 30 44 PASTORAL PURSUITS 183 80 44 Statistics supplied by Hyperion Promotions Ltd. Minimum of 20 runners. Statistics supplied by Hyperion Promotions Ltd. Results received to 16th October.

Results received to 8th November.

£6,000 1st Oct SLF

Also standing: OLDEN TIMES – Darshaan ex Garah (Ajdal) £1,000 1st Oct SLF

Norman Court Stud, Rectory Hill, West Tytherley, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP5 1NF Tel: +44 (0)1794 340888 Stewart Bevan (Manager) Mobile: +44 (0)7790 218082 Tina Dawson (Nominations) Mobile: +44 (0)7776 165854 E-mail: tina.dawson@tdbloodstock.com • www.normancourtstud.com

THE GREY GATSBY won Gr.1 Irish Champion Stakes and Gr.1 Prix du Jockey-Club

MY YEAR IS A DAY won Listed Critérium de l’Ouest

GM HOPKINS won The Sungard Handicap

IT’S BEEN A GREAT YEAR! Thank you to all of our clients for making it possible - and don’t miss our exciting draft at Arqana December Haras du Cadran • La Fleurière, 61160 Ommeel Tel: 02.33.36.86.06 • Email: contact@harasducadran.com • www.harasducadran.com Pierre Talvard: 06.80.88.20.04 • Emmanuel Talvard: 06.87.20.33.07

covering stats

Stallion covering stats 2014

Enclosed is a list of covering returns featuring the major stallions standing in Britain and Ireland, reproduced here in order to give an idea of the quality of the book each stallion received this spring From Weatherbys Stallion Acclamation (GB) Al Kazeem (GB) Alfred Nobel (IRE) Approve (IRE) Arabian Gleam (GB) Arakan (USA) Arcano (IRE) Archipenko (USA) Art Connoisseur (IRE) Aussie Rules (USA) Avonbridge (GB) Azamour (IRE) Bahamian Bounty (GB) Baltic King (GB) Bated Breath (GB) Beat Hollow (GB) Big Bad Bob (IRE) Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) Cacique (IRE) Camacho (GB) Camelot (GB) Canford Cliffs (IRE) Cape Cross (IRE) Captain Gerrard (IRE) Casamento (IRE) Champs Elysees (GB) Choisir (AUS) Cityscape (GB) Clodovil (IRE) Compton Place (GB) Dalakhani (IRE) Dandy Man (IRE) Dansili (GB) Dark Angel (IRE) Dawn Approach (IRE) Declaration of War (USA) Desideratum (GB)

Foal Year 1999 2008 2007 2008 2004 2000 2007 2004 2006 2003 2000 2001 1994 2000 2007 1997 2000 1999 2001 2002 2009 2007 1994 2005 2008 2003 1999 2006 2000 1994 2000 2003 1996 2005 2010 2009 2002

First Reg Year

Mares covered

2004 2014 2011 2011 2011 2006 2011 2010 2010 2007 2006 2006 1998 2008 2013 2003 2006 2004 2007 2006 2014 2012 2000 2010 2013 2010 2004 2014 2004 1999 2004 2010 2001 2008 2014 2014 2007

118 77 35 79 16 168 117 36 6 32 8 27 76 5 134 79 161 68 52 106 195 109 108 72 166 169 85 97 82 31 30 159 112 159 166 173 9

Winning Mares 82 53 12 29 8 63 62 23 3 18 5 19 39 - 94 39 81 23 33 47 127 56 73 48 74 103 37 56 36 13 19 81 96 105 113 123 1

Winning Mares BT 31 23 4 4 10 9 3 1 5 1 7 4 31 13 24 4 16 7 66 14 34 4 15 39 9 15 8 2 9 11 73 49 64 77 -

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covering stats Stallion Dick Turpin (IRE) Dragon Pulse (IRE) Dream Ahead (USA) Dubai Destination (USA) Dubawi (IRE) Duke of Marmalade (IRE) Dutch Art (GB) Dylan Thomas (IRE) Eastern Anthem (IRE) Elnadim (USA) Elusive Pimpernel (USA) Elzaam (AUS) Equiano (FR) Exceed And Excel (AUS) Excelebration (IRE) Famous Name (GB) Farrh Fast Company (IRE) Fastnet Rock (AUS) Finjaan (GB) Firebreak (GB) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Foxwedge (AUS) Frankel (GB) Frozen Power (IRE) Galileo (IRE) Haafhd (GB) Haatef (USA) Halling (USA) Harbour Watch (IRE) Havana Gold Hellvelyn (GB) Helmet (AUS) Henrythenavigator (USA) High Chaparral (IRE) Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) Iffraaj (GB) Indian Haven (GB) Intello (GER) Intense Focus (USA) Intikhab (USA) Invincible Spirit (IRE) Jeremy (USA) Kheleyf (USA) Kodiac (GB) Kyllachy (GB) Lawman (FR)

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First Reg Year

Mares covered

2007 2012 2009 2013 2008 2012 1999 2004 2002 2006 2004 2009 2004 2008 2003 2008 2004 2012 1994 2001 2007 2012 2008 2013 2005 2011 2000 2005 2008 2013 2005 2013 2008 2014 2005 2011 2001 2009 2006 2014 1999 2006 2002 2006 2008 2013 2008 2013 2007 2012 1998 2002 2001 2005 2004 2009 1991 1997 2009 2013 2010 2014 2004 2011 2008 2013 2005 2009 1999 2004 2004 2007 2001 2007 2000 2005 2010 2014 2006 2010 1994 2000 1997 2003 2003 2008 2001 2005 2001 2007 1998 2003 2004 2008

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55 70 97 21 160 41 114 155 8 27 101 79 134 120 114 47 81 122 85 42 18 184 80 132 71 180 28 25 2 108 130 29 126 55 132 146 161 6 139 79 58 164 221 60 234 80 108

Winning Mares BT

35 37 68 6 136 19 89 56 4 12 44 34 92 91 76 19 48 55 56 19 9 99 52 113 26 151 13 11 1 64 81 17 74 34 87 83 107 3 100 39 28 117 50 29 125 58 71

2 9 23 111 6 43 13 2 3 9 4 19 60 29 4 10 4 25 9 1 25 9 88 8 117 1 3 1 14 13 19 17 37 28 56 67 12 7 78 11 2 31 17 35

covering stats Stallion Lethal Force (IRE) Lilbourne Lad (IRE) Lope de Vega (IRE) Lord Shanakill (USA) Major Cadeaux (GB) Makfi (GB) Mastercraftsman (IRE) Mawatheeq (USA) Mayson (GB) Medicean (GB) Misu Bond (IRE) Monsieur Bond (IRE) Most Improved (IRE) Mount Nelson (GB) Mullionmileanhour (IRE) Multiplex (GB) Nathaniel (IRE) Native Ruler (GB) Nayef (USA)

Foal Year

First Reg Year

Mares covered

2009 2009 2007 2006 2004 2007 2006 2005 2008 1997 2003 2000 2009 2004 2006 2003 2008 2006 1998

2014 2012 2011 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2013 2002 2008 2005 2014 2009 2011 2008 2013 2012 2004

127 107 102 89 10 82 221 15 100 70 5 47 129 101 1 79 148 33 17

Winning Mares 79 47 62 37 4 48 140 10 65 44 5 27 64 67 - 38 104 10 12

Winning Mares BT 20 10 22 3 1 20 71 1 9 12 1 7 8 16 57 2

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covering stats Stallion New Approach (IRE) Norse Dancer (IRE) Notnowcato (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Paco Boy (IRE) Papal Bull (GB) Pastoral Pursuits (GB) Peintre Celebre (USA) Phoenix Reach (IRE) Piccolo (GB) Pivotal (GB) Planteur (IRE) Poet’s Voice (GB) Pour Moi (IRE) Power (GB) Proclamation (IRE) Rail Link (GB) Raven’s Pass (USA) Reckless Abandon (GB) Red Jazz (USA) Requinto (IRE) Rip Van Winkle (IRE) Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) Roderic O’Connor (IRE) Royal Applause (GB) Sakhee (USA) Sakhee’s Secret (GB) Sayif (IRE) Schiaparelli (GER) Sea The Stars (IRE) Sepoy (AUS) Shamardal (USA) Shantaram (GB) Shirocco (GER) Showcasing (GB) Sir Percy (GB) Sir Prancealot (IRE) Sixties Icon (GB) Sleeping Indian (GB) So You Think (NZ) Stimulation (IRE) Sulamani (IRE) Swiss Spirit (GB) Tagula (IRE) Tamayuz (GB) Teofilo (IRE) Thewayyouare (USA)

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Mares covered

2005 2000 2002 2000 2005 2003 2001 1994 2000 1991 1993 2007 2007 2008 2009 2002 2003 2005 2010 2007 2009 2006 1999 2008 1993 1997 2004 2006 2003 2006 2008 2002 2009 2001 2007 2003 2010 2003 2001 2006 2005 1999 2009 1993 2005 2004 2005

2009 2007 2008 2004 2011 2009 2006 1998 2007 1996 1997 2014 2012 2012 2013 2007 2008 2009 2014 2014 2013 2011 2003 2012 1998 2003 2009 2013 2011 2010 2013 2006 2014 2007 2011 2008 2013 2009 2007 2013 2011 2005 2014 1997 2009 2008 2011

122 35 43 111 45 18 52 14 9 30 98 1 153 94 93 9 15 76 69 139 59 145 140 77 22 18 13 35 52 120 126 165 58 283 116 59 63 52 21 102 27 42 102 43 30 152 174

Winning Mares 97 11 2 82 28 3 30 11 4 22 72 - 102 48 54 5 10 45 35 68 17 96 82 41 15 8 8 15 18 78 74 123 8 128 55 44 32 31 16 60 15 25 52 20 14 96 81

Winning Mares BT 81 60 4 3 4 1 1 34 36 21 16 1 4 14 7 10 4 38 21 5 1 1 2 2 1 51 28 63 51 8 14 2 5 1 17 2 3 5 3 3 59 14

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covering stats Stallion Thousand Words (GB) Tobougg (IRE) Universal (IRE) Vale of York (IRE) Westlake (GB) Windsor Knot (IRE) Worthadd (IRE) Yeats (IRE) Zamindar (USA) Zebedee (GB) Zoffany (IRE)

Foal Year 2004 1998 2009 2007 2004 2002 2007 2001 1994 2008 2008

Stallions with most mares Stallion

Mares

First Reg Year

Mares covered

2009 2003 2014 2011 2014 2008 2014 2010 1998 2011 2012

3 31 52 39 16 40 27 271 1 127 151

Winning Mares - 9 25 19 6 8 15 103 - 53 66

Winning Mares BT 1 2 2 1 4 29 6 21

Stallions with most winning mares

Stallions with most winning b-t mares

Stallion

Stallion

Mares

Mares

Shirocco (GER)

283

Galileo (IRE)

151

Galileo (IRE)

117

Yeats (IRE)

271

Mastercraftsman (IRE)

140

Dubawi (IRE)

111

Kodiac (GB)

234

Dubawi (IRE)

136

Frankel (GB)

88

Mastercraftsman (IRE)

221

Shirocco (GER)

128

New Approach (IRE)

81

Jeremy (USA)

221

Camelot (GB)

127

Invincible Spirit (IRE)

78

Camelot (GB)

195

Kodiac (GB)

125

Declaration Of War (USA)

77

Footstepsinthesand (GB)

184

Declaration of War (USA)

123

Dansili (GB)

73

Galileo (IRE)

180

Shamardal (USA)

123

Mastercraftsman (IRE)

71

Thewayyouare (USA)

174

Invincible Spirit (IRE)

117

Intello (GER)

67

Declaration Of War (USA)

173

Dawn Approach (IRE)

113

Camelot (GB)

66

Champs Elysees (GB)

169

Frankel (GB)

113

Dawn Approach (IRE)

64

Arakan (USA)

168

Iffraaj (GB)

107

Shamardal (USA)

63

Dawn Approach (IRE)

166

Dark Angel (IRE)

105

Exceed And Excel (AUS)

60

Casamento (IRE)

166

Nathaniel (IRE)

104

Oasis Dream (GB)

60

Shamardal (USA)

165

Yeats (IRE)

103

Teofilo (IRE)

59

Invincible Spirit (IRE)

164

Champs Elysees (GB)

103

Nathaniel (IRE)

57

Iffraaj (GB)

161

Poet’s Voice (GB)

102

Iffraaj (GB)

56

Big Bad Bob (IRE)

161

Intello (GER)

100

Shirocco (GER)

51

Dubawi (IRE)

160

Footstepsinthesand (GB)

99

Sea The Stars (IRE)

51

Dark Angel (IRE)

159

New Approach (IRE)

97

Dark Angel (IRE)

49

Dandy Man (IRE)

159

Teofilo (IRE)

96

Dutch Art (GB)

43

Dylan Thomas (IRE)

155

Rip Van Winkle (IRE)

96

Champs Elysees (GB)

39

Poet’s Voice (GB)

153

Dansili (GB)

96

Rip Van Winkle (IRE)

38

Teofilo (IRE)

152

Bated Breath (GB)

94

High Chaparral (IRE)

37

Zoffany (IRE)

151

Equiano (FR)

92

Poet’s Voice (GB)

36

Nathaniel (IRE)

148

Exceed And Excel (AUS)

91

Lawman (FR)

35

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us stallions The brilliant filly Untapable under Rosie Napravnik won her fourth Grade 1 and eighth graded race in total at Santa Anita in November

Records broken by the son of Pulpit Nancy Sexton sees Tapit enjoy a stellar season, rounded off with Untapable’s Breeders’ Cup win

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ULPIT may never have reached the iconic status of Storm Cat or his own sire A.P. Indy, but the 2014 season was one in which his loss to American breeding was keenly felt.

Pulpit died aged 18 in December 2012 at Claiborne Farm with ten Grade 1 winners to his credit. More importantly, he had already established a reputation as a sire of sires through the likes of Tapit, Stroll and Sky Mesa.

Two years on and his influence remains on the increase. Grandsons of Pulpit swept the American Triple Crown and while American hearts belonged to Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes hero California Chrome, a cheaply bred son of the unheralded Californian stallion Lucky Pulpit, the season was dominated from a bloodstock perspective

by Tapit, whose ten Graded stakes winners included leading three-year-olds Tonalist and Untapable.

In November, Tapit smashed the all-time earnings record for a North American-based sire when his daughter Untapable took the Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Santa Anita, her fourth Grade 1 victory of the campaign. Her win came on the same card that another Tapit three-year-old, Tapiture, ran second in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile to push Tapit’s earnings for the year beyond $15 million.

With several weeks of the season still to go, Tapit was closing in on $15.4 million in general progeny earnings, over $1 million greater than the previous record of $14,358,570 set in 2007 by Smart Strike and over $4 million ahead of his closest pursuer Giant’s Causeway.

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Tapit: racecourse and sales ring success in 2014

Dickinson, Tapit spent his first five seasons at Gainesway Farm in Kentucky standing for $15,000 or under. While each of his first 11 Grade 1 winners were bred during that period, he has wasted no time in building upon his better books.

This year’s crop of three-year-olds were bred when Tapit stood for $50,000. It is by far his best crop yet, containing the Classic winners Tonalist and Untapable as well as

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War Front’s upcoming crop of two-year-olds were bred in the year his fee leapt from $15,000 to $60,000, so he should have plenty of further opportunities to consolidate his position Constitution, who took the Florida Derby on only his third start before injury intervened.

Grade 2 winners Coup De Grace, Ring Weekend, Tapiture and Teen Pauline have also contributed to an excellent year.

It has also been a year during which Tapit’s versatility has once again come to the fore.

While Coup De Grace won the Amsterdam Stakes over 6f at Saratoga, Tonalist found his forte when stretched over a route of ground, capturing the Belmont Stakes and Jockey Club Gold Cup. In that respect, Robert Evans’s homebred, who hails from the family of Havre De Grace, represents a fine combination of Tapit and his damsire, stamina influence Pleasant Colony.

Unsurprisingly, Tapit is now a commercial

goldmine for breeders. His yearlings, bred when he stood for $125,000, averaged $603,472 at the Keeneland September Sale and included the $2.2 million topper, a colt out of Justwhistledixie who sold to Shadwell Estate Company. In all, he was responsible for six million-dollar yearlings.

Further fireworks followed in November when a Tapit filly sold for $3 million to John Malone’s Bridlewood Farm to break the North American auction record for a weanling.

War Front: proving his versatility

Only Claiborne Farm’s War Front, one of those rare horses who is equally appealing to North American and European buyers,

California Chrome was a star for previously unheralded sire Lucky Pulpit, another son of Pulpit

can boast such a commercial status. He provided the sale-toppers at both the FasigTipton Saratoga Sale (filly out of Charming sold to Willis B. Horton for $1.25 million) and Keeneland September Sale (colt out of of Gold Vault sold to MV Magnier for $2.2 million) and returned averages of $925,000 and $491,375 at the Saratoga and Keeneland September Sales.

Success has been just as forthcoming on the track for the son of Danzig. In September, two-year-old Peace And War, trained by Olly Stevens in Surrey, made a successful trip to Keeneland to take the Alcibiades Stakes on her debut on Dirt.

War Front is well known as an accomplished sire of Turf runners, but her victory, in which she became his second Grade 1 winner on Dirt following The Factor, further underlined his versatility.

War Front’s upcoming crop of two-yearolds were bred in the year his fee leapt from $15,000 to $60,000, so he should have plenty of further opportunities to consolidate his position as one of the world’s most sought after stallions. He stood the past season for $150,000 and is advertised to do so again in 2015.

As for Tapit, he will officially be America’s most expensive stallion of 2015 standing at $300,000.

Lucky Pulpit: bigger books to come, while Mr Speaker will be of interest as a sire

Greater exposure deserves to come the way of Lucky Pulpit, who burst on to the scene in May as the sire of California Chrome.

Bred and owned by Steve Coburn and Perry Martin, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes hero was bred when Lucky Pulpit, a minor stakes-winning sprinter, stood for just $2,000.

Trained by popular 77-year-old Art Sherman, California Chrome is one of only 24 three-year-olds from the fourth crop of Lucky Pulpit, who will stand next season at Harris Farms in California for $10,000. Numbers have not been on Lucky Pulpit’s side for much of his stud career – none of his first four crops contain more than 28 foals – yet in addition to California Chrome, he has also been represented by the Grade 1-placed Rousing Sermon.

Given Pulpit’s ongoing success as a sire of sires, expectations are likely to be high for his latest Grade 1-winning son Mr. Speaker.

The three-year-old became Pulpit’s 11th

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Giant’s Causeway: Mr Consistency

While Tapit dominated the leading standings, particular credit must go to Giant’s Causeway, who will end 2014 as a top three sire for the sixth time in seven years. Versatile and reliable, Giant’s Causeway’s year comprised nine North American Graded stakes winners ranging from Breeders’ Cup winner Take Charge Brandi to Imagining, successful in the Man O’War Stakes on Turf.

Next year promises to be another big year for the stallion given two of his headline acts are two-year-olds.

Carpe Diem, the $1.6 million topper at this year’s OBS Spring Sale of Two-YearOlds, justified his price tag by running out the wide-margin winner of the Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland en route to a runner-up effort behind Texas Red in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.

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Giant’s Causeway is the dominant leader among this year’s two-year-old sires ahead of Afleet Alex, the sire of Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Texas Red Breeders’Cup Juvenile Fillies in which she became Giant’s Causeway’s 30th Group/ Grade 1 winner. Thanks to that big weekend, Giant’s Causeway is the dominant leader among this year’s two-year-old sires ahead of Afleet Alex, the sire of Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Texas Red. The Giant’s Causeway sire line is currently thriving in Europe, but there are also several emerging options in the US. For now, the group is headed by Claiborne Farm’s First Samurai, a very useful stallion who was represented by his third Grade 1 winner in February when Lea landed the Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park. In

victory, Lea also became the first North American Grade 1 winner out of a mare by Galileo.

Galileo himself was represented at the top level by Adelaide, whose world tour of 2014 included a win in the Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park in August.

Storm Cat descendants dominant

While Giant’s Causeway remains Storm Cat’s most prominent son at stud, several other less expensive members of the line also enjoyed their time in the sun during 2014.

As in 2012 and 2013, the only runner of any note by the Pennsylvania-based Wiseman’s Ferry was Mort Fink’s iconic homebred Wise Dan. He captured the Maker’s Mark Mile, Turf Classic and Shadwell Turf Mile, despite enduring a campaign that was marred by sickness and injury.

The disappointing After Market was represented by the Delaware Handicap and Beldame Stakes heroine Belle Gallantey. She was one of two Grade 1 winners this year out of mares by the short-lived Old Trieste, alongside American Oaks winner Room Service.

Henny Hughes (a grandson of Storm Cat) may have departed American soil for Japan,

Stallions Ghostzapper and City Zip making Baby Zip a proud mum NO fewer than 19 Graded stakes races were won by progeny of sons of the mare Baby Zip during 2014.

Her 14-year-old son, the former Horse of the Year Ghostzapper, who stands alongside his sire Awesome Again at Adena Springs in Kentucky, provided the winners of nine Graded stakes, while those by his two-year-older Carson City half-brother, bagged ten.

Matters culminated during Breeders’ Cup weekend when City Zip supplied the winners of the Sprint and Filly & Mare Turf – Dayatthespa and Work All Week – on the same card that Ghostzapper sired the first two home in the Filly & Mare Sprint, Judy The Beauty and Better Lucky.

The pair also held their own at Saratoga – Ghostzapper sired Whitney Handicap winner Moreno, while City Zip was represented by Palace, successful in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap and Forego Handicap.

With the earners of close to $7.2 million (at the time of writing) and 12 stakes winners overall, Ghostzapper is on course to end the year as a top 15 stallion for the first time in his stud career.

However, he has been outdone by City Zip, who looks likely to achieve a personal best of at least fourth on the leading sires’ list by earnings. He also leads the way by number of Grade 1 winners with four – not bad for a stallion who initially stood for $7,500 in New York.

Ghostzapper: keeping it in the family

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The Sadler’s Wells line continues to gain further prominence in the US thanks to two exceptional sons of El Prado in Kitten’s Joy and Medaglia D’Oro but he won’t be forgotten as long as Beholder is around. Spendthrift Farm’s filly captured her sixth Grade 1 when successful in the Zenyatta Stakes at Santa Anita in September and promises to be back in action next year after illness prevented her engagement in the Fasig-Tipton November Sale.

Beholder’s half-brother CashCall Futurity winner Into Mischief (a great grandson of Storm Cat) continues to impress as the heir to his sire Harlan’s Holiday.

From 110 foals of racing age, he is the sire of nine stakes winners led by Goldencents, who will stand alongside his sire at Spendthrift Farm next season after bowing out with a second consecutive victory in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile. Another of this season’s highlights was Vicar’s In Trouble, winner of the Super Derby and Louisiana Derby.

The late Harlan’s Holiday, meanwhile, was represented by five Graded stakes winners, including Risen Star Stakes scorer Intense Holiday and dual Grade 3 scorer Gamay Noir.

The Storm Cat-line has also played a vital role in the fortunes of Candy Ride over the years.

Lane’s End Farm’s son of Ride The Rails sired Grade 1 winners Sidney Candy, Capt.

Candyman Can and Evita Argentina out of Storm Cat-line mares in his early seasons, and the cross was in action once again in 2014 through top three-year-old Shared Belief, in addition to Grade 3 winners Sweet Swap and Candyman E. Their performances helped Candy Ride break the $9 million barrier in progeny earnings.

Shared Belief returned from a hoof injury for Jerry Hollendorfer to land the Los Alamitos Derby, Pacific Classic and Awesome Again Stakes before a troubled trip ended his chance in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Bayern took sire Offlee Wild to $7 million

The winner Bayern, who had landed the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park under

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similar front-running tactics in July, was the primary contributer to progeny earnings of approximately $7.2 million for his sire Offlee Wild. The former Darley stallion, a son of Wild Again, covered 36 mares in Pennsylvania this season before changing hands to Turkish interests.

Sadler’s Wells continues to gain ground

The Sadler’s Wells line continues to gain further prominence in the US thanks to two exceptional sons of El Prado in Kitten’s Joy and Medaglia D’Oro. It was another memorable year for Kitten’s Joy, last year’s champion sire, whose fee hit $100,000 in 2014. He has benefitted enormously from the support of his owners, Ken and Sarah Ramsey, since retiring to stud in 2008 and once again repaid them handsomely in 2014 by supplying their operation with Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner Bobby’s Kitten, as well as Grade 1 scorers Real Solution (winner of the Manhattan Handicap) and Stephanie’s Kitten, who won Flower Bowl Invitational).

Kitten’s Joy is also out on his own at the top of the table by number of North American stakes winners with 21, and as a result, is on course to end 2014 as a top three stallion by progeny earnings.

Medaglia D’Oro’s year opened in grand style when Lochte took the Gulfstream Park Turf Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Formerly owned by Darley Stable, the gelding had been picked up just five months before by Carolyn Vogel for a relatively inexpensive $60,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed Sale.

Incidentally, Vogel also paid $115,000 at the same sale for another ex-Darley Medaglia D’Oro in Valid, who subsequently won the Grade 2 Monmouth Cup Stakes in July.

Medaglia D’Oro was also represented by the Just A Kitten’s Joy continues to impress as a sire: at the Breeders’ Cup meeting he got the Turf Sprint winner Bobby’s Kitten

Monsieur Bond (IRE) Sire of over 270 Winners & £3.3m Prizemoney

2000 Chesnut, 16.0hh Danehill Dancer Musical Essence (Song)

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Group 1 Winner ‘Move in Time’ Prix de L’Abbaye 2014

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Black Type Winners Rising Yearling Sales

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us stallions Pioneerof The Nile: leading second-season sire

A top-class group of freshmen headed by Quality Road

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Fashion Plate’s exploits played their part in Old Fashioned ending 2014 as a top three second-crop sire behind Pioneerof The Nile Game Stakes heroine Coffee Clique and at the time of writing boasts the winners of over $8 million in earnings, enough to place him in the top six by general earnings.

Rounding out the top ten US sires for 2014 were Speightstown, the sire of Grade 2 winners Heart Stealer, Central Banker and Seek Again, Lemon Drop Kid, whose seven Graded stakes winners were led by Diana Stakes heroine Somali Lemonade, and Hard Spun.

It was something of a break-out year for Hard Spun, who spent the 2014 season at Darley’s base in Japan.

A tally of three Grade 1 winners places him on a par with Tapit, Giant’s Causeway and Kitten’s Joy, and includes top threeyear-old Wicked Strong, winner of the Wood Memorial, and Arlington Million winner Hardest Core. Another representative, Hard Not To Like, won the Jenny Wiley Stakes, also on Turf.

Fellow Darley inmate Bernardini sired his ninth Group/Grade 1 winner when Angela Renee won the Chandelier Stakes at Santa Anita, while Street Sense, another past resident of Japan, justified the decision to switch him back to Kentucky by siring Sweet Reason, winner of the Acorn and Test Stakes.

Sweet Reason’s win in the Acorn Stakes came narrowly at the expense of Sweet Whiskey, one of two Grade 1 performers from the first crop of Taylor Made Stallionsbased Old Fashioned.

The other, Fashion Plate, was an early season flagbearer for Simon Callaghan’s barn in California, landing the Las Virgenes Stakes and Santa Anita Oaks.

Fashion Plate’s exploits played their part in Old Fashioned ending 2014 as a top three second-crop sire behind Pioneerof The Nile and Thewayyouare, who benefitted enormously from the raids of international performer Toast Of New York.

The first son of the now exiled Empire Maker to retire to stud, Pioneerof The Nile enjoyed a strong start to the year when Cairo Prince and Vinceremos won two important Kentucky Derby preps, the Holy Bull and Sam F Davis Stakes, within days of each other.

Injury subsequently denied Cairo Prince his chance in the Classic, but the WinStar Farm stallion would appear to have a legitimate candidate for next year’s renewal in American Pharoah, wide-margin winner of the Del Mar Futurity and Frontrunner Stakes.

hat appears to be a high-class group of first-crop sires is dominated

by Quality Road, Super Saver and Lookin At Lucky, all of whom have broken the $1 million mark by earnings.

From mid-summer onwards, much of the talk focussed on Super Saver following his breakthrough month at Saratoga.

I Spent It set the ball rolling by taking the Saratoga Special Stakes in August, but he was no match for another Super Saver colt, Competitive Edge, when the pair met later in the meeting in the Hopeful Stakes. Competitive Edge beat I Spent It by close to 6l in that race to lead home a memorable Super Saver Grade 1 one-two.

Thus, Super Saver sat atop of the leading first-crop sires’ list for much of the autumn. However, he was overhauled following the Breeders’ Cup by Quality Road, whose son Hootenanny took the Juvenile Turf to add to his earlier victory in the Windsor Castle Stakes. Just two days later, Quality Road’s reputation took another step forward when Blofeld took the Nashua Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct.

The dominant first-crop stallion by number of winners, however, is Lookin At Lucky. The son of Smart Strike was the first freshman to break the 20-winner mark and is already responsible for four stakes scorers, among them the Iroquois Stakes winner Lucky Player.

His emergence has added further weight to Smart Strike’s reputation as a sire of sires, which was also advertised to good effect this year by English Channel and Curlin.

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Statistics from thebloodhorse.com

Stallion

2014 Stud Fee ($)

Rnrs

Wnrs

SWrs

Tapit Giant's Causeway Kitten's Joy City Zip Candy Ride (ARG) Medaglia d'Oro Harlan's Holiday Speightstown Lemon Drop Kid Hard Spun Curlin Offlee Wild Ghostzapper Tiznow Smart Strike Malibu Moon Bernardini More Than Ready Afleet Alex Bernstein Street Cry (IRE) English Channel Tale of the Cat Unbridled's Song Stormy Atlantic Yes It's True War Front Broken Vow Wildcat Heir Sky Mesa Street Sense Pulpit Congrats Distorted Humor Any Given Saturday Flatter Elusive Quality Sharp Humor Indian Charlie Rockport Harbor Scat Daddy Langfuhr Lucky Pulpit Exchange Rate Jump Start

150,000 85,000 100,000 25,000 35,000 100,000 Died 2013 80,000 35,000 짜4,000,000 25,000 4,000 50,000 75,000 100,000 95,000 100,000 50,000 12,500 Died 2011 Died 2014 25,000 25,000 Died 2013 30,000 10,000 150,000 25,000 10,000 20,000 40,000 Died 2012 35,000 100,000 5,000 20,000 50,000 N/A Died 2011 Died 2013 30,000 7,500 Private 20,000 10,000

301 141 16 339 59 15 282 134 23 262 148 16 259 141 11 251 120 18 261 132 18 227 130 15 228 125 12 221 118 13 162 91 12 129 68 9 138 76 14 218 110 11 241 100 12 283 140 9 211 88 10 252 116 11 203 112 5 217 122 4 225 90 17 150 74 12 242 113 4 179 84 5 211 97 11 200 121 8 146 70 11 214 116 9 216 126 7 209 103 11 194 90 11 160 84 11 199 93 6 198 102 7 175 103 6 182 106 10 241 105 14 196 107 49 174 83 7 193 113 8 179 86 12 240 122 58 66 30 11 190 89 11 143 79 9

SWs

GSWrs

G1SWrs

32 10 18 11 29 9 28 5 15 7 22 8 23 7 17 3 18 8 19 7 19 2 12 2 23 4 13 5 15 7 11 2 13 8 19 3 8 2 7 2 19 8 20 7 7 2 6 3 14 5 12 2 14 6 11 3 10 1 12 3 13 2 15 4 6 1 10 2 9 4 15 2 19 7 6 10 8 3 13 3 15 9 8 10 9 1 18 5 10 2

Chief Earner

3 3 3 4 1 2 1 - 1 3 1 1 2 - 2 - 1 2 2 1 - 1 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1 2 1 - 1 - - 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 2 -

Untapable Take Charge Brandi Bobby's Kitten Dayatthespa Shared Belief Coffee Clique Ami's Holiday Seek Again Somali Lemonade Wicked Strong Palace Malice Bayern Moreno Dynamic Impact Minorette Mr. Z Imperative Room Service Texas Red Karakontie Cat O'Mountain V. E. Day Stopchargingmaria Will Take Charge Conquest Tsunami La Verdad Summer Front Divine Oath Daring Kathy Dynamic Sky Sweet Reason Mr Speaker Top Decile Cursory Glance Hoppertunity Upstart Shuruq Sharp Sensation By the Moon Majestic Harbor No Nay Never Wallyanna California Chrome Sunset Glow Miss Behaviour

2014 Earnings ($) 15,322,698 11,094,908 10,976,012 10,397,253 9,407,539 8,168,321 8,046,064 7,764,709 7,757,102 7,269,334 7,195,175 7,181,178 7,128,708 6,965,516 6,838,001 6,526,266 6,462,205 6,290,030 6,099,780 6,079,904 5,847,204 5,686,646 5,660,601 5,653,785 5,596,181 5,572,144 5,525,840 5,444,242 5,441,623 5,419,515 5,418,821 5,327,199 5,242,168 5,222,131 5,157,522 5,083,296 5,041,912 5,008,232 4,982,960 4,976,493 4,912,310 4,831,932 4,805,781 4,769,872 4,761,935

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us stallion stats Leading US 2yo sires 2014 by earnings Stallion Giant’s Causeway Afleet Alex Congrats Tiz Wonderful Quality Road Indian Charlie Kitten’s Joy Stormy Atlantic Super Saver More Than Ready War Front Harlan’s Holiday Sky Mesa Scat Daddy Lookin At Lucky Flatter Candy Ride (ARG) Divine Park Malibu Moon Bernardini

Statistics from thebloodhorse.com

2014 Stud Fee ($) 85,000 12,500 35,000 N/A 25,000 Died 2011 100,000 30,000 17,500 50,000 150,000 Died 2013 20,000 30,000 15,000 20,000 35,000 7,500 95,000 100,000

2yos

Rnrs

Wnrs

SWrs

SHs

150 119 157 100 110 95 111 81 116 110 84 125 114 127 100 96 144 51 147 118

41 30 63 30 34 31 46 30 50 44 37 53 51 64 35 39 41 22 43 37

12 13 14 16 11 16 18 11 10 16 18 17 17 18 21 14 18 7 12 8

2 2 2 4 2 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 2

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

Chief Earner Take Charge Brandi Texas Red Top Decile Wonder Gal Hootenanny By the Moon Luck of the Kitten Conquest Tsunami I Spent It Daredevil Peace and War Conquest Harlanate Skyway Daddy D T Good Luck Gus Upstart Pride of Stride Lady Eli Mr. Z Angela Renee

Leading US first-season sires 2014 by earnings Stallion Quality Road Super Saver Lookin At Lucky Munnings Majesticperfection Temple City Warrior’s Reward Midshipman Kantharos Discreetly Mine Desert Party Eskendereya Blame Hold Me Back Concord Point Line Of David Lantana Mob Summer Bird Musket Man

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Rnrs

Wnrs

SWrs

GSwrs

SHs

110 116 100 104 79 89 104 67 51 97 82 104 76 78 46 49 19 93 15

34 50 35 46 33 33 39 28 23 42 30 33 24 29 20 25 10 25 5

11 10 21 18 15 8 12 14 11 16 8 5 6 8 8 6 3 7 3

2 4 4 - - 2 1 1 1 - 2 - - 1 2 - 2 - 1

2 2 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - -

4 7 4 2 2 5 5 2 4 2 4 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 1

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2,360,500 1,656,092 1,595,876 1,513,188 1,393,977 1,327,136 1,303,508 1,285,133 1,244,323 1,223,955 1,158,098 1,128,280 1,086,170 1,068,403 1,061,075 962,098 921,883 898,958 861,382 860,971

Statistics from thebloodhorse.com

2yos

25,000 17,500 15,000 10,000 10,000 5,000 12,500 7,500 5,000 10,000 7,500 17,500 30,000 6,000 7,500 6,000 2,500 Died 2013 2,500

2014 Earnings ($)

Chief Earner Hootenanny I Spent It Good Luck Gus Capar Girl Hebbronville Startup Nation Bad Read Sanchez Naval Command Mr. Jordan Control Stake Heart’s Song Isabella Sings Don’t Blame Me Hold for More My Point Exactly Royalty Sea Supreme Justice Danessa Deluxe Ostrolenka

2014 Earnings ($) 1,393,977 1,244,323 1,061,075 676,727 654,209 652,155 574,035 544,378 534,265 510,407 413,758 357,352 336,288 332,363 328,291 281,373 245,092 242,542 221,822

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the golden gavels 2014

The Golden Gavels The annual bloodstock awards for the great, the good and the not so good through 2014

Bad call of the year:

Top guinea

racing pundit Justin O’Hanlon.

Mr O’Hanlon wrote after Al Kazeem finished fifth in the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes in September: “Last year’s beaten favourite Al Kazeem doesn’t look the same horse this year in what has been an unsatisfactory campaign.”

A month later the son of Dubawi ran Noble Mission to a quarter of a length in the British version of the same Group 1; it was one of the races of the Flat Turf year.

The season isn’t over, Mr O’Hanlon, until the fat lady sings (or rather all the myriad of end-of-season champions days are concluded).

Bloodstock ad pitch of the year:

“Australia may be closer than you think...”

Angriest publication:

Racing Post

Bloodstock agent of the year:

Stephen Hillen

The BEST record of the year:

Throughout October, records were broken as sales returned some best-ever aggregates, averages, median, clearances, number of horses for seven-figures - probably also the most bays ever sold if the marketing men cared to take a look...

But what we liked best of all was the speed of selling at Tattersalls and Tattersalls Ireland, certainly a record.

At all the company’s sales, right from Book 1 to the last day of the HIT sale and Book 4, the revs were kept up and no post-9pm finishes were recorded.

As far as we could see there were no complaints from participating buyers and, in fact, we felt that quicker selling kept momentum going – of course, we do admit, it is easier to do in a strong market.

But well done boys – a golden gavel for you all!

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Farm of the year:

we probably wouldn’t be wrong in choosing Ballylinch Stud once again after another strong year with its young stallions, but that is a bit “samey”, so instead we’ll plump for Ashbrittle Stud.

The farm had just one lot to consign at the Tattersalls October Book 1 Sale (and none at all in Book 2, Book 3 or at DBS), but it sold their Galileo colt out of Penang Pearl not only for the top price at the sale, but the colt also became the top-priced yearling sold in the world in 2014.

It was a huge effort by all at the stud to prepare the colt (on his own) to such a level that he achieved the brilliant price, and became subject to the bidding war that led to the seven-figure sale.

Ok, you’ve got to have the right raw materials to work with, but you sure as hell can either ruin a handsome horse with a poor prep, or fail to get in those extra vital bids

#handsomeisashandsomedoes

Trainer of the year:

David Simcock

In four weeks, he won three Group and Grade 1 races around the world: the Northern Dancer Turf Stakes with Sheikhzayedroad, the Woodbine Mile Stakes with Trade Storm, and the Qipco Champions Fillies & Mares with Madame Chiang, whose win sealed the deal for second-season sire Archipenko.

In addition, Caspar Netscher also won the Grade 2 Nearctic Stakes.

High fives to the Simcock team!

Mis-directed text of the year:

feeling lonely of an evening in an Irish hotel, a young, up-and-coming, rather amorous, male bloodstock agent sent kisses, sweet dreams and possibly more via text to a Shropshire-based male Flat trainer through the Goffs Orby Sale.

(The romantic text was actually meant for the agent’s British-based girl) Eye contact was avoided across the sales ring the next day, though the trainer was reported to have been rather “flattered”.

the golden gavels 2014

Bumper stickers:

Does anyone have a fxx clue what all these blue and yellow stickers are about ... and probably, more importantly, does anyone actually care?

The BEST in the world:

Ryan Moore

We’d prefer this:

Horse we fell in

LOVE

Where am I?

Crime of the year:

replacing the All-Weather track at Meydan for a Dirt surface

Sire of the year:

Motivator

Invincible Spirit

Excuse of the year:

Motivator

with: Toast of New York Tom Queally

(we stopped the press for this one, had to be done...)

Travel plans for the year:

Not content with domination at Tattersalls,

Pic of 2014

Our favourite Italian bloodstock agent is “pondering” at DBS

Stallion out of sale favour:

Makfi: by the end of the autumn, the progeny by the Tweenhills stallion had few supporters, his October average compared with 2013 was much reduced and he ended up with an excommunication to France...

Perhaps he ought to have a “soul mates” drink with Equiano...

Show ’em all with your three-year-olds boys! #whentheydon’tloveyouitistough

Sheikh Mohammed has his eyes on bigger prizes. The leader of Dubai announced (through 4 x 140 characters) that he has extra-terrestrial ambitions: “With pride, we took practical steps towards launching the first Arab mission to Mars.

“The UAE Space Agency and the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology will collaborate to build the Mars probe.

“The UAE Mars probe is mission of national pride, a great Arab achievement, and a valuable contribution to human knowledge.

“I call on all young people across the Middle East: join us in writing a new chapter in the history of the Arab nation.”

....Hands up anyone? #willFergusonlookgoodinaspacesuit?

Bravest person for 2015:

New BHA chief executive Nick Rust

Vanishing act of the year:

Paul Bittar

Happy Xmas everyone and enjoy the bloodstock sales-free season!

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equine nutrition

Principals of

bone development Part 1

by Dr Joe Pagan

President of Kentucky Equine Research, Inc., Versailles, Kentucky

F

ew animals are as precocious as the horse. Within 20 minutes of birth a foal may stand, and within hours can be ready to run at speeds no human athlete will ever achieve.

At this stage of life, even with this exceptionally early development, horses have only 17 per cent of their mature bone mineral content, but they also have only 10 per cent of their ultimate body weight. The relationships between growth, nutrition, bone strength and development, as well as body weight and the forces applied to bone, are all orchestrated in a careful balance when optimal growth is achieved.

The selection and breeding of horses for desirable traits have been practiced for over 2,000 years. However, most of what we have learned about the growth of horses has been recorded in the past 20-30 years.

In 1979, Dr. Harold Hintz reported Windfields Farm’s growth data for 1,992 foals from birth to 22 months of age. The records illustrate how quickly foals grow – thoroughbreds and other light horse breeds will reach 84 per cent of their mature height at six months of age.

Assuming a mature thoroughbred will be 16 hands, the six-month-old weanling will be approximately 13.2 hands. At 12 months, that horse will have reached 94 per cent of its adult height, or around 15 hands, and at 22 months, it has almost finished growing in height, reaching 97 per cent of its full height at approximately 15.2 hands.

Mature weight is reached at a slower rate – during the first six months of life, the foal will gain 46 per cent of its mature weight. Assuming a mature weight of 500kgs (1100lb), the six-month-old will weigh approximately 230kg (506lb).

At 12 months, it will have reached 65 per cent of its mature weight at 325kg (715lb), and at 22 months, it should be 90 per cent of its adult weight at 450kg (990 lb).

The equine skeleton:

the horse has two types of bone – long and flat

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.....thoroughbreds and other light horse breeds will reach 84 per cent of their mature height at six months of age

Average daily gains described by Hintz are the same as those recommended by the National Research Council (NRC) for moderate growth.

The NRC reports that six-month-old weanlings with a projected adult weight of 500kg (1100lb) gained 0.65kg (1.43lb) per day. Twelve-month-old yearlings gained 0.5kg (1.1lb) per day, and 18-month-old long yearlings gained 0.35 kg (0.77lb) per day.

Radiographic studies on the acquisition of bone mineral in horses from one day of age to 27 years have shown that maximum bone mineral content (BMC) is not achieved until the horse is six years old.

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Proximal epiphysis

Articular cartilage Spongy bone (contains bone marrow)

Metaphyis

Endosteum Compact bone Periosteum Medullary (marrow) cavity (contains yellow marrow)

Diaphysis

Nutrient artery in nutrient foramen

Metaphysis

Distal epiphysis

Articular cartilage

Parts of the bone

If the rate of mineralisation of the cannon bone and age are compared, a pattern emerges that is more similar to that of weight gain than height.

At six months of age, horses have attained 68.5 per cent of the mineral content of an adult horse, and by one year of age, they have reached 76 per cent of maximal BMC. Bone is a much more dynamic tissue than appears upon casual observation, however, and complete bone mineralization lags behind growth in height and weight.

Bone development

A basic understanding of the process of bone development helps to explain the complicated nature of growth in the horse.

There are two anatomical types of bones in

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If the rate of mineralisation of the cannon bone and age are compared, a pattern emerges that is more similar to that of weight gain than height

the skeleton.

Flat bones are generally for protection and include the skull, lower jaw and parts of the pelvis, while long bones are found in the limbs and include the cannons, forearms, and thighs.

Flat and long bones are different from a functional perspective, and they are developed by two distinctly different processes. The flat bones are developed by “intramembranous ossification”, and the long bones are developed by “endochondral ossification” which occurs primarily through fetal development. Long bone development is generally of greatest interest because of its impact on the soundness of the horse.

External examination of the cannon bone shows wide extremities at the ends of the bone (epiphyses), a cylindrical tube tapering to a central waist in the middle (midshaft or diaphysis) and a developmental zone (the metaphysis and physis) between them.

In the growing long bone, the physis or growth plate is a layer of proliferating cells and expanding cartilage matrix. The growth plate is calcified, remodeled and replaced by bone at the end of bone growth.

On cross-section the bone marrow cavity is a central cylindrical tube. The waist of long bones contains the most densely calcified area of cortical bone - also known as compact bone, cortical bone forms the cortex, or outer shell, of most bones.

Looking from the waist to the metaphysis and epiphysis, the cortex becomes thinner and the internal space is filled with a network of thin, calcified tubules known as “cancellous bone” or “trabecular bone”.

There are two surfaces at which the bone is in contact with soft tissue: an external surface (periosteum) and an internal surface (endosteum). These surfaces are lined with layers of osteogenic or bone-building cells.

The endosteum is more active metabolically because of the structural differences in compact and trabecular bone.

Between 80 and 90 per cent of the volume of compact bone is calcified, whereas only 15-20 per cent of the trabecular bone is calcified.

Trabecular bone is in close contact with bone marrow, blood vessels, and connective tissue. The endosteal bone surface is 70 per cent of the interface with soft tissues such as muscles.

The strength of compact bone helps it fulfill its mostly mechanical function, and trabecular bone is more mutable and metabolically active.

Around 30 per cent of bone is composed

of organic compounds, of which 90 to 95 per cent is collagen, usually oriented in a preferential direction, the rest being “noncollagenous proteins”.

Spindle or plate-shaped crystals of hydroxyapatite (a form of calcium phosphate and the non-collagenous proteins) are found on the collagen fibres, within them and in the ground substance. They tend to be oriented in the same direction as the collagen fibres. The orientation of the fibres alternates in mature bone from layer to layer, giving the bone a lamellar structure.

When bone is formed rapidly during development, collagen fibres are loosely packed and randomly oriented.

Longitudinal growth occurs at the growth plate in a series of zones following birth. The first zone contains resting chondrocytes, which make up the cellular matrix of cartilage.

The second zone houses chondrocytes that divide and synthesize matrix; it is called the proliferative zone. The hypertrophic zone is the site where maturing chondrocytes become larger and produce alkaline phosphate and calcium matrix vesicles. The fourth zone is the calcified zone.

The process of mineralisation begins when capillaries and osteogenic cells from the diaphysis invade the columns of chondrocytes. The chondrocytes in the newly calcified zone die. Osteogenic cells multiply and differentiate into osteoblasts, or bone building cells. Osteoblasts arrange themselves along the remnants of the cartilaginous trabeculae and produce the matrix constituent’s collagen and ground substance.

Membrane-bound cellular bodies released from chondrocytes and osteoblasts facilitate mineralisation. These are known as ECM vesicles and they contain calcium and phosphorus.

On the other hand, the bone is continually rem0delling and the bone cells associated with resorption of bone are called osteoclasts, giant multinucleated cells found in contact with a calcified bone. Osteoclasts resorb bone via lysosomal enzymes.

Resorption starts with digestion of the calcium and phosphorus-containing hydroxyapatite crystals.

The process of long bone growth involves the development of bone tissue and the resorption of bone tissue at the same time. As bone develops at the growth plate, it forms the metaphysis. The metaphysis is flared outward with a narrow cortex. Growth must take place within the context of the structural

Foals are around 13.2hh at six months and 46 per cent of their mature weight

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Extremely rapid growth caused by overfeeding (particularly energy) has been implicated in developmental orthopaedic disease (DOD) and unsoundness

and metabolic functions of the bone. This is accomplished by continual appositional growth on the endosteal side of the bone and active removal of bone by osteoclasts on the periosteal surface.

This brief description of bone development should help clarify the complicated and metabolically sensitive nature of the process.

Growth rates

Optimal growth rates may vary somewhat between breeds, but all young horses have several critical considerations for bone growth and development.

Extremely rapid growth caused by overfeeding (particularly energy) has been implicated in developmental orthopaedic disease (DOD) and unsoundness.

Periods of slow or decreased growth

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equine nutrition followed by rapid growth are particularly dangerous. Imbalanced levels of calcium, phosphorus and trace minerals have been linked to DOD. Certain types of forced exercise also seem to cause bone development problems.

Significant bone development begins before birth and continues beyond 18 months of age. The period between three and nine months of age appears to be the most precarious for the foal in terms of DOD. During this time, serious conditions can develop that might restrict the athletic potential of a horse. It is important to monitor growth rates and evaluate the foal’s skeletal development. Steady, moderate growth along a typical growth curve appears to provide the best method of reducing developmental problems.

Kentucky Equine Research (KER) has been weighing and measuring foals and young stock in central Kentucky for over 20 years.

Those records combined with numbers from universities and Windfields Farm in Canada have produceda tremendous vault of comparative growth data. The data has been formulated into software to track growth and make comparisons with databases containing records of thousands of foals.

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Foals who developed hock OCD lesions tended to be heavier than average at birth and were 8kg (18lb) above average at 15 days.

They had higher average daily gains until 240 days, and they were 15kg (34lb) above average at that age.

KER nutritionists recommend: 1. Record birth weights; 2. Express weights as a per cent of a reference; 3. Do not allow deviation of 15 per cent or more from the reference weights; Observations from research trials 4. Keep records of DOD and management and practical experience have led to the changes; recognition that slow, steady growth is best 5. Weigh monthly; for horses. KER reported on the incidence 6. Do not overfeed lactating mares; of DOD in thoroughbred foals. A total of 271 7. Provide adequate turnout; foals were monitored – 10 per cent of the 8. Consider weaning early if foals are foals were diagnosed with DOD. growing too fast.

Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) lesions of the fetlock were diagnosed at an average age All efforts to support continuous steady of 102 days in fillies (two per cent affected) growth in foals are important in helping to that were small at 15 days of age (3.2 kg or 7lb limit bone development problems. Foals that CC2454 T-bred Photo A5 Pink:Layout 1 29/01/2013 10:06 slowed Page 1 below average). have had growth followed by large Stifle and shoulder OCD lesions were growth spurts are at particular risk for DOD. diagnosed at the average age of 336 days.

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Heeraat INTRODUCING

Bay 2009, 16.1hh (1.65m) DARK ANGEL – THAWRAH (GREEN DESERT)

THE LOOKS

A 140,000gns yearling (top priced of his sire’s crop).

THE SPEED

GROUP WINNING SPRINTER OF 5 RACES, and 11 LENGTH WINNER of his maiden at 2.

THE PEDIGREE

By DARK ANGEL out of a half sister to the Gr.1 winning sprinter and Gr.1 sire MALHUB Half brother to Stakes winner AMBIANCE (TFR 103) out of a GREEN DESERT half sister to Gr.1 Golden Jubilee Stakes winner MALHUB (TFR 126) and full sister to the dam of multiple Group winner and Gr.1 Classic placed YELLOW ROSEBUD (TFR 117), etc.

HEERAAT wins the Gr.3 Hackwood Stakes in a time almost 2 seconds faster than INVINCIBLE SPIRIT.

The fastest winner of the Hackwood Stakes since 2001

Family of DANDY MAN, ANTHEM ALEXANDER, SUDIRMAN, GENTILDONNA, etc.

(faster than INVINCIBLE SPIRIT and 5 other Gr.1 winners of the race).

The same DARK ANGEL – GREEN DESERT cross as LETHAL FORCE

Won

“Heeraat was a thoroughly genuine colt blessed with a fabulous temperament and plenty of ability.

He handled all types of ground.” – WILLIAM HAGGAS

“Heeraat is a very good looking horse who has been admirably tough and consistent.

If he passes on his looks and tremendous attitude, he will do very well as a stallion.” – ANGUS GOLD

Retires to MICKLEY

Gr.3 Hackwood Stakes, 6f, Newbury, 2013 (above) in the fastest time since 2001 beating Gr.1 winner KRYPTON FACTOR (at levels).

Won Maiden Stakes, 6f, Pontefract, at 2, by an easy 11 lengths.

2nd (nk) Gr.3 Hackwood Stakes, 6f, Newbury, 2014, beating Gr.2 winner ES QUE LOVE (at levels).

2nd (nk) LR City Walls Stakes, 5f, York, to Gr.1 Nunthorpe Stakes winner JWALA (rec. 5lbs), beating two other Gr.1 winners.

Defeated 43 Stakes winners (5 Gr.1 winners) Rated 5lbs superior to DARK ANGEL

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Mare of the month

Patineuse

Peintre Celebre -Parisienne (Distant Relative)

Protectionist wins the Melbourne Cup under Ryan Moore. The colt was really a Group horse running in a handicap and has stayed on in Australia to race

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rotectionist’s victory in the Melbourne Cup (G1) was rightly claimed as a German triumph, but the son of Monsun also owes much to his French roots, which began with a US influence that came via Britain.

Protectionist’s female line stems back over 50 years in France having been nurtured by Daniel Wildenstein and his son Alex from a mare exported to France from Britain following World War II. Protectionist’s dam, the unraced Patineuse, is a daughter of Daniel Wildenstein’s 1997 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Peintre Celebre, whose retirement was announced just hours after his grandson triumphed in the race that stops a nation.

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While Protectionist’s female family has shown flashes of brilliance down the years, he is the first top-level winner in direct descent in almost 40 years

Only beaten twice in his seven-race career, which also took in victories in the Prix du Jockey-Club (G1) and the Grand Prix de Paris (G1), Peintre Celebre was supported in his second career at Coolmore by Wildenstein mares, among them Parisienne, dam of Patineuse.

Protectionist’s female family has shown flashes of brilliance down the years, but he is the first top-level winner in direct descent in almost 40 years, spanning back to the summer of 1976 when Daniel Wildenstein’s mare Pawneese lit up the season.

The year of 1976 was, by any one’s standards, a great one for the Wildenstein string, and came hard on the heels of the career of the outstanding Allez France, from whom Peintre Celebre descends, that

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Patineuse

Peintre Celebre -Parisienne (Distant Relative) incorporated top-level triumphs over the course of three seasons.

Wildenstein’s French-based, Argentinianborn trainer Angel Penna Sr masterminded several raids on Britain in 1976 which resulted in Classic victories with three different horses – Flying Water in the 1,000 Guineas, Crow in the St Leger, and Pawneese in the Oaks.

The latter filly, fourth dam of Protectionist, was bred by her owner and although she failed to win in two starts at two, she was unbeaten through six consecutive victories at three.

Pawneese’s triumphs included the Prix de Diane, in which she decimated the field to win by 11l, while her cross-Channel raid on the Epsom Oaks saw her dominate again, winning by 5l.

Not content with just the Oaks, Penna returned the filly to Britain a month later for the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes to take on the boys as well as older horses. Once again the filly proved her mettle, defeating the previous year’s St Leger winner Bruni to claim victory for France. It would be 30 years before another Frenchtrained horse would take the race, with

Hurricane Run winning in 2006.

Pawneese was a daughter of the French sire Carvin, who numbers the Criterium de SaintCloud among his biggest successes. He also earned places at the highest level in Germany in the Preis von Europa and in the US where he ran third in the Washington International at Laurel Park.

Her dam Plencia was a stakes winner in France during her one-season career, while her roots in France stem back to 1949 when the Nasrullah mare Ballynash was purchased by the US businessman Ralph Strassburger and sent to his Haras des Monceaux near Deauville.

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trassburger was a hugely successful owner in France from the 1920s through to his death in 1959, enjoying major successes on either side of World War II. While the majority of his biggest wins came in France, Strassburger was successful in Britain as well, winning the 1956 St Leger with Cambremer and the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes

Moore laps up applause on the son of Patineuse, who is by the good broodmare sire Peintre Celebre

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with Montaval, a son of Norseman out of Ballynash, foaled in 1953, who was also runner-up in the Epsom Derby.

In 1961, the year in which Montaval was sent to stud in Japan after a brief spell at stud in Ireland, Ballynash produced a filly by Norseman’s son Nordiste who was named Petite Saguenay.

That filly in turn produced for Wildenstein the mare Plencia, who would achieve lasting fame as the dam of Pawneese, fourth dam of Protectionist, and as the third dam of Protectionist’s broodmare sire Peintre Celebre.

Among Pawneese’s offspring was the winning Sadler’s Wells filly Poughkeepsie, who went on to produce a filly by Distant Relative called Parisienne.

Trained in France by Richard Gibson, Parisienne continued her family’s stakeswinning record in a modest way, winning the Grand Criterium de Bordeaux (L) at Toulouse in October 2001, the final start of her five-race two-year-old career.

Having failed to add to that record at three, she went to stud in 2003 where her owner’s Arc winner Peintre Celebre was selected as her first mate. The result in 2004 was Patineuse, who did not race before commencing her own stud career.

Offered at the Tattersalls December Mares sale in 2008, Parisienne did not excite much interest in the ring. The dam of four thenunraced foals was offered in-foal to Peintre Celebre, and fell to the bid of Turkish agent Omer Halim Aydin for just 6,000gns. Since then, she is recorded as having produced a colt

by Dehere in her new adopted country.

Parisienne’s sale came a year after her daughter had passed through the same ring, faring rather better than her dam. Offered as an unplaced three-year-old, Patineuse was snapped up by the German agent Ronald Rauscher for 40,000gns.

Sent to Manduro by her new owner Dr Christoph Berglar, Patineuse produced a colt, later named Primatist,who was successful at Frankfurt as a three-year-old.

Patineuse’s second tryst was with Manduro’s own sire Monsun, producing Protectionist, who was already an accomplished performer in his own country prior to his Australian exploits.

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Prix des Reservoirs, G3, Deauville, October 22, 1600m

1 Moonee Valley (FR) 2 ch f Aqlaam (GB) - Moon Romance (FR) (Nayef (USA)) 2 Baltic Comtesse (FR) 2 b f Lope de Vega (IRE) - Born Wild (GER) (Sadler's Wells (USA)) 3 Tigrilla (IRE) 2 gr f Clodovil (IRE) Lisieux Orchid (IRE) (Sadler's Wells (USA)) Age: 2; Starts: 3; Wins: 2; Places: 1 Earnings: £50,417 Sire: AQLAAM. Sire of 2 Stakes winners. In 2014 - MOONEE VALLEY Nayef G3.

1st Dam: MOON ROMANCE by Nayef. Winner at 3 in France. Dam of 1 winner: 2012: MOONEE VALLEY (f Aqlaam) Sold 15,485gns yearling at AROCT. 2 wins at 2 in France, Prix des Reservoirs G3.

2013: (c Way of Light) Broodmare Sire: NAYEF. Sire of the dams of 2 Stakes winners. In 2014 - MOONEE VALLEY Aqlaam G3, CONVERGENCE Cape Cross LR. Green Desert Oasis Dream Hope AQLAAM b 2005 Rainbow Quest Bourbonella Rum Cay MOONEE VALLEY ch f 2012 Gulch Nayef Height of Fashion MOON ROMANCE ch 2007 Caerleon Moonlight Dreams Midnight Lady

Worthington's St Simon Stakes, G3, Newbury, October 25, 12f 1 Sky Hunter (GB) 4 b g Motivator (GB) - Pearl Kite (USA) (Silver Hawk (USA)) 2 Island Remede (GB) 3 b f Medicean (GB) - Island Odyssey (GB) (Dansili (GB)) 3 Battalion (IRE) 4 b g Authorized (IRE) - Zigarra (GB) (Halling (USA)) Age: 2-4; Starts: 9; Wins: 6; Places: 2 Earnings: £269,260 Sire: MOTIVATOR. Sire of 22 Stakes winners. In 2014 - TREVE Anabaa G1, COCKTAIL QUEEN Selkirk G2, ROBIN HOODS BAY Rainbow Quest G3, SHAHAH Olden Times G3, SKY HUNTER Silver Hawk G3, PALLASATOR Ezzoud LR, MODUS Generous LR. 1st Dam: Pearl Kite by Silver Hawk. Winner at 2, 2nd Sport on 5 March S LR, 3rd Ribblesdale S G2.

Dam of 9 winners: 1996: PEARL BARLEY (f Polish Precedent) Winner at 4.

Broodmare.

1997: SHAMAIEL (f Lycius) 3 wins at 3 and 4, San Miguel March S LR. Dam of SHAMALI (g Selkirk: 4 wins at 3, 4 and 6, williamhill.com Magnolia S LR, 3rd Bet365 Gordon Richards S G3) 1998: NAYYIR (g Indian Ridge) 9 wins at 4, 5 and 8, Lennox S G2, Victor Chandler Challenge S G2, 2nd Cantor Odds Sussex S G1, 3rd Prix Maurice de Gheest G1, Dubai Duty Free G1.

1999: HIGHEST (c Selkirk) 3 wins at 3 and 4 at home, UAE, Dubai City of Gold S G3, 2nd Vodafone Coronation Cup G1, Rothmans Royals St Leger S G1.

2000: COLLEGE FUND GIRL (f Kahyasi) Winner at 3. Dam of Mehdi (g Holy Roman Emperor: 2 wins at 2, 3rd Dubal UAE 2000 Guineas G3), FINAL APPROACH (g Pivotal: 5 wins, MCR H. Hurdle G2) 2002: GENUINE PEARL (g Desert King) 3 wins.

2005: (f Selkirk) 2007: Sospira (f Cape Cross).

Broodmare.

2008: PENELOPIAD (f Dubai Destination) Winner at 3 in France.

2010: SKY HUNTER (g Motivator) 6 wins at 2 to 4 at home, France, Worthington's St Simon S G3, William Hill Doonside Cup S LR, Prix Frederic de Lagrange LR, 3rd Prix du Jockey Club G1.

2012: BEAUTIFUL ENDING (f Exceed And Excel) Winner at 2.

Broodmare Sire: SILVER HAWK. Sire of the dams of 80 Stakes winners. In 2014 - BALL DANCING Exchange Rate G2, AIGUE MARINE Galileo G3, SKY HUNTER Motivator G3, ACCIPITER Showcasing LR, NARROW HILL Tiger Hill LR, RED RAVEN Smart Strike LR, SISTER GINGER Student Council LR. Sadler's Wells Montjeu Floripedes MOTIVATOR b 2002 Gone West Out West Chellingoua SKY HUNTER b g 2010 Roberto Silver Hawk Gris Vitesse PEARL KITE b 91 Storm Bird Spur Wing Equal Change

Worthington's Horris Hill S G3, 3rd Betfred Ascendant S LR. 2013: (f Tertullian) Broodmare Sire: BLACK SAM BELLAMY. Sire of the dams of 2 Stakes winners. In 2014 - SMAIH Paco Boy G3, GOIANIA Oasis Dream LR. Green Desert Desert Style Organza PACO BOY b 2005 Sandhurst Prince Tappen Zee Rossaldene SMAIH b c 2012 Sadler's Wells Black Sam Bellamy Urban Sea SOLOLA b 2005 Beau's Eagle Spirit of Eagles Big Spirit

Premio St Leger Italiano, G3, Milan, October 25, 2800m

Worthington's Horris Hill Stakes, G3, Newbury, October 25, 7f 1 Smaih (GER) 2 b c Paco Boy (IRE) - Solola (GER) (Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)) 2 Fox Trotter (IRE) 2 br c Bushranger (IRE) - Miss Brief (IRE) (Brief Truce (USA)) 3 King of Normandy (FR) 2 ch c Soldier of Fortune (IRE) - Innocent Affair (IRE) (Night Shift (USA)) Age: 2; Starts: 7; Wins: 3; Places: 3 Earnings: £49,240 Sire: PACO BOY. Sire of 2 Stakes winners. In 2014 - BEACON Acclamation G2, SMAIH Black Sam Bellamy G3.

1st Dam: SOLOLA by Black Sam Bellamy. 2 wins at 4 in Germany.

Dam of 1 winner: 2011: Spettacolo (c Rock of Gibraltar) in training.

2012: SMAIH (c Paco Boy) Sold 147,115gns yearling at GOOY1. 3 wins at 2 at home, France,

1 Rock of Romance (IRE) 4 br c Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) - Romantic Venture (IRE) (Indian Ridge) 2 Salut (GER) 6 b c Lomitas (GB) Saldentigerin (GER) (Tiger Hill (IRE)) 3 Vado di Siella (ITY) 3 b c Dane Friendly (GB) - Candok (IRE) (Celtic Swing (GB)) Age: 3-4; Starts: 8; Wins: 2; Places: 5 Earnings: £41,967 Sire: ROCK OF GIBRALTAR. Sire of 101 Stakes winners. In 2014 ALBORAN SEA Toolighttoquit G1, AJAXANA Lycius G2, ARCETRI PINK Galileo G2, PRINCE GIBRALTAR Pennekamp G2, RAYDARA Marju G2, RICH GIRL Giant's Causeway G3, ROCK OF ROMANCE Indian Ridge G3, SAVANNE Galileo G3, SPOIL THE FUN Night Shift G3, DARIA Big Shuffle LR. 1st Dam: ROMANTIC VENTURE by Indian Ridge. 2 wins. Own sister to SIGHTS ON GOLD. Dam of 5 winners: 2004: LIFETIME JOURNEY (c Thunder Gulch) Winner at 5 in Kingdom of Saudi Ara. 2005: FICTIONAL ACCOUNT (f Stravinsky) 6 wins at 3 to 6, The Irish Field St Leger Trial S LR, SIS Live Fenwolf S LR.

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2008: SAMARKAND (g Sadler's Wells) Winner at 3.

2009: Black Romantic (c Singspiel) 2010: ROCK OF ROMANCE (c Rock of Gibraltar) Sold 9,851gns yearling at TISEP. 2 wins at 3 in Germany, Switzerland, Premio St Leger Italiano G3, 2nd Premio St Leger Italiano G3, Oleander Rennen G3, 3rd Grosser Preis Von DSW21 St Leger G3.

Broodmare Sire: INDIAN RIDGE. Sire of the dams of 81 Stakes winners. In 2014 - CHARMING THOUGHT Oasis Dream G1, DOLNIYA Azamour G2, FINTRY Shamardal G2, KOOL KOMPANY Jeremy G2, EDELMIRA Peintre Celebre G3, HALL OF MIRRORS Duke of Marmalade G3, MULL OF KILLOUGH Mull of Kintyre G3, ROCK OF ROMANCE Rock of Gibraltar G3, RUSSIAN SOUL Invincible Spirit G3, TOBANN Teofilo G3, ROCKY GROUND Acclamation LR. The Rock of Gibraltar/Indian Ridge cross has produced: ROMANTIC WAVE G1, ROCK OF ROMANCE G3, THEANN G3.

Danzig Danehill Razyana ROCK OF GIBRALTAR b 99 Be My Guest Offshore Boom Push A Button ROCK OF ROMANCE br c 2010 Ahonoora Indian Ridge Hillbrow ROMANTIC VENTURE ch 97 Alleged Summer Trysting Seasonal Pickup

Killavullan Stakes, G3, Leopardstown, October 25, 7f 1 Steip Amach (IRE) 2 b f Vocalised (USA) - Ceist Eile (IRE) (Noverre (USA)) 2 Royal Navy Ship (USA) 2 b c War Front (USA) - Indy Punch (USA) (Pulling Punches (USA)) 3 Cocoon (IRE) 2 b f Galileo (IRE) Mystical Lady (IRE) (Halling (USA)) Age: 2; Starts: 3; Wins: 0; Places: 3 Earnings: £2,883

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Sire: VOCALISED. Sire of 1 Stakes winners. In 2014 - STEIP AMACH Noverre G3.

1st Dam: Ceist Eile by Noverre.

Dam of 2 winners: 2011: Ceisteach (f New Approach) 2 wins, 2nd Coolmore Canford Cliffs S LR. 2012: STEIP AMACH (f Vocalised) Killavullan S G3.

2013: (f Intense Focus) 2014: (f New Approach) Broodmare Sire: NOVERRE. Sire of the dams of 5 Stakes winners. In 2014 - DYLAN MOUTH Dylan Thomas G1, SHURUQ Elusive Quality G2, STEIP AMACH Vocalised G3, UNDER THE LOUVRE Excellent Art LR. Seattle Slew Vindication Strawberry Reason VOCALISED b/br 2006 Mr Prospector Serena's Tune Serena's Song STEIP AMACH b f 2012 Rahy Noverre Danseur Fabuleux CEIST EILE b 2006 Zafonic Sharafanya Sharamana

Racing Post Trophy, G1, Doncaster, October 25, 8f 1 Elm Park (GB) 2 b c Phoenix Reach (IRE) - Lady Brora (GB) (Dashing Blade) 2 Aloft (IRE) 2 b c Galileo (IRE) Dietrich (USA) (Storm Cat (USA)) 3 Celestial Path (IRE) 2 br c Footstepsinthesand (GB) - Miss Kittyhawk (IRE) (Hawk Wing (USA)) Age: 2; Starts: 5; Wins: 4; Places: 1 Earnings: £212,040 Sire: PHOENIX REACH. Sire of 1 Stakes winners. In 2014 - ELM PARK Dashing Blade G1.

1st Dam: LADY BRORA by Dashing Blade. Winner at 3. Dam of 1 winner: 2011: Jonny Rae (g Shirocco) 2012: ELM PARK (c Phoenix Reach) 4 wins at 2, Racing Post Trophy G1, Juddmonte Royal Lodge S G2, EBF Stallions Stonehenge S LR.

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2013: (c Shirocco) 2014: (f Passing Glance) Broodmare Sire: DASHING BLADE. Sire of the dams of 42 Stakes winners. In 2014 - ELM PARK Phoenix Reach G1, MEERJUNGFRAU Manduro G3, OCEAN BLUE Stay Gold G3, SEISMOS Dalakhani G3, WUNDER Adlerflug G3, EMILY OF TINSDAL Librettist LR, ABAKAHN Sholokhov LR. Unfuwain Alhaarth Irish Valley PHOENIX REACH b 2000 Hatim Carroll's Canyon Tuna ELM PARK b c 2012 Elegant Air Dashing Blade Sharp Castan LADY BRORA b 2005 Selkirk Tweed Mill Island Mill

Premio Lydia Tesio Longines Tris Str., G1, Rome, October 26, 2000m 1 Final Score (IRE) 3 ch f Dylan Thomas (IRE) - Holy Moon (IRE) (Hernando (FR)) 2 Lacy (GER) 3 f Authorized (IRE) La Vinchina (GER) (Oasis Dream (GB)) 3 Calyxa (GB) 4 b f Pivotal (GB) Chantra (GER) (Lando (GER)) Age: 2-3; Starts: 6; Wins: 5; Places: 0 Earnings: £272,894 Sire: DYLAN THOMAS. Sire of 17 Stakes winners. In 2014 - DYLAN MOUTH Noverre G1, FINAL SCORE Hernando G1, DYLAN'S PROMISE Rigoletto G2, PETHER'S MOON Tirol G2, CAPTAIN CAT Sadler's Wells G3, NOT LISTENIN'TOME Encosta de Lago G3, BLAZING SPEED Sadler's Wells LR, RALSTON ROAD Galileo LR, TANNERY Sadler's Wells LR, DANEKING King's Best LR. 1st Dam: HOLY MOON by Hernando. 5 wins at 3 and 4 in Italy, Premio EBF Terme di Merano LR. Dam of 5 winners: 2006: MOONEY RIDGE (f Indian Ridge) 2 wins at 3 and 4 in Italy.

Broodmare.

2008: HOLY BALLET (c Shamardal) 10 wins at 3 to 6, 2014 in Italy.

2009: CHERRY COLLECT (f Oratorio) Champion 3yr old filly in Italy in 2012. 8 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy, Oaks d'Italia Trofeo Snai G2, 2nd Premio Lydia Tesio Longines Tris Int G1.

2010: CHARITY LINE (f Manduro) 6 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy, Premio Lydia Tesio Longines Tris Int G1.

2011: FINAL SCORE (f Dylan Thomas) 5 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy, Premio Lydia Tesio Longines Tris Str G1, Oaks d'Italia G2.

2012: Wordless (f Rock of Gibraltar) unraced to date.

2013: (c Pour Moi) 2014: (c Nathaniel) Broodmare Sire: HERNANDO. Sire of the dams of 30 Stakes winners.

In 2014 - FINAL SCORE Dylan Thomas G1, CUBANITA Selkirk G3, CHAMEUR Shirocco LR, LUSTROUS Champs Elysees LR, BALTHAZAR KING King's Theatre LR. The Dylan Thomas/Hernando cross has produced: FINAL SCORE G1, Holly Polly LR. Danzig Danehill Razyana DYLAN THOMAS b 2003 Diesis Lagrion Wrap It Up FINAL SCORE ch f 2011 Niniski Hernando Whakilyric HOLY MOON b 2000 Caerleon Centinela New Generation

Premio Guido Berardelli, G3, Rome, October 26, 1800m 1 Misterious Boy (IRE) 2 ch c Arcano (IRE) - Biz Bar (GB) (Tobougg (IRE)) 2 Panther Cat (ITY) 2 b c Tale of The Cat (USA) - Committed Actress (USA) (Theatrical) 3 Yucatan (ITY) 2 ch c Muhtathir (GB) - Youthopia (IRE) (Titus Livius (FR)) Age: 2; Starts: 4; Wins: 4; Places: 0 Earnings: £58,332 Sire: ARCANO. Sire of 1 Stakes winners. In 2014 - MISTERIOUS BOY Tobougg G3.

international database 1st Dam: BIZ BAR by Tobougg. 2 wins at 2 in Italy, Criterium Femminile LR. Dam of 3 winners: 2010: BIZ THE NURSE (c Oratorio) 5 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy, Gran Premio di Milano G1, 2nd Gran Premio del Jockey Club G1, P.Presidente della Repubblica GBI Racing G1, 3rd GP del Jockey Club G1, Gran Premio di Milano G1.

2011: Cospirator (c Ivan Denisovich) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy, 3rd Gran Premio d'Italia LR. 2012: MISTERIOUS BOY (c Arcano) Sold 85,172gns yearling at ARAU1.

4 wins at 2 in Italy, Premio Guido Berardelli G3, Premio Giuseppe de Montel LR. 2013: (c Roderic O'Connor) 2014: (c Power) Broodmare Sire: TOBOUGG. Sire of the dams of 3 Stakes winners.

In 2014 - MISTERIOUS BOY Arcano G3.

Green Desert Oasis Dream Hope ARCANO b 2007 Daylami Tariysha Tarwiya MISTERIOUS BOY ch c 2012 Barathea Tobougg Lacovia BIZ BAR b 2004 Trempolino Ulanova Poelish Hills

Prix Royal-Oak, G1, Longchamp, October 26, 3000m 1 Tac de Boistron (FR) 7 gr g Take Risks (FR) - Pondiki (FR) (Sicyos (USA)) 2 High Jinx (IRE) 6 b g High Chaparral (IRE) - Leonara (GER) (Surumu (GER)) 3 Narrow Hill (GER) 6 b g Tiger Hill (IRE) - Narooma (GER) (Silver Hawk (USA)) Age: 3-7; Starts: 35; Wins: 9; Places: 13 Earnings: £636,510 Sire: TAKE RISKS. Sire of 14 Stakes winners. In 2014 - TAC DE BOISTRON Sicyos G1.

1st Dam: Pondiki by Sicyos. Dam of 4 winners: 1996: PONDIMARI (f Marignan) 11 wins at 3 to 6 in France.

Broodmare.

1998: Soliki (f Solid Illusion) 2001: Breche de Boitron (f Great Palm) ran over jumps in France.

Broodmare.

2004: De Boitron (g Sassanian) 8 wins, 3rd Masterson Holdings SilverTrophy H Stp G2, Ulster Bank H. Chase G2.

2005: LA VIE DE BOITRON (f Lavirco) Winner at 5 in France.

Broodmare.

2007: TAC DE BOISTRON (g Take Risks) 9 wins at 3 to 7, 2014 at home, France, Prix Royal-Oak G1 (twice), Prix Maurice de Nieuil G2, Sagaro S G3, Stand Cup LR, Prix Denisy LR, 2nd Prix du Cadran G1, Yorkshire Cup G2, Prix Gladiateur G3, Prix La Moskowa LR, 3rd Prix de Barbeville G3, March S LR. 2009: Rime de Boitron (f My Risk) ran on the flat in France.

2010: Lys de Boitron (c My Risk) ran on the flat in France and over jumps in France.

2012: Nana de Boitron (f Nickname) unraced to date.

Broodmare Sire: SICYOS. Sire of the dams of 20 Stakes winners. In 2014 - TAC DE BOISTRON Take Risks G1.

Kenmare Highest Honor High River TAKE RISKS gr 89 Be My Guest Baino Bluff Rapids TAC DE BOISTRON gr g 2007 Lyphard Sicyos Sigy PONDIKI b 91 Bon Mot III Tikiti Tadjikie

G.P. der Mehl-Mulhens Herbst Stutenpreis, G3, Hannover, October 26, 2200m 1 Good Donna (GER) 3 b f Doyen (IRE) - Good Harmony (GB) (King's Best (USA)) 2 Special Meaning (GB) 4 b f Mount Nelson (GB) - Specifically (USA) (Sky Classic (CAN)) 3 Abraxa (IRE) 3 gr f Verglas (IRE) Dancing Flower (IRE) (Compton Place (GB)) Age: 3; Starts: 4; Wins: 3; Places: 0 Earnings: £51,667 Sire: DOYEN. Sire of 19 Stakes winners. In 2014 - GOOD DONNA

King's Best G3, MOLLY LE CLOU Big Shuffle LR, QUIZ MISTRESS Rainbow Quest LR, VIRGINIA SUN Lomitas LR, VALDEZ Niniski LR. 1st Dam: Good Harmony by King's Best. unraced. Dam of 2 winners: 2009: GOOD PRINCE (c Desert Prince) 2 wins.

2010: Good Friend (c Big Shuffle) 2011: GOOD DONNA (f Doyen) Sold 15,873gns yearling at BBAGS. 3 wins at 3 in Germany, G.P. der Mehl-Mulhens Herbst Stutenpreis G3.

2013: Good Girl (f Areion) Broodmare Sire: KING'S BEST. Sire of the dams of 19 Stakes winners.

In 2014 - ERVEDYA Siyouni G3, GOOD DONNA Doyen G3, ALKASSER Shamardal LR, BE SAFE Holy Roman Emperor LR, DANEKING Dylan Thomas LR. Northern Dancer Sadler's Wells Fairy Bridge DOYEN b 2000 Kris Moon Cactus Lady Moon GOOD DONNA b f 2011 Kingmambo King's Best Allegretta GOOD HARMONY b 2004 Acatenango Guaranda Gryada

Prix de Flore, G3, Saint-Cloud, October 30, 2000m 1 Fate (FR) 5 b f Teofilo (IRE) Specificity (USA) (Alleged (USA)) 2 Bocaiuva (IRE) 3 ch f Teofilo (IRE) - Breath of Love (USA) (Mutakddim (USA)) 3 Sparkling Beam (IRE) 4 b f Nayef (USA) - Pearl Dance (USA) (Nureyev (USA)) Age: 4-5; Starts: 7; Wins: 3; Places: 3 Earnings: £90,187 Sire: TEOFILO. Sire of 30 Stakes winners. In 2014 - SONNTAG Strategic G1, TARFASHA Groom Dancer G2, AMRALAH Diesis G3, FATE Alleged G3, PARISH HALL Montjeu G3, TOBANN Indian Ridge G3, BOCAIUVA Mutakddim LR, CHANCE TO DANCE Royal Academy LR, HAVANA BEAT Desert Prince LR, INYORDREAMS Averti LR, PYRROLIC Jeune LR, RIO TIGRE Kingmambo LR, SIMBA One

Cool Cat LR, BROUGHTON Artan LR. 1st Dam: SPECIFICITY by Alleged.

2 wins at 3 and 4, George Stubbs S LR. Dam of 11 winners: 1994: SPECIFICALLY (f Sky Classic) Winner at 2 in USA. Dam of SPECIOSA (f Danehill Dancer: 4 wins at 2 and 3, Stan James 1000 Guineas G1, 2nd Audi Pretty Polly S G1), MAJOR RHYTHM (g Rhythm: 13 wins in Canada, USA, Stars and Stripes Breeders' Cup H G3), SPECIAL MEANING (f Mount Nelson: 6 wins at 3 and 4, Betfred EBF Daisy Warwick S LR, 2nd G.P. der Mehl-Mulhens Herbst Stutenpreis G3), Liberally (f Statue of Liberty: 3 wins at 3 and 4, 3rd Hillsborough S G3), PIVOT BRIDGE (g Pivotal: 5 wins, Ladbrokes H. Hurdle G2). Grandam of Festive Cheer (c Montjeu: winner to 2013, 3rd Irish Derby G1) 1995: WESTWEGO (c Gone West) Winner at 4 in USA. 1996: BULACAN (c Dynaformer) 6 wins in USA. 1997: NOBLE CALLING (g Caller I D) 5 wins.

1998: ONLY THE LONELY (f Bering) Winner at 2 in France. Broodmare.

1999: Tenderly (f Danehill). Dam of TEN MEROPA (c Johannesburg: 2 wins at 2 and 3 at home, USA, Baldwin S G3) 2000: PRIDE (f Peintre Celebre) Champion older mare in France in 2005 & 2006, Champion older mare in Europe in 2006. 9 wins at 3 to 6 at home, France, Hong Kong, Emirates Airline Champion S G1, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1, Hong Kong Cup G1, 2nd Emirates Airline Champion S G1, P.de l'Arc de Triomphe - Lucien Barriere G1, Hong Kong Cup G1, 3rd Prix Vermeille G1. Broodmare.

2001: Infinity (f Bering).

Broodmare.

2002: MALAKAS (c Bering) 2 wins at 3 in Spain.

2003: RIGHT STUFF (g Dansili) 10 wins.

2005: Light My Way (f Polish Precedent) unraced. Broodmare.

2006: DA CAPO (g Peintre Celebre) 5 wins at 5 to 7 in France, Germany.

2008: FILL MY HEART (f Peintre Celebre) Winner at 3 in France.

Broodmare.

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2012: Ahmed Pride (c Orpen) unraced to date.

Broodmare Sire: ALLEGED. Sire of the dams of 147 Stakes winners. In 2014 - DESIGNS ON ROME Holy Roman Emperor G1, FATE Teofilo G3.

Galileo

Sadler's Wells

Urban Sea TEOFILO b 2004 Danehill Speirbhean Saviour FATE b f 2009 Hoist The Flag Alleged Princess Pout SPECIFICITY b 88 Vaguely Noble Mandera Foolish One

Prix Perth, G3, Saint-Cloud, October 30, 1600m 1 Flamingo Star (GER) 4 b c Areion (GER) - Flamingo Island (GER) (Acatenango (GER)) 2 Pinturicchio (IRE) 6 b c Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) - Precious Pearl (IRE) (Peintre Celebre (USA)) 3 Visoriyna (FR) 3 b f Dansili (GB) Visorama (IRE) (Linamix (FR)) Age: 2-4; Starts: 16; Wins: 4; Places: 8 Earnings: £119,886 Sire: AREION. Sire of 23 Stakes winners. In 2014 - FLAMINGO STAR Acatenango G3, NAMERA Tannenkonig LR, PALACE PRINCE Tiger Hill LR, RED LIPS Zinaad LR. 1st Dam: Flamingo Island by Acatenango. ran on the flat in Germany at 3 and 4. Own sister to FLAMINGO ROAD. Dam of 8 winners: 2001: FLORENCIA (f Indian Ridge) Winner at 3 in Germany. Broodmare.

2002: Fine Society (c Law Society) unraced.

2003: FABULOUS LIFE (f Spectrum) 2 wins at 4 in Germany.

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2004: Fly River (c Docksider) ran on the flat in Germany.

2005: FABREGAS (c Pentire) 6 wins at 5 and 6 in Germany.

2006: FABULOUS PAINTER (c Pentire) 5 wins at 3 to 6 in France, Germany.

2007: FARAFRA OASIS (f Royal Dragon) Winner at 4 in Germany.

2008: FAUSTO (c Big Shuffle) 10 wins at 3 to 6, 2014 in Italy.

2009: FEUERBLITZ (c Big Shuffle) 5 wins at 3 to 5 in France, Germany, Italy, Premio Roma GBI Racing G1, 2nd Premio Roma GBI Racing G1, Wettkontor Munchen-G. P. von Bayern G1, Preis von Europa G1.

2010: FLAMINGO STAR (c Areion) Sold 6,568gns yearling at BBAGO. 4 wins at 2 and 4 in France, Germany, Prix Perth G3, G.P. der Landeshauptstadt Dusseldorf G3, GP Herzog von Ratibor Rennen G3, 2nd Bavarian Classic G3.

2011: Flamingo Rose (f Areion) Broodmare Sire: ACATENANGO. Sire of the dams of 57 Stakes winners. In 2014 - EMPOLI Halling G1, WORLD ACE Deep Impact G2, BERMUDA REEF Oasis Dream G3, FLAMINGO STAR Areion G3, PAPAGENA STAR Amadeus Wolf G3, AMIE NOIRE Soldier of Fortune LR, FEUERBLITZ Big Shuffle LR, LILI MOON Desert Prince LR, THAT IS THE SPIRIT Invincible Spirit LR.

Age: 2; Starts: 4; Wins: 2; Places: 2 Earnings: £146,696 Sire: VERGLAS. Sire of 41 Stakes winners. In 2014 - VERT DE GRECE Grand Lodge G1, LET'SGOFORIT Seattle Slew G3, ABRAXA Compton Place LR, GO FOR GOAL Sadler's Wells LR, GRANDEUR Desert Sun LR, SILVER PHANTOM Sadler's Wells LR, STEPS Vettori LR. 1st Dam: Tiny Petal by Grand Lodge. unraced. Dam of 3 winners: 2007: (c One Cool Cat) 2008: TINY SMILE (f Celtic Swing) 4 wins at 3, 4 and 6 in Hungary.

2009: (f Celtic Swing) 2011: NANCY ROSE (f Verglas) Winner at 3.

2012: VERT DE GRECE (c Verglas) Sold 30,476gns yearling at DNPRM. 2 wins at 2 at home, France, Criterium International G1, 2nd Galileo EBF Futurity S G2.

Broodmare Sire: GRAND LODGE. Sire of the dams of 54 Stakes winners. In 2014 - APPEARANCE Commands G1, VERT DE GRECE Verglas G1, WANNABE YOURS Dubawi G3, BUBBLE CHIC Chichicastenango LR, KASPERSKY Footstepsinthesand LR, LONHSPRESSO Lonhro LR.

Super Concorde Big Shuffle Raise Your Skirts AREION b 95 Caerleon Aerleona Alata FLAMINGO STAR b c 2010 Surumu Acatenango Aggravate FLAMINGO ISLAND ch 95 Northern Dancer Fabula Dancer Fair Rosalind

Kenmare Highest Honor High River VERGLAS gr 94 Secreto Rahaam Fager's Glory VERT DE GRECE gr c 2012 Chief's Crown Grand Lodge La Papagena TINY PETAL ch 2002 Nashwan Trust In Luck Trusted Partner

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Premio Chiusura, G3, Milan, November 1, 1400m

1 Vert de Grece (IRE) 2 gr c Verglas (IRE) - Tiny Petal (IRE) (Grand Lodge (USA)) 2 Johnny Barnes (IRE) 2 b c Acclamation (GB) - Mahalia (IRE) (Danehill (USA)) 3 Sherlock (GER) 2 b c Areion (GER) - Sun Valley (GER) (Lando (GER))

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1 Gothic Dance (IRE) 5 ch f Dalakhani (IRE) - Future Flight (GB) (Polar Falcon (USA)) 2 Falest (IRE) 5 ch c Refuse To Bend (IRE) - Mandolin (IRE) (Sabrehill (USA)) 3 Regarde Moi (GB) 6 b g King's Best (USA) - Life At Night (IRE) (Night Shift (USA))

Age: 3-5; Starts: 26; Wins: 7; Places: 7 Earnings: £55,321 Sire: DALAKHANI. Sire of 42 Stakes winners. In 2014 INTEGRAL Danehill G1, SILK SARI Rainbow Quest G2, TERRUBI Diesis G2, GOTHIC DANCE Polar Falcon G3, GUARDINI Dynaformer G3, SEISMOS Dashing Blade G3, MIREILLE Sadler's Wells LR, SECOND STEP Sadler's Wells LR. 1st Dam: FUTURE FLIGHT by Polar Falcon. Winner at 3, Died 2012.

Dam of 2 winners: 2003: Maggies Flight (f Medicean) unraced. Broodmare.

2005: Art Prize (g Cadeaux Genereux) unraced.

2006: FLYING SILKS (g Barathea) 2 wins at 3 and 4.

2007: Skyrider (f Dalakhani).

Broodmare.

2008: Nelson Pub (c Barathea) 2009: GOTHIC DANCE (f Dalakhani) 7 wins at 3 to 5 in Italy, Premio Chiusura G3, 3rd Premio Nogara LR, Premio Seregno LR. 2011: Havana Girl (f Teofilo) 2012: Sentosa Cove (c Teofilo) unraced to date.

Broodmare Sire: POLAR FALCON. Sire of the dams of 31 Stakes winners. In 2014 - FASCINATING ROCK Fastnet Rock G3, GOTHIC DANCE Dalakhani G3, LEGENDARY Exceed And Excel G3, CAPTAIN LARS Captain Al LR, QUEEN OF ICE Selkirk LR, AS I AM Old Vic LR. Shirley Heights Darshaan Delsy DALAKHANI gr 2000 Miswaki Daltawa Damana GOTHIC DANCE ch f 2009 Nureyev Polar Falcon Marie d'Argonne FUTURE FLIGHT b 98 Distant Relative My Branch Pay The Bank

Pastorius Grosser Preis von Bayern, G1, Munich, November 1, 2400m 1 Ivanhowe (GER) 4 b c Soldier Hollow (GB) - Indigo Girl (GER) (Sternkoenig (IRE))

international database 2 Cubanita (GB) 5 ch f Selkirk (USA) - Caribana (GB) (Hernando (FR)) 3 Earl of Tinsdal (GER) 6 b c Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) - Earthly Paradise (GER) (Dashing Blade) Age: 2-4; Starts: 8; Wins: 4; Places: 1 Earnings: £195,918 Sire: SOLDIER HOLLOW. Sire of 12 Stakes winners. In 2014 IVANHOWE Sternkoenig G1, MANINGREY Surumu LR, WEICHSEL Konigsstuhl LR. 1st Dam: Indigo Girl by Sternkoenig. Winner at 3 in Germany, 3rd Preis der Diana (Oaks) G1. Dam of 2 winners: 2007: Ignacia (f Monsun) unraced.

2008: IRVING (g Singspiel) 8 wins, Dovecote Novices' Hurdle G2, Kennel Gate Novices' Hurdle G2.

2009: Indigolith (c Motivator) 2010: IVANHOWE (c Soldier Hollow) 4 wins at 3 and 4 in Germany, Pastorius Grosser Preis von Bayern G1, Longines Grosser Preis von Baden G1, Gerling Preis G2, Oppenheim Union-Rennen G2.

2012: Indigo Eagle (c Adlerflug) unraced to date.

2013: Indirocco (c Shirocco) Broodmare Sire: STERNKOENIG. Sire of the dams of 9 Stakes winners. In 2014 - IVANHOWE Soldier Hollow G1, IRVING Singspiel LR. The Soldier Hollow/Sternkoenig cross has produced: IVANHOWE G1, Kassiano G1, Arctic Fire LR. Sadler's Wells In The Wings High Hawk SOLDIER HOLLOW b 2000 Common Grounds Island Race Lake Isle IVANHOWE b c 2010 Kalaglow Sternkoenig Sternwappen INDIGO GIRL ch 2002 Local Suitor Indian Jewel Indian Pearl

Premio Roma GBI Racing, G1, Rome, November 2, 2000m 1 Priore Philip (ITY) 3 b c Dane Friendly (GB) - Lan Force (ITY) (Blu Air Force (IRE))

2 Cleo Fan (ITY) 3 b c Mujahid (USA) - Cuprea (IRE) (Best of The Bests (IRE)) 3 Dartagnan d'Azur (FR) 5 b c Slickly (FR) - Dinner Bell (FR) (Highest Honor (FR)) Age: 2-3; Starts: 13; Wins: 11; Places: 2 Earnings: £377,569 Sire: DANE FRIENDLY. Sire of 4 Stakes winners. In 2014 - PRIORE PHILIP Blu Air Force G1.

1st Dam: Lan Force by Blu Air Force. 2 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy, 2nd Premio Divino AmoreTattersalls LR. Own sister to AMALDI. Dam of 1 winner: 2011: PRIORE PHILIP (c Dane Friendly) 11 wins at 2 and 3 in Italy, Premio Gran Criterium G1, Premio Vittorio di Capua G1, Premio Roma GBI Racing G1, Premio Carlo Vittadini G2, Premio Rumon LR, 2nd Premio Parioli Sisal Matchpoint G3.

2012: For Lance (f Shaweel) 2013: Lingering Look (c Shaweel) 2014: (c Dark Angel) Broodmare Sire: BLU AIR FORCE. Sire of the dams of 1 Stakes winners. In 2014 - PRIORE PHILIP Dane Friendly G1.

Danzig Danehill Razyana DANE FRIENDLY b 96 High Line Always Friendly Wise Speculation PRIORE PHILIP b c 2011 Sri Pekan Blu Air Force Carillon Miss LAN FORCE b 2006 Love The Groom Lan Fei Lazarska

Premio Ribot, G2, Rome, November 2, 1600m 1 Porsenna (IRE) 4 b c Dylan Thomas (IRE) - Miss Mariduff (USA) (Hussonet (USA)) 2 Kramulkie (IRE) 4 b c Aussie Rules (USA) - Intricate Design (GB) (Zafonic (USA)) 3 Dancing Sands (IRE) 3 b f Dubawi (IRE) - Past The Post (USA) (Danzig (USA))

Age: 2-4; Starts: 24; Wins: 7; Places: 13 Earnings: £149,791 Sire: DYLAN THOMAS. Sire of 17 Stakes winners. In 2014 - DYLAN MOUTH Noverre G1, FINAL SCORE Hernando G1, DYLAN'S PROMISE Rigoletto G2, PETHER'S MOON Tirol G2, PORSENNA Hussonet G2, CAPTAIN CAT Sadler's Wells G3, NOT LISTENIN'TOME Encosta de Lago G3, BLAZING SPEED Sadler's Wells LR, RALSTON ROAD Galileo LR, TANNERY Sadler's Wells LR, DANEKING King's Best LR. 1st Dam: Miss Mariduff by Hussonet. unraced. Dam of 3 winners: 2009: LAWBOY (c Lawman) 4 wins at 2 to 4 in Italy.

2010: PORSENNA (c Dylan Thomas) Sold 34,482gns yearling at SGSEP. 7 wins at 2 to 4 in Italy, Premio Ribot G2, Premio d'Estate LR, 2nd Premio del Piazzale G3, Premio Mauro Sbarigia LR, 3rd Premio Ribot G2.

2011: Nectar Grey (f Mastercraftsman) unraced to date.

2012: Astrelle (f Makfi) 2 wins at 2, 2nd TriConnex Oh So Sharp S G3.

2013: Basileus (c Dream Ahead) 2014: (f Holy Roman Emperor) Broodmare Sire: HUSSONET. Sire of the dams of 41 Stakes winners.

In 2014 - EL VENECIANO Newfoundland G2, MAJMU Redoute's Choice G2, PORSENNA Dylan Thomas G2, PANZER DIVISION Redoute's Choice G3, ALCOHUAZ Merchant of Venice LR, MR RODRIGO Hurricane Cat LR, SOLEIL DU NORD Strong Contender LR, STORM TEN Storm Surge LR, TENOSSUH Elusive Quality LR. Danzig Danehill Razyana DYLAN THOMAS b 2003 Diesis Lagrion Wrap It Up PORSENNA b c 2010 Mr Prospector Hussonet Sacahuista MISS MARIDUFF br 2005 Persian Bold Sopran Mariduff Marina Duff

Prix de Seine-et-Oise, G3, Maisons-Laffitte, November 4, 1200m 1 Gammarth (FR) 6 ch c Layman (USA) - Emouna Queen (IRE) (Indian Ridge) 2 Caledonia Lady (GB) 5 b f Firebreak (GB) - Granuaile O'Malley (IRE) (Mark of Esteem (IRE)) 3 Catcall (FR) 5 b g One Cool Cat (USA) - Jurata (IRE) (Polish Precedent (USA)) Age: 3-6; Starts: 33; Wins: 5; Places: 14 Earnings: £212,684 Sire: LAYMAN. Sire of 3 Stakes winners. In 2014 - GAMMARTH Indian Ridge G3.

1st Dam: Emouna Queen by Indian Ridge. Dam of 1 winner: 2006: Tob Ridge (g Tobougg) ran on the flat in France.

2007: Chap Chap (c Diktat) unraced.

2008: GAMMARTH (c Layman) 5 wins at 3 to 6, 2014 in France, Prix de Seine-et-Oise G3, Prix Servanne LR, 2nd Burda@Turf Goldene Peitsche G2, Prix de MeautryLucien Barriere G3 (twice), Prix de Ris-Orangis G3, Prix du Cercle LR (twice), Prix Cor de Chasse LR, Badener Roulette Preis Benazet Rennen LR, 3rd Prix du GrosChene G2.

2009: Lachantemerle (f Sulamani) 2011: Nilos (c Walk In The Park) Broodmare Sire: INDIAN RIDGE. Sire of the dams of 81 Stakes winners. In 2014 - CHARMING THOUGHT Oasis Dream G1, DOLNIYA Azamour G2, FINTRY Shamardal G2, KOOL KOMPANY Jeremy G2, EDELMIRA Peintre Celebre G3, GAMMARTH Layman G3, HALL OF MIRRORS Duke of Marmalade G3, MULL OF KILLOUGH Mull of Kintyre G3, ROCK OF ROMANCE Rock of Gibraltar G3, RUSSIAN SOUL Invincible Spirit G3, TOBANN Teofilo G3, ROCKY GROUND Acclamation LR.

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international database Halo Sunday Silence Wishing Well LAYMAN ch 2002 Nureyev Laiyl Alydaress GAMMARTH ch c 2008 Ahonoora Indian Ridge Hillbrow EMOUNA QUEEN ch 2001 Caerleon Maya Cove Shining Water

Prix Miesque, G3, MaisonsLaffitte, November 4, 1400m 1 Ameenah (FR) 2 b f American Post (GB) - Miximaa (GB) (Anabaa (USA)) 2 Night of Light (IRE) 2 b f Sea The Stars (IRE) - Celestial Lagoon (JPN) (Sunday Silence (USA)) 3 Kenouska (FR) 2 ch f Kendargent (FR) - Dame Anouska (IRE) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))

Arctic Tern

Bering Beaune AMERICAN POST br 2001 Sadler's Wells Wells Fargo Cruising Height AMEENAH b f 2012 Danzig Anabaa Balbonella MIXIMAA b/gr 2004 Linamix Beautimix Raise A Beauty

Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte, G2, Maisons-Laffitte, November 4, 1200m 1 Mattmu (GB) 2 b c Indesatchel (IRE) - Katie Boo (IRE) (Namid (GB)) 2 Queen Bee (FR) 2 b f Le Havre (IRE) - Pan Tadeus (GB) (Kyllachy (GB)) 3 Goken (FR) 2 b c Kendargent (FR) - Gooseley Chope (FR) (Indian Rocket (GB))

Age: 2; Starts: 6; Wins: 4; Places: 2 Earnings: £76,667

Age: 2; Starts: 9; Wins: 4; Places: 5 Earnings: £233,604

Sire: AMERICAN POST. Sire of 18 Stakes winners. In 2014 AMEENAH Anabaa G3, AMERICAN DEVIL Selkirk G3, LAMIGO Alkalde LR.

Sire: INDESATCHEL. Sire of 2 Stakes winners. In 2014 MATTMU Namid G2, INDEVAN Most Welcome LR.

1st Dam: Miximaa by Anabaa.

Winner at 3 in France, 3rd Prix Yacowlef LR. Dam of 2 winners: 2010: OPTIMIX (f Falco) 2 wins at 3 in France.

2012: AMEENAH (f American Post) Sold 58,072gns yearling at AROCT. 4 wins at 2 in France, Prix Miesque G3, 2nd Prix des Jouvenceaux et des Jouvencelles LR, Criterium de Lyon LR. Broodmare Sire: ANABAA. Sire of the dams of 47 Stakes winners. In 2014 - BUFFERING Mossman G1, DISSIDENT Sebring G1, HARRY'S SON Haradasun G1, TREVE Motivator G1, SPIRITJIM Galileo G2, TANGO'S DAUGHTER Redoute's Choice G2, AMEENAH American Post G3, HARTNELL Authorized G3, HAVANA Starcraft G3, COCKNEY SPARROW Cockney Rebel LR, LACHLAN BRIDGE Dubawi LR. The American Post/Anabaa cross has produced: ANA AMERICANA G1, AMEENAH G3, American Bowl LR.

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1st Dam: KATIE BOO by Namid. 6 wins at 2, 5 and 6. Dam of 2 winners: 2009: Warrick Brown (g Tagula) 2010: PENNY GARCIA (f Indesatchel) 4 wins at 2 to 4.

2012: MATTMU (c Indesatchel) 4 wins at 2 at home, France, Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte G2, coral.co.uk Rockingham S LR, 2nd Totepool Two Year Old Trophy LR. 2013: (f Major Cadeaux) 2014: (c Major Cadeaux) Broodmare Sire: NAMID. Sire of the dams of 1 Stakes winners. In 2014 - MATTMU Indesatchel G2.

Danehill Danehill Dancer Mira Adonde INDESATCHEL b 2002 Petorius Floria Candle Hill MATTMU b c 2012 Indian Ridge Namid Dawnsio KATIE BOO br 2002 Sri Pekan Misty Peak Miss Declared

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Criterium de Saint-Cloud, G1, Saint-Cloud, November 8, 2000m 1 Epicuris (GB) 2 b c Rail Link (GB) - Argumentative (GB) (Observatory (USA)) 2 Palang (USA) 2 b/br c Hat Trick (JPN) - Pavlova (USA) (Stravinsky (USA)) 3 Big Blue (GB) 2 ch c Galileo (IRE) - Board Meeting (IRE) (Anabaa (USA)) Age: 2; Starts: 3; Wins: 3; Places: 0 Earnings: £162,375 Sire: RAIL LINK. Sire of 8 Stakes winners. In 2014 - EPICURIS Observatory G1, SPILLWAY Cadeaux Genereux G3, TRIP TO RHODOS Mark of Esteem LR. 1st Dam: Argumentative by Observatory. Winner at 2 in France, 3rd Prix Amandine LR, Prix de la Cochere LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2012: EPICURIS (c Rail Link) 3 wins at 2 in France, Criterium de SaintCloud G1, Prix de Conde G3.

2013: (c Motivator) 2014: (f Oasis Dream) Broodmare Sire: OBSERVATORY. Sire of the dams of 3 Stakes winners. In 2014 - EPICURIS Rail Link G1, IRISH ROOKIE Azamour LR. Dansili

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Hasili RAIL LINK b 2003 Theatrical Docklands Dockage EPICURIS b c 2012 Distant View Observatory Stellaria ARGUMENTATIVE ch 2007 Danzig Discuss Private Line

Premio Carlo e Francesco Aloisi, G3, Rome, November 9, 1200m 1 Farmah (USA) 3 b f Speightstown (USA) - Torrestrella (IRE) (Orpen (USA)) 2 Guinnevre (IRE) 4 ch f Duke of Marmalade (IRE) - Galistic (IRE) (Galileo (IRE))

3 Rosendhal (IRE) 7 ch c Indian Ridge - Kathy College (IRE) (College Chapel (GB)) Age: 3; Starts: 8; Wins: 3; Places: 5 Earnings: £74,875 Sire: SPEIGHTSTOWN. Sire of 44 Stakes winners. In 2014 - CENTRAL BANKER Go For Gin G2, HEART STEALER Distorted Humor G2, SEEK AGAIN Danehill G2, FARMAH Orpen G3, BAYERD Cherokee Run LR, CALYPSO BEAT Johannesburg LR, ESTTEFANIA'S TOWN Silver Deputy LR, PIRATE'S TROVE Alydeed LR, TROPICS Taj Alriyadh LR. 1st Dam: TORRESTRELLA by Orpen. 3 wins at 3 in France, Gainsborough Poule d'Essai des Pouliches G1. Dam of 2 winners: 2010: MOOSIR (g Daaher) Winner at 3 in France.

2011: FARMAH (f Speightstown) 3 wins at 3 in France, Premio Carlo e Francesco Aloisi G3, Prix de Bonneval LR, 2nd Prix Sigy LR, 3rd Prix Ronde de Nuit LR. 2012: Intilaaq (c Dynaformer) Broodmare Sire: ORPEN. Sire of the dams of 14 Stakes winners. In 2014 - BODHI Hurricane Cat G3, FARMAH Speightstown G3, GOMATI Oasis Dream LR, MEDLEY CHIC Medicean LR. Mr Prospector Gone West Secrettame SPEIGHTSTOWN ch 98 Storm Cat Silken Cat Silken Doll FARMAH b f 2011 Lure Orpen Bonita Francita TORRESTRELLA b 2001 Bering Sea Ring Blue River

P. Deutschen Besitzer Niederrhein Pokal, G3, Krefeld, November 9, 2000m 1 Vif Monsieur (GER) 4 b c Doyen (IRE) - Vive Madame (GER) (Big Shuffle (USA)) 2 Kerosin (GER) 3 b c Tertullian (USA) - Karavel (GER) (Monsun (GER))

international database 3 Vanishing Cupid (SWI) 4 b c Galileo (IRE) - Vanishing Prairie (USA) (Alysheba (USA)) Age: 2-4; Starts: 15; Wins: 5; Places: 5 Earnings: £177,387 Sire: DOYEN. Sire of 19 Stakes winners. In 2014 - GOOD DONNA King's Best G3, VIF MONSIEUR Big Shuffle G3, MOLLY LE CLOU Big Shuffle LR, QUIZ MISTRESS Rainbow Quest LR, VIRGINIA SUN Lomitas LR, VALDEZ Niniski LR. 1st Dam: VIVE MADAME by Big Shuffle. 3 wins at 3 and 4 in Germany. Own sister to Vive La Reine and Vive La Vie. Dam of 3 winners: 2008: VIVE PAOLO (c Paolini) 3 wins.

2009: VIVE LUMIERE (f Ransom O'War) 4 wins at 3 to 5 in Germany, Italy.

2010: VIF MONSIEUR (c Doyen) 5 wins at 2 to 4 in Germany, Fruhjahrs-Preis des Bankhauses Metzler G3, P. Deutschen Besitzer Niederrhein Pokal G3, HubertusLiebrecht-Gedachtnispreis G3, Henkel Trophy LR, 2nd Preis von Europa G1, 3rd International Bosphorus Cup G2, Grand Prix de Vichy G3.

2011: Vif Garcon (c Doyen) in training.

2012: Vive Ma Fille (f Doyen) unraced to date.

2013: Vif Mon Fils (c Soldier Hollow) Broodmare Sire: BIG SHUFFLE. Sire of the dams of 30 Stakes winners. In 2014 - LUCKY LION High Chaparral G1, ROSA GIGANTEA Fuji Kiseki G2, STARSTRUCK Galileo G3, VIF MONSIEUR Doyen G3, AL QUINTANA Sholokhov LR, DARIA Rock of Gibraltar LR, GUAJARA Montjeu LR, MOLLY LE CLOU Doyen LR, TWINLIGHT Muhtathir LR. The Doyen/Big Shuffle cross has produced: VIF MONSIEUR G1, MOLLY LE CLOU G3, ORIENTAL MAGIC G3, PIANA LR, New World LR.

Northern Dancer Sadler's Wells Fairy Bridge DOYEN b 2000 Kris Moon Cactus Lady Moon VIF MONSIEUR b c 2010 Super Concorde Big Shuffle Raise Your Skirts VIVE MADAME b 2002 Surumu Vallauris Valseuse

Herzog von Ratibor Krefeld Rennen, G3, Krefeld, November 9, 1600m 1 Los Cerritos (SWI) 2 ch c Dr Fong (USA) - La Coruna (SWI) (Arazi (USA)) 2 Liberry Gold (GER) 2 ch c Adlerflug (GER) - Laey Diamond (GER) (Dai Jin (GB)) 3 Ebeltoft (IRE) 2 b c Lawman (FR) - Estefania (GER) (Acatenango (GER)) Age: 2; Starts: 3; Wins: 1; Places: 1 Earnings: £27,167 Sire: DR FONG. Sire of 34 Stakes winners. In 2014 - LOS CERRITOS Arazi G3, TESTA ROSSI Dancing Spree G3.

1st Dam: LA CORUNA by Arazi.

Winner at 2 in France. Dam of 2 winners: 2011: CASTELLON (c Shirocco) Winner at 3 in Czech Republic.

2012: LOS CERRITOS (c Dr Fong) 1 win at 2 in Germany, Herzog von Ratibor Krefeld Rennen G3.

Broodmare Sire: ARAZI. Sire of the dams of 30 Stakes winners. In 2014 - I'M YOUR MAN Cape Cross G1, LOS CERRITOS Dr Fong G3.

The Dr Fong/Arazi cross has produced: LOS CERRITOS G3, NEW MEXICAN LR. Kris S

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Sharp Queen DR FONG ch 95 Miswaki Spring Flight Coco La Investment LOS CERRITOS ch c 2012 Blushing Groom Arazi Danseur Fabuleux LA CORUNA ch 2005 Caerleon Lady of Silver Bold Lady

Prix Fille de l'Air, G3, Toulouse, November 11, 2000m 1 Gaga A (URU) 5 gr/ro f T H Approval (USA) - Yin (BRZ) (Quinze Quilates (BRZ)) 2 Peut Etre (IRE) 3 b f Whipper (USA) - Zut Alors (IRE) (Pivotal (GB)) 3 Heartily (IRE) 3 b f Dubawi (IRE) Heart's Content (IRE) (Daylami (IRE)) Age: 4-7990; Starts: 115; Wins: 3; Places: 7 Earnings: £116,508 Sire: T H APPROVAL. Sire of 3 Stakes winners. In 2014 - GAGA A Quinze Quilates G3, GAUDI Speakerphone G3.

1st Dam: YIN by Quinze Quilates.

Winner in Argentina. Own sister to Xiang-Vi. Dam of 1 winner: 2009: GAGA A (f T H Approval) 3 wins in Brazil, France, Prix Fille de l'Air G3, Prix Dhevatara Luth Enchantee LR, 2nd Grande Premio Diana (Oaks) G1, Grande Premio Immensity G1, Prix de Flore G3, 3rd Gran Premio Criadores G1, Prix Fille de l'Air G3, Prix Andre Baboin Musee Gallo Romain G3.

Broodmare Sire: QUINZE QUILATES. Sire of the dams of 2 Stakes winners. In 2014 - GAGA A T H Approval G3.

The T H Approval/Quinze Quilates cross has produced: GAGA A G1, Gateaux G1.

Caro With Approval Passing Mood T H APPROVAL gr/ro 2001 Potrillazo Potrichal Chaldee GAGA A gr/ro f 2009 Only Once Quinze Quilates Hospitaleira YIN b 2001 Arizelos Over-Run Hizh-Tech

2 Spring Included (USA) 3 ch f Include (USA) - Spring (USA) (Stravinsky (USA)) 3 Goldy Espony (FR) 3 gr/ro f Vespone (IRE) - Goldy Honor (FR) (Highest Honor (FR)) LEXUS RAVEN RUN STAKES, G2, Keeneland, October 18, 7f 1 Taris (USA) 3 b f Flatter (USA) Comedy (USA) (Theatrical) 2 Sweet Whiskey (USA) 3 b f Old Fashioned (USA) - Baby Betty (USA) (El Corredor (USA)) 3 Thank You Marylou (USA) 3 ch f Birdstone (USA) - Menifeeque (USA) (Menifee (USA)) PATTISON CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL STAKES, G1, Woodbine, October 19, 2400m 1 Hillstar (GB) 4 b c Danehill Dancer (IRE) - Crystal Star (GB) (Mark of Esteem (IRE)) 2 Big Blue Kitten (USA) 6 b c Kitten's Joy (USA) - Spent Gold (USA) (Unaccounted For (USA)) 3 Dynamic Sky (CAN) 4 b/br c Sky Mesa (USA) - Murani (USA) (Distorted Humor (USA)) ONTARIO FASHION STAKES, G3, Woodbine, October 19, 1200m 1 Native Bombshell (USA) 4 b/br f War Front (USA) - Flat Screen (USA) (Pulpit (USA)) 2 Disco Barbie (USA) 4 ch f Pure Prize (USA) - Cimmaron Lady (USA) (Grand Slam (USA)) 3 Cryptic Message (CAN) 4 b f Cryptograph (USA) - Abby O (USA) (Deputy Commander (USA)) NEARCTIC STAKES, G2, Woodbine, October 19, 1200m

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1 Sparkling Review (USA) 3 b f Lemon Drop Kid (USA) - Pleasant Review (USA) (Pleasant Tap (USA))

1 Caspar Netscher (GB) 5 b c Dutch Art (GB) - Bella Cantata (GB) (Singspiel (IRE)) 2 Black Hornet (CAN) 4 b/br g Pioneering (USA) - Start Stinging (USA) (Siphon (BRZ)) 3 Calgary Cat (CAN) 4 ch c Cowtown Cat (USA) - Big Sink Star (USA) (A P Indy (USA)) E P TAYLOR STAKES, G1, Woodbine, October 19, 2000m 1 Just The Judge (IRE) 4 b/br f Lawman (FR) - Faraday Light (IRE) (Rainbow Quest (USA))

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2 Sawyer's Hill (USA) 3 b/br c Spring At Last (USA) - Modification (USA) (Vindication (USA)) 3 Divine Oath (USA) 3 b c Broken Vow (USA) - Rejoicing (USA) (Forestry (USA)) LONGINES BREEDERS' CUP DISTAFF, G1, Santa Anita, October 31, 9f 1 Untapable (USA) 3 b f Tapit (USA) - Fun House (USA) (Prized (USA)) 2 Don't Tell Sophia (USA) 6 b f Congaree (USA) - Lost Expectations (USA) (Valid Expectations (USA)) 3 Iotapa (USA) 4 b/br f Afleet Alex (USA) - Concinnous (USA) (El Corredor (USA)) LAS VEGAS BREEDERS' CUP MARATHON, G2, Santa Anita, October 31, 14f 1 Cary Street (USA) 5 b c Smarty Jones (USA) - Shady Reflection (USA) (Sultry Song (USA)) 2 Irish Surf (USA) 4 b c Giant's Causeway (USA) - Surfside (USA) (Seattle Slew (USA)) 3 Patrioticandproud (USA) 5 b/br c Proud Citizen (USA) - Luvina (CAN) (Forest Wildcat (USA)) BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE TURF (C&G), G1, Santa Anita, October 31, 8f 1 Hootenanny (USA) 2 b c Quality Road (USA) - More Hennessy (USA) (Hennessy (USA)) 2 Luck of the Kitten (USA) 2 ch c Kitten's Joy (USA) - Anura (IRE) (Giant's Causeway (USA)) 3 Daddy D T (USA) 2 ch c Scat Daddy (USA) - Issues (USA) (Awesome Again (CAN)) BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE FILLIES TURF, G1, Santa Anita, October 31, 8f 1 Lady Eli (USA) 2 b/br f Divine Park (USA) - Sacre Coeur (USA) (Saint Ballado (CAN)) 2 Sunset Glow (USA) 2 gr/ro f Exchange Rate (USA) Perfectforthepart (USA) (Dynaformer (USA)) 3 Osaila (IRE) 2 b f Danehill Dancer (IRE) - Mennetou (IRE) (Entrepreneur (GB))

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BREEDERS' CUP DIRT MILE, G1, Santa Anita, October 31, 8f 1 Goldencents (USA) 4 b c Into Mischief (USA) - Golden Works (CAN) (Banker's Gold (USA)) 2 Tapiture (USA) 3 ch c Tapit (USA) - Free Spin (USA) (Olympio (USA)) 3 Pants On Fire (USA) 6 b/br c Jump Start (USA) - Cabo de Noche (USA) (Cape Town (USA)) MAPLE LEAF STAKES, G3, Woodbine, November 1, 2000m 1 Strut The Course (CAN) 4 b f Strut The Stage (USA) - Bold Course (CAN) (Trajectory (USA)) 2 Lady of Gold (USA) 4 b f Medaglia d'Oro (USA) - Ron's Lady (USA) (Elhayq (IRE)) 3 Julie's Love (GB) 6 ch f Ad Valorem (USA) - Skimmia (GB) (Mark of Esteem (IRE)) XPRESSBET BREEDERS' CUP SPRINT, G1, Santa Anita, November 1, 6f 1 Work All Week (USA) 5 ch g City Zip (USA) - Danzig Matilda (USA) (Repriced (USA)) 2 Secret Circle (USA) 5 b c Eddington (USA) - Ragtime Hope (USA) (Dixieland Band (USA)) 3 Private Zone (CAN) 5 b g Macho Uno (USA) - Auburn Beauty (USA) (Siphon (BRZ)) SENTINENT JET BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE, G1, Santa Anita, November 1, 8f 110yds 1 Texas Red (USA) 2 b c Afleet Alex (USA) - Ramatuelle (CHI) (Jeune Homme (USA)) 2 Carpe Diem (USA) 2 ch c Giant's Causeway (USA) - Rebridled Dreams (USA) (Unbridled's Song (USA)) 3 Upstart (USA) 2 b/br c Flatter (USA) - Party Silks (USA) (Touch Gold (USA)) LONGINES BREEDERS' CUP TURF, G1, Santa Anita, November 1, 12f 1 Main Sequence (USA) 5 ch g Aldebaran (USA) - Ikat (IRE) (Pivotal (GB))

2 Flintshire (GB) 4 b/br c Dansili (GB) - Dance Routine (GB) (Sadler's Wells (USA)) 3 Twilight Eclipse (USA) 5 b g Purim (USA) - My Twilight Dancer (USA) (Twilight Agenda (USA)) DRAFTKINGS BREEDERS' CUP F/M SPRINT, G1, Santa Anita, November 1, 7f 1 Judy The Beauty (CAN) 5 ch f Ghostzapper (USA) - Holy Blitz (USA) (Holy Bull (USA)) 2 Better Lucky (USA) 5 b f Ghostzapper (USA) - Sahara Gold (USA) (Seeking The Gold (USA)) 3 Thank You Marylou (USA) 3 ch f Birdstone (USA) - Menifeeque (USA) (Menifee (USA)) BREEDERS' CUP TURF SPRINT, G1, Santa Anita, November 1, 6f 110yds 1 Bobby's Kitten (USA) 3 b c Kitten's Joy (USA) - Celestial Woods (USA) (Forestry (USA)) 2 No Nay Never (USA) 3 b/br c Scat Daddy (USA) - Cat's Eye Witness (USA) (Elusive Quality (USA)) 3 Undrafted (USA) 4 ch g Purim (USA) - French Jeannette (USA) (French Deputy (USA)) BREEDERS' CUP MILE, G1, Santa Anita, November 1, 8f 1 Karakontie (JPN) 3 b c Bernstein (USA) - Sun Is Up (JPN) (Sunday Silence (USA)) 2 Anodin (IRE) 4 b c Anabaa (USA) - Born Gold (USA) (Blushing Groom (FR)) 3 Trade Storm (GB) 6 b/br c Trade Fair (GB) - Frisson (GB) (Slip Anchor) BREEDERS' CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF, G1, Santa Anita, November 1, 10f 1 Dayatthespa (USA) 5 ch f City Zip (USA) - M'Lady Doc (USA) (Doc's Leader (USA)) 2 Stephanie's Kitten (USA) 5 b f Kitten's Joy (USA) - Unfold the Rose (USA) (Catienus (USA)) 3 Just The Judge (IRE) 4 b/br f Lawman (FR) - Faraday Light (IRE) (Rainbow Quest (USA))

international database BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC, G1, Santa Anita, November 1, 10f 1 Bayern (USA) 3 b/br c Offlee Wild (USA) - Alittlebitearly (USA) (Thunder Gulch (USA)) 2 Toast of New York (USA) 3 b c Thewayyouare (USA) - Claire Soleil (USA) (Syncline (USA)) 3 California Chrome (USA) 3 ch c Lucky Pulpit (USA) - Love the Chase (USA) (Not For Love (USA)) 14HANDS WINERY BREEDERS' CUP JUV.FILLIES, G1, Santa Anita, November 1, 8f 110yds 1 Take Charge Brandi (USA) 2 ch f Giant's Causeway (USA) Charming (USA) (Seeking The Gold (USA)) 2 Top Decile (USA) 2 ch f Congrats (USA) - Sequoia Queen (USA) (Forestry (USA)) 3 Wonder Gal (USA) 2 b/br f Tiz Wonderful (USA) - Passe (USA) (Dixie Union (USA))

WORLDWIDE Moet & Chandon Spring Champion Stakes, G1, Randwick, October 11, 2000m

1 Hampton Court (AUS) 3 b c Redoute's Choice (AUS) - Roses 'n' Wine (CAN) (Broken Vow (USA)) 2 First Seal (AUS) 3 b f Fastnet Rock (AUS) - Episode (AUS) (Scenic) 3 Sweynesse (AUS) 3 b/br c Lonhro (AUS) - Swansea (IRE) (Singspiel (IRE)) Sire: REDOUTE'S CHOICE. Sire of 119 Stakes winners. In 2014 HAMPTON COURT Broken Vow G1, LANKAN RUPEE Stravinsky G1, HONORINE Honour And Glory G2, MAJMU Hussonet G2, TANGO'S DAUGHTER Anabaa G2, A TIME FOR JULIA Jade Hunter G3, BONARIA Last Tycoon G3, LILLIBURLERO General Nediym G3, PANZER DIVISION Hussonet G3, SCISSOR KICK Quest For Fame G3, SEASIDE Hennessy G3, ABIDEWITHME Zabeel LR, LA AMISTAD Riverman LR, ROCK MAGIC Bubble Gum Fellow LR. 1st Dam: ROSES 'N' WINE by Broken Vow. 4 wins at 2 and 4 in

Canada, Algoma S LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2011: HAMPTON COURT (c Redoute's Choice) Moet & Chandon Spring Champion S G1, Tab Dulcify Quality H LR. Broodmare Sire: BROKEN VOW. Sire of the dams of 1 Stakes winners. In 2014 - HAMPTON COURT Redoute's Choice G1.

Danzig Danehill Razyana REDOUTE'S CHOICE b 96 Canny Lad Shantha's Choice Dancing Show HAMPTON COURT b c 2011 Unbridled Broken Vow Wedding Vow ROSES 'N' WINE ch 2005 Vice Regent Regent's Fancy Noble Fancy

Schweppes The 1000 Guineas, G1, Caulfield, October 11, 1600m 1 Amicus (AUS) 3 b f Fastnet Rock (AUS) - Gold Chant (AUS) (El Moxie (USA)) 2 Traveston Girl (AUS) 3 b f Flying Spur (AUS) - Milande (AUS) (Dehere (USA)) 3 Sabatini (AUS) 3 b f Street Cry (IRE) - Royal Sash (AUS) (Royal Academy (USA)) Sire: FASTNET ROCK. Sire of 71 Stakes winners. In 2014 - ALBANY REUNION Fusaichi Pegasus G1, AMICUS El Moxie G1, DRIEFONTEIN Export Price G1, FIRST SEAL Scenic G1, CLUSTER Last Tycoon G2, ROCK STURDY Quest For Fame G2, VALENTIA Mister C G2, ZULU LAND Hennessy G2, BULL POINT Bite The Bullet G3, FASCINATING ROCK Polar Falcon G3, JAZZ SONG Snowland G3, NEENA ROCK Miesque's Son G3, QUALIFY Galileo G3, ANATINA Magic Ring LR, ATLANTE More Than Ready LR, EL ROCA Rubiton LR, ILITSHE Sadler's Wells LR, MAGICOOL Galileo LR, PALACE Rainbow Quest LR, ROYAL OCEAN Giant's Causeway LR, SMUGGLER'S COVE Sadler's Wells LR, TABLE ROCK Sadler's Wells LR. 1st Dam: Gold Chant by El Moxie.

5 wins in Australia, 3rd Dermody Lightning S LR. Dam of 1 winner:

2009: Fiery Four By Four (g Lonhro) unraced.

2010: Il Cavallo (c Choisir) unraced.

2011: AMICUS (f Fastnet Rock) Schweppes The 1000 Guineas G1, 2nd Schweppes 1000 Gns Tranquil Star Prelude G2.

Broodmare Sire: EL MOXIE. Sire of the dams of 4 Stakes winners. In 2014 - AMICUS Fastnet Rock G1.

Danzig Danehill Razyana FASTNET ROCK b 2001 Royal Academy Piccadilly Circus Gatana AMICUS b f 2011 Conquistador Cielo El Moxie Raise The Standard GOLD CHANT b 2004 Made of Gold Gold Anthem National Song

David Jones NBCF Toorak Handicap, G1, Caulfield, October 11, 1600m 1 Trust In A Gust (AUS) 4 ch c Keep The Faith (AUS) - Subtle Breeze (USA) (Storm Cat (USA)) 2 Speediness (AUS) 7 b g Testa Rossa (AUS) - Fine Glass (AUS) (Flying Spur (AUS)) 3 Desert Jeuney (AUS) 5 br g Desert King (IRE) - Preps (AUS) (Jeune (GB)) Sire: KEEP THE FAITH. Sire of 5 Stakes winners. In 2014 - TRUST IN A GUST Storm Cat G1.

1st Dam: Subtle Breeze by Storm Cat. Dam of 2 winners: 2006: SEACHANTACH (g Elusive Quality) 4 wins.

2010: TRUST IN A GUST (c Keep The Faith) 6 wins in Australia, BendigoBank Sir Rupert Clarke Inv.Stakes G1, David Jones NBCF Toorak H G1, 2nd Drummond Golf Chandler Macleod S LR. Broodmare Sire: STORM CAT. Sire of the dams of 164 Stakes winners. In 2014 - CLOSE HATCHES First Defence G1, GLENEAGLES Galileo G1, MARVELLOUS Galileo G1, SHARED BELIEF Candy Ride G1, TRUST IN A GUST Keep The Faith G1, BLOFELD Quality Road G2, COUP DE GRACE Tapit G2,

GLOBAL VIEW Galileo G2, KIZUNA Deep Impact G2, RED SPADA Taiki Shuttle G2, SAHARA SKY Pleasant Tap G2, CAT O'MOUNTAIN Street Cry G3, CLOUD SCAPES Smart Strike G3, HIGH CELEBRITY Invincible Spirit G3, LEMON DROP DREAM Lemon Drop Kid G3, LUCKY PLAYER Lookin At Lucky G3, SWEET SWAP Candy Ride G3, CAT'S CLAW Dynaformer LR, MISS FROST Curlin LR, PITCH Manduro LR, CORNHUSKER Dynaformer LR. Halo Sunday Silence Wishing Well KEEP THE FAITH br 2000 Dayjur Duelling Girl Carduel TRUST IN A GUST ch c 2010 Storm Bird Storm Cat Terlingua SUBTLE BREEZE ch 2001 Affirmed Morning Devotion Morning Has Broken

Cathay Pacific Caulfield Stakes, G1, Caulfield, October 11, 2000m 1 Fawkner (AUS) 7 b/br g Reset (AUS) - Dane Belltar (AUS) (Danewin (AUS)) 2 Criterion (NZ) 4 ch c Sebring (AUS) - Mica's Pride (AUS) (Bite The Bullet (USA)) 3 Side Glance (GB) 7 b/br g Passing Glance (GB) - Averami (GB) (Averti (IRE)) Sire: RESET. Sire of 25 Stakes winners. In 2014 - FAWKNER Danewin G1.

1st Dam: DANE BELLTAR by Danewin. 4 wins in Australia, Lakewood Stud Auraria S G3, 2nd Victoria Oaks G1, 3rd Feltex South Australia Oaks G1, Australasian Oaks G1. Dam of 4 winners: 2006: TANBY (g Galileo) 9 wins in Australia, Sandown Classic G2, 3rd Darley Australian Cup G1.

2007: FAWKNER (g Reset) 9 wins in Australia, BMW Caulfield Cup G1, Caulfield S G1, Chatham S G3, Headquarters Tavern Paris Lane S LR, The Sofitel S LR, 2nd Makybe Diva S G1, Cantala S G1, 3rd Turnbull S G1, William Reid S G1.

2008: REVITALISE (g Bel Esprit) 6 wins in Australia.

2009: Viking Star (g Red Ransom) 3 wins in Australia, 2nd Hill-Smith

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2012: (f Starcraft) 2013: (f New Approach) Broodmare Sire: DANEWIN. Sire of the dams of 9 Stakes winners.

In 2014 - FAWKNER Reset G1, AFLEET ESPRIT Bel Esprit G2.

Zabeel RESET b 2000

Sir Tristram Lady Giselle

Zeditave Assertive Lass Sommes Sound FAWKNER b/br g 2007 Danehill Danewin Cotehele House DANE BELLTAR br 2000 Kenmare Ameerat-Blaadi Taj Eclipse

Beck Caulfield Guineas, G1, Caulfield, October 11, 1600m 1 Shooting To Win (AUS) 3 ch c Northern Meteor (AUS) - Listen Here (AUS) (Elusive Quality (USA)) 2 Rich Enuff (AUS) 3 ch c Written Tycoon (AUS) - Hotnuff (AUS) (Spartacus (AUS)) 3 Wandjina (AUS) 3 b c Snitzel (AUS) - La Bamba (AUS) (Last Tycoon) Sire: NORTHERN METEOR. Sire of 11 Stakes winners. In 2014 COSMIC ENDEAVOUR Danehill G1, SHOOTING TO WIN Elusive Quality G1, ATMOSPHERICAL Flying Spur LR, FIGHTING SUN Ivory's Irish LR, SPORTS EDITION Marscay LR, VEUVELICIOUS Medicean LR. 1st Dam: LISTEN HERE by Elusive Quality. 3 wins in Australia, Cinderella S LR. Dam of 1 winner: 2011: SHOOTING TO WIN (c Northern Meteor) Beck Caulfield Guineas G1, Stan Fox S G2, 2nd Ming Dynasty H G3, 3rd De Bortoli Golden Rose S G1.

Broodmare Sire: ELUSIVE QUALITY. Sire of the dams of 14 Stakes winners. In 2014 SHOOTING TO WIN Northern Meteor G1, GHIBELLINES Shamardal G2, COTAI GLORY Exceed And Excel G3, MUSTAJEEB Nayef G3, NO NAY NEVER Scat Daddy G3, DESIRE Glory of Dancer LR, EDEN PRAIRIE Mizzen Mast LR, QUALITY ROCKS Rock Hard Ten LR.

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GP Linneo de Paula Machado Gd Criterium, G1, Gavea, October 12, 2000m 1 Paint Naif (BRZ) 3 c Crimson Tide (IRE) - Painter's Dream (BRZ) (Royal Academy (USA)) 2 Lamborghini (ARG) 3 gr c Lode (USA) - La Vita Bella (ARG) (Candy Stripes (USA)) 3 Caballo de Hierro (BRZ) 3 c Wild Event (USA) - Bukebele (BRZ) (Punk (ARG)) Sire: CRIMSON TIDE. Sire of 24 Stakes winners. In 2014 - PAINT NAIF Royal Academy G1, GAROTA DO VERDE Mensageiro Alado LR. 1st Dam: Painter's Dream by Royal Academy. unraced. Dam of 6 winners: 2005: PAINTER HOCKNEY (c Crimson Tide) 2 wins in Brazil.

2006: PINTOR ILUSTRE (c Crimson Tide) 3 wins in Brazil.

2007: PAINT OF JOY (f Crimson Tide) 4 wins in Brazil.

2008: POET KEATS (c Crimson Tide) 4 wins in Brazil.

2009: PRESENT LAUGHTER (f Crimson Tide) Winner in Brazil.

2010: Petite Maquette (f Crimson Tide) 2011: PAINT NAIF (c Crimson Tide) 3 wins in Brazil, GP Linneo de Paula Machado Gd Criterium G1, G. P. J Adhemar de Almeida Prado G1, Grande Premio Jockey Club Brasieiro G1, Grande Premio Conde de Herzberg G2, Classico Jose Calmon LR. 2013: Ponta Peniche (f Plenty of Kicks) Broodmare Sire: ROYAL ACADEMY. Sire of the dams of 140 Stakes winners. In 2014 - COFFEE CLIQUE Medaglia d'Oro G1, NASHVILLE Darci Brahma G1, PAINT NAIF Crimson Tide G1, FRACTIONAL Manduro G2, GUEST OF HONOUR Cape Cross G2,

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SZUMUL Showing Up G2, AMARILLO Holy Roman Emperor G3, BUTLER Dubai Dust G3, OMI ALICE White Muzzle G3, SABATINI Street Cry G3, SAI DE BAIXO Elusive Quality G3, SHARP SENSATION Sharp Humor G3, CASH AKCE Divine Light LR, JOE CZARINA Falvelon LR, QUAYSIDE Street Cry LR, QUIET FORCE Dynaformer LR, SUMMER SURPRICE Le Havre LR, TOUCH THE SKY Jet Master LR. Northern Dancer Sadler's Wells Fairy Bridge CRIMSON TIDE b 94 Darshaan Sharata Shademah PAINT NAIF c 2011 Nijinsky Royal Academy Crimson Saint PAINTER'S DREAM b 2001 Sunshine Forever Point De Mire Bronze Spark

Crown Golden Ale Caulfield Cup, G1, Caulfield, October 18, 2400m 1 Admire Rakti (JPN) 6 b c Heart's Cry (JPN) - Admire Teresa (JPN) (Helissio (FR)) 2 Rising Romance (NZ) 4 b f Ekraar (USA) - Post Romance (NZ) (Postponed (USA)) 3 Lucia Valentina (NZ) 4 br f Savabeel (AUS) - Staryn Glenn (NZ) (Montjeu (IRE)) Sire: HEART'S CRY. Sire of 13 Stakes winners. In 2014 - ADMIRE RAKTI Helissio G1, JUST A WAY Wild Again G1, NUOVO RECORD Spinning World G1, ONE AND ONLY Taiki Shuttle G1, WIN VARIATION Storm Bird G2, FAME GAME Allez Milord G3, MEISHO NARUTO Carnegie G3.

1st Dam: ADMIRE TERESA by Helissio. 5 wins at 2 to 4 in Japan.

Dam of 2 winners: 2008: ADMIRE RAKTI (c Heart's Cry) 4 wins at 2 to 4 in Japan, Caulfield Cup G1, Diamond S G3, 2nd Copa Republica Argentina G2, Hanshin Daishoten G2, 3rd American Jockey Club Cup G2, Kinko Sho G2, Andromeda S LR. 2009: SATONO JUPITER (f Agnes Tachyon) Kokura Nikkei Open LR.

2010: Omurasaki (f Admire Moon) unraced.

2012: (f Admire Moon) Broodmare Sire: HELISSIO. Sire of the dams of 8 Stakes winners. In 2014 - ADMIRE RAKTI Heart's Cry G1, SADAMU PATEK Fuji Kiseki G3, SATONO JUPITER Agnes Tachyon LR. Halo Sunday Silence Wishing Well HEART'S CRY b 2001 Tony Bin Irish Dance Buper Dance ADMIRE RAKTI b c 2008 Fairy King Helissio Helice ADMIRE TERESA b 2000 Caveat Heed Swan

Shuka Sho, G1, Kyoto, October 19, 2000m 1 Shonan Pandora (JPN) 3 b f Deep Impact (JPN) - Cutie Gold (JPN) (French Deputy (USA)) 2 Nuovo Record (JPN) 3 ch f Heart's Cry (JPN) - Omega Spirit (JPN) (Spinning World (USA)) 3 Tagano Etoile (JPN) 3 b f King Kamehameha (JPN) - Seaside Breeze (JPN) (Sunday Silence (USA)) Sire: DEEP IMPACT. Sire of 51 Stakes winners. In 2014 GENTILDONNA Bertolini G1, HARP STAR Falbrav G1, MIKKI ISLE Rock of Gibraltar G1, SHONAN PANDORA French Deputy G1, VERXINA Machiavellian G1, KIZUNA Storm Cat G2, LAST IMPACT Timber Country G2, SATONO NOBLESSE Tony Bin G2, SMART LAYER White Muzzle G2, WORLD ACE Acatenango G2, DECIPHER Dubai Millennium G3, EXTRA END Garde Royale G3, MARTINBOROUGH Nureyev G3, QUATRE FEUILLES Tejano Run G3, TOSEN STARDOM End Sweep G3, ULIULI French Deputy G3, A SHIN HIKARI Storm Cat LR, BELL CANYON French Deputy LR, MOONLIT LAKE Sinndar LR, MEISHO BUSHIDO Storm Creek LR. 1st Dam: Cutie Gold by French Deputy. Dam of 1 winner:

international database 2011: SHONAN PANDORA (f Deep Impact) Shuka Sho G1, 2nd Shion S LR. Broodmare Sire: FRENCH DEPUTY. Sire of the dams of 49 Stakes winners. In 2014 - DANZA Street Boss G1, MAJESTIC HARBOR Rockport Harbor G1, SHONAN PANDORA Deep Impact G1, LEIGH COURT Grand Slam G2, ROSIER Kildonan G2, INTERNATIONAL STAR Fusaichi Pegasus G3, MUSEE SULTAN King Kamehameha G3, TOP FORTITUDE Top Hit G3, ULIULI Deep Impact G3, UNDRAFTED Purim G3, BELL CANYON Deep Impact LR, JUST DOING Zenno Rob Roy LR, MY SISTER LIL Snitzel LR. The Deep Impact/French Deputy cross has produced: SHONAN PANDORA G1, CAMINO TASSAJARA G2, ULIULI G2, BELL CANYON G3, BOREAS G3, Mount Shasta G2, Avenir Marcher G3.

Halo Sunday Silence Wishing Well DEEP IMPACT b 2002 Alzao Wind In Her Hair Burghclere SHONAN PANDORA b f 2011 Deputy Minister French Deputy Mitterand CUTIE GOLD ch 2004 Dictus Golden Sash Dyna Sash

Sportingbet Manikato Stakes, G1, Moonee Valley, October 24, 1200m 1 Lankan Rupee (AUS) 5 b c Redoute's Choice (AUS) - Estelle Collection (NZ) (Stravinsky (USA)) 2 Angelic Light (AUS) 5 b f Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) - Flashed (AUS) (Fuji Kiseki (JPN)) 3 Famous Seamus (NZ) 6 b g Elusive City (USA) - Clinique (NZ) (Dance Floor (USA)) Sire: REDOUTE'S CHOICE. Sire of 119 Stakes winners. In 2014 HAMPTON COURT Broken Vow G1, LANKAN RUPEE Stravinsky G1, HONORINE Honour And Glory G2, MAJMU Hussonet G2, TANGO'S DAUGHTER Anabaa G2, A TIME FOR JULIA Jade Hunter G3, BONARIA Last Tycoon G3, LILLIBURLERO General Nediym G3, PANZER DIVISION Hussonet G3,

SCISSOR KICK Quest For Fame G3, SEASIDE Hennessy G3, ABIDEWITHME Zabeel LR, LA AMISTAD Riverman LR, ROCK MAGIC Bubble Gum Fellow LR. 1st Dam: ESTELLE COLLECTION by Stravinsky. 3 wins in Australia, TBV Champagne S G3. Dam of 1 winner: 2008: Charming Estelle (f Redoute's Choice) unraced.

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2009: LANKAN RUPEE (c Redoute's Choice) 9 wins in Australia, Manikato S G1, Lexus Newmarket H G1, Oakleigh Plate G1, T J Smith S G1, Rubiton S G2, Kevin Heffernan S G3, Century S LR, 2nd City Jeep A J Moir S G1, Mitty's Ian McEwan S G2.

2010: Unmissable Choice (c Redoute's Choice) unraced.

2011: Timeless Choice (f Redoute's Choice) unraced to date.

2013: (f Manhattan Rain) Broodmare Sire: STRAVINSKY. Sire of the dams of 20 Stakes winners. In 2014 - LANKAN RUPEE Redoute's Choice G1, VYJACK Into Mischief G2, JULINSKY PRINCE Darci Brahma LR, NIKI PIKI MILO Librettist LR.

GLENEAGLES Storm Cat G1, MARVELLOUS Storm Cat G1, NOBLE MISSION Danehill G1, TAPESTRY Danehill G1, TOGETHER FOREVER Theatrical G1, GLOBAL VIEW Storm Cat G2, GOSPEL CHOIR Pivotal G2, HIGHLAND REEL Danehill G2, RULER OF THE WORLD Kingmambo G2, SPIRITJIM Anabaa G2, TELESCOPE Darshaan G2, AIGUE MARINE Silver Hawk G3, ALTANO Lando G3, BE MY GAL Danehill Dancer G3, ERNEST HEMINGWAY Darshaan G3, EYE OF THE STORM Shirley Heights G3, GATEWOOD Selkirk G3, JOHN F KENNEDY Danehill G3, MAGICIAN Mozart G3, MEKONG RIVER Danehill G3, ORCHESTRA Danehill G3, STARSTRUCK Big Shuffle G3, DALKOVA Marju LR, DARE TO ACHIEVE Linamix LR, DAZZLING Danehill LR, FAUFILER Celtic Swing LR, FOREVER NOW Darshaan LR, FREEDOM'S LIGHT Nashwan LR, GALIWAY Danehill LR, JACQUINOT BAY Last Tycoon LR, KINGFISHER Halling LR, OBSERVATIONAL Cadeaux Genereux LR, ORATOR Air Express LR, PLANETAIRE Kaldoun LR.

Danzig Danehill Razyana REDOUTE'S CHOICE b 96 Canny Lad Shantha's Choice Dancing Show LANKAN RUPEE b c 2009 Nureyev Stravinsky Fire The Groom ESTELLE COLLECTION b 2003 Zabeel Ana Zeel My Tricia

1st Dam: ELLETELLE by Elnadim. 3 wins at 2 and 3, Queen Mary S G2, 3rd Ind. Waterford Wedgwood Phoenix S G1. Dam of 2 winners: 2011: ADELAIDE (c Galileo) 3 wins at 2 and 3 at home, USA, Secretariat S G1, WS Cox Plate G1, Gallinule S G3, 2nd Belmont Derby Invitational S G1, King Edward VII S G2, Prix Hocquart G2, 3rd Qatar Prix Niel G2.

2012: PUISSANT (c Galileo) Winner at 2.

Sportingbet WS Cox Plate, G1, Moonee Valley, October 25, 2000m

Broodmare Sire: ELNADIM. Sire of the dams of 3 Stakes winners. In 2014 - ADELAIDE Galileo G1.

1 Adelaide (IRE) 3 b c Galileo (IRE) - Elletelle (IRE) (Elnadim (USA)) 2 Fawkner (AUS) 7 b/br g Reset (AUS) - Dane Belltar (AUS) (Danewin (AUS)) 3 Silent Achiever (NZ) 6 br f O'Reilly (NZ) - Winning Spree (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ)) Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 188 Stakes winners. In 2014 - ADELAIDE Elnadim G1, AUSTRALIA Cape Cross G1, FOUND Intikhab G1,

Northern Dancer Sadler's Wells Fairy Bridge GALILEO b 98 Miswaki Urban Sea Allegretta ADELAIDE b c 2011 Danzig Elnadim Elle Seule ELLETELLE b 2005 Niniski Flamanda Nemesia

Kikuka Sho (St Leger), G1, Kyoto, October 26, 3000m 1 Toho Jackal (JPN) 3 ch c Special Week (JPN) - Toho Gaia (USA) (Unbridled's Song (USA)) 2 Sounds of Earth (JPN) 3 b/br c Neo Universe (JPN) - First Violin (USA) (Dixieland Band (USA)) 3 Gold Actor (JPN) 3 b/br c Screen Hero (JPN) - Heilong Xing (JPN) (Kyowa Alysheba (USA)) Sire: SPECIAL WEEK. Sire of 24 Stakes winners. In 2014 - TOHO JACKAL Unbridled's Song G1, ROMAN LEGEND Awesome Again G3, PEISHA FELICE Cape Cross LR. 1st Dam: TOHO GAIA by Unbridled's Song. 9 wins at 3 and 4 in Japan. Dam of 2 winners: 2009: TOHO AMAPOLA (f Fuji Kiseki) CBC Sho G3.

2010: Toho Viola (f Fantastic Light) unraced.

2011: TOHO JACKAL (c Special Week) Kikuka Sho (St Leger) G1, 3rd Kobe Shimbun Hai G2.

Broodmare Sire: UNBRIDLED'S SONG. Sire of the dams of 57 Stakes winners. In 2014 - CARPE DIEM Giant's Causeway G1, TOHO JACKAL Special Week G1, INTENSE HOLIDAY Harlan's Holiday G2, MY WANDY'S GIRL Flower Alley G2, STONETASTIC Mizzen Mast G2, HONEY HUES Henny Hughes G3, MEDAL COUNT Dynaformer G3, TOHO AMAPOLA Fuji Kiseki G3, UNHINDERED Stormy Atlantic LR. Halo Sunday Silence Wishing Well SPECIAL WEEK b 95 Maruzensky Campaign Girl Lady Shiraoki TOHO JACKAL ch c 2011 Unbridled Unbridled's Song Trolley Song TOHO GAIA ch 2001 Nureyev Agami Agacerie

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