CAULFIELD ON RECOLETOS: “He stays a mile and a quarter. His sire Whipper was a faster type, who enjoyed Group 1 success at Deauville at two, three and four. He is Whipper’s third Group 1 winner” time, in Australia). This represents an impressive strike-rate for a comparatively inexpensive stallion and raises expectations of Siyouni’s 2018 juveniles, which were sired at E20,000. Stamina is clearly no problem for Laurens, even though Siyouni never tackled more than a mile. Her dam, the Cape Cross mare Recambe, stayed well, as she proved by winning at up to 14 and a half furlongs in France. Recambre’s half-brother Salford Mill was a Listed winner with a Timeform rating of 116 who went on to win the Hong Kong Derby as Helene Mascot. Laurens’ third dam, the Cure The Blues mare Raysiya, was a winning half-sister to the Irish St Leger second Rayseka and to Rifada, dam of the Gr2 Prix Hocquart winner Rifapour. Raysiya has plenty of smart descendants, notably the Prix de l’Opera winner Kinnaird, the Irish 2,000 Guineas runner-up Shifting Power and the 2,000 Guineas third Ivawood, who won the Group 2 July Stakes and Group 2 Richmond Stakes as a two-year-old. Trace the female line back a few generations and you come to Rose Ness, the Charlottesville mare who also ranks as the fourth dam of Daylami and Dalakhani. 48 INVESTEC CORONATION CUP G1 EPSOM DOWNS. Jun 1. 4yo+. 12f.

1. CRACKSMAN (GB) 4 9-0 £238,182 b c by Frankel - Rhadegunda (Pivotal) O-Mr A. E. Oppenheimer B-Hascombe & Valiant Stud Ltd TR-John Gosden 2. Salouen (IRE) 4 9-0 £90,300 b c by Canford Cliffs - Gali Gal (Galileo) O-Mr H. Balasuriya B-Silvercon Edgeridge Ltd TR-Sylvester Kirk £45,192 3. Windstoss (GER) 4 9-0 br c by Shirocco - Wellenspiel (Sternkoenig) O-Gestut Rottgen B-Gestut Rottgen TR-Markus Klug Margins Head, 3.75. Time 2:38.40. Going Soft. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-4 9 7 2 £1,894,583 Sire: FRANKEL. Sire of 24 Stakes winners. In 2018 CRACKSMAN Pivotal G1, MOZU ASCOT Hennessy G1, LIGHTENING QUICK Marju G3, NELSON Dalakhani G3, MIRAGE DANCER Green Desert LR, ROSTROPOVICH Machiavellian LR, WITHOUT PAROLE Lemon Drop Kid LR. 1st Dam: RHADEGUNDA by Pivotal. 3 wins at 3 at home, France, Prix Solitude LR. Dam of 3 winners:

2010: 2011: 2012: 2013: 2014:

2015:

FANTASTIC MOON (c Dalakhani) 2 wins at 2, Candy Kittens Solario S G3. Saxon Princess (f Dalakhani) ran a few times. Broodmare. (c Montjeu) STRONG FORCE (g Sea The Stars) Winner at 3. CRACKSMAN (c Frankel) Champion 3yr old colt in Europe in 2017. 7 wins at 2 to 4 at home, France, Qipco Champion S G1, Investec Coronation Cup G1, P.Ganay L’Inauguration de Parislongchamp G1, Betway Great Voltigeur S G2, Qatar Prix Niel G2, 2nd Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby G1, 3rd Investec Derby S G1. Military Band (c New Approach) in training.

2nd Dam: ST RADEGUND by Green Desert. 1 win at 3. Dam of RHADEGUNDA (f Pivotal, see above), Halla San (g Halling: 3rd Totepool Further Flight S LR, Stowe Family Law LLP Grand Cup LR) Broodmare Sire: PIVOTAL. Sire of the dams of 77 Stakes winners. In 2018 - CRACKSMAN Frankel G1,

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OLMEDO Declaration of War G1, RHODODENDRON Galileo G1, DEFOE Dalakhani G2, MABS CROSS Dutch Art G3. The Frankel/Pivotal cross has produced: CRACKSMAN G1, Seven Heavens LR.

CRACKSMAN b c 2014

Urban Sea

Miswaki Allegretta

Theatrical

Danehill

Danzig Razyana

GREEN ROOM b/br 02

Rainbow Lake

Rainbow Quest Rockfest

Polar Falcon

Nureyev Marie d’Argonne

Fearless Revival

Cozzene Stufida

Green Desert

Danzig Foreign Courier

On The House

Be My Guest Lora

Pivotal

St Radegund

See race 4 in the June issue 49 INVESTEC OAKS G1 EPSOM DOWNS. Jun 1. 3yof. 12f.

1. FOREVER TOGETHER (IRE) 9-0 £283,550 b f by Galileo - Green Room (Theatrical) O-Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier B-Mr and Mrs V. Khosla TR-Aidan O’Brien 2. Wild Illusion (GB) 9-0 £107,500 b f by Dubawi - Rumh (Monsun) O-Godolphin B-Godolphin Management Company Ltd TR-Charlie Appleby 3. Bye Bye Baby (IRE) 9-0 £53,800 b f by Galileo - Remember When (Danehill Dancer) O-Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier B-Remember When Syndicate TR-Aidan O’Brien Margins 4.5, 3.5. Time 2:40.30. Going Soft. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-3 4 1 3 £301,614 Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 283 Stakes winners. In 2018 FOREVER TOGETHER Theatrical G1, RHODODENDRON Pivotal G1, CALL TO MIND Danehill Dancer G2, CLIFFS OF MOHER Dansili G2, MISSION IMPASSIBLE Exceed And Excel G2, WALDGEIST Monsun G2, BYE BYE BABY Danehill Dancer G3, CAPRI Anabaa G3, IDAHO Danehill G3, ORDER OF ST GEORGE Gone West G3, PLATINUM WARRIOR Clodovil G3. 1st Dam: Green Room by Theatrical. unraced. Dam of 7 winners:

2006:

2007: 2008: 2009: 2011: 2012: 2013: 2014: 2015:

2017: 2018:

Northern Dancer Nearctic Natalma Fairy Bridge

Bold Reason Special

Miswaki

Mr Prospector Hopespringseternal

Allegretta

Lombard Anatevka

Nureyev

Northern Dancer Special

Urban Sea Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge

Kind

RHADEGUNDA b 05

Sadler’s Wells GALILEO b 98

Sadler’s Wells Galileo FRANKEL b 08

FOREVER TOGETHER b f 2015

LORD SHANAKILL (c Speightstown) 5 wins at 2 to 4 at home, France, Etihad Airways Prix Jean Prat G1, 2nd Darley Dewhurst S G1, 3rd totesport.com Lockinge S G1, St James’s Palace S G1, Darley Prix Morny G1. Sire. BRANNAGH (c Hennessy) 3 wins. Dressing Room (g Dixie Union) Nimboo (f Lemon Drop Kid) unraced. Broodmare. SMARTIE ARTIE (c Smart Strike) Winner at 4. TOGETHER FOREVER (f Galileo) 3 wins at 2, Dubai Fillies’ Mile S G1. Broodmare. SIGNE (f Sea The Stars) 3 wins at 4. BLACK RUBY (f Dansili) Winner at 3. FOREVER TOGETHER (f Galileo) Sold 630,251gns yearling at GOOY1. 1 win at 3, Investec Oaks G1, 2nd Arkle Cheshire Oaks (R.Sangster Mem Cup) LR. (f Galileo) (f Galileo)

2nd Dam: Chain Fern by Blushing Groom. unraced. Own sister to AL BAHATHRI. Dam of SPANISH FERN (f El Gran Senor: Yellow Ribbon H G1, 2nd Yellow Ribbon S G1, 3rd Ramona H G1, Matriarch S G1). Grandam of HEATSEEKER, GRAN ZAMIR, Day Of Conquest, Day By Day, Kirkwood, Thought Is Free. Third dam of HEARTS OF FIRE, Mr Wizard, Merry Me, Kenny Powers. Fourth dam of Great Canal. Broodmare Sire: THEATRICAL. Sire of the dams of 79 Stakes winners. In 2018 - FOREVER TOGETHER Galileo G1, OSCAR NOMINATED Kitten’s Joy G3, LE GRAND FRISSON Smart Strike LR. The Galileo/Theatrical cross has produced: FOREVER TOGETHER G1, TOGETHER FOREVER G1.

Tree of Knowledge Sassafras Sensibility Blushing Groom

Red God Runaway Bride

Chain Store

Nodouble General Store

Chain Fern

Four daughters of Galileo were among the nine contenders for the Oaks, including the E1,400,000 Magic Wand and the E900,000 Forever Together. Magic Wand had beaten Forever Together by more than three lengths into second place in the Cheshire Oaks but Forever Together proved much the stronger at Epsom, recording her first win by four and a half lengths. Forever Together’s name is somewhat unimaginative, as she is a sister to the 2014 Fillies’ Mile winner Together Forever and the name Forever Together had already been carried with great distinction by an American filly who won the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf as recently as 2008. It is worth mentioning that both Together Forever and her sister Forever Together failed to win until their fourth appearance. Forever Together follows Was and Minding as the third Oaks winner by Galileo, who also sired the sires of Talent and Enable, plus the dam of Qualify. In other words, six of the last seven Oaks winners have Galileo in their pedigree, the exception being Taghrooda, who was sired by Galileo’s half-brother Sea The Stars. Forever Together’s dam Green Room is now one of those extremely rare mares with three Group 1 winners to her credit. This daughter of Theatrical was bred by Juddmonte but never went into training because of complications with one of her feet. Sold as a three-year-old for 20,000gns in February 2005, she quickly provided her buyers with a profit, as she made $240,000 at the 2006 Keeneland January Sales. Lord Shanakill, the Speightstown colt she was carrying at the time, became her first Group 1 winner when he landed the Prix Jean Prat. It is significant that Forever Together’s dam is by a son of Nureyev, as Galileo is also enjoying considerable success with mares by Pivotal, a grandson of Nureyev. He also sired Rip Van Winkle from another grand-daughter of Nureyev. Green Room’s record makes one wonder what her half-sister Spanish Fern might have achieved as a broodmare had she not suffered a fatal injury leaving the stalls in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf in 2000. Not only was Spanish Fern a winner of the Grade 1 Yellow Ribbon Stakes, but she also had an excellent pedigree. By El Gran Senor, sire also of Juddmonte’s exceptional producer

Toussaud, Spanish Fern was out of Chain Fern, a sister to Haafhd’s excellent dam Al Bahathri. Green Room is one of two daughters of Chain Fern to have produced a Grade 1 winner. The first, Rusty Back, produced the Santa Anita Handicap winner Heatseeker to Giant’s Causeway. Another of Chain Fern’s daughters, Dayville, is the second dam of Group 1 winner Hearts Of Fire. This is also the family of Hong Kong Horse of the Year Military Attack and the hugely popular stayers Big Orange and Red Cadeaux. 50 INVESTEC DERBY G1 EPSOM DOWNS. Jun 2. 3yoc&f. 12f.

1. MASAR (IRE) 9-0 £850,650 ch c by New Approach - Khawlah (Cape Cross) O-Godolphin B-Godolphin Management Company Ltd TR-Charlie Appleby 2. Dee Ex Bee (GB) 9-0 £322,500 b c by Farhh - Dubai Sunrise (Seeking The Gold) O-Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum B-Godolphin Management Company Ltd TR-Mark Johnston 3. Roaring Lion (USA) 9-0 £161,400 gr/ro c by Kitten’s Joy - Vionnet (Street Sense) O-Qatar Racing Limited B-RanJan Racing Inc TR-John Gosden Margins 1.5, 0.5. Time 2:34.90. Going Good. Age Starts Wins Places Earned 2-3 9 4 3 £1,021,395 Sire: NEW APPROACH. Sire of 37 Stakes winners. In 2018 - MASAR Cape Cross G1, GOGO GRACE Monolith G3, BEST APPROACH Efisio LR, VENETO Zinaad LR. 1st Dam: KHAWLAH by Cape Cross. 3 wins at 2 and 3 at home, UAE, The S & M Al Naboodah Group UAE Derby G2. Dam of 1 winner:

2014: 2015:

2016: 2018:

Kenspeckle (f Dubawi) unraced. MASAR (c New Approach) 4 wins at 2 and 3, Investec Derby G1, bet365 Craven S G3, BetBright Solario S G3, 3rd Qipco 2000 Guineas S G1, Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere - Al Hazm G1, Chesham S LR. (c Shamardal) (f Dubawi)

2nd Dam: VILLARRICA by Selkirk. 2 wins at 3. Dam of VANCOUVERITE (g Dansili: Prix Guillaume d’Ornano-Logis St Germain G2, 2nd Emirates Airline Jebel Hatta G1), KHAWLAH (f Cape Cross, see above) Broodmare Sire: CAPE CROSS. Sire of the dams of 53 Stakes winners. In 2018 - LAURENS Siyouni G1, MASAR New Approach G1, CELLARMAN Mossman G3, MONTOYA STAR High Chaparral G3, POWER O’HATA Power G3. The New Approach/Cape Cross cross has produced: BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE G1, MASAR G1, Normandy Eagle G3.

MASAR ch c 2015 Sadler’s Wells

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge

Urban Sea

Miswaki Allegretta

Ahonoora

Lorenzaccio Helen Nichols

Matcher

Match II Lachine

Green Desert

Danzig Foreign Courier

Park Appeal

Ahonoora Balidaress

Selkirk

Sharpen Up Annie Edge

Melikah

Lammtarra Urban Sea

Galileo NEW APPROACH ch 05 Park Express

Cape Cross KHAWLAH b 08 Villarrica

Epsom’s Classics were a highly fruitful hunting ground for the progeny of that remarkable Arc-winning mare Urban Sea. Among her 11 foals were two winners of the Derby (Galileo and Sea The Stars)

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