SUMBE 2024 Brochure

2024

2024 S TA L L I O N S

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MISHRIFF

Make Believe x Contradict (Raven’s Pass) €17,500 LF

ANGEL BLEU

Dark Angel x Cercle de la Vie (Galileo) €9,000 LF 000 € LF

BELBEK

Showcasing x Bee Queen (Makfi) €7,000 LF 000 € LF

GOLDEN HORDE

Lethal Force x Entreat (Pivotal) €6,000 LF 000 € LF

DE TREVILLE

Oasis Dream x Dar Re Mi (Singspiel) €3,000 LF

I N T R O D U CT I O N

Dear Breeders,

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The year 2023 will always be a special chapter in my journey in this industry as it marked my first experience sponsoring a major racing event. Fortunately this event was the 153rd running of the famous Prix Morny at the Deauville-La Touques Racecourse.

The day was blessed with beautiful summer weather and six thousand enthusiasts gathered to witness the exciting finishes, including the Group 1 race of the same name, which certainly lived up to its legendary status. There are four more renewals of this sponsorship to come, and my team and I hope to make them even more memorable.

This year was also a major

milestone for Golden Horde, who completed the first leg of a long journey at stud that began in 2021 as his first crop of yearlings went on sale this summer. The quality of this crop was rewarded with a solid average throughout the season, and they are now off to the best trainers in France and abroad. I have also supported Golden Horde with my own mares and look forward to seeing our homebred runners perform next year.

We are particularly excited that our star addition, Mishriff, will be covering his first mares in 2024. A truly special horse with a long and successful international career behind him, he ticks all the boxes of a world-class stallion. As a close relative of a number of famous champions, he is in the best position to continue the Dubawi line and make a real impact on the breeding world in France and beyond.

In 2024 two champion juveniles, Belbek and Angel Bleu, will also commence stud duty at

Sumbe. While they bear a clear resemblance, both being early April 2 years old runners and lasting through the season to win the stallionmaking Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère, their pedigrees and physical attributes are very different and thus cover the full spectrum of breeder needs. Finally, De Treville, the closest link to the outstanding sire Too Darn Hot, will continue to stand at Sumbe at an adjusted price and offer significant value for money.

We put a lot of effort into creating this new stallion brochure and included some photographs of our farms to give readers a glimpse of the picturesque background that makes every day at Sumbe so special. I hope you enjoy going through the brochure, and finally I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone whose involvement makes our business possible – our current and future clients for their support and trust, and the team at my three farms for their energy and dedication.

Nurlan Bizakov

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Make Believe x Contradict (Raven’s Pass) €17,500 LF

If you wrote down all the things you wanted in a horse, you’d put that they’ve got to be sound, be top-class, have a turn of foot, have a nice pedigree and have the looks; well, open his stable door and voilà.

Tony Fry 9

“He’s a bit of a freak to do what he does on dirt and turf and I can’t think of another one.“ David Egan

A CLASSIC WINNER & A WORLD CHAMPION OLDER HORSE, HE STANDS A CLASS APART

If history repeats itself, Mishriff

If

this

historical

will get a Classic winner in his first

not

crop. Mishriff was part of his sire

pedigree, physique, and racing

Make Believe’s first crop and won

achievements

the G1 Prix du Jockey Club; Make

certainly

Believe was from the first crop of

impressive

the exported Makfi and won the

powerful Dubawi line from the

G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains;

immediate family of top sires

Makfi, who was in Dubawi ’s first

Invincible

crop, won the G1 2000 Guineas;

he was recognised as the best

and Dubawi from the first and

racehorse in the world by the

only crop of the Seeking the Gold

International

champion miler Dubai Millenium

Horseracing Authorities.

convincing

context

enough,

is the

behind

Mishriff

A

physically

are.

member

Spirit

and

of

the

Kodiak,

Federation

of

won the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas.

Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club Gr.1 Dubai Sheema Classic Gr.1 International Stakes Saudi Cup Won from 8 to 12 furlongs 11

Bay (IRE) 2017, 16.1 1/2 hh (1.66m)

“Mishriff is seriously good-looking; quite a rangy but very strong and well-balanced

individual

who

stands over a lot of ground, with a beautiful, intelligent head and a rich, dark bay coat.“ Martin Stevens “You have a horse that can travel, that has the mind and the strength for it, and that versatility of distance and surface.“ John Gosden

Watch the walking video

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Coming

from

a

carefully

curated

female line that has produced some important

names

over

the

years,

Mishriff’s pedigree is free of Sadler’s Wells which works well for him as the obvious affinity for this line is backed by five Stakes winners by Galileo within his first three dams.

The Dubawi line has seen great success with his first few established sons at stud which is a very promising sign for Mishriff. Stallions from the Dubawi line have 18 G1 winners with Sadler’s Wells in the pedigree, 10 G1 winners with Danehill and 19 G1-winning horses with Danzig.

Mishriff’s

credentials

speak

for

themselves and as a stallion he offers breeders a wide range of options to open different paths to success.

2nd Dam 1st Dam 3rd Dam

CONTRADICT, 1 w., 4 places at 2 & 3, 4th L. Height of Fashion St. Dam of 3 winners: MISHRIFF, 7 w. at 2 & 4, Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club, Gr.1 Dubai Sheema Classic, Gr.1 Int. St., Gr.2 Prix Guillaume d’Ornano, L. Newmarket St., Gr.1 Saudi Cup, 8 places, 2e Gr.1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth St., Gr.1 Eclipse St., Gr.1 International St., and £11,711,157 ORBAAN (Invincible Spirit), 5 w. from 3 to 7, £232,220, L. Prix de Saint-Patrick Momkin (Bated Breath), 4 w. from 2 to 5, Gr.3 2nd Craven St., Gr.3 Supreme St., Sir Henry Cecil St. L. ACTS OF GRACE, 3 w. at 3, Gr.3 Princess Royal St., L. Prix des Tourelles. Dam of 11 horses, including 4 winners RAFHA, 5 w. at 2 & 3, Gr.1 Prix de Diane, Gr.3 May Hill St., L. Oaks Trial St., L. Princess Elizabeth St. Dam of 11 winners including: INVINCIBLE SPIRIT, 7 w. from 2 to 5, £247,786, Gr.1 Sprint Cup, Gr.3 Duke of York St., Gr.3 Boland St. SADIAN, 7 w. from 2 to 5, Gr.3 John Porter St., Gr.3 Ormonde St., 2nd Gr.3 Derby Trial St., 3rd Gr.2 G. Freer St. MASSARRA, 3 w. at 2 & 3, L. Empress St., 2nd Gr.2 Prix Robert Papin, Gr.3 Nell Gwyn St. Dam of 12 winners including: NAYARRA 1 w., Gr.1 Gran Criterium, 2nd Gr.3 Nell Gwyn St. GUSTAV KLIMT, 3 w. at 2 & 3, Gr.2 Superlative St., 2nd Gr.1 St James’s Palace St., 3rd Gr.1 Prix Jean Prat WONDERFULLY, 2 w., Gr.3 Silver Flash St. Dam of a winner BLISSFUL, 2 w. at 2, L. Ingabelle St. FRIENDLY, 2 w. at 3, L. Cooley St. CUFF, 2 w. at 2, L. Naas Fillies’ Sprint St. Dam of 2 winners Mars, 1 w., 2nd Gr.3 Meld St., 3rd Gr.1 St James’s Palace St. Middle Persia, 1 w. Dam of KILIMANJARO (L. Derby Trial St.) Tebee, 1 w. Dam of HERTFORD DANCER (L. Oaks Trial St.) Kodiac, 4 w., Gr.3 2nd Hackwood St. Aquarius, 1 w. at 3, 3rd Gr.3 Queen’s Vase Al Widyan, 3 w. at 2 & 3, 3rd L. Serlby St. 15

Dark Angel x Cercle de la Vie (Galileo) €9,000 LF

It really is a privilege, horses like this don’t come along very often and I’m very proud of him. Any horse that can do what he’s done has to have a fantastic constitution. He’s done it twice inside a month in a different country, which takes a lot of doing. Ralph Beckett 17

“ He gave us some great days out.

Not many colts win two G1 races at 2.

His physical and mental soundness makes him a very good prospect to French breeders.“ Jamie McCalmont

DARK ANGEL’S MOST ACCOMPLISHED JUVENILE COLT HE COMPLETED A FANTASTIC AND UNIQUE GROUP 1 DOUBLE AT TWO

Angel Bleu has exactly the resume

early spring juveniles rarely make

that should make him one of

it to G1 events in autumn. His story

France’s hottest first-year stallions

did not end there: in 2023 as a four-

in 2024.

year-old he won the G2 Celebration

The champion French juvenile colt

Mile Stakes at Goodwood.

of 2021, he was rated second best

Angel Bleu retired with a record

in Europe after winning five of eight

of seven wins from 18 starts in a

starts including a unique double of

successful three-season career.

the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère

He was effective at distances from

at Longchamp and G1 Criterium

1000m to 1600m on a variety of

International at Saint-Cloud.

grounds. The unique combination

In his dynamic two-year campaign,

of precocity, toughness and high

he started out in April and continued

class should make Angel Bleu a top

racing through October although

choice for all breeders.

Gr.1 Prix J.-L. Lagardère Gr.1 Critérium International Gr.2 Vintage Stakes Gr.2 Celebration Mile Won from 5 to 8 furlongs 19

Grey (FR) 2020, 15.3 1/2 hh (1.61m)

Angel Bleu’s outstanding constitution and resilience have been the subject of repeated praise from his connections. Henri Bozo who raised Angel Bleu at Haras des Monceaux called him “a healthy and gutsy colt”. His trainer Ralph Beckett cunningly summarised that “the softest part of him is his tooth enamel.”

“Throughout his two-year-old career, he got better with racing. Not many two-year-olds would be able to have a hard race to be second in a Listed and come back 3 days later to win a Group 2. Equally, travelling to Paris that autumn, twice in 3 weeks to win Group 1’s over 7 furlongs and a mile, is testament to his constitution.”

Ralph Beckett

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Dark Angel is part of a distinct

descendants Linamix, Kendor,

lineage of early maturing

Highest Honor and others

sprinters and milers that can

would also be suitable for

be traced back to Northern

Angel Bleu as Dark Angel’s

Dancer. Like Angel Bleu, Dark

G1 winner Art Power is from

Angel had a busy juvenile

a mare by Keltos, a son of

season making nine starts

Kendor. Siyouni mares could

and winning four between

also benefit as Dark Angel

April and October. However

has a G3 winner Dr Zempf

unlike his son he did not

from a Siyouni mare and

race after two.

Golden Horde is by Dark

It is likely that Angel Bleu

Angel’s Lethal Force from

would benefit from Danzig-

a mare by Pivotal, the sire

line mares as mares by

of Siyouni. Another stallion

various branches of Danzig

that would go well with

sires

Angel

Bleu

is

Wootton

success with Dark Angel,

Bassett

as

Dark

Angel’s

with

and

Classic winner Mangoustine

the Danehill branch being

is out of a mare by Zamindar,

particularly noteworthy.

a full brother to Zafonic,

Mares

have Green

from

found Desert

the

great

Grey

Sovereign line through his

grandsire of Wootton Bassett through Iffraaj.

1st Dam 2nd Dam

Hveger, 1 w. in Australia, 2nd Gr.2 Feltex Carpets South Australia Oaks & 3rd Gr.1 Schweppes Australasian Oaks Own sister to ELVSTROEM; Dam of 6 winners including: HIGHLAND REEL, 10 w., Gr.1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth St., Gr.1 Prince of Wales’s St., Gr.1 Coronation Cup, Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Turf, Gr.1 Secretariat St., Gr.1 Hong Kong Vase (2 x), Gr.2 Vintage St., Gr.3 Gordon St., 2nd Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club, Gr.1 Juddmonte International St., Gr.1 Longines Hong Kong Vase, Gr.2 Hardwicke St. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 3 w., Gr.1 Ladbrokes Caulfield St., L. Blue Riband Trial, 2nd Gr.2 Superlative St. IDAHO, 4 w. in GB/Irl, Gr.2 Hardwicke St., Gr.2 Great Voltigeur St., Gr.3 Ormonde St., 2nd Gr.1 Irish Derby, Gr.3 Ballysax St. NOBEL PRIZE (c., Galileo), 2 w., Gr.1 Ballysax St. Valdemoro, 2 w. in Australia, 2nd Gr.1 Vinery Stud Storm Queen St., Gr.1 Crown Victoria Oaks & D’Urban Gr.3 Naturalism St.; Dam of winners VIA CONDOTTI (f., Galileo), 1 w. at 3

3rd Dam

CERCLE DE LA VIE, placed; Dam of 1 winner ANGEL BLEU, 7w., Gr.1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère, Gr.1 Critérium International, Gr.2 Vintage Stakes, Gr.2 Celebration Mile, L. Spring Trophy Stakes, 2nd L. Pat Eddery Stakes, L. Lady Wulfruna Stakes

CIRCLES OF GOLD, 6 w. in Australia, Gr.1 AJC Oaks, Gr.3 Coongy Handicap, Gr.3 Adrian Knox St., L. Ansett Australia St., 2nd Gr.1 Eat More Fruit ‘n’ Veg St., Gr.1 Foster’s Caulfield Cup, Gr.1 Queensland Oaks, Gr.2 T S Carlyon Cup, L. VBBA Summoned St.; Dam of 9 winners including: ELVSTROEM, 10 w., Gr.1 Dubai Duty Free, Gr.1 C F Orr St. Gr.1, Carlton Draught Caulfield Cup, Gr.1 Emirates Airline Underwood St., Gr.1 Victoria Derby, Gr.2 Carlton Draught St George St., Gr.2 Turnbull St., Gr.2 Shannons Autumn Classic, Gr.3 Guineas Prelude, 2nd Gr.1 Prix d’Ispahan, Gr.2 Craiglee St., Gr.2 Moonee Valley Vase HARADASUN, 7 w., Gr.1 Queen Anne St., Gr.1 Doncaster Handicap, Gr.1 Cathay Pacific George Ryder St., L. Wellington Racing Club Manfred St., L. Zeditave St., L. RSL Vain St., 2nd Gr.1 Bigpond Queen Elizabeth St., Gr.2 Dato Tan Chin Nam John F Feehan St., Gr.2 Memsie St., Gr.3 Taralye Bletchingly St., Gr.3 Scweppervescence Autumn Cup, Gr.3 H D F McNeil St. Lady Circles, 2 places in Australia; Dam of: DECIRCLES, 5 w., Gr.3 Standish Hcp, 2nd Gr.2 Sires’ Produce St., Gr.3 C S Hayes Debonair St. King Raedwald, 4 w.

Achiever, 3 w. in Australia Raffles Knight, 2 w., 2nd L. Perak Derby 23

Showcasing x Bee Queen (Makfi) €7,000 LF

This victory means a lot, because it is our first Group 1 success with the first colt that we have bred in France, a country that is doing well for us.

Nurlan Bizakov 25

“We always thought he had lots of ability. He is a good-looking, wellbred colt – he is a good horse.“ André Fabre

A GROUP 1-WINNING CHAMPION JUVENILE FROM ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC FAMILIES IN EUROPE

Belbek is a Sumbe homebred

Jean-Luc Lagardère over 1400m

and Nurlan Bizakov’s first winner

at Longchamp, which put him

at the highest level, making

next to the likes of Siyouni and

him the pride of the farm. The

Wootton Bassett as well as past

top-rated French juvenile colt

standouts Blushing Groom and

of 2022, he is a highly desirable

Irish River.

prospect for French breeders

Coming from the immediate

and is headed to stud as a winner

family of proven stallions Dansili,

of three Group races over 1200m,

Cacique and Champs Elysees,

1400m and 1600m. A precocious

and with his race record and

horse, he was André Fabre’s

pedigree, Belbek’s early runners

earliest

runner

will inherit the kind of speed

when he won the first Group race

that stays through 1600m and

in 2022. Later Belbek went on

possibly further depending on

to win the sire-making G1 Prix

the mares he covers.

two-year-old

Gr.1 Prix J.-L. Lagardère Gr.3 Prix du Bois Gr.3 Prix Perth

Won from 6 to 8 furlongs 27

Bay (FR) 2020, 16.1 1/2 hh (1.66m)

Speed is an essential building block for any pedigree and Belbek’s sire-line has built its entire reputation on it. Like Belbek, his sire Showcasing was a precocious colt who was at his best at two and his speciality as a sire is early maturity and speed up to a mile. At stud he has sired 66 Stakes winners including 34 Group winners with four of them being at the highest level. Two of his G1 winners Advertise and Quiet Reflection won the prestigious G1 Commonwealth Cup sprint at Ascot over 1200m. Showcasing’s sire Oasis Dream was a champion two-year-old and winning sprinter at three, whereas at stud he has been a reliable producer of top-class early maturing two-year-olds and high-quality sprinters.

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There is no limit or specific template for success for this line of stallions, so Belbek should fit a wide range of broodmares.

Since Danzig is far enough in his pedigree Belbek can accommodate

more

Danzig

strains from his mares, even better through a combination of Galileo and Danzig. From the same Danzig line, Kingman has 10 black type winners from Galileoline mares and his G1 Fillies’ Mile winner Commissioning is from a Galileo mare who is out of a mare

by Danzig’s Anabaa.

However

Belbek

should

not

be restricted by the sire-lines and pedigrees he is crossed with judging by the diversity of ancestors with which his sire, grandsire, and great grandsire have succeeded.

1st Dam

BEE QUEEN, 2 places in GB/Irl; Dam of 1 winner: Berehynia (2019 f., New Approach), placed BELBEK, 3 w., Gr.1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère, Gr.3 Prix du Bois, 3rd Gr.2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein, Gr.3 Prix Djebel

2nd Dam

TROJAN QUEEN, 1 w.; Dam of 5 winners including: SANGARIUS, 4 w., Gr.3 Hampton Court St., L. Flying Scotsman St. , L. Quebec St., Gr.2 2nd Huxley St., Gr.3 Brigadier Gerard St. & 3rd L. Heron St. Emergent, 1 w. in GB/Irl, Gr.3 3rd Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial, L. Salsabil St. ; Dam of: Employ (f., Caravaggio), 1 w. (2023), 2nd L. Critérium de Lyon & L. P. des Jouvenceaux et Jouvencelles GREEK ORDER, 2 w. (2023) in GB/Irl HYDROS, 1 w. in GB/Irl

3rd Dam

BANKS HILL, 5 w., Gr.1 Prix Jacques Le Marois, Gr.1 Coronation St., Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Gr.2 Prix de Sandringham, 2nd Gr.1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (2x), Gr.1 Jacques Le Marois, Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, Gr.1 Breeders’Cup Filly & Mare Turf, 3rd Gr.1 Prix d’Ispahan, Gr.1 Prince of Wales’s St. & Gr.1 Yellow Ribbon St. ; Dam of 3 winners including: ROMANTICA, 4 w., Gr.1 Prix Jean Romanet, Gr.1 Prix de la Nonette, Gr.3 Prix Allez France, 2nd Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, Gr.3 Prix de Psyché, Gr.3 Chloé; Dam of winner IDEAL WORLD, 4 w. L. Prix de Reux, L. Pelléas, Gr.2 2nd Prix Niel HASILI, 4 w., L. Prix des Sablonnets, 2nd L. Prix Imprudence, L. Prix des Lilas; Dam of 7 winners including: CACIQUE, 7 w., Gr.1 Man O’War St., Gr.1 Manhattan Hcp, Gr.2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein, Gr.3 Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord, Gr.1 Daphnis, 2nd Gr.1 GP de Paris, Gr.1, Jean Prat, Gr.1 Arlington Million St., Gr.1 United Nations St., Gr.1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic St. CHAMPS ELYSEES, 6 w., Gr.1 Hollywood Turf Cup St., Gr.1 Pattison Canadian International St., Gr.1 Northern Dancer Turf St., Gr.2 San Marcos St, Gr.3 Prix d’Hédouville, 2nd Gr.1 Santa Anita Hcp, Gr.1 Hollywood Turf Cup St., Gr.1 G. P. del Jockey Club e Coppa d’Oro, Gr.2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil, Gr.2 Jim Murray Memorial Hcp, Gr.2 Sky Classic St., Gr.3 Prix du Prince d’Orange, Gr.3 Daphnis INTERCONTINENTAL, 13 w., Gr.1 Emirates Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Gr.1 Matriarch St., Gr.2 Winstar Galaxy St., Gr.2 Just A Game Breeders’ Cup Hcp, Gr.2 Palomar Breeders’ Cup Hcp, Gr.3 Jenny Wiley St. (2 x), Gr.3 Royal Heroine Invitational St., 2nd Gr.2 Just A Game Breeders’ Cup Hcp, Gr.3 Senator Ken Maddy Hcp, L. Prix de la Cochère 31

Lethal Force x Entreat (Pivotal) €6,000 LF

I have been a very lucky boy and ridden a lot of very good sprinters, but this lad is right up there. He is extremely talented. Adam Kirby 33

“ He was 100% dependable

and always delivered his best.

Whenever I got on him I knew I was going to get his best, which was brilliant.“ Adam Kirby

A SPRINTING CHAMPION AND A ROYAL ASCOT GROUP 1 WINNER

Golden Horde is a stunning lookalike

Cachet, King George hero Pyledriver

of his broodmare’s sire Pivotal, a

and QE2 Cup graduate Romantic

champion sprinter who became an

Warrior, just to name a few. A special

established sire, broodmare sire and

mention must go to his son Dark Angel

sire of sires, with whom he shares

who added another Classic winner

more than just his colour. His record

to his sire’s body of evidence in 2022

is consistent with the first impression

as Mangoustine won the French 1000

he makes on viewers: a G2-winning

Guineas.

sprinter at two, he was victorious in

Golden Horde also boasts a strong

the 2020 G1 Commonwealth Cup at

maternal

Royal Ascot in his sophomore year.

credentials on both sides of the

Golden Horde entered stud duty in

Atlantic, his second dam being a

2021 and his first crop is about to

half-sibling to the North American

reach the racecourses in 2024.

champion Serena’s Song, an 11-time

His sire-line goes back to Northern

G1 winner who in turn produced the G1

Dancer’s Try My Best who carved out

Coronation Stakes winner Sophisticat.

a successful line of his own, notably

A close relative to a number of

through Acclamation, whose recent

proven stallions, Golden Horde is well

influence has been nothing short of

positioned to become a sought-after

impressive with 1000 Guineas winner

commodity in the near future.

line

with

outstanding

Gr.1 Commonwealth Cup Gr.2 Richmond Stakes

6 furlongs winning specialist 35

Chesnut (IRE) 2017, 16 1/2 hh (1.63m)

“Far more educated people than me

Led by a Sumbe homebred sold at the Arqana August

have been to see the horse and as

Sale for €80,000, Golden Horde’s first yearlings have

soon as he comes out they’ve said

been in high demand from a wide range of buyers

‘He’s Pivotal all over’. The French are

across Europe since the summer of 2023 and will soon

trying to improve their two-year-old

join commendable connections in France and beyond.

scene. Well he’s a stallion that can

The October Yearling Sale in Arqana was a good

help breeders on that front.“ Tony Fry

reflection of this ongoing trend, with Golden Horde finishing day three with a large lead over his first crop

A dominant stallion for his own

competitors, with four lots selling for an average price

powerful

of €40,000 with a 100% clearance rate.

conformation,

Golden

Horde has a light walk, naturally balanced gait and enormous scope which were instrumental in his racing career as he always used

“He’s a very strong, tough-looking horse who is very well balanced and quite mature-looking.“ Peter Doyle (N22. Qamka)

to glide effortlessly at high speed.

“He’s a very strong, forward, precocious looking colt.

Luckily his first two crops seem to

Physically he’s a specimen, very similar to his dad.“

have also inherited his naturally

Roderick Kavanagh (N22. Reason Traou Land)

cool demeanour.

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Golden Horde’s pedigree is full of sources of raw speed, not only through Dark Angel and Pivotal, but also through his ancestors such as Acclamation, Machiavellian,

Green

Desert,

Polar

Falcon,

Cozzene and many more. Therefore there will be no difficulties in making mating plans, whether through inbreeding or outcrossing.

Galileo, Danehill and Pivotal is one of the most efficient sire line combinations and it can be found in the pedigrees of champion horses Sottsass, St Mark’s Basilica, Cracksman and Nashwa. Each mare that carries the blood of Galileo or Danehill has a high chance of producing high-quality performers when mated to Golden Horde.

Golden Horde’s pedigree offers several excellent options for breeders who believe in the inbreeding method of getting good horses, with particular emphasis on Pivotal whose potential in this regard is supported by statistics.

2nd Gr.1 Middle Park St.

2nd Dam

EXHORT (Dutch Art), 5 w. from 2 to 4, L. Pipalong St., 10 places, 2nd L. Rothesay St., and £96,984.

LINE OF DEPARTURE (Mehmas), 4 w. and £162,658, L. Cathedral St. RIVER SAINT, 3 places. Dam of 5 winners including: PRODUCER (Dutch Art), 8 w. and €568,630, Gr.2 Topkapi Troph, Gr.3 Supreme St., Gr.3 Criterion St., L. Surrey St., L. King Richard III St., 2nd Gr.3 Sovereign St., L. Fortune St.

3rd Dam

1st Dam

ENTREAT, 1 w., 4 places at 3. Dam of 5 winners including: GOLDEN HORDE, 3 w., Gr.1 Commonwealth Cup, Gr.2 Richmond St.,

IMAGINING, 2 w. Dam of 5 winners including: SERENA’S SONG, Champion at 3, 18 w., Gr.1 Belmade St., Gr.1 Hempstead H., Gr.1 Haskell Invitational H., Gr.1 Mother Goose St., Gr.1 Oak Leaf St., Gr.1 Santa Maria H., Gr.1 Santa Monica H., Gr.1 Santa Anita Oaks, Gr.1 Gazelle H., Gr.1 Starlet St., Gr.1 Las Virgenes St., Gr.1 Mother Goose St., and $3,283,388. Dam of: SOPHISTICAT, Gr.1 Coronation St., Gr.3 Prix de la Grotte. Dam of: SEFROUA (Dam of SUPHALA, Gr.3 Prix Chloé; SIVOLIERE).

HARLINGTON, 6 w., $370,000, Gr.2 Gulfstream Park H. GRAND REWARD, 4 w., $545,844, Gr.2 Oaklawn H. SCHRAMSBERG, 6 w., Gr.3 J B Connally Turf Cup H. SERENA’S TUNE, 7 w., $337,260, L. La Habra St. Dam of VOCALISED, SERENA’S CAT (Dam of HONOR CODE, North American Champion at 4, $2,518,260, Gr.1 Whitney H.; NOBLE TUNE; DECLARATIONOFPEACE) Night And Day. Dam of MADE YOU LOOK. VIVID IMAGINATION, 4 w., Gr.3 Golden Rod St. Grandam of FUMINO IMAGINE, WANDER MOM Serena’s Sister. Dam of 8 winners including: DOUBLES PARTNER, 6 w., Gr.2 American Turf St. STORMY VENUS, 3 w., L. Northbound Pride St. 39

Oasis Dream x Dar Re Mi (Singspiel) €3,000 LF

We were so lucky all those years ago to have been able to buy Darara from the Aga Khan, who had so brilliantly created the family, and we were fortunate to have the opportunity to take it on. Simon Marsh

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him top the European board of

Aga Khan operation, whose most

freshmen sires in terms of Group

famous progeny Darshaan outran

winners by starters. De Treville

Sadler’s Wells and Rainbow Quest

presents a unique opportunity to

in the 1984 Prix du Jockey Club

gain access to an elite and patiently

before proving himself as a Chef

curated family at just a fraction of

de Race. Furthermore his G1-

the price of his famous sibling.

Delsy,

half-brother

Too

Darn

2nd Gr.3 Prix des Chênes 2nd Gr.3 Prix de Guiche 2nd Gr.3 Prix de la Porte Maillot 3rd Gr.3 Prix Paul de Moussac Won from 7 to 10 furlongs 43

Bay (GB) 2012, 16.0 hh (1.62m)

Gregarina L. Prix Goldikova L. Prix de la Cochère

From a very limited number of foals, De Treville has done more than well with three black type winners and performers across his first three crops of racing age and 35% of winners to starters again in 2023.

Fortune

3rd Gr.3 Prix Noailles

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Mares from the Mr Prospector line will be particularly sought after for many reasons. There is an obvious affinity in De Treville’s dam line, highlighted not only by the back-to-back European Champion Too Darn Hot, but also his Group-winning full-siblings So Mi Dar and Lah Ti Dar. Interestingly the vast majority of Dubawi’s top progeny have either Green Desert (Makfi and Night Of Thunder) or Singspiel (four more G1 winners) in their pedigrees. De Treville closely interweaves the threads of both influences and is clearly the best choice for these mares.

Although Sadler’s Wells is present in De Treville’s pedigree, it is distant enough to safely cross him with mares from this line and expect very positive results.

For example, the dual-listed winner Gregarina, his best progeny to date, is out of a Galileo mare. With Danzig’s legacy there will be many other options for De Treville, be it to achieve an effective duplication as in Havana Grey’s and Belbek’s pedigrees or recreate one of the countless combinations that have proven successful in the past.

1st Dam 2nd Dam

DARARA, 3 w., Gr.1 Prix Vermeille. Dam of 10 winners including: DAR RE MI (Singspiel) see above REWILDING (Tiger Hill), 5 w., Gr.1 Prince of Wales’s St., Gr.1 Dubai Sheema Classic, Gr.2 Great Voltigeur St., $3,827,399 RIVER DANCER ex DIAGHILEV (Sadler’s Wells), 5 w., Best aged horse of the 2003-04 season in Hong Kong. Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Gr.3 Prix La Force DARAZARI (Sadler’s Wells), 3 w., Gr.1 Ranvet St., Gr.2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil DARIYOUN (Shahrastani), 7 w., 3rd Gr.1 Prix du Cadran KILIMANJARO (Shirley Heights), 1 w., 2nd Gr.2 King Edward VII St. RHAGAAS (Sadler’s Wells), 1 w., 3rd Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club DARARITA (Halo). Dam of: DARASIM (Kahyasi), 10 w.., Gr.2 Goodwood Cup, Gr.2 Prix Kergorlay EVITA (Selkirk). Dam of: MOOHAARIB (Oasis Dream), 4 w., L. William & Son Paradise St. TRETHIAS (Invincible Spirit), 10 w., 3rd Gr.3 Derrinstown 1000 Guineas Trial, Gr.3 Snow Fairy St. ARGENTELLO (Intello), 5 w., 3rd L. Buddy Diliberto Memorial St., 3e L. Jonathan B. Schuster Memorial St.

3rd Dam

DAR RE MI, 6 w. from 3 to 5, Gr.1 Dubai Sheema Classic, Gr.1 Pretty Polly St., Gr.1 Yorkshire Oaks, Gr.3 Prix Minerve. Dam of 7 winners including: TOO DARN HOT (Dubawi), 6 w., 2018 2yo European Champion, 2019 European 3yo Champion Miler, Gr.1 Dewhurst St., Gr.1 Sussex St., Gr.2 Champagne St., Gr.1 Prix Jean Prat, £1,320,181 LAH TI DAR (Dubawi), 4 w., Gr.2 Middleton St., Gr.1 2nd St Leger St. SO MI DAR (Dubawi), 4 w., Gr.3 Musidora St., 3rd Gr.1 Prix de l’Opéra DE TREVILLE (Oasis Dream), 2 w., 2nd Gr.3 Prix de Guiche, 2nd Gr.3 Prix de la Porte Maillot, 2nd Gr.3 Prix des Chênes DARMOISELLE (Dubawi), 1 w. (22), 1 place at 3, 2nd L. River Eden St.

DELSY, 1 w., 3rd Gr.3 Prix de Pomone. Dam of 12 winners including: DARSHAAN (Shirley Heights), Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club, Gr.2 Crit. de Saint-Cloud, Gr.2 Prix Greffulhe, Gr.2 Prix Hocquart 47

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FA R M & S E R V I C E S

Starting with his British stable of Hesmonds Stud, Nurlan Bizakov began the continental expansion of his racing enterprise nearly a decade later by acquiring two world-renowned farms in the cradle of French thoroughbred breeding.

Normandy, with its picturesque landscapes and fertile soils, is indeed the ideal place to realise such ambitions as it has the pulse of the industry felt by generations of firstclass horsemen.

Situated at the crossroads of Orne and Calvados, an hour’s drive from Deauville and just ten kilometres apart, Haras de Montfort & Préaux and Haras du Mézeray have a long history of producing Group 1 winners and housing many great stallions including the now-departed heavyweight of the last decade Le Havre. These two separate farms have been carefully integrated

and brought together under the Sumbe banner to create a unique 350-hectare base with expertise in all aspects of breeding stock development. Moreover last year Sumbe became the first thoroughbred farm on the continent to install a water treadmill to make it part of the stallions’ daily routine.

We offer personalised and comprehensive services for seasonal and permanent boarding as well as bloodstock consultation and sales consignment. Through our international integration we can provide our clients with the benefits of cross-channel care for their mares. Our team ensures continuity of operation and ethical compliance as well as uninterrupted technical and sanitary control.

We are confident that Sumbe is the right choice for all breeders. Please feel free to contact us for further enquiries.

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