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Jim and Jo Kippen, Pierre and lisa Deymonaz, Richie Mullen and Thomas Fourcy with Mahess Du Soleil (GB) at Newmarket in 2015
Asked if they have further plans to expand, Lisa comments: “I think we have all the bloodlines that we want now. We bought Theeba (by Amer) as she is out of Massamarie (by Tidjani), so is a sister to Mared Al Sahra, Mu’azzaz and Ebraz, and we bought Rahab, who is a sister to General and Al Dahma, the dam of Yazeed (by Munjiz). We have Balladore and her full sister. I would still like the Nacree Al Maury (by Kesberoy) blood, I doubt they will be for sale now, though that is one bloodline I would like. We also don’t want too many horses!” Having been involved with both the three-yearold Group 1 PA winners at Saint-Cloud, Lisa commented: “When Lady Princess and Amyr won I was so excited, even though they were no longer carrying Du Soleil colours. Of course we are happy for the new owners, but you still wish, a little bit, that they were still yours. It would have been so nice to go, still owning the two of them, but with more horses coming along next year and the cost of breeding, it wasn’t viable. If we did well enough that we could afford to keep one we would.
“Naturally that would more likely to be a filly that we could retain, rather than a colt, though of course we did with Mahess. It was wonderful to win the UK Derby and be third in the Gold Sword to Gazwan, both Group 1 PA races and it was nice that Pierre was able to train him in Qatar. We did eventually have to sell him though, he is Oman now. We hope there will be a time when we are in a position to refuse offers for a good racehorse that we have bred.” For 2020 Du Soleil expect three foals in France from Rahab (in foal to Mahabb), Theeba (in foal to Munjiz) and Dormella (in foal to Al Mourtajez). In the UK they have Madjic Du Soleil, she is by Majd Al Arab and therefore three-parts sister to Amyr Du Soleil, she is in foal to Al Mamun Monlau, whilst Balladore will be rested in France. Pierre concludes: “I think our breeding is facing a big turning point, the next three-to five years will be very important to us.”
THE ARABIAN RACEHORSE
