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Still, Singapore purchased 11 yearlings from the Gold Coast in 2011 and upped to 17 this year while Malaysia signed off on a handful too.

With the Sydney Classic in swing as we go to press, we focus our attention this issue on the 2012 Inglis Melbourne Premier which kicks off on 27 February (turn to page 43 for the start of our 12 page coverage) and to Perth’s 5-day sale from 14 February (see page 18).

Also in this edition we profile Coolmore Stud supremo John Magnier and take a close look at the amazing sequence of US wonder horse, Rapid Redux.

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Redux is a post-positive adjective meaning ‘brought back or restored’, coming from the Latin, reducere … ‘to bring back’.

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Rapid Redux joined the pair on 27 October and surpassed them on 21 November, finishing off with a flourish with a win in December and No. 22 went into the frame on 4 January.

Remarkable really – the stretch commenced at Penn

BUT HE HAD A LOT OF GUTS.

National in Pennsylvania (his home track) on 2 December 2010, second up from a spell. He’d win another nine days later, then follow up with a pair in January, two in February, two in March, two in April, two in May, on each in June, July and August, two in September, two in October, one in November, one in December and one in January.

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Meanwhile, Rapid Redux’s biggest pay cheque to date was $22,000 (according to Bloodhound) from his Maiden victory at Monmouth in June 2008.

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whose 19 in succession came amidst 36 career victories.

Probably better known is Picnic in the Park who strung together 21, but among those who raced at a more ‘elite’ level, Gloaming reigns supreme with 19 straight wins (overall 57 wins and 9 seconds from 67 starts!). He shares billing with Kiwi Champ, Desert Gold,

She still won’t get within co-ee of the ‘undefeated’ record either given that Hungarian horse, Kincsem, won all 54 of her starts in the 1870s, racing in Germany, France, Austria and England.

Next cab off the rank is Ajax who was going for 19 in a row when sensationally beaten at 40/1 on (in a three horse race) in 1939.

Many hope that Black Caviar will edge out Gloaming and Desert Gold and indeed catch Sava Jet, but she has no chance of catching Camarero, who won 56 straight in Puerto Rico in the 1950s and notched 73 from 77 throughout his career.

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Not that Rapid Redux hails from humble beginnings. Far from it actually.

His sire, Pleasantly Perfect is a son of the highly successful Pleasant Colony and a winner of the Dubai World Cup in 2004. Standing at Lane’s

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Not the biggest of horses, Rapid Redux was sold at the 2007 Keeneland September Yearling Sale for $85,000: knocked down to trainer Kelly Breen on behalf of George and Lori Hall (in June of last year, the Halls – and Breen –

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Even on the morning of the race, Wells was ready to pull the pin, but decided to proceed – reluctantly.

Rapid Redux led them for home, but a horse called Awesome Rhythm was living up to his name and looked as if he’d go past over the final stages and dampen everyone’s parade …

“I walked away,” Wells told reporters. “I thought he was going to come up short.”

But Wells, Cole and heaven knows how many fans weren’t to be denied this fairytale and Rapid Redux held on strongly to win with about a length to spare.

Now Wells – obviously in consultation with Cole – will have a long, hard look at the future for the gelded Rapid Redux and it appears there might only be a run or two remaining before the curtain comes down on this memorable performer.

As for Wells, the son of a trainer, it’s been one helluva journey: “This is a once in a lifetime horse … we are now going to California to get an award (a special Eclipse Award) and sign some posters. We spent $6,250 and he’s made over a quarter of a million.”

Great for Wells and Cole and great for racing. Let’s hope they bring this Redux back one more time!

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2012 PERTH MAGIC MILLIONS

PARK YOURSELF IN PERTH Cromartry Park is one of West Australia’s banner studs and when you take in its lineup for the 2012 Perth Magic Millions, it’s not hard to work out why.

Offering 11 youngsters, it’s a terrific mix of the best of the west and a star from the east.

Redoute’s Choice’s sprinter/miler, Redoutable, leads the pack for Cromartry Park with four of the 11 yearlings carrying his X, including a half brother to promising Texan Mitzi from a half to stakes winner Delgara (Lot 492), a colt from a city winning half to Group winner Flaming Heart (Lot 504), a colt from a sister to multiple Group winner Magic Filly (Lot 551) and the second foal of a sister to stakes winner So Canny (Lot 563).

Zabeel’s multiple Group One placegetter and up and coming sire, Lords A Leaping also has multiple entries, starting with a half sister to the stakes placed Zeinab (Lot 475) while Lot 529 is a half sister to top city performer Reward from the family of Group One winner Natural Blitz.

Hussonet’s Group winner, Seinne, only has 2YOs to represent him in Australia but is already showing his mettle overseas with a number of winners. His pair for the Cromartry draft are the second foal of a sister to Group winner Cash in the Bank (Lot 479) and a filly from a half to multiple city winner Friartuck from the family of Perth Group One hero Muros (Lot 558).

Established stars such as Hurricane Sky and Viscount lead off the consignment with a half brother to city winners Ascoli and Nadal (Lot 254) and a half brother to city winner Single Warrior (Lot 313).

Typically, Cromartry Park is determined to finish with a bang and its final offering is a filly by top 10 sire Bel Esprit (sire of Black Caviar) who is out of a half sister to dual Group winner Eureka Jewel (Lot 577).

You’ll find Cromartry Park in Row Q at Belmont Park – just look for the queue!

For further information, phone Olga McKenzie on 0418 194 998.

LOT 529

WORTH THE VIEW Lakeview’s 2012 Perth Magic Millions offering might only be small numerically, but the stud appears to have a draft for all seasons.

On two will line up for Lakeview at the West’s premier auction (commencing 14 February) but it’s a consignment boasting international appeal – certainly much to attract a large buying bench from interstate and abroad, along with WA’s domestic market.

First cab off the rank for Lakeview is Lot 179, the smart Canny Lad filly from multiple city winning Grand Lodge mare Sighing. This is the only entry in the 580 lot sale by Canny Lad, a stalwart of Hunter Valley breeding since retiring to stud in the early 90s after an illustrious racetrack career which included a Golden Slipper victory.

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Snippetson has gotten his career off to a flying start with stakes winners such as Tulloch Stakes-G2 winner Fast Clip and Miss Upstart flying the flag, while Dajeune is a daughter of stakes winner After Beune.

Fittingly, this filly is a close relation to dual Group One winner Dodge (also by Canny Lad) and his Group One winning three quarter brother Tenor.

Although Dajeune is yet to be represented on the track, it’s clearly a family of winners with black type horses such as Muffler, Viminaria, Alcove, Gazania and co. appearing close up.

Meanwhile, Lot 493 looks as if she will be well worth the wait being a daughter of up and comer Snippetson from the Danewin mare Dajeune.

Lakeview is located in Row K at the Belmont Complex and for further information phone John Latham on 0417 905 238.

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2012 GOLD COAST MAGIC MILLIONS REVIEW

NO MILLIONS …

But steady as she goes

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OU DON’T SEE a lot of folk s k i m m i n g through the Financial Review at the sales complex and this scribe doesn’t exactly keep copies laying around for light reading..

However, these was an interesting article in the week leading up to the sale when Magic Millions’ sole owner, Gerry Harvey, was asked about the 2012 prospects for his thoroughbred flagship.

horses will sell for $30,000 to $200,000. Horses that used to go for $2.2 million now go for $500,000.”

Harvey proved to be fairly intuitive on those counts – particularly his $30k to $200k predictions, as the accompanying statistics show – but his suggestion that the sale would be “weaker” was (fortuitously) a little off the mark. By about 2.8%!

We might be on our own here, but in light of what is happening all around the world, any increase at all in average has to be a good thing.

As SmartCompany pointed out, the Gold Coast Magic Millions was down around 6% from 2010 to 2011, whereas in the same period the wealth of the top 20 members of the Australian rich list had dropped by about 11%.

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Similarly, the middle market – to which pundits point when they when they wish to make a statement on a relative sale’s buoyancy – was solid with the median jumping 11.1% from $90,000 to $100,000.

And, while the figures vary from ’11 to ’12 in terms of the international buying bench, the same faces appeared at the Bundall sales ground

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SALE STATISTICS 2012

2011

Catalogued:

645 (-4.3%)

674

Offered:

583 (-5.7%)

618

Sold:

492 (84.4%)

515 (83.3%)

Aggregate:

$62,570,000 (-1.8%)

$63,669,000

Average:

$127,175 (+2.8%)

$123,629

Median:

$100,000 (+11.1%)

$90,000

Top Lot:

$960,000

$1,150,000

(albeit with liberal doses of sunscreen) as had done previously, so the shifting of a couple of points in the overall spread is no cause for alarm.

Indeed, Singapore buyers purchased 11 yearlings last year – this year … 17.

Yes, there were the usual cries from vendors who sold for too

little and the buyers who had to pay too much, but truth be known, a lot of people would have flown out of the Gold Coast grateful for not being too ‘scathed’.

How will this reflect on the remainder of 2012 sales?

Who knows, but at least they can be faced with somewhat less trepidation. >>

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SALE BREAKDOWNS In the market breakdown there was an increase in both the average and the median of the top 10% of horses sold.

Sale Breakdown of Averages ($) Top 10%

The greatest losses were seen in the next two bands, with the average and median either decreasing or remaining stagnant. The middle of the market showed a solid increase in both parameters.

Sale Breakdown of Medians ($)

2012

%

2011

2012

%

2011

365,106

5

347,692

Top 10%

325,000

8.3

300,000

11-20%

197,826

-5

208,235

11-20%

200,000

0

200,000

21-30%

152,935

-2.1

156,058

21-30%

150,000

-3.2

155,000

31-40%

130,217

4.8

124,216

31-40%

130,000

4

125,000

41-50%

107,989

8.6

99,423

41-50%

110,000

10

100,000

51-60%

88,207

4.9

84,020

51-60%

87,500

9.4

80,000

61-70%

74,891

0.5

74,548

61-70%

75,000

0

75,000

71-80%

64,239

4.2

61,667

71-80%

65,000

8.3

60,000

81-90%

47,554

-0.9

47,971

81-90%

50,000

0

50,000

Lowest 10%

31,489

3.7

30,353

Lowest 10%

35,000

16.7

30,000

No. Sold

462

515

PURCHASERS 2012 Top Ten Purchasers by Aggregate

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Purchaser

Lots

Top Price ($)

Aggregate ($)

Gai Waterhouse & James Harron BS

20

680,000

5,112,500

Magic Millions (A)

25

400,000

2,637,500

Hong Kong Jockey Club

10

360,000

2,555,000

Segenhoe Stud

7

470,000

2,360,000

Star Thoroughbreds

16

190,000

2,197,500

Cameron Cooke

11

300,000

1,802,500

Peter Moody

12

310,000

1,595,000

Anthony Cummings TB

11

250,000

1,340,000

Gerald Ryan

4

750,000

1,330,000

Bahen Bloodstock & Malua Racing

5

460,000

1,035,000

John O’Shea

3

450,000

950,000

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PURCHASERS 2012 Top Ten Purchasers by Average Purchaser

Lots

Top Price ($)

Average ($)

Segenhoe Stud

7

470,000

337,143

Gerald Ryan

4

750,000

332,500

John O’Shea

3

450,000

316,667

Gai Waterhouse & James Harron BS

20

680,000

255,625

Hong Kong Jockey Club

10

360,000

255,500

George Moore BS

4

420,000

220,000

Belmont BS Agency

4

350,000

207,500

Bahen Bloodstock & Malua Racing

5

460,000

207,000

Bluesky Thoroughbreds

5

290,000

187,000

Chris Waller

5

320,000

165,000

PURCHASERS LOCATIONS 2012 Purchaser Location

2011 Purchaser Location

Location

Lots Aggregate ($) Average ($) %

Location

Lots Aggregate ($) Average ($) %

Australia

393 49,882,500

126,927

85.4

Australia

438 53,258,000 121,594

Hong Kong

19

196,447

6.4

Hong Kong

20 4,451,000

222,550

7.0

103,646

3.9

106,000

1.7

3,732,500

83.6

17

1,655,000

97,553

2.8

South Africa 24 2,487,500

South Africa 16

1,595,000

99,688

2.7

New Zealand 10

New Zealand 8

705,000

88,125

1.2

Singapore

11 990,000

90,000

1.6

Malaysia

5

352,500

70,500

0.6

Ireland

8

982,500

122,333

1.5

UK

1

250,000

N/A

0.4

Japan

3

370,000

123,333

0.6

Ireland

2

110,000

55,000

0.2

UK

1

70,000

N/A

0.1

Japan

1

95,000

N/A

0.2

Total

515 63,669,000

Total

462 58,377,500

Singapore

1,060,000

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Hobart’s thoroughbred headquarters – Tattersall’s Park – is set on the banks of the majestic Derwent River and is just a stone’s throw from the exciting and internationally acclaimed Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), just one of the many tourist attractions in the Apple Isle.

which is at Wrest Point Hotel Casino on Friday 3 February. It is always a fabulous night, with quality entertainment, food and beverages. The following Tuesday is the ‘Breakfast with the Stars’ Barrier Draw which will take place at Tattersall’s Park, while on Friday the traditional ‘Cup Carbine Club Lunch’ is also on at Wrest Point. Guest speaker this year is Hall-of-Famer Lee Freedman.

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Tattersall’s Park is just a 10 minute drive from Hobart, two hours from Launceston and under three from Devonport where the Spirit of Tasmania delivers tourists daily during summer.

The AAMI Tasmanian Summer Racing Carnival, featuring the Hobart Cup, is the highlight of summer activity in the state and is again set to attract quality fields in 2012.

The Carnival begins in Hobart with Betfair Hobart Guineas Day on Sunday 22 January 2012, with the day’s main event carrying $90,000 in stakes.

The day is themed by Eastlands Shopping Centre as ‘Ladies Day’ with a fashion parade and lots of competitions. The following Sunday is Schweppes Tasmanian Derby Day with highlights including Children’s ‘Fashions on the Field’ and plenty of family focused activities. The feature race, is the $150,000 Bow Mistress Stakes-G3, a weight for age event for fillies and mares over 1200m.

There is also the $100,000 Tasmanian Derby, a Listed event over 2200m for 3YOs, plus the $100,000 Listed Motors Elwick 2YO Stakes over 1100m and $50,000 Jockey Club Cup over 2100m.

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Then it’s the big one, the $225,000 AAMI Hobart Cup-G3 on Sunday 12 February, along with WFA Listed $100,000 Thomas Lyons Stakes over 1400m and the Listed $100,000 Strutt Stakes for 3YO fillies over 2100m.

Myer ‘Fashions on the Field’ is an attraction in itself on Hobart Cup Day with the winner becoming the Tasmanian entrant in the VRC Oaks Day event.

The Terrace View Restaurant at Tattersall’s Park is well worth exploring as your base for Cup Day. From here, you will enjoy the most exclusive position trackside, great food and wine, all overlooking the winning post. But get in quick – tables are at a premium!

Things in Hobart really hot up around this time of the year and there is plenty to see and do. Salamanca Place is home to the internationally renowned market and historic warehouses which are now home to many world class restaurants. And it’s here you can sample some of the best cool climate wines in the country, along with the fresh local produce Tasmania has become famous for.

If you would like to dine somewhere further afield, try Peppermint Bay, a fabulous eating experience to the City’s south and easily accessed by fast catamaran. What’s more, there are award winning eco adventure cruises at Bruny Island and also at Eaglehawk Neck, which you pass through when you are on your way to the State’s most visited tourist attraction, Port Arthur.

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And, if you back the winner of the 2012 AAMI Hobart Cup, stay a few days longer and visit Saffire on Tasmania’s East Coast for the experience of a lifetime.

Seriously, the best punt you can make this summer is to be in Tassie for the 2012 AAMI Tasmanian Summer Racing Carnival!

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Hobart boy and thoroughbred fanatic, Sam McMillan (26) was the proud recipient of the Marcus Oldham College/Lanwades International Stud Management Award (UK), entitling him to spend 12 months at the historic Lanwades Stud at Newmarket and also at sister stud, Staffordstown Stud at County Meath, Ireland.

Born into a family that has extensive equine interests both in racing/breeding and sport horses, Teah Hill (19) from Collie in Western Australia received the inaugural Marcus Oldham/Juddmonte Farms Stud Management Award (UK) and consequently will travel to England in 2012 to spend six months at Juddmonte Farms Barnstead Manor Stud, near Newmarket Cambridgeshire.

Throughout 2012, Sam will gain experience in all facets including broodmares, foals, covering barn and yearling preparation, gaining invaluable experience at Goffs and Tattersalls sales: a tremendous insight to the international Thoroughbred industry.

Thoroughbred racehorses have been bred in Newmarket and surrounding villages for over 300 years and Lanwades encompasses nearly 1000 acres of prime grassland in both England and Ireland.

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SPECIAL FEATURE

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MAGNIER Lord of Ireland’s Manor LISSA OLIVER chronicles the rise and rise of Coolmore Stud chief, John Magnier.

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OOLMORE Stud is renowned the world over, in no small part due to a publicity department working around the clock to promote the latest wave of champions. The quality of the Ballydoyle racehorses and Coolmore stallions ensures the ‘brand’ is always at the fore … all of which is in stark contrast to the publicity-shy business supremo who has made the great stud what it is today.

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remain quietly in their shadow. That’s not to say that, when cornered by the press on the racecourse, he isn’t unfailingly courteous and forthcoming. His family, too, are always great ambassadors for the sport and it is it abundantly clear that while Coolmore might well be a successful business it remains, first and foremost, a passion.

The Magnier family has raised horses since the mid-1800s and John’s partnership with Robert Sangster and Vincent O’Brien seemed a match made in heaven. The Magniers and O’Briens had been linked for several generations and Vincent’s first winner had >>

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SPECIAL FEATURE been leased from Michael Magnier, John’s grandfather.

John’s mother, Evie, had been Matron of Honour at the wedding of Vincent and Jacqueline, and John has enjoyed a long and happy marriage to Vincent’s daughter Sue. Horses, of course, played their part in uniting these legendary figures.

John managed his late-father’s Grange Stud from an early age and later bought the nearby Castlehyde Stud. Grange Stud had been as famous in its heyday as Coolmore is today, standing the great National Hunt stallion Cottage: said to be sire of almost every steeplechaser offered in Ireland during the 1950s. When John bought Castlehyde Stud in 1973 he was standing three stallions … two years later he was standing 13, including Green God, Deep Diver, Deep Run and Sun Prince.

Coolmore Stud might seem a more modern success story, but its history goes back much further, to its original days as a small agricultural farm inherited by Tim Vigors in 1945. Vigors used it as a base for his bloodstock

agency and as he grew more successful, went into partnership with Vincent O’Brien, eventually selling two-thirds of the business to the training legend.

With Vigors’ departure from Ireland in 1973, Vincent sought a manager for Coolmore and John seemed the obvious choice: “He had an exceptional ability and

was the most capable young man in Europe,” Vincent once said of the decision. A condition of the job was that John must live at Coolmore.

He was reluctant to leave his beloved Grange Stud, but finally agreed, with the three studs of Coolmore, Grange and Castlehyde amalgamated into a threeway partnership. >>

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The building blocks of the mighty Coolmore empire were already in place, but one more crucial element was yet to be added. Vernons Pools heir, Robert Sangster, a close friend of John, wanted to break into horseracing on a large scale and had been discussing with John the difficulties in buying suitable stallions for stud.

was the recognised face of Coolmore and Ballydoyle (and is very much sadly missed after being claimed by cancer in 2004).

Top class racehorses commanded high prices on retirement, but the obvious solution was to buy potential stallions as yearlings and aim to win top class races, the Classics in particular.

The ingredients required?

An expert judge of yearlings was essential … Vincent O’Brien.

And someone willing to make a huge financial investment beyond the means of most … Robert Sangster.

The uniting of the three enabled them to break into the expensive American market, sales at which few Europeans could afford to buy stock. The out-going Sangster proved the ideal spokesman for his two publicity-shy partners and though he often owned no more than 40% of the horses running in his colours, he

THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION WAS TO BUY POTENTIAL STALLIONS AS YEARLINGS

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Vincent, too, was no stranger to the breeding side of the racing industry. He founded Ballydoyle Stud in 1952 and bred Irish Derby winner Chamier, and would later breed (at his Lyonstown Stud), such luminaries as Sadler’s Wells, El Gran Senor, King’s Lake and Dr Devious, to name but a few.

This very modern concept of a syndicate now enabled the trio to buy yearlings to make into stallions, a venture previously unheard of. Furthermore, European racehorses had long been systematically sold to America … a downward spiral that John and his partners could now reverse. The best European bloodlines, as well as the top American lines, would now be based in Europe – and more importantly in Ireland.

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COOLMORE STUD MIGHT SEEM A MORE MODERN SUCCESS STORY, BUT ITS HISTORY GOES BACK MUCH FURTHER

Today, it is John who is recognised as having established Coolmore, and its sister studs in America and Australia, helming the greatest breeding empire in the world. He is a billionaire, his business acumen cast wider than horseracing: perhaps most famously in his shares (now sold) of Manchester United, while he has also been a Senator in the upper house of the Irish Parliament, Seanad Éireann.

All this from a young man forced to leave school at 15 due to the death of his father!

Indeed, John’s education on the family farm ultimately proved far more valuable than anything attainable at university and his children are equally skilled in the practical side of the industry, assuring Coolmore’s future.

Of his five children, sons Tom, John Paul (JP) and Michael Vincent (MV) are already making their mark in the racing world, as are daughters Sam and Katie.

Katie is married to successful trainer David Wachman, himself a name for the

future. In recent years John has been joined in business ventures by associates J. P. McManus, Dermot Desmond, Joe Lewis, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith, the latter two enjoying considerable success with shares in Ballydoyle horses running in their colours.

High Chaparral and Starspangledbanner carried Tabor’s familiar blue jacket with orange disc to glory, while Smith’s purple silks have been carried in Europe

by So You Think. The dark blue silks of Sue Magnier are perhaps best known for Yeats, but whatever the choice of silks, it can be guaranteed that one of the three will feature in several major Group One finishes each season.

Fairytales are all too few in the thoroughbred industry, but for the 15 year old who reached for the moon, John Magnier is now the brightest star in the constellation.

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MAMA MIA! Italian Racing In Crisis Italy suffered many tales of woe in 2011, not the least being the departure of its Svengalilike Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi and an economy in disarray. As LISSA OLIVER reports, a major fallout is Italian racing and breeding.

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HRISTMAS IS A time when many people traditionally receive gifts, but instead the Italian racing community found itself giving up what amounts to be the lifeblood of the industry.

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December 24 seemed an inappropriate day for ASSI, the Italian industry’s ruling body, to confirm the decreased 2012 Racing Calendar, making matters worse with the announcement of prizemoney reductions: far exceeding even the darkest of predictions.

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Prize money has been dramatically cut by 40% from 185million (A$227million) to 111m (A$137m), for both thoroughbred and trotting races combined, as a result of the decrease in betting revenue, which fell by 20% last year. Prior to the arrival of slot machines and poker in 2006, the betting turnover had been as high as €2.5billion (A$3billion).

Added to this financial disaster is the reduction of race meetings, from 609 down to just 540.

Pattern and Listed races, which have raised the profile of Italian bloodstock significantly in recent years, will be badly hit, as will the bread-and-butter races that enable owners to keep a horse in training. The winning prize for a maiden race at the two major tracks San Siro (Milan) and Capannelle (Rome) have dropped to €4,250 (A$5,200)

from €8,500, while Group and Listed races have been decimated with the total prize money for 29 Italian Group races falling from €5,544,000 to €3,826,000 (A$4,710,452), a drop of 31%. The one silver lining within the dark cloud is the retention of the bonus prizemoney for Italianbred horses, but it too has inevitably suffered a substantial reduction.

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RACING WAS THE ONE AND ONLY LEGAL WAY TO BET 20 YEARS AGO, BUT NOW THE BETTING TURNOVER ON HORSE RACING IS JUST TWO PER CENT OF THE MARKET.

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Indeed, Ebenezer Scrooge began to look more like Good Saint Nick in comparison to ASSI, themselves under considerable pressure from a recession-hit Government.

As a direct result, some racecourses immediately threatened not to open and Guido Melzi, the President of Federippodromi (the association of the major racecourses), announced: “We cannot agree with the approach of the ASSI. Our industry needs a different plan. We have more than 40 racecourses, which is too many. We need to rebuild the system.”

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SPECIAL FEATURE incensed by the decision and planned a demonstration for 12 January at the Ministry of Agriculture. However, long before then Italian racing found itself crippled by a series of strikes, by all areas of the racing industry, preventing the opening of the 2012 season which was due to commence on 1 January.

headquarters in Rome, where they planned to remain until 12 January.

On 3 January around 200 demonstrators broke into the offices of UnireTV and removed equipment and cabling to prevent the broadcasting of foreign racing. It was reported that one of the racing station’s presenters was assaulted amid the protest.

Meanwhile, Italy’s most famous racing export, Frankie Dettori, played an important role of solidarity when representing Italy in an international jockeys’ challenge in Hong Kong in December, by wearing the Italian football shirt bearing the slogan ‘Save Italian Racing’. Frankie told the media: “Italian racing is in serious trouble and I want to help my country to ride out the crisis. All the Italian racing people will have to work together as hard as they can.”

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Francesco Ruffo, SecretaryGeneral of ASSI, pointed out that: “By not signing contracts agreeing to the cuts, racecourses cannot obtain a public safety licence to stage race meetings.”

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Mario Catania, Italy’s Minister of Agriculture and a well-known racing fan and former Steward, called a press conference on 5 January, but his personal links with the industry proved to be of little help: it became abundantly clear the Government could not subsidise racing in the current economic climate.

Catania declared: “The Italian Racing Industry cannot ask for more money in this very tough environment. We need to rebuild the industry and resize its place in the betting market. Racing was the one and only legal way to bet 20 years ago, but now the betting turnover on horse

SPECIAL FEATURE associations. The difficulties of a successful resolution are increased by the lack of a unified racing body and the differing needs of the trotting and horseracing bodies.

The horseracing industry is largely sympathetic to Catania and willing to establish compromises, while the trotting industry is determined to press for Government subsidy.

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racing is just two per cent of the market.

“We are in discussion with the Minister of Finance and the first step could be an increase to the payout by bookmakers, because the take out is very high. Racing needs an industrial plan with some reforms. One such is a new management of betting.

We can consider a scheme similar to the French PMU (pari-mutuel betting).”

He echoed the words of Frankie Dettori by concluding: “The way out of the crisis is not just around the corner; we have to work together.”

This is by no means the first time such desperate measures have been taken: Italian racing resorting to strike action in May of last year on the eve of the Derby Italiano. Earlier strikes had already taken place in 2011, causing the loss of two meetings, although the feature races were run at a later date.

Even though there had been three hearings in Parliament about the financial state of the racing industry, UNIRE (Italian racing’s independent governing body) was unable to make any progress and fix a budget, leaving courses unable to guarantee

AUSTRALIA ONLY HAS TO REMEMBER THE EQUINE INFLUENZA OUTBREAK TO RECALL THE AFFECTS ON ALMOST UNCONSIDERED SATELLITE BUSINESSES.

Even though Catania pointed out the futility of the strike and asked the industry to return to work, his pleas fell on deaf ears. A meeting later took place on 9 January between AAMS (the Government agency supervising betting) and the various professional

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SPECIAL FEATURE 1999. Emergency measures were taken in 2008 to retain prizemoney levels at €220million (A$270million), aided by the sale of 3,000 betting shops and reforms to betting tax, but the budget could not be sustained.

At a time when Italy, like much of Europe, is crippled by recession, the livelihood of over 50,000 families directly involved in the industry is again at risk.

That figure is but a drop in the ocean compared to those indirectly reliant on racing and breeding: from

Bearing in mind this wasn’t just a fight to secure Government handouts for an elitist sport, but a genuine need to secure funding and safeguard employment, more than 4,000 people from all branches of the racing industry converged on Rome on 12 January to protest against the 40% cut in prizemoney in front of Parliament. Under the banner “Save Italian Racing”, trainers, owners, jockeys and stablelads came from far and wide to ask Government to intervene and address the drop in prizemoney.

Matters came to a head when an explosive device went off, but it was a minor incident, the device designed to damage barriers preventing access: and no injuries were caused.

FRANKIE DETTORI

feed merchants to farriers, pharmaceutical suppliers and specialist clothing manufacturers, to specialist laundry services and transport operators.

Australia has only to remember the EI outbreak to recall the affects on almost unconsidered satellite businesses, such as hat shops for racegoers.

The knock-on affect of supposed cutbacks directed at the racing industry have dramatic repercussions elsewhere, decreasing Government revenue and increasing social benefit payments.

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Frankie Dettori commented before the protests: “Italy is in crisis – there is a great tradition of racing there, a great history, and it would be a tragedy if that was to be lost. I do understand there are many other pressing issues for the Government, but if they don’t do something we could be looking at 50,000 people out of work. I feel for my family, I feel for my friends – I feel for the industry as a whole.”

A press conference was held before the demonstration and many Members of Parliament assured their support to the racing industry.

Mario Catania promised: “We will spend the next week looking at how we can best help the racing industry and the jobs that it provides.”

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WINNERS

of Every Colour

Looking good in black

P

ERCEPTION IS A funny thing.

Everyone expects that our best racehorses will emerge from the Gold Coast, or Easter, or the select session in New Zealand.

And let’s face it, given that so many good horses graduate from Australasia’s elite three, you wouldn’t win too many arguments by trampling all over their respective bona fides.

But bagging a given sale is not the point, it’s more the

expectations that three generate.

the

big

When a Group One winner hails from the those sales, the stock answer is “so they should … after all, they have carte blanche when it comes to well related youngsters and – arguably – access to the finest athletes”.

Fortunately, we have the Inglis Melbourne Premier to remind us that this sport/business of ours is a long way short of being an exact science and deep pockets are not the only path to racetrack glory. >> www.tracktotrack.com

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Melbourne offers everything: a good cross section of the immaculately pedigreed and the truly athletic. Often the pedigree/athlete twain doesn’t meet, but as we’ve all found out many, many times, one man’s trash (an alleged conformational infraction) is another man’s treasure (Group One winner).

In terms of the pedigree page, Inglis’ Melbourne machine can proudly boast of its assemblage for 2012 …

For starters, there are 11 siblings to Group One winners including full relations to Hong Kong legend Sacred Kingdom and dual Classic winner Rebel Raider, along with half brothers to 4-time Group One winner Divine Madonna and Champion 2YO Fashions Afield.

Meanwhile, there are 13 yearlings from Group One winners such as Macedon Lady, Special Mission, Asylum Seeker, Mannerism, Danglissa and Dowry.

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(For a comprehensive breakdown on the stakes winning relations in Premier ’12, turn to page 35).

Similarly, sons and daughters of our stallion elite are showing up in droves with Bel Esprit represented by 39 youngsters, while his Eliza Park stablemates Magnus (35 yearlings) and Statue of Liberty (24) both weigh in with hefty consignments.

Also playing a sizeable role are Australia’s Champion Sire, Lonhro (30 yearlings), Fastnet Rock – who is poised to displace Lonhro this season – has 28, while Victorian expats, Testa Rossa (20) and Encosta de Lago (17) are also high on the list.

Among the first time sellers, Sebring (27 yearlings) leads the way and based on his sales at the Gold Coast, should be again well patronised in Melbourne.

Similarly, the Northern Meteors (21), Astronomer Royals (17), Duke of Marmalades (10) and

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FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE THE INGLIS MELBOURNE PREMIER TO REMIND US THAT THIS SPORT/ BUSINESS OF OURS IS A LONG WAY SHORT OF BEING AN EXACT SCIENCE AND DEEP POCKETS ARE NOT THE ONLY PATH TO RACETRACK GLORY.

Myboycharlies (10) should also sell well.

(All up there are 108 individual sires with yearlings in the Melbourne Premier and turn to page 41 for a full list).

But for all the song and dance over Melbourne’s ability to draw a well credentialed crowd, the reason for its 5 star rating is simple: the Premier Sale – year after year – keeps producing outstanding racehorses.

World Champion Black Caviar … 2011 Cox Plate winner Pinker Pinker … sprinting hero Starspangledbanner … South African champ Igugu … Horse of the Year Weekend Hussler … Hong Kong Horse of the Year Sacred Kingdom … Blue Diamond winner Reward For Effort … Group One winners Ortensia, Littorio, Turffontein, Arapaho Miss, Le Drakkar, Rostova, Sakima, Golden Gunner, Sanjuan, Ultra Fantasy … >>

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Importantly, Melbourne ‘made’ them: Black Caviar was Helsinge’s first foal; Pinker Pinker was Miss Marion’s second foal, Courtroom Sweetie has produced five winners from five to race, but nothing much had happened before Sacred Kingdom came along; Weekend Hussler is Weekend Beauty’s second foal; Igugu is a second foal also; Ortensia was the second live foal for Aerate’s Pick; Arapaho Miss third

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catalogue and checking out the black type winning relations, it will probably pay you dividends to spend as much time studying those which are currently shy of stakes success.

And trust us … there are a LOT of first and second foals in this sale!

“Melbourne’s figures stack up. The sale continually produces international champions, while the depth

MELBOURNE’S FIGURES STACK UP. THE SALE

CONTINUALLY PRODUCES INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS, WHILE

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THE DEPTH OF STALLIONS, FEMALE FAMILIES AND PHYSICAL TYPES KEEPS IMPROVING.

foal; so was Le Drakkar; Golden Gunner and Sanjuan were first foals … you see where we’re going with this.

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of stallions, female families and physical types keeps improving,” Inglis Melbourne Director Peter Heagney points out.

“There is a great balance

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of proven sires, emerging superstars and exciting wellcredentialed new stallions in the 2012 Melbourne catalogue, with sprinters, milers, middle-distance and staying types all available.”

Inglis Managing Director, Mark Webster, is also buoyed by the support that Premier ’12 has received from breeders: “We’re very pleased to welcome over a dozen new vendors to Melbourne next year, bringing with them 74 yearlings from Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and New Zealand “There is a great diversity of stallions represented in this Premier catalogue, our best yet, with yearlings to suit all buyers whom we look forward to greeting at the sale during the Melbourne Festival of Racing.

“Horse racing in Victoria has never been stronger and with the added incentive of the $2.6million Inglis Race Series, Super VOBIS and

Super VOBIS Gold there is no better time to get involved in this amazing sport.”

The 2012 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling sale will be held over four days at Oaklands Junction, commencing, Monday 27 February.

Sunday 26 February is an Open Inspection Day and follows Super Saturday at Caulfield, where three Group One events including the Blue Diamond, Futurity Stakes and Oakleigh Plate will be held.

Premier Session 1 will be staged on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, with 614 yearlings on offer, while Premier Session 2, comprising 176 lots, rounds out the sale on Thursday 1 March.

Bring your cheque book … you may just take home Caviar!

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Sex

Sire of Yearling

Vendor

Relation

SW

Full relations to SWs 131

Colt

Reset

Yallambee Stud

Rebel Raider

G1

478

Colt

Encosta de Lago

Kornong Stud Farm

Sacred Kingdom

G1

374

Colt

Flying Spur

Yallambee Stud

Vintedge

G2

376

Colt

Encosta de Lago

Supreme Thoroughbreds

Delzao

G2

437

Colt

Commands

Tyreel Stud

Friday Creek

G3

513

Colt

Bel Esprit

Eliza Park

Gabbidon

G3

Half relations to SWs 89

Colt

Bernardini (USA)

Mill Park

Divine Madonna

G1

162

Colt

Fastnet Rock

Erinvale Thoroughbreds

Morshdi

G1

328

Filly

Reaan

Supreme Thoroughbreds

Reactive

G1

386

Colt

Statue of Liberty (USA)

Eliza Park

Jymcarew

G1

399

Colt

New Approach (IRE)

Shadow Glen

Fashions Afield

G1

419

Colt

Snitzel

Bellerive Stud

Rockabubble

G1

601

Filly

Any Suggestion

Oxford Thoroughbreds

My Keepsake

G1

606

Filly

New Approach (IRE)

Wood Nook Farm

Marble Halls

G1

740

Colt

Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)

Grenville Stud

Young Centaur

G1

18

Filly

Churchill Downs

Blue Gum Farm

Laura's Charm

G2

54

Colt

Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)

Evergreen Stud Farm

Dandify

G2

147

Colt

Magnus

Armidale Stud

Lady Lynette

G2

150

Filly

Lonhro

Yallambee Stud

Pinwheel

G2

228

Filly

Exceed and Excel

Cornerstone Stud

Churchill Downs

G2

231

Colt

Testa Rossa

Mill Park

Catapulted

G2

294

Colt

Any Given Saturday (USA)

Salamander Park

So Swift

G2

343

Colt

Mutawaajid

Emirates Park

Elegant Fashion

G2

366

Filly

Lonhro

Evergreen Stud Farm

Ain't Here

G2

438

Colt

Host (CHI)

Swettenham Stud

Conservatorio

G2

442

Colt

Stravinsky (USA)

Rubiton Bloodstock

Incumbent

G2

521

Filly

Dane Shadow

Fairhill Farm

World Airlines

G2

572

Colt

Authorized (IRE)

Rubiton Bloodstock

Great Glen

G2

592

Filly

Reset

Swettenham Stud

Chase the Rainbow G2

18

Filly

Churchill Downs

Blue Gum Farm

Corton Charlemagne

24

Colt

Teofilo (IRE)

Patinack Farm

Real Stolle

G3

36

Colt

Trotamondo (CHI)

Yallambee Stud

Uate

G3

54

Colt

Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)

Evergreen Stud Farm

Manner Hill

G3

G3

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64

Colt

Snippetson

Blue Gum Farm

Entrapment

G3

66

Colt

Commands

Eliza Park

Danerich

G3

89

Colt

Bernardini (USA)

Mill Park

Blessum

G3

90

Colt

Mutawaajid

Emirates Park

Mr Chard

G3

105

Colt

Encosta de Lago

Burnewang North Pastoral

Narooma

G3

131

Colt

Reset

Yallambee Stud

Shamoline Warrior

G3

158

Filly

Not a Single Doubt

Blue Gum Farm

Be Positive

G3

302

Filly

Magnus

Yallambee Stud

Dance The Waves

G3

338

Colt

Bel Esprit

Eliza Park

Wordsmith

G3

339

Colt

Elvstroem

Blue Gum Farm

Dan Baroness

G3

379

Filly

Sebring

Kia-Ora Stud

Playwright

G3

393

Filly

Savabeel

Waikato Stud

Take The Rap

G3

417

Colt

Zabeel (NZ)

Kia-Ora Stud

Acoustical

G3

424

Colt

Artie Schiller (USA)

Silvertaire Thoroughbreds

Starcheeka

G3

442

Colt

Stravinsky (USA)

Rubiton Bloodstock

Royal Chalon

G3

472

Colt

Hard Spun (USA)

Millford Thoroughbreds

Chong Tong

G3

506

Filly

Artie Schiller (USA)

Three Bridges Thoroughbreds Fire in the Night

G3

518

Filly

Tale of the Cat (USA)

Millford Thoroughbreds

Burning Sands

G3

550

Colt

New Approach (IRE)

Glastonbury Farms

Eight Till Late

G3

557

Filly

Testa Rossa

Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm

General Truce

G3

557

Filly

Testa Rossa

Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm

Arctic Command

G3

560

Filly

Henrythenavigator (USA)

Eliza Park

Blahnik

G3

720

Filly

Elvstroem

Little Plains Stud

Celestial Show

G3

722

Filly

Myboycharlie (IRE)

Supreme Thoroughbreds

Here de Angels

G3

1

Filly

Tale of the Cat (USA)

Fairhill Farm

Moveovr

L

16

Filly

Churchill Downs

Ballarto Lodge

She's Got Gears

L

22

Colt

Soldier's Tale (USA)

Swettenham Stud

Éclair Mystic

L

57

Colt

Magnus

Eliza Park

Cassini

L

75

Filly

Sharkbite

Eliza Park

Travino

L

79

Colt

Myboycharlie (IRE)

Yarran

Sara's Choice

L

84

Filly

Statue of Liberty (USA)

Eliza Park

Classy Nugget

L

134

Colt

Excellent Art (GB)

Erinvale Thoroughbreds

Pantenny

L

195

Filly

Murtajill

Patinack Farm

Morgan Dollar

L

250

Colt

Bel Esprit

Eliza Park

Hooness

L

265

Colt

New Approach (IRE)

Mill Park

Storm Rolling In

L

292

Colt

Exceed and Excel

Eliza Park

Pergram

L

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Sire of Yearling

Vendor

Relation

SW

310

Colt

O'Reilly (NZ)

Seaton Park

Mary Lavelle

L

313

Colt

Sebring

Shadow Glen

Sanjuan

L

321

Filly

Encosta de Lago

Yallambee Stud

Devoirs

L

328

Filly

Reaan

Supreme Thoroughbreds

Fleischer

L

356

Filly

Hard Spun (USA)

Eliza Park

Uzigal

L

362

Filly

Wonderful World

Phoenix Broodmare Farm

Carlton Spirit

L

373

Filly

Rock of Gibraltar (IRE)

Ultra Thoroughbreds

Mighty Raja

L

374

Colt

Flying Spur

Yallambee Stud

Youths Edge

L

375

Colt

Charge Forward

Millford Thoroughbreds

Dehero

L

388

Filly

Hidden Dragon

Swettenham Stud

Danedina

L

429

Colt

Rock of Gibraltar (IRE)

Tara Farm

Flashed

L

434

Filly

Sebring

Three Bridges Thoroughbreds Happy Victory

L

447

Filly

Choisir

Chatswood Stud

L

Battlefield

454

Filly

Bernardini (USA)

Three Bridges Thoroughbreds Centurytwentyone

L

461

Colt

Testa Rossa

Mill Park

Victory Chant

L

480

Filly

Fastnet Rock

Makybe

Corsaire

L

505

Filly

Magnus

Burnewang North Pastoral

Al Dhafra

L

518

Filly

Tale of the Cat (USA)

Millford Thoroughbreds

Jeram New Village L

523

Colt

Not a Single Doubt

Swettenham Stud

Diamond to Pegasus

L

560

Filly

Henrythenavigator (USA)

Eliza Park

Elysees

L

568

Colt

Rock of Gibraltar (IRE)

M. Stanaway

Antidotes

L

579

Colt

Rock of Gibraltar (IRE)

Bellerive Stud

Made of Diamonds L

584

Filly

Henrythenavigator (USA)

Erinvale Thoroughbreds

Atlantic Waves

L

597

Colt

Magnus

Tarcoola Stud

How Funny

L

614

Colt

Kheleyf (USA)

Torryburn Stud

Run For Naara

L

614

Colt

Kheleyf (USA)

Torryburn Stud

On the Course

L

614

Colt

Kheleyf (USA)

Torryburn Stud

Tisket a Tisket

L

636

Filly

Bianconi (USA)

Millford Thoroughbreds

Tropic Thunder

L

666

Colt

Elvstroem

Blue Gum Farm

Draconic

L

669

Colt

Any Given Saturday (USA)

Eldon Park Stud

Rossa Glory

L

701

Colt

Magnus

Ballarto Lodge

Tennessee Midnight

L

716

Filly

Bianconi (USA)

Little Plains Stud

Honest Politician

L

720

Filly

Elvstroem

Little Plains Stud

Fashion Victim

L

742

Colt

Any Given Saturday (USA)

Eliza Park

Galvanized

L

756

Colt

Golden Snake (USA)

Shady Lane Thoroughbreds Hissing Sid

L

765

Filly

Henrythenavigator (USA)

Erinvale Thoroughbreds

L

Excelsius

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Sex

Sire of Yearling

Vendor

Relation

SW

4

Colt

Testa Rossa

Vinery Stud

La Chiflota

G1

22

Colt

Soldier's Tale (USA)

Swettenham Stud

Leica Smile

G1

46

Colt

Snitzel

Bellerive Stud

Macedon Lady

G1

54

Colt

Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)

Evergreen Stud Farm

Mannerism

G1

117

Filly

Henrythenavigator (USA)

Tyreel Stud

Pace Invader

G1

248

Filly

Encosta de Lago

Torryburn Stud

Special Mission

G1

398

Colt

Rock of Gibraltar (IRE)

Tara Farm

Asylum Seeker

G1

455

Filly

Magnus

Eliza Park

Chlorophyll

G1

488

Colt

Statue of Liberty (USA)

Eliza Park

Danglissa

G1

504

Filly

Charge Forward

Bellerive Stud

Dowry

G1

541

Filly

Lonhro

Brooklyn Lodge

Fine Society

G1

586

Filly

Pentire (GB)

Esker Lodge

Honor Bound

G1

140

Filly

Sebring

Widden Stud

Press The Button

G2

174

Colt

More Than Ready (USA)

Wood Nook Farm

Rocha

G2

251

Colt

Haradasun

Yallambee Stud

Spurn

G2

312

Filly

Bernardini (USA)

Rubiton Bloodstock

Truly Wicked

G2

321

Filly

Encosta de Lago

Yallambee Stud

Velasco

G2

372

Filly

Authorized (IRE)

Cornerstone Stud

Almah

G2

395

Filly

Testa Rossa

Eliza Park

Artist Johanna

G2

468

Filly

Myboycharlie (IRE)

Wood Nook Farm

Conquistar

G2

701

Colt

Magnus

Ballarto Lodge

Tennessee Morn

G2

18

Filly

Churchill Downs

Blue Gum Farm

Laura's Express

G3

21

Filly

Exceed and Excel

Tyreel Stud

Legally Bay

G3

66

Colt

Commands

Eliza Park

Millrich

G3

76

Filly

Starcraft (NZ)

Ballarto Lodge

Miss Pavolva

G3

80

Filly

Henrythenavigator (USA)

Millford Thoroughbreds

Mon Mekki

G3

93

Colt

Henrythenavigator (USA)

Torryburn Stud

Natural Woman

G3

159

Filly

Danehill Dancer (IRE)

Cornerstone Stud

Red Rioja

G3

320

Colt

Street Boss (USA)

Makybe

Varevees

G3

330

Colt

Magnus

Eliza Park

Vita

G3

333

Filly

Encosta de Lago

Tarcoola Stud

Vivacious Spirit

G3

415

Filly

Redoute's Choice

Bellerive Stud

Bianca

G3

467

Filly

Magnus

Yallambee Stud

Coniston Gem

G3

474

Filly

Elvstroem

Oakford Thoroughbred Farm

Corton Charlemagne

G3

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Sire of Yearling

Vendor

Relation

SW

493

Filly

Sebring

Evergreen Stud Farm

Demographic

G3

587

Colt

Astronomer Royal (USA)

Wood Nook Farm

Hootandance

G3

646

Filly

Fastnet Rock

Erinvale Thoroughbreds

Overclock

G3

724

Filly

Myboycharlie (IRE)

Glenelg Park

Aunty Betty

G3

3

Filly

Tale of the Cat (USA)

Bell River Thoroughbreds

La Chasseuse

L

25

Filly

Tale of the Cat (USA)

Burnewang North Pastoral

Les Ry Leigh

L

40

Filly

Starcraft (NZ)

Eliza Park

Louis Leggs

L

49

Filly

Flying Spur

Bellerive Stud

Made of Diamonds L

65

Colt

Bel Esprit

Fulmen Park

Midnight Sun

L

72

Colt

Lonhro

Bell River Thoroughbreds

Miss Helterskelter

L

106

Filly

Magnus

Yallambee Stud

Nova Clause

L

127

Colt

Elvstroem

Blue Gum Farm

Personal Ensign

L

130

Colt

Statue of Liberty (USA)

Burnewang North Pastoral

Petite Oiseau

L

143

Filly

Northern Meteor

Basinghall Farm

Pure Black

L

185

Filly

Commands

Rangal Park Stud

Royal Sonata

L

236

Colt

Statue of Liberty (USA)

Three Bridges Thoroughbreds

Sky Drama

L

252

Colt

Tale of the Cat (USA)

Rangal Park Stud

Stage Doll

L

255

Colt

Al Maher

Blue Gum Farm

Star Hit

L

261

Filly

Snitzel

Yallambee Stud

Stella Maree

L

264

Filly

Fastnet Rock

Shadow Glen

Storming Bai

L

270

Colt

Alamosa (NZ)

Glenelg Park

Superjet

L

279

Colt

Northern Meteor

Widden Stud

Swiss Current

L

288

Colt

Fastnet Rock

Oakford Thoroughbred Farm

Tempest Tost

L

293

Filly

Haradasun

Fairhill Farm

Tequila Knowledge

L

296

Colt

Sharkbite

Grange Thoroughbreds

Thousand Veils

L

302

Filly

Magnus

Yallambee Stud

Timeless Winds

L

332

Filly

Magnus

Burnewang North Pastoral

Viva La Diva

L

336

Filly

Commands

Makybe

Warm Smytzer

L

368

Colt

Oratorio (IRE)

Manx Park

Aldarch

L

389

Colt

Testa Rossa

Vinery Stud

Aragonce

L

427

Colt

Fastnet Rock

Grenville Stud

Brakim Lass

L

429

Colt

Rock of Gibraltar (IRE)

Tara Farm

Bright Light

L

430

Filly

Encosta de Lago

Kia-Ora Stud

Burgeis

L

433

Colt

Distorted Humor (USA)

Supreme Thoroughbreds

Butters

L

458

Filly

Stratum

Widden Stud

Cianara

L

463

Colt

Hussonet (USA)

Cornerstone Stud

Coincidental

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Sex

Sire of Yearling

Relation

SW

473

Filly

Fastnet Rock

Makybe

Corsaire

L

479

Colt

Pins

Tyreel Stud

Crossyourheart

L

481

Filly

Dehere (USA)

Caithness Breeding

Cunamulla Lass

L

510

Filly

Rock of Gibraltar (IRE)

Grenville Stud

Ehor

L

526

Colt

Street Hero (USA)

Makybe

Fabiarna

L

554

Colt

Testa Rossa

Vinery Stud

Gathering Storm

L

560

Filly

Henrythenavigator (USA)

Eliza Park

Gift Bouquet

L

562

Filly

Exceed and Excel

Grange Thoroughbreds

Given

L

577

Colt

Tale of the Cat (USA)

Kia-Ora Stud

Hancora

L

585

Filly

New Approach (IRE)

Yallambee Stud

Honest Politician

L

608

Colt

Astronomer Royal (USA)

Bowness Stud

Just a Kiseki

L

614

Colt

Kheleyf (USA)

Torryburn Stud

Kristopher Street

L

620

Filly

Magnus

Eliza Park

Lady Knockout

L

639

Filly

Dylan Thomas (IRE)

Little Plains Stud

My Jaspa

L

697

Colt

Reaan

Flinders Park Stud

Taleer

L

732

Filly

Rock of Gibraltar (IRE)

Ultra Thoroughbreds

Blessed Sue

L

746

Colt

Dylan Thomas (IRE)

Blue Gum Farm

Con's Army

L

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PREMIER SIRES Sire

Entries

Bel Esprit

39

Magnus

35

Lonhro

30

Fastnet Rock

28

Sebring

27

Statue of Liberty (USA)

24

Rock of Gibraltar (IRE)

23

Choisir

22

Northern Meteor

21

Tale of the Cat (USA)

21

Henrythenavigator (USA)

20

Testa Rossa

20

Not a Single Doubt

19

Astronomer Royal (USA)

17

Encosta de Lago

17

High Chaparral (IRE)

13

Stratum

13

Soldier's Tale (USA)

12

Starcraft (NZ)

12

Churchill Downs

11

Exceed and Excel

11

Flying Spur

11

Snitzel

11

Artie Schiller (USA)

10

Charge Forward

10

TESTA ROSSA

BEL ESPRIT

Duke of Marmalade (IRE)

10

Hard Spun (USA)

10

Myboycharlie (IRE)

10

Al Maher

9

New Approach (IRE)

9

Commands

8

Dane Shadow

8

Hussonet (USA)

8

Reset

8

Bernardini (USA)

7

Elvstroem

7

Kaphero

7

Street Sense (USA)

7

Danehill Dancer (IRE)

6

Dylan Thomas (IRE)

6

Haradasun

6

Pins

6

Real Saga

6

Show a Heart

6

Street Hero (USA)

6

Bianconi (USA)

5

Casino Prince

5

Dubawi (IRE)

5

Henny Hughes (USA)

5

Host (CHI)

5

O'Reilly (NZ)

5

Redoute's Choice

5

Sharkbite

5

Written Tycoon

5

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Sire

Entries

Danzero

4

Dash for Cash

4

Dehere (USA)

4

Domesday

4

Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)

4

Husson (ARG)

4

More Than Ready (USA)

4

Oratorio (IRE)

4

Pentire (GB)

4

Sire

Entries

Purrealist

4

Red Ransom (USA)

2

Savabeel

4

Stravinsky (USA)

2

Street Boss (USA)

4

Ad Valorem (USA)

1

Teofilo (IRE)

4

Any Suggestion

1

War Pass (USA)

4

Danasinga

1

Alamosa (NZ)

3

Danewin

1

Any Given Saturday (USA)

3

Distorted Humor (USA)

1

Authorized (IRE)

3

Exceedingly Good

1

Excellent Art (GB)

3

Excites

1

Nadeem

3

God's Own

1

Reaan

3

Golden Snake (USA)

1

Strategic

3

Keep the Faith

1

Canny Lad

2

Keeper

1

Econsul (NZ)

2

Medaglia d'Oro (USA)

1

Hidden Dragon

2

Mossman

1

Kheleyf (USA)

2

Murtajill

1

Magic Albert

2

Oasis Dream (GB)

1

Mutawaajid

2

Savoire Vivre (GB)

1

Shaft

1

Shamardal (USA)

1

Shinzig

1

Snippetson

1

Street Cry (IRE)

1

Thorn Park

1

Trotamondo (CHI)

1

Wonderful World

1

Zabeel (NZ)

1

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