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WELCOME FROM THE EDITOR

It’s a fair bet Mickael Barzalona didn’t read mycolumn in this magazine 12 months ago. For astart, he knows very little English, but had he

taken the time to peruse Owner & Breeder followingthe 2010 Derby he might have come across thefollowing observation about the victorious jockey,Ryan Moore.“Moore is not a man who shows much emotion, in

or out of the saddle,” I commented after Workforce’sbrilliant display. “He refuses to indulge in whip-waving, finger-pointing or exuberant celebration whena big winner comes his way.”Even if Monsieur Barzalona had seen those words,

it’s unlikely he would havetaken much notice, judging byhis incredible Derby ride onPour Moi, when the teenagerdecided that winning the racewas so good he didn’t want towait until it was over before hestarted celebrating.Watching the event live I

thought he had misjudged thewining post in what could havebeen the mother of all sportingcock-ups. Yet up until the lastfew yards he appeared to haveproduced a ride of utterbrilliance aboard a horse placedstone last approaching the home straight. As it turned out, he secured victory by a head, later

claiming that he knew he would win. So was itsupreme confidence in his own ability, and that of thehorse beneath him, that gained the day, luck, or a bitof both?If it’s the former – and the fact that none other than

Andre Fabre has seen fit to put his faith in the 19-year-old would suggest this is the case – we could well bewitnessing the embryonic career of one of the finesttalents ever to throw his leg over a thoroughbred.However you view this year’s Derby-winning ride,

it’s sure to be talked about for years to come. GeorgeSelwyn’s fabulous image on page 45 capturesBarzalona looking the wrong way as Colm

O’Donoghue asks eventual runner-up Treasure Beachfor maximum effort in the drive for the line. What would happen if Pour Moi met Frankel is

anyone’s guess. Any meeting between the two wouldalmost certainly have to take place over ten furlongs,and while the latter is yet to race beyond a mile, JamesWilloughby, in his exclusive column for this magazine(page 23), feels a step up in trip is exactly what KhalidAbdullah’s unbeaten colt needs.Tom Queally was widely criticised for his ride

aboard Frankel in the St James’s Palace Stakes butWilloughby, using his own analysis based on sectionaltiming and stride-pattern, suggests we should not be

blaming the man on top for thenarrow winning margin, asmost did.If Frankel’s performance in

victory was a let-down to some,So You Think’s second placebehind Rewilding in the PrinceOf Wales’s Stakes was a hugedisappointment in view of themassive hype surrounding him.He may still prove to be the

superstar we have been led tobelieve he is but the proof ofthe pudding, in this instance, ison the racecourse and atpresent the imposing son of

High Chaparral has to prove he can dominate ourracing scene as he did down under.So You Think still has time on his side to prove his

star quality, however further defeats would weaken notonly his reputation but also the idea that Australianracing at the top level is superior to that in Britain andIreland, a view expressed by certain racing figures.Also in this issue, Rachel Hood gives her first

interview since taking over the ROA Presidency (TheBig Interview, pages 34-37), Hughie Morrison, indouble-winning form at Royal Ascot, talks to Alan Leeabout his aristocratic background and decision toembark on a training career (pages 38-42) while EmmaBerry experiences the Grand National, Swedish style(pages 46-47).

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• New ROA President Rachel Hood on racing’s plight

• Pour Moi and Mickael Barzalona in Derby drama

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NEWS & VIEWS

7 ROA LeaderIt’s time to cut the fixture list

9 TBA LeaderAchievements should be lauded

10 NewsOur new website is here!

12 ChangesRacing’s news in a nutshell

20 Tony MorrisTrainers and knighthoods

23 COVER STORYJames WilloughbyFrankel didn’t tire at Royal Ascotbut he needs stepping up in trip

INTERNATIONAL SCENE

27 View From IrelandPaul Townend is top dog

29 Continental TalesItalian industry in crisis

32 Going GlobalChaparral rides high down under

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38 Hughie MorrisonTrainer exclusive

44 Epsom ReviewDerby and Oaks winners

46 Swedish Grand NationalScandinavian style!

49 Bloodstock sectionComment and analysis

96 FlashbackChief Singer’s July Cup

Victoire! Mickael Barzalonacelebrates winning the Derby

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58 Next Generation ClubFemale commentators battle it out

60 TBA ForumNew additions to the TBA board

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68 Vet ForumSpotlight on Equine Herpesvirus

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My delight at taking over the role of ROAPresident cannot mask the growingapprehension I feel for the future of British

horseracing. A combination of losing the Tote – despiteassurances given by the BHA – and, even worse,watching the levy figures slide from the mediocre to thedisastrous, illustrates well enough how the time forradical thinking is upon us. I sincerely hope racing’sleadership has got the stomach to initiate the changesthat must be made.

Throughout the ten years I have sat on the ROACouncil, I have listened to arguments that support oneof the underlying themes of the levy system. They arebased on bookmakers needingso many fixtures on certain daysof the week to maximise bettingon horseracing – the so-calledlevy criteria.

It is a system that is soingrained in racing’s structurethat when it stops working – asit clearly has – nobody canbring themselves to change it.

Its collapse is reflected infigures for the coming years thatsuggest levy yield will be abouthalf of what it was five years agowhen the annual levy could berelied on to produce £90-£110 million.

So why do we cling to the hope that a bloated fixturelist will result in lots of money for racing when the factsshow the inexorable rise in fixtures has actuallycoincided with a catastrophic decline in the levy?

It is surely time to get tough with bookmakers andracecourses which, together, have insisted onperpetuating this ludicrous situation. Otherwise, theone aspect of this industry in which we continue to takepride – our top races and festival meetings – willdeteriorate as superior overseas prize-money attracts anincreasing number of owners to race abroad.

This whole subject is, of course, interwoven withracecourse media rights. As bookmakers have rightlybeen forced to pay a commercial rate to have pictures intheir betting shops, they have used every ruse

imaginable to diminish what they pay in levy. For us,there are two major problems with this. One is that therate of increase in media rights income is not matchingthat of the decrease in the levy. The other is that thereis no compulsion on racecourses to pay a proportion oftheir media rights money into prize -money.

Our situation demands immediate and radicalsolutions. It demands that the so-called fixture criteriais discontinued. It demands we devise a fixture list thatis based primarily on the best the sport has to offer, thatthe levy is spent almost entirely on sustaining thesefixtures and that fixtures which cater for mediocrehorses should either be self-financing or not exist.

In this way we will test thebookmakers’ position on whenand how many fixtures theyrequire. If they want morefixtures, they will pay for themthrough a direct commercialrelationship with theracecourses and horsemen overand above what they pay inmedia rights. If fixtures fail toattract this support and can’tmake ends meet through otherincome, then why do they existat all?

A system such as this, wherethe order of things is dictated by rampant market forces,would of course have its casualties, but it would leaveBritish racing leaner and fitter, more able to structureitself in a way where, in marketing and publicperception terms, we could really make much more ofBritish Racing plc.

This is not to say that, if there are horses to run andracecourses that want to put on fixtures, they shouldnot be allowed to do so. A so-called third tier of racingshould be introduced with a much more relaxedattitude as to when fixtures are put on.

If we are to react to the plight of our situation, racing’sleaders must create a new framework based entirely onclass and meritocracy. This, I believe, would put a brakeon the deterioration that is unfolding before our eyes.• The Big Interview with Rachel Hood, pages 34-37

RACHEL HOOD PresidentRacehorse Owners Association

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We have witnessed a superb first half of the Flatseason, with Epsom and Royal Ascotdelivering a mouth-watering array of the finest

bloodstock in the world, competing to win some of themost prestigious races in the international calendar. How different these festivals would be without the

support of the large owner/breeders. Thankfully, theycontinue to stand some of their best stallions in thiscountry and we recognise the value of this, not only to thebreeding industry but to all those that enjoy our sport.This year’s round of domestic yearling sales is likely to

see an anticipated 10% reduction in the number ofyearlings catalogued. Witness the contrast with racecourseattendance on the first day of theroyal meeting, which increased by10% on last year. Breeders’ costs of production

are undoubtedly due to rise againthis year. The economic andenvironmental volatility offarming is another factor in theprofitability of breeding, and thethoroughbred is no exception. The disastrous weather

patterns have left paddocks in theSouth East and East Angliawoefully short of grass and thisyear’s hay crop will also suffer as aresult. Grain merchants are already signalling a poor globalharvest, with costs likely to rocket, particularly if thefutures market continues to make massive profits on theprice of raw foodstuffs.This is one of the prime reasons why the TBA must

ensure that the Single Farm Payments Scheme is retainedfor grazing land, and that breeders remain entitled toreceive these increasingly valuable and essential rewards,for maintaining Britain’s countryside for future generations. Unfortunately, the timing of the TBA Annual General

Meeting on June 28 and the deadlines for this issue of themagazine provided no opportunity for me to reflect onmembers’ questions, but through this column I want totake the opportunity to highlight the TBA’s keyachievements during the past 12 months:

• The lifting of the Indian trade restrictions was

definitely the greatest achievement, resulting in anadditional £1.4 million of sales at Tattersalls 2010. BritishBloodstock Marketing and Tattersalls will again be visitingIndia this year, whilst a number of high-profile breedersattended the well supported BBM-organised Cartier RoyalAscot reception.

•The TBA successfully challenged HMRC’s proposedimport duty on USA-imported stock – saving £5m inannual spend for owners. I am delighted that PeterMendham’s co-option to the TBA board will ensuremembers’ interests are protected in this area.

• The TBA Bloodstock Taxation Group oversaw areview and rewrite of the Bloodstock Taxation Guide for

the racing and breeding industry.This is a vital reference aid for theindustry, and I wish to record mygrateful thanks to our team ofprofessionals for their combinedknowledge and skills in tacklingthis not inconsiderable task.

•The TBA will be providing£100,000 in additional veterinaryresearch funding over the nextthree years. Despite reductions insales levy receipts, carefulbudgeting and cost-cutting hasenabled us to extend ourcharitable contributions.

•The TBA website www.thetba.co.uk has recently beenre-launched featuring a members’ only access area. In theshort-time since the launch we have already seen anincrease in membership, as visitors to the site wish to gainaccess to the valuable new information now restricted toTBA members.I believe we should be proud of these achievements,

particularly as the TBA is also fully engaged in the widerissues facing the racing and breeding industry. As I stressed in my AGM speech, we will continue to

remain closely involved in the reorganisation of Britishracing, with our priority being to protect the quality aspectof the race programme, supporting the production andtesting of quality thoroughbreds, which convenientlybrings me back to the success of the Royal Ascot meeting,the flagship of British racing.

KIRSTEN RAUSING Chairman Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association

The pageantry of Ascotgives us cause for prideLarge British-based breeders vital to success of major racing festivals

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The Department for Environment, Food andRural Affairs (DEFRA) has confirmed anoutbreak of Dourine in horses in two regionsof Italy.

A protozoal venereal disease which affectshorses and donkeys and is invariably fatal,Dourine was eradicated in Western Europeand North America after the First World War,with the most recent report of a Europeancase being in Russia.

The infected horses were in Sicily and anarea north of Naples but the source of thecurrent outbreak, which was first reported onMay 27, has not yet been confirmed.

The DEFRA website states: “At present, thisis considered to be an emerging situation.While the source of infection in Italy is notknown, there is legislation to prevent thetrade in equidae from an infected region.There are no legislative requirements forhorses destined for EU trade to be pre-exporttested for Dourine.

“On this basis, and taking into account thecurrent level of trade from Italy, the risk ofintroduction of Dourine into the UK is nowhigher than negligible and may be considered“very low” (very rare but cannot be excludedoccur) or “low” (rare but does occur).”

DEFRA recommends that any horses beingimported from Italy should be isolated onarrival and subjected to a blood test.

Symptoms can include paralysis, fever,swelling of the skin and genitalia, emaciationand neurological signs. There is currently novaccine available.

Louise Kemble, Chief Executive of theTBA, said: “Whilst there is a low risk ofintroduction of Dourine into the UK, it isessential that breeders are aware of thisoutbreak. The TBA’s veterinary committeewill be monitoring the situation and will postany updates on our website.”

DEFRA: Dourine outbreak confirmed in Italy

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The Ebor meeting at York, which runs fromWednesday, August 17 to Saturday, August20, will carry prize-money of £2.75 millionover the 25-race programme.Purses for the six Group 1 and Group 2

races have been maintained and all the racesat the festival meet or exceed the Horsemen’s

Tariff. The course has complied with tarifflevels for all races so far in 2011.Highlights of the week include the opening

day’s Group 1 Juddmonte InternationalStakes, worth £700,000, and the £210,000Totesport Ebor, Europe’s richest handicap, onthe final day.

Alan Morcombe, Chief Executive of theHorsemen’s Group, said: “York has alreadyshown its commitment towards meeting theHorsemen’s Tariff at its regular fixtures, whichshould be commended.“We would encourage other racecourses to

follow York’s example regarding the tariffs.”

Following a tremendous response to theinaugural Retraining of Racehorses (RoR)Heart Awards, the short-lists for the fourcategories have recently been announcedwith the final judging set to take place in July.Around 400 entries were received from

owners of former racehorses now engaged inalternative careers from sport horses tocompanions. The four award categories areentitled RoR Heart Stopper (for a horse whohas overcome adversity), RoR Healthy Heart(best all-rounder), RoR Biggest Heart (besttemperament), and RoR Heart Throb (bestlooking).RoR’s Director of Operations Di Arbuthnot,

who sat on the judging panel along withBritish Eventing selector Nick Turner andFakenham racecourse’s Chief Executive and

RoR trustee David Hunter, said: “The panelreally enjoyed reading all the nominationsfrom across the UK. It’s undoubtedly been anextremely difficult and almost impossible taskto decide on a final short-list, there were somany deserving entries.”Racing fan and novelist Jilly Cooper, an

entertaining after-lunch speaker at the recentROA AGM and lunch in London, has beencalled up to judge the overall winners andpresent the awards at the end of July.She said: “I am a great supporter of the

work of the RoR and the Heart Awards are agreat opportunity to hear some real-lifeheart-warming stories, and to reward theobvious passion and commitment thatowners have with their ex-racehorses. I amdelighted to be involved.”

York makes cash commitment

RoR takes heart from great response to awards

This year’s Ebor meeting will see prize-money of £2.75 million in total

Bonny Grove: RoR Heart Throb entry

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PEOPLE AND BUSINESSBetfred Fred Done’s bookmaking firm triumphs in battle for the Tote with a winning bid of £265 million; Joe Scanlon is appointed Director of RacingIsabel Tompsett Amateur rider makes progress after suffering serious injuries in fall at Fakenham in MayGreg Fairley Faces corruption charges along with Jimmy Quinn, Paul Doe, Kirsty Milczarek and Paul Fitzsimons; the BHA inquiry is scheduled for October Simon Callaghan Trainer who swapped Newmarket for California enjoys first top level success with Dubawi Heights in the Gamely Stakes at Hollywood ParkJockey Club Increases its contribution to prize-money by £500,000 in 2011Nicky Henderson Trainer faces BHA charges after Heather Royal’s failed drugs test at Huntingdon in FebruarySam Waley-Cohen Gold Cup-winning jockey marries Bella Ballin in LambournPaul Gallagher 24-year-old conditional jockey is sacked by trainer Howard Johnson after going absent from workGemma Charrington Windsor’s Clerk of the Course moves to Newmarket as its Head of Operations Sir Henry Cecil Nine-time champion trainer is awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s birthday honours list; Jeremy Richardson, former CEO of the IJF, is awarded an OBEExtrabet Sports betting arm of the IG group ceases trading with the loss of up to 55 jobsRoger Fisher 68-year-old relinquishes training licence for health reasons; he trained talented two-mile hurdler Ekbalco and sprinter Beckermet Dundalk Ireland’s only all-weather track will now race throughout the winter with around 12 extra fixturesRon Huggins Owner of Double Trigger pulls out of the sport in Britain due to declining levels of prize-money James Reveley Becomes stable jockey to Nick Williams, replacing Daryl Jacob, who has moved to become second jockey to Paul NichollsColin Brister Former head lad to Richard Hannon to set up training operation in Newmarket on Hamilton RoadBHA Produced savings of £2.2 million in 2010, with a further drop in expenditure of £1.22m forecast for this yearEamon Dehdashti Calls time on riding career aged 28 after struggling for rides; he won the 2007 Lanzarote Hurdle on VerasiLong Run Brilliant chaser, winner of the King George and Gold Cup in 2010/11, awarded BHA rating of 182 by Phil Smith in Anglo-Irish Jumps ClassificationsGeorge Ward Long-standing owner puts stables in Compton, Berkshire, on the market for £4m and sells majority of racing stringNick Scholfield Stable jockey to Andy Turnell and regular rider for Paul Nicholls breaks right leg in fall at Fakenham; Paul Mulrennan breaks right leg in Musselburgh fall Breeders’ Cup Adds extra race – the 15th – to the event from this year, a dirt sprint for two-year-oldsCraig Fravel Named President and Chief Executive of Breeders’ Cup Ltd; he will assume the role on July 18

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RACEHORSE AND STALLION – MOVEMENTS AND RETIREMENTSClowance High-class daughter of Montjeu is retired following third-place effort in the Coronation Cup; she is in foal to Oasis DreamHorseradish Consistent sprint handicapper, the winner of six races for the Michael Bell stable, is sold to Hong KongJonny Ebeneezer Veteran handicapper is retired aged 12 after career that yielded 14 wins from 95 startsPressday Group 1 winner will stand for a 50-share syndicate at Eliza Park Stud, Victoria, when his racing career comes to an end later this yearRetrieve High-class son of Rahy, placed in Group 1 company in Australia, joins Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor in NewmarketWinker Watson Winner of the Norfolk Stakes and July Stakes in 2007 returns to training with Mick Channon, having stood at Norman Court Stud since 2010 Lilacs And Lace Grade 1 Ashland Stakes winner is sold to Japan breeder and has reportedly been bred to HenrythenavigatorHinchinbrook Australian sprinter is retired after being a late withdrawal from the Golden Jubilee; the Group 3 winner will stand at Yarraman Park Stud in New South WalesSidney’s Candy Grade 1 winner is purchased by a partnership headed by WinStar Farm and will stand at the Kentucky stud after his racing career has finishedBankable Group 2 winning-son of Medicean is joining Summerhill Stud in South AfricaUnrivaled Belle Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic winner is retired to the paddocks after breaking her withers just before the Ogden Phipps Handicap

PEOPLE OBITUARIES AGE

Web Snyder 98 Former rider who was mostly associated with West Virginia track Charles Town; he was one of 150 original members of the Jockeys’ GuildSue Doyle 60 Former Curragh trainer and mother of Horse Racing Ireland’s PR Manager Tamso Doyle CoxBob Brinkworth 99 Trainer in the 1950s and later an owner with David Gandolfo Bill Roycroft 96 Australian equestrian legend who rode in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Aintree Fox Hunters’ and Badminton Horse Trials

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Mtoto 28 Won the Coral-Eclipse twice, Prince of Wales’s Stakes twice, King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, and was runner-up in the ArcFt Stockton 19 US-bred son of Cure The Blues who was one of Korea’s most prolific stallionsKing’s Theatre 20 Top jumps stallion who won the Racing Post Trophy and King George on the Flat, and was also runner-up in the DerbyPoppanan 5 Simon Dow-trained sprinter who was owned by footballer Joe Cole Provost 7 Six-time winner who was one of three horses killed at Sedgefield on June 13 – the BHA dismissed Animal Aid’s call for the track to be shut

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R O Y A L A S C O T 2 0 1 1

The royal meeting kicked off with a fascinating clash betweenheavyweights Goldikova and Canford Cliffs in the Queen AnneStakes. The colt prevailed on this occasion, by a length, withOlivier Peslier putting up 2lb overweight on the gallant mare

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Ex-Australian star So You Think and Ryan Moore are chased down by Rewildingunder a power-packed Frankie Dettori drive in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes.Godolphin’s four-year-old, trained by Mahmood Al Zarooni, scored by a neck.Next up is the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on July 23

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R O Y A L A S C O T 2 0 1 1

Main image: Jamie Spencer shows his appreciation afterFame And Glory gives him a first success in the Gold Cup. Left to right: Michael Owen, Richard Kingscote and Tom

Dascombe enjoy Brown Panther’s King George V Stakes win;Nadege Ouakli and Micheline Vidal are overjoyed as

Immortal Verse heads a French 1-2 in the Coronation Stakes;the connections of Sagramor celebrate landing the Britannia;

James Fanshawe chats to the Queen after Society Rock ‘ssuccess in the final day highlight, the Golden Jubilee Stakes


Nearly half a century ago PrimeMinister Harold Wilson remarkedthat a week was a long time in

politics. In 2011 we discovered that a weekcould also be a long time in racing.

On the first Saturday in June there waswidespread disappointment when the well-backed favourite Carlton House failed toprovide the Queen with that elusive first winin the Derby, but only seven days later wewoke up to the splendid news that nine-timechampion trainer Henry Cecil featured inHer Majesty’s birthday honours list with theaward of a knighthood.

The cynical notion that ‘nice guys winnothing’ was never so obviously refuted as inthe case of the honour bestowed to universaldelight on a fellow whose essential humanityis as admirable as his supreme gifts as aconditioner of thoroughbreds.

Cecil becomes the third titled member ofthe Newmarket training fraternity, butwhereas Sir Mark Prescott inherited abaronetcy and Sir Michael Stoute waselevated for his contribution to the tourismindustry in Barbados, the new knight is onhis own for being recognised for his servicesto horseracing. Remarkably, the two mostrecently honoured for their distinction astrainers before Cecil were, in 1977, Sir NoelMurless, his former father-in-law andpredecessor at Warren Place, and, in 1968,his stepfather Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, whoseFreemason Lodge stable he took over whenlaunching his career in 1969. The firsttraining knight was Sir Jack Jarvis, honouredin 1967, Sir Gordon Richards havingacquired his title when still a jockey in 1953.

Frankel’s triumph in this year’s 2,000Guineas was Cecil’s 25th Classic winner.That tally includes four in the Derby and nofewer than eight in the Oaks. Murless’s score,between Queenpot’s 1,000 Guineas in 1948and Mysterious’s Oaks in 1973 was 19. Hewon Derbys with Crepello, St Paddy andRoyal Palace in a career highlightedadditionally by the likes of crack sprinter

Abernant and another wonderful grey in dualClassic heroine Petite Etoile. Having startedin a small way in the 1930s at Hambleton,Murless took over from Fred Darling atBeckhampton in 1948 and promptly becamechampion trainer. He won seven more titlesafter moving to Newmarket, where he wasregarded with something akin to reverence.

Boyd-Rochfort waited a long time for hisonly Derby win, with Parthia in 1959, but hehad previously saddled Guineas winners inthe Royal colours in Hypericum and PallMall, and for decades was recognised as the

nation’s top trainer of stayers. Six of his 13Classic successes came in the St Leger and hehad an outstanding record in Cup races. Hesaddled Meld for her fillies’ Triple Crownwins in 1955, a year after the Ascot triumphthat probably gave him more satisfactionthan any other – that of the Queen’s Aureolein the race named in honour of her parents.

Elusive OaksJarvis won only nine Classics and did noteven have a full set, missing out on the Oaks.Ironically, when he died at the end of 1968,his successor, Doug Smith, took charge of afilly – Sleeping Partner – who would win thatrace in the colours of Lord Rosebery, his chiefpatron for nigh on half a century. Three timeschampion trainer, Jarvis always spoke in

glowing terms of Rosebery’s Blue Peter, thebest horse he ever handled and deprived of apossible Triple Crown by the cancellation ofthe St Leger following the outbreak of war.

From a family steeped in training, Jarvisbegan in racing as a tiny apprentice, notchinghis first big win in the 1903 Cambridgeshireon Hackler’s Pride, who carried 6st 10lb. Itwas hard to imagine the tall, upstanding genthe became as a teenage lightweight, but thatwas not the only way he changed. When Ifirst went racing senior colleagues warnedme about a formidable, short-tempered manwho did not suffer fools, but I found him inmellow mood one afternoon on the Julycourse, when he suffered my presencewillingly enough for the best part of an hourand a half, while he reminisced about acareer that had lasted for well over 60 years.

I suspect that it is no coincidence that thegongs for Jarvis, Boyd-Rochfort, Murless andCecil have all come in the reign of ourpresent Queen, whose knowledge of andpassion for racing have been on a differentlevel from most of those who occupied thethrone before her. The sport had a far higherprofile before her accession, in that itconnected more readily with the man in thestreet, but then a lifetime’s significantcontribution to the racing industry was neversomething deemed worthy of recognition inthe honours list. Nearly three centuries ofRoyal patronage confirmed that racing wasthe sport of kings, but kings were notdisposed to raise the status of theprofessionals who earned distinction in it.

Times have changed and any notableachievement in sport may now earn dueacknowledgement, but knighthoods remainrare. The first sign of change came towardsthe end of George VI’s reign, when DonBradman became a knight a few months afterhis retirement from cricket, but the secondElizabethan era had scarcely begun when theno less worthy Jack Hobbs – 19 years afterhis last game – was similarly rewarded and aprecedent was set with a knighthood for a


Henry Cecil’s knighthood was richly deserved, but it is interesting to speculate on othertrainers it may have been bestowed on had their monarch also been disposed to racing

THE MAN YOU CAN’T IGNORECOMMENT

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“Any notableachievement in sport

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still-active sportsman. Sir Gordon Richards promptly won his onlyDerby on Pinza, beating Her Majesty’s Aureole into second place.There can be no doubt that if Cecil’s 40-plus years of distinction

as a trainer had come in the first half of the 20th century he wouldnot have been knighted. And that prompts me to wonder which ofhis predecessors in the profession, if they had thrived in our moreenlightened era, might have acquired a title.

Darling, Butters and TaylorThe three who stand out are Fred Darling, Frank Butters and AlecTaylor, who between them won 24 trainers’ titles and 55 Classics.The most prolific was Taylor, who was champion 12 times between1907 and 1925, seven times consecutively, and whose 21 Classictriumphs included thewartime Triple Crownwinners Gay Crusader andGainsborough, and whotrained one better than themin their sire, Bayardo.Butters was associated

with many of the successesby runners in the Aga Khan’scolours, notably 1935 TripleCrown hero Bahram. Eighttimes champion, with 15Classic victories, he went outat the top, heading the list forthe last time in his finalseason with a licence, 1949.No less worthy was Darling, a five-time champion whose 19

Classic victories included four in the colours of King George VI in1942 – Big Game in the 2,000 Guineas and Sun Chariot in the fillies’Triple Crown. Not content with equalling the long-standing recordof seven Derby triumphs between Captain Cuttle in 1922 and OwenTudor in 1941, in retirement he became the breeder of Pinza. Among the top trainers of the 19th century, there might have been

accolades for John Porter, who won 23 Classics and saddled threeTriple Crown winners in the incomparable Ormonde (1886),Common (1891) and Flying Fox (1899). Similarly prolific was MatDawson, whose charges won 28 Classics, none of them, hereckoned, of the calibre of his ‘one real smasher’, the unbeaten StSimon, who won the Gold Cup by 20 lengths as a three-year-old.But if they were worthy of knighthoods, perhaps only a peerage

would have been appropriate for John Scott, who dominated racingin the reigns of George IV, William IV and Victoria. His record of 40Classic wins, including 16 in the St Leger, has never beenapproached and will surely stand for all time.


“John Scott’s 40Classic wins – 16in the St Leger –has never beenapproached”

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JAMES WILLOUGHBYCOMMENT

Why Frankel will stay further

Stride-pattern analysis lends credence to Tom Queally’s belief that his mountidled in front – as opposed to being tired – in the St James’s Palace Stakes

The array of technical information whichFrankel produced in the St James’sPalace Stakes suggested a different

conclusion to that generally drawn. Take a deepbreath: it gives weight to the post-racetestimony of his jockey Tom Queally which wascynically dismissed.

Frankel’s amazing burst in the middle of theRoyal Ascot Group 1, together with thesubsequent close finish, led many to concludethat Queally had forced his mount to the pointof exhaustion too soon in the race. Some evensaid that Frankel ran like a seven-furlong horse.I think neither of these things is true.

Coming into the race, the concern was thatthe 2,000 Guineas winner would pull hard, but he actually settled very well in the first two furlongs.

Queally’s decision to extricate him from aposition on the rails soon after this point lookeda reasonable tactical ploy. But then the riderstarted pumping his hands and asking Frankelto accelerate – usually a reckless ploy on theuphill stretch of the Old Mile running out ofSwinley Bottom.

Put to his best stride, Frankel unleashed thekind of breathtaking speed which makes himsuch a force: after a tepid first quarter-mile of26.6sec, he ran the next three furlongs, on theincline, in a staggering 34.3sec, getting awayfrom the pack with a fourth furlong touching11sec. And the ground was less than firm, too.

At Newmarket, Frankel had distributed hisenergy in a similar fashion. He had run more

on freshness, though allowed the rope to do soby Queally. His second quarter there was 22secflat, smashing up the Classic field but leading tosubsequent fractions of 24sec and 26.3secwhich first suggested that he was tiring, despitethe six-length win.

But the course for the St James’s PalaceStakes is much stiffer than that for the 2,000Guineas – on average, it takes a horse 4.5seclonger to cover the same distance at Ascot thanNewmarket. So this time any similardeceleration would be potentially moredangerous.

Frankel ran the final three furlongs at Ascotin 38.3sec, or 4sec slower than the previousthree; he finished with a final furlong of nearly14sec. Coupled with the visual impression ofthe pack closing him down, it seemed to addup to the horse tiring badly. Not only this, butsome even added another layer ofinterpretation, asserting that Queally hadpanicked at the thought of his mount gettingboxed in.

That Queally said Frankel was idling wasbreezily dismissed. He was clearly trying toexonerate himself, the world-weary said.

While the sectional times prove conclusivelythat Frankel ran much faster in the middle partof the race than at the end, they do not provewhy. There is no doubt his expansive burstwould have been costly, but another technicalmeasure – stride-pattern analysis – lendssupport to what Queally said.

Frankel took 30 strides to cover thepenultimate furlong in 13.1sec, after which heheld a four-length cushion over nearest pursuerExcelebration. But, though he could muster afinal furlong of only 13.8sec, allowing thestrong-finishing Zoffany to close to three-quarters of a length, he again used 30 strides.

In other words, Frankel’s average stridefrequency was reducing, from 137 strides perminute to 130, but his average stride length wasnot: 22 feet per stride from the two-pole to thefurlong-marker and the same home. (Thesemeasurements are subject to a toleranceimposed by the limitations of the human eye.)

A tired horse usually shortens its stride. Thisis some function of reduced muscle efficiency,though it is also linked to respiration: like manyfour-legged mammals, it takes exactly onebreath per stride. So shorter strides, or morestrides per second, provide more oxygen.

As Frankel galloped up the straight, hisaverage stride-length in each of the last twofurlongs was constant and his stride frequencywas actually decreasing. This isn’t the usualpattern with tired horses, but it may be someevidence that he was doing exactly what his jockey said he was doing: resisting the instruction to keep going – idling, in other words.

This is important not just for academicpurposes or for interest. Frankel is bred to stayat least a mile and a quarter. And I think theevidence suggests he will do exactly that. Ithink his stride-pattern tells you he was tiringno more than could be reasonably expectedand that he just shut it down in the straight,perhaps losing concentration, perhapsintimidated by the gaudy surroundings,perhaps a little wilfully too.

This is one of the most exciting horses of thelast 20 years. If he were mine, he would go forhis owner’s Juddmonte International at Yorkover a mile and a quarter. This time, however,I would make sure he gets a lead.

Hands up if you rode a bad race... except he didn’t, according to our columnist

“After a tepid firstquarter-mile the nextthree furlongs were

staggering”

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Identifying a superior foundation mare is asmuch a matter of luck as skill. Millions ofpounds – and dollars – have been spent by

owner/breeders in the modern era in pursuit ofcreating enduring families capable of winningthe best races. Sadly for those signing the cheques, but

predictably for anyone with a knowledge of thehistory of bloodstock, only a minute number ofthose purchases have achieved the objective.Perhaps one crucial consideration is that, as

a rule, brilliant families do not just developovernight, and do not necessarily develop fromsources with apparently the greatest potential.In uncovering the route to Shangri-La, thenallowing a breeder to stride along it, luckinvariably requires the backing of effort,perseverance, study, knowledge and judgement.Ballymacoll Stud, with a record second to

none of producing top-flight runners in the lasthalf-century from a broodmare band averagingonly 30 or so, is an object lesson in how to getit right. The success is largely down to twomares foaled in the 1950s, Sunny Gulf andCountry House. Country House has slightly the better record

of this splendid pair, with her descendantsincluding 12 of the 23 currently activebroodmares at Ballymacoll and 11 Group 1scorers. No apologies, therefore, for turning themicroscope on her. Country House’s grandam Coventry Belle

(Hyperion-Carpet Slipper) came into the studas a foal in 1938, when the future LordRothermere disposed of most of his bloodstock.At 2,300gns, her purchase was inspired.Admittedly, in winning one race Coventry Belledid nothing like so well on the track as CarpetSlipper’s 1937 foal Godiva, winner of the 1,000Guineas and Oaks, or her 1939 foal, Irish tripleCrown hero Windsor Slipper. But unlike themher influence has endured. Godiva had noopportunity in that regards as she died at three.Initially Coventry Belle did not do much for

Ballymacoll’s owners, including the Hon.Dorothy Paget once she had bought the stud in1946. Winners were few and far between, andone of her daughters, Miss Coventry by staminainfluence Mieuxce, died young after producingjust three foals.The last of the trio, foaled in 1955, was

Country House. Though by another staminainfluence in Vieux Manoir, she was not devoidof speed, landing three small races at up to seven furlongs, and she soon set the ball

rolling as a broodmare for Ballymacoll’s newowners Michael Sobell and Sir Arnold (laterLord) Weinstock.Mated mainly with stallions who had shown

pace on the racecourse, she produced sevenwinners, four of them by Pall Mall including thephysically unimposing Reform, who triumphedin the St James’s Palace, Sussex Stakes, QueenElizabeth II Stakes and Champion Stakes atthree in 1967.Club House was another stakes winner for

Country House but her reputation andcontinuing influence are based on two of herdaughters, Reform’s sister Knighton House andQueen’s Castle (by Sovereign Path). Both wonand Knighton House was smart, winning the

Prix de la Calonne and running second in theCoronation Stakes. In the event, the jackpot wasa long time coming after Reform, since therewere no further Group 1 winners from thisfamily until 1990.

In fact, in Ballymacoll’s private stud book for1985 only four of the 44 mares listed came fromthe Country House family. Proof of the value ofperseverance, a quality that’s increasingly hardto find in an era where instant results seem oftento be expected and even required.On the plus side, there were some well-

above-average winners in the interveningperiod. Queen’s Castle produced Edinburgh(Prix des Reservoirs) and Knighton Housefoaled River Knight (Prix La Rochette), OpenDay (King Edward VII Stakes) and the filly SeaVenture, who was in the frame in a Group 3. Edinburgh was by a stamina influence in

Charlottown, Sea Venture was by a staminainfluence in Diatome, as was the latter’sdaughter Grecian Sea in Homeric, but all threehad pace, continuing the trait that started withCountry House.Another less-able daughter of Queen’s Castle,

City Fortress, by Ballymacoll’s first Derbywinner Troy, surpassed herself by foaling dualEddie Read Handicap winner and Breeders’Cup Mile runner-up Fastness, plus Hong KongVase victor Oriental Express (originally namedDesert Boy).But it was Edinburgh and Grecian Sea who

proved pivotal. The former produced two goodfillies in Sought Out, an out-and-out stayersuccessful in the Prix Kergorlay and Prix duCadran as a four-year-old, and Scots Lass. Scots Lass foaled Bonny Scot (Great Voltigeur

Stakes, third in St Leger) and the filly HighlandGift, who went on to foal Golan, winner of the2,000 Guineas and King George VI & QueenElizabeth Stakes. Golan’s brother Tartan Bearerran second in three Group 1s, including theDerby and King George.Sought Out did pretty well too, getting 2004

Derby hero North Light plus smart dyed-in-the-wool stayer Cover Up. Danehill providednecessary pace for North Light in this stamina-laden family but Cover Up is by Machiavellian,hardly a strong influence for staying.Another daughter of Edinburgh’s,

Greektown, was a Listed winner in France andcompleted a notable Group 1 treble forEdinburgh’s descendants when Gamut notchedthe 2004 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud.Grecian Sea has been just as important as

Edinburgh. Her 1987 filly foal Hellenic (byDarshaan) was one of the best of her age andsex, landing the Yorkshire Oaks and finishingsecond in the St Leger.As a broodmare she was simply outstanding,

NEW SERIES: THE FOUNDATION MARESBy JEREMY EARLY

COUNTRY HOUSE

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“One crucialconsideration is that,

as a rule, brilliant familiesdo not develop overnight”

Ballymacoll Stud’s exemplary record with a relatively small band ofbroodmares has been enhanced by a particularly fine matron

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not just in being prolific with 16 foals mostly – and understandably – bysires from the Northern Dancer line, but in getting three scorers at thehighest level. First came Greek Dance (by Sadler’s Wells), successful inthe Grosser Dallmayr-Preis. Then came Islington (also by Sadler’s Wells),an exceptional distaffer whose tally included the Nassau Stakes, YorkshireOaks twice and Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf. Finally, Mountain High(by Danehill) was on the mark in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud.The period 1990 to date undoubtedly has pushed Country House into

the pantheon of great foundation mares. With three daughters of Hellenicand two daughters of Scots Lass still on the premises, plus other mareswith Country House in the bottom line of the pedigree, the story surelyhas more chapters to be written.


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Ballymacoll-bred Group 1 winnersdescended from Country House

Foaled Winner Races

c 1964 Reform Sussex, Champion Stakes

f 1987 Hellenic Yorkshire Oaks

f 1988 Sought Out Prix du Cadran

c 1990 Fastness Eddie Read Handicap (twice)

c 1993 Desert Boy/Oriental Express Hong Kong Vase

c 1995 Greek Dance Grosser Dallmayr-Preis

c 1998 Golan 2,000 Guineas, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes

f 1999 Islington Nassau, Yorkshire Oaks (twice), Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf

c 1999 Gamut Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud

c 2001 North Light Derby

c 2002 Mountain High Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud

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A new five-year deal between theAssociation of Irish Racecourses andSatellite Information Systems has beensigned, although it does not commenceuntil 2014. It is believed the negotiationswere prompted by a move from TurfTV tonegotiate an alternative deal.

Last year was described by bookmakersPaddy Power as a record one and the earlyindications are that the current financialyear could be even better. In the first thirdof 2011 their online betting revenue hasgrown by more than 30%.

There was an unusually late end to theNational Hunt season in Ireland with therunning of the Punchestown Festival in

May this year. The presentation of the trophiesto the category winners on the last day of theseason was made by the new Taoiseach (PrimeMinister) Enda Kenny.

Leading owner JP McManus last year suffereda rare reversal when Ryanair’s Michael O’Learyand his Gigginstown Stud came out on top. Thistime McManus posted a winning margin ofmore than €100,000 when 50 horses carryinghis colours visited the winner’s enclosure 75times, netting prize-money of €1,414,121.Gigginstown House Stud’s silks triumphed in70 races, carried by 44 different horses.

The scale of these achievements can bemeasured against the fact that the mostsuccessful owners after that, with a dozen winseach, were Alan Potts and Barry Connell.

The champion trainer title is based on moneywon and the dominance of the Willie Mullinsstable was awesome. No less than 75 of hischarges were successful 106 times and theygarnered €2,412,247 on the way. His nearestrival Noel Meade was the only other handler topass the €1 million mark.

The leading trainer title, not unsurprisingly,also went to Mullins and this is based on raceswon. In his category his nearest challenger wasGordon Elliott and he is making quite a markfor himself. He saddled 62 winners and hisrunners are also well known in Britain as he is aregular visitor there, being especially fond ofPerth in Scotland.

Though he sat out the last days of the seasondue to injury, a new name is engraved on theleading rider trophy, that of Cork-born PaulTownend. He benefited from the long timespent on the sidelines, also due to serious injury,

of Ruby Walsh and he booted home 80 winnersduring the season. This was four more thanDavy Russell, while the trio of Paul Carberry,Andrew McNamara and Barry Geraghty all rode50 or more winners.

The best conditional rider was Bryan Cooper,son of trainer Tom, while Patrick Mullins – theonly child of Willie and Jackie – was seven clearof his nearest rival, Nina Carberry, in the racefor the amateur rider’s crown.

A few weeks later the Turf Club honoured allthe winners at their awards night in Adare’sDunraven Arms Hotel. Additional awards werepresented to Nina Carberry (leading lady rider),Wilson Dennison (point-to-point), Eddie Ryanfrom the Henry de Bromhead yard (stableemployee), Helen Walsh, matriarch of one ofIreland’s leading racing families (Special Award)and recently retired senior racecourse inspectorJoe Collins (Distinguished Service Award).

One of the largest media circuses followed therecent visit by the Queen to Ireland, the first bya ruling British monarch in a century. The senseof joy and delight that was engendered by HerMajesty during the time she spent in Ireland waspalpable throughout.

A study of the pictures taken throughout herstay in Ireland will show clearly that she wasnever happier than when indulging in her loveof the thoroughbred. A visit to the Irish NationalStud was one of the centrepieces of her Statevisit, though she also took time outof her schedule to fit in tours ofGilltown and Coolmore ina private capacity.

Of course, though it was missed in somequarters, the Queen has patronised stallions atall three establishments in recent years and thiswas a special opportunity to see the sires in theflesh. The Irish National Stud Chief ExecutiveJohn Osborne accompanied the Queenthroughout her visit to the farm at Tully inKildare, accompanied by the stud’s Chairmanand leading owner/breeder Chryss O’Reilly.

A broad spectrum of Ireland and its equineconnections and success was presented to theQueen during her all too brief stop at the IrishNational Stud. While inspecting a number ofstallions may well have been her own personalhighlight, she also met representatives from the

Army Equitation School, the RacingAcademy and Centre of Education (withtheir most famous graduate Johnny

Murtagh), Irish Master Farriers, the IrishNational Stud management course(including Harry Eustace, son of

Newmarket trainer James),connections of Arkle, the Irish trainers

successful at Cheltenham 2011 and sculptorAnthony Scott.

The latter completed a wonderful piecethat the Queen unveiled, and the work,

entitled Sea Of Stars, was an inspiredchoice and will remain on

public view at the stud tocommemorate the visit.

Townend triumphs in jockeys’ raceYoung rider joins familiar names JP McManus and Willie Mullins in claiming Irish title

State visit a major success

VIEW FROM IRELANDBy LEO POWELL, MANAGING EDITOR OF THE IRISH FIELD

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Problems mount for Italian industrySeveral of the 17 tracks are in trouble, with funding and betting turnover down


CONTINENTAL TALESBy JAMES CRISPE, INTERNATIONAL RACING BUREAU

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Reduced prize-money may be causingserious upheavals in British and Irishracing but at least we have

not experienced the extreme fluctuationssuffered by our Italian counterparts duringthe past decade.

In 2002, Italian prize-money, includingbreeders’ prizes, totalled €81 million. Sincethen it has fluctuated wildly (only once hasthe direction of change been the same insuccessive years) but the overall slope of thegraph has been radically downwards.

Prize-money for 2010 was just €57m and,although prizes for the first half of the currentyear mirror those of 2010, that is onlybecause everything has been put on holdwhile Francesco Ruffo, the new GeneralSecretary of UNIRE (the Italian Levy Board),finds his feet and decides how best to carryout budget cuts.

Ruffo is facing two major problems – thegovernment’s contribution to racing andtrotting may be cut from €150m to €130m,and betting turnover is continuing to declineand is down a further 10% on thedisappointing 2010 figure.

The major victim will be the €20m which in the past has allowed Italian breeders accessto international bloodlines via the heavily

subsidised purchase of stallion nominationsand broodmares.

But further cuts will be necessary and,although a reduction in the number of races isthe obvious long-term solution (the Italian-bred foal crop of 2012 is set to show a 20%decrease on recent annual totals), a prize-money drop of 10% or more for the secondhalf of this year may be needed to balance thebooks in the short term.

Many of the nation’s 17 racecourses are introuble. San Siro in Milan is helped by the factthat it owns the land itself and that its 90-year-old buildings are preserved by their‘listed’ status.

But the Capannelle in Rome is in very deepwater and has gone into what is best translatedas ‘receivership’ as it seeks to agree to pay onlya percentage of its debts to its major creditors.The course is owned by the City of Rome and ifracing is to survive, the rent charged by themunicipality needs to be reduced dramatically.

Florence racecourse is also in peril – thetrotting track there has been closed and plansto resite it within the current Flat course areproving highly problematic.

Tertullus, who on May 31landed the Group 3 Stockholms

Stora Pris at Taby for the secondsuccessive year, has been a busy boy of lateas he took up stud duties in the spring andmanaged to get four mares in foal.

His Norwegian trainer, Rune Haugen,had a second reason to celebrate as herecently took delivery of a two-year-oldcolt, the first Coolmore-owned horse to betrained in Scandinavia.

The Stora Pris card, however, wasmarred by incidents in its three featureraces that resulted in a quartet of horseshitting the deck. The worst came in the bigrace itself when Eddie Ahern switchedsecond-placed Sir Lando to the inside inthe closing stages. It resulted in Touch OfHawk and Moe Green falling and meantFredrik Johansson had to take such violentavoiding action on Aces Star that hedislocated his shoulder. Ahern was lucky toescape with a seven-day ban.

The Rome track is in financial strife

Veteran Milan handler Vittorio Caruso rarelysends horses to Britain but when he does theyare worthy of the utmost respect.

His first raid was back in 1993, when Misil was beaten just a short head in the Coral-Eclipse by the subsequent King George winnerOpera House.

Not for a dozen years did Caruso feel that hehad the right material to merit a second raid.When he did, the Eclipse was again the targetand Altieri enhanced the trainer’s reputationwith a fine third place behind Oratorio and Motivator.

Now he has saddled Worthadd to be the onlymember of the 2011 Lockinge Stakes field tomake a race of it with the brilliant Canford Cliffs.All three of his runners have comfortably outruntheir starting price, which in each case was morethan 20-1.

The judgement of Caruso – who recentlywon the Group 1 Gran Premio Di Milano backhome with Voila Ici – about which of his chargesare worthy of the long return journey to Britainhas been impeccable.

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The Arqana Saint-Cloud Breeze-up Sale on May14 underlined the emergence of a relatively newplayer on the global bloodstock scene. ForPrime Equestrian was comfortably the leadingbuyer, signing for a whopping 26 lots at a costof €1.618 million (almost £1.4 million).

Prime Equestrian shuns publicity but itsGeneral Manager is Didier Reed, a 57-year-oldbusiness graduate who lives at Fontainebleau,near Paris. Reed refers to Prime as ‘a European-based racing consortium’ and prefers to avoidrevealing names of the company’s 70 othermanagers, although he does admit that thesenior management is British.

He also confirms that, as befits an outfitwhose horses are sponsored by the luxuryholiday and property company, Dhevatara,Prime is involved in the construction, propertydevelopment and boutique hotel sector, and hasits head office in Dubai.

“We have no racing manager as such,” Reedrevealed, “but we do have a breeding manager,the former jockey and trainer Peter Supple, whois based at the Haras du Mont Dit Mont nearDeauville, where we keep our 18 broodmares.

“We are a group of friends who have knowneach other for many years. We weren’t born intothis activity but we really enjoy the sport and love to entertain our staff and clients at racecourses.”

Prime Equestrian was formed in 2006 andinitially had horses in Britain, mainly with Bryan

Smart, and Dubai. But in 2009 it moved itsEuropean arm to France (“because the racingsystem there is sustainable,” Reed explained),where they currently have 35 horses in training,largely with Xavier Nakkachdji and XavierThomas Demaulte.

In Dubai its horses are with StephaneChevalier and it has recently become involvedin America, where its dozen charges are splitbetween Mike Maker, Christophe Clement andMike Stidham.

“We often prefer to choose young, hungrytrainers who have the momentum to get to thetop and share our desire for success,” Reed said.

Although much of its business is conductedat Arqana, Prime has also been active in the salesring at Keeneland and Reed stresses that it hasno strict buying policy.

“In the past we have bought yearlings, breeze-ups, horses in training and out of claimers, andwe recently had our first homebred winner,Ashes To Glory, at Mont-de-Marsan,” he said.

Horses to look out for in the coming monthssporting the dark blue, lime green and whitePrime Equestrian silks include three-year-oldfillies Malicia, an unbeaten daughter of Tapit,and Putyball, who has just recovered frompneumonia; the three-year-old colt SundayNectar; and older horse Win For Sure, who wasrecruited from Andreas Wohler at the end of lastyear and did well at the Carnival in Dubai, beingtwice placed in Maktoum Challenge rounds.

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Trained by Peter Schiergen, she waspurchased by Gestut Burg Eberstein for€9,000 at the BBAG spring sale atBaden-Baden just over a year ago.

She was soon winning in the Frenchprovinces and a couple of months laterwas cruelly denied a prize ten timesgreater than her purchase price whenshe lost a Deauville Listed race in thestewards’ room. By the end of her two-year-old career she had posted highlyrespectable efforts in the year’s mostprestigious races for juvenile fillies inboth France and Germany.

This term she has reaffirmed herlove of foreign travel, visiting Italythree times and covering over 3,000miles. On the second visit she wassubjected to a hard race when stayingon to take third behind CrackerjackKing in the Italian Derby in Rome.

Three weeks later she was back, inMilan, where she ran away with theOaks by six and a half lengths.

Even without the £38,000 cost ofher Deauville disqualification, herprize-money haul stands at almost£390,000.

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Peter Schiergen: trains bargain buy

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THE LEADING SIRE BY BLACKYPE (13) AND GROUP (9) WINNERS WORLDWIDE IN 2011

DANSILIAviate Won Churchill Dista� Turf Mile Stakes Gr.2 3rd Honey Fox Stakes Gr.3

Delegator Won Duke of York Stakes Gr.2

Dandino Won Jockey Club Stakes Gr.2

Epic Love Won Prix Vanteaux Gr.3

2nd Prix Saint-Alary Gr.1

Bewitched Won Ballycorus Stakes Gr.3

Emulous Won Equestrian Stakes Gr.3

Famous Name Won Amethyst Stakes Gr.3

3rd Tattersalls Gold Cup Gr.1

Surfrider Won Prix Djebel Gr.3

Testosterone Won Prix de Royaumont Gr.3

Bated Breath Won Leisure Stakes L.

Laughing Won Nijinsky Stakes L.

Dream Peace Won Prix Volterra L.

Ferdoos Won Pinnacle Stakes L.

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Zo� any 2nd St James’s Palace Stakes Gr.1

2nd Ballycorus Stakes Gr.3

Dansili Dancer 2nd Lingfi eld Winter Derby Gr.3

Yaseer 3rd Craven Stakes Gr.3

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GOING GLOBALBy MICHELE MACDONALD

The rise of High Chaparral as one of theleading young sires in Australasia cannotbe explained, even by officials with

Coolmore. With only his third crop racing inthe southern hemisphere, High Chaparralreigned as the leading sire by progeny earningswhen statistics from Australia and New Zealandwere combined up to early June, with theseason set to end on July 31.

Just as remarkably, the 12-year-old son ofSadler’s Wells stood as the second leading sire inAustralia alone, even though he was representedby only 50 runners in that nation, anastounding 167 fewer than Darley’s leaderLonhro, with the earnings margin separatingthem less than £52,125. High Chaparral hasfound brilliant success where some of his othermore celebrated stablemates – including Galileoand Giant’s Causeway, who both shuttled toAustralia for several seasons but made littleimpact there – have not.

“It’s probably just an idiosyncrasy of nature,”said Coolmore Australia General ManagerMichael Kirwan. “It’s been quite amazing, really.A lot of people here are justifiably excited abouthim. We couldn’t have asked for any more. It’salmost unprecedented what he’s been able toachieve, particularly in an environment that is

so speed-oriented.”Much of the credit for High

Chaparral’s performance must begiven to the Schick family’sWindsor Park Stud in NewZealand, an established partner inlaunching southern hemisphere careersfor Coolmore stallions. Windsor Park stoodHigh Chaparral until the 2010 season,when his ascending status propelled by atrio of three-year-old Group 1 winners from hisfirst crop led Coolmore to stand him at itsAustralian base in the Hunter Valley.

More than 220 mares were bred to HighChaparral in Australia last year and although the2011 book might be smaller, the quality will beno less, it is anticipated.

Kirwan said: “He covered an amazing bookof mares last year. The quality was mind-boggling and he’d certainly be looking at thesame this year. Demand for his progeny hasbeen insatiable (his third New Zealand yearlingcrop has averaged just shy of £130,313 thisyear). It’s certainly an exciting time for him.”

In the shape of So You Think, HighChaparral may already have sired a horse betterthan himself, Kirwan said. Since High Chaparralis an English and Irish Derby winner and dual

Breeders’ Cup Turf winner, that is no mean feat. High Chaparral has sired five Group 1

winners, with each having earned more than $1million; together, they had banked $13,405,656(£8,165,358) even before So You Think’ssecond place at Royal Ascot. One element thatseems to work with High Chaparral is a crossalso bearing the blood of Northern Dancer. Amajority of his stakes winners, including So YouThink, have been inbred, typically on a 3 x 4 orso basis, to Northern Dancer.

High Chaparral’s fee in Australia this year willbe A$99,000 (£64,505), including taxes, whichcompares to a fee of €25,000 that he stood forin Ireland.

High down underIt’s not simple to explain, butHigh Chaparral is doing brilliantlyfor Coolmore in Australia

Just when it appeared that Galileo could notdo any better as a sire, with the likes of Frankel,Misty For Me and Golden Lilac running thisyear, along comes a daughter who not only hasaccomplished what has never been donebefore but is aiming for even more.

Igugu (which means ‘jewel’ in Zulu) ran offwith South Africa’s Triple Tiara for three-year-old fillies for the first time in history, trouncingher competition by a combined 20 lengths inthe South African Fillies Classic, South AfricanOaks and Gauteng Guineas.

The world appears to wait for Igugu, whoadded to those laurels with an easy win in theGroup 1 Woolavington at Greyville on June 4and now is pointed to South Africa’s mostfamous race, the Durban July championship.

“We still have not got to the bottom of heras yet,” trainer Mike de Kock proclaimed after

Igugu’s most recent win, while rider AnthonyDelpech added: “I don’t think I will ride a fillyas good as this in my career.”

Igugu is yet another star to represent thepowerful team of de Kock and co-ownerSheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoumof Dubai. The bay filly, who stems from thefemale family of the Aga Khan’s championZarkava, is the epitome of a dramatic racingsuccess story in the international world.

Bred by Kia Ora Stud in Australia, Igugu wassold for about £25,323 as a yearling and wassent to South Africa. Owners Andre and JoyceMacDonald scooped her up as a juvenile forabout £90,330 from the Summerhill Studconsignment at the Emperors Palace Ready toRun sale. Summerhill retained an interest butlater sold to Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa.

If the sheikh and de Kock follow the paths

taken so successfully in the past, Igugu can beexpected to compete in the 2012 DubaiCarnival and then perhaps in Europe. Duringthe 2011 Carnival, they raced a pair of Galileofillies that Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa hadbred in Australia: South African championjuvenile Mahbooba and Reem; the formerwon the UAE 1,000 Guineas and was third inthe $2m UAE Derby, and the latter defeatedthe males in the Al Bastikiya.

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Igugu the latest de Kock jewel

High Chaparral: “exciting time for him”

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A stallion who began his stud career withonly moderate regard stands to be the sire ofJapan’s next Triple Crown winner if Orfevrecan sustain what so far has been a brilliantrun through the island nation’s Classic races.

The chestnut colt produced magic in hisdominating victories in the Satsuki Sho(Japanese 2,000 Guineas) on April 24 and theTokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) on May 29.

With Orfevre being the second brilliantperformer in about six months for the sireStay Gold – following on the heels ofNakayama Festa, who pushed Workforcedown the Longchamp straight to the post inthe Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – breeders arecertainly taking note.

Campaigned by the Shadai Race Horsesyndicate, Stay Gold did not deliver a majorprize to his owners until he was seven, whenhe rushed to the wire to defeat Godolphin’sFantastic Light and international Group 1winner Silvano in the 2001 Dubai SheemaClassic. Later that year, Stay Gold travelled toSha Tin to win the Hong Kong Vase.

Nonetheless, the late-blooming son ofSunday Silence with a predominantlyEuropean female family (his dam, GoldenSash, was by French Group 1 winner Dictusand his third dam, Royal Sash, was British-bred through at least 26 generations of herfemale line, dating back to the White TurkMare of the late 1600s) was not highly prizedfor stud.

With so many more brilliant sons ofSunday Silence available, the durable StayGold, a veteran of 50 starts, has rotatedbetween Breeders Stallion Station and Big RedFarm on the island of Hokkaido.

Receiving fewer mares and undoubtedlymares of less prestige than some of the morehigh-profile sons of Sunday Silence, StayGold has nevertheless been able to sirerunners who have left an impact. From hissecond crop came Dream Journey, who wasJapanese champion juvenile in 2006 andchampion older male in 2009 and who, likehis sire, earned more than £5,184,000.

Nakayama Festa earned honours as Japan’schampion older horse of 2010 and was alsohighweighted in France.

Meanwhile, Orfevre has become only the22nd colt in 78 years to sweep the first twojewels of the Triple Crown and will bid in theOctober 23 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St Leger) tobecome the seventh winner of all threeClassics. He is a brother to Dream Journey andthe duo have an unnamed yearling brother.They are inbred 4 x 3 to Northern Taste, theson of Northern Dancer who dominated theJapanese sire standings until Sunday Silencetook over for 13 consecutive years.

Up to early June, Stay Gold ranked thirdamong all Japanese sires with progenyearnings of more than £8.3 million, eventhough he had from 34 to 96 fewer startersthan each of the other sires in the top six.

Orfevre flies Stay Gold flag

With his breeding and racing venture inJapan showing signs of rewarding hiscommitment, Sheikh Mohammed markedjust his second visit to Tokyo racecourse in28 years when he attended the TokyoYushun (Japanese Derby) on May 29.

Although his Debonair, by the lateleading Japanese sire Agnes Tachyon out ofa sister to his Dubai World Cup winnerMoon Ballad, was unplaced, his teamcelebrated three wins and two placings fromits six Japanese-bred runners over theweekend. Accompanied by advisors JohnFerguson and Oliver Tait, SheikhMohammed praised staff at Darley Japan,saying, “I think they’ve done a very goodjob. We are satisfied and I am very happy.”

All three of the Japan Racing Associationwinners over the Derby weekend competedin the silks of Sheikh Mohammed’s wife,Princess Haya, and each was a homebredfor Darley Japan. Alberti, a three-year-oldcolt by Medicean, won a seven-furlongmaiden, while Funfair, a three-year-old fillyby Darley Japan stallion Alkaased, captureda nine-furlong turf event. The previous dayat Niigata, Spring Season, a son of Brian’sTime out of Dubai Millennium mare SpringRain, also won over nine furlongs, on dirt.

“Unfortunately, Sheikh Mohammed didnot make it up to Hokkaido this time to seethe Darley Japan operation, but the trip wasdeemed very successful,” said Shane Horan,Director of Stallion Operations. DarleyJapan stood nine stallions in 2011,including Japanese Horse of the YearAdmire Moon, Tokyo Yushun winner DeepSky and leading Australian-based sireCommands.

The JRA reported Sheikh Mohammedowns 19 horses in competition followingthe landmark approval of the Dubai ruler’sforeign-based owner’s licence in 2009.

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Sheikh Mohammed paid a rare visit

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You have recently beenappointed President of theROA. What are the

organisation’s immediate prioritiesand long-term objectives?We need to arrest the decline of British racingby putting in place a proper fundingmechanism that is underpinned by newlegislation, either to replace or modernise thecurrent levy system. The last time racingendeavoured to put its house in order, thebookmakers went to the European court andhelped to destroy what we were trying to dofor the benefit of the racing industry. This I findbizarre, because a healthy racing industry willbenefit the bookmakers as well.

There are 16 Gold Standard Awardholders. What does this say abouthow owners are looked after byracecourses in Britain generally?In a climate of declining foal crops and withless and less prize-money, any owner who isprepared to pay to have horses in training andthus help to finance racing becomes anincreasingly important and valued commodityin the sport. In the past, owners have been taken for

granted, but, now, thanks largely to the GoldStandard Award, there is a better dialoguebetween the racecourses and the RacehorseOwners Association. It is a hugely importantexercise that will become even more relevant ifthe Horsemen’s Tariff becomes part of thequalifying criteria.

The debate over prize-money hasdominated racing in recent times –

what is the way forward in youropinion?I think new legislation is fundamental and it isencouraging that the government has justbegun a pre-consultation exercise as aforerunner for this to go through the usualparliamentary process.Anybody who looks at our racing compared

to racing in other countries knows that Britishracing has been massively underfunded foryears. We need to get our finances in order andthe only way we can do it is through newlegislation. So we are hoping the government is going to

live up to its promise. Racing employs, directly

and indirectly, around 100,000 people and itsimportance needs no emphasising here. Also,the fact that the enormous foreign investmentin British racing and breeding is of great benefitto the economy, coupled with the export ofBritish bloodstock.In my view racing also has a very important

part to play socially. With the ever-expandingurbanisation of the country, there is anincreasing need for people to experience rurallife and a unique spectator sport. The horse andracing are an uplifting and integral part of that.

If we’re not careful we will follow the exampleof what is happening in America, where racingis in terminal decline. The way to arrest such analarming prospect is to have a properly fundedindustry, with legislation on the statute bookthat will stop money disappearing offshore andout of racing altogether. There are a number of extremely bright

young MPs in the Houses of Parliament whounderstand the impact of racing and that ahealthy racing industry provides employment,as well as a fascinating activity for the public,and, not least, revenue for the Exchequer.We are not going to the government asking

for a subsidy. We are telling them that we havetried, but failed, because the betting industryhas continually blocked our efforts. We aresaying that, if they fulfil the promises on whichthey were elected, there will be financialbenefits for them as well as for racing.We must also remember that, without the

extraordinary long-term support from theMaktoum family and Prince Khalid Abdullah,British Flat racing would now be bankrupt.

Your husband, John Gosden, is anoted supporter of the Horsemen’sTariff. Has it been as successful as youwould have hoped?It has been very successful on the Flat where85% of all races since the beginning of Aprilhave met or exceeded tariff. There is still somework left to do on the jumps side. As the levycontributions to prize-money continue todecline, the tariff will become even more crucial. The racecourses’ claim that the tariff has

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The new President of the Racehorse Owners Association takes over at a time when thesport is hurting from a succession of setbacks. Rachel Hood is determined to help fix it

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programme has been exaggerated, but theHorsemen’s Group is alive to this concern andis closely monitoring the situation. We, of allpeople, want to see a programme that properlycaters for the horse population, especiallyhigher quality horses just below Group class.It would appear that Arena Leisure, with its

seven racecourses, is more interested in itsbank debt than prize-money. The other daywe sent a horse I half-own to Lingfield butwithdrew it because the race, which wasoriginally at tariff level, had been dividedand fell below tariff. Arena refused to putin the extra £500 to bring it back to tarifflevel. I’m pleased to say we then ran thehorse in a tariff-compliant race atNewbury the next week, which he won.

Is the horseracing industry too betting-orientated in your view?Yes. You have only to go to the Derby to see thatracing is much more than just betting; it istheatre, a fabulous day out, there is a wholedimension to it without the betting. The wholescene can be aesthetically beautiful and full ofexcitement. Without the owner and theracegoer there is no racing, and I regret deeplythat we do not have a Tote monopoly in thiscountry, which powers the successful racingmodels of the Far East and France.

Do you have any reservations aboutBetfred’s recent purchase of the Tote?I have enormous concerns. If I had been told18 months ago that the Tote would be sold to abookmaker, I wouldn’t have believed it. I havealways been of the view that the lastgovernment should not have passed legislationwhich enabled them to sell the Tote. It shouldhave been kept within racing.I think the government could have created a

climate to have allowed racing to strengthenand embolden the Tote business and developan international pool. Instead, they have hiddenbehind state aid legislation which I believecould have been circumvented.Leaving the Tote in limbo for so long

undermined the business and staff confidence.

What is the current situation with yourcampaign to defeat the HatchfieldFarm development?It is not my campaign; it’s a campaign thathas been supported by every singleorganisation in racing, the BHA, owners,trainers, breeders, jockeys and stable staff.They have all signed up to stop theHatchfield Farm development. But I’m afraid the situation is very

grave, even though Lord Derby’sapplication was unanimously turneddown by the District Council and we

were successful in the Judicial Review at theHigh Court. Lord Derby has now initiated a four-week

appeal at the expense of racing, breeding andthe people of Newmarket, starting on July 12. Itis expected to cost the various peopleand organisations opposing hisscheme something in theregion of £1 million. It ispart of his appeal againstthe unanimousdecision to turndown his plans.

How much does your experience as asuccessful attorney in America helpyou in your role as Chair of the SaveHistoric Newmarket Action Group?It is always helpful to have had the experienceand benefit of legal training. After practising asa barrister in England we went to America andthat’s where I became an American lawyer. Intotal I have been a lawyer for over 25 years.Even so, I have to say we all sincerely wish weweren’t being forced to spend hundreds ofthousands of pounds and countless hours oftime on all this.

Why should Newmarket be exemptfrom its responsibilities to theprovision of more affordable housing,which is so lacking in Britain?It is not about affordable housing; that is justan excuse. It’s about greed and somebodywanting to make money out of a green fieldsite he inherited from his uncle, while,platitudinously, saying he wouldn’t doanything to harm Newmarket.You have to remember thatNewmarket is fundamentally abouthorses and the people who work with

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them. Road traffic is already at unacceptablelevels. To create an industrial development andfurther housing will inevitably add to theproblems of an already over-congested town,leading to more accidents, further restrictingmobility and urbanising Newmarket when itshould be a rural market town environment.

You were recently voted on to theForest Heath District Council as wellas the Newmarket Town Council. It isthe first time for 30 years that racinghas been represented on eithergroup. What has driven you tobecome a councillor?It all started with Forest Heath District Councilallowing blocks of ultra-modern flats – oddlycalled Meridian ‘Gardens’ – to be built in theBury Road Conversation Area, having turneddown an application to build stables on thesame site. We all suddenly realised that nobodywas minding the shop.

We found the District Council completelyunresponsive and we were all heartbroken tosee our Conservation Area being vandalisedright under our noses. It became apparent thatthe racing and breeding industries were notrepresented on either council and it seemedthat the only way forward was for some of usto be involved.

John Berry and Jacko Fanshawe are on theTown Council, and I’ve been elected to Chairthe Development and Planning Committee ofthe Town Council, and am in several roles onthe District Council. Quite simply, I did notwant Newmarket to be ruined on my watch.

Do you haveambitions torun forParliament?I never hadambitions to bean MP, butwhenNewmarket

suddenly founditself without an

MP, we felt wecouldn’t stand

idly by and that we had to be part of theprocess. We didn’t want an MP who knewnothing about Newmarket or racing andbreeding.

We knew we had to stand up for a numberof racing issues and people asked me to stand so my name was put forward. Actually,I was recently re-selected as a prospectiveparliamentary candidate. However, I muststress that we have ended up with a first class MP in Matthew Hancock, who isstanding up for racingand breeding andis against thedevelopmentatHatchfield

Farm. He is firmly behind the racing industryand we are firmly behind him in Newmarket.

How much do you think Racing ForChange is benefiting the sport? Howdo you view Champions’ Day?I think Racing For Change has had some goodideas. I am a supporter of the new Champions’Day, though I am the first to accept that it isnot in a perfect form just yet. We need to focuson the better horses throughout the season andto promote British racing all the year round;we do need a narrative that builds through toa powerful finale.

Jumping has that with Cheltenham and theGrand National. Flat racing needs the same

focus. We needed to do something and Iam delighted that British Champions’Day has taken this on, and I have nodoubt it will be improved as itprogresses.

Tradition is absolutely fine but we alsoneed to appeal to a young audience. We

need people to understand why we arefixated on this wonderful sport and we want

to welcome people in. The QIPCO sponsorship of the British

Champions’ Series is a very positive moveand it is important we go out of our

way to make the Qatar royalfamily feel appreciated for

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Arctic Cosmos wins the 2010 St Leger – owned by Rachel Hood and Robin Geffen,


As a mother of four, how do you juggleyour life with so many responsibilities?Our youngest is 16, so I think life’s moved on.

How involved do you get in yourhusband’s training operation?I don’t believe people send horses to John totrain in order to have me interfering with them.We own the business together but my role isthe paperwork side. John does absolutelyeverything to do with the horses and training,and I enjoy being one of his owners.

Describe the thrill of owning thewinner of Britain’s oldest Classic, theSt Leger with Arctic Cosmos, trainedby your husband...It’s been indescribable from all perspectives. Iknow of only one other English trainer whohas produced a Classic winner for his wife –Sir Noel Murless in 1968 saddled Caergwrle towin the 1,000 Guineas for his wife, Gwen.

John and Tom Goff, of BlandfordBloodstock, bought Arctic Cosmos together atTattersalls for 47,000 guineas. I now have amost delightful partner in Robin Geffen. It hasbeen the most fabulous family experience;John is very popular indeed with his wife!

You are also involved on the breedingside, winning two Listed races withGertrude Bell. How did you start and

how many broodmares do you have?Gertrude Bell is our first homebred and wehave three broodmares. We’ve been very luckywith Gertrude Bell, who has given meenormous fulfilment as an owner. Of course,the breeding side provides an addeddimension that is very different and completelyabsorbing. You have to be disciplined, though,because breeding is expensive.

Are there any other horses we shouldbe looking out for this year?Carry on looking out for Gertrude Bell. We dohave some promising two-year-olds and ArcticCosmos, who was injured at the end of lastyear, is very well. We’re hoping to race himlater this summer.

Did you have an interest in racingbefore you met John, when you werestudents at Cambridge University?Although I had a pony and rode as a child andI briefly played some very low goal polo,courtesy of Madeleine Lloyd-Webber andLucinda Freedman, I actually grew up in ahousehold where the television was turned offthe moment racing came on!

Has the sport changed for the bettersince your first involvement? In some ways it has changed for the better, butthere’s still a long way to go. I think it is

pertinent to recall the article John did for thismagazine in October 2009 when he warnedthat racing’s finances were about to go intofreefall. It gives me no pleasure to say this buthis warnings were apparently ignored by theBHA, which failed to see the problem coming.

And now we are faced with the horrificscenario of the levy’s contributions to prize-money in 2012 actually being smaller than the

cost of running racing. That is the downside.But the Horsemen’s Group, which

represents owners, breeders, trainers, jockeysand stable staff, is a very importantorganisation that provides a much brighteroutlook. If racing’s plans come to fruition, theHorsemen’s Group will deal directly withracecourses on a commercial basis. This systemwould be to the advantage of those courses andgroups which are prepared to put appropriateamounts of money into prize-money.

Did your time in America, when Johnwas training in California, influenceyour views on British racing?Yes it did, because it enabled me to see theirequivalent of the Horsemen’s Group inoperation. No racecourse could race until it hadsigned a satisfactory prize-money agreement.

The Horsemen’s Group was borne out ofwhat John and I experienced in America,together with some very good ideas puttogether largely by ROA Chief ExecutiveMichael Harris and Rupert Arnold of theNational Trainers’ Federation.

Is British racing still the best in theworld?Our jump racing is definitely the best in theworld. As far as Flat racing is concerned, Ithink the festival meetings are amongst the bestin the world but, when you go lower down,you find an awful lot of very moderate racing,with horses that would be ineligible to run inmany other major racing countries.

I appreciate that we need to provideopportunities for all owners but we do need tocreate a much more aspirational system. I amnot sure who benefits from such a glut of badracing. We are continually being told it is forthe benefit of the bookmakers and thereforethe levy. But, sadly, with our current experienceof the levy dropping catastrophically, I find itimpossible to see where these benefits are for racing.


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Out in the yard, identified frommilling third lot by salty hair andneat spectacles framing quizzical

eyes, he moved with long purposeful strides,as if stalking on a favourite Scottish hillside.Now, looking out as rain falls gently on histranquil Berkshire lawns, he clutches a‘William and Catherine’ mug from a weddinghe attended recently.

Without even examining his family tree,there is a sense of breeding imprinted onHughie Morrison. Not haughty, far fromcondescending and patently talented enoughto have garnered winners at Royal Ascot andCheltenham, he is nevertheless different frommost in the training ranks. But then youlisten to him talk, first about himself andthen, more ardently, about the sport he hasembraced, and you appreciate other virtues.

“I’ve obviously been privileged but Ialways wanted to train horses and I’m in it to

promote racing, not just H Morrison,”he declares. “I want to look

after people who sharemy passion for

the sport. I’maccused of

having toomany

strong opinions but I grew up with this sport,I love the industry and I want it to succeed.”

Right now, as is clear to all, the road tosuccess is blocked by a succession ofaccidents and obstructions. The leadershipof racing is increasingly opaque. WouldMorrison, 50 years old, with friends andallies in high places and diverse experiencesin corporate life as well as at the coal face of racing, consider a political post in the industry?

“I’d like to,” he says immediately. “But Iwould do it my way and that would roll overa lot of people. The trouble with racing isthat it’s all done by committee – and thatdoesn’t work. I’ve never put myself forwardbecause I don’t want to sit on committees.Mark Johnston is doing it now and Mark andI agree on a lot of things, but the system isnot for me.”

He does not rule it out, though. Meantime,Morrison’s considerable energies are devotedto the 80 horses at Summerdown Stables, the

yard he bought from Simon Sherwood in1996 after deciding, somewhat circuitously,that this was the life for him. “I was alwayscraving an involvement in racing; I just feltone was expected to do somethingmore...proper,” he observes wryly.

It was not such a surprise. His father, thesecond Lord Margadale, bred three Classicwinners and, when free from the duties ofsupervising family estates in Wiltshire andScotland, seemed to spend much of his timeracing. “Dad stewarded at Royal Ascot,Newmarket, Newbury, Salisbury and Bath,”Morrison recalls. “So I was always racing. Iremember going to Newbury aged six andjust being let loose.

“I had a wonderful childhood. If I wasn’t atFonthill, I was on the west coast of Scotland.The family owns a third of the island of Islayand we disappeared there for six monthseach year. It was first bought in 1851, by mygreat-great grandfather, as an investment. It’sbeen precisely the opposite, a huge financialdrain, but we still manage it now throughlove of the place. It’s a vibrant island, with alot of tourism, and we have 70 tenants.”

The idyllic childhood ended at Eton. “Ionly just scraped in and there was a realpressure to achieve,” says Morrison. “My son,Geordie, later went there and complained athow hard he was made to work, but I thinkthey have it easy now. In my time, if you werefailing academically, you were out.”

Even then, racing found its way onto theMorrison curriculum. He says: “I got into

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Hughie Morrison is doing what he always wanted to do and, while content to remain out ofracing politics for now, the trainer has plenty to say about his profession and his sport

Words Alan Lee • Photos George Selwyn

“The trouble withracing is it’s all doneby committee – andthat doesn’t work”



trouble for going to Windsor races on aMonday evening – we used to cycle down theriver. I couldn’t see the problem and went tothe headmaster thinking I held the moralhigh ground. He partly saw my point,punished me anyway, but said I was free togo whenever I liked.”The uninitiated may wonder, as I did, why

young Hughie did not settle for the life of asupported English gentleman, a modern-dayBertie Wooster? “As the younger son, it wasnever on the agenda for me to take over thefamily estates,” he points out. “My brother,Alastair, does that. I had to go out and findmy way – and there were advantages in beingable to do my own thing.”

He was a free spirit, too, as he showedmore than once at family gatherings. He says:“Being a political family, we had severalprime ministers stay with us in Scotland –Harold Macmillan, Ted Heath and MargaretThatcher all came. I was 18, still too young toknow my place, when I had a big argumentat dinner with Mrs Thatcher. I was saying

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Flat racing is, and always was, the dominantpart of Hughie Morrison’s business, yet theirony is that he was established on the trainingmap by jumps horses. Specifically, it was the2002 Cheltenham Festival which alertedpeople to his skills, Frenchman’s Creekwinning the William Hill Chase with insolentease and Marble Arch finishing second in theChampion Hurdle.“We still keep half a dozen jumpers around

and it amuses me that people feel there is anymystery to training them,” he says. “You justgo slower for further. But those two horseswere very special, because Mary bred Marble

Arch and I bred Frenchman’s Creek.”There is an evocative picture in Morrison’s

dining room of Paul Carberry returningtriumphant to the Cheltenham winner’senclosure after his three-length win. “Thatday, he could have beaten anything – he justhacked round,” recalls the trainer. “It wasgreat to watch but I was slightly incredulous.Then he nearly fell at the last. I still havenightmares about that.“I’d bred him out of a point-to-pointer I

had bought, with my father’s assistance, yearsearlier. But Mary brought Marble Arch intoour lives and we had no hopes of him at first

– he couldn’t even win a bumper, yet 18months later he was nearly winning theChampion Hurdle.

“Mary also bred the full-brother, TomPaddington, who gave me one of my greatestthrills. He’d looked like being a very goodhorse when he broke down over hurdles. I feltat the time he should have been put down buthe spent two years in a field and another 18months being nursed back through training,before he won first time out at Newbury. Youcan’t buy that sort of pleasure.”Morrison has latterly been known for

sprinters and stayers – two July Cup

Special jumpers who kickstarted career more recently defined by Flat

The master of Summerdown Stables at work: Morrison has 80 horses at his East Ilsley yard, also home to 16-year-old Kylkenny


that we should get rid of the House of Lordsand have the equivalent of a Senate. MrsThatcher, of course, knew she would neverget so much done if she had a strong secondhouse.” A little like the Chairman of the BHAkeeping the racecourses in their place?Morrison progressed to a business studies

degree. “It taught me to read accounts and gave

me valuable experience,” he says. “I had a yearout, sponsored by a company that had a jeansoutlet in Fulham. One summer, everyonedisappeared and I virtually ran it. I stayed withthat company after college, travelling aroundas a corporate analyst, then I worked for myselffor a while. Finally, I got involved in acompany in Manchester that produced low-energy lighting. The theory was good, thetiming dreadful. The company died and I camehome and made up my mind it was time forwhat I’d always really wanted to do.”He had always had point-to-pointers,

which he rode with modest success butenormous enthusiasm. He had also spent aschool holiday with Toby Balding, whose latewife, Caro, was his mother’s sister, and evenowned a horse or two with his brother. Now,with the corporate doors closing, he wantedto take racing seriously.“Maybe I’d got to the point where there

weren’t many other options,” he recalls. “Iknew I would not make a very goodemployee. I spent two years working for PaulCole. I wasn’t paid, I just wanted to learn –but you only really learn when you’retraining. When the chance came, I was livingin Lambourn and simply swapped houseswith Simon and Lucy Sherwood. “I might have been lucky enough to have

the finance to do it myself but we startedwith only eight horses and it was financiallynegative for the first three or four years. It gotto the point of wondering if I could survive.”Divorce was an added complication and

Morrison suffered some tricky years. Hissecond wife has helped greatly in theprogress of the yard. Directly descended fromWilliam Wordsworth, Mary is also a naturalhorsewoman. Morrison says: “Flat racing canbe very blinkered in certain respects. Maryevented and brings a different eye to it. Shespotted Pastoral Pursuits and Pisco Sour.“Just as important, she encouraged me to

keep going. I probably don’t know what‘tough’ is, do I? But I do need to work, let’s bestraight on that. We don’t have anextravagant lifestyle but I do want tomaintain it and, in this present economicenvironment, if you have one bad season,you’re dead.”This leads him back onto political territory

and demonstrates his air of conviction andfrustration on racing’s inadequacies. “British

racing is too good to collapse but if we don’tsupport the top level, we might as well giveup,” he begins.“Racing got far too big. We were drawn in

by the betting industry, got too close to them.The result was more and more racing, and ithas been damaging. It’s destroyed the groundat many tracks and the breed has beenweakened – there are too many bad orunsound horses around. Given a blank sheetof paper, I would cut the fixture list by 25%but racecourses, with their managingdirectors and their marketing executives,have a different aspiration.”

He fires off a few more random thoughts –the “lost opportunity” of the Tote sale, theBHA “losing its teeth”, the potential to offerall top racing to Sky – and once more I amstruck by the force of a personality that longsto heal the patient.For now, though, his concerns are in East

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winners, Pastoral Pursuits and Sakhee’sSecret, along with the valiant Alcazar, whowon a Group 1 marathon in France at theage of ten.Perhaps the most moving day of all,

though, was his first of six Royal Ascotwinners, Waverley, in the 2003 Duke ofEdinburgh Stakes. Morrison explains: “Hebelonged to my father, who had died only twomonths earlier. It was a very emotional timefor all the family.” And one that would have made the late

Lord Margadale particularly proud of the HonHughie Morrison.

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Frenchman’s Creek and Paul Carberry won the William Hill Chase for Morrison

“More and moreracing has beendamaging, to the

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yards, are down – but the winners are stillflowing satisfactorily. There are two yardshere, the second built in 2003 to the sametraditional designs as the original. Staring outfrom the top of it is the 16-year-old head ofKylkenny, who retired in 2008 after his 17thcourse win, for 12 different jockeys, on theall-weather at Southwell.There are superior horses in the yard,

including Sagramor and Pisco Sour, whoscored within an hour of each other at Royal

Ascot in June. But Morrison, who takes pridein finding homes for all his retired horses,still has a special place here for this one. “He almost garrotted himself on a gatepost

last year but he’s still out with the stringevery day and he is terrific with the youngones, especially in their stalls training,” hesays proudly.Kylkenny operated at the shop-floor of

racing, something his impeccably bredtrainer is quite content to do.

“I’ve never seen myself as aristocratic,” hesays. “I’ve had privileges, and it’s alwayseasier to approach someone if you knowthem, but it does have disadvantages, too.”With his half-century up, and 15 years

into a belated training career, he assesses thefuture realistically. “I love what I do but thereare always other challenges. We’re only herefor so long. It would be fun to do somethingelse.” Maybe racing politics could lure him,after all?



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In a slowly-run race the best place to be isin front, so they say. Johnny Murtagh mayhave been granted a soft lead in the Oaks

but the canny Irishman produced a ridingmaster-class aboard Dancing Rain for an all-the-way win in the fillies’ Classic.

Taking Dancing Rain to the front as soon asthe stalls opened, Murtagh dictated events,setting a steady early pace, winding up thepace turning for home and then quickeningin the straight. It was a textbook front-runningride, brilliantly executed.

Murtagh, whose career has seen highs andlows aplenty, looked set for an uncertainfuture after he resigned his position as numberone rider at Ballydoyle, yet he remains a ‘go-to’jockey in the big races.

With three Derby triumphs to his name,few can match Murtagh’s experience andsuccess rate on Epsom’s undulating track. Hewas, however, enjoying his first Oaks victory,likewise trainer William Haggas, who sent outShaamit to land the 1996 Derby.

Brothers Martin and Lee Taylor who own

the winner, bought for €200,000 as a yearlingat Goffs, are London lawyers and lifelongracing enthusiasts who had never previouslyhad a Classic runner.

Cheshire Oaks heroine Wonder OfWonders was the only rival to pose anyserious challenge to Dancing Rain in the dashfor home but she was kept at bay by three-quarters of a length, with Izzi Top allowed toclaim third after Frankie Dettori dropped hishands aboard 1,000 Guineas winner BlueBunting.

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You can’t catch me: Johnny Murtagh produces a superb front-running exhibition on Dancing Rain in the Oaks

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If Johnny Murtagh’s Oaks tactics weremasterful, Mickael Barzalona’s performance,and that of his mount Pour Moi in the Derby,had to be seen to be believed.

The 19-year-old novice had apparentlyproduced the perfect Epsom ride, settlinghis mount at the back of the 13-runner field,producing him with a beautifully-timedchallenge down the outside of the field topass all his rivals and hit the front just yardsfrom the line.

But then the inexplicable happened; withthe finish line in sight, the 19-year-olddecided he had the race in safe-keeping andstood upright in his irons, punched the airwith delight and started to ease his mount

down, with his closest pursuers still beingasked for maximum effort.

The phrase ‘exuberance of youth’ is oftenheard but how else can you explain theactions of the teenager in the world’s biggesthorserace?

Barzalona later explained – via aninterpreter – that he knew he would win.Replays of the race still leave the viewerstunned by his antics. Either way, the 2011Derby won’t be one we forget in a hurry.

For Andre Fabre, champion trainer inFrance on 22 occasions, it was a first Derbysuccess after 30 years of trying, a periodlittered with disappointments and beatenfavourites.

Where the likes of Eddery, Jarnet, Peslier,Soumillon and Dettori had come up short,Barzalona triumphed to end France’s 35-year wait for the blue riband followingEmpery in 1976.

Treasure Beach, like the winner owned bythe Coolmore trio of Sue Magnier, MichaelTabor and Derrick Smith, ran the race of hislife to finish second for the Aidan O’Brienstable, looking the likely victor until headedclose home.

The Queen’s Carlton House produced afine effort in third under Ryan Moore,staying on well after a slightly troubledpassage though ultimately unable to matchthe winner’s finishing kick.

Cheeky: Mickael Barzalonacelebrates winning theDerby on Pour Moi wellbefore the finish line

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More than a century has passed sincethe first horse races – contestsorganised by the nearby military

academy to test their soldiers’ horsemanship –were run at Stromsholm.

In 1971, the Swedish amateur riders’ clubdecided to raise the stakes by writing to MirabelTopham, then doyenne of Aintree, to ask if theycould apply the name ‘Grand National’ to a2m5f steeplechase on the country’s biggest dayof jump racing, held annually in the nationalpark alongside Stromsholm Castle.

Mrs Topham’s positive response included thedonation of a large silver trophy to be awardedto the winner. Quite what she would have madeof the current tradition of filling the prize withchampagne to be passed among the thirstyhordes at the post-racing party is anyone’s guess,but the Swedes are proud of this custom andnobody present is allowed to refuse a swig.

Some familiar names grace the roll of honour

of the Svenskt Grand National: amateur riderChris Collins won the second and thirdrunnings, and Andy Turnell, Rupert Wakley,David Dunsdon and Mattie Batchelor have alladded to the run of successful British jockeys.Stan Mellor and Arthur Stephenson have eachtrained the winner of the race, but the mostrecent UK trainer to have claimed the TophamTrophy is Michael Scudamore. His son Peter, aregular visitor to Scandinavia in his riding days,and partner Lucinda Russell have broughtOrmello to Sweden for the second time, hopingto emulate Scudamore senior’s feat.

That ‘Scu’ and his former weighing-roomcolleague John Francome are in town for the bigevent has caused great excitement among thelocal racing fraternity. Bjorn Zachrison, formerchampion amateur jockey and the ‘father’ of theSvenskt Grand National, refers to the guests ofhonour in his welcome speech as “two icons ofBritish jump racing”. He is equally welcoming to

Cheltenham’s Managing Director EdwardGillespie, who receives a standing ovationmerely for turning up at dinner. Gillespie is inSweden as an ambassador of the newly-launched Crystal Cup to see if the Stromsholmrace may qualify for the cross-country challengeseries, the final of which is run at Cheltenham’sDecember meeting.

Thirty-degree heat in the week building upto the race has not helped the army ofvolunteers who have been hard at work layingplastic rails around the entire course andensuring that the 4,000 racegoers will be wellcatered for in what is essentially a field.

A course walk for connections and officialstakes place in sweltering heat on the afternoonbefore the race. Though the tight left-handedtrack is well maintained and is only used for oneday each year, there’s no denying the fact thatthe going is on the concrete side of firm.

Russell, Scudamore and the enthusiasticbunch of owners of the sole British challengerOrmello opt to soothe their concerns with a ginand tonic back at their commandeered villa ona former military stud farm overlooking thecastle. If quiet prayers were muttered, the god ofsteeplechasing answered them almost at once,with a prolonged deluge overnight giving way toa cooler day for racing and near-perfect going.

The relief is palpable but, while The OrmelloWay syndicate is here to avenge the nine-year-old’s second-place finish in 2009, having fun isvery much the emphasis of their weekend.

“I’m always on the lookout for this sort ofhorse,” says Christopher Leigh, who selectedOrmello and is a member of the syndicate. “Wereally enjoy going around Europe taking part inthe cross-country races and the team here hasbeen so lovely and hospitable.”

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Passion of theHEARTLAND

Sweden’s Grand National celebrated its 40th anniversary this year and, while thecountry’s biggest jump meeting is undergoing modernisation, it retains a unique charm

Words Emma Berry • Photos SG/Stefan Olsson and Emma Berry

German raider Gluckstag leaps to a second victory in the big race at Stromsholm

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the Topham Trophy leave for Scotland is Dennis Persson, the only trainerin Sweden to focus solely on jumpers, and whose yard is adjacent to thecourse. His passion for the race is unswerving and he has won it twice –in 2008 and 2010 – with the Danish-bred Lights Out, who representedPersson in the Glenfarclas Cross-Country Chase at Cheltenham in 2009.The Swedish authorities need look no further for the ideal representativeto enhance the profile of the country’s racing scene.

“The Grand National means everything to me,” says Persson, whoseperfect English carries a distinct Irish twang – a legacy of time spentworking for Willie Mullins. “I could see it going downhill so we askedSvensk Galopp to become involved for the first time this year as theamateur riders’ club was too small.”

Persson is one of a 35-strong voluntary committee for the GrandNational meeting, alongside his brother Johan, the clerk of the course.Their late father Tore and brother Dicke, a former champion amateurjockey, are commemorated by a novices’ chase named in their honour onNational day.

Persson adds: “This area is renowned for horses – we like to think of itas our Newmarket. The meeting is becoming more professional withSvensk Galopp’s involvement, but it retains its amateur charm.”

The most charming aspect of the day for a spectator who spent theprevious weekend at Epsom and will fly back just in time for the start ofRoyal Ascot, is the pervading air of ‘anything goes’. There’s a VIP area, laidon for foreign visitors and Sweden’s answer to Michael Owen, but it’ s notenclosed and is only found after negotiating a slalom course of picnicblankets and dogs in shopping baskets.

While the Grand National is the feature of the nine-race card, there is acontest to suit almostevery taste: pony racing,Arab racing, hurdlers,chasers and the gentlemanamateurs of the Fegentriseries all have their turn inthe spotlight.

“This day is proof of thewonderful passion andeccentricity of jumpracing,” says EdwardGillespie, while staking afew kronor on his new favourite jockey Fanny Olsson, who rewards hisenthusiasm with victory in the lady riders’ race.

“This is real horse country and everyone knows what they are lookingat. There’s no need for sideshows, the focus is very much on the racingand to think that this is all put up for one day is staggering. The track is ingood condition and, though jump racing is not that big in Sweden, theyare working hard with neighbouring countries to improve their profile.”

By the time the big race is run, the Svenskt Champion Hurdle has alreadyfallen into German hands, the Elfie Schnakenberg-trained Nuevo Leonhaving won under Czech jockey Vlastislav Korytar, who looks suitablypuzzled to be handed a copy of John Francome’s latest book as part of hisprize. Presumably Storm Rider has not yet been translated into Czech.

Schnakenberg is not leaving anything to chance in her attempt to wrestlethe Topham Trophy from the locals and has loaded her lorry with threechallengers for the National, including the 2009 winner Gluckstag, who isto be partnered by France’s Fegentri representative, Edouard Montfort. Thesuccessful trainer is a defiant non-speaker of Swedish and English but shedoes manage a mumbled “bon chance” as the aristocratic-looking Montfortis legged-up.

As it transpires, luck is not required. The 11-year-old flies home to claimhis second National from stablemate Alanco. Ormello finishes a close-upfourth and before the final race of the day has been run his owners arealready discussing buying another horse with which to return next year.

“It is proof of thewonderful passionand eccentricity of

jump racing”

Cheltenham’s Edward Gillespie with Bjorn Zachrison,who organised the first Svenskt Grand National in 1971

Lucinda Russell and Peter Scudamore, with ownerAndrew Miller (centre), prepare to saddle Ormello

Stromsholm trainer Dennis Persson (centre) prior tothe race run in memory of his father and brother

Poor unsuspecting foreign journalists were forced topartake of the post-race Topham Trophy tradition

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The first time I sawMontjeu in the fleshwas in the paddock

before the Prix de l’Arc deTriomphe in 1999. Anystallion master will tell youthat to make it at stud ahorse needs the magic

trinity of pedigree, performance and looks –occasionally two out of three ain’t bad – butMontjeu had each of those in abundance. Healso had swagger.

Experienced paddock watchers might quailto see a horse reluctant to enter the paradering, as Montjeu was the next time we were onthe same racecourse, at Ascot for the KingGeorge. To me this just added to his mystique. He was brilliant, he knew it, andhe’d enter the paddock when he was good andready (and, unusually, with his work rider on board).

Watching a member of his first crop,Hurricane Run, win the Irish Derby and theArc six years later was delicious déjà vu: hisfather’s son in every way, right down to thesingle off-hind sock. But by that stage anotherson, Motivator, had already won the Derby.Montjeu’s stud career was off to a perfect start.

There are few studs where a stallion such ashe could be eclipsed but Coolmore has had a ready supply of high-achieving, well-bredsons of Sadler’s Wells and Danehill to fill the ranks, and the year after Montjeu retired,he was followed to Fethard by none other than Galileo.

As Andrew Caulfield highlights in thismonth’s Caulfield Files (pages 74-75) Galileohas outshone Montjeu at stud. Let’s face it, he’soutshone everyone, but he has also hadsignificantly greater opportunity to do so inrecent years.

But six years after Motivator triumphed atEpsom, Montjeu has now sired his third Derbywinner, Pour Moi, and is also responsible for atrio of Irish Derby-winners, with Fame AndGlory and Frozen Fire having added toHurricane Run’s success. Fame And Glory iseven being talked about as a potential multipleAscot Gold Cup winner to follow in thefootsteps of the great Yeats, who is bred on the

same Sadler’s Wells-Top Ville cross as Montjeu. Even more mouth-watering is the prospect

of the Ascot Gold Cup winner being aimedonce more at the Arc, where he could wellmeet Pour Moi, who is being given a summerbreak by Andre Fabre with an autumncampaign in mind.

The Derby winner’s path from last to first atEpsom added extra spice to a race whichcertainly wasn’t lacking in drama right up tothe off. From Carlton House’s injury scare toKieren Fallon’s dalliance in the High Court, thegreat race had us in its thrall and held us thereway past the finish line, courtesy of theflamboyant antics of Mickael Barzalona.

The great Derby fraudThe Derby may not capture the attention of thewider public in the way it once did, or in theway Royal Ascot continues to do, but for thosewho love the race and its rich history, arecommended addition to any racing library isthe recently published In Search of RunningRein: The Amazing Fraud of the 1844 Derby.

The tale has been painstakingly researchedby author Tony Byles, whose daughterGeorgina stumbled across a box of case notesand letters relating to the famous scandal of theDerby-winning ringer when working forNewmarket Racecourses. The winner’s trueidentity was Maccabeus, a four-year-old,owned, like the real Running Rein, by the

scheming Abraham Levi Goodman.The detailed account of the long-held plot –

or plots, for Maccabeus was not the only four-year-old in the race and another leading fancy,Ratan, was believed to have been nobbled – todeceive is not the only joy of the book. Theinclusion of an exchange of letters, manypublished in the sporting paper Bell’s Life,between the key characters involved in thefraud is invaluable in bringing the story to life.

That the bit-part player Francis IgnatiusCoyle, who helped to abduct ‘Running Rein’from his trainer’s yard before the trial began, is described as “probably the most unutterableof all unutterable scoundrels ever to havedisgraced the Turf” speaks volumes for his low morals.

In the mid-19th century it would appearthat he had stiff competition for this title andmany of his opponents are present withinByles’s wonderfully reconstructed account ofthe sinister backdrop to a season described inthe Sporting Magazine as “one of the mostbrilliant Racing Seasons ever known in thememory of man”.

In many quarters, the same is being said ofthe 2011 Flat season. Good job suchskulduggery has long since been stamped out.

• In Search of Running Rein: The AmazingFraud of the 1844 Derby, by Tony Byles, ispublished by Apex Publishing Ltd, £12.99

Montjeu’s path to fame and glory

Our coverage this month includes:

• S a l e s C i r c u i t : r e p o r t s a n d a n a l y s i sAs the curtain falls on the breeze-ups, the store sales are in full swing – pages 50-51

BREEDERS’ DIGESTBy EMMA BERRY, Bloodstock Editor

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Tattersalls Ireland’s Derby Sale was getting underway as we went topress and there will be some very

gloomy National Hunt breeders if there hasnot been a handful of headline-grabbingprices at Fairyhouse.There were no six-figure transactions at

either of the preceding store sales atDoncaster and Goffs, which between themhad 568 lots offered, nearly half the 2007equivalent figure of 1,069.The smaller numbers will have been a

contributor to better averages and medians atboth venues but Goffs managed a small rise inturnover as well, while most present felt thatthere was more of a buzz at the two sales thanlast year.It is now well chronicled that the store

market is much reduced from its heyday butit still enjoys top-end support from the likesof Michael O’Leary and -– in part owing topoint-to-point buyers – saw a more solidmiddle market this year.Doncaster’s Spring Sale, for so long

Britain’s flagship National Hunt auction, hashad to evolve rapidly in this changingmarketplace.The pre-sale store show, a major event for

years for many in the National Hunt world,is now firmly in the past and this once five-day extravaganza was streamlined tothree in 2011.It was no surprise that the horses-in-

training section had been hit by the earliergrowing band of boutique form sales andBrightwells’ Cheltenham events have clearlyhad an impact on Doncaster.Indeed, while there were 13 six-figure

lots in one evening at Cheltenham’s April Sale, only two changed hands for£100,000 or more at Doncaster in May overthree days.Doncaster Bloodstock Sales and parent

company Goffs have already made a dent inthe select form horse market and the firmswill be looking to eat more into the lead takenby Brightwells in that sector. DBS, based in Hawick in the Scottish

Borders for nearly 50 years, has just openedan office in Lambourn to offer more of asouthern presence.But with the main store sales and a great

Royal Ascot all over, yearlings for the earlyevents at Deauville and Doncaster are beingprepped and there will be every hope that themarket is gradually on the rise again.

Streamlined look to store marketGreatly reduced numbers help average and median but turnover also improves slightly

SALES CIRCUITBy EDWARD PROSSER

Doncaster Spring Horses-In-Training SaleTop lotsName/Age/Sex/Sire Vendor Price (£) Buyer

Alaivan (5 g Kalanisi) Killeens Stables 150,000 Enda Bolger

Roberto Goldback (9 g Bob Back) Cobajay Stables 140,000 Dessie Hughes

Pere Blanc (6 g King’s Theatre) Uplands Stables 100,000 Anthony Stroud BS

Make A Track (5 g Hernando) Uplands Stables 85,000 Ballinaskeagh BS

Five-year taleYear Catalogued Offered Sold Agg (£) Avg (£) Mdn (£)

2011 472 371 291 3,861,300 13,269 8,000

2010 513 351 238 3,951,500 16,449 7,900

2009 495 362 271 3,882,850 14,327 7,000

2008 775 485 382 6,141,225 16,076 7,500

2007 760 522 402 6,029,418 14,998 6,300

Doncaster Spring Stores SaleTop lotsAge/Sex/Breeding Vendor Price (£) Buyer

3 g Shirocco-Aristocratique (Cadeaux Genereux) Goldford Stud (Agent) 80,000 Harold Kirk/Wiliie Mullins

3 g King’s Theatre-Cherry Falls (Ali-Royal) Brown Island Stables 75,000 Fennor Bloodstock

3 f Presenting- Daprika (Epervier Bleu) Goldford Stud (Agent) 65,000 Highflyer Bloodstock

3 g King’s Theatre-Temptation (Lando) Goldford Stud (Agent) 65,000 Highflyer Bloodstock

Five-year taleYear Offered Sold Clearance (%) Agg (£) Avg (£) Mdn (£)

2011 178 125 70.2 1,764,000 15,092 11,000

2010 273 194 71.0 2,540,950 13,097 8,700

2009 249 171 68.7 2,469,000 14,438 10,000

2008 286 207 72.4 3,745,650 18,094 14,000

2007 232 191 82.3 3,773,778 19,758 15,750

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Doncaster Spring SalesAlaivan, part of owner Thomas Barr’s reductionof his jumping string, managed to top DBS’sSpring Sale with a price of £150,000, the lowestsum paid to head this auction since 1999.

J P McManus has rarely made his mark at thishorses-in-training sale since spending530,000gns on Garde Champetre in 2004 buthe dispatched that cross-country star’s trainerEnda Bolger to Doncaster to find some newrecruits this year, including Alavain.

The five-year-old is expected to return toEdward O’Grady, one of McManus’s longest-standing trainers, while likewise the pick of theMillion In Mind dispersal, the £70,000 mareNadiya De La Vega, is likely to go back to NickyHenderson to race for McManus.

The Million In Mind team for next seasonalso gained a new recruit in Torphichen, whowas bought from the Barr dispersal for £34,000and has joined Alan King.

With Roberto Goldback (£140,000) boughtback by Dessie Hughes for owner SeamusDunne, a top flat agent who originally cut histeeth in the jumping world, Anthony Stroud,was the only other to spend six figures whenpaying £100,000 for Pere Blanc, part of adispersal by owner George Ward.

Champion US jumps owner Irv Naylor,buying through his Irish-born and Maryland-based trainer Tom Foley, paid £75,000 for AlfaBeat as a Grand National prospect and he hasjoined John Hanlon

All but one of the 12 stores to make £30,000or more was a three-year-old on a day whenGoldford Stud, supplying three of the top fourlots, led the way for vendors and HighflyerBloodstock dominated the buyers’ list with 16 purchases.

A Shirocco half-brother to Arcalis, bought for 35,000gns as a foal at Tattersalls’ DecemberSale by Ben Case for Lady Jane Grosvenor, wasthe top store when making £80,000 to joinWillie Mullins.

Goffs Land Rover SaleGoffs’ two-day Land Rover Sale gave someencouragement to vendors as the average,median and clearance all showed advances onlast year with turnover also rising, despite asmaller catalogue.

Michael O’Leary’s brother Eddie signed forthe top lot, a €78,000 Flemensfirth gelding,while the same sire was responsible for thesecond dearest offering, a three-year-oldknocked down to agent Gerry Hogan for €60,000.

The days of a strong marker for four-year-oldsis all but over and all of the top 10 lots camefrom the younger generation at Goffs and allwere geldings.

Goresbridge Breeze-up SaleBoosted by the exploits of the likes of BarefootLady and Music Show, Goresbridge’s breeze-upin late May continues to grow as one of thestronger second-tier two-year-old auctions.

There was an impressive clearance rate of91% this year as turnover increased by 41% tonearly €1.6 million.

A battle between Michael Donohoe of BBAIreland and Barefoot Lady’s owner NormanSteel saw a Noble Causeway colt sell for€130,000 to top trading when appearing fromTom Whitehead’s Powerstown Stud.

The American-bred, who cost just $4,000as a yearling at Keeneland, is likely to race inChinese ownership from Mick Halford’s

Curragh stable after Donohoe, whose brother Martin runs Goresbridge sales, hadthe final say.

Baden-Baden Breeze-up SaleSuffolk-based duo Colin and Sam Hugganconsigned the sale-topper at Baden-Baden’sbreeze-up in the shape of a Refuse To Bend colt,who made €28,000 having been unsold atTattersalls in October.

But it was a challenging marketplace that onlysaw around half of those offered as sold (BBAGfigures include vendor buy-backs as sold).Among those who failed to change hands wasanother Huggan offering, an Oasis Dream fillywho was unsold at €75,000.


Goffs Land Rover SaleTop lotsAge/Sex/Breeding Vendor Price (€) Buyer

3g Flemensfirth-Suspicious Minds (Anabaa) Springhill Stud 78,000 Lynn Lodge Stud

3g Flemensfirth-Loch Lomond (Dry Dock) Galbertstown Stud 60,000 G H Bloodstock

3g Oscar-Fair Present (Presenting) Castledillon Stud (Agent) 57,000 Margaret O’Toole

3g Oscar-My Native (Be My Native) Oak Tree Farm 54,000 Highflyer Bloodstock

Five-year taleYear Offered Sold Clearance (%) Agg (€) Avg (€)

2011 390 283 72.6 3,970,400 14,038

2010 464 312 67.2 3,724,600 11,938

2009 460 295 64.1 3,494,400 11,845

2008 690 451 65.4 7,064,700 15,665

2007 837 578 69.0 10,097,100 17,469

Goresbridge Breeze-up SaleTop lotsSex/Breeding Vendor Price (€) Buyer

c Noble Causeway-Lusi Pond (Elusive Quality) Powerstown Stud 130,000 BBA Ireland

c Royal Applause-Tychy (Suave Dancer) Torard House Stud 90,000 Gary Moore Racing

c Sleeping Indian-Harryana (Efisio) Grove Stud 63,000 John Hanlon

c Jeremy-Luggala (Kahyasi) Horse Park Stud 57,000 Ross Manhall

Four-year taleYear Catalogued Offered Sold Clearance (%) Agg (€) Avg (€)

2011 148 127 116 91.3 1,593,650 13,700

2010 136 124 115 92.7 1,129,800 9,824

2009 107 94 78 82.9 689,700 8,842

2008 124 109 87 79.8 940,400 10,809

Baden-Baden Breeze-up SaleTop lotsSex/Breeding Vendor Price (€) Buyer

c Refuse To Bend- Rice Mother (Indian Ridge) Huggan BS 28,000 Franceschini Bloodstock

c Sholokhov- Milana (Mark Of Esteem) Gestut Etzean 26,000 PB Bloostock Service

f Verglas- Sans Escale (Diesis) Dr S & S Oschmann 22,000 Werner Glanz

f Konigstiger- Wurfspiel (Lomitas) Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof 20,000 Andi Wyss

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ROA FORUM T h e s p e c i a l s e c t i o n f o r R O A m e m b e r s

Musselburgh became the third Scottish track toreceive the coveted Gold Standard Award, witha formal presentation during racing on May20. ROA Council members Steven Astaire andAlan Guthrie were on hand to make thepresentation to general manager BillFarnsworth and representatives of his team.Alan Guthrie, the member for Scotland on

the ROA Council, said: “The Gold StandardAward for Musselburgh further reflects the verystrong relationship between Scottish racing andracehorse owners north of the border.“Musselburgh’s general manager Bill

Farnsworth plays a pivotal role in Scottishracing and has made sterling efforts to takeforward his own racecourse as well as the sportin general in Scotland. This award is wellmerited.”Steven Astaire, ROA Council member and

Gold Standard Committee member, said: “Weare very pleased to present the Gold Standardto Musselburgh. It is well deserved and is afitting testament to the high-quality racedayexperience offered to owners. Musselburgh’sprize-money performance and new stablingare particularly commendable.”

During my 12 yearsworking for the ROA,no issue has been soheavily debated thanthat of privatisation ofthe Tote. The fact thatit has ended with thebookmaker Betfredbeing successful over

the SIP consortium in a final two-horse race isscant reward for the hundreds of hours that theROA Council and its Executive Committee musthave spent during the last decadecontemplating the future of the Tote.It is not so much that a commercial

bookmaker has benefited from acquiring the517 Tote betting shops to go with Betfred’sexisting estate of 860 shops. That was alwaysgoing to make Fred Done favourite as he clearly

had most to gain from the synergies a Totepurchase would offer. No, what really rankleswith the ROA is that a bookmaker has acquiredthe seven-year exclusive pool betting licence.The pool betting licence was surely ours by right.It was British racing’s heritage which would,over time, come to the aid of our increasinglywoeful finances as its overseas betting dimensionwas properly exploited.But now this avenue has been closed off to us,

probably forever, we are left to ponder the onlypositive part of the outcome to the Tote sale –what will happen to the £90 million that thegovernment has pledged to racing? In truth, thissum is much higher than was expected – due,reportedly, to a last-minute intervention by theChancellor. So the real question now is what strings are

attached to this money? The curse of state aid

legislation pervades every nook and cranny ofthe Tote sale story, and it will no doubt alsoaffect this contribution to racing. The thoughtthat we might be able to bring back the £90mfrom the Treasury in £50 notes in carrier bagsmight be a trifle fanciful but it would be nice tothink that, as a small consolation for losing theTote, racing will actually get its hands on thismoney without strings being attached.However, the smart money says it will only be

allowed to trickle in over a number of years andbe tied up with all manner of conditionality thatrestricts what it can be spent on. Althoughcharitable donations might be the only way tocircumvent state aid, it is not how racing wouldchoose to absorb this funding. But then there has been precious little about

the whole Tote privatisation process that hasmet with racing’s wishes.

Tote verdict leaves bad taste in the mouthMichael Harris laments UK racing’s loss of the exclusive pool betting licence to a bookmaker

Musselburgh awarded Gold

Steven Astaire presents the Gold Standard Award to Bill Farnsworth (right)

Win a trip toLongchamp The ROA’s website continues to be an important source of news, as well as special offers and competitions. The latestcompetition is for a number of day trippackages to the Prix de l’Arc de Triompheon October 2, which needs no introductionas one of the stellar days in the internationalcalendar, with seven Group 1 races. The prizes offer the winner and a guest

the chance to enjoy the superb organisationand expertise of long-established specialistoperator Horse Racing Abroad, withEurostar travel, coach transfers and use oftheir private hospitality grandstand atLongchamp. The competition will offer 12 pairs of

places in all, with four on offer in July.Register on the website now for yourchance to win at www.racehorseowners.net

Log on to win a day trip to the Arc

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The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup takes placefor the 11th time at Ascot this year on Saturday,August 6 and continues to offer tremendousvalue to owners. It is free to enter and run in the six races and

runners are guaranteed to land a minimum of£369 in prize-money even if they finish last.Every horse also qualifies for number clothsponsorship: £50 for each of the four televisedraces and £25 for the two non-televised races.There is a total of £180,000 in prize-money

on offer across the six races, so £30,000 perrace, with a first prize of £14,769. With tworaces for horses rated 76-95 and the other four

for horses rated 81-100, there aren’t many racesof this class which are as valuable. Each race isrestricted to ten runners.Owners and trainers with runners can enjoy

free hospitality in the Ascot Pavilion. A highclass buffet lunch, afternoon tea and a free bar allday await (four places per owner and six forpartnerships).There are two reserve places in each race

which can be brought in if there’s a non-runnerup to 45 minutes before the race. If reservesdon’t get a run, there is a travel allowance of£500 and the owners of the reserves get to enjoythe free hospitality too.

Owners have a world-class jockey drawn toride their horse, representing either GreatBritain, Ireland, Europe or the Rest of the World.Three jockeys ride for each team, with eachreceiving five rides and sitting out one race. The one thing that owners give up on this day

is their silks. Horses run in team colours to helpbring the event alive for the crowd and TVaudience. Owners can retain their sponsor’slogo on their silks on the day by request.With a crowd of 30,000 now the norm,

generating a fantastic atmosphere, live coverageon Channel 4 of four of the races and a great80s concert to follow the racing, there are manyreasons to consider entering a runner.Entries close at the five-day stage on

Monday, August 1.

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Racing For Change recently announced thewinner of their innovative collaboration withstudents from the prestigious Central St MartinsCollege of Art and Design in London. The project involved graphic design students

submitting designs to ‘reinvent racing silks’, as amodule within their course of study. The

winning 12 designs are to be used for a specialrace at Ascot on Saturday, July 9, wherepermission has been granted for the runners tocarry the unique colours.The students tackled the project without

preconceived ideas of pattern regulations, andlittle prior experience of racing, but were

mindful of the need for clarity of the designs forowners, commentators and racegoers. Following a fact-finding visit to Sandown

Park, the designs the group produced reflectedan eclectic range of concepts and influences,from pop-art to classical, including superherocharacters, British flowers and equestrian art.From an initial entry of 37, 13 students went

through to the second stage, refining andreworking their designs following commentsand suggestions from the judging panel.The final designs were then displayed at a

special exhibition at Central St Martins on May18, attended by Sir Peter O’Sullevan, and thewinner was announced as 21-year-old HenryGriffin, whose designs drew their influence fromfruit machine symbols. Henry won a prize of£2,000 and will see his silks brought to life bycolours manufacturer Allertons.All of the designs will be displayed at an

exhibition at Ascot on July 9, allowing ownersand racegoers the chance to view all of the ideasand select their own favourite.

Free entry and hospitality atDubai Duty Free Shergar Cup

Enjoy the international competition at Ascot on Saturday, August 6

Students reinvent racing silks in RFC initiative

Competition winner Henry Griffin discusses the designs with Sir Peter O’Sullevan

Races on the day

5 furlong handicap (86-105) 3yo and up £30,000

1½ mile handicap (76-95) 3yo only £30,000

1 mile handicap (81-100) 4yo and up £30,000

2 mile handicap (81-100) 4yo and up £30,000

1½ mile handicap (76-95) 4yo and up £30,000

6 furlong handicap (81-100) 3yo only £30,000

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In BriefGo racing in Yorkshire!The Yorkshire Racing Summer Festivaltakes place from July 16-24. In its fourthyear, the festival showcases racing in thecounty, with live music, entertainment,competitions and stable visits.

Racegoers who pre-book tickets via the Welcome to Yorkshire website(www.yorkshire.com/goracing) can registerfor a stable visit to some of the region’sleading racing yards during the week –Richard Fahey’s Malton stables, AnnDuffield’s Sun Hill Farm Stables at Constable Burton near Leyburn and thesatellite yard of David Nicholls near Retford. Each stable visit is free of charge,but a donation of £5 is requested whichwill go towards The House That JackBuilt charity.

All pre-bookings will be entered into aprize draw to win free VIP upgrade to theracecourse concerned. At all meetingsaccompanied under-18s (under 16 insome cases) are admitted free of chargeinto all enclosures.

Guide to British RacecoursesThe RCA’s Owners’ Guide to BritishRacecourses has been updated for 2011 andfeatures all 60 racecourses in the UK.

The resource enables owners to view eachracecourse’s policies and informationrelating to owners’ facilities, badge allocationallowance and transport tips when theyhave a runner.

The guide can be viewed on the ROAwebsite at www.racehorseowners.net in theResources section.

The ROA welcomes feedback frommembers relating to racecourse facilities, soplease do not hesitate to get in touch([email protected]) should you have anyviews you wish to share.

Owner-sponsorship schemeApplications are invited for theROA/Totesport ownership scheme startingon July 1. The scheme, which runs for 12months, enables members to register forand reclaim VAT on their ownership costs.For further details call Keely Brewer on 0207152 0200 or email [email protected]

ROA social eventsThe ROA website events section nowfeatures a gallery of photographs of pastROA social events. Click on Events and PastEvents to view.

Epsom and Royal Ascot dominated the racingscene last month, but one set of colours notthere were those of Les Tomlin.

Not for their lack of familiarity – his fivehorses in training carry his blue, green andwhite silks regularly – more the fact thatKempton, Lingfield and Wolverhampton are hishaunts.

Have a look at Tomlin’s stats onracingpost.com, and the likes of Epsom, Ascotand Newmarket are absent.

But that suits Tomlin just fine, as he prefersthe “polite, friendlier feel of my end of themarket”.

It’s the pleasure, not the prize-money, he getsfrom owning racehorses – which he has donesince 1983 – that matters most to Tomlin, alongwith the individual treatment he receives frombeing a “bigger fish in a small pond” with trainerPaul Burgoyne.

Tomlin’s initial foray into ownership wasrather start-stop, as after Welsh Spy became hisfirst winner in the summer of 1984 – “that wasthe start of it and I’ve been hooked ever since”– he subsequently took a break to concentrateon a riding school business.

His next bite of the hook in the early 1990swas to lead to something more permanent,culminating in this being his most successfulyear to date.

At the time of writing, Tomlin has enjoyedseven winners from 30 runners in 2011, at astrike-rate of 23 per cent, with West Leake hiswinningmost horse, with seven wins.

“I laugh when I read something in the paperlike ‘bought cheaply for £20,000’ – I got WestLeake for £800,” he says.

“Paul has done me proud, with 15 winners

in four years; that is a good return. Paul is totallydedicated, knows his job, and his horses arealways in rude health.”

Now retired, Tomlin is one of many in racingwith a music industry background. “A lot ofmusic business people are into horses,” hepoints out. “I ran a company whose big artistwas Elton John. I got to know him very well andI went to tennis evenings down at his place inWeybridge.

“Chris Wright, of course, is another; he ownsStratford Place Stud and has been into racing foryears.”

Tomlin admits to “being lucky I can ownhorses for pleasure, as not everyone is in thatsituation, and it’s a tough old game at themoment.”

He continues: “Times are tough and thenumber of owners has fallen. A race I won a fewweeks ago was worth £2,400 last year but only£1,500 this time.

“Mind you, that’s not to say I am a fan of thetariff – if a trainer told me he wasn’t running oneof mine in a race which was below tariff, I’d takeit away from him.

“I would say, though, that when you look atsome Group 1s with hundreds of thousands inprize-money but only a few runners, you’d ask,‘Is there too much prize-money at the top of thesport?’

“There’s plenty of money for the big boys butit’s spread thinly at the lower end – yet it’s thesmaller trainers and owners that keep the showon the road.”

In addition to flagbearer West Leake, thehorses keeping Tomlin’s show on the road areTeen Ager, Sir Loin, Metropolitan Chief andIgotim.

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The Racing Post Yearling Bonus scheme, whichhas created more than £5.4 million in prize-money in its first two seasons, has been extendedto include yearlings sold in 2011.

Bonuses worth £10,000 each will be paid tothe connections of 540 horses by the end of yeartwo of the scheme, drawing widespreadpraise. “This is a brilliantly conceived schemethat has done nothing but good for racehorseownership,” said trainer John Gosden.

The 2011 scheme has been restructured sothat vendors of yearlings will pay 20% less toensure eligibility compared to the first two years:an initial payment of £200 will be made this July,with another £200 due from the sales proceedsof each yearling. To ensure eligibility for thebonus, owners of each horse will have to pay£350, instead of £250. The scheme is sponsoredfor the third year running by the Racing Post.

“The Racing Post was quick to recognise thescheme’s importance and we welcome itscontinued and enthusiastic support,” said bonusscheme Chairman John Osborne, who alsopraised the input of UK and Irish salescompanies Tattersalls, Goffs, Tattersalls Ireland,Doncaster, Goresbridge and Brightwells.

He added: “When we started, the scheme’saim was to encourage investment in yearlingswhile the business was at a low ebb. It hasproven to be a great success and has become animportant part of the fabric of the racingprogramme. The bonus races are of a very highstandard and the winning connections are verylikely to reinvest the bonus in another prospect.”

The new scheme structure will be reviewedin 12 months time. “Many would argue that thesuccess of the scheme dictates that it should beretained almost indefinitely,” Osborne said.“However, as the number of yearlings producedhas fallen dramatically and the overall economicclimate improves, it may be opportune tore-examine the scheme’s objectives.

“The Racing Post Yearling Bonus schemerelies absolutely on the support of vendors andI hope that they will continue to support it in2011 as strongly as they have so far. We haveadjusted the terms to help the vendors and wehave convincing evidence from the buying sideof the value of the scheme.”

See www.yearlingbonus.com for further info.


DID YOU KNOW?Weatherbys Messaging ServiceOwners can sign up to a messaging service,provided by Weatherbys, to receiveinformation on their horses direct to theirmobile phones or by email. Messages costfrom just 25p, inclusive of VAT.

Subscribers can tailor the type ofinformation they receive from a menu ofoptions, enabling owners to be notified whenan entry is made for a horse in theirownership/part ownership, when aconfirmation is made (for an early closingrace), when their horse stays in/comes out at aforfeit stage, when a declaration is made torun, when a handicap rating changes, or whenthe going changes at a relevant meeting.

Where an owner has a horse engaged at ameeting that is abandoned, the service gives anotification free of charge.

Trial subscriptions start from aslittle as £17.50, but messages can be purchased in batches of 50,100, 200 or 500. The larger thebatch, the cheaper the priceper message.

For more information,ring Weatherbys helplineon 01933 303083. Racehorseowners can download anapplication form atwww.weatherbys.co.uk/messaging_service

www.racehorseowners.net

Lisa Hancock, Chief Executive of the Injured Jockeys Fund, receives a cheque for£15,323 from ROA Chief Executive Michael Harris from the 2010 ROA Awardsfundraising. The amount raised from owners’ colours in the souvenir brochure was forthe IJF project, The House That Jack Built, to construct an Oaksey House in the north.The presentation was the last of three payments made to the associated charities of the2010 event, following those made to the Spinal Injuries Association and Spinal Research

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Diary datesand remindersJULY 26-30Glorious GoodwoodBook your badges for the RichmondEnclosure through the ROA office for thissummer highlight. The Richmond Enclosureis otherwise restricted to owners and trainerswith runners on the day, and the racecourse’sannual members. Closing date for badge ordersis Monday, July 18.

NOVEMBER 12Paddy Power Gold Cup dayEnjoy the ROA’s exclusive marquee formembers and guests at Cheltenham for theSaturday of The Open meeting.

DECEMBER 1 ROA/sportingbet.com HorseracingAwards eveningCelebrating the horses and owners of theyear, as voted for by members. The black tiea wards, dinner and dance is held at theLondon Hilton, Park Lane.

Yearling Bonus extended for 2011

John Gosden: supports the initiative



EXPLANATIONThis table sets out the threemain contributors to prize-money with percentages ofthe total: 1 Racecourses’executive and sponsorship; 2 Levy Board; 3 Owners.

A small additionalcontribution is also made bythe Divided Race Fund andthe BHA Development Fund.The order is taken from thepercentage in the secondcolumn of figures. This showshow much each course hascontributed to prize-money,expressed as a percentage oftheir overall prize-money. Thearrows at the end of each lineare based on a comparisonbetween the percentages forthe two rolling year periods.

If a racecourse hasimproved its position by thiscriteria it receives a green ‘up’arrow. If the year-on-yearpercentage has decreased itreceives a red ‘down’ arrow.Note: All of the figures areproduced on an ‘as originallyprogrammed’ basis, i.e. whereany transferred fixtures wereoriginally programmed ratherthan where the fixtures haveactually taken place. However,any transferred BHA ‘National’fixtures and ‘Regional’ fixturesare attributed to the courseswhere the fixtures haveactually taken place.

ABANDONMENTS: Theseoccasionally distortperformances relating to atrack’s fixtures. The year-on-year percentage comparisonon which this table is basedcan place tracks in a worselight than they deserve.

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PLEASE NOTE: Last month’stable contained incorrectinformation. We would like toapologise to all theracecourses concerned.

In order of racecourses’ percentage contributions to overall prize-money.Figures relate to prize-money for the 12-monthperiod June 1, 2010 toMay 31, 2011

Ptn Racecourse Racecourse Exec + % of Levy Board % of Owners % of Total Total 2009-10 % total Up/ownership Sponsors (£) Total (£) Total (£) Total (£) (£) 2009-10 down

1 Cheltenham JCR 3,251,589 59.3 1,414,572 25.8 816,706 14.9 5,482,868 5,722,574 51.3 �

2 Aintree JCR 1,766,177 57.4 854,392 27.8 456,715 14.8 3,077,284 3,155,582 49.5 �

3 Fakenham I 173,047 51.2 163,260 48.3 0 0 338,307 371,700 22.0 �

4 York I 2,503,467 49.1 1,320,382 25.9 1,253,784 24.6 5,098,633 4,936,775 42.4 �

5 Ascot I 4,332,455 48.7 2,474,895 27.8 2,043,335 23.0 8,898,185 9,505,259 42.2 �

6 Chester I 630,812 44.9 635,650 45.3 87,608 6.2 1,404,570 1,604,925 33.4 �

7 Wincanton JCR 343,361 44.4 360,020 46.5 64,700 8.4 773,581 762,855 11.1 �

8 Haydock Park JCR 1,301,404 43.7 1,228,526 41.3 398,016 13.4 2,977,046 3,591,238 34.8 �

9 Musselburgh I 481,641 42.5 531,812 47.0 102,075 9.0 1,132,028 1,095,977 26.2 �

10 Epsom Downs JCR 1,292,302 42.3 893,920 29.3 852,125 27.9 3,053,347 2,967,220 40.9 �

11 Ffos Las North 448,820 42.0 518,030 48.5 97,096 9.1 1,068,946 891,823 18.6 �

12 Ripon I 335,036 40.6 365,521 44.3 97,598 11.8 825,155 903,002 23.7 �

13 Goodwood I 1,424,401 40.4 1,566,634 44.4 512,330 14.5 3,526,865 3,677,057 35.4 �

14 Taunton I 209,098 40.1 278,135 53.4 33,734 6.5 520,967 475,306 10.4 �

15 Hereford North 155,791 39.6 180,062 45.8 49,196 12.5 393,499 442,499 4.0 �

16 Ayr I 667,725 39.2 769,544 45.1 241,731 14.2 1,705,000 2,010,385 27.8 �

17 Beverley I 305,495 38.9 393,180 50.0 60,385 7.7 785,660 842,691 22.9 �

18 Hamilton Park I 264,100 38.1 363,400 52.4 55,566 8.0 694,066 790,234 27.2 �

19 Thirsk I 233,966 37.9 274,720 44.5 67,154 10.9 616,840 813,750 22.6 �

20 Newton Abbot I 247,286 36.4 427,200 62.9 5,180 0.8 679,666 642,653 7.6 �

21 Wetherby I 209,888 35.5 327,616 55.5 48,540 8.2 590,544 691,275 19.2 �

22 Sandown Park JCR 1,017,027 35.4 1,422,820 49.5 400,634 13.9 2,874,481 3,551,939 28.4 �

23 Doncaster Arena 1,388,177 35.1 1,488,858 37.6 1,004,808 25.4 3,959,393 4,397,353 24.7 �

24 Bangor-on-Dee I 185,512 34.3 320,813 59.3 29,071 5.4 540,796 758,925 16.0 �

25 Cartmel I 81,817 34.1 135,490 56.4 22,907 9.5 240,214 181,700 22.6 �

26 Chepstow North 291,993 33.9 460,310 53.5 100,764 11.7 860,167 1,213,252 19.2 �

27 Newbury I 1,212,343 33.9 1,735,922 48.6 517,440 14.5 3,573,705 4,040,344 24.4 �

28 Bath North 186,794 33.3 313,332 55.8 50,906 9.1 561,581 694,836 22.9 �

29 Leicester I 328,383 33.0 525,527 52.7 100,534 10.1 996,344 1,276,419 19.4 �

30 Newmarket JCR 2,999,772 33.0 2,828,403 31.1 3,124,498 34.4 9,081,173 10,443,022 30.6 �

31 Salisbury I 280,398 32.7 452,822 52.7 73,804 8.6 858,524 982,110 22.2 �

32 Sedgefield North 148,571 31.8 277,650 59.5 40,494 8.7 466,715 494,937 9.2 �

33 Perth I 148,777 31.0 301,350 62.8 26,730 5.6 479,857 587,360 14.7 �

34 Pontefract I 263,338 30.8 503,950 59.0 50,100 5.9 854,388 994,291 20.6 �

35 Stratford-on-Avon I 232,730 30.7 457,725 60.3 64,036 8.4 758,491 915,965 20.7 �

36 Kelso I 129,684 30.5 258,238 60.7 32,051 7.5 425,773 644,497 20.3 �

37 Windsor Arena 302,625 30.0 576,510 57.1 99,238 9.8 1,009,873 1,222,430 21.1 �

38 Market Rasen JCR 233,192 28.7 502,700 61.8 71,852 8.8 813,744 969,631 11.2 �

39 Kempton Park JCR 1,066,661 28.5 2,187,375 58.4 348,516 9.3 3,744,195 4,861,927 9.9 �

40 Nottingham JCR 200,921 28.5 357,600 50.7 88,829 12.6 705,350 820,950 13.9 �

41 Brighton North 152,761 27.1 355,880 63.1 49,434 8.8 563,675 663,917 9.5 �

42 Yarmouth North 183,189 26.6 408,302 59.4 73,986 10.8 687,777 754,143 17.0 �

43 Warwick JCR 233,734 26.3 536,308 60.3 101,443 11.4 889,485 973,588 12.4 �

44 Newcastle North 322,129 25.9 738,610 59.3 154,118 12.4 1,244,607 1,477,330 23.2 �

45 Folkestone Arena 143,805 25.4 371,121 65.6 48,603 8.6 565,529 665,560 9.6 �

46 Exeter JCR 168,242 24.7 433,172 63.7 67,566 9.9 679,980 736,652 14.0 �

47 Carlisle JCR 180,888 24.6 473,386 64.4 69,999 9.5 735,273 821,815 16.7 �

48 Ludlow I 96,543 24.3 264,750 66.6 36,031 9.1 397,324 663,710 18.4 �

49 Plumpton I 106,296 24.1 300,918 68.1 32,350 7.3 441,564 577,365 4.3 �

50 Lingfield Park Arena 666,339 24.0 1,778,768 64.0 227,055 8.2 2,778,412 3,915,427 14.9 �

51 Huntingdon JCR 113,235 23.6 312,082 64.9 49,403 10.3 480,720 738,741 10.0 �

52 Catterick Bridge I 141,305 23.5 390,270 64.9 49,357 8.2 601,132 843,777 12.7 �

53 Wolverhampton Arena 524,029 22.2 1,525,765 64.5 201,031 8.5 2,365,675 3,347,878 1.8 �

54 Southwell Arena 325,082 19.8 1,175,245 71.6 110,967 6.8 1,641,944 2,523,586 1.9 �

55 Fontwell Park North 111,087 19.4 406,568 70.9 54,286 9.5 573,741 815,999 9.8 �

56 Redcar I 158,954 18.7 390,759 45.9 276,341 32.5 850,554 800,600 10.8 �

57 Uttoxeter North 130,114 18.7 468,940 67.5 83,563 12.0 694,817 1,011,246 9.4 �

58 Hexham I 63,100 15.6 296,990 73.4 35,972 8.9 404,562 516,023 6.9 �

59 Worcester Arena 73,635 13.7 367,713 68.4 62,352 11.6 537,600 604,924 2.4 �

60 Towcester I 57,411 12.9 344,842 77.3 37,697 8.5 445,950 558,766 7.4 �

Total 35,228,448 37.5 41,789,255 44.4 15,412,340 16.4 94,028,136 107,957,715 26.3 �

Racecourse League Table

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focusBBM BLOODSTOCK

1. Dr Cyrus Poonawalla and TBA chairman Kirsten Rausing 2. Captain Jamshed Appoo, Gautam Kotwal, Cyrus Poonawalla and James Underwood 3. Roisin Henry and Thoroughbred Daily News president Barry Weisbord 4. BBM chairman Harry Herbert and Cartier managing director Francois Le Troquer welcome the guests 5. Naohiro Goda and Mr and Mrs Shunsuke Yoshida 6. Federico and Sophie Barberini and Ken Ramsey 7. Tej Chhabra and Mr and Mrs Alok Rawat 8. Chris Richardson, Harry Herbert, and John Ferguson 9. Lambros Siamos, Wendy and Rex Gorell and Neven Botica

Royal Ascot combines the best of British racing with a

strong international presence at one of the world’s most

prestigious meetings, and British Bloodstock Marketing got

the week off to a fl ying start when hosting a reception at

Cartier in New Bond Street, London, on the eve of the

Royal meeting.

More than 150 leading industry fi gures from around the world

including owners and breeders from over 15 countries were

welcomed by BBM to enjoy the start of Royal Ascot week in

the glamorous setting of Cartier’s fl agship boutique. BBM was

also active during the Royal Ascot meeting, hosting foreign

delegations including fi rst-time visitors from India and China.

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Be there...JULY 9July Cup, NewmarketThe high point of Newmarket’s summerracing programme and an excellent chanceto see a new sprint superstar crowned atFlat racing’s HQ.

JULY 26-30Glorious GoodwoodBritish summertime at its best. First-classracing set against a backdrop of gardenparty glory.

JULY 27Young Bloodstock Networking EveningThe White Hart Pub, Newmarket.The fifth meeting of this newly formedNewmarket Club designed to encourageinteraction between like-minded racingand breeding enthusiasts. For more detailson the club and forthcoming meetingscontact Toby [email protected].

AUGUST 17-20York Ebor MeetingThe ‘Royal Ascot of the north’ and abrilliant festival of fun, fashion and superbracing at one of the best tracks in thecountry.

THE NEXT GENERATIONBy GINA BRYCE

Adrian O’Brien,Plantation Stud“A tricky question andone that could prompt adifferent answer as eachweek passes, particularly at thistime of year. Steering clear of the stallions thatwere almost expected to be prolificproducers of precocious two-year-olds, I havebeen impressed with Teofilo.

“Possessing an enviable winner-to-runnerratio and already with a stakes winner to hisname, he is off to a flyer. Recent maidenwinner Mezmaar looks like he could beanother to gain black-type in due course. Heis from a progressive family well known to usat Plantation through resident broodmareRose Briar.

“Teofilo’s own lineage, a product of the all-conquering Galileo-Danehill cross, suggeststhat his progeny will certainly improve withtime. Despite only a handful of runners so far,

Dylan Thomas and Lawman are others that Iexpect to make an impact later in the year.”

Nancy Sexton,Racing Post “Dutch Art sits behindDark Angel in terms ofwinners but is already thesire of two stakesperformers, Miss Work OfArt and Robert Le Diable, and several others,such as Caspar Netscher and dual Italianwinner Art Of Dreams, look above average.Although Dutch Art didn’t win after hisjuvenile year, he was Classic-placed at three,so you’d think they’d go on.

“The popularity of Lawman’s first yearlingslooks well founded: over half his runners atthe time of writing have won, including SansLoi, an easy debut winner at Nottingham.Lawman didn’t debut until November of histwo-year-old year, so his start is particularly

encouraging. It’s hard not to be taken withTeofilo, another popular stallion who shouldgain momentum as the season goes on. Hecouldn’t have a better supporter in JimBolger – he has 24 of his two-year-olds – andin Listed winner Teolane, Bolger has bred andtrains a potentially top-class filly.”

Alastair Donald,Sackville Donald “Obviously Dark Angel andDutch Art have had a greatstart, knocking out earlytwo-year-old types, and bothlook like making very commercial stallions,but in terms of quality Teofilo has producedtwo exciting animals from just a few runnersand is a sire you feel will do even better whenhe produces three-year-olds.

“Lawman has had a couple of decent two-year-olds already and will be one to followwhen the seven-furlong and mile races start.”

The Filly Factor

The judging panel for RFC’s initiative to encourage potential female race callers

With Zenyatta crowned Horse of theYear in North America andGoldikova picking up more

plaudits on this side of the Atlantic than thecombined forces of the colt’s division, 2010 wasundoubtedly the year of the filly. Fast forwardone year and it’s the females of a different speciesthat are keeping pace.

Outside racing it’s Kate not William whomakes the front pages, Adele not RobbieWilliams who manages to break the US andwithin racing women have rarely been soomnipresent both in the saddle, amongst thetraining ranks and in the media spotlight.

So why not a female commentator tocomplete the full suite of triumphs for the girls?Step in Racing For Change, who came up withthe idea to launch a countrywide search forBritain’s first.

From 50 applicants, eight semi finalists pittedtheir skills in front of a live audience at Bath andDoncaster racecourses, and on Sunday, July 24the winners of each semi-final, Rachel Caseyand Hayley Moore, will go on to commentateon a live event at Ascot racecourse, breakingnew ground over the male-dominated airwavesand potentially earning themselves a place onthe commentary training course.

Talking Point... Which first-season sire hasimpressed you most so far?

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With contestants from England, Ireland,Scotland and Wales, the coverage generated hasbeen good, something Rod Street, spokespersonfor lovetheraces.com, hopes will have a reallypositive effect.

He said: “Horseracing is a sport that reallydoes offer something for everyone and appealsto both men and women. We’re today seeingincreasing numbers of female trainers andjockeys competing at the top of their profession,so why not from the top of the grandstand inthe commentator’s box?”

The word ‘dedication’ does not even begin tosum up the attitude of one semi-finalist, whodelivered her commentary at Bath beforecatching a helicopter back to Wales in order toget married! Aly Rowell is no stranger to achallenge, having represented Britain in theModern Pentathlon, sailed across the Atlanticand competed at the Horse of the Year Show.

The Welsh broadcast journalist said: “I had a

good chat with my fiancé and he thought that Ishould just go for it – he’s really into sport, sohe’s being very supportive. My mother,however, was not very happy.”

Bath’s Clerk of the Course Katie Stephens hadto step in for an absent race-caller at Exeterracecourse a few years ago and that experiencehas clearly not put her off as she mounted achallenge to the determined bride, as did SophiaUpton (née Mitchell), who was Britain’s onlyprofessional female jump jockey in the 1990s. Asuccessful stint in the saddle resulted in herriding 59 winners and picking up twoprestigious Lester awards, feats she has alwayshoped could help her deliver the goods in thecommentary box.

Karen Thacker was equally keen to prove hermettle and, as the only semi-finalist without aracing background, it was Karen’s unendingenthusiasm for the sport that led her to thecommentary box.

The other semi-finalists were At The Racespundit and amateur jockey Emily Jones, andradio broadcaster Laura McGimpsey.

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You run a travel technology companybut have become involved in racingin various capacities. Tell us how youwere first encouraged to become involved in the industry...I became interested in racing from a young ageas my school backed onto the Epsom Downsin Surrey. We used to see thoroughbreds thewhole time and I was a regular with my chumsup at the races on school nights.

Since then it has always been a dream tohave a runner with a live chance in the Derby.I didn’t get directly involved with ownershipuntil university, when my housemate’s father’shorse won seven times over three seasons.�Which area of the industry have youbecome most interested in?I am mainly interested in ownership, findingbetter horses and racing them on their meritsto win. The breeding and bloodstock side ofthe industry is intriguing to me and somethingthat I have learnt a lot about over the last fewyears with some success. I also still believethere is great opportunity to make moneypinhooking foals and yearlings.

It is essential to have a good understandingabout what sires are fashionable, to get in atthe right level and take a view on succession,as well as purchasing athletic horses. �You have been involved in putting together syndicates for horses intraining, too. Anything to look forward to this year?Myself and friends have a few nice late two-year-olds syndicated under PalatinateThoroughbred Racing, but it is too early to sayhow good they are as they haven’t raced. Atthis point we are just dreaming about themdeveloping into nice horses from what you seein their work on the gallops.

Do you use agents at the sales or doyou like to get involved in the buyingprocess? What kind of horses do youlook for?I do like to get involved but I always go inwith, and take advice from, experiencedhorsemen. There is so much to learn about

equine anatomy and you need to bearound horses every day to increase yourunderstanding. I generally now focus onbuying unraced horses, including early two-year-olds and well-bred backward types.

I am off to buy our first proper jumps horsethis year at the Saint-Cloud sale in July. �Do you find that racehorse ownershipis still attractive to young people, despite a lack of financial incentive?I definitely think so. There is no denyingracing is a very expensive hobby to getinvolved in and it takes time and money toreally learn about the industry, but for me it isgreat entertainment, fun and something I ampassionate about.

It certainly helped that I boughtCambridgeshire winner Credit Swap for£7,000. He won six times for MichaelWigham, including a Grade 1 track hat-trick!At the same time I have bought a fewexpensive donkeys as well. That is just partand parcel of the racing game!

The key for me is to buy horses on theadvice of people that are trustworthy andknowledgeable, to try to be as commercial aspossible and have plenty of fun. Prize-moneyin the UK is terrible so I always say to anynewcomers getting into the sport with me,start small, immediately write off that money,hope for some luck and do it for the fun andenjoyment of it.

You also run yourgolftravel.com andhave plans for a similar idea in racing.Tell us about that...Yourgolftravel.com is Europe’s largest golf holiday company; our sister company Racingbreaks.com will go live later in the year.

Our aim is to work with courses in the UKand Ireland to drive higher attendances andencourage people to stay locally, in resorts andhotels, whilst combining breaks with otherleisure activities. Racingbreaks.com’s brandFairwaytoFurlong has already run golf andofficial racing preview events this year at theCheltenham Festival and Royal Ascot to raisemoney for Cancer Research and the InjuredJockeys’ Fund.

Q&AROSS MARSHALL, technology company MD,Director of Your Golf Travel, racehorse owner,pinhooker and racing enthusiast

Competition entrant Sophie Monkman,who works at York, and Lee McKenzie

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TBA FORUM T h e s p e c i a l s e c t i o n f o r T B A m e m b e r s


Lancaster and Wright join TBA board

In our April issue it was reported that HMRevenue & Customs (HMRC) had decided toimpose a 11.5% duty charge on importations offoals and yearlings coming to the UK fromoutside the EU. Following TBA representation,this charge has now been dropped.

Peter Mendham, TBA Bloodstock TaxationGroup Chairman, says: “We are pleased toreport that HMRC has now acceptedthe TBA’s representations to the effect that thedecision to charge import duty had no basisin law and they have therefore agreed to withdraw the duty demands issued to importers.”

This decision confirms that the onlyrequirements for duty-free importation arethat the horse should be capable of being usedfor breeding and that it is registered in anauthorised stud book.

Although the original decision alwaysseemed perverse it is comforting to see thatthe industry’s concerted effort to challenge theruling has had the desired effect without theneed to resort to the courts. This was an issue

that affected the whole industry and in thesedifficult times it was a battle that we could notafford to lose. The TBA Taxation Groupworked together with leading breeders andshipping companies to put forward our case,and we are grateful for their support.

The successful outcome of this campaign,led by the TBA, has saved the British racingand breeding industry in excess of some £5million a year in unwarranted duty onimported youngstock.

Importantly, it has also avoided thepotential scenario whereby youngstockdestined for the UK could be imported viaother European countries, where no duty islevied, which over time could have had anegative impact on income for British studfarms and, consequently, have jeopardisedemployment numbers in our industry.

The TBA was also conscious that any importduty applied by HMRC had the potential for asimilar reaction by the USA authorities, whichwould have jeopardised the USA market,which is so vital to our horses in training sales.

After a closely fought election, RichardLancaster and Chris Wright have been electedas the two new members of the TBA board andwill take up their seats with effect from theAGM on June 28.

Director of Shadwell Estate CompanyLimited, Richard Lancaster, has twice beforeserved on the TBA board; firstly as a co-optedmember from 1997 to 2002 and then morerecently from 2003 as an elected member, withfour years as Vice-Chairman from 2006 to2010. He is presently Chairman of the TBAVeterinary Committee.

“I am delighted to have been elected again toserve on the board,” said Lancaster. “There aremany challenges ahead, including the matter ofrealistic levels of prize-money and ensuring thatour industry is protected against the increasingthreat of disease. I look forward to taking partin trying to ensure that as an industry we areprepared for the challenges that confront us.”

Chris Wright has been a racehorse owner forover 30 years and founded the Stratford PlaceStud in 1973. Apart from his career in

entertainment, he has also been involved inprofessional rugby and football as an owner.Following the sale of Chrysalis, Wright now hasthe time available and is enthusiastic to devotethis to the industry.

He said: “I am both delighted and a littleoverawed that the membership of the TBAhave chosen to elect me to the board. Whilstthis is no doubt an honour, it also comes witha great deal of responsibility and commitmentto playing an active part in helping todetermine the future of thoroughbredbreeding in the UK and its impact on theracing industry in general.

“I have been a breeder for close to 30 years,during which time I have had my share ofsuccess and disappointment, and I hope I amcapable of putting a little something back intothe industry and sport that has given me somuch pleasure over the years. The future isclearly challenging, particularly in the UKmarket. There will be many challenges aheadand I hope that I can, in some small way, helpface these challenges.”

The TBA has also co-opted Peter Mendhamto its board, for a four-year term with effectfrom June 28. Mendham is currently Chairmanof the TBA Taxation Group and is a wellrespected adviser to several large racing andbreeding operations. At a time when thebloodstock industry faces a number ofchallenges, not least to protect its financialstatus, the TBA hopes this appointment willensure that the association is well placed torespond to these challenges.

Commenting on the appointments, TBAChief Executive, Louise Kemble, said: “Theelection for the two seats on the board attractedconsiderable support from the membershipand we look forward to working with Richardand Chris.”

Turning to the recent co-optionappointments, she added: “Peter Mendham’sco-option brings with it invaluable knowledgeand he, together with Julian Richmond-Watson, will strengthen the TBA’sboard at a time when the industry isundergoing restructure.”

Diary datesand remindersMONDAY, JULY 4Yorkshire Regional DayMark Johnston’s Kingsley House Stables.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13Open Regional DayWeatherbys Ltd., Northamptonshire. Whilst July 13 is exclusively for TBAmembers, Weatherbys are also holding anOpen Day on Tuesday, October 18. Pleasecontact Weatherbys directly if you wish toattend on October 18.

THURSDAY, JULY 14Scotland Regional DayThe Duke of Roxburghe’s Floors Stud,Kelso, followed by lunch and a tour of thecastle and gardens.

SATURDAY, JULY 30Next Generation ClubRacing and breeding day at Newmarket.Details from Lesley O’Shea, Stanstead House.

TBA NEW MEMBERS A R Buxton Esq, London. T W Johnson Esq, Cheshire. D Smith Esq, Hertfordshire. Mrs M Varmen, Cheshire.M Kurt Esq, Turkey

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Central The 20 places allowed for the visit to theKing’s Troop for HM The Queen’s BirthdayRoyal Salute were keenly sought by members,who enjoyed a wonderful day. This was thelast time it would be performed from thetroop’s St John’s Wood base and the dayincluded watching the parade of guns andhorses assemble, and being in Green Park forthe actual salute at midday. Members enjoyed an excellent lunch in the

Sergeants’ Mess and during the afternoontoured the stables and museum. Our thanksto Regional Chairman Derek Christopher fororganizing such a special day.

East Midlands On Monday, May 23, a party of 17 enjoyedanother Derek Christopher-organised trip, thistime to the Defence Animal Centre at MeltonMowbray, Leicestershire. The centre is formembers of the armed forces involved intraining animals for military needs.The visit began with a briefing from the

Officer in Charge of the Army School ofEquitation, Captain Richard Chambers of the Life Guards. Members then saw theAdvanced Course of the mounted regimentsin the riding school, followed by a visit to theArmy School of Farriery in the forge. An excellent lunch was enjoyed in the

Officers’ Mess, kindly hosted by theCommanding Officer, Colonel DouglasMcDonald, and the tour continued with avisit to the veterinary hospital, followed by avery informative demonstration by membersof the dog school, on how the search dogsare trained.

Members found it a most informative andinteresting day, seeing first-hand how ourarmed forces, including the Life Guards, theRoyal Horse Guards, the King’s Troop RoyalHorse Artillery, the Royal Army VeterinaryCorps and the RAF, prepare the animals usedin service.

A trip to London to watch the King’s Troop perform the Birthday Salute for HM The Queen proved hugely popular with members

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The Defence Animal Centre in Leicestershire, used to train animals for military purposes

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South West A well supported meeting at Richard Barber’sSeaborough Manor Farm in Dorset saw 40members enjoy a morning in the finest Dorsetcountryside. Seaborough Manor is a licensedtraining centre which operates as both a satelliteNational Hunt yard for Paul Nicholls, as well asan impressive training centre for point-to-pointers. Trainer Harry Fry, assisted by HeadGirl Ciara O’Connor, showed members aroundthe 20-box main yard, where 12 horsesremained in training to take in some summerjumping engagements, including Violin Davis,Opening Batsman and Tregaro.

Across the property 28 young and establishedpoint-to-pointers were still on the go, with theWest season not ending until June 18. Therewas a variety in the choice of sire with British,Irish, French and German-based stallionsrepresented, but the type of horse favoured byRichard Barber was clear: strong, square andcorrect types.

Richard revealed that he still likes to supportthe store market, where he is enjoyingincreasing value for money! Owners include anumber of long-standing supporters and friendswho enjoy their point-to-point racing, whilst anumber of the younger pointers wouldultimately be destined for another career path.

Harry explained that the five-and-a-halffurlong uphill gallop adjacent to the LittleWindsor Point-to-Point course and with aPolytrack surface, coped well with the climaticconditions and was used by some 100 horses aday, with a number of smaller operators takingadvantage of the facility. We were assured thegallop was an easier gradient to that at Ditcheat.On a work day horses will do three gallops,followed by a leisurely 15-minute walk back tothe yard.

The party then made its way to theimpressive indoor school of Antonia Coles,

where William Biddick and Martin Cooneyschooled Vrai Vert, Mustangsallyrally,Cappoquin and Trueflyingcolours over tworeversible hurdles. Whilst members enjoyed aclose up of the action, Harry explained that thehorses will do ten to 15 circuits each way overthe hurdles, which in the closed environmenthelped to fine tune them before they transferredto jumping outside.

Our host Richard Barber and his wife Vivwere on hand to answer a range of questionsthroughout the morning, and kindly joinedmembers for a hearty lunch at nearby WynyardsGap Inn.

Our thanks go to Michael Falkiner and Dianadu Feu for organising a most enjoyable day.

West MidlandsThe West Midlands Regional day provided afull programme for 46 members, whotravelled first to Donald McCain’s BankHouse Stables near Malpas in Cheshire.

The recent unseasonably hot and sunnyweather gave way to strong wind and rainthat blew horizontally at times, but the groupwas given a warm welcome by Ginger, Beryland Donald McCain.

A short (but blowy) walk to the top of thegallops provided the opportunity to see thirdlot battle their way up the hill twice againstthe wind. A walk around the yard followed,with the opportunity to fire questions atDonald and Ginger, who were extremelygenerous with their time.

All the horses looked remarkably fit yetrelaxed despite the weather, and the facilitiesat Bankhouse are extensive, with 200 acresof land allowing plenty of gallop space andwell-sheltered paddocks for turnout.

Following an excellent lunch at the localCholmondeley Arms, members moved on toRichard Kent’s Mickley Stud, where the suncame out and members were greeted withPimm’s to sip as they viewed a parade of theresident stallions, plus a number of maresand foals.

Catering for both the Flat and jumpsmarket means that the stud is still incrediblybusy, but its 500-plus acres of prime grazingland, with large paddocks and more grassthan has been seen on the east side of thecountry for a long while, allows for largenumbers of mares and followers, without thedanger of overstocking.

Vet John Newcombe was on hand toprovide a scanning demonstration and, aftera very welcome afternoon tea, members wenton their way having had an enjoyable andeducational day.

We are very grateful to Donald McCainand Richard Kent for allowing members tointerrupt their working day and for theirgenerous hospitality, and to Hazel West fororganizing such a successful day.

The visit to Richard Barber’s Seaborough Manor Farm in Dorset was well attended

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SPECIAL MERIT/BREEDER OF THE MONTH

MAY 2011

Newsells Park Stud

At this time of year, racing becomes increasingly competitive and from asurfeit of worthy candidates for the May Breeder of the Month award amajority decision found in favour of Newsells Park Stud.

The principal flag-bearer for this Hertfordshire establishment, which ismanaged by Julian Dollar, was Gitano Hernando, who gained a secondvictory at the top level, adding the Singapores Airlines International Cupat Kranji to the 2009 Goodwood Stakes at Santa Anita.

On the home front came the Listed winners St Moritz and Miss WorkOf Art at York, and Masked Marvel at Goodwood. Masked Marvel dulylined up in the Derby, where he joined his erstwhile stud companionOcean War (winner of a Newmarket Listed race in April).

In 1959, Newsells Park won the Blue Riband with homebred Parthia,owned by Sir Humphrey de Trafford (father of Cath Walwyn). The lateKlaus Jacobs, whose family own the celebrated Gestut Fahrhof in Germany,purchased the property in 2000. The then manager was Robert Acton andhe assembled the nucleus of mares that is now bearing fruit.

In June 2010, the stud won this monthly award by virtue of a RoyalAscot double with Rite Of Passage (Gold Cup) and Strawberrydaiquiri(Windsor Forest Stakes). Another significant winner that week wasEquiano (King’s Stand Stakes), who now stands alongside Mount Nelsonat this flourishing stud, which will receive six sacks of Blue Chip Pro, tohelp prepare youngstock for the sales, and some Blue Chip clothing.

SPECIAL MERIT: MAY 2011

Childwick Bury StudMany people might wonder what became of the famous Childwick BuryStud, near St Albans, following the death in 1992 of its previous owner, JimJoel, but the success of the Marquesa de Moratalla homebred Tin Horse (bySakhee) in the Poule d’Essai des Poulains provides the answer.

Ironically Jim Joel, whose name is synonymous with a string of Classicvictories, gained a memorable triumph in his dotage with Maori Venturein the 1987 Grand National and the Moratalla scarlet colours (Jim Joel’scolours were black with a scarlet cap) first made their mark with jumpers.

It was her brother, Alfonso, the Marquis de Portago, who sparked hissister’s interest in breeding when giving her the mare Cassandre. Thisbroodmare helped to establish what was to become the biggest bloodstock

operation in south-west France, where Tin Horse is trained by DidierGuillemin at Mont de Marsan.

Her runners here have done much to promote French-bred jumpers,two stars being The Fellow, hero of the 1994 Cheltenham Gold Cup aswell as two successive King George VI Chases, the Kempton Boxing Dayhighlight that she won again with First Gold in 2000.

These two horses were both based in France with Francois Doumen,but the Marquesa also owned the Jimmy Fitzgerald-trained Cesarewitchwinner Trainglot and King’s Stand Stakes winner Chineur, trained by hergodson Mikel Delzangles.

Childwick Bury changed hands in 1993 and manager Martin Grassick(younger brother of Christy) has been there from the outset. He fulfils aunique role determined by the generous French breeders’ premiums.

“We send the mares with foals at foot over to France in August. InDecember the mares come back and then the yearlings return here in Juneto be broken in,” he explained.

Joyeuse Entrée, the dam of Tin Horse, is one of 30 resident mares, alongwith her three half-sisters, Seldom Found, Hold The Thought and BecomesYou. With a filly foal at foot by Sakhee and back in foal to the same sire,she also has a two-year-old colt Eaglestone and a yearling filly DeuxSaisons, both greys by Chineur.

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Gitano Hernando (centre) has won on three continents


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Breeders’ PrizesFlat HBLB Breeders’ Prizes worth £700 or more Based on date money was paid

Breeder Prize (£) Horse Sire Dam Date Course

Mildmay Bloodstock Ltd 6,500 Perfect Tribute Dubawi Perfect Spirit 27/04/11 Ascot

07/05/11 Lingfield Park

Elite Racing Club 4,500 Dandino Dansili Generous Diana 30/04/11 Newmarket

G B Russell 4,500 Sole Power Kyllachy Demerger 21/05/11 Haydock Park

Mr & Mrs G Middlebrook 3,500 Dordogne Singspiel Riberac 07/05/11 Lingfield Park

Newsells Park Stud Limited 3,300 Miss Work Of Art Dutch Art Lacework 27/04/11 Ascot

13/05/11 York

Creme Anglaise Motivator Reading Habit 06/05/11 Ascot

Kingsclere Stud 3,000 Side Glance Passing Glance Averami 27/04/11 Ascot

09/05/11 Windsor

G Strawbridge 1,600 Night Carnation Sleeping Indian Rimba 12/05/11 York

Mrs A D Bourne 1,550 Seal Rock Ishiguru Satin Doll 30/04/11 Newmarket

13/05/11 Newmarket

Overbury Stallions Ltd & D Boocock 1,550 Common Touch Compton Place Flying Finish (Fr) 11/05/11 York

21/05/11 York

Miss S J Leigh & Mr R S Leigh 1,500 Seta Pivotal Bombazine 30/04/11 Goodwood

Elms Stud Co Ltd 1,500 Dorcas Lane Norse Dancer Waqood 01/05/11 Newmarket

Mrs A F Tullie 1,500 Shoshoni Wind Sleeping Indian Cadeau Speciale 01/05/11 Hamilton Park

Meon Valley Stud 1,500 Izzi Top Pivotal Zee Zee Top 13/05/11 Newbury

Owen Promotions Ltd 1,500 Brown Panther Shirocco Treble Heights 04/05/11 Chester

21/05/11 Haydock Park

Cheveley Park Stud Ltd 1,450 Merchant Of Medici Medicean Regal Rose 02/05/11 Kempton Park

Dimension Medicean Palatial 02/05/11 Kempton Park

Whitsbury Manor Stud

& Pigeon House Stud 800 Pastoral Player Pastoral Pursuits Copy-Cat 01/05/11 Newmarket

Bond Thoroughbred Corporation 800 Hoof It Monsieur Bond Forever Bond 13/05/11 York

Mr & Mrs D J Deer 800 Al Kazeem Dubawi Kazeem 14/05/11 Newbury

J L Dunlop 800 Harlestone Times Olden Times Harlestone Lady 21/05/11 Goodwood

G T Lucas 750 Trade Storm Trade Fair Frisson 30/04/11 Doncaster

Phil Jen Racing 750 Chilworth Lad Diktat Dowhatjen 01/05/11 Salisbury

G E Amey 750 Cockney Fire Cockney Rebel Camp Fire 01/05/11 Salisbury

Redmyre Bloodstock

& Trinity Gate Bloodstock 750 Guru Girl Ishiguru Startori 06/05/11 Ascot

M E Wates 750 Neebras Oasis Dream Crossmolina 14/05/11 Newmarket

Floors Farming & Christopher J Heath 700 Adaria Sleeping Indian Isle Of Flame 29/04/11 Doncaster

See the table of breeders' prizes effective as from January 1 on the TBA website, www.thetba.co.uk



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Deciding what to feed the foal or weanlingis an important decision as nutrition ismost influential from the age of three tonine months. One the key issues facingbreeders is DOD (developmentalorthopaedic disease) which can result fromgenetic problems, traumas and incorrectfeeding. DOD is a term used to cover arange of bone related problems fromphysitis to limb deformities to cartilageproblems.Good feeding becomes particularly

important from three months on when themares milk quality starts to drop and thefoal becomes more reliant on grazing andhard feeds. The foal can efficiently startdigesting cereals prior to three months andcreep feeding can start from as early asthree weeks. The benefit of creep feedingis less stress at the time of weaning andhopefully less disturbance to the growth ofthe foal. Weaning often causes atemporary drop in weight at a time whendevelopment is critical. Having your foalaccustomed to concentrate feeds andeating from a bucket /feeder will help. Traditionally we think of protein,

calcium and phosphorus when we think ofgood nutrients for strong bones. Howeverthere are a whole range of nutrientsinvolved and having the balance of all of

these is the key to success. For example ,iodine is involved in thyroid function,which helps regulate growth rates. VitaminA is important for osteoclasts, which arecells that form the bone. Too little vitaminA and your weanling will not reach histrue height potential. Zinc and manganeseare needed for good cartilage formation.Copper is essential for the cross links thatprovide strength in the bone. All of theseelements are the building block of the foaland weanling and most effective in thefirst 9 months. The second element of nutrition that

effects development is the question of howmuch to feed. Overfeeding or pushing thefoal or weanling can cause DOD as thejoints are not able to adapt quickly enoughto the sudden increase in bodyweight. Alsovariations in growth due to times of stresseg weaning or seasonal variations, eg freshnew grass, can lead to DOD. The idealsituation is for a steady growth of the foalwhich is in itself an art to achieve.

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Traditionally, forages that were low in non structural carbohydrates also tended to beof low quality. Many are over mature, have been grown under stressful conditions and/orhave been rained on. Forages harvested under such conditions can be low in nonstructural carbohydrates but also lack protein, vitamin and mineral content. The forageproducts offered by Western Hay Company, Inc. are clean, soft and palatable, makingthem suitable for horses requiring the highest level of nutrient fortification, without thesugars and starches. Western Hay Company's extensive relationships with many growers,

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Protect horses fromEquine Herpes Virus urges Pfizer


Pfizer Animal Health is urging horse owners, yardmanagers and trainers to understand more aboutkeeping their horses protected from the effects ofEquine Herpes Virus (EHV), a contagious viral infectionthat can damage health, cause abortion and significantlyimpact performance. To this end Pfizer has launched anawareness campaign to help horse owners learn moreabout the severity of EHV and the best ways to preventthe disease.

EHV is carried by most horses in the UK.1 It cancause respiratory disease, an associated loss ofperformance and can put a horse out of work for anumber of weeks while it recovers from the infection.EHV is also the most commonly diagnosed cause ofinfectious abortion. More rarely it can affect the nervoussystem, resulting in paralysis, collapse and a very poorprognosis. Once a horse is infected it can harbour thevirus throughout its life and potentially shed the diseaseto other animals without showing any outward signs. Re-activation of EHV and shedding from infected horses

tends to happen when they are stressed – typicallymoving yards or when they are in hard work. Evenwithout showing any obvious clinical signs EHV canaffect the athletic performance of the horse by putting astrain on its immune system.

The disease is transmitted from horse to horsethrough the respiratory tract, by inhalation of the viralparticles shed by infected horses. Symptoms, if there areany, may include a rise in body temperature, nasaldischarge and a dry cough in younger horses. The horsemay also show signs of depression and lethargy.

Good yard management, such as avoidingovercrowding and reducing the potential stresses thatmay set off re-activation, is essential to prevent thespread of EHV, but this isn’t the whole answer.Vaccination can also play a pivotal role. Vaccinatingevery horse will help minimise the severity of thedisease itself and, importantly, will also help to reducethe amount of infective virus that is shed to other in-contact horses.

Ben Gaskell, Pfizer’s equine veterinary advisor said:“It pays to be vigilant and address the problem of EHVbefore it becomes a significant health issue for yourhorse. The best approach is to discuss the issue withyour vet who will be able to provide advice on suitableyard management and a vaccination programme.”

For further information ask your vet for a copy ofPfizer’s new information booklet Preventing EquineHerpes Virus, or contact Pfizer Animal Health, WaltonOaks, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 7NS

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Virtually every adult horse in the UKhas come into contact with at leastone type of Equine Herpesvirus and

it also has the ability to lie dormant formonths or years before reactivating if thehorse is stressed. As a result, reducing theincidence and effects of this virus is difficultand relies on good management practicescombined with vaccination.Equine Herpesvirus (EHV) is widespread

throughout the world and the UnitedKingdom is no exception. There are manytypes of EHV but the ones that affect thedomestic horse are types one to five. EHV-1and EHV-4 cause the most problems often inthe form of respiratory infections and, in fact,most foals and yearlings develop a ‘snotty’nose due to EHV at some point in their livesand hence it can be viewed as a normal partof growing up. Both EHV-1 and EHV-4 cancause abortion and neonatal death and EHV-1 can also cause neurological disease.EHV-2 and EHV-5 are found in most horses

and rarely cause significant problems,although there have been reports ofrespiratory disease and poor performance due

to these two viruses. EHV-3 can cause avenereal disease called Equine CoitalExanthema, which is usually seen as arelatively mild condition that rarely requirestreatment but can be disruptive to a stallion’scovering schedule.

How is the disease spread?EHV is readily spread by inhalation oringestion of the virus via nasal/oculardischarge, saliva or aborted foetal material.Furthermore, given that the virus can survivein the environment for several weeks and thathorses which are infected with EHV becomecarriers of the disease and so can pass it on toothers, it is not surprising that nearly all adulthorses test positive for exposure to EHV-1and/or EHV-4.In addition, like other herpesviruses such

as the viruses that cause human ‘cold sores’and ‘shingles’, EHV has the ability to becomedormant and establish a state called ‘latency’.This means that if a previously infected horsewhich appears to be completely healthy isstressed, then the virus can reactivate,multiply and again cause clinical illness in

that same horse. Typically, horses developenough of an immune response followinginfection to become resistant to EHV for thenext three to four months, but following thisperiod they will again become susceptible toinfection.

Poor performance shutdownAs mentioned above, EHV-1 and EHV-4commonly cause respiratory problems but thesigns are essentially the same as for anyrespiratory virus – a high temperature, nasaland ocular discharge, enlarged glands,coughing and endoscopic evidence ofinflammation, for example, excessive mucus.Training yards suffer from poor performanceand are shut down every season for signsexactly like these and as a result, there arethose who believe that all racehorses shouldtake advantage of the commercially availablevaccines which are designed to reduce the riskof infection.EHV-1 and EHV-4 can also cause

reproductive and neurological problems.


VET FORUM: THE EXPERT VIEWBy JAMES TATE BVMS MRCVS

Equine HerpesvirusEHV is an important disease, chiefly as virtually every adult horse in the UK has comeinto contact with it. Vaccinations reduce risk, but good management is key to control

The respiratory signs of EHV-1 orEHV-4 are essentially the same as forany respiratory virus – a hightemperature, nasal and oculardischarge, enlarged glands andcoughing

It is extremely important to try to prevent EHV infection in pregnant maresbecause it is a significant cause of abortion and death of newborn foals

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Outbreaks of abortions during late pregnancyand weak foals that die within a few days ofbirth as a result of EHV infection not only affectthe individual mares and foals involved but arealso very costly to deal with, as they disrupt thestud’s entire breeding programme.

Neurological disease caused by EHV-1 is lesscommon but localised outbreaks do occur inEurope every year and there is currently asignificant outbreak in the western states of theUSA. Affected horses generally show weakness,incoordination or paralysis, as well as othermore specific signs such as urinaryincontinence.

HBLB Codes of Practice and theimportance of reporting casesThe HBLB ‘Codes of Practice’ set out theminimum recommended requirements withregard to the prevention and control of the mostimportant infectious diseases. They coverdiseases that are notifiable by law, for example,CEM, EVA and EIA, but they also providerecommendations with regard to otherimportant infectious diseases such as EHV.

EHV can be difficult to control because it is socommon and does not always cause anyoutward signs. Therefore, whilst it is notmandatory to report confirmed cases of EHV, itis important to notify the TBA so that it can alertits members to the risk of infection.

It is vital that the public has confidence thatall cases of important infectious diseases arereported and that stud farms, in particular, aretransparent with regard to their response to adisease outbreak.

DiagnosisLaboratory confirmation of respiratory diseasecaused by EHV infection is usually carried outonly if a yard problem is being investigatedbecause the diagnosis does not alter thetreatment of an individual horse but mightchange the management of a yard, particularlywith regard to EHV-1,4 vaccination policy. Ifconfirmation of EHV infection is required then

samples must be sent to a specialist laboratory,for example, the Animal Health Trust orBeaufort Cottage Laboratories in Newmarket.

Laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis ofreproductive EHV disease is carried out muchmore commonly and is actively encouraged bythe HBLB Codes of Practice, veterinary surgeonsand the major stud farm associations. Samplesare sent off for laboratory analysis and in fact,the TBA is so keen that every aborted foetus anddead newborn foal is screened for the presenceof EHV at recognised laboratories that they givea £100 subsidy towards the costs of suchscreening providing that they receive a copy ofthe post-mortem report from the recognisedlaboratory involved.

Good management is keyVaccination is a vital part of disease preventionalthough it should never be seen as asubstitute for good management. As EHV-1and EHV-4 are the most important, it makessense that they are most commonly vaccinatedagainst. As horses are immune to EHV for onlya short period of time after suffering from thedisease, then it is not surprising that there areno vaccines currently available that providecomplete protection against EHV but they cansignificantly help to reduce the spread of thevirus. Racehorses should initially receiveinjections four to six weeks apart and thenevery six months, whilst breeding maresshould receive bi-annual boosters in Januaryand July in addition to the vaccinations at five,seven and nine months of pregnancy. There >>

Localised outbreaks of neurological disease caused by EHV-1 occur in Europe everyyear and affected horses generally show weakness, incoordination and paralysis

Vaccination is an important part of disease prevention, but it should never be seenas a substitute for good management



are currently two licensed vaccines availablefor EHV-1 and EHV-4 but, interestingly, onlyone of these vaccines is licensed for use inpregnant mares to reduce the risk of abortionand neonatal death.However, it must be remembered that whilst

vaccination is extremely important, it is not animpermeable barrier and the environment inwhich horses are housed should also beconsidered. For example, an abortion in anAmerican barn due to EHV-1 presents a hugechallenge to the other mares in the barn thatcould easily overcome the immunity they havegained from vaccination. Mares should be keptin small groups with other healthy mares at asimilar stage of pregnancy and mares in the finalstages of pregnancy should ideally be isolated –not stabled in a large American barn whereinfections are all too readily passed from horseto horse.

Try to prevent, not cure Prevention is better than cure and theimportance of good management and high

standards of hygiene and husbandry ininfectious disease prevention should never beunderestimated. Sensible biosecurity measures should be

designed to reduce the risk of infection, most ofwhich are common sense, for example, keepinghorses in sensible groups/batches whilst tryingto avoid the stresses associated with moving andre-mixing groups too often. In a stud scenario, this means that pregnant

mares should have contact only with othermares that have close foaling dates and theyshould be managed separately from foals,yearlings, horses that are out of training andbarren mares. In a racing yard, this means thatyoung horses such as yearlings or two year-oldsshould be separated from older horses.Isolation units are also very useful in the

prevention of infectious diseases because theyenable high risk horses, for example, newarrivals, to be isolated from the rest of the horsesfor a sensible period of time or until tests provethat they are free from disease. Large studs andtraining yards should consider having separate

staff for the isolation unit so that in the event ofan outbreak the rest of the premises can carry onas normal because the other horses will not havecome into contact with the infection.

ConclusionIn summary, EHV is a very important diseasewhich virtually every adult horse in the UK hascome into contact with. It is everywhere inbackground levels and many adult horses aresymptomless carriers that can become latentlyinfected and hence infectious to others. TheHBLB Codes of Practice set out the minimumrecommended requirements with regard to theprevention and control of EHV and it isimportant to notify the TBA in the case of anoutbreak so that it can alert its members to therisk of infection. As with all diseases, prevention is better than

cure. Although vaccination plays a vital part inreducing the risk of EHV infection, theimportance of good management and highstandards of hygiene and husbandry shouldnever be underestimated.

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Less than six weeks after the death ofSadler’s Wells, Epsom’s trio of Group 1races over a mile and a half provided yet

another reminder of his enormous legacy. The Coronation Cup saw a rejuvenated St

Nicholas Abbey become his sixth grandson tosucceed in a race which also fell to no fewer thansix of Sadler’s Wells’s sons. That’s 12 winners inthe 22 years since Sadler’s Wells was representedby his first four-year-olds.Then, in the Oaks, it briefly looked as though

the magnificently-bred Wonder Of Wonderswas about to become the first Oaks winner outof a Sadler’s Wells mare. She ultimately failed toovertake Dancing Rain but Sadler’s Wells wasdirectly responsible for five winners and sixseconds in the Oaks and he once recorded aone-two-three in the fillies’ Classic.The following day saw one grandson,

Treasure Beach, overhauled in the last strides byanother, Pour Moi, in the Derby. Pour Moi’svictory means that seven of the last 11 Derbywinners were sired either by Sadler’s Wells orwere produced by one of his sons or daughters.Although directly responsible for ‘only’ two

winners of the Derby, these two – Galileo andHigh Chaparral – were both above averagewinners of the race. What’s more, Sadler’s Wellsalso had seven sons who finished second, whileanother seven colts who finished second wereeither sired by one of his sons or produced byone of his daughters. Only five times in the 23years in which Sadler’s Wells has had three-year-

olds has one of his descendants failed to finishfirst or second in the Derby, as the table oppositeshows.Thanks to Galileo’s phenomenal sequence of

victories in Europe’s 2011 Guineas races, he hastended to grab all the headlines, but Montjeuhas also proved a remarkable source of Classicperformers. Thanks to Motivator, Authorizedand Pour Moi, he has supplied three of the lastseven Derby winners, with another two of hissons finishing second. His sons Scorpion, FameAnd Glory and St Nicholas Abbey have wonthree of the last five Coronation Cups. In comparing the two sons of Sadler’s Wells,

it is important to remember that Montjeu is nolonger as prolific as Galileo. Whereas TreasureBeach, Frankel, Roderic O’Connor, Seville,Misty For Me, Golden Lilac, Together andGalikova come from a crop of 161, Pour Moi isone of only 78 foals in Montjeu’s 2008 crop,which also includes Recital.And whereas Cape Blanco, Lily Of The Valley,

At First Sight, Midas Touch, Gile Na Greine,etc., come from Galileo’s 2007 crop of 158, StNicholas Abbey and his fellow Group 1 winnersJan Vermeer and Joshua Tree come from a cropof 109. The Group 2 winner Maria Royal isanother member of Montjeu’s crop. This imbalance continues with their 2009

crops, with Montjeu’s 76 foals being only 42%of Galileo’s 182. Rough figures for 2010 aremore than 140 foals for Galileo, compared to 68for the two-year-older Montjeu, who reportedly

covered 118 mares in 2010, compared toGalileo’s 177.One area in which Montjeu is undoubtedly

outshone by Galileo is his record as a sire offillies. Although Montjeu has more than 30black-type daughters in the northernhemisphere, including 17 stakes winners, onlyone of them – Montare – has scored at thehighest level. Six – Montare, Maria Royal, MissKeller, Mont Etoile, Clowance and Albisola –have become Group winners. Galileo has six Group 1-winning daughters

and another 13 Group winners among his 34stakes-winning daughters. Galileo’s broodmaredaughters have also made the faster start, withthe Group winners Saamidd and AlexanderPope among their early runners.The next step for the duo is to establish

themselves as sires of sires. Interestingly, we maysee their names linked in the future, as ParishHall, the first winner by Galileo’s unbeaten sonTeofilo, is out of a Montjeu mare (and istherefore inbred 3 x 3 to Sadler’s Wells). The stallion careers of Montjeu’s sons are

generally more advanced. Motivator’s careerhasn’t been without its problems, but his firstcrop, numbering only 63 foals, includes aGroup 2 winner and four Group-placed horses. Hurricane Run underlined his potential when

his son Memphis Tennessee belied odds of 20-1 by leading for a long way in the Derby, beforefinishing fourth, beaten less than two lengths.Hurricane Run’s daughters Don’t Hurry Me andBallybacka Lady have already won at Grouplevel and I will be surprised if there aren’t moreGroup winners to come from this initial crop. Authorized will no doubt be clocking up

winners from his first crop by the autumn, whileit will be interesting to see the first sales yearlingsby Papal Bull, who gave Duke Of Marmaladesuch a good fight in the 2008 King George.

CAULFIELD FILESANDREW CAULFIELD REPORTS ON THE BLOODSTOCK WORLD

Montjeu’s Derby-winning trio from left: Motivator in 2005, Authorized in 2007 and Pour Moi give their jockeys cause to celebrate

Excelling at EpsomMontjeu has already outstripped his sire, Sadler’s Wells,with three Derby winners to his name in seven years

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Twenty-seven years after Darshaan had a lengthand a half to spare over Sadler’s Wells in the Prixdu Jockey-Club, the names of these tworemarkable stallions remain inextricably linked.We were reminded of this during the first

weekend in June. The two colts who fought outthe Derby have pedigrees featuring these oldrivals. Pour Moi is by a son of Sadler’s Wells outof a daughter of Darshaan, whereas TreasureBeach is by another son of Sadler’s Wells, out ofa mare by Darshaan’s son Mark Of Esteem.The following day’s Prix du Jockey-Club fell

to Reliable Man, who is by Darshaan’s Jockey-Club-winning son Dalakhani out of a mare bySadler’s Wells. Dalakhani has 52 foals aged threeor over out of Sadler’s Wells mares, plus asizeable number of 2011 two-year-olds. Thepopularity of this cross was established when fiveof its representatives from Dalakhani’s first cropbecame stakes winners, including Conduit.In South Africa, Galileo’s Australian-bred

daughter Igugu landed her second Grade 1victory. She has a second dam by Darshaan.Two weeks earlier the potency of this cross

was evident again when Wavering took the PrixSaint-Alary. Wavering’s sire Refuse To Bend – oneof three 2,000 Guineas winners by Sadler’s Wells– has four Group winners to his credit and threeof them are out of daughters of Darshaan. Oneof the others, Sarafina, won the 2010 Saint-Alary,plus the Prix de Diane.Of course the basis of this hugely popular

cross was principally the considerable successthat Sadler’s Wells enjoyed with daughters ofDarshaan (and to a lesser extent to Darshaan’srecord of 13% stakes winners among his foalsout of Sadler’s Wells mares).High Chaparral, Islington, Milan, Quarter

Moon, Septimus, Yesterday, Greek Dance andEbadiyla provided the nick with eight Group 1winners. Such was the nick’s reputation that Sadler’s Wells or his sons virtually became

the default setting for Darshaan mares. The latest figures show that Darshaan’s

daughters have 169 foals of racing age by Sadler’sWells. Then there are 91 by Galileo, 81 byBarathea, 54 by Montjeu, 37 by Refuse To Bend,21 by Entrepreneur and 14 by King’s Theatre. Altogether, Darshaan mares have 400 foals by

37 sons of Sadler’s Wells. It is worth pointing outthat so far 28 of the 400 have become stakeswinners, which is 7% – a far cry from Sadler’sWells’s own figure of 17%. The sons’ figure islittle better than the overall figure of 6% stakeswinners achieved by Darshaan’s daughters.With 569 of these mares’ 2,530 foals being by

Sadler’s Wells or his sons, this equates to 22.5%of their total output. They have 30 Group 1winners, of which eight (26.7%) are by Sadler’sWells and five (16.7%) are by his sons. Could it be that – apart from fashion – sons

of Sadler’s Wells actually have no stronger claimto Darshaan mares than other top stallions?

Sadler’s Wells’s influence on Epsom’s Group 1 racesDERBY OAKS CORONATION CUP

1989

1990 2nd BLUE STAG, by Sadler’s Wells 1st SALSABIL, by Sadler’s Wells 1st IN THE WINGS, by Sadler’s Wells

1991

1992 1st SADDLERS’ HALL, by Sadler’s Wells

1993 1st INTREPIDITY, by Sadler’s Wells 1st OPERA HOUSE, by Sadler’s Wells2nd ROYAL BALLERINA, by Sadler’s Wells

1994 2nd KING’S THEATRE, by Sadler’s Wells

1995 2nd TAMURE, by Sadler’s Wells 1st MOONSHELL, by Sadler’s Wells2nd DANCE A DREAM, by Sadler’s Wells

1996 2nd DUSHYANTOR, by Sadler’s Wells 2nd SINGSPIEL, by In The Wings

1997 2nd SILVER PATRIARCH, by Saddlers’ Hall 1st SINGSPIEL, by In The Wings2nd DUSHYANTOR, by Sadler’s Wells

1998 2nd CITY HONOURS, 1st SILVER PATRIARCH, by Saddlers’ Hallout of a Sadler’s Wells mare 3rd EBADIYLA, by Sadler’s Wells

1999 2nd DALIAPOUR, by Sadler’s Wells 3rd DREAM WELL, by Sadler’s Wells

2000 2nd SAKHEE, out of a Sadler’s Wells mare 1st DALIAPOUR, by Sadler’s Wells3rd BEAT HOLLOW, by Sadler’s Wells

2001 1st GALILEO, by Sadler’s Wells 1st IMAGINE, by Sadler’s Wells 2nd WELLBEING, by Sadler’s Wells3rd TOBOUGG, by Barathea 2nd FLIGHT OF FANCY, by Sadler’s Wells

3rd RELISH THE THOUGHT, by Sadler’s Wells

2002 1st HIGH CHAPARRAL, by Sadler’s Wells 2nd QUARTER MOON, by Sadler’s Wells 3rd ZINDABAD, out of a Sadler’s Wells mare

2003 2nd THE GREAT GATSBY, by Sadler’s Wells 2nd YESTERDAY, by Sadler’s Wells 3rd BLACK SAM BELLAMY, by Sadler’s Wells

2004 3rd LET THE LION ROAR, by Sadler’s Wells 2nd ALL TOO BEAUTIFUL, by Sadler’s Wells 2nd DOYEN, by Sadler’s Wells

2005 1st MOTIVATOR, by Montjeu 1st YEATS, by Sadler’s Wells2nd WALK IN THE PARK, by Montjeu 3rd REEFSCAPE, out of a Sadler’s Wells mare

2006 2nd DRAGON DANCER, by Sadler’s Wells 1st ALEXANDROVA, by Sadler’s Wells

2007 1st AUTHORIZED, by Montjeu 2nd PEEPING FAWN, out of a Sadler’s Wells mare 1st SCORPION, by Montjeu3rd AQALEEM, out of a Sadler’s Wells mare 3rd ALL MY LOVING, by Sadler’s Wells 2nd SEPTIMUS, by Sadler’s Wells

2008 1st NEW APPROACH, by Galileo 1st SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, by Galileo2nd YOUMZAIN, out of a Sadler’s Wells mare3rd MACARTHUR, by Montjeu

2009 2nd FAME AND GLORY, by Montjeu 3rd HIGH HEELED, by High Chaparral 1st ASK, by Sadler’s Wells3rd MASTEROFTHEHORSE, by Sadler’s Wells 2nd YOUMZAIN, out of a Sadler’s Wells mare

2010 1st WORKFORCE, out of a Sadler’s Wells mare 2nd MEEZNAH, out of a Sadler’s Wells mare 1st FAME AND GLORY, by Montjeu2nd AT FIRST SIGHT, by Galileo 3rd HIGH HEELED, by High Chaparral

2011 1st POUR MOI, by Montjeu 2nd WONDER OF WONDERS, 1st ST NICHOLAS ABBEY, by Montjeu2nd TREASURE BEACH, by Galileo out of a Sadler’s Wells mare

Statistics show popular cross can be overstated

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CURRAGH. May 2. 4yo+. 10f.1. SO YOU THINK (NZ) 5 9-6 £40,625b h by High Chaparral - Triassic (Tights)O-Smith, Magnier, Tabor, Dato Tan,T Yahaya B-MJ Moran, Piper Farm Ltd TR-AP O’Brien

2. Bob Le Beau (IRE) 4 9-1 £11,875br g by Big Bad Bob - Shine Silently (Bering)O/B-Anamoine Ltd TR-Mrs John Harrington

3. Mid Mon Lady (IRE) 6 8-12 £5,625br m by Danetime - Shining Desert (Green Desert)O-Mad In The Head Syndicate B-Patrick Cassidy TR-H Rogers

Margins 10, 2. Time 2:12.84 (slow 7.84). Going Good to firm. See race 81

45 MOORESBRIDGE S G3

NEWMARKET. May 1. 4yo+f&m. 9f.1. I’M A DREAMER (IRE) 4 8-12 £28,385b f by Noverre - Summer Dreams (Sadler’s Wells)O-St Albans Bloodstock LLP B-Sean Murphy TR-DM Simcock

2. Sea of Heartbreak (IRE) 4 8-12 £10,760b f by Rock of Gibraltar - Top Forty (Rainbow Quest)O/B-DG Hardisty Bloodstock TR-R Charlton

3. Chachamaidee (IRE) 4 8-12 £5,385b f Footstepsinthesand - Canterbury Lace (Danehill)O-RAH Evans B-Cheval Court Stud TR-HRA Cecil

Margins 4.5, 2.5. Time 1:52.78 (slow 4.68). Going Good to firm.

Age Starts Wins Places Earned3-4 6 4 1 £47,870

Sire: NOVERRE. Sire of 15 Stakes winners. In 2011- I’M A DREAMER Sadler’s Wells G3.

1st Dam: Summer Dreams by Sadler’s Wells. Dam of2 winners:2003: Russian Dream (g Xaar)2004:MOUDEZ (c Xaar) 4 wins at 2, 3 and 6 at

home, USA, Forerunner S LR, 3rd Les ClubAutumn S G3.

2005: Sunset Resort (g King’s Best)2007: I’M A DREAMER (f Noverre) Sold 21,000gns

foal, 40,000gns yearling. 4 wins at 3 and 4,Dahlia S G3, 3rd Rosemary H LR.

2008: Height of Summer (f Alhaarth) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: Marie de Beaujeu by Kenmare. 2 wins at2 in France, 2nd Prix des Reves d’Or LR, PrixImprudence LR. Dam of ALL MY DREAMS (c Assert:BMW Deutsches Derby G1). Grandam ofToamasina, Lady Weasley.

Broodmare Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of thedams of 250 Stakes winners. In 2011 - STAND TOGAIN Hawk Wing G1, FEARS NOTHING Faltaat G2,BANKABLE Medicean G3, CASTLETHORPE Not ASingle Doubt G3, COSMO MEADOW King’s BestG3, I’M A DREAMER Noverre G3.

44 DAHLIA S G3

SAINT-CLOUD. May 1. 4yo+. 1600m.1. RAJSAMAN (FR) 4 8-11 £63,879gr c by Linamix - Rose Quartz (Lammtarra)O-Nasser Alromaith B-HH Aga Khan TR-F Head

2. Byword (GB) 5 9-4 £24,655ch h by Peintre Celebre - Binche (Woodman)O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-A Fabre

3. Sehrezad (IRE) 6 9-1 £11,767b h by Titus Livius - Trebles (Kenmare)O-Stall Phillip B-Acorn Stud TR-Andreas Lowe

Margins 1, short neck. Time 1:38.30. Going Good.


Sire: LINAMIX. Sire of 82 Stakes winners. In 2011 -RAJSAMAN Lammtarra G2, CELTIXWoodman LR.

1st Dam: ROSE QUARTZ by Lammtarra. Winner at3. Dam of 3 winners:2002: ROSAWA (f Linamix) 4 wins at 2 and 3 in

France, Prix de la Calonne LR, Prix de LiancourtLR. Dam of ROSANARA (f Sinndar: 2 wins at 2in France, Prix Marcel Boussac G1, 2nd Prix deDiane G1, 3rd Criterium International G1),Rosanabad (c Selkirk: 3 wins at 2 and 3 inFrance, 2nd Prix de Fontainebleau G3)

2004: ROSAMIXA (f Linamix) Winner at 2 in France.

43 PRIX DU MUGUET G2

FRANKFURT. May 1. 3yo. 2000m.1. EARL OF TINSDAL (GER) 9-2 £27,586b c by Black Sam Bellamy - Earthly Paradise (Dashing Blade)O-Sunrace Stables B-H Gutschow TR-A Wohler

2. Saltas (GER) 9-2 £9,483b c by Lomitas - Salde (Alkalde)O-Gestut Ittlingen B-Wittekindshof TR-P Schiergen

3. Mawingo (GER) 9-2 £4,741b c by Tertullian - Montfleur (Sadler’s Wells)O/B-Gestut Schlenderhan TR-J Hirchberger

Margins 0.5, 1.5. Time 2:08.41. Going Good.


Sire: BLACK SAM BELLAMY. Sire of 7 SWs. In2011 - EARL OF TINSDAL Dashing Blade G3.

1st Dam: EARTHLY PARADISE by Dashing Blade.Winner at 3. Dam of 3 winners:2004:EARLSALSA (c Kingsalsa) 8 wins, G P der

Nurnberger Versicherungsgruppe LR.2005: EARL OF WINDS (c Samum) 6 wins 3-6.2006: Easy Tiger (c Tiger Hill)2007: Ella Ransom (f Ransom O’War)2008:EARL OF TINSDAL (c Black Sam Bellamy)

Sold 5,085gns yearling. 3 wins, Fruhjahrspreisdes Bankhauses Metzler G3.

2009: Emily of Tinsdal (f Librettist) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: EMY COASTING by El Gran Senor. 2wins at 4. Dam of Early Wings (g Winged Love: 2ndJunioren Preis LR, 3rd Oppenheim PramericaWinterfavoriten G3), Empire Storm (c StormingHome: 2nd Belmondo-Preis G3), Easy Way (cDashing Blade: 2nd Maurice Lacroix-Trophy G2).

Broodmare Sire: DASHING BLADE. Sire of the damsof 27 SWs. In 2011 - EARL OF TINSDAL Black SamBellamyG3, NOBLE PRINCEMontjeu LR.

The Black Sam Bellamy/Dashing Blade cross hasproduced: EARL OF TINSDAL G3, SAPHIR G3.

42 FRUEHJAHRS-PREIS DESBANKHAUSES METZLER G3

CHANTILLY. May 2. 4yo+f&m. 2000m.1. ANNOUNCE (GB) 4 9-0 £34,483ch f by Selkirk - Hachita (Gone West)O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-A Fabre

2. Shamanova (IRE) 4 8-9 £13,793b f by Danehill Dancer - Shamadara (Kahyasi)O-HH The Aga Khan B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-A de Royer-Dupre

3. Rock My Soul (IRE) 5 8-7 £10,345b m by Clodovil - Rondinay (Cadeaux Genereux)O-Mme Andre Fabre B-G Kredel TR-A Fabre



Sire: SELKIRK. Sire of 84 Stakes winners. In 2011 -ANNOUNCE Gone West G3, GLASWEGIAN LearFan G3, SHAMALI Lycius LR.

1st Dam: HACHITA by Gone West. 2 wins at 2 and3. Dam of 1 winner:2007: ANNOUNCE (f Selkirk) 4 wins at 3 and 4 in

France, Prix Allez France G3, Prix Minerve-Shadwell G3, Prix de Thiberville LR.

2008: (c Azamour)2009: (c Rail Link)2010: (c Rail Link)

2nd Dam: CHOICE SPIRIT by Danzig. 2 wins at 3 inFrance Prix de la Calonne LR.

Broodmare Sire: GONE WEST. Sire of the dams of72 Stakes winners. In 2011 - BRILLIANT SPEEDDynaformer G1, TRAVELIN MAN Trippi G2,ANNOUNCE Selkirk G3, LA VERITA Unbridled’sSong LR, PAUSANIAS Kyllachy LR, QUEFENOMENO Northern Afleet LR.

The Selkirk/Gone West cross has produced:PIPEDREAMER G1, ANNOUNCE G3, ConsulGeneral G3.

46 PRIX ALLEZ FRANCE G3

Native DancerMixed MarriageRockefellaChambigesYellow GodNovaraBe FriendlyNo CourtRaise A NativeGold DiggerSecretariatTamerettNorthern DancerPas de NomThe MinstrelMofida

SELKIRK ch 88

HACHITA ch 2002

Sharpen Up

Annie Edge

Gone West

Choice Spirit

Atan

Rocchetta

Nebbiolo

Friendly Court

Mr Prospector

Secrettame

Danzig

Zaizafon

ANNOUNCE ch f 2007

NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialMr ProspectorHopespringseternalLombardAnatevkaShirley HeightsElegant TernSharpen UpSultry OneNorthern DancerSex AppealCornish PrinceEmpress of Canada

BLACK SAM BELLAMY b 99

EARTHLY PARADISE b 98

Sadler’s Wells

Urban Sea

Dashing Blade

Emy Coasting

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Miswaki

Allegretta

Elegant Air

Sharp Castan

El Gran Senor

Coast Patrol

EARL OF TINSDAL b c 2008

CURRAGH. May 2. 3yo+f&m. 7f.1. EMIYNA (USA) 3 8-11 £40,625b f by Maria’s Mon - Ebaza (Sinndar)O-HH The Aga Khan B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-John M Oxx

2. Lolly For Dolly (IRE) 4 9-12 £11,875b f by Oratorio - Heart Stopping (Chester House)O-David Keoghan B-J Jamgotchian TR-T Stack

3. Seeharn (IRE) 3 8-11 £5,625b f by Pivotal - Nebraas (Green Desert)O-Norman Ormiston B-Irish National Stud TR-K Prendergast

47 ATHASI S G3

Margins Short head, 4. Time 1:25.64 (slow 2.14).Going Good to firm.


Sire: MARIA’S MON. Sire of 39 Stakes winners. In2011 - AWESOME MARIA Awesome Again G3,EMIYNA Sinndar G3, EXHI Polish Numbers G3,EXPANSION Barathea G3.

1st Dam: Ebaza by Sinndar. ran 3 times at 3. Dam of2 winners:2007: EMRANI (g Rahy) 3 wins at 3.2008:EMIYNA (f Maria’s Mon) 2 wins at 3,

Starspangledbanner EBF Athasi S G3.2009: (c Lemon Drop Kid)

2nd Dam: EBAZIYA by Darshaan. 4 wins at 2 and 3Trigo S LR, Ballysax S LR, Oyster S LR, 2nd Killavullan SG3, 3rd Blandford S G2. Dam of ENZELI (c Kahyasi:Ascot Gold Cup G1), EBADIYLA (f Sadler’s Wells: IrishOaks G1, Prix Royal Oak G1), EDABIYA (f RainbowQuest: Moyglare Stud S G1, 3rd Meon Valley StudFillies’ Mile S G1), Eytarna (f Dubai Destination: 3rdFinale S LR), Elasouna (f Rainbow Quest: 3rd NoblesseS LR. Grandam of EYSHAL.

Broodmare Sire: SINNDAR. Sire of the dams of 3Stakes winners. In 2011 - EMIYNA Maria’s Mon G3,GENIUS BEAST Kingmambo G3.

Majestic PrinceIrradiateBuckpasserLady Be GoodFortino IIChambordNaskraGray MatterChief’s CrownLa PapagenaLashkariSidamaShirley HeightsDelsyEla-Mana-MouEvisa

MARIA’S MON gr/ro 93

EBAZA b 2002

Wavering Monarch

Carlotta Maria

Sinndar

Ebaziya

Majestic Light

Uncommitted

Caro

Water Malone

Grand Lodge

Sinntara

Darshaan

Ezana

EMIYNA b f 2008

CHESTER. May 5. 4yo+. 10f 75yds.1. AWAIT THE DAWN (USA) 4 9-3 £28,385b c by Giant’s Causeway - Valentine Band (Dixieland Band)O-M Tabor, Mrs J Magnier B-Juddmonte Farms TR-AP O’Brien

2. Distant Memories (IRE) 5 9-0 £10,760b g by Falbrav - Amathia (Darshaan)O-Mrs Fitri Hay B-Kildaragh Stud TR-Tom Tate

3. Forte Dei Marmi (GB) 5 9-0 £5,385b g by Selkirk - Frangy (Sadler’s Wells)O-Gary A Tanaka B-Fittocks Stud TR-LM Cumani

Margins 4.5, 0.5. Time 2:08.54 (fast 0.46). Going Good to firm.


Sire: GIANT’S CAUSEWAY. Sire of 85 Stakeswinners. In 2011 - GIANT OAK Crafty ProspectorG1, SHOWCAUSE Lord Ballina G2, AWAIT THEDAWN Dixieland Band G3, WORTH REPEATING AP Indy G3, ILLUMIERE Fasliyev LR.

1st Dam: Valentine Band by Dixieland Band. Winnerat 3, 2nd Convergent Networks Middleton S LR. Damof 3 winners:2003: Dream Vision (f Distant View) unraced.2004: Card Shop (f Chester House). Broodmare.2005:PUTNEY BRIDGE (g Mizzen Mast) 5 wins at

2, 4 and 5 in France, Kingdom of Saudi Ara,Prix Jacques Laffitte LR, 2nd La Coupe deMaisons-Laffitte G3, 3rd Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1.

2006: SPRUCE (g Maria’s Mon) 4 wins at 4.2007: AWAIT THE DAWN (c Giant’s Causeway) 4

wins at 2 to 4, Huxley S G3, Kilternan S G3.2008: Searing Heat (c Empire Maker) unraced.2009: Vastly (c Mizzen Mast) unraced to date.2010: (c Arch)

2nd Dam: Shirley Valentine by Shirley Heights. 1win at 3, 3rd Galtres S LR. Own sister to Deploy.Dam of MEMORISE (c Lyphard: Waterford Crystal

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European Pattern

DATA BOOKSTAKES RESULTS

2005: (c Numerous)2007: RAJSAMAN (c Linamix) Sold 370,838gns 3yo

at ARARC. 5 wins at 2 to 4 in France, Prix duMuguet G2, Prix de Fontainebleau G3, PrixPerth G3, G.P. CIC Banque Privee Criterium deLyon LR, 3rd Prix du Prince d’Orange G3.

2008: Radiyya (f Sinndar)

2nd Dam: GRAPHITE by Mr Prospector. 1 win at 3.Own sister to CUDDLES. Third dam of WHOBEGO-TYOU.

Broodmare Sire: LAMMTARRA. Sire of the dams of5 Stakes winners. In 2011 - HIRUNO D’AMOURManhattan Cafe G1, RAJSAMAN Linamix G2.

LyphardBelgaCaroMiss PiaRelkoLa MelbaAlcideMonaNorthern DancerFlaming PageBlushing GroomAwaasifRaise A NativeGold DiggerTentamSquare Angel

LINAMIX gr 87

ROSE QUARTZ b 97

Mendez

Lunadix

Lammtarra

Graphite

Bellypha

Miss Carina

Breton

Lutine

Nijinsky

Snow Bride

Mr Prospector

Stellarette

RAJSAMAN gr c 2007

Red GodRunaway BrideHaloBalladeNearcticNatalmaLe FabuleuxNative PartnerNearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialKalamounBelle of IrelandBalidarFroidestrees

NOVERRE b 98

SUMMER DREAMS b 97

Rahy

Danseur Fabuleux

Sadler’s Wells

Marie de Beaujeu

Blushing Groom

Glorious Song

Northern Dancer

Fabuleux Jane

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Kenmare

Marie de Bethisy

I’M A DREAMER b f 2007

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World Sports Cup G3, 3rd Geoffrey Freer S G2),MULTIPLEX (c Danehill: Prix La Rochette G3),Sparkling Water (g Woodman: 2nd Chester VaseG3), Fully Invested (f Irish River: 3rd Harrison Trial SLR), Valentine Band (f Dixieland Band, see above).

Broodmare Sire: DIXIELAND BAND. Sire of thedams of 114 Stakes winners. In 2011 - AGGIEENGINEER E Dubai G2, AWAIT THE DAWN Giant’sCauseway G3, FUMINO IMAGINE Manhattan CafeG3, S S STONE Birdstone G3,TOOCLEVERFORWORDS Arch G.

Giant’s Causeway/Dixieland Band cross has produced:FIRST SAMURAIG1, AWAIT THE DAWNG3.

Northern DancerSouth OceanSecretariatCrimson SaintBlushing GroomGlorious SongRobertoImsodearNearcticNatalmaDelta JudgeSand BuggyMill ReefHardiemmaRobertoWhere You Lead

GIANT’S CAUSEWAY ch 97

VALENTINE BAND b 97

Storm Cat

Mariah’s Storm

Dixieland Band

Shirley Valentine

Storm Bird

Terlingua

Rahy

Immense

Northern Dancer

Mississippi Mud

Shirley Heights

Slightly Dangerous

AWAIT THE DAWN b c 2007

CHESTER. May 5. 3yo. 12f 66yds.1. TREASURE BEACH (GB) 8-12 £28,385b c by Galileo - Honorine (Mark of Esteem)O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Ashley House Stud TR-AP O’Brien

2. Nathaniel (IRE) 8-12 £10,760b c by Galileo - Magnificient Style (Silver Hawk)O-Lady Rothschild B-Kincorth Investments Inc TR-JHM Gosden

3. Slumber (GB) 8-12 £5,385b c by Cacique - Sound Asleep (Woodman)O-K Abdullah B-Millsec Ltd TR-BW Hills

Margins Head, 3. Time 2:39.10 (slow 4.30). Going Good to firm.


Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 88 SWs. In 2011 - FRANKELDanehill G1, IGUGU Intikhab G1, JOHANN ZOFFANYRoyal Academy G2, GOLDEN LILAC Danehill G3,TREASURE BEACH Mark of Esteem G3.

1st Dam: HONORINE by Mark of Esteem. 3 wins at3 and 4. Dam of 1 winner:2006: Early Morning Rain (f Rock of Gibraltar) ran twice.2008: TREASURE BEACH (c Galileo) Sold

180,000gns foal. 3 wins at 2 and 3, MBNAChester Vase G3, 3rd Royal Lodge S G2.

2009: (c Singspiel)

2nd Dam: BLUE WATER by Bering. 5 wins, Prix desTourelles LR, 3rd Prix de Flore G3. Dam of INDIANCREEK (c Indian Ridge: Hardwicke S G2, 2nd Princeof Wales’s S G1, 3rd Champion S G1 (twice)),Desert Dew (c Indian Ridge: 2nd Dee S G3)

Broodmare Sire: MARK OF ESTEEM. Sire of thedams of 10 Stakes winners. In 2011 - TREASUREBEACH Galileo G3.

The Galileo/Mark of Esteem cross has produced:KITE WOOD G1, MIKHAIL GLINKA G1,TREASURE BEACH G2.

49 CHESTER VASE G3

NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialMr ProspectorHopespringseternalLombardAnatevkaShirley HeightsDelsyAjdalHome LoveArctic TernBeauneRivermanRadiance

GALILEO b 98

HONORINE b 2000

Sadler’s Wells

Urban Sea

Mark of Esteem

Blue Water

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Miswaki

Allegretta

Darshaan

Homage

Bering

Shining Water

TREASURE BEACH b c 2008

LONGCHAMP. May 5. 4yo+. 2400m.1. IVORY LAND (FR) 4 8-11 £34,483ch c by Lando - Ivory Coast (Peintre Celebre)O-Eduardo Fierro B-Z Hakam TR-A de Royer-Dupre

2. Zack Hall (FR) 4 8-9 £13,793b c by Muhtathir - Halawa (Dancing Brave)O-M Offenstadt B-Z Hakam TR-M Delzangles

3. Watar (IRE) 6 8-11 £10,345b h by Marju - Ombrie (Zafonic)O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-Haras du Mezeray TR-F Head

Margins 0.75, 0.75. Time 2:36.70. Going Good.


Sire: LANDO. Sire of 26 Stakes winners. In 2011 -IVORY LAND Peintre Celebre G3.

1st Dam: Ivory Coast by Peintre Celebre. unraced.Dam of 3 winners:2005: SHEPTON MALLET (f Ocean of Wisdom) 4

wins at 3 and 4 in France.2006: MOUMINA (f Lando) Winner at 3 in France.2007: IVORY LAND (c Lando) Sold 18,018gns foal at

ARDEC. 6 wins at 2 to 4 in France, Prixd’Hedouville G3, Gd. Criterium de BordeauxLR, G P de Clairefontaine LR, Prix LordSeymour LR, 2nd Qatar Prix Chaudenay G2,3rd Prix Noailles G2, Prix Hocquart G2.

2008: Ivory Pearl (f Muhtathir) unraced to date.2009: Cote d’Ebene (f Muhtathir) unraced to date.2010: (f Desert Style)

2nd Dam: Land of Ivory by The Minstrel. 3 wins, 2ndBen Marshall S LR, 3rd Premio Allevamento LR, 4thPrix Cleopatre G3. Dam of HEART OF DARKNESS(c Glint of Gold: National S G1). Grandam of SUPERMOTIVA, Akua’ba.

Broodmare Sire: PEINTRE CELEBRE. Sire of thedams of 13 Stakes winners. In 2011 - CAMBINAHawk Wing G2, IVORY LAND Lando G3.

50 PRIX D’HEDOUVILLE G3

LiteratSuramaAggressorRaven LocksSharpen UpMiss ManonDschingis KhanLibertyNorthern DancerSpecialAlydarPetroleuseNorthern DancerFleurSir IvorNatashka

LANDO b 90

IVORY COAST b 2001

Acatenango

Laurea

Peintre Celebre

Land of Ivory

Surumu

Aggravate

Sharpman

Licata

Nureyev

Peinture Bleue

The Minstrel

Ivory Wand

IVORY LAND ch c 2007

CHESTER. May 6. 3yo. 10f 75yds.1. GLEN’S DIAMOND (GB) 8-12 £28,385b g by Intikhab - Posta Vecchia (Rainbow Quest)O-S & G Clayton B-Doverlane Finance Ltd TR-Richard Fahey

2. Maqaraat (IRE) 8-12 £10,760gr c by Dalakhani - Raghida (Nordico)O-Hamdan Al Maktoum B-James F Hanly TR-BW Hills

3. Tinkertown (IRE) 8-12 £5,385gr c by Verglas - Kelly Nicole (Rainbow Quest)O-Mrs Fitri Hay B-Corrin Stud TR-PFI Cole

Margins 2.25, nose. Time 2:11.24 (slow 2.24).Going Good to firm.


Sire: INTIKHAB. Sire of 20 Stakes winners. In 2011- GLEN’S DIAMOND Rainbow Quest G3.

1st Dam: Posta Vecchia by Rainbow Quest. ran onceat 2. Dam of 3 winners:2000: TOP TENOR (g Sadler’s Wells) 2 wins.2001: Pergolacha (f Sadler’s Wells). died at 2 years.2002: Opportunity (f Sadler’s Wells) unraced.2003: Saturnia (f Grand Lodge). Broodmare.2004: MESHUGAH (c Grand Lodge) 5 wins 2 to 5.

51 DEE S G3

Caulfield on Canford Cliffs: “His pedigree isn’t fashionable but Coolmore probably likedthe fact that he has comparatively little Northern Dancer blood by today’s standards” (page 80)

2005: Full Dream (f Danehill Dancer) unplaced.2006: Miss Popi (f One Cool Cat)2007: Danza Vecchia (f Westerner) unraced.2008:GLEN’S DIAMOND (g Intikhab) Sold 9,708gns

yearling at AROCT, 26,970gns 2yo at ARMAY.4 wins at 2 and 3, Dee S G3.

2009: (c Librettist)2010: (f Traditionally)

2nd Dam: Music And Dance by Northern Dancer. 2wins at 3, 2nd Philips Electronics Extended H LR.Grandam of Musical Score, Galleon Beach. Thirddam of Pivotal Flame.

Broodmare Sire: RAINBOW QUEST. Sire of thedams of 125 SWs. In 2011 - GLEN’S DIAMONDIntikhab G3, SPIRIT QUARTZ Invincible Spirit G3.

The Intikhab/Rainbow Quest cross has produced:GLEN’S DIAMOND G3, WITHOUT A PRAYER G3.

Hail To ReasonBramaleaDamascusChristmas WindMr ProspectorReal Crafty LadyDanzigPast ExampleRed GodRunaway BrideHerbagerWhere You LeadNearcticNatalmaNashuaMarion

INTIKHAB b 94

POSTA VECCHIA b 96

Red Ransom

Crafty Example

Rainbow Quest

Music And Dance

Roberto

Arabia

Crafty Prospector

Zienelle

Blushing Groom

I Will Follow

Northern Dancer

Producer

GLEN’S DIAMOND b g 2008

CHESTER. May 6. 4yo+. 13f 89yds.1. ST NICHOLAS ABBEY (IRE) 4 9-0 £36,901b c by Montjeu - Leaping Water (Sure Blade)O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Barton Bloodstock, Villiers Syndicate TR-AP O’Brien

2. Allied Powers (IRE) 6 9-0 £13,988b h by Invincible Spirit - Always Friendly (High Line)O-David Fish, Edward Ware B-Saad Bin Mishrif TR-MLW Bell

3. Harris Tweed (GB) 4 9-0 £7,001b g by Hernando - Frog (Akarad)O-B Haggas B-JB Haggas TR-WJ Haggas

Margins 9, 1.5. Time 2:52.27 (slow 1.77). Going Good to firm. See race 99

52 ORMONDE S G3

SAINT-CLOUD. May 7. 3yof. 2100m.1. GALIKOVA (FR) 8-9 £34,483b f by Galileo - Born Gold (Blushing Groom)O/B-Wertheimer et Frere TR-F Head

2. Adventure Seeker (FR) 8-9 £13,793ch f by Bering - American Adventure (Miswaki)O-Ecurie Wildenstein B-Dayton Investments Ltd TR-A de Royer-Dupre

3. Wavering (IRE) 8-9 £10,345b f by Refuse To Bend - Summertime Legacy (Darshaan)O-Godolphin SNC B-Darley TR-A Fabre

Margins 3, 2. Time 2:08.00. Going Good to soft.


Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 89 Stakes winners. In 2011 -FRANKEL Danehill G1, IGUGU Intikhab G1,JOHANN ZOFFANY Royal Academy G2, GALIKOVABlushing Groom G3, GOLDEN LILAC Danehill G3,TREASURE BEACH Mark of Esteem G3.

1st Dam: BORN GOLD by Blushing Groom. Winnerat 4 in France. Own sister to GOLD SPLASH. Dam of11 winners:1996:GLAMADOUR (f Sanglamore) Winner at 3.1997:GOLD ROUND (f Caerleon) 3 wins at 2 and 3

in France, Prix Cleopatre G3. Dam ofGOLDWAKI (Prix du Lys G3),SPECTACULAIRE (Prix Right Royal LR).

1998:Born Something (f Caerleon) 4 wins at 2, 4and 5 in France, USA, 2nd West VirginiaSenate President’s Cup S LR, 3rd Prix de laGrotte G3. Broodmare.

1999:DEMONIOUS (g Dr Devious) 7 wins at 4 to 8.2000: SUPERFONIC (f Zafonic) Winner at 3.

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2001:Red Tune (g Green Tune) 3 wins at 3, 6 and 7in France, 2nd Prix de Guiche G3.

2002:GOLD SOUND (g Green Tune) 11 wins, Prixde Guiche G3, 2nd Prix Noailles G2.

2004: NEARTICA (f Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 3.2005:GOLDIKOVA (f Anabaa) Champion older mare

in Europe in 2009 and 2010. 15 wins at 2 to 5,2010 at home, France, USA, Falmouth S G1,Queen Anne S G1, Prix Rothschild G1 (3times), Prix de la Foret G1, Prix d’Ispahan G1,Prix du Moulin de Longchamp G1, Prix JacquesLe Marois G1, Breeders’ Cup Mile G1 (3times), 2nd Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1,Prix Jacques Le Marois G1, 3rd Prix de DianeG1, Prix de la Foret G1.

2006: Born Again (f Cape Cross)2007: OCEAN SEVEN (c Green Tune) Winner at 2.2008:GALIKOVA (f Galileo) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in

France, Prix Cleopatre G3.2010: Anodin (c Anabaa)

2nd Dam: RIVIERE D’OR by Lyphard. 4 wins at 2and 3 in France Prix Saint-Alary G1, 2nd Prix MarcelBoussac G1, Prix de Diane G1. Dam of GOLDSPLASH (f Blushing Groom: Coronation S G1, PrixMarcel Boussac G1, 3rd Dubai Poule d’Essai desPouliches G1). Grandam of ROYAL GOD.

Broodmare Sire: BLUSHING GROOM. Sire of thedams of 144 Stakes winners. In 2011 - GALIKOVAGalileo G3, CERES HUNT Coronado’s Quest LR.

NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialMr ProspectorHopespringseternalLombardAnatevkaNasrullahSpring RunWild RiskAimeeNorthern DancerGoofedRivermanGlaneuse

GALILEO b 98

BORN GOLD ch 91

Sadler’s Wells

Urban Sea

Blushing Groom

Riviere d’Or

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Miswaki

Allegretta

Red God

Runaway Bride

Lyphard

Gold River

GALIKOVA b f 2008

LINGFIELD PARK. May 7. 3yoc&g. 11f 106yds.1. DORDOGNE (IRE) 8-12 £34,062bbr c by Singspiel - Riberac (Efisio)O-Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum B-Mr & Mrs G Middlebrook TR-M Johnston

2. Hurricane Higgins (IRE) 8-12 £12,912br c by Hurricane Run - Mare Aux Fees (Kenmare)O-AD Spence B-Paul Nataf TR-M Johnston

3. Measuring Time (GB) 8-12 £6,462b c by Dubai Destination - Inchberry (Barathea)O/B-Woodcote Stud Ltd TR-R Hannon

Margins 0.5, 6. Time 2:29.50 (slow 2.50). Going Good to firm.


Sire: SINGSPIEL. Sire of 82 SWs. In 2011 - CIMADE PLUIE Cozzene G3, DORDOGNE Efisio G3.

1st Dam: RIBERAC by Efisio. 10 wins, RosemaryRated H LR, Ben Marshall S LR, Valiant S LR, 3rdSun Chariot S G2. Dam of 4 winners:2003: EMILION (f Fantastic Light) Winner at 3.2004:Montrachet (f Singspiel) 5 wins, 3rd

Weidenpescher Stutenpreis LR.2005: Elysee (f Fantastic Light) unraced. Broodmare.2006: COTILLION (g Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 4.2007: Epernay (f Tiger Hill) ran a few times.2008:DORDOGNE (c Singspiel) Sold 27,000gns

yearling at TAOC2. 3 wins at 2 and 3, DerbyTrial S G3, Feilden S LR.

2009: (c Teofilo)

2nd Dam: CIBOURE by Norwick. 3 wins at 2 and 3.Dam of RIBERAC (f Efisio, see above)

Broodmare Sire: EFISIO. Sire of the dams of 22Stakes winners. In 2011 - AL REP Trade Fair G3,DORDOGNE Singspiel G3, RIMTH Oasis DreamG3.

Singspiel/Efisio cross has produced: SINGHALESEG1, DORDOGNE G3, Kid Edward G2.

54 DERBY TRIAL S G3



58 PRIX GREFFULHE G2

SAINT-CLOUD. May 7. 3yoc&f. 2000m.1. POUR MOI (IRE) 9-2 £63,879b c by Montjeu - Gwynn (Darshaan)O-Mrs J Magnier, D Smith, M Tabor B-Lynch Bages Ltd TR-A Fabre

2. Bubble Chic (FR) 9-2 £24,655b c by Chichicastenango - Bubble Back (Grand Lodge)O-F Tabone, G Botti B-Z Hakam TR-G Botti

3. Vadamar (FR) 9-2 £11,767b c by Dalakhani - Vadawina (Unfuwain)O-HH The Aga Khan B-HH The Aga Khan’s Studs SC TR-A de Royer-Dupre

Margins 1.5, 1. Time 2:03.02. Going Good to soft.See race 100 for Pour Moi’s pedigree

59 PREMIO TUDINI G3

ROME. May 7. 3yo+. 1200m.1. SPIRIT QUARTZ (IRE) 3 8-6 £34,482b c by Invincible Spirit - Crystal Gaze (Rainbow Quest)O-Devis Grilli B-Ballygallon Stud TR-Devis Grilli

2. Dagda Mor (ITY) 4 9-1 £15,172b c by Martino Alonso - Bagnolese (Cape Cross)O-Effevi B-Razza Del Velino TR-S Botti

3. Charming Woman (IRE) 4 8-11 £8,275b f by Invincible Spirit - Sospel (Kendor)O-Scuderia Incolinx B-Societa Allevamento Razza Latina SRL TR-V Caruso

Margins Head, 2. Time 1:08.10. Going Good.

Age Starts Wins Places Earned3 4 3 0 £18,533

Sire: INVINCIBLE SPIRIT. Sire of 44 Stakeswinners. In 2011 - MOONLIGHT CLOUD SpectrumG3, SPIRIT QUARTZ Rainbow Quest G3.

1st Dam: Crystal Gaze by Rainbow Quest. unraced.Dam of 3 winners:2006: MADISON PARK (c Montjeu) Winner in Spain.2007: CONTRARY (f Mark of Esteem) Winner at 2 in

France.2008:SPIRIT QUARTZ (c Invincible Spirit) Sold

105,000gns 2yo, 5,238gns 2yo at DNNOV. 3 wins at 3 in Italy, Premio Tudini G3.

2009: (c Dylan Thomas)

2nd Dam: Jumilla by El Gran Senor. 1 win at 2, 2ndJohn Musker S LR. Own sister to WINTERQUARTERS. Dam of JONQUIL (c Machiavellian:Jebel Ali Mile LR). Grandam of AMADEUS.

Broodmare Sire: RAINBOW QUEST. Sire of thedams of 125 SWs. In 2011 - GLEN’S DIAMONDIntikhab G3, SPIRIT QUARTZ Invincible Spirit G3.

The Invincible Spirit/Rainbow Quest cross hasproduced: SPIRIT QUARTZ G3, Zabarajad LR.

Northern DancerPas de NomSir IvorCourtly DeeSharpen UpDoubly SureArtaiusBorder BountyRed GodRunaway BrideHerbagerWhere You LeadNorthern DancerSex AppealMill ReefRegal Twin

INVINCIBLE SPIRIT b 97

CRYSTAL GAZE ch 2001

Green Desert

Rafha

Rainbow Quest

Jumilla

Danzig

Foreign Courier

Kris

Eljazzi

Blushing Groom

I Will Follow

El Gran Senor

Refill

SPIRIT QUARTZ b c 2008

LEOPARDSTOWN. May 8. 3yo. 10f.1. RECITAL (FR) 9-4 £53,233b c by Montjeu - Dibenoise (Kendor)O-Mrs John Magnier B-Mme Renee Geffroy, Caragh Bloodstock TR-AP O’Brien

2. Memphis Tennessee (IRE) 9-1 £15,560b c by Hurricane Run - Hit The Sky (Cozzene)O-Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor, D Smith B-Kilfrush Stud TR-AP O’Brien

3. Regent Street (IRE) 9-1 £7,371ch c by Galileo - Hanami (Hernando)O-Michael Tabor B-GB Bldstk Ltd TR-AP O’Brien

60 DERRINSTOWN STUD DERBY TRIAL S G2

Margins 1.5, 1.5. Time 2:04.09 (slow 1.09). Going Good.


Sire: MONTJEU. Sire of 98 Stakes winners. In 2011 -POUR MOI Darshaan G2, RECITAL Kendor G2,ASKAR TAU Acatenango G3, GOLDENPARACHUTE Volksraad G3, ST NICHOLAS ABBEYSure Blade G3.

1st Dam: Dibenoise by Kendor. unraced. Dam of 6winners:1998:Dawn Dane (f Danehill). Dam of Dawn Dew

(3rd Walther J Jacobs Stutenpreis G3).2000: TERENEZ (g Desert King) 4 wins over jumps

in France.2001: Pavlovna (f Singspiel) ran on the flat in France.

Broodmare.2002: CORRE CAMINOS (g Montjeu) 3 wins at 3

and 4 in France, Prix Ganay-Grand Prix AirMauritius G1.

2003: RACINGER (c Spectrum) 5 wins at 2 to 6 inFrance, Prix du Muguet G2.

2005: ECUME DU JOUR (f Hawk Wing) Winner at 3in France. Broodmare.

2006: GLAMSTAR (c Numerous) 3 wins 2-3 in France.2008:RECITAL (c Montjeu) Sold 693,481gns

yearling at ARAUG. 3 wins, Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1, Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial S G2,3rd Ballysax S G3.

2010: (f Montjeu)

2nd Dam: BOREALE by Bellypha. 4 wins at 2 and 3in France Prix des Reservoirs G3, 2nd Poule d’Essaides Pouliches G1. Dam of RIVER OF LIGHT (c IrishRiver: Turf Paradise Breeders Cup H LR, 2nd PrixMessidor G3, Prix Quincey G3), Si Je N’Avais Plus (fKaldoun: 2nd Prix Finlande LR)..

Broodmare Sire: KENDOR. Sire of the dams of 39Stakes winners. In 2011 - RECITAL Montjeu G2,NATIVE KHAN Azamour G3.

The Montjeu/Kendor cross has produced: CORRECAMINOS G1, RECITAL G1.

NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialHigh TopSega VilleTennysonAdele ToumignonKalamounBelle of IrelandGay MeceneDjaka BelleLyphardBelgaPrince TajTorbella III

MONTJEU b 96

DIBENOISE gr 93

Sadler’s Wells

Floripedes

Kendor

Boreale

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Top Ville

Toute Cy

Kenmare

Belle Mecene

Bellypha

Princesse Tora

RECITAL b c 2008

LEOPARDSTOWN. May 8. 3yof. 8f.1. BALLYBACKA LADY (IRE) 9-0 £35,022b f by Hurricane Run - Southern Queen (Anabaa)O-Mrs P Corcoran B-Sean O’Keeffe TR-PA Fahy

2. Sapphire Pendant (IRE) 9-0 £10,237b f by Danehill Dancer - Butterfly Blue (Sadler’s Wells)O-Michael Tabor B-Barronstown Stud TR-David Wachman

3. Dance Secretary (IRE) 9-0 £4,849ch f by Danehill Dancer - Ball Chairman (Secretariat)O/B-Charles E Fipke TR-John M Oxx

Margins 1.75, 0.75. Time 1:39.76 (slow 1.26).Going Good.


Sire: HURRICANE RUN. Sire of 2 Stakes winners. In2011 - BALLYBACKA LADY Anabaa G3, DON’THURRY ME Bering G3.

1st Dam: Southern Queen by Anabaa. 2 wins at 2 inFrance, 2nd Prix Zeddaan LR. Dam of 2 winners:2006: SCOTTISH AFFAIR (g Selkirk) Winner at 3.2007: Louisiana Gift (g Cadeaux Genereux)

61 DERRINSTOWN STUD 1000 GUINEAS TRIAL G3


European PatternNorthern DancerFairy BridgeShirley HeightsSunbitternHail To ReasonCosmahHerbagerMiss SwapscoForliNative PartnerHigh TopBamburiFar NorthShay SheeryBe My GuestLa Creperie

SINGSPIEL b 92

RIBERAC b 96

In The Wings

Glorious Song

Efisio

Ciboure

Sadler’s Wells

High Hawk

Halo

Ballade

Formidable

Eldoret

Norwick

Brandon Creek

DORDOGNE b/br c 2008

LINGFIELD PARK. May 7. 3yo+f&m. 7f.1. PERFECT TRIBUTE (GB) 3 8-5 £28,385b f by Dubawi - Perfect Spirit (Invincible Spirit)O-Mildmay Racing, DH Caslon B-Mildmay Bloodstock TR-CG Cox

2. Flambeau (GB) 4 9-3 £10,760b f by Oasis Dream - Flavian (Catrail)O-Major MG Wyatt B-Dunchurch Lodge Stud TR-H Candy

3. Pyrrha (GB) 5 9-3 £5,385b m by Pyrus - Demeter (Diesis)O-Lady Juliet Tadgell B-Hong Kong Breeders Club TR-CF Wall



Sire: DUBAWI. Sire of 27 Stakes winners. In 2011 -MONTEROSSO Barathea G2, DUBAWI HEIGHTSSuave Dancer G3, PERFECT TRIBUTE InvincibleSpirit G3, DUBAWI GOLD Green Desert LR, LUCKOR DESIGN Green Desert LR, NOVA STEP NureyevLR, SURREY STAR Fantastic Light LR.

1st Dam: Perfect Spirit by Invincible Spirit. unraced.Dam of 1 winner:2008:PERFECT TRIBUTE (f Dubawi) 3 wins at 2

and 3, Totesport Chartwell S G3, CleaneventPavilion S LR, 3rd Princess Margaret AbuDhabi S G3.

2009: Perfect Delight (f Dubai Destination) unraced.2010: Perfect Legacy (c Kyllachy)

2nd Dam: Ballet Society by Sadler’s Wells. ran onceat 3. Own sister to SYNERGETIC. Dam of SWIFTTANGO (g Desert Prince: Blue Square Chester RatedS LR), FIRST ROW (g Daylami: 3rd MBNA EuropeBank Chester Vase G3).

Broodmare Sire: INVINCIBLE SPIRIT. Sire of thedams of 1 Stakes winners. In 2011 - PERFECTTRIBUTE Dubawi G3.

55 CHARTWELL S G3

Mr ProspectorCon GameShareef DancerFall AspenShirley HeightsSlightly DangerousDancing BraveHigh TernDanzigForeign CourierKrisEljazziNorthern DancerFairy BridgeRaise A CupPapamiento

DUBAWI b 2002

PERFECT SPIRIT b 2004

Dubai Millennium

Zomaradah

Invincible Spirit

Ballet Society

Seeking The Gold

Colorado Dancer

Deploy

Jawaher

Green Desert

Rafha

Sadler’s Wells

Gwydion

PERFECT TRIBUTE b f 2008

ROME. May 7. 4yo+. 2400m.1. JAKKALBERRY (IRE) 5 8-9 £34,482b h by Storming Home - Claba di San Jore (Barathea)O-Effevi B-Azienda Agricola Allev Deni TR-E Botti

2. Lord Chaparral (IRE) 4 8-9 £15,172b c by High Chaparral - Freccia d’Oro (Acatenango)O-Scuderia Framanti B-Faumar TR-R Brogi

3. Frankenstein (GB) 4 8-11 £8,275b c by Dubawi - Lifting (Nordance)O-Freedom Holding B-Azienda Agricola Rosati Colarieti TR-B Grizzetti

56 PREMIO CARLO D’ALESSIO G3

Margins 6, 0.75. Time 2:28.10. Going Good.


Sire: STORMING HOME. Sire of 6 Stakes winners.In 2011 - JAKKALBERRY Barathea G3.

1st Dam: CLABA DI SAN JORE by Barathea. Winnerat 3 in Italy. Dam of 5 winners:2004:AWELMARDUK (c Almutawakel) 5 wins, Derby

Italiano G1.2005: BOIS JOLI (f Orpen) 2 wins. Broodmare.2006: JAKKALBERRY (c Storming Home) 7 wins,

Gran Premio di Milano G1, Premio AmbrosianoG3, Premio Carlo d’Alessio G3, 3rd DerbyItaliano G2.

2007: KIDNAPPING (c Intikhab) 4 wins, PremioEmanuele Filiberto LR, Premio Merano LR, GranPremio d’Italia LR, 3rd Qatar Prix Niel G2.

2008:CRACKERJACK KING (c Shamardal) 3 wins at2 and 3 in Italy, Derby Italiano G2.

2009: (f Dalakhani)2010: (f Cape Cross)

2nd Dam: Claw by Law Society. 7 wins at 2 to 4 inItaly, 2nd Premio Giovanni Falck LR, Premio delleAste LR. Dam of CLASEM DI SAN JORE (c SecondEmpire: Premio Merano LR).

Broodmare Sire: BARATHEA. Sire of the dams of42 Stakes winners. In 2011 - CRACKERJACKKING Shamardal G2, MONTEROSSO DubawiG2, EXPANSION Maria’s Mon G3,JAKKALBERRY Storming Home G3, KITTENSRedoute’s Choice G3, SAINT ENCOSTA Encosta deLago G3.

Raise A NativeGold DiggerHaloRaise The StandardNorthern DancerSweet AllianceMr ProspectorA Wind Is RisingNorthern DancerFairy BridgeHabitatCanton SilkAllegedBold BikiniShirley HeightsCroda Alta

STORMING HOME b 98

CLABA DI SAN JORE gr 99

Machiavellian

Try To Catch Me

Barathea

Claw

Mr Prospector

Coup de Folie

Shareef Dancer

It’s In The Air

Sadler’s Wells

Brocade

Law Society

Crodas

JAKKALBERRY b h 2006

ROME. May 7. 3yoc&f. 2200m.1. CRACKERJACK KING (IRE) 9-2 £318,965gr c by Shamardal - Claba di San Jore (Barathea)O-Effevi B-Azienda Agricola Al Deni TR-S Botti

2. Cazals (IRE) 9-2 £140,344gr c by Aussie Rules - Secrete Marina (Mujadil)O-Allevamento dei Sette B-Giovanni Faldutto TR-B Grizzetti

3. Danedream (GER) 9-2 £76,551b f by Lomitas - Danedrop (Danehill)O-Gestut Burg Eberstein B-Gestut Brummerhof TR-P Schiergen



Sire: SHAMARDAL. Sire of 28 Stakes winners. In2011 - CRACKERJACK KING Barathea G2,DUNBOYNE EXPRESS Polish Precedent G3.

57 DERBY ITALIANO G2

Storm BirdTerlinguaRahyImmenseMr ProspectorCoup de FolieTroyWaterwayNorthern DancerFairy BridgeHabitatCanton SilkAllegedBold BikiniShirley HeightsCroda Alta

SHAMARDAL b 2002

CLABA DI SAN JORE gr 99

Giant’s Causeway

Helsinki

Barathea

Claw

Storm Cat

Mariah’s Storm

Machiavellian

Helen Street

Sadler’s Wells

Brocade

Law Society

Crodas

CRACKERJACK KING gr c 2008



Caulfield on Golden Lilac: “Her victory in the Pouliches provided the second of three2011 Guineas victories for three-year-olds sired by Galileo from Danehill mares” (page 81)

2008:BALLYBACKA LADY (f Hurricane Run) Sold26,610gns foal at GONO1, 16,642gnsyearling at GOOY1. 2 wins at 2 and 3,Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial G3.

2009: Opera Flute (c Amadeus Wolf) unraced to date.2010: (f Whipper)

2nd Dam: Due South by Darshaan. 1 win at 2, 3rdCheshire Oaks LR, Stardom S LR. Dam of SouthernQueen (f Anabaa, see above).

Broodmare Sire: ANABAA. Sire of the dams of 18Stakes winners. In 2011 - BUFFERING MossmanG2, BALLYBACKA LADY Hurricane Run G3,BOOKLET Tale of The Cat LR.

Northern DancerFairy BridgeTop VilleToute CyLiteratSuramaSharpen UpLucyNorthern DancerPas de NomGay MeceneBamieresShirley HeightsDelsyBlushing GroomSouth Sea Dancer

HURRICANE RUN b 02

SOUTHERN QUEEN b 01

Montjeu

Hold On

Anabaa

Due South

Sadler’s Wells

Floripedes

Surumu

Hone

Danzig

Balbonella

Darshaan

Island Wedding

BALLYBACKA LADY b f 2008

LEOPARDSTOWN. May 8. 3yo+. 8f.1. FAMOUS NAME (GB) 6 9-12 £32,220b h by Dansili - Fame At Last (Quest For Fame)O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-DK Weld

2. Across The Rhine (USA) 5 9-9 £9,418ch g by Cuvee - Seductive Smile (Silver Hawk)O-Thistle Bloodstock Ltd B-Dr & Mrs JK Griggs TR-Tracey Collins

3. Fighting Brave (USA) 4 9-9 £4,461bbr c by Storm Cat - Get Lucky (Mr Prospector)O-K MacLennan B-BP Walden, PJ Steinberg, Racehorse Management LLC TR-David Wachman

Margins 7, neck. Time 1:38.92 (slow 0.42). Going Good.


Sire: DANSILI. Sire of 49 Stakes winners. In 2011 -AVIATE Irish River G2, DANDINO Generous G2,EPIC LOVE Diesis G3, FAMOUS NAME Quest ForFame G3, SURFRIDER Rahy G3.

1st Dam: FAME AT LAST by Quest For Fame. Winnerat 2. Dam of 6 winners:2002: ANCHOR DATE (c Zafonic) Winner at 3.2003: FINAL ESTEEM (g Lomitas) Winner at 3.2004: EVERLASTING FAME (c Zamindar) Winner at

3 in France.2005: FAMOUS NAME (c Dansili) 12 wins, Jockey

Meld S G3, Desmond S G3, Leopardstown2000 Guineas Trial G3, Keeneland InternationalS G3, Amethyst S G3 (twice), 2nd TattersallsGold Cup G1, Prix du Jockey Club G1, Prix duMoulin G1, Killavullan S G3, Mooresbridge SG3, Kilternan S G3, 3rd Prix Dollar G2, PrixDaniel Wildenstein G2.

2007: PHOTO OPPORTUNITY (c Zamindar) 1 win at 3.2008: ZAMINAST (f Zamindar) Winner at 2.2010: (f Dansili)

Broodmare Sire: QUEST FOR FAME. Sire of thedams of 28 SWs. In 2011 - FAMOUS NAME DansiliG3, TRIPLE ELEGANCE Mossman G3.

62 AMETHYST S G3

Northern DancerPas de NomHis MajestySpring AdieuIle de BourbonKadissyaHigh LineSookeraBlushing GroomI Will FollowGreen DancerAmericaineMajestic PrinceIrradiateNorthern DancerNoble Fancy

DANSILI b 96

FAME AT LAST b 97

Danehill

Hasili

Quest For Fame

Ranales

Danzig

Razyana

Kahyasi

Kerali

Rainbow Quest

Aryenne

Majestic Light

Katsura

FAMOUS NAME b h 2005

COLOGNE. May 8. 4yo+. 2400m.1. SCALO (GB) 4 9-6 £34,483b c by Lando - Sky Dancing (Exit To Nowhere)O-Gestut Ittlingen B-Gestut Ittlingen TR-A Wohler

2. Sir Lando (GB) 4 9-0 £13,362b c by Lando - Burqa (Nashwan)O-Stall Perlen B-Stowell Hill Ltd TR-Wido Neuroth

3. Val Mondo (GER) 4 9-0 £5,603b c by Lando - Valleria (Big Shuffle)O-Stall Dipoli B-Gestut Auenquelle TR-U Ostmann

Margins 0.75, 2. Time 2:29.22. Going Good.


Sire: LANDO. Sire of 26 Stakes winners. In 2011 -SCALO Exit To Nowhere G2, IVORY LAND PeintreCelebre G3.

1st Dam: SKY DANCING by Exit To Nowhere. 5 winsat 2 and 4 in Germany, Italy, Premio Buontalenta LR.Dam of 5 winners:2003: SEXY LADY (f Danehill Dancer) 4 wins,

Germany, Prix Chloe G3. Broodmare.2004: Sky Express (c Lando) unraced.2005:Scolari (c Monsun) 5 wins, 2nd Grosser Preis

der Dortmunder Wirtschaft G3, Preis derSparkassen Finanzgruppe G3.

2006: SKYLOR (c Sakhee) 3 wins at 4 in Germany.2007: SCALO (c Lando) Champion 3yr old colt in

Germany in 2010. 6 wins, Preis von EuropaG1, Prix Guillaume d’Ornano G2, Gerling PreisG2, Fruhjahrspreis des Bankhauses Metzler G3,Bavarian Classic G3.

2008: STROMBERG (c Medicean) Winner at 3.2009: (f Lomitas) 2010: (c Dalakhani)

2nd Dam: Saquiace by Sagace. 4 wins at 3 and 4 inFrance, 2nd Grand Prix de Villeurbanne LR. Dam ofSKY DANCING, Starla (f Lando: 3rd Bremer StutenMeile LR). Grandam of WHAT’S UP PUSSYCAT.

Broodmare Sire: EXIT TO NOWHERE. Sire of thedams of 25 SWs. In 2011 - SCALO Lando G2.

63 GERLING-PREIS G2

LiteratSuramaAggressorRaven LocksSharpen UpMiss ManonDschingis KhanLibertyRivermanIrish StarHaloRaise The StandardLuthierSenecaLyphardKalila

LANDO b 90

SKY DANCING b 97

Acatenango

Laurea

Exit To Nowhere

Saquiace

Surumu

Aggravate

Sharpman

Licata

Irish River

Coup de Folie

Sagace

Laquiola

SCALO b c 2007

CHANTILLY. May 9. 3yoc. 1800m.1. ABSOLUTLY YES (FR) 9-2 £34,483b c by Country Reel - Semenova (Green Tune)O-Paul Sebag B-Mme C Niederhauser Dietric TR-Y-M Porzier

2. Nobel Winner (FR) 9-2 £13,793b c by Grand Slam - Banyu Dewi (Poliglote)O-Salah Mosbah El Mabruk B-Snig Elevage TR-J-M Beguigne

3. Ch’tio Bilote (FR) 9-2 £10,345b c by Ultimately Lucky - Neicha (Neverneyev)O-Valere Van Elven B-G Lanusse TR-J-P Gallorini



Sire: COUNTRY REEL. Sire of 3 Stakes winners. In2011 - ABSOLUTLY YES Green Tune G3.

1st Dam: Semenova by Green Tune. 2 wins at 4 inFrance, 3rd Prix de Thiberville LR. Dam of 3 winners:2005:AORNOS (c Dashing Blade) 3 wins at 2 and 3

in France, Prix Delahante LR.2006: OBATALA (c Numerous) 4 wins at 3 and 4 in

France, Spain.2007: Slavenska (f Vettori)

64 PRIX DE GUICHE G3

2008:ABSOLUTLY YES (c Country Reel) Sold26,814gns yearling at AROCT. 2 wins at 3 inFrance, Prix de Guiche G3.

2010: (c Desert Style)

2nd Dam: YALE by Baillamont. 1 win at 3 in France.Dam of Semenova (f Green Tune, see above)

Broodmare Sire: GREEN TUNE. Sire of the dams of12 Stakes winners. In 2011 - ABSOLUTLY YESCountry Reel G3, BAAN RIM PA Dyhim DiamondLR, LAMBRO Milan LR.

NearcticNatalmaAdmiral’s VoyagePetitionerBold ReasoningMy CharmerGay MeceneBamieresNijinskyGreen ValleyMr ProspectorOcean’s AnswerBlushing GroomLodeveSir GaylordSunda

COUNTRY REEL b/br 00

SEMENOVA b 99

Danzig

Country Belle

Green Tune

Yale

Northern Dancer

Pas de Nom

Seattle Slew

Balbonella

Green Dancer

Soundings

Baillamont

Yeovil

ABSOLUTLY YES b c 2008

YORK. May 11. 3yof. 10f 88yds.1. JOVIALITY (GB) 8-12 £36,901b f by Cape Cross - Night Frolic (Night Shift)O-HRH Princess Haya Of Jordan B-Highclere Stud, Floors Farming TR-JHM Gosden

2. Barefoot Lady (IRE) 8-12 £13,988b f by Footstepsinthesand - Lady Angharad (Tenby)O-Mrs H Steel B-Arbawny Ventures 2000 TR-Richard Fahey

3. Whey Sauce (JPN) 8-12 £7,001gr f by Kurofune - Histoire (Sunday Silence)O-A Black B-Shadai Inc TR-PW Chapple-Hyam

Margins Head, 9. Time 2:10.60 (slow 3.30). Going Good.


Sire: CAPE CROSS. Sire of 67 Stakes winners. In2011 - KHAWLAH Selkirk G2, JOVIALITY Night ShiftG3, BEZIQUE Peintre Celebre LR.

1st Dam: NIGHT FROLIC by Night Shift. Winner at3. Dam of 3 winners:2006: BURNS NIGHT (g Selkirk) 2 wins at 3 and 4.2007: CHICITA BANANA (f Danehill Dancer) 1 win at 2.2008: JOVIALITY (f Cape Cross) Sold 200,000gns

yearling. 1 win at 3, Musidora S G3.2009: Bonfire (c Manduro) unraced to date.2010: (c Duke of Marmalade)

2nd Dam: MISS D’OUILLY by Bikala. 2 wins, PrixMelisande LR. Dam of MISS CAERLEONA (f Caerleon:Cardinal S G3), Mister Shoot (c Shining Steel: 3rdGrand Prix du Nord LR), Mr Academy (c Royal Academy:2nd Prix du Carrousel LR), Demisemiquaver (f Singspiel:2nd Possibly Perfect S), Tincture (f Dr Fong: 3rdCheshire Oaks LR). Grandam of MISS CORONADO,KAREN’S CAPER, MOONLIGHT RED.

Broodmare Sire: NIGHT SHIFT. Sire of the dams of78 Stakes winners. In 2011 - PARABLES Lonhro G2,SKYSURFERS E Dubai G2, BEADED Lonhro G3,JOVIALITY Cape Cross G3.

The Cape Cross/Night Shift cross has produced:JOVIALITY G3, Artist’s Muse LR.

65 MUSIDORA S G3

Northern DancerPas de NomSir IvorCourtly DeeLorenzaccioHelen NicholsBalidarInnocenceNearcticNatalmaChop ChopWindy AnswerKalamounIrish BirdSatingoMiss Skyscraper

CAPE CROSS b/br 94

NIGHT FROLIC b 2001

Green Desert

Park Appeal

Night Shift

Miss d’Ouilly

Danzig

Foreign Courier

Ahonoora

Balidaress

Northern Dancer

Ciboulette

Bikala

Miss Satin

JOVIALITY b f 2008

NAAS. May 11. 3yo+f&m. 10f.1. BANIMPIRE (IRE) 3 8-12 £43,427br f by Holy Roman Emperor - My Renee (Kris S)O-Mrs JS Bolger B-Kilcarn Stud TR-JS Bolger

2. Spin (IRE) 3 8-9 £12,694ch f by Galileo - Pieds de Plume (Seattle Slew)O-Mrs John Magnier B-Smythson TR-AP O’Brien

3. Mid Mon Lady (IRE) 6 9-9 £6,013br m by Danetime - Shining Desert (Green Desert)O-Mad In The Head Syndicate B-Patrick Cassidy TR-H Rogers

Margins 0.75, 0.75.. Going Good to firm.


Sire: HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR. Sire of 4 Stakes winners.In 2011 - BANIMPIRE Kris S G3, SANDSLASHLycius G3, IMPERIAL ROME Revoque LR.

1st Dam: MY RENEE by Kris S. 3 wins at 3 and 4,EBF Harvest S LR, Irish Stallion Farms EBF GiveThanks S LR, 2nd Princess Royal John Doyle S G3.Dam of 2 winners:2006: Aunt Dottie (f Rahy) unraced. Broodmare.2007: DREAM ON BUDDY (f Oasis Dream) 2 wins

at 3.2008:BANIMPIRE (f Holy Roman Emperor) Sold

48,080gns yearling at GOOY1. 4 wins at 2and 3, P W McGrath Memorial Ballysax S G3,Irish StallionFarms EBF Blue Wind S G3, ISFVictor McCalmont EBF S LR, 3rd Lodge ParkEBF Park Express S G3.

2010: (c Holy Roman Emperor)

2nd Dam: Mayenne by Nureyev. unraced. Dam of MYRENEE (f Kris S, see above)

Broodmare Sire: KRIS S. Sire of the dams of 65Stakes winners. In 2011 - BANIMPIRE Holy RomanEmperor G3, MANICERO Mass Media LR,ROMACACA Running Stag LR, TATO ZETA ThunderGulch LR, TIDARA ANGEL Oratorio LR.

66 BLUE WIND S G3

Northern DancerPas de NomHis MajestySpring AdieuBold RulerSomethingroyalNorthern DancerCibouletteHail To ReasonBramaleaPrincequilloBridgeworkNorthern DancerSpecialRivermanDerna II

HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR b 04

MY RENEE b/br 00

Danehill

L’On Vite

Kris S

Mayenne

Danzig

Razyana

Secretariat

Fanfreluche

Roberto

Sharp Queen

Nureyev

Detroit

BANIMPIRE br f 2008

YORK. May 11. 3yo+. 6f.1. DELEGATOR (GB) 5 9-7 £56,770b h by Dansili - Indian Love Bird (Efisio)O-Godolphin B-Mrs P Good TR-Saeed bin Suroor

2. Regal Parade (GB) 7 9-7 £21,520ch g by Pivotal - Model Queen (Kingmambo)O-Dab Hand Racing B-Highclere Stud, Harry Herbert TR-D Nicholls

3. Tiddliwinks (GB) 5 9-7 £10,770b g by Piccolo - Card Games (First Trump)O-Guy Reed B-Guy Reed TR-KA Ryan

Margins 0.5, 0.5. Time 1:10.18 (fast 0.32). Going Good.


Sire: DANSILI. Sire of 49 SWs. In 2011 - AVIATEIrish River G2, DANDINO Generous G2, DELEGATOREfisio G2, EPIC LOVE Diesis G3, FAMOUS NAMEQuest For Fame G3, SURFRIDER Rahy G3.

1st Dam: Indian Love Bird by Efisio. unraced. Ownsister to TOMBA. Dam of 1 winner:2004: Love On The Rocks (c Hernando)2005: Ecusson (f Singspiel) ran twice.2006:DELEGATOR (c Dansili) 4 wins, Duke of York

G2, Craven S G3, Dubai Duty Free Cup LR,

67 DUKE OF YORK S G2



70 YORKSHIRE CUP G2

YORK. May 13. 4yo+. 14f.1. DUNCAN (GB) 6 9-2 £79,478b g by Dalakhani - Dolores (Danehill)O/B-Normandie Stud TR-JHM Gosden

2. Blue Bajan (IRE) 9 8-13 £30,128b g by Montjeu - Gentle Thoughts (Darshaan)O/B-Dr John Hollowood TR-David O’Meara

3. Manighar (FR) 5 8-13 £15,078gr g by Linamix - Mintly Fresh (Rubiano)O-OTI Racing, The Hon Earle Mack B-Haras De Son Altesse L’Aga Khan Scea TR-LM Cumani



Sire: DALAKHANI. Sire of 22 SWs. In 2011 -DUNCAN Danehill G2, BARAAN Grindstone G3.

1st Dam: DOLORES by Danehill. Winner at 3,Conqueror S LR, 2nd Sun Chariot S G2, 3rdCoronation S G1. Dam of 3 winners:2004:SAMUEL (g Sakhee) 2 wins, Doncaster Cup G2.2005:DUNCAN (g Dalakhani) Sold 100,000gns

yearling. 5 wins, Yorkshire Cup G2, Prix Foy G2,Buckhounds S LR, 2nd Hardwicke S G2,Buckhounds S LR, 3rd Rose of Lancaster S G3.

2006: Howard (c Haafhd)2007: Deirdre (f Dubawi) Winner at 2, 3rd Height of

Fashion S LR.

2nd Dam: AGNUS by In The Wings. 2 win inBelgium. Dam of DOLORES (f Danehill, see above).

Broodmare Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of the dams of 160SWs. In 2011 - ALOHA Encosta de LagoG1,DREAMAWAYMore Than ReadyG1, FRANKEL GalileoG1, SEPOY Elusive QualityG1, SHOCKING Street CryG1, DUNCAN DalakhaniG2, ELITE FALLSMore ThanReadyG2, DO YOU THINK StarcraftG3, GOLDENLILAC GalileoG3, NEEDS FURTHER Encosta de LagoG3, ONE LAST DANCE Encosta de LagoG3,PRECIOUS LORRAINE Encosta de LagoG3, SPLASHPOINT Street CryG3.

The Dalakhani/Danehill cross has produced: DUNCAN G2, SHEMIYLA G3.

Mill ReefHardiemmaAbdosKeltyMr ProspectorHopespringseternalCrystal PalaceDeniaNorthern DancerPas de NomHis MajestySpring AdieuSadler’s WellsHigh HawkKrisTriple Reef

DALAKHANI gr 2000

DOLORES b 99

Darshaan

Daltawa

Danehill

Agnus

Shirley Heights

Delsy

Miswaki

Damana

Danzig

Razyana

In The Wings

Wavy Reef

DUNCAN b g 2005

NEWBURY. May 14. 4yo+. 8f.1. CANFORD CLIFFS (IRE) 4 9-0 £99,348b c by Tagula - Mrs Marsh (Marju)O-The Heffer Syndicate, M Tabor, D Smith B-S And S Hubbard Rodwell TR-R Hannon

2. Worthadd (IRE) 4 9-0 £37,660b c by Dubawi - Wigman (Rahy)O-Scuderia Incolinx B-Compagnia Generale SRL TR-V Caruso

3. Premio Loco (USA) 7 9-0 £18,848ch g by Prized - Crazee Mental (Magic Ring)O-B Westley B-Kidder, Cole, Griggs TR-CF Wall

Margins 1.25, 2.75. Time 1:36.52 (slow 0.92).Going Good to firm.


Sire: TAGULA. Sire of 14 Stakes winners. In 2011 -CANFORD CLIFFS Marju G1.

1st Dam: Mrs Marsh by Marju. unraced. Dam of 2 winners:2005: ZEERAN (c Barathea) 6 wins 4-6 in Sweden.

71 LOCKINGE S G1

2007: CANFORD CLIFFS (c Tagula) Sold 29,600gnsfoal, 47,619gns yearling. 6 wins, Irish 2000Guineas G1, Lockinge S G1, St James’s PalaceS G1, Sussex S G1, Coventry S G2, 2ndGreenham S G3, 3rd 2000 Guineas G1, PrixMorny G1.

2009: Mayo Lad (c Holy Roman Emperor) unraced.2010: (c Excellent Art)

2nd Dam: Drei by Lyphard. Dam of PINA COLADA(f Sabrehill: Chandler H, 2nd San Clemente H G2).

Broodmare Sire: MARJU. Sire of the dams of 17Stakes winners. In 2011 - CANFORD CLIFFS TagulaG1, MARCELLINA Deep Impact G1.

Hail To ReasonBebopperSadairStolen HourZeddaanCastaniaBustedVeuve JoyeuseTry My BestMill PrincessArtaiusWelsh FlameNorthern DancerGoofedRaise A CupAmeridouble

TAGULA b 93

MRS MARSH b 2001

Taufan

Twin Island

Marju

Drei

Stop The Music

Stolen Date

Standaan

Jolly Widow

Last Tycoon

Flame of Tara

Lyphard

Triple Tipple

CANFORD CLIFFS b c 2007

Coolmore will be Canford Cliffs’sdestination when this multiple Gr1winner’s racing career comes to anend. The colt’s appeal to thisexceptional stallion operation mustprimarily be his excellent racingrecord, which features outstandingperformances at the ages of two,three and four. The son of Tagula hasthis year won the Lockinge Stakesand Queen Anne.Although Canford Cliffs’s pedigree

isn’t fashionable, Coolmore probablyliked the fact that he hascomparatively little Northern Dancerblood by today’s standards. Thelegendary Windfields Farm stalliondoesn’t appear in Tagula’s pedigreeand neither of the two lines in thebottom half of Canford Cliffs’spedigree will appear in the first fourgenerations of his progeny.Tagula was recruited to Rathbarry in

1997, a year after the death of his sireTaufan at the same establishment.Tagula made a fast start, securing thefirst-crop sire championship, and hassince been represented by the likes ofTax Free, King Orchisios, Beaver Patroland Pentecost. However, Tagula wasstill without a Gr1 success as a sireuntil Canford Cliffs triumphed in theIrish 2,000 Guineas – in much thesame way that Taufan was stillawaiting his first Gr1 winner, at theage of 18, when Tagula landed the1995 Prix Morny.Canford Cliffs – a £50,000 yearling

purchase at Doncaster – also ranks asthe first Gr1 winner out of a mare bythe St James’s Palace Stakes winnerMarju. He has since been followed byMarcellina (2011 Japanese 1,000Guineas). Another out of a Marju mareis the emerging sire Big Bad Bob. Canford Cliffs’s dam Mrs Marsh, a

half-sister to the very useful PinaColada, was unraced but his third dam,Triple Tipple, enjoyed substantialsuccess in California after showingsmart form for Luca Cumani at up to amile and a quarter in Europe.


European Pattern2nd St James’s Palace S G1, 2000 GuineasG1, 3rd Queen Elizabeth II S G1.

2007: Loveable (f Oasis Dream) unraced.2008: (c Haafhd) 2010: (c Exceed And Excel)

2nd Dam: Indian Love Song by Be My Guest. Dam ofTOMBA (c Efisio: Prix de la Foret G1), HOLDINGCOURT (c Hernando: Prix du Jockey Club G1).Grandam of ORDNANCE ROW.

Broodmare Sire: EFISIO. Sire of the dams of 22 SWs.2011 - DELEGATOR DansiliG2, AL REP Trade FairG3,DORDOGNE SingspielG3, RIMTH Oasis DreamG3.

The Dansili/Efisio cross has produced: DELEGATORG1, ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE G2.

Northern DancerPas de NomHis MajestySpring AdieuIle de BourbonKadissyaHigh LineSookeraForliNative PartnerHigh TopBamburiNorthern DancerWhat A TreatRelkoMaina

DANSILI b 96

INDIAN LOVE BIRD b 99

Danehill

Hasili

Efisio

Indian Love Song

Danzig

Razyana

Kahyasi

Kerali

Formidable

Eldoret

Be My Guest

Indian Bird

DELEGATOR b h 2006

YORK. May 12. 4yo+f&m. 10f 88yds.1. MIDDAY (GB) 5 9-3 £56,770b m by Oasis Dream - Midsummer (Kingmambo)O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-HRA Cecil

2. Sajjhaa (GB) 4 8-12 £21,520b f by King’s Best - Anaamil (Darshaan)O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Saeed bin Suroor

3. Timepiece (GB) 4 8-12 £10,770b f by Zamindar - Clepsydra (Sadler’s Wells)O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-HRA Cecil

Margins 2, 4. Time 2:10.05 (slow 2.75). Going Good.

Age Starts Wins Places Earned2-5 17 8 8 £1,827,354

Sire: OASIS DREAM. Sire of 40 Stakes winners. In2011 - MIDDAY Kingmambo G2, RIMTH Efisio G3,ANNE OF KIEV Mark of Esteem LR, FLAMBEAUCatrail LR, PEACE OF OASIS Zafonic LR.

1st Dam: Midsummer by Kingmambo. Winner at 3,2nd Bet Attheraces Oaks Trial LR. Dam of 1 winner:2005: Spring Season (f Dansili) ran once. Broodmare.2006:MIDDAY (f Oasis Dream) Champion older mare

in England in 2010. 8 wins at 2 to 5, 2011 athome, France, USA, Blue Square Nassau S G1(twice), Darley Yorkshire Oaks G1, Qatar PrixVermeille G1, Emirates Airlines Breeders’ CupF&M Turf G1, totesport.com Middleton S G2,totesportcasino.com Lingfield Oaks Trial LR,2nd Investec Oaks S G1, Emirates AirlinesBreeders’ Cup F&M Turf G1, totesport.comMiddleton S G2, 3rd Darley Irish Oaks G1,Qatar Petroleum Prix de l’Opera G1.

2008: Midsummer Sun (c Monsun) winner at 3.2009: Morphius (f Oasis Dream) unraced to date.2010: (f Pivotal)

2nd Dam: Modena by Roberto. unraced. Dam ofELMAAMUL (c Diesis: Coral Eclipse S G1, PhoenixChampion S G1, 2nd Juddmonte International S G1,3rd Ever Ready Derby S G1), REAMS OF VERSE (fNureyev: Fillies’ Mile S G1, Vodafone Oaks S G1),MANIFEST (c Rainbow Quest: Emirates AirlineYorkshire Cup G2), MODERN DAY (c Dayjur: King’sCup H G3, 3rd Drill Hall S G2), MODERNISE (cKnown Fact: Ascot H G3), HIGH WALDEN (f El GranSenor: Matiara S LR, 2nd Santa Ana H G2),MODESTA (f Sadler’s Wells: Toteexacta Lady GodivaFillies’ S LR), NOVELLARA (f Sadler’s Wells: UnicoinHomes Noel Murless S LR), Midsummer (fKingmambo, see above). Grandam of CONFRONT,MANY VOLUMES, CHASING STARS, Eagle Poise,Risk Taker, Ithaca, NEARBY. Third dam of ZACINTO.

Broodmare Sire: KINGMAMBO. Sire of the dams of42 Stakes winners. In 2011 - MIDDAY Oasis DreamG2, ELZAAM Redoute’s Choice LR.

68 MIDDLETON S G2

Northern DancerPas de NomSir IvorCourtly DeeLyphardNavajo PrincessMill ReefSorbusRaise A NativeGold DiggerNureyevPasadobleHail To ReasonBramaleaRight TackWold Lass

OASIS DREAM b 2000

MIDSUMMER ch 2000

Green Desert

Hope

Kingmambo

Modena

Danzig

Foreign Courier

Dancing Brave

Bahamian

Mr Prospector

Miesque

Roberto

Mofida

MIDDAY b m 2006

YORK. May 12. 3yo. 10f 88yds.1. CARLTON HOUSE (USA) 9-0 £85,155b c by Street Cry - Talented (Bustino)O-The Queen B-Darley TR-Sir Michael Stoute

2. Seville (GER) 9-0 £32,280b c by Galileo - Silverskaya (Silver Hawk)O-M Tabor, D Smith, Mrs J Magnier B-Tattersalls Ltd TR-AP O’Brien

3. Pisco Sour (USA) 9-0 £16,155bbr c by Lemon Drop Kid - Lynnwood Chase (Horse Chestnut)O-Michael Kerr-Dineen B-Hascombe Stud TR-H Morrison



Sire: STREET CRY. Sire of 44 Stakes winners. In 2011 -SHOCKINGDanehillG1, CARLTON HOUSEBustinoG2,WHOBEGOTYOUCarnegieG2, HOLLYWOODBOULEVARDFilante G3, SPLASH POINT Danehill G3, RIVER’SLANE Made of Gold LR, SEA LORD Dream Well LR,STREET VALUE Marwina LR.

1st Dam: TALENTED by Bustino. 3 wins at 3 and 4at home, UAE, Sun Chariot S G2. Dam of 5 winners:1996:Genesis (f Rainbow Quest). Broodmare.1997: Talena (f Zafonic). Broodmare.1998: Talent Quest (f Rainbow Quest) unraced.

Broodmare.1999: ZAEEMA (f Zafonic) Winner at 2. Dam of

FLORISTRY (f Fasliyev: 3 wins at 2, CoralTrophy Doncaster S LR)

2000: SECRET PRIDE (f Green Desert) Winner at 2.Broodmare.

2001: All Blue (g Green Desert)2004: FRISTON FOREST (g Barathea) 7 wins at 2 to

5 in France, UAE, Derby du Midi-Barriere deBordeaux LR, Derby du Languedoc LR, PrixScaramouche LR, 3rd Prix La Force G3.

2005: FLAWED GENIUS (g Fasliyev) 3 wins at 2 and 4.

2007: Street Skill (g Street Cry) unraced.2008:CARLTON HOUSE (c Street Cry) 2 wins at 2

and 3, Totesport Dante S G2.

2nd Dam: Triple Reef by Mill Reef. unraced. Dam ofTALENTED (f Bustino, see above), Triple Joy (f MostWelcome: 2nd Abernant S LR), Reef Diver (g Pursuitof Love: 2nd Gallagher Group Churchill S LR).Grandam of WAVY RUN, PRESTO SHINKO, THREEPOINTS, TRINITY JOY, Asaawir, Triple Dash. Thirddam of DOLORES, Ti Adora. Fourth dam ofDUNCAN, SAMUEL, Deirdre.

Broodmare Sire: BUSTINO. Sire of the dams of 62Stakes winners. In 2011 - CARLTON HOUSE StreetCry G2.

69 DANTE S G2

Raise A NativeGold DiggerHaloRaise The StandardPetingoLa MiloRivermanBoulevardCrepelloSans Le SouDoutellePaving StoneNever BendMilan MillHigh TopField Mouse

STREET CRY b/br 98

TALENTED b 90

Machiavellian

Helen Street

Bustino

Triple Reef

Mr Prospector

Coup de Folie

Troy

Waterway

Busted

Ship Yard

Mill Reef

Triple First

CARLTON HOUSE b c 2008



Caulfield on Tin Horse: “His sire, Sakhee, has proved surprisingly effective at siringanimals capable of shining at shorter distances than he did – he has the speed to shine at a mile”

LONGCHAMP. May 15. 3yo+. 1000m.1. INXILE (IRE) 6 9-0 £34,483b g by Fayruz - Grandel (Owington)O-Mrs Jackie Love, D Nicholls B-Denis And Mrs Teresa Bergin TR-D Nicholls

2. Captain Dunne (IRE) 6 9-0 £13,793b g by Captain Rio - Queen Bodicea (Revoque)O-Middleham Park Racing XV & Partners B-Ballybrennan Stud Ltd TR-TD Easterby

3. Split Trois (FR) 3 8-8 £10,345b f by Dubawi - Auenpearl (Zafonic)O-Christian Henry De Villeneuve B-Nicholas J Hughes TR-Y de Nicolay

Margins Nose, short head. Time 0.55.92. Going Good.


Sire: FAYRUZ. Sire of 12 Stakes winners. In 2011 -INXILE Owington G3.

1st Dam: Grandel by Owington. unraced. Dam of 4 winners:2002: TAX FREE (g Tagula) 14 wins, Prix du Gros-

Chene G2.2004: Gutter Press (f Raise A Grand) ran twice.2005: INXILE (g Fayruz) Sold 20,262gns foal,

80,000gns yearling. 8 wins, Prix de Saint-Georges G3, Cammidge Trophy LR, Cork S LR,Woodlands S LR (twice), Naas Sprint S LR,Prix du Cercle LR, 2nd Prix de Meautry G3,Scurry S LR, 3rd King George S G3, FreeSapphire S G3, Prix de Saint-Georges G3.

2006: GREEN BERET (g Fayruz) 4 wins.2007: XILERATOR (g Arakan) Winner at 3.2009: (f Excellent Art)2010: (f Tagula)

2nd Dam: Fernlea by Sir Ivor. 2nd Topaz Sprint S LR.Own sister to Strover.

Broodmare Sire: OWINGTON. Sire of the dams of 3Stakes winners. In 2011 - INXILE Fayruz G3.

72 PRIX DE SAINT-GEORGES G3

Tudor MinstrelAgin The LawVilmorinUnder CanvasSkymasterLady SlipticBleep-BleepWitcrackerDanzigForeign CourierHigh TopBroken RecordSir GaylordAtticaPampapaulRibotingo

FAYRUZ b 83

GRANDEL b 97

Song

Friendly Jester

Owington

Fernlea

Sing Sing

Intent

Be Friendly

Lady Jester

Green Desert

Old Domesday Book

Sir Ivor

Pampas

INXILE b g 2005

LONGCHAMP. May 15. 3yo. 2200m.1. PRAIRIE STAR (FR) 9-2 £63,879b c by Peintre Celebre - Prairie Runner (Arazi)O-Ecurie Wildenstein B-Dayton Investments Ltd TR-E Lellouche

2. Grand Vent (IRE) 9-2 £24,655b c by Shirocco - Housa Dancer (Fabulous Dancer)O-Godolphin SNC B-Darley TR-A Fabre

3. Genius Beast (USA) 9-2 £11,767b c by Kingmambo - Shawanda (Sinndar)O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Mahmood Al Zarooni

Margins Nose, 1.5. Time 2:17.27. Going Good.


Sire: PEINTRE CELEBRE. Sire of 53 Stakeswinners. In 2011 - PRAIRIE STAR Arazi G2,FARSANTE CELEBRE Roy G3.

1st Dam: PRAIRIE RUNNER by Arazi. 2 wins at 3 inFrance, Prix Minerve G3. Dam of 6 winners:2001:Prairie Flower (f Zieten) 2 wins, 2nd Prix

Michel Houyvet LR. Broodmare.2002: Peredovoi (c Fasliyev) unraced.2003: Popova (f Kahyasi) 4 wins, 2nd Prix Andre

Michel Hurdle G3.2004: PRAIRIE SPIRIT (g Grape Tree Road) 7 wins.

73 PRIX HOCQUART G2

2005: PLUIE D’OR (f Bering) Winner at 4 in France.2006: PEINTRE ABSTRAIT (c Peintre Celebre)

Winner over jumps at 4 in Czech Republic.2008:PRAIRIE STAR (c Peintre Celebre) 4 wins, Prix

Hocquart G2, Prix de Conde G3, 2nd Prix LaForce G3, 3rd Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1.

2009: Premiere Danseuse (f Gold Away) unraced.2010: Pacific Rim (f Singspiel)

2nd Dam: PAIX BLANCHE by Fabulous Dancer. 2wins, Prix Finlande LR, 2nd Prix Cleopatre G3. Dam ofPRAIRIE RUNNER, POUSSIN (c Alzao: Prix LeFabuleux LR, 2nd Prix d’Ispahan G1).

Broodmare Sire: ARAZI. Sire of the dams of 24Stakes winners. In 2011 - PRAIRIE STAR PeintreCelebre G2, UNZIP ME City Zip G3.

The Peintre Celebre/Arazi cross has produced:PRAIRIE STAR G1, KAREEMAH LR.

NearcticNatalmaForliThongRaise A NativeSweet ToothHabitatPlenciaRed GodRunaway BrideNorthern DancerFabuleux JaneNorthern DancerLast of The LineRhefficAutorin

PEINTRE CELEBRE ch 94

PRAIRIE RUNNER b 96

Nureyev

Peinture Bleue

Arazi

Paix Blanche

Northern Dancer

Special

Alydar

Petroleuse

Blushing Groom

Danseur Fabuleux

Fabulous Dancer

Alma Ata

PRAIRIE STAR b c 2008

LONGCHAMP. May 15. 3yof. 1600m.1. GOLDEN LILAC (IRE) 9-0 £221,664b f by Galileo - Grey Lilas (Danehill)O/B-Gestut Ammerland TR-A Fabre

2. Glorious Sight (IRE) 9-0 £88,681b f by Singspiel - Zelding (Warning)O-RC Strauss B-Kilfrush Stud TR-R Collet

3. Wild Wind (GER) 9-0 £44,341b f by Danehill Dancer - Woman Secret (Sadler’s Wells) O-Mrs John Magnier B-Ecurie Des Monceaux TR-AP O’Brien



Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 89 Stakes winners. In 2011 -FRANKEL Danehill G1, GOLDEN LILAC DanehillG1, IGUGU Intikhab G1, JOHANN ZOFFANY RoyalAcademy G2, GALIKOVA Blushing Groom G3,TREASURE BEACH Mark of Esteem G3.

1st Dam: GREY LILAS by Danehill. 4 wins, Prix duMoulin de Longchamp G1, 2nd Poule d’Essai desPouliches G1, Prix de l’Opera G1, 3rd Prix de DianeG1. Dam of 2 winners:2007: GREY LILY (f Boreal) Winner at 3 in France.2008:GOLDEN LILAC (f Galileo) 4 wins at 2 and 3 in

France, Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1, Prixde la Grotte G3.

2009: (c Hurricane Run)

2nd Dam: KENMIST by Kenmare. 2 wins at 3,Rosemary Rated H LR, 3rd Premio Bagutta G3. Damof GREY LILAS, KANDAHAR RUN (c Rock ofGibraltar: Newmarket S LR), Stendhal (c PolishPrecedent: 2nd Prix Altipan LR), Chambord (c GreenDesert: 2nd Prix Jacques de Bremond LR)

Broodmare Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of the dams of161 SWs. In 2011 - ALOHA Encosta de Lago G1,DREAMAWAY More Than Ready G1, FRANKELGalileo G1, GOLDEN LILAC Galileo G1, SEPOYElusive Quality G1, SHOCKING Street Cry G1,DUNCAN Dalakhani G2, ELITE FALLS More ThanReady G2, DO YOU THINK Starcraft G3, NEEDSFURTHER Encosta de Lago G3, ONE LAST DANCEEncosta de Lago G3, PRECIOUS LORRAINEEncosta de Lago G3, SPLASH POINT Street CryG3, WINTER BURSTWestern Winter G3.

The Galileo/Danehill cross has produced: BANC DEFORTUNE G1, CIMA DE TRIOMPHE G1, CUISGHAIRE G1, FRANKEL G1, GOLDEN LILAC G1,RODERIC O’CONNOR G1, TEOFILO G1.

74 POULE D’ESSAI DES POULICHES G1

NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialMr ProspectorHopespringseternalLombardAnatevkaNorthern DancerPas de NomHis MajestySpring AdieuKalamounBelle of IrelandSimply GreatKitty’s Sister

GALILEO b 98

GREY LILAS gr 2001

Sadler’s Wells

Urban Sea

Danehill

Kenmist

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Miswaki

Allegretta

Danzig

Razyana

Kenmare

Mistral’s Collette

GOLDEN LILAC b f 2008

A year after Gestut Ammerland hadlanded the Poule d’Essai des Poulains(and the Prix du Jockey-Club) with thehomebred Lope de Vega, it completeda magnificent double when anotherhomebred, Golden Lilac, won thePoule d’Essai des Pouliches. Thisprovided the second of three 2011Guineas victories for three-year-oldssired by Galileo from Danehill mares.Galileo didn’t owe this extraordinary

sequence to any old Danehill mares.Frankel’s dam Kind was a Listedwinner with a Timeform rating of 112,while Roderic O’Connor’s dam SecretGarden, another Listed winner, wasrated 106. Golden Lilac’s dam GreyLilas was even more accomplished.After running second in the Pouliches,she confirmed her standing among thebest three-year-old fillies of 2004 bytaking the Prix du Moulin. Grey Lilasalso proved she stayed ten furlongs bywinning the Gr3 Prix de la Nonetteand finishing third in the Prix de Dianeand second in the Prix de l’Opera.Grey Lilas’s three-parts-brother

Kandahar Run – by Danehill’s sonRock of Gibraltar – showed smartform at up to a mile and a quarter andtheir dam, the Listed winner Kenmist,also won at up to a mile and a quarter,while showing her best form over amile. Golden Lilac’s third dam Mistral’sCollette was a useful Irish two-year-old who later enjoyed stakes successat up to a mile and a quarter in Italy. General Cloney, a brother to

Mistral’s Collette, did well at up to amile and three-quarters. It wastherefore a pretty safe bet that theunbeaten Golden Lilac was going toprove suited by a mile and a quarter –as she showed by following up in theFrench Oaks – even though her damis by Danehill, a sprinter miler, and hersecond dam is by Kenmare, winner ofthe Prix Jacques le Marois.

LONGCHAMP. May 15. 3yoc. 1600m.1. TIN HORSE (IRE) 9-2 £221,664gr c by Sakhee - Joyeuse Entree (Kendor)O-Marquise de Moratalla B-Marquise de Moratalla TR-D Guillemin

2. Havane Smoker (GB) 9-2 £88,681ch c by Dubawi - Ballet Ballon (Rahy)O-Daniel-Yves Treves B-Meon Valley Stud TR-J-C Rouget

3. Venomous (GB) 9-2 £44,341b c by Red Ransom - Snake Dancer (Golden Snake)O-Mrs MO Bryant B-St Clare Hall Stud TR-T Clout

Margins 2, head. Time 1:36.33. Going Good.


75 POULE D’ESSAI DES POULAINS G1

Sire: SAKHEE. Sire of 8 Stakes winners. In 2011 -PRESVIS Never So Bold G1.

1st Dam: JOYEUSE ENTREE by Kendor. 4 wins, Prixd’Aumale G3. Dam of 5 winners:1999:Nada Es Amor (f Zafonic). Dam of Parcelle

Perdue (3rd Grand Criterium de Bordeaux LR).2000: Fancy Intense (f Peintre Celebre) unplaced.2001: SWING VOTER (g Machiavellian) 7 wins 3-6.2002: SELDOM FOUND (f Unfuwain) Winner at 3.2003: Hold The Thought (f Galileo) Broodmare.2004: Nuit Et Brouillard (f Singspiel) unraced.2006:BECOMES YOU (f Lomitas) 2 wins at 2,

Criterium de l’Ouest LR, 3rd Prix de Conde G3.2007: REPRESENTERA (f Lomitas) Winner at 4.2008: TIN HORSE (c Sakhee) 3 wins at 2 and 3,

Poule d’Essai des Poulains G1, 2nd Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere G1, Prix Morny G1, 3rd Prix deFontainebleau G3.

2009: Eaglestone (c Chineur) unraced to date.2010: Deux Saisons (f Chineur)

2nd Dam: CAPE OF GOOD HOPE by CrystalGlitters. 4 wins. Dam of JOYEUSE ENTREE.

Broodmare Sire: KENDOR. Sire of the dams of 41Stakes winners. In 2011 - TIN HORSE Sakhee G1,RECITAL Montjeu G2, NATIVE KHAN Azamour G3.

The Sakhee/Kendor cross has produced: TINHORSE G1, Quartz Jem LR.

Never BendRiver LadyNijinskyHighest TrumpNorthern DancerFairy BridgeRibotHeavenly BodyKalamounBelle of IrelandGay MeceneDjaka BelleBlushing GroomTales To TellLightningNever Go Back

SAKHEE b 97

JOYEUSE ENTREE gr 94

Bahri

Thawakib

Kendor

Cape of Good Hope

Riverman

Wasnah

Sadler’s Wells

Tobira Celeste

Kenmare

Belle Mecene

Crystal Glitters

Lady Eglantine

TIN HORSE gr c 2008

Of the stallions who covered their firstmares in 2003, Rock Of Gibraltar had635 northern hemisphere foals ofracing age to the end of 2010,whereas Invincible Spirit had 549,Kyllachy 498 and Tobougg 537.Clearly Sakhee, with a total of only268, had not enjoyed similarpopularity, even though he had beenthe highest rated of them on the track(he had an official rating of 133,compared to Rock Of Gibraltar’s 128,Tobougg’s 120 and Kyllachy’s 119).Perhaps the explanation is partly thatthis winner of the JuddmonteInternational and Arc was the stouteststayer of the four.However, Sakhee is by a top miler

in Bahri and he has provedsurprisingly effective at siring animalscapable of shining at shorterdistances. Indeed, his first cropproduced the champion three-year-oldsprinter Sakhee’s Secret, the Gr3 six-furlong winner Royal Rock and theleading international performerPresvis, whose wins include the nine-furlong Dubai Duty Free in 2011.Now he is being very ably

represented by Tin Horse, anotherwith the speed to shine at up to a mile.Officially rated 115 at two, when hewas second in both the Prix Mornyand Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, TinHorse finally scored at Gr1 level whenhe quickened two lengths clear in thePoule d’Essai des Poulains – a racealso won by his broodmare sireKendor in 1989. Although Kendor



78 TEMPLE S G2

HAYDOCK PARK. May 21. 3yo+. 5f.1. SOLE POWER (GB) 4 9-4 £45,416b g by Kyllachy - Demerger (Distant View)O-Mrs S Power B-G Russell TR-Edward Lynam

2. Kingsgate Native (IRE) 6 9-4 £17,216b g by Mujadil - Native Force (Indian Ridge)O-Cheveley Park Stud B-Peter McCutcheon TR-Sir Michael Stoute

3. Prohibit (GB) 6 9-4 £8,616b g by Oasis Dream - Well Warned (Warning)O-Dasmal, Rix, Barr, Morley, Mrs Penney B-Juddmonte Farms TR-RMH Cowell



Sire: KYLLACHY. Sire of 13 Stakes winners. In 2011- SOLE POWER Distant View G2, ALGOL In TheWings LR, PAUSANIAS Gone West LR.

1st Dam: Demerger by Distant View. unraced. Dam of2 winners:2002: Cornus (g Inchinor) 15 wins to 2010, 2nd

Cornwallis S G3.2003: Be My Charm (f Polish Precedent). Broodmare.2007: SOLE POWER (g Kyllachy) Sold 30,476gns

yearling at DNSLY. Champion 3yr old sprinter inEurope in 2010. 4 wins at 2 to 4, CoolmoreNunthorpe S G1, betfred.com Temple S G2,2nd Grangecon Stud S LR, 3rd PearlBloodstock Palace House S G3.

2008: (f Royal Applause)2009: Sotka (f Dutch Art)2011: (c Mastercraftsman)

2nd Dam: MERIDA by Warning. 2 wins at 3 and 4 inFrance, USA. Grandam of PENCIL HILL.

Broodmare Sire: DISTANT VIEW. Sire of the damsof 12 Stakes winners. In 2011 - SOLE POWERKyllachy G2, EMULOUS Dansili G3.

NureyevMarie d’ArgonneCozzeneStufidaSing SingIntentCroonerMarch MoonlightRaise A NativeGold DiggerIrish RiverLa TriniteKnown FactSlightly DangerousLaser LightTreatisan

KYLLACHY b 98

DEMERGER b 97

Pivotal

Pretty Poppy

Distant View

Merida

Polar Falcon

Fearless Revival

Song

Moonlight Serenade

Mr Prospector

Seven Springs

Warning

Metair

SOLE POWER b g 2007

CURRAGH. May 21. 3yo+. 6f.1. HITCHENS (IRE) 6 9-9 £35,022b g by Acclamation - Royal Fizz (Royal Academy)O-Laurence O’Kane, Paul Murphy B-Curragh Bloodstock Agency Ltd TR-David Barron

2. Tiddliwinks (GB) 5 9-9 £10,237b g by Piccolo - Card Games (First Trump)O-Guy Reed B-Guy Reed TR-KA Ryan

3. Santo Padre (IRE) 7 9-9 £4,849b g by Elnadim - Tshusick (Dancing Brave)O-Victor Partnership B-Victor Stud Bloodstock, Brendan Cummins TR-David Marnane



Sire: ACCLAMATION. Sire of 8 Stakes winners. In2011 - HITCHENS Royal Academy G3,MONTECCHIO Linamix LR.

1st Dam: ROYAL FIZZ by Royal Academy. Winner at2 in France. Dam of 4 winners:1999: ROYAL BRIEF (f Brief Truce) 4 wins at 3 and 4

in Belgium.2000: Crown Fizz (c Anabaa) unraced.2001: Sparkling Fizz (f Vettori) unraced. Broodmare.

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2002:Grand Marque (c Grand Lodge) 3 wins, 2ndStonehenge S LR.

2004: Haamesh (g Noverre) ran a few times.2005:HITCHENS (g Acclamation) Sold 18,390gns

yearling, 42,470gns 2yo, 40,000gns 3yo. 6wins, Greenlands S G3, Golden Rose S LR,2nd Wentworth S LR, Mercury S LR.

2006: Jinjja Bear (g Exceed And Excel) unraced.2007: EFFERVESCE (f Galileo) Winner at 3.2008: Refugee (f Montjeu) unraced to date.2009: Flying Doha (c Danehill Dancer) unraced to

date.

2nd Dam: CROWN CREST by Mill Reef. 1 win at 3.Own sister to DIAMOND SHOAL, GLINT OF GOLDand Emerald Reef. Dam of FLORAL PEGASUS (cFusaichi Pegasus: Chinese Club Challenge Cup LR,Mercedes Benz Hong Kong Classic Mile LR, TheMercedes Benz Hong Kong Derby Trial LR), Evacuate(c Giant’s Causeway: 3rd City Pacific Finance RedAnchor S G3)

Broodmare Sire: ROYAL ACADEMY. Sire of the damsof 89 SWs. In 2011 - THE PARTY STAND Thorn ParkG1, HEART OF DREAMS Show A HeartG2, JOHANNZOFFANY GalileoG2, VOO LIVRE Northern AfleetG2,HITCHENS AcclamationG3, UNO AMORE MIO SignalTapG3, ASLANA Rock of Gibraltar LR, BEACONLODGE Clodovil LR, JERSEY LILY Catbird LR, OCEANWAR Dalakhani LR, TINAMOU Quest For Fame LR,KEMPES Intikhab LR.

Try My BestCoryanaAuction RingWhispering StarLorenzaccioHelen NicholsFloribundaSea MelodyNorthern DancerFlaming PageCrimson SatanBolero RoseNever BendMilan MillGraustarkTreasure Chest

ACCLAMATION b 99

ROYAL FIZZ ch 94

Royal Applause

Princess Athena

Royal Academy

Crown Crest

Waajib

Flying Melody

Ahonoora

Shopping Wise

Nijinsky

Crimson Saint

Mill Reef

Crown Treasure

HITCHENS b g 2005

CURRAGH. May 21. 3yoc&f. 8f.1. RODERIC O’CONNOR (IRE) 9-0 £162,500b c by Galileo - Secret Garden (Danehill)O-Mrs John Magnier B-Swettenham Stud TR-AP O’Brien

2. Dubawi Gold (GB) 9-0 £53,233b c by Dubawi - Savannah Belle (Green Desert)O-Andrew Tinkler B-AH Bennett TR-R Hannon

3. Oracle (IRE) 9-0 £25,216b c by Danehill Dancer - Zibilene (Rainbow Quest)O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Barouche Stud Ireland Ltd TR-AP O’Brien



Sire: GALILEO. Sire of 89 SWs. In 2011 - FRANKELDanehill G1, GOLDEN LILAC Danehill G1, IGUGUIntikhab G1, MISTY FOR ME Storm Cat G1, RODERICO’CONNOR Danehill G1, JOHANN ZOFFANY RoyalAcademy G2, GALIKOVA Blushing Groom G3,TREASURE BEACH Mark of Esteem G3.

1st Dam: SECRET GARDEN by Danehill. 4 wins at 3and 4 at home, USA, Miles and Morrison October SLR. Dam of 4 winners:2005: COVERT ACTION (c Grand Slam) 4 wins 4-5.2006:Weatherstaff (g Elusive Quality) Winner at 2,

3rd Sirenia S G3.2007: BURNETT (c Dynaformer) Winner at 2.2008:RODERIC O’CONNOR (c Galileo) 3 wins, Irish

2000 Guineas G1, Criterium International G1,2nd Dewhurst S G1.

2009: (c Galileo)2010: (f Galileo)

2nd Dam: CHALAMONT by Kris. 2 wins at 2. Dam ofSECRET GARDEN, Lady Aquitaine (f El Prado: 3rdSirenia S G3). Grandam of WICKWING.

Broodmare Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of the dams of161 Stakes winners. In 2011 - ALOHA Encosta de

80 IRISH 2,000 GUINEAS G1


European Patternsired the Gr1 winners Literato, Keltosand Charge d’Affaires, his greatestcontribution to the breed is comingthrough his daughters. Their other Gr1winners include Recital, CorreCaminos, Marchand d’Or, Never On ASunday and Le Miracle.Tin Horse’s dam, the Prix d’Aumale

winner Joyeuse Entrée, recorded fourwins from five juvenile starts. Her bestprevious winner, Becomes You, wasalso a stakes-winning juvenile.

ROME. May 15. 4yo+. 2000m.1. ESTEJO (GER) 7 9-2 £116,379b h by Johan Cruyff - Este (The Noble Player)O-G Martone B-Gestut Schallern TR-R Rohne

2. Voila Ici (IRE) 6 9-2 £51,206gr h by Daylami - Far Hope (Barathea)O-Incolinx B-Finanza Locale Consulting TR-V Caruso

3. Quiza Quiza Quiza (GB) 5 8-13 £27,931b m by Golden Snake - Quiz Chow (Pelder)O/B-Riccardo Cantoni TR-L Riccardi

Margins 1.5, neck. Time 2:00.60. Going Soft.


Sire: JOHAN CRUYFF. Sire of 3 Stakes winners. In2011 - ESTEJO The Noble Player G1.

1st Dam: Este by The Noble Player. 2 wins, 2ndPreis der Winterkonigin LR, Berberis Rennen LR,Schwarzgold Rennen LR. Dam of 6 winners:1993: Esmonda (f Mondrian) unplaced.1994: ERCOLE D’ESTE (c Mondrian) 2 wins 3-5.1995: ESTON (c Law Society) 6 wins in Germany.1997: ESTENSTERN (c Sternkoenig) 8 wins 4-7.1998: ESTENORA (f Highest Honor) 3 wins at 4.2000: Estor (c Highest Honor) unplaced.2002: ESTEMONA (f Oxalagu) 3 wins at 2 and 3.2003: Edicea (f Medicean) unraced. Broodmare.2004:ESTEJO (c Johan Cruyff) 10 wins, Premio

Presidente della Repubblica G1, Premio RomaG1, Premio del Piazzale LR, Gran Premiod’Italia LR, 2nd Premio Ambrosiano G3 (twice),Premio UNIRE LR, 3rd Premio Roma G1.

2005: Evita (f Samum) unplaced.

2nd Dam: Ermione by Surumu. 2 wins, 2nd Jacobs-Kaffee-Rennen LR, Preis der Stadt Berlin LR, 4thPreis Der Diana G2. Dam of ERMINIUS (c HighestHonor: Grosser Kaufhof Preis G2), ERMBOLD (cNever So Bold: Behr Memorial LR).

Broodmare Sire: THE NOBLE PLAYER. Sire of thedams of 4 SWs. In 2011 - ESTEJO Johan Cruyff G1.

76 PREMIO PRESIDENTE DELLAREPUBBLICA G1

Northern DancerPas de NomHis MajestySpring AdieuDamascusGonfalonNijinskyRosetta StoneNorthern DancerFleurOn Your MarkNoble JoanLiteratSuramaYoggiElektra

JOHAN CRUYFF b 94

ESTE ch 88

Danehill

Teslemi

The Noble Player

Ermione

Danzig

Razyana

Ogygian

Martha Queen

The Minstrel

Noble Mark

Surumu

Envira

ESTEJO b h 2004

Estejo carries the (GER) suffix afterhis name but he has done most of hisracing in Italy, where he won the GranPremio d’Italia at three, the Gr1Premio Roma at five and the Gr1Premio Presidente della Repubblica atseven. This durable grandson ofDanehill has also competed inGermany, Hong Kong, England,France and Turkey.His sire Johan Cruyff was also a

globetrotter. One of the first to

demonstrate that Danehill could siregood middle-distance performers,Johann Cruyff won the BeresfordStakes over a mile at two and theGallinule Stakes over a mile and aquarter at three, when he was alsofourth in the Irish Derby. The colt wasthen sold to Hong Kong, where hewon the Derby at four and was placedin several other important events.Johan Cruyff moved on to Eliza

Park Stud in Australia, where he diedduring his fourth season in 2003. Hehad shuttled to Germany for the 2003northern hemisphere season and hisGerman crop included Scoubidou, aGroup-winning juvenile in Italy, andEstejo.Estejo comes from a first-rate

German family. His fourth dam Elektraproduced the Preis von Europa winnerEbano and is also the second dam ofElle Danzig, winner of the PremioRoma in 1999 and 2000, afterwinning Germany’s 1,000 Guineasand Oaks in 1998.

CURRAGH. May 21. 4yo+f&m. 8f.1. EMULOUS (GB) 4 9-3 £33,621b f by Dansili - Aspiring Diva (Distant View)O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-DK Weld

2. Lolly For Dolly (IRE) 4 9-3 £9,828b f by Oratorio - Heart Stopping (Chester House)O-D Keoghan B-J Jamgotchian TR-T Stack

3. Kinky Afro (IRE) 4 9-0 £4,655b f by Modigliani - Feet of Flame (Theatrical)O-Phil Cunningham B-S Couldrige TR-JS Moore

Margins 1.75, 3. Time 1:38.95 (slow 1.95). Going Good to firm.


Sire: DANSILI. See race 67.

1st Dam: Aspiring Diva by Distant View. 2 wins 2-3in France, 3rd Prix Herod LR. Dam of 4 winners:2003:DARING DIVA (f Dansili) 2 wins at 2 in France,

Criterium de Vitesse LR.2004: LUCIO BELLO (c Desert Prince) 1 win in Greece.2005: STRIKING SPIRIT (g Oasis Dream) 3 wins 2-4.2007: EMULOUS (f Dansili) 3 wins, Concorde S G3,

TRI Equestrian S G3, Garnet S LR, 2nd KilboyEstate S LR, 3rd Desmond S G3.

2009: Radio Call (c Rail Link) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: QUEEN OF SONG by His Majesty. 14wins, Shuvee H G2, 3rd Apple Blossom H G1. Ownsister to CORMORANT. Dam of LADYAGO (fNorthern Dancer: Audubon Oaks), Private Song (cPrivate Account: 3rd San Bernardino H G2), EasySong (c Easy Goer: 3rd San Marino H LR), WiseWords (c Seattle Slew: 2nd CHBPA Inc. S LR). Thirddam of SPRING MEADOW, CHESTNUT LADY.

Broodmare Sire: DISTANT VIEW. Sire of the damsof 12 Stakes winners. In 2011 - SOLE POWERKyllachy G2, EMULOUS Dansili G3.

The Dansili/Distant View cross has produced:ZACINTO G1, EMULOUS G3, DARING DIVA LR.

77 TRI EQUESTRIAN S G3

Northern DancerPas de NomHis MajestySpring AdieuIle de BourbonKadissyaHigh LineSookeraRaise A NativeGold DiggerIrish RiverLa TriniteRibotFlower BowlTudor MinstrelSwoon’s Tune

DANSILI b 96

ASPIRING DIVA b 98

Danehill

Hasili

Distant View

Queen of Song

Danzig

Razyana

Kahyasi

Kerali

Mr Prospector

Seven Springs

His Majesty

Song Sparrow

EMULOUS b f 2007



Caulfield on So You Think: “He is the star of High Chaparral’s antipodean progeny; hisfirst 13 dams were bred in New Zealand or Australia, his 14th being the British import Juliet”

Lago G1, DREAMAWAY More Than Ready G1,FRANKEL Galileo G1, GOLDEN LILAC Galileo G1,RODERIC O’CONNOR Galileo G1, SEPOY ElusiveQuality G1, SHOCKING Street Cry G1, DUNCANDalakhani G2, ELITE FALLS More Than Ready G2,DO YOU THINK Starcraft G3, NEEDS FURTHEREncosta de Lago G3, ONE LAST DANCE Encostade Lago G3, PRECIOUS LORRAINE Encosta deLago G3, SPLASH POINT Street Cry G3, WINTERBURST Western Winter G3.

The Galileo/Danehill cross has produced: BANC DEFORTUNE G1, CIMA DE TRIOMPHE G1, CUISGHAIRE G1, FRANKEL G1, GOLDEN LILAC G1,RODERIC O’CONNOR G1, TEOFILO G1.

NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialMr ProspectorHopespringseternalLombardAnatevkaNorthern DancerPas de NomHis MajestySpring AdieuSharpen UpDoubly SureLyphardDerna II

GALILEO b 98

SECRET GARDEN b 99

Sadler’s Wells

Urban Sea

Danehill

Chalamont

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Miswaki

Allegretta

Danzig

Razyana

Kris

Durtal

RODERIC O’CONNOR b c 2008

Perhaps because of his considerableimpact on Europe’s Derby and Oaksraces, there was a tendency to forgetthat Sadler’s Wells – himself a winnerof the Irish 2,000 Guineas – alsoexerted a strong influence on theGuineas races. In England he wasrepresented by three winners of thecolts’ race and one of the fillies’. And inIreland he had two winners of the2,000 Guineas and three of the 1,000Guineas.Consequently we shouldn’t be too

amazed that his brilliant son Galileohas supplied the winners of four of2011’s Guineas races, even though hetoo had originally been consideredmore of an influence for middle-distance brilliance. Roderic O’Connorreturned to form at the Curragh toprovide the third of the four Guineaswins – and the third for theGalileo/Danehill cross.Thanks to his win in the Criterium

International, Roderic O’Connor alsoranks alongside Teofilo and Frankel asone of Galileo’s three Gr1 juvenilewinners out of mares by the sprinter-miler Danehill.The bottom half of his pedigree

helps explain his speed and precocity.Roderic O’Connor comes from a familywhich carried the Sangster colourswith distinction. His third dam, Durtal,was a quick-maturing filly who wonthe 1976 Cheveley Park Stakes.Durtal went on to finish second in theFrench 1,000 Guineas.Durtal became the dam of Gildoran,

twice a winner of the Ascot Gold Cupover two and a half miles, but RodericO’Connor’s second dam, the Kris mareChalamont, was a hard-puller who wontwice over six furlongs at two.Sent to Danehill, who sired the

Coronation Stakes winner KissingCousin from another Kris mare,Chalamont produced RodericO’Connor’s dam Secret Garden. Awinner of a seven-furlong Listed raceat Ascot, Secret Garden later won astakes race over 8.5 furlongs in theUSA.

CURRAGH. May 22. 4yo+. 10f 110yds.1. SO YOU THINK (NZ) 5 9-1 £112,241b h by High Chaparral - Triassic (Tights)O-Smith, Magnier, Tabor, Dato Tan,T Yahaya B-MJ Moran, Piper Farm Ltd TR-AP OíBrien

2. Campanologist (USA) 6 9-1 £34,397b h by Kingmambo - Ring of Music (Sadler’s Wells)O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Saeed bin Suroor

3. Famous Name (GB) 6 9-1 £16,293b h by Dansili - Fame At Last (Quest For Fame)O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-DK Weld



Sire: HIGH CHAPARRAL. Sire of 26 Stakes winners.In 2011 - SO YOU THINK Tights G1, HIDDENASSET Zabeel G2, WIGMORE HALL Theatrical G2,BRANDERBURGO Red Ransom LR.

1st Dam: TRIASSIC by Tights. 3 wins in NewZealand, Cambridge Stud Sir Tristram Classic (f) G2.Dam of 7 winners:1996: TYCOON JACK (g Last Tycoon) 3 wins in New

Zealand.1998:CIRCUS DANCE (f Carnegie) 2 wins at 5 in

New Zealand.2000: HIP HIP HOORAY (g Tale of The Cat) 6 wins

in Australia, Hong Kong.2001: (c Carnegie). Died as a foal.2002: (f Almutawakel). Dead.2003: TRIGONOMETRY (c Galileo) 2 wins in

Australia.2004: PRIDE’N’PREJUDICE (f Universal Prince) 4

wins in Australia.2005: LA SOUVENIR (f Nuclear Freeze) Winner in

New Zealand. Broodmare.2006:SO YOU THINK (c High Chaparral) Champion

3yr old colt in Australia in 2009-2010. 9 winsat 2 to 5, Tattersalls Gold Cup G1, LonginesLKS Mackinnon S G1, Rokk Ebony UnderwoodS G1, Tattersall’s WS Cox Plate G1 (twice),Yalumba Caulfield S G1, Z Bloodstock MemsieS G2, High Chaparral EBF Mooresbridge SG3, Gloaming S G3, 2nd Emirates Cantala SG1, Jim Beam Ming Dynasty Quality H LR, 3rdEmirates Melbourne Cup G1.

2008: Now You Know (c Elusive City) in training.2010: (c High Chaparral)

2nd Dam: Astral Row by Long Row. 6 wins in NewZealand, 2nd Evergreen S LR, Otago Mannequin SLR, Waitaki S LR, Geraldine Challenge S LR. Dam ofTRIASSIC (f Tights, see above)

Broodmare Sire: TIGHTS. Sire of the dams of 19Stakes winners. In 2011 - SO YOU THINK HighChaparral G1.

81 TATTERSALLS GOLD CUP G1

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HIGH CHAPARRAL b 99

TRIASSIC b 90

Sadler’s Wells

Kasora

Tights

Astral Row

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Darshaan

Kozana

Nijinsky

Dancealot

Long Row

Pak Bun Bay

SO YOU THINK b h 2006

The list of stallion fees for the 2011Australian season shows HighChaparral in joint-fifth place, at a feeof AUS$99,000 (roughly £65,000).This compares to a fee of ‘only’€25,000 in Ireland, where his fee hasbeen as low as €10,000 in 2009.The fact that High Chaparral is

much higher up the pecking order inAustralia reflects the tremendoussuccess enjoyed by runners he siredduring his seasons in New Zealand.

They include four Gr1-winning sons inShoot Out (AJC Australian Derby),Monaco Consul (Victoria Derby) andDescarado (Caulfield Cup) but theundoubted star among his antipodeanprogeny is So You Think. The WorldThoroughbred Rankings for 2010showed So You Think in joint-fifthplace alongside Rip Van Winkle on afigure of 126. He had earned thereputation as the best horse to haveraced in Australia in recent years witha tally of five Gr1 wins, including twoin the Cox Plate.So You Think has looked equally

formidable on his two appearances inIreland, winning by ten lengths in theGr3 Mooresbridge Stakes and by fourand a half in the Tattersalls Gold Cup.So You Think’s first 13 dams were

bred either in New Zealand orAustralia, his 14th dam being Juliet,an import from Britain born in 1851.As usual, there are far more importedbloodlines among the stallionsresponsible for these mares. So YouThink’s dam, the ten-furlong Gr2winner Triassic, is by Tights. Thisversatile son of Nijinsky won threeGraded stakes at up to nine furlongsat three in California. So You Think’s second dam, the

stakes-placed Astral Row, is by LongRow, whose parents, Linacre andFront Row, were respectivelysuccessful in Ireland’s 2,000 Guineasand 1,000 Guineas. Long Row wonthe Horris Hill Stakes at two and latershowed smart form over a mile.

CURRAGH. May 22. 3yof. 8f.1. MISTY FOR ME (IRE) 9-0 £162,500b f by Galileo - Butterfly Cove (Storm Cat)O-Michael Tabor B-March Thoroughbreds TR-AP O’Brien

2. Together (IRE) 9-0 £53,233b f by Galileo - Shadow Song (Pennekamp)O-Derrick Smith B-Lynch Bages Ltd TR-AP O’Brien

3. Laughing Lashes (USA) 9-0 £25,216grro f by Mr Greeley - Adventure (Unbridled’s Song)O-Mrs J Maxwell Moran B-Runnymede Farm, Robert P Levy TR-Mrs John Harrington

Margins 0.75, 1. Time 1:35.90 (fast 1.10). Going Good.


Sire: GALILEO. See race 80.

1st Dam: Butterfly Cove by Storm Cat. unraced. Ownsister to KAMARINSKAYA. Dam of 2 winners:2005: Showcall (f Kingmambo) ran once.2006: Pedasus (g Fusaichi Pegasus)2007: COME TOUCH THE SUN (f Fusaichi

Pegasus) Winner at 3 in USA.2008:MISTY FOR ME (f Galileo) Champion 2yr old

filly in Ireland and France in 2010. 3 wins, Irish1000 Guineas G1, Moyglare Stud S G1, PrixMarcel Boussac G1, 2nd Debutante S G2.

2009: Twirl (f Galileo) unraced to date.2010: (f Galileo)

2nd Dam: Mr P’s Princess by Mr Prospector. unraced.Dam of FASLIYEV (c Nureyev: Phoenix S G1, Prix MornyG1), KAMARINSKAYA (f Storm Cat: 1000 Guineas TrialS G3), Maderno (g Nureyev: 3rd Greenham S G3)

Broodmare Sire: STORM CAT. Sire of the dams of105 SWs. In 2011 - DIALED IN Mineshaft G1,MISTY FOR ME Galileo G1, DERBAAS Seeking TheGold G2, DENOMINATION Smart Strike G3,KEERTANA Johar G3.

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NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialMr ProspectorHopespringseternalLombardAnatevkaNorthern DancerSouth OceanSecretariatCrimson SaintRaise A NativeGold DiggerNever BendRepercussion

GALILEO b 98

BUTTERFLY COVE b/br 01

Sadler’s Wells

Urban Sea

Storm Cat

Mr P’s Princess

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Miswaki

Allegretta

Storm Bird

Terlingua

Mr Prospector

Anne Campbell

MISTY FOR ME b f 2008

Before breeders swamp Galileo withDanehill mares, it is worth remindingeveryone that the champion sire’s Gr1winners have a wide variety ofbroodmare sires. Among them areMachiavellian, Indian Ridge, Presidium,Stravinsky, Pennekamp, Ahonoora,Storm Cat, Anabaa and Diesis, all ofwhom reinforce the theory that Galileobenefits from a mare whosebackground includes speed or topjuvenile ability. However, there are alsoGr1 winners out of daughters ofCaerleon, Shirley Heights, Darshaanand Erins Isle.Storm Cat, who was America’s

champion sire of two-year-olds onnumerous occasions, appears on thelist thanks to Misty For Me. This fillyestablished herself as one of Galileo’smost precocious daughters with hervictory in the Moyglare Stud Stakesand has since added the Prix MarcelBoussac and Irish 1,000 Guineas. Her stamina ran out in the Oaks,

which isn’t surprising. Misty For Me’sdam, the unraced Butterfly Cove, isout of Mr P’s Princess, which makesher a half-sister to Fasliyev, theoutstanding two-year-old of 1999.Butterfly Cove’s sister Kamarinskayawon the Gr3 Leopardstown 1,000Guineas Trial before being sold for$2.2 million as a three-year-old.Misty For Me’s third dam Anne

Campbell was once honoured with thetitle of Kentucky Broodmare of theYear. Two of her sons raced withdistinction in America’s Triple Crownevents. Her second foal, the triple Gr1winner Desert Wine, finished secondin the Kentucky Derby and thePreakness. And Menifee matchedthese feats 16 years later beforewinning the Gr1 Haskell Invitational.He was by Storm Cat’s son Harlan.Anne Campbell’s third stakes

winner was her Nureyev filly Arsaan, aListed winner over a mile. AnneCampbell also figures as the third damof Les Arcs, winner of the GoldenJubilee Stakes and July Cup.

COLOGNE. May 22. 3yof. 1600m.1. DJUMAMA (IRE) 9-2 £32,759b f by Aussie Rules - Western Sky (Barathea)O-Stall Phillip B-Colin Kennedy TR-Andreas Lowe

2. Dalarna (GER) 9-2 £10,776b f by Dashing Blade - Daily Mail (Konigsstuhl)O-Stall Carpe Diem B-Frau Brigitta & Bernhard Matusche TR-W Hickst

3. Reine Vite (GER) 9-2 £5,603f by Big Shuffle - Reine Galante (Danehill)O-Stall Heideroslein B-Gestut Auenquelle TR-U Ostmann

83 SCHWARZGOLD-RENNEN G3


Manor Stud, the 2003 2,000 Guineaswinner spent his first four seasons at afee of €20,000 at Kildangan Stud.Sarafina comes from his second cropand Wavering from his third.As a son of Sadler’s Wells, Refuse

To Bend was an obvious contender formares by Darshaan. Daughters of thisoutstanding broodmare sire flourishedwith Sadler’s Wells, producing the Gr1winners High Chaparral, Islington,Milan, Quarter Moon, Septimus,Yesterday, Greek Dance and Ebadiyla,and there are also Gr1 winners by hissons Entrepreneur (the fast fillyDamson), Galileo and now Montjeu(the Derby-winning Pour Moi). Although Barathea didn’t sire a Gr1

winner, he had a fine record withDarshaan’s daughters, siring eightstakes winners. Inevitably, plenty ofDarshaan mares were sent to RefuseTo Bend and the partnership has 33foals aged three or over. These 33include three of Refuse To Bend’s fourGroup winners, the third being thedual Gr3 winner Grace O’Malley, andthere is also a Listed winner – Alaiyma– among them. Incidentally, all fourGroup winners are fillies.Wavering’s dam Summertime

Legacy was third in the 2002 PrixSaint-Alary, having won the Gr3 Prixdes Reservoirs at two. Her seconddam, Zawaahy, was a three-parts-sister – by El Gran Senor – to theDerby winner Golden Fleece and thisis also the family of high-class milerand sire Be My Guest.


LONGCHAMP. May 22. 4yo+. 1850m.1. GOLDIKOVA (IRE) 6 8-13 £123,147b m by Anabaa - Born Gold (Blushing Groom)O/B-Wertheimer et Frere TR-F Head

2. Cirrus des Aigles (FR) 5 9-2 £49,267b g by Even Top - Taille de Guepe (Septieme Ciel)O-JCA Dupouy B-Y Lelimouzin, B Deschamps TR-Mme C Barande-Barbe

3. Rajsaman (FR) 4 9-2 £24,634gr c by Linamix - Rose Quartz (Lammtarra)O-Saeed Nasser Al Romaithi B-Haras De Son Altesse L’Aga Khan Scea TR-F Head

Margins Neck, 0.75. Time 1:51.00. Going Good.


Sire: ANABAA. Sire of 82 Stakes winners. In 2011 -ANABANDANA Nureyev G1, GOLDIKOVA BlushingGroom G1, AVENUE Kenmare G3.

1st Dam: BORN GOLD by Blushing Groom. Winnerat 4 in France. Own sister to GOLD SPLASH. Dam of11 winners:1996:GLAMADOUR (f Sanglamore) Winner at 3.1997:GOLD ROUND (f Caerleon) 3 wins at 2 and 3

in France, Prix Cleopatre G3. Dam ofGOLDWAKI (Prix du Lys G3),SPECTACULAIRE (Prix Right Royal LR).

1998:Born Something (f Caerleon) 4 wins at 2, 4and 5 in France, USA, 2nd West VirginiaSenate President’s Cup S LR, 3rd Prix de laGrotte G3. Broodmare.

1999:DEMONIOUS (g Dr Devious) 7 wins at 4 to 8.2000: SUPERFONIC (f Zafonic) Winner at 3.2001:Red Tune (g Green Tune) 3 wins at 3, 6 and 7

in France, 2nd Prix de Guiche G3.2002:GOLD SOUND (g Green Tune) 11 wins, Prix

de Guiche G3, 2nd Prix Noailles G2.2004: NEARTICA (f Sadler’s Wells) Winner at 3.2005:GOLDIKOVA (f Anabaa) Champion older mare

in Europe in 2009 and 2010. 15 wins at 2 to 5,2010 at home, France, USA, Falmouth S G1,Queen Anne S G1, Prix Rothschild G1 (3

86 PRIX D’ISPAHAN G1

times), Prix de la Foret G1, Prix d’Ispahan G1,Prix du Moulin de Longchamp G1, Prix JacquesLe Marois G1, Breeders’ Cup Mile G1 (3times), 2nd Poule d’Essai des Pouliches G1,Prix Jacques Le Marois G1, 3rd Prix de DianeG1, Prix de la Foret G1.

2006: Born Again (f Cape Cross)2007: OCEAN SEVEN (c Green Tune) Winner at 2.2008:GALIKOVA (f Galileo) 3 wins at 2 and 3 in

France, Prix Cleopatre G3.2010: Anodin (c Anabaa)

2nd Dam: RIVIERE D’OR by Lyphard. 4 wins at 2and 3 in France Prix Saint-Alary G1, 2nd Prix MarcelBoussac G1, Prix de Diane G1. Dam of GOLDSPLASH (f Blushing Groom: Coronation S G1, PrixMarcel Boussac G1, 3rd Dubai Poule d’Essai desPouliches G1). Grandam of ROYAL GOD.

Broodmare Sire: BLUSHING GROOM. Sire of thedams of 144 Stakes winners. In 2011 - GALIKOVAGalileo G3, CERES HUNT Coronado’s Quest LR.

NearcticNatalmaAdmiral’s VoyagePetitionerVaguely NobleGay MissileRivermanBergamasqueNasrullahSpring RunWild RiskAimeeNorthern DancerGoofedRivermanGlaneuse

ANABAA b 92

BORN GOLD ch 91

Danzig

Balbonella

Blushing Groom

Riviere d’Or

Northern Dancer

Pas de Nom

Gay Mecene

Bamieres

Red God

Runaway Bride

Lyphard

Gold River

GOLDIKOVA b m 2005

In recording a second successivenarrow victory in the Prix d’Ispahan,Goldikova took her tally of Gr1victories to 13 – a figure matched onlyby America’s Zenyatta and the NewZealand-bred Sunline among theworld’s most prolific distaff performers.Her total has been bettered only bythe legendary American geldings JohnHenry (16 wins at the highest level)and Forego (14), and the Aussiesuperstar Kingston Town (14). Thedaughter of Anabaa is now two Gr1wins ahead of Dahlia and Serena’sSong and three ahead of Miesque, themare to whom she has routinely beencompared, because she was ridden byFreddie Head, the trainer of Goldikova.Goldikova’s dam Born Gold wasn’t

nearly as talented as her sister GoldSplash, who was good enough to winthe Prix Marcel Boussac and theCoronation Stakes. Born Gold, on theother hand, had to travel to Jallais inthe French Provinces to get her headin front, but that hasn’t stopped heroutshining her older sister as abroodmare. Goldikova is one of four Group

winners out of Born Gold and there isa good chance that the youngest ofthe four – Galileo’s Prix Cleopatrewinner Galikova – will also developinto a Gr1 winner.Goldikova is inbred 3 x 4 to

Northern Dancer through Danzig andLyphard. Her third dam Gold Riverproduced only four foals, but left alegacy worthy of a winner of the PrixRoyal-Oak, Prix du Cadran and theArc. Three of Gold River’s foalsbecame stakes winners, and two ofthem – Riviere d’Or and Goldneyev –finished second in a French Classic.Riviere d’Or took second in the Prix deDiane, having earlier won the PrixSaint-Alary.


European PatternMargins Neck, 2.5. Time 1:39.20. Going Soft.


Sire: AUSSIE RULES. Sire of 6 Stakes winners. In2011 - DJUMAMA Barathea G3, CAZALS MujadilLR, STAROS Anshan LR.

1st Dam: Western Sky by Barathea. Own sister toBARATHEA GUEST. Dam of 2 winners:2007: NO SALE (c Namid) 3 wins 3-4 in Cyprus.2008:DJUMAMA (f Aussie Rules) Sold 5,000gns foal

at TADEF, 22,000gns yearling at TADEY.Champion 2yr old filly in Germany in 2010. 3wins at 2 and 3 in Germany, Preis derWinterkonigin G3, Schwarzgold Rennen G3.

2010: (c Dark Angel)

2nd Dam: Western Heights by Shirley Heights.unraced. Dam of BARATHEA GUEST (c Barathea:Greenham S G3, 2nd Grand Criterium G1, 3rd 2000Guineas G1, Premio Vittorio di Capua G1)

Broodmare Sire: BARATHEA. Sire of the dams of 42Stakes winners. In 2011 - CRACKERJACK KINGShamardal G2, MONTEROSSO Dubawi G2,DJUMAMA Aussie Rules G3, EXPANSION Maria’sMon G3, JAKKALBERRY Storming Home G3,KITTENS Redoute’s Choice G3, SAINT ENCOSTAEncosta de Lago G3.

Northern DancerPas de NomHis MajestySpring AdieuLyphardLady RebeccaCrystal PalaceAllaraNorthern DancerFairy BridgeHabitatCanton SilkMill ReefHardiemmaAlcideWestern Air

AUSSIE RULES gr/ro 03

WESTERN SKY ch 03

Danehill

Last Second

Barathea

Western Heights

Danzig

Razyana

Alzao

Alruccaba

Sadler’s Wells

Brocade

Shirley Heights

Western Star

DJUMAMA b f 2008

COLOGNE. May 22. 3yoc&f. 1600m.1. EXCELEBRATION (IRE) 9-2 £86,207b c by Exceed And Excel - Sun Shower (Indian Ridge)O-Giuliano Manfredini B-Owenstown Stud TR-M Botti

2. Gereon (GER) 9-2 £25,862b c by Next Desert - Golden Time (Surumu)O-C Zschache B-Gestut Ebbesloh TR-C Zschache

3. Acadius (GER) 9-2 £11,207ch c by Lord of England - Amouage (Tiger Hill)O-Stall Lucky Owner B-Stall Pontresina TR-J-P Carvalho

Margins 7, 0.5. Time 1:36.20. Going Soft.


Sire: EXCEED AND EXCEL. Sire of 34 Stakeswinners. In 2011 - HELMET Singspiel G1,EXCELEBRATION Indian Ridge G2, NIDEEB In TheWings G3, ANEVAY Hennessy LR, CANALI BaratheaLR, CHINCHILLA Eternity Range LR, REBEL CALLEncosta de Lago LR, SPIN CYCLE Spinning WorldLR, WAVEBANDWolfhound LR.

1st Dam: Sun Shower by Indian Ridge. Dam of 2winners:2006: MULL OF KILLOUGH (g Mull of Kintyre) 3

wins at 3.2007: Tashzara (f Intikhab)2008:EXCELEBRATION (c Exceed And Excel) Sold

10,503gns foal at GONO1, 19,047gnsyearling at DNSLY. 3 wins at 2 and 3 at home,Germany, Mehl-Mulhens Rennen G2, 2ndGreenham S G3.

Broodmare Sire: INDIAN RIDGE. Sire of the damsof 45 Stakes winners. In 2011 - EXCELEBRATIONExceed And Excel G2, INDIAN DAYS Daylami G3,ERADICATE Montjeu LR, MISTER SNOWBALLBallingarry LR.

The Exceed And Excel/Indian Ridge cross hasproduced: EXCELEBRATION G2, Lukrecia G3.

84 MEHL-MUELHENS-RENNEN G2

Northern DancerPas de NomHis MajestySpring AdieuNorthern DancerMy CharmerWatch Your StepBack BritchesLorenzaccioHelen NicholsSwing EasyGolden CityKnown FactSlightly DangerousLe LevanstellMariel

EXCEED AND EXCEL b 00

SUN SHOWER br 01

Danehill

Patrona

Indian Ridge

Miss Kemble

Danzig

Razyana

Lomond

Gladiolus

Ahonoora

Hillbrow

Warning

Sarah Siddons

EXCELEBRATION b c 2008

LONGCHAMP. May 22. 3yof. 2000m.1. WAVERING (IRE) 9-0 £123,147b f by Refuse To Bend - Summertime Legacy (Darshaan)O-Godolphin SNC B-Darley TR-A Fabre

2. Epic Love (IRE) 9-0 £49,267b f by Dansili - Leopard Hunt (Diesis)O-James Richard Treptow B-Round Hill Stud TR-P Bary

3. Nonsuch Way (IRE) 9-0 £24,634gr f by Verglas - Lucky Lune (Priolo)O-Gerard Augustin-Normand B-Ecurie Skymarc Farm TR-F Vermeulen

Margins Short neck, neck. Time 2:05.80. Going Good.


Sire: REFUSE TO BEND. Sire of 12 SWs. In 2011 -WAVERING Darshaan G1, SARAFINA Darshaan G2,RIGHT OF REFUSAL Quest For Fame LR.

1st Dam: SUMMERTIME LEGACY by Darshaan. 2wins at 2 in France, Prix des Reservoirs G3, 3rd PrixSaint-Alary G1. Dam of 3 winners:2004: Hurricane Irene (f Green Desert) unraced.2005: Lavender And Lace (f Barathea) ran.2006:Mister Green (g Green Desert) 4 wins at 2, 4

and 5, 3rd Winter Derby Trial S LR.2007: ATLANTIC TIGER (g Tiger Hill) 2 wins at 3.2008:WAVERING (f Refuse To Bend) 2 win, Prix

Saint-Alary G1, 3rd Prix Cleopatre G3.2009: Mandaean (c Manduro) unraced to date.2010: (c Manduro)

2nd Dam: ZAWAAHY by El Gran Senor. 1 win at 3.Dam of SUMMERTIME LEGACY.

Broodmare Sire: DARSHAAN. See race 100.

The Refuse To Bend/Darshaan cross has produced:SARAFINA G1, WAVERING G1, GRACE O’MALLEYG3, ALAIYMA LR.

85 PRIX SAINT-ALARY G1

NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialMr ProspectorJameelaGrenfallMy PolyMill ReefHardiemmaAbdosKeltyNorthern DancerSex AppealVaguely NobleRare Treat

REFUSE TO BEND b 00

SUMMERTIME LEGACY b 99

Sadler’s Wells

Market Slide

Darshaan

Zawaahy

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Gulch

Grenzen

Shirley Heights

Delsy

El Gran Senor

Exotic Treat

WAVERING b f 2008

For a stallion whose fee has fallen to£4,500, Refuse To Bend achieved aremarkable feat in coming up with thewinner of the Gr1 Prix Saint-Alary fora second successive year. His firstwinner, Sarafina, developed into achampion at three and the future alsolooks bright for his latest winner of theSaint-Alary, Wavering, who looks likelyto be suited by a mile and a half.Although Refuse To Bend is now

inexpensively priced at Whitsbury



Caulfield on Wavering: “She is Refuse To Bend’s second successive winner of the Prix Saint-Alary, after champion Sarafina, a remarkable feat for a stallion whose fee has fallen to £4,500”

LONGCHAMP. May 22. 4yo+. 3100m.1. BRIGANTIN (USA) 4 8-11 £63,879ch c by Cozzene - Banyu Dewi (Poliglote)O-Team Valor B-Team Valor, Mme A Fabre, Denali Stud And Partners TR-A Fabre

2. Dunaden (FR) 5 8-11 £24,655b h by Nicobar - La Marlia (Kaldounevees)O-Pearl Bloodstock Ltd B-Count Edouard Decazes TR-M Delzangles

3. Marinous (FR) 5 9-0 £11,767bl h by Numerous - Marende (Panoramic)O-Saeed Nasser Al Romaithi B-David, Julien And Virginie Elias de Proenca TR-F Head

Margins Short head, 2. Time 3:31.60. Going Good.


Sire: COZZENE. Sire of 68 Stakes winners. In 2011- BRIGANTIN Poliglote G2.

1st Dam: BANYU DEWI by Poliglote. 3 wins,Kronimus Rennen LR, 2nd Preis der WinterkoniginG3, 3rd Long Island H G2. Dam of 3 winners:2006: BANERJI (c Gulch) 2 wins 2-3 in France.2007: BRIGANTIN (c Cozzene) 4 wins, Prix

Vicomtesse Vigier G2, Prix de Lutece G3, 2ndDerby du Midi LR, Coupe des Trois Ans LR.

2008:Nobel Winner (c Grand Slam) Winner at 2 inFrance, 2nd Prix de Guiche G3.

2010: (f Azamour)

2nd Dam: Bennetta by Top Ville. unraced. Dam ofBANYUMANIK (c Perugino: Grosser Preis derDortmunder Wirtschaft G3 (twice), Jaguar-Meile G3),BELLA AMICA (f Black Sam Bellamy: Premio PaoloMezzanotte LR), Borobudur (g Mister Rock’s: 3rdBadener Steher Cup LR, Mulheim Stehercup LR).Grandam of BALI’S GUEST, BEIRAMAR, Bolivia.

Broodmare Sire: POLIGLOTE. Sire of the dams of 5SWs. In 2011 - BRIGANTIN Cozzene G2, MADSPEED Mad Champ G2, CATCH THE MAD CatcherIn The Rye G3.

87 PRIX VICOMTESSE VIGIER G2

Grey SovereignRanavalo IIIChamossaireLife HillPrincequilloNot AfraidSir GaylordBlue CanoeNorthern DancerFairy BridgeVal de L’OrneApacheeHigh TopSega VilleHard To BeatIndienne

COZZENE gr 80

BANYU DEWI b 99

Caro

Ride The Trails

Poliglote

Bennetta

Fortino II

Chambord

Prince John

Wildwook

Sadler’s Wells

Alexandrie

Top Ville

Indigene

BRIGANTIN ch c 2007

MUNICH. May 22. 3yo. 2000m.1. MAWINGO (GER) 9-2 £27,586b c by Tertullian - Montfleur (Sadler’s Wells)O/B-Gestut Schlenderhan TR-J Hirchberger

2. Arrigo (GER) 9-2 £9,483b c by Shirocco - Aiyana (Last Tycoon)O/B-Gestut Schlenderhan TR-J Hirchberger

3. Silvaner (GER) 9-2 £4,741b c by Lomitas - Suisun (Monsun)O-Frau M Herbert B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof TR-P Schiergen

Margins Nose, 3. Time 2:07.18. Going Good.


Sire: TERTULLIAN. Sire of 12 Stakes winners. In2011 - ILLO Konigsstuhl G3, MAWINGO Sadler’sWells G3, RUSSIAN TANGO Laroche LR.

1st Dam: Montfleur by Sadler’s Wells. ran twice at 3.Dam of 2 winners:2007: MOUNTAIN ROSE (f Tiger Hill) Winner at 3.2008:MAWINGO (c Tertullian) 2 wins at 3 in

Germany, Bavarian Classic G3, 3rdFruhjahrspreis des Bankhauses Metzler G3.

2009: Mystique (f Monsun) unraced to date.2010: Magali (f Monsun)

88 BAVARIAN CLASSIC G3

2nd Dam: MACKIE by Summer Squall. 3 wins,Busher H G3, 3rd Ashland S G1. Dam of MRMELLON (c Red Ransom: Arlington Classic S G2),SEEKING THE BEST (c Seeking The Gold:Chunichi Sports Hai Musashino S G3), Danebury Hill(c Danehill: 3rd Solario S G3), Beaucette (f MrProspector: 2nd Golden Poppy H). Grandam ofKRISTALI.

Broodmare Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of thedams of 252 SWs. In 2011 - STAND TO GAIN HawkWing G1, FEARS NOTHING Faltaat G2, BANKABLEMedicean G3, CASTLETHORPE Not A Single DoubtG3, COSMO MEADOW King’s Best G3, I’M ADREAMER Noverre G3, MAWINGO Tertullian G3.

Raise A NativeGold DiggerBuckpasserRose BowerSharpen UpTrephineLombardAnatevkaNearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialStorm BirdWeekend SurpriseGraustarkAdmiring

TERTULLIAN b 95

MONTFLEUR b 2002

Miswaki

Turbaine

Sadler’s Wells

Mackie

Mr Prospector

Hopespringseternal

Trempolino

Allegretta

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Summer Squall

Glowing Tribute

MAWINGO b c 2008

CURRAGH. May 22. 3yo. 10f.1. ALEXANDER POPE (IRE) 9-1 £29,418b c by Danehill Dancer - Starship (Galileo)O-Derrick Smith B-T Hirschfeld TR-AP O’Brien

2. Moriarty (IRE) 9-1 £8,599b c by Clodovil - Justice System (Criminal Type)O-Michael Pescod, Justin Dowley B-Rathasker Stud TR-R Hannon

3. Smartcity (USA) 9-1 £4,073ch c by Smarty Jones - Gossamer (Seattle Slew)O-Peter Thomas B-Airlie Stud TR-Andrew Oliver

Margins 1.75, head. Time 2:08.46 (slow 3.46).Going Good.


Sire: DANEHILL DANCER. Sire of 126 Stakes winners. In 2011 - ATOMIC FORCE Luskin Star G1,PLANTEUR Giant’s Causeway G1, ALEXANDERPOPE Galileo G3, JUSTAROUNDMIDNIGHTMachiavellian G3, BEATRICE AURORE RainbowQuest LR, UNACCOMPANIED Sadler’s Wells LR,WESTPHALIA Lyphard LR.

1st Dam: STARSHIP by Galileo. 3 wins at 2 and 3.Dam of 1 winner:2008:ALEXANDER POPE (c Danehill Dancer) Sold

100,000gns foal at TADEF. 2 wins at 2, AirlieStud Gallinule S G3, 3rd Dylan Thomas EBFTetrarch S LR.

2009: Pickled Pelican (c Dylan Thomas)2010: (c Duke of Marmalade)

2nd Dam: Council Rock by General Assembly. Damof SUPERSTAR LEO (f College Chapel: PolypipeFlying Childers S G2, 2nd Independent Heinz 57Phoenix S G1, Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp G1).Grandam of ENTICING, December Draw.

Broodmare Sire: GALILEO. Sire of the dams of 3Stakes winners. In 2011 - ALEXANDER POPEDanehill Dancer G3, SINGLE SPICE Not A SingleDoubt LR.

89 GALLINULE S G3

Northern DancerPas de NomHis MajestySpring AdieuAtanRocchettaCaroLiangaNorthern DancerFairy BridgeMiswakiAllegrettaSecretariatExclusive DancerGreen DancerCroda Rossa

DANEHILL DANCER b 93

STARSHIP b 2003

Danehill

Mira Adonde

Galileo

Council Rock

Danzig

Razyana

Sharpen Up

Lettre d’Amour

Sadler’s Wells

Urban Sea

General Assembly

Dancing Rocks

ALEXANDER POPE b c 2008

SAINT-CLOUD. May 23. 4yo+f&m. 2100m.1. SARAFINA (FR) 4 9-2 £63,879b f by Refuse To Bend - Sanariya (Darshaan)O/B-HH The Aga Khan TR-A de Royer-Dupre

2. Announce (GB) 4 8-11 £24,655ch f by Selkirk - Hachita (Gone West)O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-A Fabre

3. One Clever Cat (IRE) 5 8-9 £11,767b m by One Cool Cat - Burn Baby Burn (King’s Theatre)O-P Hendrickx B-G Mulligan TR-T Clout

Margins 2, 1.5. Time 2:10.50. Going Good to soft.


Sire: REFUSE TO BEND. Sire of 12 SWs. In 2011 -WAVERING Darshaan G1, SARAFINA Darshaan G2.

1st Dam: Sanariya by Darshaan. Dam of 6 winners:2001: SANADA (f Priolo) Winner at 3 in France.2002: SANAGORA (f Mujadil) 2 wins at 3 in France.2003: SANAYA (f Barathea) 4 wins, Prix Casimir

Delamarre LR, Cape Verdi S LR, 2nd Prix Saint-Alary G1.

2005:Sanjida (f Polish Precedent) Winner at 2, 2ndPrix Charles Laffitte LR, Prix Volterra LR, PrixOccitanie LR, 3rd Prix Cleopatre G3, Prix deConde G3, Prix Penelope G3.

2006: Sanabyra (f Kahyasi) unraced.2007: SARAFINA (f Refuse To Bend). 4 wins, Prix de

Diane G1, Prix Saint-Alary G1, Prix Corrida G2,2nd Prix Ganay G1, 3rd Prix de l’Arc deTriomphe G1, Prix Vermeille G1.

2008:SANDAGIYR (c Dr Fong) 2 wins at 3 inFrance, Prix de Pontarme LR.

2nd Dam: Sanamia by Top Ville. 1 win at 3, 3rdChallenge Race LR.

Broodmare Sire: DARSHAAN. See race 100

The Refuse To Bend/Darshaan cross has produced:SARAFINA G1, WAVERING G1, GRACE O’MALLEYG3, ALAIYMA LR.

90 PRIX CORRIDA G2

NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialMr ProspectorJameelaGrenfallMy PolyMill ReefHardiemmaAbdosKeltyHigh TopSega VilleRelkoSursum Corda

REFUSE TO BEND b 00

SANARIYA b/br 96

Sadler’s Wells

Market Slide

Darshaan

Sanamia

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Gulch

Grenzen

Shirley Heights

Delsy

Top Ville

Santalina

SARAFINA b f 2007

SANDOWN PARK. May 26. 4yo+. 10f 7yds.1. WORKFORCE (GB) 4 9-7 £28,385b c by King’s Best - Soviet Moon (Sadler’s Wells)O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-Sir Michael Stoute

2. Poet (GB) 6 9-0 £10,760b h by Pivotal - Hyabella (Shirley Heights)O-HE Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan B-Meon Valley Stud TR-CG Cox

3. Jan Vermeer (IRE) 4 9-0 £5,385b c by Montjeu - Shadow Song (Pennekamp)O-M Tabor, D Smith, Mrs J Magnier B-Shadow Song Syndicate TR-AP O’Brien

Margins 1, 11. Time 2:09.97 (slow 2.97). Going Good to soft.


Sire: KING’S BEST. Sire of 39 Stakes winners. In2011 - COSMO MEADOW Sadler’s Wells G3,WORKFORCE Sadler’s Wells G3.

1st Dam: Soviet Moon by Sadler’s Wells. unraced.Own sister to BRIAN BORU, KITTY O’SHEA andKushnarenkovo. Dam of 3 winners:2005: ROCKET LAUNCH (c Oasis Dream) 4 wins at

3 to 5 in Greece.

91 BRIGADIER GERARD S G3

2006: EXTREME IMPACT (g Rock of Gibraltar) 2wins over hurdles at 4 and 5.

2007:WORKFORCE (c King’s Best) 4 wins, Derby SG1, Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe G1, BrigadierGerard S G3, 2nd Dante S G2.

2008: Spectacle (f Dalakhani)2009: Moonship (c Halling) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: EVA LUNA by Alleged. 4 wins at 4 and 5Park Hill S G3. Own sister to Petralona. Dam ofBRIAN BORU (c Sadler’s Wells: Seabiscuit St LegerS G1, Racing Post Trophy G1, 2nd Irish Field Irish StLeger G1, 3rd Pattison Canadian International S G1(twice)), MOON SEARCH (f Rainbow Quest: Prix deRoyallieu Hotel du Golf Barriere G2), KITTY O’SHEA(f Sadler’s Wells: EBF Park Express S LR),Kushnarenkovo (f Sadler’s Wells: 2nd Kerry GroupEBF Noblesse S G3). Grandam of Kissable,Kingdom of Munster, Cinders And Ashes.

Broodmare Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of thedams of 252 Stakes winners. In 2011 - STAND TOGAIN Hawk Wing G1, FEARS NOTHING Faltaat G2,BANKABLE Medicean G3, CASTLETHORPE Not ASingle Doubt G3, COSMO MEADOW King’s BestG3, I’M A DREAMER Noverre G3, MAWINGOTertullian G3, WORKFORCE King’s Best G3.

The King’s Best/Sadler’s Wells cross has produced:BEST ALIBI G1, CREACHADOIR G1, RUNAWAYG1, WORKFORCE G1, COSMO MEADOW G2.

Raise A NativeGold DiggerNureyevPasadobleAgioPromised LadyEspressoAlmyraNearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialHoist The FlagPrincess PoutStar AppealSounion

KING’S BEST b 97

SOVIET MOON b 2001

Kingmambo

Allegretta

Sadler’s Wells

Eva Luna

Mr Prospector

Miesque

Lombard

Anatevka

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Alleged

Media Luna

WORKFORCE b c 2007

SANDOWN PARK. May 26. 4yo+. 16f 78yds.1. BLUE BAJAN (IRE) 9 9-2 £45,416b g by Montjeu - Gentle Thoughts (Darshaan)O/B-Dr John Hollowood TR-David O’Meara

2. Montaff (GB) 5 9-2 £17,216b g by Montjeu - Meshhed (Gulch)O-Barry Walters Catering B-Barry Walters TR-MR Channon

3. Holberg (UAE) 5 9-2 £8,616b h by Halling - Sweet Willa (Assert)O-Godolphin B-Darley TR-Saeed bin Suroor

Margins 2.5, 0.5. Time 3:41.33 (slow 7.33). Going Good to soft.


Sire: MONTJEU. Sire of 99 Stakes winners. In 2011 -BLUE BAJAN Darshaan G2, POUR MOI DarshaanG2, RECITAL Kendor G2, ASKAR TAU AcatenangoG3, GOLDEN PARACHUTE Volksraad G3, STNICHOLAS ABBEY Sure Blade G3, FAME ANDGLORY Shirley Heights LR, MASKED MARVEL Markof Esteem LR, MONTAHLIA Zabeel LR, MR TIPSYCasual Lies LR, BUDAPEST Doyoun LR,ERADICATE Indian Ridge LR, HURRICANE FLYKenmare LR, NOBLE PRINCE Dashing Blade LR.

1st Dam: Gentle Thoughts by Darshaan. Own sisterto FIRECREST. Dam of 5 winners:2000: Sadler’s Pride (g Sadler’s Wells)2002: BLUE BAJAN (g Montjeu) 12 wins, Henry II S

G2, 2nd Yorkshire Cup G2 (twice), Huxley SG3, Churchill S LR, Winter Derby Trial S LR,3rd Gala S LR, Swinton H Hurdle G3, 3rdFighting Fifth Hurdle G1, Christmas Hurdle G1.

2003: PICACHO (f Sinndar) 4 wins. Broodmare.2004: NAUGHTY THOUGHTS (f Grand Lodge) 4

wins at 4.2005: BLACK OR RED (g Cape Cross) 2 wins at 4.2006: AINE’S DELIGHT (f King’s Best) 5 wins.2009: (c Kayf Tara)

2nd Dam: TREFOIL by Blakeney. 3 wins at 3 and 4

92 HENRY II S G2



2008:DANEDREAM (f Lomitas) Sold 7,585gns 2yo.2 wins, Oaks d’Italia G2, 3rd Derby Italiano G2,Preis der Winterkonigin G3, Criterium du FEELR, Oppenheim-Rennen LR.

2009: (c Soldier Hollow)

2nd Dam: Rose Bonbon by High Top. 1 win at 3 inFrance, 2nd Prix de Thiberville LR. Grandam ofROSEANNA, Saratoga Black. Third dam ofMalinche.

Broodmare Sire: DANEHILL. Sire of the dams of 164SWs. In 2011 - ALOHA Encosta de LagoG1,DREAMAWAYMore Than ReadyG1, FRANKEL GalileoG1, GOLDEN LILAC GalileoG1, RODERICO’CONNOR GalileoG1, SEPOY Elusive QualityG1,SHOCKING Street CryG1, DANEDREAM LomitasG2,DUNCAN DalakhaniG2, ELITE FALLSMore ThanReadyG2, DO YOU THINK StarcraftG3, FALINOFusaichi PegasusG3, NEEDS FURTHER Encosta deLagoG3, ONE LAST DANCE Encosta de LagoG3,PRECIOUS LORRAINE Encosta de LagoG3, SPLASHPOINT Street CryG3, WINTER BURSTWestern WinterG3, AGISTERMossman LR, BENFICA Lonhro LR,EMMROOZ Red Ransom LR, IRONSTEIN Zabeel LR,LUDKA Singspiel LR, MR BIG Elusive Quality LR,OLDER THAN TIME Don Eduardo LR, PINWHEELLonhro LR, REEM Galileo LR.

Lomitas/Danehill cross has produced: DANEDREAMG2, Rosa di Brema G1, Gweebarra G3.

Northern DancerFlaming PageTom RolfeRidin’ EasyLiteratSuramaKronzeugeLove InNorthern DancerPas de NomHis MajestySpring AdieuDerring-DoCamenaeViolon d’IngresMoss Rose II

LOMITAS ch 88

DANEDROP b 99

Niniski

La Colorada

Danehill

Rose Bonbon

Nijinsky

Virginia Hills

Surumu

La Dorada

Danzig

Razyana

High Top

Lady Berry

DANEDREAM b f 2008

LEOPARDSTOWN. May 29. 3yo+. 7f.1. BEWITCHED (IRE) 4 9-9 £32,220gr f by Dansili - Abbatiale (Kaldoun)O-Mrs John Magnier B-JC Coude TR-C O’Brien

2. Zoffany (IRE) 3 9-3 £9,418b c by Dansili - Tyranny (Machiavellian)O-M Tabor, D Smith, Mrs J Magnier B-Epona Bloodstock Ltd TR-AP O’Brien

3. Glor Na Mara (IRE) 3 8-12 £4,461b c by Leroidesanimaux - Sister Angelina (Saint Ballado) O-Mrs JS Bolger B/TR-JS Bolger

Margins 1.25, short head. Time 1:30.55 (slow 5.25).Going Good to firm.


Sire: DANSILI. Sire of 52 SWs. In 2011 - AVIATE IrishRiverG2, DANDINO GenerousG2, DELEGATOR EfisioG2, BEWITCHED KaldounG3, EMULOUS DistantViewG3, EPIC LOVE DiesisG3, FAMOUS NAMEQuest For FameG3, SURFRIDER RahyG3.

1st Dam: ABBATIALE by Kaldoun. 3 wins, PrixPenelope G3, 2nd Prix de Diane G1. Own sister toAUBERGADE. Dam of 5 winners:2000: Atmosphere (f Barathea) Broodmare.2001: APOSTROPHE (f Barathea) Winner at 4.2002: ARLINGTON (c Desert Prince) Winner at 3.2003: AVORIAZ (g Desert Prince) Winner at 4.2006: PETER TCHAIKOVSKY (g Dansili) 2 wins 2-3.2007: BEWITCHED (f Dansili) Sold 112,044gns

yearling. 7 win, Ballycorus S G3, Bengough SG3, Renaissance S G3, Sandy Lane S LR,Sweet Mimosa S LR, 3rd Phoenix Sprint S G3,Land O’Burns S LR.

2008: Armoirie (f Azamour) in training.2009: Attachante (f Teofilo) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: Anna Edes by Fabulous Dancer. Dam ofAUBERGADE (f Kaldoun: Prix Rose de Mai LR).

Broodmare Sire: KALDOUN. Sire of the dams of 42Stakes winners. In 2011 - BEWITCHED Dansili G3.

97 BALLYCORUS S G3

Northern DancerPas de NomHis MajestySpring AdieuIle de BourbonKadissyaHigh LineSookeraFortino IIChambordLe HaarEmbellieNorthern DancerLast of The LineJim FrenchAlmyre

DANSILI b 96

ABBATIALE gr 95

Danehill

Hasili

Kaldoun

Anna Edes

Danzig

Razyana

Kahyasi

Kerali

Caro

Katana

Fabulous Dancer

Abbey

BEWITCHED gr f 2007

EPSOM DOWNS. June 3. 3yof. 12f 10yds.1. DANCING RAIN (IRE) 9-0 £184,503ch f by Danehill Dancer - Rain Flower (Indian Ridge)O-MJ Taylor, LA Taylor B-Swettenham Stud TR-WJ Haggas

2. Wonder of Wonders (USA) 9-0 £69,940b f by Kingmambo - All Too Beautiful (Sadler’s Wells)O-M Tabor B-Liberty Bloodstock TR-AP O’Brien

3. Izzi Top (GB) 9-0 £35,003b f by Pivotal - Zee Zee Top (Zafonic)O-Helena Springfield Ltd B-Meon Valley Stud TR-JHM Gosden

98 OAKS S G1

BADEN-BADEN. May 29. 4yo+. 3200m.1. TRES ROCK DANON (FR) 5 9-2 £27,586b h by Rock of Gibraltar - Tres Ravi (Monsun)O-Stall DíAngelo B-Haras De Chevotel, Morton Bloodstock TR-W Hickst

2. Earlsalsa (GER) 7 9-0 £9,483b h by Kingsalsa - Earthly Paradise (Dashing Blade)O-Blankenese B-H Gutschow TR-C Von Der Recke

3. Flamingo Fantasy (GER) 6 8-11 £4,741ch h Fantastic Light - Flamingo Road (Acatenango)O/B-Gestut Park Wiedingen TR-S Smrczek

Margins Head, 0.75. Time 3:27.25. Going Good.


Sire: ROCK OF GIBRALTAR. Sire of 64 SWs. In2011 - EISHIN OSMAN Luhuk G2, TRES ROCKDANON Monsun G3.

1st Dam: Tres Ravi by Monsun. Winner at 3, 2nd Prixde la Nonette G3. Dam of 4 winners:2002: Tres Preneur (c Entrepreneur) unraced.2003: TRES BRAVE (c Fasliyev) Winner at 2.2004: TRES FINE (f Kutub) Winner at 3 in France.2005: Tres Rapide (f Anabaa Blue) 2 wins, 2nd Prix

de Royallieu G2, Grosser Preis der BadischenUnternehmen G2.

2006: TRES ROCK DANON (c Rock of Gibraltar) 6wins, Grosser Ehrmann Steher Cup G3 (twice),Rossmann Rennen G3, Silbernes Band derRuhr LR, 2nd Prix Denisy LR.

2007: Tres American Girl (f American Post)2008: Tres Americanqueen (f American Post)2009: Tres Dance (f Sinndar) unraced to date.

2nd Dam: Tres Magnifique by Gay Fandango. 1 winat 2, 2nd Ludwig Goebels-Erinnerungsrennen G3, 3rdARAG Schwarzgold-Rennen G2. Dam of TRESHEUREUX (c Konigsstuhl: G P von Dusseldorf StadtSparkasse G2).

Broodmare Sire: MONSUN. BM sire of 9 SWs. In2011 - TRES ROCK DANON Rock of Gibraltar G3.

96 OLEANDER-RENNEN G3

Northern DancerPas de NomHis MajestySpring AdieuNorthern DancerWhat A TreatBold LadRiver LadyDschingis KhanKonigskronungSurumuMonasiaForliGay ViolinOrsiniTosca Bella

ROCK OF GIBRALTAR b 99

TRES RAVI br 97

Danehill

Offshore Boom

Monsun

Tres Magnifique

Danzig

Razyana

Be My Guest

Push A Button

Konigsstuhl

Mosella

Gay Fandango

Toscadora

TRES ROCK DANON b h 2006


European Patternin France. Dam of FIRECREST (f Darshaan: GaltresS LR). Grandam of NOBLE OPINION. Third dam ofSET ALIGHT.

Broodmare Sire: DARSHAAN. Sire of the dams of 165SWs. In 2011 - WAVERING Refuse To BendG1, BLUEBAJANMontjeuG2, POUR MOIMontjeuG2,SARAFINA Refuse To BendG2, CLAREMONT Sadler’sWells LR, DREAM PEACE Dansili LR, GENKI ShinkoForest LR, SANDAGIYR Dr Fong LR, SIR EAGLESDiamond Green LR, PRINCETON PLAINS Tagula LR.

The Montjeu/Darshaan cross has produced: HONOLULU G1, BLUE BAJAN G2, POUR MOI G2,LION SANDS G3.

NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialHigh TopSega VilleTennysonAdele ToumignonMill ReefHardiemmaAbdosKeltyHethersettWindmill GirlPrimeraFlower Dance

MONTJEU b 96

GENTLE THOUGHTS b 95

Sadler’s Wells

Floripedes

Darshaan

Trefoil

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Top Ville

Toute Cy

Shirley Heights

Delsy

Blakeney

First Bloom

BLUE BAJAN b g 2002

HAYDOCK PARK. May 28. 4yo+. 7f.1. THE CHEKA (IRE) 5 9-0 £28,385b g by Xaar - Veiled Beauty (Royal Academy)O-Anthony Pye-Jeary, Mel Smith B-James Robert Mitchell TR-Eve Johnson Houghton

2. Regal Parade (GB) 7 9-0 £10,760ch g by Pivotal - Model Queen (Kingmambo)O-Dab Hand Racing B-Highclere Stud, Harry Herbert TR-D Nicholls

3. Doncaster Rover (USA) 5 9-0 £5,385b h by War Chant - Rebridled Dreams (Unbridled’s Song) O-P Holling, I Raeburn, S Halsall, S Bolland B-Coffeepot Stable TR-David Brown

Margins 1.25, short head. Time 1:29.37 (slow 4.07).Going Good to firm.


Sire: XAAR. Sire of 29 SWs. In 2011 - XTENSIONGrand Lodge G1, THE CHEKA Royal Academy G3.

1st Dam: Veiled Beauty by Royal Academy. ran onthe flat in France at 3. Dam of 3 winners:2005: VETTORENJOY (g Vettori) Winner at 3.2006: THE CHEKA (g Xaar) Sold 62,000gns foal,

58,000gns yearling. 3 wins, John of Gaunt SG3, 2nd Gladness S G3, Solario S G3, 3rdBet365 Mile G2.

2007: (f Noverre)2008: AZLAA (f Dubawi) Winner at 2.2009: (f Byron)

2nd Dam: Model Bride by Blushing Groom. unraced.Dam of ARABRIDE (f Unfuwain: Prix de la CalonneLR). Grandam of REGAL PARADE.

Broodmare Sire: ROYAL ACADEMY. Sire of the damsof 90 SWs. In 2011 - THE PARTY STAND Thorn ParkG1, HEART OF DREAMS Show A HeartG2, JOHANNZOFFANY GalileoG2, VOO LIVRE Northern AfleetG2,HITCHENS AcclamationG3, THE CHEKA XaarG3,UNO AMORE MIO Signal TapG3.

93 JOHN OF GAUNT S G3

Mr ProspectorSecrettameThe MinstrelMofidaSir GaylordAtticaTraffic JudgeStolen HourNorthern DancerFlaming PageCrimson SatanBolero RoseRed GodRunaway BrideRight TackWold Lass

XAAR b 95

VEILED BEAUTY b 2000

Zafonic

Monroe

Royal Academy

Model Bride

Gone West

Zaizafon

Sir Ivor

Best In Show

Nijinsky

Crimson Saint

Blushing Groom

Mofida

THE CHEKA b g 2006

MILAN. May 29. 3yo+. 1600m.1. WORTHADD (IRE) 4 9-7 £60,344b c by Dubawi - Wigman (Rahy)O-Incolinx B-Compagnia Generale TR-V Caruso

2. Vanjura (GER) 4 9-4 £26,551ch f by Areion - Venia Legendi (Zinaad)O-M Barth B-J-C Haimet, J-P Liberge TR-R Dzubasz

3. Rockhorse (IRE) 6 9-5 £14,482ch g by Rock of Gibraltar - Maelalong (Maelstrom Lake) O-Aldo & Carlo Borsani B-Camma Sas TR-B Grizzetti



Sire: DUBAWI. Sire of 27 Stakes winners. In 2011 -MONTEROSSO Barathea G2, WORTHADD RahyG2, DUBAWI HEIGHTS Suave Dancer G3,PERFECT TRIBUTE Invincible Spirit G3.

1st Dam: WIGMAN by Rahy. 3 wins at 3 and 4 inItaly. Dam of 1 winner:2006: (c Xaar)2007:WORTHADD (c Dubawi) 8 wins, Derby Italiano

G2, Premio Carlo Vittadini G2, Premio RibotG2, Premio Parioli G3, Premio Gardone LR,2nd Lockinge S G1, 3rd Premio Vittorio diCapua G1.

2009:Wognan (c One Cool Cat)

2nd Dam: URJWAN by Seattle Slew. 1 win at 3. Damof HISTORIC (g Sadler’s Wells: Prestige Novices’Hurdle G2, Long Distance Hurdle G1. Grandam ofDAI JIN.

Broodmare Sire: RAHY. Sire of the dams of 81Stakes winners. In 2011 - WORTHADD Dubawi G2,DOUBLES PARTNER Rock Hard Ten G3, RAHY’SATTORNEY Crown Attorney G3, SCHRAMSBERGStorm Cat G3, SURFRIDER Dansili G.

The Dubawi/Rahy cross has produced: WORTHADDG1, Havane Smoker G1.

94 PREMIO CARLO VITTADINI G2

Mr ProspectorCon GameShareef DancerFall AspenShirley HeightsSlightly DangerousDancing BraveHigh TernRed GodRunaway BrideHaloBalladeBold ReasoningMy CharmerNorthern DancerFast Line

DUBAWI b 2002

WIGMAN b 2000

Dubai Millennium

Zomaradah

Rahy

Urjwan

Seeking The Gold

Colorado Dancer

Deploy

Jawaher

Blushing Groom

Glorious Song

Seattle Slew

White Star Line

WORTHADD b c 2007

MILAN. May 29. 3yof. 2200m.1. DANEDREAM (GER) 8-11 £172,413b f by Lomitas - Danedrop (Danehill)O-Gestut Burg Eberstein B-Gestut Brummerhof TR-P Schiergen

2. Good Karma (ITY) 8-11 £75,862b f by Tobougg - Greedy Slewpy (Slewpy)O-Dioscuri Srl B-Deni Srl TR-S Botti

3. Oeuvre d’Art (IRE) 8-11 £41,379b f by Marju - Midefix (Night Shift)O-Allevamento La Nuova Sbarra B-Soc Finanza Locale Consulting SRL TR-B Grizzetti

Margins 6.5, head. Time 2:15.20. Going Good.


Sire: LOMITAS. Sire of 51 Stakes winners. In 2011 -DANEDREAM Danehill G2, LOCAL HEROCagliostro LR, SALESIN Ride The Rails LR.

1st Dam: Danedrop by Danehill. unraced. Dam of 3winners:2003: (f King Charlemagne)2004: VALDAN (g Val Royal) 4 wins at 2, 4 and 5.2005: Accused (g Xaar)2006: Danestorm (c Soviet Star) unraced.2007: DANESTAR (f Medicean) Winner in Hungary.

95 OAKS D’ITALIA G2



Caulfield on Pour Moi: “It is only to be expected that the latest Derby winner is inbred3 x 4 to Northern Dancer, as the great stallion has exerted such a huge influence on the race”

Northern DancerPas de NomHis MajestySpring AdieuAtanRocchettaCaroLiangaLorenzaccioHelen NicholsSwing EasyGolden CityHoist The FlagPrincess PoutNorthern DancerCambrienne

DANEHILL DANCER b 93

RAIN FLOWER ch 97

Danehill

Mira Adonde

Indian Ridge

Rose of Jericho

Danzig

Razyana

Sharpen Up

Lettre d’Amour

Ahonoora

Hillbrow

Alleged

Rose Red

DANCING RAIN ch f 2008

What can you expect when a daughterof top sprinter Indian Ridge is matedto a son of leading sprinter-milerDanehill? The first five Group winnersbred to this pattern were Nahoodh (adual Gr1 winner over a mile byClodovil), Excelebration (winner of theGerman 2,000 Guineas by ExceedAnd Excel), Diamond Diva (a Gr2winner over a mile by Dansili), Theann(a six-furlong Gr3 winner by Rock OfGibraltar) and Le Cadre Noir (a Gr3five-furlong winner by Danetime).When Rain Flower, another Indian

Ridge mare, visited Danehill the resultwas Sumora, a filly who earned aTimeform rating of 109 over fivefurlongs and is the dam of CheshamStakes winner Maybe, by Galileo. Sohow come Rain Flower’s DanehillDancer filly Dancing Rain had enoughstamina to win the Oaks?Danehill Dancer never won beyond

seven furlongs and his previousClassic winners – Speciosa,Mastercraftsman and Again – were

EPSOM DOWNS. June 3. 4yo+. 12f 10yds.1. ST NICHOLAS ABBEY (IRE) 4 9-0 £141,925b c by Montjeu - Leaping Water (Sure Blade)O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Barton Bloodstock, Villiers Syndicate TR-AP O’Brien

2. Midday (GB) 5 8-11 £53,800b m by Oasis Dream - Midsummer (Kingmambo)O-K Abdullah B-Juddmonte Farms TR-HRA Cecil

3. Clowance (GB) 6 8-11 £26,925b m by Montjeu - Freni (Sternkoenig)O-Seasons Holidays B-B Hurley TR-R Charlton

Margins 1, 2. Time 2:37.18 (slow 1.88). Going Good.


Sire: MONTJEU. Sire of 100 SWs. In 2011 - POURMOI Darshaan G1, ST NICHOLAS ABBEY SureBlade G1, BLUE BAJAN Darshaan G2, RECITALKendor G2, ASKAR TAU Acatenango G3, GOLDENPARACHUTE Volksraad G3.

1st Dam: Leaping Water by Sure Blade. unraced.Dam of 4 winners:1995:MEKLAND (c Pips Pride). 2 wins at 2 and 3.1996: (f Pips Pride). died.1997: Daylily (f Pips Pride) Broodmare.1998:GRAMMARIAN (g Definite Article) 4 wins at 3

and 4 in USA, San Gabriel H G2, Sunset HG2, 2nd Hollywood Turf Cup S G1.

1999:Way Out of Bounds (f Boundary) unraced.2000: (c King of Kings). died.2001: Esher (f King of Kings) unraced.2004: Highwater Dancer (f Sadler’s Wells) unraced.2005: (f Sadler’s Wells). died as a foal.2006: CASCATA (f Montjeu) Winner at 2.2007: ST NICHOLAS ABBEY (c Montjeu) Sold

200,000gns yearling. Champion 2yr old inEurope in 2009. 5 wins at 2 and 4, CoronationCup G1, Racing Post Trophy G1, Beresford SG2, Ormonde S G3, 3rd Alleged S LR.

99 CORONATION CUP G1

Margins 0.75, 4. Time 2:41.73 (slow 6.43). Going Good.Age Starts Wins Places Earned2-3 4 2 2 £196,342

Sire: DANEHILL DANCER. Sire of 127 SWs. In2011 - ATOMIC FORCE Luskin Star G1, DANCINGRAIN Indian Ridge G1, PLANTEUR Giant’sCauseway G1, ALEXANDER POPE Galileo G3,JUSTAROUNDMIDNIGHT Machiavellian G3.

1st Dam: Rain Flower by Indian Ridge. unraced. Damof 5 winners:2002: SUMORA (f Danehill) 2 wins, St Hugh’s S LR.

Dam of MAYBE, 2 wins, Chesham Stakes LR.2003: Double Rainbow (g Sadler’s Wells) ran once.2004: FLEETING SHADOW (c Danehill) Winner at 2.2005: MIKHAIL FOKINE (c Sadler’s Wells) 2 wins.2006: CAPTAIN DANCER (g Danehill Dancer) 2 wins

at 2 and 4.2007: (c Sadler’s Wells)2008:DANCING RAIN (f Danehill Dancer) Sold

184,927gns yearling. 2 wins at 3, Oaks S G1,2nd Swettenham Stud Fillies’ Trial S LR.

2009: (c Danehill Dancer)2010: (c Danehill Dancer)

2nd Dam: Rose of Jericho by Alleged. unraced. Damof DR DEVIOUS (c Ahonoora: Derby S G1, ThreeChimneys Dewhurst S G1, Irish Champion S G1, 2ndIrish Derby G1), ARCHWAY (c Thatching: GreenlandsS G3, 3rd King’s Stand S G2), ROYAL COURT (cSadler’s Wells: Ormonde S G3, 3rd Great Voltigeur SG2), SHINKO KING (c Fairy King: TakamatsunomiyaHai LR, Fuji S LR, 3rd Hong Kong International BowlG2), Hill Country (c Danehill: 2nd Troy S LR, AutumnS LR, 3rd Royal Lodge S G2). Grandam of SUZUKAPHOENIX. Third dam of AWESOME PLANET.

Broodmare Sire: INDIAN RIDGE. Sire of the damsof 46 Stakes winners. In 2011 - DANCING RAINDanehill Dancer G1, EXCELEBRATION Exceed AndExcel G2, INDIAN DAYS Daylami G3.

The Danehill Dancer/Indian Ridge cross hasproduced: DANCING RAIN G1, MEDICINE PATHG1, A Mind of Her Own G3, Ooh Aah Camara LR.

Guineas winners. However, DanehillDancer occasionally comes up withgood middle-distance performers,such as Planteur, Ave, Anna Pavlova,Contredanse, Rebel Soldier, GrandDucal, Ice Queen and Wajir. Thebroodmare sires of these exceptionsinclude In The Wings, Giant’sCauseway, Caerleon, Nashwan andShirley Heights – very different typesfrom Indian Ridge. However, IndianRidge was a grandson of Lorenzaccio,a high-class middle-distance horse. This helped him follow the example

of his sire by siring the occasionalmiddle-distance stayer, such asRelaxed Gesture, Patkai, DefiniteArticle, Imperial Stride, Indian Creek,High Pitched and Monturani.Rain Flower never raced, but she

was a three-parts-sister to Ahonoora’sson Dr Devious, winner of the Derby.Their dam, Rose Of Jericho, was byAlleged, the dual Arc winner who isthe likeliest source of Dancing Rain’sstamina. Rose Of Jericho was anexceptional broodmare, her othertalented sons being Archway, RoyalCourt and Shinko King.This female line is truly illustrious,

as Dancing Rain’s third dam Rose Redwas a half-sister by Northern Dancerto Critique and to the successfulbroodmare Cambretta (second dam ofMarkofdistinction). The next dam,Cambrienne, sold for a record price asa yearling, her attraction being thatshe was a daughter of the DewhurstStakes winner Torbella.

NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialHigh TopSega VilleTennysonAdele ToumignonSharpen UpDoubly SureHome GuardSt PadinaDamascusAnne CampbellSadairHurry Call

MONTJEU b 96

LEAPING WATER ch 90

Sadler’s Wells

Floripedes

Sure Blade

Flamenco Wave

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Top Ville

Toute Cy

Kris

Double Lock

Desert Wine

Armada Way

ST NICHOLAS ABBEY b c 2007

Sadler’s Wells exerted an enormousinfluence on the Coronation Cup,landing the prize with In The Wings,Saddlers’ Hall, Opera House,Daliapour, Yeats and Ask. Now hisstallion sons are keeping up the goodwork, supplying four of the last fivewinners. Montjeu is responsible forthree of the four, now that St NicholasAbbey has worn down Midday tofollow in the footsteps of Scorpion andFame And Glory.St Nicholas Abbey’s victory,

following his wide-margin success inthe Ormonde Stakes, has restored areputation which took a severe knockwhen he disappointed as hot favouritefor the 2010 2,000 Guineas.St Nicholas Abbey ranks alongside

Jan Vermeer and Joshua Tree as oneof three Gr1 winners from Montjeu’s2007 crop. This crop was sired at asubstantially increased fee followingthe Classic-winning exploits ofMotivator and Hurricane Run.Motivator and Hurricane Run both

had Sharpen Up mares as theirsecond dams, while the Derby secondWalk In The Park had a second damby Sharpen Up’s son Kris. It thereforemade sense to send St NicholasAbbey’s dam Leaping Water toMontjeu. Not only is she by Kris’s sonSure Blade but she is also out ofFlamenco Wave, a mare whosematings with Sadler’s Wells producedGroup 1 winners Aristotle andBallingarry. Flamenco Wave alsoproduced the St James’s PalaceStakes winner Starborough.Flamenco Wave won the Moyglare

Stud Stakes. She was covered by thetop-class miler Sure Blade, who failedas a stallion and consequently LeapingWater sold for only 3,200gns as anunraced three-year-old. FlamencoWave herself was sold for only45,000gns as a nine-year-old, shortlybefore her string of Group winnerssent her reputation soaring. LeapingWater also did well, producing theAmerican Gr2 winner Grammarian.

EPSOM DOWNS. June 4. 3yo. 12f 10yds.1. POUR MOI (IRE) 9-0 £709,625b c by Montjeu - Gwynn (Darshaan)O-Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor, D Smith B-Lynch Bages Ltd TR-A Fabre

2. Treasure Beach (GB) 9-0 £269,000b c by Galileo - Honorine (Mark of Esteem)O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor B-Ashley House Stud TR-AP O’Brien

3. Carlton House (USA) 9-0 £134,625b c by Street Cry - Talented (Bustino)O-The Queen B-Darley TR-Sir Michael Stoute

Margins Head, 0.75. Time 2:34.54 (fast 0.76). Going Good to firm.


Sire: MONTJEU. See race 99.

1st Dam: Gwynn by Darshaan. unraced. Dam of 3 winners:2004: May Kiersey (f Sadler’s Wells) unraced.2005:GAGNOA (f Sadler’s Wells) 3 wins, Prix des

Reservoirs G3, Prix Penelope G3, 2nd Prix deDiane G1, Prix Saint-Alary G1, 3rd Irish Oaks G1.

2006: RENDEZVOUS (c Sadler’s Wells) 3 wins 2-5in France and Hungary.

2008:POUR MOI (c Montjeu) 3 wins, Derby S G1,Prix Greffulhe G2, 3rd Prix La Force G3.

2009: Kissed (f Galileo) unraced to date.2010: (f Galileo)

2nd Dam: VICTORESS by Conquistador Cielo. 1 winat 3. Grandam of FELICIA, ATLANTIC WAVES.

Broodmare Sire: DARSHAAN. Sire of the dams of165 Stakes winners. In 2011 - POUR MOI MontjeuG1, WAVERING Refuse To Bend G1, BLUE BAJANMontjeu G2, SARAFINA Refuse To Bend G2.

The Montjeu/Darshaan cross has produced:HONOLULU G1, POUR MOI G1, BLUE BAJAN G2,LION SANDS G3, AYAM ZAMAN LR.

100 DERBY S G1

NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialHigh TopSega VilleTennysonAdele ToumignonMill ReefHardiemmaAbdosKeltyMr ProspectorK D PrincessNorthern DancerQueen’s Statute

MONTJEU b 96

GWYNN b 97

Sadler’s Wells

Floripedes

Darshaan

Victoress

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Top Ville

Toute Cy

Shirley Heights

Delsy

Conquistador Cielo

Royal Statute

POUR MOI b c 2008

Northern Dancer exerted such a hugeinfluence on the Derby that it is only tobe expected that the latest winner,Pour Moi, is inbred 3 x 4 to the greatWindfields Farm stallion – as isAuthorized, another of Montjeu’s threeDerby winners (Frozen Fire, one ofMontjeu’s three Irish Derby winners, isinbred 3 x 3).The second line of Northern Dancer

in Pour Moi’s pedigree comes via histhird dam, the highly accomplishedbroodmare Royal Statute. Bred byWindfields supremo EP Taylor, RoyalStatute first made a name for herselfin Britain in 1976, when her first foal,Konafa, finished second in the 1,000Guineas. The next daughter of RoyalStatute to arrive in Britain was her1979 filly by Windfields’ Derby winnerSnow Knight. By this time RoyalStatute’s Buckpasser colt Akureyriwas already showing smart form and itcost Sheikh Mohammed $325,000 toacquire the Snow Knight yearling. Named Awaasif, she proved an

2nd Dam: FLAMENCO WAVE by Desert Wine. 2wins at 2 Moyglare Stud S G1. Dam ofBALLINGARRY (c Sadler’s Wells: Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1, Canadian International S G1, 2nd DerbyItaliano G1, 3rd Irish Derby G1, Irish St Leger G1),STARBOROUGH (c Soviet Star: St James’s Palace SG1, Prix Jean Prat G1, 2nd Sussex S G1), ARISTOTLE(c Sadler’s Wells: Racing Post Trophy G1), SPANISHFALLS (f Belmez: Prix de Royaumont G3, 3rd Prix deMalleret G2), FATHER SKY (g Dancing Brave: StModwen Classic Novices’ Hurdle LR). Grandam ofANNABELLE’S CHARM, Purple Sage.

Broodmare Sire: SURE BLADE. Sire of the dams of 13SWs. In 2011 - ST NICHOLAS ABBEYMontjeuG1.



European Pattern National Hunt Grade Ones

CHANTILLY. June 5. 3yoc&f. 2100m.1. RELIABLE MAN (GB) 9-2 £738,879gr c by Dalakhani - On Fair Stage (Sadler’s Wells)O-Pride Racing Club B-NP Bloodstock Ltd TR-A de Royer-Dupre

2. Bubble Chic (FR) 9-2 £295,603b c Chichicastenango - Bubble Back (Grand Lodge)O-F Tabone, G Botti B-Z Hakam TR-G Botti

3. Baraan (FR) 9-2 £147,802gr c by Dalakhani - Brusca (Grindstone)O-HH The Aga Khan B-Haras De Son Altesse L’Aga Khan Scea TR-J-C Rouget

Margins 0.75, 2. Time 2:07.70. Going Soft.


Sire: DALAKHANI. Sire of 23 Stakes winners. In2011 - RELIABLE MAN Sadler’s Wells G1,DUNCAN Danehill G2, BARAAN Grindstone G3.

1st Dam: ON FAIR STAGE by Sadler’s Wells. 2 wins,Ruby S LR. Dam of 5 winners:1998:Opera Rouge (c Darshaan)1999: POWER OF LOVE (f Zafonic) Winner at 3.2001: Armfelt (c Darshaan) unraced.2002:GALE FORCE (c Sinndar) 2 wins, Coupe des

Trois Ans LR.2003: FRENCH OPERA (g Bering) 8 wins, 2nd Game

Spirit Chase G2, Future Champion Chase G2.2005: King’s Charm (c King’s Best)2006: IMPOSING (c Danehill Dancer) 3 wins.2007: Salinia (f Rainbow Quest) unplaced.2008:RELIABLE MAN (c Dalakhani) 3 wins at 3 in

France, Prix du Jockey Club G1.2009: Oh Lady Be Good (f Oasis Dream) unraced.

2nd Dam: FAIR SALINIA by Petingo. 4 wins, IrishOaks G1, Oaks S G1, Yorkshire Oaks G1, 2ndCheveley Park S G1, 1000 Guineas S G1. Dam ofPERFECT VINTAGE (g Shirley Heights: Prix QuinceyG3), PERFECT CIRCLE (f Caerleon: Reference PointSceptre S LR, 2nd Musidora S G3, Nell Gwyn S G3).Grandam of DAIWA MEMPHIS.

101 PRIX DU JOCKEY CLUB G1

Broodmare Sire: SADLER’S WELLS. Sire of thedams of 255 Stakes winners. In 2011 - RELIABLEMAN Dalakhani G1, STAND TO GAIN Hawk WingG1, FEARS NOTHING Faltaat G2, IMMORTALVERSE Pivotal G2.

The Dalakhani/Sadler’s Wells cross has produced:CHINESE WHITE G1, CONDUIT G1, RELIABLEMAN G1, DEEM G3, SHREYAS G3, YAHRAB G3.

Mill ReefHardiemmaAbdosKeltyMr ProspectorHopespringseternalCrystal PalaceDeniaNearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialPetitionAlcazarChateaugayLocust Time

DALAKHANI gr 2000

ON FAIR STAGE b 93

Darshaan

Daltawa

Sadler’s Wells

Fair Salinia

Shirley Heights

Delsy

Miswaki

Damana

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Petingo

Fair Arabella

RELIABLE MAN gr c 2008

A day after the Epsom Derby fell to arepresentative of the Sadler’s Wells-Darshaan cross, the reverse crossprovided the winner of the Prix duJockey Club, thanks to Dalakhani’sunbeaten son Reliable Man.The British bookmakers were

apparently much more impressed withPour Moi as an Arc contender than byReliable Man, with Pour Moi on offerat 4-1 or 5-1 and Reliable Man at 12-1 or 14-1. However, there is goodreason for thinking that Reliable Manhas further improvement in him,especially when he tackles a mile anda half. Dalakhani and his sireDarshaan both won the Prix du JockeyClub in its days over a mile and a half,with Dalakhani going on to defeat thelikes of High Chaparral and Doyen inthe Arc. Both of Dalakhani’s previousClassic winners stayed well, with hisKing George winner Conduit takingthe St Leger and Moonstone the IrishOaks after finishing second in theEpsom version.Reliable Man’s second dam Fair

Salinia also contested the Oaks andIrish Oaks, and was credited withvictory in both, although she crossedthe line in second place at theCurragh. Fair Salinia was also runner-up in the 1,000 Guineas but wasideally suited by a mile and a half, asshe demonstrated again with hervictory in the Yorkshire Oaks.Reliable Man’s dam On Fair Stage

also won over a mile and a half, butlater showed she wasn’t devoid ofspeed, finishing strongly in soft groundto win the Ruby Stakes over a mile. On Fair Stage’s sire Sadler’s Wells

also figures as the broodmare sire offive of Dalakhani’s other stakeswinners, headed by Conduit, ChineseWhite and the Gr3 winners Deem andShreyas. Reliable Man’s fourth damLocust Time, a grand-daughter of thecelebrated broodmare Judy O’Grady,bred Faraway Son, who was goodenough to win the Prix de la Foret andPrix du Moulin, while another son,Liloy, won the Gr2 Prix d’Harcourt. Their half-sister Lodeve produced

Baillamont, while another of LocustTime’s daughters became the seconddam of Lyphard’s Wish.

excellent three-year-old, winning theYorkshire Oaks in addition to finishingfourth in the Oaks and a close third inthe Arc. She was also fourth in the1983 King George.Royal Lorna, the next daughter of

Royal Statute to race in Europe,earned a Timeform rating of 110.Inevitably, Royal Statute’s subsequentdaughters were much in demand.Sheikh Hamdan paid $900,000 forher Spectacular Bid filly Zumurrudah,who won a mile maiden, and Darleypaid $1,100,000 for her ConquistadorCielo filly Victoress.Victoress won over 11 furlongs in

the French Provinces but her pedigreeensured she received every chance asa broodmare. However, she was sentto the sales as a 12-year-old, carryinga foal by Darshaan. She costBarronstown Stud only 37,000gns butthe Darshaan foal she was carrying –Pour Moi’s dam Gwynn – was sold for250,000gns as a yearling.Although Victoress produced only

two winners, three of her daughtershave produced stakes winners and atleast one Group winner. The mostfamous of them are Awaasif, whoranks as the dam of Snow Bride andsecond dam of Lammtarra andKonafa. This daughter of Damascusproduced three Group winners andone of those Group winners wasKorveya, the Riverman mare who soldfor $7 million after producing theClassic winners Hector Protector,Shanghai and Bosra Sham.


PUNCHESTOWN. May 3. 16f. Good to Yielding.1. SHOT FROM THE HIP (GER) 7 b g Monsun - Sopran Biro (Roi Danzig)O-John P McManus B-E Bec De La MA Paulo Cavagnola TR-EJ O’Grady

2. Hidden Universe (IRE) 5 gr g Linamix - Hint of Humour (Woodman)

3. Far Away So Close (IRE) 6 b g Norwich - Ballyknock Lass (Electric)


198 CHAMPION NOVICE HURDLE G1

TamerlaneDonna DianaTiepolettoKronungLiteratSuramaAuthiMonacensiaNorthern DancerPas de NomSir IvorClassicistHoist The FlagPrincess PoutGrundyGliding

MONSUN br 90

SOPRAN BIRO b 93

Konigsstuhl

Mosella

Roi Danzig

Bird Point

Dschingis Khan

Konigskronung

Surumu

Monasia

Danzig

Gdynia

Alleged

Bay Street

SHOT FROM THE HIP b g 2004

The gamble of paying €235,000 foran unbroken Monsun three-year-old atthe 2007 Derby Sale is beginning topay off. Named Shot From The Hip,the gelding made a bright start withbumper victories on his first two startsbut heavy defeats in two Gr1 bumpersraised questions about his potential.Fortunately those defeats proved to bejust temporary setbacks and ShotFrom The Hip became a Gr1 winneron his ninth start, in Punchestown’sChampion Novice Hurdle.Although Monsun’s stallion sons

are proving popular with National Huntbreeders, Monsun hasn’t a long list ofimportant jumping offspring in Britainor Ireland. Foreman, winner of theMaghull Novices’ Chase, is his onlyother Gr1 winner.Shot From The Hip’s dam Sopran

Biro enjoyed considerable success onthe Flat and over jumps in Italy,principally over fences, and she alsowon over hurdles at Cagnes-sur-Mer.Sopran Biro’s pedigree isn’t that of ajumper.By Roi Danzig, winner of the Gr2

Dwyer Stakes, she comes from thePelting family with which the Wiganfamily did so well. Shot From The Hip’sthird dam is Bay Street, winner of theGr3 Princess Elizabeth Stakes atEpsom. Bay Street produced theGroup winners Daarik and Bex, plusthree other stakes winners, and ShotFrom The Hip’s second dam, BirdPoint, was a sister to one of them, Law Court.

PUNCHESTOWN. May 3. 16f. Good to Yielding.1. BIG ZEB (IRE) 10 b g Oscar - Our Siveen (Deep Run)O-PJ Redmond B-L Buttimer TR-Colm A Murphy

2. Sizing Europe (IRE) 9 b g Pistolet Bleu - Jennie Dun (Mandalus)

3. Captain Cee Bee (IRE) 10 b g Germany - Elea Victoria (Sharp Victor)

Age Starts Wins Places Earned5-10 26 11 11 £677,239See race 68 in the February issue

199 CHAMPION CHASE G1

NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialTantiemeRelance IIIRoi DagobertHeavenly BodyPrince ChevalierNetherton MaidCourt MartialMitrailleuseSaint Crespin IIIFeevaghSica BoyRififi

OSCAR b 94

OUR SIVEEN ch 83

Sadler’s Wells

Snow Day

Deep Run

Clontinty Queen

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Reliance II

Vindaria

Pampered King

Trial By Fire

Laurence O

Si Si

BIG ZEB b g 2001

PUNCHESTOWN. May 3. 25f. Good to Yielding.1. QUITO DE LA ROQUE (FR) 7 b g Saint des Saints - Moody Cloud (Cyborg)O-Gigginstown House Stud B-R Mongin TR-Colm A Murphy

2. Western Charmer (IRE) 9 b/br g Good Thyne - Tulladante (Phardante)

3. Head of The Posse (IRE) 8 b g Supreme Leader - Aussieannie (Arapahos)


200 CHAMPION NOVICE CHASE G1

NijinskyGreen ValleySea Hawk IICamarillaLyphardComelyTanerkoTorrefrancaSea Bird IIBubbling BeautySadairBlarney CastleYelapaTres SnobeReddy BoyCetra

SAINT DES SAINTS b 98

MOODY CLOUD ch 90

Cadoudal

Chamisene

Cyborg

Chattannooga Choo

Green Dancer

Come To Sea

Pharly

Tuneria

Arctic Tern

Cadair

In The Mood

Folie Furieuse

QUITO DE LA ROQUE b g 2004

March 20 provided a telling reminderof Saint des Saints’s ability as astallion, as he supplied three winnersand a second at Auteuil, including theGr3 hurdle winner Monpilou. We havealso had a couple more reminderssince then, thanks to his seven-year-old son Quito de la Roque. Thisgelding was scoring his fourthconsecutive Graded success – and hissixth win in his last seven starts –when he easily landed Punchestown’sChampion Novice Chase.Saint des Saints built a record of

seven victories, four seconds and athird from 13 completed starts.Although he was a winner overhurdles and fences at three, it was asa four-year-old that he developed intoa four-time Graded winner at up tonearly two and a half miles overhurdles. This fine record goes hand inhand with a classy pedigree. Saint desSaints is by the many-times championjumping sire Cadoudal and his damChamisen was a Gr2 Flat winner fromthe distinguished Torbella family.Saint des Saints wasted little time

in establishing his potential as astallion, ranking among the top tenjumping sires in France in both 2008and 2009. He has no more than 316foals in his first seven crops and thattotal includes 38 (largely untried)three-year-olds, 80 two-year-olds and54 yearlings. In other words, his totalof six Graded winners (Quito de laRoque, Saint Macaire, Santa Bamba,Monpilou, Quel Esprit and Me Voici)



Caulfield on Shot From The Hip: “The gamble of paying €235,000 for an unbrokenMonsun three-year-old at the Derby Sale is beginning to pay off – he is now a Grade 1 winner”

and four Listed winners come from atotal of fewer than 150 foals. Quito de la Roque’s dam Moody

Cloud, a winner three times at aroundtwo miles over jumps, is also the damof the very smart staying hurdler Kazal(by Villez). Moody Cloud is by thesuccessful jumps stallion Cyborg, whowon eight of his 12 starts over jumpsas a four-year-old in 1986.

PUNCHESTOWN. May 4. 25f. Good.1. FOLLOW THE PLAN (IRE) 8 b g Accordion - Royal Rosy (Dominion Royale)O-Redgap Partnership B-P Sheehan TR-Oliver McKiernan

2. Vic Venturi (IRE) 11 ch g Old Vic - Carmen Lady (Torus)

3. Rare Bob (IRE) 9 b/br g Bob Back - Cut Ahead (Kalaglow)


201 PUNCHESTOWN GOLD CUP G1

NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialBold RulerMisty MornTudor MinstrelBellesoeurDerring-DoPicture PalaceSharpen UpCoal FacePrecipitationNooraniTanerkoHogmanay

ACCORDION b 86

ROYAL ROSY b 91

Sadler’s Wells

Sound of Success

Dominion Royale

Rosy Moon

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Successor

Belle Musique

Dominion

Bahamas Princess

Sheshoon

Bonny Mary II

FOLLOW THE PLAN b g 2003

With both the English raiders, KautoStar and Nacarat, and the principalIrish hope, Kempes, all running waybelow their best, the PunchestownGuinness Gold Cup became a richopportunity for some of the Irish-trained outsiders. The 20-1 RobertoGoldback was a length clear when hecame down at the last, leaving FollowThe Plan to record the second Gr1success of his career, at odds of 20-1.Follow The Plan’s odds reflected

the fact that he had previously wononly five of his 24 starts under rules(plus his only start in a point-to-point).However, he is a smart performer, ashe had reminded us with a narrowvictory over Roberto Goldback in theGr2 Kinloch Brae Chase earlier in2011.Follow The Plan is by the unraced

Accordion, an accomplished stallionson of Sadler’s Wells. Accordion’s lastfoals were born in 2007. His otherleading representatives over fencesinclude Albertas Run, FlagshipUberalles, Accordion Etoile,Billyvoddan, Darkness, Weird Al,Blazing Tempo, The Tother One, AnAccordion, Battlecry, His Song andFinger Onthe Pulse. He also siredsome very smart hurdlers, Dato Star,Feathard Lady and Get Me Out OfHere being prime examples.Follow The Plan’s dam Royal Rosy

won six times at up to 22 furlongsover hurdles and fences, and is a half-sister to another talentedhurdler/chaser in Rouyan. Her half-sister Rasmara has also done well asa National Hunt broodmare, notablyproducing the very useful Colourful

Life and the talented Grey Guy. Although the second dam Rosy

Moon was a half-sister to four stakeswinners on the Flat, this family hasalso produced some fine jumpers.Rosy Moon’s half-sister Burelia wasthe second dam of Balasani andanother half-sister, Barack, was thesecond dam of the Grand Nationalrunner-up Encore Un Peu.

PUNCHESTOWN. May 4. 16f. Good.1. LOVETHEHIGHERLAW (IRE) 5 ch g Presenting - Markiza (Broken Hearted)O-Gigginstown House Stud B-K Parkhill TR-WP Mullins

2. Waaheb (USA) 4 b/br g Elusive Quality - Nafisah (Lahib)

3. Jenari (IRE) 4 b g Milan - La Noire (Phardante)


202 CHAMPION INH FLAT RACE G1

CrepelloSans Le SouMincioAlzaraBold LadRelkarunnerRivermanVallartaRealmSardaraBustedAsh LawnHigh HatTime CallStraight DealRoyal Alliance

PRESENTING br 92

MARKIZA ch 2002

Mtoto

D’Azy

Broken Hearted

High Board

Busted

Amazer

Persian Bold

Belle Viking

Dara Monarch

Smash

High Line

Matchboard

LOVETHEHIGHERLAW ch g 2006

There is still money to be madebreeding jumpers, as Ken Parkhill ofCastletown Quarry Stud in CountyMeath has discovered with hisbroodmare Markiza. The mare’ssecond and third foals, both sons ofthe champion sire Presenting, sold asthree-year-olds at the Derby Sale, withher 2007 gelding going for €115,000and her 2008 gelding for €250,000.By the time the younger brother cameunder the hammer, the elder brother,named Lovethehigherlaw, had made awinning debut in a point to point. Hehas now graduated to bumpers,winning two out of three, with hislatest victory being a very game defeatof Waaheb in Champion INH FlatRace at Punchestown.Markiza never raced and she isn’t

by the most fashionable of sires inBroken Hearted, best known as thesire of Pizarro, who collected Gr1victories in a bumper and over fences,and of Numbersixvalverde, winner ofthe Grand National and Irish GrandNational.Lovethehigherlaw’s main

attractions, from a pedigree viewpoint,were surely his sire and his femaleline. His second dam, the unracedHigh Board, had found fame as thedam of the Champion Hurdle winnersMorley Street and Granville Again.Markiza is also a half-sister to DeepLine, dam of the Gr1 Ascot Chasewinner Hand Inn Hand.High Board had an ideal pedigree

for a National Hunt broodmare. Hersire, the redoubtable stayer High Line,sired numerous successful jumpers,with Bobsline, Heighlin, High Knowl,

Muse, Olympian, Barrow Line andHigh Plains among them. HighBoard’s dam, the smart chaserMatchboard, raced until she was 11.Matchboard was a three-parts-sisterto the remarkable Royal Bond, whoonce started second favourite for theCheltenham Gold Cup.Fourth dam Royal Alliance was a

half-sister to Stroll On, who becamethe third dam of the outstandingchaser One Man.

PUNCHESTOWN. May 5. 24f. Good.1. QUEVEGA (FR) 7 b m Robin des Champs - Vega IV (Cap Martin)O-Hammer & Trowel Syndicate B-P Rives TR-WP Mullins

2. Mourad (IRE) 6 ch g Sinndar - Mouramara (Kahyasi)

3. Carlito Brigante (IRE) 5 b g Haafhd - Desert Magic (Green Desert)


203 WORLD SERIES HURDLE G1

Never BendMilan MillSicambreRight AwaySicambreInsulaireEl RelicarioOrdonneuseDevonKuwaitO’GradyHaitiShikaniLa SignorinaOr de ChineVenus

ROBIN DES CHAMPS b 97

VEGA IV ch 87

Garde Royale

Relayeuse

Cap Martin

Negrilla

Mill Reef

Royal Way

Iron Duke

Reliorneuse

Carmarthen

Grande Hetaire

Signani

Escarbille II

QUEVEGA b m 2004

A triple winner in middle-distanceraces for non-thoroughbreds in Francebefore being transferred to Ireland,Quevega has proved a wonderfuladdition to Willie Mullins’s stable. Shehas now won eight of her 12 startsover hurdles, including consecutiveeditions of the Gr1 World SeriesHurdle over three miles and threeeditions of the Gr2 David NicholsonMares’ Hurdle. Of her four defeats,two came on ventures to Auteuil.Quevega’s sire Robin des Champs

has followed her from France toIreland, where he is based at theCashman family’s Glenview Stud. Heis reported to have covered 144mares in his first year, in 2009, with87 mares in his second. He has othercapable ambassadors in Quinz, winnerof the Gr3 Racing Post Chase in2011, and Escort’men, a Gr2 hurdleswinner at Kempton. The French-trained Original also travelled toEngland to take the Gr2 Wayward LadNovices’ Chase in 2008.Robin des Champs finished second

among France’s leading jumping siresin 2008, at the comparatively tenderage of 11, and has since finished fifthin 2009 and ninth in 2010. Robin desChamps raced as a three-year-old,winning the first four of his five startsover hurdles by a total of nearly 20lengths, when trained by GuillaumeMacaire.A grandson of Mill Reef, Robin des

Champs is by Garde Royale, whosename is well known in Ireland, thanksto the exploits of such as Nicanor and

Garde Champetre. Robin des Champshas been ably represented in Franceby such as the French ChampionHurdle winner Oeil du Maitre, Flowerdes Champs, Professeur, Robin deSherwood, En La Cruz, Success River,Tyko, Juntico, Cocq Corricco,Chercheur d’Or, Top Secret andOriginal. Quevega’s dam Vega IV wonsix steeplechases at up to two andthree-quarter miles and is the dam ofthree other winners.

PUNCHESTOWN. May 5. 16f. Good to Yielding.1. CAPTAIN CHRIS (IRE) 7 b g King’s Theatre - Function Dream (Strong Gale)O-Mrs D Whateley B-Mrs N Walsh TR-P Hobbs

2. Realt Dubh (IRE) 7 b g Beneficial - Suez Canal (Exit To Nowhere)

3. Saludos (IRE) 7 b g Bob Back - Katie’s Cracker (Rambo Dancer)

Age Starts Wins Places Earned6-7 11 6 4 £171,263See race 162 in the May issue

204 RYANAIR NOVICE CHASE G1

NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialRaise A NativeCharloCrafty AdmiralEvasionSir GaylordSticky CaseTamerlaneSternaRarityNilieVaranoHill Dancer

KING’S THEATRE b 91

FUNCTION DREAM b 92

Sadler’s Wells

Regal Beauty

Strong Gale

Rare Dream

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Princely Native

Dennis Belle

Lord Gayle

Sterntau

Pollerton

Dream House

CAPTAIN CHRIS b g 2004

PUNCHESTOWN. May 6. 16f. Good.1. HURRICANE FLY (IRE) 7 b g Montjeu - Scandisk (Kenmare)O-Creighton & Boyd B-Agricola Del Parco TR-WP Mullins

2. Thousand Stars (FR) 7 gr g Grey Risk - Livaniana (Saint Estephe)

3. Binocular (FR) 7 b g Enrique - Bleu Ciel Et Blanc (Pistolet Bleu)

Age Starts Wins Places Earned2-7 23 13 6 £821,329See race 58 in the February issue

205 CHAMPION HURDLE G1

NearcticNatalmaBold ReasonSpecialHigh TopSega VilleTennysonAdele ToumignonZeddaanKhairunissaMilesianBelle of The BallSir GaylordSticky CaseVimyPal An Oir

MONTJEU b 96

SCANDISK b 95

Sadler’s Wells

Floripedes

Kenmare

Yankee Lady

Northern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Top Ville

Toute Cy

Kalamoun

Belle of Ireland

Lord Gayle

Ceol An Oir

HURRICANE FLY b g 2004

PUNCHESTOWN. May 6. 20f. Good.1. SPIRIT OF ADJISA (IRE) 7 br g Invincible Spirit - Adjisa (Doyoun)O-Darr, Johnson, Weston & Whitaker B-CJ Haughey J. Flynn, E Mulhern TR-Tim Vaughan

2. Prima Vista (GB) 6 b g Singspiel - Papering (Shaadi)

3. First Lieutenant (IRE) 6 ch g Presenting - Fourstargale (Fourstars Allstar)


206 CHAMPION NOVICE HURDLE G1



National Hunt Grade OnesNorthern DancerPas de NomSir IvorCourtly DeeSharpen UpDoubly SureArtaiusBorder BountyNever BendMilan MillKashmir IIFaizebadHigh TopSega VilleRed GodAimee

INVINCIBLE SPIRIT b 97

ADJISA b/br 95

Green Desert

Rafha

Doyoun

Adjriyna

Danzig

Foreign Courier

Kris

Eljazzi

Mill Reef

Dumka

Top Ville

Adjarida

SPIRIT OF ADJISA br g 2004

Invincible Spirit notched a Gr1 winnerin the jumping sector when Spirit OfAdjisa won the Champion NoviceHurdle over two and a half miles. Thiswas the third win over hurdles and hehad previously won five times on theFlat, showing only fair form.Thanks to being out of the Prix de

Diane winner Rafha, Invincible Spirit iscapable of stayers, but Spirit Of Adjisaprobably also owes his stamina to hisdam, an unraced daughter of 2,000Guineas winner and Derby third

PUNCHESTOWN. May 7. 16f. Good.1. GRANDOUET (FR) 4 b/br g Al Namix - Virginia River (Indian River)O-Mr S Munir B-Mr D Le Baron TR-Nicky Henderson

2. Kumbeshwar (GB) 4 b g Doyen - Camp Fire (Lahib)

3. Twinlight (FR) 4 b g Muhtathir - Fairlight (Big Shuffle)


207 CHAMPION 4YO HURDLE G1

BellyphaMiss CarinaBretonLutineNureyevAlatheaBarbareDourdanGreen DancerCome To SeaFunny HobbyThe LarkPharlyLady BerryTip MossSweet Virginia

AL NAMIX gr 97

VIRGINIA RIVER ch 2003

Linamix

Dirigeante

Indian River

Sweet Jaune

Mendez

Lunadix

Lead On Time

Daytona

Cadoudal

The Fun

Le Nain Jaune

Sweet As Moss

GRANDOUET b/br g 2007

Grandouet’s easy victory overKumbeshwar in the AES Champion4yo Hurdle at Punchestown providedthe French-bred four-year-old withample compensation for hismisfortune of being brought down,when still in with every chance, at thesecond last in a similar race at Aintree.He had earlier finished a creditablethird to Zarkandar in the TriumphHurdle. The son of Al Namix arrived inEngland as an impressive winner of

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Doyoun, who sired Adaiyka, a veryuseful winner at up to ten furlongs,from this family. Adjisa’s best previousrepresentative was Princess Nala, anIn The Wings filly who was a Listedwinner over 12 furlongs in Ireland. Adjisa is herself a half-sister to

Adjareli, runner-up in the Irish 2,000Guineas, and to the good broodmareAdjalisa, whose stakes winnersincluded the Sadler’s Wells filly FrontHouse, a Gr2 winner in South Africaand Dubai.

the last of his three starts at Enghien.Grandouet’s sire isn’t a familiar

name. Al Namix won three Listedraces at up to 1,900 metres in acareer which extended to 47 starts insix years on the track. His first crop,born in 2006, produced Solix, a Gr3winner over hurdles in France, and thejumping Listed winners Sable desDunes and Saphina de Kerser. He hasquite a sizeable 2010 crop, so we maywell be hearing more of him in theFrench jumping arena in years tocome.Grandouet’s broodmare sire Indian

River was a good jumping son of theinfluential Cadoudal. Best known asthe sire of Madison du Berlais, IndianRiver won six times over jumps,including a Gr3 chase. Grandouet’sdam Virginia River is an unraced half-sister to several winners, includingViking Blond, runner-up in a Listedhurdle race at Cheltenham in 2010,and Art Virginia, a winning chaser inBritain.

National Hunt Graded racesDate Grade Race (course) Dist Horse Age Sex Sire Dam Broodmare Sire Index07/04 G2 Manifesto Novices' Chase (Aintree) 20f Wishfull Thinking (GB) 8 G Alflora Poussetiere Deux Garde Royale 20807/04 G3 Red Rum H Chase (Aintree) 16f Silk Drum (IRE) 6 G Intikhab Aneydia Kenmare 20908/04 G2 Mildmay Novices' Chase (Aintree) 25f Quito De La Roque (FR) 7 G Saint Des Saints Moody Cloud Cyborg 21008/04 G2 Top Novices' Hurdle (Aintree) 16.5f Topolski (IRE) 5 G Peintre Celebre Witching Hour Alzao 21108/04 G3 John Smith's smithythehorse.com H Hurdle (Aintree) 24.5f Battle Group (GB) 6 G Beat Hollow Cantanta Top Ville 21209/04 G2 Champion Open NH Flat Race (Aintree) 17f Steps To Freedom (IRE) 5 G Statue Of Liberty Dhakhirah Sadler's Wells 21309/04 G3 Grand National H Chase (Aintree) 36f Ballabriggs (IRE) 10 G Presenting Papoose Little Bighorn 21409/04 G2 Mersey Novices' Hurdle (Aintree) 20f Spirit Son (FR) 5 G Poliglote Kirzinnia Zino 21513/04 G2 Silver Trophy H Chase (Cheltenham) 21f Poquelin (FR) 8 G Lahint Babolna Tropular 21616/04 G3 Scottish Grand National H Chase (Ayr) 36f Beshabar (IRE) 9 G Flemensfirth In Our Intrest Buckskin 21716/04 G2 Scottish Champion Hurdle (Ayr) 16f Sanctuaire (FR) 5 G Kendor Biblique Saint Cyrien 21816/04 G2 Future Champion Novices' Chase (Ayr) 20f Gilbarry (IRE) 6 G Bahri Starry Night Sheikh Albadou 21923/04 G3 Bet365 Gold Cup H Chase (Sandown Park) 29.5f Poker De Sivola (FR) 8 G Discover D'Auteuil Legal Union Law Society 22023/04 G2 Celebration Chase (Sandown Park) 16f French Opera (GB) 8 G Bering On Fair Stage Sadler's Wells 22124/04 GrC Friday Evening Racing at Cork H Hurdle (Cork) 19f Salesin (GB) 8 G Lomitas Elisita Ride The Rails 22224/04 GrB INH Stallion Owners EBF Novice H Hurdle (Fairyhouse) 24f Baracas (FR) 6 G Miesque's Son Sara Baras Turtle Island 22324/04 G2 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares' Novice Hurdle (Fairyhouse) 20f Knockfierna (IRE) 6 G Flemensfirth Garden Town Un Desperado 22425/04 G2 Keelings Irish Strawberry Hurdle (Fairyhouse) 20f Voler La Vedette (IRE) 7 M King's Theatre Steel Grey Lady Roselier 22525/04 GrA Irish Grand National H Chase (Fairyhouse) 29f Organisedconfusion (IRE) 6 G Laveron Histologie Quart De Vin 22625/04 GrB Most Stylish Lady Novice H Chase (Fairyhouse) 17f Un Hinged (IRE) 11 G Danetime Classic Silk Classic Secret 22725/04 G2 Rathbarry & Glenview Studs Novice Hurdle (Fairyhouse) 16f Prima Vista (GB) 6 G Singspiel Papering Shaadi 22826/04 G2 Coolmore NH Sires Novice Hurdle (Fairyhouse) 20f Lambro (IRE) 6 G Milan Beautiful Tune Green Tune 22926/04 GrA Dan Moore Memorial H Chase (Fairyhouse) 17f Idarah (USA) 8 G Aljabr Fatina Nashwan 23026/04 G3 Weatherbys Ireland GSB Hurdle (Fairyhouse) 16f Twinlight (FR) 4 G Muhtathir Fairlight Big Shuffle 23126/04 GrB www.thetote.com H Hurdle (Fairyhouse) 16f Jack Cool (IRE) 5 G One Cool Cat Rachrush Sadler's Wells 23203/05 GrC The 3 H Hurdle (Punchestown) 16f Johnny McGeeney (IRE) 6 G Lahib Pulcheria Old Vic 23304/05 GrA Guinness H Chase (Punchestown) 20f Scotsirish (IRE) 10 G Zaffaran Serjitak Saher 23404/05 G2 Irish Daily Mirror Novice Hurdle (Punchestown) 24f Askanna (IRE) 6 M Old Vic All The Roses Roselier 23506/05 GrA Mick the Tent Memorial Novice H Chase (Punchestown) 21f Wishfull Thinking (GB) 8 G Alflora Poussetiere Deux Garde Royale 23607/05 G3 Swinton H Hurdle (Haydock Park) 16f Eradicate (IRE) 7 G Montjeu Coyote Indian Ridge 23707/05 G3 Irish TBA EBF Fund Mares Hurdle (Punchestown) 18f Shop Dj (IRE) 6 M Dushyantor Shoplifter Presenting 23807/05 GrB Pat Taaffe H Chase (Punchestown) 25f Shakalakaboomboom (IRE) 7 G Anshan Tia Maria SupremeLeader 23907/05 GrB www.thetote.com H Hurdle (Punchestown) 20f Truckers Delight (IRE) 10 G Darazari Windmill Star Orchestra 24015/05 GrB ladbrokes.com H Hurdle (Killarney) 17f Princeton Plains (IRE) 5 G Tagula Lightstorm Darshaan 241

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Oaks and DanehillDancer hard done byThe Derby and Prix du Jockey Clubpredictably had an impact on the table– Pour Moi earned £710,000 forMontjeu, while Dalakhani’s son ReliableMan picked up £738,000 at Chantilly. In fact, if Treasure Beach had not

finished so close up at Epsom, Galileowould now be behind Montjeu.Perhaps surprisingly, he is behind innumber of stakes winners, six againsteight, and neither can match Dansili’stally of 11.As a comment on race values,

Dancing Rain picked up £184,000 inthe Oaks, which doesn’t place her topamong Danehill Dancer’s progeny. BlueBunting earned nearly £30,000 morefor landing the Guineas, a hint thatthe Oaks is being hard done by.Dalakhani, only 11 and standing at

Gilltown, doesn’t cover vast books ofmares and is essentially a middle-distance sire, but he has a lot in hisfavour. For a start he gets some rattlinggood runners, with Reliable Manboosting a list led by Conduit and alsoincluding Chinese White, Duncan andMoonstone. Equally significant, he is by

Darshaan, thus providing anopportunity for breeders to go for theSadler’s Wells-Darshaan nick in reverse.Of Dalakhani’s best runners, the damsof Conduit, Reliable Man and ChineseWhite are all by Sadler’s Wells.

Leading Flat sires 2011 by earningsName YOF Sire Rnrs Wnrs %WR Races AWD Earnings (£) SH % SW %Galileo 1998 Sadler’s Wells 152 47 30.9 55 10.8 1,798,945 16 10.5 6 4.0Montjeu 1996 Sadler’s Wells 115 32 27.8 41 11.7 1,686,606 15 13.0 8 7.0Dalakhani 2000 Darshaan 78 17 21.8 25 10.1 1,315,628 7 9.0 5 6.4Danehill Dancer 1993 Danehill 145 41 28.3 54 9.0 981,910 14 9.7 5 3.5Dansili 1996 Danehill 143 42 29.4 59 9.6 937,785 18 12.6 11 7.7Dubawi 2002 Dubai Millennium 105 32 30.5 42 8.6 934,785 11 10.5 5 4.8Oasis Dream 2000 Green Desert 146 44 30.1 58 7.4 795,564 13 8.9 6 4.1Shamardal 2002 Giant’s Causeway 86 29 33.7 36 8.6 782,978 8 9.3 4 4.7Verglas 1994 Highest Honor 160 50 31.3 63 8.5 708,535 3 1.9 0 0.0Invincible Spirit 1997 Green Desert 176 45 25.6 58 7.4 698,483 10 5.7 3 1.7High Chaparral 1999 Sadler’s Wells 112 31 27.7 39 10.3 628,550 5 4.5 3 2.7Refuse To Bend 2000 Sadler’s Wells 116 37 31.9 48 9.0 607,438 2 1.7 2 1.7Kingsalsa 1996 Kingmambo 104 29 27.9 34 8.9 573,420 3 2.9 1 1.0Slickly 1996 Linamix 84 25 29.8 33 10.0 555,575 4 4.8 2 2.4Singspiel 1992 In The Wings 79 21 26.6 28 10.7 542,005 6 7.6 4 5.1Pivotal 1993 Polar Falcon 127 34 26.8 44 8.1 537,329 7 5.5 3 2.4Hawk Wing 1999 Woodman 135 36 26.7 52 9.5 490,375 2 1.5 1 0.7Cape Cross 1994 Green Desert 124 33 26.6 40 9.1 489,891 9 7.3 2 1.6Muhtathir 1995 Elmaamul 84 25 29.8 32 9.3 481,395 2 2.4 0 0.0Oratorio 2002 Danehill 135 36 26.7 43 8.6 479,810 1 0.7 1 0.7Azamour 2001 Night Shift 50 22 44.0 26 9.9 476,518 5 10.0 4 8.0Hurricane Run 2002 Montjeu 69 28 40.6 30 10.0 472,071 6 8.7 2 2.9Rock Of Gibraltar 1999 Danehill 106 32 30.2 40 9.2 471,703 6 5.7 4 3.8Sakhee 1997 Bahri 56 23 41.1 24 9.1 466,554 3 5.4 2 3.6Elusive City 2000 Elusive Quality 102 25 24.5 38 7.3 464,248 4 3.9 3 2.9Aussie Rules 2003 Danehill 55 21 38.2 24 8.9 459,771 6 10.9 3 5.5Exceed And Excel 2000 Danehill 129 38 29.5 49 6.5 449,689 7 5.4 5 3.9Chichicastenango 1998 Smadoun 48 10 20.8 12 9.6 448,836 1 2.1 0 0.0Holy Roman Emperor 2004 Danehill 87 22 25.3 35 8.1 447,581 4 4.6 3 3.5Diktat 1995 Warning 111 25 22.5 34 8.5 440,261 5 4.5 1 0.9Lomitas 1988 Niniski 59 20 33.9 25 10.7 433,645 4 6.8 1 1.7King’s Best 1997 Kingmambo 117 29 24.8 32 9.4 424,867 2 1.7 1 0.9One Cool Cat 2001 Storm Cat 125 32 25.6 50 7.8 418,980 2 1.6 1 0.8Footstepsinthesand 2002 Giant’s Causeway 89 22 24.7 35 7.7 414,950 4 4.5 1 1.1Kyllachy 1998 Pivotal 133 43 32.3 61 6.4 403,033 4 3.0 3 2.3Anabaa Blue 1998 Anabaa 68 20 29.4 26 9.6 399,643 1 1.5 0 0.0Anabaa 1992 Danzig 59 17 28.8 23 9.3 393,564 1 1.7 1 1.7Selkirk 1988 Sharpen Up 78 27 34.6 30 8.9 388,853 9 11.5 3 3.9Tiger Hill 1995 Danehill 118 24 20.3 28 10.2 377,335 6 5.1 2 1.7Dubai Destination 1999 Kingmambo 122 34 27.9 41 9.6 372,840 2 1.6 0 0.0Blu Air Force 1997 Sri Pekan 86 35 40.7 47 7.1 367,458 2 2.3 0 0.0High Yield 1997 Storm Cat 62 20 32.3 27 9.5 361,152 1 1.6 0 0.0Monsun 1990 Konigsstuhl 71 24 33.8 28 10.8 360,631 9 12.7 4 5.6Fasliyev 1997 Nureyev 99 31 31.3 44 7.5 355,709 2 2.0 2 2.0Medicean 1997 Machiavellian 128 29 22.7 39 9.2 350,574 3 2.3 1 0.8Sinndar 1997 Grand Lodge 69 19 27.5 28 11.5 350,524 3 4.4 1 1.5Lando 1990 Acatenango 89 22 24.7 24 9.8 349,462 5 5.6 2 2.3Whipper 2001 Miesque’s Son 78 22 28.2 31 8.9 347,372 6 7.7 1 1.3Acclamation 1999 Royal Applause 122 37 30.3 48 6.9 344,567 3 2.5 1 0.8Peintre Celebre 1994 Nureyev 72 22 30.6 26 10.6 335,054 3 4.2 2 2.8Barathea 1990 Sadler’s Wells 87 19 21.8 26 9.7 329,311 2 2.3 1 1.2Dynaformer 1985 Roberto 31 6 19.4 6 10.1 323,802 5 16.1 1 3.2Panis 1998 Miswaki 61 12 19.7 16 8.2 323,464 0 0.0 0 0.0Choisir 1999 Danehill Dancer 94 32 34.0 45 6.9 318,895 1 1.1 1 1.1Street Cry 1998 Machiavellian 41 10 24.4 10 9.5 315,172 1 2.4 1 2.4Red Ransom 1987 Roberto 89 15 16.9 15 8.8 313,790 6 6.7 1 1.1Gold Away 1995 Goldneyev 58 14 24.1 16 10.2 312,204 1 1.7 0 0.0Green Tune 1991 Green Dancer 90 19 21.1 19 10.5 309,772 0 0.0 0 0.0Dr Fong 1995 Kris S 87 23 26.4 34 10.5 308,008 3 3.5 1 1.2Shirocco 2001 Monsun 65 16 24.6 20 9.9 306,809 3 4.6 1 1.5Kheleyf 2001 Green Desert 114 30 26.3 45 6.4 303,156 2 1.8 0 0.0Sagacity 1998 Highest Honor 67 17 25.4 22 10.0 302,068 0 0.0 0 0.0Numerous 1991 Mr Prospector 69 15 21.7 17 10.6 301,899 4 5.8 0 0.0Indian Rocket 1994 Indian Ridge 52 14 26.9 19 7.2 301,680 2 3.9 0 0.0Beat Hollow 1997 Sadler’s Wells 85 30 35.3 39 10.1 299,307 1 1.2 0 0.0Orpen 1996 Lure 90 26 28.9 33 7.5 296,805 1 1.1 0 0.0Big Shuffle 1984 Super Concorde 100 21 21.0 25 8.1 291,658 7 7.0 2 2.0Captain Rio 1999 Pivotal 120 27 22.5 34 7.5 283,098 3 2.5 1 0.8Dr Devious 1989 Ahonoora 72 25 34.7 36 8.8 278,929 1 1.4 1 1.4Motivator 2002 Montjeu 71 22 31.0 25 10.4 272,513 2 2.8 0 0.0Iffraaj 2001 Zafonic 65 15 23.1 21 7.3 270,637 2 3.1 1 1.5Compton Place 1994 Indian Ridge 106 27 25.5 33 6.8 264,987 1 0.9 0 0.0Fantastic Light 1996 Rahy 67 19 28.4 29 9.3 262,180 2 3.0 1 1.5Doyen 2000 Sadler’s Wells 60 17 28.3 21 9.7 259,001 7 11.7 2 3.3Enrique 1996 Barathea 72 18 25.0 20 10.1 258,103 0 0.0 0 0.0Martino Alonso 1994 Marju 49 20 40.8 29 8.0 257,138 3 6.1 1 2.0Kingmambo 1990 Mr Prospector 25 6 24.0 7 10.6 256,070 4 16.0 2 8.0Intikhab 1994 Red Ransom 82 23 28.1 32 8.2 251,710 2 2.4 1 1.2Tertullian 1995 Miswaki 54 17 31.5 21 8.7 250,595 4 7.4 3 5.6Tobougg 1998 Barathea 92 22 23.9 28 9.0 249,661 2 2.2 1 1.1Royal Applause 1993 Waajib 129 36 27.9 45 7.6 249,133 1 0.8 0 0.0Highest Honor 1983 Kenmare 41 13 31.7 20 10.8 248,144 0 0.0 0 0.0Pastoral Pursuits 2001 Bahamian Bounty 38 8 21.1 9 7.9 244,743 2 5.3 0 0.0Alhaarth 1993 Unfuwain 64 18 28.1 24 10.5 243,601 1 1.6 1 1.6Noverre 1998 Rahy 96 24 25.0 36 8.1 243,087 2 2.1 1 1.0Xaar 1995 Zafonic 74 17 23.0 22 8.2 241,042 1 1.4 1 1.4Mujahid 1996 Danzig 62 22 35.5 31 8.4 238,719 2 3.2 0 0.0Marchand de Sable 1990 Theatrical 58 9 15.5 11 9.6 237,241 3 5.2 0 0.0Giant’s Causeway 1997 Storm Cat 49 18 36.7 21 9.7 233,443 4 8.2 2 4.1Green Desert 1983 Danzig 67 20 29.9 27 7.6 232,219 2 3.0 0 0.0Marju 1988 Last Tycoon 66 19 28.8 22 8.4 230,751 3 4.6 0 0.0

Statistics to June 5

DATA BOOKEXCLUSIVE EUROPEAN STALLION STATS


DATA BOOK LISTINGS OF EVERY WORLDWIDE GROUP OR GRADED STAKES WINNER


Global Stakes ResultsDate Grade Race Dist Horse Age Sex Sire Dam Broodmare SireArgentina29/05 G1 Gran Premio Gran Criterium 8.0f Escape Of Glory (ARG) 3 C Lode (USA) Escarlatte (ARG) Sonus (IRE)29/05 G1 Gran Premio de Potrancas (1000 Guineas) 8.0f Una Cabeza (ARG) 3 F Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Potra Fabulous (ARG) Potrillon (ARG)25/05 G1 Gran Premio 25 de Mayo 12.0f Vitaminado (ARG) 4 C Not For Sale (ARG) Visa Bay (ARG) Lode (USA)01/05 G1 Gran Premio Montevideo 7.5f Mighty Hunter (ARG) 3 C Mutakddim (USA) Southern Melodie (USA) Southern Halo (USA)01/05 G1 G P Republica Argentina-Copa Min.Turismo 10.0f Star Runner (ARG) 4 C Southern Halo (USA) Star Brown (ARG) Luhuk (USA)01/05 G1 G P de las Americas-OSAF E Blousson 8.0f Inter Optimist (ARG) 7 H Incurable Optimist (USA) Es Interprete (ARG) Interprete (ARG)01/05 G1 Gran Premio Jorge de Atucha 7.5f Gamuza Fina (ARG) 3 F Equal Stripes (ARG) Gamuza Fitz (ARG) Fitzcarraldo (ARG)01/05 G1 Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires 5.0f Sembra Fe (ARG) 4 F Manipulator (USA) Siembra Pasion (ARG) El Sembrador (ARG)01/05 G1 G. P. Criadores-Copa Cincuentenario 10.0f Malpensa (ARG) 5 M Orpen (USA) Marsella (ARG) Southern Halo (USA)04/06 G2 Clasico Forli 9.0f Immaculate (ARG) 5 H Hennessy (USA) Lady Irene (BRZ) St Chad27/05 G2 Clasico Particula 11.0f Sublimacion (ARG) 5 M Orpen (USA) Suite De Lujo (ARG) Fitzcarraldo (ARG)22/05 G2 Clasico 25 de Mayo de 1810 8.0f Cafrune (ARG) 5 H Colonial Affair (USA) Ipacarai (ARG) Interprete (ARG)08/05 G2 Clasico Pedro Goenaga 7.0f Criollo Tenaz (ARG) 3 C Equal Stripes (ARG) Cosabela (ARG) Acceptable (USA)03/05 G2 Clasico Raul Aristegui 7.0f Life For Sale (ARG) 3 F Not For Sale (ARG) Doubt Fire (BRZ) Ski Champ (USA)05/06 G3 C. Antonio Cane-Copa Asoc.Bon Per.Turf 10.5f Aristocity (ARG) 7 H City West (ARG) La Aristocrata (ARG) Equalize (USA)02/06 G3 Clasico Andres S Torres 7.5f Carmelinda (ARG) 3 F Editor's Note (USA) Consejala (ARG) Candy Stripes (USA)01/06 G3 Clasico Santiago Lawrie 5.0f Hidebound (ARG) 4 F Grand Slam (USA) Hidden Dreams (GB) Soviet Star (USA)26/05 G3 Clasico Joaquin V Maqueda 7.0f Habsburga (ARG) 6 M Halo Sunshine (USA) Headdress (ARG) Slewsville (USA)21/05 G3 Clasico Velocidad 5.0f Enjoy Dubai (ARG) 3 C Seeker's Reward (CAN) Enjoying (ARG) Candy Stripes (USA)15/05 G3 Clasico Southern Halo 7.0f Hunky (ARG) 4 C Orpen (USA) Hufeisen Baby (USA) Turkoman (USA)14/05 G3 Clasico Circulo Propietarios Caballeriza 8.0f Catch The Mad (ARG) 4 F Catcher In The Rye (IRE) Crazy Wells (ARG) Poliglote (GB)07/05 G3 Clasico General Las Heras 7.0f Watch Her (ARG) 4 F Mutakddim (USA) Wally (ARG) Southern Halo (USA)

Australia04/06 G1 Treasury Casino Queensland Oaks 12.0f Scarlett Lady (NZ) 4 F Savabeel (AUS) On Call (NZ) Ironclad (NZ)28/05 G1 Carlton Mid Doomben 10,000 Stakes 6.5f Beaded (AUS) 6 M Lonhro (AUS) Subtle (AUS) Night Shift (USA)21/05 G1 Kirks Doomben Cup 10.0f Scenic Shot (AUS) 9 G Scenic Sweepshot (AUS) Dr Grace (NZ)14/05 G1 Bundaberg Distilling BTC Cup 6.0f Black Caviar (AUS) 5 M Bel Esprit (AUS) Helsinge (AUS) Desert Sun (GB)08/05 G1 Distinctive Homes Goodwood Handicap 6.0f Lone Rock (AUS) 4 F Fastnet Rock (AUS) Pride of Pine (AUS) Lion Cavern (USA)08/05 G1 Betfair South Australian Derby 12.5f Shadows In The Sun (AUS) 4 G Dane Shadow (AUS) Best Out West (AUS) Best Western (AUS)04/06 G1 Al Basti Eagle Farm Cup 11.0f Glass Harmonium (IRE) 5 H Verglas (IRE) Spring Symphony (IRE) Darshaan04/06 G1 Patinack Farm Dane Ripper Stakes 7.0f Hurtle Myrtle (AUS) 5 M Dane Shadow (AUS) Ravenswood (AUS) Woodman (USA)04/06 G1 Albion Jeep QTC Cup 6.5f Varenna Miss (AUS) 5 M Redoute's Choice (AUS) Mica's Pride (AUS) Bite The Bullet (USA)04/06 G2 Al Basti Sires' Produce Stakes 7.0f Hot Snitzel (AUS) 3 G Snitzel (AUS) Flames of Paris (USA) Blushing Groom (FR)21/05 G2 Bollinger Champagne Classic 6.0f Free Wheeling (AUS) 3 C Ad Valorem (USA) Miss Carefree (AUS) Last Tycoon07/05 G2 Lend a Lease A D Hollindale Stakes 9.0f Kingdom of Fife (GB) 6 G Kingmambo (USA) Fairy Godmother (GB) Fairy King (USA)28/05 G3 Mullins Grand Prix Stakes 11.0f Turnitup (AUS) 4 C Dane Shadow (AUS) No Finding (AUS) Hula Chief (NZ)28/05 G3 D'Orsogna Roma Cup 6.0f Grand Nirvana (AUS) 6 G Scenic Paradise Park (AUS) Bletchley Park (IRE)28/05 G3 Channel 7 Premier's Cup 11.0f Shuffle The Cash (AUS) 7 G Dash For Cash (AUS) Final Shuffle (AUS) Forest Glow (USA)21/05 G3 Triple M Btc Fred Best Classic 6.5f Falino (AUS) 4 C Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) Danamala (GB) Danehill (USA)21/05 G3 Hidden Dragon Doomben Roses Stakes 10.0f Scarlett Lady (NZ) 4 F Savabeel (AUS) On Call (NZ) Ironclad (NZ)21/05 G3 Glenlogan Park Moreton Stakes 6.5f Kanzan (AUS) 5 M Commands (AUS) Cherry Lodge (AUS) Grand Lodge (USA)21/05 G3 Carlton Mid Lord Mayor's Cup 8.0f Firebolt (NZ) 6 G Stravinsky (USA) Woodsong (AUS) Woodman (USA)21/05 G3 Darley Brisbane Race Club Sprint 6.5f Woorim (AUS) 6 G Show A Heart (AUS) Wabble (AUS) Canadian Silver (CAN)14/05 G3 Mitty's Rough Habit Plate 10.0f Fillydelphia (AUS) 4 F Bianconi (USA) Edel Vanessa (AUS) Encosta de Lago (AUS)14/05 G3 Landfill Chairman's Handicap 10.0f Humma (AUS) 8 G Iglesia (AUS) Blue Lady (AUS) Western Symphony (USA)08/05 G3 Schweppes R A Lee Stakes 8.0f Budriguez (AUS) 5 G Al Maher (AUS) Deni (AUS) St Covet (AUS)07/05 G3 Contour Gold Coast Guineas 6.0f Military Rose (AUS) 4 F General Nediym (AUS) Bella Maddelena (AUS) Flying Spur (AUS)

Escape Of Glory, twice a winner over6f in April, led with a quarter of a mile torun and had no trouble holding KeyDecision by two lengths. His time wasmore than a second faster than that ofUna Cabeza, who came with a strongrun on the outside to head the favouriteCome Into and ran on to beat her bytwo and a half lengths. Come Into hadwon the GP Eliseo Ramirez, over 7f onApril 1, beating the dead-heaters UnaCabeza and La Laguna Azul (fourth thistime) by three-quarters of a length.Jorge Ricardo, who rode Come Intothat day, switched to Una Cabeza here. Vitaminadowas able to overcome

a wide draw to seize an immediate lead.Astral Thunder (by Thunder Gulch),another three-year-old with a patchyrecord, pressed him throughout andthey were five lengths ahead at halfway.Vitaminado quickened three lengthsclear in the straight but dried up in thefinal 100 yards and lasted home by a

short neck. Es Richard was five lengthsback in third. Vitaminado, who wasscoring for the fourth time in ten tries,had won a Listed event over ninefurlongs of the San Isidro course onApril 20. His form had dipped after histhird in the GP Jockey-Club in October.The runner-up Astral Thunder hadscored only once in 11 races but thiswas his third consecutive second. In the Montevideo, Cartier Gold

(Orpen), a Group 1 second on turf,started favourite to go one better in hisdebut on dirt. He took it up over twofurlongs from home but was no matchfor Mighty Hunter, who challengedwell wide of him and was ridden out tobeat him two and a half lengths. MightyHunter was a Group 3 winner overcourse and distance but Cartier Goldcan be forgiven his defeat on a sloppytrack. He finished nine lengths clear ofthe third, Buen Verso, who had brokenout of his stall before the race.

Star Runner, who started favourite,was winning his first Group 1 at thesixth attempt. Second in both the Pollade Potrillos (2,000 Guineas) and GPNacional (Derby), he took over fromMad Speed entering the straight andwent clear to triumph by two and a halflengths. Aristocity came from some wayback to deprive Mad Speed of second. Inter Optimistwas out of action for

16 months to last November and thiswas his first win in six outings since hisreturn. AP Candy had beaten him byone and a half lengths in the ClasicoBenito Villanueva on April 4 and, thoughmeeting on 3lb worse terms, the lightly-raced three-year-old was odds-on for arepeat. However, he succumbed by thatsame margin. Inter Optimist has aninteresting record. His first six winswere all on turf but his remaining threehave all been on dirt. Gamuza Fina, successful on her

debut in March, followed up in

tremendous style. Quickly overcominginterference at the start and wide allround the turn, she made smoothprogress once in the straight and wasridden out for a four-length victory. Shewas a first Group 1 winner for her riderMario Fernandez. Andrea Marinhas,who rode La Extrovertida to claimsecond, had passed that milestone inNovember 2009. She always had Sembra Fe close

up and sent her past Setembrino in thefinal furlong to beat that front-running100-1 shot by two and a half lengths.Haras El Tala, breeder of Sembra Fe, ishome to both her sire and damsire ElSembrador. Malpensa is in the form of her life.

She was beaten a head by FoggyStripes in the GP Criadores-CopaCincuentenario last year but trouncedthat rival by nine lengths this time. It washer third Group 1 victory in her last fourappearances.

Black Caviarmade it 13 straight wins(and six straight Group 1 triumphs) onher Queensland debut in the BTC Cup,justifying the faith of a huge crowd whohad come to pay homage. Connectionsthen decided to call a halt for theseason with the unbeaten filly and laterpromised that Royal Ascot 2012 isfirmly on her agenda.

In her absence, Hay List, runner-up inthree of those top level wins, wasexpected to make hay in the Doomben10,000. But a minor injury provoked hisabsence and allowed Beaded, who is‘tiny’ according to her Sydney trainerPeter Snowden, to rally back past LoveConquers All in a thrilling finish. Scenic Shot is based in West

Australia but, now aged eight, won theDoomben Cup for the second time inthree years, beating the former SirMichael Stoute stablemates KingdomOf Fife and Glass Harmonium in a tightfinish. This was an emotional successfor 45-year-old pilot Shane Scriven,who was allowed to ride pending anappeal to the five-month ban he

collected for ‘borrowing’ a rival jockey’swhip in a minor race in April. New Zealand racing has two new

stars in the shape of the QueenslandOaks winner Scarlett Lady and her19-year-old jockey James McDonald. In South Australia, trainer Anthony

Cummings finally got Shadows In TheSun away from the soft ground that

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Brazil15/05 G1 Grande Premio Juliano Martins 8.0f Veraneio (BRZ) 3 C Signal Tap (USA) Personal Ensign (ARG) Fitzcarraldo (ARG)15/05 G1 G. P. Sao Paulo-Shopping Cidade Jardim 12.0f Timeo (BRZ) 5 H First American (USA) In The Sand (USA) Atticus (USA)15/05 G1 Grande Premio Presidente da Republica 8.0f Equitana (BRZ) 4 F Romarin (BRZ) Uaiasol (BRZ) Choctaw Ridge (USA)14/05 G1 Asoc.Brasil dos Criadores Cavalo Corrida 5.0f Desejado Thunder (BRZ) 4 C Durban Thunder (BRZ) Glorious Magee (BRZ) Spend A Buck (USA)14/05 G1 Org.Sulamericana Fomento P.S. de Corrida 10.0f Grand I Ask (BRZ) 4 F Yagli (USA) Ola I Ask (BRZ) Grimaldi (BRZ)24/04 G1 Grande Premio Joao Cecilio Ferraz 7.5f Alta Vista (BRZ) 3 F Amigoni (IRE) Bella Cy (BRZ) Belo Colony (BRZ)05/06 G2 G.P. Presidente Roberto Alves de Almeida 8.0f Licordoce (BRZ) 3 F Red Runner (USA) Cat Melody (BRZ) Burooj (GB)29/05 G2 Grande Premio Conde de Herzberg 7.5f Joe Diesel (BRZ) 3 C Christine's Outlaw (USA) Darter (BRZ) Afleet (CAN)29/05 G2 G. P. Francisco Villela de Paula Machado 7.5f Pro Memoria (BRZ) 3 F Dubai Dust (USA) Dear Rafaela (BRZ) Ramirito (BRZ)05/06 G3 Grande Premio Antonio Carlos Amorim 7.0f Desejada Duda (BRZ) 4 F Gilded Time (USA) Duda Desejada (BRZ) Punk (ARG)24/04 G3 Grande Premio Presidente Julio Mesquita 5.0f Cha Ingles (BRZ) 4 C Put It Back (USA) Hortencia (BRZ) Midnight Tiger (USA)

Canada04/06 G2 Nassau Stakes 8.0f Bay To Bay (USA) 4 F Sligo Bay (IRE) Bala (CAN) With Approval (CAN)29/05 G2 Connaught Cup Stakes 7.0f Stormy Lord (CAN) 4 G Stormy Atlantic (USA) Lady Auchamore (CAN) Meadowlake (USA)28/05 G3 Eclipse Stakes 8.5f Fifty Proof (CAN) 5 G Whiskey Wisdom (CAN) Phi Beta (USA) Horatius (USA)14/05 G3 Hendrie Stakes 6.5f Embur's Song (CAN) 4 F Unbridled's Song (USA) Embur Sunshine (CAN) Bold Ruckus (USA)08/05 G3 Vigil Stakes 7.0f Stunning Stag (CAN) 7 H Running Stag (USA) Midday Fun (USA) The Prime Minister (USA)23/04 G3 Whimsical Stakes 6.0f Wildcat Marie (USA) 4 F Wildcat Heir (USA) Miss Rachel Marie (USA) Wild Rush (USA)

Chile01/05 G1 C. Club Hipico de Santiago Fallabella 10.0f Sin Respeto (CHI) 4 G Caesarion (IRE) Simbaville (CHI) Barkerville (USA)30/04 G1 Gran Premio Hipodromo Chile - Movistar 11.0f Ascot Prince (CHI) 4 C Sir Cat (USA) Wolfie (CHI) Hussonet (USA)23/05 G2 Premio Carlos Campino 9.0f Indy May (CHI) 5 M Indy Dancer (USA) Plaza De Mayo (CHI) More Royal (USA)27/04 G2 Premio El Estreno Nicanor Senoret 6.5f Puerto Botany (CHI) 3 G Merchant of Venice (USA) Chateauneuf de Pape (CHI) Hussonet (USA)01/04 G2 P. Otono-Pedro Garcia de la Huerta Matte 10.0f Mister Storm (CHI) 5 G Stormy Atlantic (USA) Miss Fort Knox (USA) Quiet American (USA)03/06 G3 Premio Alvaro Covarrubias 8.0f Omayad (CHI) 3 C The Mighty Tiger (USA) Wilhelmina (CHI) Wagon Master (FR)28/05 G3 Premio Victor Matetic Fernandez 7.5f Jantho (CHI) 3 C Sir Halory (USA) Matahara (CHI) Squire Jones (USA)27/05 G3 Premio Julio Subercaseaux Browne 8.0f Puerta De Cristal (CHI) 3 F Ocean Terrace (USA) Las Tacas (CHI) Hussonet (USA)21/05 G3 Premio Jose Saavedra Baeza 7.5f Amani (CHI) 3 F Morning Raider (IRE) Just Fine (CHI) Doneraile Court (USA)06/05 G3 Premio Cotejo de Potrillos 6.5f Omayad (CHI) 3 C The Mighty Tiger (USA) Wilhelmina (CHI) Wagon Master (FR)29/04 G3 Premio Cotejo de Potrancas 6.5f Hasta Nunca (CHI) 3 F Star Dabbler (USA) Hawaiian Dancer (CHI) Hussonet (USA)09/04 G3 P. A Breque Espinosa y A Breque Venegas 6.5f Gran Gallego (CHI) 3 C Tumblebrutus (USA) Mitsha (CHI) Malek (CHI)02/04 G3 Premio Juan Cavieres Mella 6.5f Amani (CHI) 3 F Morning Raider (IRE) Just Fine (CHI) Doneraile Court (USA)

Hong Kong01/05 G1 Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup 10.0f Ambitious Dragon (NZ) 5 H Pins (AUS) Golden Gamble (NZ) Oregon (USA)

Japan05/06 G1 Yasuda Kinen 8.0f Real Impact (JPN) 3 C Deep Impact (JPN) Tokio Reality (USA) Meadowlake (USA)29/05 G1 Tokyo Yushun (Derby) 12.0f Orfevre (JPN) 3 C Stay Gold (JPN) Oriental Art (JPN) Mejiro McQueen (JPN)22/05 G1 Yushun Himba (Oaks) 12.0f Erin Court (JPN) 3 F Durandal (JPN) Erin Bird (FR) Bluebird (USA)15/05 G1 Victoria Mile 8.0f Apapane (JPN) 4 F King Kamehameha (JPN) Salty Bid (USA) Salt Lake (USA)08/05 G1 NHK Mile Cup 8.0f Grand Prix Boss (JPN) 3 C Sakura Bakushin O (JPN) Rosy Mist (JPN) Sunday Silence (USA)28/05 G2 Kinko Sho 10.0f Rulership (JPN) 4 C King Kamehameha (JPN) Air Groove (JPN) Tony Bin28/05 G2 Meguro Kinen 12.5f King Top Gun (JPN) 8 H Mayano Top Gun (JPN) Glittering Flower (JPN) Maruzensky (JPN)22/05 G2 Tokai TV Hai Tokai Stakes 9.5f Wonder Acute (JPN) 5 H Charismatic (USA) Wonder Heritage (USA) Pleasant Tap (USA)14/05 G2 Keio Hai Spring Cup 7.0f Strong Return (JPN) 5 H Symboli Kris S (USA) Caught Out (USA) Smart Strike (CAN)07/05 G2 Kyoto Shimbun Hai 11.0f Cresco Grand (JPN) 3 C Tanino Gimlet (JPN) Manhattan Fizz (JPN) Sunday Silence (USA)04/06 G3 Unicorn Stakes 8.0f I Am Actress (JPN) 3 F Agnes Tachyon (JPN) I Am The Winner (USA) Danzig Connection (USA)08/05 G3 Niigata Daishoten 10.0f Sacred Valley (JPN) 5 H Tanino Gimlet (JPN) Holy Brown (JPN) Fuji Kiseki (JPN)

has blighted the Sydney AutumnCarnival and the son of Dane Shadow

responded with a 20-1 Derby surprise. Lone Rockwas a even longer-

priced scorer in the Goodwood Cupunder Clare Lindop, the 30-1 rag

proving too strong for one of BlackCaviar’s regular pursuers, Crystal Lily.

Estanislau Petrochinski, who trained XinXu Lin to beat a big field in the GPJuliano Martins last year, followed upwith Veraneio. A narrow winner of amaiden five weeks earlier, Veraneiocaught the favourite Iaquinta closehome to score by three-quarters of alength. Iaquinta’s sire Romarin went one

better in the next race when Equitanaheld off the Argentine-bred favouriteSalute by a neck. Timeo, tenth behind Sal Grosso in

last year’s GP Sao Paulo, got up in thefinal 50 yards to beat the three-year-oldJeca by half a length. Sal Grosso, sentoff favourite for a repeat, made lateprogress to take third. It was a thirdGroup 1 success for Timeo and a thirdin this race for his trainer DulcinoGuignoni.

Desejado Thunder, the bestsprinter in Brazil, made it 11 wins in 13races with an easy defeat of QuasiModa and Union Lake. He had beatenthe same two horses in a Group 3 at

Gavea on April 17. Indeed, this was a 1-2-3 for invaders from Rio. DesejadoThunder was the only winning favouritein the weekend’s five Group 1 events atCidade Jardim. Sal Grosso ran thirdand the other three, includingParapatibum in the fillies’ and mares’contest, all found one too good.

Grand I Ask beat last August’s GPBarao de Piracicaba (Sao Paulo 1,000Guineas) winner by half a length. The Danehill horse Amigoni, one of

the lesser lights in Aidan O’Brien’s

stable in 2005, when he won theAnglesey Stakes and ran second toGeorge Washington in the NationalStakes, has made a promising start atstud. His daughter Alta Vistamade allto remain unbeaten after four starts.She won by only a head but alwaysappeared to be holding the late run ofthe second Glowing Spirit. AmiltonAquino Farias trains at Curitiba inParana state but he knew what he hadand all Alta Vista’s runs have been atCidade Jardim.

Gonzalo Ulloa quickly sent SinRespeto to the front. He stole a clearlead early in the straight and left his 14rivals to fight for second. Sin Respeto

won by three and a quarter lengths fromMi Buen Amigo, who got the best of afour-horse photo by inches. Thewinner’s sire is a son of Danehill who

won a weak Group 3 in France. Ascot Prince tracked the leaders

throughout and went clean away in thefinal furlong to score by seven lengths

from Tomby. Importador finished a poorthird but was disqualified after failing adope test. It was Ascot Prince’sseventh win in 13 races.

The Hong Kong Classic crop looks astrong one and the Derby winner,

Ambitious Dragon, put the olderhorses in their place when becoming

the first horse in six years to manage tofollow up in the Audemars Piguet QEII

Cup. A high class overseas raidingparty was comfortably repelled.

Sheikh Mohammed visited a Japaneseracecourse for the first time in 28 years,only to be pelted with rain as a typhoonapproached and be left disappointed asFrankie Dettori sported his colours into12th place aboard Debonair in theTokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby). He didat least see a fine victory, as Orfevre

followed up his 2,000 Guineas win witha near two-length defeat of WinVariation, the pair pulling clear. Marcellina, winner of the first leg of

the fillies Triple Crown, proved unable toemulate Orfevre, as she managed onlyfourth behind Erin Court in the YushunHimba (Oaks). Erin Court is out of Erin

Bird, who won the 1994 Prix de l’Operafor Peter Chapple-Hyam, only to fall foulof the stewards and be demoted to fifth. A clash between the 2010 and

2009 Yushun Himba winners, Apapaneand Buena Vista, in the Victoria Milelived up to expectations with Apapaneprevailing by a neck.

But Apapane flopped in the YasudaKinen, finishing sixth behind RealImpact, the only three-year-old in a fieldof 18. This result paid a compliment toGrand Prix Boss, last year’s championjuvenile who beat Real Impact two anda quarter lengths into third in the NHKMile Cup. >>


DATA BOOK LISTINGS OF EVERY WORLDWIDE GROUP OR GRADED STAKES WINNER


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Global Stakes ResultsDate Grade Race Dist Horse Age Sex Sire Dam Broodmare SireNew Zealand07/05 G3 Platinum Homes Rotorua Cup 11.0f Indikator (NZ) 8 G Sandtrap (USA) Lady Daintree (NZ) Sir Tristram

Norway17/05 G3 Walter Nilsens Minnelop 12.0f Bank of Burden (USA) 4 C Hawk Wing (USA) Wewantitall (GB) Pivotal (GB)

Peru04/06 G3 Clasico Luis Olaechea Dubois 7.0f Mr Dany (CHI) 3 C Powerscourt (GB) As Told (USA) A P Indy (USA)

Singapore22/05 G1 Singapore Airlines International Cup 10.0f Gitano Hernando (GB) 5 H Hernando (FR) Gino's Spirits (GB) Perugino (USA)22/05 G1 Kris Flyer International Sprint 6.0f Rocket Man (AUS) 6 G Viscount (AUS) Macrosa (NZ) McGinty (NZ)

South Africa04/06 G1 Daily News 2000 10.0f The Apache (SAF) 4 C Mogok (USA) Apache Rose (SAF) Dolpour04/06 G1 Woolavington 2000 10.0f Igugu (AUS) 4 F Galileo (IRE) Zarinia (IRE) Intikhab (USA)28/05 G1 Tsogo Sun Maverick Gold Medallion 6.0f Delago Deluxe (AUS) 3 C Encosta de Lago (AUS) Succeeding (AUS) Flying Spur (AUS)28/05 G1 Golden Horse Casino Sprint 6.0f Shea Shea (SAF) 4 C National Emblem (SAF) Yankee Clipper (SAF) Jallad (USA)28/05 G1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship 6.0f Princess Victoria (SAF) 3 F Victory Moon (SAF) Platinum Princess (SAF) Rakeen (USA)28/05 G1 South African Fillies & Mares Sprint 6.0f Val de Ra (SAF) 5 M Var (USA) Minelli (SAF) Elliodor (FR)30/04 G1 Computaform Sprint 5.0f Val de Ra (SAF) 5 M Var (USA) Minelli (SAF) Elliodor (FR)30/04 G1 Samsung Business South African Derby 12.0f Seal (SAF) 4 G Silvano (GER) Prestine Performer (SAF) Rambo Dancer (CAN)30/04 G1 President's Champions Challenge 10.0f Happy Landing (SAF) 5 G Al Mufti (USA) Landing Liza (SAF) Badger Land (USA)20/05 G2 Betting World 1900 9.5f Golden Chariot (SAF) 7 H Caesour (USA) Golden Apple (SAF) Northern Guest (USA)20/05 G2 Betting World 1900 9.5f Safwan (AUS) 5 G Encosta de Lago (AUS) Showella (NZ) Lord Ballina (AUS)13/05 G2 KRA Guineas 8.0f Solo Traveller (SAF) 4 C Western Winter (USA) Strawberry Lane (SAF) Jallad (USA)13/05 G2 KRA Fillies Guineas 8.0f Beach Beauty (SAF) 4 F Dynasty (SAF) Sun Coast (SAF) Capture Him (USA)05/05 G2 Umkhomazi Stakes 6.0f Silver Age (SAF) 3 C Requiem (AUS) Russian Belle (SAF) Krusenstern (USA)05/05 G2 The Debutante Stakes 6.0f Tempted (SAF) 3 F Jallad (USA) Tempter (ARG) Southern Halo (USA)03/05 G2 Drill Hall Stakes 7.0f Past Master (SAF) 5 H Jet Master (SAF) Early Thaw (SAF) Western Winter (USA)30/04 G2 The South African Nursery 5.5f Delago Deluxe (AUS) 3 C Encosta de Lago (AUS) Succeeding (AUS) Flying Spur (AUS)30/04 G2 The South African Fillies Nursery 5.5f Hidden Beauty (SAF) 3 F Victory Moon (SAF) Hidcote Blue (SAF) National Assembly (CAN)30/04 G2 South African Oaks 12.0f Igugu (AUS) 4 F Galileo (IRE) Zarinia (IRE) Intikhab (USA)30/04 G2 Gerald Rosenberg Fillies & Mares Stakes 10.0f Fisani (SAF) 5 M Kahal (GB) Gypsey Spirit (SAF) Coastal (USA)30/04 G2 Camellia Stakes 5.5f Give Me Five (SAF) 5 M Goldkeeper (USA) Dance Celebre (SAF) Jallad (USA)30/04 G2 Gold Bowl 16.0f Herod The Great (SAF) 7 G Tara's Halls (SAF) Waltzing Wallaby (AUS) Kenmare (FR)05/06 G3 Betting World Langerman Handicap 7.5f Variety Club (SAF) 3 C Var (USA) La Massine (SAF) Secret Prospector (USA)04/06 G3 Lonsdale Stirrup Cup 12.0f Vertical Takeoff (SAF) 6 H Jet Master (SAF) Sweetveldt (SAF) Al Mufti (USA)29/05 G3 Tekkie Town Winter Classic 9.0f Chesalon (SAF) 4 G Fort Wood (USA) Sarabande (SAF) Goldmark (SAF)15/05 G3 Recall Security East Cape Derby 12.0f Vengence (SAF) 4 G Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) Vijanti (GB) Rainbow Quest (USA)07/05 G3 Betting World Cape of Good Hope Nursery 6.0f Depardieu (SAF) 3 C Dupont (GB) Diva (SAF) Trigger Finger (USA)07/05 G3 Betting World Kenilworth Fillies Nursery 6.0f Trinity House (SAF) 3 F Captain Al (SAF) National Vixen (SAF) National Assembly (CAN)

Sweden31/05 G3 JR Forvaltning Stockholms Stora Pris 9.5f Tertullus (FR) 8 H Monsun (GER) Tryphosa (IRE) Be My Guest (USA)

United States30/05 G1 Metropolitan Handicap 8.0f Tizway (USA) 6 H Tiznow (USA) Bethany (USA) Dayjur (USA)30/05 G1 Gamely Stakes 9.0f Dubawi Heights (GB) 4 F Dubawi (IRE) Rosie's Posy (IRE) Suave Dancer (USA)21/05 G1 Preakness Stakes 9.5f Shackleford (USA) 3 C Forestry (USA) Oatsee (USA) Unbridled (USA)07/05 G1 Kentucky Derby 10.0f Animal Kingdom (USA) 3 C Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Dalicia (GER) Acatenango (GER)07/05 G1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes 9.0f Get Stormy (USA) 5 H Stormy Atlantic (USA) Foolish Gal (USA) Kiri's Clown (USA)07/05 G1 Humana Distaff Stakes 7.0f Sassy Image (USA) 4 F Broken Vow (USA) Ideal Image (USA) Hennessy (USA)06/05 G1 Kentucky Oaks 9.0f Plum Pretty (USA) 3 F Medaglia d'Oro (USA) Liszy (USA) A P Indy (USA)04/06 G2 Californian Stakes 9.0f Twirling Candy (USA) 4 C Candy Ride (ARG) House of Danzing (USA) Chester House (USA)04/06 G2 Vagrancy Handicap 6.5f Hilda's Passion (USA) 4 F Canadian Frontier (USA) Executricker (USA) El Prado (IRE)30/05 G2 Sands Point Stakes 8.5f Winter Memories (USA) 3 F El Prado (IRE) Memories of Silver (USA) Silver Hawk (USA)28/05 G2 American Handicap 8.0f Ryehill Dreamer (IRE) 5 H Catcher In The Rye (IRE) No Way (IRE) Rainbows For Life (CAN)28/05 G2 Sheepshead Bay Stakes 11.0f Hibaayeb (GB) 4 F Singspiel (IRE) Lady Zonda (GB) Lion Cavern (USA)21/05 G2 Dixie Stakes 9.0f Paddy O'Prado (USA) 4 C El Prado (IRE) Fun House (USA) Prized (USA)21/05 G2 Shuvee Handicap 8.0f Awesome Maria (USA) 4 F Maria's Mon (USA) Discreetly Awesome (USA) Awesome Again (CAN)21/05 G2 Milady Handicap 8.5f Ultra Blend (USA) 5 M Richly Blended (USA) Ankha (USA) Desert Classic (USA)20/05 G2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes 9.0f Royal Delta (USA) 3 F Empire Maker (USA) Delta Princess (USA) A P Indy (USA)14/05 G2 Peter Pan Stakes 9.0f Alternation (USA) 3 C Distorted Humor (USA) Alternate (USA) Seattle Slew (USA)14/05 G2 Jim Murray Handicap 12.0f Acclamation (USA) 5 H Unusual Heat (USA) Winning In Style (USA) Silveyville (USA)07/05 G2 Churchill Downs Stakes 7.0f Aikenite (USA) 4 C Yes It's True (USA) Silverlado (USA) Saint Ballado (CAN)07/05 G2 Mervyn Leroy Handicap 8.5f Crown of Thorns (USA) 6 H Repent (USA) Crowning Touch (USA) Thunder Gulch (USA)07/05 G2 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes 8.0f Aviate (GB) 4 F Dansili (GB) Emplane (USA) Irish River (FR)06/05 G2 American Turf Stakes 8.5f Banned (USA) 3 C Kitten's Joy (USA) Cardinalli (USA) Capote (USA)

Two special fillies dominated the monthin South Africa. The Mike de Kock-trained Igugu landed a 1 million rand(about £90,000) bonus whenbecoming the first horse to win theTriple Tiara by landing the SA Oaks infacile fashion. She was again peerlessin the Woolavington 2000 to confirmher position at the head of the ante-postmarket for the country’s top race, theVodacom July, run at Greyville on July 2. Val de Ra, a daughter of Clive

Brittain’s 2004 Prix de l’Abbaye winner

Var, also took two big prizes, beatinghot favourite What A Winter in theComputaform Sprint and then avengingthe only defeat of her career by takingthe 2011 edition of the SA Fillies Sprint. Shea Sheawas over a length

behind What A Winter when third in theComputaform but, renewing rivalrylargely on the insistence of jockeyAnthony Delpech, beat the sameopponent into sixth when winning theGolden Horse Casino Sprint. The SA Derby went the way of Seal,

who was backed in to 10-1 from doublethose odds and duly gave trainer Gavinvan Zyl a first Grade 1 win by two and aquarter lengths. English Garden, who dead-heated

for second with Galileo’s Destiny in theDerby, looked set for victory in the DailyNews 2000 four weeks later, only to bemown down in the last strides byanother van Zyl inmate, 16-1 outsiderThe Apache. The Champions Challenge

witnessed an even bigger shock, the

55-1 no-hoper Happy Landingcoming home in front of three de Kockrepresentatives – Captain’s Wild,Flirtation and Rudra. In the two-year-old division, the

Victory Moon filly Princess Victoriaraised a few eyebrows with a brilliantthree-length score in the AllanRobertson Championship, while theEncosta de Lago colt Delago Deluxemaintained his unbeaten record with aneasy front-running success in the TsogoSun Maverick Medallion.

Gitano Hernando, who was a modesteighth in the QEII Cup in Hong Kongon his first start since leaving MarcoBotti for his new South African trainer

Herman Brown, responded to a strongride from Glyn Schofield to lift theInternational Cup. Wigmore Hall andPresvis, the two British raiders, had little

chance once they were held up at theback off a slow pace. Local hero Rocket Man finally lifted

the top Singapore sprint, the KrisFlyer,

after finishing second for each of thetwo previous years. The Dubai GoldenShaheen winner now heads toNewmarket to contest the July Cup.


DATA BOOK EXCLUSIVE EUROPEAN STALLION STATS


Horse Born Sire Stands/Stood BTH BTW GH GWEncosta de Lago (AUS) 1993 Fairy King (USA) AUS IRE 27 14 15 9Galileo (IRE) 1998 Sadler’s Wells (USA) IRE AUS 30 13 20 8Redoute’s Choice (AUS) 1996 Danehill (USA) AUS 22 12 16 8Dansili (GB) 1996 Danehill (USA) UK 20 12 12 9Montjeu (IRE) 1996 Sadler’s Wells (USA) IRE NZ 22 11 15 6Distorted Humor (USA) 1993 Forty Niner (USA) USA AUS 23 11 9 3More Than Ready (USA) 1997 Southern Halo (USA) USA AUS 25 11 13 4Exceed And Excel (AUS) 2000 Danehill (USA) AUS IRE 19 11 8 3Giant’s Causeway (USA) 1997 Storm Cat (USA) USA AUS 22 10 12 5Dubawi (IRE) 2002 Dubai Millennium (GB) UK AUS 17 10 10 4Lonhro (AUS) 1998 Octagonal (NZ) AUS 17 10 8 3Danehill Dancer (IRE) 1993 Danehill (USA) IRE AUS 27 10 13 5Captain Al (SAF) 1996 Al Mufti (USA) SAF 15 8 8 3Tapit (USA) 2001 Pulpit (USA) USA 17 8 7 4Northern Afleet (USA) 1993 Afleet (CAN) USA 9 8 3 3Street Cry (IRE) 1998 Machiavellian (USA) USA AUS 19 8 9 5Harlan’s Holiday (USA) 1999 Harlan (USA) USA 13 8 5 3King Kamehameha (JPN) 2001 Kingmambo (USA) JPN 18 8 11 5Wild Event (USA) 1993 Wild Again (USA) USA BRZ 10 8 7 5Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) 1999 Danehill (USA) IRE AUS JPN 18 8 7 2

Leading global sires by stakes winnersEncosta de Lago, who had a Group 1winner in South Africa through DelagoDeluxe, is still at the head of affairs,having added two more Black TypeWinners, but he is surely there only onborrowed time. With the European season in full

swing Galileo has surged forward,notching 11 more Black Type Horsesand five BTWs. There is a surfeit ofstakes races, a fair number of whichprovide distinctly false prestige to thewinners, let alone the placed horses,but that’s not an accusation which canbe levelled at Galileo or his offspring. Frankel, Golden Lilac, Misty For Me

and Roderic O’Connor have all won

Classics over a mile for him, and inSouth Africa the sensational filly Igugucontinues to carry all before her. Shewon the Woolavington Classic andSouth African Oaks. It is odds on that once again Galileo

will triumph in this particular title racebut there are other European siresmaking headway. Dansili and Montjeuwere not even on the table last monthbut now they are lying handily in fourthand fifth, with 12 and 11 BTWs. Without wishing to labour the point,

all the first five in the list are descendedfrom Northern Dancer and overall,Danehill’s influence is by far thegreatest of any recent sire. BTH = black type horses; BTW = black type winners; GH = Group horses; GW = Group winners

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Statistics to June 5; first-season sire*

Leading sires of two-year-olds 2011 by earningsDark Angel maintains his lead in earningsand numerically among the freshmenthanks to three more winners. Two others have launched a charge

though, with Dutch Art adding four to histally and Red Clubs five. Both were bestat short distances and showed goodform at two, as well as later.However, even their achievements

pale by comparison with Dark Angel’ssire Acclamation, who managed anadditional eight winners.

Name YOF Sire Rnrs Wnrs %WR Races AWD Earnings (£) Top horse Earned (£)*Dark Angel 2005 Acclamation 30 9 30.0 13 5.1 109,616 Lily’s Angel 18,419Kheleyf 2001 Green Desert 30 8 26.7 12 5.5 94,092 Bay Shore 31,164Exceed And Excel 2000 Danehill 27 8 29.6 12 5.2 88,596 Fulbright 19,731*Dutch Art 2004 Medicean 22 7 31.8 11 5.1 84,240 Miss Work Of Art 27,926*Red Clubs 2003 Red Ransom 31 7 22.6 10 5.5 80,606 Vedelago 34,913Holy Roman Emperor 2004 Danehill 37 6 16.2 6 5.5 70,224 Ishvana 11,009Kyllachy 1998 Pivotal 16 7 43.8 8 5.2 63,166 Noble Hachy 32,757Oasis Dream 2000 Green Desert 10 4 40.0 5 5.4 61,947 Power 37,009Blu Air Force 1997 Sri Pekan 20 5 25.0 6 5.3 59,167 Blu Air Bally 21,430Indian Rocket 1994 Indian Ridge 11 4 36.4 5 5.4 57,025 Chope Star 18,276Footstepsinthesand 2002 Giant’s Causeway 14 4 28.6 5 5.1 52,883 Skadar Lake 16,207Choisir 1999 Danehill Dancer 22 6 27.3 7 5.5 52,512 Strategic Game 20,689Acclamation 1999 Royal Applause 25 10 40.0 10 5.2 51,943 Lo Zoccolo Duro 9,188

Date Grade Race Dist Horse Age Sex Sire Dam Broodmare SireUnited States (cont)06/05 G2 La Troienne Stakes 8.5f Blind Luck (USA) 4 F Pollard's Vision (USA) Lucky One (USA) Best of Luck (USA)04/06 G3 Ohio Derby 8.5f Caleb's Posse (USA) 3 C Posse (USA) Abbey's Missy (USA) Slewacide (USA)04/06 G3 Aristides Stakes 6.0f Noble's Promise (USA) 4 C Cuvee (USA) The Devil's Trick (USA) Clever Trick (USA)04/06 G3 Dogwood Stakes 8.0f Salty Strike (USA) 3 F Smart Strike (CAN) Lake Huron (USA) Salt Lake (USA)30/05 G3 Los Angeles Handicap 6.0f Camp Victory (USA) 4 C Forest Camp (USA) Victory Trick (CAN) Clever Trick (USA)30/05 G3 Berkeley Stakes 8.5f Uh Oh Bango (USA) 4 C Top Hit (USA) French Debutante (USA) French Deputy (USA)30/05 G3 Winning Colors Stakes 6.0f Sassy Image (USA) 4 F Broken Vow (USA) Ideal Image (USA) Hennessy (USA)30/05 G3 Violet Stakes 8.5f Denomination (USA) 5 M Smart Strike (CAN) Dreamlike (USA) Storm Cat (USA)30/05 G3 Ouija Board Distaff Stakes 8.0f Wasted Tears (USA) 6 M Najran (USA) Wishes And Roses (USA) Greinton30/05 G3 Lone Star Park Handicap 8.5f Awesome Gem (USA) 8 G Awesome Again (CAN) Piano (USA) Pentelicus (USA)28/05 G3 Louisville Handicap 12.0f Keertana (USA) 5 M Johar (USA) Motokiks (USA) Storm Cat (USA)28/05 G3 Arlington Matron Stakes 9.0f Pachattack (USA) 5 M Pulpit (USA) El Laoob (USA) Red Ransom (USA)21/05 G3 William Donald Schaefer Stakes 8.5f Apart (USA) 4 C Flatter (USA) Detach (USA) Unbridled (USA)21/05 G3 Maryland Sprint Handicap 6.0f Ventana (USA) 5 H Toccet (USA) Full Figure (USA) Polish Numbers (USA)21/05 G3 Railbird Stakes 7.0f May Day Rose (USA) 3 F Rockport Harbor (USA) May Day Bluff (USA) Pine Bluff (USA)21/05 G3 Gallorette Handicap 8.5f No Explaining (IRE) 4 F Azamour (IRE) Claustra (FR) Green Desert (USA)21/05 G3 Allaire du Pont Distaff Stakes 8.5f Super Espresso (USA) 4 F Medaglia d'Oro (USA) Amizette (USA) Forty Niner (USA)21/05 G3 Hanshin Cup Handicap 8.0f Workin For Hops (USA) 4 G City Zip (USA) Citi Pearl (USA) Citidancer (USA)15/05 G3 Lazaro Barrera Memorial Stakes 7.0f Bench Points (USA) 3 G Benchmark (USA) Mo Chuisle (USA) Free House (USA)07/05 G3 Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes 5.0f Regally Ready (USA) 4 C More Than Ready (USA) Kivi (USA) King of Kings (IRE)07/05 G3 Fort Marcy Stakes 8.5f Straight Story (USA) 5 H Giant's Causeway (USA) Eventail (USA) Lear Fan (USA)07/05 G3 Senorita Stakes 8.0f Star Billing (USA) 3 F Dynaformer (USA) Topliner (USA) Thunder Gulch (USA)07/05 G3 Beaugay Stakes 8.5f Daveron (GER) 6 M Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) Darwinia (GER) Acatenango (GER)06/05 G3 Alysheba Stakes 8.5f First Dude (USA) 4 C Stephen Got Even (USA) Run Sarah Run (USA) Smart Strike (CAN)06/05 G3 Eight Belles Stakes 7.0f Victoria's Wildcat (USA) 3 F Bellamy Road (USA) Flaming Mirage (USA) Woodman (USA)

So much of the build-up to theKentucky Derby was dominated by theBreeders’ Cup Juvenile winner, UncleMo, and it was only 36 hours before therace that the long-running saga of hispossible recovery from an infectioncame to its conclusion with hiswithdrawal. The race still seemed tothrow up a decent winner in the shapeof Team Valor’s blinkered homebredson of the Brazilian stallion,Leroisdesanimaux, Animal Kingdom. Trained by the British-born GrahamMotion – son of the former Tattersalls

US representative Michael Motion –Animal Kingdom had the benefit of justthree previous starts but still managedto overhaul the front-runningShackleford inside the final furlong. He went on to hit the wire almost

three lengths clear of Nehro, with Irishraider Master Of Hounds staying onwell late to grab fifth. Shackleford took revenge in the

Preakness Stakes, where he got firstrun and held off the Derby hero, whohad been held up last but one in a fieldof 14, by a diminishing half a length.

The Kentucky Oaks went to BobBaffert’s Plum Pretty, who denied topfemale jockey Rosie Napravnik’s mount,St John’s River, to score by a neckunder Martin Garcia. Robby Albarado, who lost the mount

on Animal Kingdom to Uncle Mo’spartner John Velazquez at the very lastmoment, gained a little compensationon Churchill Downs course specialistSassy Image in the Humana Distaff. The other major support race on the

Derby card, the Turf Classic, saw GetStormymake it Grade 1 wins in two

consecutive starts after he was alloweda soft lead. Tizway improved two places on his

2010 performance to land the Met Mile.Two ex-British fillies won important

events on either side of the continent.Dubawi Heights, Group 2-placed butwinless in six English starts as a two-year-old, gave former Newmaket trainerSimon Callaghan a first top-leveltriumph in the Gamely Stakes, while the2009 Fillies’ Mile and 2010Ribblesdale Stakes winner Hibaayeblanded the Sheepshead Bay Stakes.



FLASHBACK

Chief Singer was the 10,000-guinea yearling who became achampion racehorse.

Owned by Jeff Smith and trained bythe late Ron Sheather, the son of BalladRock won the 1983 Coventry Stakes atRoyal Ascot on his debut.

At three, the strapping colt chasedhome El Gran Senor in the 2,000Guineas before going on to capturethe St James’s Palace Stakes – by eight lengths no less – and the Sussex Stakes.

In between those races Chief Singerproved his brilliance by dropping backto six furlongs and beating thespecialist sprinters in the July Cup.

Smith says: “We were utterlyconfident he’d win the Coventrydespite his odds; I backed him at 25-1!As a two-year-old he would giveweight and a beating to 100-ratedhandicappers on the gallops.

“He came from the back in the JulyCup but I remember Ray [Cochrane]telling me afterwards that the gapsalways appear for the good ones – hewon easily in the end from Never SoBold, successful the following year.”

Smith’s silks have been carried by anumber of top performers over theyears but he looks back fondly on thebig black horse whose talent farexceeded his modest price-tag.

“Chief Singer was the first reallygood horse I owned,” he says.“Together with Lochsong, who I bred,and Persian Punch, they are the bestthree I’ve had, although I wouldn’twant to choose between them.

“He was a huge horse – at two hewas nearly 17 hands. Luckily he didn’tgrow an inch after that! But he was avery special horse with natural ability.”

Smith adds: “Chief Singer wastrained by a very knowledgeable manin Ron Sheather, later my racingmanager. He was probably the mostdown-to-earth and trustworthy personI’ve ever known and I miss himenormously.”

GEORGE SELWYN

July 12, 1984 Chief Singer and Ray Cochrane are led into thewinner’s enclosure by Bill Brindle after landing the July Cup

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Five juvenile Group winners in 2010.You have to go back to Danehill

in his prime to �nd a stallion who sired more.

Blue-chip.Blue Riband. Blue-blooded.In horseracing, success comes in every colour.

But is defined by just one.

Darley

SHAMARDAL

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