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TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2018
Click above to watch a video interview with Coolmore’s Adrian
Wallace discussing American Pharoah’s first yearlings.
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Q&A: AMERICAN PHAROAH’SFIRST YEARLINGS
by Lucas Marquardt
It was no surprise to see the name of the 2015 Triple Crown
and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner American Pharoah on top of
the TDN list of the 2017 sires of leading weanlings. The only sire
to sell a million-dollar weanling last year, he sent two such
offerings through the ring. How has his progeny developed into
weanlings? Lucas Marquardt went out to visit Coolmore’s
American nominations manager, Adrian Wallace, to talk about
the upcoming sales season.
LM: The reception of American Pharoah’s weanlings last year;
we expected a lot of money, you expected them to sell well,
but you know, to easily top $400,000 on average and to have
two seven-figure yearlings: was that at all a surprise to you or,
having seen those weanlings, is that something that was
expected?
AW: There's always a certain amount of trepidation when you
come to any sales market, whether it'd be your first foals by a
certain sire or the first yearlings. But given what he achieved
himself, given his look, given the quality and the amount of
mares he covered, I think we were all reasonably confident that
they were going to be a highly sought after in the marketplace.
He covered some of the best mares, he covered the strongest
book of mares we've ever had here. You looked down through
the list and every single time you look at it, you're like, `Oh,
wow.’ He covered 48 Group 1 winners or producers. Cont. p1
MADAKET STABLES BUYS INTO MIDNIGHT
BISOU Madaket Stables of Sol Kumin has purchased a minority
interest in Grade I winner Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute), it
was announced Monday. The GI Santa Anita Oaks winner will
race under the ownership of Bloom Racing Stable, Madaket
Stables and Allen Racing LLC when she runs in the GII Mother
Goose S. for trainer Steve Asmussen Saturday.
Never off the board in six career starts, Midnight Bisou
captured the Jan. 7 GII Santa Ynez S. and Mar. 3 GIII Santa
Ysabel S. en route to her win in the Apr. 7 Santa Anita Oaks for
trainer Bill Spawr. She shipped east to finish third behind
Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) in the GI Kentucky Oaks May 4. Plans
call for the filly to remain on the East Coast with Asmussen and
target a start in the GI Alabama S. at Saratoga in August.
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BREEDERS’ CUP ADDS THREE QUALIFIERS 6Three races this fall will now serve as “Win and You’re In”qualifying events for the first Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint.
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Splish splash. Sally Eck hoses a colt by Fed Biz, out of Proficient (Elusive Quality), on
Sunday after winning the Sired by Out of State Stallions class at the 84th Maryland
Horse Breeders Association Yearling Show at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in
Timonium. Owned and bred by Robert Manfuso and shown by A.J. Hesketh-Tutton, the
colt was also named Champion Yearling by this year’s judge, Rick Violette. See story on
page 7. | Lydia Williams
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American Pharoah | Coolmore photo
Q&A: American Pharoah’s First Yearlings cont. from p1
I mean it's mind-boggling. And among the others, there were
no slouches either. They were the sisters of Grade I winners, the
daughters of Grade I winners, Group 2, Group 3 winners. So the
strength and depth in his book is
something that certainly at this
farm we've never seen before.
And you know, given the
reception he had, given what he
achieved as a 2-year-old and then
obviously went on and won the
Grand Slam as a 3-year-old, I think
our expectations were very high
coming into the November sales at
both Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland.
And then again with this, this year's
January sale, at Keeneland, that
they were going to sell very well.
And you know, you saw that with
the Untouched Talent filly selling
for a million dollars, and then Caravaggio's brother selling for a
million dollars in January. They're highly credentialed horses and
they were received by the marketplace the way they should
have been.
LM: What kind of progression have you seen from them
physically from their weanling years to the yearling years? And
what kind of buzz are you hearing from breeders about his
yearlings?
AW: The buzz is good. We've been
touring the farms, and we've seen
a lot of them. We've seen a lot of
them from foal days to now as
yearlings starting their prep. We've
got a lot of them here ourselves, so
we're in constant contact with the
breeders who bred to him. He's a
good-size horse himself. He's 16.2.
He's very correct. Very good
mover. He's as good-moving a dirt
horse as you're going to find, and
he's passing that on. They're
generally very good size. They've
got plenty of scope and strength to
them. They're generally very correct. Good movers, fairly
uncomplicated horses. As Tom VanMeter said, after Pharoah
won the Triple Crown, "If you want a big brown horse that can
run fast, you’re looking to American Pharoah," and I think that's
what we're seeing in his first crop.
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LM: You talked a little bit about his size. He's a big-framed
horse. He's just a perfect Classic-look horse, but he's got some
speed influences in his pedigree being out of a Yankee
Gentleman mare. What kind of mares were breeders sending
to him? You've bred quite a few, so I'm assuming you've seen
some variety.
AW: It really was a cross-section of mares. We bred 35 mares to
him in his first crop, including Maybe, who's the dam of our own
Saxon Warrior, who won the 2000 Guineas in England this year.
He then bred the likes of the dam of Songbird, Ivanavinalot. He
bred the dam of Acapulco, who was a champion sprinter. He
bred the dam of Caravaggio, a champion 2-year-old. So he got a
whole cross section of mares, turf mares who were classic
producers and also top 2-year-old producers.
Adrian Wallace
LM: He has been shuttling to Australia, so the expectation that maybe he'll get some grass runners, particularly maybe firm ground runners. But like you've mentioned, he's a terrific mover, something that the Europeans typically gravitate to. So is the expectation that his yearlings from this first crop will be popular with European buyers?
AW: You would imagine. Obviously, he never ran on the turf himself. Bob Baffert always said he was a horse, that, had he run him on the turf, he had no doubt in his mind that he would have been a superior turf runner as well. To me, he doesn't necessarily look like your typical dirt horse. He's a very free, easy-moving horse. On the mares he's been getting, there's certainly quite a lot of turf influences in them. It remains to be seen how he does with his first foals down in Australia, but you'd imagine that he should be successful on dirt and on turf as well.
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LM: Certain sires tend to very much stamp their youngsters,
while others get very different types, but they all seem to run.
Any indication at this point whether American Pharoah is
really stamping them or is he getting kind of a wide variety of
physical?
AW: Generally they tend to be bay; there's not too much
chrome or too much flash. He's only got a white star himself. So
they're generally big, bay, correct, good size, good scope to
them, very easy movers. He's a pretty uncomplicated horse to
breed to. He'll put size and quality into a mare that needs it, but
he's also not overly big where you're going to be worried that
you're going to get something that's uncommercial or probably
going to take a long time to mature. We think they'll be quite
precocious horses. He was champion 2-year-old himself, let's
not forgot. Sometimes we think of him as just being a Kentucky
Derby, Preakness, Belmont and Breeders' Cup Classic winner.
But he also was a dual Grade I winner at two. So he was an early
horse and we think he'll pass that onto his progeny as well.
LM: What do you think that the impact of having two Triple
Crown winners in American Pharoah and Justify so close
together has been for the sport?
AW: It’s a rising-tide-raises-all-boats kind of thing. With Justify
doing what he's done so far, I think it has put the spotlight back
on this business and this industry again. You know, Pharoah
obviously broke the 38-year gap since, since Affirmed did it in
1978, and I think having it happen again, it doesn't really take
away from Pharoah's legacy. I think it enhances it. I think it
enhances our business. I think it puts a spotlight on our business
again, and certainly it bodes well for the yearling sale season
coming up, which gets going with Fasig-Tipton July in a short two
weeks.
I think it’s a helpful fact as well that both of these Triple Crown
winners in Justify and American Pharoah are graduates of the
public auction sphere. We know that American Pharoah was a
high-priced buyback, but both of them were available to the
public to be bought. And I think that should give buyers and
agents an awful lot of confidence that these horses are being
sold by their breeders. These horses are available for everybody.
They're not being kept by the likes of a Claiborne Farm or a
Darley-Godolphin or Coolmore. I think that is something that
should put a lot of confidence in buyers’ minds.
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Midnight Bisou | Benoit photo
Madaket Stables Buys Into Midnight Bisou cont. from p1
“We are thrilled to partner up with Sol on this amazing filly,”
said Bloom Racing’s Jeff Bloom, who picked out Midnight Bisou
for $80,000 as an OBS April 2-year-old in training. “We have had
great luck together in the past and look forward to enjoying this
exciting ride with Sol and his team.”
Through Madaket and a number of his other stables, Kumin
has won 36 stakes races--including 12 Grade Is--in the first half
of 2018.
CAPLA TEMPTRESS TO RETURN TO U.S. FOR
BELMONT OAKS Team Valor International’s globetrotting Capla Temptress (Ire)
(Lope de Vega {Ire}), who shipped to North America to capture
the GI Natalma S. at Woodbine last September, will return for
the GI Belmont Oaks July 7, Team Valor confirmed Monday.
Conditioned by Marco Botti, the filly finished a close fourth,
beaten just a half-length, in the May 13 G1 Poule d’Essai des
Pouliches (French 1000 Guineas) in her lone start of 2018 May
13. She was among the final field for last Friday’s G1 Coronation
S. at Royal Ascot, but was scratched on Thursday after Team
Valor CEO Barry Irwin lined up a flight to New York this
weekend.
Capla Temptress will be ridden by Javier Castellano in the
Belmont Derby. She captured her first two starts in England for
Botti last summer before running third in the G3 German-
Thoroughbred.com Sweet Solera S. as a precursor to her
Natalma success. She was a troubled seventh in the GI Breeders’
Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf S. for trainer Bill Mott before returning
to Botti’s care in Europe.
SANTA ANITA HANDLE UP, HITS $1B Capped off by a closing-day Pick 6 pool of over $6 million
Sunday, all-sources handle at the 102-day Santa Anita
winter/spring meet totaled $1,018,268,136, an increase of over
$75 million and 8% over last year’s number. On-track
attendance rose 1%.
“We want to sincerely thank all of our fans, those here
on-track and around the country for supporting our racing in
such a substantial way from late December through today,” said
Tim Ritvo, Chief Operating Officer for The Stronach Group. “We
also want to thank the owners and trainers and all of our staff
for their support and cooperation. We have many stakeholders
and together, we feel we can accomplish great things and build
upon what we've been able to establish these past six months.
Looking forward, our goals are to provide safe surfaces and
larger, more attractive fields to bet on. We've very optimistic for
the future and we look forward to welcoming everyone back for
our Autumn Meet in late September.”
BREEDERS’ CUP ADDS THREE JUVENILE TURF
SPRINT QUALIFIERS Three “Win and You’re In” qualifying races have been added to
the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, all toward the new
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. The new qualifiers are: The
Futurity S. Belmont Park Oct. 6, a Santa Anita turf sprint the
same day whose details will be announced later, and the Indian
Summer S. Oct. 7 at Keeneland.
Breeze Easy LLC’s Shang Shang Shang (Shanghai Bobby)
became the first horse to qualify for the Juvenile Turf Sprint with
her win in Thursday’s G2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot.
“We look forward to establishing a late fall stakes program of
automatic qualifiers with three major racetrack partners to
provide ‘Win & You’re In’ opportunities for the new Breeders’
Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint,” said Dora Delgado, Breeders’ Cup
Senior Vice President of Racing and Nominations. “We thank the
Keeneland Association, the New York Racing Association and the
Stronach Group at Santa Anita for their support of this turf
division and expanded participation in the Challenge series.”
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FED BIZ COLT NAMED CHAMPION OF MHBA
YEARLING SHOW A homebred by Fed Biz out of the Elusive Quality mare
Proficient for Robert Manfuso took home the Chanceland Farm
Challenge Trophy for grand champion at the 84th annual
Maryland Horse Breeders Association’s Maryland-bred yearling
show Sunday at the Timonium Fairgrounds.
“I love the horse,” said Manfuso. “When I watch horses
mature, they go a certain way and he’s just happened to put the
pieces together to go that way. He’s got a great stride, he’s got
the balance, he’s not too big or too small, great shoulders on
him.”
A total of 96 yearlings in four classes were judged by Grade I-
winning trainer Rick Violette.
“There were a bunch of nice horses here,” said Violette. “I
kept going back and forth, especially between the top two.
You’re really [splitting] hairs at the end, and I could have
switched them around and not lost any sleep. I’d take any one of
those four home. They’re nice horses.”
All yearlings who entered the show ring are now eligible for
the $40,000 premium award, which will be split evenly between
the exhibitors of the contestants who earn the most money as 2-
year-olds in 2019 and the exhibitors of the highest-earning ones
as 3-year-olds in 2020.
Sunday, Hipodromo de Monterrico, Peru
CLASICO PAMPLONA-G1, PER$197,200 (US$60,252),
Hipodromo de Monterrico, 6-24, 3yo/up, f/m, 2000mT, 2:00.69,
fm.
1--SMART CHOICE (ARG), 130, f, 4, by Grand Reward
1st Dam: Sweet Speech (Arg), by Victory Speech
2nd Dam: Sweet Halo (Arg), by Southern Halo
3rd Dam: The Sweet Swinger, by Le Fabuleux (Fr)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. 1ST GROUP 1 WIN.
O-Stud Starbucks; B-Haras La Quebrada (Arg); T-Juan Suarez.
J-Martin Chuan. P$58,000. Lifetime Record: 14-6-4-2. *1/2 to
Patola (Arg) (High Yield), Ch. Older Mare-Per, G1SW-Per; full to
Sweet Beauty (Arg), GSW-Arg. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for
the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--La Divina (Per), 123, f, 3, Southdale--Tossa de Mar (Arg),
by Indygo Shiner. O-Stud Unicornio; B-Haras Los Eucaliptos
(Per); T-Augusto Olivares. P$17,400.
3--Zurda, 115, f, 3, Cape Blanco (Ire)--A J’s Gal, by Monashee
Mountain. ($1,000 Ylg ‘16 KEESEP). O-Stud Dona Licha;
B-Omega & Mike Maeza (KY); T-Arturo Morales. P$11,600.
Margins: NK, 1HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 6.60.
Also Ran: Olgiata, Plaza de Acho (Per), Chicuela (Per), Si Que Es
Buena (Arg), Jewels (Per), Princesa Cata (Per), Siberia (Per),
Princess Winner (Per), Romana (Per), Sonora (Per), Ave
Flamenca (Chi), Cydonia (Per).
Click for the Racing Post chart or the free Equineline.com
catalogue-style pedigree. Hipodromo de Monterrico Video.
Sunday, Hipodromo de Monterrico, Peru
CLASICO JOCKEY CLUB DEL PERU-G1, P$172,520 (US$52,753),
Hipodromo de Monterrico, 6-24, 3yo/up, 2400m, 2:32.88, ft.
1--STORM RODRIGO (CHI), 127, c, 3, by Dangerous Midge
1st Dam: Tarte Tatin (Chi), by Hussonet
2nd Dam: Reginskaia (Chi), by Kazaroun
3rd Dam: Perusa (Chi), by Tantoul
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. 1ST GROUP 1 WIN.
O-Stud Dona Licha; B-Haras Porta Pia (Chi); T-Arturo Morales.
J-Martin Chuan. P$75,000. Lifetime Record: 6-4-0-0. *1/2 to
Huracan Rodrigo (Chi) (Hurricane Cat), SW-Per; and Mr.
Rodrigo (Chi) (Hurricane Cat), G1SW-Per. Werk Nick Rating:
C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Kodiak Boy (Per), 134, h, 6, Museeb--Seth’s Choice,
by Rahy. O-Stud Couet; B-Haras La Qallana (Per); T-Juan
Suarez. P$22,500.
3--Romeo (Per), 134, h, 5, Minister’s Joy--Bayola, by Action This
Day; O-Stud El Herraje; B-Haras Gina Santa Rosa (Per);
T-Augusto Olivares. P$15,000.
Margins: 6HF, 12HF, 3/4. Odds: 8.30.
Also Ran: Barbon (Per), Siempre Alerta (Arg), Americo Song,
Paso Real (Per).
Click for the Racing Post chart or the free Equineline.com
catalogue-style pedigree. Hipodromo de Monterrico Video.
SMART CHOICE (ARG)
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Saturday, Churchill Downs, post time: 5:56 p.m. EDTBASHFORD MANOR S.-GIII, $100,000, 2yo, 6fPP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML1 Shanghaied Roo Shanghai Bobby Tom R. Durant Calhoun Saez 1202 Weiland Yes It's True John Ennis Ennis Villasana 1223 Baytown Glory K Morning Line McEntee Racing Inc. McEntee Gilligan 1204 Sir Truebadour More Than Ready Whispering Oaks Farm LLC Asmussen Santana, Jr. 1205 Mr Chocolate Chip Biondetti J D Farms Davidson Prentice, Jr. 1206 The Song of John Colonel John Rey Hernandez Hernandez Leon 1207 Eye Cloud Point of Entry Mike Powers Norris Miranda 1208 Mr. Granite Bustin Stones Wayne W. Rice Rice Vickers 1209 Tales of Chaucer Forty Tales Iavarone, Michael, Iavarone, Jules, Sequel Racing, Casse Leparoux 120
Freeman, Samuel R., Jackson, Dorsey & Cardinal Hill10 Dalliance Dublin Wayne W. Rice Rice Cox 12211 Toothless Wonder K Street Boss ERJ Racing, LLC and Reddam Racing LLC O'Neill Gutierrez 12012 Cat Addiction K Tale of the Cat Woolsey, Erv and Asmussen, Keith Asmussen McMahon 11813 Overanalyzer Overanalyze Elliott Ventures Elliott Ulloa 120
Breeders: 1-Tom Durant, 2-BHMFR, LLC, 3-Dixiana Farms LLC, 4-Two Stamp stables, 5-J D Farms, 6-Bill Rasco, 7-Steve M. DeMaiolo &BeechwoodRacing Stable LLC, 8-Windylea Farm, LLC, 9-Sequel Stallions New York, 10-Stone Bridge Farm LLC, 11-Ginny McKinlay, et al. LLC, 12-K & G Stables,13-V. Gail Ray
IN ORDER OF PURSE:
ONTARIO COUNTY S., $50,000, Finger Lakes, 6-25, (S), 3yo, 6f,
1:11.56, ft.
1--BEN Z ROLLS, 116, c, 3, Mission Impazible--Toot Z Roll, by
Catienus. 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Joseph L. Maloney Racing;
B-Joseph L. Maloney (NY); T-M. Anthony Ferraro; J-Kevin
Navarro. $30,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $48,845.
2--P J Advantage, 116, g, 3, Posse--Weefc, by Tapit. O/T-Paul W.
Barrow; B-Andiamo Farm (NY). $10,000.
3--What a Catch, 124, c, 3, Justin Phillip--Catch My Fancy, by Yes
It's True. ($90,000 Ylg '16 SARAUG; $265,000 2yo '17
FTFMAR). O-Gary Barber; B-Castleton Lyons & Kilboy Estate
(NY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $5,500.
Margins: HF, 2, 2 3/4. Odds: 17.30, 9.10, 3.35.
Also Ran: Morning Breez, Stormy Highway. Scratched: My Man
Mo, Tender Boy.
Ben Z Rolls defeated $15,000 maiden claimers to win his debut
at Finger Lakes last November and added a track-and-trip
allowance Nov. 20. He resurfaced to be a closing third over a
sloppy track last time out May 22. The chestnut colt was
unhurried early and raced at the tail of the field as What a Catch
and favored Morning Breez (Morning Line) battled on the front
end through fractions of :22.32 and :45.67. With the pacesetters
beginning to tire, P J Advantage assumed control and was
drawing away with a furlong to run. But Ben Z Rolls was
unleashing a powerful late rally down the center of the track
and he surged to the lead in the dying strides under a perfectly
timed ride by Kevin Navarro. Toot Z Roll=s third dam Nijit
(Nijinsky II), is also the third dam of Untouched Talent (Storm
Cat), who produced Grade I-winning sire Bodemeister. Toot Z
Roll produced a colt by El Pradrino in 2017 and a colt by by
Bustin Stones this year. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
IN ORDER OF PURSE:
4th-Thistledown, $35,700, (S), Alw (NW3X)/Opt. Clm
($25,000), 6-25, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:10.88, ft.
BROWN BUCKEYE (g, 4, Big Brown--Prizes {MSP, $162,120}, by
Prized) romped home by 10 1/4 lengths in his debut against
state-bred foes last June and added an allowance tally in July
before heading to the sidelines. He resurfaced with a 1 1/2-
length victory versus open company going 5 1/2 furlongs at this
oval May 29. The 1-5 favorite was away awkwardly and was
shuffled back to last soon after the break. He rushed up on heels
and was forced to check behind a wall of horses down the
backstretch before ranging up three wide nearing the stretch.
The dark bay gelding grabbed the lead at the top of the lane and
strode clear without being asked to win by 3 1/2 lengths. Master
Mick (Two Step Salsa) was second. The winner is a half-brother
to Proper Discretion (Discreetly Mine, MSW, $400,611). Prizes,
out of a half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Crafty
Friend (Crafty Prospector), produced a colt by Louie Villain in
2017 and was bred back to Mineshaft. Click for the
Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, $79,600.
O/B-Bruce Tallisman (OH); T-Benny R. Feliciano.
IN JAPAN:
Aster Pegasus, c, 2, Giant=s Causeway--R Heat Lightning (GISW,
$952,800), by Trippi. Hakodate, 6-24, Maiden Race, 6fT.
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $63,636. O-Hisae Kato; B-Stonestreet
Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Kazuya Nakatake.
*$150,000 Ylg >17 KEESEP. **AHe is still green, but won very
gamely today,@ said winning jockey Ryoya Kozaki. VIDEO.
Brown Buckeye (Big Brown) makes it four-for-four with allowance tally at Thistledown Monday.
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Matera Sky, c, 4, Speightstown--Mostaqeleh (GSP-Fr), by Rahy.
Hanshin, 6-24, Hananomichi S., 6f. Lifetime Record: 18-5-3-0,
$764,091. O-Tsuyoshi Ono; B-Lynch Bages Ltd (KY); T-Hideyuki
Mori. *$140,000 Wlg >14 KEENOV; $350,000 Ylg >15 KEESEP.
**1/2 to Nawwaar (Distorted Humor), MSW-UAE, $330,994;
Raagheb (Street Cry {Ire}), MSP, $237,886; and Murillo (Scat
Daddy), GSP-Ire & Eng. ***AHe jumped quickly from the gate
and took the lead,@ said pilot Yutaka Take. AThis is the way he
likes to run.@
IN BRITAIN:
Moqarrab, c, 3, Speightstown. See ABritain@.
ALLOWANCE RESULTS:
11th-Santa Anita, $65,859, (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 6-24,
3yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 2:01.74, fm.
UNAPOLOGETIC (g, 5, Temple City--Seekingvindication, by
Vindication) Lifetime Record: 23-5-4-2, $210,535. O-Tom Acker,
Allen Racing LLC, Michael Bloom & Jon Lindo; B-Darrell & Lendy
Brown (KY); T-William Spawr. *$22,000 Wlg '13 KEENOV;
$67,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP.
6th-Parx Racing, $51,330, 6-25, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 1 1/16mT,
1:42.52, fm.
CHAMPAGNE CHUCK (g, 4, Tizdejavu--Calamari, by Storm Boot)
Lifetime Record: 16-4-3-2, $86,810. O-Twinkling Star Stable;
B-Pope McLean Sr., Marc McLean & Pope McLean Jr. (KY);
T-Patricia Farro. *$17,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP.
7th-Delaware, $36,375, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($16,000), 6-25,
3yo/up, 7 1/2fT, 1:30.11, fm.
NO BULL ADDICTION (g, 6, Bullsbay--In the Crease, by Mr. Zill
Bear) Lifetime Record: 21-2-2-2, $70,140. O/B-Drift Rock Farm
(MD); T-Sherene Bracho.
5th-Thistledown, $32,000, 6-25, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 1m,
1:40.00, ft.
OHIO GOLD (m, 5, Wilburn--Philadelphia Gold, by Touch Gold)
Lifetime Record: SW, 27-6-6-7, $261,690. O-Charlie J. Williams
LLC; B-Michael E Evans II, Travis A Evans & Sheltowee Farm
(OH); T-Charlie J. Williams. *$27,000 RNA Ylg '14 KEESEP.
8th-Oak Tree Pleasanton, $27,612, 6-24, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, 6f,
1:11.15, ft.
J C'S NIGHTCAP (g, 4, Mr. Nightlinger--One O Seven {MSW,
$178,253}, by Vice Regent) Lifetime Record: 14-2-2-5, $60,660.
O-J. C. Racing Stable; B-Dan W. McGough (TX); T-Manuel Badilla.
*$10,000 Wlg '14 TEXOCT; $22,000 2yo '16 TTAAPR. **1/2 to
My Master Plan (Oratory), MSW, $226,647.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Whendowerunpappy, g, 3, Desert Party--So N So (SW), by
Freud. Finger Lakes, 6-25, (S), 6f, 1:13.97. B-Newman Racing
(NY). *1/2 to Absatootly (Mineshaft), MSW, $404,357.
Blessed Bloom, f, 3, Flower Alley--Pleasantly Blessed (MSW,
$409,586), by Pleasant Tap. Louisiana Downs, 6-25, 1mT,
1:37.76. B-Coteau Grove Farms (LA). *$3,700 3yo '18 EQL2YO.
Promoted, g, 3, Jump Start--Smarter Sister, by Maria's Mon.
Presque Isle Downs, 6-25, (S), 6f (AWT), 1:11.62. B-Jonathan
Sheppard (PA).
Stormy Charmant, g, 3, Roi Charmant--Novato, by Bartok (Ire).
Oak Tree Pleasanton, 6-24, 6f, 1:12.67. B-Harold May & Neale
Jensen (CA). *$5,500 RNA Ylg '16 NCAAUG.
Graduate of Donna Freyer’s Custom Care Equine LLC
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Honor the D, c, 3, To Honor and Serve--Cryston, by Woodman.
Thistledown, 6-25, (S), 1m 70y, 1:47.82. B-Carmen Pecord
(OH). *$30,000 Ylg '16 FTKOCT.
BIG BROWN, Brown Buckeye, g, 4, o/o Prizes, by Prized. AOC,
6-25, Thistledown
BULLSBAY, No Bull Addiction, g, 6, o/o In the Crease, by Mr. Zill
Bear. AOC, 6-25, Delaware
DESERT PARTY, Whendowerunpappy, g, 3, o/o So N So, by
Freud. MSW, 6-25, Finger Lakes
FLOWER ALLEY, Blessed Bloom, f, 3, o/o Pleasantly Blessed, by
Pleasant Tap. MSW, 6-25, Louisiana Downs
JUMP START, Promoted, g, 3, o/o Smarter Sister, by Maria's
Mon. MSW, 6-25, Presque Isle Downs
MISSION IMPAZIBLE, Ben Z Rolls, c, 3, o/o Toot Z Roll, by
Catienus. Ontario County S., 6-25, Finger Lakes
ROI CHARMANT, Stormy Charmant, g, 3, o/o Novato, by Bartok
(Ire). MSW, 6-24, Oak Tree Pleasanton
TEMPLE CITY, Unapologetic, g, 5, o/o Seekingvindication, by
Vindication. AOC, 6-24, Santa Anita
TIZDEJAVU, Champagne Chuck, g, 4, o/o Calamari, by Storm
Boot. ALW, 6-25, Parx Racing
TO HONOR AND SERVE, Honor the D, c, 3, o/o Cryston, by
Woodman. MSW, 6-25, Thistledown
WILBURN, Ohio Gold, m, 5, o/o Philadelphia Gold, by Touch
Gold. ALW, 6-25, Thistledown
FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: TUESDAY, JUNE 26
He's Had Enough (Tapit), Woodford Thoroughbreds, $5,000
78 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners
2-Thistledown, Msw 5f, SHE'S WILD ENOUGH, 7-2
$4,500 OBS WIN yrl
SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: TUESDAY, JUNE 26
Denman (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}), Darley Kelvinside Stud, $15,000
47 foals of racing age/13 winners/0 black-type winners
7-Fairmount, $50K Peach Queen S., 6f, CHECOTAH, 15-1
Duke of Mischief (Graeme Hall), Equine Veterinary Hospital of
Northern Indiana, $2,500
53 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners
3-Thistledown, Msw 5 1/2f, CHASIN A DREAM, 8-1
Ghaaleb (Unbridled's Song), Wildwood Farm, $0
21 foals of racing age/7 winners/0 black-type winners
6-Fairmount, $50K Southern Illinois Sophomore S., 6f, CALEB'S
HEIR, 8-1
7-Fairmount, $50K Peach Queen S., 6f, GHAALEB'S APPEAL, 8-1
6-Fairmount, $50K Southern Illinois Sophomore S., 6f,
GHAALEB'S WINNER, 5-2
7-Fairmount, $50K Peach Queen S., 6f, ISABELLACANNETELLA, 10-1
8-Fairmount, Msw 6f, ST. LOUIE WOMAN, 5-1
6-Fairmount, $50K Southern Illinois Sophomore S., 6f, W W
COOKIE MONSTER, 5-1
Overanalyze (Dixie Union), WinStar Farm, $10,000
193 foals of racing age/47 winners/5 black-type winners
2-Thistledown, Msw 5f, DRAGON BREATH, 8-1
$1,000 KEE JAN yrl; $5,500 FTK OCT yrl
Congratulations to last week=s JockeyTalk360.com Jockey of
the Week Tyler Gaffalione, who won the Mystic Lake Derby
aboard Sniper Kitten (Kitten=s Joy) and the Lady Canterbury S.
aboard I=m Betty G (Into Mischief) Saturday night at the
Minnesota oval.
TUESDAY, 26 JUNE 2018
Crystal Ocean | Racing Post
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PEDIGREE INSIGHTS: SEA THESTARS & CRYSTAL OCEAN
by Andrew Caulfield
There was something of a family affair about the most
successful stallions at Royal Ascot last week, with the six
stallions responsible for two or more winners featuring Galileo,
Galileo's son Frankel and Galileo's half-brother Sea The Stars.
Of course this trio features two of the most extraordinary
racehorses ever to have graced the turf, with Frankel and Sea
The Stars's combined efforts amounting to 22 wins from 23
starts, the only defeat coming on Sea The Stars's debut.
Between them they landed 16 Group 1s and took high rank on
Timeform's list of all-time greats, with Frankel improving his
rating from 143 at three to 147 at four, while Sea The Stars
achieved a figure of 140 at three. Sea The Stars's physique
suggested that he too might have pushed his rating even higher
had he stayed in training at four.
Both these superstars are imposing physical specimens, both
were group winners at two, both won the G1 2000 Guineas and
the G1 Juddmonte International and both linked to Galileo, who
had already claimed the first of his nine sires' championships
before Sea The Stars commenced his stallion career in 2010.
Galileo was a four-time champion sire by the time Frankel made
his debut at Banstead Manor in 2013. Consequently, the path to
stardom as a stallion might have been expected to be as smooth
and straight as it could possibly be, but even these exceptional
Classic winners have had to go through a few trials and
tribulations along the way.
There was never going to be any difficulty in their first season,
when Sea The Stars was priced at i85,000 and Frankel at
,125,000 and they respectively covered 136 and 131 mares. The
problem is that there isn't an endless supply of breeders
prepared to invest heavily in untried but high-priced stallions
and events showed that not even Sea The Stars and Frankel
were immune to the fluctuating demand that affects so many
young stallions in their first four seasons.
It now seems hard to believe that Sea The Stars's totals in
those first four years were 136, 83, 138 and 82 mares. Frankel's
figures were 131, 128, 104 and 105. Perhaps Frankel's arrival as
a stallion in 2013 was partly to blame for Sea The Stars's book
falling to 82 mares, but their main problem was that these
unproven horses were competing against stallions whose ability
to sire top performers had been proven time after time.
Cont. p2
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Sea TheStars (Ire)
Cape Cross (Ire)Green Desert
Danzig
Foreign Courier
Park Appeal (Ire) Ahonoora (GB) Balidaress (Ire)
Urban Sea
Miswaki Mr. Prospector
Hopespringseternal
Allegretta (GB) Lombard (Ger)
Anatevka (Ger)
Crystal Star(GB)
SW & GSP-Eng,6-2-1-0, $47,340
8Fls, 5Wnrs,1SW, 3GSWs,
2Chs.
Mark of Esteem(Ire)
Darshaan (GB)Shirley Heights (GB)
Delsy (Fr)
Homage (GB) Ajdal
Home Love
Crystal Cavern 16-3-1-3,$54,611
11Fls, 8Wnrs, 2SWs
Be My GuestNorthern Dancer
What a Treat
Krisalya (GB)13Fls, 7Wnrs, 1G1SW
Kris (GB)
Sassalya (Ire)
Sea The Stars & Crystal Ocean Cont. from p1
In Sea The Stars's first four years, his
half-brother Galileo covered books of 175, 215,
196 and 191 mares, whereas Frankel's first four
years clashed with the rise of Dubawi, whose
book stood at 136, 157, 157 and 157.
Needless to say, Frankel and Sea The Stars have both quickly
proved that they belong among the small club of elite stallions,
with Sea The Stars's fee now standing at i135,000, as opposed
to the original i85,000, and Frankel's at ,175,000 from the
initial ,125,000.
Breeders who used them at these increased fees this year will
have been reassured by their respective performances at Royal
Ascot. Frankel had 18 individual representatives in the 30 races,
all from his first two crops, and they clocked up three wins (from
Without Parole, Monarch's Glen and Baghdad), two seconds and
five thirds. Compare this to Galileo's tally of two winners, two
seconds and two thirds from a total of 24 runners.
Sea The Stars had fewer representatives but his comparatively
small fourth crop, which numbers 74 foals, provided two of the
meeting's star performers. Firstly, Stradivarius bravely took the
G1 Gold Cup and then Crystal Ocean won the G2 Hardwicke S. in
the style of a future Group 1 winner. Crystal Ocean and
Stradivarius had finished second and third, separated by only a
short head, behind the Irish Derby winner Capri in a hot edition
of the St Leger.
CRYSTAL OCEAN, C, 4
Lifetime Record: MGSW & G1SP-Eng, 9-5-2-2, $642,121.
Sea The Stars now has eight Group 1 winners, six Group 2
winners and 11 Group 3 winners to his credit from his first four
crops. That's 25 group winners from a total of 382 foals in those
first four crops, which equates to an impressive 6.5%. And those
Group 1 winners have garnered a Derby, an Irish Derby, a
Deutsches Derby, an Oaks, a King George, a Prix Ganay, a Prix
d'Ispahan, a Goodwood Cup and now a Gold Cup, which
amounts to a highly prestigious collection.
Good things are worth waiting for, and this applies to Sea The
Stars and his progeny. Although he won two of his three juvenile
starts, including the G2 Beresford S., Sea The Stars improved
considerably from two to three--by no less than 31lb according
to his Timeform ratings. So far only two of his 25 group winners
have succeeded in winning at that level at the age of two, these
being the G3 Prix des Chenes winner Cloth of Stars, who
developed into a Group 2 winner at three and a Group 1 winner
at four, and the G3 Park S. winner My Titania.
This suggests that there are group winners still to come from
Sea The Stars's current 3-year-olds from his 93-strong fifth crop,
conceived after Sea The Stars had finished seventh among the
first-crop sires of 2013 (beaten by Mastercraftsman, but also by
Intense Focus, Captain Gerrard, Dandy Man, Bushranger and
Champs Elysees). Cont. p3
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Sea The Stars | The Aga Khan Studs
Pedigree Insights: Sea The Stars & Crystal Ocean Cont.
The best of his 3-year-olds so far are the listed winners Sea of
Class and Knight To Behold, and there is also Stream of Stars,
who disappointed when favourite for the G2 Queen's Vase--a
race won last year by Stradivarius.
It will be interesting to monitor the progress of Sea The Stars's
2018 juveniles, which come from his first crop sired at a fee of
i125,000. This crop is his largest of his first six crops, at 135
foals. Around a dozen of them are out of mares by Sadler's
Wells, who number Taghrooda and the Classic-placed Storm The
Stars among their four black-type winners from 59 foals. This is
comfortably the most numerous cross for Sea The Stars.
Sea The Stars's progeny have an average winning distance of
11 furlongs, which is very close to Galileo's figure of 11.2
furlongs. Although Sea The Stars has excelled with daughters of
such as Monsun, Bering, Silver Hawk and Sadler's Wells, perhaps
it would be worth employing a similar policy to the one taken
with Galileo in recent years, whereby a strong emphasis has
been placed on giving him mares with speed. Sea The Stars's
Group 1 winners include Harzand and Vazira, who are out of
mares by the champion juveniles Xaar and Zafonic. Then there's
Cloth of Stars and Zelzal, who are among the four black-type
winners sired by Sea The Stars from 12 foals out of mares by the
top miler Kingmambo.
Crystal Ocean's broodmare sire, the 2000 Guineas and Queen
Elizabeth II S. winner Mark of Esteem, is another top-class miler
with a fine record with Sea The Stars. There are only five foals of
racing age bred this way but four have raced and all four have
won, another being Across The Stars, winner of the G2 King
Edward VII S. in 2016. Interestingly, Galileo also has a fine record
with daughters of Mark of Esteem, siring the likes of the Irish
Derby winner Treasure Beach and the Group 2 winners Kite
Wood and Mikhail Glinka from only 13 foals. Cont. p4
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TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 8 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 26 JUNE 2018
Tuscan Evening | Sarah K. Andrew
Laurens after the Prix de Diane Longines | Scoop Dyga
Pedigree Insights: Sea The Stars & Crystal Ocean Cont.
Crystal Ocean's dam Crystal Star was unbeaten at two, winning
twice over seven furlongs, and was group-placed over that
distance at three. She has developed into a wonderful producer,
with three group winners and a listed winner. Although all four
are by different sires, two of them are by father and son, with
that fine mare Crystal Capella being by Sea The Stars's sire Cape
Cross. All four of her stakes winners stayed at least a mile and
quarter, another being Hillstar, a Danehill Dancer colt who won
the G2 King Edward VII S. and the GI Canadian International.
Crystal Ocean's third dam Krisalya produced the G1 Poule
d'Essai des Pouliches winner Rose Gypsy and was a half-sister to
the G1 Prix d'Ispahan winner Sasuru. Fourth dam Sassalya
produced 16 named foals, most of them above average. In
addition to Sasuru, there was Sally Rous, winner of two group
races over seven furlongs, including the Jersey S. at Royal Ascot.
Another of Sassalya's daughters, The Faraway Tree, produced
the American Grade I winner Tuscan Evening.
ROYAL ASCOT VIEWING STATISTICS RELEASED The 22.5-hour ITV Racing Team broadcast, plus the five-hour
The Opening Show, which utilised 270 personnel, resulted in
viewing figures on average of 721k (9.6%) on the ITV main
channel over four days compared to 867k (11.6%) last year.
In 2018, Royal Ascot was competing with the FIFA World Cup
during the same time slot. Thursday=s coverage was shown only
on ITV4, as there were two World Cup matches displayed on the
main ITV channel. On Tuesday, an average of 741k (11.7%)
viewers was above the 719k (10.7%) set in 2017, while
Wednesday=s average was 727k (9%) versus 2017's 830k
(11.5%). During Thursday=s ITV4 coverage, the average
viewership was 366k (4.9%), with 968k (13%) set a year ago. The
numbers were closer to par on Friday with 803k (10%) versus
927k (12%) in 2017, with the final day setting an average of
613k (7.6%) compared to 892k (10.2%) last term. The highest
peak rating was set on Wednesday=s card with 1006k, just under
2017's 1,156k.
LAURENS TO YORKSHIRE OAKS
G1 French Oaks heroine Laurens (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) will sidestep
next month's G1 Irish Oaks at The Curragh and instead head
straight for the G1 Yorkshire Oaks on Aug. 23.Having rounded
off her juvenile campaign with a Group 1 triumph in the Fillies'
Mile at Newmarket, Karl Burke's star filly has continued in the
same vein this season, finishing second in the G1 1000 Guineas
before landing the G1 Prix Saint-Alary and the G1 Prix de Diane.
"She has come out the race really well and there have been no
issues," said the North Yorkshire handler. "She will have a nice
easy two or three weeks. We are not going to go for the Irish
Oaks. We will miss that and hopefully go for the Yorkshire Oaks.
We certainly hope we will go back to France for the Arc. The
Yorkshire Oaks will tell us a lot more when we step up in trip
again.@
Cont. p5
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Redkirk Warrior | Bronwen Healy
Laurens to Yorkshire Oaks Cont.
Burke continued, AIf there is any reason she doesn't stay the
mile and a half [of the Yorkshire Oaks], we have got the G1 Prix
de l'Opera to consider. We've also been very kindly given an
invite to a very valuable filly and mares race in Japan in
November and of course there is also the Breeders' Cup, so
there's plenty to think about. The main thing is she's healthy and
well and as tough as she is, she is good as well. She has lots of
ability. Everyone says she keeps having hard races. I think she is
only doing what she has to do and I think that is why she keeps
backing up in these races. Long may it continue."
HAWKBILL EYES INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN Godolphin=s MG1SW Hawkbill (Kitten=s Joy) came out of his
third-place effort in the G1 Prince Of Wales=s S. in good order
and is headed abroad according to trainer Charlie Appleby. A
brilliant winner of the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic at Meydan
earlier in the year, the flashy chestnut disappointed on his
return to Britain in the G1 Coronation Cup at Epsom at the
beginning of June. Hawkbill looks set for a second tilt at the GI
Northern Dancer S. in Canada in September--he lost by a head in
2017--following his fine effort in defeat at Royal Ascot.
"He ran a solid race [at Ascot],@ said Appleby. AI was pleased
with his performance and that is the sort of level we are with
him. Campaigning him around the world, I'm sure he will pinch
another race for us. We will do a bit of travelling with him. We
will probably look towards the Northern Dancer in Canada."
>WARRIOR= TO JULY CUP Three-time Group 1 winner Redkirk Warrior (GB) (Notnowcato
{GB}) will remain in the Northern Hemisphere and point to the
July 14 1200-metre G1 July Cup co-trainer David Hayes told
Racing.com on Monday morning. The chestnut, who is also
trained by Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig, ran an uncharacteristic
poor race to be 10th behind Merchant Navy (Aus) (Fastnet Rock
{Aus}) when contesting the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. at Royal Ascot
on Saturday.
AWe were really disappointed with the run,@ Hayes told
Racing.com. AHistory tells us that he=s let us down very few
times, but every time he=s traveled, he=s never run to his best, so
there was always that nagging doubt in the back of our minds.
Looking forward, Newmarket is where he=s trained, he doesn=t
have to travel and he worked very well on the course proper
there, so we think that we=re here, we might give him one more
chance [in the July Cup].@
In other July Cup news, G1 King=s Stand S. runner-up and
MG1SW Battaash (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) will not take part and
instead point to the G2 King George S. at Goodwood on Aug. 3.
AHe won't run in the July Cup,@ said Sheikh Hamdan Al
Maktoum=s racing manager Angus Gold. AHe wouldn't get six
furlongs in a horsebox on the way he ran the other day. We'll
probably look towards Goodwood and York [for the G1
Nunthorpe S. on Aug. 24] again, I'd imagine.
WILDCARDS ADDED TO ARQANA SUMMER Seven wildcards have been added to the Arqana Summer Sale
scheduled for Deauville on July 2-4. The septet will go under the
hammer on the final day at 11 a.m. local time and are led by
Fifth Element (Fr) (Most Improved {Ire}) (lot 250), a winning filly
out of Miryale (Fr) (Anabaa), consigned by trainer Jean-Claude
Rouget. She is out of a half to SW & G1SP Afandem (Fr) (Zoffany
{Ire}) and is from the same family as G1 Bayerisches
Zuchtrennen victress Elliptique (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) and
MSW & MGSP Cicerole (Fr) (Barathea {Ire}). Stephane Wattel
consigns lot 370, the SP sprinter Mon Ami L=Ecossais (Fr)
(Orpen). The seven-lot Yves Borotra Dispersal have also been
added to the Summer Sale as lots 289A-289G. Go to
www.arqana.com for the complete catalogue.
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FIRST-SEASON SIRESWITH RUNNERS
Toronado has a pair of runners at Newbury on Tuesday.
Haras de Bouquetot
Tuesday, June 26, 2018:
UNITED KINGDOM
Alhebayeb (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Tara Stud
128 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners
14:00-BEVERLEY, 7.5f, ALHEBABA (IRE)
i20,000 RNA Goffs November Foals Sale 2016; 15,000gns RNA
Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2017 - Book 3
Coach House (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Bucklands Farm & Stud
(GB)
76 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners
14:45-BRIGHTON, 6f, MORE THAN LIKELY (GB)
7,500gns RNA Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2016; 8,572gns
Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Sept. Yearling Sale 2017
Gregorian (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}), National Stud
85 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners
18:40-NEWBURY, 6f, PERFECTLY (GB)
3,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2016; 16,000gns RNA
Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2017 - Book 3
Ruler of The World (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Coolmore Stud
43 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners
19:10-NEWBURY, 7f, ISLAND REEL (IRE)
,12,000 RNA Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale 2017
Toronado (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), Haras de Bouquetot
121 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners
19:10-NEWBURY, 7f, LOLITA PULIDO (IRE)
i10,500 Goffs November Foals Sale 2016; 40,000gns Tattersalls
October Yearling Sale 2017 - Book 1
19:10-NEWBURY, 7f, TRONADA (GB)
20,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2016; 23,000gns RNA
Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2017 - Book 3; 42,000gns
Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up & HIT Sale 2018
War Command (War Front), Coolmore Stud
112 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners
14:00-BEVERLEY, 7.5f, VICTORY COMMAND (IRE)
6,000gns Tattersalls December Yearlings Sale 2017
Xtension (Ire) (Xaar {GB}), Rathbarry Stud
25 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners
19:10-NEWBURY, 7f, ROOM TO IMPROVE (IRE)
i3,000 RNA Goffs Open Yearlings HIT Sale 2017
ITBA UNVEILS 2018 EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMME The 2018 educational programme schedule, hosted by the
Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Assocation (ITBA) with financial
support and commitment from the Department of Agriculture,
under its Equine Technical Support & Breeding Scheme Project,
was revealed on Monday.
From July 2-13, the Summer Educational Series, designed for
breeders of both flat and national hunt disciplines, will take
place at ITBA headquarters. Topics covered in week one--with
Quality & Qualifications Ireland accreditation where possible--
include: Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment, Accident
Investigation, Chemical Safety Awareness, Fire Safety
Awareness, Safety Statements Production, First Aid Awareness,
Height Safety Awareness, Manual Handling, and a three-day
First Aid Responders course. QQI Level 5 accreditation will be
awarded to those who complete all modules and successfully
required assessment. In week two, courses include managing
staff, GDPR requirements, financial planning and stud farm
office administration. On July 25, there will be an ITBA Next
Generation Seminar & Race Day at ITBA HQ & Naas Racecourse.
The ITBA heavily subsidizes the costs for those who attend.
Places on all of the courses are limited and on a first come first
served basis. For the complete schedule and to sign up, go to
www.itba.info.
TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 7 OF 8 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 26 JUNE 2018
Monday=s Results:
2nd-Royal Windsor, ,5,800, Mdn, 6-25, 2yo, 6f 12yT, 1:14.62,
g/f.
WATCHMYEVERYMOVE (IRE) (c, 2, War Command--Glympse
{Ire}, by Spectrum {Ire}) broke in the second rank and raced mid
division through the initial stages of this first go. Scrubbed along
approaching the quarter-mile marker, the 12-1 chance wove a
green passage to the front entering the final eighth and kept on
well for continued whipless rousting late on to assert by 3/4 of a
length from Shanghai Grace (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), becoming the
third winner for his freshman sire (by War Front). He is also the
sixth scorer and latest foal produced by a half-sister to MGSP
sire Smooth Performance (Seattle Slew). He shares his MSW &
MGSP second dam Seasonal Pickup (The Minstrel) with MGISW
Hong Kong Horse of the Year Designs On Rome (Ire) (Holy
Roman Emperor {Ire}) and the dam of this year=s G1 Irish 2000
Guineas hero Romanised (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}). Sales
history: i11,000 Ylg >17 TIRSEP; 50,000gns 2yo >18 TATHIT.
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $4,977. Video, sponsored by Fasig-
Tipton.
1ST-TIME STARTER. O-T W Morley; B-D J Maher (IRE); T-Stuart
Williams.
CONDITIONS RESULTS:
7th-Royal Windsor, ,5,800, Cond, 6-25, 3yo/up, 8f 31yT,
1:45.05, g/f.
KAANOON (GB) (c, 3, Bated Breath {GB}--Going For Gold {GB},
by Barathea {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $10,337. O-Sheikh
Ahmed Al Maktoum; B-James Ortega Bloodstock Ltd (GB);
T-Roger Varian. *30,000gns Ylg >16 TAOCT. **1/2 to Chicadoro
(GB) (Paco Boy {Ire}), SP-Eng.
6th-Wolverhampton, ,5,800, Cond, 6-25, 3yo/up, 7f 36y (AWT),
1:29.31, st.
MOQARRAB (c, 3, Speightstown--Grosse Pointe Anne, by Silver
Deputy) Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $11,520. O-Godolphin;
B-WinStar Farm LLC (KY); T-Saeed bin Suroor. *$400,000 Ylg '16
KEESEP.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Deputise (GB), c, 2, Kodiac (GB)--Dolly Colman (Ire), by Diamond
Green (Fr). Wolverhampton, 6-25, 5f 21y (AWT), 1:03.27.
B-Whitsbury Manor Stud (GB). *70,000gns Wlg >16 TATFOA;
125,000gns RNA Ylg >17 TAOCT; 110,000gns 2yo >18 TATBRE.
Ideal Candy (Ire), f, 3, Canford Cliffs (Ire)--Forever More (Ire), by
Galileo (Ire). Chepstow, 6-25, 8f 14yT, 1:33.52. B-Brian O=Neill
(IRE). *i18,000 Wlg >15 GOFNOV; ,4,000 Ylg >16 GOUKSI.
Cosmic Love (GB), f, 3, Sea the Stars (Ire)--Soodad (GB), by
King=s Best. Chepstow, 6-25, 8f 14yT, 1:33.90. B-Bloomsbury
Stud (GB). *90,000gns Ylg >16 TATOCT.
Jahaafel (Fr), c, 3, Style Vendome (Fr)--Irisijana (Ger) (SP-Ger),
by Diktat (GB). Chepstow, 6-25, 10fT, 2:08.61. B-James Henry
Atkinson (FR). *i45,000 Ylg >16 AROYRG; i400,000 2yo >17
ARQMAY.
TATTERSALLS TO SPONSOR SOVEREIGN S. The G3 Sovereign S. at Salisbury on Aug. 16 will be sponsored
by Tattersalls, the sales company announced on Monday. Held
over a mile for 3-year-olds and up, the Sovereign will carry
prizemoney of £76,500 in 2018.
ATattersalls are delighted to sponsor the Sovereign S. at
Salisbury and add it to our extensive list of race sponsorships,@
said Tattersalls Marketing Manager Jason Singh. AThe Sovereign
Stakes is also perfectly timed to coincide with the publication of
Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale [held on Oct. 9-
11].@
CONDITIONS RESULTS:
6th-Saint-Cloud, i28,000, Cond, 6-25, 4yo/up, 10 1/2fT,
2:12.46, g/s.
WAI KEY STAR (GER) (h, 5, Soldier Hollow {GB}--Wakytara
{Ger}, by Danehill) Lifetime Record: Hwt. 3yo-Ger at 9.5-11f,
MGSW-Ger & GSP-Ity, 12-4-3-2, i153,748. O-Stall Salzburg;
B-Gestut Park Wiedingen (GER); T-Sarah Steinberg. *1/2 to
Wheredreamsare (GB) (Monsun {Ger}), GSP-Ger.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Style de Vole (Fr), g, 3, Vol de Nuit (GB)--Anowe de Jelois (Fr),
by Reg Guest (Ire). Saint-Cloud, 6-25, 10 1/2fT, 2:19.20.
B-Michel Guillois & Mme Reynald Jeanne (FR). *1ST-TIME
STARTER.
NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR FRENCH GSSSA Nominations for the Trophees du Personnel des Courses et de
l=Elevage, the French version of the Godolphin Stud and Stable
Staff Awards, opened on Monday. For the third year in a row,
France Galop has joined with sponsors Godolphin to celebrate
those working in the racing industry, with racing and breeding
professionals called upon to nominate their candidates. Cont. p8
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AUSTRALIAN-SIRED WINNERS
JAPANESE GROUP 1 RACES B 2018
Date Race Track
Sept. 30 Sprinters= S. Nakayama
Oct. 14 Shuka Sho Kyoto
Oct. 21 Kikuka Sho (St Leger) Kyoto
Oct. 28 Tenno Sho (Autumn) Tokyo
Nov. 11 Queen Elizabeth II Cup Kyoto
Nov. 18 Mile Championship S. Kyoto
Nov. 25 Japan Cup Tokyo
Nominations Open for French GSSSA Cont.
Winners from seven categoriesBthe Leadership Award (stud or
stable), the Dedication to Racing award, the Rider/Groom
Award, the Stud Staff Award, the Administration Award, the
Newcomer Award (stud and stable employees) and the
Employee of the Year Award--will be revealed at
ParisLongchamp on Nov. 24. To nominate a candidate, go to
www.tropheesdupersonnel.fr.
Sunday=s Results:
CPI PG CESKE DERBY (NB), Kc2,500,000 (,84,965/i96,562/
US$112,822), Velka Chuchle (Prague), 3yo, 2400mT, 2:33.52, gd.
1--BLESSED KISS (FR), 125, f, 3, Kentucky Dynamite--Blanc Sur
Blanc (Ire), by Hold That Tiger. (i3,000 RNA Ylg >16 OSASEP;
i19,000 2yo >17 OSAAPR). O-Staj Yerbol Baizhasrkinov; B-EARL
Haras du Taillis & Bernhard Wenger; T-Igor Endaltsev;
J-Wladimir Panov; Kc1,000,000. Lifetime Record: 7-2-0-0.
*1/2 to Blessed Silence (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), GSP-US, MSP-Fr,
$178,393.
2--Poldi=s Liebling (Ger), 128, c, 3, Tai Chi (Ger)--Pinea (Ger), by
Platini (Ger). O-Stall Audenhove. Kc550,000.
3--Mon Cheri (Fr), 128, c, 3, Makfi (GB)--Skyweeper (Fr), by
Hurricane Run (Ire). (i25,000 RNA Ylg >16 ARQAUG; i60,000
2yo >17 ARQNOV). O-Staj Lokotrans. Kc350,000.
Margins: NK, 2, HF. Odds: 30-1, 5-1, 8-1. VIDEO
CAPTAIN AL FILLY TOPS BSA SUPER SALE
The single-day Bloodstock South Africa Super Sale enjoyed
gains across the board at Greyville Racecourse on Monday. The
filly Best Kept Secret (SAf) (Captain Al {SAf}) (lot 44) topped the
sale at R2.2 million (US$162,056/£122,024/€138,462) on the bid
of Maine Chance Farms from the draft of Mayfair Speculators.
The two-time winner, an Rx CTS Premier yearling in 2016, is out
of Secret of Victoria (SAf) (Goldkeeper), who was a MGSW in her
native land and played the bridesmaid in the G1 Allan Robertson
Fillies Championship. Best Kept Secret is also a full-sister to
South African champion juvenile filly and MG1SW All Is Secret
(SAf) and Grade 1 winner The Secret Is Out (SAf).
Ninety-one horses sold from 93 offered for a clearance rate of
97.9% and a gross of R14,145,000. The average was R155,440
(US$11,348/£8,545/€9,696) (+91.5%) and the median was
R60,000 (US$4,423/£3,330/€3,779) (+140%).
IN JAPAN:
Avior (Jpn), f, 3, Redoute=s Choice (Aus)--Velda (GB), by
Observatory. Tokyo, 6-24, Plate Race, 8fT. Lifetime Record:
2-2-0-0, $113,636. O-Teruya Yoshida; B-Shadai Farm (Jpn);
T-Noriyuki Hori. *1/2 to Vorda (Fr) (Orpen), Hwt. 2yo Filly-Fr,
GSW & G1SP-Fr, G1SW-Eng, $498,143.
DID YOU KNOW?G2 Coventry S. winner Calyx (GB) (Kingman {GB})
was tabbed as a “TDN Rising Star”
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Leading First-Crop Sires by YTD Earningsfor stallions standing in Europe through Sunday, June 24
Earnings represent worldwide figures, stud fees listed are 2018 fees.
Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings
1 No Nay Never 1 3 -- 1 -- -- 19 8 43,819 191,021
(2011) by Scat Daddy FYR: 2016 Stands: Coolmore Stud Ire Fee: i25,000 Cosmic Law (Ire)
2 Bungle Inthejungle (GB) 1 1 -- -- -- -- 30 11 26,695 131,137
(2010) by Exceed and Excel (Aus) FYR: 2016 Stands: Rathasker Stud Ire Fee: i5,000 Jungle Inthebungle (Ire)
3 Kingman (GB) 1 1 1 1 -- -- 5 1 90,240 94,592
(2011) by Invincible Spirit (Ire) FYR: 2016 Stands: Banstead Manor Stud Eng Fee: ,55,000 Calyx (GB)
4 Sommerabend (GB) -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 3 19,660 46,519
(2007) by Shamardal FYR: 2016 Stands: Haras de Saint Arnoult Fr Fee: i2,500 Tudo Bem (Fr)
5 Le Vie Infinite (Ire) -- -- -- -- -- -- 9 3 19,464 45,761
(2007) by Le Vie Dei Colori (GB) FYR: 2016 Stands: Ity Fee: N/A Angkor Wat (Ity)
6 Gregorian (Ire) -- 1 -- -- -- -- 16 4 10,338 45,447
(2009) by Clodovil (Ire) FYR: 2016 Stands: National Stud Eng Fee: ,4,500 Greach (Ire)
7 Garswood (GB) -- -- -- -- -- -- 9 3 16,838 44,591
(2010) by Dutch Art (GB) FYR: 2016 Stands: Cheveley Park Stud Eng Fee: ,4,000 Dollis Hill (GB)
8 Olympic Glory (Ire) -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 3 12,588 44,429
(2010) by Choisir (Aus) FYR: 2016 Stands: Haras de Bouquetot Fr Fee: i12,000 Mintd (Ire)
9 Charm Spirit (Ire) -- -- -- -- -- -- 18 4 12,450 42,634
(2011) by Invincible Spirit (Ire) FYR: 2016 Stands: Haras de Bonneval Fr Fee: i20,000 Charming Kid (GB)
10 Kuroshio (Aus) -- 1 -- -- -- -- 11 5 14,502 38,372
(2010) by Exceed and Excel (Aus) FYR: 2016 Stands: Darley Northwood Park EUR (Exp) Daphinia (GB)
11 Toronado (Ire) -- -- -- -- -- -- 11 2 19,042 34,209
(2010) by High Chaparral (Ire) FYR: 2016 Stands: Haras de Bouquetot Fr Fee: i12,000 Baylagan (Fr)
12 Slade Power (Ire) -- -- -- -- -- -- 20 3 10,640 33,905
(2009) by Dutch Art (GB) FYR: 2016 Stands: Kildangan Stud Ire Fee: i15,000 Oh My Oh My (Ire)
13 Gale Force Ten (GB) -- 1 -- -- -- -- 15 1 24,032 30,838
(2010) by Oasis Dream (GB) FYR: 2016 Stands: Irish National Stud Ire Fee: i5,000 Dom Carlos (Ire)
14 Morpheus (GB) -- -- -- -- -- -- 17 2 11,896 30,702
(2010) by Oasis Dream (GB) FYR: 2016 Stands: Tally-Ho Stud Ire Fee: i4,000 Joza (Ire)
15 War Command -- -- -- -- -- -- 14 2 16,259 30,686
(2011) by War Front FYR: 2016 Stands: Coolmore Stud Ire Fee: i8,000 Victory Command (Ire)