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Andrew Caulfield, November 29, 2005–Alkaased P EDIGREE INSIGHTS The Lane's End team must be eternally thankful that it did, while the would-be Japanese purchasers must BY ANDREW CAULFIELD continually feel as though the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow has slipped through their JAPAN CUP-G1, ¥481,520,000, Tokyo, 11-27, 3yo/up, fingers. Although he has been based in Kentucky 2400mT, 2:22.10 (NWR), fm. throughout his stallion career, Kingmambo has made a 1--ALKAASED, 125, h, 5, by Kingmambo considerable impact on Japanese racing. Alkaased is his 1st Dam: Chesa Plana (GB) (Hwt. Older Mare-Ger second winner of the Japan Cup, following his at 11-14f, SW & MG1SP-Ger, GSP-Fr), by Niniski first-crop son El Condor Pasa. This intricately bred 2nd Dam: Top of the League (Ire), by High Top (Ire) horse was unbeaten in three races on dirt before 3rd Dam: Home and Away (Ire), by Home Guard developing into an outstanding turf performer and he ($325,000 yrl ‘01 KEESEP; 42,000gns HRA ‘03 took the NHK Mile Cup, Japan Cup, Grand Prix de TATAUT). O-M Charlton; B-Clovelly Farms (KY); T-L Saint-Cloud and Prix Foy prior to ending his career with Camani; J-F Dettori; ¥253,864,000. Lifetime Record: a magnificent second to Montjeu in the 1999 Arc. G1SW-Fr, GSW & G1SP-Eng, 16-6-7-0, ¥323,864,000. Kingmambo has since been very ably represented in Click for the HKJC.com chart or the free brisnet.com Japan by Star King Man (G1), American Boss (G2), catalogue-style pedigree. Admire Mambo (G2), Mambo Twist (G3) and King This year's thrilling edition of the G1 Japan Cup, in Fidelia (G3), but the jewel in his crown was King which victory went to Kingmambo's son Alkaased by Kamehameha. This tongue-twister demonstrated his the narrowest of margins, provided another of those class and versatility in May last year by taking the NHK "what might have been" moments. Mile Cup by five lengths, followed by the Japanese The Blood-Horse's announcement, in December Derby (Tokyo Yushun) over a mile and a half. Heart's 1993, that Kingmambo was retiring to Lane's End Farm Cry, the colt who pushed Alkaased so hard in the Japan concluded with the statement: "Kingmambo originally Cup, filled second place behind King Kamehamaha in was destined for a stud career in Japan, but that sale the Derby, at a distance of one and a half lengths. King fell through." Kamehameha now holds court at Shadai Stallion Station, having bowed a tendon. He was syndicated for Alkaased, h, 2000 ¥2.1 billion (approximately $19 million), setting new Native Dancer Raise a Native figures for a Japanese-trained horse. His initial fee was Raise You Mr. Prospector ¥6,000,000, approximately $55,000. Nashua Gold Digger The scale of Kingmambo's success with his Japanese Sequence Kingmambo imports suggests that, had he gone East, he might well Northern Dancer Nureyev have made serious inroads into Sunday Silence's Special Miesque position as the supreme ruler of the Japanese industry. Prove Out Pasadoble Thanks to the Japanese sale falling through, racegoers Santa Quilla in the West have been able to enjoy his numerous Northern Dancer Nijinsky II high-class performers, with his American stars featuring Flaming Page Niniski such as Lemon Drop Kid and Voodoo Dancer. Europe Tom Rolfe Chesa Plana Virginia Hills has been even more fortunate, as Kingmambo has GSW-Ger, 27-3-5-3, Ridin’ Easy supplied an impressive sequence of Classic winners, $289,965 Top of the League Derring-Do 8Fls, 1GSW, 4wnrs High Top comprising Divine Proportions, Russian Rhythm, King's 13-1-0-0, $3,247 Camenae Best, Rule of Law, Virginia Waters and Bluemamba. 13Fls, 1Ch, 2GSW Home And Away Home Guard 1SW 9Fls, 1SW Garden of Eden Caulfield cont. www.coolmore.com There have been other notable European performers, Niniski was one of those stallions with a pronounced too, including Dubai Destination, who inflicted a rare bias between the sexes of his progeny, with colts defeat on Rock of Gibraltar in the G2 Champagne S. at almost totally dominating his list of Group 1 and Group two before going on to win the G1 Queen Anne S. 2 winners. However, Alkaased's dam Chesa Plana was impressively at four. very talented, as she reached the first three in two No wonder various members of the Maktoum family Group 1 events over a mile and a half in Germany, were so eager to secure yearling colts by Kingmambo where she also finished sixth of 19 in the Derby. Chesa this year. Gainsborough beat off a Japanese challenge Plana's brother San Sebastian won the G1 Prix du in paying the equivalent of $2.3 million for his colt out Cadran over two miles, so it is hardly surprising that of Last Second, whereas Shadwell paid $2.16 million Alkaased stays much better than his sire, who never for a colt bred on the highly successful Sadler's Wells ventured beyond a mile. He is inbred 4x4 to Northern cross. John Ferguson collected a third colt, this one out Dancer and 5x5 to Forli. of Words of War, for $1.45 million at Keeneland. Alkaased comes from the high-class family Perhaps their eagerness to secure a top son of descending from the top Irish two-year-old filly Kingmambo was fuelled by a fear that the future supply of Kingmambo colts may be limited. Lane's End Mesopotamia, who is also the ancestress of Halling, announced on June 22 that Kingmambo's troubled Alderbrook, Danish and Ace, the Irish colt who has 2005 breeding season was over: been unfortunate not to win a major prize this year. "He's had a very stressful time, and we finally just Alkaased's fourth dam Garden of Eden, produced the made a decision that he needed some time off," Will very able performers Galaxy Libra, Garden of Heaven Farish explained. "He's good and healthy, and I think and Welsh Garden, the last-named having a Group that with the summer off and all the rest, every 1-winning daughter in Molesnes and a Group 1-winning indication is that he'll be himself come next breeding granddaughter in Cherokee Rose. season." Whereas he covered 105 mares in 2004, Kingmambo covered fewer than 40 this year after missing several weeks of the season because of a variety of ailments, including an arthritic condition in his lower neck and suspected EPM. Let's hope he stages a Nureyev-like recovery. Nureyev's prospects looked very bad when he fractured a hind-leg as a 10-year-old. He eventually died at the age of 24, and we have to keep our fingers crossed that Kingmambo, still only 16-years-old in 2006, has many more fruitful years ahead of him. Lane's End has taken out the insurance of acquiring the services of Mingun, his group-winning half brother by A.P. Indy. Kingmambo's troubles of 2005 have helped turn the attention onto his stallion sons. Lemon Drop Kid has struggled to the extent that his fee for 2006 has been set at $30,000, compared to an initial fee of $100,000, but I wouldn't write him off yet, in view of the promise shown by other sons. Kingsalsa, who retired to stud in France without quite managing to win a Group 1 contest, is on his way to becoming leading freshman sire in holding third place among France's sires of two-year-olds. El Condor Pasa, who died at the end of his third season at Shadai, left plenty of above-average performers without so far hitting the jackpot. King's Best has done Darley proud by siring Group 1 winners Proclamation and Dubai Surprise in a first crop which also includes the Group 2 winner Oiseau Rare, and Darley's other Kingmambo stallion, Dubai Destination, who received a warm welcome at last week's foal sales, with a top price of 135,000 guineas. Alkaased, a Group 1 winner in France and Japan and a Group 2 winner in England, has also no doubt earned himself a future place at stud. With a Niniski mare as his dam, he is Kingmambo's third Group 1 winner out of mares with Nijinsky II blood, following the outstanding filly Russian Rhythm, who is out of a Nijinsky mare, and St Leger winner Rule of Law, whose dam is by Royal Academy. .