Sidestep Sires Golden Slipper Winner Kiamichi – Emulating the First-Crop Achievement of His Grandsire Danehill
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Godolphin to the fore as Kiamichi leads home Royal Blue trifecta in Slipper Sunday, March 24, 2019 THE DARLEY SLIPPER Sidestep sires Golden Slipper winner Kiamichi – emulating the first-crop achievement of his grandsire Danehill. Exceed And Excel’s Microphone is the first colt home (as Sidestep was in his year) with Lonhro’s Blue Diamond winner Lyre in third. Start with aDarleystallion and the rest will follow...darley.com.au What What's On next for Stakes races: Bunbury (WA) - South West Autumn Cup (Listed, 2200m) Conghua? Race meetings: Muswellbrook (NSW), Orange (NSW), Bairnsdale (VIC), Ballarat (VIC), Sunshine Coast (QLD), Naracoorte (SA), Bunbury (WA), Tauherenikau (NZ) Steve Moran | Page 14 International meetings: Kranji (SGP), Sunday, March 24, 2019 Sha Tin (HK) Godolphin to the fore as Kiamichi leads home Royal Blue trifecta in Slipper Yellow-cap success a significant result for first-season sire Sidestep By Chris Humpleby and Lewis Lesbirel he depth of juvenile talent lying within the Godolphin ranks has proven one of the overarching stories of the season and in a fitting demonstration of their two-year-oldT firepower, Kiamichi (Sidestep) led home a trifecta of Royal Blue as a vintage Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) lived up to its billing at Rosehill yesterday. Trained by James Cummings, who was winning the most prestigious juvenile contest on the planet for the first time - his late grandfather, Bart, won four - the Damian Lane- ridden Kiamichi sported the yellow cap and returned at $26, but a lack of market confidence did not prevent her finishing a length too strong for stable companion Microphone ($8) (Exceed And Excel), completing a quinella for Cummings, while the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Lyre ($14) (Lonhro) was another half-length away in third for Anthony Freedman. Continued on page 2>> Kiamichi GETTY IMAGES Damian Lane & James Cummings SPORTPIX | 1 | Brought to you by Godolphin to the fore as Kiamichi wins The Golden Slipper | 2 | Sunday, March 24, 2019 << Continued from page 1 Victory in the $3.5 million contest was a significant result for Telemon Thoroughbreds’ first-season sire Sidestep (Exceed And Excel), himself a Golden Slipper runner-up in 2013 who, significantly, is being loaned to the Queensland-based operation by Darley. Furthermore, Sidestep became the first freshman stallion since Stratum (Redoute’s Choice) in 2010 to sire a Golden Slipper winner from his maiden crop, while the result also completed a trifecta for Darley- owned stallions, as flagbearing shuttler Exceed And Excel (Danehill), himself the sire of Sidestep, was responsible for the runner-up, while former champion sire Lonhro (Octagonal) produced the third. Kiamichi SPORTPIX A winner of the Girls Day Out 2YO Handicap (1200m) over this course and distance on debut - the first juvenile winner of the season for “She’s by a stallion who was able to run three weeks in a row before Cummings - Kiamichi again belied market expectations when running still getting up to run second in this race, like Microphone just did.” out a $21 winner of the Magic Night Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at this course Trained by Peter Snowden under the ownership of Sheikh Mohammed, last week, but she proved that victory was no fluke yesterday and the Sidestep won three times, landing the Pago Pago Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) success did not come as a surprise to her jubilant trainer. prior to his Golden Slipper exploits, while he subsequently won the Royal “It’s some race,” Cummings told Sky Racing. “Great credit must go to Sovereign Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) as a three-year-old. He transferred into this horse - she’s been able to come onto the scene and she’s just been the ownership of Godolphin under the care of John O’Shea for his final too well to deny her the chance of running in this race. three starts, finishing down the field on each occasion. “I wanted to toughen these horses up all season and she was tough Breaking smartly from barrier 14, Kiamichi was given a positive ride this week. She’s had a ripper of a week and she’s been squealing - she’s by Lane, who nullified the threat of being trapped deep into the bend by just been strong all the way through. She battled hard to win over 1200 allowing his mount to stride on and take up the running inside the 800 metres on debut and she’s just kept improving. metres. Continued on page 4>> | 2 | Brought to you by G3 winner Pin Sec by Lonhro, G2 winner Tenley by Medaglia d’Oroand G1 winner Kiamichi by Sidestep 55%of juvenile Group races in 2019 have been won by Darley-sired two-year-olds. Including both G1s. Since 2011, five Golden Slipper winners 5 out of 9 have been by Darley stallions. Start with a Darley stallion and the rest will follow... darley.com.au Godolphin to the fore as Kiamichi wins The Golden Slipper | 4 | Sunday, March 24, 2019 << Continued from page 2 All 15 of her rivals came under pressure who was making a quick return to the course having won the Pago at various stages on the turn for home, but Kiamichi was still firmly on the Pago Stakes last week, could make no impression from midfield having bridle approaching 300 metres out and she was in no danger of being enjoyed a good trip early, while the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace- caught when asked to quicken for a furlong, winning with a degree of trained Loving Gaby (I Am Invincible) caught the eye with a view to her authority to continue the dominance of fillies in the juvenile division. three-year-old career by finishing fourth. The improving Microphone, a last-start winner of the Skyline Stakes Chris Waller’s Yes Yes Yes (Rubick), who was propelled to early (Gr 2, 1200m), fared best of the colts in second, while Lyre flew home favouritism for the race following his Todman Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) from an uncompromising position having been forced deep into the track success, was weak on the day from barrier 16 and he ran on into seventh when making her challenge. having been a long-last for much of the contest. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Cosmic Force (Deep Field), Reflecting on both the success of Kiamichi and the season for his two- year-olds overall, Cummings continued: “I knew coming into this Golden Slipper you could throw out of the window which you think is the most brilliant horse and which you think has had the picture-perfect preparation because it was going to come down to the horse that had the guts to handle the track, the occasion and have the heart to get over the line first. “The guys have done a great job all season to be meticulous with these two-year-olds and it’s fitting for us as a team. It’s the sort of thing I’ve felt really amazed to be a part of and I’m proud for them and proud for this horse. “Last but not least, great thanks has to go to the vision of HH Sheikh Mohammed, who has put us in this position.” A winner of three of her five starts having also finished second once, homebred Kiamichi (2 f Sidestep - Ouachita by Canny Lad) has amassed Kiamichi SPORTPIX $2,245,350 in prize-money. Continued on page 5>> ANZ – export as HiRes PDF, no crops/bleeds SUNLIGHT Zoustar-Solar Charged MVRC WILLIAM REID STAKES G1 $300,000 2017 MAGIC MILLIONS GOLD COAST YEARLING SALE Vendor: Widden Stud Buyer: Aquis Farm/McEvoy Mitchell/Blue Sky Earnings: $4,133,950 | Owners: Mrs L Fung, Ms RC Parker, Mrs IE Mitchell, Mrs KL Thompson, Mrs RJ Fletcher, Miss SR Fletcher, Miss JR Fletcher, Qatar Bloodstock (Mgr: D Redvers) & G1G Racing & Breeding (Mgr: Mrs TL Vogel) Trainer: Tony McEvoy CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL CONNECTIONS www.magicmillions.com.au | 4 | Brought to you by Godolphin to the fore as Kiamichi wins The Golden Slipper | 5 | Sunday, March 24, 2019 << Continued from page 4 Kiamichi was one of 86 live foals Sun continues to shine as star conceived from the first crop of Sidestep, who was introduced for a fee of colt captures second Guineas $11,000 (inc. GST) when then standing at Darley. He shuttled to Haras du Logis, France for three northern hemisphere breeding seasons between 2016 and 2018, while he covered 57 mares at a fee of $7,700 (inc. GST) in Australia last year - his first season standing at Telemon Thoroughbreds. Kiamichi is one of seven named foals, all of whom have raced and six of whom have won out of the unraced Canny Lad (Bletchingly) mare Ouachita, making her a half-sister to Tasmanian Derby (Listed, 2200m) winner Cossetot (Epaulette). Her dam is herself a half-sister to Golden Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) winner and current Darley resident Denman (Lonhro) as well as an own- sister to Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) heroine Preserve, who was crowned second-top filly in the Australasian two-year-old classification of 1999/2000 and is herself the dam of two Group 3 winners. Ouachita slipped to Epaulette in 2017 before producing a filly by Animal KIngdom (Leroidesanimaux) last year. She was not served subsequently. In an intriguing post-script, Kiamichi’s dam, second dam and third The Autumn Sun SPORTPIX dam are all themselves by Golden Slipper winners in Canny Lad (1990), Vain (Wilkes) (1969) and Marscay (Biscay) (1982) respectively. If Chris Waller was hoping to settle his nerves a little less than half Related Links | Golden Slipper Stakes replay an hour before saddling Winx (Street Cry), then he chose the wrong colt in The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice) to do so.