THURSDAY, 5TH JANUARY 2017 EBN EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU STALLION NEWS | NEW ZEALAND | POINTS OF VIEW | STAKES FIELDS TODAY’S HEADLINES FIRST FOALS ITS A FILLY FOR HUNTER’S LIGHT Darley has announced that the first reported foal by the three- time Gr.1 winner Hunter’s Light was born in France on 2nd January. The filly was bred by Walid Marzouk and is out of the multiple scorer Our Time Will Come, a Rock Of Gibraltar daughter of the Gr.3 (then) Princess Royal Stakes and Gr.3 St Simon Stakes winner Signorina Cattiva (El Gran Senor), who was also twice placed in Gr.1 company in Italy. The second dam is a half-sister to the dual Gr.1 winner and Champion Three-Year-Old El Cuite. Kakadu and her colt foal, the first foal sired by the Standing at Haras du Logis, the stallion son of Dubawi won Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. twelve times, ten of them in Stakes company. The highlight of his career came on his final start when taking the Gr.1 Jebel Hatta in 2015. Two years earlier he had taken the Gr.1 Al Maktoum TRIPLE CROWN WINNER’S Challenge Round 3 and was also a top-level scorer in Italy as a FIRST A COLT four-year-old. The Seitz family’s Brookdale Farm in Versailles, Kentucky, happily Retired to stud as a Darley Club stallion, a limited number of announced the arrival of what is believed to be the first foal of the October 1st Special Live Foal nominations are available for the initial crop of the Triple Crown winner American Pharoah nine-year-old this year, for a fee of €4,000. (Pioneerof The Nile). Born at 12:30am on Tuesday, the colt is the CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 2016 Leading Sires of 2YO’s standing in Europe & North America, by GSW’s A unique RK STALLION GSW 1 *FRANKEL (Galileo) 6 2 Galileo (Sadler's Wells) 5 opportunity! - War Front (Danzig) 5 Access the world’s best young sire 4 Dark Angel (Acclamation) 4 5 Scat Daddy (Johannesburg) 3 in South Africa - Tapit (Pulpit) 3 Leading first crop 2YO’s in 2016 include: - Kodiac (Danehill) 3 SOUL STIRRING won Hashin Juvenile Fillies-Gr.1 SOURCE: TDN *FIRST CROP SIRE QUEEN KINDLY won Lowther Stakes-Gr.2 FAIR EVA won Princess Margaret Stakes-Gr.3 FRANKUUS won Prix de Conde-Gr.3 MI SUERTE won Kyoto Sho Fantasy Stakes-Gr.3 TOULIFAUT won Prix d'Aumale-Gr.3 15% Group winners to runners Timeform rated 133p At 12st Dewhurst Stakes-Gr.1, 7f, Newmarket - by 2¾ lengths. 1st Royal Lodge Stakes-Gr.2, 8f, Ascot - by 10 lengths. Timeform rated 143 At 13st 2000 Guineas-Gr.1, 8f, Newmarket - by 6 lengths. 1st St James’s Palace Stakes-Gr.1, 8f, Ascot - by ¾ lengths. 1st Sussex Stakes-Gr.1, 8f, Goodwood - by 5 lengths. 1st Queen Elizabeth II Stakes-Gr.1, 8f, Ascot - by 4 lengths. 1st Greenham Stakes-Gr.3, 7f, Newbury - by 4 lengths. Timeform rated 147 At 14st Lockinge Stakes-Gr.1, 8f, Newbury - by 5 lengths. 1st Queen Anne Stakes-Gr.1, 8f, Ascot - by 11 lengths. 1st Sussex Stakes-Gr.1, 8f, Goodwood - by 6 lengths. 1st Juddmonte International-Gr.1, 10f, York - by 7 lengths. 1st Champion Stakes-Gr.1, 10f, Ascot - by 1¾ lengths. Retired unbeaten Only 4 for sale at (Galileo - Kind by Danehill) Cape Thoroughbred Sales on 21st & 22nd Jan Klaawwerrvvlei Stud Klawervlei Stud | John Köster | PO Box 266, Bonnievale 6730 | Tel: (023) 616 2980 | Fax: (023) 616 2548 | Cell: 082 880 7943 E-mail: [email protected] | Grant Knowles | Cell: 082 882 9774 | E-mail: [email protected] FIRST FOALS EBN: THURSDAY, 5TH JANUARY 2017 first foal out of the maiden mare Kakadu (Tizway), who is a half- sister to the multiple Graded Stakes winner Protonico (Giant’s Causeway), from the immediate family of Chilean Horse of the EBN Year and American Gr.1 winner Wild Spirit (Hussonet). The four- Read All year-old mare is owned by Chilean resident Oussama Aboughazale of International Equities Holding Co. About It! American Pharoah, a homebred of Ahmad Zayat, began his haul of eight Gr.1 races with victory in the Del Mar Futurity Stakes at two. Other top-level scores outside of the Triple Crown races included taking the Front Runner Stakes, the Arkansas Derby, the Haskell TATTERSALLS IRELAND Invitational Stakes, the Travers Stakes and culminated in a six and a NATIONAL HUNT FEBRUARY SALE half-length win in the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland. Entries for the Tattersalls Ireland February National Hunt Retired to Ashford Stud, American Pharoah covered at a fee of Mixed Sale, which will take place from 31st January to 1st $200,000 last year, but his stud fee for 2017 has been set as February close today. private. FIRST FOAL FOR DUAL GROUP ONE before returning to Keeneland to win the Gr.1 Blue Grass Stakes. Campaigned by Stonestreet Stables and WinStar, he earned WINNER CARPE DIEM $1,519,800 on the track before retiring to stud a year ago. WinStar Farm’s Carpe Diem (Giant’s Causeway), Gr.1 winner at He hails from the multiple Gr.1-producing Unbridled’s Song both two and three, sired his first reported foal on New Year’s Day mare Rebridled Dreams. He covered 162 mares in his first book when a colt was born on Sunday at Ocala Stud in Florida. in 2016 and is set to stand his second season at WinStar for a fee Bred by Centaur Farm, the colt is out of the seven-time Stakes- of $25,000 stands and nurses. winning Songandaprayer mare Evelyn’s Dancer. “Carpe Diem is one of the best horses we’ve ever bought and raced, A $1.6 million OBS March Sale topper, Carpe Diem began his and there is great anticipation for his first foals arriving in the coming decorated career by winning his debut in Saratoga. On his second months,” said Elliott Walden, WinStar President and CEO. “Stonestreet, start at two, the chesnut won the Gr.1 Breeders’ Futurity Stakes at WinStar and many other shareholders and top breeders have supported Keeneland. this horse and will continue to support him. Carpe Diem bred a As a three-year-old, he captured the Gr.2 Tampa Bay Derby tremendous first book of mares in 2016, and the future is very bright.” HELMET SEPOY EXCEED AND EXCEL TEOFILO BRAZEN BEAU DAWN APPROACH NIGHT OF THUNDER EPAULETTE SIDESTEP HALLOWED CROWN POET’S VOICE IFFRAAJ EXOSPHERE Hi, summer! Our sun-kissed shuttlers are back from the southern hemisphere – looking amazing. We warmly welcome you to our forthcoming open days at Kildangan Stud +353 (0)45 527600 and Dalham Hall Stud – details on our +44 (0)1638 730070 website – or call to arrange your own www.darleystallions.com private parade at a time that suits. Darley CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 3 1st French 2,000 Guineas-Gr.1, Deauville, by 5½ lengths (PICTURED). Faster than Kingman, Makfi and Dubawi over course and distance. 1st Sussex Stakes-Gr.1, Goodwood by a neck from Gr.1 winners Galileo Gold, Ribchester, Toormore and Awtaad. Faster than Solow, Kingman and both of Frankel’s wins. 1st Maiden, Navan, by 9 lengths. 2nd St James’s Palace Stakes-Gr.1, Royal Ascot to Galileo Gold. 2nd Eclipse Stakes-Gr.1, Sandown, beaten ½ length. ❝The Gurkha runs away with French 2,000 Guineas❞ James Underwood’s European Racing & Breeding Digest l A brilliant miler by sire of sires GALILEO. A magnificent l Out of a Group winning 2yo by DANEHILL DANCER. looking individual l From the family of Champion sire GREEN DANCER. and available for inspection Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Tim Corballis, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Mathieu Legars or Jason Walsh Tel: +353-52-6131298. David Magnier, Tom Gaffney, Joe Hernon or Cathal Murphy. Tel: 353-25-31966/31689. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) Tel: +44-7827-795156. E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.coolmore.com Fee: €25,000 STALLION NEWS ~ INDUSTRY NEWS EBN: THURSDAY, 5TH JANUARY 2017 STALLION NEWS SWEDEN SMART US JUVENILE SWIPE TO STAND IN SWEDEN Four-year-old Swipe (Birdstone), runner-up to the 2015 US Champion Two-Year-Old Nyquist (Uncle Mo) in four consecutive races, has arrived at Ravdansen Stud, where he will commence stud duties in 2017. The stud has also been the home of the multiple Champion sires Diaglyphard and Eishin Dunkirk. Swipe belied his meagre $5,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale price with a two-year-old career in which he finished second behind Nyquist in the Gr.2 Best Pal Stakes, Gr.1 Del Mar Futurity, Gr.1 Frontrunner Stakes and the Gr.1 Breeder’s Cup Juvenile, gradually getting closer to him on each occasion. He is out of a There will be two temporary exhibitions taking place at Palace Grand Slam half-sister to three Stakes winners and his extended House National Heritage Centre in Newmarket from 26th family includes the US Champion Filly Outstandingly. January until 18th June, including Chris Smith’s ‘Gods of The stud’s Ivan Sjoberg commented: “We are very pleased to have Sport’. The exhibition celebrates 50 years of Smith’s work. acquired Swipe to stand at stud in Sweden. We have always aspired to The second temporary exhibition is named ‘Boxiana: stand Champion sires here at Ravdansen and, with Swipe joining Heroes of the Ring’ and explores prize fighters from Daniel Barocci, our son of Deep Impact whose first foals arrived last year, Mendoza and Richard Humphreys fight in 1788 through to we hope we have the next generation of Champion sires for Sweden.