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Andrew Caulfield, October 19, 2010- (GB) PEDIGREE INSIGHTS BY ANDREW CAULFIELD

Saturday, Newmarket, Britain EMIRATES AIRLINE S.-G1, ,350,000, Newmarket, 10-16, 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 2:08.54, gd/sf. TWICE OVER (GB), 129, h, 5, by 1st Dam: Double Crossed (GB), by Caerleon 2nd Dam: Quandary, by (Fr) 3rd Dam: Lost Virtue, by Cloudy Dawn O-Khalid Abdullah; B- Farms; T-; J-; ,213,739. Lifetime Record: 22-9-3-6, ,1,841,956. Werk Nick Rating: C Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the Racing Post chart, the brisnet.com PPs, or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, courtesy Racing UK.

As mentioned in Sunday=s TDN report on Twice Over=s repeat victory in the Emirates Airline Champion S., 2010 is proving the most successful campaign for Juddmonte Farms since 2003. With a current total of 16 Grade 1/Group 1 victories, Prince Khalid is only two short of his total of 18 in 2003, when he leading owner both in Britain and France and earned the breeder=s for a third consecutive year. An interesting aspect of his success in each of these bumper years is the part played by Juddmonte=s former stallion , who was pensioned at the age of 15 in 2006. His contribution in 2003 came via his magnificent daughter , who gained the first four of her seven Grade I successes, only to lose out to for the older mare Eclipse Award. This year has seen Sightseek=s younger sister Quest to Peak enjoy Classic success, as the dam of . This dual Guineas winner is one of four 2010 group winners for Juddmonte out of daughters by Distant View--a significant in view of the fact that Juddmonte had only a dozen of his daughters in its broodmare band in 2005. The other group winners include the progressive three-year-old filly Emulous, who rounded off a great weekend for her owner-breeder when she added the Listed Garnet S. to her recent success in the G3 Concorde S. She is by , who also sired last year=s high-class miler Zacinto from another of the dozen Distant View mares. The Juddmonte quartet is completed by two sons of , namely Tranquil Tiger, winner of the G3 Derby, and , a seven-length winner of the G3 Joel S. earlier this month. Cityscape=s half-brother Bated Breath--another by Dansili--has earned Racing Post ratings of 110 and 111, so he can also be expected to make his mark at stakes level next year. Perhaps Sightseek will soon be adding to this success story, as she has a two-year-old son by A.P. Indy with Bill Mott, plus youngsters by Giant=s Causeway and Awesome Again.

Caulfield cont. www.coolmore.com It is worth mentioning that Distant View wasn=t Distant View owed some of his best winners to heavily used as a stallion, even though he never stood mares with blood. , his winner of for more than $20,000. Perhaps he wasn=t helped by the G1 Dewhurst S., had a Nijinsky mare as his dam, having made his name on turf in England, where he while Sightseek has a second dam by the 1970 Triple defeated and to take the Crown winner. Observatory has followed suit. African G1 Sussex S., or perhaps breeders were simply Rose and Helleborine are out of a half-sister to Distant deterred by his crooked near-fore, which bore the Mr. Music, so have a Nijinsky mare as their second dam, Prospector hallmark. Whatever the reason, his 11 and Twice Over is out of a mare by Nijinsky=s seasons yielded 480 foals, of which 13 became group handsome son Caerleon. or graded winners, the latest being Rezif, who took the Twice Over=s female line was introduced to the GIII Kentucky Cup Turf S. last month. Juddmonte studbook with the purchase of his third Although he has only around 150 broodmare dam Lost Virtue for $375,000 as a nine-year-old in daughters, they have had a good year--and not just for 1986. The daughter of Cloudy Dawn had already been Juddmonte. Distant View is also responsible for the represented by two stakes winners and another of her dams of Afleet Express (GI Travers S.) and early foals, Quack A Doodledo, became the second dam (G1 Nunthorpe S.). Another daughter is the dam of of the top American filly Banshee Breeze. Cochabamba, who failed by only half a length to Lost Virtue produced two notable daughters for become Hurricane Run=s first group winner in the Juddmonte. One was the Oaks second , G2 S. three days ago. whose legacy includes the smart miler Stronghold and Distant View=s pedigree almost guaranteed he would the 2009 S. winner Take The Hint. The enjoy plenty of success in the role of broodmare sire. other daughter, Quandary, was one of the last stakes He is, after all, by Mr. Prospector, whose broodmare winners by the great Blushing Groom. Quandary=s first daughters have racked up numerous championships. two foals are Clepsydra, the accomplished dam of Distant View also had the of being out of Passage of Time, Father Time and , and Seven Springs, one of the most accomplished Double Crossed, the winner daughters of that successful broodmare sire . responsible for Twice Over. Seven Springs= grandsires, and , were two other celebrated sires of broodmares. But it isn=t only Distant View=s daughters to which TWICE OVER (GB), h, 2005 Juddmonte owes a debt of gratitude in 2010. His Mr. Prospector top-class son Observatory, who will always be best Gold Digger Distant View remembered for his defeat of Giant=s Causeway in the Irish River (Fr) Seven Springs G1 Queen Elizabeth II S., has supplied two of La Trinite (Fr) Observatory Juddmonte=s 2010 group winners. The star of the show Hail to Reason is undoubtedly Twice Over, whose toughness and Bramlea Stellaria equable temperament have endeared him to trainer Victoria Star Henry Cecil and jockey Tom Queally, but there is also a Solometeor lot to like about Helleborine. This filly briefly looked to be Northern Dancer Nijinsky II on her way to victory in the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac, Caerleon only to be outstayed by the resilient Misty For Me. Round Table Foreseer Despite losing her unbeaten record, Helleborine remains Double Crossed Regal Gleam SW-Eng one of the leading fancies for next year=s 1,000 Guineas. Red God 6Fls, 1G1SW Blushing Groom (Fr) There=s no point in my pretending that Observatory is Quandary Runaway Bride everyone s idea of a good stallion. The bare facts are SW-Eng = 9Fls, 1SW Lost Virtue Cloudy Dawn that he had only 28 foals in his third crop and 15 in his 11Fls, 2GSW Aunt Tilt fifth crop, which includes Helleborine. Clearly he has struggled to win widespread support, but he has had his moments for Juddmonte. Twice Over has built up considerable earnings, thanks to three Group 1 victories, and he also defeated Raven=s Pass, winner of the 2008 Breeders= Cup Classic, in the G3 Craven S. He confirmed his own versatility when third to in the 2009 Classic. Helleborine=s sister also won at the highest level, in the G1 Sprint Cup.