Andrew Caulfield, October 30, 2012-Kingsbarns (Ire) Kingsbarns= decisive victory on only his second start PEDIGREE INSIGHTS saw him installed as second favorite behind Galileo=s B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D unbeaten grandson Dawn Approach in the ante-post betting for next year=s 2000 Guineas and favorite for Saturday, Doncaster, Britain the Derby. This is hardly surprising when one RACING POST TROPHY-G1, ,200,000, Doncaster, remembers that the Sadler=s Wells line=s Racing Post 10-27, 2yo, c/f, 1mT, 1:40.32, sf. winners included four future winners of the Derby, plus 1--#@KINGSBARNS (IRE), 126, c, 2, by Galileo (Ire) winners of three editions of the Breeders= Cup Turf and 1st Dam: Beltisaal (Fr), by Belmez two of the Irish Derby, together with single winners of 2nd Dam: Ittisaal (GB), by Caerleon the 2000 Guineas, St Leger and the King George. 3rd Dam: House Tie (Ire), by Be Friendly (GB) Kingsbarns provided Aidan O=Brien with his seventh-- O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; and I suspect most pleasurable--victory in the B-Anne Marie O=Brien; T-Aidan O=Brien; J-Joseph Doncaster Group 1. This was a real family affair, as the O=Brien; ,122,494. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, Galileo colt was bred by the trainer=s wife Anne-Marie ,130,832. *1/2 to Belle Artiste (Ire) (Namid {GB}), and ridden by their son Joseph. Of course this isn=t the GSW-Ire, $134,701; and Sweeter Still (Ire) (Rock of first time that O=Brien has enjoyed major success with a Gibraltar {Ire}), GSW-US, $312,539. horse bred by a relative, as his seven-time Group 1 Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. winner Rock of Gibraltar was bred by the partnership of Click for the Racing Post chart, the brisnet.com PPs or Aidan, Anne-Marie and Anne-Marie s father Joe the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, = courtesy Racing UK. Crowley. It is understandable that Kingsbarns is considered a The masters of Coolmore must gleefully rub their stronger contender for the Derby than the 2000 hands as the Racing Post Trophy rolls around each Guineas, as both his sire Galileo and broodmare sire year. Kingsbarns= success three days ago means that Belmez were winners of the King George over a mile ten of the last 20 winners of the end-of-season test and a half. were sired by one or other of the Coolmore stallions, Belmez is pretty much a forgotten name nowadays, with the Ashford-based El Gran Senor boosting the but he was a formidable performer in Sheikh total to 11. Mohammed=s colors in 1990. Although he defeated the Considering that he has sired three winners of the future Derby winner Quest For Fame in the Chester Dewhurst S., Britain=s other most important contest for Vase, Belmez came out of that race with a tendon juvenile colts, it has taken Galileo a surprisingly long injury which was initially thought to be career ending. time to add his name to the Racing Post Trophy=s roll of Fortunately--as with Mark Twain--reports of his honor, with Kingsbarns being a member of his eighth Ademise@ proved to have been greatly exaggerated and crop. he was back in action in the Irish Derby. But then Galileo=s sons have been facing extremely The son of the brilliant El Gran Senor suffered his first strong competition from Montjeu, another brilliant son defeat in that race, but the outing put him spot on for of Sadler=s Wells. This much-missed stallion sired four the King George, in which he narrowly defeated his winners in the space of eight years, but even his total year-older stable-mate Old Vic. Belmez improved his falls one short of Sadler=s Wells=s tally of five. record to five wins from six starts when he gave weight and a beating to the future St Leger winner KINGSBARNS (IRE), c, 2010 Snurge in the Great Voltigeur S., but his career ended Nearctic Northern Dancer anticlimatically with a fifth in the Arc and a seventh in Natalma Sadler’s Wells the Japan Cup. Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Belmez was recruited to stand at the Royal Studs, Special Galileo (Ire) starting at a fee of ,18,000 in 1991. Unfortunately he Mr. Prospector Miswaki proved to have little of the talent that saw El Gran Hopespringseternal Urban Sea Senor sire the likes of Rodrigo de Triano, Lit de Justice Lombard (Ger) Allegretta (GB) and Toussaud--plus the Racing Post Trophy winners Al Anatevka (Ger) Hareb and Saratoga Springs. Northern Dancer El Gran Senor Belmez ultimately died at the age of 12 in France, Sex Appeal Belmez living long enough for his failings as a stallion to Top Ville (Ire) Grace Note (Fr) become apparent. His legacy of 191 foals featured only Beltisaal (Fr) Val de Grace (Fr) two group winners in Group 2 winner Caramba and 12Fls, 3GSW Nijinsky II Caerleon Group 3 scorer Spanish Falls (the latter, coincidentally, Ittisaal (GB) Foreseer being a half-sister to Sadler=s Wells=s Racing Post 11Fls, 1SW House Tie (Ire) Be Friendly (GB) Trophy winner Aristotle). Kingsbarns= dam Beltisaal was 10Fls, 2SW Mesopotamia (GB) a disappointing maiden who never finished closer than fourth in a seven-race career in the French Provinces. She tackled distances at up to a mile and a half. Belmez hasn=t set the world on fire as a broodmare sire, either. Sixty-four of his daughters have produced more than 300 foals, but Kingsbarns is their first Group 1 winner. Until he came along their best effort was the Group 2 winner Nicobar, now best known as the sire of the Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden. While Belmez=s broodmare daughters in general have proved ordinary, there has been nothing ordinary about Beltisaal=s record as a producer. She is singlehandedly responsible for three of the five Group winners out of Belmez mares, having previously produced the seven- furlong Group 3 winner Belle Artiste to the sprinter Namid and the talented American turf miler Sweeter Still to Rock of Gibraltar. She has a 2011 colt by Fastnet Rock, which is a 3/4-brother to Sweeter Still. Kingsbarns comes from a family which Aiden O=Brien knows well. His third dam House Tie also ranks as the fourth dam of Rip Van Winkle, another top-class son of Galileo. With a dam by the champion sprinter Stravinsky, Rip Van Winkle proved at his most effective from a mile to a mile and a quarter, but he was beaten only two lengths when fourth in Sea The Star=s Derby. Kingsbarns potentially has substantially more stamina in his make up as his sire and the sires of his first two dams--Belmez and Caerleon--were all top-class winners over a mile and a half. O=Brien also did well with Ace, a Danehill colt whose second dam was House Tie. Although he lacked a major win, Ace was good enough to finish second in the G1 Prince of Wales=s S. and GI Breeders= Cup Turf. The House Tie branch of this family also produced Alderbrook, a very smart flat performer who also won the Champion Hurdle. Kingsbarns= fourth dam is the celebrated Mesopotamia, a leading juvenile filly who has endless good performers descending from her, including top-class Halling and Japan Cup winner Alkaased. There may be another Group 1 winner in the pipeline for the family, as the unbeaten British juvenile filly Just The Judge has Mesopotamia as her fifth dam. Could this family end up with more than one British classic winner in 2013?