Monday November 30Th 2009

VEHEMENT (GB): unraced.

1st Dam VELVET LADY (GB), won 1 race at 3 years and £12,101 and placed twice; dam of four winners from 4 runners and 6 foals of racing age viz- OUTLANDISH (GB) (2003 g. by Dr Fong (USA)), won 1 race at 5 years, 2008 and £7254 and placed 5 times; also won 2 N.H. Flat Races. SWINGING SIXTIES (IRE) (2005 c. by Singspiel (IRE)), won 3 races at 3 years, 2008 and £34,646 and placed once. VELVETEEN RABBIT (GB) (2002 f. by Singspiel (IRE)), won 1 race at 4 years in Germany and £7482 and placed 10 times. BLUE DENIM (GB) (2004 f. by Singspiel (IRE)), won 7 races at 4 and 5 years, 2009 in Spain and Morocco. Vehement (GB) (2006 f. by Refuse To Bend (IRE)), see above. Montgolfier (GB) (2007 c. by Monsun (GER)), in training. She also has a 2008 filly by Monsun (GER) and a 2009 colt by Dubawi (IRE).

2nd Dam VELVET MOON (IRE), won 4 races at 2 and 3 years and £65,317 including Lowther Stakes, York, Gr.2 and James Seymour Stakes, Newmarket, L., placed 6 times, from only 11 starts; dam of five winners from 6 runners and 10 foals of racing age viz- MOON BALLAD (IRE) (c. by Singspiel (IRE)), won 5 races at 3 and 4 years at home and in U.A.E. and £2,758,893 including Emirates Airline Dubai World Cup, Nad Al Sheba, Gr.1, Convergent Dante Stakes, York, Gr.2, Select Stakes, Goodwood, Gr.3 and Sheikh Maktoum Al Maktoum Challenge 2, Nad Al Sheba, Gr.3, placed 7 times including second in Emirates Airline Champion Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.1, Pearl & Coutts Newmarket Stakes, Newmarket, L. and third in Vodafone Derby Stakes, Epsom Downs, Gr.1; sire in Japan. SIRHAM (IRE), won 2 races at 3 years, 2008 in France and £14,522 and placed once. VELVET LADY (GB), see above. ETA DRACONIS (IRE), won 1 race at 3 years and placed once. VELVET QUEEN (GB), won 1 race at 3 years in France and placed once.

3rd Dam PARK SPECIAL, won 1 race at 3 years; dam of seven winners from 10 runners and 11 foals of racing age including- CENTRAL PARK (IRE), Champion 3yr old colt in Italy in 1998, won 6 races at 2 to 4 years at home, in Germany and in Italy including Derby Italiano, Rome, Gr.1, Premio Presidente della Repubblica, Rome, Gr.1, BMW Europachampionat, Hoppegarten, Gr.2, Lanson Champagne Vintage Stakes, Goodwood, Gr.3 and Chesham Stakes, Royal Ascot, L., placed second in Foster's Melbourne Cup, Flemington, Gr.1 and third in Coral Eclipse Stakes, Sandown Park, Gr.1; sire in Italy and UK. VELVET MOON (IRE), see above. MELLOW PARK (IRE), won 2 races at 3 years viz Lancashire Oaks, Haydock Park, Gr.3 and Victor Chandler Lupe Stakes, Goodwood, L., placed twice. Park Esteem (IRE), won 2 races at 4 and 5 years, 2008 in Australia placed third in stanspoker.co.uk Pretty Polly Stakes, Newmarket, L. Buena Vista (IRE), won 1 N.H. Flat Race and placed once; also won 4 races over hurdles and placed 7 times including second in Pertemps Final Handicap Hurdle, Cheltenham, Anglo Irish Bank Sharp Novices' Hurdle, Cheltenham and third in Anglo Irish Bank Supreme Novices' Hurdle, Cheltenham and won 2 races over fences.