Andrew Caulfield, July 28, 2009–Alfred Nobel (Ire) & Funny Moon P EDIGREE INSIGHTS Danehill Dancer also completed a rare Irish Classic double with Mastercraftsman and Again this year, BY ANDREW CAULFIELD achieving this double with progeny sired at a fee of CAMAS PARK & ASHTOWN HOUSE STUDS PHOENIX 40,000. S.-G1, i225,000, Curragh, 7-26, 2yo, c/f, 6fT, i 1:20.32, hy. The first three in the Phoenix S. 1--sALFRED NOBEL (IRE), 127, c, 2, by Danehill Dancer (Ire) were sired when Danehill 1st Dam: Glinting Desert (Ire), by Desert Prince (Ire) Dancer=s fee had risen to 2nd Dam: Dazzling Park (Ire), by Warning (GB) i75,000, which suggests that 3rd Dam: Park Express (Ire), by Ahonoora (GB) Danehill Dancer he could eventually challenge his (220,000gns yrl >08 TATOCT). O-Derrick Smith, coolmore.com stud-mate Galileo for the rank of Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Lodge Park Stud; Field Marshal, or Five Star T-Aidan O=Brien; J-Johnny Murtagh. Lifetime Record: General, as his 2009 yearlings and foals are off a fee of 5-3-1-1, i218,802. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. i115,000. 2--Air Chief Marshal (Ire), 127, c, 2, Danehill Dancer (Ire)- - By the way, Alfred Nobel and Walk On Bye, along Hawala (Ire), by Warning (GB). (i320,000 yrl >08 with Danehill Dancer=s Classic-placed daughter GOFMIL). O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Tamazirte, are all inbred 3x4 to Danzig through Danehill Smith; B-Barronstown Stud; T-A O=Brien; i45,000. and Green Desert. I mentioned the likelihood that this 3--Walk on Bye (Ire), 124, f, 2, Danehill Dancer (Ire)- - type of inbreeding was set to proliferate 11 months Pipalong (Ire), by Pips Pride (GB). (i68,000 yrl >08 ago, after Bushranger followed up his third to GOFMIL). O-M V Magnier, Mrs Paul Shanahan & Mastercraftsman in the 2008 Phoenix S. with victory in M Tabor; B-Tower Bloodstock; T-T Stack; i22,500. Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style the Prix Morny. For more detail see this article, which is pedigree. Click for the TVG.com PPs. Video, courtesy of attheraces. available under the Columnists Archive on the TDN site (Click here) . Two of the weekend=s top events, on either side of the Atlantic, provided welcome confirmation that it is ALFRED NOBEL (IRE), c, 2007 still possible in today=s ultra-competitive industry for a Northern Dancer Danzig stallion to rise through the ranks. Pas de Nom Danehill In Ireland, Danehill Dancer could be said to have His Majesty Razyana started his career as a comparatively humble Corporal, Danehill Dancer Spring Adieu at an initial fee of Ir4,000gns. His fee reflected the fact (Ire) Atan Sharpen Up (GB) that his racing career, which had started out so well Rocchetta (GB) Mira Adonde with a pair of Group 1 juvenile victories, had tapered Caro (Ire) Lettre d’Amour off to such an extent that his price ranked him Lianga joint-26th of the 29 stallions standing under the Danzig Green Desert Coolmore banner in 1998. Foreign Courier Desert Prince (Ire) Now, 11 years later, he has developed into one of the Bustino (GB) Glinting Desert Flying Fairy (GB) Generals of the European industry and--for the second (Ire) Fairy Footsteps time in eight days--he supplied the trifecta in an Irish 7-1-0-1, $9,908 Known Fact Dazzling Park (Ire) Warning (GB) stakes race when Alfred Nobel cut down Air Chief 2Fls, 1GSW Hwt. 3yo Filly, Slightly Dangerous Marshal and Walk On Bye to take the G1 Phoenix S. GSW-Ire Park Express (Ire) Ahonoora (GB) 7Fls, 3Wnrs 12Fls, 1Ch, 2GSW Matcher www.coolmore.com COACHING CLUB AMERICAN OAKS-GI, $300,000, This proved a very shrewd move and Malibu Moon BEL, 7-25, 3yo, f, 1 1/4m, 2:02 2/5, ft. wasted little time in proving himself Officer material. 1--#@FUNNY MOON, 121, f, 3, by Malibu Moon His four Maryland crops, which numbered 211 named 1st Dam: Fun Crowd, by Easy Goer foals, produced 24 stakes winners. You could be forgiven for thinking that this impressive total must 2nd Dam: Populi, by Star Envoy have been achieved largely in stakes restricted to 3rd Dam: Sister Shannon, by Etonian Maryland-breds, but the reality was that Malibu Moon ($175,000 yrl '07 FTSAUG). O-Mrs C Wilson hit the Grade I target with the champion 2004 juvenile McNeely III; B-Mr & Mrs Gerald J Stautberg (KY); Declan=s Moon and Malibu Mint. He also sired the Grade T-Christophe Clement; J-Alan Garcia; $180,000. II winners Perfect Moon and Moon Catcher. Lifetime Record: 6-4-1-0, $265,900. *1/2 to Throng Although the success of his first juveniles brought an (Silver Deputy), MSW, $315,321. Werk Nick Rating: instant move to Kentucky, to Castleton Lyons, Malibu A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Moon=s fee was no higher than $10,000 in 2004 and $17,500 in 2005. Needless to say, there was Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs o r substantial demand for his services, and these larger crops have provided further evidence that Malibu Moon the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, was worthy of promotion to a much higher rank. sponsored by Taylor Made. His first Kentucky crop, born in 2005, includes two graded-winning fillies in Raw Silk (GII Sands Point S. on Over in the States, you could argue that the turf) and Sweet August Moon (GIII Las Flores H. on then-three-year-old Malibu Moon started his stallion all-weather). By the Light, runner-up in the GI Prioress career in 2000 with the rank of Private. He had been S., and Solar Miss are graded-placed fillies from this forced onto the sidelines by injury before he had had $10,000 crop, which also includes Moon de French, a the chance to prove himself at stakes level. The only filly who gained J “TDN Rising Star” J status when she recently returned to action at Hollywood races he had contested were a 42-furlong maiden at Park. This crop also includes the Grade II runner-up Hollywood Park Apr. 30, 1999, when he finished Malibu Kid. second at odds-on, and a five-furlong maiden race at The signs are that Malibu Moon=s 2006 crop is the end of May, which he took in a time of :57.41. destined to become one of his most productive. Once That performance looked all the more promising again it has been his fillies which have been leading the because Malibu Moon is a son of A.P. Indy, a stallion way, with Sara Louise, Bon Jovi Girl, Pinkarella, Malibu not noted for siring precociously fast juveniles. Prayer and Funny Moon all winning or placing at graded As might be expected of a son of A.P. Indy, Malibu level. The colts Au Moon and Ninth Client have also Moon had a splendidly strong bottom half to his been placed in graded company, while Phoenician Girl pedigree, as can be judged from the fact that his dam and Essenceofthemoon have won stakes races. The strength of this crop suggests that Malibu Moon will Macoumba had cost B. Wayne Hughes $2 million while rise further through the ranks with the help of his next she was carrying her A.P. Indy colt. Even so, Malibu four crops, all sired at fees of $30,000 or $40,000. The Moon was likely to struggle as a small fish in the big $30,000 crop has already produced three juvenile pool of Kentucky=s breeding industry, and Hughes winners. formed a partnership with Country Life Farm in Pride of place in his 2006 crop must go to Funny Maryland to stand the colt at a fee of $3,000. Moon, who became her sire=s third Grade I winner when she came out on top in a tight finish to the FUNNY MOON, f, 2006 Coaching Club American Oaks over a mile and a quarter. Bold Reasoning Seattle Slew The distance of the CCA Oaks represented something My Charmer A.P. Indy of a trip into the unknown, as a mile and an eighth was Secretariat Weekend Surprise the farthest that any of Malibu Moon=s previous Lassie Dear Malibu Moon winners had won over at graded level. There was some Raise a Native Mr. Prospector reassurance to be had from the fact that Malibu Moon=s Gold Digger Macoumba sire A.P. Indy had been responsible for two winners of Green Dancer Maximova (Fr) this famous race in Music Note and Jilbab (who won Baracala when the Oaks was over a mile and a half). Raise a Native Alydar There is also plenty of stamina in the bottom half of Sweet Tooth Easy Goer Funny Moon=s pedigree, her broodmare sire being Easy Buckpasser Fun Crowd Relaxing Goer, who demonstrated his prowess over a mile and a Unraced Marking Time half with victories in the Belmont S. and Jockey Club 9Fls, 1GSW, Pia Star Populi Star Envoy Gold Cup. 1SW 12-2-1-2, $17,300 Spy Demon Easy Goer sired a CCA Oaks winner in My Flag, and 14Fls, 1Ch, 1GSW Sister Shannon Etonian he also figures as the broodmare sire of Corinthian, 2SW 13Fls, 1Ch, 1GSW Idaliza another Grade I winner by a son of A.P. Indy. The Jockey Club Gold Cup also figured on the resume of Vanlandingham, a top-class half-brother to Funny Moon=s dam Fun Crowd.