Andrew Caulfield, November 22, 2011-Eishin Apollon PEDIGREE INSIGHTS B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D

Sunday, Kyoto, Japan -G1, -195,520,000, Kyoto, 11-20, 3yo/up, 1600mT, 1:33.90, gd. 1--sEISHIN APOLLON, 126, c, 4, by Giant=s Causeway 1st Dam: Silk And Scarlet (GB) (GSW-Ire, $202,540), by Sadler=s Wells 2nd Dam: Danilova, by 3rd Dam: Ballinderry (GB), by (Fr) O-Toyomitsu Hirai; B-Silk and Scarlet Syndicate; T-Masahiro Matsunaga; J-Kenichi Ikezoe; -103,864,000. Lifetime: 14-4-4-0. *1/2 to Master of Hounds (), G1SP-Eng, GSP-UAE, $520,883. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Fifth Petal (Jpn), 126, h, 5, (Jpn) --Lilac Lane, by Bahri. O-Carrot Farm; B-Shiraoi Farm; -41,104,000. 3--, 121, m, 6, Sahm--Sorpresa, by . O-Teruya Yoshida; B-Douglas Owen McIntyre; -25,652,000. Margins: NK, 1HF, NK. Odds: 8.80, 31.60, 7.40. Also Ran: Danon Yoyo (Jpn), Real Impact (Jpn), Marcellina (Jpn), (Ire), Silport (Jpn), Mikki Dream (Jpn), Live Concert (Ire), Smile Jack (Jpn), Rainbow Pegasus (Jpn), Grand Prix Boss (Jpn), Ridill (Jpn), A Shin Forward, Blitzen (Jpn), Clever Tosho (Jpn), Kyow Jeanne (Jpn). Click for the Racing Post chart, the brisnet.com PPs, japanracing.jp video or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Juddmonte's nine-year foal share arrangement with Coolmore certainly has had its moments. After making a tremendous start in 2002, when Brian Boru, Powerscourt and Illustrator filled first, second and third places in the G1 Racing Post Trophy, this year has seen the mighty Frankel carry all before him and Await The Dawn develop into a leading middle-distance performer. The partnership, which centered on Sadler's Wells, also produced some other notable horses. Soviet Moon never made it to the races, but that didn't stop her from producing the Derby and Arc winner for Juddmonte, and now Silk and Scarlet is also shaping up very well as a broodmare. American racegoers may know her as the dam of Master of Hounds, who ran on to finish a fine fifth in 's Kentucky Derby, having earlier failed by only a nose to win the G2 UAE Derby. Silk and Scarlet's first foal, the Japanese-trained Eishin Apollon, has done even better. PEDIGREE INSIGHTS... Get pedigree expert Andrew Caulfield=s take on racing=s newsmakers! You can find all of Caulfield=s columns in the TDN Archive.

www.coolm ore.com Caulfield cont. Mating Danilova to Sadler's Wells produced 2x3 This son of Giant's Causeway finally became a inbreeding to , with such close Group 1 winner two days ago when he defeated a inbreeding being something I am not normally eager to strong field in the Mile Championship at Kyoto. suggest. This time, though, there seemed to be strong However, he had already established himself among the grounds for making an exception. Back in 1995 another leaders of his generation, as is shown by the Japanese of Juddmonte's Lyphard mares, Skimble, had been sent Classification of 2-year-olds in 2009. Eishin Apollon to Sadler's Wells's three-parts brother . This ranked second, three pounds below . mating resulted in a colt, Skimming, who won the Eishin Apollon in GI Pacific Classic in the summer of 2000 (and was to turn was rated repeat that victory in 2001). three pounds Also, there was a growing amount of evidence that superior to Apapane pairing Sadler's Wells with the smaller, speedier and and . more muscular Lyphard was a rewarding means of For readers to inbreeding to the great Northern Dancer. The fully appreciate the advertisements for this type of cross with Coolmore's quality of this champion sire included Stagecraft, a winner of Royal achievement, I need Ascot's G1 Prince of Wales's S. who was out of a mare to point out that by Lyphard's son ; the G1 winner Rose Kingdom went and GI Breeders' Cup Mile runner-up Johann Quatz, on to be a close whose second dam was by Lyphard; and Beat Hollow, Eishin Apollon (center) Horsephotos second in the Juddmonte's G1 Grand Prix de Paris winner in 2000, Japanese Derby who is out of a mare by Lyphard's brilliant son Dancing before being awarded the 2010 ; Apapane Brave. won both the Japanese 1,000 Guineas and Oaks in 2010 and recently finished a fine third to in EISHIN APOLLON, c, 2007 the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup; and Northern Dancer Storm Bird Victoire Pisa won the Japanese 2,000 Guineas and South Ocean Storm Cat in 2010, before his emotional victory in Secretariat Terlingua this year's . Crimson Saint Giant’s Causeway Eishin Apollon slipped down the rankings at three, Blushing Groom (Fr) Rahy when he twice went close to victory at Group 2 level, Glorious Song Mariah’s Storm but a lengthy absence from the track, plus a return to a Roberto Immense mile from longer distances, has worked wonders. He Imsodear won the G3 Fuji S. as a prelude to his Mile Northern Dancer Championship win. Silk and Scarlet Sadler’s Wells Silk and Scarlet was taken by Coolmore when the Bold Reason (GB) Fairy Bridge 2002 foals were divided up at the end of the year. As is GSW-Ire Special Aiden O'Brien's habit, he didn't waste any time with the 4Fls, 2Wnrs Northern Dancer Danilova Lyphard filly. He introduced her June 9 at Leopardstown, where 1 G1SW, 11Fls, 5Wnrs, Goofed 1 G1SP she finished a promising second, and the filly quickly 2GSW Ballinderry (GB) Irish River (Fr) proceeded to win a six-furlong listed race in July and 6Fls, 2SW Miss Manon (Fr) the G2 Debutante S. over seven furlongs in August, when she was followed home by the future Group 1 winners Luas Line and Chelsea Rose. At this stage, a Group 1 win seemed likely to come Silk and Scarlet's way, but she could finish no closer than fourth in the French 1,000 Guineas and fifth in the . I looked back at my notes from the end of 2000 to remind myself of the reasons why Silk and Scarlet's dam, the Lyphard mare Danilova, was included on the short list for Prince Khalid's approval.

J Watch Out for “TDN Rising Stars” J Stars of tomorrow grabbing the spotlight today... Danilova was one of the preferred options among Juddmonte's Lyphard mares, as she was the right physical type and had already shown herself capable of producing a group winner. Her Warning colt Danger Over had shown surprising speed to win the 2000 edition of the G3 Prix de Seine-et-Oise over six furlongs. What's more, Danilova had the attraction of being out of a mare by Irish River, who already ranked as the broodmare sire of three Group 1 winners by Sadler's Wells. The effectiveness of the Sadler's Wells/Irish River cross is highlighted by its final total of five Group 1 winners and a pair of Group 3 winners. Fillies bred this way have also excelled as broodmares, notably producing the major winners Henrythenavigator and Conduit. Danilova's credentials as a mate for Sadler's Wells also included being a half-sister to the Prix du Jockey-Club winner Sanglamore, their dam being Ballinderry, winner of the G2 Ribblesdale S. Ballinderry in turn was a half-sister to Lydian, a dual Group 1 winner by Lyphard. Although Silk and Scarlet proved worthy of her bloodlines, the next few years provided a reminder of the uncertainties of bloodstock breeding. Danilova returned to Sadler's Wells on a further three occasions. Coolmore took all three of Silk and Scarlet's younger siblings, but only one of them managed to win. It will be interesting to see whether Silk and Scarlet's sisters make amends as broodmares. The first, My Dark Rosaleen, was sold for 190,000gns after failing to find the winner's circle in 10 attempts. She has 2010 and 2011 colts by Dalakhani. Danilova's third Sadler's Wells filly, Quelle Vitesse, won only a small race in the French Provinces, but her pedigree was strong enough for her to fetch 220,000gns a few months later. She has a 2011 colt by Dansili which is scheduled to be sold at Tattersalls later this week, and the mare also comes under the hammer next week, in foal to Dalakhani. For her part, Silk and Scarlet has no reported produce for 2010, after foaling a Dansili colt in May 2009, and she has a Smart Strike weanling filly. To get back to Eishin Apollon, his Kyoto victory means that Giant's Causeway's record with daughters of Sadler's Wells now stands at five stakes winners from 38 foals, which equates to 13%. One of the others is Giants Play, winner of the 1 1/4-mile GII New York S. on turf earlier this year. The 4-year-old's win also makes him the 19th northern hemisphere Group 1/Grade I winner for the former champion sire.