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Andrew Caulfield, June 26, 2012- (Ire) PEDIGREE INSIGHTS B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D

Tuesday, Royal Ascot, Britain COVENTRY S.-G2, ,85,000, Ascot, 6-19, 2yo, 6fT, 1:13.64, gd. 1B@ (IRE), 127, c, 2, by New Approach (Ire) 1st Dam: Hymn of the Dawn, by Phone Trick 2nd Dam: Colonial Debut, by Pleasant Colony 3rd Dam: Kittihawk Miss, by Alydar O-Mrs J S Bolger & J P Spain; B/T-Jim Bolger; J-; ,48,204. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, ,99,391. *First GSW for freshman sire (by {Ire}). Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: D+. the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, courtesy attheraces.com. Friday, Royal Ascot, Britain ALBANY S.-G3, ,60,000, Ascot, 6-22, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1:16.78, sf. 1--#@NEWFANGLED, 124, f, 2, by New Approach (Ire) 1st Dam: Scarlet Ibis (GB), by 2nd Dam: Flagbird, by Nureyev 3rd Dam: Up the Flagpole, by Hoist the Flag O-H R H Princess Haya of Jordan; B-Darley; T-John Gosden; J-William Buick; ,34,026. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, ,38,554. *Second GSW for freshman sire (by Galileo {Ire}). Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. KY-BRED QUALITY Click for the Racing Post chart or the brisnet.com PPs. Video, courtesy attheraces.com. Saturday, Royal Ascot, Britain CHESHAM S.-Listed, ,55,000, Ascot, 6-23, 2yo, 7fT, 1:30.01, gd. 1--#THA'IR (IRE), 129, c, 2, by New Approach (Ire) 1st Dam: Flashing Green (GB), by 2nd Dam: Colorsnap (GB), by (GB) 3rd Dam: Reprocolor (GB), by Jimmy Reppin (GB) (i105,000 yrl >11 GOFSPT). O-; B-Lodge Park Stud; T-; J-; ,31,191. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, ,34,965. *1/2 to Flashing Colour (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), SW & GSP-Ger. **Third SW for freshman sire (by Galileo {Ire}). Click for the Racing Post chart. Video, courtesy attheraces.com. Last Wednesday, in an advertisement in the Racing Post, Coolmore reminded us of Federico Tesio's views on the Derby--the Epsom Classic which has fallen to the progeny of Coolmore in 11 of the last 15 years: "The exists because its selection has depended, not on experts, technicians, or zoologists, but on a piece of wood: the winning post of the . If you base your criteria on anything else, you will get something else, not the Thoroughbred."

Caulfield cont. As the great Italian breeder died nearly 60 years ago, To get back to New Approach, I mentioned the rare many would no doubt argue that times have changed-- potential being shown by New Approach two weeks that this particular theory of Tesio's is no longer valid in ago in my notes on the bright start being made by a Thoroughbred industry which now tends to place Galileo's sons: greater value on speed than stamina. "Even though this Derby winner shone over distances Admittedly, there have been periods since Tesio's of a mile and a quarter and a mile and a half--as his death in 1954 when Derby winner after Derby winner pedigree suggested he would--he had three impressive has drifted into obscurity. On the plus side, it won 2-year-old winners over six furlongs last week," I wrote. in successive years in the early 1970s by those greatly "The most important of the three has to be the influential stallions , and , and unbeaten Dawn Approach, who provided his sire with its winners since 1954 also include such as Sea-Bird his first stakes victory, but there was also a lot to like (sire of 19% black-type winners), and about Tha'Ir and the filly Newfangled." Shirley Heights. I suspect I would also have been able to These were the three who supplied the exciting add the names of and to the list, had Darley stallion with his exceptional stakes treble, with these outstanding Derby winners lived longer. Dawn Approach and Newfangled landing There is also plenty of more recent evidence to over six furlongs and Tha'ir a listed race over seven. suggest that the Derby is as relevant today as it ever Although New Approach won the Derby, he was far was, as last week's action at Royal Ascot confirmed. from a typical mile-and-a-half performer. Indeed, the Galileo, winner of the 2001 edition, was represented by Derby was the only occasion he was asked to tackle a the incomparable , who was so stunning in the distance longer than a mile and a quarter. He was also G1 Queen Anne S. Then , the 2002 unusual in that he had been the previous year's Derby winner, was very ably represented by So You 2-year-old, when he was unbeaten in five Think, the Aussie superstar who recorded his fifth starts, all over seven furlongs, beginning on July 15. Northern Hemisphere Group 1 success in the Prince of In with Frankel, another of Galileo's Wales's S. champion 2-year-olds, New Approach was very to Then there was New Approach, the gallant 2008 display his considerable talents before eventually winner. He became the stallion sensation of the week, learning to relax a little. He was helped by becoming thanks to an improbable trio of juvenile stakes victories one of the first horses to be ponied to the start in Britain by members of his first crop. Next year will see the first and Ireland. runners by the 2009 Derby hero . As he His astute trainer Jim Bolger attributed some of the was officially rated seven pounds superior to his half- colt's quirks and nervousness to the fact that he and his brother Galileo--champion sire in three of the last four dam were kept apart from other mares and years--Sea The Stars is extremely well-qualified to foals because Park Express was almost blind. "He never become yet another outstanding stallion on the Derby's got the herd mentality," Bolger once explained. Another roll of honor. quote worth repeating was one Bolger made after his colt's third start: A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will "I see New Approach as a European version of indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a s will . Like him, he's a chesnut with white legs, denote a first-time Grade/Group 1 winner, a + will and I think his style of racing is the same." indicate first-time starters, an (S) will be used for state- Although both of New Approach's parents shone over bred races, a (C) will be used for maiden-claiming races a mile and a quarter or more, New Approach's and an (R) will be used for other restricted races. effectiveness over shorter distances no doubt owes something to the presence of some fast horses in the NEW APPROACH (IRE), c, 2005 first four generations of his pedigree. Foremost among them must be his broodmare sire , who was blessed with tremendous early pace, thanks to a very Sadler’s Wells speedy female line. Remember, too, that Galileo's Fairy Bridge Special broodmare sire is , a fast and precocious son of Galileo (Ire) Mr. Prospector Mr. Prospector. Grey , another noted speed Miswaki Hopespringseternal stallion, sired New Approach's third dam, the smart Lombard (Ger) Lachine. Allegreta (GB) Anatevka (Ger) Klairon (Fr) (GB) TELL IT TO THE TDN... Phoenissa (GB) Ahonoora (GB) Park Express (Ire) (Ire) Want to send a “Letter to the Editor” of the Thoroughbred Helen Nichols (GB) Ch. 2yo & 3yo Filly, Quaker Girl (GB) Daily News? Our address is 60 Broad St., Red Bank, NJ, G1SW, $503,512 (Fr) 07701; or send a fax to: (732) 747-8955; an e-mail to: 12Fls, 1Ch, 2GSW, *Match II Matcher Relance (Fr) 1SW 11Fls, 1Ch, 1GSW [email protected]; or post in our new Forum 2SW *Lachine II (GB) section at 7Fls, 2SW Loved One (GB) http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/members/forum/. Even so, the 7-year-old stallion has done tremendously well to be represented by three juvenile stakes winners as early as June, including two over six furlongs. After all, this is a stallion who has 22 colts from his 90-strong first crop entered in next year's Derby. His Coventry S. winner Dawn Approach isn't one of them, at this stage, but Bolger has entered News At Six and Alpinist. Alpinist, a son of Kirsten Rausing's excellent mare Alouette, ranks alongside Dawn Approach as one of three New Approach colts which Bolger has entered for the G1 Vincent O'Brien S. (National S.) in September. Eight of New Approach's Derby entries are listed as belonging to Sheikh Mohammed and five to Godolphin. Sheikh Hamdan owns three of the others, so New Approach looks set to play a leading role in the Maktoum family's fortunes. It is only fair to expect that New Approach received some help from his mares in producing three stakes winners slightly more precocious than himself. Sure enough, Dawn Approach's broodmare sire is Phone Trick. This American sprinter equalled a couple of track records for six furlongs in winning nine of his 10 starts, all over six or seven furlongs. Although Phone Trick never raced at two, he went on to sire an unbeaten champion 2-year-old colt in Favorite Trick and a champion juvenile filly in Phone Chatter, plus sprinters of the caliber of Caller One, Intidab and Mazel Trick. It is going to be fascinating to see whether Phone Trick's speed is going to dominate the stamina shown by Pleasant Colony, Alydar and Sea-Bird, the stallions responsible for Dawn Approach's next three dams. All three stallions won over a mile and a quarter or more, and it was Pleasant Colony who provided Bolger with his and King George winner St Jovite. Newfangled's dam, the winning miler Scarlet Ibis, is a daughter of the champion 2-year-old Machiavellian. Coincidentally, Machiavellian occupied the same position in the pedigree of Galileo's GI Breeders' Cup Turf and GI Man o'War S. winner Red Rocks. The similarities don't end there, as Red Rocks's second dam was by Fairy King, a 3/4-brother to Nureyev, the sire of Newfangled's second dam Flagbird. Although Newfangled has shown some of her sire's keenness, her pedigree suggests she will stay at least a mile (Flagbird won two important races over a mile and a quarter). Tha'ir's dam Flashing Green is by the fast and precocious Green Desert, a stallion who was mated to New Approach's dam to produce Shinko Forest, a winner of a local Group 1 over six furlongs in . Flashing Green gained her win in Germany over six furlongs, but her dam Colorsnap--from the same excellent Reprocolor family as the dual Gold Cup winner Kayf Tara--was bred to shine over a mile and a half. In other words, these three New Approach stakes winners are likely to continue to shine as the distances lengthen.