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THURSDAY, 08 JULY 2021 AL AASY PRIMED FOR JULY TEST JULY SALE ROARS One of the season=s elite older horses is in action at BACK TO BUSINESS Newmarket on Thursday as Al Aasy (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) headlines the opening card of the three-day July Festival. Runner-up in the June 4 G1 Coronation Cup at Epsom last time, Shadwell=s progressive 4-year-old stays in his home town for the 12-furlong G2 Princess of Wales=s Tattersalls S. at the meeting at which he first served notice of his talent when taking last year=s G3 Bahrain Trophy. Successful in the G3 John Porter S. and G3 Aston Park S. over this trip at Newbury Apr. 18 and May 15, the apple of William Haggas=s eye lost nothing in defeat when a neck second to Pyledriver (GB) (Harbour Watch {Ire}) in the Coronation Cup and bids to stay in the picture for the July 24 G1 King George and Queen Elizabeth Qipco S. AI was thinking of waiting for Ascot, but I=ve changed my mind,@ his trainer said. AHe=s in good form and I think ground should be fine. We=ve had some decent showers and everybody has been saying we need the rain, so I should think it will be lovely ground.@ Cont. p5 Lot 125, Aureum, the Wednesday topper | Tattersalls IN TDN AMERICA TODAY MAX SHOWS HONOR STILL CRACKING THE CODE By Emma Berry Chris McGrath checks in with young stallion Honor Code (A.P. Indy). NEWMARKET, UKBBComparisons from year to year can be Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. tricky in an ever-changing sales programme but to put the first day of trade at Park Paddocks into some sort of context, an 11,000gns median bounced back almost to the pre-Covid level of 2019, with the average of 25,114gns surpassing that year's tally. Fears early in the pandemic that bloodstock sales would suffer have been largely unfounded. It is true that most have suffered from disruption over the last 15 months but not from lack of participation, as a 93% clearance rate on the opening day of the Tattersalls July Sale continued to illustrate. Of 254 horses put through the ring on Wednesday, only 17 left without a buyer, bringing turnover of 5,952,000gns. Broodmares were the key driver of trade on Wednesday, with a number of Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin draft populating the leader board. Lot 125, Aureum (Medaglia d'Oro), a winning sister to the G3 City Of York S. winner and G1 Coronation S. runner-up Nemoralia, clinched the top spot when offered in foal for the first time to Invincible Spirit (Ire). The 4-year-old's sole win in five starts for John Gosden came at Chelmsford in March, and she was covered in Ireland a month later before being brought to Tattersalls. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 08 JULY 2021 Tattersalls July Sale Cont. from p1 Marmalade {Ire}), who was consigned as lot 107 by the National Stud for breeder Joseph Tabet with her Night Of Thunder (Ire) Tom Goff of Blandford Bloodstock placed the final bid of colt foal at foot and in foal to Ribchester (Ire). The half-sister to 220,000gns and, in common with a number of those who signed Lordship Stud's good broodmare Swiss Lake (Indian Ridge {Ire}), for the day's leading lots, was the dam of stakes winners Swiss unable to divulge for whom the Spirit (GB), Swiss Diva (GB) and mare had been bought. Bred by Swiss Dream (GB), was bought on Newtown Anner Stud, Aureum behalf of an Irish client for had previously been sold at the 130,000gns. Keeneland September Yearling Sale for $800,000. International Involvement Goff said, "She has been bought Two other members of the for an established owner/breeder Godolphin draft were bought by client. She has a fantastic page, American and Australian and she made a lot of money as a breeders, respectively. Matt yearling. She is a lovely mare, the Houldsworth signed for lot 124, sister was top-class over here and the unraced 4-year-old she is in foal to a great stallion." Birdwatcher, a daughter of Uncle Another of Goff's Godolphin Tom Goff | Tattersalls Mo in foal to young Darley stallion picks was the once-placed Siyouni Blue Point (Ire). Her own lack of (Fr) filly French Rose (Fr), who is out of a full-sister to the Jim racing prowess was counterbalanced by her pedigree: Bolger-bred G1 Dewhurst S. winner Parish Hall (Ire) (Teofilo Birdwatcher's dam Bizzy Caroline (Afleet Alex) was a dual Grade {Ire}). The 3-year-old, sold as lot 266, fetched 125,000gns. III winner herself and is a half-sister to the top-class racemare The agent also signed for Royal Eloquence (Ire) (Duke Of Lady Eli (Divine Park). Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 08 JULY 2021 TATTERSALLS JULY SALE WEDNESDAY Senior Vice President Gary King SESSION TOTALS 2021 Twitter: @garykingTDN $ Catalogued 348 [email protected] $ Number Offered 254 + 1.732.320.0975 $ Number Sold 237 $ Not Sold 17 $ Clearance Rate 93% International Editor $ High Price 220,000gns Kelsey Riley $ Gross 5,952,100gns Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN $ Average (% change) 25,114gns [email protected] $ Median (% change) 11,000gns European Editor Emma Berry Tattersalls July Sale Cont. Twitter: @collingsberry Birdwatcher was another expensive Keeneland September [email protected] purchase by Godolphin at $1.1 million. "I thought she was a very good physical and obviously she cost Associate International Editor a lot of money as a yearling," Houldsworth said. "She's got a Heather Anderson good covering, too. I'm a big fan of Blue Point, and it's a lovely, Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN deep family. She's heading to America." Marketing Manager On her way to Highclere Stud is the Teofilo (Ire) mare Subella Alayna Cullen (Ire) (lot 121) who was bought by Jake Warren for an Twitter: @AlaynaCullen undisclosed breeder. The unraced 4-year-old is a half-sister to [email protected] the dam of 1000 Guineas runner-up Cloak Of Spirits (Ire), a daughter of Invincible Spirit, who is also the stallion Subella was Contributing Editors covered by on Mar. 28. More pertinently, Subella's dam Suba Alan Carasso (Seeking The Gold) is a three-parts-sister to Darley's flagship sire Christina Bossinakis Dubawi (Ire), who is the most illustrious of five black-type Cafe Racing performers for grandam Zomaradah (GB) (Deploy {GB}). Cont. p4 Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY A RIVALRY ACROSS THE GENERATIONS Encosta de Lago (Aus) and Redoute’s Choice (Aus) are battling down to the wire in the Champion Australian Broodmare Jake Warren | Tattersalls Sire race. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. STARTING IN DECEMBER 2021 EXCITING NEW TURF SERIES in the Kingdom of Bahrain The Bahrain Turf Race Series will begin on 10 December, 2021, following the success of the Bahrain International Trophy. £550,000 Specifically targeting international horses rated 85-100, the ten SERIES PRIZE POOL new races will be interlinked and run alongside the very best racing in Bahrain, including the prestigious King’s Cup, Crown Prince’s Cup and National Day Grade One. RACES A £50,000 prize fund per race with at least £30,000 to the winner, 10 plus a £25,000 bonus for the top scoring horse and leading trainer at the end of the season. FOR INTERNATIONAL HORSES RATED All entrants will become members of the Bahrain Turf Club – an exclusive service to look after you for the duration of your stay, on the track and at the best social events. 85-100 SERIES RACE DATES: series finale 2 x races: 1 x race: 1 x race: 1 x race: 1 x race: 2 x races: 2 x races: 10 th 31st 7th 14th 21st 5th 4th DECEMBER 2021 DECEMBER 2021 JANUARY 2022 JANUARY 2022 JANUARY 2022 FEBRUARY 2022 MARCH 2022 TO FIND OUT MORE, GO TO: bahrainturfclub.com @rehc_bahrain @rehc_bahrain TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 08 JULY 2021 "She has been bought for an English owner/breeder and it is good to see that she has produced a foal like that and she is back in foal to the stallion, who looks the real deal," added Gordon-Watson, who was also the purchaser of Mehmas's dual-winning juvenile Lusail (Ire), who is declared for Thursday's G2 Tattersalls July S. Two lots earlier (lot 212), Barton Sales had also consigned another mare in foal to Mehmas: Tianadargent (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}), an unraced sister to Restiadargent (Fr), who chased home Black Caviar (Aus) and Moonlight Cloud (GB) to be a close third in an all-female trifecta in the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. of 2012. Cormac McCormack was the busiest buyer of the session, signing for seven fillies and mares, including Dubai Fashion (Ire) (lot 42). The daughter of Dubawi (Ire) has the great Shadwell Excellent View, lot 214, in foal to Mehmas and mare Height Of Fashion (Fr) as her great grandam and was sold with a filly by him at foot | Tattersalls in foal to Blue Point (Ire) for 140,000gns. Tattersalls July Sale Cont. Last Orders As most people's attention had already turned to England's After bidding 150,000gns for the young mare, Warren said, match against Denmark in the semi-final of the European "She is for an Australian client.