THURSDAY,12 AUGUST 2021 PYLEDRIVER TO BYPASS YORK COLLEVILLE STILL MINING Pyledriver (GB) (Harbour Watch {Ire}) will bypass the Aug. 19 KENDARGENT'S GOLD G1 Juddmonte International at York. The colt, who also missed the G1 King George at Ascot, has been dealing with a muscle problem which appeared after winning the June 4 G1 Coral Coronation Cup at Epsom. AWe=ve run out of time, we were trying to get his groin right, [but] my physio said if I went and galloped I might put him back two weeks,@ said William Muir, who trains the colt with Chris Grassick. AYou got to be 100%. I wouldn=t be going there gallop-fit, like I would have been going to the King George. We all had a chat and just made a decision-- we=ll go again and when he=s 100% he=ll be there to fight. It=s just frustrating as hell because you could drive upsides him, you can watch him trotting and he=s trotting out like a lion, but if you push these soft tissue things just a bit too quick you might go backwards. I might get a mental problem with him and he might think he=s always going to be sore.@ Cont. p4 France=s champion breeder Guy Pariente | Scoop Dyga IN TDN AMERICA TODAY NAVARRO CHANGES PLEA TO GUILTY By Alix Choppin Trainer Jorge Navarro changes plea to guilty to doping charges Guy Pariente is a happy man as we meet in his office, just 10 in Federal indictments. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN days ahead of the Arqana August Yearling Sale. He has just been America. delivered the golden horse statue that symbolises his first title as champion breeder in France, earned in 2020. The award came as a landmark achievement, yet by no means as a surprise to the 65-year-old. "It's been 10 years since I set myself the goal of topping the breeders' rankings. Everyone thought I was joking, but I wasn't. In 2019 I came third, so it was kind of a logical outcome to finally win the trophy in 2020. The owners' title was never an objective to me, that's why I kept bringing my best yearlings to the sales and only raced the ones that didn't sell. It has worked, and there is more to come. I am aiming to be in the top three for the next five years--fingers crossed." The plan is certainly off to a good start as Pariente stands as leading breeder so far in 2021 with only 67 individual runners, while the second and third have been represented by 94 and 91, respectively. He also boasts the best average earnings per runner. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 11 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 12 AUGUST 2021 Colleville Still Mining Kendargent=s Gold cont. from p1 broodmares in Europe," says Pariente. Three horses have contributed more than any others to this Kendargent is a name that pops up in many Colleville rousing success, and it is fitting that their breeding exemplifies pedigrees, and the man at the helm isn't short of superlatives the key ingredients of the Haras de Colleville recipe: the when it comes to discussing the son of Kendor. "I believe that in 3-year-old Sealiway (Fr), winner 20 years, we will realise that of the G1 Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Kendargent was the best stallion Lagardere and runner-up in the of the past half-century. He is G1 Qatar Prix du Jockey Club, attracting better mares every has Colleville bloodlines top and year, mares from all over the bottom, being by resident sire world, and he is also starting to Galiway (GB) and out of a make his mark as an outstanding Kendargent (Fr) mare. As for broodmare sire. The broodmare Skalleti (Fr), a dual Group 1 sire aspect is something I really winner this year and now rated hadn't thought about when I 121, he is by stalwart started, as I was completely new Kendargent out of a mare whom to breeding. But his results are Pariente claimed for i42,100 exceptional." and who went on to win at listed It is fair to say that few people level. This mare, named Skallet would have backed Kendargent Kendargent | Haras de Colleville (Fr) (Muhaymin), also happens to become a leading sire when to be the dam of Pariente's third-richest horse, the dual group he took up covering duties at i500, back in 2008. Yet Pariente winner Skazino (Fr), a full-brother to Skalleti. "Her first foal, was determined to give him his chance, to an extent that makes another full-brother, was also black type so she has been him worthy of Mark Twain's maxim: "They didn't know it was faultless so far. I reckon she could become one of the best impossible, so they did it." TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 11 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 12 AUGUST 2021 Cont. "One could say that the key to my success has been to do the contrary of everyone else," he admits. "I was very stubborn and invested heavily in the farm, in broodmares to support Kendargent. And I owned 100% of him. It would have been a severe backlash if I had been proved wrong, but he was incredibly lucky for me. He did everything. Having said that, you could argue that with Linamix and Kendor in his pedigree, I had Senior Vice President some assets in the game. He is consistently improving his mares Gary King and his success as a broodmare sire is not going unnoticed." Twitter: @garykingTDN What started as a labour of love gradually became a business [email protected] when the rise of Kendargent led to his syndication and to the + 1.732.320.0975 growth of Haras de Colleville. "In the beginning, breeding was only a passion, but it has International Editor worked so well that I now operate it as a business," Pariente Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN explains. "I implement rules that I have used successfully in my [email protected] companies. All the money generated by the horses goes back to European Editor Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected] Contributing Editors Alan Carasso Guy Pariente | Scoop Dyga Christina Bossinakis the horses. I am always looking for innovations, new matings, Cafe Racing new bloodlines. And I have kept expanding the farm, from 62 to Sean Cronin 200 hectares. I now own 90 broodmares, which is too much. I Tom Frary will be selling several from my best families in December, in [email protected] order to keep our numbers down." Kendargent is enjoying another fruitful year, currently topping Irish Correspondent the charts by number of wins for the fourth year running. And Daithi Harvey he still holds the French record for both number of wins and Regular Columnists number of individual winners in one season. He is now sharing Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake the stallion barn at Colleville with a pair of young stallions who Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele already look to have the Colleville >magic touch.' Galiway was champion first-season sire in France in 2019 and a Group 1 producer through Sealiway. Goken (Fr) emulated the feat last year and has sired the group-winning juveniles Go Athletico (Fr) and Livachope (Fr). How did lightning strike not twice, but thrice? TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 12 AUGUST 2021 "I trust my gut feeling when Europe. I never had France as my it comes to selecting stallions," sole horizon. I want my business says Pariente. "Galiway is bred to continue having an on the same cross as Frankel international scope. I would like to and looks like a supermodel. keep some mares in America. Goken is a son of Kendargent Right now, I only have one horse and should have won a Group in training there but I am planning 1, so he was pretty obvious to to have more and also to buy a me. Only afterwards do I look property or partner with a farm to up bloodlines, whether they keep a dozen mares. I was very will match with my type of impressed by the facilities when I mares, etc. You must visited some of the leading stud remember that when I started, farms in Kentucky." I didn't know much about Colleville=s Kingman filly out of Restiadargent | Zuzanna Lupa There is no shortage of ambition breeding. I learned on the job, at Haras de Colleville, and with which is a great learning process: you take hits, and you carry the finances to match its objectives, the farm is set to be in the on. I always supported my stallions from the outset. And now game for the long run. that they are syndicated, it means that a lot more people are backing them. Our three stallions are now owned by very solid syndicates, which gives them a bright future." Far from resting on the laurels he has conquered as a breeder Pyledriver to miss Juddmonte Int'l Cont. from p1 and stallion-owner, Guy Pariente is also aiming to make his mark as a vendor at public sales. AHe=s just been cantering away, quiet canters every day, and "In the beginning, it wasn't really an objective," he says. "But I you drive upsides in the jeep when you think he=s moving as well have grown to enjoy doing business in this industry.