Andrew Caulfield, October 16, 2012-Just The Judge PEDIGREE INSIGHTS B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D Saturday, Newmarket, Britain VISION.AE ROCKFEL S.-G2, ,60,000, Newmarket, 10-13, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:25.15, gd/sf. 1--@JUST THE JUDGE (IRE), 124, f, 2, by Lawman (Fr) 1st Dam: Faraday Light (Ire), by Rainbow Quest 2nd Dam: Uncharted Haven (GB), by Turtle Island (Ire) 3rd Dam: Tochar Ban, by Assert (Ire) (i50,000 yrl >11 GOFSPT). O-Qatar Racing Ltd & Sangster Family; B-Mrs J Dempsey; T-Charles Hills; J-Michael Hills; ,34,026. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, ,50,627. *Seventh group winner for sophomore sire (by Invincible Spirit {Ire}). Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the Racing Post chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, courtesy Racing UK. Just about every year at the yearling sales there is an unexpected buzz about an unproven stallion or two, as bloodstock agents and trainers convince themselves that this surprise package could be the next big thing. Now Lawman could hardly be described as a surprise package. After all, he had started his stallion career at Ballylinch Stud at a fee of i25,000 on the strength of his all-the-way victories in the G1 Prix du Jockey-Club and G1 Prix Jean Prat. However, he hadn=t been snapped up by one of the superpowers of European breeding and his fee had fallen to its current level of i15,000 by 2010, the year his first yearlings reached the sales ring. Having sold for up to i130,000 as weanlings, the Lawman yearlings created quite a stir in France, Ireland and England, with as many as 12 achieving six-figure prices. His top price of 300,000gns came from Shadwell, who signed for three of the top 12 Lawmans. This type of excitement about a young sire doesn=t always translate into equally impressive results on the racecourse, but this time it has. Five of Lawman=s first 2-year-olds earned black type, including Most Improved, who was beaten only half a length in the G1 Dewhurst S., and Loi, a Group 3 winner in France. Loi has proved largely disappointing this year but the same couldn=t be said of Most Improved. He lined up against the winners of the Irish and French 2,000 Guineas in the G1 St James=s Palace S. at Royal Ascot and won a rough race by 3/4 of a length from the 2000 Guineas third Hermival. One of Lawman=s daughters, Forces of Darkness, was a close third in the G1 Prix Saint-Alary. Since then, she has won the G3 Prix Minerve over 1 9/16 miles. Another daughter, Lady Wingshot, has done well around seven furlongs, notably taking the G3 Fairy Bridge S. Then there=s Mustaheel, a Shadwell purchase who won a Listed race over nine furlongs in France, and Fort Bastion, who easily defeated the future group winner Starboard in a Newmarket conditions race. Cont. p2 Saturday, Milan, Italy With several of his higher-priced crops now of racing GRAN CRITERIUM-G1, i171,000, Milan, 10-13, 2yo, age, Invincible Spirit has been having another banner c/f, 1mT, 1:37.10, gd. year. The 3-year-olds from his i75,000 crop include 1--s@#LAW ENFORCEMENT (IRE), 123, c, 2, by Lawman (Fr) the group winners Lockwood, Speaking of Which and 1st Dam: Broken Spectre (GB), by Rainbow Quest Swiss Spirit, but these have been outshone so far by 2nd Dam: Armeria, by Northern Dancer their older siblings, headed by the Group 1 winners 3rd Dam: Frontonian, by Buckpasser Mayson (July Cup) and Moonlight Cloud (Prix Maurice (,18,000 yrl >11 DONAUG). O-M S Al Shahi; de Gheest and Prix du Moulin). B-Mrs E J O=Grady; T-Richard Hannon; J-Stephane Pasquier; i95,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-1-0, JUST THE JUDGE (IRE), f, 2000 i110,714. *Second Group 1 winner/sixth group Danzig winner/eighth black-type winner for sophomore sire Green Desert Foreign Courier (by Invincible Spirit {Ire}). Werk Nick Rating: A+. Invincible Spirit (Ire) Kris (GB) Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Rafha (GB) Elijazzi Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com Lawman (Fr) Mr. Prospector catalogue-style pedigree. Click for a video replay. Gulch Jameela Ï Ò Laramie Shirley Heights This adds up to a very solid start, I=m sure you=ll Light the Lights (Fr) agree. However, these good winners come from a crop Lighted Glory Red God of 89 foals. The big question was whether Lawman Blushing Groom (Fr) Runaway Bride would be able to add to his reputation with a second Rainbow Quest *Herbager crop which numbers only 68. Last week answered that I Will Follow question in no uncertain terms. In rapid succession, Faraday Light (Ire) Where You Lead Lawman=s 2-year-olds gained a trio of group victories, 2Fls, 1GSW Fairy King Uncharted Haven Turtle Island (Ire) starting with the French colt Us Law, who followed up (GB) Sisania (GB) a short-head defeat in the G3 Prix des Chenes by taking MGSW Tochar Ban Assert (Ire) the Prix Thomas Bryon. Two days later Lawman struck 6Fls, 1GSW 12Fls, 1GSW Guest Night (Ire) again, with his imposing daughter Just The Judge keeping her unbeaten record intact with a victory over His other representatives include the smart but another Lawman filly, Nargys, in the G2 Rockfel S. luckless sprinter Spirit Quartz and the French Group 3 At about the same time, over in Italy, Lawman came winners Allied Powers and Beyond Desire. Invincible out on top again in the G1 Gran Criterium, this time Spirit has also been represented by his second winner thanks to the English-trained colt Law Enforcement. A of the G1 Cheveley Park S., with the unbeaten Rosdhu graduate from handicap company, Law Enforcement Queen following in the footsteps of Hooray. was winning for the fourth consecutive time in five This lengthy list acts as a reminder that speed is the starts. While the Gran Criterium often represents a principal asset of the majority of Invincible Spirit=s Asoft@ Group 1, the next three places were filled by progeny. This reflects the stallion=s own racing record, foreign raiders with at least one stakes victory to their which peaked with his victory in the G1 Sprint Cup at credit, including the French Group 3 winner Pearl Flute. Haydock, and with his powerful, muscular physique. In addition to these three group winners, Lawman=s The fact that he is out of a Prix de Diane winner from a second crop also contains Orgilgo Bay, runner-up to family with endless stamina led me to expect a Battle of Marengo in the G2 Beresford S., and the proportion of middle- distance performers by him. group-placed Roseraie. Then there=s Move To Strike, Inevitably there are some, such as Allied Powers, who won so well at The Curragh in May that he next Speaking of Which and the Irish Derby second Born To started favorite for the Chesham S. at Royal Ascot. Run, but these three all have dams or second dams Lawman wasn=t exactly precocious. His only juvenile which shone over a mile and a half. With a second dam start came as late as November, when he comfortably by Shirley Heights and a third dam by Nijinsky, Lawman landed a newcomers= race at Saint-Cloud. He has every also had stamina elements in his pedigree, to help him right to sire smart 2-year-olds, though, as he is a son of last the 1 5/16 miles of the Prix du Jockey-Club. Invincible Spirit. Indeed, in making a successful debut, However, I suspect it might be wiser to think of him as Lawman became one of 35 first-crop juvenile winners a miler, judging by the record of his first two crops. by the Irish National Stud stallion. If I remember rightly, Interestingly, two broodmare sires are responsible for that total of 35 winners was initially claimed as a world four of Lawman=s group winners. Us Law shares the record, but--record or not--it still highlighted that same broodmare sire, Linamix, as Most Improved, while Invincible Spirit had inherited his sire Green Desert=s Rainbow Quest sired the dams of both Just The Judge ability to sire excellent 2-year-olds, and plenty of them. and Law Enforcement. Because of the scale of Invincible Spirit=s achievements, Linamix mares haven=t previously made much impact it is easy to forget that his first four crops were all sired with the Green Desert branch, even though they have at only i10,000. done well with other sections of the Danzig male line. It His excellent first-season results led to his fee rising is a different story with Rainbow Quest mares. One of to i35,000 in 2007 and then along came Lawman=s them is the dam of Invincible Spirit=s fast son Spirit Group 1 victories to help boost Invincible Spirit=s fee to Quartz and they also have group or listed winners by a career high of i75,000 in 2008. five other sons of Green Desert. Cont. p3 One of these sons, Oasis Dream, has the distinction of having a Group 1 winner, the high-class miler Aqlaam, with a dam by Rainbow Quest and another Group 1 winner, the Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Power, with a Rainbow Quest second dam.