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WEDNESDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2019 DUBAWI DEMAND SOARS SMULLEN: BOUDOT HAS THE KEY TO LONGCHAMP By Pat Smullen AT BOOK 1 OPENER It was great to be at the new ParisLongchamp for the first time. I really enjoyed my weekend and the racing was absolutely tremendous but it was a huge shame about the weather. So much rain fell in such a short space of time and it was well documented beforehand the John Gosden was concerned after walking the track. It was probably the undoing of Enable (GB) but I think Waldgeist (GB) deserved his big day, especially for a horse who has been tremendously consistent through his whole career and expertly trained by Andre Fabre. For me, the most impressive element of the weekend was Pierre-Charles Boudot and how he rides Longchamp. His wins came from everywhere. He was used by a lot of different trainers, including Aidan O'Brien and William Haggas, as well as Andre Fabre of course. Cont. p12 IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Lot 148, a son of Dubawi, is the most expensive yearling colt STANDOUT SUPPLEMENTS ADDED TO FT NOVEMBER in the world thus far in 2019 | Tattersalls GISW Mirth (Colonel John) and the Grade I-producing mare Torreadora (El Prado {Ire}) are two of six supplemental entries to By Emma Berry and Kelsey Riley the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Click or tap here to go straight C NEWMARKET, UK The most expensive yearling colt sold in the to TDN America. world this year was the highlight of a lively first day of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, as a Dubawi (Ire) half-brother to Barney Roy (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}) elicited a Godolphin-Coolmore duel in which Sheikh Mohammed came out on top with a bid of 3.6-million gns. Dubawi provided all three seven-figure lots on the day, with a pair of colts each earlier bringing 1-million gns apiece. Figures showed that the session wound up relatively on par with the same day last year. From a catalogue that grew to 184 from 173, 164 were offered and 136 sold, compared to 133 sold last year. The clearance rate dipped slightly to a still-respectable 83% (it was 85% on this day last year). The average was down 2% to 260,353gns, while the median climbed 6% to 180,000gns. By the time the session-topping lot 148 took to the ring, two Dubawi colts had already sold for 1 million gns apiece but the Hazelwood Bloodstock-consigned son of Alina (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) quickly swept past that figure as first Alastair Donald took on the might of Godolphin and then the Coolmore team joined the fray. Sun Bloodstock will certainly not regret the purchase of Alina, a daughter of Group 3 winner Cheyenne Star (Ire) (Mujahid), in the same ring for 65,000gns back in 2013. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 17 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 9 OCTOBER 2019 TATTERSALLS OCTOBER YEARLING SALE DAY 1 SESSION TOTALS 2019 2018 $ Catalogued 184 173 $ Number Offered 164 157 $ Number Sold 136 133 $ Not Sold 28 24 $ Clearance Rate 83% 85% $ No. 500Kgns+ 17 20 $ High Price 3,600,000gns 3,400,000gns $ Gross 35,408,000gns 35,505,000gns $ Average (% change) 260,353gns (-2.5%) 266,955gns $ Median (% change) 180,000gns (+5%) 170,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 Cont. from p1 The foal she was carrying at the time became the G1 St James=s Palace S. winner Barney Roy (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}). Four years later, the mare=s Kodiac (GB) filly, now named Qatar Queen (GB), topped the December Yearling Sale at 400,000gns when offered by then-fledgling consignors Adrian and Philippa He said, AI=m blown away. I don=t really have that many words O=Brien of Hazelwood Bloodstock. at the moment. The colt never missed a beat. He paraded like a David O=Callaghan, who represents the colt=s breeder Sun champion from day one but even so, that=s an unbelievable Bloodstock, owner of Australia=s Eliza Park International, said, figure. We are so grateful to our clients for sending us such AHe was very popular and once you get to a million you don=t incredible stock to work with.@ really know what=s going to happen. But all the right players Anthony Stroud signed for the colt on Godolphin=s behalf and were there and all the noises were there but you don=t like to said, AHe=s really athletic and a really good mover. Sheikh think that can happen. It=s great for the guys, they spend a lot of Mohammed picked him out and it was his favourite of today. money, so it=s great to see them get a return. ANight of Thunder, being a son of Dubawi, is doing really well AHe was born that way and every day he=s got better and at stud and we have Too Darn Hot now and he=s a very exciting better. Adrian has always said he=s a star, but you don=t believe stallion to have. It all goes back to Dubai Millennium, a fantastic that until you get here and everything comes together, the racehorse who Sheikh Mohammed feels particularly proud of x-rays and scopes. It=s an unreal situation.@ and attached to, and quite rightly.@ Sun Bloodstock, which has around a dozen mares in Europe, He added, ACoolmore are wonderful judges and fantastic at has retained the mare=s 2-year-old colt named Thames River what they do, so to be honest being in their company is an (GB) (Free Eagle {Ire}) and also has her listed-placed daughter honour.@ Wisdom Mind (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) in training in Ireland with As well as featuring as breeder of the top lot, Sun Bloodstock Joseph O=Brien. also made three purchases during the opening session, signing O=Callaghan added, A[The mare] lost a Dubawi colt this year for a Galileo half-brother to top-class sprinter Art Connoisseur and then we didn=t breed her back because she was late. We (Ire) (Lucky Story) (lot 123) at 200,000gns and a Kingman (GB) gave her the year off and let her get over the colic surgery.@ daughter of Adonesque (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells) (lot 138) for Adrian O=Brien, in his third season of consigning under the 120,000gns. In partnership with Qatar Racing, the operation also Hazelwood banner, was close to speechless as the colt exited purchased a colt by Showcasing (GB) (lot 106) for 120,000gns. the ring. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 17 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 9 OCTOBER 2019 Sheikh Mohammed at Tattersalls | Tattersalls The Fugue On Song At Tattersalls At this sale a year ago, David Redvers spent a sale-topping 3.5- million gns for a Dubawi colt out of one of Watership Down=s star producers in Dar Re Mi (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}). While the mare in question was different this time around, Redvers nonetheless swooped for another son of Dubawi out of a Watership Down jewel when spending 1 million gns on lot 77, the third foal out of four-time Group 1 winner The Fugue (GB) (Dansili {GB}), midway through Tuesday=s opening session of Book 1. The Fugue has been mated exclusively with Dubawi thus far, producing the unraced 3-year-old filly Fughetta (GB) and the 2- year-old filly Counterpoint (GB), and Redvers noted that the mare=s latest foal did not take after his elder siblings. ABy all accounts he=s very different to his two full-siblings, who are not the same at all,@ Redvers said. AHe=s very much like daddy. He vetted very well, he has good, clean knees, which for a Dubawi is pretty key. If he=s half as good as mummy and daddy he=s going to be a very exciting horse.@ The colt will follow his dam into the stable of John Gosden. AHe=ll go to Mr. Gosden; it would be silly to send him anywhere else,@ Redvers said. AWe=re excited to add him to the team.@ Redvers said this time last year he was looking for colts to join the Tweenhills stallion roster one day, and that goal remains the same. Redvers=s purchases on Tuesday also included lot 14, a New Approach (Ire) colt out of the unraced mare but excellent producer Scribonia (Ire) (Danehill), and the Qatar Racing advisor added, ADubawis are very hard things to buy. We know he=s a sensational stallion, but sometimes they come in slightly surprising packages as well. This horse was a beautiful package, very strong, and out of one of the best racemares of recent years. This game is all about the dream and he=ll certainly give Sheikh Fahad and his brothers plenty to dream about over the next couple years.@ Cont. p4 Australia Camelot Churchill Excelebration Fastnet Rock Footstepsinthesand Galileo Gleneagles Holy Roman Emperor Kingston Hill Mastercraftsman Rock Of Gibraltar Ruler Of The World Saxon Warrior The Gurkha Zoffany GLENEAGLES Sire of 19 first crop 2YO winners in 2019 including two Group 2 winners at Newmarket Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Jason Walsh, Tom Miller, Neil Magee or Hermine Bastide Tel: +353-52 6131298. David Magnier, Tom Gaffney, Joe Hernon, Paddy Fleming or Cathal Murphy Tel: +353-25 31966. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) +44-7827-795156. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.coolmore.com All stallions nominated to EBF. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 17 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 9 OCTOBER 2019 Tattersalls October Book 1 Cont.