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Andrew Caulfield, September 16, 2008–Zarkava (Ire) P EDIGREE INSIGHTS The Aga Khan=s brilliant but quirky daughter of Zamindar duly recorded her sixth straight victory in BY ANDREW CAULFIELD spectacular style and is now on offer at 6-4 or 7-4 to defeat the males in the Arc Oct. 5. Sunday, Longchamp, France The Aga=s delight at Zarkava=s achievements must be QATAR PRIX VERMEILLE-G1, i300,000, Longchamp, all the greater because her fifth dam is Petite Etoile, 9-14, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/2mT, 2:26.00, gd. another spectacular distaffer who initially carried the 1--ZARKAVA (IRE), 120, f, 3, by Zamindar colors of his father, Prince Aly Khan, before being 1st Dam: Zarkasha (Ire), by Kahyasi (Ire) inherited by the Aga. In addition to dominating her own 2nd Dam: Zarkana (Ire), by Doyoun (Ire) division in the 1000 Guineas, Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks, 3rd Dam: Zarna (Ire), by Shernazar (Ire) the three-year-old Petite Etoile defeated the males in O-His Highness The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan=s such prestigious prizes as the Sussex S. and Champion Studs SC; T-Alain de Royer-Dupre; J-Christophe S. In the process she showed she was untroubled by Soumillon; i171,420. Lifetime Record: Hwt. 2yo moving up and down the distance scale, and Zarkava is Filly-Fr, 6 starts, 6 wins, i1,079,020. similarly versatile, with Group 1 victories over a mile, 1 Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. 5/16 miles and 1 1/2 miles. Petite Etoile later took two Werk Nick Rating: A+. editions of the Coronation Cup and failed by only a half length to add the King George to her wins. Kipling=s assertion that the female of the species is more deadly than the male doesn=t often find support in Raise a Native Mr. Prospector the Thoroughbred world, but fillies have certainly been Gold Digger Gone West making their mark in recent weeks. Secretariat Secrettame The main opposition to Conduit in the G1 St Leger Tamarett Zamindar came from the fillies Unsung Heroine and Look Here, Northern Dancer The Minstrel and Music Note=s facile victory in the Gazelle S.--her Fleur Zaizafon third at Grade I level--suggests her connections weren=t Right Tack (GB) Mofida (GB) being too fanciful when they contemplated pitching her Wold Lass (GB) in against the males in the Travers. Nijinsky II Ile de Bourbon It was only 10 days ago that the G1 Prix du Moulin *Roseliere Kahyasi (Ire) de Longchamp saw Goldikova and Darjina achieve a Blushing Groom (Fr) Kadissya notable one-two against some highly accomplished Zarkasha (Ire) Kalkeen (Ire) 4Fls, 1 Ch., males. As Goldikova has previously twice been made to Mill Reef 1 GSW Doyoun (Ire) look comparatively ordinary by another filly, Zarkava, it Zarkana (Ire) Dumka (Fr) Race Record was hardly surprising that Zarkava started a hot 8Fls, 1 GSW Zarna (Ire) Shernazar (Ire) favorite for Sunday=s G1 Qatar Prix Vermeille. 4 Fls, 1 SW Zahra (Ire) www.coolmore.com Unfortunately, Petite Etoile was one of those Words of War and Ascutney have both produced a exceptional racemares with a very patchy breeding pair of group/graded winners, to add to the eye- record, and she produced only one daughter, Zahra. It catching record of Lord of War=s broodmare daughters. is worth pointing out that the four mares which In addition to No Matter What, Words of War produced separate Zarkava from Petite Etoile all failed to achieve the GII Suburban H. winner (and talented stallion) E anything out of the ordinary: her dam, the Kahyasi mare Dubai, while Ascutney is also the dam of the Grade Zarkasha, never raced; her second dam Zarkana won III-winning Gigawatt. only in the French Provinces; her third dam Zarna won a Words of War was bought by Stonerside Ltd for mile handicap at Doncaster; and her fourth dam Zahra $440,000 at Keeneland=s 1996 November Sales while came closest to winning when second at Amiens. carrying her first foal, No Matter What. Stonerside sold However, Zarkasha is bred along similar lines to the this daughter of Nureyev for $425,000 at Keeneland=s 1998 Prix de Diane winner Zainta, a Kahyasi filly whose 1998 July Yearling Sale as part of a three-horse second dam was Zahra, and to the very useful Zafazala, consignment offered in partnership with Arthur B. a Kahyasi mare whose third dam was Zahra. Hancock. That consignment also contained Fusaichi European racing may already have seen the next Pegasus. Words of War has continued to reward the Zarkava in the imposing form of Rainbow View, a Stone Farm/Stonerside partnership, with E Dubai selling graduate of George Strawbridge=s Augustin Stable. This for $1.35 million, her Danzig colt for $1 million, her daughter of Dynaformer is now unbeaten in three starts Coronado=s Quest filly for $750,000, her Unbridled colt and she was just as impressive in cruising to victory in for $2.7 million and her Kingmambo colt for $1.45 the G2 May Hill S. as she had been when she took the million. G3 Sweet Solera S. by six lengths. The Racing Post Although Words of War=s sire Lord At War initially currently rates her the best juvenile filly in Europe, her struggled for support, he eventually did very well, siring rating of 112 placing her 7 pounds behind the best males. 47 stakes winners from 381 foals, and his daughters Rainbow View is just one of the reasons why have been doing sterling work as broodmares. In European interests were so eager to acquire addition to Raven=s Pass and No Matter What, they are Dynaformer yearlings at Keeneland last week, with responsible for such as War Emblem, Purim, Citronnade Rabbah Bloodstock leading the way with seven and Tali=sluckybusride. As Purim is a son of purchases for Darley associates. Rainbow View=s trainer Dynaformer, this winner of the Shadwell Turf Mile is John Gosden has also achieved 2008 Group 2 success bred along similar lines to Rainbow View, and so is this with two other Dynaformers, the Princess of Wales=s S. year=s good turf miler Boss Lafitte, another winner Lucarno and the Ribblesdale S. heroine Michita, representative of the Dynaformer/Lord At War cross. and Shadwell--the purchasers of four Dynaformers last I must be careful not to give more credit to Lord At week--won the G3 Dee S. with Tajaaweed. Another War than to Rainbow View=s broodmare sire Nureyev. Dynaformer, the French-trained Americain, recently Daughters of this remarkable stallion could end the year crossed the line first in the G3 Prix de Lutece, only to with champions to their credit in three different be demoted to second. countries, with Rainbow View in England, Big Brown in Most of these European group winners are out of the U.S. and Tamayuz in France. mares by European-raced turf stars, the exception being Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com Michita, whose broodmare sire, Storm Cat, is no catalogue-style pedigree. stranger to success on turf. Rainbow View is out of Nureyev=s daughter No Matter What, winner of the Listed Prix des Lilas over a mile in France and of the GI Del Mar Oaks over a furlong further. This family must rapidly be coming one of Gosden=s favorites, as his high-class three-year-old miler Raven=s Pass is another product of this female line. This son of Elusive Quality has twice been beaten less than a length by Henrythenavigator in top mile races this year and could be heading for the Breeders= Cup Mile if all goes well in the Queen Elizabeth II S. later this month. Raven=s Pass is out of the Grade III turf winner Ascutney, who is a younger sister to Words of War, the second dam of Rainbow View. Words of War=s earnings of more than $680,000, and her career figures of nine wins, 10 seconds and seven thirds from 44 starts tell us that she was tough and talented. She was also versatile. Although the bulk of her starts and stakes victories came on turf, she was also a stakes winner on the main track as a juvenile..