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FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU ITALIAN NEWS | KEENELAND | STALLION PARADE | STAKES FIELDS TODAY’S HEADLINES SALES TATTERSALLS IRELAND CHELTENHAM REPORT by CARL EVANS EBN Sales Talk Click here to is brought to contact IRT, or you by IRT visit www.irt.com went up 4% to £65,871, while the median rose 2% to £50,000. It should be borne in mind that last year’s event included a group of breeze-up horses, but they were absent yesterday having been moved back to the December Sale, when the MARVELLOUS NIGHT FOR adjacent race meeting is a quieter affair than yesterday’s Countryside Day with its many other attractions. MURPHY AND FRIENDS At the sale’s conclusion, Richard Pugh, Director of Horses-in- One year on from making its Cheltenham debut, Tattersalls Training Sales for Tattersalls Ireland, said: “It is great to be back at Ireland returned to Prestbury Park yesterday evening for its Cheltenham for the beginning of our second sales season at this November Sale and created a celebration for a trio of Irishmen. unique venue. As always we are reliant upon vendors to supply us Trainer Denis Murphy and pinhookers Joey Hogan and Alan with the calibre of horse which this sale is adept at rewarding. Harte traded two point-to-pointers who netted a magnificent Realising prices such as £300,000 and £250,000 reinforces the £550,000, putting a glow through a chilly sales ring. message to vendors that selling at public auction guarantees First Hogan netted £250,000 for the Murphy-trained Finian’s maximum return for them. Most of the leading industry players were Oscar, and then his stablemate, the Harte-owned Poli Roi, added either in attendance or represented, which is a testament to the £300,000 to become the day’s sale-topper. quality of graduates who continue to perform to the highest level on Such riches – the pair were among five six-figure lots on a night the track. when Irish pointers dominated bigger valuations – pumped up “It is also encouraging to see rises across many indicators and we the event’s aggregate to a mark of £2,042,000 (+16%), the average look forward to returning here on Friday, 9th December when the Business. ComeShow. and see the new stallions at Kildangan Stud. It could be a rewarding experience...

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CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 SALES TALK EBN: SATURDAY, 12TH NOVEMBER 2016 sale will also include a NH Breeze Up of three-year-old horses on the morning of the sale.” DREW DRAWS BLANK AS O’TOOLE GETS A KING A bidding battle between bloodstock agent Mags O’Toole and racehorse owner Bryan Drew created the £300,000 top price at last night’s sale. The focus of their attention Poli Roi (Lot 32), a four-year-old son of Poliglote, who sauntered home at Rockfield on Sunday and arrived in Cheltenham as a wild card entry. Drew, who keeps horses with David Pipe and who is lucky enough to own the very talented Cheltenham graduate Moon Racer, a runner at Prestbury Park tomorrow, was clearly looking for a bargain, for as the price rose he was keen to trade on in £5,000 increments. When O’Toole offered £290,000, he stuck to his guns, despite being offered the chance to ‘round the price up’, leaving his Denis Murphy trained the top two lots. rival to offer £300,000 and the joust was over. For Murphy and Poli Roi’s vendor, London-based Alan Harte, it was a thumping result, for the gelding was bought as a store at David Pipe missed out on the chance to train Poli Roi, and he Goffs UK’s Spring Sale for £46,000. was also the luckless underbidder for that horse’s stablemate, a Murphy said: “He’s by the sire of Don Poli, which helped, and, four-year-old son of Oscar called Finian’s Oscar (Lot 21). Tom while it was hard to expect that kind of dough, he was a very nice Malone, buying for ‘Sizing’ engineer Alan Potts, brought the horse. When [jockey] Jamie Codd got off him after winning, he said hammer down for this one with a bid of £250,000. ‘Did you see that?” “He’ll be going to Colin Tizzard,” said Malone. “I fell in with the Gordon Elliott was among the first to congratulate Harte, and horse when I saw him win his point-to-point [at Portrush three the vendor said: “I treat this as a business in partnership with Joey weeks ago] and Jamie Codd, who rode him, and is not the sort of Logan. We buy foals, yearlings and stores, and last year traded man to make a song and dance, said the horse was very special. I had Champers On Ice [who was bought by Drew for £205,000 at the him vetted in Ireland because I was so keen that everything should be Sale].” in place for tonight.

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fees having bought the youngster as a store, added: “We bought him from Dick Frisby, who is a really good man in producing a store, and he’s by a leading sire. It’s a great result.” Tizzard, whose Dorset stables have never been so well endowed with jumping , said: “He’s a lovely horse and he’s fit and well, so I can’t see why we shouldn’t run him in a novices’ hurdle in three or four weeks.” SPREADING THE LOVE The recent arrival of horses owned by Ann and Alan Potts has put added spotlight on the Colin Tizzard academy, although his best horses, Cue Card, Thistlecrack and Native River, are all paid for by different owners. Further proof of the stable’s strength in depth came later in the sale when the trainer’s £130,000 bid secured Storm Home (Lot Lot 21, Finian’s Oscar, who was bought for £250,000 by 39), a rarity in that he had not been seen in public since April. Tom Malone and Colin Tizzard. (Ce) John Romans, another long-standing client of Tizzard’s, is the new owner of the four-year-old, a son of King’s Theatre, and he said it “He’s by a champion sire and out of a half-sister to Finian’s was that sire which caught his eye. Rainbow [a Grade One winner for Nicky Henderson’s stable], so Storm Home’s form line was ‘F’, denoting a fall on his only start there’s pedigree to back it up. He was a €50,000 store [from the at Largy in April, and trainer Warren Ewing said: “He did the splits Derby Sale], so you would expect him to make good money after when he fell, so we had to wait and give him time off. We’ve only been winning a race in the way he did.” riding him for the past five weeks and, while we didn’t want to wait until he was a five-year-old to run him again, we would have happily Murphy, who trains some “50 to 60 pointers”, said: “I’ve had the taken him home. I’m delighted he’s going to such a good yard.” horse for four months. He’s always been gorgeous and he’s by the right sire out of a half-sister to Finian’s Rainbow. C’EST BON, FOR BAUDRON “He could have made it as a show horse and he had the engine to Normandy trainer Louis Baudron made his first visit to a go with it,” while Kildare-based Joey Logan, who paid the training Cheltenham sale, and left having sold a horse for £130,000 – the

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21 4g FINIAN’S OSCAR (Oscar) Ballyboy Stables Tom Malone/Colin Tizzard Bloodstock250,000 39 4g STORM HOME (King’s Theatre) Bernice Stables Colin Tizzard 130,000 30 3g DEMON D’AUNOU (Martaline) Haras des Rouges Terres Frank Berry 130,000 18 4g CELEBRE D’ALLEN (Network) Skehanagh Stables David E Pipe 100,000 CLICK HERE FOR SALE RESULTS buyer was J P McManus’s racing manager, Frank Berry. Demon me and it’s been a good one. If I get another suitable horse I would D’Aunou (Lot 30) was Berry’s target, an AQPS three-year-old son come back.” of Martaline out of the Video Rock mare Jimagine II. He was Baudron said he trains some 25 , plus trotters. third in a bumper at Argentan and then second against horses of his own breed at Deauville last month – the fourth had PIPE GETS HIS HORSE subsequently won a Gr.3 bumper. A luckless David Pipe missed out on the two Denis Murphy- Baudron, who last year sold a full-sister called Coquine trained showstoppers, but he didn’t go back down the M5 D’Aunou to Gigginstown House Stud, said: “Nicky de Balanda, without a horse. His £100,000 offer secured Celebre D’Allen, a Tattersalls Ireland’s representative in France, asked me if I wanted to handsome, liver chesnut four-year-old son of Network and sell this horse and suggested this would be a good sale, coming as it another whose sole outing had resulted in a fall, but not before does during the Cheltenham race meeting. It’s a new experience for he had shown plenty of promise. The tip up came at the final AT THE TOP ON ALL FRONTS

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Leading first-crop sire Helmet, sire of the five-length G1 winner Thunder Snow. And his close relation Epaulette, record-breaking G1 sprinter who was rated the equal of Exceed And Excel. Exceptional Australian speedsters. And the fastest The recent point-to-point winner Redemption Song (Lot 28), horses in their all-European who was bought by Hamish Macauley for £65,000. (Ce) female family. fence at Loughrea last month, and trainer Sam Curling said: “He They’re brothers in arms. was in with a shout of winning. He was owned by Walter Connors, who bought him in France as a foal.” And they both have foals Pipe’s purchase, who came from the family of the high-class at the sales now. chaser Eudipe, a French-bred placed in the Gr.1 Sun Alliance Chase for his father Martin, was carried out on behalf of “a new Are you ready for action? owner to the yard” and he added: “The horse was going well when he fell, and he looks athletic.” ON SONG AT DOWTH A recent race meeting at Dowth Hall gained plaudits for style – there was even a Michelin-starred chef cooking for the crowd – and included a race for four-year-old maidens which impacted on this sale. The filly Redemption Song (Lot 28) put one over on male rivals by winning and keeping the runner-up Cintex (Lot 44) from first place, although it seemed Perfect Harmony (Lot 35), hard-ridden but at least two lengths clear when falling at the last, was unlucky not to grab some of the prize money. The trio were back on shared turf last night when Redemption Song (Mastercraftsman) was knocked down to Gloucestershire bloodstock agent Hamish Macauley for £65,000. Cintex made £52,000 and joins Neil Mulholland, while Perfect Harmony went down to Gerry Hogan Bloodstock, also for £65,000. A big, tall grey, the filly will join trainer Kevin Frost, said Macauley, who set himself up in business recently after working in Australia, and, more Find out more about them at recently, for Luke Lillingston. www.darleystallions.com

CHELTENHAM SALE STATISTICS (£) 2016 % 2015 Catalogued 50 66 Offered 46 52 Sold 31 (67%) 31 (60%) Aggregate 2,042,000 +9 1,865,000 EPAULETTE €7,000 Oct 1, SLF HELMET £10,000 Oct 1, SLF Commands – Accessories (Singspiel) Exceed And Excel – Accessories (Singspiel) Average 65,871 +9 60,161 Stands at Kildangan Stud, Co Kildare Standing at Dalham Hall Stud, UK Median 50,000 +4 48,000 +353 (0)45 527600 Click here to contact IRT, or visit www.irt.com +44 (0)1638 730070 Darley

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1442 7m PRETTYASAPICTURE (King’s Theatre) Walk In The Park Goldford Stud Peter Nolan BloodstockBloodstock 56,000 1393 7m BAYSIDE BELLE (Old Vic) Closutton Stables Tomgar Bloodstock 42,000 1395 8m URANNA (Panoramic) Shantou Closutton Stables Paul McGrath 36,000 1453 8m SCARLET FEATHER (Flemensfirth) Walk In The Park Tullogher House Stud Oliver Loughlin 34,000 CLICK HERE FOR SALE RESULTS TATTERSALLS IRELAND Several different parties made a play for the seven-year-old, but the battle for her came down to Kilmoney Cottage Stud’s Michael Carty and recently-retired trainer Colm Murphy. The pair VALYSSA MONTERG BRINGS THE exchanged bids in quick fire fashion from €100,000 onwards, but CURTAIN DOWN AT FAIRYHOUSE when the price hit €160,000, and Big Zeb’s trainer The highest price of the all-encompassing auction was saved carried the day. This capped a busy few minutes for Murphy as he until the final session, as a day of breeding stock was headed by also paid €42,000 for the previous lot into the ring, the Mullins- the €160,000 sale of Valyssa Monterg which brought the curtain consigned Bayside Belle. down on a Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale that “They’ve both been bought for the same client and they both have largely matched the returns from twelve months ago. good pedigrees. Valyssa Monterg is a very good-looking mare with a A 5% reduction in the number of horses offered over the last six pedigree to match and she proved herself on the track too,” reflected days saw the aggregate for the sale drop by 6% to just over €12m. Murphy, who recorded his final Cheltenham triumph when The average for the week came in at €14,264, which was a Empire Of Dirt won the Festival Plate earlier this year. progression of three points, while the €10,500 median matched The aforementioned Bayside Belle (Lot 1393) came under the last year’s figure. The clearance for the auction did fall by two hammer unraced and she has yet to be covered. The seven-year- points to 68%. old is a half-sister to four black-type performers over jumps and Trade on the final day of the sale was of a muted variety, with her siblings are headed by the high-class Pique Sous. A Gr.1- the majority of those offered failing to appeal to buyers and the placed bumper runner and a Gr.2 scorer over hurdles, the clearance rate for this particular session fell from 66% to 42%. By Martaline horse also won at Royal Ascot in 2014. contrast, competition was red hot for the day’s top lot as Valyssa The day’s second-highest price came when Peter Nolan paid Monterg (Lot 1394) had the distinction of being the second- €56,000 for Goldford Stud’s Prettyasapicture (Lot 1422). The highest mare to sell at this sale in the last nine years. winning daughter of King’s Theatre was sold carrying to Furthermore, her sale meant that for the third year in succession Douvan’s sire Walk In The Park and was easily one of the best- Willie Mullins supplied the top-priced mare at this auction. As a bred mares in the catalogue. The seven-year-old is a full-sister to Gr.2 scorer and a six-times winner who only finished out of the the Gr.2-placed Theatre Girl and is a half-sister to the Gr.2 Aintree frame four times during her 16-race career, the sale-topping bumper winner Diamond Sal (Bob Back), the Listed-winning daughter of Network made compelling appeal and this was hurdler Ring The Boss (Kahyasi) and the Gr.2-placed further heightened by her Shantou covering. Conflictofinterest (Saddlers’ Hall).

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snapped up by Yvonne Coleman for €28,000. The daughter of Presenting is in foal to Soldier Of Fortune and is a half-sister to several quality French jumpers, including the Listed scorer Cheyne (Indian River). Maiden City is also a half-sister to the dam of the Ire-Gr.1 Galway Plate victor Shanahan’s Turn and the Gr.2 scorer Wakanda. The €28,000 mark was also reached by Birdie Bloodstock for the winning Robin Des Pres mare Whizzzey Rascal. The Peter Nolan- consigned mare, Lot 1448, who ran at Naas last weekend, is a half-sister to this year’s Ire-Gr.1 Galway Hurdle hero and Gr.3 American St Leger runner-up Clondaw Warrior (Overbury). Further back this is the family of one of the all-time great hurdlers in the dual Champion Hurdle winner Night Nurse. Shrewsbury-based Yorton Farm added to their broodmare band when giving €25,000 for the winning Presenting mare Lot 1394, the Gr.2-winning hurdler Valyssa Monterg Fabrika (Lot 1432). The eight-year-old is carrying to Yorton Farm (Network), in foal to Shantou, consigned by Closutton resident Blue Bresil and her dam is a half-sister to the Gr.1 Stables and purchased for €160,000 by Tomgar Bloodstock Christmas Hurdle victor Geos and the Gr.3 winner and eminent to top the final day at Tattersalls Ireland. French-based sire Kapgarde. Also coming in at €25,000 was Knockenduff Stud’s Isles Of Icane (Lot 1350), who was knocked down to Juliet Brown. The “I’ve bought her for a client in Wexford. They have mares, but this is daughter of King’s Theatre is in foal to Getaway and is a half-sister a big upgrade. They are looking to reduce numbers and upgrade their to the Gr.2 and Gr.3-placed jumper Shuil Aris (Anshan). quality. She’s a lovely mare and comes from a good, solid family and she was sold with a very good covering. Hopefully she’ll be lucky.” TATTERSALLS IRELAND’S VIEW Another popular member of the Willie Mullins draft was the At the conclusion of the sale, Managing Director Roger Casey smart racemare Uranna (Lot 1395), who came under the hammer said, “The trade at the November National Hunt Sale this week, in foal to leading sire Shantou. At €36,000 Paul McGrath struck the especially the significant foal section, has been encouraging. It was winning bid for the eight-year-old, who won a Listed hurdle at extremely pleasing to observe growth in the key statistics for this Sandown as well as reaching the frame at Gr.2 and Gr.3 level over category, a comparably robust clearance rate of 71% and 37 foals fences last season. realising €40,000 or more. The foal trade is always referenced as an This price was closely matched by Oliver Loughlin when he important indicator of the health of the National Hunt industry and spent €34,000 on Scarlet Feather from Tullogher House Stud. the results in the ring are positive in this context, while also The winning pointer (Lot 1453) was sold in foal to Walk In The acknowledging that the market would still appear to have a finite Park and is a half-sister to the Gr.2 Dovecote Novices’ Hurdle appetite for the volumes of stock being offered at this stage. scorer Escape (Robin Des Pres). “Whilst demand for the other categories of stock on offer was Meanwhile the Kayf Tara mare Early Dawne (Lot 1409), who more discerning, it was still pleasing to have three yearlings selling in made notable appeal as a mare carrying to the highly successful excess of €50,000 and a broodmare selling for €160,000. We are ever French-based sire Saint Des Saints, was snapped up by RBR grateful to our loyal vendors and purchasers who supported the sale. Bloodstock for €30,000. The unraced five-year-old is out of a dual We now turn our attention to the 2017 February National Hunt Sale.” winner in Tinagoodnight (Sleeping Car) and her first runner is Dusky Legend (Midnight Legend), who finished second in the inaugural Gr.2 Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham in Follow EBN on Twitter March. Middleton Park Stud’s Maiden City (Lot 1419) was another to @bloodstocknews come under the hammer with an attractive covering and she was BALLYSHANNON STUD

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GUITAR AWAITS FOR TATTERSALLS IRELAND STATISTICS (€) MOMENT OF MAJESTY 2016 % 2015 The nine-year-old Saint Liam mare Moment Of Majesty, Lot Catalogued 144 156 917, was the early leader during session four of the Keeneland Offered 112 127 November Sale after being sold for $850,000. Part of the Hill ‘n’ Sold 47 84 Dale Sales consignment, she finished second in the Woodbine Aggregate 786,250 -36 1,226,950 Oaks at three and was a dual Stakes winner and twice Gr.2-placed Average 16,729 +14.5 14,607 at four, and was sold in foal to an early April covering by Curlin. Median 10,000 +25 8,000 She is the best of the five winners out of Lady Indy, a daughter of A P Indy and the Champion Turf Mare and dual Gr.1 winner Fiji CUMULATIVE STATISTICS (€) (Rainbow Quest). The purchaser, James Keogh, acting on behalf of Evelyn Benoit’s 2016 % 2015 Star Guitar Inc, said: “I loved Fiji, Champion grass mare, a wonderful Catalogued 1469 1530 old family. It’s just one of those classy old pedigrees that has been Offered 1250 1314 around forever and a lot of people have done very well by that. This Sold 844 924 was her pick of the sale. She is going to breed her to Star Guitar.” Aggregate 12,038,950 -5.5 12,753,750 Benoit and her husband Maurice bred and raced the multiple Average 14,264 +3.3 13,803 Stakes winner and millionaire Star Guitar, who won 24 of his 30 Median 10,500 0 10,500 starts. Since he retired in 2012, the Benoits have been assembling mares for matings. Click here to contact IRT, or visit www.irt.com John G. Sikura, owner of Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, commented: “I thought she was going to make $600,000 plus. I thought that was the higher end of her evaluation. Each book has fewer and fewer quality offerings and I think she stood out on the page. She was a very good race mare and the Curlin cover really helped.”

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Three Chimneys Bloodstock went to $425,000 for Lot 997, the agent. She was the third best price overall on Thursday when she Stakes-placed Mr Greeley mare Runway Ready, who is expecting received a final bid of $530,000 from Charles Fipke and his her first foal to Malibu Moon. The six-year-old, consigned by representative R J Bennett. Eaton Sales, is a full-sister to the US Gr.2-winning juvenile Corfu, Since leaving the track in 2005 after winning the Gr.1 Breeders’ out of a winning Forest Wildcat half-sister to the triple Gr.1 Cup Distaff and earning more than $1 million, the daughter of winner and sire Peace Rules (Jules). Seeking The Gold has produced nine foals. She is the grandam of two Stakes horses by Fipke’s Tale Of Ekati and he plans to try KEENELAND – DAY THREE the mating with her. “I think that properly mated, even though she is 15, that I can do all right with her,” Fipke said. “I bought a mare [in 2005] who was 18 NUMBERS STEADY AS WAR COMMAND called Lady Shirl and we got a Breeder’s Cup winner.” Fipke said in RELATIVE COMMANDS TOP PRICE reference Lady Shirl’s daughter Perfect Shirl, who won the 2011 After nine hours of trade under sunny skies that accentuated the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf. “The Phippses don’t sell from brilliant autumn foliage, the third day of the Keeneland November their families too often so, when they do, people pay a premium,” Breeding Stock Sale on Thursday resulted in figures similar to last Claiborne President Walker Hancock said. “Some sold for what we year’s comparable session, writes Liane Crossley. thought and others sold for quite a bit more.” The 222 lots listed as sold generated $31,634,000, a rise of 3% The Phipps reduction concluded with Gasparilla Inn (Lot 818) from 2015 when 229 lots brought $30,788,000. The $142,495 who brought $500,000 from Shimokobe Farm/Polo Green Stable average was up 6% from last year’s $134,445 and the median rose to be fourth on the leader board. The five-year-old daughter of to $102,500 from $100,000. More owners opted to retain their Street Cry is in foal to Super Saver. A two-time winner, Gasparilla offerings on Thursday and the clearance rate was 33% compared Inn is out of the Gr.2 Demoiselle Stakes winner Boca Grande (A P with 27%. Indy). Her pedigree page includes the aforementioned Pleasant “It was consistent with last year with a little tick up in average and Home, Champion Sky Beauty and Grade 1 winners Pine Island median,” Keeneland Director of Sales Operations Geoffrey Russell and Point Of Entry. said. “The not sold rate went up a little bit which is a little disappointing The nine-horse Phipps fleet was worth $2.592 million for a but that is the marketplace.” $288,000 average. The headliners met the criteria for acceptance As the only Book 2 offering in foal to War Front, Easy Feeling into the boutique-style Book 1, but were assigned the second (Lot 792) attracted plenty of attention that was rewarded with a book that offers about twice as many horses per day. sale-topping $650,000 from Barronstown Stud. The attraction was amplified by the presence on the pedigree page of the War Front colt War Command, winner in England of the Gr.1 Dewhurst Stakes and in Ireland of the G.2 Futurity Stakes. Consigned by Claiborne Farm, agent, the four-year-old Elusive Quality filly was a winner in France and placed in North America. The half-sister to French Stakes winners War Officer and Doo Lang is out of the Storm Cat mare Wonder Woman. Easy British EBF Marketing and Communications Manager Feeling’s second dam, Lyceum Atalanta Stakes winner Wandering The British arm of the European Breeders Fund is one of the largest sponsors Star, produced War Command and Gr.3 Prix de Conde Stakes in Great Britain, supporting over 600 races at nearly every racecourse. winner Naval Officer. The British EBF now needs a Marketing and Communications Manager The second highest price on Thursday was Bryan’s Jewel (Lot whose main objective will be to ensure that the British EBF is well 722), who landed a final bid of $580,000 from Patrick Lawley- represented and promoted throughout British Horseracing. Requiring Wakelin, agent for Wayne and Cathy Sweezey of Timber Town and excellent communication skills with attention to detail you will be Jane Winegardner. The eight-year-old Rockport Harbor mare is liaising directly with racecourse management teams to communicate the out of the unplaced Touch Gold mare Saphiria, a half-sister to annual sponsorship and expectations. You will manage the advertising the Gr.1 Whitney Handicap winner Left Bank and two other and branding, develop and utilise social media platforms to engage with Stakes winners. She is in foal to Speightstown and was consigned the wider community as well as having responsibility for the marketing by Bedouin Bloodstock. budget. Other responsibilities will include maintaining the database and “She is one that we were absolutely looking forward to trying to providing regular statistics for the board of Trustees. buy all day long,” Lawley-Wakelin said. “She is just a superb individual. I thought, with the number of other people around, This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone with experience in the perhaps we might have to go a little higher and we were prepared to industry and proven delivery in marketing. A confident, pro-active self go higher, so we are equally ecstatic that we didn’t have to do that.” motivator who will need to work on their own initiative and who has the Earlier in the day the same team purchased Queenie’s Song flexibility to attend race meetings outside of usual office hours. (Lot 558) in foal to Lemon Drop Kid. The five-year-old Stakes- Salary will be dependent on qualification and experience. In addition placed mare is out of the Gr.3 Santa Ynez Stakes winner Queen of we offer health cover and employer’s contributory pension scheme. Money, who produced a pair of Stakes winners. Lane’s End was the vendor for the daughter of Unbridled’s Song. Please apply by sending a CV and covering letter to PHIPPS AND FOALS [email protected] by 28th November 2016. Pleasant Home (Lot 543), in foal to Orb, started the string of lots Applications will be dealt with in the strictest confidence. from the Phipps Stable reduction, with Claiborne Farm acting as

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“We did not feel they all belonged in Book 1 and they did not want Among the colt foals, the topper at $325,000 was Lot 793, a to have two or three in one book and the rest in another book,” 10th March son of Curlin. Named Future Driven, the youngster is Russell said. “They wanted to have a consignment to generate out of the winning Stormy Atlantic mare Eden’s Storm, a half- interest and momentum that obviously they generated.” sister to English and United Arab Emirates champion David The largest sum for a Thursday foal was the $390,000 that Junior. Extended family members include champions Theatrical Stonestreet Stables paid for Lot 526, a 20th February filly by and . Speightstown out of Gr.3 Royal North Stakes winner Nikkis “The weanling market is selective like all our markets,” Russell said. Smartypants (Smarty Jones). Bedouin Bloodstock, agent was “Those that meet the criteria are selling very, very well.” the vendor for the filly who is from the family of the Gr.1 Just a The eleven-day sale continues until 20th November, with Game Stakes winner Diamondrella and Gr.2 Prix de Maisons- sessions starting at 10:00am ET. Laffitte third-place finisher Spectroscope. IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO BOOK DON’T LET YOUR CONSIGNMENT BE OVERLOOKED

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About It! JUDDMONTE FARMS Stallion £ Don’t forget nominations for the Godolphin Stud and Stable BATED BREATH (Dansili)...... 8,000 Staff awards 2017 close at 5pm on November 16th 2016. DANSILI (Danehill)...... 65,000 To fill in a nomination form visit the dedicated website. FRANKEL (Galileo)...... 125,000 www.studandstablestaffawards.co.uk/form-login/ KINGMAN (Invincible Spirit)...... 55,000 OASIS DREAM (Green Desert)...... 50,000 EUROPEAN BUYERS All fees SLF Among the European buyers in action were: BBA Ireland (Lot 681, Stud Director UK, Simon Mockridge, commented: “Few horses filly foal by Animal Kingdom – $8,000), Emerald Bloodstock (Lot have made such a global impact as Frankel. His sublime racing 569, Reforestation – $270,000; Lot 642, Tippie Tap – $140,000; career, physique and pedigree provided the catalyst for the Lot 668, Will O Way – $75,000; Lot 675, Woodsmoke – $300,000; outstanding worldwide support he received since retirement. To date Lot 841, Highest Class – $260,000; Lot 869, Joyful – $170,000; he has yielded five Group winners and 18 individual winners, a truly Lot 871, Just Google Me – $180,000), Glenvale Stud (Lot 493, explosive start and one that augurs well for the future. This success colt by Declaration Of War – $47,000), J C Bloodstock (Lot 538, has been further cemented in the commercial markets with a global colt by Magician – $95,000) and Kern Lillingston (Lot 777, Dane average of £560,000. His fee remains unchanged at £125,000. Street – $260,000). “Also remaining unchanged in fee is Kingman. This son of Invincible Spirit was without doubt one of the most brilliant Classic- winning milers of the modern era. His first crop of foals has been unanimously well-received and appear to have inherited the same quality, class and athleticism as their sire. “Oasis Dream continues to be one of the most consistent sources KEENELAND DAY 3 STATISTICS ($) of speed, of black-type winners and of Group winners at the highest 2016 % 2015 level. Both he and Dansili feature prominently on the all-time Sold 222 -3 229 leading sires lists, with over 215 Stakes winners and 35 Gr.1 winners Aggregate 31,634,000 +2.75 30,788,000 between them. Their fees for 2017 will offer breeders a more Average 142,495 +6 134,445 affordable opportunity of supporting two of the most accomplished Median 102,500 +2.5 100,000 and influential stallions in the stud book. “Dansili, who finished third in the Breeders’ Cup Mile himself, CUMULATIVE STATISTICS ($) continued his love affair with the series when his daughter Queen’s 2016 % 2015 Trust fought out a pulsating finish to win this year’s Breeders’ Cup Sold 475 -6.5 508 Filly & Mare Turf, following in the footsteps of previous winner Dank Aggregate 134,553,000 -3.66 139,666,000 and placed fillies Passage Of Time and . Later on the Average 283,269 +3 274,933 same card, Flintshire acquitted himself with distinction in finishing Median 170,000 +6.25 160,000 second in the Breeders’ Cup Turf for a second time. He now takes up stud duties at Hill ‘n’ Dale having taken his lifetime earnings on an Click here to contact IRT, or visit www.irt.com international stage to beyond $9 million. 24 hours earlier Zacinto, another of Dansili’s sons, provided the winner of the NZ 2,000 Guineas in the form of Ugo Foscolo from his first crop, providing GOFFS further evidence of Dansili’s emerging reputation as a sire of sires. “Dansili’s son Bated Breath’s run of 16 individual winners and EBF STATUS three Group performers makes him a standout among the first All foals entered in the Goffs November Foal Sale are EBF season sires this year. There is a small reduction in his fee for 2017, Nominated and have been correctly identified as to their EBF which is a reflection of the competitive nature at this level, but with a status, with the following exception: second crop yearling average of over four times his fee, he offers Please note: breeders great value. Having covered full books for the last four Lot 779 The Factor – Fifth Avenue Doll (USA) IS EBF nominated years, he has every opportunity of following a similar trajectory to his own sire.” The foal listed below can be nominated to the EBF at a cost of $600 (or €/£ equivalent) by 1st May 2017 or $3,000 by 15th February 2018 or $6,000 (or £/€ equivalent) by 30 June 2018: Lot 758 Magician – Davanti (Ire) For further information please contact the EBF office on +44(0)1638 667960 or email [email protected].

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The Breeders’ Association National Hunt Stallion Parade at Cheltenham

The Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association held its annual National Hunt Stallion parade at Cheltenham yesterday. Seven British-based National Hunt stallions appeared and a commentary on each of the them was given by Goffs UK’s Tim Kent and Stephen Hadley, along with contributions from each of the horse’s connections.

Left to right: Dream Eater (Night Shift), from Vauterhill Stud, Overbury Stud’s Gr.1 Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden (Nicobar) and Batsford Stud’s regally-bred Native Ruler (Cape Cross).

Left to right: Yorton Farm’s young sire Pether’s Moon (Dylan Thomas), who won the Gr.1 Coronation Cup; commentators Tim Kent and Stephen Hadley, with Simon Sweeting; Overbury Stud’s Classic winner Schiaparelli, a son of the great Monsun.

Left to right: Triple Gr.1 winner Scorpion (Montjeu), who has recently joined the roster at Shade Oak Stud; the dual Gr.2 winner Telescope (Galileo), also from Shade Oak; and Yorton Stud’s Blue Bresil (Smadoun), who arrived from France last autumn, but was absent yesterday.

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bumper winner Masriyna’s Article (Definite Article). The RACING REVIEW grandam Masmouda (Dalsaan) won the Gr.3 Prix de Flore, was third in the Gr.1 and comes from the family of the FRANCE Gr.1 National Stakes winner and sire Manntari (Doyoun) and the popular multiple Gr.1-winning hurdler (Kalanisi). POWDER SNOW HEADS STAKES DOUBLE FOR GODOLPHIN FRANCE Powder Snow (Dubawi) got back to winning ways in the Gr.3 Prix Fille de l’Air at Toulouse yesterday. Always prominent, she tracked GORVELLO STORMS HOME the leaders before passing them inside the final furlong and then IN GASTON DESPRES easing ahead for a winning margin of three lengths. This marks her Gorvello claimed his second Stakes race yesterday when taking biggest success, though she won a Listed event in Cologne more the Listed Prix Gaston Despres, the feature race at Angers. The than a month ago and finished sixth in a Gr.1 at Capannelle in seven-year-old son of Champion Sire Poliglote, who won the Rome. It also marked a double for Godolphin on the day, as 2013 Listed Prix Hopper and has been placed at that level on two Heuristique won the Listed event. other occasions, as well as finishing third in the Gr.3 Grand Bred in the US by Darley, Powder Snow is out of the Sadler’s Steeplechase d’Enghien, was settled in third behind Gold Wells mare Snow Ballerina, who was bought by Gestut Gorlsdorf Dreamer (Early March) for much of the race. In the back straight, at the Tattersalls December Sales in 2015 and is in foal to Sea The he was relegated to fourth, but his rivals began to tire and he was Moon. She is a daughter of the Gr.1 Oaks heroine sent to the front as the field rounded the turn into the straight. He (), who also foaled the unbeaten European jumped the last two fences confidently and quickened clear to Champion and sire (). win easily by five lengths from Sam (Maresca Sorrento). Bred by Jack Thomas, he is a half-brother to Jakiloup (Loup CRITERIUM DU LANGUEDOC Solitaire), who finished fourth in the Gr.3 Prix de Pepinvast Nine went to post for the Listed Criterium du Languedoc at Toulouse yesterday and it was won by Heuristique (Shamardal) on just her second start. Under jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot she STALLION NEWS settled in behind eventual third-placed Ecrin Des Bieffes (Shakespearean) early-on, before making headway and assuming IRELAND the lead from eventual runner-up Fuenteesteis (Falco) with a furlong to go and going on to win easily by three lengths for F-H Graffard who won this race in 2014. Bred by Pontchartrain Stud, CHAMPS ELYSEES TO MOVE the bay filly was bought for €100,000 at Arqana Deauville August TO CASTLEHYDE STUD Yearling Sale by Broadhurst Agency. She is out of the Red Ransom Champs Elysees (Danehill) has been purchased from Juddmonte mare T’As D’Beaux Yeux, a half-sister to the dam of the Listed Farms, in a deal brokered by Badgers Bloodstock, and will stand at winner Scalambra, whose dam Torrealta is a half-sister to the Castlehyde Stud under the Coolmore National Hunt banner, dams of the Listed winners Farmah, Intilaaq and Diego Valor. along with the likes of Walk In The Park (Montjeu), Flemensfirth (Alleged), (Sadler’s Wells), Fame And Glory (Montjeu), Milan (Sadler’s Wells), Soldier Of Fortune (Galileo) and REVIEW Westerner (Danehill). Out of Kahyasi’s daughter Hasili, Champs Elysees is an own- BRITAIN brother to Group 1 sires Dansili and Cacique as well as the brilliant racemares Banks Hill and Intercontinental. A triple PEREGRINE STOOPS TO CONQUER Grade 1 winner in North America when trained by Bobby Frankel, Champs Elysees retired to Banstead Manor for 2010 and has Peregrine Run made a successful trip from Ireland to take the enjoyed considerable success on the Flat. His first two crops of Gr.2 Hyde Novices’ Hurdle, the feature race at Cheltenham only 84 and 68 foals include twelve Group or Listed winners, yesterday. The six-year-old son of the late Champion sire King’s headed by the Gr.1 winner Trip To Paris, dual Theatre tracked the leader West Approach (Westerner), a half- Group winner and Gr.1 Irish Oaks runner-up Jack Naylor along brother to the Champion Thistlecrack, and he looked to have the with the Gr.3 Prix winner and Gr.1 French 1,000 race at his mercy. At the final flight however, he was joined by Guineas and GR.1 French Oaks third Xcellence. Wholestone (Craigsteel) and Peregrine Run and, on the run to At the recent Tattersalls Horses In Training Sale both sons and the line, the last-named proved the strongest, staying on to score daughters of Champs Elysees were in big demand. Agent Tom by a length. Malone, acting for an owner of Colin Tizzard’s, went to 510,000gns Trainer Peter Fahey commented, “He was a good bumper horse, for French Listed winner Harlem, but was outbid by but this season he’s turned a corner. Running him on soft ground SackvilleDonald on behalf of a Hong Kong client. Harlem will now probably didn’t help, he likes nice ground and he won’t be running join Australian trainer David Hayes. Also bound for Australia is the through the winter. You’d like to be dreaming about coming back former Charles Hills- trained three-year-old Exoteric, who was here in March.” Homebred by Vincent Byrne, Peregrine Run is a full-brother to CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 the Gr.3 Grabel Mares Hurdle-third Takeyourcapoff, out of the

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The form of the Italian two-year-olds this season is very tough to Aury Touch (Pounced) won at Listed level from 1600 to 2000 read. The Gr.2 Gran Criterium and the Gr.3 Premio Guido Berardelli metres, but he looks much more a miler and a contender for the were contested on heavy ground and returned a 12/1 and a 16/1 Premio Parioli. winner respectively. The German Skarino Gold (Wiener Walzer) ItaliaForm 110 (106) scored over 1500 metres at San Siro, with Amyntas (Desert Prince) the best of the home team in third, while Aethos (Dragon AETHOS, (Ire), 2c, Pulse) strolled home over 1800 metres at Capannelle. These are Dragon Pulse – Quela (Acatenango) our seven to follow, with the ItaliaForm rating and the equivalent O: WE Bloodstock, B: Allevamento Le.Gi., T: Alduino Botti in RPR terms. All seven juveniles were trained by Alduino Botti but Aethos (Dragon Pulse) won the Gr.3 Premio Guido Berardelli that is hardly not our fault. The Botti juvenile band recorded 85 over 1800 metres by nine lengths on extremely heavy ground wins from 215 starts, with an astonishing 39.5% strike rate. and ItaliaForm has been very cautious, giving him a mark of 108. He acted as pacemaker for Biz Power in the Gran Criterium, but BIZ POWER (Ire), 2c, showed decent form when second in the Listed Premio Rumon. Power – Biz Bar (Tobougg) Aethos is from a decent German female line that provided some O: WE Bloodstock, B: Allevamento Le.Gi., T: Alduino Botti stamina and a strong finish in the Berardelli. The certain thing is Stefano Botti, who trained with his father Alduino, was adamant that he relished the heavy ground and could be a nice replacement before the Gr.2 Gran Criterium when describing Biz Power for Biz Power in case of a wet spring. (Power) as the best of the yard’s four runners, but it came with ItaliaForm 108 (102) huge concern about the heavy groud. The colt failed to perform, GROUND RULES, (Ity), 2c, as if he had his feet glued to the ground, and finished fifth, nearly Aussie Rules – Grivele (El Prado) five lengths behind the winner. His connections were O: Scuderia Effevi, B: Razza La Tesa, T: Alduino Botti disappointed but accepted the verdict. Biz Power is much better than that and he showed decent form when fourth, beaten less Six years ago, a grey colt owned by Scuderia Effevi won the Listed than a length, in the Gr.3 Prix de Cabourg won by Alrahma Premio Campobello following a stroll on his debut. That same (Shamardal), who ran second behind Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) grey colt, Crackerjack King (Shamardal), went on to win the in the Gr.1 Prix Morny. Derby Italiano and the Gr.1 (then) Premio Presidente della Biz Power is our favourite for the Gr.3 Premio Parioli, the Italian Repubblica at four. This year another grey won the Campobello in 2,000 Guineas, and is expected to become the fourth Group a pleasing way following an easy win on his debut at San Siro. winner out of his dam Biz Bar (Tobougg), who has already foaled Ground Rules (Aussie Rules) is an easy choice as a Derby Italiano the Derby Italiano and Gran Premio di Milano hero Biz The Nurse prospect and the form of the Campobello is working out well. He (Oratorio), the Italian leading juvenile and winner of the 2015 is the first foal out of Grivele (El Prado) from a US female line that Gr.2 Gran Criterium Biz Heart (Roderic O’Connor) and the provides stamina. juvenile Gr.3 scorer Misterious Boy (Arcano). ItaliaForm 107 (102) ItaliaForm 108 (102) TOGETHER AGAIN, (GB), 2c, AMYNTAS, (Ity), 2c, Pivotal – Regal Aura (Teofilo) Desert Prince – A Touch Wild (Touch Gold) O: Scuderia Effevi, B: Cheveley Park Stud, O/B: Stefano Botti, T: Alduino Botti T: Alduino Botti

Amyntas (Desert Prince) failed to win the Gran Criterium as his Two races, two wins. Together Again could be a secret weapon almost-namesake Amynthas (Tissot) had 50 years before for for Scuderia Effevi. The way he dominated Dulciboy (Paco Boy), Alduino Botti, at that time a teenage jockey. The colt was not a colt with solid Stakes form, in a conditions race over 1800 metres disgraced in finishing third, despite being forced to on to a slower at San Siro is a clear sign of ability. He is bred on the same line as patch of ground. He won by an aggregate 13 lengths in his first Red Velour, a decent handicapper in England who turned into a two starts and has room for improvement. His older half-sister leading performer in Saudi Arabia. ItaliaForm: 100 (94)

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FOLEGA, (GB), 2f, ITALIAN RACING AND Oasis Dream – Rosa Del Dubai (Dubai Destination) BLOODSTOCK NEWS ~ CONTINUED O: Scuderia Rencati, B: Azienda Agricola Francesca, T: Alduino Botti MI RACCOMANDO, (GB), 2f, Poet’s Voice – Maschera D’Oro (Mtoto) Folega (Oasis Dream) disappointed on her debut but opened O: Scuderia Effevi, B: Razza Del Sole, T: Alduino Botti her account just a week later in a maiden over 1400 metres at Capannelle. She ended her campaign in San Siro, facing the colts, Mi Raccomando ran just one disappointing race in her seven- and did her work the easy way beating Baffonero (Power) by two start season last Sunday when she failed to find her action in the and half lengths –he is a decent yardstick for form. Her half-sister Listed Criterium Femminile. She was beaten in the last strides by Favulusa (Dansili) was trained as an Oaks prospect and won the the German Rainbow Royal (Paco Boy) in the Gr.3 Premio Listed Premio Archidamia over 2000 metres. Folega has more Dormello and her form is pretty solid. Her pedigree suggests that speed and the winter will tell us how good she could be. she will train on, even if she may be much more of a filly for the ItaliaForm 100 (94) Gr.3 Premio Regina Elena than an Oaks prospect. ItaliaForm 110.5 (107)

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 knocked down to Chris Waller Racing for 180,000gns. Several The list of stallion nominations on offer provides a rare opportunity leading National Hunt interests also got in on the act, with Harold for mare owners to purchase sought-after nominations to a range Kirk/Willie Mullins signing for a pair of three-year-olds, David of stallions including: Bridgwater securing three-year-old Cohesion for 85,000gns and • Siyouni, kindly donated by the Aga Khan Studs. He will stand others purchased by Seamus Durack and Paul Webber. at €45,000 in 2017 and already has a full book of mares. “Champs Elysees is a great addition to the team here,” said • New Approach, kindly donated by Darley. The five-time Gr.1 Castlehyde Manager Tom Gaffney. “He sires high-class racehorses winner produced a Classic-winning duo in his first crop and his and gets very good-looking stock. We are delighted to have got him.” nomination for 2017 is €30,000. “Champs Elysees has been a wonderful servant, both on the • Intello, generously donated by Wertheimer et Frère. His first racetrack and most recently during his seven seasons at Banstead yearlings have sold for up to €330,000 and he will stand at a fee of Manor Stud,” said Juddmonte Stud Director, Simon Mockridge. €25,000 in 2017. “He has 17 Stakes performers this year, including his daughter • Martaline, kindly donated by Haras de Montaigu. One of the Suffused, who was so narrowly defeated in the Grade 1 E P Taylor very best National Hunt sires in action, he will stand at €15,000 in Stakes. I am sure Coolmore will give him every opportunity of 2017. continuing this success.” • , generously donated by Al Shaqab. A Gr.1 winner at two, three and four, he had his first foals this year and will stand for €15,000 in 2017. INDUSTRY NEWS • Scissor Kick, kindly donated by Haras d’Etreham. This son of Redoute’s Choice from the famed family of Hasili has just FRANCE completed his first season at Arrowfield, where he was extremely popular. He will stand at €10,000 in France in 2017. • Rajsaman, generously donated by Haras de la Cauvinière. He TOP STALLION NOMINATIONS TO BE had his first crop of two-year-olds racing this year and his fee will AUCTIONED FOR NEW CHARITY rise from €6,000 to €8,000 in 2017. Au-Delà des Pistes (Beyond The Tracks) has announced its first • Dragon Pulse, kindly donated by the Irish National Stud. He stallion nomination auction, to be held on Friday, 2nd December has sired two Stakes winners in his first crop and his fee rises from at the Arqana sales complex in Deauville. This is a valuable €5,000 to €8,000 in 2017. opportunity for the breeding industry to get involved in an effort Aliette Forien, President of Au-Delà des Pistes, commented: to raise funds for this fledgling charity, which has outlined the “The start made by Au-Delà des Pistes has been exciting and following objectives for 2017 to continue to promote encouraging, and I must say how thrilled we’ve been with the thoroughbred aftercare and the retraining of retired racehorses enthusiastic response to what we’ve achieved so far. The success of in France: the first Retrained Racehorse Day exceeded even our expectations • To organise a series of Retrained Racehorse Days, with the and we would like to host this type of event all over France next year. goals of promoting thoroughbred welfare and aftercare to racing Our mission is also to identify and accredit the retrainers who can fans, and also the work done by thoroughbred re-trainers across take in retired racehorses and safely transition them into second a range of disciplines. The first Retrained Racehorse Day was held careers in equestrian sports. We also hope to put in place competitions to great acclaim this year on 28th August at Deauville-La Touques for ex-racehorses across the equestrian disciplines, including racecourse; dressage, show-jumping and eventing, as well as designating a fund • Accreditation of existing retraining and rehoming facilities, to for the most vulnerable horses in crisis situations. guarantee the best possible care for retired racehorses allowing “All this requires financing and we would like to offer our sincerest for traceability throughout their lives. and warmest thanks to the stallion farms who have donated a • Crisis funding for the most vulnerable horses. nomination to the auction. The funds will be used to promote a

CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 15 SALES TALK – STAKES RESULTS EBN: SATURDAY, 12TH NOVEMBER 2016 cause which concerns every player in the business, from the breeders The sale will take place at the Inglis Oaklands Complex in to jockeys, trainers, sales companies, and from agents to owners. Melbourne on Friday, 9th December from 11am. Aftercare is our shared responsibility.” SALES TALK STAKES RESULTS INGLIS Going Fifty Years Places? Flying Horses EBN Sales Talk Click here to [email protected] ~ www.bba-ireland.ie is brought to contact IRT, or you by IRT visit www.irt.com FRANCE CATALOGUE AVAILABLE FOR Gr.3 PRIX FILLE DE L’AIR, Toulouse, 2100m, 3yo+f&m, QUALITY DECEMBER SALE 1st €40,000, 2nd €16,000, 3rd €12,000 Group winners Nicoscene, Chivalry and Shards highlight a 1. POWDER SNOW (USA), 3f, strong catalogue on offer at the Inglis December Thoroughbred Dubawi – Snow Ballerina (Sadler’s Wells) Sale in Melbourne. In total, 95 lots have been catalogued, along 2nd dam Snow Bride (Blushing Groom) with a share in Gr.1 winner and leading sire Star Witness. 3rd dam () Godolphin will consign 11 horses, while Ridgeview Park and O: Godolphin SNC, B: Darley, Boneo Horse Ranch have nine and Lindsay Park eight. Leading T: Henri-Alex Pantall sires Exceed And Excel, Choisir, Hinchinbrook, Medaglia D’Oro, More Than Ready, Redoute’s Choice, Not A Single Doubt, Sebring, Snitzel, Street Cry and So You Think are represented. Inglis Victorian Bloodstock Manager Simon Vivian was pleased with the strength of stock on offer: “There are some high-quality horses coming to the sale. This sale has historically offered a broad KYBRED variety of horses and this year is no different, and I am confident that USBRED the clearance rate will be high, as usual.’’ TOP RATED TWO-YEAR-OLDS

Horse Sire – Dam (Damsire) Breeder 123p CARAVAGGIO (USA) c Scat Daddy – Mekko Hokte (Holy Bull) Windmill Manor Farms and Petaluma Bloodstock 120p CHURCHILL (Ire) c Galileo – Meow (Storm Cat) Liberty Bloodstock 118p NATIONAL DEFENSE (GB) c Invincible Spirit – Angel Falls (Kingmambo) Ecurie des Monceaux and Meridian International 118 (Ire) c Shamardal – Scarlett Rose (Royal Applause) Oak Lodge Bloodstock 118 RHODODENDRON (Ire) f Galileo – Halfway To Heaven (Pivotal) Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt 116 TIS MARVELLOUS (GB) c *Harbour Watch – Mythicism (Oasis Dream) Crossfields Bloodstock 115p WAR DECREE (USA) c War Front – Royal Decree (Street Cry) Ar Enterprises 115+ ROLY POLY (USA) f War Front – Misty For Me (Galileo) Misty For Me Syndicate 115 BRAVE ANNA (USA) f War Front – Liscanna (Sadler’s Wells) Mrs Evie Stockwell 115 MEHMAS (Ire) c Acclamation – Lucina (Machiavellian) Epona Bloodstock 114 THE LAST LION (Ire) c Choisir – Mala Mala (Brief Truce) Barronstown Stud and Mrs Tommy Stack 113p CAPRI (Ire) c Galileo – Dialafara (Anabaa) Lynch Bages and Camas Park Stud 113p HARRY ANGEL (Ire) c Dark Angel – Beatrix Potter (Cadeaux Genereux) CBS Bloodstock 113 QUEEN KINDLY (GB) f *Frankel – Lady Of The Desert (Rahy) Rabbah Bloodstock *First season sires The above ratings appear by kind permission of Timeform (results up to and including Sunday, 23rd October 2016.

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2. RESTIANA (Fr), 3f, Kendargent – Restia (Montjeu) Bloodstock O: Guy Pariente, B: Guy Pariente Holdings, T: P Sogorb Peace of Insurance - 3. ROSENTAL (GB), 4f, Mind? Get Covered Pivotal – Rose Trail (Kingmambo) O: B W Neill, B: Darley, T: Luca Cumani [email protected] ~ www.bba-ireland.ie €77,000 2015 Arqana Deauville December Sale by Badgers Bloodstock 3. ECRIN DES BIEFFES (Fr), 2c, consigned by Darley Shakespearean – Nova Luz (Divine Light) O/T: Jose Alberto Remolina Diez, B: M Bridoux, Also ran: Rostova, Five Fifteen, Persona Grata, Salve Venezia, €15,000 Osarus September Yearling Sale Avenue Dargent, Gambissara, Classe Vendome, All About Time, by Alberto Remolina Diez Poti, Cumbfree consigned by Haras de l’Hotellerie Distances: 3l, 2½l, ½l, 2½l, nk Also ran: Mitchouka, Blues , Voiscreville, Chabelita, Prominent throughout, Godolphin’s homebred Powder Snow Danarosa, Fongani headed Restiana entering the final 200 metres and soon drew Distances: 3l, ½l, 2½l, ¼l, 3½l clear. Successful in a German Listed event in September, the chesnut thus became the 76th Graded/Group winner by the Gr.1 Second on her only previous outing, Heuristique (Shamardal) is Irish 2,000 Guineas, Gr.1 National Stakes and Gr.1 Prix Jacques Le out of the dual-winning Red Ransom mare T’As D’Beaux Yeux, Marois hero Dubawi, 26 of whom have triumphed at the highest who is a half-sister to the dual Listed winner Seal Bay (Hernando; level. dam of the Listed Copa de Oro de San Sebastian winner Powder Snow is the fifth foal of Snow Ballerina, whose two- Scalambra).Their dam is the triple Listed-placed Torrealta (In year-old daughter by Distorted Humor, Sea Of Snow, finished The ), a half-sister to the Gr.1 winner Torrestrella (Orpen; third in June’s Listed Woodcote Stakes. By Sadler’s Wells, Snow dam of the Gr.3-winning pair Farmah and Intilaaq) and Aqua Ballerina is out of Snow Bride, who famously inherited the Gr.1 Ring (Anabaa; dam of the Gr.2 winner Queens Ring), as well as Oaks on the disqualification of Aliysa and is thus a full-sister to Summer Sea (Bahhare; dam of the dual Listed winner Diego Abishenka, runner-up in the Listed and the dam of Valor and the Listed-placed La Mouche) Distorted Humor’s Gr.1 Prix Jean Prat ace Aesop’s Fables. By T’As D’Beaux Yeux has a yearling colt by Declaration Of War, a Blushing Groom out of Snow Knight’s Gr.1 and colt foal by Showcasing and visited Teofilo this season. Gr.1 Gran Premio del Jockey Club e Coppa d’Oro heroine Awaasif, Snow Bride produced the unbeaten Gr.1 Derby, Gr.1 King George NATIONAL HUNT STAKES RESULTS VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe hero Lammtarra to Nijinsky, the (now Gr.1) Al Maktoum Challenge (Round Three) winner Kammtarra and Listed-placed BRITAIN Haltarra to and the Gr.3 Prix d’Aumale victrix Saytarra and Gr.2 HYDE NOVICES’ HURDLE, Cheltenham, 2m5f, 4yo+ hdl, Gr.2 Godolphin Mile runner-up Qais to Seeking The Gold. By A P 1st £17,085, 2nd £6,411, 3rd £3,210 Indy, Saytarra’s daughter Say You Will finished second in the Gr.2 1. PEREGRINE RUN (Ire), 6g, La Canada Stakes, while Kammtarra’s full-sister Meniatarra King’s Theatre – Masriyna’s Article (Definite Article) produced Cherokee Run’s Gr.3 Autumn Stakes runner-up 2nd dam Masriyna (Shahrastani) Menokee. 3rd dam Masmouda (Dalsaan) Snow Ballerina has a yearling filly by Street Cry and visited Sea O/B: Vincent Byrne, T: Peter Fahey The Moon this season. ALASTAIR NICOLSON 2. WHOLESTONE (Ire), 5g, Craigsteel – Last Theatre (King’s Theatre) LR CRITERIUM DU LANGUEDOC, Toulouse, 1600m, 2yo, O: Simon Munir and Isaac Souede, 1st €32,500, 2nd €13,000, 3rd €9,750 B: Michael O’Donovan, T: Nigel Twiston-Davies 1. HEURISTIQUE (Ire), 2f, €11,000 2011 Tattersalls Ireland November NH Sale Shamardal – T’as d’Beaux Yeux (Red Ransom) by Ian Ferguson 2nd dam Torrealta (In The Wings) consigned by Ridge Manor Stud 3rd dam Sea Ring (Bering) 3. WEST APPROACH (GB), 6g, O: Ecurie de Montlahuc, B: Pontchartrain Stud T: F-H Graffard Westerner – Ardstown (Ardross) €100,000 Arqana Deauville August Yearling Sale O: John and Heather Snook, B: R F and S D Knipe, by Broadhurst Agency T: Colin Tizzard consigned by Haras d’Etreham €20,000 Tattersalls Ireland November NH Foal Sale 2. FUENTEESTEIS (Fr), 2f, by R Waters Stud, consigned by Cobhall Court Stud Falco – Fantasy Lady (Grand Slam) £10,000 2013 DBS August Sale by John Snook O: Roberto Avial Sanchez, B: Scea Haras de Manneville, consigned by Wells Stud T: R Avial Lopez €3,500 Arqana Deauville Autumn Mixed Sale Also ran: Spiritofthegames, Baden, Leith Hill Lad, Crosshue Boy, by Ramon Avial Lopez Bally Gilbert, Pilansberg consigned by Haras de Manneville Distances: 1l, 31l, 8l, 10l, 1l

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LR PRIX GASTON DESPRES, Angers, 4600m, 5yo+ chs, Going Fifty Years 1st €22,080, 2nd €11,040, 3rd €6,440 Places? Flying Horses 1. GORVELLO (Fr), 7g, [email protected] ~ www.bba-ireland.ie Poliglote – Rolandale (Mansonnien) 2nd dam Tarah Rederie (Cadoudal) 3rd dam Tilapia (Top Ville) Crossbow (Bernardini) and the Stakes-placed Forest Prince O: Mme Patrick Papot, B: Jack Thomas, T: G Macaire (Mineshaft). Their dam, Forest Heiress (Forest Wildcat), won 2. SAM (Fr), 5g, twice at Gr.3 level in North America and is a full-sister to the Gr.1 Maresca Sorrento – Hellisarp (Hellios) Frank J De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes winner and sire Wildcat O/T: G Denuault, Heir and the Stakes winner Forest Heir, and a half-sister to the B: Haras de la Rousselliere suc Andre and Emilie Chapatte Stakes winner The Hunk (Speightstown). The next dam 3. UNZO DU BARA (Fr), 8g, Penniless Heiress (Pentelicus) is a winning half-sister to the Gr.2 Network – Full Of Wisky (Useful) Bonnie Miss Stakes winner On To Royalty (On To Glory; dam of O: Janick Duchesne and Philippe Brechet, the Gr.1 Preakness Stakes winner and sire Louis Quatorze and B: Sebastian Aubel, T: F Nicolle the Gr.1 Gazelle Handicap winner Royal Indy).

Also ran: Sundown Kar, Vieux Morvan, Bourgueil, Golden Chop, 3.05 LINGFIELD PARK, 3YO+ MAIDEN, 1M4FAW Peti Kap (pu), Gold Dreamer (f) 1. BRODIE (GB), 3f, Distances: 5l, 8l, 2l, 4l, nk Sea The Stars – Dali’s Grey (Linamix) O: Normandie Stud, B: Aston House Stud, T: Luca Cumani 180,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale YESTERDAY’S RACING REVIEW by Anthony Stroud Bloodstock Distances: 3/4l, 1¼l. 8 ran. BRITAIN Brodie (Sea The Stars) pressed her paternal half-sister Statuesque three furlongs out and then kept on well under 11.45 LINGFIELD PARK, NURSERY, 7FAW pressure, taking up the running inside the final furlong and 1. HERSIGH (GB), 2f, staying on to score on her third start. She is a half-sister to the Gr.3 Poet’s Voice – Zayn Zen (Singspiel) Geelong Cup winner and Gr.1 Melbourne Cup-second Bauer 2nd dam Roshani () (Halling), as well as Batik (; dam of the dual 3rd dam Maratona (Be My Guest) Listed winner Bezique) and Surrealism (Pivotal; dam of the O: Godolphin, B: Darley, T: Saeed bin Suroor Listed Prix winner Momayyaz), and is the ninth foal of 2. Sans Souci Bay (GB), 3. Sparkle (GB) her dam Dali’s Grey (Linamix). She won at three and is a full- Distances: 1l, shd. 13 ran. sister to the Gr.3 Prix Cleopatre winner Diamonixa and the Gr.2 Pedigree: EBN2016-10-07 Prix de Malleret winner Diamilina (dam of the Gr.3 Prix de Conde- 12.45 LINGFIELD PARK, EBF 2YO MAIDEN, 5FAW second Diaghan and grandam of the Gr.2 Beresford Stakes winner Capri), and a half-sister to the Gr.3 Prix La Rochette winner, Classic-placed and sire Diamond Green (Green Desert), from a family which was developed by the late Jean-Luc Lagardere. ebfstallions.com Dali’s Grey has a yearling colt by . Brodie is catalogued as Lot 1740 in the Tattersalls December Mares Sale. 1. TEAM MEETING (USA), 2c, Exceed And Excel – Sylvan Song (Street Cry) 4.15 WOLVERHAMPTON, 2YO MAIDEN, 7FAW O: Godolphin, B: Darley, T: Saeed bin Suroor 1. CLIFFS OF CAPRI (GB), 2g, Distances: 1l, 13/4l. 8 ran. Canford Cliffs – Shannon Spree (Royal Applause) O: Rathordan Partnership, B: Glebe Farm Stud, T: Simon Crisford 45,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2 by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock KYBRED Distances: 11l, 13/4l. 11 ran. USBRED Cliffs Of Capri (Canford Cliffs) took the lead over a furlong out and stayed on well to score on his second start. He is the first foal of his dam Shannon Spree (Royal Applause), who won at two Team Meeting (Exceed And Excel) was hampered leaving the and is a half-sister to four other winners. Their dam Some Diva stalls, but soon got back into contention. He made headway over (Dr Fong) won at three and is a half-sister to the Gr.1 Middle Park a furlong out to take the lead and ran on well to score on his Stakes winner and sire (Primo Dominie) and debut. He is the first foal of his dam Sylvan Song (Street Cry), the Gr.2 Cherry Hinton Stakes winner Dora Carrington (Sri who is a winning half-sister to the Gr.3 James Marvin Stakes-third Pekan; dam of the Gr.3 Colin Stephen Quality Stakes winner

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Julienas and grandam of the Listed-placed High Octane). The by John Ferguson Bloodstock next dam Dorothea Brooke () is a daughter of the consigned by Athassel House Stud Champion racemare Bridge (Connaught). 2. Masham Star (Ire), 3. Draw Swords (GB). Shannon Spree has a yearling filly by Mayson. Distances: 21l, 2l. 6 ran. Pedigree: EBN2016-10-19 4.45 WOLVERHAMPTON, 2YO MAIDEN DIV I, 1M1/2FAW 1. FIRST NATION (GB), 2c, Dubawi – Moyesii (Diesis) IRELAND O: Godolphin, B: Darley, T: Charlie Appleby Distances: 23/4l, 1l. 11 ran. 6.05 DUNDALK, NURSERY, 6FAW 1. LITTLE MISS WILLOW (Ire), 2f, First Nation (Dubawi) took the lead over two furlongs out and Footstepsinthesand – Carakiysa (Docksider) ran on well to win at the second time of asking. He is a half-brother O: Gary Davis, B: G Davis & Ms S Davis, T: Brendan W Duke to the dual Gr.1 winner Mastery (Sulamani) and the Gr.1 (then) Distances: hd, hd, 11 ran. Gran Criterium winner Kirklees (Jade Robbery), as well as Magic Tree (Timber Country; dam of the Gr.1 winner and Little Miss Willow (Footstepsinthesand), unplaced in her four sire Mukhadram and the Gr.3 Stakes-third Woodland previous runs, just held on in a three-way photo finish. She is the Aria) and Artisti (Cape Cross; dam of the dual Gr.3 winner and fifth named foal out of Carakiysa (Docksider), an unraced half- Gr.1-placed Magic Artist), and is the eleventh foal of his dam sister to eight winners, headed by the Gr.1 Prix de la Foret winner Moyesii (Diesis). She is a winning half-sister to the Gr.3 Prix de and sire Caradak (Desert Style), the Irish Listed-placed Carallia Fontainebleau winner and Classic-placed Bowman () (Common Grounds; dam of Listed victrix Divine) and the Gr.3- and the Gr.1 Al Quoz Sprint-second Ahtoug (Byron), as well as placed hurdler Caraman (Grand Lodge). The second dam, Hint Of Spring (Seeking The Gold; dam of the Listed winner Caraiyma (Shahrastani), is a winning full-sister to the Irish Gr.3 Tulips), Rose Of France (; dam of the Gr.2 Challenge Stakes winner Cajarian and a half-sister to the Australian Listed scorer winner, Gr.1-placed and young sire Cable Bay) and Cara Bella Very Sydney (Danehill) and the Listed-placed pair Floral (Seeking The Gold; dam of the Gr.3 winner Bello). The next dam Dynamite (Danehill) and Dancer And Son (Suave Dancer). The Cherokee Rose (Dancing Brave) won the Gr.1 Haydock Sprint third dam, the dual winner Caraniya (Darshaan), is also the Cup and the Gr.1 Prix Maurice de Gheest). second dam of the Gr.1-winning sprinter Margot Did. 5.15 WOLVERHAMPTON, 2YO MAIDEN DIV II, 1M1/2FAW 7.05 DUNDALK, EBF 2YO MAIDEN, 1MAW 1. AFRICAN BEAT (Ire), 2f, Cape Cross – Rythmic (Dubai Destination) O: Godolphin, B: Darley, T: Distances: 3/4l, 1 l. 11 ran. ebfstallions.com

Always handy, African Beat (Cape Cross) took up the running over a furlong out and, though pressed in the closing stages, held 1. DRAKE PASSAGE (Ire), 2g, on to win on her second start. She is the first foal of her dam Dandy Man – Piece Unique (Barathea) Rythmic (Dubai Destination), who won three times and is out of O: Mrs Barbara M Keller, B: Mr Albert Conneally, Northern Melody (Singspiel). She is an unraced half-sister to the T: John M Oxx Gr.1 winner and sire Anabaa Blue (Anabaa), €13,500 Goffs November Foal Sale the Listed Virginia Fillies’ Stakes winner Reunite (Kingmambo) by Moanmore Stables and the Listed Swettenham Stud Fillies’ Trial Stakes winner €75,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale Measured Tempo (Sadler’s Wells), as well as Anja (Indian Ridge; by Sackville Donald dam of the Gr.3 Prix Miesque winner Aboulie and grandam of the Distances: 2¼l, 1l. 13 ran. Gr.2 Greenlands Stakes winner and sire Mustajeeb) and Al Ishq Drake Passage (Dandy Man) had finished second in all three (Nureyev; dam of the dual Gr.1 winner and sire Nayef). The next previous starts, including when beaten by a head at Leopardstown dam Allez Les Trois () won the Gr.3 Prix de Flore and is and half a length at Killarney, and he made all last night for a a half-sister to the Champion racemare and legendary broodmare comfortable victory on his first all-weather start. He is a half- Urban Sea (Miswaki; dam of Galileo, Sea The Stars, Black Sam brother to winners by Dubawi, Kheleyf and Art Connoisseur Bellamy, Born To Sea et al) and the Gr.1 2,000 Guineas winner and is the sixth named foal out of the placed Barathea mare and sire King’s Best (Kingmambo). Piece Unique. Her dam, the French winner City Ex (Ardross), is Rythmic has a filly foal by Daiwa Major. the dam of eight winners from 13 foals, including Gr.3 winners 5.45 WOLVERHAMPTON, NURSERY, 1M1/2FAW Donkey Engine and Petit Poucet (both by Fairy King), and is the 1. COMMANDER COLE (GB), 2c, grandam of the dual Gr.3 winner and sire Arakan. The third dam, Kyllachy – Welsh Angel (Dubai Destination) Rhythmique (The Minstrel), who produced ten winners, is 2nd dam Bright Halo (Bigstone) herself one of eleven successful progeny out of her dam, the US 3rd dam Solo De Lune (Law Society) winner Georgica (Raise A Native). O: Godolphin, B: Usk Valley Stud, T: Saeed bin Suroor Piece Unique has a yearling colt by Approve (led out unsold for 130,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale by Abbey Farm €3,500 at the Goffs Open Yearling Sale) and a colt foal from the consigned by Usk Valley Stud first crop by Moohaajim (Lot 326 at the Goffs November Foal 150,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2 Sale). She visited Bungle Inthejungle this year.

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9.05 DUNDALK, 3YO+ MAIDEN, 7FAW Rain Esteem has a colt foal named Emmasamiclau by Tin 1. MAI O’HIGGINS (Ire), 3f, Horse. BR Strategic Prince – Zaafran (Singspiel) 1.30 (GMT) NIMES, 2YO MAIDEN, 1900M O/B: Michael D Ryan, T: Tracey Collins 1. MONTAGNE ROSE (Ire), 2f, Distances: ½l, nk. 13 ran. Dark Angel – Mountain Rose (Tiger Hill) Unplaced on her two previous starts, Mai O’Higgins (Strategic O/B: Jean-Claude Seroul T: F Rossi Prince) made most of the running and landed a 16-1 win. She is a Distances: 2½l, 1l. 13 ran. half-sister to Eagle Valley (Mastercraftsman), a winner on the Montagne Rose (Dark Angel) looked a smart winning debutante all-weather on this track and on the snow in Switzerland, and to and is the first winner out of Mountain Rose (Tiger Hill), who the winning pointer Bletchley Castle (Dylan Thomas). She is the won in Germany and is a half-sister to the Australian Gr.1 sixth foal out of Zaafran (Singspiel), a Listed-placed full-sister to Doomben Cup winner Mawingo (Tertullian) and German winner the Gr.3-placed Listed victrix Zayn Zen. They are among the four Menace (Monsun). Their dam Montfleur (Sadler’s Wells) is a successful progeny of the winner Roshani (Kris), who is also the half-sister to the Gr.2 Arlington Classic victor Mr Mellon (Red second dam of the Listed winner Aussie Reigns. Roshani is a half- Ransom), the Japanese Gr.3 winner Seeking The Best (Seeking sister to the Italian Listed-placed Employ Force (Alleged), out of The Gold) and the Stakes-placed pair Danehill Bury and Maratona (Be My Guest), a lightly-raced half-sister to the top- Beaucette. The third dam is the Gr.3 Busher Stakes victrix and class fillies and . Gr.1-placed Mackie (Summer Squall), who is a half-sister to the Zaafran’s yearling is a Finsceal Fior filly and she produced a colt Gr.1 Kentucky Derby winner and sire Sea Hero (Polish Navy), by Zoffany in April. dual Gr.1 winner and sire Hero’s Honor () and the Gr.2 winners Glowing Honor (Seattle Slew) and Wild FRANCE Applause (Northern Dancer), as well as Gr.3 victrix Seattle Glow (Seattle Slew). Their dam Glowing Tribute (Graustark) was a triple Gr.2 winner. 11.00 (GMT) STRASBOURG, 2YO CLAIMER, 1400M Mountain Rose has a yearling Tamayuz colt called Tamaros, a 1. NAREIA (Ger), 2f, colt foal by Kendargent and visited Tamayuz again this year. BR Areion – Navicella (Beat Hollow) O: Stall Helena, B: H Gritscher, T: Mario Hofer 3.30 (GMT) TOULOUSE, 2YO CLAIMER, 1600M €6,000 2015 BBAG October Mixed Sale 1. SIVINSK (Fr), 2c, Distances: 5l, 2l. 14 ran. Siyouni – Vinskaia (Vindication) O/B: Ecurie Jarlan T: Didier Guillemin The German-trained Nareia (Areion) was unplaced in her first €40,000 Arqana October Yearling Sale by Fabrice Chappet two starts at home, but made a successful trip to France and won Distances: 3/4l, nse. 16 ran. very easily. She is the first foal out of the winner Navicella (Beat Hollow), who is a half-sister to ten winners including, the 2001 Sivinsk (Siyouni) was unplaced on his first three starts, but Gr.1 Preis der Diana third Nouvelle Fortune (Alzao; dam of Listed stayed on here in a close finish. He is out of the placed Vinskaia victrix Nouvelle Neige) and Listed winners Novita (American (Vindication), who is a half-sister to Gr.2 Prix d’Astarte winner Post) and Nobilissima (Bluebird; dam of the multiple Listed Daneskaya (Danehill; dam of the Listed winner and Gr.1 Hong winner Nianga). She shares her grandam, the Listed winner Kong-placed Six Sense), Gr.3 Prix de Royaumont winner Nouvelle Reine (Konigsstuhl), with the Group-winning fillies Silverskaya (Silver Hawk; dam of Gr.1 The Metropolitan winner Nouvelle and Norderney. The third dam, Night Blue and Gr.1 Irish derby runner-up Seville) and the dual Stakes winner (Arratos), was a Munich Listed winner and third in the Gr.2 (then) Mumtaz (Kaldoun). Their dam Boubskaia (Niniski) won and Preis der Diana and she also produced the Gr.1 Deutsches Derby was Listed-placed in France, and she is herself out of Frenetique runner-up Night Line. BR (Tyrant) who won four races in France, including three Listed races, and has produced seven winners including the two stallions 12.25 (GMT) SAINT-BRIEUC, 2YO MAIDENS, 1700M Will Dancer (Groom Dancer), who won nine races in Italy and 1. HANN YOYO AVENUE (Fr), 2c, USA including the Gr.1 Grand Criterium and two Gr.3 races, and Hannouma – Rain Esteem (Mark Of Esteem) Dancing Eagle (Bellypha), who won eight races in Italy, including O/T: Loic Edon B: JP Chaze & L Orillard & Mme M Chaze the Gr.2 Premio Umbria. Distances: ½l, nk. 12 ran. Vinskaia has a yearling colt named Venussio by Maiguri and Hann Yoyo Avenue (Hannouma) won this on his eleventh an Elusive City colt foal. BR attempt and is the first winner from two foals out of the five-time winner Rain Esteem (Mark Of Esteem). She is a half-sister to the ITALY winners Rain Amani (Sulamani), Rain Artist’s (Montmartre), and Rain Star (Starborough), out of nine-time French winner 1.40 (GMT) ROME, NURSERY, 1200M Rain Lily (Priolo). The third dam, Reversible (Formidable), 1. DON’T STOP MY RUN (Ire), 2c, produced five winners from eight runners, including Tiger Blitz Zoffany – Sacre Fleur (Acclamation) (Medaaly), who won three times on the Flat and over jumps, and O/T: Roberto Brogi, B: Sacre Fleur Partnership Danimac (Zieten), who won three races. The fourth dam Revelry €65,000 Goffs November Foal Sale (Blakeney) produced winners by Thatching, Myrakalu, Cardoun by GH Bloodstock and Solid Illusion. €22,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale

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by Alberto Panetta Distances: 4l, nk. 6 ran. STAKES FIELDS Don’t Stop My Run (Zoffany), who showed some ability on his debut in May but has disappointed four times since, scored easily BRITAIN from the previous winner Mati High Level (Red Rocks). He is the LR GOLDEN ROSE STAKES, Lingfield, 6fAW, 3yo+, 1st £22,684, second winner out of Sacre Fleur (Acclamation), who scored 2nd £8,600, 3rd £4,304, 12.50pm once in Germany and is a half-sister to Strawberry Fields (Tenby), AEOLUS (GB), 5g, who won the Gr.2 (then) Premio Guido Berardelli. The second Araafa – Bright Moll (Mind Games) dam, Salviostra (Cagliostro), won four times in Germany and CAPTAIN COLBY (USA), 4g, delivered nine winners, including the Listed scorer and Gr.3- Bernstein – Escape To Victory (Salse) placed Sachsenking (High Estate) and the Listed-placed DHAHMAAN (Ire), 3c, Sheraton (Brief Truce). Salviostra is a half-sister to Santina Kodiac – Heroine Chic (Big Bad Bob) (Gimont), who ran third in the Gr.2 (then) Preis der Diana. GRACIOUS JOHN (Ire), 3c, Sacred Fleur has a yearling filly by Most Improved and a colt Baltic King – Dorn Hill (Lujain) foal by the same sire (catalogued as Lot 351 at the Goffs KIMBERELLA (GB), 6g, November Foal Sale). FRANCO RAIMONDI Kyllachy – Gleam Of Light (Danehill) 2.40 (GMT) ROME, 2YO F MAIDEN, 1200M LORD OF THE LAND (Ire), 5h, 1. MAJORELLE (Fr), 2f, Shamardal – Lady Vettori (Vettori) Myboycharlie – Carolina Shot () MEDICEAN MAN (GB), 10g, O: Crossing Promotion, B: B Le Roux, Y Le Roux & P Simian Medicean – Kalindi (Efisio) T: A Marcialis MYTHMAKER (GB), 4g, €13,000 Arqana October Yearling Sale Major Cadeaux – Mythicism (Oasis Dream) by Bozzi Bloodstock OUTBACK TRAVELLER (Ire), 5g, Distances: 6l, 3½l. 7 ran. Bushranger – Blue Holly (Blues Traveller) REALIZE (GB), 6g, Majorelle (Myboycharlie) learned a lot from her debut and Zafeen – Relkida (Bertolini) easily beat the favourite Isolina (Intense Focus). She is the RIVELLINO (GB), 6g, second foal and the first winner out of Carolina Shoot (Selkirk), Invincible Spirit – Brazilian Bride (Pivotal) who ran few times and is a half-sister to the fast Alderney Race JANE’S MEMORY (Ire), 4f, (Seeking The Gold), who won a couple of valuable handicaps at Captain Rio – Dancing (Averti) Newmarket. The second dam Oyster Catcher (Bluebird) won the Listed Belgrave Stakes and ran third in the Gr.3 Concorde Stakes. LR CHURCHILL STAKES, Lingfield, 1m2fAW, 3yo+, 1st £25,520, The third dam Brigid (Irish River) delivered the Gr.1 winner 2nd £9,675, 3rd £4,842, 2.00pm Sequoyah (Sadler’s Wells; dam of the multiple Classic winner BERKSHIRE (Ire), 5h, and sire Henrythenavigator) and Gr.1 winner Listen (Sadler’s Mount Nelson – Kinnaird (Dr Devious) Wells), dam of the Japanese Gr.2 scorer Touching Speed (Deep ENERGIA DAVOS (Brz), 8g, Impact). Torrential – Star Brisingamen (Maria’s Mon) Carolina Shoot has a yearling filly by Hurricane Cat and a filly EDUCATE (GB), 7g, foal by Style Vendome. FRANCO RAIMONDI Echo Of Light – Pasithea (Celtic Swing) 5.00 (GMT) ROME, 2YO CLAIMER, 1600MAW GRENDISAR (Ire), 6h, 1. STRANGWAY (Ire), 2c, Invincible Spirit – Remarkable Story (Mark Of Esteem) Arcano – Chinese Democracy (Proud Citizen) MASTER THE WORLD (Ire), 5g, O/T: Glauco Cicognani, B: Northern Bloodstock Agency Mastercraftsman – Zadalla (Zaha) €10,000 Goffs November Foal Sale MAVERICK WAVE (USA), 5h, by T Hillman Elusive Quality – Misty Ocean (Stormy Atlantic) €15,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale METROPOL (Ire), 5h, by Glauco Cicognani Holy Roman Emperor – Monetary (Winged Love) Distances: shd, nse. 8 ran. RESTORER (GB), 4c, Mastercraftsman – Moon Empress (Rainbow Quest) Strangway (Arcano), unplaced in his first three starts, prevailed YORKER (SAf), 7g, in a three-way photo. He is the first winner from two foals of Jet Master – Little Indian (Al Mufti) racing age out of Chinese Democracy (Proud Citizen), who TEAM TALK (GB), 3g, scored twice and collected twelve places in 45 starts. She is a half- Teofilo – Native Blue (Seeking The Gold) sister to the smart US performer Spotsgone (Bright Launch), FLAMBEUSE (GB), 5m, who won ten races, including a couple of Gr.3s. The second dam Cape Cross – Flamenba (Kingmambo) Double’s Lass (Mr Leader) delivered nine winners, including two others at Stakes level by Bright Launch. The third dam is the Stakes-placed Take Your Place mare Double Place. Chinese Democracy has a colt foal by Helmet, catalogued as Lot 743 at the Goffs November Foal Sale. FRANCO RAIMONDI

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FRANCE EXCELEBRATION Cheerfilly (Ire), 2f, ex Classic Remark (Dr Fong) LR PRIX DENISY, Saint-Cloud, 3100m, 3yo+, 1st €26,000, 6.15 Wolverhampton, EBF fillies’ maiden, 6fAW 2nd €10,400, 3rd €7,800, 2.45pm (GMT) FRANKEL SANDRO BOTTICELLI (Ire), 4g, Harba (Ire), 2f, ex Kirinda (Tiger Hill) Galileo – Ask For The Moon (Dr Fong) 6.15 Wolverhampton, EBF fillies’ maiden, 6fAW ROCK OF ROMANCE (Ire), 6h, Rock Of Gibraltar – Romantic Venture (Indian Ridge) HARBOUR WATCH EOS QUERCUS (Ire), 4g, Filante (Ire), 2f, ex Frangy (Sadler’s Wells) Arcano – Khaizarana (Alhaarth) 12.05 [GMT] Saint-Cloud, unraced, 1500m NAHUAL (Fr), 5g, Wotadoll (GB), 2f, ex Rhapsilian (Dansili) American Post – Nahuala (Chichicastenango) 6.15 Wolverhampton, fillies’ maiden, 6fAW GOLDEN GUEPARD (Ire), 5h, Nothing Compares (GB), 2f, ex Endorsement (Warning) Hurricane Run – Grey Lilas (Danehill) 6.45 Wolverhampton, EBF maiden, 1m1½fAW FORGOTTEN RULES (Ire), 6g, MAYSON Nayef – Utterly Heaven (Danehill) Nuzha (GB), 2f, ex Always On My Mind (Distant Relative) PEARL DRAGON (Fr), 5h, 6.15 Wolverhampton, EBF fillies’ maiden, 6fAW Nicobar – La Marlia (Kaldounevees) KLOUD GATE (Fr), 4g, RAJSAMAN Astronomer Royal – Talkata (Suave Dancer) Princess Of Snow (Ire), 2f, ex Mahendra (Next Desert) VALAYNNA (Fr), 5m, 12.35 [GMT] Saint-Cloud, conditions, 1400m Al Namix – Dayna (Tobougg) Beslon (Fr), 2g, ex Influence (Dansili) RETURN ACE (GB), 4f, 4.00 [GMT] Marseille Pont de Vivaux, maiden, 1500mAW Zamindar – Match Point (Unfuwain) REQUINTO SHALAKAR (Fr), 3c, King Beauty (Ire), 2c, ex Mosaique Beauty (Sadler’s Wells) Cape Cross – Shalanaya (Lomitas) 3.55 Milan, nursery, 1400m Heaven’s Rock (Ire), 2g, ex Rockfleet Castle (Rock Of Gibraltar) NORTH AMERICA 5.45 Wolverhampton, nursery, 6fAW SIR PRANCEALOT EUROPEAN BRED RUNNERS Chevalier Du Lac (Ire), 2c, ex Crimson Sunrise (Holy Roman Emperor) 5.45 Wolverhampton, nursery, 6fAW Gr.3 RED SMITH HANDICAP, Aqueduct, 1m3fT, 3yo+, $200,000, TIN HORSE 3.17pm (local time), Race 7 Power Becqua (Fr), 2c, ex Khayriya (Valanour) BIZ THE NURSE (Ire), 5h, 4.00 [GMT] Marseille Pont De Vivaux, maiden, 1500mAW Oratorio – Biz Bar (Tobougg) MESSI (Ger), 6g, New Approach – Messina (Dashing Blade) WAKE FOREST (Ger), 6h, Sir Percy – Wurfspiel (Lomitas)

Gr.3 COMMONWEALTH TURF STAKES, Churchill Downs, 1m½fT, 3yo, $100,000, 5.30pm (local time), Race 10 BLACKOUT (Fr), 3c, Dream Ahead – Belle Masquee (Oratorio) IKERRIN ROAD (Ire), 3c, Iffraaj – Fantastic Spring (Fantastic Light) US DOLLAR: 1.2594 SWEDISH KRONA: 11.4160 EURO: 1.1589 NORWEGIAN KRONE: 10.5821 SWISS FRANC: 1.2423 DANISH KRONE: 8.6225 JAPANESE YEN: 134.1950 UAE DIRHAM: 4.6265 FIRST CROP SIRE MAIDENS CANADIAN DOLLAR: 1.7049 RUSSIAN RUBLE: 82.9760 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR: 1.6691 SINGAPORE DOLLAR: 1.7758 NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR: 1.7651 HONG KONG DOLLAR: 9.7617 CAMPANOLOGIST Avantgardist (Ger), 2c, ex Avocette () Above rates are the mid-market rates at 3.45pm on 11/11/2016 6.45 Wolverhampton, EBF maiden, 1m1½fAW CASAMENTO Echoism (Ire), 2f, ex Epic Similie (Lomitas) Copyright European Bloodstock News 7.15 Wolverhampton, nursery, 1m½fAW This news sheet may not be reproduced in any form or by any DUEL means, electronically or mechanical, without the prior consent Sopran Duke (Ity), 2c, ex It’s No Joke (Fusaichi Pegasus) of the copyright owner, Thoroughbred Advertising 3.55 Milan, nursery, 1400m

22 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 LEADING SIRES’ TABLE EBN: SATURDAY, 12TH NOVEMBER 2016

Leading First Crop Sires in Europe in 2016 Sponsored by in order of individual winners Northmore Stud Sire Born Grandsire Runners Winners Wins Placed Places BT BT GP GP % Winners Total Money £ Winners Placed Winners Placed to runners 1 SIR PRANCEALOT 2010 Tamayuz 75 30 43 29 149 22 11 40 585,163 2 DRAGON PULSE 2009 Kyllachy 45 21 30 15 99 22 12 47 377,060 3 EXCELEBRATION 2008 Exceed and Excel 60 18 20 25 89 03 02 30 220,385 4 FOXWEDGE 2008 Fastnet Rock 46 17 20 20 78 03 03 37 260,702 SEPOY 2008 Elusive Quality 47 17 21 14 48 23 13 36 246,270 6 BATED BREATH 2007 Dansili 47 16 22 15 79 03 03 34 284,998 FRANKEL 2008 Galileo 35 16 26 11 31 41 40 46 462,930 HARBOUR WATCH 2009 Acclamation 71 16 23 36 111 10 10 23 284,797 HELMET 2008 Exceed and Excel 52 16 27 21 64 13 12 31 537,269 POWER 2009 Oasis Dream 41 16 23 13 52 41 21 39 343,365 REQUINTO 2009 Dansili 31 16 23 9 48 01 01 52 221,679 12 ELZAAM 2008 Redoute’s Choice 34 15 22 9 60 10 01 44 240,933 MAYSON 2008 Invincible Spirit 47 15 23 21 80 34 02 32 385,701 14 CASAMENTO 2008 Shamardal 52 12 16 24 85 02 02 23 197,911 15 BORN TO SEA 2009 Invincible Spirit 42 11 13 15 41 12 10 26 143,907 RAJSAMAN 2007 Linamix 49 11 16 21 61 11 01 22 273,819 REDOUTE’S CHOICE 1996 Danehill 22 11 11 5 22 01 00 50 120,310 18 JUKEBOX JURY 2006 Montjeu 27 9 10 11 23 00 00 33 50,561 NATHANIEL 2008 Galileo 38 9 9 16 38 02 02 24 98,130 20 RIO DE LA PLATA 2005 Rahy 25 8 9 13 32 01 01 32 110,950 21 DELEGATOR 2006 Dansili 27 7 11 5 17 10 10 26 168,434 22 CAMPANOLOGIST 2005 Kingmambo 18 4 5 10 20 10 10 22 103,995 CAPTAIN CHOP 2008 Indian Rocket 8 4 6316 00 00 50 71,612 FAMOUS NAME 2005 Dansili 21 4 5512 10 00 19 69,677 SAYIF 2006 Kheleyf 13 4 7425 00 00 31 75,385 26 BLACK MAMBAZO 2005 Statue Of Liberty 5 3 5 0700 00 60 22,301 TIN HORSE 2008 Sakhee 23 3 5 11 33 00 00 13 73,482 28 ALGORITHMS 2009 Bernardini 2 2 5 0500 00100 9,790 BRILLIANT SPEED 2008 Dynaformer 2 2 3 0601 01100 41,017 NO RISK AT ALL 2007 My Risk 8 2 3 2500 00 25 13,927 SO YOU THINK 2006 High Chaparral 19 2 2913 00 00 11 25,737 STAY THIRSTY 2008 Bernardini 2 2 2 0100 00100 7,856 TAI CHI 2009 High Chaparral 3 2 2 1800 00 67 24,794 Statistics supplied by Promotions Ltd. Results received to November 10th.

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