DerrinstownDigest Derrinstown Stud Quarterly Newsletter / July 2010

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Magical MARJU strikes again with in Group 1 Irish 1000 Guineas

Guineas weekend at the Curragh purchased for €160,000 at Commando, winner of the Listed in May proved to be a hugely Goffs Million Sale and was bred by Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal successful one for veteran stallion William Kennedy’s Tullpark Limited. Ascot. MARJU and a most memorable Her dam Reve d’Iman, is a full sister one for . It was a to Group 1 Prix Saint-Alary winner MARJU has now had eight individual glorious weekend of sunshine at Reve d’Oscar. She had most Group 1 winners, including Group 1 the Curragh and MARJU’s daughter recently won the G3 Derrinstown heroine , Group 1 Prix BETHRAH fought it out to win the G1 Stud Guineas Trial at Leopardstown de Diane winner , Group 1 Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas two weeks previously to this win. Australasian Oaks winner MARJU on the rail by a head from Anna Salai MARJU is also the damsire of G1 SNIP, Hong Kong seven time Group with in third, with barely Abu Dhabi 2000 Guineas and G1 1 winner and most half a length separating the first five St James’s Palace Stakes winner recent Group 1 winners BETHRAH home in a thrilling finish. BETHRAH Canford Cliffs and also Marine and CHINCHON etc.

MARJU has had a stellar year so earner in the history of Hong THIRD GROUP 1 far particularly with the exploits Kong racing. It was his 16th of VIVA PATACA. He won the G1 victory and his eight Group 1 winner for MARJU in Audemars Piguet QEII Cup in April success. He now has earnings 2010 as CHINCHON for the third time. This victory of over HK$80,232,500. MARJU propelled him into the record books is also the sire of Hong Kong scores stateside. and he is now the highest money Champion INDIGENOUS. [See Page 3] DerrinstownDigest / July 2010 Page 2

Fairytale ending for Intikhab as takes both G1 English & Irish Oaks

Snow Fairy takes the G1 Investc Oaks. Snow Fairy stretches clear to win the G1 Darley Irish Oaks by a very impressive eight lengths.

SNOW FAIRY, by Derrinstown stallion INTIKHAB, has the weekend at the Curragh had caused slight concern now won both the G1 Investec Oaks at Epsom and for her trainer, but when she hit the front a furlong and Group 1 Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh. Her trainer a half out, it was all over as she stretched clear of and owner/breeder Cristina Patino decided her rivals. She may now be possibly aimed at the G1 to supplement her at a cost of £20,000 for the G1 , G1 Prix de l’Opera or she could be Investec Oaks after her impressive three length supplemented for the Breeders’ Cup. victory over Pipette in the Listed Blue Square Height Of Fashion Stakes at Goodwood. This decision was She is owned and bred by Cristina Patino’s Windflower certainly justified as she flashed home under jockey Overseas Holdings. She is out of a half-sister to the . He unleashed SNOW FAIRY with a perfectly G3 winner and sire Big Bad Bob, from the family of timed challenge to hold off Meeznah by a head in a race dual G3 winner Elusive Pimpernel. She was sent that was not the most straightforward of contests. through the ring as a yearling at the December She showed both speed and toughness to land this Sale and was bought back for Group 1 event. After this sparkling performance, she €1,800. She was subsequently put into training by was supplemented for the Irish equivalent and again her owner, a decision which has now paid back delighted connections with a fairytale win, with her handsome dividends, as she will be a valuable addition nearest rival Miss Jean Brodie a staggering eight to their broodmare band when she retires to the lengths adrift. Unfavourable weather conditions over paddocks after her racing career.

INTIKHAB has had a tremendous season to HAFAWA and BONNIE CHARLIE have all been date, not only having a dual Group 1 winner in placed at Group level. Also another exciting SNOW FAIRY, he sired double Listed winners prospect to watch out for is INTIKHAB’s two in June with KIDNAPPING and PARIS TO year old son KHAWATIM, unbeaten in two PEKING. KIDNAPPING has now won a total starts in and holds an entry in the of three Listed races this year in Italy, while G1 . INTIKHAB, sire of PARIS TO PEKING won the Listed Premio GROUP 1 winners RED EVIE, PAITA, SNOW Vittorio Crespi on her 2yo debut. Other Listed FAIRY, as well as stakes winners ASCERTAIN, winners in 2010 include LES FAZANNI, KURT HOH MIKE, MOON UNIT, TOUPIE, and FAT CHOY ICHIBAN while INDIANA GAL, SHAMAKIYA, WITHOUT A PRAYER etc. DerrinstownDigest / July 2010 Page 3

CHINCHON scores in Group 1 United Nations Stakes [Continued from Page 1]

individual Group 1 winner, he also for the Breeders’ Cup Turf should took the first Group race of the 2010 his trainer Carlos Laffon-Parias season in France when winning decide to take this route. the G3 Prix Exbury. This was his second G3 win following his victory FANJURA (Marju), formally trained in last seasons G3 La Coupe de by , who has now joined Maisons-Laffitte on his final start. the Lee Freedman stable, took the Group 3 Le Pine Funerals Easter This Group 1 win is certainly well Cup at Caulfield on his most recent deserved after CHINCHON missed outing. He will now be aimed at the After the exploits of MARJU’s VIVA his chance earlier in the year when Spring Carnival while two year filly PATACA and BETHRAH both winning the volcanic ash prevented him from MARLINKA won the Listed Prix des at Group 1 level this year, Irish bred taking part in the G1 Audemar’s Reves D’or at Vichy in July. French raider CHINCHON came from Piguet QEII Cup in Hong Kong. last to first at Monmouth Park to win CHINCHON descends from the Unfortunately Marju was recently the Group 1 Untied Nations Stakes brilliant mare SEX APPEAL via struck with a bout of laminitis in worth US$750,000. He beat a Northern Prancer, a sister to El May. He was stood down from strong field including five previous GranSenor and . He is covering duties for the remainder Group 1 winners including favourite one of two winners out of his winning of this season, but thankfully, he Take The Points by a length and dam JARAMA (Hector Protector). is proving to be a model patient, is a half with Winchester in third. CHINCHON has now earned an responding to treatment, and is CHINCHON is now Marju’s eighth automatic spot in the starting gate making encouraging progress.

fifth in the G1 Investec Derby and was a Derrinstown Day close second to Cape Blanco in the G1 at Leopardstown Dubai Duty Free in June.

We were once again blessed with glorious The day was certainly topped off when sunshine at Leopardstown on Sunday 9th Shadwell Racings BETHRAH took the G3 May for the Derrinstown Stud sponsored 1000 Guineas Trial, a daughter of resident G2 Derby and G3 Guineas Trials. stallion MARJU. The filly got her head in front in the final strides to win by a neck Aiden O’Brien certainly had the ‘Midas from the Jim Bolger trained Atasari, with Touch’ as his colt struck gold by taking the Hen Night in third. She was taking a G2 Guineas Trial from favourite Address considerable step up in class after winning Unknown in the closing stages for a two a maiden at Limerick the previous month. length win. This was a winning seasonal She settled in fourth and came through debut for Midas Touch, a son of and to challenge inside the final two furlongs part-owned by Denford Stud. Ballydoyle have and ran on bravely to get her head in front. won this race no less than seven times in BETHRAH went on to win the G1 Irish the past ten years, their previous successes 1000 Guineas at the Curragh in May in having included subsequent Classic winners a thrilling blanket finish (see page 1.) Fame and Glory, Dylan Thomas, High much to the delight of trainer Dermot Chaparral and Galileo. Midas Touch finished Weld and all at Shadwell. DerrinstownDigest / July 2010 Page 4

including both the English and Irish 2000 Bahri on the move Guineas. BAHRI has been responsible for several high quality performers, including Derrinstown Stallion and homebred BAHRI, the Group winners , Alshakr, Secret European Champion Miler in 1995 and History, Acts of Grace and Gesture and son of , has been leased to Frank stakes winners Champery, Antonym, and Susan Corbett’s Girsonfield Stud in Cosmodrome and Albahri. Girsonfield is Northumberland. Girsonfield Stud is located also home to stallions MILLKOM (Cyrano in the village of Otterburn, with over 600 de Bergerac), an exceptional racehorse and acres of land. Frank and Susan started winner of three Group 1 races including the this venture and now, ten years on, they Group 1 , Group 1 Grand Prix have developed this farm into a Stud with de Paris and Group 1 Man O’ War Stakes. excellent facilities. The stud also stands FERRULE, by champion sire from the family of and BAHRI won two Group 1 races for Shadwell DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT. scoring impressively by six lengths in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot and If you are interested in using BAHRI for the recording an equally emphatic four length 2011 season, contact: Susan Corbett at success in the G1 St James’s Palace Stakes Girsonfield Stud on: 0044 (0) 7713 520771 at the same venue’s Royal Ascot meeting. He or 0044 (0) 7713 651215, or email: was also G1 placed on four other occasions, [email protected]

Derrinstown Stud Staff Profile Amy Byrne

Amy Byrne, a native of Kildare from Donadea, she commenced full time employment. She has always had a love of horses. Although her is responsible for the day to day care of the career with only started after mares and foals including feeding, veterinary a period of initially working in Childcare. Amy and farrier needs. Amy also tends to our worked in Childcare after college and was large weanling crop throughout the summer also involved in teaching children, ranging months. Amy loves to hunt and regularly between 10-18 years of age, outdoor hunts with the North Kildare Farmers. She is activities such as orienteering, canoeing etc. a keen follower of Rugby and played with the Amy decided on a career change and started Clane Ladies Rugby team for two years. Amy at Derrinstown six years ago. She started also loves to travel and regularly visits her working part-time in Moneycooley and then brother who lives in the Cayman Islands. moved to Derrinstown’s Private farm when

Ones to watch: Elnadim’s SORAAYA, won starts and thoroughly deserved this victory. She is the third foal out of her dam Eshaadeh her debut at Hamilton in June and put in a fine Her dam Catatonic is a half sister to multiple who is a half sister to 1000 Guineas winner performance to finish second to G3 Albany US G2 winner and sire BRAVE ACT, and dual and G1 placed MAWATHEEQ. She Stakes winner Memory in the G3 Cherry winner Comic, dam of Hong Kong champion also holds entries in the G2 , Hinton at Newmarket in July. Connections VIVA PATACA. Another daughter of G1 Cheveley Park Stakes and G1 Nunthorpe obviously think highly of her as she holds , KARASIYRA, recently won Stakes. JOANNA collected her fourth Group entries in a number of including the Listed Lenebane Stakes after she had victory when beating her elders in the G3 Prix the G2 Lowther Stakes and G1 Cheveley Park finished a close second in the G3 Noblesse de la Maillot in July. She will probably be Stakes. Alhaarth’s TEARS GO BY battled Stakes in June. Shadwell Racings unbeaten aimed at the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest in on bravely to win the Danish 1000 Guineas in two year old homebred MAQAASID, won the August. Also TACTIC, impressive winner of May. She has not been out of the frame in nine G2 Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot in June. he G3 At The Races Curragh Cup in June.

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