Quarterly Newsletter October 2008

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ALHAARTH BAHRI HAATEF INTIKHAB MARJU

Tamayuz & Haatef to stand at D errinstow n

Derrinstown Stud are proud to announce that TAMAYUZ & HAATEF will stand at Derrinstown Stud for the 2009 Breeding Season.

DUAL G1 winner and homebred TAMAYUZ, will retire to Derrinstown for the 2009 Stud Season. TAMAYUZ cruised to victory in the G1 beating RAVEN’S PASS (G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner) by 1 1/2 lengths and RIO DE LA PLATA who was back in third. He then ran away with his second G1 success of the season in the G1 Jacques Le Marois at Deauville in August. He beat dual G1 winner as he pulled away easing down in the closing stages to win by two and a half lengths. He had begun his 2008 campaign by winning the G3 Prix de Fontaine- bleau before winning both G1 races. TAMAYUZ has now added his name to a long list of champions who have also won this race including DUBAI MILLENIUM, , and .

PEDIGREE INSIGHT TAMAYUZ (by ex AL ISHQ) is Nayef’s first dual G1 winner, which is very fitting, Above: TAMAYUZ pulls clear of considering Nayef himself is also a homebred and stands at Shadwell Stud. Nayef most recently dual G1 winner Natagora in the G1 sired his second G1 winner, LADY MARIAN when she took the G1 Prix de l’Opera. Nayef , while be- showed great consistency and soundness throughout his career when winning the G1 , G1 International, G1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes and G1 . low HAATEF gets his nose in front He is out of the brilliant Height of Fashion, herself the dam of champions and UN- to win the G2 Diadem Stakes FUWAIN (sire of eight G1 winners including Derrinstown’s ALHAARTH).

TAMAYUZ hails from a family steeped in Champions. His dam AL ISHQ , is a half sister to G1 winner BLUE and also hails from the family of KING’S BEST and , dam of champion and sire and BLACK SAM BELLAMY. Al Ishq visited Nayef again in 2008 and has been successfully scanned in foal.

Homebred HAATEF, won the G2 Diadem Stakes at Goodwood in 2007. He also won the Listed Belgrave Stakes and was placed in the G3 Desmond Stakes. He was only beaten three lengths fourth behind Champion 2-y-o Teofilo and Holy Roman Emperor in the G1 Dewhurst Stakes. HAATEF was being prepared for the G1 Golden Jubilee Stakes at Ascot this year be- fore sustaining an injury to his hind cannon bone and a decision was made to retire him from racing. Continue to page 2 for a pedigree insight on HAATEF….

continued from front page….. “It’s exciting to stand another good looking horse with such excellent PEDIGREE INSIGHT conformation. His sire , needs With an impeccable pedigree by leading sire DANZIG out of the winning Mr. Prospec- no introduction as a sire of sires DANE- tor mare SAYEDAT ALHADH, there’s no question that HAATEF has a stallion’s pedi- HILL and GREEN DESERT, and his dam gree. DANZIG has sired over 200 stakes winners and is the sire of successful Champions has already produced four , Hard Spun, Lure, Elnadim and War Chant just to name a few. DANZIG is stakes winners also sire of Champion sires including GREEN DESERT and . Stephen Collins—General Manager HAATEF is an Ascot Group winning sprinter who is inbred to the speed influence . HAATEF’S dam SAYEDAT ALHADH, is out of stakes winner Muhbubh and is a full sister to G2 winner and sire KAYRAWAN. HAATEF is a full brother to G3 and Listed winner WALAYEF and Listed winner ULFAH. The family is steeped with stakes winners including SAYEDAH (G2 Rockfel Stakes), ASFURAH (G2 Cherry Hinton Stakes), ISTINTAJ (G3 Mr Prospector H & G3 Deputy Minister S), SAHOOL and the tough and consistent MARAA- HEL. HAATEF’S half sister SHIMAH won the Listed Saoire Stakes and was second in the G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes in 2008.

ELNADIM…..ELNAWIN…..ELNADIM…..ELNAWIN ELNADIM’S ELNAWIN broke the two year old tack record at Kempton when he battled his way home to take the G3 Sirenia Stakes. In a breath- taking finish, ELNAWIN hung on to beat Square Eddie by a head despite his jockey dropping the reins. This smart son of ELNADIM out of the Night Shift mare ACICULA, previously won the valuable Doncaster £300,000 St Leger Yearling Stakes when beating the useful Bonnie Char- lie (Intikhab) by a comfortable two lengths. He has now won three of his £300,000 St Leger Yearling four starts so far.

PASAR SILBANO ran away with the Sportsman’s Challenge over six furlongs at the Curragh at the end of September. This useful filly had previously landed the Listed Curragh Stakes at the same venue in July. She won her first two outings in Dun- dalk and was also placed in Listed company in May. Also at the Curragh on the same day, another daughter of ELNADIM, homebred ALMASS, won a very competitive conditions race over seven furlongs and went on to win the Listed Navigation Stakes by an impressive four and a half lengths and Listed Knockaire Stakes by an easy four lengths on her most recent out- ing at Leopardstown, she will most likely be aimed at the Gladness stakes. MULTIPLE Group success for Shadwell with Naaqoos, TAMAYUZ, ALWAJEEHA, Watar (Marju) etc...

NAAQOOS (right) was a very impressive winner of the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at Longchamp on the second day of the Arc weekend. He soon pulled his way to the front and held off challenges from MILANAIS and INTENSE FOCUS to win by a neck. NAAQOOS could definitely be something very special as he showed he has plenty of speed together with a very powerful stride. He is a two year old son of Oasis Dream and will be one horse to look forward to during his three year old campaign which could include the 2000 Guineas or the French equivalent in 2009.

ALWAJEEHA took the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes at Keeneland in Oc- tober. This filly, also bred by Shadwell, won her maiden at two and also took the G3 Appala- chian Stakes before finishing second in the G2 Lake George Handicap and Tropical Oaks. She is now most likely to be retired to the Shadwell Farm broodmare band.

WATAR, a strapping son of our own MARJU, was also successful on the first day of a highly anticipated Arc weekend. Having won in Listed company this year, he took his chance in the G2 Prix Chaudenay and won by an easy five lengths. WATAR made a strong run and was leading in the final 200 metres when he drew clear from old rival SHEMIMA. TAMAYUZ won both the G1 Prix Jean Prat & G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois in 2008 and will stand at Derrinstown for the 2009 Breeding Season.

Other notable runners this month included TAZEEZ, winner of the Cambridgeshire at Newmarket and homebred SHAKIS, second in the G1 Shadwell Mile and more recently winner of the G2 at Saratoga for the second consecutive year.

Don’t be SPOOKED by recession, come to Derrinstown for a competitive price….. ALHAARTH Sire of HAAFHD and PHOENIX REACH €8,000 and of the 2008 stakes performers (SLF Jan 1st) PRIVALOVA ,BOUGUEREAU,

BAHRI Sire of Champion and of Group/Stakes €4,000 performers ANTONYM, GESTURE, ALBAHRI, (SLF Jan 1st) QALAHARI and COSMODROME in 2008 ELNADIM Sire of over 50% 2 & 3 year old winners to runners in 2008, including €6,000 the Stakes winners ELNAWIN (G3 Sirenia Stakes at 2; also won (SLF Jan 1st) £300,000 DBS St Leger Yearling Stakes), PASAR SILBANO, ELLETELLE, ALMASS and ALLELUJA ANGEL. HAATEF New Kid on the Block HAATEF (Danzig ex Sayedat Alhadh) retires to Derrinstown for the 2009 Breeding Season. Having won the G2 Diadem Stakes at Ascot and Listed Bel- €6,500 grave Stakes , he joins a star studded line up for 2009. From the family of KAYRA- (SLF Jan 1st) WAN, MUHBUBH, ASFURAH, WALAYEF and ULFAH, he’s bound to be very popular INTIKHAB Sire of RED EVIE, HOH MIKE, ASCERTAIN, INDIANA GAL €7,000 etc. His 2008 Stakes performers include smart 2-y-old’s BONNIE (SLF Jan 1st) CHARLIE, THREE WAY STRETCH & AAHAYKID

MARJU Sire of Champions VIVA PATACA and SOVIET SONG and of €20,000 2008 European Stakes winners WATAR, MARJALINA, LOVE (SLF Jan 1st) INTRIGUE, RAYDIYA etc.

Dual G1 winner TAMAYUZ, also retires to Derrinstown for the 2009 Breeding Season. With an TAMAYUZ impeccable pedigree by leading sire NAYEF (also sire of G1 winner LADY MARIAN and G2 €15,000 winner SPACIOUS from his first two crops) and out of mare Al ISHQ, from the family (SLF Jan 1st) of URBAN SEA, Champion GALILEO, KING’S BEST and BLACK SAM BELLAMY, he is sure to be popular with breeders.

Goffs Million— Lot 181 by Marju Arqana— Lot Tatts UK P2—Lot DBS S Day 3 sales Tatts UK P2—Lot €160,000 56 by Alhaath 1433 by Intikhab topper—Lot 415 by €90,000 €97,500 1041 by Marju Alhaarth €123,500 €221,000 Goffs Million– Tatts UK P1— Lot 374 by Lot 331 by Marju €300,000 Marju €195,000 Tatts UK P2— Tatts UK P1—Lot Tatts UK P1—Lot Lot 1257 by Tatts UK P1—Lot DSLY—Lot 35 by 331 by Marju 338 by Alhaatth Intikhab 336 by Marju Intikhab €91,000 €195,000 €247,000 €104,000 €364,000 Derrinstown Stud Congratulations to Johnny Fahy on winning this year’s Der- rinstown Stud Apprentice Series. The Apprentice Series con- Apprentice Series 2008 cluded at Leopardstown Racecourse in October. Johnny received supporting the industry his prize of a Gentlemen’s watch and prize bonds to the value of that supports us €2,000, where prizes went down to sixth place. Winning trainer Joanna Morgan also receives a cheque for €1,500 while Master of FINAL RESULTS 2008 the winning Apprentice, John Oxx also receives €1,500. This year’s Rookie of the Year Award went to Danny Mullins. Apprentices Trainers 1st Johnny Fahy 1st Joanna Morgan The Derrinstown Apprentice Series has been sponsored by 2nd Padraig Beggy 2nd Tracey Collins Derrinstown for the last 17 years . It is a way of encouraging 3rd Martin Harley 3rd Mick Halford Ireland’s young riding talent. Previous winners of the series include

Rookie of The Year— Danny Mullins champion jockey Declan McDonagh and Chris Hayes. Master of Apprentice— John Oxx We wish Johnny every success with his future career which certainly looks to be a bright one.

Derrinstown BROCHURE 2009

The theme of the 2009 Derrinstown Stud Brochure is ‘Derrinstown by Derrinstown’, so what better way to capture the hard work of all the Derrinstown employees than to let them take the photos of the everyday activities themselves. Twenty lucky names were pulled out of the hat and each member was give a camera and films to get snapping. Peter Mooney had the difficult decision of picking the winner and spent two gruelling days sifting through over 5000 photos!! Stephen Collins, General Manager, is pic- tured here with the five staff members who took the most creative photos. Con- gratulations again to our six finalists and we look forward to seeing your hard work in the brochure in November 2008. L-R—Stephen Collins, Zoltan Nagygorgy (1st), Istvan Polgar (2nd), Jane Palmer (6th), Mick Ryan (5th), Fergal Moore (3rd).(Ger Brabston, 4th absent from photo)

STAFF PROFILE Patrick Hughes Patrick Hughes, from Dunboyne Co Meath, has been working at Derrinstown Stud since 2001. Patrick works on Derrinstown’s Cowanstown Farm which is home to Sheikh Hamdan’s private broodmare band. He holds the title of Assistant Stud Groom and is responsible for all the day to day activities required to run a busy Stud Farm.

Patrick began his career working for Coolmore’s Longfield Stud and then ventured to America and worked for Brookdale Farm as Assistant Yearling Manager. He then moved to Lane’s End where he worked primarily with the yearlings and stallions, including AP Indy, Smart Strike and Kingmambo. A number of notable foals and yearlings have passed through his hands over the years including Carmine Lake, Revoque, King’s Best, and our own Moon’s Whisper (US$4.4 million yearling).

Patrick is a huge Liverpool fan and enjoys going horseracing and playing golf in his spare time. He lives with his wife Sinead and their two daughters, Helena (4 1/2), Nicole (11 weeks), and their family dog Raffa on Moneycooley Farm.

Acknowledgments - The Racing Post, The Irish Field, EBN, TDN, Peter Mooney, Hyperion Promotions, Equineline.com, Advertising, Trevor Jones, George Selwyn, Mark Cranham

Derrinstown Stud, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

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