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SALE-TOPPING FILLY FOR SPAIN A strong final session that yielded 32 six-figure transactions and a Lot 600, the Kingman filly from Jockey Hall Stud, who top price of €350,000 for a Kingman filly could not prevent Part 1 topped the Goffs November Foal Sale when sold to of this year’s Goffs November Foal Sale from falling off the heights BLM Bloodstock for €350,000. © www.goffs.com of last year. After a low-key beginning on Monday, the sale rallied on Tuesday and then reached its crescendo yesterday when as ever, of the horse was felt at Goffs yesterday, where a the best foals commanded a premium. Even so, the turnover for filly from Jockey Hall Stud, one of only two foals on offer by the Part 1 came in at just under €20.5m, which represented a 20 point sire this week, fetched €350,000. decline on 2017. The average of €42,315 was a fall of 11 per cent, The average for Kingman’s yearlings this autumn was running although the median progressed from €27,000 to €28,000. at over 250,000gns, so it was entirely predictable that this filly The clearance rate for the first three days dropped from 81 to 72 (Lot 600), who was bred by Paddy Burns and is out of a mare who per cent, but it was worth noting that the clearance rate for cost 145,000gns at last year’s December Mares Sale, Wednesday’s session was almost on a par with last year, which would emerge as one of the leading lights of the day. After various indicates that the appetite for quality stock remains undimmed. interested parties made their play for the half-sister to the Gr.3 The impression made by Kingman’s first crop of runners winner Aktabantay (), the hammer throughout 2018 has been reflected in the demand for his eventually came down in favour of Franciso Bernal of Outsider progeny in the sales ring over the last few months and the reach Bloodstock. NEW FOR 2019 TASLEET Showcasing - Bird Key () Group 1 sprinter from the immediate family of BATTAASH RATED HIGHER than his red-hot sire SHOWCASING, who is standing at £55,000 in 2019 A stakes winner at 2, 3 and 4 “A thoroughly TOUGH and GENUINE horse with a GREAT TEMPERAMENT” £6,000 (Jan 1st, SLF) Discover more about the Shadwell Stallions at www.shadwellstud.com Or call Richard Lancaster, James O’Donnell or Tom Pennington on 01842 755913 Email us at: [email protected]

CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 From the immediate family of INVINCIBLE SPIRIT & KODIAC and higher rated than both! New for Horse @ 2 Timeform @ 3 Gustav Klimt 112p 123 2019 Invincible Spirit 111p 106 Kodiac 82p 86

Top-class Gr.2 winner at 2 years 1st Superlative Stakes-Gr.2, Newmarket 1st Maiden, Curragh, by 1¾ lengths Gr.1 sprinter/miler at 3 years 1st 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes-L, 7f, Leopardstown, by 1¾ lengths 2nd St James’s Palace Stakes-Gr.1, 1m, Royal Ascot, beaten ½ length 3rd Sprint Cup Stakes-Gr.1, 6f, Haydock, beaten ¾ length 3rd -Gr.1, 1m, Deauville, beaten 1¼ lengths 3rd Irish 2,000 Guineas-Gr.1, 1m, Curragh “a proven top-drawer performer...packed with speed and stamina, he is as versatile as he is talented” RACING POST Weekender, 31/10/18

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Contact: , Fethard, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Tel: 353-52-6131298. Fax: 353-52-6131382. Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Tim Corballis, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Mathieu Legars, Jason Walsh, Tom Miller or Neil Magee. Tom Gaffney, David Magnier, Joe Hernon, John Kennedy or Cathal Murphy: 353-25-31966/31689. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) 44-7827-795156. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.coolmore.com All stallions nominated to EBF. SALES TALK EBN: THURSDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER 2018

“She has been bought to race for my client in Spain. My client has one of the biggest sport horse farms in Spain and is now turning her attention to racing. This is our third horse, as we also bought two fillies by Teofilo and Siyouni at Arqana. This was the foal we wanted today. She’ll head to France, perhaps to be trained by Carlos Laffon- Parias when the time comes,” reported Bernal. He went The second-highest price of the day came in at €320,000 and this was achieved by Lot 730, a son of the brilliant sprinter Muhaarar, whose first crop of runners will hit the track in 2019. Airlie Stud offered this prized colt and Philipp Stauffenberg made the a strong play for him, but ultimately the hammer came down in favour of Shadwell’s Stephen Collins. This colt, the most expensive Shadwell purchase of the week, is a half-brother to the Gr.3 winner and Gr.1 third Eastern Impact (Bahamian Bounty) and the Canadian Stakes winner Miss Katie Mae (Dark extra-fast Angel). “He’s got the looks, the walk and the pedigree. Obviously we have a lot of young stock by the sire at Shadwell. Next year is a big year for him with his first runners, but we are very excited about him and this mile colt was one of the very best individuals on the complex over the last few days,” commented Collins.

Shadwell Estate Co went to €320,000 to secure this Muhaarar colt, Lot 730, from Airlie Stud. Royal Ascot record breaker © www.goffs.com RIBCHESTER

ANGEL FOR MCCORMACK European Champion miler The paddock career of the Docksider mare Noyelles took yet at three and four who another turn for the better when agent John McCormack splashed out €300,000 for her superb filly from Neilstown broke his maiden in the Stud. Back in 2010, the mare’s then Dark Angel filly sold for £8,000 to Richard Fahey and went on to become the Gr.3 winner and Gr.1 G2 at two. Matron Stakes second Lily’s Angel. The efforts of Lily’s Angel and then her half-sister Zurigha (), who won the Listed 154 MARES IN 2018 Rosemary Stakes and reached the frame at Gr.2 level, have established Noyelles as a producer of some renown. Thus it was no surprise that this filly (Lot 545) should become the mare’s most expensive foal yet. “She’s a lovely filly by a sire who keeps going from strength to €25,000 Oct 1, SLF strength. I’ve bought her for an existing client who will keep her in Iffraaj – Mujarah (Marju) Ireland. It is likely that she will race here and hopefully add to the Stands at Kildangan Stud, Ireland family,” stated McCormack. +353 (0)45 527600 +44 (0)1638 730070 “It is a very active family which keep producing good horses and it darleystallions.com is encouraging to see that some top owners have got involved in the Darley

CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 3 ® 2008 b h - () THE MOST EXCITING YOUNG SIRE IN THE WORLD 2019 Fee: £175,000 slf BATED BREATH KINGMAN 2007 b h Dansili - Tantina (Distant View) 2011 b h Invincible Spirit - (Zamindar) A LEADING STALLION THE BRILLIANT MILER SON OF DANSILI IMPARTING HIS CLASS 2019 Fee: £10,000 slf 2019 Fee: £75,000 slf EXPERT EYE OASIS DREAM 2015 b h Acclamation - Exemplify (Dansili) 2000 b h - Hope () BREEDERS’ CUP & THE RELIABLE SOURCE ROYAL ASCOT WINNER OF GR.1 SPEED 2019 Fee: £20,000 slf 2019 Fee: £30,000 slf NEW FOR 2019

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as , she is a half-sister to the Gr.3 Silver Flash Stakes winner and Gr.1-placed Harasiya (), the Gr.3-placed Haziyna (Halling) and the Listed scorer Hazarafa (), who is the dam of this season’s Gr.3-winning colt Hazapour (Shamardal). “I’ve bought her for myself, Jane [Allison] and another friend of ours. It was just a notion really, but how else are you going to get into a fabulous family like this. She’s a Galileo filly and you can’t get a better broodmare sire. We will now give her all the time that she needs,” commented Merry. The €300,000 Dark Angel filly was preceded into the ring by yet another taking member of Awtaad’s first crop. Throughout the week the progeny of Kevin Prendergast’s Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas winner have caught the eye and an excellent colt from Lot 545, Neilstown Stud’s Dark Angel full-sister to Swordlestown Little became his most expensive representative Lily’s Angel, who was bought by John McCormack to date when selling to Stephen Collins for €170,000. for €300,000. © www.goffs.com Lot 544 is a May-born half-brother to three winners and these include the Gr.3-winning Hong Kong performer Dinozzo (Lilbourne Lad) and the Listed Rous Stakes third Spring Loaded family. Also, Dark Angel just keeps creeping upwards. He is a stallion (Zebedee). who has just kept progressing since he first retired to stud and you “Awtaad has had a great sale so far. Obviously he was bred and can’t cheat the market, so what he has done is testament to what a raised at Derrinstown and he’s from one of Shadwell’s best families sire he is,” added the agent. which is also responsible for Madhmoon [the unbeaten Gr.2 winner Huge interest surrounded a Galileo filly (Lot 709) who numbers and live classic prospect],” stated Collins. Dermot Weld’s dual Gr.1 Derby winner Harzand () “He is getting very good-looking stock. We have 15 at home at amongst her siblings and she duly emerged as one of the day’s Derrinstown and we’re very happy with them, so this colt will be a top lots when selling for €300,000 to Hugo Merry. Few, if any, foals fine complement to them. He’s a strong, good-walking, well- this week could match this filly in terms of pedigree and, as well balanced colt who looks to have a great temperament,” he added. Must-see first foals selling now

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BELARDO €10,000 Oct 1, SLF BELARDO Dewhurst winner and European Lope de Vega – Danaskaya (Danehill) Champion two-year-old, just like his grandsire Shamardal. Stands at Kildangan Stud, Ireland +353 (0)45 527600 +44 (0)1638 730070 Also won the Lockinge at four. darleystallions.com Timeform 125 – he was rated th e equal of his sire Lope de Vega. Darley

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Lot 709, the Galileo half-sister to dual Gr.1 Derby winner Harzand, consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment and bought by Hugo Merry for €300,000. © www.goffs.com

Another Shadwell purchase came when Collins went to €190,000 for Lot 640, a daughter of Lope De Vega from Stanley Lodge Stud. The February-born filly, whose sire’s exploits means that he will stand at a career high fee of €80,000 in 2019, is the first produce of the Listed Harry Rosebery Stakes winner Accipiter (Showcasing), who was picked up for 100,000gns at the 2016 Tattersalls December Mares Sale. SEA THE STARS IN DEMAND The offerings by elite sire Sea The Stars featured several excellent foals headed by an impressive colt from Jockey Hall Stud, for 22.000€ LF whom Timmy Hyde had to give €290,000. Lot 593 is a half-brother to two winners, headed by the Listed Roses Stakes winner and Gr.2 Norfolk Stakes second Mind Of Madness (). HIS FIRST TWO HIGH QUALITY Earlier a fine son of Sea The Stars from Stanley Lodge had cost BOOKS OF MARES COVERED INCLUDE another noted pinhooking outfit,Yeomanstown Stud, €260,000. Lot 557 is the second produce of the high-class Whipper mare Pollyana, who won the Gr.2 and reached 17 GR.1 MARES, the frame in the Gr.1 Prix d’Ispahan. Yeomanstown later spent €195,000 on Lot 719, a Sea The Stars colt from John Murphy’s 22 DAMS OF GR.1 PERFORMERS Highfort Stud, who is the first produce of the dual Listed-placed Hot Sauce (). & 68 SISTERS TO GR.1 WINNERS Sea The Stars was also responsible for a quality filly from Oak Leaf Stud for whom Jamie Railton had to go to €220,000. Lot 590 is the second produce of an unraced Distorted Humor full-sister to the French Gr.3 scorer Slow Pace and the US Gr.3 victor Funny «We have 4 foals by Shalaa Duck. at Haras des Monceaux, all of them have “It’s just very hard to find a Sea The Stars with the sort of profile that she has, and I liked the fact that she is out of a Distorted Humor in good strength, mare. For me the whole make up worked. She will be back for resale bone and a great walk. next year,” commented Railton. Oaklawn Stud also offered a distinguished Sea The Stars foal I like them a lot and will use Shalaa who was bought by Brendan Holland’s Grove Stud for €240,000. in 2019!» Lot 603 is out of a winning Invincible Spirit half-sister to the Gr.1 and Gr.1 Prix de l’Opera heroine Covert Love Henry Bozo, Haras des Monceaux (Azamour). DARK ANGEL AND KODIAC POPULAR Paca Paca Farm’s Harry Sweeney saw off a number of rivals for a STANDING AT HARAS DE BOUQUETOT . France very taking son of Dark Angel from Ross Moorhead’s Glacken +33 (0)2 31 32 28 91 . [email protected] www.alshaqabracing.com View who cost €250,000. This well-bred colt, Lot 695, is a half- brother to the high-class middle-distance runner Jack Naylor

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Established for over 35 years, Derrinstown Stud continues to give breeders access to stallions with some of the finest bloodlines in the world at highly competitive fees. Awtaad Markaz by Cape Cross ex Asheerah by Dark Angel ex Folga A Classic winning miler Dual Group winning sprinter By the sire of SEA THE STARS by DARK ANGEL and Full brother to First crop foals in 2018 have so far MECCA’S ANGEL made €170,000, €100,000, etc, First crop foals in 2018 averaging €61,286 have made up to €65,000

2019 fee: €15,000 2019 fee: €6,000 Tamayuz Haatef by ex Al Ishq by ex Sayedat Alhadh Classic sire of 3 Group 1 winners Ascot Group winning sprinter 10% Black Type horses/runners in 2018, Half brother to 3 other Black Type winning sprinters including Group winners Mustashry, Making Light, Hunaina, etc 50% winners to runners in 2018 2018 yearlings have made A rare chance to use up to €240,000 a son of DANZIG

2019 fee: €12,500 2019 fee: €2,000 DERRINSTOWN STUD Tel: +353 (0)1 6286228 • [email protected] www.derrinstown.com All fees on 1st Jan. S.L.F. terms SALES TALK EBN: THURSDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER 2018

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GOFFS NOVEMBER FOAL SALE – DAY THREE Lot Sex Sire – Dam Vendor Purchaser Price (€) 600 ff KINGMAN – Splashdown Jockey Hall Stud Outsider B/S 350,000 730 cf MUHAARAR – Kate The Great Airlie Stud Shadwell Estate Co 320,000 545 ff DARK ANGEL – Noyelles Neilstown Stud John McCormack B/S 300,000 709 ff GALILEO – Hazariya Castlebridge Consignment Hugo Merry B/S 300,000 593 cf SEA THE STARS – Sioduil Jockey Hall Stud Camas Park Stud 290,000

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(Champs Elysees), who won twice at Gr.3 level and was second in Jamie Railton’s other spending took in a €220,000 son of Dark the Gr.1 Irish Oaks. They are out of the Listed Pretty Polly Stakes Angel from Altenbach Bloodstock. Lot 753 is out of the talented winner Fashionable (). juvenile and Gr.2 Duchess of Cambridge Stakes second A particularly attractive daughter of Kodiac caught the Fire (Dragon Pulse), who has the dual Gr.2 winner and multiple attentions of Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, which spent €250,000 Gr.1-placed Hawksmoor (Azamour) amongst her siblings. on the Milltown House Stud-consigned filly. Lot 723 is the third Once again the progeny of No Nay Never came to the fore, produce of the Street Cry mare Ibtasama, whose first runner, with the sire’s leading representative on day three being a fine Subridere (Intello), was placed on his two-year-old debut for filly from the Irish National Stud who cost Mick Flanagan €170,000. Andre Fabre earlier this month. Ibtasama, a daughter of Gr.1 Lot 618 is the fourth produce of the winner Veronica Falls winner (), had been sold for €41,000 () and had received a good boost to her pedigree over at the 2017 Goffs February Sale. the course of 2018, as she is a half-sister to Jessica Harrington’s The Gr.1 victor and high-class 1m2f horse Listed-placed Chicas Amigas (Dragon Pulse). Fascinating Rock has his first foals on offer this week and the son Among the other Galileo foals on offer yesterday was a half- of Fastnet Rock was represented by a €185,000 filly (Lot 737) brother to the Gr.2 winner and Gr.1-placed who was bought by Camas Park Stud. From Ballylinch Stud, where Besharah (Kodiac) and he cost Ciaran Conroy’s Glenvale Stud the sire resides, this filly is a half-sister to the Gr.3 Sirenia Stakes €170,000. This colt, Lot 680, was offered by The Castlebridge winner Burnt Sugar (Lope De Vega) and the Gr.3 Molecomb Consignment and bred by Coolmore, and is the fifth produce of Stakes scorer Brown Sugar (Tamayuz). the Dixie Union mare Dixieland Kiss. A tremendous windfall was in store for the connections of a The first of the Galileo foals to be offered was a filly from The Teofilo colt, offered through Derek Veitch’s Ringfort Stud, who Castlebridge Consignment for whom trainer Jim Bolger, who fetched €180,000 from Tally-Ho Stud. The impressive March-born enjoyed such success with the sire’s initial crops, went to €160,000. colt (Lot 665), who will be back for resale, is the first produce of Lot 570 is the first produce of the unraced Replete (), who the placed Celeste De La Mer (Zoffany), who was picked up for is a daughter of the multiple Gr.1-winning Banks Hill (Danehill). just €19,000 at last year’s Goffs February Sale. The second dam is This is the consistently successful Juddmonte dynasty that has the Zamindar mare Galley, who is responsible for the Listed also produced the likes of Banks Hill’s top-class siblings Silver Stakes winner Portage (Teofilo), whose finest hour came Intercontinental, Cacique, Champs Elysees and Dansili. when he landed the Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot several At the conclusion of yesterday’s session, Goffs Chief Executive seasons ago. Henry Beeby commented: “Following an outstanding renewal of BOBBY’S KITTEN ONLY 3YO EVER to win Group 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint LANWADES will be open for breeders to view beating NO NAY NEVER our stallions on Won 6 races at 2, 3 & 5 years, $1.4m in USA & Ireland– all on Turf Tuesday 9th January and Wednesday 10th January First son of 6-time US Champion Turf sire, KITTEN’S JOY, 2019from fee: 11.00 am to stand at stud in Europe £10,000until 3.00 pm. Refreshments(1st Oct. SLF) available. Don’t miss his FIRST FOALS selling at Tattersalls next week

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8 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 SALES TALK EBN: THURSDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER 2018 the Orby Sale, which was responsible for the two highest-priced “We now turn our attention to two days of Breeding Stock and look yearling fillies in the world this year, but an otherwise rather harder forward to another day of foals on Saturday, mindful of several great yearling sales season, predications in advance of this week were for pinhooking stories from last year’s Part 2 sale,” concluded Beeby. an altogether more selective trade. “So it has proved over the last three days when, to use two well- worn phrases, it has been as hard as ever to buy the good ones, but there were more falling through the cracks than in recent years. “Last year’s Part 1 Foal Sale was always going to be a hard act to follow, as it recorded big rises in each area and was headed by the GOFFS DAY THREE STATISTICS (€) rarity of a millionaire foal sale-topper. So we have seen a sale that 2018 % 2017 is still ahead of 2016, but it must be accepted that one of the key Catalogued 234 214 messages to be taken away from the sale has been the lower Offered 191 187 clearance rates, especially on day one. This mirrored the Sold 161 (84%) 160 (86%) commercial yearling sales and, as we pointed out a few weeks Aggregate 12,000,000 -20 14,991,500 ago, should be a clear indication that the market is increasingly Average 74,534 -20 93,697 polarised. Median 52,000 -12 59,000 “The good ones have sold very, very well, with several extremely happy breeders, especially throughout today, and we are grateful CUMULATIVE STATISTICS (€) to them all for their ongoing support, as it is they who make the 2018 % 2017 sale such a success each year, along with the huge group of buyers Catalogued 775 752 that descended on Kildare Paddocks from Saturday morning. Offered 665 660 “Indeed, we have rarely seen the place so packed and the barns Sold 480 (72%) 536 (81%) were just so busy for the last five days to illustrate the ongoing Aggregate 20,311,000 -20 25,540,750 hunger for the best-bred foals on the market and following so Average 42,315 -11 47,651 many excellent pinhooking results from last year. The advance in Median 28,000 +4 27,000 the three-day median also shows that there has been more consistency in the top half of the sale, where there was the most Click here to contact IRT, or visit www.irt.com activity.

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FIRST CROP FOAL SIRES (€) BOBBY’S KITTEN 606 f ex Sularina v20,000 AWTAAD 643 f ex All Mine 23,000 544 c ex Nisriyna 170,000 700 c ex Galistic 30,000 588 c ex Shamtari W/D 601 f ex Star Approval 100,000 FASCINATING ROCK 616 c ex Venetian Beauty 72,000 656 f ex Bebhinn 110,000 631 c ex Witnessed 70,000 704 c ex Golden Shadow 52,000 636 c ex Ziria 27,000 737 f ex Lady Livius 185,000 644 c ex Allegrezza W/D HARZAND 646 c ex Aoife Alainn W/D 625 c ex Weeping Wind 60,000 697 f ex Flowers Of Spring W/D 652 f ex Athenaire 35,000 714 c ex Holda 88,000 764 f ex Mean Lae NS78,000 717 c ex Holy Salt 95,000 727 f ex Intimacy 40,000 KODI BEAR 731 c ex Katla 58,000 693 c ex Fancy Vivid 40,000 736 c ex La Negra 26,000 MARKAZ 747 c ex Lucky Clio 58,000 630 c ex Whisper Dance 65,000 754 f ex Magie Noire v45,000 MEHMAS BELARDO 579 c ex Royal Majestic 57,000 610 c ex Teide Lady 77,000 580 c ex Rublevka Star W/D 627 c ex West Of Saturn NS7,000 670 c ex Crossanza W/D 595 c ex Sodashy 60,000 682 c ex Doregan 5,000 609 f ex Symbol Of Peace p/s8,000 750 f ex Ludynosa NS19,500 674 c ex Darsan 16,000 769 c ex Mixora 42,000 703 c ex Golden Legacy 42,000 741 f ex Lauren’s Girl W/D 743 c ex Lillebonne 50,000 NEW BAY NEW 548 c ex Orafinitis v14,000 SALE in 2018 550 f ex Paraphernalia NS15,000 605 c ex Sudu Queen 25,000 When 648 c ex Arbaah 48,000 658 f ex Bluebell 26,000 675 c ex Delira v10,000 748 f ex Lucky Pipit 21,000 755 c ex Majestic Dancer NS11,000 760 c ex Mark Of An Angel 15,000 763 c ex Grace 40,000 FLAT FOALS PRIDE OF DUBAI & MARES 563 f ex Queen Of Tara NS18,000 578 c ex Royal Guinevere 22,000 HORSES-IN 628 c ex Whatelseaboutyou W/D -TRAINING 726 c ex In My Life W/D SHALAA 694 c ex Fascination W/D 708 c ex Hat 125,000 716 f ex Holy Freud 90,000 740 c ex Las Brisas 50,000 761 c ex Mathool 30,000 THE GURKHA Doncaster December Sale 568 c ex Red Blossom 65,000 7 December 2018 587 f ex Shake The Moon 28,000 599 c ex South 30,000 It’s in our blood 654 f ex Await W/D 685 c ex Dynamic Lips v32,000 732 c ex Katy Spirit p/s20,000 770 c ex Moon Empress 56,000

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THE LAST LION headed by Inca Princess. She was expecting a Galileo full- 575 c ex Romie’s Kastett 30,000 sibling to Gr.1 winner Johannes Vermeer and Gr.2 winner Elizabeth Browning and was purchased by Broadhurst Agency TWILIGHT SON for €1.9m. She was consigned by last year’s top vendor, The 546 f ex Nutkin 34,000 Castlebridge Consignment, which was also responsible for Gr.1 667 c ex Coco Rouge 95,000 winner The Wow Signal’s dam Muravka and dual Australian VADAMOS Gr.1 winner Melito, who were sold for €950,000 to Barronstown 622 f ex Water Feature W/D Stud and Katsumi Yoshida respectively. LEADING CONSIGNORS No. € Without the benefit of the Wildenstein Stables Dispersal, which saw 28 fillies and mares adding nearly €8m to the sales The Castlebridge Consignment 28 1,422,000 total 12 months previously, the key figures were down in 2017, Stanley Lodge 6 839,000 the clearance rate to 76 per cent, the aggregate to €14.9m and Ballylinch Stud 19 705,000 Jockey Hall Stud 3 663,000 the average to €43,259, though the median held steady at Ringfort Stud 13 594,500 €15,000. This year’s catalogue includes drafts from such leading LEADING PURCHASERS No. € nurseries as HH the Aga Khan Studs, Ballylinch Stud, Baroda and Tally-Ho Stud 19 987,000 Colbinstown Studs, Derrinstown Stud, , Jockey Hall Jamie Railton 8 947,000 Stud, Kiltinan Castle Stud, Moyglare Stud, Norelands Stud and Camas Park Stud 5 790,000 Redmondstown Stud, among many others. Shadwell Estate Co 3 680,000 Proven stallions with in-foal mares include Acclamation, Pier House Stud 8 647,000 , , Dandy Man, , Fastnet Rock, Iffraaj, Invincible Spirit, Kodiac, Mastercraftsman, New MARES SALE UNDERWAY TODAY Approach, Oasis Dream, Sea The Stars, Teofilo and Zoffany. Despite the absence of a few potential star lots, there are still There are also mares in foal to numerous young stallions who many quality offerings in today’s opening session of the Goffs have not yet had runners, such as Classic winners Awtaad, November Breeding Stock Sale. There were 447 catalogued lots , Harzand, , New Bay, Night Of in all, fewer than last year’s 555 fillies and mares, who were Thunder and The Gurkha.

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FIRST CROP COVERING SIRES sister to Giant’s Causeway and to the Gr.2-winning dam of Gr.1 ACLAIM: Won seven times up to a mile, including Gr.1 Prix de la winners , Marvellous and Happily. Covered a first book Foret and two Gr.2s over 7f, also second in Gr.1 Prix Maurice de of 66 mares; one catalogued. Gheest. One of five Gr.1 winners by Acclamation and out of a DIVINE PROPHET: Australian-bred and raced, won Gr.1 Caulfield Listed-placed half-sister to dual Gr.1 winner Again; grandam a Guineas over 1m and Gr.1-placed at two. By Choisir, full-brother half-sister to . Covered a first book of 160 mares; one to a Gr.3 winner, out of an Encosta De Lago mare. Covered a first catalogued. book of 59 mares; three catalogued. CARAVAGGIO: Won seven of ten starts, including Gr.1 Phoenix EL KABEIR: American-bred and raced, won three Graded Stakes Stakes and Gr.2 at two and Gr.1 Commonwealth over an extended mile, third in Gr.1 Wood Memorial Stakes. By Cup plus two other Pattern races at three. By Scat Daddy, half- Scat Daddy out of an Unbridled’s Song half-sister to four Stakes brother to a Gr.2 winner, dam a Stakes winner. Covered a first winners. Covered a first book of 146 mares; ten catalogued. book of 217 mares; two catalogued. : Won five times up to a mile, including Gr.2 CHURCHILL: Won seven times up to a mile, including Gr.1 at two and Gr.1 2,000 Guineas and Gr.1 St James’s National Stakes and Gr.1 at two and Gr.1 2,000 Palace Stakes at three; placed in three other Gr.1s. By Paco Boy Guineas and Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas at three; also Gr.1-placed out of a Galileo half-sister to dual Gr.1-winning sprinter twice up to 1m2½f. By Galileo, full-brother to Gr.1 winner Goldream; extended family of Montjeu and Again. Covered a Clemmie, dam a Listed-winning daughter of Storm Cat and Gr.1 first book of 140 mares; three catalogued. winner Airwave. Covered a first book of 211 mares; one : Won ten races over four seasons up to 1m4f, catalogued. including Gr.1s in Britain (3), USA (2) and Hong Kong (2), placed in COTAI GLORY: Won four times up to 6f, including Gr.3s at two seven other Gr.1s. By Galileo, full-brother to Classic-placed Gr.2 and four; eight Stakes places including in Gr.1 winner , dam a Gr.1-placed full-sister to multiple Gr.1 and Gr.1 King’s Stand Stakes. By Exceed And Excel, half-brother winner Elvstroem and half-sister to multiple Gr.1 winner to a Listed winner, third dam a Gr.1-placed Gr.3 winner. Covered a Haradasun. Covered a first book of 184 mares; four catalogued. first book of 180 mares; three catalogued. : Won six times up to 1m2f, including Gr.1 DECORATED KNIGHT: Won eight times from 1m to 1m2½f, Prince of Wales’s Stakes and two Gr.3s. By Lord Shanakill, dam including Gr.1 Jebel Hatta and Gr.1 ; also out of a daughter of Gr.2 winner Optimistic Lass, family of Gr.1 second in Gr.1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes. By Galileo out of a full- winners Golden Opinion, and . Covered a first book of 60 mares; one catalogued. NEED TO BOARD NATIONAL DEFENSE: Won two of five starts, including Gr.1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, and placed in two Gr.3s. By Invincible Spirit YOUR MARES IN out of a half-sister to three Group/Listed winners; extended family of Gr.1 winners Ave, Anna Monda, Helmet and Epaulette. Think Covered a first book of 64 mares; one catalogued. NORMANDIE BREEDING PEACE ENVOY: Won three times up to Gr.3 level at two and placed in Gr.1 . By Power, half-brother to a Gr.3 winner, Permanent & Seasonal Boarding. third dam a half-sister to Dahlia. Covered a first book of 59 mares; 100 Acres of very good land. four catalogued. Consigning at all European Sales. : Won nine times, including Gr.1 King George VI and 30 years of experience (FR, UK, IRE & USA). Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Gr.1 Sheema Classic, Gr.1 In the heart of Pays d’Auge. and Gr.1 Juddmonte International. By , half-brother to Located within a short distance of recent Gr.1 winner God Given, grandam is Gr.1 winner Bianca Normandy’s major stud farms. Nera, family of Gr.1 winner Simply Perfect. Covered a first book of 112 mares; four catalogued. PROFITABLE: Won five times over sprint trips, including Gr.1 King’s Stand Stakes and Gr.2 ; placed in two other Gr.1s. By Invincible Spirit, half-brother to a Gr.3 winner, dam a full-sister to a Gr.3-winning sprinter. Covered a first book of 185 mares; nine catalogued. RIBCHESTER: Gr.2-winning two-year-old, later won the Gr.1 , Gr.1 , Gr.1 and Gr.1 Prix du Moulin, also Gr.1-placed six times. By Iffraaj out of a half-sister to two Group/Listed winners, third dam Classic winner Mehthaaf. Covered a first book of 154 mares; four catalogued. STORM THE STARS: Gr.2 Great Voltigeur Stakes winner who was Contact Guillaume Vitse placed in Gr.1 Derby and Gr.1 . By Sea The Stars out of + 33 (0)6 64 86 28 44 a Sadler’s Wells half-sister to Giant’s Causeway and to the dam www.normandie-breeding.com of Gr.1 winners Gleneagles, Marvellous and Happily. Covered a first book of 73 mares; two catalogued.

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TIME TEST: won six times up to 1m2½f, including Gr.2 from 12 months ago. An aggregate, which dropped only a few and Gr.2 York Stakes, placed in three Gr.1s here and in USA. By points, could have been expected since there were 36 fewer lots Dubawi out of Gr.1 winner Passage Of Time, herself a half-sister catalogued. to Gr.1 winner Timepiece and to the dam of multiple Gr.1 winner It was Jean-Marie Callier, bidding on behalf of Bertrand Le Twice Over. Covered a first book of 111 mares; one catalogued. Metayer, who picked up the session-topping son of , : Won five races up to 1m4f, including Gr.1 with Tomas Janda and Seamus Murphy amongst the underbidders. and Gr.1 Juddmonte International; placed in three other Gr.1s Consigned as the third-last lot into the ring by Haras de la Perelle including Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. By Galileo out of Gr.1 Oaks winner , a half-sister to Gr.1 winner Shiva, to the dam of Gr.1 winner and to the grandam of multiple Gr.1 winner Main Sequence. Covered a first book of 115 mares, two catalogued. LOTS OF INTEREST Besides those mentioned earlier, today’s lots include: Lot 833, Amjaad, a half-sister to Gr.1 winners Power and Curvy, in foal to Iffraaj, Lot 924, Gr.1 Prix Morny winner Silca’s Sister, in foal to Teofilo, Lot 931, Gr.3 winner Cottonmouth, dam of multiple Gr.1 winner Dylan Mouth and two Listed winners, in foal to Exceed And Excel, Lot 944, Cloudspin, a Storm Cat half-sister to dual Gr.1 winner Raven’s Pass, in foal to Australia, Lot 957, Niku, a placed three-year-old High Chaparral half- sister to Gr.1 winner Cloth Of Stars, Lot 632, Haras de la Perelle’s Authorized colt, who was Lot 977, ’s Listed-placed half-sister Simawa, dam of a bought by BLM Bloodstock for €72,000 to top the final day’s Listed winner, in foal to Gleneagles, and trading at the Arqana Autumn Sale. © Adrien Cugnasse Lot 1034, Outside Inside, a three-year-old full-sister to this year’s US Gr.1 winner Glorious Empire. WITHDRAWALS Today Lots: 786, 791, 834, 841, 842, 847, 848, 849, 854, 855, 856, 887, 899, 901, 909, 932, 963, 964, 965, 966, 983, 984, 985, 991, 992, 993, 994, 996, 1000, 1004, 1006, 1016, 1017, 1024, 1025, 1027, 1031, 1036 performance lighting Tomorrow Lots: 1039, 1040, 1042, 1077, 1084, 1093, 1102, 1138, 1150, 1172, 1177, 1199, 1203, 1204, 1220, 1221, 1222 NATURE’S LIGHT

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AUTHORIZED COLT KING OF FLAT YEARLINGS The final day of three at the Arqana Autumn Sale was given over to Flat yearlings and trade proved comparable to that of 12 www.equilume.com months ago. Yesterday, a top price of €72,000 eclipsed last year’s +353 45 40 7040 [email protected] high of €70,000, while the average and median both increased

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ARQANA AUTUMN SALE – DAY THREE Lot Sex Sire – Dam Vendor Purchaser Price (€) 632 yc AUTHORIZED – Morning Sun Haras de la Perelle BLM Bloodstock 72,000 574 yc NO NAY NEVER – Folle Allure Haras des Capucines Con Marnane 52,000 502 yc DABIRSIM – Takara Girl Haras de Grandcamp Broadhurst Agency 35,000 626 yc WOOTTON BASSETT – Mischka Haras de l’Hotellerie Haras du Saubouas p/s30,000 629 yc DABIRSIM – Miss Coral Haras de Grandcamp Con Marnane 27,000 CLICK HERE FOR SALE RESULTS as Lot 632, the half-brother to the Gr.3 Prix du Lys third Beaulieu MARNANE WINS BATTLE OF BREEZE-UP MEN () was bred by Jurgen Winter’s Normandy-based stud As the sole progeny by Champion European freshman sire elect out of the unraced Morning Sun, a half-sister to the No Nay Never, whose first crop include the likes of the Gr.1 great . Other family members include the dual French winner , Lot 574 was always Classic winner and sire Brametot and the Gr.1 Prix du Cadran- going to garner attention and a pair of heavyweights from the winning mare Molly Malone. Callier said: “He is a very classy sort and looks to be very mature for breeze-up community in Con Marnane and Paul Basquin were his age. He has all the credentials to make a good horse over jumps left to fight it out for the Haras des Capucines colt, who missed his and was the standout for me, so that is why I have stayed so late in engagement in the October Yearling Sale. The former gained the the day. While I do not know plans for him, I do know that he has day at €52,000, with Basquin walking away when asked to been bought to stay in France.” counter.

The Champion Juvenile by The King of Speed Invincible Spirit THE CHOSEN THE CHOSEN Champion at 2, won the Gr.1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere by 4½ lengths, joining previous SS NN winners Holy Roman Emperor, Siyouni, Dabirsim, Rock of Gibraltar and Wootton Bassett. CHAMPION 2YO CHAMPION 2YO LEADING FIRST CROP SIRES IN GB AND IRE 2018 Stallion Sire Wnrs BT BTH GP GPH Wnrs Wnrs NO NAY NEVER Scat Daddy 20 5 8 2 4 KINGMAN Invincible Spirit 19 4 4 2 2 Invincible Spirit 16 1 2 1 2 Table courtesy of www.thoroughbredstallionguide.com 01/11/18

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I AM INVINCIBLE 170 64 82 10 13 AUS$4,509,765 SNITZEL 181 52 63 5 5 AUS$11,518,360 Table courtesy of www.bloodstock.com.au 25/10/18

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The colt is a son of the four-time winner Folle Allure (Poliglote), Late in the day, a representative of George Mullins, acting on who was third in the Gr.3 Prix Fille de l’Air and is a half-sister to the behalf of Marnane, who had already left for Paris and had bought triple Gr.3 winner and Gr.1-placed sire Nysaean and to the dam of four lots in all, secured a son of Dabirsim (Lot 629) for €27,000. the Gr.2 winner and sire Anjaal. Offered by Haras de Grandcamp, the colt is a full-brother to a Marnane said of his acquisition: “I stayed around to get him and I winner and is out of the winning Big Shuffle mare Miss Coral, am very happy. We will now have four by the sire to resell next year at who descends from the family of the multiple Gr.1-winning mare the breeze-ups. The mare was very good and the sire is quality. I Wandesta. The tough Gr.3 winner and Irish Classic-placed Jack expect he will return to Saint-Cloud next year, as he has got the all Naylor and the Gr.2-winning sire Deportivo also feature on the important premiums. page. “We sold this year’s French Guineas [Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches] winner Teppal at that sale last year [€105,000 to BROADHURST PICKS UP DABIRSIM COLT Blandford Bloodstock].” Last year, a son of Dabirsim topped proceedings and yesterday a Just a few lots later and the Bansha House maestro went to son of the Hat Trick stallion took third place on the leaderboard €25,000 for Lot 577, a Haras des Marais-offered son from the when selling to Laurent Benoit’s Broadhurst Agency for €35,000. second crop of the Haras de Saint Vincent-based, 2012 Gr.1 Poule Offered as Lot 502 by Haras de Grandcamp, the colt is the second d’Essai des Poulains winner Lucayan. The sire’s first crop of two- foal out of Takara Girl (Kodiac), a four-time winner for Dabirsim’s year-olds, conceived during his single season at Yeguada di owner Simon Springer, who bred this colt under his Ecurie Milago, include the Yann Durepaire-trained winner Corps Accords. Normandie Pur Sang banner. “He is an absolute cracker, a belter,” said Marnane about the son It is expected that the grandson of the Gr.3 Prestige Stakes of the unraced Spanish-bred Choisir mare Gallaecia. “I know very runner-up Choirgirl, an Unfuwain half-sister to the Gr.1 Pretty little about the sire other than he was a Classic winner and I have Polly Stakes winner Chorist, will run in the colours of Steve done well with obscure stallions before, with the likes of Panis and Burggraf’s Ecurie de Montlahuc. The familiar colours of beige with Diktat, and I took a chance with Dabirsim.” a white cap have been this year associated with the Exchange Those graduates to which Marnane referred were the Gr.1 Rate filly Homerique, who won the Gr.3 Prix de Psyche and was British Champions Sprint Stakes winner Sands Of Mali (Panis), third in both the Gr.1 and Gr.1 Prix de l’Opera. the Gr.3 Solario Stakes winner and Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains Another to have run well for the operation over the past few runner-up First Selection (Diktat) and Marnane’s own Gr.3 Albany months is the Le Havre filly Hermaphrodite, who was picked up Stakes heroine and Gr.1-placed Different League (Dabirsim). for €27,000 at this sale two years ago. She was a maiden winner at

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RACE RECORD INCREDIBLE FIRST BOOK OF MARES Multiple Gr.1 winner, £1,326,618 in prize Lady Wingshot – Gr.3 Winner money, 8 wins and 5 places including: Nouriya – Multiple Stakes winner, Dam of Royal Ascot Gr.2 Winner and Record topping 1,000,000 gns filly Aljazzi 1st , Leopardstown Princess Noor – Gr.3 Winning 2YO and Gr.1-placed 2YO (Gr.1), beating Churchill (Gr.1), (Gr.1), Zhukova (Gr.1) Shaden – Gr.3 Winning 2YO 1st Tattersalls Gold Cup, Curragh (Gr.1), Nebraas - Dam of 3 black type horses and €400K Free Eagle Yearling beating Deauville (Gr.1), Johannes Vemeer Arwa - ½ to Champion Stayer Order Of St George (Gr.1) French Fern - ½ to Gr.2 Winner Captain Marvelous 1st Jebel Hatta, Meydan (Gr.1), beating Elliptique (Gr.1), Ertijaal (Gr.1) Aniarnota - ½ sister to 5 Stakes horses including Irish 2,000 Guineas and Derby winner Desert King

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La Teste de Buch in June and was runner-up to Worth Waiting in Agent Zied Romdhane secured 17 yearlings during the day, the the Gr.3 Prix Minerve over 2500m in August at Deauville. priciest of which was a son of Dabirsim (Lot 528) for €21,000, from the Haras de Grandcamp consignment. WOOTTON COLT FOR BASQUIN “He has been bought for a Libyan client, but the horse will start his Having missed out of the son of No Nay Never earlier in the day, career in France,” said Romdhane about the son of the placed Paul Basquin’s Haras de Saubouas did gain a son of Wootton Green Tune mare Almahroosa. Amongst those back in the Bassett for €30,000 privately. family are the likes of , and Wind In Her The colt, born early last February, was consigned by Haras de Hair. l’Hotellerie as Lot 626 and is out of a placed full-sister to the Gr.3 Grand Prix de Vichy winner Hapsburg. This is also the HOYEAU REALISTIC family of the Gr.1-winning sire Bakharoff and the Gr.2 (then) At the close of day three, the aggregate of €1,130,500 represented Lockinge Stakes winner and sire Emperor Jones. a decrease of nine per cent, although the number of horses WYRZYK HOPING LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE offered and sold were appreciably down on last year. As such, the Four years ago Polish trainer Adam Wyrzyk picked up a son of average rose by seven points to €8,192 from €7,652, while the for €7,000 who went on to be named Caccini, median rose by nine per cent to €6,000 from €5,500. winning the Polish Derby and the country’s version of the Arc. He Across the three days of trade, a total of 426 lots were sold for also finished a neck runner-up in the Listed Altano-Rennen at an aggregate of €7,733,800, an eight per cent decrease on the Hoppegarten. Yesterday the trainer, buying under the name BMS €8,405,500 from last year, while a clearance rate of 77 per cent Group, picked up Lot 607, another son of the stallion, for was achieved. The average of €18,154 was equal to last year, but €22,000. the median increased by €1,000 to €9,000. “We buy each year in France as we are looking for stamina,” said At the conclusion of the sale, Arqana President Eric Hoyeau Wyrzyk. “I trained the very good Polish horse Caccini, who won the said: “The yearling market has been undoubtedly selective, Derby and that would be the ambition with this colt.” something that has become a general feature of many an auction Offered on behalf of breeders Arnaud and Andre Mottais by this season. Even at the very end of a session, as we have seen today, Haras du Hoguenet, the colt is out of the multiple-winning there is good money for the horses who fit the buyers’ criteria. Muhtathir mare Louve Rose, whose relations include the Gr.1- However, these criteria tend to be as restrictive as ever and one can’t winning sire Roi Normand and the Gr.1 Prix Saint-Alary winner shy away from the fact that trade is more complicated in the lower Cocquerelle. tiers of the market. “Monday saw a very international bench for the horses in training, from every corner of Europe to America, Australia, Northern Africa and China, which I think speaks positively of the appeal of the French racing industry. Breeders, trainers, agents – we must all get together to keep promoting our sport and upgrading our breeding industry as quality is more than ever the way forward.” Professional Pedigree Consultancy

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FIRST CROP YEARLING SIRES (€) 554 f ex Chambles 10,000 570 c ex Elusive Kay 11,000 AMARILLO 526 f ex Allez Hongkong NS5,500 NEW ZEALAND BLOODSTOCK EVASIVE’S FIRST 446 f ex Paroledefripourille 3,000 479 c ex Satwa Blue W/D SAVABEEL DOMINATES READY TO RUN SALE GUTAIFAN It is never a good sign when a sale has to rally late to get the 465 c ex Rex regina W/D clearance rate up to 63 per cent. That was the market vendors 567 f ex Don’t W/D were operating on Day One of the New Zealand Bloodstock HUNTER’S LIGHT Ready To Run Sale of 2YO’s at Karaka outside Auckland. It was 457 c ex Polyquest 14,000 hard going for the men with the gavel early on, but, by late 494 c ex Star Zita 6,500 afternoon, more lots were finding homes and pushing the 563 c ex Decency 11,000 clearance rate up. The all too familiar pattern of good money for a select few horses at the top of the market while the middle MUSTAJEEB struggled, ruled again. 511 f ex Unequivocal 6,000 The closing figures for the first session told the tale. At 115, the 609 f ex Lukrecia 4,000 number of lots sold for the day was down by 30 on the same session last year, making for a 12 per cent fall in the clearance rate. 507 c ex Tornadea 7,500 On the back of that the aggregate dropped 24 per cent to NZ$11,980,500, but selective buying meant the average only went south by four per cent to finish at NZ$104,178. Interestingly, 576 f ex Fusca 4,000 the median went up from NZ$65,000 to NZ$67,500 adding PRINCE GIBRALTAR weight to the hypothesis regarding selectivity. 450 c ex Perspective 13,000 One interesting comparison is the numbers against the 2016 464 f ex Reine Bere NS4,000 sale where the clearance rate was even lower at 57 per cent, the 477 c ex Sanadora 8,000 average was a tick over NZ$101,000, the aggregate was closer to 481 f ex Scarlet Sonnet 2,000 the 2017 mark but for more lots offered, and the median rode 491 f ex Song Of Hope 3,500 along at NZ$70,000. In short, there seems little settled logic with 501 f ex Sybilia NS7,500 which to predict trading on breeze-up horses on either side of the 541 f ex Bainorama 5,500 Tasman. The top of the table was dominated by Savabeel. Between RED DUBAWI vendor Jamie Beatson’s Ohukia Lodge banner and the Chittick 597 f ex Lady Marmalade 7,000 family’s Waikato Stud, whose stock were consigned by Beatson, 606 c ex Louisiane 4,000 they would offer four of the top five lots. SIDESTEP Since the demise of his sire Zabeel, the W S Cox Plate winner 468 c ex Rosen Opera 7,000 and four-time Champion Sire Savabeel has been “king of the ring” 490 c ex Sonate Jem W/D at Karaka and so it was again yesterday, Waikato Stud’s stalwart 530 c ex Anavera 19,000 producing both lots that topped trading at NZ$500,000.

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The first of the pair to grace the ring was Lot 84, a colt third foal Runner (Kingdom Bay), who won the Gr.2 Sir Tristram Classic. out of the successful High Chaparral mare Lady Chaparral. After Another not to have gone to auction having been withdrawn some spirited bidding the colt was knocked down to local agent from Karaka Book 1 Yearling Sale, the colt had taken 11.02s when Stuart Hale on behalf of Hong Kong client Mr S N Wong of asked to breeze. Regency stables. Not previously offered for sale, having been Savabeel and Ohukia also provided the fifth dearest lot, Lot withdrawn from this year’s Karaka Book 1 Sale, the colt had 180, which was bought by Victorian agent Cameron Cooke for breezed in a sedate 11.44s. NZ$375,000. He had run a slick 10.09s for his breeze, second only At her best up to a mile, the dam won four times, including the to the aforementioned son of Maxmara. The colt is the first foal Gr.3 Tauranga Stakes at Bay Of Plenty. With her first two foals out of the once-raced Pander, a half-sister to Bart Cummings’ last unraced, Lady Chaparral is a half-sister to Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks tough as teak stayer Precedence (Zabeel), winner of ten races winner Bramble Rose (Shinko King), dam of Tangled (Snitzel) a including a pair of Gr.2 Moonee Valley Gold Cups. This is also the Gr.2 winner at two and twice Gr.1-placed at three, and the Listed family of dual Gr.1 winner and now highly-successful stallion winners Sebrose (Sebring) and Maules Creek (Redoute’s Tavistock (Montjeu). Choice), This is also the family of the grand old campaigner from Speaking of Tavistock, he would be the only sire to challenge the 1980’s The Filbert (Souvran). Savabeel’s dominance at the top on the day when his colt out of The other half-million dollar colt will also head to Hong Kong, the Australian-bred Prestigious Miss (Written Tycoon) fetched having been purchased by trainer Manfred Man. Lot 127 was out NZ$400,000 on the bid of respected agent John Foote, making of Maxmara, an unraced O’Reilly (Last Tycoon) full-sister to the him the fourth-highest sale. A winner and Gr.2 and Gr.3-placed in Listed winner and Gr.1-placed Salsa and a half-sister to the New Zealand, Prestigious Miss is a half-sister to the Gr.3 Manawatu Australian Gr.3 winner Somepin Anypin. Their dam, Ungaro Cup winner Cassini (Reset) and a granddaughter of the Gr.1 (Centaine), is a full-sister to the Gr.1 Goodwood Handicap winner Western Australian Oaks winner True Devotion (Beau Centisle. The colt, who had not been to auction previously, Sovereign). The colt came off Riversley Park at Ohaupo, having breezed in the impressive time of 10.07s, the fastest of the sale. breezed in 10.45s. At NZ$440,000, Lot 137 gave Ohukia and Savabeel the top- The sale represented a significant pinhook for Riversley Park, priced trifecta when knocked down to David Ellis of Te Akau the colt having fetched NZ$150,000 at the Karaka Book 1 Sale in and Aquis Farm. Out of the unraced Pins January. (Snippets) mare Millililli, the colt is a full relation to the Gr.3 There was plenty of representation for northern hemisphere- Cuddle Stakes runner-up Goodsav. Millililli is out of Scarlet based shuttle stallions with an Australian-bred colt by () the best result when sold for $320,000 to Hong Kong’s Chak Hung Poon. Offered as Lot 126 by Jeremy Whale’s Diamond Lodge at Cambridge, the colt, who Selling at GOFFS this breezed in 10.84s, is the second foal out of Matabrahma, a Darci Brahma (Danehill) mare that won eight times in and around Friday 23rd November Brisbane. A half-sister to the Listed placed Heat Haze (Zabeel), Matabrahma traces back to Welsh Flame (Welsh Pageant) best known as the dam of Gr.2 (then) winner Flame Lot 1061 LEOS SPIRIT Of Tara () and as the grandam of the Gr.1 winners Salsabil by ex Spirit Of Tara (Sadler’s Wells), Marju (Last Tycoon), Second Empire (Fairy King) and Northern Spur (Sadler’s Wells). This colt was another win for the pinhookers, having been Half-sister to TOCCO D’AMORE bought for A$75,000 from the Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale in - HIGHEST-PRICED FILLY - January. A first New Zealand-conceived crop son of Charm Spirit sold for €2,000,000 at GOFFS in 2015. (Invincible Spirit) proved popular, with the Hong Kong Jockey Club having to stretch out to NZ$250,000 to snare the colt. A first Is also a half-sister to foal with an early August foaling date, the colt came off Prima ECHO OF LIGHT (sold for €1,200,000) Park at Ohaupo and is out of the Thorn Park (Spinning World) mare Key To Success. She is an unraced half-sister to the multiple & IRISH HISTORY (sold for €950,000). Group winner Lady Kipling (Savabeel). Having covered the furlong in a slick 10.29s, he went through the ring as Lot 77. The Dam Spirit Of Tara is also an OWN SISTER to colt had previously been sold as part of Book 1 in January and was bought by Michael Wallace’s Waterford Bloodstock for SALSABIL, SONG OF TARA & FLAME. NZ$160,000. Another European sire represented was Holy Roman Emperor • She is selling in-foal to VADAMOS, due early April. (Danehill) whose son out of the Montjeu mare Montwest went to • From one of those rare families of Mr O’Kelly’s Kilcarn Stud. Australian buyer Victoria Peak Bloodstock for NZ$240,000. Unraced and the dam of four winners to date, Montwest is a half- • She has bred two winners to date. sister to the Gr.2 winner Natalie Wood (Yachtie), dam of the Gr.3 winner Maluckyday who beat all but Americain home in the She is the property of Dunboden Estate. Gr.1 Melbourne Cup. This colt took 10.92s to complete his breeze and went through as Lot 154.

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NEW ZEALAND BLOODSTOCK READY TO RUN SALE – DAY ONE Lot Sex Sire – Dam Vendor Purchaser Price (NZ$) 84 2c SAVABEEL – Lady Chaparral Ohukia Lodge Ltd Stuart Hale & Co 500,000 127 2c SAVABEEL – Maxmara Ohukia Lodge Ltd Mr M Man 500,000 137 2c SAVABEEL –Millililli Ohukia Lodge Ltd Mr DC Ellis/Aquis 440,000 198 2c TAVISTOCK –Prestigious Miss Riversley Park Ltd John Foote Bloodstock 400,000 180 2c SAVABEEL – Pander Ohukia Lodge Ltd Cameron Cooke Bloodstock 375,000 CLICK HERE FOR SALE RESULTS

It has always been acknowledged that the Australasian breeze- SHUTTLE SIRE RESULTS (NZ$) up sales are perfectly placed for the Asian market. Factors such as the timing of the release of permits for Hong Kong and the fact CHARM SPIRIT 49 g ex Her Royal Highness W/D Asian buyers do not have to wait to have the horse broken in 77 c ex Key To Success 250,000 make such sales highly appealing to this lucrative sector. But the 139 g ex Mirandola RNA85,000 lack of any serious competition from a domestic market that is 173 c ex O’Gio 180,000 only just above “flat-lining” means the success or failure of this sale is dependent on just how many buyers New Zealand DAWN APPROACH Bloodstock can entice from Hong Kong, mainland China, 120 g ex Macavity RNA100,000 Singapore, Macau etc. 126 c ex Matabrahma 320,000 Yesterday’s figures show the glaring disparity between the two DREAM AHEAD markets. Local buyers bought just 31 lots for a spend of almost 159 c ex Munfasia RNA40,000 NZ$2.5 million at an average of NZ$80,306. Of this David Ellis spent a tick over NZ$1 million and without his Te Akau syndicates the FASTNET ROCK local average drops to $57,480. Compare that to the NZ$190,100 89 c ex Lady Of Spain 190,000 average and a 20-lot, NZ$3.8 million spend by Hong Kong buyers HALLOWED CROWN alone and it shows just how off the pace the local market is at 35 c ex Given With Love 80,000 present. The New Zealand industry knows it has serious issues to 71 c ex Justagem RNA100,000 address and the release of the government commissioned “Messara Report” is the first giant step towards making the local market HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR competitive again. For the majority of breeders and pinhookers 67 c ex Izajazzar 200,000 until the first of the Arrowfield Stud chief’s recommendations bear 154 c ex Montwest 240,000 fruit, it will be a long, tough road ahead. IFFRAAJ Today’s second session commences at 11am local time (10pm 17 g ex First Empress RNA65,000 GMT) and sees a further 225 catalogued lots ready for sale. The 30 g ex Geisha 75,000 expectation is for stronger trade, particularly in the middle market 70 c ex Just A Dream 100,000 as a number of buyers, reluctant to pull the trigger yesterday, get 168 c ex Nikey Davone 120,000 involved or do deals on some of those lots passed in already. 176 c ex Operavega RNA50,000 Another STAKES winner bred by

BE MY SHERIFF wins the Listed Grosser Dresdner Herbstpreis.

Congratulations to Owner Nadine Siepmann, Trainer Henk Grewe & Jockey Lukas Delozier. www.goerlsdorf.com

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MAKFI 109 c ex Lotteria 100,000 RACING REVIEW 116 g ex Luminova 41,000 117 c ex Our Kismet 27,500 BRITAIN 216 f ex Rio Rose RNA30,000 POWER TOPWEIGHT SPEAR FLIES HOME 101 c ex La Vienne 62,000 IN KEMPTON FEATURE 158 c ex Mumtaz WD The feature race at Kempton Park’s evening meeting was the 195 g ex Posporre RNA30,000 Listed Hyde Stakes and victory went to the topweight Flaming RELIABLE MAN Spear. 86 g ex Lady In Charge 47,500 The Dean Ivory-trained son of Lope De Vega had picked up a 90 f ex Lady’s Wish RNA20,000 couple of valuable handicaps amongst his five previous victories, 145 g ex Miss Danewood 60,000 but this was his first at Stakes level. He raced in midfield on the 151 f ex Modern Lady 35,000 outside, as Pactolus () made the running, 196 c ex Postman’s Daughter 100,000 and took the lead 2f from home. Hathal (Speightstown), having 211 f ex Renediym 34,000 his first run for new owners after changing hands at Tattersalls last SHOWCASING month, made good progress on the inside after the track widened in the straight, but could not get to the leader, finishing second 31 f ex Gelinda RNA50,000 by three quarters of a length. The filly Pattie (Sixties Icon) picked 76 c ex Keeper Coming 100,000 up more placed black type in third. 99 g ex L’Artiste 80,000 Flaming Spear, bred by Gerry Flannery Investments and sold 108 c ex London Dream 120,000 four times at public auction, is a half-brother to the UAE Listed 138 c ex Miralores RNA80,000 winner Taqseem (Fantastic Light) and the Gr.2-placed juvenile 185 c ex Pearls RNA150,000 Desert Blossom (Shamardal). They are amongst the ten winners STREET BOSS out of the Gr.3-placed mare Elshamms, from the family 37 g ex Gold Lyric 120,000 of the US Gr.1 winner and sire Talinum and the South African Group winners Croc Valley and Tajmeel. 174 c ex Ole Rose W/D UNCLE MO 39 c ex Gone Wild W/D VERRAZANO 165 c ex Naivety 40,000 208 f ex Ready Diva 20,000

NZB STATISTICS (NZ$) 2018 % 2017 Flaming Spear (Lope De Vega; blue and white, Catalogued 220 220 centre of picture) wins last night’s Listed Hyde Stakes Offered 184 193 at Kempton Park. © Steve Cargill Sold 115 (63%) 145 (75%) Aggregate 11,980,500 -24 15,690,500 Average 104,178 -4 108,210 Median 67,500 +4 65,000 GERMANY

Click here to contact IRT, or visit www.irt.com FIRST STAKES SUCCESS FOR BE MY SHERIFF Be My Sheriff scored his first Stakes success in the Listed Grosser Preis der Freiberger, the feature race at Dresden yesterday. He is now two from three since joining trainer Henk Grewe. The four-year-old son of raced in third on the outside follow EBN on twitter as Melodino (Dabirsim) set the pace. Having turned for home, Be My Sheriff moved on to the stand-side rail and galloped on @bloodstocknews strongly to score by a handsome four and three quarter lengths from last season’s Gr.1 and Gr.1 Grosser Preis

20 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 INDUSTRY NEWS – STAKES RESULTS EBN: THURSDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER 2018 von Europa winner Windstoss (Shirocco), with Itobo (Areion) a Jason Morris, Director of Racing, HRI, commented: “The move to head away in third. a 30-day foal notification is an important step in ensuring that we Previously trained by Miroslav Rulec, Be My Sheriff won once at have full lifetime traceability of all thoroughbreds for health and three and was ninth in the Gr.1 . He was welfare reasons. HRI warmly welcomes its introduction which has unplaced in three starts this term for Rulec, but scored first time the widespread support of the industry.” out for Grewe at Chantilly in September. Bred by Gestüt Görlsdorf, he is a half-brother to the UAE Listed winner Ans Bach (Green Desert) and the Listed Prix STAKES RESULTS second Zaskar (Anabaa). They are out of the three-year-old winner Bezzaaf (), whose two-year-old colt by Sea The Moon, who was retained by Gestüt Görlsdorf, won first time out earlier this month. Bezzaaf has a yearling filly by Sea The Going Fifty Years Moon and visited him again this year. Places? Flying Horses

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LR EBF HYDE STAKES, Kempton, 1m AW, 3yo+, 1st £25,520, 2nd £9,675, 3rd £4,842 1. FLAMING SPEAR (Ire), 6g, Lope De Vega – Elshamms (Zafonic) 2nd dam Gharam (Green Dancer) 3rd dam Water Lily (Riverman) O: Tony Bloom, B: Gerry Flannery Developments, T: Dean Ivory €110,000 Goffs November Foal Sale by Pier House Stud, consigned by Esker Lodge Stud 48,000gns vendor Tattersalls December Yearling Sale consigned by Pier House Stud £260,000 DBS Breeze-Up Sale by David Redvers, consigned by Mocklershill 125,000gns 2015 Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale Be My Sheriff (Lawman) winning the Listed by Hillen & Ryan, consigned by Jamie Railton Grosser Preis der Freiberger at Dresden yesterday. 2. HATHAL (USA), 6h, Speightstown – Sleepytime (Royal Academy) O: Dr A Sedrati and Partner, B: Tenth Street Stables, T: Jamie Osborne INDUSTRY NEWS $275,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale by Friarstown Stud IRELAND consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency 320,000gns Tattersalls Breeze-Up Sale NEW 30-DAY FOAL NOTIFICATION TO by Mandore International Agency BE INTRODUCED IN JANUARY 2019 consigned by Friarstown Bloodstock 65,000gns 2018 Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale From January 2019, breeders are required to notify Weatherbys by McKeever Bloodstock, consigned by Al Shaqab Racing Ireland General Stud Book within 30 days of the birth of a or non-thoroughbred foal born in Ireland and bred for racing. The notification of birth will be automatically triggered by the submission of DNA (blood and markings). There will be no additional fees for notification of birth within the 30-day window. The 30-day foal notification is a mandatory obligation. It is KYBRED USBRED to the welfare and traceability mandate for the equine industry and will assist in the proviso for life after Brexit, particularly with regards to the free movement of equidae. 3. PATTIE (GB), 4f, The 30-day foal notification will also HRI and the IHRB, Sixties Icon – Excellent Day (Invincible Spirit) on behalf of the industry, to trace the whereabouts of O/T: Mick Channon, B: Mike Channon Bloodstock Ltd thoroughbreds and non-thoroughbreds in Ireland from the earliest stage. This is important for the welfare, bio-security and Also ran: Victory Bond, Straight Right, Tangled, Silver Quartz, disease control measures which underpin horse movement and Summer Icon, Via Via, Peak Princess, Pactolus are the cornerstone of European legislation for equidae. Distances: ¾l, 1¼l, ½l, 1¼l, ½l, nk, ½l, ½l, 1¼l, ½l

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LR GROSSER PREIS DER FREIBERGER, Dresden, 2200m, 3yo+, 1st €14,000, 2nd €6,500, 3rd €3,000 1. BE MY SHERIFF (Ger), 4c, Lawman – Bezzaaf (Machiavellian) 2nd dam Maid Of (Dancing Brave) 3rd dam Monamira (Kashmir) O: Nadine Siepmann, B: Gestüt Görlsdorf, T: Henk Grewe €36,000 vendor BBAG September Yearling Sale consigned by Gestüt Görlsdorf

Whelan’s Way (Requinto; far side) narrowly beats Open Sea (Pivotal) in yesterday’s Kempton Park opener, the 7f nursery. © Steve Cargill

Whelans Way (Requinto) tracked the leaders on the rail, took it up after the cut-away and fought back, having been headed by Open Sea (Pivotal), to score on his fifth start. He is a half-brother to the juvenile winner Foot Perfect (Footstepsinthesand), out of the dual winner Lupine (Lake Coniston). She is a half-sister to the Listed-winning and Gr.3-placed hurdler Puck Out (Topanoora), the dual Listed-placed Barringer (Nicolotte) and the Listed Tipperary Stakes runner-up Blue Crush (). Their dam, the winner Prosaic Star (Common Grounds), is a half- sister to the winner Pheopotstown (Henbit; dam of the Gr.1 2. WINDSTOSS (Ger), 4c, National Stakes runner-up Murawwi, grandam of the Listed- Shirocco – Wellenspiel (Sternkönig) placed duo Mooni Ridge and Bush Maiden, and third dam of the O/B: Gestüt Röttgen, T: Markus Klug Gr.2 -placed Exhibition). The third dam is the €16,000 vendor BBAG September Yearling Sale Listed winner Starduster (Lucifer). consigned by Gestüt Röttgen 5.10 KEMPTON PARK, EBF 2YO NOVICE DIV I, 7F AW 3. ITOBO (Ger), 6g, Areion – Iowa (Lomitas) O: Stall Totti, B: Gestüt Görlsdorf, T: Hans-Jürgen Gröschel €11,000 BBAG September Yearling Sale ebfstallions.com by Stall Totti, consigned by Gestüt Görlsdorf

Also ran: Amigo, Guiliana, Oscar, Enjoy Vijay, Portorikos, 1. ZAKOUSKI (GB), 2c, Melodino, Northsea Star, Luciani Shamardal – O’Giselle (Octagonal) Distances: 4¾l, hd, ½l, 3¼l, 2½l, 1¾l, 2½l, ½l, 2¾l, 49l O/B: Godolphin, T: Charlie Appleby Distances: 2l, 4½l. 13 ran. YESTERDAY’S RACING REVIEW Zakouski (Shamardal) tracked the leaders before kicking for home at the cut-away and holding off the previous winner BRITAIN Headman (Kingman) to score well on his debut. He is a half- brother to the Gr.3 winner and Gr.1 Golden Rose Stakes second Albrecht (Redoute’s Choice). Their unraced dam, O’Giselle 4.40 KEMPTON PARK, NURSERY, 7F AW (Octagonal), is a full-sister to the Australian champion, multiple 1. WHELANS WAY (Ire), 2c, Gr.1 winner and sire Lonhro, the triple Gr.1 winner Niello and the Requinto – Lupine (Lake Coniston) triple Listed winner and Gr.2-placed Shannara and a half-sister to O: Austin Whelan, B: G W Robinson, T: Roger Teal the winner Sibylline (Chief’s Crown; dam of the Gr.3-placed €10,000 Goffs November Foal Sale Gergis, and grandam of the Gr.3 winner Circular) and the unraced by Culworth Grounds/Sam Hoskins, Miss Trump (Last Tycoon; dam of the Gr.3 winner Diamond consigned by Ballyshannon Stud Deck, and grandam of the dual New Zealand Gr.1 winner Devise). €15,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale Their dam, the Gr.3 Sweet Embrace Stakes winner and dual Gr.1- by Spear Family, consigned by Culworth Grounds Farm placed Shadea (Straight Strike), is a half-sister to the Gr.1 AJC £14,000 not sold Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Breeze-Up Sale Oaks winner Mahaya (Sir Tristram). The third dam, Concia (First consigned by Mark Grant Racing Consul), won twice at three. Distances: shd, 1¾l. 14 ran. O’Giselle has a yearling colt by Dubawi.

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Indian Ridge mare Mini Mosa. Her dam is the French winner Baldemosa (Lead On Time), who produced five winners, including the 15-time scorer Caustic Wit (Cadeaux Genereux). Baldemosa’s half-siblings include the Gr.1-winning juvenile Balbonella (; dam of the Champion sprinter and sire Anabaa, Gr.3 winner and sire Key Of Luck, French Classic victrix Always Loyal and Listed winners Bamwhite and Country Belle, the latter the dam of Gr.2 winner and sire Country Reel). The third dam is the Riverman mare Bamieres.

Zakouski (Shamardal), who made a winning debut in Division I of Kempton Park’s 7f novice last night. © Steve Cargill

5.40 KEMPTON PARK, EBF 2YO NOVICE DIV II, 7F AW

ebfstallions.com Honest Albert (Sepoy) races clear for a convincing debut victory at Kempton Park last night. © Steve Cargill 1. GLOBAL SPECTRUM (GB), 2c, Dutch Art – Lady Darshaan (High Chaparral) O: Dr Johnny Hon, B: Newsells Park Stud, 8.20 WOLVERHAMPTON, 2YO MAIDEN, 7F AW T: Gay Kelleway 1. YOUTHFUL (GB), 2c, €75,000 not sold Arqana August Yearling Sale Shamardal – Good Hope (Cape Cross) consigned by Newsells Park Stud O/B: The Queen, T: Michael Bell 130,000gns Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up Sale Distances: nse, ½l. 12 ran. by Charlie Gordon-Watson Bloodstock, Youthful (Shamardal) just got the verdict from the once-raced consigned by Church Farm and Horse Park Stud Fortissimo (Dream Ahead) to win on his debut. He is the first foal Distances: 2¾l, shd. 11 ran. out of Good Hope (Cape Cross), who won a 1m2f handicap on Global Spectrum (Dutch Art) was not the fastest away, but came her fourth and last start. The mare is a full-sister to a winner and a with a strong run down the centre of the straight to win well on half-sister to three more, headed by the Australian Gr.1 winner his debut. He is a half-brother to the Listed Churchill Stakes (My) Kingdom Of Fife (Kingmambo) and the Gr.3-placed Four winner Let’s Go (Street Cry), out of the Gr.1 Fillies’ Mile runner-up Winds (Red Ransom). The second dam is the Listed winner and Lady Darshaan (High Chaparral). She is a full-sister to the Listed Gr.3 runner-up Fairy Godmother (Fairy King), whose half- siblings include the US Gr.2 winner and sire Blueprint (Generous). River Eden Stakes winner Tempest Fugit and a half-sister to the The third dam, the Gr.2-placed Highbrow (), is a Gr.1 Prix de l’Abbaye winner Tot0al Gallery (Namid). Their dam, half-sister to the dam of Gr.1 winner and sire (Sadler’s Wells) the triple winner Diary (Green Desert), is a half-sister to the Gr.1 and also to the dam of the Gr.3-winning half-siblings Pretty Polly Stakes winner Ambivalent (Authorized), the Gr.1 Astrophysical Jet (Dubawi) and Coral Wave (Rock Of Gibraltar). (then) Gran Criterium-placed Al Waffi (Fairy King) and the Listed- The fourth dam is The Queen’s dual Classic heroine placed Sunday Symphony (Sunday Silence). The third dam is (Queen’s Hussar), dam of Height Of Fashion and third dam of the Listed Aphrodite Stakes-placed Darrery (Darshaan). Deep Impact. Lady Darshaan has a yearling colt by Kodiac and a filly foal by Good Hope has a yearling Iffraaj filly named Good Try and Le Havre. produced an Iffraaj colt in March before visiting Cable Bay. 6.10 KEMPTON PARK, 2YO NOVICE MED AUCT, 1M AW 1. HONEST ALBERT (GB), 2c, Sepoy – Mini Mosa (Indian Ridge) IRELAND O/B: Ms Rachel D S Hood, T: Distances: 2¾l, nk. 13 ran. 6.30 DUNDALK, NURSERY, 6F AW 1. BEAU WARRIOR (Ire), 2f, This was a successful debut for Honest Albert (Sepoy), who Declaration Of War – Sign From Heaven (Raven’s Pass) comfortably accounted for the once-raced Dark Miracle 2nd dam Sahara Sky (Danehill) (Mukhadram). He is a half-brother to winners by Iceman and 3rd dam Old Domesday Book (High Top) Showcasing, and is the fifth and last named foal out of the placed O: Total Recall Racing Club, B: Rathbarry Stud,

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T: Adrian McGuinness 4.10 (GMT) TOULOUSE, 2YO C&G MAIDEN, 1600M €20,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale 1. NOORMANDY (Fr), 2c, by Total Recall Racing Club Le Havre – Wedge Trust (Zamindar) consigned by Rathbarry Stud O: Issam M Fares, B: Haras de Manneville, 2. Imposing Supreme (Ire), 3. She’s My Dream (Ire). T: Jean-Claude Rouget Distances: 2¾l, nk. 10 ran. €40,000 not sold Arqana August Yearling Sale Pedigree: EBN2018-11-08 consigned by Haras du Quesnay Distances: ½l, 1½l. 10 ran. 7.00 DUNDALK, 3YO+ MAIDEN, 6F AW 1. SABRINA FAIRCHILD (Ire), 3f, Noormandy (Le Havre) made most to win on his second start. He Elnadim – Chelsy (Statue Of Liberty) is the first winner from two foals out of the Gr.3 and Listed-placed O: R C Sooknanan, B: E Lynam, T: Sarah Lynam victrix Wedge Trust (Zamindar). She is a half-sister to the Listed Distances: 1¼l, nse. 8 ran. La Coupe de Marseille winner Pitch (Manduro) and they are out of the dual winner Wedge (Storm Cat). She is a half-sister to the Breaking her maiden at the fourth attempt, Sabrina Fairchild Listed Prix Dahlia victrix Keegsquaw (Street Cry). Their dam, (Elnadim) is a half-sister to the dual sprint winner Louis Leroy Kentucky Rose (Hernando), is a half-sister to the Gr.2 Canadian (Art Connoisseur) and is the third named foal out of Chelsy Handicap winner Calista (Caerleon) and the winner Noesis (Statue Of Liberty), who won over this course and distance ten (Persepolis; grandam of the multiple Gr.1 winner and sire Act years ago. She is a half-sister to a winner over fences and they are One). the only two foals out of the placed Sri Pekan mare Burma. The Wedge Trust has a yearling full-sister to the winner (€60,000 at third dam, the Gr.1 (then) Oaks d’Italia third Bunting (Shaadi), is Arqana October Yearling Sale by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock). BR the dam of eight winners, notably the multiple Listed scorer and Gr.2-placed Parasol (Halling) and the Listed winner and Gr.1 Irish Oaks runner-up Mot Juste (). GERMANY Chelsy has a yearling colt by Slade Power and a filly foal by the same sire. 10.15 [GMT] DRESDEN, EBF 2YO MAIDEN DIV I, 1900M

FRANCE ebfstallions.com 3.40 (GMT) TOULOUSE, 2YO FILLIES’ MAIDEN, 1600M 1. SAMOTHRACE (Fr), 2f, Iffraaj – Hunza Dancer (Danehill Dancer) 1. ORMUZ (Ger), 2f, O: Ecurie d’Authuit, Ecurie de Montlahuc, EJ Lucas Mamool – Ormita () and A Chevalier du Fau, O: Racing, B: Horst-Dieter Beyer, T: Andreas Wöhler B: Ecurie de Meautry, T: Francis-Henri Graffard €32,000 BBAG September Yearling Sale €110,000 Arqana August Yearling Sale by HFTB Racing Agency by Broadhurst Agency consigned by Ronald Rauscher consigned by Ecurie de Meautry Distances: 1¼l, ½l. 11 ran. €180,000 not sold Arqana Breeze-Up Sale consigned by Channel Consignment Trainer Andreas Wöhler has often targeted this race on the very Distances: ½l, 1½l. 12 ran. last turf fixture of the year in Germany and, although he describes this filly as “very much a horse for next year” on his website, it did Samothrace (Iffraaj) was fourth on her debut at Saint-Cloud two not prevent Ormuz (Mamool) from starting the 5/2 favourite and weeks ago and produced a very good performance to win on her running out a very easy winner on her debut. She was towards return to the track. She is a half-sister to two winners in Hexis the rear in the early stages, but made rapid progress from halfway () and Chrysale (High Chaparral), out of the to go second 800m out and then take the lead more than 400m British winner Hunza Dancer (Danehill Dancer), who herself was out. Once in front, she was never in danger and was not hard out of the winning Warning mare Hawala. Her previous progeny pressed to score from another filly La Pradera (Wiesenpfad) in are headed by the Gr.3 victor, Gr.1 runner-up and sire Air Chief second and Andoro (), with the three finishing well Marshal, as well as the Gr.1-placed winner Foxtrot Romeo and clear of the remainder. Ormuz is the seventh live foal of her dam Listed-placed victor and sire Misu Bond (all by Danehill Dancer), Ormita (Acatenango) and two of her full-siblings were distinctly and Gr.3 scorer Flag Of Honour (Galileo), as well as the Gr.3- useful, Ormito, who was trained by Andrew Balding and was placed Listed winner Slip Dance (Celtic Swing). The third dam, placed in several black-type races, including when runner-up in Halawa (Dancing Brave), won in France and her five winners the Gr.3 Geoffrey Freer Stakes, and Orluna, who won six races, include the Gr.3 scorer Afaf (Spectrum) and the Listed winner including once in Listed company, and was placed 13 times. Zack Hall (Muhtathir). Halawa is a half-sister to Listed winner Ormita only won one small race, and so did her own dam Ordura Hasainiya (; dam of a Listed winner) out of the triple (Lagunas), but the latter also produced several multiple winners, French Listed winner Hanzala (Akarad), who is a half-sister to the while the next dam Orfina (Dschinghis Khan) won ten races and Gr.1 (then) victor and sire Houmayoun (Shernazar). is closely related to Gr.1 Deutsches Derby winner Orofino. Ormuz Hunza Dancer has a yearling filly by Kendargent and a was originally named Oh My Valentine, but was given a Persian Nathaniel colt foal. BR name as is usual with this owner’s runners. She looks well bought

24 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 STAKES FIELDS – FIRST CROP SIRE MAIDENS EBN: THURSDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER 2018 at €32,000 and is a very interesting prospect in view of Wöhler’s SIBERIAN IRIS (Ire), 4f, comments. It is surely significant that she has been entered in – Dawn To Dance () both the Gr.1 Deutsches Derby and Gr.1 Preis der Diana. SO HI SOCIETY (Ire), 3f, Ormita has a yearling filly by Thewayyouare, who was sold at Society Rock – Lilac Mist (Spectrum) the 2018 BBAG yearling sale for €12,000 to Tina Rau, and a colt foal by Adlerflug. DCS Gr.2 FALLS CITY HANDICAP, Churchill Downs, 1m1fD, 3yo+f&m, $200,000, 4.22pm (local time), Race 11 11.45 [GMT] DRESDEN, EBF 2YO MAIDEN DIV II, 1900M RED DANE (Ity), 4f, Red Rocks – Lady Rangali (Danehill Dancer) ebfstallions.com FIRST CROP SIRE MAIDENS

1. NUBBEL (Ger), 2c, ANODIN Wiener Walzer – Norderney (Dai Jin) Anodyne (Ire), 2f, ex Standout (Robellino) O: Holger Renz, B: Gestüt Bona, T: Markus Klug 4.40 [GMT] Lyon La Soie, fillies’ maiden, 1800m AW €7,500 BBAG September Yearling Sale Sandy Dream (Fr), 2f, ex Sandy Winner (Priolo) by Holger Renz, consigned by Gestüt Bona 7.15 [GMT] Lyon La Soie, claimer, 1800m AW Distances: ¾l, 2½l. 11 ran. AUSTRALIA Fraser Island (Ire), 2c, ex Ponty Acclaim (Acclamation) Like the winner of the first division, the second was won by a 2.55 Newcastle, EBF maiden, 1m2f AW BBAG graduate who has since been renamed. Nathan was listed Red Centre (USA), 2c, ex Magical Steps (Giant’s Causeway) as Lot 312 in the Sales and Racing Festival Sale last October, but 2.55 Newcastle, EBF maiden, 1m2f AW after being knocked down for a bargain €7,500 to Cologne owner Holger Renz, who likes to name his runners after Cologne slang CHARM SPIRIT expressions, is now known as Nubbel, a straw figure who is Beguilling Charm (Ire), 2f, ex Bryanstown (Galileo) traditionally burned at the end of the Fasching carnival. Whether 4.05 Newcastle, fillies’ novice auction, 7f AW this is a good omen for a thoroughbred remains to be seen, but Spiritually (GB), 2f, ex Lalectra (King Charlemagne) Nubbel scored here in good style on his fourth career start. He 5.05 Newcastle, EBF novice, 5f AW made virtually all the running, jumping well from his outside Centaurus (Fr), 2c, ex Crystals Sky (Hernando) draw and taking a clear lead after two furlongs. The others came 5.40 [GMT] Lyon La Soie, c&g maiden, 1800m AW closer in the straight, but he was always holding runner-up The Big Smoke (Fr), 2c, ex Trip To The Moon (Fasliyev) Loyalität (Kamsin), with Secret Potion (Dabirsim) finishing well 5.40 [GMT] Lyon La Soie, c&g maiden, 1800m AW for third. Nubbel is the fifth foal of his dam Norderney (Dai Jin), but could well be the best, as none of the others, only two of GARSWOOD Haighfield (GB), 2f, ex Crawford Avenue (Equiano) whom ever won, have set the world on fire. Norderney herself 5.05 Newcastle, EBF novice, 5f AW was pretty useful, winning two Gr.3 races and also finishing fourth in the Gr.2 German 1,000 Guineas. Her dam, Nouvelle Princesse GREGORIAN (Bluebird), won three races and is a full-sister to the Listed winner George Hastings (GB), 2g, ex Pachanga (Inchinor) Nobilissima. Their dam, Nouvelle Reine, won five races including 5.30 Wolverhampton, nursery, 1m1½f AW a Listed. This is an extremely prolific family, going back to Nouvelle NEATICO Reine’s dam Night Blue, who was placed in both German fillies’ Bella Sarah (Ger), 2f, ex Bella Kathina (Kalatos) Classics in 1979, which continues to produce plenty of black-type 7.15 [GMT] Lyon La Soie, claimer, 1800m AW performers, for example this year’s leading two-year-old Noble Moon (Sea The Moon), winner of the Gr.3 Preis der Winterkonigen. NO NAY NEVER Nubbel is entered in next year’s Gr.1 Deutsches Derby. DCS Never Hero (Ire), 2f, ex Noble Hero (Daggers Drawn) 1.00 [GMT] Pisa, maiden, 2000m STAKES FIELDS Vahine Secret (Fr), 2f, ex Public Ransom (Red Ransom) NORTH AMERICA 4.40 [GMT] Lyon La Soie, fillies’ maiden, 1800m AW ROSENDHAL Ronazza One (Fr), 2f, ex Vernazza (Traditionally) EUROPEAN INTEREST RUNNERS 7.15 [GMT] Lyon La Soie, claimer, 1800m AW SEA THE MOON Gr.3 RED CARPET HANDICAP, Del Mar, 1m3fT, 3yo+f&m, Summer Moon (GB), 2c, ex Songerie (Hernando) $100,000, 1.30pm (local time), Race 6 2.55 Newcastle, EBF maiden, 1m2f AW PANTSONFIRE (Ire), 4f, Sir Percy – Rubileo (Galileo) TORONADO THE TULIP (Ire), 5m, Zorro’s Girl (GB), 2f, ex Broughtons Charm (Invincible Spirit) Lawman – Lady Slippers (Royal Academy) 4.05 Newcastle, fillies’ novice auction, 7f AW

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WINNERS BY IRISH SIRES *The above rates are the Google indicative rates at 16:15 on 21/11/18 and must be used as an approximation for conversion. SAGEBURG Raise The Stakes (Fr), 4f, ex Raise A Mind (Zamindar) Saint-Cloud, France, 27 Oct, 4yo+, hcap, 1600mT, €10,000 WINNERS BY FRENCH SIRES B: Scea Domaine de l’Argos DUNKERQUE Sorbonne (Hun), 3c, ex Sougy (Naaqoos) SEA THE STARS Budapest, Hungary, 21 Oct, hcap, 900mT, £1,227 Swing The Star (Fr), 2c, ex Don’t Hurry Me () B: Bábolna Nemzeti Ménesbirtok Kft. Lyon La Soie, France, 25 Oct, 2yo, maiden, 1800mAW, €8,000 B: Jean-Francois Gribomont ELUSIVE CITY King David (Den), 3c, ex Jeunesse Lulu (Montjeu) SOLDIER OF FORTUNE Klampenborg, Denmark, 20 Oct, 3yo+, maiden, 1600mT, £3,188 Soldier’s Queen (Fr), 5g, ex Jani’s Queen (King’s Best) B: Stork Stud Auteuil, France, 25 Oct, 5yo+, claimer, 4400mT, €11,040 B: M. Henochsberg GEORGE VANCOUVER Loveatfirstsight (Den), 3c, ex Arabian Beauty (Dubawi) Klampenborg, Denmark, 20 Oct, 3yo+, maiden, 1800mT, £1,889 Verona Sunrise (Jpn), 2f, ex Agnes Fast (Agnes Tachyon) B: June & Mogens Worre-Jensen Nagoya, Japan, 24 Oct, 2yo, cond, 1400mD, £3,081 B: Takao Watanabe MANDURO Dolcezza (Ity), 4f, ex Doudounes (Azamour) Milan, Italy, 20 Oct, 3yo+, hcap, 1700mT, €2,167 YOUMZAIN B: Turri Rosanna Hot Hot Very Hot (Fr), 6m, ex Quelle Chaleur (Double Bed) Niort, France, 21 Oct, 5yo+, cond, 3800mT, €7,200 PASTORIUS B: Gerard Samama Peppone (Ger), 2c, ex Pivoline (Pivotal) Hannover, Germany, 28 Oct, 2yo, maiden, 1750mT, €3,000 ZAMBEZI SUN B: Gestüt Hachtsee Eau Du Large (Fr), 4f, ex Goldinote (Gold Away) Maisons-Laffitte, France, 19 Oct, 4yoc&g, hcap, 2100mT, €10,500 PENNY’S PICNIC B: Pascal Noue Erycin De Grine (Mor), 3c, ex Erycina (Desert Style) La Grande Zame (Fr), 3f, ex Marechale (Anabaa) Rabat, Morocco, 21 Oct, 3yo, cond, 1200mT, £2,018 Compiegne, France, 23 Oct, 3yo, claimer, 3400mT, €11,040 B: in Morocco B: Julie Mestrallet SADDEX Jacksun (Fr), 4g, ex Jackanory (Marchand De Sable) Giant Grizzly (Ger), 6h, ex Golans Empress () Lyon La Soie, France, 25 Oct, 4yo+, hcap, 2150mAW, €9,000 Neuss, Germany, 23 Oct, 3yo+, cond, 1900mT, €2,500 B: Jedburgh Stud B: Walter Maurer

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elatiel Seai HORSE INSURANCE SPECIALIST WITH ALASTAIR NICOLSON OF ABI THOROUGHBREDS [email protected] Smartaire: the smartest choice of all “The whole time I was telling him of our plans in the business, of how Olympia and thus bred on exactly the same cross as Quaze, we were aiming our programme to win a Classic race, he later told runner-up in the 1960 Kentucky Oaks and the dam of Hooper’s me that the only thing he was thinking about was whether I was masterpiece Susan’s Girl. A flashy, rich bay whose emblazoned going to pay my bills!” countenance mirrored the fire within her soul, Susan’s Girl had won that year’s Kentucky Oaks, Acorn Stakes and Beldame Stakes im Ryan beamed his broad white smile at the memories of on her way to the title of US Champion Three-Year-Old and was that fresh-faced novice owner on the Charles Town destined to add four Gr.1 victories to her resume the following Jbackstretch in 1968 and his dreams of the Adjutant General season and four more for good measure as a six-year-old. Susan’s filly that trainer Bobby Hilton knew was slower than a clock in a Girl was by ’s 1964 Belmont Stakes conqueror double Latin lesson. But Hilton need not have worried about Quadrangle, a descendant of Swynford to boot! Yes, he would be those bills. For Ryan had just founded a business which, as Ryland the one for Smartaire. Homes, would bloom into one of the leading residential builders Thus, Smartaire’s seventh foal became the first homebred in the whole of the US. And, whether by Lady Luck, good Stakes winner for Ryan’s Ryehill Farm. A thick-set dark bay, with judgement or plain common sense, for some folks, just everything the same four white socks as his illustrious genetic three-parts- they touch turns to gold. sister, Quadratic was rated just seven pounds shy of Champion Four years on, Ryan was at Keeneland with somone every Affirmed as a juvenile, winning the Stakes by a dozen husband knows is the best adviser of all. Of course he had no lengths and defeating the subsequent Classic-placed Darby agent, or any other professional for that matter, just his beloved Creek Road in Belmont Park’s Gr.2 Cowdin Stakes. Successful in two further Stakes events at three, Quadratic sired five Graded wife Linda. Together they shelled out $36,000 on a ten-year-old and Group winners from 451 foals, the best the Gr.1 Super Derby mare, whose four victories from 35 starts had earned her the ace Home At Last and Ryan’s Gr.2 Monmouth Oaks victrix princely sum of $13,925. Not only would the foal she was carrying Quixotic Lady. fail to gain black type, but neither would the five she had already Smartaire’s return to Quadrangle yielded even better results. produced. Was this good judgement? Or plain common sense? Despite breathing her first on 2nd June, Smart Angle earned the Well, she was by Quibu. Yes, Quibu, winner of the Gran Premio title of US Champion Juvenile Filly of 1979 with four victories at Montevideo in his native Argentina who, largely as a private the highest level in the Spinaway, Matron, Frizette and Selima stallion for another doyen of the construction industry, Fred W Stakes. Indeed, just 12 months on, Ryan had another homebred Hooper, had sired six Stakes winners from just 84 foals, two of his Champion Two-Year-Old Filly on his hands in the substantial silver best the mare’s full-sister Teacher’s Art and three-parts-sister frame of Heavenly Cause, who trained on to realize his Classic- Teacation. Teacher’s Art had been a stellar juvenile in 1966, winning dream in both the Kentucky Oaks and Acorn Stakes. A successful in the prestigious Alcibiades Stakes, and would later Classic-winning dream revisited with the courageous Caveat, become the dam of the Gr.2 Los Angeles Handicap victor Beat three and a half-length conqueror of Slew O’ Gold in the 1983 Inflation, while Teacation’s ten wins featured the 1960 Belmont Stakes. Mated with , Smart Angle bore the Monmouth Oaks. And the mare was inbred to our old friend, the $2.9million yearling Houston. Hinting at brilliance on more than 1896 Oaks laureate Canterbury Pilgrim via her sons, the St one occasion, the regally-related pin-up boy defeated the soon- Leger and Eclipse Stakes hero Swynford and Chaucer, damsire to-be-famous Sunday Silence as a juvenile and thrashed his of , Fairway and . rivals by upwards of ten and a half lengths in the following year’s On top of all that, Ryan had a plan. For his shiny new mare Gr.2 Bay Shore Stakes. Smartaire was not just by Quibu, she was out of a mare by Between her sojourns with Quadrangle, Smartaire visited Turn- Hooper’s Withers, Wood Memorial and Stakes ace To’s Belmont Futurity ace Cyane, delivering another small, but

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BEAUTY GENERATION SETS TRACK RECORD Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock) ratified his status as the world’s highest-rated specialist turf miler with victory in the Gr.2 Jockey Club Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. The John Moore- trained gelding, who holds an international rating of 126, set a new track record of 1:32.64 in the race, bettering Good Ba Ba’s near-ten-year-old time. “He’s proved he’s a Champion,” Moore said. “He had to make two runs out there after it was like the charge of the light brigade early, and people around the world now will stand up and take notice that Beauty Generation (Road To Rock) winning there is a very good miler here in Hong Kong.” the Gr.2 Jockey Club Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday. Moore said Beauty Generation had a few issues going into the race, so should improve heading into the Gr.1 Hong Kong Mile (Stratum) and multiple Gr.1 winner Kawi (NZ) (Savabeel), as a (1600m) in December. “He had a few shoeing issues coming into rating 82-assessed runner. this race, but we have three weeks to sort them out, which we will.” Twelve months on and with a second Gr.2 title under his belt, A son of Road To Rock, Beauty Generation was purchased by the Gary Hennessy-trained galloper showed just why he is now Kylie Bax’s Hermes Syndications for NZ$60,000 out of Highden considered one of the top milers in the country as he produced a Park’s 2014 New Zealand Bloodstock Select Yearling draft and determined finishing burst to register his ninth career victory. raced as Montaigne in Australia, where he was second in the Gr.1 “He looks amazing and is doing things right,” Hennessy said. “The Rosehill Guineas (2000m) for Anthony Cummings. horse has a huge turn of foot, so we don’t want him leading. You can YOGI TAKES SANDOWN CUP see when he does get in the trail, he has something to offer; he explodes into it and doesn’t give in. He has a ton of guts and is just a The addition of blinkers in the Listed Sandown Cup (3200m) lovely horse to deal with.” enabled Yogi (NZ) (Raise The Flag) to overcome a slow start and Hennessy, who has shown he is not afraid to travel his charge produce a strong finish to claim the handicap on Saturday. Ridden after taking him to the rich Kranji Mile in Singapore last May, has by Craig Williams, Yogi came from last to defeat the favourite a Gr.1 prize in mind as his next assignment. Azuro (Myboycharlie) by a long neck, with Vengeur Masque “We set a plan in the spring and unfortunately we had a hiccup, as (Monsun) a length and a quarter away in third. we had planned to have him in Melbourne,” he said. “I think he “I was hoping he’d get into the Melbourne Cup, as he loves wet showed today he has a decent race in him, which hopefully is the ground,” Weir said. “I’m not saying he would have won it, but seeing Captain Cook Stakes.” The Gr.1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook how strong he was at the end there, with 50 kilos on his back, with Stakes (1600m) is the feature event at Trentham on 8th December. the blinkers on and wet ground, I’m tipping he would have beaten a Ocean Emperor was purchased by his trainer out of Waikato few home. Stud’s 2013 New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale draft “The two miles today helped, but the blinkers going on was a good for NZ$450,000. addition as well.” Yogi, a NZ$1,000 graduate of the New Zealand Bloodstock NZ CUP VICTORY FOR BIZZWINKLE South Island Sale, had five starts in New Zealand before crossing The Rip Van Winkle gelding Bizzwinkle (NZ) became his sire’s the Tasman and he now has seven wins to his credit. 24th individual Stakes winner after taking the Gr.3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) at Riccarton on Saturday. OCEAN EMPEROR GOES BACK TO BACK “We had faith in him being a real dour stayer,” trainer Glenn Old IN TAURANGA STAKES said. “We set him for this race last March and Sam [Spratt, jockey] Ocean Emperor (NZ) (Zabeel) added a third Gr.2 win to his just rode him a treat. He got a nice soft lead and she had him in his resume when he defended his Gartshore Tauranga Stakes rhythm. It was a great result.” (1600m) crown in fine style at the Bay of Plenty racetrack on The lightly-raced Bizzwinkle has now won five of his 18 starts Saturday. and more than NZ$234,000 in prize money. He was a NZ$36,000 The seven-year-old Zabeel entire had sprung a minor upset in purchase from the Henley Park draft at the 2015 Select Yearling the 2017 edition of the contest when downing Miss Wilson Sale at Karaka.

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