Canford Cliffs (Ire) the Danzig Male Line Did Even Better, Providing Three PEDIGREE INSIGHTS of the Meeting=S Five Other Group 1 Winners
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Andrew Caulfield, June 21, 2011-Canford Cliffs (Ire) The Danzig male line did even better, providing three PEDIGREE INSIGHTS of the meeting=s five other Group 1 winners. BY ANDREW CAULFIELD The Green Desert branch more than held its own in the white-hot competition, with Oasis Dream achieving Tuesday, Royal Ascot, Britain a notable group-race double with Prohibit and Power, QUEEN ANNE S.-G1, ,250,000, Ascot, 6-14, 4yo/up, while Cape Cross scored with Namibian. 1mT, 1:38.38, gd. It was the Danehill branch, though, which dominated, CANFORD CLIFFS (IRE), 126, c, 4, by Tagula (Ire) as so often in the past. Five sons--Rock of Gibraltar, 1st Dam: Mrs Marsh (GB), by Marju (Ire) Tiger Hill, Exceed and Excel, Holy Roman Emperor and 2nd Dam: Drei, by Lyphard Oratorio--collectively supplied a total of six group 3rd Dam: Triple Tipple, by Raise a Cup winners, while another five--Aussie Rules, Cacique, (i46,000 wnlg >07 GOFNOV; ,50,000 yrl >08 Chevalier, Danehill Dancer and Dansili--had DONAUG). O-The Heffer Syndicate, Michael Tabor & group-placed progeny. Derrick Smith; B-S & S Hubbard Rodwell; T-Richard This domination reflects the way that Danehill has Hannon; J-Richard Hughes; ,141,925. Lifetime come to permeate Coolmore=s stallion roster in Ireland. Record: Hwt 3yo -Ire & Eng, at 7-9.5f, G1SW-Ire, Of the 23 stallions standing the 2011 season, eight G1SP-Fr, 10-7-1-2, ,887,223. Werk Nick Rating: A++. (Aussie Rules, Danehill Dancer, Duke of Marmalade, Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Dylan Thomas, Fastnet Rock, Holy Roman Emperor, Click for the Racing Post chart, the brisnet.com PPs o r Oratorio and Rock of Gibraltar) are sons of Danehill and the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, another four (Alfred Nobel, Choisir, Mastercraftsman courtesy attheraces.com. and Strategic Prince) are grandsons. There=s even a great-grandson in Starspangledbanner, which boosts The Anglo-Irish breeding industry still has some way the total to 13. As six of the other 10 are members of to go before it becomes monopolized by a single male the Sadler=s Wells line, it is easy to understand why line, unlike Japan, where the latest edition of the Derby Coolmore has been on the lookout for top-class was exclusively contested by grandsons of Sunday performers whose pedigrees will bring in some different Silence (seven sons of the American Horse of the Year bloodlines. were responsible for 16 of the 18 runners, with the two Although the Aussie superstar So You Think is a exceptions having dams by Sunday Silence). grandson of Sadler=s Wells and is inbred 3x4 to However, last week=s 22 stakes races at Royal Ascot Northern Dancer, his first 13 dams were bred in confirm that Britain and Ireland have become largely Australasia, mainly in New Zealand. He therefore has reliant on descendants of two sons of Northern Dancer- plenty of scope as a mate for Danehill=s many -Sadler=s Wells and Danzig. No fewer than 12 of the 18 descendants. group winners came from one or other of these lines. The Coolmore partners also stepped in to secure the Galileo, Montjeu and Beat Hollow were the three stallion services of Goldikova=s conqueror Canford Sadler=s Wells sons with a stakes winner to their credit. Cliffs. A Royal Ascot victory adds lustre to any future Galileo and Montjeu both enjoyed the distinction of stallion=s C.V., but Canfod Cliffs now boasts three. having a Group 1 winner, while a fourth son, High These Royal Ascot wins came in the G1Coventry S., Chaparral, fell just a neck short of that target when So G1 St James=s Palace S. and G1 Queen Anne S.-- You Think was unexpectedly beaten in the Prince of arguably the three races most likely to endear him to Wales=s S. today=s breeders. All European post times in the TDN are local time Caulfield cont. www.coolmore.com Caulfield cont. Tagula wasted little time in proving a worthy substitute for his dependable father, with a pair of Although his pedigree couldn=t be described as Group 2 winners among his four first-crop stakes fashionable, the same could have been said of Indian winners. He has since been represented by such Ridge, a dual Royal Ascot group winner who made a talented performers as Tax Free, King Orchisios, Beaver major impact as a stallion. Patrol and Pentecost. However, like Taufan before him, Part of Canford Cliffs= appeal stems from the fact Tagula had a long wait for his first Group 1 success as that he has comparatively little Northern Dancer blood a sire, which finally came when Canford Cliffs took the by today=s standards. His sire Tagula has no Northern G1 Irish 2,000 Guineas. Dancer blood and neither of the two lines in the bottom Now a five-time Group 1 winner, Canford Cliffs was a half of Canford Cliffs= pedigree will appear in the first ,50,000 yearling purchase at Doncaster. He was also four generations of Canford Cliffs= progeny. the first Group 1 winner out of a mare by Marju, winner Canford Cliffs had every right to be a talented, of the St. James=s Palace S. after finishing second in quick-maturing juvenile, as Tagula had also run well in the Derby. Other daughters of Marju have produced the Coventry S., prior to recording victories in the Marcellina, winner of the 2011 G1 Japanese 1,000 G3 July S. and G1 Prix Morny. Tagula was later a fine Guineas, and the up-and-coming stallion Big Bad Bob. third in the 1996 G1 French 2,000 Guineas and landed Canford Cliffs= dam Mrs Marsh, a half-sister to the another group victory, this time over seven furlongs, very useful Pina Colada, was unraced, but his third before being recruited to Rathbarry Stud as a dam, Triple Tipple, enjoyed substantial success in replacement for his sire Taufan. California after showing smart format up to a mile and Taufan had helped transform Rathbarry into one of a quarter in Europe. Ireland=s leading stallion stations, even though this son No doubt Canford Cliffs will eventually shuttle to of Stop The Music had retired without a stakes win to Australia, where his female line has been represented his credit. He had been good enough to finish second in by the exceptional mare Makybe Diva, who shares the the 1979 G2 Mill Reef S. and the 1980 Tote Free H. same fifth dam, the Santa Barbara H. winner Amerigo=s before a back injury compromised his career. Taufan Fancy. had the added attraction of coming from a family which was rapidly improving its status, as his dam, Stolen Date, was a half-sister to Best In Show, Kentucky=s Broodmare of the Year for 1982. Taufan became leading sire by number of winners in 1987 and leading sire by number of races won in 1989 and 1991. He twice sired more domestic 2-year-old winners than any other stallion, but one thing he hadn=t done was sire the winner of a Group 1 race until Tagula took the 1995 Prix Morny. CANFORD CLIFFS, c, 2007 Hail to Reason Stop the Music Bebopper Taufan Sadair Stolen Date Stolen Hour Tagula (Ire) Zeddaan (GB) Standaan (Fr) Castania (Ger) Twin Island (Ire) Busted (GB) Jolly Widow (Ire) Veuve Joyeuse (GB) Try My Best Last Tycoon (Ire) Mill Princess (Ire) Marju (Ire) Artaius Flame of Tara (Ire) Mrs Marsh (GB) Welsh Flame (GB) Unraced Northern Dancer 4Fls, 1GSW Lyphard Drei Goofed Race Record 7Fls, 1GSP Triple Tipple Raise a Cup GSW, 6Fls Ameridouble.