Andrew Caulfield, October 16, 2007–Thewayyouare & Ibn Khaldun P EDIGREE INSIGHTS BY ANDREW CAULFIELD Saturday, Saint-Cloud, France PRIX THOMAS BRYON-G3, i80,000, Saint-Cloud, 10-13, 2yo, 1mT, 1:44.90, sf. 1--@THEWAYYOUARE, 123, c, 2, by Kingmambo 1st Dam: Maryinsky (Ire) (G1SP-Eng), by Sadler’s Wells 2nd Dam: Blush With Pride, by Blushing Groom (Fr) 3rd Dam: Best in Show, by Traffic Judge O-Sean Mulryan; B-Barnett Enterprises; T-Andre Fabre; J-Stephane Pasquier; i40,000. Lifetime Record: 4 starts, 3 wins, 0 places, i76,500. *1/2 to Peeping Fawn (Danehill), MG1SW-Eng & Ire, $1,392,109. Click for the Racing Post chart. Some partnerships simply sound right together, such as Lennon and McCartney, Dolce and Gabbana, and especially Moet et Chandon. And in Kingmambo and Sadler's Wells, the Thoroughbred world has two famous stallions whose names seem destined to be forever linked together. I mentioned their joint exploits in this column as recently as July, but Saturday's European meetings added two more stakes winners--both juveniles--to this cross's burgeoning total. In France the G3 Prix Thomas Bryon was won very comfortably by Thewayyouare, who has now won the last three of his four starts. Almost simultaneously, the G3 Autumn S. at Ascot was being won in good style by Ibn Khaldun, a colt from the first crop by Kingmambo's imposing son Dubai Destination. The parallels continue, as both colts are out of Sadler's Wells mares which showed high-class form at two years. Indeed, their dams competed against each on several occasions, once filling first and second positions in Ascot's Fillies' Mile, in which Ibn Khaldun's dam Gossamer was chased home by Thewayyouare's dam Maryinsky. Thewayyouare, c, 2005 Native Dancer Raise a Native Raise You Mr. Prospector Nashua Gold Digger Sequence Kingmambo Northern Dancer Nureyev Special Miesque Prove Out Pasadoble Santa Quilla Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Sadler’s Wells Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Maryinsky (Ire) Special 9-1-2-0 Red God 4Fls, 2GSW Blush With Pride Blushing Groom (Fr) 16-6-4-2 Runaway Bride 15Fls, 3GSW Best in Show Traffic Judge 1GSP 18Fls, 1Ch, 4GSW Stolen Hour www.coolmore.com The appeal of crossing Kingmambo and his sons with Saturday, Ascot, Britain Sadler's Wells mares is that the cross produces AUTUMN S.-G3, ,37,000, Ascot, 10-13, 2yo, 1mT, inbreeding to Northern Dancer and Special, whose 1:44.24, gd/sf. names will forever be associated with that 1--#@IBN KHALDUN, 126, c, 2, by Dubai Destination extraordinary triumvirate of Nureyev, Sadler's Wells and 1st Dam: Gossamer (GB) (Hwt. 3yo Filly-Eng at Fairy King. 7-9.5f, G1SW-Eng & Ire, G1SP-Fr, $480,560), However, when trying to evaluate the effectiveness by Sadler=s Wells of a certain nick, you have to ask whether there is 2nd Dam: Brocade (GB), by Habitat another possible reason for the animals in question 3rd Dam: Canton Silk (GB), by Runnymede (GB) being as talented as they are. For example, O-Godolphin; B-Darley; T-Saeed bin Suroor: J-Frankie Thewayyouare is the second foal of Maryinsky and he Dettori; ,21,009. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, ,33,609. still has some way to go before he can be considered Click for the Racing Post chart. the equal of his predecessor, the quadruple G1 winner Peeping Fawn, by Danehill, whose 3x3 inbreeding to Ibn Khaldun isn't the only recent Group 3 winner Northern Dancer isn't combined with inbreeding to from this cross for Godolphin. Creachadoir, a close Special. second in this year's French and Irish 2000 Guineas Thewayyouare's parentage gives him every right to before his purchase, is by Kingmambo's Classic-winning be a top-notch performer, without any help from a son King's Best out of a Sadler's Wells mare. He's one Anick.@ His sire Kingmambo is responsible for no fewer of four stakes winners bred this way, another being the than seven Classic winners in Britain or France and has 2006 Irish Derby third Best Alibi. also sired winners of a Belmont S. and a Japanese Ibn Khaldun follows Meeriss as the second stakes Derby. And his broodmare sire Sadler's Wells appears winner to emerge from Dubai Destination's first currently to be heading for his third consecutive runners, which also include Dubai Time, runner-up in broodmare sires' championship in Britain and Ireland, the G3 Prix des Chenes. where he had previously been champion sire 14 times As you might guess from his price tag of $1.5 million in 15 years. As if this weren't enough, Maryinsky is a as a yearling, Dubai Destination is a very half-sister to Better Than Honour, the dam of Rags to well-connected horse and he justified his purchase Riches and Jazil. As Thewayyouare's second dam won during a career restricted by injury to eight starts in the Kentucky Oaks and his third dam Best In Show was three seasons. The sky looked to be the limit when he Broodmare of the Year, it simply isn't possible to defeated Rock of Gibraltar in the G2 Champagne S. and attribute his talent simply to his inbreeding (4x3 to he also looked extremely good when he defeated Hawk Northern Dancer, 4x4 to Special, 4x5 to Native Dancer Wing in the G1 Queen Anne S. at four. and 5x5 to Nasrullah). But the overall picture suggests These efforts made him one of the highest-priced that the inbreeding can certainly help. new stallions in Britain in 2004 and he was entrusted Indeed, this cross has proved so compelling that with some good mares, none better than Ibn Khaldun's there are now 73 foals of racing age by Kingmambo out dam Gossamer. of Sadler's Wells mares, with Thewayyouare being one This mare--a reminder of the glory days of the late of more than a dozen two-year-olds. These Gerald Leigh's Eydon Hall Stud--was one of four group two-year-olds also include Henrythenavigator, winner of winners out of the G1 Prix de la Foret winner Brocade. the G2 Coventry S. and second in the G1 Phoenix S., Gossamer's win in the Irish 1000 Guineas completed a and Campanologist, a dual winner who has tried tremendous double for Brocade, as Gossamer's brother Group 2 company. Alexandros, another of Barathea had won the Irish 2000 Guineas (and the Kingmambo's current group-winning juveniles, is out of Breeders' Cup Mile). An indication of this family's a mare by a disappointing son of Sadler's Wells. reputation was provided when one of Brocade's Thewayyouare is Kingmambo's sixth group winner daughters, Brocatelle, sold for 1.7 million guineas in out of a Sadler's Wells mare, others being the Group 1 2000 and another, Zibilene, made 1.5 million guineas a winner El Condor Pasa (whose dam failed to earn a year later. single penny during a nine-race career) and the Ibn Khaldun has now won his last three starts, on Classic-winning fillies Virginia Waters and Divine each occasion producing fine acceleration after being Proportions. held up, and it would be no surprise were this royally There are plenty of other talented horses among this bred colt to win at an even higher level. sizeable collection, including Ershaad and Shahin, who have respectively been placed at Group 1 and Group 2 levels, Akarem, a listed winner, and Man of Vision, a useful handicapper. We have also seen the nick working very well in reverse in the shape of Sagara. This three-year-old--an excellent third in the Arc nine days ago--is by Sadler's Wells out of daughter of Kingmambo. Ibn Khaldun, c, 2005, Dubai Destination Raise a Native Mr. Prospector Gold Digger Kingmambo Nureyev Miesque Pasadoble Dubai Destination Hoist the Flag Alleged Princess Pout Mysterial Seattle Slew Mysteries Phydilla (Fr) Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Sadler’s Wells Bold Reason Fairy Bridge Gossamer (GB) Special 8-4-0-1 Sir Gaylord 4Fls, 1GSW Brocade (GB) Habitat 11-5-1-0 Little Hut 14Fls, 1Ch, 4GSW Canton Silk (GB) Runnymede (GB) 11Fls, 1GSW Clouded Lamp.