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SUNDAY, 13TH NOVEMBER 2016 EBN EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU WILDENSTEIN FEATURE | STALLION TALK | KEENELAND | STAKES FIELDS TODAY’S HEADLINES SALES TALK RACING REVIEW CHELTENHAM GOFFS DEFI DU SEUIL DELIVERS EBN Sales Talk Click here to TRIUMPH TRIAL IN STYLE is brought to contact IRT, or you by IRT visit www.irt.com The opening Gr.2 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle on the second day of the Open Meeting at Cheltenham went to the Philip Hobbs- trained favourite Defi Du Seuil. The French-bred three-year-old son of Voix Du Nord took the extended two-mile Gr.1 Triumph YOUNG SIRES DOMINATE Hurdle trial in impressive fashion for JP McManus. NOVEMBER FOAL CATALOGUE He was settled towards the rear of the main pack by Barry The five-day Goffs November Foal Sale begins today and will be Geraghty, as East Indies (Authorized) and Red Hot Chilly immediately followed by two days of the November Breeding (Frozen Power) darted off ten lengths clear of the field and set Stock Sale from Friday. The Monday and Tuesday foal sessions will the pace. Travelling strongly around the home turn, he took off in begin at 10:00am and the other three days at 11:00am. front at the last and scooted up the hill to win unextended by a Foals from the Wildenstein Stables Ltd Dispersal will be offered at length and three-quarters from the 122-rated Diable De Sivola the end of the final day of the Foal Sale (Thursday) and its broodmares (Noroit), with the pair a long way clear of Lambeau Field (Cape and fillies out of training will be offered in a late afternoon draft on Blanco) and the rest of the field. the opening day of the Breeding Stock Sale, this Friday. Hobbs said: “He’s done everything well. I imagine he’ll run Goffs November Foal Sale has set new records in the past two somewhere before the Festival, but I’m not sure where he might go.” years, with the highest-priced foal ever sold in Ireland topping trade The easy winner of an AQPS Bumper at Lyon Parilly on his in 2014, when a daughter of Frankel and Finsceal Beo sold for €1.8 second start, he followed that up with a comfortable five-length million. This was followed last year by the €1.1 million for a Dubawi victory at Ffos Las on his British debut last month. colt out of Nightime, the highest price ever for a colt foal in Ireland. Bred by Mme Catherine Boudot, he is out of the winning That said, a much larger catalogue than in 2014 saw the clearance Lavirco mare Quarvine Du Seuil. His second dam, Fleur De rate drop from 85% to 77% last year and an almost identical number Tennis (Video Rock), won six times and she is a full-sister to the of foals have been entered over the next five days, so, with increasing Gr.2-winning chaser Jimmy Tennis. continued on page 5 worries about overproduction and articles recently written about HISDON’T FIRST FOALSMISS AT THE SALES! COACH HOUSE MOST PRECOCIOUS SON OF OASIS DREAM Royal Ascot Broke 5f 2yo From a 2yo and 5f Track Record top class Stakes winner at Ascot sprint family BUCKLANDS FARM & STUD Roisin Close M: 07738 279071 W: www.bucklandsfarmandstud.co.uk Coach House breaks the juvenile course record at Royal Ascot Paul Thorman M: 07831 431556 finishing 2nd in the Norfolk Stakes Gr.2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 SALES TALK EBN: SUNDAY, 13TH NOVEMBER 2016 more than 850 yearlings being unable to find buyers at this autumn’s BATTLE OF MARENGO: won five of 14 starts over three seasons, sales, it will be interesting to see if the figures pick up this time including three Group races up to ten furlongs, and was fourth in around. the Gr.1 Derby. By Galileo out of a Listed-winning Green Desert Neither Frankel nor Dubawi have foals on offer this week, but half-sister to Gr.3 winner Windsor Palace. Stands at Ballyhane nine of the top ten leading British and Irish-based sires (European Stud and covered a first book of 120 mares at a fee of €6,000. Has earnings) are represented. However, five of them have only 33 foals catalogued from a first crop of 61 registered to date. single-figure numbers here and all nine have 74 of the 1,202 BUNGLE INTHEJUNGLE: won four of 17 starts over three catalogued foals between them, as the current passion for new seasons; wins all came at two and included the Gr.3 Molecomb sires continues to grow. Around 19% of the foals in last year’s Stakes and Gr.3 Cornwallis Stakes. An Exceed And Excel half- catalogue were from their sires’ initial crops; with 345 lots by 25 brother to UAE Gr.1 winner Muarrab and a Listed winner, out of a different first-crop sires, that figure has risen to 29% this time. winning daughter of Wolfhound and the Gr.3-winning juvenile Even so, breeders are having to strike while the iron is very hot, as Crime Of Passion. Stands at Rathasker Stud and covered a first all seven first-crop sires of 2015 who had ten or more foals book of 119 mares at a fee of €5,000. Has 34 foals catalogued from catalogued last year are again on this week’s sire list, but the a first crop of 87 registered to date. number of their foals on offer has already dropped by almost CHARM SPIRIT: won six of his nine starts from two to three, two-thirds from 191 to 66. including the Gr.1 Prix Jean Prat, Gr.1 Prix du Moulin and Gr.1 The ten most numerously-represented sires over the next five Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on his last three outings. By Invincible days account for 31% of the catalogue, headed by Dandy Man, Spirit out of a winning Montjeu mare; grandam a half-sister to who has 54 foals listed. Five of the top ten are first-crop sires and three Group winners. Stood initially at Tweenhills Farm and Stud, two of the others have had only one crop racing. where he covered a first book of 138 mares at a fee of £25,000. Stood in 2016 at Haras de Bonneval. Has five foals catalogued FIRST CROP SIRES from a first crop of 82 registered to date. ALHEBAYEB: won two of 13 starts over three seasons, including COACH HOUSE: won two of five runs at two, including the Listed the Gr.2 July Stakes at two. By Dark Angel and a half-brother to Marble Hill Stakes, and was twice Group-placed. By Oasis Dream out Listed winner Humidor, out of an Indian Ridge half-sister to a of the Gr.3-winning sprinter Lesson In Humility, a half-sister to the Listed winner. Stands at Tara Stud and covered a first book of 175 recent Gr.3-winning two-year-old Poet’s Vanity. Stands at Bucklands mares at a fee of €5,000. Has 47 foals catalogued here from a first Farm and Stud and covered a first book of 108 mares at a fee of £3,000. crop of 120 registered to date. Has two foals catalogued from a first crop of 71 registered to date. Worthadd Dubawi – Wigman (Rahy) » Champion 3YO colt by Dubawi, sire of 26 individual Gr.1 horses » Won Derby Italiano (Gr.2), Premio Parioli (2000 Guineas) (Gr.3), Premio Ribot (Gr.2), Premio Carlo Vittadini (Gr.2), Badener Meile (Gr.3), 2nd JLT Lockinge Stakes (Gr.1) to Canford Cliffs » Timeform Rated 124 » First runners 2017 » Largest book of mares covered in 2016 for distinguished breeders: Airlie Stud, Lady O’Reilly, Rossenarra Stud, Declan Phelan, Lanwades Stud, Stefano Luciani, Ballybin Stud, Kildaragh Stud, Peter McCutcheon, Jim Monaghan, John Hassett, etc. Contact: John Osborne, Sinéad Hyland, Gary Swift, Patrick Diamond or Helen Boyce Tel: +353 (0)45 521251 www.irishnationalstud.ie 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 SALES TALK EBN: SUNDAY, 13TH NOVEMBER 2016 DUNADEN: won ten of 46 starts over seven seasons, including KINGSBARNS: won two (at two) of eight starts from two to four, the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup and Gr.1 Hong Kong Vase at five and Gr.1 headed by the Gr.1 Racing Post Trophy, and was Gr.1-placed at Caulfield Cup at six, and was Gr.1-placed four times. By the Gr.2- three. By Galileo and a half-brother to Gr.3 winners Sweeter Still winning miler Nicobar from a French family. Stands at Overbury and Belle Artiste. Stood at Coolmore in 2015, where he covered Stud and covered a first book of 98 mares at a fee of £3,000. Has a first book of 38 mares at a fee of €6,000. Now in South Africa. Has two foals catalogued from a first crop of 55 registered to date. one foal catalogued. ES QUE LOVE: won five of 51 starts over four seasons, including MAGICIAN: won five of 14 starts from two to four, including the the Gr.2 Lennox Stakes at five. A Clodovil half-brother to Hong Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas and Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Turf at three. A Hong Gr.1 winner Dominant out of a winning Inchinor mare. Galileo full-brother to the Group-placed Listed winners Stands at Rathasker Stud and covered a first book of 68 mares at Outstanding and Apple Betty, out of a Listed-winning Mozart a fee of €5,000.

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