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Andrew Caulfield, November 18, 2008–FAME AND GLORY (GB) P EDIGREE INSIGHTS Montjeu, of course, has already supplied the winner on two occasions, thanks to Motivator and Authorized, BY ANDREW CAULFIELD even though he currently has only four crops aged three or over. Those four crops by the 1999 French and CRITERIUM DE SAINT-CLOUD-G1, i250,000, Saint- Irish Derby winner have also produced two winners of Cloud, 11-12, 2yo, c/f, 1 1/4mT, 2:19.90, hy. the Irish Derby, in Hurricane Run and this year=s winner 1--@#sFAME AND GLORY (GB), 126, c, 2, by Montjeu (Ire) Frozen Fire. Yet another son, Montmartre, was a 1st Dam: Gryada (GB) (GSP-Ity), by Shirley Heights (GB) sensational winner of this year=s Grand Prix de Paris, a 2nd Dam: Grimpola (Ger), by Windwurf (Ger) race with strong claims to being considered the French 3rd Dam: Gondel (Ger), by Zank (Ger) equivalent of the Derby, rather than the shortened Prix (190,000gns wnlg >06 TATDEC). O-Derrick Smith, du Jockey-Club. Montjeu also sired Nom du Jeu, winner Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Ptarmigan of this year=s AJC Australian Derby, during the four Bloodstock & Kirsten Rausing; T-Aidan O=Brien; years he shuttled to New Zealand, and you=ll even find J-Johnny Murtagh; i142,850. Lifetime Record: a Singapore Derby winner among his offspring. 2-2-0-0, i151,142. Werk Nick Rating: A+. This suggests there is every reason for respecting the classic aspirations of Montjeu=s current crop of Click for eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, the Racing juveniles. Among them are Jukebox Jury (G2 Royal Post chart or the brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Lodge S. prior to finishing second to the current Derby The 2009 Derby may still be more than six months favorite, Crowded House, in the G1 Racing Post away, but the early betting for the Epsom classic Trophy), Vitruvian Man (runner-up in the G3 Killavullan suggests that there is a good chance that the Sadler=s S.) and the three Montjeu colts which Aidan O=Brien Wells male line will add to its total of five victories in sent to France last week for the G1 Criterium de the last eight years. The colts currently quoted in the Saint-Cloud. These colts--Fame and Glory, Drumbeat betting include several sons of Sadler=s Wells himself, and Hail Caesar--respectively finished first, second and plus a sizeable number by his sons, led by Galileo and sixth in a race in which the first eight were separated Montjeu. by less than four lengths. Although the closeness of the finish must inevitably cast some doubts on the quality Fame and Glory, c, 2006 of the form, Fame and Glory surely has a bright future. Nearctic The Criterium was only the second start for this Northern Dancer Natalma classically bred colt, who had been apprentice ridden Sadler’s Wells Bold Reason when he defeated his shorter-priced stablemate Fairy Bridge Special Sirgarfieldsobers--a brother to Authorized--in a mile Montjeu (Ire) High Top (Ire) maiden race at Navan in October. The big question is Top Ville (Ire) *Sega Ville how Fame and Glory will cope with much faster ground Floripedes (Fr) Tennyson (Fr) than the heavy going he has encountered on both Toute Cy (Fr) Adele Toumignon appearances. Never Bend Mill Reef Shirley Heights Milan Mill TELL IT TO THE TDN... Gryada (GB) (GB) Hardicanute (GB) Hardiemma (GB) GSP-Ity, 9-2-2-1, Grand Cross (GB) Want to send a “Letter to the Editor” of the $28,532 Kaiseradler (Ger) Thoroughbred Daily News? Our address is 27 8Fls, 1GSW, Grimpola (Ger) Windwurf (Ger) 2SP GSW-Ger Wiesenweihe Monmouth St., Red Bank, NJ, 07701; or send a fax 8Fls, 1GSP Gondel (Ger) Zank (Ger) to: (732) 747-8955; or an e-mail to: 1SP 7Fls, 1GSW Goldhenne (Ger) [email protected]. www.coolmore.com Fame and Glory thoroughly merits the description Just about everything about Fame and Glory=s classically bred, as his dam, the group-placed Gryada, background suggests he will be even more effective as comes from a male line which exerted a strong a three-year-old in 2009. Next year will also see the influence on the Derby before the Sadler=s Wells line two-year-olds from Montjeu=s first high-priced crop, came to the fore. Gryada=s grandsire Mill Reef won the sired at a fee of i125,000 in 2006, following the Derby and went on to sire two winners of the Derby, exploits of his exceptional first-crop three-year-olds. including Gryada=s sire Shirley Heights. Shirley Heights, Two colts from this crop sold for 650,000gns in in turn, sired the runaway Derby winner Slip Anchor, October and it is a safe bet that Montjeu will again while High Estate, another of his sons, provided the provide Aidan O=Brien with plenty of fire power next 1998 Derby winner High-Rise. year. I hardly need add that combining Sadler=s Wells with mares from the Mill Reef line has long been considered one of the surest ways of producing a classic middle- distance performer. Consequently Montjeu was guaranteed to receive numerous Mill Reef line mares and he currently has 22 foals of racing age out of daughters of Shirley Heights, plus 37 out of mares by Shirley Heights=s son Darshaan. The Shirley Heights cross has made a very encouraging start. Fame and Glory is its second Group 1 winner, following the fine French filly Montare (Prix Royal-Oak and second in the G1 Prix Vermeille), and it also produced the Group 2 winner Anton Chekhov, the Group 2-placed Washington Irving and the Group 3-placed Red Peony. Crossing Montjeu with Darshaan mares hasn=t met with quite the same level of success, although the 37 foals include the Group 2 winner Honolulu, the Listed winners Lion Sands and Ayam Zaman and the group-placed Blue Bajan. Gryada was owned by the Howard de Waldens= Plantation Stud, which enjoyed tremendous success when it sent a German mare to Shirley Heights to produce the Derby-winning Slip Anchor. Gryada=s dam Grimpola was another acquisition from Germany, where she had finished third in the German Oaks and second in the 12-furlong Ludwig Goebels Erinnerungsrennen after winning the German 1,000 Guineas (in the days when it was called the Schwarzgold Rennen). Seven of Grimpola=s eight foals were by members of the Mill Reef male line, Gryada being one of her four foals by Shirley Heights. A mating to Slip Anchor produced Gryada=s three-parts sister Gonfalon, who returned to Germany to produce the top filly Gonbarda and two other group winners in Gonfilia and Gonlargo. Grimpola=s Darshaan filly Goonda has also done very well as a broodmare in Germany. Lord Howard de Walden, the founder of Plantation Stud, died in 1999 and it was decided in 2005 to sell the stud and most of its broodmares. Consequently, Gryada was sent to Tattersalls= December Sales in foal to Montjeu. The mare sold for 160,000gns and duly produced Fame and Glory for the partnership of Ptarmigan Bloodstock and Kirsten Rausing. Gryada was mated to Sadler=s Wells in 2006 before being re-sold for 180,000gns. The resultant colt was bought by Demi O=Byrne for 200,000gns in October. Lord Howard de Walden=s widow retained a young granddaughter of Gryada and this filly-Ba Galileo filly named Gravitation--scored a victory over Folk Opera at Group 3 level earlier this year. .

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