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TODAY’S HEADLINES STALLION NEWS DAVIDOFF TO MOVE TO SAINT ARNOULT Davidoff, sire of the recent Gr.1 Future Champions Hurdle winner Saturnas and from the immediate family of the Gr.1 hero , is to move to Haras de Saint Arnoult. He will move from Haras de la Kammerholtz in Lorraine, to stand where he is more geographically accessible in the heart of Normandy. His owners the van Haaren family, who had been using him for their own mares almost exclusively since 2010, were able to resist tempting offers from across the Channel. Franck van Davidoff (Montjeu), sire of the recent Gr.1 winner Saturnas, Haaren explained, “We wanted to keep this stallion in France, who is to move to Haras de Saint Arnoult this season because he has an exceptional pedigree and breeders here are looking more and more to use already-proven jump sires. On the Bred by Dr Klaus Schulte, Davidoff won the Gr.3 Dr Busch other hand, our stud is way too far away for most breeders, so we Memorial at three over 1700m, proof that he had speed, and was wanted to stand him at a stud in Normandy, at a more popular also placed in the Gr.2 Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen over a mile and location. We are very pleased to have been able to strike a deal with came fifth in the Gr.1 Deutsches Derby over 2400m. A son of the Haras de Saint Arnoult for the 2017 covering season. Larissa Montjeu, he is a half-brother to the Gr.2 winner Denaro (Dashing Kneip, the owner of the farm, was looking for a jumps sire to add to Blade), out of the Listed winner and multiple Group-placed her existing band of stallions.” Dapprima (Shareef Dancer), from a top-class German family. w w w

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As well as Saturnas, Davidoff is also the sire of the black-type feature race at Punchestown yesterday and won in the past three performers Cadoudoff and Intrinseque, from limited years by the likes of Min, and Vautour, Min and Douvan. opportunities. The five-year-old son of Oscar was held up at the rear of the field He will stand at a fee of €3,000 (live foal), alongside Stormy and at times looked a bit at sea, but he warmed up as the race River, Captain Marvelous and Sommerabend. progressed. He made headway from the top of the straight and finished strongly to take the lead after the last to score by a length and a quarter from the highly-regarded Crack Mome (Spanish NORTH AMERICA Moon), who made a mistake at the last. Trainer Ted Walsh said, “It’s a pleasant surprise again, but not as FIRST FOAL IS A FILLY FOR big a surprise as the first day. I would have been disappointed if he SPENDTHRIFT’S MEDAL COUNT didn’t run well. I was quite happy turning into the straight that he was going to be a good third with two fair horses in front of him. Spendthrift Farm’s Medal Count, a Classic-placed, Graded Stakes- When he got by Gordon’s horse [Elliott, Runfordave] I thought Ruby winning son of Dynaformer, sired his first reported foal on [Walsh, on Crack Mome] had a bit more in the tank, but he joined Tuesday when a filly was born at Mallory Farm in Lexington. him and he’s done it well. It’s a sharp track, but his jumping was very Bred by Norm Kenney’s LIL Equine, LLC, the bay filly is out of the good. I thought a few times during the race he was going as quick as young Tale Of The Cat mare Giant Cat Tale. he wanted to be and I said to young Ted, ‘he’ll get caught out if he “This foal has all the right parts you like to see in a first-year sire: misses one’. He was good, though. It’s only the second run of his life nice hip, head, and neck,” said Scott Mallory of Mallory Farm. “It’s a and he’s come from having a tour around in a maiden hurdle at good one to start the year off with.” Navan to racing, so it was a big step up. It’s great to have him and the Medal Count won Keeneland’s Gr.3 Transylvania Stakes. He right man [JP McManus]) has him, as he won’t be for sale. He could went on to become Classic-placed in the third jewel of the Triple be a very good horse. He’s a big, raw sort of a horse and I’ll leave Crown, the Gr.1 Belmont Stakes, when finishing a close third plans to Frank [Berry] and JP. They have loads of ammunition and behind Tonalist. He retired to Spendthrift as Dynaformer’s last I’m sure they won’t be rushing him.” Classic-placed son to enter stud. Bred by JP’s wife Noreen, he is out of Pretty Neat (Topanoora), Out of the Graded-placed Unbridled’s Song mare Brisquette, a half-sister to the Listed-placed chaser Rate Of Knots (Saddlers’ he is a half-brother to Garden District, a Graded-winning two- Hall). Their dam is a half-sister to the Gr.3 For Auction Novice year-old filly. He is set to stand his second season at Spendthrift at Hurdle winner Aunt Aggie (Be My Native), the Graded-winning a fee of $3,500 (stands and nurses), or $5,000 through Spendthrift’s hurdler/chaser Time For A Run (Deep Run) and Overtime “Breed Secure” programme. (Executive Perk; dam of the Gr.3 Anaglog’s Daughter Chase winner Adarma), from the family of the multiple Gr.1 winner NATIONAL HUNT RACING REVIEW Native Upmanship (Be My Native). IRELAND BRITAIN

NO SURPRISES AS ANY SECOND WILLOUGHBY HOLDS COURT TAKES MOSCOW FLYER IN LEAMINGTON SPA Any Second Now took his unbeaten record to two with a Willoughby Court made all the running to win the Gr.2 comfortable win in the Gr.2 Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle, the Leamington Spa Novices Hurdle at Warwick yesterday in

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2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 “When European breeders see this horse, they’re going to be blown away by him. He’s got size, he’s got balance, he’s very, very straightforward conformationally and he walks. He’s got great use of his shoulder – he’s a fabulous-looking animal!” Mick Flanagan, Townley Hall Bloodstock

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Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Tim Corballis, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Mathieu Legars or Jason Walsh Tel: +353-52-6131298. David Magnier, Tom Gaffney, Joe Hernon or Cathal Murphy. Tel: 353-25-31966/31689. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) Tel: +44-7827-795156. E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.coolmore.com NATIONAL HUNT RACING REVIEW EBN: SUNDAY, 15TH JANUARY 2017 impressive style and he now bids to follow in the footsteps of The to happen again, but Derek took his time and let him get back in the New One (King’s Theatre), who landed the race in 2013 before race. If he goes up in the handicap, he might go for the [Gr.3] Grand taking the Gr.1 Aintree Hurdle. Though not always fluent, the six- National. If not, he’s definitely a National horse next year. He’s got to year-old son of Court Cave bowled along in front and was pushed be an Aintree horse.” clear three flights out. He stayed on well from the home turn to Bred by John Dwan and a Tattersalls Ireland and Brightwells score easily by eight lengths and register his first win at Graded graduate, he is the best foal of his dam Nonnetia (Trempolino), level and his second over hurdles from three starts. who won over jumps and is out of a winning half-sister to the Jason Maguire, racing manager to owners Paul and Clare Spanish Champion Three-Year-Old Wavy Run (Commanche Run), Rooney, said: “Ben [Pauling, trainer] was very keen to come. Off a from the family of the Gr.1 Irish St Leger winner Duncan (Dalakhani). mark of 127, you’d think he’d be up against it on official ratings, but he obviously loves this track, he’s won a bumper and two hurdle HAMPTON CHASE races now, and it was a good performance. Whether he’s ground American is on course for the Gr.1 RSA Chase at the Cheltenham dependent, I’d like to think he’s not. He handles this ground better Festival after landing the Listed Hampton Chase at Warwick than some. Where he goes I don’t know. Obviously there’s the Festival. yesterday on only his second run over the fences, having made an Ben’s been great with him, he’s been so patient.” eyecatching winning debut at Exeter in November. The seven- Bred by John Kidd and a Goffs and Tattersalls Ireland graduate, year-old son of Malinas had his rivals stretched after taking the he is out of Willoughby Sue (Dabali), a half-sister to the Gr.1 lead for the second time at the ninth and, although he looked Drinmore Novice Chase winner Nil Desperandum (Un tired in the closing stages, his rivals had also had their fill and he Desperado), from the family of the Champion racemare kept on well to score by four and a half lengths from Champers (Home Guard). On Ice (Robin Des Champs). Trainer Harry Fry, for whom this was his second winner on the CLASSIC CHASE Warwick card, said, “He jumped for fun, like he did at Exeter. For a One For Arthur bounced back from a disappointing performance novice to jump like that on his second start is exciting. It’s just that he’s in the Gr.3 Becher Chase last month where he was bumped to quite fragile, so we know what we’re dealing with. We just have to take the Gr.3 Classic Chase at Warwick. He was given a very patient manage him accordingly. When he’s right he’s very good. When Noel ride, as 2013 winner Rigadin De Beauchene (Visionary) set the got off him at Exeter he said he was a [Gr.3] Welsh National horse in pace. The eight-year-old son of Milan was still nearer last than the making and hopefully that’s where we’ll be in December, but it’s first racing down the back straight, but began to take closer order one day at a time with him and we’ll see how he is tomorrow and go after jumping the fourth from the finish as the pacesetter began from there. He loved the conditions as well. He’s exciting. I wouldn’t to falter. Goodtoknow (Presenting) moved to the front rounding rule anything in or out at this stage. It’s up to him. We’ll see how he is.” the home turn, One For Arthur covered the move and hit the front Bred Jean-Pierre Hardy and twice at Tattersalls Ireland graduate, at the second last. He began to assert on the run to the final he is a half-brother to the Listed Prix Rigoletto winner and Gr.1- obstacle and a huge leap sealed a six-length success and his placed chaser Grand Cyborg and the Listed Grand Prix du Craon- biggest win to date. third Sultan Cyborg, both by Cyborg. Their dam Grande Sultane Trainer Lucinda Russell, who was having her first winner at (Garde Royale) is a half-sister to the dual Italian Listed-winning Warwick, said, “He’s some horse, he really is. I’m so delighted and he hurdler Le Nausicaa Margouillat), out of Svinesund (Linden jumped super. I’m delighted for Derek [Fox, jockey]. He’s such a great Tree), who won the Listed Prix Duc d’Anjou. help in the yard and such a great horseman, he deserves all the credit. He was unfortunate in the Becher Chase. He got shuffled back LISTED CHASE that day, ended up out the back and stayed on for fifth place. When Only four turned out for the Listed chase at Kempton Park but, he got hampered at the second fence, I thought the same was going following the departure of two of the rivals, it was left to the

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4 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 NATIONAL HUNT RACING REVIEW ~ SALES TALK EBN: SUNDAY, 15TH JANUARY 2017 paternal half-brothers Vibralto Valtat and Vaniteux, both by Geraghty said: “Harry (Derham, assistant trainer) texted me Voix Du Nord, to fight out the finish. The former had disputed the during the week and felt that stepping up in trip on soft ground, he lead for much of the race, but was joined approaching the last by could be keen, so he suggested putting the hood back on and it Vaniteux, who had more petrol in his tank and was able to stay on worked well. He seemed to lack the pace in his last race at Ascot, so I the stronger to score by two and a quarter lengths for his first win was happy enough he’d get the trip today. He travelled well and I since landing the Gr.2 Lightning Novices’ Chase at Doncaster last wasn’t sure how much I had under the hood, but in fairness he kept December. going well. It was a good, solid performance.” Owned by Richard and Lizzie Kelvin Hughes, he was bred in Bred by John Deer and a Brightwells graduate, he is out of France by Jacques Cypres. He is a half-brother to Moskoville Alessandra (Generous), a half-sister to the Gr.2 Park Hill Stakes (Kadalko; dam of the dual Listed winner Vieux Morvan), out of winner Casey (Caerleon; dam of the Japanese Stakes winner the dual Listed-placed Expoville (Video Rock), a half-sister to the Tenzan Seiza) and Alessia (Caerleon; dam of the Gr.1 Prix de Listed winners Bilbao V (Bad Conduct) and Alcaloide l’Abbaye winners Patavellian and Avonbridge, later a sire). (Maiymad), as well as the Gr.3 Prix du President de la Republique- third Janville (Kadalko) and the Listed-placed Quimbango (Dom Alco). SALES TALK LANZAROTE HURDLE MAGIC MILLIONS Modus swept to victory in a fiercely-competitive renewal of the Listed Lanzarote Hurdle, the feature race at Kempton Park yesterday. The Paul Nicholls-trained seven-year-old son of EBN Sales Talk Click here to Motivator travelled well throughout in the hands of Barry is brought to contact IRT, or Geraghty, but has not always produced at the business end of his you by IRT visit www.irt.com races, as Geraghty appeared keen to hold onto his mount for as long as possible. The positively-ridden Templeross (Presenting), bidding to complete a hat-trick for the afternoon for trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies, held the advantage rounding the home turn, but MIRACLES HALF-SISTER Modus was moving ominously well in behind and hit the front TOPS FINAL DAY OF BOOK 1 two flights, before skipping over the last to score by two and Book 1 of the Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale came to a three quarter lengths. close last night, with trading not bucking the trends set over the

CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 5 SALES TALK EBN: SUNDAY, 15TH JANUARY 2017 first three days. Almost following suit, there was a stand out lot producing a seven-figure result, a very strong middle market and, as such, not much of a bottom end to speak of. The average on the night dropped slightly but still comfortably finished as a record for the sale at A$206,922 up 6.6% on the benchmark set last year. The median sat at A$160,000 from Thursday and never budged, while the clearance rate of 86.65% had vendors content. By way of example, Newgate Stud was able to shift all 38 of the yearlings they brought here this week, such was the demand. The aggregate for a slightly larger offering than normal was A$134,292,500. picture courtesy of www.magicmillions.com.au With only 87 lots on offer at the post Magic Millions Raceday session, added to the vagaries of using the alpha system to catalogue lots, only one horse went anywhere near reaching the existing sale high of A$1.3 million set by colts on Thursday and Friday. That was Lot 765, a filly with a back story, being a half- sister to the dual Gr.1 winner Miracles Of Life who, after some Lot 765, a filly by Fastnet Rock, who topped the final spirited bidding from a number of notable underbidders, fell to session of Magic Millions Book 1 when she was bought by Tom Magnier, bidding on behalf Coolmore Australia for A$1.2 Tom Magnier for A$1,200,000 million, by some way the dearest filly of the week. In a sale where fillies have fared as well as the colts in the middle market, this daughter of Fastnet Rock was always going to be a nerve in the Gr.1 Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield, as the pair headline act for her sex. To recount the story of Miracles Of Life, burst through a split to score a dominant win, but thereafter the Not A Single Doubt filly with the flashy chesnut looks who Miracles Of Life lost her way. Subsequently bought by America’s went by the nickname of “Barbie”, swept all before her as a two- Stonestreet Stables as part of the Teeley Assets reduction and year-old when trained by a talented battler in Will Clarken and transferred to Peter and Paul Snowden, the filly gained a new ridden by an apprentice in Lauren Stojakovic. Stojakovic held her lease of life, culminating with a win in the Gr.1 Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville. So being a half-sister to such a prominent filly could only help the yearling’s price and she was one of the most inspected lots of the week. A lovely-moving filly, she didn’t inherit the flashy looks of Miracles of Life, being a plain bay as one might expect of a daughter by Fastnet Rock out of a More Than Ready mare. Her dam Dazzling Gazelle was unraced and has had two foals to race, the other not being a winner. Out of a Snippets mare in Snippets’ Jewel, she has in her pedigree several notable two- year-olds, including the Gr.2 Maribyrnong Plate winner Exclusive Halo. As well as being the successful buyer, Coolmore also offered Willoughby the filly on behalf of Stonestreet who had bought Dazzling Gazelle for A$400,000 at the same Teeley reduction they acquired Court Miracles Of Life for A$900,000. Having signed for the filly, Magnier told the gathered media, wins Grade 2 at Warwick “Barbara Banke bought the mare [Dazzling Gazelle] at the sales and she sent her back to Coolmore and she’s bred a fantastic yearling. The Leamington Novices’ Hurdle Barbara has done a great job breeding this filly and we’re hopeful for a bit of luck for the future. We’ve had a lot of success with Fastnet Sold by: Pine Tree Stud Rock from this sale – we’ve had Atlantic Jewel [a quality mare who Sold to: Highflyer Bloodstock lost only one race in her eleven start career]”. Sold for: €48,000 There was a fair gap back to the second dearest lots of the Sold at: Land Rover Sale 2014 night, a pair of A$550,000 sellers. The first of these went to David Redvers and agent Guy Mulcaster, Next Sale: who struck early when buying the fourth lot of the night, Lots 725, Goffs February Sale a filly by first season sire Zoustar from the draft of Widden Stud. 7 - 9 February 2017 The pair had to go as high as that to thwart the opposition for the second foal of the General Nediym mare Combat Kitty, the

SUCCESS winner of a Listed sprint at Flemington and runner up in the 2011 edition of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic. The filly is a three-quarter It’s in our blood www.goffs.com sister in blood to the South African Listed winner Mitraad, who is by Zoustar’s ill-fated sire Northern Meteor.

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MAGIC MILLIONS GOLD COAST YEARLING SALE BOOK 1 – DAY FOUR Lot Sex Sire – Dam Vendor Purchaser Price (A$) 765 f FASTNET ROCK – Dazzling Gazelle Coolmore Stud Coolmore Stud 1,200,000 725 f ZOUSTAR – Combat Kitty Widden Stud David Redvers/Mulcaster Bloodstock 550,000 805 c EXCEED AND EXCEL – Episode Bhima Thoroughbreds Aquis/Blue Sky B/S 550,000 775 c SNITZEL – Disguise Kitchwin Hills Snowden Racing 450,000 785 f MANHATTAN RAIN – Double Ranga Arrowfield Stud RIFA Mustang 360,000

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Inside the hour, the Tweenhills supremo struck for a second is the Midyan mare Trewornan, a daughter of Royal Ascot Gr.3 time when buying another lot by Zoustar. This time he secured Jersey Stakes winner Miss Silca Key. Lot 745, a colt offered by John Muir’s Milburn Creek Stud on One other interesting shuttle-sired lot was Lot 739 by Dream behalf of Tony Santic of Makybe Diva fame. A$200,000 was Ahead out of the Anabaa mare Courtyard Circle. Rosehill trainer enough to acquire the colt out of the British-bred Singspiel mare David Payne saw off the competition for the filly at A$180,000, Crystal Choir, who has had some success at stud. Her first foal Payne training her Bernadini half-brother Bold Circle to three was the Anabaa filly Corsaire, who won the Listed Merson wins and a third in the Listed Breeders’ Plate at two. The filly’s third Cooper Stakes at two and the Listed Quezette Stakes at three, dam Huntington Girl produced no fewer than 14 winners and while only last month Crystal Choir’s two-year-old colt by Snitzel, from her descend some top sprinters, including the Group winner called Debonairly, debuted with a four and a quarter length win Dynamic Love and the Listed winners Key Bar Nights and her at Warwick Farm. Crystal Choir is out of the Kris mare Crystal son Barbed. Ring, making her a half-sister to the Gr.1 Grosser Preis von Bayern As the crowd spilled out of the once-packed auditorium, Magic winner Catella and the German Listed winner Lizzey Letti. Millions Managing Director Vin Cox offered his post sale thoughts. The other A$550,000 lot took the stage with around half an “We are very happy. As I’d said before, if we had have got somewhere hour to go before the close of trade and, on pedigree seemed near last year we would have been very happy, as it was a great sale likely to make at least A$1 million. A lanky chesnut colt, with four last year, but we have gone above that by quite a margin. We had white feet, by Exceed And Excel out of Scenic’s Gr.1 South more horses in Book One and our clearance rate was pretty much the Australian Oaks winning daughter Episode, he is a three quarter- same, and our average has increased and our turnover has gone up brother to the Gr.1 Flight Stakes winner First Seal and a half- massively.” The challenge for Cox and his team will be to improve brother to the Gr.2 Tulloch Stakes winner Book Of Kells, and had again next year. everything a potential stallion could want. However, the market So the curtain falls on Book 1 of what has been the best sale in begged to differ and, with bidding starting at A$100,000 and Magic Millions history. While ever high prize money levels remain creeping up mostly in A$25,000 increments, it took some time in the eastern states and exchange rates endure in the region before he reached the A$550,000 mark, at which he was knocked where it is sensible to shop at home rather than abroad, this sale down to Julian Blaxland of Blue Sky Thoroughbreds bidding for should continue to grow. Book 2 kicks off at 10am local time his major client, Aquis Farm at nearby Wonglepong. today, with a small offering of Book 3 yearlings to go under the It was a quiet night for European participation, with David hammer on Tuesday. Redvers the only Brit to get his name on the score sheet and Fastnet Rock and Exceed And Excel the only two shuttle stallions with reasonable representation. Aside from the session-topping filly, Fastnet Rock had a filly out of the American-bred Red Ransom mare El Laoob sell to relative newcomers and locals LDM Pty Ltd for A$300,000 as Lot 797. CUMULATIVE MAGIC MILLIONS Dam of the dual American Gr.3 winner Pachattack and a Listed STATISTICS (A$) winner in California in La Mina, El Laoob was trained by John 2017 % 2016 Gosden to win a Newbury maiden for Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum Catalogued 816 746 before running second to Floreeda in the Listed Chalice Stakes at Offered 749 668 the same track. Sold 649 (87) 592 (89) Exceed And Excel also had a nice filly from Ian Smith’s Edinburgh Aggregate 134,292,500 +16 115,806,000 Park Stud at Wingham on the New South Wales North Coast make Average 206,922 +6 195,618 A$310,000, selling to respected agent John Foote. Sold as Lot Median 160,000 +7 150,000 778, the filly is the first foal of the Encosta De Lago mare Diva Dee, who was Gr.3-placed as a two-year-old and comes from the Click here to contact IRT, or visit www.irt.com family of the dual Gr.1 winner Road To Rock. Diva Dee’s grandam

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EUROPEAN INTEREST SIRES (A$) SALES TALK continued DREAM AHEAD 739 f ex Courtyard Circle 180,000 KEENELAND – DAY FIVE EPAULETTE 743 c ex Crown Princess 120,000 POOR WEATHER AND SELECTIVITY 763 c ex Davala W/D INFLUENCES SALE STATISTICS EXCEED AND EXCEL Keeneland’s January Horses of All Ages Sale concluded on Friday 738 f ex Courting Destiny 280,000 with returns bearing out market trends of increasing buyer 778 f ex Diva Dee 310,000 selectivity and demand for top-quality horses seen at 780 c ex Doctrine NS310,000 auctions worldwide: . 805 c ex Episode 550,000 Gross sales for the five-day auction were $28,785,500, down FASTNET ROCK 18.83% from last year’s $35,463,000 for the five-day sale. The 733 f ex Count Your Fingers NS90,000 average of $29,954 decreased 12.16% from $34,099 in 2016. The 765 f ex Dazzling Gazelle 1,200,000 median of $10,500 dipped 4.55% when compared to last year’s 772 f ex Diamond Earth 85,000 $11,000. This year, 961 horses were sold versus 1,040 last year. 797 f ex El Laoob 300,000 The January Sale, which features broodmares, broodmare prospects, yearlings, horses of racing age, stallions and stallion FOXWEDGE prospects, was punctuated by several high-priced lots during the 744 f ex Cruise Control 50,000 Book 1 portion of the auction, led by the sale of Siren Serenade, 795 c ex Ekali 155,000 in foal to leading sire Tapit, for $1,025,000 and Gr.3 winner SEPOY Delightful Joy for $700,000. 724 f ex Cloud Song NS80,000 “Buyers are tightly focused on quality over quantity. No matter 791 f ex Dual Diamond 150,000 how deep the buying bench, you have to have an exceptional horse to get top dollar,” Keeneland Vice President of Racing and Sales Bob Elliston said. “The January Sale is traditionally a catchall sale, www.bloodstocknews.eu and this year, unlike some previous years, it was not enhanced by a

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8 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 SALES TALK ~ INDUSTRY NEWS EBN: SUNDAY, 15TH JANUARY 2017 dispersal. For various reasons, there were a large number of outs leading into and during the sale that further compromised the catalogue. On the positive side, there were bright spots, such as young, solid-bred mares from active families and mares covered by precocious young sires, that exceeded expectations in many cases. KEENELAND STATISTICS ($) Buyers were prepared to spend the money required for those horses 2017 % 2016 perceived to be commercially viable. Sold 171 197 “The market at this sale and others around the world is very Aggregate 1,306,400 -27 1,790,100 polarized,” Elliston said. “It’s strong at the top and in the middle, but Average 7,640 -16 9,087 there is little support for horses in the lower tier of the market. That’s Median 5,000 0 5,000 the environment we are operating in today. Breeders need to take note moving forward.” CUMULATIVE STATISTICS ($) John Henry Mulholland, whose family’s Mulholland Springs 2017 % 2016 sold 18 horses for $1,537,200 to rank third on the leading Sold 961 1,040 consignor list, concurred. “We all have to adjust to the market we Aggregate 28,785,500 -19 35,463,000 live in and have reasonable expectations. You either have everything Average 29,954 -12 34,099 [buyers] are looking for or you don’t. There’s no in-between anymore. Median 10,500 -4.5 11,000 If you have a yearling by a hot sire, with clean X-rays or a mare in foal to something popular, you’re going to get paid. If you miss that bar Click here to contact IRT, or visit www.irt.com ever so slightly, you won’t.” “It is a typical January sale. When you bring a good offering, it brings good money,” added Four Star Sales Managing Partner The January Sale closes Keeneland’s sales year, which began Kerry Cauthen. with last fall’s September Yearling Sale followed by the November Major American interests, as well as those from South America, Breeding Stock Sale. Those sales, which saw participation from Japan and Europe were among the January Sale’s leading buyers. major American and foreign buyers, produced solid results and The Solari family’s Don Alberto Corporation, based in Chile with three of the world’s top auction prices in 2016. At the November operations in Central Kentucky, took home the sale-topping Siren Sale, 2010 Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic winner Unrivaled Serenade, dam of the 2015 Gr.1 Santa Anita Oaks-second Belle, in foal to Tapit, sold for $3.8 million to the be most expensive Luminance. She was consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency. horse sold at public auction last year, while Gr.2 winner Secret Chilean businessman Oussama Aboughazale, who races as Gesture, in foal to War Front, brought $3.5 million. In September, Sumaya Stable and recently purchased a farm in Central Kentucky, a Scat Daddy colt sold for $3 million to be the highest-priced ranked as top buyer by gross, spending $2,251,000 for eleven yearling sold at public auction in North America last year. horses. Under the name of his International Equities Holding, he During Friday’s final session, Keeneland sold 171 horses for bought the sale’s second and third highest-priced horses, paying $1,306,400, down 27.02 % from the $1,790,100 for 197 horses in $700,000 for the 2015 Gr.3 Monmouth Oaks winner Delightful Joy 2016. The session average decreased 15.92%, from $9,087 to $7,640, (Tapit), offered as a broodmare prospect by Denali Stud, and while the median of $5,000 remained unchanged from last year. $575,000 for Joyfully, in foal to the 2015 Triple Crown winner Singsong, a winning four-year-old filly by Unbridled’s Song American Pharoah and consigned by Paramount Sales. offered as a broodmare prospect, brought the day’s top price of Aboughazale also bought mares to send to his multiple Graded $52,000 from Machmer Hall. Consigned by Buck Pond Farm, Lot winner and newly-retired stallion Protonico. He was among a 1669 is out of the Stakes-winning Forest Camp mare Church Camp. number of breeders who invested in broodmares at the January For the fourth consecutive year and the 15th time since 2001, Sale in support of stallions entering stud in 2017. Others included Taylor Made Sales Agency was the January Sale’s leading Albaugh Family Stables, buying mares for the Gr.3 winner Not consignor, selling 100 horses for a total of $4,740,800. This Time; Erich Brehm for his Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Texas Red; Keith Desormeaux, trainer of Texas Red and Gr.1 Preakness Stakes winner Exaggerator; Anchor Down Mares for INDUSTRY NEWS Graded winner Anchor Down, Hill ‘n’ Dale Bloodstock for multiple Gr.1 winner Flintshire, and the Pons family’s Country Life Farm for BRITAIN multiple Stakes winner Mosler. A colt by Uncle Mo commanded the top price for a yearling RACING WELCOMES CONFIRMATION when selling for $385,000 to Ellen M Charles’s Hillwood Stable of Maryland. Warrendale Sales consigned the colt, who is a half- OF NEW BETTING LEVY brother to the Stakes winner Away We Go. British racing will benefit from mandatory contributions from all “Usually, the weather doesn’t affect the January Sale, but I think major gambling businesses that take bets on the sport in this maybe it affected this one a little bit,” Martha Jane Mulholland of country, Sports Minister Tracey Crouch announced yesterday. Mulholland Springs said. “We had three buyers who were coming in The move will ensure that any gambling business that takes from New York, California and North Carolina. The [bad] weather hit bets from consumers based in Britain on races held in this country on both coasts, and they couldn’t get here for Book 1 and opted not will pay 10% of their gross profits from racing above the first to come. I think our farm knows of $500,000 that didn’t show up for £500,000 they make, to support the sport and the equine industry. this sale, and I’m assuming some of the larger farms know of even It will be enforced via a reformed statutory Horserace Betting more money.” Levy. 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CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 9 INDUSTRY NEWS ~ STUD NEWS ~ STAKES RESULTS EBN: SUNDAY, 15TH JANUARY 2017 outdated. Under the current levy system, offshore online betting purchasing Highlands Stud for over two years now, and ultimately it businesses that take bets on British racing are under no statutory would not have been sold had they not been such enthusiastic obligation to contribute to racing, although some make voluntary stewards of their farm, Ridgemont Stud. I know they will look after contributions. The government intends to introduce the new Highlands in the same way for many decades, and I wish them all the funding scheme in April 2017. This is subject to receiving state aid best.” approval for these proposals. Resident stallions at Highlands Farm include Champion sire Yesteray’s announcement follows consultation with both the Dynasty, Great Britain, a full-brother to the Classic sire Cape betting and racing industries and will ensure a level playing field Cross, as well as Antonius Pius, Main Aim and Pathfork, who amongst gambling operators that are based in Britain and those won the Gr.1 National Stakes. that are offshore. Crouch said, “This move will help secure the future of horseracing in Britain by making sure that gambling firms pay a fair return to STAKES RESULTS support the sport. Horseracing has a strong heritage in this country, employing thousands of people and is enjoyed by many almost every day of the year. This new approach to the Horserace Betting Going Fifty Years Levy will help sustain and develop the sport.” Flying Horses The levy will support funding in a range of areas, including Places? prize money, integrity, equine welfare, veterinary science and the [email protected] ~ www.bba-ireland.ie mental and physical well-being of participant, and will apply to all operators who offer bets on British racing by GB-based customers, including pool betting, betting exchanges, on-course bookmakers NEW ZEALAND and on spread bets. The Sports Minister will also review the rate set within seven Gr.1 LEVIN CLASSIC, Trentham, 1600m, 3yos, 1st NZ$134,375, years of the legislation coming into force to ensure that it reflects 2nd NZ$43,000, 3rd NZ$21,500. any future changes in the market. 1. HALL OF FAME (NZ), 3c, The Government intends to transfer responsibility for collecting Savabeel – Around The Clock (Galileo) the Levy to the Gambling Commission in early 2018, which will 2nd dam Night And Day (Catbird) mean that the Horse Race Betting Levy Board will be wound up. 3rd dam Leica Pretender (Sir Tristram) The levy funding will be passed on by the Gambling Commission O: Te Akau 24/7 Syndicate, B: M W O’Keeffe, to a nominated Racing Authority, which will act on behalf of T: S Autridge & J Richards British racing and be responsible for making decisions on spend. 2. SAVILE ROW (NZ), 3c, Nick Rust, Chief Executive of the BHA, said: “I welcome today’s Makfi – Fleece (Daylami) announcement from Government regarding the implementation of O/B: K J Hickman, T: M Moroney & P Geard the Levy replacement, which will restore to racing a return from all NZ$120,000 NZB Premier Yearling Sale betting on our sport at a fair and proportionate rate. This is critical to the future health of British racing. Thanks for flying IRT. “Once the new system is implemented in April 2017, we will see a significant uplift in the sport’s central funding that will benefit our Phone +44 1638 668 003 or participants and the many local communities which racing supports click here to visit www.irt.com across all corners of the country. “British racing is committed to working closely with our partners in 3. JON SNOW (NZ), 3c, the British betting industry to make a success of this new environment,IRT870 EBN IffraajUK July2014_1.indd – Orinda 1 (O’Reilly) 21/07/2014 9:14 pm and grow what is the most natural, exciting betting product to the O: Zame Partnership, B: R W E Moore, T: M Baker & A Forsman future advantage of both our industries and the wider economy.” NZ$65,000 NZB Select Yearling Sale Thanks for flying IRT. STUD NEWS Phone +44 1638 668 003 or click here to visit www.irt.com SOUTH AFRICA

Also ran: Lincoln Blue, Wyndspelle, Excalibur, Savasava, Figurable, BECK FAMILY PARTS COMPANY IRT870 EBN UK July2014_1.indd 1 21/07/2014 9:14 pm Leading Role, Collay, Creative Genius, Fine Taylor, Storytime. WITH HIGHLANDS STUD Distances: nse, hd. It has been reported that Highlands Stud, owned by the Beck family and Graham Beck Enterprises, has been sold to the Hall Of Fame came out best in a driving finish to edge this in Kieswetter family, which owns Ridgemont Stud. The sales includes what looks the best New Zealand Derby trial to date. He was the property, which is situated in the Robertson Valley and covers waited with in midfield until turning for home and accelerated to 100 hectares, as well as the stallions and bloodstock. join Savile Row (Makfi) and Jon Snow (Iffraaj). He looked set for Speaking exclusively to the South Africa’s Sporting Post Graham a clear victory with 200m to go, but both Savile Row and Jon Beck’s son Antony, president of Gainesway Farm in Kentucky, said, Snow stayed on strongly and, at the finish, there was just a nose “Wayne Kieswetter and his family had expressed interest in in favour of Hall Of Fame on the outside.

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Purchased privately after being unsold at the NZB Ready-To- Run sale as a two-year-old, it is the fifth win from nine starts for Bloodstock Hall Of Fame and his second at Stakes level, following his win in Peace of Insurance - the Listed Zacinto Stakes at Riccarton in the spring. His earnings Mind? Get Covered now total NZ$232,200. He is the twelfth Gr.1 winner for Savabeel (Zabeel), who also [email protected] ~ www.bba-ireland.ie has triple Gr.1 winner Lucia Valentina (Montjeu) and Gr.2 winners Savvy Dancer (Carnegie) and Nurse Kitchen (Montjeu) 2nd dam Still Hoping (Kambalda) out of mares by sons of Sadler’s Wells, whose three-parts relative 3rd dam Ganston Girl (Vulgan) Nureyev () is the broodmare sire of Zabeel. He O: Paul and Clare Rooney, B: John H Kidd, T: Ben Pauling was advertised at NZ$100,000 in 2016 at Waikato Stud in New €3,800 2012 Tattersalls Ireland February Sale by William Flood Zealand. consigned by John H Kidd Inbred 3x4 to Sir Tristram (Sir Ivor), his dam Around The Clock €6,000 2012 Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale (Galileo) won in Sydney and Hall Of Fame is her only foal to race. by T Hillman The next dam Night And Day (Catbird) won twice in Adelaide consigned by Boardsmill Stud and is a three-parts sister to the Gr.1 VRC Derby winner and sire €48,000 2014 Goffs Land Rover Sale by Highflyer Bloodstock Nothin’ Leica Dane (Danehill) and a half-sister to Gr.2 Moonee consigned by Pine Tree Stud Valley Vase winner and sire Duelled (Redoute’s Choice). The 2. GAYEBURY (GB), 7g, third dam Leica Pretender (Sir Tristram) was unraced and is a Overbury – Gaye Sophie (Environment Friend) half-sister to the SAJC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner Tell Fibs O: R Abbott and M Stavrou, B: R F and S D Knipe, (Shown), from the immediate family of the Gr.1 VRC Derby winner T: Tom Symonds Redding (Nassipour) and the Gr.1 Australasian Oaks winner £40,000 2016 Tattersalls Ireland Cheltenham February Sale Leica Smile (At Talaq). by Evan Williams Around The Clock has an un-named two-year-old colt by Ocean consigned by Dason Court Stables Park (Thorn Park) and a yearling filly by Reliable Man (Dalakhani). She was covered last season by Dundeel (High Chaparral). 3. PEREGRINE RUN (Ire), 7g, King’s Theatre – Masriyna’s Article (Definite Article) O/B: Vincent Byrne, T: Peter Fahey Gr.3 ANNIVERSARY STAKES, Trentham, 1600m, 3yo+, 1st NZ$40,625, 2nd NZ$13,000, 3rd NZ$6,500. Also ran: Get On The Yager, Ballyhill, Geordie Des Champs 1. SEIZE THE MOMENT (NZ), 6g, Non runner: Fountains Windfall Pins – Dancing Mistress (Masterclass) Distances: 8l, 11/4l, 21/4l, 10l, 2l 2nd dam Tasman Dancer (New Regent) 3rd dam Rangiora (Greenwood) Gr.3 CLASSIC HANDICAP CHASE, Warwick, 3m5f, 5yo+ chs, O: Go Racing With The Dancer Syndicate, 1st £34,170, 2nd £12,822, 3rd £6,420 B: G J Chittick, T: S Marsh 1. ONE FOR ARTHUR (Ire), 8g, NZ$50,000 NZB Premier Yearling Sale Milan – Nonnetia (Trempolino) 2. THE AULD FLOOZIE (NZ), 5m, 2nd dam Wavy Reef (Kris) Mastercraftsman – Thee Auld Hussie (Spinning World) 3rd dam Triple Reef (Mill Reef) O: P D Craighead, L G Ford, S B Marsh, M C Roughead, O: Two Golf Widows, B: John P Dwan, T: Lucinda Russell Two Fat Cows Syndicate, J G & Mrs S K Young, B: J G Young, 214,000 2010 Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt T: S Marsh 3. AOTEAROWER (NZ), 5m, Sale by John Dineen Shamardal – Kaatoon (Kaapstad) consigned by Ballyreddin Stud O: Sir Patrick & Lady Hogan, H Bond, E Murray, M Drysdale, €34,000 2012 Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale by Patrick Redmond N Cohen, J Sullivan & Social Racing No.2 Syndicate consigned by Manister House Stud B: Sir Patrick & Lady Hogan & P J Walker, T: K & B Kelso £60,000 2013 Brightwells Cheltenham Breeze-Up Sale A$240,000 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale by Tom Malone and Lucinda Russell consigned by Ballydarragh Stables Also ran: Son Of Maher, Mae West, Summer’s Day, Skyweka, 2. GOODTOKNOW (GB), 9g, Henree Winkler, Irish Call, Iamishwara, La Fille En Jeu. Presenting – Atlantic Jane (Tamure) Distances: 1/2l, nse. O: Burling, Daresbury, MacEchern, Nolan, Potter, B: P J Hughes Berkswell, T: Kerry Lee €31,000 2011 Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale NATIONAL HUNT STAKES RESULTS by Roger Marley consigned by Amber Lodge BRITAIN £20,000 2011 Brightwells Cheltenham Breeze-Up Sale by Bobby O’Ryan Gr.2 LEAMINGTON NOVICES’ HURDLE, Warwick, 2m5f, consigned by Church Farm Stables 5yo+ hdl, 1st £19,932, 2nd £7,479, 3rd £3,745 £65,00 2012 DBS Spring Horses in Training Sale 1. WILLOUGHBY COURT (Ire), 6g, by Richard Lee Court Cave – Willoughby Sue (Dabali) consigned by Church Farm Stables

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2. VIBRATO VALTAT (Fr), 8g, Voix Du Nord – La Tosca Valtat (Dom Alco) Going Fifty Years O: Axom XLIII, B: Mme Colette & Mlle Aude-Marie Duperret, Places? Flying Horses T: Paul Nicholls

[email protected] ~ www.bba-ireland.ie Also ran: Activial, Quite By Chance Distances: 21/4l 3. SHOTGUN PADDY (Ire), 10g, Brian Boru – Awesome Miracle (Supreme Leader) LR LANZAROTE HANDICAP HURDLE, Kempton Park, 2m5f, O: Axom (XXXVI), B: Mrs Richella Rohan, T: Emma Lavelle 4yo+ hdl, 1st £22,780, 2nd £8,548, 3rd £4,280 £40,000 2012 DBS NH Festivals Sales (Newbury) 1. MODUS (GB), 7g, by G H Bloodstock Motivator – Alessandra (Generous) consigned by R McCurtin 2nd dam Kiss (Habitat) 3rd dam Miss Petard (Petingo) Also ran: Houblon Des Obeaux, Knockanrawley, O: John P McManus, B: D J and Mrs Deer, T: Paul Nicholls Rigardin De Beauchene, Mountainous, Spookydooky, £190,000 2015 Brightwells Cheltenham Premier National Russe Blanc, Viva Steve, Kingswell Theatre, Midnight Prayer (pu), Hunt Sale by Tom Malone Emperor’s Choice (pu), Milansbar (pu), Bob Ford (pu), consigned by Castle Farm Sego Success (pu), Doctor Harper (pu), Vivaldi Collonges (pu), 2. TEMPLEROSS (Ire), 6g, Ballycross (pu), Kaki De La Pree (ur) Presenting – Dame O’Neill (Dr Massini) Distances: 6l, 41/2l, 9l, hd, hd O: Tony Bloom, B: Maurice Smiddy, T: Nigel Twiston-Davies €9,000 2012 Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale LR HAMPTON NOVICES’ CHASE, Warwick, 3m, 5yo+ chs, by Ian Ferguson 1st £14,237, 2nd £5,342, 3rd £2,675 consigned by Clonpriest Stud 1. AMERICAN (Fr), 7g, 3. LORD OF THE ISLAND (Ire), 9g, Malinas – Grande Sultane (Garde Royale) Heron Island – Miss Morose (Arctic Lord) 2nd dam Svinesund (Linden Tree) O: The ‘Lord of the Island‘ Syndicate, B: Noel Collins, 3rd dam Sweet Piccaninny (Honeyway) T: Fergal O’Brien O: The Jago Family Partnership, B: Jean-Pierre Hardy, T: Harry Fry Also ran: Old Guard, Kalondra, Doesyourdogbite, €15,500 2013 Tattersalls Ireland August National Hunt Sale Fountains Windfall, Local Show, Sam Red, Bennys King, by Tim Dineen Chesterfield, Will O’The West, Jaleo (f) consigned by Rathbarry Stud Non runner: Little Boy Boru £70,000 2014 Brightwells Cheltenham December Distances: 23/4l, 5l, 2l, shd, 13/4l National Hunt Sale by Highflyer Bloodstock consigned by Leighmoney Stables SUPPORTING RACE 2. CHAMPERS ON ICE (Ire), 7g, Robin Des Champs – Miss Nova (Ra Nova) EBF NATIONAL HUNT NOVICES’ HURDLE, Wetherby, 2m31/2f, O: Professor Caroline Tisdall and Bryan Drew, 4-7yo, 1st £3,898, 2nd £1,144, 3rd £572 B: Gail C List, T: David Pipe £205,000 2015 Brightwells Sale by David Pipe consigned by Towerview Stables ebfstallions.com 3. CAPTAIN CHAOS (Ire), 6g, Golan – Times Have Changed (Safety Catch) O: Mike and Eileen Newbould, 1. EATON HILL (Ire), 5g, B: Conor Hickey, T: Dan Skelton Yeats – Guilt Less (Useful) €6,000 2014 Goffs June Land Rover Sale by Ivy Lea Farm 2nd dam Valenda (French Friend) consigned by Woodlands Farm 3rd dam Hard To Fight (Hardicanute) O: J H and Mrs Watson, B: Shaun Talbot, T: Kerry Lee Also ran: Chef D’Oeuvre, Pobbles Bay, In The Tub (pu), €20,000 2013 Tattersalls Ireland February Sale Mystical Knight (pu) consigned by The Chestnut Stud Distances: 41/2l, 21/4l, 21/4l, 6l €46,000 2015 Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale by Helen Carter consigned by The Chestnut Stud LR CHASE, Kempton Park, 2m41/2f, 5yo+ chs, 1st £17,085, 2. Mount Mews (Ire), 3. Melrose Boy (Fr) 2nd £6,411, 3rd £3,210 Distances: nk, 2l. 8 ran 1. VANITEUX (Fr), 8g, Voix Du Nord – Expoville (Video Rock) 2nd dam Seville (Quart Du Vin) follow EBN on twitter 3rd dam Isolee (Baraban) O: Richard and Lizzie Kelvin-Hughes, B: Jacques Cypres, @bloodstocknews T:

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Bloodstock YESTERDAY’S RACING REVIEW Peace of Insurance - Mind? Get Covered BRITAIN [email protected] ~ www.bba-ireland.ie 8.15 WOLVERHAMPTON, 3YO+ MAIDEN, 6FAW 1. BOOST (GB), 3f, IRELAND Pivotal – Hooray (Invincible Spirit) O/B: Cheveley Park Stud, T: Sir Mark Prescott Gr.2 MOSCOW FLYER NOVICE HURDLE, Punchestown, 2m, Distances: 33/4l, 21/4l. 8 ran. 5yo+ hdl, 1st €26,255, 2nd €8,455, 3rd €4,005 1. ANY SECOND NOW (Ire), 5g, Boost (Pivotal) took the lead over three furlongs out and drew Oscar – Pretty Neat (Topanoora) clear in the closing stages to win on her third start. She is the 2nd dam Fast Time (Be My Native) second foal of her dam Hooray (Invincible Spirit), who was the 3rd dam Hourly Rate (Menelek) Champion Two-Year-Old Filly in Europe in 2010 when she won the O: John P McManus, B: Noreen McManus, T: T M Walsh Gr.1 Cheveley Park Stakes. She is a half-sister to the Listed Criterium 2. CRACK MOME (Fr), 5g, de l’Ouest winner Hypnotic (Lomitas) and the Listed-placed Spanish Moon – Peche Mome (April Night) Mazyoun (Mayson), out of the Listed Star Stakes winner Hypnotize O: Andrea and Graham Wylie, (Machiavellian), who is a half-sister to the Gr.2 Cherry Hinton B: Bernadette and Alexandre Deschere, Stakes winner Dazzle (Gone West), the Listed winners Baschar T: (Starcraft) and Fantasize (Groom Dancer) and the Listed-placed 3. RUNFORDAVE (Ire), 5g, Enchant (Lion Cavern), as well as Miswaki Belle (Miswaki; dam of Stowaway – Poetics Girl (Saddlers’ Hall) the Champion racemare and Gr.2 Flying Five winner Danehurst O: Mrs P Sloan, B: N Flynn, T: Gordon Elliott and the Gr.3 Prix Penelope winner Humouresque). €18,000 2012 Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Hooray has a yearling colt by Intello. Sale by Brendan Bashford Bloodstock consigned by Five Naughts Stud €100,000 2015 Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale FRANCE by Kevin Ross Bloodstock consigned by Kilminfoyle House Stud 12.50 (GMT) CAGNES-SUR-MER, 3YOF MDN, 2000MAW 1. ALLONS Y (Fr), 3f, Also ran: Coquine D’Aunou, Dr Mikey, Calino D’Airy Soldier Of Fortune – Absolutely True (Westerner) Distances: 11/4l, 23/4l, 1/2l, 32l, 22l O/B: Jean-Claude Seroul T: Frederic Rossi Distances: 1/2l, nk. 11 ran. SUPPORTING RACE Allons Y (Soldier Of Fortune) was second on her debut in IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF MARES’ FLAT RACE, December at Salon-de-Provence and used that experience to Punchestown, 2m, 5-7yo, 1st €6,150, 2nd €1,900, 3rd €900 score narrowly. She is the first foal out of the winner Absolutely True (Westerner), who is out of Actrice Francaise (Dynaformer), a half-sister to the Gr.3 Prix des Reservoirs winner Article Rare (El Prado), the Gr.3 Prix de la Jonchere scorer and sire Android ebfstallions.com (Riverman), the Listed winner Art Moderne (Woodman), the Listed Prix de la Calonne winner Astorg (Lear Fan; dam of the Gr.3-placed Amazon Beauty and the Listed winner and Gr.1- 1. FINTARA (Ire), 5m, placed Asti, and grandam of the Listed-placed Marine Officier), Kayf Tara – Fine Fortune (Bob Back) and the Listed Prix de la Cochere winner Airline (Woodman; dam 2nd dam Fortune And Favour (Homo Sapien) of the Listed Prix Rose de Mai winner and five-times Gr.1-placed 3rd dam Corrie Royal (Fury Royal) Argentina). Their dam is the Gr.3 (then) Prix de Sandringham O: Mrs S Rowley-Williams, and John Lenihan winner Action Francaise (Nureyev), whose dam is the eight B: Hugh Hazzard T: Mrs John Harrington times Gr.1 heroine Allez France (Sea-Bird). €1,300 2012 Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale Absolutely True has a two-year-old filly named Absolute City by Richard Downes (Elusive City) and a Siyouni yearling colt. BR consigned by Erenagh House Stables €20,000 2015 Tattersalls Ireland August National Hunt Sale by John Lenihan UAE consigned by Mocklershill Stables 2. Ladysingstheblues (Ire), 3. Martello Park (Ire) 12.00 (GMT) MEYDAN, 3YO MAIDEN, 7F Distances: nk, 1/2l. 12 ran 1. KAHRAB (Ire), 3c, Dark Angel – Dance Club (Fasliyev) 2nd dam Two Clubs (First Trump) www.bloodstocknews.eu 3rd dam Miss Cindy (Mansingh)

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O: Bouresly Racing Synd, B: Deer Forest Stud, T: R Bouresly 2.20 (GMT) MEYDAN, 3YO+ HANDICAP, 6FT 88,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 1. ACOLYTE (Ire), 5g, by KHP Thoroughbreds Acclamation – Obsara (Observatory) consigned by Deer Forest Stud 2nd dam Dansara (Dancing Brave) 110,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2 3rd dam Sarah Siddons (Le Levanstell) by Shadwell Estate Company O: Godolphin, B: Drumlin Bloodstock, T: Saeed bin Suroor consigned by Keith Harte 40,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale by Highclere Stud £12,000 2016 Goffs UK August Sale consigned by Yellowford Farm by Rashed Yousef Bouresly 90,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 consigned by Shadwell Estate Company by John Warren Bloodstock 2. Souls In The Wind (Ire), 3. Synocopation (Ire) consigned by Highclere Stud Distances: 23/4l, hd. 8 ran 88,000gns 2015 Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale 12.35 (GMT) MEYDAN, 3YO+ HANDICAP, 1M3FAW by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock consigned by Highclere Thoroughbred Racing 1. ORMINDO (USA), 7g, 2. Salvadori (Ire), 3. Almargo (Ire) Discreet Cat – Dearly (Rahy) Distances: 11/2l, 11/2l. 16 ran 2nd dam Destiny Dance (Nijinsky) 3rd dam Althea (Alydar) 2.55 (GMT) MEYDAN, 3YO+ HANDICAP, 6FD O: Sheikh Majid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, 1. SHOREDITCH (GB), 4c, B: Darley, T: A bin Harmash Dubawi – Revered (Oasis Dream) 2nd dam Arrive (Kahyasi) 3rd dam Kerali (High Line) O: Fathi Esaed Mohammed Egziama, B: Juddmonte Farms, T: M Al Mheiri KYBRED £2,500 2016 Goffs UK Spring Horses in Training Sale USBRED by Egziama Fathi consigned by Juddmonte Farms 2. Raven’s Corner (Ire), 3. Ticket Holder (USA) 2. Diwaan (GB), 3. Dehbashi (USA) Distances: 23/4l, 5l. 9 ran Distances: 11/4l, 2l. 6 ran 3.30 (GMT) MEYDAN, 3YO+ HANDICAP, 1MT 1.10 (GMT) MEYDAN, 3YO+ MAIDEN, 1M11/2FAW 1. BAROOT (GB), 5g, 1. VIVERNUS (USA), 4c, Dubawi – Time Honoured (Sadler’s Wells) Street Cry – Lady Pegasus (Fusaichi Pegasus) 2nd dam (Saritamer) 2nd dam Nastique (Naskra) 3rd dam Centrocon (High Line) 3rd dam La Fantastique (Le Fabuleux) O: Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, O: Sultan Saeed Harib, B: Darley, T: M Al Mheiri B: W & R Barnett, T: M F de Kock 200,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2 by Form Bloodstock consigned by Jamie Railton 2. Pupil (Ire), 3. Jaaref (Ire) KYBRED USBRED Distances: 1l, 11/4l. 14 ran STALLION ROUND-UP 2. Globalist (Ger), 3. Dangerous Thought (USA) Distances: 7l, 1l. 15 ran WINNERS BY IRISH SIRES 1.45 (GMT) MEYDAN, 3YO+ HANDICAP, 1M2FAW 1. FRASERBURGH (Ire), 7g, CANFORD CLIFFS Shamardal – Nova Cyngi (Kris S) Olsztyn (Fr), 3g, ex Kalahaag (Iffraaj) 2nd dam Northern Trick (Northern Dancer) Deauville, France, Dec 14, 3yo hcap, 1300mAW, £7,352 3rd dam Trick Chick () B: Ecurie Jarlan O: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, B: Lanfranco Dettori, T: S bin Ghadayer DANDY MAN 33,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale Gatsby (Tur), 2c, ex Multaka (Gone West) Kocaeli, Turkey, Dec 16, 2yo mdn, 1400mD, £5,698 by Yeomanstown Stud B: O Altin consigned by Airlie Stud £62,000 DBS Premier Yearling Sale by John Ferguson DARK ANGEL consigned by Yeomanstown Stud Markazi (Fr), 2c, ex Marasima (Barathea) 2. Aslan (USA), 3. Jintshi (GB) Deauville, France, Dec 7, 2yo, 1500mAW, £15,205 Distances: 91/4l, 11/2l. 12 ran B: The Aga Khan Studs

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EXCEED AND EXCEL Arbol De Humo (Fr), 4g, ex Cas Royaux (Woodman) Marseille Pont de Vivaux, France, Dec 6, 4yo+ hcap, 2000mAW, £4,411 B: Marquesa de Moratalla FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND Footprintinthesand (Qa), 6h, ex Adventuress (Singspiel) Doha, Qatar, Jan 5, cond, 1600m, QR57,000 US DOLLAR: 1.2178 SWEDISH KRONA: 10.8630 B: in Qatar EURO: 1.1463 NORWEGIAN KRONE: 10.3549 SWISS FRANC: 1.2303 DANISH KRONE: 8.5242 JAPANESE YEN: 140.1060 UAE DIRHAM: 4.4734 GALILEO CANADIAN DOLLAR: 1.5980 RUSSIAN RUBLE: 72.7440 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR: 1.6255 SINGAPORE DOLLAR: 1.7420 Line Drummer (Fr), 6g, ex Miss Bio (River Mist) NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR: 1.7132 HONG KONG DOLLAR: 9.4380 Toulouse, France, Dec 15, 4yo+, 1600m, £3,676 B: Collet Family & Amarvillas Bloodstock Above rates are the mid-market rates at 4.00pm on 13/01/2017 HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR Le Pin (Fr), 3g, ex Night Dhu (Montjeu) Muzhelah (Qa), 3f, ex Lillibits (Kingmambo) Lyon la Soie, France, Dec 7, 3yo hcap, 2400mAW, £6,617 Doha, Qatar, Dec 28, Local Qatar Oaks, 3yo f, 1600m, QR42,750 B: Haras de l’Hirondelle B: in Qatar LAWMAN VALE OF YORK Paco Keed (Fr), 5g, ex Freezing (Bering) Alfaisal (KSA), 5h, ex Addahab (Rock Hard Ten) Cagnes sur Mer, France, Dec 15, 5yo+ claiming hurdle, Riyadh, KSA, Jan 7, hcap, 1800mD, SAR35,000 3500m, £6,352 B: Khaled ‘Abdulla Aziz Abdullah Alaeyd B: Haras de Graffe Panche, Ben M’Rad & P Nataf ROCK OF GIBRALTAR WINNER BY ITALIAN SIRE Rock Of The Moon (Fr), 3f, ex Pegase Hurry (Fusaichi Pegasus) Marseille Pont de Vivaux, France, Dec 6, 3yo hcap, 2000mAW, £4,411 SAKHEE’S SECRET B: S Boucheron Al Uraiq Secret (Qa), 3c, ex Warm Breeze (Oasis Dream) Doha, Qatar, Dec 15, 3yo cond, 1600m, QR85,500 SHAMARDAL B: in Qatar Hyaline (USA), 3c, ex Looking Glass (Seeking The Gold) Jebel Ali, UAE, Dec 23, hcap, 1200mD, Dhs45,000 B: Darley STAKES FIELD WORKFORCE Suzuka Long (Jpn), 2c, ex Suzuka Laurent (Sunday Silence) JAPAN Chukyo, Japan, Dec 18, 2yo mdn, 1800mD, ¥5,000,000 B: Keiji Nagai EUROPEAN INTEREST RUNNERS I Am Noble (Jpn), 2c, ex I Am Kamino Mago (Agnes Tachyon) Nakayama, Japan, Dec 25, 2yo mdn, 1800mD, ¥5,000,000 Gr.3 KEISEI HAI, Nakayama, 2000mT, 3yo, ¥38,000,000 B: Koichi Hori BURRINGURRAH (Ire), 3c, Fastnet Rock – Sweet Dreams Baby (Montjeu) NISHINO AMORE (Jpn), 3f, WINNERS BY FRENCH SIRES Conduit – Nishino Manamusume (Agnes Rock)

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