THURSDAY, 26 OCTOBER, 2017 ALMANZOR TO STAND FOR i35,000 GROUP 1 FILLIES HEADLINE Almanzor (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), the Cartier champion 3- year-old colt of 2016, will stand his introductory season at Haras TATTERSALLS DECEMBER d=Etreham for i35,000. Trained by Jean-Claude Rouget and racing in the colours of Gerard Augustin-Normand, Almanzor won last year=s G1 Prix du Jockey Club at 20-1 but subsequently proved that performance was no fluke, following up with wins in the G2 Prix Guillaume d=Ornano, G1 Irish Champion S. and G1 Champion S. Fifty percent of Almanzor was sold to his breeder, Haras d=Etreham, in partnership with SF Bloodstock just prior to the Champion S. Almanzor was kept in training this year at four but was affected by an EHV-1 outbreak in Rouget=s stable in April. He made his racecourse return in August but beat just one home in the G3 Prix Gontaut-Biron. AAlmanzor has already been really well received,@ said Etreham=s Nicolas de Chambure. AWe have had a lot people on the farm and they have been impressed by him. We have sold all the shares available and we have an exciting syndicate with top international breeders so the horse will get great support. With his race record, physique and pedigree, we feel he is a great opportunity for breeders at i35,000.@ Cont. p2 Champion sprinter Quiet Reflection | racingfotos.com The catalogue for the Tattersalls December Mare Sale from Dec. 4 to 7 has been published, with four maiden Group 1- winning fillies among the prize offerings. Those are last year=s champion sprinter Quiet Reflection (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) (lot 1861); dual Group 1-winning sprinter Marsha (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) (lot 1848); GI Man O=War S. winner Zhukova (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) (lot 1868) and G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Intricately (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) (lot 1549). Also highly sought after will be the G3 Albany S. winner and dual Group 1- placed Different League (Fr) (Dabirsim {Fr}) (lot 1836), the highest-rated 2-year-old filly to be offered at this sale this century, and a handful of other group winners including Prize Exhibit (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) (lot 1543), Spain Burg (Fr) Champion Almanzor | Haras d=Etreham (Sageburg {Ire}) (lot 1802) and Traffic Jam (Ire) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}) (lot 1804). The sale will also feature the final installment of the Ballymacoll dispersal. That dispersal created IN TDN AMERICA TODAY headlines at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale when a 187 BREEDERS’ CUP PRE-ENTRIES Kingman (GB) yearling filly out of Justlookdontouch (Ire) Led by defending GI Breeders’ Cup Classic hero Arrogate (Galileo {Ire}) made 1.7 million gns, and that mare is offered as (Unbridled’s Song), 187 horses have been pre-entered for the lot 1825 alongside her stakes-winning daughter Abingdon Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships. Click or tap (Street Cry {Ire}) (lot 1876) and her 2-year-old Aim of Artemis here to go straight to TDN America. (Ire) (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) (lot 1875). Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 26 OCTOBER, 2017 Group 1 Fillies Headline Tattersalls December Cont. from p1 The Ballymacoll dispersal also features the champion Islington (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells) in foal to Kingman (lot 1826), Group 2 winner Eleanor Duse (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}) (lot 1823) in foal to Frankel (GB) and Group 3 winner Liber Nauticus (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}) (lot 1824) in foal to Harzand (GB). The catalogue includes 36 mares in foal to current top five stallions in Britain in Ireland, including stakes winner Modernstone (GB) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}) in foal to Galileo (Ire) (lot 1845). There are two mares in foal to Dubawi (Ire), Voleuse de Coeurs (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) (lot 1835) and Anzhelika (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 1856), and 13 in foal to Frankel (GB). The Castlebridge Consignment sends the largest draft of 120, while the ever-popular Godolphin and Juddmonte drafts number 53 and 56, respectively. AThe once-in-a-generation Ballymacoll Dispersal adds a unique dimension to this year=s Tattersalls December Sale and it is backed up by a catalogue of real distinction including four outstanding Group 1-winning fillies, the highest-rated 2-year-old filly we have offered at the December Sale this century and a host of beautifully bred, well-covered mares,@ said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony. AEurope=s premier breeding stock sale is always an unmissable event for Thoroughbred breeders from throughout the world and we are looking forward to another truly international renewal." Haras d=Etreham 2018 Fees Almanzor (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) i35,000 Wootton Bassett (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) i20,000 Scissor Kick (Aus) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) i8,000 CORRECTION: The 2018 covering fee for Exceed and Excel Elusive City (Elusive Quality) i7,500 (Aus) was incorrectly listed as i40,000 in yesterday=s TDN. It is i50,000. We regret the error. National Hunt Sires Saint des Saints (Fr) (Cadoudal {Fr}) i15,000 Masked Marvel (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) i4,000 Kamsin (Ger) (Samum {Ger}) i3,000 Almanzor To Stand For i35,000 cont. from p1 Almanzor will stand alongside his sire Wootton Bassett, who recently added his third stakes winner when Godolphin=s SHOWCASING FEE UNCHANGED Wootton (Fr) ran out an impressive winner of the Listed Prix The covering fee for Group 1 sire Showcasing (GB) at Whitsbury Isonomy at Deauville. Wootton Bassett will stand for i20,000, Manor Stud will remain unchanged at ,35,000 in 2018. The sire while Australian shuttler Scissor Kick (Aus) will stand his second of champion sprinter Quiet Reflection (GB) and three other season at i8,000. Elusive City will stand for i7,500. Group 2 winners will covered a limited book. AWootton Bassett continues to produce high-class horses AWe are very much looking forward to watching Showcasing=s including Classic prospect Wootton with small numbers [off a] 2-year-old crop hit the track next year as they=re the first crop i6,000 nomination, so with him the best is yet to come,@ de bred since he made such a big impression with his first runners Chambure added. AHe was fully booked the last two years and and there was a marked step up in the strength of their dams,@ remains very attractive at i20,000.@ said Whitsbury Manor Director Ed Harper. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 26 OCTOBER, 2017 Vice President, International Operations Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 International Editor Group 1 sire Showcasing | Whitsbury Manor Stud Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Showcasing Fee Unchanged Cont. [email protected] Showcasing stands alongside second-season covering sire Adaay (Ire) (,6,000); Swiss Spirit (GB), who currently has 15 European Editor winners with his first 2-year-olds (,4,000) and Due Diligence Emma Berry (,5,000), whose first foals will sell in the coming months. Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] AI=m delighted with the even spread of Due Diligence=s first foals heading to Goffs and Tattersalls,@ said Harper. AI=ve seen Associate International Editor most of the them that are catalogued and I=m confident they Heather Anderson have the walk and athleticism that the foal market is so keen Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN on.@ Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected] Whitsbury Manor Stud 2018 Fees Contributing Editor Showcasing (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) ,35,000 Alan Carasso Adaay (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) ,6,000 Twitter: @EquinealTDN Due Diligence (War Front) ,5,000 Swiss Spirit (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) ,4,000 Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Tom Frary ARDAD RETIRED TO OVERBURY STUD [email protected] Group 2 winner Ardad (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}--Good Clodora {Ire}, by Red Clubs {Ire}), who raced for Abdullah Saeed Al Naboodah Irish Correspondent and was trained by John Gosden, will stand his first season at Daithi Harvey Overbury Stud in Gloucestershire. The deal was brokered by Blandford Bloodstock and breeding rights will be available. A Regular Columnists Andrew Caulfield winner of Royal Ascot=s 2016 Listed Windsor Castle S. only six John Berry days after breaking his maiden at Yarmouth, Ardad swooped to Kevin Blake take the G2 Flying Childers S. at Doncaster later that year. Tom Peacock Ranked the highest rated Royal Ascot 2-year-old by his sire with a Timefore Timefigure of 111, he retires with a record of 9-3-0-0 and earnings of $129,041. Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 26 OCTOBER, 2017 Bred by Tally-Ho Stud in Ireland, Ardad was a £170,000 GOFAPR juvenile purchase by Blandford Bloodstock. His dam is a half-sister to Ruby Rocket (Ire) (Indian Rocket {GB}), a MSW in Ireland, as well as SWs Alexander Alliance (Ire) (Danetime {Ire}) and Inzar=s Best (Ire) (Inzar). The latter was runner-up in the G3 Prix Eclipse. European highweight Anita=s Prince (Ire) (Stradavinsky {Ire}) is under the fourth dam. AArdad was a strong, powerful and precocious colt with a great mind,@ said Gosden. AHe was an absolute pleasure to train and was a real Royal Ascot 2-year-old.@ Ardad will command £6,500 in his first season. Ardad | Overbury Stud Ardad Retired to Overbury Stud Cont. AIt=s fantastic news that Ardad is coming here,@ said Overbury Stud manager Simon Sweeting. AHe=s a smashing-looking colt. Kodiac is immensely popular with owners and trainers, as they value highly the speed and precocity he imparts. Ardad is the purest expression of that, so we=re thrilled to have him. His owner, Mr.