Andrew Caulfield, November 15, 2011-Mandaean (GB) PEDIGREE INSIGHTS B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D Saturday, Saint-Cloud, France CRITERIUM DE SAINT-CLOUD-G1, i250,000, Saint- Cloud, 11-12, 2yo, c/f, 1 1/4mT, 2:20.20, hy. 1--#@sMANDAEAN (GB), 126, c, 2, by Manduro (Ger) 1st Dam: Summertime Legacy (GB) (GSW & G1SP-Fr), by Darshaan (GB) 2nd Dam: Zawaahy, by El Gran Senor 3rd Dam: Exotic Treat, by *Vaguely Noble O-Godolphin SNC; B-Darley; T-Andre Fabre; J-Maxime Guyon; i142,850. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, i154,850. *First G1SW for freshman sire (by Monsun Ger}). **1/2 to Wavering (Ire) (Refuse to Bend {Ire}), G1SW-Fr, $243,711. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. No matter whether you are a farm owner standing a young stallion or one of the breeders using an unproven horse, these activities are as risky as navigating treacherous waters. For the stallion owners, whether the horse sinks or swims depends greatly on his being pitched at the right fee over the first four years, and even then they can expect to see support steadily drifting away. The Jockey Club=s recently released figures help illustrate the size of this problem. Among the stallions which covered their first mares in Kentucky in 2009 were First Defence, whose first three books stood at 86 mares in 2009, 76 in 2010 and 41 this year. Others in a similar boat were Harlington (61, 57, 23), Heatseeker (82, 57, 22), Horse Greeley (83, 47, 34), Midnight Lute (159, 114, 96), Nobiz Like Shobiz (100, 70, 45), Run Away And Hide (101, 78, 52), Spring At Last (115, 92, 65), Street Boss (153, 120, 87) and Student Council (107, 76, 47). " " " MANDAEAN (GB), c, 2009 Dschingis Khan Konigsstuhl (Ger) Konigskronung Monsun (Ger) Surumu (Ger) Mosella (Ger) Monasia (Ger) Manduro (Ger) Northern Dancer Be My Guest What a Treat Mandellicht (Ire) Elektrant (GB) Mandelauge (Ger) Mandriale (Ger) Mill Reef Shirley Heights (GB) Hardiemma (GB) Darshaan (GB) Summertime Abdos (Fr) Delsy (Fr) Legacy (GB) Kelty (Fr) GSW & G1SP-Fr Northern Dancer 8Fls, 4Wnrs, El Gran Senor Zawaahy Sex Appeal 2G1SWs 12Fls, 7Wnrs, 1GSW Exotic Treat Vaguely Noble (Ire) 11Fls, 2SWs Rare Treat Mare owners= aspirations can also rapidly hit the rocks That figure improved to 123 as a 4-year-old, his first if their timing is off. For example, if the young stallion in season under the care of Andre Fabre in France, but his which they are interested did not shine at two, it might record that year stood at one win from eight starts, be better to support him in his third year, rather than his which hardly suggested he was a star. That assessment second. That way his first crop at least has a better underwent a rapid change in 2007, when the chance of establishing its merit before the third-crop German-bred son of Monsun reeled off five successive yearlings reach the sales ring. group victories to earn a Timeform rating of 135. His The stallion which prompted these musings was figure of 131 on the World Thoroughbred Rankings Manduro, one of Darley=s European team. He has to be made him the year=s top performer and Fabre went so considered to have made a very promising start now far as to describe Manduro as the best he had ever that his son, the J “TDN Rising Star” J trained. Mandaean, has won the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud. Manduro=s four annual Timeform ratings stood at 115, That victory came just 13 days after another of his 118, 123 and 135, a progression which suggests he sons, Bonfire, was highly unlucky not to win the was no certainty to make a quick impression with his G1 Criterium International. November has also seen first juveniles. I am pleased that he finally has done so, Manduro score with his daughters Trois Lunes in because his pedigree, which contains just one line of France, Miss Manduro in Italy and Madgenta in England. Northern Dancer, could prove very valuable to the So he is enjoying a hot streak which can reasonably be European industry. expected to continue next spring, when more of his It is worth adding that older stallion sons of Monsun progeny get the chance to tackle distances longer than include the German-based Samum, who has four a mile. Group 1 winners to his credit, including a winner of the However, the picture looked much less rosy a matter Deutsches Derby. Then there=s Shirocco, who has the of weeks ago. When Bonfire won his maiden in fine encouraging total of six first-crop 3-year-olds with style at Salisbury at the end of September, he became Racing Post ratings between 111 and 119. only the third winner for his sire and his first in England. As Manduro stood his first season at a substantial fee Even now, Bonfire and Madgenta rank as the only of i40,000, he is sure to have covered some very winners among Manduro=s first 24 runners in Britain and well-bred mares. A fine example is Mandaean=s dam Ireland from a crop of around 128. Fortunately his Summertime Legacy, who now has two 2011 figures in FranceB-where he did much of his racing-- Group 1 winners to her credit, the other being her Prix stand at a much healthier total of three winners from Saint-Alary winner Wavering (Ire) (Refuse to Bend {Ire}). eight lightly raced runners. Summertime Legacy was herself third in the Prix In the circumstances, buyers could have been Saint-Alary, having won the G3 Prix des Reservoirs at forgiven for being wary of Manduro=s second-crop two. Summertime Legacy=s dam Zawaahy was a yearlings at the major sales in August, September and three-parts-sister--by El Gran Senor--to Nijinsky=s Derby October. The presence among these yearlings of a filly winner Golden Fleece and her third dam is the which made i400,000 to the bid of Demi O=Byrne celebrated Rare Treat. This is also the family of Be My helped raise the average to i41,100--just over double Guest, a high-class miler and champion sire who Manduro=s 2009 fee of ,20,000. However, his median fathered Manduro=s dam Mandellicht. This means that was a less healthy 25,500gns. The breeders who made Mandaean is inbred 5x4 to Rare Treat via her daughters a loss must be wishing that the sales could have been What A Treat and Exotic Treat. delayed a couple of months. When What A Treat came on the market in February The question they have to ask themselves is whether 1972 as part of the George D. Widener Estate Dispersal, it was a fair bet that Manduro would have plenty of this champion American 3-year-old of 1965 sold for first-crop winners by the time the 2011 yearling sales $450,000, some $55,000 above the previous record came around. The fact that he established himself as price for a broodmare. What A Treat=s racing-age Germany=s champion 2-year-old of 2004 is a little daughters Bendara and Treat Me Fair also sold that deceptive. He ran only twice as a juvenile. After year, for the world record sums of $410,000 apiece. making an impressive winning debut over seven furlongs What A Treat and Bendara both bred important winners at Munich on September 12, he won the for their new owners. Let=s hope that the breeders who G3 Preis der Winterfavoriten over a mile by five lengths invested so heavily at last week=s Evans dispersal enjoy on October 17. similar good fortune. These highly encouraging performances earned him a figure of 112 on the European 2-year-old rankings, 11lbs behind Shamardal and 10lbs behind Dubawi. Manduro=s development into a top-flight performer was delayed by a setback which kept him off the course until the September of his sophomore season, which he ended with a Timeform rating of 118. .