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DUBAWI DOUBLE GIVES PREMIER FOALS A POLISH A brace of colts by Champion Sire Dubawi gave the elite session of Tattersalls’ December Foal Sale a touch of glitter at Park Paddocks yesterday, writes Carl Evans. Lot 939, the Dubawi half-brother to Gr.1 Moyglare Stud Darley’s great sire was represented by just three foals – two Stakes winner Skitter Scatter (), who was colts and a filly – in Europe’s highest-grossing auction of bought by Godolphin for 700,000gns. © Tattersalls.com weanlings, but they did not let him down, thanks primarily to Sheikh Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai, head of Darley and Godolphin, and the man who stands the stallion. He bought both IN TODAY’S ISSUE... colts for a combined 1,300,000gns, while Andreas Putsch of Haras de Saint Pair gained the filly for 310,000gns. Racing Review p9 These high-value transactions helped carry turnover to a mark Letter From America p18 of 16,341,000gns, a fall of approximately 750,000gns or four per cent. The average price was down 14 per cent at 86,460gns while Leading Sires’ Table p19 the median price of 57,000gns was a drop of 12 per cent, but in

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2021 STALLIONS almanzor 30.000€ The european champion city light 7.000€ Multiple Gr.1 performer by siyouni hello youmzain 25.000€ High class sprinter by kodiac persian king 30.000€ The ! scissor Kick 5.000€ A promising start at stud

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TATTERSALLS DECEMBER FOAL SALE- DAY THREE Lot Sex Sire – Dam Vendor Purchaser Price (gns) 939 c DUBAWI – Dane Street Airlie Stud Godolphin 700,000 944 c DUBAWI – Baisse Fittocks Stud Godolphin 600,000 955 c FRANKEL – Suelita Whitsbury Manor Stud Juddmonte Farms 550,000 954 f DUBAWI – Joyful Hope New England Stud Haras de Saint Pair 310,000 854 c LOPE DE VEGA – Lucky Clio Newtown Stud Oneliner Stables 300,000

CLICK HERE FOR SALE RESULTS the context of COVID-world breeders will know they have when offered as an October Sale yearling in 2010, but she won a navigated a cliff edge. No less importantly and marvellously was couple of races and her 2015 cover by Scat Daddy resulted in the the clearance rate of 87 per cent, up six per cent, while 52 foals aforementioned Skitter Scatter, winner of the Gr.1 Moyglare made a six-figure sum, just four fewer than at the session last year. Stud Stakes for the Rogers family and their long-term partner Who would have thought such solid trade would be possible Robert Clay of Three Chimneys Farm. when continents started locking down in March? What Dubawi can bring to the mix will be interesting, although For those who follow this unique form of business, but cannot he is no stranger to mares. Stroud said: “He’s by Dubawi attend international bloodstock auctions because of COVID who we love, and he’s a very athletic individual. In all these decisions restrictions, the figures may well convey an image of trade we are aiming for quality, and David [Loder] and I really like him. carrying on as usual albeit with a correction in values. You have to He’s the first foal we have bought this week and Sheikh Mohammed attend to realise it is a bizarre environment in which face coverings liked the model.” are obligatory, the restaurants are closed, entry to the ring is Minutes later the Stroud/Loder axis swept into action again, securely limited, and respite from the winter weather involves posting a 600,000gns bid that bought a Dubawi colt (Lot 944) hugging a cup of takeaway coffee while standing socially- out of Baisse (), the dam of Best Of Days, a distanced under an open-sided marquee. multiple Stakes winner for the Sheikh’s Godolphin operation. So a That Tattersalls has been able to stage the December Sale, on Dubawi colt selling to Godolphin, which is not so unusual, until time and at its chosen venue, is a godsend for which all breeders, you consider the foal in question was bred by a one-mare breeder. consignors and buyers collectively seem hugely grateful. Gerhard Schoeningh bought Baisse through Crispin de Moubray for 48,000gns at Book 2 of the October Sale, and in his SKITTER SCATTER GILDS AIRLIE’S LILY colours she won twice including a Listed race in Germany. He now The name of Champion Two-Year-Old Filly Skitter Scatter gave boards Baisse at the Cumani family’s Fittocks Stud near the page of her Dubawi half-brother (Lot 939) an exotic uplift, Newmarket, and it was from their farm that her Dubawi foal was and he duly headed trade when selling for 700,000gns at consigned yesterday. yesterday’s third session of the December Foal Sale. The valuation Sara Cumani said: “Whenever anyone sells a big-priced horse they was the joint-second-highest for a colt at this famous auction. say it was a gorgeous horse, but he really was. We’ve had him since Anthony Stroud brought the hammer down on behalf of he was born and he’s been a complete charmer all along. He had Sheikh Mohammed, completing another good ring result for grade one X-rays, a grade one scope and no one could fault him. Sonia and Anthony Rogers of Airlie Stud. Their mare Dane Street, “The full-sister [unraced two-year-old Summerland, who was a half-sister to sire , was knocked down to vendor sold for 725,000gns at this sale in 2018] is with Charlie Appleby and

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Another Dubawi colt, Lot 944, a half-brother to Australian “he is unbelievably good value and has Gr.1 winner Best Of Days (), went the way of Godolphin, selling for 600,000gns. © Tattersalls.com had a very good last couple of years” Ed Sackville, TDN, 25th Nov “an outstanding individual by the [] yearling filly is called Beau Rivage [and has been a sire who is doing really well” retained]. The mare is in foal to Frankel and is going to Sea The Anthony Stroud, purchaser for Godolphin Moon. Gerhard owns Hoppegarten racecourse and this is the only of the 360,000gns colt that topped Day 3 broodmare he owns. at Tattersalls Book 2 “We tried to get him to sell half of the half-sister to us, but since he has just the one mare he wanted to keep her daughter.” “a very good, popular stallion The sole Dubawi filly (Lot 954) in the catalogue sold to Andreas who does very well” Putsch having been consigned by Peter Stanley’s New England Daniel Creighton, purchaser of the 130,000gns Stud on behalf of her breeders Watership Down Stud and Andrew yearling filly at Tattersalls on Monday Rosen. She is a daughter of the Shamardal mare Joyful Hope, a half-sister to the dam of Thursday’s session-topping Sea The Stars colt who realised 170,000gns. WHITSBURY WONDERS KEEP COMING Ed Harper will not forget this sale for many years to come after his Whitsbury Manor Stud enjoyed its second rollicking result in two days with foals out of inexpensive mares. On Thursday a home-bred colt by resident sire Havana Grey sold for a superb 130,000gns, a colossal result for a new sire off an £8,000 covering fee, and yesterday the Hampshire stud traded a 550,000gns son of Frankel (Lot 955) which completed a superb piece of business by Harper’s father Chris. He bought the foal’s dam, Suelita (Dutch Art), for 21,500gns at this ring in 2013, and Other yearlings in 2020 (from €15,000 fee) sold for she has hardly been out of the news since – her offspring have 200,000gns, 170,000gns, £170,000, 140,000gns, included three Stakes earners, headed by this year’s Gr.2 125,000gns, £130,000, 125,000gns, £130,000, €125,000 etc. Stakes winner Alkumait (Showcasing), and a raft of six-figure foals, phenomenal stuff by a mare who was sold for just 3,200gns as a yearling before winning four races in Italy. Juddmonte Farms’s Simon Mockridge lowered the hammer for her Frankel foal, and then said: “He’s a late foal, but very well balanced and the mare has produced three very good horses. We struggled to buy yearlings because they were making a lot of money, so it made sense to buy here.” EUROPEAN CHAMPION SPRINTER & PROVEN GR.1 SIRE BY Ed Harper paid tribute to his staff for their part in this week’s results, and added: “I guess it was a bold move to put the mare to Fee: Frankel, but there was something about her stock which justified €22,500 the decision. I can’t take credit for buying her – that was down to Dad, and she’s probably the only mare he has bought in the last Contact: Tel: +353-52-6131298. Castlehyde Stud Tel: +353-25-31966. seven years. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.coolmore.com

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Bred in County Waterford by Arild Faeste of Tourgar Bloodstock, and consigned by the Grassick family’s Newtown Stud, the son of Lope De Vega (Lot 854) was foaled by Lucky Clio (Key Of Luck) whose breeding record is nothing if not admirable. Her seven winners, headed by the Classic hero, include three other Stakes earners. Lowry said his purchase had been bought with a yearling sale in mind, and added: “He was the pick of the day – a full-brother to a Classic winner and a half-brother to three other black-type horses and by Lope De Vega, who has had an outstanding year and is becoming a sire of sires. “He had seven or eight black-type two-year-olds and five rated over 100 and we were lucky with one of his yearlings at Book 1. In our time in the industry I don’t remember a full-brother to a Classic winner being sold as a foal and it was an outstanding opportunity to Juddmonte Farms purchased Lot 955, a Frankel half- gain a collectors’ item.” brother to Gr.2 winner Alkumait In a period of fiscal uncertainty – except for the certainty that (Showcasing), for 550,000gns. © Tattersalls.com Government borrowing is going to have to be repaid by taxpayers – Lowry was asked about the business of buying foals some 11 months before they can be reoffered. He said: “You’re hoping that “She looks cheap now, but from the very first foal she has done us the end-users who buy yearlings will still be there next year. The proud. I remember taking a call from Brendan Duke who trained [her [COVID] vaccines that are coming along the line look very promising 2015 foal] The Broghie Man in the February of his two-year-old and everyone is working to get a deal between Britain and Europe career, and he said ‘I think you’ve got a very good horse here’ and he after Brexit, so we have to be positive. wasn’t wrong. Since that phone call it has been all the way up with “If we don’t have the horses we cannot sell them.” this mare. We had to step her up with her coverings, and for a young Cathy Grassick said of the colt foal’s sale: “Arild has kept foal this colt had such a sound head on him. everything going at Tourgar [following the death of his wife Cherry] “He’s a late foal [10th May] but nothing fazed him, not the travel, and is helped by his daughter Nina. She and I started bid spotting at not the prep – he was only weaned a couple of weeks before starting Goffs and we became best friends – it was through Nina that her prep. As long as he was well fed he wasn’t bothered. I’m just so parents asked me to help them with their bloodstock. They asked me pleased Juddmonte bought him because it is going to be so pleasing to buy some mares for them, and Lucky Clio was the first. seeing him race in the pink and green colours. “Because this was a late foal we didn’t cover her this year, and there “I would say there are a couple of very emotional people back in are a lot of ideas being pushed around the table as to her next cover. Ireland. They have just sold a full-brother to Phoenix Of Spain, and She could go back to Showcasing to repeat Alkumait, or, because sadly Cherry died in the middle of his career – she didn’t get to see she is empty, she could travel further afield.” him win the Guineas, and all these things mean so much. “This colt was a different colour to Phoenix, but very similar in LOWRY AND LOPE MAKE CLIO LUCKY temperament and walk. They are both unflappable good walkers A full-brother to Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Phoenix Of and both handled coming to the sales. The mare is a great producer Spain added 300,000gns to the day’s turnover when being and she takes something from every stallion she visits. She lives at knocked down to online bidder Ger Lowry of Oneliner Stables. Arild’s home and we take her to foal and prep the stock. UNFORTUNATELY SOCIETY ROCK – UNFORTUNATE (KOMAITE) FASTEST winner of the Gr.1 Prix Morny in the past 10 years First crop foals selling this week Don’t miss out!

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agent said: “Lullaby Moon will come back in something like the Fred Darling Stakes next year and could be a Guineas filly. I thought this colt was pretty flawless, he vetted perfectly, and he’s a half- brother to a Gimcrack winner who showed blinding speed when winning that race.” Of the foal, Elliott added: “We took the view that if he came here as a yearling he would have cost more, and while we did stretch to buy him we are thrilled to have got him. “Whenever Amo buys a horse the dream is Royal Ascot and in a few years’ time he might take us there. It’s longer term, but when you start bidding past the pinhookers there are few end users here buying horses, so if you are patient and take that long view, you can buy value. If it all clicks, we are in with a right chance.” WARRIOR MAKES A MARK AGAIN Saxon Warrior’s first foals continued to make their mark in the sales ring when one of his daughters (Lot 835) was knocked Oneliner Stables bought Lot 854, a Lope De Vega full- down for 280,000gns to Philipp Stauffenberg. brother to Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas winner and sire Phoenix A February foal with two successful half-siblings, she had spent Of Spain, for 300,000gns. © Tattersalls.com a four-week spell of prepping with Jenny Norris of Norris Bloodstock and then entered the ring as the property of Steven “Up until two years ago Arild had just two mares, and the other Smith’s Hunscote Stud and Chris Humber of Humber Bloodstock. one bred Grandeur, so he does a great job.” They bred her from the Arch mare Archangel Gabriel, a full- Other successful sales by Lope De Vega’s offspring included a sister to the American Gr.1 winner Prince Arch and a half-sister to colt (Lot 878) who was picked up by the Yeomanstown Stud team the Gr.1 National Stakes winner Kingsfort (War Chant). for 260,000gns. Consigned by Tom Whelan’s Church View Stables Norris described the foal as “an absolute queen – [the type that] on behalf of Aston House Stud, the foal was produced by Bezique makes my job a lot easier,” while Hunscote Stud’s Andy Lloyd said (Cape Cross), a Listed winner in Italy and dam of the Listed winner of the filly: “I’m happy and sad, because she’s been the most and Gr.3-placed Khalidi (High Chaparral). spectacular horse we’ve had and an absolute darling so I’m sorry to see her go. It’s a lot of money and you have to be commercial AMO DRAWN TO BELARDO BY MOON sometimes. Lope De Vega’s efforts to keep the Shamardal line going will “Unfortunately the mare didn’t quite catch this year and we’re only work if his sons step up to the plate, and in Belardo he has mulling plans for next season. but one promising representative. “We all fancied Saxon Warrior as a racehorse, and he won the A colt by the Darley sire (Lot 919) made a notable impression [Gr.1] Racing Post Trophy about an hour after we had a runner on the when taking his turn in the ring yesterday, and it required a bid of same Doncaster card. Ryan [Moore] rode both horses and he said to 280,000gns by bloodstock agent Alex Elliott to ensure his clients me ‘This horse [Saxon Warrior] is very good and will go through any at Amo Racing gained a lovely prospect for the 2022 season. The ground’. I followed him after that – he won a strong Guineas and I’m colt was consigned by breeders Derek and Gay Veitch of Ringfort sure that you can see from his early results that he has a future as a Stud, and he had the advantage of being a half-brother to the stallion. Mehmas colt Minzaal who won this year’s Gr.2 Gimcrack Stakes “He and Roaring Lion had some great battles that year and if you in Sheikh Hamdan’s colours. see him he is a lovely horse.” Belardo was a key part of Elliott’s thinking, for one of Amo’s Stauffenberg’s plan is to reoffer the filly next year, and he said: “I prime assets from this year’s turf season has been two-year-old thought she was a gorgeous filly. I had to stretch for her, and if she filly Lullaby Moon, winner of the Listed Two Year Old Trophy at had been a colt I wouldn’t have gone that far, but it is a good family Redcar and the Gr.3 Prix Miesque for Ralph Beckett’s stable. The and she has residual value whatever happens.”

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Other distaffers who made a notable sum and are likely to be EXPERT EYE back on the block at a yearling sale in 2021 included a 285,000gns 801 c ex Oh Dream 7,000 Sea The Stars filly (Lot 1002) from Joe Hernon’s Castletown Stud. 809 c ex Oeuvre D’Art v 45,000 Violet Hesketh of W H Bloodstock signed for this early foal in a 822 f ex Sommesnil WD partnership with Kelsey Lupo’s Atlas Bloodstock – their purchase 834 f ex Bahati WD was a daughter of the Adlerflug mare Amazone, who has already 839 c ex Starlit Sands 9,500 produced two Stakes-performing fillies. 911 c ex Cool Kitten 9,000 934 f ex Tanouma 75,000 FIRST CROP FOAL SIRES (GNS) 938 f ex Stupendous Miss WD 1016 c ex Deep Dream 14,000 Sponsored by HARRY ANGEL 777 f ex Cape Mystery 12,000 797 f ex Espagnolette v 30,000 927 c ex Fatanah 23,000 1007 f ex Marasima 20,000 www.edmondsonhall.com l [email protected] l +44 (0)1638 560556 1023 f ex Ocelot WD KESSAAR CRACKSMAN 773 c ex Drumcliffe Dancer 32,000 812 f ex Diablery WD 794 c ex Sweet Lady Rose 10,000 818 f ex Act Of War 65,000 831 c ex Belle Rose v 20,000 ROARING LION 865 f ex Bella Nouf WD 870 f ex Princess Lala 34,000 923 f ex Great Court 105,000 917 f ex Coolminx 95,000 967 f ex Simple Verse WD 994 c ex Tamaanee WD 968 c ex Applause WD 995 f ex Smiling Blue Eyes 15,500 1018 c ex Rainbow’s Edge v 25,000 SAXON WARRIOR 1019 c ex Exceed Sensazione 55,000 835 f ex Archangel Gabriel 280,000

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TATTERSALLS DAY 3 STATISTICS (GNS) WITHDRAWALS 2020 % 2019 Today Catalogued 268 268 Lots: 1046, 1058, 1061, 1063, 1064, 1068, 1074, 1076, 1098, 1104, Offered 218 211 1105, 1106, 1113, 1114, 1119, 1135, 1136, 1153, 1157, 1158, 1163, Sold 189 (87%) 171 (81%) 1165, 1167, 1179, 1180 Aggregate 16,341,000 -4 17,102,000 Average 86,460 -14 100,012 TATTERSALLS CHELTENHAM Median 57,000 -12 65,000 CUMULATIVE STATISTICS (GNS) ENTRIES ONLINE FOR 2020 % 2019 CHELTENHAM DECEMBER SALE Catalogued 782 871 Offered 666 723 Entries are now online for the Tattersalls Cheltenham December Sold 543 (81%) 548 (76%) Sale, which will be held at Tattersalls in Newmarket on Thursday, Aggregate 25,059,700 -8 27,330,000 10th December. Average 46,970 -6 49,872 In total, 29 initial entries are now available to view online, while Median 24,000 -14 28,000 further entries will be taken over the weekend from Borris House and Ballindenisk point-to-points, while wild cards will be added Click here to contact IRT, or visit www.irt.com from Kinsale, Tattersalls, Mainstown, Chaddesley Corbett and Wadebridge point-to-points on 5th and 6th December. The main catalogue will go to print on Monday, 30th November with the 857 c ex Stormy Blessing 35,000 hard copy posted out on Thursday, 3rd December. 999 c ex Desert Tigress 75,000 SIOUX NATION 774 c ex Xema 20,000 REVIEW 798 c ex Enliven p/s 5,000 908 c ex All Time High 65,000 BRITAIN TASLEET 790 c ex Mulhimatty v 15,000 CARIBEAN BOY JUMPS TO GR.2 GLORY 881 f ex Chevise WD The first of two Graded contests on good ground at Newbury 885 c ex Darajaat 30,000 yesterday, the 2m4f Gr.2 Berkshire Novices’ Chase attracted a field U S NAVY FLAG of just three, with the outsider of the trio Caribean Boy (Myboycharlie) making most of the running and jumping boldly 838 c ex Fresh Strike 45,000 to comfortably register his first Stakes success for Nicky 910 c ex Leaf 72,000 Henderson. ZOUSTAR The grey French-bred six-year-old, a five-length winner of a 815 f ex Thatsallimsaying 92,000 Haydock chase back in February on his second British start, took 819 f ex Sterling Sound v 40,000 it up at the second fence from the odds-on favourite, last season’s 866 f ex Moons Of Jupiter 80,000 Gr.1 Tolworth Novices’ Hurdle winner Fiddlerontheroof 883 c ex Peach Melba 90,000 (Stowaway), who got off the mark over fences at the second 892 c ex La Collina 150,000 attempt at Exeter last time, while the second favourite, the Gr.1 920 c ex Brazilian Style WD hurdle-placed Getaway Trump (Getaway), a recent

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She was settled towards the back early in the 1m3f contest, as Aunt Lubie (Uncle Mo) set a steady pace up front, then switched wider after the turn into the home straight and pounced late to collar Going To Vegas (Goldencents) by half a length in the final strides. The British-bred Quick (Olympic Glory), a dual winner when trained by Richard Hannon, was third in a close finish. Orglandes was bred by Franklin Finance and Elisabeth Vidal and was a €75,000 purchase at the Arqana October Yearling Sale. She is the second winner produced by Influence (Dansili), a winning half-sister to Listed scorer Indignant (Gold Away) and to the dam of March’s Gr.3 Prix Exbury winner Simona (Siyouni). The second and third dams, Moiava (Bering) and Mona Stella (Nureyev), both won at Gr.2 level and the family also includes Gr.1 winners Special Quest () and Dancing Maid (). Thyme Hill (Kayf Tara), seen here winning at Cheltenham last season, landed the Gr.2 Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury yesterday on his seasonal debut. © Steve Cargill AQPS RACING REVIEW is a half-sister to the Stakes-winning jumper Lemony Bay FRANCE (Overbury). The grandam is Lemon’s Mill (Roberto), who scored on the Flat and four times each over hurdles and fences, including HOLLEE BLOOMS at Gr.2 level. IN SAINT-CLOUD FEATURE One of the feature AQPS races throughout the season was RACING REVIEW yesterday’s Gr.1 Prix Jacques de Vienne, restricted to three-year- olds and run over 2500m at Saint-Cloud. USA The favourite was the unbeaten J P McManus-owned filly Holly (Voiladenuo), who had won two Gr.3 races, though the commentator may have struggled due to the presence of another ORGLANDES SWOOPS LATE filly named Hollee, and it was the latter who came out on top. TO LAND DEL MAR GR.3 The chesnut daughter of Fuisse raced against the rails just off The Le Havre filly Orglandes had finished her racing career in the leaders and alongside her homophone, and, as the field France in the summer of last year with victories at Clairefontaine fanned out into the home straight she was pushed into a narrow and Deauville, but was then sold privately to continue her career lead. She faced plenty of challengers on both sides, notably the in the US. grey filly Hillary (Gris De Gris), but was always just in command Switched to Chad Brown, she reappeared over a year later in an and held on gamely to beat her by a short neck. allowance contest at Monmouth Park in September, finishing This was the second victory in four starts for Hollee, who had third, and then won at a similar level at Belmont Park on 9th not previously contested a Stakes race. She was bred by the October. She was stepped up to Graded level on Thursday for the Trinquet family and is a daughter of the Ragmar mare Noisete, Gr.3 Red Carpet Handicap at Del Mar and was sent off favourite. who won on the Flat and was placed over fences.

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DEL MAR HOSTS HOLLYWOOD DERBY Del Mar is the place for top-class Flat action today as 13 entries complete the Gr.1 Hollywood Derby field over 1m1f on the turf. The sole filly facing the starter is Gr.1 Del Mar Oaks course and distance winner California Kook (Boisterous), who was fourth Pictured after winning the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at the following month in the Gr.2 Del Mar Derby and comes into Santa Anita last year, Storm The Court (Court Vision), last this off a Gr.1 fifth-place finish at Keeneland last month. seen running sixth in the Gr.1 Kentucky Derby, bids to return She faces opposition from the Gr.1 Belmont Derby Invitational to his best in today’s Gr.1 Hollywood Derby at Del Mar. Stakes hero Gufo (Declaration Of War), who is joined by his © Steve Cargill paternal half-brother Decorated Invader, who scored at Gr.1 level last term and was fourth in the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, but failed to get the better of Get Smokin (Get Stormy) by a head over a mile in the Gr.2 Hill Prince Stakes last month. Gr.1 winner here Smooth Like Strait (Midnight Lute) comes into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Storm The Court (Court Vision) race off a victory in the Gr.2 Twilight Derby last month, while bids to return to his best, having claimed three Graded placings Scarto (Paynter) got within a length and a half of the former on this term. that occasion. Owned and bred by the Wertheimer brothers, Kanderel Other starters include the Gr.2 American Turf Stakes runner-up (Candy Ride) is making his first start since being gelded and was Taishan (Twirling Candy), Strongconstitution (Constitution), fourth in a Gr.2 at the same track and over a similar distance earlier who remains unexposed at this level but was second in the Gr.3 in the year. The British-bred Domestic Spending (Kingman) was Bob Hope Stakes earlier this month, and Stakes winner Ever third over this trip at Saratoga in a Gr.2 over the summer. Dual Gr.3 Dangerous (Kitten’s Joy).

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Hollee (Fuisse) took up the running as the field straightened up for home and comfortably held off the challenge of Hillary (Gris De Gris) for her second and biggest win in four starts. She is the fourth foal and first winner out of Noisete (Ragmar), who won over 3000m on the Flat and was placed over fences. The grandam Payse (Trenel) showed little in her three starts over 2. HILLARY (Fr), 3f, hurdles, but produced four winners from her eight foals, headed Gris De Gris – Tamise (Sleeping Car) by the four-time winning chaser Duky (Iron Duke). The unraced O: Écurie Madame Jacques Cypres, Eric Clayeux, third dam Une Reussite (Verdi) produced two winners by Laurent Couetil, Arthur Cypres, Joris Cazenave & Loic le Gal, Laniste from her seven foals. B: Jacques Cypres & Laurent Couetil, T: Eric Clayeux Noisete has a yearling colt by Free Port Lux.

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CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 17 LETTER FROM AMERICA EBN: SATURDAY, 28TH NOVEMBER 2020 America Letter from by JOHN P. SPARKMAN Lessons worth remembering mong the many comically sardonic internet memes scientists begging us to stay at home, Americans flipped the circulating during this endless, thankless year, I am proverbial bird, apparently deciding that one meal this year is Areminded this week of the ancient saw about avoiding more important than having elderly relatives survive to enjoy something (or someone) “like the plague”. The joke is, of course, future meals. that it turns out that Americans don’t do that. One place they will not be gathering, though, is at racetracks, The phrase no doubt originated during the series of plagues which have traditionally taken advantage of the holiday weekend that swept through Europe in the 14th and subsequent centuries, to stage important late-season races that have sometimes when intelligent people figured out that it was smart to stay determined championships. away from people and places where a pandemic was killing The races will still occur, of course, but there will still be no people. The origin of our own Thanksgiving holiday, long my spectators beyond the horses’ closest connections and, unlike in favourite holiday of the year, is also tied to a plague, although England, where it appears authorities may soon lift restrictions there are several different versions of the story. The most on racetrack attendance, that does not appear to be imminent historically accurate appears to be that the native Wampanoag here, not with our hospitals overflowing with COVID-19 patients tribe in what is now Massachusetts had been almost wiped out a and positivity rates soaring, which means that a month from few years prior to the Pilgrims’ 1620 arrival by a disease, most now, right around Christmas in fact, the carnage is all but certain likely either typhus, smallpox or leptospirosis, transmitted by to reach another horrific peak. French sailors shipwrecked on Cape Cod in 1614. As I write this on Thanksgiving Day, Churchill Downs and Del Thus, the weakened Wampanoag helped the invaders, Mar will stage Gr.3 events today, the Gr.1 Clark Stakes and Gr.2 teaching them to plant corn and other native plants instead of Hollywood Turf Cup will be run tomorrow, and there will be four wiping them out as they easily could have done. The sanitised more Graded events at Churchill and Aqueduct on Saturday. and apocryphal version of the harvest feast that resulted was One track that would normally be staging similar events will popularized over two centuries later by the minor American be missing from the list, since the Ontario Government shut poet Sarah Josepha Hale, author of “Mary had a little lamb”, who down racing at Woodbine this week in response to a far less successfully lobbied President Abraham Lincoln to proclaim a frightening surge of coronavirus cases than has occurred on this national holiday in 1863 at the height of the Civil War as a symbol southern side of the border. Racing supporters have petitioned of national unity. the Government to lift the suspension and allow the meeting to In the 157 years since that proclamation, Thanksgiving has be completed, but to no avail so far. become the time when extended families gather at the home of We will enjoy watching them on our television with our the matriarch, or her surrogate, for a traditional roast turkey fireplace adding warmth and cheer to an otherwise sad and feast, a much-beloved tradition that serves as a familial anchor in depressing holiday. Likewise, our annual December trip to an era where “home” has become more a symbol than an actual Lexington, combining a visit to the farms, to see how the mares place. That is, until the pandemic year of 2020, when it has and foals are progressing, with our celebration of Christmas with become obvious that contact with people outside our immediate our children and grandchildren has been cancelled. bubble should be avoided, well, like the plague. Unlike all too many of our compatriots, we are quite willing to Sadly, egged on by our outgoing President, still raging like a sacrifice this year’s gatherings on the altar of, hopefully, years of petulant child over imagined electoral fraud, Americans are future celebrations under happier, healthier circumstances. proving once again, that we just don’t do that, with over 50 To us it seems that lessons learned over 700 years and more of million expected to travel to family gatherings. With science and human history are worth remembering.

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Leading Sires of Middle Distance Horses in Europe 2020 Sponsored by (3yo+, 1801m - 2400m) In order of prize money Northmore Stud

BT BT GP GP % % BT AWD Sire Born Grandsire Rnrs Wnrs Runs Wins Total £ Wnrs Horses Wnrs Horses w/r w/r (f) 1 GALILEO 1998 Sadler's Wells 121 33 284 38 11 30 9 23 27 9.09 10.5 3,013,018

2 SIYOUNI 2007 Pivotal 103 26 305 33 5 9 2 4 25 4.85 10.3 2,266,531

3 ADLERFLUG 2004 In The Wings 46 13 165 17 3 6 2 3 28 6.52 10.8 1,435,808

4 SEA THE STARS 2006 Cape Cross 114 38 297 52 8 14 4 7 33 7.02 11 1,192,603

5 CAMELOT 2009 141 46 430 59 6 15 3 10 33 4.26 10.5 1,135,141

6 DUBAWI 2002 Dubai Millennium 78 20 176 23 5 9 4 7 26 6.41 10.3 1,030,917

7 LE HAVRE 2006 Noverre 133 45 434 66 4 9 2 5 34 3.01 10.5 1,024,310

8 AUSTRALIA 2011 Galileo 90 29 251 44 7 7 5 7 32 7.78 10.3 843,673

9 SHAMARDAL 2002 Giant's Causeway 75 18 180 24 6 10 2 6 24 8 10.3 833,681

10 KENDARGENT 2003 Kendor 104 33 407 48 2 4 1 1 32 1.92 10.5 798,709

11 RAJSAMAN 2007 Linamix 149 45 663 63 0 0 0 0 30 0 10.5 779,553

12 MAKE BELIEVE 2012 Makfi 39 9 95 12 2 3 2 3 23 5.13 10 777,200

13 MASTERCRAFTSMAN 2006 Dancer 134 36 427 52 3 6 1 2 27 2.24 10.8 746,262

14 LOPE DE VEGA 2007 Shamardal 130 39 339 51 3 6 3 4 30 2.31 10.5 744,804

15 ANODIN 2010 Anabaa 84 29 347 46 4 5 2 2 35 4.76 10.5 738,540

16 KINGMAN 2011 Invincible Spirit 54 12 123 13 3 12 3 8 22 5.56 10 719,059

17 WOOTTON BASSETT 2008 Iffraaj 63 12 209 20 3 5 1 2 19 4.76 10.3 701,416

18 PIVOTAL 1993 Polar Falcon 32 11 89 18 1 4 1 4 34 3.13 10.3 693,032

19 SEA THE MOON 2011 Sea the Stars 67 23 206 30 5 14 3 7 34 7.46 10.5 667,375

20 TEOFILO 2004 Galileo 99 23 272 33 6 9 4 4 23 6.06 10.5 660,244

21 ZOFFANY 2008 Dansili 137 31 395 44 0 9 0 5 23 0 10.5 646,752

22 MAKFI 2007 Dubawi 100 32 412 41 1 5 0 1 32 1 10.5 620,510

23 MANDURO 2002 Monsun 95 34 345 42 4 4 2 2 36 4.21 10.8 615,893

24 CHAMPS ELYSEES 2003 Danehill 78 20 267 26 3 5 3 5 26 3.85 10.8 555,878

25 2008 Monsun 83 31 306 42 4 5 1 2 37 4.82 10.5 536,697

26 FRANKEL 2008 Galileo 74 22 163 30 4 13 1 9 30 5.41 10.8 536,562

27 NATHANIEL 2008 Galileo 103 36 318 48 1 3 0 2 35 0.97 10.8 483,943

28 2010 Galileo 86 23 288 25 2 6 1 1 27 2.33 10.5 478,619

29 DEEP IMPACT 2002 Sunday Silence 9 2 18 3 1 1 1 1 22 11.11 10.5 462,543

30 NIGHT OF THUNDER 2011 Dubawi 38 18 106 23 3 4 3 4 47 7.89 10 458,774

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Horse Sire – Dam (Damsire) Breeder 176p CHACUN POUR SOI (Fr) 8g Policy Maker – Kruscyna (Ultimately Lucky) Didier Berland 175+ ALTIOR (Ire) 9g High Chaparral – Monte Solaro (Key Of Luck) Paddy Behan 174 CYRNAME (Fr) 7g Nickname – Narquille (Passing Sale) Xavier Lefeuvre & Eric Lecoiffier 174 MIN (Fr) 8g Walk In The Park – Phemyka (Saint Estephe) Marie-Theresa Mimouni 171 AL BOUM PHOTO (Fr) 7g Buck’s Boum – Al Gane (Dom Alco) Emmanuel Clayeux & Jacky Rauch 170 SANTINI (GB) 8g Milan – Tinagoodnight (Sleeping Car) Mr & Mrs R Kelvin-Hughes 169 PRESENTING PERCY (GB) 9g – Hunca Munca (Presenting) Preston Lodge Stud 168 DEFI DU SEUIL (Fr) 6g Voix Du Nord – Quarvine Du Seuil (Lavirco) Mme Catherine Boudot 168 DELTA WORK (Fr) 7g Network – Robbe (Video Rock) Gigginstown House Stud 168 LOSTINTRANSLATION (Ire) 8g Flemensfirth – Falika (Hero’s Honor) A R M M Kavanagh 168 MONALEE (Ire) 9g Milan – Tempest Belle (Glacial Storm) Aidan Aherne 168 NATIVE RIVER (Ire) 10g Indian River – Native Mo (Be My Native) Brocade Racing 168 POLITOLOGUE (Fr) 9g Poliglote – Scarlet Row (Turgeon) Mme Henri Devin The above ratings appear by kind permission of (results up to and including Sunday, 22nd November 2020)

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3. MCFABULOUS (Ire), 6g, Milan – Rossavon (Beneficial) O: Giraffa Racing, B: Vincent Finn, T: Paul Nicholls €88,000 2017 Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale by Tom Malone, consigned by Vincent Finn

Also ran: Summerville Boy, Honest Vic, Aux Ptits Soins, Lisnagar Oscar, One Night In Milan, Vision Des Flos, Sam Spinner Distances: 1½l, 5l, 2¾l, 3l, 2¾l, 6½l, 5½l, 8l, 17l YESTERDAY’S RACING REVIEW BRITAIN

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1.05 SOUTHWELL, 3YO+ CONDITIONS, 1M4F AW 1. JOHNNY DRAMA (Ire), 5g, Lilbourne Lad – Quelle Histoire (Whipper) O: King Power Racing Co Ltd, B: Knocktoran Stud & Maura Purcell, T: Andrew Balding €6,500 private sale Goffs November Foal Sale by Ronnie Boland, consigned by Knocktoran Stud €3,000 vendor Goffs Sportsman’s Sale, consigned by Piercetown Stud 2. Raymond Tusk (Ire), 3. Faramman (GB) The National Stud’s Entry to Stud Employment (E2SE) students Distances: 5l, 58l. 3 ran. ticked off another exam this week as all passed their Principles 3.45 CHELMSFORD, NURSERY DIV I, 7F AW of Horse Transport qualification. 1. RIVER WHARFE (GB), 2c, Week five lectures included an Introduction to Pedigrees by Showcasing – Wahylah (Shamardal) Emma Berry, Basics of Equine Nutrition from Connolly’s Red O: Sun Bloodstock Racing Ltd, B: Shutford Stud, Mills and practical sessions on bandaging and sales training. T: David Simcock In week six, students assisted The National Stud team at the 120,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 Tattersalls December sales. by Sun Bloodstock/Qatar Racing, “This group of students have progressed hugely in six short consigned by Culworth Grounds Farm weeks. For those who had never worked with horses before to 2. Little Sunflower (GB), 3. Fircombe Hall (GB) be assisting at the foal sales is a huge achievement,“ said COO Distances: hd, 1l, 10 ran. Anna Kerr. If any studs would like to be involved in the programme Placed once in five previous runs, River Wharfe (Showcasing) they can contact [email protected] or call lost his position at half way, but recovered to get the better of a 01638 663464. last-furlong battle with Little Sunflower (Pearl Secret).

River Wharfe (Showcasing; nearside) narrowly beats the filly Little Sunflower (Pearl Secret) in the first division of yesterday’s 7f nursery at Chelmsford. © Steve Cargill

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He is a half-brother to the multiple all-weather winner out of the Gr.1 Irish 1,000 Guineas victrix (Le Attainment (Exceed And Excel), who is now in Hong Kong, and Levanstell). is the fifth foal out of the juvenile winner Wahylah (Shamardal). Jellicle Ball’s yearling Frankel filly was bought by Eckhard Her dam, the placed Singspiel mare Neshla, produced six Sauren for €140,000 at Arqana in September and she foaled a colt winners from her eight foals, including the Listed-placed Volatile by Siyouni in February before visiting Phoenix Of Spain. (Poet’s Voice). The third dam is the Irish Listed victrix Nordica 4.45 CHELMSFORD, 2YO NOVICE, 6F AW (Northfields), whose nine successful offspring included Gr.3 1. AHLAWI (GB), 2c, winner Sueboog (Darshaan; dam of Gr.1 winner and sire Best Of Shamardal – Lovely Pass (Raven’s Pass) The Bests, and grandam of Group winners Raven’s Lady and O: Dr Ali Ridha, B: Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd, T: Hugo Palmer Prince Of Arran), and Listed winners Sell Out (Act One) and 2. Alphonse Karr (Ire), 3. Johnny Estella (Ire) Marika (Marju; dam of Gr.3 winner Kick On and Listed scorers Distances: ½l, 4¼l. 6 ran. Sabratah and Raw Impulse). Other daughters of Nordica are responsible for Gr.3 winner Shaanmer and Listed winners Second last time out, Ahlawi (Shamardal) went one better when Dimboola and Nordican Inch. making all on his first outing below 7f. Wahylar, in foal to Advertise, is catalogued as Lot 1322 at the He is a half-brother to the all-weather winner Lovely Approach Tattersalls December Mare Sale. Her yearling filly was (New Approach) and this summer’s dual-winning three-year-old bought for 4,000gns by Robson Aguiar from Book 3 of the Golden Pass (Golden Horn). They are the first three foals Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. produced by the 2013 Listed UAE 1,000 Guineas winner and Gr.3 4.15 CHELMSFORD, NURSERY DIV II, 7F AW UAE Oaks runner-up Lovely Pass (Raven’s Pass), who is a half- 1. ARTHUR’S ANGEL (Ire), 2g sister to Listed victrix Spirit Raiser (Invincible Spirit) and three Dark Angel – Jellicle Ball (Invincible Spirit) other winners. They are among the first nine foals out of O: G Smith-Bernal, B: Watership Down Stud, T: John Ryan Macadamia (Classic Cliche), who won at Gr.2 level and is a half- 16,000gns Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up Sale sister to Gr.3 winner Pistachio (Unblest), Listed winner by John Ryan Racing, consigned by Malcolm Bastard Captivator (Motivator) and the Gr.2-placed Azarole (). The third dam, the winning Sharrood mare Cashew, produced ten foals, all of them winners. www.brzups.com Lovely Pass has a yearling Dubawi colt and a colt foal by Invincible Spirit. She was covered by Night Of Thunder this 2. Tommytwohoots (GB), 3. Nurse Dee (Ire) year. Distances: 1½l, ½l. 11 ran.

This was the fifth outing for Arthur’s Angel (Dark Angel), who came from the back of the field to lead at the furlong marker and win cosily. He is the first foal out of Jellicle Ball (Invincible Spirit), a juvenile winner who was second in the Gr.3 Fred Darling Stakes and was later trained in the US. She is a half-sister to six other winners, including the Gr.3 Ballysax Stakes victor Puncher Clynch (Azamour) and the French Listed-placed Aquilla (Teofilo). They and the dam of the dual Italian Listed winner Isole Canarie are out of Dance Troupe, a placed Rainbow Quest half-sister to Listed scorer Self Defense () and to the dams of Gr.2 winner Sea Of Heartbreak and Listed winners Degas Art and Ahlawi (Shamardal) started at a prohibitive 2/13 for Persefona. The third dam Dansara () is an Chelmsford’s 6f juvenile novice and won in style. © Steve Cargill unraced half-sister to the Gr.1 winner () and Gr.2 winner and sire Seymour Hicks (), 5.15 CHELMSFORD, EBF 2YO FILLIES’ NOVICE, 1M AW

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1. COMPANIONSHIP (GB), 2f, Galileo – Sweet Idea (Snitzel) O/B: The Queen, T: William Haggas 2. Quenelle D’Or (GB), 3. Ms Gandhi (Ire) Distances: hd, ¾l. 11 ran.

The second division of Chelmsford’s 7f nursery is won by Companionship (Galileo) was a fast-finishing second on her Arthur’s Angel (Dark Angel; dark purple). © Steve Cargill debut earlier this month and just got the better of the once-raced Golden Horn filly Quenelle D’Or.

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The Queen’s homebred Companionship (Galileo) is about to collar Quenelle D’Or (Golden Horn) in the dying strides KIR ROYAL of the fillies’ novice at Chelmsford. © Steve Cargill 2yo colt by Lord Of England ex Karena (Midyan) Bred by M Tamrat She is the first foal out of Sweet Idea (Snitzel), who won eight races in her native Australia, including the Gr.1 Galaxy at Randwick Henk Grewe trained the top two in the market for a 1400m and four Gr.2 contests. She is a full-sister to the dual Gr.2 winner two-year-old maiden at Munich last Saturday, with the recent and sire Showtime and a half-sister to the Malaysian Listed scorer runner-up and BBAG sales race fifth New Kid In Town the Rush (Charge Forward), a winner of 12 races. They are among short-priced favourite. He attempted to make all, but had no the seven winners out of Flidais (Timber Country), a Gr.3-placed response inside the final 400m as his stablemate Kir Royal, a daughter of the New Zealand-bred Electronic (First Norman), son of Lord Of England, cruised upsides and effortlessly who won the Gr.1 Ranvet Stakes and Gr.1 Metropolitan Handicap eased clear for an impressive five-length debut win, with a in Australia. ten-length gap back to the chasing pack. Sweet Idea’s yearling is a full-brother to this winner and she He is a full-brother to the Listed Grand Prix de Bordeaux produced a Dubawi filly in April before visiting Kingman. victor Kabir and a half-brother to six other winners, including the Gr.3-placed Kahlua (Dashing Blade; dam of the Gr.2 IRELAND German 1,000 Guineas victress Kali) and the Listed-placed Koonunga Hill (Big Shuffle). They are out of the Listed- placed juvenile scorer Karena (Midyan), a half-sister to Gr.3 Dundalk: Standard winner Key To Pleasure (Sharp Prod), Listed scorer Key To Luck (Big Shuffle) and the Listed-placed Key To Fortune 5.00 DUNDALK, EBF 2YO FILLIES’ MAIDEN, 1M AW (Big Shuffle). Therefore, judging by his classy Stakes-winning family and the manner of his dominant debut victory, Kir Royal is certainly one to keep a close eye on and he may well ebfstallions.com have Classic aspirations for next season.

Cascassi (Nijinsky), a half-sister to triple Gr.1 Oaks heroine 1. FLIRTING BRIDGE (Ire), 2f, Diminuendo (Diesis) and the dam of Gr.1-winning sire Port Camelot – Rachevie () Lucaya (Sharpo), produced five other winners, topped by the O: Mrs Heather de Bromhead, B: T O’Dwyer & K O’Brien, multiple US Stakes-winning sire Teide (Mt Livermore). T: Henry de Bromhead €30,000 Goffs November Foal Sale 5.30 DUNDALK, NURSERY, 1M AW by Glenvale Stud, consigned by Graigue Stables 1. CHEVILLON (Ire), 2f, €55,000 Goffs Sportsman’s Sale Dragon Pulse – New Magic (Statue Of Liberty) by Gerry Hogan Bloodstock, consigned by Whitehall Stud O/T: Edward Lynam, B: Kevin Lyons 2. Spilt Passion (Ire), 3. Alice Kitty (Ire) €16,000 Goffs November Sale Distances: ¾l, 1¼l. 14 ran. by Tradewinds, consigned by Collegelands €42,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale The well-fancied Flirting Bridge (Camelot) had shown by Edward Lynam, consigned by Tradewinds Stud progressive form in two previous starts and she took another step 2. Dha Leath (Ire), 3. Vazzy (Ire) forward from her placed effort last time, making just about all and Distances: ½l, ½l. 11 ran. keeping on well when strongly pressed throughout the final furlong to hold on for a resolute win. Well beaten on all six previous starts, including by 50 lengths last The second foal of racing age and second winner out of the time, Chevillon (Dragon Pulse) relished the step up to a mile, unraced Danehill Dancer mare Rachevie, a half-sister to two coming from well off the pace to win snugly in the end. winners out of the three-year-old 1m scorer Challow Hills She is a half-sister to the winners Starboy (Camacho) and (Woodman), Flirting Bridge is a half-sister to Gr.3 International Theotherside (Dandy Man), out of the Listed Cooley Stakes- Stakes victor Helvic Dream (Power). The winning third dam placed New Magic (Statue Of Liberty). She is the only winner

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Smart Remark (Ire) placed and Gr.2 hurdle-placed Be My Victor (Be My Guest) and Distances: 3¾l, ½l. 13 ran. the Listed Doncaster Stakes second Open Credit (Magical Wonder), while the fourth dam Mysterieuse Etoile (Northern Let’s (Shalaa) tracked the leaders before cruising to the front and Dancer) won the Gr.3 Prix de la Grotte and was second in both quickening clear to win comfortably on her third start. the Gr.1 Prix Marcel Boussac and the Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des She is a half-sister to the multiple winners Benidiction, Power Pouliches and is a half-sister to the Gr.1 winner Play (both by Zebedee), Sergio Leone (Acclamation) and Magnificent Star (Silver Hawk). Southdown Lad (Lilbourne Lad). They are out of the Westerner New Magic has a yearling colt by Cotai Glory and a filly foal by mare Elizabelle, who is a half-sister to the Gr.2 Fast Company, who is Lot 461 at the Goffs November Foal Sale. winner Orizaba (Orpen). The second dam Jus’Chillin’ (Elbio) is a half-sister to the Gr.2 Brownstown Stakes winner Bay Empress 6.00 DUNDALK, EBF 2YO MAIDEN DIV I, 6F AW (Empery; dam of German Listed winner Bela-M and the Listed- placed pair Emission and Calva’s Glow, and grandam of the Listed winners Belle Syrienne, Brisk Breeze and Mana-Mou ebfstallions.com Bay), as well as the Italian Listed-placed pair El Favorecido (Taufan) and Identity Parade (Rusticaro) and the winner Dara Dee (Dara Monarch; dam of the Gr.3 Stakes winner Beneventa, and grandam of the triple Gr.2 winner and sire Bow 1. RUSSIAN RIVER (Ire), 2f, Creek). The third dam is the unraced Not Mistaken (Mill Reef). Dandy Man – Kazatzka (Groom Dancer) Elizabelle has a yearling filly by Nathaniel and a filly foal by O: By The Way Partnership, B: Coleman Bloodstock Limited, Churchill. T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien €210,000 Goffs Orby Sale by Pattern Bloodstock, consigned by Ballyhane FRANCE 2. Ferrybank (GB), 3. Ramon Di Loria (Ire) Distances: ¾l, 2¾l. 14 ran. Lyon La Soie: Standard Second over course and distance last time out, Russian River Saint-Cloud: 5.0 (Dandy Man) made all and held on to get off the mark at the third attempt. 11.50 (GMT) SAINT-CLOUD, 2YO HANDICAP, 1600M She is a half-sister to the Gr.3 Pinnacle Stakes winner and Gr.2 1. ZAIRE (Fr), 2g, Lancashire Oaks-placed Miss Marjurie (Marju), out of the Groom Zizany – Cagliari (Whipper) Dancer mare Kazatzka. She is a half-sister to the European O: Stephane Dumont, Champion Older Horse and multiple Gr.1-winning miler Soviet B: Gaec Campos & Terrains d’Avilly St Leonard, Song (Marju), the Gr.1 Triumph Hurdle winner Penzance T: Edouard Monfort (Pennekamp) and the winner Baralinka (Barathea; dam of the €9,000 vendor Osarus September Yearling Sale Listed winner Marlinka, and grandam of the dual Gr.1-winning consigned by Haras des Brousses sprinter Marsha and the dual Gr.3 winner Judicial). Other half- 2. Orandi (Fr), 3. Chernabog (Fr) sisters include the winners Sister Act (Marju; dam of Gr.1 Prix Distances: 3½l, 2l. 17 ran. Jean Romanet winner Ribbons and Gr.2-placed Tribute Act) and Affinity (Sadler’s Wells; dam of the Listed-placed pair Zest and Zaire (Zizany) led for most of the way and left his opponents Harmonica), as well as Margarita (Marju; dam of Listed scorer behind in the straight to win on his fifth start. Mixology) and the unraced Kalinova (Red Ransom; grandam of He is the first foal out of the twice-raced Cagliari (Whipper), the Gr.3 Mercury Stakes winner Dr Simpson). The winning second who is a full-sister to the winners Show The Way and Oui dam Kalinka () is a half-sister to two other winners, Monsieur, and a half-sister to three winners, including the Gr.3- including Gr.3 novice hurdle scorer Tuco (Scenic), and they are placed Sea Prose (Lope De Vega) and the Malaysian Listed out of the Listed Lupe Stakes and Listed (then) Rockfel Stakes winner Fortunique (Soldier Of Fortune). They are out of the winner Tralthee (Tromos). winning Montjeu mare Calasetta, a full-sister to the Gr.3 Prix de Flore winner Albisola and a half-sister to the Gr.3 winner and sire 6.30 DUNDALK, EBF 2YO MAIDEN DIV II, 6F AW Johnny Barnes (Acclamation) and the Gr.3-placed Bufera (King’s Best; dam of Listed winner Chartreuse). Other daughters of the Listed-winning third dam Mahalia (Danehill) have produced the Gr.1-winning half-brothers and sires Much ebfstallions.com Improved and Ectot, the Gr.3-winning half-siblings Thikriyaat and Daban, and the Listed scorer Testa. Cagliari has a yearling filly by Brametot. BR 1. LET’S (Ire), 2f, Shalaa – Elizabelle (Westerner) 6.40 (GMT) LYON LA SOIE, 3YO COND, 2150M AW O: Let’s Partnership, B: Tek Squarey, T: K J Condon 1. KAMARON (Ger), 3c, 32,000gns vendor Tattersalls December Foal Sale Amaron – Kellemoi De Pepita (Hawk Wing) consigned by Baroda & Colbinstown Studs O: Stall Alpenland, B: A Föckler, T: Carmen Bocskai

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€12,000 2018 BBAG October Mixed Sale TAISHAN (USA), 3c, by Stall Alpenland, consigned by Gestüt Etzean Twirling Candy – Grace Phil (Philanthropist) 2. Light In The Dark (Fr), 3. Jupyra (Fr) STORM THE COURT (USA), 3c, Distances: 2½l, 1l. 7 ran. Court Vision – My Tejana Storm (Tejano Run) CALIFORNIA KOOK (USA), 3f, Boisterous – Kukaluka (Comic Strip) ITALY STRONGCONSTITUTION (USA), 3c, Constitution – Earlybird Road (Cherokee Run) Rome: Turf – Good, AW – Standard DOMESTIC SPENDING (GB), 3g, Kingman – Urban Castle (Street Cry) 11.45 (GMT) ROME, 2YO HANDICAP, 1400M AW GET SMOKIN (USA), 3g, 1. AGENORE (Ity), 2g, Get Stormy – Hookah Lady (Smoke Glacken) Desert Prince – Annistedda (Oratorio) DECORATED INVADER (USA), 3c, O: Maurizio Illuminati, Declaration Of War – Gamely Girl (Arch) B: Filippo Fabbri & Giuseppino Temperini, EVER DANGEROUS (USA), 3c, T: Vincenzo Fazio Kitten’s Joy – The Rahy Angel (Rahy) 2. Jo Condor (Ire), 3. My Fly (Ire) LANE WAY (USA), 3c, Distances: 3½l, 3l. 5 ran. Into Mischief – Corderosa (Aldebaran) Pedigree: EBN2020-11-10 GUFO (USA), 3c, Declaration Of War – Floy (Petionville) 12.25 (GMT) ROME, 2YO C&G CONDITIONS, 1200M 1. PONNTOS (Ire), 2c, EUROPEAN INTEREST RUNNERS Power – Blessing Box (Bahamian Bounty) O: Eva Nieslanikova, Gr.3 JIMMY DURANTE STAKES, Del Mar, 1mT, 2yof, $100,000, B: Liam Butler & Churchtown House Stud, 2.30pm (local time), Race 5 T: Miroslav Nieslanik INNER BEAUTY (Ire), 2f, €2,200 Goffs November Foal Sale – La Femme (Cape Cross) by Kevin Murphy, consigned by Churchtown House Stud NIMBOSTRATUS (Fr), 2f, €6,800 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale Wootton Bassett – Bahama Spirit (Invincible Spirit) by Adam Wyrzyk, consigned by Brendan Murphy CONSTERNATION (Ire), 2f, 2. Canticchiando (Ire), 3. Infinity Light (Ire) Acclamation – Easton Arch (Arch) Distances: 5l, 1¼l. 6 ran. QUATTROELLE (Ire), 2f, Pedigree: EBN2020-11-16 Mehmas – Heavenly River (Stormy River) 1.40 (GMT) ROME, 2YO SELLER, 1000M INVINCIBLE GAL (GB), 2f, Invincible Spirit – Alsindi (Acclamation) 1. ZALTRON (Ity), 2c, Pounced – Zovna (Aqlaam) O: Ferdinando Guglielmotti, Gr.3 LONG ISLAND STAKES, Aqueduct, 1m3fT, 3yo+f&m, B: Soc. Agr. Allev. di Zenzalino Srl, T: Grizzetti Galoppo $100,000, 4.13pm (local time), Race 10 ELIADE (Fr), 4f, €7,000 SGA September Yearling Sale Teofilo – Elodie (Dansili) by Grizzetti Galoppo, consigned by Zenzalino MUTAMAKINA (GB), 4f, 2. Introdacqua (Ire), 3. Blu Sevilla (Ity) Nathaniel – Joshua’s Princess (Danehill) Distances: ¾l, 2½l. 8 ran. SIBERIAN IRIS (Ire), 6m, Pedigree: EBN2020-11-15 – Dawn To Dance (Selkirk)

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SEBASTOPOL (Ire), 6g, NATIONAL HUNT – Knockcroghery (Pelder) MILKWOOD (Ire), 6g, BRITAIN – Tropical Lake () THYME WHITE (Fr), 4g, LR MARES’ NOVICES’ HURDLE, Newbury, 2m½f, 4yo+, Anodin – Jane (Samum) 1st £11,888, 2nd £4,452, 3rd £2,224, 12.10pm FLORESSA (Fr), 5m, MRS HYDE (Ire), 7m, Poliglote – Dona Rez (Trempolino) Flemensfirth – Funny Times (Silver Patriarch) MARIE’S ROCK (Ire), 5m, WILL VICTORY (Fr), 4f, Milan – By The Hour (Flemensfirth) Willywell – Gesa Mixa (Al Namix) THE PINK’N (GB), 4g, AHORSEWITHNONAME (GB), 5m, Dunaden – Lady Friend (Environment Friend) Cacique – Sea Of Galilee (Galileo) MILLERS BANK (GB), 6g, CHAMPAGNE TERRI (Ire), 4f, Passing Glance – It Doesn’t Matter (Karinga Bay) Elzaam – Cresta Rise (Authorized) PISGAH PIKE (Ire), 5g, ESTELLE MA BELLE (Fr), 6m, Famous Name – Music On D Waters (Byron) Air Chief Marshal – Ozalid (Rudimentary) MIDNIGHT GINGER (GB), 4f, Gr.3 TROPHY HANDICAP CHASE, Newbury, 3m2f, 4yo+, Midnight Legend – Calamintha () 1st £113,900, 2nd £42,740, 3rd £21,400, 3.00pm PINK SHEETS (Ire), 6m, BALLYOPTIC (Ire), 10g, Gold Well – Soft Skin (Rudimentary) Old Vic – Lambourne Lace (Un Desperado) POLITESSE (Ire), 6m, VINNDICATION (Ire), 7g, Beat Hollow – Dalamine (Sillery) – Pawnee Trail (Taipan) SECRET INVESTOR (GB), 8g, Gr.2 JOHN FRANCOME NOVICES’ CHASE, Newbury, 2m7½f, Kayf Tara – Silver Charmer (Charmer) 4yo+, 1st £17,085, 2nd £6,411, 3rd £3,210, 12.40pm BEWARE THE BEAR (Ire), 10g, SOUTHFIELD STONE (GB), 7g, Shantou – Native Bid (Be My Native) Fair Mix – Laureldean Belle (Supreme Leader) KILDISART (Ire), 8g, ACEY MILAN (Ire), 6g, Dubai Destination – Princess Mairead (Blueprint) Milan – Strong Wishes (Strong Gale) COPPERHEAD (GB), 6g, HOLD THE NOTE (Ire), 6g, Sulamani – How’s Business (Josr Algarhoud) Jeremy – Keys Hope (Luso) REGAL ENCORE (Ire), 12g, KALOOKI (Ger), 6g, King’s Theatre – Go On Eileen (Bob Back) Martaline – Karuma (Surumu) AYE RIGHT (Ire), 7g, NEXT DESTINATION (Ire), 8g, Yeats – Gaybric (Presenting) Dubai Destination – Liss Alainn (Flemensfirth) MISTER MALARKY (GB), 7g, ONE FOR THE TEAM (GB), 6g, Malinas – Priscilla () Shirocco – One Gulp (Hernando) BLACK OP (Ire), 9g, Sandmason – Afar Story (Desert Story) Gr.1 FIGHTING FIFTH HURDLE, Newcastle, 2m, 4yo+, TWO FOR GOLD (Ire), 7g, 1st £45,016, 2nd £16,960, 3rd £8,488, 2.05pm Gold Well – Two Of Each (Shernazar) CORNERSTONE LAD (GB), 6g, THE CONDITIONAL (Ire), 8g, Delegator – Chapel Corner (Alhaarth) Kalanisi – Gorrie Vale (Saddlers’ Hall) NOT SO SLEEPY (GB), 8g, LA BAGUE AU ROI (Fr), 9m, Beat Hollow – Papillon De Bronze (Marju) Doctor Dino – Alliance Royale (Turgeon) RIBBLE VALLEY (Ire), 7g, DANNY WHIZZBANG (Ire), 7g, Westerner – Miss Greinton (Greinton) Getaway – Lakil Princess (Bering) SCEAU ROYAL (Fr), 8g, THE HOLLOW GINGE (Ire), 7g, Doctor Dino – Sandside (Marchand De Sable) Oscar – Some Gem (Flemensfirth) SILVER STREAK (Ire), 7g, POTTERMAN (GB), 7g, Dark Angel – Happy Talk (Hamas) Sulamani – Polly Potter (Kayf Tara) VOIX DU REVE (Fr), 8g, ARDLETHEN (Ire), 7g, Voix Du Nord – Pommbelle (Apple Tree) Arakan – Itsafamilyaffair (Oscar) EPATANTE (Fr), 6m, CLOTH CAP (Ire), 8g, No Risk At All – Kadjara (Silver Rainbow) Beneficial – Cloth Fair (Old Vic)

LR INTERMEDIATE HURDLE, Newbury, 2m½f, 4yo+, LR REHEARSAL HANDICAP CHASE, Newcastle, 2m7½f, 4yo+, 1st £17,085, 2nd £6,411, 3rd £3,210, 2.25pm 1st £28,475, 2nd £10,685, 3rd £5,350, 3.15pm BOTOX HAS (Fr), 4g, DEFINITLY RED (Ire), 11g, Dream Well – Bournie () Definite Article – The Red Wench (Aahsaylad)

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PYM (Ire), 7g, Stowaway – Liss Rua (Bob Back) BRAVE EAGLE (Ire), 8g, EXCHANGE RATES Yeats – Sinful Pleasure (Sinndar) TAKINGRISKS (Ire), 11g, GBP/USD – 1.33 GBP/JPY – 138.39 Golden Tornado – Downtown Rosie (Good Thyne) GBP/EUR – 1.11 GBP/CHF – 1.20 WHATMORE (GB), 8g, GBP/AUD – 1.80 GBP/SEK – 11.29 Schiaparelli – Polymiss (Poliglote) YORKHILL (Ire), 10g, GBP/HKD – 10.31 GBP/AED – 4.88 Presenting – Lightning Breeze (Saddlers’ Hall) EUR/USD – 1.20 THE BUTCHER SAID (Ire), 7g, Robin Des Champs – Georgina Valleya (King’s Theatre) CHARMANT (Fr), 8g, *The above rates are the Google indicative rates at 18:30 on 27/11/20 and must be used as an approximation for conversion. Balko – Ravissante (Mad Tax) COOL MIX (GB), 8g, Fair Mix – Lucylou (Bob Back) BELARDO SHANTOU VILLAGE (Ire), 10g, Olga (Ire), 2f, ex Shanghai Lily (King’s Best) Shantou – Village Queen (King’s Theatre) 2.20 [GMT] Syracuse, nursery, 1400m IRELAND BURATINO Uncertain Distance (Ire), 2c, ex Goldenzye (Invincible Spirit) 12.30 [GMT] Syracuse, claimer, 1200m AW Gr.2 EBF MARES HURDLE, Fairyhouse, 2m3½f, 4yo+f&m, 1st €47,200, 2nd €15,200, 3rd €7,200, 1.01pm COULSTY CONCERTISTA (Fr), 6m, Shantisara (Ire), 2f, ex Kharana (Dalakhani) Nathaniel – Zagzig (Selkirk) 12.15 [GMT] Chantilly, claimer, 1900m AW MINELLA MELODY (Ire), 6m, SHALAA Flemensfirth – Cottage Theatre (King’s Theatre) Mission Accomplise (Ire), 2c, ex Gaazaal (Iffraaj) CARRIGEEN LOTUS (Ire), 5m, 12.30 [GMT] Syracuse, claimer, 1200m AW Jeremy – Carrigeen Lonicera (Old Vic) ETINCELLE LIOTERIE (Fr), 6m, TERRITORIES Saddler Maker – Ya D’La Joie (Robin Des Champs) Belle Sylvie (Fr), 2f, ex Collective Art (Bernardini) PLACE DES VOSGES (Ire), 5m, 1.17 [GMT] Chantilly, fillies’ maiden, 1600m AW Rip Van Winkle – Red Blossom (Silver Hawk) QUEENS BROOK (Ire), 5m, Dubai Tigress (GB), 2f, ex Al Cobra (Sadler’s Wells) Shirocco – Awesome Miracle (Supreme Leader) 5.30 Wolverhampton, EBF fillies’ novice, 7f AW TRIPLE THREAT Queen Of Elegance (Fr), 2f, ex Elegante (On Est Bien) FIRST CROP SIRE MAIDENS 1.17 [GMT] Chantilly, fillies’ maiden, 1600m AW TWILIGHT SON ADAAY Tarawera (Ire), 2f, ex A Place For Us (Arcano) Oceanline (Ire), 2g, ex Ocean Bluff (Dalakhani) 1.17 [GMT] Chantilly, fillies’ maiden, 1600m AW 5.00 Wolverhampton, nursery, 1m½f AW Warrior Brave (GB), 2g, ex Gladiatrix (Compton Place) AWTAAD 4.30 Wolverhampton, novice, 5f AW Tamarin (Fr), 2f, ex Ludiana (Dalakhani) Cathayensis (Ire), 2f, ex Chaenomeles (Fusaichi Pegasus) 1.17 [GMT] Chantilly, fillies’ maiden, 1600m AW 5.30 Wolverhampton, EBF fillies’ novice, 7f AW

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CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 27 SHAMAN Shamardal x Only Green BEAUTIFULLY BRED TOP CLASS SON OF SHAMARDAL NEW FOR 2021 AT 2 WON on debut at Chantilly WON Prix Arazi (Conditions) 2nd Prix Francois Boutin LR 3rd Prix des Chenes Gr.3 Official Rating 102

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