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DREAM PURCHASE FOR NEW DITCHEAT SYNDICATE The reinstatement of the Goffs UK August Sale yesterday proved a big hit, with a bumper catalogue and figures up from the last renewal in 2013. The highly anticipated Potensis Ltd dispersal The Potensis Ltd dispersal sale headlined the Goffs UK August provided the top four lots and brought a top price of £190,000 for Sale, where the top price of £190,000 was paid for Lot 235, Jessber’s Dream (Lot 235), writes Vikki Hancock. last year’s Gr.2 hurdle winner Jessber’s Dream (), who The six-year-old daughter of Milan won the Gr.2 Jane Seymour was led up by Patrick McCarthy. She was secured by Tom ’ Novice Hurdle at Sandown Park in February, on her first Malone and Ditcheat . attempt in Graded company, and then ran second in the Gr.1 Mares’ Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse on her last start for Harry Fry. Auctioneer Nick Nugent took bids from around the ring, can contact the office at Ditcheat in the meantime [enquiries@ including from Dan Skelton and Jeremy Mactaggart, but it was ditcheat.com]. It will be headed up by Ian Fogg, who has 14 horses Tom Malone, who was standing at the top of the ring with Paul with Paul, including this year’s [Gr.3] Scottish National winner Nicholls, that finally saw off a persistent Tessa Greatrex to secure Vicente, whom he owns with John Hales. the high-class . “She is a top-class mare with proven form and we had to have her. Malone said: “She has been bought for an exciting new syndicate She is a gorgeous mare and she will line up at Cheltenham in the with Paul Nicholls. She is the eighth horse and there are plenty of mares’ race. Then when she has finished racing she also has the shares available. There will be a website launched shortly, but people benefit of residual value.”

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WALTER RALEIGH readily wins the EBF Maiden Stakes at Chelmsford on Tuesday night for his first-season sire. Congratulations to all his connections.

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GOFFS UK AUGUST SALE Lot Age Name (Sire) Vendor Purchaser Price (£) 235 6m JESSBER’S DREAM (Milan) Potensis Ltd Tom Malone/Ditcheat Thoroughbreds 190,000 232 4g CRIN AU VENT (Laveron) Potensis Ltd Paul Nicholls Racing Ltd 120,000 234 6g ACTIVIAL (Lord Du Sud) Potensis Ltd CDS Bloodstock/Neil Mulholland 80,000 265 5g GLOBAL STAGE (Multiplex) Potensis Ltd Fergal O’Brien 72,000 129 3g LONG CALL () Godolphin Fleming Bloodstock 60,000 CLICK HERE FOR SALE RESULTS

Fogg added: “We have seven horses already and she will be added gelded four-year-old was bought from France after winning at to the new Ditcheat (TB) syndicate. There will be a one Auteuil on his first start over timber last September. Disappointing off charge for the year, with no extras or monthly fees, and there will when favourite on his debut for Manor Farm Stables at Wincanton be 20 shares in each horse. in February, the trainer said that the horse had not acclimatised “I love the prospect of syndicates and think that it is the future of properly before that run and that he has bought him for an racing, to bring people into the sport.” existing client. Bred by Denis Noonan , she is out of a placed Supreme Leader The third highest-priced horse on the day, Activial (Lord Du full-sister to the winning dam of the Gr.1-placed hurdler Oscar Sud) was knocked down to Neil Mulholland and Colm Sharkey’s Rock (Oscar). CDS Bloodstock for £80,000, with Greatrex again as underbidder. Shortly before, Nicholls signed at £120,000 for Crin Au Vent The six-year-old (Lot 234), who won a Gr.2 novices’ hurdle in 2014 (Laveron), who was offered as Lot 232 from the same draft. The and ran second in the Gr.2 Berkshire Novices’ Chase at the end of last year, is a half-brother to the Listed-placed bumper winner Chalonnial (Protektor), out of the winning Smadoun mare Kissmirial. Also hitting the frame for the top listings in fourth place on the leaders’ board was Global Stage (Multiplex), who was offered as Lot 265. The five-year-old full-brother to the Gr.2-placed Out , won his point-to-point at Ballinaboola in January for Tom Keating and he was purchased on one bid of £72,000 by Tim Kent, who was taking instructions on the phone from Fergal O’Brien. Further down the list, but still within the top ten was the Gr.1 juvenile hurdle winner All Yours (Halling), who was offered as Lot 230 and knocked down to David Phelan for £46,000. He said: “He was recommended to me by Noel Fehily and he is going to Gary Moore. He is probably the worst handicapped horse in the country, so we might try him on the Flat.” BLUE CALL FOR MARTIN As always, interest in the Godolphin draft was high and the pick of the 19-strong consignment was Long Call (Lot 129), who was placed on both starts this year, over ten and twelve furlongs, for Charlie Appleby and gained a rating of 75. Bids came from around the ring and as Malone, standing with Nicholls, and John ‘Shark’ Hanlon looked set to fight it out, Tony Martin swooped late to grab the prize with a bid of £60,000. Bred by Rabbah Bloodstock, he is out of an unraced Uruguayan-bred full-sister to the Gr.1 Latinoamericana de Jockey Clubes winner Good Report (Ride The Rails). Martin said: “A few lads said to buy them a nice horse and he fitted the bill.” Asked if there was a plan for him he said: “To race him!” before giving a smile and adding: “We will get him home and see where we will go.” Standing beside underbidder Hanlon, the pair were congratulated by Godolphin’s Marie Sullivan after the triumphant

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Martin signed the docket. Hanlon said that he had travelled specifically for that horse, but stepped out when Martin joined in. Confirming that he bought the previous lot, Cardellino (Medaglia D’Oro) for £5,500, that he will aim that purchase at a bumper in January, he said: “I have twelve that I have bought from Godolphin here and at Ascot over the last year, to year and a half, and they all came in yesterday, so I have a nice team of four-year- olds for bumper campaigns.” He went on to buy a total of four horses, including the four-year-old Robin Des Champs filly Robin Deuz Pois (Lot 246), who was runner-up on point-to-point debut for Donnchadh Doyle’s Monbeg Stables in May. Also securing a horse from Godolphin was Goffs UK regular George Mahoney, who travels from the US each year for this sale with trainer Ricky Hendriks. Together with Irish-based agent Shane Flavin the pair bought Carrickboy () last year at the Spring Sale, who has won since and is being aimed at the Maryland Hunt Cup, and they stuck again at £34.000 for the 91-rated three-year-old winner Winter House (Lot 146). They Sean Flannery, Goffs’ Bloodstock Manager, who made his went to £13,500 for Red Hammer (Lot 123) from Seven Barrows, auctioneering debut at yesterday. and confirmed the pair could be run dual purpose on the turf in the US, and also to £7,000 for another Godolphin offering, Minty’s [David Minton of Highflyer Bloodstock] and I have waited Disobedience (Lot 127), whom they said would go over timber. all day for him. He is a lovely horse, his win was impressive and he will SUNNIER CLIMATES BECKON be a real fun horse to go to war with this winter.” Others destined for further shores include the dual juvenile MAHON SECURES NATIONAL SIBLING winner Cartgao (Dansili), who, now three, was offered as Lot 147 The stores session, which took place first, was headed by a full- by Juddmonte, and was knocked down to Oliver St Lawrence for brother to the Gr.3 Grand National hero Ballabriggs (Presenting). £42,000. He joins Fawzi Nass in Bahrain, while Blue Moon Rising Offered as Lot 63 by Mill House Stables, the three-year-old (Lot 105), Eshaan (Lot 151) and Kalasadi (Lot 153), head to attracted interest from Trevor Hemmings’s racing manager Greece for a separate client. Michael Meagher, but the gavel fell in favour of Ryan Mahon who Also going further afield is the seven-time winning jumper went to £40,000 to secure the gelding. Dormello Mo (Conillon), Lot 172, who leaves Nicholls’ Manor Farm Stables and heads to to join Alexander McGregor POWERFUL DEBUT BY FLANNERY after the trainer went to £40,000 to secure the six-year-old. Popular Goffs Bloodstock Manager Sean Flannery made his auctioneering debut yesterday at the Goffs UK complex and DESBOIS WORTH THE WAIT FOR GREATREX wasted no time finding his stride. Amongst the lots offered, he Tessa Greatrex waited into the evening to capture Creep Desbois sold the well-bred juvenile Aurora Spring (Lot 228) for £25,000. (Great ), having been underbidder on two of the other The unraced filly, from the first crop of Power, is a half-sister to the high-profile lots. The four-year-old bumper winner was offered as Listed winner and Gr.2 Flying Childers Stakes runner-up Swiss Lot 305 by Oliver Sherwood’s Rhonehurst Stables and he was led Lake (Indian Ridge), whose Stakes-winning progeny include the into the ring at around 7.30pm. Greatrex said: “He is for a client of Group winner and young sire Swiss Spirit (Invincible Spirit).

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AUGUST SALE HERE TO STAY Goffs UK Group Chief Executive, Henry Beeby commented: “The Doncaster August Sale was a key part of the DBS offering for many BORN TO BE years and we are delighted with the reaction to its reintroduction after a two-year absence. “We have always said that we will match any sales ring when we Wins ‘Book 1 Bonus’ have the horses and the drafts from the likes of Potensis, Godolphin, Shadwell, HH The Aga Khan Studs and many others make the case quite geographically. There has been a real buzz from start to finish & Earns €48,657 with a packed sales ring and palpable activity in the yards leading to a vibrant trade that will certainly ensure the August Sale is once again a permanent fixture in the Doncaster sales calendar. “We extend our sincere thanks to every vendor and purchaser and look forward to an equally enticing catalogue for our September HIT Sale. Before that though comes the Premier and Silver Yearling Sales for which we can hardly wait as our vendors have supported us with a superb selection of top-class yearlings that would grace any catalogue.”

STATISTICS (£) 2016 % 2015 £25,000 Tattersalls Catalogued 363 Offered 291 No October Book 1 Sold 233 (80%) comparable Aggregate 2,624,000 sale Bonus Winner Average 11,262 last year Median 6,000

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Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 1 OCTOBER SALE BOOK 1 for 98,000 gns CATALOGUE ONLINE The catalogue for Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, which takes place from Tuesday 4th to Thursday, 6th October, is now online and can be viewed at www.tattersalls.com. The Tattersalls October catalogue numbers 551 lots, all of whom are eligible for the £25,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus. Yearling Sale, Book 1 The sale includes 17 yearlings from the second crop of , October 4 – 6 featuring the who has made an exceptional start to his stallion career. There are £25,000 also full or half-siblings to 50 Gr.1 and Classic winners and 243 Group/Listed winners, including full/half-brothers to Tattersalls Gold, Order Of St George, Marcel, , Dancing Rain, October Halfway To Heaven, Immortal Verse, Izzi Top, Lethal Force, Book 1 Lillie Langtry, Mount Nelson, Reckless Abandon, Spinning Bonus Queen and Zoffany. The sale includes full/half-sisters to , Just The Judge, Legatissimo, Mecca’s Angel, Lumiere, Red Cadeaux, Shalaa, Alice Springs and . YEARS Gr.1 and Classic-winning mares with yearlings catalogued include the proven producers Attraction, Casual Look, Majestic Tel: +44 1638 665931 Roi and Peeress, as well as the younger Chachamaidee, Fallen www.tattersalls.com For You, I’m A Dreamer, Izzi Top, Music Show, Temida and Wizz Kid, all of whom have their first or second foals catalogued.

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Nineteen of the current top 20 active sires standing in Britain TATTERSALLS IRELAND ASCOT and Ireland are well represented, with Galileo and leading the way with 45 yearlings catalogued between them. Dubawi, the sire of last year’s sale-topper, has a draft of 21, his ASCOT AUGUST SALE CATALOGUE highest number at this sale since 2012. They include full/half- AVAILABLE ONLINE siblings to Mount Nelson, Izzi Top, Viva Pataca, Laughing and The 2016 renewal of the Ascot August Sale, to be staged from Jakkalberry, as well as sons or daughters of Gr.1 winners Fallen 11am on Tuesday, 16th August, has attracted an entry of more For You, I’m A Dreamer, Icon Project and . than 120 horses that will appeal to a wide audience of clients. Numerically, Invincible Spirit leads the way amongst the top Following on from record-breaking returns at recent Ascot 20 active sires with 30 yearlings catalogued, followed by Sea The sales and the increasing number of successful graduates, such as Stars and with 24 apiece, Dubawi and Shamardal (21 last weekend’s Listed winner Silver Rainbow (a £10,000 purchase) each), Kodiac (20), Dutch Art (19), Exceed And Excel (18), Iffraaj and the recent Hamilton scorer Showdaisy (purchased at the July (14) and Dansili (13). In total, the top 20 active sires have 278 Sale for £6,200), the catalogue again offers a quality collection of (50%) yearlings catalogued between them, with the current top bloodstock and includes consignments from Godolphin (9), ten accounting for 155 (28%). Shadwell (7), Andrew Balding, Luca Cumani, Sir Mark Prescott Bt, There are twelve first-crop sires represented by 101 yearlings David Lanigan, Tom Dascombe, David Dennis, Shane Donohoe, (18%), led by the duo of multiple Classic winner Haggas, Henrietta Knight, Donald McCain, Gordon Elliott, and Gr.1 2,000 Guineas winner with 25 yearlings Paul Nicholls, Warren Greatrex and Ben Case. apiece. The Gr.1 Prix du winner Intello is represented by Entries Include stores by Alflora, Apple Tree, , Fair 15 and the Gr.1 and Gr.1 Juddmonte Mix, Malinas, Sagamix and Sulamani, and more than 70 Flat International winner Declaration Of War is next with 13. and National Hunt horses, plus point-to-pointers with winning or Overseas-based sires traditionally play a prominent role at the placed form, including the recent Cork bumper winner Rainy sale and this year they include the likes of the US-based Arch, Day Dylan. There are also mares in foal to the likes of Brazen Bernardini, Curlin, Exchange Rate, Giant’s Causeway, Kitten’s Beau, Casamento, Nayef, Outstrip and Poet’s Voice. Joy, Lemon Drop Kid, Medaglia D’Oro, Scat Daddy, Entries are available to view online at www.tattersalls.ie with Speightstown, Tapit and War Front, alongside leading current the hard copy catalogue being posted out tomorrow. or former European sires Dalakhani, Kendargent, and Wild Card entries will be taken up until next Tuesday, 9th Redoute’s Choice. August. The largest consignment comes from Highclere Stud with 29 yearlings, whilst The Castlebridge Consignment comes next with 24. Following closely is Newsells Park Stud, whose team of 23 FASIG-TIPTON includes the Dansili half-brother to last year’s 2,100,000gns sale- topper out of Loveisallyouneed. SARATOGA YEARLING SALE Commenting on the catalogue, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond EBF NOTICE Mahony said: “The catalogue is exceptional, even by its usual lofty standards. Whilst it remains the leading source of European Classic All yearlings entered in this sale have been correctly identified as winners, the introduction of the £25,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 to their EBF status, with the following exceptions: Bonus has added an extra dimension and captured the imagination of Lot 65 Frankel – J’Ray is EBF-nominated owners and trainers. The scheme has already seen 15 winners, several Lot 70 Galileo – Lady Shakespeare is EBF-nominated of whom have covered their purchase price by winning the bonus, while For further information please contact the EBF office on others have won enough prize money to cover at least a year of training +44(0)1638 667960 or email [email protected]. fees. The sale has all the ingredients to attract buyers at every level of the market and we look forward to welcoming the usual global audience to Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.” KEENELAND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BOOK 1 BONUS Eligibility: Any lot offered for sale in Book 1 of the 2016 Tattersalls MAMMOTH SEPTEMBER SALE October Yearling Sale which is sold, bought in or unsold. CATALOGUES 4,479 YEARLINGS Any lot withdrawn from Book 1 of the 2016 Tattersalls October Keeneland has catalogued 4,479 yearlings for the 73rd annual Yearling Sale which is subsequently offered for sale at the 2016 September Yearling Sale, the world’s largest thoroughbred Tattersalls December Yearling Sale and sold, bought in or unsold. auction, to be held from 12th to 25th September. The catalogue Entry Fee: £1,000 payable to Tattersalls by 1st March, 2017. will be available online from next Tuesday, 9th August. Qualifying races: Any Class 2, 3 or 4 two-year-old maiden race In 2016, September Sale graduates swept all three Triple Crown run in the UK under BHA rules between 1 April 2017 and 1 Classics: the $230,000 purchase Nyquist won the Gr.1 Kentucky November 2017, and any Class 2, 3 or 4 two-year-old novice race Derby, the $110,000 buy Exaggerator took the Gr.1 Preakness run between 1 April 2017 and 30 June 2017. Stakes and Creator, a $440,000 purchase, landed the Gr.1 Belmont Any open two-year-old maiden race run in Ireland or Northern Stakes. Other recent Gr.1-winning alumni include a contingent of Ireland (excluding auction maidens, median auction maidens, accomplished fillies and mares, such as Beholder, Carina Mia, nursery and winners races) under HRI rules between 20 March Celestine, Catch A Glimpse, Illuminant, I’m A Chatterbox, Off 2017 and 1 November 2017. The Tracks and Taris, plus male Gr.1 winners Divisidero, Lord Click HERE to download the October Book 1 Catalogue PDF. Nelson, Melatonin and Midnight Storm. September Sale

CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 5 SALES TALK ~ RACING REVIEW ~ RACING NEWS ~ INDUSTRY NEWS EBN: THURSDAY, 4TH AUGUST 2016 graduates continue to perform well internationally and accounted for three winners during the Royal Ascot meeting, namely Order RACING NEWS Of St George, Lady Aurelia and Hawkbill, later winner of the Gr.1 Eclipse Stakes. BRITAIN “The September Sale provides more winners of racing’s biggest events and more participants at the sport’s highest level than any other sale”, said Keeneland Director of Sales Geoffrey Russell. RECORD ENTRIES FOR “From the Triple Crown to Royal Ascot to Dubai’s Racing Festival and CHAMPIONS DAY GROUP CONTESTS the Breeders’ Cup, buyers are attracted to the September Sale for its Entries have been announced for the five Group races on British consistency in producing world-class equine athletes.” Champions Day, which will take place on Saturday, 15th October. Of the 4,479 yearlings catalogued to the 2016 September Sale, This year there has been a record 256 entries made, including 2,334 are colts and 2,145 are fillies, and buyers can shop for quality 55 entries, of which 23 are Gr.1 winners, for the feature event, the at every level of the market. The sale will include yearlings by 242 Gr.1 . Entries include the first five home from last of the world’s leading sires, led by Awesome Again, Bernardini, year, Fascinating Rock (Fastnet Rock), (Galileo), Jack City Zip, Curlin, Distorted Humor, Empire Maker, Frankel, Hobbs (Halling), Racing History (Pivotal) and Air Pilot Galileo, Giant’s Causeway, Kitten’s Joy, Lemon Drop Kid, (Zamindar). Among those entered from the Classic generation Malibu Moon, Medaglia D’Oro, More Than Ready, Redoute’s are (Sea The Stars), US Army Ranger (Galileo), Idaho Choice, Scat Daddy, Sea The Stars, Smart Strike, Street Cry, (Galileo) and Wings Of Desire (Pivotal) – the first four home in the Tapit, Tiznow, Uncle Mo and War Front, among others. Also Gr.1 Derby – plus star filly (Galileo). The race is also on catalogued are first yearlings by young such as Animal the radar for Jean-Claude Rouget’s Gr.1 Kingdom, Camelot, Data Link, Declaration Of War, Orb, winner Almanzor (). Oxbow, Paynter, Point Of Entry and Shanghai Bobby. Featuring among the 40 entrants for the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II For the second consecutive year, the sale’s first three sessions Stakes are The Gurkha (Galileo), (Paco Boy) and comprise the Premier Book 1 catalogue. The format for the entire Ribchester (Iffraaj), the first three home in last week’s Gr.1 Sussex sale, which covers 13 sessions, is as follows: Stakes. Belardo (Lope De Vega), second last year to Solow, is Book 1 (12th – 14th) – Sessions begin at 11 a.m. entered, as is last year’s third Gabrial (Dark Angel). Dark Day, Thursday, 15th Sept – No sale will be held. The Gr.1 Fillies and Mares Stakes has drawn 54 entries, of which Book 2 (16th – 17th) – Sessions begin at 10 a.m. eleven are trained by Aidan O’Brien and feature Minding, as well Books 3 to 6 (18th – 25th) – Sessions begin at 10 a.m. as Gr.1 winner Seventh Heaven (Galileo) and last year’s Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Found. Last year’s 1-2-3, Simple RACING REVIEW Verse (), Journey (Dubawi) and Beautiful Romance (), could return in the twelve-furlong FRANCE event. The first five home from the Gr.1 Stakes at Royal Ascot in June, Twilight Son (Kyllachy), Gold-Fun (Le Vie SPAIN LEADS HOME LISTED 1–3 Dei Colori), Signs Of Blessing (Invincible Spirit), Magical FOR SAGEBURG AT LA TESTE Memory (Zebedee) and Suedois (Le Havre), could face off Only one colt took on eight fillies in yesterday’s sole European against each other again in the Gr.1 British Champions Sprint Stakes race, the Listed Criterium du Bequet at La Teste de Buch, Stakes over six furlongs. Quiet Reflection (Showcasing), Limato and he politely followed them all past the line. At the front of the (Tagula) and Mecca’s Angel (Dark Angel) are also entered among queue was Sageburg’s daughter Spain Burg, who came home 44 entries. first by three-quarters of a length from the US-bred Team Of The Gr.2 Long Distance Cup could feature Order Of St George Teams (Elusive Quality), with a further length and a half back to (Galileo), who would seek to emulate Fame And Glory, who won the third-placed Adele Star (also by Sageburg). The only runner the Gold Cup and the Long Distance Cup for Aidan O’Brien in with previous Stakes form, last month’s Listed runner-up Boos 2011. He is one of eleven entries for the maestro. Last (Dream Ahead), was fourth. year’s first four home, Flying Officer (Dynaformer), Clever Spain Burg, trained by Xavier Thomas-Demeaulte for owners Cookie (Primo Valentino), Wicklow Brave (Beat Hollow) and Cocheteux Tierno and Mme Michel Thomas, had made a Pallasator (), are entered, as is June’s Gold Cup runner- winning debut at Bordeaux in April before finishing second on up Mizzou (Galileo), in 63 entries. the same course a month later. She had returned to the winner’s enclosure on 17th June when successful over 1200m at Toulouse. The winner, bred by Perez Fernandez de la Puente, is the second INDUSTRY NEWS foal of the Anabaa Blue mare Spain Blues, who won in France and Spain. A half-sister to the Listed-placed Cyber World (Robin CARTIER AWARDS Des Pins), Spain Blues is out of a half-sister to the US Gr.2 winner Beyrouth (Alleged) and Stakes winner Flame Valley (Gulch), and comes from the further family of the Gr.1 winner and sire LATEST STANDINGS Grounds and the Gr.1 Derby winner and sire . Below are the current standings for this year’s Cartier Racing The 2008 Gr.1 Prix d’Ispahan winner Sageburg has stood the Awards. Points have been accumulated in Pattern races up to and past two seasons at Garryrichard Stud in Ireland. including Sunday, 31st July.

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HORSE OF THE YEAR Over the last three years, the Arqana Summer and Autumn MINDING (Galileo) 176 Sales have seen more than 100 AQPS horses sell for more than €5 GALILEO GOLD (Paco Boy) 136 million. In 2015, the top price at the Autumn Sale was the AQPS THE GURKHA (Galileo) 128 Chirico Vallis, who was sold for €355,000 to HARZAND (Sea The Stars) 88 Advisory, and in 2013, the late Allez Colombieres was knocked QEMAH ( Dancer) 80 down for €300,000. During the latest edition of the Summer Sale, Duc De Beauchene (Saddler Maker) was sold for €145,000 and OLDER HORSE El Salvator (Network) made €120,000. DARIYAN (Shamardal) 70 (Dubawi) 68 FIRST RETRAINED RACEHORSE DAY FOUND (Galileo) 64 TO TAKE PLACE AT DEAUVILLE SILVERWAVE (Silver Frost) 64 The newly-formed charitable association Au-Delà des Pistes BELARDO (Lope De Vega) 56 (Beyond The Tracks), a charity which was formed earlier this year MY DREAM BOAT (Lord Shanakill) 56 by Godolphin and the Aga Khan Studs, has announced the very HIGHLAND REEL (Galileo) 56 first edition of a day entirely devoted to the promotion of what THREE-YEAR-OLD COLT retrained racehorses can accomplish, once their “first career” has GALILEO GOLD (Paco Boy) 136 ended. Organised in partnership with France Galop, this Journée THE GURKHA (Galileo) 128 de la Reconversion des Chevaux des Course (the Retrained HARZAND (Sea The Stars) 88 Racehorse Day) will take place on Saturday, 27th August at HAWKBILL (Kitten’s Joy) 56 Deauville-La Touques racecourse. The event will put the spotlight AWTAAD (Cape Cross) 44 on thoroughbreds who have been successfully retrained into a variety of other disciplines, including polo, dressage, show- THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLY jumping, eventing, horse-ball or simply as a schoolmaster in a MINDING (Galileo) 176 riding school. QEMAH (Danehill Dancer) 80 A Champions’ Parade will bring together several former stars of LA CRESSONNIERE (Le Havre) 64 the racecourse, all Gr.1 winners during their illustrious racing QUIET REFLECTION (Showcasing) 64 careers, reaching the highest level of competition across the ALICE SPRINGS (Galileo) 54 globe, for a parade where they will be ridden by their new riders. CARTIER SPRINTER Equine celebrities such as Kasbah Bliss, African Story, Prince QUIET REFLECTION (Showcasing) 64 Bishop, , as well as , who is now PROFITABLE (Invincible Spirit) 56 rehomed and retrained by , who is one of TWILIGHT SON (Kyllachy) 32 three ambassadors for the event, along with Nicolas Touzaint and LIMATO (Tagula) 32 Pierre-Henri N’Goumou. MAGICAL MEMORY (Zebedee) 24 More information can be found via the Facebook or Twitter SUEDOIS (Le Havre) 24 pages. MECCA’S ANGEL (Dark Angel) 24 CARTIER STAYER APPOINTMENT ORDER OF ST GEORGE (Galileo) 48 MIZZOU (Galileo) 32 FRANCE VAZIRABAD () 28 (Duke Of Marmalade) 22 CLEVER COOKIE (Primo Valentino) 20 ALEXIS RENAULT JOINS ARQANA CANDARLIYA (Dalakhani) 20 AS DIRECTOR OF SALES SHEIKHZAYEDROAD (Dubawi) 20 In view of the continuing reorganisation of the company and looking ahead to the forthcoming retirement of Sales Director Bernard Salvat, Arqana has recently recruited Alexis Renault to FRANCE ultimately take over from him. With a degree from ENESAD (Agriculture Engineering), Renault ARQANA PRIZE AT AQPS SHOWS had been an integral part of the technical team at the Cheval For the first time, Arqana will be associated with the AQPS shows Français (harness racing authority) since 2009, firstly as Project of Decize and Le Lion d’Angers, which will take place on 26th Manager and then as Deputy Director of Operations beside August and 8th September respectively. Guillaume Maupas. In this role, his responsibilities included being Arqana will offer the breeder of the overall Supreme Champion a in charge of race meeting logistics, overseeing of regulations and prize equivalent to €1,000, which consists of a free entry for a foal, being involved in strategical projects. Before this experience, he yearling or store destined for National Hunt racing in the 2016 worked as Project Manager at the Horse Council in Normandy. Breeding Stock Sale or the 2017 Summer or Autumn Sale. The entry Eric Hoyeau commented, “Bernard Salvat holds a key place in will be given to the breeder, who may enter a horse of his choice from Arqana’s organisation and that is why we wanted to organise his own bloodstock. Alternatively, the company will offer preparation and/or transport costs that add up to this amount. If the winner CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 declines this offer, the breeder of the second horse will be chosen.

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hen Sadler’s Wells died five years ago at the grand old However, history has taught us that it is best not to make too age of 30, few ever believed they would ever see his like hasty a judgement. Was a sire again. Galileo sired just one Stakes winner, the Listed Washington From 23 crops, he produced 294 (about 13%) Stakes winners, of Singer Stakes winner Innocent Air, when his runners first which 167 were Group winners, 19 were Classic winners in Great appeared in 2003. He was only seventh on the leading first-crop Britain, Ireland and France, and 73 of them won 132 races at the sire list, which was headed by the short-lived Mozart, and finished highest level. Amazingly, his son Galileo promises to more than below Bertolini, Medicean, Observatory, Mull Of Kintyre and fill his shoes. When his son Ulysses won the Gr.3 Gordon Stakes Fantastic Light. Most of those above him proved to be only last week, he became his sire’s 228th individual Stakes winner. So modest sires in the end. Medicean was the best of them, but both far, Galileo has sired 22 Classic winners among his 58 individual Fantastic Light and Observatory are doing well as broodmare Group/Grade 1 winners, six of whom scored last month. This year sires; the latter filling that position in the pedigree of the alone he has sired 33 Stakes winners. aforementioned Fair Eva. It is a numbers game these days. Sadler’s Wells sired 2,259 foals Frankel came hot on the heels of another superstar, Galileo’s in his lifetime, while Galileo’s first twelve crops of racing age half-brother Sea The Stars. His first runners in 2013 produced number 2,340 foals. They certainly have not lacked for opportunity. eleven winners, including the Gr.3 Park Stakes winner My Titania, How different things were 40 or 50 years ago. In an era of smaller but it was only when that first crop turned three, as with Galileo, books, Sadler’s Wells’ sire, the phenomenally successful Northern that his real merit as a sire was revealed. Three individual Gr.1 Dancer, who lived until he was 29, sired only 640 foals. Of these, winners emerged from that crop, including the Oaks and King 146 (nearly 23%) were Stakes winners. Their number included 30 George heroine Taghrooda. After a relatively quiet time last winners of Group 1 races or their equivalent. season, he has continued to make a strong impression this year, Is it possible that Galileo’s son Frankel is about to show the with two further Gr.1 winners in his current three-year-old crop, same prowess at stud? It seems a tough ask. However, he could headed of course by his dual Derby winner Harzand, and a total not have made a much more encouraging start. Of his twelve of 31 Stakes winners to date. progeny to race, nine are already winners; an impressive strike It is interesting to compare his and Frankel’s starts at stud with rate. two stars of the past, the contemporaries and Brigadier On King George day, he sired his first Group winner when Fair Gerard. Along with , Sea-Bird and , they were two Eva won the Gr.3 Princess Margaret Stakes in such style that you of the best horses to race here since the war. could not help but be impressed. His other winners include the The only time they met, in the 1971 2,000 Guineas, Brigadier speedy dual scorer Queen Kindly, who was third in the Gr.3 Gerard came out firmly on top, but the debate raged on as to Albany Stakes at the Royal meeting, and the Listed-placed pair which was the better. Mill Reef, who had been a top two-year-old, Cunco and Frankuus. Interestingly, all the black type his produce winning the Coventry Stakes, the Gimcrack Stakes and the have earned so far has been in races run at Ascot, the scene of , was never beaten again, racing exclusively in some of Frankel’s own greatest triumphs. Gr.1 company.

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On his next start he collected the Derby before going on to win both the Eclipse Stakes in record time and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by six lengths in brilliant style. He RELATIVELY SPEAKING ended the year by taking the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe by three CONTINUED lengths, again in record time. Then, at four, he won the by ten lengths before holding on to win the , after which he was found to be a sick horse. sire the distinction of becoming the first to produce the winners , an unbeaten two-year-old winner of all his of those three Derbies in the same year. Mill Reef went on to sire four starts, culminating in a wide-margin success in the Middle another Derby winner in , the Champion three- Park Stakes, went on to win all bar one of his further 13 starts at year-old of 1987, who was one of his 18 Gr.1 winners. Altogether three and four. His wins included two editions of the Champion Mill Reef sired 63 Stakes winners from less than 400 foals and was Stakes and the Sussex Stakes, before he was stretched out to Champion sire in 1978 and in 1984. He finished third in the table twelve furlongs in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1983. Stakes, where his class won the day. It is a clear example of how His sons met with mixed success at stud and rampant grade inflation in the Pattern has become that five of was the standout. Despite not coming from the strongest of his other wins – in the St James’s Palace Stakes, Lockinge Stakes, female families, he proved to be a very good sire, producing Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (which he won twice) and the Prince of another Derby winner in (thereby completing a Wales’s Stakes – were all then Gr.2 races, but all have since been sequence only matched by Spearmint and in promoted to the top level. He was a brilliant horse, who was only the last century) and the Prix du Jockey Club winner Darshaan, really vulnerable on very soft ground, but whose courage himself the sire of and Dalakhani among overcame such conditions. The only time he was beaten, by others. Another of his sons, the Champion two-year-old High Roberto at York, he was below par. Estate, sired a further Derby winner in High-Rise, whilst Elegant Fate prevented this brilliant and courageous pair from ever Air produced the very successful German sire Dashing Blade. meeting again. Mill Reef tragically broke a leg on the gallops Darshaan, like both his sire and grandsire, became an outstanding before a rematch and only pioneering surgery was able to save broodmare sire. him for stud. , another of Mill Reef’s sons, was less consistent as a The debate about their relative merit continued when they sire than Shirley Heights, but produced two top-class colts in retired to stud. When their first runners appeared 40 years ago in and Kalanisi, neither of whom came up to expectations 1976, the jury was still out. Both were judged to have made a as sires. Less well known is Mill Reef’s son Mill George, who was satisfactory start. Mill Reef, having covered a limited book of 23 just a minor winner in the States, but was found a place at stud in mares in his first season following his injury, only had seven Japan. A grandson of the high-class sprinter Matatina, he runners. Five of them were winners, three of which were rated headed the sires’ list there in 1989 and was second the following over 100 by , including the Irish filly Miller’s Lass, who year. His 27 Stakes winners were headed by four local Gr.1 was runner-up in the Gr.3 Park Stakes. Brigadier Gerard had fewer winners, including Horse of the Year Inari One. winners from more runners, but they included the promising With the results he has had so far, it is hard not to be optimistic French colt General, who was unbeaten in two starts, including about Frankel’s prospects as a sire. However, one factor that may in the Gr.3 Prix Thomas Bryon, and the Listed Clarence House possibly hinder his success is the very fact that he is by Galileo Stakes winner Etienne Gerard. out of a mare by Danehill. Given that their respective sires Surprising as it may seem now, with the benefit of hindsight, Sadler’s Wells and Danzig, both of whom are sons of Northern the initial impression gained by many was that Brigadier Gerard Dancer (whose dam is also the third dam of Danehill), are such a looked the more promising. dominant presence in current pedigrees – Danehill, Danehill The picture soon changed. Dancer, Galileo and Sadler’s Wells currently occupy four of the The inconsistent Etienne Gerard went on to win the Gr.3 Jersey top five places in the broodmare sire table – a large percentage Stakes the next year, but General failed to live up to expectations of his progeny are going to be closely inbred to one or more of at three and, ultimately, Brigadier Gerard proved to be a relatively those horses. Cunco, for instance, is inbred 3x3 to both Sadler’s disappointing sire, not helped by failing fertility in his later years. Wells and Danehill; Queen Kindly is inbred 4x5 to Danzig; and He had his moments, siring 25 (7.5%) Stakes winners from 329 Frankuus is inbred 3x3 to Sadler’s Wells and his full-brother Fairy foals. They were headed by the Gr.1 St Leger winner Light King. Fair Eva is inbred to Rainbow Quest, the sire of Frankel’s Cavalry and the Gr.1 Champion Stakes winner Vayrann. Light second dam, as her second dam is by his son , Cavalry was sadly misplaced at stud in America, but another of and has four crosses of , as well as being inbred his sons, the Gr.2 Champagne Stakes winner R B Chesne, enjoyed to Mr Prospector. some success at stud in France. However, ultimately it was his Is such inbreeding going to be beneficial? Only time will tell, first star performer, General, who was to uphold his line. He but inbreeding to Sadler’s Wells has proved to have only been became a good sire in Argentina, where his winners included moderately successful so far, though it may well work better as Lord At War, who became a dual Gr.1 winner in America before his name begins to recede in pedigrees. Teofilo, who provided embarking on a successful stud career there, siring 44 Stakes the template for the Galileo/Danehill cross, has sired the Gr.1 winners. He is best known here as the broodmare sire of Raven’s Dewhurst Stakes winner Parish Hall, whose dam is by the Pass. atypical Montjeu, and the German/Italian Gr.3 winner Samba Mill Reef’s stud career only really took off with his third crop, Brazil, whose second dam is by Old Vic, who are both inbred to which included the Derby and winner Shirley Sadler’s Wells, but it has not been the panacea many hoped it Heights and the Prix du Jockey Club hero Acamas giving their would be.

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SUPER SAVABEEL SCOOPS THE POOL her 600m heat on Tuesday and will now head to the races in a bid to qualify for the Karaka Million. Waikato Stud has made another clean sweep of the stallion titles. Power has produced ten winners in , including Peace Savabeel was the star of the show, claiming the Grosvenor Envoy, who has been successful in the Gr.3 Anglesey Stakes and Award for the New Zealand sires’ premiership, the Dewar Award the Listed Rochestown Stakes. (Champion NZ-based sire by Australasian progeny earnings), as well as the Centaine Award (Champion NZ-based sire by global NZ PEDIGREE TO THE FORE progeny earnings). The stud’s Pins also enjoyed another strong A filly with strong New Zealand ties has opened her account in season, with his chief flagbearer the international Gr.1 winner Ireland. The John Oxx-trained Nonetheless, a daughter of Aerovelocity. Fastnet Rock and the triple Kiwi Stakes winner Twinkling, STAKES WINNER FOR ISHIGURU recently won over twelve furlongs at Galway. Deceased shuttle sire Ishiguru was responsible for the winner of “It is nice to see the breed is shaping up on the other side of the the season’s final Stakes race in New Zealand on Saturday when world as well”, said Linda Laing, who trained Twinkling with her his son Jochen Rindt won the Listed Taumarunui Gold Cup by father Royce Dowling. “She was shipped to Ireland and had a Cape eleven lengths in testing conditions. Cross filly that didn’t do a lot, as she was a late foal. Then she had Ishiguru shuttled between Tweenhills Stud in England and another Cape Cross colt, slipped to Azamour and a Sea The Stars Chequers Stud in New Zealand and proved a very serviceable colt died at birth. This is the next one.” addition to the stallion ranks. NZB GRADS HELP WALLER BREAK RECORD MANHATTAN IS STREETS AHEAD Two alumni of the New Zealand Bloodstock sale ring played a The well-related Manhattan Street [pictured below] had no starring role as Champion ex-pat New Zealand trainer Chris trouble collecting the opening leg of a black-type double with a Waller enjoyed a record-breaking treble at Rosehill on Saturday. powerful performance in trying conditions at Otaki. He kept his Waller went into the meeting with 166 metropolitan wins in unbeaten record intact when he distanced his rivals in Saturday’s Sydney this season, needing another two to beat the record of Listed Courtesy Ford Ryder Stakes and will now chase a Group 167.5 that he himself set in 2012-13. feature early in the new season. Win number 167 came courtesy of the Premier Sale graduate Harlem Lady (Zabeel), in an A$85,000 Benchmark 85 event (1500m). Offered by Cambridge Stud at the 2013 Premier Sale, she was bought by Chris Waller Racing for NZ$140,000. She has now had three wins from her 14 starts and earned A$168,450. Karaka foal sale graduate Marenostro (Duelled) capped the day with a tenacious victory in the feature race, the Listed Winter Challenge (1500m), giving Waller win number 169. A NZ$20,000 Karaka purchase, Marenostro is out of the Last Tycoon mare Maybe Yes, who is the dam of ten winners from 13 foals to race. Marenostro is one of her four Stakes performers, the others being Gr.1 Avondale Gold Cup winner The Mighty Lions (Grosvenor), the Stakes-placed Promise Keeper (Success Express) picture courtesyImages of Race and the Listed-placed Grandissima (Savabeel). CUMMINGS FINDS SPRING CHAMPION HOPE Golden Organic’s maiden win in Sydney’s final two-year-old Raced by a group of prominent owners and breeders, race of the season had trainer Anthony Cummings looking Manhattan Street is by Gr.1 winner Manhattan Rain out of the towards the Gr.1 Spring Champion Stakes. He believes the Redoute’s Choice mare Charming Estelle, a sister to Australian gelding’s form can be extended to the 2000m of the Spring Horse of the Year Lankan Rupee. Champion Stakes at Randwick in October. “He’s still got some learning and some developing to do but he POWERFUL START FOR YOUNG STALLION certainly does have the quality”, Cummings said. Cambridge Stud shuttle stallion Power (Oasis Dream) has made A NZ$45,000 yearling, Golden Organic is by Dalghar (Anabaa), his presence felt in Europe and he has also made a bright start in a half-brother to the recently retired stallion Dalakhani, based at New Zealand with an early season juvenile trial winner. The Brighthill Farm in New Zealand. Graeme and Debbie Rogerson-trained Gift Of Power easily won “I’ve got a lot of time for his progeny”, Cummings added.

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Littleton Stud, Dancing Star (Aqlaam). The family improves with CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 age, so there is every chance that the three-year-old filly will improve to be a genuine Stakes performer, but she may not wait ourselves before his retirement. Alexis has all the attributes to to become much older, as there is talk of putting her in the Gr.1 eventually take over this role, with his skills in technical organisation Haydock Sprint. and sales logistics, and I am delighted to welcome him into the heart A trio of juveniles competed for an EBF conditions race at of the company. We are always looking for dynamic people who Chester on Sunday over six furlongs and Leontes (Paco Boy) perform at the highest level to continue our capacity to innovate.” showed improvement from his narrow win at Hamilton to turn over the two joint-favourites by over four lengths, enjoying the faster terrain. Beating a rival rated 88 by over six lengths may RACING ROUND-UP make him tricky to place, but he may not have stopped his rise up the ladder yet. LISTED AND CONDITIONS RACES Two-year-old Leo Minor (War Front) had run creditably twice over seven and an extended seven, being placed both times, but he looked EBF CHALICE STAKES, 1M4F, 3YO+ F&M, rather better when dropped to six for a conditions race on ground the NEWMARKET fast side of good at Naas on Monday. He went into a clear lead after three furlongs and held on by half a length from the 92-rated This was a very fair race on ratings, though the gallop was Noivado (Casamento), who probably wants seven. The winner looks ordinary. This perhaps suited three-year-old Fireglow (Teofilo), as if even a drop to the minimum trip would not inconvenience him, who has been a very busy filly in her career, as this was her 13th though opportunities at Stakes level become fewer now. start, most of them in Stakes company. She won two Listed races The EBF novice stakes over seven furlongs on good to firm last year and achieved a fine fourth in the Gr.1 1,000 Guineas and ground at Catterick was not a great race and the sole winner in a decent second in the Gr.3 Musidora Stakes before running the field, Glitter Girl (Invincible Spirit), landed odds of 1-4 with moderately the next twice. She was second at Listed level on her no trouble and she should not have her rating of 81 damaged last start and was always to the fore on her first try at this trip. with a view to nurseries. Though the race was not run at a great pace, she looks to stay well enough and is likely to head for the Gr.1 . She may not be quite good enough, but she is admirably tough. STAKES RESULT QUEENSFERRY STAKES, 6F, 3YO+, CHESTER Manor House Stables sponsored this and its trainer Tom Dascombe won it with a six-year-old that had won a claimer last Bloodstock Peace of time out, though Hillbilly Boy () is rated 98 and was Insurance - Mind? landing a hat-trick, all at this course. This was the first time he has Get Covered been over a trip as short as this for a while. Overall it was a fair [email protected] ~ www.bba-ireland.ie contest on ground the fast side of good and the Ayr Gold Cup looks a suitable target for the winner, as he looks to act on most types of ground. FRANCE PLATINUM STAKES, 1M, 3YO+, CORK This was a strong race and three-year-old Rose De Pierre LR CRITERIUM DU BEQUET, La Teste de Buch, 1200m, 2yo, (Dubawi) made it three from three in good style, always travelling 1st €27,500, 2nd €11,000, 3rd €8,250 well, though she was in front plenty early enough and was 1. SPAIN BURG (Fr), 2f, hanging on by the end. She picked off a handicap after winning Sageburg – Spain Blues (Anabaa Blue) on her debut and will presumably head for Group races now, 2nd dam Strike Alight (Gulch) having been entered in the Gr.3 Snow Fairy Fillies’ Stakes and Gr.1 3rd dam Lightning Fire (Kris) Matron Stakes, which are just under two weeks apart. The latter O: R Cocheteux Tierno & Mme M Thomas, would be quite a step up, especially since her jockey Pat Smullen B: P Perez Fernandez de la Puente, T: X Thomas-Demeaulte thinks she will be better next year, and she is also untested on 2. TEAM OF TEAMS (USA), 2f, ground any faster than good. Elusive Quality – Teammate (A P Indy) O/B: Joseph Allen, T: Jean-Claude Rouget CONDITIONS RACES 3. ADELE STAR (Fr), 2f, Only four lined up for an all-age conditions race over seven Sageburg – Pearl Away (Gold Away) furlongs on dead ground at Thirsk on Friday, but three were rated O: Jose-Manuel Garcia-Sahagun, B: JPH Dubois, over 100 and the evens favourite Coulsty (Kodiac) landed his first T: Mme Ana Imaz Ceca win since he won a Listed race (after a long break since winning a €6,000 Arqana October Yearling Sale Gr.3) in April 2015. He has made some decent efforts since in by Stamina Turf, consigned by Haras des Capucines between a number of moderate ones, so, hopefully with confidence restored, he can continue in a good vein of form. Also ran: Boos, Douceur D’Antan, Nuee Ardente, Anne, Mamasita, The Stewards’ Cup at Goodwood on Saturday was typically Castle Dream competitive and there was much excitement about the relation Non runner: Swanning Around of Lochsong (Song) who landed the old prize for Jeff Smith’s Distances: ¾l, 1½l, ¾l, 2½l, ½l, 1l, 2½l, 3l

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BREEZE-UP SALE YESTERDAY’S RACING REVIEW Winning Graduates BRITAIN 15 July 2016 - 3 August 2016 1.50 BRIGHTON, NURSERY, 5½F 1. QUENCH DOLLY (GB), 2f, ANDOK (Ire), 2c, Hellvelyn – Hollybell (Beveled) 2nd dam Fayre Holly (Fayruz) Elzaam - My Causeway Song (Giant’s Causeway) 3rd dam Holly Bird (Runnett) WON: maiden, 17th July O: Quench Racing Partnership, B: Mrs R J Gallagher, T: John Gallagher APEX KING (Ire), 2c, £3,500 2015 Tattersalls Ireland Ascot December Sale consigned by Mrs Gallagher, from Grove Farm Kodiac - Rainbowskia (Rainbow Quest) 2. Lightoller (Ire), 3. Marquee Club (GB). WON: LR Stakes, 23rd July Distances: 1½l, 4l. 3 ran. Pedigree: EBN2016-05-21 BELLE MEADE (Ire), 2f, 2.20 BRIGHTON, 2YO EBF MAIDEN, 7F Roderic O’Connor - Hazardous (Night Shift) WON: maiden, 15th July ebfstallions.com BONGRACE (Ire), 2f, Helmet - Wish List (Mujadil) 1. HAULANI (USA), 2c, Algorithms – License To Speed (Thunder Gulch) WON: maiden, 19th July O: S P C Woods, B: Bill & Phyllis Adair and Connie Brown, T: Philip Hide BOOM THE GROOM (Ire), 5g, $95,000 2014 Keeneland November Sale Kodiac - Ecco Mi (Piccolo) by C F C Bloodstock $75,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale WON: class 2 handicap, Goodwood, 26th July by Grove Stud 90,000gns Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale BRIYOUNI (Fr), 3g, by Dwayne Woods Siyouni - Brianza (Thunder Gulch) Distances: 5l, hd. 4 ran. WON: class 4 handicap, 22nd July

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COPRAH (GB), 8g, Heavy rain earlier this week has resulted in plenty of small fields, Bertolini - Oatcake (Selkirk) due to the softening of the going in the southern half of the WON: LR Swedish Open Mile, 2nd August country. Haulani, having his third start, was smartly away, but was reined back to third of the four runners until asserting in the final furlong and scoring easily. He is the first British winner by his CREGGS PIPES (Ire), 4f, first season sire Algorithms, a Bernardini half-brother to Gr.1 - Sophie Germain (Indian Ridge) winners Justin Philip and Greenpointcrusader and two Gr.2 winners. He won twice at two and the Gr.3 Holy Bull Stakes at WON: premier handicap, Galway, 26th July three (his only three outings) and stands at Claiborne Farm. The winner is a half-brother to five winners, headed by the DREAMFYRE (Ire), 3f, triple Stakes winner and Gr.3-placed Speedinthruthecity (City Lord Shanakill - Happy To Chat (Alzao) Zip) and the five-time scorer Next Exit (Stormy ). He is the eighth foal of the winning Thunder Gulch mare License To 2nd: Norsk 1,000 Guineas, 15th July Speed, whose half-siblings include the dams of the Gr.1-winning juvenile Dawn Of War and Stakes winner Southwest Lady. They are among the seven winning progeny of the Gr.1-placed Stakes

12 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 RACING REVIEW EBN: THURSDAY, 4TH AUGUST 2016 winner Cadillac Women (Carr De Naskra), who is the best of the five winners out of the unraced Shy Dame (Damascus). BREEZE-UP SALE License To Speed has a yearling filly by Gemologist and a colt foal by Will Take Charge. Winning Graduates 2.30 BATH, 2YO MEDIAN AUCTION MAIDEN, 5F 15 July 2016 - 3 August 2016 1. SECRET POTION (GB), 2c, Stimulation – Fiancee (Pivotal) O: RHS Ltd, R Fox & P Charter, B: Llety Farms, T: Ronald Harris DROP KICK MURPHI (Ire), 2c, £2,000 DBS November Yearling Sale by Ron Harris Sir Prancealot - Rindiseyda (Arakan) Distances: hd, 1¾l. 5 ran. WON: maiden, 28th July This was an improved third outing for Secret Potion, who continued the successful run of his in-form sire Stimulation EATON SQUARE (Ire), 2c, when making all and just holding on for victory. He is the first Invincible Spirit - Loch Jipp (Belong To Me) surviving foal out of the Pivotal mare Fiancee, who was placed twice over six furlongs and is a half-sister to the US Gr.3-placed WON: maiden, 28th July Perilous Pursuit (Lemon Drop Kid; dam of Listed winner Libys Dream) and winners by Fusaichi Pegasus and Danehill Dancer. ENDLESS DRAMA (Ire), 4c, The second dam, the Gr.3-winning juvenile Name Of Love (Petardia), is a half-sister to five other winners, including the Lope De Vega - Desert Drama (Green Desert) Listed-placed Annapurna (Brief Truce; dam of the US Gr.2-placed WON: conditions, 20th July Stakes winner Solva). The third dam, National Ballet (Shareef Dancer), is an unraced half-sister to the Gr.3-placed Listed ENDURING POWER (Ire), 3g, winners Saxon Maid (Sadler’s Wells) and Broken Wave (). Approve - Our Dear Ruth (Baldski) Fiancee’s yearling filly by Sayif is Lot 547 at the Goffs UK Silver WON: maiden, 1st August Yearling Sale and she produced a filly by Dandy Man in March. 2.40 PONTEFRACT, EBF 2YO MAIDEN, 6F FIGHTING TEMERAIRE (Ire), 3c, Invincible Spirit - Hot Ticket (Selkirk) ebfstallions.com WON: class 3 handicap, 30th July FORESIGHT (Ire), 3c, 1. PERFECT MADGE (Ire), 2f, Dream Ahead - Madhya (Gone West) Acclamation – Soul Mountain () O: T A Rahman, B: George Kent, T: Kevin Ryan WON: maiden, 30th July 20,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale £45,000 DBS Premier Yearling Sale FRANKLIN D (USA), 4c, by Hillen & Ryan Medaglia D’Oro - Kissed By A Star (Kingmambo) Distances: hd, 1¼l. 10 ran. WON: Betfred Mile, Goodwood, 29th July Perfect Madge (Acclamation) was placed in her first two runs, including the Listed Marygate Fillies’ Stakes, but then found the GIFTORM (USA), 6g, opposition in the Gr.3 Albany Stakes and Weatherbys Super Sprint a bit too much. Dropped back to maiden company yesterday, she War Pass - High Cholesterol (Smart Strike) raced into the lead at the furlong marker and just held on from WON: Gr.3 Zawawi Cup, 16th July the newcomer Mont Royal (Naaqoos). She is a half-sister to the Italian Gr.3-placed French Quebec (Excellent Art) and is the fifth winner and sixth foal out of Soul Mountain (Rock Of Gibraltar). GREY GALLEON (USA), 2c, The latter is a winning full-sister to the Listed-placed Mizzen Mast - Floresta (Forest Camp) Londonintherain and a half-sister to the US Gr.2 winner Girl Warrior (Elusive Quality). They are among the five winners and WON: maiden, 25th July seven foals produced by Qhazeenah (Marju), a winning half- sister to the Gr.3 (then) winner Ranin (Unfuwain). ICE ROYAL (Ire), 3g, The third dam, the Listed-placed Nafhaat (Roberto), also Frozen Power - Salford Princess (Titus Livius) produced the Listed-placed duo Wahchi () and Ghalib (Soviet Star) and is the second dam of the South African and UAE WON: class 4 handicap, 20th July Gr.2 winner Mujaarib.

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Soul Mountain’s yearling filly was bought in for BREEZE-UP SALE 26,000gns at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale and is catalogued Winning Graduates as Lot 335 in Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. 5.50 YARMOUTH, EBF 2YO MAIDEN, 7F 15 July 2016 - 3 August 2016 ebfstallions.com KARALEINE (Ire), 3f, Baltic King - Finty () 1. WINSTON C (Ire), 2c, 3rd: Norsk 1,000 Guineas, 15th July Rip Van Winkle – Pitrizza (Machiavellian) O: W J & T C O Gredley, B: Patrick F Kelly, T: Michael Bell LADY GIO (Ire), 2f, 80,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale by Glenvale Stud Kodiac - Mojita (Montjeu) 55,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2 WON: maiden, Naples, 27th July by W J Gredley Distances: nk, shd. 7 ran.

LAUGHTON (GB), 3c, Making his debut, Winston C (Rip Van Winkle) was held up and Acclamation - Peach Pearl (Invincible Spirit) made a forward move from over a furlong out, and despite running green, got up to lead near the line. He is a half-brother to WON: class 3 handicap, 28th July the Listed winner Snow Watch and the Gr.3 Tyros Stakes-third Vilasol, both by Verglas, out of the winning Machiavellian mare LOADED (Ire), 3g, Pitrizza. She is a half-sister to the winners Freeway (Exit To Kodiac - Fikrah (Medicean) Nowhere; dam of the Listed winner Stop Making Sense) and Anacapri (Anabaa; dam of the Gr.1 Rheinland-Pokal-third WON: maiden, 19th July Akiem). Their dam is the unraced Unopposed (Sadler’s Wells), a daughter of the juvenile winner Midnight Lady (Mill Reef). She is MAAKAASIB (GB), 2c, also dam of the Listed winners Kathmandu (Kaldounevees) and Party Doll (Be My Guest; dam of the dual Gr.2 winner and sire Equiano - Majoune (Take Risks) Titus Livius, the Gr.2 German 1,000 Guineas winner Briseida, and WON: maiden, 19th July the Listed-placed pair Bahama Dream and Party Zone; grandam of the Champion German Two-Year-Old Colt Brisanto, the Listed MARKHAN (USA), 3c, winner Mostaneer and the Stakes winner Notacloudinthesky), the triple winner Moonlight Dreams (Caerleon; dam of the Birdstone - Royal Flush (Smart Strike) Stakes winner Dreams Come True; grandam of the Gr.3 winner Moonee Valley) and the dams of the Listed winners It’s Midnight, WON: handicap, Naas, 20th July Salpado and Streisand. Pitrizza’s yearling Kodiac filly was bought for 55,000gns at MEHMAS (Ire), 2c, Tattersalls last December by Hillwood Bloodstock. Acclamation - Lucina (Machiavellian) 6.40 KEMPTON, EBF 2YO F MAIDEN, 7FAW WON: Gr.2 Richmond Stakes, 28th July

MOKARRIS (USA), 2c, ebfstallions.com More Than Ready - Limonar (Street Cry) WON: LR Rose Bowl Stakes, 15th July 1. FIRE PALACE (GB), 2f, Royal Applause – Inflammable (Montjeu) MONT KIARA (Fr), 3g, O: Edwin S Phillips, B: B & B Equine Limited, T: Robert Eddery 1,800gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale Kendargent - Xaarienne () by E Phillips WON: class 2 handicap, 23rd July Distances: shd, 6l. 7 ran. Making a quick turnaround from her debut a week ago, Fire NEARLY CAUGHT (Ire), 6g, Palace (Royal Applause) raced in second and was ridden two New Approach - Katch Me Katie (Danehill) from home and soon was in front. She was joined by Snow Squaw (Excelebration) soon after and the pair set to a battle, WON: LR Prix du Carrousel, 21st July with the winner having her head in front on the line. Fire Palace is a half-sister to the winner Midnight Mood (Aqlaam), out of the

14 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 RACING REVIEW EBN: THURSDAY, 4TH AUGUST 2016 winning Montjeu mare Inflammable. She is a half-sister to the winner Aglow (Spinning World; dam of the German Listed BREEZE-UP SALE winner Altair Star and the Listed-placed Aden Gulf), out of the Listed John Musker Stakes winner Flame Valley (Gulch). The Winning Graduates third dam is the Listed (then) Prix Imprudence winner Lightning Fire (Kris), also dam of the Gr.2 (then) All Along Stakes winner 15 July 2016 - 3 August 2016 Beyrouth (Alleged; dam of the Mrs Penny Stakes-third Air Adair) and the dam of the Swedish Listed runner-up Cyber World. This is the further family of the Gr.1-winning sires Common Grounds DANCER (Ire), 2c, and Kris Kin. This is also the family of the day’s French Listed Alfred Nobel - Marianne’s Dancer (Bold Fact) Criterium du Bequet winner Spain Burg, a daughter of Sageburg. Inflammable has a yearling filly by Bated Breath (8,500gns WON: maiden, 22nd July (p/s) Tattersalls December Foal Sale by Stock Vale Bloodstock). 7.10 KEMPTON, 3YO+ MAIDEN, 1MAW NORTHERN THUNDER (Ire), 2c, 1. BALLET CONCERTO (GB), 3c, Dragon Pulse - Miss Gibraltar (Rock Of Gibraltar) Dansili – Ballet Ballon (Rahy) O: Saeed Suhail, B: Meon Valley Stud, T: Sir Michael Stoute WON: class 4 nursery, 23rd July 300,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock OVER THE OCEAN (USA), 6g, Distances: 3l, 1¾l. 11 ran. Rockport Harbor - Endless Sea (Mt Livermore) Ballet Concerto (Dansili) went straight into the lead and when 3rd: Gr.3 Zawawi Cup, 16th July looking in danger at the furlong pole, quickened again to score a decent win on his fifth start. He is a half-brother to the Gr.1 Poule PRANCELAYA (Ire), 2f, d’Essai des Poulains runner-up Havane Smoker (Dubawi) and two multiple winners by Dalakhani and Halling. They are out of Sir Prancealot - Good For Her (Rock Of Gibraltar) the winning Ballet Ballon (Rahy), a half-sister to the Listed-third WON: maiden, 21st July Design Perfection (Diesis), out of the winning Bella Ballerina (Sadler’s Wells). She is a full-sister to the Champion European Older Horse and sire Stagecraft. Other siblings include the Gr.3 PROJECT BLUEBOOK (Fr), 3g, winner Mullins Bay (Machiavellian) and the Listed winners - Apperella (Rainbow Quest) Balalaika (Sadler’s Wells; dam of the Gr.2 winner and sire Alkaadhem) and Hyabella (Shirley Heights; dam of the dual WON: class 4 handicap, 2nd August Gr.3 winner Poet; grandam of the Gr.3 winner and sire France, the Gr.3 winner Alessandro Volta, the Listed winner and sire Media RAY’S THE BAR (GB), 3c, Hype and the Listed winners Cielo Canarias and Hippy Hippy Exceed And Excel - Cosmic Fire (Dalakhani) Shake), the winner Bella Lambada (; dam of the Listed Height of Fashion Stakes winner Marsh Daisy) and the WON: allowance, Saratoga, 30th July dams of the multiple Gr.2 winner and sire Caspar Netscher and the Listed winners Maidaan and Your Old Pal. The third dam is SECOND NATURE (GB), 2c, the Gr.2 (then) Prix de l’Opera winner Bella Colora (). Ballet Ballon has a yearling colt by Dawn Approach (Lot 482 in Bated Breath - Frabjous (Pivotal) Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale). WON: maiden, 15th July 8.10 KEMPTON, 3YO+ F&M MAIDEN, 1M4FAW 1. MOORSIDE (GB), 3f, SERENGETI SKY (USA), 2c, Champs Elysees – Marching West (Gone West) Lonhro - Wild Idle (Seeking The Gold) O: K Abdullah, B: Juddmonte Farms Ltd, T: Charles Hills Distances: 1½l, 3½l. 6 ran. WON: maiden, 28th July

Runner-up on her third start in the Listed Cheshire Oaks, Moorside (Champs Elysees) raced in second and was ridden on TAHOO (Ire), 2f, turning for home, but picked up well to challenge the leader two Zebedee - Suffer Her (Whipper) out and once hitting the front at the furlong marker, she ran on well to get off the mark at the fifth attempt. She is a sibling to four WON: class 3 nursery, 23rd July winners by Beat Hollow, Champs Elysees, Sadler’s Wells and Three Valleys, out of the juvenile winner Marching West (Gone TOMMY TAYLOR (USA), 2c, West). She is a full-sister to the Champion European Two-and Mizzen Mast - Sharp Apple (Diesis) Three-Year-Old Colt and Champion Sire , the Gr.3 Prix de Cabourg winner and sire Zamindar and the Stakes-placed WON: maiden, 22nd July Western Appeal. She is also a half-sister to the Listed winner

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Kings and the Gr.3 Athasi Stakes heroine Lucky. The third dam, BREEZE-UP SALE Zummerudd (), has also bred the Gr.2 Prix Robert Papin hero and sire General Monash (Thorn Dance) and the Gr.3 Palace Winning Graduates House Stakes and Gr.3 (then) Queen Mary Stakes third Furajet (; dam of the Gr.2 Prix du Rond-Point victor and Gr.1 15 July 2016 - 3 August 2016 Prix de la Foret second and sire China Visit). This is also the family of the multiple Stakes-placed and very useful dual purpose runner Steps To Freedom, the Australian Listed winners Oridane and VENTURA STORM (Ire), 2c, Rare Diamond, and the Italian Stakes scorer Golden Pivotal. Zoffany - Sarawati (Haafhd) Amethystos has a yearling filly by Epaulette (€8,000 vendor at Goffs’ November Foal Sale). WON: LR Glasgow Stakes, 15th July 6.30 SLIGO, NURSERY, 7F 1. DUCK EGG BLUE (Ire), 2f, WEEKEND OFFENDER (Fr), 3g, Haatef – Sapphire Spray (Viking ) Lope De Vega - Huroof (Pivotal) O/B: Mrs K Prendergast, T: K Prendergast €4,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale WON: class 4 handicap, 27th July by Mike Carty Distances: ½l, 2½l. 6 ran.

Choice Spirit (Danzig; grandam of the Gr.1 Prix Jean Romanet Duck Egg Blue (Haatef) coped well with the testing conditions winner Announce and the Gr.3 Prix de la Grotte winner Mexican to grind out a narrow success over Gifted Lady (Bushranger). Gold), the Gr.3 runner-up and sire Shuttle Diplomacy (Seeking She is a full-sister to the winning juvenile My Sapphire and they The Gold), the three-time Listed-placed sire Press Baron (Private are out of the winning Sapphire Spray (Viking Ruler). The Account), the Listed-placed sire Botanic (Mr Prospector), the second dam, Rainbow Melody (Rainbows For Life), produced winner Bold Empress (Diesis; dam of the Listed-placed Tsar’s five successful offspring headed by the dual Gr.3-placed American Pride; grandam of the Gr.2 winner Daring Love, the Italian Gr.3 runner Musical Rain (Val Royal). Rainbow Melody is also a half- winner Exhibit One and the Listed winner Irish Rookie) and the sister to the Rous Stakes victor and Gr.1 Nunthorpe Stakes third unraced Descant (Nureyev; dam of the Gr.3 winner Cougar Indian Prince (Indian Ridge). The third dam, Lingering Melody Mountain). The second dam is the Gr.3 winner Zaizafon (The (Nordico), is a half-sister to the Gr.2 (then) Queen Anne Stakes Minstrel), a half-sister to the Hong Kong Gr.3-placed Magnified and Gr.2 hero and sire Alflora () and (). The third dam is the Gr.2 (then) Spring Cup-third the Stakes-winning Na-Ammah (Ela-Mana-Mou; dam of the Gr.3 Mofida (Right Tack). Derrinstown Derby Trial third River Canyon). Marching West has a yearling filly by Kyllachy. Sapphire Spray has a yearling full-sister to the winner and foaled a colt by Gale Force Ten in March. IRELAND 8.00 SLIGO, 3YO CONDITIONS, 1M2½F 1. SEA SWIFT (Ire), 3f, High Chaparral – Agnetha (Big Shuffle) 6.00 SLIGO, EBF 2YO MAIDEN AUCTION, 7F 2nd dam Aerleona (Caerleon) 3rd dam Alata (Le Levanstell) O: Calumet Farm, B: Mrs C L Weld, T: D K Weld ebfstallions.com 210,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by Armando Duarte, consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment 1. JOSE ECHEGARAY (Ire), 2c, 2. My Brother (Ire), 3. Landsman (Ire) Lope De Vega – Amethystos (Danehill Dancer) Distances: 11l, 4½l. 4 ran. O: M Quinlan, B: C Griffin, T: A Slattery Pedigree: EBN2016-06-23 €9,800 Goffs November Foal Sale by Emerald Bloodstock (p/s) €17,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale by Meadowview Stables FRANCE £20,000 Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Breeze-Up Sale Distances: 3l, 2½l. 8 ran. 4.50 (BST) LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, 2YO DEBUTANTES, 1400M 1. ONTHEMOONAGAIN (Fr), 2f, Jose Echegaray (Lope De Vega) did run quite well in two decent Cape Cross – Ma Preference (American Post) maidens last month and he took full advantage of a drop in class O: Jl Tepper & G Augustin-Normand, B: Pat Chedeville, to deal with the once-raced Ontheiflist (Iffraaj). He is the first T: Jean-Claude Rouget produce of the unraced Amethystos (Danehill Dancer), who is a €55,000 Arqana October Yearling Sale by J-C Rouget daughter of the Listed Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Distances: 1½l, 3½l. 11 ran. heroine and Gr.1 Irish 1,000 Guineas second Amethyst (Sadler’s Wells). She bred five winners, while she is a full-sister to the Gr.1 Onthemoonagain (Cape Cross) finished very strongly for a 2,000 Guineas, Gr.1 Irish National Stakes victor and sire King Of decent debut and she is a half-sister to the NH winner Flying

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Tiger (Soldier Of Fortune), and they are out of Gr.3 Prix Fille de DYLAN THOMAS l’Air victrix Ma Preference (American Post). She is out of the dual Dilinger (Ire), 4c, ex Chiquita Linda (Mujadil) winner Restless Mixa (Linamix), who also produced the Listed- Roston-on-Don, , Jul 10, 4yo+ cond, 1800m, £56 placed winners Noble Request (Highest Honor) and Mes Bleus B: Nanallac Stud Yeux (Exit To Nowhere), the former also winner of the Gr.2 Scottish Champion Hurdle. Restless Mixa is a half-sister to the Gr.1 ELUSIVE CITY Elusive Thought (Ire), 6g, ex Thought Is Free (Cadeaux Genereux) winner Resless Kara (Akarad; dam of the Listed- Ovrevoll, Norway, Jul 6, 3yo+, 1730m, £1,763 placed Restless Carl), Gr.3 Prix Reservoirs winner Restiver (River B: Mrs Fitri Hay River; dam of the Gr.3-placed Restiv Star), the Gr.2-placed sire Restless War (Akarad), and the Listed-placed trio Son Of Ski (Son ELZAAM Of Silver), Rich Man (R B Chesne) and Restikala (; dam of Lady (Ire), 2f, ex Tiger Desert () the Listed winner Restifia). The third dam is the unraced Restless Tagliacozzo, Italy, Jul 10, 2yo claimer, 1600m, £1,470 Girl (). B: Highpark Bloodstock Ma Preference has an Elusive City yearling colt. BR EXCELLENT ART 5.20 (BST) LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, 2YO DEBUTANTS, 1400M Pulgar (Ire), 4g, ex Ziride () 1. BLOOKHEAD (Fr), 2c, Dax, France, Jul 7, 4yo+ hcap, 1200m, £5,882 Sageburg – To Much Fun (Act One) B: J Gribomont O: Safsaf Canarias, B: Haras du Ma & JPJ Dubois, T: Yan Durepaire FASTNET ROCK €20.000 Osarus September Yearling Sale by MAB Agency Fastnet Thunder (Ire), 3c, ex Fountain Of Peace (Kris S) Distances: ½l, 6l. 9 ran. Dieppe, France, Jul 12, 3yo, 1800m, £5,882 B: Fountain of Peace Syndicate & Flaxman Holdings Blookhead (Sageburg) begun his career with this win and he is Duke Of Burden (Ire), 3g, ex Wewantitall (Pivotal) a full-brother to the Gr.3 hurdle runner-up Magie Du Ma, and Jagersro, Sweden, Jul 16, Swedish Derby, 3yo, 2400mAW, £60,289 they are out of the winner To Much Fun (Act One), who herself is B: Bjarne Minde a half-sister to the Malaysian Listed victor Monsili (Dansili). The Natty (Ire), 3f, ex So Stylish () second dam is the placed Mountcat (Mountain Cat) and she is a Castera Verduzan, France, Jul 17, 3yo maiden, 2400m, £3,676 half-sister to three Listed scorers, Restrained (Robellino; dam of B: Mt Brilliant Farm & Ranch Llc French Listed winner Resting; grandam of the Stakes-winning sire Mangrove), Blash () and National Service FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND (Master Willie). She is also a half-sister to the Gr.2 (then) Sun Greenshoe (Ire), 3f, ex Nymfia (Invincible Spirit) Chariot Stakes runner-up On The Staff (Master Willie) and the Maisons-Laffitte, France, Jul 17, 3yof hcap, 1400m, £8,455 dual winner Vertigineux (Kris S; dam of the great Zenyatta, the B: Stilvi Compania Financiera three-time Gr.1 winner Balance and the Listed winner Where’s Bailey). The third dam is the winner For The Flag (Forli). FRANKEL To Much Fun has a yearling filly, who is a full-sister to the winner Toulifaut (Ire), 2f, ex Cassydora (Darshaan) and a colt foal. BR Clairefontaine, France, Jul 9, unraced 2yof, 1400m, £9,191 B: Barronstown Stud

FROZEN POWER BREEDERS’ ROUND-UP Perchta (Ire), 3f, ex Garnock Academy (Royal Academy) Lysa Nad Labem, Czech Republic, Jul 6, 3yo, 2200m, £409 IRISH BRED WINNERS ABROAD B: Ballyhane Stud Ciccarelli (Ire), 3c, ex Queen Fisher (Scottish Reel) DICK TURPIN Gothenburg, Sweden, Jul 10, 3yo maiden, 1300m, £2,411 Highway Trouble (Ire), 3f, ex Ballroom Dancer (Danehill Dancer) B: Ballyhane Stud Naples, Italy, Jul 9, 3yo maiden, 1000m, £2,573 B: Hyde Park Stud

DREAM AHEAD STAKES FIELDS Supersonic Dreamer (Ire), 3c, ex Birmanie (Aldebaran) Compiegne, France, Jul 11, 3yo claimer, 1600m, £6,985 IRELAND B: Ecures des Monceaux Spectre (Ire), 3c ex Lidanski (Soviet Star) Gr.3 BALLYROAN STAKES, Leopardstown, 1m4f, 3yo+, Jagersro, Sweden, Jul 16, 3yo, 1200mAW, £1,607 1st €37,200, 2nd €12,000, 3rd €5,700, 7.25pm B: Ballylinch Stud (Ire), 4c, Galileo – One Moment In Time (Danehill) DUBAWI AGNES STEWART (Ire), 4f, Shkhara (Ire), 3f, ex (Barathea) Lawman – Anice Stellato (Dalakhani) Chateauroux, France, Jul 10, 3yo, 2300m, £2,941 ALMELA (Ire), 4f, B: Darley Sea The Stars – Aliya (Darshaan)

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