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Andrew Caulfield, August 28, 2007–Hard Spun P EDIGREE INSIGHTS For good measure, two of Danzig=s previous Grade I winners were also in good form as stallions last week. BY ANDREW CAULFIELD Although Langfuhr was responsible for the Grade II winner Last Answer, he was comprehensively Saturday, Saratoga Race Course overshadowed by Danehill=s feat of taking the G1 KING'S BISHOP S.-GI, $250,000, SAR, 8-25, 3yo, 7f, Yorkshire Oaks and the G2 Celebration Mile with his 1:22 1/5, ft. tough daughters Peeping Fawn and Echelon. 1BsHARD SPUN, 121, c, 3, by Danzig Four grandsons of Danzig were also responsible for 1st Dam: Turkish Tryst (SW & GSP), by Turkoman European group winners, with three individual sons of 2nd Dam: Darbyvail, by Roberto Danehill (Clodovil, Danehill Dancer and Dansili) being 3rd Dam: Luiana, by *My Babu represented by two-year-olds which look capable of O-Fox Hill Farms, Inc; B-Michael Moran & Brushwood making their mark in Group 1 company before the end Stable (PA); T-J Larry Jones; J-Mario G Pino; of the year. $150,000. Lifetime Record: 11-6-2-1, $1,393,470. Incidentally, Clodovil could be a name to remember. *1/2 to Wild Current (Wild Again), MSP, $273,218; He was winning for the fifth time in five starts when he and Our Rite of Spring (Stravinsky), SW, $141,000. triumphed in a non-vintage Poule d=Essai des Pouliches Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style in 2003, but these victories were followed by three pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. unplaced finishes, which knocked some of the gloss off Purple patches that highlight Danzig=s enormous his reputation. Clodovil=s appeal as a potential stallion contribution to the modern-day Thoroughbred are probably wasn=t helped by his lack off size (he stands common enough, but last week takes some beating. 15.2), and his initial fee of i12,000 was quickly The King=s Bishop S. victory of his admirably reduced to only i8,000 in his second season. One competitive son Hard Spun provided the former thing in Clodovil=s favour was that he was based at champion sire with his 48th individual Grade I winner (if Rathasker Stud, an establishment with a solid you are prepared to include winners in Peru and reputation for Amaking@ inexpensive stallions. Singapore). Caulfield cont. www.coolmore.com And the Danehill magic also seems to be working in When Hard Spun eventually joins the stallion ranks at Clodovil=s favor, as the winners from his comparatively Darley, this wonderfully tough and consistent performer small first crop (48 foals) include the Group 2 scorer will have to convince American breeders that he is Nahoodh, the highly rated French colt Minted (who capable of making a bigger impact on American racing carries TDN Rising Star status) and the dual winners than some of Danzig=s other Grade I winners. On the Cristal Clear and Secret Asset. plus side, the Grade II winner Exchange Rate is showing To get back to Hard Spun, he again raises the distinct promise, Military has made the most of his confusing topic of veteran stallions, as he was limited opportunities and Langfuhr has become a fixture conceived when Danzig had reached the advanced age among the leading sires by American earnings. The of 26. Of course, no long-lived stallion can be expected proliferation of all-weather tracks may also help. to sire a Grade I winner in every crop, and Danzig had Hard Spun=s emergence acts as a reminder of one of the odd blank year as a younger horse. But surely there Darby Dan Farm=s famous female lines--the one was every reason to sound the alarm when the first descending from Banquet Bell. It was this daughter of four crops sired by Danzig after reaching the age of 20 Polynesian who provided John W. Galbreath with all failed to produce a Grade I winner in a major racing Primonetta, a champion older mare, and Chateaugay, a country (with apologies to Singapore). winner of the Kentucky Derby and Belmont S. Another However, Danzig=s Grade I days were far from over, of Banquet Bell=s foals, Luiana, gave Darby Dan Little as his 21st crop produced the Group 1 winners Current, winner of the Preakness and Belmont. Hard Librettist and Ad Valorem and his 23rd crop contains Spun was therefore well qualified to run prominently in not only Hard Spun, but also the Poule d=Essai des the Triple Crown events. Poulains winner Astronomer Royal. In other words, Hard Spun=s second dam Darbyvail was a winning Danzig hasn=t suffered from the diminishing returns daughter of Darby Dan=s excellent stallion Roberto, and which affect some veterans. his dam, Turkish Tryst, is by Turkoman, a champion Interestingly, Hard Spun=s rise to the ranks of Grade I older horse who started his stallion career at Darby Dan winners came a day after Deputy Minister=s daughter at a fee of $60,000. Sadly Turkoman--together with Miss Shop had achieved the same feat. Deputy several of Alydar=s other top sons--proved a serious Minister, of course, sired a succession of Grade I disappointment as a sire, though he did sire two Grade winners and became champion sire in 1997 and 1998. I-winning sons in Man From Wicklow and Turk Passer. In fact, he sired a total of 14 individual Grade I winners Two of the better racemares by Turkoman have made in his first 11 crops, of which only three drew a blank some amends, with Turkish Tryst producing Hard Spun at Grade I level. Oddly, his next nine crops--sired and Turko=s Turn being the dam of Horse of the Year between the ages of 16 and 24--have so far produced Point Given. only three Grade I winners. My theory for this tale of Before leaving the topic of Danzig, I can=t not pay two halves is that Deputy Minister possibly suffered tribute to his remarkable grand daughter Peeping Fawn, from competition from his fashionable stallion sons, who has notched up four consecutive Group 1 victories whereas Danzig may have benefited from the fact that by a total of 11 lengths. She has therefore matched the his best stallion sons were based in Europe. exceptional achievements of Rags To Riches, who, by an extraordinary coincidence, is out of Better Than HARD SPUN, c, 2004 Honour, a half-sister to Peeping Fawn=s dam Maryinsky. Nearco (Ity) With Danehill as her sire and a Sadler=s Wells mare as Nearctic *Lady Angela her dam, Peeping Fawn represents a coalition of Northern Dancer Native Dancer Coolmore s most outstanding sires. Although this cross Natalma = Almahmoud Danzig creates 3x3 inbreeding to Northern Dancer and 4x4x4 Crafty Admiral Admiral’s Voyage to Natalma, it was sure to appeal greatly to breeders Olympia Lou Pas De Nom and there are around 60 Northern Hemisphere Petition (GB) *Petitioner representatives aged three or up. Steady Aim (GB) Raise a Native It has so far produced five group winners, headed by Alydar Sweet Tooth the Group 1 winners Horatio Nelson and Peeping Fawn Turkoman Table Play and the Group 2 winners Irresistible Jewel and Five Taba (Arg) Turkish Tryst Filipina (Arg) Dynasties. The cross has also produced the 2007 5Fls, 1GSW Hail to Reason Roberto Group 3 winner Alexander of Hales, the Listed winner Darbyvail Bramalea Race Record Billy The Kid and Abby Road, the Classic-placed 4Fls, 3W, 1SW Luiana *My Babu Roosevelt and Chevalier, who failed by only a neck to 16Fls, 2GISW Banquet Bell defeat Dalak-hani in the G1 Criterium International. Danehill also sired the American Grade I winner Luas Line from a granddaughter of Sadler=s Wells, and the 1000 Guineas fourth Dolores from another. Danehill=s sons Danetime, Danehill Dancer and Dansili have all sired group winners from daughters of Sadler=s Wells, with Dansili siring the Group 1 winner Passage of Time, so this cross seems sure to enjoy even greater popularity..