TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here FASTNET ROCKS KARAKA DAY ONE COUP DE GRACE OFF THE DERBY TRAIL Australia=s former Champion Sire Fastnet Rock (Aus) Following a 10th-place effort in Saturday=s GII Holy was all the rage during the opening session of New Bull S., Fox Hill Farm=s Coup de Grace (Tapit) will be Zealand Bloodstock=s Premier Yearling Sale at the taken off the Kentucky Derby trail, according to owner Karaka sales complex Rick Porter. Coup de Grace had been successful in his near Auckland yesterday. six-furlong debut at Aqueduct Nov. 9 and going a mile The Coolmore sire was in a Gulfstream optional claimer Dec. 15. AWe were not responsible for the three sure whether Coup de Grace could handle two turns top-priced lots, headed by and how far he could run effectively,@ Porter wrote in a a colt out of dual Classic statement on the Fox Hill Farm=s website. A[Trainer] winner Katie Lee (Aus) Chad [Brown] had his apprehensions about him going (Pins {Aus}), hammered long since he first ran. One thing we thought we would down to Graeme and surely discover from the Holy Bull S. was whether he Fastnet Rock Debbie Rogerson for could handle two turns and go another sixteenth of a www.coolmore.com NZ$800,000 mile. We did not discover either.@ (US$659,584). The disappointed Porter continued, AThe race was a The key figures experienced marginal changes. The disaster for us, but he seems to have come out of the average, which was last year fueled by an race fine and he will live to run another day. Chad and I NZ$1,975,000 session-topper, was down 6% to will discuss our options, but the Derby trail is not one NZ$151,346, while the median rose 2% to of them. We will probably take him back to one turn NZ$120,000. The gross was down about NZ$1.7 and see how he responds. He has a lot of talent and he million to NZ$23,761,500 with 12 more horses through will be a stakes horse this year.@ the ring. The buyback rate climbed to 27.6%. Cont. p3 MORE JOYOUS IN FOAL TO FRANKEL Eight-time Australian Group 1-winner More Joyous JAKKALBERRY RETIRED (NZ) (More Than Ready) is back in Australia and has Italian Group 1 winner Jakkalberry (Ire) (Storming been confirmed in-foal to Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) by Home {GB}--Claba Di San Jore {Ire}, by Barathea {Ire}), owner-breeder John Singleton, according to Racing who also took the 2012 American St. Leger and last Post. The 7-year-old traveled to Britain to be covered as year=s G2 Dubai City of Gold, has been retired after part of the first Southern Hemisphere-time book of suffering a setback. Frankel, whose first Northern Hemisphere foals are The 8-year-old, who beginning to arrive. had not run since his City of Gold victory last March, won a Wolverhampton conditions race last week, and was preparing for a return trip to Dubai. The Jakkalberry globetrotting veteran Horsephotos also finished third in the 2012 G1 Melbourne Cup and G1 Dubai Sheema Classic. He won the G1 Gran Premio de Milano in 2010. Owned by Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock, Jakkalberry retires with 12 wins from 29 starts and earnings of $2,213,520. AHe came home from his win at Wolverhampton in great form and all was looking set for Dubai, where we had planned to take him to win the G2 City of Gold for the second year,@ trainer Marco Botti said. AHe returned back from exercise this morning a little sore. Exploratory tests have told us that this is the time to call it a day with him.@ Cont. p7

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Katie Lee Colt Keeps It In The Family... The husband and wife training team of Graeme and Debbie Rogerson crafted the career of Katie Lee--the only filly to have won New Zealand=s G1 2000 Guineas and G1 1000 Guineas--who raced in the silks of Sir Patrick and Lady Hogan of Cambridge Stud. The Rogersons will now be responsible for the mare=s first foal, lot 73, after going to NZ$800,000 to secure the colt early in the session Monday. AKatie Lee was a great mare, and Debbie=s got a close affinity with her,@ commented Graeme Rogerson. AWhat she did for us, there=s no other filly like her.@ AOn type, this colt is very strong,@ he added. AWe debated when driving up today, but in the end Debbie said >I want that horse.= I valued him higher than what we got him for, and there are a lot of people that want to go in on him already. Who knows, he might end up standing back at Cambridge Stud. We need those sorts of horses in New Zealand--look at Savabeel (Aus) and what he=s achieved already.@ The second-highest price--and top price for a filly--of the day came when Coolmore=s Tom Magnier lodged the winning bid of NZ$700,000 for lot 139, a daughter of listed winner and G1 Crown Oaks runner-up Miss Scarlatti (NZ) (Stravinsky {Aus}) from the Pencarrow Stud consignment. Magnier went to the same sum for a Fastnet Rock filly at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale earlier in the month. Coolmore has had luck with fillies by its resident stallion, having campaigned standouts Atlantic Jewel (Aus) and Sea Siren (Aus). AThe Fastnet Rock fillies have been very popular, and she=s a lovely type so all we need now is a little bit of luck,@ said Magnier. AWe=ll take her home and then decide what we=ll do with her and who will train her.@ AShe is a credit to the team at Pencarrow,@ Magnier added. AThey have had all of their horses looking fantastic again this year.@

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Ellis On Top... David Ellis of Te Akau Stud topped the buyer=s list for the day, signing for 25 yearlings for NZ$4,095,000-- and an average of NZ$163,380--headed by lot 207, a Fastnet Rock colt, for NZ$680,000. The youngster hails from Curraghmore Stud, which last year ended Cambridge Stud=s 31-year run as the leading vendor at the Premier sale. He is out of Randaroo (Gold Case), a six-time graded stakes winner in New York, Florida and Maryland for Joe Allen and trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. Randaroo was also three- times Grade I-placed. The yearling is the seventh foal from Randaroo, who has already produced GII La Canada-second Gripsholm Castle (Dynaformer). At the conclusion of day one, Ellis is on track to become the leading buyer at Karaka for Lot 207 the ninth consecutive year. NZB Photo

Where The Money Was... New Zealand buyers were responsible for 43% of the day=s total spend, up 28% from last year. Trainer Graham Richardson, who bought six yesterday, said: AThere are a lot of nice horses here this year, especially quality fillies with strong pedigrees. I=ve purchased an O=Reilly filly, a Keeper filly and three Darci Brahma fillies, supporting New Zealand sires that are particularly strong currently.@ He added: AThis is the right year to be buying here at Karaka for New Zealanders. With the increasing prize money and expanding bonus schemes such as the Karaka Million and Pearl Series, there is plenty of upside to being based in New Zealand.@ As per usual, Hong Kong made its presence felt as well, with 16 yearlings purchased for NZ$3,410,000 headed for that nation. The Hong Kong Jockey Club ended the first session as the second-leading buyer after signing for eight lots for NZ$1,985,000, led by an NZ$400,000 Fastnet Rock colt. Australian buyers were responsible for 35% of the day=s total turnover, with Duncan Ramage of DGR Thoroughbred Services, Gai Waterhouse Racing/James Harron Bloodstock, and Moody Racing amongst those signing for multiple lots. AIn a similar vein to the first day=s trade last year, the market heated up steadily as the day progressed,@ commented NZB Co-Managing Director Petrea Vela. AThere is an extremely broad international buying bench on site and active, and there were also some very encouraging signs from our local market with significantly increased activity from the same day last year. Overall, there=s pleasing strength to the middle market as reflected in the increased median, and by all accounts tomorrow=s line-up should attract some great competition.@ TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/28/14 • PAGE 5 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

Sire Trends... While Fastnet Rock dominated the action on the whole, a few other sires made a strong impact yesterday. Rip Van Winkle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who stands in the Southern Hemisphere at New Zealand=s Windsor Park Stud, was the leading first season sire by aggregate and average on the session, with 16 selling for a total of NZ$2,085,000 and an average of NZ$130,313. Makfi (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) followed hot on his heels, with an aggregate of NZ$885,000 and an average of NZ$126,429 for seven lots sold. David Redvers, racing manager to Sheikh Fahad al Thani, signed for three lots for NZ$170,000, NZ$150,000 and NZ$200,000, including one each with leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller and Bruce Slade=s Round Table Racing, which syndicates horses for Gai Waterhouse. Makfi stands the Northern Hemisphere season at Redvers= Tweenhills Stud. AWe cannot emphasize enough how excited we are about this horse at home, and these are three outstanding individuals by him, all with decent pages,@ Redvers told Breednet.com.au. "These David Redvers & Sheikh Fahad three will go to Sydney Racing Post for either Gai Waterhouse or Chris Waller, I haven't decided who will get what.@ The second and final session of the Premier Sale will Redvers told the site he thought his purchases were take place tomorrow, beginning at 10:30 a.m. local good value. time, with the Select Sale following on from there. Full AThey're certainly very good value here compared to results, catalogues, and live streaming of the New what they would make in Europe,@ he said. ADubawi is Zealand Bloodstock National Sales Series are available such a phenomenon at home, he and Galileo are on a at www.nzb.co.nz. Click here to share this story. level pegging, so they are not cheap horses to buy, but these New Zealand yearlings are certainly very good value.@ High Chaparral (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells), sire of standout New Zealand-breds It=s a Dundeel (NZ) and So You (718) 978-8200 Think (NZ), proved ever-popular, with six of nine www.mersant.com through the ring sold at an average of NZ$210,000. Last year=s ill-fated Australian Champion First Season Sponsors of the following stats for the: Sire Northern Meteor (Aus) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}) NEW ZEALAND BLOODSTOCK PREMIER YEARLING SALE had just one go through the ring yesterday, which sold SESSION TOTALS 2014 2013 for NZ$410,000 to Hong Kong interests. Waikato Stud Catalogued 240 220 stalwarts O=Reilly (NZ) (Last Tycoon) and Savabeel No. Offered 217 205 (Aus) (Zabeel {Aus}) recorded strong strike rates. The No. Sold 157 158 former had 16 of 23 through the ring sell for an RNAs 60 47 average of NZ$143,438, while the latter produced an % RNAs 27.6% 22.9% average of NZ$164,706 for 17 of 21 through the ring High Price NZ$800,000 NZ$1,975,000 Gross NZ$23,761,500 NZ$25,490,500 sold. Zabeel (NZ) (Sir Tristram {Ire}), pensioned from Average (% change) NZ$151,346 (-6%) NZ$161,332 stud duties late last year, is represented by his second Median (% change) NZ$120,000 (+2%) NZ$117,500 to last crop at Karaka this week. The 11 that went through the ring yesterday resulted in seven sales and A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will four buybacks. Top price of NZ$320,000 was paid by indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a s will New Zealand Bloodstock as agent for a colt out of a denote a first-time Grade/Group 1 winner, a + will daughter of G1 Oakleigh Plate winner Dantelah (NZ) indicate first-time starters, an (S) will be used for state- (Volksraad {NZ}). His seven sold averaged bred races, a (C) will be used for maiden-claiming races NZ$188,571. and an (R) will be used for other restricted races. Admirable Admiral ... Kitten that is

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NZB PREMIER YEARLING SALE SESSION ONE TOPPERS Lot Sex Sire Dam Price (NZ$) 73 c Fastnet Rock (Aus) Katie Lee (Aus) 800,000 B-Sir Patrick & Lady Hogan Consigned by Cambridge Stud Purchased by Rogerson Bloodstock 139 f Fastnet Rock (Aus) Miss Scarlatti (NZ) 700,000 B-Breeding Capital Australia & P J & P M Vela Ltd Consigned by Pencarrow Stud Purchased by Mr T Magnier 207 c Fastnet Rock (Aus) Randaroo 680,000 B-Glemel Pty Ltd Consigned by Curraghmore Stud Purchased by Mr DC Ellis 182 c Savabeel (Aus) Pins On Ice (NZ) 450,000 B-Waikato Stud Ltd. Consigned by Waikato Stud Purchased by B2B Bloodstock 224 c Northern Meteor (Aus) Sahara Desert (Aus) 410,000 B-Michael Wallace Bloodstock Ltd Consigned by Lyndhurst Farm Purchased by Mr M Chang 160 f Commands (Aus) Octapussy (Aus) 410,000 B-Sir Patrick & Lady Hogan & P J Walker Consigned by Cambridge Stud Purchased by DGR Thoroughbred Services 110 f Encosta de Lago (Aus) Love Diamonds (Aus) 400,000 B-Sir Patrick & Lady Hogan Consigned by Cambridge Stud Purchased by DC Ellis/Tom Magnier 127 f Fastnet Rock (Aus) Memories of You (Ire) 400,000 B-Roncon, Chelsaus Consigned by Curraghmore Stud Purchased by Mr DC Ellis 158 c Fastnet Rock (Aus) Ocean Pearl (GB) 400,000 B-Orpendale, Cobra Bloodstock Australia Pty Ltd Consigned by Curraghmore Stud Purchased by The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Reunion de famille! Goldikova, Galikova et Born Gold!- @wagihe2012 [el halouat wagihe] TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/28/14 • PAGE 7 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com BLACK-TYPE PREVIEWS

Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 4:20 p.m. EST WITHERS S.-GIII, $250,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Uncle Sigh Indian Charlie Morales Contessa 116 2 Street Gent K Street Sense Ortiz Jr Gyarmati 116 3 Scotland K Horse Greeley Carmouche Dutrow 116 4 Classic Giacnroll Giacomo Velasquez Guerrero 116 5 Samraat Noble Causeway Ortiz Violette Jr 118 6 Honorable Judge Afleet Alex Bisono Reid Jr 118

Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 2:50 p.m. EST TOBOGGAN S.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo/up, 6f PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Sensational Slam K Grand Slam Castellno Jr Quick 118 2 Don Tito Trippi Arroyo Rodriguez 116 3 Non Stop Successful Appeal Lezcano Cannizzo 116 4 Bet the Power Albert the Great Ortiz Terranova II 118 5a Strapping Groom Johannesburg Ortiz Jr Jacobson 123 6 Dads Caps Discreet Cat Velasquez Rodriguez 116 7 Candyman E Candy Ride (Arg) Lopez Jacobson 120 8a Praetereo K Giant's Causeway Cohen Jacobson 116

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Jakkalberry Retired (cont. from p1) A[Jakkalberry] is fine in himself and in great spirits, but it would be unfair to keep persevering with him,@ trainer Marco Botti continued. AHe has been a great horse for all of the team--he ran so well in the Melbourne Cup, this has to be one of the many highlights in his career. He has been a delight to train and we have had some brilliant fun with his supportive owners, Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock. We would hope to now find him a job as a stallion.@ Click here to share this story.

AMBER SKY STRAIGHT TO AL QUOZ Amber Sky (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), impressive winner of Sunday=s Centenary Sprint Cup up the five furlong straight at Sha Tin, could make his next start in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan Mar. 29, trainer Ricky Yiu told South China Morning Post. Yui indicated that the 4-year-old would likely skip the Chairman=s Sprint Prize, the second leg of the local sprint series, going 1200 meters Feb. 16. AHe's a bit of a one-dimensional horse--1000 meters straight is what he's best at," Yiu told the Post. "Let's forget about 1200 meters, at least around a bend for now. We are very interested to see whether he can run 1200 meters up a straight one day--but a turn and the second leg of the sprint series would be a big risk. We are aiming for Dubai. We might head straight there." TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/28/14 • PAGE 8 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

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HOLY BULL S.-GII, $400,000, GPX, 1-25, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:42, ft. 1--CAIRO PRINCE, 122, c, 3, by Pioneerof the Nile 1st Dam: Holy Bubbette (SW & GSP, $240,995), by Holy Bull 2nd Dam: Juliac, by Accipiter 3rd Dam: Juliet, by Nearctic ($200,000 yrl '12 KEEJAN; $250,000 yrl '12 KEESEP). O-Namcook Stables, Paul Braverman, Harvey A Clarke & W Craig Robertson III; B-Richard L & Katherine H Elam (KY); T-Kiaran P McLaughlin; J-Luis Saez. $240,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, $512,000. *3/4 to Nonna Mia (Empire Maker), GISP, $127,150; and Holdin Bullets (Ghostzapper), SP. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: D+. Trained at Woodford Thoroughbreds

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Click for the brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. Over the last 10 years, the GII Holy Bull S. has fallen to future winners of the GI Florida Derby, the GI Wood Memorial S. and even the GI Kentucky Derby, plus runners-up in the Kentucky Derby and the GI Preakness. Cairo Prince=s romp in the latest edition must therefore bode very well for his future prospects. The gray colt also comes from a male line which has regularly made its presence felt on the first Saturday in May. His great-grandsire Unbridled not only won the 1990 Kentucky Derby, but also ranks as the sire and great-grandsire of Kentucky Derby winners. Unbridled also sired the dam of last year=s winner, Orb. Cairo Prince=s grandsire Empire Maker also contested the Derby but, unfortunately for the people who made him the Cairo Prince in the Holy Bull favorite, he couldn=t Leslie Martin catch Funny Cide. He did, though, beat that popular gelding on their other meetings, including in the Belmont S. Cont. p9 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/28/14 • PAGE 9 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

Cairo Prince=s sire Pioneerof the Nile also found only This bias towards the fillies is still very apparent in one too good for him at Churchill Downs, having earlier the upper echelons. Although Empire Maker=s total of built an impressive sequence of four graded victories, Grade I winners now stands at 11, fillies or mares including the GI Cashcall Futurity and the GI Santa account for nine of them and there are also three fillies Anita Derby. among his five Grade II winners. The emergence of a leading Kentucky Derby While the colts have been overshadowed by the fillies contender from the first crop by Pioneerof the Nile will on the track, it is quite possible that Empire Maker=s no doubt add to the widespread regret that Empire legacy will include a flourishing male line. The two colts Maker is no longer based in Kentucky. among Empire Maker=s GI winners were Bodemeister Empire Maker=s story highlights how quickly and Pioneerof the Nile, both now popular members of reputations can change in the bloodstock world. His fee the WinStar stallion team. in 2010 had fallen to $50,000--half its original level-- Bodemeister ranked joint-second among the and it was announced towards the end of the year that 3-year-olds on the World Thoroughbred Rankings for he had been sold to the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders= 2012, just below I=ll Have Another and level with the Association. triple European classic winner Camelot and Japanese By the end of 2012, however, he stood proudly at star Gold Ship. He owed this high ranking to a runaway the head of North America=s general sires= list, by victory in the GI Arkansas Derby and two heart- earnings gained on the flat. He did so thanks to a team stopping seconds in the Kentucky Derby and the of nine graded stakes winners featuring the likes of Preakness. Royal Delta, Bodemeister, In Lingerie, Grace Hall, In both these Triple Crown events he appeared to Magical Feeling and Nefertini. have victory in his pocket until I=ll Have Another surged One aspect of Empire Maker=s record which may have past close home. Bodemeister made such a favourable counted against him at the time of his sale was that his impression on breeders that he attracted 173 mares in daughters had generally outshone his sons. By the end his first season, at a fee of $30,000. of 2010, he had five Grade I winners to his credit, but Pioneerof the Nile began his stallion career at Vinery four of them--Country Star, Mushka, Acoma and Icon and this handsome horse is sure to be much in demand Project--were fillies. this year, following a bright start with a first CAIRO PRINCE, c, 2011 crop numbering fewer than 100. His Unbridled Fappiano Gana Facil daughter Jojo Warrior Empire Maker became a J “TDN Toussaud El Gran Senor Pioneerof the Image of Reality Rising Star” J in Nile winning her only start, Lord at War (Arg) General (Fr) Luna de Miel (Arg) and River Dancer was Star of Goshen Cairo Prince Key to the Kingdom second in the GII With Castle Eight Leslie Marin Her Native Anticipation S. Minnesota Marc Pioneerof the Nile doesn=t have as much ammunition in Great Above Ta Wee his second crop, which numbers 64. He had 61 live Holy Bull foals reported in 2013. However, an encouraging time Sharon Brown Al Hattab Holy Bubbette Agathea’s Dawn with his first yearlings was followed by a book of 142 13-6-2-0 mares in 2013, so his shortage of numbers is going to 4 Fls, 1 GSW Juliac Accipiter Damascus 1-0-0-0 Kingsland be relatively short lived--especially now that he has 17 Fls, 1 GSW Juliet Nearctic Cairo Prince advertising his potential. 1 SW 10 Fls, 1 GSW Hop ‘n’ Skip Cont. p10

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Cairo Prince=s ability to stay a mile and a quarter can=t Beldale Flutter later won the Benson and Hedges Gold be taken for granted, even though the first three Cup (now the Juddmonte International). Accipiter=s generations of his male line all contested the Kentucky other top-class son was Salieri, who shone over six and Derby. His dam Holy Bubbette raced exclusively over seven furlongs as a 3-year-old in 1983 before being sprint distances and was pretty effective over them, sold as a stallion to Australia. winning nearly half her 13 starts and finishing second Before leaving the topic of Empire Maker, it will be at Grade III level over seven furlongs. fascinating to see how his first Japanese crops fare On the plus side, Cairo Prince=s broodmare sire is over the next few years. He covered 204 mares in his Holy Bull. Although Holy Bull suffered one of the few first year, for 164 foals--now 2-year-olds--and followed setbacks of his illustrious career in the Kentucky Derby, up with 236 mares in 2012, for 172 foals. he won eight other stakes races that year and collected So far he has never had more than half a dozen the Horse of the Year award, having won the GI starters in any year in Japan. Even so, he has already Travers S. over a mile and a quarter and another three indicated that his progeny are going to suit Japanese Grade I races over a mile and an eighth. He also made racing, with Federalist scoring at Group 2 and Group 3 amends for his Derby flop by supplying the unexpected levels on turf, and Ijigen winning a Group 3 on dirt. 2005 winner, Giacomo. Click here to share this column. Cairo Prince=s second dam, Juliac, produced the Grade II seven-furlong winner Sum Runner in addition to the useful Holy Bubbette. Juliac was a once-raced w w daughter of Accipiter, a Damascus stallion who may be TDN CRITERIA best remembered in America for his toughness. He The races covered in the TDN are as follows: crammed 26 starts into his 3-year-old season and was w Stakes: purses of $50,000/up good enough to win seven of them. His best wins, in w Allowance Races: purses of $20,000/up the GII Withers S. and GII Saranac S., came over a mile. w Optional Claiming Races: purses of $20,000/up Accipiter sired two top-class sons which raced in w Maiden Special Weight Races Europe. The first, Beldale Flutter, had the distinction of : purses of $18,000/up being one of the few horses to have beaten the great w Maiden Claiming Races: purses of $18,000/up & Shergar, which he did in the 1980 William Hill Futurity a minimum claiming price of $40,000 (now Racing Post Trophy). TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/28/14 • PAGE 11 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

Many thanks for sharing AMy Sons Want To Go To A Funeral.@ Joe Clancy has a way with words and his tribute to Tom Voss says it all. Tom=s death is a tragic loss to his lovely wife Mimi and to the industry; but Joe=s article is a gift bringing Tom back to life in a few phrases. It also points out something I have often noted; AMaryland horsemen are real people@. FIRST FOALS: Harry AChipA Landry Gemologist (Tiznow--Crystal Shard, by Mr. Prospector) was represented by his first foal when multiple stakes winner Master Link (Dance Master) SYNTHETIC SURFACES IN NORTH AMERICA produced a colt Jan. 15 at Clear Creek Stud in Folsom, Track All-Weather Surface LA. The foal was bred by Danny Bockmon. Gemologist won the 2012 GI Wood Memorial and 2011 GII Arlington Park Polytrack Kentucky Jockey Club S. Del Mar Polytrack Keeneland Polytrack Soaring Empire (Empire Maker--Flying Passage, by A.P. Indy) sired his first foal when In Your Eyes (Vision Turfway Park Polytrack and Verse) produced a colt on Jan. 24. The foal was Woodbine Polytrack bred by Dan Bearden. Soaring Empire won the 2011 Hollywood Cushion Track GIII Hal=s Hope S. Golden Gate Tapeta Footings Presque Isle Downs Tapeta Footings Click here to access TDN Sales PPs OBS Training Center Safetrack TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/28/14 • PAGE 12 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com IN OTHER NEWS... A Daily Roundup of Racing Articles in Other Media

Eclipse Awards brilliantly showcase US racing and we must emulate them The overall administration of American racing is, by and large, a disjointed, localised mess but they certainly know how to put on an awards ceremony. Greg Wood, The Guardian.

Moreira’s a champion, and nothing can slow Joao Joao Moreira is too good. They say the mark of a great sportsman is when they have to change the rules of the game they play because of them - think Donald In Today’s TDN blog: Bradman and cricket, Walter Lindrum and billiards, and so on. So when Stable Mail: A-Z do the Jockey Club start giving Moreira two pounds extra just to slow TDN s Racing Editor Steve Sherack takes a closer look him down? Michael Cox, scmp.com. = at his stable mail account (A-D) in this first installment of a continuing series. Laura Hillenbrand backs TRF horse Quite Rightly Laura Hillenbrand, bestselling author of Seabiscuit: An American Legend and Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, announced 8 Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. last week that she will sponsor a great-grandson of Triple Crown winner This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by Affirmed in his retirement at one of her favorite charities, the any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation. Susan Salk, written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. offtrackthoroughbreds.com. Information as to the American races, race results and earnings was obtained from results charts published in After discussing races with Daily Racing Form and utilized here with the permission of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. Jeremiah , Ria Antonia will race in the Rachael Alexandria before tackling the boys. Doing right by Ria!- TDN TODAY @LooochRacing [Loooch Racing, owners of Ria Antonia] Headline News...... 12 pages AROUND THE WORLD TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014

Taylor Rice Wins Four on Aqueduct Card: Yesterday=s Results: Apprentice jockey Taylor Rice won four races on 4th-HOU, $19,000, Msw, (S), 3yo, f, 6f, 1:13 1/5, ft. TRACED (f, 3, Too Much Bling--Amazing Trace {MSW, Aqueduct=s Monday card. AIt=s awesome,@ Rice, the $118,808}, by Triple Sec) never factored when seventh niece of trainer Linda Rice, said of her first four-win in her debut at Delta Downs Jan. 3. The 7-5 pick set day. ANothing is better. God is good.@ Rice won the the pace here and opened up down the lane to finish second race with Julesco (Noble Causeway), the fourth 5 1/2 lengths clear of Annies Expectation (Too Much aboard Jewel in the Sky (Circular Quay), the eighth Bling). The winner is a half to Expect Will (Valid with Abra (Elusive Quality) and the ninth with Executive Expectations), MSW, $263,372; and Superpave (Spend Office (Stanislavsky). Both Abra and Executive Office a Buck), MSW, $203,565. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, are trained by Linda Rice. A graduate of Florida State $11,160. Click for the brisnet.com chart. University, Taylor Rice began riding in August at O/B-W S Farish (TX). T-Steven M Asmussen. Presque Isle Downs. She rode briefly at Belmont Park in October before moving her tack to Hawthorne Racecourse, where she finished the meet in third-place in the rider standings.

Yesterday=s Results: 3rd-AQU, $60,000, Msw, 3yo, 5 1/2f, 1:05 2/5, ft. AMERICAN PROGRESS (c, 3, Mr. Greeley--Tale of a IN BRITAIN: Dream {MSW, $159,515}, by Tale of the Cat) was Doldrums, f, 3, Bernardini. See ABritain.@ fourth first time out over this track and trip Dec. 31. The 2-1 second choice set the pace here and began to IN JAPAN: inch clear by midstretch. Metro Dreamer (Zensational) Hyuma, c, 4, Any Given Saturday--Moravia, by A.P. put in a late run, but was unable to catch American Indy. Tokyo, 1-25, Hanamikoji Tokubetsu S., 8fT. Progress in time as he crossed the wire a head in front. Lifetime Record: 15-3-6-1, $529,804. O-Masamichi Sales history: $70,000 yrl '12 KEESEP; $100,000 2yo Hayashi; B-Aaron Sones; T-Yoshito Yahagi. >13 FTMMAY. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $39,500. Click *$75,000 yrl >11 KEESEP; $220,000 2yo >12 for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. FTFMAR. **Winning jockey Suguru Hamanaka O-Equis Racing & CR Thoroughbreds. B-Pine Creek LP & commented, "The runner-up caught us once in the Mr Greeley Syndicate (KY). T-Leo O'Brien. stretch, but my horse started to fight to take the lead again. He was very relaxed and settled 2 Year Old Sale Graduate of Hartley De Renzo well." Fioria, h, 6, Dynaformer--Glint in Her Eye, by Arazi. Chukyo, 1-25, Plate Race, 6f. Lifetime Record: Tuesday Cancellations 18-2-1-3, $232,059. O-Takeshi Fujita; B-F.K.N. CHARLES TOWN Partners; T-Yasutoshi Ikee. *1/2 to Jeremy (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), MGSW & MG1SP-Eng, $459,538. **The winner=s dam is a half-sister to Japanese champion and leading sire Deep Impact (Jpn) (Sunday Silence). TDN P AROUND THE WORLD • 1/28/14 • PAGE 2 of 4 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

WINNERS BY EUROPEAN SIRES

First/second-crop starters to watch: Tuesday, Jan. 28 IN JAPAN: Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2010 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ Miss Marple (Jpn), f, 4, Sinndar (Ire)--Dramatique (GB), BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) by Darshaan (GB). Chukyo, 1-25, Plate Race, 9f. KODIAK KOWBOY (Posse), WinStar, $7K, 97/17/1 Lifetime Record: 6-1-0-0, $67,647. O-Atsuko Kato; 4-PRX, Msw, 7f, +U S Maureen, 12-1 B-Darley Japan Farm; T-Yoshiyuki Arakawa.

• ON THE WORKTAB • BELMONT PARK Sweet Reason (Street Sense), 4f, :48.50, 33/107 Yesterday=s Result: FAIR GROUNDS 6th-WOL, ,4,400, Hcp, 4yo/up, f/m, 12f 50y (AWT), Daddy Nose Best (Scat Daddy), 4f, :51.60, 22/27 2:43 4/5, ft. Gold Hawk (Empire Maker), 4f, :50.20, 14/27 DOLDRUMS (f, 3, Bernardini--Appealing Storm, by Valid Prayer for Relief (Jump Start), 4f, :51.40, 20/27 Appeal), who was last seen finishing seventh in an Tapiture (Tapit), 6f, 1:13.00, 1/7 OAKLAWN PARK extended nine-furlong handicap here 11 days ago, Dunkin Bend (Dunkirk), 4f, :49.80, 18/80 raced prominently early. In front with three furlongs to Optimizer (English Channel), 3f, :38.60, 13/17 race, the $300,000 FTSAUG yearling drew away late to Skyring (Enlgish Channel), 6f, 1:17.40, 2/3 beat Persian Patriot (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}) by Strong Mandate (Tiznow), 5f, 1:00.40, 1/57 three lengths as the 2-1 second favorite. The winner is Win Willy (Monarchos), 5f, 1:04.00, 38/57 a half to Vacare (Lear Fan), GISW & MGSW-US, PALM MEADOWS $1,269,086; Single Solution (Flatter), GSW-US, Bobby’s Kitten (Kitten’s Joy), 4f, :50.00, 20/30 $199,439; and Abtaal (Rock Hard Ten), GSW-Fr, Boisterous (Distorted Humor), 5f, 1:00.95, 1/16 $156,585. Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-0, ,5,725. VIDEO, Coffee Clique (Medaglia d’Oro), 5f, 1:02.45, 10/16 courtesy attheraces.com. Dayatthespa (City Zip), 4f, :49.90, 18/30 O-Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum. In Trouble (Tiz Wonderful), 4f, :48.00, 3/30 B-Lothenbach Stables Inc. T-Mark Johnston. Interrupted (Broken Vow), 5f, 1:04.15, 17/17 Kitten Kaboodle (Kitten’s Joy), 4f, :49.35, 9/30 Kitten’s Point (Kitten’s Joy), 6fT, 1:17.00, 3/3 THE BARRETTS JANUARY MIXED SALE Real Solution (Kitten’s Joy), 4f, :49.35, 9/30 began too late to be included in this edition. Revolutionary (War Pass), 4f, :47.90, 1/30 Results of the sale will be included in Testa Rossi (Dr Fong), 4f, :49.65, 16/30 Wednesday’s TDN. PAYSON PARK Amira’s Prince (Teofilo {Ire}), 4f, :49.40, 18/37 Byrama (Byron {GB}), 4f, :49.20, 13/37 Want your event listed on the Lea (First Samurai), 5f, 1:01.00, 1/12 Miss Besilu (Quiet Dance), 4f, :50.00, 20/37 TDN Industry Calendar, Tapicat (Tapit), 4f, :48.00, 1/37 found on our website? SANTA ANITA Egg Drop (Alphabet Soup), 5f, 1:00.60, 10/40 Click here Game On Dude (Awesome Again), 4f, :47.80, 3/26 to email us with the details. Midnight Hawk (Midnight Lute), 5f, 1:03.20, 35/40 Secret Circle (Eddington), 5f, :58.80, 1/40 TDN P AROUND THE WORLD • 1/28/14 • PAGE 3 of 4 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

ITALY, 1st-NAP, i10,800, 3yo, 7fT, time: n/a, hy. B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O N WONDERFUL WIND (IRE) (c, 3, Lawman {Fr}--Almond Mousse {Fr} {SW-Fr & MGSP-Eng & Fr, $237,405}, by AMERICA Exit to Nowhere) Lifetime Record: SP-Ity, 12-5-0-1, i33,133. O-San Carlo Investiment 2005 SRL; B-Stone ALLOWANCE RESULTS: Ridge Farm; T-Mario Massimi. *23,000gns wnlg >11 8th-PRX, $66,500, NW3$6MX, 4yo/up, 7f, 1:23 3/5, TATDEC; 8,000gns yrl >12 TATOCT. ft. ARLO (g, 6, Defrere--Crafty Compliment, by Crafty ITALY, 4th-PIS, i9,000, 4yo/up, 6fT, 1:12 4/5, sf. Friend) Lifetime Record: SW, 41-10-11-4, $513,300. GIRL OF THE RAIN (IRE) (f, 4, Refuse To Bend {Ire}-- O-Jane Gilbert. B-Larry & Darlene Suloman (PA); Bagnolese {Ity}, by Cape Cross {Ire}) Lifetime Record: T-Cynthia G Reese. SW-Ity, 10-5-0-2, i48,263. O-Team Valor International LLC; B-Razza del Velino; T-Stefano Botti. 8th-AQU, $62,000, NW1X, 4yo/up, 5 1/2f, 1:05, ft. *i32,000 yrl >11 ITYSEP. **1/2 to Dagda Mor (Ity) ABRA (g, 6, Elusive Quality--Abaya, by Storm Cat) (Martino Alonso {Ire}), Hwt. Older Horse-Italy at 5-7f, Lifetime Record: SP, 14-4-3-2, $167,930. O-Mulberry GSW-Ity, $454,314. Stable. B-Darley (KY). T-Linda Rice. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 9th-PRX, $49,000, NW1X, 4yo/up, 1m70y, 1:42 4/5, Le Prelat (Fr), g, 3, Falco--Andriana (Ire), by Second ft. Empire (Ire). CAG, 1-27, 10f (AWT), 2:04 1/5. B-T de BLUECAM (g, 4, Tiznow--Raylene {GSW, $776,364}, la Heronniere & Pontchartrain Stud. *i6,500 yrl >12 by Tabasco Cat) Lifetime Record: 11-3-0-0, $48,237. ARQNOV. **1/2 to Apres L=Amour (Ire) (Elusive City), SP-Fr, $166,423. O-Over The Moon Racing. B-Calmar Stables & Ranch +Celestial Fire (Ity), c, 3, Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}-- (KY). T-Louis C Linder Jr. Niki=s Best (Ire), by King=s Best. PIS, 1-26, 7 1/2fT, time: n/a. B-Azienda Agricola Luciani Loreto. B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O N *i18,000 yrl >12 ITYSEP. Bhaktapur (Fr), f, 3, Naaqoos (GB)--Queen Maeve (GB), EUROPE by Selkirk. CAG, 1-27, 10f (AWT), 2:07 2/5. B-Dunmore Stud Ltd. *i13,000 yrl >12 ARQOCT. Cosquillas (Ire), f, 3, Selkirk--Crystany (Ire) (MSP-Eng), CONDITIONS RESULTS: by Green Desert. WOL, 1-27, 7f 32y (AWT), FRANCE, 5th-CAG, i28,000, 4yo/up, 10f (AWT), 1:30 2/5. B-Ballygallon Stud Limited (IRE). 2:00 4/5, fs. *32,000gns yrl >12 TATDEC. MUHTAKER (GB) (g, 7, Medicean {GB}--Kalindi {GB} {SW-Eng}, by Efisio {GB}) Lifetime Record: 26 starts, Interested in standardbreds 9 wins, 10 places, i188,810. O-Sheikh Hamdan bin as well? Click here to sign up Rashid Al Maktoum; B-B Taylor; T-John Hammond. for our sister publication... *i220,000gns yrl >08 TATOCT; 38,000gns RNA HIT >11 TATHIT. **Full to Abigail Pett (GB), MGSW-Ire, MGSP-Eng & Ire, $189,391; Medicean Man (GB), SW- All winners in the U.S. race on Lasix unless otherwise indicated Eng, $346,689; and Cerveza (GB), SW-Fr, $90,901. TDN TODAY All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, unless otherwise indicated Around the World...... 4 pages CHAMPION, MILLIONAIRE, AND RECORD-SETTING 2YO SW

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Photo: Dave Landry Brilliant speed at 2, winning a 5 ½-fur. Woodbine MSW and the Bull Page S.-NTR at Woodbine, 6 furlongs in 1:08.84. Canadian Champion 3YO won 4 stakes at 3 including the 1¼-mile Queen's Plate. Racing millionaire out of millionaire and multiple Graded SW BOURBON BELLE. By Not Impossible (IRE), son of leading international sire of sires SADLER'S WELLS and sire of 2 champions from very limited opportunities; Not Impossible (IRE) is a full brother to millionaire, champion, and Keeneland record holder PERFECT SOUL (IRE) [G1], sire of Breeders’ Cup-winning millionaire PERFECT SHIRL [G1], 2013 Kentucky Derby runner-up GOLDEN SOUL, and 2013 Northern Dancer S. [G1] runner-up PERFECT TIMBER! First foals race at 2 in 2014. NOT BOURBON Not Impossible (IRE) - Bourbon Belle, by Storm Boot 2014 Fee: $5,000 (Canadian funds) live foal

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UPCOMING MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN STAKES Date Race Track Feb. 1 GI Las Virgenes S. SA GII Arcadia S. SA GIII Toboggan S. AQU SWEET RELISH, 8, Smoke Glacken--Sweet Eloise, by GIII Withers S. AQU Sky Classic GIII Hutcheson S. GP Foal born Jan. 9, a filly by Giant=s Causeway. GIII Sam F. Davis S. TAM Will be bred back to Ghostzapper. GIII Tampa Bay S. TAM Feb. 2 GII Palos Verdes S. SA Owned by and boarded at Pin Oak Stud, LLC. Feb. 8 GII Robert B. Lewis S. SA Accomplishments: SW & GSP, $196,630. GII San Antonio S. SA GII San Marcos S. SA HONORIA (IRE), 9, Sadler=s Wells--Tedarshana (GB), by GIII Gulfstream Park Sprint Ch. GP Darshaan (GB) GIII Suwannee River S. GP Foal born Jan. 21, a filly by Distorted Humor. Feb. 9 GI Donn H. GP Will be bred back to Street Cry (Ire). GI Gulfstream Park Turf H. GP Owned by and boarded at Gallagher=s Stud. GIII Hurricane Bertie S. GP Accomplishments: SW-Ire. Dam of Maximova (Danehill Feb. 15 GII Mac Diarmida S. GP Dancer {Ire}), SW, $161,200. GII Barbara Fritchie H. LRL GII Santa Maria S. SA GIII The Very One S. GP IT’S A BOY! OR A GIRL! GIII El Camino Real Derby GG Click here to submit your Foaling News Feb. 16 GII Sabin S. GP for Stakes Winning and/or Stakes Producing GII San Vicente S. SA Mares for publication in the TDN. Feb. 17 GII Buena Vista S. SA Sarah K. Andrew photo GIII General George H. LRL GIII Southwest S. OP

By Ryan Goldberg

t the 1969 Newmarket December sales, German Acoffee magnate Walther Jacobs and movie star Omar Sharif were each determined to bring home a British daughter of Hyperion named Suncourt. She was from a celebrated family and carrying to the outstanding Reliance, second only to Sea Bird in France, but she was also 17 years old. Some might think ego came into play – the wealthy businessman against Doctor Zhivago – but the calm Jacobs got his broodmare for 14,500 guineas (or £15,225), a pretty sum for an old mare.

SURUMU (GER) photo courtesy of www.galopp-hamburg.de “We call him the Northern Dancer of Germany.”

This raised some eyebrows and — Andreas Jacobs on Surumu maybe even a chuckle, and not for ‹•ƒ›•ƒ›‡”•Šƒ†–Š‡ϐ‹”•–Žƒ—‰ŠǤ six times, with such fantastic –Š‡ϐ‹”•––‹‡‡‹–Š‡”Ǥ ͳͻ͸Ͳǡ ƒ ‘„•ǡ The foal Suncourt was carrying, sons as Acatenango and Platini –Š‡‹Š‹•‹†Ǧϐ‹ˆ–‹‡•ǡ„‘—‰Š–ƒˆƒ” named Surama, never raced, and and Mondrian, and champion outside his hometown of Bremen Suncourt was barren three times in broodmare sire 11 times. Jacobs in northwest Germany and called it her remaining four years. Surama ”ƒ ϐ‹”•– ƒ† •‡ ‘† ‹ –Š‡ Žƒ•– Gestüt Fährhof (Gestüt means stud). had her own fertility problems: at German Derby he attended, in Most Thoroughbred farms were three she was covered by Literat, 1996 – his fourth Derby win – and located in west Germany, around but in the next two decades the horses, Lavirco and Surako, Cologne, where industrialists lived produced only three more foals, Šƒ† —”—— ‘ –Š‡ †ƒ •‹†‡Ǥ  and the soil was good; in Bremen none of which made it to the 1999, the year Surumu died, four the soil was poor, the only breed ‘ˆ –Š‡ –‘’ ϐ‹˜‡ ‡”„› ϐ‹‹•Š‡”• around warmblood, and the rain ”ƒ ‡ ‘—”•‡Ǥ ‡” ϐ‹”•– ˆ‘ƒŽ ƒ‡ were by Acatenango or Lomitas, so intense during the winter that from a distinguished male line of son and grandson of Surumu and a pontoon might seem like a better three German Derby winners prior champions for Fährhof on the investment than a fashionable to Literat, himself a beaten Derby ”ƒ ‡ ‘—”•‡ǡƒ†–Š‡ϐ‹ˆ–Š ƒ‡ˆ”‘ breeding establishment. He was favorite. a Surumu dam. not expected to succeed. There was one horse left to Today, Surumu can be found in He had at least one advantage, save the whole story. His name more than 80 percent of German and that was the freedom to buy was Surumu, and he did. Omar bloodlines. international bloodlines. As far Sharif would have admired this “We call him the Northern Dancer as racing and breeding affairs, script. Surumu won the German of Germany,” Andreas Jacobs, Germany was then a closed ‡”„› ‹ ͳͻ͹͹ Ȃ –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– ˆ‘” Walther’s grandson, says proudly. society and aristocratic families Jacobs – and, although his career preserved generations of local on the racecourse was short lived bloodlines with almost no foreign because of intestinal problems, ‹ϐŽ—‡ ‡ǤŠ‡”‡ƒ• ƒ ‘„•ǡƒŽ”‡ƒ†› his bloodlines soon spread beyond cosmopolitan in his business what his owner or anyone else attitude, wanted a broodmare could have imagined. „ƒ†”‡ϐŽ‡ –‹‰–Š‡„‡•–„Ž‘‘†Ž‹‡• Jacobs died in 1998 at the of Europe. He believed Suncourt age of 91. By then Surumu had could be one of its pillars. been champion sire in Germany

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alther rarely spoke about the Fährhof board in 1992, and ȋŠ‡ ϐ‹”•– ™ƒ• ͳͳͻǦͳ –ƒ” ’’‡ƒŽ outbidding a movie star, three years later, Andreas, then 32, in 1975.) Japanese breeder Terry Wor some of his other was asked to assume control. Since Yoshida bought into Danedream, avant-garde ideas. “He was this 1977, the year Surumu won the a bay daughter of Lomitas, only northern German, kind of calm Derby, Fährhof has earned leading †ƒ›• „‡ˆ‘”‡ –Š‡ ” Ǥ  ʹͲͳʹ •Š‡ person,” Andreas says. “He had a breeder honors in 17 years and won Ascot’s prestigious King few brilliant ideas that became as an owner in 12. These honors ‡‘”‰‡   ƒ† —‡‡ Ž‹œƒ„‡–Š proven in quality, but some were would number more if prize money –ƒ‡•ǡ ƒ ϐ‹”•– ˆ‘” ‡”ƒ Š‘”•‡•ǡ “—‹–‡™‡‹”†Ǥˆ‘”–—ƒ–‡Ž› ‡˜‡” earned outside Germany counted; and after being retired was bred really had long conversations with it does not. to Frankel. Novellist added a King him about this, because he was not Breeders and owners from ‡‘”‰‡ ”‡’‡ƒ–ˆ‘” ‡”ƒ›ǡƒŽ•‘ very talkative.” around the world have taken in record time, and he was an Arc Andreas, who turned 50 in notice of the bloodlines of Surumu. favorite before scratching from the October, runs the farm now, as well German horses, once the forgotten race. His owner and breeder, Dr. as the family’s cocoa and chocolate cousins of the European turf, are Christoph Berglar, recently sold businesses, which goes by Barry now having a moment in the sun. him to the Yoshida family to stand Callebaut and is the world’s largest.  ʹͲͳͳ ƒ‡†”‡ƒ ™‘ –Š‡ ”  at their famed Shadai farm. On (His late father Klaus sold the coffee de Triomphe in record time, only Arc day, the seven-year-old Altano company to Philip Morris in 1990.) the second German-trained horse won the Group 1 Prix du Cadran, Walther invited his grandson onto to win Europe’s richest prize. France’s St. Leger.

Andreas Jacobs proudly displays a picture of his grandfather, Walther, on his desk. photo: Ryan Goldberg

The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 2 “Every major breeder in the world has at least one or two German broodmares in their band now.”

— Barry Irwin, President of Team Valor International Animal Kingdom with John Velazquez winning the 2011 Grade I Kentucky Derby at Churchill Wherever you look, you start to Downs. His dam is Dalicia, by Acatenango. photo: Horsephotos ϐ‹† ‡”ƒ ’‡†‹‰”‡‡•Ǥ Š‡ ʹͲͲͳ trained), and Eclipse Award winner excellence in breeding. Arlington Million winner Silvano, Stacelita. Monsun is sometimes “Every major breeder in the world a son of Lomitas who Fährhof mentioned in the same breath as has at least one or two German bred and raced around the world, Coolmore’s celebrated Galileo, and broodmares in their band now,” is the leading stallion in South German breeders will remind you •ƒ›• ƒ””› ”™‹ǡ –Š‡ ’”‡•‹†‡– Africa. The great Monsun (a son that Allegretta, Galileo’s granddam, ‘ˆ ‡ƒ ƒŽ‘” –‡”ƒ–‹‘ƒŽǤ ‡ of German Triple Crown winner came from German parents and ‘ˆ ”™‹ǯ• ™ƒ• ƒŽ‹ ‹ƒǡ ƒ †ƒ—‰Š–‡” Konigsstuhl and a Surumu mare), was bred and campaigned by of Acatenango, purchased for who carried the colors of Gestüt Schlenderhan, which was started €400,000 at the 2005 Baden Baden Schlenderhan, died in 2012, but in 1869 by Eduard von Oppenheim horses-in-training sale. (Andreas valedictions continue even after his and has won 17 German Derbies Jacobs was the under-bidder.) She death: his sons or daughters won for the Oppenheim and von Ullman later foaled Animal Kingdom, and such Group 1 races in 2013 as the families. the Kentucky Derby and Dubai ‹‰ ‡‘”‰‡ ƒ† ”ƒ†”‹š†‡ Beginning with Suncourt, Walther World Cup winner will now pass Saint-Cloud (Novellist), Ascot Gold Jacobs helped open the borders on his Surumu genes in Australia, Cup (Estimate), Prix Saint-Alary of German racing, and his fellow ‡–— › ƒ† „‡›‘†Ǥ ”™‹ •‘Ž† ȋ‹Žƒ•‘ŽȌǡ ”‹š †ǯ •’ƒŠƒ ȋƒš‹‘•Ȍǡ breeders followed. He brought Dalicia to Japanese breeders at the and Melbourne Cup (Fiorente). ‹ ‘”–Š‡” ƒ ‡” ‹ϐŽ—‡ ‡ Maxios now stands at Fährhof. and then, radically, American December 2009 Tattersalls sale. broodmares in the 1990s whose ”™‹ „‡‰ƒ „—›‹‰ ‡”ƒ genetic diversity was matched with horses in the 1990s after watching classic German stoutness. them pass through the ring at These combinations lit a Tattersalls. “They had Roman noses fuse under major international and coarse heads. They looked like breeders. During the last six or draft horses, like lugs. They weren’t Some of Monsun’s past so years, the Yoshida family has ”‡ϐ‹‡†Ǥ  †‹†ǯ– –Š‹ –Š‡› ‘—Ž† champions include Shirocco reportedly purchased more than run.” But they could, and he adds, (winner of the 2005 Breeders’ 20 Monsun broodmares, Stacelita “They’re tough horses and they Cup Turf), Manduro (André Fabre included. Monsun is one of the main don’t run them into the ground called him the best horse he has reasons for all the talk of German over there.”

The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 3 This is a story of quality over –Š‡ ƒ ‹ϐ‹  ‹ ƒ† —•–”ƒŽ‹ƒǣ ƒ “—ƒ–‹–›Ǥ ‡”ƒ”ƒ ‹‰‹•‘‡Ǧϐ‹ˆ–Š 80-percent collapse in betting the size of English or French racing This is a turnover, bookmakers moving and has always lived in their shadow, offshore without paying their but long-term planning and strict story of fair share, declining popularity at principles – stallions have to meet home. a high rating on the racecourse and quality So when you look past the breeders are entitled to as much as ˆ‡‡ŽǦ‰‘‘† Š‡ƒ†Ž‹‡•ǡ ›‘— ϐ‹† ƒ 30 percent of future prize money over paradox in German racing: rock- for going to a stallion that did not bottom prize money plus the race on medication – have brought quantity. attractiveness of German pedigrees the breed to the exemplary status – conscientiously built by family it enjoys today. Five of Germany’s for Gestüt Karlshof, his family’s studs like Fährhof – has meant that seven Group 1 races are held over farm, which stands Derby winners the best horses are scooped up by 2,400 meters, or 12 furlongs – much Samum and Kamsin. deep-pocketed foreign owners and like in Japan – and thus, horses are Despite all of this, fewer than breeders. bred tough and to mature late. The 800 foals were born in Germany “Our foal crop is half that of focus on stamina helps explain last year – half that of 1995, and Japan’s Monsun obsession. Texas, but our horses are winning Dz –ǯ• ‘– Œ—•– –Š‡ „”‡‡†‹‰ ‹–•‡Žˆǡ close to the output of 1970. This is the Breeders’ Cup, whereas Texas which is excellent, but if you look at not enough to sustain an industry, horses don’t,” Jacobs says. “We’re the opportunities German trainers ƒ ‘”†‹‰ –‘ †”‡ƒ• ƒ ‘„•Ǥ  winning the Arc de Triomphe and have, compared to the training some cases, prize money is lower the King George, but still we’re centers in England or Paris or – an average of €9,000 per race going downhill as an industry.” Chantilly, German-bred horses and –”ƒ‹Ž• ”ƒ ‡ǡ ”‡Žƒ†ǡ ‰Žƒ† He adds with conviction: “There German-trained horses must have ƒ† –ƒŽ› Ȃ –Šƒ ‹– ™ƒ• ™Š‡ –Š‡ is a huge danger that the quality no chance to reach these results,” euro was introduced 15 years ago, of German breeding and the says Holger Faust, 31, a bloodstock the outcome of a familiar story uniqueness of German breeding is agent and the racing manager in the racing landscape, save for somehow disappearing.”

Novellist with Johnny Murtagh winning the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot 7/27/2013. Photo: Edward Whitaker

The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 4 traveled to Gestüt Fährhof for Walther was strictly an owner- three days in early November Andreas still breeder, but Fährhof is now a to learn more. How did the breeds horses commercial farm. Andreas had no German breed get to where it is choice but to change their mission today, the toast of international after his grandfather died. The stud books and breeders from which are money Walther invested was no around the world? How has a small longer available, and his death breeding industry achieved such sound and coincided with a high-water mark disproportionate success? And ‹ ‡”ƒ ”ƒ ‹‰Ǥ Dz ˆ ƒ› ‘–Š‡” ™Šƒ– ‘—Ž†  Ž‡ƒ” ˆ”‘ –Š‡ ˆƒ” strong and business had 20 percent of its past which inspired much of it? sales, there would be no more Gestüt Fährhof is located in healthy... „—•‹‡••ǡdz Š‡ –‘Ž† ‡ •‘‘ ƒˆ–‡”  the village of Sottrum, about 25 ƒ””‹˜‡†ǤDz –ǯ•”‡ƒŽŽ›„ƒ†Ǥdz minutes east of the Haseatic city This commercial shift, beginning of Bremen, which sits on the River in 1997, was so at odds with its Weser. Echoes from the busy port ...Andreas ’ƒ•––Šƒ–ƒ–ϐ‹”•–ǡ•‘‡„—›‡”•™‡”‡ disappear quickly as you leave skeptical: Wouldn’t Fährhof keep the city and farmland takes over. considers it his its good yearlings instead of selling  ‘––”—ǡ Ž‘ ƒŽ ‹• ƒ† „‡‡” them at Baden Baden? The early gardens and pretty brick homes for responsibility believers were rewarded, however: commuters offer up a country feel. —‹–ƒ•ǡ ˆ”‘ ‘‹–ƒ•ǯ• ϐ‹”•– ”‘’ The occasional tractor is the only to preserve ƒ† –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– ›‡ƒ”Ž‹‰ –Š‡› •‘Ž†ǡ thing which slows drivers on the won the German 2,000 Guineas and narrow two-lane road. This is horse these qualities later Aqueduct’s Knickerbocker Handicap during an American country, but not Thoroughbred: career. Olympic dressage competitors pick alongside first- Andreas sells all of the yearling out horses in the nearby Verden, ‘Ž–•ƒ†ŠƒŽˆ‘ˆ–Š‡ϐ‹ŽŽ‹‡•Ǥ‡‡’‹‰ which is considered the warmblood class German –Š‡ϐ‹ŽŽ‹‡•ƒŽŽ‘™•–Š‡–‘ ‘–‹—‡ capital of the world. bloodlines. building their trusted families. He currently has 50 broodmares, although he plans to reduce to 45, Fährhof had been a warmblood ƒ†‡ƒ”Ž›ʹͲŠ‘”•‡•‹–”ƒ‹‹‰Ǥ –‹• place with a riding arena when not commercial in the way we think Walther purchased it. Andreas about American racing: Andreas learned to ride in that arena. He still breeds horses which are sound and strong and healthy. This is won 15 dressage tournaments what the sales market in Germany from 11 to 15 and competed in demands, and as market leader, the European championships. His along with Schlenderhan and Gestüt Š‘”•‡ǡ ”‹•–ƒǡ ™ƒ• ¡Š”Š‘ˆǯ• ϐ‹”•– ‘ˆ ––Ž‹‰‡ȋ™Š‹ ŠŠƒ†ƒ†‘ǡ–Š‡ winner and the best two-year-old of German horse of the year and Japan 1965. When Andreas took over the Cup winner), Andreas considers it his responsibility to preserve farm, he knocked down the arena –Š‡•‡“—ƒŽ‹–‹‡•ƒŽ‘‰•‹†‡ϐ‹”•–Ǧ Žƒ•• to make way for new stables and on German bloodlines. its old location sits a parking lot.

Gestüt Fährhof, located in the village of Sottrum photo: Ryan Goldberg

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Given his status in racing and business, he has also taken it upon himself to keep German racing ƒϐŽ‘ƒ–Ǥ ƒ‡š–”ƒ‘”†‹ƒ”›•‹–—ƒ–‹‘ almost four years ago, he bailed out Baden Baden, the home of German sales and a quarter of the country’s betting turnover, from bankruptcy. ƒ‰‹‡ ƒ”ƒ–‘‰ƒ ‘” ‡™ƒ”‡– going under. “Someone had to do it and nobody wanted to do it,” he told me. “For ‡ ‹– ™ƒ•ǯ– ‡ƒ•› „‡ ƒ—•‡  †‘ǯ– live there; we’re 600 kilometers ƒ™ƒ›ˆ”‘ƒ†‡ƒ†‡Ǥ Š‘’‡‹ the long run it will become a track that’s not dependent on me and pushed by myself and my friend Gestüt Fährhof photo: Faehrhof.de Paul von Schubert [of Ebbesloh Stud], who is helping me there.” His attention is also turned ƒ„”‘ƒ† ‘™Ǥ  ʹͲͲͲǡ Š‹• ˆƒ–Š‡” Klaus purchased Newsells Park Stud in England, a farm which goes back to the 1086 Domesday Book (where it was valued at £6), but Klaus died after a long battle with cancer in 2008 and unlike his father could not enjoy a second career around the horses. Andreas now oversees Newsells on behalf of the family holdings. He expanded Newsells by two-thirds of its previous size after buying land from an adjoining sheep and cattle farm. Their commercial success has grown considerably: Newsells The Haberloh location where yearlings enjoy natural and protective rearing. It is 135 acres in was the leading consignor at the size with 40 modern boxes. photo: Faehrhof.de latest Tattersalls Book One, where will still carry the farm’s black-and- time, they had nearly 75 horses in Andreas sold a Galileo brother to yellow colors on the racecourse, training, four stallions, and more Oaks runner-up Secret Gesture for Newsells and Maine Chance are than 50 broodmares. He purchased £3,780,000, a record for a yearling in Europe until that was eclipsed almost entirely commercial. land bordering the original stud the very next day. And he is making Soon after his grandfather’s and built a modern training center waves not only in Europe: in 2002, death, Andreas doubled the for unraced young horses and he purchased Maine Chance Farm size of Fährhof, from its original convalescing older horses, replete on the Western Cape in South 70 hectares to 153 (which, by with a 25-stall barn, covered horse ˆ”‹ ƒ ƒˆ–‡” ‹–• ϐ‹˜‡ ‘•‡ —–‹˜‡ comparison, is three-quarters the ™ƒŽ‡”ǡ ϐŽ‘‘†Ž‹– ”‹†‹‰ ŠƒŽŽ ™‹–Š ƒ years as champion breeder. While size of Maine Chance and about one- round pen, 1,000-meter sand track, a quarter of his German yearlings quarter the size of Newsells). At the and various paddocks.

The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 6 Simon Stokes, managing at the training center. photo: Faehrhof.de

The next year, he purchased land Monty is part of Fährhof lore. Gosden, who had brought a horse in a more secluded, wooded area This was the 23rd consecutive over from England for the race. ϐ‹˜‡‹—–‡•ƒ™ƒ›ƒ† ‘•–”— –‡† year he had traveled to the farm Walther apologized for the chaos, a second farm. Weanlings are sent to work with their young horses. and Gosden advised him: “You need there in October and stay for a – ƒŽŽ „‡‰ƒ ‹ —‡ ͳͻͻͳǡ ™Š‡ Monty Roberts.” year, as if going off to boarding Monty got a call in the middle of Gosden knew Monty from his school, where they are afforded the the night from Walther Jacobs. He days as Vincent O’Brien’s assistant. freedom to roam and run in groups spoke little English, Monty said, but Monty sold O’Brien Alleged in 1976, ƒŽŽ †ƒ› ‹ ˜ƒ•–ǡ ‘’‡ ’ƒ††‘ •Ǥ  the message was clear: Lomitas, ƒ†–Š‡—‡‡Šƒ†‡†‘”•‡†Š‹‹ ‘–Š‡”™‘”†•ǡ–‘„‡ƒŠ‘”•‡Ǥ ƒ””‹˜‡† his Derby favorite and previous 1989, but his “Join Up” program, during an important period in season’s champion two-year-old, which came out of wrangling which the yearlings Andreas did required Monty’s help. At Cologne mustangs as a boy in California, not sell, fewer than a dozen, had racecourse days earlier, Lomitas was unheard of in Germany. recently moved to the training had refused to go into the stalls Jacobs regarded it as strange, to center and were beginning to learn for a half hour, going so far as to put it kindly, but he was out of what it means to be a racehorse. For lie down on the turf. The gate crew ‘’–‹‘•Ǥ ‘–› ϐŽ‡™ –‘ ”‡‡ two weeks their teacher, as it were, couldn’t get him in and afterward on June 12, 1991, met Andreas was none other than 78-year-old ‘ˆϐ‹ ‹ƒŽ• „ƒ‡† Š‹ ˆ”‘ ”ƒ ‹‰Ǥ Wohler, and then went to see Monty Roberts, the famous horse Leaving the racecourse that day, Lomitas who, it became clear, had whisperer. Walther bumped into trainer John grown intensely claustrophobic.

The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 7 Ten days later, Lomitas loaded „‡ƒ—–‹ˆ—ŽŽ› ‹ Š‹• ϐ‹ƒŽ Šƒ ‡ ˆ‘” redemption, won that race, and would go on to annex three Group 1 races and championship honors in overwhelming fashion. There was a tender bond between Monty and Lomitas, which was a far cry from Walther’s Lower Saxon sternness. After Lomitas, however, he told Monty: “You have a job for life.” Every Fährhof horse since then has got the same treatment. Andreas said the results are visible: the South African stallions at Maine Chance, for example, are absolutely wild, whereas the German stallions once schooled by Monty – Silvano and Lateral – act like gentlemen and are so calm they could carry Monty Roberts with Lomitas photo: Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder, 8/6/2012 children on their backs. Š‡”‡ ™ƒ• ‘ ’ƒ—•‡ ƒˆ–‡”  ‡– ‘–› ‘ › ϐ‹”•– ‘”‹‰ ƒ– –Š‡ “You have a job for life” farm, a Friday. One story followed another, one more extraordinary — Walther Jacobs to Monty Roberts than the next, and with the vigor after working with Lomitas and recall of someone a third his age he spoke without a breather for what seemed like hours. His for Fährhof. Life here was quieter as excited as a bookworm on the white eyebrows and white hair now for the chestnut gelding who ϐ‹”•–†ƒ›‘ˆ• Š‘‘ŽǤDz Ž‘˜‡‹–Š‡”‡ǡdz were the only signs of his age. He had traveled to Hong Kong, Dubai, Š‡ •ƒ‹†Ǥ Dz  •–ƒ”– ƒ– †ƒ›Ž‹‰Š– ƒ†  had just come from Melbourne, ƒƒ†ƒǡ –ƒŽ›ƒ†‡”‹ ƒǤ ‰‘‹ƒ–•—†‘™Ǥ ‰‡––‘•‡‡‘‡ he announced, where he had led “You’re going to see calm and horse after another, every day Fiorente through gate work for quiet,” Monty predicted. He was ˆ‘”–™‘™‡‡•Ǥdz•ˆƒ”  ‘—Ž†–‡ŽŽǡ trainer Gai Waterhouse before right. The yearlings acted like his only request, indeed the only their Cup win. Monty technically seasoned pros, although they nourishment he needed for the were experiencing this peculiar lives in California, but he said he long hours, was chicken noodle only spends 50 days per year there. equipment for only the second time. soup for lunch. He wore the same He and Andreas walked briskly The purpose was to familiarize ‘—–ϐ‹– ‡˜‡”› †ƒ›  ™ƒ• –Š‡”‡ǣ up a muddy path to the far corner of them through repetition and tartan cap, red ascot, polyester the track, where a strange-looking imprint this behavior on them. steel maze led into a narrow green The gate was incredibly narrow blue Wrangler shirt, customized starting gate with three stalls. Three and padded rubber rails inside the leather gloves, jeans and a big belt yearling colts – two were not sold •–ƒŽŽƒ†‡‹–ˆ‡‡Ž‡˜‡–‹‰Š–‡”Ǥ –™ƒ• buckle commemorating his world- at the sales and a third was owned Šƒ”†–‘„‡Ž‹‡˜‡ƒŠ‘”•‡ ‘—Ž†ϐ‹–‹ champion rodeo horse Johnny by a wealthy Hamburg woman – there. Tivio. Such was his enthusiasm ™‡”‡ Ž‡† –Š”‘—‰Š „› —‹Œƒ‘ǡ ƒ For these colts, this was like –Šƒ– ‹ƒ‰‹‡†Š‡•Ž‡’–‹–Š‹•ǡ‹ˆŠ‡ retired millionaire Group 1 winner kindergarten. Monty himself was slept at all.

The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 8 Monty and Andreas followed ––Š‹• ‘”‡”‘ˆ–Š‡–”ƒ ǡ—‹Œƒ‘ the path of these yearlings as “We get Ž‡†–Š‡ϐ‹ŽŽ›–Š”‘—‰Šƒ•‹‰Ž‡‡–ƒŽ they returned to the barn. The „‘š™‹–Šƒ‘†‹ϐ‹‡†‰ƒ–‡‹•‹†‡‘ˆ sun began to knife through the them to say it – the prelude to the maze-plus- thick mist hanging over the gray gate which would, in a week or Žƒ†• ƒ’‡Ǥ –•ƒ””‹˜ƒŽ™ƒ••ƒ–‹•ˆ›‹‰ •‘ǡ ˆ‘ŽŽ‘™Ǥ Š‹• ™ƒ• Š‡” ϐ‹”•– –‹‡ because before long the sun would we want seeing this, but she walked through ‰‘‘–Š‡Žƒˆ‘”ϐ‹˜‡‘–Š•ǤŠ‡ ƒ†‘œ‡–‹‡•ǡ—”—ˆϐŽ‡†Ǥ temperature was in the low 40s to, rather Dz  ‘—Ž† –‡ŽŽ –Šƒ– –‘ ‘„ ƒˆˆ‡”– and traces of light orange clung to and he’d say, ‘Monty, you’re a lying the trees. The track itself looked than we are bastard,’” Monty said with a big like brown putty and was full of laugh. standing puddles and potholes. The DzŠ›™ƒ••Š‡•‘ ƒŽǫdz ƒ•‡† drainage system was staggering forced to.” him. under its Sisyphean task. “We have “She’s never had pain in her life,” too much water,” Andreas said. — Monty Roberts he explained. “No rough treatment ‹—–‡• Žƒ–‡”ǡ —‹Œƒ‘ ‡‡”‰‡† ever.” from the barn with a little Lando –Š‡ ϐ‹ŽŽ›Ǥ –‘‡•ǡ ƒ “—‹‡–ǡ ˆ”‹‡†Ž›ǡ –Š‡–ƒ–‡•ƒ–Ž‡ƒ•–ǡ–Š‡ ‘‘ ›‡ƒ”Ž‹‰ ϐ‹ŽŽ› „‡Š‹† Š‹Ǥ ‡” —ϐŽƒ’’ƒ„Ž‡‰Ž‹•Šƒ™Š‘ ƒ‡ industry term is to “break” a owner, the music executive to Germany as a steeplechase rider yearling, but the connotation of Franz Prinz von Auersperg, also in 1980, assisted Andreas Wohler that could not be found here. No campaigned Pastorius, the 2012 when he trained Lomitas, and so whip was ever used. German Derby winner who now has known Monty and his methods “That’s not how we do it,” Monty stands at Fährhof. Simon Stokes, the for more than 20 years. Andreas added. “We get them to say we want farm’s racing manager, was aboard Jacobs hired Stokes in 1994. to, rather than we are forced to.”

Fahrhof’s single-stall modified starting gate photo: Ryan Goldberg

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Monty, who said he has two doctorates in behavioral studies, olger Faust is the same age as Andreas Jacobs when the latter suggested that horses remind him Htook over Fährhof, and seemingly as self-assured. His parents, of post-traumatic stress victims. Bruno and Michaela, opened Gestüt Karlshof in 1995, south of Š‡›ƒ”‡ϐŽ‹‰Š–ƒ‹ƒŽ•ǡˆ”‹‰Š–‡‡†ǡ Frankfurt in west-central Germany, in the town of Gernsheim. By his almost autistic in a way. But if this early twenties Holger had become the racing manager of the small was kindergarten, what were their farm. He also started a bloodstock agency at the end of 2012, where baby steps like? he manages 40 horses for three different clients and contracts out four ˆ‘ŽŽ‘™‡†‘–›‹–‘–Š‡”‹†‹‰ jockeys. I spoke to him over the phone last fall, shortly before their hall attached to the barn. He went homebred Seismos ran third in the Grade 1 Canandian International ‹–‘ –Š‡ ”‘—† ’‡ ƒ†  Ž‹„‡† at Woodbine. He is part of a new generation of German racing which —’–‘–Š‡˜‹‡™‹‰•–ƒ†ƒ„‘˜‡‹–Ǥ  the industry will depend on if it is to restore its fortunes. was joined there by Rachel Murat, ‘Most young people in Germany’, Holger told me, cannot be bothered an eager English student of Monty’s D[TCEKPIGKVJGTVQDGVQPKVQTQYPJQTUGUő6GPQTſHVGGP[GCTUCIQ who had been studying with him for the only chance to bet or gamble in Germany was to go to a casino two and a half years. She held open or go on the racetrack. Now, the last 10 years, we are able to bet on a small spiral notebook in which soccer games, or tennis games, or U.S. sports, everywhere. There she wrote notes on the horses are like 10,000 shops in Germany, where you can bet. Young people they worked with. Other protégés like to gamble. But they don’t bet on racehorses.” of Monty’s arrived throughout the Even within his own household there was a split. He has a brother weekend to watch and listen, a one year older than him. “He hates racing,” Holger said. “He said reunion of sorts for the European it’s the most boring thing in the world. He says, ‘How can people get ‰”ƒ†—ƒ–‡• ‘ˆ ‘–›ǯ• —‘ˆϐ‹ ‹ƒŽ excited about horses running around a corner?’” Holger, on the other college. hand, wanted to be a jockey as a boy, and even though that didn’t pan Š‡ ϐ‹”•– ›‡ƒ”Ž‹‰ ™ƒ• ™ƒŽ‡† out, his entry into racing management was easy. into the round pen. This was one His maternal grandparents were owner-breeders, and with only two of the colts who went through the broodmares they won the German Derby with Navarino in 1980, under maze earlier. His name was Fair Mountain and his owner, Margrit his grandfather’s name, Hugo Einschutz. His mother knew racing from Wetzel, lives in Hamburg and was childhood. His father used to join friends at Frankfurt racecourse in boarding him at Fährhof. The its more popular days, in the 1970s, and soon after he decided to smallish bay colt came from the buy a racehorse, then another. In 1978 he went to Einschutz’s stud late Tiger Hill, out of a multiple VQDW[CITC[[GCTNKPIſNN[PCOGF%KVCPC$WVUJGYCUCHCXQTKVGQH Group winner named Fair Breeze his daughter’s and she asked him not to sell. “So my father said, ‘I’ll who was part of Silvano’s original buy the yearling and keep it for you.’ That’s how they met,” Holger German crop. TGECNNGFő#PF%KVCPCYCUVJGſTUVDTQQFOCTGQHO[RCTGPVUŒ “He started wild as a deer on Monday,” Monty said, as he held long lines in both hands. Untethered, Fair Mountain galloped around the circle. Occasionally Monty would nudge him against his favored direction, which was counter- clockwise. Standing in the middle of the ring, like a shaman crossed with a carnival barker, Monty described what he – and the horse – were doing the entire time. Several minutes in, Monty predicted that Fair Mountain would slow down and start licking and chewing, signs of happiness. Moments later this happened. “Right on cue,” Monty said. Monty then opened his hand, turned, and walked toward the center with his arm trailing behind, gently signaling for Fair Mountain –‘ˆ‘ŽŽ‘™ǤDz ™ƒŽ–Š‹•™ƒ›ǡdzŠ‡•ƒ‹† Holger Faust (far right) with his parents Michaela and Bruna Faust to us, and the horse followed as photo: Dequia Media from www.Rennstall-woehler.de

The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 10 †‘ ‹Ž‡Ž›ƒ•‹ˆ‹ƒ–”ƒ ‡Ǥ  ”‡†‹„Ž›ǡ 6JG[ QRGPGF -CTNUJQH YJGP *QNIGT YCU PKPG UVCTVKPI YKVJ ſXG two minutes earlier he had been DTQQFOCTGU0KPG[GCTUNCVGTVJG[JCFDTGFVJGKTſTUV>D[YKPPGT careening around the pen. He walked in 2000: Samum, a beautiful chestnut son of Monsun with Northern up to Monty, who scratched his head. Dancer on the dam side. Sacarina, Samum’s dam, also foaled Derby “Easy now,” he said, as he clipped winner Schiaparelli and Oaks winner Salve Regina, all by Monsun. the line onto Fair Mountain’s halter. The Join Up was a success. Karlshof sold all of them as yearlings. Holger said they have bred 22 Simon carried in a long bamboo or 23 group winners from about 200 living foals. They currently have stick with a plastic bag on the end, 26 broodmares and three stallions: Samum, his best son Kamsin, and ƒ†Šƒ†‡†‹––‘‘–›Ǥ –Ž‘‘‡†ƒ• former French two-year-old champion Dabirsim. Last year they had funny as it sounds. Monty scratched two older horses in training: Seismos, who won the Group 1 Grosser the colt’s shoulder and legs with the 2TKGUXQP$C[GTPCPFſPKUJGFUGEQPFVQ0QXGNNKUVKPVJG)TQUUGT2TKGU stick and Fair Mountain licked his von Baden; and Samba Brazil, a Group 3 winner in Munich. Ž‹’•Ǥ Dz –ǯ• ƒ ˆ”‹‡†Ž› ‰‡•–—”‡ ‹ –Š‡ Unlike Andreas Jacobs, who entered German racing at a high point, ™‹Ž†ǡdz ‘–› •ƒ‹†Ǥ DzŠƒ–ǯ• ™Š‡”‡  the younger Faust entered at a low one. He was candid about the learned all of this.” The stick made Fair Mountain RTQDNGOU HCEKPI )GTOCP TCEKPI *G UCKF KV KU XGT[ FKHſEWNV VQ EQXGT nervous on Monday, but now, as GZRGPUGU NGV CNQPG VWTP C RTQſV RGTJCRU QPN[  QT  )GTOCP Monty waived the plastic bag this trained horses earn enough to cover their costs, about €25,000. Group way and that, he stood quietly and 1 races in Germany offer competitive purses, but Group 3 affairs carry sniffed Monty. Then Simon saddled a purse of €55,000; in France they are €80,000. “If you’re based in –Š‡ ‘Ž– ˆ‘” –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– –‹‡ǡ „—– Š‡ Cologne, it’s the same distance whether you run the horse in Paris or handled it perfectly. Out of his big, in Berlin,” Holger said. watchful eye Fair Mountain looked Minor stakes races in Germany offer €20,000, a third of France’s for his instructor. “The horse wants and half of Italy’s. “As an owner I never run a horse in a German to be with Monty,” Monty himself said. The saddle secured, Fair Mountain stakes race,” he added. “The races are hard to win, it’s always good started bucking around the company, but you get no prize money at all. I’d rather go into a Group perimeter of the ring. Occasionally 3 in Germany directly, or I run in a stakes race in a foreign country.” Monty snapped the long lines in his Perhaps the greatest challenge for horse racing in Germany is hand. “We have stimulus out there. reengaging the German public. Because everybody bets on soccer He has a terrible thing on his back. matches, you can watch them for free. But there is no free channel But he doesn’t blame me for that,” for German racing. The bookmakers have no interest in supporting Monty said soothingly. “He wants it. “Not even one German race is on free television – not the Derby, to come back to me.” After a half not the Oaks, nothing,” Holger said. “And when the newspaper writes dozen laps, Fair Mountain stopped, Monty moved to the center and he about racing, it’s only regional.” ˆ‘ŽŽ‘™‡†ǤDz ǯ–”›‹‰–‘‰‡–Š‹–‘ habituate, to have a comfort zone with a human.” Then Monty put on –Š‡„‹–ǤDz ˆ™‡†‘–Š‹‰•”‹‰Š–ƒŽŽ–Š‡ way through, he’ll stand like this for Š‹•ϐ‹”•–”ƒ ‡ǡdzŠ‡•ƒ‹†ƒ’’”‘˜‹‰Ž›Ǥ Fair Mountain started circling again, pushing into the bit. Horses are unlike humans, in that they move into pain or pressure, instead of away from it, and they have to be taught otherwise. Still, Fair Mountain had shown real improvement. Each step is scored and goes into Rachel’s notebook. Monty asked Rachel for Fair Mountain’s scores from the previous day. She called out: “6 for plastic, 7 for Join Up, 8 for Hermann.” Samum photo: Klaus-Jörg Tuchel from www.karlshof.com Hermann?

The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 11 Simon dragged into the pen a There is a subscription- homemade mannequin of a jockey based racing channel – a headless one, a fact which called BD1, he added, jaded punters might say was apt. but “99.9 percent of the German population don’t This was Hermann. “He lost his know that it exists.” head two years ago, and we never Yet he remains stridently replaced it,” Simon said with a optimistic, holding onto laugh. Hermann, all 25 kilos of signs of stabilization. The him, had on an old Fährhof riding recent sales in Germany have passed with good jacket and pants over his stuffed results, even as the torso, large rear and spindly legs. racing itself continues to Simon heaved Hermann around lag. People want to buy Fair Mountain – half on, falling off, German horses, mostly to seated on top. Monty stood 10 feet export, knowing they can get a good price. away. “He has to learn to stand still “I’m excited for the future, on his own,” he said. because I think we’ve done Fair Mountain had to learn a lot of things right, but intrinsically, Monty said, sounding not only our farm, but also like an 18th century Enlightenment German racing,” Holger said. “We’ve got good philosopher: “There is no pressure stallions, we’ve got good Seismos with jocky Andrea Atzeri and owner Holger put on the student to learn. The breeding, we’ve got good Faust after Hubertus Liebrecht Memorial Prize - Le student has to learn to pull in the farms, and we have very Defi du Galop at Baden Baden 10/21/2012 ‹ˆ‘”ƒ–‹‘ ‘ Š‹• ‘™Ǥdz  –Š‹• good trainers.” photo: galoppfoto from www.turf-times.de instance, the student aced the test. “He’s a 9 for Hermann all the way,” ™ƒ•ƒƒœ‡†„›™Šƒ–‘–›Šƒ† Sad because this horse was giving Monty called out. He removed the pulled off. There was a serenity to over its wild spirit to man, and lines and bit and Fair Mountain it but also a programmed quality, beautiful because he went calmly, was led out of the pen and into the in that he knew every button looking for companionship, and large square, where he was walked –‘ ’—•ŠǤ Šƒ–  Šƒ† ™ƒ– Š‡† around before returning to his stall. seemed both sad and beautiful. Monty accepted him affectionately. Monty continued talking about equine behavior. Time spent observing wild deer and watching television shows on wild dogs and zebras had shaped his thinking on pack behavior and why horses stay around the perimeter of the ring. –Š‡„ƒ ‘ˆŠ‡”‘–‡„‘‘ƒ Š‡Ž scribbled notes for herself: Wild dogs. Work horse across middle. The program had lasted 40 minutes. The key was to slow things †‘™ˆ‘”ƒϐŽ‹‰Š–ƒ‹ƒŽǡ–”‡ƒ–Š‹ to as much stimuli as possible so nothing will faze him come race day, and guarantee that his trainer receives a horse trusting of humans and ready to train. Soon after the new year, the two-year-olds would be sent to their trainers. Monty with Fair Mountain and “Hermann” photo: Ryan Goldberg

The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 12 ix additional yearlings and two weanlings came into the pen Sthat day, but in the meantime Andreas wanted to show me more of the farm. This was an enjoyable weekend for him: Monty was a link to his grandfather and the farm’s past, and his relationship with Monty and Simon was, more –Šƒƒ›–Š‹‰‡Ž•‡ǡƒˆ”‹‡†•Š‹’Ǥ – was also rare that he could spend several days consecutively at the farm, away from work, or for that matter in any one place without ϐŽ›‹‰•‘‡™Š‡”‡ƒ”‘—†–Š‡‰Ž‘„‡Ǥ His businesses trump racing, which is a weekend activity. He watches Galileo (standKng at Coolmore Ireland) photo: %QQNOQTGEQO far more races on his computer than in person. Every few hours he miler of 1986, and Lomitas. La and anticipation would later greet had to step away for phone calls or Salina and Lomitas are siblings, out her arrival into the riding hall for to answer emails. His wife, Natalie, ‘ˆ –Š‡ ’”‘Ž‹ϐ‹  ”‘—’ ͵ ™‹‡” ƒ a session with Monty. There was two of their four children, and an Colorada, by Surumu. ‘–Š‹‰ ‡”ƒ ƒ„‘—– –Š‹• ϐ‹ŽŽ›ǡ inquisitive gray Westie named except where she resided. Andreas Nacho were about to arrive from paid a little more than £550,000 Hamburg. Everything here was ˆ‘” ‡†‡”Ž›ǡ™‹Ž‡•• ‹ ϐ‹˜‡ •–ƒ”–• about family, both the two- and in France and America, at the 2008 four-legged members. Tattersalls December sale. Andreas led me into the stable to •Š‘™‘ˆˆ–Š‡ϐ‹ŽŽ‹‡•Ǥ ‹•’ƒ••‹‘ˆ‘” each pedigree was obvious. He has a youthful nature and an easy laugh, Walther felt different. He believed ƒ† „ƒ•‡† ‘ –Š‡ ”‡ ‘ŽŽ‡ –‹‘•  their best line came from the heard of his father and grandfather, British-bred Crape Band, purchased  ‘—Ž† –‡ŽŽ Š‡ ™ƒ• ™ƒ”‡” ƒ† for him by the German bloodstock more open than them. We looked at agent Philipp Alles. She foaled their ƒ ƒ•–‡–‘ ϐ‹ŽŽ›‘—–‘ˆƒƒŽ‹ƒǡ ϐ‹”•– ”‘—’ ͳ ™‹‡”ǣ ƒ”ƒ ‘Žǡ ‹ by Singspiel. This is their ‘L’ family, the 1972 Grosser Pries von Baden. which comes from the British-bred For the ‘C’ family, Andreas noted a ‘˜‡ ǡ ‘‡ ‘ˆ ¡Š”Š‘ˆǯ• –Š”‡‡ Žƒ••›ǦŽ‘‘‹‰ϐ‹ŽŽ›‘—–‘ˆƒ•ƒ‰ƒǡ For these three yearlings, he ˆ‘—†ƒ–‹‘ ƒ”‡•Ǥ ȋ  ‡”ƒ›ǡ by Juddmonte’s Dansili. ƒ– Š‡†–Š‡„‡•– ”‹•Šƒ†‰Ž‹•Š Š‘”•‡• —•– ƒ””› –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– ‹‹–‹ƒŽ  ƒŽ‘•– Š—•Š‡† –‘‡•ǡ Š‡ stallions from Coolmore and of their mother’s name.) Andreas –—”‡†–‘ƒϐ‹ŽŽ›„› ƒŽ‹Ž‡‘‘—–‘ˆ–Š‡ Juddmonte with his best dams. believes this is their best family: ”‹•ŠǦ„”‡†ƒ‡Š‹ŽŽƒ”‡‡†‡”Ž›Ǥ He had not sent them to German ˆ”‘ ‘˜‡ ǡ ™Š‘ ’”‘†— ‡† ͳʹ “Great cross,” Andreas said of stallions, though to be fair he sent winners, came champions Lagunas, the popular Galileo and Danehill Tenderly to Monsun in 2011. (Their their 1984 Derby winner, his half- pairing. She was probably the most colt did not meet his reserve at brother Lirung, the best European expensive horse on the grounds, Tattersalls Book One in 2012.)

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The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 14 As a successful teenage rider, Andreas was a horseman before businessman. Meaning he can relate to his trainers and farm managers, always aware of the obstacles they encounter in bringing a horse to the races. However, his horsemanship and entrepreneurship often meet. At the stud barn and yearling barn, he showed me a roll-down screen which allows in air while blocking the wind. He discovered this technology in cow breeding and realized it would help bring in the oxygen his horses need to stay well if nature or injury prevented them for going outside. These barns Rolling screen up at Haberloh photo: www.faehrhof.de are never stuffy. Four years ago, he purchased Power & Rub, a nearby company that manufactures stalls and stables and horse walkers. He anticipated forthcoming projects in emerging racing nations – Dubai, ƒ–ƒ”ƒ† ‘‰‘‰ǡˆ‘”‹•–ƒ ‡Ȃ and the company is now the largest of its kind in Europe. The barns here were renovated based on another scheme he came up with: every stall has interior walls which slide out, and to clean them every so often, a corner of the barn opens and a tractor rolls right through and clears them out. Mucking stalls is a thing of the past. Searching for hidden value is Stalls while rolling screen is down photo: Ryan Goldberg also how he approaches breeding “You’re just going mainstream and ƒ”‡•Ǥ ˆ›‘—†‘ǯ–Šƒ˜‡ƒ”‡•–Š‡ ƒ†•‡ŽŽ‹‰ǤDz ǯƒ„—•‹‡••ƒ•‘ throwing money out the window, that’s your fault,” Andreas said. He ǯŽ‘‘‹‰ƒ–—„‡”•‹–‡”•‘ˆ and trying to beat people with added: “Germans don’t help each ‘•–•ǡ‹ ‘‡ǡ’”‘ϐ‹–ƒ†•‘‘Ǥ‘‹ˆ more money, and that’s not a race other. That’s a problem.” „—›ƒŠ‘”•‡ǡ ǯ–”›‹‰–‘ ƒŽ —Žƒ–‡ you can win.” Surumu, for instance, only had whether it makes sense and a Such an approach is not part of ƒ†‘œ‡ˆ‘ƒŽ•‹Š‹•ϐ‹”•– ”‘’ǡƒ† commercially sensible price,” he his family’s or German racing’s old- 22 in the second. Acatenango was said. Despite his personal wealth, Š‡ †‘‡•ǯ– ƒ‹ –‘ Ž‘•‡ ‘‡›Ǥ Dz ˆ fashioned ethos. The economics in there (named for a Guatemalan you only go after the expensive of German racing don’t support volcano), from a British mare stuff, then you’re not necessarily it. “You can only make a stallion named Aggravate imported by a successful breeder,” he added. by supporting him with your own ƒŽ–Š‡” ƒŽ‘‰ ™‹–Š ‘˜‡ Ǥ

The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 15 Surumu reached countrywide an afterthought in Germany, and “If you want appeal after Acatenango won seven horses are given every chance to to make your Group 1 races, including the 1985 ‡‡––Š‡‹”’‘–‡–‹ƒŽǤ ˆ–Š‡Š‘”•‡‹• Derby, but he still never covered not showing something, he is given stallion, big books, and only twice had a foal more time. ”‘’ ƒ• Š‹‰Š ƒ• ͵ͻǤ ‘‹–ƒ•ǯ• ϐ‹”•– Dz ˆ›‘—™ƒ––‘ƒ‡›‘—”•–ƒŽŽ‹‘ǡ you have to ”‘’‹ Ž—†‡†–Š‡ϐ‹”•–ǡˆ‘—”–Šƒ† you have to support him,” Holger ϐ‹ˆ–ŠǦ’Žƒ ‡ ϐ‹‹•Š‡”• ‹ –Š‡ ͳͻͻͻ Faust told me. “And you have to support him... Derby. Darley then came calling to keep the horses and manage them bring him to Dalham Hall Stud in well, to show others that you have a And you have England. Monsun saw a few dozen good stallion. So we give them time, ƒ”‡• Š‹• ϐ‹”•– ›‡ƒ”ǡ ƒ† ‘‡ ‘ˆ we give them chances, we bring them came from Fährhof. His crops them out when they’re ready and to keep the averaged around 47 foals, not even then go for the Group results.” ŠƒŽˆ ‘ˆ –Š‡ „‡•– ‰Ž‹•Š ƒ† ”‹•Š Following my trip, Sid Fernando, horses and stallions, even though 20 percent the American pedigree consultant, of his starters were stakes winners. put this into perspective for me. manage them There are 60 stallions in Germany, and they must do more “That is the old-world style that well, to show with less. This helps explain the used to exist in America and still values of German racing as a exists in parts of South America others that whole. Trainers can’t burn through and Japan, where the stud owner horses because there aren’t more is a wealthy landowner and he you have a waiting in the wings, and the breeds mares to his stallions. He’s reputations of their owners’ few not interested in quick returns but good stallion. stallions and broodmares are at building long-term families. You stake. With prize money the way create your own bloodlines and So we give it is, breeders and owners want you know them so well you could safe bets. Two-year-old races are write books about them.” them time, we give them chances, we bring them out when they’re ready and then go for the Group results.” Danedream (GER) by Lomitas (GER), with Andrasch Starke winning the Group 1 Qatar Prix De — Holger Faust L’Arc De Triomphe at Longchamp 10/2/2011. Photo: ©Mark Cranham

The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 16 he Jacobs family were Walther and his family left during landowners long before the second World War, and they TƒŽ–Š‡” ‘’‡‡† ¡Š”Š‘ˆǤ  ”‡–—”‡†‹ͳͻͶͷ–‘ϐ‹†–Š‡ ‘ˆˆ‡‡ the 15th century, they moved from Walther company destroyed, like most of Holland to Bremen, and as they had Bremen, which was bombarded in their old home, they constructed throughout the war. Walther had to spent start over. He made Jacobs Coffee canals so they could drain the the largest in Germany, and Klaus, swampy land and then farm it. The several who took over in 1973 and added break came in 1896, when Johann chocolate, made it the largest in Jacobs, Walther’s uncle, moved into hours daily Europe. the center of Bremen and started Even in his business days, Walther roasting, grinding and selling remained an enthusiastic rider coffee. Walther, the second son, left studying and fox hunter. Andreas recalled the farm -- where they grew crops many Sundays where he and his and raised cattle -- and joined his pedigrees. grandparents, parents and brother uncle in the city at 12 or 13. used to ride out in the countryside. “We have always been very close to Dz  ‘—” ‘”–Š‡” ‡”ƒ –Š‡ Š‘”•‡ǡdz †”‡ƒ• •ƒ‹†Ǥ Dz  –Š‹ Š‡”‹–ƒ‰‡ •›•–‡ǡ ƒŽ™ƒ›• –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– “That’s why that helped my grandfather a lot to son gets the farm,” Andreas said. know the horse much better than “So his oldest brother got the farm. he often used other horse owners.” My grandfather had to look after —”‹‰ ¡Š”Š‘ˆǯ• ϐ‹”•– †‡ ƒ†‡ǡ himself, and because his uncle had stallions you Walther was advised by a Polish- no children, he was moved over to would never German named Udo von Kummer, him.” who had been the manager of ͳͻ͵Ͳǡ ‘Šƒ•‡–Š‹•‡’Š‡™ use – quite the Trakehner breed at the East to New York to learn about the Prussian stud farm in the town of marketing and distribution of food unfashionable the same name. Similar in size to thoroughbreds, these horses are products, and Walther returned in or odd type of more sensitive, elegant and smart. 1933 to take over the coffee company. Walther also spent several hours combinations. daily studying pedigrees. “He was very passionate on this We can’t figure and he was very experimental in that sense,” said Andreas. “That’s why out why he he often used stallions you would never use – quite unfashionable did it today, in or odd type of combinations. We ƒǯ–ϐ‹‰—”‡‘—–™Š›Š‡†‹†‹––‘†ƒ›ǡ hindsight, but in hindsight, but he was quite successful in doing this.” he was quite Andreas was sitting at a long wood table inside the farm’s successful in ‘”‹‰‹ƒŽ „ƒ”Ǥ  ͳͻͻ͹ǡ Š‡ ‘˜‡† the stallions and foaling area into doing this.” a larger stable and converted this ‹–‘ ‘ˆϐ‹ ‡•Ǥ —””‘—†‹‰ Š‹ were antique Dutch furniture from — Andreas Jacobs, Š‹• ‰”ƒ†ˆƒ–Š‡”ǯ• ˆ‘”‡” ‘ˆϐ‹ ‡ in Bremen, enough trophies and on his grandfather silverware to stuff at least three cabinets, sculptures and paintings Walther of their Group 1 winners, and bookshelves crowded with old stud books from Germany and England going back as far as the mid-19th century.

The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 17 Andreas left the table and randomly pulled out the German general stud book from 1933; in the margins was his grandfather’s handwriting in red ink. ƒŽ–Š‡”ǯ• ϐ‹”•– ‰‘ƒŽ ™ƒ• –‘ have 20 mares by 1970, and then another 20 by 1975. One of his early passions was for the sire line of Nijinsky, the son of Northern Dancer and English Triple Crown winner of 1970. Watching those victories, and thinking about the stamina required to win the German classics, left a great impression. Northern Dancer blood was absent from Germany, and Walther found outcrosses in his foundational British mares, members of an older generation. He was successful with this combination twice: Lagunas, „› Ž‡ ‡ ‘—”„‘ǡ ƒ† ‘‹–ƒ•ǡ by Nininski. Both came from the Lomitas in front of Surumu statue at Gestüt Fährhof photo: Galoppfoto.de c/o turf-times.de ‘˜‡  ˆƒ‹Ž›ǡ ™Š‡”‡ ‹–‡”ƒ– ƒ† Surumu also cropped up. Others When Monty first looked over the were quick to follow this fashion. “Of those German breeders who went across to the U.K. to use gorgeous chestnut (Lomitas), 16 Northern Dancer sires, they all had incredible success,” Andreas said. hands and perfect in conformation, a star between his eyes with an elongated strip that widened and ended between his nostrils, he thought: The next fashion in Germany was in the combination of the “Holy shit, I gotta get this right.” Gestüt Zoppenbroich homebred Konigsstuhl, the only German Triple Crown winner, and Surumu to Monsun. She came from the suffering from an eye infection and dams. This opened up new blood family of Berglar’s foundation Š‹‰Š–‡’‡”ƒ–—”‡ǤDz –Š‘—‰Š–ǡ‹ˆŠ‡ because the Derby winners of 1977 ƒ”‡ ƒ”‘Žƒǡ –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– ”ƒ ‡Š‘”•‡ passes on his character, he will be a and 1979 came from the same he ever purchased. She was an great stallion.” generation. The classic example ordinary looking dark bay when During this time, Walther and was Monsun, who was bred by he purchased her, in 1990, for Andreas, who was coming into ‡•–ò– •ƒ”Žƒ†‘—–‘ˆ–Š‡—”—— €13,500 as a yearling at Baden the fold, were searching for new dam Mosella, and purchased as Baden. She gave him 13 foals, all ideas. Their introduction to Monty a yearling by Baron Georg von of them winners. Night Lagoon’s Roberts changed everything, for all Ullman. dam is Nenuphar, one of only two involved. You could write a book Dz ˆ›‘—Ž‘‘ƒ–‘•—ǯ••‹”‡Ž‹‡ daughters from Narola. about Lomitas – and indeed Monty as well as his dam’s sire line you “Monsun himself was a very good spent a whole chapter on him in his will notice that both are Phalaris- racehorse but not an outstanding 1997 autobiography, The Man Who free,” Christoph Berglar told me. one,” Berglar added. “What Listens to Horses. But a few stories “As a result Monsun was open impressed me most when he was •—ˆϐ‹ ‡Ǥ particularly to Nearco (Nasrullah, still a racehorse was his victory in Š‡ ‘–› ϐ‹”•– Ž‘‘‡† ‘˜‡” Royal Charger and Nearctic) as well –Š‡ †‡‡ ƒ•ƒǦ”‡‹• ȋ ”‘—’ ʹȌ ‹ the gorgeous chestnut, 16 hands as to Native Dancer (Mr. Prospector) 1995. Monsun was already beaten and perfect in conformation, a star and matched extremely well with ‹–Š‡ϐ‹ƒŽ–—”ǡ„—–Š‡ˆ‘—‰Š–„ƒ  between his eyes with an elongated dams carrying those bloodlines.” with unbelievable determination strip that widened and ended For Novellist, Berglar sent ƒ†ϐ‹ƒŽŽ›™‘–Šƒ–”ƒ ‡Ǥdzˆ–‡”™ƒ”† between his nostrils, he told me he Night Lagoon, who is by Lagunas, it was discovered that he had been –Š‘—‰Š–ǣDz ‘Ž›•Š‹–ǡ ‰‘––ƒ‰‡––Š‹•”‹‰Š–Ǥdz

The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 18 market. But it also appears, in hindsight, like the establishment’s response to Fährhof’s budding “He was success outside Germany: after all, Fährhof was still a relative upstart, and a cosmopolitan one at so smart, that, compared to older, classically German farms. he started What came next at Fährhof was ƒ ”‡˜‘Ž—–‹‘Ǥ  ͳͻͻʹǡ ‘–› ™ƒ• learning ƒ•‡† –‘ ϐ‹† ƒ †‘œ‡ ‡”‹ ƒ Nine men could not get Lomitas into the broodmares to bring over. Their starting gate photo: Montyroberts.com aim was for a complete outcross: very quickly. the stoutness of German breeding paired with American speed. Most of the broodmares Monty And I got picked out had black type, but one was different. Spirit of Eagles, a Ž‹ˆ‡–‹‡ Žƒ‹‡”ǡŠƒ†ϐ‹‹•Š‡†–Š‹”† him right in the last start of her 59-race career, at Turf Paradise on March pretty soon.” 25, 1992. That day, the California- bred six-year-old was in for a $3,000 tag and battling for a $3,400 -Monty Roberts ’—”•‡Ǥ – ™ƒ• –Š‡ —Ž‹‡Ž‹‡•– ’Žƒ ‡ 10 days after working with Monty, Lomitas –‘ϐ‹†™Šƒ–™‘—Ž†„‡ ‘‡‘‡‘ˆ recalls his work returned to his racing career, loaded the gate the best broodmares in modern first and won photo: Montroberts.com German racing. with Lomitas Spirit of Eagles was in Kentucky of thing.’ He’s a smart horse, and when Monty purchased her – for he was getting very fractious when $30,000, he said, plus she was There was a covered riding –Š‡›•–ƒ”–‡†–‘ ‘—–Ž‹‡–Šƒ–Ǥ –‘Ž† carrying a $10,000 foal by Tejano track at Bremen racecourse, and them to just push the button.” at the time. What did he like about he went in there with Lomitas to Lomitas was allowed one more her? “She ran so many times, she begin schooling him. Monty only chance. Five days later at Bremen kept running hard, and she got had a rope he called a “come along,” – 10 days after Monty had arrived more competitive as she got older,” which he had been using since Ȃ ‘‹–ƒ• Ž‘ƒ†‡† ϐ‹”•–ǡ ƒ† Š‡ he said. He had Lomitas in mind ͳͻͶͻǤDz ’—––Š‹•‘Š‹ƒ†›‰‘†ǡ ™‘Ǥ ™‘ ™‡‡• Žƒ–‡” Š‡ ϐ‹‹•Š‡† for a match. Walther was likewise Š‡™ƒ•˜‘Žƒ–‹Ž‡ǡdz‘–›”‡ ƒŽŽ‡†ǤDz  second in the Derby at Hamburg. attracted to her toughness: in one was scared either me or the horse He never had gate troubles again, year alone, she made 25 starts. might hurt each other. But he was although the next year, after an But Spirit of Eagles and her so smart, he started learning very uncharacteristically poor race, fellow imports didn’t produce good “—‹ Ž›Ǥ† ‰‘–Š‹”‹‰Š–’”‡––›•‘‘Ǥdz in which they believed Lomitas Š‘”•‡• ƒ– ϐ‹”•–Ǣ ‘”‡ ‘ˆ–‡ –Šƒ Monty asked to go to a round pen might have been poisoned, Walther not they were crooked. The farm somewhere, but Andreas Wohler manager didn’t care for Spirit of didn’t believe he could get Lomitas decided to send him to trainer Ron Eagles, and so in October 1997, on the truck. Monty did, and he McAnally in California. Lomitas Andreas agreed to bring her to took him on and off the truck to was Grade 2 placed there, but in auction at Baden Baden. At the disbelief. “They hauled me off to an seven starts he never quite lived up last moment, he decided to raise equestrian center somewhere and to his German form. He returned her reserve price from 30,000 to we built a round pen out of jump to Fährhof for stallion duty and 35,000 deutschemarks, about a ’‘Ž‡•‹ƒ”‹†‹‰ŠƒŽŽŽ‹‡–Š‹•Ǥ †‹† became a star. $15,000 difference. Nobody bought her. ‘‹ ’ ™‹–Š Š‹ǡ ƒ† –Š‡  –‘‘ His return also heralded a change They could not have been luckier: the poles down and did the Join Up ‹ ‘ˆϐ‹ ‹ƒŽ ‡”ƒ „”‡‡†‹‰ ”—Ž‡•Ǥ her yearling at the time, her fourth, in the whole arena, and really got  ƒŽ‹ˆ‘”‹ƒ Š‡ ”ƒ ‘ ƒ•‹šǡ ƒ† ƒ‡ˆ”‘Š‡”ϐ‹”•–˜‹•‹––‘‘‹–ƒ•Ǥ him wanting to be with me.” upon his return, the rule regarding His name was Silvano. Four years A few days later, Monty asked the premiums for breeding to drug- later, after Walther had died, head starter to come to Bremen for a free stallions was introduced. Silvano carried Fährhof’s colors test. As they loaded Lomitas, Monty The motives for this change seem around the world, winning the recalled, “Some guy was up there to obvious and less so. On its face, it Arlington Million, Singapore Cup, open the gate, and he started yelling, aimed to prevent any weakening of ƒ† ‹ ‘‰‘‰ǡƒ†’Žƒ ‡† Ǯ‹•ǡœ™‡‹ǡ†”‡‹ǡǯ’‘™Ǩ •ƒ‹†ǡǮŠ‘ƒǡ bloodlines by allowing horses who in the Man o’ War at Belmont and Š‘Ž†‘Š‡”‡ǡ †‘ǯ–™ƒ––Š‹•‹† needed Lasix into the breeding Dubai Sheema Classic.

The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 19 ’‹”‹– ‘ˆ ƒ‰Ž‡•ǯ• ϐ‹ŽŽ‹‡• ‡˜‡” amounted to much, but her next colt, Sabiango, born in 1998 by Acatenango, was another superstar. He added two Group 1 victories in Germany and the Grade 1 Charles Whittingham Handicap at Santa Anita to his dam’s incredible ledger. Sabiango bled in Germany and was sent to the U.S. so he could race on Lasix, a decision Andreas regrets, because as a stallion his offspring are not eligible for those premiums. As a result, Sabiango, who stands at Fährhof, sees only a handful of mares each year.

Silvano photo: Main Chance Farms Near his paddock is Spirit tough on him during his youth, bay horse also closed Fährhof’s of Eagles, still alive at 27, after he recalled, and he left Bremen as 45-year chapter as an exclusive carrying 15 live foals. Her wooly soon as he could. He studied law owner-breeder. Because he sells brown winter coat was coming in at the University of Freiburg and all of his German colts, it seems ‘˜‡” Š‡” Ž‡ƒǡ ›‡– ϐ‹– ˆ”ƒ‡Ǥ Dz •ǯ– continued his business studies unlikely Andreas will stand another that something?” Andreas said in France. He found little time to homebred stallion after Silvano and sentimentally as he pointed her out visit the races during his twenties. Sabiango. Silvano is beloved. “He in a paddock full of mares. “She’s a When his grandfather invited him ™ƒ•ƒƒƒœ‹‰ϐ‹‰Š–‡”ǡdzŠ‡•ƒ‹†ǤDz ‡ tough one.” onto the board in 1992, he believed wasn’t as talented physically but Their experiment, as it turned he needed him as a young adviser he had a huge heart. His offspring out, was only successful for one for the large operation. have it too.” ‰‡‡”ƒ–‹‘Ǥ Dz –‡”‡•–‹‰Ž›ǡ –Š‡ Dz •–ƒ”–‡†™‹–Š–Š‡’—”‡‹–‡”‡•– Silvano led to his owner’s second generation of these mixed of spending more time with him purchase of Maine Chance. Andreas ’”‘†— –• †‹† ‘– ”‡ƒŽŽ› ˆ—Žϐ‹ŽŽ –Š‡ and helping him out,” Andreas said. was visiting South Africa on a plans,” Andreas said. “They did not “When he asked me to run the stud, ‹••‹‘–‘ϐ‹†ƒ•Š—––Ž‡Š‘‡ˆ‘” improve. Which means that if you ‹– ™ƒ• ƒ ’‘•‹–‹˜‡ •—”’”‹•‡Ǥ  ™ƒ• Silvano when he fell in love with happy. The consequence was that look at our book today, there is not the farm. Silvano was the leading much left from that combination.”  Šƒ† –‘ ‘˜‡ ƒ† –Šƒ– Šƒ‰‡† freshman sire in Germany, but ƒ•‡†Š‹‹ˆŠ‡‡š’‡ –‡†–Š‹•Ǥ my life.” He moved his family from “No, it was totally new to me,” Munich to Hamburg, which is an after two seasons he grounded Š‡ •ƒ‹†Ǥ Dz  –Š‹ ‘„‘†› ‡˜‡” †‹† hour from Bremen. in South Africa. The quarantine that extreme outcross.” The second Why did his grandfather choose forced on South Africa in response generation were bleeders, he said, him over his four children or 15 to an outbreak of African Horse and as such, found little success other grandchildren? Sickness kept him from returning on German racecourses where Dz  Šƒ† ‘ ‡š’Žƒƒ–‹‘ ™Š› Š‡ to Germany. His stamina was much ƒ•‹š ‹• ˆ‘”„‹††‡Ǥ –‡”‡•–‹‰Ž›ǡ asked me,” Andreas said. “Maybe appreciated there. Last year, he set even though his parents both ran Š‡ Ž‹‡† › ƒ”‡‡”Ǥ  ™ƒ• ƒ a new stallion record with seven ‘ƒ•‹šǡ‹Ž˜ƒ‘ǡ’ƒ”–‘ˆ–Šƒ–ϐ‹”•– ‹†‡’‡†‡–’‡”•‘ǡƒ† ƒŽ”‡ƒ†› individual Group 1 winners. On July generation, never bled or ran on it Šƒ† ƒ Ž‘– ‘ˆ •— ‡•• –Š‡Ǥ  ƒ•‡† ͸ǡʹͲͳ͵ǡŠ‹•‘ˆˆ•’”‹‰ϐ‹‹•Š‡†ϐ‹”•– himself. him, ‘Why me?’ He said, ‘Your father and third in South Africa’s iconic Andreas had returned to the fold already sold my coffee company.’” Durban July; remarkably, on the at the same time Monty entered Silvano ushered in Andreas’s same day his son Lucky Speed won the picture. His father was very tenure, but the tigerish, striking the German Derby.

The Contemporary Rise of German Bloodlines January 2014 | 20 or the moment, prize money –Š‡‰—›•‹ƒŽ–ƒ™‡”‡ϐ‹ŽŽ‹‰–Š‡‹” come back, they see that they can Fin Germany has stopped its pockets and the whole sport went win the King George so they should free-fall. The breeding remained down the drain.” reinvest,” he continued. “But then true, even as its racing’s collapse ‡™‡”‡•‹––‹‰‹Š‹•‘ˆϐ‹ ‡ǡƒ†  it’s only those big and passionate centered on its funding: online asked him if the best days of German breeders who stick to their strategy bookmakers which moved offshore, racing are behind it. He talked about Ž‘‰ –‡”Ǥ –ǯ• –Š‡ •ƒŽŽ „”‡‡†‡”• to places like Gibraltar or Malta, the horrible spiral which comes and were not paying their fair with reduced betting turnover: who are going under.” share. The only difference between income for the racecourses goes Knowing that he got in at what France, for example, where a pari- down, then prize money, and then looks like a summit for German mutuel system is in place, and other owners start taking on water, buy ”ƒ ‹‰ǡ  ƒ•‡† Š‹ ‹ˆ Š‡ ”‡‰”‡–• European countries where prize fewer horses, and all the while taking over Fährhof. money is a fraction of France’s, like the horse population drops and Dz‘ǡdz Š‡ ”‡’Ž‹‡†Ǥ Dz—– ǯ˜‡ Great Britain and Germany, is the nobody invests in new stallions and ™‘†‡”‡† Š‘™  ™‘—Ž†ǯ˜‡ •’‡– distribution model. new broodmares. › –‹‡Ǥdz ‡ ‰”‹‡†Ǥ Dz  ™‘—Ž†ǯ˜‡ The European Union is about Dz‡ ƒ”‡ –”›‹‰ –‘ •–‘’ ‹– ƒ†  saved money.” to change the law so that where think we have,” he said. “There is Then he stretched his arms wide, a bet is processed – Gibraltar, for more money available this year. and outside the closest window instance – is immaterial to what But in the whole cycle, it obviously the bet was placed on, say a race takes very long to persuade the you could see the statue of Surumu at Baden Baden. This took six breeder to buy and invest in a new greeting visitors to the farm, and years, and gives Andreas hope for mare now, because we have this with a laugh, he said, “We’re never a turnaround scenario. He told turnaround scenario.” ‰‘‹‰–‘•–‘’Š‡”‡Ǥ ‘™ ƒ •–‘’ me, bitterly, “So during that time “Then you say, well why don’t they this here?”

Surumu statue at Gestüt Fährhof photo: Ryan Goldberg

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