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THURSDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2020 DUBAWI DAY AS BOOK 1 BARNEY ROY ONE OF EIGHT G1SWS IN BAHRAIN TROPHY CONTINUES MG1SW Barney Roy (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}) leads an octet of Group 1 winners among the entries for the second edition of the £500,000 Bahrain International Trophy, the Rashid Equestrian & Horseracing Club. Sixty-one horses from Britain (22), Ireland (14), France (9), Bahrain (6), the UAE (6), Norway (2), Japan (1) and Germany (1) hold entries for the 2000-metre race at Sakhir Racecourse on Friday, Nov. 20. A four-time Group 1 winner, the Godolphin colourbearer saluted in the G1 Longines Grosser Preis von Baden last out on Sept. 13. AIt=s a race we=ve been keen to support, and we feel that we=ve got the right horse in Barney Roy to take to Bahrain,@ said trainer Charlie Appleby. AHe=s got a great profile leading into the race off the back of his Group 1 in Germany. He=s been shipped out to Dubai already and will continue his preparation there. We=re delighted to have the invitation from Bahrain, and we are thrilled to be able to support the race with a horse like Barney The session-topping Dubawi colt | Tattersalls Roy.@ The remaining Group 1 winners are: 2019 G1 Queen Anne S. hero Lord Glitters (Fr) (Whipper), MGISW Desert Encounter (Ire) By Emma Berry and Alayna Cullen (Halling), G1 Jebel Hatta scorer Dream Castle (Ire) (Frankel NEWMARKET, UKCWhen the G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner {GB}), French Group 1 winners Intellogent (Ire) (Intello {Ger}) Intricately (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) appeared in the December and Zabeel Prince (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) and the mares-- Mares= Sale of 2017, she was one of the leading lights at 1.7- Classic heroine and MG1SW Billesdon Brook (GB) (Champs million gns, and her first foal went a long way to recouping some Elysees {GB}) and G1 Nassau S. victress Deirdre (Jpn) (Harbinger of that investment on Wednesday. The colt by Dubawi (Ire) was {GB}). Cont. p12 one of seven yearlings by the sire bought by Sheikh Mohammed=s Godolphin operation through the first two days and the most expensive yearling of the second session at 1.1- million gns. Lot 225 was presented for sale by Highclere Stud, where Intricately is a permanent boarder for her owners Mike and Michelle Morris. The colt has obvious stallion potential if his race record lives up to his pedigree as his grandam Inner Realm (Ire) is a Galileo (Ire) half-sister to the dependable sire and former brilliant miler Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire) (Danehill). AHe really has been very straightforward since the day he was born,@ said Lady Carolyn Warren of Highclere Stud. AIt=s a Royal Julius in 2019 | Rashid Equestrian & Horseracing Club wonderful result for the Morrises. Michelle is a really good horsewoman herself and Mike really knows racing. My son Jake IN TDN AMERICA TODAY selected the mare for them and this is a great start for her.@ CATALOGUE OUT FOR FASIG-TIPTON “NIGHT OF THE STARS” She added that Intricately has a colt foal by Dubawi back at the A star-studded catalogue has been released for the Fasig-Tipton stud and is now in foal to Kingman (GB). Cont. p2 “Night of the Stars” on Nov. 8. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 8 OCTOBER 2020 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 Day 2 Cont. from p1 Sheikh Mohammed=s support of Book 1 showed no sign of waning throughout the second day. Godolphin=s expenditure so far is 12.7 million gnsCapproximately one quarter of the total $ Jacqueline Quest (Ire) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire})'s five yearlings turnover with one day of trade left. to visit a sale ring, all at Book 1, have averaged 685,000gns. Stroud signed for a second Dubawi colt from Highclere Stud Her latest Dubawi colt made 525,000gns from Godolphin on (lot 195) who was another first foal, this one out of the Lingfield Wednesday. Oaks Trial winner Hertford Dancer (GB) (Foxwedge {Aus}). Bred in partnership by the Morrises and Highclere, the relation of $ Godolphin has bought 17 yearlings thus far at Book 1 for Invincible Spirit (Ire) and Mishriff (GB) sold for 300,000gns. 12,700,000gns, accounting for 26% of the aggregate. Also on Stroud=s list was lot 229, the brother to listed winner Onassis (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and half-brother to GI Breeders= Cup $ Lope De Vega (Ire) has had 17 yearlings sold thus far at Book 1. Juvenile Turf winner Line Of Duty (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). He was They have averaged 234,941gns and were bred off a i60,000 bred by Christopher Hanbury and sold through his nephew Peter stud fee. His 280,00gns TATOCT grad Aunt Pearl (Ire) won the Stanley=s New England Stud for 525,000gns. GII JP Morgan Chase Jessamine S. at Keeneland on Oct. 7. The Unsurprisingly, the sale=s figures continue to be adrift of those son of Shamardal now stands for i100,000 at Ballylinch Stud. posted in 2020. Another 119 yearlings were sold on Wednesday from the 154 offered at a rate of 77%. The average was down by $ Yearling colts out of three daughters of Coln Valley Stud=s 26% at 179,639gns and the median dropped by 17 % to Gryada (GB) have sold for 600,000gns, 2.3 million gns and 125,000gns, Turnover for the day was 21,377,000gns, a 800,000gns in the last three years at Book 1. reduction of 33% from the corresponding session last year. $ Champion 3-year-old Almanzor (Fr) had two yearlings offered on Wednesday and they sold for 210,000gns and 185,000gns. He stands for i35,000 at Haras d=Etreham. Great Return For Small Breeder Coln Valley Stud enjoyed a fantastic result at last year=s Book 1 when selling a Kingman (GB) colt out of Grace And Favour (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) for 2.3 millions gns to Godolphin, and it was Sheikh Mohammed=s agent Anthony Stroud who stepped in for another offering from the same family on Wednesday. This time around the colt (lot 186) was by the operation=s own leading stallion Dubawi and out of another daughter of Gryada (GB) (Shirley Heights {GB}) in Great And Small (GB), a Galileo (Ire) half-sister to the five-time Group 1 winner Fame And Glory (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) and herself a listed-placed winner. The bidding Lady Carolyn Warren | Tattersalls went Stroud=s way at 800,000gns. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 8 OCTOBER 2020 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 Day 2 Cont. Coln Valley Stud owner Nicholas Jones said, AIt's a nerve-wracking game. In that three minutes is the only revenue for the stud in 365 days, that's the one time we only have cash in rather than cash out. We have three daughters of Gryada at home and they have all produced lovely colts that have sold well here as a yearlings over the last three years. Their mother was Senior Vice President Gary King from a very good family herself, which was nurtured first in Twitter: @garykingTDN Germany and then by Lord Howard de Walden. All the females [email protected] produce attractive, balanced offspring with good temperaments + 1.732.320.0975 so they are a pleasure to have at home.@ He continued, AThere=s an old proverb that says reduce International Editor expectations and increase happiness, so I never come here with Kelsey Riley huge expectations. It=s a difficult market in the bloodstock world Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN and elsewhere, so we never know what=s going to happen. But [email protected] Great And Small has a full-brother to this colt on the ground so I European Editor have already told Mr. Stroud I hope to see him here next year.@ Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected] Contributing Editors Alan Carasso Christina Bossinakis Nicholas Jones of Coln Valley Stud | Tattersalls Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Jones bought Gryada in foal to Sadler=s Wells for 180,000gns in Tom Frary December 2006, the same year that she foaled the colt who [email protected] become known as Fame And Glory. He went on to win the G1 Criterium de Saint Cloud at two, and was runner-up to Sea The Irish Correspondent Stars (Ire) in the Derby before winning the Irish Derby and later Daithi Harvey claiming another three Group 1 victories, including the Gold Cup at Ascot. The stud has retained two of his full-sisters, including Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake Grace And Glory (GB), the dam of G3 Musidora S winner Give Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele And Take (GB) (Cityscape {GB}). Another full-sister, Yummy Mummy (GB), is the dam of 1000 Guineas winner Legatissimo (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). Jones added, AThe foals out of Grace And Favour and Grace IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY And Glory have sold very well. The family is doing exceptionally FARNAN’S FOOT SETBACK, GYTRASH ON TARGET well. It's nice that all three daughters have produced lovely colts A bruised foot has forced G1 Golden Slipper S. winner Farnan to bring up here. I like to keep the fillies and I can afford to keep (Aus) (Not a Single Doubt {Aus}) out of the Roman Consul S. them now.@ Cont. p4 Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ.