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TUESDAY, 10 JULY 2018 PEDIGREE INSIGHTS: RECORDS TUMBLE AS >IMPACT= REIGNS SUPREME by DaithR Harvey INTELLO & INTELLOGENT HOKKAIDO, Japan-Hopes were high that the JRHA Select Sale would continue the upward curve it has charted the last number of years and when yearlings took centre stage at Northern Horse Park for the opening session on Monday, those hopes were realized in no uncertain fashion. Trade was headed by a son of Deep Impact (Jpn) that sold for -250 million, but it was the depth of trade throughout the day that lead to a record breaking aggregate of -9,674,500,000 (US$87,585,779/,65,682,082/i74,432,021/A$117,109,043), up on last year=s total of -8.63 billion. 211 of the 233 offered yearlings changed hands for a clearance rate of 90%, in line with last year=s figure and those that sold did so at an average of -45,850,000 (US$415,145/,311,355/i352,742/A$555,179) and a median of -31,000,000 (US$280,683/,210,493/i238/469/A$375,351). Both these Intello | Cheveley Park Stud figures represented rises of 15% and 5% respectively. To lend further credence to the robustness of the market, last by Andrew Caulfield year 12 yearlings made in excess of US$1 million, but on Precedent counts for an awful lot in the world of horse racing Monday that number reached 17. Cont. p14 and breeding: if something has happened once, people are generally prepared to bet that it can happen again, and again. So, when Teofilo became Europe's champion 2-year-old of 2006, thanks to Group 1 victories in the National S. and Dewhurst S., everyone took note that sending a daughter of Danehill to Galileo had produced a colt possessing much more precocity and juvenile speed than Galileo. Consequently, several more Danehill mares beat a path to Galileo's door in 2007, with spectacular results. Frankel duly emulated Teofilo's Dewhurst success and 2-year-old championship before becoming one of three Classic winners bred to this pattern in May 2011, the others being Golden Lilac (Poule d'Essai des Pouliches) and Roderic O'Connor (Irish 2000 Guineas). Katsumi Yoshida | Mariko Seki There are now no fewer than 12 Group 1 winners bred this way and the nick has produced 15% black-type winners, even though Galileo now had the staggering total of 285 foals of IN TDN AMERICA TODAY racing age out of Danehill's daughters. WINSTAR’S SEAN TUGEL DISCUSSES ‘DIEM’ & CONSTITUTION Fortunately, Teofilo has also set a precedent that the Sean Tugel of WinStar chats about some of the farm’s quartet of Galileo-Danehill cross can produce very effective stallions. His first-crop yearling sires: Carpe Diem (Giant’s Causeway) and first crop produced yet another Dewhurst S. winner in Parish Constitution (Tapit). Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Hall and it wasn't long before Teofilo had racked up winners of America. the Irish 1000 Guineas, Irish Derby and Irish St Leger. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 17 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 10 JULY 2018 Intello & Intellogent Cont. from p1 Next to face the stallion test was Roderic O'Connor, but at a lower level in the market. He had his moments, with a pair of first-crop 2-year-old winners, and he has since had Group 1 success in Brazil. By the end of 2016 Frankel had also hit the floor running, with an eye-catching total of six 2-year-old group winners from his first crop. It was therefore fair to have high expectations of Intello--another representative of the famed Galileo/Danehill cross--when his first crop reached the races in 2017. Intello had done so well as a racehorse that--at ,25,000--he was the highest-priced new stallion to retire to a British stud for the 2014 season, with only the Irish-based Declaration of War and Dawn Approach retiring at higher prices. Intello had carried the colours of the Wertheimer brothers with distinction, as had his first two dams Impressionnante and Occupandiste, members of Fall Aspen family which ranks as one of the world's most successful female lines. Impressionnante was a smart miler, as she showed with her victory in the G2 Prix de Sandringham and by being placed in the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. Occupandiste had done even better, developing into a dual Group 1 winner at four, in the Prix Maurice de Gheest and The Racing Post's analysis stated that "having had only a few Prix de la Foret. behind turning in and briefly being stopped in his run when Intello quickly confirmed that he wasn't without speed. He trying to switch outside, he fairly flew home to just be denied. lined up for the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains unbeaten in three Victory would have been his in another couple of strides and he starts (two of then as a juvenile) and many considered him must go down as an unfortunate loser." unlucky to lose his unbeaten record in finishing third, beaten a The next question was how far would Intello stay. His dam neck and a head, especially when he was badly drawn. Impressionnante had never been tried beyond a mile and Occupandiste had flourished at around seven furlongs. He quickly showed that stamina wasn't a problem when he justified INTELLOGENT (IRE), c, 3, favouritism in the G1 Prix du Jockey-Club over an extended mile Lifetime Record: G1SW-Fr, 6-3-1-1, $451,645. and a quarter. It was therefore rather surprising that he was Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells dropped back to a mile for his next two starts. To his credit, his Fairy Bridge Galileo (Ire) third behind Moonlight Cloud in the Prix Jacques le Marois Miswaki Urban Sea Allegretta (GB) represented form nearly as good as his Jockey-Club win, but his Intello (Ger) Danzig connections decided that he should end his career with a return Danehill Impressionnante Razyana to middle distances. He finished a creditable third behind Treve (GB) Occupandiste Kaldoun (Fr) and Orfevre in the Arc, having warmed up with a win in the G3 (Ire) Only Seule Danzig Prix du Prince d'Orange. Green Desert Foreign Courier Consistent, versatile and sound, Intello appeared to have a lot Kheleyf Nuit Polaire Mr. Prospector to recommend him as a stallion. His pedigree also received a Society Lady (Ire) La Voyageuse 6-1-1-0, $32,758 boost in 2015 and 2016 when Occupandiste's Galileo colt Surumu (Ger) 5Fls, 1SP, Night Teeny (GB) Platini (Ger) Mondialiste won the GI Woodbine Mile and the GI Arlington 1G1SW, 7Fls, 1SP, 1GSP, Prairie Darling (Ire) 1SW, 1GSW Nightrockette (Ger) Rocket (GB) Million. 9Fls, 9Wnrs, 2SWs Nightlife (Ger) Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 17 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 10 JULY 2018 Pedigree Insights: Intello & Intellogent Cont. French-raced stallions can sometimes find it harder than the local product to win the affections of British and Irish breeders. Intello had no problems in his first year, when he covered129 mares for a crop of 100 but he is credited with just 66 foals in his second year. Vice President, International Operations Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 International Editor Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Intellogent | Scoop Dyga Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry As arranged at the time of Intello's retirement, Intello was [email protected] transferred to France, to Haras du Quesnay, for his third and Associate International Editor fourth seasons and French breeders welcomed him back with Heather Anderson books of 128 in 2016 and 147 a year later. I will be interested to Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN see Intello's figures for the 2018 season back at Cheveley Park, where he was in direct competition with Ulysses, another of Marketing Manager Galileo's top sons. Cheveley Park, with a very substantial Alayna Cullen financial interest in Ulysses, sent 50 mares to the newcomer, Twitter: @AlaynaCullen with the usual quota of around seven going to Intello. [email protected] I have championed Intello on a couple of occasions earlier this Contributing Editor year, pointing out in the TDN in late-April that he appeared to Alan Carasso be on the verge of a breakthrough. That breakthrough came in Twitter: @EquinealTDN early May when Young Rascal won the G3 Chester Vase two days after Intellogent had become his first group winner, in the Cafe Racing G3 Prix de Guiche. Then in June Intello's sons Louis d'Or and Sean Cronin Intellogent made a bold bid to follow in their sire's footsteps in Tom Frary the G1 Prix du Jockey-Club, with the pair finishing hot on Study [email protected] of Man's heels in third and fourth places. Another stakes success Irish Correspondent followed soon afterwards when Native American landed the Prix Daithi Harvey Ridgway and now Intellogent has become Group 1 winner number one with a determined effort in the Qatar Prix Jean Prat Regular Columnists over a mile. Andrew Caulfield With Teofilo, Frankel and Intello now all sires of Group 1 John Berry winners (as are Roderic O'Connor and Cima de Triomphe in Kevin Blake South America), it is going to be interesting to see whether their Tom Peacock fellow Group 1 winners Noble Mission and Highland Reel can follow their example. Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 17 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 10 JULY 2018 Pedigree Insights: Intello & Intellogent Cont.