THURSDAY, 25 JANUARY, 2018 GLOBAL STARS ON OFFER AT KARAKA DIVERSITY AMONG By Kelsey Riley 2YO CLASSIFICATIONS The fact that Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) is out of a New Zealand-bred mare could be all the motivation buyers need to head to Karaka for New Zealand Bloodstock=s National Yearling Sale Series from Jan. 28 to Feb. 4. The truth, however, which buyers discovered for themselves long ago, is that New Zealand and Karaka itself are a rich source of worldwide Group 1 winners. Karaka graduates to win at the top level this season alone include Mighty Boss (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}) and Aloisia (NZ) (Azamour {Ire}), who orchestrated a Karaka sweep when taking the G1 Caulfield Guineas and G1 Thousand Guineas in Australia in October. Other kiwis to fly the flag across the Tasman in the autumn included Group 1 winners Bonneval (NZ) (Makfi {GB}), Gingernuts (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}) and Jon Snow (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}). Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock {Aus}) and Mr Stunning (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) advertised the sale on the world stage in Hong Kong in December when taking the Galileo is the most represented sire of a diverse group G1 Longines Hong Kong Mile and G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint, on the 2-year-old Classifications with seven | Amy Lynam respectively. Cont in Worldwide News p7 By John Berry We are all aware of the dangers posed to the future of the breed by the modern trend of focusing on a handful of supposedly elite stallions, most of whom come from a fairly restricted segment of the sire-line spectrum. Happily, the recently-published European 2-Year-Olds= Classification of 2017 (which ranks the 45 European-trained juveniles who earned a rating of 110 or above) suggest that we need not yet be too concerned because the list displays a much broader variety of stallions than one might have expected to see. The 45 2-year-olds in question are the products of 29 different stallions. Twenty-one sires have one horse on the list; four have two; three have three; and only one has more than three offspring in the Classification. Inevitably, this one Group 1-winning Karaka graduate Bonneval | Bronwen Healy multiply-represented sire is Galileo (Ire) (Sadler's Wells)--which is obvious when one considers that he has long been in a class of his own as regards producing large numbers of good horses. IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Even so, we have become so accustomed to associating him GUN RUNNER DRAWS 10 IN PEGASUS with the production of Classic, weight-for-age, middle-distance Likely Horse of the Year Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) drew and staying performers that it is still reassuring to find him post 10 for the second running of the $16-million GI Pegasus responsible for seven of the best 45 2-year-olds in Europe. World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park Saturday. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 25 JANUARY, 2018 Diversity Among 2YO Classifications Cont. from p1 Of the 21 stallions with one son or daughter in the Of the other three stallions responsible for more than two top Classification, we can see plenty of the obvious suspects such as juveniles, two are (or were) American-based. War Front (Danzig) Acclamation (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}), Kyllachy (GB) (Pivotal and the late Scat Daddy (Johannesburg) each have three {GB}), Exceed And Excel (Aus) (Danehill), Zebedee (GB) representatives on the list. The former's trio is headed by the (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Oasis Dream (GB) (Green Desert), champion 2-year-old US Navy Flag, who became only the second Invincible Spirit (Ire) (Green Desert) and Iffraaj (GB) (Zafonic). juvenile in the modern era to complete the double of Britain's However, there is a similar number of stallions with differing two top juvenile races, the G1 Middle Park S. over six furlongs profiles who collectively provide the list with the breadth of and the G1 Dewhurst S. over seven furlongs. All three are diversity which one likes to see in any sires' table. trained by Aidan O'Brien, as is Roaring Lion, narrow also the case with Scat Daddy's runner-up in the G1 Racing Post trio of stars, a squad headed by Trophy, ranks as the third-best GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf juvenile in Europe, a great result winner and G1 Dewhurst S. for his sire Kitten's Joy (El Prado runner-up Mendelssohn. {Ire}). Rated only a pound below The other stallion with three him is G1 National S. hero Verbal youngsters on the list is New Dexterity (Ire), a son of Seattle Approach (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). His Slew's grandson Vocalised presence in this elite company (Vindication). Also within the top creates the pleasing situation eight juveniles in the that in 2017 two of the four Classification we have G2 most prolific sires of good Gimcrack S. winner Sands Of 2-year-olds in Europe were Mali (Fr) (Panis) and G1 Prix Derby winners. Bearing in mind The late Scat Daddy has three on the 2YO Classification | Coolmore Morny winner Unfortunately that 2018 is the first year since (Ire) (Society Rock {Ire}). Neither 1957 that the previous year's Derby winner has retired to stud in of their sires would have been on anyone's short-list 12 months France, there is no harm in emphasising this fact. ago of stallions likely to be producing a horse challenging for Furthermore, one of the four stallions with two offspring on championship honours. the list is Deep Impact (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), winner in 2005 of Two stallions with one offspring in the Classification who stand Japan's equivalent of the Derby, the G1 Tokyo Yushun. The out as being at least as likely to sire a Classic horse as a top winner of 12 races between 2000m and 3200m, Deep Impact juvenile are Reliable Man (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) and Dabirsim (Fr has had very limited representation in Europe, but his few (Hat Trick {Jpn}), responsible respectively for G3 Preis von juveniles racing in Europe last year included the Aidan Winterfavoriten winner Erasmus (Ger) and G3 Albany S. heroine O'Brien-trained pair of the G1 Racing Post Trophy winner Saxon Different League (Fr). Their presence on the list provides us with Warrior (Jpn) and Chesham S. heroine September (Ire), who had pleasant reassurance that the variety which we need to see in the distinction of being Group/Grade 1-placed in Ireland, the sires' lists is still there. On which subject, special plaudits England and the U.S. should be given to arguably The other three stallions with the toughest juvenile in the We keep being told that the way to breed a high-class a brace of offspring in the list Classifications. Cardsharp (GB) 2-year-old is to concentrate on precocity, but this list are also ones who can be ran consistently well during an suggests that the age-old recipe still applies: just try to classified as proper Classic honourable 10-race campaign breed a high-class horse. sires, rather than specialist whose highlight was his defeat sources of sharp juveniles: of US Navy Flag in G2 July S. Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Dubawi (GB) (Dubai Millennium) and Cardsharp is a U.S.-conceived son of the former Australian Siyouni (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}). We keep being told that the way to Champion Sire Lonhro (NZ) (Octagonal {NZ}), whose late breed a high-class 2-year-old is to concentrate on precocity, but great-grandsire Sir Tristram has single-handedly kept the this list suggests that the age-old recipe still applies: just try to brilliant 1968 Derby winner Sir Ivor (Sir Gaylord) alive along the breed a high-class horse. top lines of international pedigrees. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 25 JANUARY, 2018 BHA WILL REVIEW ANTI-DOPING RULES A full review of the sport=s equine anti-doping rules will be conducted by the British Horseracing Authority, the BHA announced late Wednesday evening. 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