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Andrew Caulfield, May 1, 2007–Regime (Ire)

P EDIGREE INSIGHTS BY ANDREW CAULFIELD

Saturday, Sandown, Britain -G3, ,50,000, Sandown, 4-28, 3yo, 10f 7ydsT, 2:09.65, gd. 1--@#REGIME (IRE), 126, c, 3, by (Ire) 1st Dam: Juno Madonna (Ire), by Sadler's Wells 2nd Dam: Tough Lady (GB), by Bay Express (Ire) 3rd Dam: Nevetta (GB), by (17,000gns wnlg >04 TATDEC; i120,000 yrl >05 GOFORB). O-Highclere Racing XI; B-Philip Brady; T-Michael Bell; J-; ,28,390. Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, ,230,460. *1/2 to Salut d=Amour (Ire) ( Dancer {Ire}), SW & MGSP-UK, $119,923. As Bob Dylan reminded us back in 1964, times have a habit of a-changin.= For example, today=s star male line could be something of an also-ran in 20 or 30 years time. When Dylan penned his famous anthem, the exceptional Claiborne Bold was easily the most dominant force in American racing. Indeed, Bold Ruler=s impact was to become so profound that the his male line supplied seven winners of the during the 1970s. Even so, the survival of this male line has come to depend pretty much on one horse--Bold Ruler=s great-grandson Seattle SlewB-as the other branches have largely faded away. The lesson to be learned is that stallion stations must always be on the lookout for a horse with different bloodlines which could develop into the next dominant force. The Hancocks have always been well aware of this, as the 1969 Claiborne roster showed. Standing alongside Bold Ruler were imports from France (Ambiorix and ), Argentina (), Ireland () and (Pago Pago and Sky High II). Of course not all of the Claiborne imports were successful, but it is fair to say that some of them, such as , helped shape the breed in America.

REGIME (IRE) I Will Follow (Ire) (Fr) River Dancer (Ire) Dancing Shadow Golan (Ire) (Ire) (Ire) Doff the Derby Highland Gift (Ire) (GB) Scots Lass (GB) Edinburgh (GB) Sadler’s Wells Fairy Bridge Juno Madonna (Ire) Special *Polyfoto 8Fls, 1GSW Bay Express (Ire) Tough Lady (GB) Pal Sinna (GB) Race Record 13Fls, 1GSW Nevetta (GB) Never Say Die Lametta (GB) www.coolmore.com The Coolmore partners haven=t cast their net as wide It is worth pointing out that this trial has been won internationally, but they too have regularly tried to add by such excellent performers as , Fantastic new blood to their team, as an alternative to Northern Light, , Old Vic, , , Dancer. Several of Forli=s sons were given their chance, and , so Regime could easily develop into a Group while Indian Ridge=s son Ahonoora was recruited, along 1 winner. with some of his own sons. High Estate and Law Regime=s pedigree acts as a reminder of why Golan Society, sons respectively of Shirley Heights and appealed to Coolmore as an outcross stallion. The =s , were other examples of Coolmore trying to dam Juno Madonna is by Coolmore=s exceptional widen breeders= options, and the late 1990s saw the stallion Sadler=s Wells, who has built up a very solid addition of two horsesB-Sri Pekan and SpectrumB- record as a broodmare sire, to the extent that he whose pedigrees were totally free of Northern Dancer. topped the Anglo-Irish table in each of the last two I wish I were able to say that these two years. rewarded Coolmore for their vision, but the fact that Sri Juno Madonna showed little sign of ability on the Pekan moved to Turkey and Spectrum to South Africa track, but she is a sister-in-blood to Title Roll, a very tells its own tale. Although Spectrum was disappointing speedy filly by Sadler=s Wells= brother Tate Gallery. on the whole, this classic-winning son of Rainbow Speed has been the main asset of this family, thanks no Quest did sire a pair of European Group 1 winners doubt to the influence of the sprinter Bay before his departure, namely Golan and the Grand Prix Express, sire of Regime=s second dam Tough Lady. de Saint-Cloud winner Gamut. Golan was a very Juno Madonna was also a half-sister to Northern talented performer on his day, as he showed with his Express, a very useful Irish sprinter, and to the dam of victories in the 2000 Guineas at three and the King My-o-My, a Listed winner over five furlongs. George at four. Golan was also second in the DerbyB-a Juno Madonna=s best previous winner, group-placed race won by the sires of each of his first three damsB- Danehill Dancer filly Salut d=Amour, also possessed and, with little Northern Dancer blood in his pedigree, plenty of speed. However, there is every reason to this good-looking horse looked a potentially shrewd think that Regime will stay the Derby distance. In addition to the Coolmore team. addition to being by the stamina-packed Golan, his It didn=t take long for Coolmore to discover that broodmare sire Sadler=s Wells will have revived some of Golan was a hard sell. Although his status as a the stamina which exists further back in Juno first-season sire was enough to bring him 110 mares at Madonna=s pedigree. Juno Madonna=s third dam, a fee of i20,000 in 2003, his book fell to 80 mares at Lametta, was a staying half-sister to Golden Fire, a i15,000 in 2004 and then to 69 at i10,000 in 2005. winner of two of England=s most competitive handicaps No doubt he wasn=t helped by Spectrum=s failure to live over 2 1/4 miles. It is therefore no surprise that Juno up to expectations. Madonna=s other winners include a mile-and-a-quarter Although Golan rallied numerically in 2006, his first winner by Spectrum and a winning stayer by Croco two-year-olds had collected little more than ,20,000 in Rouge (like Spectrum a son of Rainbow Quest). win money in Britain and Ireland by the end of the year. At this point Coolmore appear to have raised their hands in surrender. Although included in their 2007 Breeders= Handbook, Golan has now been switched to the jumping sector of the industry (a sector which already includes Spectrum=s other Group 1 winner Gamut). His fee is now i4,000. One has to wonder whether Golan would have suffered the same fate but for the quirks of the draw at The Curragh last September. With 29 runners declared for the highly valuable Goffs Million, Golan=s son Regime had the misfortune to be drawn 11 in a race largely dominated by the horses with high draws. The winner Miss BeatrixB-already successful at Group 1 level--was drawn 29 of 29 and third, fourth and fifth places went to the animals drawn 19, 20 and 23. The only two able to land a blow against the highly-drawn horses on the far side were Regime, in second place, and that excellent filly Finsceal Beo in sixth. In beating Finsceal Beo by two and a half lengths, Regime did well enough to suggest that he might have landed the major prize had he been able to race on the far side. Although he disappointed on heavy ground next time out, Regime bounced back to his best in the G3 Betfredpoker Classic Trial at Sandown three days ago, coming from last to first to win by two lengths.