MONDAY, 21 AUGUST, 2017 CHAMPION ALMANZOR RETIRED DUBAWI COLT STEALS THE Almanzor (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}--Darkova, by Maria=s SHOW AT ARQANA Mon), last year=s Cartier Champion 3-year-old colt, has been retired from racing, Sylvain Vidal, representative of part-owner Gerard Augustin-Normand, confirmed late on Sunday. AAfter consultations with Jean-Claude Rouget and the partners, we have come to the difficult decision to retire Almanzor,@ said Vidal. AWe came into the year with great hopes and expectations for a successful campaign culminating in glory in the [G1 Prix de l=]Arc de Triomphe. Unfortunately with the setback he has had, including the virus spread through the stable earlier this year, it is apparent that he would not be fit enough to challenge for the Arc this year.@ The winner of three of his four starts at two, including the Listed Grand Criterium de Bordeaux, Almanzor notched his first group win in the G3 Prix de Guiche last May. Cont. p8 (click here) IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Sale-topping Dubawi colt out of Giofra | Arqana.com ARROGATE: GOOD IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH Bill Finley has the latest Week in Review, with Arrogate (Unbridled’s Song) front and center following his runner-up By Emma Berry and Tom Peacock effort in the GI Pacific Classic Saturday. Click or tap here to go DEAUVILLE, France--Phoenix Thoroughbred Limited continued straight to TDN America. its eye-catching spending spree by securing the regally bred Dubawi (Ire) colt out of G1 Falmouth S. winner Giofra (GB) (Dansili {GB}) for a sale-topping i1.55-million at Arqana on Sunday evening. Agent Kerri Radcliffe, standing with her husband Jeremy Noseda and the operation=s retained jockey Gerald Mosse, held her nerve against some stiff competition from Shadwell=s Angus Gold to ensure that Haras de la Perelle=s stunning colt (lot 160) would be joining the string of the investors that have kept her busy at sales across Europe and America in the last year. AI thought he was the nicest colt in the sale, by Dubawi out of a Group 1 winner. He=s going to be trained by Andre Fabre,@ she said just after her purchase had left the ring to a round of applause. The colt is the second foal of Giofra, who is herself a daughter of the Group 3 winner Gracefully (Fr) (Orpen). Her first, a filly by Frankel (GB) named Georgine (Fr), is as-yet unraced but is in training in France with Alain de Royer Dupre. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 24 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 21 AUGUST, 2017 Kerri Radcliffe and Jeremy Noseda |Zuzanna Lupa Dubawi Colt Steals The Show At Arqana Cont. from p1 The clearance rate through the second session was down on the previous evening=s strong trade, and with 55 of the 78 yearlings offered being sold--nine fewer than in the same session last year--figures across the sectors were down on a day-by-day comparison. The average of i217,800 represented an 11.5% reduction, while the median was down 15% to i160,000 from i190,000. Total turnover for the session settled at i11,979,000, down by 25% on last year. When taking the two select sessions together, however, the While bringing a good return for her breeders Gilles and Aliette aggregate remained pretty much at the same level as that of Forien, the filly=s sale also brought tears for their daughter Sybille 2016 at i29,281,000 (-3%), while the average was up by 12% at Gibson, who runs the Haras de Montaigu draft and Marine i240,008. The clearance rate took a five-point hit at 75%. Chatel, who has looked after the well-bred filly since birth. AWe=re very happy that she=s been bought by really good Sister Spreads Her Wings... owners who will send her to a good trainer in Europe,@ Gibson said. AShe=s a wonderful character and it=s hard to see her go. It=s An exotic partnership picked up one of the most talked-about especially hard for Marine--she has done everything with her entrants at the sale, lot 101, who is a half-sister to this year=s since she was a foal and helped her to become the filly she is Derby winner Wings Of Eagles (Fr) (Pour Moi {Ire}). The grey today. She doesn=t want to let her go but she=s very proud of her.@ filly, from the first crop of Kingman (GB), was claimed by David Redvers and Ghislain Bozo from the restaurant behind the auctioneer for i750,000. Her dam Ysoldina (Fr) (Kendor {Fr}) has also produced two Oasis Dream (GB) winning sisters for Alain de Royer Dupre in France, Torentosa (Fr) and Gyrella (Fr). AShe has been bought for a new syndicate by Qatar Racing and Meridian International, and Ghislain Bozo is putting together a syndicate of new Chinese clients,@ said Redvers. AThey bought a couple at the breeze-ups and hopefully they are going to be long-term players in the industry, both racing and breeding. You don=t get an opportunity to buy a half-sister to the year=s Derby winner very often. No decision has been made about trainers or what country she will go to. I imagine she will first go back to Longholes to be broken in.@ Kingman half-sister to Wings of Eagles | Arqana.com TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 24 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 21 AUGUST, 2017 Dubawi Colt Steals The Show At Arqana Cont. Later in the session, Montaigu had another good result when Juddmonte=s Lord Grimthorpe went to i320,000 to buy an Invincible Spirit (Ire) filly out of the unraced Galileo (Ire) mare Galileo Always (Ire) (lot 158). One of the main reasons for the purchase could be found in the lower half of the page: the filly=s fourth dam is the extraordinary Allegretta (Ger), ancestress of Urban Sea (Miswaki) and her illustrious brood, as well as Allez VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King Les Trois and King=s Best. Twitter: @garykingTDN AWe like the sire and we=ve had some luck with him,@ [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 explained Lord Grimthorpe. AAnd this is one of the really great broodmare families that is not in the Juddmonte broodmare International Editor Kelsey Riley band.@ Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN The operation=s racing manager also professed to be thrilled [email protected] with the reception given the first yearlings of Kingman (GB), who European Editor is also by Invincible Spirit. After two days of the sale, he has had Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry seven sold for an average of i324,286. [email protected] AThey=ve been very solid and seem to look racy,@ he said. Associate International Editor Heather Anderson Classy Pair For Shadwell... Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Shadwell, out of luck as underbidder on the top lot, had at Marketing Manager least already secured a popular Lope de Vega filly for i380,000 Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen in lot 156. She was the second foal of the well-related Foreign [email protected] Legionary (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), from the family of Alexander Contributing Editor Goldrun (Ire). Alan Carasso Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Regular Columnists Bill Oppenheim Andrew Caulfield John Berry Kevin Blake Tom Peacock Sheikh Hamdan and Angus Gold | Zuzanna Lupa AShe=s out of a Galileo mare and everybody liked her--she had a good mind,@ said Shadwell=s Angus Gold. The agent then made a late swoop just before the session closed to pick up lot 171. The Invincible Spirit (Ire) colt is a full-brother to High Celebrity (Fr), who was third for Andre Fabre in the G1 Cheveley Park S., and was sold for i420,000. ASheikh Hamdan loved him--he said he was the nicest horse he saw,@ reported Gold. AWe=ve had some luck with Invincible Spirit, who is obviously a world-class sire, and he=s from a good female family.@ Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 24 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 21 AUGUST, 2017 Dubawi Colt Steals The Show At Arqana Cont. de Psyche winner Chiaba (Ire) (Peintre Celebre). The best of her There are no firm plans for the colt just yet. ASheikh Hamdan foals to date has been the evergreen French-trained Primus will want to take them all back to England then think about Incitatus (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}). where they are all going to be sent,@ Gold added. AWe were underbidder on the [No Nay Never colt] that sold yesterday--we love the stallion and think that he=s going to be Japanese Investment Continues... really good,@ said Doyle. AHe=s a racy type and we=ll have to Koichiro Yamaguchi was undeterred from defeat on Saturday make our minds up where he=s going to go.@ in his hunt for high-class stock. The Japanese owner has around The Coolmore stallion has had four yearlings sold in the last 48 20 horses and will take lot 136 back home. The Dubawi (Ire) colt hours for an average of i268,750. from Newsells Park Stud caught Yamaguchi=s eye and he went to i400,000 to secure him. He is the first foal of Daksha (Fr) Great Start For New Syndicate... (Authorized {Ire}), a useful performer in France and Germany A new French-based pinhooking syndicate enjoyed some who is from the family of Coronation S. winner Golden Opinion decent results from their first batch of yearlings to sell, headed (Slew O=Gold).