SATURDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2020 RIVER BOYNE JOINS TARA STUD ROSTER INVINCIBLE SPIRIT TO River Boyne (Ire), a Grade I-winning son of Dandy Man (Ire), STAND FOR i80,000 will join the roster at Tara Stud in Ireland for 2021. His fee is yet to be confirmed. The 5-year-old started his racing career in Ireland with Gordon Elliott before being transferred to the Californian stable of Jeff Mullins. A winner in each of his racing seasons between the ages of two and five, River Boyne was victorious in nine of his 25 races, including the GI Frank E Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita, where he also won the GII Twilight Derby and GII Mathis Brothers Mile. Tara Stud's Derek Iceton said, "River Boyne has arrived safely and we will be announcing details of his syndication and nomination fee shortly, but I'm thrilled to have secured him after closely following his career since his impressive victory at two years. He has all the qualities that you would wish to see in a stallion: ultra-sound, impressive physique and a great attitude." Invincible Spirit | Irish National Stud IN TDN AMERICA TODAY CUTTING DOWN SKEPTICISM ON FEES In this week’s ‘This Side Up,’ Chris McGrath says that many American Invincible Spirit (Ire), who was this year represented by new breeders have expressed some doubt as to how the broad lowering Group 1 winners Nazeef (Ire) and Digital Age (Ire), once again of stud fees will ultimately affect ths business. Click or tap here to leads the stallion roster at the Irish National Stud and will be go straight to TDN America. priced at i80,000 in 2021. The 23-year-old is down from i100,000 this year, with the entire roster at the Kildare nursery taking fee cuts in the midst of a difficult economic climate. Invincible Spirit=s eight stakes winners in 2020 were led by the aforementioned Nazeef, winner of the G1 Falmouth S. and G1 Sun Chariot S. as well as Royal Ascot=s G2 Duke Of Cambridge S. Digital Age won the GI Turf Classic S. in the U.S., while Make A Challenge (Ire) was among the top sprinters in Ireland. G1 Irish 2000 Guineas winner Phoenix Of Spain (Ire) was introduced at the Irish National Stud last year at i15,000, covering 148 mares, and the highest-rated son of Lope De Vega (Ire) is available this year for i12,500. The well-bred Group 1 winner Free Eagle (Ire) was this year represented by the high-class Khalifa Sat (Ire), winner of the Listed Cocked Hat S. and second in the G1 Epsom Derby, and the son of High Chaparral (Ire) will stand for i8,000 in 2021. Group 1 winners Decorated Knight (GB) and National Defense (Ire) will both be represented by their first runners next year, and will stand for i7,500 and i5,000, respectively. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 14 NOVEMBER 2020 Highlights of the yearling catalogue on paper include lot 4, a Dabirsim (Fr) half-sister to Group 3-winning juvenile Evasive=s First (Fr) (Evasive {Fr}); lot 25, a Myboycharlie (Ire) filly from the great family of Miesque and Karakontie (Jpn); lot 33, a colt from the first crop of Recorder (GB) who is a half-brother to stakes Invincible Spirit To Stand For i80,000 cont. from p1 winner Mister Hughie (Elusive City); lot 42, a Dream Ahead filly The Irish National Stud=s new recruit for 2021 is Equiano (Fr), out of stakes winner Chasing Stars (GB) (Observatory) from the and the sire of two Group 1 winners and 29 stakes performers family of the excellent producer Modena; a pair of colts out of will stand for i3,000. Rounding out the roster are Elusive half-sisters to Classic winner Brametot (GB) (151, by Shalaa {Ire} Pimpernel (Ire) (i2,500) and Dragon Pulse (Ire) (i2,000). and lot 156, by Ultra {Ire}); lot 176, an Iffraaj (GB) filly out of Equiano, Elusive Pimpernel and Dragon Pulse=s fees are all due multiple stakes winner Persona Grata (GB) (Sir Percy {GB}); and in advance of covering. lot 212, an Anodin (Ire) filly out of a half-sister to stakes winners Silver Pond (Fr) (Act One {GB}) and Silver Point (Fr) (Commands {Aus}). The Aga Khan and Wertheimer et Frere are among the breeders that bring quality drafts to Deauville, and representatives of those include the 97-rated 3-year-old Irshad (Fr) (Raven=s Pass) (lot 393); 3-year-old Vardani (Fr) (Charm Spirit {Ire}), the winner of two of his three starts (lot 394); 4- year-old Flambeur (Mizzen Mast), a stakes winner last year who took his most recent start (lot 427); and 3-year-old Healer (Fr) (Medicean {GB}), a winner on debut and runner-up in a Clairefontaine Class 2 race (lot 428). Many leading trainers also field drafts, like Andre Fabre with the 102-rated ParisLongchamp stakes winner Arapaho (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) (lot 418) and the listed-winning the Group 3- placed Measure Of Time (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}), rated 103 (lot 419). There are many quality National Hunt offerings and wildcards River Boyne | Benoit also on offer. The full catalogue is available here. ARQANA AUTUMN BEGINS WITH YEARLINGS Arqana=s four-day Autumn Sale begins on Saturday with a single session of flat-bred yearlings, with 220 set to be offered after scratches. Following a dark day on Sunday, the sale will pick up on Monday and continue through Wednesday with horses in training, stores and National Hunt-bred yearlings. The single-session National Hunt Breeding Stock Sale will take place immediately following the Autumn Sale on Nov. 19, comprising the jumping stock that was set for the December Breeding Stock Sale. With France in the midst of its second national lockdown due to the coronavirus, it is remarkable that the sale is happening at all, but Arqana officials have worked with government in recent weeks to agree on protocols including restricting the sale to those attending in a professional capacity and staging the sale in its outdoor main yard walking ring rather than in the indoor Arqana=s main yard walking ring | Zuzanna Lupa pavilion. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 14 NOVEMBER 2020 CARTIER AWARDS TO BE SHOWN ON SKY SPORTS RACING With COVID-19 preventing the traditional ceremony from taking place, this year=s Cartier Awards will be broadcast on Sky Sports Racing from 8 p.m. on Nov. 20. Laurent Feniou, managing director of Cartier UK, said, AIn what Senior Vice President has proved to be a year in which so many people have faced Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN exceptional challenges, I am delighted for the Cartier Racing [email protected] Awards to be broadcast on Sky Sports Racing. Despite the + 1.732.320.0975 cancellation of our traditional dinner and ceremony at The Dorchester, we are thrilled to have the racing public join us to International Editor watch the Cartier Racing Awards presentation this year. Thank Kelsey Riley you very much to Sky Sports Racing for stepping in and Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN generously offering to broadcast the presentation of the Cartier [email protected] Racing Awards.@ European Editor 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 Horse of the Year contender Ghaiyyath | George Selwyn Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Tom Frary Rob Dakin, head of racing for Sky Sports Racing, said, AWe have [email protected] always been very happy to give the Cartier Racing Awards significant coverage over the years and stepping in to broadcast Irish Correspondent the presentation of the awards in 2020 was not a hard decision Daithi Harvey for us to take. ASky Sports Racing broadcasts many highlights of the Flat Regular Columnists season in Europe, headed by Royal Ascot and our exclusive Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele coverage of French racing. With the Cartier Racing Awards celebrating the very best in European Flat racing, it feels like a very natural partnership. AI am confident that our innovative broadcast will appeal across the spectrum of racing=s stakeholders and it is great to be able to support Cartier=s longstanding sponsorship of these prestigious awards.@ TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 14 NOVEMBER 2020 Cartier Awards cont. The nominations for the Cartier awards were also unveiled on FIRST-SEASON SIRES Friday. They are as follows: WITH RUNNERS Horse of the Year: Addeybb (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), Battaash (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Ghaiyyath (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Saturday, November 14: Cartier Older Horse: Addeybb, Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), Ghaiyyath and Magical. UNITED KINGDOM Cartier 3-Year-Old Colt: Kameko (Kitten=s Joy), Palace Pier (GB) Adaay (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Whitsbury Manor Stud (Kingman {GB}), Pinatubo (Ire) (Shamardal) and Siskin (First 95 foals of racing age/21 winners/0 black-type winners Defence). 18:30-WOLVERHAMPTON, 7.25f, DAY JOB (GB) Cartier 3-Year-Old Filly: Alpine Star (Ire) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), ,4,000 RNA Goffs UK Premier & Silver Yearling Sale 2019 Fancy Blue (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) 18:30-WOLVERHAMPTON, 7.25f, PRISCILLA'S WISH (GB) and Wonderful Tonight (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}). 6,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2019 - Book 3 Cartier Sprinter: Battaash, Dream Of Dreams (Fr) (Dream Awtaad (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), Derrinstown Stud Ahead), Glass Slippers (GB) (Dream Ahead), Glen Shiel (GB) 94 foals of racing age/10 winners/1 black-type winner (Pivotal {GB}).