2 breeding on a budget Thursday, February 7, 2013 racingpost.com On the value trail in the search for winners HE term budget does not necessarily Danehill Line fellow freshman sires Bated Breath (standing is responsible for seven sires from the line mean low-cost, as every breeder has By far most prevalent in these parameters is the at Banstead Manor for £8,000) Foxwedge available under £10,000/€12,000, including his or her own budget to which they Danehill sire line, featuring both sons of the (Whitsbury Manor, £7,500), Delegator studmate Rail Link (Banstead Manor, £5,000), T adhere. Some may be fortunate to great sire and those of the next generation, by (Overbury Stud, £5,000), Requinto (Coolmore, Thousand Words (Rathasker Stud, €2,500) have finances that allow for the the likes of Dansili, Danehill Dancer and €5,000), Famous Name (Irish National Stud, and Zoffany (Coolmore, €7,500), who will see Galileos, Frankels and Oasis Dreams of the Danetime. €4,000) and Elzaam (Ballyhane Stud, €4,000), his first foals arrive in 2013. world, but for most a slightly more modest Championships in both hemispheres and a all Danehill descendents. The first crop of yearlings by Fast Company figure will determine the parentage of next leading broodmare sire title have ensured a This year will also see the first offerings by a (Rathasker Stud, €5,000), Alfred Nobel year’s produce. slice of the Danehill line is easy to come by, number of new recruits belonging to this (Coolmore, €4,000), Stimulation (Llety Whether aiming for the upper echelons of and such is the versatility of Coolmore’s illustrious line, both on and off the track. Farms, £3,000) and Le Cadre Noir (Sweep Epsom glory, or simply hoping to land a cornerstone stallion that a match for all budgets The highly regarded Bushranger (standing Lane Stud, €2,500) will be seen this year, Hamilton handicap, for owner-breeders the aim is available. at Tally-Ho Stud for €7,500) will see his first offering breeders another opportunity to gauge is the same – to produce a winner. The thrill of Helmet, a son of Exceed And Excel standing crop running in 2013, as will Palace House the ongoing commercial popularity of seeing a horse created by hours of study, nick for €10,000, equals Dylan Thomas in the Stakes winner Dandy Man (Ballyhane Stud, descendants more removed from the sire research, stallion viewings, racing replays and Danehill line price league and heads the list of €4,000) and Champs Elysees (Banstead himself. conformation analysis parading in the winner’s next-generation representatives. Manor, £5,000). Those looking for more tried and tested enclosure is part of what makes the process so The Kildangan Stud resident is joined by Champs Elysees’s brother, leading sire Dansili, members of the line will not be disappointed. magical and keeps owners coming back time Another Coolmore resident tops the price list and again. in the form of Choisir, available this year for For commercial breeders the highs are found £10,000/€12,000 DANEHILL LINE BRITISH- AND IRISH-BASED STALLIONS FOR 2013 €10,000. Boasting a cv that includes a Royal not on the track but in the trade. A different tack stallion age sire descending from stud fee Ascot sprinting double of his own and offspring may be needed but the whole operation requires Alfred Nobel 6 Danehill Dancer Danehill Coolmore €4,000 who have landed Group 1 races up to a mile, this just as much effort, and in turn can offer just as Aussie Rules 10 Danehill Danzig Lanwades £5,000 year he will be represented by Guineas hopeful much reward. Baltic King 13 Danetime Danehill Tally-Ho €3,000 Olympic Glory. The Richard Hannon-trained It all starts with a meeting, however. Not the colt is currently third in the ante-post market, Bated Breath 6 Dansili Danehill Banstead Manor £8,000 briefcase, suit and tie kind, but one that could and has already earned Choisir’s 2009 covering result in the ‘next big thing’ on the racecourse. Bushranger 7 Danetime Danehill Tally-Ho €7,500 fee of €8,000 40 times over. This particular meeting can be a pricey one, Camacho 11 Danehill Danzig Mickley £2,750 At the other end of the scale, Girsonfield Stud but fortunately Britain and Ireland have long Champs Elysees 10 Danehill Danzig Banstead Manor £5,000 offers Ferrule, a five-time winning son of boasted an enviable host of stallions available to Choisir 13 Danehill Dancer Danehill Coolmore €10,000 Danehill from the family of Haafhd, for just suit a range of pockets, and this year there are £800. Clodovil 13 Danehill Danzig Rathasker €7,500 more than 160 sires standing for Of course budget is only half of the matter £10,000/€12,000 or less. Dandy Man 10 Mozart Danehill Ballyhane €4,000 when selecting a sire, but just as there is a Concentrating on those under the age of 18, Delegator 7 Dansili Danehill Overbury £5,000 Danehill for every pocket, stallions from the line ten stallions are found at the upper limits of this Dylan Thomas 10 Danehill Danzig Coolmore €10,000 offer a variety of attributes depending on the figure, largely hailing from the prolific Northern Elzaam 5 Redoute’s Choice Danehill Ballyhane €4,000 breeder’s desired outcome. Dancer and Mr Prospector lines. From the potential staying powers of Jeremy Famous Name 8 Dansili Danehill Irish National €4,000 Surprisingly, only one of three stallions by (Garryrichard Stud, €3,000), the speedy champion sire Galileo available for under Fast Company 8 Danehill Dancer Danehill Rathasker €5,000 offspring thrown by Monsieur Bond (Norton £10,000/€12,000 sits in the five-figure bracket Ferrule 15 Danehill Danzig Girsonfi eld £800 Grove Stud, £5,000) and the promise shown by – good news for those hoping to nick some of Foxwedge 4 Fastnet Rock Danehill Whitsbury Manor £7,500 Mount Nelson juveniles those illustrious bloodlines at a lower price-tag. Helmet 4 Exceed And Excel Danehill Kildangan €10,000 (Newsells Park, £6,000), The sire in question, Roderic O’Connor, is a the Danehill line is Indesatchel 11 Danehill Dancer Danehill Bearstone £2,500 Classic-winning example of the ultra successful seemingly still as versatile Galileo-Danehill cross to which Frankel, Teofilo Jeremy 10 Danehill Dancer Danehill Garryrichard €3,000 as the sire himself. and Cima De Triomphe all belong. Only the Kodiac 12 Danehill Danzig Tally-Ho €7,500 French-based Cima De Triomphe is available Le Cadre Noir 9 Danetime Danehill Sweep Lane €2,500 under the £10,000/€12,000 threshold, keeping Misu Bond 10 Danehill Dancer Danehill Norton Grove £1,500 budget-priced sons of Galileo a rare commodity. Monsieur Bond 13 Danehill Dancer Danehill Norton Grove £5,000 Ballyhane’s second-season sire is one of three from the top bracket to have landed a Classic. Mount Nelson 9 Rock Of Gibraltar Danehill Newsells Park £6,000 Irish Derby hero Dylan Thomas and 2,000 Mr Dinos 14 Desert King Danehill Whytemount €1,000 Guineas winner Footstepsinthesand are also at Multiplex 10 Danehill Danzig Mickley £3,000 the €10,000 mark. Rail Link 10 Dansili Danehill Banstead Manor £5,000 All three share Northern Dancer as a common Requinto 4 Dansili Danehill Coolmore €5,000 Olympic Glory: ancestor, but have descended through distinctly Stimulation 8 Choisir Danehill Dancer Llety Farms £3,000 the son of different lines. This offers several options for Choisir is mares whose pedigrees are already populated Thousand Words 9 Dansili Danehill Rathasker €2,500 a leading by the legendary sire. Westerner 14 Danehill Danzig Castle Hyde €4,000 fancy for the Katherine Fidler Zoffany 5 Dansili Danehill Coolmore €7,500 2,000 Guineas SeeARCHIPENKO andAUSSIE RULESatthe TBAStallion ParadeatTattersalls today ARCHIPENKO World Class Group 1 winning miler & one of the best bred stallions in the world £6,000 (1st Oct. SLF) First yearlingssold at the major 2012 sales averagedoverfour times his 2010 fee • First runnersin2013. AUSSIE RULES Classicwinning miler by DANEHILL fromthe famous ALRUCCABA family £5,000 (1st Oct. SLF) TheLeading British-based3rd CropSirein2012 (individualwinners) • Sire of Gr.3 winner HARDBALLGET in 2012. SIR PERCY Unbeaten Champion 2yearold andClassicwinning Champion 3yearold £7,000 (1st Oct. SLF) TheLeading Sire of 3yos in Europe in 2012 (% winners/runners,40+ runners) • Sire of 80%winnerstorunnersfromhis first crop. LANWADES The independent option™ [email protected]•www.lanwades.com•Telephone: +44(0)1638750222•Fax: +44 (0)1638 751186 Racing Post Thursday, February 7, 2013 breeding on a budget 3 Montjeu’s son Authorized (left) at Dalham Hall, (right) Norman Court resident Sixties Icon, by Galileo, in his racecourse pomp and (inset) his Group 3-winning son Chilworth Icon Sadler’s Wells Line in the infancy of their careers, and as such Doyen (Sunnyhill Stud, €3,000) are just three under £10,000/€12,000 on six counts via his most expensive sire son, Oasis Dream. From a former champion sire to the current, cannot be guaranteed to remain on the market more sons of Sadler’s Wells available under The Juddmonte resident has sired nine Galileo provides three stallions available for at such value indefinitely. £10,000/€12,000, and all boasted an average Group 1 winners, two of whom are available at under £10,000/€12,000 hailing from the Ranging from €3,000 for Frozen Fire and 2012 yearling sales price greater than that of stud this year for under the budget threshold. Sadler’s Wells branch of Northern Dancer’s Papal Bull, both standing at Coolagown Stud, their 2010 fee.