Andrew Caulfield, October 9, 2007–Majestic Roi P EDIGREE INSIGHTS Examples I can think of include Shergar in Ireland, Carnauba in Italy and Fanfreluche in the USA. While the BY ANDREW CAULFIELD Shergar story ended tragically, there was a much happier outcome to the other incidents. You probably won t remember the Fanfreluche case, Saturday, Newmarket, Britain = unless you are old enough to audition for something like KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN SUN CHARIOT S.-G1, The Golden Girls. The bare facts were that this ,185,000, Newmarket, 10-6, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, Northern Dancer mare--the champion three-year-old filly 1:37.83, gd/fm. of 1970--was stolen from her paddock on June 25, 1--sMAJESTIC ROI, 125, f, 3, by Street Cry (Ire) 1977. It wasn=t until December that the FBI discovered 1st Dam: L=Extra Honor (SW-Fr), by Hero=s Honor the mare in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, on a farm 2nd Dam: L=Extravagante, by Le Fabuleux (Fr) 3rd Dam: Fanfreluche, by Northern Dancer belonging to a Larry McPherson. According to McPherson, a neighbor had found the mare loose on (25,000gns yrl >05 TATOCT). O-Jaber Abdullah; B-Gaines-Gentry Thoroughbreds; T-Mick Channon; the road and McPherson looked after the mare until someone claimed her. In the meantime, he had J-Darryll Holland; ,105,043. Lifetime Record: GSP-Fr, reportedly used the mare as a trail-riding mount! 8-3-1-0, ,157,237. Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com Fanfreluche=s exertions apparently hadn=t harmed her catalogue-style pedigree. and she was still carrying her foal by Secretariat--a colt given the appropriate name of Sain Et Sauf (Safe and Stick around in the racing world for long enough and Sound). One thing s for sure, whoever took Fanfreluche had you=ll see just about everything, ranging from the most = heart-warming stories to moments of great sadness and excellent taste. At the time of her disappearance, disbelief. We saw an end of the spectrum last Sunday, Fanfreluche had had five foals, four of which became when Kieren Fallon triumphed in the Arc just a day stakes winners. Three had run, with her Buckpasser before he stands trial on charges of conspiracy to colt L=Enjoleur winning two legs of the Canadian Triple defraud. At the other extreme, the G1 Sun Chariot S. Crown, her Le Fabuleux filly L=Extravagante finishing reminded me that virtually anything is possible, such as third in the Canadian Oaks and her Sir Ivor filly Grand the kidnapping of star racehorses. Luxe winning the Fury S. Caulfield cont. www.coolmore.com Her achievements continued to grow over the Majestic Roi=s dam is inbred 2x3 to Northern Dancer, subsequent 30 years and her descendants continue to her sire being Northern Dancer=s son Hero=s Honor and shine, to the extent that they have enjoyed Group 1 her dam being Fanfreluche=s daughter L=Extravagante. It success on the first weekend in October in each of the is easy to understand why someone would want to try last two years. The first to do so was Fanfreluche=s to reinforce Northern Dancer=s influence in this family, grandson Holy Roman Emperor, who impressed in the as he also sired Fanfreluche=s brother Night Shift, a Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, and the second was her great- stallion with more than 30 group/graded winners to his grand daughter Majestic Roi, who sprang a 16-1 credit. surprise against some of Britain=s best distaffers in the Many of the family=s best performers are inbred in the Sun Chariot. As if that weren=t enough, Fanfreluche=s first four generations to Northern Dancer, including great-grandson Flying Spur (a grandson of Grand Luxe) Holy Roman Emperor (3x3), Flying Spur (3x4), the became champion sire in Australia during the 2006->07 Yellow Ribbon S. winner Aube Indienne (3x4), the season, when his nearest challenger was Encosta de champion European juvenile filly Bint Allayl (3x4) and Lago, a great-great-grandson of none other than her smart brother Kheleyf (now a Darley stallion), and Fanfreluche. the Grade II winner Conserve. The recurring theme in It is worth pointing out that Holy Roman Emperor these good horses is Danzig, through his sons Danehill would not have existed had Fanfreluche not been (sire of Holy Roman Emperor and Flying Spur), Green recovered safely, as his dam L=On Vite wasn=t born until Desert (sire of Bint Allayl and Kheleyf) and Boundary 1986. L=On Vite=s brother D=Accord, winner of the (sire of Conserve). GII Breeders= Futurity, was also among the 13 foals Majestic Roi=s victory--her second at group level on produced by Fanfreluche after she was restored to her turf--helped Street Cry complete a magnificent treble, owners. Only five of these foals were fillies, but three as he has now been represented by Grade I winners on of them produced stakes winners. three different surfaces. Her predecessors were Street Majestic Roi=s emergence as a Group 1 winner must Sense, winner of the Breeders= Cup Juvenile, Kentucky provide all potential buyers at this week=s October Derby and the Travers on traditional dirt, and the two- Yearling Sale Part 1 with hope that there will be plenty year-old Cry And Catch Me, recently successful in the of bargains among 700-odd yearlings on offer. When Oak Leaf S. on Santa Anita=s synthetic Cushion Track. Majestic Roi was offered two years ago--before her sire This versatility has been underlined by some of the Street Cry had had a chance to prove himself one of other performers among Street Cry=s impressive total of the stars of the future--she was sold for only seven first-crop graded winners. Per Incanto gained his 25,000gns, even though the average price was nearly Group 3 success on turf in Italy; Summer Doldrums is a 120,000gns and the median was 70,000gns. stakes winner on dirt and turf; Big Timer=s Group 3 I can=t claim to know what limited the filly=s appeal. success came on turf in England; Street Sounds is a Although her dam, the French listed winner L=Extra Grade II winner on Polytrack, as well as being a stakes Honor, had produced nothing better that a graded- winner on turf and dirt; and Street Magician=s Grade III placed winner, there was still plenty to admire about win came on dirt at Pimlico. Now that=s what I call a the filly=s family. L=Extra Honor is a half-sister to Monte- stallion perfectly equipped to cope with the surface limar, a talented Alleged colt who won both starts as a changes afoot not just in the USA, but also, to a lesser three-year-old to earn a Timeform rating of 122. Monte- extent, in Europe. limar later found a place in history as the sire of two But then Street Cry=s background equipped him to be Grand National winners, Monty=s Pass and Hedgehunter. versatile. It was a shrewd call to aim a colt of his background directly to racing on dirt, as both his Raise a Native Mr. Prospector parents--Machiavellian and the Irish Oaks winner Helen Gold Digger Machiavellian Street--were Group 1 winners on turf. Whereas Helen Halo Coup De Folie Street=s background was predominantly one of Raise The Street Cry (Ire) European turf horses, Machiavellian=s featured such Petingo (GB) Troy (GB) successful dirt performers as Mr. Prospector, Raise A La Milo (GB) Helen Street (GB) Native, Native Dancer, Hail To Reason and Hoist The Riverman Waterway (Fr) Flag. For once, here=s a marriage which has fulfilled Boulevard (Ire) everyone=s dreams. Neartic Northern Dancer Natalma Hero’s Honor Graustark Glowing Tribute L’Extra Honor Admiring Race Record Wild Risk (Fr) 10Fls, 1GSW L’Extravagante Le Fabuleux (Fr) Race Record Anguar (Fr) 17 Fls, 2SW, Fanfreluche Northern Dancer 1GSW 5 SW Ciboulette.