THURSDAY, 9 NOVEMBER, 2017 >KNIGHT= TO STAND AT IRISH NATIONAL STUD >STARS= & SIYOUNI HEAD Decorated Knight (GB) (Galileo {Ire}--Pearling, by Storm Cat), AGA KHAN STALLION ROSTER who races for breeders Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sagar, will retire to the Irish National Stud for 2018, joining fellow new recruit G1SW National Defense (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). A limited number of breeding rights will be available in the three- time Group 1 winner and his fee will be announced in the coming days. Bred at his owners= Blue Diamond Stud, the Roger Charlton trainee enjoyed his best season at the races in 2017, taking the G1 Jebel Hatta at Meydan to join the ranks of Group 1 winners, and upped his top-flight tally to two when favoured in The Curragh=s Tattersalls Gold Cup over 1 1/4 miles at the end of May. The 5-year-old continued to perform with credit throughout the season, and scored by a half-length in the G1 QIPCO Irish Champion S. at Leopardstown on Irish Champions Weekend in September. Cont. p2 Sea The Stars with his long-serving groom Ray Moore at Gilltown Stud. Racing Post IN TDN AMERICA TODAY FOR ROYALTY TOPPED THE SECOND DAY OF KEENOV The 2018 covering fees have been announced for the Aga For Royalty (Not For Love) topped the second day of Khan Studs= Irish and French stallion rosters and Sea The Stars Keeneland November’s Book 1, selling for $2.1 million to (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) occupies the head of the table with an Summer Wind Equine from the Denali Stud consignment. Click increased fee of i135,000, up i10,000 from last year. The or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Gilltown Stud based 11-year-old was represented by three new Group 1 winners this year in Cloth Of Stars (Ire), Stradivarius (Ire) and Mekhtaal (GB) and he continues to occupy a prominent position at the upper end of the leading European stallion rankings. He boasts an impressive ratio of 10% stakes winners to runners and 16% stakes performers to runners in 2017. Also at Gilltown for 2018 is his dual Derby winning son Harzand (Ire) who completed his first year at stud this year and will remain at a fee of i15,000 in 2018. The three-strong team at Gilltown is completed by Born To Sea (Ire), a three-parts brother to Sea The Stars who will stand for a reduced fee of i5,000 next year as his first crop of runners turn four years of age. A strengthened roster at the Aga Khan=s French stud Haras de Bonneval is headed by the exciting Siyouni (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) whose progeny=s success on the racetrack and popularity in the sales ring has seen his covering fee increase to i75,000 from i45,000 this year. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 9 NOVEMBER, 2017 Aga Khan Studs 2018 Stallion Fees Haras de Bonneval 2018 Roster Stallion: Fee: Siyouni (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) i75,000 Charm Spirit (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) i20,000 >Stars= and Siyouni Head Aga Khan Stallion Roster Cont. Zarak (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire})* i12,000 The Karl Burke-trained Laurens (Fr) provided Siyouni with a Dariyan (Fr) (Shamardal) i8,000 recent Group 1 winner and other high profile wins for the likes of Le Brivido (Fr) and Sacred Life (Fr) see the 10-year-old fully *New for 2018 booked for 2018. An interesting new addition to the lineup at Haras de Bonneval is Group 1 winner Zarak (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) >Knight= to Stand at Irish National Stud Cont. from p1 whose pedigree needs no elaboration being a son of the A winner of the 2016 G3 Meld S., Decorated Knight was also brilliant, unbeaten G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe winner Zarkava runner-up to Highland Reel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the 2017 G1 (Ire) (Zamindar). He has been introduced at a fee of i12,000. Prince Of Wales=s S. at Royal Ascot. Last seen competing in the Relocating from Tweenhills Stud for next year is Charm Spirit GI Longines Breeders= Cup Turf at Del Mar on Nov. 4, he retires (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) whose first crop yearlings made up to to the Irish National Stud with a record of 19-8-4-1 and prize i500,000 at the sales earlier this year. He will be available for money of $1,786,522. i20,000 while Dariyan (Fr) completes the French roster at AThe Irish National Stud are thrilled to add a high class son of i8,000 and offers a unique selling point being the only Group 1 Galileo to our burgeoning roster,@ said Cathal Beale CEO of the winning son of Shamardal standing in France. Irish National Stud. AWith performance, physical and pedigree to die for, Decorated Knight ticks all the boxes.@ The first foal out of a full-sister to European Horse of the Year and U.S. champion sire Giant=s Causeway and MGSW You=resothrilling, Decorated Knight=s second dam is the MGSW Mariah=s Storm (Rahy). You=resothrilling has already produced European champion and dual Classic hero Gleneagles (Ire), this year=s MG1SW Happily (Ire), G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Marvellous (Ire) and GSW & GISP Coolmore (Ire), all to the cover of Galileo (Ire). Siyouni | Aga Khan Studs Aga Khan Studs 2018 Stallion Fees Decorated Knight | Gilltown Stud 2018 Roster ADecorated Knight has the distinction of being the best horse = Stallion: Fee: bred by Blue Diamond Stud and we re delighted that he is to @ Sea The Stars (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) i135,000 stand at the Irish National Stud, said Tony Nerses, advisor to A Harzand (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) i15,000 Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sagar. He possesses an excellent Born To Sea (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) i5,000 turn of foot as well as durability that saw him win three Group 1 races this season.@ Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 9 NOVEMBER, 2017 >Knight= to Stand at Irish National Stud Cont. AHe is also a member of one of the most influential families of the modern era, behing out of a sister to champion sire Giant=s Causeway and multiple Group 1 producer You=resothrilling. We look forward to supporting him at stud.@ HONG KONG OPTION FOR TALISMANIC Vice President, International Operations Having conquered the GI Breeders= Cup Turf at Del Mar with Gary King Talismanic (GB) (Medaglia d=Oro), Andre Fabre has another Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] international objective in mind for Godolphin=s flashy homebred colt. + 1.732.320.0975 "Hong Kong is a good option for him, but we need to see how he is when he comes home," said Fabre, who is eyeing the G1 International Editor Hong Kong Vase at Sha Tin on Dec. 10. "I will discuss it with his Kelsey Riley owners Godolphin, but he's still unexposed.@ Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Talismanic caused somewhat of a surprise when beating Beach [email protected] Patrol (Lemon Drop Kid) and Highland Reel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in European Editor the Breeders= Cup Turf, but his trainer never targets major Emma Berry overseas races on a whim and he was expecting a prominent Twitter: @collingsberry display at Del Mar. [email protected] "I thought he would be suited to the way the races in America are run,@ he said. AThe French style of racing does not suit him, Associate International Editor he prefers a faster pace and then he can finish strongly. At Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Saint-Cloud when he won his Group 2, he got the strong pace and that was his best performance. He had a good draw at Del Marketing Manager Mar, Mikael [Barzalona] gave him a great ride and everything Alayna Cullen went well.@ Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Fabre had also nominated G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe runner [email protected] up Cloth Of Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) for Hong Kong but Contributing Editor will not be taking up that option. "Cloth Of Stars has been Alan Carasso nominated for Hong Kong too, but he probably won't go and Twitter: @EquinealTDN we'll wait for Dubai instead,@ he added. Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Regular Columnists Andrew Caulfield John Berry Kevin Blake Tom Peacock Talismanic | Scoop Dyga TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 9 NOVEMBER, 2017 GOSDEN COLT TOPS GOFFS UK Trade stepped up a few gears at Goffs UK on Wednesday, as the focus turned to horses in training. The John Gosden-trained Joshua Reynolds (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) gave his sales credentials a boost when winning a well contested handicap at Chelmsford last week. That win saw his rating climb to 96 and ensured lot GOFFS UK AUTUMN SALE 192 was popular among prospective buyers and it was Alex Elliott who ultimately secured the colt for ,160,000. Joshua Reynolds will now embark on a career in Australia for Highclere CUMULATIVE 2017 2016 $ Catalogued 412 396 Racing. $ No. Offered 339 313 Despite a top price significantly higher than last year=s $ No. Sold 270 237 ,78,000, some of the sale=s KPIs came in slightly short of the $ RNAs 69 76 mark set in 2016. Aggregate was down marginally from $ % RNAs 20% 24% ,2,151,100 to ,2,112,000, however the clearance rate rose four $ High Price ,160,000 ,78,000 points to 80% as a result of 270 of the 339 offered lots finding $ Gross ,2,112,000 ,2,151,100 new homes.