Andrew Caulfield, August 22, 2006–Dutch Art (GB) P EDIGREE INSIGHTS With hope burning brightly, Halland Park Lass= connections kept her in training for another year. They BY ANDREW CAULFIELD must have decided that enough was enough, though, after she had finished 20th of 20 at 66-1 in a six- DARLEY PRIX MORNY-G1, i350,000, Deauville, 8-20, furlong claimer at Windsor in May. Perhaps 2yo, 6fT, 1:13.60, vsf. temperament, rather than a total lack of ability, was to 1--sDUTCH ART (GB), 126, c, 2, by Medicean (GB) blame for this miserable record of three last-place 1st Dam: Halland Park Lass (Ire), by Spectrum (Ire) finishes, as she started slowly on two occasions and 2nd Dam: Palacegate Episode (Ire), by Drumalis (Ire) pulled hard on the other. 3rd Dam: Pasadena Lady (Ire), by Captain James Her next public appearance came at Tattersalls= 2002 (14,500gns wnlg '04 TATDEC; 16,000gns yrl '05 July Sales, where she was led out unsold at 8,500gns. DONSEP). O-Mrs Susan Roy; B-Cromlech Bloodstock; However, there were enough black-type winners in her T-Peter Chapple-Hyam; J-Christophe Soumillon; pedigree for her owners to clutch at the hope that i199,990. Lifetime Record: GSW-GB, 3-3-0-0, Halland Park Lass might be a different proposition as a i262,006. broodmare. Consequently, she became one of the mares who Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com visited Machiavellian=s top-class son Medicean in his catalogue-style pedigree. second season, when his fee was ,12,000 (down from ,15,000 in his first year). It would be nice to report It=s just as well that hope springs eternal in the that Cromlech Bloodstock reaped rich rewards from human breast, because sometimes there are few other their boldness, but the resultant colt, Dutch Art, made reasons for persevering. Take Spectrum=s daughter only 14,500gns as a foal and 16,000gns as a yearling, Halland Park Lass as an example. Bred at no less an when he was bought by Blandford Bloodstock at establishment than Swettenham Stud, this filly made Doncaster. Halland Park Lass wasn=t covered in 2004 her debut in the May of her juvenile season. but visited another Cheveley Park stallion, the ,7,500 Unfortunately, she finished last of 17 and it was to be Kyllachy, in 2005 before being sold for only 12,000gns the same story when she contested another maiden to Trickledown Stud at Tattersalls= December Sales. race over three months later, when she finished 13th of 13 at 33-1. Caulfield cont. www.coolmore.com Although Halland Park Lass= original owners have no Pasadena Lady=s sire, Captain James, was a Group 2- financial gains to show for their efforts, the mare=s winning miler and the next dam, Gliding Gay, was by Medicean colt has shown that their hope and faith in Hill Gail, a winner of the Kentucky Derby, out of a her wasn=t misplaced. Having won the G2 Norfolk S. at daughter of Airborne, winner of the Derby and St Leger. Royal Ascot, Dutch Art stretched his unbeaten What=s more, Gliding Gay was a half-sister to Alciglide, sequence to three when he triumphed in the G1 Prix who had the distinction as a four-year-old in 1967 of Morny--a race which counts the likes of Blushing winning the longest races in Britain (the Queen Groom, Irish River, Machiavellian, Arazi, Zafonic, Alexandra S. over 2 3/4 miles) and France (the Prix Fasliyev and Johannesburg among its previous winners. Gladiateur over three miles). At first glance it might seem surprising that Dutch Art My guess is that the main source of this family=s has shown such a high level of ability so early in his speed was Drumalis= sire Tumble Wind. Although this career. Medicean never made it to the races at two and very versatile horse stayed well enough to set a track Dutch Art=s broodmare sire, Spectrum, made his only record over 1 1/2 miles in the San Luis Obispo H., he juvenile start as late as Oct. 22. But if you dig a little was also successful the same year in the San Gorgonio deeper into Dutch Art=s pedigree his precocity--and his H. over 6 1/2 furlongs. Tumble Wind also collected a Prix Morny win--aren=t nearly so surprising. The first couple of stakes victories at around five furlongs at two four generations of his pedigree contain three of the and his principal achievement as a stallion in Ireland illustrious Morny winners--Machiavellian, Blushing was to sire a series of fast, quick-maturing juveniles, Groom and Irish River--mentioned in the previous including Tumbledownwind, Cooliney Prince, Millingdale paragraph. These three collectively won 13 of their 15 Lillie, Horage, Night of Wind and Mister Majestic. juvenile starts. This speedy element in Dutch Art=s pedigree needs to Medicean=s dam, the Queen Mary S. runner-up Mystic be kept in mind when trying to decide how far he will Goddess, was another who matured quickly, as might eventually stay, but he should have no difficulty in be expected of a daughter of the champion two-year- staying a mile, as both his sire and broodmare sire were old Storm Bird. Dutch Art will also have benefited from Group 1 winners over a mile and 1 1/4 miles. being trained by Peter Chapple-Hyam, a man skilled in getting the best out of his two-year-olds. DUTCH ART (GB), c, 2004 With juvenile champions as his sire and broodmare Raise a Native Mr. Prospector sire, there was always a good chance that Medicean Gold Digger Machiavellian would sire plenty of offspring more precocious than Halo Coup de Folie himself. His first crop contained two juvenile Group Raise the Standard Medicean (GB) winners, including the Group 1-winning Nannina, and Northern Dancer Storm Bird his second crop has matched that achievement, thanks South Ocean Mystic Goddess to Dutch Art and the Irish Group 3 winner Regional Sassafras (Fr) Rose Goddess (Ire) Counsel. As his first crop also contains Almerita, Cocarde (GB) winner of the G1 German Oaks over 1 3/8 miles, Blushing Groom (Fr) Rainbow Quest Medicean has made a highly encouraging start to his I Will Follow Spectrum (Ire) stallion career. Interestingly, his third dam Cocarde was Irish River (Fr) Halland Park Lass River Dancer (Ire) a half-sister to that very accomplished stallion Caro, (Ire) Dancing Shadow (Ire) and Almerita is inbred 4x3 to this mare. Tumble Wind Palacegate Episode Drumalis (Ire) Dutch Art must also thank his female line for his two- 2Fls, 1GSW (GB) Hwt. Older Virna year-old talent. His second dam, Palacegate Episode, Mare & GSW-Ger Pasadena Lady (Ire) Capt. James (Ire) won her first two starts early in her first season and 8Fls, 1Ch, 1GSW 12Fls, 1GSW, 2SW Gliding Gay (GB) then trained on so well that she recorded her 11th success at the age of five. She was a stakes winner at two, three, four and five, her speciality being her ability to lead throughout over five furlongs. She also travelled well, achieving stakes success in Britain, Germany and Italy (where she won the G3 Premio Omenoni). Although she was by the unfashionable Drumalis, an Italian 2000 Guineas winner who also won two Grade II contests in the U.S., she made 180,000gns when sold as a seven-year-old. Five furlongs was also the optimum distance for Palacegate Episode=s brother Another Episode, who was at his best at two. This pair also had a precocious half- brother in Palacegate Jack, who gained a hat-trick of Listed successes over sprint distances at two. Although speed was clearly the main attribute of these winners out of the unraced Pasadena Lady, it certainly isn=t obvious where this speed came from. .