MAMBO SLEW retired HEADLINE ATW p. 1 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2005 GLORIOUS GOODWOOD GETS UNDERWAY PEDIGREE INSIGHTS One day before Saratoga opens its storied gates, the five-day meeting dubbed Glorious Goodwood will be BY ANDREW CAULFIELD conducted at the historic Sussex racecourse. A total of 11 Group races are scheduled Sunday, Maisons-Laffitte, France to be run, highlighted by PRIX ROBERT PAPIN-G2, i120,000, Maisons-Laffitte, Wednesday’s G1 Sussex S., 7-24, 2yo, c/f, 5 1/2fT, 1:04.00, gd. the one-mile contest in which 1--@NEW GIRLFRIEND (IRE), 125, f, 2, by Diesis (GB) champion Soviet Song (Ire) 1st Dam: New Story (GSP-US & G1SP-Fr, (Marju {Ire}) is set to defend $204,940), by Dynaformer her title. “So far Soviet's prep- 2nd Dam: Dancey Kate, by Danzig aration has gone nicely and 3rd Dam: Taylor Park, by Sir Gaylord Glorious Goodwood - 2004 she seems well in herself,” O-R C Strauss; B-Kilfrush Stud; T-Robert Collet; Action Plus photo trainer James Fanshawe told J-Christophe Soumillon; i68,400. Lifetime Record: At the Races. “Around Goodwood, you just hope that 2 starts, 2 wins, i91,900. you get some luck in running. I just hope that we get Click for the Racing Post race chart or for the brisnet.com there in one piece and things go smoothly for her dur- catalogue-style pedigree. ing the race.” Three of the Group races are for two- Back in the 1970s, a filly called Girl Friend became year-olds, including the G2 Vintage S. Wednesday, one of the stars of French racing. Asked to race fre- which was won by champion Shamardal last year. quently at a high level for four seasons, this highly Fields, p4-5 popular mare recorded annual Timeform ratings of 117, 121, 126 and 124. In the process she showed enough GLORIOUS GOODWOOD stamina to go within a short head of winning the 1,000 2005 FEATURES Guineas and enough speed--and toughness--to win eight Group 3 sprints in the space of less than 20 months. Tuesday, 26 July It was therefore a bold decision by G2 Lennox S. 7f, 3yo/up R.C. Strauss of Kilfrush Stud to select G3 Gordon S. 1 1/2m, 3yo the name New Girlfriend for another G3 Molecomb S. 5f, 2yo French-trained filly. However, lightning Wednesday, 27 July appears to have struck twice in pretty G1 Sussex S. 1m, 3yo/up much the same place, as New Girlfriend G2 Vintage S. 7f, 2yo has shown strong signs that she too is heading for the top of her division. Af- Thursday, 28 July ter winning the Prix Yacowlef, a five- G2 Goodwood Cup 2m, 3yo/up furlong Listed race for newcomers on G3 Lillie Langtry S. 1 3/4m, 3yo/up, f/m July 7, the daughter of Diesis reap- G3 King George S. 5f, 3yo/up peared 17 days later to trounce the op- Friday, 29 July position in the G2 Prix Robert Papin Paris-Turf photo G2 Richmond S. 6f, 2yo, c/g over an extra sixteenth. G3 Oak Tree S. 7f, 3yo/up, f/m The assessment of her trainer Robert Collet is that Saturday, 30 July New Girlfriend “is something out of the ordinary. She is G1 Nassau S. 1 1/4m, 3yo/up, f/m a filly of enormous potential who will now run in the www.goodwood.co.uk Prix Morny at Deauville and I feel she will stay even further.” Cont. p2 [email protected] www.juddmonte.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/26/05 • PAGE 2 of 5 Caulfield cont. New Story also tackled the males after her transfer to Rider Christophe Soumillon raised the stakes higher the States, where she took third place behind when he suggested that New Girlfriend has just as Walkslikeaduck in the GII Del Mar Derby. She remained much class as Divine Proportions, winner of last year’s in the U.S. for her broodmare career, starting with a Papin. Divine Proportions has gone on to win four 2001 visit to Distant View, who had already sired a Group 1 races, including two Classics, and is now champion--Observatory--from a Roberto line mare. unbeaten in eight starts. The choice of Diesis as her second mate in 2002 was Robert Collet has every right to be thrilled with New also based on plenty of encouraging data. Diesis’ best Girlfriend, as he purchased her dam New Story for as little as $25,000 at Keeneland’s 1998 September Sale. performers during the previous year had included Grade The filly was sold before her elder sister Dyna’s Club II winner Diadella, who was out of a Dynaformer mare; had begun to show the type of form that was to earn the smart English miler Duck Row, who is out of a her victory in the Osunitas H. and over $300,000. Roberto mare; and G3 Lancashire Oaks winner Sacred New Story proved a very shrewd buy at her modest Song, who is out of a Red Ransom mare. price, earning the equivalent of over $200,000 in a The 2001 season had also seen two of Dynaformer’s career which featured several good efforts at Group 1 progeny out of Diesis mares become stakes winners, level. The filly underlined Dynaformer’s ability to get the with Dynamous taking the Providencia S. and Spanish occasional smart juvenile when she finished second of John the Premio Giuseppe de Montel. Since then, he 11 in the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac. Although that proved has added Dynamist to the list of stakes winners from to be her only placing at stakes level in France, New his first six foals out of Diesis mares. Story also emerged with credit from her sixth in a very Of course, the names of Roberto and Diesis have strongly contested edition of the French Oaks and been inextricably linked ever since Diesis sired the another sixth, beaten about seven lengths, against males in the Prix Jacques le Marois. top-class Elmaamul from Roberto’s daughter Modena early in his long and distinguished career. With the NEW GIRLFRIEND, f, 2003 addition of Defacto and Duck Row, there are now three Native Dancer Group/Graded winners among the first 20 foals by Atan Mixed Marriage (GB) Diesis out of Roberto mares. Sharpen Up (GB) Rockefella (GB) There are also graded winners bred on the reverse Rocchetta (GB) Chambiges (Fr) Diesis (GB) pattern, with Diesis mares producing Bowman Mill and Tantieme (Fr) Reliance (Fr) Gastronomical to Roberto’s sons Kris S. and Sunshine Relance (Fr) Doubly Sure (GB) Forever. Crepello (GB) Soft Angels (Ire) So why does this combination work so well? As the Sweet Angel (GB) partnership produces no significant inbreeding in recent Hail to Reason Roberto generations, I suspect that its success is based on the Bramalea Dynaformer New Story His Majesty fact that the two male lines complement each other Andover Way G1SP-Fr & GSP-US, On the Trail physically. Diesis is quite refined in appearance, a de- 15-3-1-1, Northern Dancer scription which could rarely be applied to the big, mas- $205,594 Dancey Kate Danzig 3Fls, 1GSW Unraced Pas de Nom culine, rather plain types for which the Roberto line is 10Fls, 1SW, Taylor Park Sir Gaylord renowned. Of course, they don’t come much bigger or 1GSP 15Fls, 2SW *Drury Nell more masculine than the 17-hand Dynaformer. Cont. p3 www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/26/05 • PAGE 3 of 5 Caulfield cont. Another factor in the success of the Diesis- P R E S U L T S P Dynaformer partnership could be Dynaformer’s broodmare sire His Majesty, a Sunday, Hakodate, Japan son of Ribot. Diesis and his illus- HAKODATE KINEN-G3-JRA (Listed), ¥82,500,000, trious brother Kris have both Hakodate, 7-24, 3yo/up, 2000mT, 2:00.7, fm. done well with Ribot blood. For 1--ERIMO HARRIER (JPN), 121, g, 5, by Generous (Ire) example, Diesis sired the dual 1st Dam: Erimo Hustler (Jpn), by Bravest Roman Oaks winner Diminuendo from a 2nd Dam: Depgleef, by *Vaguely Noble Diesis Mill Ridge photo Tom Rolfe mare and Love Divine, 3rd Dam: Depth, by Buckpasser another of his Oaks winners, is O-Toshiharu Yamamoto; B-Erimo Nojo; T-Hidetaka out of a Ribot-line mare. It was a mare by His Majesty’s Tadokoro; J-Kohei Kitamura; ¥43,490,000. Lifetime brother Graustark which produced the triple Classic Record: 33-7-4-4. winner Oh So Sharp (Kris). Remember too that His 2--Blue Tornade (Jpn), 119, c, 4, Jade Robbery--Blue Majesty sired that fine turf performer Cetewayo, twice Savanna (Jpn), by Symboli Rudolf (Jpn). O-Sunday a Grade I winner, from a Diesis mare. Racing Co Ltd; B-Shiraoi Farm; ¥17,140,000. As a long-term admirer of Diesis, one aspect of his 3--Win Glanz (Jpn), 121, h, 5, Dance in the Dark (Jpn)-- career which has always surprised me is that his repu- Alyshena, by Alysheba. O-Win Co Ltd; B-Northern tation has been based more on top-notch middle-dis- Farm; ¥11,070,000. tance performers than on two-year-olds. Margins: 1 3/4, NO, 1 1/2. Odds: 14.40, 4.60, 8.00. Diesis himself was a spectacular juvenile, with victo- Erimo Harrier settled in third under Kohei Kitamura ries in both the G1 Middle Park S.