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BLOODSTOCKWEEKLYThursday, April 22, 2010 ISSUE TEN

KNOCKOUT

PUNCHEnnistown Stud colt denies Ballydoyle pair to land Ballysax Stakes and post first Group winner for sire Azamour, whileHarbinger (right) spells doom for Newbury rivals to continue stallion Dansili’s hot streak ��Pedigree analysis, pages 2-3

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BLOODSTOCK WEEKLY PEDIGREE ANALYSIS

HARBINGER b c 2006

Dansilib 1996

Penang Pearlb 1996

DanzigDanzig

Razyana

Kahyasi

Kerali

Arctic Tern

Beaune

Shareef Dancer

Sauceboat

Hasili

Bering

Guapa

Race Dubai Duty FreeFinest Surprise Stakes(Newbury 1m4f,Group 3, good)

BreederAnn Ooi

OwnerHighclere ThoroughbredRacing (Admiral Rous)

PUNCHER CLYNCH b c 2007

Azamourb 2001

Dance Troupeb 2002

Night ShiftNorthern Dancer

Ciboulette

Lear Fan

Anaza

Blushing Groom

I Will Follow

Dancing Brave

Sarah Siddons

Asmara

Rainbow Quest

Dansara

Race P W McGrathMemorial Ballysax Stakes(Leopardstown 1m2f,Group 3, good to firm)

BreederEnnistown Stud

OwnerEnnistown Stud

HARBINGERRace analysis An impressivethree-length win in thiscontest, formerly run as theJohn Porter Stakes, markeddown Harbinger as amiddle-distance performer ofconsiderable promise.

The four-year-old looks thesort of late-blooming startypical of his trainer, SirMichael Stoute, in the mouldof recent Group 1 winners Askand Mountain High. In fact,that pair, as well as Harbinger,made their debuts in theWood Ditton Stakes, finishingplaced and then winning theirmaiden on one of their nexttwo starts.

Harbinger won his maidenat Chester, by three lengthsfrom the usefulChangingoftheguard, in suchimpressive fashion that he wastalked of as a serious Derbycontender. His Epsom Classiccredentials went untested ashe was ruled out due to amuscle tear in his quarters, buthis subsequent commandingdefeat of the admirably toughFirebet in the Gordon Stakes atGlorious Goodwood suggested

that, had he been at peakfitness, he would haveperformed creditably atEpsom.

Next came the GreatVoltigeur Stakes andHarbinger’s sole disappointingeffort, when tailed off behindMonitor Closely and Mastery,who would go on to finishthird and first in the St Leger.He atoned for that run slightlyon his final start at three, inthe St Simon Stakes, when,sporting a cross-noseband andtongue-tie and taking on hiselders for the first time, hefinished third to High Heeled.

The Ormonde Stakes atChester could be Harbinger’snext port of call, and he holdsearly entries for the Jockey

Club Stakes, Coronation Cupand Irish St Leger.Pedigree Juddmonte stallionDansili has enjoyed a purplepatch in the past week. As wellas Harbinger, he wasrepresented by three Listedwinners – Foreteller in the Prixde Suresnes, Famous Name inthe Heritage Stakes andAbaton in the Premio Nataledi Roma – as well as anexciting two-year-old debutwinner from his seventh cropin Leopardstown maidenscorer Zoffany, and animpressive three-year-old debutwinner at Pontefract in BatedBreath.

Dansili has sired fiveindividual Group/Grade 1winners – an admirable featbut still not quite reflective of

PUNCHER CLYNCHRace analysis It is doubtfulthat this year’s Ballysax Stakeswill prove as informative forGroup 1 races as previousrenewals, which have beenwon in the new millennium byluminaries such as Galileo,High Chaparral and Fame AndGlory.

It is hard to believe thatBallydoyle’s two entrants,Criterium de Saint-Cloudrunner-up Mikhail Glinka andmaiden winner At First Sight,are Aidan O’Brien’s principalDerby hopes, like the famousthree mentioned above wereat this stage of the season.Ballydoyle’s obvious Derbycontenders head to Guineasraces first this year– St Nicholas Abbey toNewmarket and Jan Vermeerto the Curragh or Longchamp.

To add further confusion,the race was run messily, withAt First Sight and PuncherClynch setting a slowish paceand dominating the finish,with just a short headseparating the pair on theline. Mikhail Glinka, havingseemed to get outpacedturning for home, found asecond wind to run on intothird, with hapless AddressUnknown, a last-time-outmaiden winner, travelling

strongly but failing to findspace and finishing fifth. Onlya length and a half covered thefirst five home.

Puncher Clynch seems tohave found improvementfrom last year. He won two ofhis five races, including anursery in which he beatsubsequent Royal LodgeStakes winner Joshua Tree(receiving a stone), and on hislast run at two was beaten outof sight in a nursery off amark of 91.

Trainer’s wife Jackie Bolgerwas realistic after the race,saying: “He isn’t ready yet tocope with real Group 1 horsesbut he’ll be fine at a level a bitbelow that.”Pedigree Puncher Clynch’sBallysax victory gave his sireAzamour a first Pattern-racewinner. Four-time Group 1winner Azamour, who standsat his owner-breeder theAga Khan’s Gilltown Stud inCounty Kildare, made a fairstart with his firsttwo-year-olds last year, ListedUsk Valley Stud Stakes winnerAzmeel being his mostpromising representative.

It is difficult to speculate onwhat distances the Azamourswill thrive over, if onlybecause the stallion’s own sireNight Shift’s stud record wasslightly spasmodic in thatdepartment. Mostly an

influence for speed, his twobest runners excelled overmiddle distances. To furthermuddy the waters, anotherNight Shift stallion, DyhimDiamond, was a 6f specialiston the track whose three bestprogeny have excelled insprints (Milanais), over 1m(Turtle Bowl) and overextreme distances (Bannaby).

Puncher Clynch’sstamina-laden maternalfamily suggests he willimprove the further he goes.Bred by Ennistown Stud,Puncher Clynch is the firstfoal out of the Rainbow Questmare Dance Troupe, aJuddmonte-bred serialplace-getter in France. She isa half-sister to smartdual-purpose performer SelfDefense and to the dams ofSt Leger runner-up The LastDrop and middle-distanceListed winners Degas Art andPersefona.

Dance Troupe is out of anunraced daughter of Irish1,000 Guineas and YorkshireOaks winner Sarah Siddons,dam of Irish Oaks winnerPrincess Pati and ancestressof Prix Vermeille winner andArc runner-up Leggera andher smart middle-distancehalf-brother Lucido.

Puncher Clynch was offeredat the 2008 Goffs Million saleand was registered as sold toJim Bolger – who trained theEnnistown Stud-ownedSaoirse Abu to Group 1 glory– for €32,000.

Dance Troupe has atwo-year-old filly by HurricaneRun (there should be noquestion of whether that onewill stay), a yearling filly byTeofilo, and was covered byTeofilo last year.Martin Stevens

A middle-distanceperformer ofconsiderablepromise judgedon Newbury stroll

Ballydoyle Classic hopesreceive blow as Bolgercolt punches aboveweight to land spoils

Puncher Clynch (second right) pips At First Sight (right) at Leopardstown last Sunday

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the consistency with which hehas come up with high-classrunners. He has, for instance,also sired five individualGroup 1 runners-up.

With 17 six-figure yearlingsales last year, few wouldbegrudge Dansili a 2010 studfee of £65,000, which is a farcry from his introductoryprice of £8,000. And forbreeders whose price range hehas ascended out of, theycould take a punt on hisGrade 1-winning brotherChamps Elysees, who took upstud duties at Banstead ManorStud this year at £10,000.

The cross of Dansili overHarbinger’s damsire Bering hasalso produced Poule d’Essaides Poulains fifth and Group 2runner-up Handsome Maestro.It is the next generation of anick that scored when Dansili’ssire Danehill sired high-classjuvenile Russian Blue whenbred to a Bering mare.

Harbinger’s dam, PenangPearl, carried the colours ofhis breeder Ann Ooi tovictory in the Listed OctoberStakes. Harbinger is her fifthfoal and by far her best(by 41lb on Racing Post

Ratings, to be precise).Penang Cinta, the dam’s nextbest, never won above Class 5handicap level, but did at leastshow qualities of toughnessand soundness, winning eighttimes between the ages ofthree and six.

French-bred Penang Pearl isa granddaughter of Falmouth(then the Child) Stakes andStrensall Stakes winnerSauceboat, herself a daughterof Sun Chariot Stakes heroineCranberry Sauce. Sauceboatproved herself an ablebroodmare by producingPrince of Wales’s Stakes winnerKind Of Hush and Sun ChariotStakes winner Dusty Dollar,herself granddam of usefulJapanese two-year-old MissHirondelle.

Harbinger was purchased byJohn Warren for ownersHighclere for 180,000gns atBook 1 of the TattersallsOctober yearling sale in 2007,out of the consignment ofKirtlington Stud. Penang Pearlhas a two-year-old colt bySakhee and a yearling colt byZamindar, and was covered byManduro last year.Martin Stevens

OVERTURN b g 2004

Baratheab 1990

Kristal Bridgeb 1994

Sadler’s WellsNorthern Dancer

Fairy Bridge

Habitat

Canton Silk

Sharpen Up

Doubly Sure

Connaught

FishermansBridge

Brocade

Kris

ConnaughtBridge

Race SamsungElectronics ScottishChampion Hurdle(Ayr 2m, Grade 2, good)

BreederPendley Farm

Owner T G Leslie

OVERTURNRace analysis Overturn’srapid ascent through thehurdling ranks was crowned byan all-the-way success in theScottish Champion Hurdle,carrying 10st 7lb to beat smarthandicapper Gloucester(receiving 1lb), with 2005Supreme Novices’ Hurdlewinner Arcalis (giving 8lb) inthird.

The Donald McCain-trainedsix-year-old winner hasimproved markedly this year.In January, he was beaten intothird in a 0-100 Class 4 novicehandicap hurdle (carrying topweight) and he finishedrunner-up in a 0-105 novicehandicap hurdle last month.On his next start, heembarked on a love affair withAyr, making all to win a 2mnovice handicap hurdleunchallenged, and repeatedthe trick over the same courseand distance in similarfashion in a novice hurdle onhis last start before thisweekend.

Overturn was formerly asmart juvenile and later won a1m6f handicap off a mark of88 when trained by WalterSwinburn – whose father-in-lawPeter Harris’s Pendley Farmbred the gelding. He was thethird-highest priced lot at lastyear’s DBS October sales,when bought by McCain for£75,000.

Overturn has evidentlybenefited from a windoperation carried out thisseason and the better groundin the spring. He could makehis next start in the SwintonHandicap Hurdle at Haydock,and if the going is good orfirmer he would be a difficulthorse to peg back.

Pedigree Proof that Sadler’sWells is not only a dominantinfluence in Flat racing wasthere for all to see at theCheltenham Festival, wherethe Coolmore colossus wasgrandsire or great-grandsire ofseven of the meeting’s Grade 1winners.

The late Sadler’s Wellsstallion Barathea has sired twoGrade 1 winners atCheltenham in past years withcast-offs from the Flat– Triumph Hurdle winnerMade In Japan and FredWinter Juvenile Novices’Hurdle scorer Silk Hall(both, incidentally, out ofDarshaan mares).

By flourishing after a switchof codes, Overturn is not onlyfollowing the example ofthose paternal half-brothers,but also that of his maternalhalf-brother Fisher Bridge,who was rated 78 on the Flatand later Grade 3-paced inchases.

The pair are out of the Krismare Kristal Bridge, who wasbred and trained by PeterHarris and put up her besteffort when third in a lowlymaiden handicap.

That Kristal Bridge did not

win would not have galledHarris too much, as the familyowes him nothing. He owned

her dam, Connaught Bridge,a cheap purchase trained byHenry Cecil to win theYorkshire Oaks, and from

Connaught Bridge bredDorothea Brooke, a winner andlater dam of Middle ParkStakes winner Primo Valentino,as well as Lydia Maria, dam ofuseful performers Barolo andPropinquity.

Kristal Bridge’s last foalregistered with Weatherbys isthree-year-old filly Kristalette,by another Pendley Farmhomebred, Leproello. She wascovered by Beat Hollow,another son of Sadler’s Wells,last year.George Kimberley

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RACING NOTEBOOKBLOODSTOCK WEEKLY

Symphonyfollows infootsteps of FantasiajjTuesday, April 13WEncompassing takes thecolts and geldings’ maiden atLimerick for trainer AidanO’Brien. The Montjeu colt isout of Sophisticat, winner ofthe Coronation Stakes andrunner-up in the CheveleyPark.

W Pontefract’s 6f fillies’three-year-old maiden is wonby Maid In Heaven, adaughter of Prix d’Essai duPoulains winner Clodovil outof an unraced half-sister to thedam of Pipalong. She istrained by Walter Swinburnand this is her second start.

WKing Ar Aghaidh winshis chasing debut at Exeter.The nine-year-old is by King’sTheatre out of the Stayers’Hurdle winner Shuil ArAghaidh.

jjWednesday, April 14WPozyc is a first British orIrish winner for his sire PolishSummer, a son of PolishPrecedent who won the Group2 Grand Prix de Deauville andDubai Sheema Classic at NadAl Sheba. Polish Summer nowstands at Haras de la Foret fora fee of €1,800.Willie Mullinstrains the four-year-old Pozyc,who was runner-up on three ofhis five starts on the Flat.

WHidden Cyclone takesthe bumper on his debut atGowran Park. He is a son ofGreat Voltigeur Stakes winnerStowaway, who is by SlipAnchor and stands at

Whytemount Stud for €1,000.The gelding’s dam HurricaneDebbie is a half-sister to theuseful hurdler/chaser BerudeNot To.

W The Darley-bred MusicShow wins the Nell GwynStakes, giving 3lb all round asthe previous winner of a Group2. She was bought as atwo-year-old at Goresbridge byGill Richardson for €16,000,and is a Noverre half-sister tothe quite useful Fantasia Girl,out of the winning MrProspector mare Dreamboat.

jjThursday, April 15WWood Ditton Stakes winnerDiescentric was a $55,000yearling purchase at Keenelandand is one of two colts foaledfrom the final crop of Diesis.His dam, Hawzah, is anunraced half-sister to Oratorio.

WElusive Pimpernel, byElusive Quality, is a convincingwinner of the Racing PostBreeze-Up Bonus-sponsoredCraven Stakes. The colt’s onlydefeat came when second to StNicholas Abbey in the RacingPost Trophy. He is the secondfoal of the Sadler’s Wells mareCara Fantasy, whose firstproduce was Group 3 winnerPalavicini.

WEldalil, a filly with anOaks entry, takes the 7fRossdales Maiden Fillies’Stakes. Trained by Sir MichaelStoute, she is by Singspiel outof a winning half-sister toWhitewater Affair, who wassecond in the Yorkshire Oaks

and also trained by Stoute.

WAt Cheltenham, the toughNigel Twiston-Davies-trainedmare Banjaxed Girl landsthe Listed mares’ handicaphurdle. By King’s Theatre, thesix-year-old point-to-pointgraduate has not finished outof the first two under rules,winning both bumpers andnow four of her six hurdles.Her second dam, Margello, is asister to the second dam ofMarello.

jjFriday, April 16WNewbury’s three-year-oldconditions stakes featuresBullet Train, a Juddmonte-bredSadler’s Wells colt from thefamily of Powerscourt who hasa Derby entry, but he givesway to 1,800gns purchaseMyplacelater. The winner istrained by David Elsworth andsired by Where Or When, whountil 2009 stood at CheveleyPark Stud, before beingtransferred to BallycrystalStud.

WDivision one of the 1m2ffillies’ maiden is won by PinkSymphony, a Montjeuhalf-sister to Fantasia. The PaulCole-trained three-year-old wasa maiden from three starts as ajuvenile, but finished fourth ina valuable Tattersalls sales raceat Newmarket and has both anOaks and 1,000 Guineas entry.Fantasia, by Sadler’s Wells, wasan impressive seven-lengthwinner of the Nell GwynStakes last year.

W Funky Lady takes the 7f

three-year-old fillies’ maiden.Peter Doyle paid €300,000 forher as a yearling at Arqana,and the daughter of ElCorredor is out of a half-sisterto Prix du Jockey-Club winnerAnabaa Blue, descending fromthe outstanding mareAllegretta, her third dam.

jjSaturday, April 17WOverturn, formerlytrained on the Flat by PeterHarris, land the ScottishChampion Hurdle for trainerDonald McCain. TimmyMurphy perfects afront-running ride whichcompletes a hat-trick for thesix-year-old, with all threewins coming at Ayr. The son ofBarathea was rated 93 on theFlat and cost £75,000 atDoncaster as a three-year-old.

W The French-bred Merigotakes the Coral Scottish GrandNational, another winner forTimmy Murphy, who also rodethe gelding to victory in theEider Chase. Merigo is thethird foal of Muleta, whosefour other produce to haveraced did so in France, two ofwhich won. Merigo is byPistolet Bleu, whose bestprogeny are usually effectiveover 2m, namely SizingEurope, Geos, Snap Tie andI’msingingtheblues.

WNewbury’s Dubai DutyFree Stakes, aka the FredDarling Stakes, is won byPuff, a filly from the first cropof Camacho, providing a firstGroup win for her sire. Bred by

TIM PALIN, NICK BRADLEY & MIKE PRINCEWould like to thank all the owners of Middleham Park Racing for their loyal and generous support.

Jamesway and Bilko Pak’s recent victories have amassed two £10,000 Yearling Bonuses for their owners.

Middleham Park Racing Syndicate have now won 22% of the yearling bonuses to be won in Britain to date.

Middleham Park Racing are attending this week and next week’s Breeze-Up Sales to secure our next Yearling andBreeze-Up Bonus horses.

Middleham Park RacingMobile: 07785 745292 Tel: 01652 660347 E: Pchinacastle@aol.com www.middlehamparkracing.netTim Palin

Yeomanstown Stud, she is thefourth foal out of theListed-placed Most Welcomemare Kelsey Rose, and ahalf-sister to two maidens andjuvenile winner Golden Rosie.

W In the Bathwick TyresGreenham Stakes, RichardHannon trains the first two,but his second-string DickTurpin overturns favouriteCanford Cliffs. From the firstcrop of Ballyhane stallionArakan, Dick Turpin is a half-brother to two winners fromfive other runners. Peter Doylepaid €26,000 for him as ayearling at Tattersalls Ireland,and he was a €12,000 foal.

WMotivator is the sire ofNewbury three-year-oldmaiden winner Tactician,trained, like his Derby-winningsire, by Michael Bell andowned and bred by the Queen.His dam, Tempting Prospect, isa Listed-placed half-sister toPhantom Gold, who won theSt Simon Stakes and GeoffreyFreer Stakes at the Berkshiretrack.

WZayaan wins thethree-year-old 1m maiden atNaas. Kevin Prendergast trainsthe son of Motivator, whosedam is a half-sister to Derbyrunner-up Walk In The Parkand a daughter of Irish 1,000Guineas winner Classic Park.

jjSunday, April 18WDansili sires a double atLeopardstown, when Zoffanyscores on his debut in theopening 6f juvenile maiden,

and Famous Name takes theListed Heritage Stakes over1m. Zoffany cost 220,000gnsas a yearling and is owned byMichael Tabor. He was bred byEpona Bloodstock and hisdam’s previous two foals tohave raced are both maidens.He holds an entry in the Group1 Phoenix Stakes.

W Famous Name is aJuddmonte homebred out ofthe 7f juvenile winner Fame AtLast, whose previous threefoals have all won, albeit at alower level. Dansili is the sireof two Group 1 winners, Arcwinner Rail Link and ZambeziSun, winner of the Grand Prixde Paris, who both ran in thecolours of Juddmonte’s ownerKhalid Abdulla.

jjMonday, April 19WDansili sires yet anotherwinner when Bated Breathscores on his debut in athree-year-old maiden atPontefract, trained by RogerCharlton for owner KhalidAbdulla. His dam Tantina wonfour of her five starts, twice atListed level. Her previous twofoals were both good winners,Listed-placed Scuffle andGroup 2-placed Cityscape.

WRichard Hannon trains thewinner of Windsor’s two-year-old maiden with Bilko Pak, ason of Barathea. He is the firstfoal of the French-bred ValeView, a maiden half-sister toSaffron Walden, Dolphin Streetand Grade 1 winner Insight.George Kimberley

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Pink Symphony, a Montjeu half-sister to 2009 Nell Gwyn Stakes winner Fantasia, romps home in a maiden at Newbury

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HOME PAGEPEOPLE, EVENTS, NEWS AND VIEWSBLOODSTOCK WEEKLY

Student FocusFeaturing members ofthe Irish National Studbreeding course. Thisweek, Will Hogan

QUICK QUESTIONSEamonn CullenMarketing manager,Bloodstock South Africa

What attracted you toworking in South Africa? Ihad come to the country onnumerous occasions and wasimpressed by the standard ofracing and type of horses thebreeders produce. I’ve beenfriends with Mike de Kock andbloodstock agent JehanMalherbe for many years. Iwas approached by JohnKoster of Klawervlei Stud andMary and Jessica Slack ofWilgerbosdrift Stud aboutmoving here. The support I’vereceived from people in theindustry has been amazing.

What are your hopes orexpectations for theup-coming EmperorsPalace National YearlingSale? It is impossible topredict what way a sale isgoing to go as there are somany outside factors that wehave no control over . . . I didnot comprehend that a volcanoin Iceland could affect a sale inSouth Africa as a number ofEuropean buyers have beenprevented from attending.

What are the advantagesand disadvantages ofSouth African racing? Thequality and the facilities at theracetracks and the trainingcentres for the horses areworld class. The value inhaving a horse in training andthe cost of getting involvedshould attract more overseasbuyers and the prize-money isgood. On the other hand, theworld does not know what agreat country this is to ownracehorses, the standard ishigh but there is amazingvalue here. We see whathappens every year in Dubai,that a small string of SouthAfrican horses can perform onthe world stage.

WILL HOGAN hails fromLexington Kentucky but hisroots are closer to Kildare. Hisfather, Edmond, is fromCounty Kilkenny and is also agraduate of the course. Havingsettled in Kentucky, Hogansenior established GaulstownStud and his eldest son, Matt,also completed the course in

2007. So Hogan junior comesto the Irish National Stud witha top-class Tully pedigree.

Hogan, 20, has worked onhis father’s farm for a numberof years but prior to the coursehe gained experience workingat Hagyard veterinary clinic inthe medicine barn. “I spent ayear at Morehead StateUniversity in Kentucky doingpre-veterinary and worked atHagyard, but I decided to takea break to do this course. It’ssomething I’ve wanted to dofor three or four years.”

During his time at the stud

Hogan is keen to learn moreabout the business of runninga top-class farm. “I’ve reallyenjoyed the course and myfavourite part has definitelybeen the stallion rotation. It’ssomething new for me and Ilove working in the shed.”

Hogan: Top-class pedigree

Hogan’s roots deep within National Stud

Ennistown Stud pride in Puncher

‘I’m impressed bySouth African racing’

Cullen: “Amazing support”

Jolly Snake shows some biteBy Cathal Beale

IT TOOK just six weeks forJolly Snake to repay a huge chunkof the €20,000 his trainer Ger-ard O’Leary paid for him at theGoffs Kempton Breeze-Up whenwinning at Dundalk last Friday.The victory landed O’Leary, whoalso owns Jolly Snake, a £10,000Racing Post Yearling Bonus anda £5,000 windfall from the breeze-up equivalent.

O’Leary said: “Me and my headman, Cooper Donnelly went overto Kempton having picked out20 or 30 horses from the catalogue.We actually had not planned onlooking at Jolly Snake but saw him

walking by usand he reallys t o o d o u tf r o m t h e

c r o w d . Welooked up hisbreeze after

that and decided to buy him. Theconsignor, Eddie O’Leary of LynnLodge Stud, told me the horsewas very straight forward andcould win a bonus – how right hewas.”

With a string of ten horses onthe Curragh the win was a wel-come fillip for the whole teamat Dunmurray Hall. “The winwas fantastic for all the lads in theyard.,” O’Leary said. “My fathertrained here before me and the

likes of Cooper and Richard Don-nelly have been here since thosedays. They are great horse-menand put so much time and effortin to getting the horses right, soI was really delighted for them.

“Both bonus schemes are a

credit to the proactive peoplewho have made it happen. It’sgreat for the small man to beable to pick out a horse and haveit pay for itself within a few weeks.These incentives allow smallerguys to compete.”

Next on the agenda for JollySnake is the Marble Hill Stakesat the Curragh on Irish Guineasweekend. “It would be great ifhe could run into the places and

Jolly Snake with (from left) Jana Zdrhova, James and Robbie Donnelly and Ger O’Leary

THE PARTNERSHIP between JimBolger and Ennistown Stud hasbeen consistently successful sincepurchasing Group 2 DebutanteStakes winner Gaudeamus in2006, writes Cathal Beale.

The following season SaoirseAbu landed the Group 1 PhoenixStakes against the colts beforewinning the Group 1 MoyglareStud Stakes and finishing third inthe 2008 1,000 Guineas. Lastyear Free Judgement won theG3 JRA Killavullan Stakes.

This year the partnership hasalready landed a blow with Punch-er Clynch’s battling performancein the Group 3 PW McGrathMemorial Ballysax Stakes at Leop-ardstown last Sunday.

The colt, named after a robustMeath footballer, seems to haveacquired his namesake’s battlingqualities, according to Ennis-town’s Ruairi O Coileain. “Seamus

Clynch played midfield for Meathminors in the All-Ireland final in1957 and was, and is, a greatbattler, so the horse is well named.”

“Puncher Clynch is a very toughcolt and has proven to be versa-tile regarding going and trip.Great credit goes to Jim Bolger andhis staff for pitching him in tothis company after a tough raceat Dundalk a week earlier.

“The whole team at Coolcullenare second to none. People like GerFlynn, Brian O’Connor, AdrianTaylor and Gordon Power amongstothers are top class horsemenand under the ever vigilant eyeof Jim Bolger they just keep pro-ducing incredible results.”

O Coileain is also keen to stressthe value of his own staff at Ennis-town, from where Puncher Clynchwas bred. “Christopher Markesruns the farm for us and he doesa fantastic job along with my

get some black type but he owesus nothing now. We have anoth-er couple of horses that we thinkcan get their heads in front dur-ing the season.

“Radnimaz is one we reallylike. He ran well on his debutlast backend and he will go for amile maiden at the Curragh, theweekend Jolly Snake runs. Hope-fully it will prove to be a big fewdays for us.”

brother Leon, who does most ofthe foaling. Michael Murphy hasbeen with us for over 30 andalong with Austin Collins we arevery fortunate to have such atightly run organisation. I get allthe plaudits but the lads on theground do all the work.”

Next up for Puncher Clynchwill be a well earned rest. “He hascome out of the race well andeaten up but after two brilliantrides by Kevin Manning in quicksuccession he will have an easytime of it for a couple of weeksbefore a campaign is plotted forthe rest of the season. The tricknow is to try and repeat theprocess!” O Coileain said.

A half-brother to Puncher Clynchby Teofilo was born at the week-end. Their dam Dance Troupehas a yearling filly by the samesire and a juvenile by HurricaneRun who will soon join Bolger.

Irish National StudContact John Osborne +353 (0)45 521 251email johno@irish-national-stud.ie www.irish-national-stud.ieAMADEUS WOLF J ART CONNOISSEUR J INDIAN HAVENINVINCIBLE SPIRIT J JEREMY J RAKTI J VERGLAS

TheROYAL ASCOT specialist

GR.1 Golden Jubilee WINNER at 3

GR.2 Coventry WINNER at 2

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INTERNATIONALBLOODSTOCK WEEKLY

AustraliaSATURDAY’S meeting atRandwick saw two Grade 1sfall to produce of sires whoraced in Britain and Ireland.The AJC Australian Oaks waswon by Once Were Wild, aJohannesburg filly trained byGai Waterhouse and ridden byNash Rawiller. Once Were Wildstarted an 8-1 chance, and putin a fine performance to topplethe favourite, Crown Oaks andVinery Stud Stakes winnerFaint Perfume. Three-and-a-half lengths separated the twoat the line. The runner-up is amember of Shamardal’s firstsouthern hemisphere crop.

Following two second-placedefforts at the top level – in theChipping Norton Stakes atWarwick Farm and the RanvetStakes at Rosehill –Rangirangdoo landed theEmirates Doncaster Mile.

His sire Pentire was a topmiddle-distance performer in1995/96. Having run unbeatenDerby winner Lammtarra to aneck in the King George atthree, he won the IrishChampion Stakes that year andtook the King George thefollowing year.

The son of Be My Guest hasnever stood in Britain orIreland, but was available toEuropean breeders whenstanding in Germany at Gestut

Once Were Wild tames her Oaks rivalsIsarland for a moderate fee.

At Ascot, Coolmore shuttlerOratorio’s juvenile daughterMotion Pictures landed theGroup 2 Karrakatta Plate. Thefilly gave Oratorio a firstAustralian Group winner, buthis daughter Banchee hasalready made a mark in NewZealand, winning the Group 1Diamond Stakes over 6f atEllerslie.

New ZealandEllerslie’s Easter Handicap, aGrade 1 contest over a mile,saw Stravinsky sire a one-twowith members of his first NewZealand crop.

Based at Shizunai StallionStation in Japan, Stravinskyfirst shuttled to New Zealandin 2006 and again in 2009, buthe will remain in Japan thisyear. He was originally retiredto Ashford Stud in Kentucky in2000 where he stood for sixseasons.

The winner, Time Keeper, isthe eighth Group/Grade 1winner by his sire, and is outof the US-bred Our Emblemmare Organdy. He beat hispaternal half-sister NovemberRain by a length and a half.The runner-up, also out of aUS-bred mare (a daughter ofKris S named Lady Teruko)was second in the NewZealand Oaks at Trentham.

USAAt Santa Anita, only fourrunners lined up for the filliesand mares’ Grade 2 SantaBarbara Handicap, and therewas no surprise when odds-onfavourite Tuscan Eveninglanded the spoils. The OasisDream five-year-old was bredby Hascombe and ValiantStuds, and placed in Group 2company when trained by

John Joseph Murphy. Since herswitch to the US she has wonfive races at Grade 2 level,four of which are handicaps.Her dam, The Faraway Tree,was trained by Geoff Wraggand placed in the Park HillStakes at Doncaster. TuscanEvening is the first black type-winning produce of her dam.

She was bought for just4,500gns by Emerald

Bloodstock as a yearling, aprice which is put into contextby the $650,000 she made atKeeneland three years later.

Keeneland was fortuitous fora pair of Wertheimer-ownedand Todd Pletcher-trainedhorses on Saturday, when theMaria’s Mon colt Exhi took theCoolmore-sponsored LexingtonStakes and West Ocean wonthe Giant’s Causeway Stakes.

JapanThe Satsuki Sho (also knownas the Japanese 2,000Guineas) is run over 1m2f atNakayama, and this year’srenewal was won by VictoirePisa, a winner of a Grade 2over course and distance lastmonth. The three-year-old isby Neo Universe, a son ofSunday Silence. His damWhitewater Affair won theGroup 2 Prix de Pomone atDeauville and placed in theYorkshire Oaks and Irish StLeger when trained by MichaelStoute. She has produced aGrade 1 winner in AsakusaDen’en, by Singspiel, and theSunday Silence colt SwiftCurrent, who was beaten byhalf a length in the Tenno Shoat the highest level.

ItalyAmong the black type-winningsires at Capanelle wereDubawi, Oasis Dream andDansili. The Irish-bredWorthadd, by Dubawi, tookthe Group 3 Premio Parioloover a mile, while the British-bred daughter of Oasis Dream,Alta Fedelta, won the Group 3Premio Carlo Chiesa over 6f.

Dansili’s winner was in the1m Listed Premio Natale diRoma. All three winnerscarried the colours of ScuderiaIncolinx and were trained byVittorio Caruso.

Stravinsky, sire of Once Were Wild, the winner of the AJC Oaks at Randwick on Saturday,with trainer Aidan O’Brien, owner Michael Tabor and jockey Michael Kinane

INTERNATIONALBLOODSTOCK WEEKLYPICTURE: MASAKAZU TAKAHASHI

IRISH-BRED WINNERS OVERSEASBreeder Winner Sire Age/Sex Dam Country Date Course Distance Value Class

Angeliois, T. Charitonas (IRE) Monsun (GER) 5 h Chalkidiki (GER) Germany 18.4 Cologne 1m4f €4,000Azienda Agricola delle Groane Royalesce (IRE) Royal Academy (USA) 4 c Acquiesce (GB) Italy 15.4 Varese 1m1f165y €2,549Azienda Agricola Razza Emiliana Srl Never Forget Me (IRE) Numerous (USA) 3 c Miss Fortune (FR) Italy 13.4 Siracusa 1m110y €2,549Azienda Agricola S. Giamcomo Srl Ciano (IRE) Fasliyev (USA) 4 c Histoire d'Amour (GB) Italy 18.4 Treviso 1m55y €2,599Baggen, J. H. A. Nolien (IRE) Nayef (USA) 5 m No Mercy (GER) Belgium 16.4 Mons 1m3f110y €2,000Barelli, Armida Mon Image (IRE) Bold Fact (USA) 5 m Fingertip (GB) Italy 18.4 Treviso 1m55y €1,515Barouche Stud Ireland Ltd Turning Top (IRE) Pivotal (GB) 4 f Pietra Dura (GB) USA 10.4 Santa Anita 1m €20,089Beirne, P. Tegola (IRE) Xaar (GB) 3 c Barbaresque (IRE) Italy 18.4 Siracusa 6f €2,549Brivio Sforza, C. Masaimara (IRE) Orpen (USA) 3 c Jalcamin (IRE) Italy 15.4 Varese 7f €2,549Burns, E. Orpanella (IRE) Orpen (USA) 5 m Evidence (GB) Italy 18.4 Milan 7f110y €4,250Callanan, Mr M. J. G. Constabulary (IRE) Cape Cross (IRE) 6 g Tameeza (USA) Cyprus 14.4 Nicosia 7f110y €2,730Cauldern, M. Sintonia di Su (IRE) King's Best (USA) 5 h That's The Way (GB) Italy 18.4 Chilivani 6f €2,974Collins, M. Catskill Mountain (IRE) One Cool Cat (USA) 4 g Catch The Moon (IRE) H Kong 7.4 Happy Valley 6f €43,555Compagnia Generale S R L Worthadd (IRE) Dubawi (IRE) 3 c Wigman (USA) Italy 18.4 Rome 1m €72,250 (Gr.3)Connolly, J. Spirit Grey (IRE) Invincible Spirit (IRE) 3 f Ja Ganhou (GB) Italy 16.4 Rome 7f110y €3,399Coppice Farm Gleikos Leonidas (IRE) Desert Style (IRE) 6 h Valley of Love (IRE) Cyprus 14.4 Nicosia 6f €2,034Deerforest Stud Aoife Alainn (IRE) Dr Fong (USA) 3 f Divine Secret (GB) Italy 17.4 Milan 1m1f €23,799 (L)Devereux, P. Marias Gift (IRE) Beneficial (GB) 6 m Miss Executive (IRE) Cyprus 18.4 Nicosia 6f €2,068Devine, T. Santu Perdu (IRE) Pyrus (USA) 3 c Attached (IRE) Italy 13.4 Rome 1m €2,974Donlon, B. Celeritas (IRE) Titus Livius (FR) 7 g Shahroza (USA) Italy 12.4 Pisa 7f110y €1,738Egan, Mr D. C. Cool Marble (IRE) Oasis Dream (GB) 3 c Nini Princesse (IRE) Serbia 18.4 Belgrade 6f €471Finney, Albert Stylish Bob (IRE) Desert Style (IRE) 9 g Bobbella (IRE) Italy 13.4 Rome 7f €3,399Fogarty & Westbury Bloodstock, Mr J. Norris (IRE) Peintre Celebre (USA) 3 c Probable (IRE) Spain 11.4 Zarzuela 1m2f110y €6,000Forenaghts Stud & Dermot Cantillon Chariya (IRE) Cape Cross (IRE) 4 f Indaba (IRE) S Africa 12.3 Arlington 7f €2,955Glending Bloodstock Mystery Spirit (IRE) Soviet Star (USA) 4 f Moonchild (GER) Germany 18.4 Zweibrucken 1m4f €900Hennessy, P. Bombadil (IRE) Trans Island (GB) 3 c Chatsworth Bay (IRE) Spain 11.4 Zarzuela 7f €10,000Iona Equine London China Town (IRE) War Chant (USA) 3 g Green Minstrel (FR) H Kong 10.4 Sha Tin 5f €38,431Islanmore Stud Frozen Ardour (IRE) Dr Fong (USA) 3 f Freezing Love (USA) France 13.4 Saint-Cloud 1m €12,500Kenilworth House Stud Pim Pam (IRE) Verglas (IRE) 3 f Pacy's Ridge (IRE) France 15.4 Longchamp 7f €12,500Kennedy, B. Art Basel (IRE) Clodovil (IRE) 5 h Sticky Green (GB) Italy 14.4 Milan 1m €2,549Kildare Racing Syndicate Top Level (IRE) Fasliyev (USA) 7 m Aiming Upwards (GB) Jersey 5.4 Les Landes 1m €1,650Kroul, Ms Radka Pearl Jeane (IRE) Lend A Hand (GB) 5 m Nora Jeane (IRE) Czech Rep 18.4 Velka Chuchle 1m4f €1,139Latina, Mr G. Salar Thornfield (IRE) Hawk Wing (USA) 3 c Dahabiah (GB) Italy 15.4 Florence 6f €4,250Lynn Lodge Stud & Longfield Stud Rock Artiste (IRE) Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) 3 c Grable (IRE) Serbia 11.4 Belgrade 5f110y €471Madigan, P. Ballantynes (IRE) Imperial Ballet (IRE) 5 m Glamour Stock (USA) Italy 16.4 Rome 5f €4,675Mc Cann, J. Clashnacree (IRE) Footstepsinthesand (GB) 3 c Miss Moore (IRE) H Kong 7.4 Happy Valley 6f €43,555McDonnell, Joe Pumalio (IRE) No Excuse Needed (GB) 4 c Heart of The Ocean (IRE) Italy 18.4 Siracusa 1m1f110y €1,700Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd Moving Heart (IRE) Anabaa (USA) 4 f Lady Luck (IRE) USA 9.4 Gulfstream Park 1m €15,485Newton, T. Air Tonight (IRE) Imperial Ballet (IRE) 6 g L'harmonie (USA) Cyprus 10.4 Nicosia 1m €3,783Norton, Mrs C. E. Ballinapark (FR) Captain Rio (GB) 5 g Madame Claude (IRE) France 17.4 Marseille 7f110y €7,000Nuovi Orizzonti Snc Di Sartori Valerio C Anthilia (IRE) Spartacus (IRE) 3 f Heaven's Door (IRE) Italy 12.4 Pisa 7f110y €5,100O'Brien, Dr M. V. Cappa Brack (IRE) Danehill Dancer (IRE) 7 h Alcadia (IRE) Bahrain 9.4 Sakhir 6f €2,408Paschberg, G. Teddy Ready (IRE) Orpen (USA) 5 h Tonight (GER) Slovakia 18.4 Bratislava 1m2f €1,100Radley, T. Super Bloom (IRE) High Chaparral (IRE) 4 f Paris Song (IRE) Italy 13.4 Siracusa 1m3f110y €1,700Razza Del Pian Del Lago Giulius (IRE) Clodovil (IRE) 4 c Temprana (USA) Italy 15.4 Florence 1m1f €2,125Regalado-Gonzalez, Mrs C. Quick Release (IRE) Red Ransom (USA) 5 h Set The Mood (USA) Sweden 25.3 Jagersro 1m143y €2,935Regalado-Gonzalez, Mrs C. Quick Release (IRE) Red Ransom (USA) 5 h Set The Mood (USA) Sweden 8.4 Jagersro 1m €3,913Sallivera Partnership Rabbit Gibraltar (IRE) Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) 3 c Sallivera (IRE) Czech Rep 18.4 Velka Chuchle 1m1f27y €1,613Santoni, Mr P. E. E. Speyer (IRE) Ekraar (USA) 3 c Sopran Foal (IRE) Italy 14.4 Milan 1m110y €2,549Scuderia Amalfi Srl Phantom Kelly (IRE) Almutawakel (GB) 6 h Phantom Island (IRE) Italy 12.4 Treviso 1m2f €4,250Senebrova Partnership Harwalla (IRE) Desert Style (IRE) 4 g Senebrova (GB) Singapore 9.4 Kranji 5f110y €14,661Sig. Massimo Parri Ponticelli (IRE) King Charlemagne (USA) 4 c Quela (GER) Italy 13.4 Siracusa 1m2f110y €4,250Sofim Srl Cima de Triomphe (IRE) Galileo (IRE) 5 h Sopran Londa (IRE) Italy 14.4 Milan 1m1f €9,350Turri, Miss F. Carta Canta (IRE) Docksider (USA) 7 m Crudelia (IRE) Italy 17.4 Milan 1m3f €6,374Weld, Mrs C. L. Battle Royal (IRE) Refuse To Bend (IRE) 4 c Style of Life (USA) Sweden 8.4 Jagersro 6f €2,935Woodlock & Seamus Kennedy, M. Arushore (IRE) Kyllachy (GB) 4 c Cutting Reef (IRE) Serbia 18.4 Belgrade 6f €471Yarr, J. Leo's Pride (IRE) Medicean (GB) 5 h Alpine Park (IRE) H Kong 7.4 Happy Valley 1m55y €32,026Yeomanstown Stud Headstrong (IRE) Pivotal (GB) 4 f Rash (GB) S Africa 28.2 Scottsville 6f €3,842Yeomanstown Stud Headstrong (IRE) Pivotal (GB) 4 f Rash (GB) S Africa 14.3 Clairwood 6f €3,842Supplied by www.weatherbysbloodstockreports.com

Victoire Pisa, winner of the Grade 1 Satsuki Sho at Nakayama on Sunday

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Ellerslie17 Apr 2010

4.54 Land Pride Easter Handicap(Group 1) (Southern Hemisphere3yo+) (Turf) 1m

For: 3-y-o and up 1st £53,811.66 2nd £17,488.79 3rd £8,520.18 4th £4,035.87 5th£2,242.15 6th £896.86 7th £896.86 8th £896.86 9th £896.86

1 TIME KEEPER 4 8-0 ............................... Mark Sweeney b c by Stravinsky (USA)–Organdy (USA) (Our Emblem (USA)) (Graeme Nicholson & Paul Allbon)

2 11/2 NOVEMBER RAIN 4 8-0 .............................Tasha Collett b f by Stravinsky (USA)–Lady Teruko (USA) (Kris S (USA)) (Richard Collett)

3 11/2 SIR SLICK 9 9-4 .....................................Samantha Collett b g by Volksraad (GB)–Miss Opera (Paris Opera (AUS)) (Graeme Nicholson & Paul Allbon)

Also: 4hd CULMINATE 5shd RUN LIKE AL 6hd OBSESSION 73/4 IRISHOPERA 81/2 ARLINGTON (AUS) 93/4 VONUSTI 101/2 TELL A TALE(AUS) 111/2 SPIN AROUND (AUS) 121/2 GALLIONS REACH 13nse

JUICE 14hd OUR STAR PUPIL 151/2 RAGS TO RICHES 163/4 PRINCEKAAPSTAD 171/2 MANDELA 1820 LA ETOILE18 ran TIME 1m 34.20s

OWNER:Ms F B Crimmins & G A Nicholson; BRED:C Harvey, DMaclean & T MorrisTRAINER:Graeme Nicholson & Paul Allbon in New Zealand

TOTE PARI-MUTUEL (all including nz$1 stakes): WIN 12.20 PLACE 4.00,4.30, 5.60 DF 92.50

Randwick17 Apr 2010

5.55 Patinack Farm AJC Oaks (Group 1)(Southern Hemisphere 3yo Fillies)(Turf) 1m4f

For: 3-y-o 1st £118,500 2nd £38,888.89 3rd £19,444.44 4th £9,722.22 5th £3,888.89 6th£1,944.44 7th £1,944.44 8th £1,944.44

1 ONCE WERE WILD 4 8-11 ..................... Nash Rawiller bb f by Johannesburg (USA)–Wildesong (Unbridled’s Song(USA)) (Gai Waterhouse) 8/1

2 31/2 FAINT PERFUME 4 8-11 ...........................Michael Rodd b f by Shamardal (USA)–Zona (Zabeel (NZ)) (Bart Cummings) 5/4F

3 5 RUN FOR NAARA 4 8-11 .........................Hugh Bowman ch f by More Than Ready (USA)–Kristopher Street (USA) (Kris S(USA)) (John P Thompson) 11/1

Also: 41 ABSOLUTE FAITH 5shd SPEEDY NATALIE 62 1/4 SLAPSTICK7nk MIRRASALO 8shd VALDEMORO 91 3/4 CEVICHE 10shd LITTLESURFER GIRL 1117 3/4 SMART LADY 11 ran TIME 2m 30.43s OWNER:Strawberry Hill Stud Syndicate, M Carnegie & T Ken;BRED:Milburn Creek Thoroughbred StudTRAINER:Gai Waterhouse in AustraliaTOTE PARI-MUTUEL (NSW TAB - all including au$1 stakes): WIN 8.00PLACE 2.00, 1.30, 2.50 DF 9.30 SF 26.70

Randwick17 Apr 2010

6.35 Emirates Doncaster Mile (Group 1Handicap) (Southern Hemisphere3yo+) (Turf) 1m

For: 3-y-o and up 1st £506,588.89 2nd £158,333.33 3rd £83,333.33 4th £41,666.67 5th£20,000 6th £10,000 7th £10,000 8th £10,000

1 RANGIRANGDOO (NZ) 6 8-10 ............... Nash Rawiller b g by Pentire (GB)–She Wishes (NZ) (Kenfair (NZ)) (Chris Waller) 5/1

2 hd ROAD TO ROCK 6 8-7 ...............................Damien Oliver b h by Encosta de Lago–Trewornan (GB) (Midyan (USA)) (Anthony Cummings) 24/1

3 11/2 BRILLIANT LIGHT 5 8-0 ...................................Jay Ford b g by Fantastic Light (USA)–Trick Taker (USA) (Capote (USA)) (Kerry Parker) 14/1

Also: 4shd DRUMBEATS 53/4 DANLEIGH 6nk SNAPY HALO (ARG) 71/2

TRIPLE HONOUR (NZ) 83/4 THESEO 91/2 TOBIQUE 10nk PALACIO DECRISTAL 11shd WALL STREET (NZ) 121/2 BLACK PIRANHA 13hd PRIMANOVA 14shd TYPHOON TRACY 9/4F 153/4 CENTENNIAL PARK (NZ)16hd RECOUP DE FORTUNE 17hd MISS MARIELLE 18shd VISION ANDPOWER (NZ) 198 ALLEZ WONDER 20shd MENTALITY 20 ran TIME 1m 34.22s OWNER:N Morgan; BRED:Mrs V & W PikeTRAINER:Chris Waller in AustraliaTOTE PARI-MUTUEL (NSW TAB - all including au$1 stakes): WIN 7.10PLACE 2.70, 5.30, 4.20 DF 82.40 SF 141.00

Randwick17 Apr 2010

7.15 James Boag Galaxy (Group 1Handicap) (Southern Hemisphere3yo+) (Turf) 51/2f

For: 3-y-o and up 1st £101,833.33 2nd £33,333.33 3rd £16,666.67 4th £8,333.33 5th£3,333.33 6th £1,666.67 7th £1,666.67 8th £1,666.67

1 ORTENSIA 5 8-13 ................................ Craig A Williams b f by Testa Rossa–Aerate’s Pick (Picnicker) (Tony Noonan) 7/2J

2 hd SHELLSCRAPE 4 8-6 ................................Dwayne Dunn b c by Dane Shadow–Kisma (Snippets) (Chris Waller) 20/1

3 hd SWIFT ALLIANCE 5 9-0 ............................Nash Rawiller b c by Don Eduardo (NZ)–Visual Emotion (USA) (Silver Deputy(CAN)) (Gai Waterhouse) 6/1

Also: 43/4 STRYKER 5nk ROSTOVA 61 GOLD TRAIL 7shd DORFCOMMAND 81 MOTSPUR 9hd DEFINITELY READY 7/2J 101 MOUNTVERDE 111 1/2 DE LIGHTNING RIDGE 12shd FRIDAY CREEK 133/4

SEEKING ATTENTION 143 1/2 TYPHOON ZED 14 ran TIME 1m 3.29s OWNER:A Fraser, Ms A Fraser & Ms E J H Ridley; BRED:L DRhodesTRAINER:Tony Noonan in AustraliaTOTE PARI-MUTUEL (NSW TAB - all including au$1 stakes): WIN 4.30PLACE 2.00, 6.20, 2.50 DF 54.30 SF 92.20

Nakayama 18 Apr 2010

7.40 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000Guineas) (Grade 1) (3yo Colts &Fillies) (Turf) 1m2f

For: 3-y-o 1st £861,631.16 2nd £321,318.24 3rd £190,619.17 4th £99,866.84 5th £64,580.56

1 VICTOIRE PISA 3 9-0 ............................ Yasunari Iwata bb c by Neo Universe–Whitewater Affair (GB) (Machiavellian(USA)) (Katsuhiko Sumii)

2 11/2 HIRUNO D’AMOUR 3 9-0 ............................Shinji Fujita b c by Manhattan Cafe–Share Elegance (Lammtarra (USA)) (Mitsugu Kon)

3 nse EISHIN FLASH 3 9-0 ..............................Hiroyuki Uchida bb c by King’s Best (USA)–Moonlady (GER) (Platini (GER)) (Hideaki Fujiwara)

Also: 4nse ROSE KINGDOM 53/4 ALISEO 61/2 L’ILE D’AVAL 7nk

GESTALT 8nk DAIWA FALCON 9nk REVE D’ORIENT 103/4 REDSPARKLE 111 3/4 EISHIN APOLLON (USA) 121 3/4 BIRDIE BIRDIE 131 1/4

GARBO 14nk TOSEN ARES 15nk SAN DIEGO CITY 162 SHINE 17nse

NEO VENDOME 182 1/2 HANSODE BANDO 18 ran TIME 2m 0.80s OWNER:Yoshimi Ichikawa; BRED:Shadai FarmTRAINER:Katsuhiko Sumii in JapanTOTE PARI-MUTUEL (all including 100 ypj stake): WIN 230 SHOW 130,280, 720 DF 1260 SF 1920

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