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BLOODSTOCKWEEKLYThursday, August 12, 2010 ISSUE 26

DOMINATIONZoffany advances to 2,000 Guineas favouritism after supplying AidanO’Brien with his 11th Phoenix Stakes jjPedigree analysis, pages 2-3

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POET b h 2005

Pivotalb 1993

Hyabellab 1988

Polar FalconNureyev

Marie D’Argonne

Cozzene

Stufida

Mill Reef

Hardiemma

Bellypha

Reprocolor

Fearless Revival

Shirley Heights

Bella Colora

Race Totesport.com Roseof Lancaster Stakes(Haydock, 1m21⁄2f, Group 3, soft)

OwnerSheikh Sultan Bin KhalifaAl Nahyan

Breeder Meon Valley Stud

ZOFFANYRace analysis Even with theabsence of runaway AngleseyStakes winner DunboyneExpress, Sunday’s PhoenixStakes looked a thrillingshowdown between two of theseason’s most promisingjuvenile talents.

In the red corner (almostliterally, as he was bearing thered and green silks of JulieWood) was Strong Suit, theimpressive winner of theCoventry Stakes andrepresenting the red-hotRichard Hannon team, while inthe blue (and orange, runningas he does in the ownership ofMichael Tabor) corner wasZoffany, who had been beateninto sixth in the Coventry buthad won all his other fourstarts, most recently the Group3 Tyros Stakes.

Adding further intrigue toproceedings was the JimBolger-trained Glor Na Mara,who had finished last of fourto Dunboyne Express in theAnglesey on his career debutand sole start but came intothe race with a massivereputation.

Zoffany’s trainer AidanO’Brien went into the Group 1typically mob-handed (he hadsupplied the first three home,along with two also-rans, inlast year’s Phoenix) and it washis Snow Mountain who cutout the early pace, tracked bystablemates Emperor Hadrianand Samuel Morse, with –perhaps surprisingly for a coltwho had finished with aflourish from the rear in theCoventry – Strong Suit racingprominently, along with GlorNa Mara.

Zoffany was settled at therear of the field by Johnny

Murtagh, travelling ominouslywell.

Strong Suit was pushed upto lead over two furlongs fromhome, but the explosive turnof foot he showed at RoyalAscot deserted him and,despite leading briefly at thefurlong pole, he was soonjoined by Glor Na Mara.

But the pair had to give bestto Zoffany, who ran on wellfrom the back of the field toswoop past Glor Na Mara andStrong Suit in the closingstages. He passed the post halfa length in front of Glor NaMara, with Strong Suit a shorthead back in third.

Zoffany, subsequentlypromoted to ante-postfavourite for the 2,000 Guineasby bookmakers, will most likelybe aimed at a Group 1 doublein the National Stakes at theCurragh in September.

This year’s Phoenix Stakesunderlined two significanttrends: first, that the race is agraveyard for Coventry Stakes winners. Strong Suitjoins Art Connoisseur,Henrythenavigator, Red Clubsand Three Valleys as Coventrywinners subsequently beatenin the Phoenix – not badcompany to keep, consideringthose four went on to claimGroup 1 glory (although ThreeValleys was later disqualifiedafter landing the Middle ParkStakes).

The second trend isBallydoyle’s domination of therace. O’Brien has trained 11winners – including luminariessuch as George Washington,Johannesburg andMastercraftsman – since 1998. Pedigree It is no surprise tosee another Ballydoyle-trainedPhoenix Stakes winner hailfrom the Danehill sire line. It

POET

Poet helps makes it fineweekend for PivotalRace analysis Rain showersarrived in the north of Englandjust in time for soft-groundspecialist Poet’s assault on theRose of Lancaster Stakes atHaydock on Saturday.

With the going at theMerseyside track havingdeteriorated to soft, Poetrecorded his fifth careersuccess – his second at Patternlevel, all on going rangingfrom good to yielding to heavy– with a brave, front-running,one-and-three-quarter-lengthwin over last-time-out Listedscorer Class Is Class.

The winner and runner-updrew six lengths clear of thethird, smart handicapper andListed runner-up DistantMemories, with another Listedwinner, Fallen Idol, a furtherthree and a quarter lengthsback in fourth.

Consistent and smart oldermare Les Fazzani, another whothrives with give underfoot,was well beaten in fifth, givingthe form a solid look.

Five-year-old Rio De LaPlata, winner of the PrixJean-Luc Lagardere at twoand on the comeback trailafter winning a Listed event on his latest appearance,disappointed badly, but can beexcused on what was his firststart over as far as anextended 1m2f since tacklingthe Derby, and on similarground to that at Haydock lastyear when he finished last asfavourite in the Listed SuperiorMile. He is evidently one whoprefers to hear his hoovesrattle.

Formerly trained atBallydoyle, five-year-old Poetfeatured some way down thelist of Aidan O’Brien’s starhorses according to Racing

Post Ratings, but that may saymore about O’Brien’sextraordinary firepower thanPoet himself. After a quietthree-year-old season, when heran just three times, winningonce and twice placed inListed company, and then atentative start to his four-year-old campaign, he reeled off aquickfire treble last season inthe Listed Ruby Stakes atKillarney, the valuable IrishCambridgeshire Handicap andthe Group 3 Kilternan Stakes.

Subsequently sold privatelyto race for Sheikh Sultan BinKhalifa Al Nahyan, Poet hadfour starts at the Dubaicarnival this year and wassoundly beaten in all of them.

Maybe the new Tapeta trackat Meydan just doesn’t suitPoet’s affinity for softer going,as the loss of form provedtemporary. After joining CliveCox in Lambourn for a Britishcampaign, he was sixth in theGala Stakes and then third inthe Steventon Stakes before hissuccessful Haydock assignment.

Poet holds an entry for arepeat bid in the Group 3Kilternan Stakes atLeopardstown next month and another for the IrishChampion Stakes on the same card. The former racelooks the more realistic option for a horse who couldtake a lot of beating at around

that level on softer going.Pedigree It is now ingrainedin racing folklore that in 1977fledgling owner-breeder EgonWeinfeld hired the services ofbloodstock agent RichardGalpin to select three or fourmares to found his broodmareband at Meon Valley Stud.

Galpin bought four mares,two as yearlings, two asbroodmare prospects, for atotal of 81,500gns, and three ofthem were so successful in thebreeding shed at Meon Valleythat the operation did not buyanother yearling for 30 years.

The two purchased asyearlings were 1,000 Guineasheroine One In A Million (damof Milligram and granddam ofOne So Wonderful) andGaltres Stakes winner Odeon(ancestress of Lady Carla). Butit was one of the broodmarepurchases who trumped eventhose lofty achievements atMeon Valley Stud.

Reprocolor, a daughter ofJimmy Reppin who had wonthe Lingfield Oaks Trial andcost Weinfeld 25,000gns,counts among herGroup 1-winning descendantsCezanne (her son), Kayf Tara,Opera House and Zee Zee Top(all out of Reprocolor’sdaughter Colorspin), Necklace(a granddaughter ofColorspin) and Zafisio (hergreat, great-grandson).

Along with Colorspin, it isReprocolor’s 1982 daughter byBellypha, Bella Colora, whohas done most to extend theblue hen’s influence.

Bella Colora is dam of Princeof Wales’s Stakes winner andEclipse runner-up Stagecraft,Strensall Stakes winnerMullins Bay, Dahlia Stakeswinner Balalaika (dam of JebelHatta scorer Alkaadhem) anddual Listed winner Hyabella,who is the dam of Poet andgranddam of Irish 2,000Guineas runner-up France andLingfield Derby Trial scorerAlessandro Volta.

Poet’s sire Pivotal – also onthe mark over the weekendwith Prix Maurice de Gheestwinner Regal Parade – haspreviously worked well withthe Reprocolor family whenmated with Reprocolor’sgranddaughter Flashing Greento produce German Listedwinner Flashing Colour, whileZee Zee Top has an as-yetunraced two-year-old daughterand Cheveley Park Stakesrunner-up Suez (out ofReprocolor’s daughter RepeatWarning) has a colt foal by theCheveley Park Stud flagshipstallion.

This is not the first time thatPivotal has produced a toughcookie when mated with amare by Shirley Heights or hissons. River Falcon, who wonhis seventh race on his 94thstart on Saturday, is by Pivotalout of the Elegant Air marePearly River, while Ratio, whoseeight career wins included theWokingham Handicap and aGroup 3 sprint, is out of theHigh Estate mare Owdbetts.

Hyabella has a yearling coltby Montjeu, a filly foal byMedicean and visited NewApproach this year.Martin Stevens

Poet: relished the underfoot conditions when landing Haydock’s Rose of Lancaster Stakes on Saturday

Another

Zoffany getsup to beatGlor NaMara(nearest)and StrongSuit in thePhoenixStakes

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CHAMPAGNE D’ORO b f 2007

Medaglia D’Orob 1999

Champagne Glowb 1998

El PradoSadler’s Wells

Lady Capulet

Bailjumper

Dubbed In

Alydar

Priceless Fame

L’Enjoleur

Seminole Girl

Cappucino Bay

Saratoga Six

Champagne Ginny

Race Test Stakes(Saratoga, 7f, Grade 1,fast)

Owner Southern EquineStable & Mike Smith

Breeder Liberation Farm

ZOFFANY b c 2008

Dansilib 1996

Tyranny b 2000

DanehillDanzig

Razyana

Kahyasi

Kerali

Mr Prospector

Coup De Folie

Suave Dancer

Galaxie Dust

Hasili

Machiavellian

Dust Dancer

Race Keeneland PhoenixStakes (Curragh, 6f,Group 1, yielding)

Owner Michael Tabor

BreederEpona Bloodstock Ltd

CHAMPAGNE D’ORO

Champagne furtherexample of sire’s sparkling potential

is, after all, an abundantsource of talent that Coolmorehas mined intensively in itsbreeding programme.

But whereas O’Brien’s lasttwo Phoenix winners, AlfredNobel and Mastercraftsman,were by Coolmore sire DanehillDancer, and the two beforethat, George Washington andHoly Roman Emperor, were byDanehill Dancer’s late sireDanehill, Zoffany is by Dansili,a Danehill stallion who doesnot stand at Coolmore but atJuddmonte’s Banstead ManorStud in Newmarket, andwhose immense talent theoperation has recognised andtapped into.

Coolmore’s support ofDansili is evident in last year’sWeatherbys Return of Mares,where his stellar book bred ata fee of £65,000 includeBallydoyle Group 1 winners orplaced horses Alexandrova(has produced this year a bayfilly foal by the sire), All TooBeautiful (a bay colt), Listen (abay filly) and Moonstone (baycolt).

It was also seen at the sales,with John Magnier buyingZoffany for 220,000gns atBook 1 of the TattersallsOctober yearling sale, andhis son MV signing for theDansili colt who toppedthe DBS St Leger yearling

sale, now called Tom Sawyer.Dansili has provided ample

justification for the support –and a timely boost for his 2010batch of sales yearlings, whowere bred at a career-high feeof £75,000 – with a spectacularrun of form this summer.Breathtaking King Georgewinner Harbinger and Zoffanybecame his sixth and seventhindividual Group/Grade 1winners (and the first two bredoutside of his owner KhalidAbdullah’s Juddmontebreeding operation), and oneof those Juddmonte-bredGrade 1 winners, Proviso,added the Just A Game Stakesand Diana Stakes to her tallyof elite-level victories.

Furthermore, his progenyAviate, Famous Name, IceBlue, Illustrious Blue andStrawberrydaiquiri havenotched Group successes anddaughter Bewitched won abrace of Listed sprints.

Those standard-bearers thisseason demonstrate the sire’sversatility; their victories havecome over distances rangingfrom 6f (Bewitched andZoffany) to 2m (IllustriousBlue in the Goodwood Cup).

Zoffany was bred in Irelandby Epona Bloodstock out of theMachiavellian mare Tyranny,who had been bought aged

seven carrying Zoffany for230,000gns at the 2007Tattersalls December sale.

It was the second six-figuresale of Tyranny’s life, as shehad been purchased as ayearling in Newmarket for270,000gns out of theconsignment of her breeder,Hesmonds Stud. Racing in thecolours of Nicholas Cooper, shewon her maiden at three onher fifth career start – anoverdue success consideringshe had run subsequent RoyalLodge Stakes winner Al Jadeedto two and a half lengths onher debut.

Tyranny went on to win aclass 4 handicap off a mark of78 before finding stakescompany beyond her on threestarts in Listed races.

From the start of herretirement, Tyranny was sentto blue-chip stallions byNormandie Stud, as befits awinning half-sister to Grade 2heroine Spotlight and Listedrunner-up Dusty Answer, out of Group 3 winner Dust Dancer and from thefamily of high-class filliesBulaxie, Claxon andCassydora.

Her first two matings, withCape Cross and Rock OfGibraltar, produced fillies whofailed to win from seven startscombined, so early indicationssuggest that the Dansili matingthat produced Zoffany, herfourth foal, would be worthrepeating.

It will be fascinating to see how her third foal, thePivotal filly Queen Of Mean,develops. She made a winningdebut for owner-breedersNormandie Stud and trainerJohn Gosden at Yarmouthyesterday.Martin Stevens

Race analysis ChampagneD’Oro was winless from sixstarts at two last year, but thatrecord doesn’t tell the wholestory of her talent. She wasdisqualified after winning hermaiden following thediscovery of a bannedsubstance in her sample andshe went on to finish less thanseven lengths behind Lookin AtLucky in the Grade 1 Del MarFuturity.

It looked as though her luckwas still out this season afterfinishing a never-dangerous,well-beaten 11th in theKentucky Oaks, but thissummer she has finally livedup to her trainer Eric Guillot’shigh regard. She pulled off ashock win in the Grade 1Acorn Stakes in June, ransecond to Fanny Freud in theGrade 1 Prioress Stakes lastmonth and doubled her Grade1 tally in Saturday’s Test Stakes.

Champagne D’Oro racedprominently throughout theTest, battling with racefavourite Pica Slew, winner oflast month’s Grade 3 AzaleaStakes. Despite having set fastfractions in the early stages ofthe race, she impressedonlookers with the way inwhich she still had enough inreserve to sprint clear in thehome straight to put four anda half lengths between her andrunner-up Bonnie Blue Flag onthe line.

Guillot told Americanreporters afterwards: “Ifeverybody paid attention, shewas dragging two guys to thepost. Dragging them. Thisfilly’s been training great sincewe came up here. It’s not oftenyou see 44.4secs go up there,and to kick away from them.And that was a nice field.”

Champagne D’Oro looks anatural for the Breeders’ CupFilly & Mare Sprint at ChurchillDowns in November, but amore immediate assignment islikely to be the Grade 1Ballerina Stakes over 7f atSaratoga – the Test Stakescourse and distance – onAugust 28.

Pedigree Champagne D’Orois further evidence thatAmerican breeders have attheir disposal a stallion ofenormous potential inMedaglia D’Oro. She joins theoutstanding Rachel Alexandra,Gabby’s Golden Gal, PassionFor Gold and Warrior’s Rewardon the sire’s list ofGroup/Grade 1 winners.

The filly was bred byLiberation Farm out of theSaratoga Six mare ChampagneGlow, a runner-up in the Grade1 Frizette Stakes.

Champagne Glow’s progenyevidently have the will to win,with Glowing Tru, her son byCapote, winning 14 races,Phoneforchampagne, her sonby Phone Trick, winning sixand By Bye Crafty, her son byCrafty Prospector, notchingfour.

The habit of prolific successspreads further back in thefamily: Champagne Glow’sdam, Champagne Ginny, woneight races, including the Grade3 Boiling Springs Stakes; herhalf-brother Jurado won 13,including the Premio Vittorio diCapua at Milan (and unusuallyfor a sprinter’s pedigree isresponsible for tough stayingchasers Hello Bud and SwanseaBay); and another, GrandCanyon, won the Grade 1Hollywood Futurity andNorfolk Stakes at two.Martin Stevens

Dansili star

Champagne D’Oro: the latest in a string of Group/Grade 1 winners for his sire

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Second Australian sires title for Redoute’s ChoicejjAustraliaREDOUTE’S CHOICE has beencrowned champion Australiansire by earnings for the secondtime. This season yielded threeGroup 1 winners, which took himback to the head of the table andsaw him foil Encosta De Lago’sattempt at a third consecutivechampionship.

Redoute’s Choice finished theseason with nearly A$9 million inearnings (excluding trophies andbonuses), thereby handing him thetitle he also won in the 2005-

2006 season. He was also theseason’s joint leading sire of stakeswinners alongside Zabeel, with atotal of 14.

jjUSALAST year’s UAE Derby runner-up Desert Party has been retiredto stud after sustaining a soft-tissue injury. The four-year-oldson of Street Cry, winner of theGrade 2 Sanford Stakes at Saratogafor Eoin Harty as a juvenile, willjoin Darley ’s Jonabell Farmoperation in Lexington, Kentucky.

Winner of the UAE 2,000Guineas in 2009, Desert Partywas quietly fancied for that year’sKentucky Derby, in which hesuffered a bone chip in his near-fore ankle. After surgery, he wonin Group 3 company at Meydanthis year before finishing out ofthe frame in the Godolphin Mile.

Desert Party will be the third sonof Street Cry to stand at JonabellFarm alongside his sire, followingKentucky Derby winner StreetSense and Grade 1-winningsprinter Street Boss.

A $2.1m sale-topping two-year-old when purchased by JohnFerguson at the 2008 Fasig-TiptonCalder Sale, Desert Party is out ofthe Tabasco Cat mare Sage Cat.

jjNew ZealandAUSTRALASIAN champion sireZabeel has been announced asthe winner of the Centaine Awardfor the 2009-10 season.

The Centaine Award goes tothe sire whose New Zealand-conceived progeny accumulatethe highest stakes earnings

worldwide in a season. Progenyof Zabeel earned NZ$10,161,878(£4,652,283/€5,602,349) instakes earnings during the p a s t s e a s o n , p l a c i n g t h e Cambr idge S tud s t a lwar tNZ$76,337 ahead of last year’swinner O’Reilly.

Zabeel, a 24-year-old son ofSir Tristram, has sired 41 Group1 winners worldwide during hisstud career, including formerEuropean shuttlers Octagonaland Reset.

Not only has he been champion

sire in Australia twice and fourtimes in New Zealand, he hasalso won the Dewar Award(combined Australian/NewZealand earnings) a record 14t i m e s . H e w i l l s t a n d t h e 2010-11 season for NZ$100,000(£45,787/ €55,117).

Irish shuttler High Chaparralfinished fifth on the list withNZ$7,124,129 (£3,260,591/€3,924,065), while his Coolmorestudmate Montjeu wound up ine i g h t h o n N Z $ 5 , 4 6 8 , 6 8 7(£2,502,924/€3,012,225).

INTERNATIONAL ROUND-UP

jjMonday, August 2WHold That Tiger’s three-year-old son SmilingTiger becomes a Grade 1winner at Del Mar in the BingCrosby Stakes over 6f onPolytrack. Smiling Tiger wasled out unsold at $32,000 as ayearling at Keeneland’sJanuary sale.

W The Mick Easterby-trainedThirteen Shivers takes theCarlisle Living Maiden AuctionStakes at Carlisle. The colt,picked up for a mere 800gns atTattersalls October Book 3, hasimproved with each of histhree starts. By Iceman,Thirteen Shivers shares histhird dam, Long Legend, withStreet Sense, and Long Legendis also the dam of Mr Greeley.

WNative Picture, a Kodiachalf-sister to Kingsgate Native,wins the European Breeders’Fund Maiden Fillies’ Stakes atWindsor over 6f. The filly wassold by Bansha House Stablesat Newmarket’s Craven Breeze-Up sale for 70,000gns.

jjTuesday, August 3WCampos is sent over fromTommy Stack’s stable inCounty Tipperary to land the7f European Breeders’ FundMaiden Stakes at Catterickafter two starts in Ireland. Theson of Oratorio is out of anunraced half-sister to PawnBroker and was bred by FozzyStack and Jamie Spencer.

jjThursday, August 5WAlexander Pope, a100,000gns foal, wins the 7fIrish Stallion Farms EuropeanBreeders Fund Maiden atLeopardstown. The colt is byDanehill Dancer and is thefirst foal of triple winnerStarship, from a family histrainer Aidan O’Brien knowswell. Starship’s granddam isalso that of Mahler andFootstepsinthesand. The short-head second, A WordApart, is a Desert Style half-brother to CasualConquest.

WTake Flight scores in a 5fmaiden at Sandown. ByPivotal, the Jeremy Noseda-trained juvenile filly is a sisterto Irish 1,000 Guineas winner

Saoire. Take Flight sold for€210,000 at Goffs’ Orby sale.

jjFriday, August 6WGodolphin juvenileBiondetti makes a winningdebut on Newmarket’s Julycourse in the Talk Night ClubMaiden Stakes over 7f. A$350,000 yearling fromFasig-Tipton’s Kentucky Julysale, Biondetti is from the firstcrop of Bernardini and a half-brother to Indy FiveHundred, who won a Grade 1handicap on turf in the USover 1m1f.

WAt Deauville, HavaneSmoker completes a hat-trickfrom as many starts in the Prixdes Roches Noires over 71⁄2f.The son of Dubawi traces toReprocolor – Havane Smoker’sfourth dam – and hisgranddam Bella Ballerina is

closely related to Kayf Taraand Opera House. He wasbought for 40,000gns fromTattersalls October Book 1.

WA son of High Chaparral,Wigmore Hall, deniesChabal in the 1m2fNewmarket NightsConditions Stakes.His dam, Love AndLaughter, is awinninghalf-sister to usefulperformer KissingThe Camera, a1m Listed winnerin France.

jjSaturday,August 7W TheReprocolor line isagainsuccessfulwhen Poet

lands the Group 3Totesport.com Rose ofLancaster Stakes over 1m21⁄2fat Haydock. His dam, dualListed winner Hyabella, is agranddaughter of Reprocolor.

A son of Pivotal,Poet was

winning forthe second

time at

Group 3 level, having won theKilternan Stakes over this tripat Leopardstown last year.

W Trained by Alan Swinbank, the Motivator two-year-old Dominatormakes a winning debut at Ayr.The gelding cost 34,000gnsfrom Book 2 of Tattersalls’October sale and is out of thetriple Listed winner Subya, adaughter of Night Shift whoalso produced Battle OfHastings, a dual Grade 2winner in the US.

WMorning Charm (left), aNorth Light half-sister toLucarno, takes the Home ofRacing Maiden Fillies’ Stakesat Newmarket. Like Lucarno,Morning Charm is owned andbred by George Strawbridge.She is the second produce of2004 Derby winner North

Alexander Pope off the mark

Light to have won in Britain orIreland, and the first juvenileto do so.

jjSunday, August 8The Dansili colt Zoffany isvictorious in the Group 1Keeneland Phoenix Stakes atthe Curragh, becoming thefirst juvenile colt by his sire toscore at the top level. Zoffany’sonly defeat in six starts camein the Coventry Stakes at RoyalAscot behind Strong Suit, whofinishes third here. A thirdrunner, and first winner, out ofhis dam Tyranny, byMachiavellian, his granddam isthe Group 3 winner DustDancer.

WMontjeu’s four-time Group1 winner Fame And Glorynotches a comfortable successin the Group 2 KeenelandRoyal Whip Stakes. His dam,Gryada, is by Shirley Heightsout of the German 1,000Guineas winner Grimpola.Fame And Glory was sold atTattersalls’ December sale as afoal for 190,000gns to TimHyde.

W The Mr Greeley fillyLaughing Lashes, trained byJessica Harrington, loses hermaiden tag in the Group 2Keeneland Debutante Stakes.Her dam Adventure, a winnerin the US, is a half-sister toRacing Post Trophy winnerPalace Episode.

WRegal Parade, asix-year-old son of Pivotal andwinner of last year’s BetfredSprint Cup at Haydock, lands asecond Group 1 in the PrixMaurice de Gheest atDeauville. Having cost SheikhMohammed 430,000gns as ayearling from TattersallsOctober Book 1, he was sold asa three-year-old to DavidNicholls at the Autumn Horses In Training Sale for16,000gns.

WWinter Dream earns afirst black-type win over 1m4fat Deauville. The six-year-oldis a member of the recentlydeceased Act One’s first crop.Out of the Darshaan mareSettler, Winter Dream is a half-brother to another Listed winner in GreatPretender. George Kimberley

Alexander Pope (Johnny Murtagh) is led in after breaking his duck at the third attempt at Leopardstown

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Quick questionsNicola Kent, Irelandrepresentative, Arqana salesjjHow strong is the Irishpresence at Deauville? Thesale’s success has made itincreasingly popular withvendors from outside Franceand there are a dozenconsignors from Ireland thisyear, accounting for over 40yearlings. Many of the mostsuccessful Irish consignors arerepresented, including theworld-famous Moyglare Stud,which will take part in theAugust sale for the first time.jjThe Arqana sale hasbucked the trend in recentyears, posting gains acrossthe board. Would a repeat oflast year’s returns be asuccess? The sale has gonefrom strength to strength inthe past few years, but it wouldbe wrong to make any wildpredictions in the currenteconomic climate. What we doknow is that this year’scatalogue is as strong as it hasever been and, with a widevariety of international buyersexpected to attend, theingredients are in place for asolid market.jjWhy buy a horse atDeauville? Not only is thepurchase of the horse a hugely pleasurable experience,but you have the opportunityto buy into some of the bestfamilies in Europe. Graduateshave an excellent track recordand the Arqana and FRBCteams will do their utmost tomake it a rewarding andenjoyable time both before andafter your purchase.

By Cathal Beale

POPULAR grey Snaefell securedhis fifth stakes victory at theCurragh on Sunday, winning theGroup 3 Phoenix Sprint Stakes forthe second time.

The six-year-old gelding wasracing over his optimum ground(yielding) and trip (6f), and withthe aid of reapplied blinkers hestayed on well under Shane Foleyto score by three-quarters of alength.

Bred by Lady Clague’s NewberryStud just outside Kilcullen inCounty Kildare, Snaefell is byDanehill Dancer out of the stakes-placed mare Sovereign Grace.

His sister Daganya was placedin the Group 2 Flying Five and wonthe Listed Sweet Mimosa Stakes.

Sovereign Grace has alsoproduced the Listed-placed HenryHall. She is now retired from studduties and her final produce, atwo-year-old Aussie Rules fillycalled Mosaicist, is in trainingwith James Fanshawe.

Newberry Stud was purchasedby Lady Clague in 1975 andhouses the owner’s select band often broodmares.

“Lady Clague is very hands-onand has a great knowledge ofpedigrees,” said stud managerPat Murtagh. “She and her sonJonathon have a major input,

especially into the selection ofmating plans. We are mainly abreed-to-race operation, althoughwe do sell the odd one. Theyearlings are reared outside andcome in at the end of Septemberto be broken before being sent offto the trainers.”

And so it was with Snaefell,who was always a lovely lookinganimal with a great temperament,according to Murtagh.

“Snaefell was broken here andsent to Michael Halford,” he said.“He has been a fantastic servant,winning five stakes races. Heenjoys number one status in theyard and even Michael’s kids siton his back. He is a gentleman of

a horse and as long as he is fit andwell we will continue with him.He will then have a great retire-ment on the farm.”

With Snaefell’s regular jockeysFran Berry, Pat Smullen andJohnny Murtagh all unavailable,Foley was given the chance tosecure his first stakes winner.

Pat Murtagh explained: “Wehad to make the decision onFriday and we thought, why notgive ‘Dusty’ a try. I think he is asgood as anyone and he gave thehorse an excellent ride.”

Snaefell will have to improveto win a Group 1, but NewberryStud has produced some fine top-level winners over the years.

“Namid is the best we have had.He won the Prix de l’Abbaye andwas a fraction of a second outsidethe track record,” said Murtagh.There was also Key Change, whoraced for Lady Clague and wonthe Yorkshire Oaks, and IrishOaks winner Winona, who wasbred at Newberry.

“Key Change foaled late lastyear, so she does not have a foalat foot, but she is in foal to SeaThe Stars, so we are all excitedabout that,” added Murtagh. “Shehas a cracking yearling filly byDansili who will be retained torace. Winona is in foal to Azamourand we also have Daganya, whois in foal to Excellent Art.”

Snaefell another smart performerfor Lady Clague’s Newberry Stud

THE second in a series of SmartApproach seminars, hosted bythe Irish Thoroughbred Breeders’Association in conjunction withthe National Development Plan– a government-backed industriesinvestment scheme – drew a largecrowd of breeders last Thursday,writes Cathal Beale.

The seminar highlighted yearlingpreparation and comprised a paneldiscussion in the morning and apractical visit in the afternoon.

The first session took place atITBA headquarters, where a -broad-ranging panel addressedthe impor tance of a good

preparation programme to ensureyearlings reach their full potentialin time for the sales season.

The panel included vet DonCollins of the Phoenix EquineGroup , Ga in Hor se Feedsnutritional expert Joanne Hurleyand Bill Dwan of the CastlebridgeConsignment.

The second session took placeat Pier House Stud on the Curragh.Brothers Brendan and Ger Morringave a hands-on demonstrationof showing horses and spokeabout the practicalities of yearlingpreparation. They also addressedissues raised by fellow breeders.

During the visit the attendeeswere treated to a viewing of aRaven’s Pass three-parts sister toElusive Wave. The Classic-winningfilly was bred at Pier House.

ITBA manager Shane O’Dwyer,who chaired the panel, said theseminar was of “great benefit”to breeders. He also thanked allspeakers for their contributions.

The third Smart Approachseminar takes place at the ITBAheadquarters on Thursday,September 2 and will cover allaspects of foal preparation. Placeswill be limited and members canbook by contacting the ITBA.

Well-attended Smart Approach seminarof ‘great benefit’ to breeding community

Applications invited for new equinebusiness course at MaynoothTHE National University ofIreland, in Maynooth, CountyKildare, is accepting applicationsfor a new part-time Certificatein Equine Business. The coursehas been designed for anyonewho would like to pursue acareer in the equine industry.

Course director NiamhO’Sullivan said: “The certificateoffers students an insight intokey areas of the equine industry,including racecourse and equineevent management, stud farmbusiness management and theequine leisure and tourismsector.

“The equine aspects of the

course are applied in naturea n d m o d u l e s h a v e b e e ndeveloped in conjunction withequine industry experts.”

Students will also develop afirm grounding in enterpriseand management sk i l l s ,exp lor ing core bus inessdisciplines such as marketing,human resources, accounting,and finance and business law.

Industry involvement withthe course is continued throughthe guest speaker series, whichruns through the majority ofthe equine modules and bringsstudents face to face with

executives from all aspects ofthe racing and horse industries.

The Certificate in EquineBusiness is open to all interestedindividuals, who must completean application form, attachreferences and write a shortessay outlining previous orcurrent experience and interestin the equine industry.

The programme is taughtthroughout the academic yearin the autumn and springsemesters.

For more information visitnuim.ie/courses or contactNiamh O’Sullivan.

Cathal Beale

Newberry Stud, in Kilcullen, County Kildare, which houses Lady Clague’s select band of ten broodmares and bred Phoenix Sprint winner Snaefell

6 Thursday, August 12, 2010 racingpost.com

INTERNATIONALBLOODSTOCK WEEKLY

Breeder Winner Sire Age/Sex Dam Country Date Course Distance Value Class6C Stallions Ltd Almuraad (IRE) Machiavellian (USA) 9 h Wellspring (IRE) USA 31.7 Calder 1m1f €6,403Acorn Stud Sehrezad (IRE) Titus Livius (FR) 5 h Trebles (IRE) Germany 8.8 Hannover 1m €40,000 (Gr.2)Airlie Stud & R. N. Clay Spiffing (IRE) Indian Ridge 6 h Stunning (USA) Germany 1.8 Bad-Harzburg 7f165y €2,600Ammerland Verwaltung Gmbh Mackensaw (IRE) Footstepsinthesand (GB) 2 c Masharik (IRE) Germany 7.8 Cologne 7f €3,000Azienda Agricola Vazdirone Sas Didal (IRE) Desert Style (IRE) 2 f Spiddal (IRE) Italy 4.8 Varese 1m €3,824Ballina Stud Ltd Copreopasso (IRE) Diamond Green (FR) 2 c Fair Weather (IRE) Italy 1.8 Livorno 7f110y €6,374Berglar, C. Low Key (IRE) Pentire (GB) 3 c La Capilla (GB) Germany 8.8 Hannover 1m2f €25,000Boesso, Antonio Chicchirichi (IRE) Celtic Swing (GB) 6 h Velate (USA) Italy 1.8 Livorno 1m3f55y €17,000Boland, M. Valatrix (IRE) Acclamation (GB) 5 m Dramatic Entry (IRE) Greece 16.7 Athens 7f €6,439Boland, M. Valatrix (IRE) Acclamation (GB) 5 m Dramatic Entry (IRE) Greece 23.7 Athens 6f €8,468Bourke, T. Sharpazmax (IRE) Daggers Drawn (USA) 6 g Amour Toujours (IRE) Greece 26.7 Athens 1m €6,716Brady, P. Mutawarath (IRE) Marju (IRE) 4 g Castlerahan (IRE) Australia 31.7 Illawarra 7f €5,713Brennan, Mr L. Joker (IRE) High Chaparral (IRE) 3 c White Thunder (GB) Russia 25.7 Pyatigorsk 1m4f €1,285Burns & J. Hennessy, J. G. Choiseau (IRE) Choisir (AUS) 5 g Little Linnet (GB) Greece 19.7 Athens 7f €7,154Burns & J. Hennessy, J. G. Choiseau (IRE) Choisir (AUS) 5 g Little Linnet (GB) Greece 26.7 Athens 7f €7,154Callanan, J. Waterstown (IRE) Noverre (USA) 4 g Twany Angel Germany 31.7 Bad-Harzburg 6f €2,000Callanan, Mr M. J. G. Constabulary (IRE) Cape Cross (IRE) 6 g Tameeza (USA) Cyprus 30.7 Nicosia 7f110y €3,007Century Farms La Zona (IRE) Singspiel (IRE) 4 f Reine de Neige (GB) Sweden 8.8 Jagersro 1m143y €29,351 (L)Churchtown House Stud Ramla (IRE) Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) 4 f March Hare (GB) South Africa 4.8 Durbanville 5f €3,428Cooke, B. Hawk Island (IRE) Hawk Wing (USA) 5 h Crimphill (IRE) Australia 31.7 Rosehill 1m2f €26,367Cooke, T. Gedalolly (IRE) Key of Luck (USA) 5 m Amarice (GB) Greece 12.7 Athens 7f €3,796Corduff Stud & J.Corcorcan Alayala (IRE) Cape Cross (IRE) 4 f Lady's Secret (IRE) Greece 4.8 Athens 7f €6,570Costelloe, Mrs J. Commissariomaigret (IRE) Rossini (USA) 5 h Brentsville (USA) Italy 8.8 Merano 7f110y €4,250Coughlan, S. Hazelwood Ridge (IRE) Mozart (IRE) 7 g Aguilas Perla (IRE) Greece 5.8 Athens 7f €4,672Coughlan, S. Hazelwood Ridge (IRE) Mozart (IRE) 7 g Aguilas Perla (IRE) Greece 19.7 Athens 7f €5,840Coughlan, S. Hazelwood Ridge (IRE) Mozart (IRE) 7 g Aguilas Perla (IRE) Greece 26.7 Athens 6f €5,840County Down Bloodstock Bolas Nuevas (IRE) Second Empire (IRE) 7 h Pillow Talk (IRE) Spain 7.8 Sanlucar De Barrameda 7f €3,800Cullinan, J. Mister Lazaros (IRE) Lend A Hand (GB) 5 h Fionas Gift (GB) Greece 2.7 Athens 7f €4,928Davison, Miss M. Desert Riches (IRE) Desert Style (IRE) 5 m Ela's Gold (IRE) Greece 7.7 Athens 7f €4,928Dayton Investments Ltd Limurn (IRE) Peintre Celebre (USA) 4 f Lexington Belle (FR) France 2.8 Les Sab-D'Olonne 1m2f €6,000Devin, Henry Kachgai (IRE) Kaldounevees (FR) 7 g Toujours Juste (FR) France 8.8 Deauville 7f110y €11,000Donlon, B. Choosing (IRE) Choisir (AUS) 5 m Some Merit (GB) USA 30.7 Thistledown 6f €2,804Doran, Miss A. Akmpar (IRE) Arakan (USA) 3 c Spend A Rubble (USA) Greece 3.8 Athens 5f €9,490Dual S R L Alluminio (IRE) Spartacus (IRE) 4 c Acqua Pesante (IRE) Italy 7.8 Sassari 1m3f €1,700Dunne, F. Yasinisi (IRE) Kalanisi (IRE) 5 m Yazmin (IRE) USA 30.7 River Downs 1m €1,423Egan, Mrs Ann Irish Silk (IRE) Hawk Wing (USA) 3 c Lime Hill Honey (IRE) Germany 8.8 Krefeld 1m110y €2,100Ennistown Stud Mr Smiley (IRE) Fasliyev (USA) 5 g Bright Smile (IRE) Denmark 7.8 Aalborg 7f110y €3,371Fagan, R. Kalypso (IRE) Barathea (IRE) 4 f Russian Waltz (IRE) Greece 28.7 Athens 7f €6,570Firestone, B. Hold The Gold (IRE) Danehill Dancer (IRE) 5 h Ashkirk (GB) Greece 26.7 Athens 7f €2,920Forenaghts Stud Refuse Toulouse (IRE) Refuse To Bend (IRE) 4 c Continuous (IRE) Greece 3.8 Athens 7f €10,162Forenaghts Stud & Dermot Cantillon Chariya (IRE) Cape Cross (IRE) 4 f Indaba (IRE) South Africa 30.6 Arlington 1m €2,955Forristal, Exors Of The Late Mr R. Messios Junior (IRE) Darnay (GB) 6 g Mitchella (IRE) Cyprus 28.7 Nicosia 1m €2,063Gasparini, Marco Diverso (IRE) Docksider (USA) 7 h Difesa Indiana (IRE) Italy 3.8 Tagliacozzo 5f €1,700Gestut Fahrhof Stiftung Quiron (IRE) Desert King (IRE) 9 g Quebra (GER) France 7.8 Macon-Cluny 1m4f55y €5,500Gigginstown House She's Pivotal (IRE) Pivotal (GB) 4 f Born Beautiful (USA) Greece 7.7 Athens 5f €5,913Glashare House Stud Lastbustowoodstock (IRE) Kheleyf (USA) 4 g Strelitzia (IRE) Denmark 7.8 Aalborg 5f €2,022Glenview House Stud Greek Waters (IRE) Whipper (USA) 3 f Shimmering Water (GB) Greece 23.7 Athens 7f €8,176Harrington, Mrs C. Invincible Bobby (IRE) Invincible Spirit (IRE) 4 g Lady Ellen Greece 5.7 Athens 5f €6,570His Highness the Aga Khan's Studs S.C. Dalwada (IRE) Refuse To Bend (IRE) 4 f Dawana (IRE) Greece 5.8 Athens 1m1f €12,154Hogan, Miss J. Crimson Rose (IRE) Montjeu (IRE) 5 m Exclusive Academy (IRE) Greece 5.8 Athens 6f €4,270Holden, P. Baylivia (IRE) Golan (IRE) 5 m Siana Springs (IRE) Greece 14.7 Athens 7f €5,475Hutchinson, J. Velluto (IRE) Captain Rio (GB) 5 h Ron's Secret (GB) Italy 8.8 Livorno 1m3f55y €2,549Hutchinson, J. Kvantsa (IRE) Pyrus (USA) 4 f Brioney (IRE) Greece 4.8 Athens 5f €6,570Keaney, Mrs J. Sinkasen (IRE) Celtic Swing (GB) 3 c The Spirit of Pace (IRE) Greece 2.7 Athens 1m1f €29,899Keaveney, Mrs H. Whisk (IRE) Whipper (USA) 3 f Lorraine's Secret (IRE) Greece 3.8 Athens 6f €9,490Kelly, Mr P. Dikaios Mitsos (IRE) Choisir (AUS) 3 c Approach The Bench (USA) Greece 26.7 Athens 5f €8,541Kelly, P. Via di Fuga (IRE) Ivan Denisovich (IRE) 2 f Just One Smile (IRE) Italy 3.8 Naples 7f110y €6,799Kilfrush Stud Benodet (IRE) King's Best (USA) 8 g Pont-Aven Belgium 8.8 Mons 7f110y €4,000Kilfrush Stud Wazn (IRE) Whipper (USA) 3 c New Story (USA) France 3.8 Deauville 7f110y €12,000

IRISH-BRED WINNERS OVERSEAS

(From left) RegalParade, whose victoryin the Prix Maurice deGheest at Deauville onSunday was his secondsuccess at Group 1level; Zenyatta, whotook her unbeaten runto 18 when lifting theClement L HirschStakes at Del Mar; andBlame, winner of theGrade 1 WhitneyHandicap at Saratogaon Saturday

Saratoga7 Aug 2010

10.14[OFF 10.15]

Test Stakes (Grade 1) (3yo Fillies)(Dirt) 7f

For: 3-y-o 1st £92,592.59 2nd £30,864.20 3rd £15,432.10 4th £6,172.84 5th £6,172.84 6th£617.28 7th £617.28 8th £617.28 9th £617.28 10th £617.28

1 CHAMPAGNE D’ORO 3 8-10 ........................... M Menab f by Medaglia d’Oro–Champagne Glow (Saratoga Six)(Eric J Guillot) pressed leader, disputed lead after 2f but settledfor 2nd place after 3f, closed 2f out, led straight (over 1 1/2fout), ran on strongly under pressure, drew clear final furlong26/5

2 41/2 BONNIE BLUE FLAG 3 8-4 .......................J R Velazquez b f by Mineshaft–Tap Your Feet (Dixieland Band)(Bob Baffert) raced in 4th, well in touch with leaders, ridden andran on well final 1 1/2f to take 2nd last 100yds, no chance withwinner 23/5

3 1/2 BELLE OF THE HALL 3 8-4 ...................R A Dominguez ch f by Graeme Hall–Vines Of Justice (Judge T C)(Thomas Albertrani) held up in last place, closed and 8thstraight, ran on well final furlong, never nearer 63/10

Also: 4dht ASH ZEE 41/2 LOVELY LIL 63 CHRISTINE DAAE 72

BUCKLEUPBUTTERCUP 84 1/2 PICA SLEW 71/20F 93 1/4 TIDAL POOL9 ran TIME 1m 22.71sOWNER:Southern Equine Stable Llc & Mike Smith;BRED:Liberation FarmTRAINER:Eric J Guillot in USATOTE PARI-MUTUEL (all including $2 stake): WIN 12.40; PLACE (1-2)6.40, 6.00; SHOW (1-2-3) 4.30, 4.00, 5.00; SF 74.00

Saratoga7 Aug 2010

10.48 Whitney Handicap (Grade 1)(3yo+) (Dirt) 1m1f

For: 3-y-o and up 1st £277,777.78 2nd £92,592.59 3rd £46,296.30 4th £23,148.15 5th£13,888.89 6th £9,259.26

1 BLAME 4 8-9 .................................................. G K Gomez b c by Arch–Liable (Seeking The Gold)(Albert M Stall Jr) raced in 4th on rail, asked to close 3f out, 3rdstraight and pulled wide, ran on under pressure to take 2ndinside final furlong (despite rider briefly losing reins), stayed onwell to lead close home 17/5

2 hd QUALITY ROAD 4 9-0 ...............................J R Velazquez b c by Elusive Quality–Kobla (Strawberry Road (AUS)) (Todd Pletcher) broke well and soon led, asked to quickenapproaching 2f out, rider twice looked round after turning forhome, strongly ridden final furlong, ran on gamely but caughtclose home 1/2F

3 13/4 MUSKET MAN 4 8-5 ........................................R Maragh bb c by Yonaguska–Fortuesque (Fortunate Prospect) (Derek S Ryan) broke well and settled in 3rd but soon pushedalong to go 2nd, pressed leader, ridden 2f out, 2nd straight,stayed on well straight, not quicken with leaders inside finalfurlong 71/10

Also: 49 1/2 HAYNESFIELD 51 1/4 MINE THAT BIRD 67 1/2 JARDIM (BRZ) 6 ran TIME 1m 48.88sOWNER:Adele B Dilschneider & Claiborne Farm;BRED:Claiborne Farm & Adele B DilschneiderTRAINER:Albert M Stall Jr at North AmericaTOTE PARI-MUTUEL (all including $2 stake): WIN 8.80; PLACE (1-2) 3.00,2.40; SHOW (1-2-3) 2.20, 2.10, 2.50; SF 18.20

Del Mar8 Aug 2010

2.00 Clement L Hirsch Stakes (Grade 1)(3yo+ Fillies & Mares) (Polytrack) 1m1/2f

For: 3-y-o and up 1st £111,111.11 2nd £37,037.04 3rd £22,222.22 4th £11,111.11 5th£3,703.70

1 ZENYATTA 6 8-11 .......................................... M E Smith bb m by Street Cry (IRE)–Vertigineux (Kris S)(John Shirreffs) settled towards rear, took closer order 2 1/2fout, pressed leader 1 1/2f out, ridden and led final furlong, heldon well 1/10F

2 nk RINTERVAL (IRE) 5 8-7 ................................R Bejarano ch m by Desert Prince (IRE)–Interpose (GB) (Indian Ridge (GB)) (Eric R Reed) broke well from outside draw and soon led,pressed for much of the way, headed final furlong, rallied gamely106/10

3 21/4 PRINCESS TAYLOR (GB) 6 8-7 ..................V Espinoza ch m by Singspiel (IRE)–Tapas En Bal (FR) (Mille Balles (FR)) (Patrick Gallagher) chased leading pair, challenged betweenhorses 1 1/2f out, kept on at one pace final furlong 233/10

Also: 43 3/4 SPRING STYLE (IRE) 51/2 DANCE TO MY TUNE (CAN) 61

1/2 MADE FOR MAGIC6 ran TIME 1m 45.03sOWNER:Mr & Mrs Jerome S Moss; BRED:Maverick ProductionLimitedTRAINER:John Shirreffs in USATOTE PARI-MUTUEL (all including $2 stake): WIN 2.20; PLACE (1-2) 2.10,3.80; DF 6.00; SF 9.20

Deauville8 Aug 2010

2.40 Prix Maurice De Gheest (Group 1)(3yo+) (Turf) 61/2f

For: 3-y-o and up 1st £126,415.93 2nd £50,575.22 3rd £25,287.61 4th £12,632.74 5th£6,327.43

1 REGAL PARADE (GB) 6 9-2 ................ Adrian Nichollsch g by Pivotal (GB)–Model Queen (USA) (Kingmambo (USA)) (D Nicholls) held up in midfield on outside, took closer order tochase leaders going well 3f out, ridden and challenged 2f out,led 300yds from home, ran on strongly under pressure 5/1

2 nk JOANNA (IRE) 3 8-8 ......................Christophe Soumillonb f by High Chaparral (IRE)–Secrete Marina (IRE) (Mujadil (USA))

(J-C Rouget) broke well and raced prominently on outside,disputed 4th at halfway, 2nd and going well approaching 2f out,challenged winner 1f out until no extra final 50yds 5/1

Racing Post Thursday, August 12, 2010 7

Kilfrush Stud Winter Dream (IRE) Act One (GB) 6 h Settler (GB) France 8.8 Deauville 1m4f110y €26,000 (L)Kirkham, Mrs P. M. Pure Pup (IRE) High Chaparral (IRE) 5 m Rapparee (USA) Greece 4.8 Athens 7f €5,475Loughtown Stud Monyaar (IRE) Montjeu (IRE) 3 f Ikhteyaar (USA) France 4.8 Saint-Malo 1m4f55y €6,500Lynn Lodge Stud Chips O'Toole (IRE) Fasliyev (USA) 3 c Miss Megs (IRE) Sweden 5.8 Jagersro 5f €7,337Lyons, A. Voras (IRE) Marju (IRE) 5 h Super Trouper (FR) Greece 5.8 Athens 7f €7,154Mallon, J. Dikaios Pateras (IRE) Fath (USA) 3 c Margin Call (IRE) Greece 22.7 Athens 7f €9,490Mangan, J. P. and Miss M. Blue Polka (IRE) Bahri (USA) 4 f Mirwara (IRE) Greece 22.7 Athens 6f €6,570Mangan, Mrs M. M. Zontanos Thrylos (IRE) Key of Luck (USA) 4 c Desert Order (IRE) Greece 16.7 Athens 7f €7,300Mario, Mr M. Bibi Bella (IRE) Le Vie Dei Colori (GB) 3 f Fauna (IRE) Italy 5.8 Livorno 7f110y €2,549McAteer & Co, P. Raymars Time (IRE) Danetime (IRE) 4 c Vampress (IRE) Italy 3.8 Tagliacozzo 6f165y €4,250Monaghan, T. J. and Jim Woodford Land (IRE) Royal Applause (GB) 5 g Wild Missy (USA) Germany 8.8 Krefeld 1m3f €2,100Moran, Billy Young Fighter (IRE) City On A Hill (USA) 6 h Sherzetto (GB) Greece 28.7 Athens 7f €4,745Mountarmstrong & Baronrath Studs Alexander Bling (IRE) Choisir (AUS) 5 m Alexander Diamond (IRE) Greece 7.7 Athens 7f €4,928Mountarmstrong Stud Lady Poet (IRE) Medicean (GB) 3 f Alexander Confranc (IRE) Greece 9.7 Athens 5f €8,541Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd Acceptance Speech (IRE) Daylami (IRE) 5 g In Anticipation (IRE) Cyprus 30.7 Nicosia 7f110y €2,725Mulhern & C. J. Haughey, Eimear Ela Mimi Mou (IRE) Alhaarth (IRE) 5 h Sweet Surrender (IRE) Greece 3.8 Athens 7f €4,270Mulligan, G. El Ultimo Amor (IRE) Tillerman (GB) 4 c Boobala (IRE) Spain 8.8 San Sebastian 1m €5,000Nolan-Byrne & Nolan, M. & T. Ashfield Sal (IRE) Viking Ruler (AUS) 5 m Margarets Memory (IRE) Greece 4.8 Athens 7f €4,928Nolan-Byrne & Nolan, M. & T. Ashfield Sal (IRE) Viking Ruler (AUS) 5 m Margarets Memory (IRE) Greece 28.7 Athens 1m1f €6,935Nuzum, E. Moe Green (IRE) Xaar (GB) 3 c Scripture (IRE) Sweden 8.8 Jagersro 1m4f €83,404 (L)O'Connor & Tom Comerford, Mr J. Anagennisi (IRE) Tobougg (IRE) 3 f Quizzical Question (IRE) Greece 3.8 Athens 6f €8,541Oettingen-Spielberg, Princess Monardia (IRE) Docksider (USA) 8 m Latest (IRE) France 2.8 Les Sab-D'Olonne 1m2f €8,000Old Carhue Stud Temps Au Temps (IRE) Invincible Spirit (IRE) 2 c Noahs Ark (IRE) France 2.8 Clairefontaine 7f €12,000Pier House Stud Prossos (IRE) Danehill Dancer (IRE) 6 h Ivorela (IRE) Greece 5.7 Athens 7f €5,621Pier House Stud Prossos (IRE) Danehill Dancer (IRE) 6 h Ivorela (IRE) Greece 19.7 Athens 7f €5,621Queally, L. Silver Georgio (IRE) Namid (GB) 4 c Piaf (GB) Greece 16.7 Athens 6f €6,570Queally, L. Drosostalia (IRE) Traditionally (USA) 3 f Mrs Kepple (GB) Greece 16.7 Athens 5f €9,490Rathasker Stud Island Breeze (IRE) Trans Island (GB) 4 f Dame Laura (IRE) Greece 19.7 Athens 7f €14,600Rathbarry Stud Denetra (IRE) Tagula (IRE) 6 g Khafaya (GB) Greece 3.8 Athens 6f €5,059Rathbarry Stud Rada Angel (IRE) Le Vie Dei Colori (GB) 3 f Red Letter (GB) France 9.8 Clairefontaine 1m3f €9,000Rockhart Trading Ltd Rogalt (IRE) Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) 4 c Rills (USA) Germany 1.8 Herschberg 5f €600Ryan, R. P. Gavoesa (IRE) Le Vie Dei Colori (GB) 3 f Red Flag (ITY) Italy 7.8 Sassari 5f €1,700Savill, P. D. Thrylos (IRE) Celtic Swing (GB) 6 h Presumed (USA) Greece 2.7 Athens 6f €6,570Sc Golden Horse Srl Golden Sacrament (IRE) Rob's Spirit (USA) 3 c Golden Lunch (GB) Italy 1.8 Livorno 1m1f165y €3,399Scuderia Cesare Turri Goretta (IRE) Exit To Nowhere (USA) 5 m Mia Pantera (IRE) Italy 6.8 Grosseto 1m3f €1,700Scuderia Cesare Turri Paso Escabroso (IRE) Definite Article (GB) 6 h Peppa (IRE) Italy 7.8 Varese 1m €5,949Scuderia Golden Horse S R L Golden Dushy (IRE) Dushyantor (USA) 9 m Isnotsmarttosell (USA) Italy 2.8 Corridonia 1m165y €1,486Scuderia Golden Horse S R L Golden Mexico (IRE) Daggers Drawn (USA) 4 c Golden Vizcaya (USA) USA 31.7 Del Mar 1m €25,948Scuderia San Pancrazio Sas Traxking (IRE) Xaar (GB) 3 c Tabrina (IRE) Italy 3.8 Naples 5f €3,399Senebrova Partnership Spartea (IRE) Shinko Forest (IRE) 3 f Senebrova (GB) Greece 26.7 Athens 5f €8,541Seroul, P. talvard & Haras du Ma, J. C. Linareva (IRE) Linamix (FR) 3 f Vereva (IRE) France 2.8 Les Sab-D'Olonne 1m2f €7,500Sheridan, M. Miss Daniela (IRE) Acclamation (GB) 3 f Miss Sabre (GB) Spain 8.8 Sanlucar De Barrameda 7f €3,800Societe Civile de L'Ecurie de Meautry Russian Symbol (IRE) Danehill Dancer (IRE) 3 f Dievotchka (GB) France 8.8 Sille-Le-Guillaume1m3.5F €3,000Speers Bloodstock Ltd Diara Angel (IRE) Hawk Wing (USA) 3 f Desert Classic (GB) Germany 1.8 Bad-Harzburg 1m2f €2,050Stivali, S. Suricat Girl (IRE) Antonius Pius (USA) 3 f Soliloquy (IRE) France 4.8 Royan-La-Palmyre 1m3.5f €4,000Stone Ridge Farm Biscotti (IRE) Barathea (IRE) 3 f Almond Mousse (FR) Greece 9.7 Athens 5f €8,541Tally-Ho Stud Turfani (IRE) Danetime (IRE) 5 m Tuhfah (GB) France 8.8 Deauville 1m1f110y €11,500Thompson, Miss A. Super Neos Kosmos (IRE) Almutawakel (GB) 5 h Priyanka (GB) Greece 5.7 Athens 7f €4,270Trainor, P. Almuntaser (IRE) Celtic Swing (GB) 3 g Fire Reply (IRE) Greece 5.7 Athens 6f €9,490Tynan, E. Ludwigshafen (IRE) Cape Cross (IRE) 6 m Cape Clear (GB) Greece 22.7 Athens 7f €4,270Tynan, E. Ludwigshafen (IRE) Cape Cross (IRE) 6 m Cape Clear (GB) Greece 28.7 Athens 7f €4,745Walsh, J. Digeridoo (IRE) Reset (AUS) 4 f Digdaga (USA) Italy 1.8 Livorno 1m3f55y €1,912Wertheimer et Frere Spectaculaire (GB) Spectrum (IRE) 7 h Gold Round (IRE) France 6.8 Vichy 1m4f €9,000Whitewood Stables Palmilla (IRE) Galileo (IRE) 3 f Quatre Saisons (FR) Hungary 7.8 Budapest 1m €927WIJI Bloodstock Gentle Beat (IRE) Whipper (USA) 3 g Soft (USA) Denmark 7.8 Aalborg 1m1f €7,214Young, A. W. Kerameikos (IRE) King Charlemagne (USA) 5 h Women In Love (IRE) Greece 2.7 Athens 7f €4,380Zubieta Ltd Rosa Do Barbado (IRE) Daggers Drawn (USA) 3 f Fluorescence (IRE) Spain 8.8 San Sebastian 1m €5,000Supplied by www.weatherbysbloodstockreports.com

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

3 4 HIGH STANDING (USA) 5 9-2 ............Ioritz Mendizabal b g by High Yield (USA)–Nena Maka (GB) (Selkirk (USA)) (W J Haggas) held up towards rear, nowhere to go 2 1/2f out,blocked again 1 1/2f out, had to sit and suffer until openingappeared 1f out, ran on well final furlong, took 3rd on line 14/1

Also: 4shd SMOOTH OPERATOR (GER) 51/2 PRIME DEFENDER (GB)6hd MARIOL 7hd ALVERTA (AUS) 8hd INDOMITO (GER) 92 FLASHDANCE (IRE) 10shd PLANET FIVE (USA) 11snk CHOPOUEST 12snk

ARABIAN GLEAM (GB) 131/2 VARENAR 4/1F 141 1/2 WAR ARTIST(AUS) 1510 AMICO FRITZ (GER) 15 ran TIME 1m 16.80s (slow by 1.80s)OWNER:Dab Hand Racing; BRED:Highclere Stud And HarryHerbertTRAINER:D Nicholls at Sessay, N YorksTOTE WIN (incl. 1 euro stake): 9.20. PLACES: 3.60, 1.90, 6.40. DF: 20.10.SF: 61.50

Hanover8 Aug 2010

4.15 Grosser Preis Der Mehl-MulhensStiftung (Group 2) (3yo+) (Turf) 1m

For: 3-y-o and up 1st £35,398.23 2nd £13,716.81 3rd £5,752.21 4th £3,539.82 5th£2,212.39 6th £1,327.43

1 SEHREZAD (IRE) 5 9-6 ................................... Jiri Palik b h by Titus Livius (FR)–Trebles (IRE) (Kenmare (FR)) (Andreas Lowe) raced in 5th from start, pulling freely, quickenedwell on turn into straight, short of room at first but when gapopened quickened well and ran on strongly in final furlong tocatch leader in final strides 3/1C

2 3/4 ABBASHIVA 5 9-6 ................................................E Frank b h by Tiger Hill (IRE)–Abba (Goofalik (USA)) (T Mundry) settled in midfield, made good progress before finalturn, quickened well early in straight to take command 1 1/2f out,ran on well but caught in final strides 9/1

3 13/4 ALIANTHUS 5 9-6 ............................................A de Vries b h by Hernando (FR)–Allure (Konigsstuhl) (J Hirschberger) broke well and raced in 3rd and held thatposition entering straight, stayed on well but no match for firsttwo 25/1

Also: 4hd WIN FOR SURE 3/1C 5nk FREMINIUS 6hd LE BIG 72 CONTAT8nk FROZEN POWER (IRE) 3/1C 93/4 KITE HUNTER (IRE) 10nk KONIGCONCORDE 113 SANJII DANON 11 ran TIME 1m 36.88s OWNER:Stall Phillip; BRED:Acorn StudTRAINER:Andreas Lowe in GermanyTOTE WIN (incl. 10 euro stake): 56. PLACES: 20, 29, 31. SF: 491

Saratoga8 Aug 2010

10.30[OFF 10.34]

Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap(Grade 1) (3yo+) (Dirt) 6f

For: 3-y-o and up 1st £92,592.59 2nd £30,864.20 3rd £15,432.10 4th £7,716.05 5th£4,629.63 6th £1,543.21 7th £1,543.21

1 MAJESTICPERFECTION 4 8-4 .......... S X Bridgmohan b c by Harlan’s Holiday–Act So Noble (Wavering Monarch) (Steven Asmussen) smartly away and cut inside, made all,quickened straight, drew clear final furlong, impressive EvensF

2 23/4 BIG DRAMA 4 8-8 ..................................................E Coa bb c by Montbrook–Riveting Drama (Notebook) (David Fawkes) bumped and faltered soon after leaving stalls,quickly recovered and chased leader, ridden to try and challenge2f out but could never get on terms with leader, kept on well finalfurlong to remain 2nd 41/10

3 1/2 BRIBON (FR) 7 8-8 ........................................G K Gomez ch g by Mark Of Esteem (IRE)–Rowat Arazi (GB) (Arazi) (Todd Pletcher) settled in rear, pushed along halfway and tookcloser order, 5th 2f out, came wide final bend, 3rd straight, ranon but always held for 2nd 23/5

Also: 42 1/2 GAYEGO 5nse TEMECULA CREEK 67 1/4 MAMBO MEISTER72 3/4 SMOKEY FIRE (CAN) 7 ran TIME 1m 8.63s OWNER:Padua Stables; BRED:Ronald G McPeek & ShaneFloydTRAINER:Steven Asmussen in USATOTE PARI-MUTUEL (all including $2 stake): WIN 4.00; PLACE (1-2) 2.60,3.70; SHOW (1-2-3): 2.50, 2.90, 2.60; SF 15.20

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