impressive first winner for evasive
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impressive first winner for evasive
EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS TUESDAY, 6TH MAY 2014 – SEVENTEEN PAGES For more information • T: +44 (0)1638 666512 • F:+44 (0)1638 666516 • [email protected] • www.bloodstocknews.eu Today’s Headlin es Racin g Review STALLION NEWS IRELAND IMPRESSIVE FIRST WINNER FOR EVASIVE MAGICIAN ARRIVES LATE TO LAND MOORESBRIDGE Magician, last year’s Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas and Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Turf victor, justified favouritism in the Gr.3 Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh, but he was made to work harder than his starting price of 2/13 suggested. The four-year-old son of Galileo, who had finished three lengths behind Gentildonna (Deep Impact) in sixth in the Gr.1 Dubai Sheema Classic at Meydan on his reappearance, was held up in rear by Joseph O’Brien and got on top in the closing stages to beat Jim Bolger’s 2011 Gr.1 Dewhurst Stakes winner Parish Hall (Teofilo), who looked like he had stolen the race when quickening clear a furlong out. The winning distance was a neck and there was two and a quarter lengths back to Magician’s stable-companion, Hall Of Mirrors (Duke Of Marmalade), in third. Haras de Grandcamp’s first season sire Evasive got off the mark when the appropriately-named Evasive’s First landed a maiden over five and a half furlongs at MarseilleBorely on his second start. The two-year-old stormed home by four lengths from the dead-heating pair Albertochop (Deportivo) and Augura (Big Bad Bob). Bred by Grandcamp and a €24,000 Osarus graduate, he is out of Zalia (Oasis Dream), a half-sister to the Gr.3 Preis der Winterkonigin-third Hashbrown (Big Shuffle). Evasive, a son of Elusive Quality, won the Gr.3 Horris Hill Stakes and finished fourth to Mastercraftsman in the 2009 Gr.1 St James’s Palace Stakes. Bred by Cheveley Park Stud, who acquired him in utero when purchasing his Listed-placed dam Canda (Storm Cat) for $2.4 million, comes from one of the most successful families in the stud book. His second dam is the Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches and the Gr.1 Prix de Diane winner East Of The Moon (Private Account) and his third dam is the mighty Miesque (Nureyev). Evasive, who has proved popular with French breeders, stands at a fee of €3,000 and will cover around 100 mares this year. INDEX ALFRED NOBEL The continues with Coolmore Stud’s Gr.1-winning twoyear-old Alfred Nobel. He is featured on pages 3, 16-17. ● Porter Across The Pond pages 8-9 ● Japanese Racing Review pages 7 and 10 1 EBN Tuesday, 6th May 2014 RACING REVIEW It was a fifth consecutive victory in the race for Aidan O’Brien, following the successes of Fame And Glory (Montjeu), So You Think (High Chaparral), Windsor Palace (Danehill Dancer) and Camelot (Montjeu). O’Brien believes that there is plenty of improvement to come from Magician. “I nearly got a heart attack looking at him [before the race],” he said. “He was away in Dubai and things didn’t go right for him. We gave him a little rest and he had a good tummy on him today. “He’s going to come back here for the Tattersalls Gold Cup. He’s in a good place now and Joseph was very happy and said he won snug. He’s not gone right-handed that much before.” Bred by the Absolutelyfabulous Syndicate, his grandam Lady Windermere (Lake Coniston) was unraced but is a half-sister to the Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and Gr.1 Fillies’ Mile winner Listen (Sadler’s Wells) and the Gr.1 Moyglare Stud Stakes winner Sequoyah (Sadler’s Wells; dam of the multiple Gr.1 winner and successful Breeders’ Cup sire Henrythenavigator), from a family which includes the Gr.1 winners Dolphin Street (Bluebird), Insight (Sadler’s Wells), Saffron Walden (Sadler’s Wells) and Beethoven (Oratorio). Dermot Weld enjoyed a successful day at the Curragh by landing the two other Stakes races on the card with lightly raced three-year-olds for prominent owner/breeders. Flying Jib, a three-year-old Khalid Abdullah homebred daughter of Oasis Dream, completed the double when defeating Aidan O’Brien’s new recruit Peace Burg (Sageburg) to land the Gr.3 Athasi Stakes on her threeyear-old reappearance. Weld said, “We’ll have to consider her for the [Gr.1] Irish 1,000 Guineas. She won a Listed race well here last year, and I think she’ll appreciate a mile.” After finishing fourth in a maiden at the Curragh on Irish 2,000 Guineas Day, she has done nothing but improve, landing a maiden at Dundalk before rounding off her campaign with victory in the Listed Staffordstown Stud Stakes at this track in October. She is the second foal out of the dual US Gr.2 winner Jibboom (Mizzen Mast) and she is is out of a half-sister to the dual Gr.1-placed sire Boatman (Irish River) and to the dam of Gr.2 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes winner Aviate (Dansili) and the Gr.3 Prix La Rochette winner, Gr.1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere runner-up and sire Early March (Dansili). This is also the family of Al Bahathri (Blushing Groom), Haafhd (Alhaarth), Gladiatorus (Silic), Heatseeker (Giant’s Causeway), Lord Shanakill (Speightstown) et al. Alkasser had earlier carried the colours of Hamdan Al Maktoum to win the Listed Tetrarch Stakes, putting himself in line for a crack at the Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas. The son of Shamardal, who had got off the mark at the second attempt in a conditions race at Cork last month, stayed on strongly under Leigh Roche to beat the Jim Bolger-trained pair Focus On Venice and Intensical, both sons of the Co Carlow former inmate Intense Focus, by three-quarters of a length and the same distance. Bred by Mountarmstrong Stud, Alkasser was sold for €260,000 as a yearling at the Goffs Orby Sale to Shadwell Estate Co Ltd. He is a half-brother to the two-year-old winner Asraab (Oasis Dream) and the four-time winner 2 EBN Tuesday, 6th May 2014 RACING REVIEW • FIRST SEASON SIRE FOCUS • SALES TALK Bogini (Holy Roman Emperor). His dam, Alexander Queen (King’s Best), won as a two-year-old and is a halfsister to Ballyhane Stud’s successful stallion Dandy Man (Mozart), who won the Gr.3 Palace House Stakes and was second in the Gr.2 (now Gr.1) King’s Stand Stakes and third in the Gr.1 Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes. They are out of the Gr.3 Anglesey Stakes and Gr.3 Molecomb Stakes winner Lady Alexander (Night Shift), who is also the grandam of the Gr.3 Abernant Stakes winner Hamza (Amadeus Wolf). In the opening conditions race on the card, Aidan O’Brien’s juvenile The Great War made it two wins from as many starts and put himself on course for a trip to Royal Ascot. Sent off 1/9 favourite after his easy win a Tipperary last month, the son of the red-hot War Front ws sent to the front over a furlong out and quickened clear without being extended to win by three lengths from the Paddy Prendergast-trained Bwana (Footstepsinthesand), the only other previous winner in the race. O’Brien said: “I’m delighted with that. He’s fast and he’s made a lovely progression from Tipperary. He could come back here for the Marble Hill Stakes, if the ground was fast. If not he could go straight to Royal Ascot.” Purchased for $1 million at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, he is a half-brother to eight-time winner Escort (First Samurai), out of the three-year-old winner Guide (Pulpit), a half-sister to the dual Stakes winner Laity and a half-sister to the dual US Gr.3 winner Trip (Lord At War) and the dual Stakes winner Joke (Phone Trick), who is the dam of the triple Gr.1 winning sprinter Zensational (Unbridled’s Song). third dam Park Express (Ahonoora) was a Gr.1 winner at two and is the dam of the dual Champion, five-times Gr.1 winner and Classic sire New Approach and multiple Stakes winner and sire Shinko Forest, and is the second dam of the Gr.1 Oaks winner Was. He has a first crop of 58 two-year-olds, conceived at a fee of €5,000. They were headed at the yearling sales by a €60,000 half-brother to last season’s Gr.1 2,000 Guineas runner-up Glory Awaits out of Sandbox Two, and a 37,000gns colt out of the Listed-placed Common Rumpus. He has a second crop of arounf 44 yearlings. ALFRED NOBEL (Ire) b.h 23.1.2007 Danzig (Northern Dancer) Danehill Razyana (His Majesty) Danehill Dancer Sharpen Up (Atan) Mira Adonde Lettre D’Amour (Caro) Green Desert (Danehill) Desert Prince Flying Fairy (Bustino) Glinting Desert Warning (Known Fact) Dazzling Park Park Express (Ahonoora) B: Lodge Park Stud Sales Talk Fir st Season Sir e Focus INGLIS ALFRED NOBEL Danehill Dancer – Glinting Desert (Desert Prince) Stands at Coolmore: 2014 fee €4,000 EBN Sales Talk is brought to you by IRT Alfred Nobel was trained by Aidan O’Brien to win three in a row during the summer of his juvenile campaign, following up a maiden victory at Leopardstown with a defeat of five rivals in the Gr.2 Railway Stakes and then getting up in the final strides to win the Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes on heavy ground at the Curragh. One of 16 Gr.1 winners over both hemispheres by Danehill Dancer, he is out of a winning daughter of the Classic-placed Gr.3 winner Dazzling Park (Warning). His Click here to contact IRT, or visit www.irt.com TYREEL STUD DISPERSAL PROVES HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER While the Australian market is not traditionally strong for foals, as emphasised by a median of A$17,000 here yesterday, the yearling markets have been strong this year THE LEADING FIRST CROP SIRE CLOUDS REST wins the 5 furlongs maiden at Beverley to become her sire's THIRD winner from only seven runners. SHOWCASING THE FASTEST GIMCRACK WINNER EVER Contact: Phil Haworth or Ed Harper 01725 518254 www.whitsburymanorstud.co.uk 3 EBN Tuesday, 6th May 2014 SALES TALK and this was reflected in fierce competition for broodmares today at the Inglis Broodmare Sale, writes Stephen Heath. The trade was highlighted by the dispersal of Tyreel Stud, and Inglis’ Bloodstock Director Jonathan d’Arcy commented: “The first two days of the sale have been terrific. We are honoured that Dean Fleming entrusted Inglis to disperse Tyreel Stud’s quality broodmare band which was highly sort after by buyers. He added: “There is certainly plenty of optimism in the market as we’ve seen new players enter and existing ones show their intentions to grow with sizeable purchases in bloodstock today. We very much look forward to being given the opportunity to offer the progeny of mares purchased today at our select weanling, yearling and twoyear-old sales in the future.” With the sale taking a different date and format, statistical comparisons are difficult, but the sale featured an aggregate of A$12,980,850 for 204 mares and an exceptionally strong clearance rate of 8%. The leading single buyer (behind the Wiliam Inglis as Agent designation) was Sydney-based agency James Harron Bloodstock, who signed for 14 purchases for a total of A$1.3 million, while Damon Gabbedy’s Belmont Bloodstock signed for eleven mares for a total of A$977,000, the only other buyer to purchase more than ten mares. Widden Stud’s Golden Slipper winner Sebring has had a hot run of form of late and this was reflected with the sale of Lot 300, Crafty Irna, sold in foal to him for A$610,000 to William Inglis as Agent. Crafty Irna was also consigned by Widden Stud and sold carrying her first foal. She was herself a high-class racemare, winner of the Gr.3 Adrian Knox Stakes, as well as being multiple Group and Listed-placed. She is by Starcraft and out of the Singapore Horse of the Year, Zirna (Deputy Governor), three times a Gr.1 winner in Singapore. The next highest price was A$480,000 paid by Steve Lot 300, the Gr.3 Adrian Knox Stakes winner Crafty Irma (Starcraft) sold in foal to Sebring for A$610,000 picture courtesy of www.inglis.co.au Brem for Lot 323, the New Zealand Listed winer Crossyourheart (Show A Heart) consigned as part of the Tyreel dispersal. She was named the top filly on the 2006/7 New Zealand 2YO Free Handicap. Sold carrying a fullsibling to a Commands filly who sold to Shadwell Australia for A$600,000 here at the Easter Yearling Sale, Crossyourheart is the dam of four foals, including the winner Juantorena (Pins), an unraced Sebring two-yearold named Winmotion and a Redoute’s Choice colt foal. She is a full-sister to Gr.3 winner Gotta Have Heart, out of half-sister to the dam of Hong Kong Gr.1 winner All Thrills Too (St Covet). It was another mare from the Tyreel dispersal who elicited the third-highest price, with $375,000 paid by Bruce Perry Bloodstock for Lot 338, the Gr.1 winner Mid Summer Music (Omaru Force). Winner of the Stradbroke Handicap in Brisbane, Mid Summer Music was also a dual Gr.3 winner, as well as being multiply Group placed, INGLIS AUSTRALIAN BROODMARE SALE – SELECT SESSION TOP LOTS Lot Sex Name (Sire) Covering Sire Vendor Purchaser 300 323 338 329 339 Widden Stud Tyreel Stud Tyreel Stud Tyreel Stud Tyreel Stud William Inglis, as agent S Brem Bruce Perry Bloodstock Corumbene Stud William Inglis, as agent 6m 9m 8m 7m 7m CRAFTY IRNA (Starcraft) Sebring CROSSYOURHEART (Show A Heart) Commands MIDSUMMER MUSIC (Oamaru Force) All Too Hard BROTHERS DREAM (Redoute’s Choice) Sepoy SAN CRISTOBEL (Fastnet Rock) Pierro Price (A$) First crop winner for the Group winning 2yo by ELUSIVE QUALITY EVASIVE Chesnut, 1.67m, by Elusive Quality out of Canda (Storm Cat) Sire of EVASIVE’S FIRST an impressive four length winner of his maiden at Marseille Borely yesterday. Fee: €3,000 Standing at: HARAS DE GRANDCAMP, Le Menil Girard, 61160 Trun, France. Tel: +33 (0)2 33 12 52 55. Mobile: +33 (0)6 87 82 12 76. Email: [email protected] or Samuel Blanchard (Winning Bloodstock Agency) +33 (0)6 86 99 01 18 www.harasdegrandcamp.com 4 610,000 480,000 375,000 370,000 370,000 T H E S O PHOTO: HKJC U R C E O F SA-breds V ar Variety ariety Club next stop F France, rance, USA Soft Falling Rain next stop R Royal oyal Ascot Shea Shea next stop R Royal oyal Ascot V ercongetorix er Vercongetorix next stop UK Star Empire Sanshaawes $6 600 $2 800 Totals ota Totals $265 400 Bloodstock South Africa 32%R[*HUPLVWRQ7HQTXLULHV#WEDFR]D 32%R[*HUPLVWRQ7HQTXLULHV#WEDFR]D ZZZWEDFR]D Z ZZWEDFR]D C H A M P sold as yearlings $40 000 career earnings $1 982 000 $33 000 $1 165 000 $51 000 $1 245 000 $132 000 $1 525 000 I O N S $512 000 $276 000 $6 705 000 &&DSH7KRURXJKEUHG6DOHV3W\/WG DSH7KRURXJKEUHG6DOHV3W\/WG 332%R[:HOOLQJWRQ7DGULDQ#FWKEVFRP 2%R[:HOOLQJWRQ7DGULDQ#FWKEVFRP ZZZFDSHWKRURXJKEUHGVDOHVFRP Z ZZFDSHWKRURXJKEUHGVDOHVFRP EBN Tuesday, 6th May 2014 SALES TALK • RACING NEWS • INDUSTRY NEWS “Whilst we are well aware that Australasian stewarding is different in style to European stewarding and that their rules are not always the same as ours, some of the behaviour and processes that we witnessed fell far below the standards one would expect from a fair and reasonable regulator. “The result is that we have serious misgivings about the rules and stewarding in Dubai and do not believe that jockeys can be assured of a fair hearing. “Furthermore, we are disappointed and concerned that there has already been an attempt to put pressure on the BHA in relation to this matter. “We trust that the BHA will resist any further such attempts by the ERA.” including in the Gr.1 VRC Patinack Classic Flemington. She was sold carrying her first foal, by Black Caviar’s Champion Three-Year-Old half-brother and first-season stallion All Too Hard. Mid Summer Music is out of an unraced half-sister to Czaravich, a Gr.1 winner in America of the Metropolitan Handicap. Another mare from the Tyreel dispersal made the fourthhighest price of the day, with Lot 329, the Redoute’s Choice mare Brothers Dream selling to Corumbene Stud for A$370,000. Carrying her fourth foal to Sepoy, after fillies by Big Brown, Lonhro and Smart Missile, she was herself only placed, but a half-sister to Gr.1 Galaxy Handicap winner Charge Forward (Red Ransom), themselves both out of Gr.1 winner in South Africa, Sydney’s Dream (Bletchingly). San Cristobel, another from the Tyreel dispersal, was sold for A$370,000 to William Inglis as Agent as Lot 339. A daughter of Fastnet Rock, she was herself a winner over 900m, and produced of three foals to date. Her first foal is the winning Henrythenavigator filly Donna Madeira, while she also has an unraced Teofilo two-yearold, named San Padre, a Bernardini yearling filly and was sold in foal to Two-Year-Old Triple Crown winner Pierro. San Cristobel is out of Gr.3 winner Galapogas Girl (Dehere), herself a half-sister to top-class broodmare Procrastinate (Jade Hunter), as well as being from the family of Gr.1 winner Lone Rock, also by Fastnet Rock. In dustr y New s GERMANY NEW TEAM AT DORTMUND The race club at Dortmund, which runs one of German’s leading racecourses and stages the Gr.3 Grosser Preis der Wirtschaft, Gr.3 Deutsches St Leger etc, has appointed a new team to take charge. At the general meeting of the members last week, Andreas Tiedtke was voted in as the new president and Manfred Ostermann as one of two vice-presidents. Both Tiedtke and Ostermann are leading figures in the German racing industry. Tiedtke, a 45-year-old business consultant, has held several top positions; he has been manager of the influential Owners and Breeders Association and of Baden Racing, secretary-general of the Direktorium, and he also represents Germany on numerous international committees; he is also on the board of EFTBA (European Thoroughbred Breeders). Ostermann is one of Germany’s top owner-breeders (Gestüt Hof Ittlingen), is president of the Owners and Breeders Association and vice-president of the Direktorium. The new team has big plans for Dortmund and has promised to bring in new ideas and new concepts, and to ensure the financial security and independence of the racecourse. “Our aim is to provide top class entertainment and quality leisure for everybody.” Racin g New s BRITAIN PJA ASKS BHA NOT TO ENFORCE COSGRAVE’S SUSPENSION The Professional Jockeys Association will ask the British Horseracing Authority not to reciprocate Pat Cosgrave’s Dubai suspension after the rider’s ban was only partially reduced from six to four months. Cosgrave was hit with the lengthy suspension after he was found to have moved Anaerobio (Catcher In The Rye) off the rail in the straight to allow fellow Mike de Kock-trainer runner Vercingetorix (Silvano) through on the inside to win the Gr.1 Jebel Hatta at Meydan in March. Anaerobio eventually finished third in the nine-furlong contest, two lengths behind the winner. The Emirates Racing Authority found Cosgrave guilty of a blatant breach of the rule regarding improper riding which has a detrimental image to racing and handed out the suspension following an inquiry last month. Cosgrave and the PJA swiftly lodged an appeal and, while the ban has been reduced, PJA chief executive Paul Struthers is unsatisfied with the outcome. Struthers, who was present at the appeal, said: “Despite the suspension being reduced by two months, we are deeply disappointed with the decision of the Emirates Racing Authority’s Appeal Board. “This is an unfair and as yet unexplained decision, and we believe the Appeal Board has seriously erred in its judgement. As a result we will today be lodging an application on behalf of Pat Cosgrave with the BHA, requesting that they do not reciprocate the suspension. Andreas Tiedtke [left] and Manfred Ostermann, leading figures in the new team at Dortmund picture courtesy of Marcus Ruhl:DVR 6 EBN Tuesday, 6th May 2014 INDUSTRY NEWS • RACING ROUND-UP are to race; and the benefits of interaction between stewards and security and integrity departments. Looking towards the increasing internationalisation of racing, further presentations examined: the possibility for protest/objection hearings being conducted in a harmonised manner around the world; and the merits of having jurisdictional gear/equipment registers to assist connections given the ever increasing movement of racehorses between countries. On the day of the opening ceremony, a piece of racing history was made when the Executive Council of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) met for the first time at an Asian Racing Conference. The Executive Council meeting considered major policy issues, including proposals on the international harmonisation of anti-doping control, forensic testing laboratory certification, and the genetic integrity of thoroughbreds. The Council also reaffirmed its strong support for the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), which with it is working hard on issues concerning the international movement of horses, including research into equine influenza. The IFHA Executive Council consists of 13 members drawn from three regions – Europe, the Americas and Asia. It meets again in Paris in October 2014 in conjunction with the running of the Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Apart from summer racing on grass, Dortmund also has one of Germany’s two all-weather tracks, racing throughout the winter. The other such track is at Neuss, which recently announced that it is also to stage turf racing again after a gap of eight years. DCS HONG KONG STEWARDS’ CONFERENCE CONFIRMS PROGRESS ON ’BIG ISSUES’ The 5th International Stewards’ Conference was held yesterday at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong, in conjunction with the 35th Asian Racing Conference. Chaired by Kim Kelly, the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Chief Stipendiary Steward, the conference was attended by 71 delegates representing 28 racing jurisdictions. One of horseracing’s most important rules is the protest/objection rule which, until relatively recently, was operated in several different ways around the world. This issue was highlighted at the 31st Asian Racing Conference in Dubai in 2007, since when great progress has been made to harmonise the rule internationally, thanks to discussions held during previous International Stewards’ Conferences and meetings of the IFHA’s International Harmonisation of Raceday Rules Committee. There was further welcome news on that front at the Stewards’ Conference today, when Yoshihiro Nakamura, Chief Steward of the Japan Racing Association informed delegates of the results of a change to the protest/objection rules in Japan that had taken place in 2013. The JRA had changed to the ’Category 1’ philosophy, which is widely used throughout Asia, Australasia, Great Britain, India, Ireland and South Africa. Nakamura reported that in 2012 there were 142 protest/objection inquiries conducted, with a change to the judge’s placings being made on 21 occasions. Of these 21 instances, seven horses were disqualified as a result of being found to have caused interference which affected the result of the race, irrespective of where in the field the offending horse finished. By contrast, during 2013 there were just 25 inquiries with only one change to the result of a race. Further, there were no horses disqualified from a race for having caused interference. Against the background of events in various parts of the racing world over the past few months, another significant discussion at the conference was held on the subject of the level of penalties that should be applied to serious offences, including the use of anabolic steroids and issues relating to animal welfare. On that subject, the conference was pleased to note a report from Johan Petzer, Chairman of Stewards at Thoroughbred Racing South Australia, concerning the introduction in Australia of mandatory minimum penalties relating to offences involving prohibited substances and animal welfare. Some of the other subjects discussed on a wide-ranging agenda were: the provision of information by stewards to the public through mainstream media and the increasing use of social media platforms; a study currently being conducted in Hong Kong regarding the health, fitness and welfare of jockeys; rules applying in certain jurisdictions regulating or prohibiting medication/treatment being administered to horses on or leading up to the day they Racin g Roun d-Up Japanese Racing Review SHONAN LAGOON LANDS IMPORTANT DERBY TRIAL The Gr.2 Aoba Sho is labelled as a Japanese Derby Trial but in the last 30 years no horse that has won the race has gone on to win the Classic. The record of the Aoba Sho’s graduates in the Derby is pretty good, however, with Fenomeno, Win Variation, Admire Main, Zenno Rob Roy and Symboli Kris S all going on to finish second. Shonan Lagoon posted a 52/1 upset at Tokyo Racecourse on Saturday and may well be able to avenge the defeat of his sire Symboli Kris S, who got beaten one length by Tanino Gimlet in the 2002 Derby. Shonan Lagoon needed every yard of the 2400m and surged from the back of the pack to score by a head from the favourite World Impact (Deep Impact), who hit the front 300m from home but had no response to the winner’s challenge in the closing stages. Yamano Wizard stayed on for third from Gold Actor (Screen Hero). If nine horses finish within less than two lengths of each other, we tend to think that the race was falsely run or, worst, that it was a below-average field. However, this year’s Aoba Sho was run at a decent pace (1:01.4 for the Continued on page 10 ➔ 7 EBN Tuesday, 6th May 2014 PORTER ACROSS THE POND only once, but that came by way of a stunning 3½ lengths victory in the nine furlong Gr.1 Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park in June. She also came with in a neck of capturing the Gr.1 Madison Stakes at Keeneland in mid-April and took thirds in the Gr.1 Clement L Hirsch Stakes, Gr.2 Buena Vista Stakes, Gr.2 A Gleam Handicap and Wishing Well Stakes. Byrama has made three starts this year, including a second in the Ten Palms Stakes and an off-the-board effort in the Gr.1 Madison Stakes. Bred by Ermyn Lodge Stud Ltd, she is a half-sister to Klammer, winner of the Listed Criterium du Fonds Europeen de l’Elevage and the Gr.3 Horris Hill Stakes. Their dam, Aymara, is out of Chipaya, winner of the Listed (then) October Stakes, and a half-sister to the sire Winker Watson, who took the Gr.2 Norfolk Stakes and the Gr.2 July Stakes. SEEK AGAIN (2010 c by Speightstown – Light Jig by Danehill) upset the locals back in December when winning the Gr.1 Hollywood Derby on his US and Stakes debut. Making his first start since then, he nearly delivered a far greater shock, running dual US Horse of the Year Wise Dan to a head in the Gr.1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes on the Kentucky Derby card. Racing in Britain, the Juddmonte Farms homebred won a maiden at Newmarket in late September at two, then closed his brief first campaign with a second at Leicester. He was not seen in action last year until August, when he took a seven furlong handicap at Newmarket. Second in a mile handicap on the all-weather at Kempton Park next time out, the chesnut was fourth in a similar event at the same venue, before running a good fifth in the Cambridgeshire. He bade his fairwell to Britain stepping up to nine furlongs to take a handicap at York. Seek Again’s dam, Light Jig, also found fame in the US after racing in Europe. She was twice placed in French Listed races, but captured the Gr.1 Yellow Ribbon Stakes and the Gr.2 Beverly Hills Handicap after moving stateside. She is also the dam of Seek Again’s three-parts-brother Treble Jig, whose most notable victory came in the Gr.3 Jebel Ali Mile Stakes. Light Jig is a half-sister to the French Stakes-winning duo of Lynton and Battle Dore, and to the dam of German black-type scorer Daring Tiger. Seek Again’s grandam, Nasmeel, won the Gr. 2 (then) Prix d’Astarte and the Listed Prix des Lilas in France, and was Gr.1-placed in both France and the US. Irish-conceived, but Kentucky-foaled, GLOBAL VIEW (2011 c by Galileo – Egyptian Queen by Storm Cat) shaped like a horse with a bright future when taking the Gr.3 Generous Stakes at Hollywood Park on his third and final run of 2013. Switching coasts, he was second to odds-on favorite Bobby’s Kitten in a mile allowance test at Tampa Bay Downs in March, but failed to fire when seventh of eight in the Gr.3 Transylvania Stakes at Keeneland in early April. On Saturday, the three-year-old rebounded with a much better effort in the Gr.2 American Turf Stakes, closing from well off the pace to score by a neck. RACING REVIEW NASHOBA STRIKES GOLD IN PROVIDENCIA STAKES NASHOBA’S GOLD (2011 f by Smart Strike – Nashoba by Caerleon), whom we noted as an an emerging prospect early this winter, continues to progress towards the top of her division. Successful in a maiden special weight at Santa Anita in February on her debut, she was second in the China Doll Stakes exactly a month later. She duly gained a first Stakes win with a length victory in the Gr.3 Providencia Stakes in April and on Sunday added a win in the Gr.2 Honeymoon Stakes to her resume. Bred by Williamson Racing, LLC, she is a half-sister to the brilliant, but ill-fated Nashoba’s Key, a winner of three Gr.1s. Her dam, the Irish-foaled Nashoba, a winner of three races, is a half-sister to the Group-placed Pillars Of Society, dam of the Gr..3 Regret Stakes victrix Good Mood and the Stakes-placed Gris Fauve. The second dam, Gris Mine, took the Gr.1 Prix Saint-Alary, and is a half-sister to Kostroma, a Group winner in Ireland who went on to take six Graded events, three Gr.1s in the US and later produced the Gr.1 Santa Anita Oaks winner Ariege. Successful in an 8½-furlong allowance at Belmont Park on her debut, which came last July, ORION MOON (2009 f by Manduro – Okocha by Platini) was unplaced against tougher competition in the Speed Boat Stakes next time out, but rebounded to take second in an allowance/optional claiming race at Gulfstream Park in late March. On Saturday the chesnut produced an excellent effort in the Gr.3 Beaugay Stakes, missing out by just a neck. She made four starts in France, all at three, winning on her debut, and taking third in the Listed Prix Petite Etoile on her final outing. Bred by Chevotel De La Hauquerie, she is a half-sister to the Listed winner Orion Star, also several times Groupplaced, including when third in the Gr.1 Grand Prix de Paris and the Gr.1 Prix du Cadran; the Stakes winner Orion Girl and the Group-placed Orion Love. The second dam, Ochoa, is half-sister to the German Stakes winner Osibisa. A length and a quarter behind Orion Moon, finishing well from the back of the pack was BYRAMA (2009 m by Byron – Aymara by Darshaan). A winner of a five-furlong maiden at Carlisle from two starts at two in Britain, she made her debut back in December 2011, taking third in the Blue Norther Stakes at Santa Anita. She went on to enjoy a busy, but lucrative 2012 season; ten starts bringing wins in a Santa Anita allowance/optional claiming event, the Unzip Me Stakes at Santa Anita, and the Manhattan Beach Stakes at Hollywood Park. She also took second in the Gr.3 Providencia Stakes and C E R F S Stakes and third in the Gr.3 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes and the Gr.3 Senorita Stakes. The bay made another ten starts last year. She won 8 EBN Tuesday, 6th May 2014 PORTER ACROSS THE POND Bred by Reiko and Michael Baum, he is out of a daughter of Warrior Queen, the highweighted three-year-old sprint filly in England and Ireland for 2000, and also the dam of the Gr.2-winning and Gr.1-placed A P Warrior. The third dam, Call Me Fleet is out of Ocean’s Answer, a Stakes-winning three-quarters to Storm Bird (who appears as the grandsire of Global View’s dam), and also ancestress of such as Green Tune, Pas De Reponse, and last year’s Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Mile-third Silentio. Another with European connections to perform well on Derby Day was DAME MARIE (2009 m by Smart Strike – Crystal Crossing by Royal Academy), who was second in the Gr.2 Churchill Distaff Mile Stakes. She made a very promising start to her career taking an 8½-furlong maiden at Gulfstream Park in February 2012. Rather surprisingly, she then had to make eight starts before she returned to the winner’s enclosure, a feat she achieved at Churchill Downs last April. The four-year-old finally got back on track again at Churchill in November, recorded a decisive victory in an allowance/optional claimer. Her only previous outing this year saw her run seventh in The Very One Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Bred by Ben Sangster, she is three-parts-sister to the Gr.1 St Leger hero, Gr.1 Derby-second and sire Rule Of Law, and Stakes-placed Totally Devoted, who are all, like Dame Marie, by sons of Mr Prospector out of the Stakes winning Royal Academy mare, Crystal Crossing. Another halfsister, Cast in Gold, by Mr Prospector’s grandson Elusive Quality, is the dam of Wedding Ring, who was Groupplaced last yea and also took a couple of valuable events in the shape of the Tattersalls Millions Fillies’ Two-Year-Old Stakes and the Tattersalls Millions Fillies’ Two-Year-Old Trophy. Crystal Crossing is a sister to Circle Of Gold, who won the Gr.3 Prestige Stakes and was third in the Gr.3 Mrs Revere Stakes and the Gr.3 Nell Gwyn Stakes. The third dam, Favoletta, won the Gr.1 Irish 1,000 Guineas and produced the brilliantly speedy Gr.2 Queen Mary Stakes winner Amaranda. English-foaled MAJOR ART (2008 h by Compton Place – Rosewood Belle by Woodman) ran only four times in his native country – all at two – winning once and finishing third in the Gr.2 Vintage Stakes. Shipped to the US for his final two starts, he rounded out his two-year-old season running unplaced in the Gr.1 Del Mar Futurity and fourth in the Eddie Logan Stakes. He started well at three, with a second in the La Puente Stakes, but his career then underwent a twelvemonth hiatus and, since his return, he has shown only flashes of his previous form. He ran a good second in the non-black type Hasta La Vista Handicap at Turf Paradise on Sunday, looming at the head of the straight, but eventually running out of steam inside the last of the 15 furlongs. Bred by Horizon Bloodstock Limited, he is one of four winners produced by his dam, Rosewood Belle, a halfsister to the US multiple Stakes winner, Glenbarra. The grandam, Supreme Excellence, won the Be Faithful and Smart Deb Stakes and Indian Maid Handicap, all while racing in Illinois. She is a half-sister to Golden Pheasant, hero of the Gr.1 Japan Cup and Gr.1 Arlington Million, the Gr.3 Dee Stakes winner Trial By Error, and the Graded winner Seewillo A member of the first crop of his sire, HOME SCHOOL (2011 c by Intense Focus – Lavender Blue by Galileo) showed himself to be a useful two-year-old in five Irish starts, winning a maiden at Roscommon and running second in the Gr.3 Tyros Stakes. He finished off his first season stateside, running third in the Oak Tree Juvenile Turf Stakes, fourth in the Zuma Beach Stakes and twelfth in the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. The Irish-bred made his first start of 2014 on Saturday and gained some more blacktype, finishing up well in the 6½ furlong Desert Code Stakes at Santa Anita to take third, beaten ½ length and 1¼ lengths. Bred Jim Bolger, he is the second winner from the first two foals of his dam, the unraced Galileo mare, Lavender Blue. The grandam, Odabella’s Charm, is a winning half-sister to the Japanese Stakes performer Kynthia (dam of the Stakes winner Odile), the Stakes-placed Tenorio and No Rehearsal (dam of the Listed scorer Jelani) and Lavanda (grandam of Lucayan, winner of the Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains and a Graded winner in the US.). A maiden winner and runner-up in the Fanfreluche Stakes at two, ROOTHAM TRIPLE E’S (2010 f by Weather Warning – Peace Dream by Linamix), kicked off her 2013 campaign with a win in the Star Shoot Stakes. She failed to add to the win column in six subsequent starts, but did claim second in the Lady Angela Stakes and Passing Mood Stakes. The bay opened her 2014 season with an unplaced effort in a Woodbine allowance event in April, but was back on form on Saturday, taking second in the Ballade Stakes. Bred by Dream With Me Stable, she is out of the four-time winner Peace Talk, a half-sister to smart French runner Peace Burg, winner of the Gr.2 Prix Sandringham and Gr.3 Prix d’Aumale and second yesterday in the Gr.3 Athasi Stakes, and Peace Fonic, the dam of the French Listed winner Peace Of Oasis. The grandam, the Sadler’s Wells mare, Peace Talk, is a sister to the Group winner Palme D’Or, and a half-sister to the sire Pistolet Bleu, whose successes included the Gr.1 Prix de Saint-Cloud and the Gr.1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud. CLENOR (2011 f by Oratorio – Chantarella by Royal Academy) failed to win in three starts in Ireland, although she did end her brief career there with a third in the Gr.3 Grangecon Stud Stakes. Transferred to the US, she started her career with a win in a maiden at Del Mar last August, then followed up with wins in the Oak Tree Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes and Surfer Girl Stakes. The winning run came to a halt with an eighth in the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, and she ended the year with a fifth in the Gr.3 Miesque Stakes. Making her seasonal debut on Friday in the Ultrafleet Stakes over Santa Anita’s downhill 6½ furlong turf course, she was in last of six spot after a half-mile, but made good late headway to claim second. Bred by Lucy Stack in Ireland, she is three-quarters related to the black-type placed Choisir duo Another Express and Celerin. Her dam is a half-sister to the Listed Rous Stakes scorer My-O-My. The second dam, Maimiti is half-sister to the Group winner Title Roll and grandam of Cambina, an ex-European whose triumphs in the US included the Gr.1 American Oaks, and Juno Madonna, dam of the Group winner Regime and Stakes-winning and Group-placed Salut D’Amour. 9 EBN Tuesday, 6th May 2014 JAPANESE RACING REVIEW A good, but not sparkling, field of nine contested the Ayame Sho, over 1800m at Kyoto on Saturday. The USbred Seseri (Curlin), an impressive winner on his debut back in November at Kyoto, was dropped in class after a couple of tries in Gr.3 company. He dictated the pace and reached the line a neck in front of Blue Flash (Swept Overboard). A $175.000 dollar purchase at Keeeneland September Sale, Seseri nearly recovered his price and, even if looks a bit exposed, he can increase his bank account. He is a half-brother to Ramazutti (Honor Grade), a smart performer on grass in US who won the Gr.2 Mac Diarmida at Gulfstream Park. On Sunday om Tokyo a good bunch of fillies, which included some with Group race experience, battled for the Sweetpea Stakes, a Listed race over 1800m with a first price of ¥19,350,000. Shiny Girl, who was not disgraced when unplaced in the Gr.1 Japanese 1,000 Guineas, was seventh choice in the betting at around 15/1 and quickened well to score by one and a quarter lengths from the up-and-coming Bella Regina (Neo Universe), who closed well after some troubles turning for home. Shiny Girl is not a superstar but she updated her record to three wins in seven starts and boosted her earnings to ¥50 million. She is the best filly from the second crop sired by Black Tide, an older full-brother to Deep Impact. A Gr.2 winner at three, Black Tide was out of contention for two years and came back at five. He failed to win again in three seasons and 16 starts. He started his stud career in 2009, two years after Impacto, at ¥500,000 and was well received by breeders. He covered 629 broodmares in his first four seasons but dropped to 125 in 2013, when his fee was raised to ¥1 million. His fee this year is ¥700,000. Black Tide is a dark bay, more in the Sunday Silence mould, and he is bigger than Deep Impact. Obviously, he has not had the same opportunies as Deep Impact, but he took the First Season Sires’ crown in 2012 and his second crop included the Gr.3 winner Meiner Frost. Shiny Girl is the fourth winner from five foals out of Brightia Girl (Afleet), who landed three sprints on dirt. Brightia Girl is out of the Group winner Dictar Girl (Dictus) and has a yearling filly by Gold Allure. Franco Raimondi continued from page 7 ➔ first 1000m, 1:39.6 for the 1600m), and Shonan Lagoon clocked the final 600m in 33.8. The final time of 2:26.5)was one second slower than the one recorded by a strong bunch of useful older horse in the same card. Shonan Lagoon was credited with a speed rating of 102.5 and needs to find more improvement to reach the Derby standard. The speed rating have been listed on the official JBIS website since 2007 and the lowest mark by a Derby winner was 108.5 set by Deep Brillante two years ago. Shonan Lagoon won with something in hand, though, and relished the step up in trip. He ran seventh on his debut in August at Hakodate and looked a different horse when he scored on his second start, which came off a four-and-half month layoff at Nakayama in December. His connections asked him for a substantial move in the Gr.3 Keisei Hai just four weeks after that win and the colt ran a flat race. He hit the board in three subsequent starts agains winners, two of them around the sharp turns of Nakayama. Owner Tetsuhide Kunimoto secured Shonan Lagoon for ¥24,000,000 at the JHRA Selected Yearling Sale. The colt is the first foal out of Mejiro Charade (Manhattan Cafe), who had just two starts, running third on her debut at two in July and winning in August at Niigata. Mejiro Charade is one of the three winners foaled by Mejiro Dober (Mejiro Ryan), the best filly from the 1994 Japanese crop. She won four of her five juvenile starts, including the Gr.1 Hanshin Sansai Himba Stakes (now Hanshin Juvenile Fillies’). At three, she recorded two thirds of the fillies’ Triple Crown, winning the Japanese Oaks and the Shuka Sho after she ran second over the heavy ground in the 1000 Guineas. She had two more seasons and won the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Commemorative Cup at four and five, in her final start. She was retired with ten wins (five at Gr.1 level) in 21 starts, earning more than ¥733 millions. She has so far failed to produce a single Stakes performer, but she has a two-year-old filly by Zenno Rob Roy and was covered in 2013 by Rulership. This female line has been developed in Japan since the early 1930s and produced several group winners. The eight year old Mejiro Charade has no yearling and foal and she visited Rulership last season. WORLD’S BEST RACEHORSE RANKINGS RESULTS 02/05/14 – 05/04/14 NAME CALIFORNIA CHROME (USA) DAN EXCEL (Ire) VARIETY CLUB (SAf)) ABLE FRIEND (Aus) DATE 3/05/2014 4/05/2014 4/05/2014 4/05/2014 RACE AND POSITION WR 1ST GR.1 KENTUCKY DERBY 3RD GR1. CHAMPIONS MILE 1ST GR1. CHAMPIONS MILE 2ND GR.1 CHAMPIONS MILE 122 118 118 117 10 EBN Tuesday, 6th May 2014 STAKES RESULTS de la Foret winner Dolphin Street (Bluebird) and the Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Saffron Walden (Sadler’s Wells), both sires, and Gr.1 E P Taylor Stakes winner Insight (Sadler’s Wells). Absolutelyfabulous has a three-year-old full-brother to Magician, who was sold for €55,000 at Arqana last May and two-year-old and yearling full-sisters to today’s winner. Stakes Results Fifty Years Flying Horses Going Places? [email protected] ~ www.bba-ireland.ie IRELAND Gr.3 CANFORD CLIFFS EBF ATHASI STAKES, Curragh, 7f, 3yo+f&m, 1st €48,750, 2nd €14,250, 3rd €6,750 Gr.3 HIGH CHAPARRAL EBF MOORESBRIDGE STAKES, Curragh, 1m2f, 4yo+, 1st €48,750, 2nd €14,250, 3rd €6,750 ebfstallions.com ebfstallions.com 1. FLYING JIB (GB), 3f, Oasis Dream – Jibboom (Mizzen Mast) 2nd dam Palisade (Gone West) 3rd dam Peplum (Nijinsky) O: K Abdullah, B: Juddmonte Farms Ltd, T: D K Weld 2. PEACE BURG (Fr), 4f, Sageburg – Peace Talk (Sadler’s Wells) O: Mrs Paul Shanahan/M V Magnier, B: Ecurie D, T: A P O’Brien 700,000gns 2013 Tattersalls December Mare Sale by Mandore International consigned by European Sales Management 3. WANNABE BETTER (Ire), 4f, Duke Of Marmalade – Wannabe (Shirley Heights) O: Mrs T Gaffney, B: Churchtown House Stud, T: T Stack Also ran: Tahaany, Switcher, Chicago Girl, Morning Frost, Beyond Brilliance, Beyond Brilliance, Lottie Dod, Pianota Distances: 1⁄2l, 11⁄2l, 13⁄4l, 1⁄2l, shd, 13⁄4l 1. MAGICIAN (Ire), 4c, Galileo – Absolutelyfabulous (Mozart) 2nd dam Lady Windermere (Lake Coniston) 3rd dam Brigid (Irish River) O: Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier, B: Absolutelyfabulous Syndicate, T: A P O’Brien 2. PARISH HALL (Ire), 5h, Teofilo – Halla Siamsa (Montjeu) O: Mrs J S Bolger, B/T: J S Bolger 3. HALL OF MIRRORS (Ire), 4g, Duke Of Marmalade – Apache Dream (Indian Ridge) O: Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor, B: Apache Dream Syndicate, T: A P O’Brien 105,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale by Camas Park Stud consigned by Churchtown House Stud 150,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by Blandford Bloodstock consigned by Camas Park Stud Also ran: Paene Magnus, Jazz Girl Distances: nk, 21⁄4l, 21⁄2l, 13⁄4l This was another winner for the in-form Dermot Weld yard, which also took the Listed Tetrarch Stakes on the card, with Flying Jib (Oasis Dream) carrying on where she left off as a two-year-old, following up her win in a Curragh Listed contest by reappearing to land this Gr.3 event in good style, getting up late under a sympathetic ride to beat Ballydoyle’s French recruit Peace Burg (Sageburg) and Wannabe Better (Duke Of Marmalade). A return to a mile will suit on this evidence and she could head for the Gr.1 Irish 1,000 Guineas next. Flying Jib is the second foal of the Gr.2 Buena Vista Handicap and Raven Run Stakes winner Jibboom (Mizzen Mast), who also finished second in the Gr.1 Santa Monica Handicap. The second dam Palisade (Gone West) was a minor winner in North America and is a daughter of the Listed Cheshire Oaks winner and Gr.3 (then) Princess Royal Stakes-third Peplum (Nijinsky), who also produced Gr.1 Manhattan Handicap-second Boatman (Irish River), and the dam of the Gr.2 Churchill Distaff Mile Stakes winner Aviate and the Gr.3 Prix La Rochette winner and sire Early March, both by Dansili. Peplum is a half-sister to the Gr.1 Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Al Bahathri (Blushing Groom; dam of Gr.1 Champion Stakes winner and sire Haafhd and the Gr.2 Challenge Stakes winner and sire Munir), and the Gr.2 Diana Handicap winner Geraldine’s Store (Exclusive Native), from the family of the Gr.1 winners, Lord Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Magician (Galileo) made a workmanlike winning seasonal reappearance. He was set a fair bit to by Joseph O’Brien but asserted close home to beat Parish Hall (Teofilo) and stablemate Hall Of Mirrors (Duke Of Marmalade). The four-year-old returns to the Curragh later in the month for the Gr.1 Tattersalls Gold Cup. The second foal of the smart sprinter Absolutelyfabulous (Mozart), who won the Listed Cork Stakes and was placed in the Gr.3 Ballyogan Stakes, Magician is a full-brother to the mile winner Wonderful. His grandam Lady Windermere (Lake Coniston) is a half-sister to the Gr.1 Moyglare Stud Stakes winner Sequoyah (Sadler’s Wells), dam of the five-time Gr.1winning miler and sire Henrythenavigator, as well as the Gr.3 1,000 Guineas Trial-winning and Gr.1 Prix de Dianethird Queen Cleopatra, both by Kingmambo, and later the dam of the Listed winner Look At Me. The third dam Brigid (Irish River) has also foaled the Gr.1 Fillies’ Mile winner Listen (Sadler’s Wells) and the Listed Belgrave Stakes winner Oyster Catcher (Bluebird). Brigid is a fullsister to the Listed winner Or Vision, dam of the Gr.1 Prix 11 EBN Tuesday, 6th May 2014 STAKES RESULTS Shanakill, Spanish Fern, Rave, Red Cadeaux and Gladiatorus. Jibboom also has a two-year-old colt by Dansili and a yearling full-sister to the winner. Peace of Mind? Bloodstock Insurance Get Covered [email protected] ~ www.bba-ireland.ie LR POWER EBF TETRARCH STAKES, Curragh, 7f, 3yo, 1st €32,500, 2nd €9,500, 3rd €4,500 2nd dam Merion Miss (Halo) 3rd dam Curlew (Storm Bird) O: Klaravich Stables Inc and William H Lawrence, B: WinStar Farm LLC, T: Albert M Stall, Jr $200,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale by EQB, agent 2. Shakin It Up (USA), 3. Clearly Now (USA) Distances: hd, 13⁄4l. ebfstallions.com 1. ALKASSER (Ire), 3c, Shamardal – Alexander Queen (King’s Best) 2nd dam Lady Alexander (Night Shift) 3rd dam Sandhurst Goddess (Sandhurst Prince) O: Hamdan Al Maktoum, B: Mountarmstrong Stud, T: D K Weld €260,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale by Shadwell Estate Co Ltd consigned by Mountarmstrong Stud 2. FOCUS ON VENICE (Ire), 3c, Intense Focus – Marina Of Venice (Galileo) O: Mrs June Judd & Mrs J S Bolger, B/T: J S Bolger 3. INTENSICAL (Ire), 3c, Intense Focus – Christinas Letter (Galileo) O: Mrs J S Bolger, B/T: J S Bolger €55,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale by J T Gorman consigned by Redmondstown Stud Also ran: Great White Eagle, Shining Emerald, Maremmadiavola, Michaelmas, Fountain Of Youth, Magnolia Beach, Quadrivium, The Islander, Gold Peregrine (ur) Distances: 3⁄4l, 3⁄4l, 1⁄2l, 1l, hd, 11⁄4l Gr.3 PRECISIONIST STAKES, Santa Anita, 8.5fD, 3yo+, 1st $60,000, 2nd $20,000, 3rd $12,000, May 3 1. FURY KAPCORI (USA), 4c, Tiznow – Gin Running (Go For Gin) 2nd dam Crafty And Evil (Crafty Prospector) 3rd dam Evil Elaine (Medieval Man) O: Rick Awtrey, Jerry Hollendorfer and George Todaro, B: Diamond A Racing Corp, T: Jerry Hollendorfer $100,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale by Jerry Hollendorfer 2. Handsome Mike (USA), 3. Majestic City (USA) Distances: 53⁄4l, 3⁄4l. 6 ran. Gr.2 ALYSHEBA STAKES, Churchill Downs, 8.5fD, 4yo+, 1st $205,679, 2nd $66,348, 3rd $33,174, May 2 1. MOONSHINE MULLIN (USA), 6h, Albert The Great – Mullen Road (Distant View) 2nd dam Stone Flower (Storm Bird) 3rd dam Lively Living (Key To The Mint) O: Randy Patterson, B: Dr Russ Beran & Dick Johnson, T: Randy L Morse 2. Golden Ticket (USA), 3. Coin Broker (USA) Distances: 1⁄2l, 33⁄4l. 8 ran. NORTH AMERICA HONEYMOON STAKES, Santa Anita, 1m1fT, 3yof, 1st $120,000, 2nd $40,000, 3rd $24,000, May 4 1. NASHOBA’S GOLD (USA), 3f, Smart Strike – Nashoba (Caerleon) 2nd dam Grise Mine (Crystal Palace) 3rd dam Katie May (Busted) O: Warren B Williamson, B: Williamson Racing, LLC, T: Carla Gaines 2. SWEET BLISS (USA), 3f, Street Cry – Sweet Way (Giant’s Causeway) O/B: Pam & Martin Wygod, T: John A Shirreffs 3. DIVERSY HARBOR (USA), 3f, Curlin – Motokiks (Storm Cat) O: Glen Hill Farm, B: Barbara Hunter, T: Thomas F Proctor $95,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale Also ran: Margot Machance (GB), One More, Honey Ride Non runner: Arethusa Distances: 1l, nk, 13⁄4l, 11⁄4l Gr.3 TWIN SPIRES TURF SPRINT STAKES, Churchill Downs, 5fD, 4yo+, 1st $99,726, 2nd $32,170, 3rd $16,085, May 3 1. MARCHMAN (USA), 4c, Sharp Humor – Sookie Sookie (Indian Charlie) 2nd dam So Soulful (Real Quiet) 3rd dam One Over Prime (With Approval) O: Martin Racing Stable LLC, B: Lynn Jones & Kathy Jones, T: W Bret Calhoun $24,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale $90,000 OBS Spring Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale by Martin Racing Stable Grad Gr.2 CHURCHILL DOWNS STAKES, Churchill Downs, 7fD, 4yo+, 1st $270,886, 2nd $87,382, 3rd $43,691, May 3 1. CENTRAL BANKER (USA), 4c, Speightstown – Rhum (Go For Gin) 2. Undrafted (USA), 3. Positive Side (USA) Distances: 11⁄2l, nk. 9 ran. 12 EBN Tuesday, 6th May 2014 STAKES RESULTS • RACING REVIEW Gr.3 EIGHT BELLES STAKES, Churchill Downs, 7fD, 3yof, 1st $119,472, 2nd $38,539, 3rd $19,270, May 2 1. FIFTYSHADESOFGOLD (USA), 3f, My Golden Song – Hadif Cat (Hadif) 2nd dam Cats Meow (Storm Cat) 3rd dam Alysbelle (Alydar) O: Estate of Clarence Scharbauer, Jr, B: Clarence Scharbauer Jr, T: W Bret Calhoun 2. Milam (USA), 3. Cash Control (USA) Distances: 1⁄2l, 31⁄2l. 9 ran. Going Places? Fifty Years Flying Horses [email protected] ~ www.bba-ireland.ie third dam, the Gr.3 C L Weld Park Stakes winner Tarwiya (Dominion), is also the grandam of the Gr.1 Darley Prix Morny winner and sire Arcano (Oasis Dream), the Listed Chesham Stakes and Listed Stonehenge Stakes winner Big Audio (Oratorio) and the Listed Prix Georges Trabaud winner Messager Du Roi (King’s Theatre). Tarwiya is a half-sister to the Gr.3 (then) Norfolk Stakes winner and sire Blue Dakota (Namid). see also 5.55 Curragh Ahwahnee visited Foxwedge last year. Yester day’s Racin g Review BRITAIN 2.30 WARWICK, EBF 2YOF MAIDEN, 5F 1.30 BATH, 2YO MEDIAN AUCTION MAIDEN, 5F 1. IVORS REBEL (GB), 2c, Cockney Rebel – Sopran Cross (Cape Cross) O: Ivor Perry, B: Ghelardini Marco, T: David Elsworth €5,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale by David Elsworth Distances: 3⁄4l, hd. 10 ran. ebfstallions.com 1. RISE UP LOTUS (Ire), 2f, Zebedee – Face The Storm (Barathea) O: Hamdan Al Maktoum, B: Tally-Ho Stud, T: Charles Hills £75,000 DBS Premier Yearling Sale by Shadwell Estate Co Ltd Distances: 1l, 1⁄2l. 9 ran. Ivors Rebel (Cockney Rebel), sixth on his debut at Kempton Park last month, showed much improved form to win on his second start, making all the running and staying on strongly. He is the third foal out of Sopran Cross (Cape Cross), a six-time winner in Italy. She is the sole winner from three foals out of the dual Italian winner Tadoussac (Fairy King), a half-sister to the Gr.2 (then) Prix d’Astarte, Gr.3 Prix du Calvados and Listed Rose Bowl Stakes winner Ascension (Night Shift), who is the dam of the Macau Listed winner Si Foo (Fusaichi Pegasus) and Oakcrest Drive (Arch), who was Listed-placed in Macau. Sopran Cross has a yearling colt by Multiplex. Rise Up Lotus soon recovered from being slowly into her stride and ran on strongly to make a winning debut, providing Tally-Ho Stud’s Zebedee with another winner. She is a half-sister to three winners, including the Gr.2 Superlative Stakes runner-up Roi De Vitesse (Chineur), out of the two-year-old winner Face The Storm (Barathea), who is a half-sister to the Listed winner Santa Isobel (Nashwan). The second dam, the unraced Slip Anchor mare Atlantic Record, is a half-sister to four winners, including the useful five-time scorer Migwar (Unfuwain). The third dam is the Gr.2 (then) Fillies’ Mile runner-up Pick Of The Pops (High Top) and she is a daughter of the Listed (then) Blue Seal Stakes winner Rappa Tap Tap (Tap On Wood), who is also the dam of the Listed-placed Oriane (Nashwan; dam of the Gr.2 King Edward VII Stakes-third Barati) and also great-grandam of the Gr.1 Criterium International winner Zafisio (Efisio). Rappa Tap Tap was the first foal out of one of Meon Valley Stud’s celebrated foundation mare, Reprocolor (Jimmy Repin), winner of the Listed Pretty Polly Stakes, the Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial and the Gr.3 (now Gr.2) Lancashire Oaks. Reprocolor, who was awarded the TBA Broodmare of the Year prize in 1986, is also the dam of the Gr.1 Irish Oaks winner Colourspin (High Top), the Gr.1 Irish Champion Stakes winner Cezanne (Ajdal) and the dual Gr.3 winner Bella Colora (Bellypha). Face The Storm has a yearling filly by Kodiac. 2.05 BEVERLEY, 2YO MEDIAN AUCTION MAIDEN, 5F 1. CLOUDS REST (GB), 2f, Showcasing – Ahwahnee (Compton Place) O: Racegoers Club Owners Group, B: Whitsbury Manor Stud, T: Richard Fahey Distances: nse, 8l. 10 ran. Clouds Rest had finished runner-up on her debut at Nottingham last month and she justified favouritism to provide Whitsbury Manor Stud’s first season sire Showcasing his third individual winner. She made all the running and showed a good attitude to hold off the challenge of the James Tate-trained Free Entry (Approve). She is the first foal out of the twice-raced Compton Place mare Ahwahnee, who is a full-sister to the Gr.2 Flying Childers Stakes winner Godfrey Street and a half-sister to the Gr.1 Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp winner Gilt Edge Girl (Monsieur Bond). The second dam, Tahara (Caerleon), also ran just twice before injury curtailed her career and she is a half-sister to the Listed Trigo Stakes-third Tarwila (In The Wings). The EBN on Twitter - Follow us @bloodstocknews 13 EBN Tuesday, 6th May 2014 RACING REVIEW 4.15 WARWICK, EBF 3YO+ MAIDEN DIV I, 1M placed Tazahum (Redoute’s Choice). The second dam, the Nashwan mare Nasanice, a three-year-old winner, is a half-sister to the Listed Chalice Stakes winner Sahool (Unfuwain) and to the three-year-old winner Alikhlas (Lahib), who is the dam of the Listed Eyrefield Cest Notre Gris (Verglas) and grandam of last year’s DBS Premier Yearling Stakes winner and Gr.3 Prix d’Arenberg third Haikbidiac (Kodiac) and the Gr.2 Railway Stakes runner-up Alhaban (Verglas). The third dam is the dual winner Mathaayl (Shadeed). Saha has a two-year-old filly by Nayef, named Radhaadh, and a yearling colt by Tamayuz. She returned to New Approach last year. ebfstallions.com 1. SHARP VOLLEY (Ire), 3c, Shamardal – Policalle (Poliglote) O: Champion Bloodstock Ltd, B: Yves Elliott, T: Stuart Williams €48,000 Arqana Deauville August Yearling Sale by Agence FIPS consigned by Haras du Mezeray €42,000 2013 Arqana Summer Mixed Sale in private sale consigned by Prevost-Baratte Distances: 21⁄4l, 1⁄2l. 11 ran. IRELAND 2.00 CURRAGH, EBF 2YO CONDITIONS, 5F Sharp Volley (Shamardal) took the lead and ran on well to win readily on his debut. He is a full-brother to the useful dual winner Elasyaaf and a half-brother to the twoyear-old winner Nova Luz (Divine Light), out of the Poliglote mare Policalle, who was also a winner at two. Policalle is a half-sister to the Gr.3 Hessen-Pokal winner Lady Deauville (Fasilyev), the dual Japanese Listed winner and Gr.1 Japan Cup runner-up Fabulous La Fouine (Fabulous Dancer; dam of the Gr.2 Hanshin Daishoten winner Gustave Cry and grandam of the Giant Leap and Crack Seed, who have been Gr.2-placed and Listed-placed in Japan respectively). The second dam, the Gr.1 Prix du Cadran winner Mercalle (Kaldoun), is also the grandam of the Listed Ripon Champion 2yo Trophy winner Deauville Prince (Holy Roman Emperor). She is best of three winners and seven runners produced by the four-time scorer Eole Des Mers (Carvin II), a daughter of the Stakes-placed French jumper Deesse Des Mers (Neptune II). Policalle has a yearling colt by Manduro. ebfstallions.com 1. THE GREAT WAR (USA), 2c, War Front – Guide (Pulpit) 2nd dam Tour (Forty Niner) 3rd dam Fun Flight (Full Pocket) O: M Tabor, D Smith and Mrs J Magnier, B: Claiborne Farm, T: A P O’Brien $1,000,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale by Michael V Magnier consigned by Claiborne Farm 2. Bwana (Ire), 3. Intense Style (Ire) Distances: 3l, 2l. 6 ran. Pedigree: EBN2014-04-25 5.55 CURRAGH, 3YO+ MAIDEN, 6F 1. SEAS OF WELLS (Ire), 3f, Dansili – Kiyra Wells (Sadler’s Wells) O: C Tsui, B: Epona Bloostock & P Byrne, T: J Oxx 310,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by Sunderland Holding Inc Distances: ½l, 1½l. 14 ran. 4.50 WARWICK, EBF 3YO+ MAIDEN DIV II, 1M ebfstallions.com This was a winning debut for Sea Of Wells (Dansili), who quickened up smartly to seize control of the race heading towards the last furlong, before holding off the late charge of Chance To Dance (Teofilo). She is the first foal out of the winning Kiyra Wells (Sadler’s Wells), whose siblings are headed by Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes, the Gr.2 Queen Mary Stakes and the Listed Swordlestown Stud Stakes heroine Damson (Entrepreneur). At stud, she has gone on to produce the high class juvenile, Gr.2 Flying Childers Stakes victor and young sire Requinto (Dansili). The second dam, Tadkiyra (Darshaan), is also responsible for the Gr.3 Prestige Stakes heroine Geminiani (King Of Kings; dam of the Gr.3 Queen’s Vase runner-up Amerigo) amongst her five successful offspring. The third dam is the 1. MUNAASER (GB), 3c, New Approach – Safwa (Green Desert) O: Hamdan Al Maktoum, B: Shadwell Estate Company Limited, T: Sir Michael Stoute Distances: 5l, 1⁄2l. 10 ran. Munaaser (New Approach), who had finished fifth on soft ground at Pontefract on his reappearance, justified the promise of his sole two-year-old start at Yarmouth last September to get off the mark at the third attempt. He is the second foal and first winner out of the Green Desert mare Safwa, a winner as a three-year-old. Safwa is a halfsister to the dual Gr.2 Hardwicke Stakes winner Maraahel (Alzao), who was also multiply Gr.1 placed, including when runner-up in the Gr.1 Juddmonte International, and the Gr.3 Prestige Stakes-third Huja (Alzao), who is the dam of the Listed Heron Stakes winner and dual Gr.3- LOOK THROUGH EBN’s BACK ISSUES 14 EBN Tuesday, 6th May 2014 RACING REVIEW unraced Tremogia (Silver Shark) and she is the dam of the Gr.3 Prix Messidor scorer Tassmoun (Kalamoun), the Italian Gr.3 winner Tashkourgan (Shardari), the Listed performer Tarikhana (Mouktar; dam of the Gr.1 Prix du Cadran victor and sire Tiraaz) and the dual Listed winner Talaja (Kalamoun; dam of the Gr.3-winning Tiangar and the Listed-winning Tabouskan). Tremogia is also the dam of the Gr.3 Princess Royal Stakes victrix Tashtiya (Shergar; dam of the Gr.3-placed Tashiriya and grandam of the Gr.3 winner Tashelka and the Gr.1-placed Tashkandi). The family also contains the Gr.1 Prix Morny scorer and first seasion sire Arcano (Oasis Dream), the Gr.3 Norfolk Stakes winner and sire Blue Dakota (Namid), the Gr.1 Moyglare Stakes-second Tarwiya (Dominion), the Gr.2 Flying Childers Stakes victor Godfrey Street (Compton Place), the Gr.2 Prix de la Nonette heroine Tasaday (Nayef) and the Listed Chesham Stakes winner Big Audio (Oratorio). See also 2.05 Beverley Kiyra Wells has a yearling filly by Fastnet Rock. winner Hasanaiya and the Gr.3 (then) Beresford Stakes runner-up Hanzanar, and the third dam of the sires Misu Bond and Air Chief Marshal). Zalia has yearling filly named Dame De Sang (Vision D’Etat). BR GERMANY 1.30 (BST) COLOGNE, 3YOF MAIDEN, 1850M 1. WUNDER (Ger), 3f, Adlerflug – Wonderful World (Dashing Blade) O/B: Gestut Gorlsdorf, T: M Klug Distances: 11⁄4l, 13⁄4l. 7 ran. Wunder (Adlerflug) belied her inexperience and put up an impressive performance to collar Feodora (Lord Of England), who has been placed at Listed and Group level in her juvenile career, on her debut. She is the sixth winner from as many foals for her dam, the multiple winner Wonderful World (Dashing Blade), whose best to date has been the Gr3 Prix de Seine-et-Oise placed Advanced (Night Shift). The second dam is Wonderful Lady (Surumu), runner-up in the Gr.2 German 1000 Guineas and the dam of the Listed winning trio Winning Dash, Wonder Of Dashing and Wonderful Dreams (all by Dashing Blade). The first named was also placed a number of times in Group contests and was crowned Co-Champion Three-Year-Old in Italy, while Wonderful Dreams is the dam of the Listed-placed Wonderful Day (Kahyasi). The third dam is the Listed Valentin Seibert Memorial runnerup Waruschka (Experte). Wonderful World has a two-year-old colt and colt foal, both by Areion. TINA RAU FRANCE 12.15 MAISONS-LAFFITTE, 3YO COND, 2000M, 1. BELLO MATTEO (Fr), 3c, Montmartre – Lidawar (Sendawar) O/B: Rocco Stasi, T: Romain Le Gal Distances: 9l, shd. 13 ran. Bello Matteo (Montmartre) proved well suited by the step up in trip to ten furlongs and surged clear in the straight to win by a wide margin on his fourth start. He is a half-brother to Clare De Lune (Bleu D’Altair), who has won five races, out of the unraced Lidawar (Sendawar), who is a halfsister to the Listed Prix Herod winner Pride Dancer (Fasliyev) and Listed-placed Luriyya (Valanour). Their dam Liwana (Rainbow Quest) is out of the Gr.3 Prix Minerve victrix Linnga (Shardari) and this is the female line as the Gr.1 winners Linngari, Acamas, Akiyda and Akarad. Lidawar has two-year-old filly by Le Havre, named La Divinandra. BR German Racing Review Click here to view and hear this race with English commentary. 2.30 (BST) COLOGNE, 3YO MAIDEN, 2400M 1. SIRIUS (Ger), 3c, Dashing Blade – Saratina (Monsun) O: Stall Molenhof, B: Gestut Etzean, T: A Lowe €15,000 BBAG September Yearling Sale by Stall Molenhof Distances: 3l, 11⁄2l, 8 ran. 4.10 (BST) MARSEILLE-BORELY, 2YO MDN, 1100M, 1. EVASIVE’S FIRST (Fr), 2c, Evasive – Zalia (Oasis Dream) O: Jean-Claude Seroul, B: Haras de Grandcamp, T: Frederic Rossi €24,000 Osarus September Yearling Sale by F Rossi Distance: 4l, dht. 8 ran Unplaced on debut, the penny dropped for Sirius (Dashing Blade) at the second time of asking and he won in fine style. He is a half-brother to Saratino (Lord Of England), runner-up in the Gr.3 Deutsches St Leger last year and is the second winner from as many foals for his dam, Saratina (Monsun). She won three races and is one of several winners out of her dam, the winning Sevgi (Waky Nao). The third dam is Listed Rudolf Oetker Rennen victrix Shona (Windwurf), who has excelled as a broodmare, being the dam of Listed winner and Gr.2 Premio Primi Passi runner-up Sommernacht (Monsun) and the Listed-placed Serafino (Alzao). She is also the grandam of a number of high-class performers, including the evergreen multiple Group winner Sommerabend (Shamardal) and his half-siblings, the Group winner Sommertag and Listed victor Sinnerman (both by Tiger Hill), as well as of the Listed winning pair Skythe The apty-named Evasive’s First was runner-up on his debut a amonth ago at the same track, before winning easily on his reappearance to become the first winner by first season sire Evasive. The winner is the first foal out of the placed Zalia (Oasis Dream), who is a half-sister to the German winner and Gr.3-placed Hashbrown (Big Shuffle). Their winning and Listed-placed dam Haraplata (Platini) is a half-sister to the Listed Finale Stakes victrix Jane Austen (Galileo) and her Listed-placed full-sister Acapulco. They are out of the unraced Harasava (Darshaan), whose siblings include the Stakes-placed Harawi (Akarad). The fourth dam, Haratiyna (Top Ville), is a half-sister to the Gr.1 (then) Derby Italiano and sire winner Houmayoun (Shernazar) and the dual Listed winner Hanzala (Akarad; dam of the Listed Trigo Stakes 15 EBN Tuesday, 6th May 2014 RACING REVIEW • FIRST CROP SIRE MAIDENS • FIRST SEASON SIRE FOCUS LORD SHANAKILL (Spectrum) and Servenya (Dashing Blade), and the Gr.1 Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes hero Sanagas (Lomitas) and the Gr.3 winner and Gr.2 German 1,000 Guineas runner-up Cherry Danon (Rock Of Gibraltar). Saratina has a two-year-old filly, named Strawberry, a yearling colt and a filly foal, all of whom are by Lord Of England. TINA RAU Lord Fabren (Ire), 2c, ex Dubai Diamond (Octagonal) 3.10 (BST) Capannelle, c&g maiden, 1200m SHAWEEL Super Gallons (Ity), 2c, ex Silvaris (Wixim) 3.10 (BST) Capannelle, c&g maiden, 1200m VALE OF YORK German Racing Review Spotage (Ity), 2c, ex Virgin Hawk (Silver Hawk) 3.10 (BST) Capannelle, c&g maiden, 1200m Click here to view and hear this race with English commentary. Millar Rose (Ire), 2f, ex Barbera (Night Shift) 6.00 Catterick, maiden auction, 5f Olivia Fallow (Ire), 2f ex Spinning Maid (Forestry) 6.00 Catterick, maiden auction, 5f Fir st Cr op Sir e Maiden s ZEBEDEE APPROVE Only For Revenge (Ire), 2f, ex Imdina (Soviet Star) 2.00 (BST) Capannelle, fillies’ maiden, 1200m Appleberry (Ire), 2f, ex Passage To India (Indian Ridge) 6.00 Catterick, maiden auction, 5f Rasha (Ire), 2f, ex Sonny Sunshine (Royal Applause) 2.10 Kempton Park, EBF maiden, 5f DESERT PARTY Magic Time (Ire), 2f, ex Louvolite (Fayruz) 6.00 Catterick, maiden auction, 5f Unlashthekraken (USA), 2c, ex Honeypenny (Royal Academy) 3.10 (BST) Capannelle, c&g maiden, 1200m Copyright European Bloodstock News This news sheet may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically or mechanical, without the prior consent of the copyright owner, Thoroughbred Advertising GLADIATORUS Sharleen (Ity), 2f, ex Sheryha (Dane Friendly) 2.00 (BST) Capannelle, fillies’ maiden, 1200m ALFRED NOBEL TWO-YEAR-OLDS Name Dam (Broodmare Sire) Trainer Sale Price C Ferland €12,000 Ayacucho b.c (Fr) Akazie (Tiger Hill) Madame Nobel b.f (Ire) Altogether (King’s Best) Peace Prize b.f (Ire) Applaud (Rahy) b.f (Ire) A Rose In The Sun (Dubai Destination) b.c (Ire) Ashirah (Housebuster) b.f (Ire) Breach of Peace (Royal Academy) b.c (Ire) Cafe Creme (Catrail) b.c (GB) Carte D’Oro (Medaglia D’Oro) b.c (Ire) Colour Coordinated (Spectrum) b.f (Ire) Colourpoint (Forest Wildcat) b.c (Ire) Common Rumpus (Common Grounds) b.f (Ire) Diagon Alley (Cadeaux Genereux) in Italy Bridge Aletta b.f (Ire) Dramatic Entry (Persian Bold) in Italy €4,500 Sheila Rose b.f (Ire) Fantastic Belle (Night Shift) J S Moore *€7,500/€20,000 b.f (Ire) Fashion Guide (Bluebird) Ann Duffield *6,000gns/18,000gns b.c (Ire) Golden Shine (Royal Applause) K R Burke 15,500gns b.f (Ire) Halomix (Linamix) b.c (Ire) Harry’s Irish Rose (Sir Harry Lewis) b.c (Ire) Hazarama (Kahyasi) Bridge Ares b.c (Ire) Hurforharmony (Orpen) Diracan b.f (Ire) Ikan (Sri Pekan) Ever Pheasant b.c (Ire) Indian Bounty (Indian Ridge) Lethal Legacy Arthur MartinLeake €4,000 Hugo Palmer *20,000gns/£30,000 *€19,000/33,000gns €900 Richard Hannon *€65,000/€39,000 1,800gns/Gor144 €10,000 Derek Shaw €10,000 Ralph Beckett 37,000gns €800 €2,500 Arthur Moore *€19,000/£5,000 & €11,500 16 in Italy €2,000 Nick Littmoden £28,000 J S Moore *€15,500/14,000gns EBN Tuesday, 6th May 2014 FIRST SEASON SIRE FOCUS ALFRED NOBEL TWO-YEAR-OLDS Name Chetan Dam (Broodmare Sire) b.c (Ire) Island Home (Act One) b.c (GB) Island Music (Mujahid) b.f (Ire) King’s Vintage (King’s Best) b.c (Ire) Lady of The Inn (Hamas) br.f (Ire) Langaragh (Langfuhr) b.f (Ire) Lilakiya (Dr Fong) b.g (Ire) Lintera (Night Shift) b.c (GB) Lisa La Fleur (Alkalde) Sale Price Milton Bradley £9,000 & £4,000 €2,000/Gor141 Gor4 *€10,000/€8,000 Kevin Ryan b.f (Ire) Liseraw Lass (Grand Lodge) San Marcos b.c (Ire) Maclura (Observatory) Explosive Lady br.f (Ire) My Girl Lisa (With Approval) b.f (Ire) Parade Scene (Parade Ground) b.f (Fr) Pascarina (Exit To Nowhere) Saariselka Trainer *€8,000/£12,000 *3,800gns €2,800 & €3,500 in Italy €10,000 K R Burke €15,000 in Spain b.c (Ire) Profound Emotion (Mark of Esteem) b.c (Ire) Ragtime Blues (Grand Lodge) br.c (Ire) Raheefa’s Mix (Linamix) b.c (Ire) Sandbox Two (Foxhound) b.f (Ger) Secrets (Anabaa) b.c (Ire) Shaanbar (Darshaan) Aimee gr.f (Ire) Silverdreammachine (Marju) Simbel b.f (Ire) Simla Bibi (Indian Ridge) b.f (Ire) Siwaara (Peintre Celebre) b.f (Ire) Skerries (Dr Fong) br.f (Ire) Slasl (Dubawi) in Turkey Inside Centre b.c (Ire) Stravinskaya (Stravinsky) E O’Neill *€7,200 Bread b.c (GB) Sweet Power (Pivotal) Garry Moss *6,000gns/€19,000 Bangers *€20,000/€14,000 €8,250 Tom Dascombe *€24,000/€60,000 *€4,000 Mlle B Renk €10,000 *7,000gns/€30,000 €3,000 €3,600/Gor22 Talkin Kate (Talkin Man) b.c (Ire) Ten Spot (Intikhab) Little Bit Faster b.c (Ire) Ting A Greeley (Mr Greeley) Honeysuckle Lil b.f (Ire) Twinberry (Tagula) b.f (Ire) Tylery Eile (Touch of The Blues) b.c (Ire) Van de Cappelle (Pivotal) b.c (Ire) Vermicelli (Mujadil) b.f (Ire) Victory Again (Victory Note) b.f (Ire) Westlife (Mind Games) b.c (Ire) Yaky Romani (Victory Note) Birkdale Boy in Germany €3,500 & €10,000 b.f (Ire) Vegas Rebel *€12,000/£7,000 *€5,000/€8,000/TG111 in Italy €12,000 Tim Easterby €7,000 €3,000 Peter Chapple-Hyam *€7,000/£20,000 *7,500gns/€7,000 €1,600 Richard Fahey *22,000gns/£16,000 (58) * = foal sales italics = two-year-old sales: Tattersalls Guineas 1–2 May; Goresbridge 23 May 50 sold/bought in as yearlings for a top price €60,000, average 10,590gns/€13,678 and median 7,742gns/€10,000. 17