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STORE BUYERS KEEP THE FAITH AT BELATED SALEStore-horse vendors were given another belated chance to clear stock when Goffs UK staged day one of its COVID-19-created Summer Sale in Doncaster, writes Carl Evans.

For some it was day two because at the same venue on Monday afternoon some 65 stores had gone under the hammer – they had been rerouted to Doncaster from Ireland’s Derby and Land Rover Sales to avoid isolating challenges for British vendors – and there are more unbroken jumpers to come today when Goffs UK’s August stores are given their chance in the ring. They will be followed by a collection of pointers and horses-in-training.

Yesterday’s trade was short of startling results but long on solid trading. Turnover of £3,535,000 was down 25 per cent, although 33 fewer lots were offered. Pleasingly the other key figures were more than reasonable given the certainty of a post-pandemic

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downturn in the economy, with the average falling just eight per cent to £24,379, while the median dipped five per cent to £20,000. The day’s clearance rate dropped four points to 75 per cent, while the top price was shared by a pair of horses who made £80,000.

No one can be sure of the economic outcome that will unfold over the next couple of years, but the sense that racing professionals and their patrons retain a sense of positivity was evident once again.

Goffs UK’s managing director Tim Kent said: “Selling National Hunt Stores at the end of July was not something that we would have predicted when we were inspecting the horses for today’s sale, and the widely-publicised events that have led to this week’s sale schedule have been a challenge for all attendees, but the wait has been worthwhile and we are delighted with today’s trade.

“Yesterday’s session was the perfect way to start the store sales season and set the tone for today, which has returned as vibrant a trade as we could have hoped for at the start of the week. We are grateful to all participants for their patience and understanding in the build-up to this sale and we wish all buyers the best of luck with their new purchases. But the real praise is reserved for the vendors, who have worked with us to ensure that this revised schedule has delivered results that are more than acceptable given the delays that everyone had to endure.

“Our focus now turns to the Land Rover Sale in just over two weeks’ time and which features an excellent selection of top-class National Hunt Stores.”

DIAMOND SPARKLES ON TWO LISTSA handsome gelding who paid a compliment to his sire and dam and also to the Bleahen family’s Lakefield Farm is heading to Gloucestershire after being bought by Willie Twiston-Davies.

His bid of £80,000 secured Boy Adely (Lot 25), a son of Kilbarry Lodge Stud sire Diamond Boy and the Bering mare Adelyta, who was a winner in France and whose half-brother Monsieur Lecoq was a very smart hurdler for Devon trainers Nick and Jane Williams. Adelyta’s three-year-old gelded son had been bought by Hugh Bleahen as a foal in France, having been conceived at Haras de la Croix Sonnet in the year before his sire moved to his current County Waterford base in Ireland.

Twiston-Davies said Boy Adely would be joining his father Nigel’s Naunton stables and Bleahen commented: “He’s been an

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He added: “Ian and I drew up a couple of lists and this horse was on both of them. He’s a very good-looking horse with a great walk and he’s a great stamp with a lot of quality.

“He’ll come back to my yard, which is about half a mile from dad’s, to be broken in and we’ll take it from there. He’s a proper staying chaser for the future.”

Glamorgan trainer Evan Williams had to accept the also-ran label on this horse, but he availed himself of another Lakefield Farm offering when securing a son of Sageburg (Lot 61) with a bid of £60,000.

This March foal was produced by the Busy Flight mare Carleys Flight, a half-sister to the tough and talented chaser Bless The Wings.

OP FAMILY APPEALS TO BROOKHOUSEMichael Moore of Ballincurrig House Stud was busy as a buyer and seller during Monday’s short-session of stores and he was ubiquitous again yesterday.

Consigning a son of Soldier Of Fortune (Lot 26), Moore looked on as an £80,000 bid resulted in the hammer falling in the direction of Shaun Brookhouse, who headed interest from underbidder David Phelan. Brookhouse was acting for his father, Roger, a well-known racehorse owner who is based in the West Midlands.

exceptional mover from the word go, but I’m so pleased he’s going to a terrific trainer who has bought a few good horses from me over the years. Thanks also to Evan Williams who was underbidder – it’s great to have people like that involved.”

In Twiston-Davies Jr’s case the no.1 person for advice on the gelding was not his father, but Northern Ireland’s Ian Ferguson, a former trainer of pointers who is now concentrating on buying and selling horses for a select group of customers. Yesterday he and Twiston-Davies were working in tandem, and Willie said of his mentor: “Ian’s a genius.”

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Coleman said of the filly: “The plan is to send her to Michael Moore’s Ballincurrig House Stud and to give her a bit of time to mature. I think she’ll benefit from that because she’s quite light-framed, but she is extremely athletic. She has a wonderful temperament and is a filly to race and then breed.

“I did quite a bit of research on her and found out she was broken in by [Yorkshire-based] Tony Ross, whom I know well, and he said he liked her. The dam was good and her other offspring include Schiaparannie, who ran well in the Aintree bumper, and Prince Kayf, who won a novice hurdle last year, so the dam is producing racehorses.

“They don’t make Midnight Legends anymore and this was one of the final chances to get one of his unraced fillies.”

Midnight Legend may be in horse heaven, having been put down after suffering colic in 2016, but the dream lives on for David and Kathleen Holmes who stood him at Pitchall Farm Stud and kept one of his final-crop colts in a bid to produce a stallion son. Named Midnights Legacy, he has now won his three latest starts for trainer Alan King.

For the Makins, who live near Selby in Yorkshire, the dream of producing further siblings to the Midnight Legend filly is over,

Also present was Tom George, the Gloucestershire trainer who was familiar with the pedigree page, for it contained under second dam Afarka the name of Black Op, whom he has trained to become a Gr.1 winner over hurdles and a progressive chaser currently rated 152 by the BHA.

George, who trains Black Op for Brookhouse, said: “We know the page well and this is a lovely individual who was checked over by the vets and is in good shape. He’ll be broken in and will go back to Roger’s for a break, but he’s one for the future.”

With racing enduring the straitjacket of staging meetings under strict protocols and fears of economic strangulation around the corner, the hobby of racehorse owning is clearly up for discussion, but George said: “We have to keep going. It’s going to be tougher, but I’ve got to buy some young horses to keep the ball rolling and there should be some good value around.”

Other members of the Ballincurrig House Stud consignment included a son of Doyen (Lot 48) who was led up by Sarah Rohan, whose mother, Josie, founded the sales side of the stud’s business.

Lambourn-based trainer Jamie Snowden and agent Tom Malone teamed up to buy the gelding with a bid of £62,000. Their purchase was a grandson of the Champion Hurdle-winning mare Flakey Dove.

Moore’s brother-in-law, Richard Rohan, had bought the gelding as a young yearling for €26,000 in 2018 and formed a partnership with Fiona Magee, one that yielded a useful profit yesterday.

COLEMAN FINDS ANSWER TO LEGEND SHORTAGEOne of the last unraced fillies from the final crop of Midnight Legend (Lot 35) – and the only horse by her sire in the catalogue – had all the qualities needed to make a top-ten placing at yesterday’s session.

Consigned from Ian and Kathryn Hutchinson’s Battlefield Stud on behalf of breeders Reg and Jane Makin, she duly made £70,000 to an offer from agent Matt Coleman. He revealed he was acting for Philippa Cooper, well known as a breeder of Flat horses through her Normandie Stud, but taking an interest in the jumping game, too. Her husband, Nicholas, has owned a number of useful jumpers and currently has horses in training with Harry Fry.

Jane and Reg Makin, who bred and sold a Midnight Legend filly (Lot 35) to Matt Coleman for £70,000. (Ce)

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MURPHY CAN’T RESIST SADDLER MAKERThose hardy pinhookers who race their stock through the bottom of winter in the point-to-point fields of Britain and Ireland were out in force, still in buying mode despite the uncertainties of a pandemic world.

Among them was Ireland’s champion trainer Colin Bowe and Denis Murphy, County Wexford men who occasionally buy in partnership, and were back at the well despite having a plethora of young horses they were unable to race and sell in the spring. Among Murphy’s purchases yesterday was a Moanmore Stables-consigned, French-bred son of Saddler Maker (Lot 189) named Hey Joe De Kerser, who was sold for 48,000gns and should be in action early in his four-year-old season.

“Horses bred in France usually do,” said Murphy when asked if the gelding would be ready to race in the New Year. “The sire is very good and this one had plenty of quality.”

Asked if he would be treading carefully when considering further store purchases, Murphy smiled and said: “We say we’re going to be cautious, but we rarely are. We’re like kids in a sweet shop.”

Proof that the wheel of fortune can be fickle could be seen in a Sholokhov gelding (Lot 222), who was bred by Anne Marie Ryan and consigned yesterday by Pa Doyle’s Galbertstown Stud. A June foal, he was produced by the Definite Article mare So You Said.

Twelve months ago a full-brother was offered in the same ring by the same owner and consignor and was led out unsold at £19,000. Now named Pilgrims King, he is unraced.

Yesterday his younger sibling made a handsome £60,000 when knocked down to bloodstock agent Ryan Mahon.

because her dam, 20-year-old Annie’s Answer (Flemensfirth) has finished her breeding career. Her final foal, a Jack Hobbs filly, was sold as a yearling for £10,000 at Doncaster in January.

Ian Hutchinson said: “The mare lives with the owners and we just prepped her filly, who has been very easy to deal with and achieved a wonderful result. It exceeded my expectations. It’s a great result for everybody.

“As always when things get tough there is money for a nice horse and we had the right article. She’s a collector’s item coming from the final crop of Midnight Legend, and I just hope she goes on and does well for the new owner.”

Battlefield Stud was created by the Hutchinsons near Malton some 20 years ago, and while it predominantly works with Flat horses, the Hutchinsons turn their hand to jumping stock when offered.

Another filly with a racing and breeding agenda was a daughter of Walk In The Park (Lot 174) who was sold to John Kilbride with a bid of £54,000. Being a daughter of the mare Nuit Des Chartreux (Villez) – whose foals include the black-type jumpers Gala Ball and August Hill, and who was a sister to top-class chaser Voy Por Ustedes – gave Kilbride’s purchase the profile of a jumping broodmare, but she can add to the family’s laurels on the racecourse.

The buyer said: “She’s a filly to race and become a broodmare in time. She’ll go to Mick Channon. The page is a stand-out and, while we tried our luck on a few other fillies, we decided to go the extra mile for this one.”

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the final furlong, a gap opened and Stradivarius dug deep to storm through and hit the front, striding to a memorable victory. Nayef Road took a well-deserved second, with a gap of a length and a quarter back to Santiago in third, in receipt of plenty of weight from his older rivals.

Stradivarius has now won 16 of his 22 starts, seven at the highest level. Having failed to find a buyer at 330,000gns when offered at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, he has now earned over £2.8m in prize money, in addition to landing two successive Weatherbys Hamilton Stayers’ Million bonuses. In the aftermath of yesterday’s race, his trainer John Gosden indicated that the Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is now the target as the next chapter in an extraordinary career, where he will of course have to face his stablemate Enable.

Dettori told reporters: “Obviously, Santiago was the one that I feared most. Although I was boxed in for a furlong, once I got out he has just got too many gears. I was surprised by the way the race panned out; I didn’t expect the Goodwood Cup to become a two-furlong sprint. I thought Nayef Road would go a good gallop and I thought Santiago would wind it up from three and a half and make me work, and make me carry that weight, but he didn’t.

“His greatest weapon is his turn of foot; I don’t remember a stayer with a turn of foot like his. OK, he won the Gold Cup [at Ascot] by ten lengths, but he always wins by a short margin; he passes them and he thinks he has done enough, so I think a combination of that and his class; he’s small but he is all heart.

“This was his biggest test; he was taking on a Derby winner in Santiago and giving him 15lb. It is pretty good going.”

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DEAUVILLE SELECT SALE CATALOGUE RELEASEDArqana has catalogued 492 yearlings for the Deauville Select sale, which takes place from 24th-26th September, with the catalogue available to view online.

The three-day auction gets underway at 2pm local time on Thursday, 24th September with the opening Part I session, which continues from 2pm the following day. Part II will take place on Saturday, 26th.

The sale may be delayed from its usual August timeslot but there is no diminishing in quality, with no fewer than 22 siblings to Gr.1 winners on offer. Among them are a full-sister to the outstanding Magic Wand (Galileo), offered as Lot 199; Dubawi half-sister to the multiple Gr.1 winners Sottsass and Sistercharlie (Lot 251); an Almanzor half-brother to the top US mare Uni (Lot 274); Lot 277, a Gleneagles half-brother to this year’s Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches heroine Dream And Do; and an Elvstroem half-sister to the Gr.1 Coronation Stakes heroine Watch Me (Lot 286) among a host of other eye-catching pedigrees.

Among the first crop sires represented are such as Almanzor, Arrogate, Caravaggio, Churchill, Highland Reel, Postponed, Profitable, Ribchester, The Grey Gatsby and Zarak, as well as leading sires such as Dark Angel, Dubawi, Frankel, Galileo, Invincible Spirit, Kingman, Kodiac, Lope De Vega, Sea The Moon, Sea The Stars, Siyouni and Wootton Bassett.

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STRADIVARIUS REWRITES HISTORY BOOKSHistory was made, but rarely has Stradivarius been made to work so hard for a victory as yesterday, on the opening day of Glorious Goodwood.

The six-year-old son of Sea The Stars must rate as one of the best stayers of the modern era and in winning his fourth Gr.1 Goodwood Cup he has earned the right to stand alongside the greatest stayers of all time. His three previous victories in the 2m test have rarely come by wide margins – his defeat of Big Orange by a length and three quarters in 2017 was the furthest and there was only a neck between him and Dee Ex Bee last year. On those three previous occasions, however, Bjorn Nielsen’s homebred star has not caused such a sky-rocket in the pulse of his supporters as he did in winning by a length yesterday.

The redoubtable Nayef Road (Galileo), who had finished runner-up to Stradivarius by ten lengths at Royal Ascot last month, set out to make all, quickly opening a comfortable lead on the Gr.1 Irish Derby victor Santiago (Authorized), with Who Dares Wins (Jeremy) travelling in third. Stradivarius strode along in fourth, looking perfectly comfortable under Frankie Dettori and, indeed, alarm bells did not begin to ring until the home straight, where Nayef Road kicked on again and the hot favourite found himself woefully short of room as Eagles By Day (Sea The Stars) also set sail for home, with Spanish Mission (Noble Mission) closing with ominous ease on the outside. Inside

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powerful horse and very genuine, and that’s the way his dam was as well. We think he will be a miler, probably. He is a strong traveller, but he is by War Front, and being out of Found we thought he might get a mile and that is what we would be hoping for.”

Bred by Orpendale, Chelston and Wynatt, Battleground is the first foal out of the champion mare Found, whose three top-level triumphs included the Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Turf and the Gr.1 Prix Marcel Boussac. Out of another star mare in Red Evie (Intikhab), she is a full-sister to the high-class duo Magical Dream and Best In The World.

BATTLEGROUND PLANTS FLAG IN VINTAGE STAKESIf ever a horse was bred for glory it is Battleground, and the son of War Front and the outstanding Found duly continued his campaign yesterday with an impressive victory in the Gr.2 Vintage Stakes.

Aidan O’Brien’s charge was only fifth on debut at Naas in June but left that defeat far behind him with success in the Listed Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot next time out. In yesterday’s 6f contest, Ryan Moore covered up his mount towards the rear of the ten runners as King Zain (Kingman) set the pace, pursued by Thunder Of Niagara (Night Of Thunder), with Devious Company (Fast Company) also in close order. With three furlongs to go, Moore pulled Battleground out around runners to launch his challenge and, as Devious Company went to the head of affairs two furlongs out, the strapping colt had his every move covered and asserted just inside the final furlong, striding clear to score by two lengths. Devious Company took second, with Youth Spirit (Camelot) staying on well for third, a length and a quarter behind the runner-up.

After the race, O’Brien commented: “Obviously all the two-year-olds got a little bit messed up with the start of the season not being there, and then we had to rush some of them to get them to Ascot. A lot of stuff wasn’t ideal, but he was lovely. It is very early for horses yet; an awful lot will come out, and some will improve, some will stand still and some will go back. But we are delighted with this horse.

“We think his next run will be the National Stakes, everything being well, but he is a horse we have always loved. He is a big,

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runner-up in the Gr.1 Prix Jean Prat behind his paternal half-brother Too Darn Hot and third in the Gr.1 Prix Maurice de Gheest to Advertise. He is a half-brother to the multiple Group winner Shuruq (Elusive Quality), out of the Gr.2 Challenge Stakes winner Miss Lucifer (Noverre), from the family of the Gr.1 1,000 Guineas heroine Virginia Waters (Kingmambo), the top-class In The Wings (Sadler’s Wells), Gr.1 Derby winner High-Rise (High Estate) and his own outstanding sire Dubawi (Dubai Millennium).

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CHAMPERS ELYSEES ROMPS TO CORRIB FILLIES STAKES VICTORYThe Listed Irish EBF Corrib Fillies Stakes for three-year-old and over fillies and mares over seven furlongs was the feature race at Galway yesterday and it was won in tremendous style by Champers Elysees from the red-hot Johnny Murtagh stable.

The daughter of Elzaam showed good early speed to race prominently, but Inhale (Bated Breath) soon went on and maintained the strong gallop, with Galtee Mist (Gale Force Ten) and Mid Winster (Burwaaz) tracking and Champers Elysees just settling behind them. As Inhale kicked on approaching the turn, Ben Coen sent Champers Elysees after the leader and the filly picked up immediately, closing her down in a matter of strides and hitting the front before they were out of the turn. After it she ran on strongly to score unchallenged by seven lengths from the staying on Auxilia (Free Eagle), who was a half a length ahead of A New Dawn (Zoffany).

Champers Elysees had taken four starts to get off the mark last year and was second in a Naas handicap over six furlongs on her fifth and final outing of the campaign. Stepped back up to seven furlongs, the distance at which she started her career, for a Curragh handicap on her season reappearance, she won that by half a length with Danny Sheehy taking five pounds off her back, and this represents a big step forward.

Bred by Karl Bowen, she was pinhooked from the Tattersalls Ireland November Flat Foal Sale before being bought by her trainer from Part II of the sale company’s September Yearling Sale. She is the third winner out of the Mark Of Esteem mare La Cuvee, who is a half-sister to the Italian Gr.3 winner She Bat (Batshoof), the dam of three Stakes winners, out of the Gr.3 (then) Goldene Peitsche winner Premiere Cuvee (Formidable).

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DAY TWO GIVES MARKET INDICATIONWith Monday’s opening session of the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale delivering impressive but perhaps distorted numbers, yesterday’s second helping gave a better indication of the true state of a confusing market, writes Glen Latham.

Whereas Monday was for the fillies and mares off the track, yesterday was the first of two sessions for broodmares and, as is the norm, trade at the top end was strong, a full sister to exciting sire Pierro fetching over A$1m and five mares making A$500,000

SPACE BLUES LANDS BIGGEST CAREER SUCCESSSpace Blues continued his march up the ranks yesterday at Goodwood, recording the biggest success of his career to date with a stylish victory in the Gr.2 Lennox Stakes.

The four-year-old son of Dubawi showed plenty of talent when twice Gr.1-placed last year and he returned to the fray this year with success in the Listed Spring Trophy at Haydock last month, before adding the Gr.3 Prix de la Porte Maillot to his tally at Longchamp three weeks later.

Godolphin’s homebred four-year-old travelled in mid-division over 7f yesterday as Marie’s Diamond (Footstepsinthesand) set the pace, with Glorious Journey (Dubawi) racing almost upsides. Having broken towards the rear, Pierre Lapin (Cappella Sansevero) was hustled up to sit just behind the leaders, with Safe Voyage (Fast Company) also close up on the inner. With a couple of furlongs to go, William Buick asked Space Blues for his effort and the four-year-old responded instantly, storming down the outside to take the lead with two furlongs to go and staying on well to triumph by two lengths. Duke Of Hazzard (Lope De Vega) showed plenty of pace in the closing stages to finish second, half a length in front of Escobar (Famous Name). Sir Dancealot (Sir Prancealot), seeking a hat-trick in the contest, could manage only fifth in this year’s renewal.

Reflecting on the win, Appleby said that the Gr.1 Prix Maurice de Gheest in 12 days time was a likely target for the colt, adding: “I was delighted with Space Blues. He got a nice clean run round there. There was plenty of pace on and William was keen to keep it simple with him and he did. When he came into the straight, I was always confident he was going to pick up. It was a good performance.

“He is a stronger horse this year, he is a great traveller and has that gear change. Coming back to 6f in Dubai was a challenge I gave him off the back of a break and there is no doubt about it that, since coming back to Europe, he has been a better horse. He is a 7f specialist, it has been proven on paper and I am not going to try and swerve away from that. Obviously, you have the [Gr.1 Prix de la] Forêt as a potential race as well.”

Winner of the Listed Surrey Stakes last year, Space Blues was beaten a head in the Gr.3 Jersey Stakes, before going on to finish

Space Blues (Dubawi) stretched his unbeaten streak to three in winning yesterday’s Gr.2 Lennox Stakes. © Alan Crowhurst

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the gross down nearly A$15m to just under A$40m and, after a solid start, the median sits at A$60,000 against $70,000 12 months ago.

The star of the day was Lot 384 from the Godolphin draft. About to turn five on Saturday, the unraced Right Chord took to the stage carrying both a late October cover by the evergreen Exceed And Excel and a great amount of expectation. On the latter point she didn’t disappoint, eventually falling to a bid of A$1,050,000 from agent James Harron.

Right Chord is the seventh foal, and fifth by former Champion sire Lonhro, out of the Irish-bred Miss Right Note, a daughter of Daylami and a winner at both Chantilly and Randwick. That Lonhro was chosen as an early partner was almost certainly triggered by the success of her half-brother, the Gr.1 Prix d’Ispahan and Gr.1 (then) Gran Premio Jockey Club Italiano winner Laverock who is by Lonhro’s sire Octagonal. After her maiden mating produced the very dour Thunder Set, Miss Right Note went to Lonhro and the result was the handsome colt Pierro.

Pierro was an outstanding racehorse whose deeds on the track have possibly been overshadowed by the subsequent ‘Winx effect’. He won all six starts as a juvenile, including the two-year-old Gr.1 Triple Crown of the Golden Slipper, ATC Sires Produce and Champagne Stakes. He was runner up in the Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas and at his following start finished third in the nation’s weight-for-age championship, the Gr.1 W S Cox Plate, a race where three-year-olds rarely tread, let alone are competitive. Now he is doing the job at stud and with just four crops of racing age he will finish either second or third, late results depending, on the General Sires Table when the season finishes on Friday and he already has six Gr.1 winners on the board.

Not that Pierro was the only good horse Miss Right Note has dropped. A later mating to Street Cry produced Ambience, who took the Gr.2 Wakeful Stakes at Flemington five days before she ran third in the Gr.1 VRC Oaks. The following autumn she was beaten a half length into second in the Gr.1 ATC Australian Oaks before filling the same position in the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks six weeks later. For the last three breeding seasons Ambience has been covered by Lonhro.

A delighted Harron said after signing off on Right Chord: “She’s a very exciting mare and she’s obviously quite a rare commodity with Pierro kicking so many goals for a young stallion, so she was a must-have and, once we saw her, we fell in love with her. I’ve been lucky to be quite closely associated with Pierro through the Kolivos family

or better. But there certainly was a disconnect between some vendors and the buying bench brought on by the number of mares offered “in absentia”, with overall only 65 per cent of the 225 lots finding new homes. This was despite a number of vendors with sizable drafts being prepared to “soften” their reserves on most of their lots.

With COVID-19 forcing the auction house to delay the sale until the very last minute, many mares were unable to be sent to the Gold Coast as they were ready to foal down and a quick glance at the results shows the greater majority of passed in lots were still in their paddocks at home. That’s not to say there wasn’t good competition for mares not on the complex – indeed three of the top five sellers for the day didn’t make the trip – but it is clear that in the middle and lower reaches being unable to view the mare was a factor. In contrast, buyers not being in attendance proved to be only a minor hinderence, as online bidding once again proved a huge success.

All told, the 146 sales on the day grossed A$15,170,500 at an average of A$103,907. Comparing the same juncture year on year, although direct comparisons are not easy, given the circumstances, the average is up 1.5 per cent to A$149,144, although helped immensely by the sale of Sunlight for A$4.2m on Monday. The clearance rate of 72 per cent is down seven points, a smaller catalogue and high number of withdrawals has

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TOP LOTS Supported by:AL BASTI EQUIWORLD - DUBAI Lot Sex Name (Sire) Covering Sire Vendor Purchaser Price (A$) 384 4m RIGHT CHORD (Lonhro) Exceed And Excel Godolphin James Harron Bloodstock 1,050,000 304 5m MARK TWO (Pins) I Am Invincible Yarraman Park Stud Mitchell Bloodstock 600,000 455 6m STORYTIME (Savabeel) I Am Invincible Yarraman Park Stud Yulong 575,000 357 6m PECANS (Skilled) Pierro Yarraman Park Stud A List Group Holdings 560,000 434 7m SOLAR GIRL (Lonhro) The Autumn Sun Arrowfield Stud James Bester/ T Stakemire 500,000

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Right Chord (Lonhro), a half-sister to the top-class Pierro, topped the second session of the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale yesterday. © Magic Millions

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Gr.3 events, while her Listed-winning dam Walnut was an Ingham family-bred, from their days at what was Woodlands Stud, by Nijinsky’s grandson Procol Harum. Pecans was offered in foal to Pierro and, like Storytime, was sold in absentia.

Two of Australia’s better known agents in James Bester and Tim Stakemire teamed up to buy Lot 434, the Arrowfield Stud-offered Solar Girl, who brought A$500,000. Another mare that didn’t venture across the border, the twice-raced Solar Girl is a Lonhro older half-sister to the three-time Gr.1 winner Sunlight, who of course provided the blockbuster on Monday. Adding to her appeal, Solar Girl was carrying to an early cover by first season sire and Champion racehorse The Autumn Sun.

Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch summed it up when he said: “It is hard to have clear expectations in the current times, but I thought vendors on the whole did their best to meet the market. There is obviously a little bit more uncertainty at the moment, whether everyone has seen the mares, because there is a good percentage of them that are back at home. But all in all, when you look at the figures and what the good mares made today, I would have thought their vendors would be pleased with the outcomes.”

Looking ahead Bowditch thinks things will continue to roll when he said: “The average is healthy and there are plenty of buyers here that have got money to spend on the right product and a lot of it is still in their pockets, which bodes well for tomorrow.”

As Monday was all about Sunlight and anticipating what she might make, today’s third and final session is expected to be mostly about Viddora. To sell as Lot 492 and offered as agent by Newgate Stud, the dual Gr.1-winning sprinting daughter of I Am Invincible will be sold carrying to a Southern Hemisphere time cover by Lope De Vega. If one is to be critical, she is a little light on in pedigree when compared to Sunlight, but then good horses make a pedigree look so much better and Viddora certainly was good. Selling starts at 10am local time (1am BST).

[owners of Pierro when racing], so I was really excited to see this mare – she’s such a beautiful type and I think she’s in foal to the perfect mating in Exceed And Excel. The page is outstanding and there’s a lot of fillies in the Godolphin system being bred to the best stallions in the country and being trained by one of the best trainers in the land in James Cummings, so you can look forward to lots of updates.”

Godolphin Australia’s Managing Director Vin Cox explained that it was their strategy to have the market add value to a family they are heavily committed to. He said: “It’s a premium family, as evidenced, and we do have a lot of sisters and half-sisters to Pierro, but, having said that, our view was to expose a branch of the family to the market. They [the buyers] become partners with us in the pedigree. Their input is valuable to us and they are obviously going to invest very heavily in the mare, so it’s something that, together, we might be able to keep building the pedigree. That was part of our thinking.”

As the former Managing Director of Magic Millions, Cox knows this market as well as anyone and when asked what his expectations were coming into the sale he offered: “Coming up here if someone said we were going to get a million for her we would have grabbed it with both hands. It became evident that she was hugely popular during the week, as happens at a horse sale, but to crack seven figures is a remarkable result by anyone’s chances.”

The three next most expensive lots of the day all came out of the paddocks of the Mitchell family’s Yarraman Park Stud at Scone and were led by Lot 304, the New Zealand-bred Mark Two. Yarraman is run by brothers Harry and Arthur Mitchell and they offered Mark Two as agent. And keeping things in the family she brought a final bid of A$600,000 from James Mitchell – their nephew who runs Mitchell Bloodstock in partnership with his father Bill.

A winner at a mile in New Zealand and runner up in the Gr.2 Sir Tristram Fillies Classic, Mark Two was sold in foal to a November cover by Yarraman’s outstanding sire I Am Invincible. A Pins full sister to the Gr.3 winner Whistling Dixie, and a half-sister to the Listed winner Atmosphere (Savabeel), Mark Two comes from a Kiwi family that consistently knocks out black-type performers. Her grandam Zepherin defied being by the brilliant sprinter Zephyr Bay to win the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks, while her daughter Glenview was a high-quality miler who would produce the Gr.1 South African Derby winner Timber Trader to Woodman.

As Lot 455 Yarraman as agent also sold the New Zealand mare Storytime in foal to I Am Invincible for A$575,000, the third top price for the session. A Savabeel mare from the Gr.2-placed Fuji Kiseki mare Authoress, Storytime won twice in her homeland and was placed second in the Gr.2 Eight Carat Classic at Ellerslie.

Storytime became another purchase by Yuesheng Zhang’s Victorian stud, Yulong. Mr Zhang continues to invest heavily in the Australian market and yesterday alone bought eight mares for just under A$2.5m to add to the A$4m he parted with for three fillies on Monday

Another Hong Kong-backed Victorian property is A List Stud, just outside Benalla in the north of the state. Headed by Chief Executive Christopher Lee and working with Magic Millions’ Nicky Wong, A List also bought eight lots yesterday for A$1,225,500, headed by the fourth most expensive sale, the Yarraman, as agent, offered Pecans. Going through as Lot 357, spirited bidding saw the six-time winning daughter of Skilled bring A$560,000. Amongst those six wins, Pecans picked up the Belle Of The Turf Stakes at Gosford and the Godolphin Crown at Hawkesbury, both

CUMULATIVE STATISTICS (A$) 2020 % 2019Catalogued 423 Offered 365 noSold 264 (72%) comparableAggregate 39,374,000 statisticsAverage 149,144 Median 60,000

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two and successful in the Gr.3 Greenham Stakes on his first start at three, he was unable to pursue Classic engagements due to a setback, but rounded off last season with a promising fifth in the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

Heading a trio of contenders for Aidan O’Brien is the tough triple Gr.1-winning miler Circus Maximus (Galileo), who beat Mohaather last time out when battling to a narrow victory in the Gr.1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot 43 days ago. Runner-up in last year’s Gr.1 Sussex Stakes behind Too Darn Hot, the four-year-old colt had previously been successful in the Gr.1 St James’s Palace Stakes and went on to land the Gr.1 Prix du Moulin in a tremendous battle with dual Gr.1-winning miler Romanised, before ending his season in the US, with a fourth place finish in the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Mile.

O’Brien’s two other runners, the three-year-old colts Wichita (No Nay Never) and Vatican City (Galileo), also bring together the 2,000 Guineas form from either side of the Irish Sea. Impressive Gr.3-winning juvenile Wichita, last seen securing third in a high-class renewal of the Gr.1 St James’s Palace Stakes 39 days ago, was the runner-up from Newmarket and the 7f two-year-old scorer Vatican City, last seen finishing midfield in the Gr.1 Derby, ran up at the Curragh.

Rounding off the field is the four-year-old colt San Donato (Lope De Vega) for Roger Varian. A Listed-winning juvenile, he was third in the Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains on his only start at three, before returning after a break of over 400 days to finish second behind Mohaather in the Gr.2 Summer Mile.

RACING ROUND-UPCONDITIONS RACESTwo previous winners were among the eight runners in a fillies’ novice over 6f for three and four-year-olds on good to firm ground at Yarmouth on Wednesday, one of them the evens favourite on a mark of 83. She could only finish third, beaten nearly four lengths by the other previous winner Silver Machine (Brazen Beau), who had won on debut last November at Chelmsford but had not run since. She made most of the running and is now ready to go up in class, with the depth of her talent yet to be revealed.

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GUINEAS WINNERS FACE-OFF IN TOP-CLASS SUSSEX STAKESThe impressive Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Siskin (First Defence) tops a high-class seven-runner field for the Gr.1 Sussex Stakes, the feature race on day two of Glorious Goodwood today as he takes on Gr.1 2,000 victor Kameko (Kitten’s Joy) in a fascinating clash of the Classic generation and the older brigade.

The unbeaten Siskin won all four starts as a juvenile, progressing from his debut win at Naas in May with victory in Listed company and the Gr.2 Railway Stakes, before ending his campaign with a determined win in the Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes, although he was also withdrawn at the start for the Gr.1 Middle Park Stakes on his next intended run. He put the record straight on his next and only start since though, when he displayed a quality turn of foot from a slightly compromised position to land the Irish 2,000 Guineas comfortably on his seasonal debut for Ger Lyons 47 days ago.

His fellow Guineas hero Kameko lines up in opposition following a decent fourth place effort in the Gr.1 Derby 25 days ago, in which connections felt the step up to 1m4f just stretched his stamina somewhat, and the return to a mile should suit. Andrew Balding’s three-year-old colt scored on debut in a 7f maiden last summer and improved from two narrow defeats in the Gr.3 Solario Stakes and Gr.2 Royal Lodge Stakes to round off his juvenile season with an impressive victory in the Gr.1 Futurity Trophy Stakes, before securing the 2,000 Guineas on his first start of the year with a powerful late run.

In a competitive market, the lightly-raced four-year-old colt Mohaather (Showcasing) is strongly fancied, following his effortless win in the Gr.2 Summer Mile at Ascot 18 days ago for Marcus Tregoning. He travelled powerfully before quickening to an impressive three and three quarters of a length win, gaining compensation for a luckless seventh in the Gr.1 Queen Anne Stakes on his seasonal debut, in which he was constantly denied a clear run. A comfortable winner of the Gr.3 Horris Hill Stakes at

The Gr.1 Sussex Stakes favourite Siskin (First Defence), seen here stretching clear to win the Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas last time out, bids to maintain his unbeaten record at Glorious Goodwood today. © Caroline Norris

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Jojo Rabbit (Due Diligence) came into a novice over 5f at Wolverhampton on Sunday with a rating of 87 after being held in two Stakes races but with a valuable second in the Weatherbys Super Sprint under his belt, which was too much for his opponents in this and, though he only won by a length at the odds of 6/1 on after making all, his victory was never in doubt. Life will not be easy for him, but being quick is always an asset, especially in small field conditions races.

Seven Brothers (Slade Power) did much the same in a 6f novice on good to firm ground at York on Sunday, but he had a real battle on his hands after making the running, ultimately hanging on by a head in game fashion to be two from two. He has the scope to improve further and, though this ground contrasted to that of his debut and was quick enough for him, he is clearly

versatile and should have a future.

came fourth. All but two were rated over 90 and one of the two rated 103, four-year-old Could Be King (Bated Breath), who was in the van the whole way and got up by a head. The stewards inquired into his improved running from his previous start, but that was ascribed to the “bounce factor” after his first run for well over a year. He is relatively lightly raced and he has not been too far away at Listed, third once, and Group, fourth twice, level, so presumably he will try again.

Could Be King (Bated Breath) and Billy Lee return after their success in conditions company at Naas last week. © Caroline Norris

Three-year-old Darain (Dubawi) was noted as starting to fulfil the faith shown in him by his very large yearling price by winning by nearly five lengths at Newbury on debut on 8th July and on Friday he followed up by taking a novice stakes over 1m2f on good to firm ground at Newmarket by over two lengths, cruising on the outer behind the leaders before going on in the final furlong. He is in the Gr.1 St. Leger and further than this should certainly be within his compass, but he was a bit keen here, so he could with settling a bit better to be at his best. He will presumably head to Stakes races with every justification.

The EBF conditions race for two-year-olds over 5f on good ground at Down Royal was probably a fair event and Measure Of Magic (Kodi Bear) showed herself to be a speedy filly, making most of the running and not having to be ridden that much before scoring by nearly two lengths to be two from three. Her first win came at Tipperary and the third there was none other than Aloha Star (Starspangledbanner), who took the Gr.2 Airlie Stud Stakes at 33-1 subsequently. This filly holds no smart entries but will presumably head for a Stakes race.

Blackberry (Brazen Beau) won an ordinary fillies’ maiden at Hamilton on debut and she improved to defy a penalty in another of the ilk over 5f on good to firm ground at Doncaster on Saturday, always handy and looking as if the trip is perfect for her. Trainer Bryan Smart does not usually lack for ambition and he might have a dart at black type, though she would have to improve again to take a hand in most of the ilk, though the likes of the Listed Harry Rosebery Stakes can sometimes not be too hot, but is frequently run on soft ground, an unknown quantity.

Three-year-old Tinker Toy (War Front) had won on his debut at Salisbury on 11th July in good style and was long odds-on to follow up in a novice over the same trip of 7f later in the afternoon at Doncaster. He had to battle to give away the weight, but managed it all right and scored from a fairly useful rival by half a length. He is at least a useful handicapper.

Seven Brothers (Slade Power) [nearest] scored at York on Sunday to take his unbeaten record to two. © Martin Lynch

Hot Scoop (Hot Streak) may not be the most talented horse in the world, though with a rating of 81 he is quite useful, but he is thoroughly admirable, as he proved when gaining a head victory in an EBF novice stakes on good to soft ground at Windsor on Monday, following two wins at Bath on good to firm and good. These followed a second and sixth on artificial surfaces. He had seven pounds taken off by trainer Jamie Osborne’s daughter – he has been female-ridden on for of his five starts, if that means anything – and there is no reason why this versatile and genuine colt should go up in the handicap much for this, so he could win a fair nursery too.

AUSTRALIAN RACING & BREEDING REVIEW BY GLEN LATHAM

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MELBOURNE SATURDAYGR.3 BLETCHINGLY STAKESA beautiful, patient ride from Damien Oliver helped Godolphin’s Viridine (Poet’s Voice) land the Bletchingly and in doing so take his career earnings over the A$1m mark. Oliver and Viridine settled midfield off a generous speed set by Great Again (Viscount) and Jungle Edge (Dubawi) before the winner went

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WILLIAM PIKE BREAKS AUSTRALIAN RECORDIt took a few days longer than expected but William Pike, “the wizard of the west”, broke his own Australian record for the number of winners in a season when his double at Belmont on Saturday edged him one past his tally from last year of 234. Pike equalled the record in race five when he guided the odds-on favourite Truly Great (Dundeel) to a comfortable victory and then, after unplaced efforts in the next two races, he set the new benchmark aboard Inspirational Girl (Reliable Man) for Grant and Alana Williams. Pike has today’s Belmont and tomorrow’s Northam meetings to add to his tally, or does he adopt the Sergie Bubka approach and only keep raising the bar by the smallest possible amount?

HORROR FALL MARS RACING AT ROSEHILLNo race fall is ever attractive but when Andrew Adkins and Hot ‘N’ Hazy (Snitzel) crashed to the turf in the first at Rosehill on Saturday it was particularly sickening. The two-year-old and its rider lay stricken on the track for some time but fortunately for Adkins he “only” broke both the fibia and tibia in one leg, a collarbone and some ribs. Sadly, Hot ‘N’ Hazy could not be saved.

The stewards subsequently opened an inquiry, their main line of questioning being whether there was sufficient room for Hugh Bowman to take a run on the favourite Smart Image (Smart Missile) to which he had to shoulder Atkins mount aside – competitive riding is the phrase down here. Hot ‘N’ Hazy then pinballed between Smart Image and runners to his outside before clipping heels and falling. That Hot ’N’ Hazy was the only horse to fall was extremely fortunate and the recovery skills of a couple of the jockey’s would have done a few in the National Hunt brigade proud.

The outcome of the inquiry will be very interesting, with many on social media ready to hang, draw and quarter Bowman, but acting Chief Steward Wade Birch says the head-on footage suggests there was sufficient room for Smart Image to take the run before the leader Mr Colorful (Headwater) shifted out under pressure. Racing New South Wales took the unusual step of removing all of the replay footage from its website, at least until the inquiry is over.

As for Adkins, it seems he can’t take a trick. A personable young man who can ride light, he rode his maiden Gr.1 winner in the Coolmore Classic aboard Daysee Doom back in 2018, but since then he has spent more time on hospital wards than at trackwork. He was involved in another shocking fall at Randwick on the first day of the Championships last year which kept him off the scene for six months, and then when he returned he broke a wrist. He’ll be back, nothing surer, but hopefully in the meantime he avoids ladders, black cats and broken mirrors.

SIRES TITLESWith just three days to go in the current season the various State and City trainers and riders premierships are just about wrapped up across the country and we will provide a brief review in next week’s column. On the breeding side there are a couple of interesting battles going on that have kept the marketing managers at several studs on tenterhooks for a few weeks now and will do until Friday night.

Arrowfield Stud’s standard bearer Snitzel wrapped up a fourth General Sires Title some months ago and had earnings of over A$17.7m to start the week. That was a full A$2m clear of I Am

searching for gaps near the rail. Viridine didn’t have to come around a horse and took control with 100m to go, hitting the line three quarters of a length in front of the Gr.1 winner Streets Of Avalon (Magnus), who ran a brave race first up from a spell. Great Again held on for third while Jungle Edge’s chances of success evaporated with every bit of moisture that came from the drying track. Unusually for Melbourne in July, the track was rated as good and, although it was still in the old dead range, it wasn’t the quagmire Jungle Edge so prefers.

With the exception of the encouraging run from Streets Of Avalon, this year’s Bletchingly looks unlikely to be a significant form race leading into the spring. Viridine has been up since April when he chased home the Gr.1 winners Gytrash and Sunlight in the Gr.3 R N Irwin Stakes in Adelaide, so keeping him going much longer will be a challenge for James Cummings unless he has a plan to freshen up the rising six-year-old for later in the carnival.

ALLIGATOR BLOOD LOSES MAGIC MILLIONS GUINEASAs expected, at an inquiry last Thursday Queensland Racing Integrity Commission Stewards disqualified Alligator Blood (All Too Hard) from his win in January’s rich Magic Millions 3YO Guineas after the post-race swab showed the gelding had traces of Altrenogest in his system. The stewards could not determine how the drug got into Alligator Blood’s system, but they were comfortable any exposure was accidental and as such fined trainer David Vandyke A$20,000 rather than imposing a disqualification.

In normal circumstances that should just about be the end of the matter; the winner’s cheque of A$1,160,000 should be paid to the connections of the second past the post, Eleven Eleven (Fastnet Rock), Vandyke pays his fine and everyone moves on. It won’t be that simple. Alligator Blood is owned by Allan Endresz who firstly claimed the horse must have been “got at” and then announced he would take the industry to the courts for what he feels is an injustice to the owners of losing the race and prize money, despite them having no role in the indiscretion. It’s an interesting argument but one that seems to ignore the basic principle that the horse can only race free of prohibitive substances, otherwise it is considered to have gained an unfair advantage. Any watering down of that tenet couldn’t be tolerated if racing is to maintain a level playing field. You can get long odds a successful challenge no matter how good a legal team lines up for the case.

Viridine (Poet’s Voice) scooped the Gr.3 Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield last Saturday for Godolphin.

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O/B: Bjorn Nielsen, T: John Gosden 330,000gns vendor Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 consigned by Watership Down Stud

2. NAYEF ROAD (Ire), 4c, Galileo – Rose Bonheur (Danehill Dancer) O: Mohamed Obaida, B: B V Sangster, T: Mark Johnston 100,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by Rabbah Bloodstock, consigned by Oaks Farm Stables

3. SANTIAGO (Ire), 3c, Authorized – Wadyhatta (Cape Cross) O: Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier, B: Lynch Bages Ltd, T: A P O’Brien

Also ran: Eagles By Day, Euchen Glen, Spanish Mission, Who Dares Wins Distances: 1l, 1¼l, 3l, 1¼l, nk, ½l

If plans to race Stradivarius in the Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe this season come to fruition, we may have witnessed the last staying effort of the outstanding son of Sea The Stars in this - and what an effort it was.

He is a half-brother to the dual German Gr.3 winner Persian Storm (Monsun), the UAE Gr.3-placed Rembrandt Van Rijn (Peintre Celebre) and the South African Listed-placed Magical Eve (Oratorio). They are out of the Listed Prix de Thiberville and Listed Prix de Liancourt-placed Private Life (Bering). She is a half-sister to eight other winners, headed by the Listed Prix La Moskowa winner Pretty Tough (Desert King), the Listed Grand Critérium de Bordeaux winner Parisienne (Distant Relative; grandam of the 2014 European Champion Older Stayer, Gr.1 Melbourne Cup and Gr.1 Grosser Preis von Berlin winner, and sire Protectionist), as well as the Listed-placed pair Poincon De France (Peintre Celebre) and Pirate Bay (Hawk Wing) and the twice-raced Place De Moscou (Rock Of Gibraltar; dam of the Australian Listed-placed Soviet Courage). The second dam is the winner Poughkeepsie (Sadler’s Wells), a half-sister to four other winners, as well as the placed Pawnee Dancer (Dancing Brave; dam of the Scandinavian Gr.3-placed Special Envoy) and the unplaced Perichole (Great Nephew; dam of the Listed chase winner Winslow and the Listed-placed Nuit De Siam). The third dam is the 1976 European Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Pawneese (Carvin), who won the Gr.1 Prix de Diane, Gr.1 Oaks and Gr.1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Gr.2 LENNOX STAKES, Goodwood, 7f, 3yo+, 1st £56,710, 2nd £21,500, 3rd £10,7601. SPACE BLUES (Ire), 4c,

Dubawi – Miss Lucifer (Noverre) 2nd dam Devil’s Imp (Cadeaux Genereux) 3rd dam High Spirited (Shirley Heights) O/B: Godolphin, T: Charlie Appleby

2. DUKE OF HAZZARD (Fr), 4c, Lope De Vega – With Your Spirit (Invincible Spirit) O: Mrs Fitri Hay, B: Runnymede Farm Inc and Catesby W Clay, T: Paul and Oliver Cole €130,000 Arqana August Yearling Sale by Paul Cole, consigned by Haras d’Etreham

3. ESCOBAR (Ire), 6g, Famous Name – Saying Grace (Brief Truce) O: Withernsea Thoroughbred Ltd, B: Peter Evans, T: David O’Meara

Invincible, who snuck into second spot on Saturday courtesy of the Stakes win of Parlophone in Adelaide. Pierro lies just A$15,000 behind and there is every possibility the younger stallion might snatch back the runner-up’s spot before the week is out. When it comes to the Leading Sire by Winners, it is I Am Invincible that has the lead with 180 individual successes, but Snitzel was just six behind, an unlikely but not insurmountable gap.

While it is impressive to win a General Sires Title, the awards that most studs crave are in the First Season Sire category. In the Australian market nothing sells like precocity and at the start of the week there was a three-way battle at the top.

Pride Of Dubai will comfortably take the First Season Sire by Earnings crown, thanks to a handful of Stakes performers led by Bella Nipotina and the A$380,000 she earned for her second in the rich, sale-linked, Inglis Millennium. With 11 individual winners, he trails both Headwater and the deceased Spill The Beans by two. A brief look over the entries for the next three days suggests Pride Of Dubai will have his work cut out catching the leading pair and that a late surge by Headwater will gain him a share of the title.

Speaking of Headwater, Vinery’s son of Exceed And Excel produced a potential top liner last Wednesday at Sandown in Melbourne when John McArdle sent out Hydro Star to impressively win a two-year-old handicap over 1000m despite doing plenty wrong. Next stop for Hydro Star will be the Gr.3 Vain Stakes at Caulfield in two weeks’ time.

Pride Of Dubai is set to be crowned leading first season sire in Australia by earnings, but the race is on for which stallion will earn the title of leading first season sire by number of winners.

STAKES RESULTSBRITAIN

Goodwood: Good (Good to Soft in places)

Gr.1 GOODWOOD CUP, Goodwood, 2m, 3yo+, 1st £141,775, 2nd £53,750, 3rd £26,9001. STRADIVARIUS (Ire), 6h,

Sea The Stars – Private Life (Bering) 2nd dam Poughkeepsie (Sadler’s wells) 3rd dam Pawneese (Carvin)

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3. YOUTH SPIRIT (Ire), 2c, Camelot – Rocana (Fastnet Rock) O: Ahmad Al Shaikh, B: Ringfort Stud and Paul Hancock, T: Andrew Balding €60,000 Goffs November Foal Sale by Global Thoroughbred Services, consigned by Ringfort Stud €48,000 Arqana August Yearling Sale by Federico Barberini, consigned by La Motteraye Consignment

Also ran: Gorytus, Fountain Cross, Dark Lion, Kraken Power, King Zain, Painless Potter, Thunder Of Niagara Distances: 2l, 1¼l, 1¼l, ½l, 1¼l, 4¾l, nk, 1¾l, 13l

Battleground (War Front) routed his opposition in this and should have more to come as the season progresses.

He is the first foal out of the star mare Found (Galileo), who defeated Highland Reel to win the Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and Golden Horn to win the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Turf, as well as triumphing in the Gr.1 Prix Marcel Boussac, and was placed a further 12 times in Gr.1 company. She is a full-sister to the Gr.3 C L Weld Park Stakes winner Magical Dream and the Gr.3 Give Thanks Stakes winner Best In The World, as well as the winners James Cook, The Tooth Fairy and Iniesta. They are out of Red Evie (Intikhab), whose nine victories are headed by the Gr.1 Lockinge Stakes and the Gr.1 Matron Stakes. She is a half-sister to Affirmed Admiral (Affirmed), who scored twice from 6f-7f in the US, and they are out of the Listed Premio Vittorio Crespi winner Malafemmena (Nordico), a half-sister to the dual Gr.3 winner Export Price (Habitat).

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Galway: Yielding

LR EBF CORRIB FILLIES STAKES, Galway, 7f, 3yo+f&m, 1st €28,320, 2nd €9,120, 3rd €4,320

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1. CHAMPERS ELYSEES (Ire), 3f, Elzaam – La Cuvee (Mark Of Esteem) 2nd dam Premier Cuvee (Formidable) 3rd dam Clicquot (Bold Lad) O: Fitzwilliam Racing, B: Mr Karl Bowen, T: J P Murtagh €12,500 Tattersalls Ireland November Flat Foal Sale by Aughamore Stud, consigned by Mantlehill Stud €28,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale Part II by Johnny Murtagh, consigned by Aughamore Stud €95,000 not sold Goffs Autumn Horses in Training Sale consigned by Fox Covert Stables

2. AUXILIA (Ire), 3f, Free Eagle – Ipsa Loquitur (Unfuwain) O: Newtown Anner Stud Farm Ltd, B: D Phelan and Irish National Stud, T: G M Lyons €36,000 Goffs November Foal Sale by Glenvale Stud, consigned by Tullogher House Stud €140,000 Goffs Orby Sale by Gaelic Bloodstock, consigned by Glenvale Stud

€105,000 Goffs November Foal Sale by Bobby O’Ryan, consigned by Ringfort Stud €280,000 Goffs Orby Sale by Amanda Skiffington, consigned by Croom House Stud 100,000gns 2017 Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale by Jason Kelly Bloodstock, consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment

Also ran: Safe Voyage, Sir Dancealot, D’bai, Marie’s Diamond, Graignes, Glorious Journey, Pierre Lapin, History Writer Non runners: Beat Le Bon, Bless Him Distances: 2l, ½l, ½l, ½l, nse, ¾l, 1½l, 3l, nse, ¾l

Space Blues (Dubawi) showcased his talent when skipping clear to land the biggest success of his career to date.

Out of the Gr.2 Challenge Stakes winner Miss Lucifer (Noverre), the best of nine winners out of the winning Cadeaux Genereux mare Devil’s Imp, Space Blues is a half-brother to three winners, headed by dual Gr.2 scorer Shuruq (Elusive Quality), the dam of Gr.2-placed US Stakes winner Antoinette. The third dam, High Spirited (Shirley Heights), a full-sister to the Gr.1 (then) Premio Roma heroine and Gr.1 Irish Oaks runner-up High Hawk (dam of the Group-winning sires In The Wings, Morozov, Hunting Hawk and Hawker’s News) produced eight winners. They are headed by Gr.2 King Edward VII Stakes victor and sire Amfortas (Caerleon), the French Gr.2-placed Gr.3 scorer Legend Maker (Sadler’s Wells; dam of Gr.1 1,000 Guineas winner Virginia Waters (dam of Listed winner Emperor Claudius and the Gr.3-winning Gr.1 runner-up Rain Goddess), the Gr.3-winning Gr.1 Irish Derby runner-up Alexander Of Hales, Gr.1 second Chevalier and the Gr.3-placed Chief Lone Eagle, as well as being the grandam of Gr.1 winner Chachamaidee and the third dam of Gr.1-placed juvenile Celestial Path) and Listed runner-up Dollar Bird (Kris; dam and grandam of Stakes performers). This is also the family of the Gr.1 Derby winner High-Rise (High Estate) and the outstanding Dubawi (Dubai Millennium).

Miss Lucifer has a two-year-old filly by Night Of Thunder named Beautiful Future and a filly by Dark Angel.

Gr.2 VINTAGE STAKES, Goodwood, 7f, 2yo, 1st £28,355, 2nd £10,750, 3rd £5,3801. BATTLEGROUND (USA), 2c,

War Front – Found (Galileo) 2nd dam Red Evie (Intikhab) 3rd dam Malafemmena (Nordico) O: Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier, B: Orpendale, Chelston and Wynatt, T: A P O’Brien

2. DEVIOUS COMPANY (Ire), 2c, Fast Company – Seren Devious (Dr Devious) O: Russell Jones, B: Owenstown Bloodstock Ltd, T: Tom Dascombe £45,000 p/s Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale by SackvilleDonald, consigned by Owenstown Stud

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1 Enable (Nathaniel) and Frankie Dettori after their third victory in the Gr.1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. 2 Prince Khalid Abdullah’s star mare before the race. 3 Sovereign (Galileo) leads Enable and Japan (Galileo) into the home straight at Ascot. 4 Tricky Customer (Aizavoski) [right] tackles Tim Rocco (Doyen) [centre] and final fence faller Cawthorne (Sulamani) at Market Rasen. 5 Alicestar gives Charming Thought his first winner when scoring at Yarmouth. 6 Runners at Yarmouth last Wednesday.

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3. ONLYHUMAN (Ire), 7g, Invincible Spirit – Liscune (King’s Best) O: Michael Cooke, B: Bernard Cooke, T: Mrs John Harrington 27,000gns not sold Tattersalls December Foal Sale consigned by Bryanstown House Stud

Also ran: Tauran Shaman, Magnetic North, On A Session, Big Baby Bull, Helvic Dream, Trading Point, Nebo, Come September, Facethepuckout, Chilean, Current Option, The Broghie Man, Georgeville, Colfer Me, San Pedro Non runners: Akhlaaq, Turbine, High Altitude Distances: nse, 3½l, ½l, nse, 1¾l, 1¼l, hd, nk, ½l, ½l, ½l, 2½l, hd, ¾l, ¾l, 4¾l, 4¼l

YESTERDAY’S RACING REVIEWBRITAIN

Ayr: Soft (Good to Soft in places), changing to Good to Soft Goodwood: Good (Good to Soft in places) Yarmouth: Good to Firm (Good in places)

12.55 AYR, EBF 2YO NOVICE, 6F

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1. CAIRN ISLAND (Ire), 2c, Kodiac – Landmark (Arch) O: Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum, B: Epona Bloodstock Ltd, T: Kevin Ryan 525,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by Kevin Ryan, consigned by Croom House Stud

2. Kats Bob (GB), 3. Outrun The Storm (Ire)Distances: 3¼l, 1¼l. 7 ran.

Cairn Island (Kodiac) made it third time lucky, traveling well throughout and asserting inside the final two furlongs, drawing away well to score with a bit in hand.

He is a half-brother to the multiple winner and sire Cameron Highland (Galileo), twice successful in the Listed August Stakes, and the Gr.2 Ribblesdale Stakes runner-up Field Of Miracles (Galileo), as well as the triple 7f-1m2f winner Solid Stone (Shamardal), the dual 1m2f winner Sour Mash (Danehill Dancer) and the 7f winners Rovaniemi (Oasis Dream) and Supposing (Invincible Spirit). They are out of the US juvenile winner Landmark (Arch), a full-sister to Arravale, who won both the Gr.1 Del Mar Oaks and the Gr.1 E P Taylor Stakes, and a half-sister to Hollywood Hideaway (Zensational), a Stakes winner in Canada, and the Stakes-placed Hollywood Critic (Blame). Their dam is the Listed Prix de Liancourt runner-up Kalosca (Kaldoun), also Gr.2-placed in the US and a half-sister to the prolific winner Mykonos (Gay Mecene), a dual Listed winner in Germany and Gr.3-placed in both France and Italy, and the Listed winner and sire Crillon (Saumarez), also twice Gr.2-placed in France. The third dam is the juvenile winner Shangrila (Riverman).

3. A NEW DAWN (Ire), 3f, Zoffany – Simply A Star (Giant’s Causeway) O: Scott C Heider, B: Coolmore, T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Also ran: Miss Myers, Inhale, Chrysalism, Precious Moments, Mid Winster, Galtee Mist, Between Hills, Celestial Object, Titanium Sky, Non runners: Surrounding, Crotchet, Faire Croire, Unforgetable Distances: 7l, ½l, 1¾l, 1¼l, ¾l, 5½l, 2¾l, 1¾l, 6l, 2¾l, dist.

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PREMIER HANDICAP, Galway, 1m½f, 3yo+, 1st €44,250, 2nd €14,250, 3rd €6,7501. SALTONSTALL (GB), 6g,

Pivotal – Macleya (Winged Love) 2nd dam Minaccia (Platini) 3rd dam Maji (Shareef Dancer) O: Dooley Thoroughbreds & Bart O’Sullivan, B: Cheveley Park Stud, T: Adrian McGuinness €120,000 Arqana August Yearling Sale by John Ferguson, consigned by Newsells Park Stud €44,000 2018 Goffs Autumn Horses in Training Sale by Shamrock Thoroughbreds/Compas Equine, consigned by Copper Beech Stables

2. NJORD (Ire), 4g, Roderic O’Connor – Rosalind Franklin (Intikhab) O: Blessingndisguise Partnership, B: Eithne McDonnell, T: Mrs John Harrington €1,000 private sale Goffs November Foal Sale by A B Bloodstock, consigned by Christy McDonnell €14,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale by Chinook Farm, consigned by Mount Eaton Stud €54,000 Goffs Autumn Horses in Training Sale by BBA Ireland, consigned by Sheila Lavery Racing

Champers Elysees (Elzaam) was the impressive winner of the Listed Corrib Fillies Stakes at Galway yesterday. © Caroline Norris

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dam is Horatia (Machiavellian), a Gr.3 winner in the US and a half-sister to the high-class stayer Opinion Poll (Halling).

Suelita has a yearling full-sister to the winner.

5.30 YARMOUTH, 2YO NOVICE AUCTION, 7F1. SUGAULI (Ire), 2c,

The Gurkha – Wood Chorus (Singspiel) O: The Rogues Gallery, B: Worksop Manor Stud, T: Tom Clover 16,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 3 by Tom Clover/ Philippa Mains, consigned by Barton Stud

2. Alpine Springs (Ire), 3. Tricolore (Ity)Distances: ½l, shd. 11 ran.

Sugauli made a smart winning debut, staying on well and battling to victory in a close four-way finish to become the latest winner by his first season sire The Gurkha.

He is a half-brother to Sands Chorus (Footstepsinthesand), an eight-time winner from 1m-1m2f, Aphaea (Farhh), a dual 1m-1m6f winner and also successful over fences, the dual 1m2f winner Allergic Reaction (Kyllachy), who went on to win several times in Bahrain, and the 7f winner Woodukheleyfit (Kheleyf). They are out of the 1m1f winner and Listed-placed Wood Chorus (Singspiel), a half-sister to six winners, headed by the Gr.2 Yorkshire Cup winner Franklins Garden (Halling) and the dual Gr.3 winner Polar Ben (Polar Falcon). Their dam is the dual 7f winner Woodbeck (Terimon), a half-sister to eight winners, out of the unraced Blakeney mare Arminda, a half-sister to the multiple Gr.1 winner and Classic scorer Madam Gay (Star Appeal). This is a family the historic Nottinghamshire stud has had for many generations.

Wood Chorus has a yearling colt by Mastercraftsman and delivered a filly by Sea The Moon in April.

6.30 YARMOUTH, NURSERY, 6F1. LINE OF DEPARTURE (Ire), 2c,

Mehmas – Entreat (Pivotal) O: H H Shaikh Nasser Al Khalifa & Partner, B: Cn Farm Ltd, T: Roger Varian £260,000 Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale by Oliver St Lawrence, consigned by Highclere Stud

2. Bobby On The Beat (Ire), 3. Beverage (Ire).Distances: 1l, 4¼l. 4 ran.

Line Of Departure had been placed twice in his previous three starts and was odds-on to defy three rivals here, which he did well

4.00 AYR, 3YO+ MAIDEN, 1M2F1. NEW CHAPTER (GB), 3c,

Invincible Spirit – Silk Sari (Dalakhani) O: Fittocks Booth Boorer Bengo Silver Steed, B: Fittocks Stud and Arrow Farm & Stud, T: William Haggas 65,000gns vendor Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 consigned by Highclere Stud

2. Bellatrixsa (Ire), 3. Poetica (Ire)Distances: nk, 12l. 8 ran.

The winning margin may not have been far, but it does not do justice to the manner of the victory of New Chapter (Invincible Spirit), which was incredibly easy, under a hands and heels ride, with the front pair 12 lengths clear of the third.

He is the second foal and first winner out of Silk Sari (Dalakhani), whose four victories were headed by the Gr.2 Park Hill Stakes and who also finished runner-up in the Gr.1 British Champions Fillies’ and Mares’ Stakes. She is a half-sister to the hat-trick winner Fashion Fund (Oasis Dream), also Stakes-placed in the US, as well as the five-time 1m6f-2m winner Tynecastle Park (Sea The Stars), the triple 1m3f-1m4f winner So Sleek (Lawman) and the 1m winner Dreamlike (Oasis Dream). They are out of the unraced So Silk (Rainbow Quest), a half-sister to seven winners, most notably the Gr.1 Racing Post Trophy winner Ibn Khaldun (Dubai Destination), the Gr.3-placed Calico Cat (Tiger Hill) and the Listed-placed Memory Cloth (Cape Cross), out of the outstanding Gossamer (Sadler’s Wells), a full-sister to the top-class performer and sire Barathea, from the top Gerald Leigh family.

4.20 GOODWOOD, EBF 2YO C&G MAIDEN, 6F

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1. ALKUMAIT (GB), 2c, Showcasing – Suelita (Dutch Art) O: Hamdan Al Maktoum, B: Whitsbury Manor Stud, T: Marcus Tregoning 150,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale by West Park Farm, consigned by Whitsbury Manor Stud 220,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by Shadwell Estate Company, consigned by Baroda Stud

2. Tawleed (Ire), 3. The Princes Poet (GB)Distances: 2¼l, 3½l. 9 ran.

Alkumait (Showcasing) was beaten only a length on his debut at Newbury ten days ago and, despite a slow start, he was impressive in breaking his maiden, quickening clear with ease.

He is a half-brother to the Listed-winning sprinter The Broghie Man (Cityscape) and the Listed-placed juvenile winner Gloves Lynch (Mukhadram). They are out of Suelita (Dutch Art), who scored four times from 1000m-1200m in Italy from two to four. She is a half-sister to the eight-time winner Outer Space (Acclamation), also runner-up in the Gr.3 Cornwallis Stakes, and the dam of the Gr.2 Lowther Stakes winner Living In The Past (Bungle Inthejungle). They are out of the unraced Green Desert mare Venoge, a half-sister to five winners, including the Gr.3 Pinnacle Stakes winner and Gr.2-placed Moment In Time (Tiger Hill) and the Listed-placed Fontley (Sadler’s Wells). The third

Line Of Departure, a half-brother to Gr.1 Commonwealth Cup winner Golden Horde, was another winner for first season sire Mehmas yesterday. © Steve Cargill

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Pedro The Great and the Listed winner and Gr.2 Dahlia Stakes-placed Belle D’Or, grandam of the Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas and Gr.1 National Stakes winner and sire Power, the Gr.1 E P Taylor Stakes winner Curvy and the Gr.2 Ribblesdale Stakes winner Thakafaat), as well as the Listed Cheshire Oaks winner and Gr.1 Yorkshire Oaks third Rockerlong (Deploy), the triple Listed-placed Charlotte Corday (Kris), the winner Rainbow Goddess (Rainbow Quest; dam of the Gr.3 (then) Queen’s Vase winner, dual Gr.1-placed and National Hunt sire Mahler, and grandam of the ill-fated Listed winner and Gr.2 British Champions Long Distant Cup-placed Sir Eric) and the winner Pippas Song (Reference Point; dam of the Listed winners Nightbird and Edinburgh Knight, and grandam of the US Gr.2 winner Lady Lara). The third dam is the Gr.2 (then) Nassau Stakes winner Dancing Rocks (Green Dancer).

Starship has a two-year-old and a yearling, both fillies by Fastnet Rock.

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Galway: Yielding

4.45 GALWAY, EBF 2YO FILLIES’ MAIDEN, 7F

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1. MEALA (Ire), 2f, Epaulette – Labhandar (Authorized) O: Mrs J S Bolger, B/T: J S Bolger,

2. Umneyaat (Ire), 3. Oh So Fine (Ire)Distances: 11l, hd. 8 ran.

The joint favourite Meala (Epaulette) had shown progressive form in three maidens previously, finishing fourth, third and then second last time. She put her experience to good use, racing prominently throughout and travelling well to lead approaching the final furlong, before powering clear close home for an impressive wide-margin victory.

enough, becoming yet another winner for his first season sire Mehmas.

He is a half-brother to this year’s Gr.1 Commonwealth Cup winner Golden Horde (Lethal Force), who won the Gr.2 Richmond Stakes last year and has been placed in the Gr.1 Prix Morny, Gr.1 Middle Park Stakes and Gr.1 July Cup, as well as the Listed Pipalong Stakes scorer Exhort (Dutch Art). They are out of the Pivotal mare Entreat, who won once at three and is a half-sister to the Turkish Gr.2 victor Producer (Dutch Art), who also won the Gr.3 Supreme Stakes, Gr.3 Criterion Stakes and the Listed Surrey Stakes and stood at Calumet Farm in Kentucky. The second dam River Saint (Irish River) is a half-sister to the US Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and seven-time Gr.1 winner Serena’s Song (Rahy), the dam of the Gr.1 Coronation Stakes winner Sophisticat (Storm Cat), the US Gr.2 winners and sires Harlington (Unbridled) and Grand Reward (Storm Cat), the Gr.3 winner Schramsberg (Storm Cat) and the Listed winners Serene Melody (Street Cry) and Serena’s Tune (Mr Prospector). Serena’s Song is the ancestress of the likes of the US Champion Older Dirt Miler, dual Gr.1 winner and sire Honor Code (A P Indy) and the Gr.3 (then) Tetrarch Stakes winner and sire Vocalised (Vindication), while her half-sister, the Gr.3 winner Vivid Imagination (Raise A Man), is the ancestress of the likes of the Gr.1 Prix d’Ispahan victor Zabeel Prince (Lope De Vega), the Gr.1 Moyglare Stud Stakes winner Rizeena (Iffraaj), the US Gr.2 winner Doubles Partner (Rock Hard Ten), the Australian Gr.2 winner Puissance De Lune (Shamardal) and the Listed winner Queen Power (Shamardal), among many others. The third dam is the dual US winner Imagining (Northfields).

Entreat has a yearling filly by Zoffany.

7.30 YARMOUTH, 3YO+ NOVICE, 1M1. PIRANESI (Ire), 3g,

Zoffany – Starship (Galileo) O: The Starship Partnership, B: Des Scott, T: William Haggas

2. Little Becky (GB), 3. Tawreed (USA)Distances: ¾l, 2¾l. 8 ran.

Piranesi (Zoffany) made pretty much all and, despite running about in front, held off the previous winner Little Becky (Sir Percy) to win on his second career start.

He is a half-brother to the Gr.1 Racing Post Trophy winner and Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains third Rivet (Fastnet Rock), the Gr.3 Gallinule Stakes winner Alexander Pope (Danehill Dancer) and Out And About (Fastnet Rock), who won at Gr.3 level in Hong Kong under the name Packing Tycoon. They are out of the triple-winning Galileo mare Starship, who is a half-sister to the Gr.2 Flying Childers Stakes winner and dual Gr.1-placed Superstar Leo (College Chapel; dam of the Gr.3 Molecomb Stakes and Gr.3 King George Stakes winner Enticing and the Listed winner and Gr.3 Jersey Stakes runner-up Sentaril, grandam of the dual Gr.1 Prix de la Forêt winner One Master, and third dam of the Gr.3 Killavullan Stakes winner Stela Star), the winner Rocking (Oasis Dream; dam of the Gr.3 Ballyogan Stakes-placed Boston Rocker, and grandam of the Listed Doncaster Stakes scorer and Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains third San Donato) and the placed New York (Danzero; dam of the Australian Gr.1 winner December Draw). The second dam Council Rock (General Assembly) is a half-sister to the Gr.3 Prestige Stakes winner Glatisant (Rainbow Quest; dam of the Gr.1 2,000 Guineas winner and sire Footstepsinthesand, the Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes winner and sire

Piranesi, a Zoffany half-brother to Gr.1 Racing Post Trophy winner Rivet, got off the mark on his second start yesterday. © Steve Cargill

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Clarefontaine: 3.5

1.25 (BST) CLAIREFONTAINE, 2YO C&G CONDS, 1400M1. DARKNESS (Fr), 2c,

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