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CHRISTY GRASSICK NEW CHAIRMAN OF ITBACoolmore Stud’s Christy Grassick (pictured) has succeeded Derrinstown Stud general manager Stephen Collins as chairman of the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association and will serve a two-year term.

He will be assisted by respected veterinarian Des Leadon, who has been appointed vice-chairman of the ITBA. He and partner Mariann Klay bred Lilbourne Lad and his talented son Dinozzo at their Swordlestown Little Stud in County Kildare.

New faces on the ITBA Council are Romanised’s breeder Gerry Aherne, writer and broadcaster Kevin Blake, Frank Motherway, who is the owner of Yellowford Farm and breeder of Gr.1 winner Bellshill, Darley’s

Anthony O’Donnell, Moyglare Stud manager Malachy Ryan and Ringfort Stud’s Gay Veitch.

Ignatius Geraghty and John McEnery return to the council, which is completed by Damian Burns, Stephen Collins, Max Ervine, Michéal Fahy, William Flood, Cathy Grassick, Joe Hernon, Derek Iceton, Sean Murphy, Denis MacAuley, Maurice Moloney, David O’Callaghan and John O’Connor.

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DENMAN DIES AGED 18Denman, one of the best staying chasers of modern times, was put down on Tuesday at Paul Nicholls’ Ditcheat Stables.

The trainer said: “Denman was known affectionately to racegoers as ‘The Tank’, which I always felt was a fitting description. He was a magic horse, who had a tremendous following because of the wholehearted way he went about his racing.

“He was tough, hardy and willing, wasn’t the easiest to train, and would bite your hand off in his box, given half a chance. He came along at the right time and was one of our superstars during a golden era for Team Ditcheat.

“The decision was taken by his devoted owner Paul Barber, with the full support of myself, our head lad Clifford Baker and our vet Buffy Shirley-Beavan. We all agreed it was the right thing to do because he had begun to go downhill in the past few days and we did not want to see him suffer.”

The son of Presenting was bred by Colman O’Flynn out of the lightly-raced Pollerton mare Polly Puttens, a half-sister to a Stakes-winning hurdler. She produced 16 foals in all, also including the Gr.1-winning hurdler and chaser Silverburn (also by Presenting) and seven other winners, and is the second dam of Gr.2 winner Kayf Grace (Kayf Tara) and two other Stakes winners.

Bought privately for a figure believed to be €100,000 from Adrian Maguire’s yard in Ireland a few weeks after winning a point-to-point in 2005, Denman made 24 starts under Rules. He

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race came too soon, he had to be automatically disqualified. Although this news was known last week and was a major talking point at the Baden-Baden meeting, it was only officially confirmed yesterday in a statement put out by the Direktorium. It is believed that the extra cobalt was in a food supplement. Trainer Sascha Smrczek has been fined €600.

Wonnemond ran in last week’s Gr.2 Badener Meile, where he was again eligible to run, but finished unplaced. The runners-up in the two earlier races, Millowitsch (Seherezad) and Degas (Exceed And Excel), have now been declared the respective winners; both are trained by Markus Klug. DCS

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SON OF TAVISTOCK EQUALS BOOK ONE HIGHFor vendors, it was another tough day at the office on the Gold Coast, as the second session of the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale posted numbers only marginally better than Tuesday’s disappointing effort, writes Glen Latham. The clearance rate, average and total spend did perform better than day one,

won four of his five outings over the smaller obstacles, including Cheltenham’s Gr.1 Challow Hurdle by 21 lengths, but it was over fences that he really excelled. His ten victories over a range of distances were highlighted by wins in the Gr.1 RSA Chase, Gr.3 Hennessy Gold Cup under topweight and the Gr.1 Lexus Chase as a seven-year-old, and a seven-length defeat of stablemate Kauto Star (Village Star) in the Gr.1 Cheltenham Gold Cup the following March.

He was diagnosed with a fibrillating heart that autumn and was off the track for nearly a year, but the second part of his career brought a second success under topweight in the Hennessy Gold Cup and second places in the next three Cheltenham Gold Cups.

The dark chesnut initially went team chasing with Charlotte Alexander following his retirement in the spring of 2011, before he returned to Ditcheat, where he was cared for by Barber’s daughter-in-law Emma, and had recently been enjoying his retirement in a field with a couple of companions.

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but all three still came in well below what had been expected. For the second day running, A$250,000 was the session high,

with Jason Abrahams of Sydney-based syndicators Champion Thoroughbreds spending that to secure Lot 1900, a son of leading New Zealand sire Tavistock. The colt will head to the Randwick stables of Champion’s trainer John O’Shea, having been bought from the draft of Amarina Farm at Denman in New South Wales.

Withdrawn from the Karaka Premier Sale in January, the colt is the second foal of his American-bred dam Lithograph, who managed a solitary placing from eight starts in a Southwell maiden when trained by Mark Johnston. A daughter of Dubai Millennium’s son Echo Of Light, she is out of the good performer Forum Floozie (Danasinga), only a Listed winner in Sydney, but second and third in two editions of the Gr.1 Coolmore Classic. Besides Lithograph, she is the dam of Lawspeaker (Singspiel), the winner of two Listed races in the French provinces.

Forum Floozie is well known in these parts as a half-sister to Starcraft (Soviet Star), winner of Gr.1 events in four different countries, including a Prix du Moulin and a Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on his excursion to Europe. He has now carved out a useful career as a sire, getting the likes of Gr.1 winners Star Witness and We Can Say It Now amongst others. Their dam, Flying Floozie, is a daughter of the influential New Zealand broodmare sire Pompeii Court.

After signing the docket, Abrahams explained that the colt had been on both his and O’Shea’s radar for some time now: “We really liked him when we first saw him in New Zealand and then we noticed he was in this sale. We flew up to have a look at him among the others and he had really come on well in those six months. We knew there would be a bit of competition for him, but he was the only one we really wanted and I know John is excited about getting him to train.”

The Tavistocks have shown an aptitude for staying, but Abrahams thinks his forte might be over a bit shorter: “He doesn’t really look an out and out stayer. He looks more a miler – like Starcraft, who is in the pedigree. He is full of quality with a good female line. He is big and strong, and has a deep and strong hip and hindquarter.”

TOP-PRICED FILLY BY FASTNET ROCKRespected New South Wales vet John Crowley has made some shrewd pinhook purchases over the past few seasons and he invested again here this week, spending A$659,500 on five lots, including Tuesday’s Exceed And Excel – Empress Wu colt, who, at A$250,000, is the joint-top priced lot of the sale. Yesterday Crowley went to A$245,000 to buy the most expensive filly over the two days, a daughter of Fastnet Rock and from an impeccable family. Sold as Lot 2077 as the day neared its end, she was from Ron Gilbert’s Highgrove Stud, on the nearby Darling Downs. Her dam is the Woodman mare Valadon, a winner as a juvenile and a three-quarters-sister to the Gr.2 Wakeful Stakes winner Timbourina (Timber Country) and half-sister to the Gr.2 Magic Night Stakes winner Media (Gilded Time). They are out of the Snippets mare Valourina, who was good enough to win a Listed race as a three-year-old in Melbourne before producing 11 winners. Valourina also appears as the grandam of the Listed winner Tashbeeh (Commands), who races in the colours of Shadwell Australia. Her dam is the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks and Gr.1 Queensland Derby winner Bravery (Zephyr Zip).

Valadon herself has been an excellent producer, getting seven winners from eight foals to race, including Global Dream (Fastnet Rock) and Maraatib (Redoute’s Choice), both Gr.2-placed, and the Listed-placed Valoura (Exceed And Excel).

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FIRST-CROP DISSIDENT COLT FOR MOOREGary Moore and his long-time stable client, Hong Kong businessman Jason Tam, teamed up to purchase Lot 1936 for A$160,000, making him the third-dearest lot of the session. The colt came from the Hutchins family’s Element Hill Stud at Innisplain in Queensland and is from the first crop of Dissident, Sebring’s Australian Horse of the Year and five-time Gr.1-winning miler. The dam is the unraced Snitzel mare Miss Twiggy, a daughter of the Marauding mare Gatana, who had a penchant for the Flemington straight course, winning a pair of Listed races

Crowley was clearly delighted at securing the filly, saying: “She is a beautiful filly with great residual value, almost that value as a broodmare, I think. She is probably not an early runner and is by Fastnet Rock, but she could be. He has had a few this year that have raced well in the early two-year-old races.”

Like the Exceed And Excel colt, this filly might make a swift reappearance, as Crowley added: “We will take her home now and break her in as soon as possible and we may even put her through the two-year-old sale.” The Gold Coast Breeze-Up Sale will be conducted here in October.

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and finishing a narrow second in the Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap. She later produced eight winners, headed by the Gr.3 scorers Raheeb and Piccadilly Circus (both by Royal Academy), with the latter subsequently gaining fame as the dam of Fastnet Rock. She is also the dam of his full-sister Cirque Du Soleil, who was recently represented by Montreal (Lonhro), an impressive winner in Hong Kong.

Moore was on the buyers’ list in his own right on Tuesday, snapping up a Not A Single Doubt colt for A$150,000, but will take a share in this colt with Tam, who prefixes the names of his horses with the word “Hostwin”. Asked what he saw in his purchase, an excited Moore said: “Such a well-balanced colt with a fantastic pedigree, what else could you ask for? He was on top of the list of the colts I wanted to go after and it helps that he came off a great stud that continues to bring outstanding stock to the market place.”

Amarina Farm offered the top lot of the day and their strong draft also contained the fourth most expensive, a A$150,000 son of Starspangledbanner. The first live foal of his winning dam Rock Cathedral (Octagonal), he comes from the family of Sanziro (Danzero), winner of the major spring two-year-old race, the Gr.2 Maribyrnong Plate at Flemington. The youngster will do his racing in Hong Kong after being bought by Francis Lui.

MIDDLE MARKET STILL STRUGGLINGThe final numbers for Book One of the National Sale do not make pleasant reading if you are a vendor with stock still to move on or the auction house. At A$43,172, the average finished down 15 per cent on last year’s record figure of A$50,958, while the gross proceeds fell from A$17 million to A$9,929,500, or nearly 42 per cent, although the book was 95 lots smaller than in 2017. The clearance rate fell five points to 71 per cent, but the median held steady at A$30,000. Trade at the top of the market confirmed that good horses were still in demand, but in the middle market it may just have been a case that after a very strong season of yearling sales the money ran dry.

It was a pragmatic Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch who said post-sale: “Today’s sale had a much better vibe to it, with the clearance rate increasing to some 71 per cent, but we are still disappointed with how the clearance finished up.”

After some excellent results over the past two years, this might just turn out to be a blip and Bowditch certainly wasn’t hitting the panic button when he added: “For the right yearling, this sale is a viable option and we have great faith in this sale going forward. We will look at the structure of the sale and whether it needs fine tuning. The market here was very strong yet selective on the product on offer.”

There are still 140 or so yearlings on the sale grounds ready to be offered today as Book Two entries, with selling commencing at 2:00am BST. The yearlings will be followed by the 80-lot National Racehorse Sale, featuring reductions from the likes of Godolphin and Aquis Farm.

EUROPEAN INTEREST SIRES (A$)BRAZEN BEAU1978 c ex Pokazi 28,000

CHARM SPIRIT2002 f ex Roadtoplatinum 85,000

DAWN APPROACH1927 c ex Miracletto W/D

1972 f ex Phantom’s Fancy NS20,0002016 c ex Royal Sonata NS29,0002066 f ex Toast And Tea 10,000

EPAULETTE1950 f ex Mymy Justine 4,0002058 f ex Tequilakoko 30,0002078 f ex Victorian Maid 9,000

EXCEED AND EXCEL1934 c ex Miss Lily Rose 32,0001969 c ex Perfect Hostess 60,000

FASTNET ROCK1999 c ex Rendzina 120,0002077 f ex Valadon 245,000

HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR1983 c ex Princess Carnegie 90,000

OLYMPIC GLORY1938 c ex Modave 7,0002071 c ex Treadmill NS14,000

RELIABLE MAN1898 c ex Liliflora 50,0002010 f ex Romeo’s Princess 35,0002054 c ex Tamara 70,000

SIDESTEP1996 c ex Red’s Image 2,0002047 c ex Summer Gem W/D

STARSPANGLEDBANNER1897 f ex Light Lustre W/D2004 c ex Rock Cathedral 150,000

ZOFFANY1921 c ex Mayotte 22,000

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Lot 1900, Amarina Farm’s Tavistock colt, who topped the second day’s proceedings at the Gold Coast when knocked down to Champion Thoroughbreds for A$250,000. © Magic Millions

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Forever Together another link in the chain

Forever Together (Galileo) wins last week’s Gr.1 Oaks at Epsom. © Steve Cargill

I believe the best racehorses will always come out of the best runners. In other words, the best fillies will always be the best broodmares. I’ve got some whose pedigrees nobody would say are scintillating,

but having seen them on the track, I’m absolutely convinced they’ll do wonders as dams.

Those deeply prophetic words were spoken by owner-breeder Thomas Porter Whitney, a US diplomat and author, in an interview given to the New York Times in 1977.

Whitney had bred and raced such as Duke Of Marmalade (Vaguely Noble), winner of the Gr.1 Premio Roma, and Naval Orange (Hoist The Flag), subsequent dam of Gr.1 winner and sire Cryptoclearance (Fappiano), and, at the time of the interview, he had a string of 23 horses in training and ten broodmares, eight of whom were boarded at Plum Lane Farm in Kentucky.

Little could Whitney have known at the time that one of the newest members of that band, a minor Stakes winner called Chain Store, would have a profound and lasting impact on the breed, highlighted once again last Friday by the stunning victory of her great-granddaugher Forever Together (Galileo) in the Gr.1 Oaks at Epsom.

Chain Store was bred in California by Ken and Mary ‘Bay’ Schiffer at their Hat Ranch West farm, foaled five years after the couple established their Californian farm. The Schiffers made the move west in 1967, having already established a 23,000-acre ranch in Wyoming in the 1950s, named The Hat Ranch, after relocating from their native New York in the aftermath of World War II to run a polo club.

Chain Store, a daughter of the then California-based Nodouble, was the third foal of the To Market mare General Store, herself a granddaughter of Cigar Maid, a mare by the 1945 Gr.1 Belmont Stakes winner Pavot.

General Store’s first two foals were both sold and won for other connections and Chain Store was duly purchased to race for Whitney, who earned lasting fame outside of the insular world of racing as translator of the work of Nobel Prize-winning Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

A year later General Store foaled a full-brother to Chain Store, who was retained to race in the Schiffer colours of blue with a black hat design on the body. On the same day his full-sister scored her first victory in an allowance at Santa Anita, race four on the card on February 7th 1976, Double Discount finished second in a maiden special weight on the same card.

Although Chain Store went on to win seven more races, including the Rare Treat Handicap at Aqueduct, Double Discount far outstripped her racetrack achievements. He set a world record for ten furlongs on turf when winning the Gr.2 Carleton F Burke Handicap in 1977 at Santa Anita, as well as landing the Lakeside Handicap and San Carlos Handicap, both Gr.2s, and finishing placed at the highest level seven times, including in both the Santa Anita Derby and Hollywood Derby.

Unsurprisingly after Double Discount’s exploits, the Schiffers retained all five of General Store’s subsequent foals and, although four of the quintet won, none emulated the achievement of their older brother. Double Discount’s exploits, although memorable, would not earn him lasting fame at stud for the simple reason he was a gelding.

General Store and her family could so easily have slipped into the history books rather than the record books, had it not been for Chain Store, who retired the winner of eight of her 36 starts.

Whitney’s interview with the New York Times was published in July 1977, just four months after Chain Store made her last start, finishing unplaced at Aqueduct. She was already in foal at that point, but sadly the 1978 foal died. Her first live foal for Whitney was born in April 1979, a filly by Exclusive Native named Geraldine’s Store. Racing for Whitney she won 13

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times, scoring notable victories in the (then) Gr.2 Diana Handicap at Saratoga in 1983 and the Gr.3 Violet Handicap at Meadowlands before finishing third in the Gr.1 Matriarch Stakes at Hollywood Park in 1983. At stud, the mare earned plaudits as the third dam of the Gr.2 winner and Irish 2,000 Guineas runner-up Democratic Deficit (Soviet Star).

Chain Store’s second foal, the Wajima colt Chic Boutique, won nine times, albeit mainly in claiming company, but her third would prove the glorious fulfilling of Whitney’s 1977 prediction. A chesnut filly by Blushing Groom, Chain Store’s 1982 foal was offered at Keeneland’s July Select Yearling Sale and was snapped up for $650,000 before being sent to Harry Thompson Jones in Newmarket.

Named Al Bahathri by her owner Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum, the filly won the Gr.2 Lowther Stakes and (then) Listed Princess Margaret Stakes at two and went on to greater honours at three, landing the Gr.1 Irish 1,000 Guineas, the (then) Gr.2 Coronation Stakes and Gr.3 Child Stakes (now the Gr.1 Falmouth Stakes).

At stud, Al Bahathri founded her own dynasty, firstly via her own progeny, including the Gr.1 2,000 Guineas and Gr.1 Champion Stakes winner Haafhd (Alhaarth), Gr.2 winner Munir (Indian Ridge) and Listed winner Hasbah (Kris), and then via her many other descendants, who include such luminaries as the dual Gr.1 Hong Kong winner Military Attack, the Gr.1 Dubai Duty Free victor Gladiatorus (Silic) and his Gr.3 Premio Regina Elena-winning half-sister My Sweet Baby (Minardi), and many more.

Chain Store produced only one further foal for Whitney, the 1983 colt Lump Sum (Exclusive Native), purchased by Prince Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte operation for $750,000 as a yearling.

The colt clearly created an impression on his new owner as, by the time Chain Store produced her next foal, the 1985 filly Bloudan (Damascus), she was in the ownership of Juddmonte Farms.

“Ironically it is two of Chain Fern's unraced daughters who have continued the line in the best fashion.”

Chain Store gave birth to four more foals for Juddmonte, including the 1991 Listed Cheshire Oaks winner Peplum (Nijinsky), later dam of the Gr.1-placed Boatman (Irish River),

and in 1986, a full-sister to Al Bahathri named Chain Fern. Chain Fern never raced but she earned her oats in the

Juddmonte paddocks, producing five winners highlighted by Spanish Fern (El Gran Senor) who took her branch of the family back to its Californian roots when triumphing in the 1999 Gr.1 Yellow Ribbon Stakes at Santa Anita’s Oak Tree meeting.

Chain Fern also produced the triple sprint winner Dayville to Dayjur in 1994, who in turn has foaled nine winners, including the Gr.3-placed Day Of Conquest (Major Cadeaux) and the Listed-placed duo Day By Day (Kyllachy) and Thought Is Free (Cadeaux Genereux), the latter dam of the Gr.2-placed Merry

Me (Invincible Spirit), as well as Alexander Ballet (Mind Games) who is the dam of the Gr.1 (then) Gran Criterium victor Hearts Of Fire .

Ironically, it is two of Chain Fern’s unraced daughters who have continued the line in the best fashion. Her 1998 filly Rusty Back, a daughter of Defensive Play, produced Heatseeker (Giant’s Causeway), who won the 2008 Gr.1 Santa Anita Handicap, having been Gr.1-placed as a juvenile in Ireland behind George Washington, and stood at Harris Farms in California until his death in December 2016.

Green Room, Chain Fern’s 2002 filly by Theatrical, never saw a racecourse and arrived at Tattersalls in February 2005 as part of a 21-strong draft from Juddmonte. The group averaged 19,500gns, with Green Room bringing a final bid of 20,000gns from Kinsale Bloodstock. Shipped to the US and covered by first-season sire Speightstown in April, Green Room returned to the sale ring at Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale later that year, but failed to make her reserve when led out unsold at $280,000.

Her final trip through a sale ring came just two months later when she was purchased by Templeton Railton Farms for $240,000 at Keeneland’s January Sale. Two months afterwards, Green Room foaled her Speightstown colt for breeders Vimal and Gillian Khosla. Later named Lord Shanakill, he won the Gr.1 Prix Jean Prat, as well as a pair of Gr.2s, and is the sire of the Gr.1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes victor My Dream Boat.

Green Room produced the minor dual winner Brannagh to Hennessy, followed by the placed Dressing Room (Dixie Union) and the filly Nimboo (Lemon Drop Kid), before returning to Europe, where she foaled Smart Artie (Smart Strike) who won a maiden in the colours of Vimal Khosla.

A blockbuster mating beckoned and the mare was dispatched to Galileo, duly producing Together Forever, who was purchased by MV Magnier for €680,000 at the Goffs Orby Sale and went on to win the Gr.1 Fillies’ Mile before finishing second in the Gr.3 Musidora and seventh in the 2015 Gr.1 Oaks at Epsom.

A trip to Galileo’s half-brother Sea The Stars yielded Signe, who was sold for €1,100,000 at the Goffs Orby Sale and won three minor races. Returning to her Juddmonte roots, Green Room next foaled the Dansili filly Black Ruby, a maiden winner in Gillian Khosla’s colours, before returning to the tried and tested formula of Galileo. Forever Together, a late May foal and €900,000 Goffs Orby Sale graduate was the result.

Although barren to Galileo in 2016, Green Room has remained faithful to him, foaling a filly in January last year and again in April this year.

Exactly a month after Green Room’s current yearling was born and nearly eight months before Forever Together made her debut at Naas, Bay Schiffer, widow of Chain Store’s breeder, died in Wyoming at the mighty age of 102. It is not without the bounds of possibility that Chain Store’s legacy will live as long.

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STAR PERFORMEREST ILLIC (Ire), 4g,

Court Cave – Ten Friends (Shantou) O: Derek Tobin, B: Gerry Ross, T: Michael Goff €8,000 2014 Goffs December NH Sale by A Partnership, consigned by Limekiln Stud €28,000 2017 Goffs Land Rover Sale by Derek Tobin, consigned by Carriagh Farm

Soft and heavy ground were no friends to this horse on his first two starts, but he revealed marked improvement on better going at Oldcastle last month and made no mistake when routing his rivals at Kinsale on Sunday. The horse who won the Oldcastle race, the handsome Easyrun De Vassy, joined Paul Nicholls at Cheltenham last week when selling for £105,000.

Est Illic is the second horse to give his family a lift in recent weeks, for his dam’s full-brother, Clondaw Draft, knocked up a quick double in chases at Bangor and Stratford for Donald McCain’s yard. Just Friends, a half-brother to the dam, won four times and was placed in Gr.2 company over fences, and, with Court Cave having enjoyed another good season in points and under Rules, the future for this youngster looks bright when the ground is right.

HIGHSTREET ROLLER (Ire), 4f, Jeremy – Ring Street Roller (High Roller) O/T: Matthew O’Connor, B: John Ryan

Making her racing debut on the final weekend of the Irish point-to-point season, this filly won a race for four-year-old maiden fillies at Ballingarry. She showed a good turn of foot to take up the running with two to jump and, while a little green after the last when asked to gallop past the crowd, she still scored by four lengths. The placed horses had done enough in previous starts to suggest it was a race with some depth.

Highstreet Roller comes from the penultimate crop of Jeremy, whose death in the autumn of 2014 becomes no easier with each track or sale ring success by one of his offspring; another of his 12 Irish pointing winners this season, The Very Man, was sold for £210,000 at Cheltenham last week. This filly’s dam won four hurdle races and a point-to-point and now has a potential track winner on her breeding record.

PRESENTING DANCER (Ire), 4g, Arcadio – Miss Alwen (Presenting) O: Caitriona Goff, B: John Ryan, T: Michael Goff €12,000 2014 Tattersalls Ireland November NH Sale by Jamestown House Stud, consigned by Cleaboy Stud & Coppice Farm

Those who saw this horse finish a close fifth at Dawstown in a race won by Run Fred Run and Easyrun De Vassy – who were both sold for six-figure sums at Cheltenham last week – will not have been surprised when he lost his maiden tag at Ballingarry on Sunday. However, in between he was beaten more than 20 lengths at Necarne, possibly because that race came just 12 days after his promising debut, but he also made a couple of minor jumping errors at a crucial time in the race. At Kinsale he jumped well and, while the form does not look from the top drawer, he could well go further.

His dam showed zero ability in three bumpers, but her half-brother, No Panic, won nine races under Rules for Peter Bowen and later added a pointing success as a schoolmaster. He was at his best on quick ground and it seems the latest family success has a similar aptitude.

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London Express winning at Wanganui last Saturday.

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EXPRESS RESULT FOR WINDSOR PARKWindsor Park Stud’s hopes for their Gr.1-winning stallion Shamexpress (NZ) are being fulfilled.

“We did not expect him to get really early two-year-olds; we thought they would come at the back end of the season and he’s doing that,” the Cambridge farm’s principal Rodney Schick said.

Shamexpress duly delivered a stunning result at Wanganui on Saturday when his juveniles London Express (NZ) and Qiji Express (NZ) dominated the finish of the Listed Castletown Stakes (1200m).

“For him to have now had five winners and a Stakes quinella is fantastic,” Schick added.

The Allan Sharrock-trained London Express came with a determined finish from the back of the field to account for Qiji Express.

By O’Reilly out of Volksrose, a daughter of former Champion Windsor Park resident Volksraad, Shamexpress was a top-quality galloper, with a victory in the Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) as a three-year-old his highlight.

“He was a very fast horse with a middle distance pedigree, like Thorn Park,” Schick said. “He is a bull of a horse, very powerful and good-looking and he puts that into his progeny. He has been very well-supported so the future is looking good.”

Shamexpress stands at Windsor Park Stud in Cambridge for a service fee of NZ$12,500+gst.

JAPAN TILT POSSIBLE FOR WERTHERNew Zealand-bred star Werther (NZ) is in line for a trip to Japan. Hong Kong trainer John Moore will give the son of Tavistock (NZ) another gallop before confirming a tilt at the Gr.1 Takarazuka Kinen (2200m) at Hanshin on 24th June. If Werther makes the trip, the 2015-16 Hong Kong Horse of the Year will be ridden by Champion jockey Hugh Bowman.

The six-year-old has won three Gr.1 races in Hong Kong and has been crowned Champion Middle Distance Horse and Champion Stayer to go along with his Horse of the Year title.

His sire Tavistock won two Gr.1 races himself on his way to being crowned Champion Sprinter in New Zealand in 2009-10. He has sired 17 Stakes winners and 10 Group winners, including Derby winners Werther (NZ) (Hong Kong Derby), Tarzino (NZ) (Victoria Derby), Tavago (NZ) (Australian Derby), and Infantry (Singapore Derby).

Tavistock stands at Cambridge Stud in New Zealand for a service fee of NZ$65,000+gst.

Tavistock’s Hong Kong-trained son Werther, who may be set for a tilt at Gr.1 glory in Japan.

Windsor Park Stud’s Shamexpress

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SUNDAY’S LISTED WINNER MASCHA TO SELL ONLINE NEXT MONDAYA daughter of Le Havre, Mascha created a good impression last Saturday at Baden-Baden when winning the Listed Diana-Trial by three lengths. That performance was awarded a rating of 98, the third-highest for a three-year-old filly in Germany and only three pounds below the German 1,000 Guineas second and third.

The Andreas Suborics-trained filly made her debut at Saint-Cloud in May in the Prix Producer, in which she only found Francis-Henri Graffard’s Fierté D’Amour too good.

Mascha was bred by Larissa Kneip at her Haras de Saint-Arnoult and turned heads at the 2017 Arqana Breeze-Up sale, where she topped the stud’s consignment with a price tag of €170,000.

Registrations for her sale are now open on Arqanaonline.com. The auction will start at 10:00am CET next Monday, 11th June to close the same day at 7:00pm CET.

The filly may be viewed in Cologne by appointment with trainer Andreas Suborics and photos and videos will be released online shortly. A full veterinary file (X-rays and scope) is also available on the online repository, which veterinary surgeons mandated by potential buyers can access remotely.

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JULY SALE CATALOGUE ONLINEFasig-Tipton has catalogued 349 yearlings, the most for nearly a decade, for its July Sale, to be held on Tuesday, 10th July, at the company’s Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Kentucky. The sale will begin at 10:00am. Nominations are also open for Fasig-Tipton’s July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, which will be held the previous day.

Among the yearlings are a Wicked Strong half-sister to Gr.1 winner Seattle Smooth and two fillies from the first crop by American Pharoah, while other first-crop sires represented include Gr.1 Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice, dual Gr.1 winners Bayern, Carpe Diem, Constitution, Liam’s Map, Palace and Secret Circle, Gr.1 Belmont Derby winner Mr Speaker, Gr.1 Donn Handicap winner Lea, the Gr.1-winning miler Jack Milton, Gr.1-winning juveniles Competitive Edge and Daredevil and the Gr.1 Travers Stakes winner Golden Ticket.

The July Sale catalogue may now be viewed online HERE.

INDUSTRY NEWSCARTIER AWARDS

EPSOM WINNERS LAY DOWN EARLY CARTIER AWARDS CHALLENGEMasar (New Approach) and Cracksman (Frankel), successful in two of the Gr.1 highlights at this year’s Derby Festival at Epsom, head the early standings in the race to be crowned Cartier Horse Of The Year.

The 28th Cartier Racing Awards will be presented at a ceremony before an invited audience of 300 at the Dorchester Hotel, London, on the evening of Tuesday, 13th November.

Below are the current standings for this year’s Cartier Racing Awards. Points have been accumulated in Pattern races up to and including Sunday, 3rd June.

HORSE OF THE YEARMASAR (New Approach) 68CRACKSMAN (Frankel) 64LAURENS (Siyouni) 56BENBATL (Dubawi) 54THUNDER SNOW (Helmet) 54

OLDER HORSECRACKSMAN (Frankel) 64BENBATL (Dubawi) 54THUNDER SNOW (Helmet) 54RECOLETOS (Whipper) 48LANCASTER BOMBER (War Front) 40

THREE-YEAR-OLD COLTMASAR (New Approach) 68STUDY OF MAN (Deep Impact) 52SAXON WARRIOR (Deep Impact) 48OLMEDO (Declaration Of War) 36ROMANISED (Holy Roman Emperor) 32

THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLYLAURENS (Siyouni) 56BILLESDON BROOK (Champs Elysees) 48FOREVER TOGETHER (Galileo) 48ALPHA CENTAURI (Mastercraftsman) 32TEPPAL (Camacho) 32

SPRINTERJUNGLE CAT (Iffraaj) 24SANDS OF MALI (Panis) 24BATTAASH (Dark Angel) 16BRANDO (Pivotal) 16FINSBURY SQUARE (Siyouni) 16HARRY ANGEL (Dark Angel) 16INVINCIBLE ARMY (Invincible Spirit) 16MERCHANT NAVY (Fastnet Rock) 16

STAYERVAZIRABAD (Manduro) 31STRADIVARIUS (Sea The Stars) 16DESERT SKYLINE (Tamayuz) 10

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PLUS 10 YEARLING REGISTRATION DEADLINE NEARSThe Plus 10 bonus scheme Yearling Registration deadline is approaching, and breeders and pinhookers of yearlings who wish for their horse to remain in Plus 10 must pay the Yearling Registration fee of £200 by 30th June 2018.

This incentive scheme pays £10,000/€12,500 bonuses on top of prize money across more than 800 two and three-year-old races

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third dam is Murmurs (Zamazaan), an unraced half-sister to the Listed-winning dam of New Zealand Gr.1 winner Sir Kinloch (Rhythm).

Dysphonia’s yearling is a colt by Golden Horn.

2.30 HAMILTON, 3YO+ NOVICE, 6F1. BATTLE COMMENCE (Ire), 3g,

Declaration Of War – Invincible Ash (Invincible Spirit) O: Clipper Logistics, B: Patrick Condron, T: David O’Meara €35,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale by Peter Vaughan Distances: nk, nk. 10 ran.

Battle Commence (Declaration Of War) got to the front in the closing stages to break his maiden on his third start. He is the first foal of the sprinter Invincible Ash (Invincible Spirit), who won nine races up to Gr.3 level. She is the best of the three winners produced by Fully Fashioned (Brief Truce), a winning half-sister to the Stakes-placed hurdler Just An Illusion (Shernazar) and five other winners. The third dam, Insider’s View (Caerleon), is a winning half-sister to the Italian Gr.3 victrix Sweetened Offer (General Assembly), and the fourth dam is the Gr.3-winning sprinter Sweet Mint (Meadow Mint).

Invincible Ash has a two-year-old Dandy Man colt named Desmotronik (bought by Italians Chimax srl for €4,500 at the Goffs Open Yearling Sale) and a yearling filly by the same sire.

3.30 HAMILTON, EBF 3YO+ CONDITIONS, 6F

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1. SIR DANCEALOT (Ire), 4g, Sir Prancealot – Majesty’s Dancer (Danehill Dancer) 2nd dam Majesty’s Nurse (Indian King) 3rd dam Lagolette (Green God) O: C Benham/ D Whitford/ L Quinn/ K Quinn, B: Vincent Duignan, T: David Elsworth €15,000 Goffs November Foal Sale by Forge Stables, consigned by Vincent Duignan €30,000 Goffs Sportsman’s Yearling Sale by J Morgan/K Quinn, consigned by The Forge Stables

2. Kimberella (GB), 3. Laugh A Minute (GB).Distances: nse, 1¼l. 5 ran.

4.50 WOLVERHAMPTON, 3YO+F NOVICE DIV I, 7F AW1. PRIDE’S GOLD (USA), 3f,

Animal Kingdom – Royal Order (Medaglia D’Oro) O: Rabbah Racing, B: Rabbah Bloodstock, T: Simon Crisford Distances: 4½l, 3¾l. 12 ran.

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Placed on both of her previous starts, including over this course and distance, Pride’s Gold (Animal Kingdom) made all and won impressively. She is the third foal and first winner out of Royal

in Britain and Ireland each year and has paid out more than £11.5 million in additional prize money since the first bonus was made available in 2015, rewarding more than 700 different breeders and studs.

For breeders who pay both the yearling and earlier foal registration fees, this guarantees a £2,000 bonus payment should their horse win a race featuring a Plus 10 bonus, regardless of whether the horse’s final owner registration payment is made. Pinhookers who pay just the yearling registration will win £1,000 should their horse win a race featuring a Plus 10 bonus.

Breeders are advised that any horse paid up to the yearling registration stage will be flagged as Plus 10 on individual pedigree pages within sales catalogues.

For more information, see www.plus10bonus.com.

YESTERDAY’S RACING REVIEWBRITAIN

2.00 HAMILTON, 2YO AUCTION NOVICE, 6F1. LOOK OUT LOUIS (GB), 2c,

Harbour Watch – Perfect Act (Act One) O: Habton Farms, B: Mildmay Bloodstock, T: Tim Easterby 12,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 3 by Tim Easterby Distances: 2l, nk. 9 ran.

Look Out Louis (Harbour Watch) had run twice before, but showed much more ability here on his first start over six furlongs. He is a half-brother to the winner Fleeting Glimpse (Passing Glance) and is the third named foal out of Perfect Act (Act One), winner of five races up to seven furlongs. Her dam, the placed juvenile Markova’s Dance (Mark Of Esteem), has produced five other winners, including Rhythmic Star (Starcraft) and Evening Attire (Pastoral Pursuits), winners of 15 races between them. The third dam, the Gr.3-placed Tanouma (Miswaki), is the dam of eight winners, headed by Gr.2 victor Azzilfi (Ardross), Italian Gr.3 winner Khamaseen (Slip Anchor) and the Gr.1-placed Listed victrix Tamnia (Green Desert; dam of Gr.1 winner Coroner and third dam of the multiple Group-winning sprinter Son Cesio).

Perfect Act has a yearling Hot Streak colt (bought by Rathasker Stud for 2,500gns at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale).

2.20 WOLVERHAMPTON, 2YO NOVICE, 6F AW1. BURJ (GB), 2c,

Dansili – Dysphonia (Lonhro) O/B: Godolphin, T: Saeed bin Suroor Distances: 6l, 2¼l. 8 ran.

Third on his debut at Newbury last month, Burj (Dansili) sprinted clear in the final furlong to easily account for his rivals. He is a half-brother to Soliloquy (Dubawi), this season’s Gr.3 Nell Gwyn Stakes winner and Gr.1 Irish 1,000 Guineas fourth, and to the dual winning miler Musical Terms (Shamardal). They are the first three foals out of the Australian-bred Dysphonia (Lonhro), a Gr.1-placed dual Listed winner in her native country and Gr.3-placed at Lingfield Park after her move to Britain. She is the best of the six winners and 11 foals out of Stutter (Night Shift), a winning half-sister to the Gr.3-placed Lament (Mighty Avalanche; dam of the Gr.2-placed Listed winner Jeremiad). The

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Early Rising (Grey Dawn; dam of the Champion Three-Year-Old Stayer, triple Gr.1 winner and sire Silver Patriarch, the Gr.1 Ascot Gold Cup winner Papineau and the Gr.3 Henry II Stakes winner and sire My Patriarch), as well as the grandam of the Gr.1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere winner and sire Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj).

No Explaining has a yearling colt by Gleneagles.

6.10 WETHERBY, EBF 2YO MED AUCTION NOVICE, 5½F

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1. COCOCABALA (Ire), 2c, Sir Prancealot – Dream Applause (Royal Applause) 2nd dam Rainbow Dream (Rainbow Quest) 3rd dam Imaginary (Dancing Brave) O: Balasuriya,Cookcunningham,Gowing,Spencer, B: Belmont Bloodstock Ltd, T: Richard Spencer 6,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale consigned by Belmont Stud £11,000 Goffs UK Silver Yearling Sale by Bobby O’Ryan/Richard Spencer, consigned by Belmont Stud

2. Pink Flamingo (GB), 3. Ventura Bay (Ire)Distances: ¾l, 2¾l. 9 ran.Pedigree: EBN2018-05-01

6.40 WETHERBY, 3-4YO MED AUCTION NOVICE, 1M1. HASANOANDA (GB), 3g,

Champs Elysees – Indian Mystery (Indian Ridge) 2nd dam Mystic Reason (Lyphard) 3rd dam Belle O’ Reason (Hail To Reason) O: Ms Rachel D S Hood, B: Jeddah Bloodstock, T: John Gosden 11,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 3 consigned by Fernham Farm 31,000gns Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up Sale by Blandford Bloodstock, consigned by Knockanglass Stables

2. Morticia (GB), 3. Climb Aboard (GB).Distances: nk, ¾l. 10 ran.

7.00 KEMPTON PARK, 3YO+ NOVICE, 7F AW1. RED MIST (GB), 3c,

Frankel – Red Dune (Red Ransom) 2nd dam Desert Beauty (Green Desert) 3rd dam Hellenic (Darshaan) O: Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum, B: Godolphin, T: Simon Crisford

2. Skydiving (GB), 3. Perisher (GB)Distances: 6l, hd. 13 ran.

Order (Medaglia D’Oro), who is one of 11 winners produced by the Stakes-placed Lord Avie mare Delta Danielle. The latter’s progeny also include the Gr.1 Dubai Golden Shaheen victor Our New Recruit (Alphabet Soup) and Stakes-placed winners by Oratory, Partner’s Hero and Black Tie Affair. Also the grandam of dual US Gr.2 victrix Stonetastic (Mizzen Mast) and the Gr.1-placed Gift Box (Twirling Candy), Delta Danielle is the best of the five winners and 14 foals out of the Stakes-placed Domasco Danielle (Same Direction).

Royal Order has a two-year-old full-brother to this winner and a yearling colt by Exceed And Excel.

5.20 WOLVERHAMPTON, 3YO+F NOVICE DIV II, 7F AW1. THE CHEMIST (GB), 3f,

Dutch Art – Prescription (Pivotal) O/B: Cheveley Park Stud, T: Roger Varian Distances: 2½l, ½l. 10 ran.

The Chemist (Dutch Art) had been well beaten on her two previous outings, but made almost all to beat the favourite here. She is a half-sister to the triple winner Dose (Teofilo) and is the third foal produced by the Listed-winning Pivotal mare Prescription. From a successful family, she is a half-sister to ten winners, headed by the Gr.3 scorers Clinical (Motivator; dam of the Gr.1-placed Lockheed) and Cupid’s Glory (Pursuit Of Love) and Listed winners Magnificence (Sadler’s Wells) and Courting (Pursuit Of Love; dam of Listed winner Fury). The winning second dam, Doctor’s Glory (Elmaamul), is a half-sister to Listed winner On Call (Alleged; dam of Gr.2 winner One Off and Listed scorer Oblique), and the third dam is the unraced Doctor Bid (Spectacular Bid). She is a half-sister to Gr.3 winner Glory Forever (Forever Casting) and to the winning Secreto mare Rahaam, from whom are descended Gr.1 winners Halfway To Heaven, Photo Call and Rhododendron.

Prescription’s yearling is a Lethal Force colt.

6.00 KEMPTON PARK, 2YO FILLIES’ NOVICE, 6F AW1. BEYOND REASON (Ire), 2f,

Australia – No Explaining (Azamour) O: Godolphin, B: Paget Bloodstock, T: Charlie Appleby 370,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by Rabbah Bloodstock Distances: 4l, ½l. 11 ran.

Beyond Reason, runner-up last time out at Newmarket, got off the mark on her second start, making all and winning unchallenged. She became the first British winner for her sire, the Gr.1 Derby, Gr.1 Irish Derby and Gr.1 Juddmonte International Stakes winner Australia. She is out of the Gr.3 Gallorette Handicap winner and dual Gr.2-placed No Explaining (Azamour), who is the best of six winners produced by the winner Claustra (Green Desert). She is a half-sister to the Gr.2 American Handicap winner and dual Gr.1-placed Bayamo (Valanour), the Gr.3 Benazet-Rennen winner and Gr.1 Prix Maurice de Gheest-placed Wessam Prince (Soviet Star), the winner Clare Court (Glint Of Gold; dam of the Gr.3 Premio Citta’ di Napoli winner Snake Snap) and the unraced Clare Garden (Shirley Heights; dam of the Gr.2 winners Acteon Man and Uvento and the Brazilian Group-placed pair Alegre Lady and Tero Sabu and grandam of the Gr.3 Grande Premio Natal winner Momento De Alegria). The third dam is the Gr.3 Gilltown Stakes winner and Gr.2 Prix de Malleret runner-up Clare Bridge (Little Current) and she is a half-sister to the winner

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E B N : T H U R S DAY, 7 T H J U N E 2018R AC I N G R E V I E Wheroine Favourable Terms (Selkirk), the Listed-winning Modern History (Shamardal), and the dam of the Listed-placed Signposted (Rock Of Gibraltar). Fatefully is a half-sister to the Gr.2 Dance Smartly Stakes scorer Points Of Grace (Point Given).

Nur Jahan has a two-year-old Holy Roman Emperor filly.

4.25 NAVAN, 3YO+ MAIDEN, 1M2F1. ARTHURIAN FAME (Ire), 3c,

Camelot – Wishing (Danehill Dancer) O: China Horse Club International Ltd, B: China Horse Club, T: J P O’Brien Distances: 2¼l, 9l. 3 ran.

After starting his career with a couple of second place finishes, Arthurian Fame (Camelot) won well here from the front. He is the first foal of the Danehill Dancer mare Wishing, who is a half-sister to the Listed Prix de Pontarme scorer and Gr.3-placed Nid D’Abeilles (Green Desert) and the Listed-placed Mabalane (Danehill; dam of the Gr.3-placed Mubtaghaa and the Listed-placed Maree Basse). The second dam, Massarossa (Mr Prospector), has also produced the Sadler’s Wells mare Brighella, who is the grandam of the Gr.1 Oaks and Gr.1 Irish Oaks runner-up Architecture (Zoffany). The third dam is the Listed Prix Amandine victrix Massaraat (Nureyev), who is responsible for the Listed Prix la Sorellina winner Tessa Reef (Mark Of Esteem; dam of the Listed-placed Samana Cay), the Gr.3 Prix de Royaumont third Maeander (Nashwan) and the Listed-placed juvenile Massillon (Mr Prospector). Massaraat, who is also the grandam of the Gr.2 Cherry Hinton Stakes winner Silent Honor (Sunday Silence) and the Gr.2 Ribblesdale Stakes winner Silkwood (Singspiel), is herself a full-sister to the multiple Gr.1 heroine Miesque (Nureyev), dam of Classic winners Kingmambo and East Of The Moon and ancestress of this season’s Classic winners Alpha Centauri and Study Of Man.

FRANCE

11.25 (BST) LA-TESTE-DE-BUCH, 2YO C&G MDN, 1200M1. THE BLACK ALBUM (Fr), 2c,

Wootton Bassett – Model Black (Trade Fair) O/B: Didier Bouquil, T: Mme Jane Soubagne Distances: 2l, ½l. 8 ran.

The Black Album (Wootton Bassett) was third on his debut over this course and distance last month and used that experience to win comfortably on his return. He is the first winner out of Model Black (Trade Fair), who won twice and is a half-sister to the dual Gr.2 and Gr.3 victor Trumpet Major (Arakan), out of the unraced Ashford Cross (Cape Cross). The third dam is the Gr.2 (then) Preis der Diana victrix Risen Raven (Risen Star), who produced eight winners, including the Listed-placed Rinconada and the dam of Italian Listed winner Rastignano. This is the same family as the US Gr.1 winner We Miss Artie.

Model Black has a yearling filly named Empty Spaces (Orpen). BR

IRELAND

2.55 NAVAN, EBF 2YO FILLIES’ MAIDEN, 5F

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1. GOSSAMER WINGS (USA), 2f, Scat Daddy – Lavender Baby (Rubiano) O: M Tabor, D Smith & Mrs J Magnier, B: Mrs O Patrick, T: A P O’Brien $500,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale by M V Magnier Distances: ½l, 1¾l. 8 ran.

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Gossamer Wings (Scat Daddy) showed up well in a decent Curragh maiden just under two weeks ago and built on that with a battling success over the newcomer Rita Levi (Kodiac). She is the seventh winner produced by the eight-time scorer Lavender Baby (Rubiano), who is already the dam of the Gr.3 Victory Ride Stakes winner Baby J (J Be K), the Choice Stakes winner and Gr.1 Secretariat Stakes third Laureate Conductor (Bernstein), the Stakes-placed Que Posse (Posse) and the Stakes-winning Lavender Chrissie (Scat Daddy). The second dam is the winning Hero’s Honor mare Mighty Milk, whose offspring are headed by the Stakes-placed Big Will (Peaks And Valleys). The third dam, Hot Milk (Restless Native), won the Listed Astoria Stakes and her progeny include the Gr.3 scorer and Gr.1-placed Hot Brush (Broad Brush) and the Listed Summer Stakes winner Blazing Hot (Irish River; grandam of the Gr.2 Super Derby winner Going Ballistic and multiple Stakes winner Silverette).

Lavender Baby has a yearling colt by Uncle Mo.

3.25 NAVAN, 3YO+ MAIDEN, 1M1. UNDERSTATE (Ire), 3c,

Oasis Dream – Nur Jahan (Selkirk) O/T: P Twomey, B: B Nielsen 110,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale by Abbey Farm Distances: nk, 1½l. 6 ran

Understate (Oasis Dream) was making a quick return to action following a runner-up finish at Listowel on Sunday and made all the running for a straightforward success from California Jumbo (Scat Daddy). He is the first produce of the winner Nur Jahan (Selkirk), who is a half-sister to five winners, headed by the Listed-placed French runner Faithful One (Dubawi; dam of the Listed Silver Tankard Stakes runner-up Beast Mode). Her dam is the winning juvenile Have Faith (Machiavellian), a full-sister to the UAE Gr.3-placed Opportunist. The third dam is the dual Listed victrix Fatefully (Private Account), whose other offspring include the Gr.1 Nassau Stakes and Gr.2 (then) Matron Stakes

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11.55 (BST) LA-TESTE-DE-BUCH, 2YO F MDN, 1200M1. ISALYS (Fr), 2f,

Panis – Ipshanda (Siyouni) O/B: Ecurie Jarlan, T: Didier Guillemin Distances: 1l, nk. 12 ran.

Isalys (Panis) was beaten on her debut at Tarbes by War Chope (Captain Chop) four weeks ago, but won cosily here. She is the first foal out of the unraced Ipshanda (Siyouni), a daughter of the winner Watch Out (Rock Of Gibraltar). The latter is a half-sister to the winner and Gr.1 Prix Marcel Boussac runner-up Danseuse D’Etoile (Highest Honor; dam of Japanese Gr.2 scorer Lelouch). The third dam is the placed Latifolia (Dancing Brave), who is a half-sister to the South African Gr.2-placed Dreamfields, dam of Gr.2 South African Oaks victrix Idle Fancy. This is the family descending from Glad Rags (High Hat) which also includes high-class runners such as Dreams Gallore, Declaration Of War, Terpsichorist, Union Rags and the great enigma Gorytus.

Ipshanda has a yearling Maiguri colt named Bassim. BR

1.05 (BST) LA-TESTE-DE-BUCH, 3YO MAIDEN, 1800M1. MIDGREY (Ire), 3f,

Camelot – Tasharowa (Linamix) O: Prime Equestrian, B: Ecurie des Charmes & Haras de la Morsangliere, T: Xavier Thomas-Demeaulte €150,000 Arqana October Yearling Sale by Prime Equestrian Distances: 2l, nse. 15 ran.

After a third on her debut early last month, Midgrey (Camelot) stayed on well here to become the first winner out of the quadruple victrix Tasharowa (Linamix). The mare is a half-sister to seven winners, headed by the Listed-placed Tashna (Kendor) and triple winner Tishkara (Xaar; dam of the Gr.2-placed Tifongo, later successful in Hong Kong as Heal Thwise). The second dam, Tashtiyana (Doyoun), is a winning daughter of the Gr.3 Princess Royal Stakes winner Tashtiya (Shergar), who is also the dam of the Gr.3-placed Tashiriya, herself the dam of Gr.3 Prix de la Nonette winner Tashelka and the Gr.1-placed Tashkandi and grandam of the Classic-placed triple Group winner Tasaday.

Tasharowa has a two-year-old colt by Lawman and a yearling Intello colt. BR

GERMANY

5.00 (BST) COLOGNE, 3YO FILLIES’ MAIDEN, 1850M1. MOON RELATION (Ger), 3f,

Reliable Man – Moonlight Symphony (Pentire) O/B: Gestüt Wittekindshof, T: Markus Klug Distances: 2½l, ½l. 9 ran.

Moon Relation (Reliable Man) was second on all three starts last season and fourth on her reappearance last month, but got off the mark this time, racing in mid-division before staying on much the best in the straight to win comfortably. She is a half-sister to the multiple winner Moonlight Mole (Mamool), out of the winner Moonlight Symphony (Pentire). She is a full-sister to three other winners, including Moonlight Dance (dam of the Listed-placed Mauriac). Their dam, Moonlight Dream (Law

Society), is a half-sister to the Gr.3 Prix Chloe and Gr.3 Matchmaker Stakes winner and triple Gr.1-placed Wekeela (Hurricane Run) and the triple Listed-placed Matauri Pearl (Hurricane Run). The third dam is the winner Morning Queen (Konigsstuhl) and she is a full-sister to the triple Gr.1 winner and sire Monsun and a half-sister to the winner Morning Light (Law Society; dam of the Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains and Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club winner and sire Brametot).

Moonlight Symphony has a yearling colt by Soldier Hollow.

STAKES FIELDSIRELAND

LR GLENCAIRN STAKES, Leopardstown, 1m, 3yo+, 1st €26,550, 2nd €8,550, 3rd €4,050, 7.25pmALLEGIO (Ire), 5g,

Galileo – Song Of My Heart (Footstepsinthesand)MARSHALL JENNINGS (Ire), 6g,

Lawman – Zuniga’s Date (Diesis)TENNESSEE WILDCAT (Ire), 8g,

Kheleyf – Windbeneathmywings (In The Wings)ZORION (GB), 4c,

Smart Strike – Zofzig (Danzig)BELLA ESTRELLA (Ire), 4f,

High Chaparral – Uncharted Haven (Turtle Island)BELLE BOYD (GB), 4f,

Oasis Dream – Portrayal (Saint Ballado)MAMBA NOIRE (Fr), 3f,

Wootton Bassett – Baileys Applause (Royal Applause)

LR KING GEORGE V CUP, Leopardstown, 1m4f, 3yo, 1st €26,550, 2nd €8,550, 3rd €4,050, 7.55pmBURGUNDY BOY (Ire), 3c,

Red Jazz – Zibaline (Linamix)CARLO BIRAGHI (Ire), 3c,

Galileo – Kirinda (Tiger Hill)GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (Ire), 3c,

Galileo – Queenscliff (Danehill Dancer)LUCIUS TIBERIUS (Ire), 3c,

Camelot – Keegsquaw (Street Cry)CIMEARA (Ire), 3f,

Vocalised – Gold Mirage (Galileo)DYNABEE (USA), 3f,

English Channel – Dandyna (Dynaformer)

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPEAN-BRED RUNNERS

Gr.3 INTERCONTINENTAL STAKES, Belmont Park, 7fT, 4yo+f&m, $200,000, 5.14pm (local time), Race 7LA SARDANE (Fr), 4f,

Kingsalsa – Foresta (Forestier)DELECTATION (GB), 4f,

Delegator – Chushka (Pivotal)STORMY VICTORIA (Fr), 6m,

Stormy River – Dakota Go (Anabaa)

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E B N : T H U R S DAY, 7 T H J U N E 2018S TA K E S F I E L D S ~ F I R S T C R O P S I R E M A I D E N S

SLADE POWERDeira Surprise (GB), 2f, ex Beautiful Filly (Oasis Dream)

2.30 Haydock Park, EBF fillies’ maiden, 6fValley Belle (Ire), 2f, ex Al Sharood (Shamardal)

2.30 Haydock Park, EBF fillies’ maiden, 6fPrincess Power (Ire), 2f, ex Flurry Of Hands (Acclamation)

3.00 Haydock Park, novice, 5f

SOMMERABENDTi Cruise (Fr), 2c, ex Cruise Dancer (Ishiguru)

1.05 [BST] Dieppe, maiden, 1100mTudo Bem (Fr), 2c, ex Boulba D’Alben (Dark Angel)

1.05 [BST] Dieppe, maiden, 1100m

TORONADOWindy Guest (GB), 2c, ex Enliven (Dansili)

2.20 Yarmouth, EBF novice, 6fIllusions (GB), 2f, ex Romantic Myth (Mind Games)

6.05 Carlisle, fillies’ novice, 5f

WAR COMMANDLaxmi (Ire), 2f, ex Princess Patsky (Mr Greeley)

2.30 Haydock Park, EBF fillies’ maiden, 6fFighting Spirit (Ire), 2f, ex Pina Colada (Sabrehill)

6.05 Carlisle, fillies’ novice, 5fJuniors Fantasy (Ire), 2c, ex Natural Choice (Teofilo)

6.40 Carlisle, novice auction, 6f

XTENSIONXtara (Ire), 2c, ex Brave Madam (Invincible Spirit)

6.40 Carlisle, novice auction, 6f

Gr.3 WONDER AGAIN STAKES, Belmont Park, 1m1fT, 3yof, $200,000, 5.48pm (local time), Race 8ALTEA (Fr), 3f,

Siyouni – Ensis (Zieten)ARMORICAINE (GB), 3f,

Kendargent – Last Born (Monsun)LA SIGNARE (Fr), 3f,

Siyouni – La Teranga (Beat Hollow)

FIRST CROP SIRE MAIDENSBATTLE OF MARENGOLady Alessandria (Ire), 2f, ex Shamora (Oratorio)

5.45 Leopardstown, EBF fillies’ maiden, 7f

ES QUE LOVEQue Amoro (Ire), 2f, ex Onomatomania (Mr Greeley)

6.05 Carlisle, fillies’ novice, 5f

GARSWOODLittle Kim (GB), 2f, ex Primo Lady (Lucky Story)

6.05 Carlisle, fillies’ novice, 5f

HEERAATNot So Shy (GB), 2f, ex Littlemisstutti (Noverre)

2.30 Haydock Park, EBF fillies’ maiden, 6fPacino (GB), 2c, ex Ringtail (Street Cry)

3.00 Haydock Park, novice, 5f

KUROSHIOKurious (GB), 2f, ex Easy To Imagine (Cozzene)

5.55 Sandown Park, EBF fillies’ novice, 5fSamantha James (GB), 2f, ex Spin A Wish (Captain Rio)

6.05 Carlisle, fillies’ novice, 5f

MORPHEUSPosh Holly (Ire), 2f, ex Holly’s Kid (Pulpit)

5.45 Leopardstown, EBF fillies’ maiden, 7f

MUKHADRAMItizzit (GB), 2f, ex Whatizzit (Galileo)

2.20 Yarmouth, EBF novice, 6f

OLYMPIC GLORYBlissful Beauty (Fr), 2f, ex Blissful Beat (Beat Hollow)

2.30 Haydock Park, EBF fillies’ maiden, 6f

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