The brilliant middle-distance horse Montjeu (by Sadler's Wells) died quite young at stud but was already established as one of Europe's leading classic sires. That tally includes Marked Marvel, the three-length conqueror of Brown Panther in 2011's edition of the Group 1 St Leger at Doncaster. He stands at Haras d'Etreham in France.

The best of three stakes winners out of the Group 2 Falmouth Stakes runner-up Waldmark (by Mark of Esteem), those siblings include Walderche (by Monsun), the Group 3 Prix Penelope scorer whose Andre Fabre-trained son Waldgeist (by Galileo) advertised his classic potential with victory in the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud in late November.

Waldmark is a half-sister to the Group 1 Deutsches Derby winner and Haras du Thenney stallion Waldpark (by Dubawi), who also had his first foals in 2016, and their dam is the dual joint-champion Wurftaube (by Acatenango), a Group 1-placed filly who won both the Group 2 Gerling Preis and Group 2 Deutsches St Leger.

Her half-sister Wurfscheibe (by Tiger Hill)  was a multiple pattern winner in Germany and her stakes-placed half-sister Wurfspiel (by Lomitas) is the dam of this year's Grade 1 Man O' War Stakes winner Wake Forest (by Sir Percy), a colt who was Group 1-placed in Italy before crossing the Atlantic.

MASKED MARVEL (GB) - b.2008 - Montjeu - Waldpark, 4 wins inc St Leger (Gr1), Bahrain Trophy (Gr3), Cocked Hat Stakes (L), 2nd Craven Plate (Gr3), 3rd Coronation Cup (Gr1), Bacardi Hill Stakes (Gr2). Sire in France. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED
bf - Mandina (by Saint Des Saints)     Arqana     Dec      not sold
bc - Mona Vassy (by Sleeping Car)     Arqana     Dec      €24,000
bf - Orange Bitter (by Night Shift)     Arqana     Dec      not sold
bc - Sainte Russy (by Saint Des Saints)     Arqana     Dec      €40,000
bf - Sary Flight (by Turtle Bowl)     Arqana     Dec      not sold
bc - To Much Fun (by Act One)     Arqana     Dec      ​not sold

The earliest stallion sons of Shamardal (by Giant's Causeway) with runners include Lope De Vega and Casamento and their early success augurs well for the prospects of those in earlier stages of their second career. Haras de Saint Arnoult's Sommerabend is among them and he covered 71 mares in his first season.

The high-class miler was prolific, his blacktype wins featured the Group 2 Prix du Muguet at Saint-Cloud and the Group 2 Grosse Europa Meile at Munich, and Timeform rated him 120 at the age of seven.

His dam, Sommernacht (by Monsun), was runner-up in the Group 3 Premio Primi Passi over six furlongs at San Siro as a juvenile, but his siblings include the 11-furlong Group 3 scorer Sommertag (by Tiger Hill), 10-furlong listed race winner Sinnerman (by Tiger Hill), and the stakes-placed middle-distance filly Sommerflora (by Pivotal).

His grandam, Shona (by Windwurf), was a stakes winner in Germany and her descendants also include the Group 1 Grosser Preis von Berlin scorer Sirius (by Dashing Blade), whose best performance in 2016 was when runner-up to Ito in the Group 2 Gerling-Preis, also over 12 furlongs.

SOMMERABEND (GB) - b.2007 - Shamardal - Sommernacht, 12 wins inc Prix du Muguet (Gr2), Grosse Europa Meile (Gr2), Prix de la Porte Maillot (Gr3), Prix Edmond Blanc (Gr3), Prix Luthier (L), Prix Jacques de Bremond (L), Grand Prix Anjou-Bretagne (L), 2nd Prix du Palais-Royal (Gr3), Prix Perth (Gr3-twice), 3rd Prix Daniel Wildenstein (Gr2), Prix du Pin (Gr3-twice). Sire in France. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bf - Anasy (by Gone West)     Arqana     Dec      not sold
bc - Calle A Venise (by Invincible Spirit)     Arqana     Dec      €15,000
bc - Cruise Dancer (by Ishiguru)     Arqana     Dec      ​not sold
bf - Estella (by Acatenango)     Arqana     Dec      €20,000
bc - Fedora (by Cape Cross)     Arqana     Dec      €6,000

A grandson of the juvenile star and brilliant Group 1 2000 Guineas winner Zafonic (by Gone West), Xtension is the best son of 1997's two-year-old champion Xaar and although he did not share their brilliance at two, he was Timeform 116-rated at that age having won the Group 2 Vintage Stakes and been placed in both the Group 2 Coventry Stakes and Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes.

He finished fourth to Makfi in the Group 1 2000 Guineas and then third to Dick Turpin in the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat, he was sent out to Hong Kong a few months later and became a dual Group 1 star there, taking the BMW Champions' Mile at Sha Tin at both four and five years of age. Timeform rated him 123.

He was third to Able One in the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile and he was placed in several of the region's top non-pattern events, races such as the Hong Kong Derby, Stewards' Cup and Hong Kong Gold Cup, which carry only local top-level status, rather than international status, thereby counting only as listed events.

Xtension, who covered 31 mares in his first season at Rathbarry Stud, is out of Great Joy (by Grand Lodge), the stakes-placed grandam of this year's Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes winner Harry Angel (by Dark Angel). She is a half-sister to listed scorer A La Carte (by Caerleon) and also to the dam of Group 1-placed juvenile stakes winner Wathab (by Cadeaux Genereux).

Cheese Soup (by Spectacular Bid), the unraced grandam of Xtension, was out of the prolific Avum (by Umbrella Fella), a blacktype scorer whose progeny included Grade 2 scorer Minneapple (by Riverman), pattern-placed stakes winner Lyphard's Princess (by Lyphard) and also the Grade 3 scorer and notable broodmare Baroness Direct (by Blushing Groom).

What makes that mare of interest is that her Grade 1-placed daughter Immerse (by Cox's Ridge) became the dam of Grade 1 star and somewhat successful sire Stephen Got Even (by A.P. Indy) and she is the grandam of the dual Grade 1-winning filly Artemis Agrotera (by Roman Ruler). Lyphard's Princess, on the other hand, was the dam of Grade 2 Ohio Derby scorer Private Man (by Private Account).

Small numbers will not help Xtension's prospects of getting noticed, but given the record that Rathbarry Stud has in coming up with stallions who sire winners at all levels, it would not be a surprise to see him get the occasional high-class performer.

XTENSION (IRE) – br.2007 – Xaar – Great Joy, 4 wins inc Champions' Mile (Gr1-twice), Vintage Stakes (Gr2), 2nd Coventry Stakes (Gr2), Hong Kong Classic Mile (L), Hong Kong Derby (L), Hong Kong Gold Cup (L), Sha Tin Trophy (L), Stewards' Cup (L), 3rd Hong Kong Mile (Gr1), Prix Jean Prat (Gr1), Dewhurst Stakes (Gr1), Jockey Club Mile (Gr2), Hong Kong Gold Cup (L). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc – Brave Madam (by Invincible Spirit)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
grf – Bysshe (by Linamix)     Goffs     Nov     €2,500
bc – Caresse (by Hernando)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Confirm (by In The Wings)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Gregorys Girl (by Oratorio)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Izola (by Beat Hollow)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Meadow (by Green Desert)     Goffs     Nov     €1,000
bc – Ounooi (by Catcher In The Rye)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Sacred Love (by Barathea)     Goffs     Nov     €1,500
bc – Subtle Affair (by Barathea)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Too Close (by Danehill Dancer)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Voom Voom (by Bahamian Bounty)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn

Danzig (by Northern Dancer) was one of the world's greatest stallions and there are two major branches of his line dominant in Europe, those forged by Danehill and Green Desert.

It is too early yet to know a third one might develop from among his final sons to go to stud, but with an ever-growing list of pattern winners on both sides of the Atlantic, and with his initial stallion sons including The Factor - one of four current freshman sires with a Group/Grade 1 winner to their name so far, in Europe or the USA, in 2016 (the others are Gemologist, Helmet, and Union Rags) - there is a chance that War Front could achieve that feat.

War Command was among his early racing stars in Europe and the Timeform 120p-rated juvenile star was one of the most popular new stallions last year, covering 152 mares at Coolmore Stud.

He made a winning debut over seven furlongs at Leopardstown in early June, took the Group 2 Coventry Stakes by six lengths, added a three-length score in the Group 2 Futurity Stakes and rounded off the year with defeat of Cable Bay in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes. His only defeat that year was a shock third-place finish to Sudirman in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes.

War Command ran only three times as a three-year-old, earning a Timeform rating of 119 despite not making the frame in any of those appearances. His best placing was fourth behind Kingman in the Group 1 St James's Palace Stakes at Ascot, in which he was beaten by three and three-quarter lengths.

A half-brother to the Group 3 Prix de Conde scorer Naval Officer (by Tale of The Cat), War Command is the best of nine winners out of the Grade 2 E P Taylor Stakes scorer Wandering Star (by Red Ransom), a full-sister to the dam of New Zealand's 2011/12 juvenile champion and subsequent classic star Rollout The Carpet (by Holy Roman Emperor).

His grandam, Beautiful Bedouin (by His Majesty), was an unraced daughter of the Prix Jacques le Marois heroine Gris Vitesse (by Americo) and that made her a half-sister to the dual Derby-placed pattern scorer and leading sire Silver Hawk (by Roberto).

Having a successful stallion in the family augurs well for War Command's prospects, especially when that classic sire is somewhat closely related to his dam, Wandering Star, and, of course, this is added to the attraction of him being a Group 1-winner by a leading son of Danzig.

War Command looks like a leading candidate for 2018's champion freshman sire title race and, if he lives up to the promise of his pedigree, he could become a source of classic and other top performers at around eight to 10 furlongs.

WAR COMMAND (USA) – b.2011 – War Front – Wandering Star, 4 wins inc Dewhurst Stakes (Gr1), Futurity Stakes (Gr2), Coventry Stakes (Gr2), 3rd Phoenix Stakes (Gr1). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bf – Acts Out Loud (by Mr Greeley)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Aguinaga (by Machiavellian)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bc - Alland (by Teofilo)     Tattersalls     Nov     55,000gns
bc – Amor Fatal (by Kheleyf)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Amzara (by Montjeu)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Areeda (by Refuse To Bend)     Tattersalls     Nov     100,000gns
bf – Art Fair (by Alzao)     Goffs     Nov     €9,000
bc – Asgardella (by Duke of Marmalade)     Tattersalls     Nov     22,000gns
bf – Boundless Joy (by Montjeu)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Celestial Dream (by Oasis Dream)     Goffs     Nov     €26,000
grf – China In My Hands (by Dark Angel)     Goffs     Nov     €9,000
bf – Corps de Ballet (by Fasliyev)     Tattersalls     Nov     12,000gns
bf – Darsan (by Iffraaj)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Deora De (by Night Shift)     Goffs     Nov     €10,000
bc – Dialma (by Songandaprayer)     Tattersalls     Nov     11,000gns
bc – Divine Grace (by Definite Article)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Divisme (by Elusive Quality)     Tattersalls     Nov     50,000gns
bc – Emeralds Spirit (by Rock of Gibraltar)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc - Fabulouslyspirited (by Selkirk)     Arqana     Dec      €16,000
bc – Final Opinion (by King's Theatre)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Flying Finish (by Priolo)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Folle Blanche (by Elusive Quality)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bf – Foreplay (by Lujain)     Goffs     Nov     €18,500
grc – Glowing Star (by Clodovil)     Goffs     Nov     €32,000
bc – Glympse (by Spectrum)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Gold Bubbles (by Street Cry)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bf – Hazarista (by Barathea)     Goffs     Nov     €20,000
bf – Highindi (by Montjeu)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Icing (by Polar Falcon)     Tattersalls     Nov     10,500gns
bf – Intapeace (by Intikhab)     Goffs     Nov     €32,000
bc - Kotdiji (by Mtoto)     Tattersalls     Nov     32,000gns
bc – Laka (by Oasis Dream)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bf – Lisselan Diva (by Barathea)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Mad About The Girl (by Excellent Art)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Megaspiel (by Singspiel)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Miss Crystal (by Montjeu)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bf – Mubkera (by Nashwan)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Natural Choice (by Teofilo)     Tattersalls     Nov     15,500gns
bc – New Plays (by Oratorio)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Pearl Magic (by Speightstown)     Tattersalls     Nov     42,000gns
bf – Pina Colada (by Sabrehill)     Goffs     Nov     €30,000
bc – Shalamzara (by Tiger Hill)     Goffs     Nov     €5,000
bf – Silkenveil (by Indian Ridge)     Tattersalls     Nov     (p/s) 13,000gns
bf - Skysweeper (by Hurricane Run)     Arqana     Dec      €5,000
bc – Spanish Sun (by El Prado)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Starlight Princess (by Mastercraftsman)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Todber (by Cape Cross)     Tattersalls     Nov     30,000gns
bf - Tohaveandtohold (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bf – Xarzee (by Xaar)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Zeyran (by Galileo)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold

Whytemount Stud, in Co Kilkenny, had a lot of success in recent years through the exploits of their star stallion Stowaway (by Slip Anchor). He died in February 2015, his progeny include standouts such as Champagne Fever, Hidden Cyclone, Outlander and Western Leader, and although the team's new stallion is no relation of his, there is every reason to hope that he too can become a National Hunt sire of note.

Valirann, a son of the regally-related Group 1 star and Group 1 sire Nayef (by Gulch), is a half-brother to Valyra (by Azamour), the undefeated star who, tragically, died shortly after her Group 1 Prix de Diane (French Oaks) victory in 2012.

He is also a half-brother to the multiple blacktype-placed filly Valasyra (by Sinndar), who had the misfortune to be disqualified after passing the post first in a Group 3 contest at Saint-Cloud, and he is a half-brother to the pattern-placed stakes winner Valiyr (by Alhaarth).

Their dam, Valima (by Linamix), was a lightly-raced seven-furlong listed scorer in France and she, in turn, is out of Vadlawsya (by Always Fair), a winning full-sister to the Group 2 Prix Hocquart winner Vadlawys and half-sister to 2001's Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Mile star Val Royal (by Royal Academy).

Val Royal, who shuttled to South America, died young but those he left behind include nine Group/Grade 1 winners, among a total of 20 individual stakes winners, with the best-known of them, to European racegoers, being the dual Guineas hero Cockney Rebel.

Mile listed scorer Vadlamixa (by Linamix), a half-sister to Val Royal and Vadlawsya, has done her part for the family by becoming the dam of the Group 1 Prix d'Ispahan and Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes winner Valixir (by Trempolino) and also of two blacktype daughters who have also achieved top-level success at stud.

Celebre Vadala (by Peintre Celebre) is the stakes-winning dam of this year's Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp scorer Vadamos (by Monsun), who is taking up stallion duties at Tally-Ho Stud in 2017, while Vadaza (by Zafonic) is the dam of the Group 1 Prix Saint-Alary heroines Vadawina (by Unfuwain) and Vazira (by Sea The Stars) and also of the dual Group 3 scorer Vadapolina (by Trempolino).

With family connections like these, combined with a race record that saw him win four times from five starts, including two important stayers' races in France, it is no surprise that Valirann covered 114 mares in his first season.

VALIRANN (FR) – b.2010 – Nayef – Valima, 4 wins inc Prix Chaudenay (Gr2), Prix de Lutece (Gr3). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc – All For Fame (by Alhaarth)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €5,000
bc - All Notoriety (by Shantou)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
grc – Ballymartintheatre (by King's Theatre)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €9,000
bf – Basteta (by Sholokhov)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc – Brogella (by King's Theatre)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €20,000
bc – Broken Thought (by Broken Hearted)     Goresbridge     Oct      €3,800
brc - Culmore Native (by Be My Native)     Goffs     Dec     €17,000
bc - Dimona (by Alhaarth)     Goffs     Dec     €8,000
bc - Eau Pure (by Epervier Bleu)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
bf - Fix It Lady (by Millenary)     Goffs     Dec     €1,000
chc - Gael Force Lady (by Flemensfirth)     Goffs     Dec     €1,500
bf – Grangeclare Gold (by Old Vic)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €9,500
chf – Grangeclare Star (by Old Vic)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Hollygrove Cezanne (by King's Ride)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €16,000
chf - Hurricane Linda (by Stowaway)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
chf - Inquisitive Look (by Montjeu)     Goffs     Dec     withdrawn
bf - Julimark (by Accordion)     Goffs     Dec     withdrawn
bc – Little Vinnie (by Vinnie Roe)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc - Lizzy Langtry (by King's Theatre)     Goffs     Dec     €16,500
bf – Lusobar (by Luso)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €600
chc – Manuels Sister (by Lend A Hand)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €21,000
bc - Marine City (by Carnegie)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
bc – Mrs Bukay (by Bishop of Cashel)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €4,000
bf – Rosie's Trix (by Luso)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc - Shambala (by Imperial Ballet)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
chc - Stowaway Susie (by Stowaway)     Goffs     Dec     €4,000
bc – Stylish Ways (by Bach)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €5,200
brc - Talkin Madam (by Talkin Man)     Goffs     Dec     ​€10,000

An unbeaten seven-furlong juvenile Group 2 scorer whom Timeform rated 113p, Toronado became one of the leading milers in Europe at three and four years of age.

One of the fastest and best sons of the dual Derby and dual Breeders' Cup Turf hero High Chaparral (by Sadler's Wells), he stands at the National Stud in Newmarket and covered 152 mares in his first season. He also shuttles to Swettenham Stud in Australia.

He beat Havana Gold by four lengths in the Group 3 Craven Stakes on his seasonal reapperance at three, finished fourth behind Dawn Approach in the Group 1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, and then failed narrowly against that same rival in the Group 1 St James's Palace Stakes at Ascot before gaining his revenge with a half-length win against the chestnut in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes.

Timeform rated him 133 at three and 127 at four, the latter a season that began with defeat of Verrazano in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at Ascot. He then chased home Kingman in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes, was pipped by Charm Spirit in the Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp and was favourite when finishing down the field behind Karakontie in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Mile on his final start.

His dam, Wana Doo (by Grand Slam), won twice in France, she is a half-sister to the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy winner and successful 2016 freshman sire Casamento (by Shamardal), and she is out of Wedding Gift (by Always Fair), who was a pattern-placed stakes winner in France.

Those who appear in branches of the third generation of the family include the Australian Group 1 scorers French Clock (by Rancho Ruler) and Heart Of Dreams (by Show A Heart), both of who are geldings. Such Style (by Sassafras), Toronado's third dam, was a half-sister to the Grade 1-placed Group 2 Prix Hocquart scorer Regency (by Dancing Brave) and also to Britannia's Rule (by Blakeney), the Oaks-placed Listed Lupe Stakes winner who produced four stakes-winners at stud and whose descendants include the Group 3 Rockfel Stakes winner Name Of Love (by Petardia).

The useful first-season results compiled by Casamento, who looks likely to do better with his three-year-olds than with juveniles, offer encouragement also for the prospects of Toronado, even though the pair represents different sire lines. He looks likely to get some good freshman results in 2018 even though his best results are also likely to come with three-year-olds and older horses.

TORONADO (IRE) – b.2010 – High Chaparral – Wana Doo, 6 wins inc Sussex Stakes (Gr1), Queen Anne Stakes (Gr1), Champagne Stakes (Gr2), Craven Stakes (Gr3), Winkfield Stakes (L), 2nd Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (Gr1), Sussex Stakes (Gr1), St James's Palace Stakes (Gr1). Sire in England & Australia. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc – Alamanni (by Elusive Quality)     Tattersalls     Nov     42,000gns
bf – Amarullah (by Daylami)     Tattersalls     Nov     18,000gns
bf – Angus Newz (by Compton Place)     Tattersalls     Nov     10,000gns
chf – Biased (by Haafhd)     Tattersalls     Nov     5,000gns
bc – Break Time (by Dansili)     Tattersalls     Nov     31,000gns
bf – Broughtons Charm (by Invincible Spirit)     Tattersalls     Nov     30,000gns
bf – Camp Fire (by Lahib)     Tattersalls     Nov     24,000gns
bc – Clincher (by Royal Applause)     Tattersalls     Nov     20,000gns
chc – Crown (by Royal Applause)     Tattersalls     Nov     145,000gns
bc – Dancing Moon (by Danehill Dancer)     Tattersalls     Nov     8,000gns
bf – Daysiwaay (by Daylami)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
chc – Dutch Diamond (by Dutch Art)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
chc – Echo of Dubai (by Echo of Light)     Tattersalls     Nov     20,000gns
bc – Enliven (by Dansili)     Goffs     Nov     €38,000
bf – Fanny May (by Nayef)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Fligaz (by Panis)     Goffs     Nov     €14,000
bc - Gaiete (by Kentucky Dynamite)     Arqana     Dec      €90,000
bc – Gay Mirage (by Highest Honor)     Tattersalls     Nov     42,000gns
bc – Green Tern (by Miswaki)     Tattersalls     Nov     62,000gns
bf – Hasty (by Invincible Spirit)     Tattersalls     Nov     13,000gns
bc – Inner Sea (by Henrythenavigator)     Tattersalls     Nov     30,000gns
bf – Irishstone (by Danehill Dancer)     Tattersalls     Nov     (p/s) 12,000gns
bc – Jules (by Danehill)     Tattersalls     Nov     41,000gns
chc – Keep The Secret (by Sakhee's Secret)     Tattersalls     Nov     (p/s) 20,000gns
bf – Key Light (by Acclamation)     Tattersalls     Nov     70,000gns
bc – Lily Link (by Rail Link)     Tattersalls     Nov     120,000gns
bf – Lyra's Daemon (by Singspiel)     Tattersalls     Nov     1,000gns
bc - Mahendra (by Next Desert)     Arqana     Dec      €30,000
bf – Manbaa (by Jazil)     Tattersalls     Nov     20,000gns
chf – Miss Mediator (by Consolidator)     Tattersalls     Nov     (p/s) 25,000gns
bc – Mullein (by Oasis Dream)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bf – My Broken Drum (by Slickly)     Tattersalls     Nov     1,500gns
bf – Myth And Magic (by Namid)     Goffs     Nov     €10,500
bf – Okavango (by Nayef)     Goffs     Nov     €9,500
bc – Parthenos (by Tiger Hill)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Pelagia (by Lycius)     Tattersalls     Nov     19,000gns
bf – Queenofthenorth (by Halling)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Rainbow's Edge (by Rainbow Quest)     Tattersalls     Nov     34,000gns
bc – Raskutani (by Dansili)     Tattersalls     Nov     190,000gns
bc – Rawoof (by Nayef)     Tattersalls     Nov     35,000gns
bf – Rosa Bud (by Cape Cross)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Show Rainbow (by Haafhd)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Song To The Moon (by Oratorio)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Sparkling Eyes (by Lujain)     Tattersalls     Nov     16,000gns
bf – Suite (by Invincible Spirit)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Sun City (by Montjeu)     Goffs     Nov     €7,500
bc – Tamara Moon (by Acclamation)     Tattersalls     Nov     40,000gns
bf - Tipsy Me (by Selkirk)     Arqana     Dec      ​€15,000
bc – Trust The Wind (by Dansili)     Tattersalls     Nov     58,000gns
bf – Unquenchable (by Kingmambo)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Vivid Blue (by Haafhd)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
chf – Wakeup Little Suzy (by Peintre Celebre)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn

A Timeform 119-rated son of Galileo (by Sadler's Wells), whose early stallion sons Teofilo, New Approach, Cima De Triomphe, Heliostatic, Rip Van Winkle, Roderic O'Connor, and Soldier Of Fortune have all sired at least one Group/Grade 1 winner apiece, dual listed scorer Sun Central is a half-brother to the Group 1 stars George Washington (by Danehill) and Grandera (by Grand Lodge). He stands at Elusive Bloodstock in Lincolnshire and covered 22 mares in his first season.

SUN CENTRAL (IRE) – ch.2009 – Galileo – Bordighera, 5 wins inc Silver Cup (L), Golden Square Centre Chester Handicap (L). Sire in England. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
chc – Suertuda (by Domedriver)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov    not sold

Winner over six furlongs at Dundalk on the second of two starts as a juvenile, Slade Power was a lightly-rated dual stakes winner at three - earning a Timeform rating of 113 - but went on to become one of Europe's top sprinters as an older horse.

His best of three pattern wins as a four-year-old came in the Group 2 British Champions Sprint Stakes at Ascot, he finished the year on a Timeform rating of 125 and then came back at five to win three of his four starts: the Group 3 Greenlands Stakes, Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes, and Group 1 July Cup - moving up to a Timeform mark of 127.

One of two Group 1-winning sons of Cheveley Park Stud stallion Dutch Art (by Medicean) who have their first foals in 2016 - the other is Garswood - Slade Power stands at Kildangan Stud and he had been very popular with breeders, covering 148 mares in his first season.

His winning dam Girl Power (by Key of Luck) is a full-sister to the stakes-placed Key Rose, his third dam is the Group 3 Premio Primi Passi scorer Balqis (by Advocator), and the blacktype winners who appear under the fourth generation of the family include Grade 1 Hollywood Derby scorer Slew The Dragon (by Seattle Slew), his Grade 2-winning full-brother Slew The Night and Grade 2-placed brother Seattle Knight, each of whom had some success at stud from limited opportunities.

Slade Power's pedigree makes him something of an unknown quantity as a potential sire of stakes and pattern winners, but his top-class racing record, the support he has received, and being a Machiavellian-line stallion from a blacktype family makes him a fascinating prospect.

SLADE POWER (IRE) – b.2009 – Dutch Art – Girl Power, 10 wins inc July Cup (Gr1), Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Gr1), British Champions Sprint Stakes (Gr2), Phoenix Sprint Stakes (Gr3), Greenlands Stakes (Gr3), Sapphire Stakes (Gr3), Belgrave Stakes (L), Sandy Lane Stakes (L), 2nd Sprint Cup (Gr1), 3rd July Cup (Gr1), Greenlands Stakes (Gr3). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bf – Bedouin Dancer (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     Nov     40,000gns
chc – Black Rodded (by Bahamian Bounty)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Bound Copy (by Street Cry)     Tattersalls     Nov     52,000gns
bf – Bright Glow (by Exceed And Excel)     Tattersalls     Nov     32,000gns
bc – Bryanstown Girl (by Kalanisi)     Goffs     Nov     €20,000
bc – Carry On Katie (by Fasliyev)     Goffs     Nov     €10,000
bf – Dancer's Leap (by Pivotal)     Goffs     Nov     €5,000
bc – Dangle (by Desert Style)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Ekhraaj (by El Prado)     Goffs     Nov     €2,500
bc – Electra Star (by Shamardal)     Tattersalls     Nov     78,000gns
brf – Fame Game (by Fasliyev)     Tattersalls     Nov     35,000gns
bc – French Fern (by Royal Applause)     Tattersalls     Nov     30,000gns
bf – Gold Hush (by Seeking The Gold)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Heart's Desire (by Royal Applause)     Goffs     Nov     €82,000
bc – Intimacy (by Teofilo)     Goffs     Nov     €20,000
chf – Katchy Lady (by Kyllachy)     Goffs     Nov     €33,000
bf – Keilogue (by Invincible Spirit)     Goffs     Nov     (p/s) €32,500
bc – Layla Jamil (by Exceed And Excel)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
chc – Lough Mewin (by Woodman)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Lovelorn (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
brc – Magnificent Bell (by Octagonal)     Goffs     Nov     €15,000
bf – Manuelita Rose (by Desert Style)     Goffs     Nov     €30,000
bc – Midnight Fantasy (by Oasis Dream)     Tattersalls     Nov     45,000gns
bc – Miranda Frost (by Cape Cross)     Goffs     Nov     €50,000
bf – Needles And Pins (by Fasliyev)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Pointed Arch (by Rock of Gibraltar)     Goffs     Nov     €15,000
bc – Rajeem (by Diktat)     Goffs     Nov     €29,000
bc – Silk Trail (by Dubai Destination)     Tattersalls     Nov     150,000gns
bf – Slope (by Acclamation)     Goffs     Nov     €20,000
bc – Snowdrops (by Gulch)     Tattersalls     Nov     34,000gns
b/brf – Soul Mountain (by Rock of Gibraltar)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
chf – Star Studded (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Tattersalls     Nov     24,000gns
bf – Sugar Free (by Oasis Dream)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Tallulah Bell (by Gone West)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Triskel (by Hawk Wing)     Tattersalls     Nov    not sold

The victory of Sea The Moon in 2014's Group 1 Deutsches Derby at Hamburg was one of the most visually impressive performances of recent years as he beat the subsequent Group 1 scorer Lucky Lion by 11 lengths, extending his undefeated record to four.

He two-length defeat by Ivanhowe in the Group 1 Grosser Preis von Baden two months later was almost as shocking as his classic victory was exciting, but an excuse emerged and he was retired. He stands at Kirsten Rausing's famous Lanwades Stud in Newmarket and he covered 132 mares in his first season.

A first-crop son of the Timeform 140-rated Arc, Guineas and dual Derby hero Sea The Stars (by Cape Cross), he is out of Sanwa (by Monsun), an unraced full-sister to the Group 1 Deutsches Derby heroes Samum and Schiaparelli and to the Deutsches Derby-placed Group 1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) star Salve Regina.

Salve Regina's daughter Salve Germania (by Peintre Celebre) is a Grade 2 winner in the USA, her full-sister Sahel (by Monsun) is the dam of Group 1 Premio Lydia Tesio scorer Sortilege (by Tiger Hill), and half-sister sister Sasuela (by Dashing Blade) is the dam of Group 1 Grosser Preis von Bayern winner Seismos (by Dalakhani).

These classic stars and top broodmares are all out of Sacarina (by Old Vic), an unraced half-sister to Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes third Brave Owen (by Welsh Pageant) and out of a four-times successful daughter of the German mile classic scorer Bravour II (by Birkahn).

Sea The Moon represents a branch of the Green Desert (by Danzig) sire line, his sire is a half-brother to Galileo (by Sadler's Wells) and his dam's classic-winning siblings include Samum, a horse who was champion sire in Germany. This Timeform 127-rated champion is a fascinating prospect who could become a notable sire of milers and middle-distance horses.

SEA THE MOON (GER) – b.2011 – Sea The Stars – Sanwa, 4 wins inc Deutsches Derby (Gr1), Oppenheim Union-Rennen (Gr2), Fruhjahrs – Preis des Bankhauses Metzler (Gr3), 2nd Grosser Preis von Baden (Gr1). Sire in England. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc – Baltic Gift (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Captain's Paradise (by Rock of Gibraltar)     Tattersalls     Nov     22,000gns
bf - Cloon (by Lure)     Arqana     Dec     ​not sold
bc – Danella (by Highest Honor)     Tattersalls     Nov     32,000gns
bc – Diablerette (by Green Desert)     Tattersalls     Nov     25,000gns
chf – Donnelly's Hollow (by Docksider)     Goffs     Nov     €40,000
bc – Ealaan (by Invasor)     Tattersalls     Nov     24,000gns
bc – Favorite (by Montjeu)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Funseeker (by Halling)     Tattersalls     Nov     30,000gns
b/grc – Having A Blast (by Exchange Rate)     Tattersalls     Nov     26,000gns
chc – Marakabei (by Hernando)     Tattersalls     Nov     20,000gs
bf – Mark of An Angel (by Mark of Esteem)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Miss Chaussini (by Rossini)     Tattersalls     Nov     65,000gns
bc – Mouriyana (by Akarad)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
brf – Nenuphar (by Night Shift)     Tattersalls     Nov     160,000gns
bf – Persian Star (by Shamardal)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bf - Red Tulip (by Kheleyf)     Arqana     Dec     withdrawn
chc - Scarlett's Pride (by Singspiel)     Arqana     Dec     not sold
bc – Shemriyna (by King of Kings)     Tattersalls     Nov     22,000gns
bc – Smartest (by Exceed And Excel)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Soft Morning (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     Nov     78,000gns
chc – Songerie (by Hernando)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
chc – Soviet Terms (by Soviet Star)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Stormy Weather (by Nashwan)     Tattersalls     Nov     50,000gns
bc - Swarm (by Hurricane Run)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Three Quid (by Clodovil)     Tattersalls     Nov     21,000gns
bc – Tickle Me Pink (by Groom Dancer)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Village Fete (by Singspiel)     Goffs     Nov    €90,000

There are several things that make Ruler Of The World one of the most intriguing stallions whose first foals arrived in 2016.

He was unraced at two, won the Group 1 Derby at Epsom on his third start, then failed to win again until six starts later when he beat Flintshire by a length and a half in the Group 2 Prix Foy at Longchamp, and then he was unplaced in two more starts. He won the Group 3 Chester Vase before Epsom, he was third in the Group 1 Champion Stakes on his final start at three, and he earned over £1 million in prize money.

The chestnut retired on an official handicap mark of 119, which is strikingly low for a Derby hero, and that was down from a career peak of 122. But Timeform had a different view, rating him 128 at three and 126 at four.

His low official rating, disappointing strike-rate on the track, and the initial disappointment at stud of his top-class half-brother Duke Of Marmalade are likely contributing factors to his initial fee of just €15,000, a figure that dropped to €10,000 in 2016. He covered 80 mares in his first season at Coolmore Stud and it was that year in which his sibling had a breakthrough season.

Star Of Seville, Nutan and Simple Verse all became Group 1 classic stars for Duke Of Marmalade who, by that point was already at Drakenstein Stud in South Africa, and recently he added another top-level winner to his tally when Sound Of Freedom won the Group 1 Premio Lydia Tesio over 10 furlongs at Capannelle.

Love Me True (by Kingmambo), the pattern-placed dam of Duke Of Marmalade and Ruler Of The World, is a half-sister to the Grade 1-placed Grade 2 scorer Bite The Bullet (by Spectacular Bid), and her dam, listed-placed Lassie's Lady (by Alydar), was out of Lassie Dear (by Buckpasser).

That Grade 3 scorer is the dam of Group 1 Sprint Cup and Group 1 Prix de la Foret winner Wolfhound (by Nureyev), of pattern-placed stakes-winner Foxhound (by Danzig), of Group 1-placed Al Mufti (by Roberto) and of a son named Deerhound (by Danzig). Each of them sired at least one top-level winner at stud, with Al Mufti being a top sire in South Africa.

Her daughters are headed by the Grade 1-placed Grade 3 scorer Weekend Surprise (by Secretariat) and she, of course, gave us the US classic stars and classic sires Summer Squall (by Storm Bird) and A.P. Indy (by Seattle Slew), the latter champion sire and founder of a dynasty in the USA. Lassie Dear is also the grandam of the prolific Grade 1 star and leading US sire Lemon Drop Kid (by Kingmambo).

These are the highlights of the first three generations of the family, and as Ruler Of The World is a Derby-winning Galileo (by Sadler's Wells) horse from one would imagine that the odds of him siring at least one Group 1 winner must be quite small.

The early Galileo stallions include the classic sires Teofilo and New Approach and each of Cima De Triomphe, Heliostatic, Rip Van Winkle, Roderic O'Connor and Soldier Of Fortune have sired at least one winner at the highest level in a Category I country.

Ruler Of The World does not look a likely candidate to get many two-year-old winners, although some may be blacktype earners at that age, and it may be that, like his half-brother, the best of his progeny are middle-distance horses and stayers.

RULER OF THE WORLD (IRE) – ch.2010 – Galileo – Love Me True, 4 wins inc Derby (Gr1), Prix Foy (Gr2), Chester Vase (Gr3), 2nd Prix Niel (Gr2), 3rd Champion Stakes (Gr1). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc - Asheyana (by Soviet Star)     Arqana     Dec     ​not sold
bc – Burnin' Memories (by Lit de Justice)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Cawett (by Danehill Dancer)     Goffs     Nov     €50,000
bc – Crystal Morning (by Cape Cross)     Goffs     Nov     €96,000
bc – Himiko (by Aussie Rules)     Goffs     Nov     €22,000
chc – Independent Girl (by Bachelor Duke)     Goffs     Nov     €20,000
chf – Linea (by King's Best)     Tattersalls     Nov     26,000gns
chc – Regal Fairy (by Desert King)     Tattersalls     Nov     21,000gns
bc – Secret Suspect (by Invincible Spirit)     Goffs     Nov     €10,500
bc – Shakeeba (by Sendawar)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
chc – Sibaya (by Exceed And Excel)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     not sold
bc – Spate (by Danehill Dancer)     Tattersalls     Nov    40,000gns

Sons of the great German stallion Monsun (by Konigsstuhl) have become very popular in National Hunt circles and so when Ocovango did not become a Group 1 star, retiring instead as a Group 1-placed Group 2 scorer, it was almost inevitable that his new home would be as a sire of future hurdlers and chasers.

The Beeches Stud resident covered 310 mares in his first season, and although it is possible that a handful of his early offspring will run on the flat, it is likely that we will not start seeing many of them in action at least until the juvenile hurdles, bumpers and point-to-points of 2019/20.

He is out of Crystal Maze (by Gone West), a half-sister to two blacktype horses and out of the Group 1 Fillies' Mile scorer Crystal Music (by Nureyev). She was fourth (no blacktype) in the 1000 Guineas, chased home Imagine in the Group 1 Irish 1000 Guineas and was also runner-up to Banks Hill in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes.

Her blacktype siblings include Group 1 Irish Derby third Tchaikovsky (by Sadler's Wells) and the Group 2-placed pattern scorer Dubai Success (by Sadler's Wells), their dam, Crystal Spray (by Beldale Flutter) was a half-sister to the Group 2 winner Crystal Hearted (by Broken Hearted), and if you go back farther then you will find the brilliant Royal Palace (by Ballymoss), among others of note.

OCOVANGO (GB) – br.2010 – Monsun – Crystal Maze, 3 wins inc Prix Greffulhe (Gr2), Prix Francois Mathet (L), 3rd Grand Prix de Paris (Gr1), Prix Niel (Gr2), La Coupe (Gr3). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc – A Long Way (by Gamut)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc – African Miss (by Beneficial)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €7,000
bf - Balleen Rose (by Old Vic)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
bc – Ballybrowney Hall (by Saddlers' Hall)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €5,500
brc – Ballyquin Queen (by King's Theatre)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €5,000
bc - Bonmahon (by Westerner)     Goffs     Dec     €4,000
bf – Bounty's Sister (by Gold Well)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     withdrawn
chc – Buzy Lizzie (by Golan)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €15,000
bc - Cairnryan Mag (by Old Vic)     Goffs     Dec     withdrawn
bf - Candle Massini (by Dr Massini)     Goffs     Dec     withdrawn
bc – Celestial Spirit (by Presenting)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €10,000
chc – Charlie's Vic (by Old Vic)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €14,000
bc – Clever Mode (by Poliglote)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €21,000
bc – Copper Kate (by Saddlers' Hall)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €6,000
bc - Court My Eye (by Elmaamul)     Goffs     Dec     €12,000
bc – Cuilogue Lady (by Beneficial)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €14,000
bf – Deadly Pursuit (by Subtle Power)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €1,500
bc – Divine Milan (by Milan)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc - Dr Doocey (by Dr Massini)     Goffs     Dec     €4,000
bc – Fashionista (by King's Theatre)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €21,000
brc – Fern Bird (by Revoque)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €23,000
chc - Final Bond (by Supreme Leader)     Goffs     Dec     €2,800
bc – Fire And Ice (by Pilsudski)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €6,000
bc – Fitanga Speed (by Oscar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €6,200
bf – Foxyfirth (by Flemensfirth)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc – Fugal Maid (by Winged Love)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €18,000
chc – Funny Times (by Silver Patriarch)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €10,000
bc – G Up (by Beneficial)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €4,500
bf - Gayeroyale (by King's Theatre)     Goffs     Dec     €1,800
bc – Glass Curtain (by Old Vic)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc - Griffith Avenue (by Oscar)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
chc – Had To Be Done (by Presenting)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €10,000
bc - Hapeney (by Saddlers' Hall)     Goffs     Dec     €10,000
bc – Hard As The Road (by Beneficial)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
chc - High Life (by Kayf Tara)     Goffs     Dec     €7,500
bf – Highringa (by High-Rise)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €1,700
brf - Hollygrove Gabbana (by Presenting)     Goffs     Dec     €1,800
brc - Howaboutthis (by Oscar)     Goffs     Dec     €17,000
bc – Howards Babe (by Great Palm)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc – Iruna Iris (by Golden Tornado)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc – Keith's Delight (by Saffron Walden)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc – Kilbarry Flame (by Flemensfirth)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Killashee Lady (by Flemensfirth)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bf - Lady Monksfield (by Sonus)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
chf – Last of The Bunch (by Silver Patriarch)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €3,200
bf - Like A Ballerina (by Shantou)     Goffs     Dec     €1,000
chc – Lisacul Lady (by Snurge)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc - Macetown Gale (by Old Vic)     Goffs     Dec     €9,000
chc – Majella (by Fourstars Allstar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
b/brf – Mary Wilkie (by Oscar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
brc - Miss Hilly Wager (by Anshan)     Goffs     Dec     €5,500
chc – Miss Lauren Dee (by Montelimar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
brc - Miss Your Top (by Luso)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
bc – Mistress Pope (by Catcher In The Rye)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     withdrawn
bc - Mollys Joy (by Waky Nao)     Goffs     Dec     €8,000
bc – Mushagak (by Oratorio)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €16,000
bc – Pale Face (by High Chaparral)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €10,000
bc – Poppyvillaexpress (by Old Vic)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc – Presentingmissoats (by Presenting)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €7,000
bc – Reserve The Right (by Double Eclipse)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €8,000
brf – Roaming (by Be My Native)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
brc – Romy's Birthday (by Rudimentary)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €10,000
brc – Sainte Careigne (by Saint des Saints)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc – Send To War (by Sendawar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
chc – Shellyjo (by Synefos)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €5,000
chc – Shuil Bob (by Bob Back)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €15,000
chc – Sika Trix (by Try Prospect)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €11,000
brf – Sleeping Diva (by Sleeping Car)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €1,000
blf – South Street (by Saddlers' Hall)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bf – Spare A Thought (by Hurricane Run)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Tabita (by Alzao)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc – The Millers Tale (by Rashar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc – Thistle Win (by Blueprint)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €1,500
bc – Tonaphuca Girl (by Saddlers' Hall)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc – Top Nurse (by Mountain High)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €19,000
bc - Tropical Moment (by Cape Cross)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
b/blc – Victorian Lady (by Old Vic)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €5,700
chc - Vinnie's Princess (by Vinnie Roe)     Goffs     Dec     €12,000
brc – Ware It Vic (by Old Vic)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €13,000
bc - Westerner Brook (by Westerner)     Goffs     Dec     ​withdrawn
bc – What A Fashion (by Milan)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €12,000
bc – Witneses Daughter (by Witness Box)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €10,000
chc – Zebs Little Sister (by Oscar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold

A leading juvenile who became a top-class miler, Olympic Glory is by the sire of Starspangledbanner and so he represents the powerful Danehill (by Danzig) sire line. He stands at Haras de Bouquetot in Normandy, France, and covered 168 mares in his first season. Timeform rated him 116 at two, 132 at three, and 130 at the age of four.

His winning dam Acidanthera (by Alzao) is a grand-daughter of the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes heroine Amaranda (by Bold Lad IRE), a filly who was runner-up in the Group 1 Flying Childers Stakes and who was rated 115 by Timeform at both two and three years of age.

Her descendants include the Group 1-placed pattern scorers Wootton Rivers (by Woodman) and Magellano (by Miswaki), who stayed middle-distances, plus several stakes winners who were speedy types, and her dam was 1971's Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Favoletta (by Baldric II), also Timeform 115-rated.

Favoletta was the dam of the classic-placed Group 3 Nell Gwyn Stakes winner Favoridge (by Riva Ridge), her descendants include the Group 2 Premio Parioli (Italian 2000 Guineas) scorer Rattle And Hum (by Celtic Swing) and also the Group 1 Derby-placed Group 1 St Leger star Rule Of Law (by Kingmambo).

This is the famous Horama (by Panorama) family that was influential for so long and whose classic stars include Lacquer (by Shantung), Give Thanks (by Relko), Harayir (by Gulch), Teenoso (by Youth) and Sir Percy (by Mark of Esteem), but those horses are so remotely connected to Olympic Glory as to have no relevance to his potential.

There is an interesting relation much closer up on the page, one who could easily be missed as he had no blacktype, but the Royal Hunt Cup winner Imperial Ballet (by Sadler's Wells), a half-brother to the grandam of Olympic Glory, sired the Group 1-winning sprinter Imperial Beauty from limited opportunities.

So although he represents a somewhat weak branch of what was a famous family, his race record, sire line, breeders support, and that one notable achievement for his male relative combine to suggest that Olympic Glory has the potential to get stakes and pattern winners at all ages, and that he may be capable of getting the occasional one or two that are as talented as he was.

OLYMPIC GLORY (IRE) – b.2010 – Choisir – Acidanthera, 8 wins inc Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Gr1), Lockinge Stakes (Gr1), Prix de la Foret (Gr1), Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere – Grand Criterium (Gr1), Superlative Stakes (Gr2), Vintage Stakes (Gr2), Greenham Stakes (Gr3), 2nd Prix Jacques le Marois (Gr1), Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (Gr1), Coventry Stakes (Gr2), 3rd Prix Jacques le Marois (Gr1). Sire in France. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
chc – Alzanti (by Arch)     Goffs     Nov     €12,000
chc – Basira (by Azamour)     Tattersalls     Nov     5,000gns
chf – Broadway Duchess (by New Approach)     Goffs     Nov     €80,000
bc – Can Dance (by Manduro)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
chf - Cicimo (by Peintre Celebre)     Arqana     Dec     €38,000
chf – Dandy Girl (by Dylan Thomas)     Goffs     Nov     €52,000
bc - Dasha (by Kyllachy)     Arqana     Dec     €39,000
chc – Heaven's Sake (by Cape Cross)     Tattersalls     Nov     50,000gns
bf – Hideaway Heroine (by Hernando)     Tattersalls     Nov     45,000gns
bc - Jules J (by Action This Day)     Arqana     Dec     not sold
bc – Kaminari (by Sea The Stars)     Tattersalls     Nov     45,000gns
bc – Kastovia (by Giant's Causeway)     Goffs     Nov     €36,000
bf - Macina (by Platini)     Arqana     Dec     €30,000
bf - Maharania (by Manduro)     Arqana     Dec     not sold
bc - Marla (by Pentire)     Arqana     Dec     €44,000
bc - Rolled Gold (by Giant's Causeway)     Arqana     Dec     not sold
bc – Russian Spirit (by Falbrav)     Goffs     Nov     €26,000
bf – Sarah Ann (by Orpen)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf - Sloaan (by Silver Frost)     Arqana     Dec     €3,000
bc – Updated (by New Approach)     Tattersalls     Nov     80,000gns
grf – You Look So Good (by Excellent Art)     Tattersalls     Nov    60,000gns

Scat Daddy (by Johannesburg) was a prolific Group/Grade 1 sire in both the northern and southern hemisphere and his premature death just before the start of the 2016 season was a huge loss.

​His precocious son No Nay Never, a Group 1 star who was a half-length runner-up to Bobby's Kitten in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint on his final start, was Timeform-rated 118+ at two and 117 at three, he was one of the most popular new recruits in 2015 and he covered 146 mares in his first season for Coolmore Stud.

The speed and precocity of No Nay Never, Acapulco and Caravaggio have led some to form a mistaken impression that is what one expects of a Scat Daddy, but, in fact, many of his best results come with his milers and middle-distance horses. He is a stallion who was also capable of getting sprinters and juveniles, and not one who necessarily imposed any such limitations on his progeny's distance range.

This will add a potentially interesting dimension to his stallion sons. No Nay Never's race record attracted plenty of speed-oriented mares to him and so we can expect that some of his offspring will be early types and sprinters of all ages. But he also looks likely to get milers, which could, if he becomes a success, open the possibility of him getting classic horses.

His dam, Cat's Eye Witness (by Elusive Quality), won once and has produced two other multiple winners in addition to her star son, and two of her siblings were blacktype scorers in the USA. Her dam, Comical Cat (by Exceller), won four times at three and was placed in the Grade 3 Las Flores Handicap, and that mare's siblings included the Group 2 St James's Palace Stakes winner Half A Year (by Riverman).

His half-brother Winning Pact (by Alydar) won the Grade 2 Del Mar Futurity, their half-brother Half Term (by Mr Prospector) was placed in the Group 3 Beeswing Stakes, and their half-sisters have produced some interesting descendants. One is the grandam of the Grade 1 scorer Tamarando (by Bertrando) and another is an ancestor of the Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes winner So Many Ways (by Sightseeing).

The smart colts in the family who got chances at stud did not get anything like the sort of opportunities afforded to No Nay Never, and so they are not really any help in assessing his potential, but some of them, including his dam's Grade 3-winning half-brother Cat's Career (by Mr Prospector) and also the Grade 1-placed Grade 2 scorer Event Of The Year (by Seattle Slew), who is out of Comical Cat's half-sister Classic Event (by Mr Prospector), did get some stakes winners.

NO NAY NEVER (USA) – b/br.2011 – Scat Daddy – Cat's Eye Witness, 4 wins inc Prix Morny (Gr1), Norfolk Stakes (Gr2), Keeneland Woodford Stakes (Gr3), 2nd Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (Gr1), Swale Stakes (Gr2). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc – Amethyst (by Sadler's Wells)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
chc – Brigids Cross (by Sadler's Wells)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
chc – Choose Me Please (by Choisir)     Goffs     Nov     €30,000
bc – Corking (by Montjeu)     Goffs     Nov     €52,000
bc – Dance Company (by Aussie Rules)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Dansable (by Dansili)     Goffs     Nov     €26,000
chc – Dynacam (by Dynaformer)     Tattersalls     Nov     46,000gns
bc – Eminence Gift (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Fancy (by Key of Luck)     Goffs     Nov     €46,000
b/grf – Gleaming Silver (by Dalakhani)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Kawn (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Lace (by Sadler's Wells)     Goffs     Nov     €68,000
bf – Lady Ederle (by English Channel)     Goffs     Nov     €44,000
bf - Love Over Gold (by Peintre Celebre)     Arqana     Dec     ​€21,000
bc – Special Assignment (by Lemon Drop Kid)     Tattersalls     Nov     75,000gns

Mukhadram began his career with a one and three-quarter length win in the Wood Ditton Maiden Stakes over a mile at Newmarket and went on to become one of the leading middle-distance horses in Europe.

​He lost his unbeaten record when finishing fourth in the Group 3 Tercentenary Stakes at Ascot just two months after making that promising debut, his fifth and final start of the year saw him finish fifth to Bronze Angel in the Cambridgeshire, and Timeform rated him 109p. They rated him 126 at both four and five years of age.

He beat the tragically ill-fated Group 1 Irish Derby hero Trading Leather in the Group 1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown, also won the Group 2 York Stakes and Group 3 Brigadier Gerard Stakes, chased home African Story in the Group 1 Dubai World Cup and Al Kazeem in the Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes, and he was also placed in both the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and in a second edition of the Eclipse.

Mukhadram stands at Nunnery Stud and he covered 118 mares in his first season. He is a son of leading international sire Shamardal (by Giant's Causeway), whose early stallion sons feature the Group 1 sire Lope De Vega, and he comes from the family of Volksraad (by Green Desert), multiple champion sire in New Zealand.

His unraced dam Magic Tree (by Timber Country) is a half-sister to Group 1 Gran Criterium scorer Kirklees (by Jade Robbery) and to Group 1 St Leger and Grade 1 Hong Kong Vase hero Mastery (by Sulamani), their half-sister Artisti (by Cape Cross) is the dam of the Group 1-placed dual pattern winner Magic Artist (by Iffraaj), and the next dam is the sprint ace Cherokee Rose.

The fastest representative of Timeform 140-rated superstar and classic sire Dancing Brave (by Lyphard), Cherokee Rose won the Group 1 Sprint Cup and Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest, she was runner-up in the Group 1 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp, and in addition to being the dam of the classic-placed pattern winner Bowman (by Irish River) and of Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint runner-up Ahtoug (by Byron), she has several daughters who made their name at stud.

Moyesii (by Diesis), grandam of Mukhadram, is one of them, obviously, but Hint of Spring (by Seeking The Gold) is the dam of the pattern -placed stakes winner Tulips (by Pivotal), and Cara Bella's (by Seeking The Gold) three Australian-born stakes winners include a Group 3 scorer.

The siblings also include Rose de France (by Diktat), and her Group 1-placed, Group 2-winning son Cable Bay (by Invincible Spirit) was one of the most popular new additions to the stallion ranks in 2016, covering 152 mares in his first season at Highclere Stud.

The aforementioned Volksraad, who was third in the Group 2 Challenge Stakes before going on to his string of sire championship titles and Group 1-winning offspring, was a half-brother to Cherokee Rose. The latter also has a full-sister of interest as she, Congress, is the grandam of the Grade 1 Cape Guineas winner and Grade 1 Cape Derby runner-up Noordhoek Flyer (by Pivotal), who is at stud in South Africa.

Mukhadram was a top-class racehorse, he is by the sire of Lope De Vega, and he comes from the family of multiple champion sire Volksraad, all of which gives him every chance of becoming a stallion of note.

There is no reason why he shouldn't be capable of getting two-year-old winners in the second half of the season, including some who could be blacktype horses, although it does seem likely that his best results will be with three-year-olds and older horses and from the time they race over a mile and upwards.

​That said, if some of that sprinting speed in his family is there to be passed on and if it matches up with the right mares, there could even be a few Mukhadram sprinters from time to time.

MUKHADRAM (GB) – b.2009 – Shamardal – Magic Tree, 5 wins inc Coral-Eclipse Stakes (Gr1), York Stakes (Gr2), Brigadier Gerard Stakes (Gr3), 2nd Dubai World Cup (Gr1), Prince of Wales's Stakes (Gr1), 3rd King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Gr1), Coral-Eclipse Stakes (Gr1). Sire in England. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
chc – Beach Candy (by Footstepsinthesand)     Goffs     Nov     €3,000
chc – Blue Mistral (by Spinning World)     Tattersalls     Nov     20,000gms
bc – Burnt Fingers (by Kheleyf)     Tattersalls     Nov     48,000gns
bf – Cefira (by Distant View)     Tattersalls     Nov     4,000gns
bc – Chalet Girl (by Oasis Dream)     Goffs     Nov     €38,000
bc – Comma (by Kingmambo)     Tattersalls     Nov     15,000gns
b/brf – Deire Na Sli (by Aussie Rules)     Tattersalls     Nov     22,000gns
bc – Eolith (by Pastoral Pursuits)     Tattersalls     Nov     22,000gns
bf – Euro Empire (by Bartok)     Tattersalls     Nov     15,000gns
chf – Excellerator (by Exceed And Excel)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
chc – Hoh Chi Min (by Efisio)     Tattersalls     Nov     35,000gns
chf – Jakarta Jade (by Royal Abjar)     Tattersalls     Nov     4,000gns
bc – Kayd Kodaun (by Traditionally)     Tattersalls     Nov     52,000gns
bc – Lady Catherine (by Bering)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
chc – Lady Tabitha (by Tamayuz)     Tattersalls     Nov     30,000gns
bc – Mancunian Way (by Green Desert)     Tattersalls     Nov     8,000gns
bc – Mountain Leap (by Sadler's Wells)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – My Inspiration (by Invincible Spirit)     Tattersalls     Nov     120,000gns
bc – Nictate (by Teofilo)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Night Owl (by Night Shift)     Tattersalls     Nov     (p/s) 2,000gns
bf – Nutkin (by Act One)     Tattersalls     Nov     55,000gns
bc – Oulianovsk (by Peintre Celebre)     Tattersalls     Nov     52,000gns
chc – Pasithea (by Celtic Swing)     Tattersalls     Nov     30,000gns
chf – Pink Stone (by Bigstone)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bf – Pivotal Silence (by Vita Rosa)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Pretty Girl (by Polish Precedent)     Tattersalls     Nov     9,000gns
bc – Quiet Elusive (by Elusive Quality)     Goffs     Nov     €3,500
bf – Rosa Midnight (by Lemon Drop Kid)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Royal Assent (by Royal Applause)     Tattersalls     Nov     16,000gns
bc – Royal Whisper (by Royal Applause)     Tattersalls     Nov     47,000gns
bc – Shawhill (by Dr Fong)     Goffs     Nov     €21,000
bf – Songseeker (by Oasis Dream)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Sweet Lemon (by Oratorio)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Taaluf (by Nayef)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Violet (by Mukaddamah)     Tattersalls     Nov     55,000gns
bf – Whirly Dancer (by Danehill Dancer)     Tattersalls     Nov     31,000gns
chc – Winter Dress (by Haafhd)     Tattersalls     Nov     22,000gns
bc – Wolumla (by Royal Applause)     Tattersalls     Nov     35,000gns
bf – Wulfrida (by King's Best)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Zariziyna (by Dalakhani)     Goffs     Nov     €16,000

Well-beaten on soft ground on his only outing as a two-year-old, Morpheus won three of his seven starts at three and this capable miler, who Timeform rated 98, was fourth in the Haafhd Handicap (Silver Cambridgeshire) over nine furlongs at Newmarket on his final run. 

That might not sound like the sort of racing record that would secure a colt a place at a leading flat stud farm and that would bring him 142 mares in his first season, but this son of Oasis Dream (by Green Desert) is a half-brother to the undefeated Timeform 147-rated superstar Frankel (by Galileo) and that relationship is what has been his major selling point.

Frankel, of course, had his first runners in 2016 and with an impressive strike-rate of winners to runners, and the pattern scorers Fair Eva, Queen Kindly, Toulifaut, and Frankuus among them, as well as the triple stakes-placed Cunco, that Banstead Manor Stud celebrity has made an exciting start as a stallion.

None of this guarantees that Morpheus will hit the jackpot, of course, even though a growing number of sons of Oasis Dream are siring stakes winners, but he has received plenty of support, he is at a stud that has a well-established track record of turning non-stakes winning stallions into notably successful sires, and there is every reason to hope that he can be their next success story.

Being inbred 3x3 to Danzig (by Northern Dancer) may increase his chance of getting sprinters and talented two-year-olds, although many of his better first-crop juvenile winners may come from the more precociously bred and raced mares, and those with a track record of producing two-year-old winners.

It is possible, however, given his racing and pedigree profile, that his best long-term results will come with milers and even 10-furlong horses aged three and upwards, although, again with the right mares, he has prospects of getting some high-class sprinters too. He looks a likely candidate to get some stakes and pattern winners.
​
MORPHEUS (GB) – b.2010 – Oasis Dream – Kind, 3 wins. Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc – Alexander Confranc (by Magical Wonder)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Alexander Duchess (by Desert Prince)     Goffs     Nov     €6,500
bc – Becuille (by Redback)     Goffs     Nov     €46,000
bc – Bokhara Silk (by Barathea)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Cakestown Lady (by Petorius)     Goffs     Nov     €5,500
bc – Dafariyna (by Nashwan)     Goffs     Nov     €23,000
bf – Daliyana (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Goffs     Nov     €4,000
bf – Desert Aisling (by Verglas)     Goffs     Nov     €7,500
bf – Docklands Grace (by Honour And Glory)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Docklands Grace (by Honour And Glory)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     withdrawn
brf – Emirates Hills (by Dubawi)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Enchanting Way (by Linamix)     Goffs     Nov     €15,000
bc – Flame of Hibernia (by One Cool Cat)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Flash And Dazzle (by Bertolini)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Gin Twist (by Invincible Spirit)     Goffs     Nov     (p/s) €8,000
bf – Glasnas Giant (by Giant's Causeway)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Grasshoppergreen (by Barathea)     Goffs     Nov     €1,400
bf – Greta d'Argent (by Great Commotion)     Goffs     Nov    not sold 
bf – Holly's Kid (by Pulpit)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     not sold
bf – Indian Navy (by Elusive City)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Isolde's Return (by Avonbridge)     Goffs     Nov     €11,000
bc – Kenyan Cat (by One Cool Cat)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – La Chinampina (by Darshaan)     Goffs     Nov     €13,000
bf – Lilium (by Nashwan)     Tattersalls     Nov     15,000gns
bc – Lovegood (by Desert Style)     Goffs     Nov     €20,000
bc – Magilini (by Bertolini)     Goffs     Nov     €5,000
bc – Malthouse Mistress (by Peintre Celebre)     Goffs     Nov     €6,000
bf – Miss Inferno (by Tagula)     Goffs     Nov     €7,000
bf – Nasharaat (by Green Desert)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Pereira (by Tiger Hill)     Goffs     Nov     €1,200
brc – Quecha (by Indian Ridge)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Regresa A Mi (by Spartacus)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – River Beau (by Galileo)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     €20,000
bc – Royal Aly (by Royal Academy)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Royal Interlude (by King's Theatre)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Run To Jane (by Doyoun)     Goffs     Nov     €10,000
grc – Sharp And Smart (by Dark Angel)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Sheppard's Watch (by Night Shift)     Goffs     Nov     €33,000
b/grc – Sliabh Aniaran (by Oratorio)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Sweet Power (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Tatora (by Selkirk)     Tattersalls     Nov     14,000gns
bf – Timeless Whisper (by Footstepsinthesand)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Your Opinion (by Xaar)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Zamra (by Azamour)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Zinstar (by Sinndar)     Goffs     Nov     not sold

A son of the Group 1-winning miler and leading sire Cape Cross (by Green Desert), whose stallion sons feature Sea The Stars, Moohaajim was a leading sprint juvenile who finished third to Olympic Glory in the Group 3 Greenham Stakes first out at three and was not seen out again after finishing down the field behind Dawn Approach in the Group 1 2000 Guineas.

Timeform rated him 116p at two after he won the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes and had been beaten by just a neck when runner-up to Reckless Abandon in the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes, his grandam won the Group 3 C L Weld Park Stakes at that age,. He covered 62 mares in his first season at Rathbarry Stud.

In addition to that pattern success, Theoretically (by Theatrical) was placed in both the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks and Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, and she is the dam of the US Grade 3 scorer Niagara Causeway (by Giant's Causeway).

The third dam of Moohaajim is an unraced mare called Aspern (by Riverman), her five blacktype progeny also included the Group 1 Prix Lupin winner and Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) third Cudas (by Seattle Song), and her descendants include the Argentine-bred Grade 1 scorer Pataques (by Catcher In The Rye) and a couple of Brazilian Grade 2 winners.

Her half-brother Vilagro (by Targowice) was a big winner in Belgium, but her half-sister Princess Kathy (by Luthier) is more notable even though she was only stakes placed. That is because she became the dam of the dual Group 2 Prix de l'Opera winner Athyka (by Secretariat) and she is the grandam of both the classic-placed Grade 1 scorer Atticus (by Nureyev) and of Group 1 Premio Lydia Tesio winner Dubai Surprise (by King's Best).

There are various other blacktype horses to be found within these first four generations of the pedigree, but nothing that gives us any additional clues as to how Moohaajim might fare as a stallion. He looks a likely candidate to get winners at all ages, mostly sprinters and milers.

MOOHAAJIM (IRE) – b.2010 – Cape Cross – Thiella, 2 wins inc Mill Reef Stakes (Gr2), 2nd Middle Park Stakes (Gr1), 3rd Greenham Stakes (Gr3). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc – Athena (by Alhaarth)     Goffs     Nov     €23,000
bc – Bahati (by Intikhab)     Goffs     Nov     €56,000
bc – Barracade (by Barathea)     Goffs     Nov     €24,000
bc – Double Precedent (by Polish Precedent)     Goffs     Nov     €30,000
bf – Fine Prospect (by Namid)     Goffs     Nov     €1,000
bf – Fruits of Our Love (by Zebedee)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Luna Rosa (by Marju)     Tattersalls     Nov     11,000gns
brc – Nellie Forbush (by Phoenix Reach)     Goffs     Nov     €14,000
bc – Omanome (by Acclamation)     Goffs     Nov     €8,000
bc – Pandoras Secret (by Monashee Mountain)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Piece Unique (by Barathea)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bf – Red Japonica (by Daylami)     Goffs     Nov     €30,000
bc – Shirley Blake (by Acclamation)     Goffs     Nov     €23,000
bf – Sian (by Antonius Pius)     Goffs     Nov     not sold

Winner of just one of his four starts as a juvenile, which was a mile maiden in heavy ground at the Curragh in October, Magician improved considerably over the winter, made a winning reappearance in the Group 3 Dee Stakes at Chester, followed that with a three and a half length defeat of Gale Force Ten in the Group 1 Irish 2000 Guineas, and rounded off his season with a half-length win over The Fugue in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf at Santa Anita.
 
He won just once from six starts as a four-year-old, narrowly beating Parish Hall in the Group 3 Mooresbridge Stakes over 10 furlongs at the Curragh, but was runner-up to Noble Mission in the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup, to The Fugue in the Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes, and to Hardest Core in the Grade 1 Arlington Million.

He stands at Coolmore's US farm, Ashford Stud, but has a few foals catalogued for sale in Europe.

The son of Galileo (by Sadler's Wells) is out of the listed sprint winner Absolutelyfabulous (by Mozart), which makes him a full-brother to the Grade 1-placed stakes winner Outstandingly, and his grandam, Lady Windermere (by Lake Coniston) is out of the one-time scorer Brigid (by Irish River).

A full-sister to Or Vision, who is the stakes-winning dam of the Group/Grade 1 scorers Dolphin Street (by Bluebird), Insight (by Sadler's Wells) and Saffron Walden (by Sadler's Wells), Brigid is the dam of the Group 1 stars Listen (by Sadler's Wells) and Sequoyah (by Sadler's Wells).

The former is the dam of the Group 1-placed Japanese Group 2 winner Touching Speech (by Deep Impact), and Sequoyah's brightest star is the classic-winning miler and Coolmore stallion Henrythenavigator (by Kingmambo). His early Group/Grade 1-winning sons George Vancouver and Pedro The Great had their first yearlings on offer in 2016.

Sequoyah is also the dam of Queen Cleopatra (by Kingmambo), who won the Group 3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial Stakes and was placed in both the Group 1 Irish 1000 Guineas and Group 1 Prix de Diane (French Oaks) before going on to become a successful broodmare. She is the dam of the Australian Group 3 scorer Francis Of Assisi (by Danehill Dancer) and her pattern-placed stakes-winning daughter Look At Me (by Danehill Dancer) is the dam of juvenile listed scorer Kind Of Magic (by Galileo).

There are many other stakes and pattern winners to be found in the various branches of this family, including the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes scorer Beethoven (by Oratorio), but they do not tell us anything more about Magician's potential as a stallion. He is a well-bred, classic-winning son of Galileo and there would not any reason why he should not be capable of siring stakes and pattern winners.

MAGICIAN (IRE) – b.2010 – Galileo – Absolutelyfabulous, 5 wins inc Breeders' Cup Turf (Gr1), Irish 2000 Guineas (Gr1), Mooresbridge Stakes (Gr3), Dee Stakes (Gr3), 2nd Arlington Million (Gr1), Prince of Wales's Stakes (Gr1), Tattersalls Gold Cup (Gr1). Sire in USA. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
c - Alyssa's Dream (by Wiseman's Ferry)     Keeneland     Nov     $25,000
f - Crystal Minuet (by Theatrical)     Keeneland     Nov     $33,000
f - Cute Cash (by Exchange Rate)     Keeneland     Nov     not sold
f - Cycle (by Dansili)     Keeneland     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Davanti (by Danehill Dancer)     Goffs     Nov    €14,000
c - Ivory Meadow (by Meadowlake)     Keeneland     Nov     withdrawn
c - Looks Like Rain (by Medicean)     Keeneland     Nov     $70,000
bc – Penny Sixpence (by Kheleyf)     Tattersalls     Nov     42,000gns
c - Perfect Step (by Iffraaj)     Keeneland     Nov     $95,000
c - Prevention (by Aptitude)     Keeneland     Nov     withdrawn
c - Proximity (by Nayef)     Keeneland     Nov     $125,000
f - Sisheba (by Silent Name)     Keeneland     Nov     $9,500
f - Starlight Tiara (by More Than Ready)     Keeneland     Nov     not sold
c - Startsprednthenews (by Mineshaft)     Keeneland     Nov     withdrawn
f - Xrate (by Exchange Rate)     Keeneland     Nov     ​not sold

Dual Derby hero Galileo has done what seemed impossible during the career of his phenomenal sire Sadler's Wells (by Northern Dancer) – he has become an even greater sire of racehorses than was his father. His early stallion sons have showed plenty of potential, several of them already have at least one top-level winner to their name, and New Approach is one of the best of them.
 
The juvenile star became a Derby and Champion Stakes hero at three. His first crop included a trio of Royal Ascot-winning blacktype two-year-olds, and by the end of the following season that initial group of offspring featured the Group 1 2000 Guineas hero Dawn Approach, the Group 1 Oaks winner and Group 1 St Leger runner-up Talent, and the Group 1 Derby runner-up Libertarian.
 
The latter, who won the Group 2 Dante Stakes and finished fourth (no blacktype) to Leading Light in the Group 1 St Leger, is now among the early Galileo grandsons at stud and this Knockhouse Stud stallion, who is being marketed for the National Hunt sector, has some of his first foals on offer.
 
A half-brother to the Group 1-placed pattern scorer Prince Siegfried (by Royal Applause) and to the French listed race winner Bigzam (by Zamindar), Libertarian is out of Intrum Morshaan (by Darshaan), a winning half-sister to the US Grade 3 scorer Coney Kitty (by Lycius).
 
His stakes-placed third dam, Midnight Child (by Manado), was a half-sister to the multiple listed-placed Never A Lady (by Pontifex) and that mare's descendants include the prolific Group 1 star and classic sire Halling (by Diesis).
 
The Sadler's Wells sire line has had a tremendous impact on both the flat and National Hunt sectors and so it is a fair bet that Libertarian will eventually join its roll of honour as a sire of blacktype-winning hurdlers and chasers.

LIBERTARIAN (GB) – b.2010 – New Approach – Intrum Morshaan, 2 wins inc Dante Stakes (Gr2), 2nd Derby (Gr1). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
brf – Baldrica (by Lost World)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bc – Be Donn (by Brian Boru)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €2,600
bc – Benefit Lodge (by Beneficial)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €7,500
bc - Cluain Easa (by Accordion)     Goffs     Dec     €8,000
bc – Elegant Plaisir (by Grand Plaisir)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
grc - Gallery Gale (by Portrait Gallery)     Goffs     Dec     withdrawn
chc – Golden Ard (by Beneficial)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €8,500
bc - Golden Belief (by Gold Well)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
bc – Lady Eile (by Presenting)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €11,000
b/brf – Lilly's John (by Double Trigger)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    withdrawn
bf – Moynihan's Lady (by Anshan)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bc – Simplyonelady (by Old Vic)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
chc - Star Seventeen (by Rock City)     Goffs     Dec     €2,800
bc - Supreme Magical (by Supreme Leader)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
chf - That's Amazing (by Marignan)     Goffs     Dec     €1,000

The impact that the triple Group 1 star and dynasty-making stallion has had on both flat and National Hunt circles has been remarkable and so it is understandable that breeders will flock to his male line descendants, especially when those horses were racehorses of the calibre of Leading Light.

A 520,000gns yearling buy, the Aidan O'Brien trainee was an odds-on winner of the Group 3 Gallinule Stakes at the Curragh on his fourth start, followed that with defeat of Feels Like Dancing in the Group 3 Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot and was not seen out again until beating that year's Oaks heroine Talent in the Group 1 St Leger at Doncaster.

He finished down the field in the Arc three weeks later but returned as a four-year-old to take the Group 3 Vintage Crop Stakes and Group 3 Curragh Cup, both times chased home by the Group 1 Irish St Leger scorer Royal Diamond, and between those two wins he narrowly beat Missunited to take the Group 1 Gold Cup at Ascot.

He chased home the runaway winner Brown Panther in the Group 1 Irish St Leger on his penultimate start, headed to Grange Stud in Co Cork a few months later and covered more mares in his first season than many popular horses do in their first few years combined: a total of 320.
 
There are some flat-bred mares as dams of his large first crop, but Leading Light is primarily a National Hunt stallion, which means that it will be the 2019/20 season before we start to see many of his early runners in action, likely in bumpers, maiden hurdles and point-to-points.
 
He is out of Dance Parade (by Gone West), who won the Group 3 Queen Mary Stakes over five furlongs at Ascot as a two-year-old and the Group 3 Fred Darling Stakes over seven at Newbury the following spring. His grandam is the pattern-placed Italian stakes winner River Jig (by Irish River), a mare whose siblings include the dam of Group 1 Underwood Stakes winner and talented French stayer Always Aloof (by Alleged).
 
It was to be expected that he will have a lot of progeny who are inbred to Sadler's Wells (by Northern Dancer), many will also show inbreeding to Nijinsky (by Northern Dancer) and to Top Ville (by High Top), and the presence of Always Aloof in his family shows that Alleged (by Hoist The Flag) clicked with his family.
 
Whether that matters at all within the National Hunt context is open to debate, and Leading Light's appeal and potential as a sire of hurdlers and chasers stems from his top-class racing record, his physique and his sire line.

LEADING LIGHT (IRE) – b.2010 – Montjeu – Dance Parade, 8 wins inc Gold Cup (Gr1), St Leger (Gr1), Gallinule Stakes (Gr3), St Leger Trial (Gr3), Vintage Crop Stakes (Gr3), Queen's Vase (Gr3), 2nd Irish St Leger (Gr1). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc – Accordeon Royale (by Accordion)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €5,000
chf – Afaraka (by Flemensfirth)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bf – Aguida (by Kahyasi)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bf – Akiliyna (by Holy Roman Emperor)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bc – Almnadia (by Alhaarth)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €14,500
chc – Another Flower (by Presenting)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bf – April Thistle (by Alphabatim)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €2,500
bf – Arts Theater (by King's Theatre)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bf - Asian Alliance (by Soviet Star)     Goffs     Dec     
bc – Ask Sally (by Definite Article)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    withdrawn
bf – At Maggies Cross (by Oscar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bc – Azaban (by Be My Native)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €16,000
chc – Back To My Place (by Bob Back)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
chc - Ballydunne Present (by Presenting)     Goffs     Dec     
bc – Bell Walks Run (by Commanche Run)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bf – Belle Rebelle (by In The Wings)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €2,000
bf – Carleys Quest (by Pierre)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €1,300
bf - Cassilis (by Persian Bold)     Goffs     Dec     
bc – Claras Mighty (by Shantou)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    withdrawn
bc - Come The Dawn (by Gunner B)     Goffs     Dec     ​
bc – Creanna Lady (by Flemensfirth)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €13,500
bf – Cregane Lass (by Oscar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bf - Datsdwhy (by Mountain High)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
bf – Definite Lady (by Definite Article)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bc – Dino's Monkey (by Mr Dinos)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €24,000
bc – Dishy (by Jurado)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €4,700
bc – Dona Pepa (by Westerner)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc – Drumderry (by Shernazar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bf – Elektra King (by Milan)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    withdrawn
bf - Elektra King (by Milan)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
bc – Elizabeth Tudor (by Supreme Leader)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
chc – Flame Supreme (by Saddlers' Hall)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €8,000
bc – Generous Girl (by Generous)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €9,000
bc – Glencree Rose (by Lord of Appeal)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €14,500
bf – Gilbin (by Luso)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €11,000
bc - Gonebeyondajoke (by Footstepsinthesand)     Goffs     Dec     €7,000
bc – Grandy Serenade (by Milan)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €5,500
bc – Havnt Time (by Flemensfirth)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €15,000
bc – Hirayna (by Doyoun)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €17,000
chc – Honey Rosie (by Byron)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bc - Hushed Up (by Medaaly)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
bc – Jill's Girl (by Be My Native)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    withdrawn
brf - Kampala Girl (by Oscar)     Goffs     Dec     €1,000
bf – Kapricia Speed (by Vertical Speed)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €11,000
bc - Kentish Town (by Flemensfirth)     Goffs     Dec     €17,000
chc - Keyaza (by Azamour)     Goffs     Dec     €27,000
bc – Kilbarry Cliche (by Classic Cliche)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €8,000
bc - Kyle Lass (by Bach)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
bf - La Protagonista (by Night Shift)     Goffs     Dec     €2,500
bf – Labeille (by Laveron)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
chc – Lady Wilton Milan (by Milan)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €7,000
chc – Late Night Deed (by Midnight Legend)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €3,200
chc – Lougholly Native (by Be My Native)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
chc - Maxford Lady (by Presenting)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
chc – Millys Gesture (by Milan)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €19,000
bc – Miss McGoldrick (by Kasakov)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bc – Missie Ella (by Barathea)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €13,000
chc - Mullagh Abu (by Mull Of Kintyre)     Goffs     Dec     withdrawn
bc – Night Heron (by St Jovite)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €16,000
chc - Nina Fontenail (by Kaldounevees)     Goffs     Dec     €12,000
bc - Northern Gale (by Northern Spur)     Goffs     Dec     €1,000
chc – O What A Girl (by Anshan)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €15,500
bc – One Rose (by Roi de Rome)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €7,000
bc - One Swoop (by Be My Native)     Goffs     Dec     €8,500
bf – Oscar Annie (by Oscar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €600
bf – Peppardstown (by Old Vic)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bc – Poetics Girl (by Sadders' Hall)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €27,000
brc – Present Climate (by Presenting)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €15,000
bf – Princess Leya (by Old Vic)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bc – Reconsider Baby (by Refuse To Bend)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €13,500
chf - Rodger Roo (by Definite Article)     Goffs     Dec     
chc – Rubys Shadow (by Supreme Leader)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bc – Rudi Tuesday (by Rudimentary)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €15,500
bc - Sagabolley (by Sagamix)     Goffs     Dec     
bf – Sarah Princess (by Presenting)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €2,800
bc – Sea Jewel (by Flemensfirth)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bc - Senorita Rumbalita (by Alflora)     Goffs     Dec     
bc - Serra Nova (by Dushyantor)     Goffs     Dec     
bf – Shedogue Molly (by Oscar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bf – Shuil Cailinn (by Brian Boru)     Goresbridge     Oct      not sold
bf – Snowbelle (by Flemensfirth)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €6,000
chc – Spring Flower (by Beneficial)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €7,000
bc – Springfort Legacy (by Westerner)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €8,000
bc – Strong Roe (by Vinnie Roe)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bf – Suzie Supreme (by Beneficial)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bc – Tax Evasion (by Anshan)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bc – Taxie Lady (by Flemensfirth)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bf – The Great O'Malley (by Mandalus)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    not sold
bf – Theatre Days (by King's Theatre)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €600
bc – There On Time (by Carroll House)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €5,000
bc – Threads of Destiny (by Oscar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    withdrawn
bc – Times Approach (by Curtain Time)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    withdrawn
bf – Toorah Laura La (by Black Minnaloushe)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €1,200
chf – Top Her Up (by Beneficial)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    €4,200
bc – You Take Care (by Definite Article)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov    withdrawn

A Darley-bred son of top Australian shuttle stallion Exceed And Excel (by Danehill), Group 2 sprint scorer Kuroshio shuttled to Overbury Stud and covered 33 mares in that first season. He is by the sire of Helmet, who got his first top-level winner when Thunder Snow ran away with the Group 1 Criterium International over seven furlongs at Saint-Cloud on Sunday, and he is a full-brother to a pattern-winning sprinter in Australia.
 
That one is Believe'n'Succeed and she is the dam of Bounding (by Lonhro), a prolific blacktype scorer from five and a half to seven furlongs in Australia and New Zealand, including the Group 1 Railway Stakes over six furlongs at Ellerslie, and she has been classic-placed at a mile.
 
Their dam, Arctic Drift (by Gone West), won once and is out of the top US filly November Snow (by Storm Cat), winner of the Grade 1 Alabama Stakes and Grade 1 Test Stakes, both at Saratoga, and a full-sister to Grade 3 winner and somewhat successful blacktype sire Scatmandu.
 
Kuroshio was a Group 3 scorer at two and a Group 2 winner at three, and with the European mares he has covered, this well-connected sprinter should be capable of getting some sprinters and milers.

KUROSHIO (AUS) – b/br.2010 – Exceed And Excel – Arctic Drift, 3 wins inc Mitty's Ian McEwan Trophy Stakes (Gr2), Blue Diamond Prelude (Gr3), Maribyrnong Trial (L), 2nd Blue Diamond Preview (L), 3rd Schillaci Stakes (Gr2), Debutants Stakes (L). Sire in Australia & England. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bf – Bold Love (by Bold Edge)     Tattersalls     Nov    withdrawn
bc – Fair Maiden (by Carnegie)     Tattersalls     Nov    15,000gns
brf – Sonnellino (by Singspiel)     Tattersalls     Nov     5,500gns

This Group 1-winning son of Galileo (by Sadler's Wells) spent one season under the Coolmore banner, covering just 39 mares, and then he moved to Drakenstein Stud in South Africa. The Group 1-siring Galileo stallions include Rip Van Winkle and that horse's fourth dam, House Tie (by Be Friendly), is the third dam of Kingsbarns.
 
He is a half-brother to the pattern winning fillies Belle Artiste (by Namid) and Sweeter Still (by Rock of Gibraltar), his dam, Beltisaal (by El Gran Senor) is a half-sister to the Group 2-placed stakes winner Kafhar (by In The Wings), and his grandam, Ittisaal (by Caerleon), is a half-sister to two mares of particular note.

Twine (by Thatching) gave us the Group 1-placed Group 2 scorer, Grade 1 Champion Hurdle hero and successful National Hunt sire Alderbrook (by Ardross), she is also responsible for the blacktype winners Restructure (by Danehill), Royal Strand (by Royal Academy) and Native Twine (by Be My Native), she is the grandam of the Group 3 scorer Tahreeb (by Indian Ridge) and third dam of this year's Group 3 Dick Poole Stakes winner Madam Dancealot (by Sir Prancealot).
 
Tea House (by Sassafras), on the other hand, was a listed-race winner and, in addition to being the dam of the US Grade 1 scorer Danish (by Danehill) and of the multiple Group 1-placed pattern winners Ace (by Danehill) and Hawkeye (by Danehill), her descendants include the Group 1 Dubai World Cup star African Story (by Pivotal).
 
The aforementioned Rip Van Winkle connection comes through Jamaican Punch (by Shareef Dancer), an unraced half-sister to Tea House, Twine and Ittisaal. Her winning daughter Mustique Dream (by Don't Forget Me) is the dam of Looking Back (by Stravinsky), and that filly became the stakes-placed dam of the Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes, Group 1 Sussex Stakes and Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes hero.

KINGSBARNS (IRE) – b.2010 – Galileo – Beltisaal, 2 wins inc Racing Post Trophy (Gr1), 2nd Royal Whip Stakes (Gr3), 3rd Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Gr1), Heritage Stakes (L). Sire in Ireland & South Africa. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
brc – Mascara (by Mtoto)     Goffs     Nov   not sold

Nothing is guaranteed in this business, but there can be no doubt that Kingman is one of the most exciting horses to have gone to stud in recent decades. Horses such as Sadler's Wells, Galileo and Sea The Stars had such obvious potential when they began their stallion careers, and although Kingman has a monumental task ahead of him to join that elite trio, it is hard to imagine him failing to get winners at the highest levels.

He was a brilliant racehorse, a Timeform 134-rated champion and classic star, a high-class two-year-old who went on to win four Group 1s over a mile, and he has covered an outstanding first book of 143 mares at Banstead Manor Stud.

What makes him such an exciting prospect is that all of this is backed up by a stallion's pedigree.

He is a son of the Group 1-winning sprinter Invincible Spirit (by Green Desert), whose early stallion sons include the Group 1-siring horses Lawman and I Am Invincible, and he is out of Zenda (by Zamindar), the Group 1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French 1000 Guineas) winning half-sister to the triple Group 1 star and outstanding stallion Oasis Dream (by Green Desert).

Their dam, Hope (by Dancing Brave), is an unraced full-sister to the Group 1 Irish Oaks heroine Wemyss Bight and her offspring include the four-times Group/Grade 1 star Beat Hollow (by Sadler's Wells), a sire of top-level winners on the flat and under National Hunt rules. Hope's siblings also include the dam of Group 1-winning stayer Reefscape (by Linamix), of Group 2 scorers Bellamy Cay (by Kris), Coastal Path (by Halling) and Martaline (by Linamix).

Bahamian (by Mill Reef), the Group 2 Prix de Pomone runner-up and Listed Oaks Trial scorer who is the third dam of Kingman, is also the third dam of the recent Group 2 Prix Chaudennay scorer Doha Dream (by Shamardal) and of New Bay (by Dubawi), another potential sire of note whenever he takes up his stallion role.

New Bay won the Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) and Group 2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano last year, he chased home Make Believe in the Group 1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas) and was third to Golden Horn in the Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. In 2016 he has added an odds-on success in the Group 3 Prix Gontaut Biron and he finished fourth to Almanzor in that vintage edition of the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

This famous Juddmonte family is one of the strongest in the stud book. It has already given us an elite stallion in Oasis Dream, and with Kingman being so closely related to that Banstead Manor Stud standout, there is every reason to hope that he too can become one of the best sires in Europe.

KINGMAN (GB) – b.2011 – Invincible Spirit – Zenda, 7 wins inc Prix Jacques le Marois (Gr1), Sussex Stakes (Gr1), Irish 2000 Guineas (Gr1), St James's Palace Stakes (Gr1), Greenham Stakes (Gr3), Solario Stakes (Gr3), 2nd 2000 Guineas (Gr1). Sire in England. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc – Anna's Rock (by Rock of Gibraltar)     Goffs     Nov     €320,000
bc – Go Lovely Rose (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     Nov     180,000gns
bf – Justlookdontouch (by Galileo)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Liberally (by Statue of Liberty)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bf – Lovely Blossom (by Spinning World)     Tattersalls     Nov     180,000gns
bf – Our Little Secret (by Rossini)     Tattersalls     Nov     135,000gns
bc – Parisi (by Rahy)     Tattersalls     Nov     60,000gns
bc – Please Sing (by Royal Applause)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bf – State Treasure (by Mineshaft)     Tattersalls     Nov     75,000gns

Jet Away is among the best bred horses at stud, but this Timeform 118-rated son of Cape Cross (by Green Desert) is standing as a National Hunt stallion and so will have few representatives appearing in public over the next few years. He stands at Arctic Tack Stud in Co Wexford and he covered 180 mares in his first season.

He is by the sire of Sea The Stars, his unraced dam Kalima (by Kahyasi) is an unraced full-sister sister to two stakes winners, and that pair are Arrive and the phenomenal Hasili. Arrive won the Listed Bahrain Trophy and she is the dam of Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes winner Promising Lead (by Danehill). She is also responsible for the Grade 1-placed dual pattern scorer Visit (by Oasis Dream) and she is the grandam of the Group 3 Autumn Stakes winner Commemorative (by Zamindar).

Hasili, of course, is not only the dam of the Group/Grade 1 stars Banks Hill (by Danehill), Cacique (by Danehill), Champs Elysees (by Danehill), Heat Haze (by Green Desert) and Intercontinental (by Danehill), but also of the Group 1-placed pattern scorer Deluxe (by Storm Cat) and of the multiple Group 1-placed Group 2 miler Dansili (by Danehill).

The latter is one of the best sires around and the early results from his stallion sons are very promising. Cacique has sired Group 1 winners, Champs Elysees has sired pattern winners, while Banks Hill is the dam of the Breeders' Cup-placed Group 1 star Romantica (by Galileo) and of the Group 2-placed multiple stakes winner Ideal World (by Kingmambo), who has made a promising start to his stallion career in South Africa where his progeny include the multiple Group 1 heroine Smart Call.

Others produced from siblings of Kalima include the Grade 1 star and classic sire Leroidesanimaux (by Candy Stripes), and Kerali (by High Line), the winning grandam of Jet Away, was out of the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Sookera (by Roberto), which made her a half-sister to the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes scorer So Factual (by Known Fact).

There are many others of note within the branches of these first three generations of the pedigree. Jet Away is an exceptionally well-bred horse and this 10-furlong Group 3 scorer is one of the most interesting stallions to retire directly to a National Hunt stud in recent years.

JET AWAY (GB) – b.2007 – Cape Cross – Kalima, 8 wins inc Easter Cup (Gr3), Festival Stakes (L), 2nd Rose of Lancaster Stakes (Gr3), Tapster Stakes (L), 3rd Pontefract Castle Stakes (L). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc - Ash Abbey (by Flemensfirth)     Goffs     Dec     
chc - Ballydunne Lady (by Zagreb)     Goffs     Dec     
chf – Black Ouzel (by Taipan)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €800
b/brf – Boro Cruise (by Accordion)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     withdrawn
brf – C'Est Fantastique (by Hernando)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc – Casta Diva (by Golan)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €5,000
bc - Celtic Blaze (by Charente River)     Goffs     Dec     
bc - Cool Trix (by Presenting)     Goffs     Dec     
bc - Court Gamble (by King's Theatre)     Goffs     Dec     ​
bc – Cuddle Ina Frizzle (by Gamut)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €7,000
chc - Dee Two O Two (by Rudimentary)     Goffs     Dec     €6,500
bc – Grape Love (by Grape Tree Road)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €18,000
bf – Inouette (by Heron Island)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €1,100
bc – Invisible Spirit (by Invincible Spirit)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
brc – Kerryhead Sunshine (by Topanoora)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €5,500
bc – Khazaria (by Sinndar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €18,000
bc - Lady Firefly (by Mr Combustible)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
brc - Lady Howe (by Lord Americo)     Goffs     Dec     €6,800
bc - Le Ciel (by Law Society)     Goffs     Dec     €3,000
bc – Minish Yeats (by Yeats)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €2,200
bf – Miss Colclough (by Shernazar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €1,000
brc - Money Money Money (by Generous)     Goffs     Dec     €2,200
chf - Moscow Mistress (by Moscow Society)     Goffs     Dec     not sold
bc – Nana Shelly (by Beneficial)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €4,000
brc – None The Wiser (by Dr Massini)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €25,000
bc – Oscar Invitation (by Oscar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc – Pollys Leader (by Supreme Leader)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
chc – Poly Kalo (by Kalanisi)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €6,000
chc - Rose Brook (by Alderbrook)     Goffs     Dec     
bf – Stonehouse (by Snurge)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     not sold
bc – Two of Each (by Shernazar)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €8,000
bc - Uncatchable (by Catcher In The Rye)     Goffs     Dec     
bf – Wayward Angel (by Heron Island)     Tattersalls IRE NH     Nov     €800

Dark Angel (by Acclamation) has been a surprise hit at stud and there are already several stallion sons among his 34 individual stakes winners. Group 1 star Lethal Force and Group 1-placed Tough As Nails have yearlings, Group 2 winner Alhebayeb has foals, Gutaifan was one of the most popular new sires of 2016, and Markaz will begin his career at Derrinstown Stud in the spring.

The roll of honour also includes the pattern-winning sprinter Heeraat, a Mickley Stud stallion who covered 97 mares in his first season and has a selection of foals on offer in the coming weeks. He won once from three starts at two, two from eight at three, got his Group 3 win at four and earned a Timeform rating of 118.

Heeraat is a half-brother to the Listed Dragon Stakes winner and Group 3 Molecomb Stakes third Ambiance (by Camacho) and his dam, Thawrah (by Green Desert), is an unraced half-sister to the Group 1 Golden Jubilee Stakes winner Malhub (by Kingmambo), a blacktype sire in South Africa, and to the US Grade 3 scorer Dhaamer (by Dubai Destination).

Thawrah's siblings also include her full-sister Nebraas and what makes that one notable is that she is the dam of the dual Group 3 scorer Yellow Rosebud (by Jeremy), of pattern-placed stakes winner Seeharn (by Pivotal), and of this year's stakes-placed two-year-old Megan Lily (by Dragon Pulse).

Arjuzah (by Ahonoora), who won the Listed Sceptre Stakes and finished third in the Group 2 Challenge Stakes, is the grandam of Heeraat and this half-sister to listed scorer Ormsby (by Ela-Mana-Mou) was a full-sister to Missing You, the stakes-placed grandam of the juvenile stakes winners Dubai Dynamo (by Kyllachy) and Sadeek (by Kyllachy).

If you go back to the fourth generation of the family then you will find branches that lead to the Group/Grade 1 winners Mourjane (by Pitskelly), Anka Germania (by Malinowski), Deputy Commander (by Deputy Minister), and Sudirman (by Henrythenavigator), along with a string of other stakes and pattern winners who including the Group 1-placed sprinter and successful sire Dandy Man (by Mozart).

The relationship of those horses to Heeraat is remote, but as a talented Dark Angel horse who has Green Desert as a broodmare sire and a leading sprinter among his close relations, he has the potential to sire some talented sprinters and milers.

HEERAAT (IRE) – b.2009 – Dark Angel – Thawrah, 5 wins inc Hackwood Stakes (Gr3), 2nd Hackwood Stakes (Gr3), City Walls Stakes (L). Sire in England. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bf – Alucica (by Celtic Swing)     Goffs     Nov     €5,000
bf – Black Baccara (by Superior Premium)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Contenance (by Dansant)     Goffs     Nov     €11,500
bc – Emperatriz (by Holy Roman Emperor)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bc – First Rains (by Green Desert)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Fortunately (by Forzando)     Goffs     Nov     €5,000
bc – Future Regime (by Xaar)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Lady Caprice (by Kyllachy)     Goffs     Nov     €16,500
bc – Lexington Rose (by Captain Gerrard)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     €25,000
bf – Matron (by Bahamian Bounty)     Tattersalls     Nov     3,000gns
bc – Mimi Mouse (by Diktat)     Tattersalls     Nov     8,000gns
bf – Molly Marie (by Fasliyev)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Nut (by Fasliyev)     Tattersalls     Nov     3,000gns
bc – Obsessive Secret (by Grand Lodge)     Tattersalls     Nov     20,000gns
bf – Otrooha (by Oasis Dream)     Goffs     Nov     €12,500
bc – Piranha (by Exceed And Excel)     Tattersalls     Nov     38,000gns
bc – Plead (by Bering)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc – Princess of Rock (by Rock of Gibraltar)     Goffs     Nov     €12,500
bf – Radio Gaga (by Multiplex)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Ringtail (by Street Cry)     Goffs     Nov     €17,000
bf – Saona Island (by Bahamian Bounty)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bf – Sopran Cross (by Cape Cross)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     €10,000
bc – Sound of Life (by Cape Cross)     Goffs     Nov     €6,500
bf – Spiritual Healing (by Invincible Spirit)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
b/brc – Tomintoul Magic (by Holy Roman Emperor)     Goffs     Nov     €20,000
bc – Virtuality (by Elusive Quality)     Tattersalls     Nov     30,000gns

Like Es Que Love, who also has his first foals this year, Gregorian is a Group 2-winning son of the classic miler Clodovil (by Danehill). Both were bred by Rathasker Stud, both are members of that farm's stallion roster, although Gregorian stands for them at the National Stud in Newmarket. He covered 119 mares in his first season.

He won a seven-furlong Doncaster maiden on the last of three starts as a juvenile, he won twice at three and was placed in both the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat and Group 1 St James's Palace Stakes, and got his best results at the ages of four and five, rated 122 by Timeform in both those campaigns.

In addition to his Group 1 mile placings at three, the grey was also placed in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes and in the Group 1 July Cup. His best wins came in the Group 2 Hungerford Stakes over seven at Newbury, in the Group 3 Criterion Stakes over the same trip at Newmarket, and in the Group 3 Diomed Stakes over the extended mile at Epsom.

This grandson of Danehill (by Danzig) is a full-brother to the stakes-placed filly Manderley and he is out of Three Days In May (by Cadeaux Genereux), a winning half-sister to the Group 1-placed dual stakes-winning sprinter Balmont Mast (by Balmont). 

Her siblings also include the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes runner-up Crazee Mental (by Magic Ring) and that grand-daughter of Green Desert (by Danzig) is best-known as being the dam of Premio Loco (by Prized). A five-times Group 2-scorer whom Timeform rated 122 at his peak, that gelding's record also includes Group 1 placings in the Lockinge Stakes and Sussex Stakes.

Corn Futures (by Nomination), the winning grandam of Gregorian, was a half-sister to the dam of the Group 2-placed stakes winner and leading National Hunt sire Midnight Legend (by Night Shift), and the next dam, Hay Reef (by Mill Reef), could be described as being a three-parts sister to the Group 1 Irish 2000 Guineas scorer Wassl. Like most by his great sire, he was a poor stallion.

Wassl's dam, Hayloft (by Tudor Melody), was a half-sister to Hay Reef. She won the Group 3 Molecomb Stakes, was third in the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes, and her descendants also include the dual Group 1-winning sprinter Twilight Son (by Kyllachy), who will stand at Cheveley Park Stud in 2017, Group 1-placed pattern scorer and Throckmorton Court Stud stallion Music Master (by Piccolo), whose first foals will arrive in the spring, and the prolific Group 1 star and multiple South African champion What A Winter (by Western Winter).

GREGORIAN (IRE) – gr.2009 – Clodovil – Three Days In May, 6 wins inc Hungerford Stakes (Gr2), Diomed Stakes (Gr3), Criterion Stakes (Gr3), 2nd Prix Jean Prat (Gr1), Hungerford Stakes (Gr2), Spring Trophy Stakes (L), 3rd July Cup (Gr1), Queen Anne Stakes (Gr1), St James's Palace Stakes (Gr1), Park Stakes (Gr2-twice). Sire in England. First foals in 2016.

FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
brf – Ach Alannah (by Marju)     Goffs     Nov     (p/s) €7,250
blf – Alpha Spirit (by Sixties Icon)     Tattersalls     Nov     800gns
bc – Amandian (by Indian Ridge)     Tattersalls     Nov     5,500gns
grc – Avoidance (by Cryptoclearance)     Goffs     Nov     withdrawn
b/brc – Beautiful Lady (by Peintre Celebre)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bf – Bridie Ffrench (by Bahamian Bounty)     Tattersalls     Nov     3,000gns
br/grc – Donna Giovanna (by Mozart)     Tattersalls     Nov     4,700gns
bc – Evanesce (by Lujain)     Tattersalls     Nov     3,000gns
grc – Forrest Star (by Fraam)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     €1,800
grc – Godwit (by Noverre)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
grc – Green Vision (by Green Desert)     Goffs     Nov     €25,000
bc – Kasalla (by Footstepsinthesand)     Tattersalls     Nov     15,000gns
brc – La Gifted (by Fraam)     Tattersalls     Nov     5,000gns
grc – Lifetime Romance (by Mozart)     Tattersalls     Nov     4,000gns
b/brc – Maya de La Luz (by Selkirk)     Goffs     Nov     not sold
bc – Meredith (by Medicean)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bc – Miskin Diamond (by Diamond Green)     Tattersalls     Nov     47,000gns
grc – Morena Park (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     Nov     12,500gns
grc – Movie Star (by Barathea)     Tattersalls     Nov     12,000gns
blc – Namoos (by Sahm)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     not sold
brc – Pachanga (by Inchinor)     Tattersalls     Nov     14,000gns
bc – Palkin (by Singspiel)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     €8,000
bf – Petaluma (by Teofilo)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bf – Premiere Dance (by Loup Solitaire)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
br/grc – Raajis (by Dark Angel)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
grc – Regal Velvet (by Halling)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     €11,000
bf – Reveille (by Sakhee's Secret)     Tattersalls     Nov     3,000gns
br/grf – Saratoga Slew (by Footstepsinthesand)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bf – Silken Terms (by Nayef)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
grc – Sleeping Princess (by Dalakhani)     Goffs     Nov     €14,000
b/grc – Tabrina (by Fasliyev)     Tattersalls     Nov     7,000gns
br/grc – Winterbourne (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Tattersalls     Nov     14,000gns