Adaay a dual Group 2 winner by Kodiac

ADAAY (IRE) - 2012 bay horse

Some of the early Invincible Spirit (by Green Desert) stallions are doing well and that augurs well for the prospects of those by his three-parts brother Kodiac (by Danehill). The latter has an increasing number of sons going to stud and dual Group 2 scorer Adaay, who stands at Whitsbury Manor Stud, is among them,

A €54,000 Goffs foal who made 240,000gns at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale, the William Haggas-trained colt made a winning debut over six furlongs at Newbury in mid-May of his juvenile season, beating subsequent Group 2 star Kodi Bear, another who had his first foals this year.

He followed that with victory over the same trip at Yarmouth, was unplaced in the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at Ascot and then finished third to Limato in the Listed Rose Bowl Stakes.​ He was off the track until the following April, when he was again placed behind Limato, and he followed that effort with wins in the Listed Carnarvon Stakes and Group 2 Sandy Lane Stakes, in the latter beating his old rival and subsequent Group 1 star by a length.

Although unplaced behind Muhaarar in the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup, he bounced back two months later to beat Coulsty – another with first foals in 2018 – by half a length in the Group 2 Hungerford Stakes, his first start over seven furlongs.

Adaay is the best of six winners from the first six foals out of Lady Lucia (by Royal Applause), a mare who was herself only placed as a juvenile. The sextet include nine-times scorer Pour La Victoire (by Antonius Pius), five-times winner Bushcraft (by Bushranger), and the multiple stakes-placed sprinter Mullionmileanhour (by Mull of Kintyre) who has been siring winners from few opportunities.

Lady Lucia is a half-sister to the pattern-placed winner Creative Mind (by Danehill Dancer), she is out of the dual juvenile scorer Inventive (by Sheikh Albadou) and her grandam, two-time winner Ingenuity (by Clever Trick), was a half-sister to the prolific stakes winner Empire Pool (by Sharrood). This is a weak pedigree for a stallion prospect, so it will be interesting to see how he turns out.

There are 92 registered foals in Adaay's first crop, so he won't be short on representation, and he looks a likely candidate to get sprinters and milers, some who stay 10 furlongs, and potentially some smart juveniles in the second half of the season.
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ADAAY (IRE) – b.2012 – Kodiac – Lady Lucia, 5 wins inc Hungerford Stakes (Gr2), Sandy Lane Stakes (Gr2), Carnarvon Stakes (L), 2nd Criterion Stakes (Gr3), 3rd Park Stakes (Gr2), Pavilion Stakes (Gr3), Rose Bowl Stakes (L). Sire in England. First foals in 2018.

FOALS CATALOGUED
Bc - Ahwahnee (by Compton Place)     Tattersalls     November     24,000gns
Bf - Amaze Me (by Aqlaam)     Tattersalls     December     not sold
Bc - Anna Barkova (by Invincible Spirit)     Goffs     November     €31,000
Bf - Blue Lightning (by Machiavellian)     Goffs     November     €21,000
Bc - Blue Oyster (by Medicean)     Tattersalls     December     40,000gns
Bc - Camelopardalis (by Tobougg)     Tattersalls     December     not sold
Bc - Cards (by Tobougg)     Goffs UK     December     not sold
Bf - Copy-Cat (by Lion Cavern)     Tattersalls     November     40,000gns
Bc - Dolly Colman (by Diamond Green)     Tattersalls     November     67,000gns
Bc - Dubai Legend (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Tattersalls     November     22,000gns
Bf - Eolith (by Pastoral Pursuits)     Tattersalls     November     12,000gns
Bf - Fair Maiden (by Carnegie)     Tattersalls     December     11,000gns
Bc - Flemish School (by Dutch Art)     Tattersalls     November     38,000gns
Bc - Gilt Linked (by Compton Place)     Tattersalls     November     16,000gns
Bf - Hairicin (by Hurricane Run)     Goffs     November     €5,500
Bf - Huwayit (by Dalakhani)     Tatts IRE Ascot     November     not sold
Bf - Huwayit (by Dalakhani)     Goffs UK     December     ​withdrawn
Bc - Kandykaine (by Montjeu)     Goffs     November     not sold
Bf - Khaki (by Key Of Luck)     Tattersalls     November     11,000gns
Bc - Kuriosa (by Rip Van Winkle)     Tattersalls     December     35,000gns
Bf - Lady Macduff (by Iffraaj)     Tattersalls     November     not sold
Bc - Lamentation (by Singspiel)     Tattersalls     November     55,000gns
Bc - Leonica (by Lion Cavern)     Tattersalls     December     48,000gns
Bf - Letterfromamerica (by Ghostzapper)     Tattersalls     November     not sold
Bf - Lotus Roots (by Whipper)     Goffs     November     not sold
Bc - Malelane (by Prince Sabo)     Goffs     November     not sold
Bc - Mary’s Prayer (by Champs Elysees)     Tattersalls     November     withdrawn
Bf - Miss Wells (by Sadler’s Wells)     Tattersalls     November     not sold
Bf - Miss Wicklow (by New Approach)     Tatts IRE     November     not sold
Bf - Mount Lavinia (by Montjeu)     Goffs     November     withdrawn
Bf - Mutoon (by Erhaab)     Tattersalls     November     not sold
Bc - Mystic Jade (by Raven’s Pass)     Tattersalls     November     16,000gns
Bf - Never Change (by New Approach)     Tattersalls     December     not sold
Bc - Ocean Bluff (by Dalakhani)     Goffs     November     €16,000
Bf - Oilinda (by Nayef)     Tattersalls     November     22,000gns
Bc - Olympic Medal (by Nayef)     Tattersalls     December     15,000gns
Bc - Onlyyouknowme (by Martino Alonso)     Tattersalls     December     5,715gns (p/s)
Bf - Pelican Key (by Mujadil)     Tattersalls     November     35,000gns
Bc - Place In My Heart     Tattersalls     November     180,000gns
Bf - Pointed Arch (by Rock Of Gibraltar)     Tattersalls     November     not sold
Chf - Rockme Cockney (by Cockney Rebel)     Tattersalls     November     not sold
Bc - Sunny York (by Vale Of York)     Tattersalls     November     20,000gns
Bf - Tinshu (by Fantastic Light)     Tattersalls     November     withdrawn
Bc - Touching (by Kheleyf)     Tattersalls     November     10,000gns
Bc - Winifred Jo (by Bahamian Bounty)     Tattersalls     December     ​19,000gns