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bf – Bedouin Dancer (by Pivotal) Tattersalls Nov 40,000gns chc – Black Rodded (by Bahamian Bounty) Goffs Nov withdrawn bc – Bound Copy (by Street Cry) Tattersalls Nov 52,000gns bf – Bright Glow (by Exceed And Excel) Tattersalls Nov 32,000gns bc – Bryanstown Girl (by Kalanisi)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Goffs Nov €10,000 bf – Dancer's Leap (by Pivotal) Goffs Nov €5,000 bc – Dangle (by Desert Style) Tattersalls Nov withdrawn bf – Ekhraaj (by El Prado) Goffs Nov €2,500 bc – Electra Star (by Shamardal) Tattersalls Nov 78,000gns brf – Fame Game (by Fasliyev) Tattersalls Nov 35,000gns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
A pattern-placed stakes-winner at two, Group 1-placed Group 2 scorer over seven furlongs at three, and Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest star at four, Cheveley Park Stud stallion Garswood was understandably popular in his first season, covering 100 mares.
He is a son of that farm's classic-placed Group 1 winner Dutch Art (by Medicean), as is the dual Group 1-winning sprinter and first-foals sire Slade Power, and so represents the Machiavellian branch of the Mr Prospector (by Raise a Native) line. The first foal out of the unraced Penchant (by Kyllachy), he is out of a mare who could be described as being a three-parts sister to Infallible (by Pivotal). She won the Group 3 Nell Gwyn Stakes, she was runner-up in both the Group 1 Coronation Stakes and Group 1 Falmouth Stakes, and in addition to the pattern-placed stakes-winning filly Intimation (by Dubawi), she is the dam of Group 2 Summer Mile Stakes scorer and Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes third Mutakayyef (by Sea The Stars).
A full-sister to the blacktype-placed sprinters Watchable and Remarkable, Infallible is out of Irresistible (by Cadeaux Genereux), a listed race winner who was runner-up in the Group 3 Brownstown Stakes. That mare, the grandam of Garswood, is, in turn, out of Polish Romance (by Danzig) and that makes her a half-sister to several dams of stakes winners.
Her grandsons include the listed scorer and Group 1 Prix Morny third Parliament Square (by Acclamation) and her grand-daughters include Group 3 Prix du Calvados winner Queen Bee (by Le Havre), German listed scorer Tickle Me Blue (by Iffraaj), and current three-year-old Eternally (by Dutch Art), who won a seven-furlong listed contest at Ascot at the start of October. The fourth dam of Garswood is another notable as she, Some Romance (by Fappiano), won the Grade 1 Frizette Stakes and Grade 1 Matron Stakes and was placed in each of the Grade 1 Santa Anita Oaks, Grade 1 Las Virgenes Stakes, Grade 1 Monmouth Oaks and Grade 1 Ashland Stakes. Her Grade 1-winning half-brother Vilzak (by Green Dancer) sired several stakes winners. Garswood should be capable of getting sprinters and milers among all age groups and it seems likely that there will be some stakes and pattern winners among them, including a few who can perform with credit at the highest level. GARSWOOD (GB) – b.2010 – Dutch Art – Penchant, 4 wins inc Prix Maurice de Gheest (Gr1), Lennox Stakes (Gr2), European Free Handicap (L), Harry Rosebery Stakes (L), 2nd Criterion Stakes (Gr3), Cornwallis Stakes (Gr3), 3rd Prix de la Foret (Gr1). Sire in England. First foals in 2016.
FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc – Abandon (by Rahy) Goffs Nov €38,000 bc – Authoritative (by Diktat) Tattersalls Nov 1,000gns bf – Caramel Sundae (by Oratorio) Goffs Nov €17,000 bc – Cheeky Girl (by College Chapel) Tattersalls Nov 5,000gns bc – Delta Diva (by Victory Gallop) Tattersalls Nov withdrawn bc – Desert Shine (by Green Desert) Tattersalls IRE Nov withdrawn bf – Dora's Sister (by Dark Angel) Goffs Nov €10,000 bc – Flare of Firelight (by Birdstone) Goffs Nov €80,000 bf – Gerash (by Layman) Goffs Nov not sold bf – Heliograph (by Ishiguru) Tattersalls Nov withdrawn bc – Hightime Heroine (by Danetime) Tattersalls Nov 48,000gns bc – Light Hearted (by Green Desert) Tattersalls Nov withdrawn bc – Malea (by Oratorio) Goffs Nov not sold chc – Marmot Bay (by Kodiac) Tattersalls Nov withdrawn bf – Multi Fours (by Medicean) Tattersalls Nov 1,000gns bc – Nightunderthestars (by Observatory) Tattersalls Nov 13,000gns bc – Oasis Mirage (by Oasis Dream) Tattersalls Nov 75,000gns bf – Presto Levanter (by Rock of Gibraltar) Tattersalls Nov 7,000gns bf – Primo Lady (by Lucky Story) Tattersalls Nov withdrawn bf – Red Halo (by Galileo) Tattersalls Nov not sold chf – Ring of Love (by Magic Ring) Tattersalls Nov 31,000gns bf – Rise (by Polar Falcon) Tattersalls IRE Nov withdrawn chc – Sadowa Destination (by Dubai Destination) Tattersalls Nov 10,000gms bc – She Mystifies (by Indesatchel) Tattersalls Nov 20,000gns bc – Shibara (by Whipper) Tattersalls Nov 20,000gns bc – Snake's Head (by Golden Snake) Tattersalls Nov 20,000gns bc – Star Kodiak (by Kodiac) Tattersalls Nov 31,000gns bc – Swanky Lady (by Cape Cross) Tattersalls Nov 43,000gns bc – Sweet Wind Music (by Zamindar) Tattersalls Nov 25,000gns bc – Topflightcoolracer (by Lujain) Tattersalls Nov 70,000gns roc – Valen (by Acclamation) Goffs Nov €58,000 bf – Verge (by Acclamation) Tattersalls Nov not sold bf – Wedding Party (by Groom Dancer) Tattersalls Nov 15,000gns |
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