With so many top horses representing just a small handful of sire lines and varying crossed between those major lines, it would be great is something a bit different could emerge as a force. The odds are heavily stacked against Dunaden being the one as he is the one hit for his unfashionably-bred sire and the only other blacktype horse within the first three generations of his family is a chaser.
 
There is, however, no doubt that Dunaden was a top-class racehorse. Timeform rated him 130 at his peak and he was an epitome of the modern competitor. A top-notch middle-distance horse who had the stamina to take the Group 1 Melbourne Cup over two miles, he also won the Group 1 Caulfield Cup and the Grade 1 Hong Kong Vase.
 
He was a multiple Group 1-placed pattern scorer in France, placed in the Group 1 Coronation Cup, Group 2 Hardwicke Stakes and Group 2 Jockey Club Stakes in England, and his 10 wins and 19 placings from 46 starts netted him £5,271,584, one of the highest amounts ever accumulated by a European horse.

The only stakes winner for the Group 2-winning miler Nicobar (by Indian Ridge), Dunaden has three winning siblings but none of his first four dams made it to the racetrack. They are La Marlia (by Kaldounevees), La Rotunda (by Romildo), Sugarberry (by Comrade In Arms), and Maple Sugar (by Northern Treat).
 
Dunaden is, therefore, an unknown prospect. He stands at Overbury Stud in Gloucestershire, he covered 99 mares in his first season, and there is no doubt that this good-looking and top-class performer has thoroughly earned his chance at stud. His first foals made up to 20,000gns.
 
His first win came in May of his three-year-old season, his first blacktype success in November of his four-year-old campaign, he was outstanding at five and six years of age, and merely very good at the age of seven.

He looks unlikely to get many winning juveniles, although there will probably be a few in his first crop. He has also been covering National Hunt mares and it may be that it is in that sector that he makes the greater impact. It will be fascinating to see how his career turns out.

DUNADEN (FR) – b.2006 – Nicobar – La Marlia, 10 wins inc Caulfield Cup (Gr1), Melbourne Cup (Gr1), Hong Kong Vase (Gr1), Geelong Cup (Gr3), Prix de Barbeville (Gr3), Prix du Grand Camp (L), 2nd Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (Gr1), Coronation Cup (Gr1), Hardwicke Stakes (Gr2), Prix Vicomtesse Vigier (Gr2), 3rd Prix Ganay (Gr1), Hong Kong Vase (Gr1), Grand Prix de Chantilly (Gr2), Jockey Club Stakes (Gr2). Sire in England. First foals in 2016.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
bf - Candello (by Supreme Leader)     Goffs UK     Jan     £5,500
​bf - Ceilidh Band (by Celtic Swing)     Tattersalls     Feb     not sold
bc - Honesty Pays (by Dr Fong)     Tattersalls     Oct     ​11,000gns
bc - La Tulipe (by Authorized)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
​grc - Lady Friend (by Environment Friend)     Goffs UK     Jan     withdrawn
bg - Lady Samantha (by Fraam)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     withdrawn
bf - Light Dreams (by Fantastic Light)     Goffs UK     Jan     £800
bc - Litewska (by Mujadil)     Goffs UK     Aug     ​£17,000
chc - Morar (by Kalanisi)     Goffs UK     Aug     ​not sold
bc - Queenoz (by Oscar)     Goffs UK     Jan     £7,500
grf - Sidecar (by Spectrum)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     ​€5,500

Group 1 star and leading sire Oasis Dream (by Green Desert) has made a promising start with his stallion sons. Showcasing, Arcano, Aqlaam, Captain Gerrard, Approve and Power have all sired blacktype winners. Having covered 108 mares in his first season at Bucklands Farms & Stud in Gloucestershire, there will be many who expect to see Coach House add his name to that list.

His first foals made up to 38,000gns.
 
He was trained by Aidan O'Brien, finished runner-up in a Curragh maiden in early April of his two-year-old season, then ran away with a similar contest on soft ground at Tipperary before taking the Listed Marble Hill Stakes on fast ground back at Ireland's headquarters.
 
He then chased home No Nay Never in the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot, was a beaten odds-on favourite when only third to Sudirman in the Group 2 Railway Stakes nine days later, and was not seen out again.

Coach House, whom Timeform rated 107, is a half-brother to current two-year-old Butterscotch (by Galileo), an Aidan O'Brien-trained filly who won her maiden by five lengths at the Curragh in late June and then chased home Clemmie in the Group 3 Grangecon Stud Stakes over the same course and distance just four days later.

He is the first foal out of the six-furlong Group 3 Ballyogan Stakes winner Lesson In Humility (by Mujadil), a six-time scorer whose tally also included listed contests at Goodwood and Nottingham. She was beaten by just a neck when runner-up in another listed contest, by a head when runner-up to Serious Attitude in the Group 3 Summer Stakes at York, and her placings also included third in both the Group 1 Golden Jubilee Stakes and Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest.
 
Her half-sister Boastful (by Clodovil) won a mile listed contest at Goodwood and was placed in both the Group 3 Chipchase Stakes over six and in the Group 3 Fairy Bridge Stakes over seven and a half furlongs.

Their three-year-old sibling is the Andrew Balding-trained Poet's Vanity (by Poet's Voice) who was fourth in the maiden won by Wuheida, then romped home by 10 lengths at Salisbury before taking the Group 3 Oh So Sharp Stakes. She has run three times so far in 2017, finishing third to Daban in the Group 3 Nell Gwyn Stakes, unplaced behind Winter in the 1000 Guineas and then fourth to Harry Angel in the Group 2 Sandy Lane Stakes.
 
Vanity (by Thatching), the grandam of Coach House, was placed a few times and the best of her siblings is Ffestiniog (by Efisio), the stakes-winning dam of the pattern-winning sprinter Eisteddfod (by Cadeaux Genereux), the Group 3-winning milers Border Patrol (by Selkirk) and Boston Lodge (by Grand Lodge), and also of the Grade 2-placed Brecon Beacon (by Spectrum).
 
It looks a fair bet that some of Coach House's offspring will be speedy and precocious, and with his pedigree profile it is possible that he could get some talented sprinters and milers, at all ages.

COACH HOUSE (IRE) – b.2011 – Oasis Dream – Lesson In Humility, 2 wins inc Marble Hill Stakes (L), 2nd Norfolk Stakes (Gr2), 3rd Railway Stakes (Gr2). Sire in England. First foals in 2016.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
chc - Bengers Lass (by Orientate)     Goffs UK     Aug     £10,000
​chf - Bird Key (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Goffs     Sept     €68,000
bc - Blissamore (by Kyllachy)     Tattersalls     Oct     28,000gns
​bf - Bookiesindexdotnet (by Piccolo)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
chc - Bustling Darcey (by Assertive)     Goffs UK     Aug     withdrawn
bc - Circadian Rhythm (by Lujain)     Goffs UK     Aug     ​not sold
chf - Concentration (by Mind Game)     Tattersalls     Feb     3,000gns
chc - Cocabana (by Captain Rio)     Goffs UK     Aug     ​£13,000
bf - Debutante Blues (by Dubawi)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     ​£3,500
bc - Ella Rosie (by Dubai Destination)     Tattersalls     Oct     ​not sold
chf - First Term (by Acclamation)     Goffs UK     Aug     withdrawn
bc - Funny Enough (by Dansili)     Tattersalls     Oct     ​125,000gns
bc - Gumhrear (by Kodiac)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     ​withdrawn
bc - Gumhrear (by Kodiac)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc - Kummel Excess (by Exceed And Excel)     Goffs UK     Aug     £24,000
chc - Lady Le Quesne (by Alhaarth)     Goffs UK     Aug     £18,000
bc - Lily Lily (by Efisio)     Tattersalls     Oct     10,000gns
chc - Mandy Layla (by Excellent Art)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     not sold
chc - Martha (by Alhaarth)     Goffs UK     Aug     £16,000 (p/s)
bc - Microwave (by Fastnet Rock)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     £18,000
bc - Minnola (by Royal Applause)     Goffs UK     Aug     £22,000
bf - Moss Likely (by Clodovil)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     £9,000
chf - Numanthia (by Barathea)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     £1,200
bc - Pelican Key (by Mujadil)     Tattersalls     Oct     50,000gns
bf - Poulaine Bleue (by Bertolini)     Tattersalls     Oct     12,000gns
bc - Really Ransom (by Red Ransom)     Goffs UK     Aug     withdrawn
bc - Really Ransom (by Red Ransom)     Goffs     Oct     withdrawn
bf - Right Rave (by Soviet Star)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     £21,000
bc - Satin Braid (by Diktat)     Goffs UK     Aug     £2,500
bf - Spia (by Diesis)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     £2,000
bf - Style Award (by Acclamation)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     £3,000
bf - Sunny Side Up (by Refuse To Bend)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     not sold
bc - Tekhania (by Dalakhani)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €14,000
bc - With Charm (by Dubawi)     Tattersalls     Feb     11,000gns
bc - With Charm (by Dubawi)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €14,000

The Green Desert branch of the Danzig (by Northern Dancer) sire line has become one of the strongest in Europe and in Charm Spirit it has a Timeform 127-rated triple Group 1 mile star who comes from a famous sire-producing family. He covered 138 mares in his first season at Tweenhills Farm & Stud, he stood the 2016 season at Haras de Bonneval in France, was back at his original base in 2017, and he is an exciting prospect whose first foals made up to 140,000gns.
 
Charm Spirit was a Group 1-placed winner from three starts as a juvenile and his only defeat from six starts at three was his fifth-place finish in a vintage edition of the Group 1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. Remarkably, he was not his sire's best son that year as that honour went to the four-times Group 1 star Kingman, and that Timeform 134-rated champion also has his first yearlings now.

Invincible Spirit (by Green Desert) won the Group 1 Sprint Cup at Haydock and he was not a particularly highly-rated horse for a winner at that level, assessed by Timeform at just 121. As a stallion, however, he has been outstanding and in addition to his long and growing list of top-level winners, he is also excelling with his early stallion sons and broodmare daughters.
 
Australian-based I Am Invincible is the sire of Group 1-winning son Brazen Beau – who has had his first foals in 2017 – and Ballylinch Stud's classic star Lawman has been represented by the classic winners Group 1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Just The Judge and Group 1 St Leger star Harbour Law.
 
Vale Of York has sired stakes winners, Zebedee is the sire of the high-class sprinter Magical Memory, and Cheveley Park Stud's Group 1-winning sprinter Mayson, one of the leading freshman sires of 2016, already has four individual stakes winners to his name. Born To Sea's first three-year-olds include the classic-placed pattern winner Sea Of Grace, and current freshman Swiss Spirit has already sired several two-year-old winners in his first crop. All of this augurs well for Charm Spirit, Kingman and the other Invincible Spirit colts going to stud now and in the future.

Charm Spirit is the first foal out of the dual French winner L'Enjoleuse (by Montjeu) and that half-sister to Group 3-placed filly Megac Bliss (by Soviet Star) is out of Machaera (by Machiavellian), an unraced half-sister to four stakes winners. One of those was the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes winner Russian Bond (by Danzig) and another was his Group 2 Temple Stakes-winning full-brother Snaadee, who achieved some success at stud without making an impact.
 
Their half-sister Sombreffe (by Polish Precedent) did her bit for the family by coming up with the classic-placed German Group 1 scorer Ransom O'War (by Red Ransom), but it is in the fourth generation of the family that you start to find the biggest names in this clan's roll of honour.
 
The fourth dam of Charm Spirit is the prolific Ciboulette (by Chop Chop) and this means that Somfas (by What A Pleasure), his third dam, was a half-sister to the champion filly and hugely influential broodmare Fanfreluche (by Northern Dancer) and to that star’s full-brother Night Shift, a leading sire whose Group 1 tally included classic winners.
 
Those who descend from Fanfreluche are distantly related to Charm Spirit, but when you have top stallions such as Flying Spur (by Danehill), Encosta De Lago (by Fairy King) and Holy Roman Emperor (by Danehill) among them, along with others who have had varying levels of success as sires, then that offers hope that their younger relation can also do well in his new role. Depending on the mares, the best of his offspring are likely to effective in the six to 10-furlong range.

CHARM SPIRIT (IRE) – b.2011 – Invincible Spirit – L'Enjoleuse, 6 wins inc Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Gr1), Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (Gr1), Prix Jean Prat (Gr1), Prix Paul de Moussac (Gr3), Prix Djebel (Gr3), 3rd Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere – Grand Criterium (Gr1). Sire in England & France. First foals in 2016.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
bc - Aqraan (by In The Wings)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bc - Arch of Colours (by Monsun)     Tattersalls     Oct     5,000gns
bc - Astromagick (by Rainbow Quest)     Tattersalls     Nov     2,500gns
bc - B Berry Brandy (by Event of The Year)     Tattersalls     Oct     22,000gns
bc - Best Intent (by King's Best)     Arqana     Oct     €110,000
bf - Bijou A Moi (by Rainbow Quest)     Goffs UK     Aug     £105,000
bf - Bryanstown (by Galileo)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
bc - Buredyma (by Dutch Art)     Tattersalls     Oct     67,000gns
bf - Centime (by Royal Applause)     Tattersalls     Oct     25,000gns
bf - Cheriearch (by Arch)     Arqana     Oct     €100,000
bc - Chicita Banana (by Danehill Dancer)     Tattersalls     Oct     18,000gns
bc - Child Bride (by Coronado's Quest)     Goffs     Sept     not sold
bf - Commute (by Rail Link)     Arqana     Oct     €24,000
bf - Coventina (by Daylami)     Tattersalls     Oct     11,000gns
bc - Crystals Sky (by Hernando)     Arqana     Oct     €27,000
bf - Czarna Roza (by Polish Precedent)     Tattersalls     Oct     100,000gns
bc - Dame Lucy (by Refuse To Bend)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
bf - Deraaya (by Mujahid)     Goffs     Sept     ​withdrawn
bf - Dreamily (by New Approach)     Tattersalls     Oct     14,000gns
bf - Eastern Lily (by Eastern Echo)     Tattersalls     Oct     withdrawn
bf - Eastern Lily (by Eastern Echo)     Tattersalls     Nov     25,000gns (p/s)
​bf - Elusive Pearl (by Medaglia d'Oro)     Goffs     Sept     €18,000
bf - Enchanted Princess (by Royal Applause)     Tattersalls     Oct     26,000gns
bc - Examinee (by Monsun)     Tattersalls     Oct     20,000gns
bf - Fairy Efisio (by Efisio)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
bf - Fairy Efisio (by Efisio)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bc - Fantacise (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     Oct     52,000gns
bc - Four Eleven (by Arch)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
bf - Galactic Heroine (by Galileo)     Tattersalls     Oct     16,000gns
bc - Gotlandia (by Anabaa)     Arqana     Oct     €110,000
bc - Harryana (by Efisio)     Tattersalls     Oct     ​130,000gns
bc - Hello Glory (by Zamindar)     Tattersalls     Oct     85,000gns
bc - Hokkaido (by Street Cry)     Tattersalls     Oct     ​not sold
bf - Indignant (by Gold Away)     Tattersalls     Oct     42,000gns
bc - Kartica (by Rainbow Quest)     Arqana     Aug      €500,000
bc - Kelsey Rose (by Most Welcome)     Goffs     Sept     €70,000 (p/s)
bc - Kite Mark (by Mark of Esteem)     Tattersalls     Oct     115,000gns
bf - Lalectra (by King Charlemagne)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
bc - Ma Bella Paola (by Naaqoos)     Tattersalls     Oct     42,000gns
bf - Macheera (by Machiavellian)     Tattersalls     Oct     withdrawn
bf - Maid For Winning (by Gone West)     Tattersalls     Oct     120,000gns
bc - Marika (by Marju)     Tattersalls     Oct     135,000gns
bf - Mill Guineas (by Salse)     Goffs     Sept     €80,000
bc - Miss Meltemi (by Miswaki Tern)     Tattersalls     Oct     95,000gns
bc - Miss Plimsoll (by Arch)     Arqana     Aug      €120,000
bf - Morning Bride (by Danehill Dancer)     Arqana     Oct     €82,000
bf - Morzine (by Miswaki)     Goffs UK     Aug     £22,000
bf - Naissance Royale (by Giant's Causeway)     Arqana     Aug      €130,000
bf - Nandiga (by Bernardini)     Tattersalls     Nov     18,000gns
bf - Nantes (by Night Shift)     Arqana     Aug      €110,000
bc - Nickels And Dimes (by Teofilo)     Goffs UK     Aug     £28,000
bc - No Song (by Zamindar)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
​bf - Olympic Medal (by Nayef)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €28,000
bc - Pearlofthequarter (by Rock of Gibraltar)     Tattersalls     Oct     10,000gns
bc - Postale (by Zamindar)     Tattersalls     Oct     withdrawn
bc - Postale (by Zamindar)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bf - Puzzled (by Peintre Celebre)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €32,000
bc - Ravensburg (by Raven's Pass)     Tattersalls     Oct     60,000gns
bc - Rose Memory (by Elusive City)     Arqana     Oct     €75,000
bc - Ruse (by Diktat)     Tattersalls     Oct     26,000gns
bc - Sassy Gal (by King's Best)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
bc - Save Me The Waltz (by Halling)     Arqana     Oct     €46,000
​bf - Sea Chorus (by Singspiel)     BBAG     Sept     €70,000
bf - Seracina (by Nashwan)     Arqana     Oct     €30,000
bc - Supergirl (by Woodman)     Arqana     Aug      €100,000
bc - Tawaasul (by Haafhd)     Tattersalls     Oct     70,000gns
bc - Thankful (by Diesis)     Tattersalls     Oct     210,000gns
bc - Trip To The Moon (by Fasliyev)     Arqana     Aug      not sold
bf - Urgele (by Zafonic)     Goffs     Sept     ​€27,000
bc - Vintage Gardenia (by Selkirk)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €21,000
bf - Water Fountain (by Mark of Esteem)     Goffs     Sept     €14,000
bf - You Don't Love Me (by Teofilo)     Arqana     Oct     €32,000
​​bf - Zomorroda (by Chineur)     Osarus     Sept     €45,000

Burwaaz covered a small book of mares at Hedgeholme Stud and had just 14 foals from his first season. He was a talented sprinter whose best form came as a two-year-old, the age at which Timeform rated him 108.

He is by the sire of Group 1 sires Excelebration and Helmet and he is out of the pattern-placed juvenile sprint stakes winner Nidhaal (by Observatory). She was the best of five winners out of her dam, and that granddaughter of Woodman (by Mr Prospector) is, in turn, out of an unraced half-sister to three horses of particular note.

Assert (by Be My Guest) won the Group 1 Irish Derby, Group 1 Benson & Hedges Gold Cup (now Juddmonte International Stakes), Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby), and Group 1 Joe McGrath Memorial Stakes.

His half-brother Bikala (by Kalamoun) also won the Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club, he got a second top-level success in the Group 1 Prix Ganay, and the races in which he was placed included the Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

That pair disappointed at stud but their half-sister Eurobird (by Ela-Mana-Mou) came up with two listed race winners and she is the grandam of the Grade 2 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Pounced (by Rahy), the Allevamento di Besnate stallion whose progeny include the classic-placed Italian Group 2 scorer Full Drago.

Some of his first crop are inbred to Danehill and/or to Danzig (by Northern Dancer). It seems likely that a few useful handicappers may be the best that can be expected from him.

Burwaaz (GB) - b.2009 - Exceed And Excel - Nidhaal, 1 win inc 2nd Flying Childers Stakes (Gr2), Molecomb Stakes (Gr3), 3rd Gimcrack Stakes (Gr2), King Richard III Leicestershire Stakes (L), Pavilion Stakes (L). Sire in England. First foals in 2016.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
bc - Cara's Delight (by Fusaichi Pegasus)     Tattersalls     Feb     not sold
bc - Koala Bear (by Oasis Dream)     Tattersalls     Feb     800gns
​chf - She's So Pretty (by Grand Lodge)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     £4,800
bc - Sweet Charlie (by Myboycharlie)     Tattersalls     Feb     1,000gns
​chc - Tongalooma (by Shinko Forest)     Tattersalls     Feb     withdrawn

There are currently two major branches of the Danzig (by Northern Dancer) sire line – Green Desert and Danehill – and early signs that a third one, via War Front, may be emerging. Rathasker Stud stallion Bungle Inthejungle is a son of leading Australian sire Exceed And Excel (by Danehill) and, with 119 mares covered in his first season, he was among the busiest members of this cohort of stallions.

His first foals made up to €46,000.
 
The early Exceed And Excel stallions include Excelebration and Helmet, multiple Group 1-winning racehorses who have come up with Group 1 stars Barney Roy and Thunder Snow, respectively, in their first crop. The Exceed And Excel stallions also include the Group 2-placed Burwaaz and Australian Group 2 scorer Kuroshio, who, like Bungle Inthejungle, have their first yearlings in Europe this year.
 
Rated 110 on the official handicap at two, and 109 by Timeform, his best form came that season when he won the Group 3 Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood and the Group 3 Cornwallis Stakes at Ascot, between which he was a half-length runner-up to Sir Prancealot in the Group 2 Flying Childers Stakes at Doncaster.

Inbred 4x4x4 to Northern Dancer (by Nearctic), Bungle Inthejungle is one of nine winners out of the dual scorer Licence To Thrill (by Wolfhound) and that makes him a half-brother to the Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen Stakes winner Muarrab (by Oasis Dream), a full-brother to listed scorer Waveband, and a half-brother to the pattern-placed pair Group Therapy (by Choisir) and Classic Encounter (by Lujain).
 
His grandam is Crime Of Passion (by Dragonara Palace), who won the Group 3 Cherry Hinton Stakes, was runner-up in the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes and third in the Group 1 Prix Robert Papin, and her descendants also include the pattern-placed sprint stakes winner Maltese Falcon (by Mark of Esteem).
 
Primula Boy (by Sallust), who won the Listed Ayr Gold Cup, was a half-brother to Crime Of Passion and their siblings also include The Queen of Soul (by Chief Singer), dam of the pattern-placed stakes winner Ella (by Brief Truce), grandam of Group 1-placed pattern scorer Dobby Road (by Grape Tree Road) and more distant ancestor of the Group 1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas) winner Style Vendome (by Anabaa), whose first two-year-olds are winning in France this year.
 
Bungle Inthejungle will be expected to get some early juveniles, and it is likely that most of his best progeny will be sprinters, but with some of the mares from whom his first crop have been born, some of them may be effective at around a mile.

BUNGLE INTHEJUNGLE (GB) – b.2010 – Exceed And Excel – Licence To Thrill, 4 wins inc Cornwallis Stakes (Gr3), Molecomb Stakes (Gr3), 2nd Flying Childers Stakes (Gr2). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
bf - Alarme Belle (by Warning)     Goffs     Oct     withdrawn
bc - Allusive Power (by Verglas)     Arqana     Aug     ​€30,000
​bc - Amazing Win (by Marju)     Goffs     Feb     not sold
bc - Amazing Win (by Marju)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €10,000
bf - Beenablaw (by Alzao)     Goffs     Sept     ​€8,000
bf - Bells Of Ireland (by Machiavellian)     Goffs     Oct     €1,200
bf - Betty Fontaine (by Mujadil)     Goffs     Oct     €5,500
bc - Blanche Dubois (by Nashwan)     Goffs     Oct     €10,000
chc - Blue Sparkle (by Acclamation)     Goffs     Oct     not sold
​chc - Blue Sparkle (by Acclamation)     Tattersalls IRE     Nov     withdrawn
bc - Brazilian Flame (by Camacho)     Goffs UK     Aug     withdrawn
bc - Cantando (by Hamas)     Goffs     Feb     not sold
bc - Cattiva Generosa (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bf - Chateau Dauphin (by First Defence)     Goffs UK     Aug     ​withdrawn
bc - Chimay (by Kris Kin)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €12,000
bf - Common Cause (by Polish Patriot)     Tattersalls     Oct     8,500gns
bf - Cookie Cutter (by Fasliyev)     Goffs     Feb     not sold
bf - Cookie Cutter (by Fasliyev)     Goffs     Oct     €3,000
bc - Corrig Miss (by Oratorio)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bc - Cuiseach (by Bachelor Duke)     Goffs     Feb     €1,000 (p/s)
bc - Cuiseach (by Bachelor Duke)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     ​£1,000
bf - Dialing Tone (by Distant View)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €14,000
bc - Eileenlilian (by Authorized)     Goffs     Sept     ​​€15,000
bc - Ellistown Lady (by Red Sunset)     Goffs     Feb     withdrawn
bc - Ellistown Lady (by Red Sunset)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     ​€16,000 (p/s)
bf - Eloge (by Elnadim)     Goffs     Feb     €1,000
chc - Fanditha (by Danehill Dancer)     Goffs UK     Aug     £56,000
bf - Fitrah (by Tamayuz)     Goffs     Oct     €7,500
bf - Funcheon Vale (by Acclamation)     Goffs     Oct     €15,000
bc - Grey Gazelle (by Verglas)     Goffs     Oct     €1,600
bc - Griffin Point (by Tagula)     Goffs     Feb     not sold
bc - Griffin Point (by Tagula)     Goffs     Oct     €2,500
chc - Guana (by Dark Angel)     Goffs UK     Aug     £70,000
bc - Havinaconniption (by Aqlaam)     Goffs     Feb     withdrawn
bf - Hawaiian Storm (by Jeremy)     Goffs     Oct     ​€1,200
bc - Houlgate (by Mount Nelson)     Goffs     Feb     withdrawn
chf - Hustle Bustle (by Elusive City)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €20,000
chf - Image Of Truce (by Brief Truce)     Goffs     Oct     €3,200
bf - Indiannie Moon (by Fraam)     Goffs     Sept     ​€52,000
bf - Jinx Johnson (by Desert King)     Goffs     Feb     not sold
bc - Justify (by Dalakhani)     Goffs     Feb     withdrawn
bc - Justify (by Dalakhani)     Goffs     Oct     not sold
bc - Kannon (by Kyllachy)     Goffs     Oct     €3,000
bc - Khayrat (by Polar Falcon)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €30,000
bf - Last Shaambles (by Shaamit)     Goffs     Oct     €5,000
bf - Little Oz (by Red Ransom)     Goffs     Feb     not sold
bc - Magical Bupers (by Intikhab)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €15,000
chf - Malory Towers (by Giant's Causeway)     Goffs UK     Aug     £6,000
bf - Mana (by Motivator)     Goffs     Oct     €3,000 (p/s)
bc - Masela (by Medicean)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bf - Mindy (by Zamindar)     Tattersalls     Oct     4,000gns
bc - Mirandassister (by Titus Livius)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €15,000
bf - My Uptown Girl (by Dubai Destination)     Goffs     Oct     €5,000
chc - Park Approach (by Indian Ridge)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
chf - Porto Calero (by Tobougg)     Goffs     Oct     not sold
chc - Princess Banu (by Oasis Dream)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €8,000
bc - Ramamara (by Trans Island)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €20,000
grf - Rectify (by Mujadil)     Goffs     Feb     €3,000
grf - Rectify (by Mujadil)     Goffs     Oct     €4,000 (p/s)
bf - Riymaisa (by Traditionally)     Goffs     Sept     ​€32,000
brc - Sandy Smile (by Footstepsinthesand)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     £13,000
chc - Sapporo (by Distorted Humor)     Goffs     Sept     ​not sold
bf - Sayrah (by Sakhee)     Goffs     Feb     withdrawn
chf - Secret Circle (by Magic Ring)     Goffs UK     Aug     £10,500
chc - Sir Cecil's Girl (by Thunder Gulch)     Goffs     Feb     €1,000
brf - Splashofchocolate (by Intikhab)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     £8,000
bf - Superbombacity (by Elusive City)     SGA     Sept     ​€6,000
bf - Tallawalla (by Oratorio)     Goffs     Oct     not sold
chc - Tamaletta (by Tamayuz)     Tattersalls     Oct     withdrawn
bc - Testa Unica (by Nordance)     Goffs     Feb     not sold
bc - Tesca Unica (by Nordance)     Goffs UK     Aug     £7,000
bc - Texas Queen (by Shamardal)     Goffs UK     Aug     ​£22,000
bc - Tvara (by In The Wings)     Goffs     Feb     withdrawn
bc - Tvara (by In The Wings)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €8,000
bc - Undulant Way (by Hurricane Run)     Goffs     Feb     €5,500
bc - Undulant Way (by Hurricane Run)     Goffs     Sept     ​€13,000
bc - Universal Circus (by Imperial Dancer)     Goffs UK     Aug     £21,000
bc - Velvet Revolver (by Mujahid)     Arqana     Aug     €80,000
chf - Webcast (by Verglas)     Goffs     Oct     €1,800
chf - Where's Charlotte (by Sure Blade)     Goffs     Oct     €4,500
bf - Witnessed (by Authorized)     Goffs     Sept     ​€55,000
grc - Zibaline (by Linamix)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €9,500

The Group 2 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes, run over 10 furlongs at Leopardstown, has an excellent record of producing top-class horses since the turn of the century, and although Battle Of Marengo did not go on to win at the highest level afterwards, he was Group 2-placed at Royal Ascot, and was beaten by less than two lengths when finishing fourth to Ruler Of The World in the Derby at Epsom. Timeform rated him 117.
 
The Ballyhane Stud stallion, who covered 117 mares in his first season, was also a leading juvenile (Timeform 116p). He was third over seven furlongs at Leopardstown on his debut in August, followed that with an 11-length score over the same trip at Gowran Park and then beat subsequent Irish Derby star Trading Leather by one and three-quarter lengths in a mile listed contest at Leopardstown before easily winning the Group 2 Beresford Stakes over the same trip in heavy ground at the Curragh.

His first foals made up to 55,000gns.

Battle Of Marengo is by the dual Derby hero and great stallion Galileo (by Sadler's Wells) and so he is by the sire of the northern hemisphere classic stallions Teofilo, New Approach and Frankel. Other Galileo sons who have got at least one top-level winner to their name, so far, are Cima De Triomphe, Heliostatic, Rip Van Winkle, Roderic O'Connor, Sixties Icon, and Soldier Of Fortune.
 
He is a full-brother to the Group 2 Debutante Stakes runner-up Perhaps, he is out of the Listed Victor McCalmont Stakes winner Anna Karenina (by Green Desert), and his dam's blacktype siblings include Windsor Palace (by Danehill Dancer), the Group 3 Mooresbridge Stakes winner who picked up third place in the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup. The mare's siblings also include the dam of Group 3 Round Tower Stakes scorer Rabatash (by Johannesburg).
 
Simaat (by Mr Prospector), the winning grandam of Battle Of Marengo, is out of the listed-placed six-times US scorer Satiety (by Our Native) and that mare was a full-sister to 1979's US juvenile champion Rockhill Native. The triple Grade 1 star's three-year-old form included a win in the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes and third place in the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes.
 
There are other blacktype winners to be found under these first four generations of the family, but nothing that gives us any clues as to Battle Of Marengo's stallion potential.

Being a high-class son of Galileo, and out of a stakes-winning Green Desert (by Danzig) mare, has attracted plenty of support for him, and although some of his first crop will win as two-year-olds, it is likely that his best results will come with three-year-olds and older horses, from a mile and upwards.
 
BATTLE OF MARENGO (IRE) – b.2010 – Galileo – Anna Karenina, 5 wins inc Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes (Gr2), Beresford Stakes (Gr2), Ballysax Stakes (Gr3), Golden Fleece Stakes (L), 2nd King Edward VII Stakes (Gr2). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
bc - Autumn Tide (by Jeremy)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
bf - Award (by Tamayuz)     Goffs     Oct     €6,000
bf - Beat The Stars (by Verglas)     Goffs     Oct     €6,000
bc - Biasca (by Erhaab)     Goffs UK     Aug     ​withdrawn
bc - Biasca (by Erhaab)     Goffs     Oct     €7,200
​bc - Boschendal (by Zamindar)     Goffs     Feb     withdrawn
bc - Boschendal (by Zamindar)     Goffs     Oct     €2,000
bc - Compassion (by Tiger Hill)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bf - Edmondstown Lass (by Imperial Ballet)     Goffs     Oct     not sold
​bc - Effige (by Oratorio)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     £1,000
bf - Fashion Central (by Dubawi)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     ​€6,000
bf - Few Words (by Fraam)     Goffs     Sept     ​​€8,000
bc - Flying Fantasy (by Monsun)     Goffs     Feb     €1,800
bc - Flying Fantasy (by Monsun)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €5,000
bf - Foot Perfect (by Footstepsinthesand)     Goffs     Oct     ​€2,000
bc - Green Chorus (by Oratorio)     Tattersalls     Oct     ​withdrawn
bf - Happy Flight (by Titus Livius)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     ​€3,000
bc - How Sweet It Is (by Kodiac)     Tattersalls     Oct     ​20,000gns
bc - Intricate Dance (by Aptitude)     Tattersalls     Oct     20,000gns
bc - Kawaha (by Danehill Dancer)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €50,000
bf - Kind Regards (by Unfuwain)     Goffs     Feb     withdrawn
bf - Kind Regards (by Unfuwain)     Goffs     Oct     €7,000
bc - Lost Highway (by Danehill Dancer)     Goffs UK     Aug     £85,000
bc - Margie (by Marju)     Tattersalls     Oct     4,500gns
bf - Market Hill (by Danehill)     Goffs     Oct     €1,000
bc - Mikes Baby (by Key of Luck)     Goffs     Sept     ​€22,000
bc - Misrepresent (by Distorted Humor)     Goffs     Sept     €85,000
bf - Namora (by General Assembly)     Goffs     Oct     €3,200
bf - Orafinitis (by Oratorio)     Goffs     Oct     withdrawn
bf - Passaggio (by Pivotal)     Goffs     Sept     ​€20,000
bc - Pescia (by Darshaan)     Goffs     Oct     €12,000
bc - Pitullie (by Rockport Harbor)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €18,000
bc - Princess Wanda (by Polish Precedent)     Goffs     Feb     not sold
bc - Princess Wanda (by Polish Precedent)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €15,000
bc - Quail Landing (by Mark of Esteem)     Goffs UK     Aug     £65,000
bc - Rocksee (by Rock Of Gibraltar)     Goffs     Feb     €4,000
bc - Rocksee (by Rock Of Gibraltar)     Goffs     Sept     ​€4,000 (p/s)
bf - Rose Buck (by Acclamation)     Goffs     Oct     €2,000
bf - Ruby Jane (by Halling)     Goffs     Oct     €1,000
bf - Setting Forth (by Daggers Drawn)     Goffs     Feb     withdrawn
bc - Sidney Girl (by Azamour)     Goffs UK     Aug     £28,000
bf - Silk Cocoon (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     Oct     1,000gns (p/s)
bf - Silken Waters (by Halling)     Goffs     Oct     €13,500
bc - Stereo Love (by Champs Elysees)     Goffs UK     Aug     £30,000
​bf - Swingsky (by Indian Ridge)     Goffs UK     Aug     £15,000
bc - Ten Commandments (by Key Of Luck)     Goffs     Feb     not sold
bf - Vayenga (by Highest Honor)     Goffs     Feb     withdrawn
bf - Westcote (by Gone West)     Goffs     Sept     ​€18,000
bc - Wildcrafting (by Exceed And Excel)     Arqana     Feb     withdrawn

Galileo's status as one of the greatest stallions of all times is without question and now that his a string of his earliest sons and daughters at stud are coming up with Group/Grade 1 winners too he appears to be on the verge of forging his own dynasty.
 
Of course, not every one of his sons is going to become a leading sire, but so far Teofilo and New Approach have sired European classic winners, and each of Cima De Triomphe, Frankel, Heliostatic, Rip Van Winkle, Roderic O'Connor, Sixties Icon and Soldier Of Fortune has got at least one winner at the highest level somewhere among the world's Category I countries.

The string of Galileo stallions at earlier stages of their stud careers includes the dual Derby hero Australia. The Coolmore Stud team member covered 178 mares in his first season, only a handful of his first foals appeared in an auction ring, but they made up to 300,000gns. Clearly, he is one of the most exciting individuals among this group of sires and likely to be a star player at the yearling sales of 2017.
 
Timeform-rated 116p at two, following his impressive defeat of Free Eagle in a Group 3 contest at Leopardstown, he finished third to Night Of Thunder and Kingman in a particularly strong edition of the Group 1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket before going on to take both the Derby and Irish Derby in style.

​He added victory in the Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes and was not seen out again after his shock neck defeat by The Grey Gatsby, the colt he beat by two lengths at York, in the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

His Timeform rating of 132 put him 2lbs behind his dual Derby-winning sire Galileo (by Sadler's Wells) and 7lbs ahead of his outstanding dam Ouija Board (by Cape Cross), the dual Oaks and dual Breeders' Cup heroine whose career tally of 10 wins also featured the Prince of Wales's Stakes, Hong Kong Vase and Nassau Stakes.
 
Her first foal is the Australian Group 3-winning gelding Voodoo Prince (by Kingmambo) and her Charlie Appleby-trained four-year-old Frontiersman (by Dubawi) has been runner-up in both the Group 1 Coronation Cup and Group 2 Princess of Wales's Stakes this season, beaten by Highland Reel and Hawkbill respectively.

Ouija Board was the best of two blacktype earners for her dam, Selection Board (by Welsh Pageant). The next dam is the Group 3 Falmouth Stakes fourth Ouija (by Silly Season) and although the plethora of pattern winners that descend from that mare do not contain any notable sires, that should not detract from Australia's potential.
 
Most of those major winners have been fillies, and they include the classic-placed Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks heroine Roseate Tern (by Blakeney), mile Group 1 star Red Bloom (by Selkirk), German classic scorer Full Rose (by Aqlaam) and the classic-placed pattern winner Red Camellia (by Polar Falcon). There are, of course, males among the family's big winners, but Grade 1-placed stakes winner Red Fort (by Green Desert) was a gelding, as was the outstanding Teleprompter.
 
A full-brother to Australia's grandam Selection Board, Teleprompter was one of a handful of top-class geldings who were pivotal in bringing about an end to the barring of his type from Group 1 events in England and Ireland, and although he did not win one here, he did take the Grade 1 Arlington Million across the Atlantic.
 
His half-sister Rosia Bay (by High Top), dam of the aforementioned Roseate Tern, was also responsible for the four-times Group 1 star Ibn Bey (by Mill Reef), and it is a little surprising that in the Breeders' Cup coverage each year, when European dirt performances come up for discussion, that his second-place finish in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Classic is not mentioned.
 
Ibn Bey did spend time at stud but, in common with most sons of the great Mill Reef (by Never Bend) – Shirley Heights and his male line descendants being the notable exception – he failed to make an impact in that role. That should not be held as a mark against Australia as their actual relationship is somewhat distant and the younger chestnut represents a male line that has become a powerful force, one that has been as successful as the Mill Reef one was disappointing.
 
Australia will, of course, get two-year-old winners as a freshman in 2018 and it is likely that there will be some blacktype earners among them. It is as three-year-old and older horses, however, that most of his offspring will be seen to best effect, and with his combination of race record, pedigree and breeder support, there is every reason to hope that he not waste much time in adding his name to the growing list of Galileo stallions getting at least one winner at the highest level.
 
AUSTRALIA (GB) – ch.2011 – Galileo – Ouija Board, 5 wins inc Derby (Gr1), Irish Derby (Gr1), Juddmonte International Stakes (Gr1), Golden Fleece Stakes (Gr3), 2nd Irish Champion Stakes (Gr1), 3rd 2000 Guineas (Gr1). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
bc - Amber Isle (by First Defence)     Keeneland     Sept     $100,000
bf - Anklet (by Acclamation)     Tattersalls     Oct     400,000gns
chc - Another Storm (by Gone West)     Tattersalls     Oct     125,000gns
bc - Arbaah (by Invasor)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     withdrawn
​bc - Arbaah (by Invasor)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
bc - Artful (by Green Desert)     Tattersalls     Oct     70,000gns
chf - Artistic Jewel (by Excellent Art)     Goffs     Sept     €32,000
chc - Attire (by Danehill Dancer)     Goffs     Sept     €25,000
bc - Azeema (by Averti)     Tattersalls     Nov     130,000gns
bc - Blanche Dubawi (by Dubawi)     Tattersalls     Oct     65,000gns
chc - Bright Sky (by Wolfhound)     Arqana     Oct     withdrawn
grc - Cable (by Dynaformer)     Tattersalls     Oct     20,000gns
chf - Caressor (by Pulpit)     Goffs     Sept     withdrawn
chf - Caressor (by Pulpit)     Tattersalls     Nov     withdrawn
bf - Cherrington (by Lope de Vega)     Tattersalls     Oct     75,000gns
rof - Convocate (by Exchange Rate)     Goffs     Sept     €52,000
chf - Diamond Dove (by Dr Fong)     BBAG     Sept     €110,000
bf - Dingle View (by Mujadil)     Goffs     Sept     €40,000
bc - Dorothy B (by Fastnet Rock)     Tattersalls     Oct     350,000gns
bc - Dundalk Dust (by Military)     Goffs     Sept     €200,000
bf - Dusty In Memphis (by Broken Vow)     Goffs     Sept     €67,000
chf - Emerald Gold (by War Front)     Keeneland     Sept     withdrawn
chc - Fabulous Speed (by Silver Hawk)     Tattersalls     Oct     55,000gns
chf - Festoso (by Diesis)     Tattersalls     Nov     not sold
chc - Fly Past (by Zamindar)     Keeneland     Sept     $490,000
chf - Fountain Of Peace (by Kris S)     Arqana     Aug     withdrawn
​chf - Gainful (by Gone West)     Goffs     Sept     not sold
bf - Glicine (by Tiger Hill)     Arqana     Oct     €87,000
bc - Happy Holly (by Holy Roman Emperor)     Tattersalls     Oct     190,000gns
bf - Have Faith (by Machiavellian)     Arqana     Aug     €100,000
chf - Healing Music (by Bering)     Tattersalls     Oct     32,000gns
chc - Heavenly Dawn (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
chc - Kittens (by Marju)     Tattersalls     Oct     52,000gns
bf - Kitty Matcham (by Rock of Gibraltar)     Arqana     Aug     €200,000
bf - Know Me Love Me (by Danehill Dancer)     Goffs     Sept     €85,000
bc - Lady Eclair (by Danehill Dancer)     Arqana     Aug     €90,000
bc - Lady Gloria (by Diktat)     Goffs     Sept     €65,000
bf - Lasilia (by Acclamation)     Goffs     Sept     €50,000
bf - Laugh Out Loud (by Clodovil)     Tattersalls     Oct     200,000gns
chc - Light Quest (by Quest For Fame)     Arqana     Oct     €140,000
chc - Madame Defarge (by Motivator)     Tattersalls     Oct     80,000gns
chc - Magical Steps (by Giant's Causeway)     Keeneland     Sept     $300,000
​bc - Main Spring (by Pivotal)     Arqana     Oct     €55,000
chc - Map Of Heaven (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
chf - Mona Lisa (by Giant's Causeway)     Goffs     Sept     €100,000
chf - Mrs Dubawi (by Dubawi)     Arqana     Aug     €120,000 (p/s)
bf - Muneefa (by Storm Cat)     Goffs     Sept     ​€62,000
chc - Nick's Nikita (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     Oct     withdrawn
bf - No Explaining (by Azamour)     Tattersalls     Oct     370,000gns
bc - Nobilis (by Rock of Gibraltar)     Tattersalls     Oct     withdrawn
bf - Open Window (by Dansili)     Goffs     Sept     withdrawn
bf - Open Window (by Dansili)     Tattersalls     Nov     42,000gns
chf - Peace Palace (by Archipenko)     Tattersalls     Oct     withdrawn
chf - Peace Palace (by Archipenko)     Tattersalls     Nov     22,000gns
chc - Ponty Acclaim (by Acclamation)     Arqana     Aug     €130,000
bf - Praia (by Big Shuffle)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
bc - Que Puntual (by Contested Bid)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
bc - Quiet Down (by Quiet American)     Tattersalls     Oct     78,000gns
chc - Reckoning (by Danehill Dancer)     Tattersalls     Oct     70,000gns
chc - Reine Des Plages (by Danehill Dancer)     Arqana     Aug     €100,000
bc - Ridafa (by Darshaan)     Tattersalls     Oct     withdrawn
bc - Rock Kristal (by Fastnet Rock)     Tattersalls     Oct     135,000gns
chc - Sabreon (by Caerleon)     Tattersalls     Oct     75,000gns
chf - San Sicharia (by Daggers Drawn)     Arqana     Aug     withdrawn
bc - Sent From Heaven (by Footstepsinthesand)     Tattersalls     Oct     500,000gns
chc - Sitara (by Salse)     Tattersalls     Oct     525,000gns
​chf - Sugar House (by Distorted Humor)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €50,000
chc - Susan Stroman (by Monsun)     Tattersalls     Oct     68,000gns
bc - Sweepstake (by Acclamation)     Goffs     Sept     not sold
bc - Sweepstake (by Acclamation)     Tattersalls     Nov     150,000gns
bc - Tanaghum (by Darshaan)     Tattersalls     Oct     500,000gns
bf - Teddy Bears Picnic (by Oasis Dream)     Goffs     Sept     €60,000
chf - Terre du Vent (by Kutub)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
bc - Thai Haku (by Oasis Dream)     Tattersalls     Oct     380,000gns
bf - Tipperary Honor (by Highest Honor)     Arqana     Aug     €190,000 (p/s)
chf - Tree Chopper (by Woodman)     Keeneland     Sept     $175,000
bc - Ultra Appeal (by Lawman)     Arqana     Aug     €140,000
bc - Virginia Waters (by Kingmambo)     Keeneland     Sept     $25,000
bc - Waterway Run (by Arch)     Tattersalls     Oct     140,000gns
bf - Weekend Fling (by Forest Wildcat)     Goffs     Sept     €220,000
chc - What A Treasure (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Tattersalls     Oct     260,000gns
​bf - Who Is Camille (by Dixie Union)     Tattersalls     Oct     26,000gns
chc - Winesong (by Giant's Causeway)     Goffs     Sept     €270,000
chf - Wurfklinge (by Acatenango)     Goffs     Sept     €150,000

A high-class miler by a leading sire son of Danzig (by Northern Dancer), Anodin stands at Haras du Quesnay and he covered 138 mares in his first season. Those credentials would be enough to make him an interesting member of this group of stallions, but being a full-brother to the brilliant miler Goldikova is arguably his strongest selling point.

His first foals made up to €40,000, from just a handful offered.
 
Goldikova was Timeform-rated 101p at two, 129 at three, 133 at four and five years of age, and 129 at six. Her 17 wins included the Queen Anne Stakes, Prix du Moulin de Longchamp, Prix Jacques le Marois, Falmouth Stakes, Prix de la Foret, four editions of the Prix Rothschild, two of the Prix d'Ispahan and three Breeders' Cup Miles – all Group/Grade 1 - and her string of top-level placings included two classics and another edition of the Breeders' Cup Mile.

There have been some notable updates on the page already this season as Goldikova's daughter Terrakova (by Galileo) has won the Group 3 Prix Cleopatre and been third to Senga in the Group 1 Prix de Diane (French Oaks), and Anodin's half-sister Gold Luck (by Redoute's Choice) has won the Group 3 Prix Vanteaux, been runner-up to La Sardane in the Group 2 Prix de Sandringham and third to Thunder Snow in the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat.
 
Anodin, whom Timeform rated 124 as a four-year-old, is out of Born Gold (by Blushing Groom), a winning full-sister to the classic-placed Group 1 Coronation Stakes and Group 1 Prix Marcel Boussac scorer Gold Splash. In addition to the triple European champion, his siblings also include the classic-placed Group 1 Prix Vermeille heroine Galikova (by Galileo), and Group 3 scorers Gold Sound (by Green Tune) and Gold Round (by Caerleon), the latter dam of three flat blacktype scorers of her own.

His grandam Riviere D'Or (by Lyphard) won the Group 1 Prix Saint-Alary and was runner-up in the Group 1 Prix de Diane (French Oaks), his third dam, Gold River (by Riverman), was European champion in 1981 and the Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe heroine's seven wins also featured the Group 1 Prix du Cadran and Group 1 Prix Royal-Oak.
 
There are a variety of pattern winners under these first three branches of the family and, with regard to Anodin's stallion potential, the one who catches the eye is Goldneyev (by Nureyev). A classic-placed stakes-winning half-brother to Riviere D'Or, he had a few shining moments in his stud career, most notably through the exploits of his sons Gold Away and Dananeyev.
 
There is no doubt that Anodin was one of the best-bred racehorses of recent years, which is not always the same thing as being one of the best bred to achieve sire success at stud, but with Goldneyev on the page that offers encouragement that at least some of his progeny will become pattern winners and even Group 1 horses.

​ANODIN (IRE) – b.2010 – Anabaa – Born Gold, 2 wins inc Prix Paul de Moussac (Gr3), 2nd Breeders' Cup Mile (Gr1), Prix Jacques le Marois (Gr1), Prix d'Ispahan (Gr1), 3rd Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (Gr1), Queen Anne Stakes (Gr1). Sire in France. First foals in 2016.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
bc - Ahdaaf (by Bahri)     Arqana     Oct     not sold
chc - Always Taff (by Dubawi)     Arqana     Aug     not sold
bf - Amoa (by Ghostzapper)     Osarus     Sept     €30,000
bf - Another Name (by Giant's Causeway)     Arqana     Oct     €5,000 (p/s)
bc - Arsila (by Tirol)     Arqana     Aug     €36,000
bf - Baldamelle (by Dansili)     Arqana     Oct     €28,000
bf - Balilla (by Northern Flagship)     SGA     Sept     €8,000
bf - Bee Bee (by Barathea)     Arqana     Oct     €8,000
chf - Belova (by Soviet Star)     Arqana     Aug    €18,000 
bf - Brillante Etoile (by American Post)     Arqana     Oct     €22,000
bc - Cavaliere (by Traditionally)     Arqana     Oct     €7,000
bc - Charming Touch (by Elusive Quality)     Arqana     Aug     €30,000
bc - Dance Idol (by Groom Dancer)     Arqana     Oct     not sold
chc - Decize (by Kentucky Dynamite)     Arqana     Aug     not sold
grc - Dedicace (by El Prado)     Arqana     Aug     not sold
bf - Forces Sweetheart (by Allied Forces)     Arqana     Oct     €18,000
bc - Galilee (by Mr Sidney)     Arqana     Oct     €8,000
bc - Golconde (by Modigliani)     Arqana     Oct     €9,000
bf - Gorgeous Blue (by Latent Heat)     Arqana     Aug     withdrawn
bf - Gorgeous Blue (by Latent Heat)     Arqana     Oct     €40,000
bf - Helen Fourment (by Dutch Art)     Osarus     Sept     ​€4,000 (p/s)
bc - Insan Mala (by Bahhare)     Arqana     Aug     not sold
bc - Intolerance (by Gold Away)     Arqana     Oct     €9,000
bc - It's My Horse (by Enrique)     Arqana     Oct     €10,000
bc - Jane (by Samum)     Arqana     Oct     €10,000
bc - Katsya (by Sinndar)     Arqana     Oct     €4,000
bc - Kshanti (by Diesis)     BBAG     Sept     €67,000
bf - Lady Elgar (by Sadler's Wells)     Arqana     Oct     withdrawn
bc - Lady Glitters (by Homme De Loi)     Arqana     Oct     €16,000
bf - Lady Sadowa (by Nayef)     Osarus     Sept     not sold
bc - Majesty Davis (by Dansili)     Arqana     Oct     €13,000
c - Metal Rocket (by Muhtathir)     Arqana     Oct     withdrawn
bf - Minted (by Mineshaft)     Arqana     Oct     €75,000
bc - Muscadet (by Singspiel)     Arqana     Oct     not sold
bc - Narva (by Grand Slam)     Arqana     Aug     €150,000
grc - Naseem Alyasmeen (by Clodovil)     Arqana     Aug     €28,000 (p/s)
bc - Nebraska (by Octagonal)     Osarus     Sept     €18,000
bf - O'Keefe (by Peintre Celebre)     Arqana     Oct     €22,000
bf - Pepples Beach (by Lomitas)     Arqana     Oct     €25,000 (p/s)
bc - Princess Argenta (by Successful Appeal)     Osarus     Sept     €48,000
bc - Rebecca's Filly (by Elusive City)     Arqana     Aug     €60,000
bc - Rock Harmonie (by Rock Of Gibraltar)     Arqana     Oct     €47,000
bf - Sandy Winner (by Priolo)     Osarus     Sept     €25,000
bf - Seelland (by Linamix)     Arqana     Oct     €56,000
chc - Snowbright (by Pivotal)     Arqana     Aug     €35,000
​chf - Standout (by Robellino)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €30,000
bc - Suama (by Monsun)     Arqana     Oct     not sold
bf - Sunrise Song (by Invincible Spirit)     Arqana     Aug     not sold
bc - Tamada (by Lucky Story)     Arqana     Oct     €5,000
grc - Tenepia (by Keltos)     Osarus     Sept     €15,000
bc - Tres Froide (by Bering)     Arqana     Oct     €3,000 (p/s)
bc - Valse Legere (by Falco)     Osarus     Sept     €36,000
bf - Visualize (by Medicean)     Arqana     Aug     not sold
bf - Yerba Soldado (by Hurricane Run)     Osarus     Sept     €17,000
bc - Young Majesty (by Maria's Mon)     Arqana     Oct     €55,000

A talented sprinter whom Timeform rated 117, American Devil was a talented performer from two to five years of age, he stands at Haras de Grandcamp and he covered 55 mares in his first season.

He won the Listed Prix Roland de Chambure and finished third in the Group 3 Prix La Rochette as a juvenile, was listed-placed over six furlongs at four, and he won the Group 3 Prix du Palais Royal, over seven furlongs, at the age of five. He was also placed in the Group 3 Prix de la Porte Maillot and Group 3 Prix du Pin that season, both over that same trip.

American Devil is a son of the classic-winning miler American Post (by Bering) and so is by the sire of Group 1 star Robin Of Navan and of the unfortunate Liliside, who was disqualified after finishing first past the post in the 2010 edition of the Group 1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French 1000 Guineas).

He is a half-brother to Lion D'Anvers (by Kentucky Dynamite), who was a pattern-placed stakes winner over nine furlongs in France before moving to Qatar, and he is out of Alcestes Selection (by Selkirk), who won over 12 furlongs, a furlong farther than the distance over which her half-sister Belle Isnarde (by Desert Prince) picked up a listed contest in Italy.

Attitre (by Mtoto), his grandam, was multiple blacktype-placed in Europe, notably when a one-length runner-up to Nicole Pharly in the Group 1 Oaks d'Italia, before crossing the Atlantic where she won a listed handicap.

Her lightly raced half-sister Alpenglow (by Ezzoud) was twice listed placed over a mile in England, another sibling is the US blacktype scorer Silca Key Service (by Bering), while the once-raced Shadowglow (by Shaadi) was the dam of prolific dual-purpose gelding Holy Orders (by Unblest), whose flat wins featured the Listed Ballycullen Stakes and Listed Vintage crop Stakes.

Their dam, Aquaglow (by Caerleon), who also won over a mile, was a half-sister to a pair of Italian stakes winners – Life On Light (by Arctic Tern) and Spend A Penny (by Glint Of Gold) – and their siblings also included an unraced mare called Light Of Erin (by Palace Music), who did her part for the family by coming up with the talented Barbaricus (by Lion Hunter), an Australian Group 2 scorer who finished third in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup.

Most of American Devil's early runners are likely to be in France, and although some of them may win at two, it seems likely that his best results will come with three-year-olds and older horses, potentially over a wide range of distances.

AMERICAN DEVIL (FR) - b.2009 - American Post - Okapina, 4 wins inc Prix du Palais Royal (Gr3), Prix Roland de Chambure (L), 2nd Prix de la Porte Maillot (Gr3), Prix Servanne (L), 3rd Prix La Rochette (Gr3), Prix du Pin (Gr3). Sire in France. First foals in 2016.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
bc - Goldfieber (by Medaaly)     Osarus     Sept     ​not sold
​blf - Okapina (by Okawango)     Arqana     Aug     not sold
bc - Pearl Argyle (by Oasis Dream)     Osarus     Sept     €15,000
​bf - Solosole (by Gulch)     Arqana     Nov     €7,500

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
grc - Abhasana (by Hawk Wing)     Goffs UK     Aug     not sold
bc - Al Amlah (by Riverman)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     ​€25,000
grc - Alnawiyah (by Dalakhani)     Tattersalls     Oct     15,000gns
bc - America Alone (by Dalakhani)     Goffs     Sept     ​€40,000
b/grc - Analasa (by Singspiel)     Goffs     Oct     
bf - Antibes (by Grand Lodge)     Goffs     Feb     €15,000
bc - Assumption (by Beckett)     Goffs     Feb     €4,000
bc - Assumption (by Beckett)     Goffs     Sept     ​€10,000
bc - Azia (by Desert Story)     Tattersalls     Oct     105,000gns
grf - Belclare (by Verglas)     Goffs     Oct     
brf - Birthday (by Singspiel)     Goffs     Sept     ​€20,000
roc - Caerella (by Alzao)     Tattersalls     Oct     
grf - Calibrate (by Rail Link)     Arqana     Oct     not sold
grc - Call This Cat (by One Cool Cat)     Goffs UK     Aug     £42,000
bc - Cantaloupe (by Priolo)     Goffs UK     Aug     not sold
grc - Cape Violet (by Cape Cross)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €15,000
bc - Caribbean Ace (by Red Clubs)     Tattersalls     Oct     72,000gns
brf - Charcoal (by Primo Valentino)     Tattersalls     Feb     800gns
bc - Cheeky Weeky (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Goffs     Sept     ​€10,000
bc - Cherrego (by Borrego)     Goffs UK     Aug     ​£8,000
bf - Chevanah (by Chevalier)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     ​not sold
​bf - Clara Zetkin (by Elusive City)     Goffs     Feb     €1,000
b/grf - Clara Zetkin (by Elusive City)     Goffs     Oct     
bc - Clodilla (by Clodovil)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €17,500 (p/s)
bf - Coffee Date (by Bob And John)     Goffs     Feb     €1,200
bc - Coin From Heaven (by Invincible Spirit)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €21,000
b/grf - Comes A Time (by Arcano)     Goffs UK     Aug     £45,000
bc - Crown Light (by Zamindar)     Tattersalls     Oct     120,000gns
bc - Dalannda (by Hernando)     Goffs     Oct     
​bf - Dawn Chorus (by Mukaddamah)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €23,000
bc - Defensive Boast (by El Gran Senor)     Tattersalls     Oct     18,000gns
bf - Eleganza (by Balmont)     Tattersalls     Oct     12,000gns
bc - Exempt (by Exceed And Excel)     Tattersalls     Oct     26,000gns
bf - Exotic Girl (by Antonius Pius)     Goffs     Oct     
bc - Feeling Wonderful (by Fruits Of Love)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
bc - Fickle Feelings (by Nayef)     Tattersalls     Oct     22,000gns
​bc - Fine Silk (by Rahy)     Goffs UK     Aug     £22,000
bc - Floatlikabutterfly (by Bernardini)     Goffs     Feb     €7,000
bc - Floatlikabutterfly (by Bernardini)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     not sold
grf - Fortuna Limit (by Linamix)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €6,500
grc - Gentle Spirit (by Sea The Stars)     Goffs     Oct     
bc - Glyndebourne (by Rahy)     Goffs UK     Aug     £30,000
bc - Gold Again (by Touch Gold)     Tattersalls     Oct     ​180,000gns
grf - Gold Queen (by Grand Lodge)     Goffs     Oct     ​
brc - Haleniya (by Azamour)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €5,500
bc - Hankering (by Missed Flight)     Goffs     Sept     ​not sold
bc - Hay Now (by Key Of Luck)     Goffs UK     Aug     not sold
bc - Heat (by King's Best)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     ​€50,000 (p/s)
bc - Hurricane Irene (by Green Desert)     Goffs     Sept     ​​not sold
grc - Intrepid Queen (by Theatrical)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
grc - Jawaaneb (by Kingmambo)     Goffs UK     Aug     £55,000
bf - Jemima's Art (by Fantastic Light)     Goffs     Feb     €2,000
bf - Jemima's Art (by Fantastic Light)     Goffs UK     Aug     £13,500
bf - Karjera (by Key Of Luck)     Goffs     Oct     
grc - Key Girl (by Key of Luck)     Goffs     Sept     ​€20,000
b/grf - Kowara (by Kodiac)     Goffs     Sept     ​€12,000
brf - La Vita Bella (by Mtoto)     Goffs     Feb     not sold
brf - La Vita Bella (by Mtoto)     Goffs     Oct     
bc - Lady Of Kildare (by Mujadil)     Tattersalls     Oct     withdrawn
blc - Lady Pastrana (by Key of Luck)     Tattersalls     Oct     50,000gns
grc - Lady Rockfield (by Rock of Gibraltar)     Goffs     Sept     ​€8,000
bf - Lanehaya (by Cape Cross)     Goffs     Oct     
grc - Lawman's Lady (by Lawman)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     withdrawn
grf - Lilly Be (by Titus Livius)     Goffs UK     Aug     not sold
grf - Lilly Be (by Titus Livius)     Goffs     Oct     
grc - Low Cut Affair (by Fast Company)     Goffs UK     Aug     not sold
bf - Lucky Flirt (by Gulch)     Goffs     Oct     
bc - Manaka (by Falco)     Tattersalls     Oct     not sold
grf - Mary Pekan (by Sri Pekan)     Goffs UK     Aug     £25,000
bf - Mayorstone (by Exceed And Excel)     Goffs     Oct     
grf - Medlaur (by Medicean)     Goffs     Feb     €1,000 (p/s)
brf - Mharashic (by Shirocco)     Goffs     Feb     not sold
brf - Mharashic (by Shicocco)     Goffs UK     Aug     £8,000
bc - Mistress Of Rome (by Holy Roman Emperor)     Goffs UK     Aug     £55,000
bc - Mokama (by Motivator)     Tattersalls     Oct     35,000gns
bf - Mount Lavinia (by Montjeu)     Tattersalls     Oct     48,000gns
bf - Na Zdarovie (by Cockney Rebel)     Goffs UK     Aug     £30,000
bf - Nordkappe (by High Chaparral)     Goffs     Sept     ​€15,000
bc - Normale Sup (by Authorized)     Arqana     Aug     not sold
grc - Patrimony (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     withdrawn
bc - Peacemaker (by High Chaparral)     Tattersalls     Oct     40,000gns
grc - Pitrizzia (by Lando)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €15,000
bf - Queen O'The Desert (by Green Desert)     Goffs     Oct     
bf - Red Blossom (by Green Desert)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €10,000
bf - Ribald (by Alhaarth)     Goffs     Oct     
bc - Rosa Clara (by Peintre Celebre)     Goffs     Sept     €75,000 (p/s)
bc - Roseska (by Include)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €7,500
bf - Rumuz (by Marju)     Goffs     Sept     ​€16,000
b/grc - Sally Is The Boss (by Orpen)     Goffs     Oct     
bc - Sassari (by Darshaan)     Goffs     Sept     €45,000
bc - Serene Dream (by Oasis Dream)     Goffs UK     Aug     £85,000
bc - Shady Nook (by Key Of Luck)     Goffs UK     Aug     £14,000
grf - She's A Minx (by Linamix)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €18,000
grc - Simply Topping (by Exceed And Excel)     Goffs     Feb     €10,500
grc - Simply Topping (by Exceed And Excel)     Tattersalls     Oct     35,000gns
bf - Smokey Ryder (by Bertolini)     Tattersalls IRE Ascot     Sept     £11,000
grc - Sodashy (by Noverre)     Tattersalls     Oct     withdrawn
grf - Special Return (by Rock Of Gibraltar)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €7,000
grc - Spicebird (by Ela-Mana-Mou)     Goffs     Oct     
grc - Summer Glow (by Exceed And Excel)     Goffs     Feb     €18,000
grc - Summer Glow (by Exceed And Excel)     Goffs     Sept     €70,000
​bc - Tartan Blue (by Kyllachy)     Goffs     Feb     withdrawn
bc - Tartan Blue (by Kyllachy)     Goffs     Sept     ​€32,000
brf - Tatiana Romanova (by Mr Greeley)     Goffs     Sept     ​€19,000
bc - Telltime (by Danetime)     Goffs UK     Aug     not sold
bf - Terme Cay (by Langfuhr)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €11,000
brf - Twinberry (by Tagula)     Goffs     Oct     
bf - Ur Secret Is Safe (by Dylan Thomas)     Goffs     Oct     
bc - Vampire Queen (by General Monash)     Goffs     Sept     ​€11,000
grf - Velvet Kiss (by Danehill Dancer)     Goffs UK     Aug     £9,000
​bc - Visual Element (by Distant View)     Arqana     Oct     €3,000
bc - Volcanic Lady (by Invincible Spirit)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €17,000 (p/s)
grc - Wild Ocean (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls IRE     Sept     €15,000
bc - Xema (by Danehill)     Tattersalls     Oct     50,000gns
bf - Xerxes (by Key Of Luck)     Goffs     Oct     
grf - Yali (by Orpen)     Goffs     Oct