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, covered 152 mares in his first season and his first foals made up to 190,000gns. He also shuttles to Swettenham Stud in Australia and is due to stand at Haras de Bouquetot, in France, in 2018. 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) – who has two classic-placed Italian fillies in his first crop – 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). Toronado looks likely to get some good freshman results in 2018, even though his best results are likely to come with three-year-olds and older horses, and his progeny may prove best suited to the broad seven to 12-furlong range. 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.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
chf - Abunai (by Pivotal) Tattersalls Oct 90,000gns bc - Al Waghaa (by Muhtathir) Arqana Oct €45,000 bf - Alabastrine (by Green Desert) Arqana Oct €20,000 bc - Alamanni (by Elusive Quality) Tattersalls Oct 170,000gns bf - Amarullah (by Daylami) Tattersalls Oct not sold bf - Amberley Heights (by Elnadim) Tattersalls Oct 11,000gns bf - Angus Newz (by Compton Place) Goffs UK Aug £20,000 bc - Break Time (by Dansili) Goffs UK Aug £25,000 (p/s) bf - Broughtons Charm (by Invincible Spirit) Goffs UK Aug not sold bc - Byrony (by Byron) Tattersalls Oct 20,000gns bf - Camp Fire (by Lahib) Goffs Sept €40,000 (p/s) chc - Campina (by Oasis Dream) Arqana Oct €47,000 bc - Clincher (by Royal Applause) Tattersalls Oct 3,500gns bf - Cross My Heart (by Sakhee's Secret) Tattersalls Oct 16,000gns chc - Crown (by Royal Applause) Arqana Aug not sold bc - Dam Beautiful (by Sleeping Indian) Arqana Oct €36,000 bc - Dancing Moon (by Danehill Dancer) Tattersalls IRE Sept €8,000 brf - Dansilady (by Dansili) Arqana Oct €44,000 bf - Daysiwaay (by Daylami) Tattersalls Oct 7,500gns bc - Dream Time (by Rainbow Quest) Goffs Feb not sold bc - Dream Time (by Rainbow Quest) Tattersalls IRE Sept €3,000 chf - Dusty Answer (by Zafonic) Tattersalls Oct 30,000gns chc - Dutch Diamond (by Dutch Art) Goffs Sept €55,000 chf - Elsa T (by Duke of Marmalade) Goffs Sept not sold bc - Enliven (by Dansili) Goffs UK Aug £42,000 bc - Fligaz (by Panis) Goffs Sept €16,000 bf - Friendlier (by Zafonic) Tattersalls Oct not sold bc - Fugnina (by Hurricane Run) Tattersalls Nov 5,500gns bc - Gaiete (by Kentucky Dynamite) Arqana Aug €82,000 bc - Gay Mirage (by Highest Honor) Goffs UK Aug £30,000 bc - Green Tern (by Miswaki Tern) Tattersalls Oct 120,000gns bf - Hasty (by Invincible Spirit) Tattersalls Oct 15,000gns bf - Henties Bay (by Cape Cross) Tattersalls Oct 100,000gns chf - Impertinent (by Halling) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn bc - Infamous Angel (by Exceed And Excel) Tattersalls Oct 30,000gns bf - Irishstone (by Danehill Dancer) Tattersalls Oct 7,000gns bf - Isla Azul (by Machiavellian) Tattersalls Oct not sold bf - Izzy Too (by Oratorio) Tattersalls Feb withdrawn bc - Jeu De Vivre (by Montjeu) Arqana Aug €90,000 bc - Jules (by Danehill) Goffs UK Aug £28,000 bc - Just With You (by Sunday Break) Arqana Aug €155,000 chc - Keep The Secret (by Sakhee's Secret) Goffs UK Aug £28,000 bc - Lady Gorgeous (by Compton Place) Arqana Oct €70,000 bc - Lady Of The House (by Holy Roman Emperor) Arqana Oct €38,000 bc - Lily Link (by Rail Link) Tattersalls Oct 100,000gns bc - Locharia (by Wolfhound) Tattersalls Oct 50,000gns bf - Lyra's Daemon (by Singspiel) Goffs Oct €7,500 bc - Mahendra (by Next Desert) Arqana Oct not sold chf - Maid To Dream (by Oasis Dream) Tattersalls Oct 85,000gns bf - Manbaa (by Jazil) Tattersalls Oct not sold chf - Miss Mediator (by Consolidator) Goffs UK Aug £27,000 bf - Mrs Greeley (by Mr Greeley) Tattersalls Oct 15,000gns (p/s) bc - Mullein (by Oasis Dream) Tattersalls Oct 10,000gns bf - Myth And Magic (by Namid) Tattersalls Oct 40,000gns bf - Oasis Jade (by Oasis Dream) Tattersalls Oct 28,000gns bf - Okavango (by Nayef) Tattersalls Oct 3,500gns chf - Pivotal Drive (by Pivotal) Tattersalls Oct 11,000gns bc - Pompey Girl (by Rainbow Quest) Tattersalls Oct 120,000gns bf - Queenofthenorth (by Halling) Goffs Sept €25,000 bf - Rainbow's Edge (by Rainbow Quest) Goffs Sept €58,000 bc - Raskutani (by Dansili) Tattersalls Oct 325,000gns bc - Rawoof (by Nayef) Goffs Sept €48,000 bf - Red Blooded Woman (by Red Ransom) Goffs UK Aug £4,500 bf - Rose Blossom (by Pastoral Pursuits) Tattersalls Oct 125,000gns bf - Santa Agata (by Anabaa) Arqana Oct not sold bf - Shingueti (by Desert Style) Arqana Aug €160,000 bc - Show Rainbow (by Haafhd) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn bc - Shy Lady (by Kaldoun) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn bf - Song To The Moon (by Oratorio) Tattersalls IRE Sept €15,000 bf - Spanish Springs (by Xaar) Tattersalls IRE Sept €11,000 bf - Spanish Springs (by Xaar) Tattersalls Nov withdrawn bc - Sparkling Eyes (by Lujain) Tattersalls IRE Sept €42,000 chc - Succinct (by Hector Protector) Tattersalls Oct not sold bf - Suite (by Invincible Spirit) Goffs Sept €25,000 bf - Susi Wong (by Selkirk) Tattersalls IRE Sept €50,000 bf - Tafawut (by Nayef) Tattersalls Oct 3,500gns bc - Tamara Moon (by Acclamation) Goffs Sept not sold chf - Tipsy Me (by Selkirk) Arqana Aug €40,000 grf - Tocopilla (by Medaaly) Arqana Aug withdrawn grf - Tocopilla (by Medaaly) Arqana Oct €52,000 bc - Trust The Wind (by Dansili) Tattersalls Oct 62,000gns bc - Tuscan Light (by Medicean) Tattersalls Oct not sold chf - Under The Rainbow (by Fantastic Light) Tattersalls Oct 21,000gns bc - Vivid Blue (by Haafhd) Tattersalls Oct 20,000gns chf - Wakeup Little Suzy (by Peintre Celebre) Tattersalls Oct 20,000gns grf - Whatami (by Daylami) Tattersalls Oct 10,000gns chc - Wilside (by Verglas) Osarus Sept €30,000 A Timeform 119-rated son of Galileo (by Sadler's Wells), Sun Central is by the sire of Teofilo, New Approach, Frankel, Cima De Triomphe, Heliostatic, Rip Van Winkle, Roderic O'Connor, Sixties Icon, and Soldier Of Fortune, each of whom has sired at least one Group/Grade 1 winner in a Catetory I country.
Sun Central is a dual stakes-winning 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. His stakes-placed dam, Bordighera (by Alysheba), is out of the Group 3 Prix Penelope winner Blue Tip (by Tip Moss), who was placed in both the Group 2 Prix de l'Opera and Grade 2 E P Taylor Stakes. 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.
The earliest stallion sons of Shamardal (by Giant's Causeway) with runners include Group 1 sire Lope De Vega and his 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, he covered 71 mares in his first season, and his first foals made up to €20,000 from just a handful offered. 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). He should be capable of getting some two-year-old winners, even though he was not precocious, and his racing and pedigree profile suggest that, depending on the contribution from the mares, his best results may come in the broad six to 12-furlong range, with three-year-olds and older horses. 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.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
bf - Arkova (by Zamindar) BBAG Sept withdrawn bf - Arkova (by Zamindar) BBAG Oct €9,500 bf - Calima Mon Amour (by Shirocco) Arqana Oct not sold chc - Caphira (by Singspiel) Osarus Sept €5,000 bf - Chiaravalle (by Rock Of Gibraltar) Arqana Oct not sold bc - Fedora (by Cape Cross) Osarus Sept €17,000 bf - Giraldina (by Xaar) Arqana Oct €5,000 (p/s) bc - Mahyara (by Lomitas) Osarus Sept €14,000 bc - Marisa Merz (by Lend A Hand) Arqana Feb €6,000 bc - Marisa Merz (by Lend A Hand) Osarus Sept €12,000 bc - Mon Zamin (by Zamindar) BBAG Sept not sold bf - Mystic Smile (by Danehill Dancer) Osarus Sept not sold bf - Mystic Smile (by Danehill Dancer) BBAG Oct withdrawn bf - New Style (by Tertullian) Osarus Sept not sold bf - No Charge (by Lawman) Tattersalls Oct 1,500gns bc - Pepperose (by Big Shuffle) BBAG Sept not sold bc - Sakkara Star (by Mozart) Arqana Oct €45,000 bc - Waajida (by Dubawi) BBAG Sept 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 yearlings in 2017 – the other is Garswood – Slade Power stands at Kildangan Stud and he had been very popular with breeders.
He covered 148 mares in his first season and his first foals made up to 150,000gns. 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, all combine to make 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.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
chc - A Star In My Eye (by Authorized) Tattersalls Oct 16,000gns bf - Al Sharood (by Shamardal) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn bf - Allofus (by Celtic Swing) Goffs Oct not sold bf - Aris (by Danroad) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn bc - Azzoom (by Cadeaux Genereux) Tattersalls Oct 6,000gns bf - Balladiene (by Noverre) Tattersalls IRE Sept €10,000 chf - Beautiful Filly (by Oasis Dream) Tattersalls Oct not sold bf - Bedouin Dancer (by Pivotal) Tattersalls Oct 85,000gns bc - Black Rodded (by Bahamian Bounty) Goffs UK Aug £120,000 chf - Blue Angel (by Oratorio) Tattersalls IRE Sept €80,000 bc - Boadicee (by Aqlaam) Tattersalls Oct 20,000gns bc - Bound Copy (by Street Cry) Tattersalls Oct 27,000gns bf - Bright Glow (by Exceed And Excel) Tattersalls Oct not sold bf - Broadway Hit (by Sadler's Wells) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn bc - Bryanstown Girl (by Kalanisi) Goffs UK Aug £27,000 bf - Buffalo Berry (by Sri Pekan) Goffs Sept €30,000 bc - Carry On Katie (by Fasliyev) Tattersalls IRE Sept €14,000 bc - Choose Me (by Choisir) Goffs Sept €100,000 bc - Classic Falcon (by Dubawi) Tattersalls IRE Sept €40,000 bf - Dancer's Leap (by Pivotal) Tattersalls Oct not sold bc - Dangle (by Desert Style) Goffs Sept withdrawn b/brc - Diamond Tango (by Acatenango) Tattersalls Oct not sold brc - Ebrah (by Singspiel) Tattersalls IRE Ascot Sept £15,000 bf - Ekhraaj (by El Prado) Goffs UK Aug £19,000 bc - Electra Star (by Shamardal) Tattersalls Oct 120,000gns brf - Fame Game (by Fasliyev) Tattersalls Oct not sold bf - Flurry of Hands (by Acclamation) Goffs Sept not sold bc - French Fern (by Royal Applause) Goffs UK Aug £75,000 bf - Glamorous Spirit (by Invincible Spirit) Tattersalls Oct 18,000gns bf - Gold Hush (by Seeking The Gold) Tattersalls Nov 10,000gns bc - Heart's Desire (by Royal Applause) Tattersalls Oct 65,000gns bf - Ice On Fire (by Iceman) Tattersalls Oct 18,000gns bc - Intimacy (by Teofilo) Goffs Sept not sold bf - Jeanie Johnston (by One Cool Cat) Goffs UK Aug £47,000 chf - Katchy Lady (by Kyllachy) Tattersalls Oct 110,000gns brc - Keepers Hill (by Danehill) Tattersalls Oct 180,000gns bf - Keilogue (by Invincible Spirit) Goffs Sept €55,000 chf - Lady Amira (by Langfuhr) Goffs Sept €60,000 chc - Lough Mewin (by Woodman) Goffs Sept €60,000 bf - Manuelita Rose (by Desert Style) Goffs Sept €36,000 bf - Midnight Martini (by Night Shift) Goffs Oct €12,000 bc - Miranda Frost (by Cape Cross) Tattersalls Oct 120,000gns bc - Moonlit Garden (by Exceed And Excel) Tattersalls Oct 52,000gns bc - Mount McLeod (by Holy Roman Emperor) Tattersalls IRE Sept €15,000 bf - Much Faster (by Fasliyev) Tattersalls Oct not sold bc - Musical Bar (by Barathea) Goffs Sept withdrawn bc - Musical Bar (by Barathea) Tattersalls Nov 35,000gns (p/s) bf - Musharakaat (by Iffraaj) Goffs Feb withdrawn bf - Naalatt (by Dansili) Goffs Sept €18,000 bf - Needles And Pins (by Fasliyev) Tattersalls Oct 85,000gns chc - Party Feet (by Noverre) Goffs Sept €60,000 bf - Piccola Sissi (by Footstepsinthesand) Goffs Sept €30,000 chc - Pivotal's Princess (by Pivotal) Goffs Sept €110,000 bf - Pointed Arch (by Rock of Gibraltar) Goffs Sept €8,000 (p/s) bf - Princess Lomi (by Lomitas) Tattersalls IRE Sept withdrawn bc - Rahaala (by Indian Ridge) Tattersalls Oct 45,000gns (p/s) bc - Rajeem (by Diktat) Tattersalls Oct 80,000gns (p/s) bf - Refuse To Give Up (by Refuse To Bend) Tattersalls Oct 82,000gns bc - Rochitta (by Arch) Tattersalls Oct 35,000gns (p/s) bf - Sancai (by Elusive Quality) Tattersalls Oct 16,000gns chf - Shamardal Phantom (by Shamardal) Tattersalls Oct not sold bc - Silk Trail (by Dubai Destination) Tattersalls Oct 260,000gns bc - Singing Bird (by Excellent Art) Tattersalls IRE Sept withdrawn bf - Sleeping Beauty (by Oasis Dream) Tattersalls Oct 260,000gns bf - Slope (by Acclamation) Tattersalls IRE Sept €60,000 bc - Snowdrops (by Gulch) Tattersalls Oct 72,000gns bf - Soliza (by Intikhab) Tattersalls Oct 5,000gns chc - Sorciere (by Orpen) Arqana Aug withdrawn b/brf - Soul Mountain (by Rock of Gibraltar) Goffs UK Aug £60,000 chf - Star Studded (by Cadeaux Genereux) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn chf - Star Studded (by Cadeaux Genereux) Tattersalls Nov 28,000gns bc - Stravina (by Platini) Goffs Sept €43,000 bf - Sugar Free (by Oasis Dream) Tattersalls Oct 14,000gns bc - Summer In February (by Sixties Icon) Goffs UK Aug withdrawn bc - Summer In February (by Sixties Icon) Tattersalls Oct 200,000gns brc - Sylvan Mist (by Footstepsinthesand) Tattersalls IRE Sept €47,000 bc - Tallulah Bell (by Gone West) Goffs Sept €45,000 bc - Thawrah (by Green Desert) Tattersalls Oct 90,000gns bc - Three Decades (by Invincible Spirit) Tattersalls Oct 140,000gns bf - Tiger Spice (by Royal Applause) Goffs Sept €52,000 bf - Triskel (by Hawk Wing) Tattersalls Oct 800gns bc - Varnish (by Choisir) Tattersalls Oct 70,000gns
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, he covered 132 mares in his first season and his first foals made up to 160,000gns.
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-time 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.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
grc - Albanova (by Alzao) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn bc - Angeleno (by Belong To Me) Tattersalls Oct 50,000gns bc - Baltic Gift (by Cadeaux Genereux) Tattersalls Oct withrawn grc - Batik (by Peintre Celebre) Tattersalls Oct 30,000gns bf - Blue Zealot (by Galileo) Tattersalls Oct 7,000gns bf - Captain's Paradise (by Rock of Gibraltar) Tattersalls Oct 4,000gns chc - Caribana (by Hernando) Tattersalls Oct 52,000gns bf - Carraigoona (by Rock Of Gibraltar) Goffs Oct €16,000 bc - Claiomh Solais (by Galileo) Goffs Sept €100,000 bc - Classic Lass (by Dr Fong) Tattersalls Oct not sold brc - Centred (by Dalakhani) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn brc - Centred (by Dalakhani) Tattersalls Nov 5,000gns bf - Cloon (by Lure) Arqana Oct €16,000 bc - Diablerette (by Green Desert) Tattersalls Oct 80,000gns chf - Donnelly's Hollow (by Docksider) Goffs Sept €52,000 bc - Ealaan (by Invasor) Tattersalls Oct 60,000gns bc - Enjoy The Life (by Medicean) BBAG Sept €100,000 bc - Favorite (by Montjeu) BBAG Sept €460,000 bc - Finity (by Diesis) BBAG Sept €28,000 bc - Frances Stuart (by King's Best) Tattersalls Oct not sold bf - Gold Charm (by Key Of Luck) BBAG Sept €90,000 bc - Goldschatzchen (by Dai Jin) BBAG Sept withdrawn bf - Goldschatzchen (by Dai Jin) BBAG Oct withdrawn b/grc - Having A Blast (by Exchange Rate) Goffs Sept €140,000 bc - Jalousie (by Barathea) Tattersalls Oct 1,000gns bc - Josephine Blanche (by Tannenkonig) BBAG Sept €22,000 chc - Kensington Gardens (by Oasis Dream) Tattersalls Oct 48,000gns bc - Key Of Love (by Dashing Blade) BBAG Sept €43,000 bf - Love In Paradise (by Dalakhani) Arqana Oct €46,000 bc - Lovina (by Love The Groom) Tattersalls Oct 22,000gns chf - Majestic Roi (by Street Cry) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn bc - Maraba (by Danehill Dancer) Arqana Aug €75,000 (p/s) bc - Margarita (by Lomitas) BBAG Sept €20,000 chc - Maricel (by Silvano) BBAG Sept €36,000 bc - Marisa (by Desert Sun) BBAG Sept withdrawn bc - Marisa (by Desert Sun) BBAG Oct €46,000 bf - Mark of An Angel (by Mark of Esteem) Tattersalls Nov 27,500gns (p/s) bc - Mexicali (by Tiger Hill) BBAG Oct €15,000 bc - Miss Chaussini (by Rossini) Tattersalls Oct 80,000gns bc - Miss Emma May (by Hawk Wing) Arqana Oct not sold bc - Moonlight Rhapsody (by Danehill Dancer) BBAG Sept €140,000 bc - Moonlight Rhapsody (by Danehill Dancer) Tattersalls Nov 2,500gns bc - Mouriyana (by Akarad) Goffs Sept €90,000 bf - Noble Lady (by Sholokhov) BBAG Sept €40,000 bf - Nouvelle Neige (by Big Shuffle) BBAG Sept €180,000 bc - Nouvelle Noblesse (by Singspiel) BBAG Oct not sold chc - Partygörl (by Sternkoenig) BBAG Oct €20,000 bc - Paximadia (by Sakhee) Tattersalls Feb withdrawn bf - Persian Star (by Shamardal) Tattersalls Oct not sold bc - Questabella (by Rock of Gibraltar) BBAG Sept not sold bc - Questabella (by Rock of Gibraltar) BBAG Oct €67,000 bf - Red Tulip (by Kheleyf) Arqana Oct €32,000 chf - Santa Christiana (by Danehill Dancer) Arqana Oct not sold chc - Scarlett's Pride (by Singspiel) Arqana Oct €67,000 bf - Secrets (by Anabaa) BBAG Oct not sold bc - Shemriyna (by King Of Kings) Arqana Aug not sold bc - Soft Morning (by Pivotal) Tattersalls Oct 85,000gns chc - Songerie (by Hernando) Tattersalls Nov 1,000gns (p/s) chc - Sopran Gallow (by Galileo) Goffs Sept €100,000 bf - Soprana (by Cadeaux Genereux) BBAG Oct not sold chc - Soviet Terms (by Soviet Star) Tattersalls Oct 300,000gns bc - Stormy Weather (by Nashwan) BBAG Sept €26,000 bc - Summer Night (by Nashwan) Tattersalls Oct 35,000gns bc - Swarm (by Hurricane Run) Tattersalls Oct 10,000gns bf - Three Quid (by Clodovil) Tattersalls IRE Ascot Sept £800 bf - Three Quid (by Clodovil) BBAG Oct €16,000 bc - Tickle Me Pink (by Groom Dancer) Tattersalls Oct 525,000gns bc - Village Fete (by Singspiel) BBAG Sept €60,000 chf - Waldblume (by Halling) BBAG Sept €52,000 bc - Zain Al Boldan (by Poliglote) Arqana Oct not sold
There are several things that make Ruler Of The World one of the most intriguing stallions whose first yearlings are on offer in 2017.
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. 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, and to just €8,000 in 2017. 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 since then he has added Group 1 Premio Lydia Tesio scorer Sound Of Freedom and Group 1 Gold Cup hero Big Orange. Ruler Of The World's first foals made up to €96,000. Given how many Galileo stallions have already sired at least one top-level winner somewhere in the world, that his half-brother has made such good progress as a sire, and the female family from which he comes, his current fee is eye-catching and could represent tremendous value.
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 a short price. The early Galileo stallions include the classic sires Teofilo, New Approach and Frankel, and each of Cima De Triomphe, Heliostatic, Rip Van Winkle, Roderic O'Connor, Sixties Icon 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.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
chc - Be Glad (by Selkirk) Osarus Sept €9,000 chf - Bold Assumption (by Observatory) Goffs Sept withdrawn chf - Bold Assumption (by Observatory) Tattersalls Nov 30,000gns bf - Bridge Note (by Stravinsky) Goffs UK Aug not sold bf - Caelis (by Avonbridge) Goffs Sept €10,000 chc - Cape Rising (by Cape Cross) Tattersalls Oct 21,000gns bc - Cawett (by Danehill Dancer) Tattersalls IRE Sept not sold bc - Contemporary (by Alzao) SGA Sept €22,000 bc - Crystal Morning (by Cape Cross) Arqana Aug €155,000 (p/s) chc - Independent Girl (by Bachelor Duke) Tattersalls Oct 25,000gns (p/s) bc - Just Wondering (by Danehill Dancer) Tattersalls Oct 30,000gns chc - Lady Miletrian (by Barathea) Goffs Sept €50,000 bf - Legal Lyric (by Lawman) Goffs Sept not sold bf - Lily Mohawk (by Amadeus Wolf) Goffs Sept €19,000 bf - Mona Brown (by Dylan Thomas) Tattersalls IRE Sept €30,000 chc - Palladius (by Sakhee's Secret) Tattersalls IRE Sept €9,000 bf - Sakamira (by Kamsin) BBAG Sept not sold bf - Sapphire Waters (by Six Sense) Tattersalls IRE Sept €9,000 bc - Secret Suspect (by Invincible Spirit) Goffs UK Aug not sold bc - Secret Suspect (by Invincible Spirit) Goffs Oct withdrawn bc - Shakeeba (by Sendawar) Tattersalls IRE Sept €20,000 chc - Sibaya (by Exceed And Excel) Tattersalls IRE Sept €7,000 bc - Spate (by Danehill Dancer) Tattersalls Oct 32,000gns chf - Tennessee Moon (by Darshaan) Goffs Feb withdrawn chf - Tennessee Moon (by Darshaan) Goffs Oct €7,000 bf - Ventura Ice (by Oratorio) Arqana Aug €45,000 Quest For Peace (by Galileo) is being aimed primarily at the National Hunt sector and so it will likely be 2019/2020 before any of his progeny appear on the track. He covered 51 mares in his first season, only two of his first foals were offered at auction and one of them made €3,400 in Goffs.
He was a listed race winner in Ireland, a dual pattern scorer in England, but out of luck in a period of just over a year spent racing in Australia – a close fifth to Dunaden in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup was his best performance there. The first foal out of juvenile winner Play Misty For Me (by Danehill Dancer), he is out of a half-sister to two blacktype earners and his grandam, Miss Champagne (by Bering), is an unraced full-sister to the Group 3 Prix Eclipse scorer Stella Berine. That talented filly is the grandam of the seven-furlong Australian Group 2 winner Cradle Me (by Easy Rocking). His third dam, Beaujolaise (by Thatching), also won the Group 3 Prix Eclipse, she was out of the Listed Prix du Bois scorer Benthose (by Dapper Dan), and the other blacktype winners who descend from that older mare include the speedy mother and daughter pair Comete (by Jeune Homme) and Chica Loca (by American Post). QUEST FOR PEACE (IRE) - b.2008 - Galileo - Play Misty For Me, 5 wins inc Cumberland Lodge Stakes (Gr3), Coutts Glorious Stakes (Gr3), March Stakes (L), Lenebane Stakes (L), 2nd Jockey Club Stakes (Gr2). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.
A leading juvenile who became a top-class miler, Olympic Glory is a son of Choisir (by Danehill Dancer) – the sire of Group 1 star and Group 1 sire Starspangledbanner – and so he represents the powerful Danehill (by Danzig) sire line.
He stands at Haras de Bouquetot in Normandy, France, he covered 168 mares in his first season, and his first foals made up to 80,000gns. 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. Timeform rated Olympic Glory 116 at two, 132 at three, and 130 at the age of four.
Amaranda's 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.
Her dam was 1971's Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Favoletta (by Baldric II), also Timeform 115-rated. That talented performer 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 – and he is the Royal Hunt Cup winner Imperial Ballet (by Sadler's Wells), a half-brother to the grandam of Olympic Glory, and sire of 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, breeder 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 at least nearly 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.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
chf - Alshamatry (by Seeking The Gold) Arqana Oct €20,000 chc - Anandara (by Dylan Thomas) Arqana Aug €55,000 chf - Alpen Glen (by Halling) Tattersalls Oct 180,000gns chc - Alzanti (by Arch) Goffs UK Aug £23,000 bf - Annakeen (by Invincible Spirit) Osarus Sept not sold bf - Atlantic Light (by Linamix) Arqana Aug €55,000 chf - Atlantic Slew (by Helissio) Arqana Aug €47,000 grc- Attachante (by Teofilo) Osarus Sept €53,000 bf - Back The Winner (by Entrepreneur) Arqana Oct €45,000 (p/s) chc - Basira (by Azamour) Arqana Aug €72,000 bf - Beaute Divine (by Peintre Celebre) Arqana Oct €10,000 bc - Black Mascara (by Authorized) Goffs UK Aug £92,000 bf - Blissful Beat (by Beat Hollow) Arqana Feb €70,000 bf - Blissful Beat (by Beat Hollow) Arqana Aug €170,000 chf - Broadway Duchess (by New Approach) Goffs Sept not sold bc - Can Dance (by Manduro) Goffs Oct €6,000 chc - Celeste (by Muhtathir) Arqana Oct €16,000 chf - Cimico (by Peintre Celebre) Osarus Sept not sold bf - Ciel Bleu (by Septieme Ciel) Arqana Aug €30,000 bf - Claveria (by Nayef) Arqana Oct €38,000 chf - Dandy Girl (by Dylan Thomas) Tattersalls IRE Sept €22,000 bf - Danse Revee (by Manduro) Arqana Oct €20,000 (p/s) bf - Darakiyla (by Last Tycoon) Arqana Oct €35,000 bc - Dasha (by Kyllachy) Arqana Oct withdrawn bc - Feelin Foxy (by Foxhound) Osarus Sept €57,000 bf - Fringe Success (by Selkirk) Goffs UK Aug £42,000 chc - Gimme Some Lovin (by Desert Style) Goffs UK Aug not sold bf - Grand Vadla (by Grand Lodge) Arqana Oct €65,000 chc - Heaven's Sake (by Cape Cross) Tattersalls Oct 72,000gns bf - Hideaway Heroine (by Hernando) Goffs Sept €85,000 bc - High Princess (by High Chaparral) Osarus Sept €10,000 bc - Hortensia (by Orpen) Arqana Aug €63,000 bf - Idle Tears (by Selkirk) Arqana Aug €95,000 bc - Jules J (by Action This Day) Arqana Aug withdrawn bc - Kaminari (by Sea The Stars) Goffs Sept €85,000 bc - Kastovia (by Giant's Causeway) Tattersalls IRE Sept €14,000 grc - Kendorova (by Kendor) Arqana Aug €20,000 bc - Lady Oriande (by Makbul) Arqana Aug €40,000 bc - Light It Up (by Elusive City) Arqana Aug withdrawn bc - Light It Up (by Elusive City) Arqana Oct withdrawn chf - Lisanor (by Raven's Pass) Tattersalls IRE Sept not sold bf - Macina (by Platini) Arqana Oct €80,000 bf - Mad Existence (by Val Royal) Tattersalls Oct not sold bf - Madonna Lily (by Daylami) Arqana Oct €18,000 (p/s) chc - Magic Florence (by Zebedee) Goffs UK Aug £65,000 bf - Magie Noire (by Marju) Arqana Oct €56,000 bf - Maharania (by Manduro) Arqana Aug not sold bf - Mambo Mistress (by Kingmambo) Osarus Sept €64,000 bc - Marla (by Pentire) Arqana Oct €45,000 bf - Mathanora (by Anabaa) Tattersalls Nov 2,000gns bc - Miss Carmie (by Excellent Art) Arqana Aug withdrawn bc - Miss Carmie (by Excellent Art) Arqana Oct €22,000 bc - Miss Hygrove (by Exceed And Excel) Arqana Aug €31,000 bf - My Love Thomas (by Cadeaux Genereux) Tattersalls Oct 30,000gns bf - My Wish (by Galileo) Arqana Oct €25,000 bc - Nepali Princess (by Mr Greeley) Arqana Aug not sold bc - Never Busy (by Gone West) Goffs UK Aug £40,000 bc - Paragua (by Nayef) Tattersalls Oct 85,000gns chc - Party (by Cadeaux Genereux) Tattersalls Oct 65,000gns grc - Pax Mina (by Keltos) Osarus Sept €42,000 chf - Pearl Banks (by Pivotal) Arqana Oct €145,000 bf - Public Ransom (by Red Ransom) Osarus Sept €17,000 bc - Queen's Conquer (by King's Best) Tattersalls Oct 85,000gns bf - Riva Royale (by Royal Applause) Tattersalls Oct not sold bc - River Test (by Beat Hollow) Goffs UK Aug £140,000 bc - Rolled Gold (by Giant's Causeway) Arqana Oct €28,000 bc - Russian Spirit (by Falbrav) Tattersalls Oct 85,000gns bf - Saint Hilary (by Authorized) Arqana Oct €65,000 chc - Sapfo (by Peintre Celebre) Arqana Aug €87,000 bf - Sarah Ann (by Orpen) Goffs Oct €11,000 bc - Selva Real (by Royal Applause) Osarus Sept withdrawn bc - Shamah (by Unfuwain) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn chc - Sleeping Storm (by Danehill Dancer) BBAG Sept not sold bf - Starry Night (by Marchand De Sable) Arqana Oct €30,000 grc - Stella River (by Stormy River) Tattersalls IRE Sept withdrawn bf - Super Anna (by Anabaa) Arqana Aug €77,000 bf - Texaloula (by Kendor) Arqana Oct €42,000 bf - The Giving Tree (by Royal Academy) Tattersalls Oct 13,000gns bc - Tunkwa (by Gold Away) Tattersalls Oct 10,000gns bc - Updated (by New Approach) Goffs Sept withdrawn bc - Updated (by New Approach) Tattersalls Nov 30,000gns bc - Validora (by American Post) Arqana Aug €35,000 bf - Wadjet (by Shamardal) Arqana Oct withdrawn bf - Watchful (by Galileo) Arqana Aug not sold grf - You Look So Good (by Excellent Art) Tattersalls Oct 68,000gns
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. His first foals made up to €23,000.
He is out of Crystal Maze (by Gone West), who is 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.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
bg - A Long Way (by Gamut) Tattersalls IRE Nov not sold bg - Ballybrowney Hall (by Saddlers' Hall) Tattersalls IRE Nov not sold bf - Basic Light (by Rudimentary) Goffs Feb not sold chc - Cregg So (by Moscow Society) Tattersalls IRE Jan €5,800 bc - Dakota Fire (by Beneficial) Goffs Feb €9,500 bc - Five Trix (by Minster Son) Tattersalls IRE Jan not sold bf - Foxyfirth (by Flemensfirth) Tattersalls IRE Jan not sold bc - Girl From De North (by Flemensfirth) Goffs Feb €11,000 bf - Gudnis Gracious Me (by Mull Of Kintyre) Goffs Feb €1,000 bg - Iruna Iris (by Golden Tornado) Tattersalls IRE Nov €8,500 bc - Keith's Delight (by Saffron Walden) Tattersalls IRE Jan €6,000 bc - Kilbarry Flame (by Flemensfirth) Tattersalls IRE Jan €4,000 bc - Killashee Lady (by Flemensfirth) Tattersalls IRE Jan not sold bf - Lady Petit (by Beneficial) Tattersalls IRE Jan €10,000 chg - Majella (by Fourstars Allstar) Tattersalls IRE Nov €4,600 bc - Miss Your Top (by Luso) Tattersalls IRE Jan €4,500 chc - Moylisha Red (by Oscar) Goffs Feb €7,500 (p/s) brc - Nouveau Moulin (by Millenary) Goffs Feb not sold chc - Outlaw Princess (by Beneficial) Tattersalls IRE Jan €12,000 bc - Poppyvillaexpress (by Old Vic) Goffs Feb not sold bc - Poshly Presented (by Presenting) Goffs Feb withdrawn brf - Roaming (by Be My Native) Goffs UK Jan not sold bc - Send To War (by Sendawar) Tattersalls IRE Jan €5,000 bc - Tabita (by Alzao) Tattersalls IRE Jan €1,500 brc - The Last Bank (by Phardante) Tattersalls IRE Jan not sold bc - The Millers Tale (by Rashar) Tattersalls IRE Jan €6,500 bg - Tonaphuca Girl (by Saddlers' Hall) Tattersalls IRE Nov €10,000 bf - Trendy Attire (by Luso) Tattersalls IRE Jan €3,000 bg - Tropical Moment (by Cape Cross) Tattersalls IRE Nov €6,000 bc - Venusorserena (by Presenting) Tattersalls IRE Jan €12,000 bc - Westerner Brook (by Westerner) Goffs Feb withdrawn bc - Youngvicky (by Old Vic) Tattersalls IRE Jan withdrawn bc - Youngvicky (by Old Vic) Goffs Dec €4,000 chc - Zebs Little Sister (by Oscar) Tattersalls IRE Jan €10,500
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, he covered 146 mares in his first season for Coolmore Stud, and his first foals made up to 75,000gns. The speed and precocity of No Nay Never, Acapulco, Lady Aurelia and Caravaggio have led some to form a mistaken impression that is what one expects of a Scat Daddy. In fact, many of his best results come with his milers and middle-distance horses, in both North and South America. 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.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
bf - Aine (by Danehill Dancer) Tattersalls IRE Sept €14,000 bf - Aitch (by Alhaarth) Goffs UK Aug £11,000 bc - Al Ihsas (by Danehill) Goffs Sept €240,000 chf - Alamouna (by Indian Ridge) Goffs Sept brf - Always A Way (by Danehill Dancer) Goffs Feb €24,000 brf - Always A Way (by Danehill Dancer) Goffs Sept €30,000 bc - Amethyst (by Sadler's Wells) Tattersalls IRE Sept €10,500 bf - Apache Dream (by Indian Ridge) Goffs Sept €72,000 chf - Apple Spirit (by Lemon Drop Kid) Goffs Sept €65,000 bc - Aquarelle Rare (by Rainbow Quest) Tattersalls Oct 120,000gns bc - Ardea Brave (by Chester House) Goffs Feb €30,000 bc - Ardea Brave (by Chester House) Tattersalls IRE Sept €34,000 bc - Barzah (by Darshaan) Tattersalls Oct 40,000gns chc - Brigids Cross (by Sadler's Wells) Goffs Sept €75,000 chf - Camdara (by Hawk Wing) Arqana Aug withdrawn bf - Catch The Eye (by Oratorio) Goffs Sept €50,000 bc - Chaibia (by Peintre Celebre) Arqana Aug €400,000 chc - Challow Hills (by Woodman) Goffs UK Aug £50,000 chc - Chiarezza (by Fantastic Light) Tattersalls Oct 50,000gns chc - Choose Me Please (by Choisir) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn chc - Choose Me Please (by Choisir) Tattersalls Nov 17,000gns (p/s) bc - Conniption (by Danehill Dancer) Tattersalls Oct 60,000gns bc - Corking (by Montjeu) Tattersalls Oct 130,000gns chc - Crosstalk (by Cape Cross) Goffs Sept €60,000 bf - Crystal Valkyrie (by Danehill) Goffs Sept not sold bf - Crystal Valkyrie (by Danehill) Tattersalls Nov 50,000gns bc - Dance Company (by Aussie Rules) Goffs Sept €35,000 bf - Dancing Shoes (by Danehill) Arqana Aug €75,000 bf - Danehill's Dream (by Danehill) Tattersalls Oct 155,000gns bf - Dansable (by Dansili) Goffs Oct withdrawn bc - Dhamma (by Broad Brush) Goffs UK Aug £90,000 bf - Dowager (by Groom Dancer) Goffs Sept €80,000 chc - Dynacam (by Dynaformer) Tattersalls Oct 80,000gns bc - Edallora (by Refuse To Bend) Goffs Sept €15,000 bc - Elaflaak (by Gulch) Goffs UK Aug £30,000 (p/s) bc - Eminence Gift (by Cadeaux Genereux) Goffs UK Aug £35,000 bc - Encore Merci (by Danehill Dancer) Arqana Aug €22,000 chc - Enharmonic (by E Dubai) Tattersalls Oct 110,000gns bf - Falling Rain (by Danehill Dancer) Goffs UK Aug £50,000 b/brc - Fancy (by Galileo) Goffs Sept €325,000 b/grf - Gleaming Silver (by Dalakhani) Tattersalls IRE Sept €11,000 bc - Gilded Vanity (by Indian Ridge) Tattersalls Oct 210,000gns chf - Hadarama (by Sinndar) Goffs Sept €30,000 brc - Hannahs Turn (by Dubai Destination) Goffs UK Aug £62,000 bf - Hureya (by Woodman) Tattersalls Oct 420,000gns bc - Jessica Rocks (by Fastnet Rock) Arqana Aug €480,000 bc - Keystone Gulch (by Gulch) Goffs Sept €52,000 bc - Laber Ildut (by Whipper) Arqana Aug €48,000 (p/s) bc - Lace (by Sadler's Wells) Tattersalls Oct 100,000gns bc - Lady Babooshka (by Cape Cross) Tattersalls Oct 120,000gns bf - Lady Ederle (by English Channel) Goffs Sept €50,000 chc - Law of The Jungle (by Catcher In The Rye) Goffs Sept €300,000 b/brf - Love Over Gold (by Peintre Celebre) Tattersalls Oct 52,000gns bc - Mironica (by Excellent Art) Tattersalls IRE Sept withdrawn bf - Miss Childrey (by Dr Fong) Arqana Aug €120,000 brc - Mixed Blessing (by Lujain) Goffs Sept €280,000 bc - Muravka (by High Chaparral) Tattersalls Oct 850,000gns chf - Noble Hero (by Daggers Drawn) SGA Sept not sold brc - Opera Fan (by Cape Cross) Goffs Sept €65,000 (p/s) bc - Pure Greed (by Galileo) Goffs Sept not sold chf - Qahatika (by Polish Precedent) Arqana Aug €57,000 bf - Readyandaway (by More Than Ready) Tattersalls Oct not sold bf - School Holidays (by Harlan's Holiday) Tattersalls Oct not sold bc - Seeking Solace (by Exceed And Excel) Tattersalls Oct 200,000gns bc - Sharaarah (by Oasis Dream) Goffs UK Aug not sold bf - Sheba's Humor (by Distorted Humor) Goffs UK Aug £50,000 bc - Shelley Beach (by Danehill Dancer) Tattersalls Oct 150,000gns bf - Sparkling Rock (by Rock of Gibraltar) Goffs Sept €42,000 bc - Special Assignment (by Lemon Drop Kid) Goffs Sept €60,000 bc - Special Assignment (by Lemon Drop Kid) Tattersalls Nov 100,000gns chc - Starlight Night (by Distant View) Goffs Sept €115,000 bf - Tamazug (by Machiavellian) Goffs UK Aug £38,000 bc - Theann (by Rock of Gibraltar) Goffs Sept €350,000 |
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