Star sprinter Starspangledbanner (by Choisir) had very small early crops, due to much-publicised fertility issues, but his first batch featured leading European juvenile The Wow Signal.

The colt burst on to the scene with a nine-length debut score over six furlongs at Ayr in late May, followed-up by beating Cappella Sansevero by one and three-quarter lengths in the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot, and then beat Hootenanny by half a length to secure the Group 1 Prix Morny at Deauville.

​He was unplaced on his only other start, ended the year on a Timeform rating of 118, and eventually took up stallion duties at Haras de Bouquetot in Normandy. Sadly, there are just nine in his first crop, and he died in March of this year.

A half-brother to seven-furlong listed scorer and Group 2 Rockfel Stakes third Miss Inifinity (by Rock Of Gibraltar), he was out of Muravka (by High Chaparral), a half-sister to dual stakes-winning miler Tolpuddle (by College Chapel).

Grandam Tabdea (by Topsider) won a mile listed contest at Doncaster and was third in the Group 2 Prix de l’Opera over nine furlongs, and she was a full-sister to Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (French 1000 Guineas) heroine Ta Rib (by Mr Prospector).

The small number progeny he left behind likely include sprinters and milers and it would be no surprise if at least one or two of them becomes a blacktype horse, or even a pattern winner.

THE WOW SIGNAL (IRE) - b.2012 - Starspangledbanner - Muravka, 3 wins inc Prix Morny (Gr1), Coventry Stakes (Gr2). Sire in France. First foals in 2017. Died in 2018.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED
​Bc - Chickasaw (by Bertolini)     Goffs UK     August     £32,000
Chf - Imperial Topaz (by Dutch Art)     Arqana     August     €20,000
Chf - Lady Sadowa (by Nayef)     Osarus     September     €35,000
Bf - Sister Golightly (by Mtoto)     Arqana     August     €100,000
Chf - Storia Dell’Isola (by Vespone)     Osarus     September     €22,000

Sadler’s Wells (by Northern Dancer) has had a phenomenal effect on both the flat and National Hunt racing and breeding sectors and his brilliant son and prolific champion sire Galileo appears to be following suit.

​He already has a double-digit tally of sons who have at least one top-level flat winner somewhere in the world and a growing number of sons who are making an impact or being aimed at the National Hunt market. Timeform 127-rated Telescope is among the latter.

The Shade Oak Stud stallion was a top-class middle-distance horse, his dam, Velouette (by Darshaan), is an unraced half-sister to Group 1 Dubai World Cup star Moon Ballad (by Singspiel), and his grandam is Velvet Moon (by Shaadi), a Group 2 Lowther Stakes-winning half-sister to Group 1 Derby Italiano winner and Group 1 Melbourne Cup runner-up Central Park.

That horse’s full-sister Mellow Park won the Group 3 Lancashire Oaks, and their dam’s siblings included Group 3 Horris Hill Stakes winner Gouriev (by Gorytus) and dual Irish Group 3 scorer Careafolie (by Caerleon).

It seems unlikely that Telescope will have many, if any, runners on the flat, so it may be some time before we begin to see what his offspring can do. He has the potential to become a leading British-based National Hunt sire. His initial book yielded 90 foals.

TELESCOPE (IRE) - b.2010 - Galileo - Velouette, 5 wins inc Hardwicke Stakes (Gr2), Great Voltigeur Stakes (Gr2), Aston Park Stakes (L), 2nd King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Gr1), Jockey Club Stakes (Gr2), Rose of Lancaster Stakes (Gr3), Gordon Richards Stakes (Gr3), Huxley Stakes (Gr3), 3rd Juddmonte International Stakes (Gr1). Sire in England. First foals in 2017

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED
​Bf - Ancora (by Accordion)     Goffs UK     January     £6,000
Bg - Bestow (by Presenting)     Tatts IRE     November     
Bf - En Reve (by Shirocco)     Goffs UK     January     £1,200
Bc - Florarossa (by Alflora)     Tatts IRE     February     €2,000
Bc - Fragrant Rose (by Alflora)     Goffs UK     January     £8,000
Bc - Kahooting (by Kahyasi)     Goffs UK     January     £8,000
Bc - Paetitia (by Priolo)     Goffs UK     January     not sold
Bc - Lady In The Bath (by Forzando)     Goffs     February     not sold
Bf - Let It Be (by Entrepreneur)     Goffs UK     January     £2,000
Bc - Libritish (by Librettist)     Goffs UK     January     £4,500
Bc - Linagram (by Classic Cliche)     Goffs UK     January     £3,500
Bc - Little Carmela (by Beat Hollow)     Goffs UK     January     £10,000
Bc - Mi Money (by Alflora)     Goffs UK     January     £12,000
Bg - Miss Chinchilla (by Perpendicular)     Tatts IRE     November     ​
Bc - Pougatcheva (by Epervier Bleu)     Goffs UK     January     £3,000
Bf - Precious Lady (by Exit To Nowhere)     Goffs UK     January     £800
Bc - Rattlin (by Bollin Eric)     Goffs UK     January     £10,000
Bc - Tally Em Up (by Flemensfirth)     Goffs UK     January     £16,000
Bc - Theatre Belle (by King’s Theatre)     Goffs UK     January     £21,000
Bc - Tiger Line (by Kayf Tara)     Goffs UK     January     £5,000 (p/s)
Blc - Tomitoul Star (by Dansili)     Goffs UK     January     not sold

A tiny first crop for this talented son of Kyllachy (by Pivotal), with six registered in his first crop and nine, so far, in his second. His first season was at Petches Farm in Essex and he moved to France after that. He is now at Haras des Trois Chapelles.

Supplicant won the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes and Listed Ripon Champion Trophy, he was runner-up in the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes, and he is a full-brother to Penitent, winner of the Group 2 Bet365 Mile and Group 2 Joel Stakes and runner-up in the Group 1 Prix de la Foret.

The pair are among 11 winners out of two-time scorer Pious (by Bishop Of Cashel), a daughter of Group 3 Princess Margeret Stakes third La Cabrilla (by Carwhite). That mare was out of triple winner La Tuerta (by Hot Spark) and that made her a half-sister to Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes dead-heater Ya Malak (by Fairy King).

La Tuerta is also the dam of Dominio (by Dominion), who won the Listed St Hugh’s Stakes and was second in the Group 2 Temple Stakes before going on to produce Group 2 King’s Stand Stakes heroine Dominica (by Alhaarth), and that speedy filly is also the ancestor of a string of blacktype winners, notably the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes-placed, pattern-winning pair Rimth (by Oasis Dream) and Kiyoshi (by Dubawi).

But what makes Supplicant an interesting member of the stallion ranks is that La Tuerta was out of Group 3 Temple Stakes winner Smarten Up (by Sharpen Up) and that made her a half-sister to Cadeaux Genereux (by Young Generation).

He won the Group 1 July Cup and Group 1 William Hill Sprint Championship (previously and since the Nunthorpe Stakes), he was third in the Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp, and went on to become a notably successful sire whose tally of 64 stakes winners featured eight who won at least once at the highest level.

Kyllachy’s handful of stallion sons include blacktype sire Dragon Pulse and popular Cheveley Park Stud resident Twilight Son whose first crop are foals. It will be interesting to see how Supplicant’s career turns out, and it would be no surprise to see him get at least one blacktype horse and among sprint and mile handicappers.

SUPPLICANT (GB) - b.2011 - Kyllachy - Pious, 4 wins inc Mill Reef Stakes (Gr2), Ripon Champion Trophy (L), 2nd Windsor Castle Stakes (L). Sire in England & France. First foals in 2017.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED
​Bf - Golbahar (by Holy Roman Emperor)     Arqana     August     €15,000
Bf - Jalissa (by Mister Baileys)     Osarus     September     €15,000
Bc - My Inspiration (by Invincible Spirit)     Arqana     August     €14,000

The top two-year-old colt in Australia following a six-furlong Group 2 success and a second-place finish in the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes, Sidestep (by Exceed And Excel) was also a Group 2-winning sprinter at three and he shuttles to Haras du Logis. There were 61 foals in his first French crop.

He is by the sire of successful young stallions Excelebration and Helmet and he is out one of three notable offspring of mile Group 2 scorer Dextrous (by Quest For Fame). Those two siblings are also at stud, they are both by Commands (by Danehill), and they are Group 1 scorer Skilled and Group 1-placed Group 2-winning sprinter Ambidexter.

Dextrous is a half-sister to Group 1 AJC Oaks runner-up Light Work (by Danehill), she is out of Group 3-placed Many Hands (by Handy Proverb), and the next dam is an unraced half-sister to dual Australian champion and prolific Group 1 star Emancipation (by Bletchingly).

In addition to being a standout one the track, Emancipation also made an impact at stud. Group 2 scorer and Group 1 AJC Derby runner-up Royal Pardon (by Vice Regal) was her best runner on the track, but her many stakes-winning descendants include the Group 1 scorers Stratum Star (by Stratum), Virage De Fortune (by Anabaa), Rumya (by Red Ransom), and Railings (by Zabeel).

Sidestep is likely to get high-class two-year-olds plus three-year-olds and older horses who prove best as sprinters or milers, with some who stay a bit farther. It will be interesting to see how his European stock fare, and although his best results may come in the southern hemisphere, it would be no surprise to see some stakes and pattern winners among his runners here.

SIDESTEP (AUS) - b.2010 - Exceed And Excel - Dextrous, 4 wins inc Pago Pago Stakes (Gr2), Royal Sovereign Stakes (Gr2), Randwick Equine Derby Munro Stakes (L), 2nd Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr1), Black Opal Stakes (L), Xirrus Fireball Quality Handicap (L), 3rd Merson Cooper Stakes (L). Sire in Australia & France. First northern hemisphere foals in 2017.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED
​Bc - Akatina (by Desert Prince)     Baden-Baden     August     not sold
Bf - Ana Nova (by Anabaa)     Osarus     September     withdrawn
Bc - Berched (by Layman)     Arqana     August     withdrawn
Bc - Earth Affair (by Acatenango)     Osarus     September     €15,000
Bc - Elusive Feeling (by Elusive Quality)     Osarus     September     not sold
Bc - Elusive Kay (by Elusive City)     Arqana     August     not sold
Bf - Eva Kant (by Medicean)     Arqana     August     €16,000 (p/s)
Bc - Feelin Foxy (by Foxhound)     Osarus     September     €41,000
Bc - Ideal World (by Singspiel)     Arqana     August     €45,000 (p/s)
Bf - Ivory Style (by Desert Style)     Arqana     August     €95,000
Bc - Jazz Art (by Dynaformer)     Arqana     October     
Bc - Lady Calido (by El Prado)     Arqana     October     
Bc - Like It Is (by Kendor)     Osarus     September     €3,000 (p/s)
Bc - Lonestar Spirit (by Invincible Spirit)     Osarus     September     €18,000
Bc - Love Aloft (by Lope De Vega)     Arqana     August     not sold
Bc - Miss Eva (by Xaar)     Arqana     October     
Bf - Next To The Top (by Hurricane Run)     Arqana     October     
Bc - Pearls Of Wisdom (by Kyllachy)     Goffs     November     ​
Bf - Queen To Be (by King's Best)     Arqana     October     
Bc - Question (by Coronado's Quest)     Tattersalls     October     32,000gns
Bc - Rose Of Logis (by Slickly)     Osarus     September     not sold
Bc - Seventh Sense (by Samum)     Baden-Baden     August     not sold
Bc - Shamazing (by Makfi)     Osarus     September     €22,000
Bf - Shawnee’s Best (by King’s Best)     Osarus     September     €7,000 (p/s)
Bc - Simla Snow (by Rock Of Gibraltar)     Osarus     September     not sold
Bc - Such A Memory (by Hold That Tiger)     Osarus     September     €27,000
Bc - Utopia Jem (by Okawango)     Osarus     September     not sold
Bc - Winds Up (by Street Sense)     Arqana     October     ​
Bf - Winter Robin (by Three Valleys)     Osarus     September     €13,000

Retirement Plan, a son of the outstanding German stallion Monsun (by Konigsstuhl) – who has proved so influential on the flat and in National Hunt – stands at Tullaghansleek Stud in Co Westmeath and there were 22 foals in his first crop.

He won three times at up to two miles, he is the first foal of the Breeders’ Cup-placed Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Passage Of Time (by Dansili), and that makes him a half-brother to multiple Grade 1-placed dual Group 2 scorer and popular young National Stud stallion Time Test (by Dubawi).

His dam is a full-sister to Group 2 King Edward VII Stakes winner Father Time and to listed scorer Continuum, and she is a half-sister to Group 1 Falmouth Stakes heroine Timepiece (by Zamindar). Their dam, Clepsydra (by Sadler’s Wells), is, in turn, a half-sister to Double Crossed (by Caerleon), the stakes-winning dam of dual Group 1 Champion Stakes star Twice Over (by Observatory). That four-time Group 1 ace has made a promising start to his stallion career in South Africa.

Third dam Quandary (by Blushing Groom) won the Listed James Seymour Stakes and the best of her stakes-winning siblings was All At Sea (by Riverman), the Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp heroine whose stamina ran out when chasing home User Friendly in the Group 1 Oaks at Epsom.

That star filly’s descendants include the top-level winners Mutual Trust (by Cacique) and Antonoe (by First Defence), her stakes-winning half-sister Full Virtue (by Full Out) is the ancestor of the Grade 1 scorers Hilda’s Passion (by Canadian Frontier) and Yoshida (by Heart’s Cry), while another half-sister – Quack A Doodledoo (by Quack) – is the grandam of US champion and multiple Grade 1 star Banshee Breeze (by Unbridled).

It will be something of a surprise if Retirement Plan fails to get some blacktype horses under National Hunt rules.

RETIREMENT PLAN (GB) - b/br.2010 - Monsun - Passage Of Time, 3 wins. Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2017.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED
​Bc - Dereen Lady (by King’s Theatre)     Tatts IRE     February     not sold

A full-brother to Group 2-winning sprinter Deep Field, Australian-bred mile Group 1 star Shooting To Win stood one season at Kildangan Stud but covered only 35 mares, resulting in 24 foals. The Darley team member is a son of the late six-furlong Group 1 winner Northern Meteor (by Encosta De Lago) and so is a grandson of Fairy King (by Northern Dancer).

He is out of three-time winner Listen Here (by Elusive Quality), and his unraced grandam, Announce (by Military Plume), is a half-sister to Group 1 scorer Emerald Dream (by Danehill), Third dam Theme Song (by Sackford) won twice but is a half-sister to Group 1 star Danewin (by Danehill) and pattern-winning sprinter Commands (by Danehill), both of whom excelled as stallions.

This means that the fourth dam of Shooting To Win is Cotehele House (by My Swanee), and unraced daughter of phenomenal broodmare Eight Carat (by Pieces Of Eight). The half-sister to European Group 1 sprint star Habibti (by Habitat) produced a record five Group 1 winners at stud, including multimillionaire and leading sire Octagonal (by Zabeel).

With family connections like these, it will be a surprise if Shooting To Win fails to get some Group 1 performers in the southern hemisphere. How his small European crop fares will be interesting, but likely less notable. That said, it would be no surprise to see at least one or two of them do well here.

SHOOTING TO WIN (AUS) - ch.2011 - Northern Meteor - Listen Here, 4 wins inc Caulfield Guineas (Gr1), Stan Fox Stakes (Gr2), 2nd Ming Dynasty Quality (Gr3), 3rd Randwick Guineas (Gr1), Golden Rose Stakes (Gr1). Sire in Ireland & Australia. First northern hemisphere foals in 2017.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED
Grc - Ancestral Way (by Mtoto)     Tatts IRE Ascot     September     £30,000
Chf - Bronze Queen (by Invincible Spirit)     Goffs     October     not sold
Chf - Cuca Vela (by Devil’s Bag)     Tatts IRE     September     €1,000 (p/s)
Bf - Ellikan (by Exceed And Excel)     Goffs UK     August     £16,000
Bf - Gaby (by Aussie Rules)     SGA     September     €5,000
Chc - Infinity (by Bering)     Tatts IRE     September     €15,000
Bc - Jillanar (by Lawman)     Tattersalls     October     
Bc - Kerimpour (by Marju)     Goffs     November     
Bc - Marju Lass (by Marju)     Tatts IRE Ascot     September     not sold
Bf - Pixie Belle (by Echo Of Light)     Goffs     November     
Bc - Quite Smart (by Arcano)     Tattersalls     October     ​
Bc - Shesasmartlady (by Dolphin Street)     Goffs     February     withdrawn
Chc - Shahralasal (by Oasis Dream)     Goffs     November     
Chc - Shalamzara (by Tiger Hill)     Goffs     November     
Chc - Spirit Of Success (by Invincible Spirit)     Goffs     February     €1,000
Chc - Spirit Of Success (by Invincible Spirit)     Goffs UK     August     £2,000
Chf - Sweet Kristeen (by Candy Stripes)     Goffs     November     
Chc - Varna (by Efisio)     Tatts IRE     September     €3,000
Bc - Zakhrafa (by Shamardal)     Tatts IRE     September     ​€7,500
Chc - Zoudie (by Ezzoud)     Goffs     November     
Chf - Zoumie (by Mark Of Esteem)     Goffs     November     

A talented performer from six to 10 furlongs and Group 1 winner in Italy at a mile, Red Dubawi (by Dubawi) is by the sire of successful stallions Makfi and Poet’s Voice, he is out of Group 3-placed middle-distance stakes winner Maredsous (by Homme De Loi), and comes from a rather less distinguished family than do most by his sire.

His grandam, Tutti (by Rahotep), won seven times from two to five years of age and she is also responsible for Fontaine Guerard (by Homme De Loi), a stakes-placed dual winner who has produced pattern-placed stakes winner Fontcia (by Enrique) and the listed hurdles scorer Font Froide (by Trempolino).

Red Dubawi was bred by Haras Des Sablonnets, where he spent his first two seasons, he stood at Haras de la Croix Sonnet in 2018, and there were 41 foals in his first crop, six of whom are AQPS (autre que pur sang).

His flat winners are likely to be effective anywhere from a mile to two and a half miles, and it may be that his long-term prospects are as a National Hunt stallion.

RED DUBAWI (IRE) - ch.2008 - Dubawi - Maredsous, 5 wins inc Premio Vittorio di Capua (Gr1), Grosser Preis der CGH Versicherungen (Gr2), Badener Meile (Gr3), Prix Pelleas (L), 2nd Prix de Boulogne (L), 3rd Meilen Trophy (Gr2), Grosser Preis der Wirtschaft (Gr3), Waterford Testimonal Stakes (L), Midsummer Sprint Stakes (L), Woodlands Stakes (L), Cork Stakes (L), Grand Prix Anjou Bretagne (L), Prix Ridgway (L). Sire in France. First foals in 2017.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED
Bf - Abbreviator (by Astronomer Royal)     Arqana     October     ​
​Bf - Sizalia (by Dream Well)     Osarus     September     €24,000

A high-class performer at two, three and four years of age, Haras de Montaigu stallion Prince Gibraltar (by Rock Of Gibraltar) is by the sire of Group 1-siring stallions Mount Nelson and Society Rock, and he had 52 foals in his first crop.
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Timeform rated him 116 at two, 124 at three and 125 at four, his top-level wins came in the 10-furlong Criterium de Saint-Cloud and 12-furlong Grosser Preis von Baden, and his string of notable placings included third to The Grey Gatsby in the Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby).

He is a full-brother to listed scorer Princess Gibraltar, his dam is five-time winner Princess Sofia (by Pennekamp), and that mare’s siblings include stakes winner and notable broodmare Queen Catherine (by Machiavellian) – the dam of Group 3 winner and Group 1 Oaks d’Italia runner-up Lady Catherine (by Bering) who is, in turn, the grandam of Group 2 Duchess of Cambridge Stakes heroine and Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes runner-up llluminate (by Zoffany).

Third dam Princess Karenda (by Gummo) won the Grade 1 Hollywood Oaks and Grade 1 Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap, and that mare’s siblings include Big Puddles (by Delta Judge), the Grade 3-winning dam of Grade 1-placed Grade 2 scorer and somewhat successful sire Thunder Puddles (by Speak John).

Two-year-old winners for Prince Gibraltar are likely to come late in the season and although he may get the occasional miler, he promises to get his best results in the middle-distance and staying divisions.

PRINCE GIBRALTAR (FR) - ch.2011 - Rock Of Gibraltar - Princess Sofia, 4 wins inc Grosser Preis von Baden (Gr1), Criterium de Saint-Cloud (Gr1), Prix Greffulhe (Gr2), 2nd Grand Prix de Paris (Gr1), Grosser Preis von Bayern (Gr1), Grand Prix de Chantilly (Gr2), 3rd Prix du Jockey-Club (Gr1), Prix Guillaume d’Ornano (Gr2), York Stakes (Gr2). Sire in France. First foals in 2017.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED
Bf - Belle Chasse (by Kyllachy)     Arqana     October     
Chc - Charming Clem (by Mastercraftsman)     Arqana     October     ​
Chf - Dauphine (by Rich Man’s Gold)     Osarus     September     €15,000
Bc - Diamond Star (by Daylami)     Osarus     September     €19,000
Bf - Don't Hurry Me (by Hurricane Run)     Arqana     October     
Bc - Etrangere (by Fusaichi Pegasus)     Arqana     October     
Bf - Famous Portrait (by Kendor)     Arqana     October     
Bf - Fashion School (by Shamardal)     Osarus     September     €9,000 (p/s)
Bc - Hello Sindarella (by Sinndar)     Arqana     October     
Bf - Holiday Maker (by Dubai Destination)     Arqana     October     
Bc - Moune (by Whipper)     Osarus     September     €15,000
Bc - Pragmatisme (by Linngari)     Arqana     October     
Bf - Roxanne (by Falco)     Arqana     October     
Bc - Sanadora (by Manduro)     Arqana     February     €3,000 (p/s)
Bc - Sizal (by Sicyos)     Arqana     October     
Bf - Yours Ever (by Dansili)     Arqana     October     
Bc - Zongoraora (by Bering)     Arqana     October     ​

Group 1 Coronation Cup winner Pether’s Moon (by Dylan Thomas) is standing at Yorton Farm Stud in Wales, had 40 foals in his first crop, and is attracting attention in the National Hunt sector.

The Timeform 121-rated is among the best representatives of his Arc and classic-winning sire and he is a grandson of Danehill (by Danzig) whose influence on the global flat racing industry has been phenomenal. This male line has been getting more blacktype winners under National Hunt rules in recent years.

His dam, Softly Tread, won the Group 3 Gladness Stakes and Listed Tyros Stakes, both over seven furlongs, and that daughter of dual Guineas star Tirol (by Thatching) comes from a family that has produced a variety of blacktype horses without getting any stars.

It remains to be seen if he will have any more than just the occasional runner on the flat, and his long-term potential appears to be as a sire of bumper horses, point-to-pointers, hurdlers, and chasers.

PETHER’S MOON (IRE) - b.2010 - Dylan Thomas - Softly Tread, 7 wins inc Coronation Cup (Gr1), International Bosphorus Cup (Gr2), Cumberland Lodge Stakes (Gr3), Glorious Stakes (Gr3), Floodlit Stakes (L), 2nd Jockey Club Stakes (Gr2), John Porter Stakes (Gr3), Buckhounds Stakes (L), 3rd Jockey Club Stakes (Gr2), Hardwicke Stakes (Gr2), Princess of Wales’s Stakes (Gr2). Sire in Wales. First foals in 2017.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED
Bc - Bochafina (by High Chaparral)     Goffs     November     ​
​Bc - Corbetstown Queen (by Oscar)     Tatts IRE     February     €20,000
Bc - Manyshadesofblack (by Tikkanen)     Goffs UK     January     £800
Bc - Miss Duffy (by Sir Harry Lewis)     Goffs UK     January     not sold
Brc - Pont Royal (by Trempolino)     Goffs UK     January     £5,000
Bf - Sovereignsflagship (by Supreme Leader)     Goffs UK     January     £2,000

Timeform-rated 116 at two and three years of age, Outstrip (by Exceed And Excel) was a popular addition to the team at Dalham Hall Stud and there were 86 foals from his initial triple-digit book.

He won the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf and the Group 2 Champagne Stakes, finished third to Kingman in the Group 1 St James’s Palace Stakes, and looks likely to get his best winners at up to 10 furlongs, with some potentially getting a bit farther. His two-year-olds are likely to be seen to best effect in the autumn.

The best representative of nine-furlong Grade 1 winner Asi Siempre (by El Prado), he is a great-grandson of Group 3 Cherry Hinton Stakes and Group 3 Park Stakes winner Turkish Treasure (by Sir Ivor), which means that his unraced grandam, Siempre Asi (by Silver Hawk), is a half-sister to Group 3 Norfolk Stakes winner Magic Mirror (by Nureyev).

That colt, who was also fourth in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes, sired some winners from limited opportunities, his siblings included pattern-placed juvenile listed winner Treasure Trove (by Try My Best) and also Exciting (by Mill Reef), the mare who gave us Almushtarak (by Fairy King) and Tiber (by Titus Livius).

The latter excelled in Hong Kong, whereas Group 2-winning miler Almushtarak was placed in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Group 1 Lockinge Stakes and two editions of the Group 1 Sussex Stakes, hitting a peak end-of-season Timeform rating of 122.

Outstrip’s top foal made €90,000, he is by the sire of successful young sires Excelebration and Helmet, and it will be interesting to see how his second career turns out.

OUTSTRIP (GB) - gr.2011 - Exceed And Excel - Asi Siempre, 3 wins inc Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (Gr1), Champagne Stakes (Gr2), 2nd Vintage Stakes (Gr2), 3rd St James’s Palace Stakes (Gr1), Dewhurst Stakes (Gr1). Sire in England. First foals in 2017.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED
Grf - A Mind Of Her Own (by Danehill Dancer)     Goffs UK     August     £10,000
Bc - Abandagold (by Orpen)     Arqana     October     
Grc - Almaviva (by Grand Lodge)     Goffs UK     August     £38,000
Bf - Angel Oak (by Teofilo)     Arqana     October     
Brf - Assumption (by Beckett)     Goffs     November     
Bc - Bocca Bianca (by Saddex)     Osarus     September     €18,000 (p/s)
Grf - Brazilian Flame (by Camacho)     Tatts IRE     September     not sold
Bc - Candy Banter (by Distorted Humor)     Goffs     October     €3,000
Bc - Cape Mystery (by Cape Cross)     Goffs UK     August     withdrawn
Bc - Cape Mystery (by Cape Cross)     Tattersalls     October     withdrawn
Grc - Cara Gina (by Bahamian Bounty)     Goffs UK     August     withdrawn
Grf - Celsius Degre (by Verglas)     Tatts IRE Ascot     September     £10,000
Bc - Cheerfully (by Sadler’s Wells)     Goffs UK     August     £15,000
Bf - Chicane (by Motivator)     Goffs     February     withdrawn
Bf - Chicane (by Motivator)     Goffs     November     
Bc - Church Melody (by Oasis Dream)     Tatts IRE     September     €10,000
Grc - Collectable (by Excellent Art)     Tatts IRE     September     withdrawn
Brc - Cosmea (by Compton Place)     Goffs UK     August     £28,000
Bf - Daidoo (by Shamardal)     Arqana     August     €25,000
Bf - Danse Revee (by Manduro)     Arqana     October     
Brc - Daring Damsel (by Van Nistelrooy)     Tatts IRE     September     €14,000 (p/s)
Bc - Demeanour (by Giant’s Causeway)     Goffs UK     August     withdrawn
Bc - Demeanour (by Giant's Causeway)     Arqana     October     ​
Chf - Dularame (by Pivotal)     Tattersalls     October     not sold
Grc - Ella Fitz (by Pivotal)     Arqana     August     €35,000
Bg - Fiducia (by Lawman)     Tatts IRE Ascot     August     not sold
Bc - Fidelio’s Miracle (by Mountain Cat)     Tatts IRE Ascot     September     £2,500
Grf - Floating (by Oasis Dream)     Goffs     February     €4,000
Grf - Floating (by Oasis Dream)     Tatts IRE Ascot     September     not sold
Chc - Gandini (by Night Shift)     Tatts IRE     September     not sold
Grc - Honeymead (by Pivotal)     Tatts IRE     September     €4,000
Bf - Kelloura (by Mastercraftsman)     Goffs     November     ​
Chc - Lady Atlas (by Dutch Art)     Tatts IRE     September     not sold
Chc - Laurena (by Acatenango)     Goffs UK     August     withdrawn
Chc - Love And War (by War Blade)     Osarus     September     not sold
Bf - Lune Orientale (by Dalakhani)     Arqana     October     
Bf - Medalha Milagrosa (by Miner’s Mark)     Osarus     September     €17,000
Grc - Miss Vendome (by Medicean)     Goffs UK     August     £65,000
Grc - Mrs Micawber (by Nayef)     Arqana     August     €62,000
Bc - Mudammera (by Dubawi)     Tatts IRE Ascot     September     £12,000
Brc - Navajo Chant (by Cape Cross)     Goffs UK     August     not sold
Bf - Oulianovsk (by Peintre Celebre)     Baden-Baden     August     not sold
Chc - Perfect Muse (by Oasis Dream)     Goffs UK     August     £28,000
Chc - Pink Flames (by Redback)     Tattersalls     October     50,000gns
Bc - Polly Adler (by Fantastic Light)     Tatts IRE     September     €23,000
Grf - Primula (by Dansili)     Goffs     November     
Grf - Rancho Montoya (by High Chaparral)     Goffs UK     August     £11,000
Grf - Rangooned (by Bahamian Bounty)     Goffs     November     
Bf - Sahool (by Unfuwain)     Tattersalls     October     25,000gns
Chc - Sakhiza (by Sakhee)     Tattersalls     October     
Bc - Sarvana (by Dubai Destination)     Arqana     August     €60,000
Grc - Shaken And Stirred (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Goffs UK     August     £11,000
Bc - Sign Your Name (by Areion)     Arqana     October     
Bf - Singing Field (by Singspiel)     Tatts IRE     September     €35,000
Blc - Sitting Pritty (by Compton Place)     Goffs UK     August     £42,000
Chc - Snake's Head (by Golden Snake)     Tattersalls     October     30,000gns
Grc - Speak Softly To Me (by Ogygian)     Tatts IRE     September     €13,000
Grf - Strasbourg Place (by Compton Place)     Goffs UK     August     £9,500
Bf - Sunny Side Up (by Refuse To Bend)     Tattersalls     October     ​
Chc - Tawjeeh (by Haafhd)     Tattersalls     October     ​27,000gns
Chc - Tazyeen (by Tamayuz)     Goffs     October     €6,000
Grc - Tranquil Flight (by Oasis Dream)     Tatts IRE Ascot     September    £11,000
Bc - Visual Element (by Distant View)     Arqana     October     ​
Bc - Wings Of Fame (by Namid)     Tatts IRE     September     €14,000
Grc - Winterbourne (by Cadeaux Genereux)     Tatts IRE     September     €10,000
Bc - Zarara (by Manila)     Goffs     October     ​€12,000