First Season Sire Focus

[PNkt]

The EBN are running a series on First Season Sires for the 2016 Flat season. I have reproduced each article on this thread and attached lists of the two year olds for each sire.

Here's the list of sires discussed in the order in which they appear:

Harbour Watch - 69 runners 15 winners - inc 1 G2 winner in France
Sir Prancealot - 74 runners 30 winners - inc 1 G3 winner in GB & 1 Listed winner in GB
Rajsaman - 50 runners 12 winners
Helmet - 52 runners 16 winners - inc 1 G1 winner in FR
Bated Breath - 47 runners 16 winners
Casamento - 52 runners 12 winners
Dragon Pulse - 45 runners 21 winners - inc 1 Listed winner in GB
Foxwedge - 45 runners 17 winners
Requinto - 31 runners 16 winners
Excelebration - 60 runners 18 winners
Born To Sea - 41 runners 11 winners - inc 1 G3 winner in IRE
Elzaam - 34 runners 15 winners - inc 1 Listed winner in GB
Power - 40 runners 16 winners - inc 1 G3 winner in IRE
Mayson - 47 runners 15 winners - inc 1 Listed winner in GB
Sepoy - 47 runners 17 winners - inc 1 G3 winner in GB & 1 Listed winner in FR
Rio de la Plata - 24 runners 8 winners
So You Think - 17 runners 2 winners
Nathaniel - 38 runners 9 winners
Famous Name - 21 runners 3 winners inc 1 Listed winner in GB
Frankel - 35 runners 16 winners - inc 1 G2 winner in GB; 2 G3 winners in FR & GB & 1 Listed winner in GB


Edited to start including runners/winners in Europe. Stats as at 9th November (no more updates to come)

 

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HARBOUR WATCH
Acclamation – Gorband (Woodman)
Stands at Tweenhills Farm & Stud:
2016 fee £7,500

Harbour Watch’s racing career lasted just 45 days, during which he won three times from as many starts, including the Gr.2 Richmond Stakes. The son of Acclamation is a half-brother to the South African Gr.1 winner Europa Point, out of a half-sister to Gr.2 winner and sire Kabool. His grandam is a full-sister to the Gr.2 winner Colorado Dancer, the dam of Dubai Millennium, and his Gr.1-winning third dam Fall Aspen (Pretense) also produced the Gr.1 winners Hamas, Northern Aspen, Timber Country and South African Champion Sire Fort Wood, as well as the Gr.2 winners Elle Seule (dam of the Gr.1 winners Elnadim and Mehthaaf) and Bianconi.

TOP-PRICED SALES PROGENY

HARBOUR ROCK (GB) bc ex Rock Lily (Rock Of Gibraltar) 110,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by David Redvers Bloodstock consigned by Church View Stables.
A half-brother to the Listed-placed Botanic Garden (Royal Applause), this David Simcock-trained colt is out of a winning half-sister to the Gr.2-placed two-year-old Please Sing (Royal Applause), the Gr.1-placed Mountain Song and the Gr.3-placed Raindancing (both by Tirol). The second dam is a full-sister to the Gr.1-placed Listed winner Bold Arrangement (Persian Bold). bf (GB) ex Czarna Roza (Polish Precedent) €130,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale by Form Bloodstock, consigned by Manister House Stud. A half-sister to the Group-placed Listed scorer Mabait (Kyllachy), this filly is out of a half-sister to a Listed-placed winner and she shares her Listed-winning grandam with Gr.2 winner Elletelle (dam of the US and Australian Gr.1 winner Adelaide) and Listed winner Freedom. The third dam, Gr.3 winner Elegant Tern (SeaBird), also foaled the Gr.2 winner and sire Elegant Air.

HARBOUR BEACON (GB) bc ex Blue Beacon (Fantastic Light) €125,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale by David Redvers, consigned by Croom House Stud
From a generally speedy family, this bay is a half-brother to a couple of winners and is out of a daughter of the Gr.1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Blue Duster (Danzig; grandam of Gr.3 winners Fantasia and Pink Symphony). Blue Duster is a full-sister to the Gr.1 Middle Park Stakes winner and sire Zieten, out of the dual Group-winning sprinter Blue Note (Habitat).

HARBOUR FORCE (Fr) bc ex Dam Beautiful (Sleeping Indian) €120,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale by Hillen & Tuite, consigned by Grove Stud.
This March-foaled bay is the first foal of Dam Beautiful (Sleeping Indian), who is one of two Listed-placed winners out of the triple winner Nellie Melba (Hurricane Sky).

MOGHRAMA (Ire) chf ex Mythie (Octagonal) 240,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale by Shadwell Estate Co, consigned by Ballybin Stud.
By far the sire’s highest-priced foal of 2014 sold at public auction, this January-foaled chesnut, in training with Dermot Weld, is a half-sister to the Gr.3 winner Esentepe (Oratorio). Her dam is a half-sister to the French Listed winner Mytographie (Anabaa; dam of a Listed winner), and the seven Stakes winners under the third dam include the Gr.3 scorers Malaspina and Marshall.

A list of all the Harbour Watch 2yos is attached.

 

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SIR PRANCEALOT
Tamayuz – Mona Em (Catrail)
Stands at Tally-Ho Stud:
2016 fee €5,000

Sir Prancealot won three of his six starts at two – his debut at Bath, the Listed National Stakes next time and the Gr.2 Flying Childers Stakes on his final outing. Also second in the Gr.2 Prix Robert Papin and a close fourth in the Gr.1 Prix Morny, he was retired to stud at the end of that first campaign. The son of Tamayuz is a half-brother to Listed scorer Nice Applause and is out of a juvenile Listed-winning daughter of Catrail. His grandam is a half-sister to two Listed-winning juveniles (one also won at Listed level at three) and his third dam is a half-sister to a Listed-winning sprinter.

TOP-PRICED SALES PROGENY

SUN ANGEL (Ire) b.f ex Fuerta Ventura (Desert Sun) 100,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by David Redvers Bloodstock consigned by Tally-Ho Stud.
This is a Henry Candy-trained half-sister to the Listed-placed The Gold Cheongsam (Red Clubs), out of a Listed-placed half-sister to the Gr.2-placed Listed-winning juvenile Sir Xaar (Xaar). The second dam is a half-sister to the Gr.3 winner Tiger Royal and Gr.1 winners Oscar Schindler and Arabian Queen are found under the fourth dam.

ch.c (Ire) ex Rublevka Star (Elusive Quality) 90,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2 by Shadwell Estate Co consigned by Tally-Ho Stud.
This chesnut’s dam won at two and is a half-sister to South African Listed winner Distance Done (Dynaformer). The second dam, Al Desima (Emperor Jones), was a Gr.1 runner-up in the USA and is the best of ten winners produced by a half-sister to the Gr.2 Ribblesdale Stakes winner Miss Petard (dam of Gr.2 winner Rejuvenate, grandam of Gr.2 winner Casey and third dam of Gr.1 winners Patavellian and Avonbridge). The fourth dam is also the ancestress of Gr.1 winners Oath, Pelder and Snow Fairy.

A list of the Sir Prancealot 2yos is attached.

 

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RAJSAMAN
Linamix – Rose Quartz (Lammtarra)
Stands at Haras de la Cauviniere:
2016 fee €6,000

A winner six times from 22 starts over four seasons, Rajsaman landed Pattern races over 1600m at Longchamp (twice) and Saint-Cloud (twice), and was third in the Gr.1 Prix d’Ispahan and Gr.1 Prix du Moulin at four. One of 42 Group winners by Linamix, he is a full-brother to dual Listed winner Rosawa (dam of the Gr.1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner and Gr.1 Prix de Diane runner-up Rosanara) and a halfbrother to Listed scorer Radanpour. His first two dams were winners and his third dam is the US Gr.3 winner Stellarette (Tentam), whose descendents also include Gr.1 winners Cuddles, Tap To Music and Whobegotyou and the Gr.2 winner and sire Northern Afleet.

TOP-PRICED SALES PROGENY

SANSIRO (Fr) b.c ex Salvation (Montjeu) €67,000 Arqana October Yearling Sale by Joel Boisnard, consigned by Coulonces Consignment
This colt is a half-brother to the Listed-placed Penjade (Air Chief Marshal) and is out of a winning half-sister to the Gr.3-placed Il Paparazzi (Royal Applause). The third dam produced the Listedwinning trio Faru, Birdie (this colt’s grandam) and Fickle, dam of Gr.3 winner Tarfah and grandam of the triple Classic winner Camelot.

SHE CANNES (Fr) b.f ex Cannes To Capri (Galileo) €60,000 Arqana October Yearling Sale by Marc Pimbonnet, consigned by Haras du Grandcamp.
This March-born grey is the first foal of a placed half-sister to the Listed-placed Corail (Lope De Vega) and her second dam, Croisiere (Capote), is a Listed-winning half-sister to Gr.1 victrix Swift Temper. The triple Gr.1-winning fourth dam Gorgeous (Slew O’ Gold) is the second dam of Gr.1 winner Music Show and third dam of the four-time Gr.1 winner Turbulent Descent.

A list of Rajsaman's 2yos is attached

 

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HELMET
Exceed And Excel – Accessories (Singspiel)
Stands at Dalham Hall Stud:
2016 fee £8,000

A chesnut son of Exceed And Excel, Helmet was a dual Gr.1 winner at two, landing both the seven-furlong Sires Produce Stakes and one-mile Champagne Stakes in April 2011. He was a top-flight winner again the following spring, reversing Gr.1 New Golden Rose Stakes form with Manawanui to beat him in the Caulfield Guineas. He is a half-brother to dual Gr.1 winner Epaulette and Gr.3 winner Bullbars and is an older full-brother of the Gr.2-winning filly Pearls. From a family that Sheikh Mohammed knows well, having also bred the dam and grandam, he is out of a half-sister to the Group-winning trio Pozarica, Annaba and Anna Of Saxony (grandam of Gr.1 winner Ave) and to the dam of Gr.1 winner Anna Monda, and his third dam is the dual German Champion Anna Paola. Helmet, who has a first crop of 79 foals, has three lines of Northern Dancer, through Danzig/Danehill, Lomond and Sadler’s Wells (who is back in his fourth generation). His first crop are by by 63 different sires, with four out of mares by Sadler’s Wells and three out of daughters of Giant’s Causeway and Mark Of Esteem.


TOP-PRICED SALES PROGENY

EQTIRAAN (Ire) b.c ex Miranda Frost (Cape Cross) 250,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by Shadwell Estate Co, consigned by Oaks Farm Stables.
At 92,000gns the third highest-priced 2014 foal at auction by Helmet, this Richard Hannon-trained bay is out of a half-sister to the triple Gr.3 winner and sire Majestic Missile (Royal Applause), Listed winner Santo Padre (Elnadim) and three Stakes-placed winners. The second dam is a winning half-sister to the triple Scandinavian Stakes winner Informant.

TAAMOL (Ire) b.c ex Supreme Seductress (Montjeu) 140,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2 by Shadwell Estate consigned by Baroda & Colbinstown Studs.
Another whose value increased from an previous visit to the Tattersalls sales ring, in his case 95,000gns as a foal, this Januaryborn colt is out of a half-sister to Gr.1 winner Menhoubah (Dixieland Band) and his second dam is a Stakes-placed halfsister to the Gr.2-placed Listed victrix Ahla Wasahl. Stakes winners under the fourth dam include the Gr.1-winning miler and miler Posse.

b.f (Ire) ex Zoumie (Mark Of ESteem) €150,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale by BBA Ireland, consigned by Pier House Stud,
This filly is a half-sister to a winner and is the third foal of an unraced half-sister to the Group-placed Listed winner Croisultan (Refuse To Bend). The second dam is a winning half-sister to the Classic-placed Gr.3 winner Redback (Mark Of Esteem) and Listed-winner Abe (Barathea), and the third dam is a half-sister to Gr.3 winners Western Jewel and the sire Mr Fluorocarbon.

MEYRICK (GB) b.c ex Esteemed Lady (Mark Of Esteem) 110,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by Gill Richardson B/S consigned by Genesis Green Stud.
A half-brother to the 13-time winner Sleepy Blue Ocean (Oasis Dream) and two other multiple winners, this colt is out of a halfsister to the Gr.2-winning two-year-old Revenue (Cadeaux Genereux) and the Listed-placed La Mottie (King’s Best). The Gr.3-winning third dam Barger (Riverman) produced Group winners Narrative and Baya and is a full-sister to the nine-time Gr.1 winner Triptych. The Gr.1-winning fourth dam Trillion (Hail To Reason) is also the second dam of Gr.1 winner Treble and the fourth dam of multiple Gr.1 winner Treve.

HELF (Ire) b.c ex Causeway Song (Giant’s Causeway) 100,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by Al Shaqab Racing/Doyle consigned by Powerstown Stud.
A February arrival, this bay is a half-brother to the Listed-placed Angel Gabrial (Hurricane Run) and is out of an unraced daughter of the Gr.2-placed Colorado Song (Pine Bluff). The third dam, who foaled the Gr.2-placed Stakes winner Tomorrows Sunshine, is a half-sister to triple Graded Stakes winner Pass The Tab.

A list of Helmet's 2yos is attached

 

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I'm off to a meeting now but will put up the last one (Bated Breath) later today.

 

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BATED BREATH
Dansili – Tantina (Distant View)
Stands at Banstead Manor Stud:
2016 fee £10,000

Juddmonte Farms’ homebred Bated Breath was a top of the ground specialist who won six races from three to five. His biggest win came in the five-furlong Gr.2 Temple Stakes, while his other victories were all over six furlongs, and he was a Gr.1 runner-up four times, including when beaten a nose in the Haydock Sprint Cup, a neck in Woodbine’s Natalma Stakes and half a length in the July Cup.
A Dansili half-brother to Gr.1 winner and young sire Cityscape, he is a son of the dual Listed winner Tantina (Distant View), his second dam is the US Gr.2 winner Didina (Nashwan) and his third dam is a Gr.3-placed Danzig half-sister to the Champion Xaar. The closest inbreeding in his pedigree is to Danzig, to whom he has 3x4 crosses, along with 4x5 duplications of Blushing Groom. He has a son out of the Danzig mare Contiguous (the closest inbred with 2x4x5 crosses) and 14 other two-year-olds out of Danzig-line mares.
His first crop of 105 2014-born foals are out of mares by 77 different sires, including five out of mares by both Pivotal and Selkirk, four out of daughters of both Oasis Dream and Zamindar (including a half-sister to Kingman out of Zenda) and three out of Rainbow Quest mares.


TOP-PRICED SALES PROGENY

ch.c (Ire) ex Condition (Deploy) 230,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock/Al Shaqab Racing consigned by Camas Park Stud
Roger Charlton has charge of this January-born chesnut, who is a half-brother to the French Listed victrix Dreamt (Oasis Dream) and to the Listed-placed Homepage (Dansili). Their dam, Condition (Deploy), is a Listed-placed half-sister to Night Chapter (Night Shift), who was a Listed/Stakes winner in France and the US, while the second dam is a half-sister to Bon Point, a Group/Graded winner in France and the US. The fourth dam is Khalid Abdullah’s Listed Cambridgeshire winner and one of his first broodmares, Intermission (Stage Door Johnny), dam of Group winners Interim and Interval and ancestress of Gr.1 winners Continent, Zambezi Sun, Midships and Temida.

AFDEEK (GB) b.c ex Soviet Terms (Soviet Star) 200,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by Shadwell Estate Co, consigned by Carmel Stud
Another descended from a high-class taproot mare, this bay, who was the sire’s second highest-priced sales foal at 95,000gns, is a half-brother to four winners by four different sires and is the fifth foal of the twice-raced Soviet Terms (Soviet Star). The mare’s halfsiblings include the dual Gr.2-winning two-year-old Best Terms (Exceed And Excel) and the Gr.3-placed dam of Gr.3 winner Faciascura and Listed scorer Finidaprest. The second dam is a half-sister to Gr.2 winners First Charter and Anton Chekhov and the third dam a Listed-placed full-sister to Gr.2 winner and sire Zinaad. The fourth dam is the multiple Gr.1 winner Time Charter (Saritamer), whose Group-winning descendents also include Time Allowed, Time Away, Time On and Cursory Glance.

DISCOVERED (Ire) ch.c ex Sandglass (Zafonic) 160,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock consigned by Glenvale Stud
Like the highest-priced Bated Breath yearling of 2015, this chap is also Juddmonte-related on both sides of his pedigree and is in training with Roger Charlton. His dam, sold by Juddmonte at the 2013 Tattersalls December Sale when carrying this colt, is a halfsister to the Dansili trio of Gr.1 winner Passage Of Time, Gr.2 winner Father Time and Listed scorer Continuum, as well as to Zamindar’s Gr.1-winning daughter Timepiece. The second dam is a half-sister to the Listed-winning dam of multiple Gr.1 winner Twice Over and the third dam is a Listed-winning half-sister to Khalid Abdullah’s 1992 Gr.1 Prix du Moulin victrix All At Sea.

Besides Kingman’s half-sister Present Tense, other two-year olds who have not been sold at public auction include a halfsister to Tiggy Wiggy out of Kheleyf’s Silver and a half-sister to Overdose out of Our Poppet named Poppet’s Promise.

 

[PNkt]

That's all of them for now. They are continuing the series over the next few weeks so I will add them as and when they pop up.

 

[OddDog]

Superb stuff Princess - many thanks

 

[Janabelle13]

Many thanks Princess

 

[Ron]

Superb stuff Princess - many thanks

Agree Oddy. What a little gem our Princess is.

 

[PNkt]

Honestly, it's not an effort - I'm just cutting and pasting from the daily newsletter! Today's installment below:

 

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CASAMENTO
Shamardal – Wedding Gift (Always Fair)
Stands at Dalham Hall Stud:
2016 fee £5,000

Shamardal’s son Casamento showed his best form at two when, trained by Mick Halford, he won the Gr.1 Racing Post Trophy and Gr.2 Beresford Stakes and was beaten just a head in the Gr.1 Vincent O’Brien National Stakes. A Gr.3 winner over ten furlongs at three, he is a half-brother to the dam of the dual Gr.1-winning miler Toronado and Australian Gr.1 winners French Clock and Heart Of Dreams are listed under his second dam.


TOP-PRICED SALES PROGENY

c h.f (Ire) ex Ashirah (Housebuster) 200,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by John Ferguson Bloodstock consigned by Stauffenberg Bloodstock
Casamento’s top-priced sales foal (at €210,000) and yearling is this early February-foaled half-sister to the Gr.2-winning sprinter Hot Streak (Iffraaj) and the Listed-placed New Design (Bluebird). Their dam is a half-sister to dual US Gr.3 winner Mustanfar and dual Listed victrix Tadris and the second dam is a Lyphard half-sister to multiple Gr.1 winners and sires Nashwan and Nayef and Group winners and sires Unfuwain and Alwasmi.

ch.c (Ire) ex Three Times (Bahamian Bounty) £200,000 DBS Premier Yearling Sale by Hong Kong Jockey Club consigned by Yeomanstown Stud
Descended from the high-class racemare and broodmare Triple First (High Top) is this April-foaled bay, a €105,000 Goffs Foal Sale purchase and the fourth foal of a half-sister to Listed winner Triple Joy (Vettori; dam of Listed scorer Vaniloquio) and the Listed-placed pair Asaawir (Royal Applause) and Triple Dash (Nashwan). The third dam also produced Gr.2 winner Talented (dam of Gr.2 winner Carlton House and Listed winner Friston Forest) and is the second dam of Gr.3 winners Three Points and Presto Shinko.

b.c (Ire) ex Annouska (Ad Valorem) 150,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by Al Shaqab Racing/Doyle consigned by Kilminfoyle House Stud
This March-born bay is the second foal of a half-sister to Listed winner Anousa (Intikhab) and the Listed-placed Excelente (Exceed And Excel). The second dam was Listed-placed in Germany and shared her grandam with the Gr.1 E P Taylor Stakes winner Fraulein and Italian Gr.3 winner Le Giare.

List of 2yos is attached

 

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DRAGON PULSE
Kyllachy – Poetical (Croco Rouge)
Stands at Irish National Stud:
2016 fee €5,000

Kyllachy’s son Dragon Pulse was a Gr.2 winner at two in the Futurity Stakes, after which he was second in the Gr.1 National Stakes and, at three, he won the Gr.3 Prix de Fontainebleau on his seasonal reappearance.
His Gr.3-placed dam is out of a half-sister to the 1998 Gr.1 Middle Park Stakes winner Hayil and last season’s winner of that race, Shalaa, also appears under the Listed-placed third dam.
His 83 first-crop progeny are out of mares by 67 different sires, with 24 from the Danzig sire line and 17 by Sadler’s Wells or his sons/grandsons. There are four out of mares by Danehill Dancer and three each out of daughters of Dansili and Green Desert.

TOP-PRICED SALES PROGENY

ORIGINAL CHOICE (Ire) ch.c ex Belle Watling (Street Cry) 100,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2 by John and Jake Warren, consigned by Jamie Railton
Sold last October for twice the price he had realised as a foal, this William Haggas-trained colt is a half-brother to a winner and is the second foal of a half-sister to Listed winners Asawer and Chercheuse (dam of dual US Gr.1 winner Questing). His second dam is a Storm Bird full-sister to Gr.2 winner and sire Mukaddamah and a half-sister to Gr.3 scorer Tatami and Stakes winner Mariuka.

b.c (Ire) ex Emsiyah (Bernardini) €120,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale by Jeremy Noseda Racing, consigned by Grangemore Stud
This April-foaled bay is the second foal of a lightly-raced daughter of Bernardini and the Gr.1 Oaks d’Italia winner Menhoubah (Dixieland Band). His third dam is a Stakes-placed half-sister to the Gr.2-placed Listed winner Ahla Wasahl.

SUFFRAGETTE CITY (Ire) b.f ex Queen Of Stars (Green Desert) £80,000 DBS Premier Yearling Sale by Peter & Ross Doyle consigned by Croom House Stud
This filly is a half-sister to last season’s dual Group winner and Gr.1 Cheveley Park Stakes runner-up Illuminate (Zoffany). Their dam is a half-sister to the Gr.3-winning two-year-old and Gr.1-placed three-year-old Lady Catherine, the grandam is the Listed winner Queen Catherine (Machiavellian), Gr.1 winner Prince Gibraltar is listed under the Gr.3-placed third dam, and the fourth dam is the dual US Gr.1 winner Princess Karenda.

LEGENDARY LUNCH ch.c (Ire) ex Taalluf (Hansel) £78,000 DBS Premier Yearling Sale by Peter & Ross Doyle Bloodstock consigned by Lynn Lodge Stud
Legendary Lunch is a half-brother to the Listed-placed Middleham (Best Of The Bests) and five other winners and his second dam is a winning half-sister to multiple US Gr.1 winner and sire Tejano and three other Stakes horses.


List of 2yos attached

 

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FOXWEDGE
Fastnet Rock – Forest Native (Forest Wildcat)
Stands at Whitsbury Manor Stud:
2016 fee £7,000

Foxwedge, who has not returned to the northern hemisphere this spring, had his finest hour when beating multiple Gr.1 winners Hay List and Buffering in the Gr.1 William Reid Stakes as a three-year-old. He also scored at Gr.2 and Gr.3 level and was twice Gr.1-placed in sprints at Flemington.
By Fastnet Rock, he is a full-brother to a Listed winner, his dam was Listed-placed and his grandam a Stakes-winning half-sister to Gr.3 winner Count The Time.

TOP-PRICED SALES PROGENY

PEAK PRINCESS (Ire) b.f ex Foot Of Pride (Footstepsinthesand) 90,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by SackvilleDonald consigned by Herbertstown House Stud
The second top-priced foal of 2014 by her sire, this Richard Hannon-trained filly is the second foal of a half-sister to the dual Gr.3 winner Cheyenne Star (Mujahid) and to the dam of the multiple Gr.1-winning sprinter-miler Gordon Lord Byron (Byron). The second dam was a Listed winner over a mile and is a half-sister to Italian Gr.2 winner Stanott.

ch.f (GB) ex Generous Diana (Generous) 65,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2 by Hugo Lascelles B/S consigned by Trickledown Stud
This John Gosden-trained filly’s half-siblings include the dual Group winner and Gr.1-placed Dandino (Dansili) and the Listedplaced hurdler Doyly Carte (Doyen). Their dam won three races and is a half-sister to the dam of the Gr.1-winning hurdler Melodic Rendezvous and the second dam is a full-sister to the Gr.1 Prix de Diane winner Lypharita.

b.c (GB) ex Belle Des Airs (Dr Fong) 60,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2 by Aidan O’Ryan/Richard Fahey consigned by Mrs M E Slade.
The sire’s highest-priced colt of last autumn is this April-foaled half-brother to a juvenile winner. Their dam also won at two and is out of a half-sister to Listed winners Oasis Dancer and Smart Enough, while the further family includes the Gr.2-winning stayer Jardines Lookout.

List of 2yos attached

 

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REQUINTO
Dansili – Damson (Entrepreneur)
Stands at Coolmore Stud:
2016 fee €5,000

Requinto raced only at two, when his four wins from eight starts included the Gr.3 Molecomb Stakes and Gr.2 Flying Childers Stakes, and he was not disgraced when a two and a half-length sixth in the Gr.1 Prix de l’Abbaye on his final start.
By Dansili, he is a son of the Gr.1-winning two-year-old Damson, a half-sister to another Group-winning juvenile, Geminiani. There are plenty of Stakes winners under his third dam, the more speedilybred including the Gr.1-winning juvenile Arcano, Gr.1-winning sprinter Gilt Edge Girl and the Gr.1-placed sprinter Piccadilly Filly, while the more stoutly-bred include the Gr.1 Prix Royal-Oak winner Tiraaz and Gr.3 (then) Princess Royal Stakes winner Tashtiya.
Requinto has a pedigree with three of four quarters by Northern Dancer-line stallions and has a first crop of 53 juveniles by 45 different sires. Fifteen of them are out of mares from his own Danzig-line top quarter, and there is also one out of an Entrepreneur mare, as he is himself – and this colt also has a second line of Nijinsky. There are also eight further two-year-olds out of other Sadler’s Wells-line mares.

TOP-PRICED SALES PROGENY

MOJITO (Ire) b.c ex Narva (Grand Slam) €320,000 Arqana Deauville August Yearling Sale by Amanda Skiffington consigned by Coulonces Consignment.
An early February arrival, this William Haggas-trained bay is the second foal of an unraced half-sister to the Gr.3-placed Gold Bubbles (Street Cry). The second dam is a half-sister to Gr.3 winner and sire Fahal and to the dam of US Gr.2 winner Bauble Queen. The third dam is the dual US Gr.1 winner By Land By Sea (Sauce Boat)

WARRIOR’S SPIRIT (Ire) b.c ex Sandbox Two (Foxhound) 100,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by Peter & Ross Doyle Bloodstock consigned by Camas Park Stud.
This chap’s half-brother Glory Awaits (Choisir) won the Gr.2 Topkapi Trophy in 2014, the year after he finished a distant second behind Dawn Approach in the Gr.1 2,000 Guineas. Their dam is a half-sister to four winners, the grandam is a half-sister to seven winners, including the dam of the Gr.1-placed Listed winner Imperial Harmony, and the third dam is an unraced half-sister to the Molecomb Stakes winner Lowna.

CURVE BALL (Ire) b.c ex Royal Esteem (Mark Of Esteem) £65,000 DBS Premier Yearling Sale by Amanda Skiffington consigned by Monksland Stables.
This colt is a half-brother to a couple of winners and is the fifth foal of a winner in the US. The second dam, Inchacooley (Rhoman Rule), was a Listed/Stakes winner in Ireland and the US and is a half-sister to the dam of Gr.3 winner Albabilia.

List of 2yos attached

 

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EXCELEBRATION
Exceed And Excel – Sun Shower (Indian Ridge)
Stands at Coolmore Stud:
2016 fee €15,000

A top-class miler who had the misfortune to be racing at the same time as Frankel, Excelebration finished placed against that rival five times, including seconds in the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Gr.1 Lockinge Stakes and Gr.1 Queen Anne Stakes. However, he won eight times over three seasons, including the Gr.1 Prix du Moulin, Gr.1 Prix Jacques Le Marois and Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, as well as three other Pattern races.
The son of Exceed And Excel is a half-brother to multiple Gr.3 winner Mull Of Killough and his grandam is a half-sister to Gr.1 Irish Oaks winner Princess Pati and Gr.2 winner Seymour Hicks. His third dam, Sarah Siddons (Le Levanstell), won the Gr.1 Irish 1,000 Guineas and Gr.1 Yorkshire Oaks, and her other Groupwinning descendents include Gr.1 victrix Leggera.
Excelebration has a first crop of 103 juveniles, who are out of mares by 65 different sires, the Sadler’s Wells line being the most frequently seen (24 are out of mares from his sire line). There are six two-year-olds out of mares by Sadler’s Wells himself, plus six each out of mares by his sons Galileo and Montjeu, along with five out of mares by Pivotal and Selkirk and three out of daughters of Acclamation, King’s Best and Oasis Dream.

TOP-PRICED SALES PROGENY

b.c (Ire) ex Lady Miletrian (Barathea) 475,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 by M V Magnier, consigned by Lodge Park Stud
A 10th February arrival, this Aidan O’Brien-trained colt is a halfbrother to Himalya (Danehill Dancer), who was Group-placed three times, and to the Listed-placed Seiun Jaguars (Footstepsinthesand). Their dam is a Listed-placed full-sister to Listed winner Duty Paid and the second dam is a full-sister to Listed winner Tribal Rite. The winning third dam also produced the Gr.1 winner and sire Balla Cove and two further Listed winners.

ULTIMATE AVENUE (Ire) b.c ex Dance Avenue (Sadler’s Wells) €340,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale by SackvilleDonald consigned by Camas Park Stud
More than trebling his foal price at Goffs November Sale is this March-foaled bay, whose dam is a half-sister to the Group-placed pair Middlemarch (Grand Lodge) and Lady High Havens (Bluebird). His grandam, also the second dam of Gr.3 winner Hall Of Mirrors, is a half-sister to the Gr.1 winners and sires Indian Haven and Count Dubois and to the dam of Group winners Imperial Stride and High Pitched.

b.c (Ire) ex Quiritis (Galileo) €220,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale by George Moore B/S consigned by Athassel House Stud This Clive Cox-trained colt’s dam is a full-sister to the Gr.3 winner and Gr.1 St Leger third Mahler and his grandam is a full-sister to the Gr.3 winner Glatisant, whose progeny include the Gr.1 2,000 Guineas winner and sire Footstepsinthesand, Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes winner and sire Pedro The Great and the dam of dual Gr.1 winner and sire Power. Also under the Gr.2-winning third dam are Gr.2 winners Superstar Leo, Curvy and Thakafaat.

b.c (Ire) ex Blissful Beat (Beat Hollow) €160,000 Arqana August Yearling Sale by Rob Speers consigned by Coulonces Consignment
In training with Hugo Palmer, this colt is a half-brother to Listed winner Home Of The Brave (Starspangledbanner) and is out of a half-sister to Gr.3 winners Suggestive and Rashbag. There are a host of Stakes winners under the third dam, Gliding (Tudor Melody), including Gr.1 winners Al Shemali and Bad Girl Runs and Gr.2 winners Crimson Quest and Tungsten Strike.

ISTAN (GB) b.c ex Something Exciting (Halling) €150,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale by Amanda Skiffington, consigned by Camas Park Stud This colt’s dam finished second in the Gr.1 Oaks and is out of a Listed-placed half-sister to Gr.3 winner Gower Song. Further back in the family is the Gr.3 winner Shining Water and her son Tenby, a Gr.1-winning juvenile and sire.

List of 2yos is attached

 

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BORN TO SEA
Invincible Spirit – Urban Sea (Miswaki)
Stands at Gilltown Stud:
2016 fee €10,000

The last son of Urban Sea, Born To Sea was a Listed winner on his juvenile debut and later finished second three times, in the Gr.1 Irish Derby, the Gr.2 Royal Whip Stakes and Gr.3 Killavullen Stakes.
The superbly-bred Invincible Spirit half-brother to Galileo, Sea The Stars and five other Group/Listed winners has been given every chance at stud, with large early crops to represent him on the track. His 87 first-crop progeny are out of mares by 66 different sires, 18 of them from the Danzig line, as he is himself, and a dozen from the Sadler’s Wells line. They include four out of mares by Danehill and three each out of daughters of Danehill Dancer, Dansili, Indian Ridge and King’s Best.

TOP-PRICED SALES PROGENY

POSEIDON (Ire) ch.c ex Maskaya (Machiavellian) €320,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale by SackvilleDonald, consigned by Croom House Stud
The top-priced yearling by his sire, this colt is an Ed Walker-trained half-brother to the Gr.1-placed Drumbeat (Montjeu) and is out of a winning half-sister to triple Listed winner Modeeroch. The Listed-winning second dam, Majinskaya (Marignan), is also the dam of the Gr.1-placed Chinese Whisper and Danaskaya, dam of the Gr.1 Dewhurst Stakes winner Belardo and Gr.3 winner Berling.

SHAWAAMEKH (GB) b.c ex Frances Stuart (King’s Best) £230,000 DBS Premier Yearling Sale by Shadwell Estate Co, consigned by Rathbarry Stud
This bay is the first surviving foal of the winning King’s Best mare Frances Stuart, a half-sister to Listed winner Alive Alive Oh. Their dam, Higher Love (Sadler’s Wells), was Listed-placed, as was the third dam Dollar Bird (Kris), who is a half-sister to Group winners Amfortas and Legend Maker (dam of Gr.1 1,000 Guineas winner Virginia Waters and grandam of Gr.1 winner Chachamaidee).

SEA OF GRACE (Ire) ch.f ex Lady Dettoria (Vettori) €260,000 Arqana August Yearling Sale by Mandore International, consigned by La Motteraye
Born To Sea’s top-priced daughter is a half-sister to the Listed-placed Pepparone (Stormy River). Her dam is a winning half-sister to the five-times Group-placed Cougar Bay (Daylami) and the second dam, Delimara (In The Wings), is a Listed-winning half-sister to French Gr.3 winner Mackla (grandam of Gr.1 winner Marotta).

List of 2yos attached

 

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Danzig is becoming the next Northern Dancer or even the next Phalaris

 

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ELZAAM
Redoute’s Choice – Mambo In Freeport (Kingmambo)
Stands at Ballyhane Stud:
2016 fee €3,500

Foaled in Australia to northern hemisphere time, Elzaam ran ten times at two and three, winning a York maiden on his debut and the Listed Carnarvon Stakes by six lengths exactly a year later. He was also Group-placed twice at two, in the Gr.2 July Stakes and Gr.3 Horris Hill Stakes.
By the Australian star Redoute’s Choice, he is out of a halfsister to US Gr.1 winner Point Ashley and Gr.2 winner Raw Gold and his fourth dam, the Gr.1 Champion Stakes winner Hurry Harriet, produced the US Gr.1 winner Load The Cannons and French Gr.2 victrix Halesia.

TOP-PRICED SALES PROGENY

MUSTAHAADY (Ire) b.c ex Midnight Oasis (Oasis Dream) 120,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2 by Peter & Ross Doyle Bloodstock consigned by Church View Stables
Also his sire’s top-priced foal of 2014, this Richard Hannon-trained bay is a half-brother to two winners and is out of a half-sister to Gr.3 winner Miss Anabaa. His grandam, also the second dam of Gr.3 winner Fly On The Night, is a half-sister to Gr.1 winner Owington and to the dam of the Gr.1-winning two-year-old Dick Whittington.

MUSTARRID (Ire) b.c ex Symbol Of Peace (Desert Sun) €140,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale by Shadwell Estate Co, consigned by Ballyhane
Also with Richard Hannon, this February-foaled colt is a halfbrother to the Gr.3-winning two-year-old Treaty Of Paris (Haatef). His dam won three races and his second dam is a half-sister to Gr.3 winner Supreme Sound and to the dams of Group winners Stotsfold and Leporello.

MOOLTAZEM (Ire) b.c ex Whisper Dance (Stravinsky) 90,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2 by Shadwell Estate Co consigned by Baroda & Colbinstown Studs This April-foaled colt is out of a half-sister to Japanese Listed scorer Wonderful Days, his second dam is a half-sister to Gr.3 winner Green Line Express and his fourth dam Fur Sail was the joint-champion of her generation at three in the USA in 1967.