THE IRISH FIELD, Saturday, May 28, 2011

A40 BREEDING

A winning formula? Caroline Norris

Kevin Blake were fully available to me, I

found just one qualifier, a
times, one would find five
rather unremarkable quali-
notes a nick which horse called The Assayer, who
was Group 1-placed in South
fiers, the best of which is the
listed-placed Acteur Celebre.
has come to the Africa. If one extended this
line of the study to European-
So, if you are the proud
owner of a mare by Danehill
fore this spring based progeny of Galileo out
of Danehill mares who won
who proved best at a mile or
shorter, presuming that the
and proved best at a mile from mare’s pedigree and the own-
HE remarkable suc- at least four starts, it would er’s funding allows, the above

T cess of Frankel in the

Newmarket 2000 Gui-
neas, quickly followed
by the win of Roderic
O’Connor in the Irish 2000
Guineas, recharged a thought
in my head that had been
throw up eight more quali-
fiers. Remarkably, this sam-
ple includes the champion
two-year-old Teofilo, the un-
beaten French 1000 Guineas
winner Golden Lilac and the
Group 1 winner Cima De
would surely give you all the
encouragement in the world
to give Coolmore a call. How-
ever, with well-bred sprinting
mares by Danehill being quite
the rare commodity, it could
well be worth attempting to
lingering for quite a while. Triomphe. The other five replicate the above success
The original notion was qualifiers and their career- with a closely-related cross,
that progeny of Galileo who best official ratings are Se- perhaps sending a grand-
were produced from sprinting nora Galilei (102), Why (94), daughter of Danehill by a sire
mares seemed to do notably Galilean (92), Slaney Wave such as Dansili or Danehill
better than they were statisti- (80) and Spring Fashion (52). Dancer to Galileo or even a
cally entitled to do in the To summarise the above in suitable son of his such as
overall context of Galileo’s the wider context of Galileo’s New Approach or Rip Van
stallion career. However, the Impressive maiden winner Marksmanship is out of the Danehill mare Maroochydore, a winner at six and achievements as a sire, if you Winkle.
performances of the afore- seven furlongs for David Wachman take the European-based pro- Fear not though, if you are
mentioned Frankel and Rode- geny of Galileo who were a similarly financially well-
ric O’Connor, who are both paired with fast daughters of the purpose at hand, a sprint- based in European countries. produced from daughters of endowed owner of a non-
out of sprinting mares by Danehill than he would with ing mare is defined as one At the conclusion of the Danehill who had won and Danehill line mare who
Danehill, gave me cause to stouter daughters of the same which won a race and study, I had found just five proved best at a mile or proved best at a mile or less,
question whether progeny of sire, flies in the face of much achieved her career-best rat- qualifiers, but just look at the shorter – a total of 13 quali- Galileo has sired Rip Van
Galileo that were produced well-researched evidence. ing at a trip of seven furlongs results they produced: fiers – four members of that Winkle, Cape Blanco, Red
from fast mares by Danehill There is a theory amongst or shorter, from a total of at " Frankel – the unbeaten group appear on the list of Rocks, Lush Lashes and
alone would be worth study- analysts with a scientific ap- least four career starts. Dur- multiple Group 1-winning Galileo’s 20 highest-rated pro- Nightime amongst many
ing for statistical significance. proach to breeding which ing the course of the study, I superstar geny. Thus, despite this spe- others from such mares,
Even if this was to prove warns against sending a came across quite a few pro- " Roderic O’Connor – the cific cross accounting for just though not with the same
correct, why would that be sprinting mare to a stallion geny of Galileo out of unraced Group 1-winning juvenile and approximately 3% of Galileo’s formidable strike-rate that he
remarkable or noteworthy? that was best at middle dis- Danehill mares whose pedi- recent winner of the Irish 2000 progeny who have made the has with Danehill mares.
Danehill has quickly become tances, as the combination of grees suggested that they Guineas track in Europe thus far (just Even from a non-breeders
established as one of the lead- a mare with a high concen- would almost certainly have " Marksmanship – the un- under 500 horses), it accounts perspective, if one was to
ing broodmare sires in Eur- tration of fast-twitch muscle operated best at seven fur- beaten maiden winner who for 20% of his 20 highest-rated come across a newcomer who
ope and given that Coolmore fibres with a stallion in pos- longs or less, but without solid looks sure to prove group progeny. fits the above criteria, they
have so many high-class session of predominantly racecourse evidence to con- class To illustrate the signifi- are clearly very much worth
daughters of Danehill at their slow-twitch muscle fibres firm this, they were not in- " Maybe – the extremely cance of the daughters of following. More specifically, it
disposal, it is no surprise that would often result in a horse cluded, thus ruling out the impressive juvenile maiden Danehill needing to be sprin- could well be worth looking
the Galileo-Danehill cross has with a muscle make-up that likes of the high-class full- winner at Naas earlier this ter/milers for the cross to out for the two-year-old colt
fared notably well thus far. would result in it being one- sisters Cuis Ghaire and Gile month work best, if one was to look by Galileo out of Danaskaya (a
However, the notion that a paced and tripless. Thus, this Na Greine. To help avoid The only qualifier who has for European-based progeny daughter of Danehill that was
middle-distance performing study would very much put complications with acquiring disappointed is Mist, who was of Galileo out of Danehill Group 1-placed over six fur-
sire such as Galileo would that theory to the test. accurate information from rated 70 at her best. It is worth mares who proved best at longs as a juvenile) that rea-
produce a higher proportion The parameters for such a some foreign countries, I con- noting that of the non-Eur- nine furlongs or further, won lised €420,000 as a yearling at
of top-class horses when study are all important. For fined the study to horses opean horses whose pedigrees a race and raced four or more Arqana last year.

EUROPEAN STAKES RESULTS

SOUTHERN DAILY ECHO TAPSTER S. (LR) ,
4yo/up, €35,013, 1m 4f
1 PASSION FOR GOLD (USA) 4c by Medaglia
d’Oro (USA) - C’Est L’Amour (USA) (Thunder
Gulch (USA)) (Trainer: S Bin Suroor) (Owner:
Godolphin) €20,749; 9-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . L Dettori
2 Jet Away (GB) 4c by Cape Cross (IRE) -
Kalima (GB) (Kahyasi (IRE)) (Owner: Khalid
Abdullah) €7,846; 9-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T Queally
3 Steele Tango (USA) 6h by Okawango (USA)
- Waltzing Around (IRE) (Ela-Mana-Mou (IRE))
(Owner: The Thirty Acre Racing Partnership)
€3,921; 9-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T Durcan
Also:4 Roxy Flyer (IRE) €1,961; 5 Status
Symbol (IRE); 5 Ran. Margins: 2 1/2, nk;
Time: 2:37.93
Winning breeder: Mr & Mrs M Roy Jackson
Haydock Park
21 May 2011
Going: Good/Firm
BETFRED.COM TEMPLE S. (GR.2) , 3yo/up,
€93,368, 5f
1 SOLE POWER (GB) 4g by Kyllachy (GB) -
Demerger (USA) (Distant View (USA)) (Trainer:
E Lynam) (Owner: Mrs S Power) €53,005; 9-4
K Latham
2 Kingsgate Native (IRE) 6g by Mujadil (USA)
- Native Force (IRE) (Indian Ridge (IRE))
(Owner: Cheveley Park Stud) €20,093; 9-4 . .
R L Moore
3 Prohibit (GB) 6g by Oasis Dream (GB) - Well
Warned (GB) (Warning (GB)) (Owner: Dasmal,
Rix, Barr, Morley, Mrs Penney) €10,056; 9-4.
Also:4 Borderlescott (GB) €5,014; 5 Group
J Crowley
Therapy (GB) €2,512; 6 Rose Blossom (GB)
€1,260; 7 Overdose (GB); 8 Hamish McGo-
nagall (GB); 9 Stone of Folca (GB); 10
Tangerine Trees (GB); 11 Markab (GB); 12
New Planet (IRE); 12 Ran. Margins: 3/4, 1/2;
Time: 0:57.67
Winning breeder: G Russell
BETFRED THE BONUS KING S. (CECIL FRAIL
S.) (LR) , 3yo/up f/m, €35,013, 6f
1 ANNE OF KIEV (IRE) 6m by Oasis Dream
(GB) - Top Flight Queen (GB) (Mark of Esteem
(IRE)) (Trainer: J Gask) (Owner: P Bamford)
€19,877; 9-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P Cosgrave
2 Dubai Media (CAN) 4f by Songandaprayer
(USA) - Forty Gran (USA) (El Gran Senor (USA))
(Owner: Ahmad Al Shaikh) €7,535; 9-0. . . . . . .
T McLaughlin
3 Show Rainbow (GB) 3f by Haafhd (GB) -
Rainbow Sky (GB) (Rainbow Quest (USA))
(Owner: Jaber Abdullah) €3,771; 8-7. C Catlin
Also:4 Elshabakiya (IRE) €1,880; 5 Capercail-
lie (USA) €942; 6 Midnight Martini (GB) €473;
7 Hot Pursuits (GB); 8 Strictly Pink(IRE); 9
Poppy Seed (GB); 10 Aneedah(IRE); 11
Tweedy (IRE); 12 Nimue (USA); 13 Shoshoni
Wind (GB); 14 Amitola(IRE); 15 Golden
Destiny(IRE); 16 Russian Spirit (GB); 16 Ran.
(NR: Carrignavar (USA)). Margins: 2, shd;
Time: 1:10.99
Winning breeder: Deerfield Farm
Longchamp
19 May 2011
Going: Good/Soft
PRIX DU PONT-NEUF (LR) , 3yo, €55,000, 7f
1 ZELIMIR (USA) 3c by Grand Slam (USA) -
Zinziberine (USA) (Zieten (USA)) (Trainer: A
Fabre) (Owner: Mme Elisabeth Fabre)
€27,500; 8-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-C Boudot
2 Miss Fifty (IRE) 3f by Whipper (USA) -
Annatto (USA) (Mister Baileys (GB)) (Owner:
Hans-Jurg Zinsli) €11,000; 9-0. . . . . . S Maillot
3 Prince d’Alienor (IRE) 3c by Verglas (IRE) -
Vassiana (FR) (Anabaa (USA)) (Owner: Pur
Sang d’Alienor) €8,250; 8-13 . . . . . . . . . . C Nora
Also:4 Blue Soave (FR) €5,500; 5 Angel of
Harlem (FR) €2,750; 6 Albaraah (IRE); 7
Footloose (FR); 7 Ran. Margins: 1 1/2, hd;
Time: 1:21.50
Winning breeder: Mme Elisabeth Fabre
Longchamp
22 May 2011
Going: Good
PRIX D’ISPAHAN (GR.1) , 4yo/up, €250,000,
1m 1f
1 GOLDIKOVA (IRE) 6m by Anabaa (USA) -
Born Gold (USA) (Blushing Groom (FR))
(Trainer: F Head) (Owner: Wertheimer & Frere)
€142,850; 8-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O Peslier
2 Cirrus des Aigles (FR) 5g by Even Top (IRE)
- Taille de Guepe (FR) (Septieme Ciel (USA))
(Owner: Jean-Claude-Alain Dupouy & Xavier
Niel) €57,150; 9-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Soumillon
3 Rajsaman (FR) 4c by Linamix (FR) - Rose
Quartz (GB) (Lammtarra (USA)) (Owner: Saeed
Nasser Al Romaithi) €28,575; 9-2. . . T Jarnet
Also:4 Flash Dance (IRE) €14,275; 5 Byword
(GB) €7,150; 6 Shamalgan (FR); 7 Pan River
(TUR); 8 Ransom Note (GB); 9 Dick Turpin
(IRE); 9 Ran. Margins: nk, 3/4; Time: 1:51.00
Winning breeder: Wertheimer & Frere
MONTJEU COOLMORE PRIX SAINT-ALARY
(GR.1) , 3yo f, €250,000, 1m 2f
1 WAVERING (IRE) 3f by Refuse To Bend
(IRE) - Summertime Legacy (GB) (Darshaan
(GB)) (Trainer: A Fabre) (Owner: Godolphin
SNC) €142,850; 9-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Guyon
2 Epic Love (IRE) 3f by Dansili (GB) - Leopard
Hunt (USA) (Diesis (GB)) (Owner: James
Richard Treptow) €57,150; 9-0 . . S Pasquiere
3 Nonsuch Way (IRE) 3f by Verglas (IRE) -
Lucky Lune (FR) (Priolo (USA)) (Owner: Gerard
Augustin-Normand) €28,575; 9-0 . . . . . S Ruis
Also:4 Glorious Sight (IRE) €14,275; 5
Camelia Rose (FR) €7,150; 6 La Pernelle
(IRE); 7 Luna Tune (FR); 8 Don’t Hurry Me
(IRE); 9 Dalarua (IRE); 10 Triveni (FR); 11
Pagera (FR); 12 Queen Menantie (FR); 12
Ran. Margins: snk, nk; Time: 2:05.80
Winning breeder: Darley
PRIX VICOMTESSE VIGIER (GR.2) , 4yo/up,
€130,000, 1m 7 1/2f
1 BRIGANTIN (USA) 4c by Cozzene (USA) -
Banyu Dewi (GER) (Poliglote (GB)) (Trainer: A
Fabre) (Owner: Team Valor) €74,100; 8-11 . .
P-C Boudot
2 Dunaden (FR) 5h by Nicobar (GB) - La
Marlia (FR) (Kaldounevees (FR)) (Owner: Pearl
Bloodstock Ltd) €28,600; 8-11 . . . . G Benoist
3 Marinous (FR) 5h by Numerous (USA) -
Marende (FR) (Panoramic (GB)) (Owner:
Saeed Nasser Alromaithi) €13,650; 9-0 . . . . . .
T Jarnet
Also:4 Opinion Poll (IRE) €9,100; 5 Le Larron
(IRE) €4,550; PU Mashoor (FR); 6 Ran.
Margins: shd, 2; Time: 3:31.60
Winning breeder: Team Valor, Mme Elisabeth
Fabre, Denali Stud & Partners
PRIX DE L’AVRE (LR) , 3yo, €55,000, 1m 4f
1 MEANDRE (FR) 3c by Slickly (FR) - Penne
(FR) (Sevres Rose (IRE)) (Trainer: A Fabre)
(Owner: Famille Rothschild) €27,500; 9-2. . . .
M Guyon
2 Genzy (FR) 3c by Gentlewave (IRE) - Zycia
(IRE) (Bishop of Cashel (GB)) (Owner: Michael
Watt) €11,000; 9-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O Peslier
3 Ibicenco (GER) 3c by Shirocco (GER) - Iberi
(GER) (Rainbow Quest (USA)) (Owner: Gestut
Schlenderhan) €8,250; 9-2 . . . . . . . . . T Queally
Also:4 Beaulieu (IRE) €5,500; 5 War is War
(IRE) €2,750; 6 Shamar (FR); 7 Hurricane
Higgins (IRE); 7 Ran. Margins: hd, shd; Time:
2:30.30
Winning breeder: Famille Rothschild
Marseille-Borely
17 May 2011
Going: Good/Soft
PRIX GEORGES TRABAUD (LR) , 3yo,
€55,000, 1m 2f
1 ZIYARID (IRE) 3c by Desert Style (IRE) -
Zayanida (IRE) (King’s Best (USA)) (Trainer: A
de Royer-Dupre) (Owner: H H The Aga Khan)
€27,500; 8-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Poirier
2 Concordat (GB) 3c by Selkirk (USA) -
African Peace (USA) (Roberto (USA)) (Owner:
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum)
€11,000; 8-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Barzalona
3 Carnevalo (IRE) 3c by Slickly (FR) - Tounsi
(FR) (Sendawar (IRE)) (Owner: Jean-Claude
Seroul) €8,250; 8-11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Bonilla
Also:4 Mariage Tardif (FR) €5,500; 5 Peace of
Oasis (FR) €2,750; 6 Uldiko (FR); 6 Ran.
Margins: 1/2, 3/4; Time: 2:01.44
Winning breeder: H H The Aga Khan’s Studs
SC
Munich
22 May 2011
Going: Good
ONEXTWO.COM - BAVARIAN CLASSIC (GR.3)
, 3yo, €55,000, 1m 2f
1 MAWINGO (GER) 3c by Tertullian (USA) -
Montfleur (GB) (Sadler’s Wells (USA)) (Trainer:
J Hirschberger) (Owner: Gestut Schlenderhan)
€32,000; 9-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F Johansson
2 Arrigo (GER) 3c by Shirocco (GER) - Aiyana
(GER) (Last Tycoon (IRE)) (Owner: Gestut
Schlenderhan) €11,000; 9-2 . . . . . . . A de Vries
3 Silvaner (GER) 3c by Lomitas (GB) - Suisun
(GER) (Monsun (GER)) (Owner: Frau Margot
Herbert) €5,500; 9-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F Minarik
Also:4 Earl of Tinsdal (GER) €3,000; 5 Avanti
(GER) €2,000; 6 Impostor (GER) €1,500; 7
Sandrino (GER); 7 Ran. Margins: nse, 3; Time:
2:07.18
Winning breeder: Gestut Schlenderhan
Ovrevoll
17 May 2011
Going: Good
WALTER NILSENS MINNELOP (GR.3) , 4yo/
up, €128,249, 1m 4f
1 BANK OF BURDEN (USA) 4g by Hawk Wing
(USA) - Wewantitall (GB) (Pivotal (GB)) (Trainer:
N Petersen) (Owner: Oslo Racing Stables &
IORR Stables) €76,949; 9-2. . . . . . F Johansson
2 Mulan (GER) 4g by Marju (IRE) - Morning
Light (GER) (Law Society (USA)) (Owner: PELU
Lakarpraktik AB & Elisabeth Gautier)
€25,650; 9-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Santos
3 Theatrical Award (NOR) 6m by Academy
Award (IRE) - Theatre Antique (USA) (Theatrical
(IRE)) (Owner: Stall Bernadette & Michael
Taylor) €12,825; 8-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Lopez
Also:4 Fricoteiro (ARG) €7,695; 5 Touch of
Hawk (FR) €5,130; 6 Alpacco (IRE); 7 High
Flyer (DEN); 8 Master Kid (DEN); 8 Ran (NR:
Appel Au Maitre (FR)). Margins: 3, 1/2; Time:
2:34.60
Winning breeder: Bjarne Minde
22 May 2011
Rome
Going: Good
PREMIO TADOLINA MEMORIAL PATRIZIO
GALLI (LR) , 4yo/up f/m, €61,600, 1m
1 MONBLUE (GB) 4f by Monsun (GER) -
Salonblue (IRE) (Bluebird (USA)) (Trainer: B
Grizzetti ) (Owner: Scuderia Blueberry SRL)
€28,000; 8-7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Vargiu
2 Madda’s Force (ITY) 5m by Blu Air Force
(IRE) - Madda’sblueyes (GB) (Selkirk (USA))
(Owner: Scuderia Ri.Ma. SRL) €12,320; 8-7.
M Pasquale
3 Exotic Girl (IRE) 4f by Antonius Pius (USA) -
Burn (GB) (Selkirk (USA)) (Owner: Aristide
Lazzoni) €6,720; 8-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Fiocchi
Also:4 Zobenigo (IRE) €3,360; 5 Cronsa
(GER); 6 Magic Love (GB); 7 Passavanti
(IRE); 8 She Is Great (IRE); 8 Ran (NR:
Angelina (ITY)). Margins: 3, 1 1/2; Time:
1:39.10
Winning breeder: Gestut Wittekindshof
Saint-Cloud
18 May 2011
Going: Good
PRIX VOLTERRA (LR) , 3yo f, €55,000, 1m
1 DREAM PEACE (IRE) 3f by Dansili (GB) -
Truly a Dream (IRE) (Darshaan (GB)) (Trainer:
R Collet) (Owner: Haras d’Etreham & Mlle
Micheline Vidal) €27,500; 8-11 . . . . . . . T Huet
2 Riqa (GB) 3f by Dubawi (IRE) - Thamarat
(GB) (Anabaa (USA)) (Owner: Sheikh Hamdan
bin Rashid Al Maktoum) €11,000; 8-11 . . . . .
D Bonilla
3 Finding Neverland (FR) 3f by Green Desert
(USA) - Francais (GB) (Mark of Esteem (IRE))
(Owner: Dietmar Hilgert) €8,250; 8-11 . . . . . . .
T Thulliez
Also:4 Whipsaw City (FR) €5,500; 5 La
Mouche (GB) €2,750; 5 Ran. Margins: 1/2,
1 1/2; Time: 1:40.70
Winning breeder: Kilfrush Stud
21 May 2011
York
Going: Good
STOWE FAMILY LAW LLP GRAND CUP (LR) ,
4yo/up, €40,849, 1m 6f
1 TIMES UP (GB) 5g by Olden Times (GB) -
Princess Genista (IRE) (Ile de Bourbon (USA))
(Trainer: J Dunlop) (Owner: Mrs I H Stewart-
Brown & M J Meacock) €23,189; 9-0E Ahern
2 Theology (GB) 4g by Galileo (IRE) -
Biographie (GB) (Mtoto (GB)) (Owner: High-
clere Thoroughbred Racing Touchstone)
€8,791; 9-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G Baker
3 Montaff (GB) 5g by Montjeu (IRE) -
Meshhed (USA) (Gulch (USA)) (Owner: Barry
Walters Catering) €4,399; 9-0 . . . . S Hitchcott
Also:4 Prospect Wells (FR) €2,193; 5 Sime-
non (IRE) €1,099; 6 Cracking Lass (IRE)
€551; 7 Palomar (USA); 8 Oasis Knight
(IRE); 8 Ran. Margins: 4, 3 3/4; Time: 2:59.03
Winning breeder: Mrs I Stewart-Brown & M
Meacock