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FIRST-SEASON SIRES IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
by Emma Berry
Emma Berry profiles the Irish-based sires with first runners in2017.
CAMELOT (GB), 2009, CoolmoreMontjeu (Ire)--Tarfah, by Kingmambo
The horse who was so nearly the first Triple Crown winner in45 years went unbeaten from his July debut at two right throughto his narrow defeat in the G1 St Leger, cramming into those 14months Group 1 victories in the Racing Post Trophy, 2000Guineas, Derby and Irish Derby.
Camelot underwent colic surgery just days after his firstunplaced run, when seventh in the G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe,and returned the following May to win the G3 Mooresbridge S.He ran only twice more at four, finishing second to Al Kazeem(GB) in the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup and fourth behind him in theG1 Prince Of Wales's S.
An elegant individual very much in the mould of his sireMontjeu, Camelot appears to have imparted that presence tohis offspring, who found widespread favour at the yearling sales.Whether or not he has also imbued them with his abilityremains to be seen, but he won't lack opportunity to provehimself, even though his chances for that are more likely tocome later this season and beyond.
Among his 151 2-year-olds, eight of which are thus far listed asin training with Aidan O'Brien, are siblings to Fame And Glory(GB) and the 22-time Grade 1-winning hurdler Hurricane Fly(Ire)--both of whom are by Montjeu--as well as top-class juvenileDabirsim (Fr) and Irish Oaks winner Bracelet (Ire). Twenty-ninehold entries for next year's Derby.
Camelot | Coolmore
DAWN APPROACH (IRE), 2010, Darley, Kildangan StudNew Approach (Ire)--Hymn Of The Dawn, by Phone Trick
Jim Bolger's masterplan to make the bloodstock world sit upand pay attention to New Approach in his first season withrunners probably went something along the lines of 'win thefirst juvenile race of the season with one of his offspring whowill then emulate his sire by remaining unbeaten all year tobecome European champion 2-year-old'. If that was indeed thecase, it was a job well done.
Dawn Approach went one better than his sire by winning theG1 2000 Guineas, but the question of whether he would see outthe Derby trip went unanswered as he fly-leaped his way throughthe first few furlongs and ultimately tailed off to finish last.
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Never tried beyond a mile again, he was back on song wheneyeballing Toronado (Ire) out of victory in the G1 St James'sPalace S. before narrowly succumbing to that rival in a
G1 Sussex S. rematch.
Bolger is listed as breeder or co-breeder of eight of the 113Dawn Approach 2-year-olds, including Come At Dawn (Ire), ahalf-sister to dual listed winner Paene Magnus (Ire) (Teofilo{Ire}). Other well-related individuals include Vlatka (Ire), ahalf-sister to Sunday's G3 Prix Sigy winner Fas (Ire) (Fastnet Rock{Ire}), Tawheed, a half-brother to Makfi (GB) in training withRoger Varian, and Fajjaj (Ire), a colt out of a half-sister toKingman (GB) with Hugo Palmer.
Dawn Approach's most expensive yearling was a bold180,000gns to 275,000gns foal-to-yearling pinook by PhilippStauffenberg. That colt is now named Nahham (Ire) and is beingtrained by Richard Hannon for Al Shaqab Racing.
EPAULETTE (AUS), 2009, Darley, Kildangan StudCommands (Aus)--Accessories (GB), by Singspiel (Ire)
Epaulette is in the dangerous territory of being expected bymany to make a similarly explosive start to his stud career as hishalf-brother Helmet (Aus) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}). Bothbrothers are by Danehill stallions who have been champions inAustralia. Though, during his short stint as a shuttle stallion,Commands never clicked with the European broodmare band tothe same degree as Exceed And Excel.
Helmet had the edge as a racehorse but Epaulette was noslouch. Runner-up in the G2 Todman S. after winning twice attwo, he claimed two Group 1 wins at three, both over 1400m,finished second to Black Caviar (Aus) in the 1200m G1 TJ SmithS., and was third in a strong renewal of the G1 Caulfield Guineasbehind All Too Hard (Aus) and Pierro (Aus).
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His first foals were popular with pinhookers and 87 of hisyearlings went through the ring for an average of 30,584gns,with a filly now named Verve (Ire) and in Hugo Palmer's stabletopping the Tattersalls Ireland September Sale at i150,000. Ofthe 102 juveniles who could do battle for him this year, twohave already faced the starter, with Fas Le Fios (Ire) entered torun again at Newcastle on Friday. Five 2-year-olds will go underthe hammer today at the Goffs UK Breeze-up Sale.
MOST IMPROVED (IRE), 2009, CoolmoreLawman (Fr)--Tonnara (Ire), by Linamix (Fr)
Third to Parish Hall (Ire) in the G1 Dewhurst S. after winning aNewmarket maiden at two, the highlight of Most Improved'sClassic season was winning the G1 St James's Palace S., but thehalf-brother to dual Group/Grade 1 winner Ectot (Ire)(Hurricane Run {Ire}), who switched from Brian Meehan's yardto Ballydoyle for two runs at four, could never quite recapturethat form. Fifty-two of his yearlings were sold for an average of15,845gns and he potentially has 71 to run for him this year,including a half-sister to the listed-placed Sagaciously (Ire)(Lawman {Fr}), who has followed her sibling to Ed Dunlop'sstable.
Mocklershill, which supplied the top lot at last week's AscotBreeze-up, offers a Most Improved colt at the Goffs UK saletoday
following spring gave Red Jazz his first stakes success and hewent on to finish third to Poet's Voice (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in theG1 Queen Elizabeth S. before claiming a group win of his own inthe G2 Challenge S. at Newmarket over seven furlongs.
Of his 101 2-year-olds, 77 went through the ring as yearlings,with Angus Gold securing the most expensive--a colt namedMutanaaseq (Ire) in training with Richard Hannon--for125,000gns on behalf of Shadwell.
We'll start to see Wedmesday how he fares in the breeze-upmarket as five are offered for sale at Doncaster.
SOCIETY ROCK (IRE), 2007, Tally-Ho Stud (died in 2016)Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire)--High Society (Ire), by Key Of Luck
We've already had a glimpse of Society Rock's promise as asire, with two of his first four runners having won and anotherbeing placed to make him the current leading freshman. Anysuccess this year will be bittersweet as the near-black sprinterwas lost to laminitis last May at the age of only nine.
He won twice at two himself without setting the racing worldalight, and started to creep into the wider consciousness with alisted win at three, coaxed patiently by his trainer JamesFanshawe. That patience was rewarded when, at four, SocietyRock won the G1 Golden Jubilee S. and was second to MoonlightCloud (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) in the G1 Prix Maurice deGheest. He landed another big prize the following year whenholding off Gordon Lord Byron (Ire) (Byron {GB}) in the
G1 Haydock Sprint Cup and, kept in training at six, ran only threetimes for victory in the G2 Duke Of York S. and runner-upfinishes to Lethal Force (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) in the DiamondJubilee and the G1 July Cup.
Society Rock wasn't a particularly imposing individual butplenty of his yearlings looked strong and racy, the 103 soldreturning an average of 28,342gns. There are eight chancesWednesday to buy one of his juveniles at Doncaster, includingthe Tally-Ho Stud-consigned half-sister to Ardad (Ire) (Kodiac{Ire}) , who was the joint-top price at last year's sale andwent on to win the Listed Windsor Castle S. and G2 FlyingChilders S.
TOUGH AS NAILS (IRE), 2009, Old Meadow StudDark Angel (Ire)--Soreze (Ire), by Gallic League (GB)
Tough As Nails had the distinction of being the first runner forhis now hugely popular sire Dark Angel and he passed the postin front on his March debut only to lose the race in the stewards'room. He atoned by winning and keeping the race less than amonth later and, though that was his final victory, he posteddecent performances in defeat, finishing second in the G2Railway S. and third in the G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. during abusy juvenile campaign.
RED JAZZ, 2007, Ballyhane StudJohannesburg--Now That's Jazz, by Sword Dance
Sharing his sire with the late but hugely successful Scat Daddycan't have hurt Red Jazz's profile in the eyes of commercialbreeders. He ran 32 times over five seasons, winning on debutat two as early as Apr. 6 and later that season finishing third inthe G2 July S. Victory in the European Free Handicap the
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He was seen out just twice at three and later retired to DeclanWeld's Old Meadow Stud for a fee of i3,000, covering 29 maresin his debut season.
Of his 14 registered 2-year-olds, My Silver Nails (Ire) has beenready to run as early as his sire and has already made two startsfor Michael Mulvany. Keith Dalgleish trains Weatherbys SuperSprint entry Tough Remedy (Ire).
WORTHADD (IRE), 2007, Irish National StudDubawi (Ire)--Wigman, by Rahy
In theory, it helps a stallion's chances if he has a decentnumber of first-crop representatives, but there have beenplenty of examples of early recognition being short-lived and anumber of others where a stallion has outperformed theopportunity afforded him.
That will certainly be the Irish National Stud's hope forWorthadd, who has only 19 first-crop 2-year-olds. However, hehas already had a breakthrough by supplying the top lot at lastweek's Ascot Breeze-up Sale with a ,130,000 colt out ofMalayan Mist (Ire), who has joined the stable of John Quinn forAl Shaqab Racing. Mayfield Stables offers another of his colts,out of the juvenile winner Matula (Ire) (Halling), as lot 47 at Goffs UK's breeze-up today, while a pair of his fillies havealready made their way to the Newmarket stables of CharlieMcBride and Tom Clover.
Worthadd himself spent some time in Newmarket within astone's throw of those two yards at Sir Mark Prescott's HeathHouse, but only after earning a lofty reputation in Italy, wherehe won eight races for Vittorio Caruso. They included the
G2 Derby Italiano and another pair of Group 2 contests over a mile.He later won the G3 Badener Meile after switching to Prescott.
Worthadd covered a bigger book of 41 mares in 2016, up from27 in 2014 and 16 in 2015.
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