Ballydoyle Horses 2011 Discussion and Comp

Bar the Bull

Bar the Bull

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Right here is a new thread for a new crop of blue bloods.

I will be putting up a €100 prize, with the winnings to go to a charity of your choosing. The winner will be the person who selects the highest rated horse for 2011. Ratings will be judged on the maximum RPR attained before 6th November.

You can select a horse at any time, so long as the horse is unraced when you nominate him/her. Only one entry per person.

Over the last two years, the winners have managed to nominate Mastercraftsman and Roderic O'Connor on the basis of their breeding.

The list is below. I have slightly amended Miesque's original list, to make the amendments suggest by Sequoyah.

2 Year Old Colts

Danehill Dancer ex Akuna Bay
Danehill Dancer ex Meek Appeal
(Vault) Danehill Dancer ex Simadartha
(Ernest Hemmingway) Danehill Dancer ex Singing Diva
(Canary Wharf) Danehill Dancer ex Wedding Morn
(Foot Solider) Danehill Dancer ex West Brooklyn
Dansili ex Alpha Lupi
Dansili ex Briolette
Dansili ex Magnolia Lane
Dansili ex Minkova
Dansili ex Race For The Stars
Dansili ex Sharp Lisa
Dylan Thomas ex American Queen
Dylan Thomas ex Freedom
Dylan Thomas ex Inchiri
Dylan Thomas ex Lady Icarus
Dylan Thomas ex Monevassia
Dylan Thomas ex Rafina
Dylan Thomas ex Statua
Dylan Thomas ex Sheer Bliss
(Raphael Santi) Excellent Art ex Jamrah
Excellent Art ex Race The Wild Wind
(Boris Griogriev) Excellent Art ex Strategy
Galileo ex Ask For The Moon
Galileo ex Beauty Bright
Galileo ex Belle Allemande
Galileo ex Blissful
Galileo ex Bywayofthestars
Galileo ex Cassydora
Galileo ex Charroux
Galileo ex Dietrich
Galileo ex Four Roses
Galileo ex Golden Coral
Galileo ex Ionian Sea
Galileo ex Kasora
Galileo ex Kentucky Warbler
Galileo ex La Chunga
Galileo ex Lady Lahar
Galileo ex L'Ancresse
Galileo ex Litani River
Galileo ex Matikanehanafubuki
Galileo ex Mora Bai
Galileo ex Nell Gwyn
Galileo ex Silverskaya
Galileo ex Sitara
Galileo ex Song To Remember
Galileo ex Tarascon
Galileo ex Winds Of Time
Giant's Causeway ex Vallee Des Reves
High Chapparal ex Desert Classic
Holy Rome Emperor ex Almaaseh
Hurricane Run ex Mountain Chain
Invincible Spirit ex Saoire
Kingmambo ex Liscanna
Montjeu ex Dance Parade
Montjeu ex Flamingo Sea
Montjeu ex Krissante
Montjeu ex Lady Karr
Montjeu ex Tarfah
Montjeu ex Valdara
(Crusade) Mr. Greeley ex La Traviata
Oasis Dream ex Cap Coz
(Amoung Equals) Oasis Dream ex First
(Power) Oasis Dream ex Frappe
Pivotal ex Brilliance
Pivotal ex Cape Merino
Proud Citizen ex Legend Maker
Scat Daddy ex Dreamy Maiden


2 Year Old Fillies

(After) Danehill Dancer ex Noah's Ark
Dansili ex Maryinsky
Dansili ex Queen Cleopatra
Dylan Thomas ex Bright Bank
Dylan Thomas ex Leonia
Excellent Art ex For Evva Silca
Galileo ex Absolutely Fabulous
Galileo ex Alluring Park
Galileo ex Butterfly Cove
Galileo ex Classic Park
Galileo ex Flower Bowl
Galileo ex Gwynn
Galileo ex Halland Park Lass
Galileo ex Jude
Galileo ex Khoruna
Galileo ex Mona Lisa
Galileo ex Solo De Lune
Galileo ex Sumora
Galileo ex Winning Sequence
Giant's Causeway ex Encouragement
(Ahimsa) Holy Roman Emperor ex Blue Cloud
(Homecoming Queen) Holy Roman Emperor ex Lagrion
(Ishvana) Holy Roman Emperor ex Song Of The Sea
Kingmambo ex Alexandrova
Kingmambo ex Sequoyah
Montjeu ex Cherry Hinton
Montjeu ex Shadow Song
Mr. Greeley ex Cherokee
Smart Strike ex All Too Beautiful
Tiger Hill ex Golden Dancer
 
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Bar, that's extremely kind of you - thank you very much for this. I'd like to nominate:

GALILEO - NELL GWYN, please. Mum wasn't that much cop with just one win, but her sire (DANEHILL) has been a brilliant begetter, so here's hoping for the li'l chap's success.
 
Thank you Bar - having double checked the colts our of Dordogne and A Footstep Away are definitely not in BD. The other is indeed a Dylan Thomas. I forgot to check the filly but would be surprised if she's there.
 
I'll try to update once a month or if there is a significant run by one of the horses we have selected. By the way, I will be adding 5lb to the RPR of any filly when doing the final scores, so you won't be at a disadvantage picking one.
 
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Could I have the Dansili ex Queen Cleopatra filly please? I hope they name her well - personally I think that Cleopatra Selene is the obvious choice but as it's a name I've earmarked as a possibility for one of mine I'm not sure I want them to call her that!
 
Shadz: just Googled up Cleo Selene and see there's a very interesting book, a debut novel, brought out this January called 'Lily of the Nile' by a woman who seems to be deeply in love with her subject, Stephanie Dray. It's noted on www.historicallyobsessed.blogspot if of any interest to you?
 
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Could I have the Dansili ex Queen Cleopatra filly please? I hope they name her well - personally I think that Cleopatra Selene is the obvious choice but as it's a name I've earmarked as a possibility for one of mine I'm not sure I want them to call her that!
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Elizabeth Taylor?
 
Cheers Kri, I'll have a look. Michelle Moran wrote a novel about her called Cleopatra's Daughter which was pretty good, personally I love her historical novels. It's a subject I'm interested in, there's not a lot written about what happened to her and her brothers Alexander Helios and Ptolemy Philadelphus although her story is documented more than that of her brothers. The fate of her half brother Ptolemy Caesar - known as Caesarion - is a tragic story also.
 
There weren't a lot of happy outcomes to those lives of luxe and privilege, were there? So much scheming - if not from within, then for sure from without. Precarious lives in many ways, not that I'd have minded being a pampered princess!
 
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