For more information • T: +44 (0)1638 666512 • F:+44 (0)1638 666516 • [email protected] • www.bloodstocknews.eu EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS SATURDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY 2015 – EIGHT PAGES 1 his first mare covered tested in foal at Stefano and Niki Luciani's Azienda Agricola Luciani near Rome. Fiesta Madrid, by Orpen out of Chenille, from the family of Champion Barathea, has been scanned in foal to the only son of Le Vie dei Colori standing at stud. Fiesta Madrid’s first foal is the consistent filly Milliesquilli (Blu Air Force), who won four times as a two-year-old last year, and she has a yearling filly by Shaweel. Le Vie Infinite, half-brother to Champion and Gr.1-producing young sire Rip Van Winkle, is proving to be popular among Italian breeders and has a physique which really looks the part. Racing Preview HONG KONG MOORE HAS DESIGNS ON SUNDAY’S GR.1 GOLD CUP There are eight declarations for Sunday’s Hong Kong Gold Cup, the second leg of the Triple Crown, run over 2000m and Today’s Headlines STALLION NEWS FIRST MARES IN FOAL TO CHAMPION SEA THE MOON The first two mares covered by German Champion and sensational Gr.1 Deutsches Derby winner Sea The Moon have both been scanned in foal. The first mare, Favorite by Montjeu was scanned in foal at 15 days. Fittingly, the mare is owned by Sea The Moon’s breeder Heike Bischoff and her husband Niko Lafrentz, both of Gestüt Görlsdorf. The second mare is Bell Su River by Galileo. Sea The Moon is fully booked and Kirsten Rausing of Lanwades Stud said: “The strong support for Sea The Moon from Europe’s leading breeders bodes well for the future. We are proud to be standing the first son of the outstanding Champion Sea The Stars at stud.” ITALY LE VIE INFINITE HAS FIRST MARE CONFIRMED IN FOAL Gr.3 winner and first season sire Le Vie Infinite has had
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his first mare covered tested in foal at Stefano and NikiLuciani's Azienda Agricola Luciani near Rome.
Fiesta Madrid, by Orpen out of Chenille, from thefamily of Champion Barathea, has been scanned in foal tothe only son of Le Vie dei Colori standing at stud. FiestaMadrid’s first foal is the consistent filly Milliesquilli (BluAir Force), who won four times as a two-year-old lastyear, and she has a yearling filly by Shaweel. Le VieInfinite, half-brother to Champion and Gr.1-producingyoung sire Rip Van Winkle, is proving to be popularamong Italian breeders and has a physique which reallylooks the part.
Racing Preview
HONG KONG
MOORE HAS DESIGNS ONSUNDAY’S GR.1 GOLD CUP
There are eight declarations for Sunday’s Hong Kong GoldCup, the second leg of the Triple Crown, run over 2000m and
Today’s Headlines
STALLION NEWS
FIRST MARES IN FOAL TOCHAMPION SEA THE MOONThe first two mares covered by German Champion andsensational Gr.1 Deutsches Derby winner Sea The Moonhave both been scanned in foal.
The first mare, Favorite by Montjeu was scanned infoal at 15 days. Fittingly, the mare is owned by Sea TheMoon’s breeder Heike Bischoff and her husband NikoLafrentz, both of Gestüt Görlsdorf. The second mare isBell Su River by Galileo.
Sea The Moon is fully booked and Kirsten Rausing ofLanwades Stud said: “The strong support for Sea TheMoon from Europe’s leading breeders bodes well for thefuture. We are proud to be standing the first son of theoutstanding Champion Sea The Stars at stud.”
ITALY
LE VIE INFINITE HAS FIRSTMARE CONFIRMED IN FOAL
Gr.3 winner and first season sire Le Vie Infinite has had
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worth HK$10m in prize money. Upgraded to Gr.1 level for thefirst time this season, the race has been won for the past twoyears by Military Attack (Oratorio). The seven-year-oldended last year with a short-head second in December’sGr.1 Hong Kong Cup, but missed his intended comeback inthe local Gr.3 Centenary Vase three weeks ago.
Both those races were won by last year’s Horse of theYear, Designs On Rome (Holy Roman Emperor), who isin flying form, according to his trainer John Moore. Hesaid, “I couldn’t be happier with Designs On Rome. Heseems to have hit a purple patch of form right now, like alot of the European horses I have in the yard. For somereason, with the spring coming on, they seem to beworking even better. And Designs On Rome had beendoing everything right anyway!”
Military Attack is a former stablemate of Designs OnRome and was his predecessor as Horse of the Year, andMoore had this to say about his former charge, “MilitaryAttack will be a tough rival if he’s over that setback he had.Caspar [Fownes, trainer] said he had lost weight, so itcould be that he’ll be vulnerable, but we know howtalented a horse he is.”
Moore will also saddle the US-bred five-year-oldHarbour Master (Mizzen Mast), who has won three ofhis last four starts, including twice over 1800m, but will befacing 2000m for the first time tomorrow.
The Tony Cruz-trained Blazing Speed (Dylan Thomas)has won six races since being imported from Britain,including a defeat of Military Attack in last November’sGr.2 Jockey Club Cup over this trip. Last time out he wasfourth, beaten just over two lengths in the Gr.1 StewardsCup, but none of his rivals that day face him here. Alsofrom the Cruz stable are the nine-year-old CaliforniaMemory (Highest Honor), who was seventh of ten lasttime in the Centenary Vase, and the US-bred Irish importHelene Super Star (War Front), formerly the MeydanGr.2 winner Lines Of Battle, who has won only once from15 outings in Hong Kong.
The two remaining runners are from the John Size yard.Endowing (Danehill Dancer) won the Gr.2 Jockey ClubCup in November 2013 but has only been placed once ineight subsequent starts, and the New Zealand-bredKhaya (Librettist) was third at a big price in December’sGr.1 Hong Kong Cup and was another to finish unplacedin the Centenary Vase, after making the running.
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The inaugural sale last year was topped by point-to-pointwinner Minella Rocco (Shirocco), who was sold to KieranMcManus for £260,00. The five-year-old ran out the easysix-length winner of a novice hurdle at Kempton Park earlierthis month and followed up yesterday when landing thenovices’ hurdle at Newbury by seven lengths for trainerJonjo O’Neill, in the colours of Kieran’s father, J P McManus.
The eleven entries so far include ten from the Irish point-to-point circuit; the impressive 5yo mares’ maiden debutwinners Goodbloodbadblood (Robin Des Champs) andJessber’s Dream (Milan), winning five-year-olds Redmond(Tikkanen) and Ballyarthur (Kayf Tara), the French-bredfive-year-old debutant winner Corri Lindo (Corri Piano),four-year-old debut winner Crazyheart (Alhaarth), placedfour-year-old debutants Minella Awards (Oscar),Dangerous Games (Scorpion) and Semper Invicta(Shantou), the dual winners Battle Of Shiloh (Shantou) andMystical Knight (Kayf Tara), and from the UK; the impressivefive-length winner of the 17th February bumper at Wetherby,Grand Turina (Kayf Tara), who was making her first start.
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Industry News
IRELAND
RATHBARRY AND GLENVIEW STUDSLAUNCH NEW WEBSITE
Rathbarry and Glenview Studs have launched their newwebsite, which features profiles on all their stallionsincluding, new for 2015, Moohaajim (Cape Cross) andXtension (Xaar). Along with stallion profiles, the site alsooffers a detailed race results page which provides up todate information on progeny of resident sires,Acclamation, Lilbourne Lad, Tagula, Presenting, RobinDes Champs, Shirocco and Sholokhov.
For more information visit www.rathbarrystud.com.
TURF CLUB LAUNCHESCONFIDENTIAL INTEGRITY HOTLINEThe Turf Club yesterday launched its Confidential Integrity
Hotline as part of the ongoing programme to ensure thatIrish racing adheres to the highest standards.
The Turf Club has a policy of zero tolerance in relation tothe use of prohibited substances, race fixing, irregularbetting and all other matters which impact on the integrityof the sport. They are appealing to anyone who knowsanything which they believe might compromise theintegrity of the sport in any way to speak to a Turf Clubofficial by calling 00353 (0) 87 743 0399, or alternativelythey can call either of the free phone numbers:
1800 855 846 (Republic of Ireland)or0800 0015 114 (Northern Ireland or Great Britain)All calls will be treated in the strictest of confidence.
Commenting on the introduction of the hotline, Turf Clubchief executive Denis Egan said: “Events in the past year
The first foal born at Girsonfield Stud in Northumberland isa colt by Proclamation out of the winning mare DispolIsle. Proclamation is already the sire of 19 bumper winnersfrom only four small crops of suitable age and has two ofhis progeny heading to Cheltenham; Chris Pea Green,rated 142, holds entries in the Gr.1 Arkle Trophy and theGr.3 Grand Annual Chase and Dueling Banjos is beinglined up for the Gr.1 Champion Bumper after winning ondebut. Proclamation, rated 130 on the flat himself, standsat Girsonfield this year at £2,000, 1st October terms.
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have highlighted the importance of providing a facility foranyone who has information they wish to report in aconfidential manner to ensure that the integrity of thesport is maintained to the highest possible standard.There will be rewards for the provision of informationwhich leads to successful prosecutions for seriousoffences. Details of how to contact the hotline will beposted at the various racecourses throughout the countryand on the Turf Club website.”
OVER 170 YOUNG PEOPLEATTEND YITBA CAREERS SEMINARA large crowd packed in to the Keadeen Hotel to hear theadvice of Clodagh Kavanagh, Jim Bolger and Bill Dwan, ina careers evening entitled “Racing To A Better Future”hosted by the YITBA and chaired by Richard Pugh lastWednesday.
The audience, as Pugh pointed out, was “at an age whereyou are asking, what’s next?” Pugh, who gained a degree infinance, detailed his experience in founding p2p.ie, whichidentified a niche as a service provider. He warned thatsetting up a business was not for everyone and advised:“You need to decide where you yourself fit in.”
Clodagh Kavanagh studied Agricultural Science at UCDand worked with horses around the world before she wasappointed General Manager at RACE, a role she now fillswith the Darley Flying Start Programme. “Like a lot ofpeople I did my own ‘Flying Start’ by writing letters andringing people and asking if I could go and work withthem,” she revealed.
When asked what the most common pitfall in CVs was,she said: “Spelling and formatting. Employers are lookingfor someone who will do the best they can. If your CV issloppy it won’t get you an interview.” She also warned of
Bert Kerr of Kerr & Co, which is celebrating its 95th yeartrading horses and whose notable successes include theHong Kong Horse of The Year Mr Medici, recently retiredto Hedgeholme Stud in Co Durham, who has had a goodstart to the year with three individual winners in HongKong.
Kerr said: “We are constantly working to find horses whowill suit the orders we have for abroad. Over the years wehave enjoyed tremendous success in Hong Kong, USA,Japan and the Southern Hemisphere. Anna and I arelooking forward to bringing the company to its milestoneCentenary year in 2020.”
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posting or following inappropriate things on social media,which ultimately reflects on the employer and can beviewed by any potential employer. And what did she lookfor in Darley Flying Start applicants? “Creativity.”
Bill Dwan’s first job away from the family farm was atCoolmore, where he spent six months in Ireland and sixmonths travelling with the shuttle stallions. “Travellingopened my eyes and I picked up some good ideas,” hetold the audience. He later made the decision to set upThe Castlebridge Consignment, having seen theprofessionalism of consignors in the USA. “I had nobusiness plan and no money,” he admitted. “Not a goodidea, but I survived. If you’re going out alone you’ve got tobe prepared to do a lot of sweating and living on yournerves. A lot of success in this business is based on wordof mouth and you either get a good reputation or a badreputation.”
Jim Bolger, who chose to gain a degree in accountancy“as I felt if I was to make a bit of money along the way I’dneed to know how to look after it”, gave a highly amusing“road map” to success and strongly advised students toget a part-time job in order to know what it’s like in theworkplace. “One thing you have to do is make animpression,” he advised. “Your employer is an importantperson and you’ve to gain a reputation for yourself, not aneasy thing to acquire. Three or four years later I will get acall from someone asking me, ‘what was so-and-so like?’If you don’t like a job, give two weeks’ notice and leave inan honourable way.” He stressed the importance of beingimmersed in knowledge. “If you want to get somewhereyou need to be informed. Ask plenty of questions and finda mentor. When you do have your own farm, you can stillbounce things off people to help you.”
YITBA Chairman Mary Kilduff concluded proceedings byemphasising the sterling work her committee are doing forthe future of Irish breeding and racing enthusiasts. In order
to continue this work she called on the audience to submitany ideas and get involved and advised that the search forthe YITBA 2015/2016 Apprentices will commence shortly.
Racing News
NORTH AMERICA
PEACE AND WAR HANDEDKENTUCKY OAKS ENTRY
The Olly Stevens-trained Peace And War (War Front),owned by Qatar Racing and winner of the Gr.1 AlcibiadesStakes at Kentucky in October, is one of 154 initial entriesfor the Gr.1 Kentucky Oaks run at Churchill Downs onFriday, 1st May, over a mile and one furlong.
TOP RATEDNOVICE HURDLERS
Horse Sire – Dam (Damsire) Breeder
157p L’AMI SERGE (Ire) 5g King’s Theatre – La Zingarella (Phardante) Patrick Ryan
156P DOUVAN (Fr) 5g Walk In The Park – Star Face (Saint Des Saints) Haras de la Faisanderie
153p OUTLANDER (Ire) 7g Stowaway – Western Whisper (Supreme Leader) Ronnie O’Neill
152p MAXIMISER (Ire) 7g Helissio – Clydeside (General Ironside) Brian Hamilton
152 MARTELLO TOWER (Ire) 7g Milan – Johnsalice (Zaffaran) Martin Cullinane
151 VYTA DU ROC (Fr) 6g Lion Noir – Dolce Vyta (Grand Tresor) Andre Le Gall
150 JOLLYALLAN (GB) 6g Rocamadour – Life Line (Exit To Nowhere) Jethro Bloodstock
150 PARLOUR GAMES (GB) 7g Monsun – Petrushka (Unfuwain) Darley
149p BLACK HERCULES (Ire) 6g Heron Island – Annalecky (Bob’s Return) Spencer Hawkins
149p TEA FOR TWO (GB) 6g Kayf Tara – One For Me (Tragic Role) Paula G Lewin
149p THOMAS BROWN (GB) 6g Sir Harry Lewis – Tentsmuir (Arctic Lord) Elms Stud
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YITBA Spring Seminar, (l-r) Jim Bolger, Richard Pugh P2PServices, Clodagh Kavanagh, Darley Flying StartPrograme, Mary Kilduff, YITBA Chairman and Bill Dwan,Castlebridge Consignment.
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You will not find many horsemen, especially in America,who are more adamantly anti-drug than I am. As regularreaders will remember, I have long and heartily lamentedAmerican racing’s drug addiction and lobbied vociferouslyfor decades now against our current morass of permissivemedication and ridiculously lax enforcement of even thoserules.
I will even take some credit for providing our anti-druginitiative some of its earliest ammunition. In 1995 Iauthored a two-part study in the late much-lamentedThoroughbred Times, documenting the dramatic declinein number of career starts and starts per year for AmericanThoroughbreds and noting the chronological connectionto the relaxation of drug rules in the 1970s.
That said, the British Horseracing Authority’s new ruledisqualifying any horse who has ever been administered asteroid of any kind is a misguided if well-intentioned steptoo far.
The first and most obvious problem is that certainsteroids have legitimate therapeutic uses that haveabsolutely no connection to performance enhancement. Toforbid veterinarians from using a medication that includesa steroid to promote healing in a foal or yearling for a fewdays is scientifically nonsensical. It is a rule that serves nopurpose to the detriment of the health of the animal.
The second obvious problem is that in the real worldsteroids are everywhere. Feeding programs in the US areas carefully controlled and monitored as anywhere, but,regardless of location, occasionally horses are going toaccidentally ingest something that contains steroids. It isinevitable. It is one thing to penalize an incident like thatwhen a horse is in training. It is quite another – not tomention totally illogical and scientifically insupportableand ethically unfair – to penalize a horse, trainer, andowner for something that happened at a time when theywere not in control of the horse.
The third, and from our point of view most egregious,problem is that under the proposal as we understand itcurrent European-bred horses will be exempted in for anyprevious ingestion of steroids while American-breds willnot. You will have to explain to me how that can possibly
be defined as fair, because it is beyond my understanding.No matter how many parallel universes Stephen Hawkingmight postulate, that rule is unfair in any of them.
When I first read of the BHA’s proposed rule last year, Iwas immediately reminded of a story in the British press afew years ago after an American-trained two-year-old hadwon at Royal Ascot. I cannot quote it directly frommemory but the commentator was astounded at the size,maturity, and muscularity of the horse and questionedwhether such superior maturity could be natural. Hissolution to this perceived problem was that Americanhorses should be banned from English racing. Othercommentators joined in, roundly condemning the horse,the trainer and American-trained horses in general.
I, of course, have no knowledge of that particularhorse’s pharmacological history but that is hardly thepoint. It is the attitude that perturbs me.
A little over 100 years ago, after a series of victories byAmerican-breds exported to England because of the shut-down of New York racing, the English Jockey Club madea change to registration rules for Volume 22 of the GeneralStud Book that effectively transformed almost allAmerican-breds into unregisterable half-breds, at least inEngland. That rule, however, exempted in any American-breds registered in previous volumes of the GSB.
In America, that rule became known as the “Jersey Act”after the Jockey Club Steward Lord Jersey, who hadlobbied in favour of the rule. From an American point ofview, the change was made essentially because theEnglish did not like American-breds winning Englishraces. Less than 40 years later, the rule became untenableand was rescinded because horses defined as half-bredswere winning too many of your best races anddescendants of those exempt horses, particularly thosedescending from an American-bred stallion with theappropriate name of Americus, were regularlydemonstrating the ridiculousness of the rule.
One hundred years on, we are beginning to wonder if thesame spirit of isolationism is again a factor. Otherwise,why would your horses be exempt from the new steroidrules while ours are not?
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Stakes Result
AUSTRALIA
Gr.3 TYPHOON TRACY STAKES, Moonee Valley, 1200m,3yo fillies, 1st A$90,000, 2nd A$27,000, 3rd A$13,5001. WRITTEN DASH (Aus), 3f,
Written Tycoon – Dosh Dash (Dash For Cash)2nd dam Balsamico (Redoute’s Choice)3rd dam Laudemio (Alzao)O: Dr D R Barclay, Mrs P F Barclay, B: D Barclay, T: D Curran
2. ROYAL SNITZEL (Aus), 3f,Snitzel – Royal Charades (Royal Academy)O: United Syndications Royal, B: United Syndications,T: M Price
3. MATILIJA (Aus), 3f,Medaglia D’Oro – Romneya (Red Ransom)O: Godolphin, B: Darley, T: Lee & Anthony Freedman
EBF STALLIONS MARES’ NATIONAL HUNT NOVICES’HURDLE, Doncaster, 2m31⁄2f, 4yo+ f & m, 1st £3,573, 2nd £1,049, 3rd £524
1. HANNAH’S PRINCESS (Ire), 6m,Kalanisi – Donna’s Princess (Supreme Leader)2nd dam Red Donna (Don)3rd dam Lady Bio (Prince Bio)O: Swanee River Partnership, B: Gary Adams, T: Warren Greatrex€9,500 Goffs Land Rover NH Saleby Emerald, consigned by Ashwood Stud
2. TWO SWALLOWS (GB), 5m,Kayf Tara – One Gulp (Hernando)O: R J Mcalpine and Mrs C A Waters, B: R J McAlpine,T: Paul Webber
3. HURRICANE’S GIRL (GB), 6m, Hurricane Run – Wise Little Girl (Singspiel)
O: Phil Tufnell Racing Limited, B: Richard Evans, T: Jonjo O’Neill
Also ran: Promanco, Always Managing, Tapaidh Frankie (pu), Element Quartet (f), Wojciech (f),Vinaigrette (f)Distances: 14l, 8l, 1¾l, 10l
Yesterday’s Racing Review
BRITAIN
4.00 LINGFIELD PARK, 3YO CONDITIONS, 5FAW
1. PRIMROSE VALLEY (GB), 3f,Pastoral Pursuits – Cosmic Destiny (Soviet Star)2nd dam Cruelle (Irish River)3rd dam Company (Nureyev)O: A M Pickering, B: Alan Pickering CBE, T: Ed Vaughan
1. HAT ALNASAR (Ire), 3c,Moss Vale – Dream State (Machiavellian)O: Fathi Egziama, B: Pratap Racecitement Pot Ltd, T: M Halford€3,500 Goffs Open Yearling Saleby Declan Orpen€9,000 Goresbridge Breeze-Up Saleby Grove StudDistances: 1¼l, hd. 8 ran.
Hat Alnasar (Moss Vale) had shown up well in twoprevious visits to this track and he made all the running tosee off Maronella (Fast Company), who was placed onher only run last season. He is the third winner out of theunraced Dream State (Machiavellian), who is a half-sister to the Gr.3 Premio Sergio Cumani heroine and Gr.1Coronation Stakes second Nova Hawk (Hawk Wing). Thesecond dam, Reveuse De Jour (Sadler’s Wells),produced seven winners, while she is the grandam ofListed-placed Dream Day (Oasis Dream). The third damis the Gr.1 Coronation Stakes victrix Magic Of Life(Seattle Slew) and she bred the Gr.2 Lowther Stakesscorer Enthused (Seeking The Gold; dam of the Gr.3Round Tower Stakes victor Norman Invader andgrandam of the Gr.3 Tercentenary Stakes winnerEnergizer) and the French Listed heroine From Beyond(Kris) who then went on to produce the Japanese Stakeswinner Chunyi (Sunday Silence). Magic Of Life is also thegrandam of the Gr.3 Dance Smartly Handicap winnerMadeira Mist (Grand Lodge; dam of the three-time Gr.1Canadian International hero Joshua Tree) and the Listedscorer Misty Heights (Fasliyev).
Dream State has a two-year-old colt by Dylan Thomas.
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8.35 DUNDALK, 4YO+ MAIDEN, 1M21⁄2FAW
1. LOYALTY CARD (Ire), 4f,Daylami – Mushagak (Oratorio)O: Mrs E Leahy, B: P Goulding, T: A LeahyDistances: 2¼l, 1¼l. 6 ran.
Loyalty Card (Daylami) sprung a surprise to leave theform of her first three runs well behind. She came throughto take charge in the last furlong to become the firstwinner produced by Mushagak (Oratorio), who is a half-sister to the talented jumper Tetlami (Daylami). Thesecond dam is the winning Peintre Celebre mare Tetouand she is a half-sister to the Gr.3 Badener Meile scorerSinyar (Machiavellian) and the Listed-placed Italianrunner Imco Law (Law Society). The third dam, Place OfHonour (Be My Guest), is also the grandam of the Gr.2Debutante Stakes heroine Campfire Glow (InvincibleSpirit), the American Gr.2 scorer and Gr.1-placed sireVentiquattrofogli (Persian Bold) and the German Listedwinner Irish Fighter (Persian Heights). The fourth dam isthe Gr.2 Coronation Stakes winner Sutton Place (Tyrant)and she bred the Gr.3 Futurity Stakes and Gr.3 DesmondStakes victor and sire Sunstart (Hello Gorgeous).
Mushagak has a two-year-old filly by Getaway.
ITALY
5.25 (GMT) NAPLES, 3YO MAIDEN, 1000M
1. FISICA NUCLEARE (Ity), 3f,Blu Air Force – Lan Fei (Love The Groom)O: M Petroni, B: Az Agr L Luciani, T: P RiccioniDistances: nk, ½l. 10 ran.
Placed on three of her previous four starts, FisicaNucleare jumped fast and entered the last furlong fivelengths in front of the rest of the field. She got tired in theclosing stages, but fought bravely and crossed the linewith a short advantage over Shining Bright (Echo OfLight). Fisica Nucleare is a full-sister to Lan Force, a dualStakes place-getter over short trips at two, and to the damof the Italian Champion Priore Philip (Dane Friendly),who won the Gr.1 Gran Criterium, Premio Vittorio Di Capuaand Premio Roma. Their dam, Lan Fei (Love The Groom),produced another fast performer by Blu Air Force, thecolt Amaldi, who landed the Listed Premio Divino Amoreover five furlongs and seven other races. The second dam,Lazarska (Baby Turk), won five times and is a half-sisterto the classy racemare Laura Knight (Dance In Time),who defeated the boys in the Gr.2 Premio Ribot. The thirddam, Laura Piranesi (Canisbay), delivered anotherStakes winner, Lida Perelli (Dance In Time) and this isalso the same female line as the Italian Derby winner andsire Cima De Triomphe (Galileo).
Lan Fei has a two-year-old colt by Shaweel (purchasedfor €15,000 by Scuderia Waldeck at the SGA SelectedSale) and a yearling colt by Dark Angel.
Stakes Fields
UAE
Gr.3 NAD AL SHEBA TROPHY, Meydan, 2810mT, 3yo+,1st $120,000, 2nd $40,000, 3rd $20,000, 5.40pm GMTMEANDRE (Fr), 7h,
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