13/08/2018. Tatts October Book 1 Catalogue Out // Phoenix Glory For Showcasing’s Advertise – Video // No Issue For Mastercraftsman’s Alpha Centauri In the Marois – Video

 

Tatts October Book 1 Catalogue Out

 
Monday, August 13, 2018
 

 

Galileo | Coolmore

The catalogue for the world-renowned Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1, scheduled for Oct. 9-11, is now online. A total of 519 blue-blooded lots will go under the hammer in early October, all of them eligible for the £25,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus scheme. In 2017, 349 lots found new homes from 502 offered, grossing 102,290,000gns, a new high. The average was 293,095gns and the median was 165,000gns, with Gloam (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) leading the proceedings at 4 million gns.

The top 20 active sires in Britain and Ireland are represented by 265 yearlings, with 166 yearlings by the top 10 sires. Europe’s leading threesome are all represented, with Dubawi (Ire) the sire of 21 lots, Galileo (Ire) has an equal number and fourth-crop sire juggernaut Frankel (GB) sees 25 yearlings entered. Sea The Stars (Ire) fields 27 lots, Dark Angel (Ire) 20, and Kodiac (GB) and Invincible Spirit (Ire) have 23 and 17, respectively. New Approach (Ire), sire of this year’s G1 Derby winner Masar (Ire), is represented by seven yearlings, and Mastercraftsman (Ire), sire of standout miler Alpha Centauri (Ire) has five. France’s Siyouni (Fr) has 24 lots entered.

Among the sires with their first juveniles are No Nay Never (Scat Daddy) (10), and Invincible Spirit (Ire) sons Charm Spirit (Ire) (3) and Kingman (GB) (31). U.S. sires are also well-represented, with yearlings by Blame, Distored Humor, Kitten’s Joy, Medaglia d’Oro, More Than Ready, Speightstown, Street Sense, Uncle Mo and War Front slated to go through the ring. Fifteen first-crop sires have a combined 91 yearlings set to sell, including Derby hero Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) (18), dual Guineas hero Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (15), the speedy MG1SW Muhaarar (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) (30) and G1 English 2000 Guineas hero Night of Thunder (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) (9).

There are also 47 siblings or half-brothers and sisters to Group 1 winners or Classic winners, and 246 lots are half or full-siblings to group or listed winners. Eighteen Group 1 or Classic-winning broodmares have yearlings catalogued.

Among the many bred-in-the-purple lots are: Kirtlington Stud consignee lot 68, a filly by Frankel (GB) out of Irish champion older mare Ribbons (GB) (Manduro {Ger}), who won the G1 Darley Prix Jean Romanet; G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Talent (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) is represented by Ashbrittle Stud’s lot 152, a colt by Dansili (GB); lot 295 from Voute Sales, a full-sister to GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint hero Bobby’s Kitten (Kitten’s Joy); The Castlebridge Consignment’s draft includes lot 317, a colt by War Front out of G1 Moyglare Stud S. victress Cursory Glance (Distorted Humor); a Dubawi colt out of MG1SW Dar Re Mi (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) (lot 325) from Watership Down Stud, who is a full to GSW & G1SP So Mi Dar (GB); lot 371, a Galileo colt out of Fleche D’Or (GB) (Dubai Destination), who has already produced European champion and MG1SW Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) and SW & MGSP Eastern Belle (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB})from Norelands Stud; and an Oasis Dream (GB) half-brother to the 2018 G1 Irish Oaks heroine Sea of Class (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) from Jamie Railton as lot 404.

“The catalogue for last year’s October Book 1 was outstanding and the 2018 renewal looks to be equally special,” said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony. “There are a huge number of own or half-brothers and sisters to group and listed winners in the catalogue, but equally impressive is that 130 of the yearlings are out of group and listed winning mares, including many of the truly outstanding racemares of our time, and a further 76 are out of group and listed placed mares. Graduates of the October Yearling Sale have as ever enjoyed enormous success on the global stage headed by 65,000 guineas G1 Irish Derby winner Latrobe (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), and the enormously popular £25,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus will again ensure that buyers have the chance to win unprecedented prize money by purchasing at Europe’s premier yearling sale.”

 

Phoenix Glory For Showcasing’s Advertise

 
Sunday, August 12, 2018
 
4th at CUR, Gr. Stk, €250,000 G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. (6f) Winner: Advertise (GB), c, 2 by Showcasing (GB)
 

 

Advertise | Racing Post

By Tom Frary

With his main market rival Sergei Prokofiev (Scat Daddy) pulling away any chance, Phoenix Thoroughbred’s Advertise (GB)(Showcasing {GB}) was left with a relatively straightforward task in The Curragh’s G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. and he showed the professionalism that has so far marked his brief career to take the Sunday feature to England for the first time since 1997. Made the 11-10 favourite on the basis of his smooth success in Newmarket’s G2 July S. and the current unpredictability of the Ballydoyle runners, the bay stuck close to the moderate pace set by The Irish Rover (Ire) (No Nay Never) which had Sergei Prokofiev over-racing in behind. Committed by Frankie Dettori approaching the final furlong, Advertise toughed it out to prevail by a half length from TDN Rising Star So Perfect (Scat Daddy), who ousted her stablemate The Irish Rover by the same margin at the line. “I was surprised that there wasn’t enough pace and I knew he stays well, so I kicked pretty early,” Dettori said. “I got a bit of a fright when the others came to me, but he still had plenty left and probably needs to step up to seven now. He’s got a great temperament and really wants to do it for you.”

In recent times, some smart Brits had come to this race and been turned back with their reputations dented including the short-priced favourites Buratino (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), Kool Kompany (Ire) (Jeremy), Strong Suit (Rahy), Art Connoisseur (Ire) (Lucky Story) and Three Valleys (Diesis {GB}). Advertise had followed a progressive trajectory to this point, winning on debut at Newbury May 18 and finishing a neck ahead of Sergei Prokofiev and a length behind Calyx (GB) (Kingman {GB}) when on top of the far-side contingent in Royal Ascot’s G2 Coventry S. at Royal Ascot June 19. Taking the July with the minimum of trouble July 12, he had solid claims in a renewal where only one of the rivals he faced was trained outside of a Ballydoyle stable which has been under a cloud for a spell. Despite the widely-held and correct view that racing in Ireland is intensely competitive at the moment, only Jessie Harrington was prepared to mount an offensive to Advertise along with the usual strength in numbers from Rosegreen. Her representative Indigo Balance (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) ran his second consecutive disappointing race and in the end it was the G3 Grangecon Stud S. scorer So Perfect who put it up to the favourite.

Trainer Martyn Meade had been quoted earlier in the week as saying that Advertise would win and so he was largely relieved afterwards. “Some of my comments this week were taken a little bit out of context, but I was being a bit over the top,” he admitted. “When you’ve got great confidence in a horse, you tend to go a bit exuberant but luckily he proved the belief in him was right. He’s always been held up in his races, but today wasn’t run like that and luckily Frankie took the bull by the horns. Firstly, he’ll have a break as I don’t believe in overdoing horses and the [G1] Dewhurst [at Newmarket Oct. 13] is his aim. The big question is if he’ll get a mile, but he’ll definitely get seven.” The Irish Rover’s rider Donnacha O’Brien said of the third, “He’s always worked like a smart horse and has run a solid race, but there’s probably not much between those good 2-year-olds.”

Advertise’s dam Furbelow (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) was the impressive winner of a six-furlong Kempton maiden and is a full-sister to the stakes winner Red Diadem (GB) and a half to the dam of the G2 Richmond S. scorer Saayerr (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) and the G2 Flying Childers S. runner-up Ornate (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}). The third dam Heart of Joy (Lypheor) took four group and graded-stakes races headed by the GII Palomar H. and was also second in the G1 English and Irish 2000 Guineas before producing two stakes performers. She is kin to the MSW and GSP Ataentsic (Hold Your Peace), herself the dam of the GII Fernando Breeders’ Cup S. winner Unbridled Energy (Unbridled’s Song) from the family of the GI United Nations H. hero Acaroid (Big Spruce). Furbelow also has an as-yet unnamed yearling filly by Dream Ahead and a 2018 colt by Lethal Force (Ire).

Sunday, Curragh, Ireland
KEENELAND PHOENIX S.-G1, €250,000, Curragh, 8-12, 2yo, 6fT, 1:12.29, gd.
1–ADVERTISE (GB), 129, c, 2, by Showcasing (GB)
1st Dam: Furbelow (GB), by Pivotal (GB)
2nd Dam: Red Tiara, by Mr. Prospector
3rd Dam: Heart of Joy, by Lypheor (GB)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (£60,000 Ylg ’17 GOUKPR). O-Phoenix Thoroughbred Ltd 1; B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-Martyn Meade; J-Lanfranco Dettori. €142,500. Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng, 4-3-1-0, $273,988. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–So Perfect, 126, f, 2, Scat Daddy–Hopeoverexperience, by Songandaprayer. ($400,000 Ylg ’17 KEESEP). O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Machmer Hall (KY); T-Aidan O’Brien. €50,000.3–The Irish Rover (Ire), 129, c, 2, No Nay Never–Shelley Beach (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). (150,000gns Ylg ’17 TATOCT). O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; B-Lynch-Bages & Longfield Stud (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. €25,000.
Margins: HF, HF, 2 3/4. Odds: 1.10, 7.00, 12.00.
Also Ran: Indigo Balance (Ire), Sergei Prokofiev. Scratched: Gossamer Wings. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigreeVideo, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

 

No Issue For Mastercraftsman’s Alpha Centauri In the Marois

 
Sunday, August 12, 2018
 
5th at DVL, Gr. Stk, €1,000,000 G1 Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques le Marois (8f) Winner: Alpha Centauri (Ire), f, 3 by Mastercraftsman (Ire)
 

 

Alpha Centauri | Scoop Dyga

By Tom Frary

After the sparks had extinguished following Sunday’s G1 Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques le Marois, a “Win And You’re In” for the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile at Churchill Downs in November, the early debate about whether Deauville’s preceding rain would compromise Alpha Centauri (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) suddenly seemed trivial. While the Niarchos Family’s TDN Rising Star had so far failed to show the same level of intensity on an easy surface as she had on summer going, the way she sauntered through her boldest test suggests it is more a case that she has come of age now. In effectively using fellow TDN Rising Star and G1 Prix Rothschild winner With You (GB) (Dansili {GB}) as a lead horse, the increasingly popular grey emphasised her elevated status as Europe’s leading miler. Swamping that rival 500 metres from the finish, the 9-10 favourite was soon into the clear in customary fashion and there were 2 1/2 lengths between her and Recoletos (Fr) (Whipper) at the line as she provided her owner-breeders with a ninth renewal of the race they have so proudly sponsored since 1986. “She is just amazing,” their racing manager Alan Cooper said. “This is a race we dearly want to win, so to have success for the family with Miesque, East of the Moon and this one is special. “She is such a great filly and it was breathtaking.”

Prior to Sunday, Alpha Centauri’s record on ground softer than good read one win from three outings, with her form deteriorating markedly the heavier it became. The success, on good-to-yielding in the Listed Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Fillies’ Sprint S. at Naas in May, was a five-length one over the smart G3 Anglesey S. winner and G1 Phoenix S.-placed Ballydoyle filly Actress (Ire) (Declaration of War) and her sire was impressive on heavy ground in the Irish 2000 Guineas. With the rain coming in insufficient amounts to give her rivals any kind of chance, she saved up all her venom by sleepwalking through the preliminaries and as soon as the gates opened was luminated as she had been in the May 27 G1 Irish 1000 Guineas, June 22 G1 Coronation S. and July 13 G1 Falmouth S. Able to follow With You’s tempo so easily at the head of the main stand’s-side group, she was comfortably within range of the pace set by Success Days (Ire) (Jeremy) who led a quartet up the middle of the track. As soon as Colm O’Donoghue pulled her out approaching the three-furlong marker, she was tanking to George Strawbridge’s talented homebred causing her jockey Aurelien Lemaitre to instantly set to a drive. While With You gave generously, it was to no avail and only the G1 Prix d’Ispahan winner Recoletos could give meaningful pursuit.

As Alan Cooper stated in his post-race initerview, Alpha Centauri’s success in this prestigious affair has momentous gravity for the esteemed Niarchos operation. One year after taking up the sponsorship, Stavros Niarchos watched this winner’s third dam Miesque (Nureyev) capture the first of two for herself and the long love affair with Deauville’s feature was sealed. The colts Hector Protector and Exit To Nowhere added two more editions in 1991 and 1992, before Miesque’s daughter East of the Moon (Private Account) made it five in 1994. Spinning World dominated in 1996 and 1997, but there had been a long wait since Six Perfections (Fr) (Celtic Swing {GB}) had masterminded an eighth in 2003. Now that she has fulfilled her main European ambition for 2018, Alpha Centauri may be able to enjoy a sojourn at home for the immediate future. “She is in all the major races in England, but now she has travelled over here we might not want to ask too much of her and she could stay in Ireland,” Cooper continued. “The Breeders’ Cup Mile is a race we would love to win again, but we’ll give her time and see how she comes out of this. We will just savour this moment.”

Trainer Jessie Harrington was relishing another landmark in her distinguished training career which is increasingly taking a more serious turn towards the flat. “She is such a relaxed filly I sometimes have to pinch myself,” she said. “I was a little bit anxious beforehand as to whether or not she would wake up, but once on the course she is a different proposition and travelled so well into the race. She’s been amazing throughout the season and I’m very proud. I must admit, I thought I must be mad bringing her here to take on colts and older horses. Once given her head, she just kept going away from them and when she does that you hope she’s not burning up too much energy because there are several possibilities now. She’s in the [Sept. 15 G1] Matron Stakes at Leopardstown, the [Oct. 6 G1] Sun Chariot at Newmarket and the mile at Ascot [the Oct. 20 G1 Queen Elizabeth II S.] and if she does make it through to the Breeders’ Cup, it will have been a very long season by then. She’s given me a few sleepless nights, I have to admit that, but it’s not quite like training Moscow Flyer as there are no fences to worry about!”

For Recoletos, this was a welcome return to form after his below-par showing when seventh in the G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot. “He has run a great race and all I can say is he did not run his true race at Ascot,” trainer Carlos Laffon-Parias said. “In my opinion, it was a shame because one hour before the race the stewards asked for a blood test on my horse and you can’t give injections to him easily. He is very delicate and it turned him upside down. When I came to saddle him, he was mad and that is the reason why he ran so badly.”

Alpha Centauri’s dam Alpha Lupi (Ire) (Rahy) never made the racecourse, so the record of her damline for those fillies to have run in this race remains at 100%. Far exceeding the achievements of her Listed Golden Fleece S.-winning and G2 Royal Lodge S.-placed half-brother Tenth Star (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), she is also a fourth generation Classic heroine along with the aforementioned East of the Moon and Miesque. The latter is the second dam of this year’s G1 Prix du Jockey Club protagonist Study of Man (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), who could be Breeders’ Cup-bound himself making for potentially a magical presence at the meeting for the Niarchos Family. Karakontie (Jpn) (Bernstein) was the latest member of this dynasty to score there four years ago and it is a family that never takes too long to throw up something high-class. Alpha Lupi’s unraced 2-year-old filly by So You Think (NZ) is named Etoile Filante (GB), while she also has a yearling filly by Sea the Moon (Ger).

Sunday, Deauville, France
PRIX DU HARAS DE FRESNAY-LE-BUFFARD JACQUES LE MAROIS-G1, €1,000,000, Deauville, 8-12, 3yo/up, c/f, 8fT, 1:34.27, g/s.
1–ALPHA CENTAURI (IRE), 121, f, 3, by Mastercraftsman (Ire)
1st Dam: Alpha Lupi (Ire), by Rahy
2nd Dam: East of the Moon, by Private Account
3rd Dam: Miesque, by Nureyev
O/B-Niarchos Family (IRE); T-Jessica Harrington; J-Colm O’Donoghue. €571,400. Lifetime Record: MG1SW-Eng & G1SW-Ire, 9-6-1-0, €1,356,328. *1/2 to Tenth Star (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), SW & GSP-Ire, GSP-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*.Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.2–Recoletos (Fr), 131, c, 4, Whipper–Highphar (Fr), by Highest Honor (Fr). O/B-SARL Darpat France (FR); T-Carlos Laffon-Parias. €228,600.
3–With You (GB), 121, f, 3, Dansili (GB)–In Clover (GB), by Inchinor (GB). O/B-George Strawbridge (GB); T-Freddy Head. €114,300.
Margins: 2HF, 3HF, 1. Odds: 0.90, 13.00, 3.40.
Also Ran: Noor Al Hawa (Fr), Romanised (Ire), Intellogent (Ire), Trais Fluors (GB), Cascadian (GB), Success Days (Ire), Accidental Agent (GB), Zalamea (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigreeVideo, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

fonte : TDN