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Ballylinch Roster Topped by Lope de Vega

Lope de Vega (Ire) (Shamardal), who has enjoyed a stellar year with his progeny on the track, has seen his fee increased to €125,000 from €100,000 at Ballylinch Stud in Ireland. In 2020, the sire of 77 black-type winners total, has enjoyed four Group 1 winners, including juveniles Lucky Vega (Ire) in the G1 Phoenix S. and Aunt Pearl (Ire) in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Previous Grade I winner Newspaperofrecord (Ire) scored in the GI Just a Game S. Stateside and Gytrash (Aus) saluted in the G1 Lightning S. Down Under. Overall, there have been 18 black-type winners by the Ballylinch resident in 2020, 12 at the group or graded level.

Freshman sire New Bay (GB) (Dubawi {Ire})’s fee has been set at €20,000. The 8-year-old is already on the black-type board with group winners New Mandate (Ire) and Saffron Beach (Ire), while two other first-crop juveniles have placed at listed level.

Arc hero Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire})’s first foals will soon be at the breeding stock sales. He covered 117 mares in his first season with 63 stakes performers or producers in the book and will stand for €17,500.

G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero Mishriff (Ire) was the star performer for Make Believe (GB) (Makfi {GB}), whose eldest foals are sophomores. Mishriff was supported by Group 3 winners Rose of Kildare (Ire) and Believe in Love (Ire), as well as a brace of additional group-placed 3-year-olds. His fee is €15,000.

Rounding out the roster is first-season sire and MG1SW Fascinating Rock (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) at €5,000. From just 16 runners so far in 2020, he has sired three winners and it is notable he did his best running as an 4- and 5-year-old.

“We are thrilled with the results of our stallions this year, and very grateful to the breeders who made these achievements possible,” said Ballylinch’s John O’Connor. “We feel we have priced our stallions fairly to give breeders every opportunity to continue our shared successes into the future. Lope de Vega’s rise to the very top of the stallion ranks continues. This year’s crop of 2-year-olds included his 11th and 12th Group 1 winners.”

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14 Additional Fixtures Added to UK Calendar

There will be 14 additional fixtures added to the UK racing calendar following approval by the Board of the British Horseracing Authority. The proposal was submitted by the Racecourse Association (RCA) which has the full support of the Horsemen’s Group (HB). The fixtures have been added to shore up racecourse finances, as well as generate a positive return for the Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB). The 14 fixtures are as follows:

Flat Fixtures:

15/11/20 Southwell – Afternoon
22/11/20 Wolverhampton – Afternoon
23/11/20 Chelmsford City – Floodlit
24/11/20 Lingfield Park – Afternoon
30/11/20 Kempton Park – Afternoon
01/12/20 Newcastle – Afternoon
06/12/20 Southwell – Afternoon
07/12/20 Chelmsford City – Afternoon
08/12/20 Wolverhampton – Afternoon
13/12/20 Lingfield Park – Afternoon
14/12/20 Kempton Park – Floodlit
15/12/20 Newcastle – Afternoon

Jump Fixtures:

29/11/20 Ffos Las
20/12/20 Bangor-on-Dee

“These additional fixtures will give some relief in the most challenging of times to the racecourses that are staging them and to the horsemen who have additional opportunities to race,” said RCA Chief Executive David Armstrong. “This is an excellent example of the industry working together for the common good and we are grateful to the Levy Board for its support.”

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Way To Paris ‘a Real Coup for Irish Breders’

The evergreen Way To Paris (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}-Grey Way, by Cozzene), who has proved better than ever this year, is finally to relinquish the service of his venerable owner Paolo Ferrario on the racetrack for a fresh start at Coolagown Stud in 2021.

The popular grey, who has one last assignment in the G1 Japan Cup later this month, made a deserved Group 1 breakthrough this summer in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, having failed by just a head to run down subsequent Arc winner Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) in the G1 Prix Ganay on his previous start. But he had already extended an unbroken seam of high-class form through five seasons and, backed up by one of the most aristocratic families in the American Stud Book, will go to market as a highly eligible heir to his much-lamented sire.

The deal to stand Way To Paris in Co. Cork was brokered by Richard Venn, who extended his thanks to Ferrario’s manager Paolo Picchi “for making the dream a reality.”

The agent added, “Way To Paris had been on my radar for some time. As you can imagine, we had to fight off determined interest from several French studs. So to start off his stud career in Ireland is a real coup for Irish breeders. As his race record shows, he is a sound, consistent and talented individual at the highest level. In addition, he is an exceptional looker and has an excellent pedigree–he could be very interesting for Flat mares as well.”

Way To Paris will be launched at €3,500, live foal, with a 50% concession for fillies. “His introductory fee really reflects what is currently going on in the world,” Venn said. “And the ramifications it is having on our industry.”

Way To Paris, bred by the Vittadini family of Grundy fame, is certainly eligible to prove influential in both codes. His sire, of course, belonged to one of the most remarkable group of siblings in the history of the breed; and his third dam is a full sister to champion Numbered Account. This is the Ogden Phipps family that has also produced Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver (Maria’s Mon) and important earlier stallions in Woodman and Private Account. His first four dams, moreover, are by Cozzene, Nureyev, Buckpasser and Swaps, so really his genes are inlaid with Classic quality.

His own mother was herself a Group 2 winner in Italy, where she was anointed champion 3-year-old filly, and had already produced a dual Group 1 winner in Distant Way (Distant View). Significantly, while that horse registered his elite wins over 10 furlongs at the ages of five and six, he was already posting high-class form at three when a strong-finishing fourth of 15 in the G1 Derby Italiano. So the template was there for his half-brother.

Carrying the yellow and light blue silks long esteemed in his homeland, through Scuderia Fert, Way To Paris has banked over £560,000 in prizemoney. In the hands of trainer Andrea Marcialis, and previously his father Antonio, Way To Paris has maintained his soundness and zest in beating 13 individual Group 1 winners while himself winning or placing 15 times at group level; and 21 times from 36 starts overall. Perhaps his most flamboyant performance came in May, when he stormed home by 4 1/2 lengths in the G2 Grand Prix de Chantilly.

Pierre-Charles Boudot, who rode him that day and most of this season, said, “Way To Paris a strong horse who stays well and has a great turn of foot. He is a beautiful individual, a handsome grey with a lovely coat and a powerful physique. He is a determined horse who handles all types of going. His strength is in his acceleration in a finish.”

Champs Elysees, who sired elite winners on the Flat in Billesdon Brook (GB) and Trip To Paris (Ire), died in 2018 after his transfer to Castlehyde Stud had been avidly subscribed. Little wonder if Coolagown Stud manager David Stack is so enthused about his new recruit.

“I’m very grateful to Mr. Ferrario and Mr. Picchi for entrusting Way To Paris to Coolagown,” he said. “When you speak to breeders they are looking for tough, honest, sound consistent horses and Way to Paris epitomised all these traits. If his offspring get a hint of his class and durability, then he will be a top-class sire.

“He’s also a gorgeous-looking horse who stands 16.1 hands and has a wonderful temperament. I can’t wait to show him off to breeders.”

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Juddmonte Reveals 2021 Fees

The five-strong Juddmonte 2021 stallion roster, led by Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire})-the youngest stallion to sire 40 group winners in history, was announced on Tuesday. The Juddmonte wunderkind is siring 11% group winners to runners and 15% black-type winners to runners, and he will stand for £175,000 in 2021. At the sales, his highest-priced filly brought 2 million gns, while he also had a colt knocked down for 1.1 million gns during the recent Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1.

Although his oldest foals are only four, Kingman (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) has already sired two Classic winners, striking with Fearless King (GB) in the G2 German 2000 Guineas this season, one of 14 black-type winners this term. He was also represented by Group 1 milers Persian King (Ire) and Palace Pier (GB). The 9-year-old sired a trio of seven-figure yearlings, with a 2.7 million gns colt, a 1.45 million gns filly and a €1.1 million colt. His stud fee is unchanged at £150,000.

Group 1 winner Expert Eye (GB) (Acclamation {GB}), whose oldest progeny will soon go under the hammer at the foal sales is priced at £12,500. The G2 Vintage S. victor has 22 set to be offered at Tattersalls and another 10 at Goffs.

Roster veteran Oasis Dream (GB) (Green Desert) reached several important milestones in 2020, siring his 200th black-type performer in the juvenile colt Erasmo (GB), while his fillies have produced over 100 black-type performers including G1 Irish 2000 Guineas winner Siskin (First Defence), G1 Melbourne Cup winner Twilight Payment (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) G1 Cox Plate winner Sir Dragonet (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) and Group 1 winner Tawkeel (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}). Oasis Dream will stand for £20,000 and boasts 10% black-type winners to runners.

Consistent sire Bated Breath (GB) (Dansili {GB}) has accumulated 18 black-type performers and four group winners in 2020, included French group winners Cairn Gorm (GB) and Makaloun (Fr) with the latter also Group 1 placed. He will stand for £12,500.

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