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Seven Days: A Pedigree Nutcase in Paris

There is something wonderfully refreshing about John Hayes. He stands at least 6'6” tall with size 15 'lucky boots' and a towering personality to match. Prior to watching Jannah Rose (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), the filly he bred from his beloved mare Sophie Germain (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}), win the G1 Coolmore St Mark's Basilica Prix Saint-Alary, he serenaded guests of her owner Al Shira'aa Farms with a ditty about a cross-dressing gold-digger.

It's the kind of theme that could so easily see people cancelled these days, but there could be no erasing of Hayes's enthusiasm for the game. A small breeder with two mares in Co Tipperary, he is a self-confessed “pedigree nutcase” who claims to know nothing of conformation. He can rest assured that he has bred a pretty special animal in the unbeaten Jannah Rose, who meets all criteria in that important triumvirate of pedigree, physique and performance.

Hayes spent the flight from Dublin to Paris reading up on Chelandry (GB), Lord Rosebery's 1,000 Guineas winner and Oaks runner-up of 1897, from whom has sprung the likes of Lester's Piggott's first Derby winner Never Say Die, as well as the great High Chaparral (Ire), dual Classic winner Ravinella, and the Kentucky Derby heroes Tomy Lee, Genuine Risk, and Swale. Chelandry is Jannah Rose's 10th dam. This is deep-state research, reserved for pedigree lovers/nutcases (take your pick).

In the aftermath of Jannah Rose's imperious win, Hayes said of her dam, “Her first foal, [Group 2 winner] Creggs Pipes, was winning lots of races while my sister was dying from cancer, so it gave my sister some relief. Today is my mother-in-law's anniversary; she is looking down on us today, I know that.”

He added, “I'm a dairy farmer, and I wouldn't know the difference between a good-looking horse and a bad-looking horse. I don't know anything about conformation but I'm a complete nutcase for pedigrees.

“It's a big responsibility having a mare like that. It's all about the mare. That's all I have to do: do the right thing by her. We love her dearly, she's the boss. She's in foal to Kingman now and Shane [Horan] said, 'Next year, Frankel'.”

With Jannah Rose becoming Frankel's 27th Group 1 winner, Sophie Germain is now a deserved shoo-in for a return to his court. In the meantime, the 16-year-old mare will be eating from some pretty fancy tableware. Brandishing the silver salver he was presented with as winning breeder, Hayes added, “I'm going to take this home and put nuts on it for Sophie.”

Hayes had travelled to Longchamp with Kieran Lalor, who in January had spoken in TDN of his hopes for the then-maiden winner Jannah Rose to continue the solid start made by Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan's Al Shira'aa Farms. Abu Dhabi-owned, it has its headquarters at the Curragh-based property formerly known as Meadow Court Stud. Those hopes have now been realised, with the statuesque filly having remained faultless in winning the G3 Prix Vanteaux en route to her Group 1 success.

Hayes said on Sunday, “I'm delighted for Kieran in particular, that his judgement has been vindicated. It's a big decision to make to advise somebody to spend €650,000 on a yearling. He's the one who should take the credit.”

Lalor himself had been quick to praise the breeder. “Coming from an operation, a pedigree guru like John, the foundation is all there,” he said. “She's an absolutely lovely filly, the biggest heart I've ever seen. I'm delighted for the boss, and it's an absolute pleasure to be a part of this journey. I personally think her 4-year-old career will be even better.”

He continued, “I always go back to the day I saw her at Goffs. I've never fallen for a horse like I fell for her. Everything about her was as cool as a breeze.

“The most important thing is the breeder, as it's the hardest thing in the world to breed a filly like that, and that's what we want to do.”

Back at the farm, Al Shira'aa already has in its paddocks another daughter of Frankel, the Group 2 winner Rumi (Fr), who was also trained by Carlos Laffon-Parias. The trainer usually gives himself a special treat each Sunday by riding Jannah Rose. This week he left the job to supersub Christophe Soumillon.

“She always showed me she was good, but between good and Group 1 is a big step,” said Laffon-Parias. Now he knows, and the next stop is Chantilly.

“That's the target, the Prix de Diane,” he confirmed.

Next Run for the Roses

In the Diane, Jannah Rose will meet the other female star of Sunday at Longchamp, the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches winner Blue Rose Cen (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}). She also represents an up-and-coming breeding operation, this one the Spanish-owned Yeguada Centurion.

The man behind it, Leopoldo Fernandez Pujals, has put his faith in some young members of the French racing and breeding scene to fulfil his dreams and they are making a damn good fist of it. In the winner's circle after the race, Blue Rose Cen's trainer Christopher Head chatted with Guillaume Garcon of Haras de l'Hotellerie, who is entrusted with boarding the Yeguada Centurion mares. Despite demonstrating a little more Gallic cool than our Irish friends, the delight on their faces was plain to see.

Garcon said of Blue Rose Cen's dam Queen Blossom (Ire) (Jeremy), “She will return soon from Coolmore and she is back in foal to Churchill–of course! We love Churchill, we've sent him lots of mares.”

He boards 30 mares for the same owner-breeder, including Hardiyna (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), the sister to dual Derby winner Harzand (Ire) and dam of Prix du Jockey Club favourite Big Rock (Ire) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}), who is also trained by Head.

“Both mares were bought quite inexpensively and it is wonderful to see him have this success,” Garcon noted.

When your surname is Head, there's a fair chance that the racing world will sit up and take notice. Christopher Head is the son of legendary former jockey and trainer Freddy, and is the cousin of Patricia Laffon-Parias, the wife of Jannah Rose's trainer. He would certainly not have struggled to have broken into this sphere, but nevertheless he started his training business in modest circumstances. When TDN first encountered Head four years ago, he was sweeping the yard outside the handful of boxes he rented in Chantilly from Pascal Bary.

“I still sweep the yard,” he said on Sunday. Now, however, it is the yard vacated by his father on his retirement and bought by Christopher earlier this year.

Blue Rose Cen, his first Group 1 winner last season in the Prix Marcel Boussac, is now his first Classic winner, as she was for jockey Aurelien Lemaitre. It would be no surprise to see her stablemate Big Rock become their second on June 4.

Marching Orders for Epsom

Not since Persimmon and Diamond Jubilee, in 1896 and 1900, have full-brothers won the Derby. At Lingfield on Saturday, a tantalising prospect was suggested by Military Order (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) that he could follow his brother Adayar (Ire) to Epsom after winning the Fitzdares Lingfield Derby Trial.

His success brought up a trial double for Godolphin and Charlie Appleby after Eternal Hope (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), who only made her debut on February 13, took the Oaks Trial.

Adayar was only second in the Lingfield Derby Trial two years ago but his early career took a similar path to his younger brother, with two runs as a juvenile at the back end of the season before a seasonal resumption at the end of April.

Military Order now shares the top spot in the Derby betting with Aidan O'Brien's Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}).

Not far behind them is Arrest (Ire), bred by Des Leadon and Mariann Klay at Swordlestown Little, who sparked a fine week for Frankel when winning the G3 Chester Vase by more than six lengths. Juddmonte's star stallion has already been responsible for the 2,000 Guineas winner Chaldean (GB) this season and it would be no surprise to see him feature as the sire of another Derby winner, too.

His own sire Galileo (Ire) could yet have a say in this season's Classics, with his daughter Savethelastdance (Ire) having routed her rivals by 22 lengths in the Cheshire Oaks. If she makes it to Epsom, one hopes that the new Oaks favourite has a less dramatic experience there than her dam Daddys Lil Darling (Scat Daddy), who bolted to post for the Oaks during a lightning storm, causing jockey Olivier Peslier to bail out in an alarming incident.

Quote of the Week

You can always rely on the inimitable Richard Kent to come up with a good line or two, and the Mickey Stud maestro didn't disappoint in his interview after the success of the Dave Evans-trained Radio Goo Goo (GB) at Chester last week.

Kent could take particular delight in this result, as he bred both the filly's sire, Havana Grey (GB), with the late Lady Lonsdale, and her dam, Radio Gaga (GB), who is by the former Mickley resident Multiplex (GB). But he reserved the greatest praise for grand-dam Gagajulu (GB) (Al Hareb), the roach-backed mare who proved that handsome is as handsome does. Among her 16 runners were 11 winners and the black-type quartet of Ardbrae Lady (GB), One Gold (GB), Under My Spell (GB), and the aforementioned Radio Gaga.

Recalling Gagajulu with fondness, Kent said, “[She] won five races in 11 weeks for Dave as a 2-year-old. She's been a fantastic mare: she paid for two barns and a divorce…I could have built 10 barns with [what it cost for] the divorce.”

 

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Hayes Steps Down as Independent Chair of Ontario Racing

Ontario Racing (OR) confirmed that John Hayes will step down as its Independent Chair, after leading the organization since March of 2018.

“Horse racing is a unique partnership between all participants including owners, breeders, horsepeople and racetracks,” said Hayes. “If one of the cogs is experiencing an issue, the other gears will not work as well. Building strong relationships with these partners and trusting those relationships allowed us to achieve our goals and overcome challenges in these past four years.”

The Long-Term Funding was among initiatives established under Hayes. Katherine Curry, the first Executive Director of Ontario Racing, worked closely with Hayes during her time in the role, when the Long-Term Funding Agreement was instituted.

“The Long-Term Funding Agreement represents an unprecedented level of collaboration between the

horse racing industry and its government partners, and John helped Ontario Racing lay the groundwork for its current and future success,” said Curry, current Ontario Racing Board Member, and Vice President of Legal and Compliance at Woodbine Entertainment Group.

While the Long-Term Funding Agreement and the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic were the largest items on OR's agenda the last four years, Hayes' influence also impacted the work the organization has done with breeding programs, equine welfare, and aftercare.

Added Sue Leslie, Ontario Racing Board Member and President of the Horsemen's Benevolent Protective Association of Ontario, “John has a lot of class, and he has led with dignity. When you have class and dignity at the top, it sets the tone, and everyone follows. Ontario Racing will miss him, and his leadership.”

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Hayes Mares On Song For Goffs

John Hayes went to the Goffs November Foal Sale of 2007 on a mission. Though he had grown up on a dairy farm with working horses and had himself dabbled in breeding horses for showing and eventing, this time it was a filly foal he was after, his first Thoroughbred and one he eventually hoped to breed from.

Hayes landed on a daughter of Indian Ridge (GB) out of the G1 Oaks d'Italia winner Nydrion (Critique). That €25,000 investment has paid back dividends, with two of Sophie Germain's first three foals becoming stakes horses. Those fillies, Creggs Pipes (Ire) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire}) (lot 1167) and Silver Spear (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) (lot 1168), both Hayes homebreds, are set to go through the ring at next weekend's Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale with Pa Doyle's Galbertstown Stables.

“I just need to reduce my numbers,” said Hayes, a consulting structural engineer who keep his horses on his 10-acre farm in Tipperary. “I'm 67, and it's only a hobby and I have a big business I'm still heavily involved in, so I want to keep it as a hobby. Three good mares is where I'd like to be.”

Recalling his visit to Kildare Paddocks 14 years ago, Hayes said, “I had wanted to buy a foal to [eventually] breed from; I wanted to have a broodmare. Sophie Germain was out of a Group 1 winner and I said, 'lovely, that's great.' I really didn't know anything about Indian Ridge–I was a complete greenhorn. She was a very late foal; she was a June foal so she was very small, but she looked nice. I met Joe Fogarty at the sales he said, 'John, you can't go wrong with her, she has Roberto on the dam's side.' He loved Roberto. So I brought her home.”

Hayes's purchase of Sophie Germain, unfortunately, was followed shortly thereafter by the economic downturn. Forced to lay off a large number of staff at his Hayes Higgins Partnership engineering consulting practice, Hayes opted to not send his filly into training.

“I was going to race her, but then the economy fell apart,” he explained. “We were letting staff go, and you can't be racing horses when you're letting staff go. That doesn't really sit well. So I decided not to race her, and I was happy enough not to because her pedigree was good enough. Indian Ridge was a phenomenal sire and she had a lovely page on the dam's side as well with Roberto.”

So Hayes, a self-described pedigree fanatic, got to work designing Sophie Germain's first mating.

“When I had all my research done I decided, yes, Galileo has worked really well over Ahonoora-line mares,” Hayes said. “Ahonoora was Indian Ridge's sire, and New Approach was that same cross. I decided, 'wouldn't it be lovely if I could have Galileo, and who would be his best son that I could afford?' I couldn't afford New Approach so I ended up with Rip Van Winkle.”

Sophie Germain was covered by Rip Van Winkle when the triple Group 1 winner was standing his first season at Coolmore for €20,000. She produced a chestnut filly that Hayes took back to Goffs November. The judges, however, didn't share Hayes's enthusiasm for her.

“I was getting €17,000 for her and I said, 'no thanks, we can do a bit better than that,'” he said. “I brought her home and entered her in the yearling sale. They didn't take her, so I took her to the breeze-ups the following year. I was getting €12,000 for her at the breeze-ups and I said, 'no thanks.'”

Hayes admits he didn't plan to be a racehorse owner, but he chose trainer Andrew Slattery for the filly he named Creggs Pipes–after a traditional Irish trad reel-and pulled together some silks for the stable he named Delphi Six Syndicate, representing Delphi, the name of his home, and his six immediate family members: himself, his wife Una and their four children.

Creggs Pipes took some time to come into her own, eventually breaking her maiden in her seventh start at three, but it was when stepped up to a mile at four that she really began to excel, winning four on the bounce including the Listed Cairn Rouge S. and the Galway Mile H.

“Winning the Galway Mile is better craic than winning the Epsom Derby,” Hayes reasoned.

Creggs Pipes picked up a group placing in the G3 Fairy Bridge S. before the season was out and again at five when third in the G3 Blue Wind S., but she almost didn't run in the race in which she earned her pattern-race win, according to Hayes.

“Andrew had her entered in the G2 Lanwades [Stud S.],” he recalled. “Then the next thing she's in season so he wasn't going to run her. He was talking to somebody and they said, 'don't let that stop you, go race her.' And she ran away with the race. The conditions suited her perfectly. She likes soft ground. When she won in Galway that was soft ground; once she got away on soft ground you couldn't catch her. She'd bolt out of the stalls and be three, four lengths ahead, and on wet ground you wouldn't catch her.”

In the meantime, Sophie Germain produced Silver Spear, by Clodovil (Ire), that sire chosen by Hayes because he had provided the G1 Falmouth S. winner Nahoodh (Ire) out of an Indian Ridge mare. Hayes-who has been singing with the RTE Choir for 26 years and plays in a trad band-named the resulting filly after another trad reel, Silver Spear. Silver Spear was sent to Slattery and broke her maiden in her fourth start, after which she was third in The Curragh's Listed Legacy S. Silver Spear picked up that crucial black-type just days before her year-younger half-brother by Australia (GB) went through the ring at Tattersalls October. His value was duly boosted to 300,000gns when purchased by Philippa Mains, and that covered the cost of his dam's next mating.

“In the meantime I had sent Sophie to Frankel and I was wondering where I was going to get the money to pay for that,” Hayes said. “Thankfully, when we sold the Australia colt, that was our Frankel fee covered. I felt that if the worst came to the worst I was going to draw my retirement fund. But my wife wouldn't be terribly keen on that idea. But that worked out. She had a beautiful filly and from day one she was a dream.”

Sophie Germain's Frankel filly was one of the highlights of this year's Goffs Orby sale, selling for €650,000 to Al Shira'aa Farm. Creggs Pipes's second foal, a Sea The Stars (Ire) filly, sold for €180,000 to Sunderland Holding at the same sale. Sunderland Holding, owners of the sire, had purchased Creggs Pipes's first foal, also a filly by Sea The Stars, for 180,000gns at Tattersalls October the year prior. Creggs Pipes's 2021 colt by Lope De Vega unfortunately died, and she is offered at Goffs in foal to Mehmas (Ire).

Silver Spear, meanwhile, failed to find the winner's enclosure at three, and has been out of training since running once this spring.

“Silver Spear was entered in a couple big Group 1 races,” Hayes said. “She was entered in the 1000 Guineas but she wasn't ready for that. She really didn't shine at three. We tried her again this year but she had gone a bit sour. So I brought her home with the intention of having her home for a month, but then I spoke with Andy and said, 'we'll retire her. She has enough done and I'm happy enough with that.'”

Hayes admitted he would have liked to have kept Silver Spear and bred her to Mehmas, like her sister. But he has a few other prospects to look forward to, including Sophie Germain herself and her 2021 Invincible Spirit filly, who he plans to retain.

“I have a 2-year-old filly [by Rock Of Gibraltar] out of Pink Ivory, who is a half-sister to the granddam of Adayar,” Hayes said. “She's a half-sister to Anna Palariva, who is the granddam of the Derby winner.

“I have a 3-year-old filly I bought because she was unsold at a sale and she was a half-sister to Alhebayeb. I bought her with the intention of breeding from her so hopefully she'll go in foal next year. She's by Dark Angel out of an Indian Ridge mare.”

In the fourteen years since Hayes plucked a young Sophie Germain from Goffs, he has put his study of pedigrees to very good use, and buyers at Goffs next weekend will have the opportunity to reap the rewards with Creggs Pipes and Silver Spear.

“I'm a big fan of Ellen Parker [creator of the Reine de Course series of influential mares], and what I've learned from her is linebreeding to the best females has proven to be a good option,” Hayes said. “I'm a bit fanatical about pedigrees. I'm always studying pedigrees. I go back six or seven generations looking at what's there, and I love that side of the business.”

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Brother To Luxembourg Tops Final Orby Session

KILDARE, Ireland–A hugely impressive Group 2 winner with Classic pretensions is just the kind of update every breeder dreams of within days of a major yearling sale, and that is exactly what Luxembourg (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) delivered in the Beresford S. at the Curragh on Saturday on only his second start. He had himself been sold by breeder Ben Sangster for 150,000gns but his brother, offered as lot 366 through the Castlebridge Consignment, caused the same buyer MV Magnier to dig deeper into his pockets for the colt to become the second seven-figure yearling this week at €1.2 million.

“I'm delighted for Ben, Lucy and all the Sangsters,” Magnier said. “This is a great result for them and they have supported our stallions for years. Luxembourg looks like something out of the ordinary. We couldn't believe how good he was on Saturday.”

Luxembourg is not the first good horse produced by his dam Attire (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), an eight-race maiden who was bred and raced by the Sangsters from the family of Breeders' Cup Classic winner Arcangues (Fr). Her second foal Leo De Fury (Ire) (Australia {GB}) won the G2 Mooresbridge S. for Yuesheng Zhang, while Sense Of Style (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) has been Group 3-placed this year. The  12-year-old mare also has a Camelot filly foal this year.

With each day's top lot added to the portfolio, Magnier was the top buyer at the sale, signing for six yearlings at an outlay just shy of €4 million.

A further €20,931,000 was added to the sale's aggregate from Wednesday's trade, when 182 of the 204 yearlings offered found a buyer at an average price of €115,005, with the median at €80,000.

Across the two days, 409 yearlings were offered and 372 of those were sold at a clearance rate of 91% for an overall tally of €40,581,500 (+74%). The average was €109,090 (+46%) and median was €75,000 (+44%). These figures represented a dramatic improvement on the disappointing results of the relocated 2020 Orby Sale, and were well on their way to recovering to the pre-pandemic returns of 2019, when €42,927,000 was spent on 364 horses. The average then was €117,933 and the median slightly lower than this year at €65,000.

Such a revival in trade unsurprisingly delighted Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby, who said at the sale's end, “It's good to be back. Very good indeed. The Irish National Yearling Sale obviously belongs in Ireland at Kildare Paddocks and it is simply wonderful to have returned with a sale of such depth and consistency over the two days after last year's hiatus. Indeed, Orby has reclaimed its rightful place at the top table of yearling sales with seven-figure top prices, a six-figure average and a staggering 91% clearance rate that points to a vibrant two days of bidding for the superb catalogue that was assembled.”

He continued, “We are indebted to many people and several entities. Firstly our vendors who placed their trust in the Goffs service at a time when several factors may have worked against making that decision as memories of last year's disappointment combined with Covid-induced uncertainty in the summer made the choice of sale more complicated than ever. That so many took that leap of faith is very gratifying and we are just delighted that we have been able to repay their trust with a really good sale whilst laying such solid foundations for the future.”

Beeby pointed to a boost in trade from the reinstated Goffs Million, adding, “Our buyers have embraced the sale with enthusiasm and a hunger for quality. Many have been driven on by the lure of Europe's richest two-year-old race, the Goffs Million next year, and we can't wait to see how the picture develops as next season progresses. Suffice to say that the concept has been a powerful tool in reinvigorating Orby and we will look to develop the model as the years progress with enhancements and additions for Orby 22 and beyond.

“As we reflect on two good days our mantra of 'we can't do it without you” is as relevant as ever as the focus of Orby must always be the horse because all the spin in the world is worthless without a catalogue of quality. Our vendors backed us and we threw everything at it with new agents, the Million, a variety of incentives and more as we recognised this was going to be a pivotal year for the sale. That said there is still so much to do to make Orby the clear first choice for more of the best yearlings in Ireland and we will not rest in our endeavours as we strive to improve and evolve. However I would venture to suggest that Orby 21 has made the point once again that we will deliver when we have the horses; in fact, not just deliver but exceed expectations and Irish breeders need look no further for a global market for the best.”

McPeek's Power Play

Frankel's sensational year could get even better on Sunday, with his two Derby-winning colts Adayar (Ire) and Hurricane Lane (Ire) in the top three in the betting for the G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Owners from both sides of the pond were investing in his young stock on Wednesday, with Kenny McPeek extending his shopping spree significantly when signing up Marlhill House Stud's colt out of Belesta (GB) (Xaar {GB}) for €900,000.

The trainer, who was acting on behalf of Swiss Skydiver's owner Peter Callahan and Paul Fireman of Fern Circle Stables, said, “I spoke to both of them this morning and they were happy to play. We may get a couple of others involved. This is the kind of colt you could play at a high level and if he does it then he's a stallion prospect.”

It's no empty claim as lot 377 is already a half-brother to three black-type horses, including the G2 Herbert Power S. winner Adjusted (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}). His dam, bought by breeder Eddie Irwin for 280,000gns from George Strawbridge, is a daughter of the Group 3 winner Bellarida (Fr) (Bellypha {Fr}) and thus a half-sister to In Clover (GB) (Inchinor {GB}), the dam of three Group 1 winners in With You (GB), We Are (Ire) and Call The Wind (GB), the latter also being a son of Frankel.

McPeek, one of a sizeable group of American buyers at Goffs this week, was the second-leading buyer at the Orby with four yearlings bought for €1.61 million.

He added of the Frankel colt, “My wife and I walked through the group and he was a 'wow' horse. He looks to have a great mind, too.”

Happy Days For Hayes  

There was a very special start to the day for breeder John Hayes when the hammer came down at €650,000 for his filly by Frankel (GB) out of Sophie Germain (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}).

Hayes has owned the mare for almost all of her 14 years, having bought the daughter of the Oaks d'Italia winner Nydrion (Critique) at Goffs as a foal for €25,000. She never made it to the racecourse but has been a success in her secondary career, with her first foal, the Andrew Slattery-trained Creggs Pipes (Ire) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire}), having won seven of her 23 starts, including the G2 Lanwades Stud S.

“This has exceeded my expectations, I'm absolutely thrilled with that result,” said Hayes after lot 254, consigned by Pa Doyle of Galbertstown Stables, was bought by Kieran Lalor to add to the half-sisters to the Classic winners Poetic Flare (Ire) and Mother Earth (Ire) bought on Tuesday for Al Shira'aa Farm.

He added, “Thanks to Pa who has brought her here in wonderful condition and to my long-suffering wife Una.

“It's a big responsibility having a mare of that quality. I was very lucky, I had no clue when I bought her mum here all those years ago, but her mother was a Group 1 winner and Roberto was on the bottom line of the page, whom I love. I'm really a student of pedigrees, that's my thing, and [the filly] is the product of all that study.”

A resident of Tipperary, Hayes has retained Creggs Pipes along with her half-sisters, the listed-placed Silver Spear (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) and In My Business (Ire) (Roderic O'Connor {Ire}). Their dam has a filly foal by Invincible Spirit (Ire) on the ground but did not get back in foal when returning to him this year.

Late in the session, Hayes sold a Sea The Stars (Ire) filly out of Creggs Pipes (lot 418) for €180,000 to Sunderland Holdings.

Lalor has been kept busy on behalf of Sheikha Fatima Bint Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan's Al Shira'aa Farm, which now also owns Meadow Court Stud in Kildare. 

He said of his trio of purchases, “The two yesterday are from hardy, sound families and that's what we are looking for. The back end of their careers are what's important for our operation. We also have a half-sister to St Mark's Basilica (Fr). 

“Then the Frankel filly today was the dream of this whole sale. I think I only slept a few hours last night praying and hoping that she would fall within my range, and the stars aligned and we have her. They all come from lovely farms and I think it's great business–€450,000 for two half-sisters to Guineas winners.”

Star Turn For No Nay Never

“He's the star of the show,” Timmy Hyde Jr told TDN in the days leading up to the Orby Sale of lot 276, outlining the No Nay Never colt's similarity to Group 1 winner Ten Sovereigns.

Bred by Camas Park Stud, Lynch Bages and Summerhill, Ten Sovereigns won the G1 Middle Park S. and G1 July Cup for Aidan O'Brien and the Coolmore partners, and the colt out of the listed winner Sweet Charity (Fr) (Myboycharlie {Ire}) will follow the same path to Ballydoyle after being bought by MV Magnier for €620,000.

Three lots earlier (273), a No Nay Never filly went the way of Alex Elliott and Ben McElroy, buying together for Amo Racing. Bought at €300,000, the Diamond Creek Stud-bred is a grand-daughter of the G3 Ballyogan S. winner Lesson In Humility (Ire) (Mujadil {Ire}), her dam Surprisingly (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) being a sister to Irish Derby and Melbourne Cup runner-up Tiger Moth (Ire).

Hot Cross For Newtown Anner Stud

A Galileo (Ire) filly out of a Scat Daddy mare topped the first day of trade at €1.5 million and the second bred on that pattern to be offered at Goffs by breeder Phoenix Thoroughbreds brought the more modest price of €360,000. Bids were exchanged for a time between Michael Donohoe and PJ Colville, with the latter finally succeeding in signing up lot 280.

“She's been bought for Maurice Regan of Newtown Anner Stud,” said Colville. “It's the same cross as the filly who made all the money yesterday. We liked both of them so we're very happy to get her.”

A first foal, the filly is out of Take Me With You, bought for $800,000 at the Fasig-Tipton breeze-up by Kerri Radcliffe and later a winner and placed in the G3 Albany S. for Jeremy Noseda and Phoenix Thoroughbreds. 

Flag Flying High

U S Navy Flag started his stud career at Coolmore at €25,000, a fee which was halved for the 2021 breeding season. His first yearlings on offer at Goffs have been well received with all 13 sold for an average of €98,692.

They included the half-sister to the outstanding 3-year-old miler Poetic Flare (Ire), who sold on Tuesday for €220,000, and top of the list on Wednesday was a half-sister to another top-level winner, the G1 Del Mar Oaks victrix Going Global (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}).

Sold as lot 317, the filly bred by Nicky Hartery had also received updates from two other half-siblings after the catalogue was printed, with Finans Bay (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) having placed in the G3 Royal Whip S., while 2-year-old winner Mitbaahy (Ire) (Profitable {Ire}) has twice been listed-placed.

Dwayne Woods ended up as the successful bidder at €290,000 and confirmed that the filly will be trained in Newmarket by his brother Sean.

Beeby Looks To West

American interest continued to be strong during the second session of the Orby Sale, with Niall Brennan, Anthony Dutrow, Kim Valerio and DJ Stable, Ben McElroy and Jacob West all contributing to a strong middle to upper market.

Acting through Demi O'Byrne, Peter Brant's White Birch Farm picked up lot 382, an Acclamation (GB) half-brother to German Group 3 winner K Club (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}). The colt out of Big Boned (Street Sense) had been pinhooked as a foal by Michael Fitzpatrick of Kilminfoyle House Stud for €195,000.

Lot 331 was bought by Deuce Greathouse and Pura Vida for €150,000 and represented a good result for the Irish National Stud's Mare Syndicate. The daughter of Night Of Thunder (Ire) was in utero when the Irish National Stud bought her dam Adhwaa (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) from Shadwell for €110,000 at Goffs two years ago. Since the catalogue was published her first foal, Mejthaam (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) has won for the second time and is now rated 84.

Acknowledging the American participation in the Irish yearling market, Henry Beeby said, “Orby has always been a magnet for global interest but we focused extra attention on the USA and we salute our new US Agent, Jacob West, who attracted unprecedented numbers from across the Atlantic. Happily they liked what they saw and really engaged with the promise of even more in future years as they were so enthused by the quality of the catalogue, the workability of the complex and the warm welcome and helpfulness of the Goffs Purchaser Attraction Team and our colleagues at Irish Thoroughbred Marketing, the latter of which have proved absolutely invaluable in making a trip to Ireland truly memorable for every visitor.”

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