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Making Waves: Pura Vida On The Double

   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victories of Buffoon and Kick A Rhyme for trainer Mike Maker and Pura Vida Investments during the past week.

 

Lope De Vega Colt Strikes At Keeneland

Buffoon (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) put it all together at second asking at Keeneland for Pura Vida Investments and trainer Mike Maker on Saturday (video).

Bred by Ecurie des Monceaux and Rifa Mustang Europe, Ltd., the €175,000 Arqana August yearling selection of Deuce Greathouse is out of After Dawn (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), herself a half-sister to sires and Group 1 winners Ectot (GB) and Most Improved (Ire). He is followed by a yearling filly by Sottsass (Fr) who brought €130,000 at the Arqana October yearling Sale from Oceanic Bloodstock. Under the stakes-winning Danehill third dam Mahalia (Ire) is GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf heroine Meditate (Ire) (No Nay Never) among others.

Ballylinch's Lope De Vega has one of the best records of any European sire with his progeny in North America, and Buffoon is his 40th winner from 74 runners there (54%). Besides a pair of Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf heroines in Newspaperofrecord (Ire) and Aunt Pearl (Ire), the stallion has five additional stakes winners in America.

 

 

Night Of Thunder Filly Stars Beneath Twin Spires

Kick A Rhyme (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) was the second winner in less than a week for Pura Vida Investments and trainer Mike Maker when taking a Churchill Downs maiden on Nov. 1 (video). The filly was making her third start.

Bred by Irish National Stud Mare Syndicate II, the dark bay was picked up by BBA Ireland for €150,000 as a Goffs Orby yearling on the bid of Deuce Greathouse and Pura Vida. Out of the listed-placed Adhwaa (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), the filly is a half-sister to multiple group winner Alflaila (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and is her dam's final foal.

The seventh winner from 13 runners (54%) for her Darley sire, Kick A Rhyme has a quartet of paternal half-siblings that have found black-type in the U.S. Night Of Thunder's best get there are Grade III winners Sopran Basilea (Ire) and Pocket Square (GB).

 

 

Markaz Filly Wins In Arcadia

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' Yerwanthere (Ire) (Markaz {Ire}) rallied to win at Santa Anita for trainer Patrick Gallagher on Saturday (video).

Part of the Kilnamoragh Stud breeding programme, the 4-year-old filly won her first start in Ireland for owner/breeder Jim Browne and trainer Pat Foley. Eclipse purchased the filly after that start and moved her to Joseph O'Brien, and she took a Dundalk handicap in December of 2022. Sent to America after three more appearances, she debuted with a fourth at Del Mar in August prior to her win last weekend. A half-sister to the winning Listed Brigids Pastures S. third Special Wan (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}), Yerwanthere is also a half-sister to the unraced juvenile filly Over The Blues (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}) and a yearling colt by Profitable (Ire). Second dam Slow Jazz (Chief's Crown) won two stakes, and she is also a half-sister to G1 Cheveley Park S. winner Blue Duster (Danzig).

Yerwanthere is one of two winners from three runners (66%) in the U.S. for Dark Angel's Markaz. On an international level, all three of his stakes winners have won at Group 3 level in Ireland (2) and France (1).

 

Repeat Winners

Klaravich Stables' Redistricting (GB) (Kingman {GB}) improved his record to two wins from three starts with a victory in New York on Saturday (video). The Chad Brown trainee was previously featured in Making Waves in June.

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Siyouni Colt Takes The Lead At Arqana

Lot 124, a son of French Champion Sire Siyouni (Fr) made €520,000 on the bid of Oliver St Lawrence Bloodstock to take the lead at the Arqana Breeze-Up Sale. He was the first lot to breach the €500,000 barrier on Friday. Consigned by Longways Stables, the bay is out of a full-sister to G1 Nunthorpe S. heroine Mecca's Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and dual group winner Markaz (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}).

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Markaz Relocated to Italy

Dual group winner Markaz (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) will relocate to Allevamento Renaccino in Italy for 2022. His fee will be €3,000 (Oct. 1st).

From just two crops of racing, the full-brother to champion sprinter and G1 Nunthorpe S. heroine Mecca's Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) has sired the G3 Prix d'Arenberg winner Corazon (Ire), who was also third in the G2 Flying Childers S. He also has the listed-placed Markaz Paname (Ire) to his credit from 27 winners.

“He is a fantastic horse to work with,” said Derrinstown Stud's Enda Stanley, where the grey used to stand. “Very straightforward horse with beautiful temperament, professional in every way. We are sure that he will be very popular at his new home, especially considering the recent black-type winner and listed performer he's got.”

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Corazon’s G3 Prix d’Arenberg Win A Stakes First For Markaz

Syndicate supremo Nick Bradley and George Boughey hooked up to secure the trainer's first pattern-race triumph with Oscula (Ire) (Galileo Gold {GB}) in last month's G3 Prix Six Perfections at Deauville and the burgeoning axis repeated the dose as their 2-year-old filly Corazon (Ire) (Markaz {Ire}) battled to a career high in Thursday's G3 Prix d'Arenberg over the straight five furlongs at ParisLongchamp. She had earlier registered a July 30 debut fourth tackling five furlongs at Worlverhampton, graduating in an Aug. 10 novice test over the same distance at Lingfield last time, and went postward as a 17-2 chance for this stakes and turf bow. Corazon broke sharply and occupied a front-end berth through the early fractions of this dash. Scrubbed along once headed at halfway, she was under the full weight of Mickael Barzalona's drive when tackling Listed Prix La Fleche victrix and G3 Prix de Cabourg runner-up Dizzy Bizu (Ire) (Caravaggio) passing the furlong marker and would not be denied in the closing stages to edge that rival by a neck in game fashion, becoming the first stakes winner for her second-crop sire (by Dark Angel {Ire}).

“It's great to have another stakes winner for Nick [Bradley], he's the biggest supporter of my yard and so we're very happy,” said trainer George Boughey after claiming a second pattern-race success. “Mickael [Barzalona] is world class and has given her a peach of a ride. I was pretty keen for him to make plenty of use of her, to get her out and get her going. We've been pretty keen to make sure we have the right people on board when we travel to France and Mickael has done us another favour. The race looked a good opportunity and she'd worked like a filly that should be running in stakes races. It might have come one step too soon, but she was equal to it. She's always shown plenty of pace at home and I would imagine she will get six furlongs. Her work has always been pretty good and she's come a long way in a very short space of time. We'll get her home and see how she is, but I haven't really got a concrete plan for her. It wouldn't be a surprise to see her get an entry in the [G2] Flying Childers [at Doncaster next week]. I know that's a quick back-up, but it is a Group 2. She deserves a short break in training and there are lots of races she can go for towards the end of the season.”

Corazon, kin to a yearling filly by Dandy Man (Ire), is the fourth of five foals and leading performer from two scorers produced by a winning daughter of Dissonance (Ire) (Rossini), herself an unraced full-sister to G3 Firth of Clyde S. victrix Golden Legacy (Ire). Golden Legacy, in turn, is the dam of G3 Prix de Meautry runner-up Stake Acclaim (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) and hails from the family of G1 Japanese 2000 Guineas-winning sire Hawaiian Image (Jpn) (Father's Image), G1SW Chilean champion Prince Albert (Arg) (Slewsville), MGSW sire Saritamer (Dancer's Image) and MGSW G1 Cheveley Park S. runner-up Risky (GB) (Risk Me {Fr}).

Thursday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX D'ARENBERG-G3, €80,000, ParisLongchamp, 9-2, 2yo, 5fT, :57.36, gd.
1–CORAZON (IRE), 122, f, 2, by Markaz (Ire)
1st Dam: Disko (Ire), by Kodiac (GB)
2nd Dam: Dissonance (Ire), by Rossini
3rd Dam: Dissidentia (Ire), by Dancing Dissident
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (£11,000 Ylg '20 TIRSEP). O-Nick Bradley Racing 44 & Partner; B-Cooneen Stud (IRE); T-George Boughey; J-Mickael Barzalona. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, €48,797. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Dizzy Bizu (Ire), 122, f, 2, Caravaggio–Izzy Bizu (Ire), by Kodiac (GB). O/B-Peter Savill (IRE); T-Stephane Wattel. €16,000.
3–Illustrating (GB), 122, f, 2, Showcasing (GB)–Maids Causeway (Ire), by Giant's Causeway. O-Clipper Logistics; B-Branton Court Stud (GB); T-Karl Burke. €12,000.
Margins: NK, SNK, 1. Odds: 8.50, 2.00, 2.70.
Also Ran: Canonized (GB), Papa Don't Preach (Ire), Guilded (Ire), Sunday Best (Fr), Help (Fr), Royal Ashirah (Ire), Josejosephine (Fr), Solotov (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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