Goffs November Foal Topper One Of The Highlights Of Orby Book 1 Catalogue

A strong catalogue of 543 yearlings, featuring a Kingman (GB) half-brother to Group 1 winner Skitter Scatter (Scat Daddy), will go under the hammer during Book 1 of the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale on Sept. 26-27.

The €550,000 foal, who counts GI Belmont Oaks Invitational S. heroine Aspen Grove (Ire) (Justify) in his immediate family, will be offered as lot 313 by Stauffenberg Bloodstock. They will also offer a Masar (Ire) half-sister to G1 Deutsches Derby hero Fantastic Moon (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) as lot 373.

There are also a bevy of other siblings and half-siblings to Group 1 winners and Classic winners. Lot 48 is a Sea The Stars (Ire) half-sister to multiple Group 1 winner State Of Rest (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) offered by Tinnakill House Stud. That stallion is also responsible for a half-brother to G1 Irish 2000 Guineas hero and sire Phoenix Of Spain (Ire) as lot 488; and a full-sister to top-level winner Shraaoh (Ire) is lot 434.

Kingman is the sire of lot 504, a half-brother to G1 2000 Guineas hero and sire Saxon Warrior (Jpn). There are also half-brothers to 2000 Guineas victor Poetic Flare (Ire)–by Camelot (GB) as lot 500–and a No Nay Never son of Many Colours (GB) (Green Desert), who is a half-brother to G1 1000 Guineas victress Mother Earth (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) (lot 498). The catalogue also boasts a full-sister to multiple Group 1 winner Saffron Beach (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) (lot 356). The late, great Galileo (Ire) is represented by a pair of yearlings from his final crop in lot 269, a full-brother to Group 2 winner Delphi (Ire); and a colt out of Group 3 winner Wind Chimes (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) is lot 179.

Lot 37 is a Night Of Thunder (Ire) half-sister to juvenile Group 1 winner and sire Lucky Vega (Ire); while lot 227 is a Wootton Bassett (GB) half-sister to G1 Prix Royal-Oak scorer Technician (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}). There is also a Mehmas (Ire) colt who is a half-brother to Grade I winner Glorious Empire (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) as lot 409; and a Mehmas half-brother to G2 Coventry S. winner River Tiber (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) (lot 150).

The sale also features yearlings by stallions like Frankel (GB), Dubawi (Ire), Dark Angel (Ire), Kodiac (GB), Churchill (Ire), Lope De Vega (Ire), and Siyouni (Fr), among others.

Following Book 1, Goffs will host the Orby Book 2 Sale, formerly the Sportsman's Sale, from Sept. 28-29. All yearlings offered over the four days will be eligible for the new Goffs Two Million Series which offers a guaranteed minimum prize fund of €2 million exclusive to buyers at Goffs. The Two Million Series consists of Europe's Richest Two-Year-Old Race, the seven-furlong €1-million Goffs Million, on the eve of the 2024 sale at the Curragh and the €500,000 Goffs 500 over six furlongs, with prize-money available through 10th place. In addition, the Goffs €50,000 Bonus Series will see €50,000 bonuses paid to the winners of a diverse range of 2-year-old maidens on Irish racecourses throughout 2024.

Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said, “A stated ambition of Goffs is to attract more of the top tier Irish yearlings to Orby and we are thrilled to present two larger days of impeccable quality in Orby Book 1 following increased support from leading breeders.

“They have been persuaded by the massive international buying bench that attended last year's successful sale and the evolution of the Goffs Two Million Series which means that only Orby yearlings will compete for a massive €2 million next year.  We are eternally grateful to our vendors for we our nothing without their horses and are so excited to present this superb selection to global buyers.”

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The Leading Sires-Of-Sires In Britain And Ireland? The Stats Will Surprise You

Which stallion does the data say is the outstanding sire-of-sires in Britain and Ireland? The answer will surprise you.

We often hear chat about a stallion's ability as a sire-of-sires being bandied about, but it is less common to see it examined in a more detailed and data-driven manner.

First and foremost, my personal opinion is that using a stallion's record as a sire-of-sires is one of the most brutally harsh measures in all of bloodstock on which to judge a horse. In short, the reality is that the vast majority of stallions do not prove to be long-term commercial successes. 

Consider this. I recently conducted a study to answer the question of what percentage of Flat stallions are a commercial success in the long run. It included every stallion that commenced their covering careers in Britain and Ireland from 2002 to 2014 inclusive and monitored the fluctuations of their published nomination fee. For the purpose of this study, long-term commercial success for a stallion was defined as standing for the same or a higher nomination fee in their 10th year at stud as they had in their first season.

The study included a total of 186 stallions ranging from those that started from as low as £3,000 all the way up to Frankel who began covering at a fee of £125,000. What percentage of that sample qualified as a long-term commercial success by the above definition? Just 17.7% of them. To hammer it down further, only 8% of them stood their 10th season at double their initial fee or higher. Just 3.8% of them stood at four times or more their initial fee in year 10. 

So, for a stallion to do enough to be considered even a reasonably good sire-of-sires is extremely difficult from a statistical perspective. With the very best sires tending to produce the most sons that are given a chance at stud, a top-class sire becoming considered a capable sire-of-sires can be something of a self-fulfilling prophesy. In comparison, even very successful stallions outside of the elite may only get a handful of opportunities for their sons to advertise their father's ability as a sire-of-sires, so the odds are very much stacked against them doing so.

Mind, when one examines the rarified air of stallions that stood for €50,000 or more in Britain and Ireland in 2023 in search of the most notable sires of sires, there is a surprise in store.

Just two stallions are responsible for two or more individual sire sons that feature on this list of the best of the best.

The first is Dubawi through his top-class sire sons New Bay and Night Of Thunder. This won't be a major surprise to anyone given that Dubawi is one of the greatest sires of recent decades. He already has over 50 individual Group/Grade 1 winners to his name and more than 25 of his sons have been given a chance as stallions.

But, who is the other? It must surely be Galileo, Shamardal, Invincible Spirit or some other highly-credentialed star stallion?

No. 

It is Acclamation, via his exceptional sire sons Dark Angel and Mehmas.

The pride of Rathbarry Stud has been a wonderful sire for so many breeders since starting his stallion career at a fee of €10,000 in 2004. However, in terms of producing top-class runners, he doesn't have the numbers to compare to the very best sires around. He has had six Group/Grade 1 winners in his career to date, which is a wonderful tally judged against all other stallions, but it is a relatively small number in the context of the very best sires in Europe. For example, Galileo, Dubawi, Shamardal and Invincible Spirit have had over 200 individual Group/Grade 1 winners between them.

The performance of Acclamation's sons on the track has translated to just seven of his sons being given the opportunity to stand at stud in Britain or Ireland over the years. When one looks at them in more detail, the magnitude of what Acclamation has achieved as a sire-of-sires starts to become clear.

Despite just two of his seven sire sons having achieved RPRs of 120 or higher on the track and the seven of them having started their stallion careers at an average nomination fee of around €12,000, this group of sires have punched incredibly well above their weight. 

Five of the seven have produced at least one Group 1 winner. Four of them have produced multiple Group 1 winners. Of the two that haven't produced a Group 1 winner, it should be noted that Expert Eye's oldest progeny are just three-year-olds this year so it is still early days for him.

However, the real story of Acclamation as a sires of sires is that his sons Dark Angel and Mehmas have risen to elite status as stallions. They both rank up amongst the very best in Europe as sires of sprinter/milers and are members of the very exclusive club of stallions that have risen to a fee four times or more of their initial fee. Dark Angel has had 14 individual Group/Grade 1 winners as a sire and 10 of his own sons have already been given the chance to stand as sires in Britain and Ireland. Despite Mehmas's oldest progeny only being five-year-olds, he has sired four individual Group/Grade 1 winners and four of his sons are already standing at stud in Britain and Ireland. 

All told, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe Acclamation's record as a sire-of-sires as being a statistical sensation.

While Acclamation is still going strong at Rathbarry Stud at the age of 24, whether he can produce another stallion son to further enhance his incredible record as a sire-of-sires remains to be seen. If we have already seen the last son of Acclamation retire to stud, Dark Angel and Mehmas are well on their way to continuing his remarkable legacy as a sire-of-sires. What a legacy it is.

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No Nay Never’s Henry Adams Takes The Tyros

Leopardstown's usually-informative G3 Japan Racing Association Tyros S. looked a touch on the disappointing side even before the loss of two key players in Mountain Bear (Ire) (No Nay Never) and Islandsinthestream (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) and so what the form of the four-runner affair amounts to will have to be seen in time. What it did provide was a remarkable 16th success in the race for Aidan O'Brien as the stable's understudy to Mountain Bear, Henry Adams (Ire) (No Nay Never), showed a game attitude to make all under Ryan Moore.

Off the mark in battling fashion at Naas last month, the even-money favourite who was sporting first-time blinkers had to first shake off the persistent presence of the maiden Chicago Fireball (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) in early straight before a second tussle as Devious (GB) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) appeared. Getting to the line a neck ahead of that TDN Rising Star, who was up in trip from the sprints for the first time, the colt bred by bred by Annemarie O'Brien's Whisperview Trading extended the trainer's record in this Classic pointer that deserved better representation.

“It was a very good performance because the two of them went at it from a long way,” O'Brien said. “He's a tough hardy horse who has plenty of speed and is laid-back. A big mature horse. Ryan said he's a baby still, so I think he'll go on to the [G2] Futurity, he'll probably end up there with Henry Longfellow. He's lovely because he's happy to go forward.”

 

Pedigree Notes

Henry Adams is the second foal out of Jigsaw (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a full-sister to the smart Mohawk (Ire) who captured the G2 Royal Lodge S. and G3 Meld S. and was second in the aforementioned Futurity. They are out of the G3 Leopardstown 1000 Guineas Trial winner Empowering (Ire) (Encosta De Lago {Aus}) who was also second in the G3 Phoenix Sprint S., while the third dam is the Listed Prix Imprudence winner and G1 Prix Marcel Boussac-placed Blue Cloud (Ire) (Nashwan). A half-sister to the G1 Half-sister to the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S.-winning sire Bigstone (Ire), she is also the second dam of the Listed Dee S. scorer Viren's Army (Ire) (Twirling Candy). Jigsaw's yearling colt is by Wootton Bassett (GB).

Thursday, Leopardstown, Ireland
JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION TYROS S.-G3, €50,000, Leopardstown, 7-27, 2yo, 7f 32yT, 1:32.13, sf.
1–HENRY ADAMS (IRE), 131, c, 2, by No Nay Never
     1st Dam: Jigsaw (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
     2nd Dam: Empowering (Ire), by Encosta De Lago (Aus)
     3rd Dam: Blue Cloud (Ire), by Nashwan
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $43,613. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Devious (GB), 131, c, 2, Starspangledbanner (Aus)–Federation (GB), by Motivator (GB).
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. TDN Rising Star. (100,000gns Wlg '21 TADEWE; 140,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT). O-Atlantic Thoroughbreds; B-The Federation Partnership (GB); T-Donnacha O'Brien. €10,000.
3–Chicago Fireball (Ire), 131, c, 2, Acclamation (GB)–Shady Sham (Ire), by Shamardal.
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€98,000 RNA Ylg '22 GOFOR). O-Samuel M Mencoff & Anthony Paul Smurfit; B-Forenaghts Stud (IRE); T-Johnny Murtagh. €5,000.
Margins: NK, 7, 6. Odds: Evens, 1.75, 4.00.
Also Ran: Saxon Kingdom (Ire). Scratched: Mountain Bear (Ire), Islandsinthestream (Ire).

 

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Making Waves: Kodiac Filly The Star Of Saratoga

   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 victory of Kodiac Wintergreen in a maiden race at the Spa.

 

A Touch Of Frost At Saratoga

Alex Bregman's Bregman Family Racing, LLC's Kodiac Wintergreen (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) went one better than her Belmont debut to win a Saratoga affair on Thursday (video) for trainer Rusty Arnold.

Bred by Patrick Grogan, the April foal sold for €160,000 as a Goffs Orby yearling. She is a half-sister to a trio of stakes winners led by GI Sword Dancer S. hero Glorious Empire (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), and her latest half-sibling is a yearling colt by Mehmas (Ire). Crack sprinters Avonbridge (GB) (Averti {Ire}) and Patavellian (Ire) (Machiavellian) are under the fourth dam.

Tally-Ho Stud's Kodiac has been represented by 73 runners in the U.S. A total of 36 (49%) have won and seven (9%) are stakes winners. Two-time graded winner True Valour (Ire) is one of four American graded scorers for the 22-year-old.

 

 

No Nay Never Gelding Triumphs At The Spa

Lindy Farms and Ice Wine Stable's Monet Never (Ire) (No Nay Never) broke his maiden in his fourth try at Saratoga on Saturday (video) for trainer Phil Antonacci.

Bred by Lynch Bages, Ltd. and Lindy Farms, the February-born $160,000 Keeneland September yearling is the third foal, runner and winner for his dam, the Invincible Spirit (Ire) mare Last Jewel (Ire). Hinitsa Bay (Ire) is a juvenile full-brother to the winner, who also has yearling and weanling full-brothers by the Coolmore Ireland sire. Last Jewel is a half-sister to  the granddam of G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Homeless Songs (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), among others.

The 12-year-old son of Scat Daddy is well represented in the U.S., with 37 winners from 69 runners (54%). His nine stakes winners in that jurisdiction (13%) include GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Meditate (Ire), as well as another pair of graded winners.

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