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Deep Impact’s Auguste Rodin Powers Clear Of Futurity Rivals

Coolmore and Westerberg's 'TDN Rising Star' and G2 Golden Fleece S. victor Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}–Rhododendron {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) allayed any and all concerns that his ability may be blunted by the heavy going and powered through the mud at Doncaster to register a record-breaking 11th renewal for Aidan O'Brien in Saturday's G1 Vertem Futurity Trophy. The trainer admitted a late scratching might be on the cards if conditions were not suitable for the July 2 Naas maiden winner, but was pleasantly surprised by the state of the Town Moor turf once Ryan Moore gave positive feedback following the rider's first ride of the day earlier on the card. O'Brien confirmed participation after inspecting the course with his team. The 9-4 favourite was settled off the searching early pace and raced at the back of a three-strong stands' side group led by stablemate Salt Lake City (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who raced fourth overall. While the multiple Group-placed Listed Chesham S. victor Holloway Boy (GB) (Ulysses {Ire}) was committed approaching the quarter-mile pole, Auguste Rodin had cruised closer from halfway and powered to the front entering the final furlong when that rival veered across the track and relinquished control. Impressive under a measure of Moore rousting thereafter, he lengthened clear of fellow 'TDN Rising Star' Epictetus (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), who ran on well to finish 3 1/2 lengths adrift at the line. With the stands' side rail preventing Holloway Boy from joining the crowd, the errant 9-2 chance kept on with gusto and was 1 3/4 lengths back in third.

“He's a lovely horse and the lads have always loved him,” the winning trainer revealed. “He's out of Rhododendron and by Deep Impact. It was amazing to send a mare to Deep Impact and it turns out he's from his last crop. He's a very smart horse, but we were worried about the ground. He's got a lovely attitude, he's a fine, big horse and a lovely mover. He has everything you'd look for in a good horse.”

Auguste Rodin is now 5-1 joint-favourite for next year's G1 2000 Guineas and 3-1 ante-post choice for the G1 Derby. Both are on the radar, according to O'Brien. “It depends on what the lads want to do, as always, but I'd imagine he'd have no trouble starting off in a Guineas and then go on after that. He's a very smart horse and he'll be happy going up to a mile-and-a-quarter and even a mile-and-a-half in the Derby. It's very exciting.”

Moore was impressed too and added, “I wouldn't say the race worked out as well as planned, but he's a very good horse. Since the start of the year he always showed he had a lot of quality, but he just hadn't quite done what we thought he might. We always thought there was more there. He does everything with plenty of pace and he's got a lot of quality. He had to win two races today because they were always ahead on the other side and then he had to hold off Frankie [aboard Epictetus]. He had to beat him first and then, when Holloway Boy came over, he had to see him off too. He was comfortable on the ground, but he's such a fluent mover you are never sure if the holding ground is going to suit them.”

Pedigree Notes
Auguste Rodin, one of his sire's 57 elite-level winners, is the lone foal produced by G1 Fillies' Mile, G1 Prix de l'Opera and G1 Lockinge S. victrix Rhododendron (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), herself a daughter of MG1SW G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Halfway To Heaven (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}). Halfway To Heaven, who is out of MGSW G1 July Cup runner-up Cassandra Go (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}), also produced seven-time Group 1 winner Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and MGSW sire Flying The Flag (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Descendants of Cassandra Go, herself a half-sister to MG1SP sire Verglas (Ire) (Highest Honor {Fr}), also include G3 Abernant S. and G3 Coral Charge victrix Tickled Pink (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and G3 Summer S. winner Theann (GB) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire), the latter being the dam of GI First Lady S. and GI Rodeo S. victrix Photo Call (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Tickled Pink's leading light is the tough-as-teak Victoria Road (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), who showed his mettle when annexing this term's Listed Criterium du Fonds Europeen de l'Elevage and G3 Prix de Conde.

Saturday, Doncaster, Britain
VERTEM FUTURITY TROPHY S.-G1, £200,000, Doncaster, 10-22, 2yo, 8fT, 1:44.76, hy.
1–AUGUSTE RODIN (IRE), 129, c, 2, by Deep Impact (Jpn)
1st Dam: Rhododendron (Ire) (MG1SW-Eng, G1SW-Fr, GSW & G1SP-Ire, GISP-US, $1,786,763), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Halfway To Heaven (Ire), by Pivotal (GB)
3rd Dam: Cassandra Go (Ire), by Indian Ridge (Ire)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. 'TDN Rising Star'. O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Westerberg; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £118,400. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, $235,895. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Epictetus (Ire), 129, c, 2, Kingman (GB)–Thistle Bird (GB), by Selkirk. 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. 'TDN Rising Star'. O/B-George Strawbridge (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden. £44,780.
3–Holloway Boy (GB), 129, c, 2, Ulysses (Ire)–Sultry (GB), by Pivotal (GB). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. (60,000gns Wlg '20 TATFOA; 60,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Nick White & Mrs Elaine Burke; B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-Karl Burke. £22,380.
Margins: 3HF, 1 3/4, 3 3/4. Odds: 2.25, 3.00, 4.50.
Also Ran: Dancing Magic (Ire), Salt Lake City (Ire), Captain Wierzba (GB), King Of Steel, Stormbuster (GB).

 

 

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Pattern Race Success For Heart’s Cry In France

Aidan O'Brien trainee Continuous (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}–Fluff {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) notched a landmark score for his sire (by Sunday Silence) when snagging an Aug. 20 maiden over seven furlongs at the Curragh and maintained his perfect record with a battling success in a controversial renewal of Friday's one-mile G3 Prix Thomas Bryon Jockey Club du Turquie at Saint-Cloud. The eventual winner occupied a slot behind the leaders in third and was safely clear of trouble to his outer when British challenger Captain Wierzba (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) parted company with Rossa Ryan at halfway, the rider having been shoved from his mount by Christophe Soumillon aboard Syros (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). Rowed along to reduce arrears soon after turning for home, the 2-1 favourite Continuous was ridden to go second approaching the final furlong and kept on strongly under urging in the latter stages to prevail by 3/4-of-a-length from the subsequently demoted Syros. Soumillon was sanctioned with a 60-day ban Oct. 14 through Dec. 12) for dangerous riding, but will be permitted to take his booked rides at ParisLongchamp this weekend.

“It was a very good performance for a horse who had just run once to win a maiden,” commented Coolmore representative Hermine Bastide. “Aidan [O'Brien} was quite confident he would have no problems staying the distance. Looking at his pedigree on his dam's side, it suggested he'd be capable of handling soft going and Ryan [Moore] said the ground was okay for him. Aidan will talk to the owners and he could come back here for the [Oct. 22 G1] Criterium International.”

Continuous, half-brother to a yearling filly by Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) and a weanling colt by Wootton Bassett {GB}), is the third of five foals and one of two scorers out of a winning full-sister to G1 Moyglare Stud S. heroine Maybe (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}, herself the dam of G1 2000 Guineas-winning sire Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). The March-foaled bay's dam is also a full-sister to dual Group 1-placed G3 Silver Flash S. victrix Promise To Be True (Ire). His stakes-winning second dam Sumora (Ire) (Danehill) is kin to G1 Oaks and G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) heroine Dancing Rain (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) from the family of multiple Group 1-winning sire Dr Devious (Ire) (Ahonoora {GB}).

Friday, Saint-Cloud, France
PRIX THOMAS BRYON JOCKEY CLUB DE TURQUIE-G3, €80,000, Saint-Cloud, 9-30, 2yo, 8fT, 1:45.86, vsf.
1–CONTINUOUS (JPN), 126, c, 2, by Heart's Cry (Jpn)
1st Dam: Fluff (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Sumora (Ire), by Danehill
3rd Dam: Rain Flower (Ire), by Indian Ridge (Ire)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Westerberg; B-Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt (JPN); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, €49,735. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Make Me King (Fr), 126, c, 2, Dark Angel (Ire)–Miss Infinity (Ire), by Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (130,000gns Ylg '21 TAOCT). O/B-Haras Voltaire (FR); T-Andre Fabre. €16,000.
3–Times Boulevard (Fr), 126, c, 2, Shalaa (Ire)–See You Always (GB), by Siyouni (Fr). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Allan Belshaw; B-Times of Wigan Ltd (FR); T-Christophe Ferland. €12,000.
Margins: (3/4, HD, 7). Odds: 2.00, 3.30, 2.20.
Also Ran: Behind The Scenes (Ire), *Syros (Fr). DNF: Captain Wierzba (GB). Scratched: Knockhill (Ire). Video, sponsored by TVG.
*Demoted from 2nd.

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Continuous A First Winner In Ireland For Heart’s Cry

Aidan O'Brien trainee Continuous (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}–Fluff {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) broke well and led after the initial strides of Saturday's seven-furlong Join Racing TV For Just 12 Euro A Month At racingtv.com Now Irish EBF Maiden S. at the Curragh. Rowed along with three furlongs remaining, the 10-3 favourite came under sterner urging inside the final quarter mile and was driven out in the closing stages to hold King Of Scotia (Ire) (Kessaar {Ire}) by an ultimately snug 1 1/2 lengths, becoming the first winner in Ireland for his sire (by Sunday Silence).

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Deep Impact: Gone But Certainly Not Forgotten

The death of Deep Impact (Jpn) in July 2019 may have robbed Japan, and the wider breeding industry, of a phenomenally successful stallion but his dominance persists for now, with a tenth Japanese sires' championship going his way in 2021. 

The most prolific son of Sunday Silence, who was just 17 when he died a few months after covering a final book of 24 mares, has held the title consecutively since 2012, the year in which his eldest runners were 4-year-olds. He had hit the ground running as the champion first-season sire in 2010.

From that final crop, members of which have just turned two, seven foals are listed as having been born in Japan, and another seven in Europe. As would be expected, they belong to some high-end breeders, and include the Aga Khan's half-sister to the five-time Group 1 winner and young stallion The Autumn Sun (Aus) (Redoutes's Choice {Aus}); Godolphin's half-sister to Prix Marcel Boussac and Breeders' Cup winner Wuheida (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}); a full-brother to Saxon Warrior (Jpn), and a filly out of the seven-time Group 1 winner Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), whose first foal born the previous year was a colt by Deep Impact. Also among the Galileo mares sent to Deep Impact in his final year by the Coolmore partners were the multiple Group 1 winners Hydrangea (Ire) and Rhododendron (Ire), both of whom foaled colts.

The Niarchos family, whose early patronage of Deep Impact resulted in his Classic-winning son Study Of Man (Ire), who is now his sole representative at stud in Britain, have a 2-year-old filly out of Malicieuse (Ire), a Galileo half-sister to Bago (Fr) and Maxios (GB). 

With Snowfall (Jpn) having enhanced Deep Impact's record in the European Classics last year with her victories in the Oaks and Irish Oaks, it is not unreasonable, from this select clutch of youngsters, to imagine that his tally in this part of the world could be extended further still by his final two batches of 3-year-olds this year and next.

Deep Impact's progeny earnings for 2021 stood at ¥6,978,499,500 (approximately £44.5m/€53.3m) from 205 winners, led by Contrail (Jpn), who bowed out of his own magnificent racing career with victory in the Japan Cup the year after he completed the Triple Crown. Deep Impact was also represented by his seventh (and fourth consecutive) Japanese Derby winner in Shahryar (Jpn).

At a fee of ¥12 million (approximately £76,300/€91,500), Contrail is now one of six sons of Deep Impact at Shadai Stallion Station, where their sire stood his entire career and was routinely graced with big books of high-class mares. In all bar one of Deep Impact's full covering seasons he was sent in excess of 200 mares, reaching a high of 262 in 2013. Unsurprisingly, he is also an accomplished broodmare sire, a sphere in which his name will loom large for a good while to come, and was runner-up in that division in 2021.

For the second year running, fellow Shadai stallions Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) and Heart's Cry (Jpn) filled the second and third places on the Japanese sires' list.  The former, a 14-year-old son of the late King Kamehameha (Jpn), has five Group 1 winners to his credit, including the outstanding Almond Eye (Jpn), and his leading performer last year was the 6-year-old Danon Smash (Jpn), whose top-flight wins have come in both Japan and Hong Kong. Lord Kanaloa also had a smart juvenile in 2021, the Group 2 winner King Hermes (Jpn), among his 247 winners overall–the highest number recorded by any of the stallions on the list.

Heart's Cry, another son of Sunday Silence and racing contemporary of Deep Impact, had the champion back in second when winning the G1 Arima Kinen in his final season on the track, and he has compiled his own impressive record at stud, albeit always in Deep Impact's shadow. Now 21, Heart's Cry is the sire of the globetrotting Lys Gracieux (Jpn) and Japan Cup winner Suave Richard (Jpn) among his 11 Group I winners.

Recording his highest place on the sires' list to date was Deep Impact's 12-year-old son Kizuna (Jpn), who was the leading first-season sire of 2019 and is looking a proper force to be reckoned with after just three crops of racing age. Kizuna was the second of his sire's Derby winners in 2013 and he ventured to France that same year to win the G2 Prix Niel before finishing fourth behind Treve (Fr) in the Arc.

With 155 winners in 2021, Kizuna was also represented by his first top-level winner in Akai Ito (Jpn), victrix of the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup in November. His first-crop son Deep Bond (Jpn) won the G2 Hanshin Daishoten and G2 Prix Foy at Longchamp as well as finishing runner-up in both the G1 Tenno Sho and G1 Arima Kinen.

King Kamehameha (Jpn) died only a fortnight after a Deep Impact so his is another name who will gradually disappear from the stallion tables, if not from pedigrees. He was fifth overall in 2021, but he got the better of Deep Impact in one regard when finishing at the top of the broodmare sires' list.

Another of King Kamehameha's sons, the 15-year-old Rulership (Jpn), was just below him on the table, while with five crops of racing age under his belt, the former Japanese Triple Crown winner and dual Arc runner-up Orfevre (Jpn) was seventh. 

The handsome Epiphaneia (Jpn), a son of Symboli Kris S and a contemporary of Kizuna, is doing well from his first three crops to be eighth overall. He is ahead of his young rival in one regard, however, as Epiphaneia is already the sire of three Grade I winners, including last year's Arima Kinen winner Efforia (Jpn) and this season's Classic prospect Circle Of Life (Jpn).

Drefong Leads The Japanese Freshman

Gio Ponti's multiple Grade I-winning son Drefong took up residence at the Shadai Stallion Station in 2018 and the Breeders' Cup Sprint hero is already making a mark on his adopted country, having claimed the first-season sires' championship in 2021. 

He covered 207 mares in his first book, and of his 92 starters last year, he notched 31 winners, six clear of his nearest rival in that regard, Copano Rickey (Jpn), by Sunday Silence's son Gold Allure (Jpn), who was sixth overall. Drefong's leading runner was Northern Farm's Geoglyph (Jpn), whose two wins included the G3 Sapporo Nisai S.

Deep Impact's son Silver State (Jpn), who stands at the Yushun Stallion Station, was runner-up in the table with 22 winners, including the Group 3 winner Water Navillera (Jpn). The Japanese 2000 Guineas winner Isla Bonita (Jpn), by Fuji Kiseki (Jpn), also recorded 22 winners to be third.

The hugely talented Kitasan Black (Jpn), the leading son of Deep Impact's full-brother Black Tide (Jpn), was a seven-time Group 1 winner on the track and he is off to a decent start at stud, finishing fourth in the table with 13 winners from 44 starters. 

Darley Japan's Grade 1-winning son of War Front, American Patriot, was fifth, represented by 18 winners, including the Group 3 runner-up Be Astonished (Jpn).

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